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DANI GUGLIELMO


OPINION

The unusual Buffalo weather

Being a senior, it’s weird to be in the month of December without Buffalo being covered in snow and the weather still reaching the 40’s and 50’s. It’s a beautiful thing to be able to still wear a trendy and lighter fall coat as opposed to my oversized, puffy and heavy winter jacket.


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Justin Bieber’s purpose

Bieber released his fourth studio album Purpose on Nov. 13 as his first project of new music after a two-year break of “bad behavior” and the follow-up to his previous album Believe.


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Food to eat when you wake up with a hangover

Well, we’ve all been there. It’s Sunday morning and you feel like a bus has hit you. It can be a struggle to get out of bed but your one motivation to be productive is food. The biggest struggle of all might be to have to decide what meal would be the perfect cure for your hangover. Check out this list of best hangover food near UB’s campuses.


Dad bods, the new trend of being adorably unfit, have taken over college campuses. Women are drooling over men with bellies while men proudly show of their lack of fitness.
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Dad bods only

The recent trend of the dad bod is a new body physique that can be described as a male with a beer belly who might go to the gym occasionally but isn’t a gym rat, eats whatever he pleases and most importantly – doesn’t have abs.


Speakiesy, a new app that connects students to one another based upon their college campus, combines many aspects of social media together in one place.
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Unlocking UB's campus: New app Speakiesy connects students

Speakiesy is a new app that combines aspects of Instagram, Twitter and Yik Yak but it is only accessible for college students. This app was released in September by MOKO Social Media, a multimedia platform developer, so that students can communicate with a community solely based at their school.


Uber, a taxi service that allows students to make arrangements straight from their phone, track their ride and pay via the app, is coming to Buffalo. The service is popular in other college towns and major cities.
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Reliable transportation graces Buffalo with Uber

Uber is a transportation company that connects drivers to riders through the Uber app on smartphones. This app is a new form of taxi service that launched in 2009 and is already available in many cities. Many students have used this app before in other cities and are looking forward to its Buffalo launch because of the app’s accessibility.


The latest installment of the popular tv series now features Lady Gaga instead of the previous star of the show, Jessica Lange.
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American Horror Story: Hotel is creepy at best

Nothing good ever comes out of scary movies or TV shows that take place in a hotel – just think of Psycho or the prequel TV show Bates Motel. American Horror Story: Hotel, the fifth season of the series premiered on Wednesday, Oct. 7 – and it certainly lived up to its predicted creepy hotel vibe.


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The 2014-15 Western New York Prosperity Scholars met with several refugees and immigrants who have become leaders in their Buffalo neighborhood. The scholarship encourages the development of more leaders in Western New York.

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