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Police disperse LGBTQ+ space sit-in, ending group’s monthslong fight to keep room

A student group’s monthslong fight to preserve a student-run LGBTQ+ space in the Student Union (SU) ended unceremoniously ...
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Graduate workers’ union elects Joey Sechrist as new head

Joey Sechrist has been elected to serve as the next chapter president of the Graduate Student Employees Union (GSEU), the union that represents UB’s graduate student workers, GSEU announced Friday.
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How UB became home to one of the country’s first media studies programs

In 1972, Gerald O’Grady was offered a position that many academics spend their whole lives pursuing. As director of the Educational Communications Center at UB, O’Grady would be responsible for ...
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Federal judge dismisses YAF’s lawsuit against SA

A federal district judge has dismissed a conservative UB student group’s long-running federal lawsuit that alleged free-speech violations and discrimination by UB officials and the undergraduate ...
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To synch or not to synch, that is the question

During the pandemic, many students were exposed to a “new” kind of coursework that has existed at colleges for years: classes where all instruction is conducted virtually, rather than in a physical ...
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We need to rethink how we see ‘theater kids’

They talk too much. They sing too loud. They dance in hallways while everyone else is just trying to walk. Their jubilation is at the expense of all those who have to put up with their unawareness of ...
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Multicultural students honor their heritage at International Fiesta

On Feb. 15, the undergraduate Student Association (SA) hosted International Fiesta (IF), an annual dance competition that allows culturally diverse student groups to celebrate their heritage. This ...
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UB professor co-leads firearm violence prevention initiative

For years, Patricia Logan-Greene devoted her time to researching the role of social work in firearm violence prevention. In her research, Logan-Greene, an associate professor and associate dean for ...
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Bills Mafia does not represent the ‘City of Good Neighbors’

Despite being a southern Ohio native and avid Bengals fan, I still love Buffalo. I remain impressed by this community’s resilience over the last three years. Buffalo has struggled with horrible ...
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The First Amendment is under attack — and silence is not neutrality

The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees freedom of speech, the press and assembly — yet these rights are currently under attack. Across the country, media outlets, schools and public ...
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UB protest demands divestment from companies ‘complicit in human rights abuse in Palestine’

About 75 demonstrators marched on UB’s North Campus Tuesday afternoon to demand UB immediately respond to atrocities Israel has committed in Gaza since Oct. 7. The list of demands, released the night ...