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Because of their expertise and reputations, members of the UB faculty and staff are sought out by reporters who quote them in print, broadcast and online publications around the world. Here is a sampling of recent media coverage in which UB is mentioned prominently.
"Gender equity is a part of who we are."
An article distributed by the Associated Press reports that UB is among four universities nationally named as winners of the Women's Sports Foundation's inaugural "Opportunity Awards" honoring athletic programs for making gender equity a priority. The article was picked up by about 70 newspapers and other news outlets, with more than half of them quoting Warde Manuel, director of athletics.
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"What the shows encourage is the old-fashioned pre-'60s competitiveness among women. In those days it was because women didn't have jobs so there was catfighting over men. This is a somewhat different version. It's 'Who's going to get the prize?' But I think it brings out the nastiness in women."
UB pop-culture expert Elayne Rapping, adjunct professor of American studies, in a Fort Worth Star-Telegram story about the popularity among women of reality TV shows that sometimes portray women in unflattering ways as they compete against one another.
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"If you are a celebrity, you can pretty much get away with anything and get off really easily. It's a very, very sick thing that most women of their age cannot do what they do and get away with it....There's such a double standard....If the average young woman made sex videos about themselves, it would be porn, but these young women get away with it. They are so admired and imitated, it may very well be that going to jail may become a badge of honor."
Elayne Rapping, adjunct professor of American studies, in an article on ABC News that looks at Paris Hilton's on-again, off-again, on-again jail sentence and double standards in the judicial system. "
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"The finale was shocking and it was kind of a letdown. Without a doubt, it's one of the most amazingly important events in television history."
Elayne Rapping, adjunct professor of American studies, in an article in The Los Angeles Times on the final episode of HBO's "The Sopranos" and fan reaction to the series ending.
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"Every show before, from the beginning of television, had made the criminals the bad guys. Nobody thought TV viewers would sympathize with a criminal over the long arc of a series, but this show made you sympathetic to Tony Soprano even while you were appalled by what he did."
Elayne Rapping, adjunct professor of American studies, in an article in the St. Louis Post Dispatch on the impact "The Sopranos" has had on television and culture.
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"I hope my small part brings some closure to Lynne and her family, although it cannot bring back her husband. I'm so sorry for that."
Joan Dorn, associate professor of social and preventive medicine, in an Associated Press article on her role in the arrest and conviction of James C. Kopp in the October 1998 slaying of Barnett A. Slepian, for which the FBI awarded her a $25,000 reward. The article was picked up by news outlets throughout the world, including Newsday, the Boston Globe, Albany Times Union, CBS News, the International Herald Tribune and The China Post in Taiwan. Articles also appeared in news outlets in Japan, Austria and Australia.
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