In Mr. Balter's letter to the editor ("Activist victories were reversed," Oct. 31) he asked, "Why protest when eventually the hard fought victories will be overturned?" [read more]

With only a small sampling of Sarah Bettens' mellow tunes and introspective lyrics, it's easy to see that the album's title "Scream" might just be an artistic statement. [read more]

The headline “Penalties outweigh points in 14th straight loss for football” on Monday was incorrect. It was football’s ninth straight loss dating back to last season. [read more]

In “Crew team turns heads at famous Boston event,” (Oct. 26) it incorrectly stated Princeton University won the event. It was the Princeton Training Center. [read more]

I was walking from the Student Union to Knox this Halloween when I saw her coming. She was walking quickly, with long strides. As she grew closer, I realized why. [read more]

The Great Lake State served UB volleyball both a win and a loss last weekend as it went 1-1 in conference match-ups. [read more]

It would be difficult to fit "Separate Lies" into a specific genre, considering its anticlimactic nature. [read more]

Led by the hot racket of sophomore Andreea Novaceanu, the UB women's tennis team played some of the best Division I competition in the country last weekend at a three-day tournament in Dartmouth. [read more]

I do believe in the concept of government. However, I don't believe in this one. [read more]

The UB Law School recently received an endowment to create a $323,500 memorial scholarship to honor the memory of the late Carmen P. Tarantino, a prominent New York State lawyer. Tarantino received his bachelor's degree in social sciences from UB in 1973 and his juris doctor degree from the UB Law School in 1977. [read more]

According to the most recent Buffalo News polls, the race for Buffalo's mayor is already decided. But following two debates, the picture is no longer completely clear. [read more]

Nikesh Singh Panthlia made it to the semi-finals in his B bracket and Mike Rockman advanced to the quarterfinals on the A side before both players bowed out to stiff competition last weekend in the Cornell Invitational. [read more]

Why do people get married? Why are so many people divorced? How does something that starts out promising inevitably turn sour? [read more]

It's become a math equation: white coach plus comments about black athletes equals media backlash. [read more]

If finishing the season on a high note is a good thing, the UB rowing team topped off the fall season with its trumpets blaring in harmony. [read more]

Despite continuing student skepticism over how the Student Association uses its fleet of vans, SA officials say they have kept misuse to a minimum. [read more]

Nothing to Report [read more]

Starting the season early [read more]

UB President John Simpson's message at Tuesday's annual meeting of the voting faculty was that higher education is in trouble. [read more]

All the Tom Cruise hype aside, Scientology isn't merely alive and well in Buffalo, it's growing. And the next stop on the ambitious church's expansion is none other than UB's North Campus. [read more]

Tucked away in a barren lot off of Union Road in Cheektowaga is Moving Miracles, a dance studio where, like other studios, adults and children go to have fun, learn to dance and express themselves freely. [read more]

On Halloween, Bush frightened liberals of all persuasions. [read more]

Animals are magnificent. They make wonderful companions, know the secrets of the universe, and are sometimes rather tasty. It goes without saying that they are also the subject of many essential tunes. [read more]

Now I won't claim to be an expert in the hip-hop world either, but the "Hip-hop anonymous" (Oct. 31) article doesn't quiet touch on the full spectrum of the hip-hop world. The so-called socially conscious rappers the writer outlines in the article are all mainstream, and while I agree that they should earn more respect than Ludacris-type artists, they are not the breadth of socially conscious music. To find real "creativity" in socially conscious rap, you'd have to look to the underground facet of hip-hop. Rappers like Immortal Technique and Sabac, while not well known, are well educated and truly verbalize the issues that some of the mainstream artists try to avoid for fear of losing a fan base. [read more]

The parameter of the room is outlined with lime green walls visible only where old photographs are not hung. In the middle are two oak desks. One is pure chaos as paper struggles for position, while the other is neat and orderly. [read more]