Over the weekend the Volleyball team played their final two games of the season before the Mid-American Conference tournament. The Bulls played at Alumni Arena, riding an 11-game losing streak. [read more]

Competing against the best runners in the region, the men's and women's cross country teams each finished in 18th place at the NCAA Northeast Regional meet. [read more]

   Students will dance the night away from 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 16 until 7 a.m. Saturday to raise money for charity as part of the first annual Stay-Up UB dance marathon. [read more]

Everyone talks big in competitions and races, but everyone knows in the end there can only be one winner. In this case, the team that won was mine. Teams of two gathered outside of Baldy Hall’s Kiva Friday evening to kick off the Asian American Student Union (AASU) Amazing Race, a knockoff of the popular reality show. The Race consisted of checkpoints scattered across the Spine that teams had to find based on clues. At these checkpoints, correct answers to Asian American and American culture trivia led you one step closer to the finish line. Before any running began, there was a lot badmouthing. As the teams gathered, a good half hour was spent stroking our egos and verbally attacking each other about whom the $150 first place prize was going to. Of course, most of my competitors happened to be friends. Friends became enemies because in a race you have to have no mercy. Nice guys finish last, right? As I gave the eight or so teams a once-over, I said to my partner in crime, Gene, with a smirk, “This is going to be too easy.” My confidence level climbed as I surveyed the many sophomores that decided to play. We both had an extra year over them; it was a clear advantage. I tried to keep cool. But as the e-board began explaining the rules of the game, I couldn’t help myself from interrupting every now and then. “There’s no shame in throwing in the towel before we officially start,” I taunted. Each team got a different colored clue card that had to be stamped at each checkpoint and an envelope with the first clue. After skimming through mine, I stared blankly at my partner for a few seconds as my brain’s gears groaned into action. “Bert’s!” I shouted and broke out into a run toward the direction of Talbert. Confused, Gene shrugged and followed. I’m an impulsive person, I’ll admit. I usually act before I think things through. So when Gene asked me if I was sure, the more steps I took, the less confident I was about my answer. I was right! How dare Gene doubt me! When I saw the station, I was confident that we gave ourselves a good head start…until we got the trivia question. True or false question: “Fifty-fifty chance,” analyzed my math majoring partner. WRONG! Second chance: NFL question. Does it look like these two geeks knew anything about football? Our confidence was still high. But the further into the game we got, the slower we seemed to go and the faster we had to run to make up for lost time. We ran from building to building hoping it would be the next checkpoint. “Where the heck is this?” “This is on campus?” “What is this a picture of?” “What kind of question is that?” Twice we had to use our life-line – going back to the start point to receive another time penalty but also the answer to where the next checkpoint was. I was getting more aggravated by the minute. I was huffing and puffing while my legs screamed in pain. I loudly cursed at myself for not going to the gym more often. The third time we seemed to hit a brick wall, instead of using another life-line, we took a risk and trusted our guts (well, more like Gene’s guts), and it paid off. We knew each other’s weaknesses and played our strengths. After a while, the questions seemed to get easier, for Gene at least. He seemed to be spitting out answers at ridiculous speeds, and I didn’t question him. The clues got easier, too, at least for me. I intuitively knew where to go and poor Gene just followed as I sprinted across campus. But it was no time to get cocky. I saw other players pressing on so I kept running. When competing, you never give up. Push at the obstacles in front of you. Make it a victory. The finish line doesn’t come to you. We finally received the last trivia question after two hours of relentless racing. But then another team skidded next to us a second later. If we answered it correctly, we won. If not, the other team got a chance to steal first place. I looked at Gene, who could’ve burned a hole in the little piece of paper with the intensity of his stare. He pointed to one of the answers and held it up to the person stationed there. “Yup! You won!” In the emotional state I was in, I didn’t even hear my friend. I looked around confused, but when I saw my teammate crashing onto the nearest chair with a smile, I sat down next to him in a daze. We won.

   Whether you're headed out to Ralph Wilson Stadium for some old fashioned tailgating before a Bills game, or going to enjoy the efforts of your favorite team from the comfort of your own couch, football season is a great time to round up your friends, drink a few beers and have a great time. [read more]

   Showing the most UB school spirit may win you a free trip home this Thanksgiving, courtesy of Jet Blue Airways. [read more]

   Football is probably among the most physically and mentally demanding professional sports. For a fan, however, watching the game doesn't need to be as strenuous as it is for a player. To avoid being the one who has to ask "what's going on?" while everyone else is cheering, there are a few rules and tidbits every spectator should know. [read more]

   Thomas Feeley, associate professor of communication, has been awarded a $427,000 grant to design a public relations campaign to promote organ donation on New York City college campuses. [read more]

   Dating is a tricky game. UB students shouldn't be surprised when they get thrown under the bus while looking for love. For those who don't know where to turn when testing out the dating waters of the undergraduate population, here are a few dating tips that every romancer should follow. [read more]

   How do you go from being a young and talented team that had made two consecutive appearances in the Eastern Conference Finals to being one of the worst teams in the NHL in a span of less than 20 games? [read more]

   With the chance of heading to New York City on the line, the University of Connecticut Huskies basketball team made sure they could punch their tickets early Thursday night. Unfortunately for the Bulls, the Huskies apparently came out determined to remind people of Uconn's former glory. [read more]

   In my time as a young woman in the dating scene, I have experienced relationships with some of the utmost male scum of the Earth. These certain types of young men have proven themselves time and time again to me that they deserve their title, a title that is a combination of a synonym for donkey and the word 'hole.' Get it? [read more]

Tuesday

[read more]

Scoreboard Friday Volleyball Buffalo 0 Bowling Green 3 Men’s Swimming Buffalo 94.5 Eastern Michigan 136.5 Women’s Swimming Buffalo 97 Eastern Michigan 144 Saturday Volleyball Buffalo 1 Miami (Ohio) 3 Men’s Swimming Buffalo 129 Ball State 113 Women’s Swimming Buffalo 143.5 Ball State 99.5 Wrestling 2nd out of 9 teams Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Men 18th out of 34 teams Women 18th out of 36 teams

Mayor Bloomberg branded each school in New York City with scarlet letter grades, A through F, scoring schools on how much their students improved in the past year, according a Nov. 11 op-ed in The New York Times. [read more]

Sea of Blue Day [read more]

   The Asian American Student Union (AASU) turned UB into the site of a trivia scavenger hunt this past Friday with their second annual Amazing Race. [read more]

   Filling the cultural melting pot that is UB was an advanced screening of The Kite Runner at the SU Theater Thursday night. It is the not yet released film adaptation of Khaled Hosseini's gripping novel of the same name. [read more]

   When the "Average Joe" thinks about the Buffalo football program, they tend to get an image of a mediocre team who has recently been pushing hard on the field and is starting to win games. This might be true for the current Bulls squad, but for the past 113 years, the Bulls have shown many different faces to the city of Buffalo. [read more]

   A lot can change in more than 4,000 days. While many current UB students will be long gone by 2020, their alma mater will remain, albeit in a somewhat different form. [read more]

   Guests from the community were welcomed to UB's Center for the Arts with champagne and blue feather scarves this past Saturday night as part of the second annual Scholarship Gala. [read more]

   Men often comprise the majority of crowds at sporting events; however, female attendance at sporting events has seen a recent increase. Women are coming out stronger than ever to support their favorite teams. [read more]

   The Buffalo men and women's swimming teams made a splash this weekend with two meets at the Alumni Arena pool. With losses on Friday, both teams were looking to make a comeback on Saturday and made the most of their opportunity. [read more]

   Analyzing the power of fear both internally and externally in unreleased film The Mist, director Frank Darabount (The Shawshank Redemption) and stars Thomas Jane (The Punisher), Marcia Gay Harden (Into the Wild) and Chris Owen (American Pie) spoke about interpreting and expanding on yet another Stephen King adaptation. [read more]