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(04/30/12 4:00am)
He leaped to bump the ball, only to realize his feet were buried in the quicksand-like floor. The swamp he was standing in caused him to lose his balance and fall face first - with a splash. He was covered from head to toe in wet, freezing, chunky, brown mud - and he loved it. He used a teammate's shirt to wipe the mud out of his eyes and was ready to play again.
(04/20/12 4:00am)
At the age of 15, Joe Diamond awoke to German soldiers barging into his home. They dragged him and his family out into the streets of his small town within Czechoslovakia. As he was hauled away, all he could hear was the ridicule coming from the window of one of his neighbors: "Can I have your winter coat?"
(04/20/12 4:00am)
At the age of 15, Joe Diamond awoke to German soldiers barging into his home. They dragged him and his family out into the streets of his small town within Czechoslovakia. As he was hauled away, all he could hear was the ridicule coming from the window of one of his neighbors: "Can I have your winter coat?"
(04/16/12 4:00am)
Students gathered in a lecture hall with notebooks open, ready to take notes on how to succeed in the future of the business world. The room got quiet as Merle Whitehead, CEO and owner of RealtyUSA, began to tell his story of success to the members of UBiz.
(04/16/12 4:00am)
Professor Dianna Cichocki spends her day surrounded by numbers, computers, and students. When the class is dismissed, she starts her other job: being a mother.
(04/01/12 4:00am)
As he inserted his trembling foot into a small crevice and poked his fingers into a rigid hole, Alex Barganier climbed. He was frightened, but exhilarated by the rocks in Puerto Rico. Ascending higher and higher with caution, he felt his grip loosen and suddenly the senior economics major was free falling, unaware of where or how he would land.
(03/25/12 4:00am)
After four years of shedding sweat on the field, former UB football player Travell Thomas put down his jersey and walked away from the game. He traded his helmet and pads for a different type of competitive sport - one with significantly less contact, but an equal amount of excitement: poker.
(03/08/12 5:00am)
The attendance in the libraries has increased, Capen Café is running low on coffee, and students are sporting sweatpants and bags under their eyes, all thanks to one thing – midterms.
(03/04/12 5:00am)
At first glance, English professor Joseph Valente looks the part of a disheveled police officer, hardened by years of grotesque images and murderous aftermath implanted into his memory. He sports a long pea coat and bowler cap, with tufts of hair spurting down the sides of his ears and a bushy moustache that owns most of his upper lip.
(02/16/12 5:00am)
While some students are beginning to tremble in fear at the thought of the "real world" because of their lack of experience with "real jobs," others are taking a different route toward making money and being proactive in filling their résumés. These students are beginning to rent themselves – no, not sexually – to companies around the world.
(02/09/12 5:00am)
Most students are focused on grades, partying, and Facebook; their minds are far from AARP, Medicaid, and dentures.
(02/02/12 5:00am)
Gas is expensive, and shoveling out a car at 7 a.m. is bothersome. The bus is inconvenient and at times the rank smell is so overwhelming that walking to campus seems like a better alternative.