A Greek row would improve Greek life and the UB experience
Greek life at other large universities and portrayed in the movies starkly contrasts the realities of Greek life at UB.
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Greek life at other large universities and portrayed in the movies starkly contrasts the realities of Greek life at UB.
The first inklings of snow have fallen, warning students of the impending winter that’s rapidly approaching. Buffalo is known for its insane snowfall – last year, we were hit with seven feet of snow right around Thanksgiving.
UB students already pay annually increasing tuition – not to mention board for those living on campus. Now the university is asking them to pay more while calling it philanthropy.
College football coaches have a lot of responsibility.
Students seek inspiration and leadership from their president when their university faces complex problems and controversy. At UB, it’s becoming increasingly clear that our president is failing us.
It didn’t take long to see how this season’s new rules would affect the National Hockey League.
UB’s lack of diversity among faculty and University Police is seriously disconcerting.
The recent crackdown on Buffalo nightlife doesn’t seem to show any sign of abating. Three Erie County legislators introduced legislation on Wednesday that would close Buffalo’s bars at 2 a.m. instead of allowing them to stay open until 4 a.m. like they are now.
There have always been unhinged individuals at the fringes of society – people who have broken the social contract and acted upon debased whims. But the number of these individuals who are taking to mass shootings is horrifying. The sudden, terrorizing conversion of a public venue such as a college or mall into a shooting gallery freezes the nation and brings about the question of what went wrong every time it happens.
Transparency is key for any police department. University Police have done their part under the Clery Act to annually release crime reports, but we would like to see more.
The “White Only” and “Black Only” signs that appeared on campus two weeks ago shocked the university. Debates have ensued over artistic freedom, race relations and campus policies.
Since the inception of the Transportation Security Authority (TSA), its history has been marked by massive inefficiency and constant scandal.
The cost of going to college has become monstrous, dominating the current generation of students like never before. Much of the blame for this growing debt can be laid at the feet of the federal and state governments, though universities haven't helped the situation much.
The Republican Party has been consolidating more and more around Christian theology in the last decade. While there is nothing inherently wrong with this – religion or philosophy informs moral principles which in turn informs some political principles – the issue has become one of imposition of those principles on others.
Destroying our world can't be the best option. We aren't leaving it anytime soon. So on the surface, UB Sustainability seems like a good thing. We're working to make things better.
Teachers inherently form the bedrock of our community. Through them, generation after generation forms into coherent, mature and educated adults.
A graduate art student posted at least four signs near bathrooms and water fountains in Clemens Hall Wednesday with broad letters stating “White Only” or “Black Only.” University Police took the signs down, but the impact was still felt around campus.
The imbalance of trade with Asian countries has been bemoaned in popular culture for years. Whether its been Japanese cars or cheap Taiwanese plastic toys, the United States has loved to gripe about such imports. Occasionally someone even mentions targeting unfair practices in such countries.
Study after study has come out recently proving that diversity is key to properly acknowledging and working a group’s issues. More importantly, such diversity also improves the functioning of the group, as more and different ideas get tossed about than in a relatively homogeneous group.
Drones are a new technology with far-reaching implications. Those implications are still being processed at every level of government, but there are some clear-cut problems: Namely, drones going where flying objects should not be.