Not 21? No Obstacle for Some
The biggest obstacle standing between underage students and alcohol is their age, a barrier many find easy to circumvent almost effortlessly with some careful smudging, a little computer savvy, or a trip to Canada.
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The biggest obstacle standing between underage students and alcohol is their age, a barrier many find easy to circumvent almost effortlessly with some careful smudging, a little computer savvy, or a trip to Canada.
Fundraising efforts to assist Tammy Milillo, a UB senior with cerebral palsy, replace $400 worth of her clothing stolen on Feb. 8 from the Clinton Hall laundry room, have raised over $1,100 and are still going strong.
Tammy Milillo, an active member of the campus Catholic community and a pre-kindergarten Sunday school teacher, was robbed of $400 worth of clothing specially tailored to accommodate her cerebral palsy on Friday, Feb. 8. The clothes were stolen from the Clinton Hall laundry room in the Governors complex.
Friday's combination of snow, ice, rain, sleet and wind left on-campus students confined to their dorms while off-campus residents, many of whom lost power and heat as a result of the weather, struggled to stay warm.
Walk into Starbucks in the Commons on any given day and you are sure to find an abundance of seats taken by studying, latte-drinking students like Alexis Machelor.
Since the Buffalo Board of Education announced it would eliminate 433 teacher positions from the district beginning Dec. 1, administrators of public school tutoring programs at UB say demand for their services is greater than ever before.
UB's once ubiquitous Blue Bird buses, familiar objects of student complaints regarding the deterioration of the aging fleet, are being gradually replaced by newer models.
Universities nationwide are finding that cheating has become easier and perhaps more socially acceptable among college students.
The language barrier between students and non-native English-speaking teaching assistants, although sometimes more perceived than tangible, is an issue many departments at UB deal with on a recurring basis.
"In light of the world we're living in, we would advise parents to be extra cautious and accompany their kids when they go out," said Amherst Police Chief John Moslow in an Oct. 21 Buffalo News article.
For students 20 or 30 years ago, moving to college did not involve hauling computers, refrigerators or high-tech stereo equipment, but what students today consider bare (non-electronic) necessities - and, for the lucky few, a personal typewriter.
Each second in the United States, 350 slices of pizza are consumed, totaling approximately 100 acres of pizza per day, according to the National Association of Pizza Operators. Pizza and its regular companion beer are arguably the most popular food and beverage consumed by college students.
"Peace is Passive"
Students looking for fun in the sun this spring break will have to search no farther than the Student Union.
For some students, the fourth hour of dungeon exploring and bomb defusing comes all too quickly.
Students bringing a car to UB often find a multitude of decisions accompanying their newfound freedom, as costs vary widely for something many perceive to be a necessary luxury.
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
The Faculty Student Association's plans to make UB Card usage easier through the Web have come to fruition with www.myubcard.com. The site, maintained by FSA, enables students and parents to add Campus Cash and Dining Dollars to student accounts as well as check their account balances online.