SA Senate Postpones Intervarsity Decision
This article is an update to "Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Suspended," from the Monday, Dec. 5, 2011 issue.
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This article is an update to "Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Suspended," from the Monday, Dec. 5, 2011 issue.
So you've heard about the corporate venues like Town Ballroom, the Tralf, and the First Niagara Center, where well-known national acts come through on a regular basis. But is your wallet feeling light, or are you hungry for an unknown local band to sweep you off your feet, or both? Buffalo's music scene, while not nationally renowned, is as vibrant with talent as any other city's, and there are many local venues where you can get your fix for cheap. To keep this list relatively short, I included only venues within Buffalo's city limits. Let's start on Allen Street:
The Student Association suspended the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship until further notice on Friday, and two days later, the SA Senate created an investigative committee to determine whether the club is in violation of the law and university policy by requiring its executive board members to sign a faith-based agreement.
Sophomore history and French major Steven Jackson resigned last month from his post as treasurer of the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship after feeling pressured to do so because he is gay, he told The Spectrum. The Fellowship may also be breaking the law, as its constitution requires its executive board members to sign a "basis of faith," a statement affirming certain Christian beliefs.
Last week, the SUNY Board of Trustees approved University at Buffalo Interim Provost Harvey Stenger as the next president of Binghamton University, one of UB's three peers as a SUNY "university center." His term will begin on Jan. 1.
Last month, The Spectrum reported on $2,560 in illegal campaign donations from UB to Erie County Executive Chris Collins' re-election campaign.
Before I share my opinion on the Stevie Johnson "scandal" (which, I admit, is fairly pointless – the world has much bigger problems), please ask yourself a question:
Just over a month ago, junior political science major Jeremy Ferris was living in a soon-to-be-condemned Lisbon Avenue house that lacked running water and a landlord who answered the phone.
The Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement is not going to effect change tomorrow, next week, or even next month. (I wonder if any of the protestors will go home for the holidays.)
John B. Simpson currently receives the 16th-highest state salary at the University at Buffalo.
Students wondering what the Student Association does with their Mandatory Student Activity Fee could find out at SA Senate meetings, where much of that money is managed. On Sunday in 330 Student Union, senators heard requests from student clubs in need of funds and decided how much money to give each of them.
Last week, the newly formed Provost Search Committee revealed its members to the UB community.
The Buffalo Center Chapter of the United University Professions (UUP), the union that represents many UB faculty and staff members, will hold a referendum to demand that UB "break all ties" with the Buffalo Niagara Partnership and the Business Council of New York State.
There is a time warp in Buffalo. Here's how to use it:
Erie County Comptroller Mark Poloncarz, who is running for Erie County executive against incumbent Chris Collins, doesn't believe the $2,560 contribution from UB to Collins' re-election campaign was an honest mistake, as UB officials have said.
If you've been following The Spectrum lately, you know that last week, I reported on an apparent illegal $2,560 political contribution from the UB Foundation (UBF) to Erie County Executive Chris Collins' re-election campaign. UB officials described the donation as an "honest mistake," and the day after our initial story was published, a Collins official said the money was returned.
The Occupy Buffalo movement's chant couldn't have been any more appropriate on Saturday.
If you've been following The Spectrum lately, you know that last week, I reported on an apparent illegal $2,560 political contribution from the UB Foundation (UBF) to Erie County Executive Chris Collins's re-election campaign. UB officials described the donation as an "honest mistake," and the day after our initial story was published, a Collins official said the money was returned.
County Executive Chris Collins' re-election campaign returned the $2,560 it got from the University at Buffalo, according to a top campaign spokesman, but UB officials have declined to reveal much else.
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