"Senate, SUNY SA Elections Open This Week"
Twelve seats on the Student Association Senate are up for grabs this semester, and 23 candidates will compete for them during the elections Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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Twelve seats on the Student Association Senate are up for grabs this semester, and 23 candidates will compete for them during the elections Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
"It takes a village to raise a child," said Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. Sorry ma'am - it looks like the village is too busy. Maybe television can fill in for it.
John M. Thomas, associate dean for international programs, replaced SUNY Distinguished Professor Jerry M. Newman of the Department of Organizational and Human Resources on Aug. 1 as interim dean of UB's School of Management.
After March 2005, prospective college students will have something else added to their plate of application worries - a revamping of the Standard Assessment Test, more familiarly known as the SAT.
Campus parking has been a major gripe among students over the past several years, resulting in UB's commissioning Chance Management Advisors Inc., a Philadelphia-based consulting firm, to conduct a study regarding parking and transportation issues on UB's campuses.
At Tuesday's meeting of Sub-Board I's Board of Directors, Janine Santiago, president of the Graduate Student Association, submitted a letter threatening that the student government would withdraw from the corporation unless issues concerning representation on the board and monetary contributions were addressed.
Due to university property damage and excessive complaints, UB enacted a no-smoking policy for all university apartments that went into effect June 1. In addition, designated smoking areas have been established, limiting smokers to only five places on campus where they are permitted to light up.
What UB lacks in professors, administration and student enthusiasm, it more than makes up for in beer, marijuana, hard liquor and Greek life - at least, that's what the Princeton Review's "The Best 345 Colleges" book indicates.
The Student Association Assembly unanimously passed a resolution aimed at improving the quality and affordability of campus dining Monday night, part of the assembly's Faculty Student Association Revisions Committee's mission to bring concerns to the FSA board of directors.
As a young girl, I was blessed with the gift of knowing exactly what I wanted to do with my life - I wanted to be a writer. To my six-year old self, it seemed natural that I should be able to write the Great American Novel by my 17th birthday, but of course, I learned otherwise by junior high school. However, never did I anticipate that the cobblestones of the path to where I wanted to go were actually the heads of my peers and even my friends.
Due to lack of advertising and a late drafting of University Council Election Rules and Regulations, Student Association President Christian Oliver has requested that the University Council student representative election be postponed.
David Vater Jr., a graduate sociology of education major and Brendan Keane, a triple major in history, English and classics, have been nominated for the position of student representative of the University Council.
The Student Association Assembly passed a resolution on Thursday, March 21 requesting the UB administration to temporarily suspend its contract with New Era Cap Company until the business "eliminates its sweatshop practices."
In their last meeting before spring break, held Thursday, March 21, the Student Association Assembly created two new committees: the Faculty Student Association Revisions Committee and the Constitutional Revisions Committee.
For the second year in a row, the Results Party has overwhelmingly swept all Student Association executive board and New York State Student Assembly positions, defeating the opposing the UB Students' Party by a landslide margin.
The Student Association Elections and Credentials Committee ruled Thursday that the UB Students' Party violated SA regulations against the dissemination of false information pertaining to an election.
Rudolph Giuliani, former New York City mayor and Time magazine's "Man of the Year" for 2001, has agreed to lecture at UB as the 2002-2003 Distinguished Speaker Series "Student Choice" speaker Wednesday, Nov. 13 in Alumni Arena.
In contrast with the heated arguments and intense conflicts that have characterized this year's Student Association club endorsement meetings, the atmosphere at the People of Color Council endorsement meeting Thursday evening was subdued. Barely any questions were posed to the incumbent Results Party, while the UB Students' Party made their strongest appearance yet.
In the face of hard questioning at Tuesday's Student Association-sponsored club endorsement meetings, the UB Students' Party struggled to hold itself up when pinned against their opponent, the incumbent Results Party.
The race for the Student Association executive board and New York State Student Assembly delegation was less than a day old when controversy arose.