UB’s Thunder of the East Marching Band has a big job – the 123-person group learns new music every few weeks.
Resilient is the best way to describe the UB Step Troupe (UBST). Despite reputation and miscommunication problems that caused its membership to drop from the largest club on campus to a much smaller group, UBST celebrates its 23rd year of performing and competing.
UB's Table Tennis Club, which plays table tennis in Alumni Arena, is now looking to participate in the National Collegiate Table Tennis Association’s (NCTTA) upcoming tournament at Cornell University. The UB team hopes doing so would put the group back on track to where they were before they were derecognized.
You want to look like $1 million – but only have four dollars in your bank account. Even though you dragged your entire wardrobe from home to school, there’s never anything to wear.
Not every job at UB requires experience with food or customer service. There are 86 students and three recent alumni who serve as lifeguards at UB, according to Nathan Bourke, the aquatics director. Currently, 27 students are on the waiting list to be hired for next semester and need to take a lifeguard assessment.
It’s the ideal situation: four years of undergraduate tuition at a state school, completely paid for. When Michael Fiorica, a junior English major, applied for the Presidential Scholarship, he was under the assumption that if his grades were good enough, he’d automatically get the scholarship.
Palmeri ran a business out of his garage until word got out about the “master barber.” For four years, Palmeri’s barbershop Jonny the Barber was located on Main Street in Williamsville. Due to the shop’s growing popularity, he opened a new location on Delaware Street in Tonawanda three months ago.
Downtown Buffalo can often go unappreciated by students who have a hard time getting there without a car. Fortunately, there are buses and trains that offer rides back and forth, giving students an opportunity to explore another side of Buffalo. While the weather is still nice, a weekend adventure around the town is easy – as long as you know where to go.
This weekend was the 14th annual National Buffalo Chicken Wing Festival, more commonly known as Wingfest. The event lasted Saturday and Sunday and allowed community members and visitors from around the world to taste flavors from various vendors of Buffalo’s famous export: the chicken wing.
Eddie’s Chophouse opened on Main Street near South Campus on July 13 in what used to be Slice of Italy. The restaurant offers Chinese barbecue, a style of Chinese cuisine that is a collection of roasted meats that are hung in a Chinese smoker rather than an oven. The chicken and duck both have bones and are chopped before serving.
The owners of The U are turning the building that housed the only 18-and-over club option for students near North Campus into a Mexican-themed restaurant called Papi Grande’s Mexican Restaurant and Cantina.
Summer vacation may be officially over as syllabus week kicks off, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to bundle up and brace for winter yet. Outside of UB lies the City of Buffalo, a bustling place filled with outdoor events like Canalside concerts and kayak tours.
HerCampus acts as both a magazine and a forum in which bloggers can submit pieces and become part of a network of female student-journalists.
Two percent of men and two percent of women join Greek life at UB, according to College Board. These organizations participate in philanthropy events, nightlife and provide students with support throughout your college experience.
Buffalo is known for having some pretty great food. In February, National Geographic named Buffalo as the third-best food city in the world, largely because of its world-renowned chicken wings. Between downtown Buffalo, Amherst and the South Campus area, Buffalo has a variety of places to go to if you want to go out to eat.
But for those of you just getting to UB, or returning for another year, getting to know Buffalo’s major cultural staples will make your time at UB less stressful, more engaging, and a hell of a lot more fun.
Every academic year, outstanding seniors in the University at Buffalo’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) are recognized for their service to the university and their high GPAs.
UB Career Services provides tips for students on how to build a résumé, how to do well in a job interview and start a career. Jenna Smith, coordinator of assessment and marketing for Career Services, takes a positive approach in educating students in ways to get a job.
Lex, a junior English major, is one of the many teens struggling with an alcohol addiction.
Kehl and Vitello are senior chemical engineering majors and winners of the Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) Academic Excellence Award. The two have managed to prove their candidacy by excelling in the chemical engineering department and landing jobs in the field fresh out of college.
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