He leaped to bump the ball, only to realize his feet were buried in the quicksand-like floor. The swamp he was standing in caused him to lose his balance and fall face first - with a splash. He was covered from head to toe in wet, freezing, chunky, brown mud - and he loved it. He used a teammate's shirt to wipe the mud out of his eyes and was ready to play again.
The class begins and the students sit anxiously awaiting the guest speaker. The woman walks to the front of the room and starts to address the class. Her speech is littered with words that are rarely heard inside of a college classroom: pornography, orgasm, and fetish. No one in the crowd giggles or blushes; this is what they signed up for.
"Try new things" - such a commonly heard phrase nowadays, it's easy to hear someone say the words and not even think about them. "Broaden your horizons" - another one of those sayings that gets stated and re-stated so often that it seems weightless and insubstantial.
(Disclaimer: The names besides Fulcher, Neth, and Higginbotham have been changed to protect client-doctor confidentiality).
Robert Morrow, a senior chemical engineering major, has just signed on the dotted line for a new life.
Until April 5, senior Thawab Shibly was adamant about avoiding talk of the future. Unsure of what life would entail after graduation, she dodged the conversation any time it came up.
It's 11 p.m. on a Thursday and the combination of heels on the sidewalk and Meek Mill blasting through speakers is taking over Main St. Down past Just Pizza and Northside Bar, there are women gliding to the front of the line while guys wait impatiently to enter the popular bar Mojo's.
There was one thing on 7-year-old Hershini Young's mind: Paddleboats.
The National Cancer Institute estimates in this year alone over 1.6 million people will hear the words: "you have cancer." It is estimated that 577,190 will lose the battle.
The National Cancer Institute estimates in this year alone over 1.6 million people will hear the words: "you have cancer." It is estimated that 577,190 will lose the battle.
When Matt Huberfeld, a junior communication major, was 10 years old he began to learn about the Holocaust in Hebrew school. When his grandmother was 10 years old, she was living it.
At the age of 15, Joe Diamond awoke to German soldiers barging into his home. They dragged him and his family out into the streets of his small town within Czechoslovakia. As he was hauled away, all he could hear was the ridicule coming from the window of one of his neighbors: "Can I have your winter coat?"
Aakash Agarwal, a junior economics major, Googled himself to see what he would find. The first link in his results wasn't Facebook, like he assumed it would be - it was LinkedIn.
He lies on his stomach listening to the buzzing sound of the needle as it pierces his right calf. After 45 minutes, the masterpiece is complete. Demire Coffin-Williams was inked with a Tibetan prayer for the healing of the entire world - plants and animals included.
As an undergraduate student, Rose Craven Hansen was told she could never be a nurse - her grades weren't high enough. Her adviser laughed in her face.
They walk around campus as if it's a runway, striking a pose and stealing attention. Head to toe, they're dressed to kill.
Students gathered in a lecture hall with notebooks open, ready to take notes on how to succeed in the future of the business world.
Professor Dianna Cichocki spends her day surrounded by numbers, computers, and students. When the class is dismissed, she starts her other job: being a mother. Cichocki teaches statistical decisions in management at UB, but she hasn't been teaching here for very long.
She ducks into the bathroom between classes for a moment alone. It's been a rough week - two exams, 30 hours at work, a paper to write, and to top it all off, a breakup. She's exhausted and stressed, and can't even begin to imagine how she must look. She turns to face the mirror expecting dark circles and messy hair, only to find a pink post-it note with a message:
She ducks into the bathroom between classes for a moment alone. It's been a rough week - two exams, 30 hours at work, a paper to write, and to top it all off, a breakup. She's exhausted and stressed, and can't even begin to imagine how she must look. She turns to face the mirror expecting dark circles and messy hair, only to find a pink post-it note with a message:
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