You might have noticed your Facebook friends list is growing rather red. This week, the Supreme Court began its deliberations on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and on California's Proposition 8 in what is shaping up to not only be the case of the year but also one of the most important decisions of our lifetime. For the next few months, the highest court in the land will be determining if Sec.
Humans are inherently good and inherently violent, and how we act just depends on if the better angel has the upper hand, according to Steven Pinker. Humans have a "better angel" and a "worse angel" within them, and each has a tendency to control human actions - namely the choice to commit acts of peace or acts of violence, he said. And, right now, the better angels are prevailing.
It's a nerve-wracking countdown to the most important day of many women's life: her wedding day. She chews her fingers and fidgets anxiously as butterflies flutter in her stomach.
Editor's note: This article is a satire piece. It is not to be taken literally. 'Carson' is a pen name.
Student Association presidential candidate Carson Ciggia is questioning the motives for and approach to incorporating SA. At a town-hall style information meeting in Norton Hall on Monday at 9 p.m., SA President Travis Nemmer pushed those who attended to encourage other students to vote in favor of incorporation.
Every year, UB undergraduates elect four SUNY delegates to act on the students' behalf in Albany. The four delegates travel to the state capital to meet with members of the New York State Assembly and Senate, raising legislators' awareness of issues that matter to UB students.
As an unsigned artist, the struggle to make music while remaining financially stable is a tough feat.
Kevin Purdy is looking for normal people - average, everyday people - who are passionate about what they do to speak in front of hundreds of people for 18 minutes. Purdy, a freelance writer, is the founder and license holder of TEDxBuffalo.
On Friday night, the Student Association hosted two debates between the candidates for SA president and treasurer.
The president shall serve as the chief executive officer of the Student Association and has the ultimate responsibility for the enforcement of the constitution and bylaws of SA.
Student Association Treasurer Justin Neuwirt almost sees this year's election process as a bigger disgrace than last year's $300,000 scandal.
The vice president both directs and assists the Student Association's recognized clubs and student organizations.
The treasurer is the chief controller of the Student Association's multi-million dollar budget. He or she is in the president's cabinet, is chairperson of the Senate Finance Committee and is a voting member of the Emergency Powers Council.
A month after a pope resigned for the first time in over 600 years, Jorge Mario Bergoglio took his place.
Imagine buying a new book online that you've been looking forward to reading for a while and which you've been told is incredibly beneficial. After a few weeks of anticipation, you get it in the mail, tear apart the package, open the book and find most of the pages have been torn out.
The bus is packed. Students are crammed next to one another in the tight, container-like space. Some are fortunate and able to rest in the coveted seats while others have to stand for the next three minutes.
Editor's note: On Feb. 7, Lisa Khoury asked Ellen Dussourdthe following in an email: "How many international students live in the University Heights or what percent live in the Heights?" Dussourd responded on the same day: "I have no way of knowing how many of our students or what percentage of our students live in University Heights." In Dussourd's Letter to the Editor, she wrote, "Most international students live in the Heights." Khoury wrote: "Many, if not most, of the 5,500-plus international students who come to UB live in the Heights, said John Wood, senior associate vice provost for international education." Dussourd suggested Khoury talk to Wood, who couldn't provide a number of students living in the Heights, either.
UB's Student Association is closer to becoming a not-for-profit organization following Wednesday night's Assembly meeting. Although the Assembly accepted SA President Travis Nemmer's motion to "support the SA in its continuing processes to reform itself as a not-for-profit corporation" with overwhelming support (20-1-4), the proposal was met with some criticism. Carson Ciggia, SA presidential candidate of the Forward Party, and his running mate, Christian Andzel, have questions regarding the proposal that would incorporate SA. "[Students] have no idea what this is," Andzel said.
Before this year's spring break, the last vacation I'd been on that I could remember was to Puerto Rico when I was 7 years old. I spent the week having my hair braided by local women and playing with a Beanie Baby parrot that my mom bought me at the hotel gift shop, which I cried hysterically over after an overzealous playmate snapped off its TY tag in the heat of an argument. Needless to say, I was wholly unprepared for the booty-shaking, tequila-shotting, banana-boating sin that was rumored to ensue on the Xtreme Trips getaway my friends and I planned to attend this year. In our senior year, my pledge class is a group of 13 girls who've been friends since we were freshmen.
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