UB's new financial aid office is hoping to ease student financial aid problems through the use of advisers during the upcoming school year, but some incoming freshmen are not aware of the new program.
To help you avoid potential embarrassment in conversation with upperclassmen, The Spectrum has compiled a list of the 2011-12 stories that had the UB campus talking. Take a few minutes to catch yourself up on everything from a $300,000 scandal to an infamous Fall Fest flop.
UB is introducing a program this fall to guarantee that students graduate in four years.
Nik Wallenda Tightrope Walk
Since I was four years old, I have memories of my mom coming into my room and yelling at me to go to sleep, turn off the flashlight and stop reading because it was past my bedtime. Reading had been my passion until I realized there was another side to the activity I loved and it was writing.
I'm a sophomore English major, an admitted chai tea junkie, and I hail from one of Buffalo's many quaint suburbs.
I'm a sophomore English major, an admitted chai tea junkie, and I hail from one of Buffalo's many quaint suburbs.
A legend's influence on hip-hop is a very peculiar thing.
When Cayden Mak applied for his New York State driver's license, he questioned if what happened in the DMV office was legal.
It's been fun. Occasionally, it's also been rough. Psychology was not very friendly to me. Neither were those late nights studying or that World Civilizations final sophomore year.
For the sixth time since last year, an intruder attempted to break open and steal from cabinets in South Campus' Diefendorf Annex during the weekend of April 21 and 22.
In addition to being sued by an ex-UB professor, UB Law School Dean Makau Mutua is facing allegations of witness tampering in an International Criminal Court (ICC) case, according to news reports from his native Kenya.
During the final drive at the end of the year, lots of stories need to get artificially wrapped up.
A "dumb idea" - that's what Lance Armstrong called the now-famous LIVESTRONG yellow bracelets when Nike came to him with the concept in 2003.
Welcome to the end, folks. We hope you have enjoyed the show that is the University at Buffalo. The past year has been a wild ride for us, and we wish it were the same for you.
Around midnight on March 4, 2009, Andrea Zlotowitz was doing laundry in Spaulding when she heard an awful, deafening sound - as if something had hit the pavement outside.
Brazen and bearded Sikander Khan once proclaimed to the SA Senate: "I am not afraid of anything." He once told Spectrum reporters he has "the balls of an elephant."
Daniel Ovadia is the new University Council Student Representative for the 2012-13 school year, according to unofficial results released Friday morning. The results will be official as of Monday morning, according to an email from TC Scott, chair of the University Council Representative Committee. Ovadia received 341 votes to win the election, while incumbent Mia Jorgensen received 185 votes.
To compensate for Saturday's gloomy weather, UB Late Night held a stand-up event accompanied with complimentary bananas and pancakes to lift spirits and steer away from seasonal affective disorder. Eric O'Shea was given the task of making students laugh.
Last Monday, April, 16, Environmental Affairs Director Paul Stephan posted a YouTube video entitled: "60 Seconds to Save SA Environmental Affairs." The video received hundreds of views, and a mass amount of students commented on the SA's Facebook page.
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