Thanks to YouTube, these days all you need is a video camera and a computer to make yourself a star. But it takes time, a keen sense of humor, and ? according to one ? a little bit of "Jewish geography" to get to nearly 600,000 views and counting.
Between the signing of offensive-minded head coach Jeff Quinn, a new starting quarterback in Jerry Davis and new freshman starting running back Branden Oliver, it's been easy to forget about the other side of the ball. But the football team's defense is walking with swagger again, and they may end up stealing the show in 2010. Last spring, defensive coordinator William Inge introduced the 3-4 base defense ? an alignment that allows players to become more active in the secondary.
After a tumultuous year of SUNY budget cuts, a shocking announcement made on the first day of classes will further affect UB's future.
University at Buffalo's summer lecture series started back up this June as the UBThisSummer program aims to involve students and the community in an array of activities.
A cloud of uncertainty surrounds New York State's finances.The furloughs came first and now Governor David Paterson is proposing a layoff plan that could leave thousands of state workers without jobs.
You can call me a nerd, simple-minded or slightly immature, but there is one film that completely encompasses everything that the upcoming school year is going to be about.D2: The Mighty Ducks.Ever since 1994, I have treated my school experience as a macrocosm of the Mighty Ducks movies.
Another season of basketball is in the books and the Los Angeles Lakers reign supreme for the second consecutive season after the most entertaining NBA Finals in recent memory. I have to admit that I was rooting for the Lakers to win the series. I'm a typical New York fan that cheers vehemently against any Boston team in any sport and that tradition was tested to the max this year because of several factors.
Throughout your tenure here at UB, you might have seven different roommates, four different majors, and three different jobs.
Music has always been my safety net. When most people would have turned to their family or friends to help get a few things off their chests, I turned to my headphones.For as long as I can remember I have had a CD player or an iPod with bands like Taking Back Sunday, Sum 41, and New Found Glory radiating through my headphones.Even when I was held up at gunpoint a few weeks ago ?yes, welcome to Buffalo ? the only thing that popped into my head was Adam Lazzara's voice singing, "And will you tell all your friends, you got your gun to my head?"Most people do not understand why I spend 75 percent of my money on concert tickets, but for me, a concert is how I get my angst out.Until I got to this wonderful school, I did not care about much, and to an extent, I still don't.
In an effort to keep you well informed, and to help you avoid embarrassing conversations with upper classmen, The Spectrum has provided a compilation of the biggest news stories from the 2009-2010 academic year.
The fresh smell of freedom is just around the corner. No more books, no more papers; summer time is a time to kick your feet up and relax. Every legendary summer always has a great soundtrack, so here are some of the best albums that are sure to be in your CD player for months.
Lets face it: Jack White is one of the best musicians of this generation. Granted it might not be the new White Stripes album, but anything that has Mr. White on jamming out on the drums is worth picking up.
Even without keyboardist Franz Nicolay the Hold Steady continues to have major buzz around their newest release, Heaven is Whenever.
The Florida punk rockers are back with their fifth studio album. Following up their 2007 breakthrough album New Wave, Against Me! and critics alike have high expectations for White Crosses. The band's mixture of punk and folk has garnered it quite the cult following and look to fully break into the spotlight with its new album.
It doesn't matter if you consider them metal or not: Disturbed knows how to please the masses. There aren't too many people who did not enjoy "Down with the Sickness" when it came out.
America's second-favorite teeny bopper is back and dirtier than ever. For the first time ever, Christina Aguilera is going to have a parental advisory on the front of her album.
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