President Simpson once described UB as a place of learning and a "generator of new ideas" that serves a diverse population in today's knowledge-based society.
To the editor:I'd like to voice my opposition to the opinion piece dated August 29, 2007 on the Distinguished Speakers Series line-up for 2007-08.
We see London, we see France, we saw Peter Grollitsch's underpants. Taking a behind-the-scenes look at this year's student government, Grollitsch's choice of under-roos will be exposed and examined, for the betterment of UB.Our leader, with his heart-patterned boxers, has one goal in mind for the school year: aiming to please all UB students."I'm going to do whatever I can to make sure every student at UB is happy," said Grollitsch, a senior international business major.
UB is striving to make more handicap-accessible features available on campus, as well as eliminate barriers and improve options for disabled students, in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)."These projects have been going on for years and they continue in phases," said Robert Shibley, director of urban design.Some repairs were done over summer break, such as widened doors placed in Capen Library, the renovation of the School of Pharmacy on South Campus, ADA improvements in Alumni Arena, pavement crack repairs on roads on North Campus and ADA site work on the pavement and tunnels of South Campus.Utility tunnels on South Campus were excavated over summer and replaced with new piping that goes around the entire campus, in addition to new lighting and security systems.
I am just barely old enough to remember ESPN in its prime. Just old enough to remember the "Big Show," hosted by Keith Olberman and Dan Patrick.
UB is embarking on a $1.8 million project to research possible uses for recycled tires, with funding from Empire State Development, New York State's leading economic development agency.According to Dr. A.
It was a rollercoaster weekend for the volleyball team as the Bulls won their first game of the season, broke personal records and faced intense adversity at the Western New York Invitational.The Bulls (1-7) started the tournament Friday evening against the Valparaiso Crusaders (4-1), getting swept (30-26, 30-19, 30-17). The match marked the fifth straight loss for the Bulls during 2007 season."It's very disappointing," said head coach Jim Lodes.
Ants may be marching onto campus in the near future, but they won't be coming from the frat houses near South.On August 30, Dave Matthews Band, in association with AT&T, announced a contest involving over a hundred college campuses, the winner of which will receive a free, professionally organized DMB concert on campus.
Does your patella hurt? Does your mood often sway from jovial to suicidal in a matter of moments?
Arizona rockers, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, are determined to avoid frights with their tame second full-length, self-titled release.While past records have been contrived and included a gimmicky synthesizer, the band's latest reinvigorates a sound that has garnered them a loyal following of fans in self-sewn jeans and Chuck Taylors.Standing out immediately is the unusually moderate use of keyboard played by Pouyan Afkary, which makes a lot of the songs on the new CD sound more mature.Unfortunately, they have not grown out of sappy ballads, which would be more fitting on a Bon Jovi tribute than a post-hardcore record."Holding On" finally kicks the record off at track three, with some eerily familiar keyboards when vocalist Tyson Stevens yelps, "There goes the sun!"With the downplaying of said keys, the guitars are showcased and allowed to shine a lot more than in SKSK's past.
Tucked away in the basement of O'Brien Hall is UB's newest course in classical Tibetan. The new option for students looking to fulfill a language requirement is a great way to relive the Dalai Lama's historic speech at UB last fall."As a result of the Dalai Lama's visit, there has been a heightened interest in Tibetan and Buddhist cultures on campus and in the community," said Thomas Burkman, former director of the Asian Studies Program.
Both the men's and women's soccer teams began their seasons on a low note this weekend, with neither team able to pick up a win.
In exquisite, death-dealing detail, writer-director Rob Zombie illustrates the rebirth of John Carpenter's classic Halloween in ways that provide a bloody blueprint of exactly how a psycho-killer would beat someone to death; that is, what it would look, sound, and feel like-painful as that may be.For this, Zombie deserves a hearty pat on the back.
With public university fees rising annually, students are starting to feel the heat from miscellaneous charges being piled on to their bills every year.According to a New York Times article published on September 4, 2007, it is school fees, not tuition, that have risen over the past few years.
As Turner Gill enters his second season as Bulls head coach, the struggle to get fans excited about a program that has had very little past success continues.
Athletes in America are put on a pedestal. Sports are such a large part of the popular culture in this country that we hold these millionaires, not much older than anyone reading this, to a standard so high it takes away their ability to be a normal human being who makes mistakes.Michael Vick happens to be one of these human beings who made a mistake and is now paying for it.
As the UB community heads into another semester, the university's vision of an improved and enlarged campus is coming into focus.
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