For the first time since the 2003 season, the Buffalo baseball team won its season opener. The win marked the first victory for new head coach Ron Torgalski,"It was exciting and great to finally get playing after practicing all fall and the past five weeks here in the cold weather," Torgalski said.
If you've ever lived in close quarters with roommates, as most of us have, then you've probably longed for a little down time at some point or another.An all-encompassing social setting can distract a student from more important things (like studying, right?). And we all know how obnoxious a group of rowdy college kids can get, especially when alcohol is involved.Inundated within a boisterous mass of drunken dudes, each with a raucous story better and louder than the one before, you begin to wonder when everyone will leave, or at least pass out.So here is a quick and handy guide on how to utilize the power of music to disperse an unwanted mob.First, know your crowd.
This play list is meant to lament having had classes on a nationally recognized holiday. I suppose UB is trying to convey that there's no longer any reason to celebrate presidential achievement so long as it remains in the crusty hands of an incestuous, affluent echelon.1.) "Dune Buggy"-The Presidents of the United States of America2.) "Summer Overture"-Clint Mansell and the Kronos Quartet3.) "I've Been Let Down"-Mazzy Star4.) "The Tragedy"-Damien Jurado5.) "No Name #4"-Elliot tSmith6.) "4 A.M."-Our Lady Peace7.) "Rhineland"-Beirut Gulag Orkestar8.) "The Sound of Silence"-Simon and Garfunkel 9.) "9 Crimes"-Damien Rice10.) "Insect Eyes"-Devendra Banhart
Even though he's in his late 40s, on-air personality Ira Glass is known for the fresh and innovative - youthful, even - energy he brings to the airwaves.
From George Washington to George W. Bush, every US President has shared one particular quality - leadership.Students at UB, however, know that they don't have to become president to be great leaders in life."If you are the CEO of a major company or simply in a group on campus you have to be a great leader," said Melanie Bentley-Cruz director of the Students in Organizing and Understanding Leadership program.According to Bentley-Cruz, the S.O.U.L program was created for any student looking to enhance the value of their leadership.
If you've ever come to the sad realization that to some extent spelling doesn't really matter, you may have wondered whether more important rules for communication exist.Let me make it easy for you.
Their project, "Uncrowned Queens," is a historical focus on the overlooked contributions of African American women to history.
Even though the passionate ambiance of Valentine's Day had cooled down, it didn't keep the Buffalo Chips and contributing a capella groups from heating things up in Slee Hall last Saturday night with their effervescent love-themed concert.Those who braved the horizontally-descending snow on Saturday evening to see the Chips were left with their jaws hanging low and their palms red from applause.
In the past year, pop punk perfectionists Fall Out Boy have been flooding the radio. Now they're back at it again with their Feb.
As Black History Month rapidly comes to a close, the NAACP has made efforts to remind UB students of the legacy of blacks in America.The NAACP hosted a timeline display called "The Black Xperience" in the Student Union on Tuesday.
After losing all of its Mid-American Conference meets, it was no surprise that the women's swimming and diving team came up short at the MAC Championships last weekend in Ypsilanti, Mich.
Like squeezing out a newborn from the womb, The Used rear their dirty heads for the first time in two years with the release of "Berth," a live CD/DVD album.
The engineering department's finest came out to strut their stuff in the second annual Mr. And Mrs. Engineering Pageant on Monday.
With a menagerie of acrobatic musicians doing their best David Lee Roth impersonations and speakers bursting with crunchy riffs and slamming drums, the Student Association Battle of the Bands was a success for the third straight year.
It's Thursday, it's late and you've had one too many. It's time to go home and you've got the keys.
Facing the No. 17 team in the nation, the women's basketball team found itself suffocated by superior talent.
Thursday night for the average college student involves an evening of bar hopping. A different group of UB students sport a suit of armor and a sword to fight for their honor.Founded only three years ago, the UB Kendo Club was as new as its members.
Emeritus professor of anthropology Robert Dentan spoke at Asia at Noon on Friday to enlighten students on Malaysian ideas of violence.
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