From Wall Street to eclipse chaser
By BRITTANY GORNY | Apr. 25, 2019Charles Fulco, who was once trading bonds on Wall Street, is now traveling the country to educate students on the astrological phenomena of total solar eclipses.
Charles Fulco, who was once trading bonds on Wall Street, is now traveling the country to educate students on the astrological phenomena of total solar eclipses.
UB Council student representative elections will run April 23-25 and students can vote online through UBLinked.
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sat down with The Spectrum ahead of her speech at Alumni Arena on Wednesday night to answer questions about representation and foreign relations.
Eighteen-year-old Sebastian Serafin-Bazan was a dedicated student who kept a Post-it note above his desk that said “GPA goal 4.0.”
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said it is time for America to fight the “four horsemen of the apocalypse:” populism, nativism, protectionism and nationalism.
UB professor Natesh Parashurama remembers being woken up in the middle of the night, blindfolded and forced to answer questions posed by brothers in Alpha Tau Omega, the MIT fraternity he was pledging and hoped to join.
Vice President for Student Life A. Scott Weber will oversee a committee to review each of UB’s 21 fraternities and 16 sororities with a focus on anti-hazing.
Serafin-Bazan, a freshman medical technology major, was rushed to the hospital early Friday morning after going into cardiac arrest. The Buffalo News reported this may have been due to strenuous exercise.
Rachel Maloney said she frequently traveled between campuses to access the metro rail as a UB student and “always wished there was a better way.”
Haberl mentioned Ledé as a performer among rappers Lil Baby, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie and Rich the Kid, all of who SA previously announced on Twitter. This is the first time SA has held a strictly hip-hop or R&B Spring Fest since 2012. Haberl also wrote that “more” artists will be performing.
Judith Enck’s first experience with an environmental catastrophe was at Love Canal. She came to Niagara Falls with a sociology class her junior year of college to learn about the toxic disaster. The mayor of Niagara Falls told the class Love Canal wasn’t a problem, simply fabrication from “hysterical housewives.”
From Rochester to Seattle, cities are witnessing successful campaigns to remove longstanding urban highways. A similar fate may soon take overBuffalo’s inner-city freeway system.
UB freshman Sebastian Serafin-Bazan was in stable condition Sunday evening, after an alleged hazing incident at Sigma Pi fraternity in University Heights sent him to the hospital in cardiac arrest early Friday morning.
Student Association senators voted against derecognizing Men’s Ice Hockey club –– with five in favor, eight against and two obstensions –– after the club used $62,731.98 in SA funds that weren’t pre-approved by SA.
Many UB students involved in Greek life were disappointed with President Satish Tripathi’s decision to indefinitely suspend all official fraternity and sorority events.
The Black Student Union commemorated the life of rapper Nipsey Hussle on Wednesday. Roughly 30 students attended BSU’s event at 5 p.m. on April 10 to honor the rapper, whom Eric Holder fatally shot on March 31. Hussle was gifting clothes to a friend recently released from prison when Holder shot him six times, according to Nonprofit Quarterly. Hussle left behind three children, an older brother, a girlfriend and a mother. BSU held the event to give students the opportunity to mourn Hussle’s death and honor his involvement in his community.
The 18-year-old UB student, who is the victim of an alleged hazing incident, is alive and currently hospitalized at Buffalo General Hospital, according to UB spokesperson John DellaContrada. DellaContrada said he could not release any further medical information. The alleged hazing incident involved UB fraternity Sigma Pi and took place on Thursday night at 69 Custer Street.
A UB student is currently hospitalized following a possible hazing incident involving Sigma Pi fraternity, on Custer Street, last night, according to a UB press release and the Buffalo Police Department.
Maurice Reeves juggles four separate pans of pasta on a stove as a line of 50 college students stretches out behind his counter at Pistachio’s.
Students struggling to afford food will soon have a way to access food for free through UB’s first on-campus food pantry.