On Tuesday, an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale shook Ketter Hall.Inside, a four-story wooden house rocked violently back and forth for 15 seconds while the crowd held their breath.
Though it's only 15 feet off the ground, there is a small plywood platform nailed into an old pine in Allegany County that seems to be as close as I can get to heaven on this earth.My tree stand is miles from anything, there are no honking horns, police sirens or phone calls.
When a band garnishes their music with spontaneous improvisation during a live concert, one can only hope they
Bustling Geneseo County was sacked by Ben Folds' melodic piano and possible fecal accidents this past Saturday.
In a suspenseful, tryptophan-heavy blind taste test that pitted four turkeys against one another, the perceived underdog held its own.
Graduation is a cruel side-effect of college basketball. With each year's commencement, different players depart their respective institutions and leave holes in lineups, rotations and locker rooms.
Three games in three days is a lot to ask of any sports team. The men's basketball team, however, will do what it can to take them all this weekend at the America's Youth Classic.During the three-day-long event, the Bulls will face the Cleveland State Vikings of the Horizon League, the Miami Hurricanes of the Atlantic Coastal Conference and host the Evansville Purple Aces of the Missouri Valley Conference.
The weather forecasters are calling for six to twelve inches of snow on top of the three feet already on the ground, the sharp, icy winds seep through the cracks of everyone's homes and before dinner you head out to shovel the driveway for the second time that day.
It could all be gone. Just. Like. That.My best friend called Tuesday evening. She started with, "Everyone's okay, but..." You know then that the remainder of the conversation isn't going to be filled with rainbows and dancing leprechauns.She continued to tell me that her older sister's house had burned down in the middle of the night.
With a good mix of both Bulls and Golden Griffins fans in attendance at the Koessler Athletic Center on Friday night, the women's basketball team looked to start its season off in a good note against local rival Canisius.The Bulls (0-1) opened up the game with a lay-up by junior Heather Turner to take a 2-0 lead.
Epsilon Zeta at Northwestern Florida University is still reeling from a significant amount of trouble.
After months of training, hard work and facing various opponents throughout the country, the Bulls' hopes of making an impact boiled down to its seventh and final race of the season.The cross-country team competed this past weekend at the NCAA Regional meet.
As the lights dimmed and the first notes of Beethoven's "Quartet in D Major" rang out, Lippes Concert Hall became a symposium of strings melting in complete harmony.
Although plagued by injuries and illness, the Bulls' wrestling squad placed fifth at the Oklahoma Gold Classic on Saturday led by some less familiar grapplers.Bulls' head coach Jim Beichner felt the pressure of the tournament increase throughout the week as he witnessed his players' health diminish."It was a solid tournament we ended up taking fifth place, but unfortunately we did not have our full line up," Beichner said.
Students dealing with depression or self-destructive behavior may now be able to find even greater assistance at UB through several new outreach programs.The Division of Student Affairs was recently awarded a three-year, $193,793 grant by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which will be used to fund a program preventing suicide and harmful behavior.The project, called UB WELL (Wellness Enhanced Living and Learning), will be developed through the collaboration of UB Counseling Services and Wellness Education Services."We felt that it would be important to put a suicide prevention, harm reduction program in effect on campus," said Sharon Mitchell, director of Counseling Services.
M. BasketballFriday:Buffalo77Canisius69W. BasketballFriday:Canisius74Buffalo58VolleyballFriday:Western Michigan3Buffalo0Saturday:BuffaloBuffalo placed fifth out of eight teamsOklahoma Gold Classic Cross CountrySaturday:BuffaloMen placed 22nd out of 38 teamsNCAA Regional Championships Saturday:BuffaloWomen placed 15th out of 37 teamsNCAA Regional Championships
Battling for playoff seeding, the volleyball team finished the regular season on the road against Western Michigan and Northern Illinois over the weekend.
The host of the award-winning, self-titled CNN news program "Anderson Cooper 360?" took a break from the teleprompter this Saturday to offer insight on political and world affairs as part of UB's 20th Annual Distinguished Speaker Series.
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