In an attempt to snap a seven-match losing streak, the women's volleyball team traveled to Mid-American Conference foes Toledo and Akron over the weekend.
When Make Believe found out that drummer/keyboardist Nate Kinsella would be spending two months in an Oklahoma jail for an indecent exposure incident, they decided to spend his last few weeks of freedom recording a new album.Kinsella then sketched the artwork for their latest album "Of Course" in his cell.Their sophomore efforts have not evolved stylistically, but the Chicago-based indie band has certainly grown tighter under the strange and trying circumstances.Make Believe seems to have taken the bouncy, countered-dissonance found on their last album, "Can't Tell Cop from Cab," and run with it.Sam Zurick's rapid guitar hammer-ons, pull-offs and two-hand tapping sound more like a fuzzed-out funk banjo than a shred-friendly Ibanez, all while the off-tempo percussion trapped in a perpetual fill mirrors the unpredictable guitar lines.The drums are managed as minimally as possible- Nate Kinsella raps on the snare and a tom or two while footing the bass and hi-hats, allowing him to mash away at a Wurlitzer organ with his other hand.These organ parts, coupled with Bobby Burg's steady bass lines frame the musical melodically and hold the band together.
The taste of victory had been rare for the football team this year, as it headed into UB Stadium on Saturday.
In the ongoing debate of intelligent design versus scientific evolution, film writer and director Randy Olson set out to find which side's advocates can't take flight.His film, "Flock of Dodos," was screened on campus last week, followed by a six-member panel discussion on Friday in Park Hall.The film focuses on representing both sides of the controversy, according to Olson.
This weekend, as the media lingers on the alleged gay sex scandal between evangelical Reverend Ted Haggard and former prostitute Mike Jones, something equally important is unfolding in a more positive direction.
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Following in the mainstream ruts dug by large record labels and preprogrammed radio stations, The Comfies' debut album "Close to Me" sacrifices their inherent songwriting knack for a more marketable sound.The EP does show potential though.
Poverty is not a laughing matter. I think The Spectrum lost sight of that when it published the Life Desk's "Last minute Halloween costume ideas" (Oct.
Coming off a powerful and important 3-0 victory against IPFW in the Mid-American Conference Tournament quarterfinals, the men's soccer team was looking to advance to its second consecutive MAC Championship game.
With highs in the 40s and cold wind transitioning Buffalo from fall to the beginning of winter over the weekend, the Student Association jumped straight to spring break with a pool party.The Saturday event, although criticized by some for a lack of advertising, made a splash with students coming off of midterm exams and post-storm cleanup."The timing's because of the winter storm," said Charday Fields, a junior theatre major and SA Assistant Sound Technician.
Organic sections are sprouting up everywhere - they are invading the produce section, the cereal aisle, the dairy aisle and yes, even the cookie aisle.
Last month in Columbus, Ohio, a student at Ohio State University (OSU) suffocated to death while trying to escape an elevator that was stuck, bringing into question the safety of elevators on many campuses, including UB.
In college basketball there is always a Cinderella team. Head coach Linda Hill-MacDonald's Bulls are hoping that their glass slippers are somewhere in Alumni Arena.
After three years of planning, the University at Buffalo unveiled a 6,300 square foot array of solar paneling on the rooftop of Norton Hall this Thursday.The photovoltaic (PV) panels, installed in October by the Chevron Energy Solutions Company, will be capable of producing 73.5 kilowatts - enough energy to power 735 100-watt light bulbs, or roughly the annual equivalent of 10 National Grid customers in Western New York.These PV panels are a new and permanent installation into UB's efforts of creating clean and renewable energy resources that cumulatively help to save money and the environment."Taken in the context of a very long term conservation program - going steady for 30 years - the savings are estimated at $10 million a year," said Mike Dupre, associate vice president of facilities.
From breakthrough talks between University Heights residents and local law enforcement to President John B.
The Tonawanda-based rock and indie band This Day & Age will say goodbye Saturday at a farewell concert at Club Infinity.
The use of torture by the government may not be ancient history, according to a recent film seminar.
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