Heroism beyond the glitz
By MATT MANERA | Nov. 1, 2006The fast paced order of media continuously shoves the bright lights of celebrity stars in our faces.
The fast paced order of media continuously shoves the bright lights of celebrity stars in our faces.
Athletes of the week crownedThe athletics department named freshman Connor Vander Zalm of the men's swimming team and sophomore Mary Veith of the women's cross-country team the Athletes of the Week.Vander Zalm competed in his first meet as a swimmer for the Bulls this past weekend and helped Buffalo defeat Ball State, 137-106.
With the violent murder of Joan Diver and the undercover cops shootout on Bailey, crime has hit home recently for UB students.
Only two months have passed since UB Anti-War formed in response to the War in Iraq, but members say their visibility is already on the rise.
Portraying social class divisions through a children's movie may not be sophisticated, but it certainly can be entertaining.The latest in a recent slew of computer animated movies, "Flushed Away" appeals to all ages.
With a fourth of the Buffalo population statistically destitute, a speech this past Monday on economic issues by John Edwards hit home.Former senator and 2004 vice presidential candidate Edwards spoke at the Center for the Arts on the burgeoning issue of poverty in Western New York and the greater United States.
I spend a lot of time around Science. In my apartment alone, three of us have majors in pure or applied science.
The men's tennis team may have dodged strong, cool October air at the Cornell Fall Indoor Invitational, but the matches were still no easy breeze.The event showcased a field of competitors from Army, Binghamton, Colgate, Farleigh Dickinson, Marist, Navy, Temple and host Cornell.
The regular season began for the women's swimming and diving team on a sour note over the weekend.
From the funny to the grotesque, the hallways and classrooms of UB played host to students in costumes of all kinds on Halloween.
With an emotional loss to Akron still lingering, the men's soccer team took out its frustration as it dominated fifth seeded Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne last night, 3-0.
Both men's and women's cross-country teams were left disappointed after Saturday's Mid-American Conference championship race at Beaver Island State Park in Grand Island, N.Y.
Three simple rules for Halloween costume success:1. Simplicity and affordability.2. Originality (who wants 20 ghosts at one party?).3.
Heads held highSabres loss is a patch of rough ice soon to be smoothed overSloppy and outplayed would not have been used to describe the Sabres a week ago, but criticism hit home this weekend.
Massive amounts of chocolate, snot-nosed trick-or-treaters and the chance for an extreme makeover - it may just be the Milky Way bars, but there's something about Oct.
With his new album, Robert Randolph resorts to ransacking the talent of supporting musicians under the guise of original music writing.