Sept. 17, 1787 may bear little significance to anyone other than history majors.University coordinators, working in correlation with the not-for-profit organization Constitution Day, Inc., are on a mission to change that.
Sometimes, the first time through isn't enough. For college students, the painful post-graduate reality is another trip to school because of unhappy career placement.Matt Cruz graduated with a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts with a concentration in communication design last spring.
The student activity fee vote ended Thursday night, resulting in a two-year continuance of the $80 mandatory fee; although voter turnout was sufficient and the majority got their way, the undergraduate community should not feel the job is done quite yet.Although students have officially told the Student Association to keep spending their money, a certain level of entitlement should come with this experience.
If you hear the loud hum of a ten horsepower engine buzzing in the hills by Lake La Salle, don't be surprised when a mini car flies through the air over a grassy slope.
Fantasy football has become one of the biggest developing trends in America, so much so that it's no longer just a trend at all.
Music drifts from the small ensemble room in Baird Hall where the Royal Pitches, UB's only all-women a cappella ensemble, are practicing - their voices resonate around the small room.
With a full-count and bases loaded I stared intently at the catcher's signals. He was calling for a fastball, so I relaxed, wound up and let one go.
Everyone has had nightmares, but not many can claim to have awakened and found themselves actually living in one.
Oh, crap.I had just run my car straight over a curb, and the loud clunk that followed ended with my heart in my throat.Oh, crap.Before I even had my car in park, or set foot outside to assess the damage, I dialed the man in my life.
We can all agree the average physical therapy major is a busy student. How about the physical therapy major that plays volleyball on the side?
Bob Black's ("Dalai Lama an inappropriate speaker choice," Sept. 20) comments on the inappropriateness of the Dalai Lama speaker choice is sure an amusing one, seeing that his comments emanate racism and prejudice against all other with the exception of the Chinese Student Association and Campus Crusade for Christ.A few things to clarify.
Sweat poured into already-soaked clothes while intense lights beamed down as the modestly sized stage heated up.
This fall, the newly instituted iPrint system became a permanent fixture in campus computer labs and libraries, limiting the amount of pages students can print per semester while working to cut back on print delays.Under the system, 650 pages are allotted to each student per semester, with an additional 200 pages during the summer session.
The desire to someday play Major League Soccer has taken senior forward Andrae Clarke from his Jamaican home to the Bronx and finally, to Buffalo.It was the influence of a national soccer hero that introduced Clarke to the sport while growing up in Jamaica.
There is a serious problem with the review of "Feast" ("'Feast' is a buffet of laughable failure," Sept.
Just a quick comment about what the Pope said ("Pope adds fuel to the fire, Sept. 20"): regardless what religious leaders say, or what newspapers print disrespectful cartoons of Mohammad, it is wrong to resort to violence against those not responsible for such actions.
A new weapon in the battle against sexually transmitted diseases will soon be a reality for students at UB.In June 2006, the FDA approved "Gardasil," a vaccination for the human papillomavirus, the most common sexually transmitted virus.
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