To honor the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, we at the Spectrum share some of our personal memories and reflections from Sept.
Even years after the September 11 attacks, the vision of the smoldering twin towers seems to be forever ingrained in the memories of countless people.
Many UB students are not as high this school year, thanks in part to a new dormitory regulation that bans the lofting of beds.
Saturday Night Live veteran Norm MacDonald holds the belief that at three in the afternoon, most college students are "having unprotected sex and taking bong hits." It was therefore a relief for the comedian to find that his afternoon interview with The Spectrum was conducted on time.
With a 3-0-weekend road trip, the volleyball team extended its winning-streak to nine matches and took home the Holy Cross Invitational championship.The Bulls (9-2) added to its winning streak with hard fought wins against Rhode Island (2-4) on Friday and easy victories over Holy Cross (1-6) and Army (7-2) on Saturday.Friday's match, which went to five games, tested the ladies fortitude as the team dropped games two and three, before coming back to win the final two games (30-24,28-30,20-30,30-28,15-10). The Bulls solid ability to serve and block at a high level was what allowed them to triumph, according to Coach Lodes."Game one I thought we played very well," Lodes said.
For the second consecutive week, Buffalo allowed its opponent to hang around. But unlike Temple, Bowling Green capitalized on the Bulls' inability to finish.
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Akron 20, North Carolina State 17After failing to score a touchdown on the final play of the game to knock off Penn State in week one, the Akron Zips (1-1) had the same opportunity this week against the North Carolina State Wolfpack (1-1). This time the Zips converted this opportunity on the legs of running back Dennis Kennedy, who had 30 rushes for 121 yards and three touchdowns, including the game winner.Quarterback Marcus Stone threw for 209 passing yards and two fourth quarter touchdowns in the home loss for N.C.
Although students were left waiting at this Friday's Fall Fest, the leaves failed to change colors.
There was a combination of midriffs, hoodies and cowboy hats as fans of all ages shook their groove thangs to the vibe of two of the hottest musical groups today.The Black Eyed Peas and Pussycat Dolls played to a packed audience at the Six Flags Darien Lake Performing Arts Center this past Friday night.
As each year after 9/11 passes, the tendency is to become desensitized from the tragic events of that September morning.
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Recent studies on the artificial sweetener Splenda have caused nationwide controversies over how healthy this sugar substitute really is.FDA research on laboratory rats has shown that sucralose, also known by its brand name Splenda, can cause bladder cancer among animals.
Five years later and 40 miles west of the Pentagon, beyond a guard and iron gates and as the sun falls into a warm evening on Chalfont Street, Roya Akhavan-Lovell does not think about Sept.
Opening its season in the same fashion as last year, the cross-country team returned to the Tommy Evans Invitational for the second consecutive season.The Buffalo women's squad had 41 points to Akron's 25 points and the men's side compiled 44 points just behind the Zips' 31 points.
While the current semester presents students with the option of eleven undergraduate Judaic studies classes, including Hebrew, anyone currently wishing to major or minor in the field has to first refer to UB's special majors program.Michael Shapiro, Ph.D.
The clandestine U.S. commandos whose job is to capture or kill Osama bin Laden have not received a credible lead in more than two years.
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