In the game of softball, winning is 90 percent mental. For the Buffalo, that mindset is going to be needed if the team is going to climb back from the bottom of the Mid-American Conference standings.The Bulls will host squads from both Central Michigan and Eastern Michigan this weekend, playing four games total.
For a show about nothing, "Seinfeld" has sure inspired a lot of talk about something, even seven years after the series ended.
Art. Not framed works hung at convenient heights, but massive works that absorb their audiences. Art that requires its audience to become involved, either physically or mentally, differs from traditional viewing experiences.Two installations in the UB Art Gallery, "Niagara Falls" by Adam Cvijanovic and "Scene from 'Olympus Manger' " by Kelly Kaczynski are forcing viewers to look at art in a completely different way.
For students re-taking classes in which they failed or simply wanted to do better, UB's grading policies have been a saving grace: both grades show up on your transcript, but only the latter in your GPA.On Tuesday, a faculty committee proposed wide-ranging revisions to grading guidelines that could, among other things, change how GPAs are calculated for repeated classes.The reforms are part of an effort from the Faculty Senate Executive Committee to improve UB's grading policies.
Spring officially began over a week ago, and warmer weather will soon descend upon Buffalo for good.
As the Bulls' baseball season approaches its midpoint, the team is still looking to overcome a few important obstacles.
Rob Schneider delivers a more wholesome performance than we have seen from him in the past with his family comedy "The Benchwarmers." The movie manages to be funny, without being filled with the same offensive d*ck jokes that we are used to seeing from him.Let's just say it is more "50 First Dates" than it is "Deuce Bigalow.""The Benchwarmers" tells the story of three underachievers who have grown up resenting the fact that they never played organized baseball.
There's a fine line between justified activism and glorified protesting, and students on the UB campus are dangerously close to crossing it.Early Tuesday afternoon, a rowdy, boisterous group of students congregated in front of the Student Union to support something they felt very strongly about.
For graduating seniors, the UB Spring Gala is a little more bittersweet than it is for underclassmen enjoying just another night of fun, dinner and dancing.For them, Saturday marks the end of the road, the last big party before commencement."It's kind of sad because I'm a senior and I'll probably never go to a formal event like this again," Priyanka Giri, a senior finance and marketing major, said.While Gala may just seem like another formal function, in the end, it represents a lot more to students."Yeah, there will be Christmas parties and birthdays and weddings to go to, and you shake hands with a lot of people," Kate Crooks, a senior psychology major, said.
Effective Monday, April 10, construction along Main Street will significantly impact entry to the primary South Campus gateway at Main Circle near the NFTA bus loop.
With the planned release of "United 93" - a film recreating the experience of the fourth plane on 9/11, which eventually crashed in Pennsylvania after the passengers and crew overthrew the hijackers - a question has been posed to the movie-going public: is it too soon for a movie about 9/11?I can say "yes" with utmost confidence.The events that occurred on 9/11 were the most televised acts of terror in the history of the world.
America has long been in the age of the computer, and with companies' increased reliance on computers and the Internet comes an alarming increase in the rate of crimes perpetrated via the Internet.Professor Eugene H.
For underclassmen, the end of the season means a time to regroup, set higher goals, train harder, and wait for the next season.
Despite the fact that Saturday was April Fool's Day, there was no joking around when it came to the latest Student Association event hosted at Club Level.
Colin Farrell has made some interesting acting choices, to say the least, between "Alexander" and "Daredevil." His latest cinematic endeavor, "Ask the Dust," is no exception.Set in Los Angeles during the 1930s, director Robert Towne has adapted the John Fante novel of the same name.
Is studying at home a no-go, and has a long night at the library got you down? Strong addictive stimulants could be the answer.
"Slither" tries as hard as it can to frighten moviegoers with its gruesomely disgusting parasitic slug aliens.
I do understand that the April 3 issue of The Spectrum is an April Fool's issue and a joke. Naughty nurse images are rarely serious ("Medicine taken orally"). No one seriously thinks that nurses go to their jobs dressed in lingerie and have sex with their patients.
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