Small-ball and defense were the difference in this weekend's softball games. Unable to pull off a victory against Mid-American Conference foe Eastern Michigan, the softball team fell on Saturday 9-1.
The cost of attending UB will rise next year regardless of state tuition if a proposal to increase the undergrad comprehensive fee is passed in an upcoming administrative decision.UB officials have proposed a 3.5 percent increase to the fee for the 2006-07 school year, which would add $30 to bill paid each semester by undergraduates.Right now, the fee is the $779.25.
The opportunity to see someone who is the world's best anything is a rarity. But brace yourself, because this Saturday is your chance to see musical all-star Bill Molenhof.Molenhof, who is regarded as the best vibraphonist on planet Earth, will be coming all the way from Germany in order to perform on Saturday at Cardinal O'Hara High School in Tonawanda as part of the "Western New York Day of Percussion," which is hosted by the UB Marching Band.The vibraphone is a close evolutionary relative of the xylophone but this percussion instrument utilizes more components."The vibraphone is quite flexible and can work well in most situations," Molenhof said in an interview with The Spectrum.
Last weekend, the softball team lost three out of four games at home, two to the Bowling Green Falcons, and one more to the Toledo Rockets.
"Thank You for Smoking"Opens this Friday 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m.Dipson North Park Theatre, 1428 Hertel Ave.$6 for studentsNick Naylor, the smooth-talking chief spokesman for big tobacco, is famous for arguing his way out of public criticism and lawsuits related to the company.
In response to the letter "Protest for labor rights presented nothing new" (April 5): Although students have been in the forefront of the public eye, it is a huge mistake to think that workers have not been involved in the campaign.
Massachusetts health care bill a nice start to fixing a major problem By passing a bill that dramatically expands coverage for most of the state's uninsured, Massachusetts took the leading role in bridging our nation's ongoing healthcare divide.
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.
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