Coming off a test in which the performance of several seniors guaranteed a helpful curve, the underclassmen in professor Angela Cooper's accounting class finally lived up to their hype on Friday, ensuring most of the class passed the midterm exam, 28-22.The victory was fueled by freshmen Dana Moss and Evan Wynowski, who both answered 93 percent correct in Section II.
Junior center Yassin Idbihi of the men's basketball team has another trophy to add to his mantle.
April brings out the best in The Spectrum staff, so here are just a few things that are dead to us.
Editor in Chief Jeremy Burton decided to silence on Friday criticism for The Spectrum
Exact numbers are hard to come across, but the yet to be counted absentee ballots from South Campus means the SA election of 2006 continues.
In the Nov. 21 edition of The Spectrum, senior wrestler Kyle Cerminara said that his goal is to "dominate everyone." Although it was assumed that he meant he wanted to dominate everyone on the wrestling mat, The Spectrum has found out that he also applies his philosophy to everyday life.
Basketball seating change announcedDue to a petition signed by over 400 students and incessant ridicule by rabid fans, the UB athletics department has announced that they will be relocating student seating for the next men's basketball season.The students' seats were previously located in the upper halves of three south-side chair-back sections.
In a basketball bonanza battle of wills, the Orange dominated The Spectrum Swoosh in a furious routing in the Alumni Arena Triple Gym during UB intramural basketball.The 66-31 massacre in front of seven fans saw Jennifer "The Beast" Gillan lead a team of predominantly sports editors with 10 points on the evening.
With greater distribution, the porn industry has undergone a revolution releasing films of all sorts.
In an election that brought out over 2,300 voters and more candidates than any recent Student Association contest has seen, UB Advocates president and vice president candidates Viqar Hussain and Leslie Meister won their respective positions by only 10 votes on Thursday.Beating out the Progress party's Greg Stern and Marquis Whitmore, respectively, for the top to SA positions, the UB Advocates also took three of the four SUNY delegate positions this week, with party members Christopher Mendoza, Eliot Sherman and Melody Mercedes all winning seats on the Student Assembly.Progress's treasurer candidate Peter Grollitsch and delegate candidate Rob Mercurio also won seats in next year's government, keeping the UB Advocates from a sweep like that of Elevation '05 last year.A total of 2,347 students voted, up by 770 voters from last year's turnout in the three-day election held in the Student Union.
According to an article titled "SA Entertainment balances spending, pays $267,000 for Fall Fest" (Nov.
The sun has finally come out and it's time to get up off the couch and put on some dancing shoes.
Cooling off of HollywoodOff the top of your head, name your favorite sports movie of the past five years.
Smooth waltzes, intense tangos and hot hip-hop moves mix in a film that details what apparently goes on in some after-school detentions."Take the Lead" is based on the true story of Pierre Dulaine, played by the sexy Antonio Banderas.
When urban planning Master's students looked at an abandoned Glenny Drive apartment complex they saw more than just six dilapidated seven-story buildings that hadn't been lived in since the early 1980s.Instead, they saw the opportunity for something that Buffalo's East Side is sorely lacking: commitment to improvement and development.With the help of Ernest Sternberg, a professor in the department of urban and regional planning, the students have proposed "The Plaza at Kensington Heights," a plan for transforming the 17-acre apartment complex from the 1950s into a large-scale retail development."While conducting our market analysis we found that the distance, upward of five to eight miles, is forcing many city residents to shop and work in the surrounding suburbs," said Nicole McGowen, a graduate student involved in the project."If they wish to shop locally, their choices are limited to local neighborhood or grocery stores.
As far as SA elections go, it was the equivalent of a celebrity sighting: Student Association President Dela Yador was out on the floor Wednesday campaigning for the UB Advocates.Yador's presence generated heavy buzz not only because it is rare for current e-board members to openly support candidates, but the move also came after a physical fight outside the Union between students associated with Yador and Greg Stern, the Progress candidate for president.There is no rule that says current e-board members cannot support a party in SA elections."You're kind of using your powers as an official to get votes," said SA Vice President Sonia Kang, who was asked to campaign for Progress.
As the most competitive Student Association election in years comes to a close, the tactics employed by those running gives us pause.
An unfamiliar buzz was present at UB Stadium on Wednesday morning, as Turner Gill held his first spring practice as Buffalo's new head football coach.
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