On those days when homesickness hits hard or when patience wears out with a roommate it's hard not to feel envious of those who commute to school from home.
Everywhere in classrooms students are falling asleep, text messaging friends on cell phones and drawing pictures in their barely used notebooks.
Not too much can explain a phenomenon like winning three straight road games, then coming back to Buffalo to lose on home ground.In fact, the road record of 6-2 for the men's tennis team this season outshines its 2-3 home record by a considerable margin.
In response to the "unoriginality" claim of the UB Advocates (Letters to The Editor, March 27), I wanted to clarify a few things.The old initiatives that were referred to such as those concerning extending Capen hours are the work of Viqar Hussain and Leslie Meister.
March is the one time of the year that I see no problem with people jumping on the bandwagon.Usually, it's annoying to see people wearing team apparel and talking a team up just because they're doing well.
Student Association officials confirmed on Tuesday reports that the Canadian alternative rock band Our Lady Peace will take top billing at Spring Fest on April 21.
SA presidential candidate Viqar Hussain might be facing community service hours for breaking election rules regarding the use of e-mail listservs.Hussain, running for the Student Association's top spot under the UB Advocates party, had an official in the athletics department send an open letter Hussain wrote to the listserv for all student-athletes, campaigning for their votes.
When people heard Spike Lee intended to direct a bank robbery film they probably thought, "Spike's too good to be directing that stereotypical crap!" While the bank heist premise might be familiar, Lee takes the formula and turns the robber's motive into a moral crusade."Inside Man" is Denzel Washington and Spike Lee's most recent collaboration since "He Got Game" in 1998.
Congressman Brian Higgins wants commuters on Interstate 190 to keep their quarters in their pockets.In an effort to remove the tolls on I-190, Rep.
Well, it's official. Our Lady Peace will headline Spring Fest, with Robert Randolph on the under card, which promises to be the rock 'n' roll event many on campus have clamored for after the last two fests were hip-hop driven.
After three shutouts last weekend, the softball team hoped to avoid a fourth on Sunday.But in Greenville, N.C., the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers proved to be too much as they pounded out an 8-0 win over Buffalo.
In order to meet students' high printing demands, University Residence Halls & Apartments opened new business centers this semester in the Flint Village, Hadley Village and South Lake Village community buildings.Offering high-speed Internet connections, computer workstations, printing, copying and scanning to any UB apartment resident, the centers are being dubbed a success by officials and students alike."We identified a need of printing that many students have," said Tom Tiberi, senior associate director and general manager for University Apartments.
It's a disgrace that upon discovery of the first series of scoring errors, the College Board was not able to get to the bottom of the problem.
Led Zeppelin's music is famous for its vivid, dramatic and orchestral quality. Now that the group is disassembled, the opportunity to experience a performance of their music with a full orchestra on board is a thrilling one.The Buffalo Philharmonic with Randy Jackson, an expert Robert Plant impersonator, performed at Kleinhans Music Hall Saturday night.It was an informal evening by philharmonic standards: musical conductor Brent Havens donned a leather jacket with a Cadillac logo on the back - a reference to the Cadillac commercials featuring "Rock and Roll" - as he rocked back and forth, grooving to the music while leading the orchestra.The show opened with the classic "A Whole Lotta Love," an odd choice for a symphonic adaptation, with its irregular meanderings and strident vocals.
Current: The Squid and the Whale (2005)Kids deal with divorce in different ways. Teenager Walt memorizes Pink Floyd's "Hey You" and passes it off as his own in his high school's talent competition.
Buffalo baseball waited 18 games and 34 days to play its first home game of the 2006 season, but the Bulls had to wait 24 more hours to finally take to the diamond at Amherst Audubon Field after poor weather conditions forced the team to cancel Friday's game against Central Michigan.On its home field for the first time, Buffalo lost both games in a Saturday doubleheader, 5-0 and 8-0, and was swept aside 12-0 on Sunday by the Chippewas to go scoreless for the weekend.After being so patient to play in Western New York again, the Bulls' first conference victory will still have to wait.Buffalo combined for just four hits in the doubleheader.
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