Despite the devastation New Orleans suffered from Hurricane Katrina six months ago, the spirit of Mardi Gras was strong at a carnival held in the Student Union on Wednesday.
I can't believe Michael Flatt's opinion column of Feb. 22 ("We pay your salary"). Professors are not your employees (were your elementary school teachers your employees?). They are not your gardener, plumber, or mechanic.
Local Access Residency ScreeningSqueaky WheelFriday, March 3 at 8 p.m.Local artists Jax DeLuca, Hettie Kauffmann and Andrew Wurl, will publicly hatch the work at the Squeaky Wheel.
It's do-or-die time for the Buffalo wrestling team. The Bulls are set to hit the mats this weekend for the Mid-American Conference Championships.Three Bulls will enter the MAC Tournament nationally ranked and all three will be ranked second in their weight divisions.
Pink Floyd is back. Sadly, their latest tour stop is not UB. However, their music, four lasers, and a visual show aptly named "Spectacular" will be bringing Pink Floyd from the record bin to the stage.Paramount's Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular will be performing at the Center for the Arts at 8 p.m.
UB football is known for losses on the field, but thanks to recent hits in the classroom, the team will lose three scholarships next year under sanctions from the National Collegiate Athletic Association.On Wednesday, the NCAA released a two-year Academic Progress Rate report, showing that the UB squad has a score of 878, well below the standard score of 925 on a 1,000-point scale.New head coach Turner Gill had been informed of the possible scholarship losses while in the interview process for the job in December."They told me that there was a possibility of a scholarship loss this year," Gill said.
Every year more people go to the International Fiesta, and every year the costumes and performances get more elaborate and colorful.
Action movies, especially those starring Bruce Willis, are usually full of last minute escapes with bursting explosives.
When it comes to basketball, everyone knows what happens in March. The crazed fans, the sold-out games, the upsets, the rivalries, and the celebrations are all part of the trip down the boulevard of broken dreams come true.
James Avery remembers the first time he rubbed one out. He was sitting on a bed in the dark with his friend Henry Lee.This is one of many happy childhood memories comically revisited in "Valhalla," an unusual, yet compelling play, presented by the Buffalo United Artists theater company at the Alleyway Theatre."Valhalla" explores the unlikely similarities between the lives of King Ludwig of Bavaria (Eric Rawski), who lived during the late 19th century, and the misadventures of a hell raiser named James Avery (Rick Lattimer) from Texas in the 1940s.At first glance, these two seem to have nothing in common.
Noise, as in static, unharmonious sound, doesn't usually blend well with music. While a few genres, such as noise-rock and post-rock, include static tones as ingredients, noise is frequently used for its disorienting properties.Then there is the other side to such incoherent sound.
In light of the Oscars being this weekend, we thought there'd be no better time to give our own movie awards.
Though Suicide Machines are a bit morbid in name, they'd rather you play with the First Amendment than razors.Suicide Machines, a multifaceted punk/ska/reggae band, will be playing at The Icon on Sunday, March 5 at 7 p.m.
Sometimes one injury can affect an entire season. For the men's basketball team, that injury happened to junior Parnell Smith.After cruising to an 11-2 record earlier in the season, the men's basketball team hit a rough patch, dropping nine of its last 16 games.
For the past year, an increasing number of professors have utilized remotes to engage students in lecture halls with interactive questions, but different
The long, cold winters in Buffalo may not be ideal stimulation for staying in shape. Finishing class at the end of a lengthy day and digging the car out of three feet of snow is more of an incentive to curl up with hot chocolate than curling dumbbells.Though the dark days can be rough, some UB students and local fitness experts try to come up with creative ways to stay motivated regardless of their surroundings.Jean Jitomir, a registered dietician and second-year nutrition graduate student, said competing in female bodybuilding keeps her motivated through the blistery season."Sometimes it's hard to stay motivated to exercise in the winter because it's hard to find the motivation to do much of anything," Jitomir said.
In the Student Union, they constantly take out garbage and wipe off tables. In the dorms, they sanitize showers and scour stairwells.
Long hours, sore muscles, and countless bruises pay off later in a big way for dancers who devote their lives to perfecting their art.The fancy footwork of the highly talented individuals in the Zodiaque Dance Company at UB not only leaves an impact on audiences now, but the experience of student involvement with the company remains long after the final curtain call."Even though students are majors in the company and have a B.A.
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