With an election set to begin March 20, the lone student representative position on the high-profile UB Council is up for grabs, and our hope is whoever wins the job utilizes the office to advocate more vigorously on behalf of students.
Over 2,000 people "got culture" on Friday night when they packed into the Center for the Arts for the 2006 International Fiesta, an annual student cultural celebration and competition at which Japanese SA took this year's top prize.The competition was marked with an electric level of energy.
Falling to the ills that have plagued them all season, the Bulls played well in spurts but couldn't sustain momentum in Saturday afternoon's 74-65 loss to Miami (Ohio).Bad turnovers and poor shooting derailed the men's basketball team, and for the first time in three years, Buffalo finished the regular season under .500 in the Mid-American Conference."I think some fatigue set in on our guys," said Bulls head coach Reggie Witherspoon.
Photek thinks drum and bass is boring. Over the past few years, he said, the scene, of which he is an integral member, has stagnated."I think it's boring.
I was offended by the Student Association's choice to host a Mardi Gras event on Wednesday, March 1.I am able to draw one of two conclusions regarding the planners of this event.
In its first home playoff game in four seasons, women's basketball succumbed to foul trouble and was eliminated by the Toledo Rockets in the first round of the conference tournament on Saturday, 70-58.The game was close throughout, but in the end, the Bulls were unable to survive early foul trouble, as sophomore forward Heather Turner sat out most of the first half.For the Rockets (10-17, 5-12 Mid-American Conference), Turner's absence provided an opportunity for junior forward Savannah Werner to abuse the Bulls under the basket.When Turner collected her second foul, over 13 minutes remained in the first half, but it seemed like much more to Bulls head coach Linda Hill-MacDonald."Heather was sitting on the bench for I don't know how many minutes.
Thursday morning, when the men's swimming and diving team embarked on its journey to Akron, Ohio, for the conference championships, there was little doubt that the meet to which it was headed would be a grueling three-day marathon."Doing well at the ECAC Championships took the anxiety out of going to the (Mid-American Conference) championships, and we were able to go in with a mental edge," said head coach Budd Termin.Emerging from the season's end, the Bulls finished fifth out of five behind perennial powerhouse Eastern Michigan, and rivals Miami (Ohio), Ball State, and Ohio.The team's opening day at the Ohio Aquatic Center was one with few bright spots for the Bulls.
With only two and a half months left in the semester and a week of classes before spring break, graduating seniors all over campus are beginning to get a little antsy.Completing a bachelor's degree in college is much more significant than graduating from high school, and because of that, the cases of senioritis that go along with any degrees are equally magnified.Whether it's worrying about studying for the test that's going to get them into graduate school or planning their post-university futures, many seniors are looking back on what they have done at UB in the past three or four years, with fond memories and a few regrets."I have pretty standard regrets," Erin Brennan, a senior political science major, said.
Current: Pulp Fiction (1994)Lost to "Forrest Gump"Quentin Tarantino's masterpiece stands as the greatest film of the 1990s and is a testament to fresh writing, brilliant directing, and a film that revived the careers of many of its stars.
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.
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