When the much-anticipated Center for Excellence in Bioinformatics opens later this year, it will do so without Jeffrey Skolnick, the prominent scientist who up until last week served as director of UB's new multi-million dollar research hub.Skolnick's resignation, which became official Jan.
It was a personal brush with suicide that motivated Chris Barr's somber performance art project, which he hopes will raise awareness of one of the biggest killers of young people in America.In February 2003, Barr's younger brother Tony took his own life, leaving behind only a letter saying that he could be found at a tree where he and his father had carved their names.
In response to "Where cowboys and directors dare" (Jan. 18): "It's great to see a morally ambiguous story brought to the forefront." Excuse me, but love is not "morally ambiguous." Ever.It is the only fountainhead and barometer of morality itself.
Standing at the foul line with less than six minutes to play and Buffalo down by two to Ball State, Calvin Cage let the basketball fly from his fingers as if it were any other shot.But by the time the ball had sunk through the net, Cage was a new member of an exclusive 13-person club: UB players who have scored 1,000 career points."I had no idea how close I was," said the senior guard.
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Turner Gill may have felt a bit like a fish out of water when he arrived in Buffalo, unfamiliar with the city and far from a winning football program, but it seems to be something he has since taken in stride.Amidst the blue couches, blue chairs and blue carpets of his UB Stadium office, the first-time head coach has already started to make himself comfortable.
As a University of Nebraska quarterback, Turner Gill nearly won the Heisman Trophy. As a Cornhusker coach, he mentored a Heisman-winning QB and helped win the school's first and second national championships back-to-back.
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UB senior Garrett Hicks officially welcomed freshman Kane Smith to the big-time on Sunday afternoon in Alumni Arena as the Bulls dropped a close match to UNC-Greensboro, 22-20.The match drew a crowd estimated at over 400 fans, a large part of which came to see how Smith, now at UNC-Greensboro, would fare at the colligate level after being a two-time New York State High School Champion from Salamanca.
Alex Van Pelt - quarterbacks coach - Longtime back-up quarterback for the Buffalo Bills and star at the University of Pittsburgh.Charlie Jackson - defensive coordinator/defensive backs - Defensive assistant for the Green Bay Packers in 2005, standout defensive back at Air Force Academy.Jimmy Williams - co-defensive coordinator/inside linebackers coach - Helped coach Grand Valley State to D-II title game, Toledo to 2002 MAC championship game and Nebraska to a bowl win in 2003.Angus McClure - assistant offensive coordinator/offensive line coach - Played same role for Bill Callanan
It's been the story of the team's season so far. One up, one down, one win, one loss, one good half, one bad half.
While flat-benching the other day at Alumni Arena, I was brazenly interrupted by a loud, throaty orgasmic man-scream from another nearby bench that caused me to fumble with the bar.While I rubbed my possibly torn lateral deltoid, I watched the gym sloth raise his flabby arms in exultation for successfully maxing-out.
We all spend time in the pen for one reason or another at some point. Here are a few inspiring ditties if you happen to find yourself incarcerated.1.\tJohnny Cash -
Standing on the court at a lanky 7-feet tall, forward Andrew Atman surprised Bulls fans in more ways than one Saturday, first with a new-look hairdo and then with a breakout performance.
Ever since the Smashing Pumpkins broke up in 2000, the memory of the iconic '90s band has been reissued through greatest-hits collections and tribute albums.
Ang Lee has gone with "Brokeback Mountain" where no major filmmaker has dared.Homosexuality has become a topic of increasing social concern in the last few years, but aside from Gus Van Sant's "My Own Private Idaho," it has largely been ignored.The key to "Brokeback Mountain's" success is that it addresses social issues discretely, with its eyes tilted towards its boots.Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger of "A Knight's Tale") and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal of "Donnie Darko") are assigned to tend to a flock of sheep on Brokeback Mountain over the course of a summer in 1963.
The Strokes' third album, "First Impressions of Earth," is an album heavy on concept and light on lyrics."Impressions," a follow up to the 2003 album "Room on Fire," imagines someone in outer space discovering Earth for the first time and documenting what they see.Listening to The Strokes, one can see a band struggling to remain relevant in the face of continual pressure from critics and music snobs.The lack of a strong single is one of the detrimental elements.
The hiring of Turner Gill as UB's head football coach should prove beneficial in bringing a winning era to the school's stunted football program.
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