R&B star Fantasia is successful in many ways despite her functional illiteracy, as was Stanley Cup-winning Montreal Canadiens head coach, Jacques Demers.One might reach the conclusion that literacy is overrated.
Gerald Rising doesn't seem to understand the meaning of retirement.Since retiring in 1994, after over 30 years of teaching as a Distinguished Teaching Professor emeritus in the department of learning and education, he has yet to succumb to a life of boredom and afternoon naps."I tell people to practice saying 'No' five years before they retire.
We're all familiar with "Romeo and Juliet," "Hamlet," and "Macbeth." So getting a rare taste of one of Shakespeare's B-side works, "The Winter's Tale," puts the renowned playwright in an entirely new light.UB's production of "The Winter's Tale" will run Nov.
Everybody wants to be Johnny Cash. Musicians from Elvis to Kurt Cobain and Trent Reznor to Nick Cave have made efforts to resemble the Man in Black, in various ways.Why wouldn't they?
Basketball newbies signedNational Signing Day was on Friday and the men and women's basketball teams took advantage of the opportunity with each team harnessing four players to sign National Letters of Intent.Reggie Witherspoon, head coach of the men, snagged two guards and two forwards for his 2006-2007 team.
This story is part of an ongoing series about the changing face of UB.Even Lucinda Finley couldn't tell you exactly what UB means by "faculty.""The one thing that is clear about faculty is that there is no definitional blurriness over people who are hired on the tenure track," said Finley, vice president for faculty affairs.Outside of that though, things get murky.
Kahla Walkinshaw cannot walk on water, but she can move pretty fast under it. Walkinshaw, a junior on the UB swim team, recently set a pool record at Canisius College, and in 2004 competed at the Canadian Olympic trials.
President Simpson's UB tenure has focused on improving the university's standing within America's elite research schools.
Tristeza's "A Colores" is a fantastic album to accompany making out or studying. But if the activity requires a little more energy, the Black Eyed Peas are a much better bet.The San Diego-based quintet has done an admirable job filling the niche reserved for spacey, psychedelic, instrumental music.
Smoking will make you blind.It will also give you 14 kinds of cancer, make you impotent, kill your babies, fill your arteries with toothpaste, cause global warming and it will definitely, without a doubt, kill you.Those are just some of the things anti-smoking advertisers have shouted.
Students can expect to see fewer lawn mowers and more foliage on campus as UB goes au naturale.In a continuing effort to make UB a more earth-friendly place, the Environmental Task Force and the staff members of UB Green are allowing some areas on campus to return to their natural state.The Natural Regeneration Project began in 1995 as part of a plan developed by the ETF called UB2025, according to Erin Cala, and those designated areas basically remain untouched."The intent was to reduce energy consumption and air pollution by reducing grass cutting and to provide a buffer zone along the edges of North Campus and allow these zones to return to their natural state," said Cala, an environmental educator with the UB Green office.
One year later, the UB student-owned Brazilian clothing boutique Fofa Brazil Jeans is bustling with business and happy customers.
Higher Grounds Coffee House isn't any old Starbucks.Upon entering, your nose is met with the usual scents of mocha and cinnamon.
The lead article in Monday's edition of The Spectrum ("No Sweat for UBApparel," Nov. 7), while significant for giving the students an update on theWorker's Rights Consortium campaign lead by their fellow students, had a few misleading statements.First, Dennis Black's quotation that "UB was in full compliance with state law prior to affiliation in spring 2005 with the two national monitoring groups and is in full compliance today" is correct.
Heading into the playoffs, UB volleyball is still trying to find its winning groove.The Bulls ended their regular season this weekend by dropping their final two games at home, losing 3-1 Friday night to Northern Illinois and 3-0 to Western Michigan on Saturday."In the crunch, we didn't pass the ball which made it so we couldn't be as versatile as we wanted to be," said head coach Jim Lodes.
Scientology has come to UB, and as one might expect from the often-controversial religion, its new center in The Commons has some people on campus upset over the arrival.Part of the concern has come from other religiously affiliated groups that point to Scientology's cult reputation.
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