The pilot program being used by 21 UB professors allowing access to photos of students within their classes presents challenges to students' privacy, but seems worthwhile nonetheless.The program was brought into fruition to address the perceived need for greater interaction between faculty and students.
Talking about sex is easy, at least with most college students. What's harder is having an honest, intellectually stimulating conversation about it."To do it or not to do it, that is the big question," Alan Soble, a research professor at New Orleans, said at his Tuesday night lecture at UB's Center for Inquiry.The presentation, titled "The Conundrum of Sexual Morality: Where to Draw the Line?" focused on three distinct strains of philosophical thought about sex.Soble's paraphrase of Hamlet illustrated the way each of these schools of thought seeks to resolve the central problem of human sexuality.Soble, a prominent thinker in the field of human sexuality, made it clear that his goal was not to provide easy answers but rather to encourage introspection and public discourse."If I am at all successful, you will go away more confused than when you came in," he joked.Throughout his speech, Soble did not downplay or advocate one set of ideas over another.
UB is running the pilot version of a program this semester that would provide faculty with lists showing the faces of every student in their classes.Twenty-one faculty members, most of whom have had positive responses to the idea, are now trying out the prototype, which was created last semester and can be accessed online through a professor's MyUB page.Officials say that in 300-person lecture halls, the lists will promote a more personal learning environment for students, although some students have expressed privacy concerns surrounding the creation of such a database.MyUB technology officials and the Faculty Senate Executive Committee met Wednesday to discuss pilot program's progress.
It was no surprise that UB football head coach Jim Hofher was officially fired Tuesday, but for those who were unaware of the events leading up to his dismissal, here, in a special Spectrum report, is the true unabridged story:Saturday morning.
From the acclaimed director of "My Left Foot" and "In the Name of the Father" comes the semi-fictional biopic of...50 Cent?In the past year, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson has been a busy man with the recently released "Massacre" album, an upcoming video game, and a guest appearance on fellow G-Unit member Tony Yayo's debut album.In a shocking variation from the norm, the highly praised and almost exclusively art house film director Jim Sheridan was chosen to bring 50 Cent's notorious life story to the silver screen in "Get Rich or Die Tryin'."One has to wonder if this concoction was put together by a studio oblivious to both 50 Cent's and Sheridan's past histories.
Stepping off the gorgeous beaches of Aruba a mere week ago, former UB football and softball captains, Craig Rohlfs and Andrea Sage are beginning a lifelong commitment to one another only a couple years after graduating from college.Nowadays, trends indicate that marriage is often postponed to make way for graduate school and careers, but there are still young couples that feel comfortable making the commitment sooner.According to the U.S.
A petition spearheaded to hold last spring's Student Association election winners accountable for charges of bribery and slander has made little progress in two months, but its organizers say they are looking to regain lost momentum this week.Francisco Baiocchi, who ran with Matt Pelkey for SUNY SA delegate positions last semester with the Reform Our Campus party, said they currently have several hundred signatures and hope to get 1,000 by the end of the week.Meanwhile, the current chair of SA's Election and Credentials committee, Avneet Jacob, says he is trying to make a ruling as soon as possible, but the former chair left with all his notes on the case and Jacob has had to work from scratch with the SA Assembly."I'm coming into this as a clean slate, so I can see both sides," Jacob said.
Leaving the crowd unsure if the Bulls' leading scorer would see anytime in post season play, head coach John Astudillo proved he has a flare for the dramatic as he chose not to start the sophomore but then entered him just over a minute after the opening whistle.
UB's novice A boat attacked the waters with demon speed last Saturday as it finished in just under 20 minutes to zoom past the remaining nine boats with ease.Clocking in at 19:58 at the first annual Syracuse Invitational gave the novice eight an impressive first place out of ten entries.
Junior resident Jen Koshy got a shock Saturday morning: her car?
Director Atom Egoyan's films "The Sweet Hereafter" and "Erotica" may have secured respect and notoriety among critics, but mainstream audiences fail to identify Egoyan's name with his stellar filmography.The paradox between critics and fans will continue to persist with Egoyan's adaptation of Rupert Holmes, "Where the Truth Lies." The film has been tailored into a tantalizing, provocative, somewhat complicated work of mystery with a cast of rising and well-known stars.An obscure murder and an abundance of intriguing sexual foul play create a thick plot worth dying for.A comedy duo's career has reached an all-time high in the 1950s, garnering fame in comedy clubs and telethons.A young reporter, hoping to achieve a profile story for her college's campus newspaper goes to their hotel room for an interview.
Athletics Director Warde Manuel made the biggest move of his three months at UB on Tuesday, handing a long-expected pink slip to football head coach Jim Hofher.Hofher was officially dismissed at an Alumni Arena press conference in which Manuel said he is moving the football program in a different direction, effective at the end of the season.Hofher, who will coach the last two games before being released from his contract, made his lone statement via a press."It is with pleasure that I have served UB for these past five years," he stated.
The prickling piano and its maestro, Magnus Martensson, flaunted their bubbly sense of humor at the Brown Bag Concert Series on Nov.
Gloria Johnson is a cycle-ridin' grandma who raps like Fat Joe and is a video game wizard. She's also the unofficial face of Putnam's and one of the most popular employees in the Student Union food spot.At Putnam's she prepares food and cashiers, but her favorite part of the job is preparing members of the UB community for the day ahead."If someone comes through my line and I sense they aren't having a great day, I'll tell them a joke," she said.
The Jim Hofher era is over.And Hofher's Monday firing as UB's football coach means the Ward Manuel era begins in earnest now.
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