You know your life sucks when getting hit by a semi seems preferable to beginning another Monday, and another week of class.Heading home to let her dog out before 8 a.m.
In a unanimous decision by the Student Association Senate, Viqar Hussain was elected on Tuesday to be Senate chair, making him one of the select students in charge overseeing and organizing SA's nearly $3 million budget.As the face of the Senate, one of Hussain's main duties is to supervise any financial decisions made by the SA treasurer, including budget allocations for this year and planning for next year."Any penny spent by SA is overseen by 22 senators," Hussain said.The job also means dealing with the administration in hopes of improving student life both on and off campus, and approving resolutions from the SA Assembly."The Senate is the voice of UB and we stress to the administration the issues that need to be worked on to improve the student experience," Hussain said.The vote for Senate chair followed SA President Dela Yador's 'State of the Union' address at Tuesday's meeting, where all 22 senators convened for the first time this semester.The Senate breaks down into 17 voting members and five nonvoting members.
Being an outside midfielder is arguably the most difficult position on the soccer field.A midfielder is required to play both offense and defense, have more endurance than anyone one on the field and oftentimes is robbed of all scoring glory.None of that, however, seems to faze junior halfback Brian Knapp."The credit doesn't bother me too much," Knapp said.
Buffalo wants it both ways.Those leading downtown Buffalo's development agencies suffer from different visions that are seemingly at odds over what is needed for success.
This is not the true story of seven strangers picked to live in a house and have their lives taped, to find out what happens when people stop being polite and start getting real.The real real world doesn't allow for most hip college graduates to live in multi-million dollar pads.
It almost seems these days that the world can't go a week without another devastating natural disaster.Already in the midst of a major campus-wide fundraising effort, members of the UB community pooled their efforts for yet another disaster relief event Wednesday evening, filling Knox 110 with garbage bags of winter coats, bedding and clothing donations to help the victims of the recent earthquake in Southeast Asia.The event was both a fundraiser and memorial service in tribute to the victims of the recent quake that took well over 30,000 lives in the early hours last weekend.With heads bowed down, the attendees took a moment of silence to remember the people who did not survive the disaster and to also pray for those who did."Tonight, we want to introduce the issue because a lot of people are not aware of the suffering that is taking place over there," said Faisal Jawaid, president of the Pakistani Student Association, which hosted the event with Bangladeshi SA, UB Bhangra Club, Indian SA, Muslim SA, the Organization of Arab Students, and the Garba Raas Club.Part of the service included a slideshow with photographs of the devastation along with statistical information, which was followed by brief statements from representatives of the various student organizations.
After their 2003 debut album "Katonah," Apollo Sunshine spent two years touring the United States, playing over 300 shows and perfecting their sound before recording this self-titled album.Although "Apollo Sunshine" flows smoothly, the sounds are a complex mixture of overlapping guitars, bass lines and percussion.As the album progresses, its refreshingly diverse sound makes it difficult to define a specific genre for the band.
Since stepping into the role of interim SUNY chancellor in June, John Ryan has made waves in Albany and acted like more than just a placeholder, voicing support for a new tuition policy while overseeing several SUNY projects.Ryan assumed the role of acting SUNY chancellor following the resignation of Robert King, who stepped down amid criticism for tuition increases and his request for a paid sabbatical, which he later removed from consideration.King now holds an interim presidency at SUNY Potsdam.So far, Ryan, who was previously the president of SUNY Maritime, has been praised for the level of his drive and ambition."I'm proud to say that he's been working very hard with the students," said Peter Rizzo, one of four SUNY SA delegates for UB.
Randy Moss recently admitted on HBO's Real Sports that he occasionally uses marijuana. Ricky Williams retired from football prematurely after testing positive for marijuana multiple times.
In yet another violent criminal incident in the University Heights, an Ashland Avenue man was attacked and robbed by as many as four other men Sunday night at Main Street and Niagara Falls Boulevard, according to the Buffalo Police.The victim, whose name has not been released, told police that he was punched in the face and robbed of about $20 at around 11:30 p.m.
This is the first of a two-part story analyzing federal laws that strip student aid When filling out the FAFSA application, every student comes across the question: Have you ever been convicted of possessing or selling illegal drugs?Tom Angell, campaign director for Students for Sensible Drug Policy, says approximately 175,000 students nationwide have checked the "yes" box for that question and as a result have been denied financial aid.The controversial law that allows the government to block aid from students convicted on drug charges, but not other convictions like rape, is under heated debate once again as this year Congress is overhauling the original legislation in the 1998 Higher Education Act.
As time passes after the destruction incurred by Hurricane Katrina and life for those affected begins again, the stories of those who lived it start to surface.For Lori Eldridge, a fourth year UB graduate student working on her doctorate in anthropology, Hurricane Katrina was more than just another event in the news.
Powerful slams and exuberant energy are two things opponents should be prepared for when standing on the opposite side of the volleyball net from Nikki Morzenti.
"Proof" has a star-studded cast with Gwyneth Paltrow, Anthony Hopkins and Jake Gyllenhaal, but proves that even A-list actors can't make up for a lacking plot.Director John Madden took a Tony-and-Pulitzer-winning play by the same name and turned it into an uneventful, boring movie without depth or a colorful storyline.Despite the superb acting, the dragged-out storyline leaves the viewer with the hard decision between staying to see if the ending is as predictable as it seems or walking out.Paltrow plays Catherine, a 27-year-old, anti-social homebody who is forced to leave college to take care of her father (Hopkins), a math genius who loses his mind at the brink of his career.Hal (Gyllenhaal) is a former math student of Catherine's father and is a 26-year-old mathematics professor.
If the ideal student job is one that gives a full-tuition scholarship, pays decently, offers flexible hours and involves meaningful work, then the Teaching Assistants and Graduate Assistants of UB should rejoice and congratulate one another on their good fortune.The job does have its pitfalls, however.
A sense of hope mixed with impossibility can grasp the mind and body of the single and loveless after a good romantic film.Some may walk out of the theatre complaining that "Elizabethtown" didn't depict true love.
Millions of women and children worldwide are abducted every year and trafficked for sexual exploitation and forced labor.
I was amused at the "Holy Rollers" (Oct. 11) article. You should have included the irritating Wahabbi Islamics that would like to string up by your feet and let you die as crows eat the heals of your feet.
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