After a long, quiet trip home from a deflating defeat at the University of Connecticut last week, the UB football team hopes to return from the Carrier Dome on Saturday with a lot more joy and even a win, as the Bulls take on the Big East's Syracuse Orange.Last Thursday, UB (0-1) was shut out in its season opener against UConn, another Big East team, 38-0.
The latest casualty of the Bush Administrations war on science was Dr. Susan Wood, the Food and Drug Administration's ranking women's health expert.
With already half as many wins as they had last year under their belt, the women's volleyball team is set to continue its winning ways when it travels to Washington State University to take part in the Baden Cougar Challenge Tournament this weekend.UB (4-1) will kick off their first game against the Idaho Vandals (4-2) on Friday and then continue with a doubleheader on Saturday when they face the Washington State Cougars (2-2) and Oral Roberts Golden Eagles (1-2).Head coach Jim Lodes hopes to build off of the success they had at the Western New York Invitational, where they swept the competition."We have an advantage going in that we had reasonable success the last two weekends," Lodes said.Last weekends' success, however, does not mean that this tournament will be a cakewalk."There is a disadvantage in that Washington State, Idaho and Oral Roberts could be the three toughest teams we have faced to date," Lodes said.
Sporting bold paint, a flashy design resembling the Bulls logo and a promise to be prompt, UB's new fleet of blue and white buses has drawn praise from students in the first weeks of classes, though criticisms of the transportation system still linger.At the end of the spring semester, UB signed a new five-year bus contract with Cognisa Transportation, ending a 25-year relationship with Coach USA.
While county leaders are just now figuring out how bad the problem is, one thing has been clear from the start: Erie County's budget is a mess.
Marijuana might be no closer to legalization, and the drinking age may be forever 21, but downloading music and movies -- another illegal, though more modern, college pastime -- is still in a heated debate over legality and responsibility.This summer, the U.S.
Samuel L. Jackson and Eugene Levy: it just doesn't seem right. Judging solely on its cast, "The Man" is going to need an enthralling plot or plenty of sidesplitting scenes to keep audiences interested.Unfortunately, it has neither.Jackson has become a respected actor by playing roles like Jules Winnfield in "Pulp Fiction" and Ordell Robbie in "Jackie Brown."After reaching critical success in the mid-90s for his demanding roles and energetic delivery, his career has taken a nosedive.
SA officials say the undergraduate student government is finally seeing the fruits this semester of the $500,000 budget hike voted on last fall and approved in the spring.Since the mandatory activity fee was increased last year, it has been a point of contention among students.
Bulls fans had good reason to roar on Wednesday as the men's soccer team skillfully bested Niagara University 3-1, bringing the boys' record to an impressive 3-0 overall.The win gives the team a great surge of momentum heading into the rest of the season with an offense that was ever-threatening against the Purple Eagles, putting up 17 shots on goal and keeping the ball in their opponents' end for the majority of the night.Strategic passing among the midfielders and the forwards yielded many scoring opportunities up front for Buffalo during yet another physical battle for the Bulls."A well executed play just like we do in practice," said forward Andrae Clarke about his first-half goal, the first strike delivered in the game.Niagara answered back after a questionable out-of-bounds call with 4:07 left in the first half to send the men into the locker rooms with the score tied 1-1.As the Bulls took the field for the second half the crowd was energized, and so were the players.
Most students don't think twice about leaving their parked cars out in the open. Tiffany Landon learned how unsafe that could be the hard way.After leaving her car parked on Winspear Avenue in front of her apartment one night, she awoke to find that her side window had been smashed in, and many of her belongings stolen."They took a really expensive camera and lenses, tipped my radio out of the dashboard, ripped my alarm wire out, and picked through my CD's too," said Landon, a senior social sciences major.Many students, like Landon, discouraged by knifepoint robberies, occasional violence and common burglary, move out after the lease is up, but the Heights remains popular at UB for its affordable housing and proximity to campus.In any city, burglaries and robberies are bound to happen, leaving students to take steps to ensure their safety.
Bring on the popcorn.For classic movie enthusiasts, the hub of downtown Buffalo offers the chance to view and discuss films of all genres, from foreign to silent, to the vibrant musical.Each Tuesday, for the fifth year in a row, UB professors Diane Christian and Bruce Jackson hold the Buffalo Film Seminars at the Market Arcade Film and Arts Center in downtown Buffalo.
Most so-called horror movies turned out by today's industry rely on blood and gore to instigate shrieks and spine-chills.
An Ellicott resident will be displaced and several stuck in water damaged and smoke-scented rooms after an electrical fire in a Fargo Quad dorm room Tuesday morning.The fire tripped a smoke alarm at about 11:20 a.m., according to UB officials.
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