With Hurricane Katrina's catastrophe dominating the news, and the inevitable effects of time on memory, it seems 9/11 memorials have thinned out in the four years since the attacks that killed thousands.This year marks the first time since 9/11 that UB itself did not host some sort of vigil or service for the community in memory of the attacks.
I want to thank you for finally publishing Mr. O'Day's letter. After first reading this letter two years ago, I was struck by the sensibility of O'Day's proposal, and hope that this grand idea, through being aired in The Spectrum, will receive acceptance and be acted upon in Ireland, north and south.
In the latest move to round out his extensive staff of vice presidents, President John Simpson has appointed Marsha Henderson to the newly created position of vice president for external affairs.Currently serving as the Western New York district president for KeyBank, Henderson, a UB alumna, returns to UB with an accomplished resume and will start at the new position Sept.
I generally think of myself as a fairly unemotional guy, one who is not easily moved to tears. However upon reading about the potential crowding problems facing the student body in the Spectrum's "Growing with respect" (Sept.
Under normal circumstances, any musical artist who forms a band title by putting the word "Experience" after his or her own full name should be slapped with a pretentious stick.
Bulls teams like football this fall have produced little reason for fans to get excited. The women's soccer team will look to change all that this weekend.Tallying a 1-2-1 record so far this season, the Bulls have suffered crushing defeats at the hands of Lehigh and Central Florida, leaving head coach Jean A.
During each basketball game last semester, nearly 23,000 UB students on average chose not to attend.
The solution to crime problems like these recent knifepoint robberies is simple. Every year its the same story: cops all over the place patrolling North Campus at all hours of the day and night, handing out parking tickets with extreme prejudice and keeping an eye on all those potential shoplifters at the bookstore, while meanwhile this kind of crap goes on every year at South Campus and the Heights.
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.
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