When did we start allowing such ignorance to fill the pages of our campus newspaper? Not only was the "Affirmative action hurts UB" letter (April 25), written by our own Andrew Tarnowski, offensive - it was laughable.
Trained and initiated as a shaman in highland Guatemala by a K'iche' Mayan couple in the mid-1970s and the granddaughter of an Ojibwe midwife and herbalist, Barbara Tedlock is no ordinary anthropology professor.In her fifth book, "The Woman in the Shaman's Body, Reclaiming the Feminine in Religion and Medicine," the distinguished teaching professor aims to put women and the feminist dimension back into shamanism."This is a book that puts women back into spirituality and science," Tedlock said.
After attaining its highest seed ever in the 10-team field at the 2005 Mid-American Conference championships, the No.
Somewhere in transit between Reno and Buffalo, in the middle of the night while squished between two massive football players in one of the last rows of a tiny puddle-jumping airplane, I was ready to throw in the towel on my newly born Spectrum career.
After Thursday afternoon's sweep of IPFW in the quarterfinals of the Mid-American Conference men's tennis tournament, the Bulls were eliminated in the semifinals of the tournament by conference powerhouse and tournament host Western Michigan, 4-0.Facing the second-seeded Broncos (17-6), the No.
The typical UB student doesn't worry about inventories, marketing and the ever-advancing world of business technology.
"Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" begins by stating that homo sapiens, as in humans, are the third most intelligent species on the Earth, not first as we presently believe.
With the doors at Alumni Arena set to open for Spring Fest, the doors of the Student Union Theater opened to the rhythms of Japanese culture Saturday as Japanese SA held its second annual Japan Nite.The performance was divided into several different sketches, all of which were related to the show's central storyline about a Japanese princess and her bodyguard's trip from the past into the modern day.Shintaro Yamazaki, president of Japanese SA, said Saturday's cultural event was a sequel to last year's inaugural Japan Nite.Especially with the buzz generated by Spring Fest, Yamazaki said he was happy with the turnout."We sold over 250 tickets," said Yamazaki, a junior business major.
I decided to write because I am not convinced that the article "The lighter side of Rushdie" (April 29) does full justice to Salman Rushdie's captivating talk.
There was no way to avoid it. If you were there, you were muddy. When it comes down to it, no one goes to Oozfest for good volleyball.
Further reflection on arguments in favor of affirmative action lead one to conclude that the present system must either be completely overhauled, or abandoned in favor of other methods for solving these problems.The first issue which arises in the argument for affirmative action is the past mistreatment of minority groups by whites.
"Just when I thought I was out ... they pull me back in," Al Pacino as Michael Corleone, "The Godfather: Part Three."***I entered UB as a default moderate - I had skeletons in my middle class, "okay to make fun of the handicapped and gays," closet - and I leave as a personal moderate with liberal policies.I hate abortion, but I can't tell you not to do it.I hate guns, but I can't tell you not to own them.I don't eat animals, but I can't stop you from eating carcass.We've got rights as Americans.
A respectable percentage of the UB student population was bouncing to Snoop Dogg's beats Saturday in Alumni Arena.
New-look athletics, UB2020 and tuition should be on your radarNo more pencils, no more books, UB seniors are escaping university life's hooks.
Five months after filming illegally undercover in Cuba, two UB graduate students are now hoping to attract attention to their documentary about the social effects of tourism on the isolated Communist island."Entre Luz y Sol," which means "Between Light and Sun" in Spanish, is the culmination of almost a year's work by Clorinda Andrade, the writer and co-producer of the film.
After claiming victories in its last seven games of the season, the UB softball team saw its winning streak come to an abrupt end on the road in a three-game series against Mid-American Conference foe Bowling Green.In Saturday's doubleheader, the Falcons (26-26 overall, 11-8 MAC) defeated the Bulls (17-26, 8-8 MAC) 1-0 in eight innings and 8-0 in five innings while in Sunday's single game, Bowling Green scored a 2-1 victory over Buffalo."We have been hitting the ball the last couple of games and we have been winning," said senior centerfielder Ann Magur.
Students stood outside of Alumni Arena in a line as long as an exodus out of Egypt to see this year's Spring Fest Saturday.
Joy knows no bound as I hear the news that His Holiness the Dalai Lama is going to visit UB by September 2006.
Solutions by The State News
