Taking a casual trip into Canada is about to become a whole lot less casual. Starting in 2008, everyone, including newborns, will require a passport to get back into the United States from our northern neighbor.
The world can't be changed in one hour.It takes three."The Good Woman of Setzuan" is now onstage at the Center for the Arts.
While UB waits for its new fleet of customized buses to hit the pavement in May, students have been surprised and annoyed to discover a downgrade in bus quality when they've expected the opposite.An alternate fleet, ranging from luxury limousines to yellow school buses, has taken over during the past two weeks for many of the soon-to-be-replaced Coach USA buses.According to transportation officials, Coach USA has encountered maintenance problems with its usual fleet, so UB has accommodated the company by allowing Coach USA to sub-contract local transportation services to fulfill its contract with the university.At the end of this semester, Cognisa will replace Coach USA as UB's sole transportation provider after 25 years of service.Chris Austin, the adjudication and transportation coordinator of Parking and Transportation Services, said there was no connection between the change in buses and Coach USA's upcoming termination of service."This could have happened at any given time," Austin said.
The Sphere Entertainment Complex, which hosted the Student Association's DJ Series until a spate of violent shootings this year, will be under new ownership by the end of May, according to the new owners.Artie Kwitchoff, former manager of the Goo Goo Dolls, is in the final stages of purchasing the downtown venue.With financial help from a small group of partners, Kwitchoff said he plans to turn the Sphere into a concert club that will feature live music.Renovations are planned for the summer months and a grand re-opening, complete with a new name, is set for September."It's going to be less of a restaurant in the front, and more of an adult bar," Kwitchoff said.
George Zornick's column ("Depraved Indifference," February 16) makes me sick. How dare Zornick talk about Timothy McVeigh as if he had the attitude of every man who is serving in Iraq.
Community colleges, regardless of what many may think, are more than they are cracked up to be.In the small town where I grew up, we referred to the nearby community college sarcastically as Harvard on the Hill, but realistically as High School Part Two.The school acquired these nicknames mostly because the classes were rumored as easy, but also because a ton of kids from high school go there after graduation.So if the school is that much of a laughingstock, why do so many people go?While I was there, I couldn't figure out why I was spending the first two years of my college career at a school where you live at home and drive at least 30 minutes to visit your friends that went away to school to have a good time.
Some artists are content with playing serenely in the background. Others prefer center stage.The Plain White T's won't settle for less than the listener's full attention.The T's have earned a reputation as one of the hardest-touring bands on the Fearless Records label, performing up to 250 shows in a year.
Five professors were recognized on Monday as some of the most popular teachers at UB, and awarded for their efforts in the classroom, at the annual presentation of the Milton Plesur Excellence in Teaching Awards.The winners this year include Associate Professor Timothy Boyd, Department of Classics; Professor Jessie Carter, African-American Studies; Adjunct Professor Larry Davis, Marketing; Assistant Professor Lynne Formato, Theater and Dance; and Albert Michaels, Department of History.The Student Association, which gives out the awards, hosted a ceremony for the winners Monday in the Student Union Flag Room where friends, colleagues and students turned out to honor the five professors.Shirley Yiu, a business major who participated in a panel of students who chose the recipients, said 60 students nominated 20 teachers for the award.
Monday was a day I never thought I would have to live through. I never ever thought I would be watching SportsCenter and see clips of the Boston Red Sox hanging a World Series Championship banner.Not only did I have to swallow that pill but also they were celebrating their accomplishment in front of my Yankees.
Bulls of the WeekAfter posting impressive individual performances in their respective sports, Chandra Hazey of the women's crew team and pitcher Tony Kurtz of the baseball team were named UB athletes of the week.Hazey came up big for UB's Varsity 8 boat, filling in a vacancy, yet the team saw no drop in performance.
Student Association and UB officials hope to have a program in place by August that would post course syllabi online and allow students to better plan for classes.SA President Anthony Burgio, who made the syllabi program a goal of his last fall, has been working with Michael Ryan, vice provost and dean of undergraduate education, to promote the idea around campus.If implemented, course syllabi would be available months before the start of the semester, allowing students to prepare early for classes and judge what they are getting into.Burgio and Ryan outlined their proposal at a Faculty Senate meeting last Wednesday and fielded faculty questions.
Having found success in the intensely competitive show-business world of Hollywood, UB graduate Parry Shen has learned to juggle an acting job and a teaching profession along with fatherhood.
Sitting out in the sun with the Center for the Arts behind them, Sean Weppner and Tom Gueli were ready for some serious heckling.After all, that was partly the point of having a Bake Sale for Arms in the heart of liberal-art-student country.
A Sunday morning fire in the Red Jacket Dining Hall has forced the Faculty Student Association to close the facility temporarily while the damage is cleaned up and investigated.According to a UB press release, the damage is estimated between $75,000 and $100,000, and the cleanup will take two to three days.Until cleanup is finished, all Ellicott residents will be redirected to the Richmond Dining Hall, where hours will be extended to accommodate all students.No one was injured in the fire, which did not spread beyond the dish room, according to the press release.
I am writing in regards to the April 6th editorial "A reasonable delay." The author of this editorial advocates fair, incremental, and predictable tuition increases; while I agree with this position, I take issue with several of the points raised, as they misrepresented the political and economic climate of New York with regard to higher education.The editorial claims that New York state university students enjoy "some of the cheapest tuition in the country." This simply is untrue.
Being a sports fan means that I have opinions on happenings in the sports world. Sports fans will find ways to unite and share ideas - whether using the Internet, sports talk radio, or in the local bar over a beer or two or even 10.These are some of the musings and opinions I've formed through conversations with my own group of sports-crazed misfits and miscreants:In my humble opinion, as much as college basketball is exciting to watch, give me the NBA.
The UB women's tennis team split home matches this weekend against two Mid-American Conference rivals, notching a 5-2 victory over the Northern Illinois Huskies but falling to the Western Michigan Broncos 6-1.On Friday, despite losing the doubles point early, the Bulls (7-4 overall, 3-3 MAC) used their fine singles play to loft them to victory over the Huskies (5-7 overall, 1-4 MAC) at the Village Glen Tennis Center in Williamsville.In tandem play, the number one duo of Andreea Novaceanu and Kristen Ortman defeated the Huskies' top pairing of Ivonne Andrade and Christy Svetlic by the score of 8-5.
Prepare yourself for the next war conducted by Congress, protecting the good people of the United States from themselves.Steady yourself for the next big one: the War on Indecency.The 1980s brought the War on Poverty and the War on Street Crime to American soil.
Outgoing SUNY Chancellor Robert King has been criticized for playing the politics of education. With his resignation effective June 1, the process of hiring a permanent replacement should focus on a candidate who better addresses student concerns.
Some punk rockers just won't go down without a fight.Unwritten Law, a band of veteran SoCal rockers formed in the early 90s, will be joining Sum 41 and Hawthorne Heights this Tuesday at the Sphere in Buffalo to promote their sixth album, "Here's to the Mourning.""This is the next step in our evolution," said guitarist Steven Morris of the new release.
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