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.
This weekend was anything but a walk in the ballpark for the UB baseball team. The Bulls dropped two of three games to the Bowling Green Falcons in a series that started Friday at Bowling Green's Warren Stellar Field."I thought it was a very competitive series," said Bulls' head coach Bill Breene.
For the students in Deborah Silverman's advanced communication class, a semester's worth of work to increase awareness of organ tissue donation will culminate Monday in a fashionable walk down the runway.From noon to 2 p.m.
Driving a van from Austin, Texas to every major city for a short stay may seem like a chore to most people.For Milton Mapes, an alternative-country quintet hailing from Austin, Texas, the pleasure is all theirs.The tour van is making a stop at the Mohawk Place this Tuesday night.
This is the final story in a series on the late Robert Creeley, an eminent poet who taught at UB from 1964 to 2002.A moment of beauty, writes scholar Elaine Scarry, picks you up in the air and moves the ground beneath you, so when you land, you see the world in a different way, revealing an essence of life.For decades, millions of readers have found such epiphanies in Robert Creeley's elegant, spare and emotionally direct verse.But Creeley is remembered with a unique affection in Buffalo, the city that became his home.
Move over Michael Flatley.There is an Irish dance show in town that can captivate an audience better than the sweat-drenched and bare-chested "Lord of the Dance."High-kicks, knee-slaps, finger-snaps and even ankle-twists were components of the Trinity Irish Dance Company's performance Friday night at the Center for the Arts' Mainstage Theater.The Trinity Irish Dance Company, an Irish-American ensemble, has performed across the world and sold out shows in Asia and Europe.
Two out of three ain't bad, and the UB softball team ended the weekend looking good, taking two of three games from Mid-American Conference rival, the Akron Zips.Saturday afternoon's doubleheader began with senior pitcher Stacey Evans earning her fourth win in 15 career games in a 2-1 decision for UB (9-22 overall, 5-5 Mid-American Conference). Evans pitched for seven innings, allowing four hits and one run while striking out six."The pitching staff had two great performances," said head coach Marie Curran.
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