News

---

Family matters for UB students

Twenty-two year-old Jenna Raetz walks at a brisk pace towards the Student Union, book in hand. She is the image of a typical college student except for one accessory, a small child skipping by her side.For Raetz, a junior business and finance major, bringing her daughter to school with her has become as normal as bringing her books.Although many UB students can be easily overwhelmed with homework assignments and part-time jobs, there are some students with the added responsibility of raising children.While Raetz attends class, her daughter is cared for at the Early Childhood Research Center on North campus, a program run predominantly by the graduate education department.A high school student with plans to enter the military and travel upon graduating, Raetz's life was thrown into chaos when she became pregnant before her senior year."I did not plan to start a family," said Raetz.

SA committee weighs charges against election winners

Despite settlement offers from both the Elevation '05 and Reform Our Campus parties, the case against Student Association treasurer-elect Mazin Kased remains at a standstill over a week after charges of bribery, slander and perjury were filed with the Student Association Election and Credentials committee.Reform Our Campus offered a settlement late last week in which Kased would either resign his position or face the Student-wide Judiciary alone for investigation.Elevation '05 rejected the offer and submitted a counter-offer that all the charges be dropped if Kased issues a public apology and performs community services hours.The Reform Our Campus party immediately rejected those terms.Both groups will now go before the SA Election and Credentials committee this week for a fact-finding inquiry in which the validity of all charges will be contested."We're just trying to reach a settlement before the inquiry, because attorneys are being brought in," said Reform Our Campus member Elizabeth Salzman."Our settlement offer is as bare-bones as it can get, it will not get changed at all," said fellow party member Matthew Pelkey.

Ninety minutes in Baghdad

The palace is completely in ruins. Rubble and debris surround the stairs and piles of twisted wires, splintered wood, and shattered glass lie scattered in every room.This bombed-out Iraqi palace, once the venue for lavish weekend parties hosted by Saddam's son Uday Hussein, is the setting for filmmaker Michael Tucker's documentary, "Gunner Palace."Most American citizens have a strong opinion about the war in Iraq.

Proud to be red

The sun is shining, the temperature is up above 60 degrees, and right on cue with the rest of spring in Buffalo, Conservative Week is here at UB.With bake sales, movies, protests and demonstrations, the College Republicans will be celebrating their party across campus throughout this week and, as they did last year, stirring up some controversy.The week kicks off with a Bake Sale to Save Social Security Monday in the Student Union from 10 a.m.

UB mourns death of pope

After nearly 27 years of service, Pope John Paul II passed away at the age of 84 this past weekend, leading millions of individuals to mourn his death.The Pope suffered from several chronic illnesses, including Parkinson's disease and debilitating hip and knee ailments.

Liederman proud of academic strength

Most people know Josh Liederman as captain of the men's tennis team. But Liederman knows himself as a student first, and an athlete second.While the senior economics major is passionate about UB's tennis team, he cares just as much about the classroom."Academics come first," said Liederman.

Scoreboard

BaseballWednesday:Buffalo16Canisius0Wednesday:Canisius8Buffalo4SoftballUB vs. Canisius - postponed to 4/11

Slaying a paper tiger

The wait is finally over. This fall, students will no longer wait hours for their printouts at library printers monopolized by one person printing every page of a management textbook.UB's new iprint@ub program will make sure that if a student wants to print that textbook, it might be the only printing they will do on a UB printer that semester.

"Poems, emotions shared at Creeley event"

Friends, family and colleagues of eminent poet and longtime UB professor Robert Creeley filled the Poetry and Rare Books Library in Capen Hall on Thursday.

Liberals have warped view of death

Much of George Zornick's column (" November in April," April 5) points to certain observations he noticed in the media.

In the Atrium again

Walking into a pink blanket of light with the hum of an acoustic guitar in the background mixed with the chatter of people set a tranquil, mellow mood, as the Center for the Arts held the latest installment of Music is Art, an ongoing series, on Tuesday night.Music is Art hosts different artists every week, with everything from graphic designers to sculptors to live local bands that, essentially, perform during an art exhibit.The usually bare white walls were dripping with color.

Pull-string talkie

In honor of the McSweeney's humor column, which occasionally posts lists of random possibilities, I've assembled my own little gaggle of ideas.

Ben Sargent Cartoon: 4.08.05

Schedule

BaseballSaturday: at Bowling Green, 1 p.m.W. TennisVillage Glen Tennis CenterSaturday: vs. Western Michigan, 3 p.m.CrewVeterans Canal ParkSaturday: vs.

This weekend in Buffalo

The long wait

Anybody who's ever tried to print anything at a UB computer center knows to expect the worst.At their shortest, printing delays are 30 minutes, but more often than not, the delays can last several hours.According to UB officials, most students fail to recognize the print delays result from their own indiscretion over what and how much they print.But starting next fall, UB computer centers on both campuses will set a limit on the numbers of pages each student can print per semester.

Magur fights through injuries

After three major knee injuries and a shoulder surgery, Ann Magur, a senior center fielder for the softball team, has battled through an unusual amount of adversity and has become a cornerstone of the team."I had a lot of knee problems in high school," Magur said.

Exhibit recognizes 'Zine culture'

The underground 'zine culture' of do-it-yourself publications is celebrated in a new exhibit in the Undergraduate Library in Capen Hall as a part of UB's poetry and rare books collection.The unusual publications usually arise from the voices of individuals in a community whose values differ from the traditional mainstream magazines such as Time or Newsweek.

Sidelines

Softball waitsUB's softball team was forced to postpone Wednesday's doubleheader at Nan Harvey Field against Canisius College because of field conditions after the inclement weekend weather.The Bulls rescheduled the games for Monday.

Seeing asterisks

Ah, baseball. Every April it arrives just in time - the crack of the bat, the stolen base, the green of the outfield and the sweet smack of a fastball in the catcher's mitt.But this spring, a few other things arrived along with the usual sights and sounds: subpoenas from Congress, a worn down Barry Bonds, suspensions for steroids, a new policy to catch players using performance-enhancing drugs.A few weeks ago, Sports Illustrated ran a cover story in which the writer asked the following question: "What am I supposed to do with this scrapbook full of memories and the stories I used to tell?