UB has proposed an increase of $41 per semester in the Comprehensive Fee for undergraduate students and $30.50 per semester for graduate students, according to a March 18 memo from the Office of Student Affairs.The increase is necessary in order for UB to continue to offer its current programs and services, according to the memo.
The trial of UB art professor Steven Kurtz, who was indicted for mail and wire fraud because of his artwork, continues to idle in court as the popular teacher awaits the first of his pretrial hearings.Dates for the hearings have been consistently set and delayed by both the prosecution and defense teams, Kurtz said in an interview with The Spectrum, and at this point in time, no further dates have been set."There are no dates set right now, and all the dates that are set never seem to pan out," Kurtz said.
UB graduate student Jinho Choi was found not guilty on Monday in the Oct. 16 rape and sexual assault of a former girlfriend, according to The Buffalo News.Following the trial, Choi, a 31-year-old student in the department of linguistics, said he now wants to get his teaching assistant status reinstated and continue to work toward his Ph.D.
Academic starsTwo of the men's basketball team's four seniors garnered more post-season awards during spring break, while they were competing in the Mid-American Conference Tournament and the National Invitation Tournament.Turner Battle and Mark Bortz were named to the Academic All-MAC Team.
Demon slayers, look no further."Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening" published by Capcom, and recently released for Playstation 2, takes the series to new levels of appeal.The gothic action game is intense and should not be attempted by those looking for a slow-paced, easygoing adventure.
With guns blazing, men screaming and bullets ricocheting off metal, moviegoers would be forgiven for thinking they were sitting through the first twenty minutes of "XXX."But the film was "Sahara," in which Matthew McConaughey proves a bit more up to the task of a semi-believable action adventure hero than Vin Diesel.
Vanity comes in many forms. For Kelly O'Neal, they come in bright red high heels and eighteenth century geishas.Painter Kelly O'Neal brought her exhibit, "Many Faces of Vanity," to the Albright-Knox Art Gallery last week.
Research can be overwhelming and frustrating, and while many undergraduate students may sometimes feel that their contributions are insignificant in the larger field of their discipline, this is not necessarily true.Last semester senior English major Meghan Fadel worked on an independent study with English professor James Holstun, and she achieved national and international recognition for her research.
The University at Buffalo men's basketball team's first postseason was a tale of two Philadelphia teams, as they beat Drexel University in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament Wednesday before falling to St.
Twenty-five new blue and white buses bearing the UB logo will roll onto campus beginning May 16, following the signing of a new five-year bus contract with the transportation company Cognisa.The new contract marks the end 25 years of service from Coach USA for UB Parking and Transportation Services."When a contract needs to be renewed there is an extensive bid process where we list all of the services we want included in the new contract," said Maria Wallace, interim director of Parking and Transportation Services.
Mr. Vigliotti, my question is just how does your hatred and self-proclaimed disgust help in any way?
You've probably heard what George W. Bush and his Washington Republican friends are saying: By the time you retire, Social Security won't exist.
Earlier this month, the NCAA released a new method of keeping track of academics within its participating athletic programs.The Academic Progress Rate is a tool that the NCAA is using to ensure that athletic programs have more accountability for students who leave teams because they are no longer academically eligible.Two UB teams, the football team and women's basketball team, fell short of the APR's "confidence boundary," meaning they must raise their performance in future years or risk penalties.This is the first year that this new rule is being applied to the Division I universities and because of that, there isn't enough data yet for the NCAA to start giving out penalties, which in the future may include a loss of scholarships."It's the first time through it and there aren't any penalties right now," said UB's assistant athletic director for communications, Paul Vecchio.
The crowd was fitted in black, as if ready to engage in forbidden nightlife activity. Speakers were slung from the rafters and bulged from the ornate carvings in the walls of the former auditorium.
The concession speeches for this year's losing Student Association Presidential candidates will be the easiest in school history.
National attention, a million-dollar office suite and a team with the 35th highest RPI in the country has been a long time coming for Jim Kwitchoff, assistant coach for the UB men's basketball team.The coaching spotlight is normally on UB head coach Reggie Witherspoon, but Kwitchoff has always been part of the Bulls' success the past two seasons.A long time friend and fellow coach of Witherspoon, Kwitchoff took a leap of faith six years ago when invited to become assistant coach of the UB Bulls, one of the 20 worst teams in America at the time.Kwitchoff had a stable, well paying job as an assistant principal at Lockport High School.
CLEVELAND - Five hundred UB students, a writhing blue and white mass, packed two sections of the upper deck Thursday at Cleveland's Gund Arena.The crowd of students stood for the whole game, cheering the Bulls' players by name and raining off-color chants on referees and Toledo Rockets.The students set the tone in the minutes before the game, when the Rockets' cheerleaders ran onto the court.
There is only one word to describe the 2005 University at Buffalo baseball team: anxious.The Bulls are anxious on the field to make up for a 15-39 finish in the 2004 campaign - dead last in the Mid-American Conference.Anxious to get the team's first win after a 0-6 start, UB has hope for a lucky seventh game of the season.Even after a rocky start, coaches and players alike are maintaining a positive attitude that there is plenty to be excited about with this team, and that the only direction to go is up."We're going to come out and win more than we did last year - we feel that we have our best team yet in the five years we've been in the program," said Bulls' head coach Bill Breene.
Electronic music reverberated through the Center for the Arts Tuesday in the first of several performances for the Music is Art series at UB.This week's "Live @ The Center" featured electronic music with performances by David Kane and Damien Simon.
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