If you've ever heard of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Mogwai, Tortoise, or Pinback, you can thank a band that broke up in 1991.After Slint's demise, they were labeled a seminal force in rock music, with only two albums and 15 songs in their entire repertoire.
Fresh off a spring break trip that included visits to both the east coast and the west coast of Florida, the UB softball team will kick-off the 2005 MAC season and begin its quest for a first-ever MAC tournament appearance this weekend at Marshall.The Bulls are 4-17 heading into the MAC portion of their schedule, and the team is looking for some momentum to turn its young season around.Offensive production has prohibited the Bulls from winning games so far in 2005.
Impending tuition increases and potential aid cuts have put things in perspective for most UB students.
The scars of apartheid are visible everywhere in South Africa. Driving from the airport into the affluent center of Cape Town, one encounters the ugly reality of the poverty left behind by decades of repression.
Thousands of UB fans made the trek to Cleveland's Gund Arena for the 2005 Mid-American Conference Tournament to support the UB men's basketball team in its bid for a MAC title as well as an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.Victorious in their first two games of the Tournament in games against Toledo and Western Michigan, and after advancing further than any other team in the history of the program, the Bulls fell in the championship to Ohio University.After three days of superb basketball beginning on Thursday, March 10 and continuing through Saturday, March 12, coinciding with any chance of an automatic bid to the "Big Dance" spoiled by the Bobcats, the Bulls were left to the mercy of the NCAA Tournament committee, with the possibility of an at-large berth looming the following day, Selection Sunday.March 12 - Ohio 80, UB 79With 0.5 seconds left on the clock, Leon Williams tipped in Jeremy Fears' missed lay-up, and the Ohio University Bobcats narrowly defeated the Bulls in overtime of the championship game of the MAC Tournament."It was a hard-fought game, Ohio played well and we played well," said UB head coach Reggie Witherspoon.
I believe homosexuals stage pride parades and other such events because they have been shunned for centuries.
As far as horror sequels go, "The Ring Two" is decent. It has its moments of suspense, impressive special effects, and a relatively intriguing storyline that elaborates on 2002's "The Ring." However, the dreary mood and the suspenseful mystique that made the first movie effective are absent from this new release.The story picks up a year after the infamous videotape first made its horrifying rounds in Washington, inexplicably killing anyone who watched it.
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.
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