Some performers are rock stars. Others have to act like rock stars. The rest serve as evocations of rock stars.The whole spectrum was represented Sunday night at The Buffalo Icon.Playing to a large crowd, Hot Hot Heat, with supporting acts Electric Eel Shock and local act The Frame Up kept the crowd exuberant.Local Buffalo act The Frame Up was full of self-assurance.
Jimmy Heath knew he needed help.A photojournalist from Over-the-Rhine, a neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio, Heath found himself homeless.
At 8 a.m. on Sunday, while most students were still in bed, sleeping off the weekend, UB men's tennis star Nick Zieziula was busy writing his name in the UB record books.Zieziula became the winningest men's singles player in UB tennis history.
There's no doubt the Queen City is both culturally and socially diverse. For those in need, there is something to satisfy any interest, any hobby, or any other common uniting factor.Buffalo's gay community is no exception.The city's gay population sponsors multiple organizations and events that cater to the gay residents of both the city, and the numerous college campuses in the area.
It started in the first half of ESPN's Bracket Buster in Fresno State, with the UB men's basketball team's star point guard on the bench with two fouls and shooting woes plaguing the team.In perhaps the most hyped play of the season, junior Roderick Middleton faced Dwight O'Neil one-on-one and served up a rejection that ESPN put on its Top Ten plays of the day.That flash isn't representative of what Middleton brings to the Bulls, and Monday's Mid-American Conference Tournament playoff game against Northern Illinois showed just that.For the fifth consecutive game since he was removed from the starting lineup, Middleton responded with vigor, showing court leadership, good judgment and a fine touch to help the Bulls advance to Cleveland."When we asked him (to come off the bench), he didn't even show me an ounce of disappointment in his face," Bulls head coach Reggie Witherspoon said.
Remember, in high school, when we felt like we had the world on a string? This was true of all things.
With the announcement of a strong Spring Fest line up, SA Entertainment has rediscovered the formula for Fest success.
UB police arrested five Buffalo residents early Sunday morning for the possession of cocaine with the intent to sell in Clement Hall on South Campus.John Holland, Gary Holland, Richard Maxwell, Timothy Mack and Twon Robinson were all arrested and charged with criminal possession of narcotics and second-degree trespassing, according to John Grela, director of public safety.UB police received a call at 3:38 a.m.
For the second year in a row, the UB Bulls will play a home playoff game to start the Mid-American Conference tournament.UB will face the Northern Illinois Huskies (11-16 overall, 7-11 MAC) in the first round, for the third year in a row.Despite their opponent's losing record, the Bulls are not looking past the Huskies heading into Cleveland."If you look at the teams that are so-called bottom teams, Marshall won (Saturday), Northern (Illinois) lost in overtime, Central (Michigan) won (Saturday), and Eastern (Michigan) lost in overtime," said Bulls' head coach Reggie Witherspoon.
Grammy award-winning rapper Snoop Dogg and hip-hop artists Jadakiss and The Game have accepted offers to perform at UB's Spring Fest, Student Association officials confirmed Sunday.Although all three acts accepted offers, Snoop Dogg and The Game are the only two set in stone for the April 30 concert, according to Student Association Vice President Yador.
As the debate over tuition increases continues in Albany, UB President John Simpson has had an active role in trying to implement a tuition hike plan that allows students to better prepare for SUNY tuition increases.With SUNY tuition jumping $900 last year, and the cost of attending UB steadily increasing, Simpson said he agrees with SUNY Chancellor Robert King's plan to raise tuition only at a student's time of enrollment."Tuition that any student would pay would be understood that it would only increase for the incoming student, and then would stay constant throughout their time here," Simpson said.But Simpson said there are a few extra conditions that would have to be in place for him to support the tuition plan.
Backlit in a flood of cool blue light, the members of Centro-matic modestly took up their instruments and captivated the audience at Nietzsche's Thursday night.Though the crowd had thinned between The Baptist Generals' opening song and after Jesse Malin's humor-filled, two-person acoustic show, those who remained to hear Centro-matic perform were certainly not disappointed.Erupting into song, the band had a Flaming Lips feel, though it seems that the men of Centro-matic are more in tune with their instruments than their counterparts.This band is definitely one of the talented few that actually sound better live.
Drawn to UB by the university's ambitious hopes for the future, Jorge Jose was the fourth and final candidate to make his pitch for the vice president of research position at an open forum held Friday in Park Hall.Jose, who is presently the chair of the physics department at Northeastern University, fielded questions from the 10 faculty members on hand for the hour-long session, and stressed that were he offered UB's top research job, his aim would be effecting serious and progressive change."I'm not interested in only management," Jose said.
For the second time in as many years, Mark "The Hammer" McKnight has qualified to wrestle in the NCAA Championships in St.
Nearly 2,000 people packed into the Center for the Arts Main Stage on Friday evening to enjoy an extravagant voyage across the continents at International Fiesta 2005, "Passport to the World."The competition was fierce, but the Indian Student Association came away with first place, followed by the Latin American SA in second place, and the Japanese SA took a close third.In past years, International Fiesta was held in the Student Union, but due to the overwhelmingly increasing spectator population, the event was moved to the Center for the Arts and was converted from a free talent show to this years' first annual International Fiesta competition.The competition was judged by seven of UB's faculty and staff, and the decision was anything but easy.
The Center for the Arts Main Stage Theater was alive with stomping and clapping on Saturday evening as UB Step Troupe hosted their sixth annual Spring Extravaganza.Step teams and dance groups from Canisius College, City College of New York, Cazenovia College, Tufts University, Le Moyne College, Cornell University and one high school brought their A-game to UBST's annual step show and dance competition."A lot of hard work and preparation went into this show," said Jamil Crews, senior African American studies major and treasurer of UBST, during his introduction of the show.
Even though the results were not exactly to their liking, UB's Students Against Sweatshops organization struck a major blow for their cause when the UB administration chose to join both the Fair Labor Association and the Worker Rights Consortium this weekend.
"Cause if you take every single person who lacks imagination seriously, there's no end to it," says Oshima, a genderless character from Haruki Murakami's acclaimed new novel, "Kafka on the Shore."Go to a local bookstore, browse the shelves of new fiction and see if Oshima's observation isn't correct.
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