A message for consumers
By COLIN O'MALLEY and COLIN O | Feb. 23, 2005In response to Michael Flatt's "To the anti-consumers," I have a couple of thoughts for both the writer and those that may fit his description of anti-consumers.
In response to Michael Flatt's "To the anti-consumers," I have a couple of thoughts for both the writer and those that may fit his description of anti-consumers.
The musical that changed Broadway is playing tonight at the Center for the Arts. After a seven-year collaboration and constant reworking of the script, "Rent" enjoyed whirlwind success on the Broadway stage, ushering in a new wave of modern musicals.Considered outdated by some and timeless by many, "Rent" has enjoyed continuing success on stages around the nation.
Aussies may have to deal with late release dates for U.S. movies, but Americans had to endure a full year of waiting before the stateside debut of The John Butler Trio's "Sunrise Over Sea," released in Australia last March.The John Butler Trio combines a bevy of different genres to form their own distinct sound.
Myron Salamon, a dean at the University of Illinois, visited UB on Tuesday for an open forum in Capen Hall with the hopes of landing the top research position at UB.Salamon is the second of four finalists to visit campus for the job of Vice President of Research.
Derek Ofori leaned over the railing, took aim and let go.His first concern was that his team's egg - shielded by Styrofoam, coffee stirrers, two cups, a latex glove and string - would shatter at the end of its three-story plunge.But Ofori also hoped students watching his contraption hit the ground saw more than just an unusual event in the Student Union."Engineers are not always building these crazy, complex designs," said Ofori, a senior electrical engineering major.
The Bulls were on the fast track last Saturday at the Olean Racquet Club, rolling over Bucknell 5-2 in a non-conference match.
The diet and eating habits of typical college students are a long running joke on campuses everywhere.
The Gap really isn't such a bad place. It is not the great Satan. It sells flat and patterned shirts.
The UB women's basketball team fell again on Saturday, losing 66-46 to Marshall, the No. 1 team in the Mid-American Conference East Division.In front of 1,217 fans at Marshall's Cam Henderson Center, the Bulls (4-20, 2-11 MAC) put up a fight and gave the Thundering Herd (17-7, 11-2 MAC) a scare, keeping the game close for much of the first half of action.UB head coach Cheryl Dozier was happy with the effort of the team, though the result of the game was once again very frustrating."We played hard in the first half and we were OK when we executed our offenses," said Dozier.
It wasn't pretty. The Bulls missed lay-ups. UB's star point guard Turner Battle got in early foul trouble and spent half the game on the bench.
"I started to put condoms on my hands and feet and fill them with water to see how it would feel to be a mermaid," said Janaina Tsch?
Jason Bird has four games left in his last regular season. When those four games are over, and the postseason has ended, Bulls fans may remember Bird as an effective 3-point marksman.But Bird said that when he looks back, it's the personal things he'll remember."My greatest basketball memory is the way we felt after the playoff game at home last year.
With acts ranging from spoken word to stand-up comedy, the African Student Association's annual Jambo Night filled the Student Union Theater Saturday with pride and energy aimed at educating students about African culture.The evening started with a dinner in the Student Union, giving everyone a chance to socialize and mingle, while exposing students to cultural foods like jolel rice, kababs, meat patties and fufu.Joel Payton, president of African SA, said events like Jambo Night are important because they help to dispel negative stereotypes placed on Africa and its citizens.
He had a random open call and a one-minute audition. Five months later, he got a phone call saying that he had scored the desired part of Tom Collins.Such is the luck of Marcus Paul James, an aspiring performer who left his college life in Pennsylvania for a chance audition in New York.
A tall, dark, good-natured man changed my view of an entire country of people. Peter stole the show at the African Student Association's annual Jambo last night and he gave me a glimpse into the heart and mind of a Sudanese man.The crisis in Sudan and the rest of the world's apparent indifference has been a sore spot for me since the beginning.
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The NHL lockout is approaching its sixth month and even with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman's recent announcement that the season is cancelled, no one is sure whether the 2004-05 hockey season is really dead.
Howard Federoff, a finalist for UB's top research job, talked about his experience and addressed some of the challenges facing the UB research community at an open forum Friday in Park Hall.Eleven professors attended the hour-long discussion with Federoff, who is the first of four finalists to visit campus for the job of Vice President for Research.