"Grand Theft Auto" junkies salivated on Oct. 26th with the release of "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas." With all the car stealing and gun-slinging about to begin, who could forget the infamous soundtracks from its predecessors?Rockstar Games, Inc. and Interscope Records teamed up to release a two-disc compilation of songs for the new Playstation 2 adventure.
As we look forward to a new semester, we dread what has become a tradition of sorts here at UB: wrangling for a parking spot in overfilled lots.
I would like to comment on the recent documentary on Tibet, "Tibet: The Cry of Snow Lion" screened on the last day of International Educational week at Student Union Theatre.
The first University at Buffalo female runner in over 35 years to compete in the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships, UB's Jenny Koeppel traveled to the LaVern Gibson Championship Course at the Wabash Valley Family Sports Center to compete in the championship meet, hosted by Indiana State University.The senior Amherst native recorded a time of 21:28.0, which was good for an impressive 56th place finish in a field of 250 of the nation's top runners on Mon., Nov.
"I'm too insignificant to commit suicide," says Paul Giamatti's character, Miles Raymond, in Alexander Payne's "Sideways." Of course, his dim-witted buddy Jack (Thomas Hayden Church) does not catch Miles' Hemingway reference.In his fourth feature film, Alexander Payne ("Citizen Ruth," "Election," "About Schmidt") uses his knowledge of literature, as well as a vast knowledge of wine tasting, as a vehicle to take his viewers into a deep world of hidden anguish.Paul Giamatti is the perfect actor to drive this vehicle.
UB students can expect on Tuesday to pick up the inaugural issue of The Pillar, a new student newspaper that aims to provide a greater conservative voice on campus."My belief was that in this political season there is an array of extremely left newspapers on campus, and there is no conservative voice," said Howard Londin, editor in chief of The Pillar.Londin pointed to Generation, The Spectrum and papers like the New Federalist as examples of the right wing's under-representation in print, although he said that non-student papers like the New Federalist are in a category all of their own on the far left."My opinion is that The Spectrum is not fair to the right side in stories and point of view," Londin said.George Zornick, editor in chief of The Spectrum, said he understands why his paper might seem liberal."I acknowledge that The Spectrum's opinion page usually has more liberal opinions, but that's a mere function of the people who are on the editorial board," he said.Zornick said that he has no idea what the political views are for 99 percent of his 60-plus student staff, which writes the bulk of the stories.While calling for a stronger conservative representation, editors and writers for The Pillar say their new paper is not meant to be a right-wing publication."The goal is to be balanced," Londin said.According to Duncan Stanley, treasurer for the College Republicans and business manager for The Pillar, the paper is being funded by a conservative think-tank and through selling ads."With the help of a generous grant given to us from the Leadership Institute and the amount of advertisements we have sold across various local businesses, we are well off," Stanley said.Londin said although The Pillar is being funded by the Leadership Institute, which urges on its Web site to bring the "conservative revolution" to college campuses, the goal is to put out a fair and balanced newspaper.Londin said he and his colleagues told the institute in their request for funds that they were not writing a right-wing paper, but rather were starting it to combat the unbalanced liberal point of view at UB.
The football team went out with a whimper Saturday in a shutout loss at Connecticut.Though the defense and special teams units managed a few big plays, the UConn defense stifled the offense time and time again when it tried to convert.The Bulls (2-9 overall, 2-6 Mid-American Conference) were able to block a punt with just over six minutes left in the first quarter, giving them the ball on the Connecticut 22-yard line.But they were unable to turn that into any points, as Connecticut (6-4 overall, 2-3 Big East) defeated the Bulls by a final score of 29-0."We didn't convert on opportunities we have to," said Jim Hofher, the team's head coach.
I like most of my family.I mean I love my family. I just don't like all of them. Especially at the holidays.Face it; every year we gather this third week of November for a feast of unforgiving proportions, and for what real reason?
Following the controversy surrounding SUNY SA delegate Thomas Martin's failure to attend a recent mandatory conference in Albany, SA officials and delegates have come to a consensus not to reprimand Martin any further or force him to resign from his delegate position.Martin said he has no plans to resign."In terms of resignation, I'm not going to," Martin said.
I was in CVS this weekend to pick up some badly needed painkillers, Cepacol and deodorant. I opened my window last night and in flew Enza, to borrow from a letter in Capen's Poetry/Rare Books Collection.I meandered my stricken self to the magazine rack and saw FHM in its sealed package with a picture on its cover of a woman with breasts Mother Nature never intended.
The Connecticut women's basketball team scored the first basket and never looked back Friday night in a 107-40 victory over the Bulls.Ann Strothers led UConn in scoring, with 17 points by the end of the first half, and 20 by the end of the game.
A change is needed to the parking problem on this campus, but the current proposal is completely asinine ("Proposal Would Ban Freshman Parking on Spine," Nov.
Hundreds of UB students who are staying in the Buffalo area for the Thanksgiving break and looking for a little exercise before the big meal are planning to run the Turkey Trot, a quirky road race that has become a local tradition.The starting gun for the 108th annual Turkey Trot will fire at 9 a.m.
After an off-season full of hype, the Bulls got a reality check Saturday night as they were bowled over by Connecticut, 90-68.The dominating play of the Huskies' frontcourt proved to be the determining factor in the game."We didn't get surprised tonight," said UB head coach Reggie Witherspoon.
When any Mighty Maniac takes a look at the Bulls' starting lineup, the names and faces are going to look mighty familiar.But even though Buffalo has all of its starters from last year returning, Bulls fans saw two new faces wearing the Blue and White against Connecticut on Saturday.Wallace Hall and Christian Schmidt have joined the Bulls as freshmen this year.
Last week famed investigative reporter Bob Woodward spoke at UB about his in-depth review of the Bush administration's decision-making process regarding the Iraq war.
For the majority of bar owners, the night before Thanksgiving has gained a reputation as one of the busiest bar nights of the year, even topping more visible holidays such as New Year's Eve or St.
Anyone who has spent any time around a wrestling room will agree that almost all great wrestlers share the same core characteristics.The sport's champions rarely celebrate, never trash-talk, and are always humble.
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