If a huge, lively audience, high-energy performances and solid hosting was what the Indian Student Association had in mind for the evening, then "Muqabala 2004" was a success.Thirteen performances were featured in the event held on Saturday evening in the Center for the Arts Mainstage Theatre.
Yesterday U.S. troops were wrapping up a major offensive to remove insurgents from the Iraqi city of Falluja.
Some female students at UB will soon come face to face with "Women Below 30," a new outreach initiative for the Erie County Commission on the Status of Women.Wb30 is a research project that hopes to gain further understanding of issues affecting female residents of Erie County who are in their twenties, coordinators said."I like to think of the commission as a resident advisor in a college dorm," said Elizabeth Bailey, a Wb30 coordinator.
Last year my brother, sisters and I curled up on our big green sofa and watched the movie "Tears of the Sun." The film is set in a war-torn African nation into which a Navy SEAL lieutenant, played by Bruce Willis, is sent to rescue foreign aid workers.
MewithoutYou guitarist Michael Weiss acknowledges that he had many heroes in his childhood."There was a time when no one could tell me that Morrissey wasn't the greatest person ever born ... I idolized skaters like Rick Howard, too.
The University at Buffalo women's swimming and diving team fell to Marshall in a close home meet on Friday afternoon by a score of 155.5-144.5.Three UB swimmers recorded career bests, but the team was unable to overcome Marshall's depth."We were going up against a much improved Marshall team," said UB head coach Dorsi Raynolds.
One point on the workers' rights issue that remains obscure is that the Worker Rights Consortium and the Fair Labor Association are two unique groups that are not affiliated with each other ("University Sits Down With Workers' Rights Group," Nov.
UB senior Jenny Koeppel earned an at-large bid into the NCAA championships and All-Northeast honors for the second consecutive season following a ninth place individual finish in a field of 320 runners at the Northeast Regionals on Saturday at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx."I'm ecstatic, this is amazing," said Koeppel.
Like so many students at UB who take Adderall, Beth didn't have a prescription, and she didn't have ADD.
Being second best is not something your mother may have told you to make a habit of.But Kelli O'Brien has made the most of her supporting role on the women's cross country team.Though she runs in the shadow of Mid-American Conference champion Jenny Koeppel, O'Brien has improved just as quickly.
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on."From the sight of Ben Hur, steering his horses in a chariot race in 1959, to Hans Solo revving up the Millennium Falcon into supra light speed for interstellar travel in 1977, to this summer's skyscraper-traversing "Spiderman 2," visual imagery has remained a driving force in cinematic storytelling.
Stress and anxiety are as much a part of college life as term papers and all-night cram sessions.
FootballSaturdayBuffalo36CMU6VolleyballFridayBuffalo0Kent State3SaturdayBuffalo0BGSU3Cross CountrySaturday at Northeast RegionalsMen -- 22nd out of 34 teamsWomen -- 9th out of 32 teamsMen
The distinguished speakers series concludes for the semester this Wednesday when award-winning investigative journalist and author Bob Woodward speaks at Alumni Arena.Woodward made a name for himself in the early 1970s when he and fellow Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein uncovered the long trail of corruption of the Watergate scandal that led to President Richard Nixon's resignation.More recently, Woodward is the author of two best selling books analyzing how recent presidents have handled terrorism, including "Plan of Attack," in which he chronicles the Bush Administration's preparations for the Iraq war.Woodward's unprecedented connections in Washington politics give him insight and authority in his analysis of the inner workings of the U.S.
I've never been pierced, never gotten inked.But like you, I've been thinking about it. The days of the N.B.P.N.G.I.
SATV is up and running on campus channel 46. But many students have yet to notice it exists, due to a limited set of shows.Station directors said they hope new shows will fix that problem by capturing the interest of a student population largely unaware of the channel's existence.
In response to a recent wave of complaints from students alleging that dining facilities on South Campus aren't up to par with facilities on North Campus, UB officials said they're looking into the problem.Students have expressed dissatisfaction with the meals served in Goodyear as well as the physical appearance and cleanliness of the facilities."The food on North is much better," said freshman Ilyssa Mark, who lives on South Campus.
The Student Union exploded with Latin rhythm and flavor on Friday, from the strong beats of salsa and meringue music to the visually stimulating art at the 24th Annual Latino Art and Food Festival.Three months of preparation went into the event, which exhibited a mix of unique artistic perspectives from many different Latin nations."This event is an opportunity for us to promote and honor our cultures, as well as celebrate our diversity amongst the nations that compose Latin America," said Joan Ferreira, a junior business administration major and the president of the Latin American Student Association."There is art from Chile, Ecuador, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, as well as Afro-Latino nations like Haiti," said Narcisa Paez, a junior sociology major and event coordinator.About 80 people attended the event to support the Latin American Student Association as well as gain knowledge about Hispanic artistic influence."This is LASA's smallest event by far, our biggest being the annual culture show we put on in April," Paez said.The art show featured traditional wooden and metal carved sculptures, oil paintings reflecting village life, as well as a graffiti piece that showed the modern side of the event.
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