Judging from children's movies and storybooks, Halloween should be a fairy tale holiday. A radiant princess with a ball gown and polished toes or a pirate with capris and tank top set foot into the warm and breezy weather of their cul-de-sac.
Student Association Senate members clashed Wednesday in a heated debate over the formation of two new committees that will allocate club budgets and look into student concerns on various issues.The controversy stemmed from the selection of members for the five-person finance committee, which will handle SA's budget and dole out the extra money won in September's fee increase vote.SA Treasurer Jessica Dangler arrived at the meeting with a list of five names she wanted on the committee."I wanted to pick people who weren't so involved in SA, and who were interested in being in the finance committee," said SA Treasurer Jessica Dangler.Dangler explained the importance of the finance committee, which controls an important piece of SA's fiscal life."The five members of this committee are responsible for allocating money and funding to the many academic, sport, and cultural clubs on campus," Dangler said.Dangler said she announced at the last Senate meeting that she would be making recommendations for the committee, and that those who were interested in joining were contacted and given interviews.
Okay, you've registered. Now be certain that your vote speaks to your own best interests on Nov. 2.Many things should determine that vote.
With a losing streak that now stands at 11 matches, and an injury list that just keeps getting longer, the UB women's volleyball team (7-16, 0-10 MAC) could surely use a nice home game or two against a perennial patsy.Unfortunately, with a visit to MAC West division-leader Ball State (15-6, 8-1) scheduled for Friday night, and a showdown at Marshall (14-9, 5-4), a team that has already beaten UB once this season set for Sunday, the going only appears to get tougher for the Bulls."Ball State is one of the top teams in the MAC, we expect them to be real good," said UB head coach Sally Kus.
A field of homegrown pumpkins and three acres of corn stalks that stand seven feet tall set the perfect scene for some Halloween corn maze fun at Siuta Farms in Niagara County.The Siutas are welcoming the public to a corn maze on their farm for the first time, something that would not have happened without the help of their late son Stephen Walter Siuta.The vibrant 20-year-old came up with the idea for the corn maze shortly before an accident involving a drunk driver claimed his life on July 22.The third eldest son of eight, Stephen put his willingness to help with family finances and his knowledge of the farm to good use with his idea for the corn maze."My husband, Paul, talked Stephen into coming up with a way to generate more income for the farm so he thought of this corn maze," said Ailleen Siuta.Mrs. Siuta said the farm-savvy young man was a considerable help."If Stephen heard a little click in one of our machines, he would know that there was something wrong about it and he knew how to repair it right away." The Siuta family has always been joined in the running of their farming business, selling the wheat, soybeans, corn, hay and pumpkins which they grow on their 150-acre farm."We've always sold pumpkins because we've always taught our kids how to work with people and how to work with money.
Men's SoccerFriday at Western Michigan, 7 p.m.VolleyballFriday at Ball State, 7 p.m.Sunday at Marshall, 3 p.m.Cross CountrySaturday at MAC Championships, Toledo, all dayWomen's TennisFriday, Saturday and Sunday at Dartmouth Invitational, all day
Jenny Dannecker's scoring rampage over the past two weeks has helped the Bulls hold tightly to the MAC's eighth and final playoff spot.Dannecker has been virtually unstoppable in the past five games.
While laundry facilities in Ellicott have improved, residents of Clement Hall on South Campus have voiced concerns that their washers and dryers aren't being fixed in a timely fashion, even after one dryer caught fire last month.A Residence Advisor in Clement Hall, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said he and his residents have been told by officials that UB won't justify calling in the Statewide Maintenance Company to fix the problem until half the machines are broken at once."We (on South Campus) get the short end of the stick on so many levels, from buses that don't come to washers and dryers that break and then don't get repaired for weeks," the RA said.
Halloween is the holiday that celebrates the strange and unexpected, the time to surrender to the enchantments of an autumn night.
It has been a long, tough season for the UB men's soccer team. After an impressive 6-1-1 start to the 2004 season, the Bulls have produced only one victory since, losing six of their past seven games.Other teams in the Mid-American Conference have not been kind to the Bulls.
To Barbara Ehrenreich, the problem is obvious. There's something tremendously wrong with entertainers, athletes, and corrupt CEOs holding the majority of the wealth in our country.The third speaker in this year's Distinguished Speakers Series, Ehrenreich told audience members at Alumni Arena Wednesday night that they can help close the gap between the rich and poor, but first they must open their eyes to the economic problems that affect everyone.The author of "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America," Ehrenreich couldn't help but point out to the audience the irony of her participation in this year's Distinguished Speaker Series."This is the first thing I've ever shared with Donald Trump," Ehrenreich said of the man who is seemingly the antithesis to everything she stands for.
Ryan McGowan's official title is communications director, not club liaison as was reported in Wednesday's issue.
UB kicked off registration for spring classes earlier this week, but while honors students and student-athletes might have had an easy time signing up, some seniors could find themselves unable to fulfill requirements for their majors in time to walk across the stage at graduation."I actually was worried that I might run into some problems," said Marcus Pendleton, a senior computer science major.
The men's and women's cross country teams expect to contend for the top few spots in the conference in this weekend's Mid-American Conference Championships in Toledo, Ohio.Both UB squads have recorded some great finishes this season.
With hip-hop blaring, balloons drifting, and mounds of tootsie rolls and condoms up for grabs, the Student Union looked like a scene straight out of MTV on Monday.UB's Sex Ed Fair reeled in curious students with a variety of information tables set up to educate students about safer sex."Right now, it's not just at our university, but schools in general, where sexual education is constantly being compromised," said Eileen Marutiak, a senior communication major and part-time employee at Planned Parenthood."The focus is taken away from making healthy choices and placed on one choice, abstinence.
Future Leaders of the World have a CD out in "Lvl IV" that is just plain old okay. Accent on plain and old.
Two things will help you consider this issue: Basic economics and rational thought.Increasing the minimum wage will flood the market with currency, and prices everywhere will increase to compensate.It's great to imagine getting $12 an hour for folding shirts or bussing tables, but the consequence is that you could expect that average meal to dock your campus cash by enough to make that extra cash a moot point.Just imagine everyone around you having more money.
Most people would describe Andy Wigton as a soft-spoken, normal student. But when he is on a cross country course, he leaves everything behind and wins races.
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