I won't lie. I've thought about it more than once.Once, while driving home from an inexplicably stressful night at the office, one wrought with more tears than a Tammy Faye-Baker biopic, I was going to just go for it.
SUNY trustees will vote Tuesday on a proposal to raise salaries up to 45 percent for the system's chancellor and the presidents of its schools.
Following a flood of complaints regarding often broken vending machines, the Faculty Student Association has fixed the problem, but many students say they are still dissatisfied with the machines' perceived lack of reliability and poor food selection."Initially at the beginning of the year we did have a problem with card readers on the machines," said Lorenzo Guzman, president and CEO of FSA.Found across campus, the vending machines are provided by the Aramark Corporation, but maintained by FSA.
Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader chided the two major parties and criticized corporate control in government Sunday night during a campaign stop in Buffalo.Nader took on issues ranging from the war in Iraq to drug company price gouging and raising the minimum wage in front of a packed house at the Dnipro Ukranian Home on the Lower East Side.He said the Democrats and Republicans only differ on one or two big issues, polarizing the country by those few issues rather than taking a dramatically different approach than their opponents.Nader added he thinks the Democrats are no longer are a progressive party, but only driven by what they view is wrong with the Republicans."They define themselves by the worst of the other instead of defining themselves by the best," he said.Before his speech, Nader fielded questions regarding his candidacy and alleged that the Democratic Party has tried to prevent his ticket from making the ballot in several states."No campaign has had to deal with more tricks and attacks by the Democratic Party than the Nader-Camejo campaign," he said.Nader said the Democratic Party paid for phony lawsuits contesting signatures on ballot petitions in Pennsylvania and Illinois and also intimidated signature-gatherers in Michigan.
A week after the investiture of John Simpson, the UB president and his staff are urging students to get involved in UB2020, a committee comprised of faculty, staff, and university officials that will decide UB's long-term plan.Spearheaded by Simpson, UB2020's objective is to assess the current status of the university in every area to determine its strengths and weaknesses.
Accomplished actor/good-looking guy Jude Law takes on new challenges in his lead role as the namesake in director Charles Shyer's remake of "Alfie." Alfie gives his philosophy on women and life throughout a movie that will have women questioning his morals and men wishing that they could be in his patent leather loafers.
The Intercollegiate Tennis Association is having its women's East Regional Championship Tournament in Philadelphia this weekend, and normally, the UB team would be home watching with envy.But this year, Coach Kathy Twist is sending three of her players to compete in the ITAs.
The Bulls will have their hands full this Saturday when they hit the road to take on one of the Mid-American Conference's elite in the Marshall Thundering Herd.Marshall has been at the head of the MAC over the course of the last few years and this year is no different.The Herd (3-3, 3-0 MAC) started the season off slow, dropping their first three games, but have bounced back since the beginning of MAC play by taking three consecutive conference contests.Marshall has been known for its high-powered offense and has also produced many NFL players in recent years.
The women's soccer team can still clinch the eighth and final playoff spot in the 2004 Mid-American Conference tournament, but it is not going to be an easy task.
For many students, deciding on a major is a difficult task that can require taking a wide variety of classes in the process.But now, instead of chewing up credit hours, undecided students have another option.This semester, undecided students are being given a helping hand by Trends in Arts and Sciences, a class designed by the College of Arts and Sciences to help undecided students by bringing in a variety of department speakers and giving students a small taste of every major UB offers.Listed as CAS 101, the class is a two-credit course offered for pass or fail grading.
\tFootballSaturday: at Marshall, 4:30 p.m.VolleyballSaturday: at Akron, 7:00 p.m.Women's SoccerSunday: vs.
Red Sox fans weren't the only ones treated to an outstanding show Wednesday night. Fans of Saddle Creek's The Good Life and crank!
In the Oct. 20 article "Muslim Community Marks Start of Ramadan," the hardest level of fasting should have been abstaining from all worldly desires.In an Oct.
Athletes of the WeekThe University at Buffalo named its male and female athletes of the week. Receiving the honors this week were James Evans of the football team and Jenny Dannecker of the Women's soccer team.James Evans had the best game of his career last week against Miami of Ohio as he recorded eight tackles, each of which was solo.
This week Western New York narrowly avoided being exposed to Ministry of Truth-style programming on Channel 29, Buffalo's FOX affiliate.
The spirited sound of salsa music, and the enticing smells of traditional Latino food, fresh popcorn and cotton candy lingered in the air in the Student Union Lobby on Wednesday at the seventh annual Latino Bazaar.This year, with eye-catching banners and bright posters for each Latin American country, the bazaar's theme was "orgullo," or pride, and showed the different sides of Latino culture.The theme of the event changes from year to year and has its origins in students' desire to increase cultural awareness around campus, according to Laiko Quintero, a graduate student who helped plan the event."Latino is something that's multifaceted.
Last month veteran news reporter Ross Gelbspan visited UB and warned us that the recent wave of hurricanes that ravaged Florida are a foreboding sign of the impact of greenhouse emissions.
This letter is in response to Managing Editor Ben Cady's article ("Gay Marriage and John Kerry," Oct.
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