Facilities officials have successfully kept the number of broken dryers in the Ellicott laundry rooms to a minimum since last September, when The Spectrum found nearly 30 percent of the machines were broken.Last year, a Sept.
On a blustery and cold Sunday afternoon at RAC Field, the woes for the University at Buffalo men's soccer team continued as they were shut out by Northern Illinois, 3-0.Coming off a 1-0 loss to Cleveland State on Friday, the Bulls could not find any cohesiveness on offense while the Huskies feasted on the Bulls' weak defense.
It was not a pleasant surprise to find the train station locked at 7:30 p.m. Buffalo is apparently the sister city of Boca Raton, Fla., where everything shuts down at 7 p.m.
Women's SoccerFriday: vs. Marshall, 7:00 p.m.VolleyballFriday: at Ohio, 7:00 p.m.Men
The UB men's tennis team gathered mixed results in an extremely competitive field at the four-team Army Shootout last weekend.
A UB teaching assistant was arrested and charged with rape and assault this weekend.Jinho Choi, a Ph.D.
The title of The Good Life's new CD, "Album of the Year," appears presumptuous at first glance. It is intentionally misleading in this way.Tim Kasher, the voice and the mind behind most of The Good Life's music and all of their lyrics, had something different in mind when he wrote this title."The album starts in April and ends in March.
This week in the NFL, trends that nobody expected continued to prevail over common sense. The only constant highlight was the New England Patriots and their 20th consecutive victory.New England 30, Seattle 20New England continues writing the pages of NFL history, recording their 20th victory in a row.
UB students who visited Cuba for four weeks this summer to attend the University of Havana may be the last group to do so, according to alterations made to the Cuban embargo.According to the US Department of the Treasury Web site, under the strengthened embargo, study abroad programs to Cuba lasting less than 10 weeks are no longer permitted.
BuffaloFootballSaturdayMiami (OH)25UB7 Women's SoccerFridayToledo2UB5 SaturdayBGSU1UB0 Men's SoccerFridayCleveland State1UB0 SundayNIU3UB0 VolleyballFridayCMU3UB0 Cross CountrySaturday & SundayUB Men - 14th of 38 teamsUB Women - 14th of 41 teams
President John B. Simpson was formally welcomed to UB at Friday afternoon's investiture ceremony.
Watch out! Sexy zombie brides are currently rampant inside the Center for the Arts.The Zodiaque Dance Company's latest production, entitled "VOICES... That Dance," opened this weekend, playing on themes of Halloween and the undead, among others.The first dance of the night, "Captious Chatter," choreographed by Kelly Cammarata, opened with a tap number and as the title implies, contained bustling activity.
Both the UB men's and women's cross country teams performed well at the Penn State National Invitational on Saturday, where they faced many nationally ranked schools.
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The men's basketball team was the Cinderella story of the Mid-American Conference last season. They have been picked as the overwhelming favorite of the MAC's East Division this season.As the clock struck midnight on Saturday morning, the Buffalo basketball faithful were reminded that this horse-drawn carriage wasn't turning back into a pumpkin anytime soon.Students gathered at Alumni Arena Friday night for Midnight Mania festivities, which returned to UB this weekend following a five-year hiatus.
Saturday night, the Center for the Arts was filled with plenty of hilarity and mirth, as National Public Radio humorist and internationally best-selling author David Sedaris returned to Buffalo for an evening of stories and essays.In a sold-out Mainstage Theater, Sedaris pleased an anxious audience that consisted of Starbucks-drinking, sweater vest-wearing Barnes and Noble hipsters and scholarly professors.Sedaris began the evening by reading a soon-to-be-published short story in "The New Yorker" magazine about his current relationship with partner Hugh.
The Sea of Blue was a sea of winter coats and giant umbrellas Saturday afternoon as fierce winds and freezing rain crashed the end of Homecoming Week at the Bulls football game.Bundled up from head to toe, both fans and participants stuck it out through the rocky weather for not only the game, but also a series of Homecoming events during halftime.The ceremonies started with a parade around the stadium track by students from UB's clubs and varsity sports teams.
After a three-week road trip, during which the Bulls dropped five of six games, this weekend's "Homecoming" meant the comforts of playing on a home field for the struggling Bulls.The Bulls (4-10-1, 3-5-1 MAC) were relaxed and ready to use the home field to their advantage Friday night as they beat Toledo, 5-2."The difference tonight was that we were at home, in front of the family and crowd," said senior forward Jenny Dannecker.Dannecker led the Bulls' offensive charge with a hat trick, her first of the year, notching three of Buffalo's five goals and adding an assist for good measure.
I'm being pulled apart by horses tethered to my limbs.The horses' names are The Spectrum, iChat, Short Fiction and Songwriting.
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