On Sept. 13 a ban on military style assault weapons expired on the floor of Congress. The ban outlawed certain kinds of guns that are capable of firing a large number of bullets in rapid succession.
It has been some time since martial arts first made its way to the Western world; today the particular practice of martial arts known as Tae Kwon Do is growing in popularity in Western New York and is said by some to be on its way to becoming something of a national pastime."We've gone from having just one location to four locations," said Samantha Scime, a second-degree black belt and instructor at Master Chong's World Class Tae Kwon Do Center in Amherst."Each of our schools has between 400 and 500 students from all different age groups," she said.A unique aspect of the sport is its unique belt system, implemented in order to recognize each student's progress."Generally it takes about three to four years for students to get a black belt," said David Kowal, a black belt instructor at Master Chong's World Class Tae Kwon Do Center in Amherst.
After losing their last three matches, the University at Buffalo women's volleyball team will look to get back to the .500 mark for the first time in three weeks.The streaky Bulls (7-8 overall, 0-2 MAC) start their longest home stand of the year tonight at 7 p.m.
This is the second of two stories analyzing the effect of recent police activity in the Heights.When a party gets busted in the Heights, it's not uncommon to see students flock to Main Street as a backup plan.This semester, with police activity on the rise, Main Street is feeling the effects as students scramble to find another party, catch the drunk bus, grab some late night eats, or make the last call at local bars."If I'm at a party that gets broken up, I'm definitely going to look for something else to do," said Patricia Arend, a sophomore business major.
Real-estate billionaire Donald Trump kicked off the 18th annual Distinguished Speakers Series Thursday night, encouraging students to "think big" and "get even."This year's undergraduate student choice speaker, Trump is currently the chairman and president of the Trump Organization, as well as the producer and star of NBC's hit reality TV series "The Apprentice."But he did not talk about his show for long.
The cover of the Low Millions' debut album, "Ex-Girlfriends," shows a bikini-clad woman gracefully diving headlong into oblivion.The image represents the infamous ex-girlfriend paradox - the desire to erase the memory of an ex from one's life and the inability to do so.
I believe molds can be sorted into two classifications: There's the nostalgic type that settles in old libraries and woodsy cabins, the kind that makes you want to dance to Celtic music or sort through the old vintage appliances in your grandparents' basement.Then there is the other pungent brand of mildew that causes you to wake up gagging on your dampened pillow at three in the morning, staring up at a leaking canvas ceiling.Call it simple living.
Muhammad Ali once said, "Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision."This depiction of a champion characterizes UB's men's soccer player Matt Stuczynski.
One question many Americans ask about the assault weapons ban is what kind of guns were actually banned.
The student activity fee will remain mandatory for the next four years and will increase by $10 next semester after both referendums passed during an SA vote earlier this week.In the coinciding Student Association Senate elections, the Your UB Voice party nearly swept all 12 Senate seats, taking all six on-campus positions and all but one of the off-campus positions.Brittany Shapiro, an independent candidate, won the last Senate seat.When the polls closed Wednesday night, 2,839 undergraduate students had voted.
It is said that pets often reflect the personalities of their owners. The burly motorcycle man might be more apt to choose a gigantic Doberman.
Many Americans might tell you that it's been 40 years since anything worthwhile has come out of England.
As cool fall breezes descend upon Buffalo, so does the fresh start of a new women's crew season for the Bulls.UB finished off this past spring with a respectful fifth place team finish at the Metro Cup in Worcester, MA.
Donald Trump, who UB students chose to headline the Distinguished Speakers Series, will speak Thursday night at Alumni Arena.The billionaire real-estate mogul recently gained fame with a younger audience from his popular reality television show "The Apprentice.""We have a very high expectation for Trump," said Student Association President Anthony Burgio.
A small room on the fourth floor of Capen Hall houses one of UB's best-kept secrets: a prestigious collection of James Joyce's letters and manuscripts that is the largest in the world.This summer, UB featured "The Centennial of Bloomsday," a James Joyce exhibit in the Poetry and Rare Book Collection Library, which was displayed from June 8 through September 22.For the centennial, UB displayed the full collection, which included Joyce family portraits, early writings before the author's celebrated "Ulysses," scraps of notes on which he would write ideas, and first editions of books such as "Portrait of the Artist," "Exiles," and "Dubliners.""We were very lucky to have the foresight to buy these (artifacts)," said Samuel Slote, the collection's curator.Slote added that the entire UB James Joyce collection is valued at $100 million.According to Slote, when the Joyce items were auctioned off between 1949 and 1950, UB was the only university to place a bid on any of them.Slote said after Joyce died, some of his belongings were recovered, but most were sold in Paris, and because no European universities joined in the bidding process, the Joyce collection easily made its way to UB.However, there is a bit of mystery within UB's Joyce collection.
Vaux's last release, "There Must Be Some Way to Stop Them," was a full-length ride through greasy, heavy rock and roll with a nod towards metal and hardcore.
For the fourth consecutive year, UB's School of Management has been ranked by the Wall Street Journal as one of the top business schools in the country, which officials said will help both draw more attention to the program and attract more students.Jacqueline Ghosen, director of communication for the School of Management, said the Wall Street Journal changed its rankings this year to categorize schools in a more useful way for students and college recruiters."In the past, all of the business schools were ranked as one group, leading to some apples-and-oranges comparisons," she said.UB fell into the publication's regional category because of the size of its MBA program and the reach of the recruiters, Goshen said.
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