Evergreen Terrace front man Andrew Carey may have encapsulated every reason any hardcore band has for touring in one arguably complete sentence:"We do it for the scene, we like to talk trash.
You've probably read (or at least read the Cliff notes of) the grim, fatalistic futures predicted by mid-century authors like Ray Bradbury, Anthony Burgess, and Isaac Asimov.
The photo of the University Village site in Wednesday's issue was improperly credited. The photo was taken by Chris Gasz.
Jewish students, faculty, and community members turned out across campus Wednesday and Thursday to celebrate Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year.A day that is both solemn and celebratory, Rosh Hashana is traditionally regarded as the birthday of the world and runs from sundown Wednesday to sundown Friday.
Everyone has a story to tell about UBE 101. Some say the class is a great mode of transition from high school to college.
Buffalo will travel the farthest distance in the team's history in search of their first victory of the 2004 season this weekend.
The University at Buffalo women's volleyball team pulled out the brooms Wednesday night with a 3-0 sweep over cross-town rival Niagara.
A bicycle with a motor sitting precariously over its front wheel, the Solex isn't exactly the kind of bike you can buy on Niagara Falls Boulevard.
I know it costs money to recruit a good president for UB, but $220,000? Nine students could go to college for four years with $220,000.
The UB women's tennis team will rely on a combination of youthful talent and experienced veterans to improve on the 8-11 record they compiled last season and take them to the top of the Mid-American Conference this year.Last season ended with a first round loss in the MAC Tournament to Toledo, but this year the team hopes to learn from that experience and use it as a building block for this season.Head Coach Kathy Twist feels that the team has the players and experience it needs to succeed.
As is the case every fall, many UB students move into new homes and apartments off campus, especially in the communities near our North and South Campuses.
Very few people will ever forget it.It made nearly every kid in Buffalo cry, and we were not even ashamed to tell our friends the next day.The words still echo through Buffalo - WIDE RIGHT!Scott Norwood's kick not only lost a Super Bowl, it doomed the Buffalo Bills to three more losses in the NFL's title game.
While university students continuously reach new heights of creativity when it comes to earning money or surviving on very limited means, taking care of tuition payment is one area of university costs where students usually prefer to not take chances.But even those who take care to fill out FASFA forms on time and visit with financial aid advisors religiously still sometimes find themselves in need of some serious monetary contributions.These students might get a helping hand from a new organization called MyRichUncle (MRU) Holdings, formerly known as Iempower."We are an education provider and we want to help students that are looking to attend undergraduate or graduate school but do not have the monetary resources to do so," said Jeremy Weiner, director of Marketing at www.MyRichUncle.com.MyRichUncle is a publicly held company issuing private loans, which began in 1999 and was founded by Vishal Garg and Raza Khan.
UB's national search for a new president last year -- which ended with the selection of John B. Simpson -- cost almost $220,000, according to search committee records released from the president's office this summer.The cost of the search was slightly higher than that of other universities that recently conducted presidential searches, but is still in the ballpark of what a school like UB would spend, according to Robert Wagner, senior counselor to the president.Seventy-three percent of the cost -- nearly $161,000 -- went towards the private search firm EMN/Witt/Kieffer, while the other $60,000 was spent on travel, food, advertising, phone services, hotel rooms and other reimbursable costs.According to a February article in the Daily Iowan, the University of Iowa's recent five-month search cost $177,204.
With the new school year in full swing, students traveling between North and South Campus are experiencing more than the usual delays thanks to heavy construction on Main Street.The current construction on Main Street is the first in eight phases of a $15.3 million locally-administered federal aid project that began last May, according to Ron Mandell, resident engineer for Erdman, Anthony and Associates, the company working with the City of Buffalo to complete the project.The intersection at Main Street and Bailey Avenue is undergoing what is known as "total reconstruction," Mandell said."Basically, we're building a totally new street from the foundation up.
In response to an article entitled "New Channels Debut" in the Sept 3 issue, I would like to talk about the Residence Hall Association.RHA is a drug and alcohol free, student-run organization.
South Campus's Goodyear Hall, which was often criticized for its dusty and dated appearance, underwent a series of remodeling projects this summer.
For those who enjoy the two or three romantic comedies a year that star Hugh Grant and his oh-so-charming British accent but think that there's something missing, fret not.
Solutions by The State News
