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.
Regardless of plot points, imagery, dialogue and anything else normally critiqued, there is an overriding beauty in "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow." Not necessarily visceral or aesthetic, but somewhere in between and undisclosed, it almost plays the role of an aura, similar to the way one can distinguish between a preseason game and the Super Bowl despite the fact they are the same sport with the same rules.Director Kerry Conran has taken "Sky Captain" and made it a special film, a throwback not just for the sake of reminiscence.
If you've ever wondered about the guy who sat next to you in French class freshman year, or the girl in the library wearing the Ramones tee shirt, here is your chance to find out all about them.Following the success of such wildly popular Web sites as last year's Friendster, UB has launched their own social networking service called UBfacebook.In it, students and alumni can create their own personal profiles, sharing as little or as much information as they want.Those searching for information about other students were previously limited to the bare bones material available in the UB Student Directory.
After losing their first four games of the season, the Bulls' women's soccer team (2-4 overall, 1-0 Mid-American Conference) has scored six unanswered goals over the last two games.
Yesterday students were given the opportunity to vote in several heavily contested primary elections.
This Monday, I went to see a preview of "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" at the Elmwood Regal.
When visiting teams come to Alumni Arena to take on the Bulls this year, they will no longer enter some anonymous-looking indoor stadium.
After a strong showing in the Buffalo/Bonaventure classic, the UB's men's tennis team will be hitting the camping trail for the first time this year to participate in the Dartmouth Invitational.
Sundays in Buffalo mean either one of two things to people: A) A day of rest and worship or B) Football in mass consumption.
With week one in the books, it's time for The Spectrum to take a look and make some bold predictions about the upcoming season.AFC EastThe New England Patriots - It's always tough to pick the reigning Super Bowl champions and say that they should win their division, but a Bill Belichick-coached team has a great chance to stay at the top when they get there.
UB has signed a five-year contract with Pepsico Inc., ending ten years of UB's status as a Coca-Cola campus.According to Faculty Student Association Executive Director Mitchell Green, over 400 vending machines, fountains and beverage distributors across both campuses have been replaced under the new deal.The process of changing over started last fall when the university's decade-long contract with Coca-Cola Co. neared its end, Green said.
With over 99,000 square feet of new artificial turf installed this summer, the old football stadium on Augspurger Road has been given a second lease on life.The old stadium, abandoned by UB football for the current UB Stadium in 1993, will now serve as a safe, all-weather field used primarily for sport clubs and intramurals."Weather has really hurt intramurals and sport club programming, forcing us to cancel a lot due to bad conditions," said Ed Michael, director of Recreation and Intramurals.
On a clear weekend under blue skies -- like those on September 11, 2001 -- UB was out and about, going about their daily work and finding ways to mark the events that occurred three years ago.
The Bulls came out strong in their upset bid against Syracuse, but couldn't recover after Syracuse scored two quick touchdowns off special teams plays in the second quarter.
Many teams have said the best thing about the first few weeks of the football season is the opportunity to become stronger on a weekly basis.
The UB Women's Cross Country team ran away with a first place finish in the Tommy Evans Invitational on Saturday in Akron, Ohio.
McKnight takes gold at Junior Pan-AmsBuffalo wrestler Mark McKnight won a gold medal in freestyle wrestling and a bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling at the Junior Pan-American Games held in Maracabio City, Venezuela on July 26.Coming off of a freshman season with a 34-8 record for the Bulls, McKnight went 4-0 in the 121-pound (55 kilos) weight bracket in the freestyle portion of the games, beating competitors from both Canada and Venezuela.In Greco-Roman wrestling, McKnight won his opening round match against his competitor from Argentina 10-0, but fell in the semi-finals to the eventual gold-medal winner Jaciel Rodriguez of Venezuela.
French rock is more than a little alien to the U.S. mainstream, but Rhesus could change that.The trio from Grenoble earned the title of "Best Newcomer of 2004" (presumably best French newcomer) in the weekly French culture magazine, "Les Inrockuptibles" thanks to their latest EP, "Meanwhile at the Party."This turns out to be no puff of cigarette-holder smoke.On "Meanwhile at the Party," the laid-back rock begins with a track entitled "Shooting Star," which mellows for over six minutes.
There's nothing quite like the look in someone's face when I utter those horrifying words:"No, I'm not graduating this year.""WHHHAAAA...?" they ask, desperately hoping I hadn't actually just said what I had actually just said.
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