BEST MALE ATHLETEWithout a doubt, the most dominating UB athlete this year was Kyle Cerminara of the Bulls' wrestling team.
Hundreds of thousands of Americans turned out in Washington D.C. this weekend to voice their support for pro-choice practices and condemn the steps the Bush administration has taken to undermine a woman's right to choose.The Bush administration has proudly stood with the Vatican and various totalitarian theocracies, voicing their disdain for abortion practices.
8/27 Search Committee Withholds Presidential CandidatesEight months after President William Greiner announced his plans to resign from the presidency, the search committee for a new president continued to withhold the names of potential candidates, keeping everyone in the dark.8/27 Students Stuck in HotelsDue to a tremendous incoming freshman class of record size, UB had to house 155 students in two local motels and a South Campus office building for the fall semester.
We were Trogdor and the Burninators. It was only the first round of Oozfest. But we were on fire!Our big men in front leapt from the mud, hung in the air Matrix-style for seconds at a time, and spiked the ball with ferocious grace.
Blink and you might miss it. But corporations are banking billions of dollars in marketing and advertising on the chance that you won't.The demographic encompassing 18 to 25-year-olds is the one most feverishly sought after by corporations worldwide, making most UB students - with pools of disposable income - their prime target."The marketing business has put a price on your head, to the tune of $300 billion a year - that's what experts believe that people your age collectively spend," stated Allan Casey, an author, in an article for www.adbusters.org.According to Christopher Mele, an associate professor in the Department of Sociology, corporations go after the student dollar by studying the students themselves."Corporations target youth markets by employing what journalists have called 'cool hunting' in order to predict the next trend in consumer markets, which change quickly and dramatically," he said.According to Mele, these cool hunters are experts paid to study people in schools, malls and clubs in cities and suburbs throughout America.
After the last final exam has been taken and the last dorm has been vacated, life still goes on at UB during the summer.
With Satish K. Tripathi arriving this summer to fill the provost position permanently, Interim Provost Robert Genco has not only been taking the time to say goodbye to his transitional position and reflect on his experience, but getting ready for the arrival of Tripathi, who Genco will assist in adjusting to the new position.Genco was appointed to the temporary provost position by President John B.
BuffaloM. TennisMAC Tournament Second RoundFriday:Western Michigan5Buffalo0BaseballFriday:Ohio8Buffalo1Saturday:Buffalo4Ohio3Sunday:Buffalo4Ohio0SoftballSaturday:Western Michigan2Buffalo0Saturday:Buffalo2Western Michigan1Sunday:Western Michigan4Buffalo2
A successful year for the UB men's tennis team (9-12) came to an end on Friday as the team was ousted from the Mid-American Conference Semifinals, compliments of the No.
The love that exists between members of a family is often described as unconditional.Sometimes, this love is tested.In Jeff Baron's play, "Visiting Mr. Green," the strength of unconditional love is continually brought into question.
The crowd seated in Slee Hall Tuesday night sat in awe as waves of beautifully played classical music drifted towards them from the stage.
Residence hall officials honored 13 students on Wednesday with Nancy Welch Awards for organizing campus events that increased UB's level of community - road trips, cultural events, haunted hallways and impromptu football games.The award was established in 1979 in memory of Welch, a residential coordinator who played a key role in creating a sense of community among students in the then-newly constructed Ellicott Complex.Claude Welch, a professor of political science who was married to Nancy Welch, posed a question to those in attendance."How do you develop a sense of community among 2,500 students?" Welch asked.
A semester-long string of events for graduating seniors culminated Wednesday morning as the Office of Student Life and the Office of Student Affairs held the annual Senior Breakfast.About 400 seniors accepted the invitation to the free event, which was held in the Student Union lobby.A DJ from WRUB radio played music during the breakfast and there was a slideshow of pictures from events throughout the year.
UB's new provost is Satish Tripathi, formerly the dean of the Bourne College of Engineering at the University of California at Riverside.
We're leaving you. Well, maybe not leaving you like the Rembrandts, because we'll be back in August.
I'm graduating in about two weeks. I've heard its fashionable to spend your last column reminiscing and giving advice.
With the school year almost over, I still can't get one thing off of my mind: basketball.It's not because the NBA playoffs are currently being played.It is because the UB men's basketball team had such an amazing season, advancing into the second round of the Mid-American Conference playoffs.This season for the team was nothing short of remarkable.
The UB softball team can always count on pitcher Stacey Evans to give them an opportunity to win.In the first game of the Bulls' (17-19, 5-6 Mid-American Conference) double-header against the Columbia Lions, Evans continued her complete domination over anyone who steps into the batter's box against her in the Bulls 1-0 win on Wednesday afternoon in New York City.Evans had yet another outstanding game in the top half of the doubleheader, throwing a one hit shutout against the Lions (19-24). She was also able to extend her consecutive innings pitched without an earned run scored to 69.0.
Awkward adolescents dream to be mature and confident "grown-ups." Weary adults long to be naive and free of worry.In 1988's "Big," Tom Hanks played the adult version of a young boy whose only wish was to be an adult.
A crowd of screaming UB students ran like the wind as they began their race to the finish in the Verizon Wireless Urban Challenge scavenger hunt, held Thursday on the field between Clemens Hall and The Commons.The Student Association's Community Action Core and Boxing Club were beneficiaries of the fundraiser, which, according to the Urban Challenge's National Race Director Geoff Yaw, is the first free activity Verizon has sponsored on a college campus.The two campus groups received funds from the company for helping out with the event."This is a mass participation event that we've been having around the country for the past three years," said Yaw.
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