"Some offensive comments."These were the words printed out in bold on the poster of Tracy Morgan's performance at the Center for the Arts Thursday night.
Members of UB's Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Alliance took a vow of silence Wednesday to highlight their opposition to discrimination, homophobia and violence.From 9 a.m.
After seeing the trailer for "Man on Fire" and last year's mediocre "Out of Time," it might seem that Denzel Washington's career has sunk to B-rate movies with lousy storylines and big-money Hollywood explosions.However, teaming up with director Tony Scott ("Spy Game," "Enemy of the State") on "Man on Fire," Washington shines with Dakota Fanning in a story based on AJ Quinnell's book of the same name.Washington plays a retired assassin named Creasy.
BuffaloM. TennisMAC Tournament Second RoundFriday: vs. Western Michigan at Ball State, TBDBaseballFriday: at Ohio, 3 p.m.Saturday: at Ohio, 1 p.m.Sunday: at Ohio, 1 p.m.SoftballSaturday: vs.
Twenty seconds...stop. Fifteen seconds...stop. Twenty-eight seconds...stop. How can you even call this a sport anymore?
College education, once seen as a right for all people, is now moving away from those who cannot afford it.
In an interview conducted earlier in the year, Hollie Cook said, "I think that because I'm an athlete, I have a lot of desire, heart, and motivation."In Cook's case, it turns out that "a lot" was just not enough, as she will not be returning to the UB women's basketball team for the 2004 season.After performing well in her freshman season, with game averages of 5.4 points, 3.2 rebounds and six assists, Cook was able to wear her number 23 jersey for only eight games of her sophomore season.
UB and Ohio's baseball teams aren't exactly on the same page as the 1927 Yankees when it comes to offensive production.
UB is honored to have many talented and respected professionals as professors. One very worthy example is Saul Elkin, whose devotion to education and theater is inspiring.A veteran in the fields of acting and directing, Elkin - a distinguished service professor and the current interim chair of the theater department - is making good use of his talent in his Jewish Reparatory Theater's production of "Visiting Mr. Green."The play is the second production of the new theater company's first season, which was inaugurated with December's "The Chosen." "Visiting Mr. Green" opens its run on Thursday at the Main Street Cabaret.
"Water of Life."The Gaelic translation of this phrase is Uisce Beatha, or in English, whiskey. Whiskey may be Scotland's water of life, but the rest of the planet has come to know a much more troublesome, equally taxed and much more severely addicting source of vitality: oil.And oil is ruining modern civilization.Last Friday was Earth Day, an appropriate time to reflect on how the Western world's devastation of the environment is, according to Britain's chief scientific officer Sir David King, many times more dangerous than terrorism.America's dependency on oil is absolutely more dangerous than a battalion of RPG wielding, Al-Qaeda trained terrorists.It seems so obvious that the solution to the Middle Eastern problem and the world's ecological impending disaster is to eliminate our rabid addiction to oil.The list goes far beyond gas prices.
BuffaloSoftballWednesday: at Columbia (DH), 3 p.m.Thusday: at Stony Brook (DH), 3.pm.W. TennisMAC Tournament First RoundThusday: at Toledo in NIU, 10 a.m.M.
When I tell stories to my grandchildren, I'll have to say that Buffalo was my first love - it could be Mike Nelson, my first kindergarten crush - But I think it will probably be Buffalo.Most of my friends say I'm crazy."It'll never work with you and B.Lo," they say, ignoring my contempt of their snarky nickname for my city.
With his fourth set of spring practices behind him, UB head football coach Jim Hofher understands that even though spring practices only last just over two weeks, the time can be critical to the success of his team in the fall.Hofher says that the focus on the physical intensity of the practices is what really makes spring practices valuable to his team."It's not an easy time, because it is very physical in the absence of creating game plans and studying opponents," said Hofher.
A camouflaged buffalo pedaling a quadricycle down the street is a good reason to call the police.
Buffalo's own Tim Russert, one of the most influential journalists in America, will be speaking tonight at 8 p.m.
Christina Aguilera isn't the only one who likes to get dirty.Almost 1,000 people are expected to gather at St.
Martial arts buffs received a rare treat at the first joint showcase of five different fighting styles at the second Martial Arts Expo Monday in the Student Union Lobby.Members of various UB martial arts club demonstrated eight form exhibitions, including karate, kendo, judo, tae kwon do, kuk sool won, goju ryu karate, wing chun kung fu and san shou, or Chinese kickboxing.This was the second annual expo by the Combined Martial Arts Club in conjunction with the Tae Kwon Do Club and Seido Karate Club."All martial arts groups on campus come and showcase their different arts," said Mateo Prendergast, a senior computer engineering major and president of the club.
This fall, the Department of Media Study in collaboration with the College of Arts and Sciences will present a new Film Studies (FST) Program to students.The FST curriculum brings together film-related courses throughout the College of Arts and Sciences taught by 30 different faculty members."It is an inter-disciplinary program between several departments of the College of Arts and Sciences.
The UB Bulls will roam into Olean, N.Y. today, to face St. Bonaventure in a baseball doubleheader.
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