"Tank, I need a pilot program for a B-212 helicopter."Trinity's eyes flutter and years of knowledge are pressed into her brain from the world of The Matrix.How far away from this are we?
She told you she was twenty-two years old, when in fact she was only sixteen. You believed her. Otherwise, you never would have taken her home.
Concept albums can "make or break" a band, but Coheed and Cambria pull it off with such seamlessness and craft that one can almost forget "In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3" is one.The New York City-based quartet, playing at the Sphere tonight with Rainer Maria and Funeral For A Friend, center their music on a storyline involving two lovers - none other than Coheed and Cambria - and their adventures in what drummer Josh Eppard describes as "a dark, post-apocalyptic world."The storyline, however, takes a backseat to the frenetic, stylish music.
Fifty years ago, a third-grader changed the course of America's race relations. Linda Brown walked a mile every day to school despite living near a closer school.
The anxiety of staring into the batter's beady eyes, gripping the ball with palms moistened in sweat, and having the weight of the game rest in your mitt could be enough to rattle even the strongest willed players.Time and time again, Stacey Evans has stepped onto the pitcher's mound and proven that even the greatest of pressure cannot break her.
BuffaloBaseball(Double Header)Wednesday: vs. Niagara, 3 p.m.Friday: vs. Bowling Green, 3 p.m.W. TennisFriday: vs.
The Anti-Rape Task Force continued its Violence Against Women Awareness Week Tuesday amid a carnival-like atmosphere, as Sub-Board I, Inc. held its ninth-annual Sub-Board I Day in the Student Union."We pull all the different divisions of the Sub-Board-I, Inc. into the Student Union, since we are not centrally located, and tell students what we are all about," said Marc Stellrecht, a senior management major and SBI's marketing director.At noon, about 20 men and women with the Task Force held a 15-minute "march against violence.""We are trying to educate students in UB and get them to stand up against violence," said Erica Beggs, program coordinator for the Anti-Rape Task Force and a senior psychology major.
From the heart of rural America to the sidewalks of New York City's East Side, Ollabelle is nothing like traditional gospel music.As a relatively new band, the six members originate from entirely different backgrounds, musically and culturally.
Simon Cowell may not have been there to crush any poor young souls, and the judges may not have been too rough, but Monday night's performances at the Student Union Theatre bore striking resemblances to Fox's "American Idol" series.The auditorium was abuzz with song, dance and comedy as Leaders SA's Second Annual UB Star Search took place Monday night.Around 100 students were in attendance to watch the competition that featured different student acts competing against one another for cash prizes.
Sex, money and blingin' rims on drop-tops. What is it going to take to get rap and hip-hop artists to move on to another subject?
I want to embody the international epitome of "cool."Elvis Presley. Johnny Cash. Janis Joplin. Robert Plant.
I was watching some sitcom from the mid-1990s the other day and I came away with two general observations:1) Adding a monkey to a situation is guaranteed to make the scene hysterical.2) Any fashion styles ranging from 1991 to the present will be embarrassing in the future.Take, for example, the skort (the shorts/skirt hybrid), and overall shorts.
Thursday evening marked the final Christian and Muslim dialogue sponsored by Muslim Student Association and Buffalo International Students, Inc.Imam Ibrahim, the Muslim speaker, and Rev.
During the men's basketball playoffs last month, WGRZ-TV Buffalo's Channel 2 News interrupted its 11 o'clock news broadcast every ten minutes to give an update on the UB Bulls' progress.While big sports like basketball and football receive primetime coverage, many other college sports teams seem to have to make due with residual interest.
Thinking of hip-hop generally calls to mind moguls decked out in their own brand of street wear, flaunting diamonds, driving fast cars with spinning rims, living in big houses and flossing platinum-plated teeth.To further brand that image into your brain, hip-hoppers rap about their hot gear, fly rides and killer cribs.With the rap group Dead Prez, this hip-hop generation's freedom fighters, emcees Sticman and M-1, rap unconventionally about the harsh realities of life.The ghetto, drugs, police brutality, poverty, revolution and propaganda in the media are just some of the controversial and politically incorrect themes Dead Prez continues to rhyme about in their new CD, "RBG.""RBG" stands for "Revolutionary But Gangsta," "Red Black Green," "Real Big Guns" and "Reaching Bigger Goals." "Dead Prez" is slang for money.Dead Prez present themselves as gangster revolutionaries - socially conscious rappers from the projects who voice the thoughts of the poor and downtrodden of American society."RBG" is full of unpretentious beats and intricate lyrics.
In response to the article in the April 5 issue of The Spectrum titled "Slumlords a Peril of Heights Living," I would just like to point out that the slumlords used to have a purpose.A year ago, when my friends and I were looking for a house, we wanted a place to accommodate our dreams of hosting massive parties and doing stupid stuff without repercussion.
Ten years ago to the month, a young rapper from New York City established a connection with the right people, landed a deal with Columbia Records and created a record that for a decade has been hailed as one of the best rap albums ever recorded.The place was the Queensbridge Projects, the right people were producers Large Professor and DJ Premier and the album is Nas's "Illmatic."In order to commemorate the achievements of Nas and his landmark debut album, a remastered special edition has been released.The album is a two-disc set.
The calendar of events in the April 5 issue of The Spectrum incorrectly stated the "Reflections of Thailand" event at 6 p.m.
Criminal charges are pending against one member of the Lambda Upsilon Lambda fraternity and campus charges will be filed against the fraternity after a hazing incident on North Campus early Tuesday morning.Ramon Pena was arrested in the Letchworth Woods, located between the Ellicott Complex and Sweet Home Road, for hazing two pledges, neither of whom attend UB.University Police said they spotted Pena and two pledges, both of whom were wet and covered with mud, in the woods around 5:45 a.m.
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