The madness begins when the No .5 seeded men's basketball team takes the court tonight at 7 p.m. in front of a packed Alumni Arena to host No.
It's no secret; the recruitment of college athletes is not a piece of cake.Ask anyone associated with college basketball - recruiting is a never-ending, grueling process that sometimes does not yield the results one expects.With that said however, UB head coach Reggie Witherspoon has been having his way with the recruitment game.Three years ago, Witherspoon, along with his staff, recruited a young man out of Kernersville, N.C.
BuffaloM. BasketballMAC PlayoffsMonday: vs. Northern Illinois, 7 p.m. (Empire)
On April 23, UB will be graced by the presence of three below-average bands: Hoobastank, Ima Robot and Lostprophets.
Fifteen minutes pass as a person in a white Honda Civic circles the Jarvis parking lot looking for a parking spot.
As much as I regret using The Spectrum as a medium for debate, I feel I must clarify the points I intended to make in my previous response to Rebecca Diegelman, printed in the March 3 issue.Evidently, at least one reader of The Spectrum did not recognize the heavy sarcasm in my letter.
This year, Fall Fest resounded with an unusual monetary melody - to the tune of $273,000.That sum, roughly 75 percent of SA Entertainment's total $381,247.39 budget for Spring and Fall Fest combined, leaves the organization with little over $108,000 to host MTV's Campus Invasion in April, according to budget reports.Comparatively, SA spent $100,000 on Godsmack alone during Fall Fest.But according to SA Entertainment Director Maggie Hausbeck, when all's said and done, the organization should break even.Hausbeck said the initial plan was to transfer some cash from another area of SA's budget to cover the shrinking Spring Fest funds, but SA Treasurer Anthony Burgio did not want to risk putting the 2004-05 SA in financial danger."We thought that as Spring Fest approached, at that point in time they would move money into the Spring Fest line," she said.
With the Mid-American Conference Tournament getting underway tonight, Bulls guard Calvin Cage couldn't have picked a better time to raise his game to new levels.Cage detonated against the first and second place MAC East teams over a two-game stretch not long ago, averaging 20 points a game in those contests, while shooting above 50 percent.
BuffaloM. BasketballSaturday: Buffalo68Akron60W. Basketball MAC Playoff GameSaturday: Marshall69Buffalo45BaseballFriday: Maryland6Buffalo1Friday: Maryland13Buffalo2Saturday: Buffalo6Maryland0SoftballAt Arizona State TournamentFriday: Buffalo5New Mexico State3Friday: Arizona State8Buffalo0Saturday: Buffalo5New Mexico State4Saturday: Arizona State6Buffalo0Sunday: Buffalo4New Mexico State3Sunday: Arizona State10Buffalo0
On the heels of the successful "Sea of Blue" that washed away the then Mid-American Conference-leading Kent State Golden Flashes, UB is dubbing tonight's first-ever men's home MAC playoff game between the Buffalo Bulls and Northern Illinois Huskies as the "Sea of Blue II: Title Wave.""The response we received to the first 'Sea of Blue' promotion was simply overwhelming," said Associate Athletic Director of External Relations John Lambert.
Emphasizing the need to organize, UB Students Against Sweatshops held an eight-hour long tutorial class about sweatshops and activism on Saturday in Baldy Hall.Over a dozen students participated in the seminar, which was taught by members of the group.Group members called upon the student attendees to take up the cause of low-paid factory workers across the globe."It was a great chance for members of the group to get to know each other and to better solidify our activist skills," said Creighton Randall, a sophomore mechanical engineering major.The agenda touched on many aspects of activism such as action planning, media skills, and the importance of recruitment."Carefully planning out rallies, educational actions and community outreach for our cause is an invaluable thing," said Colin O'Malley, a sophomore undecided major and main speaker at the event.Attracting attention is an essential aspect of activism, organizers said.
Last season, the men and women's basketball teams were almost the complete opposite of each other.
From the whipping winds of Buffalo, to the scorching sun of Arizona, the UB softball team ventures to the Arizona State Tournament this weekend to play a six-game set against ASU and New Mexico State.The Bulls (3-5) kick things off today at 5 p.m.
The women's basketball team has been a far cry from a contender in the Mid-American Conference this season as they have had little success in posting numbers in the win column, finishing the regular just 6-20, and 4-12 in the MAC.UB enters the MAC Tournament as the No.
With about two minutes left in the game, the fans at Alumni Arena on Wednesday began chanting, "You can't win here," and for the first time it felt like that was a cold-hard fact, rather than mindless screaming from John Amitrano and company.Now that the UB Bulls are finally playing to their full potential, and have clinched a home game for the first round of the Mid-American Conference tournament, the fans are coming out in droves to support them."In the beginning, you could almost introduce the crowd faster than you could introduce the teams," said Ohio Bobcats' head coach Tim O'Shea.
Christopher McClure's knack for making bead and hemp necklaces provided him with the means to travel the expanse of Brazil for a year after he graduated from high school.The sophomore media study major described his friends' and his adventure making enough money to sustain themselves during their stay in Brazil."Being pretty poor we were looking for easy ways to make money."We went to a local bead shops and bought some beads and hemp and blank shirts then went to San Paulo for a week and we sold our stuff as American made necklaces and American made tie-die and people loved it."McClure and his friends used their skill to make money in a way that many would consider unconventional.
Breathing life back into Buffalo hip-hop takes more than just a weekly assembly of microphones and turntables.
In response to the letter "Letter Exposes Male 'Conspiracy,'" printed in the Reader Feedback section of the March 3, 2004 issue of The Spectrum from Stephen Thomas:Stating "curse you" numerous times in your letter is harassing.Male penetration and ejaculation into females puts females at risk of pregnancy and/or infection, yet that is the risk he wanted to take.Ejaculation is proof that he did what he wanted to do; he meant it.
Now that there is an official face on President George W. Bush's possible successor, it may be time to start thinking about replacements for every other cabinet position.
Call it the swan song for the "MTV effect."Though hundreds more students enrolled in UB this year than in years past - some say because of the buzz surrounding UB from MTV's "Sorority Life 2" and "Fraternity Life" - UB officials said they expect the Fall 2004 freshman class to return to normal levels.Officials also said the academic quality of the incoming freshmen will increase."Last year was an anomaly," said Dennis Black, vice president of Student Affairs.
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