UB"s endowment funds didn"t quite measure up to those of other institutions across the country for the 2002-03 school year, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education.While endowments at surveyed American institutions rose an average of 3 percent by June 2003, UB took a $10 million hit, dropping 2.5 percent to $378.4 million.
The number of unionized custodial workers at UB has been declining steadily since the early 1990s, leading some union leaders on campus to question the hiring practices of the university and call for a return to a fully unionized custodial staff.Union leaders contend the private, non-union cleaners hired by the university over the past decade are not as capable as union employees and are more likely to steal from the areas they clean - claims disputed by university officials, who also cite millions of dollars in savings by not hiring unionized custodial workers.
Even when not in the blustery confines of Buffalo, the UB women's basketball team cannot escape the cold doldrums that have plagued them over the last few games.The Bulls (4-12, 2-4 Mid-American Conference) shot a dismal 28 percent from the field in the first half and just 31.5 percent for the game on Monday night against the Northern Illinois Huskies in the Convocation Center.Add to that the fact that they were out-rebounded 39-26, and you have the recipe for an ugly 66-47 loss to the conference rival Huskies.NIU (9-9, 4-3 MAC) took advantage of the Bulls interior defense, or lack thereof, with 32 points in the paint, including a pair of double-doubles from Joi Scott and Jennifer Youngblood."They have two great kids inside in Jennifer Youngblood and Joi Scott," said UB head coach Cheryl Dozier.
Corrections:The article "UB Snaps Road Losing Streak" in the Jan. 26 edition of The Spectrum stated the last time the men's basketball team's won was Dec.
French dramatist and actor Moliere wrote plays the way he lived - with intensity. In 1675, in the midst of a stage performance, he popped a blood vessel in a fit of coughing and died shortly thereafter.The French ideas of irony and corruption in Moliere's "The Misanthrope" comically uncover a world corrupted by insincerity, shallowness and hypocrisy.Under the direction of UB Theater lecturer Fortunato Pezzimenti, the Irish Classical Theatre Company presents "The Misanthrope" at the Andrews Theater through Feb.
There is no better way to show your appreciation for workers than by exploiting a contract clause to slowly ease them out of service in favor of non-union workers.
BuffaloW. BasketballMonday: Northern Illinois66Buffalo47Local Pro TeamsBuffalo SabresTuesday: Buffalo4Montreal1
Welcoming the arrival of new colors and exhibitory pieces, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery has ushered in the new year in grand style.
Thought winter at UB was already tough enough with its bitter cold and constant snow? Try it without electricity.
Every Tuesday afternoon, I return home from my religious studies class around noon and sit down at my desk, throw on one of the Appleseed Cast's records and, via the Internet, talk with my friend Erik about "finding some new hotness" in the wishing well that is music today.The sad thing is that the well often seems straight out of Goonies.
Iran.Nigeria.Saudi Arabia.The Unites States of America.That's a list of every country in the world whose justice systems execute juveniles for crimes they have committed - a list that has been shrinking over the past 10 years, as the governments of Yemen, Pakistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo banned such executions.Hopefully the list will get at least at least one country shorter by next fall, as the U.S.
Break out the Beach Boys records and body-boards. There are now two former University of California at Santa Cruz officials on the fifth floor of Capen Hall.President John B.
The UB men's basketball team started off the season with three losses in a row.They then ran off five straight wins - their longest streak since the 1996-97 season.Then lost their next six games.But they were able to end their six-game skid with a victory over the Northern Illinois Huskies, who were picked to win the Mid-American Conference West Division, on Sunday afternoon.
Beauty is the basis of Peter Webber's "Girl With a Pearl Earring," an adaptation of Tracy Chevalier's novel.
The moment I saw "Macho King" Randy Savage obliterate the Ultimate Warrior's skull with his royal scepter, I was hooked.Pro wrestling, and the World Wrestling Federation (I refuse to say WWE) in particular, have long lauded Wrestlemania as the grand daddy of all wrestling events - and that may be true - but most hardcore wrestling fans know that January's once a year Royal Rumble is the real deal when it comes to Pay-Per-View events.When I first witnessed the Rumble back in 1991, I, of course, thought that professional wrestling was real.
I have been at this University for over four years now. Every semester or two the subject of Israel comes to the feedback section.
I am shocked and appalled that in the Reader Feedback section of The January 26 issue of The Spectrum, I found a letter that was so grossly biased and bigoted.
Solutions by The State News
