This season, the UB men's basketball team has gotten itself a bit of international spice. Yassin Idbihi, a freshman undecided major, is an imposing 6-foot-10-inch forward/center for the team.
Four men, clad in plaid, ignite the stage with holiday spirit in Stuart Ross' "Plaid Tidings," a musical play currently onstage at downtown's Studio Arena Theater and across North America.Four highly confused young men - Jinx (Paul Binotto), Sparky (Paul Castree), Smudge (Jeff Church), and Frankie (John Scherer) - appear onstage and realize they're in front of an audience.They also realize that they've come back from the dead.As teens in the 1960s, the all-male singing group known as "The Plaids" (who are featured in director/composer Ross' previous stage hit "Forever Plaid") was en route to a performance when their car was broad-sided by a bus of schoolgirls.
WrestlingImproving to 3-0, the UB wrestling team defeated both Bloomsburg and Findlay at a tri-meet in the Nelson Field House at Bloomsburg University on Saturday.Findlay was the first to be defeated by UB in a 22-12 match, and then it was Bloomsburg's turn to battle the Bulls.
The flow of beer from kegs has been an attraction at college parties since the inception of the university party scene, but a new law that has gone into effect recently will make the acquisition of this party staple much more difficult.Gov.
The UB women's basketball team did not respond to the alarm clock.They wanted to keep dreaming about playing in the Mid-American Conference tournament and advancing to the title game, not waking up to face the new season.
Flashing lights, sirens and handcuffs are not uncommon in University Heights, particularly on most weekend nights.
This was not the way it was supposed to happen.In front of an electrified crowd of 5,378 inside UB's Alumni Arena on Friday night, the Buffalo Bulls (0-1) laid the ground for their own demise in a game they controlled for the majority of the night.To make things worse, the loss came at the hands of the local-rival Canisius Golden Griffins (1-0) by the closest of margins in a deflating 60-58 defeat in front of a Buffalo crowd that has been painfully longing for something, anything, to cheer about.While Buffalo was able to shoot a cool 50 percent from the field on the night, it was the bevy of turnovers and their horrific performance at the free throw line that ultimately cost UB the season opener."We really shot ourselves in the foot," said Mark Bortz, who was 1-6 from the charity stripe.
BuffaloM. BasketballTuesday: at Rutgers, 7 p.m.W. BasketballTuesday: at Colgate, 7 p.m.Local Pro TeamsBuffalo SabresMonday: at Florida, 7:30 p.m.
Thanksgiving feasts conjure up images of family and friends gathered around a table laden with a colorful bounty of side dishes strategically placed around a plump, juicy, golden-brown, 20-pound turkey - or tofu?For vegetarians and vegans, the focus of Thanksgiving dinner shifts from the traditional turkey centerpiece, to more creative versions of a meatless feast."My family and I eat tofurkey, it is a soy product that looks and tastes like turkey, it is not actually tofu," said Katie Kalensky, a sophomore speech and hearing major.Jeffrey Proehl, a senior mathematics major and president of the Buffalo Animal Rights Coalition (BARC) said he has eaten tofurkey before, but mainly sticks to vegetables on Thanksgiving.While deviating from tradition and coming up with creative ways to enjoy a Thanksgiving meal might not prove to be easy, according to Proehl, his family uses the dinner as an opportunity to discuss his dietary choice.Individual vegetarianism is not a topic of conversation at Kalensky's family's celebration, as the entire family is vegetarian."Thanksgiving is still Thanksgiving, with or without turkey," said Kalensky.
The Board of Education's decision to allow busing of all elementary and middle school students in Buffalo is an innovative solution to solve competitive woes, but does nothing to address the actual problems of public education in the city.
Filling the line-up with mostly new wrestlers and keeping errors to a minimum were the ingredients that propelled the University at Buffalo's wrestling team to a 24-13 victory over Binghamton University on Tuesday night in Alumni Arena at their opening dual meet.UB freshman Mark McKnight started the meet for the Bulls as he pinned his opponent, Victor Destefano in a time of 4:03, during the 125-pound match.
With a win this weekend, the Buffalo Bulls football team has the chance to avoid a second straight season in the cellar of the Mid-American Conference East Division.A Bulls (1-10, 1-6 MAC) win combined with Ohio losing out (against Miami of Ohio and Marshall), would mean that Buffalo would finish ahead of the Bobcats in the standingsBut, to do so the Bulls will have to battle and defeat a tough, underrated Kent State (4-7, 3-4 MAC) squad led by dual threat quarterback Joshua Cribbs on Saturday.Buffalo head coach Jim Hofher noted the difficulties of defending such a versatile player like Cribbs."It's extremely challenging for the greatest of defenses because he is elusive as a runner.
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Lights are shining, the cameras are rolling and tonight will be the time for the Buffalo Bulls women's basketball team to step up to the spotlight.The bar will be raised this year since UB posted an 18-11 record last season, before bowing out in the second round of the Mid-American Conference tournament.
The beating of drums and the sound of tribal songs enticed passers-by to stop at a Native American bazaar Wednesday in the Student Union.According to the Native American People's Alliance, the midday bazaar was held in an effort to increase cultural awareness.The group sponsors Latino, Asian and African bazaars throughout the year, according to senior biological sciences major Rebekah Stormm, NAPA treasurer.
BuffaloFootballSaturday: at Kent State, 4 p.m.M. BasketballFriday: vs. Canisius, 8 p.m.W. BasketballFriday: vs.
Hundreds of people gathered at The Steer on Main Street Wednesday night to pledge their donations, support and compassion to Kevin Pitra, a second year graduate student in the School of Education who is undergoing treatment for cancer.
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