In the future, a shopping trip might not require a credit card, checks or money - just fingertips.According to an online publication of a USA Today article, the idea of using fingerprint scanning as a means of commercial identification is moving beyond science fiction and into reality.
When the number of people infected with Hepatitis A from a restaurant in Pittsburgh climbed past 500, and resulted in three fatalities in mid-November, most people may have been inclined to give more than a few seconds of thought to the safety of their own food.UB students who eat on campus put their faith in the safety of the food provided under the supervision of the Faculty Student Association (FSA).According to the members of the FSA, this faith is well deserved."We follow very strict guidelines to ensure the food safety of the university community," said Cindy Youngers, assistant director of FSA Food and Vending services.Some students said although they were aware of the Pittsburgh food poisoning incident, they were not preoccupied with the fear that a similar contamination could occur at UB."UB food may not taste the best, but I don't think it will ever kill you," said Craig Kincaid, a junior industrial engineering major.
Don't let the record fool you.Of course the big goose egg stands in UB's 0-3 record, but those past three non-conference games mean nothing, when looking at the big picture.However, what is important is what the Bulls have learned from those first three games, and what they can do tonight against conference foe Bowling Green (2-1).In essence, UB could be sitting at 2-1 instead of this dismal 0-3.
On Saturday afternoon versus Kent State, UB bid farewell to 12 of its finest gridiron warriors at Dix Stadium in what was two-time captain Lamar Wilcher's and the rest of the Buffalo Bull seniors' final game in blue and white.It was a valiant effort, but it would prove to be not enough.UB knew that in order to beat Kent State, they would have to stop KSU's dynamic quarterback, Josh Cribbs.
For the past two years, when the Thanksgiving break approaches along with the cold winds and gray skies of winter, I start to get a little nervous.
The hottest gift this Christmas season may be the one that is not given. Adbusters.org, a grassroots anti-branding group, is offering vouchers on its Web site granting exemption from gift giving duties.
As the competition for the next Panasci Awards kicked off last week, last year's winner of the $25,000 prize says the company he started with the award is poised for growth.Scott Carter, who won last year's top prize, spoke Wednesday to potential Panasci competitors at Jacobs Management Center to give an account of his experiences with First Tracks, Inc.The awards, sponsored by the School of Management's Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, grant $40,000 of startup capital to two UB graduates who are starting a local business.Carter, a 2002 graduate of the School of Management whose undergraduate degree was in chemical engineering, said that he encourages potential entrants to stick with their ideas but to expect the unexpected."I'd tell potential entrants to find a good idea -- something that's needed -- and think big and be flexible," he said.Carter's "good idea" was First Tracks, Inc., which is early literacy monitoring and reporting software that allows elementary school teachers and administrators to monitor their students' progress.According to Carter, it is based on the Internet, and it enables teachers and administrators to track and report on the progress of students on many different levels, from an individual level all the way to a district-wide level.The new national Reading First program, part of the "No Child Left Behind" initiative signed by President George W.
BuffaloFootballSaturday: Kent State34Buffalo24M. BasketballFriday: Canisius60Buffalo58W. BasketballFriday: Canisius79Buffalo57WrestlingSaturday: Buffalo21Bloomsburg13Saturday: Buffalo22Findlay12M.
Manufacturers of firearms are once again under attack, and this time they're being charged with murder.
Rating: A- Anne Gyrithe Boone has taken on the impossibly large topic of the state of hatred around the world.
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.
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