This is in response to the article on Nov. 7 entitled, "One Student's Trash . . . . " I too am a Hadley Village resident and have received both the verbal and written warnings about trash being in that outside hallway.
Efforts from residents and staff in the Ellicott Complex have resulted in more efficient laundry rooms after malfunctioning machines frustrated students earlier in the semester.One Ellicott Complex residential manager said the repairs resulted from a September article published in The Spectrum, which reported finding that many of the machines in the complex did not function properly.The Sept.
As U.S. media outlets continue daily broadcasts from the Iraq battleground, experts from across the world convened at the Center for the Arts for a conference on war and media.The conference, held Monday and Tuesday, was designed to analyze the relationship between the media and war through cultural, artistic and academic perspectives.In the context of world events, there was a clear focus to the conference -- media coverage of the terrorist attacks of recent wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
The department of theatre and dance has come a long way in the last three decades, and the Zodiaque Dance Company is undeniable proof.
Bollywood mania exploded on Villa Maria College on Saturday night as the ninth annual "Muqabala" brought the crowd to a feverish pitch with Indian songs and dances."Muqabala is an intercollegiate dance and song competition where many schools compete and show off their various talents and the best school wins," said Sameera Sreepada, a junior business major and president of the Indian Student Association.The word "Muqabala" means "fight" in Hindi.
Growing concerns have been heard in the Student Association Senate about dwindling emergency funds as clubs are finding it more difficult to get the support they need to cover unexpected costs.
When first hearing the term "partial birth abortion," my mind conjured up images of a tiny baby fighting its way through the birth canal and just as it sticks its little head into the world, a doctor plunges a syringe full of poison into its neck and it dies.Based on that mental image, anyone would think the act barbaric, but I decided to postpone my final judgment until I learned more about this method of abortion.Despite my resolve to become informed, the last time I dedicated a substantial amount of thought to partial birth abortion was late October when the U.S.
As the season winds down, the Mid-American Conference Championship game picture is becoming much clearer.
After doubling their win total from nine to eighteen in the 2002-03 season, and making it into the second round of the Mid-American Conference Tournament, this year's UB women's basketball team has a lot to live up to."They've all worked extremely hard and we're cautiously optimistic about this year because I think we have a lot of talent on this team," said UB head coach Cheryl Dozier.Defense is a team's best offense and this year Dozier's team will live and die on exactly that."If our defense can be played at a high level then we're going to be able to get up and down the floor in transition offensively because our defense will feed into that," said Dozier.
Bill Cosby, Chris Rock and Margaret Cho have all visited UB within the last week due to the efforts of the newly formed Student Association Entertainment division.
Gov't Mule, Derek Trucks, Lewis Black, Bill Cosby, Lil' Kim, Jay Leno and Margaret Cho all have two things in common: they are all nationally-renowned entertainers, and they all performed at UB in the past two years.Many UB students say they feel that, in the past few semesters, UB has attracted more worthwhile acts and concerts than in previous years."It's awesome," said Evan Bronchick, a junior exercise science major.
Hello. I read your article "Renowned British Comedian Settles For American Idle" in the Nov. 9 issue.
With a smile from ear to ear, William Barba, chairman of UB's department of educational leadership and policy in the Graduate School of Education, proudly displays a room filled with donations - baskets of food, cards and gifts - to be auctioned off Wednesday night at The Steer on Main Street in an effort to raise money for a UB student living with cancer.Kevin Pitra, a second-year student in the Graduate School of Education and former captain of the UB soccer team, learned last spring he had melanoma.Pitra, 24, is now receiving expensive Interferon-A chemotherapy from the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo."We're all just in shock," said John Astudillo, UB's men's soccer team coach.
"There ain't nothing wrong with being hated," said Chris Rock to a capacity crowd at Alumni Arena Sunday night.
For UB, recycling means more than taking care of the planet -- it also means cold hard cash.UB now recycles 34 percent of its total refuse, and that increased recycling helps UB to cut costs, according to Erin Cala, environmental educator for UB Green, the environmental division of the office of university facilities.UB pays the Lewiston-based Modern Disposal Corporation for normal garbage pickup by the ton.
Sunday evening marked the beginning of a new honor society at UB, Phi Sigma Iota. The Central Station banquet hall in Clarence was host to a program inaugurating the new chapter and honoring the first 29 inductees.David Turnbull, a junior French, Spanish and international studies major, founded UB's chapter.
It isn't often that sweet-natured, aspiring child educators have killer crossovers. But Hollie Cook, a budding star at UB, is one of the stars of the women's basketball team.A 19-year-old Horseheads, N.Y.
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