Students streamed down the third-floor hallway of the Student Union last week, clothing and canned goods in hand, to contribute to the Student Association Food and Clothing Drive.SA officials plan to donate the food and clothing gathered during the annual drive, which ends Thursday, to the Buffalo City Mission.
Scholars gathered in Park Hall Friday afternoon to discuss the challenges of translating Chinese poetry as part of the Asia at Noon brown-bag lecture series.The lecture, entitled "For the sound of it: Experimental Translations in Song Dynasty Lyric Verse," was given by Jonathan Stalling, a graduate student in English.The scholars debated the role that aesthetics and tonal integrity - that is, a sound pattern consistent with the original poetry - should play in translating ancient Chinese poetry.Stalling, who has studied Chinese since he was 14 years old, argued that tonal integrity should prevail throughout the translation."Different horizons cannot transverse," he said.
The University at Buffalo's women's swimming and diving team began their 2003-2004 season with a victory, as they out-swam Siena College in a 179-74 victory on Saturday morning in Alumni Arena.Buffalo added nine new freshman to their 16 returning women, making their team more powerful than the Bulls' swimming and diving team has been in many years.
Two cultures bonding through art have resulted in the UB Art Gallery's hosting of the "Chinese Maximalism" exhibit, in which 16 contemporary Chinese artists, all with very unique perspectives on art, are showcased.
It was a great Saturday in college football and the Mid-American Conference. No. 23 Bowling Green came up big with an upset over undefeated No.
BuffaloW. SoccerWednesday: at Cornell, 5 p.m.VolleyballWednesday: vs. Akron, 7 p.m.Local Pro TeamsBuffalo SabresTuesday: vs.
"One, two, three, four. We won't take it anymore. Five, six, seven, eight. Stop the violence, stop the hate.
Marshall came back from eight points down in the first game and nine points down in the second game en route to a 3-0 sweep of the Bulls (9-14, 3-6 Mid-American Conference) on Friday in Alumni Arena.
From day to day, the choices at a local movie theater can be as dry as a piece of burnt toast or dripping with an overflow of classics in-the-making.Luckily, for writer Mike Rich and director Michael Tollin, the leading cast of "Radio" is talented enough to lure in audiences.Based on a true story, this genuine, heartfelt account is sugarcoated to the point that it becomes sour.
In the midst of a heated Mid-American Conference playoff race, the UB women's soccer team had to knock off first-place Kent State to secure a playoff spot and make a strong statement to the rest of the field.And that is exactly what they did.On Friday, the Bulls (10-7-1, 6-5-1 MAC), playing their last home game of the regular season, knocked off the Kent State Golden Flashes (11-3-3, 8-2-2 MAC) by the score of 1-0 at RAC Field.Buffalo scored the only goal it would need a mere twenty seconds into the game when Lauren West booted in her first goal of the season on a deflected shot by teammate Jennifer Rounds."(Kent State) was caught off guard when Jen's shot was deflected right to me," said West.
Last week, a feeding tube was re-inserted into the mouth of Terri Schiavo, a Florida woman who has been in a vegetative state for 13 years.
It's already week ten of the college football season, and after its brief 15 minutes of fame, the Mid-American Conference is getting no love, again.
The stars aligned Saturday afternoon as the UB Bulls football team finally won a game, ending the longest current losing streak in college football.
Encountering a mathematical proof on a Friday night wouldn't sound like the ideal start to a weekend to most people.
As the national economy labors through a slump, one cost that seems to rise freely is the tuition expense for college and university students.
There's a lot to be angry about in this world, according to comedian Lewis Black. Seldom mincing his words - and never apologizing for them - Black appears weekly on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" in a segment called "Back in Black," where everyone and everything is fair game.On tour promoting his recently released comedy album, titled "Rules of Enragement," Black will perform at the Center for the Arts on Wed., Oct.
Heavy rain, sloppy mud and big time losing streaks made no difference to the Buffalo Bulls, who were able to capture their first victory of the year and create one of the more emotional scenes at UB in recent history on Saturday.After a close hard fought game against Marshall last week, the UB Bulls (1-8, 1-4 Mid-American Conference) made sure there was no letdown this week as they overcame an early 14-0 deficit to defeat the Ohio Bobcats 26-17.It was the Bulls first home win - and MAC win - since beating Ohio in 2001 by a score of 44-0.There were only 4,423 in attendance, but those who came witnessed another solid game for the second week in a row by the Bulls who smoldered their nation-leading 18-game losing streak.This time the Bulls completed the comeback and finally were able to celebrate a win with a few of the students in the crowd who rushed to the field to help celebrate with the players in a feel good moment for all involved as they jumped for joy and celebrated on the 50-yard line."Right now this is the best feeling in the world," said UB's quarterback P.J.
While looking over the bulletin boards around campus recently, I noticed once again someone had gotten the bright idea to do a "Got X?" ad campaign.
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