The UB women's soccer team is gearing up to snap a two game winless streak this weekend with a couple of games that could get them off their current skid.
In "The Sharpest Point" column in Wednesday's edition of The Spectrum, The Sports Desk referred to our reality-dating series "Spectrum Blind Date." Previously, we had been informed that during the series one of the participants was involved in a relationship.
Almost anywhere you go on campus you hear about how bad the UB football team is. But let's put the Bulls current 14-game losing streak in context.
If this past weekend taught anything about college football, it was how the Mid-American Conference's days of being overlooked have gone the way of the leather helmet.On Saturday, three MAC teams defeated top 25 programs from the Big 12, the BIG EAST and the South Eastern Conference, showing that the once "lightweight" conference now has its fair share of heavy hitters.The UB Bulls (0-4) will begin their MAC play this weekend.
Here's an idea that we're not falling for: UB has decided to add guard rails to all lofted beds in the residence halls due to an unusually high number of incidents involving students injured while rolling in their sleep or when dismounting the bunks.Four incident reports have been filed since the start of the school year, and UB intends to order 600 railings for 300 beds - one for each side of the bed - to ensure students will not topple from the lofts.
An intimate performance by the Swedish Chamber Orchestra at Slee Hall Wednesday night was enriched with diversity, once again proving that music is a universal entity.
Today at sundown, Jewish students at UB will begin celebration of the Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year.
After a pair of tie games and one more loss to their record, the UB men's soccer team, now 1-4-3 overall, is looking to step up their performance on the field, as well as add wins to their less than stellar record.This weekend will be a perfect opportunity for the Bulls to improve their standings, as they travel down toward Albany today to take on Siena, and then make their way back to UB Sunday to compete in their first MAC game of the season against Akron.The outlook on the Siena game is promising for the Bulls, since Siena has experienced a rough start in their season as well, compiling a record of 0-5-0 overall.
The article "Volleyball Splits Two at Bison Scramble" stated that UB volleyball will kick off its MAC schedule when it takes on Eastern Michigan on Saturday.
In conjunction with National Hispanic month and UB's Gender Week, the Center for the Arts and the International Artistic and Cultural Exchange Program (IACE) of the Department of Theater and Dance will be presenting Rafael Ruiz' "Ritos," the 2001 winner of the renowned Mariana Pineda theatre competition.Produced by the Universidad de Granada Theatre Company, located in Spain, the group will complete its residency with UB tonight with a 7 p.m.
In my first months at UB, the freshmen on my floor in Ellicott spread gossip like women in a beauty salon.
UB is several steps closer to learning the name of its next president, according to Jeremy Jacobs, chairman of the Presidential Search Advisory Committee and chairman and chief executive officer of Delaware North."There's an element of truth in it," Jacobs said, responding to recent coverage of the search by The Buffalo News that stated the selection has been narrowed to between three and five candidates, and a president could be chosen by as early as the next meeting of the State University of New York's Board of Trustees on Oct.
The Weakerthans- "Reconstruction Site" (Aug.26, Epitaph Records)Grade: B+The Weakerthans, though easily digestible, have never been a first-listen band.
A pastel array of artwork lines the walls of UB's Anderson Art Gallery this fall, featuring the works of the Albright-Knox Art School of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy graduate Catherine Catanzaro Keonig, whose work spans 60 fruitful years.Created primarily with the use of egg tempera on panel, or pastels on paper, Koenig's art is soft and soothing.
[vote on this issue]Funny story. We tried to contact Steve Paul of MTV's Fraternity Life fame to be this week's special guest judge, but apparently e-mailed the wrong guy.
Saves The Day- "In Reverie" (Sep.16, Dreamworks)Grade: C-"In Reverie" is one of the bigger disappointments of 2003.
Thursday- "War All T he Time" (Sep.16, Island Records) Grade: B+When Thursday released "Full Collapse" in 2001, it ignited an above ground flame in a "screamo" genre that had been previously underground with the likes of Cross My Heart and Cursive.
John Mansfield knows how hard it is to get students to vote.As campaign manager for the UB Students Party during the 2002 Student Association general elections, he handed out flyers, posted signs and tried to stage a debate."We got about 700 people to come out and vote for us," Mansfield recalled.
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