Imagine a class that takes place at a movie theater in downtown Buffalo, where UB students and members of the Buffalo community meet to watch and discuss classic films.
Members of the School of Law community gathered at the Newman Center Tuesday evening to remember Ryan J.
President William R. Greiner and his wife Carol were recognized for their outstanding service to UB Sunday at St.
Today marks the start of the SA Senate elections. And with that spicy opening line, already at least 50 people who otherwise might have read my column have just stopped reading and flipped to see if that crazy Jim Byrne character has anything funny to say today.
With the magnetism of bongos, a couple of guitars and a few very cool guys, power-pop/folk band Guster might be the only force that could have kept students from staying in to watch the Buffalo Bills game last Sunday night.The lighthearted Boston-based trio, which has formed a faithful fan base of head-bobbing college students over the past 10 years, made a stop at Niagara University this past weekend.
Even the entrance to the theater was warm and welcoming, with an accommodating staff. There was not a single seat available, and with a minor 10-minute delay, the show went through with success.
The upcoming Student Association Senate elections are becoming increasingly controversial, as one lawsuit challenges the legality of four candidacies, and one party is investigating a possible betrayal by one of its members.Duncan Stanley, who is running for Senate as a member of the Unity Party, filed a complaint with the Student-Wide Judiciary claiming the candidacies of four State University of New York Student Assembly delegates - Dennis Febo, Cheryl Rozario, Khristin Pietraszewski and May Wong - violate the separation of powers within SA because he feels they are a part of SA's executive branch.Meanwhile, the delegates have defended the charge, and say the suit was orchestrated by a member of their own party in an apparent act of political sabotage.Separation of PowersStanley's suit, which was filed last week and argued in front of three SWJ justices Sunday afternoon, claims the four SUNY SA delegates, who were elected by undergraduates in March, are members of the executive branch and thus unable to run for legislative positions."There are four people who are running for Senate who should not be," Stanley said at the hearing.
Critiquing the world premiere of a play - or any piece of art for that matter - is a daunting task.
Four members of the State University of New York Student Assembly have decided to run for seats in the SA Senate, stirring up quite a controversy in the process.
The women's tennis team was able to retain their perfect record on the young season by cruising to victory over visiting St.
The Student Union Theatre on the second floor of the SU was filled to capacity Saturday as students turned out for the Black Student Union's annual Sickle Cell Anemia Auction."Sickle cell is a disease that's not really broadcasted, though it affects minorities in a big way," said Abraham Robinson, a senior triple major in psychology, communication and social sciences.
Most people outside of the University of Buffalo would have said the Bulls (0-4, MAC 0-0) had little chance of competing with the UConn Huskies (3-1) on Saturday at UB stadium.
Intense physical training and competitive fighting may not sound like every student's favorite activity, but for the members of the UB Boxing Club, it is a way get in shape, build confidence and spread knowledge of boxing while having fun.Chris Colt, a senior chemistry major, founded the club in the fall 2002 semester.
On Friday, Sept. 19 the University at Buffalo concluded its victory celebration for the completion of the "Generation to Generation" giving campaign.
The reports on Aug. 12 all told the same story - the peace between Israel and Palestine had been shattered by two Palestinian suicide bombers, each of whom had killed one Israeli with their bombs."The attacks broke more than a month of relative silence," NBC broadcasted that day.
A UB research center has announced a wide-ranging initiative that aims to ensure that every Buffalo Public Schools teacher will be computer savvy.Through the "Push-In" Technology Training Program, UB's Center for Applied Technology in Education will provide personalized computing instruction to over 3,000 teachers in the city's school system by the end of this school year."We want to do the training right in their own building, hence the 'Push-In,'" said Michael Horning Jr., instructional technology trainer for CATE and lead instructor for the program.The program is enabled by a federally funded program called Erate, which provides substantial money and resources for urban schools to upgrade their computing capacities.But with the augmented technology, Vicky Zimmer, supervisor for instructional technologies for Buffalo Public Schools, realized the district needed to make sure its teachers were computer savvy enough to know how to properly use the new equipment.
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