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Better Than Stick Figures : 9.12.03

Powered Wheels: UB Introduces Pint-Sized Electric Cars to Reduce Emissions

As part of a recent environmentally friendly donation to the State University of New York, a tiny fleet of Global Electric Motorcars is beginning to make its appearance at UB.UB received 10 of the zero-emission, golf cart-sized GEMs as part of an effort to cut down on air and noise pollution in public places.

Study Finds Sleep Deprivation May Effect Learning

Between managing an academic and social life and putting in hours at a steady job, it is not surprising that the average college student is not getting enough sleep.

UB's Top 10 Wastes Of Your Time

Second to baseball, I'm convinced that our national pastime must be giving advice. As Americans, we all love telling others what to do; whether we're showing the Iraqis how to form a democracy or our younger siblings how to make water-balloons, our natural tendency is to assume a position of expertise.

UB Plans a Day of Remembering

As the nation prepares to observe the second anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, UB officials are finalizing a memorial ceremony to allow students and faculty to back and remember together."Many students come from that area and we wanted to have a ceremony that students could participate in," said Bruce Kolesnick, associate director for marketing and programs, conferences and special events.The ceremony will begin at 8 a.m.

Union Workers Protest University Construction Contracts

It is hard to miss the giant rats appearing daily outside the Jacobs management center construction site, and that's the point, union member picketers say."The rats are there to represent bad contractors - contractors that don't always play by the rules," said Dan Kuntz, regional organizer for the Laborers' Upstate New York Organizing Fund.The inflatable rodents and cockroaches, which have appeared every morning since Sept.

Professors Expand Virtual Horizons in Media Study

A stream of students filed into a room in the Center for the Arts on a recent Wednesday afternoon.

The Sharpest Point

Welcome to "The Sharpest Point," the newest weekly feature here at Spectrum Sports. Each week, the sports editors (Jim Byrne, Corey Griswold, John Norman and Darren Riethmiller) will be posed with a question dealing with sports.

"Go, Go, Gadget TiVo"

In between frantic pockets of time in which Spectrum staff rush to get articles edited and new stories assigned, truly desperate conversations take form in the offices at 132 Student Union.

Hot Streak Continues for Bulls

The UB Women's Soccer team continued their winning ways over the weekend going 2-0 at the UTEP Invitational in El Paso, Texas.Emily Russell was the star of the weekend, having a career week and scoring five of the Bulls' six goals in the two-game sweep.

SA Pulls Funding from Linda Yalem Run

For the last dozen years, the Buffalo community has come together to raise money and awareness for anti-rape safety and remember the tragic death of Linda Yalem, the UB student raped and murdered while jogging on the Ellicott bike path.

Sidelines

Buffalo's Men's SoccerThe Bulls dropped a 3-1 decision to Wright State Sunday afternoon in the championship game of the UB Fall Invitational.

Memorial Lamp Replaced

A member of the UB community has replaced a lamp taken from the memorial of a fallen UB athlete, which was stolen Labor Day weekend.

Other Options for Printer Delays

Concerning printer gridlock, I believe there are other solutions that could be explored.First, have the computers set so that each terminal can only send two jobs to the printers at a time.

Best of Buffalo

Visual Studies Speakers Series

The Visual Studies Speakers series kicked off on Monday evening with the 2000 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship award winner Deborah Willis.Willis' lecture is part of the weekly, one-credit speaker series hosted by the Departments of Media Study and Art.

What Happens When a Newspaper Becomes a News Story?

The last year has been an incredible one for The Spectrum - and I'm not talking about how awesome I think the paper is becoming.

From the Desk of Mr. Griswold

So the Bills whacked the Patriots 31-0 on Sunday, and the Red Sox failed to sweep the Yankees and are only one game up on the Mariners for the Wild Card.

Law Student to Be Honored for Community Service

A UB law student will receive a distinguished award this weekend for her extensive community service.

SA Withdraws Funding for Linda Yalem Run

The Student Association has withdrawn $5,000 in funding for the Linda Yalem Safety Run, drawing harsh criticism from the UB administration.Every September, the Division of Student Affairs holds the race in memory of Linda Yalem, a UB student who was raped and murdered while jogging on the Ellicott bike path in September 1990.According to a prepared statement from SA, the only response the organization would provide, last year's SA Senate decided not to fund the 2003 race due to an alleged lack of support from the Yalem family.