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By NICHOLAS MENDOLA | Aug. 27, 2003Neil Young and Crazy Horse- "Greendale" (Aug. 19)Let it be said that Neil Young has a busload of ambition left.
Neil Young and Crazy Horse- "Greendale" (Aug. 19)Let it be said that Neil Young has a busload of ambition left.
This off-season was not an easy one for NCAA Division I Basketball. Investigations by the NCAA seem to be evolving everywhere, from Georgia to right here in our respective back yard at St.
Officials believe American college students are turning to pain-relief medications for more than merely backaches, and Buffalo is no exception to the trend.Opiate-based prescription drug abuse is on the rise in America among 18 to 25-year-olds, said the U.S.
The heated debate between the Student Association and Sub-Board I, Inc. regarding funding and representation is over.
Football is not the only Division I-A sport here at UB. Actually every sport here is D-I besides the club sports.
The UB men's soccer team has made the Mid-American Conference playoffs for the past three seasons.
As the school year begins at UB, students from across the country are moving in their rooms and preparing for a semester of learning and hard work.
Among Buffalo's many venues for live music and theater, UB's Center for the Arts is not only a local gem, but a regional asset as well.
A major part of undergraduate course selection each semester involves making provisions for general education courses - courses that often incite groans of disgust from returning students and may not pertain to a student's major but fall under university requirements for graduation.Such courses include math, writing, history, basic social sciences and computing.Peter S.
President William R. Greiner announced in January that he would step down from his position as president of UB, effective on June 30, 2003.
After a summer of long meetings, negotiations, arguments and compromise, Sub-Board I, Inc, will remain an entity at UB.It will not be the same organization it was in May, however.
As another season of UB football approaches many people have wondered if this year will be any better than the last.
Another autumn brings another season of theater. Buffalo's rich and diverse theater district is preparing itself for its annual slate of captivating drama, comedy and everything that falls in between.Those who have lived in Buffalo before know there's rarely a weekend without a play or musical playing to a house of avid theatergoers.
Many stumbled across the Jealous Sound in the year 2000, after the indie rock band out of Los Angeles unleashed their debut five song EP to the world on Better Looking Records.
While the crippling blackout of Thursday, Aug. 14 had little direct affect on UB's two campuses, it raised an important question - is UB prepared for a catastrophic power outage?During the August blackout, power remained on at UB, even as many cities and towns in Erie and Niagara counties went dark.Bob Migdalski, assistant director of operations at University Facilities, said UB experienced problems with low voltage."We lost a couple buildings, but those were brought back online in a couple of hours," he said.UB gets its power from Huntley Station in Tonawanda, Migdalski said, and it is distributed throughout UB's buildings by a substation located on campus.In the event of a blackout, the university's high voltage electricians would report to the substation and bring back power in a sequence, according to Migdalski.Particular facilities at UB receive priority in terms of power restoration, Migdalski added.
It seems like yesterday that I walked into Philosophy 101 at 8 a.m. on a Monday morning in late August of 2000.
"Open Range," directed by and starring Kevin Costner, is not another "Dances with Wolves." Though the 1990 Oscar-Winning film brought Costner much acclaim in his directorial debut, many will be thankful that he did not create another knockdown drag-out epic.Clocking in at just over two hours, "Open Range" is a piece that can easily be appreciated by the casual viewer.
When looking for a place to eat, there are many places that offer the traditional fare of pizza, wings, Chinese food and burgers along Main Street.
The Undergraduate Student Association and Sub-Board I, Inc., the parent corporation for many UB student services, clashed often this summer in the halls and meeting rooms of the Student Union - resulting in some serious changes in the authority and scope of student governments across campus.Before he entered office, George Pape, the president of the Undergraduate Student Association, aired a set of grievances regarding the arrangement between his government and Sub-Board in mid-April.Issues of funding, along with the authority of particular student governments provide entertainment on campus, were key issues for Pape, and while it looks like those grievances have been addressed, the particulars of the solution are far from clear.
I don't want to jinx anything, but I am pretty sure that it is safe to say that the Bills will win the AFC East next season.