In only their third season of Division I baseball, the UB Bulls had a record-breaking year and will look to keep their strong play in full swing in the upcoming season.Try and look past this past spring's baseball record (16-35 overall, 5-20 MAC) and you will find a hard working group of individuals who do not give up until the last out is accounted for.
With four Mid-American Conference tournament appearances in the last four years, the women's soccer team here at UB is one of the university's most successful programs.
When new head coach Jim Hofher's first season came to a close in 2001, the Bulls had collected three wins on the season and a glimmer of optimism had appeared on campus for the following season.However, the Bulls endured a setback in 2002 and finished with an ugly 1-11 record.
After three months of deliberations involving the Undergraduate Student Association's intended withdrawal of funds from Sub-Board I, Inc., only one thing is clear - The party that stands to lose the most is the entire student body.Sub-Board was formed in 1970 as a coalition between the major student governments on campus.
To the informed music fan, the music scene in Western New York is an enigma of sorts. On one hand, concerts and shows are a short ride away, and there is a slew of good local bands to accompany the various touring acts that come through town.
Like the men's team, the women's tennis team has just one MAC victory since joining the conference.
TeamOverallMACBaseball16-375-21M Bball5-232-16W Bball18-119-7Football1-110-9M Soccer6-9-13-3-0W Soccer7-8-55-5-2Softball18-217-13M Tennis12-121-4W Tennis6-130-10Volleyball9-231-17Wrestling9-61-4
As the 2003-04 school year rapidly approaches, the UB community remains in the dark as to who will assume the governing responsibilities of the university.In January 2003, after 13 years of leadership, UB President William R.
Early in the season, when I was working on another article, UB men's basketball head coach Reggie Witherspoon explained to me that the Mid-American Conference should actually be more popular in Western New York because of the presence of future NBA stars like Central Michigan's Chris Kaman.
A noted increase in the number of students who use the Counseling Services Center in recent semesters implied an increase in the incidence of psychological distress among students.
Edit Note: This was perhaps the second-best football game in the country this season, with the National Championship coming in first.
Your extremely leftist coverage of the war In Iraq is sickening. It is, however, consistent with all other liberal garbage in the sense that is spins the truth.
Seeing as The Spectrum chose to get rid of the annual personals issue - an issue that I have long regarded as a conglomeration of high school yearbook signatures - and opted instead to print vignettes of stories, I'm following suit in my last column of the year.Below you will find bite-sized pieces of things at UB that, in my mind, remain unresolved today, the last day of classes for the 2002-03 year.In a month, UB will have no president.I don't know if anyone has forgotten this, but President William R.
In my two years as sports editor, I have been able to cover some pretty incredible sports events at UB.
While MTV's "Fraternity Life" and "Sorority Life 2" were being filmed on campus, many students had strong reactions to the cameras in the Student Union and along Main Street.
The body-piercing and tattoo industry is making a comeback in the Buffalo area. According to owners of some of Buffalo's many tattoo and/piercing parlors, business is stronger than usual among college-aged patrons.Just when it seemed as though the body art explosion was calming down, the tattoo and piercing scenes have made a comeback - especially among students in Buffalo.According to Liz Moberly, an employee of Nickel City Tattoo, business could not be better."Business is booming, especially among youth," Moberly said.
Edit Note: One of the most exciting games the Bulls played all season, too bad it was in Athens, OH.
It was not a good year for elections at UB, as virtually every election held was fraught with complaints of impropriety - and a number were overturned.The school year began with students learning that the results of the previous spring's Graduate Student Association Executive Board elections were void, due to fraudulent conduct by a candidate.Treasurer candidate Sanjeev Saha allegedly distributed sweatshirts to graduate students before the election in exchange for votes and student identification numbers that could be used to cast votes via the Internet.The GSA Election Committee overturned the results as criticisms of online voting grew.
This year, Buffalo became home to two new nightclubs: La Boom and The Sphere.The doors to a Main Street party favorite for UB students have finally reopened after much delay.
Solutions by The State News
