Head coach John Astudillo's men's soccer team finished the 2002 season by losing in the MAC quarterfinals to Kent State by a score of 4-1.But with a 6-9-1 record (3-3 MAC), the Bulls found a bright spot in recognizing Geoff Thompson, who has since graduated UB.Thompson was able to net seven goals last year, the most for UB since 1999.
As the students of the incoming freshman class take their first steps through the hallowed labyrinth that is the University at Buffalo during freshmen orientation, they will quickly grow comfortable with the sights, sounds and mechanics of college life.
A record number of incoming freshmen will be calling UB home this fall. For the first time since 1980-before the incoming students were even born-the freshman class will number an estimated 3,782 students, according to UB officials."The university is on the rise," said Dennis Black, vice president for student affairs.
Tragedy hit the UB women's crew team this past year as the team lost one of their own in a tragic accident in December.
The UB Track and Field team produced two champions during last year. Men's decathlete Carlos Williams won the MAC Conference Championship 10 event competition with a total score of 6,561 points.
College can be seen as an opportunity to sequester one's self from the rest of society. To not only learn, but ponder.
The Bulls ended their softball season with a record of 18-21 overall (7-13 MAC). Although their record may not be scintillating, the team MVP, Stacey Evans, broke her own school record for strikeouts with 137 and became the career strikeout leader with 238.
During the past five years under the guidance of Athletic Director Robert J. Arkeilpane, UB has seen the athletic program graduate to Division 1-A competition and join the Mid-American Conference, while also reforming its baseball, softball and crew programs.In May of 2003, with these and other accomplishments under his belt, Arkeilpane resigned his position to take a position as associate vice president for development in the University of Cincinnati Foundation.Some of his biggest reasons for stepping down as UB's athletic director, Arkeilpane said, were family considerations, notably support for his daughter and two sons."I've loved every minute of this, but for the last four or five years I've watched other people's children grow and achieve success," said Arkeilpane.
Out of all the teams at UB, there is no question that the women's basketball team was the most successful in its 2002-03 campaign.
Robert Creeley, a Capen Professor of Poetry and the Humanities and one of the world's most renowned poets for over four decades, is leaving SUNY Buffalo to take up a position in the creative writing department at Brown University."There's nobody else like Creeley," said Capen Professor of American Culture Bruce Jackson.
Last season, the men's tennis team was able to do something it was never able to do before - the Bulls won their first conference match since joining the MAC in 1998.
Course materials for graduates and undergraduates may soon be available at all area bookstores if Thomas Jacobs has his way.Jacobs, the store manager of The College Store, located at 60 Maple Road has, in his words, embarked on a "spirited campaign" in the last year to acquire the textbook adoption orders for all classes whose material is available at the University Bookstore on Lee Road.Using the New York State Freedom of Information Law and legal precedent from a state appellate court decision involving SUNY Albany and a private bookstore in 2001, Jacobs has gone to the administration, departments and individual professors to make his case."All we want is the textbook information," Jacobs said, "We don't want the professors to tattoo our store information on their shoulders and flex.""Professors need to be educated in the process," he added.
A young but determined UB volleyball team will look to make great strides this fall as they try to battle back from a 9-23 overall record (1-17 MAC). With the hiring of two new assistant coaches during the off season and the signing of new recruits the team will have a different look to it on the bench but will have familiar faces on the court.Head coach Sally Kus announced the hiring of Erin Holahan and Katie Michaelski as assistant coaches to aid Kus.Lindsay Matikosh (Team MVP), Katie Weekly (Top Newcomer) and Molly Schrantz (Coach's Award) bring experience to this young and energetic team.The Bulls did suffer a blow, however, in the loss of Kathryn Henry (Most Improved Player), who transferred to Cornell.
Not unlike their football cohorts, the UB men's basketball team was dubbed the "Baby Bulls" in the 2002-03 season.
Year in and year out, some of the most celebrated cultural events in Buffalo take place in the city's theaters.
The State University of New York board of trustees ended a heated debate that has sparked student protest and criticism across campus in recent months, with the adoption of the first SUNY tuition increase in eight years.Beginning in the fall, students will pay an extra $950 - bumping tuition from $3,400 to $4,350 - per semester, after an 11-1 vote from the SUNY Board of Trustees.The only negative vote came from the student representative, Oneonta State's Stephanie Gross, who said the tuition hike would drive students away from a SUNY education.Yet, it appears as though the end to the speculation surrounding the tuition increase does not necessarily mean an end to the debate and the criticism.Miriam Kramer, higher education coordinator for the New York Public Interest Research Group said Gross made the right decision in voting against the increase, and said NYPIRG's main concern presently is the possible loss of students."I think it's appropriate that the representative of students voted against the increase considering the impact that the decision will have on students and their families," said Kramer.Current Student Association President George Pape, who served as the board's student representative in 2002-03, said he has disagreed with not only the increase, but also Gov.
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.
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