On Thursday morning, every UB student received an e-mail from the Student Association declaring two things: Spring Fest is Friday night and SA is considering pulling out of Sub-Board I, Inc. Usually, when something of this magnitude is brought to the student body, it comes with both a means and an end.
UBBaseballSat: @ Pittsburgh, 7Sun: @ Pittsburgh, 12 (DH)SoftballFri: vs. Miami, 3Sat: vs. Miami, 1 (DH)Local Pro TeamsBuffalo BanditsNLL Playoffs - SemifinalsSat: @ Rochester, 7:30Buffalo DestroyersSat: vs.
What was expected to be a day of close baseball between UB and the Canisius Golden Griffins (2-24 Overall, 1-13 MAAC) was anything but on Wednesday.
As temperatures rise, and parkas and snow boots are replaced by shorts, T-shirts and sandals, spring and summer activities in Buffalo are gearing up to begin full swing.Warm weather offers a variety of events and activities around Buffalo in late spring and throughout the summer.The Allentown Art Festival, held during the second full weekend in June, is something some art lovers in Western New York are looking forward to."It's an art festival in mid-summer, they usually just display art, people can walk around and look there's also food," said Shaun Harrington, a junior communication major, who attends many summer events in Buffalo.
Presidential candidate and economist Lyndon LaRouche broadcasted his controversial views live over the Internet Thursday afternoon to college students across the country.LaRouche, a Democrat who plans on running in his sixth presidential election in 2004, expressed his far-left political views and addressed policy on topics such as the war in Iraq, the economy, terrorism, college funding and the Middle-Eastern crisis.LaRouche made his disdain for the Bush administration crystal clear from the onset."The top of the presidency right now doesn't function," LaRouche said.
The proposed plan by the new SA executive board to drop Sub-Board I over the summer is outrageous.
After Bill Bradley and his New York Knicks teammates lost two straight games to the Boston Celtics in the early 1970s, he received an urgent and threatening letter from a fan."Bradley, if you lose one more game to the Boston Celtics, I'm going to come to your house and kill your dog," the letter stated.
Last week, it came to our attention that several articles published in The Spectrum over the course of the spring 2003 semester contained unoriginal material that was not properly credited to its sources.These articles included "A Guy Thing, A Bad Thing," "Love Out of a Lie," "'Basic'ally Lacking Talent," "A Journey to the Center of Dumb," "A Waste of 85 Minutes," and "Biker Boyz: Music From the Motion Picture."We regret that this professional dishonesty led to improperly credited articles being published.
Jamie Lynn Perna has missed the boat in her column "Murderers Should Be Put to Death" (Wednesday, April 23). I am a law student and death (penalty) opponent, but my arguments have little to do with trying to rehabilitate murderers or the risk of executing the innocent.
I'm writing to express my disappointment and frustration over newly elected SA President George Pape's decision to seek withdrawal of SA funds from the Sub-Board I venture.
"Confidence," the new film by director James Foley, portrays how a team of grifters steal $5 million from a bank.
With a plot similar to that of "The Score" and "Heist," and a narrative technique that brings to mind "Get Shorty" minus that film's comedy, Director James Foley's "Confidence" is the latest in the ever-growing line of scam films.Edward Burns stars as Jake Vig, a stylish con man unable to resist what he calls "the itch" - the desire to score big off of any scam he can pull.
After taking a doubleheader from Canisius on Wednesday, the UB baseball team (11-25, 3-11 Mid-American Conference) beat the Niagara Purple Eagles (17-18) 17-14 to win bragging rights in Western New York.
Students concerned about the proposed tuition hike could feel an ease to their wallets as early as next week.During Wednesday's Faculty Senate Executive Committee meeting, Paul Tokasz, majority leader of the New York State Assembly, announced the assembly is proposing a slightly lower tuition hike than the $1,200 hike proposed by Gov.
This letter is in response to Jamie Lynn Perna's column "Murderers Should Be Put to Death" in the Wednesday, April 23, issue of The Spectrum.
Everyone knows MTV's dirty little secret for success. Most networks rely on producing quality programming in order to keep viewers tuned to their channel.
Right now, there are about a million reasons to hate the United States. Most of these reasons would involve the words "oil," "Iraq" and "Bush." But there is another reason to criticize our government: those ridiculous public service announcements against marijuana.I understand that it is the duty of our government to do everything it can to inform the public about any dangers, including narcotics.
In a letter released Tuesday afternoon to The Spectrum and addressed to members of the undergraduate population, this year's and next year's Student Association executive boards addressed the proposed withdrawal from Sub-Board I, Inc.The letter details the financial allocations SA and other governments give to Sub-Board and how the withdrawal would affect student services at UB.In an interview, Pape said nothing is final and the incoming e-board has not chosen a binding course of action."The only thing that's definite is that we're not going to be giving our activities money," said Pape.
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