It was only last September that Jay Leno prompted New York Senator Charles Schumer to write a letter in protest of a comment Leno made in his "Tonight Show" monologue.
After an eleven-day hiatus from play due to inclement weather conditions, the University at Buffalo softball team battled the Ohio University Bobcats in a three-game series this past weekend.
With the goal of developing "Next Generation Scientists" - high school students who want a future in sciences and engineering - Verizon has donated $50,000 to UB.UB's Center for Computational Research will use the grant money to fund the Next Generation Scientists program, which will work with high school teachers at three local high schools: City Honors School, Mount St.
Minnesota head coach Don Lucia said before his team's practice Friday afternoon at HSBC Arena that he did not know if his hockey club was a great team.After the Golden Gophers' performance Saturday night in the NCAA Championship Game, the only thing Lucia did not know was who was going to carry the National Championship trophy to the team bus.It could be argued that after Barry Tallackson scored to put the University of Minnesota up 4-1 on New Hampshire with 6:26 left in the third period, how to transport the trophy to the team bus was Lucia's toughest remaining decision.
I am responding to The Spectrum's comment in the feedback section about white space because of not enough feedback from students.
Two years ago, if you had asked me if I voted in the Student Association elections, I would have laughed at you.
For the members of UB Anime, the club devoted entirely to Japanese animation, sitting through a 26-hour anime marathon is a small price to pay to help raise money for the American Cancer Society.More than 30 UB students gathered in front of a big screen TV in Lehman Hall Friday to watch anime and raise money for the charity.
Baseball season is upon us, as are the NBA and NHL playoffs, and perhaps most importantly the NFL Draft.
UB's international reputation improved last month when Zhou Ji, a 1984 graduate of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, was named Prime Minister of Education of the People's Republic of China.
In an attempt to stifle the opinions and feelings of a student, the faculty of a school in Little Rock, Ark., reprimanded a 14-year-old boy for discussing his sexual preference with his classmates.
Tie game, bottom of the tenth. Two strikes and one ball with two men on base and one out when UB sophomore John Boom stepped to the plate on Sunday afternoon against Marshall pitcher Grant Harper."I was expecting a fastball, but the pitcher threw a change-up and I was able to adjust and get the hit," said Boom.Boom drove a single straight to left field, driving in his teammate, senior Brandon DiCesare for the winning score."I swung at a couple of bad pitches, but then he threw me one right down the middle ... I was just trying to hit it hard," said Boom.When all was said and done, Buffalo split the series with Marshall 2-2.
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It is a troubling world we live in - the specter of perpetual war and nuclear escalation has returned, fascist undertones have swept our government and the economy is facing red ink as far as the eye can see.
This weekend, the Bulls softball team hopes two negative trends will come to an end - the poor weather and their inefficiency against other Mid-American Conference teams.The Buffalo weather has not been kind to the team so far this year, as they have had to cancel or reschedule eight of their 10 home games.Weather permitting, the teams will play a doubleheader at 1 p.m.
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Citing a number of allegedly breached procedures, Kannan Nagarajan, a presidential candidate in the Graduate Student Association elections, filed several complaints yesterday with the GSA Elections Committee.Kannan, who lost the election to Xun Liu, alleged the Elections Committee counted the ballots at an improper time, gave other candidates more space in an advertisement and allowed candidates who did not satisfy requirements to run."They were wrong in multiple places," said Kannan.
A trip to Putnam's in the Student Union may lead some students to the Red Hat Deli, where a cheerful Ron Smith serves droves of UB students daily.To satisfied patrons, the tall, slim man with long salt and pepper hair tied back in a ponytail is known as simply "Ron the Sandwich Guy".Taking both of his breaks for his 8-hour shift together, Smith welcomed the chance to sit and talk about a place he loves to be - UB."I have worked at UB for nine years, and after working in Pistachio's, Goodyear and Governors, I have found my place here at the Red Hat Deli in Putnam's," Smith said.
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