Never one to wait for opportunities to come to him, in just over a year and a half at UB, Anthony Burgio is already heavily involved in the student government.
The College of Arts and Sciences hosted aspiring high school poets from the northeastern United States and southern Canada Saturday, as part of UB's first annual high school poetry contest.Over 1,300 high school students submitted poems of 25 lines or less to the contest, according to Uday Sukhatme, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.Winners of the contest received cash prizes as well as copies of English professor Carl Dennis' Pulitzer Prize-winning book "Practical Gods." Dennis served as the judge of the contest and addressed the students during the awards ceremony."One of the things you feel when you are writing is that no one is listening, and then after a while you imagine that you are writing for one unknown friend," said Dennis."There are probably more people listening than you think," he added.Colin Stricklin, a senior from Amherst Central High School, won the contest with his poem.
The Pagan Student Association hosted several psychics in the Student Union Saturday for the first-ever Psychic Fair, which offered students a chance to see into the future while giving the Pagan SA a chance to establish themselves as a legitimate club.Pagan SA members said the event was aimed at dispelling myths about Pagan practices, as well as giving students a chance to partake in various types of psychic and traditional readings.
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Lehnge and saris, salwarkameez and kurtas - students unfamiliar with these terms had a chance to get acquainted Saturday at India Night, the Indian Student Association's annual cultural celebration."The whole show is a little bit of everything," said Naazli Ahmed, former president of the Indian Student Association and current Student Association treasurer.
Shouldn't the title of the letter, "Faculty Members Support the War in Iraq" printed in the April 4 issue read: "SOME Faculty Members Support the War in Iraq"?I would like to read a letter in the feedback section from faculty members who do not support the war in Iraq.
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As the spring semester begins to wind down at UB, the amount of work students must complete in order to pass their courses starts to accumulate.
Though some may grind their teeth at having to talk to unknown classmates, group work is a bona-fide learning tool, essential to life on campus and in the workplace, according to some."It's a job skill," said Gary Ozanich, a communication professor.
l975, the stage of an empty Broadway theater. Dozens of singers and dancers audition for the chorus of a Broadway musical, teaching the audience that all people have dreams and stories, even if they're not in the limelight.
If there is one thing Hollywood has a hard time delivering, it is a film that fulfills the promises made in previews; this is not the case with Joel Schumacher's latest release, "Phone Booth."The film was scheduled for release last fall, but held over until Friday because the sniper shootings in Washington, D.C., struck too close to the film's plot, which features Public Relations man Stu Shepard (Colin Farrell) learning a lesson in honesty from an anonymous caller - at gunpoint.The film is gripping and sensational, and while it is a shame that it had to be held back, it is probably going to make more waves coming out now.
Women from the Organization for Arab Students rushed the stage in sequined skirts and were quickly joined by male dancers in jackets, ties and traditional Arab headdresses, called kaffiyehs, on Friday afternoon.The group performed an Arab wedding dance, as over 800 students cheered them on at the International Fiesta in the Student Union.
"This is the bomb," senior business major Pat Callocchia said as he gazed in awe at turntablist DJ Anubus tearing through his ever-expanding Dank Funk routine.
They were down, officially beaten, and yet the UB men's tennis team kept on playing. The match had been going on for more than four hours, the spectators had left, and it was well after the Final Four tip-off.Finally, the Toledo coach told his final player to default, ending the match.
It was not too long ago that UB graduate Rick Wright decided he had had enough of boring Monday evenings in Buffalo.
I've heard a million and one reasons not to get married: "I am unwilling to make a commitment." "I'm a hard-core feminist who considers marriage dogmatic." "I think marriage is simply an institution to serve the interests of the patriarchy.""I have a terminal illness." "I'm broke.""Marriage is just a piece of paper."Well, that piece of paper comes with a lot of perks.Currently, spouses of federal employees are entitled to a number of benefits, including, but not limited to, life and health insurance, retirement pay and compensation for on-the-job injuries.
The College of Arts and Sciences hosted aspiring high school poets from the northeastern United States and southern Canada Saturday, as part of UB's first annual high school poetry contest.Over 1,300 high school students submitted poems of 25 lines or less to the contest, according to Uday Sukhatme, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.Winners of the contest received cash prizes as well as copies of English professor Carl Dennis' Pulitzer Prize-winning book "Practical Gods." Dennis served as the judge of the contest and addressed the student during the awards ceremony."One of the things you feel when you are writing is that no one is listening, and then after a while you imagine that you are writing for one unknown friend," said Dennis."There are probably more people listening than you think," he added.Colin Stricklin, a senior from Amherst Central High School, won the contest with his poem.
If you had one man to be on your side in a fight, who would you pick? I'd have to side with Darryl Strawberry.
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