TAG week, which stands for “thinking about giving,” was created to raise donor awareness among students and give them the chance to thank donors. Students get to personally meet philanthropists throughout TAG week. The events will be held from Feb. 22-26.
Three UB students are attempting to make the cut of participating in the “Red Bull Can You Make It?” challenge, in which 165 student teams from more than 50 countries will travel across Europe for seven days with only Red Bull energy drinks as currency. The winning team will win a paid summer vacation in Europe.
Buffalo Police is investigating the death of a SUNY Buffalo State student as a possible fraternity hazing incident.
Erie County Sheriff, Buffalo and Amherst narcotic officers arrested UB alumni Lei Meng, Donald Cheng and Brian Wong after a raid of homes on Tyler Street in the University Heights and Sweet Home Road in Amherst. Kevin Shiue was also arrested.
Abbott Hall’s UBIT Center, which shares a space with the printing center in the Health Sciences Library (HSL), now gives students on South Campus a convenient place to seek support with technical problems. Until this semester, there has only been one UBIT Help Center at UB, located in the Lockwood Cybrary.
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Tuesday’s winter storm and nearly a foot of snow has left many students asking a familiar question: What does it take for UB to cancel classes? The winter storm, which affected the entire Western New York region, left unplowed campus parking lots and streets hard to navigate, Stampede buses delayed and many commuter students stuck inside their driveways with snow burying their cars. While Daemen College, located in Amherst, canceled classes Tuesday, UB remained open yet again – a pattern that has repeated and frustrated students for years. Other local colleges Canisius and SUNY Buffalo State were already closed due to Presidents’ Day. Students reported unplowed parking lots on North and South Campus as late as 4 p.m., causing many drivers to dig themselves out of the snow, as well as triple park and block other drivers from exiting. Unplowed sidewalks also made it difficult for students living on campus to get to the academic spine.
The UB Professional Staff Senate approved the “Greening The Commons” initiative in November, which works to eliminate the harmful effects of using polystyrene in food containers as well as the lack of recycling practices in The Commons, said Domenic Licata, chair of the Professional Staff Senate.
The sudden death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has left a vacant seat on the United States Supreme Court. The search for a new justice nearly immediately caused a stir among the Republican and Democratic parties.
Jean Wactawski-Wende, the dean of the School of Public Health and Health Professions who has been part of the WHI since it was established at UB, discussed some of the groundbreaking findings in cancer research the univeristy has made to the UB Council on Monday.
On Tuesday, a winter storm warning went into effect in Buffalo when the city was hit with almost a foot of snow. While some local schools were cancelled, including area colleges, UB remained open. A notice on the UB Alert website warned students about traveling delays due to the weather, however nothing has been sent to student emails.
Associate history professor Patrick McDevitt secured the first-ever win for the humanities department at the fifth annual Life Raft Debate on Wednesday night. Co-sponsored by UB’s Honor College and the Academies, the Life Raft Debate brings professors from various departments together to argue why they think they should survive a hypothetical deserted island by escaping via life raft. The professors argued the importance of his or her field in rebuilding a post-apocalyptic civilization for eight minutes.
On Thursday, Sen. Charles Schumer held a phone conference with several New York student newspapers to discuss #InTheRed.
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Friday’s lake-effect snow and freezing temperatures caused a few accidents that affected UB.
Ogletree spoke as part of UB’s 29th annual Distinguished Speakers Series and as the 40th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Keynote Speaker Thursday night in Alumni Arena.
7:13 p.m. – A student reported he accidentally cut off his “left little finger” with a knife. The student said he thought he needed stitches but did not want an ambulance.
On Thursday, Erie County legislators voted down the proposal for Erie County bars to close by 2 a.m. Three voted in favor and seven voted against.
Oliver, a senior business and international studies major, resigned as BSU president on Dec. 9, just five days after BSU’s executive board unanimously voted that he had not carried out the duties and responsibilities as president, according to Oliver.
Lipsky said she thought businesses on the street like Jim’s Steakout, which can stay busy and lively with customers until 5 a.m., would be helpful in detracting violent crime.
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