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Take It Or Leave It: FSEC Discusses Resignation Limits

Students who make a habit of resigning classes after the drop/add date may find themselves in poor academic standing if a policy proposed at Wednesday's meeting of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee goes into effect.William Baumer, chairman of the grading committee, issued a proposal to limit the number of resignations (R's) an undergraduate may take."The average student takes on 2.5 R's," Baumer said.

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MAC FootballLast Friday's ESPN2 game between Marshall and Central Florida was the third highest rated of the station's 13 college football telecasts this season.

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Renewed Confidence

For the UB women's volleyball team, this is it - the weekend to find out what they really have.After finishing with only five wins all of last year, the Bulls have retooled their team with a new head coach and two freshmen starters, and it has paid off to the tune of an 8-7 record so far.

Course Resignations

Every so often, a student bites off more than he or she can chew in terms of course loads, has a strained relation with a certain professor, or is simply in too much danger of receiving a failing grade long after the deadline for dropping and adding classes has passed.

Islamic School to Open on East Side

According to a Sept. 26 Buffalo News report, Ibrahim Memon, the secretary of the Institute of Higher Islamic Education, wants to open a Muslim boarding school in a former juvenile detention center on Buffalo's East Side.

Nussbaum Lecture Analyzes Shame and Stigma

Distinguished philosopher and University of Chicago Professor of Law and Ethics Martha Nussbaum delivered a lecture titled "Shame and Stigma" to a crowd of over 65 at UB's Center for Tomorrow as part of UB's Institute for Research and Education on Women and Gender's first annual "Gender Week.""Shame serves as a way for humans to negotiate tensions in our humanness," said Nussbaum, who is also the founder of the recently formed Center for Comparative Constitutionalism at the University of Chicago.

Making Science a Co-ed Sport

The lack of a strong mentoring system, coupled with communication difficulties between men and women, contribute to an inequality between the two genders in professions dealing with mathematics, computing, and science, according to Mary Bisson, professor and chairperson of the department of biological sciences.Bisson, who was the first female chair and tenured professor of her department, addressed the issue of women in sciences during her lecture, "Women and Science: What to Tell the Girls?"Despite the inequalities, women in science, in recent years, have become more visible because women now face fewer barriers than she did when she was in college, she said.

"A Beautiful Mind, A Tormented Existence"

Many people have learned the life story of John Nash from the Oscar winning film, "A Beautiful Mind," starring Russell Crowe, but the public was able to get a deeper insight into his life when Sylvia Nasar educated the public on the non-Hollywood version of his life.Nasar, who holds a doctorate in economics and has written for such publications as Fortune, U.S.

"CD Review: Power In Numbers,"" Jurassic 5 ***"

Old school rap is not dead. It's alive and well, in California of all places. Los Angeles-based hip-hoppers Jurassic 5 are strangely a six-member crew consisting of four emcees and two DJ's, who have successfully fashioned their style after an old school hip-hop aesthetic.The only problem is that since the late 1970's to the early 80's, so much has changed for this art form and its native land as we cautiously approach 2003.Back when it all began, hip-hop music donned an ethic of partying, having a good time, and keeping focused on positive things.

Letter To The Editor

If there were one phrase that describes the outward message and goal of UB's undergraduate Student Association, it would definitely have to be "get involved ." This phrase litters SA pamphlets, pencils, T-shirts and SA sponsored publications.

When Art's Imitations Are Too Close for Comfort

We live in a world where children - barely more than babies, really - are becoming sexually active at a disturbingly (by our modern-day, first-world standards) young age.

Men's Soccer Update

One little mistake can cost you a game. Just ask the UB men's soccer team.In all the non-conference games the Bulls have lost this season, it can be said that they have made one glaring mistake per game, which in turn has shown up in their loss column.

Candid Students Speak Up About Being on Camera

Like it or not, MTV has established itself on campus, and the student body is feeling the effect.

The Night of Broken Glass

Let us not forget the story of Kristallnacht: The Night of Broken Glass. On Nov. 7, 1938, a 17-year-old Jew named Herschel Grynszpan assassinated Nazi Foreign Service officer Ernst von Raith in Paris.

Upcoming Games

Upcoming GamesUBFootball Sat: @ Ohio, 7VolleyballSat: vs. Marshall, 3Women;s Soccer Fri: @ Ball St., 5Sun: @ Miami, 1Men;s Soccer Fri: @ Wright St, 7Sun: @ Bowling Green, 2Women's TennisFri-Sun @ St.

"5K Run Keeps Memory, Awareness Alive"

Hundreds of runners from the UB and Buffalo community are gearing up to participate in the Thirteenth Annual Linda Yalem Memorial Run this weekend.The 5-kilometer run, which begins at 9:30 a.m.

"Senate, SUNY SA Elections Open This Week"

Twelve seats on the Student Association Senate are up for grabs this semester, and 23 candidates will compete for them during the elections Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m.

The End of the Nightmare

"Happy's Nightmare," the art exhibit currently on display in the Lightwell Gallery at the Center for the Arts, is like watching a scary movie in the middle of the afternoon.You come out of the theater and your eyes become blinded by the sun because you have spent the last hour and a half in a dark theater, with dark beings, in an old dark mansion.

A World of Imagination

Parallel parking: what a nightmare. That was not a good sign, and neither was the labyrinth of a hallway that I sniffed my way through after ascending to the fifth floor of this enormous brick windowed building, like a mouse in search of the cheese.