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The Impact of Gender on Drugs

Dr. William Jusko, professor of pharmaceutics, hosted a Gender Week speech on Sept. 26 centered on the difference between men and women when dealing with their response to specific drugs.


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Must-Be TV: Living in a Dream World

Rachel Green, a waitress, lives in an apartment in Manhattan.Carrie Bradshaw, a writer, lives in a spacious and beautifully furnished apartment with an even more furnished closet.According to Professor of Media Studies Sarah Elder, it has always been the media's aim to glamorize certain sections of life.


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MAC Staff Picks

MAC Staff PicksMichael ScottRick OwczarzakJim ByrneBuffalo at Ohio (-8 1/2)BuffaloBuffaloBuffaloMiami at Akron (+10)AkronAkronMiamiKent St.


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Scores

UBVolleyballThurs: Akron 3, UB 0Local Pro TeamsBuffalo SabresWed: Buffalo 3, Toronto 3


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Bulls Hope to Make More Headlines Against Ohio

The front-page headline is still taped to the calendar at Miss Pam's (the football office secretary) desk "UB 44, Ohio 0." It serves as a reminder of what happens when the Bulls play 60 minutes of solid football.Last November's blowout at UB Stadium was a tremendous achievement for the UB football program.


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Student Association Election Results

Off-Campus Senators:Anthony Burgio, 198Lynn Kwon, 194Sara Nye, 93Kim Sweet, 197Leonard Vishnevsky, 207Mark Zambito, 194On-Campus Senators:Urvish Tamakuwala, 220Yesenia Diaz, 281R.


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Internet Filtering Cause For Concern

Recent requirements from Congress for schools to install Web site filters in their computers have left a bad taste in the mouths of administrators and students alike, as technology grants are being withheld until the schools comply.The filters are designed to block all potentially offensive and inappropriate Web sites from the school's browsers.


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"So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter - Ani DiFranco"

In 1997, Buffalo-born Ani DiFranco graced her fans with "Living in Clip," her first live album. Today, she gives it to us again in "So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter."In "Swandive," the album's first song, she sings: "And they can call me brilliant if I succeed." Her fans certainly are calling her brilliant because once again she did succeed.


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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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Sidelines

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.


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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.


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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.


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