With racial tensions high on college campuses throughout the nation, some UB students and administrators gathered Wednesday night to propose solutions.
The Seven Crowns is an experimental rock group made up of four UB students that draws influences from Middle Eastern music to blues-rock. The band consists of guitarist Jack Walker, bassist Eric Vlesmas and guitarist Dan Gagliardi. Walker and Gagliardi share the vocalist position in the band. Ryan Whitmarsh also occasionally serves as the guitarist and keyboardist for the band.
Overholser, a senior fellow at the Democracy Fund and an independent journalist in New York City, gave a lecture Monday in the Student Union Theater as part of UB’s International Education Week. The lecture, titled “The Media Revolution: What it Means for You,” was about the progression of journalism amidst the digital era.
DuMouchelle is an adjunct assistant professor in the music department and the head of the voice program. She is a soprano and received her bachelor’s and master’s from Mannes School of Music in New York City and her doctorate at University at California, San Diego. She specializes in new works but also enjoys multicultural collaboration.
All six UB students studying in France are safe and unharmed.
A university staff person found the graffiti in three different locations in Slee Hall Wednesday and UPD arrived to the scene at around 8 p.m. A university facilities crew removed all of the graffiti by 11 p.m. The three pieces of graffiti said “Gay Only,” “White” and “Black is Cool.”
Dressler, who graduated last May from UB with a bachelor’s degree in biomedical sciences, said that although she always considered herself to be “somewhat active,” it wasn’t until she started CrossFit that she truly started her now active lifestyle.
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Four UB students studying abroad in Paris, France and two students studying in the south of France are all safe after at least 129 people were killed yesterday in several terror attacks in Paris.
BSU posted a request on social media for students to wear all black and join them in a walkout at 3 p.m. Thursday. After the walkout, approximately 60 students stood in front of the Student Union to have a discussion about the racial incidents that occurred recently at the University of Missouri.
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Clubs must obtain a film license before publicly showing any film, and the license fees range from about $1,200 for films that are new or just out of the theaters to about $400 for films that have been out of theaters for over a year. If an SA club shows a film without obtaining a film license, the club would be in violation of federal copyright laws and therefore subject to a $250,000 fine.
Tripathi sat down with The Spectrum for a wide-ranging interview in his Capen Hall fifth floor office Thursday afternoon. He was passionate, often hitting his hand on the table to emphasize his points when speaking of issues like the “White Only” art project and the University Heights neighborhood, and upbeat when speaking of positives like record donations and his plans for UB’s future. He was candid when speaking of his own legacy.
On Tuesday, UB’s Career Services will host “Internship Day,” consisting of workshops devoted to supplying students with information about applying for and receiving internships. Students can get professional photos taken, listen to guest speakers and receive answers to any troubling questions.
From the beginning of this semester to Oct. 31, 101 students have been ruled responsible for alcohol violations in on-campus halls and apartments and 16 have been responsible for drug violations in resident halls and apartments.
Mary Wilson and other trustees of the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation gave a gift of $4 million to the UB Department of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine on Thursday afternoon. The donation was announced at the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences at the downtown medical campus.
Charles Wanderer, Philip Berg, Alexander Wiener and Zhe Wang, each 20 years old, are being held at the Erie County Holding Center pending arraignment. Wang is not a UB student, according to UB Spokesperson John Della Contrada. The Erie County Sheriff’s Office is leading the investigation.
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