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Official Government Language

Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack signed a bill Friday making Iowa the 10th state since 1995 to declare English the official language of state proceedings.

Buffalo Fans Won't See Much of the MAC on TV

The first week of March is one of the greatest weeks of the year for any college basketball fan. Nearly every conference in the country is having their tournament to decide who will get an automatic bid to the national stage.Unlike the major conferences, however, the MAC struggles to put its teams in the TV spotlight during tournament time.

Southern Miss Takes Two of Three From UB

Bulls Drop Two on SaturdayOpening weekend for the UB baseball team proved to be a tough one, as the team lost the first two games of a three-game series to the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles, 14-5, and 18-6 at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg, Miss.

UB Art Student Selected for International Photography Fellowship

Deborah Jack, second-year master-of-fine-arts student, is one of 20 graduate students nationwide selected to attend the International Photography Institute's National Graduate Seminar at New York University this June.While at NYU, Jack and the others will spend two weeks attending intense seminars where they will meet with working artists, gallery directors, critics and journalists from New York City, and tour the institute's gallery."The challenge will be keeping up with all they throw at you.

Post-Graduation Job Search Hindered by Weak Economy

For the class of 2002, nails may be nubs by the time commencement rolls around.With graduation barely more than two months away, the annual job hunt has begun, but the nation's shrinking economy has rendered the process more difficult - and stressful - for this year's class than for many of their predecessors.Jobs are scarce, and the unemployment rate for 20- to 24-year-olds is now over 9 percent, four points higher than the national average.According to a study of 200 companies conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), a Pennsylvania-based survey firm, businesses across the nation expect to hire 20 percent less college graduates this year compared to last.Camille Luckenbaugh, employment information manager for NACE, stressed that respondents were not averse to hiring fresh graduates as a policy, but are merely hiring fewer new employees this year than last."It's a rotten time right now," she said.Signs of an economic slowdown began to appear as far back as the fall of 2000.

Graduate Students Find Their Place in NYSSA

UB's Graduate Student Association will elect two representatives to the New York State Student Assembly this Wednesday, the first in the organization's history.The GSA's ability to elect two representatives, one for each 3,000 of UB's 6,618 full-time graduate students, was only recently brought to their attention by SUNY Trustee George Pape, leaving some question as to who holds responsibility for informing a student government of its right to representation at the state level.Ritesh Patel, GSA programming coordinator and recently appointed Sub-Board I president, believes both NYSSA and the university failed to inform the GSA of its right to SUNY representation."The question is, is it that nobody [at UB] looked into it, or is it that NYSSA hasn't shown interest in graduate students?" asked Patel.Both Patel and Pape believe SUNY's graduate division was responsible for relaying information to the GSA regarding representative elections and conference details.At the March 6 GSA Senate meeting, NYSSA delegates will be nominated and elected by the 60 to 80 senators from graduate departmental, international and special-interest clubs.

MNF Could Take Lesson From CBC

To bring back the sparkle of a once celebrated franchise, ABC snatched up John Madden, who was recently released by FOX, to take on Monday Night Football.

MAC Men's Basketball Tournament Update

Pity the promotion staff at Northern Illinois and Marshall University. The NIU Huskies and Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball teams are taking their race for a home playoff game in the first round of the MAC Tournament to the final day of the regular season.

Islam in Uzbekistan: Radical Movement in Focus

"Perspectives on September 11th and its Aftermath," a lecture series sponsored by the Council on International Studies and Programs and the Office of the Vice Provost for International Education, had its fourth lecture in the series of six Tuesday afternoon.

SWJ to Supervise All Assembly Meetings

"According to Korman, SA believed it had a "sound legal argument" against the ruling, but decided not to contest SWJ's decision because the process could have taken as long as a year.

SWJ to Supervise All Assembly Meetings

Potential For Upsets Highlight MAC First Round

Regular Season RecapThe regular season finished up Tuesday for all the teams in the MAC, and it came down to the last game for several teams.

Landscaping Plan to Address Clemens Wind Tunnel

With a series of landscaping improvements carried out over the next decade, UB is hoping to attract and impress potential students and their parents, while at the same time improving the quality of life for students, faculty and staff who use or live on the campus by making it more accessible and encouraging everyone to use the exterior campus amenities.At this point, "the architects have developed a concept plan for each campus," said Kevin Thompson, director of facilities planning and design.

On the Road Again and Till the End

If Buffalo is going to win another game this season, they will need a better performance from their "big three." Darcel Williams, Louis Campbell and Robert Brown - three Bulls seniors who for the season have accounted for over 50 percent of the team's offense - were held to a paltry nine points combined in Wednesday's match up against the Bowling Green Falcons at Anderson Arena.Needless to say, the Bulls lost.

Role Reversal

It's amazing how fortune can turn on you so quickly. Last season the women's basketball team's fortunes turned on them in a heartbeat, on a last-second shot by Akron's Cheryl Bowles to end their season in the first round of the MAC Tournament.Fortune hasn't been too good to them this season either, as the Bulls enter the 2002 MAC Tournament the losers of eight straight games.

SWJ to Supervise All Assembly Meetings

"According to Korman, SA believed it had a "sound legal argument" against the ruling, but decided not to contest SWJ's decision because the process could have taken as long as a year.

Two-Minute Drill

In an effort to boost ratings, ABC has hired John Madden to join Al Michaels in the booth for Monday Night Football this year.

"Rainbow Nation"" Program Opens Africa to UB Students"

For the first time ever, UB students have the opportunity to participate in a study abroad program in Africa.

The Simple Beauty of Cuba

For years, Cuba has remained geographically near yet culturally distant from the democratic and capitalistic society of America.Cuba remains a communist state headed by Fidel Castro, but "capitalism is coming back with a vengeance," said Jos?

NYSSA

UB student George Pape was officially confirmed Tuesday in New York City as a SUNY trustee. Pape's rise as the most powerful student in New York state, while procedurally legitimate, is the product of lax SUNY rules governing the selection of officials for a body purportedly intended to represent the interests of students.Pape's appointment to the trustee position demonstrates how easily a non-elected student can sit on NYSSA's executive board.