In one episode of "The Simpsons," Homer's first encounter with a television set after an extended lack of contact prompts him to exclaim, as he hugs the TV, "Television!
Third seed, eight straight appearances in the finals, winners of five out of the last seven championships, defending tournament champions.
On a campus with a student body that numbers in the thousands, I have discovered an intriguing fact: the phrases "good morning," "hello," and "fine, thanks" do not exist in the vocabularies of the vast majority of the population.Each day I perform an experiment that I began in childhood: when I pass people in hallways or on the sidewalk - concentrate, now, this is the complex part - I talk to them.
Stan Heath sensed his team was tentative. Kent State, the No. 1 seed in the MAC men's basketball tournament, was even with Marshall at the half.
By rock and roll standards, at the age of 41, Henry Rollins is an old man. By the age of 40, any rocker who manages to survive the industry usually cuts back on the noise and the power chords, and mellows out.
"But if we change the Constitution ... ""Then we can make all sorts of crazy laws!"- "The Amendment Song," "The Simpsons"America (Motto: "Don't Tread On Us.
The UB men's swim team posted 18 lifetime bests at the ECAC championships in Pittsburgh, Pa. over the weekend.
Floodlights blazed from the side of the stage, blinding the audience as a troupe of paparazzi descended from the rear of the theater, flashing cameras and phony smiles, engulfing everyone present in the maelstrom of media attention that Dido would soon face.The cameras and in-your-face MTV-style journalism were an integral part of the UB Opera Workshop's two nearly sold-out presentations of "Dido and Aeneas" last weekend in the Drama Theater at the Center for Arts.Henry Purcell's opera, based on the Virgil's classic drama "Aeneid," originally featured Dido, played by graduate vocal performance student Carolyn Unitas Roos, as the queen of Carthage.
In response to the opinion piece written in the Feb. 27 issue of The Spectrum by Erin Shultz, "Can You Direct Me To My Wisdom Teeth?" I have a few things to say.
The Miami (Ohio) RedHawks won the 2002 MAC Women's Swimming and Diving Championships, coming from behind to pass Ohio for the championship in the final event.
Eight months from now, New Yorkers will go to the polls and choose our next governor. While Gov. George Pataki has not officially announced his intention to run for a third term, his actions thus far lead to the inevitable conclusion he will run, violating his 1994 pledge to only serve two terms.
There was an exciting energy exuding from the Center for the Arts Atrium Sunday night, as a purple glow radiated to the sky through the glass ceiling.
Consisting of what looks to be a brain or a heart melting over a toaster, Patrick Holderfield's untitled sculpture is one of the pieces featured in the Big Orbit art exhibit at the UB Anderson Gallery, on display from March 3 through April 24.
Three congressmen from Western New York - Reps. John LaFalce (D-Grand Island, Town of Tonawanda), Thomas Reynolds (R-Clarence) and Jack Quinn (R-Hamburg) - met Sunday night at the Center for Tomorrow to discuss topics ranging from school vouchers to immigration laws and their effects on life in the post-Sept.
Amidst the controversy surrounding a proposal to move of the pediatrics residency program at Children's Hospital of Buffalo from its Bryant Street location, the staff is finding difficulty in trying to maintain an atmosphere of normalcy.
We are all well aware of the expression, "It's like taking candy from a baby." Well, in the case of college life, have you ever considered the thought, "It's like taking money from a student?" No doubt there are students out there who don't realize the amount of money that is pouring into our school from their parents' pockets.
Buffalo's second game against Miami of Ohio in nine days shared many similarities with the first.
Twenty-five thousand people gathered in Niagara Square Saturday, rallying to save Children's Hospital of Buffalo and protest Kaleida Health's plan to move the hospital from its current location and condense its operations to two floors of an existing facility.Surrounded by City Hall, the Walter J.
Imagining a world without "The Simpsons" is like envisioning BritneySpears without her breasts - sacrilegious and impossible.I feel blessed to live in a society where ketchup comes in three different colors, your bologna has a first name, and a bald, overweight, beer-guzzling cartoon father reaches the status of a well-known religious savior.Since their debut on "The Tracey Ullman Show" in 1987, the family of five has seen us through three presidential administrations, uncountable terrorist attacks, and the makings of two wars.
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