The UB baseball team started the weekend making history - in pretty much the same way the Dodger relief pitcher made history in giving home run number 71 to Barry Bonds.
Students hoping for tickets to see former president William J. Clinton speak at UB filled the Center for the Arts atrium Wednesday, spilling into the building's basement and the hallway connecting CFA to Alumni Arena.Tickets for the April 10 speech went on sale at noon.
After a nearly decade-long absence, the Center for Advanced Technology has returned to UB. The center is now headed by Dr. William Mihalko, associate professor in the UB School of Medicine, head of arthroplasty at Erie County Medical Center and director of orthopedic research in the department of orthopedic surgery at ECMC.Ten years ago, the UB CAT center was de-certified by New York state, because, according to an e-mail from Provost Elizabeth Capaldi, "it was too practical for its time.""They were interested more in basic science at that time," she continued.
It is that time of year again - Student Association elections are quickly approaching and prospective candidates for SA's executive board and the New York State Student Assembly delegation have had a busy week, collecting petition signatures and gaining student support.As of Thursday evening, two parties had announced candidacy: the Results Party and the UB Students Party.
Regardless of New York state law, it's generally assumed that no one has to be 21 to drink. Granted, a resident advisor might bust a student for drinking in his or her dorm, and the police do break up the occasional fraternity party, but for the most part, we live in a country where alcohol is readily available despite the law.
After weeks of languishing in the Student Association Assembly, the three proposed amendments to the SA Constitution finally reached the SA Senate's 21 members, who passed them Thursday night.An amendment to eliminate required cabinet positions of director of student organizations and director of external affairs passed unanimously with one abstention, while an amendment to move the instatement date of new executive board members from April 1 to May 1 passed with no opposition.The amendment requiring presidential and vice-presidential candidates to run on a single ticket faced a much more difficult battle before approval, however, with nine votes supporting the amendment and five in opposition.According to SA Vice President Joshua Korman, the amendment is necessary because when the SA Constitution was written, "SA was a student government in the absolute most stereotypical sense of it" and since then, SA has "shifted into being more of an activities-based corporation."As such, he believes presidents and vice presidents should run on the same ticket to ensure personal or political conflicts will not interfere with their duties and that time is not wasted while officers iron out their differences.
College basketball is superior to college football. I never thought I would say that, but it's true.
Bills sign Fletcher, say goodbye to CowartIt only took Buffalo Bills General Manager Tom Donahoe six hours to fill what would have been a huge hole in the middle of Buffalo's defense with former St.
"You know that old trees just grow stronger. And old rivers just grow wilder every day. Old people just grow lonesome waiting for someone to say, hello in there.
The biggest obstacle standing between underage students and alcohol is their age, a barrier many find easy to circumvent almost effortlessly with some careful smudging, a little computer savvy, or a trip to Canada."Fake IDs are easy to get and nearly every [underage] student who drinks has one," said William B., a UB senior majoring in aerospace engineering.According to John Grela, director of University Police, approximately 30 to 40 fake IDs are confiscated on campus annually, mainly during routine stops for traffic violations.
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.
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