SA Assembly Speaker Iglesias Steps Aside
By STEFANIE ALAIMO | Jan. 25, 2002Robinson Iglesias, speaker of the SA Assembly, notified the Student Association via e-mail Wednesday that he will resign from the position.
Robinson Iglesias, speaker of the SA Assembly, notified the Student Association via e-mail Wednesday that he will resign from the position.
President Bush is ready to name Dr. Tom Coburn, a former Oklahoma congressman, as the new co-director of the AIDS advisory council.
The New Era Cap Company, the official manufacturer of Major League Baseball caps as well as UB Bulls apparel, has come under increased scrutiny in recent months by college activists, sweatshop foes and labor rights advocates who criticize the corporation's practices in the United States and abroad.Locally, the company has received press for a half-year-old strike at its Derby, N.Y.
While most UB students were enjoying a nice long semester break, the women's basketball team had a full course load, playing a total of 10 games in our absence, including seven conference games.The Bulls went from being as hot as a Hawaii heat wave - scoring a stunning 55-43 upset over Big East powerhouse Seton Hall - to being as cold as a Buffalo blizzard in a 76-29 debacle at then-23rd-ranked Tulane.
Concern over UB services dominated Wednesday's "Talk of the University," WBFO's monthly radio show hosted by UB President William R.
One sits quietly at a long table making notes when suddenly the foundation begins to shake, a deafening noise fills the brain, and total chaos ensues.
As our lives reflect the moment we enter history, the dominant generational style of our youth (the sound of its music, the look of its movies), so one's approach to education is a product largely of the decade of one's higher education.
Should battered women who violate court orders of protection be punished? An increasing number of judges around the nation, frustrated by women who ignore restraining orders granted to protect them, say yes.
With the Christmas season come and gone, Packers quarterback Brett Favre showed the type of generosity that is only paralleled by that fat jolly guy who has a propensity for bouncing little boys and girls on his knees.In fact, he gave Giants defensive end Michael Strahan something the 30-year old monster of a man had been wishing for his whole life, or at least since his football career began at Westbury High School in Texas at age 17.He gave him the dream of all behemoth's who are willing to line up against men who mirror themselves in appearance and subject themselves to getting their eyes gouged, their heads kicked, and their jewels stepped on; all for the chance to lay a clean shot on some prima donna quarterback who probably makes as much in endorsements as these guys make in their contracts.Favre gave Strahan the sack record.
According to figures recently released by the state, UB ranked near the top of both public and private colleges and universities in New York state in academic research and development funding for the year 2000.UB led SUNY schools with expenditures of $187.7 million, and placed fourth in the state overall, trailing only top-spenders Cornell University, Columbia University and the University of Rochester, respectively.
A research institution that refuses to publish information - appears to be a paradox, doesn't it?
Gov. George E. Pataki recently announced over $200 million in state and private funding to establish the Buffalo Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics, which utilizes supercomputers to analyze biological data.
Over the turn of the New Year, the play of the UB men's basketball team was more in tune of A Christmas Carol.
In the midtown Manhattan headquarters of Andersen, the global consulting company, making professional connections is a routine occurrence.
In order to teach UB students the complex workings of the local economy, the School of Management went straight to the source: Buffalo Mayor Anthony Masiello.
While a record 82.3 inches of snow shut down much of Buffalo and grabbed national headlines during winter break, UB administrators and students remaining on campus were left none the worse for wear, due in part to emergency preparedness plans that have been improved upon with each successive storm.During the five days from Christmas Eve until Dec.
"They are like their own beer: froth on top, dregs at the bottom, the middle excellent."- Voltaire, referring to the BritishIn 1773, a group of Bostonians, (a level-headed group of Americans as any - "Nomar!") decided having a country of their own would be, quote, "really cool."In order to be granted a country, one of two things needs to happen: win a war or ask the United Nations.
Randy Rocchio and Nick Zieziula of the UB men's tennis team took the 2002 Milwaukee Tennis Classic by storm, advancing to the doubles tournament quarterfinal before bowing out to the number-one-seeded team of Travis Parott and Peter Malacek from the University of Portland 8-4.
Over four months have passed since the Sept. 11 attacks, and while some of the families of the victims have moved on with their lives, many others still have not found any sense of closure.
UB head women's basketball coach Cheryl Dozier is getting her recruiting done a little early this year.The coach announced Tuesday that two early signees have committed to joining the Bulls for the 2002-03 season.