If one were to drop a bag of sand from a high elevation, it would not bounce. Instead, the impact would splinter into a million shock waves throughout the sand particles.
Peer-grading: one of the easiest ways for teachers to free up their schedules by enlisting students to do their work.
The Student Association decided Wednesday to cut 20 clubs not meeting SA membership mandates from its roll.
The Student Association Senate voted nine to three Wednesday night to de-recognize 20 SA clubs after the organizations failed to uphold basic club responsibilities and heed warnings of impending de-recognition.
There were no bright flashing lights, no dramatic announcement - only the music, which would speak for itself.
"How did it get so late so soon? It's night before it's afternoon. December is here before it's June.
Mike Richter had fallen out of the fraternity that represented the National Hockey League's most feared goaltenders.
Mary Jane Books, a private bookstore in Albany, recently won a lawsuit against SUNY Albany to force the university to release textbook lists to bookstores located off-campus.I wrote an article last semester about a similar situation here at UB.
Five sacks, four turnovers, zero points scored, six touchdowns surrendered. Based on the way the 2001 Mid-American Conference season has unfolded, it would be easy to assume that these statistics belong to an opponent of the five-time defending East Division Champion Marshall Thundering Herd.Guess again.They were the extent of Marshall's production the last time they faced the Toledo Rockets (back on Oct.
In a Nov. 28 editorial entitled "Embryonic Cloning: A Healthy Future," The Spectrum questions the fact that "the personal moral structures of healthy politicians are far more important than ... benefit from medical treatments using cloned cells." The appropriate question to ask, however, is: "When did Americans decide that it is acceptable to sacrifice our morals in exchange for personal benefit?" The Spectrum suggests that anything that has benefits should be done, so long as its benefits outweigh its moral detriment.
UB President William R. Greiner and Vice President for Student Affairs Dennis Black spent Thursday night discussing transportation, the Millard Fillmore College and tuition and budget concerns on WBFO's "Talk of the University.""To kick off a discussion of tuition policy might be mistaken as [us] advocating a tuition increase this year," Greiner said in response to a question regarding tuition hikes.
The weekend before Thanksgiving break, six UB students took part in defending the wrongly accused in a high-profile murder trial.
Following another dismal season and the resignation of third-year head coach Nadine Lilavois, the UB women's volleyball team was faced with a single question: What could make the struggling team succeed?
Private bookstores won a partial legal victory this month when the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court ruled in favor of a suit that would force SUNY Albany to release course textbook lists to off-campus bookstores.Mary Jane Books, a private bookstore in Albany, filed a lawsuit last year against SUNY Albany after a three-year fight to get the university to make the book lists available upon request.
Hazardous Waste ScareA student working in the Biomedical Research Building Wednesday, Nov. 21 reported receiving "hot" readings on a Geiger counter, indicating radioactive material.
President Bush and other members of the American political community are affirming their opposition to the first successful attempt at cloning a human embryo, made by scientists at Advanced Cell Technology in Massachusetts.
The technological revolution that spawned the information age and a new global economy has galvanized areas of study like computer science, medicine, engineering and communication, while the liberal arts major, a time-honored mainstay of American education, has been pushed aside in recent years by college students seeking increasingly specialized majors.The recent focus of higher education on acquiring a position in the job market has some questioning whether the classic elements of liberal arts - a broad educational base of critical reading, discourse and debate - are necessary."If we're in an environment with specialized education that will benefit us in the workforce, why forgo that opportunity for a traditional major?" asked UB student Nate Lange.Michael Ryan, associate dean for undergraduate education, said students in specialized majors are looking at the long-term future of their career paths and pointed to increased job security as one of the reasons students are turning away from liberal arts degrees.
For the first time in 30 years the University at Buffalo can boast it has competed in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division-I Championships.Jerimie Slick, a member of UB's cross country team, placed 91st out of 244 runners in the 10-kilometer cross country race at the NCAA Division-I National Championships at Furman University in Greenville, S.C.
UB's English Language Institute is giving its international students a chance to learn English from an old-fashioned but highly interactive educational tool: other students.The Learning Center, located in 209 Baldy Hall, hosts ELI's "chat room," where Monday and Thursday evenings casual conversations gradually translate into a better understanding of the English language.
The UB Bulls women's basketball team returned to Alumni Arena for their home opener against the Niagara Purple Eagles last Tuesday night intent on showing UB's home crowd what their young team is really made of.
Solutions by The State News
