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.
UB's once ubiquitous Blue Bird buses, familiar objects of student complaints regarding the deterioration of the aging fleet, are being gradually replaced by newer models.UB added four new compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles from Coach USA to its bus fleet this year, which now consists of eight CNG buses and the remaining Blue Bird buses, some of which were built over 20 years ago.
While classes may not have been in session, the young UB Bulls men's basketball team learned a lot over the Thanksgiving break: They learned how to function together as a unit.They learned how to win on the road, something they last accomplished on Nov.
With each second that ticks off the clock, a little piece of you dies. Time is working against you and your team synonymously.
TAMPA, Fla. - More than 40 sites in Afghanistan have been identified as possible laboratories for weapons of mass destruction, the U.S.
Researchers at UB have discovered that the drug methylphenidate, sold under the brand name Ritalin and commonly prescribed to treat Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), may actually have long-term effects similar to those of amphetamine and cocaine.
After reading Elizabeth Fox-Solomon's opinion piece in your periodical ("Activism for Activism's Sake," Nov.
The world we live in is far different than that our parents grew up in. This is the technological age, an era of video games, car starters and tons of other inventions that supposedly have made our lives better.
The Buffalo Bulls wrestling team opened up Mid-American Conference competition this past weekend in Dekalb, Ill.
While multitudes of eager bargain hunters crowded stores in search of stocking stuffers and after-Thanksgiving steals on Black Friday, the New York State Museum unveiled its latest exhibit showcasing the diverse terrain and regional cultures found within the state's borders.Over 9,000 people visited the museum last weekend, foregoing the film debut of Harry Potter and the enticement of the malls to view the museum's most ambitious undertaking in recent years.The $4 million project boasts a caf?
Active, spirited UB students were rewarded for their contribution to campus life and their extracurricular efforts by their peers Nov.
"According to Marx the stages of history are canabalism, slavery, fuedalism, capitalism, and back to canabalism.
The bottom rung of the Division I-A collegiate football ladder might be dropped to I-AA if a proposal on the NCAA table passes.
Recent National Collegiate Athletic Association membership recommendations could leave several programs, including the UB Bulls, struggling to retain their elite Division I-A football status.The recommendations, made by the association's Division I Football Oversight Committee in September, include proposals for new scheduling, attendance and scholarship requirements that would attempt to create a more competitive division.University of Kentucky President Charles Wethington, who is also the committee's chairman, told USA Today the requirements were proposed "to assure that institutions that are participating at the I-A level have the commitment to provide the programs necessary for a high quality of competition." As many as 20 of the 122 D I-A programs could be eliminated by the proposal, which the committee recommended take effect August 2004 at the earliest.
Like a breath of ironic fresh air, Scott Thompson, best known for his part in the quirky "Kids in the Hall" sketch comedy series, brought laughter and ridiculousness to UB's Center for the Arts Friday.As Thompson entered the CFA from the back entrance doors, the audience heard muttering intermingled with swearing, as he made his way toward the stage.
Universities nationwide are finding that cheating has become easier and perhaps more socially acceptable among college students.As senior Daniel Britt put it, "Growing creatively and finding new ways to define your place within any rules system lends to the educational experience."A 1999 study by the Center for Academic Integrity determined that 69 percent of college professors deal with one or more instances of plagiarism each year.
The city of Buffalo lost 557 school workers to its staggering $97 million budget shortfall. The department that houses the city's highest paid employees, however, has yet to face a single layoff.
Last February, sitting in a caf?
In the summer of 2000, my now ex-boyfriend and I took a month-long road trip to visit our friends in the Deep South.
While I found Michael Lucinski's opinion piece amusing ("We Are the Champions," Nov. 14), there are a few points that I feel must be addressed as to the validity of his arguments.
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