The Fulbright program, established after World War II to promote the international exchange of scholars and ideas, has provided grants to thousands of students from around the world to pursue diverse fields of interest in non-native countries.
Students selling unwanted textbooks at the end of the semester will soon be able to avoid even the short trek across campus to the University Bookstore.
Last Thursday, the SUNY Chancellor's Task Force on the Student Activitiy Fee and chief administrators from SUNY colleges and universities gathered in Albany to consider changes in regulating the mandatory student activity fee.Among the recommendations were: to hold a referendum on whether the fee would remain mandatory every two years instead of the current requirement of every four, remove the minimum voter turnout necessary to validate the results, and allow money to be allocated to scholarships and grants, according to NYSSA Vice President George Pape, also one of UB's three delegates.Since the fee was established 20 years ago, no changes have been made to its administration or approval process.
Rushing OffenseUB never abandoned the run despite spotting the Zips a 31-point lead in the first half.
I would like to respond to the column recently published entitled "Activism For Activism's Sake" (Nov.
On the road to respectability in the MAC, the Bulls hit a large roadblock in the Akron Zips. Saturday's disheartening 41-14 loss at home gave Buffalo a reminder of just how much farther they have to go after the two previous Saturdays showed fans just how far they had come.
Florida Panthers goaltender Trevor Kidd has the worst goatee in hockey. "The Kidder" could play the villain in the next "Batman" movie, with a blonde puff of hair coming off his chin surrounded by dark stubble, serving as a visual deterrent to anyone who dares to get close enough to harm him.On Friday night Kidd masqueraded as "the impenetrable wall" in the Panthers' 2-0 shutout win over the Buffalo Sabres before 17,568 fans at HSBC Arena.
About a month ago an obscure UB administrator told me that The Spectrum makes him laugh. He said the paper is funny because it covers the same issues over and over, and insinuated the whole effort is an over-excited chronicle of trifling events.
The struggle for control of Afghanistan is rapidly coming to a close. Over the previous 10 days, key cities in North Afghanistan have fallen to the Northern Alliance: Mazar-i-Sharif, Jalalabad and the capital Kabul.
A 300-hundred pound gorilla - that is what Dennis Miller refers to himself as on his critically acclaimed and five-time Emmy Award-winning live talk show, HBO's "Dennis Miller Live," now in its seventh season.Dennis Miller has emerged as one of today's premier comedy talents in America.
Ever since UB was rated #1 for "dorms like dungeons" by the PrincetonReview earlier this fall, many students and faculty have criticized and questioned the validity of the study, especially in light of the university's on-going mission to create a large-scale community through increased on-campus housing.The Spectrum reviewed information and interviewed staff from UB's sisterSUNYs, as well as several private institutions, to gauge the living environment and see how UB's residence halls are measuring up.
The University at Buffalo wrestling team has taken another huge leap in the right direction by locking up a nationally number-1-ranked recruit.
I am a medical student here at UB. Although my classes are all on South Campus, I spend several afternoons a week on North Campus.
Madeleine Albright traveled over 100 million miles to more than 100 different countries while serving as secretary of state under former-President Clinton.
Recent studies by the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States have shown that one of every 10 college-age students becomes pregnant each year.
Running back Derrick "Flash" Gordon eats raw onions before a game. Quarterback Joe Freedy reads Psalm 91, twice, once before the game and once at halftime.Gordon, Freedy and 19 other men will perform their rituals for the last time - at least before a college football game, that is - when the UB Bulls' (3-7, 1-6 Mid-American Conference) seniors play the final game of their careers Saturday against Akron (2-7, 2-4 MAC) at 1 p.m.
Earlier this fall, UB launched a comprehensive self-study that will serve as a basis for the renewal of the university's membership in the Middle States Association, an accreditation without which UB could not offer students federal financial aid.The Middle States Commission for Higher Education is a division of the Middle States Association of Schools and one of six independent, regional accrediting associations.
We used to push the car down the driveway, so they wouldn't hear it start. Cautiously, we opened the doors, popped her into neutral and on the tips of our toes pressed that steel monster toward the street.
After trudging through the application process for schools across the country, the high school student with collegiate aspirations who turns to the UB application breathes a sigh of relief.
Normally, the best teams in basketball, both college and professional, are the teams with some of the most dominant individual players in the game.
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