Passing OffenseUB's offensive attack was very balanced, so one could not say that either the passing game or the rushing game made the difference for the Bulls.
As the war in Afghanistan enters its second month, the Bush administration is stepping up efforts to shape public opinion at home and abroad.
Since UB was rated #1 for "dorms like dungeons" in the Princeton Review's ranking of America's "331 Best Colleges" earlier this fall, many students and faculty have questioned the study's validity, especially in light of the university's ongoing mission to create a large-scale community through increased on-campus housing.The Spectrum reviewed information and interviewed staff from UB's sister SUNYs, as well as several private institutions, to gauge UB's living environment and see how or if its residence halls measure up.
Narcotic substance abuse is a concern of every parent raising a teenager. The consequences of drug abuse can be severe for people on the cusp of adulthood, preparing to enter "the real world." While fighting the drug problem is important to the health and safety of American students, the educational system must not circumvent constitutional safeguards or notions of common sense in its anti-drug efforts.A case accepted by the Supreme Court Thursday casts a light upon the drug-testing policies of an Oklahoma school district.
Coffee: many hail it as nectar from the gods. Or God. Franchises like Starbucks are springing up every other block to feed the insatiable demand of caffeine-starved Americans everywhere."Mommy, can I have a coloring book?""Honey, you know I spent my last $3.20 buying a tall white chocolate mocha with extra whipped cream from Starbucks.
Michie Stadium, on the Army Military Academy campus in West Point, N.Y. was rated the third-"best place in the world to watch sports" in Sports Illustrated's 1999 "Top 20 Venues," falling behind only Yankee Stadium and Augusta National Golf Course."Game day at West Point begins three hours before kickoff with a cadet parade on The Plain," according to the article dated June 7, 1999.
Approximately 100 students packed into room 145 of the Student Union Wednesday evening for a Black Student Union meeting called to air concerns over an October incident that some described as racial profiling.Student leaders, administrators and a Buffalo councilman attended the event, which quickly became an open forum for students to voice concerns about unfair treatment of minorities by University Police officers.The incident that sparked the meeting was the Oct.
In response to the "More Stress, Less Benefit" editorial in the Nov. 7 issue of The Spectrum, there are some issues that apparently need clarification regarding the relationship between Sub-Board I, Inc. and Generation magazine.
As everybody should know by now, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2001 was National Coming Out Day. Events at UB included a drag show and gay/lesbian pride messages scrawled in chalk across campus.
Before "Battle Bots" was added to the long list of televised student distractions, three UB engineers were designing a 150-pound sumo robot, one designed to strategically out-muscle similar robots from some of the nation's top engineering schools.Interest in the trio's senior project brought together a growing number of their friends in UB's chapter of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering three years ago, and the group soon formed UB Robotics, the Student Association's "New Club of the Year" last year.
Many murderers and child molesters in California are sentenced 25 years to life. And under the state's "three-strikes" law, which locks up defendants after their third felony conviction, so are pizza thieves and homeless crooks who swipe four cookies from a restaurant.
Until this year, students who wanted to know more about a course before registering had only word of mouth or the departmental file cabinets that housed hard copies of course evaluations to rely on.
State Assemblyman Sam Hoyt (D-Buffalo, Grand Island) came to UB Wednesday, speaking about the SUNY system, the state's financial woes, UB's relationship to Western New York and the lack of political participation on the part of students."I think too often this great institution is taken for granted in Western New York," he began.
The Miami of Ohio RedHawks scored seven second-half goals to squash the Bulls' hopes of advancing in the MAC Championship Tournament Tuesday afternoon at Miami.
The UB men's rugby team, the Mad Turtles, saw their season of hard work pay off when they earned the right to compete in the Northeast Final Four, next week at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.
Following his question-and-answer session at UB Wednesday, Assemblyman Sam Hoyt (D-Buffalo, Grand Island) and District Office Director S?
You know how some people say "Life would be over without my [significant other]," or "I've given up my old ways, I now devote myself to my [children, job, volunteer work]"? I feel the same way, but for coffee: my Arabic lover, my innocent little Colombian baby, that which I would give my all to have for only 12 ounces.When I was brought to coffee by a fate fair and true, I was only a freshman at a large research university in Western New York, adrift on a sea of opportunity in a vessel of boundless enthusiasm.
As the bombs rain down on Afghanistan and our special forces hit the ground, I hope that bin Laden and his terrorist murderers are caught soon, that few innocent civilians are killed and this whole dreadful episode ends quickly without causing more hatred of the United States within the Muslim world and even more terrorist acts.
The Bulls showed promise for a new beginning in the spring, with a strong finish to their fall season at the Cornell Invitational in Ithaca, N.Y., last weekend.Fery Kasiman showed what makes him integral to the team.
Offering a big-picture perspective of issues within the UB community, Chronicle of Higher Education Managing Editor Douglas Lederman addressed the Faculty Senate Tuesday afternoon in the Center for Tomorrow."I always welcome the opportunity to speak to the men and women of higher education," said Lederman, who was born in Buffalo.
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