Tuesday's terrorist attacks in New York and Washington were designed to strike at more than just American lives and property, although that goal was accomplished with horrible efficiency.
Very rarely do I have a chance to talk about professional wrestling in the sports page. (In fact, rarely do I ever write a column, as I have a team of sports writers that love to do this kind of stuff). In any event, pro-wrestling is not really a sport, and is as staged as any opera or ballet, so it really doesn't warrant my attention in this capacity.After the events that transpired on Thursday night's World Wrestling Federation's presentation of "Smackdown," however, I feel the time may be right to give these showmen (and women) their due.
The UB women's soccer team, the first of the UB's athletic teams to resume play, defeated the Kent State Golden Flashes 3-1 on Sunday afternoon at RAC Field in the first Mid-American Conference game for both teams.The Bulls (2-3) were propelled to victory behind a quick two-goal outburst in the second half.With 25:42 remaining in the game, Devon Russell scored the winning goal for the Bulls after a sensational pass by Nicole Olszewski.
The centennial fanfare surrounding the Pan-American Exposition has culminated with Studio Arena's skillful adaptation of "City of Light," bringing the soon-to-be classic novel of Buffalo's rich history to audiences with all its intricate charms intact.Those who have read Lauren Belfer's novel might question how 518 very detailed pages could be brought to the visual milieu of the stage, with its numerous plots and subplots of love, hate, suspense, murder and mystery and countless settings in Victorian mansions, steel factories and Buffalo's vital waterways.
From letters to sheet music, trappings of classical composer Ludwig von Beethoven's life offer visitors to UB's Music Library Art Gallery a new look at the genius of the man responsible for composing some of the nineteenth century's most popular music.The exhibit, which runs through Jan.
Last semester, Rich and his roommate were caught by University Police for possession of marijuana in his Red Jacket dorm.Like most students found on campus with marijuana , Rich, a senior political science major who asked that his last name be withheld, was referred by the police to the Student-Wide Judiciary committee.
"Desiderio," Bruno Freschi's 40 intaglios on display at UB's Center for the Arts through Oct. 6, is one of the many local artistic events celebrating the city of Buffalo during the Pan-Am Expo's one-hundredth anniversary.
They overflowed the pews, spilling into the vestibule and out on to Main Street.More than 800 people gathered Sunday morning at St.
A few months ago, the enthusiasm of Bills Coach Gregg Williams for Rob Johnson in the team's new West Coast offense was contagious.
In a perfect world, there would be convincing answers to even the most challenging questions. Something inhumane has happened, and days after, we are still trying to find answers.
"My poor generation / we're on for the ride / an ocean of choices / pulled out on the tide. / We're handed a beach ball, / and told to pick a side.
In the midst of national mourning, anxiety, and talk of retaliation, close to 100 UB students attended the Muslim Student Association's panel discussion designed to dispel fear and promote tolerance and inter-cultural communication.Representatives from the campus Islamic community shared their perspectives on Tuesday's tragic events and fielded questions from the audience in an effort to combat ignorance through increased awareness."This forum is the first step towards the healing process," said Minara Uddin, MSA secretary and main organizer of the event.The panel opened by condemning last week's attacks and their perpetrators - as Americans, as Muslim-Americans, and as human beings."[Tuesday] was a very sad day for Americans and for us as Arabs in America," said Robert Abilmouna, a member of the Organization of Arab Students."We are all affected by this by virtue of being human," OAS Vice President Abdul Sallaj said.The panel warned against the "us" and "them" distinction often used to split Americans along ethnic, racial and religious lines."People need to dispel the concept that it is us and them," said Faizeen Khandaker, a Cornell graduate and former MSA national officer, "Muslims are Americans."Several panel members expressed the difficult situation in which Arab-Americans and Muslim-Americans find themselves in the wake of the terrorist attacks."We want to mourn, we want to be sad, with the rest of America," said Faizan Haq, a lecturer in the UB Cora P.
As I cross close-to-deserted Main Street on a chilly Monday night at 11 o'clock, I keep my eye on the circular decal imprinted with the word Blu on the door of my destination.
Daemen College plunged into the growing trend of apartment-style student housing this fall, with the first of a three-phase $13.5 million venture welcoming students back to downtown Buffalo.UB's third apartment complex, Flint Village, opened its doors to students this summer, alleviating what university President William Greiner dubbed the "Attica West" aesthetic of the North Campus.If one viewed both Daemen's Campus Drive apartments and UB's Flint Village apartments (both built by ADF Construction Corp.) side-by-side, it would be hard to tell the two apart.
In response to the Pentagon and World Trade Center disasters, the undergraduate Student Association and Sub Board I, Inc. have postponed Fall Fest 2001, originally scheduled for this afternoon, until late September or early October.The decision to postpone the Fest was made late Wednesday afternoon by the Fest committee, composed of SA officers Christian Oliver, Joshua Korman, Naazli Ahmed, and Sub Board I President George Pape."Due to respect for thousands of UB students feelings for the tragedies in New York and Washington, we are postponing the Fest," said Oliver."A huge portion of the students at this school are from the New York City area, and are either directly affected by it or are at one degree of separation from it," said Korman."We didn't think it was appropriate to have a rock concert in lieu of everything," he added.A tentative date of Oct.
The Buffalo-Army football game scheduled for this Saturday at West Point, N.Y. has been added to the list of cancellations in response to the national tragedy, team officials announced Wednesday night.
After two days of constant contemplation, the National Football League has cancelled all football games previously scheduled for this Sunday."We in the National Football League have decided that our priorities for this weekend are to pause, grieve, and reflect.
A year after UB's drop from tier two to tier three of national universities in the U.S. News & World Report college rankings, the university has jumped back up into the second tier.UB returned to its 2000 "academic reputation" score of 3.1 out of 5.0 possible points in the latest rankings, up enough from last year's score of 3.0 to catapult the school back into the second tier of American institutions.The move has generated surprisingly little reaction on campus, a fact noted by Provost Elizabeth Capaldi."I am interested that there has been little reaction to UB's move up to the second tier, while there was great distress last year about the move from tier two to tier three," she stated in an e-mail.
Some schools will play football this weekend, some schools won't.During a Wednesday of decision-making that mirrored the complex and fractious nature of college football's power brokers, conference commissioners went separate ways in determining whether to play Saturday games in the wake of Tuesday's terrorist attacks on the United States.The NCAA announced Tuesday it would leave the decisions to its members.
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