"And where are you going to school?"I avoided the dreaded question like the plague my senior year in high school, but it inevitably crept into every conversation as graduation day loomed on the horizon.
The Faculty Student Association's plans to make UB Card usage easier through the Web have come to fruition with www.myubcard.com.
There's a new kid in town, and his name is Iberia. Located directly across from the ever-popular The Steer near UB's Main Street campus, Iberia bravely offers an alternative to the collection of trite watering holes Main Street calls its bar district.Driving down Main Street on a lively Friday night anxiously searching for the "new orange club," I thought it would be impossible to spot the place, even if it is orange.
Florida quarterback Rex Grossman had 375 yards passing Saturday night as the nation's number one team, the Florida Gators, blew out four-time MAC champion Marshall 49-14.The Thundering Herd, who were without two starters due to suspension, could not match up to the high-powered Gator offense.
Danny Almonte's rise to the heights of ...Little League and his torpedo-like descent could have only happened in ...New York, NY.
In recent years, we've seen a string of books on insects and other presumably disgusting foods. "The Curiosities of Food: Or the Dainties and Delicacies of Different Nations Obtained From the Animal Kingdom" (Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, 2001: $16.95), originally published in 1859, might have been the first.As Alan Davidson explains in his introduction, the author, Peter Lund Simmonds, was a friend of William Buckland, famous in 19th-century England for being willing to taste literally anything.
Buffalo's culinary landmark, the Anchor Bar, off Main Street, seems to still be an excellent choice for a nice, after-work meal or a lively weekend gathering as the food compliments a very pleasant, classic Buffalonian setting.
The UB Men's soccer team, coming off a sub-par 2000 season, looks towards the strength of their seniors to lead them through 2001.The Bulls, who finished 6-10-2 (0-5-0 in the MAC), will depend on four returning seniors to fill the tremendous gap left by eight graduating players.
On behalf of all who contribute to UB's football program, I want to extend my sincere thanks for the record setting crowd in UB's stadium for the opening game.
Being a student in a university system I expect to receive an education based on factual information from which I may formulate my own unique opinion.
On August 9 a suicide bomber entered Sbarro restaurant in Jerusalem and detonated his bomb.It was lunchtime and the restaurant's patrons consisted of small children, mothers and families.
Even though Picasso might be turning over in his grave, the art world is undeniably and forever altered from the introduction of the computer.
In an effort to identify and improve lagging areas of UB graduate education, the university hired StudentVoice, a higher education marketing research company, to conduct a survey of 500 incoming graduate students this past summer.The survey is part of UB's plan to comply with a SUNY memorandum last year that outlined the university's need to boost research endeavors and attract graduate students of a higher caliber.According to Katherine Ferguson, associate vice provost and director of graduate enrollment, by conducting the survey, UB is attempting to learn how to identify and recruit better quality students rather than simply a greater number of students.
In their search for freedom, slaves traveling on the Underground Railroad sometimes found directions to freedom on clotheslines.This method of communication, which allowed runaway slaves and their allies to communicate via symbols sewn into quilt patterns, inspired Cordelia Dohse-Peck's series, "The Underground Railroad Quilt Code," on display until Sept.
The University at Buffalo men's soccer team opened their season on the road, recording one win and one loss in the Lehigh-Army Soccer Classic held this past weekend at Ronald J.
The UB Bulls volleyball team got a strong start to the season, posting a second-place finish in their UB Morgan Classic Invitational over the weekend.
UB Rolls Over Local Rival NiagaraWhich team is a stronger unit was evident early in the first half of the University at Buffalo women's soccer game against neighboring rival Niagara University as Buffalo thoroughly dominated play and scored a 4-1 win Friday night at RAC Field."We had a little bit of a slow start, which was expected.
Twenty-two thousand six hundred fifty-eight hungry fans packed UB Stadium last night hoping to see the Bulls shock the world by beating the Scarlet Knights.
Graduate teaching assistants within several departments of the College of Arts and Sciences, including geology, history, and English, are fighting the administration for higher stipends, which have remained static for the past 10 years at $8,400 while the cost of living and national stipend levels have steadily increased.
The Princeton Review has released its annual compilation of "the best" 331 colleges and universities throughout the United States.
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