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.
Whatever else he has done or may yet do in office, President Bush made the right decision when he ended federal funding of certain kinds of stem-cell research.In your editorial you pointed out that the U.S.
Don't pick your initials. Or your birthday. Or your address, or your phone number. Your mother's maiden name is off limits, not to mention the names of your father, brother, sister, pets and favorite sports teams - also out of the question.Hmm.
"Honey, put the book away. You've been reading for half an hour already and I don't want you to ruin your eyesight."Does that sound wrong to you?
Last spring, graduate teaching assistants in the English department were unsure of the effect organized teach-ins would have on what many of them felt was an indifferent administration.A few months later, with new compensatory fellowships being awarded to some incoming TAs, uncertainty remains about both the consequences of the past and possibilities for the future.Beginning this fall, TAs entering the College of Arts and Sciences are eligible for "an excellent new array [of fellowships]," said Munroe Eagles, associate dean for graduate studies.
Unhappy students, an unsightly campus, dull and inaccessible professors and lackluster dorms - that is the picture of UB painted by Princeton Review's 2002 college rankings, released Aug.
The Student Association launched a series of "SA Days," weekly club events and question and answer sessions with SA officials, from the Student Union last Wednesday.
Like that nervous kid with acne who stands in the corner at your party sipping a wine cooler and trying to gain the courage to slip out of his anti-social slumber, the Mid-American Conference was once just an afterthought in the gigantic fraternity party that is national college football.Not only has that kid finally come out of the corner, he's dancing with your girlfriend.The MAC has quietly gained respectability over the years, aided mostly by Marshall's success on the national stage, and is now starting to receive dividends for the conference.Another bowl game has been added, the GMAC Bowl (formerly the Mobile Alabama Bowl), to go along with the Motor City Bowl, which the MAC has participated in since 1997.
Being the reader of a newspaper should not be a passive activity. The Spectrum welcomes letters of feedback or opinion pieces from students, faculty, staff and other members of the university community.
One thousand pieces of memorabilia from Buffalo's 1901 Pan-American Exposition, on loan from antiques collectors from across the country, will decorate UB's University Art Gallery, located in the Center for the Arts, through the end of September.The exhibit, titled "Tangible Memories," documents the six-month long 1901 World's Fair.
President Bush announced this month that the federal government will no longer fund research involving stem-cells obtained at the cost of destroying human embryos, nor will the United States support any other research utilizing newly- created stem cells.
"Where would you rather be than right here, right now?"Marv LevyHi, my name is Michael Lucinski. You might remember me from such films as "The President's Neck is Missing" and "The Erotic Adventures of Hercules." Since drawing the short straw among the editors, I've been allowed the honor of walking the newest additions to the UB family, freshmen, through dorm life.Freshmen commuters that are tempted to turn to the sports section should read this, too.
"Oh, hey. What are the new movies?" This is more than just a question but a weekly, if brief, ritual for thousands of UB students living in the on-campus residence halls and apartment complexes.As screenshots of the new films cycle through, most give a "thumbs up" or a "thumbs down." When the verdict is negative, a variation of the question "Who picked that?" inevitably follows.The answer: students did.By participating in a little electronic democracy, students have the ability to choose what movies will air, though it's rare they actually take advantage of the opportunity."Not many people make requests," said Brian Haggerty, Governors Complex coordinator.The selection process begins when a list of roughly 50 films is compiled that, when completed, will be pared down to the 12 shown each month.
Five years ago, some 3,800 students resided on UB's North Campus. Now, over 5,500 students call the Amherst campus home, with a new apartment-style complex cropping up along the perimeter of campus each year since 1998.Flint Village, the latest installment in the university's long-term plan for increased student housing, opened its doors to students Aug.
Take a look around the sports page. Notice anything? Yeah, maybe we're a bit too focused on Football.
Across the front entrance to Alumni Arena is a banner that reads, "We Can Shock The World," referring to the Bulls' football game against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights this Thursday night at UB Stadium.Easier said than done.The game will be the beginning of new UB head football coach Jim Hofer's regime, but he won't be the only one looking to make a good first impression.For Rutgers, a new coaching era also will begin Thursday night.
Beginning this fall, students working towards a master's degree in general education will never have to be in the same room with a professor.A joint effort between the UB Graduate School of Education and the College of Arts and Sciences has formed a new distance-learning program, allowing students to complete coursework via online resources and teleconference rooms set up in various locations around western New York.While UB has offered classes in a similar format before, the new degree will mark the first time that students can complete an entire degree program through distance learning.Participants can attend classes in one of three locations: Jamestown High School in Chautauqua County, Cuba-Rushford High School in Cattaraugus, and Niagara Academy in Niagara County.
When the Bulls said goodbye to former Head Coach Craig Cirbus last season, they were making a statement that he had taken them as far as he could go.
Last May, Professor Barbara Bono was fired as chair of the English department by Charles Stinger, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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