The Spectrum has put together a list of the biggest stories of the 2014-15 school year so you don’t fall behind. The list ranges from a historic snowstorm to a former UB student being labeled a Level 2 sex offender.
An award-winning actor, a prolific music artist and a premier transgender activist will grace Alumni Arena this upcoming year to share their stories, experiences and lessons with the UB student body.
Basil pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter after he pushed Sager down a flight of stairs in Molly’s Pub – a once popular University Heights bar among UB students that is now closed.
The Student Association controls a budget of approximately $4 million made up of the $104.75 mandatory student activity fee that nearly every student pays each semester.
The findings reveal the history of South Campus and its population before UB’s presence.
The United States Supreme Court ruled in a 5-to-4 vote that, under the Fourteenth Amendment, all states must grant same-sex marriages as well as recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states on June 26.
UB plans to approach problems like access to quality food and medicine in under-resourced communities with innovations directly from UB faculty and $25 million over the next five years.
One of SBI Board of Directors' main goals for next year is to cut the nearly $6,000 deficit the proposed budget currently projects.
Jeffrey Basil, a former Molly’s Pub manager, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the death of William Sager Jr. on Tuesday morning.
A single car took out a traffic signal and crashed into the Rensch entrance sign of UB’s North Campus on Sunday afternoon.
Sub Board I, Inc (SBI) will get a 50-cent increase in the Student Allocation Fee it receives from the seven student governments that own it.
Daniel Lampke, a Level 2 sex offender, calls into question the way judges decide sex offenders’ levels and the trickle down effect of that label, especially in the university setting. Despite the good intentions of the law, the label has ruined a young man’s life.
The Supreme Court is currently reviewing whether states have the right to ban gay marriage and to not recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states.
Business is the largest major at UB with 3,166 students registered in the fall of 2014, which beat out engineering for the largest major at UB by 54 students. While UB has had enrollment increases of over 40 percent in the fields of engineering, biological and biomedical sciences and computer sciences in the past 10 years, liberal arts like English literature, foreign languages, history and the visual and performing arts decreased by around 40 percent, according to statistics the university gave to The Spectrum.
Tripathi sat down with The Spectrum to talk about big UB topics.
One hundred and eighty-five students spent their Saturday morning cleaning up churches, gardening, building homes and mentoring children in the City of Buffalo for UB Pride and Service Day. UB Pride and Service Day – the final of four annual community service events organized by the Office of Student Engagement throughout the year – was held on Saturday and students from various on-campus organizations volunteered in the effort.
Dominique Hickson, a sophomore computer engineering major, told her story of academic dismissal in a workshop on Monday night hosted by Student Support Services (SSS). The workshop, which was titled ‘Bouncing Back from Dismissal,’ was Hickson’s idea as a way for students to learn from her mistakes.
The Faculty Senate could have passed regulation on professors assigning their own textbooks on Tuesday, but the vote was not held because only 39 out of the required 44 voting members were in attendance. The Faculty Senate Executive Committee may decide to vote on the matter themselves on Wednesday in place of a full faculty vote. If not, the policy won’t be voted on until next semester
The Bangladeshi Student Association (BSA) held a candlelight vigil for the victims of the earthquake outside of the Student Union on Wednesday night.
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