The Unity Party was officially elected to the SA executive board Thursday after an unopposed race. Only 217 students – or roughly 1 percent of UB undergraduates – voted in the election.
To be eligible for TAP, students must be enrolled in at least 12 credit hours worth of classes that are a either a general education requirement, a major requirement or a free or restricted elective.
UB Students for Life organized a protest outside of the Student Union from 9 a.m. to about 3:30 p.m. put on by Created Equal, an anti-abortion choice group, along with help from the Canadian Center for Bioethical Reform.
UB Interim Law School Dean James Gardner is interested in “action.” Gardner may need to take action if he is going to improve the state of the law school. That’s because Gardner takes over as interim dean in a difficult time for UB’s law school and law schools across the country.
Despite the practically guaranteed win, the Unity Party is still campaigning in the Student Union lobby. Students have the choice to put in a blank ballot if they don’t support Unity.
The Student Association executive board is responsible for controlling more than $3.5 million of student money collected through the mandatory student activity fee, which will be raised to $104.75 starting next semester. Elections will take place from April 14-16, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Student Union Theater. This is the first election since 2008 in which a party is running unopposed.
UB Information Technology (UBIT) is unrolling a new plan to help students like Acosta get their assignments in on time with its new Wi-Fi Boost initiative. UBIT will be improving its wireless Internet connections starting this summer for students, faculty and staff members across the North, South and downtown Medical Campuses. The Wi-Fi boost will start over the summer.
Unlike students and faculty, who routinely complain about parking, UB parking officials do not see a problem with UB’s parking.
Contractors clad in respirators and jumpsuits have set up shop on the third floor of the Oscar Silverman Library in Capen Hall for an asbestos removal project that won’t conclude for another two months.
The University at Buffalo’s athletic department spends more money than any other school in the Mid-American Conference – but its coaches are making less money than most other coaches in the MAC.
A party is set to run unopposed for the first time since 2008 in a Student Association election after the Clarity Party dropped out Monday night.
The Faculty Senate passed a new decanal review process on Tuesday afternoon in the Center for Tomorrow, as it had enough members of the body attending to vote.
The Clarity Party has officially dropped out of the Student Association election. The Unity Party will run unopposed during the elections, which will still be held from April 14-16.
At approximately 3 p.m. an “inattentive driver” of a grey SUV traveling down Sweethome Road. rear-ended a blue sedan turning into University Place.
A UB alert about a reported sexual assault in an on-campus apartment was sent out at 9:45 p.m. Monday. The report was made to the University Police Department that day. The alleged attack happened on Sunday.
The candidates for the upcoming Student Association elections have been finalized. This year’s election for president, vice president and treasurer will be between the Unity and Clarity parties.
The inaugural launching of Buffalo Untapped will take place in the Alumni Arena Triple Gym and LaSalle Lot on Saturday, April 11.
Robert Ballard spoke at Alumni Arena Wednesday night in front of a crowd of over 3,000 people as part of UB’s Distinguished Speaker Series.
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