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.
The Student Association launched a new, roughly $9,000, website and some students aren’t too impressed, saying the design and aesthetic doesn’t match the price tag. Students have negatively critiqued the website's design and layout and SA's lack of communication about the site with students and clubs, and there is a post on the UB Reddit page entitled “UB SA launches new outdated, confusing site after years of outdated, confusing site” that currently has 24 comments.
The English department announced changes in its degree requirements, which include allowing more 200-level courses and the elimination of the foreign language requirement, in an email sent on March 13.
The latest InFocus discussion, “Hate InFocus: How Race, Religion, and Class Fuel Intolerance and Murder in ‘Multicultural’ America,” focused on incidents like the viral video of a University of Oklahoma fraternity chanting a racial slur.
SA officially launched its new website, which was created by SA Entertainment Coordinator Marc Rosenblitt using a Joomla content management system, on March 18. The website cost $9,000.
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