Before break, I wrote a column in an attempt to generate excitement around the men's basketball team. Two things occurred to me after the article went to print.
Here are some random thoughts about some random things that have happened locally, nationally, and throughout the world while we were away from school. Winter Break Last year it was far too short, but this year it was about a week too long.
When University at Buffalo President John B. Simpson announced his retirement on the first day of classes last August, his decision sent a shockwave throughout the school.
Ever since I've known who John McCain was, I've liked the guy. When he ran for the Republican nomination in 2000, I rooted for him, and I was sad when he lost to George W.
It is a Spectrum tradition for outgoing seniors to write one last column to cap off their tenures. Usually, these banal pieces reiterate the clich
When it comes to inter-media war, we are usually not ones to take offense to unwarranted attempts to get a rise.
Iran has celebrated the wedding of Imam Ali for over a millennium in a national holiday colloquially known as Marriage Day.
It feels great to be one issue away from completing this semester, especially since we made it through more than three months without making a single mistake. Yup, you read that correctly: we've been flawless thus far. There was one time ? I think it was in October ? when we almost made a mistake, but we quickly discovered our near erratum and made the necessary adjustment to maintain our errorless semester.
The Texas-Christian Horned Frogs are the final hope for non-BCS football teams. They just finished the regular season undefeated, and they have received the utmost respect from the voters for their success this season.
In California, health care and other amenities in state prisons have been on the slump as the enormous inmate population consistently runs up the state bill.
When children begin playing sports, most of them do not imagine themselves below the stadium lights at a Monday night game, soaking in the neon light from the corporate advertisements and knowing that they will recoup at least a few hundred thousand dollars when their cleats meet turf. Romantics pine for the days when professional sports players made peanuts for representing a franchise and they had to maintain a second part-time job just to make ends meet.
It seems like the semester started yesterday, but amazingly, we've reached the last week of classes.
The local, national, and international media craze has surrounded the recent release of thousands of cables that link the public to the clandestine conversations of foreign and domestic diplomats.
The Chinese are making beauty a requirement for its female urban police force, the Chengguan. In order to overcome a public image of a violent, brutal force that intimidates and abuses citizens and merchants living in its urban areas, the Chinese police are going through a series of major facelifts. Some districts, like Guangdong, changed the police uniform from the traditional gray-green to a warmer blue, while places like Wuhan, located in the heart of China, have resorted to "staredowns" instead of physical action to enforce city rules. Xindu, a district of Chengdu, has implemented the most serious change.
Three years ago, the fine state of Kentucky blessed us with the Creation Museum, and now they're at it again. Indeed, another Christianity-based tourist attraction is going to be built in the Bluegrass State, and this time, it's a lot more ambitious. It's a full-scale of replica of Noah's Ark. The estimated cost for the park is $150 million, which will come from two organizations: the for-profit group Ark Encounter LLC, and the non-profit Answers In Genesis, which was also behind the construction of the Creation Museum. The planned park has been stirring up controversy because Ark Encounter seeks to recover 25 percent of the project's cost by recouping sales tax revenue paid to the state on tickets, lodging, and other goods. Many people believe it's wrong for a park promoting Christian beliefs and ideals to receive money from the state.
It was 1:45 a.m. on a Tuesday morning, and something was seriously wrong. I had already crawled into bed when I realized I didn't know what bus I would have to take to get to school the next day.
It's unfortunate how much a school name matters in the job game. We all know the complaint. Regardless of the actual educational experience you had or the amount of work you put in, the odds are that when competing with someone from Harvard, Cornell, or maybe even Ithaca or Geneseo, all other things being equal, the guy or gal with UB on a resume has a slight disadvantage from the get-go. Now, as disheartening as it may be, there is undoubtedly some basis for such a bias.
The state of Oklahoma voted to uphold a law that would exclude consideration for Islamic and international laws in state court decisions.
It's the most wonderful time of the year, so make sure you have plenty of money or else the spirit of Christmas might be lost on you. The days when all you wanted for Christmas were your two front teeth are dead and gone.
This week marked a very important milestone in my life. Why? Because as of now, I am less than a half year away from my 21st birthday. I know what you're thinking. How could anyone be so excited to start drinking that they're counting down six months in advance?
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