Study Hot Spots
By BRIDGETT GIRDLESTONE | Apr. 26, 2011Finals are quickly approaching and with over 30,000 UB students on campus, sometimes it's hard to find a little peace and quiet.
Finals are quickly approaching and with over 30,000 UB students on campus, sometimes it's hard to find a little peace and quiet.
Reduce, reuse, recycle ? it's been said many times, but who's listening? Friday is Earth Day, and the environmental organization at UB has a lot in store for a campus-wide festival. In 1970, Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson founded Earth Day, because of his concerns with the lack of political attention to environmental problems.
A month has passed since the catastrophic 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami struck Japan. Many thousands of people have lost their homes, their families, and their friends, and are trying to piece their lives back together for a better tomorrow. During spring break, many were hard at work collaborating across campus to bring students and faculty together to assist the people of Japan.
More and more students are realizing that the MyUB homepage has a new tab. The HUB Student Center has been a project in the making for quite some time, and it is a new resource for students across campus. HUB makes it more convenient for students and faculty to review their information.
Many students are already suffering from senioritis and beginning to celebrate the end of the semester.
No one knows the intense urge for a vacation better than a college student. Spring break is next week, and it is time for many to escape.
Students casually fling their water bottles into the trash can, barely missing the plastic bottle bin only two inches away.