NEWS
Making College Worth It
By GEORGE ZORNICK | Nov. 7, 2005Safely removed from my college experience and the UB campus, I can make this confession: I never went to World Civilizations II.
GEORGE ZORNICK
NEWS
"No justice, just us"
By GEORGE ZORNICK | May 2, 2005There's a rumor you hear as a freshman that the dorms were built from slightly modified plans for a penitentiary.
NEWS
Dear readers
By GEORGE ZORNICK | May 2, 2005It has been 80 issues since we printed our first paper of the 2004-05 school year. Countless hours of hard work and 800,000 individual copies of The Spectrum later, we are proud to have served this university with our thrice-weekly coverage and commentary.If you are an undergraduate, you pay one dollar per semester to help fund our paper.
NEWS
Affirming the need to overcome
By GEORGE ZORNICK | Apr. 20, 2005Each spring, as acceptances and rejections roll into the mailboxes of hopeful students across the country, a debate over affirmative action seems to heat up.
NEWS
November in April
By GEORGE ZORNICK | Apr. 6, 2005A very smart professor once told me that anyone who has lived through a late-November day in Buffalo knows they are going to die someday.
NEWS
Simpson reveals more details on AVCOR
By GEORGE ZORNICK | Apr. 4, 2005After facing criticism over the hiring of a consulting firm to engage in long-term planning at UB, President John Simpson revealed more details about AVCOR Consulting to an anxious staff Friday afternoon.Faculty members have complained that Simpson has failed to reveal key details about AVCOR to the faculty, but Simpson sought to allay those concerns during the meeting.
NEWS
'Assbook' new trend in cyberspace
By GEORGE ZORNICK | Apr. 4, 2005Remember that booty from English class two semesters back, but just can't place the name?What about that butt from back in high school you've lost touch with?Students at UB are finding the solution to these dilemmas in the Assbook, the latest cyber-craze to hit college campuses.Building off the success of wildly popular Facebook, the Assbook aims to connect people - and their butts - in cyberspace.Students post profiles of their posterior, along with a listing of their interests and contact information.James Mixalot, who joined Assbook as soon as he heard about it, said it's a great opportunity for students to stay connected."There's more to a person than just the ass you see in the hall," said Mixalot.
NEWS
Sweet Home school officials dismiss concerns
By GEORGE ZORNICK | Apr. 4, 2005Officials at Sweet Home High School, addressing the concerns of some parents, say they are not worried about the college student housing being erected directly across the street from the high school.At a meeting Friday night with angry parents from the school, Principal John Willis said he doesn't understand why the parents, mostly the fathers of female Sweet Home students, are concerned about the new complex."Why would high school girls want to hang out with college guys?" Willis asked.
NEWS
Faculty question role of consulting firm at UB
By GEORGE ZORNICK | Mar. 23, 2005A consulting firm playing a key role in UB's long-term planning process has raised concerns among some faculty and staff, who are questioning the company's history and current role at the university.AVCOR Consulting, a California firm, was contracted by the university to play a key role in the UB2020 process.
NEWS
But not equal
By GEORGE ZORNICK | Mar. 23, 2005The scars of apartheid are visible everywhere in South Africa. Driving from the airport into the affluent center of Cape Town, one encounters the ugly reality of the poverty left behind by decades of repression.
