The aromas of lemongrass, mint, and a medley of other herbs and spices accompanied the end of International Education Week in the Student Union on Friday.
The teachings of ancient Chinese scholars may have still have great significance on today's society, according to several UB professors.
A man dressed as a ninja was attacked and severely beaten by a woman in skimpy black leather this past Wednesday in the Student Union.The audience, clustered in front of BestBuy's Ultimate Home Theater powered by Xbox 360, cheered and jeered the gamers on during the "Dead or Alive 4" demo.
With highs in the 40s and cold wind transitioning Buffalo from fall to the beginning of winter over the weekend, the Student Association jumped straight to spring break with a pool party.The Saturday event, although criticized by some for a lack of advertising, made a splash with students coming off of midterm exams and post-storm cleanup."The timing's because of the winter storm," said Charday Fields, a junior theatre major and SA Assistant Sound Technician.
Imagine a world where laptop computers are not only smaller and lighter, but also use less power, require no boot-up time, never slow down, never overheat and have enough processing and storage capacity to make today's computers look as pathetic as dial-up next to broadband access.Igor Zutic, assistant physics professor, could make this idea a reality with his research of spintronics, or the study of an electron's spin.
A high-pitched bell rang once a minute throughout last Thursday's Take Back the Night rally, symbolizing the statistic that a rape occurs about once every minute in the U.S.The cold rain that fell did not extinguish the enthusiasm of UB students and local community members, who joined together at Harriman Hall to share stories and raise awareness about sexual assault and violence."Sexual violence affects all ages, all races, men and women," said guest speaker Melissa Fincher-Mergi.Fincher-Mergi is a family nurse practitioner that specializes in treatment involving the use of a "rape kit," or medical tools used to collect forensic evidence from rape victims."Support programs such as Take Back the Night are imperative to bring about the end of sexual and physical violence in our society," she said.Fincher-Mergi said that rape was a universal issue affecting both sexes, with one out of every 12 assault victims being male.
A lecture Monday aimed to educate students, particularly women, about the benefits of using contraception and the various types available.
UB alumnus and Pulitzer Prizewinning political cartoonist Tom Toles returned home to Buffalo this past Saturday for a conference on censorship in the media.
A dorm room went up in flames outside the Student Union this past Wednesday as part of a safety demonstration geared towards educating students about fires in residence halls.The fire, started only by a small candle flame igniting an empty pizza box, engulfed the mock dorm room in less than three minutes."It showed me that just a little thing can spark a fire, and then the whole room's gone," said Pryanka Sharma, a freshman undecided major.
As part of the academic conference "Law and Buddhism" on Wednesday, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama ended his three-day-long visit to UB discussing his outlook on both long-standing tenets and modern law.Taking a seat in the O'Brian Hall Law Library with 15 other lawyers and professors from various universities, the Dalai Lama discussed ethics and social order in the context of Buddhism.
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