As thousands of UB students prepare for the end of the fall semester and begin to make plans for the upcoming winter holiday, flights are booked and suitcases are packed in anticipation of a much-needed break.
There is no doubt that students have a lot on their proverbial plates. But add a tray, a bus bin and a hot plate, and it's obvious the many students who pay for both school and their social lives by waiting tables or serving buffets have a little bit more.
Higher Grounds Coffee House isn't any old Starbucks.Upon entering, your nose is met with the usual scents of mocha and cinnamon.
Needles of all sizes have punctured the noses, septum, tongues, navels, eyebrows, nipples and even the genitals of college students across the country.
Despite the distance between Buffalo and the hurricane damage that swept New Orleans and the surrounding area, UB has truly made an effort to respond to their need for help.
Before a single ray of sunlight rose above the horizon in the early hours last Tuesday, Muslim students at UB and around the world began their first day of fasting to mark the beginning of Ramadan.Ramadan, the ninth month of the Muslim calendar, is a time of worship and contemplation for the Islamic community, and is celebrated with thirty days of fasting from sunrise to sundown."Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam and a blessing that comes only once a year," said Viqar Hussain, president of the Muslim Student Association.
No matter what meal plan, from the basic Flex Plan to the never-go-hungry-again All in One plan, students are helping the victims of Hurricane Katrina by donating unused meals to assist in the relief effort.Having started Monday and running through Oct.
No matter what meal plan students have -- from the basic Flex Plan to the never-go-hungry-again All in One plan, students are helping the victims of Hurricane Katrina by donating unused meals to assist in the relief effort.Starting Monday and running through Oct.
With 45 hazing-related deaths in the past five years nationwide, UB's Greek organizations are painfully aware of a problem.
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