NEWS
Social Networking Moves Out of the Union and Onto the Web
By SAMANTHA MAZIARZ AND KATHERINE BECZAK | Sep. 15, 2004If you've ever wondered about the guy who sat next to you in French class freshman year, or the girl in the library wearing the Ramones tee shirt, here is your chance to find out all about them.Following the success of such wildly popular Web sites as last year's Friendster, UB has launched their own social networking service called UBfacebook.In it, students and alumni can create their own personal profiles, sharing as little or as much information as they want.Those searching for information about other students were previously limited to the bare bones material available in the UB Student Directory.


