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As the holiday season approaches, so too does finals season. And as usual, one of my favorite holidays, Hanukkah, falls squarely during the last weeks of the semester. It feels funny to have the holiday based on one night of oil burning for eight consistently in the heart of finals — a time when we are all desperately trying not to burn out.
UB men’s basketball is off to its worst start in 45 years.
Parking citations on UB’s campuses surpassed pre-pandemic levels for the first time this year, as more students returned to in-person classes and UB’s new electronic license plate recognition (LPR) system has made enforcement more efficient.
Following last year’s Camellia Bowl-winning season, UB Football (3-9, 3-5 MAC) failed to live up to their promise for the 2023 season. The Bulls’ 3-9 record this season was the worst UB football has had since 2016, when they went 2-10. UB didn’t have another losing season after 2016 until 2021, when head coach Lance Leipold left for the University of Kansas and was replaced by Maurice Linguist. Under Leipold (2017-2020), UB won more games (30) than any other team in the Mid-American Conference (MAC).
UB men’s basketball (1-8, 0-0 MAC) fell 59-72 to the Butler Bulldogs (7-2, 0-0 Big East) Tuesday in a loss that keeps the Bulls without a win against a Division-I opponent this regular season. UB’s lone win came against D-II Roberts Wesleyan, and the Bulls have lost six straight since.
UB women’s basketball (5-2, 0-0 MAC) fell to Stony Brook (6-1, 0-0 CAA) 82-53 Saturday at Island Federal Arena.
Men's Basketball (1-7, 0-0 MAC) lost a matchup against the St. Bonaventure Bonnies (5-2, 0-0 A-10) 80-65, at Alumni Arena on Saturday afternoon. The Bulls’ only victory so far this season came against the Division-II Roberts Wesleyan Redhawks (2-4, 1-0 ECC) on Nov. 15. The Bulls are off to their worst start since they went D-I in 1998.
Following their Mid-American Conference (MAC) tournament loss in the semi-finals at the hands of their divisional rivals Bowling Green (19-13, 11-7 MAC), UB Women’s Volleyball (23-9, 13-5 MAC) were defeated by the South Florida Bulls (20-11, 13-6 AAC) 3-0 in the opening round of the National Invitational Volleyball Championship (NIVC).
New clubs now have only a six-week window to apply for Student Association (SA) recognition — between Nov. 1 and the end of the fall semester — in what SA President Becky Paul-Odionhin called a “blackout period.” Previously, new clubs could form at any time in the fall and spring semesters.
Gracie McDowell will assume the vice presidency of the undergraduate Student Association (SA) for the remainder of the 2023-24 academic year. The current vice president, Sammi Pang, graduates at the end of the fall semester.
Men's Basketball (1-6, 0-0 MAC) lost to the No. 22 James Madison Dukes (7-0, 0-0 SBC) 81-66, at Atlantic Union Bank Center on Wednesday night. The Bulls’ only victory so far this season came against the Division-II Roberts Wesleyan Redhawks (2-4, 1-0 ECC) on Nov. 15.
UB’s undergraduate Student Association (SA) plans to spend the more than $300,000 originally earmarked for its annual Fall Fest concert to fund Spring Fest, a Comedy Series show, provide supplemental club funding, as well as $35,000 for “miscellaneous” purposes, SA President Becky Paul-Odionhin said at a town hall-style event Wednesday evening.
Comedian Matt Rife is receiving backlash for an inappropriate joke about domestic violence that he made during the launch of his new Netflix special, “Natural Selection,” earlier this month.
Campus Dining and Shops (CDS) will be opening a “fast-casual style” Latin American eatery in time for the start of the spring semester, a CDS spokesperson said.
Nearly a decade since the release of the last “Hunger Games” movie, “Mockingjay – Part 2,” there’s a new installment in the series. Based on Suzanne Collins’ 2020 prequel novel of the same name, “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” released in theaters earlier this month to an underwhelming opening weekend, but its box office success since then signifies the Hunger Games’ lasting popularity.
UB students’ access to the learning management system (LMS) Blackboard will end on Friday, leaving Brightspace as UB’s sole LMS.
UB football (3-9, 3-5 MAC) lost its final game of the season against the Eastern Michigan Eagles (6-6, 4-4 MAC) 24-11, at UB Stadium on Tuesday night. The game highlighted the Bulls’ lack of ball security with multiple fumbles and an inability to stop the run. They failed to put points on the board on multiple drives.
Hundreds of eyes were glued to the projector in the UB Center for the Arts’ Mainstage Theatre. On the screen, a cartoon woman finished an important memo at her desk. As she leaned back in her chair, her work-issued, brain-monitoring earbuds sensed her relaxation and automatically began playing her favorite music.
Nick Thompson’s job has changed a lot in 2023.
Students from across the globe come to live the American college life. They come from different cultures, have no nearby family and often face a great language divide. Do they experience UB in the same way that American students do?
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