Based on allegations related to a Greek letter organization at the University at Buffalo, all fraternity and sorority activities have been suspended, at least through Saturday, February 16, 2002.Students and national and local organization representatives are currently being advised of this action.
In the fallout of a tragedy, people often ask, "What went wrong?" "How could this have been prevented?" and "Who is responsible?" As authorities attempt to sort out these questions regarding last Sunday's driving disaster in Grand Island, it is unfortunately clear that concerns over the welfare of college students are not strictly confined to this region.At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a lawsuit filed in January over the April 10, 2000 suicide of sophomore Elizabeth Shin has brought attention to the controversial battle between protecting a student's privacy rights and the right of the parents to be kept informed of the safety of their child on campus.Shin's parents are suing MIT for $27 million for wrongful death, charging that MIT should at least have informed them of their daughter's unstable mental condition.
The views of Sept. 11 from the Arab World are as varied as the people themselves, said host lecturer and UB alumnus Dr. Bader Dweik, in part two of the six-part lecture series, "Perspectives on September 11 and Its Aftermath," last Wednesday in the Student Union Theater.
If Muslim and Israeli leaders came to 716 Clement Hall they could see that a Jew and a Muslim can live together.
Civil right attorney Morris Dees spoke Tuesday at Canisius College as part of the school's celebration of Martin Luther King Jr., relaying a strong message of tolerance to college students, who should "understand that there are different rolls everyone should play."Dees is the chief council for the Southern Poverty Law Center, a non-profit organization founded in 1971 that specializes in lawsuits across the country involving racial crimes and civil rights violations.He began by discussing his recent victory in a wrongful death trial against the Aryan Nations.
After six South Campus students were diagnosed last week with the Varicella virus, commonly known as chicken pox, the Student Health Center is taking steps to inform students and faculty about the outbreak and encourage them to get vaccinated.Frank Carnevale, clinical assistant professor of the Student Health Center, said chicken pox "occasionally occurs on college campuses in isolated cases" during this time of year.
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The distribution of societal resources between law-abiding citizens and the prison population has come under sharp focus in recent weeks.
After a first semester characterized by conflict and inactivity, the Student Association Assembly took its first step toward a fresh start Monday evening, passing three constitutional amendments and electing Jennifer Tuttle as speaker of the assembly.
Best Picture"A Beautiful Mind""Gosford Park""In the Bedroom""The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring""Moulin Rouge"Best DirectorRobert Altman, "Gosford Park"Ron Howard, "A Beautiful Mind"Peter Jackson, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"David Lynch, "Mulholland Drive"Ridley Scott, "Black Hawk Down"Best ActorRussell Crowe, "A Beautiful Mind"Sean Penn, "I Am Sam"Will Smith, "Ali"Denzel Washington, "Training Day"Tom Wilkinson, "In the Bedroom"Best ActressHalle Berry, "Monster's Ball"Judi Dench, "Iris"Nicole Kidman, "Moulin Rouge"Sissy Spacek, "In the Bedroom"Renee Zellweger, "Bridget Jones's Diary"Best Supporting ActorJim Broadbent, "Iris"Ethan Hawke, "Training Day"Ben Kingsley, "Sexy Beast"Ian McKellen, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"Jon Voight, "Ali"Best Supporting ActressJennifer Connelly, "A Beautiful Mind"Helen Mirren, "Gosford Park"Maggie Smith, "Gosford Park"Marisa Tomei, "In the Bedroom"Kate Winslet, "Iris"Best Screenplay (written directly for the screen) Milo Addica and Will Rokos, "Monster's Ball"Wes Andersen and Owen Wilson, "The Royal Tenenbaums"Julian Fellowes, "Gosford Park"Guillaume Laurant and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, "Amelie"Christopher and Jonathan Nolan, "Memento"Best Screenplay (based on previously published or produced material)Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff, "Ghost World"Rob Festinger and Todd Field, "In the Bedroom"Akiva Goldsman, "A Beautiful Mind" Roger S.H.
Moskal and Higley 6, Golden Flashes 5The game was deadlocked at five. Everyone in the arena thought the Thundering Herd had blown a great opportunity.Brandon Higley, however, proved them wrong, when his pull move finally worked and found the back of the net.
If it were up to groundbreaking American poet Robert Creeley, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery's current exhibition, The Tumultuous Fifties: A View from the New York Times Photo Archives, might have had a different name."'The Tumultuous Fifties' could be equally called 'The Brutal, Oppressed Fifties,'" said Creeley.
This is the second of a two-part series examining the life of a UB men's basketball player.In Buffalo's last game, they were the victims of a controversial call that cost them a critical conference tilt and prolonged their slump.
The brilliance of human form and movement dazzled the audience at the Center for the Arts Saturday evening as the world-famous Philadanco, a true gem of modern dance, took the stage.Philadanco, short for the Philadelphia Dance Company, melded infectious music with the strength, ability and grace of the human body, producing magic for all that attended the show.
2/5 Unattended keys were stolen from Baldy Hall.2/5 An unknown person made unwanted calls to an office in the Biomedical Research Building.2/5 An unknown person stole money from Furnas Hall.2/5 An unknown person posted slanderous flyers around campus.2/5 An unknown car struck another car in the Jarvis C Lot.2/5 A person fell and injured his back in Bell Hall, but refused treatment.2/6 Unknown people fled from a cab to the Red Jacket Quad without paying.2/6 Brad D.
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Four men took the stage in brightly colored vinyl jumpsuits and the first few rows of the audience started chanting "Manplanet, Manplanet, Manplanet." The lead singer grabbed the microphone and yelled, "Are you ready for a rock show?" The crowd went wild.And so began the futuristic Manplanet performance Friday night at Mohawk Place.
As more individuals around the world pursue college degrees and the costs of state-supported education escalates, policy makers are left with the dilemma of determining how to cut costs without sacrificing access to education.An international conference in Africa on higher-education financing, made possible by a $130,000 grant to UB's Graduate School of Education from the Ford Foundation, will attempt to shed light on this growing predicament.The conference, which will be held March 24-28 in Dar es Salaam, is a collaborative effort between UB and the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania."In most African nations a huge demand for higher education is greatly outpacing the capacity of the tax systems to continue providing this higher education free of charge.
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