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Honoring those who died
By ELI GEORGE | May 1, 2006Student Affairs held its second Remembrance Ceremony on Friday for UB students who have passed away in the last year.
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College Republicans grill to get the word out
By ELI GEORGE | Apr. 21, 2006In front of the Student Union on Thursday, BBQ festival fare was served up by the College Republicans to build awareness for this year's Conservative Week.On Monday, the College Republicans held "Conservative Coming Out Day" to kick off to the festivities.
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Plesur awards a pleasure for teachers
By ELI GEORGE | Apr. 14, 2006Five professors were recognized on Wednesday as some of the most popular professors at UB, and awarded for their efforts in the classroom at the annual Milton Plesur Excellence in Teaching Awards.
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'Sociology of Seinfeld' is about nothing
By ELI GEORGE | Apr. 10, 2006As a SUNY Oswego sociology professor, Tim Delaney would often use "Seinfeld" references in his classes to illustrate basic sociological principles.He attempted to do the same on Friday evening at the Center for Inquiry, but his lecture, plugging his new book "Seinology: The Sociology of Seinfeld," did little more than summarize episodes of the popular sitcom; failing to bring up any connections to sociology."Seinfeld was and remains a sociological phenomenon," Delaney said.Using props like a tiny puffy shirt, a black and white cookie and Junior Mints, Delaney gave a synopsis of various Seinfeld episodes for his audience.Delaney would name a topic such as "mental health," and then summarize the Seinfeld episode -- in this case, "Serenity Now," where mental health and bottling emotions is the focus.
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Making ghosts of mysteries
By ELI GEORGE | Mar. 27, 2006Just as its name proclaims, the Center for Inquiry is a place for rationality and critical questions.
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20 candidates to vie for 7 executive seats in Student Association election
By ELI GEORGE | Mar. 10, 2006In what will be the most crowded presidential race in four years and largest overall candidate pool since 2003, four campus political parties are running for Student Association president, two of which are fielding complete tickets.The election's most notable name is that of Viqar Hussain, the current SA Senate chair and president of Muslim SA, who is running for president under the UB Advocates party.
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Think before you flush
By ELI GEORGE | Mar. 3, 2006In the Student Union, they constantly take out garbage and wipe off tables. In the dorms, they sanitize showers and scour stairwells.
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'Be' impressionable
By ELI GEORGE | Feb. 22, 2006Walking through Capen Hall, Evan Halstead downplays the fact he, along with thousands of current and potential UB students, sees a four-foot-tall snapshot of his own face hanging on the wall."I don't make a big deal out of it," the first-year physics grad student said when asked about the extra attention a larger-than-life version of oneself can attract.
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"As SA's first black male president, Yador roots his values in family"
By ELI GEORGE | Feb. 6, 2006As Student Association president, Dela Yador landed Kanye West for one of the most successful Fall Fests ever, he helped push for an online syllabi program that's becoming a standard, and now he's working to create a new unity between students and UB's administration.To do all that, Yador has built upon lessons he learned from his parents as one of six children, an experience helped prepare him to run the large family that is SA."At home my parents always try to instill values and respect, which is the most important thing," said Yador, whose family is originally from Ghana, though was born and raised in the Bronx.As February is Black History Month, it is not lost on Yador what his SA presidency means in UB's own history.
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Students sound off on new buses
By ELI GEORGE | Sep. 9, 2005Sporting bold paint, a flashy design resembling the Bulls logo and a promise to be prompt, UB's new fleet of blue and white buses has drawn praise from students in the first weeks of classes, though criticisms of the transportation system still linger.At the end of the spring semester, UB signed a new five-year bus contract with Cognisa Transportation, ending a 25-year relationship with Coach USA.
