Students and faculty members gathered outside Capen Hall on Wednesday afternoon in a vocal display of opposition to a preemptive war with Iraq. The student strike rally, called "Books, Not Bombs," was organized by the UB for Peace organization.
The Student Association Senate voted Monday night to increase the SA executive board's stipend by $1,000 next year, bringing their compensation up from $9,000 to $10,000 a year.SA President Christian Oliver - who only two months ago rescinded a tuition waver he and fellow e-board members Jennifer Brace and Naazli Ahmed had received, following student outcry - said that after a personal conversation he had with the senators, he was led to believe the senate would have increased the stipends by more than $1,000, had it been requested.However, Oliver said, the incoming e-board requested an increase of only $1,000 because of the current "political climate," such as Gov.
UB students proved Thursday that beer pong is not the only game they know how to play.Students filled the Student Union Lobby on Thursday to participate in the third annual "Play-Day," an event which gave students a chance to play with board games such as Candy Land and Chutes and Ladders, and to revisit other childhood relics, like Play-Doh and sno-cones.According to Jennifer Wantz, a Student Life student activities associate, Play-Day - an event sponsored by Student Life and the Student Programming Board - is designed to allow students to relieve a little stress before final exams begin."This is what your money is paying for, so you may as well have some fun," Doug McNabb, a senior communication major, said.
A corporate grant given to Dr. Stephen Jacobson may help the Graduate School of Education lead the way in developing strong academic leaders.Jacobson, the associate dean for academic affairs, received $50,000 from the Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund - which, according to its Web site, is dedicated to creating "opportunities for people to enrich themselves through better schools, enhanced community activities and participation in the arts" - to study successful school leaders who work in high-poverty areas.In the study, which he expects to be completed by 2005, Jacobson is examining six principals from various schools in Buffalo and Rochester, who, despite the poor economic areas in which the schools are located, are successful leaders."Clearly this is something that has been long overdue," Jacobson said.
After last September's Princeton Review article that ranked UB No. 2 in the categories of "lots of beer" and "lots of hard liquor," a group of UB students decided that being No.
Soon, Baby Joe Mesi may not be the only thing that comes to mind when people talk about Buffalo and boxing.A group of UB students started a new club - which was officially recognized by the Student Association on Jan.
Students and faculty members gathered outside Capen Hall on Wednesday afternoon in a vocal display of opposition to a preemptive war with Iraq.
Two members of the UB community - who serve the university in very different roles - were honored Feb.
The clubs of the Student Association Special Interest Service and Hobby Council were at war on Friday.
February is a month for lovers. It is a month for lovers of their significant someone and a month for lovers of music.
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