Students concerned about the proposed tuition hike could feel an ease to their wallets as early as next week.During Wednesday's Faculty Senate Executive Committee meeting, Paul Tokasz, majority leader of the New York State Assembly, announced the assembly is proposing a slightly lower tuition hike than the $1,200 hike proposed by Gov.
Students and faculty concerned with the recent reduction in classrooms and the upkeep of the remaining ones may be able to look forward to changes.The Faculty Senate Facilities Committee recently submitted a number of recommendations regarding maintenance and scheduling problems in classrooms to the administration.According to the report by the Faculty Senate Facilities Committee, centrally scheduled classrooms on campus have gone from a usage of 285 in 1978 to the current number of 138, without a decrease in enrollment numbers.Joseph Zambon, professor of periodontics and endodontics and a member of the FSEC, said the term "centrally scheduled classrooms" refers to classrooms, such as Knox 20, that are maintained and scheduled by the university as opposed to being controlled by the medical or law school.According to Zambon, each year, between the hours of 10 a.m.
Citing a number of allegedly breached procedures, Kannan Nagarajan, a presidential candidate in the Graduate Student Association elections, filed several complaints yesterday with the GSA Elections Committee.Kannan, who lost the election to Xun Liu, alleged the Elections Committee counted the ballots at an improper time, gave other candidates more space in an advertisement and allowed candidates who did not satisfy requirements to run."They were wrong in multiple places," said Kannan.
Russ Miller, director of the Center for Computational Research at UB, was recently listed on HPCwire magazine's "2003 Watch List for HPC" - the computing magazine's list of the most interesting and influential people in the field of supercomputing.HPCwire, which stands for High Powered Computing Wire, compiled the list based on the criteria of people whom they believed were the "most interesting and colorful people ... in (high powered computing) to keep an eye on," according to the HPCwire Web site.
Lehnge and saris, salwarkameez and kurtas - students unfamiliar with these terms had a chance to get acquainted Saturday at India Night, the Indian Student Association's annual cultural celebration."The whole show is a little bit of everything," said Naazli Ahmed, former president of the Indian Student Association and current Student Association treasurer.
The College of Arts and Sciences hosted aspiring high school poets from the northeastern United States and southern Canada Saturday, as part of UB's first annual high school poetry contest.Over 1,300 high school students submitted poems of 25 lines or less to the contest, according to Uday Sukhatme, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.Winners of the contest received cash prizes as well as copies of English professor Carl Dennis' Pulitzer Prize-winning book "Practical Gods." Dennis served as the judge of the contest and addressed the student during the awards ceremony."One of the things you feel when you are writing is that no one is listening, and then after a while you imagine that you are writing for one unknown friend," said Dennis."There are probably more people listening than you think," he added.Colin Stricklin, a senior from Amherst Central High School, won the contest with his poem.
The College of Arts and Sciences hosted aspiring high school poets from the northeastern United States and southern Canada Saturday, as part of UB's first annual high school poetry contest.Over 1,300 high school students submitted poems of 25 lines or less to the contest, according to Uday Sukhatme, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.Winners of the contest received cash prizes as well as copies of English professor Carl Dennis' Pulitzer Prize-winning book "Practical Gods." Dennis served as the judge of the contest and addressed the students during the awards ceremony."One of the things you feel when you are writing is that no one is listening, and then after a while you imagine that you are writing for one unknown friend," said Dennis."There are probably more people listening than you think," he added.Colin Stricklin, a senior from Amherst Central High School, won the contest with his poem.
Students who make a habit of resigning from classes will have to pass a few roadblocks before taking an "R," if a proposal discussed at Tuesday's Faculty Senate meeting is passed.The Faculty Senate Grading Committee proposed a course resignation policy change, which, if passed, would require students to seek academic advisement for every resignation they make after their fifth.The Faculty Senate will vote on the proposal when they meet next month."We are not saying that you can only resign five courses, but that you need to talk to someone about it," said William Baumer, chairman of the Grading Committee.
Visa restrictions and new regulations following Sept. 11, 2001, and the war in Iraq have made it increasingly more difficult for international students to receive an education at colleges across America, including UB.According to President William R.
Students with a love for writing and a zeal for reporting will soon have an opportunity to develop their skills while earning academic credit and a recognized certificate from UB.According to Beth Del Genio, assistant vice provost for Academic Affairs, the university is making progress in its plans to begin a new journalism certificate that would combine coursework from the departments of English, communication and media studies."The program is for students to be able to indicate to potential employers that they have practical and academic experience in the field of journalism," said Del Genio.This allows students to have an impressive resume whether they decide to enter the job market or go on to graduate school, she said.Teresa Steenburgh, a sophomore English major, said she thinks the program is a good idea, especially for communication majors, who might have wanted to go into journalism but previously did not have the ability to do so."I think if there is a high enough demand with people making special majors, then they might as well create a program," said Steenburgh.
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