About a week after Sept. 11, while studying for an exam at night, Matt Cascarino received a phone call from the United States Air Force. It wasn't until two years later, after serving emergency active duty, that he was finally able to take his exam. Cascarino is one of an increasing number of UB students who have been called overseas to serve in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Over the summer months, kick back and journey back to the Tudor era of sex, love and scandal in the royal court before and after the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
There's a long, worn out joke, a favorite among teenage boys, that asks: why are women's feet smaller than men's?
He's sinewy. He's ripped. And he knows it.When Joe Seldin, a fifth year psychology major with an accent so distinct it could only mean he is from Long Island, decided to join the Mr. Buffalo bodybuilding contest April 7 at the Center for the Arts, he knew he had a lot of work ahead of him.
The final week of The Spectrum Challenge has finally arrived. Now it is up to the competitors to let the habits they have developed over the past four weeks become lifelong changes in their every day lives.Although Joyce Wang only lost one pound, she began frequenting the gym at Governors regularly and has addressed her tendency to overeat at each meal.
Jill Esposito, the aerobics and program director with the Buffalo Athletic Club on Niagara Falls Boulevard, knows first hand how difficult it is to stay in shape while going to school full time.As an undergraduate studying exercise science at UB, she can remember rollerblading with friends along the bike path during the spring and summer, but the winter months were always the most difficult between classes, work and assignments.
"Laying under the ultraviolet lights, you really learn a lot about life."Excerpt from Fried: The Dennis Black StoryBook: Fried: The Dennis Black StoryTheme: Tanning and RegretAbout the Author: Dennis Black is Vice President of Student Affairs and an adjunct associate professor in educational leadership and policy.
With only one week left in The Spectrum Challenge, finding ways to avoid temptation and stay motivated can be the most difficult.
Developing healthy habits can be a struggle for anyone, and The Spectrum Challenge contestants are no exception.
Big butts do not lie.I know because I have one.It tells the story of all the yummy, chocolate-y, fat laden foods I cannot seem to turn down.It reveals the deep dark secret that I am a stressed out, over-achieving college student with a membership to the Buffalo Athletic Club that I use only sporadically.And it is the reason I hate, hate, hate to shop for new clothes.At barely 5 foot 1 inch, I am a healthy, proportionately curvy woman.
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