Started in January of 2002, the Acupuncture Institute is without competition, the newest department on campus, which is not a surprise as the entire study of acupuncture has been virtually unknown to the western world until 1972 when President Nixon visited China. The introduction of this ancient far eastern practice […]

Those students who have already taken advantage of the unbelievably cheap price of a dental cleaning (five dollars) at our school of dental hygiene, have experienced the services first hand of the ninety dental hygiene students currently enrolled in the clinic on campus. Upon speaking with the school’s clinic director, […]

Nine students (Lyon Leslie, Wilfred Amuri, Kenneth Amuri, Bertrand Simon, Keyon Benneth, Jovin Joy, Ike Mogbana, Mohammed Ibrahim and I) in a joint sponsorship effort between The Student Government Association, and the Engineering Department attended the National Society of Black Engineers (NESBE) National Convention.NESBE is an Organization that focuses on […]

The International Festival is arguably the biggest event at the University of Bridgeport and yet not too many people got to experience it as it was in years previous. Students in the International Festival Committee along with Edina Oestreicher, staff, and other faulty members helped to make it happen the […]

During the first week of April a number of posters advertising a “B-DAY BASH” for two University of Bridgeport freshmen, Denese Doyle (Boston, Ma) and Danielle Teaque (Brooklyn, NY), began to appear around campus. The posters report that the party is being presented by Denese and Danielle and is scheduled […]

If you have turned on the television lately it is likely that you have watched a commercial for gambling (whether it is for online poker or a local casino). A show on the Bravo channel called Celebrity Poker Showdown has become popular recently and ESPN has been running regular coverage […]

Upon speaking with Dean Tarek Sobh of the engineering department at UB, it became clear he could not be anything but pleased with the progress made in the department. With approximately 500 students in both undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as the new Ph.D. program, the University of Bridgeport […]

Newton’s laws of gravity may well be applied to stock markets, and the statement “What goes up must come down” is definitely applicable to Google’s stock market performance in recent times.It appears that the present bull market may be sustainable with supportive economic conditions made possible by healthy, strong reads […]

Although wars throughout the world account for hundreds of deaths every day, civilian attrition by bird flu just seems a worse way to die. China reported its first human death from the virus late last year and now has just accounted for its 11th bird flu death. The H5N1 strain […]

Chile inaugurated its first female president on March 11th. The 54 year-old Socialist pediatrician named Michelle Bachelet won a runoff election on January 15th against her opponent Sebastian Pinera. On hand for the ceremony was the former President Ricardo Lagos, Hugo Chavez and even our own U.S secretary of State […]