For the first time ever, students from the University of Bridgeport will be participating in an alternative spring break program coordinated by the Office of Student Programming & Community Services and the UB Student Government Association. Nine UB students have been selected to serve as “Norge W. Jerome Service Scholars” […]

King’s Birthday in ThailandIf you were to go to Thailand on December 5th, you would see a huge celebration where all citizens hold ritual rites and decorate their buildings with flags, lights, and portraits of the nation’s king. The day is the monarch’s birthday, which later was declared as a […]

The Scottish Holiday Season.Christmas in Scotland is not what it is like here in the United States. Why? Because it is not considered to be a big deal. Christmas is considered more of an English holiday. However, New Year’s is of far greater importance to the Scottish. On New Year’s […]

On November 21, 2005 from 5:30 to 7:00pm in the Littlefield Recital Hall of the Arnold Bernhard Center, the University of Bridgeport was honored by the visit of our fourth congressional district representative to Congress for Connecticut, Christopher Shays. He was very pleased that the university had invited him to […]

The Purple Knights dropped a close game to the Pioneers of C.W. Post today at the Pratt Center. The Purple Knights were led in scoring by Kevin Jeffreys (Bridgeport, CT) (pictured left) who finished with 16 points and six rebounds. Mark Price (Buffalo, NY) had fifteen points for the Purple […]

The University of Bridgeport women’s basketball team improved to 4-1 overall when they defeated C.W. Post University 65-54 in Brookville, NY today. Junior guard Cherhara Shields, (Woodland, CA) led the Purple Knights with 14 points and seven boards. Senior guard Aliyah Miles (Union, NJ) had 11 points in the game. […]

On Monday November 21st, the University of Bridgeport inducted students into the newly-formed Alpha Gamma Pi Political Science Honor Society. The event commemorated the realization of a program implemented to recognize and honor students and faculty who have showcased exemplary work in the field of political science.The event began with […]

The Mister and Miss UB pageant was a huge success for the African Club. Through teamwork, organization, school spirit, and of course for lack of a better word, the “guts” of some participants, the Mertens Theater of the Arnold Bernard Center, commonly known as the ABC building, was packed to […]

At 11:45 pm on Saturday, December 4, 2005 two UB students lost their lives in a tragic car accident. The car held five young men, the surviving three where sent to the hospital. The driver, Jon Arthur Uanserume, was listed in critical but stable condition at Bridgeport Hospital at press […]

#8220;I really need to learn how to defend myself,” is what many people around campus are saying after recent events around campus have left students fearing about their own safety. What many students don’t know, is that there is a club at UB that teaches self-defense. The Kuntao Jiu Jitsu […]