A few years ago, UB had several Greek organizations located on campus, but over the years they left UB as the members left and/or graduated. Recently, two organizations, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated, and Lambda Sigma Upsilon Latino Fraternity, Incorporated came to the UB campus, recruiting students and holding events […]

WARNING: Not to be read during lunch (or any other eating time)Everyone knows sushi and though some may still argue, it is not really considered too inhumane or ‘disgusting’ to eat this dish. For those who do not know what this is, sushi is raw fish served on vinegared rice, […]

Earliest human history indicates that people, through trial and error, searched for and found out which of the easily accessible chemicals and plants had therapeutic effects. Centuries later, we still are attempting to find novel and effective drugs to treat existing and newly emerging diseases. Medicine at the moment is […]

Traditionally the benefits package that University of Bridgeport employees started with looked great. It often was a reason to work in academia. Not anymore.Over the last few years there was a 3% increase in salaries per year. Last year it didn’t happen. For about the first five months in 2003, […]

Nicholas A. Panuzio, a former mayor of Bridgeport, Dorothy Larson. A community leader in Easton, and Walter Baum, a prominent Norwalk businessman were among the five new trustees elected to the University of Bridgeport’s Board of Trustees on Sept. 12.The others elected are Pierre Tardy, president of the Christian Bernard […]

Hello, I would like to take this opportunity to welcome the new and returning students as well as faculty and staff for the Fall 2003 semester. As for the Security Department, we have undergone some changes. We are no longer Burns International Security Services. A Swedish company bought out Burns […]

A student from Miami University of Ohio wants to know… Can you get genital herpes from someone with a cold sore giving you oral sex? -Female, Senior Dr. Caron’s Answer: Yes. Genital herpes infection is caused by exposure to the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV 1) or herpes simplex […]

Find Me Poetry Club is a poetry writing/performing club that plans to hold poetry slams, readings, and a poetry caf. Muslim Student Association hopes to have a “Ramadan” event, where the MSA will invite people to learn about Islam and also have a trip at the end of the year […]

Welcome to the beginning of the new 2003 – 2004 academic year. As I go back into my memory bank, I can recall my college days and how I felt at the beginning of each new academic year. I remember having conflicting feelings—-that of hating to see my favorite season […]

To connect your computer in an Internet ready dorm on campus, you need three things; a working computer, an Ethernet card and an Ethernet cable. You can purchase the Ethernet card and cable at your local computer store. Once you have the Ethernet card installed and your Ethernet cable connected […]