After waiting a little over three weeks to play their first game, the Lady Knight Softball team finally got their first games in for the 2003 campaign. On March 23, 2003, Bridgeport traveled to Dowling College to play their first regular season games of the year. Splitting the double header […]
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This Week in UB History
1984-March 1st, “WPKN BRIDGEPORT: Fostering Diversity” There is on the FM dial a Mason-Dixon line of sorts, which provides an alternative to commercial radio. Serving as this proud antithesis to commercial programming, is a grouping of radio stations with their call numbers less than 91, cleverly labeled non-commercial radio. Located […]
Purple Knights Have High Hopes for Post Season
As the regular season comes to an end, the post season is looking up for the UB Men’s Basketball team It has been 10 years in the making since the Purple Knights have made it into the NCAA tournament. With 22 wins on the season and a first round win […]
Gymnastics Looking Good for Nationals
The Lady Knight Gymnastics has been performing well this season and it looks like they will take the trip to the Nationals in Texas as a team. They have a record of 8-2 and are still ranked in the top ten of the country. Each meet they seem to be […]
The Rise and Possible Fall of an Empire
It is to my satisfaction, not to ever even remotely relate the history date of 476 A.D, to the state of function of the Student Congress of the University of Bridgeport 2002/2003. It is extraordinarily hard to watch the body you thought had a power of initiative, change, execution, and […]
Tuition is going up again?
There is talk about the cost of tuition going up again. Are you serious, why does the school need more money from students? If you are going to up the tuition again at least fix the dorms. It is hard to believe that we pay twenty-four thousand dollars a year […]
Breakfast back at Marina
Last fall breakfast was moved from Marina Dining Hall to Knight’s End Caf. Students did not all agree on the advantage of this change even though Bodine Hall residents could cheer a bit more than other students taking into consideration that their morning walk became signifcantly shorter.Students soon began to […]
Head Coach Reaches Goal
Three years ago, the Athletics Department at UB wanted to start fresh again with the basketball program. They looked upon a young coach with aspirations of turning a program around, and found their man. Mike Ruane came to UB after the team won just 12 games in the four years […]
Bribes for Student Participation
The organizers of the annual University of Bridgeport International Festival have instituted a number of changes this year. The process by which students sign up to participate in the festival, and the rewards that they get for doing so have been altered. The committee has been heavily promoting, among other […]
Breaking NEWS
Friday March 14, 2003 — The Men’s Basketball team avenged last Friday’s loss to Adelphi in the NYCAC Tournament. Seeded fifth, they defeated the number four seed Adelphi, 64-56 in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Northeast region tournament. Graduate student, Jermaine Clark led the scoring for the Knights with 19 […]