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The Class of 2006 Celebrates their Last Spring Break

To those people who say that UB lacks the familiar traditions of the American college experience I would say you are probably right. We do not have a Greek Week, we do not celebrate Homecoming each fall and we certainly do not have a football team. This year, however, we […]

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UB College of Chiropractic Medicine

The life of a chiropractic student is a hectic one. Endless exams, long classroom hours, national board exam preparation; one is often left with the empty feeling that the doctor-patient interaction will never happen. To that end, the responsibility ultimately lies with the individual to provide the necessary resources to […]

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Changes on Campus: International College

When speaking with Dr. Thomas J. Ward, who is the Dean of the International College at UB, he mentioned several important new improvements to the department’s programs and facilities. With about 180 students currently enrolled in the college’s programs, Dr. Ward was able to say that “We have had significant […]

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My Run in With the Law

I was sitting on a white wall covered in spray paint on a beautiful June day in my hometown of Milford CT, when the girl sitting next to me pulls out a marker and puts her name on the wall next to her and passes it to me so I […]

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St. Patrick – Do you really know who this day is named after?

This day celebrates the man nicknamed St. Patty; and of course, drinking and being Irish (which may be redundant). But I discovered the real St. Patrick during a sermon at church, a few St. Patrick’s Days ago. It was given by an Irishmen, Dr. Tony Devine (an EdD from UB) […]

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Movie Review: Ultraviolet

Well hello movie goers. This weekend I ventured into the movies and saw the movie Ultraviolet. If you want to see a movie with a great story line and plot, intellectual conversations and witty one-liners, this movie is not for you. If you want to see a movie with a […]

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Haiti’s Election

Election time seems to be happening earlier for some countries. Just a few weeks ago it was Costa Rica who was deciding their new leader and now it is Haiti’s turn as they recently elected their new president just two weeks ago. 63 year old, Rene Preval, became the elected […]

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Venezuela and Latin America: Separated

Venezuela rises on the right hand side of the South American realm as a giant of the northern part of the continent. Not only does it posses the fifth largest oil reserve in the world but also is the largest natural gas owner on the globe. Venezuela is a land […]

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Taking a Joke too Far

The international political arena is turning nastier and nastier as the weeks go by. Massive riots carried out by Islamic protesters due to the cartoon depiction of the Prophet Mohammed have not ceased and many lives have been lost. It seems as though the cultural divide betweenthe west and the […]