Ballots were being counted across Uganda on Friday after the country’s first multiparty presidential and parliamentary elections in 26 years ended peacefully.With over 98% of polling stations having sent in their results, the Electoral Commission has declared at 4:55pm (EA time) that PresidentYoweri Museveni has won the presidentialelections with a […]

For thirty years this school has had a tradition that helps to close some of the political and social gaps between the many nationalities that populate the school. The tradition I am speaking of is the annual “International Festival.” This festival used to be one of the highlights of the […]

Leftist, AGAIN? It is incredible how South America has taken a 180ø turn in the past few years. A place with relative common culture, religion and language, has once again created an impact on world politics as a leftist corner of the globe. During the 1960s and 1970s, we had […]

Only one letter differs between the two countries, and as events unfold it seems that more similarities are arising. According to The Nation “A dangerous escalation of tensions in the Middle East could produce a devastating new war there (Iran) if diplomatic steps are not taken to head it off. […]

We begin a new year and a new semester with a new year of political issues going on but what better way to start off the first article then by talking about one of the more “controversial” leaders in the news today: President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez. In a speech […]

I hope everyone had a restful and relaxing winter break and enjoyed time with family and friends. The Office of Student Programming & Community Service, in conjunction with the Student Programming Board and UBSGA, has planned many exciting events for the spring semester. Please mark your calendar for the following; […]

Service For Peace kicked off the Martin Luther King, Jr. Season of Service (Jan 16-Apr 4, 2006) with a variety of service learning projects under the theme “Enriching Public Education in the Greater Bridgeport Area.” On MLK Day, January 16, 2006, the John J. Cox Student Center of the University […]

A former Chiropractic student Paul Lewis, 55 of Milford is suing the university for sexual discrimination. Lewis feels that the campus is discriminatory toward homosexuals and in a statement to the Connecticut Post claimed that this is related to the University’s ties to the Unification Church. According to his statement […]

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 […]

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 […]