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Staff cuts and tuition increases on horizon
New York Governor David Paterson is hitting students where it hurts the most: their wallets. Paterson recently made a $90-million budget cut to SUNY schools and as a result, students will see another increase in their tuition bills.
Tuition will be raised by two percent, which equates to about a $50 increase per semester. The increase will take effect during the Fall 2010 semester. Last spring when it was announced SUNY tuition would increase $310 per semester, many students found themselves needing additional loans.
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News
Hacked e-mails bring doubt in climate change world
A recent hack to a server containing thousands of e-mails from the Climate Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia has climate change skeptics questioning the legitimacy of the science.
Know your Reps: Grady Gorman
Profile of Grady Gorman, a junior business administration major and president of Delta Chi.
Go, go gadget journalists
Journalism is facing an identity crisis. Learning to simply film, write or report has proven not to be enough in today’s fast-paced digital world. The ability to multitask in any job, not just in communications, has become an invaluable resource in a scarce job market.
Reverb
Book Review: Push
Even after preparing yourself, a book like Push by Sapphire is still difficult to get through. Some of the themes leave you squirming in your seat: sexual relations, incest, molestation, rape, child abuse, sheer suffering – and the list trails on. Some would say that this book is not for the faint hearted but that is not true; this book was written especially for those who would find it the most horrifying.
Book Review: SuperFreakonomics
“How is a street prostitute like a department-store Santa?” This question is posed in the new novel written by Steven Levitt and his cohort Stephen Dubner. The boys are back and have infiltrated book stores with their provocative new release SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance. The non-fiction sequel surpasses its predecessor in title length and incited controversy.
Jingle Bell Run
Students and community members brave the chilly air for the Jingle Bell Walk/Run this past Saturday morning. The event was sponsored by Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity and they hope to make it annual. All proceeds went to the Delia Wallis and the Sol Schoenbach Scholarship Funds.
Opinion
From the desk of Brian Bishop – Editor in chief
My car was junked over Thanksgiving break, and while I will never again grip its wheel, Petunia had remarkable traits that stick I know will stick with me for awhile. Things like 0 to 60 m.p.h. in 12.5 seconds. Or the muffler that sounded pleasant, at least when its hum sang in tune with the song on the radio.
Editorial: The First decade of the 21st Century
We have passed by another ten years. It’s a miniscule division of time in the grand scale. Nevertheless, we care about the implications of events occuring in the recent past. We live in argualby the most exciting times of all.
From the desk of Jim Christopher – Sports Editor
With everyone slowly awaking from the food coma that Thanksgiving brought upon most of us, here is a little recipe for us Buffalo Bills fans for a successful franchise.
Sports
Freshmen Frenzy
The Fredonia Blue Devils’ hockey team is off to a good start, sporting a 6-4 record. Goal scoring production has improved since last year but this year’s production has come from some of the most unexpected places. Freshmen forwards Mat Hehr and Nick Simson are among the team leaders in points and have been crucial to the team’s early success.
Cooper’s last second magic lifts Blue Devils
The Blue Devil’s mens basketball team entered the contest on Friday fresh off an exciting 64-60 victory over Houghton. Buffalo State traveled to Fredonia on Friday night looking to rebound from their loss to Nazareth in the Men’s Coles Classic, a loss which evened their record up at 1-1.
Moore Steals SUNYAC Opener
A suffocating defense helped Fredonia smother visiting Buffalo State in Steele Hall Friday night. Buffalo State came in shooting 29 percent from the field and with a tendency to turn over the ball, and coach Donna Wise’s starting five were ready to push the pillow down hard. Unfortunately, the Bengals had the same plan. It took some last second heroics from a freshman and a senior to seal the win for the home side.
