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StUdent Life
SPorts
StUdent ActiVities

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Student Organizations 112

Seniors
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1982-83 dominated by student union
and state State budget concerns
The 1982-1983 academic
year was dominated by two
concerns- the State budqet
and the student union. While
these issues were paramount, several other important matters passed before
the student body, ranging
from athletics to student life
concerns.
The student union occupied much of the first
semster as student government presidents and UB
President Steven B. Sample
discussed methods to implement
the
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referendum.
Meanwhile, Harriman Hall
was beautified to resemble
a student union, while the
Student Activities Building
made
great
progress
toward
early completion.
But as the year drew to a
close, the union matter was
still far from settled, with
many predicting
that it
would be a while betore it
surfaced again.
The budget
issue was
considerably
more complex. Governor
Cuomo's
draft called for massive
reductions across the SUNY
system and at UB,while raising tuition
significantly.
University students rose in
arms, protesting in Capen
Lounge, Albany, downtown
Buffalo and the University
Council Chambers, where
they spread their message.
While
the
picture
brightened
somewhat
in
March, the system still faced
some serious questions
about its future While temporary
Legislative
help
seemed definite, SUNYmoved slowly to establish any
long-range problems .
Steve Cotrone presents US
President Steven B. Sample with
contributions for a union
SA President Cordell Schachter
GSA President Peter Murphy
Students overwhelmingly
rejected
Sample's union referendum

funded centralized
structure on the Amherst Campus.
After much haggling and
considerable
delay, the
issue was put befare the
student
body and they
overwhelmingly rejected a
plan that would have sent
Sample
to
lobby
on
students behalf. Sample let
the issue fade away, while
the student governments
could do nothing to effectively re-ignite the matter
after having divided on the

In athletics, the University
was a happening place.
Alumni Arena opened to
large crowds as Sample was
officialy installed and a sellout audience saw the Bulls
trip top-ranked Buffalo State
College on a last-second
desperation shot The Student Association (SA) and
the Department
fought
continuously over funding
arrangements, in a battle
that promised serious actions in the future.
Academically, the University moved
ahead
with
General Education, while
creeping forward with its
academic planning efforts.
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by the uncertainties of the
budget,
assuring difficult
decisions ahead. The Division of Undergraduate
Education and Continuing
Education
faced
tough
times as both lost deans
and resources.
The Middle States Review
team released its report in
January, asserting that the
University had a ways to go
before it could be considered a top-notch insititu-

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Student Activities Building under

construction
Copen lounge-before renovations
Harriman Hall got a facelift
SUNY Chancellor Clifton R. Whorton

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S81Chair David Hoffman

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For students. Parcel Bfinally opened with a spanking
new bookstore. The New
York State drinking law was
debated for much of the
first semester and finally
some symbolic measures
were
implemented
to
restrict the flow of alcohol
to minors.
Two of the campuses'
more controversial groups.
the ANC and NYPIRG.battled with SA-NYPIRG lost and
left campus and the ANC
faced reduced page size
and a dim future. Protests
did not stopwith the budget
as the Solomon Amendment to deny non draft
registrants financial aid was
opposed and a campaign
for tampon machines grabbed headlines.

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Academic

Affairs: Robert Rossberg

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Vice President for Graduate Studies
and Research Donald Rennie

Associate Vice President for Student
Affairs Anthony Lorenzetti

NYPIRG
The City lost a journalistic
mainstay,
the
CourierExpress and continued to
have economic hardships
with layoffs and plant closings.
But UB continued to plod
along, under the leadership
of an aggressive President.
who promised a brighter
future even with another
unfriendly Governor. And
students
even
awoke
momentarily
trom their
slumber to protest an issue
or two.
There's still hope yet.

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Dorm Life

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The students and their stuff approaches the complex slowly. The big
brick structures stand out in the small
suburban surroundings,
attracting
gaping looks with a space age appearance, Nearby, the city of Buffalo
grows old, but the brick imagination
and the influx of new faces works to
make the University
at Buffalo
residence halls vibrant. Moms and
Dadsmove them and theirs on and off
nearby elevators; and with a wave
goodbye, a new life begins,
Living in the dorms represents for
many students their first experience
away from parental supervision. Whiie
student Resident Advisors (RA)s ensure
the dormitories' continued existence no bUildingshave yet exploded. bomb
threats and intoxicated students, not
withstanding. (A University policy

allows total freedom in the rooms). Neither Mom nor Public Safety told
anyone what or who to do anything
with. Communication always came in
handy should the event be private
and personal ranging from signals on
the closed door to pre-arranged warnings.
Living away from home includes the
responsibility for doing your own laundry, hunting for your own food and
managing money for this and other
necessary supplies. Through one of
these, the telephone, the opportunity
to ask parents to take care of all of the
above presented itself. Give yourself
bonus points if you remembered
hangers and a soap dish.
Hibernation and hermitage
were
made possible by the array of services
available within the dorm complexes.
Cafeterias offered food on a no-cut
contract basis while late night snack
stands accepted
anyone's cash. For
the independent
culinary artist. kit-

chens on each hall allowed for a more
persanalized menu. Waiting for a dryer
in ground floor laundry rooms convinced more than a few people to save
their wash for the next vacation. There
were even drinking fountains in the
halls, not to mention bathrooms complete with sinks, toilets and showers.
With the mail room nearby to pick up
letters and CARE packages
there
didn't seem to be any reason to leave
this
newfound
home,
(Classes
anyone?)
Dirty laundry makes a place look lived in, but it doesn't make it a home.
Rooms could be arranged in any way
with assorted decorations. Some Main
Street Campus residents in cinder
block cells found pushpin postering impossible so they were rewarded with
private bathrooms.

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No one was limited to the one-ofeach-per-person
furniture alotment;
new additions were welcome. Of
course, University lounge furniture was
tastelessly apolstered to discourage
people
from
illegally
placing
it
amongst
their interior decor.
But
Goodwill was always available with
cheap old tacky used furniture (not
available in designer colors) to make
any room more cozy. Never mind that
windows had to be opened in Buffalo's
cold winter to offset over-heating.
Upon discovering that other people
existed in the same microcosm who
were not sharing your bathroom, floormates might have sought to make
their brethren more comfortable by
decorating
the outside walls with
murals and generally getting along in
the midst of hanging out or having
parties. Lounges availed themselves
for this as floors were the site of shaving cream and water fights. All this
continued with the knowledge that
the cleaning staff would visit the next
day.
The University placed
assorted
amusing things in the complexes to
lure people off their floors. A weight
room, ping pong tables and video
games provided sources of activity.
Passivity could be achieved in front of
a TV in public lounges or by watching
second run movies in the complex
every weekend. The Pub in Amherst's
Ellicott Complex hosted local musical
talent and featured dancing with a
live DJ. Political humorist Mark Russell
did six shows each year in between
student plays in Ellicott's Katherine
Cornell Theater. Cruising the complex
for happening parties was easily accomplished through sight and sound.
You can't hide a good party.
If anyone could possibly get bored
with all this, campus busses stopped at
all the dorms to take people to the
library, shopping malls, the other campus, or, heaven forbid, classes.

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Off-Campus
Life

Life at UB is not confined to the dormatories nor does it end at the edges
of campus - as a matter of fact, that's
where
it thrives. For most noncommuters who have spent their
undergraduate
careers at UB, the
dorms were only a stopover for one or
two years while getting aquainted
with the community, but the move offcampus was when you first began to
feel at home.

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The dorms aren't always the best
place. With up to six people crowded
into a room - and quite often no two
people in one room got along - public
bathrooms, crowded kitchens or food
service, getting kicked out for vacations, nothing to do in the evenings if
you were on Amherst and the general
problems associated with too many
people living in too small a space, you
could not wait to get into a real house
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a vacancy and finding a few people
you couid tolerate living with, the
great move began. And often it was
met with disappointment at first. If you
ended up in the student ghetto those streets between Winspear and
Englewood with their rows of two family shacks - you were often greeted
with poor plumbing, cardboard and
cinderblock furniture and paper thin
walls which allowed your housemates
to get to know you better than may
have been wished. But hey, this was
your house and with a little work and
patience you began to love it.

Many of the more intrepid headed
out for the more residential areas of
Winspear LaSalle area, Hertel Avenue
or near Delaware Park and began to
feel like real citizens of Buffalo. But
wherever you chose you discovered
that many dorm residents refuse to
believe - there is life in Buffolo and that
it is a marvelous city. The people, the
parks, the bars, the arts and music
scene, the Bills and Sabres and an
appreciation
of UB's social life that
does not exist on campus.

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Off-campus
Life

Although sometimes the winters got
pretty bod - the only time you telt
warm wos in bed or in the shower, with
the gas bills leaving you broke, the icy
sidewalks, cold winds and snow until
April - the spring, summer and fall
made up for it. Sitting on your porch
drinking beers and getting
high,
watching the beautiful Buffalo sunsets
(enhanced
by the local chemical
industry) and your friends who lived in

the neighborhood dropping by made
it all worth while.
Thiswas the college life, this was Buffalo. Coming to UB and spending four
years on-campus was only half an
education, living in Buffalo is where it
was at. No Southern California mansion or Park Avenue high rise can top
the charm of UB's off-campus community.

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Commuters

Like most things in this world, there
are both advantages and disadvantages to being a commuter. Idling in
early morning traffic on Millersport
Highway for 20 minutes while your
friends in Governors take a short
unobstructed ride to their first class,
with plenty of time to spare, might
lead you to think that matters are
weighted against you.

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Furthermore, when your landlord is
rapping on your door in search of
overdue rent money and you just
haven't had the heart to tell him your
bosom friend skipped out taking his
share with him, you might have second thoughts. Or when you still have
to battle your little brother or rival the
birds for early hours just to get into the
bathroom and lay hands on that blow
dryer
before
leaving
for
class
well, let's just say things look
considerably less than rosy.
But despite its seemingly weighty
drawbacks, the commuter life can still

promise free-flying college days for
the hawk-eyed student who knows
the advantages.
For example, consider the increased
freedom. Not only are your ears
spared daily dosage of Styx played
full-blast by the freshman down the
hall, you can ruin your hearing in your
own room (With your own music). If you
live off-campus with friends, you can
come and go as you please - no RAs,
unfriendly-types or underclassmen to
trip over as one must often contend
with in forced cohabitation.

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Also, the proximity to the city for
most commuters opens doors to an
especially exciting existence many
residents never have. Off-campus
bookstores,
churches,
and even
grocery stores like the North Buffalo
Food Co-op become meeting points
for their clients. Many community action groups, such as the Sierra Club,
are located off-campus in order to
benefit the city at large. Small shops,
out-of-the-way
restaurants and now
electronic game arcades populate
the newly-neoned Elmwood Strip, Buffalo's
hopping
nightime
scene;
galleries and antique stores permeate
the city's long-time Bohemia-awayfrom-Greenwich,
Allentown.
Movie
theaters, museums, clubs, ice skating
rinks - for entertainment, every possible divertment for every possible taste.
The opportunities for interaction with
other young (not infantile) adults is
endless.
Recognizing its duty to aid and comfort off-campus residents, the Office of
Student Affairs instituted the Commuter Council, whose business it is to
improve the commuters quality of life.
Though they are well known during
surnrner orientation for displaying slide
presentations with lots of trees and
boys in tube socks coursing off to class
to weary University initiates, they are
perhaps more renown for their amazingly cheap Commuter Breakfasts. A
rock-bottom 15 cents can usually get
you tea or coffee and a doughnut.
And after a particularly hard day,
you might want to think ahead to the
evening meal, How about tacos? Or
pizza at La Mia Via? Or Leon's, for
Chinese food?
Oh, also important - off-campus
food beats the pants off cafeteria
mystery meat.

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Even though we sometimes forget
why we are here, the Universityexists
for us to get an education.
Academics, therefore, are foremost in
most students' minds.
Day in and day out through the year,
students trudge to classes,where they
participate in discussionsand hear lectures, hoping to absorb some of the
knowledge/information that is outputed by professors.
Collating all of this isno easy task for
most, regardlessof the subject matter.
It requirescareful readings and experiments and long hours perched in US's
many libraries.Come exam time, with
the libraries open 24 hours, seats
become hard to find. Last minute
cramming is the norm, despite
attempts to keep pace during the
year.

Many students need help. So they
drop in on one of the various tutoring
centers that were established to provide last-minute instruction and
review. Many ask friends and peers for
help.
USis rapidly gaining a reputation for
its demanding programs, a fact that
has not gone unnoticed by those who
attend the institution. Professorsdemand quality work, especially written,
with a quick pace and an exacting
amount of material.
Without question, however, there
are rewards.Fairgrading policies have
been established, with suitable
checks, The undergraduate Student
Association (SA) publishes SCATE, a
comprehensive course evaluation
that helps students decide which
courses to take.

Also, the Division of Undergraduate
Education offers counselorsto help still
more undecided students sift through
the many offerings.And many departments are beginning to offer advisement.
For those students that want
something extra, there are enough
special programs offered. The Special
Major Program lets students study
everything
from journalism
to
international relations, even though
there are no regular departments in
these fields.
US is the most comprehensive
academic institution in the State
system.Itsofferings are so widespread
and demanding that its reputation as
a top-notch university is growing.
It's a movement we face everytime
we take a class.

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Despite a flurry of record setting performances, the 1982season had to be
something of a disappointment for the
Bulls,who had high hopes for a winning
record.
UBended its season for the second
consecutive year at 5-5, but it could
easily have been 9-1as the team's final
record was deceiving. The Bulls,hot
and cold all year, won their games big,
blowing out opponents. They had
routs of 41,22,39 and 2B,while their five
losseswere by a combined total of 20
points.
It was through the air that the Bulls
traveled all season as the squad set a
new team record for points scored,
amassing 291,The offense was once
again led by quarterback Marty
Barrett,
who
passed
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touchdowns and 1759yards, despite a
serious Injury that caused him to miss
almost four whole games.
Barrett also set career marks in
passes attempted and completed,
yards passing,touchdown passesand
total offense. And Barrett will have
another season to improve on hisown
records. He was assisted by senior running back Pat Whitehead, whose allpurpose play sparked the Bulls,while its
star quarterback was sitting on the
bench.
Whitehead had 15 touchdowns-just
one shy of the season mark-while running for 615 yards, catching a record
55 passes for 608 yards and evenaccumulating 310 return yards. Chris
D'Amico and Jim Stojak averaged 17.7
and 14.4yards a catch respectively,

while hauling in seven touchdowns
between them.
Place kicker Bernie Weber aiso starred as he set a team record with 59
points,11field goals and 26 points after
touchdowns. He also averaged over
32 yards punting.
BUTit wasn't poor defense that led
the Bulls down-it was sloppy play.
Safeties, penalties and turnovers
doomed the Bullsin all its lossesas the
team found Itself handing away points
and. ultimately, football games.
But despite numerous graduation
losses, the Bulls have Barrett back
healthy for another year. And with an
explosive offense like the Bullshave,
anything can happen.

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Homecoming

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It had ta be one of the most
memorable homecomings in UB
history.
Star quarterback Marty Barrett
came off an injury to throw three
touchdown passes in little more than
one quarter of playas
the Bulls
destroyed the Brockport State Eagies.
52-13.
But there was more to the game
than football. Over 2500 fans turned
out to cheer the Bullson ad mist a sea
of biue and white pompoms. Beerand
parties flowed all weekend as the
undergraduate Student Association
(SA) sponsered several on-campus
events.
And the Bulls completed
the
weekend with a big victory in a brilliant
display of offensive firepower.

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The Field Hockey Royols, backed by
fine coaching and team hustle, captured the New York State Championship, but were denied a bid to the
national playoffs,
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nonetheless, The Royals finished at 11-3
for the season, which included its
sweep of the State Championships
To win that title, the Royals had to
climb over many teams ranked above
them. First, it was third seededOneonta State, which fell 1-0, then it
was seventh seeded Manhattanville,
who was defeated by the same score,
Left wing Tricia Ames scored twice as
the Royals came back to defeat
Brockport for the Championship,
During the year, the team waspaced by Jeanne Quinlivan, and captains Poppy Doro, Cherla Koronowski
and Kelly McGlynn, Women's Athletic
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So close, yet so far.
The UB Mens Soccer team had a
successful season for Head Coach Sal
Esposito, but fell just short of its goal of
a second straight State University of
New York Athletic Championship.
Finishing at 8-3-2, the Bullslost out to
Buffalo State by just one game in the
Conference, after winning the division
a year ago with a thrilling, must -game
victory over Brockport State. Although
disapointment was high, so was team
pride and enthusiasm-even
without
the SUNYAC Championship or a bid to
the
National
Collegiate
Athletic
Association tournament.
The team was not without its stars.
Defender Aldo Ballarin and goalie
Marty Pavone were not only cocaptains and inspirational leaders, but
top-notch performers as well. Pavone
set a career shut -out record, by
blanking 15 opponents during a two
year varsity career.
Ballarin was
selected to the SUNYall-star squad for
his fine all-around play.

It was an auspicious beginning.
Elevated from club to varsity status
just one year ago, the Women's Soccer team had an extremely successful
season under Coach Michelle Barzcak.
Season highlites included an 8-0
rout of Niagara University as junior
goalie Janet Holliday accumulated
the shut-our. UB's other junior goalie,
Pam Gabel, had six shut-out during the
season, including one against Buffalo
State College, where she racked up 17
saves.
Although the Royals finished with a
winning season, next year could be
even brighter. Only two members of
the squad are seniors. The only sour
note? Barzcak has a four year obligation to the military and may not be
back next year.
But all in all, UBsoccer boosters have
a lot to look forward for.

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A disaster.
That's the only way to describe the
second half of the leers' season. Atter
sporting a respectable
6-3-1 mark
throughout the first 10 games, the Bulls
proceeded to lose 12 straight games,
finishing at 7-16-1.
But it was not a lack of talent that killed the team. Injuries to leading scorers
and a slew of players declared
academically
ineligible ruined the
team, leaving it shorthanded at almost
every position. Goalie Mark Tesoriero
saved many games from being complete routs as he otten kicked aside
40 shots a games.
Of the original 29 players, only 22 remained, many of them inexperienced.
But there is hope tor the future. According to head coach John Mickler, the
team
had a successfui recruiting
season and, combined with the young
players who learned the ropes by
necessity this season, there's reason to
believe next year will erase the
memories of this campaign.

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Men's Swim

The UB Men's Swim Team used a
mid-season surge to finish one of its
most successfulseasonsever.
The squad was paced by senior
Greg Weyland, who set numerous
team records and was recognized by
the College Swimming Coaches
Association for having one of the best
times during a week in the season.
Jonathen Dell and Gary Stone also
set school records during the season
as the team easily handled most of its
opponenets in DivisionIIIcompetition.
It was coached by Paul Mahoney.
swimming its meets at Clark Gym.

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It was a long season for the Royals as
the team dropped its first six meets
with one of UB'stoughest schedules.
Despite the rough start and terrible
schedule, the squad held tough and
advanced
several swimmers to the
State Championships.
Ellen Scollins, Joanne Rafferty and
Lisa Hoyt led the parade as they
qualified for the States. One of the
team's weakest areas was diving, but
the addition of coach Dwight Byrd was
a significant help as the Royals improved at the end of the season.
Next season, the team, coached by
Suzanne Gicewicz, will face a more
competitive slate of opponents. The
1982-1983 experience
should prove
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Wrestling

Despite injured and academically inelgible players, the UBWrestlers showed they had talent. ending another
winning season under coach
Ed
Michael.
The team lost two varsity lettermen
to injuries and then watched three
more succumb to academic standard
problems. But personnel problems
aside, the Bulls dominated
several
teams on its way to a high winning
percentage.
Tri-captain Art Pittman and treshman
Marty Pidel led the grapplers as they
each controlled and mastered opponents in dual matches. Guy Lucas
and sophomore Andy Komarek also
had banner years for this young squad,
whose best years may well be still
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A learning experience.
For a team composed almost
entirely
of
freshman
and
sophomores,the Women's Volleyball
team hod nothing to be ashamed
about. despite a losingrecord.
Only Captain Miyo Konno was a
senior on Robert Maxwell's squad,
which finished at 11-20-1. Four
freshman
joined
with
seven
sophomores as the Royals went
through a grueling schedule that
included numeroustournaments.
The Royals ended the season
strongly, but finished lost in a four
team field at the Big FourChampionships, losing to Niagara University
twice and Buffalo State once. The
team did defeat Canisius.
But with only the loss of Konno,
hopes are high that the young Royals
will use 1982 as on experience
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Softball

It was a seasan for learning.
The women's saftball team posted a
4-15, hard-luck
record during the
Spring of 1982.
There were several individual bright
spots for the team. Joyce Stronka
came through with a .400 average,
while knocking in 11runs. Shortstop Kim
Heburn and third baseman Loretta
Forman each had strong seasons at
the plate in addition
to expertly
guarding the left side of the Royal

infield.
They hit ,372 and
.347
respectively.
First baseman
Lynn
Salzman kept up her half of the infield,
by slugging for a .366 average.

Women's Softball: (front row) Theresa Palmieri.
Melissa Brown, Kelly Supple, Kim Heburn. Loretta
Forman, Jo Anne Fournier. (back row) Head
Coach Josie Cardullo, Joyce Stronka, Lynn
Salzmann, Andrea pose-mort. Tami Meek. Patti
Beadle, Pam Gabel, Joanne Hund. Janet Donner

On the mound, the Royals suffered.
Pitchers
Stronka
and
Andrea
Rosenhaft threw the same number of
games. But Stronka was again the big
winner, with three victories and a
respectable 3.11Earned Runs Average.
Rosenhaft compiled an ERAof 4.16.

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The UB men's track and field team
overcame several tough obstacles to
finish with a satisfying record of 4-3. In
post-season play, the team did well,
finishing seventh in the State University
of New York Athletic Championships
and 14th in the State.
The team, coached by AI Heinen,
ran its meets on the Main Street
Campuses' Rotary Field. It was led by
several individuals who had great
accomplishments,
Matt szkotck was an all-purpose
star, winning numerous events in the
Javelin, Shot put, Discus and Hammer,
His muscle was complemented by the
speed of Mike Verano, who captured
several 100 and 200 meter dashes
throughout
the year.
The squad,
plauged by bad weather, was also
held back by a lack of depth, Kevin
Greiner and Paul Kittell helped out with
strong performances in the Long and
Triple jumps and the Pole Vault
respectively,
The team,
whose
season
is
composed of dual meets, expects to
keep improving as the sport captures
more attention at the University.

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Finishing with
spurt.
That's how the Men's Tennis squad
ended another winning season for
Coach
Tom LaPenna. The team
closed with a rout of rival Buffalo State
and continued on to a third place
finish in the SUNVACs.
The Bulls, who had a 6-5 record,

scored 17 points in the conference
final, trailing only Albany State and
Binghamton, who finished with 35 and
22, respectively. The squad beat out
six other teams for the third place spot.
Sophomore stand-out Russ Tringali
and senior Mike Chadwick paced the
UBefforts with a victory in the doubles

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final, Tringali and Chadwick placed second each in the finals at Numbers
one and two singles, respectively.
Junior Brian Chadwick took second
place in the number four singles.
With Chandler and Tringali returning.
the Bulls can look forward to another
positive season next year.

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Women's Track and Field: (front row) Manger
Melissa Hinson, Sue Phillips, Ellen Burns. Dawn
Kolkowlcz. Esther Ungerman, Karen Rogers. Head
Coach Doris Clay, (middle row) Jane Turner.
Tricia Ames, Crystal Austin, Valerie Anderson.
Linda Ropes, Kelly Griffin, (back row) Leslie Smith,
Cheryl Gandy,
Dominique Mathelier,
Ann
Molouskv. Diane Alessi, Martha Hurley

It was a highlysuccessfulyear for the
women's track and field squad as they
breezed to an undefeated record and
top-notch finishes in several chornpionships.
Duringthe regular season,the squad
went 7~0 and won the Big Four title,
while finishing5th in the Cortland State
invitationai and 12th in the AIAW
EasternRegional.
With help from Coach DorisClay, the
team was paced by several fine
performances throughout the year as
weeks of training and dedication paid
off with many new team records.
Sprinter Sandra Davis broke records
in both the 100 and 200 meter dash,
while teamate Cheryl Gandy broke
another UBrecord when she ran the
400 meter dash in unherelded time.
Linda Ropes added to the Royal's
speed demons by breaking a iong
distance mark for the 5,000 meter
run.
High jumper Ann Maiausky helped
the Royals in the field events, with
strong performances all season,finally
breking the team record with a 1.42
meter jump against RIT.

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It was a miracle the team even
played its schedule this year, let alone
finish above ,500,
Plauged by controversy and lack of
money, the UB men's baseball team
finished at 17-16and ended in up in
second place in the conference with
an 8-4 record. UB'sonly Division I team
played a rigerous slate, that included
meny of the nation's best sqauds.
The team
had been hurt the
previous year by charges of wrongdoings by coach Bill Monkarsh, who
allegedly falsified game data. He was
suspended for one year, after a
lengthy investigation that occured
during the season.
First year coach
Ray 8orowicz
guided the team through its annual
Florida trip and subsequent regular
season, with home games at Peele
Field. His quiet patience and mellow
demeanor were just what the doctor
ordered for UB, The team has since
moved to the new Alumni Arena
Fields,which promise to give the team
better facilities.
The team was paced by a strong
outfield that ranked with some of the
country's premier talent, Right fielder
Ruben Pettiford had a solid Spring, hitting .436 and leading the team in
almost
every
offensive
category-including
hits (48), runs (36),
home runs (7) and Runs Batted In (40).
Pettiford was assisted in the outfied
by center fielder Greg Miller, who batted .340. Oftensive fire power also
came from the infield as Gene Dudek
hit .414, while turning over 13 double
plays in the field. Third baseman Pete
Hammerl assisted the wrecking crew
with 33 RBis,while hitting at a ,329 clip.
On the mound. the Bullswere paced
with a young crew, that at times performed brilliantly, but slumped on
other
occasions.
Freshman Mike
Powers and Greg Orange were the
team's leading winners, with three
apiece. Orange had the lone shut-out.
a 9-0 whitewash of rival Buffalo State
College,

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Varsity Baseball: (front row) Gregg Miller. Jim
Mattison, Greg Orange, Gene Dudek, Doug
Olsson, Rudy Pettiford, Pete Hemmen
John
Mattison. (back row) Head Coach Ray Borowicz.
Paul Mary, Mike Power, Tim Kraska. Tany
Storzvnskl John Kowalczyk, Adam Haas, Walt
Krisa, Assistant Coach Jerry Scarcella

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Women's
Tennis

Although the regular season was filled with ups and downs for the Royals'
Tennis team, it was an exciting postseason finish that excited the University.
Sporting a 5-5 record, the team won
the Big Four Championships with a
strong performance from top players,
including Amy Ross and the doubles
tandem of Leslie Stidham and Laurie
Feldheim.
The Royals, a team without captains,
finished 14th in a strong field in the
State
Championships.
Ross, the
number one singles player all year, advanced to the third rouna.
Stidham and Feldheim also made it
that far, only to be eliminated.

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Spirit
Some say it doesn't exist at this
University. But as attendence at home
football games and spirited shows of
school chauvinism at homecoming
have proved, there is something that
ties and unites UB students together.
This may not be the University of
Southern California or Notre Dame,
where spirit sometimes supercedes
the school in "school spirit". For the
enthusiasm
generated
at this
University does not come from overgenerous alumni or from a overemphasis on the sport.
UB's spirit is real. not the product of
some
over-priced
promotional
agency that does not care for the
social and academic fabric of the
institution. UB students are lucky-they
don't have to wait in line to see some
of the worst teams play their school
and to be forced to sit in the
nosebleed section of the arena. We

are allowed to see whatever action
we want, when we want and from
where we want.
UBstudents and student/athletes do
it because they want to. There is no
other motivation or reward. For some
reason, it seems so much more sincere
here.

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For many students, simply watching
sports isn't enough -they have to get
out and participate themselves.
At US, this is usually accomplished
through one of the many intramural
offerings throughout the year. Run by
the Athletics Department, in Alumni
Arena, the program offers several
sports for US students to get involved
in. There are leagues and playoffs and
the competition is quite intense.

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City Sports

While many UBstudents strongly support their University's athletics programs, so to do they care about the
City's three major sports teams.
The National Hockey League Sabres,
coached
by the legendary Scotty
Bowman, began a youth etfort this
season, depending
on its top dratt
picks to produce. The club, still seeking
its first Stanley Cup, plays its home
games in the Memorial Auditorium.
But the youth movement appears to
be working. Its main competition,
however, happened to be the Montreal Canadians and the Boston Bruins,
who once again dominated the division. But the future indeed looks bright.
The National Football League Bills
disappointed
their fans this season,
failing to make the playotfs and losing
Head Coach Chuck Knox to the Seattle Sea hawks. The club collapsed atter
the strike, finishing at 4-5 and failing to
make the playotfs. Fans, media and
players alike blamed management's
stinginess for the club's decline from a
legitimate Super Bowl contender to (X
also-ran.
The Major Indoor Soccer League
Stallions don't get the attention the
Bills and Sabres do, but nonetheless
provide the fans with exciting play and
good, family entertainment. It's almost
like sports at the circus when teams
visit the Aud but there's plenty of major league action to go around.

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The University's pride and joy-Alumni
Arena-was home to two ceremonious
events this year, filled with pomp and
celebration, the iikes of which are
rarely seen at US.
The first occurred on October 31,
when US President Steven S. Sample
was inaugurated as the institution's
twelfth chief executive. To some, the
ceremony was US at its finest. A
spankling new gym was the scene as
hundreds
of
faculty
donned
academic
robes,
interested
community
members
sat
in
attendence and the University's hierarchy gathered to officially welcome
Sample.
Less than two months later, Alumni
Arena was officially dedicated. Home
basketball games for the men and
women provided the backdrop for the
ceremonies.

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Summerfest

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Summer at the Amherst Campus istruly ideal. Students idol about. the
pace is relaxed and the Campus's surroundings seem to come alive.
Topping the summer events is Summerfest, a scaled-down version of the
Feststhat bring in and out each school
year. Held at Baird Point. the crowd is
smaller and different. People get tans,
lollying about in the midst of a party
atmosphere, while local bands display
their talents, in hopes of gaining a
following.
In some ways, Summerfest is nicer
than its sister Fests-the same amount
of fun, with a lot less hassle.

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To UB students, the beginning and
end of school is symbolized by the
traditional Fests, previously held at
Squire Fountain, but since moved to
the Point. These day-long affairs,
replete with cheap beer. ideal surraundings and live bands, have
harkened out and started many a
friendship.
Thisyear, students were treated to
David Johanson and Southside
Johnny, who performed under the
pillarsof BairdPoint.Almost every year,
there is grumbling about the bands
and our failure to attract a truly bigname group.
But for thase that speak like this,the
point of a Festistruly missed.Sure,the
band is important, but it's the mood
and spiritthat really counts. A Festwill
never hinge on the band.

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The Stray Cats

"Rock thisTown" isthe trademark for
Long Island rockabilly stars, the Stray
Cats, who played a sold-out Clark
Gym November 21 UUABwas again
the sponserfor the band, which at the
time of its appearance, had the
number two sellingalbum in the nation.

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The StrayCats created considerable
excitement on campus and they lived
up to their advanced billing, thrilling
the crowd with covers of 1950s hits,as
well as material from the top-selling
"Built for Speed" album.
The band's two big hits, "Stray Cat
Strut' and "Rock This Town" brought
down the house, but the trio found
that its lesswell-known ditties were just
as well received by a crowd in love
with them and their sound. Bythe end,
the show was being compared to
some of the best in UBhistory.

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Robert Hunter

Clark Gym was home to two diverse
concerts
during
the
Fall
semester-Grateful Dead writer Robert
Hunter and English new wavers the
Psychadelic Furs.
Both of the shows were produced by
the University Union Activities Board
(UUAB), a division of the student services corporation. Sub Board i.
While the Furs' brand of psychadelic
rocking brought a sell-out to the Main
Street Campus. Hunter's more mellow
strummings and musings could not
muster enough to fill the gym.
Nonetheless. reviews of both shows
were positive.

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little Steven

Getting
out from under Bruce
Springsteen's shadow is no easy feat.
But Steven Van Zandt (Beller known
as Miami Steve or lillie Steven) may
have gollon on his way to being
known as more than Bruce's guitar
player with his sterling performance at
Clark Gym in February.
Backed by an all-star cast. called the
Disciplies of Soul, Van Zandt brought
back rythm and blues to rock'n'roll
with his one and one-half hour, that
featured original materiai and several
cover versions of songs he wrote for
Southside Johnny.
lillie Steven, touring to support his
Men Without Women album, brought
the house to its feet. dancing and
swaying in the aisles as he opened
himself and his band to the audience.
The show was sponsered by UUAB.

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Nightcaps

Katherince Cornell Theater is not
known tor its rock concerts, but a
February
performance
by the
Nightcaps could change all that.
Free shows at this University have
been a common occurance as UUAB
has always budgeted a set amount to
provide up and coming groups an
audience at UB. But budget restraints
and lack of a proper facility when
Squire closed have combined to force
UUAB to be more economical, limiting
its opportunity
to provide
free
concerts.

One of the more successful this year
was the Nightcaps, a band from New
York City that has begun to gain a
following and a national reputation.
The show at the Katherine Cornell
drew many Ellicott residents, who
swayed to the sounds of the streets.

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Programming

The University Union Activities Board
(UUAB) will probably
always
be
, remembered for its concerts and film
programming. But its strength really lies
in the diversity of its programming and
its other, less famous affairs.
One of its most popular events is the
weekly Open Mike, which features
local artists in a mellow atmosphere.
Individual talent isallowed to flow as
freely as the beer and wine. Affer an
initial drop-off since the close of Squire
Hall, attendance has begun to climb
once again for this venerable series.
Another traditional
affair is theCoffeehouse series, that sponsers folk
performers
in quiet
settings.
It
culminates in the annual Folkfest, a
City-wide celebration of music and
crafts.
An innovation this year was the
Talbert Bullpen Nightclub Series,a concept long-discussed, but never trieduntil this year. The idea called for perfomances of varying talent, backed
by cheap food and a sophisticated
aura.
Despite lagging initial attendance,
the Nightclub series attracted
such
diverse acts as USTTopaz, entertainer
Kenny Bird and jazz band Bobby
Millitello.

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Abbie Hoffman and G. Gordon Liddy,
men who hail from different perspectives, were featured speakers during
the Fall semester.
Both appeared at the AmherstCampus' Knox lecture hall, sponsered
by the Student Association's Speakers
Bureau. Large crowds turned out to
hear the two political operatives spout
their beliefs, relive history, and entertain in their unique ways.
Liddy, the mastermind behind many
of former President Nixon's dirty tricks
on opponents, spoke out on governmental illusions. Hoffman, however, a
former Yippie leader and all-around
radical, illustrated the mellowed side
of his personality. He stressed the
importance of college.
Abbie Hoffman

G. Gordon Liddy

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Mel Blanc and
F. Lee Ba i1ey

Continuing in its effort to provide
diversified speakers, Speakers Bureau
hired legal great F. Lee Bailey and the
man of a thousand voices Mel Blanc to
round out their semester.
Bailey told a crowd composedmostly of lawyers and law students
that America's legal system needed
revamping and he proposed several
radical reforms. For the future lawyers
in the audience, he emphasized the
importance of writing skills,noting that
many attorneys had lost touch with
the populus and were unable to communicate.
Blanc spun his fascinating life story,
with the help of his friends-the hundreds of voices and characters he had
created for Hollywood. Bugs Bunny,
Tweetie Pie, Yosemite Sam and Daffy
Duck were all at Knox lecture hall to
assist the aging Blanc.

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F. Lee Bailey

lSI Forum

A university would not be a university
without discussion of a higher kind,
debates that draw together diver 0"'audiences a riC! ~~eakers on the centr'll issues of the day,
The lntercolleuiote Studies Institute
(lSI) was a vibrant sponser of such
discussions, holding a series on the
Arr,:rc~3t Campus, The group drew
together a collection
of professors

from around the area to lecture and
debate on issues,
Among the topics were forums .on
abortion, freedom of the press and the
Equal Rights Amendment, Each of the
events drew small. and sometimes,
silent crowds. proving that the issuesof
the day aren't always the issues on the
minds of the average student (unfor-

Lornes Grunebaum
Theresa Voqel
Father Reilly

tunotelv).

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Shirley
Chisholm

The crying need for campus acfivism
was the message
former
Congresswomen Shirley Chisholm brought
to Knox Hall in February.
The controversial speaker assailed
the Reagan administration
for its
bigoted policies and the economic
decay it was bringing on the country.
She asked that college students arise
to fight off the President's disasterous
policies.
"Not in 75 years have we found
ourselves in a situation where so many
segments in our society are suffering:'
Chisholm said. "The spirit of activism
should again rise on the college campus. I think it's important for students,
black and white, to come out of their
slumber.
The event was sponsered by the
Black Student Union as part of the
commemoration
of Black History
Month.

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Bond

Black Americans must participate in
politics if they hope to solve any of
their problems, Geargia Legislator
Julian Bond told a large gathering in
Slee Hall in February,
Attacking the Reagan Administration's policies as harmful and damaging, Bond called on his listeners to improve race relations through cooperation, He questionned current events,
noting that Reagan would let the civil
rights movement recede into oblivion
if he is unchecked.
As a collective group, blacks "",do
less about their own condition than
any other group of voters in the
world," Bond explained. Without an
active stance in politics, this situation
will not improve and. in fact. worsen
under Reagan, who is increasing
poverty, while improving the times for
the wealthy, he said.
The event was sponsered by the
Black Student Union as part of the
commemoration
of Black History
Month,

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Culture

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While popular music abounds
through most car stereos and dorm
rooms, the Universitycannot exist on
this alone. Forthose that require a ditferent approach to the arts,there are
plenty of offerings at this Universityto
satisfy even the most sophisticated
cuitural appetities.
These services are provided by a
number of outside groups, interUniversity organizations and studentrun programmers. They range from

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dancers to stagemasters, playwrights
to composers and performers to
peets.
Tomany, their work isthe synthesisof
what a University should be doing,
constantly reaching to the future,
creating new ideas and concepts, exploring new worlds that don't often
receive acclaim. At the same time, a
sense of the past must be preserved
and passed along so that those that
follow understand the present a little
better.

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From County home to Amherst
lands, The University's proud history.

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t started
as a
medical
college
with seven faculty
members,
one
leased
building, 72 students and a
graduating
class of 18.
Today, this University stands
as a member of the world's
largest system of higher
education, has three campuses, covers 1300 acres,
holds 1800 faculty, 26,000
students
and
a yearly
graduating class of at least
2500.
Through these 137years of
growth, U8 has been filled
with excitement. hope and
perhaps most prevalently,
disappointment. Although it
has never been ranked
among the academic elite,
it still harbors ambitions fornational recognition as a
major undergraduate
and

research institution.
The University of 8uffalo
was incorporated by an act
of the New York State
Legislature on May 11.1846,
the same day President
James Polk declared war on
Mexico. Millard Fillmorethen an unheralded Congressman from Buffalo and
soon to be President- was
named its first Chancellor.
Fillmore's University began
its operations in a leased
building at the corner of
Washington
and Seneca
streets. The first annual
course of lectures opened
on February 25, 1847with 72
students receiving instruction from seven faculty
members18 of these
students would be awarded
medical degrees later the
same year.

UB began as a medical college
(upper left) in this building on the
corner
of Washington
and
Seneca. It moved to a new home

Although the early University of Buffalo did not
develop rapidly in terms of
curriculum for the next 40
years, its growth and stature
in the medical field was
quickly and quietly being
established Dr.James White
led the scientific parade,
introducing
clinical
obstetrics as early as 1850.
Dr. John Dalton was the first
American to experiment on
living
animals
and
Dr.
Roswell Park was awarded
the first appropriation ever
from public funds to conduct cancer research.
The University built its first
facility on the corner of
Main and Virginia, which
caused the first hint of dissent and disatisfaction at
UB. To some, this was only
the first step in a major
expansion
drive,
while
others thought that it was
enlarging
the University's
mission too greatly.
But
despite the resistence, the
institution
organized
a
School of Pharmacy during
the late 1800s, established
a Dental School in 1892and
a teaching
curriculum in
1895. In 1891. an independently established law

(lower right) on Main and Virginia

shortly arter. By 1920, it had
occupied the old site of the Erie
County Home (upper

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,; Buffalo! Give
generously for your
Boys and Girls

school was incorporated into the now-growing University ot Buffalo
But the centu ry was
ending and modern times
were tast approaching. To
provide the kind ot leadership needed in this new era,
the University turned to one
ot the law school founders.
Chorles P. Norton, in 1905,
Norton was an expansionist
and he made no bones
about hiding his desire for a
greater
University,
one
based on an Arts and
Sciences College,
His initial plan for such, to
be constructed
between
the Albright-Knox Art Gallery
and the Buffalo History
Museum, never materiaiized. But Norton was not a
man to give up so quickly.
Four years after assuming
the Chancellorship, he proposed
the
University
establish itself at the 150
acre site of the old county
almshouse and hospital.
currently the Main Street

foremost. Samuel P. Capen,
Director of the American
Council on Education, was
selected
and
he was
inaugurated as the University's first full-time Chancellor
in 1922.He was to guide the
institution's destiny for the
next 28 yeors.
Capen's
tenure
was
marked by rapid expansion
and construction,
which
rivaled only President Robert
L. Ketter's term for building
new facilities. Foster Hall was

Campus. Despite intense
opposition
and outright
coolness toward the project
from
several
Council
members,
Norton
was
awarded the S54,300 the
county wanted for the area.
But
no
funds
were
allocated far the Arts College until 1915,when it was
established
on Niagara
Street. with permission to
grant bachelars
degrees
from the State Department
of Education. In 1920, the
University autharized its first
fund-raising
campaign
under the leadership
of
Walter P Cooke The $5
million that
was raised
enabled
UB to purchase
adjacent land. enlarging the
Main Street Campus to its
current size of 17Bacres.
FOllOWing Norton's retirement. the University undertook a two year search to
locate a successor, with a
goal
of
finding
an
experienced
educator

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dedicated
the first new
building on the Main Street
Campus in October. The
county's adult hospital was
shortly converted into Hayes

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expansion.

were
The

a

period

University's

of
first

endowment
campaign
was
started (clockwise from left), run
by a distinguished group of Buffalo
citizens. Partly, because

of this, US

was able to break ground on
Foster Hall. Such growth helped
the campus expand throughout
the decade and into the next.

that
the
University
experienced
a
true
burgeoning as a center of
American higher education.
For eight years he led the
University through an extensive program of enrichment
and building, laying the
groundwork
for
what
appeared to be a bright
academic
future for the
University of Buffalo.

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But

all of this rapid
growth brought forth new
worries and concerns and
the
University's
status
teetered. After careful consideration. it merged with
the new State University of
New York (SUNY) system on
September
1, 1962 The
merger
caused
quick
growth in both enrollments
and course offerings and
Hall; the children's hospital
was changed into Hochstetter Hall (now Wende); and
the
nurse's
home
was
recreated
into Townsend.
By 1935, new buildings were
completed to round out the
University as Capen added
the first Norton Union (now
Harriman) and Lockwood
Memorial
Library (nowAbbot).
As Capen's tenure wound
down,
the
Council
approved a plan to construct a Health Sciences
complex on the Main Street
Campus, the tinal piece in
what was to become a
complete, sprawling University. His term had seen a
small group
of schools
united into a 14-division institution with a central campus. Capen, who was to be
remembered as well for his
defense
of academic
freedoms, stepped down in
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was followed by T.R.
McConnelL who over-saw
additional growth during a
four year career. But it
wasn't
until Clifford
C.
Furnas, a nationally known
educator
and
scientist,
became Chancellor in 1954

space shortages cropped
up.
While
temporary
annexes
were
created,
there was clearly a need for
some kind of permenant
compensation
for UB's
space problems.
In 1964, New York State
announced plans for a $130
million campus to be constructed in a swamp on the
Town
of Amherst.
The
choice of location was hotly
contested and it is a decision that is discussed even
today.
Two alternatives
were
devised-one
consisted of constucting on the
downtown waterfront and
the other called for the
campus at the golf course
adjacent to Main Street. But
the suburban lobby was too
strong
for
those
that
wanted the University of/at
Buffalo to remain in the City.
Groundbreaking
on what
has since been dubbed,
"Rockefeller's
Folly" was
soon begun.
Implicit in this new campus
was the hope that UBwould
be the central campus of
the SUNY system, a Berkley
of the East In 1967. Martin
Meyerson was inaugurated
as President and the famous
scholar was put to the task
of creating the capital of
Eastern higher education on
a tract of land in the suburbs
of Western New York.
Upon his ascension, he
called for the creation of an
intellectual spirit. based on
freedom
and
open
dialogue. He proposed the
creation of the Collegiate
system, a merger of the
residential and academic
functions of a University,
which at the time was a
radical notion. These were
heady
times. Meyerson
talked of luring faculty from
The University was fortunate to
have quality leadership during this
period. Samuel P. Capen (left to
right) was the beginning of this
rich tradition, he was joined by
Clifford Furnas and T.R.McConnell.
Students of the 1950s wotched
this boom and socialized their way
through the decade .

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creating the mainstream af
academic thought at this
institution.

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dream
quickly
evaporated.
Construction
delays
slowed
down
Amherst Campus development. Meyerson took a
leave of absence and the
Vietnam war changed the
mood of the University.
Instead of becoming a hotbed
for
academic
endeavors, UBestablished a
reputation as a center of
protest and anti-war activity. The campus was closed
often and Buffalo police
were called on by administrators to keep order. At

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tenure
was
marked by constant protest
and dissension. His heavyhanded, often clumsy style,
was ridiculed by some and
faculty soon began to exit.
distressed by the failure to
achieve all that Meyerson
had talked of. While Ketter
restored arder to the campus, he also changed the
mood, lessening the spirit of
becoming the SUNYschool.
UB was not going to be a
star, it would have to settle
for
being
just
above
average.
Ketter did have his strong
points and many still do not
fault him for this decline in
spirit. He was instrumental in
formulating the Main Street

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times, it just wasn't a University any more.
Meyerson stepped down
to take a post at the University of Pennsylvania and he
ieft behind a ravished institution, wrecked with disappointment and frustration.
Peter Regan's
year
as
acting
President
was
hounded by demonstrations, in a move to restore
the University to normal.
former Vice President for
Faciiities Planning Robert L.
Ketter was appointed President. Ketter, who had a
clear reputation as a lawand-order man, was inaugurated in 1971,admist intense
protest

Health Sciences Complex
plan and he is generally
credited for overseeing the
completion of the Amherst
Campus.
As Ketter's term wound
down, a new challenge
faced
the
Universitybudgets. Rockefeller's successors were not as friendly
The reign of Governor Nelson
Rockefeller (top left) brought widespread changes to the University. A
patch of land in the town of Amherst

(middle, left) 'was selected, after
considerable

debate,

for the new

campus. Throughout this period,
students began

to acquire

different,

more active, pursuits,away from the
docie accepto ICe d It'e 1950s. BUlcio
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to the institution and the effect began to impact on
the academic and physical'
state of the University, The
Amherst
Campus
was
scaled down considerably
and academic
programs
went backward, not forward

mism struck the campus,
even in the face of worsening budgetary conditions,
Sample often cited in his
speeches during his initial
days
as President
his
predecessors, Capen and
Norton, Sample has a clear
sense of the history, tradition
and
mission
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UB

In 1981,Ketter announced
his long-anticipated
and
much-called for intention to
step down After a long
search, Steven B, Sample
was appointed
President
and a new wave of opti-

The reign of Robert L Ketter as
President (lower left) brought added

turmoil to the institution. He was
k"o.JgJrated (middle) in 1970, despite

intense opposition (lower, right). Sitins of buildings (upper,
(upper, left),

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additional Buffalo police on campus

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campus was the hope
that UB would be the
central campus of the
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truclion of the Amherst Campus.
cons
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red.ced SIaIe &JPP(lIl began 10 lead to
student and faculty protest (right).
Cries of "Save SUNY" sprung up as

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planning were reduced or eliminated.
In 1981, Ketter announced
his desire
to resign and the University selected
Steven B.sample of Nebraska (lower
right).

The University today - the modern
Amherst Campus is connected to the

Main Street spot by a system of
cemmuter buses. UB'sdiverse student
populalion is considered its streng1h as
the academic requirements have
toughened. Reiaxotion is '"s frequent
than it was in the 19505.

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Once the Indians of the great plains
lived and prospered off the buffalo. As
the hunting diminished, the tribes left
for more plentiful pastures. Farther to
the northeast a city by the inland sea,
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population. But as Buffalo passed its
sesquicentenial,
businesses
are
leaving the area dragging much of its
population
with them toward the
better job-hunting
grounds of the
south. Buffalo had no choice but to
modernize itself into a city that offered
promise for its dwindling inhabitants.
As Buffalo's unemployment rate was
peaking and its streets were littered
with construction, the future seemed
to be the City's only hope. Meanwhile,
in December 19B2,another steel plant
announced that it would be closing in
nearby
Lackawanna,
le ovlriq
thousands more jobless. Despite this, its
people maintained their civic pride for

a city that was talking more than it
was singing "We're Talking Proud."
The city's development gave every
indication that it would someday live
up to its people's loyalty and the
example set by Ontario's sparkling
Toronto 100 miles to the north. New
hotels and banks were sprouting
downtown. A massive downtown mall
project was begun as a theater district
developped on its outskirts. Through all
this were lumpy Main Street's detour
signs and cartooned green walls as
the Light Rail Rapid Transit tubes were
being dug. Mayor Jimmy Griffin had
just begun promoting a new domed

baseball stadium for the city.
Ironically, Buffalo supported all of its
teams except its double-A baseball
Bisons.With the stadium, Griffin hoped
to attract
better
minor league
franchises or possibly a major league
expansion team. O.J. Simpson couldn't
do it ten years earlier and Joe Cribbs
gave up on the football Bills as they
failed to reach the Super Bowl. Despite
Scotty Bowman's impressive history,
the hockey
Sabres most recent
significant achievement was hosting
the great Wayne Gretsky as he scored
his record breaking 77th goal of the
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basketball Bengals beat everyone in
the area including UB and division I
Canisius and Niagara in winning their
first ten games of 1982.
Buffalc hr;d cornered the market on
bowling alleys. movie theaters and
bars.The p. a be-viers tour made yearly
stops if) the ("ity and plex-plex movie
malls orror-, c' o rotol slate of first run
flicks, The '-' i lad to be something that
attracted c')~ege students to the area
-hundreds c: different bars and night
clubs offe~."d a set for any type of
person ana T\OOd.Bar hopping never
went out of stvie. Because of its
diverse audience and location, Buffalo
attracted
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groups and touring Broadway show
troupes.
Before, during or after a night on the
town, food was essential with Buffalo's
unique menu, While most people grew
up depositing
chicken wings and
potato skins in the garbage, Buffalo
chefs dropped them into deep friers.
The result was tasty anytime, Wings
were served in hot sauce with a cup of
blue cheese and crunchy vegetables,
Along with tacos and red hots, wings
fell into fhat cafegory
of Buffood
designed to make your intestines
remember your meal for a few days.
Another Buffalo tradition was the roast
beef
sandwich.
No, nof just a

sandwich, but dipped in gravy and
served on a rare kummelweck roll with
horse radish and a pickle and called
"beef-on-weck."
For traditionalists,
hamburgers were served steamed,
fried or broiled in either paper or foil
bags. Pizza was available in assorted
regional styles.
By the time you read this again,
Buffalo will have changed. It is in that
rather exciting
state of constant
change. According to plans, Buffalo
should be the city of the 1990s. So put
on your snow tires and come get a
beef-an-week
and watch the Bills
halfbacks fumble while the city enters
its renaissance,

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At a campus as large and complex
as UB's,students and other community
members need some method of
.keeping pace with its affairs, events
and happenings, To most. that way is
the four day a week, award-winning
newspaper, The Spectrum,
TheSpectrum has been a part of the
campus for' 33 years and is an
independent corporation, run by a
student-only Board of Directors. It
receives little in the way of direct funding from the Universityor the student
governments, 'instead surviving solely
on advertising revenue and other
income.
An Editor-in-Chief is responsible for
all facets of the paper and is assisted
by a BusinessManager, responsibiefor
that end of the operation, a Production Manager and three Managing
Editors.
The newspaper does all of its work,
except printing, in its offices in 14Baidy
Hall.All typesetting, photography, layout. paste-up, illustration and writing is
done by the students on campus,
As a newspaper, The Spectrum
hopes to provide readers with a sense
of what happens at the University,
analyzing these occurances from the
student perspective, while providinq
readers with a look at its more interesting personalities and events.
The Spectrum's Feedback and Oped sections rank as among the most
popular reading at UB. In these two
portions of the paper, students,
faculty, staff and others are allowed to
sound off or inform the rest of the
institution about anything or anyone.
As a corporation, The Spectrum
Student Periodical. Inc. also publishes
other material for the Universitycommunity, including the Student Directory
and the popular Survivals.

Edltor-ir>-Chlef, Seth Goodchild
Business Manager:

Michael Shatton

Managing

Editor: Terry Canade

Managing

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It also publishes the independent
Prodigal
Sun, a weekly
cultural
magazine
that
is distributed
throughout the City of Buffalo. The Sun
aims to expose the less well-known
angles of our culture and entertainment industry.
But The Spectrum is primarily a
newspaper, one that is filled with information about the campus and the surrounding community, geared to the
student viewpoint. Often times, it is the
only student voice on campus in areas
like faculty retrenchment. academic
policy and budgetary matters.
But regardless of the reason, The
Spectrum is an integral part of almost
everyone's life at UB. And, in some
senses, the reflection of the University
is seen in the paper three times a
week.
The Editorial Board :(front row, left to
right)Seth
Schultz,

Goodchild,

David Delisi,

Gary Stern, Liz Petrino,

Lori

Kevin

Krueger, Renee Miller, Deirdre Martin, Bob
Schooley

(top row, left to right) Terry Canade,

Randy Reade, Micheal
Heckman,

M. Faust,

Hopkins,

David

David Mavis, Jon Diat,

Alan Kachic, Tony Grajeda,

Michael Shattan

Production Manager: Renee Miller
Managing

Editor: Alan Kacnic

Advertising: Cindy Laughlin, Patty Helm
Advertising Production Coordinator: Kathy
Devoid, Production: Laurie Conway, Art Director:
David Mavis

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The Student
Association

SA Directors: (seoted. right to left) Cordell
Schachter, Phil Pignatelli, Pat Kujawa. Mike Eisner.
Gustavo Reynoso, Ken lves. David Lord, Wendy
Girsky, Scott Goldwater.
Todd Fienbush. Tom
Shavers, Bill Ferro, Mike Ryan, Jerry Olsen.
(standing) Lori Guerra, Miles Borden. Eric Altman,
Helaine Baruch
SA office stott: (seated) Pat Kujawa, Joan Pringle,
(standing), Cory Ryan, Terry Tricoli

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The
undergraduate
Student
Association (SA) is not a government.
although just about everybody on this
campus refers to them as such. Rather,
they
are the
collection
of all
undergraduate
students. formed to
represent the populus and provide
services.
SA is composed of several different
groups. The primary one is the three
executive
officers. elected
each
March to a one year term. The
president is responsible for serving as
the
representative
of
the
undergraduates.
the vice president
coordinates the internal officers and
the treasurer handles the disbursment
of its $1million budget.
Then there are the directors. who
work on individual projects and have
specific areas and responsibilities.
There are directors for just about every
task SA handies, including student
affairs,
student
organizations,
academic
affairs
and publicity.
Selected by the executive officers and
an appointments
committee,
they
serve for two semesters.
But the bulk of SA is composed of
the two legislative
branches-the
elected
Senate
and the open
Assembiy. The Senate decides the SA
budqet
each
Spring and
then
oversees its spending, acting
as
watchdogs over student mandatory
fees.

The Assembly, on the other hand, is
the grass roots, political activist section
of SA. Open to all students who can
obtain 40 petition signatures by the
selected dates, the Assembly works on
issuesthat affect undergraduates. The
150 member
body
is organized
through several committees that have
specific tasks and goals, all designed
to increase student participation and
awareness in the University.

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The Assembly
President Cordell Schachter
Vice President Phil Pignatelli
Treasurer Eric Friedman

Treasurer Eric Friedman

For SA, 1982-1983 was a highly visible
year, as it worked on many projects
designed to improve the quailty of
student
life.
President
Cordell
Schachter and vice president Phil
Pignatelli spent much of the summer,
getting support and contributions to
beautify Capen Lounge with private
monies.
The two also spent considerable
time working on the Student Activities
Building and the student
union
question.
There
were
several
unanswered questions to be decided
and the two were involved, working
with the administration and Statewide student leaders.
Student Affairs Director Norman
Goldschmidt spent considerable time,
concentrating
on improving
the
busing system and establishing a oncampus job locater system. Assembly
Speaker Jerry Olsen, re-elected by the
Assembly
with
a wide
margin,
attempted
to build
the infant
Assembly up with a strong reputation
by heightening campus awareness.
In athletics, Mike Eisner organized
such stunts as selling Rotary Field yard
lines to students, in hopes of upping
student interest in the football team
and the sports program in general.
Ken Ives spent his time trying to get
the Athletic Department to recognize
the importance
of SA and their
viewpoints, as the undergraduates
support the program to the tune of
S300,000.
Politically, SA was besieged
by
several groups, most notably foreign
students. International students, beset
by turmoil in their homelands, had
several run-ins with each other in the
Senate. Disputes that SA was forced to
mediate.
In all. it was a productive
two
semsters for SA, one that worked to
overcome
past negativisms
and
create
a new awareness among
students.

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Sub Board I

Vice Chair Chuck Mmegwa
Chair David Hoffman
Treasurer Carl Ahrmein
Executive Director Gabrielle

What is Sub Board I? To most
students, these words have little
meaning, But ask a student how they
have resumes printed up, or what he
does on a Saturday night or how she
can get tickets for the hottest show in
town and then maybe they'll know. For
the answer to all these questions is Sub
Board I (SBI),the student services corporation.
SBI is unique among all student
groups, both on this campus and at
universities across the nation. SBI is
completely
independent
of the
administration, almost totally studentrun and operated
with two basic
tunctions.
The first is to provide accounting for
all six student governments and other
on-campus groups. By State law, some
organization must act as the official
distributer of student mandatory fees.
But that is Sub Board's obscure
function. Its most visible, and most
important, is to provide students with
low cost services. To accomplish this
task, SBIis divided into several divisions,
each with their own specific task and
duty.
The best known is the University
Union Activities Board (UUAB), which
serves as the official programming
arm of Sub Board
Publications is a second division.
publishes The Current as well as
several special interest magazines
and journals. Publications also oversees University Press,the University's inhouse print shop.
The third division is Squire/Amherst,
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Included under this heading is the
Ticket Office, Off-Campus Housing and
Group Legal Services, all of which
directly help students with problems or
give them an extra advantage
for
their mandatory fee dollar.
The fourth division is that of Health
Care, which supervises the clinical
pharmacy and helps with the handling
of the student
health
insurance
program.

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SBIwas formed in the early 1970s as
an apolitical
service-oreinted
collection of students. Each of UB's
student governments is represented
on the Board of Directors, and is
accorded
votes
based
on its
contribution
of mandatory
fees. A
Treasurer,
Chair
and
Executive
Director handle the day-to-day affairs.

Circle K
University Press
CIRCLE K:(row 1. left to right) Mark Sewhuk,
Marcia Kozlowski, Karen Penny, Mary Kennedy,
(row 2, left to right) Eileen Sullivan, Colleen Russell,
Cathy Biernat, Donna Maltbie, (row 3. left to
right) Patricia Bernard, Andrew Klimek, Robert
Dombrowski, Paul Klimczak, Steve Kroczynski.

A university has a responsibility to its
surrounding community-to
assist in
any way it can the deveiopment and
growth of that area, At UB,there are
many student clubs dedicated
to
helping out, One of these is Circle K,
Its sole purpase is to organize
activities that can benefit charities in
the local region, In the past, it has
sponsered a Dance Marathon and a
Bike-a-thon to raise money for several
worthwhile organizations, Circie K also
lends volunteer help to agencies and
individuals,
Without groups like Circle K helping
out, the University would be failing its
mission of extending a heiping hand to
the needy in the community,

After four years of study, most
students are ready to enter the job
market, trusty resume in hand and
sweaty nervous palms, extending for
an employer s grip,
For many, the resume is prepared by
UB's In-house print shop, University
Press,
A Sub Board I organization, UP is
charged not only with preparing
resumes, but almost all posters, tickets,
flyers and other such material for student groups, Located In Harriman Hall,
it is run by a Business Manager and a
Production Manager, employing many
students to typeset and paste-up
rnechoolcols.
UP also helps out with the publication of The Current and the Alternative
Press,the two student-funded publications, UPdoes all of its own production
work, except for printing, which is done
at off-campus locations, Like many of
Sub Board's services, it attempts to
provide UB students with quaility, professional work, all done at bargain
rates,

University Press: Sue Fiscus, Mary Simpson

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The Current

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Trying to fit in on a campus with
more established and controversial
media is no easy chore. But The
Current, Sub Board rs weekly feature
magazine,has worked valiently to
carve out a niche as the Time or
Newsweek of UB.
Founded as Thundercurrent, the
publication began as a newspaper,
but changed In 1980 to a smaller size,
backed by a glossycover. Thisslickformat has helped The Current establish
itself as a Universitypubllcction.
The paper is organized along conventional styles, operating under the
auspices of Sub Board's Publications
Division Director. An Editor-in-Chief is
guided by an editorial board that has.
substantial control over the project.

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The publication tries to cover the
campus and national issuesfrom a different perspective that is written in a
featurey format. This year it also
sought to find the best in literary work
from across the spectrum of the campus. Poetry, short stories and
expository pieces, along with analysis
of campus and national issues
highlighted the publication.
TheCurrent isgrow;ng and slowly finding its edge in the inicket of campus
publications.
The

Current:: David

AIello, Steve Zorn, Fred
Sherrie Losso, Paula
DeMichele,
Steve Llesman, Anette Edwards,
Robert Brlzel, Ira Dananberg,
Tom Grauffo,
Andrew Lourie, Reg Gilbert

Pollett a, Laura Gianni,

Editor-in-Chief

Reg Gilbert

The ANC

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The Alternative
News Collective
CANC)is perhaps the campuses' most
recognizable student service group.
Housed in Harriman Hall's basement. it
is the University's iast hotbed
of
radicalism.
When one thinks of the ANC it is hard
not to conjure up images of the comics page. with the likable and controversial pictures of the Rat. the Poodie and the ever present broccoli. But
the ANC is much more.
Run on the collective system, where
there are no bosses, the ANC is partially funded by advertisements, with the

rest paid for by mandatory student
fees. It tries to provide the University
community with the leftist perspective
on nationai and campus issues.
In the collective, any member can
veto another s article. There is no
editor-in-chief
or business manager,
just a set of "coordinators" that are
responsible to the Student Association
and the rest of the Collective.
Of course, any publication of this
type is controversial and the ANC is
surely that. Almost every week, there is
some confrontation or disagreement
with somebody at the University. But

the ANC, born the The Other One,
always seems to survive.
While
the Collective
primarily
publishes the Alternative Press, it also
engages in other activities, including a
voter registration drive early last Fall.
For all its excesses, the ANC remains
a vibrant and visible student club,
dedicated to free expression.
ANC: (Front row, left to right) Kathy Randall,
Wayne Clifford, Mike Pierce, Candy Reynolds.
Kim Ross, Joel Kolltowitz. Stanley Coach, (second
row, left to right) Eric Malossi, Max Zweroff, Dave
Heatherly, Pat Downs, Pete Gainey. Steve
Cotrone, Andy Moore, Tina Posner, Joanne
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The University Union Activities Board
(better known as UUAB) is the student
run programming
board
for the
University, scheduling movies, concerts
and cultural activities.
UUAB is a division of Sub Board I, the
student service corporation, and is
composed of several committees that
have a certain area of programming
to do. It is coordinated by a Division
Director that reports to the Board of
Directors
Several committees compose the
group. Music is by far the largest and
most well-known of them, During the
first semester, it booked Such talented
acts as the Stray Cats, the Psychadelic
Furs and Robert Hunter, along with
producing
Failfest, which featured
David Johanson and Southside Johnny
and the Asbury Jukes and then there
was Springfest.
In the past, the music committee has
brought such stars as the Police, David
Bromberg, the Ramones, James Blood
Ulmer. the B-52s and the Good Rats.
The committee tries for diversity in its
programming,
prefering to bring a
varity of acts rather than just one type
of music. Not as well known is the
coffeehouse committee, that seeks to
bring a mellower
sound to the
University in a relaxed setting. The
cultural
and
performing
arts
committee this year brought a new
program to the Amherst Campus, the
novel Nightclub Series that featured a
host of varying acts, including jazz
musicians and magicians.
The film committee
provides the
University with top-rated
cinema,
including a series of free movies that
are culturally above par. But also it
features several movies that recently
appeared in the theaters and are in
the more popular venues.
UUAB also
rents
out
sound
equipment to campus organizations,
as it owns a sophisticated system and
employ
students
seeking
to learn about this field.
In a word, UUAB is diversity.

Division Director

Bill Hooley

UUAB: (Seated left to right) Ester Cooper, Roy
Kalvin, Paul Dickman (Standing left to right) Bill
Hooley, Anita LaMonto. Mihele ImbascianL
Adam Auslander, Thalia Sokoufis. Anne Marie
Richmond Paul Delunzio

The Ticket
Office
WRUB

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UB'sTicket Office boasts one of the
most comprehensive stock of tickets
for Western New York events, attracting a community-wide reputation,
From athletic matches to concerts
to theater to lectures, the Ticket Office
has it all. with only a nominal service
fee attached.
Operated
by the
Squire/Amherst Division of Sub Board I.
the Ticket Office is another long line of
services paid for by mandatory fees.
Ever since its move to the Amherst
Campus iast year, the Ticket Office
has been expanding rapidly. When
tickets for The Who/Clash concert
went on sale last August. the Ticket
Office had plenty of tickets to go
around and was, in fact. the last outlet
in Buffalo to be selling the prized
ducats.
But the Ticket Office does more than
just sell tickets. It is relied upon by most
of the student organizations when
they sponser events to watch and
regulate the transfer of money.

WRUB is the campus radio station, a
place where students can learn the
communications trade, while gaining
some valuable
social experiences.
Although it has been plauged by
previous
broadcasting
problems.
WRUBcleariy has a bright future at UB.
It has begun to lay expansion plans
to extend its listening audience to the
Amherst Campus and then posibly
beyond to the off-campus region via a
subscription arrangement with a iocal
cable television company.
At present. WRUBisan exciting piace
for students to air out fantasies or
simply gain experience in a field they
one day hope to enter. Totally
student-run, WRUB has its own disc
lockevs and engineers, to make sure
that the station keeps on the air.
Presently located in Goodyear Hall,
the station is adding news programs
and talk shows that are informationoriented. tailored to student interests.
The station
has been
habitually
plauged by financial and engineering
problems, although it made strides this
year to gain credability and listeners
through sound performance.

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Internationals

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International students comprise a
large portion of UB'sstudent body. In a
foreign country, where language and
culture are obstacles, these students
need some help and friendly concern
to make the adjustment painless.
There are several organizations that
aim to provide
a home-iike
atmosphere for the foreign student
population. Foremost among these
are the Division of Student Affairs and
the Undergraduate Student Association who provide funding and offices.
The Student
Asssociation
funds
several special interest clubs and has
an International Affairs Coordinator.
Hisjob isto smoothe relations between
the
clubs,
often
embattled
in
disagreements over events in their
homelands, and sponser activities that
provides a touch of home to a new
land.

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The Sexuality Education Center isjust
one ot many student-run services that
aims to assist students with an aspect
of everyday living,
Sex Ed helps those with problems, by
offering a confidential counseling service that has a one-on-one setting for
valid discussion and assistance, Like
many of its sister services, it offers
forums and seminars to educate andinform the University community
on
pressing issues,
Sex Ed also runs the birth control
clinic that offers students such devices
at cheaper prices, while teaching the
facts about these materials,

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Director: Ellen Christensen

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Squad

Baird Point Volunteer Ambulance
Corps: (Back
row) David Hoffman, Marty Schorr, David
Taggart Leo Pan, David Spiro. (front row)
Denise Campbell, Dave Greenfield

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When the Baird Point Volunteer
Ambulance Corp" Inc. purchased its
ambulance two years ago, campus
reaction was mixed. The most that was
probably expected was a bonus for UB
students interested
in emergency
medical training. But it has since
blossomed into one of UB's most
active
and
useful
student
organizations.
The Squad, composed
of EMTs,
works around the clock to keep UB
prepared
at all times. its familiar
orange jackets have become part of
every event at this University.
The Squad, entirely student-run, was
the first of its kind to appear on an
American college campus. It works
closely with the University, sponsering
a course in the field while providing
both practical and textbook training
EMTs in a practice

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GLS:(center) Hillary Silver (left to right) Bob
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Housing Office
(OCH) and Group Legal Services (GLS)
are possibly Sub Board l's most used
and most needed on-campus services.
OCH is for students who have
decided that life in the student ghetto
is a must experience. Particularly busy
in the spring and summer months, OCH
helps students locate suitable space,
providing listings and free phones to
help in the search.
GLS offers students
free legal
counseling on matters ranging from
tenant rights to housing disputes. It
also has a staff of paralegals, who gain
valuable experience and knowledge
for future endeavors.
Both of these groups are active in
other areas as well. Each sponsers
several seminars to inform students on
pressing matters. They also work with
the student 'governments and even
the University administration to provide better support for students and
improved conditions.

The Black
Student Union

PODER
Minority students at this campus
have complained for many years, that
they are treated unfairly and they
report a widespread sense of alienation, The Black Student Union (BSU)and
POClERare two groups that try to fight
these feelings of isolation, by bringing
together these students,
Both have offices located in TOlbert
Hall and while they do not work
together directly on issues,they have
many of the same concerns and their
efforts are directed in the same area,
The BSUoperates through monthly
meetings,
which this year often
featured guest lecturers, It sponsers
speakers, concerts and cultural events
designed to raise the consciousness of
blacks at UB and provide them with
some identity and common bonds
One of its most popular events is a bus
trip to Toronto,
PODERis on campus for the benefit

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of Puerto Rican students, Like the BSU
it tries to provide speakers that aim
both to entertain and inform, It also
sponsers cultural activities
for all
members of the University community,
hoping to join all together,

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But probably the largest role the two
group's play on campus is their
dedication to helping fellow students
and providing an atmosphere for the
gathering together
students of all
races,

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PODER: (seated,

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left to right) Maria

Virginia Acevedo,

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Darmoris Roman, (standing
Suarez, Edwin

Odinqo. Eileen

Eve, Jr,Monica Towles

Mojica,

left to right) Jose

Ramon

Nieves, Susan

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Alpha Lomba Deita: (Left to right) Caroline
Poropot. Maria Testa. David Dale, David Lillian,
Russell Smith, Jim Silk. Pam Holland

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APHOS: Fran Whalen, Dave Croglio
French Club: Walt WittkugeL Allyson Smith.
Margot Sullivan, Man Cheung, Lisa Kovel Laura
Moleski. Mike Perrino, Lisa George. Cheryl Gandy

Russian Club: (standing)
Leigh Koltun. Paul
Wiggen.
Allison Nelson, John Knob. Daryl
Hartman,
(seated)
Nancy
Smith,
Mary
Thompson. Anna Smirensky, Luli Smith, (kneeling)
Oksana Stowbunenko

At any institution of higher learning
the most important task is education.
Assisting professors and administrators
in this effort are US's many academic
clubs, that seek to create enthusiasm
and additional interest in their fields.
On the
most
part,
they
are
sp6nsered by the Student Association
and they total over 40, representing
almost every department
at the
University.
Different
from
student
service
organizations in that they center on
the academic, rather than social or
practical
sides of the institution.
Generally, they sponser receptions for
faculty and students to interact and
become more familiar with each other
and the departments.
Many hold annual dinners to dole
out awards to outstanding students
and faculty. Some sponsers forums
and debates on relevant topics in the
field. The Political Science club, for
example, held a debate
on the
nuclear freeze issue, hoping to provide
the University with some scholarly
information.
The
clubs
also
serve
as
representatives
to departmental
policy committees, providing input into
the decision-making process. In many
cases, the presidents of these groups
will be consulted on large polley issues
that affect undergraduates.
Pictured are four such groups, that
cut across the boundry of these
academic clubs-Alpha Lambda Delta,
an honor society for freshman; Aphos,
which represents
health sciences
students; and the Russian and French
clubs, which work actively on the
campus to teach the University about
their disciplines.

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Community
Action Corps
The Anti-Ra pe
Task Force

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there is a crying need for service
organizations, that help students and
community
members through hard
times. Two of the campuses' most
active are SA's Community Action
Corps(CAC) and SBl's Anti-Rape Task
Force(ARTF).
CAC is dedicated to helping all kinds
of groups. It sponsers the popular
Dance Marathon, held every spring to
benefit Muscular Dystrophy. One of
the most successful fund-raisers on
campus, it is prepared all year and
serves to unite campus student groups
for a most worthy cause.
As part of its goal of constructive
University-community
interface, CAC
sponsers the Be-a-Friend program. By
offfering those at UB a chance to join
with lonely children for a while, CAC
reaches out to those that need the
help of the University.
All of this cannot be accomplished
without money. CAC raises its funds,
those that are not culled from mandatory fees, through its successful film
program. CAC tries to bring a vareity
of shows to campus and always books
at least one prodcution of the more
sophisticated variety.
ARTFwas formed three years ago in
order to provide female students
safety when walking home from the
University. ARTFhas several bus runs at
night. leaving from the Main Street
Campus
with
pick-ups
at most
buildings, to surounding streets.
There is no charge for this van service. ARTF also has a walk program
that takes students from libraries at
late hours to the bus stop or their car,
so as to avoid women students walking around the dark Amherst Campus.
Whether its helping with the prevention of rape, or working year-round to
help those afflicted with disease, ARTF
and CAC are always around, extending a hand to someone in need of
help.

Community
Action Corps: (left to right) Jim
Irwin, Karen
Schulenberg.
Joe O'Connell,
Rosemary Beckley, Linda Ropes. (lying down)
John Ross

ARTF: Pam Nicastro. Jay Klampart

The
Independents
Gay People's
Alliance

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The Independents are a special service
organization,
one
that
is
composed of and assists handicapped students cope with life at UB.
But many of fhe members are not
handicapped,
but dedicated
to
·fighting for the rights of the afflicted
bath at the University and across the
country.
The Independents emphasize that its
only goal is not to promote nondiscrimination in terms of architecture,
but to help in areas of academic and
social accessibility.
On the architectural
level, the
Independents have worked to ensure
that the University complies with State
and Federal law in the area of public
accessibility. They have successfully
worked
to gain the addition
of
wheelchair
ramps
in numerous
campus buildings.
Located in the basement of Capen
Hall, the lndpendents are welcome to
any and all who can give ideas or
suggestions and share their thoughts
with regular members. It is groups like
the Independents that make life at UB
more pleasant for so many.

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Dealing with one's homosexuality
can often be a trying expeience at
first.At UB,fhere is an organizafion that
attempfs to make fhis awareness a
smooth and relafively painless fask.
Thaf organization is the Gay People's
Alliance (GPA), a formal organizafion
of UBsfudents. Located on fhe second
floor of Talberf Hall, the GPA is an
ocfive club, sponsering several events
and get-togethers.
Perhaps its best-known. and mosf
populor. funcfion is fhe Coffeehouse,

Where students get together to enjoy
some mellow music and relaxing
atmosphere. GPA also spcnsers many
gatherings for UB's gay population,
and publishes its own newsletter. that
seeks the best submissions.
Buf even if one does nof attend any
of ifs many evenfs and affairs, to most,
just the
existence
of th quiet
atmosphere that the GPA office itself
provides is enough for. many UB
students.

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exchange ot divergent opinions and
their synthesis, an institution of higher
learning is missing its true heart.
At UB, this year, several issues
appeared to challenge apathy on a
national issues. The first was the
country's
most pressing political
matter of the year - the nuclear
freeze
movement.
While
State
Legislatures
from
communtities
spanning the country
considered
motions, UCAM (United Campuses for
the Prevention of Nuclear War) kept
this campus in touch.
During the year, UCAM sponsered
several films and presentations, all
geared at keeping the University
informed on the dangers of nuclear
accelereration.
The other long-running political story
was one that hit closer to home, yet
had far reaching implications during
the 'Year of Reagan.' The battle for the
Department of American Studies to
receive
a Ph.D degree
program
gathered
momentum
as unit
members kept a vigil in founder's Plaza
- and during the winter, in Capen
Lounge - to protest the University's
failure to grant the program the
approval it has been seeking for many
years

Special Interest
Clubs
Commuter
Council
Commuter
Council: (clockwise) Louis Yeostros.
Sue Mittman. David Lillian. Pam Lillian, Caroline
Parapet. David Dale.

At a University as large as UB.there
are many students who have diverse
interests. As a result. special interest
groups have popped up all over campus. trying to satisfy these demands
and proving that hobbies are more
than collecting coins or stamps.
These clubs on the whole are selfsufficient and they are dedicated only
tothe individuals' interests. be it space
discovery. war games. scuba diving or
chess (as pictured here).
But they play a central role at UB.
expecially for commuter students. as a
social and educational device in fields
that are not part of the regular course
offerings of the institution.

Chess club: (bottom row. left to right) Chris
Mullhaupt, Derek Jagdeo, Mark Wexelbaum.
Darryl Hartman. Don Christies, Bob Dimas, (top
row, left to right) Jim Gonnella, Singh, Mark
Loree. Mike Aaron, Ken Brenyo. Mike Esser, Bob
O'Brian, unknown, Noel Dill, Hauder Poisson. Greg
Vincent

The Commuter
Affairs
Council
represents almost 60 percent of the
University student population-those
that hail from the Western New York
area.
The Commuter Council wants to get
these students involved in the campus.
so as to make
their
University
experience something more than an
extension of high school. This is not
always an easy task.
Commuter Affiars is most famous for
its breakfasts.
that
offer
cheap
donoughts and coffee in a social
atmosphere. But this organization is
more than just a supplier of cheap
munchies. It is a group that serves as a
bridge and link to a substantial portion
of the University community. one that
often times does not feel a part of the
activities and happenings
of the
campus.

Polish Student League: (back row) Conan
Sorel, George
Borkowski. (front row) Morvsio
Mazur. Dr. Czeslaw Prokopczvk. Mary Locey

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Action
The Ski Club

Life in the dorms can often be a
drag, as the familiarity of the surroundings can begin to wear on residents.
Action, a quasi-dorm
government,
aims to improve the quality of life in
the residence halls.
Formed two years ago out of the
struggling
Inter-Residence
Council,
Action got oft to a slow start, but has
since caught on in the dorms like
wildfire. It has worked hard in its first full
year
of operation
to establish
credibility with the administration and
dorm students.
As the year went on, it soon became
apparent that Action would shortly
become
a constructive
force
in
improving the quality of student life in
the dorms.

ACTION:(top)Steve
Ken

Schenkman,
Steadman,

Ski Club: (left to right) Bill Shuler. Dave Sampson.
Marty Black. Scott Muma, Mark O'Rourke, Jeff
Lavell. Monica Korscv. Nanci Banasiak, Dale
Szydlowski

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unknown,

Rob

Meyers,

(lower, left to right) Ira Goldstein.

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Jim Breslin, Steve Bard

The Ski Club
(proper
name,
Schussmeisters) is perhaps the largest
student group on campus, boasting
thousands of members-with some of
them not even students.
Ski Club organizes regular trips to
local resorts, and once a year, a major
trip to an exotic place, oftering some
of the best winter sports activity
around.
During
peak
season,
Schussmesisters runs several bus loads
of students many times a week to
local resorts for downhill and crosscountry skiing, both at night and during
the day.
Ski Club offers students and other
community members a cheaper price
than that available for regular winter
buffs. It is also open to family members
Jf those linked to UB.
Not to be judged strictly a one
season club, Schussmeisters
also
sponsers a summer "run the rapids"
trip, that
is filled with harrowing
adventure.

The
Engineering
Clubs

A large percentage ot this University
is composed of engineering students,
and although they rank as some of the
busiest around, they do have need for
some diversion,
Almost every individual department
of the engineering unit has a seperate
organization that is established to
provide special projects and group
interaction
for the over
5000
students,
Many of the groups participate in
national competitions, entering the

best work of students from the
University, The Mechanical Engineers,
for exomple.ore involved in the miniBchch, which is an amphibious vehicle
contest, US always places among the
top finishers in the nation,

ESA members: (back row, left to right) Monica
Johns, Dan Boltz, Bill Schourr-lotte;
Charlie
Barnett Howard Tillman. Jinho Lee, Bob Harrison.
John Sexton, Patrick lulionello. Randy Wzszenski,
Rich Vott. John Allman (front row) Roberta Ober.
Dan D'Angelo. Roger Kellog, Mike Hoelscher.
Scott Landress

The cement
canoe
is another
popular
event,
held each
year
somewhere in the nation, that allows
US engineers to tryout
designs, The
purpose? To build the most structuraly
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Fraternities

Fraternities at this campus play a
much more low-key role than they do
at other institutions-which is not to say
that they're insignificant.
UB'sfraternities ore largely housed in
Ellicott, where
they serve as a
cohesive and soclollzinq force for
students. The many Greek groups hold
beer blasts, contests and fund-raising
activities throughout the year, contribuiting some spirit and verve to the
University.
Although there is little formal government, the Inter-Greek Council, which is
overseen by the Division of StudentAffairs, acts as a coordinating body
and informal association.
Not to be outdone, there are several
sororities and offshoots for UB'sfemale
population to be involved in. These
groups are active in many of the same
pursuits as their "big brothers" and the
two often work hand in hand to keep
the Greek spirit alive.

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from the
President

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On behalf of the entire university
community, I want to extend my
heartiest
congratulations
on your
graduation.
The degrees which you have earned
are symbolic
of your academic
accomplishments,
and
they are
conferred upon the recommendation
of a distinguished faculty which has
attested
to your scholarly
and
professional qualifications.
Let me join the faculty, staff and your
fellow students in wishing you good
fortune and hapiness in the years
ahead.
Sincerely,
Steven B. Sample
University President

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to wait in line,
The years 1979-1983are filled with memories, likewise
good and bad, for the
University, It was an era of
transition and we felt the
growing
and
changing
pains, UBwent from a school
on the fringes of a City to
one nestled in the suburbs,
from an institution hoping to
be
compared
to
the
nation's best to one that
realized it was only above
average and from a university
with
a towering,
authoritative and unpopular
President to a refreshing
face with a totally new style
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Remember Squire Hall? So
much of our University existence was consummed in
that big, old, ugly structure
on the Main Street Campus,
Despite its lack of oostetlcs.
Squire was the place on
campus,
Everybody
met
everybody, whether it was
at the pool tables, the Rat,a
student organization's office
or at the Milkshake counter.
It was the only place to
hang out and meet friends,

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he transfer of UBfrom the
urban atmosphere of Main
Street to the suburban
Amherst had been in the
process for some time when
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future, we are told
by those look back
on our college years as the
best of our lives, But really,
from this recent perspective, all was not good and all
was certainly not bad, it was
just life as we lived it, waiting
for tornrnorrow.
For each of you, the past
four years have been filled
with personal experiences
that will be with you for the

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triumphs that put you on the
top
of the world
and
defeats
that left you in
tears, love you hoped would
be endless and heartbreaks
which made you reolize
that you were human like all
the rest, knowledge
that
opened doors or inspired
your iatent imagination and
mindiess iearning that made
you question (at times) the
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knew, that ane day ar
another, Squire Hall would
be closed and converted to
a Dental School facility. But
when, in the summer of 19B1
the time actually came for
discussion and planning, the
shock was too great It soon
developed
into the most
significant protest of our
stay here. Amherst wasn't
ready and poor planning by
the student governments
had resulted in a no ready
suitable replacement - and
we rebelled.
Some battled a hopeless
cause with sit-ins, rallies and

pickets. The flame, which
often resembled a torch, of
the 1970s was rekindled as
students and some faculty
found
a cause
worth
fighting for. On ketter's last
day in office, Squire Hall,
which had been the source
of over 130 1982 arrests,
closed down. It was gutted
over the summer and many
who had lived in that
building for three years, watched as our memories and
dreams were thrown out
the window, along with a
collection of old, ugly and
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Ketter himself was a dominant figure during our stay
here. The man who took
over the shambles of a
University and rebuilt
it
along his strict ideas was the
source of considerable antipathy for nis harsh style
and seemingly insensitive
approach. The institution's
dream of a Berkely of the
East vanished under his
tenure as State budget controls and questionable administrative decisions combined to deal the University
a crippling blow, Ketter took
the blame and the small
tow n man
from
West
Virginia's coal country ieft
the
institution
a
misunderstood, and highly
disliked, man, who
had
presided over UB's most
troublesome eras. Historians
will doubtlessly be kinder to
Ketter than most critics.

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of Squire Hall, making way
from Steven B, Sample of
Nebraska, In his first year,
Sample was quick to outline
his own goals for the institution, primary of which is to
make
the
instution
a
member of the country's
academic
elite, He has
brought new dreams and a
new future that may even
make us more proud to be
alumni.
The Amherst
Campus
grew to a point where it no
longer resembled an artificial morsh but an actual
university,
We saw the
transfer of the majority of
our classes from the ivycovered halls of Main Street
to the ever-present brick of
Amherst, We watched as
Alumni Arena, which one
day might make UBa haven
for big time sports again,
Baird Music Hall, a new
bookstore
and
large
classrooms were built to
create a new spirit on the
campus,
Our own trips to Amherst
on those cold Bluebirds, as

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closer, while yelling, "Make
like a family back there"
ringing in our heads will most
certainly never be lost. And
we learned never to sit in
the back so as to avoid the
Millersport bump.
Remember 1980? The Iranian hostage crisis came
home to U8 as students protested for and against Iran
and we learned something
about our nationalistic emotions. Or when Jimmy Carter
reinstated draft registration
and we did what we could
to show resistence. Then
Ronald
Reagan
was
elected President and we
wondered if we would be
able to aftord our education. And where were you
the night John Lennon died?
Looking back, these may
not
seem
like
fond'
memories, but it was us.
There were good times the omni-present
parties
and fests (even if we all
didn't love the bands), those

sunny spring days when we
each discovered that each
other had bodies under
those coats, frisbees and
footballs
that
danced
through the air and made
life seem like a warm embrace again. And most importantly, there were the
friends we made. From
roomates to busmates to
classmates, we all shared in
a common experience and
together we spent our time,
learning from and about
each
other.
We made
friendships that are destined
to last for the rest of our lives
and we made acquantices
that seemed so important
then, but will become only
memories, culled from this
book.
Good or bad, it was
ourselves and we did it.
When you walk into the
future and turn around and
look back at this University,
you can hold your head
high, because that was you.
It is something we shall
cherish forever.

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Randall Reade

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David Ottavio

The 1983edition at The Buffalonian is
special in many ways. Not only is it the
50th edition to be published on campus, it is the product at a joint effort
between the undergraduate Student
Association
and The Spectrum
Student Periodical. Inc.
Past complaints about the book's
quality and timing spurred both campus organizations to work together on
a yearbook that seeks to capture the
flavor of the University experience.
Early on it was decided that recent
books had centered too much on the
student organizations and not enough
on the activities of just the average
student, who goes to class, socializes
in a variety of places and enjoys USfor
other things.
So we decided to try to capture the
essence of US, all of its offerings,
activities, experiences and a look at its
rich traditions, which stem back to the
1920s.
The 1983 Buffalonian is different.
Four times as many seniors had their
portraits taken for inclusion in the
book, and Its content and scope are
vastly changed from past years. We
hope to have captured
part of
everyone's life here at US, while providing
a concise
and romantic
memory
of an undergraduate's
career.
So, as we all drift to other locales, the
yearbook can provide us all not only
with recollections of the institution, but
rememberences of our lives here as
well.
Enjoy.

Jim Sulley

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