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B·U· F· F·A· L· O· N· I ·A· N

CONTENTS

STUDENT LIFE

20

SPORTS

50

STUDENT ACTIVITIES

78

STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

112

SENIORS

150

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MESSAGE FROM THE
PRESIDENT

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TO THE CLASS OF 1984:

RALPH

W ALOO

OBSERVED:
WHAT

IIWHAT

EMERSON

ONCE

LIES BEHIND

US AND

UNCERTAINTY

WHICH

MATTERS

YEARS AHEAD

WILL

LIES BEFORE US ARE TINY

COMPARED TO WHAT LIES WITHIN US."

As

YOU CONCLUDE
HERE,

UNIVERSITY

SINCERELY

LIES

BEHIND

WHAT
MOST
AT

LIES

YOU
BEFORE

ALL

OF

US

HOPE THAT

WAS

FULFILLING

YOU

IS

OF ALL, WE HOPE THAT

DB

FEELING

HAVE

LEFT YOU

OF CONFIDENCE

AT

WITH

THE
WHAT
AND

SUCCESSFUL.
YOUR YEARS
AN

ECONOMIC

FOR CONTENDING

YOUR EDUCATIONAL

EXPERIENCE

THE

INNER

FOR THE FUTURE.

CHANGING
YOUR

AND

I

SOCIAL AND POLITICAL
YOU

FACE IN

REQUIRE
WITH

THE

CONFIDENCE

A CONSTANTLY

CHALLENGING

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

AS

SOCIETY.
STUDENTS

YOUR

INTELLECTUAL

DURING
THAT

THE

PAST

DEVELOPMENT

YEARS

YOU WILL CONTINUE

CLOSE ASSOCIATION

WITH

AND

WE

HOPE

TO MAINTAIN

UB

TO COME.

To

ALL OF YOU, CONGRATULATIONS

AND

SHOULD ALWAYS BE A SOURCE OF PRIDE, BUT

BEST WISHES FOR A FUTURE OF CONFIDENCE

AT

AND SUCCESS.

THE

SAME TIME,

PREPAREDNESS
WE
THE

A FOUNDATION

OF

A

IN THE YEARS

FOR FUTURE INITIATIVES.

ARE VERY GRATEFUL
OPPORTUNITY

TO

TO HAVE HAD

CONTRIBUTE

TO

STEVEN B. SAMPLE
PRESIDENT

ADMINISTRATION

Robert

William Greiner
Acting Vice President

for Academic

Wagner

Vice President

Affairs



Edward

Doty

Vice President

Donald Rennie

Anthony Lorenzetti

Vice President

Dean

of Student

Affairs

11

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8

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SENIOR
MEMORIES
The Year in Review
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decision

Un iversi ty President's
to choose a Provost as UBls

top academic officer and the student
initiated campaign for a CapenNorton-Talbert centralized student
union,

captured

headlines
academic

most

during
year.

of

the

Other-

the

1983-84
concerns/

Heal th Sciences, the Provost would
provide a single, unified academic
direction for UB. A search and

President for Student Affairs Richard
Siggelkow
retired
during
the

screen committee

recommendations to the President
started the process in the early fall,

UB. Anthony Lorenzetti was made
Dean of Student Affairs.
Members of both the Student

with

Association

student

designed

government

dismayed over the

to make

leaders

lack of proper

though, ranging from academic to

student

student
oriented,
construction
progress}

Having
considered
the
administrative
change for many
months, Sample waited for the most
oppportune time to go with it. After

worthy of attention.
The move
to
administrative

a

including
were also

Provostal

structure

was

undertaken by President Sample to
allow for more University-wide
planning.
By combining
the
responsibilities
of the Vice
Presidents for Academic Affairs and

representation.

10 years of service}

Vice President

for Health Sciences F. Carter Pannill
retired before the fall semester, and
Vice President for Academic Affairs
Robert Rossberg stepped down in
February.
Additionally,
Vice

summer

after over two decades

and Graduate

at

Student

Association made the CNT union
plan the chief student project of the
year. Having been drawn up by
architecture graduate student Peter
Hirshman, the plans were presented
to most
student
groups
and
administrative

offices,

gaining

a

great deal of attention from the
student press. Plans inel uded a
remodeling of the Talbert Bullpen, a
rathskeller
in Norton and the
renovation of Capen Lobby-the

1

9

3

8

scheduled to include lecture halls.
Announcements
were also made
that a new research center and a new

football field would be constructed
on land adjacent to the Amherst
Campus-the
former to be funded
by a $1.1 million grant from the
Buffalo-based Baird Foundation.
Academically,
the University
faculty
decided
against
the
implementation of a College of Arts
and Sciences.
Following
the
recommendations

of the Academic

Affairs Task Force on the Arts and
Sciences, the faculty deemed the
University not yet ready for such a
structural change and elected to
support lesser measures.

The University Colleges prepared
to work with the administration to
ease their transition
into
the
University
mainstream.
A plan

prepared
by
the
Colleges
recommended the departments and
faculties best suited to house each
College.

8

4

1

9

8

4

3

8

he was not a registered student and
therefore not in accordance with the

were voted for shortly afterwards.
GSA played a large role in getting
the Union off the ground.
A challenge of Sorts was issued to
students
living in off-campus
housing by University
Heights

SA Constitution. He was replaced by
Vice President David Dale, who
served for the remainder of the term.
On a brighter note for students,
the Graduate Student Employees
Union took steps towards becoming
recognized as the official bargaining
agent for SUNY graduate employees.
State-wide officials were chosen at
a fall convention and local delegates

Councilperson

LoTempio.
students
violating

Rosemarie

She

charged

that

living in her district were
city zoning regulations.

Student
governments
and the
Division of Student Affairs worked

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