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VOL. 4 t ISSUE t OCTOBER 23, 2002 has all the components of Buffalo" (except, ifnecessary, in the New York State University in afterthought part of the name). Of Why Not NYSU? its very long official name course, it would be no fine ifPresi­ Ofcourse, changing "the" to "The" (University at Buffalo, The By John Haberstroh dent Greiner wants to make it The does not amount to much, despite State University ofNew New York State University. Everyone knows this school the significance Greiner attached to York), so UB would simply should change its name, but no­ it. However, by displaying the scope The opportunity to grab such a great be rearranging word order and body is doing anything about it. ofhis power, UB's head honcho did name exists because the other three 'lower-casing' some Well, with the exception ofme, do something very important: he SUNY university centers - where the previously emphasized words, Tom Golisano, and, surprisingly, opened up the possibility ofa UB name might also make some sense - just as it now does in calling UB President ( and former law name change far more earthshaking, apparently have abandoned their itself University at Buffalo. school professor here) William SUNY names just as we have. So, and beneficial, than he might imag­ Do I need to explain fully why Greiner. Of course, Golisano got having led all into thinking we are me. New York State University is the heavy publicity, and I could­ going along with that identity down­ Could UB one day be named some­ a far better name than n't get published, but at least I sizing, UB could now suddenly thing other than the grammatically University at or of Buffalo? beat him to the punch. Greiner, switch to calling itself New York challenged ''University at Buffalo"? How emphasizing the beat us both to the punch, way State University without any compe­ Yes, it's possible, Greiner's move university's association with back in December of 2001. this is tition. Before the other three big implies. Now students and commu­ the all but official capital of where I cue in the article I wrote (former) SUNYs knew what hit nity can begin to envisage the school the world immediately raises back in March of this year ... them, the former UB would have es­ with a name we don't mumble in the the value of its degrees? How tablished - whether 'officially' or DreamNYSU middle ofto avoid confusion or em­ through a name change UB 'unofficially' wouldn't matter at that barrassment, or dodge altogether by can reestablish itself as the March 24, 2002 point - first come first serve with the saying the old name (you know, flagship ofNew York's state NYSU name, and would be slapping One day last December, in a SUNY-Buffalo, or was it SUNY at university system? Didn't it on all its sports teams. (Speaking of small item buried deep inside the Buffalo, or The SUNY at Buffalo?). think so. Dream NYSU. Buffalo News, UB President Wil­ sports, dream ofhow a name like liam Greiner spoke ofhow one But UB can do better than the ( or NYSU fits very nicely in the Big Ten Why Not NYSU? morning he decided it would be The) University ofBuffalo, the re­ next to Michigan State and Ohio August 20, 2002 nice ifUB were "The State Uni­ name that institutional momentum State, whereas UB suits the Mid­ versity ofNew York at Buffalo" seems to be propelling us toward. American Conference (the MAC) all A few months later Tom rather than "the State University Instead, I call on everyone - stu­ too well). Golisano followed, dents, administrators, alumni and unknowingly, in the wake of ofNew York at Buffalo". So he­ And the remarkable thing is that, supporters - to dream ofa greater Greiner and Haberstroh. Do semi-officially or officially, I'm analogous to President Greiner' s name before sentencing UB to per­ you remember the following not sure which - changed the impetuously capitalizing the manent UB-ness. story from last summer? school name. Just like that, no "The" in our school name, it all committees, no statewide review. For example, how about New York could be done expeditiously, with The man has that kind of power. State University? Just that, no "at minimal red tape. UB already Continued on page 4 Sopranos Controversy The Columbus Citizens Foundation, the organiza­ tion that hosts the parade, refused to allow the actors to participate because they believe that the show per­ petuates a negative stereotype ofItalian­ By Paul Didio Americans. "The Sopranos" has received much criticism over the last cou- Wil_liam Fug~, preside~t ?f the ~0~lition of ·t·c·s h s Itahan-Amencans Association, said, 1Our parade Ple ears and that Cn 1 1 y ' only intensifiedm a 1s. a b out h entage. and pn'd e. C erta1·n1 y 'The So- this past week pranos' haven't done much for heritage and "Glory Day": Die-hard fans Christine Fitzgerald (L) and Carrie Parks (R) .th the pr h" _ pride in our community." yet the truth of the Run down Bruce Springsteen at the airport after his concert at HSBC Arena. WI O l . h h . d b M bition of two of matter IS t at t e two actors mvite y ayor Inside this Issue the show's stars Bloomberg have. Bracco acts as city spokeswoman on environ- from the C _ mental issues and Chianese makes public service announcements O "FRIENDS" 2 lumbus Da for tourism. It was their contributions to their native city, not their Parade in Jew success on "The Sopranos" that prompted Mayor Bloomberg to in- SBA BAR NIGHT 2 York City. vite the actors to march in the parade with him. 1 SORORITY LIFE 2 applaud New Unlike the many Italian-American organizations that criticize the York City show, Mayor Bloomberg was capable of distinguishing between the MOMS IN LAW SCHOOL 3 mayor Michael Bloomberg for re- real Lorraine Bracco and Dominic Chianese and the characters they CARTOON 4 fusing to march in the parade play in the show. It's unfortunate that the Columbus Citizens Foun- without his two guests, Dominic dation could not do the same, because they missed a perfect oppor- LIVING IN BUFFALO 6 Chianese and Lorraine Bracco. tunity to do exactly what they complain "The Sopranos" does not, which is to show and celebrate the success and good works of ECONOMY 6 _ _J Continued on page 4 • THE OPINION OCTOBER 23, 2002 There's a Tinte and Place for All Our Friends By Chrissy Roth tion. However, watching the same pattern ofjokes reworked For those ofus that are in our one too many times as we watch early twenties we have grown our favorite New Yorkers plunge into adults watching Friends. into their ninth year together, just Gone are the days that I would makes me start to consider tuning curl up in front ofthe TV, after into another one ofour other il­ finishing my Geometry home­ lustrious broadcasting networks work, and dream ofthe time in the twilight hours on a Thurs­ SBA Bar Night Revie"W when I too would have five won­ day evening. derful, witty, attractive, and de­ voted pals that would be with me It was said that after September By Angelique Shingler strange, often intoxicated, charac­ th through all of the ups and downs 11 , ratings for Friends soared, ters would try to force their way in ofmy week. Nine years later, and the nation turned to Must See The SBA bar night was held on for free. (They were not law stu­ and rightfully surviving the time TV for weekly comfort and en­ Thursday, Sept. 26 at So Ho in dents ofcourse). But I handled it. ofmy life that was so glorified on joyment. When the sitcom Downtown Buffalo. I was ap­ Must See TV back when I was in watchers ofthe world were just proached and asked to write a re­ The big controversy concerning high school, Friends is still about to give up on our six favor­ view ofthe bar night. I think it is the SBA bar night, and a lot of around, making us laugh on a ite friends, Terrorism gave us all only fair that I disclose that I am people did ask about it (including weekly basis, just like it was cre­ a reason to appreciate canned the Parliamentarian ofthe SBA someone who claimed to be a ated to do way back when we laughter in all of its glory. and helped plan the bar night, so I "professor" and who was looking were all still busy studying our may be a little biased. for his students that night), was traffic signals for the permit test.