From the Archives of Generation

Week of February 16, 1988

In the HeadlinesÖ.

Undergraduate Initiative Would Have Made a Difference

UB was suppose to receive $1.7 million dollars in state aid to help fund and improve the undergraduate program. However, when the funding requests were given to then governor, Mario Cuomo, it was refused. The reason given was that there was not enough money in the state budget.

Iowa Caucus Revisted

With the 1988 Presidential primaries underway, a Generation writer traveled to illinois to report on peopleís reactions to the primaries, the canidates, and then President Ronald Reagon. The following are the three most popular responses to the question, What do you think about our current president?" :

What a Dork!

What have we, as a nation, come to?

Just give me 5 minutes with him in a closed room.

Recent Album ReleaseÖ..

Globe of Frogs by Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians. Referred to as a ìpsychedelic wierdness.î of a sort of 1960ís retro rock.

At the BarsÖ

Oh where did the days go? Ladies used to be able to drink all night on Mondayís at Mickey Ratís Club, for only $2.95.