Rock Opera = Classics Electrified. East Village Opera Company consists of two guitars, two singers, bass, keyboards drums, and string quartet.

Today is the deadline to submit program proposals for the 11th annual Student Affairs Professional Conference on Saturday, November 11, at the Buffalo Niagara Marriott. This powerful one-day symposium is designed for students, new professionals, seasoned professionals, and faculty in higher education. 

The latest edition of Bengal Magazine—a 30-minute inside look at Buffalo State Athletics—is now streaming online at the Intercollegiate Athletics Department's home page. Guests include men's soccer coach Rudy Pompert, forward Prisco Houndanon, women's soccer coach Nick DeMarsh, and captain Keriann Claussen. New women's hockey coach Rob Burke as well as new women's basketball coach Sue Roarke also appear. To view the show, a collaboration between Buffalo State Athletics and Instructional Resources, visit www.buffalostate.edu/athletics and click on the Bengal Magazine icon.

Strength training—that includes the use of weights, resistance movements, and exercises such as push-ups, incline sit-ups, and lunges—can improve your muscle tone, build muscle mass, and increase bone density. To maximize benefits:

The Writing Program will sponsor a Publishers' Book Fair on Tuesday, October 3, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Twin Rise 104 and the surrounding area. Seven publishers will be represented: Bedford/St. Martin's, Houghton Mifflin, Thomson/ITP, Allyn & Bacon/Longman, WW Norton, Prentice Hall, and McGraw-Hill. These representatives are eager to meet with and serve professors from all disciplines. Come and meet the publishers' representatives. See lots of books that you can use. Free food!

You’ve heard opera, and you’ve heard rock—but you’ve never heard opera rocked like the East Village Opera Company. The East Village Opera Company combines the musicianship of a powerhouse rock band and string section to reinterpret classic opera arias into high-adrenaline, power rock songs. Two outstanding vocalists bring the towering emotion and timeless musicality of opera into the twenty-first century. The bands reinvention and seamless fusion of music’s “greatest hits”—including “La donna è mobile” from Rigoletto, “Habanera” from Carmen, and “Nessun dorma” from Turandot are performed at full length and in the original languages.

Low or No Cholesterol? Watching your cholesterol? Avoid foods such as egg yolks, butter, red meat, and shrimp as well as organ meats such as liver and kidneys.

Have you worked at another school that used the Banner student system? We'd love to hear from you! The Banner project team would like to hear about the things you liked (and didn't like) about other schools' use of Banner. We may be able use your experience in our implementation. Please contact the Banner project manager, Don Erwin, at ext. 3424 or erwindf@buffalostate.edu.

Please join us for the Buffalo State Child Care Center Scholastic Book Fair Fund-Raiser in E. H. Butler Library 210 on the following days and times: Tuesday, October 3, from noon to 2:00 p.m.; Wednesday, October 4, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.; and Thursday, October 5, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. We hope to see you there!

The Women Below 30 Advisory Board will hold its first women's empowerment symposium from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Saturday, September 30, in Crosby Hall on the University at Buffalo's South Campus.