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Published on September 4, 2002
Author: STEPHEN WATSON - News Staff Reporter
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Michael Dell, chairman and chief executive officer of Dell Computer Corp., visited UB on Tuesday to show off the $13 million computer cluster his company sold to the university.
The event brought out the usual suspects -- local politicians, university officers and business leaders -- to the Center for Computational Research. County Executive Joel A. Giambra had the best lines. He began by turning to Dell and, echoing the company's TV pitchman, said, "Hey, dudes, we got Dell." He then noted the similarities between himself and Dell: "Neither of us has a college degree, and our net worths are about the same." Dell's wealth has been estimated at $10 billion. MTV on Tuesday identified the UB sorority and fraternity that its cameras will follow this semester. MTV will tape the rush period -- the time when Greek-letter organizations select members -- of Delta Xi Omega for the second season of its show "Sorority Life" and will follow Sigma Chi Omega's rush for the first season of "Fraternity Life." Both shows will begin airing in February. The current season of "Sorority Life," set at the University of California at Davis, attracts 2 million viewers per episode, according to MTV. Judges on the Student Wide Judiciary will decide the punishment for four UB students who were caught Saturday using marijuana on Kanazawa Island, a small island in Lake LaSalle near the Ellicott Complex. Someone called police to report the students at about 2:45 a.m., said John M. Grela, UB's public safety director. He said the students weren't arrested because each had only a small amount of marijuana and it was for their personal use. UB recently dedicated its newest North Campus student apartments, Creekside Village, and President William R. Greiner was in rare form during the event. Greiner referred to Dennis R. Black, UB's vice president for student affairs, as the Donald Trump of the university for shepherding through five housing projects. This prompted him to tell the story of how he bumped into Trump in Palm Beach, Fla., at Trump's private club, Mar-A-Lago, the opulent former estate of breakfast food heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post. Greiner; host Jeremy M. Jacobs, the UB Council chairman; and other UB fund-raisers were in the club when Trump walked by with two beautiful blondes -- his daughter and his girlfriend. Greiner said he turned to Jacobs and asked, "Which one was his daughter?" e-mail: swatson@buffnews.com<
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