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Sex Sells and I'm Buying
By EMILY DALTON SMITH | Sep. 10, 2001SA is doing a serious disservice to its constituents by staging the Miss UB Contest at Fall Fest.
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Women's Soccer Posts 2 Losses at Home
Sep. 10, 2001Fairfield tops UB in OTIt took 97 minutes, longer than most Hollywood marriages, but someone finally scored.Julie-Anne Forman's goal at the 97:55 mark of the first overtime propelled the Fairfield Stags to an emotional 1-0 win over the UB Bulls women's soccer team Friday night.Forman's goal was the deciding blow in an evenly played match that saw both teams obtain and then squander opportunities in the late stages of the game.Junior keeper Emily Cox made eight saves in goal for UB, and sophomore Nicole Olszewski posted four shots in the losing effort.Bulls drop another heartbreakerAnother late goal, this one coming in regulation, doomed the Bulls to their second-straight loss on Sunday afternoon as they dropped a 2-1 decision to the Boston University Terriers.Boston's senior forward Nicole Soules scored the game winning goal in the 78th minute of play on a hard shot from inside the box to the far right corner of the net, a blow from which the Bulls (1-3-0) would never recover.
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20 Years of Saving Lives in WNY
By ELIZABETH M. FOX-SOLOMON | Sep. 10, 2001The 20th anniversary of Mercy Flight, celebrated Saturday at Woodlawn Beach State Park, held a particularly special meaning for Matthew Schrantz.Schrantz, a UB junior history major, not only works as community events coordinator for Mercy Flight, the Western New York emergency air medical transport service, but was also the agency's first passenger nearly two decades ago.About a month after Schrantz was born on Aug.
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Hewitt Beats Sampras to Take U.S. Open Title
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG | Sep. 10, 2001After two grueling weeks of continuous ball bashing, firm volleying, aces and faults the U.S. Tennis Open Championships came to a close Sunday night with the conclusion of the men's final.
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"Miss America"" Meets ""MTV's Spring Break"" at Fall Fest"
By STEFANIE ALAIMO | Sep. 10, 2001This year's Fall Fest, on Friday, Sept. 14, will offer something more than music to students in attendance.The Student Association and the University Unions and Activities Board is sponsoring the "Miss UB Contest," which will take place between each musical act during set changes.
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Sibling Rivalry
By TAI KHANDAKER | Sep. 10, 2001I hate Venus Williams. You know who else I hate? My older brother. That's pretty much it. I suppose I'll have to explain why I hate these two individuals, and I guess the best explanation is because they remind me of each other.No, my brother isn't a back-to-back grand slam women's tennis champion.
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Bulls Soundly Beaten By Bowling Green
By MICHAEL SCOTT | Sep. 10, 2001One statement summarized the Bulls (0-2, 0-1 MAC) football team as they were dominated in their 35-0 loss at Bowling Green (2-0, 1-0 MAC) Saturday night."It was a thorough defeat.
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Bulls Capture Tournament Title
By TAI KHANDAKER | Sep. 10, 2001The UB men's soccer team showed what they were made of this weekend, as they defeated two teams in tournament play to capture the Bulls Fall Invitational Championship at RAC field Sunday afternoon.Despite having one of the most inexperienced teams in recent years, Coach John Astudillo's squad won both of their games to take the tournament, bringing the team's overall record to 3-1.
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Bills Drop to Saints in Home Season Opener
By MATT ALBERT | Sep. 10, 2001The Bills did everything they wanted to accomplish in the first half of the season opener against the New Orleans Saints.
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Women's V-Ball Weekend Tourney
Sep. 10, 2001Despite the stellar play of sophomore Lindsay Matikosh, the UB women's volleyball team dropped two closely contested matches at the Massachusetts Invitational this past weekend.
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Motivation Behind Female Evil in Strauss Operas Explained
By STACIE DOPKO | Sep. 10, 2001Opera buffs gathered Saturday morning to learn about the women of Richard Strauss' operas in the serene setting of the Burchfield-Penney Art Center at Buffalo State College.
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Bring Us Bubba
By GENE PARK | Sep. 10, 2001Let's face it. Bill Clinton has to speak at UB.This is a matter of necessity. The ex-president has the opportunity to spread his wisdom, his style and his sax at the biggest public university in New York.
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Letter to the Editor
By JEFFERY L. BURGHAUSER | Sep. 10, 2001Abdul Sallaj's letter to the editor in Friday's issue of the Spectrum is, I admit, a triumph in creative writing, but little else.
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Signs of Change
Sep. 10, 2001UB's department of university facilities is in the process of erecting over $2.2 million worth of signs to ease way finding on its campuses.The signs are a result of a master planning committee commissioned three years ago to study the South Campus.
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The Booze Truth
By MATT ALBERT | Sep. 7, 2001This summer I moved into my fraternity house with three thoughts in mind. Parties, parties, and more parties.
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Indiscriminating Discerners
By DYLAN HALL | Sep. 7, 2001Three decades after its conception, affirmative action is still a hot enough topic to give campaigning politicians, employers, and university admissions officers nervous tremors.Affirmative action policies are intended to counterbalance past discriminations that have lead to the inequalities of a society dominated by the white-male.
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The Clinton Contrversy
By Editorial | Sep. 7, 2001UB has graced the cover of the Buffalo News twice in the last week and a half - and both stories afforded the university bad press.
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Faculty-Administration Relations Topic of FSEC Speech
By STEFANIE ALAIMO | Sep. 7, 2001UB's faculty-administration relations have historically been marked by tension often leading to frustration and miscommunication.
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Faculty Senate
By Editorial | Sep. 7, 2001Talk about a breath of fresh air. At Wednesday's meeting of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee, Bruce Johnstone, professor of educational leadership and policy, gave a speech addressing why university faculty and the administration have had historically tenuous relationship.
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Veteran Players Hope to Lead Men's Soccer Out of the Cellar
By TAI KHANDAKER | Sep. 7, 2001The UB men's soccer team, coming off a sub-par 2000 season, will have to look to the strength of only four seniors to lead them through 2001.This will be one of the youngest teams in recent years for the program, with seven freshmen and have six sophomores on the roster.
