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Student Spotlight

By LISA DE LA TORRE | Feb. 19, 2013

Kurtis Sprung was only 3 years old when he began to dance. When most other toddlers were running around on the playground, Sprung was honing his own dance skills, tackling genres like ballet, rap, jazz and gymnastics, just to name a few. Today at 19, the sophomore dance and math major competed in countless dance competitions, winning the title of Mr. Dance of New York twice and finishing in the top five both times he participated in Mr. Dance of America. Although some might use these accomplishments as an excuse to slack off, Sprung only uses his successes as fuel to improve.

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Dodge the bullet

By FELICIA HUNT | Feb. 19, 2013

Artist: Bullet For My Valentine Album: Temper Temper Release Date: Feb. 11 Label: RCA Records Grade: C-

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Dodge the bullet

By FELICIA HUNT | Feb. 19, 2013

Along with bands such as Papa Roach and Avenged Sevenfold, U.K. group Bullet For My Valentine is responsible for introducing teenagers in the mid-2000's to the metal scene, complete with guitar riffs and worried mothers.

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Buffalo welcomes Birbiglia

By TIM ALLMAN | Feb. 17, 2013

For three nights, comedian Mike Birbiglia tended to the City of Buffalo in the midst of another harsh winter and even bleaker downtown nightlife.

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"Art, aesthetic and the apocalypse"

By NICHOLAS C. TURTON | Feb. 17, 2013

It has been said that art can take you places; looking at a well-crafted piece of artwork can lead viewers into imaginative spaces worlds away from their ordinary lives. The saying isn't just figurative. For four art students in the Department of Visual Studies, competing for the Rumsey Scholarship has provided the chance to go somewhere with art.

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Student Spotlight

By ELVA AGUILAR | Feb. 14, 2013

Up-and-coming musicians don't need to leave the comfort of campus to shoot an aesthetically pleasing music video. Sophomore undecided major Christian Cunningham, who raps under the name YBG, released a music video for his song

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John McLame

By JAKE KNOTT | Feb. 14, 2013

Film: A Good Day to Die Hard Release Date: Feb. 14 Studio: Giant Pictures Grade: D+

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Love tracks

Feb. 12, 2013

Music can make or break a sexual encounter. It can help set the mood for you and your partner and even give some motivation to the timid.

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Views for Valentine's Day

Feb. 12, 2013

Movies and romance are like peanut butter and jelly: classic counterparts that can either make your day or kill you - depending on what you're "allergic" to.

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Comme des Carson - Mend your mainstream mistakes

Feb. 12, 2013

Editor's note: This article is a satire piece. It is not to be taken literally. 'Carson' is a pen name.

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Serenade them

By ADRIEN D'ANGELO and SAM FERNANDO | Feb. 12, 2013

Whatever your situation may be, the perfect Valentine's Day gift is very affordable, thoughtful and quite simple - a song.

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Soderbergh remains affective

By JAKE KNOTT | Feb. 10, 2013

She looks lifeless from the start. Her face is masked in desolation, as her wide, barren eyes gaze into bleak nothingness.

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McGraw drives to freedom

By BRIANNA HOKAJ | Feb. 10, 2013

The misconception that country music is simply a bunch of beer-drinking, truck-riding and fried-chicken-eating hillbillies has been revamped. Country music veteran Tim McGraw has earned his title as a respected entity within the genre and his latest album Two Lanes of Freedom manifests why. After nearly two successful decades with Curb Records, Tim McGraw left the label and signed with Big Machine Records for the release of his latest album Two Lanes of Freedom on Feb.

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"Poverty, prison and photography"

By NICHOLAS C. TURTON | Feb. 10, 2013

The lens of one accomplished photographer has reached across expanses of time and space, capturing the likes of desolate desert landscapes, poverty-stricken rural dwellers and the lives of prisoners on death row. His name is Bruce Jackson, the James Agee Professor of American Culture and English at UB.

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"A Wonderful, Glorious future "

By KIERA MEDVED | Feb. 10, 2013

Having a lifelong relationship with a band isn't always easy. One year, they can release an album and you'll swear they wrote each lyric just for you.

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My Bloody Valentine amazes again after decades-long hiatus: m b v album review

By Brian Josephs | Feb. 7, 2013

Album: m b v Artist: My Bloody Valentine Label: Self-released Grade: B+ My Bloody Valentine's landmark achievement, 1991's Loveless, is full of stunning moments from its mind-altering opener, "Only Shallow," to the guitar-distorted fantasy of "Soon." However, there's a particularly stunning moment in the middle of it all where vocalists Bilinda Butcher and Kevin Shield sing on "When You Sleep." "When I look at you/I don't know what's real," they sing. How can they be so self-aware?

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Harlem shakes back onto the stage

By NICHOLAS C. TURTON | Feb. 7, 2013

Inspiration and vivacity captivated North Campus this week, as a group of talented and stifled dancers returned to the stage after declaring bankruptcy in 2004. The Dance Theatre of Harlem took the stage at UB's Center For the Arts Wednesday evening with 12 dancers.

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Coming full circle

By TIM ALLMAN | Feb. 3, 2013

In 2008, the curtains closed on Studio Arena Theatre and it almost became a parking lot. Last Friday, Buffalo's theater scene came back to life with the Road Less Traveled's production of Annie Baker's hilarious Circle Mirror Transformation. Formerly known as Studio Arena, 710 Main St.

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Angels and AIDS

By KIERA MEDVED | Feb. 3, 2013

A huge theater, elaborate costumes and over 20 stage crewmembers aren't necessary to put on an extraordinary theatrical performance - an exemplary set is.

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Heartthrob: A guilty pleasure: Tegan and Sara album review

By MAX CRINNIN | Jan. 31, 2013

Artist: Tegan and Sara Album: Heartthrob Release Date: Jan. 29 Label: Warner Bros. Grade: B Guilty pleasures are the things you really enjoy when no one's around.