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"Close, but no cigar"
By STEPHEN MARTH | Oct. 22, 2007As the volleyball season slowly nears the end of a season that the team would like to forget, one can only begin to wonder what is going on with the lady Bulls?
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"Jindal wins Louisiana race, becomes first Indian American governor"
By PETER WHORISKEY | Oct. 22, 2007Bobby Jindal (R) became the nation's first Indian American governor Saturday, outpolling 11 rivals in Louisiana and drawing enough votes to avoid a runoff election next month.With about 90 percent of the state's nearly 4,000 precincts reporting, Jindal had 53 percent of the vote.
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Gone goes deep into Boston tragedy
By RACHEL KLEIN AND DAN MECCA | Oct. 22, 2007Drug dealers, broken families, shattered dreams and no hope within an arm's length define the mean streets of Dorchester, Boston in Gone, Baby, Gone, a film that illuminates all of these aspects, producing a crime-driven thriller full of intensity and suspense.When four-year-old Amanda McCready goes missing right out of her bedroom, her mother, Helene McCready (Amy Ryan, Before the Devil Knows Your Dead), a cocaine addict and alcoholic, waits around slovenly for the police to find her daughter.Meanwhile, her sister Beatrice, or B, played by Amy Madigan (Winter Passing), hires missing-person private investigators Patrick Kenzie (Casey Affleck, Ocean's Thirteen) and Angela Genarro (Michelle Monaghan, The Heartbreak Kid).The couple is forced to work alongside Detectives Remy Bressant (Ed Harris, Cleaner) and Nick Poole (John Ashton, Sweet Deadly Dreams), who offer little more than disapproval at the young team.
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Bulls swim away with double victories
By STEPHEN MARTH | Oct. 22, 2007On Friday afternoon, the men's and women's swimming and diving teams both came away with victories in their first dual meet of the season against Duquesne University.The men's swimming and diving team (1-0) defeated the visiting Dukes men's team (0-1) by a score of 129-107.
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Creative syndromes
By AUSTIN STERN | Oct. 22, 2007This October at the Center for the Arts, students can experience "Stockholm Syndrome" without ever being diagnosed.
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John Thomas significantly increases strength of business program in past decade
By CHRISSY CASILIO | Oct. 22, 2007It is no surprise that The Wall Street Journal has ranked the University at Buffalo School of Management one of the top ten business schools in the world for the past seven consecutive years.
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The death of the family
By JOSHUA BOSTON | Oct. 22, 2007Before the day was half done on December 14, 1987 - not 20 years ago - I was born into a warm and loving family.
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Working your wardrobe
By KRISTEN DEANGELI | Oct. 22, 2007"Business casual" may seem like a walking contradiction, but in reality it's quickly becoming one of the most common dress codes for the working class.
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Bulls win fifth overtime match
By CHRIS RYNDAK AND BRIAN MEINDL | Oct. 22, 2007Ninety minutes just wasn't enough. For the seventh time this season, the men's soccer team found its way into extra time, this time on the road against Mid American Conference (MAC) opponent Northern Illinois.
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Stopping the violence
By SABRINA BACHAI | Oct. 22, 2007Captivating, disturbing, informative and upsetting, the new documentary Lessons from Homicides: The Buffalo Story invokes a wide range of emotions and reactions.
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Poor goon
By JOSEPH GLENN | Oct. 19, 2007A few weeks ago, UB alum and former Spectrum assistant sports editor Corey "Goon" Griffin traveled to the Queen City for a Jets loss.
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The Battle for the I-90 Trophy
By David Sanchirico | Oct. 19, 2007Frank Sinatra once said, "Orange is the happiest color." On Saturday, when the Bulls take on the Orange of Syracuse, Buffalo hopes to change Sinatra's saying, at least for one day.Is it finally time for Syracuse (1-6) to be knocked from the title as New York's College Team?Coming into this weekend's game with the Orange, Buffalo (3-4, 3-1 Mid-American Conference) has been on a roll.
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Virtual utopia
By ADAM VILLARD | Oct. 19, 2007Mario, Master Chief, Sonic and company dealt out musical justice alongside members of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Sunday night as they presented Video Games Live!
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UB recruits well-known scientist to develop electronics of the future
By MOFEI LIU | Oct. 19, 2007Gottfried Strasser, a well-known Austrian researcher, joined the UB faculty six weeks ago to take advantage of a $750,000 grant from the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR).A professor of physics and electrical engineering, Strasser developed a reputation as a world-class researcher while he was an associate professor at the Solid State Electronics Institute at the Technical University of Vienna, Austria."Famous Austrians include Mozart and Arnold Schwarzenegger," he said.
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Campus Ministries and Art
By SILAS RADER AND KELLY WARTH | Oct. 19, 2007An art exhibit entitled "The Mysteries of Jesus" was hosted by the Vintage Group through the Campus Ministry Association in 145 Student Union Thursday.
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The Key to Roosevelt's success
By IFEOMA IFEDIGBO | Oct. 19, 2007Five top-10 individual season records. Three top-10 career records. First kick-off returned for a touchdown since 1989.
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Caribbean fever at UB
By CINDY MORAND | Oct. 19, 2007The excitement and vivid colors of the Caribbean Student Association (CSA) carnival attracted students to 145 Student Union this past Tuesday.The event served as a representation of what Caribbean life is like, featuring artistic masks, domestic flags, music and food from the different islands in the Caribbean."This event is a reenactment.
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Honors College Hype
By JOHN SULLIVAN | Oct. 19, 2007Several times now I have heard the rallying, triumphant boast that UB's Honors Program (now Honors College) provides its member students with "an Ivy League education at a public institution." While the Honors College is certainly a worthwhile component of UB's academic environment, this appraisal is unjustified.The quality of one's education arises from the quality of the faculty, facilities, and classmates.
