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Kingdom of confused simplicity
By DAN MECCA | Oct. 1, 2007Picture this: families barbecuing, playing softball together and laughing among themselves. A typical, all-American sight.
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Growing up?
By DAN MECCA | Oct. 1, 2007College is a time for maturation. During these years, we students are expected to find ourselves, organize our lives and figure what the future will hold.However, while we search for answers to these imperative questions, we'll get drunk, make mistakes and wake up on couches we don't remember falling asleep on.
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Scoreboard
Oct. 1, 2007Mid-American Conference Football ScoreboardAkron 10Connecticut 44Temple 37Army 37BUFFALO 14Ball State 49\tNorthern Illinois 10Central Michigan 35Syracuse 14Miami (OH) 17Kent State 33Ohio 25Western Kentucky 21Bowling Green 41Eastern Michigan 7Vanderbilt 30Western Michigan 42Toledo 28ScoreboardThursdayVolleyballAkron 1Buffalo 3FridayMen
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"Men fly over Falcons in OT, women zipped at Akron"
By CHRIS RYNDAK AND MIKE MASLYN | Oct. 1, 2007One-goal games can be exhilarating or frustrating, depending on which side one ends up on. The Buffalo soccer teams found themselves on opposing ends on Friday.
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UB study reveals that deal-finders don't hurt supermarkets
By SIMONE BATTISTE-ALLEYNE | Sep. 28, 2007Consumers who partake in the art of "cherry picking," or only buying items that are on sale, are not as dangerous to retailers as previously thought.According to a recent study by associate professor of marketing, Debabrata Talukdar, though shoppers get a large percentage of discounts, it does not take a master cherry picker to find deals at the market."People who are extreme cherry pickers only get about 75 percent of the total discounts, but we also found that people who weren't actively seeking sales got about 50 percent of discounts," Talukdar said.According to Talukdar, people who contribute negatively to a store's profit are considered cherry pickers.
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Online gamers get their fix
By TIMOTHY MONAHAN | Sep. 28, 2007Tolerance, dependency and withdrawal are all ugly parts of addiction that many face when dealing with alcohol and drugs.
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"Gone in Gone in 60 seconds, dismantled in 20 minutes"
By ASHLEY OTTO | Sep. 28, 2007Three men in white T-shirts stripped a 2003 Crown Victoria on a beautiful Tuesday afternoon surrounded by state and university police.In approximately 20 minutes, the retired police vehicle was dismantled.
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IM for a cause
By EVAN HOLT | Sep. 28, 2007Using students and college campuses as tools for effective advertising, Microsoft and Rep Nation, a top marketing agency, are teaming up to give a new edge to spreading a message.Supporting important causes like breast cancer research can now be accomplished just by doing an everyday activity like sending an instant message (or IM) to a friend."We have partnered up with 10 of the world's most effective causes," said Brandon Evans, managing director and part owner of Rep Nation media.
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Iraq averted?
By Editorial | Sep. 28, 2007Before Bush's reelection campaign, before thousands of Americans died in Iraq, before this country was politically divided, there was an opportunity to avert the crisis in which the citizens of this great nation now exist.According to an article by David Gardner in Daily Mail (Sept.
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Sanchez's incarceration reinvigorates Run's message
By STEPHANIE SCIANDRA | Sep. 28, 2007The 18th annual Linda Yalem Safety Run will be held Sunday. It marks the first race since the conviction of Altemio Sanchez, for crimes including the death of UB sophomore Linda Yalem and Joan Diver, wife of Professor Steven Diver.Race coordinators say they have seen a drastic increase in participation.
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Bulls look to fly by Cardinals in MAC standings
By David Sanchirico | Sep. 28, 2007During week five of the 2006 football season, the Ball State Cardinals came into UB Stadium during homecoming weekend and thoroughly handled the Buffalo Bulls 55-25.
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AlcoholEDU helping to reduce alcohol-related harm on campus
By JOANN PAN | Sep. 28, 2007As part of a new requirement that began last fall, freshmen and new students need to complete the mandatory online AlcoholEDU course by Oct.
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Mike who?
By STEPHEN MARTH | Sep. 28, 2007As I began to write this, I decided to look at a dictionary for no particular reason. As I opened the dictionary, I turned to the word leader.
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Faculty Senate discusses dirty classrooms
By CHENG CHEONG | Sep. 28, 2007Campus cleanliness was discussed this Wednesday at the Faculty Senate Executive Committee (FSEC) meeting.Michael Dupre, associate vice president for University facilities, addressed how students and faculty should develop a culture of cleaning on UB campus."We would like to appeal this (responsibility) to students, staff and faculty, and we want to start with students," Dupre said.According to Dupre, since everyone at UB has an interest in maintaining the cleanliness of classrooms and other areas on campus, there will be a community-wide focus on keeping the campus clean.
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Image is everything: the importance of physical fitness
By EVAN NEMEROFF | Sep. 28, 2007There is an opportunity on campus in the Collegiate Fitness program for any student who's ever looked in a mirror and wanted to change their appearance.
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Linda Yalem Run Perspectives:
By ERIN CRABTREE AND EVAN HOLT | Sep. 28, 2007Taylor Matthews, senior urban planning and management majorDo you feel safer since the Bike Path Rapist has been captured?"Not really, I don't feel less safe.
