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Bulls fall in home finale

By ERIC LOONAN | Apr. 30, 2007

The Buffalo softball team wrapped up home play in 2007 by dropping a double-header on a beautiful Sunday afternoon to Mid-American Conference foe Kent State.Despite an extra day of rest thanks to a rain out on Saturday, the Bulls were unable to keep up with the Golden Flashes, losing by score of 10-0 and 5-1.In the afternoon's second game, the Bulls were able to keep it close before falling short in the end.Freshman pitcher Sharon Barr pitched a complete game for the Bulls, going seven strong innings, allowing five runs and striking out five."Sharon (Barr) had done a very good job as a freshman," said Bulls head coach Marie Curran.

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Book of the Month

By NICOLE COLEMAN | Apr. 30, 2007

Over the summer months, kick back and journey back to the Tudor era of sex, love and scandal in the royal court before and after the reign of Queen Elizabeth.

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Five lofty goals to fill free time

By AMANDA SHETTLETON | Apr. 30, 2007

While trudging from exam to exam through mud, wind and rain, students across campus are looking forward to four glorious months of sunshine and free time.For many, when that last exam is over, plans will include more than just loafing on the couch.

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Season ends for men's tennis

By CHRIS RYNDAK | Apr. 30, 2007

The dreams of a championship ended abruptly on Thursday afternoon for the men's tennis team.The Bulls were eliminated in the first round of the Mid-American Conference Championships, held in Fort Wayne Ind., as they fell to Northern Illinois by a score of 4-0.

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Take me to Hollywoodland

By MELANIE BOCZARSKI | Apr. 30, 2007

The Hollywoodland Real Estate Group in Los Angeles placed a sign on Hollywood hill; it read "Hollywoodland." It is under that sign where souls are being sold for the moon and the stars."Lost in Hollywoodland" is a hilarious musical about Dexter Webster (Casey Denton), an aspiring Hollywood movie director.

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Suzan-Lori Parks' 365 plays come to UB

By ERICA BOTSIS | Apr. 30, 2007

Award winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks is famous for many plays, such as "Venus" and "Top Dog Under Dog," but one of her most unique and controversial plays, entitled "365," was performed at the Center for the Arts this past Thursday and Friday by the Inter-media Performance Studio.The Pulitzer Prize-winner originally thought no one would be interested in a play like "365," with its unconventional form, in which sat down every day for an entire year and wrote the play, a culmination of 365 miniature plays."She has a way of connecting the past and the present by summoning the dead," said Dr. Marie Garnett, who spoke at the event and will be writing a book on the playwright."365" takes on new dimensions of theatrical viewing through digital characters, audience interaction and live dancers and actors.

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Bet you can't guess my Next move...

Apr. 30, 2007

Imagine being able to see two minutes into the future, having to rush through the Student Union during lunch hour and being able to get to class in Knox on time.Think about it.

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Track team splits up for weekend success

By IAN MCLEES | Apr. 30, 2007

The Buffalo men's and women's track team decided to divide and conquer this weekend as athletes were sent to either the Gina Relays in Michigan or to the powerhouse Penn Relays in Philadelphia.

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"Despite small crowd, senior comedy night a success"

By ERICA MAZZARA | Apr. 30, 2007

On April 24, graduating seniors received a gift from UB in the Student Union Theater as comedian Dwayne Perkins celebrated the countdown to commencement.

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Feature story 1

Apr. 30, 2007

While Al Gore spoke in Alumni Arena this past Friday, a mixture of different cultures from various Asian SA clubs was pulled together in the SU Theater the same evening.

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Summer album preview

By John Ranic | Apr. 30, 2007

1) The Smashing Pumpkins "Zeitgeist" (July 7) - After finding his car keys and letting the world know via the Chicago Tribune, Billy Corgan and his over-sized vegetables are back with their first release in seven years.

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Waving a not-so-somber farewell to five graduating Chips

By SILAS RADER | Apr. 30, 2007

It was a dark and rainy night. Thunder crashed. The Buffalo Chips put on a delightful Spring Show '07.Five members of UB's award-winning Buffalo Chips received silver flasks to commemorate a graduation from campus life and from their careers in undergraduate a capella.The Spring Show '07 was held in Slee Hall on Saturday, April 29 at 7:30 p.m.

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Summer movie preview

By MELANIE BOCZARSKI | Apr. 30, 2007

"Spiderman 3"PG-13 May 4As Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) comes to terms with his double life, he is faced with his biggest challenge yet, the evil within himself.

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The current state and future of on-campus safety

By SARAH EID AND NICOLE COLEMAN | Apr. 30, 2007

The pressure to keep students safe is higher than ever for university police and officials after September's rape and murder along the bike path, the massacre at Virginia Tech, a reported sexual assault outside the Sweethome Apartment Complex and the ever- present issue of theft.The job of protecting over 30,000 people is a daunting task, but are UB officials doing enough to prevent dangerous situations before they occur?"I don't think our work is ever done," said President John B.

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Park it!

By DAVID JARKA | Apr. 30, 2007

Whether you want an escape from the daily grind, find a place to get some exercise or just somewhere to hang out with your friends the Buffalo area has an extensive variety of parks to enjoy during the summer months.For those that prefer to stay within the confines of Buffalo's city limits, the best option for you maybe to visit one of the Buffalo Olmsted Parks.

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The big on-campus stories

By ROBERT PAPE | Apr. 30, 2007

For news at UB, it's been one hell of a year.We've been blasted by a freakishly early snowstorm and graced by the presence of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.Alleged Bike Path Rapist Altemio Sanchez was arrested and we passed the 30th anniversary of the Blizzard of '77.

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Scoreboard

Apr. 30, 2007

BaseballFriday:Buffalo7Akron5W. TennisFriday:Buffalo4Ball State0M. TennisFriday:Toledo4Buffalo2BaseballSaturday:Buffalo12Akron3W.

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Gender equity in athletics

By KATRIN FISCHER | Apr. 30, 2007

It's still dark when Buffalo's track and field and cross-country head coach Vicki Mitchell pulls into the parking lot of Alumni Arena.

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FROM THE EDITORS

By Editorial | Apr. 30, 2007

On Nov. 17, 1950, before The Spectrum was even formally named, the following was decreed by the paper's board of managers:where we standAs directed in a motion passed by the Board of Managers, the policy of this newspaper shall be:1.

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Burden of the Heights falls on the shoulders of UB

By SHANNON WHITE | Apr. 30, 2007

Imagine, the University Heights area was a residential gem: with the help of efforts from UB, it may not that far-fetched of an idea.To students, the Heights area is known for its affordable, low-quality housing.