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Beautifully haunting

By John Ranic | Apr. 25, 2007

And with the toss of a t-shirt, Trent Reznor has audaciously signaled the beginning of the end.The hidden message on the back of one of Nine Inch Nail's tour t-shirts ignited an intricate maze of cryptic Web sites and USB drives, that will bring us to Reznor's conceptualized end - life in the "year zero."The artist's recently released "Year Zero" is a self-described concept album, dealing with everything from political corruption, to mind control, to religion.

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UB Music Instructor leads the life of an artist

By MATT ZAJAC | Apr. 25, 2007

In a time where high school guidance counselors would sooner hand in their resignation papers than advise students to pursue careers in the arts, Otto Muller, an adjunct instructor in the music department, is known for breathing the notion of an artistic lifestyle into the minds of his students.His affinity for the arts transcends Baird Hall to the surrounding Buffalo area where the tabooed life of an artist is far from dead."If your desire is to create art and your conviction is that art is a worthwhile endeavor, then you'll continue to make work regardless of what the societal stigma says," Muller said, who graduated from UB in 2003.Muller captivates his student audience every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, no small feat for a graduate student pursuing his Ph.D.

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Rubin's magical mystery tour

By ALEX RUBIN | Apr. 25, 2007

It's never too early to think about life after graduation, especially knowing the fact that all of my friends are graduating this year.

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Real campus politics

By SARAH EID | Apr. 25, 2007

Working on Capital Hill in the middle of Washington D.C. among fancy business suits and briefcases is where students like Kristy Wind, a senior political science major, aspire to end up someday.Thanks to the Washington Internship Program, it happened a lot sooner for Wind than she ever thought it would."I do a lot of the court preparation, like subpoenas and things," Wind said.The program is run through SUNY Brockport but is open to all SUNY students every fall and spring semester.The internship counts as an entire semester of classes at 15 credits.

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Scoreboard

Apr. 25, 2007

M. TennisSunday:Toledo5Buffalo2BaseballSunday:Buffalo13Ohio10SoftballSunday:Western Michigan9Buffalo2

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Sidelines

Apr. 25, 2007

Oliveri and Varsity Eight named Athletes of the Week Junior Rick Oliveri of the baseball team was named Athlete of the Week along with the entire Varsity Eight women's rowing team,Oliveri had a strong series against the Ohio Bobcats this past week, batting .600 over the three game weekend set.

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Daphne hearts perseverance

By JESSIE KELSEY | Apr. 25, 2007

Some groups have the innate ability to create an infinite amount of superb albums, while other bands struggle to assemble just one, but, as they say, life isn't fair.

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Yeltsin's passing puts legacy on the forefront

By Editorial | Apr. 25, 2007

For all those cultured enough to know what Boris Yeltsin looks like, picture him standing atop an armored vehicle in the streets of Moscow after putting down a takeover attempt.That's the picture that graced page two of Tuesday's Buffalo News, and that is how the world ought to remember this revolutionary leader.Understanding, of course, that with success came failures.Yeltsin, who before leading his political revolution was a lifelong communist, led the drive for a democratic government in a country that hadn't legitimately elected a leader in over 1,000 years.

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Thanks and farewell

By RACHEL BELLAVIA | Apr. 25, 2007

In my four years at UB, there have been many people who have encouraged and inspired me, even though they go generally underappreciated by the masses.

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You will always remember

By JON SHAM | Apr. 25, 2007

I suppose I could say that it all started with "Guitar Hero." If you don't know the game you're either too sheltered or just plain deprived.

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Life as a house: the fa?iade of Downtown Buffalo

By JOSEPH GLENN | Apr. 25, 2007

Under the direction of Associate Architecture Professor Frank Fantauzzi, 14 graduate students and 16 senior studio students have been working to turn a dilapidated house into a creative and up-to-code home."I looked at several vacant buildings in the city of Buffalo that we had the possibility of working with," Fantuazzi said.

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"Bulls cloud over, continue to hope for bright forecast"

By ERIC LOONAN | Apr. 25, 2007

The Bulls softball team took full advantage of sunny skies and warm temperatures over the beautiful days of this past weekend, fitting in games against two Mid-American Conference rivals Northern Illinois and Western Michigan.

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Baseball turning the corner

By CHRIS RYNDAK | Apr. 25, 2007

After starting the season 3-23, the Buffalo baseball team seems to finally be hitting its stride.

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"SUNY Assembly holds elections, debates GPA standards for office"

By FIONNA AGOMUOH | Apr. 25, 2007

Elections and heated debates were the focus of the last SUNY Assembly conference for the school year, held from April 13 to April 16 at the Marx Hotel in Syracuse.Two hundred and fifty students were in attendance, representing 53 out of the 64 schools in the SUNY system, including UB's SUNY executive committee members and delegates Elliot Sherman, Christopher Mendoza, Melody Mercedes and Student Association President Viqar Hussain, as well as Rohan Desusa and Latreece Seneca, who will be delegates for the upcoming school year.One of the main topics of discussion included the possibility for a vote made by the executive committee supporting the raising of GPA requirements to run for SUNY Assembly positions.

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Buffalo drops final match of the year to Toledo

By JOE COLANGELO | Apr. 25, 2007

The men's tennis team expected a five-hour drive to Toledo to face the Rockets on Sunday. What they didn't expect was the five-hour marathon match that happened once they arrived.The Bulls (8-12, 2-3 Mid-American Conference) finished out their season against the Rockets (13-12, 3-2 MAC) with a 5-2 loss in a match being played for the third-seed in the MAC Championships at Toledo's Varsity Courts.The Bulls fell short of the victory as junior Nikesh Singh Panthlia and sophomore Octavian Stane scored the only wins for the team in the contest."It's not the way we would have liked to end the season," said men's tennis head coach Sherif Zaher.

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Schedule

Apr. 25, 2007

Track & FieldThursday: at Penn Relays, N/AM. TennisThursday: vs. MAC Championships, N/AW. TennisThursday: vs.

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Woman sexually assaulted at Sweet home raises red flags on campus

By JOSHUA BOSTON | Apr. 25, 2007

The issue of sexual assault took precedence at local police agencies this week after UB released e-mails warning all students of two criminal incidences that have taken place off campus.

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The Spectrum Watchlist

By DREW WEITZ | Apr. 23, 2007

Classic: Major League ("1989") Charlie Sheen, Wesley Snipes and the rest of the hapless Cleveland Indians struggle to make the playoffs despite opposition from a malicious owner, angry fans and a no-name roster.

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Rowing wins second straight Harvey Cup

By JIM COLLINS | Apr. 23, 2007

The Bulls took what belonged to them this weekend in Syracuse, N.Y. winning the Harvey Cup title for the second consecutive year on a beautiful spring day.

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New club two steps back in time

By AMANDA SHETTLETON | Apr. 23, 2007

Frank Sinatra's "Fly Me to the Moon" is blaring on a radio while a group of students energetically dance around the Student Union flag room, a few showing off their perfected Charleston as if it were 1920.