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When I grow up

Hi. My name is Alyssa Kramer. I am a 22-year-old college student that is about to graduate and I still have no idea what to do with my life.


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Sidelines

Bell wins Furnas AwardDaniel Bell of the men's soccer team was selected as the recipient for the 2007 Clifford C.


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Schedule

BaseballFriday: at Ohio, 6 PMW. TennisFriday: vs. Northern Illinois, 1 PMSoftballFriday: vs. Northern Illinois, 1 PM Double HeaderCrewFriday: vs.


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Catching from coast-to-coast

For Lacy Schneider, playing Division I softball was always in the plans. The junior catcher is now living out her dreams behind home plate for the Buffalo Bulls.


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Skewed coverage at home

On Monday, much of the world stood still as reports started pouring out of Blacksburg, Va.: a shooter on the Virginia Tech campus claimed the lives of 32 innocent students and professors before killing himself.


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Highway to green

The biodiesel fuel-powered Campus Consciousness Tour will pull into UB this Sunday for Spring Fest.Not a bad idea, considering that gas prices are upwards of $3 a gallon in some parts of Western New York.


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Rock out your story time

It is rare to find rock music with lyrics that tell a good story. And even with a good story, it's harder still to find a fiddling country singer who can legitimately rock out.


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Not your average rocker

Meet Chris Funke. He's not your typical musician. He's a senior music performance major that has worked diligently to successfully mold himself into one of UB's top guitarists.Unlike the typical Led Zeppelin way of rocking out, Funke's main focus is in classical guitar.Growing up in Amherst, Funke grew up with the suburban equivalent of the Jackson Five.


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Treat a tragedy like a tragedy

This is a time to reflect on tragedy and to slowly come to grips with what we have learned. Our counterparts at Virginia Tech have been affected in life-changing ways, and the last thing any of them deserve to hear right now is what's at fault in their system.The same could be said of a nation injured again by violence in schools.


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Two top five finishes for Bulls at Knecht Cup

It was a weekend of mixed results for the rowing team as the Bulls sent two teams into the Grand Finals and two into the Petite Finals in the Knecht Cup at Villanova on Saturday."I think of all the events, this Knecht Cup was a very well attended and very competitive regatta," said head coach Rudy Wieler.


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I miss Imus

After the Don Imus fallout, I realized not only how often women are degraded in music, but how fun it is as well.



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