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My stumbled satire

The journey into school everyday is ritualistic. My day begins... I speed into the parking lot behind the Student Union flipping off everyone trying to steal my parking spot, which I have clearly marked with my blinker.


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Resurrect this

Like taking a page out of the Bible, Ohio metal outfit Chimaira has risen from what appeared to be the imminent death of their band.


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Preparing to charge

After one full season under the guidance of head coach Turner Gill, the Bulls began work towards next season hoping they will be the team to put Buffalo football on the map.


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Ray of hope

There's only one week left in March and it's officially time to get excited.The Tampa Bay Devil Rays are about to break camp.Sure, everyone's excited about the Yankees and Red Sox, Dice-K and the Rocket, and the overall mediocrity of the National League, but I'm just flat-out giddy over the Rays.I know what you're saying.


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Sidelines

Athletes of the Week namedFreshman Ezekiel Porter of the men's track and field team and senior Natalie Dean of the women's tennis team were named Athletes of the Week.Porter helped pace the Bulls to a second-place finish at the Seahawk Invitational in Wilmington, N.C.


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Parasitic Value

Assuming that DJ Ramble John Krohn was raised by an octopus, it makes perfect sense that he would be able to perform, vocalize, arrange, record and produce "The Third Hand" by himself.


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Scoreboard

SoftballMarch 9Friday:Georgia9Buffalo0Friday:W. Carolina8Buffalo5Saturday:S. Illinois3Buffalo0Saturday:Florida A&M9Buffalo7Sunday:Appalachian State 5Buffalo3BaseballMarch 11Sunday:Temple 6Buffalo5Sunday:Temple9Buffalo0Monday:Navy7Buffalo0Monday:Navy7Buffalo0Tuesday:S.


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Rebuilding in the Bayou

Welcome to Bayou La Batre, where the shrimp is served in plastic bins with the eyes, heads and legs intact.About 45 students hit the road last week during spring break, traveling 13 hours south to the shrimp capital of Alabama, Bayou La Batre, with the intent of helping those in need.


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Spring breakdown

More than just the sun burned the Bulls over spring break, as the baseball team dropped all six games it played over the weeklong period.


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Quentin Tarantino: ingenious or overrated?

"Do you know what they call a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in Europe?" Ever since "Reservoir Dogs" was released in 1992, writer/director Quentin Tarantino has been a cinematic staple of the next generation.


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A bachelor's in Iraq War Studies

For the most part, anniversaries are a cause for celebration, but on this occasion, we ought to hang our heads low.It was four long years ago when the United States waged war with Iraq, many standing strong behind the president's decision as well as Congress' financial backing of the effort.


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UB joins nationwide global warming coalition

Last Thursday, President John B. Simpson defined UB's place in the global warming debate by signing the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, a coalition binding 133 universities to take action to protect and benefit the environment.UB has been environmentally engaged in the past and the agreement is a national effort that might ensure that the university continues thinking "green," according to Simpson."We are proud of Buffalo's strong environmental legacy, but we are not satisfied with resting on our past accomplishments," he said.The climate commitment calls for UB to reduce emissions in greenhouse gases and will eventually lead to a state where the university's effect on the environment is considered "neutral." The document also calls for these environmental topics to be apart of educational curriculum.Simpson said that he encourages students to educate themselves about their energy surroundings."This is one of the fundamental considerations that we keep in mind as we think about what we want UB to be like in the future," Simpson said.


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One year ago next week

Ten votes.Last year, that's all it took.As one of the lead reporters covering the 2006 Student Association elections, finding out that the next president and vice president were elected by only a handful of students took me by surprise.And I wasn't alone.After the announcement that Viqar Hussain and Leslie Meister's 1,017 votes beat out Greg Stern and Marquis Whitmore's 1,007 votes, emotions erupted outside the SA office on the third floor of the Student Union.



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