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Theme: Altered State CinemaClassic: Jacob's Ladder (1990)Tim Robbins plays Jacob, a 'Nam vet who returns to a mundane life as a civil servant in the States.


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Anais Mitchell: A student of the Dylan school

Despite being held up in Vermont due to a hellacious winter storm - canceling her '80s cover band Sputnik's performance - singer-songwriter Anais Mitchell managed to shell out some time for The Spectrum before her upcoming performance this Friday at Nietzsche's.For those unfamiliar with her work, who better to describe it than Mitchell herself?"I'm a songwriter of the Dylan school," she said.


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'Breach': A hole in none

Not all spy movies can have high-tech gadgets and exotic women. In fact, some films are able to leave these luxuries at the door and still manage to impress.


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Schedule

SoftballX vs. Loyola, 9 AMFriday: vs. UT Arlington, 2 PMM. BasketballFriday: at Delaware State, 2:30 PMTrack & FieldFriday: at Zips Invite, 7 PMW.


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Rape statistics set straight

Speakers assembled in the Student Union Wednesday to address the misconceptions surrounding rape, sexual assault and domestic violence in the world today."Statistics show that rape is happening," said Rebekah Williams, the program coordinator for Hi-Niagara Frontier Council, one of the event's sponsors.


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Managing the housing boom

It was recently announced that GMH Communities, an off-campus student housing developer, plans to build 225 apartments on Rensch Road opposite UB's North Campus at Sweet Home Road.If all goes as planned, once opened this would be the third such large off-campus housing development to pop up in span of five years, totaling almost 700 apartments and nearly 2,300 beds.


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The kids are all right

M.J., Dominique, V.C., Dr. J, and Kobe are going to the 2007 Sprite Slam Dunk contest this upcoming All-Star Weekend in Las Vegas, but you can bet your 401K that LeBron James won't be there with them.The former five, all previous contest champions, will be judging the event featuring last year's sham champion Nate "14-times" Robinson, Tyrus Thomas, event favorite Gerald Green and super-sleeper Dwight Howard.King James and many of today's young superstars are conspicuously absent as they have been for much of the past two decades, save for Carter and Tracy McGrady in 2000 and Bryant in '97.


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Scoreboard

W. BasketballWednesday:Miami (Ohio)71Buffalo68


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Nenova named MACs women's tennis Player of the WeekSenior Miglena Nenova was named the Mid-American Conference's women's tennis Player of the Week.


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