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Bluegrass beneath the snow

The common winter forecast of gray skies overtook the outline of the Center for the Arts Friday night, obscuring it into the evening darkness.

School records and top finishes highlight track weekend

Continuing their weekend road trips, the men's and women's track team tacked on several more top notch individual performances, this time coming at the Penn State's Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup on Saturday.The team finish was lower than usual; the Buffalo men finished 11th out of a field of 13 scoring 24 points, while the Buffalo women grabbed the ninth spot, scoring 21 points in their field of 17.

Life Focus: Around Buffalo

They're a cross between reggae and rock. They're a little bit of Beethoven but more of Queen. They're four talented and intriguing guys that have entered the local music scene: the Czech Mates.Every Friday evening, the four musicians set up camp in a cramped upstairs loft for their weekly practice.

"Drinkers rest easy, Ben Joe is here"

At some point in a late night Main Street drunken stupor, everyone has seen him strumming his acoustic guitar.

Be your own valentine

It isn't the roses, the random make-out sessions blocking the hallways or the hearts pasted everywhere that's annoying about Valentine's Day.I can even deal with the huge pink displays in the front of every store and the chalky hearts that I eat till I get sick; overall I think I handle the whole forced love thing pretty well.

Scoreboard

W. TennisFriday:Buffalo4Syracuse3WrestlingFriday:Kent State31Buffalo7M. BasketballSaturday:Central Michigan59Buffalo56W.

The winter parking crunch

With weather and road conditions wreaking havoc on UB faculty and students for the past three weeks, many face a challenge in simply finding a place to park on campus.

This Week In Buffalo

Spectrum Cartoon: 2.12.07

Bulls defeated in a Flash

Coming in to Friday night's meet against their Mid-American Conference rival the Kent State Golden Flashes, the Buffalo wrestling team was hoping to break a four game losing-streak.The Bulls' match against the Golden Flashes marked Buffalo's last home meet of the season, and the seniors were recognized before the meet.

Schedule

M. BasketballTuesday: vs. Bowling Green, 7 PM

Bulls shoot the lights out in Michigan

Everyone likes to score. Offense is just more fun to play than defense. Buffalo and Central Michigan couldn't agree more.

Student Advisory Board aims to improve student-police relations

When Gerard Schoenle took the reigns as UB's Chief of Police last July, he brought with him a few ideas on how to improve the University Police Department.

Sidelines

Michael McDowell named MAC Swimmer of the WeekFreshman diver Michael McDowell was named the Mid-American Conference Swimmer of the Week.McDowell set a new school record on the one-meter springboard with a six-total dive of 323.77.

Inconsistent play causes Bulls to come up short again

After a one game break from the monotony of losing, the Bulls found themselves back on the wrong end of the score against Bowling Green on Wednesday night.After a win at home over Northern Illinois in which senior forward Yassin Idbihi scored a career-high 26 points, Buffalo was unable to sustain a consistent effort offensively and defensively over 40 minutes in a 79-73 loss to Ball State.The Bulls (10-13, 2-8 Mid-American Conference) turned the ball over 20 times and committed 28 fouls in a game which saw Ball State (8-15, 4-6 MAC) rip off runs of 21-4 and 20-5.

Anna Nicole Smith dies suddenly at 39

Anna Nicole Smith, a postmodern pinup for a tabloid age, died of unknown causes Thursday in a Florida hotel room, her sudden death at 39 delivering the same shock and uproar as the celebrity life she cultivated from the hardscrabble dust of small-town Texas.Smith was in her sixth-floor room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Fla., when her private nurse called the operator for help, according to Seminole Police Chief Charlie Tiger, who said a bodyguard attempted CPR but could not revive her.The former Playboy Playmate of the Year was rushed to a hospital, where she died at 2:49 p.m., sparking breathless live news coverage from the Indian reservation.

Cross-dressing transcends centuries

The aroma of white zinfandel permeated the halls of UB's Center for the Arts on Tuesday night, announcing the arrival of Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro," an opera buffa (comic opera) performed by the Bulgarian State Opera.

Lessons from my older sister

Hillary Clinton is a woman and riding the coattails of her husband's last name. George W. Bush looks like a monkey and is horrible at public speaking.

Scoreboard

M. BasketballWednesday:Ball State79Buffalo73W. BasketballWednesday:Buffalo61Western Michigan48

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