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While you were feeling fat and drunk over winter break

I didn't get any gifts for Christmas this year. I think that's because I'm Jewish. I didn't get many Chanukah gifts either.However, remaining in the city that my mom's side of the family affectionately refers to as "hell" allowed me several hours to ponder the meaning of life, as well as stay up to date on the goings-on in the world.


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"O.U., how I hate you"

The Ohio f***ing Bobcats.The moment Leon Williams' tip-in found the bottom of the net, I suddenly found within me a deep distaste for that school.


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Comparison textbook shopping

If all those post holiday sales and New Year's Eve parties drained the cash Grandma gave you, shelling out a couple hundred dollars for textbooks probably doesn't make you want to jump for joy.But with a little comparison-shopping, finding cheaper textbooks shouldn't be too hard.Many students choose the UB Bookstore on campus for their textbook needs.


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A new look on the old grind

This is a moment I have not been looking forward to.After a great month off - Christmas, New Year's, a week in Las Vegas - here I am again.Back at my computer, back to a class schedule... back to the same old grind.I actually had to clean a thin layer of dust off of my alarm clock over the weekend and remind myself to get to bed at a reasonable hour.This is definitely a moment I have not been looking forward to.Or rather, was a moment I have not been looking forward to, until Monday night.When I'm not sitting here in my office, editing stories and pontificating through my keyboard, I'm at work.


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"New year, new pipes"

Contracted construction workers struggle in the ice and snow to replace corroding steel pipes beneath the North Campus promenade.


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Life Focus: Restaurant Review

Overflowing parking lots and long lines at the Galleria Mall had very little to do with the after holiday sales this season.Since The Cheesecake Factory opened its doors, patrons have endured up to a three-hour wait for a table and it has quickly become one of the area's newest hot spots.


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Spectrum Book Club

January"We all want to know what went wrong, even when there isn't really an answer to that question."- Excerpt from The Tenth CircleTheme: Hell on earthBook: The Tenth Circle by Jodi PicoultBonus Features: A black and white comic book between each section of the book drawn by protagonist Daniel Stone mirrors the story.


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Garrett Thomas: Magician

"Your first kiss, having a baby, getting married," Garrett Thomas said. "It is these first moments in our lives that define magic."Thomas, a magician, artist and writer for David Blain, calls it "the gift of astonishment." It is this gift of feeling that his magic gives to audiences."We magicians shake your etch a sketches without any trauma," Thomas said, who has the habit of referring to the human brain as an etch a sketch."Natural responses to magic are silence and jaw dropping, and people are so internal at that moment," he said.


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Former chair of American Studies John C. Mohawk dies

John C. Mohawk, associate professor of American studies, passed away Dec. 10 at the age of 61. American Studies Chair Donald Grinde cited apnea as the cause of death.Known as a "Native American activist on and off campus" by his peers, Mohawk co-founded the Native American studies program at UB, known today as the Department of American Studies.


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The videos that Metallica built

Metallica, the inventors of modern heavy metal, have recently released a monument to their visual achievements - a DVD safely titled "The Videos, 1989-2004." While devout metal heads are not granted any new material, they will be pleased to find that rock's harvesters of sorrow have compiled all their music video efforts into one easy-to-use disc chock full of videos and even bonus footage.


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Bike Path Rapist arrest warrants sigh of relief

The heinous 26-year career of the Bike Path Rapist concluded Monday when local police finally managed to bag the suspected culprit, Altemio Sanchez of Allendale Road in Cheektowaga, roughly four miles from UB's North Campus.Destroying numerous lives and terrorizing several communities in Northern Erie County, including that of UB's, the rapist's flagrant disregard for human life claimed eleven victims, three of whom were murdered.


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Slow start for Bulls in conference play

Experiencing the expected growing pains of being a young team, the men's basketball team struggled in its first two Mid-American Conference games against Bowling Green and Kent State but were able to rebound on Sunday against Miami (Ohio).The Bulls (9-7 overall, 1-2 MAC) started the New Year and their MAC schedule on Jan.



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