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Children of Men paints a tragic future

Alfonso Cuaron's "Children of Men" is perhaps the simplest futuristic dystopia ever made. Unlike Spielberg's "Artificial Intelligence" or Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner," this tragic masterpiece boasts no overwhelming special effects or grand explanations about the state of the world.The year is 2027, and since 2009 women have been infertile.


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Shape shift

Like a molded-over strawberry parfait that was left in a broken refrigerator for two weeks, college football's powers-that-be's current system to decide who plays for the National Championship has again soured the fans of the sport.


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"Love, and too much of it"

Smooth as silk is one way to describe the voice of R&B specialist Brian McKnight, but the fifteen tracks on his album "Used to Be My Girl" all come from the exact same cut.With titles like "Used to Be My Girl," "Find Myself in You" and "Shoulda Been Lovin' You," it's apparent that the album relies heavily on love songs, but McKnight's talent certainly doesn't stretch far enough to make all of them memorable.However, some songs do add a little variation to the mix.


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I'm with the band

The call came at approximately 10:47 p.m. It was my roommate Joe, and he was upset.It was hard for me to tell that Joe was upset because he's such a nice, gentle and soft-spoken guy.


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From here to there under an umbrella

From roses and chocolates to candles and rings, there are certain items that carry that romantic "je ne sais quoi." Umbrellas aren't typically a part of that assortment, but for Chris Barr they have carried that idealistic suggestion of love and intimacy for quite some time.When Barr was a freshman in college at West Virginia University he came out of a class one day to find it was pouring rain.


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GSA President Balcom resigns amidst misappropriation claims

In a heated Senate meeting Wednesday night, Graduate Student Association President Aubrey Balcom, on the verge of being impeached for alleged misappropriation of funds, resigned his position.The legislative body's actions were spurred by Balcom's recent trip to a conference in Seattle in which he spent $2,177.78 on restaurants, a hotel room and a rental car, among other expenses.


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Paying homage

The collegiate phenomenon "The O.C." has spawned an entire industry of merchandise, including numerous compilation albums from the series.


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"Yule log cakes, jelly jars, even Santa"

Despite the bitter wind howling at the front doors last Wednesday, the Student Union was filled with holiday warmth and music.Enthusiasm for the upcoming vacation filled the air along with scents of the season as students crowded around activity tables.The Festival of Traditions, sponsored by the Student Activities and Team UB, offered a welcoming taste of the variety of holidays and traditions celebrated at this time of year.Co-organizer Kate Schrum, a graduate student in the Student Affairs administration program was pleased with how the festival turned out."We have so much to offer here," Schrum said.


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Linking Ellicott and spine smarter than light rail

I wonder if other readers noted as I did the quote of NFTA Chairman Gregory Stamm that "we'll do anything in our power to service the needs of our students... we would clearly run it (a trolley system) and do it well," ("Inter-campus light rail project resurrected," Dec.



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