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Folds landed smoothly at Geneseo

Bustling Geneseo County was sacked by Ben Folds' melodic piano and possible fecal accidents this past Saturday.

Butterball holds its own in turkey taste test

In a suspenseful, tryptophan-heavy blind taste test that pitted four turkeys against one another, the perceived underdog held its own.

Follow the leader

Graduation is a cruel side-effect of college basketball. With each year's commencement, different players depart their respective institutions and leave holes in lineups, rotations and locker rooms.

Back to back to back

Three games in three days is a lot to ask of any sports team. The men's basketball team, however, will do what it can to take them all this weekend at the America's Youth Classic.During the three-day-long event, the Bulls will face the Cleveland State Vikings of the Horizon League, the Miami Hurricanes of the Atlantic Coastal Conference and host the Evansville Purple Aces of the Missouri Valley Conference.

Life Focus: Around Buffalo

The weather forecasters are calling for six to twelve inches of snow on top of the three feet already on the ground, the sharp, icy winds seep through the cracks of everyone's homes and before dinner you head out to shovel the driveway for the second time that day.

Out of the rubble

It could all be gone. Just. Like. That.My best friend called Tuesday evening. She started with, "Everyone's okay, but..." You know then that the remainder of the conversation isn't going to be filled with rainbows and dancing leprechauns.She continued to tell me that her older sister's house had burned down in the middle of the night.

Cavo leads Griffins over Bulls in opener

With a good mix of both Bulls and Golden Griffins fans in attendance at the Koessler Athletic Center on Friday night, the women's basketball team looked to start its season off in a good note against local rival Canisius.The Bulls (0-1) opened up the game with a lay-up by junior Heather Turner to take a 2-0 lead.

Dark side of the frat

Epsilon Zeta at Northwestern Florida University is still reeling from a significant amount of trouble.

Cross-country finishes season in The Bronx

After months of training, hard work and facing various opponents throughout the country, the Bulls' hopes of making an impact boiled down to its seventh and final race of the season.The cross-country team competed this past weekend at the NCAA Regional meet.

Beethoven beautifully realized

As the lights dimmed and the first notes of Beethoven's "Quartet in D Major" rang out, Lippes Concert Hall became a symposium of strings melting in complete harmony.

Battered Bulls take fifth in Brockport

Although plagued by injuries and illness, the Bulls' wrestling squad placed fifth at the Oklahoma Gold Classic on Saturday led by some less familiar grapplers.Bulls' head coach Jim Beichner felt the pressure of the tournament increase throughout the week as he witnessed his players' health diminish."It was a solid tournament we ended up taking fifth place, but unfortunately we did not have our full line up," Beichner said.

"Program to focus on knowledge, 'connectedness'"

Students dealing with depression or self-destructive behavior may now be able to find even greater assistance at UB through several new outreach programs.The Division of Student Affairs was recently awarded a three-year, $193,793 grant by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which will be used to fund a program preventing suicide and harmful behavior.The project, called UB WELL (Wellness Enhanced Living and Learning), will be developed through the collaboration of UB Counseling Services and Wellness Education Services."We felt that it would be important to put a suicide prevention, harm reduction program in effect on campus," said Sharon Mitchell, director of Counseling Services.

This Week in Buffalo

Scoreboard

M. BasketballFriday:Buffalo77Canisius69W. BasketballFriday:Canisius74Buffalo58VolleyballFriday:Western Michigan3Buffalo0Saturday:BuffaloBuffalo placed fifth out of eight teamsOklahoma Gold Classic Cross CountrySaturday:BuffaloMen placed 22nd out of 38 teamsNCAA Regional Championships Saturday:BuffaloWomen placed 15th out of 37 teamsNCAA Regional Championships

Bulls get swept to end regular season

Battling for playoff seeding, the volleyball team finished the regular season on the road against Western Michigan and Northern Illinois over the weekend.

Full circle with Anderson Cooper

The host of the award-winning, self-titled CNN news program "Anderson Cooper 360?" took a break from the teleprompter this Saturday to offer insight on political and world affairs as part of UB's 20th Annual Distinguished Speaker Series.

Spectrum Cartoon: 11.13.06

Bulls sneak by in season opener

In front of 2,176 fans on Friday night at the Koessler Athletic Center, the Bulls answered the question many men's college basketball fans in Western New York were wondering: which Division I program was the better?

Sidelines

Rockets nudge Bulls

Life Desk's Weekly Workout

Focus: Hate drinking water? "Bribe" yourself by purchasing a fun water bottle and drink from that during the day.