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Men's tennis closes out fall season at Dartmouth
By JOE COLANGELO | Nov. 8, 2006An invitation to the Bulls men's tennis team was sent out by the Dartmouth Big Green for a weekend of competition in Hanover, N.H.
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UB Researchers work today on the 'electricity of tomorrow'
By MELANIE PELLEGRINO | Nov. 8, 2006October's "surprise" blizzard left thousands of people in the Buffalo area without power for days, but UB scientists say that with the implication of wireless, storm-sensing transistors, future power outages do not have to be nearly as costly or frustrating.One of the many implications for the developing nanotech sensors is their ability to pinpoint the exact location of a power outage, according to researchers at UB's Energy Systems Institute.In the recent storm, electrical crews had to go street-by-street looking for the location of the several problems causing power outages - such as a downed line or damaged power box, while many lived without electricity for days.Sending out crews for repair is costly in both time and money, and researchers say that with the new sensors they would be able to pinpoint the problem and isolate it much faster than before.According to W.
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SUNY budget concerns come from the top
By THOMAS HALLECK | Nov. 8, 2006Last month, Chancellor John Ryan told the SUNY Faculty Senate that New York's public higher education system might be facing future financial troubles due to state budget cuts.
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"Come one come all, who love to cook"
By BETH KOMOROSKE | Nov. 8, 2006Rachael Ray. Paula Deen. Bobby Flay. Emeril Lagasse. The Naked Chef. Celebrities these days aren't only 80-pound starlets wearing the latest Prada bag.
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Organic on campus
By STEPHANIE SCIANDRA | Nov. 8, 2006Marta Schoenle has been eating organic food all her life. In addition, she keeps a strictly vegan diet.
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Dinner with 12 Strangers
By ALYSSA KRAMER | Nov. 8, 2006Six students and six UB alumni sit down to dinner together, having never met before. They all have one thing in common."Dinner for 12 Strangers" unites students and alumni interested in networking with each other.The program is designed to unite UB alumni and current UB students with the hope of building community and forming helping connections with one another that wouldn't have existed otherwise.The theme of the program is simple: put six students and six alumni together who arrive as strangers but leave as friends."It's a very informal, fun and relaxing dinner where students and alumni can talk and network," said Patty Starr, the assistant director of Alumni Relations.
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Bulls build momentum
By BRIAN TELESZ | Nov. 8, 2006It was a solid start to the season as the Bulls defended their home turf this weekend in the Fourth Annual UB Open.
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UB Anti-War rallies at SU
By ELIZABETH PAGE | Nov. 8, 2006Cheers and jeers met anti-war protesters yesterday as a sizable crowd of over a hundred people turned out at the entrance of the Student Union for a National Day of Action.
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Rethinking the human element
By SARA KOENIG | Nov. 6, 2006Fiber uniforms, foam furniture and chicken breeding are near-meaningless terms to anyone who has not yet visited Andrea Zittel's "Critical Space" art exhibit.
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Dean of nursing school announces end of tenure
By FIONNA AGOMUOH | Nov. 6, 2006The UB School of Nursing has come to the end of an era with its dean, Mecca S. Cranley, announcing that she will be retiring at the end of the school year.Cranley, who has been dean of the School of Nursing since 1991, plans to retire in January of 2008.
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Bulls tame Tigers in opener
By JOSEPH GLENN | Nov. 6, 2006Gaining experience was an important part of the Bulls' game on Saturday night, as the women's basketball team defeated the Holy Family Tigers in an exhibition match at Alumni Arena.
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More than just Xs and Os
By Editorial | Nov. 6, 2006A startling surge of 41 unanswered-points drove the Bulls up and down the football field to a convincing home win against an in contention Kent State team, and although post season action is out of the question for the Bulls, this type of positive momentum affords the Bulls a chance to really show their improvement this season in their last remaining games.Of course this season needs to be looked at critically.
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New blood shows skills
Nov. 6, 2006In an exhibition game, the Buffalo men's basketball team had a definitive victory over Buffalo State at Alumni Arena Friday night with a 91-48 win.
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Green living
By LAURA DIBBELL | Nov. 6, 2006As Kermit the Frog used to say, "It's not easy being green."Amid the whirlwind of college life, it's easy to forget about recycling papers and plastics, or saving energy and water, but living "green" - making choices that have a minimal (or positive) impact on the environment - doesn't have to take a lot of effort.EnergyAccording to Erin Cala, an environmental educator at the UB Green office, awareness is the key to dealing with issues like energy consumption."I don't believe that North Americans are aware of the impact of their actions," Cala said.
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Organic on campus
By STEPHANIE SCIANDRA | Nov. 6, 2006Marta Schoenle has been eating organic food all her life. In addition, she keeps a strictly vegan diet.
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Bulls earn split on road
By EVAN NEMEROFF | Nov. 6, 2006In an attempt to snap a seven-match losing streak, the women's volleyball team traveled to Mid-American Conference foes Toledo and Akron over the weekend.
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Jailhouse rock
Nov. 6, 2006When Make Believe found out that drummer/keyboardist Nate Kinsella would be spending two months in an Oklahoma jail for an indecent exposure incident, they decided to spend his last few weeks of freedom recording a new album.Kinsella then sketched the artwork for their latest album "Of Course" in his cell.Their sophomore efforts have not evolved stylistically, but the Chicago-based indie band has certainly grown tighter under the strange and trying circumstances.Make Believe seems to have taken the bouncy, countered-dissonance found on their last album, "Can't Tell Cop from Cab," and run with it.Sam Zurick's rapid guitar hammer-ons, pull-offs and two-hand tapping sound more like a fuzzed-out funk banjo than a shred-friendly Ibanez, all while the off-tempo percussion trapped in a perpetual fill mirrors the unpredictable guitar lines.The drums are managed as minimally as possible- Nate Kinsella raps on the snare and a tom or two while footing the bass and hi-hats, allowing him to mash away at a Wurlitzer organ with his other hand.These organ parts, coupled with Bobby Burg's steady bass lines frame the musical melodically and hold the band together.
