There's a bad one in every barrel
By ARI TEMPLE | Oct. 23, 2006Lloyd Banks' sophomore LP "Rotten Apple" may take on a new experimental side, but it falls plenty short from the mainstream tree of his first album.
Lloyd Banks' sophomore LP "Rotten Apple" may take on a new experimental side, but it falls plenty short from the mainstream tree of his first album.
Did you vote in 2004? A lot of exciting names have crawled out of the woodwork since then, especially with the upcoming congressional election dominating the news.
Since their 10 match win streak ended on Sept. 15, the volleyball team has lost 12 of their past 15 games.The Bulls (13-14, 2-8 Mid-American Conference) had another disappointing weekend as they were unable to secure a victory in their return to Alumni Arena after three weeks away.
Behind a black backdrop, an image of Osama Bin Laden appears and a threatening quote about killing Americans fades in then out.
Being a band from the Buffalo music scene usually means death upon arrival. Sure, the Goos and even Brian McNight made it, but otherwise Buffalo's mainstream music repertoire runs about as deep as Lee Evans on a third and five.
Students in the Governors Complex were inconvenienced early Thursday morning an anonymous act of mischief smoked them out of bed.
Several firefighters, EMTs and University Police responded to smoke in The Commons Sunday evening caused by the building's heating system, according to an on-the-scene official.Jessica Corcoran, a manager at The Commons' Starbucks, notified authorities after she and her co-workers smelled smoke in the first floor lobby."We noticed smoke out in The Commons," Corcoran said.
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Remember the 1970's group Platinum Weird, whose long-lost effort "Make Believe" fell to shambles when band member Erin Grace disappeared without warning, leaving member Dave Stewart to scrape together and release the unfinished material with Grace a painful 32 years later?Neither do we.
It was a chilly day on the field at Pedden Stadium in Athens, Ohio on Saturday, not only for the fans but also for the Buffalo football team.
Forty years of teaching at UB has given Claude Welch first-hand knowledge of the university's past, and a unique view of its future.Welch's office reflects his deeply rooted presence at UB with book-lined walls and souvenirs from global travels displayed in every nook and cranny.
The same dark chemists that swung their arms high to "Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge" two years ago are on the march again, but this time under a different name.
A high-pitched bell rang once a minute throughout last Thursday's Take Back the Night rally, symbolizing the statistic that a rape occurs about once every minute in the U.S.The cold rain that fell did not extinguish the enthusiasm of UB students and local community members, who joined together at Harriman Hall to share stories and raise awareness about sexual assault and violence."Sexual violence affects all ages, all races, men and women," said guest speaker Melissa Fincher-Mergi.Fincher-Mergi is a family nurse practitioner that specializes in treatment involving the use of a "rape kit," or medical tools used to collect forensic evidence from rape victims."Support programs such as Take Back the Night are imperative to bring about the end of sexual and physical violence in our society," she said.Fincher-Mergi said that rape was a universal issue affecting both sexes, with one out of every 12 assault victims being male.
Focus: This week, instead of saying you don't have time to exercise, make time! Cut out 30 minutes of TV, Internet surfing or lounging.
On a night that honored and recognized Buffalo's eight senior players, the men's soccer team sent a message to the 19th ranked Huskies of Northern Illinois and to the entire Mid-American Conference.In the words of head coach John Astudillo, "destiny was in our hands, not theirs."With a flood of emotion on the field before kickoff, the Bulls were matched up with a team that had won eight straight games and had not allowed a goal in seven of those.
Crunching leaves and chainsaws echoed throughout the Buffalo community this past weekend as over 325 UB students pulled together to aid in clearing the remaining debris from last week's storm.
Over the past decade, Sean "Puffy" Combs has been able to do one thing consistently: make money. With the release of "Press Play," Puffy's first album in five years, Diddy makes a case for his relevance to the game and showcases his ability to change with the times.
After a three-week layoff without any meets, the men's and women's cross country teams were in action Friday afternoon at Cornell's Reif Memorial Invitational, a non-scoring competition that included host school Cornell, Syracuse, Cortland State and Ithaca.Weather played a major factor in the race, changing its course at the last minute due to inconsistent rain overnight.
A cirque-themed family weekend may have been postponed indefinitely due to the October snowstorm, but UB is still finding a way for students to have some big top fun.