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Student spotlight (kicker)
By SARAH EID | Oct. 6, 2006Perfecting each step for their upcoming fall concert, the pressure is on for the anxious dancers of the Zodiaque Dance Company.
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Competition addiction
By DAVID JARKA | Oct. 6, 2006Every morning, before I can even consider going through the normal wake-up routine, I must sit down in front of my computer and review my fantasy sports teams.
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Building the future
By FIONNA AGOMUOH | Oct. 6, 2006Taking a modern approach to the Darwin Martin House's new visitor's center, architect Toshiko Mori hopes that innovation, rather than imitation, is the greatest form of flattery.Mori, the architect for the Darwin D.
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'The Foley and the restless'
By Editorial | Oct. 6, 2006Hope has been getting 'naughty emails' from her employer, and tells Bo, who is a recovering alcoholic in a rehab program, that she is resigning from her job rather than reporting her boss to the authorities.
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Thunder of the East to take UB Stadium by storm
By STEPHANIE SCIANDRA | Oct. 6, 2006The thunder coming from the direction of UB Stadium this weekend will have absolutely nothing to do with the weather.At a special homecoming performance this Saturday at 1 p.m.
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Cross the Benjamin and dot the freak
By STEVEN GORDON | Oct. 6, 2006For anyone to have a conversation with David Cross and H. Jon Benjamin and not wet their pants is nearly impossible.
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Radiology residency program to close
By VANESSA JOZWIAK | Oct. 6, 2006At the end of the 2007-2008 school year, UB's radiology residency program in the department of medicine and biomedical sciences will voluntarily close its doors due to accreditation problems.
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"Maintenance, management issues still sour Sweethome experience"
By KELLY WARTH | Oct. 6, 2006One year after opening their doors, University Village at Sweethome Apartments are still facing difficulties.For many residents, the development's proximity to North Campus, in-ground pool, workout area and shuttle services have become trade-offs for what many consider poor management and lack of maintenance."It took them a whole year to get the locks (working). It was a huge safety issue since everyone knew about it," said Shauna Hausle, a junior communication major who has lived in the apartments since they opened.
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Wife of UB professor found slain near bike path
By RACHEL BELLAVIA | Oct. 4, 2006A two-day search for the missing wife of a UB professor ended Sunday afternoon with the discovery of her body near a Newstead bike bath where she frequently jogged.The search for Joan Diver, mother of four and wife of chemistry professor Steven Diver, included both the Erie County Sheriff's Department and over 200 volunteers."Her body was found at about noon, several feet off the path in a heavily wooded area," said Mary Murray, public information officer at the Erie County Sheriff's Department.Diver was first reported missing on Friday after failing to pick up one of her children at day care at 1 p.m.
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Talking with a trendspotter
By IVAN ANAMARIA | Oct. 4, 2006Comedian Demetri Martin was a Yale graduate and studying law at New York University when he decided his life was far too boring.
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Spectrum Book Club
Oct. 4, 2006"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four."- Excerpt from 1984Theme: negative utopia, totalitarianism.Book: 1984Fun Fact: George Orwell is actually a pseudonym for English author and journalist Eric Arthur Blair.Orwellian: Translations are available in 15 languages and the novel's terminology has become a part of society - the term "Orwellian" describes actions and/or organizations similar to the totalitarian society portrayed in the novel.Summary: Published in 1940, this novel tells of the worst-case scenario of the interaction between government and society in Orwell's projection of the year 1984.
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The 'Great American Column'
By ROBERT PAPE | Oct. 4, 2006Some of the greatest authors of the last few hundred years were the ones who set out to explain the aura of America, both in its grandeur and in its unspoken faults.
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"Homecoming weekend hosts SNL writer, dodgeball tourney"
By HOMECOMING WEEKEND HOSTS SNL WRITER, DODGEBALL TOU | Oct. 4, 2006Homecoming weekend begins this Friday, hosting among other events a speech by UB alumnus and Emmy award-winning "Saturday Night Live" writer0 Alan Zweibel.Events will start Friday morning with walking tours of the campus.
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Bulls stellar at Niagara Invitational
By DAVID JARKA & FORTUNE OPARAH | Oct. 4, 2006Niagara, Detroit and St. Bonaventure could not stop the women's tennis team from being almost flawless this weekend.
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Bulls stampede home
By COREY GRIFFIN | Oct. 4, 2006The last time the Bulls stood on the turf of UB Stadium, they were surrounded by hundreds of students and Buffalo was undefeated for the first time since 1997.
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Dating with speed
By SHANNON WHITE | Oct. 4, 2006The era of cyber hook-ups, speed dating and online services are the new love connection, and there are more ways than ever to find Mr. or Mrs. Right.Last Thursday evening, 120 UB students took a chance on meeting someone new at an evening of speed dating, with a twist - students of all sexual preferences participated."We saw that other campuses were doing it and what a success it was, and then movies like 'Hitch' came out and were a hit.
