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Spectrum Cartoon: 09/25/06

Spinach happens: contamination of one of the greatest vegetables ever went almost completely unnoticed.

Emotional Dukes end Bulls' streak

A heavy-hearted Duquesne team knocked the men's soccer team off its four game win streak with a 2-1 victory Friday night.

"Yalem Run draws 1,000 runners,"

The weather was welcoming this past Sunday for the 17th annual Linda Yalem Safety Run, which had a turnout of about 1000 runners.

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Kellogg, Antonelli to speak at MAC Media DayCBS national basketball analyst Clark Kellogg and national basketball analyst Debbie Antonelli will speak at the 2006 Mid-American Conference Basketball Media Preview and Luncheon.

This Week In Buffalo

A lunch with the Dalai Lama

An essay on incorporating virtues found in His Holiness the Dalai Lama's autobiography into college life won freshman Emily Truesdell a semester of free tuition and a chance to have a lunch with His Holiness.As a part of the UB Reads program, all incoming students who attended freshman orientation were asked to read "Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama," and to submit an essay as part on the ways in which teachings from the book could be incorporated into campus life.Truesdell, a biochemistry major, was surprised and happy to win the contest."I was also a little nervous, but only because I didn't know what to expect," she said.The luncheon was held on Sept.

Student Association TV a disgrace to UB

While flipping channels on Friday night, I had the unfortunate experience of running across a Student Association program featuring drunken UB students cursing, fighting, and degrading women on Main Street ("Main St.

Bridges over troubled water

Every week Buffalo sewers overflow and spill millions of gallons of rank sewage into the rivers, creeks and harbors we depend on.

The Coffee Grind

"I'll take a tall caramel-hazelnut banana-cream frappuccino with a squirt of vanilla and an added double shot of espresso with extra whipped cream."Sound familiar?

Bulls fall in first two MAC contests

The women's volleyball team has a hole to dig itself out of after losing its first two Mid-American Conference games against Kent State and Ohio at home over the weekend.The Golden Flashes of Kent State (8-6, 1-1 MAC) and the Bulls (11-7, 0-2 MAC) looked evenly matched in the first game.

No. 2 ranked Tigers outrun Bulls

For the third consecutive week, Buffalo's defense was unable to stop the run Saturday afternoon, as the Tigers tore through Bulls defense for 270 yards on the ground.

Men's runners take title at UB Stampede Invitational

While running through the warm and spongy grass on Saturday at Beaver Island State Park, the men's cross country team claimed a first-place victory and the ladies claimed fourth-place in the Bulls only home meet of the year.

Schedule

Nothing to report

The caffeine high

Goats dancing madly about a field may strike many as odd, but according to a popular legend, thus began coffee.After enjoying an afternoon nap, a goat herder woke up to discover his goats dancing madly around the field.

A bipolar album B+

The Mars Volta has never been very good at playing by the rules. Perhaps that's why the group still fringes on the edge of the unknown."Amputechture" is The Mars Volta's third studio album since the group rose from the ashes of indie rock legends At the Drive-In four years ago.

"Law conference explores ethics, social equality"

As part of the academic conference "Law and Buddhism" on Wednesday, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama ended his three-day-long visit to UB discussing his outlook on both long-standing tenets and modern law.Taking a seat in the O'Brian Hall Law Library with 15 other lawyers and professors from various universities, the Dalai Lama discussed ethics and social order in the context of Buddhism.

Leading teams and future dreams

Since a young age, when junior Courtney MacVie first kicked a soccer ball, she has loved the sport.

Schedule

VolleyballFriday: vs. Kent State, 7 P.M.M. SoccerFriday: vs. Duquesne , 7 p.m.W. SoccerX at Miami (OH), 4 p.m.FootballSaturday: at Auburn, 2:30 P.M.Cross CountryX vs.

Bulls point horns in the right direction

Buffalo's volleyball team never let The Niagara Purple Eagles take flight at the Gallagher Center on Tuesday night, as the Bulls swept them 3-0.

Musings of an English major

Life is not a prescribed formula.Believe it or not, when first coming to UB, I was certain my fate would succumb to being dropped off in the middle of nowhere by the proverbial college bus come graduation time.