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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.


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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?


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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"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.


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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.


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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.


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Running in remembrance

Over a thousand community members will pay tribute this Sunday to Linda Yalem, a UB student who was raped and murdered 16 years ago while running on the Ellicott bike path.The 17th Annual Linda Yalem Safety Run will begin at the Alumni Arena main entrance at 9:30 a.m.


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Students get a cheap cut for a good cause

Students who were looking for a new hairstyle at a cheap price were in luck this past Wednesday in the Student Union, where a miniature hair salon was set up from 11 a.m.


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Into the eye of the Tigers

Saturday's visit to Jordan-Hare Stadium will be a day full of milestones for the football team. When the Bulls take the field against the second ranked Auburn Tigers, it will be the highest nationally ranked team the university has faced since it joined Division I-A competition in 1999.Not only will it be the first ever match-up between the Bulls and the Tigers, but the game will also mark the first time Buffalo has played against an opponent from the Southeastern Conference.Although Buffalo is infamous for its struggling football program, head coach Turner Gill's philosophy will remain the same going into the game against the Auburn powerhouse."You just know you're playing against some speed," Gill said.


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