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Working out the kinks

By LAURA DIBBELL | Apr. 28, 2006

Drop the book bag, kick off those shoes and socks, grab a mat, and get ready to stretch your horizons at one of UB's yoga classes.It is instructor Jacqueline Bogdan's hope that after 45 minutes of stretching, twisting, balancing, and synchronizing every move with their breaths, students will have worked out some of the kinks of everyday life."Sometimes I fall asleep at the end," Kelly Vo, a senior social sciences major, said.Vo, who goes to the gym on alternate days, uses the Tuesday and Thursday yoga classes to stretch and relax."It is really relaxing," Vo said.

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Porter resident returns home after fall

By JESSICA PACKARD | Apr. 28, 2006

After spending six days at the Erie County Medical Center, the Porter Quad resident who fell out of his fourth-floor dorm room was released in good condition, according to University Police.

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Sidelines

Apr. 28, 2006

Ortman's big weekAfter going 3-0 last week, Bulls senior Kristen Ortman was named Mid- American Conference women's tennis co-player of the week.

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Clarification

By Editorial | Apr. 28, 2006

Re: "Helping kids rise above autism" (April 26), the local number to get involved with the Son-Rise program is (716) 639-7395.

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Seniors brunch recognizes achievements

By JENNIFER KEPPARD | Apr. 28, 2006

There might be no literally sweeter way to say goodbye to friends and school than a stack of pancakes with maple syrup.

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Record-breaking day for Bulls in win at Big 4 Classic

By JEFF DRAZEK | Apr. 28, 2006

As gusty winds carried the ball all over the place at Amherst Audubon Field during the consolation game of the Big 4 Classic, it was the Bulls baseball team that blew the record books wide open.Buffalo broke or tied several school records on the way to a 27-12 blowout win to clinch a third-place finish in the tourney.

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"Roll out the hoses, it's Oozfest again"

By ELIZABETH PAGE | Apr. 28, 2006

The newly churned dirt field on St. Rita's Lane lies quietly, awaiting firemen's hoses to transform the choppy ground into a mucky, soupy, swamp of a field.

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"Slip of tongue, slippery slope"

By Editorial | Apr. 28, 2006

The racial insensitivity Viqar Hussain displayed during his speech at the Student Association Club Awards and e-board Induction Dinner Wednesday night is mind-boggling.

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'RV' a tourist trap

By BRIAN HIBBARD | Apr. 28, 2006

If there were a terrorist color scale for "dangerously funny" movies, "RV" would fall somewhere in the green.

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Bubbly Ortman leads on and off the courts

By JAMES RAYMOND | Apr. 28, 2006

It's been a rollercoaster year for Kristen Ortman. The senior captain of the women's tennis team has had outstanding play on the courts, but to say she has had a rough year in her personal life would be an understatement.Ortman stands a little over five-feet-tall but her play during her four years with the Bulls has been big, including her serve, which has been clocked as high as 97 miles per hour.Ortman, who hails from Amherst and can see South Campus from her bedroom, has been playing tennis since the age of 7 in Buffalo.

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Racial remarks land Hussain in hot water

By JEREMY G. BURTON | Apr. 28, 2006

Student Association President-elect Viqar Hussain learned a lesson about public speaking the hard way last week, making two racially insensitive remarks at an SA dinner that have strained his relationship with club members and colleagues.No one alleges that the comments were intentionally malicious, but those who were offended said the off-color jokes were flat-out shocking and call into question Hussain's leadership and social wherewithal."For the rest of his presidency, it's uphill from here, especially with the minority clubs," said Keri-Anne Marshall, coordinator for the People of Color club council.SA President Dela Yador said Hussain made a tremendous mistake that will put him in a hole before he even takes office, but he stands by the next president's character.Yador himself was at the center of Hussain's initial remark.

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Mad skillz

By ALEX ZAMBELLI | Apr. 28, 2006

I was watching Sportscenter with a couple of my friends last semester when a football highlight came on and one of them said, "Man, I don't know how so many people like football, it requires no skill at all."Naturally, as an avid football enthusiast, I got offended and promptly responded "Yeah?

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These boots were made for draggin'

By MELAINE BOCZARSKI | Apr. 28, 2006

"Kinky Boots" is not quite the latest update on "The Full Monty," nor is it another English film about sexuality, but it is a movie about people that push the limits of acceptability.

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"Mature sound, still the same Goo"

By DAVE WATTS | Apr. 28, 2006

It's been four long years since the release of "Gutterflower," but the Goo Goo Dolls are back and sharing the love with all the fans on "Let Love In."The new album "Let Love In," which has spawned radio hits "Better Days" and "Give A Little Bit," is a relatively calm and soft album compared to their days of heavy guitars, such as the 1995s "A Boy Named Goo."After what seems like forever since The Edge religiously played "Long Way Down," the Goo Goo Dolls have grown up collectively over the past decade and it is apparent on the new record.

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Note from The Editor

By JEREMY G. BURTON | Apr. 28, 2006

In February, a provocative column about abortion ran on our opinion page. If you were to look for it on our Web site today, however, it does not appear in our archives.

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Schedule

Apr. 28, 2006

W. TennisMAC TournamentFriday: at Bowling Green, 2 p.m. Track & FieldGina RelaysFriday: at Penn Relays, 2 p.m.BaseballFriday: at Akron , 3 p.m.Track & FieldSaturday: vs.

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Book List

By KARA BENNETT | Apr. 28, 2006

Current: "The Areas of My Expertise" by John Hodgman (2005)Hodgman audaciously parodies the almanac, but instead of publishing stoic summations and extrapolations, he litters his text with lies.

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