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Seniors brunch recognizes achievements
By JENNIFER KEPPARD | Apr. 28, 2006There 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, 2006As 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, 2006The 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, 2006The 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, 2006If 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, 2006It'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, 2006Student 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, 2006I 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, 2006It'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, 2006In 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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Book List
By KARA BENNETT | Apr. 28, 2006Current: "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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Summer movie preview
By DREW WEITZ | Apr. 28, 2006With all the free time where classes used to be, chances are you'll be going to the movies a lot more often this summer than during the school year.
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A few important messages from an unimportant man
By KENNETH ILGUNAS | Apr. 28, 2006As a column writer this past year, I'll be the first to admit that I've written on a lot of rather meaningless topics.
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Let them wear lipstick
By GINA ROSEMELLIA | Apr. 26, 2006In a country where a woman can have her hands cut off for wearing nail polish, opening a beauty school seems unthinkable.
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Sidelines
Apr. 26, 2006Special KSeniors James Kingsley of the baseball team and Kristen Ortman of the women's tennis team were named this week's UB Male and Female Athletes of the Week.Kingsley, the Bulls' starting first basemen, scored six times while hitting .632 including two doubles, a home run, and six RBI over the past week.
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"Library hours secured, Assembly fights grade policy changes"
By ROBERT PAPE AND CHRISTINE SETLOCK | Apr. 26, 2006Thanks to resolutions passed unanimously by the Student Association Assembly, students will soon see more blue-light emergency phones, better campus lighting and extended hours at the Undergraduate Library.Protection against the Faculty Senate's changes in grading policy, however, may prove harder to come by, as the power of the Assembly's rebuking resolution is limited.Assembly Chair Hassan Shibly called the blue-light and library resolutions a real victory."There have been break-ins and there have been crimes on campus, and that's something that may be more easily prevented just with the lighting," he said.
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Bulls fall in game one of Big 4 Baseball Classic
By COREY GRIFFIN | Apr. 26, 2006Good pitching and good defense win games, but the baseball team had neither in the opening game of the Big 4 Baseball Classic at Amherst Audubon Field Tuesday afternoon.Canisius dropped the Bulls by a score of 12-4 in the two teams' first meeting since a bench-clearing brawl ended their last game after only three innings."I thought we came out flat," said Buffalo head coach Bill Breene.
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Checking expectations
By JEREMY G. BURTON | Apr. 26, 2006Check your hopes, Sabres fans, and don't say them aloud. We can't afford to get ahead of ourselves.
