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Tennis unable to match strong MAC teams

Heading into what men's tennis coach Russ Crispell called "the heart" of the Mid-American Conference schedule, the Bulls looked to strengthen their position within the MAC but lost both their matches last weekend.On Saturday, the Bulls men's tennis team headed to Muncie's Cardinal Creek Tennis Center to face a strong Ball State team that was able to easily dispose of the Bulls by winning a 7-0 decision."MAC tennis is on the upswing.

Hair Hell

It's on my pillow when I wake up. Clumps come off in the shower. They're on my keyboard, in my food, and in my books.

Indifference makes life easy for renter exploitation

Far too often, UB students forfeit their tenant rights as secondary importance to academic pursuits.

"Baseball gets swept under the rug, again"

It was another rough weekend for the baseball team.Buffalo dropped all three games of a weekend set against Mid-American Conference foe Eastern Michigan Eagles.

Schedule

BaseballWednesday: vs Niagra at 2 p.m. ,

Spectrum Cartoon: 5.04.06

Hardware Caf?PI: simple is as simple does

From the fierce orange on red paint-splattered walls, to the massive two-room bar, and the endless rotation of local art displayed all over the walls, Hardware Caf?

Softball hosts tough divisional weekend

After struggling in out-of-conference play, the softball team saw mixed results in its conference opener last weekend.The Bulls hosted four games against Bowling Green and Toledo to start off its divisional record for the year last weekend and went 1-3 over the four-game stretch.

Decorated journalist brings bioterrorism expertise to campus

Award-winning journalist Laurie Garrett, one of America's premier authorities on healthcare and disease prevention, is set to speak at the Center for the Arts Thursday night as the next installment in this year's Distinguished Speakers series.Garrett is the only person to ever win all three of the most elite awards in American journalism - the Peabody, the Polk and the Pulitzer - and is headlining as the only female speaker in this year's six-speaker series."We are definitely looking forward to this event," said Jun Xu, a Ph.D.

"After Iraq, veterans enlist at UB"

For Ryan Boline, making the transition from the military to college is a difficult one.Boline, a freshman education major previously served in Iraq and continues to serve as Lance Corporal for the Marine Reserves.

Rally celebrates move to union janitors

UB Students Against Sweatshops rallied outside the Student Union on Tuesday afternoon, proclaiming another activist victory, this time in their quest for "justice for janitors."With about 70 students and community members on hand, event speakers praised the recent UB announcement to cease the outsourcing of custodial work.

Spectrum Playlist

A little R&B, a little reggae, and some soul go a long way in the category of Love songs. 1) Matisyahu - "One Woman for Me"2) Method Man and Mary J Blige - "You're all I Need."3) Mariah Carey - "Stay the Night" 4) Alicia Keys - "Rock Wit U" 5) Outkast - "Behold a Lady"6) Lauryn Hill and Bob Marley - "Turn Your Lights Down Low"7) Sean Paul - "Sexy Punky"8) Aaron Nevile - "Tell it Like It Is"9) The Fugees - "Mahogany"10) Carl Henry - "I Wish"

Potential aid and new freshmen top UB Council agenda

With a state budget that allocates funds to future UB projects awaiting a nod from Gov. Pataki, and planning for fall enrollment becoming more important as prospective freshmen make their final college choices, the UB Council met on Monday to crunch numbers.Beginning his presentation to the council, President John B.

Scoreboard

SoftballFriday:Buffalo0Bowling Green1SoftballFriday:Buffalo1Bowling Green4SoftballFriday:Buffalo0Eastern Michigan19SoftballSaturday:Buffalo0Toledo2Men's TennisSaturdayBuffalo0Ball State7BaseballSaturdayBuffalo1Eastern Michigan6SoftballSundayBuffalo7Toledo4Men's TennisSundayBuffalo1Toledo6BaseballSundayBuffalo2Eastern Michigan4BaseballTuesdayBuffaloRainedNiagraPostponed

Making Caesar look tame

In a unique approach to political filmmaking, the controversial documentary "Why We Fight" makes a disturbing connection between the current U.S.

GSA polls open on Wednesday

Elections for the Graduate Student Association begin on Wednesday with only the vice presidential race fielding more than one candidate.

"Diet, right?"

The dead of winter is almost over and all of us that have been in college-sloth mode are scrambling to get back those warm-weather bodies.To aid our plight, the diet industry supplies us with countless easy fixes that come in forms of pills, shakes, specialized diets and workout machines.One such product that I find particularly entertaining is RebounderAir, a proud product of the American Institution of Reboundology.This breakthrough in workout technology was invented by Albert Earl Carter, who according the Web site, invented his product after "recognizing that his extraordinary good health and superior strength were connected to his work on the trampoline."That's right, Carter's great invention is a mini-trampoline that "has proven to be an efficient form of exercise with virtually no harmful side defects" and "the low impact (such as the light pressure on the thighs) stimulates drainage, easing waste material out of the lymphatic system.

Yes? No? Maybe

Yeah Yeah Yeahs have slowly moved away from their jaunty New York punk roots into the foggier realm of even-Steven indie.

Petty production robs Graves

Pretty Girls Make Graves have made incremental steps up the rock stardom ladder, from their acclaimed first album "Good Health" off the independent punk label Lookout!

"Words, words, words"

Anyone who opened up Monday's Spectrum to the arts page was greeted at once by pornography and profanity, two things you usually don't see in this newspaper.