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Heavy blimp hits Buffalo

Led Zeppelin's music is famous for its vivid, dramatic and orchestral quality. Now that the group is disassembled, the opportunity to experience a performance of their music with a full orchestra on board is a thrilling one.The Buffalo Philharmonic with Randy Jackson, an expert Robert Plant impersonator, performed at Kleinhans Music Hall Saturday night.It was an informal evening by philharmonic standards: musical conductor Brent Havens donned a leather jacket with a Cadillac logo on the back - a reference to the Cadillac commercials featuring "Rock and Roll" - as he rocked back and forth, grooving to the music while leading the orchestra.The show opened with the classic "A Whole Lotta Love," an odd choice for a symphonic adaptation, with its irregular meanderings and strident vocals.

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Current: The Squid and the Whale (2005)Kids deal with divorce in different ways. Teenager Walt memorizes Pink Floyd's "Hey You" and passes it off as his own in his high school's talent competition.

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Permanent ticket to ClevelandThe Mid-American Conference announced that starting next season, the men's and women's postseason basketball tournaments will be held exclusively at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.

Baseball shut out in home opener

Buffalo baseball waited 18 games and 34 days to play its first home game of the 2006 season, but the Bulls had to wait 24 more hours to finally take to the diamond at Amherst Audubon Field after poor weather conditions forced the team to cancel Friday's game against Central Michigan.On its home field for the first time, Buffalo lost both games in a Saturday doubleheader, 5-0 and 8-0, and was swept aside 12-0 on Sunday by the Chippewas to go scoreless for the weekend.After being so patient to play in Western New York again, the Bulls' first conference victory will still have to wait.Buffalo combined for just four hits in the doubleheader.

Lister wins pole vault in Raleigh

Junior Jessica Lister won her first pole vault event of the outdoor season, bounding 11 feet, 9 3/4 inches at the Raleigh Relays on Saturday.Lister's victory at Paul Derr Track in Raleigh, N.C., was the second in as many weeks for Buffalo pole vaulters.

Tickets Punched for election showdown

With the election for next year's Student Association leadership starting on Tuesday, the most crowded race in years is starting to live up to its billing, as each party is expected to be campaigning heavily in the coming days.So far, the competition hasn't spurred any major clashes, but while many students remain apathetic, some have expressed worry over various issues the election has created (see "Letters to the Editor, page 5). And if endorsements are any indicator, the student body seems certainly to be divided.

SA election endorsements

With the election for next year's Student Association leadership starting on Tuesday, the most crowded race in years is starting to live up to its billing, as each party is expected to be campaigning heavily in the coming days.So far, the competition hasn't spurred any major clashes, but while many students remain apathetic, some have expressed worry over various issues the election has created (see "Letters to the Editor, page 5). And if endorsements are any indicator, the student body seems certainly to be divided.

Unoriginality works against UB Advocates

Earlier this week I had to sit through SA club endorsements for candidates running for SA e-board positions.

Burning bridges

If Buffalo's Skyway were to fall tomorrow, no one would cry. Well, maybe if anyone were on the bridge when it fell, but there really aren't that many people who really use it.Destroying the Skyway would get rid of an eyesore, expedite Buffalo waterfront development and probably save taxpayers millions.

Staged questions damage SA reputation

Election time always seems to bring out the worst in everybody. With SA elections only a week away, I am sorry to say that the politics have already begun.

Spectrum Cartoon: 3.27.06

Republican-from-birth study offers no agenda

I am responding to an article that appeared to stray off your opinions page and landed in the Arts & Life section of your March 24 issue: Alex Nasarewsky's article criticizing the Blocks' study linking party affiliation with childhood personality traits ("Asinine, not academic"). Nasarewsky claimed that the research was "clearly advancing an agenda." Block's agenda was nothing but advancing science.

CFA's latest exhibit fills in the spaces

Where else could one find a giant papier mach?

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Student-SA communication should be priority

As a curious and oftentimes concerned member of the student body, I find myself constantly solicited from every direction by abstract notions, like voting for faceless candidates, platforms without even clear plans of realization of their goals, as well as concerns addressed with only appeasing targeted solutions.

Our Lady Peace unconfirmed for Spring Fest

The Canadian alternative rock band Our Lady Peace will be headlining Spring Fest on April 21, according to a report on Buffalo's WEDG 103.3 The Edge.Student Association officials would not confirm the band's performance, but SA President Dela Yador said he hopes to make a formal announcement sometime this week.Yador did confirm the concert's Friday date at Alumni Arena."It was real tough, as usual, getting bands locked down," Yador said, "so we had to lock it for the 21st."Yador declined to comment on the WEDG report, made by a disc jockey last week, and said the entire line-up would be announced, as usual, only after all contractual loose ends are tied up.If confirmed, Our Lady Peace will have some competition that night -- pop-punk bands Fall Out Boy and All-American Rejects are scheduled to play at HSBC Arena.

Softball puts doughnuts on the scoreboard

A string of defeats for Buffalo softball grew in bleak fashion over the weekend. On Friday and Saturday, the team was shut out in four games at the East Carolina State Farm Pirate Classic, including a loss to the California Golden Bears, who are ranked No.

Lecture commemorates East-West meeting

Joseph M. Henning, associate professor of history at the Rochester Institute of Technology, lectured on "Commemorating the Perry Expedition: From Gunboat Diplomacy to the Cold War," on Friday as a part of the Asia at Noon lecture series.Henning spoke about Matthew C.

Longtime face of Disability Services to retire

Twenty-nine years of irreplaceable dedication to helping students who need the most has made Toni Schunke an unforgettable individual in the UB community.Schunke, who has worked at UB since she was 18 years old, the senior administrative assistant in the Office of Disability Services (ODS), is retiring on March 31, ending a 29-year career marked with generosity and love for her job.

Bulls continue skid in MAC play

After compiling an 8-1 dual meet record since October, including winning five straight since the start of February, the women's tennis team opened its Mid-American Conference schedule with two losses.Friday afternoon the Bulls began their conference play with a 6-0 loss to Western Michigan before dropping a second match on Saturday to Bowling Green, 5-2.The Broncos, ranked 67th in the latest poll by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, beat Buffalo in seven of nine match-ups.The Broncos began the doubles matches with an 8-2 victory.