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Beating the best

With the winter sports schedule now officially over, it has become obvious that some teams have to change their mindsets and toughen their schedules in order to obtain their ultimate goals of becoming Mid-American Conference champions and national contenders.


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'Manderlay' questions right to freedom

It's a movie about one of the most irreparable mistakes of mankind, and it resembles a fairytale."Manderlay," an eight-chaptered contrivance of America's trial with slavery, is playing at the Market Arcade through March 28.


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Educated and spiritual people are not ruled by violence

I have not gone out of my way to see the Mohammad cartoons, nor will I, but I don't agree with The Spectrum's editorial point-of-view about Professor Paul Kurtz and his decision to publish the cartoons ("Too late to the party," March 10). I am more fearful of living in a world that does not permit freedom of speech.


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Catching the rising tide

After a strong fall season where the rowing team saw multiple first- and second-place finishes, the squads spent spring break racing in a series of exhibitions to prepare for the upcoming season.The result?


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Fusion jazz makes a comeback

Classic fusion jazz studio band Steely Dan is back, but this time it's under a different name. Steely Dan co-leader Donald Fagen released his self-produced third solo album "Morph the Cat" last week."Morph the Cat" is a sexy, soulful album that sounds almost exactly like a Steely Dan record.


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Solving the mysteries of ghosts and Bigfoot

In a Friday lecture at the Center for Inquiry off campus, speaker and author Ben Radford will use his insight as a scientist to prove his belief that the truth, about everything from Bigfoot to ghosts to aliens, is out there.Covering Bigfoot, alternative medicine, psychics and more, "Applying Science to the Paranormal" is designed with doubters in mind - the goal being to definitively prove or disprove several well-known claims of fringe-science."This talk is about the paranormal and we will be discussing a variety of things such as psychics, Bigfoot, lake monsters and a haunted house in Lackawanna," Radford said.


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Stifling our own improvement

Buffalo wings, bars open until 4 a.m. and easy access to Canada: good. Brutal winters, a lack of employment opportunities and a declining economy: bad.While Buffalo may have its fair share of problems, the Queen City possesses an equal number of great qualities that make it unique and appealing.


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Schedule

Track & FieldFriday: at Raleigh, 10 A.M.SoftballECU ClassicFriday: at Penn State, 12 P.M.W. TennisFriday: at Western Michigan, 1 P.M.Track & FieldX at Raleigh, 10 A.M.BaseballSaturday: vs.


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The freshman 15: winter weigh-in

Many say that each student who enters collegiate life gains the "freshman 15." UB gained much more than that this year with the addition of over 110 freshman athletes to its 18 rosters.Now two seasons have closed the stat books, so here are the top seven winter freshmen.


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Sidelines

Singh Panthlia named MAC player of the weekBulls sophomore Nikesh Singh Panthlia was announced as Mid-American Conference tennis player of the week.


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Punk that plays it safe

Pop punk and punk revival, including hardcore punk, both have their positive sides, but when it comes down to the tenacity of punk music, pop punk will always lose in a fistfight.


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This Weekend In Buffalo

"Inside Man"AMC Maple, Regal Elmwood, Market ArcadeOpens Friday, March 24Spike Lee's new film stars Denzel Washington as Detective Keith Frazier, a NYPD hostage negotiator.


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