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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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Liz Phair leftovers

Mid-'90s female alternative music was supposed to have faded out. It certainly seemed to have been shelved among all the random music we recognize from childhood.


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Chrisphonte wins election for council seat

Jenna Chrisphonte, a graduate law student, captured almost 51 percent of the vote in this week's UB Council election, winning in a landslide over junior Peter Rizzo and fellow law student Todd Chard.Starting next semester, Chrisphonte will join some of Buffalo's most prominent community members on the high-profile advisory board as its lone student representative.


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Parking pig out

Parking a fire truck in front of a fire hydrant seems pretty harmless, but look at the above truck's windshield.


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