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Three wrestlers head to NCAA tourney
By ALEX ZAMBELLI | Mar. 10, 2006For the first time in the team's Division I history, Buffalo wrestling will be sending three grapplers ranked in the country's top 15 to the NCAA tournament.Senior heavyweight Harold Sherrell, senior 197-pounder Kyle Cerminara, and junior 133-pounder Mark Budd will all travel during the spring break to Oklahoma City, Okla., where they are looking to become All-Americans and National Champions.Although the tournament seedings for the event won't be released until Monday, aspirations are soaring."The NCAA Championships are probably one of the most exciting events in wrestling in the entire world," said head coach Jim Beichner.
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Correction
By Editorial | Mar. 10, 2006Wednesday's story "Setting the gay athlete image straight" stated two different years for when Mike Rockman's Q&A ran on the athletics Web site.
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Preparing for His Holiness's visit
By MATT R. MANERA | Mar. 10, 2006Peace, love and understanding are only a portion of what UB's distinguished guest speaker will address in September, and the speaker isn't Elvis Costello.From Sept.
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20 candidates to vie for 7 executive seats in Student Association election
By ELI GEORGE | Mar. 10, 2006In what will be the most crowded presidential race in four years and largest overall candidate pool since 2003, four campus political parties are running for Student Association president, two of which are fielding complete tickets.The election's most notable name is that of Viqar Hussain, the current SA Senate chair and president of Muslim SA, who is running for president under the UB Advocates party.
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"Ron Popeil: inventor, innovator, instructor"
By ROBERT PAPE | Mar. 10, 2006For anyone who spent the late nights and Sunday afternoons of their youth flipping between the five TV channels available free (via antenna) like me, learning how to make homemade beef jerky and banana chips was part of life.For me, however, inventor Ron Popeil offered more than my Ronco Electric Food Dehydrator.
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Spring break - the ultimate long weekend
By PATRIK PURI | Mar. 10, 2006Spring break is a time for students to put their work and worries on hold and "take a break from it all," and as one might expect, students are pumped for this much-awaited break from the daily grind.Many prefer flying to tropical locales such as Cancun or Florida, because they can enjoy getting a tan in the sun instead of freezing in the icy Buffalo weather.
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The Spectrum elects next Editor in Chief
Mar. 10, 2006The Spectrum's editorial board elected Robert Pape on Monday to serve as the paper's next Editor in Chief.Pape, a sophomore arts administration major, joined The Spectrum in the fall of 2005 as a staff writer on the news desk.
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Weekend in Buffalo: 3.10.2006
Mar. 10, 2006"Deliverance"Dipson AmherstSaturday, March 11 at midnight$6 for studentsChock-full of classic scenes: the banjo strumming showdown, the infamous anal raping, and Burt Reynolds slinging an arrow into a hillbilly's chest, "Deliverance" is still an intelligent film beneath the surface of gratuitous sex and violence.
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'Keep Your Heart' keeps it simple
By KARA BENNETT | Mar. 10, 2006The Loved Ones use up to three power chords per song, which means they automatically qualify for the genre of punk rock.This Philly trio recently released their full-length debut album, "Keep Your Heart" under the label Fat Wreck Chords.
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Aloha: precise and reverberating
By MAX BENTON | Mar. 10, 2006There is nothing more pleasing to the ears than a well-crafted, smooth crescendo from an elegant sound to an emotional, climactic roar.
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Season over in a flash
By COREY GRIFFIN | Mar. 10, 2006Chance after chance and rebound after rebound, the men's basketball team saw No. 1 seed Kent State out-hustle and outplay the Bulls in a 76-67 loss in the Mid-American Conference Tournament quarterfinals Thursday night.Buffalo came out strong with an 8-4 lead, but Kent State whittled away the deficit with a 13-0 run in just over three-and-a-half minutes.
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The motherland puts on mother of all ballets
By LINDSEY SCHUPPENHAUER | Mar. 10, 2006You don't need a pink tutu and some Bach in the background to put on a ballet. "Les Ballet Africains," filled with authentic African music, dance and costumes, offers much more.
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Too late to the party
By Editorial | Mar. 10, 2006The decision by UB professor emeritus Paul Kurtz to publish the controversial Muhammad cartoons under a "freedom of speech" guise is simply wrong.
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Thrice visits with hard rock orgy Taste of Chaos tour
By MIKE FLATT | Mar. 10, 2006Thrice named their most recent album "Vheissu," a phrase from Thomas Pynchon's novel "V." Vheissu also means "Who are you?" in German."The band has been trying to find out exactly who we are and what we are," said the group's drummer, Riley Breckenridge in an interview with The Spectrum.
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Clearmotive to give farewell
By KENNETH ILGUNAS | Mar. 10, 2006Clearmotive can see the light. There comes a day for every band to lay down the guitars and ascend into the rock 'n' roll afterlife.
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Online classes take on a new look
By LIZA ZAPPALA | Mar. 10, 2006Online classes are in existence to help students who want to avoid sitting in a classroom and for those who want to have more time in their schedule.
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"A well-traveled player, Barstad leads softball on the road"
By KELLI O' BRIEN | Mar. 10, 2006"I have been to Cancun, Paris, Belgium, Amsterdam, Germany, Luxembourg, and pretty much all over Europe," said Buffalo's star softball pitcher Sophie Barstad.
