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Playlist: 3.08.06

The music industry has seen its share of remarkable artists who also happened to not be straight.

Ben Sargent Cartoon: 3.08.06

Scoreboard

M. BasketballMonday:Buffalo80Ball State 72

My perpetual mid-life crisis

This past weekend, I plunged into a near-frozen Lake Ontario with the elderly, the beer-bellied, and the elderly beer-bellied to join the prestigious ranks of the Polar Bear Club.

Sidelines

For the second season in a row, sophomore center Heather Turner of the women's basketball team was named to a Mid-American Conference postseason team.

Record-breaking season continues for tennis

The women's tennis team recorded its record-breaking sixth shutout Sunday, defeating Niagara 7-0 at the Village Glen Tennis Center in Willamsville.The match started with Buffalo's senior Kristen Ortman and sophomore Natalie Dean facing the Purple Eagles' Danielle Grenier and Julianne Prokopich.

Staff voices

He was a photo major. Tall, dark, and handsome. He held doors open, he was a superb listener, was almost a straight-A student.

Back breaking

Okay, so "Brokeback" didn't take best motion picture at the Oscars.So what?Pick up an issue of the New York Times, and you'll read that society just isn't ready for gay cowboys to steal the limelight.But the issue is not homosexuality, it's what people enjoy most.

Setting the gay athlete image straight

Log onto the Web site for UB Athletics and on any day you'll find scores, highlights and game stories, all the usual fare for college sports.

Gay marriage

At the national level, the battle over gay marriage is raging as fierce as ever. In nine states, politicians are debating same-sex marriage amendments.

"Straight, but so what?"

Freshman year, by definition, is a time for new experiences: life without parental supervision, sharing space with a roommate, fraternity parties, your first blunt, and then, in a category all on its own, drunken homoerotic encounters.And while many students might balk at the last item on that list, experimenting with members of the same sex is not so uncommon for college students, especially for those in their first year away from home.So why would seemingly heterosexual students start making out with members of the same sex?

Chasing the NBA dream

The life of a player in the American Basketball Association lies far from the glitz and glamour of the NBA.When fans attend a Buffalo Rapids game, they are there to see the simpler world of sports, a world in which players are on the court for the love of the game.

Softball splits series of weekend contests

While many students were trudging around in snow boots this past weekend on campus, the women's softball team were basking in the sun with their cleats in Plant City, Fla., last weekend.But this was no spring break leisure trip.

SA election process hurts all candidates

As you well know, the Student Association E-Board elections will be held at the end of the month.

Say 'Aloha' to a new sound

Today, most college-aged music lovers are either into hip-hop or rock. Aloha's mellow rock fused with '60s pop may be easily overlooked by the average music listener, but with a few more turns in the CD player, an appreciation develops for this Ohio-based group's strange combo of jazz and indie pop-rock.Lead vocalist Tony Cavallario calls Aloha, who formed in Bowling Green in 1997, a "pop band that uses the tools of progressive rock and jazz and other types of instrumental music."Aloha will be performing at Kitchen Distribution Wednesday.

Trojan man

Greece Athena High School won the Section V boys basketball title Saturday night, and it's the biggest sports story of the year, or at least part of it.I'm not saying that because I'm a Greece Athena alumnus - the Trojans' victory is a fitting climax to the story of Jason McElwain, the hoops hero whose story has taken over everything from ESPN to Oprah.

A midwinter exploration in the aesthetics of UB

While UB consistently may seem to be a cold, gray, detached environment this time of year, one means of distraction from the midwinter doldrums is looking past the weather and observing landmarks and structures students pass unconsciously everyday.Upon arrival at Lee Loop, it is hard to miss The Commons clock tower, which rises in greeting, standing guard between the green-roofed commons and the university bookstore.

Bulls' jumper takes first

Roy Richards won the long jump on Saturday at the EC4A Championships held in Boston, Mass. The victory -- the junior's second first-place finish in as many weeks -- came in the first day of the two-day tournament for the Bulls indoor track team.Richards won the event in his sixth and final attempt of the day with a jump of 24 feet 5 1/2 inches.

Scoreboard

BaseballFriday:Buffalo8Marshall7WrestlingMAC ChampionshipsSaturday:BuffaloThird of six teamsM. SwimmingMAC ChampionshipsSaturday:BuffaloFifth of five teamsBaseballGame OneSaturday:Marshall10Buffalo9Saturday:Marshall20Buffalo3SoftballSaturday:Buffalo9Boston4Saturday:Illinois State11Buffalo0W.

Narrow field for this year's UB Council elections

The UB Council's lone student position might be the most direct interaction the student body has with administrative leadership, but this month's election for the high-profile advisory board has yielded a small group of three potential representatives.Vying for the student seat this year will be Todd Chard, Jenna Chrisphonte and Peter Rizzo.