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Library late fees get overdue reform

Whether blocking students out of course registration or lightening an undergrad's wallet, library late fees can prove just as costly as a semester's textbook bill.In response to increasing frustration, library officials will be looking to new reforms this summer -- including timely e-mail notification of overdue books -- to help students avoid fees and to keep library resources accessible, rather than lost under dorm room beds.Students said this development is long overdue, especially considering UB's late fees are among the highest in the SUNY system.With the latest improvements, students will be able to view current loans of UB material online, and e-mail notifications will help lenders dodge nightmarish late fees.

Defining the 'Man Date'

For some guys, it's the most uncomfortable situation in the world. For others, it's not so bad. But regardless, they're all aware of the perception of the Man Date.Let's say you're a straight dude, and you and your (straight) bro go to dinner at the Steer.

"Mills dominates, but Bulls win"

To the raucous crowd at Alumni Arena, the Bulls' disappointing conference record didn't matter on Monday night.

Richards qualifies for NCAA tournament

For the fifth time this year, junior long jumper Roy Richards won the title in the long jump. His latest victory, on Saturday, came at the Intercollegiate Amateur Athletics Association Championships in Boston, Mass.Richards' win was his second in as many weeks after he took the long jump crown at the Mid-American Conference Championship last weekend.

UBSAS talks trash in the Student Union

In a scene reminiscent of mailmen carrying in bag after bag of mail in "Miracle on 34th Street," protestors from UB Students Against Sweatshops traded sacks of letters for wrappers and old newspapers in an effort to prove what they consider an injustice done to sub-contracted janitorial workers hired by the university."We'd like to let everyone know how much trash is left in our lecture halls," said Rachel Wilson, a junior sociology major, via megaphone to students and workers at tables in the Student Union Tuesday at noon.

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The state of gay marriage

Though gay marriage has been replaced by Katrina relief and Republican scandals at the forefront of national debate, you can bet it will be there in 2008.

Professors 'offers' don't come for free

Was Lawrence Cheeley's response to Michael Flatt's "We Pay Your Salary" (Feb. 22) commissioned by the university?

By any means necessary

"It's never too early for a faggot joke. Too bad we have a faggot in the front row."There's something that would stop the person who made this statement - and it was made in a UB classroom this year - from using the word "nigger": the threat of consequence.Racism is received with zero tolerance, as it should be.

The emerging homosexual presence in film

Over the past few years, gay-themed movies have been coming out of the closet in droves. The first movie that springs to everyone's mind is "Brokeback Mountain," but the truth is that there is currently an influx of similarly themed movies that are making their way into the mainstream in record numbers.

When the dark gets rocking

On the cover of Quasi's newest album, a jagged lion leaps from a boom box. This is an apt metaphor for music that aggressively grabs its prey and does not let go until it has ravaged the listener's senses.The Portland, Oregon-based duo, Quasi has a new album "When the Going Gets Dark," the follow up to 2003's "Hot S***."The duo consists of Janet Weiss, the drummer of Sleater-Kinney and Sam Coomes, who has performed with artist Elliott Smith.

UB shouldn't be a market-driven package

For the most part, I agree with Lawrence Cheeley's ("Professors are not students' servants," March 3) comments on the privileges and rights of a higher education.

Gay at UB

Over the past decade, the gay rights issue has pushed its way to the forefront of society: in politics, in religious debates, and in the entertainment industry.Whether you accept it, are apart of it, or want nothing to do with it, we are encased in a diverse sexual environment that stretches from campus to across the country.Kyle Anderson is not what one would consider the stereotypical gay man.

Tuition doesn't pay many salaries

This is in regard to Mike Flatt's column "We pay your salary," Feb. 22.No, you really don't pay your professor's salary.

Baseball wins opener then drops three straight

The third and fourth games of a four-game series at Marshall failed to entertain as much as the previous two, which included countless rallies, ties, lead changes and late-inning heroics.Buffalo baseball won the first game on Friday, 8-7, and lost both sides of a Saturday doubleheader by scores of 10-9 and 20-3.

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.