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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.

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.