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Football loses scholarships for failing NCAA grade

By JENNIFER GILLAN | Mar. 3, 2006

UB football is known for losses on the field, but thanks to recent hits in the classroom, the team will lose three scholarships next year under sanctions from the National Collegiate Athletic Association.On Wednesday, the NCAA released a two-year Academic Progress Rate report, showing that the UB squad has a score of 878, well below the standard score of 925 on a 1,000-point scale.New head coach Turner Gill had been informed of the possible scholarship losses while in the interview process for the job in December."They told me that there was a possibility of a scholarship loss this year," Gill said.

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Culture? UB's 'got' it

By TERRI ROMEO | Mar. 3, 2006

Every year more people go to the International Fiesta, and every year the costumes and performances get more elaborate and colorful.

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16 snores

By MELAINE BOCZARSKI | Mar. 3, 2006

Action movies, especially those starring Bruce Willis, are usually full of last minute escapes with bursting explosives.

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Tourney time for women's hoops

By KELLI O' BRIEN | Mar. 3, 2006

When it comes to basketball, everyone knows what happens in March. The crazed fans, the sold-out games, the upsets, the rivalries, and the celebrations are all part of the trip down the boulevard of broken dreams come true.

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Sidelines

Mar. 3, 2006

First 2,000 students free to Monday night's gameWith the victory over Akron on Wednesday night, the men's basketball team has clinched a home playoff game on Monday night at 7 p.m.

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'Valhalla' slips between past and present

By GINA ROSEMELLIA | Mar. 3, 2006

James Avery remembers the first time he rubbed one out. He was sitting on a bed in the dark with his friend Henry Lee.This is one of many happy childhood memories comically revisited in "Valhalla," an unusual, yet compelling play, presented by the Buffalo United Artists theater company at the Alleyway Theatre."Valhalla" explores the unlikely similarities between the lives of King Ludwig of Bavaria (Eric Rawski), who lived during the late 19th century, and the misadventures of a hell raiser named James Avery (Rick Lattimer) from Texas in the 1940s.At first glance, these two seem to have nothing in common.

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"Sprawling, emotional discord"

By MAX BENTON | Mar. 3, 2006

Noise, as in static, unharmonious sound, doesn't usually blend well with music. While a few genres, such as noise-rock and post-rock, include static tones as ingredients, noise is frequently used for its disorienting properties.Then there is the other side to such incoherent sound.

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Spectrum Awards

Mar. 3, 2006

In light of the Oscars being this weekend, we thought there'd be no better time to give our own movie awards.

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"Kill your government, not yourself"

By MELAINE BOCZARSKI | Mar. 3, 2006

Though Suicide Machines are a bit morbid in name, they'd rather you play with the First Amendment than razors.Suicide Machines, a multifaceted punk/ska/reggae band, will be playing at The Icon on Sunday, March 5 at 7 p.m.

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Low post back at full strength

By JUSTIN HAAG | Mar. 3, 2006

Sometimes one injury can affect an entire season. For the men's basketball team, that injury happened to junior Parnell Smith.After cruising to an 11-2 record earlier in the season, the men's basketball team hit a rough patch, dropping nine of its last 16 games.

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Saving money in a click

By MATT MILLER | Mar. 3, 2006

For the past year, an increasing number of professors have utilized remotes to engage students in lecture halls with interactive questions, but different

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Finding fitness in the cold

By LISA ZAPPALA | Mar. 3, 2006

The long, cold winters in Buffalo may not be ideal stimulation for staying in shape. Finishing class at the end of a lengthy day and digging the car out of three feet of snow is more of an incentive to curl up with hot chocolate than curling dumbbells.Though the dark days can be rough, some UB students and local fitness experts try to come up with creative ways to stay motivated regardless of their surroundings.Jean Jitomir, a registered dietician and second-year nutrition graduate student, said competing in female bodybuilding keeps her motivated through the blistery season."Sometimes it's hard to stay motivated to exercise in the winter because it's hard to find the motivation to do much of anything," Jitomir said.

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Ben Sargent Cartoon

By Editorial | Mar. 3, 2006

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Think before you flush

By ELI GEORGE | Mar. 3, 2006

In the Student Union, they constantly take out garbage and wipe off tables. In the dorms, they sanitize showers and scour stairwells.

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Zodiaque closes in on dance perfection

By ELIZABETH PAGE | Mar. 3, 2006

Long hours, sore muscles, and countless bruises pay off later in a big way for dancers who devote their lives to perfecting their art.The fancy footwork of the highly talented individuals in the Zodiaque Dance Company at UB not only leaves an impact on audiences now, but the experience of student involvement with the company remains long after the final curtain call."Even though students are majors in the company and have a B.A.

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Seniors go out in winning fashion

By COREY GRIFFIN | Mar. 3, 2006

On a senior night that celebrated three Buffalo athletes, it was Mario Jordan that put the men's basketball team on his shoulders.

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An organic experience

By KATHERINE BECZAK | Mar. 3, 2006

Oh, soy milk. Sold warm on the shelf in a paper carton with an unappetizing tan color, it is a staple of vegans and other health food fanatics, and just one of many products sold in local supermarkets to reduce the risk of heart disease and lower our cholesterol.Although we all know the benefits of a healthy diet and workout regime, most of us are too busy, unmotivated, or simply apathetic to make a significant change in our lifestyles.When it comes to my health, every day is the day of my last cigarette or the first day of my healthy eating plan, yet somehow I always end up breaking down hours into my big turn around; eating that giant cookie from Starbucks or smoking a cigarette out at the bar.Recently, however, I had the fear of God instilled in me when, during a chat about eating healthy, a friend and health food advocate looked at me with wide eyes and told me quite menacingly, "trans fat kills!"Who knew?

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Scoreboard

Mar. 3, 2006

M. BasketballWednesday:Buffalo83Akron71

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Raising hell with the rednecks

By JENNIFER HEIN | Mar. 3, 2006

Kid Rock may be the most hated musician to have survived the 1990s. His infamy runs parallel to that of Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst.Unless you've been living in a hole, you know that Kid Rock has been glorifying the Middle America, blue-collar lifestyle with his undefined mix of white trash rock, country, metal and hip-hop for years.Kid Rock and his newly formed Twisted Brown Trucker Band released " 'Live' Trucker" this week with a surprising amount of raw entertainment.

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Scheduled

Mar. 3, 2006

Track & FieldFriday: vs. ECAC/IC4Q Championships, 10 a.m.WrestlingFriday: vs. MAC Championships, 11 a.m.M.