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Seniors go out in winning fashion
By COREY GRIFFIN | Mar. 3, 2006On 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, 2006Oh, 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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Raising hell with the rednecks
By JENNIFER HEIN | Mar. 3, 2006Kid 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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Not your grandpa's Hank
By MAX BENTON | Mar. 3, 2006Shelton Hank Williams III doesn't quite make country music. He makes country music performed under the influence of Satan.
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UB football misses academic mark
By Editorial | Mar. 3, 2006Loss of football scholarships should mark end of dark agesThe last shrapnel of Jim Hofher's era hit UB's football team Wednesday, when the NCAA took away three of its scholarships because of missed academic goals set forth during his reign.
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SWJ: no word from Pelkey
By JEREMY G. BURTON | Mar. 3, 2006Student Association Treasurer Mazin Kased had good reason to joke around last week. On Tuesday, several charges against him were dismissed because the student plaintiffs failed to file the basic paperwork for a trial.Matthew Pelkey, the lead plaintiff, said his party didn't receive notice until after the deadline."Only unless the postal service didn't want to send Matt Pelkey his mail," Kased said in jest.
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"UB, you have no (musical) taste"
By RACHEL BELLAVIA | Mar. 1, 2006Last week, my co-editor Ken Ilgunas took a critical look at the movies that dominate the interests of our school's population.
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Bulls earn fifth shutout of the season
By JAMES RAYMOND | Mar. 1, 2006The weather on campus has been frigid as of late, but the woman's tennis team has been bringing the heat.
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Flying to profitability
By Editorial | Mar. 1, 2006It looks like the NFTA's controversial decision to invest $23 million in improving the Niagara Falls International Airport's infrastructure was justified after all.
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Sorrow on the border
By MAX BENTON | Mar. 1, 2006Humiliation doesn't seem like it would be a good theme for a film. "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada," supports this theory.Tommy Lee Jones ("Men in Black") directs and stars as Pete Perkins, a rancher in Texas trying to fulfill his friend's wish of being buried in Mexico.
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Enough action to make you drool
By DREW WEITZ | Mar. 1, 2006Action movies as of late have been unable to compete with the great shoot-em-up, over-the-top flicks of the '80s and early '90s.
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UB Council Report
By CHRISTINE SETLOCK | Mar. 1, 2006UB President John B. Simpson emphasized the university's leadership role in international education, describing universities as a catalyst for cultural understanding and better diplomatic relations, in a meeting of the UB Council on Monday.The council meeting also revealed that UB research grants were down two percent from last year, while student representative Jonathan Yedin reported on a failed council initiative in the University Heights neighborhood.Simpson's report focused on UB's increased need to be a player in international education.He said that 50 percent of graduate degrees were given in the United States in 1970, compared to a projection indicating that by 2010, only 10 percent of advanced degrees will be given.
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Spring Break Facts
Mar. 1, 2006Facts at a glance:New Orleans relief effortWho? Approximately 50 student volunteersWhat? Working with Habitat for Humanity to assist with post-Katrina relief effortsWhere?
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UB saves big on snack machines
By ELIZABETH TOFT | Mar. 1, 2006While students spend spare change and dining dollars in vending machines across campus this year, UB will be saving $21,000 for becoming the first university in the country to completely replace its snack machines with energy-saving green technology.In recent years, UB had doled out $50,000 annually for energy costs to power its vending machines.
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Kobe's crossover
By JEREMY G. BURTON | Mar. 1, 2006From the glow of the TV screen he stares out at you. Powerful. Confident. "The thing about my next move," says the man once charged with sexual assault, "by the time you see it, it already happened."Whoa.
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Resolution gives new student voice to local government
By EVAN PIERCE | Mar. 1, 2006Students have a new voice in local government, thanks to the efforts of one UB student and the Amherst Town Board.Peter Rizzo, a junior English major and SUNY SA delegate, had his Student Liaison Resolution passed by the Amherst Town Board with a unanimous vote on Monday.
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Softball splits weekend road trip
By ALEX ZAMBELLI | Mar. 1, 2006Buffalo softball's weekend ended a little early thanks to a rainout versus Memphis, but not before the team split each of a pair of doubleheaders on Friday and Saturday, defeating Memphis (5-3), losing to Notre Dame (5-4), and trading wins in two games against St.
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The architectural jewel of Buffalo
By JU KURIAKOSE AND LEAH BLOOM | Mar. 1, 2006One of the nation's most treasured architectural gems is hidden in Buffalo.World-renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1904 designed the Darwin D.
