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"UB, you have no (musical) taste"

Last week, my co-editor Ken Ilgunas took a critical look at the movies that dominate the interests of our school's population.

Bulls earn fifth shutout of the season

The weather on campus has been frigid as of late, but the woman's tennis team has been bringing the heat.

Flying to profitability

It looks like the NFTA's controversial decision to invest $23 million in improving the Niagara Falls International Airport's infrastructure was justified after all.

Sorrow on the border

Humiliation 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.

Enough action to make you drool

Action 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.

UB Council Report

UB 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.

Spring Break Facts

Facts at a glance:New Orleans relief effortWho? Approximately 50 student volunteersWhat? Working with Habitat for Humanity to assist with post-Katrina relief effortsWhere?

UB saves big on snack machines

While 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.

Kobe's crossover

From 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.

Resolution gives new student voice to local government

Students 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.

Softball splits weekend road trip

Buffalo 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.

The architectural jewel of Buffalo

One of the nation's most treasured architectural gems is hidden in Buffalo.World-renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1904 designed the Darwin D.

Sidelines

Meunier's MAC supremacySenior Brooke Meunier is going out on top. In the last week of basketball's regular season, Meunier was named the Mid-American Conference East Player of the Week.Meunier, a senior guard on the women's basketball team, averaged 25.5 points while dishing out 5.5 assists, and led the Bulls to two wins last week, en route to clinching a home playoff game in the MAC tournament.On Saturday against Akron, Meunier poured in 28 points in front of friends and family on Senior Day.

Solid pitching not enough as baseball drop two out of three

Along with their bat bags, gloves and cleats, the baseball team brought home a victory this weekend, but it was accompanied by two losses at the hands of Maryland Eastern Shore.The Bulls split a pair of blowout wins with the Hawks in a doubleheader on Saturday, and dropped the decisive game Sunday.Buffalo lost the first game on Saturday 15-2 and won the second 11-3.

Bleeding Through seek to make metal for all

Despite their menacing tattoos, mohawks, and off-putting eyeliner, Bleeding Through strives to be a hospitable hardcore band.Brandon Schieppati is the singer of the Orange County-based group.

Bulls drop season finale to Kent State

In their final game of the regular season, women's basketball came out playing timid and suffered a scoring drought from the end of the first half until five minutes into the second half.With the game mattering little in the standings and Buffalo having already clinched a home playoff game, the Bulls lost to the Kent State Golden Flashes on Tuesday by a final score of 73-59.Senior forward Lindsay Shearer, who recorded game highs in points with 24 and rebounds with 13, led Kent State.Bulls senior guard Brooke Meunier, who finished the game -- and her Buffalo regular season career -- with nine points and four rebounds, said that Shearer has been getting better with every time they play."She's definitely gotten better every year," Meunier said.

A taste of Italy with Romeo and Juliet

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Spectrum Cartoon: 3.01.06

"Students go to help, not party"

While many UB students will be soaking up the sun and partying this spring break, others are choosing to head to New Orleans to help the town of St.

Schedule

M. BasketballWednesday: vs. Akron, 7 p.m.M. SwimmingThursday: MAC Championships, all day