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This weekend in Buffalo

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"Bobcats win with ease, Idbihi hits milestone"

With over 4,000 fans hooting and hollering behind them, the Ohio Bobcats outplayed the Buffalo Bulls 85-72 on Wednesday and placed the Bulls in a deeper hole for the upcoming conference playoffs.The loss denied Buffalo its second win of the season against rival Ohio and left their record at a winless 0-7 at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio.Ohio started the game strong, with an intensity that the Bulls were unable to match.

Communication department appoints Tutzauer as new chair

Frank Tutzauer was named the new chair of UB's communication department last week, replacing George Barnett, who is on sabbatical and will return as a professor.A UB veteran who joined the faculty as a visiting professor 19 years ago, Tutzauer said he is looking forward to leading the department forward in continuing research-related goals of communication study, while also addressing space needs in Baldy Hall."I want to make (the communication department) as strong as possible in communication science," Tutzauer said.

Scheduled

Track & FieldFriday: at MAC Championship, 11 a.m.M. SwimmingFriday: at ECAC Championships, 10 a.m.W.

Hetero cowboy love

Feeling lonely? Giving up hope on American women? Wondering where to look next? Fear not. The "Cowboy Cupid" has you covered.In the documentary "Cowboy del Amor," Ivan Thompson runs a business in which he matches American men with Mexican women.

UB tries hard to keep snow clear

I am writing in response to Wednesday's article ("Campus plowing brings flurry of frustration," Feb.

Bribery charges against SA dismissed

Nearly a year after bribery charges were leveled against Student Association election winners, the Student-wide Judiciary was prepared last week to send the case to a trial.

Black History Month

Black History Month is coming to an end, and although the annual celebration of black culture may be over, the UB Athletics Department will continue to shine as a new standard of diversity for Division I athletics.The 2005 additions of athletics director Warde Manuel and head football coach Turner Gill, coupled with the already dominant figure of seventh-year head basketball coach Reggie Witherspoon, has made UB the first and only Division-I university to have an African-American in all three positions."It's a great feeling for me," Gill said.

High-tech research to be displayed in Union

The Computer Science and Engineering Graduate Student Association will be holding its 19th Annual Graduate Conference Friday in the Student Union.Computer sciences at UB is a cornerstone to research and technology development within the local and global communities, and the conference aims to displays the cutting edge research being preformed on campus.It will also display, through paper and poster presentations, major breakthroughs and successes that the computer science and engineering (CSE) graduate students have achieved.Students from other research areas within the university will also be presenting their work.

Ghetto fabulous

Classic rhythm and blues melodies meet the ghetto life in Jaheim's third album "Ghetto Classics." Debuting at No.

Spectrum Cartoon: 2.22.06

Lareau struggles to find a genre

Picture this: you are at a Dave Matthews Band concert and the band takes the stage and starts rocking out.

Spring Fest Playlist

In case you don't know them, these are the big hits from the bands The Spectrum would like to see come for Spring Fest.

"Muhammad cartoons are demonization, not expression"

The cartoon controversy is not about freedom of expression versus freedom of religion or about blasphemy.

What's the big deal?

The uproar over a White House decision to allow the passage of a UAE port deal is pure hypocrisy from our politicians.

Sidelines

Colgate cleans up The men's tennis team traveled to rival Colgate on Sunday and were handed a defeat as the Bulls fell to the Red Raiders, 6-1.Buffalo's lone victory came in singles play where Matt Kennedy defeated Colgate's Marshall Wheeler, 6-3, 6-3 at the No.

Not every girl's a princess

As I watched the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game Friday night, I was at first amused by the antics of the wannabe ballers, but then I started to get aggravated.From the incessant shots of Eva Longoria to the undermining of a women's on-court talent, it began to remind me of my experiences as a sports editor.Despite the fact that two WNBA athletes were on the court playing with the men, the woman that received the most TV time from ESPN was the sultry Desperate Housewife.Longoria was the coach of the H-Town Rockets.

"Buffalo icon Robert Rich dies at 92, leaving legacy of charity and athletics"

UB alum and multi-billion-dollar entrepreneur Robert E. Rich passed away peacefully last Wednesday at the age of 92, leaving behind a catalog of achievements almost as impressive as his approach to life.Known as the father of UB's storied wrestling program, an avid football enthusiast and generous contributor, Rich's legacy in Western New York has not gone unnoticed."The individual contributions made by him are really quite extraordinary," said former UB president William Greiner, who knew Rich for more than 20 years.

If The Spectrum ran Spring Fest

For anyone who knows anything about live music, the UB music fests of late haven't been anything to write home about.

Professor oozes into spotlight

Joseph Gardella knows the secret of the ooze.Sure, as an award-winning chemistry professor and mentor, he knows how atoms and molecules can lead to gelatinous substances.