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GRE may become required benchmark
By MATT MILLER | Feb. 3, 2006Juniors and seniors who thought the SAT would be the last standardized test they'd ever have to take might be in for a rude awakening.
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This Weekend In Buffalo
By JENNIFER GILLAN AND KENNETH ILGUNAS | Feb. 3, 2006James Joyce with GustoFri., Feb. 3 at the Albright-Knox4 p.m. to 10 p.m.Free AdmissionWhy does UB have one of the largest James Joyce collections in the world, including original manuscripts, valued at $400 million?
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Illuminating illiteracy
By RACHEL BELLAVIA | Feb. 3, 2006According to a recently conducted survey, 69 percent of college students and graduates do not fully understand this column, this issue of The Spectrum, or the novel they're currently reading in class.It's true that not every college student can be defined as the brightest crayon in the box, but the sad news of our dropping literacy rates is still a shocking surprise to our university and to every other higher learning institution across the country.That recent survey, polling 19,000 people, confirmed that the country's literacy rate is slipping lower and lower.
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Tavis Smiley tickets sold out
By ELIZABETH TOFT | Feb. 3, 2006Acclaimed talk-show host and political commentator Tavis Smiley is set to speak Friday at the Center for the Arts at 8 p.m.
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Upcoming Releases
By ALEXANDER NASAREWSKY | Feb. 3, 2006Belle & Sebastian - "The Life Pursuit"Release Date: Feb. 7Glasgow's Belle & Sebastian are set to release their seventh album.
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Gambling on your future?
By EILEEN FISHER | Feb. 3, 2006Deuces, flushes, and aces full have become common vocabulary words for those caught up in the Texas Hold'em craze, and it has stuck around too long to be called a mere fad.
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Schiebner shines as Bulls fall in triple OT
By JENNIFER GILLAN | Feb. 3, 2006Even though they faced defeat, the women's basketball team set a record while falling to the Northern Illinois Huskies in three overtimes Tuesday night.The Bulls and Huskies battled for 55 minutes in DeKalb, Ill., with NIU winning the longest game in Buffalo women's basketball history, 81-72."It's frustrating to play than many overtimes without walking away with a win," said Bulls head coach Linda Hill-MacDonald.
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SA scandal heads to judiciary
By JEREMY G. BURTON | Feb. 3, 2006The case of alleged bribery against Student Association Treasurer Mazin Kased was officially handed over to the Student-wide Judiciary on Wednesday, as an SA committee chose to defer the decision.After several hours of deliberation, the seven-person Election & Credentials Committee did not rule on the individual charges, but rather voted to move the case along to the SWJ.
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Correction
By Editorial | Feb. 3, 2006In Wednesday's Safety Report, University Police incorrectly reported that Matthew Julian Bertrand was arrested and charged with criminal mischief.
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"Maniacs are great, but keep it clean"
By REGGIE WITHERSPOON | Feb. 3, 2006I've been told by several people that there has been a lively public debate about the behavior of some of our student section at the Ohio game.
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Countdown to first of many yawns
By JOYCE WANG | Feb. 3, 2006"The White Countess" starts out beautifully. Snow flutters about the screen, men in black tailcoats and white ties waltz with women in ball gowns of gold and white.
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Gilligan' still shipwrecked
By GINA ROSEMELLIA | Feb. 3, 2006Gilligan is sitting on the beach, minding his own business one sunny day, when all of a sudden out of nowhere, a giant silver alien in a neon purple wig steps onto the sand and bellows, "Change your ways or be doomed!
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Homicide led to media mix-up
By ROBERT PAPE | Feb. 3, 2006A report from WKBW-TV Channel 7 News warning students to stay inside their dorms for their own safety was aired early Thursday morning without first consulting UB officials after an apparent homicide near North Campus.
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Gov. plans to cut $190 million from Tuition Assistance Program
By JEREMY G. BURTON | Feb. 1, 2006This is the second of two stories on Gov. George Pataki's proposed budget.For the 8,000 UB undergraduates who receive aid from the state's Tuition Assistance Program - that's more than 40 percent of the school - it doesn't really matter how you say it.
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Everyone's favorite elevator music
By MELAINE BOCZARSKI | Feb. 1, 2006What do you get when you cross raunchy popular songs like "Rape Me" with big-band music? That would be Richard Cheese.The common first response to "Sunny Side of the Moon: The Best of Richard Cheese" would probably be, "You have to be kidding me!" The singer starts off the album with Nirvana's "Rape Me," adding the cheerful introduction, "here's one for the ladies."With 11 new hits and seven classic covers, Cheese swings through Slipknot, U2, Pink Floyd, Ying Yang Twins, and many other targets.
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Racism and its prevalence on a diverse campus
By JU KURIAKOSE AND LEAH BLOOM | Feb. 1, 2006As Black History Month begins this February, people all over the country will reflect on how far minorities of all cultures have advanced in the 44 years since the Civil Rights Act come into being.Within the UB community, cultural diversity has come a long way, with demographics showing a large growth in the minority population.
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"Falling apart, indeed"
By MIKE FLATT | Feb. 1, 2006The opening track to Scarlet's "This Was Always Meant to Fall Apart" is beyond cringingly bad."Man down!
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The Walkmen overrun Mohawk Place
By MATT MANERA | Feb. 1, 2006Dim lighting, urinals that are ridiculously low to the floor, and the sticky scent of stale beer were all too familiar, but that's Mohawk Place.
