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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.
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Sibling disparities
By RACHEL BELLAVIA | Feb. 1, 2006When forming opinions about people, we usually base our conclusions on generic factors such as their upbringing, their nationality, whatever they happen to be wearing that day.But what most people don't take into account is the number of older or younger siblings a person has, one of the biggest factors in shaping an individual.
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Suspiciously untalented
By MELAINE BOCZARSKI | Feb. 1, 2006If Report Suspicious Activity's new self-titled album doesn't offend your political ideals, it will certainly pummel your eardrums.This group is too wrapped up in their anger to get a point across, and the message gets lost within the banter.
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Bulls shut out Yellowjackets
By JAMES RAYMOND | Feb. 1, 2006In its second double-bagel victory of the school year, the women's tennis team opened its spring season in dominant fashion on Sunday, shutting down the University of Rochester 9-0.The team received credit for all the individual wins, rather than the typical 7-0 perfect score, as a result of the Yellowjackets' Division III status.The Bulls were perfect in the single matches in securing the win, as they won the top two matches in straight sets.
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Reader misconstrued intent
By MIKE QUARANTELLO | Feb. 1, 2006This letter is in response, or defense, if you will, to (Anessah Brown's) Letter to the Editor on Friday ("Letter urging minorities to leave U.S.
