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Jan. 18, 2006W. BasketballSaturday:Ohio72Buffalo62M. BasketballSaturday:Buffalo72Western Michigan63WrestlingSunday:UNC Greensboro22Buffalo20
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Hicks downs Smith in WNY match-up
By ANTHONY SYLOR | Jan. 18, 2006UB senior Garrett Hicks officially welcomed freshman Kane Smith to the big-time on Sunday afternoon in Alumni Arena as the Bulls dropped a close match to UNC-Greensboro, 22-20.The match drew a crowd estimated at over 400 fans, a large part of which came to see how Smith, now at UNC-Greensboro, would fare at the colligate level after being a two-time New York State High School Champion from Salamanca.
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Turner Gill's resume is impressive
Jan. 18, 2006Alex Van Pelt - quarterbacks coach - Longtime back-up quarterback for the Buffalo Bills and star at the University of Pittsburgh.Charlie Jackson - defensive coordinator/defensive backs - Defensive assistant for the Green Bay Packers in 2005, standout defensive back at Air Force Academy.Jimmy Williams - co-defensive coordinator/inside linebackers coach - Helped coach Grand Valley State to D-II title game, Toledo to 2002 MAC championship game and Nebraska to a bowl win in 2003.Angus McClure - assistant offensive coordinator/offensive line coach - Played same role for Bill Callanan
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Women's basketball teeter-totters in win column
By DANIEL GVERTZ | Jan. 18, 2006It's been the story of the team's season so far. One up, one down, one win, one loss, one good half, one bad half.
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Pumping iron with idiots
By KENNETH ILGUNAS | Jan. 18, 2006While flat-benching the other day at Alumni Arena, I was brazenly interrupted by a loud, throaty orgasmic man-scream from another nearby bench that caused me to fumble with the bar.While I rubbed my possibly torn lateral deltoid, I watched the gym sloth raise his flabby arms in exultation for successfully maxing-out.
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This Week's Theme: Prison
By RACHEL BELLAVIA | Jan. 18, 2006We all spend time in the pen for one reason or another at some point. Here are a few inspiring ditties if you happen to find yourself incarcerated.1.\tJohnny Cash -
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Bulls back on track
By ALEX RUBIN | Jan. 18, 2006Standing on the court at a lanky 7-feet tall, forward Andrew Atman surprised Bulls fans in more ways than one Saturday, first with a new-look hairdo and then with a breakout performance.
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Today is not the greatest day
By RACHEL BELLAVIA | Jan. 18, 2006Ever since the Smashing Pumpkins broke up in 2000, the memory of the iconic '90s band has been reissued through greatest-hits collections and tribute albums.
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"'Brokeback Mountain': where cowboys, directors dare"
By MIKE FLATT | Jan. 18, 2006Ang Lee has gone with "Brokeback Mountain" where no major filmmaker has dared.Homosexuality has become a topic of increasing social concern in the last few years, but aside from Gus Van Sant's "My Own Private Idaho," it has largely been ignored.The key to "Brokeback Mountain's" success is that it addresses social issues discretely, with its eyes tilted towards its boots.Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger of "A Knight's Tale") and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal of "Donnie Darko") are assigned to tend to a flock of sheep on Brokeback Mountain over the course of a summer in 1963.
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A stroke of regression
By ALEXANDER NASAREWSKY | Jan. 18, 2006The Strokes' third album, "First Impressions of Earth," is an album heavy on concept and light on lyrics."Impressions," a follow up to the 2003 album "Room on Fire," imagines someone in outer space discovering Earth for the first time and documenting what they see.Listening to The Strokes, one can see a band struggling to remain relevant in the face of continual pressure from critics and music snobs.The lack of a strong single is one of the detrimental elements.
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Turning over a new leaf
By Editorial | Jan. 18, 2006The hiring of Turner Gill as UB's head football coach should prove beneficial in bringing a winning era to the school's stunted football program.
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Ryan promoted to permanent SUNY chancellor
By ROBERT PAPE | Jan. 18, 2006After several months and a national search for candidates, the SUNY Board of Trustees named John Ryan the new permanent SUNY chancellor on Dec.
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Let's be realistic
By JEREMY G. BURTON | Jan. 18, 2006Now that PJ Bottoms is closed for good, and Molly's Pub faces an emergency suspension of its liquor license, I think it is time we all took a deep, cathartic breath and admit that the legal drinking age of 21 is a stupid, impractical law.I, for one, can no longer stand to hear the self-righteous sound bites from university administrators and local police who pretend that shutting down a place like PJ Bottoms has somehow served the greater good.One less bar on Main Street, even if it was infamous for its underage crowd, will not stop freshmen from flocking to get drunk.
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Critics should not disgrace religion
By MOLLY KEEF | Jan. 18, 2006In response to "Religion can go to hell" by Ken Ilgunas (Dec. 7): I understand that you were most likely writing this article out of anger for those who have misused their faith in inappropriate judgment.
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Students battle the January grind
By NICOLE COLEMAN | Jan. 18, 2006Even a Student Union abuzz with a mechanical bull and hot chocolate to boost the ears, stomach and eyes cannot disguise returning to school on a dreary day in the middle of January.
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TA arrested for cocaine possession on New Year's
By SIOBHAN COUNIHAN | Jan. 18, 2006Officers responding to a complaint of a loud party in a downtown motel arrested a UB teaching assistant on charges on possessing cocaine with the intent to sell in the early hours of Jan.
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Festival promotes women in cinema
By JUKURIAKOSE | Jan. 18, 2006After many months of hard work, the Gender Institute will be showcasing a variety of films at this year's 10th annual Women's Film Festival, which are created and directed by women filmmakers from all over the globe.The festival will take place from January 19 to March 2 at the Market Arcade Film and Arts Centre, beginning at 7 p.m.Barbara Bono, co-director of the Gender Institute and associate professor of English, stated that the importance and purpose of the festival is to help the U.S population understand more about the experiences of women around the globe.The film festival, which filmmakers and members of the Gender Institute work vigorously towards each year, first began during the days of the Chippewa revival and has flourished to a yearly event,According to Andrea Spain, the graduate assistant to the Gender Institute, it is very difficult to get all of the films to be showcased at this event due to participation from large U.S movie distributors."I've been involved in the ground up process of the festival and what most people don't know is that these films are very difficult to find to be shown in the U.S.
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New Hallwalls building will help arts community
By KENNETH ILGUNAS | Jan. 18, 2006As hundreds of onlookers stood in the beautifully renovated Hallwalls building for its grand opening Saturday night, it was a comfort to know that this architectural relic was saved from becoming a parking lot, salvaged by one of Buffalo's few but foremost celebrities.Renowned singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco reportedly invested $2.7 million of her own money in a $10 million project towards renovating the 1871 Asbury Delaware Methodist Church on the corner of Delaware and Tupper Streets that was originally supposed to be torn down.The old church will now be used by DiFranco's record label Righteous Babe Records and will also be a multi-faceted haven for the Buffalo arts community.
