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Family in the fast lane

Despite my love for anarchy and a never-ending childhood, I've always had some conventional idea of the future tucked away in my mind.

Private parts and public knowledge

Controversies surrounding the Solomon Amendment will come to a head soon, but while private colleges have been able to stand up to the legislation, public schools like UB are at a loss with how to keep their students' privacy at a premium.Should a Supreme Court decision allow universities to not turn student databases over to military recruiters without the threat of losing funding, UB should take the moral high ground and withhold that information.

All the news unfit to print

Business here stinks, downtown is a ghost town, the city's population flight couldn't be stopped if the mayor were giving away iPods, and now, it seems, The Buffalo News is shriveling up too.Buffalo's only major newspaper-which is read in 10 counties-isn't in danger of folding, but recent events may have us soon wondering if its best days as a publication of importance are already far behind it.For readers, the most noticeable changes will come as The News closes two of its three suburban bureaus to relocate them downtown and will probably cut its evening editions.

Online syllabi on verge of reality

The long-promised goal of an online course syllabi program from the Student Association is finally coming to fruition, with a preliminary program currently in place and the large-scale MyUB version scheduled to debut in January.There are currently 40 to 50 syllabi available online through MyUB.

The right to recruit

After being contacted early in the semester by a military recruiter at his UB e-mail address, Chase Banna decided to reply.

"SA Entertainment balances spending, pays $267,000 for Fall Fest"

The Student Association is on pace to spend roughly half its entertainment budget this semester and half in the spring, a stark contrast to just two years ago when 75 percent of SA Entertainment's budget was spent on Fall Fest alone.This year's Fall Fest, which featured Kanye West and was largely considered a success, cost SA almost 30 percent of its entertainment budget, totaling $232,754 after ticket revenue.$162,000 of the net cost went towards West and his Touch the Sky Tour, which included Keyshia Cole and Fantasia.

"Bird worries aside, flu an annual campus issue"

As the winter season takes hold at UB, students are gearing up for finals and, as with every first snowfall, getting sick.Even if flu shots are often in limited supply, UB health officials say there are a number of steps students can take to keep themselves healthy as they write their last-minute papers and pull all-nighters.The most widespread illnesses that plague UB are respiratory diseases like sinusitis, pharyngitis and bronchitis, according to Frank Carnevale, director of Health Services at Michael Hall.Worldwide, there has been much attention over the possible outbreak of a human strain of the bird blue, but the common flu is not to be forgotten.

Sidelines

On top of the MACThree of UB's finest earned status as Mid-American Conference athletes of the week in their respective sports.Mickey Moran, a 165-pound sophomore grappler from Pittsburgh, Penn., was recognized by the conference for the first time in his career last week.

Ben Sargent Cartoon: 11.30.05

Indie's brightest star

Bright Eyes is the next-best thing to a pop sensation for those of us who are disenfranchised with pop sensationalism.

Wrestlers find second-place success in Mat Town

With a second-place team finish and four individual winners, the UB wrestling team made its presence felt last Saturday at the Mat Town USA Invitational, held in Lock Haven, Penn.The Bulls notched a second-place tie with Oregon with 138.5 team points but falling short of Indiana University, who took home the victory with a score of 179 points.The best match of the day came as UB senior Kyle Cerminara, ranked fifth in the nation, faced off against Indiana's No.

Distinctly directed divorce dramedy

Divorce affects kids in a lot of ways. Many children have been known to start blaming themselves while other kids undergo personality changes.

Rough start continues for women's basketball

Playing against a Tigers team that boasts only three players under six-feet tall, UB women's basketball was outsized and outmatched, falling 70-41 to Auburn the Tuesday before Thanksgiving break."We probably won't play that big of a team again," said head coach Linda Hill-MacDonald.

The next 'it' sport

Over a span of 50 hours, I had exactly six hours of sleep, and saw precisely 1.5 hours of daylight.

"Food on the fly, and on the cheap"

It's no secret that college students eat out a lot. They choose everything from fine dining to frequent fast food runs, which makes it easy to spend financial aid money on meals.What many students don't know about, or take advantage of, is the wide world of discount offers available to them in the Western New York area.

Corrections

In the Nov. 18 story "Rising costs pummel UB," the $11.8 million energy conservation project in cooperation with Chevron Energy Solutions is being implemented on South Campus, not North Campus.

"Fund raising and SUNY review on track, officials tell UB Council"

To raise UB to the level of other top-flight universities, President John Simpson has emphasized UB's need to increase its annual revenue from research and philanthropic donations.Although UB's coffers, which pale in comparison to those of schools like Ohio State, won't reach elite levels anytime soon, the executive vice president for finance and operations reported on Monday that UB is moving in the right direction.In a report to the UB Council, a high-profile advisory board to the president, James Willis said the university has doubled the sum of philanthropic collections it had at this time last year.

Bulls in holiday spirit after 2-1 road trip

While most college students traveled home to stuff their faces with turkey over the break, UB men's basketball stuffed the basket in the Las Vegas Holiday Invitational, falling to nationally ranked Boston College but pulling out two stellar wins.After trouncing Buffalo State in the first game of the invitational, the Bulls traveled to No.

Literary classic turned most polite chick flick

The film adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice" provides an easy alternative for students who are too lazy to read the Cliff's Notes summary, but does not hold the same weight as the novel on which it was based.It is the kind of movie couples rent on nights spent at home but seldom finish.

Reminiscent of PBR and pirates

Imagine the noise made by a cheese-grater abrading an alley cat. If you deem this tolerable, you might like the voice of Matt Arbogast, the lead singer of The Gunshy.Their new album, titled "Soul," features violin, stand-up bass and trumpet accompaniments, but their melodic composition is nowhere near powerful enough to hide the horrors of the lead vocals.Arbogast's voice is similar to that of Dr. Claw from Inspector Gadget, and on top of that, he tries to force a Scottish accent.