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Victory for unique local wetland

Nine acres in North Tonawanda's Klydel Wetland School District has been temporarily spared from development, and it wasn't the result of guitar strumming and singing "Kumbaya." Efforts to save the wetlands were led by geologist Liz Kaszubski, manager of the North Tonawanda Audubon Nature Preserve, who made a pivotal and successful presentation to the school board.Kazubski proposed the school sell the wetland to Buffalo Audubon for $1, a proposition the school board will vote on Dec.

Watchlist

Current: "Bad Santa" (2003)Willie (Billy Bob Thornton) is a crook who poses as a department store Santa in order to pillage his place of employment on Christmas Eve.

International enrollment ranked 11th

Despite a downward national trend, UB continues to increase its international enrollment, and according to one recent report, the school is now ranked 11th in the country among nearly 3,000 accredited universities.The report on international academic mobility placed UB four spots higher than last year's ranking at 15th.Daniel Obst, director of the Institute of International Education, said UB hosted the third highest number of international students in the state last year with 3,965, a figure that places UB within the nation's top schools.Only Columbia University, with 5,278, and New York University, with 5,140, had more international students in New York."It is particularly noteworthy that the number of foreign students is up by eight percent at UB, since nationwide international student enrollments are down slightly," he said.

Bulls strike again in Niagara rivalry

"This is our house!"No, it wasn't Alumni Arena, but for one night, Niagara's Gallagher Center might as well have been on UB's North Campus.Hundreds of UB fans raucously made that chant their trademark Saturday night, as the men's basketball team made themselves at home 20 minutes down the highway and pulled out an impressive 68-59 road win over the Niagara Purple Eagles.UB got off to a fast start, going on a 12-2 run early to break open a lead from which Niagara was never able to recover.The run was highlighted by a magnificent play by freshman Andy Robinson, who stole the ball on the defensive end, pushed it coast to coast and capped the breakaway off with a spectacular dunk that ignited not only the team but the fans from UB in attendance.Head coach Reggie Witherspoon seemed quite happy with the way his team performed, especially the freshmen."It was a learning experience for the younger guys," Witherspoon said.

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M. BasketballTuesday: at Liberty, 7 p.m.

UB women find scoring touch again in win

As the final seconds ticked away Saturday at Niagara's Gallagher Center, it became very apparent that the UB "Sea of Blue" had flooded the Purple Eagles' home.

"As UB's lone senior, Meunier aims for 1,000 point mark"

UB senior Brooke Meunier drove the women's basketball charge in a big win Saturday night, leading the team with 17 points and six assists in 37 minutes on the floor.

Custodial workers rights neglected

To President Simpson: Approximately 15 years ago, the University at Buffalo began hiring private custodial companies to clean specific buildings on campus.

Winter flower power

If you bundle up to walk outside on the Spine this week, you'll see more flowers out there than there are in June.Seriously, UB has invested in outdoor flower arrangements, though few students are crazy enough to walk outside from Capen to the Union into the teeth of a three-degree wind-chill.I suppose it is appropriate that the flowers are poinsettias, sometimes known as "The Winter Flower." And they're nice - I went shopping for holiday decorations with my mom over the weekend and saw the same arrangement, the hanging metal basket with the natural burlap hanging out, at Home Depot for $39.99.

Generation story promotes sexism

I was reading my university's weekly magazine, Generation, when a story entitled "Straight A's and G-Strings" caught my attention.In a nutshell, it was a piece covering the story of a student (whom apparently achieves high marks) attending Buffalo State University while working as a part time stripper.

Intolerance of ignorance

The day before Thanksgiving I was working at the hospital, and while on break one of my coworkers went around the table and asked each person about a traditional dish that was always on their table for the big feast.Common answers were cranberry sauce, homemade gravy, stuffing, and green bean casserole.

A Scientology Experience

I didn't know anything about Scientology. All I knew was that it was labeled a cult and that it was the driving force behind Tom Cruise's insanity.

Zodiaque puts on stellar performance

After an entire semester of stretching, sweating and rehearsing, the Department of Theatre and Danc presented its 11th annual Zodiaque Studio Dance Ensemble performance.The performance, according to director William E.

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Cerminara takes Las Vegas, breaks UB career-wins recordKyle Cerminara, UB's dominant 197-pounder, once again won his weight class Saturday, this time at the Las Vegas Invitational, and in the process broke Gary Cooper's UB record for career wins, earning No.

"Recruitment criticism misguided, soldiers say"

Critics of on-campus military recruiting have been outspoken the last few weeks, expressing their discontent with UB's policies.

Punishing UAW unfair and shortsighted

Just when you thought the latest round of corporate bungling was over, enter Delphi Corp., General Motors' largest supplier and former subsidiary.Delphi, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month, is asking a federal judge to void its current collective bargaining agreement with United Auto Workers and seeking a 60 percent cut in wages and benefits from employees.

Ben Sargent Cartoon: 12.04.05

"Bulls feast on Leopards, snap losing streak"

The monkey is finally off their backs. After nearly two years without a road win, the women's basketball team picked up its first victory of the season and snapped a 19-game road-losing streak with a 65-56 win over the Lafayette Leopards.Senior Brook Meunier led the UB women's basketball team (1-3 overall) in their first road win since February 2004 as she took control of shot opportunities and drained 19 points.Meunier also achieved a career-high in assists with seven on the day.Several other Bulls' players also scored in the double digits, including sophomores Stephanie Bennett with 13 points and Heather Turner with 10."We got good play out of the bench tonight," said head coach Linda Hill-MacDonald.

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Grapplers earn six national rankingsSix UB wrestlers have propelled themselves onto the national scene as they received national rankings on Monday from WrestlingReport.com.

Like a fish in water

Kevin Gatley has always loved the water, and as a senior freestyle specialist on the men's swimming and diving team, he is right at home.Growing up as the youngest of three brothers in Charlton, N.Y., Gatley always wanted to be like his older brothers Eric and Chris.