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Students of mystery
By NICOLE COLEMAN | Nov. 21, 2005"Are you a bachelorette?" said the cashier at Tops.I blinked twice and stared. I was caught off guard.
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Perfect start
By WILL ARONIN | Nov. 21, 2005It's pitch black in Alumni Arena. Spotlights flare as the loudspeaker addresses the roaring crowd and last season's NIT banner is raised to the rafters."And now," it booms, "introducing your 2005 Buffalo Bulls."UB men's basketball opened its season in grand style Friday night, defeating a tenacious Canisius Griffins team 81-76 in front of a sellout crowd of 6,188 that was on edge with tip-off anticipation.The Bulls and Griffins traded the lead all the way to the wire.
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Classic: 'The Man With the Golden Arm' (1955)
Nov. 21, 2005Otto Preminger brings heroin addiction to the mainstream with Frank Sinatra and Kim Novak. In one of his best performances, Sinatra plays a drummer and card dealer who struggles with old habits after returning home from doing time in jail.
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"Sex, blood and broomsticks"
By SILAS RADER | Nov. 21, 2005As lead female Hermione Granger puts it, "Everything's going to change." Fans loyal to the Harry Potter book and film series should prepare for sudden shocks and pleasant surprises in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire." The fourth installment departs unexpectedly from the first three films in the series, and enjoys a good amount of interpretation from new director Mike Newell's ("Mona Lisa Smile").The film stays accurate to the book: Harry Potter, in his fourth year at Hogwarts, is mysteriously chosen by the Goblet of Fire to participate in a lethal competition against champion wizards from other schools.Alfonso Cuar??n was still in the process of directing the third film of the series, "Prisoner of Azkaban," when production started for "Goblet," so Newell took up the wand as the first British director the series has seen.Changes in directing style are immediately noticeable.
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"New coach, same results for women's basketball in opening losses"
By WILL ARONIN | Nov. 21, 2005An unbelievable finish that saw three lead changes in the last minute of play made for quite a show Sunday in the weekend's doubleheader at Alumni Arena.Unfortunately for women's basketball, UB point guard Stephanie Bennett's heavily contested, last-second shot fell just short, giving the Syracuse Orange a 64-63 victory."I just got to make it," said Bennett, a sophomore.The team also lost on Friday to Canisius College, 77-61, which means the Bulls have opened their season 0-2 for the third year in a row.Despite the miss, Bennett had a great game Sunday, running new head coach Linda Hill-MacDonald's offense perfectly for six points, eight assists and three rebounds.While not getting much production off the bench, UB was able to ride its starters to a 36-33 lead at halftime.Sophomore forward Heather Turner was dominant, particularly in the first half, putting up 22 points and nine rebounds.
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Scoreboard
Nov. 21, 2005M. BasketballFriday: Canisius76Buffalo81Sunday: Buffalo State61Buffalo96W. BasketballFriday: Canisius77Buffalo61Sunday:Syracuse64Buffalo63FootballSaturday:EMU38Buffalo14WrestlingSaturday: Gardner-Webb 3Buffalo40
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Renting out a musical
By ASHLEY OWENS | Nov. 21, 2005Like some books adapted into films, Broadway's "Rent" was better left in its original form. Although the film version has its merits, transferring its onstage brilliance to the screen is almost an impossible endeavor.The motion picture "Rent," based on the rock and roll opera by Jonathan Larson, will premiere this Thanksgiving weekend in local movie theaters.The musical won various awards including four Tony's and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1996.
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UB looks to Buffalo's future with new mayor at helm
By CHRISTINE SETLOCK | Nov. 21, 2005For a city under a control board, a fleeing tax base and a crumbling economy, Buffalo Mayor-elect Byron Brown will be expected to make change.The changes are vital ones, and he'll need help.
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"In last game, Hofher's Bulls clawed by Eagles' D"
By WILL ARONIN | Nov. 21, 2005One, two, they beat KSU. Three, four, could they win one more? Five, six, nope. Too many picks.Trying to capitalize on the momentum of last week's win over Kent State, UB's quarterbacks threw five interceptions Saturday, squashing the Bulls' attempt to move the ball downfield in a 38-14 loss to Eastern Michigan in the final game of the season.In what was also the last game for head coach Jim Hofher, who was fired before the Kent State game, UB gained 125 total yards more than its opponent, but the Bulls couldn't overcome their turnovers.UB ended its season 1-10 overall and 1-7 in the Mid-American Conference."It's very difficult to win a game with five turnovers and with some of the penalties that were drive killers as well," said Hofher.
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Woodward has another secret
By Editorial | Nov. 21, 2005Journalism's golden boy lost a bit of his luster last week when revelations brought him to the forefront of the CIA leak investigation engulfing the White House.Bob Woodward, managing editor of "Deep Throat" fame at the Washington Post, provided sworn testimony to Patrick Fitzgerald's special investigation that identified people in the Bush administration who leaked the name of Valerie Plame.
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Pretrial restrictions eased for art professor
By JESSICA PACKARD | Nov. 18, 2005UB art professor Steven Kurtz, who was indicted for mail and wire fraud for illegally obtaining bacteria he used in his artwork, is no longer under pretrial supervision while he awaits trial.Under an order filed by U.S.
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Hurry up and wait
By Editorial | Nov. 18, 2005Bureaucracies move slowly. But the speed with which UB's functions rivals even the snail's pace at the Department of Motor Vehicles.
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"Thanks for nothing, America!"
By RUTH BLAYNEY | Nov. 18, 2005You've booked your flights, bought your train tickets or filled up your gas tank. The suitcases are packed and you've been counting down the days until you leave to celebrate Thanksgiving in the comfort of your own home.
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Football player on short leash after arrest
By ANTHONY SYLOR | Nov. 18, 2005UB defensive end Anthony Andriano is playing out the final days of his Bulls football career with a legal cloud over his head.Andriano, a senior, was arrested and issued a restraining order earlier this month by Amherst Town Court for assaulting former teammate and roommate Jeff Moss.Andriano's Nov.
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Limeys love these idiots
By ALEXANDRA WARREN | Nov. 18, 2005Green Day's 2004 release of "American Idiot" showed the world what most of our generation already knows: that Green Day is unstoppable.
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Red-shirt year seasoned Cerminara for title run
By DAVID JARKA | Nov. 18, 2005After becoming the first male All-American athlete in UB's Division I era, breaking the school's single season record for wins, tying the school record for takedowns and going undefeated in conference meets in 2003-2004, it is an understatement to say 197-pound wrestler Kyle Cerminara had a landmark year."It was a good year, obviously," Cerminara said.
