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Not-for-profit coffeehouse takes java to a higher level
By MAUREEN CATTIEU | Nov. 14, 2005Higher Grounds Coffee House isn't any old Starbucks.Upon entering, your nose is met with the usual scents of mocha and cinnamon.
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Steps still needed to make UB gear sweatshop-free
By DEVAN DECICCO | Nov. 14, 2005The lead article in Monday's edition of The Spectrum ("No Sweat for UBApparel," Nov. 7), while significant for giving the students an update on theWorker's Rights Consortium campaign lead by their fellow students, had a few misleading statements.First, Dennis Black's quotation that "UB was in full compliance with state law prior to affiliation in spring 2005 with the two national monitoring groups and is in full compliance today" is correct.
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Volleyball stumbles into MAC tournament
By THOMAS DRUELINGER | Nov. 14, 2005Heading into the playoffs, UB volleyball is still trying to find its winning groove.The Bulls ended their regular season this weekend by dropping their final two games at home, losing 3-1 Friday night to Northern Illinois and 3-0 to Western Michigan on Saturday."In the crunch, we didn't pass the ball which made it so we couldn't be as versatile as we wanted to be," said head coach Jim Lodes.
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Scientology center sparks debate
By SIOBHAN COUNIHAN AND JESSICA MINNEY | Nov. 14, 2005Scientology has come to UB, and as one might expect from the often-controversial religion, its new center in The Commons has some people on campus upset over the arrival.Part of the concern has come from other religiously affiliated groups that point to Scientology's cult reputation.
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Pick your nose at home
By MEGHAN GROTH | Nov. 14, 2005Three rows ahead of me sits a young woman. The seat to her right is occupied by an oversized backpack while the seat to her left is taken up by a purse and other personal belongings.
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Food for thought
By ALEXANDRA WARREN | Nov. 14, 2005Farming methods and modified cells have become a hot-button issue in an agricultural world where plant life is patented on a regular basis.It may sound like a line from a cheesy science fiction movie, but these food issues are becoming more of a concern every day."The Future of Food," a documentary directed by Deborah Koons Garcia, is the final installment of the Margaret Mead Traveling Film Festival.
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Lackawanna terror cell was a government fabrication
By MATTHEW L. SCHWARTZ | Nov. 14, 2005The Bush regime's "endless war on terror" would fall on its face in the U.S. if there weren't a huge continuing campaign to try to keep up our fear of being attacked.
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Making a case for intelligent design
By EVAN PIERCE AND PATRIK PURI | Nov. 14, 2005While the national debate on whether to teach intelligent design in science classes rages on, a prominent ID backer made his case for the idea at UB on Thursday.Kirk Durston, national director of New Scholars Society and Ph.D.
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For ages 6 and up
By SETH PECK | Nov. 14, 2005A child harmlessly turns the key and watches as his speedometer rings up four million space miles.
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"Ground-breaking physicist, string-theorist comes to UB"
By TOM HALLECK | Nov. 14, 2005To study and conduct research on the cutting edge of sub-atomic string theory, it takes a very smart person.
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Get out of the kitchen
By Editorial | Nov. 14, 2005You'd think the latest public-relations campaign emanating from the White House addressing critics of the Iraq war would be grounded in fact.
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Soccer falls short of UB's first MAC title in shootout after overtime
By ALEX ZAMBELLI | Nov. 14, 2005To say Sunday's Mid-American Conference championship game was dramatic would be an understatement.A defensive game in which UB men's soccer played 110 scoreless minutes, including two overtime periods, against the nationally ranked No.
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UB among colleges balking at new surveillance law's costs
By SIOBHAN COUNIHAN AND PATRIK PURI | Nov. 14, 2005A new federal law will make it easier for law enforcement to track Internet communications, but the technology needed to meet the law requires an overhaul so expensive, colleges and universities are campaigning to have the it changed.The Communication Assistance for Law Enforcement Act has been in place since 1994, but a new order, passed on Oct.
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Scoreboard
Nov. 14, 2005M. SoccerFriday:Buffalo2Northern Illinois 0VolleyballFriday:Northern Illinois 3Buffalo1M. BasketballFriday:Buffalo90Northern Illinois 59FootballSaturday:Buffalo10Kent State 6WrestlingFifth of 11 teamsSaturday:BuffaloVolleyballSaturday:W Michigan3Buffalo0W.
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McKenna leads the way again
By ALEX ZAMBELLI | Nov. 14, 2005If nice guys finish last, Dan McKenna must be one of the meanest guys around.McKenna earned honors at the Northeast regional on Saturday with a 19th-place finish in a pool of 232.
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'Fake' professor ratings can work
By GLORIA ALMEIDA | Nov. 14, 2005I think the ratemyprofessor.com can potentially be a good Web site, if the students rate their professors with thoughtfulness and honesty ("Professor evaluations get a tech upgrade before students weigh in," Nov.
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Republicans need not investigate 'Accidental Death'
By MEGHAN SHALVOY | Nov. 14, 2005It's a difficult task balancing humor, political skepticism and symbolism with an accessible script.
