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The original tortured soul
By MIKE FLATT | Nov. 16, 2005Everybody wants to be Johnny Cash. Musicians from Elvis to Kurt Cobain and Trent Reznor to Nick Cave have made efforts to resemble the Man in Black, in various ways.Why wouldn't they?
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Sidelines
Nov. 16, 2005Basketball newbies signedNational Signing Day was on Friday and the men and women's basketball teams took advantage of the opportunity with each team harnessing four players to sign National Letters of Intent.Reggie Witherspoon, head coach of the men, snagged two guards and two forwards for his 2006-2007 team.
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New kids on the block
By JEREMY G. BURTON | Nov. 16, 2005This story is part of an ongoing series about the changing face of UB.Even Lucinda Finley couldn't tell you exactly what UB means by "faculty.""The one thing that is clear about faculty is that there is no definitional blurriness over people who are hired on the tenure track," said Finley, vice president for faculty affairs.Outside of that though, things get murky.
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An Olympic quest
By ALEX RUBIN | Nov. 16, 2005Kahla Walkinshaw cannot walk on water, but she can move pretty fast under it. Walkinshaw, a junior on the UB swim team, recently set a pool record at Canisius College, and in 2004 competed at the Canadian Olympic trials.
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The big idea's fruition
By Editorial | Nov. 16, 2005President Simpson's UB tenure has focused on improving the university's standing within America's elite research schools.
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Swirling 'Colores' is a heady masterpiece
By ALEXANDRA WARREN | Nov. 14, 2005Tristeza's "A Colores" is a fantastic album to accompany making out or studying. But if the activity requires a little more energy, the Black Eyed Peas are a much better bet.The San Diego-based quintet has done an admirable job filling the niche reserved for spacey, psychedelic, instrumental music.
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Nothing but theTruth.com
By EVAN PIERCE | Nov. 14, 2005Smoking will make you blind.It will also give you 14 kinds of cancer, make you impotent, kill your babies, fill your arteries with toothpaste, cause global warming and it will definitely, without a doubt, kill you.Those are just some of the things anti-smoking advertisers have shouted.
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UB gets greener
By JESSICA MINNEY | Nov. 14, 2005Students can expect to see fewer lawn mowers and more foliage on campus as UB goes au naturale.In a continuing effort to make UB a more earth-friendly place, the Environmental Task Force and the staff members of UB Green are allowing some areas on campus to return to their natural state.The Natural Regeneration Project began in 1995 as part of a plan developed by the ETF called UB2025, according to Erin Cala, and those designated areas basically remain untouched."The intent was to reduce energy consumption and air pollution by reducing grass cutting and to provide a buffer zone along the edges of North Campus and allow these zones to return to their natural state," said Cala, an environmental educator with the UB Green office.
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Brazilian fashion prospers in local area
By NICOLE COLEMAN | Nov. 14, 2005One year later, the UB student-owned Brazilian clothing boutique Fofa Brazil Jeans is bustling with business and happy customers.
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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.
