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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.
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Cerminara proves he is among the elite at Brockport
By NICHOLAS TIEDEMAN | Nov. 14, 2005Senior Kyle Cerminara dominated the mat Saturday at the Oklahoma Gold Classic at SUNY Brockport, taking the title in the 197-pound division for the second time in as many tournaments while improving his overall record to an undefeated 8-0.The UB wrestling team finished fifth of 11 teams and placed seven wrestlers.
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Anything but paradise
By BRIAN HIBBARD | Nov. 14, 2005Most people envision a suicide bomber as a cackling schizoid maniac with nothing to lose, strapped head to toe with dynamite.Best friends Said and Khaled hardly fit the profile of the stereotypical Palestinian suicide bombers in "Paradise Now," a film directed by Hany Abu-Assad.Said repairs cars, living with his mother and younger siblings.
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Victory full of firsts for UB football
By DAVID JARKA | Nov. 14, 2005It only took 10 straight losses, 26 Mid-American Conference road defeats, and the firing of the team's head coach for UB football to pull out a win at Kent State.UB's 10-6 victory over the Golden Flashes on Saturday not only went down as the first victory of the season, but it also was the team's first conference road win in its seven-season MAC history."It's been a long time coming," junior safety Ramon Guzman said of the win, which came days after head coach Jim Hofher was dismissed but allowed to coach the last two games.
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Petition seeks bribery judgment
By FRANCISCO BAIOCCHI | Nov. 11, 2005In the weeks to come, undergraduates at UB will have a rare opportunity to have their voices heard by signing a very important petition.
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Have your torture and eat it too
By KATHERINE BECZAK | Nov. 11, 2005In response to recent reports of secret CIA prisons in Europe and Asia, President Bush made a blatantly contradictory statement Monday when he declared that the United States "does not torture" its prisoners.
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UB's two rugby squads roll in quest for nationals
By RICHARD MATHEWS | Nov. 11, 2005Soccer isn't the only sport at UB creating excitement this season. Unbeknownst to most students, the men and women's club rugby teams are generating buzz with their successes in postseason play.The men and women's teams, nicknamed the Mad Turtles and Flying Squirrels respectively, are about to embark on a journey that could put them in a position neither team has been in before.
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UB aids MTV2 in video mash-ups
By TIFFANY DURRILLA | Nov. 11, 2005While frustrated parents and neglected girlfriends may be contemptuous of the ever-evolving videogame industry, joystick enthusiasts everywhere will no doubt praise an up-and-coming video series that puts their favorite pixilated characters in the center of music television.
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The Clarks' canned food can rock
By LINDSEY SCHUPPENHAUER | Nov. 11, 2005Booty-shakin' for Boyardee is The Clarks' modus operandi, if you will.The Pennsylvania-based rock quartet are headlining this Friday's show at Club Infinity as part of "Rock for Food 2005," to which they encourage audience members to bring in canned goods.Experienced in the field of entertaining, The Clarks please fans with enjoyable straight-up rock rather than muddle through esoteric, non-melodic sounds."What we want our listeners to get from our music isn't a deep meaning, but simply any type of enjoyment or fulfillment in a positive direction," said Robert James, lead guitarist for The Clarks.
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Professor wins election for top Amherst job
By EVAN PIERCE | Nov. 11, 2005When Dr. Satish Mohan told his former colleagues at Stanford that he was taking a job at UB, they gave him a warning."The college is okay, but the town is doomed," Mohan recalls them telling him.While recent politics in Erie County and the City of Buffalo have given those Stanford doomsayers' predictions some credibility, Mohan's election to Amherst Supervisor gives him a chance to stem the tide and prove his ex-colleagues wrong."I want to grow this town," Mohan said.
