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Should Zorro ride again?

Just when you thought it was safe to watch another sequel, Hollywood unleashes their most outlandish one yet.The second installment of Zorro lives up to all the negative connotations of being a sequel.


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SUNY-side down

If you ask UB's four delegates to the SUNY Student Assembly what their organization accomplished at its fall conference this past weekend, they will sit in silence trying to think of something, anything, that was achieved.The silence speaks volumes about the organization, especially as all four UB delegates and SA President Dela Yador fire allegations decrying the incompetence and ineffectiveness of the only student body with a voice to Albany.


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Scoreboard

M. SoccerFriday:Buffalo1Western Michigan1W. SoccerFriday:Buffalo1Akron1W. SwimmingFriday:Buffalo156Canisius61FootballSaturday:Toledo38Buffalo15VolleyballSaturday:Miami (Ohio)3Buffalo0W.


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Sophomore runners set pace for UB at invitational

Sophomore Michelle Quinn shattered her personal best time of the season Friday, finishing first out of four UB women runners who competed in the Cornell Reif Memorial Run.The women ran the 5K event while no UB runners took part in the men's 8K.


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No different than past years

I think for the most part, you are correct, but I don't think it is any different than any of the previous generations ("The medicated generation," Ken Ilgunas, Oct.


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UB's grand hiring plans

At first glance, hiring 100 new faculty over the next three years - especially world-class professors - is a great idea.


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Scoreboard

M. SoccerFriday:Buffalo1Western Michigan1W. SoccerFriday:Buffalo1Akron1W. SwimmingFriday:Buffalo156Canisius61FootballSaturday:Toledo38Buffalo15VolleyballSaturday:Miami (Ohio)3Buffalo0W.


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Mining for melodrama

"North Country" starts out with truckloads of potential. A solid cast, a director ready to break ground and a compelling story all add weight to its cargo.The results, however, completely slap subtlety in the face.


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Current: 'Postal' (2004)

A mailman is the only person who notices that a young boy is missing. Director Matt Ruggles explores the hidden secrets of picture-perfect families in a film that will make anyone think twice about the folks next door.


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Bulls can't hold lead on road

The UB football team had a brief lead against the only remaining undefeated team in the conference on Saturday, but the Bulls were unable to stay on top as they lost to Toledo University 38-15.The Bulls led the Rockets 12-10 late in the second quarter before Toledo made it in the end zone with 44 seconds left in the first half, giving the Rockets a lead they easily kept for the rest of the game.The first quarter was all Toledo (6-1 overall, 4-0 Mid-American Conference), as they jumped out to an early 10-0 lead.


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Nuclear fuel removed from S. Campus reactor

Amid heightened awareness for security surrounding nuclear reactors at U.S. universities, UB has successfully removed spent fuel from its own nuclear reactor on South Campus.The removal of the fuel from the Buffalo Materials Research Center was carried out during the week of Sept.


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Close win follows a close loss

The women of UB soccer got a taste of close-margin victories on each side of the record column this weekend as they lost a big game on Friday 1-0 in double overtime to Akron and then bounced back with a 1-0 victory on Sunday against Ohio.Friday's loss took Buffalo (5-11-1, 3-7 Mid-American Conference) out of playoff contention.


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Comfortable and clueless

We are a society that does not care about anything unless it is hitting us in the face.An individualistic nation, we are greatly lacking in empathy for anything outside our own day-to-day bubbles.


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