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SUNY-side down

By SIOBHAN COUNIHAN | Oct. 26, 2005

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

Oct. 26, 2005

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

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Schedule

Oct. 26, 2005

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Sophomore runners set pace for UB at invitational

By GREG CISZAK | Oct. 26, 2005

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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"Civil rights icon Rosa Parks, 92, dies"

By ELAINE WOO AND PATRICIA SULLIVAN | Oct. 26, 2005

Rosa Parks, the Alabama seamstress whose simple act of defiance on a segregated Montgomery bus in 1955 stirred the nonviolent protests of the modern civil rights movement and catapulted an unknown minister named Martin Luther King Jr.

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No different than past years

By MICHAEL DAMICO | Oct. 26, 2005

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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Crew team turns heads at famous Boston event

By NICHOLAS TIEDEMAN | Oct. 26, 2005

Certain events are held annually for the best of the best in athletic fields to showcase their talents.

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UB's grand hiring plans

By Editorial | Oct. 26, 2005

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

Oct. 24, 2005

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

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Mining for melodrama

By MEGHAN GROTH | Oct. 24, 2005

"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)

By MEGHAN GROTH | Oct. 24, 2005

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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The week ahead: 10.24.05

Oct. 24, 2005

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"All flash, little info: Student Union sign still not fully operational"

By HAROLD DUMKE | Oct. 24, 2005

The new sign in front of the Student Union is bigger, brighter and more high tech, but students say they are still skeptical of its practical uses.For two years, the sign was broken, sitting as an eyesore in the most heavily trafficked area on campus.

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Bulls can't hold lead on road

By THOMAS J. DRUELINGER | Oct. 24, 2005

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

By ROBERT PAPE | Oct. 24, 2005

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

By ALEX ZAMBELLI | Oct. 24, 2005

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

By NICOLE COLEMAN | Oct. 24, 2005

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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Spectrometer: 10.24.05

By Editorial | Oct. 24, 2005

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"Community takes back the night from sexual assault, rape"

By JESSI HUGHES | Oct. 24, 2005

Some think it only affects women, but sexual assault is far from a female-only issue.Whether they were victims dealing with the aftermath, or people who had never been affected by rape or assault, both men and women alike came together to take a stand Thursday at the annual Take Back the Night on South Campus.Each year, Take Back the Night, which is held on several college campuses, allows the community to come together to share their stories and raise awareness about the effects of rape and sexual assault.UB's event was held in Harriman Hall, which was packed with students, faculty and several organizations, leaving only standing room for additional onlookers.The night's guest speaker, Linda Hill-MacDonald, head coach of the UB women's basketball team, delivered some somber statistics: every six minutes, one rape occurs in the United States and only one in ten rapes are reported."Rape is not the fault of the victim," said Hill-MacDonald, as several eyes in the room fell to the floor, "She does not ask, nor does she deserve to be raped."Hill-MacDonald said that specific to the college demographic, one in five women report being raped during their college career.

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Men's soccer struggles in MAC play

By ANTHONY SYLOR | Oct. 24, 2005

Heading into the last two games of the season with playoff rankings up for grabs, the men's soccer team went a disappointing 0-1-1 on the road to conference opponents this weekend.The 20th-ranked Bulls came out with a 1-1 tie in an overtime battle with Western Michigan on Friday, and then on Sunday UB fell 1-0 to the Northern Illinois Huskies, who are ranked 22nd in the country and second in the Mid-American Conference.Before traveling to Western Michigan (6-6-2 overall, 2-1-1 MAC) and Northern Illinois, the Bulls had a realistic shot at a number-two MAC playoff ranking and an outside chance at earning the number-one spot.