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SA struggles to make voice matter in UB decisions
By JEREMY G. BURTON | Oct. 19, 2005Dela Yador knows what UB students think about their student government."Crooked. Corrupt. They do two concerts a year and that's it," says Yador, president of the Student Association.
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A big fogging stretch
By LINDSEY SCHUPPENHAUER | Oct. 19, 2005It seems director Rupert Wainwright couldn't see through the haze when remaking "The Fog." The ominous cloud of John Carpenter's 1980 film still hasn't lifted, causing the remake to be weak and unnecessary.A hundred years after a murder scandal upon a leprosy-stricken ship, ghosts come to haunt and kill anyone in their midst in a small island town.
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"Cross country squads split, finding similar success"
By NICHOLAS TIEDEMAN | Oct. 19, 2005They say you can't be in two places at once, but the UB men's and women's cross country teams managed the task last weekend as they spilt the squad up to compete in two different tournaments.Last weekend most of the team ran in the Penn State National Open, while UB put seven other entrants in the Harry F.
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"We don't care anymore, either"
By ALEXANDRA WARREN | Oct. 19, 2005Story of the Year's sophomore release "In the Wake of Determination" is a drastic departure from their debut album "Page Avenue." The emo verses and sugary pop-punk riffs of "Page Avenue" have been ditched in favor of hard guitars and screaming vocals.
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Music for elevators and fallout shelters
By RACHEL BELLAVIA | Oct. 19, 2005Bands that ride in the groove of established musicians may not change the industry, but they can certainly produce some fine ear candy.The Stay Low's latest release "The Red Budget EP" resonates with Explosions in the Sky, Do Make Say Think, and Godspeed You!
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Fleeting moments of compassion
By JENNIFER GILLAN | Oct. 19, 2005Incessant name-calling, ferocious booing, and constant heckling are the norms of a sporting event.
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Students make up for lost meals with hurricane relief
By MAUREEN CATTIEU | Oct. 19, 2005Despite the distance between Buffalo and the hurricane damage that swept New Orleans and the surrounding area, UB has truly made an effort to respond to their need for help.
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"The medicated generation: drunken, drugged and damned"
By KENNETH ILGUNAS | Oct. 19, 2005Since my freshman year, I've had disdain for both my generation and humanity as a whole. Upon entering college it seemed like everything good and pure was sucked out of this world, never to be embraced again.
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Falcons fly by Bulls in 4-0 win
By DAVID JARKA | Oct. 19, 2005As hard as it is to play on the road against conference opponents, the absence of six starters makes the task exponentially harder.The UB women's soccer team faced the challenge of losing veteran players and was unable to overcome Bowling Green State University on Sunday in a short-handed 4-0 defeat.Coming off of a 3-0 fall to Toledo on Friday, UB (4-10-1 overall, 2-6 Mid-American Conference) put the ball in its own net for the first goal in the contest and for the second time in as many games.
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'Domino' falls short
By ALEXANDRA WARREN | Oct. 19, 2005Model Domino Harvey has ditched the bustier and resigned the runway act. Instead of parading around in Gucci she's wearing camo and pumping bullets into notorious fugitives.
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My truck's bigger than yours
By MIKE FLATT | Oct. 19, 2005All I wanted to do was watch the White Sox.Between innings, the makers of the Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck issued me a direct challenge, the likes of which I haven't heard since my playground days.
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Briggs steers boats to smoother waters for UB crew
By THOMAS J. DRUELINGER | Oct. 19, 2005Sheralyn Briggs grew up in a town where rowing was a big time sport. When she found out she was too small to row she had to find a different way to get on the boat.Her solution?
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Bulls trip over own feet in loss
By WILL ARONIN | Oct. 17, 2005You can slow down the giant, but you still have to score.Bowling Green quarterback and Heisman trophy candidate Omar Jacobs was intercepted twice for the first time in his career on Saturday at UB Stadium, but Jacobs and the Falcons still managed to defeat the Bulls 27-7.The UB defense was a formidable force that kept Jacobs in check all game, even though some sportswriters predicted Bowling Green would pin as many as 60 points on the Bulls (0-6 overall, 0-3 Mid-American Conference).Sophomore safety Jesse Imes made a great break on the ball and came away with an interception on Bowling Green's second drive of the game.
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Volleyball splits matches in home stand
By DAVID JARKA | Oct. 17, 2005The differences between the two games of the UB volleyball team this weekend contrast as starkly as night and day.After a brutal 3-0 defeat at the hands of the nationally ranked Ohio Bobcats on Friday night, UB responded the following evening with a 3-1 victory over the Kent State Golden Flashes to secure its first MAC victory on the season.Ohio's shutout started with a 30-20 win in game one which actually saw UB hold the lead 12-8 at one point.
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'Wailing Wanderers'
By KENNETH ILGUNAS | Oct. 17, 2005Current: "The Brown Bunny" (2003)Vincent Gallo plays Bud Clay, a motorcycle racer who takes to the open road in a trip across country.
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Students toy with chemistry
By PATRIK PURI | Oct. 17, 2005UB's chemistry majors are out to prove this week that no one plays around like chemistry students do.With "The Joy of Toys," the theme for this year's National Chemistry Week, UB students are hoping to inspire a few future chemistry majors of their own, giving demonstrations of magic writing, making slime, and sailing soap-powered boats at local schools, community centers and scout troops throughout the week.As experts bemoan declining interest in the sciences in the United States, events like chemistry week are trying to recapture that spark.
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Plans collapse for Harriman as a South Campus student union
By EVAN PIERCE | Oct. 17, 2005When the Student Association was looking for new office space this summer, it didn't have many options.The Student Union already was - and still is - tight on space, and there were no vacant buildings on North Campus that would be suitable for student offices.
