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Volleyball back on winning track

The UB volleyball team (8-9 overall, 0-4 in the MAC) notched their first win in five matches, defeating the Canisius Golden Griffins (6-11 overall) in five games Wednesday night.The Bulls managed to hold off the Griffs in the fifth and final game of the match after relinquishing a two-game lead.


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Guide to homecoming

What UB doing this weekendHomecoming weekend is set to host a flurry of special events and games that feature nearly every UB fall sports team.


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Senior captain aims high

At the age of 9-years-old, Erica Mincher's parents gave her a choice between dance classes or soccer."I liked the athleticism and the competition so I chose to play soccer," said Mincher, a senior and now the captain of the UB women's team.


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"Have no fear, menopause is here"

There's more to menopause than just hot flashes, irritability and the discontinuance of one's menstrual cycle.There's also a musical.Menopause - a dirty word to most people - was the theme celebrated by hundreds of women on the Mainstage Theater at the Center for the Arts Wednesday night as they enjoyed "Menopause: the Musical."The seats were filled and there were barely any men to be found.


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Uncle Sam invades high school

President Bush's No Child Left Behind Act is often criticized for lack of funding. Now you can add the military's recruitment of high school students to what ails the law, coming perilously close to pseudo-draft legislation.The Buffalo News reported Thursday that freshmen attending Hutch-Tech were automatically enrolled in the school's Junior ROTC program, unless they opted out.


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Question of West Coast distinction

The West Coast, and its distinct culture in film and music, may also be developing its own distinct brand of artwork.To examine whether West Coast art has undergone Californication, the basement of the Center for Arts now features the art show "Pacifications: New West Coast Art," showcasing a number of artists' works from the Golden State.One such piece is of a cryptic horizontal fish-people, featured in Attaboy's "The Fungus Series." The festering eyes of these creatures burn the image into your eyes and suggest an aching presence of overlooked devastation.Attaboy's scrappy ink drawings are muted by messages tucked into the paintings such as "enough small talk" and "my ears droop for you."Although words and images often co-conspire, Attaboy's inclusion of dictum seems to defeat the purpose of representing ideas through drawings.Kirstin Sturdivan, the curator of "Pacifications" and student of fine arts at UB, describes Attaboy's artwork as graffiti-driven."West Coast art is a little looser," she said.


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Manuel confronts athletics money inequalities

In just his 35th day on the job, Athletic Director Warde Manuel reported to the Faculty Senate on Wednesday that UB needs to rally more pride in our sports teams, increase attendance and gradually enhance team performance.Manuel and the senate's executive committee met to discuss prospective endeavors to expand the reach of UB athletics and its influence on-campus.


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Coasting through college just got easier

Whether through procrastination, cheating, or declaring as a communications major, there are a number of ways to coast through college.Chris Morran's "Hardly Working at College: The Overachieving Underperformer's Guide to Graduating without Cracking a Book" is the perfect guide to slack off and still get good grades.Chris Morran is an award-winning playwright, actor, and comic from New York City.


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Another big win means big challenges

Sunday's road game against Boston University (3-5-1) proved another impressive win for the UB men's soccer team (10-1-0), as the Bulls left the Terriers scoreless and became the nation's first team this season to earn ten wins.Head coach John Astudillo said although the Bulls were victorious against Boston, both teams played a strong game and the Terriers had their chances to grasp the win.



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