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"Equal rights, equal votes reach milestones"

People, by nature, take many things for granted, including an equal chance to vote, a desegregated campus and the equal right to a seat on the UB Stampede.This year, activists and organizers will try to recapture a sense of appreciation as America celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Niagara Movement, a predecessor of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, the 50th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and the 40th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act.The Niagara Movement began when W.E.B.

Battle of hearts and minds

"If you're not a liberal at 20, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative at 40, you have no mind."A teacher told me that in high school, and I soon found that many people had heard the theory and ascribed to it.The decisions made over the past few years and some recently established policies of the major political parties seem to indicate something different.

'Eli' teaches how to talk the talk

Three years ago, Kathy Curtis envisioned bringing international students and American students at UB together to share each other's unique lives, and to break the cultural barriers between them, creating a uniform, yet diverse campus.Today, what has become known as Eli's Chat Room, is still a growing program and is especially popular among the international students."Eli" is short for the English Language Institute, a UB program designed to help international students with the English language, as well as to pick up on the conversational slang used by American students.

Eyes wide shut

It isn't unusual for students nod off in class or fall asleep buried in a textbook, but when their heads finally hit the pillows after a long day, many can't seem to get a good night's rest.According to the National Institute of Health, individuals require six to eight hours of sleep on average each night, yet many college students spend these hours wide awake.Whether it happens only once in a while, or if it is a chronic problem, insomnia has become a common dilemma for many students.Insomnia is defined by the NIH as an inadequate or poor quality of sleep due to difficulty falling asleep, waking up frequently through the night with difficulty returning to sleep, or waking up too early in the morning and un-refreshing sleep.Stress, environmental noise, extreme temperatures, and side effects from medication can all cause transient insomnia, along with many other factors like an unsteady sleep/wake schedule caused by jet lag.Alexandria Hassan, senior social sciences major, said she has had problems sleeping at least two or three nights a week since she began college."A lot of it has to do with stress," said Hassan.

UB tennis charges over Red Flash

Running right through their competition, the Bulls stampeded over the Red Flash on Saturday, ousting St.

Schedule

VolleyballWednesday: at Canisius, 7 p.m.

Drunk student found passed out in president's office

Ever wake up drunk beyond repair in UB President John Simpson's office?No? Well this kid did.Campus police responded to a unique situation last weekend when a late-night custodian left the door ajar to the president's fifth floor suite in Capen Hall, only to return to find a student passed out in the reception area, according to The Buffalo News.John Grela, director of public safety, told the Buffalo News the student probably was just looking for a place to sleep after returning from a night of drinking.

Mead's cinematic deed

The matriarch of visual anthropology, Margaret Mead, trekked the globe for decades, exploring divergent cultures and civilizations.

Rehashing old ideas

Before its release, Tim Burton's "The Corpse Bride" looked promising. Burton had provided a stellar cast, Danny Elfman composed a distinctive musical score, and the stop-motion animation appeared even more high-tech than "The Nightmare Before Christmas."Those elements were undoubtedly in place.

Danger-indulgent dudes

Any mother will tell you, concerts are dangerous.Any fan of Buffalo music will tell you, hometown Every Time I Die shows are especially dangerous.

Cronyism reigns supreme

While the nation speculated on Bush's pick for the Sandra Day O'Connor vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court, it should have been obvious who he would choose in the end.

Let's go fly a kite

Over 150 years ago, a 15-year-old boy, Homan Walsh, launched a kite from one side of the Niagara Gorge and landed it on the other.

Crew dominates at Head of the Ohio

The fall rowing season started off with a one-two finish in the varsity eight, the best showing the UB rowing team has ever had at the Head of the Ohio Regatta.The fact that the wins came against their two main rivals, West Virginia and Villanova, who defeated the Bulls last year, made the sweep that much sweeter."The team is working really hard, training 18 hours a week, six days a week," said head coach Rudy Wieler.

Ben Sargent Cartoon: 10.05.05

A double whammy year

Since the mid-seventies, UB has cancelled classes on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. This year these holidays fall on a Tuesday and a Thursday, so those on a Tues.-Thurs.

Crofut is just one of Bulls' losses

Despite a milestone day for senior Anna-Lesa Calvert, UB women's soccer took a crushing hit Sunday, losing senior captain Natalia Crofut to a season-ending injury in a 1-0 loss to Central Michigan.Crofut, a leader on the field and first on the team in every major offensive category, came out early in the match and is out for the remainder of her senior year."Natalia Crofut went down with an ACL injury early in the first half," said head coach Jean A.

Optimism running over

If you were to ask me how I feel about sports, I'd definitely tell you the glass isn't half full.

Construction starts on storage building for stuffed UB libraries

Almost a third of UB's three million books, volumes and journals are moving out of its libraries and into an off-campus warehouse.

Sidelines

National attentionThe UB men's soccer team broke into the national rankings on Tuesday as NSCAA/adidas announced that it is ranked 20th on the national polls and second in the New York State region.

Border detention lawsuit goes to court

Nearly six months ago, two UB students and an instructor filed suit against the U.S. government for an allegedly illegal five-hour detention and racial profiling at the U.S.-Canada border.Now, as the school year progresses, so does the case.Hassan Shibly, Kerema Atassi and Sawsan Tabbaa are among five Muslim-Americans who filed the federal lawsuit in April, alleging they were wrongfully and illegally detained at the border when returning from an Islamic conference in Toronto in December 2004.The plaintiffs, all of whom are U.S.