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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.

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Generic pasta and nude modeling

Within the past five years, survival guides have been created for everything under the sun. The "Teenage Guy's Survival Guide," the "SpongeBob SquarePants Survival Guide" and the "Hip Mama Survival Guide" have all graced store bookshelves.

Second-half rally not enough in loss

They moved the ball, entered the end zone three times and shut out Western Michigan's biggest threat.

England and superiors got what they deserved

Your editorial on the sentencing of Lynndie England for the Abu Ghraib incident was relatively well written, but showed a lack of understanding of military operations and contained some inaccuracies (Sept.

The right to have running water

Zinab, a crinkly-faced Afghani woman, dares to speak up about women's rights. Her meager list of complaints could easily make the most indignant American feminazi blush."Afghanistan Unveiled," a documentary filmed by Brigitte Brault and the Aina Women Filming Group, explores the effects of the Taliban's repressive role.

The force is strong with this one

Scientology has Tom Cruise, Kabbalah has Madonna and Conservative Christians have Pat Robertson, but the latest celebrity/prophet is an unexpected one: George Lucas.

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Hat trick downs Bulls

Eastern Michigan (4-6-1, 2-1 MAC) tromped the UB women's soccer team 3-0 at Scicluna Field in Ypsilanti, Michigan this past Friday.

New faces of Buffalo hip-hop

Some of Buffalo's finest in hip-hop joined legendary MC Kool G Rap on Thursday night in the first of a series of hip-hop shows known as the Throwback Series.The series, presented by Black and Blue Arts Entertainment, premiered at The Icon downtown.

Letter from the Editor: On the other side of the editorial

No matter how many pages we have in a given issue, it never seems like enough. There's always one more story we wish we could add.

Marley for Generation Mayer

Abdel Wright won't make you "get up, stand up," like Bob Marley, but he will soothe your soul with sweet guitar-playing and airy vocals.

Sidelines

Calling women's tennis playersHead coach Kathy Twist is looking for walk-ons for the UB women's tennis team.

"WBFO receives $70,000 grant to go digital, expand reach"

WBFO 88.7, a UB-funded public radio station, has received a $70,000 grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to pay for resources to allow WBFO to switch from traditional analog service to digital broadcasts.WBFO, Western New York's only FM National Public Radio station, will be using the money to buy the necessary equipment to make the conversion to digital in its studios in Allen Hall on South Campus."Digital is the future of broadcasting, and the future is here," said Patricia Harrison, CPB president and CEO of WBFO.