Ted Leo is the Dave Matthews of the indie scene. That statement probably chills the blood of the average horn-rimmed, skinny-tee rocking crowd, but the similarities are undeniable.
As I waited in the checkout line at Wegmans the other night, I was bombarded by a large collection of publications bearing pictures of celebrities, perfect bodies and beautiful women.
Re: "Israeli military fires again on Gaza" (Sept. 28). The article is completely misleading as to the series of events that actually occurred, including the title.
The captain of the UB men's cross-country team is having a year to remember. In limited competition, junior Daniel McKenna already has a victory and a second-place finish, and the future looks even brighter."My hope is to make top-five in the (Mid-American Conference) and make it to nationals," McKenna said.McKenna has set his personal goals as high as possible and leads his fellow teammates by example.A graduate of Liverpool High School, McKenna ran track all four years and cross-country for three.
Solid performances in both singles and doubles play allowed the UB women's tennis team to storm through the Bowling Green Invitational this past weekend.In the tournament, which consisted of the host school Bowling Green, as well as Ferris State, Toledo, UB, Wright State, Xavier and Youngstown State, the Bulls won four of seven singles crowns and two of three doubles.Buffalo was the top team of the tournament, winning flights two through five in singles play with little difficulty and the second and third flights of doubles play as well."We expected to do well, but we pretty much dominated, and Bowling Green and Toledo are rivals for us in the (Mid-American Conference)," said head coach Kathy Twist.The Bulls' dominance was apparent in the second flight of singles play as two UB players reached the title match.
This year's Buffalo mayoral campaign may be the most important election for the city in years, with candidates vying to replace a much-maligned mayor in a bankrupt city.
Walking up Bailey Avenue after dark can be an unnerving experience, especially starting from the Goodyear Hall bus stop.
Every day I check the news for nuclear Armageddon. Not like an on-edge, paranoid Midwesterner worried the terrorists will strike any minute, but more like someone who looks at his watch every few seconds because the train is late.I am convinced that one day in my lifetime I will go onto CNN.com and read that a nuclear bomb has exploded in Manhattan.
Medical ethics, the legal system and domestic violence will be the topics of an upcoming lunch-hour speaker series sponsored by the New York State Supreme Court Library at Buffalo.Dr. Stephen Wear, an associate professor at the UB School of Medicine, will discuss the challenges faced by health care providers and patients in a presentation titled "Living Wills and Health Care Proxies in New York State." The Sept.
Oh, if this were the review of a single, it would be among the most sparkling in this publication's history.
With the second half of the season left to play, the men's soccer team has proven that they are a force to be reckoned with in the Mid-American Conference.Although they were out-hustled in a close game against St.
Buffalo is the only team in the Mid-American Conference that hasn't played an intra-conference game between the chalk lines of a football field.
It's a pretty face to go with an ugly crime, but the Bush administration finally has an official scapegoat in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal in Lynndie England.
With 45 hazing-related deaths in the past five years nationwide, UB's Greek organizations are painfully aware of a problem.
Playing on the road is never easy. Playing on the road against four conference opponents in a row is downright brutal.For the UB volleyball team (7-7 overall, 0-2 in the MAC) this was a stark reality as they faced Kent State (5-8 overall 1-1 in the MAC) and Ohio (12-2 overall 2-0 in the MAC) last weekend and now will travel to Akron (6-8 overall 1-1 in the MAC) for a Thursday night game and then to Ball State (7-5 overall 1-1 in the MAC) on Saturday."Obviously playing these first four away are tough, but that means later down the road they are coming to us," said head coach Jim Lodes.
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