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X-Country's McKenna off to fast start

By THOMAS DRUELINGER | Sep. 28, 2005

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.

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Double slam

By NICHOLAS TIEDEMAN | Sep. 28, 2005

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.

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Spectrometer

By Editorial | Sep. 28, 2005

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Ben Sargent Cartoon: 9.28.05

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Buffalo mayoral election heats up amid student apathy

By BILL NIELSEN | Sep. 28, 2005

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.

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"Elmwood heights, University lows"

By BILL NIELSEN | Sep. 28, 2005

Walking up Bailey Avenue after dark can be an unnerving experience, especially starting from the Goodyear Hall bus stop.

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Schedule

Sep. 28, 2005

VolleyballThursday: at Akron, 7 p.m.

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Nuclear reality

By JEREMY G. BURTON | Sep. 28, 2005

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.

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Lunch-hour law series tackles legal litany

By MO-FEI LIU | Sep. 28, 2005

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.

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So vincible

By MIKE FLATT | Sep. 28, 2005

Oh, if this were the review of a single, it would be among the most sparkling in this publication's history.

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Successful procrastinators

By ANTHONY SYLOR | Sep. 28, 2005

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.

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Around the MAC

By JENNIFER GILLAN | Sep. 28, 2005

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.

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Soldier's unconvincing conviction

By Editorial | Sep. 28, 2005

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.

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Grad students break through the haze

By MAUREEN CATTIEU | Sep. 28, 2005

With 45 hazing-related deaths in the past five years nationwide, UB's Greek organizations are painfully aware of a problem.

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Sidelines

Sep. 28, 2005

Making milestonesWith the fall sports season underway, various teams are having members meet and surpass milestones in their respective careers.

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Volleyball looks for MAC win

By ANTHONY SYLOR | Sep. 28, 2005

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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Displaced commuters unhappy with new lounge

By HAROLD DUMKE AND SIOBHAN COUNIHAN | Sep. 28, 2005

Commuters looking to relax in their own on-campus lounge haven't found the spacious room with tables, desks and couches they were accustomed to in previous years.Instead they'll find a much smaller space with less than half the number of couches, no desks and much less privacy.

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Weeping for the wrong reasons

By DEVIN MACNEIL | Sep. 28, 2005

The thought of comic strips brings to mind series like "Peanuts," "Garfield" and "Dilbert." The titles of these staples in the comic industry describe their theme in a straightforward and hassle-free manner."Read It and Weep," a new comic by Travis Dandro, does inspire tears, but not for the same reason that the creator intended.Featuring nothing more than a little boy and a squirrel, the comic is deficient in both artistic talent and action.

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Little-known Holocaust trial reawakens painful history

By ROBERT PAPE | Sep. 28, 2005

Everyone has heard about Nuremburg, where the notorious trials of Nazi war criminals like Goering and Frick occurred, but few recall the war crimes trial at Dachau, where interviews with concentration camp survivors were just as terrible.The UB law community got a taste of upholding justice at its grizzliest on Monday, as the law school filled with people to see and discuss "Justice at Dachau: The Trials of an American Prosecutor" presented by Joshua M.

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