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Rossdale's life after Bush

Gavin Rossdale can only hope that the sound and unmistakable voice he contributed to Bush will carry over into the makeup of his new band Institute.After quietly disbanding in 2001, Bush's front man chose to move on and form Institute instead of the go-to sensitive solo project.Rossdale worked with members of Helmet to create Institute's first album, "Distort Yourself," which has an edge similar to Bush's "Razorblade Suitcase" and "Sixteen Stone."Page Hamilton, lead singer of Helmet, produced the album and added a harder sharpness resembling that classic Bush sound.

Empty kitchen

After three years as a UB student, Viqar Hussain was looking forward buying his first on-campus turkey sub when school started this semester.

Plain visions of Buffalo

It's hard to tell if the 100 prominent Buffalonians featured in the CEPA Gallery's "Visions of Greater Buffalo" have ever taken a photograph before.The exhibit commemorates CEPA's 30th anniversary, and opened Sept.

Too soon for Katrina jokes?

That's exactly the problem. According to the sentiment that calls for this question, compassion is a time-sensitive issue.It has become en vogue over the past few years, with the seeming deluge of tragedies that accompanied them, to be a callous person.

Buffalo roams again

There is a saying that once you hit rock bottom, the only place left to go is up. And that is why Buffalo's future looks promising in comparison to its recent past.

Reagon invents gospel funk-blues

Teetering between femme fatale and "kitten stuck in a tree," Toshi Reagon shows a complete disregard for genre.

Fresh start for Flying Squirrels

The women's rugby team earned the thrill of finally winning a rivalry game after a ten-year losing streak, beating Cornell University 24-18 in front of a home crowd on Sunday."Cornell is our biggest rival and beating them is something we always work very hard toward," said the club's president, junior Megan Rasbeck.Nicknamed the Flying Squirrels, the team is soaring after its latest win with hopes of using the victory as a building block for the rest of their games this season."It has been over ten years since we beat Cornell," Rasbeck said.

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New focus in Commons

Brian Keith McMillen has photographed everything from pure white bridal gowns to pure white Alaskan snow, and the junior business major will bring that experience to The Commons this fall.

Soccer Corrections

In Monday's article "Still undefeated," soccer player Mbwana Johnson's name was spelled incorrectly.In the cutline for Monday's article "Women's soccer loses heartbreaker at home," soccer player Ashley Turner's year was misstated.

Broken shoulder KO's Sampsel

After showing progress in Saturday's loss to Rutgers, Bulls starting quarterback Stewart Sampsel could be out the rest of the season with a shoulder injury.Things were looking up for Buffalo, even in its 17-3 loss, as the team put points on the board for the first time this season.

UB researchers work on front lines of anti-terrorism and U.S. security

In light of Hurricane Katrina and the ever-growing concern of another terrorist attack, UB research teams are at the cutting edge of the mounting need for improvements in homeland security.An array of disciplines - from immunology to environmental and chemical engineering - received over $21 million in grants to investigate methods to improve and combat extreme events, bringing the UB community deeper into the exceedingly real and relevant issue of terrorism."We have a comprehensive engineering school and very strong units in the health and natural sciences with a record of collaboration and a willingness to apply our scholarship to important problems," said Mark Karwan, dean of the UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Ben Sargent Cartoon: 9.21.05

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SA needs to answer charges

This is in response to Fabio Albertin's article claiming that Mazin Kased is being wrongly portrayed as guilty.

'Amadeus' strikes a note with all audiences

Such sentiment unfortunately proved to be the fate of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the subject of the Irish Classical Theater Company's production of "Amadeus.""Amadeus" follows Mozart through the latter portion of his life in the 18th century, which was spent as a struggling a composer in Vienna.

Buffalo program aims to increase literacy

With one billion adults - a shocking 26 percent of the world's population - illiterate, getting individuals interested in reading has never been more important.Members of the Just Buffalo Literary Center in downtown Buffalo created the literature program, "If All of Buffalo Read the Same Book," to fight back against a culture more prone to turning on the television than picking up a newspaper.Created in 2000, the intent of the center was to create discussion amongst the diverse inhabitants of the Buffalo area.

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Cerminara ranked in freestyleIn the quest for a national championship, senior wrestling captain Kyle Cerminara has yet another accolade to add to his illustrious career as he has been ranked sixth by USA Wrestling's 2005-2006 freestyle rankings for 96 kilograms.

Gender Week makes impassioned start

Addressing the devastation of sacredness and effects of imagery through the eyes of Native Americans, writer Winona LaDuke kicked off UB's fourth annual "Women and Gender Week" on Monday with a keynote speech at the Center for the Arts.LaDuke, a renowned author and active member of the Mississippi Anishinaabeg tribe, introduced an entirely new spin on how imagery of historical figures and geographically significant sites dehumanize women and people in our society."I think we're losing touch with our humanity," LaDuke said.

Stane takes three at Dartmouth

With a commanding run of serves and seeing-eye shots the competition simply couldn't catch up to, freshman Octavian Stane led the way for UB men's tennis last weekend at the Volkl Shootout at Dartmouth University.Stane was one of two players who tallied winning records in singles action, and two Bulls doubles teams also came out on top with strong efforts.Stane accumulated a 3-1 record, notching two wins and one loss in E Division competition, along with one win in the D Division.Stane's two wins in E Division play came against St.