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'Alaska' allows isolation
By MIKE FLATT | Sep. 14, 2005People, particularly writers of press releases, like to say an act "defies categorization" when its sound is eclectic.
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Coping in Buffalo
By JESSICA PACKARD | Sep. 14, 2005After graduating high school, Emily Eckert was looking forward to going to college at Tulane University in New Orleans."I was so excited to go to Tulane," said Eckert, a freshman undecided major.
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Lost in the Atlantic
By ANTHONY SYLOR | Sep. 14, 2005I'm not one of those people that thinks it's hip to rip on how bad our football team is. I don't want to poke fun and act like these guys aren't trying to win, or pretend that Jim Hofher knows nothing about college football.I came into this, my last year at UB, with a positive attitude, hoping that we will see improvements in all our sports teams.
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The romantic comedy: A male tragedy
By KENNETH ILGUNAS | Sep. 14, 2005To guys, it's more terrifying than any horror movie. It's more sickening than any Farrelly Brothers production.
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The Man in Black is back
By LINDSEY SCHUPPENHAUER | Sep. 12, 2005Everything is black. A single spotlight shines down on a solitary figure holding a guitar."I hurt myself today, to see if I still feel.
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Still unprepared for disaster
By SAM FEDER | Sep. 12, 2005So, within two weeks of four years after 9/11, we're totally unprepared for a large-scale emergency recovery and relief effort for a devastated major American city?
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COLUMN ASSUMPTIONS INACCURATE
By MICHELE RADON | Sep. 12, 2005After reviewing the article by Jennifer Gillan "No sympathy for stupidity," concerning Mike Radon, it is quite clear that Ms. Gillan utilized the article to express her personal opinion, which included none of the facts surrounding the issue - just assumptions and a 'personal attack' on Mike and our family.
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Correction
By Editorial | Sep. 12, 2005In the Sept. 7 column "No sympathy for stupidity," Sports Editor Jennifer Gillan wrote that former UB football player Mike Radon "ignored" his need to drop classes, and his family "showed no initiative" in taking care of his bills.
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Rizzo struggles with SUNY SA incompetence
By JEREMY G. BURTON | Sep. 12, 2005Polite, reserved and well spoken, Peter Rizzo speaks softly, but his words land with a heavy thud.One of four UB delegates to the statewide student assembly known as SUNY SA, Rizzo is not shy about the organization he was elected to take part in."In my opinion it's an absolute joke," Rizzo said, reflecting on the first SUNY SA meeting he went to this summer.
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Border officer acquitted of assault on Chinese tourist
By JEREMY G. BURTON | Sep. 12, 2005Though much of Western New York barely knew the trial was going on, China was shocked Thursday as a Homeland Security official was acquitted on charges of severely beating a Chinese tourist last summer at Niagara Falls.Robert Rhodes III, 44, was found not guilty in federal court for allegedly beating tourist Zhao Yan and smashing her face into the pavement at the Rainbow Bridge in July 2004.Rhodes was accused of spraying Zhao with pepper spray, throwing her against a wall, kneeing her in the head and striking her head on the ground, according to the Associated Press.Rhodes' attorney told The Buffalo News after the trial that the jury did a "great job for their country," and Rhodes will seek to regain his job with Homeland Security, which suspended him after the incident.Zhao is seeking $10 million in damages in a lawsuit against the U.S.
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Bulls drop three on West coast
By THOMAS DRUELINGER | Sep. 12, 2005After winning four of their first five matches to start the season, the women's volleyball team dropped three in a row this weekend at the Washington State Tournament, quickly bringing the team's record down to .500.The Bulls lost three matches by scores of 3-0, 3-1 and 3-1, never threatening to steal a win in any of the three games.As the only East coast team, the Bulls struggled on this long road trip, failing to establish control of the matches.Buffalo opened play against the Idaho Vandals, losing 3-0.
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Zips run past UB in cross country opener
By DAVID JARKA | Sep. 12, 2005The UB men's and women's cross country teams each came up empty handed on Saturday as both programs opened their 2005 seasons at the 37th Annual Tommy Evans Invitational at Firestone Park in Akron, Ohio.The host team, the Akron Zips, and UB were the only two schools at the competition, which Akron swept in both divisions with a 34-23 victory over the men and a 34-21 victory over the women.The top individual finish by a Bull belonged to junior captain Dan McKenna who placed first in the men's four-mile race.
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Commons chains too common
By FRANCISCO BAIOCCHI | Sep. 12, 2005My heart broke a little to learn that Campus Pizza was being replaced by three chain fast food restaurants ("Sbarro and DQ replace Campus Pizza," Aug.
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All Rhodes lead through Buffalo
By JENNIFER GILLAN AND WILL ARONIN | Sep. 12, 2005For a team that has supposedly set its sights on improvement, UB seemed to be up to its old habits Saturday at Syracuse University's Carrier Dome, sitting on the losing side of a 31-0 shutout."I think in many ways we did some things better, but we didn't improve on offense ... we did not win at the line of scrimmage even remotely," said head coach Jim Hofher in a press release.UB's opening drive served as a signal for the disappointment that would shadow any improvement.The Bulls (0-2) lined up first-and-ten from their own 20-yard line as 34,442 fans shook the Carrier Dome to its core.
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9/11/05: business as usual
By Editorial | Sep. 12, 2005The flags were flying at half-mast throughout campus yesterday in remembrance of those who perished in the attacks of Sept.
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Documentary: pigs are people too
By MARK VERNIK | Sep. 12, 2005Mad cows are out of the news, but the mad cowboy's message is in.Friday night, the Center for the Arts screening room had a packed house of people of all ages gathered for the Western New York premiere of Howard Lyman's "Mad Cowboy: The Documentary."This was no ordinary screening.
