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Josh Homme is on his own.After a dramatic photo shoot affair and brief romantic episode, Brody Dalle ofThe Distillers is out of the picture.


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Yo Quiero 'Guero'

In the following article, Senior Arts and Life Editor Nicholas Joseph Mendola, Senior Sports Editor Jaclyn Bailey O'Brien and Editorial Editor Evan Parker Piece will discuss the latest Beck release, "Guero."EPP: Everyone keeps calling this album a return to the funky-white boy of "Odelay," but I think you can tell Beck got ... old.


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Visual arts highlight Music is Art installment

Music is certainly art, but Tuesday night, the visual artists outshone the music. Intriguing concepts and fascinating compositions were the highlight of the third installment of "Music Is Art" at the Center For the Arts.This event featured musical performances by David Wasik and Fold in Half Cat as well as the work of UB art students and local artists.Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" inspired artist Burke Paterson's work.


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What's up with hippies?

When I was younger, I aspired in secret to be a hippie, in the same way that one has a guilty craving for Limp Bizkit or N*Sync in the middle of the night.


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Schedule

BaseballFriday: at UMBC, noonSoftballFriday: at Marshall, 1 p.m.W. TennisFriday: vs. Toledo, 1 p.m.Track & FieldFriday: vs.


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A bittersweet season

This is the first story in a series that looks back on the Bulls' season.For the men's basketball team, 2004-05 was a season of firsts.This year's team was the first in school history to record 20 wins in a season.


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Sidelines

All-AmericanTurner Battle, the first UB basketball player ever to record 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 400 assists in a career, has also become the first UB basketball player to be named an All-American.


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Outside candidates face obstacles as election nears

Student Association elections are next week, and with three E-board and four SUNY SA delegate positions up for grabs, many consider the frontrunners to be Elevation '05, a party made up of incumbent SA officials.As in the past few elections, some of the student body feels that an Elevation '05 victory would be part of a continuing trend - current SA administrations handing their legacy to handpicked candidates in a form of favoritism.SA officials acknowledge such a trend but don't see it as nepotism.


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McKnight hammers his way into top 12 in U.S.

For the second straight year, 125-pound sophomore Mark "The Hammer" McKnight finished in the top 12 at the NCAA tournament.Posting a tournament record of 4-2, McKnight's sixth and final match of the weekend resulted in a heartbreaking loss to Cal.


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Maher presents athletic teams' progress to Faculty Senate

Fresh off the men's basketball team's unprecedented success this season, interim Athletic Director Bill Maher addressed the progress and future of UB athletics on Wednesday at a Faculty Senate Executive Committee meeting in Capen Hall.Maher gave a broad-based presentation to the committee where he discussed the department's role in the UB community, the performance of its student-athletes, funding issues, and strategies and priorities that will determine the next steps the program takes."We keep score," Maher said.


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Popular UB health official says farewell

Amid stacks of papers, boxes full of documents and books on sexuality, Ellen Christensen's cheery face and smile have welcomed visitors to her UB office since 1974.In over three decades as the director of Health Education and Human Services, Christensen's sunny and supportive character has helped countless students struggle thorough personal issues and problems.


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