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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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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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Fire shuts down O'Brian Hall

The smell of smoke and soot has lingered in the air of O'Brian Hall days after a fire on the second floor caused almost $200,000 in damage and cancelled classes for the first two days back from spring break.During the cleanup for the Saturday morning fire, the building was closed for five days, reopening on Wednesday.


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Letter revealed student's bigotry

It is quite apparent that despite Mr. Vigliotti's numerous "high school sporting or academic trophies" that he has no security whatsoever ("Campus taking sides on homosexuality," March 11). If that were true, he would not need to so vehemently lash out at the gay community the way he did.


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Getting rich again

With a title like "The Massacre" on his sophomore Shady/Aftermath effort, no one can rightfully accuse 50 Cent of lack of ambition.Sadly, three years after the Queens native's debut album, "Get Rich or Die Trying," 50 can be accused of spending too much of his time marketing mineral water and videogames and not enough focusing on what got him rich in the first place: writing rhymes."The Massacre" is a solid record, both lyrically and in terms of production and will doubtlessly be appreciated by many, though others will be irked that "The Massacre" is a watered-down facsimile of "Get Rich." "The Massacre" sticks to the traditional rap equation, a few ultra-violent, gun-toting anthems, a few about seducing women, some about partying and a couple more about gun toting.


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Faculty question role of consulting firm at UB

A consulting firm playing a key role in UB's long-term planning process has raised concerns among some faculty and staff, who are questioning the company's history and current role at the university.AVCOR Consulting, a California firm, was contracted by the university to play a key role in the UB2020 process.


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Scoreboard

BaseballMonday:GWU9Buffalo4Tuesday:Buffalo7UMBC6Wednesday:Towson6Buffalo4Thursday:Buffalo1Coppin State1Thursday:Buffalo5Coppin State3Friday:Towson11Buffalo8Saturday:Buffalo12Towson9Sunday:Buffalo9Towson8Sunday:Buffalo9Towson8


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SUNY SA committee meets to discuss presidency

The SUNY SA Executive Committee, which includes UB delegate Robert Batdorf, met in Rochester earlier this month to address the upcoming election for SUNY SA president.The current president, Stephanie Gross, has held the position for the last two years and will step down upon graduation in May.



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