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Fourth finalist for research VP has the last word

By COREY PRESTON | Mar. 7, 2005

Drawn to UB by the university's ambitious hopes for the future, Jorge Jose was the fourth and final candidate to make his pitch for the vice president of research position at an open forum held Friday in Park Hall.Jose, who is presently the chair of the physics department at Northeastern University, fielded questions from the 10 faculty members on hand for the hour-long session, and stressed that were he offered UB's top research job, his aim would be effecting serious and progressive change."I'm not interested in only management," Jose said.

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Five wrestlers place at MAC Tournament

By ANTHONY SYLOR | Mar. 7, 2005

For the second time in as many years, Mark "The Hammer" McKnight has qualified to wrestle in the NCAA Championships in St.

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"At International Fiesta 2005, spectators get a 'Passport to the World'"

By JENNIFER BUONO | Mar. 7, 2005

Nearly 2,000 people packed into the Center for the Arts Main Stage on Friday evening to enjoy an extravagant voyage across the continents at International Fiesta 2005, "Passport to the World."The competition was fierce, but the Indian Student Association came away with first place, followed by the Latin American SA in second place, and the Japanese SA took a close third.In past years, International Fiesta was held in the Student Union, but due to the overwhelmingly increasing spectator population, the event was moved to the Center for the Arts and was converted from a free talent show to this years' first annual International Fiesta competition.The competition was judged by seven of UB's faculty and staff, and the decision was anything but easy.

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"At Spring Extravaganza, solid performances and side-splitting comedy"

By DENA-KAY MARTIN | Mar. 7, 2005

The Center for the Arts Main Stage Theater was alive with stomping and clapping on Saturday evening as UB Step Troupe hosted their sixth annual Spring Extravaganza.Step teams and dance groups from Canisius College, City College of New York, Cazenovia College, Tufts University, Le Moyne College, Cornell University and one high school brought their A-game to UBST's annual step show and dance competition."A lot of hard work and preparation went into this show," said Jamil Crews, senior African American studies major and treasurer of UBST, during his introduction of the show.

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Action starts with activism

By Editorial | Mar. 7, 2005

Even though the results were not exactly to their liking, UB's Students Against Sweatshops organization struck a major blow for their cause when the UB administration chose to join both the Fair Labor Association and the Worker Rights Consortium this weekend.

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'Kafka on the Shore'- Haruki Murakami

By CHRIS HUGHES | Mar. 7, 2005

"Cause if you take every single person who lacks imagination seriously, there's no end to it," says Oshima, a genderless character from Haruki Murakami's acclaimed new novel, "Kafka on the Shore."Go to a local bookstore, browse the shelves of new fiction and see if Oshima's observation isn't correct.

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Coulter's debt to feminism

By AMANDA FISCHER | Mar. 7, 2005

I mostly brush off Ann Coulter as some bizarre sideshow - freaky and weird, but good at turning a profit.

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Sidelines

Mar. 7, 2005

Classroom starsFive members of UB's men's and women's indoor track and field teams were named to the Academic All-MAC Team.Four female athletes and one male athlete represented the Bulls on the Academic All-MAC squads.Faith Thompson, who compiled a 3.97 GPA, won the weight throw at the MAC Championship, earned all-MAC honors.

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Students get a taste of the future at Career Fest

By LAUREN TRANKLE | Mar. 7, 2005

UB's annual job fair in the Center for the Arts helped steer students towards opportunities for internships and jobs on Wednesday, with recruiters from more than 50 local, statewide and national employers.The companies that packed into the CFA ranged from Ferguson, the country's largest wholesale distributor, to Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions, a provider of educational and career services for individuals, schools and businesses.Amajaraya Hunter, a freshman undecided major, attended the event for a class assignment but walked away with a better understanding of the opportunities out there, she said.

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The other kind of quickie

By NATHANIEL IHDE | Mar. 7, 2005

What do a politically frustrated leprechaun, a sexually repressed telemarketer and God all have in common?They are all characters in a series of plays entitled "Buffalo Quickies," now playing at Alleyway Theatre in downtown Buffalo.

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Hand-me-downs

By MIKE FLATT | Mar. 7, 2005

Redneck. Hilljack. Farm boy. Ignorant hick.There are a number of things I've been called as a result of my rural upbringing.Some are an affectionate reminder that I was raised in a geological and social environment that makes me a little different from people who grow up in more densely populated areas.Others, clearly, are not so affectionate; simply hand-me-down stereotypes like any other sort of insensitivity.But although these monikers can tell just as many negative things about the speaker as the subject, they function well to point out differences.I disregarded these statements for a long time, since where I come from - a small town named Truxton outside a slightly less small town named Tully where I went to high school, sort of near Syracuse - I'm not all that rural.I didn't grow up on a farm.

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Season of woe ends

By DANIEL GVERTZ | Mar. 7, 2005

Saturday's 79-46 loss to the Eastern Michigan Eagles in the first round of the Mid-American Conference Tournament in Ypsilanti, Mich.

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Sweet send-off for UB seniors

By JACKIE O and JACKIE O | Mar. 7, 2005

Four years ago, the UB men's basketball team brought in its most highly touted recruiting class in Bulls history, a quartet comprised of Jason Bird, Daniel Gilbert, Mark Bortz and Turner Battle.On Saturday night, a crowd of 6, 345 - the third-largest crowd in Alumni Arena history - was on hand to honor Buffalo's four seniors, as the Bulls ended their regular season with a gritty 72-56 Mid-American Conference victory over the visiting Akron Zips (18-9 overall, 11-7 MAC).With the win, the Bulls improved their record to 19-8 overall and 11-7 in the MAC, thereby securing the No.

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An evolving legacy

By BEN CADY | Mar. 7, 2005

This is the final story in a three-part series that looks back on the events of the spring of 1970 at UB.City police, pushing iron gates, herded crowds of protesters into vans.

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Scoreboard

Mar. 7, 2005

M. BasketballSaturday:Buffalo72Akron56W. BasketballSaturday:Buffalo46EMU7M. SwimmingWeekend:At MAC Championships - fifth out of five schoolsWrestlingWeekend:At MAC Championships - sixth out of six schools

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"Coulter is a gadfly, not a fascist"

By FABIO ALBERTIN | Mar. 7, 2005

Regarding George Zornick's column on Ann Coulter ("Coulter shock," March 2), I must admit that his opening statement did not lead me to expect much reason out of his opinion piece, as most "college liberals" are yet-to-fully-mature and sometimes hopeless and delusional parrots when it comes to politics.As it is probably safe to assume that a great number of readers agreed with Zornick, here are a few reasons as to why he and many others should be excited about having one of the most prominent conservatives in America on this campus next week.One important thing to remember above all is that much of Ann Coulter's most criticized statements are examples of her intellectual and dry sense of humor.

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Here's to six more years

By PAUL MEGNA | Mar. 7, 2005

As the floor in Broadway Joe's became more and more packed with eager fans on Friday night for the sixth anniversary celebration of Baby Steps hip-hop, the general energy level continuously skyrocketed.The Queen City's underground hip-hop scene is one of its many thriving artistic cultures, unfortunately widely overlooked by UB students.

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Schedule

Mar. 7, 2005

M. Basketball1st Round of MAC TournamentMonday: vs. Southern Illinois, 7PM

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Reggie: Big on the little things

By DANIEL GVERTZ | Mar. 7, 2005

For a lesson in how to be humble and how to stay focused on your goals, spend a few minutes talking to Buffalo Bulls' head coach, Reggie Witherspoon.Witherspoon, who is nearing the end of his sixth year as a head coach here at UB, has brought the school to the national stage a few times, and has become something of a local celebrity.He wouldn't know the difference, though, because Witherspoon is far too focused on the job at hand."I guess I never really stop to think about that, I just come in here every day, try to work as hard as I can," he said.

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Sweatshop decision reached

By JEREMY G. BURTON | Mar. 7, 2005

For two years, UB Students Against Sweatshops has rallied and protested while meeting with UB officials and pushing the university to join a labor rights organization.This week, they'll get their wish.Dennis Black, vice president for Student Affairs, said later this week President John Simpson will receive a finalized report recommending that UB affiliate with both the Worker Rights Consortium and the Fair Labor Association.The affiliation will go into effect next fall, Black said, but UB will start taking the steps right away to reflect a policy of affiliation.Before affiliating, UB needs "to form a new code of conduct for the campus, establish responsibility for affiliation, develop charge for committee and develop an appointment process for future members," Black stated in an e-mail.