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Third research candidate visits

By JENNIFER FUSCO | Mar. 4, 2005

Strengthening ties between UB and the City of Buffalo will be one of Joseph Glorioso's chief objectives if he is chosen for UB's top research position, Glorioso said at an open forum on Thursday.Glorioso, chair of the department of molecular genetics and biochemistry at the University of Pittsburgh's School of Medicine, was the third of four candidates to visit UB for the position of vice president for research.

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Spectacle of destruction

By LINDSEY SCHUPPENHAUER | Mar. 4, 2005

Eleven teams of robots armed with saws, catapults and other devices to wreck their opponents clashed in the Student Union on Monday in the final event for National Engineers Week.An annually popular event, Bot Wars' sparks and smoke had crowds of students around the student-built arena to watch the metal-to-metal combat."Today is about kill or be killed," said Chris McClellan, a sophomore aerospace engineering major and event participant.The competition ran as a double-elimination tournament with winning robots moving on and losing robots facing other losers.Although each robot had to meet certain weight, price and material requirements, each engineering club's machine took a different shape with an array of weapons for total annihilation.

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Coulter counters liberal monolith

By LOUIS RUSSO | Mar. 4, 2005

This is in response to George Zornick's predictable and tiresome article concerning the Ann Coulter visit ("Coulter shock," March 2). You demonstrated precisely why it is that Bush won the election and the people of your ilk lost.

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Arrested at Hayes

By AARON MENDELSOHN | Mar. 4, 2005

The legacy of the spring 1970 unrest at UB lives on in many ways, in myth and fact.Every freshman who moves into the Ellicott Complex hears the rumor, in the first few weeks, that the maze-like North Campus complex was built to prevent mass student protests - an architectural response to the clashes with police that made national headlines in 1970.Myth or fact?

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Bobcats burst Bulls' bubble

By JENNIFER GILLAN | Mar. 4, 2005

If college basketball games were 20 minutes long, UB would be sitting pretty in the Mid-American Conference East Division.The Bulls would also likely have their sights set on a first round bye to Cleveland, as well as the possibility of earning additional national attention with regards to an NCAA Tournament berth.However, the Bulls faced the Ohio Bobcats for 40 minutes last night, and the final score read 90-77, Ohio.

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Forum focuses on issue of justice at border

By JACOB BECKER | Mar. 4, 2005

A Muslim UB student detained multiple times by the U.S. government and an immigration lawyer shared their experiences Thursday night at a lecture in the Student Union Theater.The event, sponsored by the Muslim Student Association and the Organization of Arab Students, was meant to raise awareness about civil rights issues facing Muslim Americans today.The forum, titled "Is it Justice, or is it Just Us?" focused on the unsettled immigration affairs of Helmi Agha, a first year non-matriculated business major.

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Competition heats up International Fiesta

By JENNIFER BUONO | Mar. 4, 2005

The International Fiesta, a Student Association-hosted program that takes place every spring, is getting a makeover for 2005.For the past 35 years, the International Fiesta has been a multi-cultural program, featuring a dinner with many cultural dishes and followed by a free talent show in the Student Union.Last year, International Fiesta brought in around 1,200 spectators who crowded around the small stage, entranced in the atmosphere of ornate costumes, intricate choreography and traditional music performed.However, due to increased interest in the International Fiesta, the Student Union is no longer accommodating the many who wish to attend.

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Tennis players adjust to life in the States

By DANIEL HONIGMAN | Mar. 4, 2005

This is part two in a two-part series on international tennis players at UB.Many people can't imagine how difficult it is to move to a foreign country - a place away from close family, friends, and other loved ones.However Buffalo, known affectionately by many as the "Ruff Buff," has proven to be the opposite.

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Young Americans deserve more credit

By SEAN P. HULSMAN | Mar. 4, 2005

In last Friday's edition of The Spectrum, Sports Editor Daniel Gvertz penned a piece bemoaning the results of a recent survey conducted among approximately 120,000 high school students in the United States.

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Proposals advanced for allocating fee increase money to clubs

By JENNIFER FUSCO | Mar. 2, 2005

Student Association clubs will see a 10 percent funding increase each year for the next three to four years, if the SA Senate and financial committee approve a plan offered by SA President Anthony Burgio.Burgio proposed a 35 percent increase in club budgets when he was pushing for a mandatory fee increase last fall.

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Parnell gets his minutes

By JENNIFER GILLAN | Mar. 2, 2005

A lot has changed in a year for sophomore Parnell Smith.Last season at this time, he was donning his warm-ups at the end of the bench, watching his teammates play from the sidelines because of poor academics.This season, Smith is lacing up his Nikes, wearing his blue and white number 32 jersey, and hearing his name announced as one of the UB men's basketball team's starting five.Smith, who started playing basketball when he was eight, earned his first collegiate start on Feb.

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Schedule

Mar. 2, 2005

M. BasketballWednesday: vs. Ohio, 7 p.m.M. SwimmingThusday: at MAC Championships, all dayFriday: at MAC Championships, all dayWrestlingFriday: at MAC Championships, all dayTrack & FieldFriday: at ECAC/IC4A , all dayBaseballFriday: at Georgia Southern, 7 p.m.SoftballFriday: at Indiana, 1 p.m.Friday: vs.

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From These Eyes: one step closer to the big time

By NICOLE COLEMAN | Mar. 2, 2005

Tony Galofaro and his three-man band have much in common with the many student musicians hoping to make it big in the world of music.But unlike most hopefuls, Galofaro's band is just days away from being put on a label.Within the next week, his band From These Eyes will be signing contracts for a summer tour across the United States, and making plans for recording their first full-length CD.Galofaro, a junior exercise science major, plays bass, Mike Bryant, a junior architecture major, plays drums, and Doug Abraham, a senior business major, sings.The band has played at Perks Coffeehouse in the Ellicott Complex Sunday evenings for the past three semesters, as well as other venues across Western New York.The summer after high school, Galofaro toured all over the country with the Tripping Billies, a Dave Matthews cover band, a gig he got through his guitar teacher.

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Students get a powerful lesson about DUI

By KATHERINE BECZAK | Mar. 2, 2005

The issue of drinking and driving is hardly a new one, but despite constant warnings, alcohol related tragedies continue to occur on college campuses throughout the nation.Monday night in the Center for the Arts, an influential presentation hit home for many UB students, athletes, resident advisors and those involved in Greek life, as they heard once more about the possible consequences of a drunken night behind the steering wheel.Mark Sterner has traveled the country, stopped at hundreds of schools, and reached out to over one million people with his presentation "DUI: A Powerful Lesson." It is the true story of Sterner and his four best friends, and their spring break gone wrong."How many of you have done something stupid when you were drunk?" said Sterner.

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To have soul

By MEGHAN GROTH | Mar. 2, 2005

Musicians with a penchant for writing personal material can find it difficult to bring that level of sincerity to a one-on-one conversation.Centro-matic's Will Johnson is the sort that can have a heart-to-heart only moments after an introduction."When we go up on stage, we hope that the four or five of us can translate a feeling to the crowd.

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