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Pride and energy at Jambo Night

With acts ranging from spoken word to stand-up comedy, the African Student Association's annual Jambo Night filled the Student Union Theater Saturday with pride and energy aimed at educating students about African culture.The evening started with a dinner in the Student Union, giving everyone a chance to socialize and mingle, while exposing students to cultural foods like jolel rice, kababs, meat patties and fufu.Joel Payton, president of African SA, said events like Jambo Night are important because they help to dispel negative stereotypes placed on Africa and its citizens.

Rent controls CFA this week

He had a random open call and a one-minute audition. Five months later, he got a phone call saying that he had scored the desired part of Tom Collins.Such is the luck of Marcus Paul James, an aspiring performer who left his college life in Pennsylvania for a chance audition in New York.

A crisis-prone but defiant nation

A tall, dark, good-natured man changed my view of an entire country of people. Peter stole the show at the African Student Association's annual Jambo last night and he gave me a glimpse into the heart and mind of a Sudanese man.The crisis in Sudan and the rest of the world's apparent indifference has been a sore spot for me since the beginning.

Scoreboard

M. BasketballSaturday:Buffalo52Fresno State49W. BasketballSaturday:Marshall66Buffalo46M. TennisSaturday:Buffalo5Marshall2

Puck tease

The NHL lockout is approaching its sixth month and even with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman's recent announcement that the season is cancelled, no one is sure whether the 2004-05 hockey season is really dead.

Schedule

all teams are currently idle

Faculty meet first finalist for top research job

Howard Federoff, a finalist for UB's top research job, talked about his experience and addressed some of the challenges facing the UB research community at an open forum Friday in Park Hall.Eleven professors attended the hour-long discussion with Federoff, who is the first of four finalists to visit campus for the job of Vice President for Research.

Sidelines

Beichner buildsUB Bulls head wrestling coach Jim Beichner picked up a new assistant coach in three-time All-American Jeff Catrabone, a graduate of the University of Michigan.

A quiet neighboor

Nestled primarily in Amherst, removed from the City of Buffalo, UB has developed a reputation among community members as being "just there," according to a presentation from UB2020's Community Engagement Task Force last Thursday in the Student Union Theater.Although the task force found UB does a great deal of good within the Buffalo community, the university still lags behind the likes of Buff State and Canisius in the eyes of Buffalonians as a neighbor.The forum was the first of its kind for the UB2020 program, and task force members said they want to change UB's perception in the community."Students here want to graduate from an institution that's not only number one in the state, or number one in the nation, but number one in its own town," said Dennis Black, vice president for Student Affairs.

Week ahead

Being Hurd at Slee Hall

For all 90 minutes of baritone Alexander Hurd's faculty recital in Slee Hall, not a single note was noticeably missed, not a word was forgotten, and not a single unpleasant sound was made.

Bulls to face Bulldogs in 'Bracket Buster'

California dreaming usually brings to mind beaches, blondes, and boards. This weekend, however, California will carry a completely different meaning for the UB Men's Basketball team: Bulldogs.For the first time, the Buffalo Bulls (16-7 overall, 9-6 Mid-American Conference) will face the Fresno State Bulldogs (14-9, 8-6 Western Athletic Conference) as a part of ESPN's third annual Bracket Buster Saturday.UB is coming off a hard-fought win at home this past Tuesday against Kent State, 77-66.

Scoreboard

W. BasketballWednesday:Kent State76Buffalo34

Puritanical on obscenity

As a college radio station, WRUB could be an open forum for experimentation within the media of radio, free for the students putting together their shows to push the envelope of format and topics without limitations.

Yador to run for president; four declare in SUNY SA race

Student Association Vice President Dela Yador told The Spectrum on Thursday that he plans to run for SA president this spring.He did not disclose any other members of his ticket, but said they will be people who share his vision to strengthen UB."The people I work with have to share the same visions as me and Anthony, and continue to strengthen SA and take SA to new heights as every E-board does every year," Yador said.In a separate announcement concerning the upcoming SA elections, a new ticket emerged for the four SUNY SA delegate positions.

This weekend in Buffalo

Schedule

M. BasketballSaturday: at Fresno State, 7 p.m.W. BasketballSaturday: at Marshall, 2 p.m.

She's been dead everywhere

"When we visit a place, we die a little as we leave our stories there," said Janaina Tsch?

Assembly appoints new senators

To fill two vacant seats in the Student Association Senate, the SA Assembly approved the appointments of Lisa Elkaabi and Akruti Shastri on Tuesday at the first Assembly meeting of the semester.The Assembly also approved the creation of a committee to help UB Students Against Sweatshops push UB to affiliate with a labor rights organization.Under SA regulations, new senators are appointed by the SA president and then sent to the Assembly for approval.

Column captured life as a twin

Silas Rader's column ("My mirror image," Feb. 14) hit it right on the nose. I have pretty much said those exact things when trying to explain to people what it's like to be a twin.