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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.

A step in the right direction

Say what you will about Ariel Sharon, but Israel's prime minister is at this moment one of the most honest and gutsy politicians in the world.I know there are those who would see Sharon brought up on war crimes rather than let him finish his term as prime minister, but even if you do hold him accountable for war crime accusations, there is no denying that his total reversal of policy towards the settlements in Gaza is nothing less than a political miracle these days.For those who don't know Sharon's background, as a right-wing politician he's made a career out of policies that called for Israeli expansion and new settlements in both Gaza and the West Bank, which both encroached on Palestinian land and escalated the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.But now, along with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Sharon is coordinating a complete disengagement from Gaza and a partial withdrawal from the West Bank, which hopefully will lead to a complete withdrawal from the West Bank in the future after border negotiations and the creation of a Palestinian state.Seven years ago when Sharon was the Israeli foreign minister, he said on Israeli radio that everyone should run to the territories to "grab more hills, expand the territory." "Everything that's grabbed will be in our hands," he said.

Students inspired by surge of interest in documentaries

While many reality television shows provide more of an escape from reality for viewers than an actual immersion in it, documentaries - the thoughtful side of the reality business - have been booming.Recent documentaries like "Fahrenheit 9/11," "Outfoxed," and "Super Size Me" have received a considerable amount of recognition for their subject matter and film styles.Many university students are trying their hand at the business of documentary filming.Gregory Tedesco, a senior film major, said documentaries often paint a picture for their viewers, giving them a choice of which angle to pay attention to."It's good for students to understand why they believe certain things," he said.

Budd nips competitors on the mat for the Bulls

If you walk up to 133-pound sophomore Mark Budd with a problem, no matter what the situation is, you're likely to get the same three words of advice."Just work hard."As a struggling high school wrestler, Budd adopted those three simple words as his mantra and they have served him well ever since.Budd's wrestling career started in the small town of Orville, Ohio when his father took him to his first tournament at the age of six."I got into wrestling with my dad because he wrestled in high school.