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Ben Sargent Cartoon: 2.18.05

How to Make a Mix Tape

Music is a funny thing. It has the power to shape your day, define a relationship, or serve as the soundtrack for an entire era of your life.

Down-Wright quirky

Steven Wright is insane. Either that, or he's a post-apocalyptic android, beamed down to our society like Schwarzenegger in "Terminator 2," except with a softer physique, a haircut that unappealingly combines a mullet and an Afro, and a preternatural sense of humor that defies conventionality.It's difficult to imagine that he's from the same world as the rest of the human race.

"After first report, UB2020 seeks feedback"

The development of President John Simpson's long-term plan for UB has recently moved into "phase two," and for the first time, UB2020 will hold open forums on both campuses to discuss the group's initial report.Both information and feedback sessions will go over the data collected during the summer in "phase one," according to officials.

Depraved indifference

The clear, crisp morning of Sept. 11, 2001 saw a cruel kind of devastation visited on New York City.

Scoreboard

M. BasketballTuesday:Buffalo77Kent State66

Students go above and beyond with community service

As New York State's second largest city, Buffalo is known as the "City of Good Neighbors." Many of UB's 27,000 students are perpetuating this spirit by volunteering their service to the community.Cuthbert A.

Women's team prepares for Golden Flash

You don't need a statistician to tell you that so far this season, the combination of Wednesday night games and the UB women's basketball team have mixed like oil and water.The Bulls are 1-5 when they play on Wednesdays this season, a trend Buffalo hopes to reverse tonight when the Bulls host Kent State."I'm not concerned about what days of the week we're playing," said UB head coach Cheryl Dozier.

Lighting up the Flash

It was a tale of two halves on Tuesday night in Alumni Arena, as the UB men's basketball team overcame a slow and sloppy start to score a convincing 77-66 victory over the visiting Kent State Golden Flashes in an important Mid-American Conference match-up."This was a hard fought Mid-American Conference game against a great nationally respected opponent," said head coach Reggie Witherspoon.

Not a done deal

This is part two of a two-part series that looks at the medical school's tuition hike plan.Although a proposal to single out medical students for a tuition increase has many UB students in an uproar, both UB and New York State officials say students shouldn't worry so much over a bill that might not even be passed.Ryan McPherson, the assistant vice president for government affairs at UB, said he stresses the importance of the wording in the budget article.The article itself says the SUNY trustees "may establish differing rates of tuition" in different academic programs where the current market or the program costs "support a higher rate of tuition in accordance with guidelines established by the chancellor."The key word in the article is "may," McPherson said.

Good performances wasted in swim team loss

Winning five out of the 16 events in last week's meet at Cornell was not enough for the women's swimming and diving team.

From coach to cage fighter

Reality show fever has once again swept UB, but this time around there won't be any sorority drama or fraternity panty raids.

On the front lines

At 20 years of age, Jimmy Inthanongsak found himself in the position of having to write out a will.A short while later, he was living on a tank fighting hostile Iraqi forces, thousands of miles away from a college life of classes, parties and exams.

Schedule

W. BasketballWednesday: vs. Kent State, 7 p.m.W. TennisWednesday: at Rochester, 4 p.m.WrestlingThusday: vs.

Faculty provost hired; major VP searches move forward

Two major searches for key vice presidential positions are underway and the vice provost position for faculty affairs has been filled, according to UB officials.

'Morrie' story adapts well

Local artists grace the stage at Studio Arena Theater in Mitch Albom's "Tuesdays With Morrie." This touching, heart warming play is cast exclusively from Buffalo's talent.Manny Fried, who plays Morrie Schwartz, has been a prominent presence on local stages for several years.

Corrections

Farah Agah was not identified in last Wednesday's story about the detention of Muslim-Americans. She is Helmi Agha's sister.

Sweatshop monitoring decision overdue

Although you couldn't tell by looking around, this campus has been engaged in a debate for two years now about the future of its involvement in world affairs.

Ben Sargent Cartoon: 2.16.05

Sidelines

Two starsThe University at Buffalo's male and female athletes of the week are Jake Blowers and Jenny Koeppel.Koeppel, of the women's indoor track and field team, made the NCAA provisional mark in the 3,000-meter race at the Penn State Sykes-Sabock Challenge over the weekend.