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Men's basketball looks to rebound at Miami

By JENNIFER GILLAN | Feb. 4, 2005

After hosting Ohio in Alumni Arena Wednesday night and being served with a loss, the Buffalo men's basketball team looks to deliver a loss to the RedHawks on Saturday night at Miami of Ohio.UB (13-6 overall, 6-5 Mid-American Conference) will be the 10th team to enter Miami's Millett Hall this season to face the RedHawks (12-5, 7-2). No opponent, however, has been able to leave with a win.

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Last Super 8 group adjusting to dorms

By SIOBHAN COUNIHAN | Feb. 4, 2005

It's been almost a month since the last group of UB students to live in the Super 8 Motel moved back to the dorms, and many of them are still adjusting to the change.While many of the students are happy with their new accommodations, a good number of them miss their "home away from home" in the Super 8, and said they built an incredibly tight-knit community in the short time they lived there."We were all in the same boat over there, hating what was happening, but it turned out to be such a good thing.

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Paint It Black

By JEREMY G. BURTON | Feb. 4, 2005

All this week I've watched my black eye morph and swell in Technicolor. It didn't bruise right away after the chair hit me in the face, but in a day my whole eyelid had turned a deep and ugly purple.

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Fun in the sun

By JESSIE BRACE | Feb. 4, 2005

The Student Union lobby was rockin' with the soothing sounds of UB40's "Red, Red Wine" on Wednesday afternoon at the first annual beach volleyball event sponsored by the Student Programming Board.Participants and bystanders enjoyed free food, two tons of sand, and a chance to lose themselves in a summer atmosphere not often seen this time of year in Western New York."We've had lots of people come down between classes and grab something to eat for lunch," said Rachel Lerner, a graduate student affairs administration major, who helped organize the event.

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It's all been done

By RACHEL BELLAVIA | Feb. 4, 2005

Everyone I talk to on campus seems to have an extremely bleak outlook on the future. People claim that consumerism, mind-numbing entertainment, and decisions of the man upstairs (Bush, not God) are sending us straight to hell in a hand basket.

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Students get ready for Super Sunday

By JACQUELYN MCGOVERN | Feb. 4, 2005

Football fans all over the nation are making beer runs and stocking up on Tostitos and dip in preparation for Super Bowl Sunday.Whether they are interested in the commercials and halftime shows, anticipating wardrobe malfunctions, or genuinely excited about the game, millions of people will be watching when the Eagles play the Patriots this Sunday."It's a culmination of the entire season down to one game," said Brett Shear, a senior business major.

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Sidelines

Feb. 4, 2005

Honors for KoeppelJenny Koeppel is at it again. The women's track and field star is picking up right where she left off last semester, earning Mid-American Conference athlete of the week honors for her performance at Penn State last week.Koeppel earned that award four times last semester as she won four races.

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Preparing for a second tsunami

By BILL NIELSEN | Feb. 2, 2005

With the catastrophic damage from the tsunami in Southeast Asia still fresh in the public's mind, new measures for minimizing the damage from natural or man-made disasters are being researched at UB.The research team, which includes faculty and students from UB, the University of Virginia, the University of Arkansas and outside consultants, has been working on the project using information fusion.Information fusion involves taking a number of pieces of data and combining them into a clear picture of the situation, said Peter Scott, associate professor of computer science and principal investigator.

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Scenes from the bowels of a family album

By RACHEL BELLAVIA | Feb. 2, 2005

Rediscovering old family photos can be like a warp in time, taking you to the completely altered, and sometimes disturbing, mindset of the photographer, revealing what they believed was important at the time.Such is the case with the new art exhibit by Valerie Pawlowski, who is working toward her master's degree in media communications at UB.Her latest gallery showcases reproductions of old negatives her father captured in the Vietnam era.

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I love ink

By NICHOLAS MENDOLA | Feb. 2, 2005

Last week I started my column by proclaiming that I would probably never have the opportunity, or the patience, to write a multi-part column.

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Bulls hope to extend streak against Bobcats

By WILL ARONIN | Feb. 2, 2005

The Ohio Bobcats are hoping to ride a two-game home winning streak all the way from Athens, Ohio to Alumni Arena Wednesday night.They will face a streaking Bulls team that is coming off a win over Eastern Michigan.

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Candidates sought for UB Council race

By BILL NIELSEN | Feb. 2, 2005

David Brooks remains alone in the race for the student representative position on the UB Council, though election officials expect more candidates to emerge before the March election.Brooks, who has held the student position on the council for one year, told The Spectrum he will run again this spring.

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Groups have big plans for Black History Month

By NICOLE COLEMAN | Feb. 2, 2005

Black History Month has arrived and the African Student Association, Black Student Union, and NAACP are ready to celebrate and educate."This month is particularly special because one month is taken out of the year to recognize and honor the achievements of African Americans," said Sharee Hereford, a sophomore business management major, and vice president of the NAACP at UB.The Black Student Union, a club boasting 82 active members, will be holding their regular general meetings Wednesdays at 5 p.m.

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SA looks to strengthen influence with administration

By JEREMY G. BURTON AND JESSICA PACKARD | Feb. 2, 2005

Strengthening the student voice in UB decision-making, while making the entire Student Association stronger in the long-term, will be two of SA's main goals this semester, SA President Anthony Burgio said at a press conference Monday.Burgio also touched on a number of events and new ideas for the spring semester, such as Spring Fest, online course syllabi, and improving the quality of student life."I don't want to be a lame-duck SA president," he said.In his last semester as SA president, Burgio hopes to turn SA's attention toward strengthening the undergraduate voice in the administration's decision-making.In Burgio's opinion, a stronger voice could be achieved by creating a "committee of decision makers" made up of SA and UB officials, especially from Student Affairs."We're definitely trying to get involved in the long-term university planning," Burgio said in a Tuesday interview with The Spectrum.Such a committee would allow students to be more proactive than reactive, and although SA has a voice now in UB's administration, "it's fluff to me," Burgio said.Burgio also talked on Tuesday about the upcoming allocation of funds won during last fall's election, which he said would go toward keeping SA at its current level."It's going to go to everything we already have," he said.

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Sidelines

Feb. 2, 2005

Happenin' hoopstersBasketball was the name of the game last week, as both the UB male and female athletes of the week were selected from the same sport.

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