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Southern Hospitality

By NICHOLAS MENDOLA | Jan. 19, 2005

Summed up in one word, Ludacris' fourth solo album, 'The Red Light District," is confusing. On one hand, it has the sort of club-moving anthems and comical lyrics that the Southern "gentleman" has built his reputation on, but on the other hand is forced, molded radio rap that seems absolutely unnecessary.The inescapable single, "Get Back," is of the former; hooky enough to stay lodged in the head for days and tough enough to make Bob Saget feel like a hustler.

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Sidelines

Jan. 19, 2005

Fleet on his feetHeptathlete Todd Joki was selected as the Mid-American Conference's men's track and field athlete of the week for his performance in Buffalo's first meet of the season, the Black Squirrel Invitational at Kent State University, held last week.

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Schedule

Jan. 19, 2005

M. SwimmingWednesday: at Niagara, 6 p.m.W. SwimmingWednesday: at Niagara, 6 p.m.M. BasketballWednesday: at Kent State, 7 p.m.W.

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Can't hardly wait

By NICHOLAS MENDOLA | Jan. 19, 2005

In the past month I have learned a career's worth of emotional information. In early December, I was hired at a newspaper, the fulfillment of years of educational promises about why college would end up being worth it.After three weeks of being absolutely enthralled by my job, my employers, my coworkers and the idea that I was getting paid to do what I wanted to do, something was bound to go horribly wrong.Following a creative meeting with a large part of the staff, I was asked to stick around in the meeting room.

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Assembly rejects freshman parking ban

By JEREMY G. BURTON | Jan. 19, 2005

The Student Association Assembly rejected a proposal at the end of last semester from UB officials to ban freshmen from parking along the Academic Spine in the spring.By a 17-2 vote, the Assembly called the plan unfair and used the rest of the meeting to draft a counter-proposal that was signed by Assembly Chair Hassan Shibly and SA Senate Chair Mazin Kased.The results of the meeting were reported incorrectly in the Dec.

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Online registration begins for apartments

By JENNIFER FUSCO | Jan. 19, 2005

Students began to apply for on-campus apartments today, but for the first time in years, UB officials aren't expecting a mass of applicants lining up in the Student Union like fans camped out for Yankees playoff tickets.This spring, University Residence Halls and Apartments officials have changed the way students apply for on-campus apartments.The first-come first-serve system is gone.

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Bulls set to face off with Flashes

By DANIEL GVERTZ | Jan. 19, 2005

It seems like a lifetime ago, but it was actually less than a year. The University at Buffalo's men's basketball team defeated Kent State in front of a record audience at Alumni Arena and turned its 2003-2004 season around.The Bulls have been able to maintain the momentum they gained following the now-famous Kent State game throughout the rest of last season and through much of the beginning of this season.The Bulls do not get this match-up on their home court, nor they do need their season to be turned around, but they do need a victory against Kent State (11-6 overall, 3-3 MAC) to reach the top of the Mid-American Conference East Division standings, which is a spot the Bulls (10-4 overall, 3-3 Mid-American Conference) were projected to be holding since the beginning of the year.The Bulls have seemed unable to find their stroke shooting the ball recently, scoring fewer than 70 points in each of their last three games."I think that our shooting hasn't been awful, just that the pace has been a little slow," said Bulls' head coach Reggie Witherspoon.During this drought, the Bulls are shooting just 39.5 percent from the field, which includes 26 percent shooting from beyond the arc.

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Gunpoint robberies heighten fears

By SIOBHAN COUNIHAN | Jan. 19, 2005

A string of six gunpoint robberies in the University Heights three weeks ago left students shocked and police baffled as the search for two suspects continued through the start of spring semester.According to the Buffalo Police Department, five of the robberies occurred Sunday, Jan.

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Journalism's Dark Ages

By GEORGE ZORNICK | Jan. 19, 2005

Just over a year ago, noted television journalist and UB alumnus Wolf Blitzer came here and delivered a speech for the Distinguished Speakers Series.

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Women's team braves blustery winter break

By JACKIE O and JACKIE O | Jan. 19, 2005

Erratic production on offense continued to haunt the women's basketball team as they lost six of eight games over winter break.The inconsistency shown by the Bulls can be attributed to the team's youth and inexperience on the floor, with only one senior cracking the starting five and just two seniors on the roster overall.The Bulls did register two wins, including a convincing defeat of Miami of Ohio on Jan.

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Protestors to spend 'Not One Damn Dime'

By DENA-KAY MARTIN | Jan. 19, 2005

After receiving an anonymous e-mail about plans to protest President Bush's inauguration last month, Jesse Gordon of Massachusetts began to search for the originator of the message and ended up in the middle of a media storm.When he could not find out who sent the message, Gordon enlisted fellow Democratic activists nationwide in a protest of his own and set up the Web site NotOneDamnDime.com.

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Across the River

By NICHOLAS MENDOLA | Jan. 19, 2005

Welcome to "Across the River," a new feature in The Spectrum, where we'll catch up with artists and personalities outside the context of an upcoming show or newly released work.

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Zhang pulls a fly-by

By MIKE FLATT | Jan. 19, 2005

"House of Flying Daggers" director Yimou Zhang is this generation's Sergio Leone. Leone dominated the Western genre in his series of "Spaghetti" Western films, which included "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly." Prior to his work, the Western genre, though attractive in many ways, consisted mostly of B-grade direction, writing and acting.With 2002's "Hero," released in the U.S.

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Bulls win six of eight over break

By DANIEL GVERTZ | Jan. 19, 2005

The UB men's basketball team won six of the eight games they played over winter break, reaching ten overall wins on the season and evening their conference record.Heading into these games, the Bulls (10-4 overall, 3-3 Mid-American Conference) had their share of problems, including poor shot selection, too many outside shots and not enough ball movement.

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SAD in Buffalo: Lack of Sunlight Contributes to Winter Depression

By DENA-KAY MARTIN AND RACHAEL ROSSI | Dec. 10, 2004

Those dreaded months of snowbrushes and salt rings on jeans are now officially here. But when it comes to mental health, gloomy winter days can be much more than just a nuisance.According to the Web site for the SAD Association, Seasonal Affective Disorder affects about a half million people during the colder, sunlight-lacking months of September through April, with December January and February being the most affected months."It's not an independent disorder.

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Dining Hall Ignored Other Faiths

By CHRISTOPHER WILLETT | Dec. 10, 2004

Upon noticing that the food and plates were in a different location than usual when I entered Richmond dining hall Wednesday night, I asked the person swiping my card if it was "holiday dinner night." "Christmas dinner night," came the reply, to which I thought, "Why can't the dinner represent more than one holiday?" Christmas was still two weeks away, and as a friend pointed out, Wednesday evening marked the second night of Hanukkah.Walking into the dining area, I noticed a large Christmas tree prominently displayed on a central table, around which were two long tables filled with food.

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