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New Fee Vote Rules Will Improve Process

This week the SUNY Board of Trustees has released redefined guidelines regarding the mandatory student fee referendum.

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Catching HonorsLeading goal scorer on the men's soccer team, forward Lee Catchpole, a freshman from England, was recently named to the All-New York Region Third Team by the NSCAA despite being injured for the majority of the season.

Nas Answers the Critics

On the album "Blueprint," Jay-Z dissed Queen's Bridge alum Nas, commenting that the rapper averages one hot album every 10 years.

Stronger Women's Team Comes Up Short Against Maine

Despite scoring more points than they have in any game this season, the women's basketball team fell to the Black Bears of Maine Saturday night at Alumni Arena, 69-57.After a tough loss at Northeastern, the Bulls (1-4) played strong in the first half but succumbed to Maine (3-3) right out of the gates in the second half.UB head coach Cheryl Dozier doesn't want the team to focus on the record, but rather on the improvement that the team is showing with every game this season."One of the bigger things I'm trying to tell the team right now, with our experience is that I can't be concerned with the 1-4," she said.

Enough To Get the Dancers 'Luce'

Goodfellow Records has been a springboard to hardcore and metal glory for numerous well-known bands.

Renew My Holiday Hope

I'm not a religious person, but Christmas is significant to me. I don't accept the proclamations of any established religion, but I'm grateful that enough people follow such an ideally giving and forgiving belief system that I can enjoy an entire month of shared goodwill.I'm also grateful for the music that helps enhance that feeling and that experience for me.However, I have a seething hatred that "burns with the intensity of a thousand suns" for music that desecrates and violates the aura that surrounds the sacred month.Christmas music is borderline worthless these days.I imagine there was a time when festive seasonal music had a "cheering" effect on its listeners.

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The Death of Vicious Freddy

What would drive a band that has been together for over seven years, with an established fan base and experience touring in different areas of the country to change their name?

Captain's Senior Year Is a Sister Act

On a gray afternoon in the first few days of December, Allison Bennett entered the sports office fresh off practice with her brow still damp and her ankle braces still strung tight.But after a strenuous three-hour practice, Bennett's demeanor showed that she was ready for another.Bennett, who is known for her tough-as-nails work ethic, is still adjusting to her role as senior co-captain for the UB Bulls women's basketball team.

Students End Semester With Eight Days of Hanukkah

With Hanukkah set to start tomorrow night, hundreds of Jewish students at UB will celebrate the Festival of Lights for the next eight days by either going home to family, or lighting candles and swapping presents with friends on campus."I am so excited to go home for Hanukkah," said Jon Goldberg, a junior communications major.

'Blade' Cuts the Mustard

As holidays pass every year, it's interesting to see which films make it to their crucial deadline, and which do not."Seed of Chucky," for example, was obviously intended to come out sometime before Halloween, not in mid-November."Blade: Trinity" can probably be chalked up to similar error.

Student Soldiers Ship Out to Iraq

When the Pentagon announced Wednesday the United States would be soon sending thousands more troops to Iraq, UB student Justin Haag was already getting ready to pack his bags."At the beginning of the war, we thought we'd be sent then.

Public Growing Silent as War Escalates

Amid allegations of massive fraud in the Ukrainian presidential run-off election, thousands of people have filled the streets in protest.

Haiti Gets a Helping Hand From UB Minister

While the image of dejected families picking through soggy rubble and telling of despair has disappeared from most news sources, the disastrous effects of this year's tropical storms have all but faded for those who were most affected.Tropical storm Jeanne hit the Caribbean and southern parts of the United States in October, leaving death and destruction in its wake.Jeanne was the last and most devastating in a succession of tropical disturbances that passed through Haiti this year.

"On Sunday, Veterans Remember Pearl Harbor"

Sixty-three years ago, on the morning of Sun., Dec. 7, Japanese air forces attacked the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, launching the nation into World War II.President Franklin Roosevelt called it a date that would live in infamy, but today Pearl Harbor Day is often remembered quietly by citizens and veterans, passing by without many students taking notice.The Niagara Frontier chapter of the Air Force Association held its annual Pearl Harbor remembrance event Sunday with a short film about the 8th Air Force squadron that flew over Europe during World War II."In the past we have had speakers and programs put on, but this year we are just focusing on the unity of the people that come to this event every year.

"Miami, Northern Illinois Shine As MAC Play Begins"

It is generally believed among the college basketball faithful that the genuine college basketball season begins with the commencement of league play.

"Bulls Falter, Then Collapse Against Broncos"

If there was any game for the Bulls to make a statement and to live up to the hype surrounding the team this season, it was Saturday night's match-up against the defending conference champion Western Michigan Broncos at home.But thanks to poor shooting, sloppy defense, and a late first half collapse, the Bulls fell to the Broncos, 70-53, in front of a frustrated Alumni Arena crowd of 3,603."You could see this one coming from a couple days ago, I don't know if we just needed it but clearly we got out butts kicked," said UB head coach Reggie Witherspoon.

Ben Sargent Cartoon: 12.6.04

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Hot GoalieUB men's club hockey goalie John Czaplinski was named the American Collegiate Hockey Association Goalie of the Month for the month of October.

Cops Closer to Proving Yalem Killer's Identity

After 14 years of dead ends and red herrings, the Buffalo Police Department has a new lead on the identity of the man who raped and killed UB student Linda Yalem.Although it was previously believed Yalem's attacker was linked to similar cases, until last year there was little evidence.