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Bulls Look to Get Even Against Northeastern

After losing their first two games of the season, the UB women's basketball team has a chance to even their record at 2 before even playing a home game in Alumni Arena.The Bulls (1-2 overall, 0-0 Mid-American Conference) will travel to Boston to take on the Northeastern University Huskies (1-3 overall, 0-0 America East), a team coming off a recent 10-point victory over IUPUI."(Northeastern) is going to put a lot of defensive pressure on us, they are a very good rebounding team, they put a lot of pressure on the boards," said UB head coach Cheryl Dozier.

Ben Sargent Cartoon: 12.01.04

What? No Clowns?

"A Thousand Clowns" is a disappointing romantic comedy that utilizes unremarkable, base humor.The play, which opened this weekend at Studio Arena Theatre, features six nearly believable actors and comedy consisting mostly of funny voices and props.

Profs to Post Some Course Syllabi Next Fall

With the semester winding down, the Student Association has made mixed progress on several reforms it proposed in early November.Burgio has scored a success by working with Kerry Grant, vice provost for Academic Affairs, to secure an online program that will post course syllabi months before the semester starts so that students can better prepare for classes and judge what they're getting into.However, progress has come more slowly on reforms to student insurance, campus dining services, a proposed winter music festival, and changes to the campus parking policy.Burgio said the course syllabi posting program will be voluntary at first, but he expects to have 30 to 40 percent of courses participating, especially general education courses."It looks like we'll have something up and running in August 2005," he said.Still in the works are proposals for a second, cheaper Sub-Board health insurance plan, and several rules changes in the Student-Wide Judiciary's procedures.Burgio said SA is still "weighing the benefits" of an alternative insurance plan, and there's so much to sift through regarding the SWJ, that some of it is even over his head."It's coming along a little more slowly than I'd like," he said, adding that SA will issue a comprehensive report in March to address all the final changes.Burgio also had a meeting several weeks ago with Mitchell Green, executive director of FSA Campus Dining, to discuss what Burgio said were policies unfair to students.

Bulls Ready for Raiders

After destroying the Sycamores of Indiana State last week by nearly 30 points, the men's basketball team (2-1 overall, 0-0 Mid-American Conference) will return to action tonight at Alumni Arena where they'll face the Colgate University Red Raiders (2-2 overall, 0-0 Patriot League).UB will look to continue its winning ways and win its third game in a row after dropping the 2004-2005 season opener to UConn on Nov.

"Family, Friends Mourn Fallen Soldier"

It didn't matter to David Roustum that he was in his senior year of college, or that he was only months away from earning his degree.

Bulls Break Into Win Column Over Lafayette

After losing their first two games of the new season, the UB women's basketball team came home and found the HSBC Arena to be the change of scenery they so desperately needed.UB (1-2) rode the hot hands of forward Viorica Badinici in a 54-45 victory over Lafayette (1-2) on Sat., Nov.

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WrestlingUB was able to score an 11th place finish out of 13 teams in the Lock Haven Mat Town Tournament.

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"Ming's Caf?PI: Great Food, Better Atmosphere"

For those who think of Chinese food only in its takeout form, Ming's Caf?

Effects of Giant Store Debated

Buffalo city officials have given the thumbs up to a huge project that will locate an arena-sized Bass Pro Shop in the old Memorial Auditorium on Main Street in downtown Buffalo.The project will bring an infusion of people and money to Buffalo's waterfront, say some local officials.Bass Pro Shops specialize in equipment ranging from fishing and hunting to camping supplies, boats and other outside activity gear and apparel.

The Internet Gaming Revolution

What is the one thing that could devastate the current online gaming market? Freedom. In a genre of gaming dominated by monthly fees, the majority of which average around $15 a month, the most frightening thought for developers like Mythic and Sony is that a free game will emerge to rival and possibly replace the existing games."Guild Wars," a fantasy PC game slated for a February 2005 release, promises to do just that.

Not Seeing Any Lighters

Despite being labeled by many as immature and by some as just plain out of his mind, rapper Eminem has managed to top the billboard charts again.What was anticipated was the crass, yet intelligent lyrical potency that his listeners were accustomed to on some of his previous work, albums like "The Slim Shady LP" and "The Marshall Mathers LP." However, "Encore" only keeps its listeners waiting in anticipation for originality and an actually good song.

Class Sends Wrong Message

My biggest gripe about pornography is that, in my opinion, it sends the wrong message to young people about sexual relationships between a man and a woman ("Porn Class Heats Up Spring Registration," Nov.

Music Fit for a Drive-By

"Grand Theft Auto" junkies salivated on Oct. 26th with the release of "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas." With all the car stealing and gun-slinging about to begin, who could forget the infamous soundtracks from its predecessors?Rockstar Games, Inc. and Interscope Records teamed up to release a two-disc compilation of songs for the new Playstation 2 adventure.

"Keep Residents, Not Freshmen, From Spine Lots"

As we look forward to a new semester, we dread what has become a tradition of sorts here at UB: wrangling for a parking spot in overfilled lots.

Film Was One-Sided

I would like to comment on the recent documentary on Tibet, "Tibet: The Cry of Snow Lion" screened on the last day of International Educational week at Student Union Theatre.

Fantastic Finish for Koeppel at Nationals

The first University at Buffalo female runner in over 35 years to compete in the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships, UB's Jenny Koeppel traveled to the LaVern Gibson Championship Course at the Wabash Valley Family Sports Center to compete in the championship meet, hosted by Indiana State University.The senior Amherst native recorded a time of 21:28.0, which was good for an impressive 56th place finish in a field of 250 of the nation's top runners on Mon., Nov.

Pain Through Payne's Eyes

"I'm too insignificant to commit suicide," says Paul Giamatti's character, Miles Raymond, in Alexander Payne's "Sideways." Of course, his dim-witted buddy Jack (Thomas Hayden Church) does not catch Miles' Hemingway reference.In his fourth feature film, Alexander Payne ("Citizen Ruth," "Election," "About Schmidt") uses his knowledge of literature, as well as a vast knowledge of wine tasting, as a vehicle to take his viewers into a deep world of hidden anguish.Paul Giamatti is the perfect actor to drive this vehicle.

Pillar to Print First Issue Tuesday

UB students can expect on Tuesday to pick up the inaugural issue of The Pillar, a new student newspaper that aims to provide a greater conservative voice on campus."My belief was that in this political season there is an array of extremely left newspapers on campus, and there is no conservative voice," said Howard Londin, editor in chief of The Pillar.Londin pointed to Generation, The Spectrum and papers like the New Federalist as examples of the right wing's under-representation in print, although he said that non-student papers like the New Federalist are in a category all of their own on the far left."My opinion is that The Spectrum is not fair to the right side in stories and point of view," Londin said.George Zornick, editor in chief of The Spectrum, said he understands why his paper might seem liberal."I acknowledge that The Spectrum's opinion page usually has more liberal opinions, but that's a mere function of the people who are on the editorial board," he said.Zornick said that he has no idea what the political views are for 99 percent of his 60-plus student staff, which writes the bulk of the stories.While calling for a stronger conservative representation, editors and writers for The Pillar say their new paper is not meant to be a right-wing publication."The goal is to be balanced," Londin said.According to Duncan Stanley, treasurer for the College Republicans and business manager for The Pillar, the paper is being funded by a conservative think-tank and through selling ads."With the help of a generous grant given to us from the Leadership Institute and the amount of advertisements we have sold across various local businesses, we are well off," Stanley said.Londin said although The Pillar is being funded by the Leadership Institute, which urges on its Web site to bring the "conservative revolution" to college campuses, the goal is to put out a fair and balanced newspaper.Londin said he and his colleagues told the institute in their request for funds that they were not writing a right-wing paper, but rather were starting it to combat the unbalanced liberal point of view at UB.