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Students Behind Bars

By MARGO THIESEN | Nov. 5, 2004

A stroll down Main or Chippewa Streets on a Saturday night will reveal hundreds of university students traipsing in and out of bars, expending precious dollars and even more precious brain cells on a few social drinks, sometimes until 4 a.m.Though not as numerable as those out for a night on the town, there are some students who spend their time behind the bar serving drinks rather than waiting in line to order one.UB students Chris Pliszka and Jillian Czyz are two of those students.Chris Pliszka, a senior majoring in geography, is one busy barkeep.

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Growing Pains Continue for Volleyball Team

By DANIEL HONIGMAN | Nov. 5, 2004

Fans of the University at Buffalo women's volleyball team must wait at least one day longer for a conference win after the Bulls dropped a four-game match to the Toledo Rockets by the score of 3-1 on Thursday night at Alumni Arena.Looking for a first round bye in the upcoming MAC tournament and coming off of a 3-1 win at Akron last Saturday, the Rockets (16-10 overall, 5-8 MAC) started the first game large and in charge, racking up 10 of the first 11 points scored on their way to a 10-1 lead.

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America Voted Right

By TONY CURLEY | Nov. 5, 2004

In response to Ben Cady's column ("Keep Hope Alive, Even if We Lose," Nov. 3) I would like to make a few points of consideration.

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Burgio Ponders Judicial Reforms

By JEREMY G. BURTON | Nov. 5, 2004

With less than two months left in the semester, the Student Association E-board is turning its attention to several student affairs issues, starting with the Student-Wide Judiciary.According to SA President Anthony Burgio, there are several SWJ rules and procedures he would like to see changed so that the judicial process works better and is fairer for undergraduates."Basically, the process needs to be more open, more clear, and refined with the needs and rights of students in mind," Burgio said."I think we have to be careful about the notion that just because we're college students, we should be treated differently when charged with a crime," he added.One SWJ change already in the works is to abolish what is called burden of proof, a move supported by both Burgio and SWJ Chief Justice Jodi McGrath.According to McGrath, burden of proof means the weight is on the accused students to prove their innocence."It does put an unfair burden on the defendant, when that's really supposed to be on the university," she said.

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This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

By EVAN PIERCE | Nov. 5, 2004

America is acting like a spoiled child. We all know that child who runs screaming through the store knocking products from shelves, unheeded by his mother's threats, as onlookers roll their eyes and secretly hope the child falls.

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"After Election, A Range of Emotions"

By DENA-KAY MARTIN AND KATHERINE BECZAK | Nov. 5, 2004

The students in Professor Nathan Kelly's Election Year Politics course were anything but apathetic Wednesday afternoon about the results of the election.The class met a few hours after John Kerry's concession and the expressions of elation and disappointment made it clear that a heated discussion was in store.The mixed reactions of Kelly's class were representative of the rest of the UB community.Arianna Grassia, a junior English major said she shed a few tears of disappointment when the results of the election was announced." I worked really hard to get Kerry elected," she said.Grassia volunteered every night for two weeks before the election making calls to voters in swing states, trying to convince them to vote for Kerry.

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Getting Down With The Sequel

By RUBEN MUSSAFI | Nov. 5, 2004

UB dance majors have the opportunity to meet young men and women within their field who have not only made dance their career, but also done so in impressive fashion.The Hubbard Street 2 comes to the Center for the Arts on Saturday to do just that.Hubbard Street 2 is a smaller branch of the larger Hubbard Street Dance Chicago main company and was created in 1997.Hubbard Street's repertoire includes Asian, Indian, reggae, percussion-based, classical and techno-themed music.

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Jacques Hunts Down Quarterbacks

By MELISSA PACE | Nov. 3, 2004

The job of a defensive end in football is much like the job of a bounty hunter.He's supposed to attack the offensive lineman and hunt the quarterback down at all costs, as a bounty hunter would track down a fugitive.Off the field, junior Phil Jacques is cool, calm and collected, but on the field he is aggressive, persistent and determined in his attempt to get to the opposing quarterback.When he was asked what position he wanted to play as a kid, Jacques knew one thing for sure; he wanted to play defense."I didn't want to play offense because I don't like to block.

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Police Investigate South Campus Rape

By JENNIFER FUSCO | Nov. 3, 2004

A female UB student was allegedly raped in the South Campus area on Oct. 29 around midnight, according to a police official.The student was transported from the Main-Bailey parking lot to ECMC by an ambulance.

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Gas Leak in Union Fixed

By JEREMY G. BURTON | Nov. 3, 2004

In response to a gas leak in an above-ground pipe near the front of the Student Union, University Facilities shut down the natural gas in the building last Wednesday.According to officials, National Fuel fixed the leak and corresponding gas meter after someone reported the smell of gas."They isolated it, fixed it, and put us back online," said Scott Ludtka, assistant director of facilities operations.

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"Keep Hope Alive, Even If We Lose"

Nov. 3, 2004

I woke up Tuesday morning sure we were going to win. When I drove into town to vote this afternoon I stopped and bought a bottle of champagne.The plan was to celebrate like the Bills had just won the Super Bowl on New Year's Eve.

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