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This Hockey Team's Still Playing

On Oct. 10, hockey fans were crushed when the NHL season was all but cancelled. Adding to the sorrow, Monday night would have been the Sabres' home opener.However, quality hockey is still being played on one Buffalo rink - the Pepsi Center near North Campus, home to the UB club hockey team, one of the nation's best club teams.A member of the American Collegiate Hockey Association, UB is causing an early season stir among competitors in the league, and is currently ranked 19th in the ACHA national poll with a 9-1 record.Buffalo men's hockey began in 1988 at the Division I level.

The Heights Are for Lovers

What do Led Zeppelin, Quicksand, The Foo Fighters, and Death Cab for Cutie have in common? They all have had tremendous musical influence on Victory Records act Hawthorne Heights.Hawthorne Heights, along with fellow rockers Mest, Bayside, and Punchline, will be rolling into the Sphere Entertainment Complex in Buffalo on Thursday."We listen to other music and just want to move people the way that music does," said Eron Bucciarelli, the drummer for Hawthorne Heights, during a phone interview.The quintet from Dayton, Ohio, formed in June of 2001 and has tried to create a melting pot of various musical backgrounds on their debut album, "The Silence in Black and White," which was released earlier this year."Other bands have poppy parts or emo parts, but we can combine the two," Bucciarelli said of the group's layering ability.On their debut album, they weave a musical web full of guttural and primal growls, romantically melodic vocals, dark and introspective lyrics, and multiple thrashing guitars."We always get lumped into the whole emo, screamo genre, and that's fine," Bucciarelli said.

Legendary Ghost of Holiday Inn Refuses to Check Out

When guests come to stay at the Holiday Inn, they expect to enjoy the same comforts any hotel would provide to their guests.But according to employees, visitors to the Grand Island location sometimes receive a little something extra: A visit from the ghost of a little girl named Tanya.The details of Tanya's origin vary, but the essence of each story is the same."The most common legend is that the property that our Holiday Inn was built on in 1972 used to be known as the White Haven settlement, where there was a mansion," said Dale Van Alstine, director of catering at the Holiday Inn.

Don't Neglect Inflation

Two things will help you consider this issue: Basic economics and rational thought.Increasing the minimum wage will flood the market with currency, and prices everywhere will increase to compensate.It's great to imagine getting $12 an hour for folding shirts or bussing tables, but the consequence is that you could expect that average meal to dock your campus cash by enough to make that extra cash a moot point.Just imagine everyone around you having more money.

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Crew Team Takes Fourth In Beantown

Few teams at UB have enjoyed the success that the women's crew team is currently having. The team gained experience and confidence this past weekend when they took to water to compete at the 40th annual Head of the Charles regatta in Boston.UB brought two entries to the regatta; most notably the Collegiate Eight team which crossed the finish line in fourth place.

moe. Down to the Grassroots

World renowned and grammatically confusing, jam band moe. is known today for playing massive shows like the annual Bonnaroo festival in Tennessee.

No Compelling Reason for Pay Hike

SUNY trustees voted Tuesday to increase the salary scale for the presidents of its four biggest schools.

"You Don't Even Blink, Do You?"

So, the first ever Spectrum Arts and Life survey is complete and my, what fun it was. A note to anyone who ever plans on compiling anything: Use computers, because personally tabulating these results during Monday Night Football and the ALCS was about as easy as pulling your own spine out.The first, and foremost conclusion, to our survey is that the UB public needs to get some culture.

Kerry Supports Same-Sex Rights

This letter is in response to Tony Curley's letter ("Put Gay Marriage in Perspective," Oct. 22).In his letter, Mr. Curley says that we should "Vote for a candidate that shares the same view" rather than attribute our own views to a candidate who may or may not agree.

They Think Emo Bands Stink

No Warning, self-proclaimed hardcore band, formed in the late '90s when Matt Delong started looking for a singer to coordinate with and produce traditional hardcore punk, popular in the early '90s in Los Angeles and New York City.

Ben Sargent Cartoon:10.27.04

Raise the Minimum Wage

The federal minimum wage level has not been raised in eight years - yet over those eight years, inflation has brought up prices and the cost of living is much higher.

"Club Sports, Students Clash Over Cuts"

Some students are accusing UB's club sport teams of making cuts, which they say violates SA guidelines because the clubs are funded by the mandatory activity fee.Club sport officials say that some students don't make the playing squad, but that they are not fully cut because they are given the chance to practice with the team or help manage the team."Everyone is allowed to participate on some level," said SA Club liaison Ryan McGowan.

Corporate Pay Raise An 'Insanity'

I commend The Spectrum's editor in chief for informing the university community of the proposed pay raise for top SUNY executives ("SUNY Seeks Pay Raises for Top Executives," Oct.

The Future Is In The Past

Jimmy Eat World have found themselves in new company in the three-plus years it took them to release a follow-up to the tremendously successful "Bleed American" LP, renamed as a self-titled record after 9/11.Judging from the lyrics on "Futures," vocalist/guitarist Jim Adkins is having a little trouble getting used to it.Moving from the DIY royalty of 1996's "Static Prevails" and the shoe-gazing wonder of 1999's "Clarity," to the MTV-embraced, power-pop "Bleed American" was a stretch for many in the band's well established following.Actually, stretch is an understatement.

These Hard Luck Bones

This transcends Massachusetts.With the edge that comes from a 2-0 World Series lead, possibly 3-0 with the Sox in control 4-0 tonight, there is only one thought on the minds of sports fans across the United States: what incredible way will the Boston Red Sox find to blow it?Now, don't get me wrong, this could be the year.

SUNY Approves Raise Plan for University Presidents

The potential range of salaries for SUNY's university presidents was raised by the SUNY Board of Trustees Tuesday, four days after the plan was proposed.The board withdrew a plan that could have raised the salary of Chancellor Robert King by up to 70 percent, but did not rule out the possibility of taking up the issue again in the future.UB President John Simpson could see his salary increase from $225,000 to $339,000 annually, but that would only happen if King raised his pay.

"A Bitter Man, Driven by Ego"

While I agree with Ralph Nader that both the Democratic and Republican parties are beholden to corporate interests and are disappointing on many issues including the war in Iraq, I think the political parties are very different in important ways.

Students Look Toward Friday's Fall Fest

With Incubus headlining Fall Fest this Friday at Alumni Arena, students have mixed feelings about how this year's single-genre fest will turn out.Some say that they're pleased with this year's lineup, while others say there is a lack of variety between Incubus, The Music and Seven Day Faith, all of which are alternative rock bands."It's not really a diverse group this year, it's just directed more towards one group (of students)," said Deidrea Bryan, a senior nursing major.