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Hunt's Vocals Trump Shepherd's Guitar

Songs featuring vocals by the talented Noah Hunt make Kenny Wayne Shepherd look like garbage.Guitarist and singer Shepherd puts together 11 soft rock/alternative songs in the 54-minute album, "The Place You're In." Despite the "soft rock" branding, the guitar solos on this album are outstanding, though at times Shepherd's singing has a whiney quality not aided by occasionally poor lyrics."Alive," the first song, is an uplifting tune that balances segments of classic rock and some soft but aggressive guitar solos.

Volleyball Comes Up Short

For George W. Bush and John F. Kerry, the swing state of Ohio represents opportunity. For the UB women's volleyball team (7-16, 0-10 MAC), that has not proven to be the case.No recounts were necessary this weekend on the volleyball court, as the Bulls found the Buckeye State less than hospitable, losing at nationally ranked Ohio University (16-2, 8-0 MAC) 3-0 on Friday night, and dropping another at Mid-American Conference rival Akron (12-8, 4-4 MAC) by the same margin on Saturday.The weekend losses stretched the Bulls' losing streak to a disappointing 11 matches, with 10 of those losses coming at the hands of MAC competition.Ohio DominatesUB was overmatched Friday night against a Bobcats squad that Bulls' coach Sally Kus holds in high regard."Frankly, we couldn't wait to get out of the gym with our tails between our legs," Kus said of the Ohio game.

SUNY Seeks Pay Raises for Top Executives

A salary plan which would significantly raise pay for top SUNY executives will be voted on Tuesday by the SUNY Board of Trustees in Albany.The plan would set salary ranges for the SUNY Chancellor and university presidents within the system.

"Egg and Sperm Donation: Not All About the Cash, College Students"

The smiling faces of doting new parents as they look down on their bundle joy is often the image that accompanies the thought of fertility and reproductive procedures.

Patron Saint of Low-Wage Workers to Visit UB

In 1998, Barbara Ehrenreich sat at a swanky business lunch with her editor and discussed the welfare reforms that were about to push four million women into a workforce that generally paid $6 or $7 an hour.That conversation took her from her six-figure salary to the trenches where she scrubbed toilets and waited tables alongside the working poor.

Men's Tennis Makes Strong Run at Regionals

Competing against some of the country's best collegiate men's tennis players, the University at Buffalo men's tennis team had nothing to lose going in to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's regional tournament hosted by Virginia Tech over the weekend.In the end most of the Blue and White's singles players and doubles teams made it past the first round, but none got past the second.Representing UB in singles, Nick Zieziula and Mike Rockman both notched first round victories before ultimately falling in the second round of play."Our goal is always to try and go one step further than the year before in whatever we do and this year we got more players qualified into the tournament than ever before and we won more matches than ever before," said Zieziula.Zieziula tallied a win in his first round contest with a 6-4, 6-0 confidence-building win over Brown University's Phil Charm."I started getting into some more points on his service games and all of a sudden momentum shifted and I took over for the rest of the match," said Zieziula.

'Grudge' a Great Hollywood Date

"The Grudge," directed by Takashi Shimizu and starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, gives the viewer two things: goose bumps and sleepless nights.

The Dark Side of Suburbia

Blood-curdling screams, deafening gunshots and a psychotic killer are all employed to show what happens when the American Dream goes terribly, horribly wrong in "Murder in Green Meadows."The play, which opened this weekend as production No.

The Bush Barrage

Making fun of the president in a public forum is not cool. It was once. It is no longer.Those guys and gals who threw fruit at his limo on the day of his inauguration, they were cool.

"Some Settle, Others Gripe"

After a series of office moves in the Student Union at the start of the semester, the affected groups that found themselves in either a smaller space, a different space, or with no space at all are having mixed reactions to the temporary changes.In anticipation of a major office re-organization next fall, Generation downsized, SA lost its club resource center, and the Student Counseling Center moved in from Ellicott.Dave Ballard, associate director of Student Life, said he wished that UB had a bigger Student Union to accommodate the needs of all the offices."Right now our walls are bulging," he said.SA President Anthony Burgio agreed with Ballard, saying he believes there is not enough room in the Student Union.Burgio added, however, that he was more than willing to sacrifice the third floor club resource center for the new North Campus health center."The club resource center was a substantial loss, but it is for the greater good of the student body," he said.According to Burgio, the club resource center is still operating but there is no actual physical space for it now."We are currently looking for a new space," he said.While Burgio was more than willing to give up some SA space, Generation editors and writers had to move their entire office from 114 Student Union to 142, a much smaller space previously used for storage.Morgan Grant, editor in chief of Generation, said she was far from pleased with the switching of the offices."We have a large staff of about thirty people and we have to hold our meetings somewhere else because we won't all fit in the smaller office," she said.Grant described the transition as "challenging," because it was difficult to work with the small space."The smaller room could have resulted in many conflicts, but we worked especially hard not to let that happen," she said.Ballard said Generation's new location is temporary and they are set to move into a larger office over winter recess."I would like to say thank you to the Generation for putting up with the cramped quarters," Ballard said.Meanwhile, in Generation's old space, officials in the Student Counseling Center say that moving into the Student Union has had a positive effect.

The Beauty's in the Breakdown

I won't lie. I've thought about it more than once.Once, while driving home from an inexplicably stressful night at the office, one wrought with more tears than a Tammy Faye-Baker biopic, I was going to just go for it.

Executive Pay Hike Plan Sends Wrong Signal

SUNY trustees will vote Tuesday on a proposal to raise salaries up to 45 percent for the system's chancellor and the presidents of its schools.

"Vending Lacks Variety, Students Say"

Following a flood of complaints regarding often broken vending machines, the Faculty Student Association has fixed the problem, but many students say they are still dissatisfied with the machines' perceived lack of reliability and poor food selection."Initially at the beginning of the year we did have a problem with card readers on the machines," said Lorenzo Guzman, president and CEO of FSA.Found across campus, the vending machines are provided by the Aramark Corporation, but maintained by FSA.

Nader Blasts Democrats in Buffalo Speech

Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader chided the two major parties and criticized corporate control in government Sunday night during a campaign stop in Buffalo.Nader took on issues ranging from the war in Iraq to drug company price gouging and raising the minimum wage in front of a packed house at the Dnipro Ukranian Home on the Lower East Side.He said the Democrats and Republicans only differ on one or two big issues, polarizing the country by those few issues rather than taking a dramatically different approach than their opponents.Nader added he thinks the Democrats are no longer are a progressive party, but only driven by what they view is wrong with the Republicans."They define themselves by the worst of the other instead of defining themselves by the best," he said.Before his speech, Nader fielded questions regarding his candidacy and alleged that the Democratic Party has tried to prevent his ticket from making the ballot in several states."No campaign has had to deal with more tricks and attacks by the Democratic Party than the Nader-Camejo campaign," he said.Nader said the Democratic Party paid for phony lawsuits contesting signatures on ballot petitions in Pennsylvania and Illinois and also intimidated signature-gatherers in Michigan.

Simpson Seeks Student Involvement in Long Term Plan

A week after the investiture of John Simpson, the UB president and his staff are urging students to get involved in UB2020, a committee comprised of faculty, staff, and university officials that will decide UB's long-term plan.Spearheaded by Simpson, UB2020's objective is to assess the current status of the university in every area to determine its strengths and weaknesses.

Law Passes in 'Alfie'

Accomplished actor/good-looking guy Jude Law takes on new challenges in his lead role as the namesake in director Charles Shyer's remake of "Alfie." Alfie gives his philosophy on women and life throughout a movie that will have women questioning his morals and men wishing that they could be in his patent leather loafers.

Ben Sargent 10.22.04

This Weekend in Buffalo

Women's Tennis Sends 3 to Major Tourney

The Intercollegiate Tennis Association is having its women's East Regional Championship Tournament in Philadelphia this weekend, and normally, the UB team would be home watching with envy.But this year, Coach Kathy Twist is sending three of her players to compete in the ITAs.

Bulls Head South to Face Streaking Marshall

The Bulls will have their hands full this Saturday when they hit the road to take on one of the Mid-American Conference's elite in the Marshall Thundering Herd.Marshall has been at the head of the MAC over the course of the last few years and this year is no different.The Herd (3-3, 3-0 MAC) started the season off slow, dropping their first three games, but have bounced back since the beginning of MAC play by taking three consecutive conference contests.Marshall has been known for its high-powered offense and has also produced many NFL players in recent years.