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Men in Pink: A Fashion Revolution?

Cam'ron, an edgy hip-hop star, was among the first to shamelessly cloak himself in baby pink. Donning the soft color in perfect coordination, from headband to Timberlands, Cam'ron set in motion a trend that has made pink the signature color of more than baby girls and girlie women.It's now a fixture in the wardrobe of fashion-forward men."I don't care what kind of man you are," said Neal Falletti, a sales associate at Express Men's in San Diego, Calif.

Long Lines Form at Response Center

It's been over an hour. Your feet are hurting from standing so long and the person next to you won't stop complaining about how she is going to be late for class.

Scoreboard

CrewAt the Head of the Charles RegattaCollegiate eight - finished fourth out of 50Youth eight - finished 14th out of 51

Big Wins Keep Women's Soccer In Playoff Hunt

The UB women's soccer team kept their playoff hopes alive this weekend with key victories against Ohio and Marshall.The Bulls took on last place Marshall (3-11-3 overall, 0-10-1 MAC) on Friday night at RAC Field and recorded a crucial 2-1 victory.Buffalo (6-11-1, 5-6-1 MAC) needed at least a win and a tie this weekend to have a chance at making the playoffs.

Column's Inferences Were A Stretch

I am writing in response to Ben Cady's opinion column ("Gay Marriage and John Kerry," Oct. 20). The column is sloppy and deals with the issue of gay marriage as an election issue in a very poor way.Cady insinuates that both Kerry and Edwards actually support gay marriage and they're just being told not to support it by their advisors.

Sidelines

Women's SwimmingThe women's swim team had a promising opening meet of the year against Siena, as they won by a dominating score of 207-74.

Scoreboard

BuffaloFootballSaturdayMarshall48Buffalo14 Women's SoccerFridayBuffalo2Marshall1 SundayBuffalo2Ohio0 Women's SwimmingSaturdayBuffalo207Siena74 VolleyballFridayOhio3Buffalo0 SaturdayAkron3Buffalo0

"A in Philosophy, F in Basic Storytelling"

Want to know the meaning of life?Better put that question on hold because after walking out of the philosophically oriented, existential comedy, "I Heart Huckabees," the only question worth asking will be "What was the meaning of this movie?"Not even a team of classical Greek philosophy superstars or an Internet message board of movie-obsessed cinephiles could answer that one."I Heart Huckabees," directed by David O.

Ben Sargent Cartoon: 10.25.04

Bulls Fall Apart Against Thundering Offense

Itching to win their second game of the year and their first game against the Marshall Thundering Herd since 1959, the Buffalo Bulls football team traveled to West Virginia with the hopes of beating the green and white on its home turf.But in front of a near-packed Homecoming crowd at Joan C.

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.