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Vaux Unleashes Havoc Thursday night

Codeseven vocalist Jeff Jenkins said it best:"A lot of craziness can happen when really dirty people get together," said Jenkins prior to the start of their performance Thursday night at Xtreme Wheels.


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The Tradesman

I call myself a writer. I'm not sure when I decided it was appropriate to do so, but I do. I've had about 60 articles published at our little rag here and a few at The New Times in Syracuse.


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Comix Laugh You Long Time

Laugh until it hurts. Every week. That's the guarantee at The Comix Cafe, a comedy club located in Tonawanda, right off of the Youngman Expressway.


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Opinion Page Biased

I am a very concerned student here at UB. Reading the Spectrum is one reason why I enjoy Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays more so than the other days of the week.


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Cardinals Soar Over Bulls

If you don't score, you can't win.Friday night the UB women's soccer team learned this lesson the hard way.Bringing in a tough, scrappy defense did not do the Bulls any good, as they were shut out by the Ball State Cardinals.The regionally ranked Ball State team brought not only their defensive toughness to the game, but their high powered offense proved effective, giving them the boost they needed to beat the Bulls 2-0.The Bulls defense, led by senior goalkeeper Anna-Lesa Calvert has played well so far this season, but gave up 11 shots on Friday night, forcing Calvert to make seven tough saves.


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Football Hits Rock Bottom

Saturday's loss at Ohio marked a new nadir for UB's football program. The 0-4 Bulls were shut out by one of the only teams they had a chance to beat this year.


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GOP Aims to Make a Splash

This is the second story in a series about what various student groups are doing on-campus leading up to the presidential election.Over the past year, the UB College Republicans have made a name for themselves as the club that never shies away from controversy.


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Not Another Gay Column

Last year, around this time, I wrote a column about coming out of the closet. Printed the week following UB's celebration of Coming Out Day, and a month after Gender Week, I felt the time was right to air my laundry.


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Sidelines

Cross CountryThe University at Buffalo's women's cross country team fared well Saturday at the Paul Short Invitational, beating some of the nation's top programs with an overall sixth-place finish among a strong field of 26 Division I schools.The Bulls' 190 total points placed them just ahead of Yale's 223 points while the Southeastern Conference's Tennessee University won the team competition with 53 points.


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Bioinformatics Taking Shape

UB's cutting-edge bioinformatics program continues to come together this semester with construction on the downtown Center for Excellence scheduled to finish in 2005 and academic programs currently in development.According to UB officials, the program is now in the final 30 days of a strategic planning stage and preliminary undergraduate courses are now being offered.


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Mixed Emotions On Melissa Ferrick's Performance at Nietzsche's

"I'm digging a hole/ I ended up in Beijing/ Stole me a bike/ Joined up with the monks/ Because silence is worth more these days/ Oh, than AOL Time Warner/ Or Martha Stewart stocks." With this anecdote from "Beijing," off her latest album, "The Other Side," Melissa Ferrick kicked off a divisive performance at Nietzsche's Friday.


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Emotions Run High At Debate

A political debate sponsored by the Black Student Union angered and educated Wednesday night, as the College Republicans and Democrats addressed the question of which presidential candidate the African-American community should vote for in November.Black Student Union President Simone Hicks presided over the debate, which packed spectators from wall to wall in 145B Student Union.



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