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Seeking Woman-Friendly Cities

Women often feel constricted to a home-life setting, simply by a city's organization and the architectural design, according to a prominent architect and author who spoke Tuesday as part of UB's Gender Week.Leslie Kanes Weisman's lecture at Crosby Hall, "Creating a Woman-Friendly City," focused on the necessity for changes in the organization and design of housing, work and public space to foster gender equality."Ever since the beginning of time and homeownership for the woman, the home became both the altar and the prison where rooms such as the kitchen belonged to them, and the smoking and billiard rooms to the man," said Weisman, an author and architect professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

The Parking Game: Students Still Losing

The situation is dire. It is 9:56 a.m., there is no place to park and a car plastered in Korn stickers has just zoomed into the last open spot in front of you.It is the same story for parking at UB year after year.

Exterminators Tackle UB's Pests

Whether it's a bee in the dorm room, a mouse in the kitchen, or a woodchuck just hanging out on the side of the road, every student at UB knows the population here often includes much more than just humans.According to UB officials, pest problems on-campus are more common than students might think, and to keep the pests at bay UB spends six to seven thousand dollars annually on exterminators.According to Joseph Krakowiak, director of University Residence Halls, UB's most common pests are bees, ants and mice, depending where you are on campus."Traditionally for us, we'll get a lot of bees flying near Governors Complex," Krakowiak said.

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SidelinesCross CountryUB senior Jenny Koeppel has been named the Mid-American Conference women's runner of the week for the second week in a row this season.

Men's Soccer Suffers First Defeat

The UB men's soccer team had their unbeaten streak snapped Wednesday afternoon when Niagara beat them 3-1.The game was close until late in the second half when Kwame Oduro changed the momentum of the game in favor of Niagara.

Ben Sargent Cartoon 9.24.04

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Librarians Go Outside to Get Out the Vote

In the months leading up to the presidential election, groups nationwide are working to increase voter awareness and voter registration, especially in college communities.UB Libraries joined these groups Thursday, setting up outside the Student Union to hand out voter registration forms and applications for absentee ballots.

Bulls Hope For History to Repeat at Ohio

The last time the UB football team squared off against the Ohio University Bobcats was the last time the Bulls found themselves ahead on the scoreboard when time expired in the game.Last October, Ohio (1-2, 0-1 MAC) came into UB Stadium and the Bulls handed the Bobcats a 26-17 trouncing for Buffalo's lone victory of the 2003 season.

Armstrong Versus the State

It's fair to say that 10 years ago, when he was whining about having nothing better to do than masturbate, no one thought that Billie Joe Armstrong would play the same role to our generation as Bob Dylan did to his.It's probably still fair to say that.Though Green Day's "American Idiot" has been touted as the band's opus that declares war on "the establishment," the album really treads ground already covered by previous albums, "Dookie" and "Insomniac." As Spectrum Managing Editor Ben Cady poignantly observed, "American Idiot" is about alienation.Armstrong sings on the "well-circulated" single, "Well maybe I'm the f----t America/ I'm not a part of redneck agenda/ Now everybody do the propaganda/And sing along to the age of paranoia." While these lines point at George Bush's Texas upbringing and policy-making since beginning the "War on Tera," it also mentions that Armstrong feels like he's being persecuted.Green Day knows a thing or two about persecution.

"Vast Majority of Students Will Vote, Survey Says"

A recent poll conducted on MyUB showed a promising interest among UB students in the upcoming presidential election, with almost 80 percent planning to vote and over 80 percent registered.The poll, which was conducted by the Office of Student Life, asked a series of questions relating to registration status and plans to register.

Eating Right the Manly Way

If Russell Klettke doesn't seem like the typical nutrition guru, that's because he isn't.The co-author of the newly published "A Guy's Gotta Eat, The Regular Guy's Guide to Eating Smart" is a freelance writer who attempts to answer what he perceives as a national call for nutritional guidance encoded with language that men - particularly men who live alone - will find useful."We feel that there's a bias in a lot of other nutritional media," said Klettke, the "we" referring to himself and his co-author dietician Deanna Conte.

"War, Bush Are Ignoble"

It is just absurd to me how many people support George W. Bush. The economy is one of the worst states it has ever been in.

Wheat Gets Golden at Nietzsche's

Wheat bass guitarist and lead vocalist Scott Levesque deemed his first trip to Buffalo a success, following the crowd's reaction to their Wednesday night performance at Nietzsche's."Thank you Buffalo for supporting us, it is our first time (in Buffalo)," said Levesque with earnest gratitude to his listeners at the show's close.Wheat's openers included The Design, a Buffalo-based indie rock band, and a solo guitarist whose act was anything but ordinary.The Design is by far a band not fazed by crowd size.

Reality vs. Republicanism

Nothing brings a tear to my patriotic eye like cheap plastic American flags flying out the window of a gas guzzling SUV.

Louque: Low-Key

Louque is a slick new band from New Orleans, La., creating music on their debut album, "So Long," that they refer to as "faya." Making up a new name for their own music might seem like a good way to make music feel original, but originality takes a little more work than that.The band is named after the singer and primary songwriter, Dustan Louque.

Preparation is Key for Astudillo

As a young boy growing up in Ecuador, John Astudillo never would have predicted the heights to which he would soar as a soccer coach.

Burning Down the House

Students watch a mock dorm room go up in flames Wednesday in front of the Student Union. As a part of Student Life