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"SA Reduces Allocation to Sub-Board by $70,000"

By JEREMY G. BURTON | Sep. 10, 2004

After threatening to pull all its money from Sub-Board I, Inc. in the latest of a series of organizational clashes, the Student Association has reduced the funds it pays annually towards the student corporation by $70,000 this year by negotiating for a uniform fee during the summer.Prior to the uniform fee, each full-time UB undergraduate paid $9.42 per semester to Sub-Board through SA, while graduate students paid $6.20 through the Graduate Student Association.

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The Zima of Retro-rock

By NICHOLAS MENDOLA | Sep. 8, 2004

Think sex, guitars, and more sex. "Alive and Amplified," the Mooney Suzuki's follow up to 2003's "Electric Sweat," makes more love than Wilt Chamberlain in his prime.

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"Once the Last Holdout, CVS Now Takes Campus Cash"

By BILL NIELSEN | Sep. 8, 2004

CVS, the on-campus pharmacy located in The Commons, has decided to accept Campus Cash as a form of payment, making them the final business in the Commons to accept the UB currency.Campus Cash, along with Dining Dollars, forms the basis for local currency at UB, by allowing students to carry money in card form with them at all times.

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Fall Classic Ends with Tie

By JACKIE O and JACKIE O | Sep. 8, 2004

UB defender Cheick Diarra booted a shot 40 yards out with thirty minutes left in the second half to put Buffalo on the board in the championship game against No.

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Correction

By Editorial | Sep. 8, 2004

The photograph with the story

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Sidelines

Sep. 8, 2004

Student Tickets for Syracuse GamePlenty of tickets are still available for students who want to go to the highly touted UB vs.

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The Donnas Crowned Queens of the Canal

By MEGHAN GROTH | Sep. 8, 2004

It was a middle-aged man's dream come true: A Southern-style classic rock group sandwiched in between two groups of attractive ladies with instruments.There was an interesting mix of pseudo-punk rockers, their parents and a number of mullets gathered for the final show of the summer last Saturday night at Gateway Harbor Park in North Tonawanda.

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Volleyball Takes Two of Three

By BRIAN BARBETTA AND BRIAN EKBACH AND MONIQUE HOUGH | Sep. 8, 2004

After a season-opening loss at Syracuse, the Bulls came back strong, winning two of three at the Western New York Tournament at Niagara University.Day oneThe Blue and White swept Binghamton 3-0, showing the rest of the teams and the spectators that quitting was not in the game plan.Buffalo won the match by game scores of 30-26, 30-25, and 31-29, leaving the Bulls 1-1 on the season.Junior Katie Weekley led the stampede with 12 kills and four blocks.

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Students Sound-Off About Dorm D?PIcor Dos

By SAMANTHA MAZIARZ AND DENA-KAY MARTIN | Sep. 8, 2004

Eclectic styles clash and similar styles merge as students endeavor to settle into what will become their home for the next nine months.As a resident advisor, Allana Krolikowski, enjoys a luxury not afforded to most students.

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Scoreboard

Sep. 8, 2004

UBM. SoccerUB Fall ClassicSaturday:Buffalo1Hartford0Monday:Buffalo1Binghamton1W. SoccerArizonal InvitationalFriday:Buffalo1 Fairleigh Dickenson 3Sunday:Buffalo1UC Irvine2 (OT)VolleyballWNY TournamentSaturday:Binghamton0Buffalo3Sunday:Texas-Arlington3Buffalo0Sunday:Stony Brook0Buffalo3

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The Rebirth of Chippewa Street

By SAMANTHA MAZIARZ | Sep. 8, 2004

A tall, leggy blonde wearing low-slung jeans, a sparkly halter and black heels swivels out of her barstool at Soho on Chippewa Street.

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Not Through With The Screaming

By NICHOLAS MENDOLA | Sep. 8, 2004

I just finished recording with a new hardcore music project and the first question anyone has is something like, "Why are you screaming so much?"Well, to be honest, I could croon about love, whisper about dreams or even talk about my dancing skills.

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Lies from New York

Sep. 8, 2004

It's an explosive speech that ranks with the great moments in American theater. After watching his family come apart, Big Daddy, the fed-up patriarch of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," shouts:"What's that smell in this room?

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Bulls Clip Hawks

By ANTHONY SYLOR | Sep. 8, 2004

Thanks to another strong effort from sophomore goalkeeper Daniel Bell, the UB Men's soccer team shut out Hartford Saturday on the first day of the annual UB Fall Classic.UB's defense was not to be overlooked, however, giving up just eight shots on goal with Bell recording his second shutout in as many games this season."I thought our defenders played a heck of a game today," said head coach John Astudillo.

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Women's Soccer Continues Winless Season

By DANIEL HONIGMAN | Sep. 8, 2004

Last weekend at the Arizona Invitational, the UB women's soccer team fell to the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights (1-2) by a score of 3-1 on Friday, and in overtime to the University of California at Irvine Anteaters (2-2) by a score of 2-1.On Friday against the Knights, the Bulls (0-4) struck first in the 31st minute, as senior Jenny Dannecker netted her first goal of the season, and the Bulls' first goal of the year, off a corner kick by senior first-team All-Conference defender Brenna McJury.The Knights came right back with a goal of their own five minutes later as Marguerite Ferrell capitalized on a cross-field feed from Chelsea Adams and knotted the game at one goal apiece.The tie would last for just eight minutes of the second half.

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Upcoming Games

Sep. 8, 2004

UBVolleyballWednesday vs. Canisius 7 p.m.

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Incubus to Headline an October Fall Fest

By NICHOLAS MENDOLA | Sep. 8, 2004

On the heels of last year's much-maligned Spring Fest, the headliner for this year's Fall Fest has been announced and, according to students, it is a vast improvement.Pollstar.com lists that Incubus will perform in the newly renovated Alumni Arena on Oct.

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NetPass to Run This Week

By NATIA DAVITI | Sep. 8, 2004

To help shield computer workstations from harmful hackers and viruses, UB will introduce its NetPass program this week to all computers on the ResNet campus network, according to Richard Lesniak, director of Academic Computing Services.Once implemented, NetPass will automatically scan every computer that connects to the ResNet system, Lesniak said.

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SA Opens Year With Optimism

By JEREMY G. BURTON | Sep. 8, 2004

Student Association President Anthony Burgio said Tuesday that UB students would see a stronger, more efficient SA this year.

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Underdog Davis Gives Jobs Speech at CFA

By NATIA DAVITI | Sep. 8, 2004

Businessman and Democrat Jack Davis, who is facing powerful Republican Tom Reynolds in the race for the 26th District Congressional seat, held a press conference outside the Center For Arts building on Friday to discuss the August jobs report issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.Davis, a 1955 graduate of UB, talked about the realities of the job market that college graduates face."I am concerned whether there will be any jobs for these students when they graduate," he said.The report showed that 144,000 jobs became available, missing its expected goal by 6,000 positions.Hitting the predicted number of 150,000 jobs was considered by the Bureau to be necessary in order for the economy to keep up with the pace of population growth."When we should have been creating 6.6 million jobs, we lost 1.1 million, and the jobs we are creating are low paying and require no skill," Davis said.