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Graduation Goodbyes
By SAMANTHA MAZRIAZ | Apr. 26, 2004The semester is coming to a close, and for many graduating seniors, these days will be their last at UB.As they sell off dorm furniture, hand out commencement tickets and begin mailing resumes, many must decide what will become of the romantic relationships that have blossomed during their time here.
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Home Town Bragging Rights
By JUSTIN HAAG | Apr. 26, 2004Four teams, two days, one winner.This Tuesday, Western New York's highest caliber collegiate baseball teams face off at Dunn Tire Park to decide who will get a year of local bragging rights.In day one of the tournament, UB will meet the Niagara Purple Eagles at 3 p.m.
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Bills First Round Breakdown
By PATRICK FINCH | Apr. 26, 2004The initial reaction by many Western New Yorkers on Saturday was: "Huh?"However some of us, including myself, completely understood and agreed that by drafting Lee Evans and J.P.
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More Beautiful With Age
By JACKIE O and JACKIE O | Apr. 26, 2004I remember it as if it were yesterday.After an entire year of proving my driving capability on the roads of my little suburban town in my father's Nissan Maxima, on my 17th birthday I was presented with what I consider to be my current pride and joy: a dull, metal colored 1990 Buick Regal.Accented by a hideous maroon interior, the car was clearly a bargain, but it was the best birthday gift that my father could have ever given me.Bigger than a boat and impossible to park at first, it was clear that my American-made vehicle was going to keep me unharmed in the various accidents that awaited me in my future.I had my share of troubles with the Buick, as any used car owner does, but in essence my 1990 Buick Regal has been and continues to be solid and reliable.
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Media Scholars Meet for Major Conference at CFA
By RYAN MCCARTHY | Apr. 26, 2004North Campus became a popular international destination this weekend, thanks to the Department of Media Study's international conference "FreeCollaboration."FreeCollaboration was a four-day long event, running from Thursday night to Sunday afternoon, with dozens of scheduled events taking place throughout the weekend.Organized by assistant professor of media study Trebor Scholz and University of Queensland, Australia media theorist Geert Lovink, the conference focused on new ways of using technology for communication and collaboration."The main focus is on online collaboration," said Scholz.
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"Paint My House, Eli Manning"
By NICHOLAS MENDOLA | Apr. 26, 2004There are times when it only takes 2.5 hours or so to cause so much pressure to build up inside someone's head that the only answers are:a) frontal lobotomyb) millions of broken blood vessels and hemorrhaging brain tissue.One of those times occurred this weekend, where in a span of mere hours, the nation learned of one man's selfless dedication and another's selfish greed, both in the domain of professional football.Former Arizona Cardinal Pat Tillman, 27, was a specialist in the 75th Ranger Regiment, a light infantry unit from Fort Benning, Ga.
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"Hoobastank Rocks, But Students Stay Away"
By HEATHER NELLIS | Apr. 26, 2004Alumni Arena can hold 8,464 spectators at a normal event. Spring Fest failed to utilize this space.At first glance the annual concert, which this year featured Ima Robot, Lostprophets and Hoobastank, looked as though it had attracted an impressive crowd.
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Bulls Take Two in Wild Series
By JENNIFER GILLAN | Apr. 26, 2004If the same two baseball teams play each other three days in a row, what are the chances the games will be somewhat similar?Well, it depends.
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Student Athletes Pay Tribute to Two of Their Own
By GEORGE ZORNICK | Apr. 26, 2004Two fallen members of the athletics community at UB were honored by fellow athletes and administrators during ceremonies Sunday on North Campus.The crew team dedicated their regatta against Eastern Michigan Sunday morning to Nan Harvey, the associate athletics director and senior women's athletic administrator who died last fall after a battle with cancer.Later in the day, the crew team participated in a tree dedication for their teammate, Christine Dickerson, who was a freshman on the team when she was killed in a car accident in December 2002.Crew team member Sara Sheffer participated in the Harvey Cup and later spoke at the 15-minute memorial ceremony and tree dedication for Dickerson.Sheffer said the team felt it was important to create their own memorial to Dickerson in addition to the family's memorial on campus, which is located on the Amherst Bike Trail behind the dorm Dickerson lived in as a freshman."This was from the student athletes as a whole," said Sheffer.
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Rowing in the Rain
By JUSTIN HAAG | Apr. 26, 2004Even the torrential downpour couldn't quiet the enthusiastic crowd cheering on the UB women's crew team as two boats raced neck and neck to the finish line in the last race of the inaugural Harvey Cup on Sunday.From the efforts of the seniors on UB's second varsity eight boat, you couldn't tell that the Eastern Michigan Eagles had already won the Harvey Cup, which is awarded to the winning varsity eight team of the regatta each year.
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Orientation Will Offer More Options
By JENNIFER FUSCO | Apr. 26, 2004In late June, thousands of high school students around the world will throw their mortarboards in the air, trade their locker pockets for dorm decorations and clear their schedules for UB's freshman orientation.UB's orientation process consists of several two-day orientations, running from July 8 to Aug.
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NBA Playoff Update
By PAUL FEUER | Apr. 26, 2004If the East needs one thing to brag about this year, it could be that the favored teams have been more dominant than the West, so far.
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"Pat Tillman, Pioneer and Cardinal, Dies in Afghanistan"
By Editorial | Apr. 26, 2004The American public was presented with two conflicting messages and symbols this weekend, as NFL player Pat Tillman was killed in action in Afghanistan and the nation saw the first pictures of deceased soldiers returning from Iraq.In the case of the anonymous flag-draped coffins, we heard from Bush administration officials that the images should be secret in order to respect the families.
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Contestants Get Down and Dirty at Oozfest 2004
By NATIA DAVITI | Apr. 26, 2004Coated in mud from head to toe, 128 teams battled each other in the 20th annual Oozfest mud volleyball tournament Saturday for a first-place trophy and a lot of fun at the mud pits near South Lake Village.The theme of this year's Oozfest - with its 21st anniversary next year - was "Almost Legal."The 128 co-ed teams of students, faculty, alumni and community members were allowed a maximum of eight players.The $120 it cost each team to participate included a playing fee, doughnuts for breakfast, subs for lunch, t-shirts and side events such as a three-legged race and root beer pong."There's always crazy stuff going on.
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High School Students Outnumber UB Students at Springfest
By SIOBHAN COUNIHAN | Apr. 26, 2004Critics of this year's Spring Fest argued there was just something the SA event was lacking.Many said it was a big name band.Others said general interest.But after Spring Fest finally arrived Friday, at least one thing UB's Spring Fest lacked was obvious: UB students.While the line for non-UB students to buy Spring Fest tickets wrapped around Alumni Arena, the UB student line was almost non-existent.
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Double Vision
By LISA LOFASO | Apr. 26, 2004Having a living replica of oneself might be an attractive prospect that some consider only possible through future medical wonders, but identical twins have been something of a marvel since humans have been producing offspring.For Lorianne and Christina Boscarino, life has always been shared with a person whose appearance is identical their own."It's kind of funny because when people first meet me, they are surprised to find out that I have a twin sister," said Lorianne, a freshman business major.
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"Peace Out, UB"
By Editorial | Apr. 26, 2004It's been an incredible year, full of news and excitement at UB. We've seen highs and lows, scandals and triumphs.
