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Revenge Action with Substance

By CJ SCHULZ | Apr. 23, 2004

After seeing the trailer for "Man on Fire" and last year's mediocre "Out of Time," it might seem that Denzel Washington's career has sunk to B-rate movies with lousy storylines and big-money Hollywood explosions.However, teaming up with director Tony Scott ("Spy Game," "Enemy of the State") on "Man on Fire," Washington shines with Dakota Fanning in a story based on AJ Quinnell's book of the same name.Washington plays a retired assassin named Creasy.

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Upcoming Games

Apr. 23, 2004

BuffaloM. TennisMAC Tournament Second RoundFriday: vs. Western Michigan at Ball State, TBDBaseballFriday: at Ohio, 3 p.m.Saturday: at Ohio, 1 p.m.Sunday: at Ohio, 1 p.m.SoftballSaturday: vs.

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Cook off the Menu for 2004

By JENNIFER GILLAN | Apr. 23, 2004

In an interview conducted earlier in the year, Hollie Cook said, "I think that because I'm an athlete, I have a lot of desire, heart, and motivation."In Cook's case, it turns out that "a lot" was just not enough, as she will not be returning to the UB women's basketball team for the 2004 season.After performing well in her freshman season, with game averages of 5.4 points, 3.2 rebounds and six assists, Cook was able to wear her number 23 jersey for only eight games of her sophomore season.

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'To Transcend the Immediate Issue of Judaism'

By TRACY CALABRESE | Apr. 21, 2004

UB is honored to have many talented and respected professionals as professors. One very worthy example is Saul Elkin, whose devotion to education and theater is inspiring.A veteran in the fields of acting and directing, Elkin - a distinguished service professor and the current interim chair of the theater department - is making good use of his talent in his Jewish Reparatory Theater's production of "Visiting Mr. Green."The play is the second production of the new theater company's first season, which was inaugurated with December's "The Chosen." "Visiting Mr. Green" opens its run on Thursday at the Main Street Cabaret.

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Barrels of Addiction

By ERIC O and ERIC O | Apr. 21, 2004

"Water of Life."The Gaelic translation of this phrase is Uisce Beatha, or in English, whiskey. Whiskey may be Scotland's water of life, but the rest of the planet has come to know a much more troublesome, equally taxed and much more severely addicting source of vitality: oil.And oil is ruining modern civilization.Last Friday was Earth Day, an appropriate time to reflect on how the Western world's devastation of the environment is, according to Britain's chief scientific officer Sir David King, many times more dangerous than terrorism.America's dependency on oil is absolutely more dangerous than a battalion of RPG wielding, Al-Qaeda trained terrorists.It seems so obvious that the solution to the Middle Eastern problem and the world's ecological impending disaster is to eliminate our rabid addiction to oil.The list goes far beyond gas prices.

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Upcoming Games

Apr. 21, 2004

BuffaloSoftballWednesday: at Columbia (DH), 3 p.m.Thusday: at Stony Brook (DH), 3.pm.W. TennisMAC Tournament First RoundThusday: at Toledo in NIU, 10 a.m.M.

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Erin + Buffalo 4-Ever

By ERIN SHULTZ | Apr. 21, 2004

When I tell stories to my grandchildren, I'll have to say that Buffalo was my first love - it could be Mike Nelson, my first kindergarten crush - But I think it will probably be Buffalo.Most of my friends say I'm crazy."It'll never work with you and B.Lo," they say, ignoring my contempt of their snarky nickname for my city.

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Bulls Wrap Up Spring With Blue-White Game

By JOHN NORMAN | Apr. 21, 2004

With his fourth set of spring practices behind him, UB head football coach Jim Hofher understands that even though spring practices only last just over two weeks, the time can be critical to the success of his team in the fall.Hofher says that the focus on the physical intensity of the practices is what really makes spring practices valuable to his team."It's not an easy time, because it is very physical in the absence of creating game plans and studying opponents," said Hofher.

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Fighting Arts Exhibited in Union Lobby

By NAFISA MAHMOOD | Apr. 21, 2004

Martial arts buffs received a rare treat at the first joint showcase of five different fighting styles at the second Martial Arts Expo Monday in the Student Union Lobby.Members of various UB martial arts club demonstrated eight form exhibitions, including karate, kendo, judo, tae kwon do, kuk sool won, goju ryu karate, wing chun kung fu and san shou, or Chinese kickboxing.This was the second annual expo by the Combined Martial Arts Club in conjunction with the Tae Kwon Do Club and Seido Karate Club."All martial arts groups on campus come and showcase their different arts," said Mateo Prendergast, a senior computer engineering major and president of the club.

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"Media Study, CAS Take a Shot With New Film Program"

By PETER YU | Apr. 21, 2004

This fall, the Department of Media Study in collaboration with the College of Arts and Sciences will present a new Film Studies (FST) Program to students.The FST curriculum brings together film-related courses throughout the College of Arts and Sciences taught by 30 different faculty members."It is an inter-disciplinary program between several departments of the College of Arts and Sciences.

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Borgese Named Assembly Speaker

By NATIA DAVITI | Apr. 21, 2004

A unanimous vote by 10 members Monday named Joseph Borgese the speaker of the Student Association Assembly for the 2004-05 school year.Borgese, the only candidate nominated, will begin his one-year term on the first of next month.

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"A Little Older, A Little Wiser"

By PAUL MEGNA | Apr. 21, 2004

Punk rockers rejoice! The Bouncing Souls, one of the last bands remaining from the third wave of punk rock are coming to Buffalo on Wednesday, May 5.For the last fifteen years, The Bouncing Souls have been fueling the punk rock scene with their own brand of fast-paced, humorous and catchy punk rock.

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A Healthy Dose of Poison

By PAUL MEGNA | Apr. 21, 2004

Hundreds of fans waited in line for poison at Xtreme Wheels Skate Park Monday night.They got it and liked it.The crowd gathered at the concert hall/skate park saved their energy for the headlining act, Atlantic Records' Poison the Well.After showing mixed reactions to the show's three opening acts, It Dies Today, Alexisonfire and Engine Down, fans packed close to the venue's small stage, ready to hear what most of them had come for - the well-crafted and brutal sound of Florida's Poison the Well.Over the course of their six years together, Poison the Well has made a name for itself in the hardcore scene as an act with talent in creating not only earth-shaking breakdowns intermixed with melodic offshoots but also for writing poetic lyrics.

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