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Fewer Poor Students Admitted to College

College education, once seen as a right for all people, is now moving away from those who cannot afford it.

Cook off the Menu for 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.

Bulls Prepare for Series with Bobcats

UB and Ohio's baseball teams aren't exactly on the same page as the 1927 Yankees when it comes to offensive production.

'To Transcend the Immediate Issue of Judaism'

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.

Barrels of Addiction

"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.

Upcoming Games

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.

Erin + Buffalo 4-Ever

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.

Bulls Wrap Up Spring With Blue-White Game

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.

"Large Protests Oppose Bush, Policies Outside Event"

A camouflaged buffalo pedaling a quadricycle down the street is a good reason to call the police.

TV Host Russert to Speak At Alumni

Buffalo's own Tim Russert, one of the most influential journalists in America, will be speaking tonight at 8 p.m.

Prepare the Mud Pits: Students Get Ready to Get Dirty at Oozfest

Christina Aguilera isn't the only one who likes to get dirty.Almost 1,000 people are expected to gather at St.

Fighting Arts Exhibited in Union Lobby

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.

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

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.

Taking Care of Business

The UB Bulls will roam into Olean, N.Y. today, to face St. Bonaventure in a baseball doubleheader.

Borgese Named Assembly Speaker

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.

"A Little Older, A Little Wiser"

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.

A Healthy Dose of Poison

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.

Opinion Piece Is 'Right-wing Propaganda'

This letter is in response to the neo-liberal propaganda printed in the April 19 issue of The Spectrum, titled, "The War in Iraq, WMD's and DMB."What Justin Haag wrote was not an opinion but a mere regurgitation of extreme right-wing propaganda aimed at silencing criticism of the occupation of Iraq.It is therefore not surprising that his article is a prime example of the hypocrisy that is abound in the executive branch of the federal government and the conservatively biased media.Although President George W.

Better Than Stick Figures 4.21.04

Stop That Now

Save (Me From) The MusicVH1's annual Divas Live concert was started in 1998 to fund the cable channel's Save The Music foundation, which serves to put music back into public school systems that cut arts education.The show that started with an impressive lineup of the "who's who?" in female singers, has now turned into a "who's that?" gathering of the B and C-level performers.