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New Complex Slated For Sweet Home Road

A new off-campus apartment complex designed for UB students is one step closer to reality.Thursday night, the Town of Amherst's planning board approved a re-zone of 10 acres of land across from Sweet Home High School for a complex, which will house 828 students.American Campus Communities, the same company that built both Hadley and Flint Villages, will be developing the property.

Optimism Shines as UB Football Prepares for Blue and White Game

While the UB men's basketball team enjoyed a breakout season in 2003-04, the football team seemed to be stuck in idle for the second year in a row.

Running of the Bulls

Buffalo isn't exactly the most cooperative city for a collegiate outdoor track program. The notoriously bad weather sometimes forces UB's track and field athletes to train in some of the worst weather around and it makes the team look elsewhere for meets and competitions.In fact, the team has spent almost every weekend since mid-March on the road and will continue to do so through mid-May.

Three Professors Earn SUNY's Highest Honor

Three UB professors were given SUNY's highest award for teaching this week, as they were named Distinguished Professors.The SUNY Board of Trustees honored Philip T.

Bush Backs Sharon Withdrawal Plan

Heads of state besieged by domestic critics often find relief in visiting a friendly ally. And so it was Wednesday for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who is mired in a political corruption scandal at home.

A Masters in Manipulation From the University of Wilco

Arising from the ashes - or in some cases the still burning fires - of nearly countless Buffalo bands (the Last Conservative, Starsick, Johnny Nobody, and Semi-Tough amongst others), Roger Bryan and the Old Sweethearts' pedigree certainly belies their style.Make no mistake, the Old Sweethearts are a band schooled in the art of independent country music.

Sweeps Week Brings Out the Worst in TV

Sweeps week is coming, and as the major networks prepare to battle it out for that elusive three hours of television the average American takes in daily, viewers can expect programming that pushes the limits in a search for high ratings by any means necessary.Because the nightly reality show parade has become pass?

Delivering the News

The other day my six-year-old niece asked me ... the question. You know, the question all kids eventually ask and all adults squirm over answering."Uncle Jeremy, where does..." she said as I tensed up.

A Brave New Feminist World

I would like to take this time to extend my deepest gratitude to those renegades who decorated the Academic Spine with feministic phrases, truths and questions.

Patching Punk into a New Generation

The setting could not be more appropriate: an old warehouse with a dirt parking lot and a 25-foot ceiling.Inside the 110-year-old building, which in its lifetime has been a brewery and a textile factory, now lies an assortment of wooden ramps and half pipes.Since December, the warehouse at 356 Hertel Ave.

UB Seeks to Develop Housing in Amherst

The Amherst Planning Board has been asked by private developer American Campus Communities to rezone a 10-acre area on which to build more student housing.

This Season's Hottest Accessories: A Mixture of High-End and Inspired Handbags

When it comes to fashion, people look to the stars for guidance: judging from the looks of the fun, colorful, shapely handbags on the arms of celebrities this season, handbags are the accessories to be emphasized."I am not a huge spender on clothes, but I spend a lot on bags," said Leah Paszkiewicz, sophomore marketing major.While the amount of money one considers "a lot" is relative, it might be safe to say that the average college student might not find herself on the waiting list for a Birkin bag any time soon.

Better Than Stick Figures 4.16.04

Schumer Solicits Funding to Fight Gangs

Gang violence is always a problem that deserves attention. It is bred out of poverty, eats up the lives of youths and then threatens the quality of life in many cities, including Buffalo.

What the World Needs Now

I know that the title "Sports Editor" means that my column should be about sports. But let's face it, this isn't exactly the best time of the year for a sports writer.

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Where the Elevator Stops

There are many faces scattered throughout the meandering hallways, windows and stairways of the topmost floors of Buffalo's historic City Hall.

Phi Beta Kappa Announces New Class

The cream of UB's academic crop received some good news last week - announcement of their induction into UB's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest academic honor society.The liberal arts honors society, which many consider the most prestigious in the United States, will hold official inductions May 7 at Slee Concert Hall.Only the best and brightest of UB's students are elected into the honor society, according to Barbara Bono, president of UB's chapter."Phi Beta Kappa typically inducts seniors, and we offer selective advanced admittance to very qualified juniors," said Bono.

"Forget Bill, Kill Quentin"

In the concluding chapter to the two-part "Kill Bill" series, director Quentin Tarantino tries to convince his audience that he still has the Midas touch behind the camera.After watching the movie, one would imagine someone had kidnapped the genius who conceived "Pulp Fiction" and "Reservoir Dogs," shot him in the head, dumped him in the trunk and brought him to Bonnie's house for storage.As the title suggests, the plot is very simple.

Students Join the People-Googling Phenomena

After 10 years of public familiarity with search engines, the popular roles are being expanded to include a series of new functions that may have widespread appeal.An emerging trend is the act of self-Googling, or typing one's name into a search engine, usually the popular search engine Google, and using the results of the search as a form of cyber mirror.Daniel Ohanlon, a junior urban planning and public policy major, said a good way to pass the time is to roll the Google dice and see what it produces."I search my name in Google.