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Presidential Candidate Removed From Assembly; Poor Attendance Cited

By BEN R. CADY | Mar. 29, 2004

Timothy Kelly, the Ascension Party's candidate for SA President, came under fire on two fronts this weekend as he was removed from the SA Assembly and scolded by members of the Men's Crew Club for falsely claiming membership in the group.In response, Kelly said he was the victim of a political alliance between Adam Sherlip, the Assembly's speaker and Elevation Party candidate Anthony Burgio's campaign.Sherlip notified Kelly of his removal by e-mail on Friday.

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Bulls Drop 1-0 Decision on Sunday

By MICHAEL GRAND | Mar. 29, 2004

The UB Bulls softball team competed in a three-game series against the Miami of Ohio RedHawks this past weekend, and could only muster one victory out of three games.After Sunday's 1-0 loss to cap the series at the Miami Softball Field, the Bulls are now 10-14 for the season and 1-2 in the Mid-American Conference after winning only one game against their conference in foes in the set.Miami hurled the Bulls a four-hit shutout with the combined efforts of pitching teammates Courtney Salmon and Jackie Poggendorf, putting Miami at 9-16 and 2-1 in the MAC.The third inning was the setting for the lone run in Sunday's contest.

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"Two-part Article Thorough, Thoughtful"

By STEFAN FLEMING | Mar. 29, 2004

I would like to start out by praising Jeremy Burton for a job well done in his two-part article about the decision to move UB to Amherst in the Wednesday and Friday issues of The Spectrum.

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"At Annual India Night, Rhythm Reigns"

By NATIA DAVITI | Mar. 29, 2004

With 18 acts of song, dance, comedy and fashion, UB got its own taste of India Saturday night as the Indian Student Association held its annual India Night at the Center for the Arts.The event kicked off with the singing of the Indian and American national anthems.

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Buffalo Law Review Honors First Woman Surrogate Judge in Erie County

By SELENA HUGHES | Mar. 29, 2004

Among an eclectic group of UB alumni, professors, students and administrators, The Buffalo Law Review honored UB graduate and professor Barbara Howe Friday night for recently becoming the first-ever female surrogate judge in Erie County."Judge Howe is a true academic, as qualified to be a professor as she is a judge," said Britta Lukomski, managing editor of the Law Review, the student-run journal that hosted the event.

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Political Debate Cancelled for Many Reasons

By JUSTIN MARTIN | Mar. 29, 2004

In response to the letter in the March 25 issue of The Spectrum titled "College Republicans Look for Public Explanation for Cancelled Debate," I, as the targeted figure, feel that I am obliged to respond to what should have been a private matter.I canceled the Wednesday debate between the College Republicans and Democrats for a number of reasons.First, the hope among our group was that this would not simply be a debate exclusive to two political entities, but rather an exchange of ideas among groups such as the NAACP and not just partisan war between Republicans and Democrats.

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Conference on Foreign Policy to Be Held

By NIELS BERGSLAND | Mar. 29, 2004

I would like to share this letter with the UB community in order to promote awareness about the conference "Standing Against Empire" which an article "Students and Faculty Voice Concerns About Civil Unrest in Haiti" in the March 26 issue briefly mentioned.A small group of students along with Professor Khalil Nieves have worked hard these past several months in organizing this daylong conference, which is to take place Saturday starting at 8:30 a.m.

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What Went Wrong 'While We Were Bowling:'

By WILLIAM HORBETT | Mar. 29, 2004

Evidence of Buffalo's history and infatuation with bowling can be seen in the countless alleys and leagues around Western New York.

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Roughing it for Success

By JUSTIN HAAG | Mar. 29, 2004

One might think that camping has little to do with success in tennis.However, if you were to ask UB men's tennis head coach Russ Crispell, he might convince you that camping is just the thing necessary for developing the important components of a successful team."My team has been camping in tents," said Crispell, "We played Dartmouth and Army in the Dartmouth invitational this fall, (the other teams) were blown away, they couldn't believe it.

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Patricia Cronin: The Domain of Perfect Affection

By TRACY CALABRESE | Mar. 29, 2004

Sometimes it's good to take a break and spend some time with idyllic daydreams. It can be pleasant to step away from reality and target cherished, image-based memories.Horses, dream property estates and the form of the feminine body are some oft-romanticized images committed to memory.While very different from one another, these subjects can all be viewed as ways to obtain satisfaction through fantasizing about luxuries, beauty or pleasure.Introduced last weekend by Robert Rosenblum, curator of New York City's Guggenheim Museum, a new exhibit of Patricia Cronin's artwork at the Center for the Arts is brave and surprising.

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Make it 29 Straight

By ERIC VOGALMYR | Mar. 29, 2004

They knew it was not going to be easy coming into a weekend where they would face two Mid-American Conference rivals on the road.The UB women's tennis team has been less than stellar, to say the least, in the conference, losing the previous 27 consecutive MAC contests by a combined game score of 161-15.Make it 29 straight and 175-18.UB had a tough weekend, falling to both Northern Illinois and Western Michigan to slip down to only one game over .500, while remaining winless in conference play.The Bulls (7-6, 0-4 MAC) started out the weekend against NIU (5-5, 1-1 MAC) on Friday, in Rockford, Ill.

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"35 Years of ABCs, 123s and a Very Big Bird"

By JU KURIAKOSE | Mar. 29, 2004

"Sunny days, sweeping the clouds away. On my way to where the air is sweet. Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street?" Written and composed by Joe Raposo, Jon Stone and Bruce Hart, this theme song serves as the opener to the children's television series that, for many, presented itself as more than an educational program."It was an adventure to watch when I was younger, and I think it made me use my imagination.

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MLB Baseball Preview: The National League

By DARREN RIETHMILLER AND DANIEL HONIGMAN AND JONATHAN YAGHOUBI | Mar. 29, 2004

With first pitch creeping closer and closer by the second, The Spectrum previews the National League in part two of our MLB Preview.NL EastFlorida Marlins: Unlike the first time they won the title in '97, the Marlins didn't sell off their whole team this past off-season and kept the core intact.The strength of the team is the pitching as they have one of the best pitching staffs in baseball.

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Microsoft and Midwestern Melody Makers

By CHRIS CLARK | Mar. 29, 2004

It isn't every day that the Microsoft Corporation and the jazz community intertwine. Some may find this concept hard to grasp, but for the folks at the Albright-Knox, it is a reality.Saturday night, the Albright-Knox Gallery played host to the Microsoft Art of Jazz Series.

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Point-Counterpoint: The Buffalo Bills

By ROB BROBAK AND ERIC VOGALMYR | Mar. 29, 2004

Two years ago the talk around Buffalo was, "The Bills are going to the Super Bowl under the guiding hand of Buffalo's savior, Drew Bledsoe." However, after two disappointing seasons, the Buffalo Bills are going through their offseason with several issues that need to be addressed, some regarding the present, others involving the long-term future of the team.Q: What should the Bills be looking for in the draft this year?EV: The Bills of 2003 were unable to recover from the loss of the deep threat Peerless Price provided them with in 2002.

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Presidential Candidate Not Member of Crew Team

By ANTHONY CLARKE & MATT LENGEL | Mar. 29, 2004

We, as members of the Men's Crew Club, do not approve of Tim Kelly claiming membership of our team.During the spring semester of 2003, Kelly attended spring training camp with the team in addition to one week of off-season training, after which his attendance abruptly stopped.

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Allegations Against Timothy Kelly

By Editorial | Mar. 29, 2004

With Student Association elections beginning today, the personal politicking is in full effect, focused squarely on Ascension Party President candidate Timothy Kelly.

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Upcoming Games

Mar. 29, 2004

Local GamesBuffalo SabresMonday: at Columbus, 7 p.m. (Empire)

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Students Join the Quest for Easy Money

By TRACY HINMAN | Mar. 29, 2004

Francesco Marino, a freshman undeclared major, picks up the cards thrown down on the table in front of him and looks at them meticulously as he clutches them in his hand.

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Potential Provosts Pay Visit to UB

By JENNIFER FUSCO | Mar. 29, 2004

The search for a provost to fill the position vacated by Elizabeth D. Capaldi is on this week, as members of the search committee and the UB community continue to meet with three final candidates.Satish Tripathi, dean of engineering at the University of California, Riverside; David Daniel, dean of engineering at the University of Illinois; and Martin Moskovits, dean of mathematical, life and physical sciences in the College of Letters and Science at the University of California Santa Barbara have been named finalists in the search.After receiving over 100 nominations, applications and inquiries, the Provost Search Committee chose 12 candidates earlier this month for preliminary interviews.