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Buffalo Drops Two More to Hoyas
By DANIEL HONIGMAN | Mar. 3, 2004The UB Bulls baseball team finished its opening weekend on a sour note, dropping both ends of a Sunday doubleheader to the Georgetown Hoyas (6-5), giving up ten runs in each game before losing by the scores of 10-0 and 10-2.The Hoyas scored all of their game one runs in the first three innings, and GU pitcher Warren Sizemore hurled a complete game shutout against the Bulls, striking out four and walking two en route to victory.
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Young and Stupid
By ERIN SHULTZ | Mar. 3, 2004I got a call the other day from my best friend from grade school. She said she had "exciting news."She said she was getting married."Wicked," I thought, partially because that was the slang we used when we used to play MASH in my basement, and partially because "Seriously, what are you thinking?! Don't do it!" seemed harsh in the face of this "exciting news."It's not that I'm entirely against marriage.
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Male Conspiracy of 'Femicide'
By STEVE THOMAS | Mar. 3, 2004In response to Rebecca Diegelman's letter, printed March 1, which concluded with "(Allowing one's sperm to enter a uterus) is reckless endangerment, attempted murder and femicide.
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Less Than Super
By SIOBHAN COUNIHAN | Mar. 3, 2004On the day of the largest primary in the Democratic race for the presidency - so important it is dubbed Super Tuesday - just 40 UB students out of at least 600 eligible voters in the two UB voting districts turned out to vote yesterday at the Student Union.According to data from the Erie County Board of Elections, Sen.
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Sharpton Speaks to the Kids
By BRIAN SMOLINKSKI | Mar. 3, 2004In one of the most run-down neighborhoods in the city of Buffalo, Democratic presidential candidate Rev.
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Stevie Starr Leaves UB Hungry for More
By RYAN MCCARTHY | Mar. 3, 2004A billiard ball - now you see it. Now you don't.And now you see it again.Monday night, Stevie Starr - also known as "The Regurgitator" - stunned a Slee Hall student audience with his one-man swallowing act.Starr ingested billiard balls, light bulbs, live goldfish and more, only to return them moments later amid gasps and nervous shouting from the crowd."It all started when I was four, living in a children's home in Glasgow," he explained.
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Poetry Is the New Pop: Simmons's 'Def Poetry Jam' Comes to Shea's
By BENJAMIN SIEGEL | Mar. 3, 2004Hip-hop impresario Russell Simmons is clearly not content resting on his laurels. Like many music moguls in today's entertainment industry, Simmons's to-do list reaches far beyond just producing albums for his Def Jam Records label.
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Bulls Drop Doubleheader to Hoyas
By DANIEL HONIGMAN | Mar. 1, 2004Buffalo Bulls baseball kicked off its 2004 campaign with a frustrating start in the nation's capital on Saturday in a doubleheader with the Georgetown Hoyas.The Bulls dropped both games to the Hoyas at Shirley Povich Field on Saturday, with Georgetown taking the first game, 8-1, and the nightcap, 7-3.Georgetown (4-5) scored three runs in the fourth inning and an additional five runs in the fifth inning to take a commanding 8-0 lead in game one.
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Heights Task Force Plans Spring Raids
By SAMANTHA ROTH | Mar. 1, 2004As the weather improves this spring, shorts will be donned, bikes will be unlocked and off-campus parties will intensify.That is why the University Heights Problem Property Task Force has a message for students this year: expect more raids.The task force, a coalition of community groups that includes Buffalo's police and fire departments, the Office of Student Affairs, and University Heights community associations, met Tuesday at the Gloria J.
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Students Begin Search for Housing
By LIVIA CHEUNG | Mar. 1, 2004With the arrival of March, the search for rooms is heating up as students scramble for fall housing.While many UB students are expecting the normal turmoil that goes with finding housing, some UB officials will not swear on anything yet.Ursula Herz, the residence hall director in Fargo Quadrangle, said judging future housing trends thus far is difficult."It may be too early to tell because students just put in their housing deposits," said Herz.According to the Office of Institutional Analysis, 62 percent of all UB undergraduate students lived on campus in 2003, compared to 79 percent in 2002.The total capacity of all on-campus housing is 7,547 including both North and South campuses.
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"Metrosexuals: Urban, Stylish and Straight"
By LISA LOFASO | Mar. 1, 2004It was author Mark Simpson referring to English soccer star David Beckham, in the summer of 2002, who coined the term.
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Women Have a Right to Emergency Contraception
By REBECCA DIEGELMAN | Mar. 1, 2004The Feb. 25 article "Plans for Over-the-counter Contraception Stall" on emergency post-coital contraception by Tracy Hinman incorrectly stated: "According to (Amy) White, the Food and Drug Administration voted 23 to four for postponing their decision on the national availability of over-the-counter morning-after pills."No.
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Calvin Cannot Be Caged
By PATRICK FINCH | Mar. 1, 2004Rattling off nine wins in their last 11 games, including five straight, the UB Bulls (14-11, 9-7 Mid-American Conference) have picked the right time of the year to elevate their game.On the heels of the most emotional win in their five-year tenure in the MAC, head coach Reggie Witherspoon led his players into Miami of Ohio (15-10, 10-6 MAC) on Saturday, where they had never won, and soundly defeated the number four seed in the MAC, 87-73.For the second straight game UB surmounted the 80-point plateau thanks to another red-hot shooting performance with Calvin Cage leading the way in a stirring encore of Wednesday's performance.Cage came off the bench to lead UB with 22 points, hitting 7-11 from the field, including 4-6 from beyond the arc."I think he's starting to understand that he doesn't have to force shots," said Witherspoon.
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African Countries Represent at Jambo Pageant
By MICHAEL BASSETTE | Mar. 1, 2004Harriman Hall on South Campus was transformed into UB's own slice of Africa Saturday night, as about 100 students packed the hall for the African Student Association's annual Jambo cultural dinner and pageant.Combining African pride and talent, each contestant from African SA represented the country of his or her choice to compete for the title of Mr. and Mrs. Jambo 2004.According to African SA Secretary Mary Ademola, the word Jambo means "welcome," a perfect fit for the warm atmosphere of the event.Before the pageant, dinner was served in the style of several African cultural groups.
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Spiraling Out of Control
By ERIC VOGALMYR | Mar. 1, 2004The UB women's basketball team can count on Jessica Kochendorfer to turn in an excellent performance every time they go out.This year's problem, however, is that as good as Kochendorfer's effort is, it has usually not been nearly enough for the beleaguered Bulls.
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Stumbling Out of the Gates
By ROB BROBAK | Mar. 1, 2004The UB women's tennis team dropped two consecutive matches at the Village Glen Tennis Center this weekend against Mid-American Conference opponents, the Bowling Green Falcons and the Ball State Cardinals.Buffalo (4-4, 0-2 MAC) opened the weekend on Friday with a loss against the Bowling Green Falcons (7-4, 1-0 MAC) by a final score of 4-3.UB started the match strong, as doubles pair Miglena Nenova and Kristen Ortman earned their 12th doubles win of the season by knocking off BGSU's Susie Schoenberger and Andrea Meister 8-1.
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Crowd Salutes Kerry
By SAMANTHA ROTH | Mar. 1, 2004A shout went up from a line of people curled around the Ellicott Square Building Sunday afternoon as John Kerry drove by, waving, in a black Chevy Suburban, escorted by police vehicles.And when he walked into the glassy atrium of the downtown Buffalo office building, Kerry was greeted by over 500 Western New Yorkers chanting, "Kerry!
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DDR: Weird Hobby or Dance Revolution?
By ALEXANDER CHENG AND JU KURIAKOSE | Mar. 1, 2004Every Monday night at 8p.m., the flag room in the union is noisy with the sounds of familiar songs and the voices of students enjoying their time playing a video game that is attracting many people on campus.Like some video games, points are earned, music is played and everything is displayed on a television screen.
