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"Please, Let Them In"

The Indigo Girls are not quite the female Simon and Garfunkel, but they can't be blamed for trying.

"It's Okay, I Have Jewish Friends"

Stein, Weinstein, Siegel. These are the names of my colleagues, writers and friends. And dear Lord, I'm a Christian.Jihad!Religion is the touchiest of subjects.

Train of Thought 2.18.04

"From Drifter to Motivational Speaker, Patrick Combs Has a Message for UB"

Anxiety in outlining post-graduation plans is something to which many college students can relate.Some are nervous they will not be able to find a job; others are worried their major will not help them in the job market.

Update on Possible Meningitis Scare

Here's a quick update on one of our Clement Hall residents who was hospitalized this weekend. Though she remains hospitalized, we are pleased that her condition continues to improve.Our student was hospitalized on Friday, Feb.

He Wanted To Be A Millionaire

After his appearance on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" last week, sophomore English major Paul Hebert walked away $32,000 richer.On Feb.

"From Coast to Coast, In Running Shoes"

Driven by months of hard training and spurred on by a desire to find a cure for an illness that affects his family and friends, a UB graduate will run from ocean to ocean this fall to raise money for diabetes research.For six months starting in July, Jason Gross, a graduate of the Class of '98, will pound the pavement from New York to Los Angeles.He has said that if he is successful, he could raise $100,000 for research into Type II diabetes.

Pit Enthusiasts Cross the Line at Sworn Enemy Show

The cuts, scrapes, bruises and bloodshed may have overshadowed an otherwise fine performance.There was no shortage of volatility Sunday night at Xtreme Wheels, the indoor Buffalo skate park where a brutal hardcore show featuring With Honor, Himsa, As I Lay Dying and Sworn Enemy took place.

Women's Basketball

Beating a team that is on a six-game winning is no easy task. Overcoming three straight losses to defeat a team with an overall record of 16-6 and a 9-3 Mid-American Conference mark makes it that much tougher.When the UB women's basketball team (5-16, 3-8 MAC) takes the court tonight against a strong, well-skilled Eastern Michigan (16-6, 9-3 MAC) team they will be facing this exact challenge.Tonight's game gives the Bulls a great opportunity to knock off a Western division MAC powerhouse, and earn a chance for a big momentum boost with just a few games left before the MAC tournament.Easier said than done, but UB's head coach Cheryl Dozier recognizes the opportunity and hopes that her players can seize the chance to get something going before the tournament."I'll give our kids a speech about opportunity," said Dozier.

"UB Entrepreneurs Compete for $50,000"

Fans of NBC's popular new series "The Apprentice" have been glued to their sofas every Thursday night to watch as a diverse group of enterprising hopefuls battle it out for the chance at a lucrative employment opportunity.This year - minus the reality show - a similar brand of intense competition can be expected in the School of Management's Technology Entrepreneur Competition.According to Althea Luehrsen, director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, teams of students will attempt to develop the most innovative proposal for a new business that fuses technology and the life sciences."The premise of the competition is to promote UB-generated technologies, by bringing together students of different disciplines to meet each other and partner up," said Althea Luehrsen, director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership.

South Koreans Successfully Clone Human Cells

Scientists in Seoul National University, Korea, have harvested stem cells from successfully cloned human embryos.

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BuffaloM. BasketballSaturday: Buffalo75Central Michigan66W. BasketballSaturday: Akron71Buffalo59W.

Meningitis Scare Proves To Be False Alarm

Following the Friday hospitalization of a female student for an illness with meningitis-like symptoms, UB officials quelled rumors Sunday, saying the student does not have the deadly disease though UB has taken extra precautions just to be safe.Friends rushed the student, whose name was not disclosed, to the Buffalo Women and Children's Hospital from Clement Hall when she came down with an abnormally high fever, which is one of meningitis' main symptoms, officials said.

Still Dancing the Nights Away

This past November, Zodiaque Dance Ensemble's "Celebration 30" gala was held in honor of the success the company has seen in the last three decades.

Brooke Meunier was Born to Ball

At five years old, most children are talking to imaginary friends and playing with their newest prize from the toy store.But not Brooke Meunier.While girls her age were playing with Barbie dolls, Meunier was crafting the skills that would eventually lead her to a Division I scholarship here at UB.The 5'9" sophomore from Saginaw, Mich.

Life After MTV

It has been almost a year since members of the UB community crowded around television sets to watch drama unfold as the familiar UB campus in the background made this particular reality television show more real than the rest.But now, after UB - and the rest of the world - watched the highs and lows of the pledging, dating and the Buffalo night life - the ladies of Delta Xi Omega and Sigma Chi Omega, the stars of MTV's "Sorority Life 2" and "Fraternity Life," are back to business as usual."We've just gone back to our normal lives," said Maggie, a junior communication and psychology major and former co-star of "Sorority Life 2." "It's not like The Real World, where everyone ends up in L.A.

Double the Satisfaction

Nobody ever said winning had to be pretty, but 40 minutes and 46 combined turnovers later, the Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team (10-11, 6-7 Mid-American Conference) amassed their 10th win of the season by defeating the reigning MAC champions on Saturday in Alumni Arena 75-66.The Central Michigan Chippewas (4-19, 1-12 MAC) came into UB fresh off their first conference win of the season on Wednesday against Northern Illinois.However, after shooting 36.7 percent from the field in the first half, Buffalo erupted for 45 points on 57.7 percent shooting in the latter 20 minutes to sustain CMU's disappointing year.Led by Daniel Gilbert's 17 points, UB reached the ten-win mark, doubling last year's dismal 5-23 output.The Chippewas low-post defense seemed to stifle UB's big men Yassin Idbihi and Mark Bortz, but the Bulls countered with 7-15 shooting from beyond the arc, including a career best 5-6 by sophomore guard Roderick Middleton."I'm not one to shoot a lot of three-pointers," said Middleton, who finished with 15 points.

UB Professors Teach From Experience

UB employs an army of well-qualified professionals who are experts in their fields, many of whom have made essential contributions to their profession in non-academic settings.All are willing to provide their students with inside information to make UB students more real-world savvy and knowledgeable than their competitors.For anyone who has spent a summer in Buffalo, the free theater festival Shakespeare in Delaware Park is probably familiar.

One Good Half Not Good Enough For Bulls

"We didn't come prepared to play in the first 20 minutes of the game today," said Buffalo Bulls' women's basketball head coach Cheryl Dozier.A correct statement if there ever was one.Despite outscoring the Akron Zips (7-14 overall, 2-8 Mid-American Conference) 40-38 in the second half, the Bulls (5-16 overall, 3-8 MAC) lost handily on Saturday at Alumni Arena to the tune of 71-59.The Zips shot expertly in the first half, draining 55 percent of their shots from the floor while the Bulls managed a meager 29 percent.The victory was Akron's first road conference win since Feb.

No Preaching Necessary

This Valentine's season university students were bombarded with offers of condoms and sex education resources.