In Buffalo, where live music reigns supreme and countless musical genres - from punk to metal to funk - play anywhere from Pearl Street to the Continental, Lazlo Hollyfeld stands alone.With roots in Buffalo's diverse musical landscape, the band is able to sift effortlessly through musical boundaries.
We've reached the fourth of eight first-round matchups for The Spectrum's Sharpest Point Tournament, and this week Daniel Honigman and Matt Jacobson vie for a second round appearance.John Norman and Jim Byrne grade the competitors on three 1-10 scales judging style, factual evidence and strength of argument.
Petty crime in the University Heights is up, according to a recent analysis -- and many residents are blaming the student house next door.A recent study by The Buffalo News found that while Buffalo's violent crime rate is down, quality-of-life crime in University Heights increased 25 percent over the past four years.
The Bulls (8-10, 4-6 Mid-American Conference) entered the game Wednesday night against the Eastern Michigan Eagles (8-10, 3-7 MAC) with a chance to extend their winning streak to four games and reach .500 for the fist time in 2004.However, a second-half UB collapse at both ends of the court sparked the Eagles to a 43-point second half and a big win over Buffalo, 77-66, in front of 1,823 at Alumni Arena."We were awful, and they played well," said head coach Reggie Witherspoon.
BuffaloM. BasketballWednesday: Eastern Michigan77Buffalo66Local Pro TeamsBuffalo SabresThursday: Boston6Buffalo2
Andrea Kurpiewski swore off junk food for months, vowing she would never touch a potato chip or chocolate bar again.
The UB women's basketball team looks to grab their sixth win of the season this Saturday afternoon when they go on the road against their Mid-American Conference rival Ohio Bobcats.Buffalo (5-13, 3-5 MAC) is coming off a come-from-behind 65-61 victory over the Toledo Rockets on Wednesday night, and have won four of their last eight after starting the season with only one win in their first ten games.
There are not many plays about reproductive organs.But "The Vagina Monologues" has achieved both critical and popular success for its enlightening, personal, sometimes poignant and often hilarious critiques and vignettes about that most intimate female body part.As told through various stories and viewpoints about the vagina, the monologues were written from interviews with over 200 women worldwide.
I am writing in response to the opinion, "Professor, Students Arrested on Drug Charges," in the Feb.
Attendance at UB sporting events is at an all-time low - down to an average of 9,000 from 14,000 just five years ago when the teams jumped to Division I-A.
Four gunpoint kidnappings on both UB campuses in October and November may have been solved Wednesday, with the arraignment of four University Heights area men, two of whom were UB students at the time of the crimes.The defendants allegedly abducted and robbed students whom they suspected were marijuana dealers, because dealers might be hesitant to involve police, investigators said."They thought that the kids were selling grass on campus," said Erie County District Attorney Frank J.
Quick, name one thing you remember about 2002. What were the big stories? Who were the big celebrities?
Las Vegas doesn't seem like the best city for the unluckiest man in the world, but that's just where Bernie Lootz (William H.
BuffaloM. BasketballSaturday: vs. Marshall, 2 p.m.W. BasketballSaturday: at Ohio, 1 p.m.WrestlingSaturday: vs.
For as long as he can remember, Friday nights in November have meant one thing to Dave Dawson - football at Bishop McDavitt High School.
Members of the local sports media gathered Wednesday inside UB's Center for the Arts for head coach Jim Hofher's 2004 National Signing Day Press Conference, where he unveiled the 19 high school seniors to officially accept full academic scholarships in exchange for their gridiron talents.Hofher began by introducing his assistant coaches and discussing the rigors involved in the recruiting process, saying it was last spring when the detective work began."At the end of May last year, I'm guessing that we may have had information on a thousand young men," Hofher said.
Takara Gray learned about Black History Month the same way she learned about long division - in school.But it was what she learned at home, through stories from her mother and grandmother, that made an impact on her life and influenced the way she looks at black history - something she says should not just to be celebrated in one month.
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