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Striving for Excellence

Everyone who has been in Alumni Arena has seen it on the way to the triple gym or pool.It's the big mural of a muscular blue Bull sporting a UB logo and wrestling attire.Most just see it, stop to take a moment to look, and think to themselves, "We have a wrestling team?" and walk on by.But upon entering the wrestling team's facility, one becomes encompassed with numerous awards and recognitions to individual wrestlers and teams throughout the years of UB wrestling.And then it hits you.

Colorblind or Just Blind?

For 21 years, I lived in a society where race wasn't an issue.I grew up in Cicero, a small suburb outside of Syracuse.

"Connick, Jr. Croons His Way Back in Time"

His music thrives on soothing strings and syncopated piano. His satin voice is a time machine.With the power to transport listeners to the days of the Rat Pack, the Feb.

Janet Jackson's Exposure Nothing New to Television

Michael Powell, head of the Federal Communications Commission, has been quoted as saying: "...millions of Americans, my family and I gathered around the television for a celebration.

Rising to the Top

Down. Up. Down. Up.Those are the directions of the roller coaster ride the Buffalo Bulls men's basketball has been on this season, as they lost their first three games to go 0-3, won the next five and then dropped the next six to go to 5-9.But, most recently the Bulls have been on one of their positive streaks - a three-game winning one - and look to continue their success at 7 p.m.

Better Than Stick Figures : 2.4.04

New Incubus Record Moves Towards Roots

Never underestimate the importance of the bassist as a style-making entity in a rock band. With its first personnel change since DJ Chris Kilmore replaced DJ Lyfe after 1999's "S.C.I.E.N.C.E.," Incubus is a prime example of this concept.Ben Kenney, former bass player for the Roots, takes over the role Alex "Dirk Lance" Katunich has filled since the group's inception and makes a marked difference in the style of their new record, "A Crow Left of the Murder."While the bass lines aren't entirely indicative of a shift, the play of the rhythm section as a whole is new to Incubus.

Sense of Punk Community Thrives at the Sphere

On Monday night, downtown Buffalo's Sphere Entertainment Complex chanted and thumped to the sounds of punk veterans, The Dropkick Murphys.Fresh off of a break from touring, the band began a two-month international run with a hard-hitting set played to an enthusiastic and devoted Buffalo crowd.After opening acts by The Kings of Nuthin' and The Unseen, a crowd clad predominantly in spiked belts, mohawks and Irish tee shirts waited in fervent anticipation.Echoing fans at a sporting event, the crowd chanted, "Let's go Murphys," over and over in unison as the lights dimmed and the band took the stage.

"Professor, Students Arrested on Drug Charges"

Rarely does a news story reverberate across the campus and surrounding community as fast as the arrest of well-known communications professor Gerald Goldhaber over winter break.

Overcoming Large Classes

This is part 2 of a two-part series exploring the expanding size of the UB classroom. The first part can be found here."Thou shalt not be boring" never made it onto Moses' tablet, but it is an integral part of "The 10 Commandments for Effective Teaching," one of the many presentations UB's Center for Learning and Teaching Resources gives its teachers every year."Teach unto others as you have others teach unto you," said Clyde Herreid, a professor in the biology department, during the presentation of his "Commandments" lecture in November.

"UB Is Diverse, But Is it Integrated?"

The four students seated at a table in the Student Union looked as though they could be brother and sisters.

The Name Game

Giving your child a name may be the most important thing that you ever do in life.Terrible, and I mean (cue the Bill Walton voice) terrible, mistakes in child naming have taken place over the years.

Bulls' Charge Grounds Rockets

It's simple: when the Buffalo Bulls trail at half time, they lose.But not Tuesday night.UB (5-13, 3-5 Mid-American Conference) came out of the locker room after being outscored, but not outplayed, by Toledo in the first half, 33-31.

Americans Idle

Here's how brilliant I am:The report two weeks ago that Captain Kangaroo had died left me with a bag of mixed emotions.

Visions from an Abstract Voyager

Born in Ethiopia, raised in East Lansing, Michigan and schooled in both Senegal and Rhode Island, artist Julie Mehretu's life has been an ongoing voyage.Now living in New York City, the contemporary abstract artist is starting to stake her claim in the art world.Debuting twelve original large-scale paintings, as well as being the focal point of the Albright-Knox's first installation of "Artist's Eye on the Collection," Mehretu took to the Auditorium stage at the gallery to shed light on her dynamic approach to abstract art."My creative process in the studio is super-intuitive," Mehretu said.

Goldhaber Apologizes as UB Officials Investigate Charges

Following the confirmation of his Jan. 8 arrest in the Cayman Islands for marijuana consumption and ecstasy possession, Gerald M.

Sidelines

Men's BasketballTurner Battle was named the Mid-American Conference East Division Men's Basketball Player of the Week on Monday.

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Better Than Stick Figures 2.2.04

"Beers, Bears and Beyonce: Spectrum Editors Judge Super Bowl Commercials"

Few things can be considered mainstays of the Super Bowl: happy fans, mad fans and commercials. Every year, millions of dollars are spent on 12-second advertisements for products we already use, as well as some we've never heard of.