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MAC Championship Preview

This year's Mid-American Conference championship game will be different than any of the six previous championship games before.

A Room With A View: 'Interrogation Room' at TheaterLoft

According to The Innocence Project, a non-profit group working to overturn wrongful convictions using DNA evidence, over 20 percent of the reversals they secure are of convictions resulting from false confessions.

Turner Leads the Bulls into Battle

To his teammates, it might as well be "LeadUsInto." Ask him, and he'll tell you it is "FollowMeInto."Actually, his middle name is Anthony.

Committee Recommends Continued Funding to The Spectrum

Editor's Note: In an effort to maintain the highest standards of journalistic integrity and objectivity, The Spectrum asked an editor from Generation to write the following piece for The Spectrum.

Better Than Stick Figures : 12.3.03

Bulls Get Defensive After Offensive Play

Getting off to a good start is an oft-heard clich?

Sidelines

Senior Send OffBulls' football safety Mark Graham will top his career at UB by being named to the second All-MAC team.

ALL SHOOCK UP

It's now December, and I feel that it's a good time to think about conclusions. Every journey comes to a close just as every book has a last page.

"Syphilis Increase May Be an Indication of Laxness, Health Officials Say"

The recent World AIDS Day has brought STDs and the repercussions of unprotected sex into the sexual consciousness of notoriously blithe university students.

Top Ten Ways to Degrade an Art Form

This is a plea to the editors of pop-culture magazines touted as the "be all, end all" of musical and cinematic criticism: please, no more lists.While I am well aware of my colleague's choice last week to make known his favorite albums of the year, this publication is no Rolling Stone.

Fingerprint Identification Around the Corner

In the future, a shopping trip might not require a credit card, checks or money - just fingertips.According to an online publication of a USA Today article, the idea of using fingerprint scanning as a means of commercial identification is moving beyond science fiction and into reality.

FSA Reveals How UB Avoids Food Contamination

When the number of people infected with Hepatitis A from a restaurant in Pittsburgh climbed past 500, and resulted in three fatalities in mid-November, most people may have been inclined to give more than a few seconds of thought to the safety of their own food.UB students who eat on campus put their faith in the safety of the food provided under the supervision of the Faculty Student Association (FSA).According to the members of the FSA, this faith is well deserved."We follow very strict guidelines to ensure the food safety of the university community," said Cindy Youngers, assistant director of FSA Food and Vending services.Some students said although they were aware of the Pittsburgh food poisoning incident, they were not preoccupied with the fear that a similar contamination could occur at UB."UB food may not taste the best, but I don't think it will ever kill you," said Craig Kincaid, a junior industrial engineering major.

Bowling Green Invades Alumni Arena Tonight

Don't let the record fool you.Of course the big goose egg stands in UB's 0-3 record, but those past three non-conference games mean nothing, when looking at the big picture.However, what is important is what the Bulls have learned from those first three games, and what they can do tonight against conference foe Bowling Green (2-1).In essence, UB could be sitting at 2-1 instead of this dismal 0-3.

UB Falls Short in Season Finale

On Saturday afternoon versus Kent State, UB bid farewell to 12 of its finest gridiron warriors at Dix Stadium in what was two-time captain Lamar Wilcher's and the rest of the Buffalo Bull seniors' final game in blue and white.It was a valiant effort, but it would prove to be not enough.UB knew that in order to beat Kent State, they would have to stop KSU's dynamic quarterback, Josh Cribbs.

Nov-00

For the past two years, when the Thanksgiving break approaches along with the cold winds and gray skies of winter, I start to get a little nervous.

Adbusters Celebrates 'Buy Nothing Day'

The hottest gift this Christmas season may be the one that is not given. Adbusters.org, a grassroots anti-branding group, is offering vouchers on its Web site granting exemption from gift giving duties.

"One Year Later, Carter Still on 'First Track'"

As the competition for the next Panasci Awards kicked off last week, last year's winner of the $25,000 prize says the company he started with the award is poised for growth.Scott Carter, who won last year's top prize, spoke Wednesday to potential Panasci competitors at Jacobs Management Center to give an account of his experiences with First Tracks, Inc.The awards, sponsored by the School of Management's Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, grant $40,000 of startup capital to two UB graduates who are starting a local business.Carter, a 2002 graduate of the School of Management whose undergraduate degree was in chemical engineering, said that he encourages potential entrants to stick with their ideas but to expect the unexpected."I'd tell potential entrants to find a good idea -- something that's needed -- and think big and be flexible," he said.Carter's "good idea" was First Tracks, Inc., which is early literacy monitoring and reporting software that allows elementary school teachers and administrators to monitor their students' progress.According to Carter, it is based on the Internet, and it enables teachers and administrators to track and report on the progress of students on many different levels, from an individual level all the way to a district-wide level.The new national Reading First program, part of the "No Child Left Behind" initiative signed by President George W.

Scoreboard

BuffaloFootballSaturday: Kent State34Buffalo24M. BasketballFriday: Canisius60Buffalo58W. BasketballFriday: Canisius79Buffalo57WrestlingSaturday: Buffalo21Bloomsburg13Saturday: Buffalo22Findlay12M.

Gun Manufacturer Charged in Wrongful Death Suit

Manufacturers of firearms are once again under attack, and this time they're being charged with murder.

'Hatred and the Movement Towards Forgiveness'

Rating: A- Anne Gyrithe Boone has taken on the impossibly large topic of the state of hatred around the world.