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GSA Kicks Off Computer Tutoring Program

Friday the Graduate Student Association kicked off over a month of free computer training sessions that officials say will help graduate students with their research by providing programming skills.The training sessions cover four different computer programming applications - Matlab, C, C++ and Visual Basic - and take place on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays in 139 Hochstetter Hall.

Intramural Players Ride the Bench

Intramural sports participants say they have sat and waited quietly since the spring semester, frustrated over the regular cancellations of their weekend games days before game-time accompanied by what they claim is poor explanation.

Come on Zimmer Light My Fire

Since the Yankees won their last World Series in 2000 they have been ridiculed for being "soft" and unable to win the big game.

Engineering gets Extroverted at Extravaganza

Rocket launches, gooey gak, fire fighting robots, and bubbling ice cream were the highlights of the second annual Engineering Extravaganza held on Sunday in the Student Union Lobby.

Yalem Family Supports Annual Race

After weeks of controversy, filled with confidential e-mails, anonymous sources and bickering between the student government and university administration, it seemed that everyone had an opinion about the Linda Yalem Memorial Race and the Student Association's decision to withdraw its $5,000 of funding.Everyone, that is, except the Yalem family, whose unknown opinions have been the cause of concern.Neither Linda's mother, who lives in California, nor her sister Ann Brown, who now lives in New Jersey, had been reached previously for comment.

"Emily Russell Tallies Two Goals, Assist in Victory"

All season long Emily Russell has been the driving force for the UB women's soccer team. She continued that trend Sunday as she led the Bulls attack against Miami (OH) for UB Senior Day.The University at Buffalo women's soccer team (8-6-1 overall, 4-4-1 MAC) defeated the Miami of Ohio RedHawks (4-7-2 overall, 3-5-1 MAC) by the score of 3-1 at RAC field on Sunday.The Bulls established their lead in the second half, as Russell netted her first goal of the game, assisted by her sister and fellow senior Devon Russell in the fifty-ninth minute.After the last game, a double-overtime marathon against the Ball State Cardinals 7-4-2, 3-4-1 MAC) which they were dropped by a score of 2-1 in, head coach Jean-A Tassy expressed his good feelings of the team's improvement."On Friday, [it] just wasn't happening for us, even though we played an excellent all-around game, which created some great opportunities." The Bulls victory was much needed to provide an emotional rebound from the Ball State game.

Bulls Lose Nation-Leading 17th Consecutive Game in Blowout

OXFORD, Ohio - The final box score read Miami (OH) 59, Buffalo 3, but the blame cannot be put on just one player.The Bulls (0-7, 0-3 MAC) can take pride in the fact that they did not get beat by Heisman hopeful Ben Roethlisberger alone, as the RedHawks used a complete team effort to win by the amazing means that they did and extend Buffalo's losing streak to a nation-leading 17.Nevertheless, the score still reads an ugly, ugly, ugly 59-3."UB was thoroughly dominated in the football game by Miami in all phases," said Bulls' head coach Jim Hofher.

Passive-Aggressive Homophobia

This is in response to Marc S. Smith's letter "Chalking is Vandalism, Not Free Speech" in the Oct.

Better Than Stick Figures: 10.13.03

Bulls Continue Their Downward Spiral

UB's men's soccer team hosted the Thundering Herd of Marshall in a Mid-American Conference match up Sunday afternoon at RAC field.The Bulls (1-9-3, 0-3-0 MAC) and the Thundering Herd (4-9-0, 1-3-0 MAC) both came into the contest in search of their first conference win, but it was the Bulls falling to the visiting Thundering Herd by a score of 1-0.The loss was UB's third consecutive 1-0 loss and sixth straight loss overall.Midway through the first half, the momentum of the game started to swing in the Thundering Herd's favor.

School Suspends Sixth-grader for Religious Headwear

On Oct. 1, a sixth-grade student attending an Oklahoma school was suspended for refusing to remove her Muslim attire.

Schwarzenegger Nation

Arnold Schwarzenegger's successful run for governor has been a long time coming.The day the "Entertainment" section on CNN.com was placed one slot above the "Politics" section, the stage was set for Arnold's victory.

Intramural Policy Angers Students

Students on intramural sports teams at UB have always gotten the short end of the stick, especially when the more respected and prestigious varsity teams nudge their way into the spotlight.

Rockets Blast off Against the Bulls

Toledo (7-12, 3-4 MAC) came into Saturday's match-up against UB (7-11, 2-3 MAC) volleyball having yet to post a Mid-American Conference victory.However, the Rockets evidently felt the pressure and swept the visiting Bulls in a best of five series, 30-23, 30-19, and 31-29.It was a disappointing afternoon for Buffalo, which entered the match riding a two-game conference win streak after defeating Miami (OH) and Bowling Green last weekend.

Sponge-Wielding Engineers Make Furnas Jet Engine Shine

Members of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics gathered Saturday, sponges in hand, to clean the J79 turbojet engine that sits in the lobby of Furnas Hall.Under the portrait of Clifford Furnas, UB's ninth chancellor and first president, nearly 20 members of the group listened to mechanical and aerospace engineering professor Paul Desjardin explain the science behind the engine before giving what used to be the driving force behind the F-16 a scrub in time for next week's open house.The engine, manufactured by General Electric, found its way to UB after being secured from the surplus scrap heap by an alumnus serving in the U.S.

Tarantino's Tank Running on Empty

MOVIE:Kill Bill: Vol. 1STARRING:Uma Thurman, Lucy LiuDIRECTED BY:Quentin TarantinoGENRE:Martial Arts/ActionRUNNING TIME:110 min.SYNOPSIS:An assassin (Uma Thurman) wakes from a coma to avenge an attack from her group's leader (David Carradine), battling foes (Lucy Liu, Vivica A.

The Fear Effect

Terrorism. Crime. Pollution. The French. The Middle East. The Arab. The inner-city youth. Your neighbor's dog.

Hopes Fall for Saturday Show

Hopesfall, the Charlotte-based melodic hardcore band, will not be performing as scheduled Saturday evening at the Cruise Inn.For fans of the band, whose two latest releases "No Wings To Speak Of" and "The Satellite Years" have been remarkably successful, the obvious question as is "why?" The answer can be found in the events of the preceding weeks.On Sept.

Sidelines

Men's BasketballBulls' junior guard Turner Battle was named to the Pre-season All-Mid-American Conference East Division team.

Four-Degree Guarantee at UB

Television meteorologist Don Paul, known for his "Four-Degree Guarantee," where he pays viewers money if his forecast is off by more than four degrees, shared his views on meteorology and global warming in Abbott Hall Wednesday night as part of "The Research Revolution" science series hosted by the UB libraries.The WIVB Channel 4 News weatherman spoke for over an hour about the progress meteorology has made since the 1950s.