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Better Than Stick Figures : 9.3.03

The Gays of Our Lives

While the summer television season has increasingly become bombarded with ridiculous reality shows-"Who Wants To Marry My Father" and "Style Court" are two cute ideas-another trend has sprouted from TV land, sure to ruffle many a feather.Summertime now has a new form of relentless dating shows and makeover mayhem.

Bulls Split in Minnesota

You know that thin line between winning and losing?Well, the UB women's soccer team flirted with that thin line and lost.

Sherlip Builds Agenda for SA Assembly

Officially, Adam Sherlip's tenure as speaker of the undergraduate Student Association Assembly will begin on Sept.

"Chips, Changes and A Cappella"

The Woldmon Theater at 112 Norton is strikingly large when it is empty.On Monday, it seemed particularly vacant, save for a dozen young men making the most of the acoustics in the 300-seat lecture hall.The Buffalo Chips enter their ninth year much in the same way as the previous eight, a mix of goof balls and serious musicians - often the same people playing both roles.Like most college guys they make fun of each other, tell jokes, the occasional handstand elicits some response from the group, but mostly the conversation returns to their upcoming auditions and the annual End of Summer show at 8 p.m.

U.S. News Ranks UB In Third Tier

In their latest closely watched but controversial "America's Best Colleges" issue, "U.S. News and World Report" ranked UB in the third tier among major national universities.A special report in the Sept.

Corrections

The Aug. 25 edition of the Spectrum featured a headline that read "2003 Mid-Atlantic Conference Football Preview." The correct conference is the Mid-American.A caption in the article "UB Robotics Club 'Shoots' for First Place" identified the object propelled from an air cannon as paper.

Upcoming Games

UBFootballSat: @ Rutgers, 7M. Soccer@ Duquesne TournamentFri: vs. Duquesne, 7:30Sat: vs. Temple, 12W.

Students Robbed at Gunpoint on South Campus

Two students were robbed at gunpoint early Wednesday morning at Main Circle at South Campus, according to University Police."Two students were approached on the roadway by the NFTA station by two individuals who displayed a silver handgun," said John Grela, director of public safety.Cash and jewelry were taken from the victims, and the suspects proceeded to flee away from campus down Niagara Falls Boulevard.

Blood Drive

The Fall of a Legend: 'The Medallion' Movie Review

There is no denying that Jackie Chan is getting old. The elfish actor, best known for his comedic and death-defying martial arts stunts, has toned down his craft in recent films, such as "Rush Hour 2" and "Shanghai Knights," in order to compensate for his dissipating youth.Sadly, in his most recent film "The Medallion," Chan finally shows the audience that even though he can leap tall buildings in a single bound, he no longer has the traits necessary to be recognized as a superhero of the cinema.Chan plays Eddie Yang, a Hong Kong detective working with an international police agency, Interpol, to catch a mysterious criminal known as Snakehead (Julian Sands). After getting into a near-fatal accident while saving a young boy, Yang discovers a medallion that has given him immortality and superhuman powers.

Scouting Report: Rutgers

UB beat the Rutgers Scarlet Knights last year, their only win. The Scarlet nights beat Army last year, which was their only win.

Professor Challenges UB Academic Schedule

Students and faculty will have several holidays off this Fall in observance of Jewish holidays, and one professor is challenging the amount of time left for classes as a result.Three-credit classes are required to have 2,250 minutes of total class time, and John Boot, professor of management science and systems, said an abundance of Jewish holidays cause Monday, Wednesday and Friday classes to fall short of that requirement by 20 minutes.

U.S. News and World Report Drops UB in Ranking

The recent release of the U.S. News and World Report's college rankings was met with arched eyebrows in the hallways of the UB, as the university was nowhere to be found among the 127 ranked schools, including all other SUNY centers.

Better Than Stick Figures: 8.29.03

Recording Industry Threatens Music Pirates with Lawsuits

The Recording Industry Association of America is taking steps to prevent the illegal distribution of music,and is targeting college students in particular.

Dean's Lesson: Speak to Our Generation

When it comes to political clich?

Letter To The Editor

This letter is in regard to the article "SBI Remains Intact After Intense Negotiations" by George Zornick, managing editor, and the article "SBI, Student Association Compromise" in the opinion section.

UB vs. Rutgers Game Preview

The Buffalo Bulls football team has the opportunity to do something that they have never done since their inception into Division I-A football; start the year 1-0.To do so the Bulls will have to have a repeat performance of their blowout victory against the Scarlet Knights of Rutgers from a season ago.