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From the Desk of Mr. Griswold
By COREY GRISWOLD | Aug. 27, 2003There isn't anything I love more than watching two up and coming quarterbacks go down to injury during the preseason.
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Everything you ever wanted to know about Spectrum arts editors
By MIKE FLATT AND BENJAMIN SIEGEL AND NICHOLAS MENDOLA | Aug. 27, 2003Somewhere in between writing 90,579,485,789 articles for this issue and another thrilling game of office baseball, the three editors of this year's Arts and Entertainment desk decided that their first column would be better reading if it featured introductions by each of them individually.
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"Welcome to The Spectrum, keep your comments coming and your spitting to a minimum"
By ERIN SHULTZ | Aug. 27, 2003I'm sure you've heard it all by now: "The world of journalism has seen better days," or "I hate the media," or "Remember the time I spit on a journalist?"It seems like every time I read the paper, I hear another voice from the community saying the media can't be trusted.
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Announcement of presidential candidates keeps university guessing
By KATIE WARD | Aug. 27, 2003Eight months have come and gone since President Greiner announced his plans to leave his position as president of UB, and there is still no official word on who will replace him as head of the university.
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CD Shorts
By NICHOLAS MENDOLA | Aug. 27, 2003Neil Young and Crazy Horse- "Greendale" (Aug. 19)Let it be said that Neil Young has a busload of ambition left.
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"In Trying Times, Witherspoon Thinks Positively"
By COREY GRISWOLD | Aug. 27, 2003This off-season was not an easy one for NCAA Division I Basketball. Investigations by the NCAA seem to be evolving everywhere, from Georgia to right here in our respective back yard at St.
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"Prescription Drug Abuse Invades Youth Culture, UB"
By COREY SHOOCK | Aug. 27, 2003Officials believe American college students are turning to pain-relief medications for more than merely backaches, and Buffalo is no exception to the trend.Opiate-based prescription drug abuse is on the rise in America among 18 to 25-year-olds, said the U.S.
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Sub-Board and Student Association compromise
By Editorial | Aug. 27, 2003The heated debate between the Student Association and Sub-Board I, Inc. regarding funding and representation is over.
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Wanted: Fan Base
By DARREN RIETHMILLER | Aug. 27, 2003Football is not the only Division I-A sport here at UB. Actually every sport here is D-I besides the club sports.
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Men's Soccer Preview
By JOHN NORMAN | Aug. 27, 2003The UB men's soccer team has made the Mid-American Conference playoffs for the past three seasons.
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Students housed in motels
By Editorial | Aug. 27, 2003As the school year begins at UB, students from across the country are moving in their rooms and preparing for a semester of learning and hard work.
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Fall Into The Arts: CFA Season Preview
By BENJAMIN SIEGEL | Aug. 27, 2003Among Buffalo's many venues for live music and theater, UB's Center for the Arts is not only a local gem, but a regional asset as well.
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"General Education Courses, Are They Really Necessary?"
By DENA-KAY MARTIN | Aug. 27, 2003A major part of undergraduate course selection each semester involves making provisions for general education courses - courses that often incite groans of disgust from returning students and may not pertain to a student's major but fall under university requirements for graduation.Such courses include math, writing, history, basic social sciences and computing.Peter S.
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University Council narrows presidential search field
By Editorial | Aug. 27, 2003President William R. Greiner announced in January that he would step down from his position as president of UB, effective on June 30, 2003.
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SBI remains intact after intense negotiations
By GEORGE ZORNICK | Aug. 27, 2003After a summer of long meetings, negotiations, arguments and compromise, Sub-Board I, Inc, will remain an entity at UB.It will not be the same organization it was in May, however.
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UB Football Preview
By JOHN NORMAN | Aug. 27, 2003As another season of UB football approaches many people have wondered if this year will be any better than the last.
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"Curtain Up, Lights Down: Buffalo's Fall Theater Season"
By BENJAMIN SIEGEL | Aug. 27, 2003Another autumn brings another season of theater. Buffalo's rich and diverse theater district is preparing itself for its annual slate of captivating drama, comedy and everything that falls in between.Those who have lived in Buffalo before know there's rarely a weekend without a play or musical playing to a house of avid theatergoers.
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The Jealous Sound Revived
By NICHOLAS MENDOLA | Aug. 27, 2003Many stumbled across the Jealous Sound in the year 2000, after the indie rock band out of Los Angeles unleashed their debut five song EP to the world on Better Looking Records.
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Officials Say UB Is Prepared for Power Outage
By COREY SHOOCK | Aug. 27, 2003While the crippling blackout of Thursday, Aug. 14 had little direct affect on UB's two campuses, it raised an important question - is UB prepared for a catastrophic power outage?During the August blackout, power remained on at UB, even as many cities and towns in Erie and Niagara counties went dark.Bob Migdalski, assistant director of operations at University Facilities, said UB experienced problems with low voltage."We lost a couple buildings, but those were brought back online in a couple of hours," he said.UB gets its power from Huntley Station in Tonawanda, Migdalski said, and it is distributed throughout UB's buildings by a substation located on campus.In the event of a blackout, the university's high voltage electricians would report to the substation and bring back power in a sequence, according to Migdalski.Particular facilities at UB receive priority in terms of power restoration, Migdalski added.
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Byrned to a Crisp
By JIM BYRNE | Aug. 27, 2003It seems like yesterday that I walked into Philosophy 101 at 8 a.m. on a Monday morning in late August of 2000.
