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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.
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Open Range: Some Flare with Some Flop
By MIKE FLATT | Aug. 27, 2003"Open Range," directed by and starring Kevin Costner, is not another "Dances with Wolves." Though the 1990 Oscar-Winning film brought Costner much acclaim in his directorial debut, many will be thankful that he did not create another knockdown drag-out epic.Clocking in at just over two hours, "Open Range" is a piece that can easily be appreciated by the casual viewer.
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Restaurant Review: Dr. Bird's Caribbean RastaRant
By BRIAN WEINSTEIN | Aug. 27, 2003When looking for a place to eat, there are many places that offer the traditional fare of pizza, wings, Chinese food and burgers along Main Street.
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Student Governments Grapple for Control of Corporation
By GEORGE ZORNICK | July 1, 2003The Undergraduate Student Association and Sub-Board I, Inc., the parent corporation for many UB student services, clashed often this summer in the halls and meeting rooms of the Student Union - resulting in some serious changes in the authority and scope of student governments across campus.Before he entered office, George Pape, the president of the Undergraduate Student Association, aired a set of grievances regarding the arrangement between his government and Sub-Board in mid-April.Issues of funding, along with the authority of particular student governments provide entertainment on campus, were key issues for Pape, and while it looks like those grievances have been addressed, the particulars of the solution are far from clear.
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Byrned to a Crisp
By JIM BYRNE | July 1, 2003I don't want to jinx anything, but I am pretty sure that it is safe to say that the Bills will win the AFC East next season.
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Men's Soccer: New Leaders Must Step Up After Departure of 'Big 3'
By COREY GRISWOLD | July 1, 2003Head coach John Astudillo's men's soccer team finished the 2002 season by losing in the MAC quarterfinals to Kent State by a score of 4-1.But with a 6-9-1 record (3-3 MAC), the Bulls found a bright spot in recognizing Geoff Thompson, who has since graduated UB.Thompson was able to net seven goals last year, the most for UB since 1999.
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Getting Involved at UB
By Editorial | July 1, 2003As the students of the incoming freshman class take their first steps through the hallowed labyrinth that is the University at Buffalo during freshmen orientation, they will quickly grow comfortable with the sights, sounds and mechanics of college life.
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Freshmen Applicants Swell To Record Numbers
By BENJAMIN SIEGEL | July 1, 2003A record number of incoming freshmen will be calling UB home this fall. For the first time since 1980-before the incoming students were even born-the freshman class will number an estimated 3,782 students, according to UB officials."The university is on the rise," said Dennis Black, vice president for student affairs.
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Crew: Against It All
By DARREN RIETHMILLER | July 1, 2003Tragedy hit the UB women's crew team this past year as the team lost one of their own in a tragic accident in December.
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Track and Field: Tracksters Bring Home Two Champions
By COREY GRISWOLD | July 1, 2003The UB Track and Field team produced two champions during last year. Men's decathlete Carlos Williams won the MAC Conference Championship 10 event competition with a total score of 6,561 points.
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A Very Visible Buffalo Culture
By MIKE FLATT | July 1, 2003College can be seen as an opportunity to sequester one's self from the rest of society. To not only learn, but ponder.
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Softball: Evans and Nasti's Dominance Keeps Bulls Afloat
By COREY GRISWOLD | July 1, 2003The Bulls ended their softball season with a record of 18-21 overall (7-13 MAC). Although their record may not be scintillating, the team MVP, Stacey Evans, broke her own school record for strikeouts with 137 and became the career strikeout leader with 238.
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"Former Athletic Director Brought UB Sports to a Higher Level, Colleagues Say"
By KATIE WARD | July 1, 2003During the past five years under the guidance of Athletic Director Robert J. Arkeilpane, UB has seen the athletic program graduate to Division 1-A competition and join the Mid-American Conference, while also reforming its baseball, softball and crew programs.In May of 2003, with these and other accomplishments under his belt, Arkeilpane resigned his position to take a position as associate vice president for development in the University of Cincinnati Foundation.Some of his biggest reasons for stepping down as UB's athletic director, Arkeilpane said, were family considerations, notably support for his daughter and two sons."I've loved every minute of this, but for the last four or five years I've watched other people's children grow and achieve success," said Arkeilpane.
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Women's Basketball Looks to Improve on Quality Season
By JIM BYRNE | July 1, 2003Out of all the teams at UB, there is no question that the women's basketball team was the most successful in its 2002-03 campaign.
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"UB Says 'Goodbye' to Acclaimed Poet, Professor"
By BRIAN BASKIN | July 1, 2003Robert Creeley, a Capen Professor of Poetry and the Humanities and one of the world's most renowned poets for over four decades, is leaving SUNY Buffalo to take up a position in the creative writing department at Brown University."There's nobody else like Creeley," said Capen Professor of American Culture Bruce Jackson.
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One Under the Belt
By JOHN NORMAN | July 1, 2003Last season, the men's tennis team was able to do something it was never able to do before - the Bulls won their first conference match since joining the MAC in 1998.
