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The CFA Heats Up Buffalo's Summer

It's not just the weather that will keep Buffalo steamy this summer. The Center for the Arts will host an array of distinguished national performing acts while summer classes are in session.The summer calendar will open with an appearance by journalist Cokie Roberts on May 1.


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Scoreboard

UBBaseballFri: Miami (OH)12Buffalo8Sat: Miami (OH)9Buffalo1Sat: Miami (OH)9Buffalo5 (10)Sun Miami (OH)19Buffalo7SoftballFri: Buffalo2C.


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Teacher Profile: Professor Jonathan Golove

A true renaissance man in the UB music world, Jonathan Golove, visiting assistant professor of music, may be playing his cello in a professional orchestra one night and teaching the history of rock music to students the next.


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Buffalo's Businesses Respond to Lee Road Project

With the final design for the Lee Road Project one year away, according to university officials, opinions on how the project will affect South Campus and the surrounding areas are varied."We've got 3,000 students who have majors on South Campus and 23,000 on North Campus," said Dennis Black, vice president for Students Affairs.


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An Open Letter to Our Readers

Wednesday, the Student-Wide Judiciary held the hearing for the complaints The Spectrum filed against the Student Association regarding the 2003 SA elections.


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Upcoming Games

UBSoftballTue: @ St. Bonaventure, 3 (DH)Local Pro TeamsBuffalo BisonsMon: @ Scranton Wilkes-Barre, 3Tue: @ Scranton Wilkes-Barre, 3


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Cartoon Overlooks the Value of Teaching Assistants

The waste of space called "Better than Stick Figures" has crossed the line of decency. In the April 18 issue of The Spectrum, the "artist," if you could even call him that, insults the English speaking skills of Asian teaching assistants, saying students ought to be given foreign language credits for attending Chem 101.Paul Hebert's insensitivity is extremely disturbing and exemplifies the very racism and bigotry that caused the reverse discrimination perpetuated by Affirmative Action.


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CD Review: Madonna (****1/2)

It's time for a little show-and-tell, and Madonna's finally ready to talk.Her 10th studio album, "American Life," was made available as a streaming download on MTV's "The Leak" Web site on April 16, a first for both Madonna and the cable music network.The title track, and the album's first single, is a pro-peace anthem that encapsulates the album's mantra: Through self-evaluation, peace is possible.


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"Sub-Board I, Inc."

Last Wednesday, during a Sub-Board I, Inc., board of directors meeting, the Undergraduate Student Association announced its consideration of pulling out of Sub-Board I.


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Byrned to a Crisp

Stephon Marbury and the Phoenix Suns put on quite the show Saturday, proving why the NBA Playoffs are just as exciting as ever.


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Slipping Away

The Buffalo Bulls battled, of that there is no question. They battled so hard that when they had the opportunity to steal a victory, they did not know what to do with it.The Buffalo Bulls (8-24, 3-10 MAC) dropped two games to the Miami RedHawks (20-16-1, 8-3 MAC) in very emotional contests at the Amherst Pepsi Center on Saturday.


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A Taste of Latin America at UB

Latin American music saturated Harriman Hall, draped with 15 flags from Latin American countries, on Thursday night, as the Latin American Student Association hosted its 23rd annual culture show.The attendants sampled traditional Latin American cuisine, music and dancing throughout the evening."This event is an opportunity for us to celebrate our culture as well as our diversity amongst the nations that compose Latin America," said Dionisia Duarte, the president of the club.


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"Movie Review: Identity"" (***1/2)"

It was a dark and stormy night and a killer was on the loose. And one by one, people began to die.Okay, so "Identity" isn't going to score brownie points from moviegoers with a one-of-a-kind premise.


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Sidelines

CrewThe University at Buffalo crew teams took three of four races Saturday afternoon to claim the Seneca Cup at Lake Moraine in Hamilton, N.Y.


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Missed MAC Opportunity

When the UB softball team traveled to Central Michigan this weekend, they had a chance to put themselves back in contention to make the Mid-American Conference tournament.The Bulls started the series well but collapsed Saturday, dropping both games of the doubleheader and missing their opportunity to get back into the thick of things.Buffalo (14-16, 4-8 MAC) started the weekend off with a 2-0 shutout of the defending MAC champion Chippewas (21-13, 10-5 MAC), courtesy of another gem performance by their ace, Stacey Evans.


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