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Research Assistants to Vote on Unionizing
By Editorial | Apr. 18, 2003This past week, when the National Labor Relations Board ruled that University at Buffalo research assistants could be eligible to join under their labor laws, it marked a solid victory for every party involved.
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Students March on Capen to Protest Sweatshop Labor
By BEN CADY | Apr. 18, 2003Fifty students, carrying signs and chanting into megaphones, marched through the Academic Spine to Capen Hall on Wednesday afternoon to protest UB's policy on sweatshop labor.The students, many from the group UB Students Against Sweatshops, called for the university to affiliate with the Worker Rights Consortium, a watchdog group that currently monitors labor conditions for companies providing apparel for over 100 colleges and universities nationwide.Outside of Capen, the protesters gathered around a blue bench, which served as a podium for several speakers who rebuked administration officials - particularly President William R.
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Forgiveness Does Not Mean Sharing
By BRITTANY CAIN | Apr. 18, 2003I'm sure everyone can remember the selfish days of being a child. Back in grammar school the class was divided into two teams to play a learning game, like Jeopardy, using the vocabulary words as review for that class.
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Upcoming Games
Apr. 18, 2003UBBaseballFri: vs. Miami, 3Sat: vs. Miami, 1 (DH)Sun: vs. Miami, 1SoftballFri: @ Central Michigan, 3:30Sat: @ Central Michigan, 1 (DH)Track and FieldSat: Chancellor
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The United States Must Stop Supporting Terrorism
By JEREMY BARLOW | Apr. 18, 2003Despite what Michael Zarkin, the director of Hillel of Buffalo believes ("Tug of War: Students and Faculty Debate War in Iraq," April 16), there is nothing anti-Semitic about not supporting the policies of a right wing Christian fundamentalist government here in the United States that props up the government of the State of Israel with economic and military aid; it is quite simply an anti-terrorist stance.
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Students Go 'Postal' over Proposed Tuition Hike
By BEN CADY | Apr. 18, 2003Students from the UB and Buffalo State College chapters of the New York Public Interest Research Group protested Gov.
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Scoreboard
Apr. 18, 2003UBSoftballWed: Buffalo9Canisius1Wed: Buffalo6Canisius4Local Pro TeamsBuffalo BisonsWed: Buffalo7 Syracuse4Thurs: Buffalo5 Rochester3
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All Shoock Up
By COREY SHOOCK | Apr. 16, 2003I can still remember being a child during the '80s when I asked my parents about the Soviet Union and why we as Americans weren't "friends" with them.
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Movie Review: Summer of a Veil (***)
By TRACY CALABRESE | Apr. 16, 2003"Summer of A Veil," based on the aftermath of a broken relationship, tracks the summers of two teens attempting to move on with their lives in very different ways.John, played by sophomore media studies major Mike Arisohn, is dumped by his girlfriend, who confesses an infidelity after he returns home from college for the summer.
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Scoreboard
Apr. 16, 2003UBBaseballTue: St. Bonaventure20-7Buffalo6-5 (DH)Local Pro TeamsBuffalo BisonsMon: Syracuse5 Buffalo1Tue: Buffalo4 Syracuse3
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Upcoming Games
Apr. 16, 2003UBSoftballWed: UB vs. Canisius (DH), 2:30 p.m.Local Pro TeamsBuffalo BisonsWed: @ Syracuse, 2 p.m.Thurs: @ Rochester, 6:35 p.m.
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CD Feature: 'Debut Retirement EP' (****1/2 of 5 stars)
By HASSAN BABAJANE | Apr. 16, 2003News flash: there are excellent white rappers out there and they are not named Eminem. One such artist is Double S, a 23 year-old UB graduate.
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Memorial Event Aimed at Raising AIDS Awareness
By GREG FISCHMAN AND ERIN SHULTZ | Apr. 16, 2003Rosetta Brunner walked into her doctor's office in 1985 for a check-up. At the time, she had no idea she would be diagnosed with AIDS.Today, Brunner has been living with AIDS for nearly 20 years, and she plans to get married soon.Brunner, coordinator of the Reach Out Program through the Erie County Department of Health, spoke to students as part of the spring AIDS Memorial in the Student Union Lobby on Monday in hopes of teaching about the dangers of the disease and its preventions.Brunner said her 20-year survival with the disease is due to having a "positive attitude.""You can live with it," Brunner said.
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Tug of War: Students and Faculty Debate War in Iraq
By STEFANIE ALAIMO | Apr. 16, 2003As the war in Iraq winds down, the Student Association sponsored a heated forum Monday afternoon in which pro- and anti-war advocates argued their positions and fielded questions from the audience.The forum, moderated by Student-Wide Judiciary Chief Justice Trevor Torcello, featured Candace de Russy, a SUNY Trustee, and Michael Zarkin, director of Hillel of Buffalo, on the pro-war side.
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SA Assembly Elects 2003-04 Speaker
By NICK PETRILLI | Apr. 16, 2003After four rounds of voting, Adam Sherlip, a business administration and communication major, was elected to the position of speaker of the Student Association Assembly for the 2003-04 school year at Tuesday's assembly meeting.
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Buffalo's Economic Restoration
By Editorial | Apr. 16, 2003Tuesday, the Niagara Frontier Transit Authority, the city of Buffalo, Erie County and an outside commercial real estate developer announced plans to build an 80-acre amusement park on Outer Harbor land.According to the April 15 issue of the Buffalo News, the park would be partially outdoors and partially indoors, enclosed by a dome.
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Soundlab Closes When Pressed With Safety Regulations
By NORA HASSON | Apr. 16, 2003Two events that took place in February are now impacting how Buffalonians get their late-night entertainment.After 99 people died at a Great White show in Warwick, R.I., and 21 died - with many more injured - trying to escape a fight at a Chicago, Ill., nightclub, increased governmental regulation has impacted nightly entertainment spots across the country.
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"Celebrating the Thai New Year, UB Style"
By DANIEL LEUNG | Apr. 16, 2003On the same day as the Thai New Year, the Graduate Student Association Thai International Club held its sixth annual "Thai Night" on Monday, using traditional food, music and dance to entertain and enlighten the participants.According to Methee Chiewanichakorn, president of the Thai International Club and a graduate student at UB, this year's Thai Night improved on the previous two celebrations, which only featured traditional Thai food.
