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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.
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Bonaventure Takes Two in Gusty Conditions
By KEVIN RUGGIERO | Apr. 16, 2003After taking both ends of a double header from Marshall last Sunday, the UB baseball team was looking to do the same to Western New York rival St.
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Cross Town Clash
By DARREN RIETHMILLER | Apr. 16, 2003Cross town rival Canisius College visits the confines of UB Softball Stadium this afternoon for a doubleheader that will showcase two of the top pitchers in the Western New York area.The Bulls bring an 11-14 overall (3-6 Mid-American Conference) record up against the Canisius Golden Griffins.
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Winners of the Milton Plesur Awards Announced
By NICK PETRILLI | Apr. 16, 2003The students have spoken, and the winners of the 2003 Milton Plesur Awards are in.At the Student Association Assembly meeting on Tuesday, Les Skolnik, SA student affairs director, announced that Kushal Bhardwaj, adjunct instructor of African American studies; James Holmes, professor of economics; Barbara Sherman, teaching assistant professor of computer science and engineering; Kenneth Takeuchi, professor of inorganic chemistry; and Bernard Weinstein, professor of physics, were this year's winners.Two of the recipients are repeat winners; Taeuchi won the award in 1985, 1989, and 1997, while Holmes received the award in 1996.According to the SA Web site, the Milton Plesur awards - named after a UB history professor who died in 1987 - are given to undergraduate instructors "who have inspired, excited or had a positive and memorable effect" on their students.Each year, undergraduates can nominate a professor who they feel has had a positive impact on their academic experience at UB.
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Administration Stresses Off-Campus Fire Safety
By TOSHAPIRO & JAMES GUY | Apr. 16, 2003Early Sunday morning on April 13, 2003, there was a suspicious fire at a student-rented, off-campus house near the Ohio State University campus as a student's 21st birthday party was breaking up.
