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No Rest for the Weary

It's 5:30 Saturday morning, and I'm still awake. I wish I could say I was up at this time so I could have a nice productive Saturday, but that's hardly the case.


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Preview Day Draws Largest Crowd in Years

UB hosted nearly 1,800 prospective students and their families Saturday as part of the annual Preview Day, which gives admitted students a chance to tour the university's facilities and talk to current students.According to estimates from the Office of Admissions, the approximately 4,600 guests made up the largest turnout to the event in several years.


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BuffaloBaseballSat:Marshall4Buffalo0Sat: Marshall5Buffalo2Sun: Buffalo8Marshall4Sun: Buffalo3Marshall2 (10)SoftballSat:Buffalo3Ohio2Sat: Ohio2Buffalo0Sun: Buffalo5Ohio2W.


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An Undergraduate Directorial Debut

Today marks the first time in recent memory that a UB undergraduate student will have had his own movie screened without the aid of any faculty.Michael Arisohn, a sophomore media study major with a strong interest in the film industry, will show his feature film, "Summer of a Veil," tonight at 8 p.m.


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Upcoming Games

UBBaseballTues: vs. St. Bonaventure (DH), 3Local Pro TeamsBuffalo BisonsMon: @ Syracuse, 6Tues: @ Syracuse, 6


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Students Sound Off about Cultural Diversity at UB

Judging from the Student Association's 19 international student clubs, cultural diversity is a substantial aspect of student life at UB.Akosua Osei-Mensah, secretary of the African Student Association said her club hosts events to which students of all ethnicities are invited and encouraged to attend."We have events, hair shows and fashion shows.


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Bulls Win in Comeback Fashion - Twice

After an eleven-day hiatus from play due to inclement weather conditions, the University at Buffalo softball team battled the Ohio University Bobcats in a three-game series this past weekend.


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Track & FieldThe University at Buffalo sent several of its top track and field athletes to the highly competitive Sea Ray Relays at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville over the weekend.


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"Verizon Gives $50,000 to Build 'Next Generation Scientists'"

With the goal of developing "Next Generation Scientists" - high school students who want a future in sciences and engineering - Verizon has donated $50,000 to UB.UB's Center for Computational Research will use the grant money to fund the Next Generation Scientists program, which will work with high school teachers at three local high schools: City Honors School, Mount St.


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Golden Gophers Claim NCAA Hockey Title for Second Straight Year

Minnesota head coach Don Lucia said before his team's practice Friday afternoon at HSBC Arena that he did not know if his hockey club was a great team.After the Golden Gophers' performance Saturday night in the NCAA Championship Game, the only thing Lucia did not know was who was going to carry the National Championship trophy to the team bus.It could be argued that after Barry Tallackson scored to put the University of Minnesota up 4-1 on New Hampshire with 6:26 left in the third period, how to transport the trophy to the team bus was Lucia's toughest remaining decision.


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Fighting Cancer with Animation

For the members of UB Anime, the club devoted entirely to Japanese animation, sitting through a 26-hour anime marathon is a small price to pay to help raise money for the American Cancer Society.More than 30 UB students gathered in front of a big screen TV in Lehman Hall Friday to watch anime and raise money for the charity.


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