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Quarterback Controversy Emerges for Bulls

It's only April, but football talk is already heating up around UB. The team is in the final weeks of spring practices, and a quarterback controversy is brewing inside UB stadium.Randall Secky's status as the starting quarterback is in jeopardy after an average season.

Clarifying Misconceptions About Affirmative Action

The issue of affirmative action has been debated for over 25 years and now it has again come to the forefront of America's agenda.

Building From the Ground Up

Buffalo Bulls baseball may be a mystery to many of the students at the University at Buffalo, for many reasons.Living in the shadow of the two big sports at UB, football and basketball, is tough enough; Add to this the arctic "spring" of Buffalo, which forces the postponement of many games, and you're left with a baseball team nearly invisible to the eye of the average student.But that doesn't mean that the baseball team and particularly its head coach, Bill Breene, do not have an interesting story to tell.Actually, Breene's story is an intriguing one, as he was the man selected to build the Bulls baseball team, which had been out of commission for 20 years, from the ground up in an extremely tough Division-I environment.Breene was given that opportunity to build a Division-I baseball team four years ago and so far, given the obstacles in his way, he has been able to weather the storm and even finished with an overall record of 16-28 last year, which is not too shabby considering they started over fresh in a new conference only a year before that."Needless to say in our first few years of development, I think we would go on the field most of the time a little overmatched based on a lack of experience," said Breene.

University at Buffalo Faculty and Staff for Peace

We the undersigned faculty and staff of the University at Buffalo strongly oppose another United States-led war on Iraq for the following reasons:Another war on Iraq, especially one begun with a barrage of missiles designed to avoid American casualties, will cause the death of numerous innocent Iraqi men, women, and children and will destroy what remains of the social fabric and physical infrastructure of that country.

The Phantom Returns to Shea's

Buffalo is officially under invasion by the world's most famous phantom - the "Phantom of the Opera." Shea's Performing Arts Center presents Andrew Lloyd Webber's chandelier-smashing success now through April 19, the show's first return to the venue since its 1999 premiere.

Better Than Stick Figures: 4.9.03

UB Officials Seek Tuition Hike for Some Graduate Programs

University officials traveled to Albany last week and sought legislative approval to charge higher tuition for certain graduate programs, a move they said will allow UB to improve the strength of the graduate school.Under the proposed plan, tuition for master's degrees in business administration as well as in public health would be raised an unspecified amount from the current level of $5,100 per year.UB Provost Elizabeth Capaldi said the programs are currently under priced, compared with similar degree programs at other public institutions.

Stars in Alignment

Though not observable in the icy sky, UB's own brand of stars were visible last week. The professionals of Hollywood and New York's entertainment industries visited the classes of the department of media studies, discussing the business and the artistic creativity, hoping to give students an inspired push into the professional world.Co-sponsored by the departments of media studies, theatre and dance, English and communication, the second annual Celebrity Scholar Seminar Series hosted 10 industry professionals for student lectures, including Hollywood director James Foley and former Saturday Night Live writer Alan Zweibel.

An Open Letter To Our Readers

Today's issue marks the beginning of The Spectrum's Trial Week, in which the 2003-04 Editorial Board takes over the newspaper for a week.

University Looks to Secure Funding for Lee Road Project

A financial package is in the works for the Lee Road project, the sprawling development that aims to connect the academic spine to the Ellicott complex with a mix of stores and residential facilities.

Zwan and the Kings of Stoner Rock

Before taking the stage at Alumni Arena, in a pre-show press conference, Queens of the Stone Age lead singer Josh Homme offered a prediction about what their performance would resemble."We like things to be like a party," Homme said.

Profile of SA Treasurer Anthony Burgio

Never one to wait for opportunities to come to him, in just over a year and a half at UB, Anthony Burgio is already heavily involved in the student government.

April is not the Cruelest Month

The College of Arts and Sciences hosted aspiring high school poets from the northeastern United States and southern Canada Saturday, as part of UB's first annual high school poetry contest.Over 1,300 high school students submitted poems of 25 lines or less to the contest, according to Uday Sukhatme, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.Winners of the contest received cash prizes as well as copies of English professor Carl Dennis' Pulitzer Prize-winning book "Practical Gods." Dennis served as the judge of the contest and addressed the students during the awards ceremony."One of the things you feel when you are writing is that no one is listening, and then after a while you imagine that you are writing for one unknown friend," said Dennis."There are probably more people listening than you think," he added.Colin Stricklin, a senior from Amherst Central High School, won the contest with his poem.

Pagan SA Psychic Fair Forecasts Students' Future

The Pagan Student Association hosted several psychics in the Student Union Saturday for the first-ever Psychic Fair, which offered students a chance to see into the future while giving the Pagan SA a chance to establish themselves as a legitimate club.Pagan SA members said the event was aimed at dispelling myths about Pagan practices, as well as giving students a chance to partake in various types of psychic and traditional readings.

Scoreboard

BuffaloBaseballSat: vs. Northern Illinois, PPDSun: vs. Northern Illinois, PPDSoftballSat: vs. Northern Illinois (DH), PPDSun: vs.

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Sidelines

Syracuse BasketballThe Syracuse Orangemen earned a trip to their third national championship game after defeating the Texas Longhorns Saturday in New Orleans 95-84.

Students and Saris

Lehnge and saris, salwarkameez and kurtas - students unfamiliar with these terms had a chance to get acquainted Saturday at India Night, the Indian Student Association's annual cultural celebration."The whole show is a little bit of everything," said Naazli Ahmed, former president of the Indian Student Association and current Student Association treasurer.

Letter to the Editor

Shouldn't the title of the letter, "Faculty Members Support the War in Iraq" printed in the April 4 issue read: "SOME Faculty Members Support the War in Iraq"?I would like to read a letter in the feedback section from faculty members who do not support the war in Iraq.