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Up for Grabs

"It's always better to climb from the bottom up and surprise people," said UB softball head coach Marie Curran.Curran's team is doing just that.

Sidelines

SoftballFor the second week in a row, a University at Buffalo athlete has earned the title of Mid-American Conference Female Athlete of the Week.Ann Magur of the softball team had a field day in a doubleheader loss to the host Spartans at the San Jose State Invitational.

UB Takes the Lead in N.Y. Wind Power Usage

UB is blowing the competition away - literally.At a press conference attended by Lt. Gov. Mary O.

Eastern Michigan Takes Championship

The 100-yard breaststroke came to a photo finish on March 8 at the Men's Swimming MAC Championships.

Students Must Educate Selves About Gulf War: Part Deux

Wednesday morning, media studies professor Tony Conrad put my video analysis class through an exercise.

Next-Big-Things Come to UB

To the most loyal and even sporadic readers of the College Music Journal, a tour handpicked by the magazine is an open invitation to rejoice in dyed-black hair ecstasy.

Men's Tennis Notches First MAC Win in Team History

The UB men's tennis team accomplished a milestone Thursday afternoon, leaving their head coach one victory away from a milestone of his own.It was not typical Mid-American Conference competition, nonetheless Buffalo did capture their first ever conference win by clobbering the conference's newest affiliate member Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne 7-0 at the Village Glenn Tennis Center.

Slovenly Students Upset Custodial Staff

A stroll through the halls in the Ellicott complex or a glance at a lecture hall in Knox is proof that students are often careless about where their garbage is thrown.

Hundreds Gather to Protest Start of War with Iraq

As artillery exploded in the streets of Baghdad on the first day of war with Iraq, several hundred protesters gathered on Bidwell Parkway in Buffalo to voice their opposition.Standing on a wooden platform, more than a dozen speakers addressed a spirited, rain-soaked audience of activists, community members and local college students."We are here to kick off a resistance that has never been seen before," said protester Beverly Hiestand of the group International Act Now to Stop War and Eradicate Racism.

Scoreboard

UBM. TennisThu:Buffalo7IUP Fort Wayne0Local Pro TeamsBuffalo SabresWed:NY Rangers3Buffalo3MAC BasketballMen

Slick Sounds 'Slip' Into Buffalo

Hailing from the bustling music metropolis of Boston, Mass., The Slip is one of the nation's top jam band touring acts.

Upcoming Games

UBBaseballSat: @ Bowling Green, 1Sun: @ Bowling Green, 1SoftballSat: vs. Marshall (DH), 1Sun: @ Marshall, 1M.

"Movie Review: Dreamcatcher"" (***)"

Four friends find themselves stuck in rural Maine during a snowstorm amidst an ominous presence - the familiar setting of a Stephen King novel.

Letter To The Editor

Let me start off by saying that I am not against this war we are waging with Iraq. I am also not for it, either.

Better Than Stick Figures: 3.21.03

"Manciel's Season-High Leads CMU to Upset"" Win"

The Mid-American Conference representative has now won their first round game in the NCAA Tournament for three consecutive seasons.No.

Play Review: 'My Sister in This House'

"A sister sticks by you, even when you're in trouble, isn't that true?"Spoken by a photographer in the play, "My Sister in This House," this line sums up the entire basis of the subversive plot.

"UB, WNY Collaboration Aims to Ease Exchange of Health Data"

In an effort to provide local health officials with an overview of regional health trends and to enable diagnosis of a possible bioterrorism attack on Western New York, UB is collaborating with the Erie County Department of Health to form the Western New York Population Health Observatory.According to Maurizio Trevisan, dean of the School of Public Health and initiator of the collaboration, the plan is to establish a network for the centralization, analysis and exchange of local health data."Much of what PHO will try to accomplish is drawing correlations between certain local regions and illnesses to see if we pinpoint some kind of causal relationship," said Christopher Sempos, director of the Population Health Observatory.

Broncos Prevail in Thriller with Ball State

CLEVELAND, OH - With 1:10 left in the season, Western Michigan senior Curleta Harris drove down the right side of the lane and came to a jump stop when Ball State's Jessica Reiter came over to double team her."I saw the lane and I penetrated and my shot had been going so I figured, 'Hey, go in there and penetrate and just pull up,'" explained Harris, who finished with 17 points and two assists.

Letter To The Editor

I am responding to the article "Books not Bombs" written in The Spectrum on Friday, March 7, about the protests against the pending war in Iraq.