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Remaining Aboard the SUNY Flagship

At last week's Faculty Senate Executive Committee meeting, the Grading Committee proposed an Academic Standards Policy that changes the criteria for which a student may be placed on academic probation at UB.According to the policy drawn up by the Grading Committee, which will be reviewed by the Faculty Senate this Tuesday, timely academic progress is defined as a full-time student's completion of a minimum of 24 credits per year.

Apartment Rates on the Rise

For the third year in a row, the Residence Halls and Apartments will raise rents in all of the on-campus apartment complexes.

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WrestlingUB won their final six matches of the evening and rallied to beat Mercyhurst 31-12 Sunday afternoon at Alumni Arena.

Study Shows Obesity May Shorten Life

While many students look at the "freshman 15" as merely a hindrance to their attractiveness, a recent study has shown that being 20 pounds or more overweight can shave as much as 20 years off one's life expectancy.The study, published earlier this month by the University of Alabama at Birmingham, found that obese 20-year-olds can live up to 20 years fewer than those at a healthy weight as young adults.

Movie Review: The Recruit

When the words "national security" and "military intelligence" are two of the most repeated phrases in the news, it's not surprising that Hollywood decided to exploit American interest in the government's intelligence agencies."The Recruit" focuses on the mother of all spy outfits, the CIA.

Reducing High School Dropout Rates

School District Superintendent Carlos Lopez, of York, Pa., intends to issue "undiplomas" to potential high school dropouts.

Rivalry Game Begins Bulls' Run Through Gauntlet

As the 2002-03 season winds down for the UB women's basketball team, they find themselves in a position to choose their own destiny as far as how their season will end this year.Buffalo currently stands in third place in the Mid-American Conference East Division standings behind Miami of Ohio (10-8 overall, 5-2 MAC), and Kent State (10-8, 5-2). Despite a better winning percentage overall in the East, their MAC record of 2-4 is just one win more than 1-4 Marshall, 1-5 Ohio, and 1-7 Akron.

The Path to Self Improvement

I have found that when the average American hears the words martial artist, more often than not, an image of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" comes to mind.

NY Budget Proposal Poses Triple Threat to Students

Two proposals made by Gov. George E. Pataki during Wednesday morning's 2003 Budget Address, coupled with a $1,200 tuition increase, may put thousands of SUNY students in danger of not being able to return to college next year.Pataki announced his plan to slice $107 million from New York's Tuition Assistance Program, the financial aid program that assists over 300,000 students enrolled in the SUNY system.

Upcoming Games

UBM. BasketballSat: @ Miami (OH), 3W. BasketballSat: vs. Ohio, 7WrestlingSun: vs. Mercyhurst, 1M.

An Experiment in Romance

The awkwardness that often accompanies a first date certainly wasn't a factor during Carmen and Steve's, the winners of The Spectrum blind date readers' poll, date to Game Zone and the Bubble Tea Caf?

Funky Vibes Set to Shake Up the Showplace

With its bitter temperatures and seemingly never-ending snowfall, winter is bearing down on Buffalo and its residents.

Letter To The Editor

The recent actions taken by the Student Association executive board, detailed in "SA E-Board Raises Stipend to Cover Tuition" (Jan.

Correction

Correction: A Spectrum editorial in the Jan. 27, 2003, issue incorrectly blamed the current SA Senate for passing legislation approving payment of the e-board's tuition with money from the mandatory student activity fee.

Scoreboard

UBNo games playedLocal Pro TeamsBuffalo SabresThurs:Buffalo1St. Louis2 (OT)

Better Than Stick Figures: 1.31.03

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Buffalo BanditsTwo important members of Buffalo's (4-1) indoor lacrosse team will not be playing this weekend when the team travels to Columbus (5-1) to take on the first place Landsharks.Forward Mike Accursi and defenseman Jamie Hackel have both been suspended for one game by the National Lacrosse League's Office of the Commissioner for "rough play" during the team's win over Calgary last Saturday.Hackel and fellow defenseman Chris Langdale have also been fined an undisclosed sum by the league for "rough play" during the Bandit's loss to Toronto last Friday.Calgary forward Jordan West-Prat was also suspended for one game as a result of his actions during Saturday's match-up in Buffalo.After their date with Columbus, the Bandits return home for a re-match with Toronto on Feb.

Some Stupid Things Our Leaders Are Doing

This isn't going to be a column about the disgusting level of self-interest being displayed by our elected Student Association Executive Board.Rather, I'm going to tackle the two column ideas I had in the last two weeks that actually wound up amounting to something.The first was going to be a tongue-in-cheek pornography starring a building lock, a key card and a keychain fob, celebrating the decision by the administration to engage in the needless expense of replacing all the doors on the buildings in Hadley Village to prevent unauthorized subletting for apartments they're already being paid for.Not to mention the cost of replacing one's ID card, since the $30 hike and the inconvenience of having to keep track of a card rather than the keys, and never mind that when our door broke last fall, the administration tried to get by having to repair our door by claiming that in three months, we'd have new locks.The second was going to be gender wars as related to the Super Bowl beer campaigns and the basic realization that pop culture fosters a disrespectful attitude toward women.

Walker Hopes for Some Unconventional Home Cooking

In a Division-I basketball program, the roles of freshmen and sophomores are pretty defined. They are expected to practice hard and learn the game slowly from the coaches and the upperclassmen that have been through the battles of the MAC conference.

Consultants Unveil Plans for State-of-the-Art Recreation Center

A state-of-the-art facility with amenities including a juice bar, a leisure pool and a rock-climbing wall is what the UB community wants in a new North Campus recreation center, a team of consultants announced on Wednesday.