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Better Than Stick Figures: 1.27.03

Upcoming Games

UBW. BasketballTues: @ Akron, 7 (1520 AM)Local Pro TeamsBuffalo SabresMon: vs. Nashville, 7 (Empire, 107.7 FM)

RedHawks Shut Down Bulls

Mix one part poor ball handling, a touch of shoddy execution in the transition game, a load problems in breaking the full court press and half court traps, and top it all off with some questionable officiating.

UB Students Get Funky at Broadway Joe's

Create a set list of skilled turntablists and a jazz/groove trio, and the results are good times and a crowd that dances until the last call at the bar.

Letter To The Editor

I would like to start off in saying that I think that the "Flag Room" on the second floor of the Student Union looks a lot better since its recent remodeling.

Movie Review: 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind'

Viewers leaving "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" are going to be in turmoil over what they have just seen.

New Software Aims to End Music Piracy

Despite the fall of downloading giant Napster in 2001, there were still ways for those determined enough to find free music on the Internet.

Familiar Problems Doom Bulls Again at Marshall

The venue and opposition changed, but it was the same old story for the UB men's basketball team.

Bartoszek Shines in Rotary Gridiron Classic

Former UB football standout Chad Bartoszek played a significant role in Team USA's defeat of Team Florida, 20-17, Saturday afternoon in the Rotary Gridiron Classic at the Citrus Bowl.

UB Devises Procedure for Students Called to Army Reserves

As tensions mount between the United States and Iraq, UB officials are developing official plans for how the university will secure the enrollment and handle the financial situation of Army reservists who may be called into active service.According to Joanne Plunkett, director of UB's Student Response Center, the university is aware that student reservists could be called to service any day."We have started getting calls from students who know they will be called soon, and since they are already in classes, they want to know whether to drop the classes," Plunkett said.

Scoreboard

UBM. BasketballSat: Marshall87Buffalo77W. BasketballSat: Miami50Buffalo45WrestlingSat: Kent State22Buffalo9Local Pro TeamsBuffalo SabresFri: Buffalo4Toronto0 Sat: Ottawa4Buffalo3 (OT)Buffalo BanditsFri: Toronto17Buffalo13Sat: Buffalo23Calgary17

Bush's Mangled Words to Be Added to Dictionary?

President George W. Bush's often laughable butchering of the English language has found some legitimacy in the dot-com world this week, as yourDictionary.com, the self-proclaimed "last word in words," has included the memorable "misunderestimate," "embetter" and "resignate," in their list of 2002's top words.This legitimization, while entertaining, is a dangerous precedent to set, as it implies that improper English is acceptable and that accuracy in speech is unimportant.

Leave Your Viking Hat and Fat Lady At Home

Some say young people do not appreciate good opera anymore. Maybe that's because many think of fat men and women wailing at the top of their lungs in indecipherable Italian.

SA Rouses Students to 'Save the Sabres'

In the hopes of boosting interest in and providing financial assistance for Buffalo's only professional hockey team, the Student Association is sponsoring a night of Sabres, wings and partying for UB students of all ages.In a promotion titled "Save the Sabres," SA is selling tickets to the Feb.

Sidelines

Buffalo BanditsBuffalo's indoor lacrosse team went 1-1 over the weekend, falling from the ranks of the unbeaten against Toronto in a 17-13 loss Friday night at the Air Canada Center, then coming back with a convincing 23-17 win over Calgary Saturday night at the HSBC Arena.Friday's game was close, until Bandits goalie Corey Quinn took a five-minute major penalty for charging with the score 12-10 in favor of the Rock.

Byrned to a Crisp

Considering the Democrats have about 32 guys that are going to be running for president, I figured what the heck, why not throw in one more name?

Buffalo Public Schools to Certify Teachers

The Buffalo Public Schools, to reduce the number of uncertified teachers as well as recruit new ones, are offering bonuses of up to $10,200 over a period of three years to further the education of its teachers.

30 Seconds of My Life I Can Never Have Back

Last night, I - and millions upon millions of others - settled down to watch the commercials; I mean, the Superbowl.

Undergraduates No Longer Allowed in Creekside Village

Forty-four junior residents of Creekside Village were greeted with letters from the university before winter break, informing them that due to UB's commitment to maintaining the complex's graduate-students-only policy, they will have to move into another on-campus apartment complex once their contracts expire.Carolyn Danner, a junior business major with a concentration in marketing, is one of those students.

Wooing With Words

In an effort to celebrate the work of local high school poets and gauge the interest of prospective UB applicants, the College of Arts and Sciences recently announced the start of an annual contest with cash prizes.UB Artist in Residence Carl Dennis, whose book "Practical Gods" earned the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for poetry, will judge the contest.CAS Dean Uday Sukhatme, originator of the poetry contest, ran a similar program at the University of Illinois at Chicago.