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"Finding Religion, or Yourself"

Uncertainty is part of any change, and coming to college is no exception. While some students may use this change as an excuse to question their faith or break away from their religion, others may use it as a means to find one or reaffirm their beliefs."It's very individual," said Samuel Paley, Director of the Judaic studies program and a professor of classics.


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Movie Review: A Guy Thing

"A Guy Thing" shows just how easily a bad movie can happen to good actors. No matter how hard they tried, Jason Lee, Selma Blair and Julia Stiles could not breathe life into this mindless script.The story comes from Greg Glienna, the same man responsible for "Meet The Parents." The slapstick style humor found in that film is here but to a far lesser effect.


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Police Coverage Around Seneca Casino

The Niagara Falls City Police Department is overly strained in patrolling the area immediately surrounding the new casino in what was formerly the Niagara Falls Convention Center, according to a Jan.


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The Painstaking Path to The Presidency

With President William R. Greiner's resignation less than two weeks old, the university is beginning the process for a nationwide search for the university's 14th president.According to Provost Elizabeth Capaldi, the selection process will be fairly complicated and rigorous.


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Letter To The Editor

I am amazed at how the proposed tuition hike is affecting people at this school. Everyone seems to be revved and argumentative.


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"Abortion, Sex and All That Upsets"

"Not every ejaculation deserves a name." -George Carlin.Last year we had a dude at The Spectrum who wrote a column he titled "Feet First." Well, I'm not going to be jumping in feet first today.


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Top-Ranked Buccaneer Defense Added Wrinkles

SAN DIEGO - It was a simple story about a simple defense. Tony Dungy's cover-2 scheme led the sad-sack Tampa Bay Buccaneers to competence in the late 1990s, producing 20 defensive Pro Bowlers from 1997-2001 and ranking in the top 10 in defense each of those years.


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"School of Education Wins $1,000,000 Grant for ESL Teaching"

Thanks to a $1 million grant awarded to the UB Graduate School of Education, graduate students will have the opportunity to receive training to better serve the more than four million students nationwide who have been identified as having limited English language proficiency.Lilliam Malav?


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Bartosek Ready For All-Star Competition

Former University at Buffalo tight end Chad Bartoszek will play for Team USA in the Fifth Annual Rotary Gridiron Classic College All-Star game this Saturday at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando.


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Play Review: Sylvia

"Give a dog a woman's name and you'll begin to think of her as a woman."Words of wisdom from one dog owner to another, this line from Buffalo-born playwright A.R.


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Spectrum Super Bowl Picks

Michael ScottI believe that Oakland will win because their offense is just that good. The Raiders will just pass their way down the field and there will be nothing that Jon Gruden's defense can do about it.


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Women in Sports DayUnited States Olympian and Ellicottville, N.Y. native Jillian Vogtli will be the keynote speaker at the University at Buffalo's 13th Annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day Celebration.


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War With Iraq

As the United States braces itself for a possible attack on Iraq, millions of people are beginning to wonder if war is the right answer and if President George W.


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HIV Statistics Disturbing to Students

Twenty-two years after the first reported cases of AIDS set the medical world on its heels, countless safe sex and anti-drug campaigns have resulted in a somewhat lax attitude among America's youth about the disease's still prevalent infection rate.



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