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Up Close and Personal with Michael Basinski

In the rare book collection section on the fourth floor of Capen sits Michael Basinski, the rare book curator and local poet who has redefined the status quo of contemporary poetry.By fusing visual art and poetry, a genre called Concrete poetry, Basinski creates visually stimulating poems.


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Leeper Earns MAC Freshman of the Year Honors

Most experts and coaches agree that there are better days ahead for the UB football team.The first indication of which came Tuesday.UB running back Aaron Leeper was named the MAC Freshman of the Year, an award voted on by the MAC media.


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Women's BasketballCheryl Dozier, the Head Coach of the Buffalo Bulls women's basketball team, has announced four early recruits for the 2003-04 class.


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Correction

An article in the Nov. 25 edition of The Spectrum, "Fluffy Fugitives: Worth the Risk?," misquoted Kimberley Grant.


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Tenacious D

With his team down 12-1 early in the first half, Rhode Island Head Coach Jim Baron - formerly a head coach with St.


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You Don't Have to Shave Your Toes OR Take Sexual Harassment

There are a few things you expect people to grow out of by the time they reach college. We've learned that sex, beer and cigarettes never quite lose their appeal, and stealing road signs is a pastime to last a lifetime, but I have always wished that the practice of demeaning women would go out of style as men come of legal age.There's a counterpart to this epidemic of disrespect toward the female species: inaction.


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Movie Review: Extreme Ops

0 starsFeaturing cheap production "value" and a storyline that lacks even a slightly interesting plot, "Extreme Ops" should never have been made.As Will, actor Devon Sawa (who has made an "extreme" shift from his days in "Final Destination") sports an extremely arrogant smirk and 20 more pounds.


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Bulls Take Out Raiders

It was not exactly red carpet treatment when former Buffalo women's basketball standouts Mari McClure and Kim Boon returned to Alumni Arena last Tuesday.Instead, Buffalo used a strong second half and a myriad of Colgate turnovers to send the Colgate Raiders, and their assistant coaches McClure (1st year) and Boon (2nd year) home in the wake of a 65-49 defeat."Well Buffalo is a heck of a team," said Colgate Head Coach Beth Spycher Combs.


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Letter To The Editor

I would like to comment on The Spectrum's article "Fluffy Fugitives: Worth the Risk?" (Nov. 25) I disagree with the university's policy of not allowing pets in the on-campus apartments.


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Movie Review: Empire

** out of 5 starsDirector and writer Franc Reyes needs a reality check. It is obvious that his new movie "Empire" vies for a place high among classic gangster movies such as "Carlito's Way" and "Scarface," but this film proves too ambitious for its intentions.Not that it's all bad.


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NYSTAR Award Brings Funding for Drug Research

The New York Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research recently awarded UB a Faculty Development Award, and will donate $750,000 to the university toward fostering research to discover new drugs.According to Kenneth Tramposch, associate vice president for research, the award is a benefit to the university because it will help make UB more attractive to top-notch researchers."The award is used to help attract new faculty to UB, especially from out of New York State, but it is also used to help retain the faculty that we have," said Tramposch.NYSTAR's mission, as stated on the office's Web site, is to "attract the best and brightest faculty from throughout the world to New York's Academic Research Centers and to provide additional support to leading researchers already residing in our state's institutions of higher learning."According to Wayne Anderson, dean of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, the awarded money will be used to fund a collaboration between the School of Pharmacy, UB's Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics, the School of Medicine and Roswell Park Cancer Institute."The research involves genomics, proteomics (concepts that deal with understanding the human genome), drug delivery, as well as the discovery of new drug targets," said Anderson.Anderson said he believes the money will provide new opportunities for the roughly 24 undergraduate students and 500 graduate students in the School of Pharmacy."This research provides a broader set of opportunities for students," he said.


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DWI Offenders

Everyone knows it is true: Alcohol impairs a person's ability to drive. People who have a few drinks and then choose to get behind the wheel endanger their own lives and the lives of those around them, leading to an unnecessary risk that must be curtailed by whatever means possible.Too often, drunk drivers get off too easy.


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UB Bioinformatics Research Building Included in Medical Campus Plan

Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, a world-class medical research corridor, revealed three new building plans last week, including a $52 million UB Center for Excellence in Bioinformatics set for completion in two to three years.According to Thomas Beecher, the medical campus chairman and president, the bioinformatics research center is set to be over 144,000 square feet in size and will be located in Buffalo's Allentown District, between Ellicott and Virginia Streets."This is a big boon for all of our students," Provost Elizabeth Capaldi said.


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James Bond Survives Another Movie

There are still some moviegoers, individuals best characterized as "simple," that shout out loud, "Oh, that could never really happen," during James Bond films.The screening for "Die Another Day," the 20th Bond film in the series, was no exception.


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