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UB to Consider Student Anti-Sweatshop Proposal

Members of University at Buffalo Students Against Sweatshops held a press conference on Thursday to discuss a meeting they had with Dennis Black, vice president of Student Affairs, on Tuesday, regarding UB's policy on affiliating with manufactures that own and operate sweatshops across the world.After the press conference, members of UBSAS staged a "die-in" to represent all the sweatshop workers worldwide who have died as a result of the conditions in which they worked.

Irritability And Nic Fits? Where Do I Sign Up?

I quit smoking about a month ago. It has been the hardest month ever - hard for me and maybe harder for my friends.

On-Campus DWI Arrests on the Rise

The number of arrests made by the University Police for driving while intoxicated has doubled in the last year, according to figures from the University Police.Since January, the University Police have arrested and charged 34 people on the North and South campuses for DWI, a number that has leapt from the 2001 total of 17.

"On the Mafia, the Red Sox and Unwanted House Guests"

Dicky Barrett, lead singer of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, wasn't telling the Warped Tour punks at LaSalle Park any secrets this past summer when in the middle of his set, he announced: "Buffalo's our second favorite city to play, outside of our hometown of Boston."For Barrett, who grumbled about the Red Sox during a phone interview, the appeal of Buffalo lies in its blue-collar roots and its working class ambiance.

Boston Band Rocks Buffalo and Beyond

There is no substitute for a mother's intuition. Watching a son who wasn't exactly sure what to do with his life as he approached his 21st birthday, Jim Gilbert's mom and one of his friends gave him a bass guitar.

CD Review: Dave Matthews Band

**** out of 5 starsConsistent with what fans have come to expect from the Dave Matthews Band, the group's latest release is likely to impress listeners with a high quality performance.As any true DMB fan knows, studio recordings have never done the Virginia band's music justice.

Rapper from 7 Mile

"Yeah, 7 Mile. It didn't have gangs, but it's a lot of thugs in Detroit," said acid rapper Esham, about his hometown on 7, not 8, Mile Road.

Scoreboard

UBM. BasketballNov. 27: Detroit 66, UB 65Sun: UB 57, Rhode Island 48W. BasketballNov. 26: UB 65, Colgate 46Local Pro TeamsBuffalo BillsSun: Buffalo 38, Miami 21Buffalo SabresNov.

Testing and Treatment for STDs

The city of Philadelphia, in response to alarming rates of chlamydia among its high school students, has implemented a program offering screening and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases to its students.

SWJ Re-files Charges After State Supreme Court Ruling

In the wake of a State Supreme Court ruling that determined the Student-Wide Judiciary violated a student's right to due process, UB's student justices may find themselves in violation of another set of rules - their own.SWJ re-filed charges against Zheng Hao Ma, a junior mechanical engineering major who was accused of tampering with a student's computer and abusing UB's network in October of 2001.According to Ma's Group Legal Services defender, John Menard, the re-filed charges violate SWJ's Rules of Procedure, which state that "the Court shall complete proceedings on any individual pleading not responsible by the end of the next full semester after the complaint has been filed."To comply with these regulations, Menard said SWJ should have finished its proceedings by Spring 2002."The rules are pretty explicit on what they are allowed to do," Menard said.

"Greiner, Black Address State Funding on WBFO"

The anticipated reduction in state funding for UB in the next fiscal year and the importance of the mandatory comprehensive fee were the main topics of discussion on Monday's "Talk of the University," a WBFO radio show featuring President William R.

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.

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.

Sidelines

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.

Correction

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

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.

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.

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.

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.