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My favorite scene from Mike Nichols' landmark 1967 film "The Graduate" involves Benjamin Braddock, played with a sweet naivet?

UB Goes 'Clean and Green' With Wind Power

UB became the first school in the SUNY system to utilize wind-generated power as an alternative to more traditional sources of electricity, when the university purchased power from the Senner Wind Power Facility in Madison County, New York on Oct.

Correction

An opinion piece in the Oct. 13 issue of The Spectrum by Nicholas Mendola, "MTV, Real Life?," incorrectly referred to UB as the University of Buffalo.

Around the MAC

Northern Illinois (4-3, 3-0 MAC) detonated in the fourth quarter for 34 points against the Miami (OH) RedHawks (4-3, 2-1) to come back and win 48-41 on Saturday in MAC football action.'That was a great win.

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Letter To The Editor

Congratulations to the over 700 UB students that registered to vote on campus before the deadline.

Movie Review: Rules of Attraction: *** out of 5

The movie theater showing "Rules of Attraction" was full of "American Pie"-aged teens looking for a good laugh and quick shots of bare flesh.

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"Couric Speaks on Success, Cancer and Having 'Heart'"

Opening this year's Distinguished Speaker Series, Today Show co-anchor Katie Couric addressed the UB and Buffalo community, baring all about her courageous rise from working at her college newspaper to being a prominent journalist.President William R.

Sidelines

VolleyballBuffalo suffered a pair of shutouts over the weekend as the Bulls (8-13, 0-7 MAC) fell to MAC opponents Miami (6-11, 1-4) and Ball State (10-5, 5-0) by identical 3-0 scores.Against Miami junior Lindsay Matikosh's nine-game streak of double doubles ended as she finished with nine kills and nine digs.

Bulls Break Broncos In 3-0 at RAC Field Win

On Sunday, Buffalo's men's soccer team (2-1-0 MAC, 5-5-1) returned home after over a month of road games to put on a show for their home crowd.

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Scoreboard

UBFootballSat: Marshall 66, UB 21Men

"'MTV, Real Life?'"

I emerged from my car with a newly burned compact disc in hand and a plan in my mind. Nervous and unprepared for the criticism that could lie ahead, I carried this disc, this one year and more of work, toward a friend at work in the Boulevard Mall.

"Bulls seen in 3-D at Marshall: Dissected, Demolished and Demoralized"

HUNTINGTON, W.V. - Quarterback Byron Leftwich made a serious Heisman statement against the Buffalo Bulls when his Marshall team hosted them at Marshall Stadium on Saturday.

Kosher Deli Happily Reopens Doors to Students

After 11 long months, the smell of hot pastrami and potato knishes has made a return to North Campus with the grand reopening of the Kosher Deli, next to Bert's.

Football Boxscore

Thundering Herd 66, Bulls 21Score by QuartersBuffalo 0 0 7 14-21Marshall 21 31 7 7-66First QuarterMar - Davis 63 pass from Leftwich (Head kick), 14:08 Mar - Watts 12 pass from Leftwich (Head kick), 7:36 Mar - Carey 1 run (Head kick), 3:00Second QuarterMar - Watts 20 pass from Leftwich (Head kick), 10:12 Mar - FG Head 53, 6:28 Mar - Jones 7 run (Head kick,) 2:54 Mar - Marriott 27 pass from Leftwich (Head kick), 1:22 Mar - Rembert 34 fumble return (Head kick), 0:10Third QuarterMar - Hargrove 78 run (Lewis kick), 7:59 Buf - Leeper 17 run (Baker kick), 0:45Fourth QuarterMar - Hairston 11 fumble return (Head kick), 14:01 Buf - Dawson 14 run (Baker kick), 9:05 Buf - Leeper 65 run (Baker kick), 5:00 A-28,200.

"Me, Myself and I"

I guess you can say that I am a life-long sufferer of Only Child Syndrome. Symptoms of this peculiar disorder include excessive need for attention, unhealthy ambition and chronic preoccupation with strange and sometimes trivial matters that certainly cannot be worth so much of one's time.Being an only child has its good and bad points.

"Armed Robbery, Skinny Girls and 'Yo Mama' Jokes at Black Comedy Jam"

These were the first words out of comedian Cocoa Brown's mouth as she walked on stage of the Student Union Theater at Black Comedy Jam:"How y'all doing?