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Clinton's Speech
By Editorial | Apr. 12, 2002On Wednesday, the Student Association offered most UB students the unique opportunity to see and hear former President Bill Clinton firsthand.
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Letter To the Editor
By DENNIS R. BLACK | Apr. 12, 2002To the Editor:Congratulations to the Student Association and UB students! This week's Student Choice lecture, featuring former President Clinton, was both well done and obviously well received.
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Imagining a Future in Fiction
By JULIA MCKENZIE | Apr. 12, 2002For junior English major Janessa Van Order, writing well is a life goal. As an aspiring writer, however, she considers the English department's focus on literature disappointing.
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Smoke Alarms Student Union
Apr. 12, 2002At approximately 5:30 Thursday evening the Student Union was evacuated due to an overheated elevator circuit breaker which triggered a fire alarm.
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Online GSA Elections: Innovation or Poor Planning?
By PHILIP BADASZEWSKI | Apr. 12, 2002The Graduate Student Association's decision to hold its annual election online this year has raised concerns over the security of the voting."The program has a lot of problems with glitches," said Roberto Lopez, editor of The Graduate Quill, the graduate student newspaper.According to the April 8 issue of The Quill, online voting could cause problems because the server is prone to crashing and there will be no physical ballot box to reference in the event the election is contested or if the results are disputed.If the votes are contested, checking for tampering will be difficult to impossible, said Lopez.GSA Election Commissioner Sandra Connelly said the only problem with the online elections would be for graduate students based off campus who relinquish their rights to UB IT accounts.
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Letter To The Editor
By BRENDAN KEANE | Apr. 12, 2002I hereby withdraw from the University Council election in protest. My decision is based on two issues.
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Scoreboard
Apr. 12, 2002UBSoftball4/10 (DH) Buffalo 5-6, St. Bonaventure 4-1Local Pro TeamsBuffalo Sabres (NHL)4/10 Buffalo 4, Pittsburgh 4 (OT)Buffalo Bisons (IL Baseball)4/10 Ottawa 3, Buffalo 24/11 Buffalo 4, Ottawa 2Buffalo Destroyers (AFL)Preseason4/11 Buffalo 51, Grand Rapids 48
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And the Oscar goes to...
By TAMIKA MALLORY | Apr. 10, 2002For most people, the 74th annual Academy Awards ceremony was just another drawn-out waste of time.
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The Human Body Brought to Life
By STACIE DOPKO | Apr. 10, 2002Shelley Jackson does not accept the functions of the body and humans as benign. In the series of vignettes that make up her new book released this month from Anchor Books, The Melancholy of Anatomy, Jackson gives the body's parts and functions personalities that are larger than life.Sperm, for example, is not a mere bodily fluid.
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Performance Review
By ERIN SHULTZ | Apr. 10, 2002The Genkin Philharmonic's name would suggest an uppity ensemble playing the finest selections from classical composers, with their farewell Buffalo concert held in some elaborate ballroom.
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Rallies Show Support for Middle East
Apr. 10, 2002Carrying the flags of both the United States and Palestine, between 40 and 50 students gathered in front of the Student Union early Tuesday afternoon to rally in support of "peace in the Middle East."The Organization of Arab Students arranged the event.
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UB English Professor Wins Coveted Pulitzer
By BRENDAN MCGARRY | Apr. 10, 2002When the 2002 Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday, a UB professor's name was among them. Carl Dennis, a UB English professor, was awarded the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for poetry.Dennis received the award for his eighth work, a collection of over 40 poems titled Practical Gods that was published last fall by Penguin Books."I think the Pulitzer confirms the national recognition of the history of creative writing at UB," said Joseph Conte, interim chair of the English department.The Pulitzer, one of the nation's highest honors for the arts, carries a cash prize of $7,500 and makes Dennis the first UB faculty member ever to win the coveted award.
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Vater and Keane to Run for University Council Student Rep
By STEFANIE ALAIMO | Apr. 10, 2002David Vater Jr., a graduate sociology of education major and Brendan Keane, a triple major in history, English and classics, have been nominated for the position of student representative of the University Council.
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Movie Review: Panic Room
By ELENA BARLOW | Apr. 10, 2002Alone in the house, no way out, and three ruthless criminals waiting for you to make that one decisive move that will finally put you in their hands.
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Play Review: Buffalo Gal
By BEN SIEGEL | Apr. 10, 2002Art imitates life, according to proverb.Some art though imitates art, such as the latest creation of Buffalo playwright A.R.
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Shea's Announces its 2002-03 Season
By BEN SIEGEL | Apr. 10, 2002As one blockbuster season is nearing its end in downtown Buffalo, another is being unleashed, expected to break already booming box office records.
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Four Students Arrested in South Campus Shooting
By PHILIP BADASZEWSKI | Apr. 10, 2002University Police arrested four students Monday night for firing a BB gun at students entering Goodyear Hall, injuring two students in the incident.The four students - Michael Burton, Kevin James, Ajay Abraham and Stephen Rivera - began by firing at a parked car and an ATM in the University Plaza, across from South Campus.
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Movie Review: Van Wilder
By LAUREN WILLETT | Apr. 10, 2002Within the current trend of teenage movies, yet another immature comedy has emerged. National Lampoon, with works staring Chevy Chase and other big names in humor, never fails to produce entertaining comedy.
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Capaldi Chooses UB
By PHILIP BADASZEWSKI | Apr. 10, 2002Provost Elizabeth Capaldi, one of three candidates for the position of chancellor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus, has withdrawn her name from contention."I have decided to withdraw from the chancellor search at the University ofMassachusetts.
