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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.
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Council Seeks to Reschedule Election
By STEFANIE ALAIMO | Apr. 10, 2002Due to lack of advertising and a late drafting of University Council Election Rules and Regulations, Student Association President Christian Oliver has requested that the University Council student representative election be postponed.
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Band Preview: Kittie
By AMBER MEYER | Apr. 10, 2002Though they describe themselves as happy, jovial people, the heavy metal trio Kittie plays their music hard enough, loud enough and mean enough to be compared to a bunch of men playing with power saws.The heavy metal trio roars into Buffalo tonight to play at the Showplace Theater.
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Safety Report
Apr. 10, 20023/22 An unknown person pulled a fire alarm in the Millard Fillmore Academic Complex.3/22 A person was taken to Children's Hospital from Butler Annex A for treatment of a seizure.3/23 A student was referred to the Student Wide Judiciary for possession of a pellet gun in MacDonald Hall.3/23 A student was referred to the Student Wide Judiciary for possession of stolen road signs in Fargo Quad.3/24 A runaway juvenile was found in Clement Hall.3/26 An unknown person broke the glass on a vending in Goodyear Hall.3/30 An unknown person stole a suitcase from the Student Union.4/1 A student in Roosevelt Hall received a death threat over the phone.4/2 A female student was referred to the Student Wide Judiciary for bothering her ex-boyfriend in Schoellkopf Hall.4/2 An unknown person stole a UB card from the Natural Sciences Complex.4/2 A student was referred to the Student Wide Judiciary for theft of services from the Richmond Caf?
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Letter To The Editor
By LIAM GALLAGHER | Apr. 10, 2002As Bill Clinton embarks on the UB campus this Wednesday, students are quick to remember the sitcom-like scandals that surrounded his tenure in office and the economic "prosperity" that came along with it.
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FSA Receives Violations for Krispy Kreme Conditions
By JAMIE LYNN PERNA | Apr. 10, 2002A former Faculty Student Association employee is claiming the Krispy Kreme doughnuts available at the Student Union Candy Counter are being sold under unsanitary conditions that resulted in several violations from the Department of Agricultural Markets."The doughnut case has never been cleaned and as of [Monday] night, the container they keep the doughnuts in is full of fruit flies," said Jason, who worked at the Candy Counter until resigning last Monday and asked that his last name be withheld.Jeff Mott, general manager of the FSA, denied there is a fruit fly problem."Doughnuts wouldn't draw fruit flies and anything else sold there is pre-packaged,' said Mott.
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Letter To The Editor
By JANELLE SCOLTON | Apr. 10, 2002This is in response to Benjamin Siegel's op-ed about the "customer always being right" ("Can I Help You?" April 5).He is absolutely right so far as an unruly and uncooperative customer is concerned.
