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Mar. 13, 2002Wednesday, 3/13Blast!, Shea's Performing Arts Center, 8 p.m. Continuing until 3/17, 2 shows on Sat.
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MARCH MOOLAH
Mar. 13, 2002Contests Rules and Regulations:1. Only one entry per customer2. All entries must be turned into a drop box located in 132 Student Union anytime before Thursday at 12:20 p.m.
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Arts Council Rewards Local Arts Establishments
By BRENDAN COYNE | Mar. 13, 2002The Arts Council in Buffalo and Erie County awarded over $70,000 to various local art centers at its annual Decentralization Program/Key Arts Program grant ceremony late last month.
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Eight Artists Come Together for 'Diaspora'
By ELENA BARLOW | Mar. 13, 2002Ripped from their homes, families and culture, natives of Africa were long ago scattered throughout the world by hostile slave traders.
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Campus Vandalism
By Editorial | Mar. 13, 2002\tWhen the Nazis were in power, any idea that they considered a threat to their regime was immediately purged from public knowledge.
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Letter To The Editor
By SAMI HANNA | Mar. 13, 2002The Briefs column of Monday, March 11 does so little to serve its supposed purpose, to be briefly informative of issues in the news that are not campus related.
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"Team Taught Courses: A Benefit, Say Some"
Mar. 13, 2002Some departments at UB - such as biology and chemistry - offer courses instructed by more than one professor each semester, through the use of team-teaching.
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Andy Richter Controls the Universe
By MARY DIGAUDIO | Mar. 13, 2002The professor could spontaneously combust in class, destroying the midterm exam you forgot to study for.
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on-campus event
By DYLAN HALL | Mar. 13, 2002Last weekend in Baldy Hall a maiden attempted to marry into nobility. She wore a long, flowing gown and was blessed by the pope, nobles and a minister, among others.
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Greek Life and Club Funding Under Fire
By STEFANIE ALAIMO | Mar. 13, 2002In the face of hard questioning at Tuesday's Student Association-sponsored club endorsement meetings, the UB Students' Party struggled to hold itself up when pinned against their opponent, the incumbent Results Party.The meetings, which took place at 4 p.m.
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Men's Swim Has Disappointing Finish at MAC Championships
Mar. 13, 2002The UB men's swimming team finished in last place at the MAC Championships over the weekend, earning 133 points during the three-day meet in Athens, Ohio.
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"Potential Leaders Address Students, Clubs"
By KEVIN PURDY | Mar. 13, 2002Tensions were high at the first open forum for Student Association and New York State Student Assembly candidates, which pitted the incumbent Results Party against the UB Students' Party challengers.During the nearly two-and-a-half-hour meeting, candidates addressed a gathering of about 40 students, the majority of whom were representatives from academic and engineering clubs.While the Results Party seemed at ease fielding softball questions concerning recent successes and future goals, the UB Students' candidates were heavily questioned, forcing them to defend their platform."Half those in attendance work with the staff currently running," said Erica Diaz, treasurer for UB's Society of Professional Hispanic Engineers chapter.
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The Day My Life Changed
By AMBER MEYER | Mar. 13, 2002Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2001, is a day I am likely never to forget. That is the day of my first life-changing experience - the day my stepfather died.
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UB's Best Kept Literary Secret
By JULIA MCKENZIE | Mar. 11, 2002In a small corner of the Capen library is an unassuming room that, despite its obscurity, is a treasure chest of literature.The fourth floor of the Capen library houses The Poetry/Rare Books Collection, a shining jewel among the university's historical acquisitions.
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2002 MAC Men's Basketball Championship
By MICHAEL SCOTT | Mar. 11, 2002The Bowling Green Falcons go the way their superstar guard Keith McLeod goes. For the Golden Flashes of Kent State, shutting down the MAC Player of the Year would mean another conference championship.Mission accomplished.Kent State held McLeod to just four points in the second half thanks to the tenacity of MAC Defensive Player of the Year Demetric Shaw, and Tournament MVP Trevor Huffman.
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March 11 to March 15
Mar. 11, 2002March 11The Student Association will host question-and-answer sessions with candidates seeking election to SA e-board and NYSSA offices for the 2002-2003 school year at 4 p.m.
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"MAC Women's Basketball Championship - Gund Arena, Cleveland, Ohio"
By MICHAEL SCOTT | Mar. 11, 2002The Ball State Cardinals were up by five with a little over 12 minutes to play, their dream of winning their first ever MAC women's basketball championship was within reach.In a blink of an eye, or six minutes of play, the Cardinals were down by nine, watching the Kent State Golden Flashes run away with the title.
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Presidential Hopeful Contests NYSSA Candidate's Eligibility
By STEFANIE ALAIMO | Mar. 11, 2002The race for the Student Association executive board and New York State Student Assembly delegation was less than a day old when controversy arose.Jason Litwak, the presidential candidate from the UB Students' Party, filed a complaint against the SA Elections and Credentials Committee last Friday after learning that Yesenia Diaz, a NYSSA candidate from the Results Party, was placed on the ballot despite her absence from a candidate meeting Thursday, March 7.
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We Want to Hear From You
By Editorial | Mar. 11, 2002If there's one thing we hate to see inside The Spectrum, it's white space. We take great care to fill all the other space, but this one is reserved for you, the greater UB community.
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As American As a One-Day Sale
By EMILY DALTON SMITH | Mar. 11, 2002The Sept. 11 terrorists were certainly misguided. Instead of hitting the World Trade Center, they should have crashed into the Mall of America.If they really wanted to hit us where it hurts, they would have avoided the WTC altogether and flown straight to Minnesota, or if that were too far, Fifth Avenue.
