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UBMondayMen's BasketballMiami (Ohio) 78, Buffalo 68TuesdayWomen's BasketballMiami (Ohio) at BuffaloLocal Pro TeamsTuesdayNational Hockey LeagueSabres at ThrashersUpcoming GamesUBWednesdayMen's Basketball at Bowling Green, 7 p.m.Men's Tennis at Rochester, 4 p.m.ThursdayMen's Swim at ECAC ChampionshipsWomen's Swim at MAC ChampionshipsFast FactIf the UB men's basketball team wins at Bowling Green tonight, the Northern Illinois Huskies would have to win both of their remaining games at Ball State and Western Michigan to gain the eighth seed in the MAC Tournament and host a first-round playoff game.


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Baseball Preview

The spring season is upon us, and the baseball team is gearing up for what will hopefully be another chapter in the UB athletic turnaround this season.


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Letter To The Editor

To The Editor:I am writing this letter partially in response to Matt Albert's opinion piece "Blame the Greeks" (The Spectrum, Feb.


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Even a Great Queen Can't Save Damned Movie

"Queen of the Damned" is the last film that will ever feature the late R&B singer Aaliyah. It is unfortunate that her final credits have to be associated with such a lousy movie.Not surprisingly, this adaptation of Anne Rice's third novel from her Vampire Chronicles series made the most money at the box office last weekend, but the majority of its audience probably walked out disappointed.


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MAC Men's Basketball Standings

East DivisionMACOverall.WLWLKent State - x161235Bowling Green115216Ohio106169Miami (Ohio) 981216Buffalo7101216Marshall6101214Akron512919West DivisionMACOverall.WLWLBall State - y115189Toledo971213Western Michigan8\t81512Northern Illinois\t791114Central Michigan\t511816Eastern Michigan\t214621x - clinched MAC regular-season title and No.


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Women Ousted In Home Finale

Sometimes, the better team just wins.Never was that more evident than on Tuesday night, when the UB women's basketball team ended their regular season by dropping an 80-65 decision to the Miami (Ohio) RedHawks at Alumni Arena.The Bulls (9-18, 4-12 MAC), who have now dropped eight straight decisions, simply couldn't stay with a Miami team that has found itself victorious in its last five contests.Trailing 35-33 at halftime, thanks in part to 13 first-half points from Bulls' guard Kate McMeeken-Ruscoe, the RedHawks (17-10, 11-5 MAC) looked to their most dangerous weapon for help.Junior Heather Cusick drilled two straight three-pointers as part of a 12-2 run that established a nine-point lead with 10 minutes remaining in the second half.


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2002 UB Baseball Roster

PitchersNo.NameThrowsClass11Nick BellacoseRSo.12Tyler BalentineRJr.16John NelsonRFr.20Anthony PucciaRSr.23Brian CloningerLFr.26Matt FranklinLJr.27Mark GarrardRJr.32Brendan DunfordRSr.33Mark McMahonLJr.34Kyle SwiatochaRJr.35Mike LeslieRSo.36John SullivanRJr.Position PlayersNo.NamePositionClass1Bryan SanchezINFJr.2Tim SovaOFSr.6Jordan AlcottOF/INFFr.7Joe TodoroINFSo.8Joe MihalicsOF/INFFr.9John BoomOFFr.13Andrew WengertINFFr.14Adrian DanielsINFJr.15David AmaroCFr.17Eric HuberOFSr.18Phil VanhorneINFFr.19James KingsleyOF/INFFr.21Corey BlairC/INFSr.22Brandon DiCesareC/OFJr.25Kevin NesterukINFJr.28Brian ZelaskoOFJr.29Fran CoudrietCSo.31Aaron OttoUTLFr.


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Uprooting the Money Tree

Politicians - and their loyal brigade of lawyers, consultants, advisors and spin doctors - are experts at locating loopholes in even the most tightly-constructed regulations, particularly when the stakes are high.Campaign finance legislation, where the stakes are hundreds of millions of dollars and those sitting in Congress have the most to gain from maintaining the status quo of complex and ineffective stipulations, is certainly no exception.In such a climate, the passage of the Shays-Meehan bill by the U.S.


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Global Impact of Kashmir Dispute

Last Thursday, professor Saleem Kidwai, Ph.D. and visiting Fulbright scholar, addressed "The Kashmir Issue in International Politics" as part of a university-sponsored lecture series examining the aftermath of Sept.


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Canada Grabs Hockey Gold

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah - As the Canadian fans broke into a roaring, impromptu rendition of their national anthem with one minute remaining in the gold medal Olympic hockey game Sunday, 50 years of agony and heartache began washing away.



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