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"The Weir"" Falls Short of Audience Expectations"
By BRANDI MCLAVY | Nov. 7, 2001Conor McPherson's flawless acting does little to mask lack of plot or substance, but "The Weir" provides a few scares.
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Spring Semester Extension
By Editorial | Nov. 7, 2001The end of the semester is more stressful than ever, thanks to the complaints of concerned professors.
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"An Interview with Charles Kernaghan, Executive Director of the National Labor Committee for Human Rights (NLC)"
By ELIZABETH M. FOX-SOLOMON | Nov. 7, 2001Five years ago, Kathie Lee Gifford and sweatshops became inextricably linked in the public eye when Charles Kernaghan and the NLC revealed the deplorable working conditions in the Honduran factories where Gifford's Walmart-based clothing line was produced.
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Sweatshop Foes Rally For Improved Conditions
By ELIZABETH M. FOX-SOLOMON | Nov. 7, 2001Marching to the steady beat of homemade percussion instruments, a group of anti-sweatshop activists descended upon the academic spine Monday afternoon, awakening UB's often-sleepy campus with chants and cries for economic justice.
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Vehicle Thefts in Fargo Lot
Nov. 7, 2001Ten vehicles in the Fargo parking lot were broken into and vandalized between Monday night and Tuesday morning.
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Buffalo Mayoral Race
By Editorial | Nov. 5, 2001The citizens of Buffalo will go to the polls Tuesday to choose the Queen City's next mayor. On the one hand is two-term incumbent Mayor Anthony Masiello, endorsed by the Democratic Party.
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Major Freedom in CAS
By PHILIP BADASZEWSKI | Nov. 5, 2001For students pursuing unconventional studies, UB's special majors program offers a way to design a major appropriate for their academic needs.To become a special major, students must draw up a proposal defining their ideal major and presenting a curriculum supportive of that plan.
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UB Considers Converting Goodyear Hall to Campus Apartments
By EVAN PARKER PIERCE | Nov. 5, 2001Students seeking apartment-style living may soon be able to look to South Campus, as well as North, for on-campus housing.
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Spring Semester Extended
By NOA BRECHER | Nov. 5, 2001Seeking to address a shortage of instruction days under New York State Education Department policy, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Graduate School Kerry Grant proposed a change to the spring 2002 semester calendar at last Wednesday's Faculty Senate Executive Committee.The change will add four instruction days during finals week, removing two reading days and moving two days of exams to the weekend immediately after classes end.UB's currently scheduled spring semester is only 14 weeks long, falling one week short of the state's 15-week minimum requirement for full-time study.
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Faculty Senate Considering University-wide Absence Policy
By NICK FARNOLO | Nov. 5, 2001Class absence policies will be standardized university-wide if a proposal currently under consideration by the Faculty Senate is ratified.The proposal requires professors to specify their absence policies in course syllabi and provide make-up opportunities for justified absences, including illness, family emergency, religious observances, transportation failure and "participation in University sponsored or endorsed activities." These activities include field trips, athletics competitions and performances, all of which are now accepted as valid excuses at each professor's discretion.Students, in turn, must notify their professors in writing at least a week in advance of planned absences, "provide reasonable evidence of the causes of absences" and complete missed course work.Currently, no university-wide policy exists.
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"Women's Swim Downs Akron, Falls to Ohio"
By ADAM BROWN | Nov. 5, 2001Coming off a win last weekend in their opener against Siena College, the UB women's swim team split two meets Saturday afternoon at Alumni Arena.
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Terrorism from Beginning to End
By DYLAN HALL | Nov. 5, 2001In an effort to educate the UB community on the causes of the United States-Taliban conflict, the Office of International Educational Services and the Council on International Studies and Programs hosted a discussion of "Terrorist Attacks on the U.S.
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Men's Soccer Enters MAC Tournament on a High Note
By TAI KHANDAKER | Nov. 5, 2001On the strength of a solid first half, the men's soccer team defeated St. Francis University 2-1 Friday night to finish their regular season unbeaten in their final four games.The Bulls' final regular season record stands at 8-6-2 (2-3-1 in the MAC) and they will be the fourth seed for the MAC Tournament at Akron next Saturday.Friday night the Bulls executed a nearly flawless first half, connecting on two shots, scored by freshman Justin Higgins and sophomore Patrick Beckley respectively, to push UB ahead and ultimately put the game out of reach.
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Letter To The Editor
By CHRISTOPHER SMYKAL | Nov. 5, 2001To The Editor:I could not help but respond to Aja Badame's deplorable opinion piece in Friday's Spectrum, entitled "Credit Gap." The author attempts to blame creditors for lack of foresight into her own financial matters.
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Elementary Ed. Certification
By Editorial | Nov. 5, 2001A group of UB students is now discovering their career plans were squashed last January when the New York State Board of Regents barred them from admission to graduate teaching certification programs.
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Bulls Football Report Card
Nov. 5, 2001Rushing defenseWhile Ohio's option offense may be the last of a dying breed, they have effectively moved the football and scored all season long.
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The Great (Un)Equalizer
By EMILY DALTON SMITH | Nov. 5, 2001Last week, Buffalo officials announced the impending layoffs of 433 teachers from the city's school system.
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Hard Choices for Some of NY's Would-be Teachers
By KEVIN PURDY | Nov. 5, 2001At a meeting last month for prospective graduate elementary education students, a recent Syracuse University graduate asked what he was expected to do with his bachelor's degree in communications, no longer an undergraduate major approved for admission to UB's Graduate School of Education.Told by Kim Truesdell, associate director of the Teacher Education Institute at UB, that he could obtain a degree in an approved field and apply to the school again, he stood to say, "Forget this, I'm leaving the state," and abruptly left the room.For some seniors about to enter UB's Graduate School of Education, new teacher certification requirements, part of an initiative undertaken by New York's Board of Regents, will necessitate another year or more of undergraduate study for an additional degree, a move into school counseling or other non-instructional capacity or relocation to another state.Students without a bachelor's degree in one of seven learning standards areas - arts, history and social sciences, humanities, foreign languages, mathematics, natural sciences and writing - cannot obtain a state teaching license after the new guidelines take effect on Feb.
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The Option is Mine
By AMIN SIAD | Nov. 5, 2001Ever since the issue surfaced during the 1996 elections, I've pondered over whether prayer should be permitted in public school.
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"Volleyball Swept by Eastern Michigan, Loses Heartbreaker to Marshall"
By SUNG CHO | Nov. 5, 2001This weekend, the UB women's volleyball team was home for two MAC matches against the Eagles of Eastern Michigan University and the Marshall University Thundering Herd.After completing the two matches, the Bulls remain winless in MAC conference play with a 0-14 record (5-29 overall). Despite the weekend losses, there were still a few bright spots and personal milestones reached, which the beleaguered team could look to for inspiration.
