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Do UB's Dorms Measure Up?

By STEFANIE ALAIMO | Nov. 16, 2001

Ever since UB was rated #1 for "dorms like dungeons" by the PrincetonReview earlier this fall, many students and faculty have criticized and questioned the validity of the study, especially in light of the university's on-going mission to create a large-scale community through increased on-campus housing.The Spectrum reviewed information and interviewed staff from UB's sisterSUNYs, as well as several private institutions, to gauge the living environment and see how UB's residence halls are measuring up.

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Wrestling Signs Nation's Top Heavyweight

Nov. 16, 2001

The University at Buffalo wrestling team has taken another huge leap in the right direction by locking up a nationally number-1-ranked recruit.

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Letter To The Editor

By NICOLE AQUINO | Nov. 16, 2001

I am a medical student here at UB. Although my classes are all on South Campus, I spend several afternoons a week on North Campus.

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Albright Addresses Global Tensions

By SARA PAULSON AND ELIZABETH M. FOX-SOLOMON | Nov. 16, 2001

Madeleine Albright traveled over 100 million miles to more than 100 different countries while serving as secretary of state under former-President Clinton.

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University Offers Aid to Pregnant Students

By STEFANIE ALAIMO | Nov. 16, 2001

Recent studies by the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States have shown that one of every 10 college-age students becomes pregnant each year.

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One Last Look Through the Tunnel

By MICHAEL SCOTT | Nov. 16, 2001

Running back Derrick "Flash" Gordon eats raw onions before a game. Quarterback Joe Freedy reads Psalm 91, twice, once before the game and once at halftime.Gordon, Freedy and 19 other men will perform their rituals for the last time - at least before a college football game, that is - when the UB Bulls' (3-7, 1-6 Mid-American Conference) seniors play the final game of their careers Saturday against Akron (2-7, 2-4 MAC) at 1 p.m.

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UB Begins Stringent Self-Study

By EVAN PARKER PIERCE | Nov. 16, 2001

Earlier this fall, UB launched a comprehensive self-study that will serve as a basis for the renewal of the university's membership in the Middle States Association, an accreditation without which UB could not offer students federal financial aid.The Middle States Commission for Higher Education is a division of the Middle States Association of Schools and one of six independent, regional accrediting associations.

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Tomfoolery and Turkey

By DYLAN HALL | Nov. 16, 2001

We used to push the car down the driveway, so they wouldn't hear it start. Cautiously, we opened the doors, popped her into neutral and on the tips of our toes pressed that steel monster toward the street.

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College Application Process

By Editorial | Nov. 16, 2001

After trudging through the application process for schools across the country, the high school student with collegiate aspirations who turns to the UB application breathes a sigh of relief.

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Rockets Favored to Take MAC Title

By MICHAEL SCOTT | Nov. 16, 2001

Normally, the best teams in basketball, both college and professional, are the teams with some of the most dominant individual players in the game.

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Letter To The Editor

By ANTHONY BROZIER | Nov. 16, 2001

I am writing in response to The Spectrum opinion piece "Prove Me Wrong" dated Nov. 14. Unfortunately, most of what Sports Editor Michael Scott has written about our school's football program, particularly its fans (or lack thereof) is true.

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Terrorism Trials

By Editorial | Nov. 16, 2001

This week, President Bush issued an executive order authorizing the convocation of special military tribunals to try foreigners accused of planning or assisting the Sept.

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Facelift Planned for Ellicott Food Service

By ELIZABETH M. FOX-SOLOMON | Nov. 16, 2001

Amidst all the attention focused on apartment expansion plans and the university's grand vision for a Lee Road complex, the Faculty Student Association has been quietly planning a $5 million renovation of the Ellicott complex food service operations, with construction slated to begin this spring.The area surrounding the Student Club, which has remained essentially unchanged since the complex's construction in the 1970s, is in desperate need of a facelift according to FSA Director Mitch Green."The facilities in Ellicott require updating to better serve the students," Green stated in an e-mail.

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Rebuilding or Reloading?

By MATT ALBERT | Nov. 16, 2001

When Tiffany Bell, Sonia Ortega and Mari McClure donned their graduation caps and gowns, the UB women's basketball program lost more than the heart and soul of their team.

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Women's Swim Wins at Bona

Nov. 16, 2001

Pretend you had a friend that kept inviting you over to play cards. Each time you came over, you would win and take his money.

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Marshall Uses Trickery to Capture MAC East Title

By NICHOLAS PEZZINO | Nov. 14, 2001

Expect the unexpected. Sure, it's been said many times before, but every once in a great while the old axiom proves to be wise advice.

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Fraudulent E-mail Raises Credibility Questions

By KEVIN PURDY | Nov. 14, 2001

A single e-mail from a disgruntled student has caused many UB administrators to question not the complaints they receive from students, but the true identities of their authors.In an e-mail sent Oct.

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Feet First

By MICHAEL LUCINSKI | Nov. 14, 2001

"What we do in life, echoes for an eternity."- Maximus Decimus Meridus, "Gladiator" Bugs Bunny has Elmer Fudd.

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Dorm Deficiency

By Editorial | Nov. 14, 2001

Student life on campus is starkly divided into two distinct classes of living: those enjoying the luxuries of UB's apartments and those entrenched in dormitory life.

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Do You Smell What Guarino's Cooking?

By JIM BYRNE | Nov. 14, 2001

Brockport, N.Y. was the location of the Oklahoma Gold Classic where the UB wrestling team kicked off its 2001-2002 campaign.