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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.

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Letter To The Editor

By JIM YOUNGS | Nov. 14, 2001

This is a response to the editorial in the Nov. 12 issue of The Spectrum ["The Truth Need Not Spin"].It is undeniable that the public and international opinion of this war against terrorism is extremely important to its success.

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Reflections in Black' Captures Racial History on Film

By OMAR BOBB-SEMPLE | Nov. 14, 2001

The photography of several contemporary African-American artists is on display in UB's Center for the Arts as part of the "Reflections in Black: Smithsonian African American Photography, A History Deconstructed," exhibit.

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North Campus Health Center

By Editorial | Nov. 14, 2001

For years, any talk of installing a health care facility at North Campus was met with the outright rejection.

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Soulful Jams Enliven CFA Stage

By DANIEL STEIN | Nov. 14, 2001

Three-man band Soulive rocked the Center for the Arts Monday night, bringing their jazz-funk music and two broken drums to life.Organist Alan Evans and drummer Neil Evans, both Buffalo natives, and lead guitarist Eric Krasno played a very laid back set for both old and new fans.

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Running Out of Chances

By EUGENE CLAY | Nov. 14, 2001

Sometimes, although a team has gotten off to a rocky start, its players can rebound and save their season with a few victories at the end (i.e.

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Byrned to a Crisp

By JIM BYRNE | Nov. 14, 2001

Well, the 2001 Major League Baseball season has come to an end. It truly was a great season, concluding with a scintillating World Series.