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Letter to the Editor
By ABDUL SALLAJ | Oct. 1, 2001I am writing this as I look at piles and piles of un-recovered printouts in the Undergraduate Library.
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Women's Soccer Splits Pair of Conference Games
By JELANI FREEMAN | Oct. 1, 2001The Bulls dropped to Mid-American Conference-rival Miami of Ohio in front of a standing-room-only crowd of UB faithful Friday night at RAC Field.
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Letter to the Editor
By NATHAN RUSSELL | Oct. 1, 2001I am writing in reply to Myles Skinner's letter in Friday's issue of The Spectrum. In this letter, he condemns the illegal copying of games being done by some of my fellow students.
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Feelings of Fear: Reflections on the Impact of War on UB
By AJA BADAME | Oct. 1, 2001Almost a decade ago, with the United States facing the possibility of war in the Persian Gulf, the UB community's response was in some ways similar and some ways starkly different from its present state.UB President William R.
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Bulls Drop Heartbreaker to Bowling Green
By JIM BYRNE | Oct. 1, 2001After dropping their last two games, the UB Bulls men's soccer team was looking to rebound against a difficult opponent, the Bowling Green Falcons, Sunday afternoon in a Mid-American Conference game at RAC Field.
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Chippewas Run Through Bulls 16-8
By MATT ALBERT | Oct. 1, 2001By MATT ALBERTSports EditorAn object in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by an outside force.The Bulls learned this elementary law of physics the hard way Saturday night during their 16-8 loss to the Western Michigan Chippewas at UB Stadium.
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CCR Invloves Students in Cutting-Edge Research
By PHILIP BADASZEWSKI | Oct. 1, 2001The Center for Computational Research, located on the ground floor of Norton Hall, may be the only facility at UB protected by a fingerprint lock.
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Who's Who and What Do They Do?
Oct. 1, 2001William R. Greiner, UB's 13th president, has been in office for ten years, following his appointment to the position in September of 1991 by the SUNY Board of Trustees.
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Proposed Athletic Center to Cater to Non-Athletes
By PHILIP BADASZEWSKI | Oct. 1, 2001Students seeking health club-like exercise and recreation facilities presently have two options: Alumni Arena already crowded with varsity teams and private, frequently expensive, off-campus health clubs.
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The Western Sun
By MATT MUMAU | Oct. 1, 2001"'Toss me a cigarette, I think there's one in my raincoat.' 'We smoked the last one an hour ago.' So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine."- Simon and GarfunkelI can pretend to be a writer, but the truth of the matter is I'm a rock star at heart.
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Zebb's Serves Up Classic Fare a la 1950s
By KEVIN PURDY | Oct. 1, 2001It's common knowledge among alternative slumber devotees that when you wake up at 1 p.m., lunch is at 6 o'clock and dinner is, well, whenever.Most often, the reaction to that late-night hunger is to quickly dispel it with something wrapped in foil, or perhaps to invoke the classic Maruchan weapon against your growling stomach.
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Kiss The Game Goodbye
By JELANI FREEMAN | Oct. 1, 2001First Jackson and now Jordan. The two kings of their respective arts are back.Michael Jordan has the basketball world up in arms with his recent announcement that he will return to the NBA.
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Student Athletic Facility
By Editorial | Oct. 1, 2001In recent years, housing facilities have sprouted like mushrooms on the margins of North Campus. But housing is not the only gleam in the administrative eye.
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Eagles slide their way to victory
By TAI KHANDAKER | Sep. 28, 2001Amidst a torrential downpour, the men's soccer team dropped their second straight game 3-0 to Niagara University Tuesday night at RAC Field.
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Letter to the Editor
By JUSTINE CHURCH | Sep. 28, 2001This letter is in regards to the "A Look At Ourselves" by Thanh Bui in Wednesday's issue of The Spectrum.
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Keep in Touch
By SARA PAULSON | Sep. 28, 2001Life would be so much easier if we never had to talk to anyone. Sad but true.As a writer for The Spectrum, and eventually an editor, time and again I've seen or heard people bashing the publication and the writing within.
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From Lecture Halls to Computer Screens
By STEFANIE ALAIMO | Sep. 28, 2001The semester ritual of course evaluations using No. 2 pencils and Scantrons may soon become a thing of the past for UB students.During last Wednesday's Faculty Senate Executive Committee (FSEC) meeting, Peter Gold, associate dean for general education, and J.
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New Associate VP for Research Selected
By JARED VALK | Sep. 28, 2001Kenneth Tramposch, UB graduate and former employee of Bristol-Meyers Squib, took office on Sept. 4 as associate vice president for research at UB.UB's Vice President for Research Jaylan Turkkan had the final decision on who would be appointed to fill the vacant seat.
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Course Evaluations
By Editorial | Sep. 28, 2001At the end of each semester, professors wait in the halls while their students shade in bubbles to criticize or praise aspects of the course including the quality of the professor's instruction, the relevance of the assignments and the degree to which they were challenged.The efficiency of UB's course evaluation process is currently under review by the Faculty Senate Executive Committee.
