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Provost Commissions Survey to Gauge Grad Student Satisfaction

By STEFANIE ALAIMO | Sep. 5, 2001

In an effort to identify and improve lagging areas of UB graduate education, the university hired StudentVoice, a higher education marketing research company, to conduct a survey of 500 incoming graduate students this past summer.The survey is part of UB's plan to comply with a SUNY memorandum last year that outlined the university's need to boost research endeavors and attract graduate students of a higher caliber.According to Katherine Ferguson, associate vice provost and director of graduate enrollment, by conducting the survey, UB is attempting to learn how to identify and recruit better quality students rather than simply a greater number of students.

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Still the Best Wings Ever?

By MATT MUMAU | Sep. 5, 2001

Buffalo's culinary landmark, the Anchor Bar, off Main Street, seems to still be an excellent choice for a nice, after-work meal or a lively weekend gathering as the food compliments a very pleasant, classic Buffalonian setting.

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UB Police Crack Down on Underage Drinking

By SARA PAULSON | Sep. 5, 2001

For many students, returning to UB warrants a celebration with a group of close friends and a couple of beers.

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UB Card Online Access Debuts

By JAMIE LYNN PERNA | Sep. 5, 2001

The Faculty Student Association's plans to make UB Card usage easier through the Web have come to fruition with www.myubcard.com.

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Women's Volleyball Starts Season Strong

Sep. 5, 2001

The UB Bulls volleyball team got a strong start to the season, posting a second-place finish in their UB Morgan Classic Invitational over the weekend.

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Baseball Darwinism Big in Little League

By MATT ALBERT | Sep. 5, 2001

Danny Almonte's rise to the heights of ...Little League and his torpedo-like descent could have only happened in ...New York, NY.

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New York Schools Open Without State Budget in Place

By JORDAN RAU | Sep. 5, 2001

ALBANY, N.Y. - As schools reopened across New York with far less financial aid from the state than they hoped, state lawmakers returned to the Capitol Tuesday to serve the political equivalent of detention created by their overdue homework, better known around here as the state budget.Called back for a special session by Gov.

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Marshall Blown Out by Nation's Number One

Sep. 5, 2001

Florida quarterback Rex Grossman had 375 yards passing Saturday night as the nation's number one team, the Florida Gators, blew out four-time MAC champion Marshall 49-14.The Thundering Herd, who were without two starters due to suspension, could not match up to the high-powered Gator offense.

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The Price of Pretension

By ELIZABETH M. FOX-SOLOMON | Sep. 5, 2001

"And where are you going to school?"I avoided the dreaded question like the plague my senior year in high school, but it inevitably crept into every conversation as graduation day loomed on the horizon.

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Veteran Players Hope to Lead Men's Soccer Out of the Cellar

By TAI KHANDAKER | Sep. 5, 2001

The UB Men's soccer team, coming off a sub-par 2000 season, looks towards the strength of their seniors to lead them through 2001.The Bulls, who finished 6-10-2 (0-5-0 in the MAC), will depend on four returning seniors to fill the tremendous gap left by eight graduating players.

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Local Artist Decodes Slave Quilts With Mixed Media

By BRENDAN MCGARRY | Sep. 5, 2001

In their search for freedom, slaves traveling on the Underground Railroad sometimes found directions to freedom on clotheslines.This method of communication, which allowed runaway slaves and their allies to communicate via symbols sewn into quilt patterns, inspired Cordelia Dohse-Peck's series, "The Underground Railroad Quilt Code," on display until Sept.

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"University Web Page Features Student, Faculty Digital Creations"

By MATT MUMAU | Sep. 5, 2001

Even though Picasso might be turning over in his grave, the art world is undeniably and forever altered from the introduction of the computer.

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Men's Soccer Takes One of Two

By NICHOLAS PEZZINO | Sep. 5, 2001

The University at Buffalo men's soccer team opened their season on the road, recording one win and one loss in the Lehigh-Army Soccer Classic held this past weekend at Ronald J.

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"New Bar, Iberia, Has Style"

By BRANDI MCLAVY | Sep. 5, 2001

There's a new kid in town, and his name is Iberia. Located directly across from the ever-popular The Steer near UB's Main Street campus, Iberia bravely offers an alternative to the collection of trite watering holes Main Street calls its bar district.Driving down Main Street on a lively Friday night anxiously searching for the "new orange club," I thought it would be impossible to spot the place, even if it is orange.

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Affirmative Action

By Editorial | Sep. 5, 2001

The University of Georgia is applying for a Supreme Court appeal against the Aug. 27 Federal Court of Appeals ruling baring them from granting preference in admissions to minority students.

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Women's Soccer Splits Pair of Weekend Games

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG | Sep. 5, 2001

UB Rolls Over Local Rival NiagaraWhich team is a stronger unit was evident early in the first half of the University at Buffalo women's soccer game against neighboring rival Niagara University as Buffalo thoroughly dominated play and scored a 4-1 win Friday night at RAC Field."We had a little bit of a slow start, which was expected.

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Sign Here

By JESSICA BRAND | Sep. 5, 2001

On August 9 a suicide bomber entered Sbarro restaurant in Jerusalem and detonated his bomb.It was lunchtime and the restaurant's patrons consisted of small children, mothers and families.

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Grad Student Survey

By Editorial | Sep. 5, 2001

UB is sponsoring a survey conducted by StudentVoice, a marketing research company run by graduates of the School of Management.

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Blithering Idiot Sounds Off

By ADAM MARCH | Sep. 5, 2001

Being a student in a university system I expect to receive an education based on factual information from which I may formulate my own unique opinion.

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Letter To The Editor

By JIM HOFHER | Sep. 5, 2001

On behalf of all who contribute to UB's football program, I want to extend my sincere thanks for the record setting crowd in UB's stadium for the opening game.