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College Football Renders Split Decision Regarding Cancellations

By CHRIS DUFRESNE | Sep. 14, 2001

Some schools will play football this weekend, some schools won't.During a Wednesday of decision-making that mirrored the complex and fractious nature of college football's power brokers, conference commissioners went separate ways in determining whether to play Saturday games in the wake of Tuesday's terrorist attacks on the United States.The NCAA announced Tuesday it would leave the decisions to its members.

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War

By Editorial | Sep. 14, 2001

Today, the Empire State Building is the tallest structure in New York City. Until the morning of Tuesday, Sept.

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Give Us Comfort and Strength As We Remember

By TAI KHANDAKER | Sep. 14, 2001

Long-stemmed carnations, along with prayers and healing words, were offered to mourners during the Remembrance Program for victims of Tuesday's terrorist attacks held at the Center for the Arts' Main Stage Theater Thursday afternoon.Nearly 1,500 students, faculty and staff gathered to cope with the tragic loss of lives, and to honor the efforts of public servants still working in crisis cities.The memorial service featured spiritual readings from Christian, Jewish and Muslim community leaders, and an address by university President William R.

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Return to Normalcy

By MATT ALBERT | Sep. 14, 2001

The popular opinion throughout the sporting world is that the National Football League made the right decision in canceling the games this weekend in respect to the tragic events that took place in New York City.

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Tuesday's Attacks

By Editorial | Sep. 14, 2001

In the wake of Tuesday's terrorist attacks, UB demonstrated itself as a strong, compassionate community united in support of its troubled students.

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Dark Days

By NICK FARNOLO | Sep. 14, 2001

When it happened Tuesday morning, and I say "it" because I cannot imagine any American being ignorant to the horrific events in New York and D.C., I only had two concerns - where my mother was and where my girlfriend of two years was.

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Never Break

By SARA PAULSON | Sep. 14, 2001

This summer, for the first time ever, I went to Europe. For one amazing month, I lived in Spain, admiring the culture, seeing the sights, taking classes and making friends.

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Letter to the Editor

By THE COMMITTEE | Sep. 14, 2001

The UB Committee for the Promotion of Respect for Diversity would like to echo the sentiments of President Greiner to the university community in light of the recent tragedies in New York City, Washington, DC and Pennsylvania.

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Letter to the Editor

By ANTHONY SAAD | Sep. 14, 2001

As president of the Organization of Arab Students, and on behalf of all the members and staff, our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the injured and innocent lives lost in the merciless attack upon the East Coast of America.Let it be known that the OAS condemns all acts of terrorism and fully supports the elimination of all such threats around the world.Again, our thoughts and prayers are with those across the United States.

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Letter to the Editor

By MONICA PARIKH AND ANDREW EKELUND | Sep. 14, 2001

In this time of confusion and uncertainty, I am desperate to clarify to the Buffalo community and the American people who the vast majority of Muslims are and what their religion advocates.

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Former Spectrum Advisor Dies

By Editorial | Sep. 14, 2001

Lee Smith, retired Buffalo News reporter, editor and editorial writer; veteran professor at UB, Canisius College and Daemen College; and a former advisor to the Spectrum, died yesterday afternoon from complications of a stroke he suffered last July.Smith was born May 1, 1919 in Washington, D.C.

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SA Kicks Off Monthly Bar Parties Following Fest Friday

By STEFANIE ALAIMO | Sep. 12, 2001

Following the conclusion of Fall Fest 2001 on Friday, Sept. 14, the Student Association will launch "Exposure" - the first of the "SA Bar Series," scheduled to take place the second Friday of every month at the Coliseum Complex.Exposure, featuring DJs Lo Pro, Shaun Touch, Maggadon and Pablo, will take place from 11 p.m.

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Letter to the Editor

By GREG OKERLUND | Sep. 12, 2001

This is in response to the editorial in Monday's issue of the Spectrum regarding the U.N. conference.

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Terrorist Attacks

By Editorial | Sep. 12, 2001

The true horror of Tuesday's barely believable tragedy cannot be stated in words. Its dimensions cannot be displayed in statistics.But the terrible reality speaks for itself: American Airlines Flight 11, carrying 92 passengers and personnel, crashed into the World Trade Center shortly before 9 a.m.

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UB Administrators Respond to Students in Need

By SARA PAULSON | Sep. 12, 2001

In the fallout of Tuesday's terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., UB shut down all non-essential operations to provide counseling and support services to its students.The university quickly established a "NYC/DC Response Center for UB" in Student Union 210, providing access to live television coverage, free telephone service to the affected cities, fax machines, ministers, social-work volunteers and counseling services.

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"Spiritual Community Offers Prayer, Support"

By ELIZABETH M. FOX-SOLOMON | Sep. 12, 2001

Tolling bells and organ music punctuated the silent solemnity of St. Joseph's Church on Main Street Tuesday night as students, faculty, administrators and community members gathered to mourn and pray for the victims of Tuesday's terrorist attacks.As news of the escalating casualties reached UB, and television cameras transmitted eyewitness accounts of the horrific scenes in New York City and the Capitol to the outwardly peaceful university, campus ministers scrambled to provide needed emotional and spiritual support to students affected by the tragedy."We've all been summoned to be of help to people, and especially those students from New York City," said Monsignor Patrick Keleher of the Newman Center, the Catholic ministry on campus.Representatives from all the campus ministries were called by the Office of Student Affairs to join counselors in supplying support services to students in need throughout the day."We're all praying," said Father Keleher, who was moved to tears this morning shortly after hearing the news, "That's all we can do.

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Remember Who We Are

By JASON DELGADO | Sep. 12, 2001

The air we breathe today is the air of history. They're already calling it "the second Pearl Harbor." It is the most devastating terrorist attack ever.

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Feet First

By MICHAEL LUCINSKI | Sep. 12, 2001

"Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward and freedom will be defended."- George W.

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Students React to New York City Devastation

By MATT MUMAU | Sep. 12, 2001

"Different students react differently. All of them have no idea what this means. We're talking literally about kids who have had no contact with war," Rabbi Shay Mintz of the Hillel Center said Tuesday, just hours after the news of the terrorist acts reached UB.In an effort to calm and comfort students affected by the bombing of the World Trade Center, Mintz, along with all campus religious officials and counseling staff, talked to those who needed emotional support in the Student Union, and in various impromptu counseling centers around both the North and South campusesMaking sure students did not panic in the midst of the crisis was part of the effort of the counseling centers.

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Buffalo Support Services Ready to Cope with Crash

By KEVIN PURDY | Sep. 12, 2001

Before counselors at Crisis Services of Buffalo had heard the news Tuesday morning, their phone lines were already buzzing.As soon as Crisis Services Executive Director Douglas Fabian learned of Tuesday's terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., he and other staffers at the counseling center began preparing for the solemn day ahead."We got a spike in phone calls this morning almost immediately after the news came out," said Fabian.