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Avenue of the Arts: Elmwood Festival Celebrates Buffalo
By BENJAMIN SIEGEL | Aug. 27, 2003Three generations of a family sit comfortably at a cozy wooden table outside the Elmwood Avenue M&T Bank.
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The Hunt For Illegal File Sharing Will Affect UB
By DENA-KAY MARTIN | Aug. 27, 2003In recent months, the news has been filled with stories of children, students, parents and grandparents being prosecuted for illegal file sharing.
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Five Questions with UB Football Head Coach Jim Hofher
By JIM BYRNE | Aug. 27, 2003As the 2003 college football draws nearer, I had the chance to ask Buffalo Bulls head coach, Jim Hofher, a few questions about the upcoming season.
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Housing overflow lands students in area hotels
By BEN R. CADY | Aug. 27, 2003A flood of freshmen and transfer students has forced UB officials to house 155 students in two local motels and a South Campus office building for the fall semester, until space is found in the residence halls.Students are living in the Super 8 Motel on Flint Road in Amherst and the Microtel on Hospitality Center Way in Tonawanda.UB officials also converted three floors of Michael Hall on South Campus, which houses the student medical center, to residential housing.Joe Krakowiak, director of UB Residence Halls and Apartments, could not confirm a date by which students would move out of the hotels.
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Fallfest 2003 Lineup
By NICHOLAS MENDOLA | Aug. 27, 2003This year's line-up for Fallfest is official. The unnatural trifecta of Lil' Kim, Busta Rhymes, and Godsmack will be taking the stage on Friday, Sept.
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2003 MAC Football Preview
By DARREN RIETHMILLER | Aug. 27, 2003Is this the year that someone finally ends Marshall's streak of six Mid-American Conference Championship game appearances?
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Meet the Bulls
By COREY GRISWOLD | Aug. 27, 2003Being named MAC Freshman of the Year is not a bad thing to accomplish. To Aaron Leeper, it is just one of many accomplishments.
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American Football Conference Preview
By DARREN RIETHMILLER | Aug. 27, 2003Unlike the 1980's and early 1990's, the American Football Conference has a legitimate shot at taking home the coveted Vince Lombardi trophy this year.
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Blaster worm explodes onto campus
By ERIN SHULTZ | Aug. 27, 2003As in many universities across the country, the Blaster Worm and several other new viruses have crippled UB's computer network, compromising machines and clogging network access.
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Everything you ever wanted to know about Spectrum arts editors
By MIKE FLATT AND BENJAMIN SIEGEL AND NICHOLAS MENDOLA | Aug. 27, 2003Somewhere in between writing 90,579,485,789 articles for this issue and another thrilling game of office baseball, the three editors of this year's Arts and Entertainment desk decided that their first column would be better reading if it featured introductions by each of them individually.
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"Welcome to The Spectrum, keep your comments coming and your spitting to a minimum"
By ERIN SHULTZ | Aug. 27, 2003I'm sure you've heard it all by now: "The world of journalism has seen better days," or "I hate the media," or "Remember the time I spit on a journalist?"It seems like every time I read the paper, I hear another voice from the community saying the media can't be trusted.
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Announcement of presidential candidates keeps university guessing
By KATIE WARD | Aug. 27, 2003Eight months have come and gone since President Greiner announced his plans to leave his position as president of UB, and there is still no official word on who will replace him as head of the university.
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CD Shorts
By NICHOLAS MENDOLA | Aug. 27, 2003Neil Young and Crazy Horse- "Greendale" (Aug. 19)Let it be said that Neil Young has a busload of ambition left.
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"In Trying Times, Witherspoon Thinks Positively"
By COREY GRISWOLD | Aug. 27, 2003This off-season was not an easy one for NCAA Division I Basketball. Investigations by the NCAA seem to be evolving everywhere, from Georgia to right here in our respective back yard at St.
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"Prescription Drug Abuse Invades Youth Culture, UB"
By COREY SHOOCK | Aug. 27, 2003Officials believe American college students are turning to pain-relief medications for more than merely backaches, and Buffalo is no exception to the trend.Opiate-based prescription drug abuse is on the rise in America among 18 to 25-year-olds, said the U.S.
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Sub-Board and Student Association compromise
By Editorial | Aug. 27, 2003The heated debate between the Student Association and Sub-Board I, Inc. regarding funding and representation is over.
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Search for UB's Next President Continues
By KATIE WARD | July 1, 2003As the 2003-04 school year rapidly approaches, the UB community remains in the dark as to who will assume the governing responsibilities of the university.In January 2003, after 13 years of leadership, UB President William R.
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2002-2003 Records
July 1, 2003TeamOverallMACBaseball16-375-21M Bball5-232-16W Bball18-119-7Football1-110-9M Soccer6-9-13-3-0W Soccer7-8-55-5-2Softball18-217-13M Tennis12-121-4W Tennis6-130-10Volleyball9-231-17Wrestling9-61-4
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One Under the Belt
By JOHN NORMAN | July 1, 2003Last season, the men's tennis team was able to do something it was never able to do before - the Bulls won their first conference match since joining the MAC in 1998.
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Byrned to a Crisp
By JIM BYRNE | July 1, 2003I don't want to jinx anything, but I am pretty sure that it is safe to say that the Bills will win the AFC East next season.
