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Miami Runs Away with MAC Title

After the dust had settled on the Bulls' grueling three-day Mid-American Conference Championship meet in Bowling Green, Ohio, Buffalo had finished eighth in the nine team field and sophomore Jennefer Brankovsky had left her mark on the MAC.Brankovsky broke four individual school records and lead off in Buffalo's record setting 800-yard freestyle relay.


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SoftballBuffalo captured the co-championship of the Florida International Tournament over the weekend, defeating the host team FIU 2-0 Sunday.


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UBW. BasketballSat:Buffalo69Miami (OH)64BaseballSat:Buffalo7Duke6Sat:Duke8 Buffalo3Sun:Duke10-3Buffalo0-2 (DH)SoftballAt Florida International TournamentFri:Florida A&M10Buffalo2Fri:Buffalo8Tennessee2Sat:Buffalo6Furman2Sat:Florida Int'l.5Buffalo1Sun:Buffalo2Florida Int'l.0W.


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Letter To The Editor

This letter is in response to Stefanie Alaimo's Feb. 19 column regarding the February 2000 arrest of The Spectrum's top editors for remaining in the Student Union after midnight.


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Buffalo Reacts to Nightclub Disasters

With news of the negligence that contributed to the recent nightclub tragedies in Chicago and Rhode Island settling in, Buffalo residents have begun to question the safety of the establishments they frequent.


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A Game of Historic Proportions

Tuesday night will perhaps be the single most important sporting event in my five years here at University at Buffalo.The UB women's basketball team has an opportunity to do what no "high-profile" athletic team here has ever done since this university stepped up into Division I and joined the Mid-American Conference.The Bulls have a chance to win the East Division title.Alumni Arena is adorned with plenty of banners for other sports, but nothing relevant to basketball in the modern Division-I era.


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Letter To The Editor

This is in response to McKenzie Levindofske's letter in the Feb. 28 issue of The Spectrum. Dear Miss Levindofske and agreeing conservatives: As the title of this letter aptly states, dissent protects democracy.


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On the Road Again

For the UB men's basketball team, the good news is that the season is almost over, because this year's campaign has been a nightmarish one for the team.


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Letter To The Editor

$2 per student per semester. What is that, one beer at The Steer? Almost the amount required for one ticket to see the latest Ben Affleck film?


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CCR to Develop Plans for New Peace Bridge

Plans for a new Peace Bridge and advancements in surgery are two of the research projects being completed by faculty and students at the Center for Computational Research, home to UB's super computers."We look to support high-end computing and visualization, in terms of projects that require that sort of technology to provide access to research so that world-class faculty can do world-class research," said Russ Miller, director of the CCR, at Wednesday's Faculty Senate Executive Committee meeting.


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Greeks a No-Show at MTV Premiere Party at the Sphere

The sidewalk in downtown Buffalo was lined with black velvet ropes. Inside the Sphere - a nightclub on Main street - a large screen played the premiere of MTV's Sorority and Fraternity Life shows, taped at UB.Unfortunately, nobody was watching.The party was billed as a premiere party for the debut of the two reality-based television shows, offering attendants the chance to watch the premieres with the cast members of Fraternity Life.The Sphere, which is normally closed on Wednesday nights, stocked up on alcohol and brought in extra employees.






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