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Movie Review: Solaris

**** out of 5 starsThere have been countless numbers of both good and horrible movies made about space travel.

Letter To The Editor

I would like to comment on The Spectrum's article "Fluffy Fugitives: Worth the Risk?" (Nov. 25) I disagree with the university's policy of not allowing pets in the on-campus apartments.

Movie Review: Empire

** out of 5 starsDirector and writer Franc Reyes needs a reality check. It is obvious that his new movie "Empire" vies for a place high among classic gangster movies such as "Carlito's Way" and "Scarface," but this film proves too ambitious for its intentions.Not that it's all bad.

Surviving the Finals: A Guide to Getting it Right

With many students studying for a test encompassing an entire semester's worth of material in the next two weeks, some students feel as if they might fall victim to the increased stress levels and sleep deprivation of finals week.

NYSTAR Award Brings Funding for Drug Research

The New York Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research recently awarded UB a Faculty Development Award, and will donate $750,000 to the university toward fostering research to discover new drugs.According to Kenneth Tramposch, associate vice president for research, the award is a benefit to the university because it will help make UB more attractive to top-notch researchers."The award is used to help attract new faculty to UB, especially from out of New York State, but it is also used to help retain the faculty that we have," said Tramposch.NYSTAR's mission, as stated on the office's Web site, is to "attract the best and brightest faculty from throughout the world to New York's Academic Research Centers and to provide additional support to leading researchers already residing in our state's institutions of higher learning."According to Wayne Anderson, dean of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, the awarded money will be used to fund a collaboration between the School of Pharmacy, UB's Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics, the School of Medicine and Roswell Park Cancer Institute."The research involves genomics, proteomics (concepts that deal with understanding the human genome), drug delivery, as well as the discovery of new drug targets," said Anderson.Anderson said he believes the money will provide new opportunities for the roughly 24 undergraduate students and 500 graduate students in the School of Pharmacy."This research provides a broader set of opportunities for students," he said.

Scoreboard

UBM. BasketballNov. 27: Detroit 66, UB 65Sun: UB 57, Rhode Island 48W. BasketballNov. 26: UB 65, Colgate 46Local Pro TeamsBuffalo BillsSun: Buffalo 38, Miami 21Buffalo SabresNov.

Irritability And Nic Fits? Where Do I Sign Up?

I quit smoking about a month ago. It has been the hardest month ever - hard for me and maybe harder for my friends.

Rapper from 7 Mile

"Yeah, 7 Mile. It didn't have gangs, but it's a lot of thugs in Detroit," said acid rapper Esham, about his hometown on 7, not 8, Mile Road.

CD Review: Dave Matthews Band

**** out of 5 starsConsistent with what fans have come to expect from the Dave Matthews Band, the group's latest release is likely to impress listeners with a high quality performance.As any true DMB fan knows, studio recordings have never done the Virginia band's music justice.

Boston Band Rocks Buffalo and Beyond

There is no substitute for a mother's intuition. Watching a son who wasn't exactly sure what to do with his life as he approached his 21st birthday, Jim Gilbert's mom and one of his friends gave him a bass guitar.

"On the Mafia, the Red Sox and Unwanted House Guests"

Dicky Barrett, lead singer of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, wasn't telling the Warped Tour punks at LaSalle Park any secrets this past summer when in the middle of his set, he announced: "Buffalo's our second favorite city to play, outside of our hometown of Boston."For Barrett, who grumbled about the Red Sox during a phone interview, the appeal of Buffalo lies in its blue-collar roots and its working class ambiance.

On-Campus DWI Arrests on the Rise

The number of arrests made by the University Police for driving while intoxicated has doubled in the last year, according to figures from the University Police.Since January, the University Police have arrested and charged 34 people on the North and South campuses for DWI, a number that has leapt from the 2001 total of 17.

Editorial Cartoon

Bulls Take Out Raiders

It was not exactly red carpet treatment when former Buffalo women's basketball standouts Mari McClure and Kim Boon returned to Alumni Arena last Tuesday.Instead, Buffalo used a strong second half and a myriad of Colgate turnovers to send the Colgate Raiders, and their assistant coaches McClure (1st year) and Boon (2nd year) home in the wake of a 65-49 defeat."Well Buffalo is a heck of a team," said Colgate Head Coach Beth Spycher Combs.

Testing and Treatment for STDs

The city of Philadelphia, in response to alarming rates of chlamydia among its high school students, has implemented a program offering screening and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases to its students.

SWJ Re-files Charges After State Supreme Court Ruling

In the wake of a State Supreme Court ruling that determined the Student-Wide Judiciary violated a student's right to due process, UB's student justices may find themselves in violation of another set of rules - their own.SWJ re-filed charges against Zheng Hao Ma, a junior mechanical engineering major who was accused of tampering with a student's computer and abusing UB's network in October of 2001.According to Ma's Group Legal Services defender, John Menard, the re-filed charges violate SWJ's Rules of Procedure, which state that "the Court shall complete proceedings on any individual pleading not responsible by the end of the next full semester after the complaint has been filed."To comply with these regulations, Menard said SWJ should have finished its proceedings by Spring 2002."The rules are pretty explicit on what they are allowed to do," Menard said.

"Greiner, Black Address State Funding on WBFO"

The anticipated reduction in state funding for UB in the next fiscal year and the importance of the mandatory comprehensive fee were the main topics of discussion on Monday's "Talk of the University," a WBFO radio show featuring President William R.

Up Close and Personal with Michael Basinski

In the rare book collection section on the fourth floor of Capen sits Michael Basinski, the rare book curator and local poet who has redefined the status quo of contemporary poetry.By fusing visual art and poetry, a genre called Concrete poetry, Basinski creates visually stimulating poems.

Leeper Earns MAC Freshman of the Year Honors

Most experts and coaches agree that there are better days ahead for the UB football team.The first indication of which came Tuesday.UB running back Aaron Leeper was named the MAC Freshman of the Year, an award voted on by the MAC media.

Sidelines

Women's BasketballCheryl Dozier, the Head Coach of the Buffalo Bulls women's basketball team, has announced four early recruits for the 2003-04 class.