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SA Senate De-Recognizes 19 Clubs

Due to problems such as lack of membership, leadership, and unfulfilled duties mandated by the Student Association, the SA Senate de-recognized 16 SA clubs by a unanimous vote Oct.


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Cross Country MAC Championships

Heading into Saturday's MAC Championship Cross-Country meet in Oxford, Ohio, the men and women's cross country teams were looking to achieve their goals for the last and most important meet of the season.Central Michigan University edged out Eastern Michigan University by one point to earn the fifth championship in Central Michigan's history in the men's division.


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Congress shall make no law . . .

After being here for nearly a semester, everything on campus is starting to become familiar - cave-like brick buildings, $3 sandwiches, the cameras that make me avoid the Student Union, and the general reluctance of students to be opinionated.


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Father of Columbine Victim Calls for a Chain Reaction

One month before she became the first student killed in the shootings at Columbine High School, Rachel Joy Scott wrote an essay for a class titled, "My Ethics, My Codes of Life."In the essay, she challenged whoever read it to initiate a "chain reaction" of kindness and compassion, according to her father, Darrell Scott, in a speech to members of UB community at the Center for the Arts last Thursday night.After her death, Scott read the essay and turned it into a book titled, "Chain Reaction: A Call to Compassionate Revolution". The book is part of an anti-violence program he initiated with the intention of replacing unfair stigma, alienation of the handicapped and violence with lessons of honesty, kindness and benevolence.


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Scoreboard

UBW. SoccerFri: UB 3, Binghamton 2 (2OT)W. BasketballSat: UB 74, Syracuse Action 53 (exhibition)VolleyballFri: Kent State 3, UB 1M.


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Sidelines

Women's BasketballThe Buffalo Bulls women's basketball team exhibited a solid performance against the Syracuse Action, a team made up of retired college players, on Saturday afternoon at Alumni Arena.Buffalo defeated the Action handily by a score of 74-53 and was led by freshman Hollie Cook who scored a game-high 15 points on blistering 7-10 shooting and was also able to record five steals.Senior Rachel Martin also had a solid outing, posting a double-double with 14 points and a game-high 12 rebounds.The regular season will begin on Friday, November 22 as the Bulls head to St.


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SUNY Tuition

For the last seven years, SUNY tuition has remained steady at $3,400 per year. Gov. George E. Pataki has championed that figure as a testament to his commitment to students from low-income households and the ability of New York State to provide cost efficient higher education.


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Recovery for Victims of Rape

A new 12-step program, based in Chicago, aims to use group therapy and concepts modeled after Alcoholics Anonymous to help rape victims recover from the trauma associated with rape.


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Welding Instructional Company Leaves UB

The UB Sculpture Department and Technical Skills Institute, Inc., recently terminated the on-campus partnership they have shared for the past four years.TSI, which has used North Campus facilities to teach various welding techniques to UB students as well as commercial clients, will vacate its location in the basement of the Center for the Arts within the next few weeks."Our priorities are always to serve the students pedagogically," said Reinhard Reitzenstein, assistant professor of art.


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Three UB Professors Receive Award from SUNY Chancellor

Three UB professors received the SUNY Chancellor's Research Recognition Award in acknowledgement of high quality research endeavors performed while employed by the university.Maurizio Trevisan, interim dean of the School of Health Related Professions; Aidong Zhang, professor of computer science and engineering and adjunct assistant professor of electrical engineering; and Huw Davies, professor of chemistry, were among 38 honorees from the SUNY system to receive the award last Thursday night in Albany."I think (the award) is great," said UB President William R.


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Men's Swimming Preview

At the end of the 2000-01 season, UB men's swim team graduated almost its entire roster. What was left was the job of heavy recruiting to bring in top athletes.


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MAC Staff Picks

Michael ScottRick OwczarzakJim ByrneMarshall (-18 1/2) at AkronAkronMarshallMarshallBowling Green (-18) at Kent StateKent StateBowling GreenBowling GreenMiami (-16 1/2) at OhioMiamiOhioOhioCentral Michigan (-10) at Eastern MichiganE.





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