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2002-03 NBA Preview

After the Western Conference finals last year, it's clear the NBA is still alive and kicking. This year promises to be just as exciting and will prove to be a season to remember.


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SUNY SA Votes To Fight Tuition Increases

At last week's SUNY Student Assembly conference in Albany, the SUNY SA announced a proposal calling for the government and legislature to vote against tuition increases for SUNY and CUNY colleges and universities."One of the biggest things to be hitting SUNY SA will be a terrible, terrible budget problem," said Anthony Burgio, SUNY SA delegate.


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SR-71 - Tomorrow

SR-71TomorrowRCA RecordsHigh-pitched melodic screaming is the only way one can describe this album.


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Men's Club Hockey

For an athlete or team that is on top of their game, a two-week hiatus from competitive play could be as detrimental as it could be beneficial.


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The Socks Will Not Win

A tornado has hit my house. As I walk in the door, I see half-empty water glasses, a few plates, and two socks lying in the middle of the dining room floor.I must trace the path of the tornado.


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The Myths and Realities of Title IX

Exactly thirty years to the date the Federal Office of Civil Rights (OCR) in cohesion with the National Collegiate Athletic Association helped create legislation that has perhaps been the most influential and debated topic in college athletics today.


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I Spy Another Dud at the Box Office for Eddie Murphy

** - Opening this FridayEddie Murphy's latest attempt to prove that he has not gone down the comical tubes is in silver screen form yet again in "I-Spy." Filmgoers are used to seeing Murphy hogging most of the dialogue as different characters in both "Nutty Professor" movies, but this time he teams up with Owen Wilson ("Meet the Parents," "Zoolander") and his intriguing nose.


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New York State Elections

When The Spectrum editorial board sat down to discuss whom to endorse for the Congressional offices up for election this year, we were unable to come to a strong consensus behind any one candidate.


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Maybe It's Me

San Diego Chargers free safety Rodney Harrison is currently appealing a fine handed down by the NFL and commissioner Paul Tagliabue on his hit of Oakland Raiders wide receiver Jerry Rice.


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Correction

In the article "Professor Speaks on Human Rights" (Oct. 25), the annual report on human rights was attributed to the United Nations, when, in fact, it is a United States document.


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Gubernatorial Elections

The 2002 New York State Gubernatorial race has focused largely on the issues of the upstate economy, education, and budgetary reform.


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The Truth Isn't Pretty

* and a half - Release Date: Oct 25, 2002A single compliment spewed from Thandie Newton's lips made every person in the theater simultaneously groan and roll their eyes in frustration: "Do you know what's wrong with you?


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A Thin Line Between Genius and Insanity

*** and a half stars - Release date: Oct. 25, 2002Ryan Dunn asks a simple question: "How did it get in there?"He gets a simple response from a professional physician: "Maybe you shoved it up your a--."Simplicity is what "Jackass: The Movie" is all about.


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Assembly Postpones Approval of Senate Appointments

The Student Association Senate will have to wait at least three more weeks before senators can be appointed to replace the two who resigned earlier this semester.The SA Student Assembly voted to postpone the approval of appointments made by SA President Christian Oliver until the next meeting, which is tentatively scheduled for Nov.


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Letter To The Editor

As a former resident of the University Heights, I would like to present a point of view opposing the non-student Heights residents'. The University Heights is a student residence area and not an ordinary Buffalo district.


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Sidelines

Anna-Lesa CalvertThe accolades are rolling in for the UB women's soccer goalkeeper after her two-shutout performances over the weekend that helped propel the Bulls into the MAC playoffs.Calvert, a sophomore from Dallas, Tx., has been named the MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week, the UB Female Athlete of the Week, and was nominated for MAC Women's Soccer Player of the Week.


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What to Do 'the Morning After'

According to a survey recently conducted by the UB chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, 38 percent of UB students have never heard of emergency contraception.





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