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Men's Soccer Weekend Preview
By ANNA-LESA CALVERT | Oct. 18, 2002"Nobody can reach the top without the unrelenting efforts of all." - Michael Useem.The UB men's soccer team has seen the reality of this quote over the past two weekends.
How Easy is Quick Money?
By BRIAN WEINSTEIN | Oct. 18, 2002Flyers advertising "Students Wanted! High Pay Opportunities! Great Experience!" can be spotted throughout campus.
North Korea and The Nuclear Factor
By MICHAEL MONAHAN | Oct. 18, 2002Recently, our government released to the press that North Korea has nuclear weapons. They have at most two of the deadly devices, but it is enough to make a big deal about it.
Upcoming Games
Oct. 18, 2002UBFootball Sat: vs. Miami (OH), 1Volleyball Fri: vs. Toledo, 7Sun: @ Central Michigan, 3Men
2002 MAC Men's Soccer Standings
Oct. 18, 2002School\t\t\tMAC Rec.\t\tOverall Rec.Akron\t\t\t2-0-0\t\t\t3-6-2Bowling Green\t2-0-0\t\t\t2-9-0Buffalo\t\t2-1-0\t\t\t5-5-1Marshall\t\t1-1-0\t\t\t5-7-0Kentucky\t\t0-0-0\t\t\t7-4-0Northern Illinois\t0-2-0\t\t\t2-11-0Western Michigan\t0-3-0\t\t\t2-7-3
"A Knock-Down, Drag-Out Film"
By GEORGE D. FERRIS | Oct. 16, 2002"Knockaround Guys" starts with a bang and ends in a bang. This movie had more guns and violence than Vin Diesel's last movie "XXX," which can only equal fun for the masses.Barry Pepper, Diesel, Seth Green, John Malkovich, Andrew Davoli and Dennis Hopper star in the New Line Cinema drama "Knockaround Guys," written and directed by Brian Koppleman and David Levien.The movie starts with Teddy (Malkovich) and Benny (Hopper) playing two shady mob bosses in Brooklyn.
No Reason For Sniper to Be on the Loose
By JAMIE LYNN PERNA | Oct. 16, 2002Since Oct. 2, Washington, D.C., area residents have been anxiously awaiting the capture of the sniper that has been holding them hostage in their own neighborhoods.
GSA Accepts Sub-Board I Contract
By ERIN SHULTZ | Oct. 16, 2002Questions about the Graduate Student Association's partnership with Sub-Board I, Inc. were answered last week when the new GSA executive board accepted the SBI accounting and services contracts for the 2002-03 school year.According to Vice President Shiju David, GSA's new executive board signed the accounting contract with SBI at the Oct.
Upcoming Games
Oct. 16, 2002UBNoneLocal Pro TeamsBuffalo SabresThurs: vs. New York Rangers, 7 (Empire) ScoreboardUBNoneLocal Pro TeamsNone
Movie Review: Rules of Attraction: *** out of 5
By SCOTT PILARSKI | Oct. 16, 2002The movie theater showing "Rules of Attraction" was full of "American Pie"-aged teens looking for a good laugh and quick shots of bare flesh.
Letter To The Editor
By ADAM WAITZMAN | Oct. 16, 2002Congratulations to the over 700 UB students that registered to vote on campus before the deadline.
Around the MAC
By RICK OWCZARZAK AND JIM BYRNE | Oct. 16, 2002Northern Illinois (4-3, 3-0 MAC) detonated in the fourth quarter for 34 points against the Miami (OH) RedHawks (4-3, 2-1) to come back and win 48-41 on Saturday in MAC football action.'That was a great win.
UB Goes 'Clean and Green' With Wind Power
By AMY E. FINCH | Oct. 16, 2002UB became the first school in the SUNY system to utilize wind-generated power as an alternative to more traditional sources of electricity, when the university purchased power from the Senner Wind Power Facility in Madison County, New York on Oct.
Correction
By Editorial | Oct. 16, 2002An opinion piece in the Oct. 13 issue of The Spectrum by Nicholas Mendola, "MTV, Real Life?," incorrectly referred to UB as the University of Buffalo.
Byrned To A Crisp
By JIM BYRNE | Oct. 16, 2002Is this a joke, or are the Cincinnati Bengals just that bad? How can one franchise suck so much? Just start Akili Smith, since the season is already over.
"Professors, Students Discuss Destiny of Buffalo Grain Elevators"
By JACKIE BLACK | Oct. 16, 2002At a symposium regarding Buffalo's historical grain elevators held at Erie Community College on Saturday, Oct.
"Last of the Mohicans"" Tour a Disappointment"
By MICHAEL FLATT | Oct. 16, 2002The unofficially dubbed "Last of the Mohicans" tour stopped by the Water Street Music Hall on Thursday, featuring Soulfly and the North Side Kings."We call it that because it's a hard life.