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"SA, Assembly Assign Blame For Assemly's Decline"

By STEFANIE ALAIMO | Feb. 6, 2002

Following a semester many have characterized as unproductive due to poor participation and weak leadership, members of the Student Association executive board and the SA Assembly are pointing fingers to where they believe the damage was done and looking the revive the flagging representative body.According to SA President Christian Oliver, the assembly's weakness has "been a plague in the last three or four years." Oliver cited the poor leadership of previous assembly speakers as one of the root causes of its deficiencies."You need someone to rally the troops and unfortunately, that doesn't fall on the executive board's hands," said Oliver.

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Southern hospitality: An interview with Sevendust bassist Vince Hornsby

By GENE PARK | Feb. 6, 2002

Although it's hard to believe that a member of Sevendust is an easy-going Southern boy offstage, that's the type of person bassist Vince Hornsby is.One and a half hours before the performance, Hornsby is relaxing on a couch, the official banquet table beside him filled with a healthy sampling of snacks and beverages."Its not very nutritional stuff up in here.

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The Rock Says

By MICHAEL SCOTT | Feb. 6, 2002

I swear holidays were invented by women. Back before WWII, when women primarily took care of the home and children, they invented these things they called "annoying days of endless pain," but the name was later changed to "holidays."Truthfully, I don't know why they did it.

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Pharmacy Gains New Major: Pharmacometrics

By BRENDAN MCGARRY | Feb. 6, 2002

UB's School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences recently developed the nation's first master's degree program in pharmaceutics with a concentration in pharmacometrics, an emerging field that combines pharmacological studies with computational data analysis.Pharmacometrics is comprised of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and biostatistics, and studies the disposition of drugs in the body and the time-course of drug effects."These kind of data are essential for understanding the action of drugs," said William Jusko, professor of pharmaceutical sciences and founder of the program.

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Name magazine presents an experimental poetry reading from some of UB's finest

By ANGELA CRISTANTELLO | Feb. 6, 2002

The lights of the stylish little bookstore flickered, then grew dim. The last of the audience shuffled into rows of mismatched chairs.

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Buffalo Powerless Against 60 MPH Winds

By JAMIE LYNN PERNA | Feb. 4, 2002

Friday's combination of snow, ice, rain, sleet and wind left on-campus students confined to their dorms while off-campus residents, many of whom lost power and heat as a result of the weather, struggled to stay warm."I almost got knocked down," said Cristo Benedict, a junior communication and management information systems major.

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Hard Feelings Abound as Troubled Past Surfaces

By SARA PAULSON | Feb. 4, 2002

"Waiting to cross Fifth Avenue and Forty-eighth Street, I spotted Michael Rudnick, a guy who grew up across the street from me in Brooklyn."In less than 30 words, author Jason Starr introduces the reader to the main conflict in the world of Richie Segal, a man preoccupied with his job as a salesman in the world of computer software, his wife's success at her job and his tumultuous past.

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Cultivating Healthy Sexuality

By Editorial | Feb. 4, 2002

Americans tend to take their vices to the extreme: Krispy Kreme has a drive-through window, Pizza Hut puts cheese inside the crust, ESPN has four channels, Las Vegas stages a full-scale pirate ship battle on a daily basis.

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Rematch Trends Continue As Bulls Fall To Akron

By MICHAEL SCOTT | Feb. 4, 2002

AKRON, Ohio - Take a three-game winning streak. Add a healthy amount of knowledge about the opposition.

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Second-Half Power Outage Costs Bulls Second Straight Loss

By JELANI FREEMAN | Feb. 4, 2002

While power was restored to almost all of the 100,000 Western New York homes by 8 p.m. Saturday night, that is exactly the time when someone pulled the plug at Alumni Arena.

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Advanced Placement Classes

By Editorial | Feb. 4, 2002

Recent changes in high school education have shifted the focus on how classes are taught. With graduation requirements growing increasingly stringent, classes are becoming more and more geared toward teaching students how to pass exams rather than informing them of material that is worthwhile or interesting.

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"Like Mother, Like Daughter"

By EMILY DALTON SMITH | Feb. 4, 2002

It happened to me. And it will happen to you.The setting was Tops, late night, somewhere between bulk foods and the dairy aisle.

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Patriots Pull Biggest Upset Since the American Revolution

By MATT ALBERT | Feb. 4, 2002

After the acts of Sept. 11, millions of Americans are proud to call themselves Patriots. Right now, 52 men may be a little prouder than most.In August, so-called football experts and prognosticators debated and predicted whether the Bills and Patriots would finish in last or second last in the AFC East, respectively.

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Power Outage Results in Fire at Young Chow

By BRENDAN MCGARRY | Feb. 4, 2002

A small fire was reported around 2 p.m. Friday afternoon at Young Chow, the Chinese restaurant located in the Commons.Dave, the Young Chow manager on duty at the time, who would not give his last name, said the fire began when a candle, lit because the restaurant was without power, fell off the service counter, igniting a piece of paper on the floor.

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Wrestling Gets Back On Track With Dismantling Of Bucknell

By ADAM BROWN AND MATT ALBERT | Feb. 4, 2002

The University at Buffalo wrestling team came into Alumni Arena this past Saturday looking for momentum.

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Fraternities Strive to Found Greek Traditions

By KEVIN PURDY | Feb. 4, 2002

Another successful campus apartment opening, a football team on the upswing, increased graduate and master's enrollment: in many ways, the University at Buffalo's 2001 fall semester was a definitive step in approaching the reputation of the large research universities President William R.

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Recovery Steep For Sufferers of Addiction and PTSD

By PHILIP BADASZEWSKI | Feb. 1, 2002

Substance abusers who also suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder - a combination that has traditionally been very difficult to treat because the stress disorder increases cravings in users - have UB researchers to thank for a recent breakthrough.The study is the first to examine the impact of trauma memories on substance cravings.

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The Intellectual Cafe

By JAMIE LYNN PERNA | Feb. 1, 2002

Walk into Starbucks in the Commons on any given day and you are sure to find an abundance of seats taken by studying, latte-drinking students like Alexis Machelor.Machelor, a sophomore psychology major, said she hardly ever utilizes the university libraries, but does research and class-related work online several times per month.

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"Ski Resorts, Outdoor Enthusiasts Dreaming of a White Winter"

By KATIE LISANDRELLI | Feb. 1, 2002

Every winter, skiers and snowboarders anxiously await the first snowfall of the season. Buffalo winter enthusiasts this year faced a dry November - the first time in the history of the city when there was no measurable snowfall in November - preventing local ski resorts from opening until late last month when a major snowstorm finally hit Western New York, dropping 82.3 inches of snow on the Queen City.The record-breaking snowfall in November 2000 gave the skiing industry a jumpstart that allowed many resorts to open before Thanksgiving.

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Cybrary Wait Times

By Editorial | Feb. 1, 2002

Although the cybraries, short for cyber libraries, are one of the university's best student services, attempting to use them during peak hours is a rigorous test of individual patience.