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Help Your Community
By SARA PAULSON | Feb. 1, 2002Community service: the words don't inspire most people to run for their car keys or their checkbooks.
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"Stop This Train, I Want To Get Off"
By KEVIN PURDY | Feb. 1, 2002As you read this today, the window of opportunity to obtain a large number of golden tickets has already passed.
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NYSSA Responds to Governor's Budget
By SARA PAULSON | Feb. 1, 2002The Legislative Committee of the New York State Student Assembly is planning to protest the proposed changes to the Tuition Assistance Program in Gov.
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Student Struck by Blue Bird Bus
Feb. 1, 2002A student was struck by a Blue Bird bus while waiting to board the vehicle at Flint Loop Wednesday night.According to a representative from Blue Bird, who asked that his name be withheld, the student was waiting in front of the yellow line on the sidewalk and was not watching as the bus approached.
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Serafin Jump Starts Career with Intel Internship
By STEFANIE ALAIMO | Feb. 1, 2002While many UB students spent their summer vacations basking in the sun or visiting relatives, Stacey Serafin tightly packed her car with all her belongings and drove five days cross-country to Oregon, where she served as a research and development intern for Intel Corp., developer of the Pentium processor.Serafin, a senior physics major, worked alongside Intel engineers in a "pathfinding" group, responsible for studying one portion of a personal-computer motherboard and developing an idea for enhancing or replacing its components.
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"The beat generation, in black and white"
By BRENDAN MCGARRY | Jan. 30, 2002If it were up to Distinguished Professor Bruce Jackson, one of the rooms in the Albright-Knox Art Gallery would house a vintage 1957 pink Cadillac."How can you have a '50s exhibit without a 1957 pink Cadillac?" Jackson asked at the gallery, Sunday.Unfortunately, the classic car would not fit through the doors of the museum, so he compromised, and a rare1952 cherry-red hog (Harley Davidson motorcycle) rests in its place.The item is one of many 1950s-era collectibles UB contributed to the museum that complement the "The Tumultuous Fifties: A View from the New York Times Photo Archives," on display from Jan.
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UB Network Rendered Accessible for Off-Campus Users
By NICK FARNOLO | Jan. 30, 2002For Kenman Choo, accessing the UB network from his off-campus apartment has always been difficult.
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"Sam I am"" a heart breaker"
By STACIE DOPKO | Jan. 30, 2002People with mental disabilities may never meet the standards deemed ordinary in the American psyche.
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Bulls Exact Revenge With Lopsided Win
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG | Jan. 30, 2002Solid teams are marked by their ability to bounce back from disappointing losses. The University at Buffalo men's basketball team, coming off back-to-back defeats, showed they are emerging into that caliber of team after a 75-65 thrashing of the Northern Illinois Huskies (7-10, 3-5 MAC) Monday night at Alumni Arena before a crowd of 1,096.
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"Despite Rumors, Junior/Senior Science Still Required - For Now"
By SARA PAULSON | Jan. 30, 2002A proposal to ease the general education requirements for freshmen and returning students beginning next fall led to confusion when discussion from a Faculty Senate Executive Committee session became rumor among the student body late last week.Students first became aware of the possible modifications to the current policies when Peter Gold, associate dean for general education, spoke to a class of students fulfilling their junior/senior science requirement about the pending proposal, which in its current form would drop the requirement entirely.
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MLA Finds New Executive Director at UB
By NICK FARNOLO | Jan. 30, 2002The Modern Language Association, the world's foremost association for the study of modern languages and literature, announced the appointment of UB professor Rosemary Feal to the position of executive director of the organization at its annual convention last December.After an extended nationwide search, the MLA's search committee chose to nominate Feal to succeed retiring MLA Executive Director Phyllis Franklin.
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A New Holm For Biomedical Pursuits
By BRENDAN MCGARRY | Jan. 30, 2002Dr. Bruce Holm, senior associate dean for the school of medicine, will be the first individual to hold a new administrative office, created to keep pace with UB's advances in the high-tech area of biomedical sciences.
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Buying Beauty On Both Sides of the Ocean
By STEFANIE ALAIMO | Jan. 30, 2002In a compelling lecture titled "Purchasing Pleasure: Images of Women in French and American Magazines" in the Center for the Arts Monday evening, French professor Jeanette Ludwig evaluated differences in the portrayal of the feminine experience in magazine advertisements in the United States and abroad.Ludwig, an associate professor in the modern languages and literature department, recalled looking through a magazine with her daughter, Sarah, who was enchanted by an ad featuring a couple dressed in formal wear and engaged in a romantic balcony scene."She turned the page and said, 'I want that, I want to be there,'" said Ludwig.
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"Pataki Budget Plan Alters TAP, Keeps SUNY Finances Constant"
By KEVIN PURDY | Jan. 30, 2002SUNY students receiving state funds under the Tuition Assistance Program could be forced to wait until graduation for full reimbursement under Gov.
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Wrestling Falls to Top Ranked Opponents
By JIM BYRNE | Jan. 30, 2002The University at Buffalo's wrestling team entered competition last weekend coming off an impressive outing at the New York State Championships, and was looking to carry that success over into their dual meets.This would not be the case, however, as the Bulls tripped, stumbled and plummeted their way to two-straight losses against top 25 teams Kent State and West Virginia."Kent has been playing spectacular and West Virginia is the 12th-ranked team in the nation," said Bulls Head Coach Jim Beichner.Buffalo dropped to 1-2 in the MAC courtesy of a 28-9 drubbing at Kent State Friday.
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Feet First
By MICHAEL LUCINSKI | Jan. 30, 2002"What you do is as important as anything government does."- President George W. Bush"Good evening, America.
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Swim Teams Each Split Weekend Meets
By ADAM BROWN | Jan. 30, 2002The UB men's and women's swim teams both went 1-1 Saturday as they split conference tri-meets with Ball State and Bowling Green in Muncie, Ind.Buffalo's men's swimming team earned their first MAC victory of the season with a 127-109 win over Bowling Green, however losing to the host team, Ball State, by a 183-54 score.
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"A Beautiful Heart, A Diseased Mind"
By ELIZABETH M. FOX-SOLOMON | Jan. 28, 2002"A Beautiful Mind" is a beautiful movie. Growing up with an older sister who suffers from obsessive compulsive disorder and manic depression, I saw echoes of my family's own experience in the onscreen hardships of mathematical genius and schizophrenic John Forbes Nash Jr.
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A Basketball Renaissance
By MICHAEL SCOTT | Jan. 28, 2002Saturday night I waited in line to use the men's room at Alumni Arena. I waited in traffic after the game for about 10 minutes.
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"Bulls' Win Ugly, But Still a Win"
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG | Jan. 28, 2002If basketball were a sport that awarded points based on elegance, the women of UB would have had some major problems racking up style points in Saturday night's game against Akron.
