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History lessons in Iraq
By JEREMY G. BURTON | Nov. 29, 2006I am sick and tired of Iraq being compared to Vietnam. That analogy is simply not going to do us any good.
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"At biotech center, future is now"
By JEREMY G. BURTON | Oct. 25, 2006In five years, says Derek Taylor, understanding bioinformatics is going to be as important as being able to write a paragraph.
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D.C. responsibility
By JEREMY G. BURTON | Oct. 11, 2006When North Korea detonated its first nuclear bomb Monday morning, it was hard to tell which sound echoed louder on Capitol Hill: the collective panic over volatile dictator Kim Jong-Il having atomic weapons or the Republican sigh of relief that the Mark Foley scandal was no longer the media's banner headline.From now until Election Day, these two stories will run side by side in the newspapers and on TV, but as far as D.C.'s legislators are concerned, Foley and North Korea are 8,000 miles and several kilotons of plutonium apart.
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While you were out
By JEREMY G. BURTON | Sep. 6, 2006Welcome back, UB. Make yourself at home. But please, don't yet dismiss summer as a distant memory just because you're knee-deep in lectures and labs.
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Cancelled commentary hurts WBFO integrity
By JEREMY G. BURTON | Sep. 6, 2006For the last few years, WBFO has given airtime to a variety of citizen-prepared commentary, but this extended opportunity came to a screeching halt when the radio station abruptly cancelled all commentary after the airing of controversial opinions about the Israel/Hezbollah conflict.WBFO hastily stopped running these commentaries, leaving passionate listeners and heated incoming commentators out in the cold.
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Racial remarks land Hussain in hot water
By JEREMY G. BURTON | Apr. 28, 2006Student Association President-elect Viqar Hussain learned a lesson about public speaking the hard way last week, making two racially insensitive remarks at an SA dinner that have strained his relationship with club members and colleagues.No one alleges that the comments were intentionally malicious, but those who were offended said the off-color jokes were flat-out shocking and call into question Hussain's leadership and social wherewithal."For the rest of his presidency, it's uphill from here, especially with the minority clubs," said Keri-Anne Marshall, coordinator for the People of Color club council.SA President Dela Yador said Hussain made a tremendous mistake that will put him in a hole before he even takes office, but he stands by the next president's character.Yador himself was at the center of Hussain's initial remark.
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Note from The Editor
By JEREMY G. BURTON | Apr. 28, 2006In February, a provocative column about abortion ran on our opinion page. If you were to look for it on our Web site today, however, it does not appear in our archives.
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Checking expectations
By JEREMY G. BURTON | Apr. 26, 2006Check your hopes, Sabres fans, and don't say them aloud. We can't afford to get ahead of ourselves.
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Alternative fundraising
By JEREMY G. BURTON | Apr. 19, 2006Like the prodigal son who falls into extra money with the passing of a distant relative, UB had momentarily struck it rich.
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"Words, words, words"
By JEREMY G. BURTON | Apr. 5, 2006Anyone who opened up Monday's Spectrum to the arts page was greeted at once by pornography and profanity, two things you usually don't see in this newspaper.
