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POLICE FIND AIR PISTOL UB’s affordability highlighted in AFTER ROBBERY NEAR national report NORTH CAMPUS Kiplinger names UB third lowest in student debt among public universities

Suspects not apprehended by time of press

MADELAINE BRITT Asst. News Editor

When President Barack Obama addressed UB in August and talked about his plans to revolutionize the American educational system, he pushed for affordability and increased value in the college experience. The latest Kiplinger report shows UB is steadily moving toward achieving those goals. Kiplinger’s Personal Finance released a report last week that ranked UB third for lowest student debt at a public university. The average UB student graduates with $16,025 in debt, according to the report. John Hui, a recent UB grad who majored in business, thinks his debt from UB was a manageable amount. He said he is confident that if he had a job, he would be able to pay off his loans within a year. He owes $15,000 and is unemployed, but Hui said his education at UB was gratifying and believes he is a strong candidate for employment. UB offers students $5,140 in financial assistance on average, according to the report. Isabelle Yi, a freshman English major, is responsible for paying her tuition, which she said amounts to $10,000 this year. Yi considers it a reasonable amount compared to private schools. Muhammad Khan, a junior mechanical and aerospace engineering double major, agrees with Yi. “I pay $5,000 for tuition,” Khan said. “[Compared to private universities], I agree, it’s one of the cheaper schools for its values.”

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Three suspects parked outside UB’s Hadley Village Apartments (pictured), located on Hadley Road near Kunz Field, before fleeing on foot toward Audubon Parkway.

AARON MANSFIELD Editor in Chief

An armed robbery occurred near UB’s North Campus Tuesday night, and the suspects eventually fled after driving onto campus. The robbery happened off of Sweet Home Road in Amherst. Three suspects exited the scene in a vehicle. Without them knowing, the victim followed in his vehicle. He followed their car until they stopped outside UB’s Hadley Village Apartments, located on Hadley Road near Kunz Field. Once they realized they were being followed, the suspects fled on foot in the direction of Audubon Parkway. UB Alert sent out a message informing students of the situation and advising those on campus to take shelter at 11:07 p.m. At 11:36 p.m., the university’s emergency website released information elucidating on the incident. At 11:34 p.m., UB Media Relations told The Spectrum that

police located what they believed to be the weapon. Shortly thereafter, the UB Alert system stated police found an air pistol resembling a firearm near the Hadley bushes. An air pistol is a gas-powered pistol that fires pellets or BBs using compressed air. An Amherst Police K-9 dog located the pistol. UB released the following description of the suspects: “three college-age, dark-skinned black males in dark clothing.” The suspects were not reported found by the time of press. Students may sign up for the latest UB Alerts by visiting: getrave.com/login/buffalo. The UB Alert website (emergency.buffalo.edu) also includes extensive information concerning how to proceed in various dangerous situations that could occur on a college campus. Oct. 18, 2013, a student was robbed at gun- and knife-point outside of 108 Hadley Village. Two males – who were described as white – brandished a knife and handgun and robbed

the student of his bag, including electronic equipment. The victim was not harmed. UPD said the suspects had gotten in contact with the victim after he had listed an iPod for sale on Craigslist. Another handgun scare on campus occurred in February 2010, when authorities believed there was a gunman in Lockwood Library on North Campus. UB Police declared the area safe after searching for four hours without finding a suspicious person or weapon. It is still not known whether there was a gunman that day. At 1:25 a.m. Wednesday, police reported they had finished their search of North Campus and lifted the shelter-in-place warning. The Spectrum will provide further coverage of the incident as information becomes available on ubspectrum.com and on Twitter @UBSpectrum. email: news@ubspectrum.com

The national average amount in 2012 was $29,400, according to a report from the Institute for College Access and Success’ Project on Student Debt. Tuitions across the country continue to rise. In 2012, The Spectrum reported that UB’s academic and tuition costs would increase over the next four years, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s NYSUNY 2020 plan. The plan aimed to increase staff, pursue economic development and bring the medical campus downtown. The national spike in education costs is bad news for recent grads looking for work in a difficult job market – with average unemployment at 7.7 percent, according to CNN Money. The report highlighted UB’s “Finish in Four” program. It praised UB for helping students fulfill their academic requirements in four years, while eliminating the extra debt that comes with untimely graduation. The program guarantees students will graduate in four years with the help of an adviser. If a student fails to graduate according to the plan, despite having followed the guidelines his or her adviser set, the university covers the costs of remaining academic requirements for the student. Nine SUNY universities ranked in Kiplinger’s Top 100 Best Values in Public Colleges list, which was released in December. UB was ranked No. 51. email: news@ubspectrum.com

Faculty Senate falls to former low-attendance trend Forty of 90 senators present at Tuesday’s meeting; body unable to vote SARA DINATALE

Managing Editor

In its December meeting, the Faculty Senate had the chance to vote for the first time since at least 2007. The body seemed to be showing progress, as they broke a pattern of low attendance. Tuesday’s meeting, however, showed old habits could persist. The Senate was unable to pass any resolutions because only 40 members were present, six short of the minimum needed to vote. Half of the senators plus one is required for the body to vote. At this time, there are 90 senators total. Motions are then either held to the next meeting, or moved to be voted on by the Faculty Senate’s executive committee. “It seems to me – and I’m new to this – that the absence of the quorum stifles the work of the Senate,” said Senator Gabrie-

la Popescu, a professor of biochemistry, during the meeting. The executive committee will now vote on the two resolutions brought up at the meeting – one regarding a ballot cast to elect Henry Durand as a SUNY Faculty Senator and another to create a subcommittee “to consider the use in and consequences” for massive open online courses. “I would prefer, obviously, to have a vote from the floor rather than have it move to the Senate Executive Committee,” said Chair Ezra Zubrow before taking a quorum call. “I think that would be always better as a matter of policy.” The executive committee is authorized to act on behalf of the Senate between Senate meetings, according to the Faculty Senate’s charter. Zubrow said he’s “actively pursuing” ways to improve the persisting quorum issue and he hopes it’s something he is able

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Senator Gabriela Popescu stands before a low-attended Faculty Senate meeting. Popescu believes the consistent lack of a quorum inhibits the Senate’s productivity.

to successfully combat in his administration. Popescu felt the Senate’s action of sending members a warning that consecutive absences can result in removal from the body made a difference at the Dec. 3 meeting, and she hopes the Senate continues to be firm with senators. After two consec-

utive absences, senators can be removed and, therefore, not considered for quorum. “Last time, we did have a quorum for once in, I don’t know how many years,” Popescu said. “It was a big success – we’re excited about that, so I think that your initiative actually paid off.”

At the December meeting, the Senate voted to ask the UB Foundation (UBF), which manages millions of dollars donated to the university, to make its budget public. Fifty-five senators were present at that meeting. The status of the Senate’s request to UBF was not mentioned at Tuesday’s meeting. But following, Zubrow said President Satish Tripathi is “aware of it because a letter is being sent to him this week.” The Faculty Senate describes itself as the “deliberative and democratic faculty governance body” of UB and helps advise the president on “all manners that may affect the university,” according to its website. The Senate will meet again on March 4 at 3 p.m. in the Center for Tomorrow. email: news@ubspectrum.com

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Weather continues Celebrating the snowy season to affect UB utilities Students embraced winter during UB’s traditional Winterfest

Freezing temperatures are believed to have caused Internet outage SAM FERNANDO

Senior News Editor

On Jan. 30, the Internet connection at UB, Canisius College and Daemen College was down for more than six hours. Chief Information Officer Brice Bible said UB is still investigating the cause of the outage – which lasted from about 3-10 a.m. While the UB network was still functioning, the Internet connection was down. “We are still getting to the bottom of this,” Bible said. “We think it was just one of those bad luck things because of the weather.” He believes water entered a conduit, a tube that holds wires, and froze, disrupting the fiberoptic cables and the signal from downtown to each campus. This broke the Internet signal for the three schools, which share the same Internet Service Provider. Splicing the wires reconnected the signal and created an alternative route that bypassed the damaged cords. Mark Coppola, a senior accounting major at Daemen College, said he was unable to connect to the Internet until Friday night. He is taking two online courses and was unable to get any of his work done Thursday night. Coppola, who is on the Daemen basketball team, has to manage his time for schoolwork because of his busy athletic schedule. He had a game on

Saturday, so he was forced to do all of his homework late Sunday night. Laura Amos, a professor in the School of Management at UB, said the outage forced her to change the way she conducted class on Thursday. She said, ironically, her MGQ 201 class, Introduction to Computers and Statistics, was unable to access the videos she had planned for lecture. But with a background in educational psychology, Amos knew how to teach her class in a less technology-dependent way. “You can’t ever depend on technology,” Amos said. “As a teacher, you have to be flexible; you have to adapt and you can’t dwell on it.” Prior to class, Amos didn’t have her phone with her, so she didn’t receive a text or email from UB Alert stating there was an Internet outage. She said if she had known earlier, she wouldn’t have canceled class – but she would have changed her lesson plan. UB, which is overseeing the investigation and the fix, is putting in steps to prevent an outage like this from happening in the future. Bible said the university is creating “redundant connections” downtown meaning if the wires are damaged again, there will already be a secondary route for Internet access. email: news@ubspectrum.com

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Jennifer Bassik, a graduate communicative disorder and science student, and Michelle Brikker, a senior chemistry major, enjoyed sledding during UB’s fifth-annual Winterfest.

SAMANTHA LUBATKIN

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Munindhran N. Rao, a master’s student studying electrical engineering, experienced snow for the first time on Saturday. Rao, who is from India, was one of 300 students who attended UB’s fifth-annual Winterfest. Kerry Spicer, the associate director of Student Unions and Activities, coordinated the day’s events. The goal, she said, was to help students “celebrate winter” and embrace the season because it takes up the majority of a college student’s career at UB. Saturday’s event offered ice bowling, a snowman-building contest, an igloo-making contest, sledding and horse-drawn sleigh rides – events that Rao said are impossible to experience in India. There was even a synthetic ice rink set up in the Student Union lobby. “About five years ago, we realized, while students do winter activities in Buffalo, we don’t re-

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ally have an event around winter,” Spicer said. That’s when the idea of Winterfest came about. UB Student Affairs, UB Athletics, University Facilities and the Office of Sustainability took part in planning Winterfest. Organizers distributed free food and gloves throughout the event to help students keep warm and stay full. Ni Xiaowen, a sophomore accounting major from Taiwan, ice skated for the first time on Saturday. “I was very nervous,” Xiaowen said. “[But] because it was not real ice, I think it wasn’t as difficult.” Living in Buffalo is a culture shock to Xiaowen, and events like Winterfest help her “immerse [herself] in the Buffalo culture,” she said. Siddarthan V. Raja, a sophomore mechanical engineering major, believes Winterfest took place at the perfect time this year because, being the first weekend

after classes began, many professors did not assign intense homework loads. Raja’s favorite part of Winterfest was playing “Left for Dead,” a video game set up on four screens inside of the Student Union, with his friends. The annual broomball tournament took place on the outdoor ice-skating rink. Connor Arquette first heard about broomball – a game similar to ice hockey – at Winterfest. He ended up winning the tournament, which he said was the highlight of his day. “I didn’t even realize that I had scored two goals when it happened,” said Arquette, a junior pre-med major. “[My whole team] actually didn’t know what broomball was until today.” Both international and local students took advantage of Spicer’s efforts to celebrate the winter season. email: features@ubspectrum.com

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EDITORIAL BOARD EDITOR IN CHIEF Aaron Mansfield MANAGING EDITORS Lisa Khoury Sara DiNatale OPINION EDITOR Anthony Hilbert COPY EDITORS Tress Klassen, Chief Amanda Jowsey Samaya Abdus-Salaam

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Tonawanda Coke explosion continues dangerous trend Explosion rattles homes and reignites fears

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A dishonest company, a deficit of oversight and a history of negligence conflated Friday into an explosive mix, culminating in a plume of smoke and fears, as homes and nerves were rattled. Tonawanda Coke is disgracing local headlines once again as the explosion at the plant revealed that issues plaguing the company are far from over. The problems this most recent transgression will pose for the troubled company is not the primary concern. The real issues lie in the effect it will have on the surrounding area. Tonawanda Coke produces coke, a major fuel used in the manufacturing of steel. The product is typically made by ‘baking’ coal to remove impurities. The process involves high heats, combustible materials and yields dangerous pollutants that are typically captured by filters to prevent their release into the air. The last step, which is required by legislation, is what Tonawanda Coke neglected to carry out, as the New York State’s

Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) discovered in March. Due to Tonawanda Coke’s (in)actions, the company caused irreparable harm to the environment. In addition, the surrounding population’s health was put in jeopardy and property values declined as stigmas (justifiably) rose. Friday’s explosion solidifies the company’s reputation among a growing list of industrial environmental offenders nationally. Following the DEC’s investigation in March, the beleaguered company was found guilty of releasing benzene, a carcinogen that can cause cancer and other illnesses, at dangerous levels into the air, and its environmental manager, Mark Kamholz, guilty of obstructing justice. According to prosecuting attorneys, he was misleading reporters about the company’s environmental impact. So when this company claims, right on schedule, that the explosion Friday was “minor,” a skeptical perspective is not only war-

ranted – it’s necessary. “There’s been a history of this plant being dishonest,” Rebecca Newberry of the Clean Air Coalition told The Spectrum. “We won’t know the extent of this [damage] until a full inspection is released.” Over-pressurization led to a gas buildup triggering the explosion, according to a DEC press release. This story smacks of tainted water in West Virginia. And just as Freedom Industries slyly ‘updated’ the actual amount of chemicals spilled from 5,000 gallons to 7,500 gallons to 10,000 gallons – so it’s easy to imagine what this “minor” explosion will amount to following closer inspection. The issue is that, until something sensational occurs – like the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas – we as the stakeholders in every industrial venture fail to see through the veil erected between the public and our neighboring industrial sites.

This is not by accident. Regulators and inspectors, and the regulatory laws behind them, are all that serve to protect the public from both “consistently bad actors” and the more routine negative externalities associated with industrial production. What is needed now is a buildup of public attention and action, a shift in rhetoric away from deregulation and a healthy skepticism in regards to businesses and manufacturers that can so radically impact our environment. Only when we see through the smoke and haze will we begin to appreciate the absolutely vital role industrial regulations play in our lives. Tonawanda Coke needs to be inspected immediately and closed as soon as possible, before we face the repercussions of another “minor” incident. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com

Often educated and experienced, too often poor Report reveals how the other half of college faculty lives A congressional report released last month outlines a growing group of highly educated, experienced and underpaid U.S. citizens: adjunct instructors. The growing number of parttime and adjunct instructors across this nation’s universities highlights a paradoxical trend away from the axiom repeated by politicians ad nauseam – better education, better (paying) job. The underpayment and under-appreciation of this academic workforce is nothing short of unconscionable. The drive to cut costs across campuses that feeds this trend does little to relieve universities of responsibility. The report states adjuncts and part-time instructors make up half the instructors across colleges, up from 20 percent in 1970. UB is representative of this. In 2012-13, 549 out of 1,170 instructors at UB were part-time, nearly 47 percent, according to the university’s Common Data Set initiative. The congressional report goes on to state the myriad issues afflicting adjuncts – job insecurity, lack of benefits, lack of advance-

ment possibilities, long hours and “low pay at a piece rate.” The report says “many often live on the edge of poverty.” The Spectrum spoke to UB adjunct instructor Andrew Galarneau, who works full time as the food editor at The Buffalo News. “It would be bordering on impossible [to live as an adjunct],” Galarneau said. “It doesn’t pay enough to make a living.” A growing cohort of educators is growing within our ivory towers, working for meager pay beside better paid professorial staff – a job imbued with a solidly middle-class pay and societal prestige. The contrast is striking. “We identify with the fast-food workers,” adjunct David Wilder told NPR, referring to the struggles of fast-food employees protesting for better pay in recent months. The comparison speaks volumes of the state of our parttime instructors. The pattern should sound familiar; it has come to define much of post-recession America – employer seeks to cut costs, hires more part-time workers, often without benefits, to accom-

plish this end. As a result, the workforce is split, half with stability and a livable wage, the other with neither. That this broken logic of economizing would enter into our universities, however, is what remains so troubling. Within the halls meant to train and educate students, lined with so many promises of bright futures and dream careers, the cruel irony that those doing the training and educating would themselves “live on the edge of poverty” is too much too bear or stand for. If universities are going to continue to stand as testaments to the success education can bring students, they must start by guaranteeing a decent living for all faculty members. This begins by curbing the trend toward cost cutting at the expense of what could otherwise be full-time instructors. UB’s adjuncts are unionized under United University Professions, reflecting a growing trend in America as adjuncts seek to collectively bargain to improve pay and working standards. Yet some issues remain structural.

Part-time work comes with a level of instability and represents a manifestation of a move toward a more flexible labor force – which remains largely unaddressed. Though unionizing is a positive step, a shift in ethic is what is necessary. Our universities, UB included, should not be run like corporations or fast-food chains. Those guiding the current generation to a better future should themselves be promised decent pay and benefits as a given – and a realistic chance for advancement and stability for those who wish to pursue it. As the ranks of the new working poor file into and out of our lecture halls and seminar rooms, it behooves us all to take notice. Then ask yourself if that represents the life you envision. How can we aspire to high hopes when those preparing us for them can hardly aspire to those themselves? email: editorial@ubspectrum.com

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LIFE, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Look Alive, Sunshine BRIAN KESCHINGER

Creative Director

Title: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys Writer: Gerard Way & Shaun Simon Artist: Becky Cloonan Colorist: Dan Jackson Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Grade: A On September 11, 2001, Gerard Way was sketching in his notebook on the ferry from New Jersey to Manhattan, when he looked up and saw something that every American alive at the time will always remember. “I literally said to myself, ‘F*** art.’ I’ve gotta get out of the basement. I’ve gotta see the world. I’ve gotta make a difference!’” Way told Spin Magazine in regard to the 9/11 attacks. Way was working as an intern at Cartoon Network in New York City at the time and went on to write his soon-to-be band’s first song, “Skylines and Turnstiles,” later that day. Just a few months later, in November 2001, My Chemical Romance was officially formed. Aside from being the lead singer of an award-winning band and selling out concerts across the globe, Way continued pursuing his comic book ambitions. In 2007, he wrote a six-issue comic book series, The Umbrella Academy, which won the Eisner Award for Best Limited Series in 2008. In 2013, Way revealed that he was approved in 2008 to write a limited Batman series under DC Comics’ Vertigo line, but he just “never had time to write it.” Way posted some of his sketches for the unreleased series on his Twitter account in 2013 with

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playful details about his wouldhave-been characters. It would be easy for Way, a former lead singer of a successful punk band, to cash-in on his name and produce a comic lacking in substance. The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys is certainly not that comic. Way co-wrote Killjoys with Shaun Simon, who toured with My Chemical Romance. During that tour, many of the ideas for the comic came to life. The series is a sequel to the band’s album Danger Days, which was its final album before the group officially announced its breakup on March 22. Released over a period of six months, the series follows “the Girl,” who is the only survivor of the original Killjoys, an anti-establishment, freedom-fighting group of four heroes. After the Killjoys were murdered by Better Living Industries (BL/ind) – a corporation-turned-government that is running a dictatorship and murdering whoever they please –

a cult following of the Killjoys arises, misinterprets the heroes’ actions and pursues BL/ind through naïve, power-hungry actions. The universe and story are packed into a dense, elaborate six-issue series. With Japanese pop culture and manga influences, the series is a precise concoction of science fiction and vigilante justice that feels consistently fresh and visually enticing. At times, Becky Cloonan’s art is reminiscent of manga, but it is never directly derivative. The art is reigned in, with less exaggeration and more realism than manga, and the images are sharp and detailed. With a palette of bright reds, blues, pinks and greens, colorist Dan Jackson brings each page to life. The panels are shaded with exactitude, adding depth that polishes off the overall aesthetic of the series. Killjoys offers not only a fantastic narrative, but insight into an entire universe, one that’s hopefully just beginning. At the end of every issue, there are two pages of BL/ind propaganda, case files and employee handbook pages that make the fictional world and company feel more believable. The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys is an excellent comic from cover to cover. Interesting characters set in a deep universe that are drawn and colored with depth and detail make this series successfully independent from Danger Days, while putting faces to the songs of its musical predecessor. The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys is the complete package. email: arts@ubspectrum.com

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Ain’t got nothin’ on you, Bruno Despite split opinion on Super Bowl performance, Mars is significant to pop music

JOE KONZE JR

Senior Arts Editor

When students lined up for Fall Fest in 2010, they had no idea who Bruno Mars was. But by the end of Mars’ set, he had become a crowd pleaser, serenading women in the audience with his hit songs “Grenade” and “Just The Way You Are.” He fired them up with Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” to the tune of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teenage Spirit,” while showcasing his talents on the guitar. The crowd swayed to his music, and it was clear that Mars might become the next big thing. “Grenade” skyrocketed to the top of musical charts and Mars transitioned from Travie McCoy and B.o.B.’s sidekick to his own musical act. Three years later, he headlined the halftime show at Super Bowl XLVIII in front of hundreds of millions of viewers. Mars’ flash of brilliance illuminated the atmosphere surrounding an otherwise mundane football game at MetLife Stadium on Sunday night. Dynamic cheers erupted in the crowd but weren’t in support of anyone clad in a football jersey.

Instead, they were because of the 5-foot-5, bronze-suited, pop sensation Bruno Mars. Though the state of the game didn’t cause much controversy, social media erupted with a divided reaction after the halftime show. Many still disapproved of Mars and his performance, saying he was a spitting image of a “Motown band, minus the talent” and that the halftime show was another reason to “take a bathroom break.” But many fail to realize how multifaceted Mars’ contribution to the music industry has been over the last few years. Pop music has had a marred image, but Mars serves as a reminder that there is still someone in the music industry that cares about where the music comes from and how it’s made. He has co-wrote many hit songs for other artists and, in the process, has found a way to create a musical fusion of his own. Do you like the catchy lyrics and tune to CeeLo Green’s hit song “Forget You?” Mars helped write that. Is “Who Dat Girl” by Flo Rida featuring Akon your girl’s night jam? Mars helped write that. You like twerking to “Bubble Butt” by Major Lazer and Bruno Mars? Mars helped write that, too. What stands out, among other things, is the dedication he has to his craft. Just take a look at the 10-minute performance on Sunday. We watched him replicate the moves of James Brown, perform an intricate drum solo and use his soulful, Motown-style voice to massage the minds of the crowd. If you took a bathroom break during his performance, you missed the best part of the entire Super Bowl experience. Mars’ performance exceeded expectations and epitomized his immaculate capabilities as one of today’s most talented musicians – one who can not only write, produce and play his own music, but who can catapult other artists’ work to the top of the charts with his moxie. It’s plain and simple: Bruno Mars has done more for music over the course of his career than many of today’s most popular artists will do in their lifetime. email: joseph.konze@ubspectrum.com

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fter a tough 4-4 start to the season, things have gotten better for the men’s basketball team, which is now 11-7 (5-3 Mid-American Conference). Hurley’s three point guards have been as big a reason for that as anyone. Evans has gotten more aggressive. Skeete’s shot is looking smoother as he adjusts to playing the 2. Oldham is playing within himself. “Obviously I was real anxious after my injury just to get back on the court,” Oldham said. “I was just playing too fast, and now I’ve got my rhythm back.” Most importantly, they have been assertive leaders on the court. That’s something Hurley demands from the men who will run his offense. Remember what he said he expects: Fire and intensity, composure and poise. They’re coming along with striking that balance. Their ability to find it will play a big role in deciding the fate of this season. Hurley’s development as a coach is equally important. Things are different in the Buffalo basketball program now. That’s not to say they’re better or worse. It’s too early for that assessment. After all, the program was a formidable MAC contender for years under Witherspoon. Things are just … different. “A complete change in culture and atmosphere,” Skeete said. “The whole team has been different. Not to knock the old coach, but I feel like we work harder now … They expect more from us. They’re harder on us because they know what we can do.” Skeete was concerned when Witherspoon was fired, and understandably so. Dixon says he was “in limbo.” Skeete had emerged as an essential cog in UB’s system, and now Spoon was gone. Would he get starter’s minutes? Would his new coach have the same faith in him? Playing for Hurley has worked out better than he could have imagined. “It’s been a dream come true

basically, because what else could you ask for?” Skeete said. “He’s won two championships, he played in the NBA and he’s my position, so if I want to make it there, why not learn from him?” Dixon knew Skeete had a rare opportunity when UB Athletic Director Danny White hired Hurley. In 1991, Team USA defeated Team Canada in the World University Games in Sheffield, England. Hurley started at the point for the United States, and Dixon was Canada’s starting shooting guard. “I told him that he’s playing for a great coach,” Dixon said. “I said, ‘Listen to him, listen to every word he has to tell you.’ His pedigree alone, I said, ‘His dad is a coach, he comes from a basketball family, he’s a point guard.’ I said, ‘You don’t understand what’s happened to you right now. It’s a blessing.’” So much changed in March. After the firing, Evans decommitted. He wanted to play for Spoon and for assistant Turner Battle, with whom he had developed a close relationship over years of recruiting. The basketball program had lost its highest-ranked recruit. Then UB hired Hurley. “My family, we’re big Duke fans,” Evans said. “My dad loved Duke. My dad was watching Coach Hurley when he played. That was his favorite player. So when Coach Hurley got the job, that made me reconsider because he’s a real good point guard coach and I’m a point guard.” There is an undeniable basketball romance between the young coach-guard tandem. Less than an hour after the Bulls defeated Robert Morris Nov. 26, Evans tweeted: “Nothing better then seeing a smile on Bhurl face.” Hurley responded: “Happy to see you play well & deliver a clutch 3pt shot. Great work!!” As their relationship has progressed, so too has Evans’ game. “At first, I was kinda shocked, like I’ve gotta be correct, everything’s gotta be perfect,” Evans said of playing for Hurley. “But

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Jarod Oldham is a lengthy, athletic point guard. “When I started out, I was short and thin and I hit that growth spurt, and he did the same thing,” recalled Jimi Oldham, Jarod Oldham’s father. “But they just left him where he was at, so you get you a 6-3 point guard.”

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No challenge fazed Jarryn Skeete (10) as a freshman – even being thrown into action as the Bulls’ lone point guard. This year, he has accepted the task of moving to the two-guard position.

then he told me just play freely, just do what you do. He kind of gave me a green light to let me play, and it’s amazing.” Hurley praised Evans during the offseason, before the freshman ever stepped out on the court in front of UB fans, saying the guard’s intensity was an immense addition to the squad. “I always wanted to feel like I was being empowered by my coaches,” Hurley said at Big Four Media Day in October. “I’m going to try and convey that confidence to my guards, to play the way I talk about Shannon Evans – that fearless quality – and just play relentless and really just let it all hang out there.” Like Evans, Hurley was known for his intensity as a player. As Evans sees it, that quality has not diminished in his coach, who is now

42. Imagine what it’s like practicing with Bobby Hurley as your head coach. Actually, you might not want to imagine what that would be like. “It’s a lot of running, I’ll tell you that, and it’s real physical,” Evans said. “He doesn’t call fouls, so we’re in there bleeding and everything and getting hurt, so it’s real physical.” When Oldham was recovering from his injury, it helped having a new mentor who understood what it’s like being away from the game you love. “We discussed when I first got here just the frustrations of making small, incremental progress,” said Hurley, whose NBA career was halted by a serious car accident injury that kept him out a year. “He’s done great. In July, he was a different guy already, just

the cobwebs came off his game.” A different guy in many ways. “He made his mind up he was going to be there for his team, and I can’t put it into words, but he stuck it out,” Jimi, Oldham’s father, said. “It was very emotional for him. He couldn’t physically play, but he wanted to do something to make sure the team stayed together.” For Oldham, this season has been radically different from last year. Not only is he back on the court playing the game he loves, but he has vigor for the game he’s never felt before. “He’s so excited,” said Clara, his mother. “It’s like every day is something new that [Oldham] can get from [Hurley]. So he’s really enjoying the fact that they speak the same language.” Speak the same language: Point guards understand each other. Oldham – whose Twitter bio is, “Jarod Oldham, Point Guard in all facets of life” – tells his dad, “I could just listen to [Hurley] all day.” And could you blame him? It’s hard to describe how much of a legend Hurley truly is, and here he is, in Alumni on a daily basis, UB’s men’s basketball coach. I set out to write this article about the three young men battling for the reins to his offense in his first year as a head coach. What I quickly discovered, however, is that as much as they each love playing the point, not one of them cares where he plays as long as he is on the court. So much of their lives has prepared them to be basketball players. Each of the three athletes has an unwavering belief in himself, and each wants the rock in his hands, period. But as long as they are learning from Bobby Hurley, getting burn and competing for a MAC title, they’re content with any spot on the court. Perhaps that is, after all, a little bit unselfish. email: sports@ubspectrum.com

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Andre Jones (21) was a four-year standout at Winthrop, which made the NCAA Tournament his sophomore season. Jones saw a lot of himself when he watched a young Shannon Evans play basketball in Suffolk, Va.

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Shannon Evans, nicknamed “Hollywood,” made quite an entrance at Bulls Madness, UB’s preseason pep rally, when he came out wearing sunglasses.

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Shannon Evans (center, wearing blue shirt) danced with rappers A$AP Ferg and A$AP Rocky on stage during their performance at UB’s Fall Fest Oct. 13. “That was amazing,” Evans said. “I don’t know how I did it, but it was amazing, an experience I’ll never forget.”

ing player, and I just think the sky is the limit.” Skeete has also earned praise from his current coach. “I think he has got a great mind for the game,” Hurley said. “I think he plays at a real good pace where he’s never really out of control when he’s playing, and he’s got good size. His shot is a real weapon for him; he’s shooting the ball very well. On a team that has good inside play, you need players that can make shots. He’s doing that. And he sees the floor well.” Vision: That’s Skeete’s strongest skill. Vision is hard to notice and perhaps impossible to coach, but it is as valuable as any tangible talent in basketball, particularly for a PG. Skeete has had a vision for his future for a long time: playing in the NBA. In an attempt to make it there, he hasn’t taken a traditional path. He worried about not being discovered coming out of Canada – though Dixon thought that was unnecessary – and attended prep school in the States to get noticed by scouts. At 17 years old, he moved to Chicago, then Utah, then Maine. He had to figure out how to drive in America. He didn’t have a clue how to decipher the Fahrenheit temperature scale. Again, however, the pressure of moving all over a new country by himself was no problem for Skeete.

Spectrum File Photo Former head coach Reggie Witherspoon directs Skeete during the 2012-13 season, in which Buffalo finished 14-20. Witherspoon gave Skeete the keys to his offense when Oldham was injured, and Skeete did not disappoint.

“Jarryn is a good kid,” Dixon said. “He’s not a kid that will deviate from his agenda. He’s focused on his school and his basketball. So he’s not going to get caught up with friends and clubs and drugs and that stuff. He comes from a very good family. His mom and dad did a hell of a job raising him.” Skeete is proud of his home country. He loves his Canadian flag, and he wore red spandex under his shorts every game until the uniform police at UB nixed that ritual. Skeete is part of a new generation of Canadian players – including Wiggins, Syracuse freshman Tyler Ennis and 2013 No. 1 NBA Draft Pick Anthony Bennett – who are making their country known as a force for the game of basketball. Before this generation, Dixon was a trailblazer for Canadian ball. He sees Skeete one day making a similar impact with his career. “He’s just scratching the surface,” Dixon said. “I don’t want to put too much pressure, but I’ll say it right now: he’s going to break all kinds of records. I think he’s going to be a very special athlete. I hope he will stay [at UB] four years.” *** arod Oldham exploded off the ground. Oldham leapt for a rebound during a December 2012 practice, his ups leaving a yard between his Nikes and the hardwood. When another player undercut him and Oldham came down with a thud, it began one of the most arduous times in his life: the journey back to the game he loves. He had broken his left wrist.

Chad Cooper, The Spectrum Oldham’s leadership is new, but his defensive dominance is not. He is averaging 1.5 steals per game and has had a propensity for rattling offensive players since he arrived at UB.

His junior season was over. “Oh my gosh. It was traumatizing, it really was,” recalls Clara Oldham, Oldham’s mother. “A lot of it he tried to mask and act like he was OK, but knowing him the way that I do, not being able to be on the court was the most difficult thing he ever had to endure.” Imagine losing the one you love the most in life, and then having a front-row seat to watch 11 of your closest friends fall more madly enamored with each of theirs. “I would say throughout my life, that would probably be one of the hardest things I’ve had to deal with just because I love basketball so much,” Oldham said. “I was close enough to the game, but I was just that far away not to be able to help physically.” The situation stung. And as it often does, a bad situation got even worse before it got better. Reggie Witherspoon, Oldham’s coach of three years, was fired. “That hurt everybody,” said Jimi Oldham, Oldham’s father. With a shattered wrist and downtrodden spirit, Oldham did everything he could to get back on the court, to return to his love. That meant four surgeries and endless rehab. Eventually, his wrist was rebuilt, but he would never be the same player. He was smarter. More thankful. Had perspective. “I think when he got hurt and it didn’t go the way they thought it was going to go, it seems to me that he grew up then,” Jimi said. Before the injury, Oldham had cemented himself as the Bulls’ No. 2 offensive threat behind Javon McCrea. Oldham’s sophomore year, his first as the starting point guard, he led the MAC in assist-toturnover ratio. The young gun became the reliable game manager in 2011-12, which was a special year for UB hoops. The senior class that year held the team together. This season, Oldham is doing the same thing. One thing that has not changed over time is Oldham’s strongest attribute: his defense. Hurley called Oldham the “best defender [he has] ever coached.” Think of him like a spider. The 6-foot-3 point guard has a combination of quick-

ness and length that has been driving opponents insane since his arrival. If you have the ball, you don’t want Oldham in a stance staring at you, because there’s a good chance you’ll end up looking foolish. “There’s no one that I’ve been around that pressures the ball as well as Jarod, that I’ve seen in college basketball and had a chance to work with, and that does wonders for your team – for your whole defense,” Hurley said Jan. 19 after a win over Kent State. Scoring has always been secondary for Oldham. It’s always been about defense and dishing to teammates. He has played point guard his whole life, just like Jimi, who was also a tall, thin terror in his heyday. Jimi used to watch Hurley’s college games. He remembers thinking, Boy, that fella can go. Basketball is on often in the Oldham household. The family simply loves the game. They call Clara, Oldham’s mother, his greatest critic. He says no matter how big the crowd is, he can always hear his mom shouting. “I always saw that he had the potential to be better than what he thought himself, so I said it was my job to constantly critique but encourage all at the same time,” Clara said. She made sure he was constantly working on his game when he was growing up. She found gyms and parks in his area so he always had a place to play. She made him run, too. What kid wants to run? “All of the stuff she knew I didn’t like to do, she would push me even harder to do it, just because she knew I didn’t like to do it,” Oldham said. “It made me better.” He grew up becoming a basketball player. Last year, he became a man. Though Oldham couldn’t see it at the time, his trial has benefited this year’s team. “I knew it had to be rough,” Jimi said of Oldham’s injury. “But I liked the way he handled himself. He kept his head up. He would always tell me he’s got to do this to support his team, and he was right there.” SEE HURLEY’S PG SCHOOL, PAGE 5

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