The Spectrum Volume 60 Issue 49

The Independent Student Publication of the University at Buffalo MONDAY EDITION v February 7, 2011 Vol. 60 No. 49 v ubspectrum.com

Saving Hearts with Swishes UB Hoops for Hearts fundraises to save a child’s heart JAMES BOWEStaff Writer Thirty-eight teams, nearly 200 people, and six basketball courts all in one gym on one day might seem like a new NBA playoff schedule gone awry, but on Saturday, the Hoops for Hearts 3-on-3 basketball tournament may have given many a new way to look at philanthropy.

A collaborative effort between new fraternity Zeta Beta Tau and the established Alpha Epsilon Pi, Hoops for Hearts sought to raise money and donate it to Save a Child’s Heart, a charity based in Israel that gives children from all over the world free treatment for various life-threatening heart conditions.

Each child needs around $10,000 to be saved, an astronomical sum for many who live in third-world countries or impoverished areas.

The hope for Hoops for Hearts was to reach that number.

Local businesses Zetti’s and University Village at Sweethome, along with UB’s Center for Student Leadership and Community Engagement, sponsored the event by donating money and free food to sell as concessions.

“They’ve been extremely good to us,” said David Siegel, a sophomore undecided major and vice president of AEPi. “We’ve been planning this since before break, and having their support is such a great thing.”

Big supporters were not the only way money was raised. Tournament participants provided a $10 donation to the cause, and various gift cards to Target and local restaurants were raffled off for $1 tickets. By the second round of the tournament, nearly $5,000 had been raised.

“The beautiful thing is that as our international network of students and young professionals grow,” said Deborah Serkin, Young Leadership Director for Save a Child’s Heart. “Their collaborative efforts make a huge impact.”

Although organized by ZBT and AEPi, the event united many fraternities and sororities under one roof. Many teams were comprised of fraternities and sororities, and many others came out just to watch, support the cause, and cheer for their friends and brothers and sisters.

The teams had their own unique styles, each giving itself a special name. Names like the Monstars, Soup De Jour, and Green Eggs and Ham were among the more creative. During the first couple of rounds, each game lasted until either one team scored 11 points, or until 15 minutes was up. Later on, games went up to 15. The teams kept score by the honor system, and, for the most part, good sportsmanship prevailed.

The winner of the tournament was Guard Up, which consisted of Nick Harrison, Christoff Forth, and Blaine Reecher.

All of the teams, while competing for a good cause, were also competing for prizes. The winner would take home three $50 gift cards, and second place would take home three $25 dollar gift cards.

Some, however, were not completely satisfied.

“It takes $10,000 to save a child’s heart, and we’ve only raised $5,000 here today,” said Justin Neuwirt, vice president of ZBT and organizer of the event. “That’s a half-hearted effort.”

Brett Berman, president of AEPi, shared Neuwirt’s concern but added that it will be a full-year campaign and that Hoops for Hearts may be only one of multiple events to reach the ultimate goal – to save a child’s heart. g

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Some professors at UB seem to spend more time in the lab than the classroom.

Balancing Act Professors’ research may take away time and energy from instructing students GRACE CLARKEStaff Writer Flyers for research being conducted at UB can be found almost everywhere. They scatter the hallways, are posted in every bathroom stall, and litter e-mail inboxes. Some professors make participating in research studies a requirement for their courses, while others expect students to conduct their own research in the classroom.

Research, however, may be more important to some professors than teaching their students.

As a university known for its published scholars and accredited findings, research conducted at UB often serves as an advantage to the student body, but it also tends to create a time constraint, taking professors away from their responsibilities in the classroom.

In 1993, former University President William Greiner openly declared the Faculty Responsibility Policy, in which he stated: “Faculty are expected to be publishing scholars or to be otherwise actively engaged in creative activity, to make significant attempts to obtain external support for their work in fields where this is possible, to contribute effectively to the instructional programs of the University, and to participate actively in University, professional, and where appropriate, community service.”

With this policy, Greiner instilled the importance of research within the university by making active research a necessity for all faculty members to uphold.

Faculty members are required annually to submit a report describing in detail their professional activities and accomplishments for review by the chair and the dean, according to the policy.

Many students can recall at least one class where they have blamed the difficulties of learning the subject matter on the professor’s lack of creativity or enthusiasm.

“I only had one class where I felt all the professor cared about was research,” said Alynn Beyder, a senior international business and marketing major. “I didn’t really feel like he wanted to teach.”

With faculty research being conducted at such a high rate, some students believe this lack of instruction comes as a result of professors’ poor prioritizing and spending more energy on meeting research requirements, and less time on teaching.

“I had a teacher [who] mainly did research,” said Brandon Phillips, a junior mechanical engineering major. “Many students [in the class] felt that he made tests harder because he was research-oriented.”

Nyeri Moulterie /// The Spectrum

Fraternities Zeta Beta Tau and Alpha Epsilon Pi worked together and raised over $5,000 for the Save a Child’s Heart foundation.

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Faculty research and publications have gained national attention for the university. While professors dedicate many hours of hard work into research studies, there is a question of whether students get to benefit from these research findings and requirements as well.

knowledge that professors gain during the research process is a major benefit to students. “[By] attending an R-1 school, you are learning from professors at the cutting edge of their research,” Rintamaki said. “The intention is that they will bring that knowledge into the classroom.”

Individual schools and colleges within the university monitor and track their professors’ activities in research and publication. The chairs within individual departments are responsible for making sure that faculty research does not impede the professors’ ability to effectively instruct their classes. “[Research is] definitely viewed as a way for [professors] to increase their knowledge within their fields, and then we expect that they will bring this knowledge and expertise into their classes,” said Nancy Smyth, professor and dean of the School of Social Work.

Within the School of Social Work, professors are able to buy out of teaching a class if they have a lot of research projects, according to Smyth. In this case, professors will use their research grant money to hire a replacement instructor, which is a way for professors to limit situations in which research could take away from their teaching responsibilities, according to Smyth.

“Research is a time-soak and requires meetings and teamwork,” said Thomas Feeley, associate professor and chair of the Department of Communication.

“These [research meetings] take a lot of time and are often conducted outside of Buffalo.”

However, Feeley states that there is no question that his research benefits his teaching ability.

“I am far more acquainted with the research process and how theories of human communication are tested empirically,” Feeley said. “Doing science firsthand provides better training and teaching to students than simply learning how others do it. The research requirements [for faculty members] are a huge advantage. [Students] learn from experts, not simply delivery persons who read what the experts write.”

The opportunity to participate in research being conducted by professors and fellow students is a large perk of attending a research-based university.

Although students, including Beyder, can recall negative experiences with professors who focus a majority of their time on their research, the facultyconducted research can provide opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students.

“It is cool to be at a school with [research] opportunities; it provides research assistant positions to students,” Beyder said. “I don’t know of a lot of schools that allow undergraduates to participate in research.”

Research also provides many instructors with useful material that they are then able to use within the classroom. According to Jennifer Wilson, a third year linguistics doctorate student and an instructor of LIN205, the research that she has conducted “is very beneficial” to the course she teaches and has provided her with “examples for teaching.” g

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NEWS February is American Heart Month LEsLiE TunMoREStaff Writer Most people have always associated hearts in February with boxes of chocolates and “Be Mine” phrases, but February is also the month to take a closer look at a different kind of heart – your own.

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in our nation. The American Heart Association has urged Congress since 1963 to proclaim the month of February “American Heart Month.”

“I think some people are still unaware of the high rise of cardiovascular disease,” said Melissa

Chabot, undergraduate nutrition coordinator for the Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences. “Spreading awareness is always helpful.”

Last Monday, President Barack Obama sent out an official press release proclaiming that the month of February be dedicated to making Americans aware of risk factors, which include high cholesterol, diabetes, obesity, physical inactivity, and tobacco use, and how the United States can try to develop a healthier lifestyle.

“I think many people are also unaware that the early stages of heart disease can begin at an early age,” Chabot said. “The good news is there are many things that can help protect oneself from developing cardiovascular disease.”

Being physically active, main-

taining a healthy body weight, and consuming a healthy diet rich in fruits and vegetables and whole-grain, high-fiber foods are important in helping to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, according to Chabot.

February is also a month to honor and acknowledge those who spend their lives researching and raising money to help fund the prevention of heart disease.

In addition, the American Heart Association is sponsoring the “Go Red For Women” campaign.

The campaign, which occurs nationwide throughout February, brings awareness to women of their risks for heart disease, and encourages them to find ways in reducing these risks.

“One-third [of women in the United States] will die this year of cardiovascular diseases,” said Ronald Tritto, corporate events director of Buffalo’s American

Heart Association. “[That is] one person every 60 seconds. About half of the women in America might know this, but that also means that [the other] half don’t.”

Last Friday was declared the national Wear Red for Women Day, in an effort to support women’s heart disease awareness and remind women about their risks for heart disease. It was a day to show support for the cause by wearing an article of red clothing and educating other women

about their risks.

“If each woman reaches out to five women they know and spread the news [that way], this could eventually impact thousands of women,” Tritto said.

For more information on the Go Red for Women campaign and how to live a healthier life, go to http://www.goredforwomen. org and click on the Live Simple Seven tab. g

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News Briefs 2/7

Obesity Rates Increase Worldwide

Unemployment Down In January

Golisano Sells Sabres, Shows Interest In Bills

A study published in The Lancet has found that obesity affects one in 10 adults worldwide. The study was conducted by researchers at Imperial College London and Harvard University.

The Department of Labor reports that January’s unemployment fell to 9 percent, a 0.4 percent decrease from December.

This is the second consecutive month to show such a decrease since the unemployment rate was at 9.8 percent in November.

On Thursday, B. Thomas Golisano sold the Buffalo Sabres to Pennsylvania billionaire Terry Pegula. Now he has shown interest in possibly staying a part of the Buffalo sports scene as the owner of the Bills following Ralph Wilson’s departure, whenever that may be.

The researchers focused on trends of the risk factors that cause heart disease. Body Mass Index (BMI), cholesterol, and high blood pressure were all analyzed with data from 1980 and 2008.

The most striking finding was the overall increase in the number of people falling in the obese BMI range. In 1980, 4.8 percent of men and 7.9 percent of women were considered obese. These rates increased to 9.8 percent for men and 13.8 percent for women as of 2008. The study found that obesity rates increased most among the world’s high-income countries.

Despite the increase in obesity, researchers are somewhat optimistic about their findings. Overall rates of people with high blood pressure fell slightly. Cholesterol levels also decreased among Western countries but increased significantly in Asian and Pacific regions. g

Despite this good sign, the number of jobs created was significantly less than expected. The Department of Labor projected 140,000 jobs to be created in January, but the actual number was 36,000. Experts cite the severe winter weather as a factor for people staying home rather than finding work.

The total number of people unemployed fell by 600,000 since December but economists say this drop may be an indication of a long-term decline in overall employment levels. Experts worry that the decrease in unemployment rate is merely because people are starting to give up on finding work. When they stop searching, they are no longer classified as part of the unemployed masses.

The Department of Labor’s data for January did find several positive signs. Those working part-time because they could not find full-time work fell by 500,000 to 8.4 million. Another revision from past months’ data shows that 40,000 more jobs were created than originally reported. g

Golisano, the founder of Paychex, purchased the Sabres in 2003 when the team was facing bankruptcy and possibly leaving Buffalo altogether. Since then, the team has seen a resurgence in its fanbase, combined with improvements on the ice as well. In the 2006-07 season, the team won the President’s Cup trophy, awarded to the NHL team with the most points in a season.

Now Golisano could save Buffalo’s other major sports franchise, the Bills. In recent years, the issue of the Bills leaving Buffalo has become a definite possibility. Golisano has stated that the closer the Bills come to having to change cities, the more interest he will put into possible ownership and keeping the team here.

The city of Los Angeles has recently announced its plans for constructing a $1 billion downtown stadium. The Bills are one of seven teams that the city thinks it could bring to the larger market.

Still, the future of the Bills depends on the future of Ralph Wilson and whoever replaces him as owner of the team. g

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Guards Accused of Vandalism hoWiE KuRTZCampus Editor The Undercurrent staff has accused Campus Security of conducting an unauthorized search of their office in the early morning hours of Jan. 27. It is alleged that two security officers ransacked desks, file cabinets and mail boxes apparently in search of narcotics. Further evidence of vandalism consisted of the spilling of machine ink on about 700 comic books stored in the press room for later distribution, yielding damages estimated at about $250. The alleged entry occurred at 4:45 a.m. and lasted for approximately 10 minutes.

The incident was witnessed by Thomas Lundquist, an Undercurrent printer who was working late in the office that night.

“I had the feeling something wasn’t right, so I crawled underneath a table in the back,” explained Mr. Lundquist.

“Uniformed policemen came in, looked around and walked out. A few minutes later they came back, started rummaging through the desks, and spilled oil over the comic books,” he continued.

Look for dope “They were making remarks about the condition of the office,” said Mr. Lundquist. “They said things like ‘Look at these floors’ and ‘What a bunch of ****sucking pigs’ and ‘Let’s look for some dope.’” The witness feels that while the officers may have had some original purpose for coming into the Undercurrent office, their return visit was to “tear up the office and have some fun.”

The next day, Assistant Director of Security Leon Griffin asked Mr. Lundquist to come to his office in an attempt to identify the officers involved. Although no positive identification was made, Mr. Griffin apparently contacted the officers who were on duty Thursday night. Mr. Griffin later informed Undercurrent that the two officers would be brought up on charges via the state Civil Service review procedure, set down in the lengthy if complicated Article 75 of the Civil Service Law. The names of the officers involved will not be made public until the formal charges are brought up sometime this week.

Two factions Mr. Griffin refused comment on any aspect of the Undercurrent incident, claiming it would endanger the hearing. However, Undercurrent news director John Stiny feels Mr. Griffin’s goal is the overall upgrading of campus security, and his silence is designed to ensure that the two officers are dis-

missed. “I think he wants to shepherd this hearing through and get rid of these guys,” commented Mr. Stiny.

Mr. Stiny feels there is a split in the Campus Security force between two factions, the better educated, more qualified officers, and the less qualified officers left over from the old days, when security standards were lower. He further feels that the existence of permanent shifts leads to the less qualified officers being put on the night shift, which is naturally less desirable. “I think Griffin and Glennon are trying to upgrade the security force, and in doing so, would like to see these less qualified officers moved out,” Mr. Stiny said.

Nighttime incidents The alleged ransacking of the Undercurrent office is yet another incident that the Committee on Campus Security will have to consider in trying to arrive at its recommendations.

There have been many other incidents involving campus security, a recent one being an incident where security officers allegedly used a blackjack and “excessive violence” on an undergraduate student in the dorms, resulting in six stitch-

es. Oddly enough, many of these incidents have occurred at night, which many observers feel is patrolled by the more incompetent section of Campus Security.

Mr. Stiny stressed that Campus Security has been very cooperative in investigating the incident, which he views as isolated. Mr. Griffin did comment that incidents that undermine the overall Campus Security image were resented by the force. To pursue the theory of the “incompetent section” of security, it will be important to note, when the names of the officers are made public, if any were involved in past security incidents.

In a later development, three security officers entered the Undercurrent office in the early morning of Feb. 4 and proceeded to take four or five Polaroid shots. The people from Undercurrent said their impression was that one of the men was a union representative. When informed of the early morning visit, Campus Security dispatched an investigator who proceeded to take statements from two of the staff. g

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GOP Proposal On Greenhouse Gases Goes Too Far Republicans taking advantage of Obama’s move to the center Ever since the Republican Party regained control of the House of Representatives, President Obama has moved to the center on several key political issues.

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There was his compromise on upper-class tax cuts, and his controversial Wall Street Journal op-ed, in which he stated that he supported deregulation in many important areas.

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A recent proposal by the House Republicans, however, makes it appear that the right may be attempting to take advantage of Obama’s attempts at bipartisanship.

The proposed legislation features a ban on EPA regulations of greenhouse gases, and would eliminate a threshold that declares that they are a danger to the public health and welfare.

The Spectrum is strongly opposed to this legislation. If it were to pass, companies would be allowed to pollute much more than they already do, and the effects on the environment could be devastating.

The GOP is attempting to push this as a pro-busi-

ness bill, but we find it difficult to view it as anything other than anti-environment.

What really sticks out to us, however, is why this bill is being proposed. We believe it is a direct result of Obama’s Wall Street Journal piece. His stance against regulations emboldened the GOP, and now Republicans are taking advantage of it with legislation that would do much more harm than good.

While The Spectrum supported Obama’s decision to write the op-ed, and we believe bipartisanship is necessary, we also believe that Obama cannot be too soft when taking on the GOP. Throughout the first half of his term, Obama had a difficult time getting legislation passed, due to the GOP’s filibustering of just about every relevant bill that was proposed.

Now, with Republicans running the House, he may have a bigger issue: Republicans controlling the tone of legislation and attempting to pass bills with a far-right agenda.

Obama needs to make it clear than even though he wants bipartisanship and compromise, he’s still the president, and his party still controls the Senate and can flex its own legislative muscles.

If Obama doesn’t take a stand against dangerous legislation like this, the next two years won’t go any better for him than the first two did. g

Increase in Spending Encouraging Economy not fully recovered, but on its way Ever since the economic crisis of 2008 started, economists have been looking to determine the exact moment of complete recovery.

This was never truer than the study published last September, which declared that the recession had ended in June 2009.

This study was met with skepticism on both the left and the right. While businesses were performing well and the upper class was making money again, many people were still without jobs, and the middle class continued to struggle.

What was abundantly clear was that while the recession may have technically been over, the effects of it were still being felt across the board.

Now, however, there is a new study with some more encouraging news about the current state of the American economy.

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According to a report published last week by the BBC, consumer spending is on the rise in a big way, as spending was at its highest in three years.

Consumer spending was up by 3.5 percent from 2009 last year, making it the largest increase since 2007, the year before the recession.

This is encouraging news, to say the least. While the economy has not fully recovered, as unemployment is still high, The Spectrum does believe this is very significant news, and it could lead to continued economic growth in the future.

The hope would be that all of this increased spending, which will increase profits for many corporations, will lead to the creation of new jobs, as the corporations profiting will begin hiring at higher rates.

While we can’t say for sure that this will occur, it certainly

seems like a realistic possibility. Lately, it seems as though the middle and lower classes are the last people still feeling the effects of the recession.

While corporations have gotten out of the dark ages and the wealthiest people are still doing well, the lack of employment has hurt these classes quite a bit.

If this job increase actually does happen, the middle class would likely benefit the most, as many of the jobs would be in that territory.

Until the middle and lower classes get back on their feet, the economy can’t truly be considered to have recovered.

Still, the rise in spending is certainly good news, and has us believing that glorious date when everything is back to normal might soon be here after all. g

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Most of our budget comes from advertising, but for a long time (since 1986) 10 percent of our money came from the undergraduate student body.

Each semester, we print 40 editions of The Spectrum, three times a week, and circulate them all over campus – now off campus, too – to supply the school with facts, opinions, reviews, and everything in between.

A professional newspaper, such as The New York Times, costs about $1.50 per issue. (Unless, of course, you’re on campus and swipe your UB card. In that case, it’s “free,” but if you read my last column, nothing is ever free.)

In a binding referendum held nearly 25 years ago, undergraduate UB students voted to pay a $1 subscription fee per semester to help fund The Spectrum. Once the votes were tallied, an additional $1 was added to students’ subscription fee and was to be funneled through the Student Association into the newspaper’s bank account.

Cha-ching.

Well, kind of.

The money we received was, of course, proportionate to the number of undergraduate students enrolled.

Through the years, UB’s population increased, and throughout the 2000s our publication received anywhere from $16,000-$18,000 per semester, roughly 10 percent of our yearly budget.

That was until a string of unfortunate events unfolded.

Every two years, students were asked to revote on the same matter and bi-year after bi-year after biyear, undergraduates continued to support the $1 subscription fee.

At least until they were no longer allowed to.

Around 2007, there was a rule change in Albany that denied students the ability to vote on financial matters. (i.e. Unless undergrads run for student government, they have limited say in what their mandatory student activity fees go toward.)

This, coupled with a falling out between the SA and Spectrum due largely to past personal grudges, led to our paper losing around $63,000 in the past two years. And you wonder why our papers are short and riddled with ads.

The first point: The Spectrum and SA have moved beyond the bad blood and your current president (Nischal Vasant) and treasurer (Tony Roman) have dedicated countless hours to negotiating a reasonable contract with our publication.

The second point: Part of what our publication strives to do is serve as a watchdog for the university. SA receives close to $100 per student per semester and works with a multimillion dollar budget, yet students can no longer directly vote on how their money is spent. (i.e. We put a lot of trust in our student government.)

It’s tough to critically report on the entity that has the ability to withhold 10 percent of your funding without fearing financial repercussions. In fact, it’s a conflict of interest that our paper was uncomfortable with.

So, we signed the contract printed on page 10 to slowly remove our dependency on the SA while ensuring we have the means to publish a newspaper for the student body in the years to come.

In the meantime, we’ll be figuring out other ways to make up for the lost funding while putting out the best possible newspaper that we can. g E-mail: andrew.wiktor@ubspectrum.com

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ARTS & LIFE WRUB Strives For Perfection KEREN BARUCHStaff Writer Deep within the Fillmore Center of the Ellicott Complex on North Campus hides a group of talented individuals with a common goal of providing listeners with underrated music. These students work for the WRUB radio station, the only student-run radio station at the University at Buffalo.

WRUB is owned by Sub-Board I, Inc., a non-profit student service corporation funded by the mandatory student activity fee that all UB students pay each semester. WRUB also funds itself by offering on-air sponsorship for local businesses and organizations, and its DJs staff parties, dances, and club activities for additional revenue.

The station was created in 1978 but gained more popularity in 1993, when WRUB was redefined and rebuilt. During the 2007-08 academic year, the station was under poor management and “the future of the station seemed dark,” according to its website. However, WRUB was rebuilt again in the following years and welcomed a flood of new ideas, staff, and DJs. WRUB broadcasts in two ways: through its website, wrub.org, and media players such as iTunes or Winamp. However, there seems to be a stigma associated with Internet radio, according to Sierra Chevrestt, a senior sociology major and the general manager at WRUB. “If you have the option of putting your iTunes on shuffle, tuning into Pandora, or listening to wrub. org, what are you going to do?”

Chevrestt said.

Although a great deal of hard work is put into the training and maintenance of DJs at the station, WRUB is still working on increasing its popularity. The process of training DJs has changed this year; instead of solely teaching how to use the equipment, the station is working on improving speaking skills and confidence on-air. In addition, WRUB is receiving new equipment that should increase the quality of the shows. Chevrestt hopes that in years to come, the 10 to 40 listeners that tune into the station per day increases dramatically.

WRUB and SA’s entertainment department have established a close working relationship recently, according to Chevrestt. They’ve helped WRUB DJs gain interviews with the Spring and Fall Fest artists. Additionally, WRUB has ties to Lasertron, a laser-tag and go-cart interactive entertainment center.

The station gives out free tickets as contest prizes to UB students.

The station hosts a variety of different shows, ranging from coverage of every men’s football and basketball game, “Peevo’s Playhouse,” interviews with local artists and music departments hosted by Steve Tripi, hip-hop, and more. For a complete list, visit wrub.org.

“We like what we do, I like what I do,” Chevrestt said. “If we didn’t, we wouldn’t do it. We’re here for the students; [whether that means] the DJs, the students tuning in, or the students getting free Lasertron passes. Sub-Board is all about serving the students, and so are we.” g

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As the general manager, she administrates the communication between the station and Sub-Board I, Inc. Chevrestt began her WRUB career as a DJ in October 2007 with two shows per week from midnight until 2 a.m. She was promoted to promotions director and became the general manager this past October.

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JAMEs BoWEStaff Writer Family and spring were the themes on a snowy Buffalo afternoon at the Center for the Arts, where the Chinese New Year was ushered in with style and aplomb.

The University at Buffalo Confucius Institute and the Chinese Club of Western New York (CC-WNY) hosted the celebration at the CFA from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., and it was a feast for the senses and the mind. According to the Chinese zodiac, this year ushers out the aggressive and moody tiger for the shy and lucky rabbit.

Funded by the Confucius Institute and organized by CC-WNY, the event entailed singing by groups of all ages, and dancing to themes of friendship, national pride, and springtime.

The major theme of the night, however, was family.

“Chinese New Year is a very family-oriented holiday,” said Dr. Eric Yang, executive director of UB’s Confucius institute. “It is similar to Christmas, where it is a time for families to reunite and come together.”

This sentiment of families coming together flowed throughout the night. Old, young, and all in between were coming together that night, and the performances reflected this.

Grown men put their own spin on a traditional Chinese dance by mixing in pop tunes with children’s songs. They made the entire audience laugh in a way that overcame the language barrier.

“My favorite act was ‘The Flying Peacock’ dance,” said Robert Worrell, a Buffalo native who was curious about the festivities. “The girls whirling around in peacock prints were captivating.”

Old and young alike came together most prominently in a performance of Taiji Fan, a type of Chinese Gong Fu. Gong Fu is most commonly associated in America with the Chinese martial arts, but the term is actually used in China to describe a skill attained through hard work and practice. This hard work shone brightly when the performers executed their fluid movements, a stunning ritual similar to Tai Chi that employed traditional Chinese hand fans.“[Their] hard

work guaranteed our success,” said CC-WNY President Dr. Lixin Zhang.

The idea of family wasn’t simply applied to immediate family, though. Many of the performances made reference to over 50 cultural groups in China, which the emcees of the event called the Great Big Chinese Family.

With dances originating from ethnic groups like the Yi and the Dai, the event moved into the role of bringing cultures together.

This cultural combination showed itself even in the announcers for the performances. In between each set, the four emcees would introduce the next act to the audience; two would speak in English, and the other two would speak in Chinese, switching off on which language went first.

“Our purpose is to foster understanding of modern China,” Zhang said. “And to spread the Chinese language to Western New York.”

These ideals rang most loudly during a rendition of the song “You and Me.” A group of Americans (who were learning Chinese) and native Chinese speakers sang together in Chinese. Sung at the 2008 Olympics at Beijing, the song spoke of a great global village that all are members of.

A dance to the Timbaland song “The Way I Are” demonstrated this global village in a spectacular fashion, mixing a Chinese flavor into modern hip-hop dancing to arrive at a beautiful show of grace.

Running next to the theme of family was the equally important theme of spring. The dance called “Blue Sky” had little girls frolicking in beautiful blue and white costumes set to a background of the colors of spring.

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tional Chinese music. Even as the snow piled up outside, all inside could feel the warmth of spring emanating from the stage.

“Chinese New Year is a time for celebration and happiness amongst the Chinese community for both exchange students and Chinese Americans,” said Aaron Wong, president of the Chinese Student Association.

This feeling of happiness, and the infectious smiles on the faces of the children performers, undoubtedly brought back many memories for all attending, and brought together many diverse cultures into a single auditorium to experience the excitement of a new year and a new beginning. g

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Kotchy on Cloud Nine ZAChARy BouRQuEStaff Writer Artist: Kotchy Album: Two Label: Done Right Recordings Release Date: Feb. 1 Grade: B Brooklynite trip-hop producer Kotchy evokes an intriguing vitality in his uniquely titled second studio album, Two. Filled with songs that play with the textural abstractions of the genre, there is an unmistakably open, inviting and positive core that directs the album.

In fact, songs like “Good Luck” would not even sound too out of place at a club or party. That is, until the second half of the track begins, and things become less focused and indulgences start sneaking into the mix.

It is this sloppy characteristic that hampers the album as a whole. Even the best tracks succumb to a sense of being unfinished. The opening track, “Sometimes I Get Down,” jumpstarts the album with a general focus on melody, sexual energy and good vibes. As it winds along, the direction is lost, making it seem like Kotchy simply got bored with the original concept, started messing around, and kept the product.

Some tracks attempt a sound collage of sorts, like “I Left New York” and “Helicopter.” They are certainly interesting, and even fairly creepy at times, but they leave little reason for repeated listenings.

Though it destroys a sense of unification, this same tendency keeps the tracklist always unpredictable and entertaining. This is in part because Kotchy shows a true potential to make a great blend of skyward gorgeousness, danceable bounce, and contemplative rap.

There are some melancholy moments, such as on “Getaway,” in which he raps, “Sick and tired of lyrics trying to make a point/ and party tracks about raunchy sex and smokin’ joints.” Though he complains, he often finds a silver lining, usually in the form of an uplifting backing vocal.

After hearing the standout track “Coffee Breath Kisses,” it becomes clear that a soothing positivity is really what drives the album. The man is fed up, and he’s had his down moments, but in the end, he shares something unique and embraceable. This is not the first time an artist’s spiritual gain meant a gain for all. g

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Indie Pop and Everything Else EdWARd BEnoiTStaff Writer Artist: Hotel of the Laughing Tree Album: Terror and Everything After Label: Brookvale Records Release Date: Feb. 1 Grade: B Bizarrely named, never straightforward, and surprisingly versatile, Hotel of the Laughing Tree pleasantly surprises with Terror and Everything Else.

The band’s first full-length album and first release since winning “Best Music on Campus” at the 2009 mtvU Woodie Awards, Terror and Everything Else, is an album that readily escapes from the conventions of the indie-pop genre it is nominally a part of.

Though the Long Island sextet fashions itself as a fairly conventional indie band, vestiges of frontman and songwriter AJ Estrada’s progressive rock background can be caught in several of the album’s tracks.

Songs like “Another Harvard Renaissance,” “Gunpowder Falls,” and the album’s title track play with syncopation and phrasing, with “Gun-

powder Falls” boasting a particularly interesting 4/4 riff that’s phrased as though it were alternating bars of 3/4 and 5/4. A few of the songs even change time signatures occasionally, which is a lot more than one comes to expect in the way of musical dexterity from a self-professed indiepop band.

Even tracks that are relatively light in the way of instrumentation and arrangement surprise in other ways. The opening of “Winchester Devil Grass” has the same blues-inspired feel and bad drumming of an early White Stripes song, while “Sanctuary” contains ample saxophone and piano parts, utilizing the talents of all six of the band’s members.

Despite the album’s promise, there are more than a couple dud tracks. “Barnaby Bison’s Blind,” the opening track, boasts a somewhat catchy riff but little else, while “Forging the Family Name” and “Mont St. Michel” are shamelessly boring filler tracks, serving no purpose but to pad the album’s runtime by a few minutes.

The band also has a tendency to fall back on predictably-placed crescendos and ascending partial arpeggios to segue between one segment of a song and another, and it gets stale quickly.

Reservations aside, Terror and Everything After is an impressive first album from an exciting band on the rise, and it’s certainly worth checking out. g

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Jam Club Affiliated, Universe Shark Preys Music LuKE hAMMiLLSenior Managing Editor Frank Santora, 25, of Buffalo, has undergone a transformation of sorts.

A Bit of a Yawn-ni EdWARd BEnoiTStaff Writer Artist: Yanni Album: Truth of Touch Label: Yanni Wake Entertainment Release Date: Feb. 8 Grade: CFor those of you that were waiting, wait no longer. The biggest name in new-age adult contemporary music is set to release Truth of Touch, his first album of wholly new material since 2003’s Ethnicity.

Those that have been waiting might be a tad bit disappointed, however. Yanni’s 16th studio album, while certainly not a departure from the Greek musician’s long-established style, does sound uncomfortably different from previous releases.

For one, Truth of Touch is much more heavily predicated on synthesizers and electronic instruments than previous Yanni albums. Though this isn’t entirely a bad thing – the ambient and abstract beginning of “Echo of a Dream” is rather interesting – on the whole, it’s not something that works well.

Yanni’s sensibilities of how to effectively employ synth and electronic parts seem to be stuck in the 1980s, and it really shows on tracks like “I’m So,” “Secret,” and the embarrassingly titled “Mist of a Kiss.”

While cheesy synthesizer backing parts are dangerously overused, the wide range of world music influence Yanni has become all but synonymous with is lacking. “Voyage” contains both an Arabesque string part and a classical guitar segment, and “Flash of Color” is mostly composed of a decidedly Latin groove, but most of the album is made up of generic, straightforward new-age pieces often dominated by 80s synth parts.

Occasional tracks, like “Can’t Wait,” feature laughably sappy female vocals that don’t help matters, either.

On top of all this, many of the album’s tracks are simply boring. “Guilty Pleasure” is a repetitious piece made up of variations on a single piano melody, while “Seasons” is surprisingly undynamic for a song with such a title.

Truth of Touch does hold a couple of bright spots, however.

The title track is a good representative Yanni piece, and features an upbeat keyboard melody joined at various points by a plethora of other instruments. “Yanni & Arturo” has fantastic interplay between the prominent piano and trumpet parts, while “O Luce Che Brilla Nell ’Oscurita” boasts powerful vocals sung in Italian.

For every good track on Yanni’s new release, though, there are at least a couple that are boring, generic, caught in the 80s, or outright bad. Unless you’re the world’s biggest Yanni fan, this is an album you never want to touch. g

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Thankfully, nobody was literally swallowed whole that night. Santora’s description of the band, however, ended up being pretty accurate – Universe Shark’s unique blend of rock, jazz, and psychedelia (they call it “carnivorous space funk”) had crowd members’ feet moving, hips swinging, eyes transfixed, and heads spinning.

Composed of senior fine arts major Adam Bronstein (guitar, vocals), Dave Prinzbach (drums), Mike DiSalvo (bass), and Scott Martin (keys, vocals), Universe Shark has become a local favorite in Buffalo – and the band’s roots are at UB.

“We have planned cues that lead us into the next part, but the in-between sections, we’re pretty much free to do what we want,” DiSalvo said.

Prinzbach called the process of switching back-andforth between songs “a dream within a dream.”

Considering that the band members are musically communicating on such a high level throughout the course of a show, it might be surprising to learn that they are all self-taught at their instruments. That doesn’t restrict songwriting, though, as Universe Shark has about 20 original songs. None of them, however, have been played the same way twice.

“There’s songs that we’ve been playing for three years, and we’re still changing them,” Prinzbach said. (“There’s no final copy,” Martin added.)

After Bronstein, DiSalvo, and Martin graduated from Kenmore East High School in 2004, they found themselves in a band, playing wherever they could find a place to jam, including at UB. “We actually played around the Ellicott dorms, setting up anywhere that there was an outlet outside,” Bronstein said.

After things didn’t work out with their original drummer, the trio teamed up with Prinzbach, another high school classmate. They called themselves Universe Shark, and they have been together for three years now.

Though Bronstein, a self-proclaimed “superb senior,” is the only member of Universe Shark that actually attends UB, all four members are active members in the UB Jam Club, which holds “open jams” on Sundays from 12 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Student Union Theater.

“We’re all heavily involved with the Jam Club,” Bronstein said. “The keyboard that [Scott Martin] plays is actually owned by the Jam Club, so they endorse us in that way,” Bronstein said.

In return for the borrowed equipment, Universe Shark helps to increase the club’s visibility throughout Buffalo.

“We’re like the representatives of Jam Club,” Bronstein said. “We’re the only band in Jam Club that plays around the scene. We go there every week. We play sometimes and we don’t play sometimes, but we’re also a big part of it in other ways, promoting it.… [Jam Club] is awesome – just show up and play.”

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That willingness to keep changing songs and making them better has won Universe Shark admiration from others in the music scene.

“Universe Shark, in one word, is ‘funktastic,’” said Brad Darrall, a senior mechanical engineering major and drummer for Aqueous, a band that Universe Shark often plays with. “I love how much detail they put into their originals. I feel like they truly take their time and focus on quality over quantity when it comes to their compositions.”

Want to witness the carnivorous space funk for yourself? Universe Shark’s next show is Saturday, March 26 at McGarret’s, at 946 Elmwood Ave. They’ll be playing two sets and will start at 10 p.m.

Another benefit of Jam Club is that it serves as part of Universe Shark’s legion of fans – Joseph Thomas, a senior biomedical sciences major and treasurer of Jam Club, was at last Friday’s show.

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“I’ve seen them many times, and it’s always been good,” Thomas said. “Tonight might have been the best. Tonight had some epic moments.”

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“Universe Shark will swallow you whole, and when they spit you out, you’ll be something new,” Santora said last Friday at DBGB on Allen Street, while local jam band Universe Shark prepared to take the stage.

it of playing in Jam Club was apparent on stage. The band would routinely transition from heavily-composed, detailed sections to free, improvised jams.

Universe Shark would jam their way from one song to another and then go back to the first, communicating only through musical notes and some occasional eye-contact or a nod of the head.

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All information related to The Spectrum’s budget, all expenses paid and all revenue received from August 1, 2009 until 365 days after The Spectrum’s Fiscal Independence Date shall be deemed publicly available. This information should be made available to any student of the State University of New York at Buffalo upon request, within one (1) week following the date of such request (with the time period tolled for any academic holidays or recesses which take place during that time). Any documentation related to this public financial material may be copied upon request. The Spectrum, in its discretion, may collect a fee of up to $0.25 per page from the person requesting such copies for time and expenses of The Spectrum necessary to make such copies. The Spectrum shall also post all of the financial information referenced herein online on its website in a link off its homepage in a conspicuous manner reasonably designed to distribute this information to the public for free. SA may in its discretion opt to make this information available on SA’s own website, as well. If SA does exercise this option, The Spectrum will take reasonable steps to make sure that the information is timely available to SA in a format reasonably calculated to allow SA to make such information public on its website while incurring only the minimum expense reasonably necessary in order to do so. All information should be made current within one (1) week of when any such expenses are paid or any revenue is taken in.

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This Agreement is intended to reflect all obligations of each party to the other as of August 1, 2010, relating to the 2010-2011 fiscal year and after.

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Contract Between The Undergraduate Student Association and The Spectrum SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT FOR TEMPORARY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND ULTIMATE SEVERANCE OF FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIP THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT FOR TEMPORARY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND ULTIMATE SEVERANCE OF FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIP (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of the 28th day of January, 2011, by and between The Undergraduate Student Association of the State University of New York at Buffalo (hereafter “SA”), with an office located at 350 Student Union, Amherst, New York 14260, and The Spectrum Student Periodical Inc. (hereafter “The Spectrum”), with an office located at 132 Student Union, Amherst, New York 14260.

Recitals WHEREAS, SA is the undergraduate student government of the State University of New York at Buffalo and is vested with the responsibility of administering and spending mandatory student activity fee funds in accordance with SUNY regulations and federal law; and WHEREAS, The Spectrum is the student newspaper of UB, which is committed to providing students with hands-on journalism experience and providing quality, accurate and independent coverage of newsworthy events at the State University of New York at Buffalo; and WHEREAS, SA has long sponsored The Spectrum, and SA and would like to see a successful, independent student newspaper survive and thrive at UB; and WHEREAS, significant changes to laws relating to how SA may spend mandatory student activity fees and the permissible rationale for funding determinations related to student organizations have taken place over the past decade at both the federal and state levels, necessitating SA and The Spectrum to reconsider the nature of their financial relationship and the allocation of student activity fees in support of The Spectrum; and WHEREAS, it is no longer permissible for SA to conduct line item referenda (of either binding or advisory nature) related to the funding of any student organization, including The Spectrum; and WHEREAS, decisions regarding funding any student organization must be made in a viewpoint neutral manner in order to comply with both state and federal law; and WHEREAS, the SA Constitution contains a framework for a viewpoint neutral analysis to be used in determining the funding for SA clubs; and WHEREAS, The Spectrum has the opportunity to become an SA club, and to have mandatory student activity fee funding for The Spectrum determined according to the same criteria applied to every other SA club; and WHEREAS, The Spectrum hereby declines to become an SA club, preferring to maintain its independence from SA, which The Spectrum regularly covers in its capacity as a newspaper; and WHEREAS, it is SA’s position that, as custodian of mandatory student activity fee funds, SA cannot responsibly allocate funds to any project or organization without reasonable oversight as to the specific use of those funds and the financial operations related thereto; and WHEREAS, both parties agree that it would be in the ultimate best interest of The Spectrum to become financially independent of SA; and

WHEREAS, the parties hereto signed a Subscription Fee Contract in 2009, according to which SA was scheduled to pay an amount of $11,200.00 to The Spectrum for the 2010-2011 academic year (excluding any money related to advertising); and WHEREAS, the parties desire for SA to provide The Spectrum with immediate financial assistance to ensure its short run survival, but also for this Agreement to provide a framework for the ultimate financial independence of The Spectrum and severance of The Spectrum’s financial relationship with SA; and WHEREAS, SA requires that, until such time as The Spectrum does become financially independent, certain safeguards be put into place relating to oversight of the finances of The Spectrum; and WHEREAS, The Spectrum understands that it is The Spectrum’s responsibility to make necessary adjustments to its budget, so that it can survive within the framework of this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on the date(s) set forth below: THE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO Signed by: Nischal Vasant, President, Antonio Roman, Treasurer THE SPECTRUM STUDENT PERIODICAL INC. Andrew Wiktor, Chair / Editor-In-Chief

Ball State Ends Bulls’ Winning Streak MATThEW pARRinoSenior Sports Editor Almost two years ago to the day, Ball State halted a record nine game-winning streak by the men’s basketball team. On Saturday afternoon, this year’s squad couldn’t find a way to stop history from repeating itself.

The Bulls’ (14-7, 6-3 Mid-American Conference) defense was one step behind the Cardinals (14-8, 6-3 MAC) throughout the game en route to a 71-70 loss in Muncie, Ind. Buffalo’s season-best six-game winning streak was snapped in the loss.

Ball State shot the lights out at Worthen Arena, and that, combined with an abysmal defensive effort by the Bulls, made things difficult on head coach Reggie Witherspoon’s team.

Allowing a team to shoot 54 percent from the field and 53 percent from long range isn’t a good recipe for winning on the road, according to Witherspoon.

LOSER ENVY MEG LEACh Staff Writer I look at the current Buffalo Bills fanbase and wish I could be a part of what’s coming.

If you don’t understand what that means, it’s actually a simple concept. I am envious of the Bills for constantly losing.

Now, I’m not jeering you or making fun of the Bills. I’m honestly, in my deepest heart of hearts, jealous.

I’ll tell you why. Let’s go back to

“To start the game, we put ourselves in a hole, and then we wear ourselves out and can’t get any stops,” Witherspoon said. “It’s something we’ve been talking about and talking about and we come out and play poorly defensively.”

The loss came despite another amazing performance by junior guard Zach Filzen, who played all 40 minutes in the game. The sharpshooter continues to carry the Bulls and posted a new career-high in points with 26 in the loss. He hit four 3-pointers and now has 76 on the season.

Filzen also provided a spark on the defensive end, even though the Bulls struggled in that area. He recorded a career-high five steals and seemed to spark Buffalo at times in the game when the team needed it most.

The Bulls played sloppy basketball throughout the game and didn’t do themselves any favors in the first half, as they recorded nine turnovers. Buffalo was trying to fit

Feb. 3, 2002 in New Orleans, La., to Super Bowl XXXVI; The New England Patriots against the St. Louis Rams.

It’s hard to believe that it has been nine years since that joyous day.

I remember being scrunched on my small couch with my family, all glued around our small box TV. This was before the days of HDTVs. I remember the commercials and the halftime show, all in memoriam of 9/11. It was the first Super Bowl since the attack, and America bowed and paid its respects to the lives lost.

The world stopped to watch the game.

balls into spaces that weren’t there.

Witherspoon knows his team has to eliminate mistakes, especially when playing away from Alumni Arena.

“Even though we didn’t have a lot of turnovers, [the ones we did have] were almost completely unforced,” Witherspoon said. “We came out stubborn and forced passes that weren’t there.”

Ball State controlled the play in the first half, but Buffalo made a nice run before the break. Trailing 30-24 with just under four minutes left, Filzen and sophomore guard Tony Watson combined for three quick 3-pointers to give the Bulls their first lead since the opening basket.

But the Cardinals snuck in a lastsecond layup and went to the locker room up 38-37.

The Bulls would re-take the lead early in the second half and would hold the lead for most of the remaining minutes of the game. Junior forward Dave Barnett was set up perfectly by junior forward

On the final play of the game, Adam Vinatieri kicked the most important field goal in Patriots history. The kick soared through the uprights, and the Patriots won their first Super bowl.

New England exploded with excitement; I could hear the neighbors screaming. People dove into their cars and honked their horns.

On that night, dreams had been realized. It was the first championship Boston had claimed since the Celtics won in 1986. History had been made.

Now, during every Super Bowl, I can’t help but go back to the dark room lit by the TV and remember the night that made Boston sing.

Mitchell Watt on a backdoor cut to give the Bulls the lead at 39-38.

Junior forward Titus Robinson then energized the Bulls even further with a giant slam-dunk off of a miss

by Filzen. Buffalo led 41-38 at that point and seemed to have taken control of the game.

Robinson turned in his best performance of the season for the Bulls and tied a career-high with 16 points. He also had five rebounds, and Witherspoon hopes the struggling big man will start to round into form.

“He had pretty good energy, and hopefully Titus is coming around,” Witherspoon said.

The Bulls took a 66-63 lead with around five minutes remaining on a Filzen runner, but that’s when everything went wrong for Witherspoon’s team.

Cardinals guard Jauwan Scaife was outstanding in the game and was unguardable at times. The 6-foot-2 sophomore hit six of eight 3-pointers and led Ball State with 22 points.

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Ball State then went on a 7-0 run to take a lead that they’d never relinquish.

Senior forward Byron Mulkey missed a last-second 3-pointer that would

Two years later, the Red Sox would bring the same feeling back to Boston with their first World Series Championship in 86 years. The city would come alive again, and the dream would be realized once more.

It took me 11 and 13 years, respectively, to see my teams win championships. Back then, all we had was a pack of so-called “idiots” to rally behind. Now, it’s weird if my teams don’t make it to their respective titles.

Here is my message to Buffalo fans: enjoy it. If you ask me how a team can enjoy losing again and again, I’ll tell you, it makes the win so much sweeter. When the Bills

4.) James Starks is one of three Bulls to compete in the 2011 NFL Playoffs. Who are the other two?

5.) Who is Buffalo’s all-time leader in receiving yards?

1.) Who did the Bulls defeat to earn their first ever Mid-American Conference title?

have won the game for the Bulls. He struggled in the game, going 0-for-6 from the field and missing all four of his attempts from behind the arc.

The Bulls really needed him to chip in late in the game, but he was unable to find more of the second half magic that Bulls fans have grown accustomed to seeing from him.

6.) Who holds the record for most rushing yards in a game since Buffalo joined the MAC?

2.) Which non-conference teams are the Bulls slated to face in the 7.) What is the Bulls’ overall record under former head coach 2011 season?

Turner Gill?

3.) When did the Bulls start 8.) In which game did Bufcompeting in Division 1-A? falo score the most points last

eventually take home the Lombardi Trophy, or the Sabres snatch Lord Stanley’s cup, everything will change. Nothing is ever the same after that first victory.

Sure, they’re all exciting. It was great when the Patriots claimed the Super Bowl title again in 2003, and then in 2004, but it was never as sweet as 2001.

As a Pats fan, I will never enjoy that first win again, but Bills fans can only anticipate how sweet it will taste. g

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season?

9.) Who was the Bulls’ head coach when they started MAC competition?

Answers:

1.) BALL sTATE (2008) WiTh A sCoRE of 42-24.

2.) piTTsBuRGh (sEpT. 3), sTony BRooK (sEpT. 10), uniVERsiTy of ConnECTiCuT (sEpT. 24), And TEnnEssEE (oCT. 1).

3.) 1999 4.) dEfEnsiVE BACK MiKE nEWTon And GuARd JAMEy RiChARd. BoTh pLAy WiTh ThE indiAnApoLis CoLTs. 5.) nAAMAn RoosEVELT (3,551) 6.) sTARKs RushEd foR 231 yARds AGAinsT ToLEdo (10/13/07) 7.) 20-30 8.) sEAson opEnER AGAinsT RhodE isLAnd (31-0) 9.) CRAiG CiRBus

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SPORTS Packers Win the Superbowl Starks A Super Bowl Champion MATTHEW PARRINOSenior Sports Editor On Sunday night, the people of Buffalo and UB transformed into members of Packers nation. Green Bay led from wire to wire in Super Bowl XLV and knocked off the vaunted Pittsburgh Steelers in Dallas, Tx., 31-25.

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was named Super Bowl M.V.P. after throwing for 304 yards and three touchdowns.

Former Bulls running back James Starks became the first Bulls player ever to be a part of a Super Bowl winning team.

He finished with 52 yards on 11 carries for a 4.7 yards per carry average. He helped the Packers on the winning drive by running for a key first down.

Bulls fans flooded facebook with well wishes for the Green Bay running back after the game.

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Source: bigleadsports.com

Carey’s Corner

Clinton Hodnett /// The Spectrum

Senior forward Kourtney Brown had another double-double on Saturday, which helped the Bulls edge out Eastern Michigan in a close game.

Bulls Stumble But Hold Off Eagles MEG LEACHStaff Writer

Clinton Hodnett /// The Spectrum

Football season has come to an end. Take a second to wipe the tears from your eyes before reading on. I know, there there, it’ll be all right. Well, at least I hope it will.

We go through this sadness every year. Normally, it passes in a few weeks when we remember that we will have our beloved NFL back soon enough. This year, however, we must enter the void without a guarantee that we will be brought out.

As of this moment, there will be no football season in the fall.

Hopefully, the players and owners can come to an agreement so that we don’t lose our nation’s favorite sport. If they cannot, we must be prepared to fill our time with something new. Luckily for you, oh cherished reader, I have come up with a few suggestions to ease the pain.

Drugs: Do drugs. Lots of them. Do enough to remove yourself from

reality for at least a year. Do so many drugs that people automatically assume that you are in a band, would be a bad influence on their children, or have a master’s degree in English.

Watch Soccer: Just kidding.

Check out the UFL: Sure, the league may be entirely comprised of NFL has-beens, washouts, and not-good-enoughs, but it’s the closest thing to football that we will have. How could you not get excited watching the likes of Jeff Garcia and Ahman Green battling formidable opponents like That Guy and What’s His-Face? Best of all, you can watch Buffalo’s own Drew “I’m Pretty Sure He Doesn’t Have A Nickname” Willy head the league’s Las Vegas franchise.

Watch The Replacements or Invincible: Both of these films are amazing, but you won’t be watching them for their cinematic genius. You should be looking for pointers. Even though a lockout is coming, the owners are not going to want to give up their revenue streams. This means that they will be for looking scabs to take the field, and there’s no reason it shouldn’t be you.

I know that this is a scary time for all of us, but trust me – this too shall pass. g Disclaimer: Carey and The Spectrum do not actually advise you to “Do drugs. Lots of them.”

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It’s a good thing that UB’s South Campus has a medical school, because the women’s basketball team nearly gave its fans a heart attack on Saturday afternoon. The Bulls (1210, 5-4 Mid-American Conference) almost let Eastern Michigan (16-8, 7-3 MAC) come from behind to steal a game that they’d led by 16 points, but they were able to hold off the Eagles, winning 70-68. The victory gave Buffalo its second three-game winning streak of the season.

With 9:02 left in the game, the Bulls led 58-42 and looked to be on their way to easily disposing of the firstplace team in the MAC West. The Eagles had other plans, though, rolling off an 18-4 run to bring the game within two points with less than four minutes remaining.

The two teams battled back and forth before the Eagles took their first lead since late in the first half with 49 seconds remaining. Eastern Michigan guard Tavelyn James converted on a layup to put the Eagles in front, but the team’s leading scorer was contained otherwise in the game.

Head coach Linda Hill-MacDonald said after the game that her gameplan was centered on stopping James.

“We really studied her,” Hill-MacDonald said. “[We studied] her game, and she’s a player that can be very streaky. So the key is to get to her very early and not let her get open looks and feel comfortable, because if she gets started early she’ll play well for 40 minutes. We felt that we really thwarted her effort very early.”

James finished the game with only nine points on 4-of-11 shooting from the field and went 0-for-5 from behind the arc.

On the following possession, senior forward Kourtney Brown did what she always does: she came through when the Bulls needed her most.

She scored the game-winning bucket to re-claim the lead for her team.

Five missed shots by the Eagles secured the victory for the Bulls.

Brown finished with 26 points and 13 rebounds for her sixth straight double-double. She now has 44 for her career, and Hill-MacDonald

game’s final minutes to secure the win.

“I’m really proud of this team,” Hill-MacDonald said. “It was a close game throughout. Even when we went up by a bit, it still felt like at any moment they could break through and hit a three or penetrate and get to the foul line. I’m just really pleased with the composure down the stretch that we showed and the defensive intensity.”

Senior guard Ashley Zuber struggled from the field, going 1-for-9 in the game, but she found a way to contribute. She had a game-high seven assists and played all 40 minutes in the win.

She’s a legend already, and she’s not even finished.

The leadership shown in the game by several Bulls play- Coach Hill-MacDonald ers didn’t go unnoticed by Hill-MacDonald couldn’t say enough about her effort following the victory. after the game.

“She’s a legend already, and she’s not even finished,” Hill-MacDonald said. “She doesn’t even amaze me anymore because I know that game after game she’s going to come and play. Even if they hold her down in the first half, she’s going to come back in the second half and get her numbers and do what she needs to do to make this team be successful.”

The Eagles got an outstanding performance from senior guard Cassie Schrock. She finished with a gamehigh 29 points while grabbing eight rebounds and dishing out four assists.

“The experience of this team is really helping us at this point in the season,” Hill-MacDonald said. “Our younger players are seeing our veterans really show an example of how you need to compete, and [they are doing it] on every possession.”

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Hill-MacDonald thought the Bulls outplayed Eastern Michigan in the

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