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Volume 62 No. 50

Monday, February 11, 2013

Retired Coca-Cola CEO sets up UB scholarship Story on page 2

Bruce Jackson’s new photo exhibit opens at Burchfield Penney Art Center Story on page 5

School of Pharmacy prepares for new dean Dean Anderson to step down at end of academic year TONG MENG Staff Writer

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Hong-biao “Hank” Liu, M.D. Ph.D., hopes his medical expertise will be useful to UB students, faculty and staff. His new clinic in The Commons uses high-tech equipment to ensure efficient health care.

Just your common doctor Experienced medical professional opens new clinic in The Commons BRIAN JOSEPHS Senior Managing Editor Hong-biao “Hank” Liu, M.D. Ph.D., is a busy man. The doctor is currently splitting time as a house physician for Brylin Hospital, a primary physician for the Medical Care of Western New York at Buffalo and as a medical officer at the VA Hospital in Buffalo. He’s losing hair at 45, but he still glows with excitement as he’s talking about his latest innovation: his new medical center in The Commons.

Last December, Liu expanded his medical clinic, Luna Medical Center, to a suite in The Commons. It is the first clinic of its kind to open on North Campus. The center offers a variety of services despite its location in a small office tucked deep in The Commons’ second floor. Liu said the clinic revolves around 10 services, which include primary care, pain management and anxiety counseling. Liu noted the new, more relaxed location was quite the change from Luna’s busy setting in its first location on Elmwood Avenue. It’s not about relaxation, though. A study done last year by the General Hospital PsychiaContinued on page 2

After 18 years at the helm of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SoPPS), Dean Wayne Anderson is stepping down. A national search committee is finding his replacement. Provost Charles Zukoski formed the committee and Dean of the School of Dental Medicine Michael Glick is heading it. It consists of a diverse group of people, including faculty members from both SoPPS and non-SoPPS schools, a Ph.D. student in pharmaceutical sciences and an associate professor from the Roswell Park Graduate Division at UB. Russell Reynolds Associates, a consulting firm, has also been recruited to facilitate the search process. Anderson, who is effectively stepping down at the end of the academic year, said SoPPS is in a very strong position to bring in a new dean. It was ranked the 17th-best pharmacy school in America in 2012, according to U.S. News & World Report. “This is a perfect time to step down from the deanship and allow new leadership to continue our growth,” Anderson said in an email. “The school is in a very strong position now -- nationally ranked, in a strong fiscal position and growing.” Anderson is carrying on his responsibilities as dean until a new one is found, Zukoski said in a letter addressed to the university community. Zukoski hopes the new dean will be inaugurated before the beginning of the fall, according to UB Reporter. He expects

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Wayne Anderson, dean of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, is stepping down from the position. Provost Charles Zukoski has formed a national search committee to find a replacement.

the search to be carried out during the spring semester. Selected candidates will come to UB for campus visits as the semester concludes. Continued on page 6

More than freedom

Professor examines Civil War’s black soldiers in award-winning essay KELSEY BENNETT Staff Writer Thousands of African-American men lined up for battle to claim their rights as United States citizens during the Civil War. Carole Emberton tells their story. Emberton, an assistant professor of history, received the George and Ann Richards Prize, presented by the Civil War Era Center of Pennsylvania State University. It is given to the best article of the year published in The Journal of the Civil War Era. The board voted unanimously to award the honor to Emberton. “[Experts] are all convinced it is going to make a big impact in the field,” said Erik Seeman, director of the UB Humanities Institute. A kind woman with a soft southern accent, the grisly depictions Emberton portrays are a shock to even the most studied historians. “Her piece is powerful, beautiful, mindexpanding, almost philosophical, and it is a model not merely of Civil War scholarship but of what historians can do when they are working at the top of their game,” said Stephen Berry, the Amanda and Greg Gregory chair in the Civil War Era in the University of Georgia Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, in an email. Emberton’s essay, “Only Murder Makes Men: Reconsidering the Black Military Experience,” elaborately explores the trajectory of black masculinity for men who served in the Civil War, as they went from slaves to freemen.

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Carole Emberton, an assistant professor of history, received the George and Ann Richards Prize, an award given to the best article of the year published in The Journal of the Civil War Era.

The essay is part of a book set to come out in June titled Beyond Redemption: Race, Violence, and the American South after the Civil War. Emberton said her book and essay sought to “challenge some of the most basic assumptions of American historiography and complicate the story of freedom that we like to tell about this period.” She argues what the nearly 200,000 black Union soldiers experienced in the Civil War created a hyper-masculine culture that would later have deadly affects on the freed slaves in the Reconstruction South.

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“[The essay] explores how definitions of black manhood took root in the abolitionist response to slavery as an emasculating institution that made black men too weak and passive to be ‘real’ men,” Emberton said. Glorification of war is an unfortunate result of the monumental nature of the slave emancipation, according to Emberton. She said the United States has a tendency to “overlook the pain and suffering [war] caused the very people it was supposed to liberate.”

The liberation dealt not only with the desire for equality among races but also with what Emberton called gender dynamics. “I’m interested in how ideas of masculinity – what it meant to be a man – intersected with ideas of race,” Emberton said. Berry agrees Emberton’s work highlights how individuals in the 19th century assigned a synonymy between citizenship and masculinity, as well as masculinity and violence. “[Emberton] has given more careful thought than anyone to the violence and threats of violence that form the bedrock of our unconscious and reflexive understanding of citizenship,” Berry said. Emberton was shocked to win the award. She said she is deeply honored to receive the recognition and she intended her essay to demonstrate the various erroneous conclusions many individuals have come to regarding the Civil War and its AfricanAmerican participants. Seeman, who is also a history professor and Emberton’s colleague for six years, believes her work speaks to an important era, but its themes are still prevalent in today’s society. “It is important for our era today and how we think about manhood, how we think about race, how we think about gun culture of the United States,” Seeman explained. “It is rare for a historical article to speak both to the past and have an important resonance about the present.” Seeman finds the essay impressive. He said he is not surprised by her success. He said Emberton is hardworking, intelligent and dedicated to her students and research. Continued on page 6

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Retired Coca-Cola CEO sets up UB scholarship ERIC CORTELLESSA Staff Writer UB gave John Alm a second chance. Now, he gives its potential students hope for the future. Alm, a retired Coca-Cola CEO who flunked out of UB the first time he attended, established a $150,000 scholarship for graduating seniors at Maple Grove High School, his alma mater. Students from the Bemus Point school who have been accepted to UB and have financial need are eligible for the award. Alm knows what it’s like to struggle in high school because he had a 1.65 GPA. He is a true underdog, according to Edward Turkasz Jr., the principal of Maple Grove high school. “His story is pretty unique and pretty inspiring, especially to the student who is struggling a little but needs that opportunity and is given that opportunity to be successful,” Turkasz said. Alm hopes to get more students from his former school to attend UB. The Cheryl D. Van Marter-Alm scholarship – named for Alm’s late wife who also graduated from Maple Grove – will be given in increments. The first student will receive $15,000, which will fund tuition, some books and room and board. Alm will then give $30,000 the second year, $45,000 the third year and $60,000 the fourth year. The number of recipients will also increase accordingly. “I learned that very few students from there go to UB and I thought this would be a good way to connect the university to that school and would help promote a whole different thought process on the ability of what they can do,” Alm said. When Alm flunked out of UB and joined the military, he didn’t expect to go back and graduate from the School of Management in 1973. “Attending UB gave me exposure to people who lived very differently from me and opened doors to a new world,” Alm said. “I hope this scholarship will provide a similar opportunity to Maple Grove students.” Turkasz said Alm’s personal story demonstrates an additional layer of meaning to the significance and aim of the scholarship. “John has a passion for providing educational opportunities to underserved youth,” said Arjang Assad, dean of the School of Management. “This scholarship is an apt demonstration of this.” The students who will receive the scholarship are not at the top of their class, but with the help from Alm, they have potential, according to Turkasz.

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John Alm, retired CEO of Coca-Cola, established a scholarship program for seniors at Maple Grove High School, his alma mater, who are planning to attend UB.

Alm wants to expand on that and give Maple Grove students a greater sense of empowerment. “I hope that it opens up a new world of possibilities for them,” Alm said. “This is a small school in a small community … the University at Buffalo and the whole environment there will open up new, broader possibilities.” Maple Grove is a small, rural school in Chautaqua County, N.Y., with an enrollment of 386 students. Alm is an example of someone who embodies the principles of hard work and resiliency for both Maple Grove and UB students. His story shows the importance of striving and the significance of giving back to one’s community, according to Turkasz and Assad. “I’m proud we’ve had someone come from here and help recognize that this is a place that helps students realize their potential,” Turkasz said. Pepsi sponsors UB, but in honor of Alm, the university installed one Coca-Cola vending machine on campus. Email: news@ubspectrum.com

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Continued from page 1: Just your common doctor try journal showed only 22 percent of the college students who reported symptoms of serious depression received the minimal adequate care. That’s a statistic Liu hopes to change. “Hospitals [often] refuse them and you don’t want something to happen to them on campus,” Liu said. “You think of one year – 2012 – with all the gun shootings. Most of these people had medical issues.” What helps the clinic stand out is its use of technology and its emphasis on education. Liu proudly talked about the Apple-based clinical software, an iPad/ iPhone-based skin temperature sensor and blood pressure monitor, the laser therapy machines used for pain management and his 73-inch 3D television in a presentation directed toward students and potential patients on Tuesday. These gadgets aren’t for show. Liu said he used an iPhone’s EKG (electrocardiogram) system to assist a walk-in patient who was complaining of chest pains. A quick 30-second scan revealed the patient needed to be sent to the emergency room because of a potentially deadly irregularity. Liu, whose medical career dates back to his time at China’s Binzhou Medical College in the ’80s, noted it’s hard to prevent such an incident in that case because the patient’s family had a history of heart attacks. He can, however, help students make the right health decisions so they won’t end up in the same situation. The physician holds two weekly seminars – an open and closed one – to inform patients, students and faculty about common health problems. Although there were only about 15 students attending the aforementioned presentation, Liu spoke with fervor as he told them about the benefits of what he calls a “health coach.” These seminars feel like pep talks rather than lectures. The seminars are part of a model that focuses on strengthening the doctor-patient relationship. One of Liu’s main concerns about medical care is the oddity of having to wait an hour or so for a minutes-long checkup. He’s hoping more patient-doctor dialogue would prevent cases such as drug abuse or misdiagnosis. “I remember one patient. She had a fracture,” Liu said. “She needed medication, but she tried to sell to somebody else … all to use alcohol and different drugs. I gave her an extra education talk and said, ‘If you [did this in] another doctor’s office, they would’ve kicked you out and you … would go to the streets. We work together.’” He invested most of his last year’s income, $20,000, into the facility. He’s also received $400,000 from other unnamed physicians to use toward nuclear medicine. Liu doesn’t have any paid employees yet, but he

hopes to hire two supporting employees in March and an M.D. in July. For now, Liu’s getting help from his interns. These assistants include international, graduate and undergraduate students who work in four different departments: medical, business, laser therapy and cooperative relationship. The internship is unpaid, but that doesn’t affect the contagious effect of Liu’s optimistic attitude. “It’s not just about advertising ourselves. It’s only one part of it,” said Van Vu, a UB alumna with a Bachelor’s degree in business administration. “The main reason why he came on campus is because he wants to help the students. The patients he’s helping right now are middle aged or seniors. They didn’t take care of themselves properly. Hank thinks we could do something to prevent it from happening. That’s why he works with students to help live a proper lifestyle to help prevent later problems.” Luna Medical Center is a private medical center, unlike the Michael Hall medical center on South Campus. Michael Hall, which has been on campus since 1955, has long been the students’ central spot for medical services and, for now, it seems that it’s going to stay that way. Liu said he hoped the new clinic would complement Michael Hall’s service. Services like laser therapy and weekend availability are exclusive to Luna Medical Center, but Michael Hall is better able to accommodate a large number of students. Susan M. Snyder, director of student health services, is worried students may not be able to tell the difference between the two, even though she supports Liu’s endeavors. “I think one of the confusing things is that with it being in the commons,” Snyder said. “I think students can get confused that it is the health center and may not understand he’s a private physician. So I do think it may lead to some confusion in that regard … with it not being related and not covered under the health fee.” Even with all the technology, it’s clear Luna Medical Center is still a startup office. Eighty percent of Liu’s patients are still over the age of 30, and he’s only treated one UB student. However, he and Snyder are still confident in the new clinic. “I think his heart is in the right place,” Snyder said. The Luna Medical Clinic is open from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday. It currently accepts Medicare, Medicaid and private medical insurance. Email: features@ubspectrum.com

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EDITORIAL BOARD Editor in Chief Aaron Mansfield Senior Managing Editor Brian Josephs Managing Editor Rebecca Bratek Editorial Editor Ashley Steves News EDItors Sara DiNatale, Co-Senior Lisa Khoury, Co-Senior Sam Fernando, Asst. Rachel Raimondi, Asst. LIFE EDITORS Rachel Kramer, Senior Lyzi White Lisa Epstein, Asst. ARTS EDITORS Elva Aguilar, Senior Lisa de la Torre, Asst. Nathaniel Smith, Asst. Max Crinnin, Asst. SPORTS EDITORS Joseph Konze Jr., Senior Jon Gagnon Ben Tarhan Markus McCaine, Asst. PHOTO EDITORS Alexa Strudler, Senior Satsuki Aoi Adrien D’Angelo Nick Fischetti, Asst. CARTOONIST Jeanette Chwan PROFESSIONAL STAFF OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR Helene Polley ADVERTISING MANAGER Mark Kurtz CREATIVE DIRECTOR Brian Keschinger Haider Alidina, Asst. ADVERTISING DESIGNER Joseph Ramaglia Ryan Christopher, Asst. Haley Sunkes, Asst.

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Going back to the big leaps Cutting NASA funding shows ignorance of the agency’s importance It’s been a couple big weeks of anniversaries and achievements for NASA. The rover Curiosity just successfully drilled into the surface of Mars and collected a sample from its interior, the first time ever on the planet. In addition, Jan. 25 was the nine-year anniversary of the beginning of the rover Opportunity’s Mars mission, a project NASA mission managers originally said they would be pleased if it lasted 90 days. Opportunity has proved to be one of the shining achievements, leading to discovery of chemical proof that the surface of Mars once had had standing water. Despite all this, many people’s interest and perception of NASA’s importance is waning, citing the country’s current financial crisis as a reason to cut the program’s funding. To do so further would be an insult and a hindrance to our exploration and advancement. The United States is currently in trillions of dollars in debt – over $16 trillion with an expected debt of $17.5 trillion by the end of the 2013 fiscal year. Add in a few spending limit crises and a massive fiscal cliff, and we’re heading for a disaster. It would only make sense for us to trim the budget and cut the luxuries. NASA, however, should never be considered a luxury. People who support cutting the budget support it in ignorance of not knowing what the program actually does and what it costs to us. A 2007 study asked respondents what percentage of the national budget is allocated to NASA. On average, it was estimated at approximately 24 percent; in reality, NASA’s allocation of the national budget in 2007 was 0.58 percent. Federal funding in 2012 dipped even further to 0.48 percent, making it the second-lowest year of funding since 1958 and 1959 – the founding years. And according to the 2013 fiscal budget, it’s expected to take another $59 million decrease. That level of funding completely disregards the agency’s vast economical and technological importance. The research that goes into and comes from NASA goes into technology that benefits and controls every aspect of our lives. You may be one of those people (and so many of them exist) who say, “well, what has it done for me?”

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There’s a level of self-involvement in everything (ironically enough because our advancement of technology and the digital age), leading to our impatient society. We want instant gratification. We expect every planet to have been visited by now, existence of life found and colonies built. And we still want it as cheap as possible. Not enough people are aware of how much our space program does to benefit us. Without NASA, though, we would be without satellite television, MRI and CAT scans, temper foam, Life Alert, cell phone cameras, clean energy technology, water filtration and scratch-resistant lenses, just to name a few. These are innovations that benefit all of us. How much do they cost you personally? Half a penny to every tax dollar. There is a responsibility to fund the agency not just for today but also for the future – especially for the future. We spend so much of our money dictating where our money should go – both in our country and in others – and as a result, we fall behind in innovation. We continue to request more and more people get an

engineering degree but then fail to support a major component of the field. The program could be used as a successful economic stimulus, with many previous studies to back that up, but we don’t want to take that risk because we are currently in a bad place financially. But who knows how long it will take for us to get out of that hole, and if we don’t focus on advancing at all, where will that put us when we finally do? We clearly don’t have the resources to make NASA a major priority, and that’s fine. But the attention we give it is insulting. We fail to see the importance, and subsequently, we’d rather spend billions of dollars filming stars on the silver screen than exploring the stars and space. Times are tough and money is tight but being able to give NASA at least one percent shouldn’t be considered generous. It should be a given. Email: editorial@ubspectrum.com

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Bush hack shows the importance of sensationalism Dubya just can’t catch a break. Last week a hacker by the alias “Guccifer” broke into multiple email accounts of the Bush family, uncovering private messages, pictures and documents from 2009-12. Among the loot were messages between family members about George H. W. Bush’s failing health, a list of personal contact information for the former first family and a couple of interesting PG self-portraits of W. bathing. Yeah, that happened. And from Guccifer to the main pages of major news organizations, the Internet got more Bush than it bargained for. Yet there were few complainers. It doesn’t matter that it wasn’t pertinent news or that the messages were of a private manner or even that they were obtained illegally. If journalism is all about getting the big story – no matter how trivial that story may be – then TSG won the week’s jackpot. And how? Because sensationalism sells. TheSmokingGun.com, which aside from posting celebrity mug shots is known for obtaining exclusive material through government and legal sources, court documents and Freedom of Information Act requests, was the first news source to post about the hack. Its article contained everything from the digs at Bill Clinton to the awkward paintings. It was liked, shared and tweeted thousands of times.

Some major organizations smartly jumped on board. Reuters, the Daily News, USA Today and NBC News all wrote their own articles directly quoting the emails. Dozens of other websites wrote about it the hack without using any of the material. The New York Times, in a very New York Times-y move, even wrote an art review blog post on Bush’s paintings. It’s not pretty, but it’s what people want to read. In the old rules of journalism (and perhaps in an ideal world), the emails would probably not have been published. There was once a time when we recognized the difference between a juicy story and an invasion of privacy, when the main story would’ve been about the hacker and not what the hacker found – maybe even a time when organizations would have thought twice before publishing a story that wasn’t actually a story for the sake of attention. It’s hard to remember such a time, but it had to have existed. The Washington Post Executive Editor Martin Baron drew a distinction between the publication of documents like the Pentagon Papers that reveal the conduct of the government and personal documents taken from a private source. The former, while possibly containing classified information, reveals information about our government that we may deem to be detrimental; the latter serve no purpose but to humiliate the owner.

But we, as a whole, root for the downfall of our nation’s celebrities. The emails are the equivalent of the up-the-skirt shots of celebrities stepping out of their cars or a weeks-long series of articles about Britney Spears shaving her head. These stories exist because we want them to. News organizations know we read them and that those stories will bring them many readers. Many complain when they exist but only after reading them first. This, of course, is not the first time a celebrity has been hacked. Staying within the field of politics, former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin had her private email broken into in 2008. The hacker took screenshots of emails, a contact list and family photos, then shared them to Wikileaks. Just like with our current story, the screenshots quickly spread across the Web. Gawker, a popular news and gossip blog, reposted all of them, proudly crowing “it’s newsworthy, and we will not be taking it down!” Society has become so much more digitally interactive, and as a result, people’s needs and wants are changing. Everyone wants to know what is happening instantly and all the time, even when a story (or a person) is no longer relevant. Because of incidents like this, people claim journalism is dying. But we don’t see it that way; we just see it adjusting with the times. Email: editorial@ubspectrum.com

Letter to the Editor A gift of hope: believing in oneself

CHRISTIAN ANDZEL Believe in yourself. Seize the present day and take hold of your future. Through everything in life, every goal you set, every trial you go through, you must not let your doubts get to you. Believing in yourself to get over the lumps of life, especially in college, is a must because without believing in yourself first, how can you get others to believe in you? Being confident and overcoming the obstacles in life are difficult. This is especially true in college, where sometimes, every day is a fight for some people. Even today, as you read this, you could be having a bad day. You could be wishing you never got out of bed to see with what the day awaited you. How can you inspire yourself to block out the tough times and instead see the bright future you have? How can you lift yourself out of the shadows of despair when all you may see is darkness? How can you be the person you once were? You believe in yourself that you will dig yourself out of this temporary lag in life. You may ask, “Why should I, of all people, believe in myself?” I would say that you are here today for a reason. You are here on this planet, here in Buffalo, here at UB to make a difference. You are here for a reason. You have a talent that no one may have and,

from there, pursue that talent so as to advance yourself in the world. You may ask, “How can I have such a talent?” I would say there is always something that makes an individual unique. There is always something in the depth of the person’s heart that makes him/her burn to be great. Find that special yearning. Find that special talent because it can and it will be used for greatness! By looking within yourself, you can find your true strength and endure the obstacles that may seem immovable. I believe that is the true genius of believing in yourself. Believe in yourself. You have promise. You do have hope! Promote peace; promote love! With promising to love others, to love all people, you may find people who, in turn, encourage you to chase after your dreams. They can feed you the optimism in your life that you have always craved. They can give you the attention you have always wanted but never received. Something better awaits you as long as you keep dreaming and believing in yourself. You may ask what I believe. I believe that no matter who you are, what you do or do not believe in, what your record is, or where you came from, you have a chance for greatness and potential to accomplish many things. You, today, have a chance to affect someone’s life. Turn cynicism into optimism, dislike to love,

confinement of emotions into freedom of expression, and shyness to beautiful audacity! Fulfill your promise. Believe in yourself and in others encouraging you to make something out of yourself to better this world. There is so much hope in this world because there are billions of world changers who have the opportunity to birth something amazing. You and I are just two out of billions of people on this planet. Although we are minute people in a humongous world, we have the chance to change history and transform lives. Believe in yourself and anything and everything is a possibility. Believing in yourself is certainly not something everyone does, but once you genuinely do, amazing things occur that you never imagined yourself doing. Have faith because you can do it. Keep moving forward and chase your dreams because, with faith in who you are, you can accomplish your goals. Stay driven and stay humble. After you have worked hard and become victorious, instill that same work ethic and belief in others. Extend your hand, your heart, and your spirit to those who need it most. They will then see you and you will become their example of believing in oneself. And before you know it, not only have you transformed someone’s life, but you have changed the world.

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Life, Arts & Entertainment

A Wonderful, Glorious future KIERA MEDVED Staff Writer Artist: Eels Album: Wonderful, Glorious Release Date: Feb. 4 Label: Vagrant Records Grade: B+

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UB Professor Bruce Jackson’s new exhibit at the Burchfield Penney Art Center, Being There, reveals a passionate and piercing eye for the human aesthetic.

Poverty, prison and photography NICHOLAS C. TURTON Staff Writer The lens of one accomplished photographer has reached across expanses of time and space, capturing the likes of desolate desert landscapes, poverty-stricken rural dwellers and the lives of prisoners on death row. His name is Bruce Jackson, the James Agee Professor of American Culture and English at UB. Over 350 of Jackson’s photographs graced the walls of the Burchfield Penney Art Center in the opening of Being There: Photographs 1962-2012 last Friday evening. Michael Brown, 48, of Buffalo, is an artist-in-residency at CEPA Gallery and was pleased with Jackson’s overall work. “[Jackson’s] very accomplished,” Brown said. “He’s a really good photographer. His vision is universal.” Jackson’s photographic work encompasses a remarkably vast array of topics, time periods, genres and subjects. A walk through the exhibition is filled with images depicting rundown Buffalo buildings, beautiful landscapes, black and white film prints from the

’60s and dozens of portrait photographs. Catherine Dawson, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Visual Studies, appreciated Jackson’s range and the versatility in his work. “The deal with Bruce’s work is that his photography spans such a breadth of time and experience,” Dawson said. “I don’t think any other artist of the 20th century can claim to have done the same.” Jackson’s photographs are remarkable not just because of the range of his work but also because he photographs his subjects in great depth. A passionate and piercing eye is what gives Jackson’s images their striking appeal. One of Jackson’s most captivating works is entitled “House in Poorbottom,” and was taken in rural Kentucky in 1969. The black and white image depicts a destitute mother and her two children sitting in a ramshackle house. The children have dirty complexions and are sitting in front of a wall that is covered with nailed down cardboard pieces, and the mother is seen smoking a cigarette and seemed to be missing teeth. One child faces the viewer with a blank and empty stare. Continued on page 6

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Having a lifelong relationship with a band isn’t always easy. One year, they can release an album and you’ll swear they wrote each lyric just for you. The next year, your heart might break because it seems some stranger wrote the music under the same band’s name. Fortunately for Eels’ fans, the band’s 10th studio album Wonderful, Glorious causes no such heartbreak. In 1996, Mark Oliver Everett, aka ‘E’, released Beautiful Freak, a gloomy pop album with haunting lyrics. E’s amazing voice and Wurlitzer electric piano together created singles that earned the band international attention and success. Songs such as, “Novocaine for the Soul,” “Beautiful Freak” and “Susan’s House,” brought many listeners into E’s and fellow collaborators’ complicated world. Over the years, Eels has remained within a melancholic realm of personal memoirs. In 1998, Eels’ second studio album, ElectroShock Blues, provided a deeper look into Everett’s personal life. The album deals with topics such as suicide, sickness and death. But the most recent release from the band, Wonderful, Glorious, takes on a more positive perspective on life and reality. Its lyrics suggest the band’s transition into a much more upbeat and hopeful place. Lyrics from songs such as “On the Ropes” truly depict the band’s outlook on life that has seemingly taken on new shape. “I’ve got enough I left inside this tired heart/To win this world and walk on my feet, know the trip” Everett sings. The track embraces the realities of bad days and inevitable misfortune. Wonderful, Glorious is the first album the band recorded in their new, expanded studio. The band had previously been recording in Everett’s basement, which had caused the

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band many issues beforehand. With the new and improved studio for the band to work out of, it’s no surprise their music was affected so positively. Everett’s tantalizing growls synchronize beautifully with the Eels’ guitarist’s, The Chet, hard rock jams. “New Alphabet” reinforces not only their fresh take on a familiar style but their new motto of “getting ’em next time, tiger.” “When the world stops making sense/ Just take in what you can get/When the people on the streets start looking like silhouettes/When the words just sound like noise/I need a new alphabet/When the world stops making sense/I make a new alphabet” Everett sings. Although most of the tracks stay true to the band’s style, one song in particular stands out in a negative way. “Peach Blossom” sounds as if Everett scribbled down a few notes and tried to match them to the beat. The repetition of the lyrics overpowers the piano and guitar, and the goofiness of the song feels forced. Listening to Eels’ music should not feel as if the band was self-conscious or making music they think the listener wanted to hear. They don’t need our approval to know they’re a fantastic band. Wonderful, Glorious offers so much to those who have followed Eels over the years. Listeners should definitely check out the Deluxe Edition version of the album, which includes several live performances. Email: arts@ubspectrum.com

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RUST, LTD.: A corrosive force of innovation Alumni game developers win national contest

ADRIEN D’ANGELO Photo Editor Game design power-quartet RUST, LTD. may appear to be just four guys with great beards. However, the group is starting to gain national recognition for its awardwinning ideas. Unity Technologies is a company that drives video games like Dead Trigger (iOS and Android) and Endless Space (Windows) through their leading game engines. The company creates the pixilated magic behind digital environments produced by game developers across the world. In celebration of its latest update in Nov. 2012, Unity Technologies hosted a competition that asked game designers to utilize Microsoft’s newly released DirectX11 – a plug-in used to enhance graphics. The grand prize in this DirectX11 contest was awarded to RUST, LTD. (pronounced rust limited), a Buffalo media art collective made up of UB alumni, for their interactive video game, The Museum of the Microstar. This submission combines high technological graphics simulations with a story that points out the consequences of humanity’s haphazardous technological advancement in a post-apocalyptic world. The Museum of the Microstar is an interactive demo with two game modes: a technical walk-through that shows off some of the fancy digital rendering used in its production and a playable short narrative that’s meant to satirize tech demos. The museum is curated by the only corporation left in the Universe – a corporation that celebrates human advancements toward discovering the Microstar, while celebrating the destruction of Earth simultaneously. RUST, LTD. was surprised to receive the award, due to the satirical social commentary behind the game. “[This demo] says we should think carefully about what it means to unthinkingly celebrate new technology as its role,” said Adam Liszkiewics, M.F.A. graduate from the Department of Media Studies and member of RUST, LTD. “[I believe] that it’s important to think about the consequences and context of technology as it’s being created and as it’s being used. I think we have to give [Unity Technologies] a lot of credit for awarding us the grand prize for something like that.” Liszkiewics also taught classes at UB. The complete RUST, LTD. roster includes UB Fine Arts alumnus Anton Hand, Media

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UB Alumni media artist collective RUST, LTD.'s video game The Museum of the Microstar wins first place in Unity Technologies DirectX11 Competition.

Studies alumnus Luke Noonan and Medias Studies alumnus Lucas Miller. The group met at UB in late 2009, while taking classes in the Department of Media Studies. Because the modus operandi of RUST, LTD. is non-hierarchical, Liszkiewics states the four members rely on each other heavily in all aspects of production. This virtual media super-group has produced a number of other games, including 3D puzzle platformer The Hold, which won Best in Show at Game Fest 2012, a neo-dada poetic approach to Minesweeper known as M!ndsweeper and many others. The team noted associate professor and founding member of the Intermedia Performance Studio at UB Josephine Anstey left a long-lasting impression as a great educator and resource. She is a teacher who makes students feel comfortable taking risks as artists and excels in creating an excellent learning environment, according to Liszkiewics.

“One thing I noticed that differentiated [Anstey] from other professors was that she encourages students to work on things that are interesting to the student – that really pushes them – instead of things that are interesting to her,” Miller said. RUST, LTD. found interest specifically in social activism in its work through projects that have the potential to better the community. Its project, Minecraft Memorials, has taken social activism into the digital world, quite literally, by erecting memorials of real-life mining incidents into the multiplayer game, Minecraft. This install has a strong ironic tone that the crew said relates to cities like Buffalo that utilize coal power. “The fact that you’re burning real coal while you’re burning fake coal, and it’s a game that sort of glorifies coal production, when in reality it’s a pretty horrible profession,” Noonan said. “It’s really dangerous, it’s going to give you some sort of cancer … [Coal production] is a pretty horrible job, actually,

and it took playing Minecraft for that to all come into focus there.” As far as the future of RUST, LTD. goes, its increased reputation is helping the founders attain contracts in a highly competitive, rapidly growing field. Hand states the group’s work in the next six months will largely be in the mobile sphere, creating technology such as iPhone and Android apps, as the need for digital media production for mobile devices increases. “From a commercial perspective, there’s money there because people want to hire you to do that,” Noonan said. “When you approach the mobile space there’s a variety of unique interfaces there, so you have this really sensor-rich device.” The RUST, LTD. team is scattered across the country and solely collaborates online to create its innovative games. Email: arts@ubspectrum.com

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Continued from page 4: Poverty, prison and photography The image is haunting, but at the same time, it’s a beautifully shot photograph. The composition is well executed and the lighting is dramatic. The picture comments on poverty in the rural south in a way that’s aesthetic but also chilling. Jackson’s most notable work of a similar vein is his collection of photos grouped under the title “PRISON.” The “PRISON” series consists of several black and white images of death row prisoners in Texas and Arkansas prisons. The series is a commentary on the American prison system, its place as a major institution in America and an investigation of the lives of those who inhabit it. Michael Moses, 75, of Buffalo, felt a personal connection with Jackson’s “PRISON” photographs. “The prison pictures are of particular interest [to me] because I worked at Attica for a period of time,” Moses said. “They’re very striking and moving. They display the pathos of that sort of experience that people have inside.” Jackson’s documentary-like photographs do more than just record prison life, according to the gallery inscription. His impassioned visualization infuses his photographs with a touch of humanity, portraying them in sympathetic and personal manners. “Excell White” is a 1979 black and white photograph that illustrates this. The image shows a prisoner standing behind the thick, metal bars of his cell. One of the man’s eyes is hidden by one of the metal bars; the other looks at the camera with a serious gaze. The point of emphasis of the image is a tattoo on the man’s chest, which takes the form of a star and has faded lettering beneath it. This mark of identity brings forth questions of the man’s past, the meaning of the tattoo and whether it once wrote out the name of a relative or significant other. But then the thinking stops. “Put to death March 30, 1999” is written next to the photograph in the description. Looking at a photograph of a man who has been executed raises hard-to-describe feelings. The emotional reaction to this series of work is a true testament to Jackson’s ability to capture moments and individuals that are all at once unsettling and affecting. All of Jackson’s work demonstrates his penetrating vision for images that arrest and intrigue. The vast diversity in his photography illustrates the power of his camera lens and vision to cross and connect boundaries to form such commanding and captivating photographs. Being There: Photographs 1962-2012 will be on view until June 16.

Continued from page 1: More than freedom “What is snow even made of? Like where does it come from?” – Girl in an English class

“That girl is so hot! I see her all the time and I’m just like, ‘mmmm.’” – Boy in Putnam’s

“Not even if there was a fire would I walk outside today” – Sent from Twitter

“I’ll stop making fun of you if you do my homework … No! That’s not bullying! It works out for both of us.” – Girl on the phone

“I just walk up and feel my thighs jiggle and say, ‘nope, you don’t want that [doughnut]!’” – Girl in line at Tim Hortons “If you give me a lot of money, I’ll do just about anything.” – Communication professor in class

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Continued from page 1: School of Pharmacy prepares for new dean “It might be a good change to have a new Now, Yu looks forward to a new leadership dean and maybe change things around,” said era under a different dean. Diane Yu, a third-year pharmacy student and Meanwhile, Anderson said his plans for a the president of UB-SNPhA, the UB chapter future include “limited time in the classroom” of the Student National Pharmaceutical Asso- and “some professional activities with national ciation. professional associations.” She hopes the new dean will continue to He promises his support to the future dean implement the new curriculum for the school’s and hopes he or she will be a “visionary leader Doctor of Pharmacy Program. Yu also hopes who will recognize the talents of [SoPPS] facto see Anderson’s replacement bring in more ulty, staff and students.” scholarships and research opportunities and enThe search committee includes: Edward hance the already close student-faculty relationBednarczyk, the chair of the Department of ship in SoPPS. Pharmacy Practice and clinical associate pro“A lot of students need some kind of fessor; Alice Ceacareanu, assistant professor scholarship help and also it is a way to encour- of pharmacy practice; Lorraine Collins, profesage students to do better in school,” Yu ex- sor of community health and health behavior plained. professions; Katharina Dittmar de la Cruz, asDespite her expectations for the new dean, sociate professor of biological sciences; Liesl Yu is appreciative of what Anderson has done. Folks, dean of the School of Engineering and Anderson moved SoPPS to South Campus and Applied Sciences; Pamela Hershberger, profesestablished Kapoor Hall, the new pharmacy sor of pharmacology and therapeutics; Joseph building that opened during the fall. Izzo Jr., professor of medicine and chief of Kapoor Hall is designed to serve as a high- clinical pharmacology; William Jusko, distintech facility catering to teaching and research guished professor and chair of the Department demands of SoPPS, the only pharmacy school of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Donald Mager, asin the SUNY system. It also provides better sociate professor of pharmaceutical sciences; connection to the other health sciences build- Davina Porock, professor and associate dean ings on South Campus, as compared to the for research and scholarship in the School of Nursing; and Nisha Vijay, Ph.D. student in school’s previous home on North Campus. pharmaceutical sciences and chair of the UB Anderson considers Kapoor Hall to be student chapter of the American Association one of his biggest achievements. of Pharmaceutical Scientists. “He is trying to integrate the School of The committee will continue to handle Pharmacy into the medical buildings,” Yu said. the most vital part of the leadership transition “And I really appreciate him for doing that, -- finding such a “visionary leader” worthy to because as future pharmacists, we are working assume Anderson’s role. with doctors, veterinarians or a professional Email: news@ubspectrum.com from the medical field.”

“I hope to inspire in my students a sense of wonder and creativity when they think about and study the past,” Emberton said. “Writing history requires curiosity and imagination as much as it does memorization of names, dates and other facts.” Emberton encourages her students to read to become more proficient in other areas of their lives. As a child, Emberton was constantly reading, which instilled her with a natural curiosity and connection to the past – she can even recite most of Emily Dickenson’s works by heart. Emberton worked on her essay for 10 years; she began the project as her dissertation at Northwestern University. The letters and testimonies from freed slaves who sought freedom from violence inspired her. She contemplated how tribulations suffered by former slaves led to their conceptions of what exactly “freedom” meant and what their government owed them. Emberton’s interests began to transition. She studied the Civil Rights Movement of the ’60s and how women’s roles were often marginalized within Civil Rights organizations. As an undergraduate student, Emberton’s studies moved backward in time to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement. The works of freed slaves, such as W.E.B. Du Bois, began to transform the professor’s focus. She has authored several essays and books about the Civil War and Reconstruction. She is currently focusing on the relationship between southern reconstruction and western expansion. The focus of this piece will be on the Indian Wars of the 1860s and 1870s, which will be covered in her upcoming course, Reconstructing America, 1865-1900. Emberton’s passion for history and the people who lived it fuels her work. “I find it so moving and often humbling to read their words and realize their aspirations and dreams for a better, safer life,” Emberton said. Email: news@ubspectrum.com

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