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Bar scene around Engineering clubs compete South Campus during annual Engineering Week continues to change Molly’s Pub opens; UB students share their opinions Chad Cooper, The Spectrum

Molly’s Pub is the newest addition to the University Heights’ bar scene. Students say the bar is a refreshing change.

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Bryan Seymour and William January, both senior mechanical engineering majors, play catapult pong, an event hosted by Theta Tau, the engineering fraternity.

GISELLE LAM

Staff Writer

This week, some of UB’s most science-savvy students will compete with soda bottles and robots.

Engineering Week, a national, week-long celebration of math, science, technology and engineering, involves all of the engineering clubs at UB. Each group hosts events that relate to their club or discipline within the field, according to Student Association Engineering Coordinator Joseph Pace. The Engineering Council hosts the annual event.

Throughout the week, clubs in the field compete in each other’s games and challenges to see who can win the most points.

The winning groups are awarded cash prizes – which are funded by the co-sponsorship line of the SA budget – for their club or organization.

“It benefits the departments by putting UB in a good light in the community as well as professionally, [because] there are reps from the sponsors who come in and see the application of classroom knowledge as well as the passion evident in our students to go above and beyond the classroom to enhance their education through involvement with student organizations,” said Pace, a sophomore aerospace engineering major.

He said the event receives funding from corporate spon-

sors who believe in the value of what UB’s engineers are doing and feel supporting the aspiring engineers is a worthy cause.

“Thanks to our corporate sponsors, we are currently working on building a new area for Friday’s Bot Wars competition, which is the marquee event of E-Week,” he said.

On Feb. 18, the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) hosted a life-size version of the board game Operation. This is the club’s first time participating in the event as a permanent student organization.

Participants are given scenarios of patients with serious ailments and must use the given tools, or a combination of the tools, to treat them. There is a sterile section students must stay in and they must use whatever tools they touch.

Abhiram Rao, a senior biomedical engineering major and the treasurer of BMES, said the game was designed to mirror their field of work.

“Our aim as biomedical engineers is to construct devices for surgeries [and] to design those devices,” Rao said.

Theta Tau, the engineering fraternity, added an engineering touch to the popular college drinking game beer pong.

Instead of using their hands to shoot ping-pong balls, the clubs built their own catapults for launching the ball into cups of water. It takes physics and calcu-

lations of angles and force to get the pong ball to the other side, said Austin Nilsen, a senior civil engineering major.

Clubs designed their catapults weeks in advance. “[Engineering Week] is really good because it allows each of the clubs to get their name out,” Nilsen said. “[We have] one week to showcase what we do and who we are.”

On Wednesday, Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) will host its “Rocketry” event, in which students can assemble and launch small rockets. From 1011 a.m., it will take place in 145B Student Union, and the second hour will be in the Student Union Field. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., students will launch rockets made from two-liter soda bottles at the Society of Women Engineer’s “Bottle Rockets” event in the SU Field.

Also Wednesday, the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) is hosting a “Salsa Making” event, in which clubs will compete to craft the best salsa from their given ingredients from 1-3 p.m. in 145B SU. On Thursday, the Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) is holding its “Recycling Relay” event the same day. Students will try to sort recyclable items as fast as they can. The event will take place in the Union from 10 a.m. to noon.

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If The Steer and Northside had a baby, its name would be “Molly’s Pub.” The bar scene on Main Street surrounding UB’s South Campus is changing. Many students complained when the popular bars Mojo’s and Northside closed before the fall semester, but those complaints seem to have subsided.

There’s a new place to let loose and enjoy the night: Molly’s Pub. From the outside, the bar – located at 3199 Main St. – looks like a storage shed. Inside, it resembles a New York City sports bar.

After Northside and Mojo’s closed, The Steer became students’ only bar option near South Campus. But it no longer stands alone.

On Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, the line to get into Molly’s has approximately 30 people steadily throughout the night. Students are enjoying the change of scenery and find Molly’s to be a refreshing addition to UB’s nightlife.

Alisha Netto, a junior communication major, said Molly’s is more of a “club scene” than a bar because of its music. She likes that about the pub because everyone is “down to dance and get down,” she said.

Before the pub opened, Netto and her friends primarily frequented The Steer and house parties. But since the spring semester began, Molly’s is their go-to nighttime place. Netto and her friends went to Molly’s three

nights in a row each week for the first few weeks of school.

Netto likes the consistently crowded atmosphere. She said at the pub, it always feels like the “night is young.”

Eva Tzelios, a senior occupational science and occupational therapy major, said she goes to Molly’s approximately twice a week, usually on Friday and Saturday nights.

“The crowd is a pretty good mix of Greek Life and people outside of Greek Life, just like the other bars we’ve had on Main Street,” Tzelios said.

She’s glad Molly’s isn’t as “crazy” as the other 18-and-up bars were, like Northside and Mojos, before they closed. Tzelios said the inexpensive drinks and free cover charge for girls are pluses for Molly’s as well.

Mackenzie Payne, a junior civil engineering major, said a lot of people might think Molly’s is too crowded.

“It’s new and everyone wants to check it out,” Payne said. “I think they’ll maintain a steady crowd of people, but I’m sure in a few weeks it will be slightly less crowded.”

Payne’s favorite aspect of the new bar is the constant buzz of activity inside; very few people just stand around, she said. She said if students at the bar aren’t drinking, they’re dancing, and that’s what makes it “lively.” She also likes that there’s a disc jockey.

The owner of Molly’s did not respond to interview requests. email: features@ubspectrum.com

Poetry Collection receives $150,600 grant JOE KONZE JR

Senior Arts Editor

The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has donated $150,600 to UB’s Poetry Collection. The grant will allow UB to create online archives for 11 post-World War II poetry collections. The money will also be used to hire a project archivist and to buy supplies.

The grant was awarded in December, but not announced until last week.

UB was among 22 organizations that received a CLIR fund, after the council reviewed 75 proposals across the nation for its “Cataloguing Hidden Special Collections and Archives” program.

The program began in 2008 and has made over 109 grants totaling $23.5 million.

“The grant is not to catalog the magazines themselves but ac-

tually their editorial correspondents and business records,” said Jim Maynard, the associate curator of the Special Collections Library. “We’re crazy enough here that we try and collect everything. That doesn’t just include print publications, but also writers’ manuscripts, the archives of small press publishers, magazines [and] book publishers.”

The to-be-hired project archivist, Maynard, Marie Elia, a processing archivist, Amy Vilz, a university archivist, and two graduate students will catalog the archives into an online system.

Maynard hopes having the works organized will make it easier to assist those who inquire about the Poetry Collection.

“We’ve had requests in the past from scholars who have wanted to use this information,” Maynard said. “But I haven’t been able to answer the questions about what’s here because I haven’t unpacked the box-

es, let alone started to do all the work. I think the way these projects work is the more we learn about the materials, the more we are able to promote that knowledge.”

Susan Howe and the late Charles Bukowksi are the two most celebrated poets featured in 11 collections being organized through the grant.

Howe was a long-time professor in the UB poetics department and her work was published in the 1974 edition of “Fire Exit.”

Bukowski’s “The Ross Runfola” collection is a part of the Special Collections Library, which is located on the fourth floor of Capen Hall. The 11 poetry collections affected by the grant include other Buffalo connections like “Buckle,” a poetry journal that Bernhard Frank, a retired Buffalo State College professor, published. Jena Osman and Juliana Spahr, who both received SEE POETRY, PAGE 2

Juan D. Pinzon, The Spectrum

Susan Howe and the late Charles Bukowksi are the two most celebrated poets featured in 11 collections being organized through a $150,600 grant given to the UB Poetry Collection. The grant will allow the Special Collections Library to catalog the archive for easier scholarly use.

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UB professor writes book to help young, old generations understand finances JENNA FITTS

Staff Writer

Dr. Lewis Mandell wants to change the way the average college student thinks about finances.

Mandell, a professor emeritus of finance and managerial economics in the School of Management, recently published a book titled “What to Do When I Get Stupid: A Radically Safe Approach to a Difficult Financial Era.” He said he’s aiming to make students conscious of the importance of fiscal matters as they graduate.

“I have never written a book designed for the public,” Mandell said. “All the other books have been textbooks or scholarly books, that sort of thing. This was really the first book I’ve wrote to really try to help people think things through.”

There is a strong relation between a person’s age and his or her financial reasoning, according to Mandell. He said around the age of 53, a person becomes less likely to make financial decisions with a clear mind and a proper plan, which can leave them in distress.

Mandell conducted research on the subject after seeing his parents handle aging and finances as he hoped to help the baby boomer generation with its finances.

In his book, Mandell attempts to alert older people of the decline of their analytical ability after the age of 53, and he stresses the importance of setting up a financial

plan early so they don’t end up in a nursing home.

“People who are older are far more interested in finances than people who are younger,” Mandell said. “When you’re really interested in something, chances are you will not forget what you learned in a book and will go out and do some of the things I recommend.”

It is beneficial to begin thinking about your financial future at a young age, Mandell said. The book discusses how young adults can plan for their future and how to manage their current financial situation. One way for young adults to do this is to be wise with their credit, he added.

He believes young adults take on too much credit and loans they can’t afford to pay.

One of the top 10 mistakes college students make is applying for credit, according to Forbes. But it doesn’t affect everyone the same way.

Kaitlyn Richter, a senior majoring in global gender studies and psychology, said she is giving extra thought to her financial future.

“I’m trying to plan out how I’m going to afford rent and hopefully one day a house with the money I’ll be making in non-profits, which is the field I want to go into,” Richter said. “I’m also thinking about fellowships and funding for grad school.”

Richter said she has one credit card and is staying on top of her monthly payments.

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Cuomo announces new plan to educate incarcerated felons On Sunday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed a new program that would allow prison inmates to take college courses and earn a degree while in prison.

The announcement came during an event for the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus. Cuomo said it costs tax payers roughly $60,000 to fund each inmate per year, and that approximately 40 percent of inmates return to prison within three years of their release, according to WGRZ. But adding college courses and giving them a degree for an additional $5,000 each year per inmate has been shown to reduce the rate of prisoners returning after release, he said.

“Studies have shown that investing in college education for prisoners dramatically decreases recidivism rates while saving tax dollars on incarceration costs,” Cuomo’s office said in a statement following the announcement.

The plan is based on the Bard Prison Initiative in 1999 where, according to Cuomo, 500 inmates

were educated. Of the 250 graduates in the participating prison, only 4 percent returned to incarceration after getting their degree.

Prison inmates are currently eligible for high school-level courses.

Inmates previously could receive state college tuition assistance money until the program was ended by then-Gov. Pataki in 1995.

The proposed program would be instituted at ten state prisons and would offer both associate and bachelors degrees to inmates who would have two and a half to three years to earn their degree.

Indiana vote to ban gay marriage postponed On Monday, the Indiana State Senate voted to pass House Joint Resolution 3, which was an amendment to the state’s constitution that would ban gay marriage by defining marriage as between a man and a woman. But because language that would have banned civil unions had been removed, the process to amend the constitution has to start over.

State senators, like Mike Delph, said they voted against the amend-

“As a college student, it is very important to acknowledge that as you enter the workforce, you will be faced with a lot of important decisions that will affect you for the rest of your life,” Mandell said.

“Let’s face it. If your parents end up not being prepared for old age, you as a child may be put in a difficult decision to help your parents.”

He said his book is really based around anticipating what’s going to happen once you get older and setting yourself up to be prepared for it.

UB’s Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access (IDeA) is familiar with Mandell’s concepts. The center is dedicated to making environments and products more usable, safer and healthier in response to the needs of an increasingly diverse population. Mandell used the facility as a resource for a lot of the information in his book about age-in-place housing.

Jordana Maisel, director of outreach and policy studies at IDeA, said there is an increasing number of older adults who need housing to adapt to their physical needs.

“It is never too late to start thinking about the future, especially in terms of finances,” Mandell said.

Courtesy of Point White Publishing

Lewis Mandell, a professor emeritus of finance and managerial economics in the School of Management, stresses the importance of understanding personal finances for young adults. To help the public, he wrote a book, “What to Do When I Get Stupid: A Radically Safe Approach to a Difficult Financial Era.”

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ment because the new provisions were too watered down.

Many conservative opponents of the amendment wanted to keep the provision that would outlaw civil unions.

“We applaud this symbolic statement affirming the truth that marriage is not just any relationship, but the special union of a man and a woman,” said Micah Clark, executive director of the American Families Association of Indiana, to the USA Today.

Democratic leaders in Indiana, although they were relieved at the dismantling of the law, understood the intentions behind the removal were not in support of gay rights.

“We have the opportunity to make history today by putting an end to HJR-3 once and for all,” Democratic Leader Tim Lanane of Anderson told the Senate, according to the USA Today. “Time is not on the side of discrimination.”

In order for the ban to take place in Indiana, the General Assembly must approve it in 2015 or 2016 before it can be put on the ballot in a public referendum in November 2016.

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their Ph.D. from UB’s English department, published “Chains,” which is also in the to-be organized collection.

Vilz said that the coming catalog will be different from those already available to scholars because it will give them an “itemized list” of the collections as well as the appropriate context.

“It will spell out why this is important to the collection and the things you should look out for,” she said, “it gives you a little bit more information than what a catalog might on the libraries website.

It may also link to other things in the poetry collection that might help.”

The process of the project will take 21 months to complete, according to Maynard.

On Friday, the last day of Engineering Week, the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) will host “Bot Wars,” which is the “Marquee Event of Engineering Week,” according to the brochure.

Teams of engineers have built robots from scratch. The aim of the competition is to try to destroy the opposing team’s robots. The last robot remaining will be crowned the winner. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Union.

The Academic & Engineering Ball will take place at the Buffalo Marriott at the commencement of the week. A formal dinner event will be held for the clubs in the academic and engineering councils.

The winner of Engineering Week will be announced at the Academic & Engineering Ball on Friday. The winning groups will receive their prizes at the ball.

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

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ROADBLOCK ON PATH TO COMMENCEMENT Successful scheduling falls beyond administration’s ability

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UB has proven itself unable to schedule final exams and a commencement ceremony.

This year, Winter Session disrupted the regularly routine scheduling process that the Office of Special Events and Faculty Senate conduct. There is a timing conflict between commencement and some final exams.

Though Winter Session was positive for the students who took advantage of it, and for the administration’s pocketbook, that hardly excuses the ineptitude of failing to complete so simple a task.

Lack of coordination and communication between the two groups is likely to blame.

The Faculty Senate, a group that can rarely cobble together enough faculty members to even vote, much less communicate

a coherent message, likely also has problems communicating its scheduling for final exams.

UB will hold commencement ceremonies, a time typically reserved for a breath of relief after four (or more) years of work, before some students are actually finished.

Final exams will taint the symbolism of the event, as students walk the stage with unfinished requirements looming overhead.

Beyond this, however, remains the obvious question – what if students do not pass those finals after they’ve already walked the stage? Final exams are often a make-or-break moment for students in whether they pass or fail required courses.

Well, if they fail, they won’t graduate. The symbolism of commencement will go from

lessened to completely pointless.

Though the issue of walking and then finding out you failed has always existed, not taking the exam until after graduation exaggerates the issue.

Students did receive an apology from Senior Vice Provost of Student Affairs A. Scott Weber, who took responsibility for the overlap.

If the administration wants to take on new responsibilities like the Winter Session – which was as much a success for the university as it was for many students – UB should first demonstrate it can handle the complicated world of non-conflicting event planning.

The oversight would have likely gone unnoticed if it weren’t among a rapidly growing list of careless mishaps by UB. As the

university becomes more invested in pursuing goals for the future, growing and expanding to become a more prestigious institution, it would benefit decisionmakers to pay at least as much attention to day-to-day operations.

Until students start expressing their frustration with these problems, however, little will change.

A campus that requires much of students in terms of performance and payments should be held to a higher standard.

If students must demonstrate a certain level of competence before they can be awarded with graduation, perhaps the administration should demonstrate a certain level of due diligence before making decisions. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com

Mergers and acquisitions of power Comcast deal to purchase Time Warner promises profits, threatens public A deal proposed last week threatens to kill any notion that Americans still believe in competitive capitalism.

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Comcast wooed Time Warner Cable (TWC) and investors by offering $45.2 billion to purchase the company. The deal would merge the two largest cable companies in the country, which control 37 and 20 percent of the communications market, respectively.

But why should we care? According to Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, this deal is good for stockholders, consumers and both companies.

The merger is a godsend for cable companies facing dwindling subscriptions and a great deal for stockholders.

Benefits for consumers, and the American public at large, remain debatable.

The deal sounds bad on its face.

Any American who sat through eighth grade U.S. History tends to maintain a gut-reaction against anything resembling monopolistic trust building.

This merger is a step toward monopoly by what is already a cartel, and a move away from everything for which the Sherman

Antitrust Act of 1890 fought.

It’s worth reviewing exactly why monopolies were so terrible in the first place. Consider the iconic Joseph Keppler political cartoon, “Bosses of the Senate,” with the bloated trusts of the late 19th century looming over the Senate.

The implication was simple – ravenous corporations had all but hijacked our democracy.

The issue is not just competition. Comcast has done well to publicize that it does not compete directly with TWC in any local markets.

Beyond this, much has been made of what effect this will have on broadband Internet innovation. With the two largest broadband companies becoming one, there is minimal motivation for Comcast to pursue innovative solutions to the national issue of slow Internet.

Beyond this, much has been made of what effect this will have on broadband Internet innovation. Given that the United States is currently No. 33 in the world in broadband speeds, we could hardly get worse. This deal may not affect that ranking.

The problem is the power that comes with size. This deal, if allowed to proceed, amounts to the Senate, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Department of Justice constructing their own master.

Comcast spent $18 million on lobbying last year alone. The company’s 2009 bid to acquire NBC Universal was promptly passed. Meredith Attwell Baker, the FCC regulator who helped pass that deal, now works for Comcast as a lobbyist. Comcast’s CEO regularly goes golfing with President Obama.

It should be clear how problematic and dangerous Comcast’s already cozy relationship with our government is – the government should be protecting the public interest as opposed to corporate interest.

This deal is simply not in the public interest. It serves stockholders. It serves CEOs and corporations.

Forgetting the 1880s is understandable, but have we also forgotten 2008? We’ve seen what happens when our state becomes the marionette of companies and is no longer beholden to the citizenry.

Claims have been made that regulations will swiftly follow the deal, and these regulations will ensure we, the public, are protected. But a government that can hardly pass a budget will likely have some issues passing highly specific regulations on the cable industry, particularly ahead of the mid-term elections this November.

More power over our government, more power over content providers, more control over what we watch on TV or can access online. This is not fear mongering. It is a lesson from history.

It would serve us well to remember why companies with unfettered power cause problems and why Sherman’s antitrust regulation was passed in the first place.

Perhaps if our regulators reviewed their middle school history textbooks, they would know why this deal should not go through.

That is, if they take seriously their credo to serve the public interest. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com

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Sociology and the City New NYC-based summer program offers experiential learning in sociology ANDREA SAADAN Contributing Writer Carolyn Miller, a junior sociology major, grew up in Rochester but has always longed to move further from home. She applied to Hunter College in New York City but had to decline her acceptance after failing to secure her accommodations and finances on time.

This summer, the UB student is getting a second chance with her favorite city.

Miller is participating in UB’s new Global Sociology New York City Program, which runs from July 7 to Aug. 1. It is open to sophomores, juniors and seniors of all majors.

The program offers students two three-credit sociology course options with a focus in experiential learning through field visits and lectures. It focuses on ethnic, religious, cultural and racial diversity within NYC, using the different boroughs as a basis for study, said Christopher Mele, the program’s director and an associate professor.

Students will have a combination of classroom time and outings to the various boroughs to “get a sense of what the dominant issues” of those communities are, Mele said.

“The university is very interested in experiential learning in an effort to get students to engage with various aspects of society and economy and culture outside of the classroom,” Mele said. “I chose New York because of proximity and … it’s also easier geographically.”

He wants to make certain that students have accessibility and he sees the transportation grid in NYC as an important aspect of the program. Students can stay in New York University’s Goddard Hall or seek their own accommodations. In addition to tuition, students will have to pay a $900 mandatory fee, which covers outings to museums, galleries and theaters. If students choose to live at NYU, the total program fee is $2,495.

Emma Frieh, a junior sociology major, is excited to experience the city through this program.

“Being able to explore [NYC] and understand its vast social diversity … from a first-hand point of view will allow me to expand my way of viewing the city and society as a whole,” Frieh said in an email.

Miller finds the opportunity to take advantage of the city’s vast resources and immerse herself in cultural and educational opportunities appealing. She believes students from NYC would also benefit from applying for the summer program.

“It’s really an experience unmatched by a classroom,” Miller said. “It’s an opportunity to really bring sociology alive in a locale that has so much relevance … in the field of sociology and social sciences in general.”

Mele expects students to be very “well-versed in all things New York” by the end of the program. He said students will participate in walking tours of particular neighborhoods that experts, historians and researchers currently working there will

Ishanna Hidalgo, The Spectrum

Christopher Mele, the director of UB’s new Global Sociology New York City Program, encourages UB students to apply for the program and spend July 7 to Aug. 1 in NYC. The three-credit program offers students experiential learning in sociology.

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The program will not specialize in any particular kind of sociological content, but it will revolve around economical, cultural and political topics, according to Mele.

“I’m hoping people want to take this program even if they’re not sociology majors,” Miller said. “No matter what you are or where you plan on living, it will benefit everyone in terms of how to function and how to relate to globalization.”

Frieh thinks students who are not from NYC have a “fascination” with the city because of its size, diversity and infinite possibilities.

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Mele wants prospective applicants – who must apply by March 17 – to realize that although they only have a limited time to spend in the city, they will get to make the most of the experience. Additionally, he believes participating in this program “in an increasingly competitive labor market” creates an employment benefit.

Miller said she is determined to use the summer program to figure out her career goals and aid her personal and professional development. email: features@ubspectrum.com

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Engineers for a Sustainable World works to make a difference on campus GABRIELA JULIA Staff Writer Smoothies, robots and snowball fights: Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) relies on these unconventional tools in its work to create a more environmentally friendly atmosphere on campus.

ESW is a Student Association project-based club with about 50 active members. The club aims to promote sustainability through “enjoyable” projects, and members hope to recruit new people to join their team, regardless of their engineering experience.

Alyssa Hubert, a senior biomedical engineer major and the president of ESW, got involved with the club during her sophomore year while volunteering at the ESW National Conference. Hearing the speakers at this event motivated her to take on a larger role in the club. She now runs executive board meetings and is currently working to send 19 people to the next ESW National Conference.

ESW gives students the opportunity to get directly involved in sustainability projects, which are open to the public.

Connor Brown, a sophomore mechanical engineering major and the treasurer of ESW, got involved with the club during his freshman year when an e-board member came to his class to give a presentation.

He initially attended the group’s general meetings. He learned about “Battle Bots,” a robot-making competition between the engineering clubs on campus, and “Solar Smoothies,” which are sustainable smoothie carts, according to ESW’s website.

Members of the club attach a solar panel above the cart that

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Engineers for a Sustainable World, a Student Association club, promotes sustainability through fun projects like creating solar-powered blenders for smoothies.

powers the blenders to make smoothies and hot chocolate.

They sell the “sustainably made treats” to members of the UB community. The club’s most recent cart was featured in the Solar Kiosk competition as part of a SunEdison/MEMC grant.

Brown went from listening to stories about the solar smoothies and battle bots to actually being involved in the projects and becoming an active participant in fundraising for the club. He also enjoys the club’s social activities.

“I joined many clubs freshman year and stuck with ESW because of how great the members are,” Brown said. “I have made many great friends through ESW. The social events are great and include ice skating, going to Sky Zone, as well as many other great activities.”

The ESW annual Winter Camping event at Allegany State Park is a favorite activity among members. The trip involves

camping, hiking and snowball fights.

When they’re not creating smoothies with solar power or going on camping trips, ESW tackles other environmental projects.

Connor Devine, a sophomore mechanical engineering major and advertising outreach coordinator of ESW, leads the Pedal Power project, which aims to sustainably create light.

Pedal Power involves hooking a bike up to a motor and pedaling to produce enough power to light up three light bulbs. ESW is working on an application to show just how much power the bike produces. The bikes are on display at the Buffalo Museum of Science.

Cassy Edwards, a senior environmental engineer major, has been a member of ESW for 2.5 years.

Edwards began working on ESW’s Sustainable Hand Dry-

er Research Project in the fall of 2012. Through her work with the project, she has gained experience in grant writing and project presentations.

With their hand dryer project, ESW participated in the New

York State Pollution Prevention Institute competition and

presented at UB’s Celebration of Student Academic Excellence.

Edwards is currently the co-leader of the project.

Although knowledge of engineering is important for some ESW projects, there are other events and activities in which all students can actively participate. The club grows plants indoors for the Hydroponics Project and hopes to be able to put them in the campus garden that UB Green is working on near Greiner Hall.

The Education Outreach Project is an opportunity for members in the group to visit elementary schools and teach students

about sustainability. Members hope “exposing students to environmental issues at a young age will influence them to create a better future,” according to ESW’s website. The club shows elementary students videos and presents on the club’s projects.

Devine said ESW has done more for him as a college student than any other co-curricular activity.

He formed relationships with faculty members and now has experience as both a leader and a team player after working with other engineers to complete sustainability projects on campus.

“I felt like I was a part of something bigger and I had many new friends to share it with,” Devine said. “ESW will always be a big part of who I am.”

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Beats to break the mundane routine ARTS EDITORS

The Last of Us: Left Behind review

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Platform: Playstation 3 Developer: Naughty Dog Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Released: Feb. 14 Grade: AA world that has fallen into decay and become overtaken by zombie-esque creatures should be a harsh, grim and gritty tale for two particular teenagers, but it rarely is.

Instead, Left Behind – the first and only story-based downloadable content (DLC) for The Last of Us – is an emotionally packed story that manages to accomplish an amazing amount of character development and storytelling in a very short amount of time.

Half of Left Behind’s twohour campaign takes the player through a gap in the game’s original story. The other half is spent flashing back to when Riley and Ellie are in military boarding school.

The story takes place before the events of the original game, but after the events of the fourissue comic book series American Dreams, which was released as a monthly series between April and July 2013.

Although reading American Dreams isn’t necessary to understand Left Behind’s story, the characters make multiple references to the comic’s events – making reading it feel beneficial.

After Riley goes missing for over a month, she returns to the school and invites Ellie to explore the city of Boston for the evening.

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Ellie is still the same foulmouthed, rebellious, yet vulnerable teen from the original game and comic book add-on American Dreams. Riley, however, has become far less impulsive after joining and fighting for the Fireflies – an anti-government faction.

As Ellie and Riley explore the beautifully rendered world of Left Behind, the player is constantly searching for parts of the environment that will trigger conversations between them. These events resemble those of The Last of Us’ original campaign.

They accelerate players’ investment in the story and their understanding of the characters’ close but fragile relationship.

Though short, the DLC is packed with the same impeccable voice acting, well-crafted storytelling and gorgeous cinematics that made the original game so effective.

But Left Behind’s greatest triumph isn’t that it brilliantly expands upon The Last of Us’ narrative, it’s that the DLC convinces players that Ellie and Riley are close friends and gets them invested in their friendship.

Through this, the game cap-

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“Some of the moving around, if anything, has slowed him down and not being in a consistent system, if anything, it hurt him,” Gregory said.

But Freelove has finally found a home in Buffalo, and he doesn’t regret any of the changes from his past, because his career has led him here. Gregory, too, is proud that Freelove has finally gotten the opportunity he had been waiting for.

tures both characters’ vulnerability within the post-apocalyptic world they live in, which is emphasized by the game play.

Similarly to playing through The Last of Us’ winter chapter, playing as Ellie makes the player vulnerable within the game’s grisly and violent world. And the DLC doesn’t need to change any of the game’s mechanics to make her vulnerability feel more impactful.

Although Left Behind doesn’t change any of the game’s mechanics, it still has some clever moments. The DLC often allows players to thin enemy ranks by pitting infected enemies against other dangerous survivors and bandits – something that rarely occurs within the original game.

With its core game play and action in tact, but divided by the flashbacks to Ellie’s past, Left Behind manages to capture everything that made the original game one of last year’s best – in a fraction of the time. But as the last and only addition to the The Last of Us’ story, it’s difficult to put the controller down.

“I’m just glad that he had an opportunity to find [Buffalo] before he finished,” Gregory said.

“I believe that Buffalo is probably going to get the best basketball Josh has ever put out there.”

Freelove plans to play ball professionally after he graduates.

But for now, it’s finally his time.

Anish Paul Antony, a desk worker in the International Student Service Stop (ISSS), expressed concern about the Games’ expenses. She questioned if the 2012 Summer Olympics in London were worth the cost.

The Sochi Games are expected to be the most expensive in the modern history of the Olympics, at roughly five times the cost of London’s 2012 games, which cost slightly over $10 billion. The total cost of the games in Sochi is expected to be around $51 billion, according to USA Today.

The Games’ closing ceremony will take place Feb. 23.

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It’s the middle of the week.

Your energy levels are lagging and the weekend is teasing you, brushing the tips of your fingers.

Not to mention that it’s been cold for long enough now – it’s time for the sun to come back.

But though the near future still holds bitter mornings and chilly nights, we in the office have been brightening up our days with songs that make us think of the long nights that Spring Break has in store for us.

Ed Sheeran – “Gold Rush” The staccato guitar riffs that British one-man-band Ed Sheeran plays in this chirpy song induce foot taps and weird public grins. And if you’re having an off day, just remember that this Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter dropped out of school at the age of 16 – and he’s doing pretty well for himself.

The 1975 – “Settle Down” To get your energy levels back to their peak, the only real cure is going to be some lighthearted electro-indie-pop. The 1975 came onto the scene last year and their fame is only set to propel them further in 2014. “Settle Down” has the same sort of youthful dynamism about it that you embody during your college days.

State Champs – “Elevated” For the song that makes you most want to dance around the room and shake your head simultaneously (we don’t recommend doing so), the title goes to State Champs. It’s a melodic tune that’s been purposely roughed up around the edges. It’s an in-your-face pop-punk song that still manages to be optimistic in its lyrics.

Brewer is a streaky scorer. He has three 20-point games this season, but he has scored six points or fewer in seven games and was limited to two points in three of his last six games. In his first game against the Bulls this season, he scored 11 points.

Jackson is shooting 39 percent from three-point range this season. Jackson is also a threat on defense, ranking third in the MAC in steals per game with 2.0.

Senior forward Darren Goodson is the Golden Flashes’ other double-digit scorer, averaging 10 points per game. The Bulls held Goodson to just two points in their last matchup.

After they play at Kent State on Saturday, the Bulls play at Akron and Ohio. Ohio has an identical conference record to the Bulls but holds the tiebreaker.

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At fourth school, Freelove finds home Slashing, smooth-shooting guard has settled into Hurley’s system JON GAGNON Special to The Spectrum

UB is the fourth school Josh Freelove has attended in his fiveyear college basketball career. It’s natural to ask skeptical questions: Where is his loyalty? How can you know if he cares about Buffalo?

In fact, loyalty and trust define him.

Freelove, who is averaging 12.5 points per game, didn’t intend to bounce around in college. It wasn’t something he enjoyed. It was just the way things worked out. After Freelove verbally committed to Toledo in high school, his father, Gregory, received a call from VCU head coach Shaka Smart – one of the most respected up-and-coming coaches in college ball.

Freelove and his family, who always make decisions together, turned down the offer – it was all about loyalty, and he had already given the verbal to Toledo.

“It was pretty tough [declining Smart’s offer], but the recruiting came on late and I got some big offers after the Toledo offer,” Freelove said. “But I felt as though everyone had an opportunity to offer but Toledo jumped on it.”

Five years later, Freelove is the Bulls’ second-leading scorer. It’s taken a long time – and several schools – but Freelove believes he has finally found his home.

“I wish I would have started here as a freshman,” Free-

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UB is the fourth school for which Josh Freelove has played college basketball. He also played for Toledo (far left), Lewis and Clark Community College (second from left) and Alabama State (second from right).

love said. “This is the best school for me and it’s sad I only got one year.”

Freelove loves several things about Buffalo: the passion for basketball, the feel that the program is more of a professional organization and, of course, the opportunity to play for college basketball legend Bobby Hurley, UB’s first-year head coach.

Freelove left his third and most recent school, Alabama State, after the NCAA placed it on probation for academic penalties.

Freelove was allowed to transfer and not sit out a year because of the penalties. He visited Auburn and had interest in some other schools, but once he and his father found out Hurley was Buffalo’s coach, the decision was easy.

“Josh had other options, but as soon as Hurley came out as the coach, as far as I was concerned that was it,” Gregory said.

UB international community provides perspective on Winter Olympics

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Anish Paul Antony, a desk worker in the International Student Service Stop (ISSS), is concerned about the cost of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.

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For many Americans, the Olympics are a source of national pride. Elite athletes go and compete, and those at home watch from their TV sets. Every two years, there’s a patriotic swelling of pride.

UB’s international student population – which makes up slightly more than 17 percent of enrolled students – is not just rooting for the American teams.

As a diverse community, UB offers a view into how the world celebrates the two-week period. Students’ perspectives are wide ranging – some are unfamiliar with the Winter Olympics events, several believe U.S. media covers the Games excessively and others are concerned with the Games’ social and economic implications.

Diyanna Richard, a senior biological sciences major, said the media coverage is different in the United States from in her home of Malaysia.

“In Malaysia, [the Olympics] might come up once or twice in the news,” Richard said. “[The U.S. media] have it on at specific times.”

She’s not the only international student who believes the media coverage is excessive.

“I don’t like watching [the Olympics] on NBC,” said Kritika Agarwal, an Indian Ph.D. candidate in American Studies.

Agarwal finds it especially strange that the Games are broadcast in primetime. Richard, however, said the coverage is sufficient. She likes the amount of time American television stations devote to the Olympics.

Senior mathematics major Hui Kee Lee is from Malaysia and moved to Singapore when she was 15 before coming to UB. When her friends gathered around the TV to watch the Games, she described the environment as “hip.”

Many in UB’s international community seem concerned with the social and economic costs of the Olympics. In particular, some take issue with Russia’s treatment of the LGBT community.

“The only thing that bothers me is the anti-gay law,” Richard said. “I don’t like how [Russian President Vladimir Putin] doesn’t want to address it.”

Agarwal also finds the issue disconcerting.

“It’s upsetting that athletes cannot express their political view,” Agarwal said. “And that solidarity behind the LGBT movement can even result in a medal ban.”

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Gregory wasn’t concerned with Hurley’s lack of coaching experience. He wanted to put Freelove behind a “real good basketball mind … from a basketball family.”

So far, it has worked. Hurley’s style of play has opened the floor for Freelove and has allowed him to play in the open court and take his defender one-on-one.

Freelove says Hurley has brought out his potential better than anyone he’s ever coached.

Perhaps it’s because of how similar the two are. Off the court, both Freelove and Hurley are quiet and laid back. But their demeanor changes once they step on the court. They’re fiery and energetic – the court is an outlet of empowerment.

“I feel free out there,” Freelove said.

He learned that freedom from his father, who taught Freelove everything he knows about bas-

ketball. Gregory was his AAU coach when Freelove was a kid.

“Who you are on the court is going to be who you are in life,” Gregory said. “If you give everything on the court, then you’ll give everything in life.”

And it seems the two are in agreement on what Gregory’s most important lesson was.

“One person can’t stop you; if one person can stop me, I’m not going to be able to do what I want to do,” Freelove said. “To not even worry about the first person and just be worried about the next person and to be able to find a way to score.”

Freelove struggled with that mentality out of high school.

During his freshman season at Toledo, the style of play didn’t fit him, and he struggled to get playing time. At the year’s end, his coach Gene Cross – whom Freelove had committed to, declining offers from bigger schools –

left Toledo. The move solidified Freelove’s decision to transfer.

He went to Lewis and Clark Community College so he didn’t have to sit out a year because of the NCAA’s eligibility requirements for transfers. But after one season, Freelove knew he had to get back to the Division I level. After all, he was a firstteam player in Dade County, Fla. He was friends with and shared the floor with prominent players like Brandon Knight (who is averaging 16.7 PPG with the Milwaukee Bucks) and Kenny Boyton (former University of Florida guard now playing in Israel).

Freelove transferred to Alabama State and sat out one season, awaiting eligibility. In the following year, his junior season, he led the team in points and ranked 10th in the SWAC in scoring.

But just as he was getting comfortable and finding his groove, the school was penalized for academics and was not allowed to play in the NCAA Tournament the following year – Freelove was allowed to transfer so he could get that chance.

“The changes [were the most difficult part],” Freelove said.

“Never being stuck at one place or being able to create something or cement a career at one place and having to go year to year.”

Gregory saw the changes as a roadblock in Freelove’s career – that the moving around stunted his growth as a player.

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Bulls look to regain home-court dominance in crucial matchup with Akron TOM DINKI

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Coming off a heartbreaking first loss at Alumni Arena against Ohio on Saturday, the men’s basketball team has little time to regroup as it hosts the top team in the Mid-American Conference East, Akron, on Wednesday.

The Bulls (14-8, 8-4 MAC) face off against Akron (17-8, 9-3 MAC) at Alumni Arena at 7 p.m. and travel to Kent State (1411, 5-7 MAC) on Saturday for a noon tipoff.

The Bulls are looking to regain their home-court supremacy.

Wednesday’s game against Akron is a ‘white-out;’ fans are encouraged to wear white to the game, and the first 300 students in attendance will receive a free white t-shirt from True Blue.

“It’s going to test the resiliency of our group,” said head coach Bobby Hurley. “Anytime you lose, you don’t want to lose, and you just hope your players respond well and play with a chip on their shoulder and hopefully we do that [Wednesday].”

Akron is 6-5 on the road this season and is no stranger to close road games. Its past three road games, in which Akron is 1-2, have all been decided by three points or fewer.

Two senior forwards, Demetrius Treadwell and Quincy Diggs, whom Hurley calls two of the best players in the MAC, lead Akron’s offense. Treadwell and Diggs are the Zips’ only doubledigit scorers.

Treadwell is the Zips’ leading scorer with 14.5 points and 8.8 rebounds per game. Treadwell scored a season-high 25 points in Akron’s last game, a 62-54 win over Northern Illinois (11-13, 5-7 MAC).

Diggs averages 12.1 points per game and unlike Treadwell has the ability to make outside shots.

Diggs is shooting 34 percent from beyond the arc this season Despite its current position as the top-seeded team in the MAC East, Akron is in the middle of

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The Bulls host Demetrius Treadwell (white jersey) and MAC East-leading Akron on Wednesday night at Alumni Arena.

the pack in almost every major statistical category in the conference and is ranked last in the MAC in free-throw shooting percentage. The Zips’ free-throw struggles should allow the Bulls to be more aggressive defending the rim.

Kent State is 11-5 at home this season. The Bulls defeated Kent State, 71-60, earlier this season on Jan. 18 at Alumni Arena. Hurley understands playing the Golden Flashes in their own building will present a different challenge from playing them in Alumni.

“You like familiarity [with] an opponent,” Hurley said. “It’s going to be a different game there.

They have a great home crowd and they’ve won a few games recently and they’re playing bet-

ter so it’s obviously going to be a tough game.”

Junior forward Will Regan was a major force in Bulls’ first matchup with Kent State, recording his only double-double of the season and scoring a seasonhigh 25 points.

The Golden Flashes were able to limit senior forward Javon McCrea to 12 points and seven rebounds in that game. In his last eight contests since that game, McCrea is averaging 21.1 points and 11.2 rebounds per game.

Kent State has a balanced scoring attack, with three players who average over 10 points per game.

Junior guards Derek Jackson and Kris Brewer both average 11.4 points per game.

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