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SA ELECTIONS 2014: MEET THE CANDIDATES Student Association elections will take place March 25-27 The president shall serve as the chief executive officer of the Student Association and has the ultimate responsibility for the enforcement of the constitution and bylaws of SA. He or she also serves as the official representative of SA, both inside and outside of the UB community.

VALUE PARTY

IMPACT PARTY

PRESIDENT

Name: James Ingram

Name: Erin Lachaal

Year: Junior

Major: Political science; philosophy of law minor

Major: Urban and public policy studies

Current SA position: Academic Coordinator and senator

Current SA position: Entertainment Director

ames Ingram believes his experience with the Student Association has been “diverse.” He has been involved in clubs, including the College Republicans, College Democrats and UB Conservatives, was an SA assemblyman last year and is currently a senator and SA’s Academic Coordinator. “I think I am the most experienced candidate,” Ingram said. “[SA] is an organization I am very passionate about. It has given me so many opportunities, and I am happy to be in a position now to step up into another leadership role in the organization.” Ingram wants to continue some currently in-place programs that are helping students, like the holiday bus shuttle, and bring back some programs like the SA book exchange. He said a big part of his platform is updating the way SA operates. The organization currently holds classes that teach personnel the basic operating procedures – like how to book a room or how the finance department works. Ingram plans to create tutorial videos so that people who miss the classes would still be able to learn how the organization runs.

Ingram wants to clarify exactly which requirements exist for clubs every semester – to make them “crystal clear,” he said. Ingram said the current system varies between different club councils and sometimes clubs don’t know if they have fulfilled their requirements. He has spoken to Mike Lewis, the student activities associate and student government liaison from Student Life, about making all track sheets for clubs submitted online. Ingram said this would streamline the process and increase the efficiency of SA. Ingram is trying to add an SA office in Harriman Hall. He said this way, students from South Campus could pick up tickets for events there instead of coming all the way to North Campus. Ending the SA off-campus orientation is also a major component of Ingram’s platform. He said by moving it back to campus, it would save money and be more beneficial for the staff. Ingram is confident in his Value ticket. He said his team has remained stable throughout the process with virtually no one dropping out, which commonly happens while arranging tickets for SA elections.

VICE PRESIDENTS

rin Lachaal has worked in SA’s Entertainment Department for three years, and she believes her experience has made her qualified and ready for the presidency. “I spent all of my time in SA within the Entertainment Department, but I know a lot about all the other departments and the ongoings about the executive side of SA,” she said. A major component of Lachaal’s platform is restructuring the SA office and its staff. “I think there is a lack of staff where there needs to be, and too much staff where there doesn’t need to be,” she said. Lachaal has proposed cutting all nonessential personnel from SA. She believes everyone on the SA staff – not including the e-board – is underpaid. She plans to increase staff stipends so workers are making at least minimum wage; she said the dismissal of the nonessential personnel will fund the increase. She said the increased wages would increase efficiency in SA and thinks workers will be “more inclined to do the work that is asked of [them].” If elected, Lachaal plans to coordinate office hours with her e-board to

ensure at least one executive is in the office at all times. She also plans to implement a Google calendar on which clubs and students can see exactly where she and her e-board are at the time and can plan meetings accordingly. She feels the $18,000 SA spent on staff orientation in August (traveling to Canada) is too much and said she would cut that amount to under $10,000 and allocate the money elsewhere. She wants to implement a hiring committee that would stay consistent for all hiring positions. She said the hiring process in her experience has been unprofessional and disorganized and could use structure and guidelines. If elected, Lachaal, a Buffalo native, plans to bring students to the Western New York experience by bringing back UB Trippin’ – a program that bused students from UB to various places in Buffalo. Lachaal said the destinations would include Shea’s Performing Arts Center and Helium Comedy Club. She likes the initiatives current SA President Sam McMahon has implemented and is currently implementing, like the holiday bus shuttle and altering of the film series, and said she plans to make them more efficient.

The vice president both directs and assists the Student Association’s recognized clubs and student organizations. The vice president advises and oversees the needs of these organizations.

Name: Evan Chen

Name: Myriam Diomande

Year: Junior

Major: Finance

Major: Communication

Current SA position: President of Enactus; treasurer of Chinese Student Association

Current SA position: Office Manager

Evan Chen is currently involved with more than 20 clubs. He said it is these experiences that qualify him to be vice president. If elected, Chen said a major part of his platform is giving clubs access to proper resources, using cotton candy machines and photo booths as examples. He plans to implement a mobile payment system for clubs. This would give students the opportunity to use credit cards or Campus Cash to pay for events and fundraisers, like bake sales or tickets. Chen said he wants to make SA more inclusive for students. “SA isn’t just seven people,” Chen said. “It is more than just the president, vice president, treasurer and delegates.

It is about the staff, the students and UB.” Chen said his experience as a coordinator in Ellicott, where he manages the gym, has allowed him to cultivate management skills. The gym maintains traffic of more than 7,000 students a month and employs more than 100 people. He believes being involved in numerous clubs has helped him become better organized, which he plans to bring to the vice presidency if elected. He doesn’t see his heavy involvement as a potential negative. He said each organization has taught him something that has allowed him to improve. “I’m not one to quit,” Chen said. “I am always one to get better.”

In September, Myriam Diomande was the assistant of then-SA Vice President Lyle Selsky. After Selsky’s resignation in January, she was reassigned to SA office manager. She said her experience in the office and as UB Step Troupe’s president qualifies her as a viable vice president. “I have the experience,” Diomande said. “I have been in that office for two years now, and I see changes that need to be changed. And I need to be a part of that.” Diomande stressed the importance of the “tier” system her party would aim to implement. The plan, based on the University of Vermont’s student government, would allow clubs with larger budgets to fundraise less than the 50 percent of their budget currently required for all clubs according to SA rules.

She said bigger clubs have a harder time fundraising that amount, though clubs with smaller budgets would still be required to do so. Diomande said her party has talked to Entertainment Coordinator Marc Rosenblit about updating SA’s website. She said Rosenblit is planning to design the website and doing it “in house” will be cheap and efficient. “I am passionate about anything that I do,” Diomande said. “Anything that I step to or put my word on, I give 100 percent to it. I feel you need someone like that in the office. It is a hard job, but at the end of the day, I feel I am the most qualified for that position.” She went on to say, “SA’s image right now is not the greatest. We really want to change that.”

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Meet the Candidates: Treasurer The treasurer is the chief controller of the Student Association’s multi-million dollar budget. He or she is in the president’s cabinet, is chairperson of the Senate Finance Committee and is a voting member of the Emergency Powers Council. The treasurer is responsible for the disbursement of the SA budget and revenue. The treasurer must also keep a strict inventory, as well as communicate with treasurers of all SA-funded groups to inform them of any changes. Name: Sade Cadle Year: Junior Major: Business with concentration in finance and international business Party: Value Current SA position: Treasurer of Black Student Union (BSU) Sade Cadle handles the finances for BSU, the club with the largest budget in SA. She thinks her club experience and her experience as treasurer of the Residential Hall Council at the University of Bridgeport and an internship as a bookkeeper for the Brooklyn Navy Yard for two summers qualify her as a viable treasurer can-

didate. She said each of her positions has helped her develop better time management and organizational skills. BSU has an annual budget of $35,000 and this year had an additional $14,000 rolled over from last year. The main component of her platform is the implementation of mobile payment options for clubs. She said if students were able to purchase items and donate money using credit cards or Campus Cash, the process would become much simpler. She also wants to implement gas cards for clubs so that students wont have to

use their own money and wait for the oneor two-week time frame to be reimbursed. Cadle said if elected, she would send The Spectrum a monthly budget report outlining all of SA’s budgetary spending. She also plans to create a system in which clubs can find out their exact financial standing in real time. “We would like to better the communication between SA and the student body, making sure that students have the most value out of their Mandatory Student Activity Fee and ensuring that funds are invested in programs that students want,” Cadle said.

Name: Juan Jimenez Year: Junior Major: Business with a concentration in international business and financial analysis; Mandarin Chinese minor Party: Impact Current SA position: Bookkeeper in SA’s Finance Department Juan Jimenez was able to eliminate the $20,000 deficit his fraternity Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE). He said his experience as treasurer and vice president of TKE and his experience this year as an SA bookkeeper have prepared him for the position of SA treasurer.

“I want to tailor to the clubs and to the students to better suit their needs,” Jimenez said. “What our party is trying to do, in general, is to reach the whole student body and have as much involvement with SA as possible so that their funds are going to them and not just to a sector of UB.” In addition to stressing the importance of the tier system his party plans to implement, Jimenez wants to speed up the time it takes to approve purchase orders. It currently takes about three to five business days for the full process. He said transparency is vital to his party.

“We want to show that we’re not hiding a single thing,” Jimenez said. “We’re here to work for the students.” He wants to add more stores and businesses to SA’s preferred vendors list. He also wants to implement a policy that will allow clubs to submit receipts electronically to speed up the reimbursement process. Clubs would still need to eventually submit a physical copy. He said he plans to hold more consistent office hours, something he said current SA Treasurer Siddhant Chhabria fails to uphold.

Name: Ali Ahmed Year: Junior Major: History Party: Independent/Students Party Current SA position: SA Senator Ali Ahmed is the only candidate in the SA election running independently. The current senator and former assemblyman was originally on a ticket as the presidential candidate, but the vice president and treasurer dropped out. “I was always here for SA and I was never in it for myself,” Ahmed said. “Even in the end when I am by myself, I want to make a difference any way I can.”

If elected, Ahmed plans to create objective standards of how to deal with club budgets. He said currently, SA has too much discretion without enough precedence. He said most people run more for themselves than the organization. He said he is doing the opposite. “That’s actually where I feel most of the problems from SA stem from: people not caring or understanding the value of their position,” Ahmed said. “They’ll just go and do rash things; they don’t see themselves as the representative of the entire student body.”

He has experience as the Senate chair over the 2013 summer. He said he sat down with former President Nick Johns and former Vice President Lyle Selsky and went through the entire budget, even though his job did not require him to do so. Ahmed believes his experience as a Senator is relevant to the treasurer position. He sometimes breaks down a club’s proposal for money or a grant and makes suggestions to the Senate that almost always carry through, according to Ahmed. He said his understanding of the system would benefit SA.

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OPINION

The Spectrum endorses Value Party for president, VP Student government elections at the university level too often culminate in narrow victories clinched by a mix of popularity and ceaseless ‘fliering’ – the candidates’ pragmatism and tenets fall by the wayside. They shouldn’t this year. James Ingram and Evan Chen offer the strongest platform and greatest experience; students should elect them to be their next president and vice president, respectively. With the debacles that have overshadowed the Student Association the past several years – a quickly ousted president and unusually high turnover rate at other positions in 2013-14, accusations of the president and “his cronies” rigging the election in 2012-13, a $300,000 scandal in 2011-12 – the importance of taking this year’s election seriously should be obvious. This year, The Spectrum’s editorial board is endorsing the party that we’re confident would prove most valuable to the students – the articulate, genuine Ingram and deeply involved Chen. Voted on together, this duo representing the Value Party brings a powerful coalescence of realistic plans, experience through involvement with clubs and positive rapport. The latter is essential for any good team and necessary to heal the wounds left by what has recently been a turmoil-ridden organization. Ingram’s leadership and strong, clearheaded proposals and Chen’s involvement with a wide range of clubs and organizations is the combination SA needs now. It’s a mix that would keep the organization moving in the direction current President Sam McMahon has led.

We appreciate the optimism of Impact Party candidates Erin Lachaal and Myriam Diomande. Both candidates came with a fully laid out platform, but unfortunately, their proposals lacked appropriate vetting or rehearsal, making their presentation less than impactful. After The Spectrum held its endorsement speeches and Q&A sessions Sunday (full videos available under the Multimedia tab at ubspectrum.com), selecting Value was a unanimous decision. Ingram and Chen, particularly the former, presented a series of feasible proposals. Moving SA staff orientation off campus and coordinating the office hours of executive board members are common sense ideas that the opposing running mates also mentioned. (Though it is worth noting Impact would like to add a staffbuilding retreat in addition to orientation but did not have a financial quote for it, which troubled us.) Offering video tutorials for clubs new to navigating SA membership and bringing back the SA book exchange are positive Value propositions that could be achieved with relative ease. As we have seen this year with McMahon – who proposed adding a holiday bus service during his candidacy and accomplished it almost immediately – realistic goals are invaluable. The Value Party, for all its realism, also had a few more lofty goals that gave us pause. Given the website Nick Johns and his Spirit Party promised last year that never came to fruition, Ingram’s plan to track all SA forms online should be looked at skeptically. His plan to open an SA office in Harriman Hall also seems a

bit optimistic considering the energy and time involved in securing and setting up a space, not to mention staffing it regularly, on South Campus. Though these goals are possible, they would require a level of dedication and institutional maneuvering from the candidates that would be remarkable at the very least (and perhaps unprecedented). Ingram articulated these proposals largely on his own; Chen had little to communicate save his experience with clubs around campus. The endorsement holds, as president and VP are a package deal, but we would like to see more out of Chen in regard to addressing the student body and forming his own plans for moving SA forward. At the moment, the president carries this ticket. The case is similar with Impact. Diomande made many of the same statements as her running mate. She added exclamations that SA’s image needs to be fixed and that there need to be “changes,” but specifics were sparse. She does offer a positive personality and vivaciousness that we applaud. Lachaal, a Buffalo native, had some positive ideas – particularly increasing access of UB students to the cultural heart of Buffalo downtown with subsidized tickets to events and advocating for more involvement with the community. This university and its students are often disconnected from the rich fabric of this vibrant city, and any proposal to change that is worth considering. The majority of the Impact candidates’ ideas are simply not viable or are misplaced. Plans for a website with the stated cost of “free”

sound unrealistic. Further, a plan to implement a “tier” system for the way clubs receive funding was not fully laid out and runs the risk of over burdening some clubs at the expense of others; it leaves a lot of room for subjectivity. Ingram’s proposal for greater leniency with clubs’ fundraising is simple and necessary. As it stands, if a club cannot raise 50 percent of its budget by a set deadline, it loses all SA funding. Ingram’s plan, as opposed to the tier system, is both intuitive and easy to put into practice. Impact’s proposal to cut down SA staff and increase the pay of those remaining is foolhardy. Many students work egregious hours for little or no pay; there are greater issues to consider than giving a wage hike to SA members for having to work 15-20 hours per week. Overall, if the past year has taught us anything about SA, it is that the ability to achieve realistic proposals is far more important than coming up with unattainable goals that sound original and creative. The danger here is two-fold – broken promises from student government have a way of engendering apathy toward elections, worsening the perception of a process that already has an image problem. Second, time spent chasing pipe dreams could be better spent making the more modest changes students could benefit from immediately. The Value Party gives the voter far more promise in the long run, despite the impression their opposition’s ideas might leave at first blush. Vote Value.

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When it comes to treasurer, getting the most out of our Mandatory Student Activity Fee is vital, but so is professionalism, so it should come as no surprise that Value Party treasurer Sade Cadle gets our endorsement. A business major and current treasurer of the Black Student Union, which has the largest budget of any SA club, Cadle brings valuable experience (including money management know-how from an internship) and maturity to the position. With a nearly $4 million budget for SA, both qualities are necessary of the person who primarily handles the funds on a day-to-day basis.

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Cadle had the majority of the editorial board’s support, with the remainder split between the qualified Juan Jimenez of the Impact Party and the admirable Ali Ahmed running as an independent. Jimenez suffered from the same idealistic proposals as his president and VP and a presentation that displayed some haughtiness – which is the last thing you want to see from a potential treasurer. His presentation left some on the board unconvinced. Ahmed, who dressed informally to display himself as an everyman, came across as genuine and sincere, and we applaud his initiative to make a difference. The

hopeful lacked concrete or specific proposals, however, making his bid unsuccessful. Cadle continued Value’s reserved, measured approach with attainable goals. Streamlining office hours, improving club reimbursement procedures and improving transparency form the core of her proposals. Jimenez, likewise, restated his party’s plans for a tiered club funding system, with other proposals centered solely on clubs. His plans lack vetting and his criticisms of the current treasurer quickly moved from constructive to unwarranted. Though his resume was the best in the room, experience must be balanced with

professionalism and trustworthiness in this position. Ahmed’s bold run for the office is commendable, but he lacks the preparation and solid plans the job demands. It is clear he cares deeply for SA, though, and we hope he will continue working for the organization in other capacities. Ultimately, Cadle’s experience and presentation, with lucid and well-articulated plans, deserve support; she is the superior choice for treasurer. Cadle exudes exactly the qualities we should seek in the individual managing our funds.

The Spectrum endorses two Impact, two Value delegate candidates Tony Daniel – Impact Party SUNY delegates are crucial in relaying student concerns to those with significant sway over policies in Albany. Daniel, a junior social sciences major and backup quarterback on the football team, is uniquely equipped for this position. Whether he is playing for the Bulls on the field, cheering for them in the stands with True Blue or serving the community, which he regularly makes time to do, Daniel is a proud part of UB and would represent us remarkably in Albany. Daniel has promised to work more closely in bridging the gap that often exists between this university’s students and athletic programs. He has strong proposals for improving stress release programs. Sophia Peters – Value Party Peters brings the school pride

and bright ideas necessary to positively represent the student body and implement needed changes. Peters has extensive experience with various clubs and has distinguished herself as a member of the Global Scholars program. In addition to academic performance, she exuberates a positive attitude emblematic of a wouldbe successful delegate. Peters’ proposals include expanding stops for the market and grocery bus line to other retailers and shops like Target and Panera Bread. Her concern for student transportation is imperative on a campus with so many students who do not drive. Farhan Hussain – Impact Party Hussain brings the best of both parties – creative ideas that would significantly benefit students, with feasibility and practicality. The

junior biomedical sciences major has experience in various SA clubs and numerous extracurricular activities. Hussain’s cornerstone proposal is promoting UB’s Parking & Transportation Services Twitter account, which provides updates on parking availability across the campus. Further, Hussain stated he wishes to see outlets in Capen, notoriously undependable, repaired or replaced. The small cost from the university would pay significant dividends in reduced frustration from students. Hussain set himself apart as a candidate with achievable proposals that would both benefit the student body and inflict low or no cost to SA. Hayley Ross – Value Party Ross’ name should sound familiar – she is a current SUNY delegate for the university and has dis-

tinguished herself in that role as both competent and dedicated. The political science junior and president of Alpha Gamma Delta receives our endorsement for more than just her experience as a delegate. Ross plans to increase student involvement in and awareness of SUNY conferences to improve the university’s role in these important meetings – and though this sounds vague, we believe in Ross because she became actively involved with the SUNY assembly executive committee this year. Her leadership experience, positive nature and coherent propositions make Ross a strong candidate. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com

CORRECTION: A version of the article "Eighty percent (of taking a vote) is showing up" published March 9 incorrectly stated that the Faculty Senate executive committee consists of five members. It should have stated the executive committee consists of 25 members. The Spectrum regrets the error.

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Students venture across icy Lake LaSalle despite university regulations BRIAN WINDSCHITL

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On an ice-cold night, curiosity got the best of Klodjan Gjegji, a freshman business administration major. Gjegji and his friends decided to walk across the frozen Lake LaSalle despite signs surrounding it prohibiting people to enter. He walked around the lake and under the bridge near Ellicott Complex, sliding across the frozen surface. “The lake looked cracked,” Gjegji said. “I was afraid of the ice breaking and falling into the lake.” Associate Director of Environmental Health and Safety David Vasbinder said no one should ever be on the lake. Signs surround the lake prohibiting students, staff and members of the public from fishing, boating and skating. Despite the regulations, Gjegji said a couple University Police officers saw him crossing the ice with his friends, but the ice-walkers suffered no consequences. “They asked us what we were doing, and we told them we were just playing around,” Gjegji said. “We told them it was safe. They told us to be careful and just left.” The safety of the lake’s ice is the main question. Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit, but the strength of the ice can never be known by sight. At the coldest points, Lake LaSalle could be safe to walk across, but students would never be able to know that

Yusong Shi, The Spectrum UB students continue to walk across a frozen Lake LaSalle despite warnings from administration.

with an eye test. Although seeing people walk across the ice seems like a rarity, it happens on a surprisingly regular basis during the winter months. In previous years, Lake LaSalle was used in the winter. The lake used to be the location of hockey and broomball for Winterfest. Vasbinder said the university has a process in which departments and clubs can request to use the lake for events. Such requests are evaluated on a caseby-case basis, as the event is determined to be safe or not. Apart from these requests, the unsolicited walking across Lake

LaSalle is against UB’s rules and regulations. “Signage is posted around the lakes indicating these prohibitions,” Vasbinder said. “University Police patrols will enforce this if they observe individuals venturing onto the lakes.” The lake and its ice are not regularly tested, according to Vasbinder. In the past, UB performed a few evaluations on the lake’s ice quality. He said the ice was deemed unpredictable due to the amount of water movements underneath, as well as large amounts of vegetation in the lake.

For someone deciding to walk across the lake, a simple slip could be dangerous. Though Gjegji worried about falling into the lake, he said crossing the ice was quite an experience, and he would do it again if he felt it was cold enough. Pierantonio Tassone, a sophomore international business major who explored the ice with Gjegji, said he wasn’t scared because of the temperature. He said they crossed the ice when it was nearly 15 degrees below freezing. For Tassone, the cold equated to security on the ice.

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“I felt safe, but it is still dangerous because it was very slippery,” Tassone said. “Just by falling down, you can get serious injuries.” Venturing onto ice-covered waterways is unsafe and unpredictable, according to Vasbinder. The university, however, is not aware of anyone ever having fallen through, he said. For some students, the danger and unpredictability is part of the thrill. email: features@ubspectrum.com

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Making non-informational barriers non-existent Annie Leonard talks about the obstacles of environmental change Rather than working together to create progress, Leonard believes there has been an individualization of the environmental movement through simple acts of riding a bicycle or recycling. She thinks these acts should be “normal adult functions” by now. “Focusing on what we need to do differently in our kitchens, in our supermarkets, distracts us from the much harder and much more important discussion about what we need to do about our governments and our businesses,” Leonard said. “It misses the structural drivers of today’s environmental problems and our greatest source of power, which is not as more responsible consumers, but as engaged citizens working together for bigger bolder change.” Sara Johnson, from North Buffalo, used to work in green education. She came to see Leonard to immerse herself in the topic again. “I really liked that she mentioned doing personal things isn’t always enough,” Johnson said. “I like to think of myself as always trying to influence other people to do smaller things. But it is true that it’s so difficult to get people to change on that level sometimes – unless you’re really trying to be with other people who care and want to talk about it.” This idea stretches into her dichotomy of a “citizen muscle” versus a “consumer muscle.” Leonard believes our consumer muscle is nurtured every day through a cultural non-informational barrier to change. American culture celebrates excessive consumption and people are led to believe more “stuff ” will make us happier, she said. “The media now often uses the term consumers and human

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Annie Leonard may have developed a strange “mental neurosis” after sneaking in and out of factories for 20 years. Leonard’s mind immediately goes through the potential steps of extraction, production, distribution, consumption and disposal of any object she touches. Even while she stood in front of a microphone in the Center For the Arts, she could not help but think out loud on the origins of the metals and plastic used for the device. Leonard is a sustainability advocate and the creator of The Story of Stuff, a 20-minute film depicting the life cycle of items consumed starting from extraction and lasting until disposal. Her talk Tuesday evening at the CFA focused on the problems of consumerism and the barriers against potential change in the world. “If these problems were intractable, it would be really hard to get out of bed in the morning,” Leonard said. “But they are not – they are eminently solvable.” The idea of people not knowing enough about environmental issues or not caring about them enough is a myth, according to Leonard. The work of environmental scientists and the visible signs of environmental disruption through greater natural disasters are too large to ignore, she said. Some statistics Leonard listed showed 74 percent of Americans believe there should be stricter regulations on toxic chemicals. She also said 85 to 95 percent believe corporations have too much influence in our democracy.

Kelsang Rmetchuk, The Spectrum “If these problems were intractable, it would be really hard to get out of bed in the morning,” Annie Leonard said of consumerism and barriers against change. “But they are not – they are eminently solvable.”

Leonard uses the phrase “non-informational barriers to change” to pinpoint why change isn’t happening despite all the evidence that it should be progressing. The term refers to some-

thing that leads to a deterrence of positive solutions but cannot be solved through more information about the issue. And the biggest contribution to this idea is people “forgetting how to make change,” Leonard said.

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Meet the Candidates: SUNY Delegates Every year, UB undergraduates elect four SUNY delegates to act on the students’ behalf in Albany. The four delegates travel to the state capital to meet with members of the New York State Assembly and Senate, raising legislators’ awareness of issues that matter to UB students. It is their job to effectively communicate with the undergraduate student body so it is well represented at the state level.

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Name: Sophia Peters Year: Junior Major: African and African American Studies Sophia Peters is currently the president of the Caribbean Student Association and is a part of the Global Scholars program. She is a student representative of the Transnational Studies Department. She said she is a proud UB student and wants to do what she can to improve the university. Peters wants to add a bus stop to the Wednesday and Saturday buses that go to Wegmans, Tops, Walmart and the Boulevard Mall. She wants to expand it to the Boulevard Consumer Square, which includes Target, Panera Bread and Chipotle. She also wants to implement gas cards for SA so students will not have to use their own money and wait for a reimbursement when getting gas for SA-approved events.

Name: Tony Daniel Year: Junior Major: Social sciences – early childhood education Tony Daniel is from Atlanta, Ga., and is a UB quarterback with a full football scholarship. He is also a member of True Blue and received the football program’s Community Service Award. Daniel is disappointed in the interaction between athletes and other students, so he is looking to bridge the gap between the two worlds. He plans to work with Student Wellness Team’s Chill Out Event, which provides ways for students to relieve stress during midterms and finals, to get more students involved in the campus community.

Name: Collin Olander Year: Junior Major: Mathematics Collin Olander is part of the Honors College. He is the president of UB’s rugby team and manages the club’s budget of $17,000. He plans to hold a rugby tournament at UB. He is also involved in Mock Trial and other clubs. Olander wants to spearhead an initiative to extend Alumni Arena’s gym hours on the weekends and during breaks; he also wants to improve the gym equipment. Expanding on his health plans, he wants to put calorie counts on menus at on-campus eateries and increase the amount of fruit available for students.

Name: Colin Kelly Year: Junior Major: Architecture Colin Kelly is a member of Sigma Chi Omega Fraternity who transferred to UB from Hudson Valley Community College, where he was a student senator for two years. Kelly wants to improve the transfer student orientation experience with more icebreaker activities and stray from limiting the experience to just a campus tour. He believes the housing website is complicated for students who have never been to UB and wants to simplify it. Kelly also wants to work with Campus Dining & Shops to improve the system of food distribution in the Goodyear Dining Hall, specifically by installing a board that would show completed order numbers.

Name: Hayley Ross Year: Junior Major: Political science Hayley Ross is a current SUNY delegate running for re-election. She is currently the president of Alpha Gamma Delta Fraternity and vice president of judiciary for all of the social fraternities. As SUNY delegate, Ross has involved herself with the SUNY assembly and was appointed by the president to the executive committee. She presented agendas at student conferences. She plans to continue her work as a UB representative for the SUNY system and increase student involvement in SUNY conferences.

Name: Cesar Carrion Year: Junior Major: Communication and health and human services Cesar Carrion is the secretary for JUMP Nation, a brother of Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity and an active member of Poder Latinos Unidos. He wants to find ways to bring people to campus events, and, in the process, increase student attendance in clubs. Carrion plans to work with Campus Living to promote campus activities. Carrion also wants to create packets with lists of campus events and distribute them to resident advisors for their residents.

Name: Corinne Zee Year: Junior Major: Exercise science Corrine Zee is the current vice president of the Filipino American Student Association. She is also an active member of the Latin American Student Association, Chinese Student Association, Black Student Union and several other international clubs. Zee wants to spearhead initiatives that would showcase student diversity at UB. She wants to better integrate international students into the UB community. She also plans to update the murals on the third floor of the Student Union. She said she wants to “bring what’s on the third floor to the first floor” and express UB’s diversity.

Name: Farhan Hussain Year: Junior Major: Biomedical sciences Farhan Hussain holds the public relations position for Pakistani Student Association (PSA). Hussain wants to focus on alleviating the stress of parking for students. He plans to do this by promoting the already existing UB Parking Twitter account. He would like to spread the knowledge of this Twitter and work with Maria Wallace, director of Parking & Transportation Services, to increase the frequency of the posts. Hussain also wants to work on fixing the outlets in libraries. He said he has already talked to the necessary people to have this done in the future.

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Record season ends in upset fashion Buffalo scores 14 points in the paint in 69-64 quarterfinals loss; tourney hopes die OWEN O’BRIEN Sports Editor CLEVELAND – The men’s basketball team had the ball with the opportunity to force overtime at Quicken Loans Arena on Thursday evening by doing what it had done effectively all game – hit a three-pointer. Senior guard Joshua Freelove – who had the hot hand all night – fired a shot with 11 seconds remaining, but it went in and out of the rim. Senior forward Will Regan corralled the offensive board but was unable to find anybody open for another 3-pointer. His pass rolled out of bounds, and Buffalo’s chance at a comeback was gone. The No. 3 Bulls (19-10) dropped their Mid-American Conference Quarterfinals game against No. 6 Eastern Michigan (21-13), 69-64, at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, in front of an estimated 4,116. Despite winning their first outright MAC East championship, the Bulls were unable to advance beyond their first game in Cleveland. Head coach Bobby Hurley had one timeout remaining when Regan grabbed the offensive rebound and searched for several seconds for an outlet, but Hurley decided not to use it. He wanted to give his playmakers the ability to create and find an open space on the floor immediately after the rebound.

“I’ll wonder if we could have called that one [timeout] quick, but I was letting that play play out,” Hurley said. Buffalo shot 35 percent from the field compared to Eastern Michigan’s 39 percent. Nearly half of the Bulls’ shots – 27 of 57 – were from beyond the arc. The Bulls were efficient from deep. Buffalo shot 13 for 27 from three-point range (48 percent) as opposed to 7 for 30 on 2-pointers (23 percent). Much of UB’s inside struggles were due to MAC Player of the Year Javon McCrea’s inability to score against the bigger Eagles defenders. EMU center Da’Shonte Riley – listed at 7-feet – disrupted McCrea for the majority of the game. McCrea missed his first seven field goals and didn’t connect on one until 14:19 remained in the contest. He finished the game 2 for 13 from the field with seven points. Freelove went on a shooting spree in the game’s opening 23 minutes and finished with 26 points, shooting 8 for 15 from beyond the arc. He didn’t hit a 3-pointer in the game’s final 17 minutes, however. “I feel pretty good when I’m in a zone like that,” Freelove said. “The basket opens up.” The Bulls trailed the majority of the first half until a 3-pointer from Freelove with 25 seconds remaining gave Buffalo a three-point lead. Buffalo built on

Yusong Shi, The Spectrum No. 6 Eastern Michigan upset the No. 3 men’s basketball team Thursday evening in Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. The Bulls won the regular-season MAC East title.

its lead to start the second half – expanding it to as many as 10 points as UB began the half with 13 points in the first five minutes. After Buffalo built a 10-point lead, though, the Eagles closed the game on a 32-17 run. Injuries and foul trouble plagued the Bulls down the stretch. Buffalo’s bench, which had been a strength for the majority of the season, had just two

points. The Bulls lost sophomore guard Jarryn Skeete within the first minute of the second half when he fell hard going for a rebound. He did not return. Freshman guard Shannon Evans played only 18 minutes as he struggled with foul trouble throughout the game. He fouled out with 5:45 remaining and Hurley was forced to play with a larger lineup for the game’s final

minutes. “We just couldn’t put enough options on the floor that we could stretch them out and involve Javon,” Hurley said. Buffalo outrebounded Eastern Michigan 43-36, and the Bulls recorded 15 offensive rebounds. The Bulls were unable to capitalize on their extra possessions, however, as they scored only four second-chance points. “That’s the time of year it is,” Hurley said. “It’s the single elimination part of the year and we didn’t close it.” Karrington Ward went 7 for 9 from the field to lead Eastern Michigan with 19 points. Mike Talley went only 1 for 9 for the Eagles but shot 10 for 12 from the foul line. Regan finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds for Buffalo. Senior guard Jarod Oldham added 10 points, eight assists and two steals. Although McCrea struggled to score, he had 13 rebounds, five assists and four blocks. Eastern Michigan faces No. 2 Toledo in the semifinals at Quicken Loans Arena. The Bulls will have to wait to see if they receive a postseason invitation – which would most likely come from the College Basketball Invitational or College Insider Tournament. email: sports@ubspectrum.com

Bulls’ cold outside shooting leads to early exit from MAC tourney Promising season comes to a close in conference quarterfinals OWEN O’BRIEN Sports Editor

CLEVELAND – The women’s basketball team had twice as many second-half field-goal attempts as Ball State in Thursday’s quarterfinal match of the Mid-American Conference Tournament. Despite the shot differential, however, the two teams made the same amount of field goals (10). The No. 4 Bulls (17-13, 10-8 MAC) were eliminated from the MAC Tournament following a 74-60 loss to No. 5 Ball State (1715, 9-9 MAC) at Quicken Loans Arena Thursday afternoon. Buffalo struggled shooting throughout the game and missed its final six 3-pointers in the closing two minutes. “Some shots we were taking wasn’t falling toward the end there,” said sophomore guard Mackenzie Loesing, who made second team All-MAC. “We were forced to take more outlandish shots and we struggled. We couldn’t hit.” The Bulls shot just 30.6 percent from the field, including 22.7 percent in the second half. They took 24 secondhalf 3-pointers compared to just eight in the first half and shot just 21.9 percent from beyond the arc. Ball State shot 44.9 percent from the field and 34.8 per-

Yusong Shi, The Spectrum Sophomore guard Karin Moss (24) had six points and two assists in 17 minutes as the Bulls fell in the Mid-American Conference Tournament Quarterfinals.

cent from deep for the game. Every starter besides senior guard Margeaux Gupilan shot under their regular season percentage in the loss. Junior forwards Kristen Sharkey and Christa Baccas and freshman forward Alexus Malone all shot over 45 percent during the season; the trio shot a combined 10 for 30 Thursday.

Much of this was due to the Cardinals’ halftime adjustments. The three aren’t much of longrange shooters, but they took a combined 11 3-pointers, including eight in the second half. The trio hit just two shots from beyond the arc. The Bulls had just eight second-half points in the paint compared to 20 in the first half.

Malone and Sharkey combined for 15 first-half points on 75 percent shooting, but they played only 18 combined minutes due to foul trouble. “If you would have looked at their shot chart at halftime, all but one of their makes came within 4 feet, so we really tried to take that out of the equation,” said Ball State head coach Brady Sallee. Loesing had one of her poorest shooting performances of the season. She shot just 4 for 20, including 1 for 8 from beyond the arc. She finished the game with 10 points. “Mackenzie didn’t have the best shooting game of her career and neither did [sophomore guard Karin Moss], and we had to hit a couple of those shots for them to release on our post players inside,” said second-year head coach Felisha Legette-Jack. Moss shot 2 for 7 from deep in 17 minutes. The Bulls and Cardinals exchanged leads for the majority of the first half. Buffalo led by as many as seven midway through the first half. Ball State reclaimed the lead less than three minutes later and neither team led by more than four points for the remainder of the half. The Cardinals led 38-34 at halftime. Loesing hit a 3-pointer one minute into the second half but

failed to score for the remainder of the game. She missed her final 11 attempts. “It’s never comfortable or fun to be in this position,” Loesing said. “Obviously coming in, we believed we could be MAC champs, so to see that dream go away so soon was unexpected.” Ball State’s second half lead reached 10 points before a Buffalo 8-0 run brought the game to 51-49 with 8:04 remaining. The Cardinals outscored the Bulls 208, however, for the remainder of the game. Buffalo 17 wins are its most since 2002-03. The program had never had a bye straight to the quarterfinals before this season. “I think anyone who follows MAC women’s basketball can see that transformation that has happened in the past few years here,” Loesing said. “I think yes our future is very exciting, but we should have had it this year.” Legette-Jack said after the game the Bulls have an “outside shot” at playing in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). Ball State advances to the conference semifinals to play Bowling Green (27-3, 17-1 MAC) Friday at Quicken Loans Arena. The UB men’s basketball team plays Thursday at 9 p.m. email: sports@ubspectrum.com

Quick Hits: Several UB teams will be in action over Spring Break Baseball (7-3) Coming off their toughest competition and worst weekend of the season thus far, the Bulls travel to Virginia Commonwealth for games against Rutgers (4-8), VCU (12-2) and Lafayette (5-4). Buffalo will then make a stop at Valparaiso (7-7) before heading to Dekalb, Ill., for its Mid-American Conference season opener against Northern Illinois (1-12-1).

Softball (9-7) After having all of their games canceled due to weather last week, the Bulls travel to the USF Spring Break Tournament to face Providence (0-5), Bryant (28), Iona (0-7), Rutgers (5-7) and Maine (5-5) Friday-Sunday. Buffalo then faces Army (5-8) and Albany (2-2) Tuesday followed by Stetson (12-3) Wednesday. The Bulls finish their trip with a doubleheader against Florida A&M (1-9) Friday.

Men’s Tennis (8-4) The No. 65 Bulls were slated to play a pair of midweek games this week, but their game against Southern Miss (8-7) on Wednesday was canceled. The Bulls lost to No. 60 Central Florida (8-2), 5-2, Tuesday. Buffalo will remain south as it takes on Illinois State (5-5) Friday in Alabama. The Bulls’ next match won’t come until the last day of Spring Break, when it hosts Toledo (5-14) in its MAC opener.

Women’s Tennis (8-1) The Bulls will travel to Boca Raton, Fla., for a pair of matches this weekend against Hillsdale (9-9, 8-6 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics Conference) and Florida Atlantic (5-6, 0-1 Conference USA). Buffalo will get a chance to relax during the week before hosting Eastern Michigan (7-6) Friday and Toledo Saturday (8-3) in the Bulls’ first two MAC matches of the season.

Lacrosse The men’s lacrosse team opens up its 2014 season with a fivegame road trip over Spring Break. The Bulls will first travel to Vanderbilt (4-0) before heading to Alabama to take on the Crimson Tide (2-6) and Minnesota (2-0) early next week. Buffalo faces Central Florida (4-4) Thursday and finishes the trip with a game at West Virginia (2-1) Sunday, March 23. email: sports@ubspectrum.com