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MAX CRINNIN SENIOR ARTS EDITOR Bob Dylan’s “Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie” is a farewell address. Before legendary folk artist Woody Guthrie died, Dylan visited him as a young musician on a quest for something magical Guthrie had touched and grasped in his own time. The farewell poem is a long list of gratitude, wonder and appreciation Dylan felt toward Guthrie. Its last lines are especially powerful:

You can either go to the church of your choice Or you can go to Brooklyn State Hospital You’ll find God in the church of your choice You’ll find Woody Guthrie in Brooklyn State Hospital And though it’s only my opinion I may be right or wrong You’ll find them both In the Grand Canyon At sundown

n Friday night, as the sun prepared to go down over UB’s North Campus, thousands flocked to the church of their choice and waited in line in the still-chilly air of early spring. Bob Dylan was playing in Alumni Arena. According to Student Association Communication Director Ned Semoff, 2,097 undergraduate students and 1,846 members of the general public attended the show for a total attendance of 3,943. SA had reserved 4,500 free tickets for undergraduates and 2,000 tickets for the general public.

Alumni Arena was packed with thousands who filed in through the pesky security check into an atmosphere dense with anticipation for Dylan to take the stage. UB was Dylan’s first stop on the current leg of his so-called Never Ending Tour, which will be visiting many universities across the country in the coming months with opening act Dawes. Dawes, a four-piece band based out of Los Angeles, took the stage on schedule promptly at 7:30 p.m. Dylan shows are known to run like clockwork. SEE BOB DYLAN, PAGE 2

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ORTMAN’S OBSTACLES Former tennis star turns around women’s program as both player and coach OWEN O’BRIEN SPORTS EDITOR

When Kristen Ortman left her Buffalo home to sign her letter of intent at American University, she thought her tennis career in Western New York was over. After arriving at American and being told her scholarship was no longer there, she found herself on the phone with former Buffalo women’s tennis coach Kathy Twist. Upon the conclusion of the conversation, Ortman decided she would give the Bulls a shot for one season and weigh her options after the year. It took until just her 13th career match to realize she was where she belonged. Ortman was competing in the second singles event against Miami Ohio. The RedHawks –one of Buffalo’s biggest Mid-American Conference rivals – were always a big game, but for her it was personal. She was facing a team that only offered her a partial scholarship. Buffalo lost the match – as it often did during Ortman’s early playing career – but Ortman won. She was the only Bull to emerge victorious in the match and she wanted more. Her eyes were set on the entire MAC. She wanted to return the favor to the school that had helped her out in a pinch: UB. “Miami had only offered me half a scholarship and that really irritated me,” Ortman said. “I wanted Buffalo to get so good that we are winners. We are the school that people want to go to.” The match against Miami Ohio took place nearly 10 years ago to the day. Today, Ortman is still in blue and white. Ortman was a member of the Buffalo women’s tennis team from 2002-06. A Buffalo native, she graduated from Amherst High

School and left UB leading the women’s tennis program in singles and doubles victories with 59 in each. She was also named an Academic All-MAC player in 2006. On Aug. 23, 2012, she was named the interim head coach for the same team she played on, taking over for Twist, who was promoted to senior associate athletic director following 16 years at the helm of the women’s tennis program. Ortman’s Buffalo story never would have happened if it wasn’t for two things – rejection and Twist. Following Ortman’s senior season in high school, she decided she wanted to play away from home. After a long recruitment process, she finally decided on American University in Washington, D.C. When she went to the school to sign her letter of intent, however, she was told the school had changed athletic directors and her scholarship was no longer available. Ortman was devastated. She had told family, friends and other universities she was going to American. Still eager to play tennis in college, she called Twist, who was the “only reason [she] chose to go to UB.” “I was discouraged [after losing my scholarship],” Ortman said. “I had finally made up my mind and saw myself somewhere. I knew Buffalo was always an option, but at that point it was at the bottom of the MAC. I wanted to win. I wanted to be somewhere that was proven already.” The Bulls went 20-65 and 1-35 in MAC competition the four seasons before Ortman joined the team. That was the culture Ortman was destined to change. SEE ORTMAN, PAGE 2

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Head women’s tennis coach Kristen Ortman (right) advises one of her athletes. Ortman played tennis for Buffalo as a last resort from 2002-06 after her scholarship offer from American University was pulled, and she has been with the program ever since.

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Continued from page 1: Dylan The band played for an hour as fans were still entering the arena, but by the end of their set, they had demanded as much attention as an opening act can expect to garner from an anxious and anticipatory crowd. Clad in classy, folk-rock hipster attire, the group was most impressive during its songs “Time Spent in Los Angeles” and “When My Time Comes.” With poetic, sometimes Dylanesque lyrics, and just the right amount of clean distortion, Dawes’ tunes were perfect for warming up the crowd. Lead singer/guitarist Taylor Goldsmith was stunning on guitar, playing impressive solos on a few of the songs before a big “thank you” to the fans and an intermission. Right on schedule at 8:30 p.m., Dylan’s band fired up from the darkness. A roaring crowd squinted to see the legend come into view as a driving blues rhythm came on clean and strong. From a bursting, warm orange glow of stage lights, Dylan emerged in all black wearing his signature Stetson hat. For the entire show, Dylan and his suited-up band embodied an old-school sense of cool with an aura that glowed in the simple yet sophisticated stage set-up. Dylan himself was reminiscent of a silent movie star cast from the depths of Americana onto a 21st century stage. Dylan opened his set with his Academy Award winning song “Things Have Changed” from the 2000 film Wonder Boys. Dylan is said to keep his Oscar on stage with him during shows, and what looked like a little golden man could be seen during the performance. Dylan showed off his moves with a white microphone in hand and shuffled like Elvis with less hip action. His voice was surprisingly easy to understand for the most part. Although there were times when the lyrics were indecipherable, the all-too-common review of Dylan shows in recent years – that he appears drunk on stage and is unable to string a sentence together – did not apply. When Dylan let loose with his voice, the band stayed “right on

target, so direct,” with their playing. The biggest crowd reactions came when Dylan busted out the harmonica, but he did not touch a guitar the entire night. Junior business major Nick Cognetto saw Bob Dylan last year at Artpark in Lewiston, N.Y. He enjoyed Dylan from a distance at Artpark, but this time around, he was in front and still struggled to hear what Dylan was saying. “The music was phenomenal and the band was right on, but I still can’t hear,” Cognetto said. “I appreciate [Dylan] bringing really good music to me, but it was so much more about his band. I appreciated seeing some really great musicians more than anything. It’s the influence that Dylan has that adds to that.” Dylan’s voice has evolved with his art and years of living on the road – “headed for another joint.” Other great singers, like Billie Holiday, were often criticized as changes in their voices affected the sound of their classic songs. But in most cases, including Dylan’s, these changes create an authenticity that reflects the hard living that comes with years in the business. “It was very bluesy; the whole thing was great,” said sophomore communication major Paolo Antypas. “His voice is extremely authentic, and I am so glad I saw this.” Dylan migrated to and from the piano throughout the show – standing and sitting – but he continued to rock and sway, move and groove and smile for the entire performance. He showed an enthusiasm and vitality rare amongst men of his age in any walk of life, let alone one that requires performing for thousands of people, night after night. In many ways, Dylan proved his toughest critics wrong with his actions. He had no explaining to do. By doing his thing, he answered all the questions. No press, no interviews and no autographs after the show. There was no verbal greeting from him as he took the stage, and he left without even saying a simple “goodbye.” But there was grace in his presence, and his gratitude for the audience was strongly felt without words of thanks. Everything Dylan had to say about himself radiated

from the performance and his music. His newest material from the 2012 album Tempest was well represented by the performance, and he revisited old classics such as “Tangled Up In Blue,” “Highway 61 Revisited,” “Visions of Johanna” and “Ballad Of A Thin Man.” The familiarity of his classics was felt with new emotion, and the new songs carried a soulful strength that kept the still audience hanging on every word. Paul Bergwall, 60, of Rochester, has seen Dylan perform 27 times, and he felt this performance was refreshing. “I’m not sure it was a crowdpleasing concert because he didn’t do a lot of the old stuff,” Bergwall said. “What was refreshing was all the newer stuff. This was a great show.” Bergwall’s only complaints were about the long wait to get through the metal detectors at the entrance. He claimed to have waited for over an hour to get into the show. Luckily, he had his 25-year-old daughter, Hannah, to keep him company on the way in. Hannah has seen Dylan 17 times, first in Rochester when she was only 11. Her dad thinks it’s important for young people to have a chance to see Dylan, “the most important living American artist that we have.” “I guess he means a lot to me because he means a lot to [me and my dad],” Hannah said. “He’s an artist and he’s awesome and everything, but I like going to see Bob Dylan with my dad.” Dylan finished the show at 10:00 p.m. sharp. He left the stage with a show of hands and returned for his encore before leaving for good, disappearing into the darkness. Those who attended the show had a chance to touch Dylan’s magic and grasp it before it was gone with a farewell of gratitude, wonder and appreciation. Email: arts@ubspectrum.com

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Continued from page 1: Ortman The Bulls improved every year over her four years playing at Buffalo. The win totals increased from six as a freshman to 16 in her senior season. In Ortman’s junior season, 2004-05, the Bulls had their first winning season since 1996. Her senior year, however, was when the Bulls showed they were on the verge of history. In 2005-06, the women’s tennis team went 16-5 and won seven of its first eight games of the season. The Bulls finished 6-2 in MAC play and went to the final game of the MAC Tournament before losing to Western Michigan. Upon graduation, Ortman decided again it was time for her to leave Buffalo. She had applied to grad schools and was ready to enroll before matters out of her control struck again. This time, her mother passed away and another opportunity emerged for her at UB. “I needed to stay for family and I got into the program I applied for at UB, which was higher education administration,” Ortman said. “UB has a really great program, so I said: ‘This is a good fit.’ Along with that, I got the [graduate assistant position for the tennis team] and after being so close my senior year – losing in the championships – I had that much of a motivation to come back. I wanted to finish this. I want to get to the best.” In her first two seasons as a graduate assistant, she helped in many off-the-court areas, such as scheduling, booking travel arrangements and other administrative duties. She was never far from the court and continued learning. She also had her hand in not only Buffalo women’s tennis history but school history. In 2006, Buffalo earned its firstever MAC Championship. Ortman remembers the team being down every single round of the tournament, including down 3-0 in the championship against Western Michigan, before winning the final four matches and securing the Bulls’ first MAC title. Afterward, she was promoted to an assistant coaching position and following Twist’s promotion, Twist said it was a no-brainer who should succeed her.

“I was very aware that she knew the game,” Twist said. “She was very good at the Xs and Os of tennis. She was also very good at understanding the technique and the skills you need as a tennis player, like how you hit a forehand or a volley, and also she was very mentally tough.” Twist believed Ortman possessed all the necessary off-thefield credentials that go along with being a head coach. “Whether you are going out to a function or in Wegmans, you are wearing the blue and white that says tennis on it and it has to be understood by you that you are representing the university every single day of your life,” Twist said. “And I felt coaching-wise for the team and the presence of her in the community as our coach would be outstanding.” On the court, Ortman’s Bulls made Twist look like a genius for her decision, starting the season 10-0. Following a recent threegame losing streak, Buffalo responded with a victory in its last match, bringing its record to 11-3 and 2-3 in MAC play. Ortman’s players have thrived with the opportunity to learn from one of the best players in program history. “She really knows all of the players we are playing and the strategies that are going to work and what’s not going to work,” said junior Tanvi Shah. “She really helps us get ready for every match.” Ortman has cemented her legacy as a player, but her goals at UB have yet to be reached. As she told herself after her freshman season, she wants to make this program one that people both respect and fear, and her job is not yet finished. “I want to succeed here,” she said. “I want to win championships here and right now I am happy here. We still have work to do – we have yet to win that championship.” Even though Ortman may have tried to leave Buffalo before, she has no plans of leaving anytime soon. Email: sports@ubspectrum.com

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The birds and Plan B Federal ruling to make contraceptives more readily available is beneficial On Friday, April 5, a federal judge ordered the morning-after pill be made available over the counter for girls of all ages – putting an end to age restrictions on the accessibility of emergency contraception. We believe there should not be restricted access to emergency contraception, regardless of any politics. Placing certain requirements that force young girls to go through a process of delay in a predicament that entails immediate action is a matter of safety. The ruling deals specifically with the most common morning-after pill, Plan B One-Step, making it now available to girls ages 16 and younger without having to get a doctor’s prescription to obtain the pill. Judge Edward R. Korman of the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of New York provided the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) 30 days to remove any age or sales restrictions on Plan B One-Step and other generic versions of the drug. The case was brought to the courts by a group of young women, as Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, overruled the FDA’s original decision to widen the availability of the pill in Dec. 2011. As Korman sided with the FDA, he criticized the move by Sebelius and the Obama administration as being politically motivated rather than following standard agency procedure, which would have to comprise a challenge dealing with the safety and effectiveness of the drug. Their rejection of over-the-counter access came during the president’s re-election campaign and was, in our eyes, in the interest of not

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alienating voters through a divisive and polarizing issue. Now, by federal ruling, the Obama administration’s stance on this specific issue, which is the traditionally more conservative one, has been struck down. The term ‘morning-after pill’ is a misnomer itself. In order for the pills to have the highest level of possible potency at disrupting ovulation or fertilization to prevent a pregnancy, they need to be taken as soon as possible. For a young girl who is need of the pill, to have to go through the steps of seeing a doctor (which is not always the most speedy process) and to have to get a prescription and not have direct access to the pill promptly, it reduces the safety and efficacy of the drug. Not all teenagers have access to transportation and they may need their parents’ help to even physically get to the doctor’s office – and it is not always comfortable for an adolescent to share information regard-

ing his or her sex life with parents. Plus, that is not even considering the possible ideologies and beliefs of each teenager’s parents. All kinds of possible factors incur as you consider this issue further, and it is not fair to let individual components impact one’s ability to get the medical treatment she needs. The indirect circumstances the FDA and government facilitate directly affect the way young teenagers interact with this drug. This is not a new concept, either. For many years, scientists have been recommending unrestricted access, according to The New York Times. Medical researchers from agencies and groups like the American Medical Association, the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Academy of Pediatrics and even scientists at the FDA have asserted that conditions which limit teenagers from being able to take the drug in the proper timeframe encompass even greater

safety risks than the pill itself. Conservatives who have criticized the judge’s ruling have implied that terminating the requirement of having teenage girls visit a doctor prior to obtaining the pill will put them at a greater risk for contracting sexually transmitted diseases that will go undiagnosed and untreated. They have also opined that this governmental policy promotes sexual activity for those who are not developmentally prepared for it. The latter argument carries some weight, though it is plainly naïve. In Buffalo, 16 percent of middle school students are having sex, according to the Buffalo Public Schools 2011 Youth Risk Behaviors Survey. The fact remains teenagers are having sex (and lots of it), and the government should not stand idle and allow restrictions to impede their ability to receive the same contraception that is available to the rest of the general public. It is important to practice empathy in dealing with these matters when a policy like this will affect the real lives of real people. We have to extend our imaginations beyond the mere textbook cases and consider those whose circumstances are different from and more challenging than others. The possible consequences of teenage girls not having direct and immediate access to emergency contraception pills are serious, and if we want to help them avoid a more difficult situation, this is a good step. Email: editorial@ubspectrum.com

The order is rapidly fading SA should continue to bring diverse music for UB’s diverse students At the beginning of each semester, when you unload your wallet of that $94.75 for a mandatory student activity fee, you hope come the end of that semester you can look back with a sense of satisfaction. You hope you can feel that your money went toward something you found worthwhile and meaningful. The Student Association has made spending its money on concerts one of its highest priorities. A musical performance can accomplish a multitude of things: It can enable people to congregate, it can trigger an emotional response from its recipients, it can stop you in your tracks, it can inspire. When it accomplishes these phenomena to a host of people at the same time in the same place, it lights a spark that sends forth ripples of spirit that can build a current that speaks to universal truths within the human soul. It is the resonance of something deeply personal being shared with other people, that for a moment, can suspend time. For SA to aspire to produce such experiences for its student body is a worthy objective. Given the cli-

mate of the undergraduate population regarding school-hosted concerts, however, this remains easier said than done. There have been students to express disapproval with SA’s choices for concerts and the lineups for Fall Fest and Spring Fest. With 19,000plus students, not all are going to agree on the appeal of certain performing artists. That cannot be avoided. As some have proclaimed, “some people like chocolate, some like vanilla.” Well, in irregular fashion, SA altered its protocol and announced that it was hosting not just Spring Fest this semester, but a Bob Dylan concert as well. Separate concerts. What a concept. For those who were lucky enough to attend Friday night, they witnessed the live performance of a musical innovator and American icon. For many students, this was the manifestation of the expectation that SA will incorporate musicians that appeal to their taste – which may not be rap or hip-hop or house music.

The students who are keen on those genres will have the opportunity to indulge in a concert come Sunday for Spring Fest when Kendrick Lamar and Steve Aoki grace the UB campus for the annual event. Because we are on a college campus and we value tolerance and diversity of belief, we don’t want to say that one musical genre is superior to another. What we do want is for SA to consider the variety of people it represents when choosing who will perform at the musical events that are paid for by every undergraduate student on campus. This year was a start; the SA eboard thought about chocolate and vanilla. This is a formula we want to see inserted into the process to affect the trajectory of how SA engages the community at large. While we like this formula of separate concerts that appeal to different subjectivities and perspectives, we want to see adaptable diversity applied in the future. The dichotomy should not remain static. There shouldn’t always be one show with an older musician and another with a newer musician. There

shouldn’t always be one show with a rock band and another with a rapper. There should be serious diversity. Many students on campus like country, jazz, heavy metal, dubstep, electro punk, etc. Many students appreciate older musicians; many like younger ones. We want to see not just diversity in genre, but also diversity in the age of artists as well – those speaking to the times we are living in now and those who were speaking to a different time about themes that still relate to us now, like Bob Dylan. The more SA works to incorporate the blend of student tastes, the more students will attend events and will have shared experiences – which is precisely what builds community. The point is to really spread it out – because by providing depth to the list of musicians we bring to UB, we are recognizing the depth of our diversity, and that may be just the spark we need.

cried out to the university to choose you over some other equally experienced kid. Sure, UB may not have been your No. 1 school, but what about your dream school? Or that school that was just a tad too expensive for your family? Oh well. You didn’t get to go there. That is in the past. Is that the reason you fell into this pit of despair and laziness and no longer wish to make a difference? You are not going to have this opportunity again. Come graduation and the 9-to-5 work day (Yes, this will be you in a few years, no matter how much you idolize Thoreau and McCandless). There is no way you are going to be able to influence your community, at least nowhere near on the level you can today. Yes, today. Go out and join some students/faculty who are actually trying to help the community. Student Affairs has a webpage dedicated to service. Join

Alpha Phi Omega (the national service fraternity). Stop by the Center for Student Leadership and Community Engagement. Instead of playing Xbox with your suitemates, why not go out and build a house through Habitat for Humanity with them (Circle K has been known to attend house builds quite often)? Do you really want to be working in your cubicle in a few years and regret not making the most of your time out of college? You are going to wish you still had the credibility as a college student to be an innercity tutor, to wish you still were in the physical shape to build a house, to wish you had the energy that you used to have. There is still time. Go out and be the person that your high school self wished you had turned out to be. Go out and be the change you wish to see in the world.

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Letter to the Editor What happened to you? JOHN MAHER College application essays – we all had to do them. Some of us did them a few years back, while freshmen did so just a year ago, and students applying to grad school are currently in a similar process all over again. Go search your hard drive to see if you still have some of these essays and read them over. Have you forgotten how you did Model U.N. your freshman year or that you used to tutor elementary kids? What else did you say on these applications? “I want to make the world a better place,” “I am looking forward to studying abroad,” “I want to volunteer.” Sound familiar? Everyone wrote things like this; we all wanted to sound like the perfect candidate for whatever college we were applying to, whether it was UB or not.

It was not farfetched to stretch the truth a little bit on these, but in these applications, there was definitely a sense of honesty about what you wanted to happen in the next four years of your life. There had to be some daydreaming of all the possibilities of what you could do. You thought you’d be in some third-world country supplying water to kids, you thought you would host fundraisers for that charity close to your heart, you thought you were going to change the world from Day 1 … Instead, you StumbleUpon your night away, you skip class, you masturbate, gorge yourself and play Halo for hours on end. What ever happened? What happened to that bright-eyed senior in high school who couldn’t wait to get to college? You said you couldn’t wait to do countless clubs and activities in all of your applications; you desperately

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UB students’ satellite to launch with NASA mission TONG MENG

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A team of UB engineering students is shooting for the stars. The students built a satellite that will track space debris to help avoid possible collisions. The team’s ‘shoebox-sized’ nanosatellite, Glint Analyzing Data Observation Satellite (GLADOS), won a NASA launch spot and will be launched into space by “riding” on a NASA rocket. On Feb. 4, Russian scientists noticed one of their satellites had not only changed its orbit but also its spin velocity and orientation after possibly colliding with a fragment of a Chinese satellite, which was blown up in 2007. The Russian’s satellite is thought to have lost its function, according to CNN. GLADOS will help prevent events like this from occurring again. John Crassidis, professor of aerospace engineering and principal investigator of the project, could not hide his anticipation for the launch. Although he admits being nervous about sending GLADOS into space, he is also “super excited” to see it fulfill its mission. “I know, once we get it up into orbit, it’s going to work fine,” Crassidis said, smiling from ear to ear. “[The students] are going to do a good job and when we start collecting data, that nervousness is all going to change into excitement.” GLADOS is equipped with two cameras – an infrared and a visible camera – to gather the brightness level of space debris as light is reflected off them. With such photometric data, students can determine various critical information of the debris they are tracking, like mass, shape and material composition. These pieces of information help scientists predict the orbital path of the debris and take measures to prevent collisions.

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A team of UB students will be working with NASA to launch a satellite they created to track space debris and avoid possible collisions. Over 150 students have contributed to the project, which started two years ago.

Despite the significance of its mission, GLADOS is relatively affordable – the prototype cost around $110,000 to design and build, according to Nikita Butakov, a senior electrical engineering major and chief engineer of the project. The ultimate goal is to create a network of these kind of nanosatellites that serve as a sophisticated, cost-effective alternative to current systems that are much more expensive, like the Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) system. Building GLADOS began as an extension of Crassidis’ research on

tracking space debris. He realized collecting photometric data from space would yield more accurate results about the debris. “The mother of invention is necessity,” Crassidis said. “You always ask, ‘Why would I want to put something into space when I can put it on the ground?’” As a result of this “necessity,” students drew up a proposal to build GLADOS and received funding from the Air Force to build the prototype. More than 150 students have worked with the project since its

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inception a little more than two years ago as part of the University at Buffalo Nanosatellite Program, according to Butakov. Currently, there are about 40 students working on GLADOS. To coordinate research and building efforts, the team is split into subsystems that are in charge of different aspects of the project. “[The organization] seems to work out pretty well,” said Richard Linares, a doctoral student in aerospace engineering and student principal investigator. “Through reviews and major milestones, we get to see all the progress that has been made and how everything fits in together.” Students said being involved in the project has been a multifaceted experience. They not only get to develop a deeper understanding of their fields of study but also hone soft skills, like leadership and management. In addition, through attending conferences and working with private organizations, students get valuable networking opportunities. In order to obtain a launch spot under NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI), GLADOS competed against satellites designed and

built by other universities, private companies and NASA. It eventually emerged as one of 24 satellites selected to go into space. Although CSLI is still active, many other NASA programs that support science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education, like outreach initiatives, have been suspended in light of budget cuts. “Personally, I’m working for NASA this summer doing an internship, and I’m kind of nervous whether I will still have the internship or not because of the budget cuts,” said Kristina Monakhova, a freshman electrical engineering major and co-lead of one of the subsystems. “I think it’s really sad that we have to cut funding from such great [programs] and I wish we didn’t have to do that.” The team is working hard to get GLADOS ready for launch. It’s recruiting new members to help out with the preparations. Although there is no set date, GLADOS could be launched as early as 2015. Email: news@ubspectrum.com

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Features

COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO GREEK LIFE

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Last Monday, The United Council of Cultural Fraternities and Sororities (CFS), which includes seven fraternities and sororities, hosted an event at Buffalo Wild Wings to help fundraise for Women & Children’s Hospital of Buffalo. Lambda Phi Epsilion (above) enjoys hosting philanthropic events.

More philanthropy, less party Exit slavery, enter freedom On Saturday, Freedom Walk Buffalo aimed to raise awareness about human trafficking around the world and specifically its presence in Buffalo. Several guest speakers shared their stories and attendants participated in a walk to show their support for the issue.

Victims of human trafficking honored at UB during Freedom Walk Buffalo BETHANY WALTON STAFF WRITER

Anna Beard was working at a movie theater in North Carolina when a coworker approached her and offered to give her guitar lessons. She was eager to learn and trained with him. She then began a romantic relationship with him and moved in with him. After a few months, he said he was looking for someone to help him with his art project and thought she would be the perfect model. She accepted and they started taking photos. They were innocent at first but then they became sexual. She no longer wore clothes and the pictures turned into videos. He was 40. She was 16 and still in high school. Beard was one of many honored guest speakers who spoke at Freedom Walk Buffalo, held at UB on Saturday. Created by Bloggers Against Social Injustice, a team of bloggers who came together in July 2012, the Freedom Walk was held to raise awareness about human trafficking around the world, especially its presence in Buffalo. Beard shared her story as an “overcomer” of sexual trafficking. She had been living in a broken home before she met her trafficker, who became the person she could rely on. She just needed to feel loved and wanted, and he made her feel like she was, according to Beard. Christine Tjahjadi-Lopez, a junior international trade major and the director of the blogging group, came up with the idea after attending a walk by [free-them], another organization against trafficking based out of Ontario. Tjahjadi saw on Blogspot.com that follower bloggers were hesitant to address the topic.

“I figured that I had to find someone to create a buzz with – a buzz that touches someone because I know it is from the sharing of information from one person to another and another that will actually make a change,” Tjahjadi said. Before the guest speakers shared their stories, attendants mingled and learned about the organizations speaking. Made By Survivors and Kingdom Ventures, two different businesses committed to helping the cause of ending human trafficking, sold jewelry made by victims of trafficking. After a brief introduction by Bloggers Against Social Injustice, a variety of guest speakers took the stage to explain their groups and aspects of human trafficking they have worked to target. Examples include the International Institute of Buffalo and rescue specialist Renan Salgado. Randy Phipps, public relations representative for [free-them], explained his initial involvement in the mission and how many people are affected by trafficking. “There are 40,000 people trapped between national borders,” Phipps said. “Think about the First Niagara Center – the capacity of that venue is 19,000 – fill that venue twice, and add a couple thousand, and that’s the number of people that are trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation.” Deputy Elizabeth Fildes of the Erie County Sheriff ’s Department, director of the Human Trafficking Department of Western New York and co-founder of the United Hands of Hope House, also spoke. She works to get the issue of human trafficking out into the community because “everyone needs to know about [it] in order for us to respond to it.” She explained the way traffickers sense vulnerability in young victims and prey on it to pull them in.

“It’s just walking up to a person and telling them how beautiful they are, figuring out where the girl is with herself: Does she have high or low self-esteem? That’s an easily targeted victim,” Fildes said. “What we are finding out about many of these cases is that many girls who don’t feel good about themselves have had some sexual assault or incest of some kind happen to them early on in life, and they became vulnerable to this type of trafficking. It’s like an Achilles heel – the trafficker is able to see that they don’t feel good about themselves … and he is able to get inside of their head, and that’s the scary part.” Because she loved and trusted him, Beard was unaware of what her situation truly represented. She knew nothing about human trafficking to identify herself as a victim. After moving away for a few years and coming back, she received two important phone calls. The first was from her old manager from the movie theater telling her that her trafficker was asking other employees to help him with an “art project.” The second was to notify her of the death of her trafficker. She went back to retrieve the belongings she had left at his house. She was expecting a box with maybe 20 Polaroid pictures in it. Instead, she found mass-produced pornographic videos and movies. Until that moment, she hadn’t realized she was doing porn. And it wasn’t until she read an article in her college sociology class that she figured out she had been trafficked. “We [were studying] human trafficking and I [was] reading the articles, and I see ‘Girl is asked to do art project by older man, tells her she is beautiful and valuable, etc.’ and I compared it with my story,” Beard said. “That’s when I realized I was trafficked. And I started freaking out.” SEE EXIT SLAVERY, PAGE 8

The United Council of Cultural Fraternities and Sororities for a good cause ANDREA SAADAN

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Many college students get a kick out of partying, drinking and going out. Michael Zhang, a UB alum, along with his fraternity, Lambda Phi Epsilon (LPE), doesn’t. Zhang, who is still an active member of his fraternity despite no longer being a student at UB, said his involvement with LPE allows him to enjoy activities besides partying and drinking. Rather, he and his friends like to help others in society through philanthropic events. Monday night’s fundraiser at Buffalo Wild Wings was one of many events LPE has been involved in. The United Council of Cultural Fraternities and Sororities (CFS), which include seven fraternities and sororities, hosted the event that was open to the public. This was the biggest fundraiser done by CFS, according to its president, Sherrod McRae, a junior economics major. All proceeds from the event are going to the Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, a first-time beneficiary of CFS. “I think it’s good for the CFS and for all of us, because we don’t usually work together like this to raise money,” said Sally Huang, a sophomore occupational science major and CFS secretary. “We do it within our own organization, so I think it’s good that we’re coming together.” Kevin Shieh, a senior intendedeconomics major and brother of LPE, agreed the event was a “good way” to come closer as organizations of CFS. “Basically, I came out today because it’s for charity,” Shieh said. “We may not ever get the chance to chill with other organizations, so this is a good opportunity for us to do that.”

Also in attendance on Monday was Inter-Greek Council President Brandon Rivera, a junior intendedeconomics major. He came to find out for himself whether the fundraiser would be a success, he said. “I wanted to see if people could actually congregate with different organizations rather than by themselves,” Rivera said. “It’s a good idea.” The fundraiser took place right at the end of UB’s Greek Week. It was an opportunity for the brothers and sisters to showcase their respective organizations and get a little bit of public exposure in a positive way, according to Pam Stephens-Jackson, assistant director for Fraternity & Sorority Life. Stephens-Jackson said it wasn’t necessarily a “demonstration of their leadership skills,” but the “camaraderie and organization” of events. McRae said Greek Week is about spreading Greek awareness on campus through various activities, like window painting in the Student Union. He said the various Greek organizations could earn points through competitive events like football and dodge ball, and these points would then be tallied at the end of the week. “In general, I think it was really good … they put in a lot of time and effort in planning the events so that it wasn’t haphazard,” Stephens-Jackson said. “They allowed organizations opportunities to earn points in ways other than just typical things like those Olympics-kind of activities and eating activities.” Greek organizations could earn points by attending philanthropy events that occurred during the week. SEE CFS, PAGE 8

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Louis C.K. kept a riveted audience laughing in downtown Buffalo Thursday night inside Kleinhans Music Hall.

A night filled with “regret and self-hate” Louis C.K. performs in front of sold-out crowd at Kleinhans Music Hall SAM FERNANDO

SENIOR NEWS EDITOR

Visitors of Kleinhans Music Hall are usually exposed to the soothing sounds of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. But on Thursday night, spectators heard a different kind of symphony – one filled with expletives, self-loathing and most prominently, laughter. Louis C.K. performed his consistently offensive act in front of approximately 2,800 people. Instead of starting with the typical comedy-show introduction of praising the city in which he was performing, the three-time Emmy winner took the opposite approach. Seconds after taking the stage, he let out a long, droning sigh, and said “Buffalo isn’t that bad of a place for the first 45 minutes, then it sucks for the rest of your life.” The audience roared with laughter. “His comments on Buffalo are spot on,” said Emily Bradley, a senior English major. “If anyone else said it, I may have had a problem. But because it’s him, it wasn’t offensive at all.”

That seemed to be the theme of the night. The crowd fed off each line no matter how offensive the joke. In fact, the more offensive bits got the most laughs, and Louis C.K. used that to his advantage. In one of his bits, which he titled “Of course, but maybe,” Louis C.K. told a joke about a child with a peanut allergy. He said: “Of course” we should label products with peanuts in them to protect children with allergies, “but maybe” if a child would die from touching a peanut, he deserves to die. People were laughing uncontrollably. He followed the joke up with one about a wounded soldier, saying “of course” we should support our veterans, “but maybe” it isn’t a surprising outcome if a soldier gets shot. The audience became a little apprehensive. Louis C.K. then pointed out how the crowd laughed at a “dead child” but couldn’t laugh at a wounded soldier. The audience reignited in laughter. “He doesn’t seem to have boundaries in his jokes,” said Caroline King, a 23-year-old communication major at Buffalo State College. “I know a lot of comedians have

those elements as well, but I particularly enjoy his style.” Bradley agreed, but she also enjoyed his honesty. She was surprised she was able to find humor in some of his jokes. She said Louis C.K. points out things she has thought about, but never was able to attach humor to. “It was one of those situations where you feel guilty for laughing and not sure if you should, but the fact he’s making these jokes in front of 2,800 people made it OK to laugh out loud,” Bradley said. Amanda Vanderwerf, a 29-yearold D’Youville College graduate and long-time fan of Louis C.K., said she was laughing the entire show. She said Louis C.K. said the things most people think but are afraid to say. “His jokes are funny because they’re true,” she added. Louis C.K. has made a career of taking risks and pushing the envelope. Even after more than 25 years as a stand-up comedian, his approach remains the same. In addition to poking fun at dead children and wounded soldiers, the

biggest victim of his jokes is himself. Whether it is his recent divorce, his children, his age or his weight, Louis C.K. lets the audience in with barely any filter. He talked about how much he appreciates sitting down. He said as a 45-year-old, 240-pound man, he now needs “more information” if someone is calling him into another room because standing up takes too much effort. He added he would rather do nothing sitting down than have sex standing up. “He’s comfortable talking about his flaws that everyone has but are afraid to admit,” Bradley said. “Some comedians think talking about their alcoholism or drug abuse wouldn’t be funny, but Louis talks about his flaws as a dad and a person so the audience can relate to that more and not feel like a horrible person for laughing about it.” Some of Louis C.K.’s other topics in his routine included the question whether murder is only wrong because it is illegal, what animals are really thinking and even a 12-minute discussion about breasts – a feat even Louis C.K. was sur-

prised to have accomplished. The entire set, which lasted roughly two hours, had the crowd laughing consistently throughout the show. It also left members of the audience more than satisfied. As the audience anticipated the end of the show, some wondered if there was going to be an encore – a notion Louis C.K. quickly put to rest. He informed the crowd he hates encores, saying they are a stupid formality, because the audience and the comedian both know the show isn’t over. To compensate, he told the audience he was going to do three more bits and then he and the crowd could both go home. “The entire show had a very casual, intimate feel despite it taking place in a large venue,” King said. Louis C.K.’s routine may have touched on life’s most difficult questions, but his outlook on these topics left fans laughing with no regrets and a new appreciation for their own self-hate. Email: arts@ubspectrum.com

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Evil Dead is a new take on the 1981 cult classic. With a new approach to the story line and improved cinematic techniques, this gory terror is a must-see for fans of the Evil Dead series.

Resurrection of Evil Dead Fans of cult-classic film series will not be disappointed KIERA MEDVED

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Film: Evil Dead Release Date: April 5 Studio: Ghost House Pictures Grade: BThe remake to the 1981 film Evil Dead – titled, once again, Evil Dead – leaves audiences squirming in their seats from horrific violence and grotesque sexual content. The 1981 version of the film is a cult classic for horror movie fans around the world. In addition to two sequels to the original, Evil Dead has inspired countless comic books, videogames and a musical. For many fans, the original film sets a fairly high bar for any horror movie made after its release. Director Fede Alvarez makes his feature-length film debut with the fourth installment in the Evil Dead franchise. Sam Raimi (Oz the Great and Powerful), director of the original Evil Dead, specifically chose Alvarez to direct the remake after years of planning with actor Bruce Campbell (Oz the Great and Power-

ful), who played the lead role in the original three Evil Dead films. Audience members should take the newest addition to the franchise with a grain of salt. The film does not aim to rework the characters, story line or plot development. The newest Evil Dead asks audiences to look at the film as a sequel: a group of 20-somethingyear-olds finds the same haunted book in the same cabin from the original film some odd years later. The film revolves around Mia (Jane Levy, Fun Size), who struggles with a heroin addiction. She and a group of friends visit her family’s cottage where she is reunited with her brother David (Shiloh Fernandez, The East). After attempting to clean and fix the cottage, they find a strange, bound book with a warning against reading it. In classic horror movie form, someone has to ignore the warning. David’s friend Eric (Lou Taylor Pucci, All Together Now) brims with curiosity and reads the book aloud, unleashing a demonic power into the ether. After succumbing to heroin withdrawal, Mia attempts to run

away from the cottage, only to be attacked and raped by the demon. The demon possesses Mia and forces her to attack her friends and brother. There are some definite differences between the 1981 and 2013 versions of the Evil Dead. For instance, the special effects in the newest film create a more believable and frightening experience than the original. There is an obvious technical transition from the original film presented in the effects used to scare audiences. Green-dyed creamed corn as zombie guts isn’t going to cut it anymore when trying to scare a modern audience, like in the original. Alvarez intensifies the gore, amps up the music and rains down the blood to terrify the audience. Levy’s imitation of an emotionally tormented and struggling drug addict was played to perfection, and her performance only got better when reverting to the possessed Mia shouting obscenities and crawling around in blood and filth. SEE EVIL DEAD, PAGE 8

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When it was announced that Bob Dylan would be performing at UB, I was not impressed. Why would anyone be excited to see a mumbling old man – the voice of a generation on its way to the grave – perform? I received some backlash from my friends who worship Dylan, but I still agreed to go. As he sang his first note to “Things Have Changed,” an Academy-Award-winning song, I still only saw an old man singing words I couldn’t understand into the microphone. I thought to myself: “I was right, this is going to be a long night.” But all of a sudden, as Dylan swayed his hips back and forth, dancing to the music, the sound of a soulful harmonica melted my face. At this point during the show, I finally recognized Dylan’s true importance to the world of music. For over 50 years, Dylan has captivated listeners with his deep poetic messages. His words have touched the hearts of fans all over the world. While he may be

hard to hear or understand now, he still manages to stir the same emotions. He just does it in a different way. Somewhere between the first notes of the show and the last riff of the encore, I drank the mystical Bob Dylan Kool-Aid and took a trip I’ll never forget. It didn’t matter if I understood the lyrics. I started to notice the little things that matter: tight musical arrangements, Dylan’s versatility between instruments and his passion for putting on a great performance. Who can say they attack their job with the same virtuoso everyday at the age of 71? To see Dylan performing on stage with such enthusiasm ignited something inside of myself. Where will I be when I’m that old? Will I impact the lives of others in the way that Dylan does? Will I even live to be 71? Dylan was the glue that held the band together; he set the pace for the rest of the band. He conducted his group and the audience for an hour and a half with no breaks and a smile on his face. Too often, we see a band live and anticipate they will sound like they used to on our favorite records. It can be disappointing when they don’t, and many people take this attitude toward Dylan today. But if you look closely through the predispositions, you see a man growing old and still doing something he loves every single day. Email: joseph.konze@ubspectrum.com

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Continued from page 5: CFS Huang said she has become more involved in philanthropic events since joining her sorority, Sigma Psi Zeta (SPZ), last semester. She emphasized Greek life isn’t just about partying. Zhang agrees. “We’re not all about partying and all these construed images that we have in movies and television,” Zhang said. He believes Greek life is more than that and does not want people to think they’re “all about drinking and doing stupid things.” Rivera is aware of this stereotype and said the UB community is “not at all” aware of CFS. Although he believes it has improved, Rivera still wants the structure of CFS to change. He hopes the members of Greek organizations interact more with each other. “I wish Greeks would just stop looking at themselves as Greeks and more just as regular people who have a different experience from everyone else and a differ-

ent perspective,” Rivera said. “If they did that then they can approach people easier and do their purpose and actually be leaders on campus.” Stephens-Jackson understands this stereotype that “has been around for years” and believes it is due to the media’s portrayal of Greek life. She said Greek organizations are still “fighting the same stereotype” that existed in the past and has yet to disappear. Stephens-Jackson constantly reminds students to be extra cautious in their behavior, especially when they are wearing their Greek letters. Felix Chan, a sophomore accounting major and brother of LPE, also attended the event at Buffalo Wild Wings and wants Greeks to have a better image. “The motto for our fraternity is: ‘To Be Leaders Among Men,’” Chan said. “To be a leader, it’s not just about helping yourself, but the people around you. [We want to] step away from the partying

and stuff like that … [and] be seen as members of society who actually give back.” Shieh had specifically joined his fraternity because of its values. “I wanted to be a part of something bigger than just myself,” Shieh said. “I saw that they were hosting a lot of philanthropy events, and they really weren’t just there to mess around or not focus on school … I wanted to be a part of an organization like that.” Stephens-Jackson admits there were times when the Greek organizations did things she wasn’t proud of. However, she still applauds their efforts. “You pick your battles,” Stephens-Jackson said. “They’re not ever going to be exactly what I am or what I want them to be, so you look for the greater good. And for that I would have to say yes, I am proud of them.” Email: features@ubspectrum.com

Continued from page 10: Rutgers Some question why no player ever spoke out against him. If they did, the whole program would have been put at risk, which for many of these players puts their scholarships and enrollment at the university in jeopardy. School presidents and athletic directors continuously say they have the best interests of the students at heart, but how can we believe this after such a blatant disregard of safety? It was only due to outside pressure (brought about from the media) that Rice was removed of his duties. With all this negativity, it is nice to know there are still coaches who believe in what it means to be a role model. After reading Spectrum Senior Sports Editor Jon Gagnon’s feature story on Buffalo women’s basketball coach Felisha Legette-Jack, (Passion, pride and hoops: The story of Felisha Legette-Jack), I am thankful we don’t have a Rutgers-esque

problem at Buffalo. I have covered Legette-Jack’s basketball games and attended practices on multiple occasions this winter. I saw her intensity and passion a few feet away from me. There is nothing wrong with an animated coach on the sideline – I’ve played for my share of them – but in-the-moment emotions can never translate into any form of harm toward players. Clearly, Rice was unable to ‘leave it on the floor.’ There is a difference between intensity and bullying. Legette-Jack knows it. Rice doesn’t. The blame, however, goes beyond just the head coach. The priorities at Rutgers University are clearly misguided. Pernetti was viewed as a hero for bringing Rutgers into the Big Ten – one of most prestigious conferences for both football and basketball – following the near-collapse of the Big East. He wanted Rice to be the man at the helm of his basketball

program. After learning all this, it becomes clear how much it costs to ignore student safety – about $25 million a year, the amount Rutgers is expected to make in the Big Ten. Finally, on Friday, Pernetti used a get-out-of-jail-free card – otherwise known as resigning – though he should have been fired before given the opportunity. I’m not ignorant. I understand there are shady things going on in college sports virtually everywhere. Paying players, giving benefits and changing grades is one thing, but to allow a head coach to physically abuse his own players? A line must be drawn and this is it. Rice and Pernetti are finally gone and Rutgers President Robert Barchi deserves to be next. Email: owenobri@buffalo.edu

Continued from page 5: Exit slavery After learning she had been trafficked, she sought help from a program called Mercy Ministries that helped her come to terms with her past, Beard said. A rehabilitation center grounded in Christian values, Mercy Ministries taught her in six months how to “live out of restoration instead of out of brokenness.” It is with this renewed strength that she now feels comfortable to tell her story to raise awareness about trafficking at events like Freedom Walk. After all speakers had finished, everyone gathered to participate in a 3K walk. Holding signs, the crowd often broke into different cheers about freedom that caught the attention of onlookers.

Work to end human trafficking will not be done anytime soon, according to Fildes. But you do not need to have a traumatic story or even have grand plans to work toward ending human trafficking, Beard said. “You don’t need to do something big to bring a significant change,” Beard said. “If you make jewelry, go sell some jewelry, donate the funds to get safe houses. We need money and change in policy … I don’t care what religion you are or what faith you believe in – we all believe in love, and we need to be promoting that.” Email: features@ubspectrum.com

Continued from page 7: Evil Dead It’s one thing to play the bumbling broad running away from a man with a chainsaw, but it’s way more impressive to play the sickening, demonic version of a character the audience has already connected to. As for Fernandez and Pucci, both of their performances were lacking. Understandably, it’s difficult to play a terrified character in a believable way, but both Fernandez and Pucci had audience members laughing in scenes where the response may not have been intended or appropriate. True horror movie fanatics will notice certain directorial choices paid as homage to Raimi and other horror movie directors. Each weapon used to kill someone was shot with a close up or prevalence in order to foreshadow its importance later in the film. For example, the electric knife was filmed carving a large piece of meat from the knife’s point of view, teasing the audience with the question: “How is that going to be used later?” Raimi, who has a flair for perspective shots, inspired many of the gore-action scenes filmed from the perspective of inanimate objects in the room or weapons being used. The biggest problem the movie had was its inaccurate portrayal of

how the human body responds to trauma. Characters used duct tape to cover up bullet holes and stab wounds. They are beaten, shot, stabbed, cut and suffer from other forms of brutalization, yet the characters walk away from everything almost unscathed. When David is shot in the arm, he still possesses full mobility and strength throughout the rest of the film. The most distracting example of characters surviving trauma came when Mia ripped her hand off after it was stuck underneath a truck. No matter how amped up on adrenaline one may be, that’s probably going to hurt, and an audible response is expected. No such response was given from the actress, yet she limped away after being cut on the knee by a machete. In addition to an intense stream of gore and blood, the film had an exceptional score underlying the action. Low tones accompanied the film emotionally, but they became slightly predictable during stressful moments. Regardless, Roque Baños (Alfred y Anna) composed a powerful score that helped to propel the movie. For any fan of the original Evil Dead films, this addition should not be missed. Email: arts@ubspectrum.com

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