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UB raises more than $55,000 Link, Thor and at annual Relay For Life event Ash! Oh my!
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Mark Okrasinski, a UB alum, takes aim while participating in the Nerf war at the 25th annual UBCon this weekend. UBCon lasted from Friday to Sunday and included all types of events, ranging from live-action role playing to card games, board games. video games, anime and comic books.
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associate professor of oncology at Roswell Park Center Institute, spoke during the ceremony about the importance of college students’ support of cancer research. “[It is] very exciting to have so many students involved in preventing and [the] treatment of cancer,” Chandra said. He believes students’ participation in events like Relay will help them better understand cancer. After the opening ceremony, the Luminaria event took place. Participants remembered loved ones through a written dedication on a white paper bag that was illuminated with a glow stick. Each bag was taped along the perimeter of the track and lit for a portion of the night. Cancer survivors and team leaders took the first lap in honor of those who have battled cancer. A video tribute, as a part of the Luminaria ceremony, came up on the Jumbotron displaying photos of cancer survivors with inspirational quotes from Batman, Martian Manhunter and other superheroes. Last year, UB’s Relay For Life raised $50,000, but in the past, they have raised as much as $75,000. All the money
If you walked around North Campus this weekend, you may have seen resemblances of Zelda’s Link, Marvel Comics’ Thor, Dragon Ball Z’s Goku or even Pokémon trainer Ash Ketchum. Over the course of the weekend, characters of every size and shape from TV shows, video games and comic books flooded North Campus, primarily the Student Union, for the 25th annual UBCon, a weekend celebration of gaming and anime held by the Strategists and Role Players Association. The convention took place in the Union, Clemens, Knox and Baldy Halls and the Special Events Field from Friday to Sunday. With almost 130 different events, guests and fans had many options from which to choose. It was senior psychology major Lauren Bunker’s first time attending UBCon. She was dressed as Black Canary of DC Comics’ Justice League. The convention included events and exhibits, including featured talks with Eric Vale, a voice actor, Sarah Wilkinson, a nationally known entertainment illustrator, Jess Hartley, a writer for White Wolf Publishing (who has written content for more
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Lauren “Loloy” Martinek and her grandmother shared a love for Harry Potter. Throughout her grandmother’s battle with ovarian cancer, Martinek, a freshman mechanical engineering major, spent time reading the Harry Potter series to her. Her grandmother died in the middle of the fifth book. That is why Martinek does Relay For Life. On Friday night, 88 teams – including people from Greek Life, the resident halls and clubs, as well as cancer survivors – gathered for UB’s Relay For Life in Alumni Area. The night had a superhero theme. Teams were placed in “campsites,” where the majority of their fundraising took place. Meanwhile, at least one team member walked around the track surrounding the campsites at all times, from 6 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday. The Relay For Life event raised more than $55,000, according to Missy Stolfi, a program coordinator for Relay For Life and a representative from the American Cancer Society. Some teams were compet-
ing against others to raise money. The top three team fundraisers were UB Against Cancer ($6,301), Phi Alpha Delta ($4,533) and AEPi Upsilon Beta ($3,522). At registration, Relay’s leadership team counted 1,300 participants, and 1,475 people participated by the end of the event. Relay For Life’s leadership committee has been planning this event since the beginning of the fall semester, said Julie Smith, one of Relay’s project coordinators. Throughout the year, the organizers and participating teams have been fundraising for Relay through a number of studentled events, like a bowling night. Many of the leadership team members have dealt with cancer in their lives and have used their own experiences to inspire them to participate in Relay. Teams also set up booths and sold baked goods to raise money. Participants purchased “Relay Bucks” throughout the event to acquire food, bracelets and other items for fundraising. One Relay Buck equaled $1. The opening ceremony introduced students and faculty who were involved in planning Relay For Life. Dhyan Chandra, an
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SA reduces pay of its executive board AMANDA LOW News Editor
The Student Association has cut the stipends of its president, vice president and treasurer by $2,000 each – putting $6,000 total back into SA’s roughly $3.6 million budget. On Sunday evening, the SA Senate passed the 2014-15 undergraduate SA budget with eight senators approving and three abstaining. The budget includes a breakdown of allocations of funds to clubs, office expenses, entertainment and student stipends – highlighted by a decrease in pay for the three executive board members from $12,000 per person to $10,000. The total budget for next year is $3,625,002.25 – with the bulk of the money ($3,293,402.25) coming from the $94.75 mandatory student activity fee each semester, and the rest
from ticket sales for SA events ($50,000), Winter and Spring Gala ($26,600), interest revenue ($5,000) and rollover funds ($250,000). Alana Barricks’ initial reason to run for Senate was to speak out about the $36,000 that went to the stipend of the president, vice president and treasurer. “Many officers in the past have said that they would reduce their stipend but none of them have followed through on that or even addressed the issue with the finance committee,” Barricks said
in an email. “I’m glad that we were able to reduce the total of top three stipends to $30,000, $10,000 each, and although I still think that’s too much at least we’re headed in the right direction.” Aaron Hosang, a sophomore philosophy major, believes it depends on where the decreased money from the stipend is going – if it is going toward club spending, he said, it is a good thing. Adrienne West, a senior biology major, is part of the Com-
than 30 role-playing game products), Nigel Sade, an abstract artist from Ohio, and Nick Landis and Scott Frerichs from Team Four Star, which creates humorous “abridged” versions of series like Dragon Ball Z. When patrons weren’t in question-and-answer sessions or playing games, they could walk down Artist’s Alley in the Flag Room or SU 145, which was filled with cards, jewelry, cosplay and gaming supplies available for purchase. The event boasted organized tables for gaming. Strategists gathered around tables to play games like 1775, Civilization and Cache Me If You Can. The tables were busy, with a constant stream of characters waiting for their turn to dominate the board. “We’ve got games dated from 3500 B.C., such as Senet from ancient Egypt, the oldest tile game known,” said Richard Zimmerman, a native of Tonawanda and owner of The Goblin Parlour, an online store that sells a wide variety of cultural board games from different time periods. Zimmerman said the shop even has Ringo, an old German “circular game” that few people know about. Zimmerman said he hopes that attendees took full adSEE UBCON, PAGE 4
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bined Martial Arts Club. She sees the club having financial issues, so an extra $6,000 going toward clubs is beneficial to her. “I think a lot of students would want that money, so I find it very odd but it’s just very generous of them to do that,” West said. The new budget included the addition of a fundraising director, who will receive a stipend between $2,550 and $2,750. SA Assembly Speaker Melissa Kathan thinks the position is a great idea because “clubs can always use more help in raising money.” Barricks believes the effect of the position will depend on the person who receives it. “My hope is that clubs, the heart and soul of SA, will now have more resources available to them, which is why I fought to keep the club services department,” Barricks said.
An addendum was also made to the budget after a few issues arose during discussion. The Senate added an Assembly Line of $250 for the Assembly. Kathan said she wants the Assembly to have funds to hold its own events. The Senate took the money from the Innovating Programming line, reducing it from $4,000 to $3,750. Daniel Giles, the Senate chair, was pleased with the amount of discussion the Senate had on the budget. “Passing a $3.5 million budget is serious business, and those present did an excellent job of reviewing the budget and pointing out any problems or suggestions they had,” Giles said in an email. “The changes that were made to the budget the finance committee originally presented us with were either excellent suggestions to help things run more SEE budget, PAGE 4
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What’s missing in the wage gap debate White House, Congress politicize issue, miss the point The debate over wage equality for women gained no traction last week as heated rhetoric spewed and purely symbolic gestures flew from the White House and Congress. Equal Pay Day, the point on the calendar in 2014 that the average woman would need to work to make as much as a man did in 2013, was ‘celebrated’ last week by President Barack Obama and White House officials. Following the third failure of the Paycheck Fairness Act to pass the Senate, Obama marked the occasion by signing two executive orders that would implement similar provisions to the act, but only for federally contracted workers. The act and the executive orders aim to improve transparency of wage-related data and hold employers more accountable for discrepancies. The day, the act’s failure and the executive orders all coalesced into political wrangling worthy of a pay-per-view special event. The result was predictable – each side got plenty of political fodder for the upcoming election and the women, outside of federal workers, gained nothing. The entire notion of Equal Pay Day and the most recent bickering about the wage gap were based on some lofty math. Obama and democrats persistently stated women, on average, make only 77 cents for every dollar a man makes. This is not to say a gap does not exist – it does – but that number is problematic, for more reasons than might be immediately obvious. The 77-cent figure comes from the Census Bureau’s calculation of median wages for males and females – there is a 23-cent disparity. This number can become significantly smaller if, for example, you look at the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ number for weekly wage gap – a 19-cent difference. Pew Research, factoring part-time work and other factors, came up with a 16-cent disparity. All of this, however, ignores
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deeper issues that have largely been left out of the debate. Also worth noting: though much of that figure is due to differing life choices between men and women, the Paycheck Fairness Act would have sought to address wage disparities between men and women working the same jobs. These types of provisions, though, are necessary, as discriminatory practices in payment exist. Though not pervasive enough to make up the 23-cent disparity, discrimination in payment, constraints on women’s decisions in
the workplace and secrecy in how much each gender makes all work to worsen the problem. The Paycheck Fairness Act would help ameliorate these inexcusable practices, but even if its provisions are eventually passed, that should not anesthetize us to the more structural problems underlying the wage gap. The issue with the 77-cent figure is that it paints over the societal norms ascribed to men and women. Seventy-seven cents on the dollar – an easily digestible talking point, a political construction that fails to appreciate real
differences between how men and women are treated in society and expectations placed on them. The issue with the whole debate in Washington last week – which will surely spill into countless campaign ads and stump speeches – is that it was sparked and fueled by the desire for political gain, accusatory language and faux pas to woo a constituency. It failed to make any meaningful progress against prejudicial norms or what discrimination does exist – and again, it does. Forget the discriminatory pay for the same job argument for just a moment and consider the following: It is not just that women are paid less for the same jobs, but also that women often are precluded from receiving toplevel jobs. Nationally, women hold only 16.9 percent of corporate board positions. Mary Barra became the first female executive of an American car company – in 2014. Women constitute two-thirds of low-wage workers and 14.6 percent of top-earning careers. Millions of women still significantly surpass men in unpaid labor that receives no remuneration. These points, however, were scarcely touched upon in the debate and certainly not addressed even close to adequately. What was gained? A vacuous talking point for Obama, campaign ad clips for democrats vilifying republicans and vice versa ahead of what will be a vicious midterm election campaign season. Gains for women – just about zero, unless you count the blatantly negative effect this debate has had by reducing substantial concerns to headlines and 140-character vitriol. Discrimination in pay exists and must be addressed. The bigger and more challenging task requires more than legal shifts, though. It requires societal change. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com
Colbert takes over for Letterman; white males still dominate Late-night television continues to lack inclusion of women, minorities Stephen Colbert will take over for David Letterman next year when Letterman retires from 21 years as the host of “The Late Show.” An appropriate decision, though it blatantly reasserts the nearly all-white and all-male command over late-night television. Following Letterman’s announcement that he would be retiring, speculation and suggestions flew on who would replace the iconic television host. The announcement that Colbert would fill the role delighted many, though the retiring of his likeably naïve, eternally perplexed fauxconservative character Stephen Colbert will surely leave a void. Ire has continued to erupt, however, as the decision maintained the status quo currently dominating late-night TV – shows hosted by white males. The controversy is not unwarranted. The homogeneity so pervasive across late talk shows is
troubling in 2014. The issue is less with Colbert himself than the larger precedent that marches unchallenged. Despite that #cancelcolbert debacle last month, the political and social satirist has enjoyed surging popularity over the years. Left-wing, relatively radical and pithy to a fault, Colbert will bring a fresh air to the show. CBS is likely most attracted by the coveted younger demographic Colbert will bring along with him. Beyond just speculation that a woman or minority might take the helm of Letterman’s show – Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Al Madrigal were considered around blogs as potentials picks – the announcement came on the heels of Chelsea Handler’s decision to retire from her show following the expiration of her contract in nine months. Handler’s show, “Chelsea Lately,” was among the only latenight shows not hosted by a white
male, along with Arsenio Hall’s program on the CW Network. The glaring discrepancy across the dial come 11 p.m. is striking in an age in which diversity is proclaimed to be more highly valued. The issue goes beyond just the Colbert replacement. A series of lineup changes have occurred over the past year with Jimmy Fallon replacing Jay Leno and Seth Meyers replacing Fallon. With Colbert just a step from completely safe, given his more vocal political stances than Letterman, bemoaning this as just another move from a time slot dominated by old white men to one dominated by slightly less old white men hardly seems outrageous. CBS certainly missed an opportunity to fill an entertainment and cultural void, but so too have other networks. Lamenting the decision is less a negative comment on Colbert’s ability or the appro-
priateness of the change as it is an attempt to point to an evident deficiency in a small yet significant arena. Diversity and inclusion are about more than just having a singular minority or female host on a late-night show. It is about a shift in the script, a change in the norm, a move to a state in which such striking lack of multiplicity is not readily apparent or assumed. Surely it is only a matter of time until the current begins to shift, though it is deplorable it has taken this long. Choosing a host who is a woman or of any ethnic or racial minority would have been a historic move on CBS’ part, breaking long-standing gender and racial norms. That honor, however, will likely have to go to another forward-thinking station. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com
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raised will go the American Cancer Society to fund cancer research and programs like Hope Lodge, where cancer patients and caregivers can reside free of charge. The support students continue to show for the event has impressed the leadership committee. Late Night UB, which hosts events on Friday nights, partnered with Relay For Life this year, selling “stuffed Victors” – UB Bulls stuffed animals – for Relay Bucks. Stolfi said she has participated in many Relays at other colleges, but UB’s Relay is different. “[The] sheer number of students here on a Friday night makes it so impressive,” Stolfi said. “For me, one of the unique things is the commitment from the committee. They spend time all year planning this.” Many students who participated in Relay said they are planning to stay involved with it and will continue to raise money and awareness for cancer research in the future. Stolfi said students who want to be involved in the fight to cure cancer can join UB Against Cancer, a student-led club that mentors students in raising awareness for cancer research.
smoothly or minor error corrections.” SA President-elect James Ingram worked to reduce the student stipends, a promise he made during his campaign. “We decided to decrease the executive board stipend because we felt that the money could better serve a large amount of students by being reallocated throughout the budget instead of only benefitting the three members of the executive board,” Ingram said. As part of another campaign promise, Ingram is planning to hold informational sessions for the fall semester staff position openings. Jobs include club services director, bookkeepers, entertainment staff, receptionists and others. Ingram said the sessions serve as a way for students to learn about the opportunities available next year in SA. Ingram hopes the sessions will help candidates get a better sense of job openings and create a
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more welcoming atmosphere for those outside of SA. By reaching out with the sessions, he wants to make it easier for students to become involved and feel comfortable – attracting all students interested and qualified. “In the past, by having students come to us for the jobs and everything, we miss out on some great people,” he said. It is Ingram’s hope the sessions will answer any questions potential candidates have. The first informational session is Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Student Union Theater. Applications for director and chief of staff positions are due Wednesday, April 16, and interviews for those positions are scheduled between April 21 and 24.
vantage of the varied experiences UBCon had to offer. He added that the convention has expanded beyond its origins of board games and role players to also include things like manga, anime and cosplay. “I have been attending [UBCon] for four years now,” said Emma Patterson, a Niagara Falls native. “It’s a lot more organized than other conventions that I’ve been to and it’s not disappointingly small. Also, the staff is typically outgoing, happy and look alive unlike other conventions.” “Baldo,” who gets his nickname from his Rochester shop Baldo’s Armory, has been attending the convention for the past 19 years. He said the conference has grown since its beginning in 1989 and he’s noticed the anime
and gaming clubs working more closely together. Dressed as Dr. Horrible from the web series Dr. Horrible’s SingAlong Blog and surrounded by Magic playing cards, “Baldo” explained why he continues to come back to UBCon. “The nice thing about coming to the same convention for so long is that you begin to see the same people,” Baldo said. “Then you start to see these people bring their children, to expose them to the world they loved and to meet up with their old friends. The convention is held the same weekend every year, so everyone just knows when to go and where to meet.” email: arts@ubspectrum.com
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Book: The Opposite of Loneliness Author: Marina Keegan Release Date: April 8, 2014 Publisher: Scribner Publishing
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Marina Keegan’s “The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories” begins tragically – before the cover is even cracked – but ends asserting indomitable strength and hope. By age 22, Keegan was already an accomplished and award-winning author, playwright and poet. Following an unsuccessful bid to join one of Yale’s secret societies, Keegan invested her time into a far worthier pursuit – writing. Along the way, the enviably talented student’s work was featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker and on NPR. Like millions of others, my knowledge of Keegan’s story long preceded the book. On the cusp of potential most can scarcely dream of, Keegan passed away after a car accident, five days after her graduation from Yale. Following the tragedy, the book’s title essay went viral worldwide after its publication on the website of the Yale Daily News. I picked up the book on the
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A postmodern city ‘Words’ celebrates Buffalo’s impact on 20th century art EMMA JANICKI
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As the nine-piece group went silent for a moment, uncertain whether the performance of Steve McCaffery’s poem “Carnival” had finished, a chuckle rose through the audience and was echoed by the performers on stage. They bowed and the audience clapped hard through their smiles and light laughter. This past weekend, running from Thursday to Sunday, was the first-ever Words festival at Burchfield Penney Art Center. The festival celebrated the contributions Buffalo authors, poets, journalists and artists have made to 20th century art. Friday night, UB associate English professor Judith Goldman gave a poetry reading as part of the Poets and Writers Series held at the Center. The series is in its 35th year, commemorated by the release of the anthology Mortals and Immortals – including poets like Robert Creeley, Susan Howe, Charles Bernstein and Raymond Federmen, all founders of the Poetics Program at UB. Dr. Steve McCaffery, the David Gray Chair of Poetry and Letters in the English department, performed sound poetry with local group Wooden Cities. Sound poetry emphasizes the sounds that make up languages by rejecting the use of sentences and words in favor of phonetic sounds. McCaffery’s physical command and dexterity in performing is striking, even as the sounds can sound ridiculous. Meanwhile, two renowned literary figures came head-to-head to discuss Buffalo’s history as a major jazz city in the ’30s and ’40s and the devastating loss of that culture. Jeff Simon, the arts editor of The Buffalo News and a UB alumnus, sat down in the Pe-
Approximately 400 Relay for Life attendees watched UB Glee perform and clapped along because they felt like a “room without a roof.” They clapped along because they felt like “happiness is the truth.” On Friday, 1,475 participants joined together in UB’s Alumni Arena to fight against cancer. They formed 88 separate teams and raised more than $55,000 for the American Cancer Society. Portions of the all-night event were painful, according to some students. But certain activities and performances throughout the evening reminded attendees happiness exists and it is real – despite how painful life can be sometimes. UB Glee performed Pharrell Williams’ “Happy” along with a few other “happy-go-lucky” tunes. Elizabeth Restey, a senior sociology major and president of UB Glee, joined the club because she loves both singing and dancing. UB Glee was the only group on campus in which she felt she could fulfill both of those passions. Restey enjoys the several shows UB Glee puts on each semester. But even more so, she enjoys spreading good vibes and happiness to the UB community at events like Relay. Restey said cancer has affected almost everybody in the club at some point, whether it has touched members’ friends, family members or acquaintances. She relayed for her little sister’s best friend, who lost her battle to leukemia last summer. She knew the grief many other attendees were feeling throughout the night, which encouraged her further to spread happiness.
Chad Cooper, The Spectrum Dr. Steve McCaffery performed works of sound poetry with contemporary music group Wooden Cities at the first-ever Words event, which was held at Burchfield Penney Art Center this weekend.
ter and Elizabeth C. Auditorium of the Center with Ishmael Reed – essayist, poet, author, editor, publisher, songwriter, playwright, pianist and jazz trombonist. Reed attended UB while it was still a private institution and was awarded an honorary doctorate from the university in 1995, according to poemhunter.com. The Center’s director, Dr. Anthony Bannon, gave introductions for the weekend. Bannon is in his second tenure as director. Speaking in his characteristically methodical manner, Bannon spoke of the “elites” and “nobles” sitting in the audience for both Goldman’s reading and Reed’s discussion. After Bannon’s quick introduction of Goldman, UB English Ph.D. student Joseph Yearous-Algozin gave a more thorough summary of Goldman’s critical theories in her poetry, including her belief that media has a life that extends beyond that of its human creators. Yearous-Algozin ended his introduction celebrating the continued existence of humanity: “So we’re not dead yet; let’s reward ourselves with some poetry.”
The selected poem for Goldman’s reading notably played on current issues, often eliciting laughter from the audience. In the poem “Austerity Measures,” Goldman directly commented on the recent cuts to the humanities in education. She compiled famous lines of poetry but chopped out 20 percent of the lines, leaving phrases like “better to reign in hell than,” “and miles to go before” and “though I could not stop for death he stopped.” She did this to help “poetry’s bottom line.” McCaffery and Wooden Cities performed to an audience that thoroughly enjoyed what often sounded like a busy urban street. Performing selections of McCaffery’s poetry, Wooden Cities and McCaffery deregulated what most people would consider to be poetry and music. With each new poem, the arrangement of performers onstage changed, creating new dynamics between the performers and within the sound of the ensemble. In “Dilemma of the Meno,” oboist Megan Kyle, saxophonist Brendan Fitzgerald, pianist Michael McNeill, guitarist Zane Merritt, violinist Evan SEE ‘WORDS,’ PAGE 8
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The most painful part of the event for Maria Gomez, a senior business major, is always the silent lap, she said. “It brings back a lot of memories of people I’ve cared about who passed away,” Gomez said. Gomez believes it’s important to spread some sense of joy during events like Relay, because even though it’s a time to remember those who have lost their battle, it’s also a time to recognize those who survived. “The community comes together for a good cause,” Gomez said. “We all have one common goal, and that’s to find a cure.” Like Gomez, Lizzy Lenchner, a junior psychology major, felt intense pain during the event – specifically during the Luminaria ceremony. “It was so hard for me to hold myself together and not burst into tears,” Lenchner said. “It brought back all the memories I shared with Talia [a camper of hers who passed away to cancer] and reminded me that she isn’t physically here anymore.” Though Lenchner believes that pain has the ability to bring back memories and encourage SEE GLEE, PAGE 8
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Continued from page 6: Loneliness “The Emerald City” is presented as a collection of one-way emails from a citizen working as a contract worker in Iraq’s Green Zone in 2003 to what is presumably an estranged love interest. The format is leveraged flawlessly, giving the story of William Madar’s ethical and personal conflicts a new dimension. As the war heats up and his relationship fades ever more quickly, the reader becomes enthralled by the hopeless, endearing William, wishing him the best and fearing the worst. “Challenger Deep” explores the lives of five people trapped aboard a defunct submarine, floating without lights or propulsion along the bottom of a deep-sea trench. With characters enveloped in perpetual darkness, with desperation building, Keegan skillfully explores obvious and obtuse concerns and results of the situation. The subject is approached from a multitude of angles, giving the personal conflicts each character faces depth and the story a gripping quality. The second half of the collection – a series of nonfiction essays – similarly tackles a breadth of subjects, emblematic of both Keegan’s broad abilities and curiosity. “Stability in Motion” tracks the author’s life through her 1990 Camry, where “the physical manifestations of my memories soon crowded the car.” Aluminum foil balls and fingernail dents become imbued with purpose and significance in a way any young car owner will relate to and understand. The story reveals the intimate details of Keegan’s life, caught in the minutia of an aging sedan. Her non-fiction moves beyond personal experiences in essays like “I Kill for Money,” a profile of an exterminator. Delving into the defenses he assumes to confront insecurities while explaining the
mundane moments in his field of work, Keegan demonstrates uncanny insightfulness. Detailing even the smallest imagery and personality traits, she creates an impossibly fascinating story from a seemingly bland subject. The collection closes with the essay “Song for the Special,” musings on the uniqueness, or lack thereof, of each generation and individual among them. “Everyone thinks they’re special… But I searched my name on Facebook and got eight tiny pictures staring back.” Keegan expresses doubt regarding her place as an individual in the world, among so many billions of others, within so vast a universe, searching for a way to express permanence in the face of death and imminent destruction. The irony – Keegan attained a level of significance that will not soon be forgotten. Her prose may someday fade; the influence she will have on those who read her work will not. “The Opposite of Loneliness” begins as sad as any story can – such promise, talent and dedication, the voice of and to a generation, cut short. Marina’s gaze on the cover pierces the reader immediately. As I finished her final essay, I was left only with the “About the Author” page staring back, beginning with her full name followed by dates, a recap of a life lived and lost to us. I flipped past to find a set of blank pages, overcome with so many fleeting ideas and strong emotions I struggled to grasp – sadness, sure, but something else, an inexplicable pride, belief in identity and hope. Marina Keegan’s story may be over, her influence is just beginning. “We’re in this together… Let’s make something happen to this world.” email: arts@ubspectrum.com
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Continued from page 7: ‘Words’ people to fight even harder for a cure, she also places value in spreading joy “because it’s associated with positivity,” she said. “Talia taught me to always stay positive, so it’s important to spread happy to others because it symbolizes hope and strength to overcome any battle or negativity,” Lenchner said. “The happiness protects us from ruminating on the pain, and allows us to keep our heads up above water and realize the significance of Relay. It keeps our focus on the goal and clearly it does a good job.” Restey believes her club successfully emanated positive emotions across its audience. “I think ‘happy’ is a great new fad,” Restey said. “With all the negative media outlook and poor self esteem, [spreading happy] seems to be more common now than it has been. The name of our club literally means ‘happy,’ and all of us are pretty good at trying to spread it.”
Restey said members of the club feel ultimate happiness while singing and dancing. Because they are doing what they love, it’s easier for them to make other people happy as well. Alex Watts, a sophomore theater major and member of UB Glee, said she was not at Relay in order to commemorate or fight for one specific person. Rather, she was there with her club to support the UB community and to raise money for the American Cancer Society. “I’ve always loved performing and spreading happiness while doing so,” Watts said. “Performing in Glee is a great way to do [both].” Restey said amid all the wars and conflict, the self-esteem issues in our society and especially illnesses like cancer, it’s important to cherish the little things. UB Glee’s “little thing” happens to be music, she said. email: features@ubspectrum.com
Continued from page 6: Glee Courtin and cellist T.J. Borden followed a score that, rather than laying out each note to be played, had words like “worm” and “leopard,” meaning different musical styles or composers to play (Mozart and Coltrane, for example). Musicians played their scores in random order, recalling Socrates’ statement in Plato’s Meno, “Unity can only announce itself in fragments.” Despite the intensely disparate musical notes and blowing air through their instruments, the musicians created a strange and deregulating but simultaneously liberating unity. Described by Bannon as a ‘public intellectual,’ Simon immediately claimed he did a terrible job covering the famous Woodstock music festival of 1969 as he sat in one of the modernly curved white chairs onstage. For the next hour, Simon and Reed discussed the history of the Buffalo jazz scene in the 1930s and ’40s, moving to a larger discussion of racism in America. Reed recalled his childhood in Buffalo, saying he “lived in a black city within a city,” never having seen the Butler Mansion on Delaware Avenue until his adult-
hood. He said learning about Buffalo has been a lifelong process. Although jazz seemed to disappear from Buffalo and economic depression ripped through the city, Reed referred to Buffalo today as “a comatose patient that gets up and runs around,” attempting to fix problems but maybe not going about it the best way. During the question-and-answer session, local poet Verneice Turner praised Reed’s belief in “continentalizing” our identities. “There’s a psychological shift when we recognize we’re from continents,” Turner said. Rather than having ‘Americans’ and then African-Americans or Asian-Americans, Turner and Reed believe all Americans should recognize their immigrant histories. The first-ever Words event was a look into the work being done by locally based or locally inspired authors, artists, journalists and poets. email: features@ubspectrum.com
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When former Bulls running back James Starks – the school’s all-time leading rusher at the time – graduated after the 2009 season, it not only left a major hole in the backfield, but also marked the end of the career of one of the greatest athletes UB had ever seen. Little did Bulls fans know that the next great Bulls running back was already on campus: Branden Oliver. When Oliver was a freshman, Starks – now with the Green Bay Packers – told him he would break his records. This past season, Oliver fulfilled Starks’ prophecy by surpassing him as UB’s all-time leading rusher. “I just want to be remembered for giving everything I got every time I stepped on the field, just acknowledging God because without him I know I wouldn’t have been able to do it,” Oliver said. Despite being undersized for a running back at 5-foot-8, Oliver was the definition of a workhorse back for the Bulls over his four-year career (2010-13). He is the school’s all time-leader in carries with 866. What Oliver lacked in size, he made up in power. Oliver said he developed his strength and power in the weight room. He did 26 reps on the bench press (225 pounds) at his Pro Day March 4. He used a combination of power running and breakaway speed to overcome his size and become the program’s all-time leading rusher.
Chad Cooper, The Spectrum Former running back Branden Oliver became the Bulls’ all-time leading rusher this past season with his single-single season record 1,535 rushing yards.
Oliver first burst onto the scene as a sophomore in 2011, rushing for a then UB single-season record 1,395 yards. After a grade-two MCL tear caused him to miss five games his junior season, Oliver bounced back this year to not only shatter his own single-season records, but several all-time records. As a senior in 2013, Oliver rushed for a single-season record 1,535 yards, in the process becoming UB’s all-time leader rusher with 4,049 career rushing yards, surpassing his friend Starks.
Despite being teammates for only one year, Oliver and Starks have maintained a friendship off the field and had dinner together a few months ago. Oliver has himself become a mentor to the Bulls’ current running backs, instilling confidence in them the same way Starks once did for Oliver by telling him he would break his records. “I just appreciate him telling me that,” Oliver said. “I told Anthone Taylor and Devin Campbell and Jordon Johnson and those guys the same things: just to go out and break my records.”
Oliver’s play was a major reason for the Bulls’ success in 2013, leading them to their second-ever bowl game appearance. During Buffalo’s 6-0 start to Mid-American Conference play, Oliver rushed for at least 128 yards in every game. He finished with eight 100-plus yard rushing games in 2013, setting the school record for career 100-yard rushing games with 20. The next closest player (Anthony Swan) has 13. Oliver also set UB’s Division I-A single-game rushing record of 249 yards against Ohio Nov. 5, and the single-game
rushing touchdown record with four against Kent State Oct. 26. Oliver calls the game against Ohio Nov. 5 his favorite memory from his UB career, in part because it was his last game in UB Stadium. Even though it may not have seemed obvious when Starks left, Oliver has cemented his place alongside his friend as one of the top running backs in school history. email: sports@ubspectrum.com
UB Top 10 athletes: Honorable mentions We supplement our countdown with 10 honorable mentions – incredible, historic athletes that just missed the list. This series is admittedly subjective and debatable, and our selections are intended to create a conversation. Rob Golabek Rob Golabek (2009-12) was one of the most dominant track & field athletes in UB history. Golabek was a four-time AllAmerican and three-time MidAmerican Conference champ. He is now the throws coach and assistant track & field coach at Rider University. Golabek competed at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials in Oregon. In March 2013, he finished sixth in shot put at the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Albuquerque, N.M. Golabek graduated in 2012 as UB’s record holder in both indoor (63-3.50, 19.29m) and outdoor (64-9.50, 19.75m) throws. Drew Willy Drew Willy (2005-08) holds almost every major passing record in school history, including passing yards, touchdown passes, completions, attempts and completion percentage. He also has the most games with at least 200 yards passing in school history (23). Willy’s senior season in 2008 stands out as the greatest ever for a Bulls quarterback. Willy passed for 3,304 yards, 25 touchdowns and 304 completions, and he had a passer-efficiency rating of 139.2 – all single-season records at UB.
Willy currently plays for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Canadian Football League (CFL). Last season, the Saskatchewan Roughriders won the Grey Cup with Willy as the backup quarterback.
go out like they stole something from you. That’s how I treat a match. You have to go out and be intense, fierce and want to win so bad sometimes. But it’s important because it makes you hungry to succeed.”
Namaan Roosevelt Namaan Roosevelt (2006-09) is one of the best wide receivers – if not the best – in program history. He holds the alltime record for career receptions (268) and yards (3,551). The Buffalo native’s 28 career receiving touchdowns rank second in UB history, as Alex Neutz (31 touchdowns) recently passed him. Roosevelt was a key player as the Bulls’ No. 1 receiver on the 2008 MAC Championship team. As a junior, Roosevelt set singleseason program records in catches (104), yards (1,402) and touchdowns (13). Roosevelt went on to play for the Buffalo Bills, catching 25 passes for 396 yards and a touchdown in two seasons (2010 and 2011).
Davonte Shannon Davonte Shannon was a fourtime All-MAC first-team selection at strong safety from 200710. Shannon is the program’s alltime leading tackler with 461. He is tied for 10th all-time with 10 interceptions and tied for seventh in career forced fumbles with five. Shannon was a member of the Bulls’ lone MAC Championship team in 2008, also helping to lead the team to its first-ever bowl game appearance that same year.
Vusa Hove Vusa Hove (2010-13) was a dominant force on the tennis court for the men’s team during his four-year stint with the Bulls – his résumé backs up that statement. He finished his career at Buffalo with the second-most singles victories in program history (82) and the best winning percentage (.707) with a minimum of 40 matches played. “When you’re on the court, you have to hate your opponent,” Hove said. “I know it’s a bad thing to say, but you have to
Mike Dugan When the men’s swimming and diving team won the MAC Championship in 2011, Mike Dugan (2010-14) was only a freshman, but he was already making a name for himself. He was named first-team AllMAC his sophomore, junior and senior seasons and won the Outstanding Senior Award in 2014. Dugan’s name is featured on the Bulls’ program record board seven times – the most of any male swimmer – and he holds the second-most individual records. Tom Murphy Tom Murphy (2009-12) is the highest acclaimed player to ever come out of the baseball program. As Murphy hit his prime in 2011 and 2012, the program experienced an offensive renaissance.
Despite spending only three years with the program – as he was drafted by the Rockies after his junior season in 2012 – Murphy is in the top five for nearly every career statistical category. He also holds the single-season program record for home runs in a season (13). In 2011, Murphy was the first Bull to win MAC Player of the Year. He is currently playing for the Rockies’ class AA affiliate in Tulsa, Okla. Jason Kanzler Jason Kanzler had been a stalwart in center field for the Bulls the previous two seasons, but he put it all together in 2013. He continued his strong defensive play, winning his secondstraight ABCA Rawlings Gold Glove Award while recording one of the best performances at the plate in school history. Kanzler set a school record with 53 RBIs while hitting 12 home runs, recording 75 hits and six triples and stealing 21 bases. Kanzler also finished in the top 10 of many career records, including runs scored (fifth), hits (eighth), doubles (ninth), triples (third), home runs (fifth), RBIs (seventh), total bases (sixth) and stolen bases (third). Kanzler topped off 2013 with the Bulls’ second-ever MAC Player of the Year award. Kanzler was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in 2013 and currently plays for their class A affiliate in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Kelly Svoboda Senior Kelly Svoboda (201114) came to UB with two individual goals: To become the
program’s all-time leader in digs and win its first MAC Defensive Player of the Year award. She accomplished both. Svoboda had arguably the greatest season in Buffalo volleyball history this past fall. In her senior year, Svoboda recorded 634 digs and 5.66 digs per game – both single-season school records. She also set the program’s all-time record for digs with 1,943. The one game Svoboda said she would always remember was a 3-0 home victory over Syracuse in her junior season. “The game versus Syracuse in my junior year [is one I will always remember],” Svoboda said. “We crushed them in all three sets and broke the all-time attendance record for a volleyball game. The fans were out of control and so amazing, and our team played like a team in every aspect.” Paula Listrani Paula Listrani was the most successful player in the most successful period of D-1 women’s soccer at Buffalo. She is the program’s all-time leader in goals (46), assists (24) and points (116). Listrani posted the second-most goals in a season during the D-1 era with 14 in her senior season in addition to 13 in both her sophomore and junior seasons. Listrani was a three-time first-team All-MAC selection. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in ’01 and earned her Master’s of Education from UB in 2003. email: sports@ubspectrum.com