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LEE, AND THEY WILL FOLLOW Fred Lee on football, fast food and finding himself
By Aaron Mansfield Editor in Chief DESIGN BY BRIAN KESCHINGER
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red Lee knew The Feeling. He tightened his muscles, clamped his eyes and said a prayer. His car was spinning, and the UB wide receiver was curling up in the passenger’s seat to take what he thought would be his final hit. Football players know the heaviness of helplessness. They know the spine-tingling seconds spent anticipating a collision so forceful and fleeting everything is black before you can begin to comprehend what just happened. A linebacker is charging at you like a bull and you’re the red flag, and you know you are seconds from his 250-pound frame hammering you, smashing your internal equilibrium and sucking the wind from your lungs. This time, though, Lee’s opponent was not a linebacker. It was a pick-up truck. It was the day after Lee’s 22nd birthday – Sept. 14, 2012. Lee’s roommate, defensive back Dwellie Striggles, was driving Lee’s brand new 2012 Toyota Corolla because Lee had a broken hand. And as the duo headed down Millersport Highway near UB’s North Campus, a 16-year-old driver was paying more attention to her phone than the road and T-boned the football players. As the Corolla spun from the collision, a pick-up truck sped toward it. Lee visualized his death. He prayed. He thought about his future. It felt like everything was moving in slow motion as The Feeling fired questions at his mind. Why had he felt such a strong calling to come to Buffalo if he was going to die here? Why had he pushed so hard to make the football team in high
school if his college career would end as a huge disappointment? What had he really accomplished in life? Had he made Mother Dear proud? As he had so many times on the field, Lee prepared for the blackness. The truck swerved at the last second and clipped Lee’s already-smashed car. He opened his eyes, astonished to be alive. He tottered out of the car – intact, but altered far beyond the literal impact of a separated shoulder. Those few near-death seconds had remade him. His insurance paid the $13,000 to fix the car, but the shift in his soul couldn’t be undone. “God used it as a wake-up call,” Lee said. “It was a glimpse of how fast my life could be gone. It showed me that God has a plan for me. He is not through with me yet. If he was, that truck would have hit us and it all would have been over.” *** To spend a day with Lee is to comprehend exhaustion. Keeping up with him is like trying to block Ray Lewis on fourth-and-1. Lee, a soon-to-be senior, spends six hours every day playing, watching and studying football, and he’s also majoring in early childhood education and taking 14 credits this semester. He doesn’t stop there, though. Having once been overlooked and deemed an irrelevant non-athlete, Lee is hungry to overachieve. He spends 40 hours a week working as the training manager at the Taco Bell on Maple and Sweet Home Roads. But he has taken on the role he considers most important since the accident. SEE FRED LEE, PAGE 6
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The good athletes, they despised me being an athlete. They thought I wouldn’t make it and told me I wasn’t good enough. I was too little. I was weak. At times, I wanted to quit. I wanted to say it wasn’t worth it. I decided to not listen to that voice and just work hard.
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News
SA Senate derecognizes Korean Student Association SAM FERNANDO
Asst. News Editor
On Wednesday, the Student Association Senate voted unanimously (16-0-0) to derecognize the Korean Student Association (KSA). On March 3, two students, who asked to remain anonymous, approached the Senate to make allegations against KSA. In response, Senate Chair Jonathan Grunin assembled an investigative committee consisting of six senators headed by International Coordinator Theresa Cervantes to further investigate the allegations. The two students said KSA had been breaking SA rules at two events – an orientation event the club had been holding in South Korea over the summer for international students and a bowling tournament. Specifically, the students accused the club of collecting money from members without going through proper SA monetary channels, underage alcohol consumption at KSA’s orientation event, handing out cash prizes and potential embezzlement of funds. At the meeting on Wednesday, the Senate discussed the allegations pertaining to each event individually, starting with KSA’s orientation event. The committee ruled that because the event was advertised as an SA event using SA’s and UB’s logos, the event is still within SA’s jurisdiction. In order to collect a donation from an organization sponsoring its event, the club must make sure the donation is accompanied with an SA donation agreement form, according to the SA Financial Handbook. The committee found that KSA collected money from sponsors and failed to even attempt to receive these forms from SA. The committee also found that KSA collected entry fees, which is a violation of SA policy. KSA President Joseph Shin and Vice President Gideon Park admitted to the committee that alcohol was provided at the event. Park
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On March 3, two students approached the Student Association Senate with allegations against the Korean Student Association (KSA), ranging from the mishandling of money to a breach of SA’s alcohol policy. After a thorough investigation, the Senate voted unanimously to derecognize KSA at Wednesday’s Senate meeting.
claimed he and Shin paid for the alcohol with their own money and without any of the money collected. Shin and Park also said they had no way of knowing if there was underage drinking at the event. The committee ruled that regardless of where the money came from for alcohol, KSA had to abide by SA’s alcohol policy. KSA failed to apply for and receive an alcohol permit from SA, so the committee found KSA violated SA’s alcohol policy. The committee investigated the accusation that KSA acquired money from members illegally. The committee discovered the event had a door fee, and the e-board was aware of the proper process at the bowling tournament event earlier this semester.
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When Shin and Park spoke to the committee, they both acknowledged they were supposed to go through SBI for tickets and prizes but said because they planned the event last minute, they decided to charge a door fee. They also changed the number of people who attended the event and the money raised when they realized their math didn’t add up, according to the report. Cervantes said KSA went through the proper steps last semester when it held the same event but knowingly failed to this semester. The committee found KSA in violation of rules about donations. Just like the orientation event, KSA did not go through the proper SA financial channels. The club also violated the rule against entry fees by
Shin and Park’s own admission. The two e-board members admitted to handing out cash prizes at the event, a direct violation of the SA financial handbook. The club also failed to show SA a receipt for the event. The report concluded stating: “The investigative committee recommends the Senate to derecognize the Korean Student Association due to breaking a plethora of SA constitution guidelines. If we were to cut the funds of KSA, including their rollover allowance, we would be setting a precedent that allows other clubs to expect similar results with no repercussions. Therefore, we suggest the Korean Student Association to be derecognized due to all of the evidence [of] the allegations to be true.”
Cervantes said KSA had an estimated 11 active members, although she is unsure of that number. “In [KSA’s] constitution, an active voting member must have [been] to a required number of KSA meetings and events,” Cervantes said. “Since the club hasn’t turned in a track sheet since October, I am unsure if the club is active enough to have enough events to have active members.” Although KSA has been derecognized, Cervantes said the Korean community is very prevalent on campus. She is confident a new Korean student organization will emerge soon. Email: news@ubspectrum.com
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A time for unity
Campus community should come together following Boston tragedy
As people followed television coverage of the search for the perpetrators of the Boston Marathon bombing, the fear of homegrown terrorism plummeted back into the forefront of American public consciousness. The suspects have been identified as brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev – Russian immigrants who arrived to the United States in 2002. The event has reignited a feature of the immigration debate with additional intensity, as certain portions of the population have begun articulating the “risks” of allowing more newcomers into the country. Dzhokhar was a college student enrolled at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. As a teenager, he showed signs of promise. He was the captain of his high school wrestling team and worked as a lifeguard at Harvard. Many who knew him were shocked to see his face appear on the television screen as the suspect of last week’s tragedy – especially those who knew him at school. Imagine following the news after a terrorist attack and seeing the prime suspect was
someone you sat next to in Principles of Modern Chemistry or ran into often around the dorms. Though he was failing many classes, Dzhokhar was in many ways a normal college student, seemingly not so different from the people we all interact with at UB every day. This latest incident has reminded people of a difficult truth pervasive in modern times – that the threat of violence is always with us and can come from the least likely of people and places. Officials in anti-terror outfits were prompted to remind the American people again another difficult truth – that they have to be right every time but terrorists only have to be right one time. While the potential threat is always out there and these are difficult, complex times we are living in, this is not the time to change our way of life or to live in fear. This incident was a rarity and to not realize that can lead to more paranoia – and heightened paranoia can lead to civic unrest. At UB, we have a diversity of students from different cultures and backgrounds and we have a large in-
ternational presence on campus. Following 9/11, there was an intensified prejudice toward Muslims and it was utterly unjustified. To allow a minority of bad seeds to cast a dark shadow on a majority of decent people is a tragedy in and of itself. International students or immigrants should not have to bear the brunt of the moral monstrosity committed by two sick individuals. In college, you gain exposure to all sorts of people different from yourself. It is one of the many benefits of the experience. Interacting with a diverse group of people can provide humanistic learning that directs you away from stereotyping and generalizing. You can learn that the human condition is complex and vast and that no person warrants categorization. The truth of the matter is that terrorism can come from anywhere, from anyone, at any time. There is no humanistic formula to attach to any group or type of people that are possible suspects. Anti-terror outfits look to patterns of behavior and affiliations and other factors when determining if someone should be in-
vestigated. But as college students living in the day-to-day trenches of having to interact with many people, we have our own concerns to worry about. We shouldn’t succumb to the very point of terrorism apart from the goal of murder and destruction – to instill fear. By allowing an event like this to cloud our judgment and propel division in our respective communities is to let the malevolent forces weaken us and alter our form of life. The best response we can collectively engage in is to embrace a culture that celebrates unity over division. With one week left of classes, be sure to keep in mind while you’re roaming the halls, weaving through a plethora of different faces, ethnicities, religions, races, etc., that while our differences are expansive, they make us stronger – because our common humanity matters much more, especially when we consciously and conscientiously choose to embrace it. Email: editorial@ubspectrum.com
To carry the fire and light the spark Curry’s arrest provides lesson in remaining calm in the face of turmoil Adjunct media study professor Laura Curry’s arrest on April 15 has inspired a mobilization on campus to petition for a dismissal of the charge of disorderly conduct. Amidst a tumultuous period on campus, as an anti-abortion exhibit displayed graphic images of aborted fetuses that were offensive to a large portion of the community, much inquiry has been generated as to whether or the University Police Department was justified in issuing the arrest. Just as UB Students for Life was acting within its First Amendment rights to display those images and protest abortion procedures happening legally in the United States, Curry had the right to express her beliefs, too. Her use of the word “f**k” was not grounds for her speech to be restricted. It should be noted, however, that UPD was in a complicated and difficult predicament. Due to the nature and gravity of the images and subject matter, there was a huge cause for concern that any interference with the demonstration could escalate into a larger problem. The video of the episode with Curry, taken by an unknown person,
Letter to the Editor The abortion debate in the United States is unique for its vitriol and polarity. One side is a bunch of misogynist, anti-women bigots, the other a bunch of child murdering libertines. While there is no agreement on which side is right, perhaps we can all agree that the most vocal and politically active proponents of each side-which also coincides neatly with their political affiliation--are, generally speaking, wildly hypocritical. Was the pro-life camp so deaf during the Iraq War that they did not hear any reports about the thousands of innocent and defenseless children that were killed with our money and guns? Is the pro-choice camp so blind that they have not seen any reports about the Pakistani women that are denied their right to live, let alone to choose, by our money and drones? Is it not remarkable that pro-lifers are more concerned about a non sentient, group of cells than they are about children who have actually made the journey through the birth canal? Is it not remarkable that pro-choicers are more concerned about waxing philosophical about the right to choose than they are about confronting a certain leader who regularly denies it to Pakistani and Afghan women? Perhaps we need less pissing contests and more introspection. We do, indeed, live in strange times. Brian Beyer Junior Middle Eastern studies major
has been well circulated on the Internet and is familiar to much of the campus community by now. It lasts around 2:30 and records the incident in which Curry questions the officers’ reasoning behind asking her to calm down – to refrain from her use of foul language and to alter her demeanor in voicing her opposition to the display. Curry’s response was simple: The display was more profane than her language and the images were more disorderly than her conduct. There is no reason she shouldn’t have been able to express her distaste for the exhibit, but she also should have accepted the officers’ request to simmer down and express herself in a different way. Over the course of the two-day protest, large numbers of people congregated outside the Union and conveyed their feelings about the abortion issue and reaction to the display being brought to campus by the anti-abortion student group. Nobody else got arrested. It is understandable why Curry’s behavior seemed truculent. She was clearly inflexible to cooperate with the cops when they asked her to adjust her method of protest. She
pointed to the sign while creating a scene. Police hold the right to make subjective judgment when determining if someone is “disturbing the peace.” They warned her for over two minutes and attempted to calmly explain to her why they thought she was being disorderly. As disappointing as it is that a professor at the university was obstructed from expressing her form of free speech, the reality of the situation is the law is the law and it is what it is. It is disconcerting that she got arrested when there many other people who screamed and cursed during the protests. While it is true that Curry should have listened to the police when they spoke with her and explained that they wanted to diffuse a possibly provocative situation, it is also true that the display was shocking. In her state of bewilderment over obscene imagery and an inflammatory demonstration, it is possible that Curry was unable to really process the officers’ words and compute the likely outcome of her continued emphatic expression of outrage to the exhibition. Nonetheless, it was the assessment of the police present that her exer-
cising her freedom of speech had crossed the line to where it was interfering with another speaker’s freedom – and that is how the law operates. Thus far, over 600 people have signed the petition requesting a dismissal of the charges. Whether it will help her remains to be seen, but it is a good gesture of solidarity from those in the community who share Curry’s position. In the future, students and faculty alike should remain adamant to express themselves but cautious in their method and application. Curry is scheduled for an appearance at Amherst Town Court on May 9. Whether she is charged, the court should take into consideration the provocative atmosphere at the university that day and understand the state of confusion it infused in many people’s minds. For everyone else, this should be a learning experience for how to act next time an event like this churns up everybody’s emotions. It is best in the long run to try to remain composed. Email: editorial@ubspectrum.com
Things to do before the end of your freshman year
ALYSSA MCCLURE
Staff Writer
As my freshman year of college comes to a close, I’ve compiled some things I wish I hadn’t waited until months into my second semester to do, in the hopes that you can learn from my mistakes. Do things by yourself Sometimes, your friends aren’t going to want to go to the same club meeting as you or won’t be with you when you pass a career fair in the Union. You will need to brave your professor’s office hours without a buddy. The people you generally hang out with won’t be interested in everything you are, and that’s perfectly fine. But it’s not OK to miss out on opportunities that could be life changing or career-launching simply because you don’t want to do something on your own. Learn how to use the library Make sure you go to the library and figure out how to print and how to find and check out books. Bring a friend if you’re nervous. You’ll feel
much more secure when you get that 20-page take-home exam if you know how to use the resources UB has available to you. You won’t know how the library ticks until you go there. I didn’t even know which floors of Lockwood were silent until there was a month left in my freshman year – and I wish I had explored sooner. Actually go to the library to study and do work There are many libraries on campus that are good places to study, each with a different atmosphere, so there’s bound to be a fit for you. I waited until the last two months of my second semester to start going to the library to do work. Turns out, you get way more done when you’re not trying to focus amidst the loud bass, raucous laughter and six people asking you questions about your day – all things that come along with attempting to accomplish work in your dorm. Connect with a professor It’s beneficial to form a close professional relationship with a professor early on – preferably one who specializes in your major or a topic in which you’re interested. When you suddenly need a letter of recommendation in your second semester for a scholarship application or summer internship and have no one to ask, you will wish you went to your professor’s office hours or took the time to ask him why he is passionate about what he teaches. Figure out how to navigate the tunnels
There are multiple ways to get to where you need to go at UB. Explore the tunnels in the fall semester so you don’t have to travel outside in the freezing sleet and snow because you don’t know any other way to get to your classes. I honestly didn’t know you could get from Talbert to O’Brian without walking outside until about three months into my second semester. Sometimes it is faster to go outside (like when you have to run from Alumni to Cooke in 10 minutes), but knowing your inside options is good, too. Exercise It can be very easy to gain weight in college. You spend most of your time running around like a crazy person and, unless you set aside time to work out, you might not get to it. Be committed to staying healthy. Workouts can help you relieve stress, too. Also watch what you eat. When you’re busy, your highest priority might not be counting calories. If you take care of yourself, you will spend less time sick. Lose the fear Go and do something. Don’t sit in your dorm room every weekend with a bag of microwave popcorn and Netflix as your peers meet new people. Make connections and put your name out there for future opportunities. The most important thing I’ve realized in my past year at UB is how fast the time goes. Don’t be scared that others will judge you – take the risk anyway. Email: ammcclur@buffalo.edu
Monday, April 22, 2013 ubspectrum.com
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Life
Don’t stay silent
Student organizations come together to raise awareness for sexual violence ANDREA SAADAN
Staff Writer
Every two minutes, someone in America is sexually assaulted, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Ninety-seven percent of rapists will never spend a day in jail. Last December, a woman in India was gang raped and passed away 13 days after the assault. This had made international headlines and caused a worldwide stir. On Thursday night, five on-campus organizations came together to hold Project Candlelight, which was built because of this tragedy. Sachin Bhargava, a first-year professional MBA graduate student, had initiated the idea of having an on-campus vigil for the victim and to raise awareness about sexual assault at the same time. He and his team of four others, which calls itself UB Professional MBA (PMBA), had approached the Indian Student Association (ISA) for collaboration and the ISA was more than willing to get involved and ended up sponsoring the event. “One of the reasons why ISA really wanted to be a part of this is because we do reach such a large student population and so our main message is … if we are aware of it, we can prevent things from happening,” said Mira Pandya, a senior biological sciences major and president of ISA. “Or if we see something happening we can say something. Basically, we just want to be one step ahead.” Other organizations involved in Project Candlelight included UB Wellness, Gender Institute of UB, UB Men’s Group and UB Alliance. The event started at 7 p.m. and male attendees left colored imprints of their hands on a sheet of paper symbolizing their promise to “not to attack women,” according to Bhargava. Those in attendance also wrote messages on Post-It notes and then took a candlelit walk to Baird Point, where there was a specially prepared bonfire in which they threw their messages Anna Sotelo-Peryea, violence prevention specialist for Wellness Education Services, said the event was a big boost for people suffering in silence and realizing then there are students who care enough to come out and show their support.
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Last Thursday night, UB students held a Project Candlelight event to raise awareness about sexual assault and violence against women worldwide. They walked to Baird Point, lighted by candles, where they threw Post-Its with promises of “not to attack women” written on them into a bonfire.
“One in four college women are sexually assaulted and one in six men are sexually assaulted,” Sotelo-Peryea said. “We want to make sure students are aware of this piece. We want to create an environment that’s safer for each other.” She believes raising awareness on campus can help individuals who have been sexual-
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ly assaulted to realize they’re not alone and there are others who went through what they did. Sotelo-Peryea said she also sees rape as an invisible epidemic that isn’t addressed enough. Eighty-five percent of sexual assaults that occur on campus are by someone the victim knows and it is typically someone that the victim has known for more than a year, according to Sotelo-Peryea. “Sexual violence affects at least a third of our population,” Sotelo-Peryea said. “But nobody wants to talk about it. Nobody wants to think about it. And so this is a crime that often gets ignored.” Eric Schuch, a member of PMBA and a second-year professional MBA graduate student, agrees. He found it difficult to reach out to some people during his attempts at raising awareness of sexual assault. While he had encountered a lot of people who wanted to help, there were others who did not respond positively. “I was surprised to find out how many groups out there that were motivated and really wanted to help … on the other side of it, it was kind of disheartening, too,” Schuch said. “When we were trying to get information out there and spreading awareness and it wasn’t easy. Everybody was so busy with their lives. We had people who really cared and those who had other things to focus on.”
Regardless, the organizers remained unfazed and were determined to spread their message throughout the UB community. The on-campus groups involved in Project Candlelight had a day of extensive marketing on April 5 and they held a bake sale while also spreading awareness by giving out pamphlets and booklets. All proceeds made that day went to EqualityNow, an organization that strives to end violence and discrimination against women and girls worldwide, according to Pandya. Donations were collected on Thursday night during Project Candlelight and are still being accepted by the organizers. Project Candlelight is the brainchild of Bhargava and he wants to make it a part of UB. He hopes for it to take place every year in April and wants “the light to shine for the years to come.” Pandya is confident this will happen. “We did all come by as five great groups that really worked together and spread this message to the UB community,” Pandya said. “Now that we’re all aware, keep spreading the message and don’t stay silent because silence itself is almost ignorance at that point.” Email: features@ubspectrum.com
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Monday, April 22, 2013
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Keep calm and reach on
Founder of Campus Calm to host workshop on perfectionism and stress LYZI WHITE
Life Editor
Maria Pascucci grew up being “the smart kid.” Her role was “the smart one” and she began to base her identity around it. Although her parents didn’t place pressure on her and she wasn’t just a test score to them, Pascucci could not give herself credit for any of her good qualities, except her intelligence. Now, Pascucci is a life coach, author and speaker, helping students so they don’t have to suffer needlessly from problems of striving to be perfect like she did. On Tuesday, from 6:30-8:30 p.m., SBI Health Education will host “Keep Calm … with Maria Pascucci.” The workshop will focus on issues of perfectionism and stress among students, according to Jane Fischer, director of SBI Health Education. After speaking at the Western New York Leadership Conference in February, Pascucci was approached by an attendee. He told her he had been to many leadership conferences that taught him how to get good grades, how to find a good job and how to make money. But Pascucci’s speech was the first one that taught him how to be happy. The goal of the workshop is to help students enjoy the full college experience and lay the foundation for a happy and successful life, Pascucci said. There’s power in sharing truths out loud, Pascucci said, and helping students realize they are not alone in their struggles with stress. “When you develop a happy, strong sense of self and purpose as a leader, you [will be] surprised to find that everything else begins to naturally fall into place,” Pascucci said. The top three life issues that American college students say affect their studies are stress, sleep difficulties and anxiety, according to the latest available figures from the American College Health Association’s College Health Assessment.
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SBI Health Education will be hosting “Keep Calm ... with Maria Pascucci,” on Tuesday, a workshop that will focus on perfectionism and stress amongst students. Pascucci, an award-winning author and speaker, is the founder of Campus Calm, a leadership development and empowerment company that teaches resilience.
Pascucci plans to address these issues. The beginning of the workshop is devoted to exposing one of the fundamental barriers to leadership, health, confidence and resilience – perfectionism. Perfectionism is something she’s struggled with herself. Pascucci was the first in her family to go to college. She was a classic overachiever, she said. She graduated from Canisius College in 2001 at the top of her class, summa cum laude. But honors were not the only things Pascucci graduated with – she also left with stress and anxiety-induced health problems. In 2007, Pascucci founded Campus Calm, a leadership development and empowerment company that strives to teach resilience to college women leaders, according to its website. Pascucci defines resilience as not only the ability to bounce back from challenge, adversity and change, but also the
ability to grow through it. Pascucci also published Campus Calm University, a 10-step blueprint that instructs students to learn about perfectionism and how it can hinder leadership, health and confidence building. Pascucci talks with students from all over the world, some as young as 12 years old, who also suffer from problems of stress and anxiety. There is a line between being a high achiever and an overachiever, Pascucci said. While getting good grades, being engaged in class and being driven by a love of learning is “a wonderful thing,” it becomes a problem when a student begins to sacrifice his or her health. Although Pascucci strives to help students to grow from the inside out, she believes no person can fix another. The workshop doesn’t focus on fixing someone; it’s about helping students work through pressure in a healthy and
empowering way. Eighty-six percent of college students reported feeling overwhelmed by all they had to do in the past 12 months, according to the College Health Assessment. She plans on discussing how students can “lead from a place of authenticity and resilience,” instead of from fear, stress and pressure. It’s important to talk about how perfectionism can lead to anxiety, depression and doubt, according to Pascucci. One of the biggest downfalls of perfectionism, in both students and adults of all ages, is the creation of self-doubt, she said. “I have seen far too many brilliant, talented people with big ideas who hide the truth of who they are for fear of not being good enough,” Pascucci said. Pascucci plans to share stories that speak to the issue of perfectionism. Her professor once told her about a student who dropped a
class because she would not be receiving an A. Although the student loved the class, she didn’t want it to affect her GPA. It’s unfortunate, Pascucci said, when stress and pressure to maintain a high GPA lead to someone missing out on learning. “If you view your college experience as a way to build your unique skills and find out what your sense of purpose in life [is] and not just a way to build your success portfolio as a grade, it becomes exactly what it’s supposed to be – a measure of your knowledge in a particular subject, not a way to gauge your selfworth,” Pascucci said. Pascucci focuses on speaking with college students because her own experiences make her “uniquely relatable to the student market.” In her 20s, Pascucci realized if she could reach students at a young age and help them let go of limiting mindsets, she could better the world for generations. “Letting go of the pressure to be perfect at a young age frees students to lead healthier, happier lives,” Pascucci said. “Should they choose to someday have kids, they’ll be healthier, more resilient parents (or aunts/uncles/role models, etc.), and the cycle of perfectionism will be broken. It may sound idealistic, but I truly believe change happens one choice at a time, one person at a time.” The cause of perfectionism is different for everyone, Pascucci said. For her, it was the label of being “the smart one,” but for others, it could be the influence of a perfectionist household or attending a fiercely competitive high school. To be a happy and healthy college student, Pascucci believes it starts by living a life based on honoring your authentic self. The workshop will be held in 112 Norton, and attendees will receive a free download of Pascucci’s eBook, Campus Calm University. Email: features@ubspectrum.com
Davis Hall’s eco-friendly features earn gold standard TAYLOR BRUNDAGE Staff Writer
Davis Hall, a building that houses the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, opened its doors to students for the first time last May. Its construction was intended to reflect a vision inspired by UB engineers: to become eco-friendly. The building, along with four others at UB, has received a gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). Its “green” features include the use of recycled building materials, methods to prevent storm damage and ventilation systems that conserve energy. “This certification really speaks to me,” said Dan McKinley, a senior mechanical engineering major. “Davis Hall is an example of how sustainable practices don’t have to be costly or cumbersome.” McKinley, the president of UB Engineers for a Sustainable World, contributes directly to this movement. He collaborates with other environmental organizations, builds energy demonstrations and coordinates sustainability events. He said the organization works to reduce humanity’s harmful effects on the environment and helps UB move toward its climate-neutral goal. He considers Davis Hall an active example of the university’s commitment to sustainability. Ryan McPherson, the chief sustainability officer of the Office of Sustainability, said UB’s plan for sustainability is both an environmentally and fiscally smart decision. Davis Hall is climate-neutral; its ventilation system releases more energy than it consumes, which saves the university money. The way the building operates reflects the guiding principles of UB, McPherson said. In addition to constructing all future buildings to a gold standard, McPherson revealed UB is the 11th-largest purchaser of renewable energy in the United States.
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U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) has given Davis Hall a gold certification for its “eco-friendliness.” Some features of the building that led to the recognition were its use of recycled building materials, methods to prevent storm damage and ventilation systems that conserve energy.
He said 35 percent of all energy used at UB comes from wind power. A gold certification is the second-highest recognition to platinum, according to the LEED website. Although being gold certified yields positive results for the environment, there are still some steps to take to reach the platinum level. The solar cells located beside Flint Road are a new method of energy conservation that involves
the recycling of silicon, a more abundant material. Vladimir Mitin, a distinguished professor in electrical engineering, researches the “high-efficient solar cells” and hopes UB will incorporate solar cells in future building construction. He thinks using this technology could make buildings at UB have platinum recognition. McPherson agrees. He said part of UB’s plan is to have every future building constructed at UB achieve
the same gold standard set by Davis Hall. He still believes a lot more can be done to promote a more environmentally sound campus. “We’ve reduced greenhouse emissions by 30 percent, which is amazing,” McPherson said. “But we still need to figure out how to use sources that eliminate more.” McPherson believes Davis Hall’s level of sustainability is much higher than some of the buildings on campus that were constructed be-
fore 1970. He thinks it only makes sense to continue construction in the same direction. “By 2030, this university is committed to having buildings that not only reduce emissions of greenhouse gases but offset those that already do,” McPherson said. McPherson said UB plans to become a completely climate-neutral campus by 2030. Email: news@ubspectrum.com
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ee is chasing his new passion: a career as a motivator. A devout Christian, he wants to capture the sensation he had in the Corolla – that sense of being awakened by God – and pass it on to others. He sees it as a mission. Bigger than football, money or fame. People might think his idea is unrealistic or dismiss him as a bit over the top. They might think again after spending a few minutes with Fred Lee. *** Lee stands out on campus. His muscle-ridden exterior, all 6-foot2, 210 pounds of it, encases the personality of a bubbly politician (he jokingly says he knows 75 percent of UB’s student body). He’s gregarious and gentle – except in the weight room, where he sports a black bandana, barks orders for 10 more pushups and heaves barbells over his head like an Olympic lifter. When he smiles, he shows almost every tooth in his mouth. He has kept his hair faded tight since he let it get a little long in December and his teammates started calling him “Django.” His mustache and goatee mask a baby face. But his hands are easily his most defining characteristic. They’re the biggest hands you’ll ever shake. They span the width of his iPad, on which he is writing a book. In one hand, he can palm a full-sized basketball while clutching five Cheesy Gordita Crunches in the other. In many ways, Lee is the same at Taco Bell as he is on the football field. He focuses on making a burrito concoction with the same intensity he focuses on beating a defensive back. Each process involves methodical precision. He plants his foot in the turf and separates himself from his defender; he fills a taco shell with beef. He attacks the missile-like pass; he shoots Baja sauce from a silver condiment gun. He snags the football with those hands; he blankets the taco in a flatbread shell. He tucks the ball high and tight and sprints for the end zone; he walks to the counter and proclaims, “Order 76!” Touchdown. Cheesy Gordita Crunch. It’s all the same to Fred Lee. “I’m a firm believer that everything you do matters,” Lee said. “The rush of a board full of or-
ders is [comparable to] running out of the tunnel for the home opener. The completion of clearing that board is success in the same way winning the game is success.” At 2 a.m., Lee is handing Baja Blasts out of a drive-thru window. Four hours later, he’s blasting a bench press. His day often begins mere hours after his night has concluded at the Mexican fast-food giant. “Most people don’t understand how I do it,” Lee said. “It’s a long day, but mentally, I can do it.” Before he had saved up enough to buy his ill-fated, now-repaired Corolla in March 2012, Lee rode his bike between campus, the football field and Taco Bell. Bundled in hoodies and parkas, he took on the Buffalo winter with the same ferocity he brings to the weight room. After he calls out an order, he shouts, “Have a nice day!” and hustles back to the assembly line as if his quarterback has just sent him in motion. More tacos to make, more smiles to share, more character to produce. For Lee, it’s all about building character and believing in himself. He learned in high school that any goal is realistic with enough hard work. *** Lee is preparing to enter his final season with the Bulls as the No. 2 receiver behind standout Alex Neutz. In three injury-riddled seasons with minimal playing time, Lee has caught 45 passes for 482 yards and three touchdowns. During the preseason Blue-White scrimmage on Saturday, Lee walked to midfield as one of the captains. But take it back to Chester, S.C., in 2007, and you won’t find the confident, hulking man Lee is today. You’ll find a 15-year-old with really big hands and something to prove. “He always was a go-getter,” said his mom, Jacquelyn, who Lee affectionately calls Mother Dear. Mother Dear always knew those big hands came out that way for a reason. And she always told Lee so, even when he was a scrawny 140-pound sophomore in high school with the dream of playing football at one of the best schools in the state. Lee had never played football before and he was only known around school as That Kid Who Wears Sperrys. Most of the girls’ basketball players could out-lift him.
“The rush of a board full of orders is [comparable to] running out of the tunnel for the home opener. The completion of clearing that board is success in the same way winning the game is success.”
Even the coaches cracked jokes because he fought so hard to lift meager weights. Fred Lee, however, had a feeling he could become a dominant wide receiver. “The good athletes, they despised me being an athlete,” Lee said. “They thought I wouldn’t make it and told me I wasn’t good enough. I was too little. I was weak. At times, I wanted to quit. I wanted to say it wasn’t worth it. I decided to not listen to that voice and just work hard.” So the smallest kid in the weight room made a preposterous announcement: By the time he graduated, he told the athletes, he would be a legend, one of the best to ever play at Chester Senior High School. Nobody but his parents believed him. He ran funny. Slow, too. How, then, would he transform into a football legend? He was unwavering. “While you’re watching me get better,” he told the athletes, “you’re not working. Eventually, one day, I’m going to pass you.” Seven years and 70 pounds of muscle later, his former critics are watching Lee from behind a television screen. He made the JV team that year, but his struggle to make it as a football player was only beginning. *** Lee made varsity as a junior, but he sprained his PCL and tore his MCL, two crucial knee ligaments, in preseason play and had to sit out the whole season. Everything he had worked for – all the late nights in the weight room, all the times he turned away when other players laughed at him – seemed meaningless. No one thought he could come back. Except Lee. He did intense pool workouts throughout the year to rehab his leg. “I would cry because of the workouts my trainer had me do,” Lee said. He knew he was ready by the start of his senior year, and a new coach, Andr’e White, moved him from tight end to wide receiver. Lee wasn’t as fast as the other receivers, but White saw those hands and knew they belonged on the edge. There is an adage in sports: “You can’t teach speed.” Lee is living proof that speed cannot be taught – but it can be earned. White told Lee he had to get faster, so he quit baseball and joined track. He never skipped a workout. After team training, he lifted weights on his own. He caught 200 balls every day after practice. Lee was not attracting attention from recruiters, but White saw Division I potential. “I stayed on his butt like crazy,” White said. “You could see the spark in his eye.” Lee was getting faster. His body was changing. “When he started getting muscles and stuff, I felt so happy for him,” said Jacquelyn, whose motherly instincts made her worry when Lee started playing the full-con-
tact sport. “He was proud of it. It meant something to him. That was his dream, to play football. It really was.” White’s offense passed 90 percent of the time, and Lee amassed eye-grabbing stats. He exploded his senior year, totaling 87 catches, over 1,000 yards and 18 touchdowns to lead the state of South Carolina. He had fulfilled his proclamation. Not everyone was happy, though. The same athletes who had mocked Lee had now grown envious. “They were looking like: ‘Oh, this isn’t fair,’” Lee said. “‘How do you get to do this? I’ve been playing all my life.’ I never boasted in their faces, but that’s how life works: When you sit around thinking you’re just going to make it, that’s when you don’t make it.” *** Still, after Lee had gone from benchwarmer to superstar, from That Kid Who Wears Sperrys to the prom king voted Most Popular in his high school, no Division I recruiters knew his name. He had sat out as a junior, the year recruiters care about most. Then UB stumbled upon him. Former Bulls running backs coach Lee Chambers was scouting South Pointe High School, which boasted a notable quarterback: Stephon Gilmore, now a starting corner for the Buffalo Bills. The stacked South Pointe attack, which included celebrated University of South Carolina D-lineman Jadeveon Clowney, defeated Lee’s team, but Lee had an outstanding game. After the buzzer, South Pointe’s coach told him: “You work hard. You have good character. You’re going to be successful in life.” Lee didn’t think anything of the interaction. A few days later, Chambers walked into Lee’s school. South Pointe’s coach, who noticed Lee had character as big as his hands, told Chambers to recruit him. Former UB head coach Turner Gill flew Lee and his parents into Buffalo. The football program paid for their hotel room, fed them well and showed them around town for a week – a stay that included a tour of the Bills’ facilities in Orchard Park, a big hit with the family.
Lee committed to UB, a school known for its frigid climate that was more than 700 miles from his home. “Initially, I was like: ‘This is crazy. Why am I coming to Buffalo?’ Four years later, I see why,” Lee said. “Right now, you may not understand why it’s happening. Two years from now, 10 years from now, you might be able to see why. But you’ve got to have that faith that right now means something. It could mean something 10 years from now or 10 minutes from now.” Coach White, meanwhile, was overjoyed that his receiver – the earnest young man with the big hands who stayed late in the weight room and persevered through callous taunts – had finally received attention from a Division I institution. “It only takes one school to believe in you, and UB was that school,” White said. To this day, Lee visits White’s teams and gives motivational speeches about the power of hard work. Lee’s parents had wanted him to stay down South, where his family and friends could come watch him play. A number of lower-level South Carolina schools had recruited him. When Lee goes home for breaks, they still try to lure him from UB. But Fred Lee had a feeling about UB. He believed everything in his childhood had prepared him to wear ‘Buffalo’ across his chest. *** Lee’s parents divorced when he was 5, and his mother worked the overnight shift at the Duracell factory in addition to a job at WalMart, so he became the de facto housekeeper. While his siblings would lie around the house, Lee would tidy up so Mother Dear could relax when she got home. “He’d get up and wash dishes,” said his dad, Fred Sr., who could pass as Lee’s twin but with a thick Southern drawl. “He can cook good as a woman can. He took a lot of load off of [Jacquelyn] by keeping the house clean and doing things an ordinary teenager wouldn’t do.” Lee’s sister and four brothers, all older than him, didn’t do laundry or vacuum, but he did.
“He’d get up and wash dishes. He can cook good as a woman can. He took a lot of load off of [his mother, Jacquelyn] by keeping the house clean and doing things an ordinary teenager wouldn’t do.”
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“My brothers made some of the wrong steps and haven’t really been role models,” he said. “I feed off of that. I feel like I’m working for my family, just to be successful. They need that.” His parents always told him he was headed for great things. “People said: ‘If you’re in a single-parent household, you ain’t gonna be successful,’” Jacquelyn said. “But I always told him: ‘No, you’re gonna be successful.’” Jacquelyn said Lee was a busybody as a child, always wanting to go do something and socialize. She saw her son’s curious nature even when he was a baby. At eight months old, when he heard a beep on the oven, he’d always want to know what was inside. His curiosity turned into work ethic. Lee constantly wanted to be around people, so he followed his dad to work. He started assisting Fred Sr.’s automotive business when he was 9. First, Lee just washed cars. Then he started changing tires. Now when he goes home, Lee does brake pads, oil changes and front-end work. Lee said he has never been able to say “No” to someone asking for help, and as a result, he believes the world is resoundingly telling him “Yes.” *** The more Lee thought about the car accident and how he could make an impact with his life, the more he realized he needed to act on his perpetual urge to help people. He’s currently working on his first book, a handbook titled …No Matter What…, which he hopes will inspire others to overcome their inner struggles. He wants people to pick up the manual and find solace – whether they’re suffering from loss, relationship problems or just coffee stains on new khakis. He wants them to find peace, and he’s also starting a motivational-speaking business called Living Life Enhanced. Lee describes his writing/speaking style as inspirational with a spiritual foundation, and his insistent, amiable voice has the potential to sway crowds. Lee said he has received a lot of positive feedback on a sample YouTube video he made titled “Not What You Do But How You Do It,” which runs 24:21. “I never memorize anything,” Lee said. “I don’t believe in reading off the paper, because when you read off the paper, you don’t really say what you feel in that moment.” The first chapter of his book is titled: “It may not be, but it can be done.” Below is an excerpt.
Quitting is a selfish act; making the decision to quit means you are only thinking about yourself. We forget our decisions in life affect a lot more than ourselves. When you quit, you give up on yourself and everyone else who believes in you. We have to remember when we are on this journey of life we aren’t alone. We aren’t living for ourselves. There is always someone believing in you – whether you know it or not. I can remember working at Taco Bell, taking orders on a regular night. It was really busy and I was at the point of giving up and walking out. But I thought in my head: Everyone waiting in line is depending on me and it’s my obligation as the server to make sure they have the best experience of their life. No matter how I felt, I had to make sure they were taken care of. I could have quit – I didn’t need the job at that point – but I knew quitting was the easy way out. Me leaving would have left the crew I was working with short, and the people in line would have had to wait longer for their food. So when you feel like throwing in the towel, think of whom you will let down. As a Division I football player trying to be a great student-athlete and a great manager at Taco Bell, I ask myself daily why I do it. I always look around at my teammates and think about my family, and the answer always comes to mind. I love it. I don’t always like it, but I always love it. It gets really hard sometimes, but I love it. And I know my role on the team matters. My role at Taco Bell matters. My effort in the classroom matters. No matter the facet of life, my role matters. In football, I don’t always get the ball. Sometimes, I have to make a block that no one sees – but that could be the difference between winning and losing. No matter how small or hard or behind-the-scenes your situation may seem, know it matters to your family, friends, roommates, coworkers, or teammates.
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Lee spends 40 hours a week working at the Taco Bell on Maple and Sweet Home Roads. He got the job in 2010, during head coach Jeff Quinn’s first summer at UB, when Quinn made his athletes stay in Buffalo for summer workouts. “I have made an impact on so many people’s lives just through serving tacos,” Lee said.
Lee with his mother, Jacquelyn
Lee with his father, Fred Sr.
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Lee’s locker is a depiction of his life. His Taco Bell hat hangs on one hook across from his UB football helmet. He sports a black bandana (next to hat) when he turns into a drill sergeant in the weight room. His favorite book, Joyce Meyer’s Battlefield of the Mind (bottom left of locker), was a gift from his mom and inspired him to get into motivating people.
Lee said every area of his life ties into his dream – even Taco Bell. “Who I am at Taco Bell will carry over to who I will become when I’m the CEO of Living Life Enhanced,” he said. “I write in the book you have to view every step in life as success because everything you do matters and is a part of who you will be.” When it comes to Taco Bell, people ask him why: Why care so much about a fast-food chain? Why work so much when he has a full scholarship? Kids ask for Lee’s autograph in his South Carolina hometown, and yet he’s happy to serve up Doritos Locos Tacos. It doesn’t bother him to trade his blue-and-white uniform for a purple-and-black polo. He sees Taco Bell the same way he sees everything else – as a training ground. He believes calling out an order can help him learn to call an audible. Memorizing a recipe can help him memorize his playbook. Whether he is pressing a quesadilla or beating press coverage, Lee is fully in the moment. “I wake up every day and I look in the mirror like: ‘I’m here,’” Lee beamed. “Where I am now, I consider this big success. A lot of people, this isn’t it for them. Each step of my life, I consider it important.” Lee got the job in 2010, during head coach Jeff Quinn’s first summer with the team. Quinn made his athletes stay in Buffalo for workouts, and Lee had money for rent and food, but NCAA regulations kept him from having scholarship funds to do much else. While many of his teammates sat around, Lee got a job. “The NCAA does not have any limits on how many hours a student-athlete can work and our rules only state they must receive the going rate for pay,” said Stacey Osburn, an NCAA spokesperson. “In other words, they can’t get paid more money because they are a student-athlete or receive money for work they didn’t perform.” Joy Corbett, Lee’s general manager at Taco Bell, is thankful he sought work. “He’s an amazing worker,” she said. “He’s always working. Never stands around.” Lee has even developed a fan club. Some of his patrons recently brought him a thank-you card. Others came in during Spring Break, while Lee was in Myrtle Beach, and said they would come back to order when Lee returned. “That’s success,” he said. “I have made an impact on so many people’s lives just through serving tacos. “If you’re a custodian, if you’re sweeping the floor, it means something. It means something to the world. If you take pride in what you do at the bottom of life, you’ll always take pride in what you do at the top of life.” *** Lee is translating his experience into a leadership role with UB’s football team. During his first three years at UB (he redshirted his freshman year), Lee showed he had potential, but it wasn’t until he got punched in the face that the casual fans learned his name. The brawl wasn’t Lee’s fault. Tension on the practice field had spilled into the locker room when he stepped in and told his teammates, “Just separate, back up.” Then star linebacker Khalil Mack threw a punch that inadvertently hit Lee in the face. UB suspended Mack for the first game of the season, a 4523 loss at Georgia Sept. 1. “Khalil just made a mistake,” said Lee, who describes Mack as one of his closest friends and said Mack cuts his hair for free. “He acted out of anger and rage. After the incident, I told him: ‘I don’t hate you for it. Do I wish it wouldn’t have happened? Yeah, but everybody makes mistakes and I’m not going to ruin our friendship over a mistake.’ I know that’s not the type of person he is.” Lee had expected his junior year of 2012, in which he had finally earned a starting spot, to be his breakout season. Shortly after the fight, he broke his hand in the Bulls’ 56-34 win over Morgan State Sept. 8. Six days later, Lee and his best friend Striggles decided to shop for dinner – you won’t believe your taste buds if you try Lee’s Southern-style meatloaf and mashed potatoes – and climbed into Lee’s Corolla with Striggles at the wheel. They tuned the stereo to Donell Jones, Lee’s favorite R&B singer. He knows every word to every song. Then it came: The Feeling. The 16-year-old’s car slammed into the driver’s side door. The mangled metal pressed inside the Corolla but miraculously stopped at Striggles’ leg. “It was literally touching my leg,” Striggles said, mouth agape, still in shock. Continued on next page
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“Is God trying to tell me I shouldn’t be playing here?” Lee asked Striggles later in their apartment. He couldn’t believe a fight, a broken hand, a separated shoulder and a car accident had marred what he expected to be The Year of Fred Lee. “Do I need to go back home?” Just like in high school, Lee wanted to quit. He wanted to say it wasn’t worth it. But just like in high school, he channeled his frustration into determination. He knew something had happened in that car. In those excruciatingly long seconds anticipating the blackness, he felt oddly alive. The Feeling had spoken to him, and it was time to reply. *** He resolved he would salvage The Year of Fred Lee. It would be a year of healing and moving forward – both for himself and for others. And Fred Lee had a feeling he could make it happen...no matter what. Trainers told him he would miss the whole season. Teammates told him he should give his injuries time to heal. He told them he’d see them on the field. “People would look at him and laugh because they told him he wouldn’t come back in time, and he kept saying: ‘I’m coming back. I’m going to play. I’m going to make an impact,’” Striggles said. “He would make little progressions day by day. One day, he came out of the tunnel just screaming. Everyone’s looking like, ‘Where’s your yellow jersey?’ And he was like, ‘I’m back!’” Lee returned for the last five games of the season and made 15 catches for 248 yards and a touchdown while he began to assert himself as a leader. At UB, he has packed on 33 pounds in the weight room and slashed his 40-yard dash time from 5.0 to 4.5 to earn the self-given moniker “Fast Freddie.”
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“Fred’s what I call a 100-mile-an-hour guy,” said Alex Wood, UB’s wide receivers’ coach. “He doesn’t know how to do it any other way.” Head coach Quinn knew Lee was special the first day they met. Quinn said he expects to one day enter UB’s Center For the Arts to hear Lee speak. The accident remade Lee, both as an athlete and as a man. *** Now, when his teammates go out and party, Lee – ever the socialite – will share laughs and dance, but he always makes sure he has the keys and everyone gets home safe. They call him a natural drunk because he’s always high on life. His teammates tell him he has an old spirit. He says he takes pride in protecting his friends. We are all Fred Lee. We grew up with some goal, some aspiration, that society deemed unfeasible. Some wanted to become an astronaut, others an actress. Lee wanted to become a football player, and when people told him he couldn’t do it, he didn’t listen. He has never been interested in what society considers realistic. He defines his reality. Lee might never be a New York Times bestselling author, might never establish himself as a well-known motivational speaker and reach the millions he dreams of inspiring. He might not have a great senior year and make an all-conference team, might have to settle for shooting sour cream onto Cheesy Gordita Crunches. People might doubt him. They might even laugh. Then again, they always have. Let them. He doesn’t mind. He has something they can’t fathom. It is heightened. It is focused. It is alive. Fred Lee has a feeling. Email: aaron.mansfield@ubspectrum.com
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(Above) Senior economics major Phil Dreisin, Paddy Donnelly and Nathan Bakowski perform as Heady Yetis at UB Jam Club’s 4/20 Concert Saturday inside Fillmore Lecture Hall.
Introductory Space-Funk 101: Higher learning Aqueous rocks UB Jam Club’s lecture hall concert With well over 100 attendees at Staff Writer some points, the Fillmore lecture hall was completely packed. Ev danced and boogied along It was a cold and dreary day for eryone rows and stairways of the classa 4/20 celebration. Snow flurried the chalk still on the board from down periodically, and the wind room, Friday lecture. The cold and mismade it uncomfortable to stand aerable weather wasn’t even close to outside. The UB Jam Club’s 4/20 a setback as Aqueous played for alConcert, which was originally set to most three hours, completely imhappen hillside in front of Clem- mersed in their element. ens Hall, was relocated to Ellicott “It’s kinda weird,” Loss said, reComplex’s Fillmore Hall in a last ferring to the lecture hall relocaminute turn of events. kind of sweet at the same That didn’t stop Jam Club bands tion. “It’s Evan [McPhaden], our bass Heady Yetis, Assortment of Cray- time. actually had a couple classons, Rochester-based psychedel- player, here, like geology, so it’s probaic-funk band, Haewa and Buffa- es lo-based funk-jam band Aqueous bly extra weird for him.” Fans watched fewer than five from putting on the greatest lecture feet from Aqueous as they tore it in psychedelic space-funk history. up with solos, song af“It’s a fun day; it’s a cool day,” ter song,incredible even dropping a cover said David Loss, guitarist, pianist of “Waterfalls” by TLC, which the and vocalist of Aqueous. “It’s a day crowd loved and sang along to. For to get together and party and play a lecture hall, the sound quality was music,” astounding, all thanks to SA production manager Chris Noll.
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Regardless of the fun and music, “4/20” still retains a negative stigma. For many, 4/20 is known as a day to partake in the consumption of cannabis and other substances and to celebrate the associated subcultures that have developed around the drug. “It depends on how you want to look at it,” Loss said. “Some people don’t really understand. They see a bunch of… hippies smokin’ weed. But it’s just a stigma.” For the members of the UB Jam Club and students at UB, 4/20 is something more reflective and profound. This is the fourth and most successful year for the 4/20 festivities at UB. Elyse Brown, a UB alumna who returned to campus to enjoy the festivities, believes there is more value to the 4/20 holiday than simply enjoying marijuana. “It’s definitely a day to celebrate smoking weed, but it’s also a day to celebrate just being together and having a lot of fun,” Brown said.
“I hope [this] does start a tradition here. We’ve had it going for four years now [and] there’s been a 4/20 celebration on campus every year. I think it’s a really good message and I hope it continues.” For other students like junior biology and psychology major Meg Camanzo, 4/20 presents the opportunity to trade homemade goods and make a bit of money. At the event, Camanzo sold beautifully handcrafted glassware and jewelry that she has been making for about a year and a half. Patty Donnelly, bass player for Heady Yetis, considered 4/20 to connect more to art and subculture. “[4/20 is] more associated with the creative side of the spectrum,” Donnelly said. “Music is always a part of stoner culture.” Adrien D’Angelo*, emcee for the event, believes 4/20, while complex in meaning, is fortunately becoming much more accepted in the mainstream.
“What’s cool is [seeing 4/20] being accepted more and more,” D’Angelo said. And people are beginning to understand that this isn’t just a bunch of kids getting f**ked up and being irresponsible. So if 4/20 is anything, it’s an expression. It’s something that’s growing and evolving. So although many on the outside looking in would consider April 20 a day for illegal activities, everyone in attendance on Saturday agreed on one positive and common element in regards to the holiday: live music. Getting together, meeting new people, sharing arts, crafts, insight and humor and inundating oneself in a collective positivity helped a gloomy Saturday turn into a quite memorable 4/20. Email: arts@ubspectrum.com
*Adrien D’Angelo was formerly photo editor at The Spectrum.
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A testament that believers never die
Fall Out Boy returns with fifth studio album
Scarcello finished one for three on the day with one RBI and two walks. Behind freshman Ben Hartz, the Bulls were able to hold off the Golden Flashes. Hartz pitched a career-high five innings, while striking out five batters to seal the victory. “Hartz was great yesterday,” Torgalski said. “[The staff] just keeps on stepping up.” The momentum from Saturday’s win carried into the final two games of a three-game series as both teams battled for sole possession of first place in the conference. Deadlocked with three runs apiece, the Bulls got a much-needed sacrifice fly from junior pitcher and infielder Mike Burke, allowing them to take the lead for good. McWilliams would come on for two innings, giving up one hit while striking out two, which awarded Buffalo the conference series victory.
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Artist: Fall Out Boy Album: Save Rock and Roll Release Date: April 16 Label: The Island Def Jam Music Group Grade: B2006 is back with a vengeance. For the past few weeks, the iTunes charts have been dominated by Justin Timberlake’s The 20/20 Experience, Paramore’s new self-titled album and now Fall Out Boy’s Save Rock and Roll. The once young fans of these artists are now college-aged or older and have obviously held onto their middle school memories. When Fall Out Boy announced the end of its “indefinite” hiatus, the band almost gave its “believers” heart attacks. The Internet went into tears with the single and music video for “My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up),” a list of tour dates and a release date for Save Rock and Roll. With this much anticipation building among fans, the emo pop-punk group decided the May release was simply too far away. The 11-track, 41-minute album is mildly disappointing considering the extensive waiting period fans were forced to endure. Save Rock and Roll, while infusing different sub genres of rock music, isn’t the same Fall Out Boy we awkwardly danced to at high school spring flings. Complete with a string quartet, the anthem-like track “The Phoenix” opens the disappointingly short album on a solid note. Patrick Stump’s staccato cries for listeners to “put on your war paint,” while evolving into glorious high notes in the chorus, proving why Fall Out Boy is still relevant. As always, bassist Pete Wentz’s lyrical genius is present. Save Rock and Roll excels in lyrical and vocal content. The album continues on its warpath with “My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up).” Stomping beats and Stump’s rhythmic “rapping” add to gang vocals to make “Light Em Up” infectious. It was a smart decision for Fall Out Boy to release the track as
Continued from page 12: Baseball “He spends seven to eight innings during the game eating food on the bench,” Torgalski said. “And then when we tell him to go down and warm up, it takes him about 30 seconds, and he’s ready to go. In the later game, Burke went eight-and-two-thirds innings and gave up just two runs before being relieved by McWilliams. The Bulls will host Big 4 rival Niagara (12-26, 7-7 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) on Tuesday, in hopes to keep their winning streak alive. “I told these guys we’ve got to take it one game at a time and grind it out,” Torgalski said. “We can’t expect to show up at the park and think teams are going to lay down because we’re there.” First pitch is slated for 3 p.m. at Amherst Audubon field. Email: sports@ubspectrum.com
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the first single to mark its comeback. The lengthy song title keeps the band’s old feel alive, while the new sound pushes through comfort zones. The song itself, however, marks a lull in the album. “Alone Together” and “Where Did The Party Go” possess the same qualities as most Fall Out Boy songs: relatable lyrics, Stump’s recognizable voice and catchy choruses that will line your newsfeed on Facebook. However, the gang vocals and same punchy bass lines become monotonous. Expectations were high for this album, but it seems Fall Out Boy ran out of creativity in the instrumental department. The clapping and gang vocals in “Just One Yesterday” is reminiscent of “Rolling In The Deep” by Adele at the opening chords. “Death Valley” and “Young Volcanoes” are perhaps the best two tracks on the entire album. “Death Valley” showcases Stump’s falsetto with those infectious choruses and a surprise electronic ending, while “Young Volcanoes” takes a more indie approach, complete with a ukulele. Interestingly, the most outlandish attempts actually worked for Fall Out Boy.
Out of the three tracks that have guest vocalists, “Save Rock and Roll” with Elton John is the standout. “The Mighty Fall” with Big Sean and “Rat a Tat” with Courtney Love fail to impress. Fall Out Boy attempted different rock genres in these tracks, which is commendable. However, they were average at best. “Save Rock and Roll” offers a sample of “Chicago Is So Two Years Ago” from 2003’s Take This To Your Grave to offer some nostalgia. The line “Oh no, we won’t go/ We don’t know when to quit,” closes out the album on a note of hopefulness for another album. Save Rock and Roll isn’t another From Under The Cork Tree or Take This To Your Grave. The members of Fall Out Boy have matured and so has their sound. Regardless of critical reception, all of the band’s tour dates are selling out and Fall Out Boy is ruling the charts once again thanks to the diehards. Long live the car crash hearts. Email: arts@ubspectrum.com
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Continued from page 12: Tennis Junior Tanvi Shah was the first to open the singles victories, winning 6-3 and 6-1. Also seeing wins were junior Miranda Podlas and freshman Gopika Kapoor. Kapoor clinched the victory for Buffalo after going into a tiebreaker, in which she won 7-6. As the team moved east to Toledo, changes were made to the opening doubles lineup before the team hit the court. Riding high on her success from the previous day, Kapoor joined Podlass at the No. 1 team, while Shah moved down to play with junior Marta Stoyanova at two. Fernandez and junior Anamaria Candanoza filled out the final team. “That was a morning of decision,” Ortman said. “Something wasn’t working and something needed to change. So we just thought, ‘What can we lose here?’ We’re not being successful with what we’re doing, so something’s gotta give.”
The shuffle seemed to work in favor of the Bulls who swept the Rockets in doubles, starting off the day with the critical doubles point. Though the momentum was in favor of the Bulls, they were not guaranteed an easy run into singles matchups. The first matchup ended with a victory to Toledo’s Pia Rygh, who powered over Podlas in two dominating sets, winning each 6-1. The loss was only Podlas’ sixth of the season. After Podlas’ fall, however, the team rallied to behind her as Fernandez and senior Tamara Markovic won their respective matches. Markovic clinched the match with a 6-3 and 6-2 win. The Bulls will play their last game of the regular season on Friday against Akron (17-9, 5-3 MAC), finishing off conference play before heading into the tournament. Matches start at 2 p.m. in Ohio. Email: sports@ubspectrum.com
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HOROSCOPES Monday, April 22, 2013 FROM UNIVERSAL UCLICK
ACROSS 1 Lifeline locale 5 Hit, in show biz 9 Diet ad caption 14 Eye layer 15 Racetrack fence 16 Trombone piece 17 Ne'er-do-wells 20 Mount of Exodus 21 ATM maker bought by AT&T 22 Tiny protest 23 Fancy fabric 26 Retain 28 Ermine, in summer 30 Go by, as time 34 Bar requirements 37 Neck of the woods 39 Haughty look 40 What practicing every day makes one 44 Become unnavigable in winter 45 It's written at the top of the list 46 Dash lengths 47 Depressing state of affairs 49 Vowed again, say 52 Bookish one 54 Come up with, as a plan 57 Rent-a-car option 60 Never say this
62 Host 64 Put this to impress people 68 Packaged hay 69 It's seen in many Christmas specials 70 Pelvic bones 71 Verdugo or Kagan 72 One Marx 73 Abound
DOWN 1 Short-muzzled dogs 2 Stay away from 3 Hotelier Helmsley 4 They head houses of ill repute 5 Term of endearment, for a frat boy 6 You'll need to get it into your scull 7 "Huckleberry ___" 8 Shepherd's charge 9 Cigar residue 10 Impudent 11 Pitchfork prong 12 Move cautiously 13 Breathing-related (abbr.) 18 Formal decree 19 Cherry or lemon, e.g.
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24 Eagles may do it 25 Gold purity unit 27 Otherwise 29 Kind of sax or singer 31 Rose that had spikes 32 Appear 33 Makes a blunder 34 Footnote abbr. 35 Like the Chrysler Building design 36 Hobo concoction, in stereotypes 38 Produced a sum 41 Light-bulb filament metal 42 Fencer's blade 43 Heavyweight champ after Holyfield 48 Change, as the decor 50 Always 51 Blockhead 53 Stand in the mall? 55 Post office device 56 Creepy 57 Monastery resident 58 Piccata meat 59 ___ of Capri
61 Volcano that blew its stack in 2002 63 Asner's cheese choice? 65 Consumer's protective agcy. 66 Supporting 67 It's said to be wise
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- You won't find it easy making up your mind today, as the choices that are presented to you are all likely to prove attractive. GEMINI (May 21June 20) -- The reasons you have for doing a certain thing are yours and yours alone. Don't be too quick to change your outlook when faced with hardship. CANCER (June 21July 22) -- What you are doing may seem to invite others to behave in ways that do not sit well with you, but in fact they are acting independently. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- You know how to practice what you preach, and today is a very good day to do just that. You're expected to be in the right place at the right time.
VIRGO (Aug. 23Sept. 22) -- It's a good day to treat another with the very same respect with which you wish to be treated. Fair for one is fair for all. LIBRA (Sept. 23Oct. 22) -- A decision you only recently made may not be sitting well with you; it's not too late to change it -- provided you have loyal support. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- You must be willing to reveal everything today when the time is right -- and you'll know when that time comes without a shadow of a doubt. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- You're in need of a little more security today; feeling safe, indeed, will enable you to branch out in a new and exciting way.
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Alexa Strudler, The Spectrum
The Blue team won Saturday’s annual Blue-White scrimmage 17-3 in frigid temperatures. Buffalo can now begin the countdown to the first game of the season, which will be at Ohio State – likely to be ranked No. 1 in the country – on Aug. 31.
Old, new faces shine in annual Blue-White Game BEN TARHAN Sports Editor When senior linebacker Khalil Mack watched senior running back Branden Oliver muff a punt for the White team, giving the Blue squad the ball on the White 20-yard line, one thought went through his head: He wanted to fight Oliver, his training partner and one of his closest friends. “He told me it’s kind of difficult being back there and seeing the wind and all that type of stuff taking effect, and it was a windy day,” Mack said. “He knows that I won’t accept him dropping the punt.” Saturday’s annual Blue-White Game, which the Blue team won 17-3, featured some unique situ-
ations for the Bulls. Aside from competing against their own teammates, players switched sides midgame, creating confusion and some odd conditions. The weather was also less than ideal at UB Stadium, with temperatures in the high 30s, strong winds and even snow at times. It felt more like November than April. Head coach Jeff Quinn had Oliver and sophomore running back Devin Campbell return the majority of the punts throughout the game for both teams, despite their taking offensive snaps with the Blue team. The stat sheet featured some other anomalies, as multiple players racked up stats for both sides. Sophomore running back An-
thone Taylor played the entire first half with the White team, before coming out in the second half in a blue jersey. Senior quarterback Alex Zordich took snaps for both teams and freshman tight end Mason Schreck caught passes for both sides as well. Sophomore punter Tyler Grassman was among the players who saw the most playing time. Grassman was the punter for both teams, punting the ball 14 times for a total of 580 yards. Because the Bulls were competing against each other, there was at least one prideful confrontation after the game. In the second half, sophomore tight end Matt Weiser broke away from junior Blake Bean on a route
up the middle and sophomore quarterback Joe Licata led Weiser perfectly down the field for a 42yard touchdown. “Blake Bean was in the locker room yelling at me for picking on him for the touchdown to Matt Weiser,” Licata said. “I had to apologize to him because he is my teammate, but we were going against him.” Some unexpected players owned the day. Taylor, who redshirted last season while recovering from a knee injury, was the second-leading rusher for both sides, totaling 68 yards. Weiser and Schreck also had impressive performances. Weiser had three catches for 71 yards, including the touchdown reception. Schrek had three catches for 20 yards.
Women’s tennis clinches MAC Tournament berth
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After knocking off Eastern Michigan 4-3 to keep their tournament berth alive, Tanvi Shah (above) and the Bulls outlasted Toledo 6-1 to clinch a berth in the MAC Tournament.
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The Bulls captured their first conference series win against Kent State since 2009. Jason Kanzler (above) and the Bulls are few games away from the school’s Division I record in wins (23).
Staff Writer
After having a strong start to the season, the women’s tennis team had a worrying losing skid, driven by injury and bad luck. The Bulls (13-4, 4-4 Mid-American Conference) came out with two wins over the weekend against key MAC rivals, grinding out a 4-3 win over Eastern Michigan (9-13, 4-4 MAC) on Friday and a one-sided 6-1 victory over Toledo (8-11, 2-4 MAC) on Saturday, earning them a spot in the MAC Tournament. The weekend started with difficulty as the bulls took on Eastern Michigan in Yipsilanti, Mich. The Eagles came out ready to compete, sweeping the doubles point and limiting Buffalo to only 14 of a possible 24 points. Despite losing the doubles point, Bulls’ head coach Kristen Ortman doesn’t let the team dwell on a loss, which allowed them to be successful in singles play. “You only have 10 minutes between doubles and singles and you just have to talk it out,” Ortman said. “Put it behind you; you can’t do anything about it, so it’s only worth one point. You have six other points coming up and you just have to move forward. You have to be in the present.”
Missing from the action were senior wide receiver Fred Lee and senior tight end Alex Dennison. Lee is recovering from a concussion. Dennison has been nursing a knee injury all spring and has been limited in his practice reps. The Bulls only graduated three starters last season and have found a plethora of weapons to fight for playing time on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball. Buffalo can now begin the countdown to the first game of the season, which will be at Ohio State – likely to be ranked No. 1 in the country – on Aug. 31. Kickoff time has yet to be announced.
Don’t wake the sweeping Bulls Bulls sweep Kent State in weekend conference series JOE KONZE JR
Senior Sports Editor
As senior pitcher River McWilliams struck out the last batter to end the final game of a home conference series on Sunday, the baseball team charged the mound to celebrate its weekend sweep over a Mid-American Conference foe. The Bulls (20-16, 10-4 MAC) won all three games against Kent State (19-18, 9-5 MAC), including a win on Saturday that snapped a 12-game losing streak dating back to 2009 against the Golden Flashes. “This is awesome,” said head coach Ron Torgalski. “To be out here and playing quality teams and getting wins each weekend and I’m happy for the kids and for the program. We are just finding ways to win right now.”
After falling behind early in the fourth inning on Saturday, Buffalo was able to generate runs in four consecutive innings (sixth through ninth) to earn the victory – tying the team for first place in the MAC. With the bases loaded, senior infielder Mike Scarcello had a groundout that led to an RBI, allowing a run to cross the plate for the win in the bottom of the ninth. “It’s comforting knowing there is only one out,” Scarcello said. “Because you have a lot of different things you do. You’re looking for a deep fly ball or anything but most importantly you have to make contact. So once it got in that 1-1 count, I shortened up and the pitch kind of beat me but I was fortunate enough to put it in the right spot.” SEE BASEBALL, PAGE 10