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OPINION

Editorial Board Editor in Chief Andrew Wiktor

The Memories

Managing Editors Luke Hammill, senior Amanda Woods

ANDREW WIKTOR Editor in Chief

Living on South Campus freshman year, however, was the best decision I never made. Although UB alums told me to switch to North, I ignored their advice – mostly because I was too lazy to request a switch – and it worked out for the best.

News Editors Lauren Nostro, senior David Weidenborner Dannielle O’Toole, asst.

It’s the memories – not the education – that make college a worthwhile experience. My freshman year feels like just yesterday, and it was a great precursor to the last four years.

Every day I would come home from class and find my room unlocked.

Inside, a friend would be laying on my bed, another sitting at my desk, and three or four playing video games.

Investigative Reporter Amanda Jonas

Pritchard, MacDonald and Schoellkopf Halls all look better from the outside, and that’s not saying much. They also made living in Goodyear Hall seem luxurious, despite our repulsive, Lysol-sprayed bathroom, ancient workout gym with broken windows, and grotesque kitchens that smelled like international potluck dinners at all hours of the day.

Did we ever lock our door that year?

Probably not, and it came back to bite us in the ass this year when we caught two teenagers burglarizing our apartment. But that’s a story for another time.

Arts Editors James Twigg, senior Jameson Butler Vanessa Frith, asst.

Life Editors Jennifer Harb, senior Mike Tyson, asst.

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Over the last four years, I’ve sat in Knox lecture halls, Clemens classrooms, and Capen cubicles – in front of renowned professors, starving grad students, and computer screens – all for the purpose of learning things. And I’ve learned a lot; for one thing, a preposition is a bad choice to end a sentence with.

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When I was in the fourth grade at home in Brooklyn, our teacher asked us to write a journal entry about the one place in the world we would love to visit.

I picked Buffalo.

My teacher was flabbergasted. In giant red marker-scrawled letters, she commented at the bottom of the page: “You know it’s very COLD in Buffalo, don’t you?”

I didn’t know much about Buffalo at the time. The only reason why I picked Buffalo was because my aunt, uncle and cousins had recently moved there, and I missed them already. I had only heard about the “icebox” weather and “snowpocalypses.” I envisioned Buffalo residents crawling through snow tunnels to get around. I didn’t even

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As I am leaving UB and entering the next phase of my life, I feel like this is the perfect opportunity to admit to a few things and apologize to the appropriate people, because frankly, it’s too late now for the university to stop me from graduating, and I could use a little good karma.

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My freshman year at UB I was walking through the bus loop after an early morning crew practice, and got hit full speed by a car.

Graduation Blues

so it’s normal to feel some degree of pressure, anxiety, and even slight depression.

DANNIELLE O'TOOLE

Of course we knew this time would come, and that the legitimate reason we attend college is to eventually find a career and a comfortable lifestyle, but when do we really acknowledge this purpose?

Asst. News Editor Is this seriously my last week of college classes? If you’re like me, someone who loved college, saying goodbye isn’t easy.

When I spot a UB lanyardwearing freshmen looking frazzled in the Union, I can’t help but feel envious about the remaining years they have left to enjoy being students. I know I’m not alone here.

Senior year marks the process of starting a new and more independent phase of our lives,

It seems to me that the primary reason most people decide to go away to college is to have a good time, and this basis clouds our acceptance of what comes next.

My second choice when first deciding where to pursue my undergraduate degree was SUNY Albany. Being from the Upstate area, I could have eas-

LETTER TO THE EDITOR “Practice Democracy in the University” Dear Editor Two weeks ago graduate students voted to maintain the GSA mandatory fee and to increase it by 20%. We voted in favor of that bad word: tax.

The federal and state budget “crises” hinge on that prohibited word: mutilate the body of social spending with budget cuts, and break

Thinking back, the RAs didn’t like us much. We were always loud and hardly sober, and we used to borrow the lounge furniture when

My friend Person #52339794 isn’t graduating this May because he fell a little behind after spending a semester in Spain. But that will allow him to continue a club he started at UB (Literature for Miniatures) that is dedicated to spending time in inner-city elementary schools, helping struggling students with their reading and writing skills.

Person #64455164 wants to be a dentist, and he’s going to Africa this summer to clean natives’ teeth.

That’s pretty righteous, and I know he’ll be great at it, but I think he’s way too cool of a person for the

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After walking out of Goodyear Hall with empty backpacks, showing the Tops’ staff our fake IDs, stuffing the 30-racks into our now-full bags, and sneaking back into the room, we’d still have to rearrange the furniture to set up beer pong and make sure we didn’t leave any shoes in the hallway as to attract RAs.

My best friend here, Person #89230059, will be a Ph.D. student at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute after he graduates. I couldn’t be more proud of him, even though it will always sound funny to me when people eventually refer to him as Doctor.

I also owe a great deal of thanks to the amazing people who I’ve had the pleasure of knowing at UB. Each has helped guide me on my journey through not only school, but life as well.

AMANDA WOODS Managing Editor

Drinking was a process as well.

medical way of life.

This is a kid whose high-pitched young voice was the ultimate punchline to the goofy raps we used to make in middle school.

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Easy as it was most of the time, Marie, the veteran Campus Dining Services employee, would always catch the forgetful culprit and lecture him for a few minutes, staring him in the eyes, giving him the wrath of guilt for his smokey memory.

I’d like to take this opportunity to mention a few of those people, the individual things that they’ve accomplished here at UB, and the unique things that they’re going on to do. I am limited by time and space, so please don’t be offended if I’ve missed you.

But the one subject that I’ve learned the most about, by far, is myself, and UB has helped me do that by catering to my personal needs.

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Getting into dinner was always an adventure. Inevitably, someone would leave his UB card in my room, would be too lazy to run back upstairs to get it, and have to James-

Bond sneak into the dining hall for a delicious bowl of cereal.

His real calling is as a professional beatboxer, dance choreographer, magician, trumpet player, and interior decorator, all at the same time.

Don’t doubt this; I resolve to make it happen.

It’s a great club that I have recently been a part of, and I encourage everyone to join. After seeing my friend’s passion for the club, I know he’ll be a great teacher one day, if he can get a ride to school.

Those are just a few of the people I know who are going on to do spe-

know the University at Buffalo existed.

really, it wasn’t too painful – even though they lost.

I don’t believe in coincidences, and I think that childhood journal entry was an indication that I was meant to be here at UB.

As a Catholic committed to keeping my faith alive in college, it wasn’t long before I found faith-based communities. The Newman Center soon became my faith home away from home. I sang at Student Masses, refueled and socialized at Wednesday night dinners, attended retreats, and served on alternative spring break trips. Father Pat recently told me that he is going to cry when I leave, and my response was “me too.”

My greatest anxiety about beginning at UB was that I wouldn’t be able to find my niche – a community that I fit into on a campus of nearly 20,000. I longed for a support system, and, to my surprise, I found several – both at UB and in the surrounding community.

My Uncle Anthony and Aunt Dawn, living only 10 minutes away from North Campus, were my first support system. From day one, they gave me keys to their home and told me that I could call or visit any time.

They invited me for holidays when I didn’t go home, and filled this hungry college student with a generous amount of good food. They introduced me to the world of Buffalo sports; my cousins’ schedules were jam-packed with baseball, football, and hockey games. I watched my first Sabres game with them, and

As I trudged in my grey headto-toe sweatpants in front of a Stampede bus moments earlier, I glanced over my left shoulder to see a car heading right toward me. I smashed against the front of the car and saw my life, short as it was, flash before my eyes.

Lucky for me, the accident happened at a prime time on North Campus. That was sarcasm, in case you didn’t catch it.

As a frantic bus driver, who witnessed the accident, shouted “Hell nah, dat did not just happen” at the top of her lungs, and five UB Police Department cars blocked off the bus loop, I was carted away on a stretcher and into an ambulance as hundreds of students entered the Student Union just in time to

ily commuted and saved massive amounts of money on food, room, and board. However, if I had made this choice, I might not have had such an awesome time at college or learned the most important lessons, ones that can’t be taught inside a classroom.

In college, you don’t have your parents or teachers nagging you to complete an assignment and stay on track; this is up to you. As a serious procrastinator, learning self-discipline and how to manage my workload was a skill that took time and practice.

Had I never moved to Buffalo, only down the line would I have learned vital apartmenthunting skills and survival

the collective bargaining rights of public unions on the premise that “we’re broke,” but don’t dare speak of a new tax. A tax: a try, an effort, not a punishment. Politics is a matter of aesthetics, of word play.

Taxing. This is taxing. This fee is taxing. To pay this fee will be taxing. If the subject of “to tax” is an object (‘this’), the result of the taxing is a goal achieved. If the subject of “to tax” is a subject (‘they’), the result of the taxing is punitive, the Other’s punishment, not the other’s benefit. This is realistic, if fallacious.

There are almost half a million students in the SUNY system. As students, we play a very important role in society, we should be idealists and advocate for more than the “realistic.” Global warming is realistic. Increased tuition is realistic. Increased income disparity is realistic.

Because of the fee increase, GSA will be offering ~39% more Mark Diamond Research Fund grants. MDRF Director Sierra AdareTasiwoopa ápi is collaboratively designing a new application for funding thesis/dissertation work in the Humanities. This application will complement the existing applica-

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship helped me view my faith in a new light – not only as something personal, but also as something to share. And yes, I can be a “contagious Christian.”

I learned that I wasn’t just another number at UB. A few dedicated professors have advised and mentored me one-on-one, encouraging me to become the student, writer and person I hoped to become.

friends would sleep over so they had a “comfortable” couch to sleep on. The next day, a sign would read: “Do NOT Remove Lounge Furniture!”

Oh, those were the days.

Stumbling home from parties in the Heights; trekking through the winter snow, burning because it was so cold; passing back IDs to get into the bar; running the basketball courts Friday nights at Clark Hall; and attending class when it fit into our schedules.

Unrightfully, but thankfully so, we all ended up with GPAs over 3.0 and memories that we’ll never forget (although we don’t remember parts of many of the nights).

cial things after graduating, each different from the other. If I had more space, I’d give you a bunch of other stories, and I’m sure you and your friends are the same way – each having accomplished a great deal, each going on to do something unique.

Before I end my last column (and be done wasting your time forever), I have to mention a few others.

To this year’s Spectrum staff: it’s cliché but true when I say that joining the newspaper was the best thing I did while in college. It has been a pleasure working with all of you, and I hope to always stay in touch.

More than any article or column I wrote or any late night or rough day in the office, I will remember the friends I made this year.

(To non-Spectrum people reading this: join the paper next year! Person #12285659 is going to be a fantastic editor in chief!)

ism, and I faced a personal challenge – my stuttering – head-on for the first time. He went above and beyond his teaching responsibilities to make sure nothing held me back from becoming the journalist I have the potential to be. He has always been on the sidelines cheering me on, encouraging me to let my voice be heard.

Before I began at college, many people told me that these four years would be a chance to “come out of my shell.” Little did I know that I would not only come out of that shell, but stomp on it and shatter it into pieces. The support of the National Stuttering Association Buffalo chapter members has helped me to finally be able to speak (and write) openly about my stuttering.

With the guidance of my first journalism instructor, Charles Anzalone, I became passionate about journal-

The story of my experience at UB would be incomplete without talking about my time at The Spectrum.

The road from a timid news desk staff writer to a managing editor was not an easy one – hunting down sources, covering stories on production days with only hours to crank them out, and, most recently, stay-

witness the most embarrassing moment of my life.

That was actually me, and thankfully, I am not dead yet.

I remember realizing just how bad the situation was when the paramedic forcibly strapped me down and offered me a blanket.

I would also like to apologize to the men’s crew team. Although it was initially your stupidity in allowing someone who could not swim nor drive a car to steer one of your fancy boats, it was my bad for ruining your boat (twice) and for putting your lives in danger. I think I cost you guys about $20,000 in damage. For this I am sorry.

At first, I rejected the offer because I was already hot enough from the seven layers I was wearing from crew practice that morning.

Then I reconsidered my original answer and said, “Yes, I would love a blanket. Put it over my face please.”

So I would like to publically take this opportunity to apologize to the all the students who thought they saw a corpse getting wheeled out of the loop.

skills. Special emphasis on survival, as I have resided in the shaky “University Heights” for the past two years.

Making friends at college is also a completely unique experience; this is the time in our lives where we are growing as adults. With UB having a mixture of students from all over the world, we have the opportunity to make connections with people based on shared interests, rather than just shared hometowns.

The college experience changes our thinking and our way of handling situations and, after four years, the flow of college life has become easy. Wondering what comes next can be terrifying.

Sorry to all the Campus Dining and Shops employees who I have lied to over the years to get into the dining halls. I think most of you were already wise to my “I just came back from the bathroom” excuse for not having my UB card.

The truth is that most of the time I was too lazy and too scared of the

We have been students for most of our lives, but who are we now? This can be a stressful inquiry, especially for those who don’t have clear plan in mind for a career or further education.

Even for those of us who know what graduate school we are going to attend, or have a job lined up upon graduation, none of us know for certain what our future holds or where life will take us and that is a beautiful thing.

Graduating seniors, for which college has become home and college friends have become family, can feel just as homesick for college life as we did as freshmen for our families, friends, and familiar places.

tion which caters to scientific research. GSA is expanding both the scope and scale of services and funds available to graduate students. With the fee increase there is a clear and transparent benefit to graduate students. Clear and Transparent. GSA Treasurer Jon Knights and Programming Coordinator Stephen Krysty deserve praise for their clear and thorough explanation of the benefits incurred by voting in favor of the increase. Jon Knights has consistently proven a dedication to openness and clarity, he proves that bureaucracy is not always pejoratively opaque.

SUNY at Buffalo Student Association executive board; President Nischal Vasant, VP Shervin Stoney and Treasurer Antonio Roman and SA’s staff have proven this past year that student government can be both fun and serious. They exercised professionalism in working with The Spectrum and GSA as a community of scholars and proved that student government isn’t simply an extracurricular activity: it is the curricular in practice.

President-Elect and current VP Grace Mukupa, as Chair of the GSA’s Funding and Employment Committee, worked with graduate

Even though conventional learning takes place in the classroom, the real learning goes on elsewhere. College is a time to discover yourself, make memories with friends, and learn to want to learn.

My time at UB, in that respect, has been successful. Although I don’t know what I’m doing when I graduate, I had an incredible four years, met people who will stay with me the rest of my life (hopefully), and feel ready to take on the “real world.” “…Even if we did get a little bit too drunk.” g

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I would shout out to the ladies, but I still can’t get anyone’s number, not even for this column.

Jumping outside of UB for a moment, I owe an enormous amount of thanks to my family. I owe everything I have to you; you’ve kept me on track by providing unbelievable support. I will make you proud.

Finally, a heartfelt thank-you to the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. In addition to helping me learn more than I ever thought I could, you made me feel like I was truly somebody. g

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ing in the windowless office at ungodly hours editing flats – but it was all worth it.

I loved being “in the know” at UB, advising students when they should exude pride in their academic home and when their university fell short of their expectations. I loved seeing my name in print, valued the teamwork that went into this paper, and I will miss all of my fellow editors when I graduate.

I stopped by the office last Tuesday on the first day of trial week. It was past midnight and the staff, though tired, was still passionate about their work.

And that sums it up. When I begin at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism in the fall, I hope to hold on to that very same passion.

On my journey to a journalism career, UB gave me my lead. I’m still uncovering the details. g

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geese who congregated outside of Spaulding to go back up to my dorm to get my card.

To the boy who looked like Jonathan Taylor Thomas who lived on my floor freshman year, I lied to you about liking Incubus to get you to like me. In actuality, I had never heard of Incubus before, and when I did finally listen to it, it was the worst crap I had ever heard.

I feel much better after getting this all off of my chest. Bring on the good karma, and UB Libraries… four years and you have still not noticed the book that I never returned. It’s mine now. g

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There is no need to worry.

Many college friendships are for life, and there are opportunities to remain connected to UB through alumni activities and reunions. Social networking has also increased the ease in which we can all stay in touch. We got over our homesickness as freshmen; otherwise we wouldn’t be graduating right now. We will get over this too.

Every stage in life comes with new things to be excited for. I’ll admit, there will probably be no other time in my life as carefree or wild, but maybe that’s a good thing.

Many of us view college as the best days of our lives, which may become a reminiscent memory in the coming years between the mundane haze of daily life.

To all my fellow stressing seniors, relax. This is not the end but a new beginning and I invite you all to enjoy the ride. g

Stay positive, people.

students to learn more about the international student fee increase. She has already done excellent work at building communication between SUNYAB student governments and encouraged dialogue between graduate students and SUNYAB’s administration.

What is learned through practice? That the unrealistic is possible.

We are being given two options. It’s either tuition roulette or rational tuition. How about free tuition? Is free tuition realistic? No. It is idealistic, but not impossible.

It might seem that applauding an increase in a specific fee while challenging the either/or rhetoric around tuition increases is contradictory; that somehow advocating this particular cause forecloses on the right to challenge rhetorical binaries. These segments do not match, however, their ratios are off, they teem outward and multiply. In order to think at all, we have to allow contradictions to produce other possibilities.

Actuate the content of the classroom on the form of the classroom, and extend the form of the classroom to the form of the university. Studying freedom or studying aesthetics

Learn to embrace the small things; getting a job, having a family, even eventual retirement. If college flew by this fast, won’t the rest of our lives as well?

Email: dannielle.otoole@ ubspectrum.com

needs to coordinate with a third way, idealism, to offer a possibly impossible answer to stuck meaning.

Democracy is not a static object and neither is a University. The brave efforts of students struggling for democracy, specifically in Tunisia, Egypt and Syria, should not be lost in translation. Practice Democracy in the University.

Students are the future. That means infinitely more than blue Helvetica printed on a white banner.

Olivier Delrieu-Schulze President, SUNY at Buffalo Graduate Student Association and Scott Ries SUNY at Buffalo Graduate Student Letters to the editor are not edited by The Spectrum.

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NEWS A Little Time, A Lot to Give AMANDA WOODSManaging Editor Julia Perot stared at her computer screen, her mind running in overdrive as accounts of the devastation from the 2010 Haitian earthquake flashed across CNN’s homepage.

Perot, a senior mechanical engineering major, is a unique news consumer in that these stories, combined with her skill set and her personal faith, prompted her to take action.

Joined by her twin sister Laura, a senior computer science major, Aaron Boucher, a junior health and human services major, Arthur Adams, a 2010 UB alumnus, her father, and her pastor, she will spend the first week of June in Port-au-Prince serving an orphanage in the still-struggling city.

The main goal of the project will be to repair the water tower at the orphanage, which the approximately 100 residents and missionaries have no choice but to bathe in and drink from – at the risk of infection. In order to avoid parasites, none of the volunteers will be able to shower during their time in Haiti, but they are committed to making the water safe for those who will come after them.

These repairs will be based on Julia’s senior engineering design project that she completed with the help of Adams, Joseph C. Mollendorf, a professor of

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mechanical and aerospace engineering, and James N. Jensen, a professor of civil, structural and environmental engineering.

Besides ensuring that the tower can serve everyone at the orphanage, Julia’s goal is for the tower to run without any outside inputs of disinfection chemicals or fuels to power it.

“The system I have designed uses a UV sensor to measure the amount of UV radiation reaching the water in the disinfection basin at any given time,” Julia said. “A small controller is programmed to know when the water has received a high enough dose, and it tells the water to drain into the water tower and the disinfection basin refills.”

The team will not only focus on making structural improvements; they will also interact with the children at the orphanage and its adjoining school. “[I’m excited about] meeting the children, hearing what they have to say, just being able to see the way people are changing and seeing [how] people’s attitudes are changing,” Laura said.

This trip also serves a faith-based purpose for the team, made up of all Christian members – most of whom first connected through UB’s InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.

“If it weren’t for my faith, I wouldn’t be going,” Laura said. “One of the things I was excited about with this trip was to [show people] the way God’s working [in Haiti]. I have no money, I have not a lot to give here, but I know that it’s worth the trip.

I know that God is going to use me there. I’ve spent a lot of time in prayer making sure this is what we should do.”

This is not the first time the twins traveled abroad for a mission trip. In 2007, while they were still in high school, they worked in the Dominican Republic with a group from their church.

They encountered many Haitian refugees during their time in the Dominican Republic, and even three years before the earthquake hit, they knew that this was a population they wanted to reach.

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“It was before everything was as bad as it is now, and people were trying to find a better life in a country where nobody wanted them there anyway,” Laura said. “And I just developed a huge heart for reaching the people of Haiti.”

This trip is different, though. Laura believes her faith is stronger now, and all of the members now come equipped with specialized skills they gained in their respective majors.

“It’s kind of cool because we’re still young enough to go around the world on these adventures, but we have all the skills we need,” Laura said. “It’s hard for me to process still.”

As soon as the twins realized that it was possible to make this trip to Haiti, they jumped at the opportunity. But the details did not simply fall into place for them. Timing was the first setback.

“We were originally going to go this past January.

Because of school pressure, we just did not have enough time to get everything together by then,” Julia said. “In hindsight, I’m very glad we didn’t go then because the political climate was so uncertain at the time. Now Haiti finally has an elected president, so I’m praying that things will be calm and safe when we go.”

Naturally, the other concern is a financial one. Although the group held a fundraiser at Buffalo Wild Wings last week, and considers holding another next week, they still have much more money to raise.

Julia fears that the team’s efforts at the orphanage will not work out as seamlessly as expected.

“It is very hard to design something for a place I have never been before,” Julia said. “I am the most nervous that we will not actually be able to fix the water tower or that my disinfection system will not be able to be set up how we want it because something is different than how I expected.”

Despite these setbacks and concerns, the twins have their work set out for them, and they approach the task with a combination of understanding, confidence, and passion.

However, they know that these kind of trips are not accessible – not to mention affordable – for many college students.

“Not everyone can do a trip like this,” Laura said.

“Not everyone who wants to serve God can do a trip like this. But it’s not a small thing to donate some money and donate some time, even if it’s helping Buffalo…. You’re participating in the bigger picture and each little bit helps such a great cause.”

Both Julia and Laura expect to leave Haiti with a completely renewed mindset. Julia hopes to gain some insight about where her future is headed.

Although Laura knows the facts about the impoverished and unsanitary conditions in the country, she expects to be struck by it when she arrives there.

“It’s going to be eye-opening for sure,” Laura said.

“It’s the capital of a country and they still have an orphanage without clean water right next to the airport. If it was Washington, D.C., that would never happen. It’s just the idea that this is the best the country has to offer and it’s so broken.” g Full disclosure: Amanda Woods is a member of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.

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Confessions of an HBIC LAUREN NOSTRO Senior News Editor Thursday was our last day in The Spectrum office. I walked in to the office around 11 a.m. to find my desk decorated, topped with flowers, chocolate and a letter from next year’s News Desk.

To be honest, I was baffled. I yelled at them nearly every day for the past semester, I criticized their work, and I repeatedly told them how annoying they were.

I suppose I’ll attempt to shell out some form of advice from this.

What I’ve Learned at the University at Buffalo CAREY BEYER Sports Editor With graduation just around the corner, those of us who are leaving UB cannot help but look back on what we have learned in our time here.

If you are a continuing undergraduate who is unfortunate enough to be cornered by a particularly drunk almost-grad at a party, you will probably hear him yammer on and on about the friends he has made here and the great experiences he has had. This is pretty much my version of that, except that I’m really not one for sentimental whining.

First and foremost, RAs need to remember

WELP! JENNIFER HARB Senior Life Editor I guess I’ve been thinking of graduation as a major end point. My friends are moving away, I’m going to wander in foreign places for a bit, and I don’t really know where we’ll all end up. I won’t be able to walk in the office anymore and hear Lauren talking about bodily functions, Wikky downing orange pop, or Amanda painting her nails. Luke won’t be an –aging editor anymore.

Unlike the other goodbye columns, I’m not going to talk about how and why to drink – because to be honest, I’m still not good at it.

I wake up with bruises, consistently brown out, and have a dwindling dignity – sorry mom, but you’ve seen me the morning after.

I also have no advice on living in dorms at UB because I didn’t. I’m a transfer student and plus, I think I’m better than the rest of Buffalo because I live in the very cultured Elmwood Village. That is, however, better than rockin’ the suburbs.

My advice from my time at UB is simple: personality takes practice.

Coming to UB and working for The Spectrum has given me the opportunity to work with a number of different people, put-

not to take themselves too seriously. It’s been a while since I lived in the dorms, but I did spend my fair share of time in the University’s supervised housing.

As such, I had the chance to experience the different styles of RAing that exist. There are certainly some that care the right amount about their jobs, but there is nothing worse than a power-crazy sophomore that thinks that he/she is the school’s own personal Batman. These kids are just trying to have a good time; don’t be a dick.

As for the residents, if you are unlucky enough to have one of these jokes as an RA and they catch you having two beers with your roommate (or twenty shots with the entire hall) and you are forced to do community service, it really isn’t the end of the world.

For the most part, you just sit around and get some homework done. It doesn’t go on any sort of record, and, even if they will never admit it, your parents have done way worse stuff than you ever have.

But that’s okay, because I can honestly say that writing for The Spectrum was one of the most enjoyable things I’ve done in college. Same for the Student Association – the people you meet are irreplaceable. I’m really bad at staying in touch, but somehow I don’t think that will matter.

I fell into most things in college. I’m a biomedical sciences major, so how I ended up editing at The Spectrum is probably because I was 1) willing and 2) speak English. How I ended up working for the Student Association is solely because Amanda was a delegate and she forced me to apply. My job was originally “assistant commu-

ting myself outside of any “safe zone” and learning that my personality is a little difficult to deal with.

Just ask our Editor in Chief Andrew how many times I’ve left the office crying and screaming “I quit” over the change of a lead or a small shift of a paragraph.

And today, I walked up to my decorated desk and was speechless. Maybe the three new editors wanted some brownie points with the paper’s next Editor in Chief, and God knows they need them. But, I had a little reality check.

If I hadn’t joined the paper, and I wasn’t living in a dorm or joining a sorority, college would have been useless. There’s only so much time I can spend at home talking to my dog, and there’s also no way I would’ve been able to skip 75 percent of my classes if I didn’t make friends.

Besides the fact that I made friends practically living in this cave, voluntarily of course, I also learned three things: You don’t always have to be right.

You don’t always have to have control.

As I venture on to graduate school at New York University for journalism, I thank the people at The Spectrum and my little group of friends from Buffalo for inspiring me to be a better writer, and also a better person.

And yelling gets you nowhere.

Also, keep in mind that just because you are out on your own for the first time in your lives doesn’t mean you need to absolutely lose your minds. Yes, alcohol is fun, but everyone has his limit, and it should be approached cautiously, not pole-vaulted.

you will ever go to. You pay your five dollars just to find a line backed up three flights of stairs (stopping just short of the attic that no one is allowed into) that never moves.

You may think you’re a tank because you woke up with 30 marks on your arm, but the truth is that you spent most of the night in the bathroom throwing up on yourself or crying because you’ve let your parents down or soand-so is making out with someone else. Besides, most of those marks are lies anyway.

Freshmen, I know it’s a little too late at this point, but for the love of God, take a shower.

Just because mommy isn’t here to tell you to take one doesn’t mean you don’t have to.

My nose is always the first thing that lets me know how old you are.

When going out for the night, avoid any frat that only has one keg set up in the corner of the basement. These are the worst parties

nity service director,” a position that needn’t really exist in the first place, but I eventually rose up the ranks and made some friends that I don’t intend on forgetting any time soon.

I hope the rest of my life falls into place like that, too. I have a general plan for the future, but I intend on figuring it out as I go. I’m traveling, but I can’t tell you where, when, or for how long. I’m hopefully going to get into medical school, but please don’t ask me where or what type of doctor I want to be.

The most important thing that four years of a rigid science curriculum

There’s one more thing to share with other graduating seniors and underclassmen.

My Spanish professor gave us two points on our overall grade so it would equal out

Why is this? Because there’s some jackass standing at the keg only filling up girls’ cups in a pitiful attempt to get laid. By the way, to that guy, the girls are just using you, pal.

You’re going to bed alone, again. Stay with frats that keep the keg behind some sort of bar or give out cans; it’s the only way to get your money’s worth.

Obviously, some of you will return home after these outings with someone that you did not bring out with you. In these cases, use protection. But more importantly, never use Lifestyle condoms. They are terrible. These are pretty much the only condoms that you will find at campus events for free. There is a reason they are given away free – they are cheap. Condoms, much like toilet paper, are one of those items that you should never skimp on. These pathetic prophylactics break

has taught me is to just go with what happens. Have a plan, but expect it to change. Keep your focus, but don’t be blinded when something else comes your way. It also taught me that Dr. Seuss always did know best: “You’ll get mixed up, of course, as you already know. You’ll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go.

So be sure when you step. Step with care and great tact and remember that Life’s a Great Balancing Act. Just never forget to be dexterous and deft.

And never mix up your right foot with your left. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.) Today is your day! Your

to 100. With tears in her eyes, she told us earlier this week that because she gave us two points, we have to each give people two points.

That means the next time someone cuts me off in front of Buffalo Seminary and chucks a beer at my car when I beep, I will give them two points and stop beeping at them.

Or, when someone shoves me at a bar, I won’t spit on them but rather, walk away and give them two points.

Being a bitch gets you nowhere, unless you’re in midst of an interview and you want to get information out of a source.

Hence, why I want to be a journalist. Don’t forget about the two points. g

Email: lauren.nostro @ubspectrum.com

easier than the “virgin” that you are spending the night with.

All that being said, do not pay for condoms.

Seriously, you don’t need to. If you go to the Sub-Board office on South Campus, they give good condoms away for free. Trojans, Durex, Glow-in-the-Dark, you name it, they will probably have it.

If you do drugs, that’s great. But if I have to listen to one more pothead give me the same “legalize it” speech, I’m going to shove his carb so far up his ass that his friends will have to take the next hit out of his mouth. Eat your Doritos and shut the hell up.

Finally, just remember to never let yourself get too bogged down in everything that you are doing here. This is college, so never let your schoolwork get in the way of your studies. g

Email: carey.beyer @ubspectrum.com

mountain is waiting. So…get on your way!”

I’m not the only one who is leaving college with some uncertainties. However, that’s exactly the way I entered college and I wouldn’t change a thing about my time here. If that continues to hold true, I think I, and anyone in a circumstance similar to mine, will be fine.

Welp! Here goes nothing. g

Email: jennifer.harb @ubspectrum.com

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Craig Venter AKARI IBURIStaff Writer Before this year’s final Distinguished Speaker, world-renowned scientist J. Craig Venter, spoke at Alumni Arena, he took some time to share a few words with The Spectrum.

TS: With your discoveries of genomes within the fruit flies and bats, what’s next on your agenda?

JCV: Last year, we reported the first synthetic genome and the first synthetic life form, and so we’re trying to now understand the human genome, understand the potential for making synthetic life, and what both of those mean for the future.

The Chase Corporate Challenge is one of the largest charity-driven events in Buffalo. Taking place on June 9, the challenge is more than just a simple race to raise funds. This year the main charity is Child Care Resource Network and the top five teams from both men and women receive $1,000 for the charity of their choice.

There is also a T-shirt contest and a general party atmosphere. Last year, the team from UB won the men’s race, so go out and cheer them on again this year.

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Food: Starting on May 19 and running until Oct. 27, the Downtown Country Market will allow people to purchase farm-fresh products directly from the farms that produced them. The market is located along Main Street between Court Street and Church Street.

Prior to his life in genomic research, Venter was a professor at the University at Buffalo and recalls reading The Spectrum when he was teaching.

J. Craig Venter: I was just excited about the idea of getting all the information from sequencing the genome versus what we were all doing of trying to find one gene at a time, so that was going to take centuries if we didn’t change how we were doing things.

The M & T Plaza Event Series is the easiest way to get a music fix as well as lunch. Every weekday throughout the summer, the plaza in front of M & T Bank downtown hosts various music and entertainment venues for the lunch hour.

Classes are over, the snow has melted, and the bulky coats have been put back into the closet. Several students will head back to wherever they came from, but many UB people will be stuck in the Queen City over the summer due to apartment leases, jobs or summer classes. These students will need some sort of activity to occupy their free time and fit their meager budgets.

Venter is recognized as one of the leading scientists of the 21st century through his tremendous contributions to the field of genomics. He is the founder and president of the J. Craig Venter Institute, recipient of many scientific awards and honors, and author of A Life Decoded: My Genome: My Life in 2007, exposing his story in genomics to the public.

The Spectrum: How did you become involved in genomic research?

bring some surprisingly popular acts to town with free admission. The lineup for this year will be announced on May 27.

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Art: Buffalo, when not under a sheet of ice, is actually quite active in the arts. First, there is the Allentown Art Festival, which takes place this year on June 11 and 12. The festival features over 400 vendors and artists and stretches for several blocks in the Allentown area near Downtown Buffalo.

For yet more art, the Elmwood Art Festival will take place on Aug. 27 and 28 and also features local artists and vendors. The Elmwood festival stretches between Lafayette and West Ferry.

Niagara Square, in front of City Hall, will be the place to go to expand that waistline on July 9 and 10 with the Taste of Buffalo.

This event is a smorgasbord of food and entertainment that features some of the incredible foods from the Western New York area. Foods from all over the globe will be offered and the event is bring-yourown-Pepto.

Greek food, Greek music, Greek culture; it must be the Hellenic Festival. Taking place June 3 through 5 at the Hellenic Orthodox Church, the festival celebrates everything from the birthplace of democracy. Though it is the most expensive event on this list, the $2 admission fee is not likely to break any budgets.

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Theater: Shakespeare in Delaware Park is a Buffalo staple for the summer and is one of the largest and most successful outdoor Shakespeare festivals in the country. Even people who are not Shakespeare fans tend to enjoy the productions, and the fact that it is free admission and a wonderful evening in Delaware Park is welcome by almost all. This year will offer “The Merchant of Venice” – arguably the Bard’s most controversial play – from June 16 to July 10, and “As You Like It” from July 21 through Aug. 14.

Theaters downtown and all over the metro area offer several plays to enjoy for varying amounts of admission.

TS: What projects are you and your team working on now?

JCV: Approaches to making new vaccines using synthetic DNA, new approaches to making fuel based on carbon dioxide, new approaches to making new sources of food based on recycling carbon dioxide.

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JCV: We hope pretty quickly it’s going to make some of these areas possible because we’re getting pretty desperate as we add the equivalent of an entire India and China to the world’s population within the next 30 years or so, so we absolutely have to come up with new solutions, or your future will be pretty bleak. g Email: features@ubspectrum.com

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Music: If where to find live, free music is the question, then the Thursday in the Square series is the answer. Running every Thursday from June 10 to Aug. 12 in Lafayette Square downtown, Buffalo and M&T Bank

A great game of basketball is a common summertime sight. The Gus Macker Threeon-Three Tournament, taking place June 25 and 26, is a great way to show off skills and play around with thousands of other people. The tournament’s venue is in Niagara Square and is as much fun to watch as it is to play. It costs money to enter a team, but it is free to watch.

Even if the day consists of visiting the Waterfront, one of the main parks in the city, boating on Lake Erie, or simply hanging out and shopping at one of the malls or the Elmwood area, anyone can find stuff to do this summer. g

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VILONA TRACHTENBERGStaff Writer Whether one needs to be rescued from life’s tribulations or to find hope in the future, Silverstein’s latest album, Rescue, is the savior to provide this escape—musically and emotionally.

Rescue begins with a powerful instrumental introduction, “Medication,” and provides listeners with a dose of the band’s signature melodic hardcore sound.

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The hardcore element, coalesced with the more melodic singing, shows a switching of identities and different sides to the music. Whether the hardcore elements precede the melodic stylings or are layered to present a complementing harmony, both approaches are distinct and help the album stand out.

The lyrics on the album provide consolation and meaning to listeners, depicting angst and strong emotional doubt associated with the yearning

to find oneself. The lyrics are well-written, and the metaphorical references are abundant and force listeners to interpret the lyrics on a personal level.

The instrumentation on Rescue provides an upbeat and catchy background, which complements the lyrics and puts the meaning of the album to the forefront of the music. The songs are skillfully produced and highlight the riffs, rhythms and chord progressions, keeping the listeners engaged, even though the background beats are repetitive.

This album ends with “In Memory Of…,” leaving valuable musical memories for the listeners with slower, more drawn-out lyrics that emphasize the emotion, with listeners questioning their own intents and struggles.

“I don’t want to believe that this is it/ I want to believe in something more,” sings lead vocalist Shane Told.

This album pushes listeners to question their purposes in life without being content at their stopping points. This album truly presents the plights that listeners face with a rescue through musical escape and emotional cure. g

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First-year architecture students designed temporary homes that they’ll have to live in for 24 hours.

‘The Living Wall’ Project Encourages Student Creativity REBECCA BRATEKStaff Writer

private space and how that’s going to be divided amongst the teammates,” said Christopher Romano, clinical assistant professor in the School of Architecture. “It’s a really, really small space that has to fit a lot of program, so they have to get really creative with how they fragment and transform the rectilinear volume so that they can all occupy and meet these programmatic requirements that we give them.”

From simple sketches to an intricate span of wooden modules, first-year School of Architecture students have taken their designs from paper to reality with “The Living Wall.”

Within the limited volume, students must also incorporate an entrance, access to daylight and ventilation, enough space to stand up and move around, and sleeping spaces for up to seven people.

“The Living Wall” is the culmination of a yearlong project in which 80 first-year architecture students have designed and built their own living modules. Not only have students brought their designs to life, but they will have the chance to spend 24 hours testing the functionality of their work in this second-annual project.

“One of the overarching ideas of the programs is that the amount of spaces, entrances, windows, sleeping spaces, and circulation spaces is larger than the initial volume we give them,” Romano said. “They have to cut up this volume and begin to shift things up and shift things out to basically enlarge the space so they can actually occupy it. “

“[The term] ‘living’ is often times thought about as interior or private in a domestic space,” said Nicholas Bruscia, adjunct instructor in the School of Architecture and one of the four faculty members overseeing the project. “What we were doing is challenging that a bit [and] opening up opportunities for multiples or crowds to actually be socially engaged by the less private and more open spaces.”

Once the modules were completed, students transported their works to the Griffis Sculpture Park in Cattaraugus County. The dwellings were then assembled and on Friday, April 29, the students will spend 24 hours inhabiting their living spaces.

This 24-hour period is a test of how well the students planned, designed, and built their structures. Students will learn firsthand how well they deal with the notions of shelter, enclosure, insulation (or lack of), and space through this “post-occupancy evaluation,” according to Romano. “[This project] gives students a chance to really understand what was good about their project and what really worked [and] some things they might want to improve. It’s kind of this year-end testing of performance,” Romano said.

The 12 modules come together at the park to form a “wall,” or a 100-foot long chain that spans the hill on the site. The modules vary greatly in geometric shape, ranging from simple rectangular models to more complex curved and pyramidal forms.

Some of the modules that make up the cascade hit heights of up to 12 feet—a significant difference from last year’s model. Each structure must work with its surroundings, forming a mini-city and community in which each structure plays off or builds upon its neighbors.

This project is also exclusively for first-year architecture students. UB has a tradition of having second-semester, first-year architecture students complete a design-build project, according to Bruscia. Typically, this project has always been a short project at the end of the year, but the four faculty advisers wanted to inflate the project and

Students designed and built these modules in the architecture department’s materials and methods workshop on South Campus. They were given 48 square feet to work with; a 6 by 6 by 8 feet rectilinear space that needs to house up to seven people.

“There are different ideas about public space and

make it more comprehensive.

“We wanted to introduce first-year students to real issues, things like following deadlines, how to work in groups, how to find leadership, and how to put together and manage a project of this scale,” Bruscia said. “This is when we teach.”

The students are thrown into this project and many are experiencing what will be done in their future professional careers for the first time. They are given the opportunity to come up with a design and actually construct it, a privilege usually given to upper-class students.

“The amount of work and detail that goes into just some of the simplest steps and figuring out how everything works and then actually creating it was something I never had done before,” said Andrew Durkee, a freshman architecture student involved in the project. “Going from just dealing with mainly scaled models to actually seeing the full scale, it’s pretty incredible.”

“The Living Wall” is on display at the Griffis Sculpture Park, located at 6902 Mill Valley Rd., East Otto in Cattaraugus County, starting April 29. After the inaugural 24-hour period in which the students inhabit their creations, the project will be on display for 18 months. The project becomes a public art piece; community members are encouraged to visit, climb though, and explore the modules.

“It’s a really huge project to be doing for anyone, but for first-year students to do something this comprehensive, this complex and keep it in a fun and playful way, it’s how we pull the project off,” Romano said. “It’s how it works.” g

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These seniors have contributed to the 2011 Senior Challenge Program: Meghan L. Abraham Susan M. Adamucci Ann Marie Aiello Stephen J. Altieri Bradley S. Anhouse Renad A. Aref Stephen J. Arlington Lovejeet Atwal Abdullah Balkhyoor Alexander J. Barna Amanda J. Beadle Katlyn M. Bentley Sean W. Boland Nathaniel L. Bolt Shane P. Booker, Jr. Peter S. Brunetta Brooke M. Burrows Rebecca K. Campbell Todd C. Campbell Allan Campisi Gradon P. Castor Steven Chan

Shayla D. Chandler Zhi C. Chen Melissa S. Cortright Alyse A. Costuros Patrick D. Crosby Ly Thi Ly Dang Christopher M. Dann Steve P. Darrow Emily J. De Beer Desmond P. Dederick Mark L. Demarie Laurie Dening Kristen M. Derigge James P. Dietterich Julie Dilaura-Higgins Thomas V. Dinatale Kenneth Dipasquale Wendell Dominique Brandon Dziadaszek Evan M. Emery Sean P. Fallon Jess M. Favre

Preston Ray Frase Edward J. Furlani Benjamin J. Furlong Grady A. Gambrel Samuel J. Gerace Natalie R. Giarrusso Charles E. Giles III Steven J. Goehle Jonathon M. Gondek Lisa M. Grano Kevin J. Grenda Dayatra A. Hassan Mengya He Justin A. Heftka Marcelino Hernandez Carey L. Hill Amy L. Hromowyk Melissa A. Huber Aaron M. Hunt Sandra C. Hunt Kenzo Inoue John O. Jacoby

Ghandi Jourdi Da Ye Jung Casey G. Kahler Bryan D. Kean Julia R. Kester Ansar Khan Linda A. Kirkland Richard A. Korman Benjamin Kowalewski Alexandra S. Kraft Timothy J. Kukulka Kin Keong Lam Patrick S. Lang Katelyn M. Leitner Anna R. Leone Shiyu Li Stephen C. Loft Kelsey D. Ludtka Shiya Luo Angela R. Lynch Brian T. MacQueen Bryan C. Mahoney

Eric J. Manley Yan Meng Elizabeth M. Migliore Lyndsey A. Milcarek Tyler J. Moroz Anh Kim Phi Nguyen Jesse W. Nichter Justin R. Nicpon Lauren E. Nowicki Felix Ofori John D. O'Hara Derek M. Peloquin Daphnee Philippe Maica Punzalan Madeline Quarantillo Michael B. Quinn Jr. Cherita M. Randle Samuel J. Rauch Adrienne Ricchiazzi Solomon Richberg Adam S. Ricker Christopher M. Rimes

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Teague the Fighter

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BRIAN JOSEPHSAsst. Sports Editor When the softball team lost 6-2 against Canisius last Tuesday, Bulls fans probably thought it was another missed opportunity for the team.

For some, however, the game holds a much deeper meaning.

Tuesday’s contest was part of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association’s Strike Out Cancer event, a nationwide initiative created to raise funds and awareness for the fight against cancer.

It is a struggle that head coach Jennifer Teague knows all too well. In late 2006, Teague was diagnosed with thyroid cancer.

“I was right around 30, so you don’t expect to hear the cancer word come from your doctor’s mouth,” Teague said. “It was a difficult time in my life.”

The diagnosis came right after one of the most significant moments of her coaching career. Teague was a volunteer assistant coach at the University of Michigan the previous year. That season, the Wolverines won their first and only NCAA Women’s College World Series Championship.

Teague then went to Eastern Michigan for three years and was a top assistant and pitching coach. She described this as one of the busiest times in her life because of her perfectionist attitude.

“I was always looking for ways to improve,” Teague said. “I was constantly trying to fix things…and I’d work myself into late hours of the night, partially because I love what I do.”

Teague’s work ethic proved to be beneficial for Eastern Michigan. In 2007, the Eagles finished in first place in the Mid-American Conference West and won their first conference title.

The celebration was cut short, as Teague was going through cancer treatment during and after the championship run. The Eagles players and coaches were deeply saddened by the news, but Teague’s strong character lessened their fears.

“She had such a vivacious personality that she didn’t want anybody to feel sorry for her,” said Eastern Michigan head coach Karen Baird. “We stayed up [emotionally] because of her strength as a person.”

Teague lost her stepfather to cancer the year before her diagnosis, which added to family concerns. She remained strong throughout the treatment process and cited the support from her inner circle as the force behind her determination.

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Softball head coach Jennifer Teague has turned around the team after her battle with cancer.

The Team, This Time?

SCOTT RESNICK Staff Writer The New York Mets have won six games in a row.

They’re riding high after stumbling out of the gate to start the season, and fans are once again pouring through the gates at Citi Field.

Talk show radio in New York is filled with optimistic listeners calling in to voice their opinions about how this team is “different” and how there’s “something special going on here.”

However, as a lifelong Mets fan, I know better.

Over the course of my 20 years as a diehard fan of the Amazin’s, I’ve learned a thing or two about heartbreak, disappointment, and missed expectations.

Let me start by saying that I truly hope this is the start of a magical summer in Queens, and I believe it very well could be.

But let’s not jump the gun.

Six wins in a row is great, and the possibility of finishing the month of April with an above .500 record is incredible, especially when you consider the Mets sat at just 5-13 before their recent surge.

However, as a Mets fan, I’ve seen this script before. It’s been acted out nearly every season since I began bleeding orange and blue.

They’ll win six in a row, then lose eight out of 10.

The lineup will hit a collective .350 over the winning streak, and then .250 during the skid.

The starting pitching will go from looking like a collective group of Alls|Stars to a staff filled with arms that can’t make it through five innings against the National League’s bottom feeders.

It’s not that I’m a pessimist, it’s just that the Mets give us, the fans, no choice but to think in such a negative light.

If the Mets want to finally shed the loser label that they’ve created for themselves over the past five seasons, and restore faith in their fanbase, they’ll have to do a lot more than win six straight.

Even seven, eight, nine, or 10 won’t do. Give me a month in which the Mets dominate in every facet of play, and maybe I’ll truly believe something special is going on in Queens.

But until they do that, I have no choice but to exhibit an air of doubt for every Ike Davis home run, David Wright web gem, or strong performance out of the pitching staff.

“My friends and the administration at Eastern Michigan were phenomenal,” Teague said. “I had a lot of support around me, and I think it helped me through the process.”

Bulls Split Weekend to End Season

up against the RedHawks’ Cara Wald. After Podlas won the first set, 6-4, Wald took command with a 6-0 shutout in the second set. Podlas came back to take the victory in a grueling 11-9 third set.

BRIAN JOSEPHSAsst. Sports Editor

Markovic only needed four sets to continue her winning streak.

She defeated both Ball State’s Lauren Pickrel and Miami’s Riekie Honiball by the same score, 6-4, 6-4.

With the Mid-American Conference tournament quickly approaching, the women’s tennis team needed to find out what has been causing it to be inconsistent against conference competition.

The two games last weekend were its last chance to do so.

The Bulls (6-12, 2-6 MAC) faced off against Ball State (7-15, 1-6 MAC) and Miami (Ohio) (17-5, 8-0 MAC) to end their regular season campaign. Buffalo recorded its second consecutive sweep over the Cardinals to clinch the seventh seed in the tournament. The Bulls then dropped their match against the RedHawks, 5-2.

Sophomore Tamara Markovic and freshman Miranda Podlas were the only players to go undefeated in singles competition.

The victories extended the Bulls’ singles winning streaks to five each, their highest for the season.

Podlas had to give it her all to keep her winning streak alive.

She got off to a slow start against the Cardinals’ Kylee Johnson and dropped the first set, 4-6. Podlas then came back to dominate the next two sets, 6-2, 6-0.

Podlas’ weekend only became more difficult when she went

Teague had to go through radiation treatment until the cancer went into remission in 2008. It has now been in remission for over three years.

Teague applies the lessons she learned from the experience to coaching.

“I stress the balance of life a little more with my athletes,” Teague said. “Instead of [constant work], I want them to be able to enjoy the college experience…and to enjoy the people and the diversity that are around them.”

After her stint with the Eagles, Teague joined the coaching staff of the Philadelphia Force, a former National Pro Fastpitch League team. The team’s disappointing 7-9 start forced a change in the coaching staff. Teague was promoted to head coach, and the team went 17-11 to finish the season.

Teague wasn’t fully satisfied, even after her success in the pros. She left the Force after a year to take the head coaching position at UB – a move she didn’t second guess.

“I’ve done a lot, but what I haven’t done was be a Division I head coach,” Teague said. “Warde [Manuel] has a second-to-none vision for this department and it felt right. I was offered a job at Temple around the same time [UB offered a position] and it was a very easy decision to come to Buffalo.”

Teague immediately made an impact on the softball program when she began coaching the Bulls in 2009. Buffalo tied a team record for most wins in a season since it joined Division I with 25 victories, which was one win shy of a playoff berth. This was a 22-game improvement over the previous season.

Teague’s success didn’t surprise her former colleagues at Eastern Michigan.

“She was, and still is, an outstanding coach,” Baird said. “When she got the job at Buffalo, I knew she was going to lead a competitive team, so I was very excited for her.”

Teague has also developed a rapport with her players. Her strict coaching philosophy resonates with her athletes on and off the field.

“My relationship with Teague over the past years has been really strong,” said junior utility player Kristin Waldron.

“She’s always trying to make you a better person in general.”

Teague’s experience with cancer affects every one of her players. They were astounded and proud when they learned about her ordeal.

“She fought through it,” Waldron said. “Being the person that she is, it changed her life. It made all of us look at her and think: wow, she survived.” g

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The weekend’s games marked the final regular season matches for seniors Diana Popescu and Aleksandra Petrova. Popescu teamed up with Podlas to go undefeated in the weekend’s doubles competition. The tandem defeated Ball State’s Dena Boulieris and Georgina Thomson, 8-2, then beat Miami’s Megan Martzolf and Stephanie Danesis, 8-6.

Popescu went on to beat Thomson in singles, 7-5, 6-2. However, she ended her season with a 6-2, 6-0 loss against Miami’s Anastasia Dracheva.

Petrova and sophomore Kira Golenko teamed up to beat Ball State’s Kylee Johnson and Sarah Hebble in an 8-3 contest. She then beat Kristen Sanders in a 7-5, 3-6, 10-6 decision.

Petrova’s run came to halt when she faced the RedHawks. Golenko and Petrova lost against Jessica Parr and Riekie Honibal, 8-6.

Petrova then dropped her game against Stephanie Danesis, 6-0, 6-2. g

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The Bulls clinched the seventh seed in the MAC tournament.

Maybe this team can keep its strong play going for an extended period of time. Maybe this really is the start of something special. Then again, maybe they’re just teasing us like usual.

It’s a maybe world in Metsland, but maybe, this is the team…this time. g

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