The Spectrum Volume 61 Issue 02

Vol. 61, No. 2

Alex Morgan and Buffalo’s Best Kept Secret

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

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Datz Leads Charge as SA President didn’t want to leave that all behind.

“When I was a senior in high school and applying to colleges, I was really bitter about going to college. I didn’t want to go.

I only applied to one school and it was UB because it was a SUNY school,” Datz said.

“UB is a really big school and it was hard to get involved, having been a big fish in a little pond, now being a really little fish in this massive ocean that UB is.”

Datz’s brother had graduated from the university and it seemed natural that she would follow in his footsteps, even if she didn’t know exactly what she wanted in a school just yet.

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Morgan Starred for U.S.; WNY Flash Dominate Women’s Professional Soccer League AARON MANSFIELD Senior Sports Editor U.S. citizens watched with wide eyes this summer as their women’s national soccer team flurried through the 2011 World Cup. The squad fell just short in the championship match, but a star emerged from that tournament. She’s been on Sportscenter, she’s trended on Twitter, and she’s signed endorsement deals, but on any given summer day, you can find Alex Morgan playing soccer right outside of Buffalo.

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REBECCA BRATEK News Editor

Student Association President JoAnna Datz was no exception.

There is a range of emotions that graduating high school seniors experience at the end of that particular journey. Many are accustomed to the knowledge and wisdom that comes with being in one place for four

Five years ago, Datz was the typical high school senior. She was involved in anything and everything – she was even the president of four different clubs. She was a leader; her name was well known and she

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One of the most admirable qualities Datz sees in other people, and herself, is the innate sense of community felt with peers.

As a child, she went to sleep-away camp and said it was the most life-changing and life-shaping experience.

According to Datz, sleep-away camp is one of the best examples of a place that embraces community. Campers leave their secure bubble of family and friends for an extended period of time in summer. The other campers not

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Students Forced to Dig Deep into Empty Pockets

Seemingly the entire world watched as the U.S. lost in the final World Cup game to Japan, 2-2 in a shootout. Throughout the tournament and final, Morgan emerged as the class of the red, white and blue.

The 22-year-old phenom was this year’s No. 1 overall draft pick of the Women’s Professional Soccer League. Morgan was selected by an expansion team - the Western New York Flash.

In addition to Morgan, the Michael Jordan of women’s soccer plays for the Flash; fivetime World Player of the Year Marta signed with WNY in January.

The Flash practice at Sahlen’s Sports Park in Elma, NY, which is a mere 20 minutes outside of the city. With the help of Morgan and Marta, the Flash won the WPSL Championship this weekend 2-1 over the Philadelphia Independence in penalty kicks.

The thrilling championship victory was just another notch on an already impressive inventory of achievements for the young striker. Morgan has seen her popularity rise faster than she ever imagined, and she’s enjoyed her rise to fame, but the California native has a greater agenda in mind.

“Everything right now is relatively new for

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Revitalizing Through Relocation JOHN HUGAR Asst. News Editor UB’s future medical campus looks to heal an ailing Buffalo.

When the NYSUNY 2020 bill was passed in June 2011, one of the biggest points of interest was the potential budget for the construction of the new downtown campus of the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

UB is eligible to receive $35 million in state seed money from the bill for the campus, which will be completed in 2016. The university is currently awaiting the governor’s approval of its proposal for the $35 million grant.

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MATTHEW PARRINO Editor in Chief Textbooks, rent, food, and transportation are expensive.

So it makes sense that most students return from summer vacation with finances already at the forefront of their mind, but this fall students were hit with a mind-boggling financial aid bombshell.

Financial aid disbursement – including loans – is now being distributed almost three full weeks later than in years past, and the add/drop period has been reduced from two weeks to one.

A total of 21 staff members in the financial aid department – 10 advisors and 11 professional staff members – are responsible

If the grant is awarded, it will be one part of a $375 million plan that would include $50 million to be raised in private gifts to the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, $50 million to be raised from private partnerships, $40 million in research grants, $100 million from UB capital and other sources, and $100 million for medical school program fees. Tuition revenues will not be used for any part of the medical school’s construction.

During the week before school started, the SRC recorded its highest call volume in a single day in its history with 10,000+ calls. The most calls recorded prior to that day was about 5,000. It was basically impossible for anybody to get through to get help with financial aid questions.

The changes to the disbursement schedule have been met with anger by many students, according to Jennifer Pollard, interim director of financial aid.

Marcella Fierro

STEVEN WROBEL News Editor Bodies laid out on a cold metallic table waiting to be examined.

Police and court officials pressing for information that might help break a case. Seeing a family receive closure after losing a loved one. This may sound like an episode of CSI, but this is the Courtesy of Scott Suchman

One of the many issues that have faced the financial aid office in the past has been students that have borrowed thousands of dollars in loans and failed to finish the semester. These students end up owing UB for these loans and with the changes it will be more difficult for students who have figured out the system to take advantage of financial aid.

“We had students who got refunds and then dropped out of school and then owe money,” Pollard said. “Then they would end up in collections and with the Attorney General…We can’t do that. It’s not the way it should be run. We shouldn’t be creating more problems for students with loan debt. That’s the other problem and piece to this: these

are loans. So we don’t want to disperse money to students who aren’t eligible for it and then they have debt…It’s not a good practice. We want to make sure we’re working with the students on this.”

Pollard has only been in her position since May and was not aware of any research or statistical data that may or may not have been done to show what percentage of UB students took advantage of the old financial aid system.

The biggest issue about the changes are not so much that they were made as much as the lack of notice given to students.

“I don’t think we anticipated the reaction from students to be

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“We have not yet begun construction,” said John Della Contrada, Assistant Vice President for Media Relations. “We are evaluating potential sites and the medical school’s leadership is having preliminary discussions about facility design and needs.”

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for helping roughly 29,000 students figure out their financial aid dilemmas. The Student Response Center (SRC) also offers support but it has been extra busy this semester.

life of a medical examiner.

Dr. Marcella F. Fierro saw many people and victims come through her office as a medical examiner. Among them were the four victims of serial rapist and murderer Timothy Wilson Spencer, the first murderer in the state of Virginia to be convicted based on DNA evidence.

Fierro graduated UB Medical School in 1966, a time when many women were not becoming doctors. Times have since changed for the medical school.

The school now admits classes

of 140 students, and has averaged 67 female students over the past five years.

“We look for the best,” said Charles Severin, Ph.D., MD, the current Associate Dean of Medical Education and Admissions. “And we want to make sure there are woman physicians because some women do feel more comfortable seeing a female physician than a male [physician].”

In the 1960s, however, the field of medicine was predominately reserved for men.

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Continued from Page 1 as much as it was,” Pollard said. “We knew there would be a reaction because this definitely changes things for a lot of students…

Could we have done more, of course – apparently with the response from students we could have done way more.”

istering for classes, dropping classes, accepting financial aid awards, and viewing and paying bills. One of the main issues that students have faced is the new idea of “anticipated financial aid” in the aftermath of the changes, which shows a student’s account balance as being unpaid until the census date.

What UB did to inform students:

The new model for financial aid disbursement revolves around the financial aid census date. It’s the date when the student’s enrollment freezes and a snapshot is taken.

That day happens to be the day after the new one-week add/drop period ends.

Whenever someone sends an email to SRC they get an auto reply that has the warning in it.

MyUB has need-to-knows. The add/drop and financial aid disbursement changes are in red right now.

The SRC voicemail message during nonbusiness hours contained information regarding the changes.

All the SARFS offices revamped their websites over the summer and they contain more information than ever before.

Posted about the changes on Facebook.

When UB rolled out the HUB at the end of last semester, nobody could have envisioned the polarizing affect the new software would have on the campuses. People either love it or hate it, and there isn’t a lot of room in between those lines.

Everything is done on the new system: reg-

Students are accustomed to getting their bills paid on time and refund checks delivered well before school starts. Many students are dealing with how they’ll pay rent and how they’ll buy food until the checks are dispersed on Sept. 9 at the earliest.

“Some of the emails I’ve gotten and some of the calls I’ve received have been some of the worst I’ve gotten in my career in financial aid and I’ve been doing this since 1995,” Pollard said. “We’ve been blamed for making people homeless, losing childcare – I mean we’ve been blamed for everything…A lot of my staff is starting to take it personally. That they’re personally responsible for people being evicted.”

The financial aid office suggests students who need to pay bills immediately seek out

part time jobs to help pay the bills

HUB Advantages

“Financial aid is there to pay your tuition, fees, books and help with any additional expenses you have, but I think a lot of students believe it’s just there to help support their life style,” Pollard said. “We hear a lot of times that students can’t pay their rent, they can’t eat, get their car or are getting collection calls, and they put a lot of pressure on our offices. But we’re really here to supplement paying for their education…not responsible for paying their education.”

· Instant information – real time class and billing information

The reasoning given for the add/drop cut was three-fold, according to Assistant Registrar Nigel Marriner. Student’s wait too long to drop and add classes and struggle to catch up on material. The second concern is for course demand and availability, which has been solved by the change.

Finally, it was an attempt to fix the inconsistencies between the registration and billing policies. The reasoning given for the time of the add/drop change was all about timing. “[This] comes from the faculty senate, they made this decision, they made it awhile ago, it’s just now, because of the implementation of the new system we can bring it in,” Marriner said. “It was enacted in May 2008 and this is the first time we are enacting it…It was just easier to bring this in with the new system at the same time.”

· Accepting awards right online. · Shopping cart registration model While students may not like the new system there doesn’t seem to be any change of heart with the higher ups at UB about rethinking the changes.

“At this point there is nothing that is going to change,” Pollard said. “This is the way it is and this is the way it was planned for the past couple of years now. This is the way it’s been communicated to students and we just hope that there is enough students who are ready for this and don’t walk on campus and expect to have money to pay Sept. 1 rent, because they’re not going to have it.”

The Spectrum wants to know all about your experiences with all the changes this semester, good and bad. If you want to share your story call the newsroom at 716-645-8565.

Email: news@ubspectrum.com

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Mass Times: 885 Sweet Home Rd., Amherst Saturday Vigil: between Maple Rd. and Sheridan Dr. 4:30 PM (just 3 minutes from UB’s North Campus) Sunday: 8 AM, 9:30 AM and 11 AM Monday-Saturday at 8 AM in the chapel For more information on our ministries and other activities please call (716) 835-8905 or visit www.stleothegreatamherst.com

Unpack Your Troubles September 7-17, 2011

Suicide Prevention Week

FREE EVENT

Wellness Activity Day

SePt. 7 • 11AM–2PM • Student union SociAl hAll Stress Survival Art Activity, Games and Prizes, Mental health Awareness resources, Yoga/relaxation demonstrations and nutrition demonstrations.

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Active Minds Speaker: Jordan Burnham SePt. 7 • 7PM • liPPeS concert hAll in Slee hAll Jordan’s program educates students about depression, suicide, and coping skills for young adults.

For more information on Jordan visit www.activeminds.org.

Arrive early, seating is limited. Advanced reserved seating for faculty/staff bringing classes/students or groups are available by contacting carissa uschold at cuschold@buffalo.edu

QPR – Question, Persuade, Refer Suicide Prevention Program SePt. 8 • 11AM–1PM • 210 Student union to register please go to: http://wellness.buffalo.edu/training

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Welcome to Pandemonium

Poorly executed changes confusing and frustrating.

A chance to “celebrate the beginning of the academic year and welcome new students to the campus” is what UB promised students for the annual September Welcome event, but many students have been welcomed by headaches, frustration and worry.

Roughly 70 percent of students receive financial aid. In the past, aid would be disbursed on Aug. 20 and students would be able to view their bill online before the due date of Aug. 23 with some level of comfort that the amount they are viewing is accurate.

Not anymore, as most of us have noticed via bills that have blown up faster than the Incredible Hulk on steroids. UB has decided that paying out our financial aid in time for their own bill’s due date was much too difficult and that they absolutely had to push the disbursement date back to Sept. 10.

That’s $140 million that the university is holding back.

Yet they still sent out bills to every student with a clear due date of Aug. 23 and a maelstrom of confusion began that is still raging. Some students were unsure and thought the school was telling them that they had to pay by Aug. 23, and felt forced to pay the entirety of their bill on a credit card. Since UB is about as fast at getting checks out as a tenant behind on their rent, it’s inevitable that those students or their parents will be forced to pay interest on those cards.

UB says they have a solution to their painfully slow check mailing. Signing up for direct deposit of your financial aid refund will speed the process up and get the money to you faster, they say. Many students, however, are fearful of giving their account information over because they think it’s possible for the university to take out money as well as put money in. Although this is not the case, this should be clearly stated beforehand by the university to alleviate fears, as it is always a good idea to be skeptical of putting your personal banking information online.

On top of this rush, students learned over the summer that the drop/add period was shortened to Sept. 3 to drop and Sept. 6 to add, creating another layer of stress for students. Very little can be gauged from a class in one week, especially considering some classes are a single day a week and the first week tends to be lighter on material than the next week. UB hopes that this will get students who don’t want to be in high demand classes out faster, and get students who are clamoring for a seat in. A noble ambition, but making the window shorter isn’t going to alleviate the problem, it’s going to exacerbate it.

will allow them to make sure that everyone getting aid is still registered for the proper amount of classes. This way, students can’t get caught in a situation where they will be forced to give back money that they received and already spent.

Surely this does happen, but it’s not a common enough occurrence to warrant a change on this large of a scale, and it certainly doesn’t justify holding all forms of aid, including scholarships.

If the school wanted to solve this problem, they should refrain from sending out checks or depositing money until after the drop/add period, and check on academic eligibility before sending them out. Students could also be given an option to opt out of the drop/add period, lock in their schedule and ensure that their aid and refunds are processed in a timely manner.

Maybe the University would have heard suggestions like this had they informed us of the changes earlier, but they didn’t. Students were under the impression that the financial aid was complete in July, and that there would be plenty of time for the aid to be applied.

Most students have been blindsided by these troubles. Considering our tuition was also hiked this summer, UB should have been able to afford more than a single email trying to tell us that there would be a major policy change affecting our financial aid.

As if this wasn’t enough, the new HUB student center went online, replacing BIRD and many other online services. It is difficult to navigate, finding class information is not any easier, and it will log you out of your session very quickly.

While some aspects of the HUB are good ideas, such as the way to register for classes and accepting financial aid, their implementation has been much less than ideal. This seems much more like a beta release that’s full of quirks rather than a well-developed system and a full release. The “todo box” feature that is supposed to show upcoming deadlines and other issues hasn’t updated at all for many students.

It’s embarrassing for this school to be in such a debacle. Last year, UB coordinated four separate building projects simultaneously, yet we are supposed to believe that this situation was too much to handle.

Hopefully not, as problems like this stay in people’s minds after they leave school, just as strongly as the good memories. It will be difficult to get Alumni to donate if their final memory of UB is that the big wigs decided to sacrifice the peace of mind of the student body just to make their jobs a little easier.

It’s also an intimidating factor for freshmen and it could scare them into thinking about transferring.

Our school needs to decide quickly what its path is going to take in the future. We demand to be treated as the reason this school exists, not as a number to be increased for the grand UB 2020 plan.

There are other reasons for shortening the drop add period, that intertwine with the later disbursement date. They say pushing back the drop/ add deadline and waiting on the financial aid

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR I know it’s cliché but I have to start my inaugural column with a welcome back to everyone at UB. If you’re a veteran reader of the paper or a new addition, I want to say thank you and that I hope The Spectrum will take coverage of UB to the next level this semester.

thinking and how you feel about any and everything that happens at UB.

I’ve been thinking all summer about what I wanted to say in my opening issue and after a lot of thought, it’s simply this: You Matter!

This school is the greatest in the world in my eyes. How corny, right?

The funny part is that I’m serious. I love UB and the past four years have been the best of my life. Mostly because in that time I met my beautiful wife, but also because of this school.

That’s right, I’m talking to every person with a person #. That eight-digit number that we keep on the tip of tongue or on the tip of our pen seems to define us in a way during our time at UB. Being one of about 29,000 can make you feel insignificant, but I’m here to implore you to ignore that impulse at every cost. I want to know what you’re

You are the student body and we – The Spectrum – are your voice. I fully expect you to use us to deliver your message to whomever it is intended for.

UB represents the greatest parts of society. We have a strongly knit community, some of the smartest people in the world, a great athletic program, a beautiful campus, and people that I feel genuinely care about the person sitting next to them in whatever class they end

up sitting in.

I love this university so much that I have vowed, in my position as editor in chief, to do a service for this school, providing the best coverage of every aspect of it that my staff and I can possibly give.

The toughest part of the job is that I can’t do it alone, even if I wanted to. I need you – the UB student – to be my eyes on the outside and help hold people accountable as well as give people praise for a job well done.

People tell me all the time, “There’s too much apathy at UB, nobody really cares that much about what’s going on.

At least not enough to speak up about it.” I tell those people how wrong I think they are and now I need you to prove it to them for me.

This is an exciting time to be at UB. We have a

new president, a medical school that’s being moved downtown to help revitalize the city of Buffalo, and an athletic program dedicated to providing top-notch talent to entertain us.

If you see there’s a game coming up, get your free ticket. If the president is doing a meet-and-greet, be the first in line. If the Student Association is putting on a movie night, don’t miss it. Experience this campus and all the great stuff it has to offer.

Where Did the Time Go?

Jameson Butler Senior Arts Editor Every fall, roughly 30,000 people flood the three UB campuses, many of which are still trying to get into a certain classes or are looking for a course to replace another.

Usually students have two weeks to make a final decision about their schedule. But this year UB, without much notice, decided to change the drop/add period. Not only is it shorter, but drop and add are on separate dates.

This year, students only have until Sept.

3 to drop courses and Sept. 6 to add courses. This causes unnecessary confusion and does nothing but hurt the students.

There are countless factors that go into whether a student will enjoy a class. The professor, the time, the students around them, and the workload are all prime examples of what can make or break a class for students.

The two weeks that students had previously was the perfect amount of time because it gave students a chance to go to several classes before deciding on what to do. Now with less than a week to decide whether to drop a class, the decision has been made that much harder.

Most professors don’t do anything but go over the syllabi in the first class and can take a couple classes to get into the substance of the course. Unfortunately, now students do not have the luxury of waiting until the class finally gets going to decide if the material in the course is something that they can handle.

Every professor has a different teaching style and talks about different things in their class. It is vital that students get a taste of the professor’s lecturing before making a decision on whether to drop a class or not. Thanks to UB, that is no longer possible.

This will force students into taking classes that might be overwhelming to them, causing students to get a lower grade just because they didn’t have that extra week to shop for classes. There will be someone who wants to drop a course and someone who needs it, but since it’s passed Saturday, they are out of luck.

Another problem with shortening the drop/add period is the fact that UB has already cut many courses, so the class choices are slim to begin with. This gives students less of a chance to get into the one course they may need because the single section is closed up and people don’t have the time to decide if they want to drop it or not.

This becomes a problem for seniors who need to get into a course to graduate. A student might need a class that only UB only offers one semester and someone might want to drop it the second week, but now those students will be hung out to dry.

The faculty senate was responsible for the decision to shorten the drop/add period. They said that the period was too long and it made students fall behind.

But what is worse, a student who wants to be in the class and falls a few classes behind or a student who ends up despising the course and end up getting an F on their transcript?

While this might make it easier on faculty and staff, this is a university; they should be trying to make the students’ lives easier.

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Have a great semester, and we hope you keep reading.

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Fall Fashion Transitions VERONICA RITTER Asst. Life Editor While it’s easy to find exactly what the latest fall fashion is, when to start wearing it isn’t so clear. I constantly hear girls ask themselves, ‘When does one bid farewell to their summer wardrobe and hello to jackets, boots, and hoodies?’

Fresh Meat

Asst. Life Desk Editor KEREN BARUCH

In Buffalo, it’s especially difficult to make that decision because the temperature outside isn’t too hot or too cold, yet. At the moment we’re in fashion limbo idling between two seasons. Luckily however, there’s a solution for that – you no longer have to choose.

It’s the first week of freshman year and Thursday night at the Main Street bars is poppin’. Everyone is taking shots as if they’ll never get a sip of alcohol again, hoping to reach that level of ultimate drunk so that they can excuse their actions of the night. A senior boy gently grazes his hand over your behind and whispers in your ear, “What’s your name beautiful?”

It’s too dark, he doesn’t actually think you’re beautiful.

He’s going to forget your name in 5 minutes, 10 if you’re lucky.

Anyway, let’s continue. You get angry and a bit nervous, so you pull away, but he pulls you in so his chest is pressed up against yours. With his breath smelling so strongly of beer that you can taste it, he says, “Come on, I’m not tryna f***, let’s just get outta here.”

Oh. I understand. You want a drunk girl wearing a tight dress to come over so you can show her your new action figure collection…

So, freshman girls, this is your introduction. Welcome to the Queen City, the SUNY school with the most students, i.e. the most hormones. Your first step, girls, is to realize that these horny boys that only take their hand out of their pants to try and get them into yours, are not worth it.

I know that freshman year comes with endless changes and it’s exciting to get the sexual attention from boys that you’ve been anxiously waiting to receive. However, do yourself a favor and wait it out. Don’t attack an opportunity to have random sex, because waking up in a random house on South Campus is not fun, even if he lets you keep his t-shirt in the morning.

Female college freshman are at the highest risk for sexual assault between the first day of school and Thanksgiving break, according to Iowa State University.

In addition, according to the website Mom Logic, 38 percent of freshmen admit to having sex with one or more people within the first two weeks of school.

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VERONICA RITTER Asst. Life Editor From growing up together in Coudersport, Pa. to running a self-created online business that markets restaurants in Buffalo, brothers Chris and Rob Cavallari and friend Josh Corey are satisfying their cravings by helping students satisfy their own.

Corey, a 2010 Penn. State graduate, thought that Buffalo would be the perfect place for an online food ordering service. Penn. State offers a website to students that gives them the convenience of ordering meals from various restaurants around the campus.

After a famishing first day on the job in Buffalo last year, Corey realized what little opportunities there were to order food via computer.

Being accustomed to this service throughout his college career, he sought to create a convenient way for Buffalo students and residents to easily get food.

“I got in contact with Chris and said we should start a website for Buffalo, I think it’d be awesome… and we started figuring out how we could work,” Corey said.

After getting on board with the idea, the three partnered up with LocalUp Solutions, a company created in 2009, which provides its services to over 30 campuses across the U.S. UB is now one of

them through BuffEats.com.

BuffEats launched its website on Aug. 1 and began promoting its services to students on North Campus, with the hope of spreading its wings to South Campus in the spring. Up until now, it pushed its new service on facebook and is already up to 300-500 hits on their website including an average of 20 orders a day. They hope to make the meal ordering process, whether it’s pick-up or delivery, a smoother and more precise experience for students.

“We’re starting out at the University at Buffalo and just getting the word out here as much as we can, and eventually we’ll slowly start spreading all through Buffalo,” Corey said. “Our overall goal is that every restaurant in Buffalo is on our website.”

Just Pizza and John’s Pizza and Subs are just a couple of the 17 restaurants that have already signed up with BuffEats. By the fall, they expect close to 30 restaurants surrounding North Campus to follow the BuffEats trend.

The website helps students save money by offering exclusive deals.

Currently BuffEats is offering a “Back to School Special,” running until Sept. 4. They will continue to offer deals for specific events and holidays, as well as giveaways from pizza to even Bills tickets.

Following them on Twitter or liking them on Facebook gives stu- Fall brings on colder times and dents the opportunity to partici- darker days, but your wardrobe doesn’t have to reflect it. Although pate and win. browns, blacks and neutrals are The site also includes maps of each more closely associated with the restaurant so picking up a meal upcoming time of year, it’s out becomes worry-free. Not to men- with the old and in with the new. tion the ease of doing it online and the assurance that what you order Brights are catching attention and turning heads. I recommended is exactly what you’ll get. color blocking for spring and sum“You can get all the same food in mer, but with fall comes single the Student Union all the time but shades of eye-popping volumes. A the real food in Buffalo is definite- bright pump lets you standing out ly something we want all students at night, in a good way. A bright to experience. Especially the inter- top or dress paired with a neunational students, trying to help tral colored pair of boots does the them get food closer to their cul- trick and leaves others in awe of your ability to smoothly mix two ture,” Chris said. seasons into one outfit.

The company, while only just created this past summer, already has Florals have strictly been mana lot to show for itself. BuffEats dated toward spring and summer offers a wide range of food from months for years, but why should American, to Chinese, Japanese they get to have all the fun? Overand more. They are looking to ex- lap your floral top with a cardipand not only to South Campus, gan, like our Look of the Week, residential areas, and other near- Megan Walker did, and you’ll be by colleges, but also their menu fall ready with no confusion. Add to desserts as well. And with no some stylish accessories, easily afplace but forward to go, it is sure fordable at H&M or Forever21 like to become an even bigger success Megan’s owl necklace, or coral — changing the world one hungry earrings and you’ve got the look Megan describes as “classy hipstudent at a time. ster,” down pat.

Additional reporting by Akari Iburi

Email: features@ubspectrum.com

UB Gets Fancy With Greiner Hall also different having a big walk-in closet and your own bathroom."

It is important to keep the boys waiting on their toes. Let them keep you at the tip of your fingers but never let them hold all of you in their hand (no that was not a sexual reference).

Don’t let what happened to Kelli Leclair, sophomore communications major, happen to you.

Greiner is the only dorm on campus with air conditioning, something that students are definitely appreciating this time of year. Residents can control the temperature of their own rooms, creating the perfect atmosphere for studying, relaxing, or even some partying.

“One night I met this kid at Northside and we danced for [about] 5 minutes. He told me his name at one point but I was drunk, so I don’t really remember it,” Leclair said. “He brought me to his apartment and we had sex. After about 20 minutes he told me to get out.

I walked out of his apartment and found myself alone on the street with one shoe.”

The hall also introduced new, modern furniture for the residents to place around their rooms as they wish. The flexible-use furnishings give the rooms a nice touch and add to the atmosphere that the building creates. The hall has also stepped up the security, with residents having to swipe in each time they use the elevators as well as to get in to the dorms.

Let’s take a stand for all the freshman girls that have been sucked into having one-night stands.

Girls, get out there and show the boys that your vibrator fulfills wonders that they never could.

Oh, and if you’re really that horny and there’s nothing that can stop you from getting it in, then make sure you use protection. Unless you’re into that teen mom business. Recommendation: Trojan Ecstasy. Get on that and let me know what you think.

Email: keren.baruch@ubspectrum.com

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Hannah Barnes Life Editor Last year, the space in front of Ellicott was a major construction site. Now, a gleaming tribute to architecture and technology stands proudly for all the campus to see.

Greiner Hall is officially open, and students are loving it.

This new dorm holds 600 sophomores who were chosen to live there by a lottery system last spring. They are the first to live in the building, which means that everything is brand new and in pristine condition. The suite style living spaces contain two double rooms, a bathroom, and a storage area. Each floor also has a lounge, kitchen, and laundry room, and the building was designed with state-of-the-art technology.

Along with the rooms, the hall also houses classrooms, meeting rooms, and a new eatery on campus called Au Bon Pain with seating for 50. The building is Gold Certified in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System

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(LEED), right on track with the University's many green initiatives. Roofed bike racks designed

by UB Architecture students encourage students to use their bikes as a greener form of transportation, and the surrounding trees and landscaping fit in perfectly with the clean, green theme.

Naturally, the chosen students are pretty excited about living in the new dorm. "I love everything about it," said Kelsey Clark, a sophomore Biomedical Sciences major.

"Everything is so much nicer and cleaner and just more friendly looking."

The inside of Greiner Hall is in pristine condition, with smoothly running elevators, window-walled lounges, and expansive hallways peppered with sleek benches. The rooms themselves can be compared to a hotel, with high ceilings, white walls, and plenty of windows to brighten up the dorm.

"Greiner's rooms are much bigger than [my dorm] was for me last year." said Tom Sisti, a sophomore Pre-Pharmacy major. "We can easily fit twice as many people in our room as we could last year. It's

In past years we’ve segregated certain colors, styles, patterns and prints according to the time of the year. But why are we so clothesist? This fall, hold onto summer a bit longer (and in Buffalo, you know you want to.) It may be hard to believe, but it is possible to combine dresses, florals, brights, and flats, with cardigans, scarves, and boots in a stylish and appropriate manner.

But the lucky few who made it into the dorm aren't complaining. "Everything is so much better than last year," Clark said. "There's an automatic light in each room, huge lounges on every floor, and an amazing kitchen."

Scarves are also a great transitional piece. While the weather may not agree just yet, scarves over tanks or cropped tops get along just fine. It’s a perfect accessory to throw on for instant fashion that is effortless. I love seeing scarves no matter what time of year it is, and the multiple ways people wear them. (Check out Friday’s issue to see a few and to get new ideas).

Look of the Week

Who: Megan Walker First year grad. student Masters program for information and library science

While living in Greiner Hall definitely has its perks, residents have noticed some drawbacks as well.

What: Classy hipster

"Parking kind of stinks," Sisti said.

"It's not easy to find a spot, and if you do it's probably pretty far away from the building."

Tank – Urban Outfitters

Since Greiner is a new building, there have been a few things that needed to be worked out, like a water leak that caused the residents to lose their water on the second day of living in the dorm.

Sneakers – Bought in Ireland

All in all, UB has done a great job with Greiner Hall. The views are great, the hallways sparkle, and the living is pretty easy.

Email: features@ubspectrum.com

Where / Wear: Cardigan – H&M Skirt – Forever21 Bag – Urban Outfitters Earrings & Necklace – Forever21 Bracelets – Charlotte Russe

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Volume 1-Issue 1

A Newsletter from your Student Association All SA clubs are paid through your mandatory activities fee

WELCOME TO THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION

The Voice of the Undergraduate Student Population

The Student Association is the voice of the undergraduate student population at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Coincidentally, SA is the largest student government of the SUNY system. Its dedicated staff and elected officers have the obligation to carry out projects promoting student activity. The student government as a whole takes part in deciding which activities best reflect the interests of the student body. Funding for services provided by SA comes from what is called a Mandatory Student Activity Fee. SA funds over 150 clubs, organizations, and services.

A Letter from the SA Eboard It's hard to believe how quickly the summer has passed that brings us to the start of a new academic year here at UB. We, the Student Association Executive Board, have been working all summer to prepare for a great year ahead. We look forward to a new year with increased student feedback, involvement and engagement. Each President Vice-President Treasurer JoAnna Datz Meghan McMonagle Sikander M. Khan semester, undergraduates pay a Mandatory Student Activity Fee of $94.75 which is used to support the student run events, activities, services, opportunities and club organizations brought to you by the Student Association.

Among our many goals this year is to ensure that students' VOICEs are heard. There are many ways in which the you can provide your feedback, including but not limited to commenting on our Facebook Page (UB Student Association), attending our monthly Coffee Cup Conversations/Meet & Greets, provide feedback in the SA Suggestion Boxes located throughout campus, joining the Student Assembly or SA Senate which are the legislative bodies of the Student Association or simply stopping by 350 Student Union to introduce yourself!

We've got great things in store for you this year! In the upcoming weeks, the Student Association will be hosting a variety of fun events and activities for you to participate in, including XTreme Air, an SA Fair, Spirit Week Events and Homecoming Carnival, the SA Film Series and UB Trippin' events to Darien Lake and the Lion King at Sheas Performing Arts Theatre. As the semester unfolds we'll have even more information for you about a variety of other events including Fall Fest, the Comedy Series, and more. To keep up to date with all of the awesome things brought to you by the Student Association be sure to like us on Facebook (UB Student Association)!

Be sure to check out our 130+ clubs! We will be having an SA Clubs Fair in Founders' Plaza on Wednesday, September 7th (shine only)! Joining clubs will help to make your university experience more rewarding and enjoyable by being involved in the things you enjoy, meeting new friends and experiencing different things. You can join clubs by coming to 350 Student Union or attending their club meetings/events.

Again, we look forward to an amazing year as the representatives of the Undergraduate Student Body. We hope to see you at our many events or when you stop by our office to get involved!

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Sports Alpine Ski Team - Baseball Club - Boxing Club - Crew Rowing Team Cross Country and Track - Equestrian Club - Field Hockey -Gymnastics - Kendo Club - Mens Club Soccer - Mens Ice Hockey Mens Lacrosse - Mens Rugby - Mens Volleyball - Roller Hockey - TAE KWON DO - UB Aces Tennis - Cycling - Paintball - Rock Climbing Sailing Club - Ultimate Frisbee - Womens Club Soccer -Womens Club Volleyball - Womens Ice Hockey - Womens Lacrosse - Womens Rugby - Wrestling

Academic Alpha Epsilon Delta - Anthropology - Association for Computing Machinery - Association of Pre Med Students - Communications Undergraduate - Environmental Network - Exercise Science Geography - Geology - Minorities in Health Related Professions Minority Management Association - Multicultural Nursing -Nursing Student Organization - Pharmacology Toxicology Club -Political Science - Pre Dental Club - Pre Meds Without Borders Pre-Pharmacy Club - Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society - Student Association of Speech and Hearing - Student Visual Arts Organization - Undergraduate Biology Association -Undergraduate Psychology Association

STUDENT ASSOCIATION EVENTS COMING SOON

SA Giveaway Week Sept 6th-9th

UB Trippin’ To

Darien Lake &The Lion King

International

Darien Lake: 9/17/11-Rain Date 9/25/11 Leave SU at 12:00pm Leave Darien at 7:00pm Tickets available starting Sept 1st Price: $15 Provides: Admission to park & transportation. Note: During family FrightFest*

African - Bangladeshi - Caribbean - Chinese - Filipino AmericanHong Kong SA - Indian - Indonesian - Italian - Japanese - KoreanLatin American -Malaysian - Organization of Arab Students Pakistani - Polish - Taiwanese -Turkish - Ukrainian - Vietnamese

Lion King at Shea’s Performing Arts Center: 10/4-10/5 & 10/16 Leave SU 10/4-10/5 at 6:00pm and 10/16 at 11:30am Tickets available starting Sept 12th Price: $25

All tickets will be available at the SBI Ticket Office

You must take provided transportation to all UB trippin’ events in order to receive admission

Engineering

STUDENTASSEMBLY & SENATE

THE LEGISLATIVE BODIES OF THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION ALL UNDERGRADS ARE ELIGIBLE TO JOIN THE ASSEMBLY & SENATORS ARE ELECTED Petitions are available between 9:00am-5:00pm starting Aug 29th in 350SU

Senate Petitions Due 9/15 by 12:00pm Assembly Petitions Due 9/19 by 4:00pm Elections will take place September 21st-23rd in the SU Lobby

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Office: Suite 350 Student Union, Buffalo, NY 14260

Regular Hours: M-F 9:00am - 6:00pm Phone: (716) 645-2950

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People of Color Asian American SU - Black Student Union Native American People Alliance - PODER Latinos Unidos Note Temporary Clubs are not mentioned

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Alex Morgan is slowly but surely bringing women’s soccer back to the mainstream me,” Morgan said. “I’m not going to lie; the attention is a little weird and it’s different from what I’m used to, but I definitely want to bring attention to women’s soccer in the states. I’m going to help out women’s soccer as much as I can. I want to keep turning heads for women’s sports in the U.S. and in the world.”

Flash head coach Aaran Lines isn’t focused on Morgan’s celebrity status. She’s just another player in Lines’ eyes.

“I don’t pay that much attention to the media,” Lines said.

“To me, I see our No. 1 draft pick. I watch what she’s doing on the field at practice every day. I don’t look at what the media is saying about her.”

Morgan believes the after-effect of the 1999 World Cup changed women’s soccer forever. Morgan knows that the popularity of women’s soccer will die down again because the World Cup only takes place once every four years, but she hopes that people will continue to pay attention. Her professional team practically forced fans to continue taking notice as the Flash tore apart the WPSL when Marta and Morgan returned from the World Cup. The Flash went the final 11 games of the season without suffering a defeat.

Poetically, WNY began that streak following a 2-1 loss to Philadelphia. The WPSL championship game mirrored Team USA’s loss to Japan; both WNY and the U.S. blew late leads and both games headed to penalty kicks. This time, however, Morgan wouldn’t settle for second place. The Flash finished the season 14-2-3 as regular season champions and WPS champions.

Though WNY claimed a championship, Morgan’s loss in the World Cup finale remains fresh in her memory.

[I want to use the following as a pull quote. I think it would catch the readers’ attention. So in quotes would be: “I went from scoring the first goal…because we didn’t see it firsthand.”]

“The whole game was very emotional,” Morgan said. “I went from scoring the first goal, which was probably the best feeling I’ll ever have – I just wanted to cry on the field – to the penalty shootout, which was up and down and very emotionally draining.

“We were disappointed at the moment; we were heartbroken. We didn’t really feel the impact that we had on the U.S. until we got home because we didn’t see it firsthand.

Coming back to the U.S. and seeing the fans in the airport and in the hotel made us feel proud for the first time since we got the silver medal.”

Assistant coach Scott Vallow said the U.S. players related to Americans via their fight, drive, bravery and never-saydie attitude, and that’s why they were able to captivate so many people.

Lines said the U.S. run was enormous for the game. In his mind, now people are well aware of what’s going on, so it’s been a miraculous spectacle for the Women’s Professional Soccer League.

It appeared that everybody in the U.S. – including the media – developed a soft spot for their women’s national team in the tournament. Various media outlets have been widely criticized for sympathizing with the U.S. squad following the team’s defeat in the final. America went in with the No. 1 ranking in the world but finished second in the tournament. Morgan has her own take on the topic.

“Everyone’s always going to have their opinions and there’s always going to be a devil’s advocate, so that’s fine,” Morgan said. “People are entitled to their opinions. I’ve heard multiple things, from we played the best game – I do think we played very well – to we choked.”

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“In the U.S., it’s usually first or nothing, but there’s been such an outpouring of overwhelming support, and we’re really thankful for that,” Morgan said.

Morgan urged fans to come out to a game in the future. She said she hopes people realize that the WNY squad boasts players from six different countries that came together to play in Buffalo’s backyard.

Athletic trainer Gerard “Micky” Gingras noticed a drastic spike in attendance from young Flash fans. Local teams frequently come out to Sahlen’s to watch the Flash practice, and Gingras said the professional players love it as much as the kids.

The Flash have a connection with UB, too. Center back Kimberly Brandão is Portugal’s captain and an assistant coach for UB’s women’s soccer team.

Brandão said all her different professional and national experiences have assisted her coaching career at UB. She knows what it’s like for the players, and she’s aware of the amount of dedication it takes to play at the highest level.

“The World Cup was a great showcase of what women’s soccer is going to be like and how good it can really get,” Brandão said. “We’re just trying to do our part to make it as big as possible.”

Just how big can women’s soccer get? That remains to be seen. But one thing is certain: Morgan is doing her part.

“We’ve got people’s attention,” Morgan said. “Now we just need to keep it.”

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I’m With Them NICOLAS PINO Arts Editor

Top Albums From Summer 2011 JAMESON BUTLER Senior Arts Editor This summer lacked the big name album releases that generally populate your vacation, but that doesn’t mean that there weren’t albums that blew people away.

From indie to hip-hop, numerous albums deserved the attention but lacked the publicity to get on the radio. Here are the top 10 albums of the summer.

Artist: Frank Turner Album: England Keep My Bones Release Date: June 7 Label: Epitaph

Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers Album: I’m With You Release Date: Aug. 29 Label: Warner Bros.

Acoustic guitar, history, and sentimental lyrics — these things are all prevalent on Frank Turner’s fourth studio album, England Keep My Bones. From the haunting opening track “Eulogy” to the agnostic closer “Glory Hallelujah,” Turner continues to add to an already stellar discography.

problem is its short 26-minute run time.

Artist: F***** Up Album: David Comes to Life Release Date: June 7 Label: Matador

After the band’s two-year hiatus, Anthony Kiedis and crew are ready to stir up the alt-rock pot and bring the incredible sounds of Josh Klinghoffer’s stunning guitar work and iconic bass-funk that will surely please audiences the world over.

Although John Frusciante stepped out in the last days of the Stadium Arcadium tour, Klinghoffer has filled the gaping void, and brought along with him a sound entirely unlike any RHCP CD before.

The opening track on I’m With You, “Monarchy of Roses,” preps fans for the uniquely different sounds of the album. Heavy distortion cements a marked difference between classic RHCP and the rest of this multifaceted compilation.

Catchy and lyrically entrancing, “Factory of Faith” delivers quality bass riffs along with Kiedis’ killer vocals to create an intriguing mix of old and new RHCP, reminiscent of Stadium Arcadium.

“Brendan’s Death Song,” a heartfelt acoustic ballad, covers the death of long-time friend and initial supporter Brendan Mullen. Incorporating a harder rock tonality in its closing minutes, the track bleeds directly from a hurting Anthony Kiedis, and its emotional impact is deeply felt.

The album’s midsection does well to remember the band’s peak of Californication as both “Ethiopia” and “Look Around” bring the same heavy bass and vocal tracks the band was known for, syncing up in perfect form.

Klinghoffer, long-time friend of Frusciante, enters the fray without missing a beat, even progressing the band’s sound by adding keyboard and vocals to many of the album’s more appealing songs.

The album’s first single, “The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie,” prominently features overtly sexualized lyrics and probably the best use of cowbell since Blue Oyster Cult’s stint with the reaper.

Other highlights include “Did I Let You Know,” “Even You, Brutus” and the mellow groove, “Meet Me at the Corner” each of which contribute their own diverse sounds to an already alien production.

Fans expecting to come into a classic culmination of Kiedis, Flea and Frusciante magic will be taken by surprise by the twists and turns of RHCP’s latest melodic concoction.

E-mail: arts@ubspectrum.com

Artist: The Wonder Years Album: Suburbia I’ve Given You All And Now I’m Nothing Release Date: June 14 Label: Hopeless Pop-punk has changed drastically since its heyday, but apparently nobody told that to The Wonder Years. Suburbia unleashes the angst of growing up in the suburbs and the confusing challenges of leaving it behind. What separates Suburbia from countless other teen angst albums is the imagery created by vocalist Dan Campbell, which cuts the listener straight to the bone.

Check out: “Local Man Ruins Everything,” “Hoodie Weather” Artist: Taking Back Sunday Album: Taking Back Sunday

Artist: Tyler, the Creator

These Canadian hardcore punkers bring to life a story of heartache and despair.

The vivid lyrics depict the story of David, who attempts to find love — only to lose it again — and the pain and guilt that ensues. The heavy instrumentals only add to the emotion of main singer Pink Eyes’ gutwrenching vocals.

Check out: “Queen of Hearts,” “A Slanted Tone”

Album: Leap Year Release Date: July 26

Label: XL By now, there are few people that haven’t heard of Tyler, the Creator or his over-thetop hip-hop collective, Odd Future. Tyler continues to make music that will make your skin crawl, but his talent is undeniable. Goblin has the best production value of any Odd Future album and Tyler’s talent only continues to grow.

Check out: “Transylvania,” “Analog” Artist: Bomb the Music Industry!

Coming straight outta the ‘burbs, Hoodie Allen combines infectious beats with witty lyrics and creates one of the best hip-hop albums of the year, and all without a label.

Leap Year has 13 tracks, and each is just as catchy as the last. The best part? The album can be downloaded for free on his website.

Check out: “James Franco,” “Song for an Actress” Artist: Jay-Z Kanye West

and

Album: Watch The Throne Release Date: Aug. 8 Label: Roc-a-Fella

Album: Vacation Release Date: July 26 Label: Quote Unquote Records Bomb the Music Industry has returned with their sixth studio album, which might just be their best ever. Vacation sees BMI mature in front of the listener, with the album going against the band’s previously juvenile grain. Jeff Rosenstock comes into his own as a songwriter as he writes about the struggles of trying to build a home.

Check out: Coach”

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Artist: Bon Iver Album: Bon Iver

This album got so much hype before it came out that measuring up to it all seemed impossible, but when two of the best rappers over the past decade collaborate it’s hard to screw up. Kanye provides some spectacular beats and Jay-Z brings his impeccable flow to create an album that stands out from the rest.

Check out: “N***** in Paris,” “Otis”

Label: Warner Bros.

Check out: “Money (Let it Go)” “You Got Me”

Release Date: May 10

Label: None

Release Date: June 28

For the first time since their groundbreaking debut, Tell All Your Friends, the original members of Taking Back Sunday have reconciled and returned to the studio. The album has a clear Straylight Run (John Nolan and Shaun Cooper’s side project in between their tenures) influence, which gives Taking Back Sunday some muchneeded depth to what was a dwindling career.

Album: Goblin

Artist: Hoodie Allen

Grade: ACheck out: “Peggy Sang the Blues,” “I Am Disappeared”

Check out: “Monster in the Closet,” “Living Dead”

Artist: Direct Hit! Album: ter

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Release Date: June 21 Label: Jagjaguwar After a three-year gap, Bon Iver has returned with another mesmerizing album. Their self-titled sophomore effort haunts the listener with its layered instrumentals and soul-searching lyrics. It may have not been the giant step forward that many Bon Iver fans yearned for, but Justin Vernon still manufactured one of the most beautiful albums of the summer.

Release Date: Aug. 2

Check out: “Holocene,” “Calgary”

Label: Kind of Like Records

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Direct Hit may just be an up-and-coming band, but they rock like they’ve been around for years. Trimming down they’re free EP to just 10 high-energy, in-yourface pop-punk anthems, DH produces an album that parties as hard as it rocks.

Domesplitter showcases the band’s love for their music and for their fans; the only

What are you Listening to?

Artist: Dom Kennedy Name: Reginald Richardson Major: Occupational therapy Year: Junior Why: It’s old school hip-hop, not new rap.

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Artist: Meek Mills Name: Michael Mancari Major: Social Sciences — Legal Studies Year: Senior Why: Likes the stories that Meek Mills can tell.

Artist: Nirvana Name: Stephen Doherty Major: School of Management — Economics Year: Senior Why: He has been listening to Nirvana since the age of 10.

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Between the constant retelling of his birth, world-renowned deaths every few hundred issues and some serious time spent in his twilight years, Superman’s aging is as shoddy as Lex Luthor’s latest plot.

Mortality of a super-hero is an issue covered by writers far and wide, and while ex-Marvel Editor-inChief Tom DeFalco does nothing to further the medium, his take on the aged Man of Steel has a few peaking moments of greatness.

Picking up a year after Supes left Earth on a journey of self-discovery, the world he once defended is an altered beast, reeking of crime, filth and abundant gang warfare.

With the once-greatest defender of the planet on a year long vacation, using “all-out-warfare” to describe the place is an understatement.

DeFalco writes a slightly better than average tale and for every few rays of hope, he casts an inescapable shadow of dull-witted banter to accompany the rather serious undertones. Backed by artist Sal Buscema, the comic is intelligently drawn and inked but by no means noteworthy on its own.

To catch a brief glimpse of a time where Terry McGinnis dons the cape and cowl of Batman and Supes needs to be home before Matlock, “Superman Beyond” is well worth its $3.99 price tag.

In an industry rife with reboots, Jonathan Hickman’s early entry into a post-Spidey world is competing with some of the heavyweights in its division and, when all the pages are down, “The Ultimates No. 1” is holding its own.

Told through the eyes of the heavyhanded General Fury, the plot resembles everything seen before in the Marvel Universe. During global calamity, the call goes out for Earth’s mightiest, only for them to meet a foe unlike anything they’ve fought before.

Although the flow of the issue is not trend setting in its own right, Esad Ribic’s artwork is. From a redesigned Captain Britain to the outlandish Asgardians getting hammered in a bar, each panel goes above and beyond the call of duty.

Strangely absent from the fray is Cap himself. Though pictured on the cover, America’s Super Soldier is MIA, a real letdown for any of those coming off the hype of this summer’s blockbuster hit.

Besides a few relatively tiny snafus the issue as a whole is a sincerely solid attempt to reconstruct the former champion. Hickman lays the groundwork for an incredible comic series, but this stand-alone presents only a slice of the literary pie.

Even in ink and panel form, the crew of Delta Squad can never catch a break. Following Marcus Fenix and his troops near the recently demolished Jacinto, the melancholic series moves forward by sketching out the final moments of Gears of War 2.

While the canon is represented in partial accuracy, the true issues with this ink and panel transformation is that nothing can replace EPIC’s gun-toting brotastic shooter — even itself. To the team’s credit, the panels are composed from gritty, sanguine palettes and mostly represent the heart and soul of the beloved franchise.

Unfortunately, between the dialogue and lack of substance it seems as though the Gears team could use a little more time in basic training.

While Cole spouts iconic phrases, the team banter stays to a minimum, a harsh contrast from the consistent team morale the EPIC writers work so hard to perpetuate.

Even with Gears of War 3 head writer Karen Traviss pumping out issues, the fantastic feats of Delta Squad are probably best left on screen. While it offers some serious fan service for those waiting in the wings for the trilogy’s triumphant conclusion, tepid fans will find no solace here.

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Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers Album: The Uplift Mofo Party Plan Label: EMI, Capitol Release Date: Sept. 29, 1987 Grade: B+ One band encapsulated the entire culmination of LA’s funky, alternative stylings and ingrained itself forever in the alt-rock pantheon. This band was Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Before John Frusciante’s melodic composing and Hillel Slovak’s death threatened to break up the funk, RHCP was one of the most original bands to ever hit SoCal. Now, years later, The Uplift Mofo Party Plan is a testament to a time in music history long past.

The album’s flagship track, “Fight Like a Brave,” sets the musical scene for the entire CD. This song would go on to be a rock anthem for all who suffer from addiction — even though lead singer Anthony Kiedis would relapse only a few years later. Its infectious bass riff and stellar chorus secure it as one of the best songs the band has ever produced.

As the album progresses RHCP break out their signature funkadelicrock sounds, only rivaled by the likes of George Clinton and his eclectic collective Parliament Funkadelic. Of note, “Me and My Friends” has the instrumentals and triumphant force that the band has worked feverishly to revisit ever since.

Flea’s legendary slap bass stylings reverberate through the next few tracks, thrusting forceful funk into the listener’s mind and solidifying the iconic revelry of a band on the edge of society.

Like any well-remembered CD, the musical landscape is drastically altered just when the listener settles into the band’s comfort zone. This hallowed feature comes in the form of “Behind the Sun.” The combination of Hillel Slovak’s stunning sitar and Flea’s funk riff expertly blend together to produce a sound unlike anything the Chili Peppers have ever tried.

The band derives much of its current style from this time period, making The Uplift Mofo Party Plan the launching point for their recent work.

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Continued from Page 1: Revitalizing Through Relocation

Continued from Page 1: Spotlight on Alumni “Medical school was a man’s world then. Our graduating class of 88 medical students had 4 women,” Fierro said. “It was pretty isolating.”

After Fierro graduated from the UB Medical School and her husband, Bob, graduated from medical school at the University of Ottawa, the couple moved to Fort Riley, Kan. where they both planned to enter the military as physicians.

“We graduated during the Vietnam era when everybody went [into the service], except the women…they didn’t want women physicians,” Fierro said. “We even went to Washington and saw the officer in charge of assignments and volunteered. No luck, and I quote from a letter from the Office of the Surgeon General, ‘we are not recruiting physician wives.’”

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Della Contrada also noted that he was optimistic about the implications of the new campus, not just for the university, but also for the city of Buffalo as a whole.

“Building a new medical school is an important step in the creation of UB’s downtown campus,” Della Contrada said. “It will bring thousands of people to downtown Buffalo on a daily basis, and provide new opportunities for UB faculty, students, and staff to engage with the city.

A big part of the construction of the new campus is the university’s collaboration with Kaleida Health, a local non-profit health care provider. The organization is excited about the opportunities presented by its collaboration with UB. “[The collaboration] is about leveraging, and creating infrastructure, primarily through the construction of the school,” said Michael P. Hughes, vice president of marketing, public relations, and government affairs for Kaleida Health. “Being able to have researchers and physicians working together will create many opportunities for advancement in the field of health care.”

Although the construction of the downtown campus is a big priority for UB, it is not the only venture in downtown Buffalo the university is making.

This year, the university will open the UB Institute for Healthcare Informatics, leveraging a $15 million investment from Dell Computers. The institute will be focused on improving patient care through more efficient sharing and interpretation of medical records.

Additionally, UB recently broke ground on construction of a new Educational Opportunity Center that will provide job training in entry-level science, as well as medical and technology fields.

While the relocation project is still being planned, there will be advancements made to the school in the coming year.

“One new medical school building is already near completion,” said Suazanne G. Laychock, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Facilities at the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. “It will be located next to Buffalo General Hospital, and it will hold the Global Vascular Institute.”

The building in question, which will be completed in May 2012, will also be the home of a new research facility for the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

“The upper five stories [of the building] belong to UB,” Laychock said. “It will be used to build a Clinical Translation Research Center.”

Deciding that there were other avenues to pursue, the couple started their family while at Fort Riley and, after Bob had finished his tour of duty, moved to Virginia where they settled to raise their family. Bob had started his own practice as a gynecologist and Fierro entered the Virginia Medical Examiner System and rose to the rank of Deputy Chief Medical Examiner, served and as faculty at the Medical College of Virginia in the departments of Legal Medicine and Pathology, and served as a clinical professor at the University of Virginia School of Medicine.

“I never went home at the end of the day feeling like I hadn’t done something meaningful,” Fierro said. “It’s worthwhile work… recognizing diseases that may have epidemic potential [and] recognizing causes of accidental death that are preventable.”

Medical Examiner of the state.

As Chief Medical Examiner, Fierro oversaw high profile cases such as the tragic campus shooting at Virginia Tech, an experience she described as both personally and professionally difficult for herself and the entire medical examiner team. Fierro, however, said that her job as a medical examiner lead to a rewarding career.

“You are speaking for a dead person who cannot tell their own story,” Fierro said. “A dead murder victim is unable to testify in court what happened to them and you get to tell that tale…somebody has to tell that story.”

Marcella Fierro has taken pride in her role as a storyteller of people’s lives and gained much attention with her work. Novelist Patricia Cornwell based her series of crime novels off Fierro while she was Chief Medical Examiner in Virginia, and built the main character, Kay Scarpetta off of Fierro herself.

Now retired, Fierro, 70, and her husband reside in Virginia and enjoys spending time with her family. However, she is always willing to excitedly retell her stories and experiences as a medical examiner.

“All women should be empowered to go for their dreams,” said Melissa Eckstein, a senior psychology major.

Fierro was not afraid to go for her ambitions despite adversity, and encourages students of both genders to love learning and to take advantages of opportunities to help others.

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Fierro left Virginia and went to Greenville, N.C. to serve as a professor of forensic pathology at East Carolina University for two years before returning to Virginia as Chief

The relocation proposal will also create more than 3,000 full-time jobs in Western New York by 2018, which includes 1,325 new jobs for UB alone. This will not only revitalize the university, but the city of Buffalo, as well.

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Continued from Page 20: Bulls Look to Sky for Answers Continued from Page 20: Quinn’s Message: This is Not Last Season

Warde Manuel put a lot of effort into getting the team new uniforms.

Quinn also said the athletes have been asking him for a new look since he took the job of head coach.

“It’s just a small step in terms of what we’re committing to do,” Quinn said. “I know the kids are excited and I’m saying it’s now and it’s this season and this is the only one that matters. I tell them all the time, ‘don’t worry about what the jersey looks like; worry about what goes into it.’”

The seemingly endless list of questions surrounding the 2011 Buffalo Bulls football team will finally begin to be answered on Saturday.

What They’re Saying: Junior outside linebacker Jaleel Verser: “We’ve been working hard and taking it day by day, making sure our chemistry is there for the season. We’re all looking to step up. I plan on being more vocal. It’s a new team but we still have a chip on our shoulder from last year.”

Senior right tackle Matt Ostrowski: “Chazz always gets the offensive line ready to go, because without us protecting for him, he can’t do what he needs to do. We’re starting to click, and we should have an explosive offense.”

Sophomore outside linebacker Khalil Mack: Meg Kinsley /// The Spectrum

“Being on this team really fills me with a sense of pride,” Rivers said.

“We'll destroy whoever we're lined up against. We have a new and improved team.”

Perhaps the most promising feature of the Bulls’ air force is its variation of skill and style.

What Buffalo fans can expect is a more consistent game plan. With an addition to the squad in quarterback Chazz Anderson, Rivers is anticipating nothing less than flawless synchronization.

“We all have chemistry with [Anderson],” Rivers said. “He is a people person. He is a strong leader and he demands perfection.”

One player whose productivity should benefit the most from the veteran leadership of Anderson is sophomore Alex Neutz, who finished second on the team in yards per game last season. With a total of 414 yards in 2010, Neutz led Buffalo receivers in yards per reception with 15.9 as a freshman.

Neutz finished between seniors Ed Young and Terrell Jackson, who ended last year with five and three

touchdowns respectively. Jackson was Quinn's main resource on special teams and he was named to the Preseason All-MAC team as a punt returner. Jackson finished four yards shy of Neutz with 37.6 yards per game in 2010.

However, the key to any assault is a secret weapon. For the Bulls this year, that weapon is junior Saron Hood. Hood, who saw limited action for Buffalo last season, is described as an adept receiver who possesses great poise. Many Bulls fans look forward to a breakout season from Hood in 2011.

“I'm humbled," Hood said. "I view this as a great opportunity to play in general. Every time I step onto the field you'll be able to see my passion for this team.”

Fans aren’t the only ones expecting big things from Hood. Quinn plans on utilizing the receiver frequently this year.

“It’s great to see a young man overcome a little bit of size and prove he can come out here and compete at this level,” Quinn said. “[Hood] plays with his head, his heart and his pads. He has great focus and

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Yet, he feels that time on the sidelines has benefitted his development and been his motivation this summer. Furthermore, he has no doubts about what the Bulls ultimately seek – a MAC championship.

“We work hard every day and we've really moved forward,” Hood said. “Our potential is endless. Why not reach for the stars?”

Aside from vying for a conference title this year, the Bulls look to establish themselves as a force in all of college football. With a schedule that includes some fierce out-ofconference competition, Quinn has faith in his program.

“I can’t wait to get out there with a head of steam and just hit someone. The hype surrounding our front seven doesn’t mean anything.

We know we need to go out and get some wins on the field.”

Junior inside linebacker Scott Pettigrew: “I learned a lot from last year and I’m ready to move onto this season. We’re all looking to step up as leaders, but we have faith in the guys behind us. We’re going to help them as they progress.”

Head coach Jeff Quinn: “I feel more comfortable [this year] and I think the players do too with me. My wife says, ‘it’s taken 24 years to get to know you, Jeff.’

The players understand my philosophy – don’t be thin-skinned because I’m here to coach you and make you a better football player.”

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“[The team] loves to compete,” Quinn said. “That's what good teams do – compete. That's what Division I college football is all about.”

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“That community feel, I think that’s something I’ve grown up with that I want to embrace in every part of my life,” Datz said. “SA is not just my coworkers, not just my friends, but they’re my family.

It’s my home away from home.”

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Her brother, Max Datz, is four years her senior and one of her best friends. Apart from transitioning from sharing a room to moving across the hall from each other, the siblings had been almost inseparable through their entire childhood.

Their parents are caterers and, thus, must manage irregular hours at work.

Max, as the older sibling, was put in charge of protecting JoAnna. When asked to describe how instrumental their relationship was in the “growing up” process for both of the siblings, Max described a childhood trip to Las Vegas with their family.

“I remember one time she came back with this giant stuffed animal. The thing was big enough to fit on it’s own airplane seat; it was even bigger than her at the time,” Max said. “She rode the whole plane ride home with it on her lap. But JoAnna won it, it was hard to win, and she wanted the prize.”

According to Max, this moment is the essence of JoAnna. She has big goals that she wants to achieve for herself and everyone around her and she will not stop at anything to reach that point where she, and her peers, are truly happy and successful.

“Anything she wants for herself, she wants for everyone,” Max said. “JoAnna wants to be happy, JoAnna wants to be successful, JoAnna wants good things for herself and every good thing she wants for herself, she wants for everyone else.”

Because Datz, according to her assistant Thomas Scott, wants to improve not only herself, but also all those around her, SA president was a natural step from her former position as the academic clubs coordinator. He explained that she want-

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Datz and her colleagues ran under the VOICE Party, which aims to give a “voice” back to the students and give them the necessary tools to be part of the change.

She believes that students should have all the resources and knowledge to get the most out of their undergraduate experience - with a population of over 19,000 students that pay a mandatory $94.75 student activity fee each semester, the SA staff believes each student deserves a say in how it’s used.

If you asked any of Datz’s family and closest friends, they would all respond that she is impossible to keep up with.

A self-proclaimed “workaholic,” Datz really puts all her time and energy into her projects and ideas.

“It’s really hard to keep up with her because she’s always going 150 miles per hour to help a couple more people or do whatever else she can to help someone else,” said Jon Davis, Datz’s boyfriend of three years. “She literally gets home and is asleep 15 steps inside the door if she’s not working on something.”

Beyond SA, Datz is a fifth-year senior majoring in communication and business administration with a concentration in marketing and advertising. She hopes that this experience will help her in the job market once she has graduated.

In her spare time, JoAnna enjoys having fun with friends and her boyfriend, watching TV (she even refers to herself as a “Gleek”), and she loves to spend time outside on the rare warm and snow-free days in Buffalo.

“I use the common joke that when I decided I wanted to run for president, I knew about A, B, C, D, E, F, but nobody told me about G through ZZZ,” Datz said.

“And there are a lot of things that will fly on your plate or need a split second decision, but I think that [this position] will provide me with a really valuable experience. I hope to always be able to give back to the UB community and whatever community I find myself in.”

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My Two Cents

A New Era Under Center

two quick, sporadic thoughts on what’s happening in sports – nationally and at UB AARON MANSFIELD Senior Sports Editor NFL Football is Back That’s right – football. I can’t stop listening to the Monday Night Football theme song. After all the labor negotiations and contract disputes, we finally have football. I never want to see Adam Schefter again.

As the famous Counting Crows song goes: “Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you got ‘til it’s gone?” While I normally spend the preseason praying that nobody on the Bills gets hurt, I watched the NFL with newfound interest this August. I’ve never been happier to see Billy Volek and Jeff Garcia slinging the ball around the field.

My fantasy lineup is set, and I believe that my selection of Peyton Hillis in the second round was the steal of the draft.

As far as Bills fans are concerned, it was pleasurable to see that Shawne Merriman still has the ability to hit someone not named Tila Tequila. I visited Ralph Wilson Stadium on Saturday to watch the Bills come back and defeat Jacksonville in thrilling fashion – 35-32 in overtime. At the conclusion of the game, I sat back, drew a deep breath, and considered how privileged we are to have football this fall.

I have newfound fervor for the game.

UB Football Tries to Bounce Back You’re luckier than many if you weren’t around to watch the football team last year.

The 2-10 season was hard to watch. Coach Jeff Quinn flip-flopped between quarterbacks (Jerry Davis and Alex Zordich) more than Brett Favre did over retiring. You couldn’t help but feel bad for Quinn. Both quarterbacks were inexperienced and it showed.

This year, transfer quarterback Chazz Anderson will start and Davis and Zordich will be groomed for the future. The Bulls lost three defensive backs to the NFL – a pretty impressive number for a two-win team.

Unfortunately, that depletes the Buffalo defense. We’ll see where this year goes.

The Bulls will only improve if they can garner the lead early. The team was 2-0 when leading at the half last season. When they were trailing or tied at the half, the Bulls went 0-10. I asked Coach Quinn if he thought jumping out to an early lead was integral to the team’s success in 2011 but he downplayed it, saying every ballgame is a fourquarter affair.

I foresee the wider receiver corps as UB’s greatest asset. Look out for Marcus Rivers, Terrell Jackson, Alex Neutz and Saron Hood.

Meg Kinsley /// The Spectrum

SCOTT RESNICK Asst. Sports Editor In Buffalo, football fans know first-hand that championship aspirations can only become a reality with strong play at the quarterback position.

Signal caller Drew Willy became a household name on campus in 2008 when he led the Bulls to the Mid-American Conference championship. In 2011, the Bulls boast four startingcaliber quarterbacks who are chomping at the bit to lead the Bulls to their next title.

The Bulls entered training camp this summer with a plethora of holes to fill due to departed seniors. However, perhaps no battle in camp was more integral to the pending success of the Bulls than the competition at quarterback.

and true freshman Alex Zordich split time at the position in 2010, and they struggled through their fair share of growing pains behind a shoddy offensive line.

Cincinnati transfer Chazz Anderson, a fifth-year senior who Quinn coached during his days as the Bearcats’ offensive coordinator.

Ultimately, the success of the quarterback position relies on the strength of the offensive line. So far in 2011, head coach Jeff Quinn is confident that his line can improve on last season’s underwhelming performance.

Prior to adding Anderson, Quinn successfully recruited local Williamsville product Joe Licata. He was widely regarded as one of the top New York state quarterbacks in the class of 2011, and he was rated by Scout. com as a top 100 quarterback in the nation.

“The offensive line is playing harder, they’re playing with more determination,” Quinn said. “They’re quicker, they’re picking up things, they’re anticipating and reacting better.

They’re bigger, stronger and more explosive.”

Buffalo stumbled to a 2-10 record in 2010, and it’s no secret that the team’s struggles were a direct result of its inconsistencies at the quarterback position.

While the offensive line looks to be vastly improved in 2011, Quinn still set out to strengthen the quarterback position during the offseason, and in doing so, he created a level of intensity at the position that hasn’t been seen since the days of Willy.

First-year starter Jerry Davis

Quinn brought in University of

Before you jump on the “fire Jeff Quinn” bandwagon, keep this fun fact in mind: beloved former UB head coach Turner Gill (now head coach at Kansas) went 2-10 in his first season in 2006. In 2007, the team went 5-7.

Their opponents are daunting – Pittsburgh, Connecticut, Tennessee. Their doubters are abundant – picked to finish secondlast in the Mid-American Conference. The 2011 Buffalo Bulls football team, however, doesn’t care about any of that.

2008? MAC Champs.

“We fear no one,” said head coach Jeff Quinn.

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The new season follows an intriguing summer. Three defensive players from Buffalo signed with NFL teams. Quinn wouldn’t announce who the starting quarterback would be in a closely-contested duel between junior Jerry Davis and sophomore Alex Zordich.

ANDREIUS COLEMAN Asst. Sports Editor Considered by many to be the best defense in the Mid-American Conference in 2010, the only excuse for the Bulls' woes last year was their inability to get on the board. But with a multitude of talented receivers returning from last season and a new quarterback in the backfield, the Bulls are confident they can outscore any opponent.

Buffalo has three returning receivers who averaged over 30 yards per game last year.

Leading the way is senior Marcus Rivers, who ended last year with 690 total reception yards (57.5 per game) and five touchdowns on the season. He believes there’s no limit on the team’s potential in 2011.

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Despite Quinn’s heavy praise for all four of the quarterbacks, Anderson won the job out of training camp. It’s now his responsibility to bring the Bulls back to prominence.

Anderson appears to be more

Quinn also had high praise for his newly-minted starter.

“The guys are very confident with the addition of Chazz,” Quinn said. “He is a very mature and bright young man. He has great judgment with the ball and has the ability to get out of trouble.”

As the Bulls travel to Pittsburgh for Saturday’s season opener against the Panthers, they will leave Buffalo with a newfound air of confidence. 2010 was an ugly season, but the Bulls may have finally found the man who can right the ship.

It’s Chazz Anderson’s time to be the next Bull in.

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Football team looks to rebound this year AARON MANSFIELD Senior Sports Editor

Receivers look to attack with new gunslinger at the helm

“Joey Licata’s done very well in terms of completion ratio,” Quinn said. “He’s been outstanding in terms of completion and judgment. He’s a pure thrower.”

“Consistency is what we need to work on most,” Anderson said. “I want to be predictable to my team. I want them to know when I’m on the field exactly what I’m giving them.”

Quinn’s Message: This is Not Last Season

Expect a better season, but I don’t see a return to Mid-American Conference Championship lore coming just yet.

Bulls Look to Sky for Answers

Licata garnered praise from his head coach throughout training camp.

than ready to accept that challenge.

Then drama unfolded; Buffalo announced the arrival of quarterback Chazz Anderson, a transfer from Cincinnati. To top off the exciting news, the Bulls introduced new uniforms this summer.

Saturday marks a new season for the Bulls as they travel to Pittsburgh to take on the Panthers at 6 p.m. Buffalo is looking to bounce back from a 2-10 record in 2010.

Yet if you ask the Bulls how they feel about the coming season, you’ll think they won the national championship last year. Confidence is tremendously high at UB Stadium.

In 2008, the Bulls traveled to Pittsburgh and dropped a hard-fought game, 27-16. Quinn anticipates a close match again, but he plans on coming out on top this time.

“We’re going in it with one goal and one objective, and that’s to play our very best and have the outcome we expect,” Quinn said.

The Bulls expect to win, but they didn’t succeed in 2010.

D-Men- Linebackers Khalil Mack (46), Scott Pettigrew (33), and Jaleel Verser (44) make the front seven that much more fearsome.

Meg Kinsley /// The Spectrum

“If you’re a competitor, that doesn’t sit well – what transpired last year,” Quinn said.

“Our kids were embarrassed. Call it what you want – a chip on your shoulder. They play at a high, intense, passionate level every single day. Nobody felt good about what happened a year ago. Do I feel they’re more motivated? Do they know that the team is better? Absolutely.”Many fans believe every position will improve from last season.

Every position, that is, with the exception of the defensive backfield.

The Buffalo secondary has some major shoes to fill. With Domonic Cook, Davonte Shannon and Josh Thomas spending their time at NFL training camps, the defensive backfield for Buffalo has been gravely depleted. Senior safety Josh Copeland is switching from linebacker to defensive back to help fill the void.

“I accept the pressure and the responsibility it takes to come from linebacker to safety and lead these guys,” Copeland said.

“I learned a lot from [Cook, Shannon and Thomas], and those guys challenged me to stay positive and be a leader. All summer and spring we’ve been working till Sept. 3

at Pittsburgh. Being back on the field is just exciting.”

It is yet to be discovered whether the product Quinn puts on the field will improve, but fans can rest assured that at the very least the team will look different.

The new uniforms were introduced at the annual Kickoff Luncheon at the Millenium Hotel in Cheektowaga, NY. Four days later, summer practice began at UB Stadium.

The uniforms are part of the Nike Pro Combat System uniforms – worn by Miami (FL) and West Virginia, among others – and they present the Bulls with five different combinations for games. The jerseys will come in blue and white, while the pants will come in blue, white, and black. The jerseys will display the athletes’ names on the back. The team’s helmets remain unchanged.

“I always say if you look good, you play well,” Copeland said. “It’s something to look forward to for the fans.”

Quinn worked in conjunction with Nike, ADPRO sports, and members of his staff to finalize the look. He said Athletic Director

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