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President John B. Simpson addressed the Buffalo community at Asbury Hall on Wednesday.

STANDING AGAINST THE STATUS QUO President Simpson urges community to support UB2020 initiative

By AMANDA WOODS Asst. News Editor

President John B. Simpson called out New York State during an address to the public on Wednesday, saying that the state is restricting UB from revitalizing

Western New York.

Simpson spoke out against the status quo that he said is limiting UB from fulfilling its role as a premier research university at his fourth annual community address at Asbury Hall.

“Standing still – maintaining the status quo – is not a strategy. Quite the opposite: it’s the utter absence of a plan,” Simpson said. “The time has come to move past the kind of short-term, reactive solutions that only leave us collectively poorer than ever.”

The status quo, according to Simpson, is defined by the “business as usual” policies put in place by the state government to help them

cover short-term budget gaps.

“Now, I understand the pressures our leaders are facing,” Simpson said. “But cutting research universities, ultimately our best source of long-term prosperity, is simply bad policy. And this is precisely what is occurring in this state.”

Simpson emphasized the importance of research universities to the growth and development of the nation. Cutting the budget of these universities, he explains, will have a negative ripple effect.

“America’s higher education system laid the groundwork for an unprecedented century of prosperity,” Simpson said. “But it was the research universities, like UB, that

Résumés with personality

By LAUREN NOSTRO Staff Writer

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The new online résumé service helps jobseekers of any age create a new kind of résumé – one that mixes the traditional résumé with the video résumé. The Web site uses the online service Impression Lab to help create the résumé.

“One of our cofounders’ [sons], Tom Hennessey, was a high school baseball player and wanted to continue on in college, but had no prospects,” said David Rogers, director of product of development. “We built him a special video that showcased

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his skills and personality and used that as a prospecting tool. Because of that he now plays Division I college baseball. We then decided to find a way to implement this for people searching for a job.”

The process begins by selecting a page setup and theme from a variety of customization options. Next, the jobseeker can record short video segments and upload them to enhance specific areas of their résumé. “[The video option] allows employers to screen applicants to pursue only the most confident, top-notch talent before conducting a personal interview,” according to the Web site.

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created this knowledge economy in the first place … The work we do enables the discoveries that fuel our economy and improve the quality of our lives.”

According to Simpson, New York’s policy to leave tuition unchanged in times of economic stability, yet drastically hike it in times of crisis, is ineffective and causes more harm than good.

“This policy, which I call ‘tuition roulette,’ has brutal effects on our students and their families,” Simpson said. “Last year, our students suffered an unexpected – and for many, devastating – blow, when the state suddenly implemented a huge mid-year tuition hike, and then kept

90 percent of this ‘tax’ to cover the state’s budgetary follies.”

Simpson pointed out that a much more rational policy would be to gradually increase tuition, hence reducing the “blow” that a significant tuition increase produces.

Remaining quiet and not doing anything to challenge the status quo could lead to a bleak future for both UB and the Western New York region, Simpson argued.

“We can choose the path that will lead to a city with a thriving urban core,” Simpson said. “A city with a diverse and growing population of educated, talented people. A city see SIMPSON page 2

Ballots go to B.O.L.D.

By DAVID JARKA Managing Editor

Members of the B.O.L.D. Party won eight of the 12 Student Association Senate seats after the voting period ended on Thursday night.

B.O.L.D.’s Chris Noll received the most votes of all candidates with 228 on-campus votes. Jonathan Grunin and Marcella Mateo of the Student Advocates Party followed behind with 221 and 215 votes. Noll’s party mates, Richard N. Stein and Nischal Vasant, came next with 199 and 198 votes, while Student Advocates’ Eric Arzu secured the final spot with 197 votes.

“It just showed all our hard work was worth it,” Noll said. “It was awesome that we had over four times as many people vote this year than last.”

The B.O.L.D. Party completed a near-sweep of the off-campus senate seats.

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the most votes with 196, while Isaac Kramer received 190 votes and Syed Safiullah picked up 182 votes. Eric Pawlak’s 178 votes and Kevin Selig’s 172 were good enough to earn spots as well.

“We’ve been planning and talking about this since the summer time,” Colon said.

“I feel that we definitely have the skills, [leadership] and experience to run a good senate this year.”

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However, B.O.L.D.’s clean-sweep was prevented by a rare tie for the final off-campus seat. B.O.L.D.’s Dennis Bowah and Student Advocates’ Michael Gebauer each received 170 votes.

According to Election and Credentials Chair Zeeshan Hussein, the candidates can either choose to run another separate campaign next week in a runoff election or one of them can decided to endorse the other.

Despite B.O.L.D. not winning every seat, Noll feels confident that he will be able to work well with Student Advocates candidates that were elected.

“We’ve been very friendly with them throughout the entire election,” Noll said.

“We realized that there was a good chance there wouldn’t be a sweep. They’re all good guys. We were very nice with them.”

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Less money, more problems This Weekend in Buffalo

By RACHEL LAMB & STEVE NEILANS Asst. Life Editor and Staff Writer

The fridge is empty, an unopened box of noodles lurks in a corner of the kitchen and half a box of stale cereal is all that remains in the cupboards.

Many college students experience money woes during school.

After buying textbooks and surviving the first weekends of the semester at the bars with a never-ending tab, there are bound to be light wallets in their pockets.

Diane Hardy and Jessica KumroEreiz, international student advisers of International Student and Scholar Services, hosted a seminar on Thursday to teach tricks to avoid this seemingly unavoidable destiny of college life bankruptcy.

One of the more important tactics is to maintain a budget, according to Kumro-Eriez. It is much easier to avoid falling further into debt when students acknowledge fixed and flexible expenses, she said.

Fixed expenses, like tuition and rent, are unavoidable and easier to account for. Students should focus mainly on flexible expenses when determining a budget.

A panel of students offered tips on how to live as cheaply as possible.

Students should consider opening a savings account and keeping private loans in their savings accounts for as long as possible to maximize the amount of money available for expenses, according to the panel.

Students don’t need to break the bank on school supplies, according to Andrew Widjaja, a senior finance major. Textbooks are usually avail-

able online for half the cost of other bookstores and may be available to rent.

The best deals on laptops and other electronics are usually available the day after Thanksgiving and directly after Christmas, when retailers are trying to improve their bottom line, which means savings for shoppers.

Maintaining a healthy diet with fruits and vegetables while trying to save money is another challenge for students.

“I live at home, but I still clip coupons,” said Ellen Hayes, a junior psychology major. “It’s hard to eat healthy and cheap because processed foods are less expensive.”

Students should buy food in bulk and prepare them at home. Cooking food is less expensive than constantly eating at fast food restaurants and is healthier, too.

“I bring my own food [to school] whenever I can,” said Brian Fahr, a freshman mechanical engineering major. “I also eat a lot of fruit, which is cheap, and I try to [not drink] pop because that’s expensive.”

Students can take advantage of events and services offered throughout the semester that give away food and merchandise.

By sticking to a careful budget and taking advantage of money saving deals when possible, students may notice their wallets slowly getting heavier.

For more money saving tips and information, students can visit International Student and Scholar Services, located in 210 Talbert Hall.

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What?

Hey You (Pink Floyd Tribute Band)

When?

Saturday at 8 p.m.

Where?

Why?

Historic Palace Theater Since the real band isn’t getting back together any time soon, faithful recreations of their songs might be the next best thing.

What?

When?

Bills vs. New Orleans Sunday at 4 p.m.

Where?

Ralph Wilson Stadium, Orchard Park

Why?

Even though I put this in last week, Ralph Wilson Stadium, like church, should be visited and worshiped every Sunday.

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Yom Kippur Sundown on Sunday until sundown on Monday The heymish home that we all long for Because it’s time to gather up the tribe and ask for forgiveness. And honestly, who needs food and drink when you’ve got family?

‘We must remain steadfast in our pursuit of excellence’ SIMPSON from page 1 that is recognized around the world as a home for world-class medical care and medical research. A city with a lively arts scene that attracts talent from around the globe ... a community whose embrace of innovation makes it fertile ground for new businesses, vital partnerships, prosperous investments and fresh opportunities for all of its residents.”

He then pointed to Buffalo’s alternative if the state sticks to its “business as usual” policy.

“We can choose a path that will lead to a very different kind of city,” Simpson said. “One where the population continues to decline, as young people leave to find work elsewhere. A place where a third of our urban residents are illiterate,

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and half of our African-American men are unemployed. A community that is losing hope for its future. A community that struggles to get by and watches helplessly as new jobs go to regions that choose to invest in their research universities.”

Simpson stated that the second scenario could be avoided by using UB 2020 as a driving force.

“UB 2020 can serve as the catalyst for regional growth and lay the groundwork for our future prosperity,” Simpson said.

Simpson discussed the various ways that UB 2020 can help the region flourish. The construction on the Downtown Campus could bring 13,000 people into the city of Buffalo on a daily basis.

Once the full impact of the UB 2020 plan is achieved, the university’s economic impact on the region will nearly double – from $1.7 billion to $3.6 billion per year, according to Simpson.

Simpson is certain that the UB 2020 initiative will challenge the status quo that has long been adhered to by state officials. He discussed his game plan to continually move ahead with the plan.

First, the university administration must do all that it can to move UB 2020 from a vision to an actuality.

“We must remain steadfast in our pursuit of excellence and unwavering in our commitment to this community,” Simpson said.

Simpson adds that the Western New York legislative division should continue its efforts in Albany and sustain the UB 2020 progress that already has been initiated.

Albany needs to do its part as well,

Simpson explained. They must put into place a coherent higher education policy, plus the resources it needs to flourish. They can acquire this funding from New York State investments or a rational tuition policy.

In addition, Simpson suggests that SUNY’s leaders should work together on a UB 2020-like plan for the entire state. Such a plan, according to Simpson, will be as beneficial for the entire state as UB 2020 will be for the Buffalo region.

Finally, Simpson urged community involvement and support of UB and its efforts.

“We need you, the members of our Western New York community, to continue your financial, political and moral support for UB,” Simpson said. “We need you to continue spreading the word to your employees, your co-workers, your business partners, your neighbors, and your legislators that UB 2020 is this region’s big idea, and its best path toward economic recovery.”

Simpson is confident that as long as the state turns away from the status quo, “business as usual” way of dealing with public universities, UB, the Buffalo region, and New York State will thrive.

“Either we let Albany continue to argue that our universities are ‘good enough,’ or we recognize and nourish our universities as the catalysts for New York to regain its position as a fully competitive player in the 21st century economy. We can again put the ‘Empire’ back with ‘State’ when talking about New York,” Simpson said.

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“We hope BriteTab will have an impact on how people are hired and change the way people think of résumés. With a BriteTab résumé, it will allow a person to say more about themselves than a piece of paper can,” Rogers said. “Personality plays a major role in job searching and we want to show that personality off.”

Rogers also said that using BriteTab could make the hiring process more efficient because recruiters will have a better idea of what an applicant is like before an

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BriteTab is currently ‘in beta,’ meaning it allows users to sample the online application to create a résumé before releasing the program to the general public. Currently, BriteTab’s services are free but users are unable to save any résumé or information online.

However, the company hopes that with an anticipated increase in interest from jobseekers, the program will be released to the general public with a low monthly fee based on the amount of data used.

“BriteTab is still a fairly new service,” Rogers said. “The initial interest is mostly from people looking to differentiate themselves and be the innovators. The people who want to take initiative and stand out from the crowd are going to be the early adopters of this service.”

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Light at the end of the tunnel Progress in fight for HIV vaccine Researchers recently announced a breakthrough in the fight against one of the deadliest killers on the planet.

Scientists in Thailand made progress on a vaccine to prevent the onset of human immunodeficiency virus. Because it was once thought that there was no hope of ever developing a vaccine for the virus, the World Health Organization considers HIV a pandemic. More than 25 million people have died from HIV/AIDS-related causes since 1981.

The fight against diseases such as cancer and HIV must always be continued because of how often these illnesses touch people’s lives.

The WHO estimates that 33 million people were living with HIV at the end of 2007. That year, 2.7 million people were newly infected and around two million people died due to AIDS-related issues.

Broader action is required.

More than 16,000 people participated in the study in Thailand, which is considered the largest vaccine trial ever. Researchers found that participants who received the prime vaccine and booster vaccine were 31 percent less likely to get HIV than those on the placebo. These results are the first of their kind in the battle to prevent HIV and it could be the key to finding a more effective vaccine.

Health officials have been searching for a method to prevent the spread of this killer disease since its discovery in 1986.

The road to vaccinations for this particular virus has been a winding one. One such vaccine actually seemed to enhance the probability of contracting HIV, which brought an early end to the trial.

Although the positive results are slight, Col. Jerome Kim, deputy director and chief of the Department of Molecular Virology and Pathogenesis at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, said, “Before this study, it was thought a vaccine for HIV was not possible.”

The study focused on people between the ages of 18 and 30, all of whom were HIV negative at the beginning of the trial.

One explanation for why this specific age group was chosen is that people in this age group are at the peak of their sexual activity. Additionally, they have begun to contract the disease in the thousands.

The U.S. government is currently dealing with many pressing issues, including two wars and the health care debate. But the total funding from the United States government for HIV/AIDS research is $22.8 billion.

The total cost for both the Iraq War and Afghanistan is $913 billion and growing.

Imagine what could be accomplished if these funds and resources were put to better use.

As with any development in the fight against HIV/AIDS, there will be some who say that a vaccine condones risky behavior. This is not the case. A vaccine could bring about an end to a global pandemic that has taken no prisoners.

It is unclear how the vaccine will work against other strains of the HIV virus.

However, it proved effective against the strain in Thailand.

Someone once said, “Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working.”

It’s time to keep working.

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In America, when accused of committing a crime, the old saying is wrong. You aren’t innocent until proven guilty – you are guilty until proven innocent.

I can tell you right now that I am not an angel by any means, even though my mother always calls me one. I’ve done some pretty stupid things in my life. From stealing a Pokémon card out of a magazine at a Tops Markets near my house years ago to… other things on the bad side of the law, I have been a naughty little boy.

Stephen Marth Sorry, Mom. Editor in Chief Nonetheless, this country has a serious problem. Criminals are incarcerated like it isn’t a big deal.

But it is.

Many people deserve to rot in prison – rapists, murderers, assaulters and so forth. Do you see the trend? They are violent.

Thieves, drug dealers, traffic violators and other non-violent offenders are wasting valuable spaces in prisons, and in turn, causing a ridiculous amount of money to go down the tube every minute.

According to the International Centre for Prison Studies, the United States holds 715 prisoners for every 100,000 of its citizens. Russia, the closest country to the United States, houses 584 prisoners for every 100,000 citizens. Countries like Australia and Canada hold a measly 116 prisoners for every 100,000 of their respective citizens.

Those numbers speak for themselves.

With penitentiaries and other correctional facilities overflowing with inmates – especially when 50 percent of the entire incarcerated population are nonviolent offenders – the United States see MARTH page 4

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Breaking the chains

Loss of the handwritten word Technology is helping to kill penmanship Technology has led to a great many advantages: more productive workdays, information at our fingertips and hilarious videos to brighten up a rotten day on the job. Yet in the wake of all of these advancements, another thing is slowly dying.

It’s the handwritten word.

In many schools across the country, penmanship has been tossed aside for keyboarding. Almost no one under the age of 25 can write cursive correctly. In 2006, only 15 percent of the 1.5 million American high school students who took the SATs wrote in cursive on the essay section. The rest printed. Most teachers just let it slide.

The slight irony here is that studies have shown that students who have better handwriting skills actually write shorter and simpler compositions than their peers. Sadly, writing is a skill that gets lost in the shuffle of the digital age.

Keyboarding, although it is a valuable skill, cannot and will not ever replace the written word. E-mails have become the best way to communicate with friends and relatives, but there is a satisfying feeling in writing a simple thank you card for a gift from your aunt. When was the last time you did that?

Teachers have largely stopped deducting points from students’ papers for poor handwriting because so many students today do have poor handwriting. It wasn’t always this way, however. Until

the 1970s, penmanship was a separate subject taught through sixth grade.

Maybe there will never be another handwriting class again, but even devoting a minimal amount of class time toward this subject can lead to benefits. The neurological process that allows a person to transfer thought into written form is highly complicated. It has been found that good handwriting skills at a young age can help children express their thoughts better.

It is a sad fact that most children today stop learning to write in the third grade. If they don’t enjoy it, they can largely avoid it altogether due to the prevalence of technology in classrooms.

Some schools in Prince George County, Va. have implemented programs to correct this. They created a program in which first grade students were taught handwriting for 15 minutes three times a week. At the end of the program, teachers found that students could write faster and in more complex sentences because of the class.

It is highly unlikely that penmanship will ever be a regular class again, but a simple 15-minute exercise should suffice. As for the rest of us with poor handwriting, maybe the 15 minutes per day isn’t such a bad idea.

Progress will always toss aside outdated traditions, but the written word isn’t on its last legs yet.

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Bong Kippur Life has been a bit hazy since I arrived at college. Sure, some of it may be from the five hours of sleep I get each night, but mostly it’s due to my good friend Mary Jane.

Throughout high school, smoking weed didn’t appeal to me. I thought that if I smoked, I would become lazy and end up just sitting around all day. Then, during my senior year, I experienced a revelation.

There were already plenty of days where I just sat around in my underwear, so what did I have to lose?

Can you guess what changed in my day-today life?

James Twigg Absolutely nothing.

Asst. News Editor I still lived my life exactly as I always had, except my down time was now filled with giggles and snacks. I quickly learned that many of the preconceptions I had about marijuana were completely false.

First off, marijuana doesn’t make you lazy. I can completely understand where this myth comes from, however. There have been dozens of times where I’ve ended up just sitting around all night with my friends, watching TV. But what most don’t take into account is that there wasn’t anything else to do before we did our thing. Weed just makes an already boring night less boring.

Maybe it’s because I’m from a small town with nothing else to do, but marijuana has been the inspiration for more adventure-filled nights than I can count. It is the sole reason for the birth of Walmart hide-and-seek.

Another thing I have come to realize is that the term “gateway drug”, which is associated so frequently with marijuana, is complete nonsense. Of all the tokers I have ever come into contact with, the overwhelming majority would never touch harder drugs.

Now, don’t go saying that they are already drug addicts just because they smoke weed. As Katt Williams tells us, “I’ve done the research. It’s just see TWIGG page 4

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Many stoner stereotypes are false TWIGG from page 3 a plant. It just grows like that. And if you just happen to set it on fire, there are some effects.”

The No. 1 myth, in my opinion, is that marijuana has negative affects on your health. Obviously, this isn’t completely false. If you set anything on fire and breathe in the smoke, it’s going to do some bodily damage. But it won’t kill you, which is more than I can say for some legal substances.

The annual death toll caused by tobacco is 435,000. Alcohol follows with an annual death count of 85,000. Deaths from marijuana: zero.

So naturally, after all this time

without experiencing any negative side effects, I began to question why it was illegal. That’s right, ladies and gentlemen. This has all been a prelude to a pothead’s rant on why marijuana should be legalized.

It’s no secret that our nation’s economy is in the dumps. Our national debt is nearly at the $12 trillion mark. So how can we help to resolve this? Well, I think you all know what I’m driving at here.

According to “The Budgetary Implications of Marijuana Prohibition,” written by Harvard economics professor Jeffrey A. Miron, the nation spends $7.7 billion each year enforcing marijuana prohibition.

We really can’t think of anything

better that money could be spent on?

Furthermore, if marijuana were to be taxed like a general product, it could raise $2.4 billion annually. But if it were taxed in a similar way to alcohol or tobacco, which is much more likely, it could generate upwards of $6.2 billion.

So between the $7.7 billion saved on prohibition and the $6.2 billion collected in taxes, legalizing marijuana could provide the nation with $13.9 billion. I’m not saying it will completely resolve our nation’s economic problems, but it would certainly help.

The majority of the nation seems to agree as well. Zogby International found that 57 percent of the

people they surveyed said that they support the legalization of marijuana.

To recap, many of the stoner stereotypes are false. Weed doesn’t kill anyone, ever. It could provide the country with $13.9 billion. And the majority of the country supports legalization.

So if all these things are true, why isn’t marijuana legal? This is supposed to be a country for the people, by the people. And the people have spoken - they want legalization.

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The idea is simple MARTH from page 3 could easily fix these pressing, and costly, issues.

Why should nonviolent drug users rot in prison when they can simply be given treatment? As author Vince Beiser said, “Drug abuse should be considered a matter of public health, not criminal justice.”

The government could create a review board to decide the proper course of action in each case – whether that means putting the criminal into jail, simply fining the individual or providing any necessary treatment. This would save local, state and federal governments a considerable amount of money in these tough economic times.

States like California are getting the hint. It mandates treatment, rather than imprisonment, for certain offenses, which is saving the government a great deal of money.

And anyway, would you want a pickpocket who snatched a wallet to make ends meet sitting in a cell next to someone who raped and murdered 14 women? Do you want him learning even worse criminal tactics as he sits in a corrections facility for such a petty crime?

Not at all. That’s what community service and fines are for.

The idea is simple. Its implementation isn’t that hard, either. But the fact that nonviolent and petty criminals are rotting away in prison with people who belong there is disgraceful. The fact that each prisoner currently costs taxpayers $22,000 per year is even worse.

Saving money. Bettering our communities. Bettering our brothers and sisters.

What’s the harm in that?

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By JAMES TWIGG Asst. Arts Editor

Brand New buries the past

By REN LaFORME Senior Managing Editor

Gr ade : A The boys who blocked their own shot may have grown up a long time ago, but with the release of Daisy, the members of Long Island’s Brand New prove that they’re not exactly senior citizens.

Like every Brand New album, Daisy is vastly different from its predecessors. As usual, the fans are going to complain about it for months to come. But Daisy deserves a deeper listen.

The entire album is far looser than 2006’s The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me. The songs on Devil and God were fairly methodical. Almost every one featured spells of gentle verses punctuated by loud choruses. Daisy douses this formula in gasoline and sets it ablaze.

The album opens with an eerie gospel hymn that is quickly disturbed by a startlingly heavy Brand New. Jesse Lacey screams with a ferocity unheard on previous albums. It’s clear early on that this is an entirely new direction for the band.

The next song “Bed” sounds like the song “Jesus” from the band’s last album downed some Jack Daniel’s and developed a southern swagger.

Guitarist Vin Accardi wrote many of the lyrics this time around, and it shows – they’re strange and nonsensical.

“My head is lit/ I don’t ever wanna go to bed/ Your hair is on fire,” Lacey sings.

The third track, “At the Bottom,” has obvious single quality. The chorus is both brutal and catchy, a rare combination in Brand New’s previous work. The song grinds along at a steady pace while Lacey sings about drugs, dead deer and coffins.

“Gasoline” is a standout song on Daisy. With haunting guitars and a prominent drum rhythm, “Gasoline” hits hard. Lacey describes it best in his singing.

“It feels like I’m jumping towards a train,” he screams.

“You Stole” takes things back down a notch.

The entire song is a slow burning attack on a relationship gone sour. The lyrics are cold and unforgiving and Lacey sings them with poison dripping from his voice.

“So if I’m a liar and you’re a thief/ At least we both know where the other one sleeps/ So let’s end this tonight,” Lacey sings.

“Be Gone” is a 91-second interlude reminiscent of “Untitled” from Devil and God. Lacey sings affected psychobabble over a blues riff that would sound more at home on a B.B. King album.

This song, along with the next track, “Sink,” seem to illustrate that Brand New’s constant see DAISY page 6

Gear up and prepare to drop with Bungie Studio’s latest in the Halo series, Halo 3: ODST. Originally pegged as an expansion pack to the everpopular Halo 3 developed by Bungie, Halo 3: ODST has since evolved into a full-blown game in the series.

Offering both a new campaign and new multiplayer mode, ODST has earned its right to bear a $60 price tag.

This time around, players won’t be playing as the Spartan super soldier, affectionately referred to as the Master Chief. Instead they will try out the role of an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper, or ODST for short, known as the Rookie.

At the start of the game, the Rookie and his squad are on a spaceship in orbit around a besieged Earth.

The Covenant, a collection of alien races bent on the extermination of all mankind, has taken control of the city of New Mombassa and it’s up to the squad to reclaim it.

After dropping to earth from outer space in a specialized pod in a particularly gripping opening cut scene, the Rookie is separated from his team and is knocked unconscious by the crash landing. He awakens six hours later to find it’s now night and the city is crawling with alien foes.

As the Rookie progresses through the open world city of New Mombassa, he finds clues as to what happened to his team. Each clue triggers a flashback in which the player takes control of a new ODST and discovers a new piece of the story.

The size of ODST’s story is smaller than its prede-

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You against hundreds of aliens who are looking to take over the world - just a normal day for the soldiers of Halo 3: ODST.

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The most magical job on earth

By RACHEL LAMB Asst. Life Editor

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The Disney College Program offers many magical possibilities.

Many kids dream of meeting Mickey Mouse.

For those still ruled by their inner child, there is an internship that lets them hang with Mickey every day.

The Disney College Program is an internship available to UB students that allows them to work in Walt Disney World or Disneyland for four to seven months.

Students who work at the Disney College Program have mixed reviews about their experiences.

Working at the happiest place on earth has its not-so-happy moments.

“The hours are rough,” said Joshua Skabry, a senior communication major, who worked in Epcot in Walt Disney World as a “Disney personality” talk show host. “[Workers] don’t get weekends or holidays,” Skabry said. “You belong to them. When they say that you have to work, you work.”

However, some thought the

experience was well worth the time and effort.

“It’s truly one of the best experiences I’ve ever had,” said Glenn MacMaster, a senior business major.

Pitfalls aside, Skabry did admit that it was a life-altering experience, and he will never forget the time he spent at the park.

The program offers hundreds of jobs in food and beverage, custodial, merchandise, character performance and almost any other conceivable position seen at Disney theme parks.

“The workers live in communities only with other members of the program,” said Jennifer Hilburger, a law student and DCP campus recruiter. “All of the apartments come fully furnished, including dishes and silverware.

All [the workers] need to bring is bed linens and food.”

There are four gated complexes to choose from and DCP also offers buses that take workers to and from work at the parks, see DISNEY page 6

NCIS with a side of Cool

By VANESSA FRITH Staff Writer

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Chris O’Donnell and LL Cool J team up to solve crimes in the City of Angels.

NCIS has upgraded to a new team, new toys and an entirely new mode of operation.

NCIS: Los Angeles drops Washington, D.C. and kicks regular detectives to the curb. Instead, it focuses on a special ops team patrolling sunny Los Angeles.

Forensics are traded for high tech computers, autopsies for gunfights and chain of command for cover IDs. This team has no specific

leader. They operate seamlessly as one and answer only to the overbearing authority of Director Leon Vance (Rocky Carroll).

LA had to show it could overcome the stereotypical crime-drama format and it passed this hurdle with flying colors. LA skips autopsies and crime scene investigations and dives right into surveillance, protection of compromised missions and undercover operations.

In essence, it is more action than science.

The biggest problem the new-

est installment of NCIS faces is its questionable casting – namely, the placement of LL Cool J as one of the main characters, Sam Hanna.

He falls short in his role as a senior field agent.

Hopefully, his character will evolve with the story and, fingers crossed, his acting will follow suit.

However, the plot twists and turns can make up for these shortcomings. The show relies on main characters that repeatedly lie and see NCIS page 7

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According to MacMaster, safety is a top concern at the program. “[Staff members] get a housing ID and a Disney ID,” MacMaster said. “The communities are gated and you can’t get in without your housing ID. [Workers] also need your Disney ID to get backstage and onto the buses in the morning.”

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The DCP is offering live presentations on Sept. 29 at noon and 6 p.m. in the Student Union Theater, and Sept. 30 at 6 p.m. in Capen 12.

“If you are even considering going to the presentation, just go,” MacMaster said. “You don’t have to sign up right away.”

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However, freshmen and sophomores cannot get a full credit semester through UB, but students are encouraged to attend the upcoming presentations to get more details so that they do not have to stay extra semesters.

Though students with majors such as business or hospitality may find DCP more useful, the program accepts students from any major.

According to MacMaster, if students go into the program, there are many more opportunities to be hired for a professional internship after graduation.

“I am thinking about applying [for a professional internship] after graduation because there are more professional opportunities that you can get which are catered to your major,” MacMaster said.

The program is now accepting applicants for the spring and

touring with Georgia band Manchester Orchestra has made a mark on their music.

“Bought a Bride” is perhaps the best song on the album. The lyrics make absolutely no sense, but the drums are vicious and the guitar streaks through the song like lightning in a dark night sky. Brand New previewed the song at their Spring Fest performance at UB in April.

“Coming down the aisle while the horns play ‘Taps’/ They tied her up and laid her on the train tracks,”

Lacey screams.

The title track is the most atypical song on the album. With a techno/grunge drumbeat and sinister guitar tone, “Daisy” would sound more at home on a Nine Inch Nails album.

“Noro” ends the album on a somber note. Accardi’s lyrics reveal that he might be just a little bit twisted.

“How am I ever going to know peace?/ How will I ever see the light through the trees?/ I want to burn down everything we’ve begun/ I want to kill and eat my young,” Lacey sings.

Brand New has proven time and time again that they are not content with resting on their laurels, even after finding success. With each album, they tear down their strengths and rebuild them from the ground up. They replaced pop punk with rock, rock with indie, and are now exploring territory that no band has previously traveled through.

The fans are going to complain, but Brand New won’t care.

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Different than previous games HALO from page 5 cessor, focusing solely on a fiveman squad. Each ODST has his own unique personality, which gives the story a more personal feel when compared to previous installments.

Game play is strikingly different than that of previous games because players are no longer playing as the superhuman Master Chief, who has a shield for protection. Players can no longer expect to charge headfirst against groups of aliens and come out alive.

Instead, the player is forced to think tactically. Fortunately, the dark city provides plenty of cover, allowing the player to sneak through the night.

The stealth-centric controls are further influenced by the addition of new weapons and gear. ODSTs have a night vision mode that outlines the scenery and enemies. This is the most useful feature in the game by far – without it, you might as well be playing with the TV off.

New weapons are also a big help.

Fans of the first game will rejoice when they pick up the pistol for

the first time. The scope has been brought back, allowing for plenty of “Boom! Head Shot!” moments.

The campaign takes five to six hours to complete. Though it may be short, the story to ODST is one of the best in the series.

ODST’s multiplayer mode is just as fun. Firefight is an intense new multiplayer mode in which the player teams up with three others against endless waves of enemies.

This isn’t exactly an original idea in the video game world, but the Halo aspect of it makes for a game type that can provide hours of fun.

Before starting a match, players can choose from the four difficulties to decide just how tough they want their opponents to be. Playing on “easy” basically allows players to slaughter everything that comes at them.

However, when players choose “legendary,” the hardest setting, the Rookie’s team really has to work together if they’re going to survive longer than 30 seconds. The longer the players survive in firefight, the harder it gets.

Difficulty multipliers turn on after each round that make the enemy a force to be reckoned with.

These difficulty multipliers do a number of things, from helping enemies dodge grenades, to giving the aliens double the amount of health. By the time every multiplier is turned on, the game may as well just be called Suicide.

Simply put, the game is spectacular. The campaign is one of the best stories ever told in the series, even if it is the shortest, and firefight expands on the already huge Halo multiplayer with some fresh new gameplay mechanics.

So put your boots on the line and prepare to drop feet first into hell with Halo 3: ODST. E-mail: arts@ubspectrum.com

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Puppets for grown-ups

By NICOLE JANIK Staff Writer

Everyone’s a little bit racist. Even puppets.

On Oct. 13 and 14, the Center for the Arts will play host to a slightly different group of performers: the puppets of the smash-hit Broadway musical, Avenue Q. Avenue Q is the 20th longest-running Broadway musical to date. The show features irreverent comedy presented by a blend of real actors alongside brightly colored puppets in what the New Yorker calls “an ingenious combination of ‘The Real World’ and ‘Sesame Street.’”

Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx’s three-time Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, including the 2004 Tony Award for Best Musical, tells the story of Princeton, a poor college graduate, and his move to the dream-dashing New York City neighborhood of Avenue Q.

Together with the other residents of his new neighborhood, Princeton learns to appreciate the ups and downs of the real world, the city and life in general.

Jeff Whitty’s raunchy and honest script puts a spin on the innocence of the Sesame Street-like appearance. The show’s blunt, often crude and uproariously hilarious views on racism, sex and the American Dream are a blatant contrast to its seemingly child-oriented visuals.

In the midst of the madness and mayhem is a sympathetic and painstakingly honest look at the ambitions of both the motivated and the lazy and the effects of society upon its members.

UB is offering students a great opportunity to expand their cultural horizons by hosting a national tour of musicals like Avenue Q, according to some students. Britany Hagen, a junior theater major, commended UB on working to bring

events such as this to the school.

“It’s important for UB to offer everyone a chance to view more cultural works, especially in a time when budget cutting is getting so extreme for programs of the arts,” Hagen said.

The real reason students should see the show lies in the musical itself, according to Hagen. “[It will get] the audience thinking about important issues,” Hagen said. “And let’s not forget hilarious comedy, which, by its own right, is a huge reason to see this show.”

Due to the content, Avenue Q is not recommended for children under the age of 13.

General admission tickets are $39.50 and $49.50, with student tickets for $31.50. Tickets are available at the CFA box office, as well as at any Ticketmaster location.

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Princeton, the college graduate and his puppeteer.

Possibility of a tie-in NCIS from page 5 disguise themselves, leaving the plot open to numerous surprises and infinite problems. This, combined with Psych-esque banter, may be enough to hook audiences in for more than just the pilot.

LA also tinkers with variations of characters. Although it keeps two stock characters – the tech-savvy nerd (Barrett Foa) and the female presence (Daniela Ruah) – it also adds several new types.

One of these seems to be ripped

Police

straight from the scripts of Bones and Criminal Minds and takes the form of the operational psychologist (Peter Cambor). Instead of relying on pure hunches, Cambor’s character uses scientific analysis and careful observation to get inside the minds of witnesses and suspects alike.

LA rounds out the cast with an infinitely complex character (Chris O’Donnell). After being shot in the LA series introduction, which aired during the last season of NCIS, it is hard to believe that he is still alive.

9/18- An unattended backpack with books in it was taken from the Capen Undergraduate Library.

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9/18- Money was taken from an open room in the Fargo Quadrangle.

9/11- A grease fire was extinguished in the Student Union.

9/19 – A person was taken to Erie County Medical Center from Spaulding Quadrangle for an alcohol overdose and referred to the Student-Wide Judiciary.

9/12- An iPod was stolen from a vehicle in an unknown location.

9/14- Money was taken from a cashier in the Harriman Dining Hall.

9/15- An unattended laptop was taken from the Capen Undergraduate Library.

9/15- A vehicle was involved in a hitand-run accident in Slee A parking lot.

9/15- Seti C. Reid and Delroy Williams were arrested and charged with criminal trespassing at the Ellicott Complex and referred to Amherst Town Court.

9/16- Yanshu Li was arrested and charged with assault and larceny on the fifth floor of Clement Hall and referred to Buffalo City Court.

9/16- An unattended cell phone was taken from the Alfiero Center.

9/16- A vehicle was involved in a hitand-run accident in Jarvis A parking lot.

9/16- A vehicle was involved in a hitand-run incident, which damaged a bumper in the Sherman parking lot.

9/16- An inspection sticker was stolen from a car in Jacobs A parking lot.

9/16- Three textbooks were taken from a locker in O’Brian Hall.

9/17- A vehicle fire was extinguished at Flint Loop.

9/17- Five people were referred to the Student-Wide Judiciary for marijuana use at the Flint Village Apartments.

9/17- A person was referred to the Student-Wide Judiciary after being brought to Erie County Medical Center for alcohol use.

9/18 - A person was taken from the Commons to Erie County Medical Center for a mental health evaluation.

9/19 – Cash Sanders was arrested and charged with marijuana possession and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle on Winspear Avenue and referred to Buffalo City Court.

9/19 – Andres F. Alzate was arrested and charged with harassment at the Governors Complex and referred to Amherst Town Court.

9/19 – An unidentified subject entered an unlocked room and tipped over the trash.

9/19 – Criminal mischief was reported in the Governors A parking lot after a car was damaged by paint.

9/20 – Adil Z. Malik was arrested and charged with criminal trespassing at Red Jacket Quadrangle and referred to the Student-Wide Judiciary and Amherst Town Court.

9/20 – A subject received a disorderly conduct citation for removing clothes from a laundry room in the Fargo Quadrangle.

9/20 – Subjects received a disorderly conduct citation for being disruptive outside of Red Jacket Quadrangle.

9/20-A person was sent to Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital from Hadley Village after receiving a cut on the finger.

9/21- Money was taken from an unattended purse at Putnam’s.

However, this man is back and he appears to be the ringleader, intuition and risk taker all rolled up into one. Throughout the first episode, the viewer is led to wonder about his mysterious orphaned past.

This especially manifests itself in his first name, or lack thereof.

As the last frame focuses in on the stitching on his bag, reading only “Callen, G,” LA shows its viewers that his past will be a recurring theme.

The only character that remains very undeveloped is that of Domi-

nic Vail (Adam Jamal Craig), who is seen very little and does not appear to have any specific purpose.

LA may be somewhat different from its parent show, but it doesn’t mitigate the possibility of a tie-in between the two. The presence of Vance is a huge reminder that the shows are connected, even if he only comes across on a monitor broadcast from Washington. It not only reaffirms the fact that these two shows are operating within the same time frame, but it also opens the possibility for movement and

interaction between D.C. and LA. Whether or not the writers and producers would be willing to risk the complexities that could arise from this union is yet to be seen.

Although LA still has a shaky footing, it is a wobble that should be alleviated as the plot and characters develop.

If the actors can create the same type of chemistry and unity as their forerunners, LA should be a contender for some huge ratings.

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As adrenaline pulsed through her veins and her fear reached its peak, Jennifer Lewis stepped into the wind tunnel, leaving all her reservations behind and experiencing one of the greatest thrills of her life.

Imagine skydiving, but without the parachute, and imagine soaring through the air, but surviving to tell the story.

Lewis, 22, along with her friend Kevin Saunders, 24, spent last Saturday sightseeing around the Niagara Falls area on vacation. In the distance, they saw a newer attraction beckoning to them – Niagara Freefall. The duo made their way to its entrance before even truly making the decision to suit up and jump into the tunnel.

Lewis and Saunders experienced the exhilaration of skydiving while floating through 140 mile-per-hour winds at Canada’s only indoor skydiving tunnel.

“It felt like I was on a rollercoaster, but I wasn’t strapped in,” Lewis said.

In March, Andrew Cserpes, along with his brother Attila, opened Niagara Freefall in Niagara Falls, Ont. The attraction offers the chance for anyone to fulfill his or her dreams to fly, but at a much safer distance from the ground.

“For people who have never skydived before, it’s the safe way to do it if you don’t want to jump from an airplane,” Cserpes said. “But it’s also for professional skydivers. They can fly all year round and practice their sport.”

Although the attraction hasn’t yet celebrated its second birthday, Niagara Freefall has been six years in the making.

“I saw it on the Travel Chan-

nel six years ago,” Cserpes said.

“We were looking for something unique to bring to Niagara Falls, so I hopped on a plane to [Las] Vegas to try it out. Then we did a market study and found a great demand for such an attraction in Niagara Falls.”

But when he tested the machines in Las Vegas and then Orlando, Fla., Cserpes encountered a major problem. As both businesses were using outside air to circulate throughout their tunnels, it would be impossible to make his attraction operational throughout the year with below freezing temperatures plaguing the area.

The brothers’ solution to the bleak weather was to custom design a recirculation airflow skydiving simulator that would be sealed off to outside elements.

“It’s a closed system, a tunnel within a tunnel,” Cserpes said.

“The air comes up through the center and down the outer walls of the tunnel and then back up again. The friction itself is enough to heat the air, so it could be 20 below outside and it would still heat itself.”

During the summer, the levers are opened to let the hot air blow out the top of the tunnel, making it possible for the attraction to be open seven days a week during the year.

According to Cserpes, an employee manages the airflow from inside the control room to accommodate skydivers of all sizes and skill levels. The brothers vary the wind speed based upon the weight of the customer and also position an instructor inside the tunnel to keep the skydiver in control.

First time flyers like Lewis and Saunders quickly realized that spiraling out of control inside the tunnel was not easy to avoid.

“There’s a whole technique to

it,” Lewis said. “You have to make sure your legs are at a 45 degree angle, and one slight movement can throw it all off.”

Luckily, instructors do not allow customers to jump into the tunnel without instruction, providing 25 minutes of pre-flight training, included in the $70 fee.

“You watch a video before you go in and then you have to sign your life away,” Saunders said.

After training, flyers put on goggles, a suit, a helmet, knee and elbow pads, gloves and earplugs in preparation for their flight. Then they jump onto a column of air and begin the ride.

“It’s just that wind hitting you, it’s a rush,” Saunders said.

The skydivers make their descent onto a soft, padded floor, without crashing into hard ground.

“It makes you want to do the real thing,” Lewis said. “But it’s a great substitute because you know if you fall, you won’t die.”

Like skydiving in its true form, the experience in the tunnel is over almost as soon as it begins. The session lasts only about three minutes for each flyer.

Despite the cost and the small amount of time spent flying, Lewis and Saunders agree that it was well worth a trip to Niagara Falls and an activity they would try again.

“We have been voted one of the newest, must-see attractions in Canada and have been featured on shows this summer on MTV, YTV, the Travel Channel, FOX TV and Canada A.M.,” Cserpes said.

Students who want to live on the edge but avoid the possibility of death can now head to the edge of the border. For more information, visit www.niagarafreefall.com.

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Pearl actually Jams this time

By ADAM DANISHEFSKY Staff Writer

Change has come to the nation.

After channeling politics in their last album, Pearl Jam decided it was time to have some fun. Backspacer, Pearl Jam’s ninth and latest album, contains no trace of anger.

However, singer Eddie Vedder’s lyrical voice remains intact, albeit without the social commentary.

Without the politics, the band sounds refreshed. The songs are performed with enormous enthusiasm and will sound even better in a live setting.

The album feels like a meeting with an old friend. Its 11 songs offer a mix of hard rock and slower jams that radiate warmth. Pearl Jam seems to rock out like it’s 1994, no matter what year it is. And that’s a good thing.

The first three tracks rock harder than most songs released so far this year.

Proving that Vedder’s timeless vocals are captivating, even with the cheesiest of lyrics, he manages to make the line “I got some if you need it” sound enticing in “Got Some,” even if it has the prestige of a Motley Crue cover band.

With its slow paced, country-like tone, “Just Breathe” provides a welcome break from the out-of-control nature of the previous tracks.

Showing an out of the wild, laid back lyrical approach in “Amongst the Waves,” Vedder pens and orates his love of surfing and hell, his ability to write a good love song when he needs to.

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The tracks “Speed of Sound” and “Force of Nature” are thrown in near the end of the album and are too similar to make any progressive impression as the album approaches its finale.

Still, at 37 minutes, Pearl Jam has crafted an album that is tight without sounding forced. When the appropriately titled “The End” abruptly cuts out, it leaves the listener craving more.

While Backspacer isn’t Pearl Jam’s best album, it is a welcome addition to the band’s illustrious catalogue.

And sometimes a visit from an old friend is enough to brighten up the day.

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Possible runoff election SENATE from page 1 first time that candidates were barred from campaigning in the Student Union. This was done to expand the candidates’ reach to outside the Union and to create less of an inconvenience for students.

“We wanted the poll workers to campaign in the Union rather than the candidates,” said Dave Rose, co-election and credentials chair.

“That would let the candidates campaign outside where there are more people.”

But some of the candidates, such as Vasant, believe that the Student Union ban may have hurt the election more than helped it in terms of voter turnout. Vasant had helped out on previous SA elections and preferred the old method better.

“I would talk to people in the Union and I could see the polls and the lines and point them in the direction whether they voted for me or not,” Vasant said. “Now if I’m outside, they could go anywhere without me seeing and I just don’t think it’s a good thing … [The campaigning had] kind of become an election tradition. Personally, I think it’s kind of fun. I [can understand] both sides [of the argument].”

Hussein recognized that they could have made some adjustments.

“With the Union in previous years, there were more people in there handing out fliers,” Hussein said. “Maybe if we did that, the numbers would be higher, but I think the campaign that won the election would win regardless.”

Hussein also recognized the candidates’ desires to go back into the Student Union.

“The candidates would rather be inside,” Hussein said. “If you’re in the [Student Union] they would just go ahead and [campaign]. There are two sides to that. It can go any way.

There could be improvements on our part.”

A total of 424 off-campus votes were tallied, while 478 on-campus votes were registered. Although only 902 of 19,022 undergraduates voted in the election, Hussein was still happy with the turnout.

“A good number of people voted and thus got their opinion heard,” Hussein said. “This year, a lot of things were going on, but it worked out with a good amount of people coming to the polls.”

Among the off-campus candidates that were not elected were Student Advocates Jorge L. Ortiz with 157 votes, Nick Kabat and Hazem Qassem with 155, Babu Dinesababu with 147, Mark Swarts with 141 and independent candidate Ashley Dixon-Rolston with 93.

On-campus candidates that were not elected included B.O.L.D. candidates Tristan Daedalus with 195 votes, Jake Joyce with 194, Haiku Chandna with 175 and independent candidate Shakira Henderson with 190.

The candidates will announce whether there will be a runoff election on Friday morning.

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Brain and salivary gland tumors, migraines, and birth defects are not often day-to-day worries. However, continued research into cell phone use has begun to bring these concerns to the public’s attention.

Many are unaware of the ongoing heated scientific debate concerning the long-term effects of cell phone use. Although there are not definitive results, evidence from numerous research studies has led to increasing concerns.

The cell phone industry is one of the most lucrative in the world.

Over 270 million Americans and countless others around the globe own a cell phone and use it multiple times a day. Owning a cell phone has almost become a necessity, as landlines have become insufficient to keep pace with modern society.

The Environmental Working Group, a public health advocacy organization, recently released a scientific evaluation report on the effects of cell phone use, based on more than 200 peer-reviewed studies, government advisories and industry documents.

According to this report, the European Parliament passed a resolution to urge member countries to develop lower cell phone radiation limits.

The French government has also taken action to ban marketing and sales of cell phones to children under the age of 6. The report also states that foreign cities such as Brussels, Salzburg and Christchurch, New Zealand have proposed local cell phone radiation standards that are much more

limiting.

Cell phone research is based upon long-term effects, as the most significant effects from cell phones are observable after 10 or more years of regular use.

The EWG report details a great deal of information based on the most prominent research studies on long-term cell phone effects.

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The EWG has also linked radiation to an 80 percent increase in risk for emotional and hyperactivity problems in children that use cell phones or whose mothers used cell phones during pregnancy.

Researchers also found that long-term cell phone users are 10 to 20 percent more likely to be hospitalized for migraines and vertigo.

In the United States, both the Federal Communications Commission and the Food and Drug Administration, the only agencies with the power to regulate the cell phone industry, continue to deny that cell phones may be unsafe.

These continued reports have not gained the trust of all Americans. On Sept. 14, the Senate held hearings on the health effects of cell phone use. As expected, there were no conclusions drawn, but it was made clear that more research

is needed.

Until more is known, many experts recommend taking precautions with cell phone use. Whenever possible, a wired headphone should be used to avoid radiation exposure.

Users should be aware of the specific absorption rate (SAR) of his or her phone. The SAR is the amount of radio frequency energy absorbed into the head of the wireless handset user.

The EWG has a database of SAR levels for over 1,000 different cell phones, accessible online at www. ewg.org.

Though these precautions may seem burdensome, it should not be forgotten that in the recent past, smoking cigarettes was also believed to be an innocuous activity. With this in mind, cell phone research still leaves much to be determined and the eventual conclusions may not be favorable.

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Temple lost in heartbreaker BULLS from page 12 in three games – and the offense ranks second worst in the league in turnover margin at minus-six.

Even with the less than favorable play in some areas, Gill remains confident in his team and confident about the season.

“I feel very good about where we’re at, and I feel very, very good about where we’re going,” Gill said.

Buffalo is facing off against a Temple team that went 4-4 in MAC play last season and 5-7 overall. Temple was one win away from becoming the first bowl for the first time since 1979, when the Owls played California in the Garden State Bowl. The university will honor that team as it celebrates the 30th anniversary of Temple’s second ever bowl selection.

The current Owls team has a defensive star that is trying to end Temple’s current bowl drought. Senior defensive tackle Andre Neblett was named to the first All-MAC team just a season ago and is currently the team’s defensive captain. The 6-foot-2-inch, 300-pound defender will look to stuff Buffalo’s run game that has struggled so far this season.

As a team, Temple ranks among the nation’s best in several categories. It ranks 10th in the nation with 3.5 sacks a game and is 21st with 7.5 tackles for a loss per game.

Offensively, the Owls haven’t looked sharp this season and Saturday’s matchup should be a game that Buffalo’s defense can directly impact. Temple started its year with a heartbreak loss at home to crosstown rival Villanova as it was bested on a last-second field goal. After a two-week rest due to a bye week, the Owls faced off against Penn State and lost 31-6 in State College, Penn.

Gill saw improvements on defense against Central Florida last week and is optimistic about the unit’s potential this year.

“We had some good things done on defense in terms of turnovers,” Gill said. “We tackled better, and we did get a few turnovers, which were things we wanted to accomplish.”

Kickoff is scheduled for noon and the game will be aired nationally on ESPN Plus and locally on WNYO.

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Hartwick regained advantage in second half SOCCER from page 12 Amaya ripped a shot at Fetterman, who temporarily stopped the ball but could not hang on to it. Hartwick’s junior forward Jumol Harewood was there to clean up the mess as he took the rebound and knocked it in, doubling his team’s lead.

The Bulls quickly responded to get back into the game. Junior forward Mike Unwin, Buffalo’s leading scorer, chested the ball past Hawks goalkeeper Jeremy Vuolo off of an assist from senior midfielder Steffen Thoresen, cutting the deficit in half. On the scoring play, Thoresen quickly led the ball up the field into a crowd and provided a beautiful chest pass to Unwin, who was in perfect position to score. It was Unwin’s third goal of the season.

After playing for two seasons at North Iowa Community College, Unwin has enjoyed success as a member of the Bulls. Despite the team’s loss, Unwin said he has been pleased with his own performance thus far.

“I’m happy with the way things are going,” Unwin said. “It’s a big step up from the community college level. I’m playing with better players at this level, so that helps to make me better.”

Unwin’s goal provided the Bulls with some much-needed momentum going into halftime.

“At the end of the first half I thought we were in good position and were playing well,” said head coach John Astudillo.

But Hartwick regained its twogoal advantage after halftime.

Nick Roydhouse, the Hawks’ leading goal scorer, sent the ball into the left side of the 18-yard box toward senior midfielder Sam Wright. After some confusion, the ball found its way past Fetterman, bouncing off of the right goal post and into the net in the 51st minute.

Down 3-1, Buffalo’s offense went on the attack, but despite outshooting Hartwick 9-3 in the final 30 minutes, it was unable to tally another goal.

Fetterman recorded a careerhigh eight saves in his sixth start between the pipes.

Though Astudillo acknowledged there was added pressure on the team, he did not attribute the loss to that factor. “[Pressure] is always somewhat of a factor when it’s a MAC game at home, because we must win at home,” Astudillo said. “But I’m not sure if pressure had anything to do with [the loss]. It was probably more due to the very good Hartwick team that we were up against.”

Despite the loss, Unwin remains optimistic.

“It’s always good to win the first game, which we didn’t do, but we can always still make it up,” Unwin said. “We could have beaten [Hartwick], but they were better tonight.”

Next up for the Bulls is a twogame road trip against two Pennsylvania schools. Buffalo takes on Robert Morris on Friday at 4 p.m.

They follow with Duquesne on Saturday at noon.

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Where is Broadus?

SANCHIRICO from page 12 “We appreciate that Coach Broadus has given second chances to athletes, but our program cannot take these risks and I have made this clear to both athletic director Joel Thirer and Broadus.”

This stand has been a long time coming.

Lowering academic standards for players is a common practice in the college basketball realm. It’s meant to provide athletes, many of whom lived below the poverty line before going to college, a chance to succeed in the real world.

But the aforementioned personalities on BU’s roster were not just players who underachieved in school. They were threats to everyday society.

And where is Broadus while all of this is going on? A head coach is supposed to be a father away from home for these kids. Where was his watchful eye when Mayben went back home, only an hour and a half away, to distribute his white powder?

I’m just glad this doesn’t happen in our basketball program.

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September 25, 2009

Golden ready for success OWLS from page 12 “You don’t have to wind those guys up. They know how to compete and they know how to win. What we need is [for] our seniors to step up and do that now.”

Golden believes that his senior class has learned enough from the last three Temple-Buffalo meetings to see how to win.

Temple came into the 2007 meeting against Buffalo with more confidence and looking to protect its home field.

Now-injured senior running back James Starks took a first play screen 74 yards into the Temple end zone and started what would be an all-around drubbing. The Bulls outgained Temple 414-141, held Temple to -36 yards rushing and pounded Temple 42-7.

For a team that expected to compete in the MAC East, the loss effectively ruined its season. The Owls had a hard time recovering and lost their next three games to start the season 0-5.

The embarrassing loss still provides Golden with sore memories.

“They kicked our ass,” Golden said. “They were a veteran group.

They were a strong group and they kicked our ass.”

The Owls finally got it together and went 4-3 in their last seven games. Once again they came into the season with momentum and expected to do well.

After beating Army and losing in overtime to Connecticut to start off the 2008 season, the Owls once again traveled to UB Stadium hoping to display success.

A Hail Mary and a 30-28 loss later, the Owls were stunned and relegated to kneeling on the turf,

asking how they could once again lose to Buffalo.

In the end, the loss was the difference between a 5-7 season and a MAC East title. Temple finished one game behind the Bulls, who knocked off Ball State in the MAC Championship and were invited to the International Bowl.

When asked about revenge, Golden downplayed the factor. “[The Hail Mary] happened, you have to move on. We tried to leave it alone last year,” Golden said. “To me, it’s just about where we’re at.

It’s the game we’re getting ready for and our guys have to prepare for it … We understand the process now and now it’s time to go play and perform.”

Temple’s highly anticipated bout against Buffalo begins the program’s third season as a member of the MAC. Temple has gone 4-4 both years, just a game behind the MAC East champion. The Owls were an independent team for two years before joining the MAC. With no conference affiliation and limited bowl prospects, the program was unable to attain quality prospects.

Now with two years of MAC

experience to fall back on, Golden is ready for his team to take the step to success. “[Last season] was [Buffalo’s] 10th year in the conference,” Golden said. “I’m not saying it takes 10 years to learn, but I think it takes some time to understand that it’s like the NCAA Tournament. This is an eight-game tournament. It’s not single elimination, because our representative from the East has been 5-3 the last three years. But every game is important … Both teams know it’s an important game and that’s the way it is.”

As far as this year’s contest goes, Golden is ready for his team to prove its worth against the reigning MAC Champions.

“It’s a chance to play the MAC Champions and a team that plays well,” Golden said. “They provide a lot of challenges for us schematically on both sides of the ball, and they play well together as a team.”

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September 25, 2009

SP O R T S SC O U TING TE M PLE

David Sanchirico Senior Sports Editor

Bearcat attack

2009 Record: 0-2 Last Game: Loss at Penn State, 31-6 Last Meeting: Sept. 13, 2008, Buffalo 30-28

A Serbian that put a student into a coma. A cocaine dealer. A condom thief.

This sounds like the starting frontcourt of a pick-up basketball team that plays its home games at Attica State Prison.

But all three characters, at some point during the last two years, played basketball at Binghamton University, a school that prides itself on being the academic jewel of the SUNY system.

The question at hand: When does elevating a sports program’s talent level cross the line?

Binghamton’s athletic program became Division I in 2001 and retained rigorous admission standards for its athletes. But after a few years of modest success, athletic director Joel Thirer began focusing more on elevating the basketball team and less on academics.

After six seasons of mediocrity, Thirer fired sevenyear head coach Al Walker in 2007 in favor of some new blood. He found what he was looking for in Kevin Broadus, who, as an assistant coach at Georgetown, was known for recruiting players without considering academics.

That’s when the influx of questionable personalities stormed the Parlor City campus.

The first and biggest issue made news when Milan Kovacevic, a 6-foot-9-inch sophomore, beat a fellow student into a coma at a bar in May of 2008. Kovacevic jumped bail and fled the country to head back to Serbia. The escape initiated a manhunt spearheaded by New York Senator Chuck Schumer.

Then, news from the Binghamton program hit the blooper pages. Guard Malik Allen, who transferred to Binghamton from UTEP because of academic problems, was arrested and charged with stealing condoms from a Wal-Mart in October of 2008. He was suspended for three games last year.

Ironically enough, the Binghamton campus provides students with free jimmy hats.

And just this week, guard Tiki Mayben was charged with distributing cocaine in Troy, N.Y. Mayben was a player who originally committed to Syracuse but did not qualify. He took a year to qualify for UMass before transferring to a community college and then Binghamton.

“We will not tolerate this behavior in our student athletes,” said Binghamton University president Lois DeFluer in a press release.

see SANCHIRICO page 10

Key Players: QB Vaughn Charlton: 55.7 completion percentage, 522 yards, 2 touchdowns, 3 interceptions WR Michael Campbell: 6 receptions, 116 yards, 1 touchdown DE Adrian Robinson: 8 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks LB Amara Kamara: 13 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 sack Spectrum File Photo

Mike Newton (30) and company hope to help the Bulls win their fourth-straight game against the Owls.

HERE WE GO AGAIN Traveling to the Owls’ nest

By ANDREW WIKTOR Sports Editor

With Philadelphia’s football community centering its collective attention on the city’s professional team, the City of Brotherly Love’s top college football program will run onto the Lincoln Financial Field turf this Saturday looking for revenge against the Buffalo Bulls.

Buffalo (1-2) and Temple (0-2) are set to renew their Mid-American Conference rivalry this weekend as both teams open up conference play.

The Bulls have dominated the Owls in the past, leading the all-time series 12-1. Their most memorable win came just a season ago when Drew Willy threw a Hail Mary

heave into the end zone and connected with senior wide receiver Naaman Roosevelt for a score as time expired.

The catch put Buffalo up 30-28 and the Bulls stole a much-needed win at home.

Unfortunately, this year the Bulls have so far lacked the magic that seemed to travel with the team 12 months ago.

The squad has struggled with turnovers and after winning its first game with the help of a holding call, Buffalo has dropped its last two games, quickly falling below .500.

Despite the losing record, Buffalo’s offense still ranks among the best in the MAC. “We lead the league in completions,” Gill said.

“We’re tied for first in touchdowns. We lead the league in pass efficiency. We lead the conference in first downs.

We lead the conference in third down conversions.”

The Bulls’ high offensive productivity, however, hasn’t translated into wins. The defense hasn’t been tough enough – allowing 94 points see BULLS page 10

Golden waiting for Buffalo win

By DAVID SANCHIRICO Senior Sports Editor

Three years ago, a 37-yearold Al Golden stepped out of the visitor’s locker room at UB Stadium as the new commander-in-chief of Temple University football.

With Golden came a cast of under-confident Owl players and a 12-game losing streak that the young head coach was supposed to eliminate as soon as possible.

Temple’s 9-3 overtime loss to new head coach Turner Gill’s Buffalo squad didn’t exactly elevate the excitement level of Temple Owl fans, but Golden’s first game sparked a new era and a new prospective football rivalry.

Three years later, hatred exists between the two foot-

ball programs, but the record between the schools doesn’t exactly portray a rivalry similar to Texas-Oklahoma.

Wins are no longer apocalyptic forewarnings on both Golden’s and Gill’s respective campuses, but heading into Saturday’s Mid-American Conference opener, Golden holds zero wins against his fellow fourth-year head coach. Overall, Buffalo is a staggering 12-1 against its MAC foe in eastern Pennsylvania.

According to Golden, the main difference between the extremely similar programs is team attitude. He referred to current NFL and former Buffalo players Trevor Scott and Jamey Richard – along with a cast of current Bulls – as self-motivated players that carried Buffalo teams in the past.

“When [new players] walk into the program at Buffalo, there’s three or four NFL guys in the program showing them how to win,” Golden said in a press conference. see OWLS page 10

Hartwick heartbreaker

By LUKE HAMMILL Staff Writer

After an out-of-conference schedule that made the men’s soccer team trek across the country, the Buffalo Bulls finally began Mid-American Conference play Tuesday night against the Hartwick Hawks at UB Stadium.

Despite their successes outside of league play, the Bulls did not get off to a positive start on Tuesday, as Hartwick emerged victorious with a 3-1 victory.

The Hawks (4-2-1, 1-0 MAC) came out firing all cylinders and jumped into an early 2-0 lead. Despite a

strong effort from Buffalo (3-3, 0-1 MAC), Hartwick never relinquished the lead.

The Hawks’ first goal came 11 minutes into the game. Lining up for a corner kick, Hartwick junior striker Owen Botting fired the ball into a mess of players from both teams. Botting’s cross pass connected with junior striker Nick Pratico, who headed the ball past Buffalo’s sophomore goalkeeper Nick Fetterman for his first goal of the year.

Hartwick extended the lead in the 28th minute.

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Predictions: Andrew Wiktor Sports Editor:

“Buffalo and Temple are both coming off two tough losses to out of conference opponents, so expect Saturday’s matchup to be a hard-fought battle for all 60 minutes. As Mid-American Conference play commences, each squad is looking to tally up a win. UB leads the alltime series 12-1 and Temple has struggled to finish out close games in the past.”

“All signs point to a victory for the Bulls as long as they can win the turnover battle.

Whether it’s a close game or a blowout, Buffalo will best Temple, continuing their all-time dominance over the Owls.”

Prediction: Bulls 38, Owls 17 David Sanchirico

Senior Sports Editor:

“This game is most certainly a toss up. Despite numerous losses during the off-season, Temple’s defense is still one of the strongest in the MAC. It’ll provide another challenge for the Buffalo offense, which didn’t fare to well against Central Florida’s defensive unit.”

“It’ll come down to Temple’s offense vs. Buffalo’s defense, the two weaknesses.

Last year, Buffalo’s offense gave up 28 points to Temple’s offense, but a Hail Mary bailed them out at the end.”

“In the end, I think Buffalo comes into Philadelphia and gets another 1-0 start in MAC Conference play. The Bulls’ offense has had success Temple before, so the Owls’ strength shouldn’t intimidate Buffalo, and Temple quarterback Vaughn Carlton doesn’t particularly impress me as a starting quarterback.”

Prediction: Bulls 28, Owls 27

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Buffalo Will Win If… The offense can put together time consuming drives against Temple’s tough defense and keep Temple’s offense off the field.

Temple Will Win If… Its defense can force Buffalo’s offense into turnovers for the third straight weekend and turn them into points against Buffalo’s defense.

The start of conference play turns out to be unkind to the Bulls.