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NY Official Website: UB Foundation Donated to Chris Collins 2010 political contribution listed at over $2,500
Addresses concerned faculty at Faculty Senate meeting ERIN MAYNARD Staff Writer It’s not just the students at UB who feel disenfranchised. Many of the faculty members do, too. Students have been up in arms since the beginning of the semester, concerned about tuition hikes, canceled classes, and a general feeling that the administration isn’t listening to them. On Wednesday, university students participated in a SUNY- and CUNY-wide walk-out/teach-in to protest what they see as a lack of a democratic process on campus. Hard times have also fallen on the faculty, though. “[In the nursing school] there’s no new faculty; we’re all at teaching capacity. We’ve got lousy schedules – I feel like a student again. I thought I’d stay here for 30 years, but what has this job become?” said Mary Adams Carey, associate professor at the School of Nursing. Both University President Satish K. Tripathi and Interim Provost Harvey G. Stenger Jr. spoke to members of the Faculty Senate at their first meeting of the school year on Tuesday, Oct. 4 at the Center for Tomorrow. They tried to explain the university’s vision and allay fears about the school’s financial situation. Tripathi spoke at length about the passage of NYSUNY 2020 being an integral part of the school’s financial stability. The legislation allows the university to raise tuition rates 5 to 10 percent per year. Stenger estimated that starting in the 2012 academic year, changes wrought by the legislation will bring in an additional $19 million each year, at least: $19 million in 2012-13, $38 million in 2013-14, and $57 million in 2014-15. However, for this current year, the university is still operating with a deficit, and it had to make approximately a 2 percent cut across the board. In a speech on Sept. 23, Tripathi outlined his two priorities for the university: to get the best students (and give them the best education) and to get the best faculty (and retain them). Extra money would make those goals easier for UB to accomplish. Some of it will come from the increase in tuition. But Tripathi is working diligently to secure funding from outside sources as well. He has embarked
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This spread sheet was taken from the New York State website and highlights the donation made to the Collins’ Campaign.
LUKE HAMMILL Senior News Editor Important Note: At press time, The Spectrum received an additional statement from Ed Schneider, executive director of the UB Foundation (UBF), via email. The statement, received almost 30 hours after The Spectrum initially contacted UBF, is UBF’s explanation of what happened in 2010. The Spectrum had no opportunity to verify the accuracy or falsehood of anything in the statement. With that in mind – and given that, even after receiving the statement, The Spectrum stands by everything article below – the article runs as is, and Schneider’s statement, in its entirety, is printed at the end. Stay with The Spectrum; a follow-up will run on Friday. New York State’s official website shows that the UB Foundation broke federal law in 2010, when it contributed $2,560 to Erie County Executive Chris Collins’ re-election campaign. Formally the University at Buffalo Foundation, Inc., the Foundation (herein referred to as UBF) is a university-associated private corporation that manages gifts to UB. There are also “affiliate corporations” such as UB Foundation Activities, Inc. (UBFA), which handles UBF’s financial management and gift expenditures, according to ubfoundation. buffalo.edu. Collins, a Republican, is being challenged by Democrat Mark Poloncarz in November’s election. The latest polls show the candidates locked in a neck-and-neck race. UBF contributions to the Collins campaign (formally named “Collins For Our Future”) are illegal because UBF and UBFA are tax-exempt, not-for-profit organizations under §501(c)(3) of the United States tax code, which requires such organizations not to “participate in, or intervene in…any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office.” NY.gov indicates that UBFA made two separate payments to the Collins camp: $2,500 on March 13, 2010 and $60 on June 30, 2010.
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UBF Executive Director Edward Schneider said he first heard this news when The Spectrum left a voicemail at his office on Monday afternoon. He added that hundreds of thousands of payments go through UBF, so he can’t be aware of every one of them. Schneider said UBF would take appropriate action if he finds that the contributions did, in fact, get made. “The facts are the facts,” Schneider said. “Whatever happened in 2010 happened in 2010, so we’ve got to review what happened and then take the corrective action that’s necessary. One of the corrective actions, if [the contribution] did happen, is to ask for the money back, because…there seems to be some impropriety for such a payment.” In addition to handling gifts to the university, UBF (either itself or via UBFA or another affiliate) receives revenue from the Center for the Arts and from UB’s “continuing education” courses, according to IRS 990 tax forms available at GuideStar.org, a website that “gather[s] and publicize[s] information about nonprofit organizations.” Continuing education courses are professional development workshops and training programs. “I don’t know what to make of it,” said SUNY Distinguished Professor Bruce Jackson, a faculty member in UB’s English department, in an email. “It seems bizarre to me: they’re not fools over there; they’re business people. They know those contribution records are public. “If the Foundation actually made that kind of contribution, then somebody’s got a lot of explaining to do and the Foundation should be nailed for the misapplication of funds,” Jackson continued. “If the Foundation didn’t make the contribution, then other people may be deliberately stoking up a phony issue – and they’ve got the explaining to do. “It may be just what it seems to be, but I’ve never heard of them doing anything like that before, and the second contribution [of $60] is such a weird number that I can’t help but think there is more – or less – to this than we know now.”
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A Caffeinated Campus SOPHIE TRUTER Staff Writer Each year, Americans spend 40 billion dollars on coffee, and drink an average of 3.1 cups a day, according to the National Coffee Association. Students at UB prove to be no different. It is almost impossible to miss a Tim Hortons’ coffee cup or a Starbucks’ latte on campus. It seems like someone is always clenching their hands around a cup of extra hot, skim milk, double shot, French vanilla milky goodness. Coffee and caffeine are engrained in UB’s campus culture. Whether students drink it for a shot of energy or enjoy a slow sip whilst scribbling over their notebooks, they enjoy their caffeine kick.
A week after enduring a double-overtime battle, the men's soccer team cruises past BGSU to stay perfect in MAC play. Hongsuk Choi /// The Spectrum
TYLER CADY Staff Writer Many fans expected some sort of hangover after the men’s soccer team shocked Northern Illinois last week. Despite the expectation, it was the doubters who were let down. Behind an offensive explosion in the second half, the Bulls (7-5-1, 2-0 Mid-American Conference) demolished Bowling Green (7-4-1, 1-1 MAC) 5-0 on hot a Sunday afternoon at UB Stadium. The shutout was the team’s most dominant performance since a 6-0 victory over Florida Atlantic in the MAC Tournament in 2008. Buffalo sent a barrage of shots on the Falcons goal in a 13-minute span. The Bulls netted four goals in the waning moments of the match, taking the game from a 1-0 nail biter to a 5-0 blowout.
“It just started clicking,” said junior forward Joey Merlo. “Everyone’s eyes just started lighting up. We saw one goal, two goals, and [players] started pushing up. All of a sudden, everyone wants a goal.” Merlo was a key contributor to the change in momentum. He scored off a pass from junior forward Maksym Kowal in the 72nd minute. That gave the Bulls a 2-0 advantage. Merlo then got his name back in the scoring column in the 85th minute, capping off the scoring spree by putting home a pass from senior forward Andy Tiedt. Senior defenseman Nate Woods scored off of a corner kick in the 80th minute, with an assist from sophomore midfielder Richard Craven. Moments later, freshman midfielder Vinny DiVirgilio scored in front of the net on a pass from Tiedt. DiVirgilio’s goal made it 4-0 in favor of the Bulls. The Bulls started the match quite differently
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Out of 100 UB students polled, 73 percent said they drink coffee for a boost in energy. Additionally, 27 percent said they drink coffee for a social experience. Janice Cochran, coordinator of nutrition and physical activity at UB Wellness Education Services, emphasizes that students need to realize the negative health ramifications of consuming too much coffee. Caffeine is known to prolong stress. As a stimulant, coffee heightens the activities of the nervous system, which can lead to extended sensations of stress and anxiety. “Stress is the number one academic impediment for students, how we manage stress can either exacerbate it or help us get by,” Cochran said. “[Coffee] is a drug, it is a stimulant.” Students are busy juggling the demands of studying for classes, working, and maintaining social lives. These all make it harder for them to find the time to actually sit down and enjoy slow sips from their coffee mug.
UB’s coffee culture is alive, as students can’t get enough cups o’ joe. Meg Kinsley /// The Spectrum
Daniel Desiderio, a junior history major, describes the coffee culture on campus as, “a drink purchased in order to keep students’ eyes open in class.” Many students feel forced to stay awake all night in order to succeed in school. “I think the work load plays a huge role on people’s sleep schedules,” Desiderio said. “They’re up all night and drink coffee to stay awake all day.” When students begin to use coffee as a substitute for food, other health issues begin to arise, according to Cochran. “What’s often an issue [for students] is they may use coffee or other caffeine substances as a means of energy,” Cochran said. “They think, ‘I’m going to get some energy, I’m going to perk up,’ when their energy intake is food. That’s what needs to be addressed. Are they eating regularly? Are they eating a balance of nutri-
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Teenage boys in jolly ol’ England may have to resort to Stone Age techniques to catch a peek of adult content, like stealing dad’s Playboys.
David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, announced measures with the four biggest Internet service providers in the UK on Tuesday to block all pornographic sites. To view them, users will have to “opt in” with the ISP. Talk about an awkward phone conversation. The UK has been urging broadband providers since December of last year. Initially, the industry resisted because of the high cost to implement the technology required to block a gargantuan chunk of the Internet. Government pressure to “protect the children” cracked companies quickly. After all, what company wants to look like they are against children? This recent announcement comes after a report by Reg Bailey, chief executive for the Christian group the Mothers’ Union, which sought to find solutions to the perceived problem of sexualization of children.
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Cameron enthusiastically endorsed Bailey’s recommendations in a letter, and the broadband providers were sent a clear message: either you can do something about it or the government will force you to do something. All of this over unproven theories about children being damaged by overexposure to sexual content. The precedent this begins to set is a bizarre and dangerous one. Firstly, where is the line of “pornography” drawn? It’s easy to call it “nudity” and wipe your hands of the whole thing, but now you’re blocking out great works of art like Michelangelo’s David, and many others. Of course it would be a cinch to block blatantly hardcore pornographic sites, but now someone at a big company has to be behind the censor wheel, deciding for free thinking adults what is obscene and what is okay for children to view.
Secondly, this is an undue burden on the ISPs and their customers. The amount of money that has to be expended to cover up what is probably the biggest section of the Internet isn’t going to be pocket change. Anyone who has taken high school economics will know that when a company has to pay more to provide a service, then the price of that service will most certainly rise. The real solution to this lies right under their noses. Instead of having an embarrassing and costly “opt-in” system, there should be a more effective and very simple “opt-out” system. This way parents have complete control of whether or not they want sexual content to be viewed on their computers. Sex is always going to be here. Kids are never going to have a force field around them that will continually protect them from everything titillating until they are 18 when they will magically be able to understand sex because they are now legal adults. You can block websites, complain about advertisements all you want, but nothing is ever going to replace the one thing that children need: parenting.
Illegal immigrants will get student aid in CA
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Among those answers is a centralized website for parents to complain about overly sexy advertising or programs, and for the government to consider taking action if ISP’s did not take action to block pornographic websites.
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Our parents told us that the way to a prosperous life is through college while we grew up. At the very least, we all as students hold the idea that college will eventually lead to better things after school (or you are a glutton for homework punishment.) Some students in California will be getting that same opportunity now. California Governor Jerry Brown signed the California Dream Act into law on Saturday. When it takes effect in 2013, undocumented immigrants – also known as illegal immigrants – will be eligible to receive state-funded financial aid to attend college. In order to qualify, students must attend public school in California for 3 years prior and have graduated high school. They have to be on track to receiving citizenship, and meet normal academic and financial qualifications, just like any other student. Illegal immigrant students who currently live in California must pay resident tuition. This law comes right on the coat tails of legislation in states like Alabama and Arizona that sought to crack down hard on illegal im-
migration by creating some of the toughest laws in the nation. Alabama in particular went off the deep end with the hyper-severity of its immigration laws. The state has even gone so far as to demand a valid Alabama driver’s license or ID in order to continue receiving running water to their residence. Their law also prevents children from enrolling in school if they cannot prove citizenship. This new development may provide fodder for future Republican debates, but it also may prove to be problematic for Rick Perry, whose state of Texas is one of few which allows for financial aid to be given to illegal alien college students. Perry shouldn’t have to be embarrassed by this at all. These students are not people jumping the border real quick to “steal” education and run off cackling with glee. These people are children of illegal immigrants who traveled with their parents to this nation to look for a better life. It’s not their fault that they’re caught in this conundrum. They never asked to be illegal immigrants, and as per the law, they are on the path to legal citizenship. They are good students who
have worked hard to rise above the lives that their parents have led, and have almost no money with which to attend college. It’s sad that compassion and understanding has become a liability. Critics contend that a program to pay for an illegal alien’s education is a waste of taxpayer money. Brown has stated that the extra aid disbursed would amount to $14.5 million, and opponents argue that extra spending on this level is irresponsible while the state economy is in such disarray. The entirety of the California student aid system totals to around $1.4 billion, so the comparative amount being spent on the new aspects of the program is one percent of the total budget. This is hardly going to be the major money pit that kills the California economy. Immigration reform shouldn’t start with punishing the people who enter illegally so harshly that they want to leave. They’ve come here just as many of our ancestors came, looking for a better life. Reform should begin with making a sensible system to allow easier immigration for all who legitimately want it.
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Ever since Sarah Palin broke the hearts of GOP voters around nation by announcing she’s not going to run for president, Republicans have been searching for another name to get overly excited about. Well now they might have it. The star of History’s Pawn Stars, Rick Harrison, officially announced his intention to join the fray for the Republican nomination on Monday, speaking to a crowd of hundreds outside his pawn shop in Las Vegas. Harrison made a name for himself by owning the only pawn shop in Vegas that wasn’t run by the mafia or a Columbian drug cartel for 21 years. His shop was then selected out of one that applied to be the center of a pseudo-historical television show about fat guys trying to rip off poor people, making them perfect Republican poster boys. Current GOP front-runners are already taking verbal swings at Harrison’s record. “Harrison has strong knowledge of American history, and he thinks that makes him smart or something,” said former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. “It actually just makes him a know-it-all douche.” Many other Republican hopefuls were sharply critical of Harrison’s views on the Constitution. “How can we expect a president to trample over the rights of citizens if he has actually read the Constitution?” said Minnesota representative Michelle Bachmann. “It’s downright disgusting.” Some conservative pundits have praised Harrison’s business sense. Since the inception of Pawn Stars, the show has become History Channel’s top rated series. Gold and Silver pawn shop, Harrison’s business, has thousands of visitors each day. Being a successful businessman has proved to excite idiot voters who think experience in business will translate to intelligent fiscal leadership. “Owning a business is basically like owning a country; just one is like, way bigger,” said some moron from Bald Knob, Arkansas. “I wish the guy that made Pizza Hut would run, I would vote for him.” What’s getting most Republicans hot in their pants is Harrison’s potential gun rights views. Gold and Silver Pawn Shop has an extensive collection of antique arms and firearms from many ages, like 17th century muskets to Civil War era rifles. Most of his weapons are still fully functional and could send a lead ball through a commie’s skull. “I like guns,” said Dale Walker, a potential crazed gunman from the backwoods of Kentucky who prefers antique weapons. “Mr. Harrison has lots of guns, so that makes me feel like he understands me.” Just like his boisterous managing style, Harrison’s promises have sent shockwaves through the GOP field. Some of his policy ideas include pawning Puerto Rico to Spain until America’s next pay day, buying Ukraine and selling it to Russia for a “home-run” profit, and setting up a massive nationalized “cash for gold” operation that buys gold on the cheap from desperate people looking for money to sustain a crippling drug addiction. Harrison has some big obstacles to overcome from his past. Unlike most other candidates, Harrison comes from a middle class family, a big turn off for potential conservative voters. He has also been in close contact with the working class while working at the pawn shop he and his father built from the ground up. “You can’t truly understand why the wealthy need to have a commanding domination over the indigent unless you’ve been pampered your entire life,” said William Pennyworth, an entrepreneur who made his billions as a black market organ harvester. “The working class is there to be farmed like cattle, not treated like humans!” Minor speed bumps aside, candidates all agree that this announcement has breathed new life into the stale primary battle.
Stage 5 Clingers: Stop This Rising Phenomenon KEREN BARUCH Asst. Life Editor Whether you personally are a Stage 5 Clinger or you’ve been hit by the “Stage 5 Curse” – you know that this phenomenon is not something that’s easy to deal with. If you don’t know what a Stage 5 Clinger is, or whether or not you fit the qualifications to be listed as one, listen up to the following symptoms and diagnose yourself: Do you feel the urge to text a significant other EVERY SECOND of EVERY DAY? If you responded yes to the first question, is your ‘significant other’ aware that you refer to him as that? Do you find yourself searching for interesting topics of conversation that will reel your partner in and make them want to talk to you and instantly fall in love? Do you often get responses such as, ‘k,’ ‘ha,’ or ‘cool’? Do you have to constantly fight and resist your urge to Facebook chat your partner when you see that green circle next to their name on Facebook? Have you ever randomly shown up at someone’s door, just because? Do you crop pictures of you and your partner and Photoshop them so that your faces are inside a heart, then make the picture the background of your phone and computer and tell people that you’re dating?
If you answered, “yes” to number seven you may need to put this paper down and talk to someone that has a degree in giving advice. However, if you responded yes to any of the other questions, then you’ve got the bug. Unfortunately, there is no medication or cure known for this, so, while scientists work on it, allow me to give you some suggestions. According to Amir Levine, a Columbia University psychiatrist and neuroscientist, and Rachel Heller, a clinical psychologist, there are three types of clingers: anxious, avoidant, and secure. Anxious types, i.e. Stage 5-ers, feel a strong need to know that nothing is threatening their relationship and that they have a stable connection with their partner. If this is you, the first step is to delete your significant, or ex-significant other’s phone number so that you can’t contact them no matter how much you may want. Next, get out there and start talking to other boys. It’s so crucial to bounce back into the flow after sulking over someone else. Get dressed up for your classes and allow yourself to feel pretty instead of lying around in sweats all the time, because when you look good you feel good. “A boy I dated in 10th grade continued to stay in touch with me even though most of the time I wouldn’t answer his messages. I didn’t have any interest in him anymore,” said Nicole Shulman, a sophomore nutrition major. “He texted me everyday this summer and begged me to come to a wedding with him. He even had his mom text me and ask me to go to the wedding with her son.” This might sound harsh, but if you see a connection between yourself and Shulman’s ex, MOVE ON.
You’re only making a fool out of yourself by trying to continue a non-existent relationship. Most Stage 5 Clingers take several months, or even years, to get the hint, so if you have one lurking around you it’s crucial not to lead them on. End all ties so that you’re out of sight and out of mind.
Up until Harrison joining, complaints were being lobbed from both sides of the aisle that the debates had grown boring. The initial excitement of cheering for execution and applauding the death of people without healthcare died down and people were waiting for another gay sex scandal to erupt, preferably involving Rick Perry and Romney.
Relationship-institute.com claims that a man’s sense of self is defined through his ability to achieve results through success and accomplishment, so that he can prove his competence and feel good about himself. This mindset explains many guys’ ‘hit and quit’ mentality. On the other hand, women value love, communication, beauty, and relationships.
The biggest question conservative voters have now is whether or not this will distract candidates from disagreeing with every move President Obama makes.
Girls – it’s time to put your emotions aside and tune into reality. If it was a one-night stand, let it be just that. If he’s clearly not interested in your morning after conversation, stop contacting him.
Whatever the case may be, it looks as if this late change to the lineup will have absolutely no effect, according to conservative columnist Dick Dickson.
Humans like mystery and ‘the chase’ is what keeps boys wanting more, according to randomhistory. com. So if you’re looking for something more than just a one-night stand, you need to make him wait. It might be too late to make your way back to Stage 0 from Stage 5 in your current predicament, but at least now you’re aware for the future. The combination of making boys wait before you spread your legs and let them fill you like custard inside of a cannoli, and making sure not to overcontact is the right start to rid of this sickness.
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“I heard Barack Hussein Obama ate his steak rare at dinner last night,” said Herman Cain, former CEO of the worst pizza chain on the face of the earth, Godfathers Pizza. “Are we forgetting about this Socialist injustice?”
“Mitt Romney is going to win no matter what. Why don’t we all just shut the hell up already?”
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on his “20 cities in 20 months” agenda, stopping at cities like Atlanta, Ga. to meet with UB alumni and raise funds.
The Spectrum contacted the Collins For Our Future campaign and spoke to a volunteer, who said that a campaign official would call back. The volunteer declined to reveal his full name. Nobody had called as of press time.
He is also seeking monies for 100 endowed chairs at the university (UB currently has 57). These chairs will provide resources to complete research and projects that salaries and grants wouldn’t cover. Tripathi referenced a recent faculty acquisition from Maryland that he believes the university only secured because of the presence of one such endowed chair. Additionally, Stenger discussed the university’s shortcomings when compared to the 32 public research institutions that are members of the Association of American Universities. UB is near the bottom, and it is a major goal of the university to bring itself to the middle within the next five years. What the university does in the next two years could be extremely important, said Michael Ryan, director of university accreditation and assessment. UB will soon be up for its decicentennial review with the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. There have been significant changes made by the accrediting association since the last time UB underwent review, and recently, the university had to submit a progress report regarding its ability to address “institutional effectiveness” and “student learning outcomes.” The association’s comments on that report are not yet available. Ryan is looking forward to involving students, as well as faculty and administration, in the process that occurs before the review. He wants to form working
groups that engage students so that they have a voice in letting the administration know what works and what doesn’t work on campus. To that end, he has already approached the presidents of the undergraduate and graduate student associations for input, and he has promised to contact The Spectrum when he is ready to hold open student meetings to make sure there is a maximum amount of student participation. There has certainly been a rise in costs, both for students and for much of the faculty. While it is easy to make a $303,000 salary (that of Arjang Assad, dean of the School of Management), a talking point for a protest, most faculty members make much less; many of them are working overtime and are not getting paid for all the work that they are putting into making sure students at UB receive a quality education, according to Patricia Nisbet, clinical assistant professor at the School of Nursing. The increased tuition rates will allow for the hiring of 300 new faculty positions within the next five years, as well as the hiring of 1.2 staff members for every faculty position, according to Stanger. With the anticipated retirement of 300 other faculty members during those same years, students can expect that there will be 600 new faculty members joining the UB ranks. “Faculty hiring is never easy,” Tripathi said. “It’s not the numbers; it’s the quality.”
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“There’s no way you can change history,” Schneider said. “Whatever happened in 2010 happened, and we’ll have to deal with it.”
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Statement from Ed Schneider, executive director of the UB Foundation: “Earlier today one of your reporters called me to ask about something that looked like a campaign contribution from the UB Foundation. I’ve looked into this and want to share what I found. First, let me explain the role of the UB Foundation. We provide business services for several organizations associated with the university. These organizations generate their own income, and deposit with us. We then issue checks on their behalf. In Spring 2010, one of those entities, The Center for Industrial Effectiveness, submitted two payment requests for their staff to attend a breakfast and a dinner honoring Chris Collins. Together, these totaled
$2560. The source of the funds were revenues that the TCIE generates for itself from providing consulting services to businesses in our community. This slipped past our processor – it was an honest mistake. We will contact the Collins organization and ask them to return the funds. I think this is an isolated error. I reviewed our records today and didn’t see any other expenditures of this kind. In 28 years here I can’t recall anything like this. It’s important that your readers understand that the UB Foundation itself did not make a campaign contribution.” –END– Follow-up article on Friday…
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game down,” Hesch said. “We noticed there were gaps, so we decided to go at those guys [in the second half], and the result was five goals.”
The win keeps the Bulls undefeated in conference play and atop the standings for at least another week as they prepare to head on the road for their next challenge.
Bowling Green was tied with Buffalo atop conference standings coming into this game.
“This win was huge for us,” Hesch said. “We’re going to Western Michigan next week, which is another huge game, if we can get a win on the road, that means we’d have taken down three of the top four teams in the [MAC].”
For as much as the offense stole the show, the Bulls’ defense was just as good, blanking Bowling Green and allowing just four shots on goal (11 total shots). Comparatively, the Bulls were able to get off 16 shots and put nine of them on net. “Ever since our trip to Denver, defense has been our main focus,” Hesch said. “Just locking ourselves down and not allowing opponents to run all over the place and that has been the key for us these last [few] games.”
The game against the Broncos will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at Western Michigan (4-71, 0-1-1 MAC). Then the Bulls will return home for potentially the biggest match of the season on Oct. 21, when they’ll take on the defending National Champion and No. 3 Akron Zips (8-1-2, 2-0 MAC). Email: sports@ubspectrum.com
Continued from Page 1: A Caffienated Campus ents regularly? And are they getting enough sleep? Often caffeine can sort of fill in for those basics.” Holly Caldwell, a senior biological science major and Tim Horton’s employee, believes that the demands of a busy society lead people to want coffee, and want it fast. “Tim Horton’s is a [faster] environment, [you're] not waiting in line for five hours for one cup of coffee,” Caldwell said. “We’ll get costumers their coffee and they’ll leave.
On the other hand, Starbucks aims at creating a more relaxed and social environment, catering to the needs of those students who love to sip over their homework or chat with a friend. In America the cost for an average brewed coffee is $1.38, and the average price for an espresso based coffee is $2.45. Seventy-seven percent of UB students surveyed said that they base their coffee purchases off of taste and are willing to pay more money for better tasting coffee.
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Chew No. 21
Swamp Thing No. 2
Deadpool No. 44
With their last few Issue No. 1’s flying off store shelves faster than a speeding bullet, this week is the pivotal turning point for DC’s historic milestone.
Wade Wilson’s excursion overseas nearly comes to a grinding, bloody conclusion and for once, the mouthy merc is left utterly baffled and humorless.
Tony Chu has had a rough year. Losing a partner, getting a promotion, losing said promotion, losing a second partner – needless to say, Chu’s got a lot on his plate.
If readers continue with the stories that writers presented four weeks ago, then the comic genre’s recession may see a substantial rebound. If not, then DC’s triumphal canon reboot is going down in hand-drawn flames.
Almost every facet of Deadpool’s expansive character is presented in this issue, but even when given the keys to the character’s extensive armory of quips, one-liners and fourth-wall shattering shenanigans, writer Daniel Way barely manages to produce a half-decent plot.
Writer John Layman produced the world’s first Cibopath – an individual who can see into the past of whatever fruit, meat or decaying body part is in his mouth at the time being – and the world has never looked back.
Thankfully, with titles like Action Comics, Animal Man and Scott Snyder’s masterwork, Swamp Thing, hitting shelves this week, we’ll most likely see more of the former than the latter. What Snyder does so well in each issue is that he goes out of his way to set up a personal relationship with the reader. Tangents meld perfectly into the comic’s overarching plot, and he presents hardships on his characters in a way that is both beautiful and too painful to ignore. Furthering this effort is artist Yanick Paquette’s revolting and incredibly unnerving jam-packed panels. Revealed through this issue, however, is a monster so marvelously morbid that even Swamp Thing himself cringes at mere mention of the beast. Paquette provides unique panel structure that at times makes the story a bit disjointed yet it helps to separate the organic original from the bunch. Of all the issues that came about after DC’s jockeying for comic control, Swamp Thing remains one of the most interesting and intelligently crafted of all its cape and cloak competition.
Perhaps somewhat expectedly, Wilson’s 30page quasi-fanfic is more skin-deep slapstick than consistent plot development. While this issue is leading to a slightly more impressive conclusion, the lack of substance is almost too severe to receive merit. Aesthetically speaking, however, Deadpool is absolutely stunning. Artists Carlo Barberi and Walden Wong collaborate to produce exceptional artwork, painting the Crimson Comedian with a stunning palette of vibrant reds and rich blacks. Deliveries of Wilson’s one-liners have never been stronger, as the team works diligently to make each and every panel flow coherently and isolate text to make Wilson’s voice the appropriate focal point. While this issue won’t serve as the ideal launching point for new readers to spend some quality time with Marvel’s most incompetent comedians, for longtime schizophrenic scholars “Deadpool No. 44” is just more of the same old Wade Wilson, and is worth its bargain-basement price of $2.99.
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Opening with Chu’s boss handing over a transfer form that moves him from FDA special agent down to parking cop, “Chew No. 21” begins a new chapter for the world’s most culinary-adept investigator. Layman does well to write stories that are both self-contained and integrated into the series’ overarching plot. While Chu finally gets some well-deserved recognition at this newest spike in his career path, Layman has set the stage for a very serious and, in Chu’s case, morbidly funny, turn of events. For those uninitiated into Chew’s realm of decrepit delicacies, the series is truly one of the most interesting indie comics on the scene. And while Chu as a character may seem slightly estranged at times, Layman’s champion of truth and justice serves his work as the perfect protagonist. After winning its 2010 Eisner award, Team Chew marches forward, relentlessly serving up comic after comic of incredibly stomach-churning and gut-busting humor. If the existence of “Chew No. 21” is any indication, there’s no sign of Chu’s adventures ending any time soon.
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A Complexx Business RACHEL KRAMER Staff Writer Find a new artist. Check. Make a music video. Check. Call the producer. Check. These are just a few things on the to-do list of junior communications major Phillip Weisbord.
Phillip Weisbord, the co-founder of Complexx Entertainment, balances being a full-time student with running a company. Alexa Strudler /// The Spectrum
Weisbord runs a management agency called Complexx Entertainment with his best friend Benjamin Klein, a junior at the University of Delaware.
After they finished high school, the two friends cooked up the idea of starting their own management business. As they brainstormed and talked about their mutual interests, music was a constant theme. With the common love of music and a desire for a management business, Complexx Entertainment was born.
“We didn’t want to sit around all summer in a dead end camp job like everyone else, so we were thinking of ideas,” Weisbord said. “We thought of being a company that artists wanted to submit their music to and we would throw shows with these artists, to turn a profit.” Although it sounded like an expensive summer adventure, Weisbord and Klein were able to tap into their savings and dig up the dough. They invested their money into their company as startup funding, hoping that one day they would make it big. While most kids straight out of high school would turn to their parents for the funds to start a business, 18-year-old Weisbord did not have that luxury. “In the beginning, Ben’s mom was the only one who knew and supported us 100 percent on everything. I didn’t tell my parents for a while, because they are so old fashioned,” Weisbord said. “When I told my mom [about the business] she was really supportive, but I still didn’t tell my dad until just recently. He is an old school guy who isn’t supportive of putting money into something that you don’t know how it’s going to work out, but now he has seen it work and now he’s very supportive.” For a while, it looked as if his parents were right and the business wouldn’t become anything more than a distant teenage dream. After the first concert they hosted, things didn’t go as planned. Klein remembers the event as a learning experience for the business duo. “We had never thrown an event before and we didn’t do what we needed to do, which is why we lost money,” Klein said. “It was a bad experi-
ence overall, but we really learned from that. It inspired us to get back up and go for round two. We knew that even though it hadn’t worked out we would make the best of it and keep going and we were there for each other we are always there to support each other.” Instead of giving up the business, Klein and Weisbord continued searching for an artist to represent. Eventually, Complexx found their first artist, Tarik Trotter. “[When talking to Trotter] We were like, ‘Listen, we are just starting out. I feel like we would really work together,’” Weisbord said. “It was a very happy moment because it was our first artist.” For Weisbord and Klein, the business is about more than making money off their artists; the ultimate goal is to get them signed. They keep their eyes open for record labels that would want to produce their artists’ work. Members of the “Complexx family” actually act as a family. Weisbord and Klein only represent artists who are serious about their music and who are in in for the love of the art, not to make money. One of their artists is Harrison Rosada, a junior sociology major, also known as DJ Rosada. “[Weisbord] was actually one of my close friends and he came to me and was like, ‘hey so I started a music management group and do you need a manager?’ and at first I didn’t take him seriously because what would you do if one of your friends told you that?” Rosada said. “But he actually came to me and said they manage two different
rappers and we want to get you on board…I was really down with it because what he was doing was legit.” Complexx has been managing Rosada for almost a year now, and it’s making life a lot easier on the electronic music producer. “[Weisbord] takes care of a lot of things I used to rip my hair out trying to do. He helps me a lot with the online advertising, spreading word about me, booking shows and stuff,” Rosada said. “He makes it so that I don’t have to worry about anything but my music.” Weisbord and Klein have high hopes for the future of Complexx. They want it to grow into a major company that manages multiple artists. “I could do this for the rest of my life,” Weisbord said. “I like being behind the scenes and working and I don’t want to be the center of attention. But if my artists get recognized, then I will feel good knowing that I played a part in that. Whatever happens happens.” The reality that Complexx may not make it big still lingers in the minds of Klein and Weisbord. But regardless of what happens, they plan to stick with it until the end. “Until I am living on the street in a box, eating legit garbage; that’s when I’ll give up,” Weisbord said. “I want to know I did anything and everything I could to make it happen.”
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- The way things are going between you and a friend, it may be time to take a little break and really consider where things are going.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Tension is likely to rise today, but you can keep things from getting out of hand merely by saying what begs to be said -- in the right way.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Your desires are bubbling to the surface, and very soon everyone will know just what it is you most want -- and someone may give it to you.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- You'll want your ideas to be front and center, but you also don't want to seem too aggressive in your self-promotion.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Someone is likely to give you a deal today -- but are you really getting what you want? Don't let a seeming bargain fool you.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -You've been knocking a certain idea around in your head for a while -- and now it may well be time to put it into motion. Consider risks.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Listen to what is being said about you -- both positive and negative -- and you'll learn a great deal that can be of immediate use.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Are you hiding from yourself? In recent days there have been certain issues you have not wanted to address head-on -- and this is a mistake.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- You're going to have to ask for what you want, even though any notion of charity rubs you the wrong way. Don't let pride stand in your way.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- You'll have more to do in the morning hours today than usual, and you mustn't make the mistake of thinking that these things will wait.
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Bulls Falter at NYC Invitational, Focus on MAC Championship BRYAN FEILER Staff Writer
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Billieve the Hype, Folks – this Buffalo team is for real AARON MANSFIELD Senior Sports Editor This is not a debate between a die-hard, bornand-bred Buffalonian (me) and a kid who likes the Giants because he’s from Brooklyn (Brian). This is a debate between a guy who knows football (me) and a kid who likes the Giants because he’s from Brooklyn (Brian). I’ve seen ‘em all over the past two decades. I’ve suffered through the days of Rob Johnson, JP Losman, and countless others. I remember watching the best Buffalo Bills teams in recent memory, and this year’s squad is the best of the bunch. Do I think that makes Buffalo a Super Bowl contender? Not necessarily. But are the Bills one of the best teams in the NFL right now? You better believe it. They’re the best Buffalo team to compete in the past decade and one of the top five teams in the NFL right now. Recall the 2004 squad that finished 9-7 and was eliminated from the playoffs when the Bills lost to Pittsburgh in the last regular season game. Everyone loved that squad because the Bills started 3-6 and won six in a row. But look at the teams that Buffalo defeated in that stretch – the 4-12 Miami Dolphins, the 4-12 Cleveland Browns, the 2-14 San Francisco 49ers. The best team the Bills beat during their six-game win streak was the 9-7 Seattle Seahawks. Remember the 2008 Bills that started 4-0? People are comparing this year’s squad to that team. But look at the teams Buffalo faced those first four weeks. Seattle (finished 4-12), Jacksonville (5-11), Oakland (5-11), and St. Louis (2-14). Now let’s take a look at the teams Buffalo’s beaten this year: Kansas City (2-3) – Okay, the Chiefs are not very good, but they already have as many wins as St. Louis did all of 2008. Oakland (3-2) – Oakland is widely considered to be one of the most underrated teams in the NFL. The Raiders have defeated the powerful Jets and rising Houston Texans, and their only losses have come to the Bills and Pats. New England (4-1) – The Patriots are one of the best teams in the NFL. No one’s debating that. They’re ranked No. 2 in ESPN’s NFL power rankings. Philadelphia (1-4) – The Eagles have quite possibly the most talented roster in the league. Just look at the names – Michael Vick, DeSean Jackson, LeSean McCoy, Asante Samuel, Nnamdi Asomugha, Dominique RogersCromartie, Ronnie Brown. The Eagles might be the most stacked 1-4 team of all-time. Sure, the Bills lost to Cincinnati. But that was a road game and the Bengals are 3-2 this year. Newsflash: the Bengals are actually pretty good! Check out these stimulating stats: The Bills are forcing more errors than they’re committing this year. Ryan Fitzpatrick has only thrown five interceptions, while the D has picked off 12 passes. Overall, the Bills are plus 11 in turnover margin. Buffalo has scored five more touchdowns than its opponents this year. Perhaps most importantly, Buffalo has averaged 3:30 more time of possession than its opponents. How exactly do you stop the Bills? Let them run? Fred Jackson has 480 yards – good for third in the NFL – and five touchdowns this year. Darren McFadden and Adrian Peterson are the only two running backs in the NFL who are surpassing Jackson this year. Let the Bills pass? Fitzpatrick has thrown for 1,233 yards and 10 touchdowns – sixth best in the league. His passer rating is 96.4, which ranks him seventh overall. What’s that? The Bills are all offense? False. The Buffalo defense has three players in the top 10 in the NFL in tackles this year (George Wilson, Jairus Byrd, Nick Barnett). Look at turnover margin per game. The best team in the NFL? You guessed it – the Buffalo Bills. The Bills are averaging 2.2 more takeaways per game than their opponents. Last year, the Bills averaged 1.1 less takeaways than their opponents – dead last in the league. In summary, the facts are there. The stats are there. The trademark wins are there. Haters gonna hate; Brians gonna Brian. The Bills are legitimate.
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False BILLing BRIAN JOSEPHS Sports Editor A majority of the editors at The Spectrum are huge Bills fans. I’m a Giants fan, and this coming Sunday I will have no problem rooting against Buffalo despite having to watch this game with my colleagues. However, my feelings against the Bills go far beyond week six. I’ve had the displeasure of listening to Bills fans complain about their team’s mediocrity ever since I moved to Buffalo in 2009. Then, at the beginning of each season, I see how jovial those same fans are about the slightest possibility that, just maybe, they might make the playoffs. Rinse, cycle, repeat. The Bills have started their season 4-1, which is Buffalo’s best start since 2008. But I’m still not convinced they’re the real deal. After all, the Bills didn’t even make the playoffs that season. So who’s to say that Big Blue won’t destroy the Bills to start a potential six-game losing steak? We’ve seen these types of collapses before. The 2009 Broncos won their first six games before going 2-8 to miss the postseason. My own Giants started 5-0 in 2009 and ended up finishing 8-8. Sure, the Bills have beaten the Patriots, but it’s not like New England ceases to be a threat. New England’s convincing wins the past two weeks show they are still the leaders of the division like they have been for the past decade. Buffalo isn’t exactly at its healthiest either. Roscoe Parrish and Donald Jones are both out due to injury. They weren’t breakout performers to begin with, but the fact that they now have resort to using reserve wide receivers (with the exception of Naaman Roosevelt of course) should draw concern. Steve Johnson will feel the effects the most. Johnson’s had great performances to start the season, but his output has dwindled just like the receiving core. The so-called premier receiver averaged 43.5 yards the past two games after averaging 85 yards and one touchdown the first three games. Ryan Fitzpatrick is sixth in the league in touchdowns, which is great considering that the quarterbacks ahead of him include the likes of Tom Brady, Drew Brees, and Aaron Rodgers. But at the same time, four of the Bills’ opponents currently rank among the bottom half of the league in total points allowed. The most notable of these opponents is the Patriots, who rank dead last in yards allowed. Buffalo’s one loss comes from none other than the Cincinnati Bengals, who rank among the top 10 in the league in defense. Three of Buffalo’s next five opponents are in the league’s defensive top 10, and if the game against the Bengals is any indicator, they’re in for some trouble. Finally, there are the things that go beyond statistics. It seems that the Bills never cease to disappoint fans. They’ve been a team of irrelevance for the past decade, and I refuse to believe that they are suddenly a completely different squad. One thing I find odd about my opponent is that he knows full well about how unreliable Buffalo teams are. He has lived in Buffalo and followed the teams’ struggles his whole life. So what gives him reason to think this year is going to be different? Why do Bills fans always build themselves up for a letdown?
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The women’s tennis team was nothing short of exceptional at Cornell in its first tournament of the year. That was in September. Unfortunately, this is October. The Bulls had several shots at redemption this weekend, but their opportunities hastily vanished when the squad was decimated by injuries. Buffalo traveled to New York City this past weekend to compete in the Women’s Collegiate Invitational. The team didn’t find much success in the preseason tournament – which featured nine singles and four doubles events – but the Bulls remain focused on the spring, when they’ll have a shot at the Mid-American Conference championship. Buffalo’s best performance came from the doubles team of juniors Kira Golenko and Tamara Markovic, which reached the finals of the D doubles tournament. The first-seeded pair dismissed Alyssa Gleason and Larraine Saavedra of Army in the opening round, 8-5. They went onto the quarterfinals, where they shutout the Rutgers duo of Michelle Green and Satreethai Sasinin, 8-0. The next day, Golenko and Markovic took on the Charleston Southern tandem of Susita Das and Alia Nour in the semi finals, and Buffalo earned its spot in the finals with an 8-5 win. However, the championship run was cut short when Markovic pulled her groin muscle during a match on Sunday, preventing them from competing in the finals on Monday. Sophomore Tanvi Shah was the bright spot in the Bulls’ singles
competition, as she beat thirdseeded Misia Krasowski of Brown in the opening round of the A singles bracket. Krasowski was ranked as high as No. 9 in the entire Northeast, but Shah was unfazed, winning the match, 1-6, 6-4, 11-9. Shah was a symbol of how the entire tournament would go for Buffalo. She showed flashes of brilliance, but just couldn’t perform when it mattered most, and eventually dropped out due to injury. Shah dropped her quarterfinals match to Boston College’s Erina Kikuchi in straight sets, 6-3, 7-6. After two long singles matches and two of three wins in doubles matches with sophomore Marta Stoyanova, Shah was forced to withdraw from both her singles and doubles tournaments with an injured back muscle. The only other player to win an opening match was Golenko in the D Singles bracket. She beat Sharissa Ryan from Fairfield in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2, before falling to third-seeded Sarah Kandath of Brown, 6-2, 7-5. Despite subpar results, head coach Kathy Twist thinks her team has a legitimate shot at the MAC championship. She passionately believes that these fall tournaments will strengthen her team for the spring season. “It [is] really is tough, to test your physical abilities against a grinding tournament,” said Twist. “You get to know if you are physical fit, if your skills are ready for the spring. Each match you come back and you know exactly what to work on.”
The squad has just one senior – Sonya Ivanyuk – so Twist takes opportunities like this to test out different doubles combinations to see who plays well together. “We’re not sure who’s going to play well with who, so we keep mixing and matching with the doubles,” Twist said. “It does give you time to try different combinations to see who works well chemistry wise.” The goal this season is simple: win the MAC Championship and return to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2008. Fall tournaments are very different than the match play Buffalo will see this spring. The players normally play nine matches, and sometimes get only a half-hour rest between the games in the fall, but they will play at most four matches a weekend in the spring. Twist is confident in her players’ ability and is focused on getting them in a rhythm that will make them successful during MAC play. “I think the skills we have are on par with anybody in the MAC,” Twist said. “We have to [have] high energy for every single point that we’re playing, every single shot that we’re playing.” The Bulls will spend the next two weeks recuperating as they prepare for their final event of the fall season, the ITA Regional Championships. The tournament will begin on Friday, Oct. 21.
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The Bulls’ physical ability was tested in the sweltering 80-degree weather.
We Had Some Good Times, Zach Maynard NATHANIEL SMITH Staff Writer
Editor’s note: Zach Maynard was UB’s starting quarterback in 2009. He transferred to California and is now thriving as the Golden Bears’ QB. Dear Zach, I’ve been holding this anger in for far too long. It’s time for some closure. Do you remember those times in 2008 when we were young and stupid? It was magical; with Drew Willy, Naaman Roosevelt, James Starks and company, we shocked the world and won the Mid-American Conference. Those autumn Saturdays were the best times I’ve ever had. And you weren’t just some backup sitting on the bench either. You came in, ready to change the tempo of the offense. I even compared you to a young Tim Tebow, backing up Chris Leak for the Gators in their championship season of ’06. (Crazy, huh?) Coming into next season, I thought, even though Willy was gone, that you would be better; that you would have many more electric moments on the field. I felt that anything was possible. I was ready for a Bulls dynasty. Then you got the starting job and you began to change like the late autumn winds. That youthful exuberance you had as a freshman disappeared. Those breathtaking moves you created just a year ago were gone. All that was left were overthrown balls, costly fumbles, and soul-crushing interceptions. The honeymoon period was over, and I hated the real you. You always seemed distant, like you didn’t care. Even when you were out at Mojo’s you would always just stand there, back to the wall, emotionless and unwilling to say a word. I could no longer defend you in front of my friends, and there were many afternoons that I spent yelling at you. Our relationship was in serious trouble.
So one day, it was all over. You traded the cold and brutal Buffalo winters in, and ran away to sunny California. I was angry and the next year was terrible. Nobody could replace the void in my heart that you, Drew, James and Naaman created. I was this close to giving it all up and quitting. But something crazy happened. Sometimes, when you least expect it, when you feel like losing faith, someone comes in and changes everything. This change came from Cincinnati, and even though this new relationship may not last, I needed it. I needed to feel one last time how great Saturdays in the fall were. Things have been going great with this new quarterback named Chazz Anderson. It would have been extraordinary if I never saw you again, if you just faded into obscurity (or as the great Mike Tyson once said: “fade into Bolivian”); it would have made me happy. But one day, as I was flicking through channels, there you were, in that number 14 instead of that number 6 jersey you would always wear in Buffalo. Of course memories flooded back, and for a moment I missed you again. But I realized that I am in a better position now. And I’m no longer bitter about you leaving. It needed to happen. You needed a change of scenery and so did I. I am so happy that you are doing well, making those electric moves that you once made, making some wideeyed college kid in Berkley happy. I will silently root for you, and hope everything goes well. That is, unless you decide to come back to Buffalo. Then all bets are off. Hey, nobody is perfect. Much love, Nathaniel Smith
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