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Clinton addresses sold-out Alumni Arena Former Secretary of State sees Buffalo as a model for the country
Aline Kobayashi, The Spectrum
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addressed a packed Alumni Arena on Wednesday night. When asked what she thought the 2016 presidential candidate could look like, Clinton responded, “I have to say, I am not as interested in what the candidate looks like as what the candidate stands for.”
SAM FERNANDO
Senior News Editor
Years ago, when Hillary Clinton was a New York Senator, she visited Buffalo frequently and stayed at the same hotel every time. One night, a housekeeper at the hotel gave her a snow globe with a buffalo in it. The woman delivered the gift with a message: “Mrs. Clinton, don’t forget Buffalo.” Since then, Clinton has kept the snow globe in her office in the Senate, her office in the State Department and now in her home. She said she “firmly” believes in the future success of the Buffalo community.
UB’s research prowess and the school’s diversity are some of the aspects that separate the institution from others. She said this is “exactly what we need to be doing in Buffalo, in New York and in America.” “This university community is at the heart of what makes Buffalo both good and great,” Clinton said. “It made me proud just talking about it and knowing that the students here are learning the skills that will shape and power our economy for years to come.” Clinton said Buffalo was an essential focus of hers during her tenure as senator. She said she worked to further the development of the city’s waterfront, to
On Wednesday night, Clinton addressed a packed Alumni Arena and took the opportunity to praise the direction of the City of Buffalo. She compared the growth of the city to what she sees as the future of the country. The event, which had a sold-out crowd of 6,500 people, was the second installment of this year’s Distinguished Speakers Series. “Western New York [is] home to some of the hardest working, most generous and most innovative people you could meet anywhere,” she said. In addition to the city, she praised UB specifically. She said the progress of the medical campus, the global recognition of
make infrastructure changes to education – especially in the arts – and to improve and expand technology research in the city. Long-term investments like these are crucial in rebuilding the U.S. economy, according to Clinton. She also applauded the university’s diversity. She is impressed with the international presence at UB – which includes 115 countries – and the 11 percent of students who study abroad, which is five times the national average, she said. “The diverse community that is represented here brings both Buffalo to the world and the world Buffalo,” Clinton said.
Clinton – who is the mosttraveled Secretary of State in U.S. history, having traveled over 1 million miles, to 112 countries – admires the city’s collaborative nature. “Too often, we are not coming together to solve our problems and plan for the future the way people in Buffalo have been doing; Buffalo is a good model for the rest of this country,” she said. As she continued that thought, a member of the audience began shouting, “Benghazi! Benghazi! You let them die!” – a reference to a terrorist attack on the SEE CLINTON, PAGE 2
Effecting change
UB Girl Effect aims to help oppressed girls worldwide receive education
Courtesy of Samah Asfour
UB’s Girl Effect volunteered at Habitat for Humanity last year and they hope to continue volunteering at human rights organizations in the Buffalo community. Samah Asfour (middle), the president of the club, has an aim to provide education to underprivileged girls in socially and politically oppressed countries.
KEREN BARUCH
Senior Features Editor
Samah Asfour, a junior political science and global gender studies major, is a first-generation American. The rest of her family is in what she considers her homeland – Palestine – and due to political and social oppression, she said many of her family members don’t have the opportunity to get an education.
“I’m basically dedicating my career to ensure that the next generations of my family still living in Palestine receive the same education that I have been blessed with here in the states,” she said. Asfour is the president of UB Girl Effect, a club on campus that works to promote female education in third-world countries in hopes of alleviating poverty.
Asfour believes she owes children around the world experiencing war and poverty her utmost effort to improve their situations – not just those in the Middle East. The Girl Effect is a national movement that leverages adolescent girls’ potential to end poverty for themselves, their families, communities, countries and the world, as stated on its website. It’s “about making girls visible and changing their social and economic dynamics by pro-
viding them with specific, powerful and relevant resources,” the website states. This Sunday, the group is hosting the second annual “Night of Girl Power” in Norton 112, where the Royal Pitches, Buffalo Chips and slam poets will perform on the topic of female empowerment. Last semester, UB Girl Effect teamed up with the Royal Pitches to host the event and raised $250 to donate to the national Girl Effect movement. The club hopes to raise more money this year. Asfour, Kerry McPhee, a junior political science and global gender studies major and vice president of Girl Effect, and junior political science and sociology major Samantha Vranic started the club on campus their freshman year. They were inspired by a YouTube video. Many club members decided to join the movement after watching Girl Effect’s “The Clock is Ticking,” a three-minute YouTube video about young girls who live in poverty. The video, which was posted three years ago, has over 1.5 million views. McPhee watched “The Clock is Ticking” before entering her freshman year at UB. “From that [moment], I knew I had to bring [Girl Effect] to campus,” McPhee said. “I learned that the situation for millions of girls worldwide is severe and, for that, I had to take action
and help in any way I could.” McPhee’s parents never attended college. Her father told her almost daily that education is the most important tool a person can have, she said. Her parents worked hard to ensure their children could have better lives than they did, according to McPhee. “The UB Girl Effect raises awareness on the ever-present situation many girls face: the absence of education,” McPhee said. “Due to cultural practices, girls are excluded from school based on the pure reasoning that they are girls. I find this completely unjust and have always pursued a passion in reaching equality for others.” SEE GIRL EFFECT, PAGE 2
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Continued from page 1: Girl Effect For two years, McPhee worked at Journey’s End Refugee Services in Buffalo teaching English as a second language. She found inspiration there from all the people who were yearning to learn in order to create a better life for themselves, and more importantly, their children, she said. Sometimes, she taught English to people much older than her; their enthusiasm for education inspired her even more. “Education is key to reaching a more equal and peaceful society, and that is exactly what the UB Girl Effect preaches,” she said. Asfour said the club has come a long way in the past two years and it transformed from merely an idea into an actual club that affects the UB community. “There will always be more we can do to raise awareness,” Asfour said. “If you stop a person in the hall and ask if they know what the Girl Effect is, and they do, that would be a great step. Again, we are doing this for young girls in third-world countries. We must remind ourselves of this every day.” McPhee said “The Clock is Ticking” video is inspiring; it’s what influenced her and Asfour to get involved with Girl Effect, and almost every time they play it to students, those watching want to know how they can help the cause. McPhee said that’s how the message usually starts. When Girl Effect club members show the video, viewers seem to automatically want to know what they can do to help. McPhee said that’s when action starts – people make donations and help the club raise money for things like school desks, binders, papers and transportation. Elif Capar, a senior legal studies major and member of the club, is passionate about Girl Effect’s mission. She was born and raised in America, but her family is originally from Turkey. She said there are a few rural areas in Turkey that don’t ap-
prove of educating women. She feels fortunate to have grown up in a family that supported educating women, so now, she’s fighting for women’s rights with the club. “The majority of our meetings consist of planning and organizing events to raise awareness and donations to assist girls in developing countries,” Capar said. “The rest of our meetings are composed of raising awareness between members of the UB Girl Effect and learning about different ways we can help.” Capar said club members also read to young girls who have just immigrated to Buffalo. McPhee hopes to go to law school and obtain a degree in international and human rights law. She is an advocate for gender equality and wants to be a lawyer in the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. “My passion in life is to be an advocate in creating a gender-equal world,” McPhee said. “As Hillary Clinton once said, ‘I believe that the rights of women and girls is the most unfinished business of the 21st century.’ And I could not agree more. My future goals relate directly to the goals of the UB Girl Effect.” Asfour said, in her opinion, the Israeli occupation of Palestine has affected people economically, so it’s difficult for students to attend college. She hopes to help Palestinian girls, as well as oppressed girls worldwide, receive the proper education that her grandparents and family members might never be able to have. They are two of the students dedicating their futures to ensuring girls worldwide are given the opportunity to receive an education – that’s the mission of UB Girl Effect. email: features@ubspectrum.com
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“Too often, we are not coming together to solve our problems and plan for the future the way people in Buffalo have been doing; Buffalo is a good model for the rest of this country. We can’t move from crisis to crisis. We have to be willing to come together as citizens to focus on the kind of future we want, which doesn’t include yelling; it includes sitting down and listening,” Hillary Clinton affirmed as the crowd gave the former Secretary of State a standing ovation.
U.S. Embassy in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four American ambassadors on Sept. 11, 2012. Many have alleged that Clinton is responsible for the deaths. Though the shouting persisted for about a minute before police apprehended the heckler, Clinton continued without pause. “We can’t move from crisis to crisis. We have to be willing to come together as citizens to focus on the kind of future we want, which doesn’t include yelling; it includes sitting down and listening,” Clinton affirmed as the crowd gave the former Secretary of State a standing ovation. Clinton also addressed the current state of American politics. She called the recent government shutdown a “self-inflicted wound.” She stressed the nation was built on collaboration and compromise, and she said those two ideals are essential to the country’s success – both socially and economically. “The future belongs to those countries, communities and individuals who are looking forward over the horizon instead of backwards to the past,” Clinton said.
The night concluded with a questionand-answer session hosted by Vice President for Student Affairs Dennis Black. Audience members were able to send questions for Clinton through writtendown messages, email, text messages or tweets during the event. Black said the final inquiry of the evening was the most prevalent question Clinton gets asked recently. He also said, because it was such a common question, he wanted to ask it in a “different way.” “Perhaps you could describe for us what the ideal candidate for the presidency would look like for 2016,” Black requested of Clinton. The crowd roared in laughter and Clinton even chuckled, acknowledging that was a clever way of wording the familiar question. “That is a new way of phrasing it; I have to give you a lot of credit,” she said. “I have to say, I am not as interested in what the candidate looks like as what the candidate stands for.” email: news@ubspectrum.com
News Briefs Suspected drunk and drugged driver crashes into pumpkin cart On Wednesday, a woman was arrested after driving into a hay wagon full of pumpkins in the yard of a Boston, N.Y. home. Barbara J. Bender-Suto, 52, of Colden, N.Y., was found on the shoulder of a roadway after her Mercury Mountaineer collided into a mailbox, a pumpkin cart and a fence. Witnesses said Bender-Suto was driving erratically before she crashed and crossed lanes into the yard. She was uninjured but had signs of intoxications and admitted to taking multiple prescription narcotics, according to The Buffalo News. She was arrested for DWI, DWAIdrugs and multiple traffic violations.
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White House official is fired after twitter posts are unmasked A twitter account, @NatSecWonk, has been criticizing U.S. government officials, Democrats and Republicans alike, and their policies for the past two years. The man behind the tweets was Jofi Joseph, the former director of nuclear nonproliferation issues on the National Security Council staff. He was fired last Wednesday after White House officials discovered it was Joseph’s fake twitter handle. The tweets were meant to be a “parody account” of White House politics, Joseph wrote in a public apology. But it turned into a “series of inappropriate and mean-spirited comments.” The account has since been deleted. Among the many political figures targeted in his tweets, Josephs attacked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton many times. Some of the tweets criticized her handling of the terrorist attacks on the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi, Libya – an attack where four American ambassadors died. Joseph worked many foreign policy jobs before he was employed by the White House. He also had connections
with neoconservative establishments and his wife, Carolyn Leddy, was on the Republican staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Many of his colleagues were surprised at this revelation because he was respected at his workplace and was a prominent figure in foreign policy. Some, however, said they are not surprised due to his known snarky nature. China newspaper makes bold frontpage plea for journalist’s release The New Express, a newspaper based in Guangzhou, China, released an issue that headlined the words “Please set him free” on the front page. The headline called for the release of one of its reporters, who had been detained by police. Chen Yongzhou was arrested on Saturday on the basis of damaging a business’ reputation. He wrote an article claiming a Hunan-based company, Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology, falsified sales numbers. The newspaper verified Chen’s allegations and found one inconsistency in which he claimed the company spent 513 million yuan on advertisements. The money, however, was spent on “advertisements and entertainment.” The newspaper said if the government can find any other discrepancies, the staff would gladly acknowledge it. There are not many cases of open confrontation to the government by the media in China. This past January, however, there was also a protest led by journalists in Guangzhou against government censorship. Chen was taken from his home in a black Mercedes Benz with Hunan license plates, according to CNN. Chen’s contemporaries said he was a hardworking reporter, but didn’t have the money to take his wife to Pizza Hut. email: news@ubspectrum.com
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NO EXCUSE Dysfunction of health care website unacceptable
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This is an embarrassment. It has been over three weeks since HealthCare.gov – the website for the new health care law – opened and it has yet to become fully functional. Filled with glitches and insufficiencies, consumers are denied the ability to easily sign up for a new plan – something the administration promised. They have had over four years to get this right and it is absolutely mystifying that, one, the website wasn’t prepared for the high volume of visitors in the first place, and, two, that they haven’t been able to fix what’s wrong with it. And this website belongs to the administration; they created it, so it is their responsibility. There is no excuse for President Obama and Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius that the website was not ready. The dysfunction of this website has been a source of endless frustration for millions of Americans interested in obtaining information on the new policy and acquiring coverage. With over 46 million Americans uninsured, it should have been expected that this website would receive an
endless amount of hits. It is unfathomable that this administration did not anticipate the high demand of consumers entering the online marketplace. And this is something that the president has not explained – not even in his address in the White House Rose Garden on Monday. President Obama was right to say in his speech, however, that this law was not created for a website; it was created to make health care affordable and accessible to all Americans. Whether it manages to accomplish that is the ultimate test of his signature law’s efficacy. But this is ridiculous. This mess has also become a talking point for the opposition: If they can’t even get a website to work, how on earth will they get the actual law to work? Sebelius’ appearance on The Daily Show on Oct. 7 didn’t help alter this perception, either. She seemed confused – embroiled in a mess of this administration’s own making. The appearance probably wasn’t too far from the reality, however, that there are no acceptable answers for the technical mess that is this website. And they have lost credibility with some who question wheth-
er they should delay the individual requirement. How can people be expected to pay a fine for not signing up for the health care law if they can’t even sign up for the health care law? Of course, they can do so over phone, but there is no denying we are living in a highly technology-dependent age. It was also promised that Americans would be able to sign up for health care coverage as easy as they could make online purchases of clothing. Broken promises are not a good precedent to set, especially for something related to a piece of legislation as gargantuan and important as health care – for the outcome of this law’s effectiveness is something that will set the trajectory for this nation. We support this law and believe it will work better than most of its critics are claiming. Most of the opposition from the public that has surfaced is against ‘Obamacare’ as some abstraction – one that has been mostly propagated by a misinformation campaign. Jimmy Kimmel invoked the way this propaganda has been dispersed with a bit on his show of random surveys in which peo-
ple support the “Affordable Care Act” yet oppose “Obamacare.” And it’s important to note that the opposition voiced against Obamacare is its totality as idea – not what it does. When you get into individual components of the law, people like what it has to offer – people like being protected against discrimination for pre-existing conditions; people like young people being able to stay on their parents’ plans until they are 26; people like subsidies it provides. One thing that will happen if the law was to go away is that Americans would be losing a lot of good stuff. We want Americans to have access to all that good stuff – and we presume the president does, too. He did, after all, pass the law. But it’s a major problem that the website for the new law is not working and Americans are not able to sign up for coverage. Making sure the technology operates properly is the first step to making the Affordable Care Act work. It needs to be repaired now. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com
A flawed experiment California community colleges wrong to charge more for popular classes It was recently announced that California’s public university system has proposed a plan to begin charging higher tuition rates for high-demand classes. This is ludicrous. What has been proposed is undeniably unjust. It denies fair access to low-income students. The students who come from families of greater financial means or who have more money will have the opportunity to take certain classes – with others being put in a more difficult situation. And this is not right within a community college setting. Community colleges operate under the premise of providing equal opportunity in education. They are not private colleges; they are not major universities; they are educational institutions open to the public. But what these California schools want to do is grant favoritism to students with more money for the purpose of generating more revenue – not for staying true to their educational mission.
We are not so naïve to believe that any institution or business should drop commercial incentive. Not at all. But education is one of the most important components of our society – and it is imperative that it is accessible to as many people as possible. And today, community colleges are playing an increasingly important role. They are a stepping stone for many young students – as someplace many begin their higher education careers. It can be a place to start at to save money or to earn the grades necessary to get into the college of his or her choice. With a lackluster economy that is experiencing slow growth, community colleges are an option that more and more students choose to utilize. Regardless of the potential for increased revenue for individual institutions – and thus the California State University System – it is utterly wrong to make certain classes more expensive than others. There is no justification to propel an unfair system.
And we object to the notion that this will automatically increase revenue. It is certainly possible that making more classes more expensive will have negative impacts. With classes being less affordable, there is likely to be a decrease in enrollment. There is something to be said about an education being a good deal – that can be a very good business model, too. It is also worth noting how many students take time off of their college years due to strains of cost. Many of us know people who have taken a semester or two off to make money in between a semester to pay for the next. Placing value on certain classes (due to their popularity) over the others is itself unfair treatment on an educational system, but it undermines the very reason many students are at a community college – for low costs. Here at UB, a great number of students come from their local community colleges and they know what a pivotal place it can be and how it can facilitate a time
for one to achieve his or her educational goals. It is also no doubt that, often, young people aren’t sure of who they are and what they want to do. Starting off at a community college is a good time to take classes, work a job and figure out one’s goals. Taking time away from classes, in general, is likely to just set you back. And the California system is known for many of the good schools it has. There is a misconception among some that community colleges are a joke. This is not true. In fact, it is far from true. There are many exceptional teachers and opportunities provided at community colleges. It makes these opportunities even more exceptional when they are accessible and affordable. And California state community colleges should not tamper with that. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com
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LIFE, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Trader Joe’s brings mixed feelings Students respond after new store opens near campus KWEKU TAYLOR-HAYFORD
Staff Writer
Past the meringues and next to the cookie butter is a wealth of new choices now open to local residents. On Oct. 11, Trader Joe’s, a grocery store chain, opened its doors locally. The trendy establishment offers organic and fairtrade items at low prices. Trader Joe’s has earned a reputation for its outstanding customer service, according to patrons. The 12,000-square-foot store is located at 1565 Niagara Falls Blvd., between I-290 and Maple Road in the Boulevard Consumer Square. “In the town of Amherst, there’s been a lot of support for Trader Joe’s coming [here],” said Ken Gaytan, an 11-year Trader Joe’s employee and the new Amherst store captain. “We felt this was a really great city and fit for us as a company.” The environmentally and socially conscious grocery store is known for its philosophy of traveling the world in search of the finest products and providing them to customers at a fair price, according to the store’s website. Trader Joe’s was established in Pasadena, Calif., in 1967. For 46 years, it has expanded all over the country. In the mid ’90s, Trader Joe’s moved across the nation to Boston, Mass., and continued to open stores along the East Coast.
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On Oct. 11., Trader Joe’s opened the doors of its newest location on Niagara Falls Blvd. Some students on campus are excited about the variety the new store boasts, while others want to focus their attention more on local businesses.
Today, Trader Joe’s has 403 locations in 35 states. “We have a fun atmosphere, people first, and we don’t take ourselves too seriously,” Gaytan said. “We love to have fun and share that enthusiasm with our customers.” Trader Joe’s offers antibioticfree meat and poultry and is a proponent of the Fair Food Program and the Fair Food Code of Conduct – initiatives that ensure the quality of the food and wellbeing of those who make the food. The company is noted for its employee satisfaction and fresh products.
“Our products are privately labeled, so 90 percent of products we sell are under the Trader Joe’s employment label name,” Gaytan said. “Anything under those private labels is free of artificial colors, flavors and preservatives. That’s one thing that makes us different: our quality of products.” For established local grocery stores like Wegmans Food Markets, the new competition is not a pressing concern. “Wegmans does not comment when new competitors move into the area,” according to an emailed statement from Wegmans spokesperson Jeanne Col-
leluori. “We simply choose to continue our focus on providing incredible service and helping our customers put easy, healthy, affordable meals on their tables.” Student reaction to the Niagara Falls Blvd. location has been mixed. Some students are enthusiastic about the chain’s emergence in the area. One UB student gushed about the new store because she was able purchase meringues, which can be tough to find. Others are excited to peruse the store’s interesting assortment of products – some even said if you want “normal” groceries, you should head to Wegmans.
Some students expressed more concerned views about the potential impact Trader Joe’s could have on local businesses. “I’m from Buffalo, so I’m more a fan of local things like the Lexington Co-op,” said Seamus Degan, a freshman biomedical sciences major. “I’ll go to more local places. I’m from around here and I know where to go. But in a pinch, yeah, I’d go to Trader Joe’s.” Some are indifferent to the store. “I’m not particularly excited that they’re coming,” said Nate Neuman, a senior urban planning major. “I usually focus my spending on local businesses in the city … I’m impartial to [Trader Joe’s]. I wish them well and I’m happy they’re here, but it’s not going to affect my shopping habits.” Some are concerned the area may have trouble handling the increase in traffic. Up to 35,000 cars a day use Niagara Falls Boulevard, according to the Town of Amherst. The attraction of Trader Joe’s also brings up the issue of transportation for students. Though the university does provide mall buses for students, the current routes won’t go to Trader Joe’s. Yasmin Abdul-Malik, a freshman geology major, said she doesn’t have a car, but if she had a way to get to the new store, she “definitely” would shop there. Trader Joe’s is open seven days a week, from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. email: news@ubspectrum.com
A silent minority
UB professors’ film on death row is shrewd and provocative
Editor’s note: This article is satirical and is not meant to be taken literally. Dear Carson, I am at a crossroads in my life. My dreams – once a precise, clear vision of happiness and success down the road – have faded into a gray abstraction of what I thought I would become before I knew what college, or life for that matter, would really be like. I graduated from high school with a passionate agenda laid out for a career in medicine. Now, having experienced my own generous dose of real struggles and emotional crises, I feel myself gravitating toward the arts. Money, power, the white picket fence – none of that means anything to me anymore. Having always enjoyed literature, I never considered writing until it became a way to express myself and transcend the pain of the experiences I mentioned above. Essentially, I think I am not cut out for the long road that all future doctors must walk. I feel so confused. A big part of me would rather focus on art, music and writing in an effort to find some answers and perhaps even deliver my own ideas on truth and beauty to the masses. What does it take to become a writer, or any kind of artist for that matter? Sincerely, Afraid to make the cut Dear Afraid, Oh my God! You are such a hipster ... but have no fear, Carson is here. I hope you’re ready for this, because sometimes a “dose of real struggles,” as you so eloquently penned it, can only be treated with a dose of tough love. First of all, how do you plan on becoming a success-
ful writer when you send me a letter that starts with a cliché like “I am at a crossroads in my life?” That is as uncomfortably mainstream as it gets for me. But I’ll tell you what else is mainstream: giving up on your dreams. In your youth, you decided you wanted to be a doctor, and I think the real thing putting doubt in your mind is your fear of success. Becoming a doctor is hard, but it is also very doable. Let’s face it, the prospect of you going somewhere with this “art” idea you throw around like a beach ball – waiting to be smashed down by someone like me – is not exactly a career path or a decision that people make with guaranteed success in mind. Real artists are confused about a lot of things, too, but certainly not about whether they should be artists. You are not an artist unless you need to be one. Part of being an intelligent, self-conscious human being is dealing with your own s*** more than the average dunce. Wouldn’t you rather have it like that than the bro who wanders aimlessly through a boring life of mediocrity without ever stopping to realize what he’s doing? Did you really want to get into medicine in the first place for the money, power and the white picket fence? I don’t think so. Think of the Manhattan apartment, man – not the boring white picket! Instead of delivering your scheisse prose to the masses, give the people good health. Restore faith in yourself and use your powers for good as a physician. If it’s any consolation, most doctors are stressed/bummed out to the max all the time, so it’s actually perfect for you. The secret here is that it’s not all about you, dude. Any great writer would tell you that giving something to the world is art’s truest aim, and what better way to go about it than the beautiful, pragmatic approach of modern medicine?
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Opinion Editor
When Bruce Jackson first met Kerry Max Cook on death row in 1979, he thought Cook was a “whiner.” That was, until he learned that he had been raped in the recreational room of the prison – where the perpetrator used a piece of glass to carve “good p****” into his buttocks. Cook was 21 years old. Since 2000, SUNY Distinguished Professors Jackson and Diane Christian have shown over 300 films at the Buffalo Film Seminars. But on Tuesday night, for the first time ever, they featured one of their own. Death Row was made in 1979. It is the first documentary the couple made together and probably their most notable; it was a major piece of ammunition used by former French President François Mitterand to abolish the death penalty in France in 1981. And today, Jackson and Christian’s work is referenced as important evidence of a flawed and broken system. Exalted civil rights leader and U.S. Congressman John Lewis said their book In This Timeless Time: Living and Dying on Death Row in America, which includes the DVD of Death Row, is a “significant work that speaks to our collective need to right the wrong that is capital punishment.” Cook is the first inmate featured in Death Row – a stark and evocative documentary film about Ellis Unit, the Texas Department of Corrections death row. In the opening minutes of the film, he discusses his inability to comprehend the reality of being sentenced to death. Jackson
and Christian said after Tuesday night’s screening that, 22 years later, he was exonerated due to DNA testing. Most of the other inmates featured in the film, however, would go on to be executed. The crime for which Cook was convicted is not mentioned in the film. None of the crimes for which any of the inmates are imprisoned are mentioned. Death Row does not concern itself with the crimes committed by the inmates; it is about the world of death row. “If we were to put the crime each of them committed on the screen, that’s all you’re going to think about,” Jackson said at the screening. “And that’s not what this is about.” It’s about a small world that goes largely unnoticed. Death Row moves beyond being an exploration of an institution; it is an in-depth study of human needs – and the ability an institution like death row has to suppress them. As Jackson noted at the screening, the Row is a place where behavior is meaningless, where notions of rehabilitation have no significance. In most prisons, inmates are serving time, but on death row, inmates do not serve time for their crimes – their punishment is the execution. The prisoners never spoke of “doing time,” he said. “Nobody there is doing time.” Made with a certain rawness that suggests a gravity of feeling, the film exudes a complexity that comes out of its simplicity in presentation. It is well established critically that narration that “shows” is more affecting than narration that “tells.” And often today, documentary filmmakers forget that. They have a tendency to obscure the world that they are observing by inserting their own intrusive voiceover into the film, “telling” the spectator what to notice or what to deem important. But Death Row really shows you the world it is penetrating – and lets the visual imagery speak for itself. What accentuates this achievement is how it remains so visual while the film centers primarily on talking – prisoners talking about their experiences, the guards talking about their experiences, the guards talking about the prisoners’ experiences. See death row, page 6
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Senses Fail brings life to the Waiting Room Veteran alternative rockers return to play Buffalo’s newest venue FELICIA HUNT
Asst. Arts Editor
As the lights dimmed and the Monday Night Football theme song began to play, fans rushed up to the barricade-less stage at the Waiting Room in an attempt to be as close as possible to the headlining band. Alternative rock group Senses Fail emerged on stage Sunday night to cheers and kicked into their set immediately. The band had not played a show in Buffalo since 2009 and it was their first performance at the Waiting Room. They came to Buffalo, a city they don’t normally visit, because on this latest tour they are visiting cities where they don’t usually perform, according to drummer Dan Trapp. “Of course, the wings are pretty enticing as well,” he said. The night started off slow with the opening acts that were a mix of different genres. Being as an Ocean, a melodic hardcore group, had a fan base of a dozen kids who were cheering for them as the rest of the audience drank alcohol, texted and glanced at the football games on the TVs. The next band, Expire, a true “beatdown” band, garnered the attention of the tough kids but failed to grasp the entire venue’s ears. “Expire isn’t for everyone,” said Paul French of Rochester. “They’re a band that doesn’t give a f*** and I love throwing down to their jams.” The third band, For The Fallen Dreams, livened the crowd and got them ready for Senses Fail. Vocalist Chad Ruhlig, who was in a motorcycle accident a few months ago, hobbled on stage with crutches – the true definition of hardcore. The crowd pushed up against the
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Senses Fail played the Waiting Room on Oct. 20 with passion and energy, performing songs dating back to their 2004 release Let It Enfold You. The pristine, hourlong set had Buffalonians feeling like they were listening to the album recordings.
stage, climbing on each other’s shoulders to scream the lyrics: “Where were you when I needed you” from “Brothers in Arms” into the microphone. A portion of the audience left after For The Fallen Dreams, including French. Their heavy tastes had been satisfied. For the fans that stayed, Senses Fail put on an unforgettable performance. It was full of mosh-inducing breakdowns and crowd-surfing antics – neglecting the signs posted in the venue forbidding such actions. “If you listened to us 10 years ago and then listened to the new album Renancer, it’s like night
and day,” Trapp said. “It’s the heaviest we’ve been and it’s nice to break out of the same old sound. We wanted to give our fans something diverse.” Senses Fail played songs from every crevice of their musical repertoire, ranging from “Tie Her Down,” “Lady in a Blue Dress” from 2004’s Let It Enfold You to “Path” and “Closure/Rebirth” from Renancer. Senses Fail wanted to please fans from all generations. Vocalist Buddy Nielsen circled around on stage, taking time to interact with the crowd as he screamed the lyrics of fan favorites such as “Bite to Break Skin.”
His stage presence was mesmerizing and became proof of how a long-standing group can still bring immense energy to its performance. Trapp said the band always bring the moves. The hour-long set sounded pristine, as if the audience was listening to Follow Your Bliss: The Best of Senses Fail at home. Nielsen’s vocals and the band’s instrumentals consistently matched the recorded tracks. Fan-favorite “Lungs Like Gallows” from Life is Not a Waiting Room brought the crowd to life and even ignited a few fights.
“I live in the moment every day,” Trapp said. “We didn’t start Senses Fail because we were bored, we started it because we had a passion for making music, for being there for our fans and we’re lucky enough that we get to do what we love every day.” Senses Fail will conclude their tour on Nov. 10 in Los Angeles. Trapp said the band is always working on new material and they would love to play Warped Tour again soon. email: arts@ubspectrum.com
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Video games for the not-so faint of heart JORDAN OSCAR
Staff Writer
Put down the popcorn and leftover Halloween candy, dim the lights and pick up a controller, mouse or keyboard. You might be pleasantly surprised to discover just how gripping and terrifying video games have become. Over the past few years and even just over the course of the past few months, there have been a plethora of games that retain an extraordinary propensity for being terrifying causing some horror film fanatics to change the medium that they get their scares from. Although some do it better than others, there are plenty of games in recent memory that are guaranteed to be full of thrills, chills and downright petrifying moments. Outlast Release date: Sep. 4 for PC, early 2014 for PS4 ‘Not for the faint of heart’ is a gross understatement when it comes to this psychological thriller. Outlast isn’t just a game, it’s a test of mental endurance and has quickly become praised as one of the scariest gaming experiences ever created. In Outlast, hiding under a bed or in a locker will only save you for so long. Trapped in Mount Massive Asylum as a defenseless journalist equipped with only a video camera makes this game petrifying from start to finish. Slender: The Arrival Release date: Mar. 26 for PC and Mac The infamous Slender Man
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Good luck beating these games – it’s hard to play when you can barely keep your eyes open to watch the screen.
may have started as a meme, but that doesn’t stop him from being terrifying and creating his own fair share of scares. As a fullfledged version of Slender: The Eight Pages, The Arrival evokes a sense of helplessness that few other games can match. The series started with wandering around the woods, collecting pages, dodging Slender and praying the flashlight’s battery didn’t run out. Slender: The Arrival takes this tried-and-true scare fest to a whole new level. Though it may get a bit repetitive in the end, it doesn’t detract from the scare factor. Doom 3: BFG Edition Release Date: Oct. 16, 2012 for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC When it was first released in 2004, Doom 3 proved it doesn’t take the player feeling helpless in order for the game to be blood-
curdlingly scary. Despite providing the player with loads of firepower, the renowned first person shooter remains terrifying. Known for its grim atmosphere, superb soundtrack and excellent game play, Doom 3 was recently digitally re-mastered into the BFG Edition. The timeless collection of the revolutionary game series by id Software is just as frightening now as it was nine years ago. Amnesia: The Dark Descent Release Date: Sept. 8, 2010 for PC and Mac Memory loss is the least of Daniel’s problems when he awakens in a mysterious Prussian castle with a note telling him to kill the castle’s owner, Alexander. Soon, Daniel’s sanity becomes something the player has to manage as they evade enemies in this critically acclaimed hor-
ror-adventure game. Amnesia: The Dark Descent’s combination of ominous atmosphere, ambience and game play will keep players coming back for more, all the while providing an unforgettably horrific experience. The sequel, A Machine for Pigs, launched in September and while it is quite scary, it pales in comparison to its predecessor in its propensity to create terrifying situations. Dead Space Release Date: Oct. 14, 2008 for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC There are few places more isolating than an abandoned mining vessel on the fringes of space. Trapped on an enormous “planet cracker” with only a handful of mining tools and a picture of his girlfriend, engineer Isaac Clarke must face off against droves of mutated humanoid
“Necromorphs.” As a third-person survival horror shooter, Dead Space spends a lot of its time encouraging players to maim and dismember their foes. Despite this, everything from the sound, atmosphere and setting, to the lighting and boss fights, turns Dead Space into a bleak, pulse- pounding and all around terrifically terrifying experience. Resident Evil series Before they turned into generic action-adventure games with an affinity for explosions, violence and hordes of zombie cannon fodder, the Resident Evil series was groundbreaking and it defined the survival-horror genre. With a legacy spanning almost 18 years and nine games, the series constantly reaffirmed its dominance in a genre it practically invented. The original Resident Evil in 1996 had an atmosphere and story of a B-grade horror movie. Over time and through the release of Resident Evil 4 in 2004, the series retained its scare factor despite growing more action oriented. Although recent iterations like Resident Evil 6 and Revelations have failed in their commitment to dedicating sections of the game to being scary, that still leaves almost a decade of scary games worth checking out. email: arts@ubspectrum.com
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The Buffalo ghost trail A day’s trip to Buffalo’s most haunted locations CASSANDRA YOCHUM Staff Writer
Every city has its secrets. Buffalo’s stories are just well hidden. Despite all the graffiti, caged storefronts and general urban decay, Buffalo was once a hub of travel and architectural style. With its great history, come many terrifying tales and legends. These are the hauntings of Buffalo. This past weekend I went on a trip around Buffalo in an effort to uncover the urban legends and ghost stories of the city. My first stop was Iron Island Museum, located on a small side street off of Bailey Avenue in the middle of a tiny impoverished neighborhood. Built in the 1800s, the building was originally a church and then adopted a new front in the 1950s as a funeral home. During 2000, when the Iron Island Preservation Society of Lovejoy acquired the ownership, some members discovered 24 unlabeled, cremated human remains stashed away in the corner of the basement. I walked up the steps and immediately felt the chills crawl up my spine. Walking in, you could feel something strange about the place. I walked through the building on my own and did not find anything strange but leaving the museum was the most eventful part of my stop. A tiny, warm shadow passed by my feet. I figured it was just my mind playing tricks on me, but I left the Iron Island Museum with a perplexing question stuck in my brain: why was the shadow warm? As if to answer my question a tiny gray cat appeared in the window of a neighboring house. It’s tail twitched violently as it watched me crawl back into my car.
Since the museum’s creation, paranormal events have been reported. The museum’s webpage has 18 audio recordings of ghosts. Several include children, but the strangest recordings are of Edgar Zernicke, a ghost of one of the cremated remains who had made his home in the attic of the museum. The other is of a ghost cat that is talkative compared to some of the house’s spirits. This gives me a mini-heart attack. I’d love to think that I could explain the shadow away with hard science, but the idea of the ghost cat nags at the back of my mind. Next, I traveled down to the theater district and learned more about the resident ghost of Shea’s Performing Arts Center. I couldn’t stay long inside, but it was fitting Ghost The Musical was playing at the time. Currently, Shea’s is under renovation. Some have said the deceased Michael Shea appears to customers and volunteers asking, “Isn’t it wonderful?” When it comes to the paranormal, Michael Shea is decidedly a friendlier ghost than most. That sounds like my kind of ghost. The USS The Sullivans was my third stop along my journey to uncover ghost stories of Buffalo. The ship is named after all five Sullivan brothers who enlisted in the U.S. Navy. They sailed out on the USS Juneau into the fray of battle. Unfortunately, the ship was lost and in the initial explosion four of the Sullivan brothers perished. The fifth brother was George Thomas Sullivan. Though wounded, he managed to escape the wreckage on a raft where he survived for five days more. No one is sure of the exact cause of death, but George’s life would expire on that raft. Now, he haunts the USS The Sullivans in search of his lost brothers. The idea that some spirit would attach themselves to
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Cassandra Yochum, a Spectrum staff writer, attended the Buffalo Central Terminal’s Candlelit Tour and explored other haunted venues in Buffalo.
this empty metal shell of a ship is depressing. I always figured that when someone dies they find peace. Somehow the idea of George wandering the ship endlessly looking for his family doesn’t seem to be a serene afterlife. People have seen George walking the docks and looking for his brothers, according to the Paranormal Ghost Society. Others say the ship’s doors often slam and lock by themselves, burning and disfigured bodies appear and disembodied voices pour out from the crevices of the ship.
Continued from page 4: Death Row And what you see from hearing all this is that the Row is an abhorrent place to be – and it is inhumane. A dejected Cook even talks about how his being there has discombobulated his understanding of what “normal” behavior even is. It calls to mind an observation Victor Frankl makes in Man’s Search for Meaning when he says there is no such thing as normal behavior in an abnormal environment. As an examination of an environment, Death Row provides a unique lens into a certain facet of human experience. Most people have formed an opinion of the death penalty without any sense of what it truly entails. This film provides that sense and shows how the death penalty machine produces a dehumanizing effect. Regardless of what you think of capital punishment, this film shows that, however wrongly the state (in this case, the State of Texas) may have the right to put people to death for their crimes, it doesn’t have the right to treat people the way they are on the Row. One thing Jackson said that evening was that documentary
films have an additional requirement that fictional films don’t – they require accuracy in depicting their subject. A fictional film owes nothing to the world outside of the movie, but a documentary owes something (truth) to the world it is about. Death Row finds nobility in bringing attention to a place that is often ignored, and in the process, captures something that is vital and real. In 2011, the United States was the only western democracy that executed prisoners, according to Amnesty International. And so far in 2013, over 30 inmates in the United States have been executed, and over 1,300 since 1976, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. It is hard to imagine how many of those executed prisoners may have been innocent like Kerry Max Cook; the very sense of possibility that even one of them could have been innocent is horrid. I have been attending the Buffalo Film Seminars regularly since the fall of 2010. I have seen some exceptional films there; I have been there on nights when there are a lot of
people in the theater and nights when there aren’t. Never have I seen as large a crowd there as on Tuesday night. When the film began, after the professors introduced it, something unusual occurred. There was no sound accompanying the images. Professor Jackson ran out of the theater and the audience could hear him notify the movie house attendants. They tried a second time; there was no sound. They tried a third time; there was no sound. Eventually an audio engineer in attendance went to help. As we were all waiting for them to fix the problem, Jackson told us how, when they first showed the film to an audience in 1979 at Sam Houston State College Criminal Justice Center, the same thing happened: the film began and complete silence. As I left the theater Tuesday night, I considered the irony of this – that maybe the voices of those on death row are as silent now as they were then. And that is something that is wrong with America.
While I didn’t see him, there is no doubt in my mind that if he is here, he is suffering. My last stop turned out to be the most interesting part of the trip. I went on Beyond Ghost’s candlelit tour of Buffalo Central Terminal. The Buffalo Central Terminal was where many soldiers left home on trains and most would return home in coffins. The terminal operated from 1929-79. This entire building was one large center of emotion and travel. When I arrived they checked off my name, gave me a hard hat and put me into a room of
about twenty people. Then the film started. “They call me Zachary.” A chilling quote from a child’s voice caught on tape. His voice would haunt me as I traveled through the different parts of the terminal. When we stopped in a back room on the second floor, I noted the small, green ball on the floor. Amy Campbell, my tour guide, explained that many volunteers and ghost hunters would leave Zachary toys to play with. The next location we went to was the apartment on the second floor of the station. In the Fedele Apartment within the terminal, there have been recordings of communication with Tony Fedele, a previous owner of the Buffalo Central Terminal. The story goes that one of the first recordings of ghost voices is believed to be Fedele’s voice on EVP, saying, “Bring back the ladies.” Though I did not witness any strange occurrences, there have been many investigations that get a lot of ghostly activity in this apartment, according to Campbell. After the tour, I talked with John Crocitto, a para-historian for Beyond Ghosts, about the different places I visited. His words to explain the spiritual world were comforting. He said that though spirits are not tied to places, they might stay different dwellings that hold significant meaning to them. Ghosts cannot harm you, unless you think they can, he explained. “We create our own demons,” Crocitto said. The idea that ghosts can harm you and want to harm you is a Hollywood created version of the paranormal. It’s up to the individual to break his or her predetermined concepts of the spiritual world and ghost stories. email: ceyochum@buffalo.edu
Continued from page 8: Scouting Report Key matchup: Buffalo’s defense vs. Dri Archer We saw Buffalo struggle against faster players when it faced Ohio State and Baylor early in the season. If the Bulls let Archer get the ball in open space, it will be a long day for what has been an otherwise dominant Bulls’ defense. Archer poses the first true threat they have faced since Week Two, and it’s imperative that the defense continues to put the offense in good field position. Buffalo’s strength is a stingy defense and a pounding rungame. If Archer gets loose for long gains and the game becomes an offensive shootout, the Bulls could be in trouble. Prediction: Despite Kent State’s mediocre 2-6 record, it’s the toughest team the Bulls have faced since Baylor.
For the sixth straight game, Buffalo is facing a putrid defense. Kent is giving up 228.2 rushing yards per game and 239.8 passing yards per game, which should give senior running back Branden Oliver the opportunity to continue his recent slate of dominance. The Bulls’ offense will have no problem moving the ball. With that said, their fate will lie with the defense’s performance. The formula for success is simple: Eliminate Archer’s big-play ability and you’ll contain an offense that is putting up only 19.1 points per game. If the defense can’t accomplish this task, it may not be as good as we think it is. Buffalo 20, Kent State 13 email: sports@ubspectrum.com
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HOROSCOPES Friday, October 25, 2013 FROM UNIVERSAL UCLICK
ACROSS 1 Tricky past participle 5 Edward’s love in “Twilight” 10 Surveyor’s map 14 Leo’s Karenina 15 Israel’s Sharon 16 Author of “Les Miserables” 17 “Ripley’s Believe ___ Not!” 18 Prepared cotton for shipment 19 Not buttoned, as a shirt 20 Exercise regimen option 23 Nabisco goodies 24 Camp shelters 25 Makes jubilant 28 Woofer output 30 Daddy, in Mexico 31 In pieces 33 Former low-value coin 36 Put into the required shape beforehand 40 Inferior, as excuses go 41 Bay horses 42 Permanently put, as in one’s memory 43 Like venison’s flavor 44 Seeks water, in a way 46 Traffic tie-up 49 100 equal a dinar 51 It’s good for the heart 57 Prepare, as tea 58 Rhea’s “Cheers” role
59 Covered with cinders 60 Model train layout, often 61 Patch or pipe material 62 Fizz flavoring 63 Hardy heroine 64 Rancorous, as a divorce 65 Ball bearers
DOWN 1 Not of the clergy 2 Planning to vote no 3 “Are you ___ out?” 4 Soporific drug 5 Bundles of joy 6 Clio and Urania’s sister 7 Lively tunes 8 Offensive facial expression 9 “M*A*S*H” star Alan 10 Conversation pieces 11 Fictional burglar Arsene 12 Entertainer’s advocate 13 Griller’s grabbers 21 Suffix with “press” 22 “___ die for!” 25 Omar of “House” 26 Zhivago’s lady 27 Did an imitation of
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) -- You may sense that an opportunity is on the horizon, but you have much to do before you find yourself in a position to pursue it. ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- You're waiting for someone to give you the go-ahead. Use this time to perfect your approach, for you may never have this chance again. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- You can perform well throughout the day, and you'll want to stack one stellar moment on top of another to build to the right climax. GEMINI (May 21June 20) -- You don't have a great deal to complain about, so keep your opinions to yourself until given the opportunity by another to contribute.
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Containing lightning in a bottle Buffalo to take on Kent State Saturday oWEN O’BRIEN Sports Editor
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Senior running back/wide receiver Dri Archer is one of the most dangerous players in the country. The Bulls must contain his ‘big play’ ability on Saturday when they travel to Kent State.
The football team has the opportunity to leave Kent, Ohio, this Saturday bowl eligible for the second time since joining the Mid-American Conference in 1999. To do so, the Bulls will need to defeat Kent State, a team that is much better than its twowin record suggests. The Bulls (5-2, 3-0 MAC) will travel to Kent State (2-6, 1-3 MAC) in pursuit of their first six-game win streak since 1959. Many consider this to be Buffalo’s biggest test thus far in conference play. The Flashes have dropped their last three games, but their previous two conference losses were to Northern Illinois and Ball State, which are a combined 14-1 and 7-0 in the MAC. “The last thing I’m talking about is records to our team,” said head coach Jeff Quinn. Senior running back/wide receiver Dri Archer, a player Quinn called “the fastest player in the MAC,” leads Kent State. Archer was slowed by injuries earlier in the season but exploded last week with 10 rushes for 114 yards and two receptions for 85 yards. He has scored at least one touchdown in the last four games. “If there’s a 4.3 [-second] 40[yard dash] guy in this league, it’s him,” Quinn said. “There’s nobody like him [in the MAC]. He can take it to the house on any play.” The most difficult part of defending Archer is his ability to
line up at multiple positions. One play he will be in the backfield, and the next he will line up at wide receiver. He leads all rushers with at least 10 carries in yards per rush (7.6), averages 15.4 yards per catch and has two touchdowns of over 70 yards this season. Archer had 14 carries for 127 yards and a touchdown in Kent State’s 23-7 victory over Buffalo last season. “It’s going to take a lot for our corners, safeties and linebackers to contain him and nobody’s really been able to do that,” Quinn said. It is unclear who will start at quarterback for the Golden Flashes. Starting freshman quarterback Colin Reardon suffered an ankle injury two weeks ago and was unable to start last week against South Alabama (3-3). Senior dual-threat quarterback David Fisher filled in last week against South Alabama in a loss and threw for 181 yards and two touchdowns; he also ran for 106 yards. Reardon had nearly 1,200 yards passing and 10 touchdowns in the seven games before his injury. Quinn said the defense is preparing for both quarterbacks because Reardon is listed as questionable. The Bulls have their own injury problems. Buffalo lost senior offensive lineman Jasen Carlson when he suffered a broken leg last Saturday against UMass. Whether he will miss the remainder of the season is questionable, according The Buffalo News.
Along with Archer, the Buffalo ‘D’ must contain junior running back Trayion Durham, who leads the team with 501 rushing yards and 777 total yards. The team’s leading receiver through eight games is junior Chris Humphrey with 37 receptions for 439 yards and three touchdowns. Kent State ran for 239 yards in last year’s contest against the Bulls. But this season, Quinn has seen tremendous strides in his defense’s play. “We weren’t quite ready to measure up against that kind of offense last year at that particular time,” Quinn said. “But as time moved along, we saw the growth, development and confidence coming.” The defensive improvements have been most evident through the turnover margin. Buffalo ranks second in the nation in turnover differential (+13), trailing only Houston (+14). Senior safety/linebacker Adam Redden is coming off his second MAC Defensive Player of the Week honor after recording 12 tackles and a fumble recovery last weekend. He currently leads the team with 49 tackles and has 8.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, a forced fumble and three fumble recoveries. “We said it all year long: People aren’t going to run to 46 [Khalil Mack], so get ready over there, 29 [Redden], because they are going to come your way,” Quinn said. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. at Dix Stadium and the game will be broadcast on ESPN3.
Predictions: Buffalo (+2) @ Kent State @aaroncmansfield (5-2): Buffalo – I think it’ll be close; the Bulls are the better team, though.
@bentarhan (4-3): Buffalo – The Bulls will have to lose eventually, but it won’t be against Kent State.
The Golden Flashes’ File: The Spectrum’s Scouting Report Offensive player to watch: Dri Archer, senior, running back/ wide receiver Archer is the most electrifying player in the Mid-American Conference. His speed and agility are infamous and he is often referred to as the type of player who should be playing in the Southeastern Conference. Archer entered this season as a long-shot Heisman hopeful – after breaking Kent State’s singleseason touchdown record with 23 in 2012 – but was injury-ridden in early action. He didn’t see real action until Kent’s fifth game of the season. In his last four games, he has put up 209 rushing yards, 224 receiving yards and five touchdowns (four receiving). But Archer isn’t an everydown-back; Trayion Durham has that role – he leads the team with 129 carries. When Archer is in, he dominates. He has busted multiple 70-plus-yard plays this year. He’s had just 40 touches (26 rushes, 14 receptions), but he is averaging an astonishing 10.8 yards per touch. Defensive players to watch: Luke Wollett, senior, safety Kent State’s run and pass defenses have been equally disappointing this season. Wollett is the unit’s captain and was named
@jgags15 (5-2): Buffalo – Another opponent that can’t stop the Buffalo run should equate to another victory.
Quick Hits
@owenobri (6-1): Buffalo – If Alex Neutz is able to play, the offense will continue putting up points, and this ‘D’ is too good to allow one player to dictate the outcome.
Bulls face late-season road trips as playoffs loom Hoops The men’s and women’s basketball teams will participate in “Bulls Madness” on Friday at 7 p.m. in Alumni Arena. The event will feature team introductions, a three-point contest and a slamdunk contest. It is free to UB students, and the doors open at 6 p.m.
to Phil Steele’s preseason AllMAC second team. He leads the team in tackles (62) and is tied for the lead in interceptions (two). Wollett has been an active member of Kent State’s defensive backs unit his whole career, making appearances since his freshman year, and he earned the starting safety job in his sophomore season. Roosevelt Nix, senior, defensive lineman Nix is by far the most decorated player on Kent State’s defense. He was named to Phil Steele’s preseason All-America fourth team and is currently second among active FBS players in career tackles for loss (59), fifth in forced fumbles (10) and 14th in sacks (21.5). But Nix has struggled this year. Having played in seven of Kent’s eight games, he has notched only 23 tackles and a sack. SEE SCOUTING REPORT, PAGE 6
Volleyball (16-5, 4-4 MidAmerican Conference) The Bulls go on a Michigan road trip this weekend as they face Central Michigan (9-11, 3-5 MAC) on Friday and Eastern Michigan (12-11, 2-6 MAC) on Saturday. The Chippewas and Eagles are at the bottom of the MAC West standings, and a weekend sweep could go a long way in securing the Bulls’ playoff hopes. Women’s Soccer (5-8-2, 2-6 MAC) The Bulls are desperate for a late-season conference turnaround as they enter their final three games of the season. If they are going to make a playoff push, they cannot afford to lose any more games. They will travel to Eastern Michigan (9-6-1, 6-2 MAC) on Friday and Western Michigan (74-4, 5-1 MAC) on Saturday. The Eagles and Broncos are among the top teams in the conference.
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Sophomore Tahleia Bishop leads the Bulls on a two-game road trip as they look to advance to over .500 in Mid-American Conference play.
Men’s Soccer (3-9-3, 1-3 MAC) After a 3-1 non-conference victory over Gannon on Wednesday night, the Bulls will travel to Belmont (4-8-2) on Saturday for another non-conference matchup. This will be the Bulls’ last non-conference match of the season. Buffalo has two conference matches remaining. Swimming and Diving Both the men and women’s teams will open their dual-meet schedules this weekend with home matchups.
The men will host Cornell on Friday afternoon. Last season, they won 10 of 16 contests in the non-scoring event. The women will open their conference schedule with a meet against Toledo on Saturday. Toledo finished sixth last season at MAC championships, one spot behind the Bulls. email: sports@ubspectrum.com