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The dirt on dirt

By DAVID WEIDENBORNER Staff Writer Researchers in UB’s Geology Department love getting dirty. They spend their days doing literally groundbreaking research. Their latest project studies the impact erosion has on the environment and agriculture.

While erosion isn’t a major concern in Western New York, it is a serious problem in some areas around the U.S. In the Mississippi River

Basin, one of the most cultivated regions in the U.S., communities rise and fall with agriculture. For agriculture to flourish, farmers depend on fertile land, which is slowly being degraded by the erosion process.

UB’s research, led by Sean Bennett, professor of geology, is trying to find out exactly how water functions in the erosion process and how it can be slowed down.

Through funding by the National Science Founda-

tion, Bennett has been creating small-scale environments and subjecting them to water and erosion.

“Dispersive soil without much strength, combined with intense rainfall, create these high rates that hurt farming and the community,” see DIRT page 2 Courtesy of Sean J. Bennett Right: UB researchers are working

to better understand erosion in order to prevent it.

A bite of the Big Apple

By REN LaFORME Senior Managing Editor Campus Café may be closed, but scents from the city that never sleeps have found their way back to campus.

Jonny C’s N.Y. Deli will open in Campus Café’s old location in the Commons on Monday.

“A lot of kids at UB are from Long Island, downstate and the New York City area,” said manager Josh Cohen.

“The whole idea is kind of a downstate feel.”

Jonny C’s will focus on

Jonny C’s is opening on Monday and promising good food and a downstate feel.

New York style deli sandwiches, wraps and panini, and will use Boar’s Head cold cuts – an import from New York City, according to Cohen.

“We’re using premium

everything,” Cohen said.

“Everything is fresh, nothing is processed.”

The deli will also offer breakfast sandwiches, homesee DELI page 2

SA PL ANNING TO PROTEST CUTS

By KEELEY SHEEHAN Executive Editor

Chyn Wey Lee / Western Herald

Senior Wide Receiver Brett Hamlin’s 10 catches were not enough to get Buffalo by Western Michigan on Saturday.

Kicked out of Kalamazoo

By ANDREW WIKTOR Sports Editor No matter how close a dog gets to catching its tail, he never gets that final bite.

This Saturday, Buffalo was the dog left chasing the tail of Western Michigan.

And this tale ended up in favor of the Broncos.

After trailing nearly the entire game, the Bulls found themselves down 31-28 with just less than two minutes to play. Buffalo’s offense moved the ball 69 yards to set up a 28-yard field goal attempt with just three seconds left in regulation.

Western Michigan head

coach Bill Cubit called two consecutive timeouts to try to ice the Bulls’ special teams unit, but junior kicker A.J. Principe drilled the field goal to send the game into overtime.

Buffalo (3-5, 1-3 MidAmerican Conference) had the first chance to score in the extra period but was not able to move the ball forward.

Junior kicker John Rachuna attempted his first career field goal from 43 yards out against strong winds. Though the strike was on target, the ball barely reached the end zone and Western Michigan (4-4, 3-2 MAC) took over. The Broncos kicked the game-

winning field goal on their first possession in overtime for a 34-31 victory.

The Bulls were hurt, but not depleted.

“I think our guys will be resilient,” said Buffalo head coach Turner Gill. “We’ll come back ready to play in 10 games.

It obviously hurts. We had opportunities to win the football game, but the bottom line is, Western Michigan made more plays than we did.”

Adding insult to injury, three Buffalo cornerbacks were forced to exit the game early.

Senior Kendric Hawkins see FOOTBALL page 10

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VENGEFUL VICTORY

Classifieds ........... 11

Swimmers drowned the competition.

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Opinion .................. 3 Sports .................. 12

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The Student Association is planning a rally on Thursday to protest against Gov. David Paterson’s proposed mid-year $90 million cut to SUNY. Paterson proposed four cuts. The first of them, a $24 million cut from the Tuition Assistance Program, has already taken effect. Within the SUNY system, 123,060

students receive some form of TAP funding.

Last year, Paterson raised tuition by $610 at UB. Of the total amount that students pay in tuition, 90 percent goes to New York State to offset the deficit, and 10 percent goes back to the university.

“He’s really depriving us of an education and exacerbating New York’s problems,” said SUNY Delegate Emily Bauer. see RALLY page 2

Arctic study shows environmental impact

By JESSICA BENNETT Staff Writer UB researchers studying the sediment at the bottom of a lake in Canada may have found a startling indication that global warming is occurring faster than predicted.

Jason Briner, assistant professor of geology, participated in the study along with UB student researchers, researchers from the University of Colorado and Queens University, and experts specializing in analyzing bug

GWA R LO RE You’ve never experienced anything quite like GWAR See Page 5

fossils and algae.

The research team made a trip to see the lake that has people talking.

“There are lots of steps to the overall process. It starts by going to [the] arctic ourselves and figuring out how to get to these sites and then figuring out how to get cores of the sediments out from the bottom of the lake,” Briner said.

Lake CF8 was originally discovered in 2002 and is located by the Clyde River on Baffin Island between Greenland and the Canadian main-

land.

“We need to come up with clever ways to reconstruct how climate has changed in the past,” Briner said. “One of the ways we do that is reading the information stored in lake sediments.”

Researchers collected samples from the lake, which are then shipped back to the UB Geology Department and put into cold storage until they can be analyzed. The earth itself goes through natural see LAKE page 2

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WORLD NEWS Iranian charges West’s nuclear plan is a cover-up The powerful speaker of Iran’s Parliament Saturday derided a Westernbacked proposal to transfer the bulk of the country’s enriched-uranium stockpile abroad as a trick meant to rob Iran of its nuclear fuel.

Under the deal, which could serve as a template for a broader deal between Iran and other entities harboring doubts about its nuclear program, Russia would refine Iran’s reactor-grade fuel.

Also Saturday, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, a conservative close to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the head of Parliament’s national security and foreign policy committee, expressed suspicions about the intentions of Iran’s erstwhile partners in the plan.

The U.S., France and Russia signed off on the deal Friday, but Iran said it would respond by midweek.

Iran’s stockpile of 3.5 percentenriched uranium is sufficient to fuel an energy plant but must be refined further to 20 percent before it can be used to produce isotopes for cancer diagnosis and treatment at a Tehran medical reactor. Uranium needs to be enriched to 90 percent or above for a weapon.

Boroujerdi said Iran would prefer to keep its reactor-grade uranium for its own purposes.

Taliban repeats threats against voters Afghanistan’s runoff presidential campaign formally opened Saturday with an ominous repeat from the first round: Taliban threats to disrupt the vote.

The original Aug. 20 balloting, Afghanistan’s second-ever direct presidential election, was marked by violence, mainly scattered on voting day itself but preceded by several weeks of concerted attacks, including major bombings in the capital, Kabul.

Neither of the two leading candidates attained the 50 percent majority needed to win the first round outright. After two months of wrangling over allegations of massive vote rigging, the runoff between President Hamid Karzai and his former foreign minister, Abdullah Abdullah, was set for Nov. 7.

As the abbreviated campaign kicked off Saturday, Abdullah’s campaign called for the firing of a trio of senior Afghan election officials whom it blamed for allowing widespread fraud to occur.

About 1 million ballots originally tal-

lied for Karzai, and smaller numbers for Abdullah and dozens of other candidates, which were tossed out last week by international fraud auditors.

The drawn-out political crisis has complicated decision-making in the U.S. over whether to deploy more U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Karzai agreed under intense U.S. pressure to go ahead with the runoff. Without that accord, the country could have remained in political limbo for months, because holding a vote during Afghanistan’s harsh winter is a logistical impossibility.

If the vote goes ahead as scheduled, it will come shortly before the onset of winter, when snow blocks the mountain passes and large swaths of countryside are virtually cut off from the outside world. As it is, some remote districts are accessible only by primitive pathways; donkeys will carry ballots to and fro.

New details in crash that spurred massive Toyota recall Federal highway safety inspectors have released new details of a fatal car crash that triggered Toyota Motor Corp.’s largest recall, including a finding that the Lexus ES 350 sedan involved had a gas pedal design that could increase the risk of it being obstructed by a floor mat.

The report by the National Highway Transit Safety Administration draws no conclusions about the cause of the Aug. 28 accident, but discloses new details including the fact that the brakes were heavily damaged. That would seem to confirm a frantic 911 call made by Saylor’s brother-in-law from the speeding car.

A Los Angeles Times review of NHTSA documents in a past investigation of Lexus vehicles showed the agency had found that the Lexus ES braking system loses power-assist when the throttle is fully opened, increasing braking distance fivefold.

The new NHTSA report also indicated that the Lexus’ accelerator pedal design might have contributed to the risk of floor mat entrapment.

The report also notes that the lower edge of accelerator pedal was “bonded” to the rubber floor mat, shown in a grainy color photograph. The photograph shows damage to the area of the floor mat that surrounds the accelerator pedal, as well.

Last month, Toyota announced the largest recall in its history, asking drivers of 3.8 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles to remove their floor mats until a permanent remedy is devised.

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‘The sea ice could be gone in a decade’ LAKE from page 1 warming and cooling intervals, but the sediments reveal a change in the Earth’s natural cycle.

The lake is different from other lakes that have been studied, and researchers have decided to study it further because of the long sediment record contained at the bottom, Briner said.

“In the case of this one lake that we found, what’s unique about it is the sediments contained at the bottom of this lake go back at least 200,000 years, which is a really long time for sediments preserved in lakes from the arctic,” Briner said. “There’s a well known pattern on climate and how the arctic changes through time, and that pattern all of a sudden is different.”

The difference between the sediments is the extended warming

interval the earth is currently going through.

“We see this pattern in our lake sediments – but the most recent sediments first got warm 10,000 years ago and [have] been cooling ever since, except for these recent sediments. It’s more similar to the beginning of these warm periods,” Briner said. “We started to get colder and we jumped back up and got warmer in the arctic.”

A study was recently done on the frozen ice pack, or sea ice, in the arctic. Researchers walked on the sea ice and then drilled through it to figure out how thick it was. The results were startling.

“They found the sea ice thickness was thinner than people thought.

Arctic sea ice could be disappearing even faster than computer models have been simulating,” Briner

said. “The sea ice could be gone in a decade.”

Every summer the arctic ice disappears and then reforms in the winter, but not to the same extent. This has an impact on the ecosystem, affecting arctic animals’ habits, hunting on the ice and the strength of hurricanes.

“It plays a huge role in the earth’s energy balance,” said Briner.

Greenhouse gases are only part of the problem, Briner said.

“I do think that while there are a lot of greenhouse gas admissions within the pipeline and we’re going to see the arctic continue to warm, that we do need to have an immediate response to decreasing those greenhouse gases,” Briner said.

“The human impact on the system is going to become really clear.”

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Circulating petition throughout the week RALLY from page 1 SA has planned a rally for Thursday at noon in the Student Union to inform students of the cuts and what is happening to their money.

SA President Ernesto Alvarado and the SUNY delegates will speak at the rally, and they plan to bring in speakers like Congressman Chris Lee. They will also circulate a petition throughout the week that will be sent to Paterson explaining students’ objections to the cuts. All 64 schools in the SUNY system will hold a rally on Thursday and send out petitions. They are hoping for 1,000 signatures from each school.

Alvarado said that UB hasn’t taken an active stance on such matters in the past, but students need to

start getting involved.

“We should have a strong voice.

The best way to do that is to get students active,” he said. “We have that responsibility as the biggest institution in SUNY to make sure Paterson gets that message loud and clear.”

Alvarado pays the out-of-state tuition rate, with his money going to a state he is not a resident of, he said.

“My tuition isn’t going to better my education. It’s going to relieve New York State’s deficit,” he said.

More students need to be made aware of the situation, because if the cuts are allowed to pass, it will set a precedent and enable Paterson to make further cuts in the future, Bauer said.

“This is something the state government obviously isn’t very vocal

about,” said SUNY Delegate Amanda Jonas.

Jonas pointed out that students who are not directly affected by the cuts to TAP or tuition increases will be affected by a decrease in the number of classes available.

“If you’re not affected financially, you’ll be affected academically,” she said.

Bauer said that the cuts could adversely affect the university’s growth initiatives, like UB 2020.

“We can’t do this if they continue to cut our funding,” she said. “We’re going to get mad, we’re going to make a little bit of noise on Thursday.”

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Erosion is inevitable (Freshman & Transfer students)

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DIRT from page 1 Bennett said.

Erosion disperses the arable soil and takes away nutrients that are necessary for plants to grow.

“Erosion is both an on-site and off-site problem. Water involved in erosion not only changes the soil, but the surrounding environment as well,” Bennett said.

Water from rain or irrigation transports soil, nutrients and agrochemicals to aquatic habitats. This can make water murky, which blocks light from reaching plants. In some areas, there are algae that thrive on the nutrients and chemicals, which lead to increased population and more dissolved oxygen usage.

While the sandboxes, umbrellas and raingear that are used in his workplace may make it resemble a kindergarten playroom, Bennett’s research is quite high tech. With the

rain simulator and camera perched over the large box packed with soil, it is possible to track where and how the water travels.

“The water first formed rills in the soil. When more water was added, the rills became deeper gullies. If you can locate any changes early on in the soil, you can use a number of methods to slow down erosion,” Bennett said.

Erosion is inevitable, but there are ways to slow down the process, such as planting trees, grass and hedges or installing retention pools to slow down water flow, Bennett said.

“There is no single ‘band-aid’ for preventing erosion, but there are many measures that can be made to slow it down,” Bennett said.

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Hasn’t decided Sunday hours Jonny C’s N.Y. Deli sample prices Italian Sandwich – $6.49 Chicken Finger Sandwich – $6.49 Rueben Sandwich – $6.99 Philly Cheese Steak Sandwich – $6.19 Breakfast Sandwich (2 eggs w/bacon, sausage or ham) – $2.99

DELI from page 1 made soups and salads.

Jonny C’s will be open Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. until 8 p.m. It will also be open on Saturday from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. and possibly Sunday, but Cohen hasn’t decided on hours at this time.

“If you want a cheap sandwich, you’re going to go to Subway,” Cohen said. “If you want quality, then you’re going to come to us.”

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Editorial Board Editor in Chief Stephen Marth Executive Editor Keeley Sheehan Managing Editors Ren LaForme, senior David Jarka Jennifer Lombardo

Checking plastic New law will reform credit card business

News Editors Jennifer Good Caitlin Tremblay Chelsie Hinckley, asst.

Ashley Hirt, asst.

Amanda Woods, asst.

Credit card companies have been charging their clients fees without cause – and raising them spontaneously – for years.

The Credit Card Accountability Responsibility Disclosure Act of 2009, or Credit CARD Act, aims to remove all predatory practices from credit companies.

When the bill goes into effect, credit card companies will no longer be allowed to let young adults sign up for credit cards without performing due diligence in finding out if the teen has the ability to pay, or requiring a parental signature before issuing the person a card.

Editorial Editor Jacob Shillman

In the face of such changes to their industry, the credit card companies’ profits have actually increased by 20 percent in the first two quarters, according to a study from the Pews Charitable Trusts’ Safe Credit Cards Project.

In the wake of the financial crisis, many government officials want to target the massive debt incurred by the American public.

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The act aims to do good but falls short in certain areas. It has several provisions aimed at limiting how credit card companies can charge their customers, but has no mention of price controls, rate caps or fee setting. The bill doesn’t go into effect until later this year, which is causing a slight problem.

Credit card companies can raise interest rates without rhyme or reason, thereby penalizing customers when they are late paying a bill unrelated to the credit card, which is called universal default.

It seems absurd to penalize people for a late payment in an unrelated expense to their credit card. If the companies are worried about payment, they shouldn’t give credit cards to people with questionable credit.

Credit card companies, in their infinite wisdom, wanted more time to revise their computer software system for the new changes. Many consumer advocates said the time would allow for companies to try and squeeze their customers a little bit more before the law goes into effect.

And they have.

The House of Representatives has introduced a measure to push up the timetable for the law, to go into effect on Dec. 1 rather than in February. The Senate has taken no such action.

In a recent article, The Wall Street Journal reports that in 2010, 56 percent of all retail transactions will be accomplished with a credit card. There is no doubt that Americans like to purchase with plastic.

The Credit CARD Act is aimed at helping the average cardholder by curtailing some of the companies’ sneaky practices, such as increasing interest rates on the existing balance of a cardholder in good standing. It also prohibits card companies from arbitrarily changing the terms of their contract with a cardholder at any time.

The bill will also prevent credit card companies from targeting young adults, a demographic that is usually bombarded by letters urging them to apply for cards.

An alarming belief has gained a foothold in this country. People now seem content to be average and have stopped striving to be better.

The biggest venue of this belief is youth sports, where everyone happens to be a winner. This is simply not the case – not everyone deserves a trophy. Learning how to win, lose and work hard are important lessons to learn in life.

Coddled children gain a skewed view of the world, and if the treatment is continued, they will not have the correct coping mechanism for college or the real world.

Children shouldn’t earn a ribbon for coming in 32nd place – it’s a quick fix for selfesteem and nothing more. Children gain nothing in the long run.

Coddling has infiltrated the classroom as well. Some schools have banished grades with minuses attached and only attach pluses to grades. They have said that minus grades promote a negative self-image.

By the same logic, shouldn’t plus grades be banished as well because they put achieving students above less achieving students?

This kills the need to strive toward mastery in the classroom.

To go one step further, many teachers in this country have decided not to give failing grades. This is truly amazing. Students need to learn accountability for their efforts – or lack thereof.

American students have been weakened by this phenomenon and the numbers don’t lie. In 2006, the Program for International Student Assessment tested students from

For the most part, a large chunk of my life has lacked stability.

From family tribulations and school stress to failed relationships and financial struggles, I consistently find myself longing for something I can count on and call my own.

Following what was, without a doubt, the most trying summer I’ve ever seen, I felt I had no choice other than to make changes this fall. I wanted a fair chance at gaining what I was looking for.

And how did I do this, you ask?

I got a dog.

After about two months of searching and trying to pan out my finances in order to prepare for a new pup, I was certain that this decision was the best I would make in a while. I felt as though this little guy would make me more responsible, keep me focused and Jennifer Good would easily be everything I hoped for.

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My dad, among many, was the most forceful in advising me to wait until after I graduated and settled into a more adult lifestyle to get a dog. While I love my dad, as any hardheaded 21-year-old on an “I can do whatever I want” power trip, I went and got one anyway.

It’s been almost four weeks since I brought Malikai, a pit/rot/lab mix, home to my six-bedroom house in the University Heights, and from chewed up $100 shoes to cleaning up puke filled with rubber bands and wood at 5 a.m., I can’t say things are going very smoothly.

Given his breed (or lack thereof), Kai is most definitely a challenging pup. I was promised he was house trained upon his purchase, but came home to discover differently. Let’s just say Brawny is making a killing from me this month, and I do not recommend the Buffalo bums search through my dumpster for returnable cans anytime soon.

Kai likes to chew, bark and pop a squat wherever he feels like it, and claw your face off when he wants you to wake up. While these are understandable puppy qualities, I’m not so sure I was prepared for exactly how much work he would actually take.

With people constantly going in and out of my house, it’s hard to give him the consistent kind of training necessary to produce a wellbehaved dog. Thus, he is the opposite of what his adopted mommy’s last name would suggest.

Day by day, I see my roommates wearing thin when I ask if they mind dog sitting while I’m in class or at work. Dollar by dollar, I see my bank account vanishing into dog beds and gross pig ear chew toys. see GOOD page 4

America loves being average Society embracing mediocrity

Bark twice if you’re in Milwaukee

Life and friends

Many college students dread going to work. Getting up in the morning is hard, the work itself is tedious, and most of the time, socializing with others is something that you mostly can’t be bothered with.

I’m not going to lie and say that I absolutely love my job at The 30 countries in three combined fields – Spectrum. I have to get up early on Tuesdays and Thursdays, stummath, science and reading. ble to the bus stop and somehow chug enough Tim Hortons to make The U.S. came in 16th place overall. it through the first round of grading and editing.

On Sundays, wash, rinse and repeat.

When looking solely at math, the scores There are some days when I want to tear out my were much worse. America placed 23rd hair in the middle of reading an article. On top of out of 30 countries. Results underscore being in the office many days out of the week, concerns that too few U.S. students are preI also have my own homework and friends to pared to become engineers, scientists and keep up with. I’m really “biz.” physicians, and that the country might lose Nonetheless, when I walk into the ground to foreign competitors. office and slowly make my way to the life Rachel Lamb According to the National Center for desk corner, I’m greeted by some of my Asst. Life Editor Education Statistics, nearly 6.3 million favorite people: the country bumpkin, the students dropped out of high school in menstrual ray of sunshine and the sarcastic literary genius.

2007. This figure is alarmingly high, and We’re in this together. We brave staff writers, editorial meetings highlights the fact that American students and other office staff. We use code names, have desk lunches and generally lack the ability to spell, write and deliriously laugh at nothing on early Sundays. read well.

When we’re feeling especially blue, songs from The Little Mermaid and Aladdin can be found coming from the corner, accompaSpell check only gets students so far. nied by our slightly off-key warbling.

Education doesn’t come from school We were strangers before this semester. I occasionally saw the only. Parents must push their children to literary genius in a class or two, but we never spoke. achieve and be better. Not every child will Little Miss Sunshine was actually my former editor in the spring, turn out to be a brilliant mind, but every but I never talked to her, either. child can work to have a good life.

The bumpkin was off milking cows or something, so I never saw his face until August.

Coddling produces an acceptance of But here we are, editing and joking through the days in the winmediocrity. Kids can skate on the surface of dowless, pale blue dungeon that we all love to hate. the education system by exerting minimal As much as I don’t want them to know this, the three of them are part effort in school and getting a pat on the of the reason I work at The Spectrum. Nothing makes me laugh more head. It should come as no surprise that than their meaningless comments, quirks and not-so-subtle insults.

American students are below average in We disagree about nearly everything, and most of the time it’s math and science because they aren’t getsolely for the sake of arguing. When two of us start bickering, the ting pushed to work hard. heads of the other two bounce back and forth, like watching a tennis Math and science are rigorous courses match, until we find ourselves in the middle of an all-out screaming that require more than minimal effort. match that eventually subsides into hysterical laughing.

I do like my job. I’m an English major and I believe that this is The average can no longer be an accepted measuring stick. With developing legitimately helping my writing and journalism skills. And though nations racing to the top, the future is too see LAMB page 4 uncertain for the future laborers of the U.S.

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UB faculty aim to internationalize

By DAVID WEIDENBORNER Staff Writer The international faculty community at UB is expected to flourish with the development of the Faculty Internationalization Fund, which provides grant awards to promote the globalization of the university.

The presence of international students and faculty enriches the university, according to David

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“The lives of our students and faculty are increasingly affected by our society’s countless connections to other countries and to transnational organizations and global phenomena of many kinds,” Engel said.

In a world that is continually becoming more and more globalized, students must be able to adapt to these changes in school, the workplace and throughout their lives, Engel said. This all starts with how faculty instills a global mindset in students.

“In order to prepare our students to succeed and flourish in a globalized world, UB and other universities are striving to increase our international expertise and to expose our students to other countries, customs and ways of thinking,” Engel said.

The Faculty Internationalization Fund awards grants of up to $5,000 based on applications sent in by faculty. A committee chaired

by Stephen Dunnett, vice provost of International Education, reviews the applications and decides if they are worthy of funding.

The fund is looking for three investments to promote UB as an international environment. A faculty-led study abroad program with UB students would establish relations with foreign institutions and expose students to other cultures.

Also, faculty members are encouraged to use the grant for research collaboration with foreign institutions. Lastly, new courses could be developed and existing courses could be enhanced with an emphasis on adding international content to the curriculum.

“There is an obligation to prepare students, create curriculum with more foreign language courses or global geography or even putting international perspectives in already existing courses,” Dunnett said.

This new funding is also in compliance with the UB 2020 plan to develop a leading university for education and also adjusting to emerging global issues.

“It is up to [the university] to prepare the next generation to be more globally competent and to be a place where international students want to come,” Dunnett said.

UB is not alone when it comes to this global issue. Other universities around the country have been or plan to be globalizing to keep up with the rest of the world. Residents of many countries are multilingual, but in the U.S. only one out of nine citizens is multilingual.

With other countries’ economies gaining on the U.S. economy, those who are not globally prepared are at a serious disadvantage when it comes to employability.

“China may become the largest economy within the next generation,” Dunnett said. “[Chinese students] are taught English in grade school and many are fluent by college. The U.S. hasn’t always emphasized becoming multilingual and in the future we may not be as competitive.”

The Faculty Internationalization Fund is expected to help faculty and students, of this generation and the next, to educate themselves and become acclimated to globalization, Engel said. Several faculty members have already sent in applications for grant awards.

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Looking for a cowboy

By CHELSIE HINCKLEY Asst. News Editor Best known for his whimsical songwriting and versatile story telling, four-time Grammy winner – including Best Male Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Album – Lyle Lovett is performing at the UB Center for the Arts.

Lovett has recorded 13 albums and released 21 singles to date.

He has been on top of the country charts several times with popular songs such as “Cowboy Man,” “Give Back My Heart” and “She’s No Lady.” He has also ventured into the film industry in popular movies such as “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story.”

His concert, set to take place on Thursday, Nov. 12, should be a riveting performance, according to the New York Times, which compared his band to a “well-oiled machine.”

The Washington Post referred to Lovett as “wonderfully vibrant.”

He will perform selections from his most recent album “It’s Not Big It’s Large” and other concert favorites.

Matt Barrett, a junior anthropology major, remembers Lyle Lovett as the artist who co-wrote “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” with Randy Newman for Toy Story and is interested in seeing him perform.

“I would have to brush up on some of his old material first,” Barrett said.

Other students haven’t heard of Lovett or don’t know that he’s a musician.

“I just knew he was once married to Julia Roberts,” said Alyssa Tillinghast, a senior occupational therapy major. “I didn’t know he was a singer. I don’t think most students

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would go see him, but I don’t know the population of students who listen to country.”

Several non-students at UB expressed interest in the performer.

“I wouldn’t go see him, but my husband would,” said Marcia Mullett, UB Greek Shop storeowner.

Dan Waite, a Campus Dining & Shops employee, is very familiar with Lovett and his music.

“I know who he is and if I heard a song I could tell you it was Lyle Lovett,” Waite said.

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Night by night, I see my friends going to the bar, yet find myself staying in because I can’t bear to hear him cry as I leave him locked up and all alone.

The question I’m starting to ask myself is, is he worth it?

Yes, I hate walking him 10 or more times a day. Yes, I hate hearing, “I told you so” from people for getting him. Yes, I’d rather spend my money on a hot new dress than on his pricey dog food. And yes, as bad as it sounds, sometimes I completely forget I got a dog at all, and freak out when he jumps into my bed unexpectedly.

But most of all, yes, he is so worth it.

As I am writing this, Kai’s little face is resting on the edge of my bed, longingly begging to be allowed in.

It is gestures like these that make me remember why I did get him.

Kai is just a warm, cuddly bundle of love that will follow me wherever I go. His kisses, although not always welcomed after seeing some of the things he eats, always cheer me up.

Whenever he takes his oversized paws and head and tosses them across my body as we watch TV together, my heart literally turns to mush. His biggest problem is loving me too much.

How awful.

Even though, at this point in my writing, he has immobilized one of my arms, turning it into a personal bed and is gnawing on the laptop screen, I still love him.

I may not have made the most responsible choice in getting him, but I am an impulsive person. Sue me. The day I got him I was still even wrestling with the idea but ultimately told myself, “It will make you happy and whatever happens, things will work out.”

I am happy. Stressed, but happy.

While I will forever have to care for him and hear my dad tell me I was wrong to get him while in college, I still feel I made the right choice.

Just Kai and me... that doesn’t sound so bad.

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AR T S & LI F E The unstoppable comedy juggernaut

By JAMES TWIGG Asst. Arts Editor

Seth Rogen

As Halloween inches ever closer, so does the latest project of comedy’s own rising star, David Seth Rogen. Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkin from Outer Space is a straight-to-television movie based off of the theatrical 3-D hit, Monsters vs Aliens.

Rogen is the voice of B.O.B, one the film’s main characters. B.O.B. may just be a brainless, gelatinous blob with an insatiable appetite, but that doesn’t mean Rogen isn’t able

to put a bit of himself into the character.

“B.O.B. is Jewish. Most people don’t know that. He’s actually orthodox,” Rogen said. “It was a very collaborative process with the director, trying to come up with the character. At first there wasn’t a ton.

Slowly we realized the joke was that he had no brain and he was very stupid and we worked from there.”

Even though Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkin from Outer Space is a made-for-TV film and, hence, a bit shorter than its theatrical counterpart, audiences will still be able

to get their B.O.B. fix.

“I get in there,” Rogan said. “I’m very loud. That’s what’s good about an animated film. I don’t have to even be on screen for you to hear me, necessarily. B.O.B. is around.

I’m in it. I don’t know the exact seconds. Normally, I do know the exact milliseconds I appear on screen in everything I do, but I have not yet timed this one.”

Rogen celebrates Halloween in a way that many would expect the star of the 2008 hit Pineapple Express to do.

“I had allergies when I was a kid

and couldn’t eat sugar very often,” Rogen said. “To me, Halloween was just a day to gorge myself, which is a tradition I carry through to this day.”

But Rogen isn’t a huge fan of Halloween, despite starring in this Halloween-themed special.

“I have a girlfriend now and have entered the unfortunate world of paired costuming, which is not fun.

I don’t recommend it,” Rogen said.

“I always end up being the lamer half. It’s like she’s a dog and I’m a see ROGEN page 6

A special sort of major

By SHANE FALLON Asst. Life Editor Students looking for a unique degree to take away from their college experience can benefit from a little known part of university academics.

The Special Majors Program at UB offers students the unique opportunity to devise their own program of study and receive a degree not typically offered.

“Existing majors challenge students in a particular discipline or area. [The Special Majors Program] is the exact same process, only the student creates the whole thing,” said John Riszko, senior academic adviser and chair of the Special Majors Committee.

In the past, students have designed majors like religious studies, nutrition, animal science, comparative literature and arts management, according to the program’s Web site.

The program was designed “to provide capable students with an opportunity to create their own academic major program,” according to the Web site.

Far from a free-for-all for students too lazy to select a conventional major, the program requires students to go through an extensive process to gain acceptance.

Special majors hopefuls must submit a statement of purpose that explains the student’s proposed major and how it is more relevant to his or her goals than something already offered at UB. Students must also select two faculty mentors in addition to an academic adviser. The mentors help

the student develop and describe a curriculum and select courses from all relevant departments at UB. Mentors should have experience in the student’s chosen field of study and should at least be assistant professors, according to the Web site. “[Special major coursework] must reflect breadth and depth in the student’s topical area,” according to the Web site.

The completed proposal is submitted to the Special Majors Committee. “[Students must submit proposals] in their junior year, and no later than a full semester before graduation. Submitting proposals in the last semester of the student’s matriculation or submitting proposals after the completion of all coursework violates the special major’s essential deliberative and consultative nature,” according to the site.

If the committee rejects a proposal, it can be redrafted. Necessary UB requisites must be fulfilled, and a Degree Audit Card must be completed. “[The committee meets] two or three times a semester to evaluate each proposal on its individual merit, and are thoroughly committed to undergraduate education,” Riszko said. “All are specialized, distinguished teaching professors in their field.”

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The Devil’s plans for taking the Earth are finally coming together, and the only thing standing in his way are four boys from a town called South Park.

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Seen here as Oderus Urungus, Dave Brockie is to rock as John Waters is to cinema.

Blood baths and golden showers

By JOHN RANIC Senior Arts Editor GWAR makes music for the classically trained ear… that likes being drenched in blood, urine, and watery feces. Theatrically speaking, of course.

Meshing melodic metal and thrash punk with the gruesome visuals of an over-the-top horror flick, Dave Brockie’s Antarctic entity has become a monster entirely of its own. With two Grammy nods and 11 albums’ worth of material, GWAR has made an oddly respected career out of intentionally being the strangest, most offensive act around – and yet, you probably have no idea who they actually are.

In a nutshell, they’re the satirical byproduct of an art student with a dream to travel and a mind that’s as warped as it is razor sharp. Forefather and mastermind Brockie – the lead singer and man behind the fungal mask of GWAR leader Oderus Urungus – has led his fleet of planet hopping, animal “loving” madmen across the world for a quarter of a century and still loves it from the tip of his head.

“I’ve been in stage productions my whole life. I’m 46 years old.

I’ve been onstage ever since I was a little kid. It started in school, went through high school, college, mostly theatrical stuff, but also in bands,” Brockie said. “I love performing.

I’m a ham. I can’t help it. And honestly, my favorite part of the day, except for the occasional blowjob I

will receive, is performing in GWAR as Oderus Urungus.”

Spawned betwixt a Petri dish and a super computer, Oderus is GWAR’s mouthpiece and lone original member. Though currently surrounded by role players like Beefcake the Mighty, Jizmak Da Gusha and Sleazy P. Martini, Brockie, or Oderus, is the remaining root in the ground of Antarctica where GWAR was supposedly stranded 25 years ago.

Fortunately, Oderus is branching out – and away from the mindset painted on 1999’s We Kill Everything that has him perma-banned from all zoos.

“Oderus is not really into f*****g land animals anymore. He is on to a new thing,” Brockie said. “Actually, he’s pitching a show to the Travel Channel, and Animal Planet as well – Oderus’s Aqua Rape Quest – where he swims the oceans of the world raping whales because they’re the only animals on Earth that have p*****s big enough for him. I don’t know if he’ll get anywhere with it, but I know he’s out there right now thrashing around somewhere trying to f*** a blue whale.”

In case you’re horrified, everything GWAR does is in good fun.

They write sing-a-long shockrock and depict just about every social taboo, just because they can. Every concert is its own film, complete with an oddly unfolding plotline, fake blood and secretions, killings, and most importantly, one hell of a

soundtrack.

They’re also not without their malfunctions.

“It’s to the credit of our slaves that we’re able to recover so well from it. Constantly, s*** is going on. We use a very elaborate production,” Brockie said. “Not only is there a band up there playing super complicated, intricate heavy metal, there’s a f*****g spew system and giant rubber monsters that are all trying to make their cues and projectile fake blood going in 10 directions at once. Stuff is going to go wrong. And now that we’ve added full rear-screen video projection to the f*****g assault – and then throw on top of that the fact that GWAR still is, at its core, very much an underground band without the huge operating budgets that a lot of these bands have – it’s absolutely f*****g nuts on stage.”

As absurd as the typical GWAR concert is, complete with menstruating codpieces and papal projections, it all seems logical in comparison to the Insane Clown Posse follower commonly known as the Juggalo. God only knows how and why these people are so passionate about something so odd, but they ride strong, and have even done so under GWAR’s tutelage at this years Gathering of the Juggalos.

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Poor Paul Weitz. While his brother, Chris, was chosen to direct the next installment of the ever-popular Twilight saga, Paul was left to direct Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant.

Based on the first three books of Darren Shan’s “The Saga of Darren Shan,” Cirque Du Freak is a horrendous, unorganized mess that seeks to capitalize on the current vampire phenomenon.

Darren Shan (Chris Massoglia, A Plumm Summer) is a typical high school overachiever. While attending a “freak show” with his best friend Steve (John Hutcherson, Journey to the Center of the Earth), Darren steals a poisonous spider from Crepsely (John C. Reilly, Step Brothers), one of the performers.

Darren’s crime leads to a series of events that force him to become halfvampire, and Crepsley’s assistant.

Instead of focusing on a singular story, the film attempts to juggle multiple stories at once, with the intent to create a profitable franchise.

In addition to the original story of how Darren becomes

a vampire, there is the story of Steve’s struggle with society, on top of the impeding threat of a war between vampires and the atrociously titled Vampaneze.

While all of these stories are being dealt with, a mysterious character named Mr. Tiny (Michael Ceveris, Temptation) is attempting to bring the vampire war to fruition as soon as possible.

Weitz should have focused his time on creating a movie that could stand on its own, as opposed to one that offers up no resolutions.

One of the reasons that the Harry Potter franchise is so successful is because viewers can relate to the character. His story is clearly defined, and there is a definite evil that he must face. Darren is not particularly likeable and his quest does not seem to take on any significance.

It is amazing that so many respectful actors read the script to this film and agreed to participate.

While John C. Reilly brings a sense of humor to his character, he cannot stop the film from generating a corny feel.

Willem Dafoe (Antichrist) contributes an unintentionally hilarious performance as a mustachioed vampire. Any actor that could speak of the evil Vampanze with such anger deserves whatever he was paid.

Of course, every movie targeted at tweens needs to preach some sort of

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Paul Weitz tries to outdo his brother’s hit movie with The Vampire’s Assistant, but comes up short. lesson, and that’s where the freaks come in.

Hibernius Tall (Ken Wantanabe, Letters from Iwo Jima) is the compassionate leader of the freaks, with whom Darren spends more time than he bargained for. Selma Hayek (Beverly Hills Chihuahua) plays Madame Truska, a beautiful woman who grows facial hair.

As the obvious lesson of how freaks are real people too unfolds, it is hard not to think of all the wasted talent associated with the film.

If the film’s plot seems incomprehensible and ridiculous, that’s because it is. It’s not so much confusing as it is preposterous.

While many films in this genre are criticized for containing more style than substance, this film cannot boast any style. It strives to be the next big Hot Topic merchandise

hit, but fails miserably.

Clocking in at nearly two hours, Cirque Du Freak could not have felt longer if it tried. The film promises an epic battle and then holds back, making the entire movie feel like a waste of time.

It attempts to be humorous and thrilling, yet is neither.

People who like movies that are considered “so bad they are good” will want to check this out once it hits DVD. They should avoid seeing it in theaters, so audiences can show the studios that they do not want to spend their hard-earned money on garbage.

God forbid they make a sequel.

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Rogen loves what he does ROGEN from page 5 fire hydrant or something like that.

It’s never fun.”

Since his breakout role in Knocked Up, Rogen has proven himself to be both a skilled writer and talented actor, showing that he is truly a jack-of-all-trades within the realm of comedy.

“To be on set all day just as an actor, it just seems like I’m doing an iota of what I should be doing with my day,” Rogen said. “I really

enjoy writing. The most enjoyable times were just when me and Evan [Goldberg] have a script to write and plenty of time to write it in and nothing else to do.”

Rogen has penned and starred in several chart-topping movies, including 2007’s Superbad.

“Right now, we’re filming and I’m one of the producers and the writer and the actor, so it’s busy, but it’s a lot of fun,” Rogen said. “To me, when it all comes together like that is probably when it’s the most

creatively satisfying.”

Fortunately for Rogen, being the one who writes his roles has its perks.

“Honestly, I’m the person who writes most of my movies, so every role is exactly what I want to be doing,” he said.

Rogen is a man who truly loves what he does and accepts the responsibilities that come along with it, especially when it comes to his next big film, The Green Hornet.

“Even if it sucks for another reason, people will blame me and that’s why I have to be so involved — [to] try to make sure that it doesn’t suck,” Rogen said. “I’ve been talking about this movie for years and if it sucks, then no one will be more disappointed than me, believe me.”

Apart from the hyped Green Hornet, Rogen also has another comedy in the works. But this is one that’s a bit more personal to him.

“We’ve been calling it I’m With Cancer - that’s what it is in my head,” Rogen said. “A friend of ours, Will Reiser, who we met while working on the Ali G show … got cancer and beat it, luckily, and wrote a movie pretty much chronicling his experience. James McAvoy will be playing him in the movie and I’ll pretty much be playing me, who’s his useless friend throughout the process.

We start filming next year.”

With over a dozen films in the past two years and showing no signs of slowing down, Seth Rogen is quickly becoming the curly haired face of Hollywood comedy.

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Teen gambling has major consequences

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A special major, if accepted, may be incorporated into a double major or double degree program.

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By GIGI RUBIN Staff Writer Fantasy football and other fantasy sports have quickly gained popularity, but students should be careful before they start doling out cash.

Gambling can be the gateway to many other problems, such as increased drug and alcohol usage or certain disorders. It can also lead to antisocial behaviors — a form of personality disorder.

A recent research study performed by John W. Welte, Ph.D., a senior research scientist at the UB Research Institute on Addictions, was published in the Journal of Adolescent Health. It found that 10 percent of boys between the ages of 14 and 21 exhibit symptoms of conduct disorder as well as symptoms of risky or problem gambling.

The study also showed that female adolescents in the same age group exhibit conduct disorders and risky or problem gambling, but to a much lesser degree.

Grace M. Barnes, Ph.D., MarieCecile O. Tidwell and Joseph H. Hoffman, M.A., participated in the research as well.

According to the study, which used findings from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions, there is “significant co-morbidity of pathological gambling with antisocial personality disorder, alcohol use disorders, drug use disorders and nicotine dependence.”

In another study, it was found that aside from the above disorders, gambling was also correlated with sexual activity.

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Participants in the survey were asked a series of questions based on the 12 known behaviors of gambling addicts, which include trying to win money that the person previously lost, the person telling others that they are winning when they actually are not, gambling with more money than the person intended and borrowing or stealing money to gamble.

Matthew Frank, a freshman film studies and communication major, agreed that fantasy sports can be harmful. “[Fantasy sports] can definitely lead to gambling problems and addictions,” he said. “You have to be smart about it because it can be

extremely damaging. It accumulates, too, because you may spend large amounts of money on more than one sport. You shouldn’t participate in a money league if you have a shaky financial situation.”

Welte said the findings agree.

“Gambling problems that emerge early are likely to be part of a general pattern of problem behavior, whereas gambling problems that emerge later may have an etiology unique to gambling,” Welte said.

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By ANGELA VIZZI Staff Writer Apparently, the way into the hearts of the American people is through politically incorrect puppets.

The Jeff Dunham Show premiered this week and had the highest rated debut of any show in Comedy Central’s history. This means a dorky ventriloquist with some funny-looking puppets has outshined shows like The Colbert Report, South Park and Chappelle’s Show.

Dunham has been selling out audiences in Las Vegas for years, and his unique brand of comedy has become increasingly popular due to YouTube and specials that have been aired on Comedy Central.

Judging by the staggering rating for the show’s debut episode, audiences had high expectations for the show. Unfortunately, it fell flat.

The show featured all the regular characters from his previous specials, including the grouchy Walter, Achmed the Dead Terrorist, Peanut and Bubba J. Regrettably, the audience has seen all their routines before. There is nothing new and therefore, it is just not that funny anymore.

The only difference between his stand up and his new show is that the puppets are put into real life scenarios and the show becomes a series of sketches that are introduced in front of a live audience.

The show started out with a sketch involving Dunham and Walter, a grouchy elderly puppet, visiting a therapist. It quickly turns into a series of gay jokes when they find out that the therapist is a homosexual.

Walter did have a funny moment when he made reference to Dave Chappelle and joked about Dunham going crazy and escaping to Africa. It was one of the show’s few highlights.

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ably Jeff’s most popular puppet, made an appearance next. He got laughs when he recited his famous “I kill you” catch phrase, but other than that, nothing funny came from Achmed’s segment.

E-list celebrity Brooke Hogan made an appearance midway through the premiere when she went on a date with Peanut. Her main purpose was clearly to plug her less-than-stellar new album, and the sketch was stale.

The best moments of the show definitely came from the loveable hick Bubba J. When Bubba started searching for a gun store and a firing range, the show got its first genuinely funny act.

Seeing Bubba J ask a Vietnam veteran if he made it back from the war is just funny. It isn’t witty. It isn’t smart. But when life hands you lemons, you laugh at dumb humor.

Similar to the material of Larry the Cable Guy, Dunham’s work will inevitably have die-hard fans that will rave over anything he releases.

However, for this particular show, those people may be few and far between.

All of Dunham’s puppets involve some kind of stereotype. But that is what made him famous to begin with, so he seems to be going with the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” mentality.

Unfortunately for Dunham, his act is quickly becoming dominated by style over substance and it is not cutting it. His material simply doesn’t transfer well into the half-hour sketch comedy format.

Perhaps he should stick to Vegas.

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By STEPHANIE COHEN Staff Writer Students who want to do something other than schoolwork, and more worthwhile than partying, can look to the Center for Student Leadership & Community Engagement.

CSLCE held its annual Community Engagement Fair on Tuesday in the Student Union as the second day of Leadership Week.

The Student Union was lined with tables featuring information about volunteer opportunities for students to browse. The event was a chance for a variety of volunteer organizations to introduce students to philanthropic opportunities in the Buffalo area.

Over 48 different organizations attended, including the American Cancer Society, the Buffalo Museum of Science and Habitat for Humanity.

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Students of all majors perused the tables to learn about different opportunities available.

“The fair was a great chance for me to see what was out there,” said Andrew Zapfel, a junior political science major. “I really like to volunteer, but it’s not always easy to get ahold of the organizations.”

Patrick Stressler, a senior international study major, has been looking for a chance to give back to the community.

“I really wanted to volunteer this year, it’s a great way to boost your résumé and give back at the same

time,” Stressler said. “This was an excellent chance to sign up for some opportunities.”

Tuesday’s fair was the largest CSLCE has had so far, Frysh said.

“Organizations also benefit from this fair because it is a great chance to recruit people,” Frysh said.

Each day of Leadership Week focuses on a different aspect of leadership. Tuesday’s theme was service, encouraging students to step out of their comfort zone and give back to others, according to Frysh.

“Events like the Community Engagement Fair and Leadership Week are created to not only involve students in some great programming, but it also makes students aware of the CSLCE and all of the programs it has throughout the year,” Stressler said. “It’s a great networking tool.”

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that’s why what they became [is] much more painful to me. And that’s why I hate them with every f*****g molecule that I can muster.”

Outspoken, educated and better than ever, Brockie and GWAR will embark upon their yearly takeover of the Town Ballroom Monday night. And if you’re not already beyond intrigued, let the man behind the Urungus sure up your weak, human mind himself.

“We’re the greatest band in rock and roll history,” Brockie said.

“Even if you don’t agree with that statement, it’s the 25th anniversary of certainly one of the most infamous bands. If you’ve never seen GWAR before, you never planned on seeing GWAR, but you thought maybe one time you would check them out just for the hell of it, this is the show to see. It really is 25 years of us making this s*** happen. This is the greatest show that we’ve ever put together and I think anybody who will get down there and see this show will absolutely love the mother f*****g s*** out of it.”

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And go figure — nothing Brockie has done over the last 365 has managed to stick out quite like playing with the hatchetmen.

“Last year, when the f*****g Ying Yang Twins were there, the one guy got hit in the eye with a battery,” Brockie said. “He got fully taken out, concussion, huge black eye, stitches. So, they kind of put GWAR in a cool circus tent venue out in the middle of this weird f*****g campground surrounded with thousands of drugged out kids all dressed up like clowns who had already been

out there for three or four days. We played at four in the morning. It was one of the most f****d up, insane, bizarre and really cool experiences I’ve ever had.”

As odd as everything GWAR has done seems, they got their bearings under the relatively tame path paved by KISS. The huge productions, big rock sound, the larger than life presence, the selling out. Well, scratch the last part.

“When rock and roll becomes a corpulent, bloated, self-serving exercise in capitalism, it becomes completely worthless. I wish [KISS] would just drop the f*** dead, give it up already, you’ve got enough f*****g money, and bury themselves in those … KISS coffins of theirs. On the other hand, that’s just the KISS of today,” Brockie said.

“I can go all the way to Lovegun.

Lovegun’s a great f*****g record.

KISS basically stopped for me after Lovegun. That, to me, is when KISS stopped being important and GWAR took over,” Brockie said.

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GradeGuru has a no-tolerance policy for plagiarism. The site has partnered with TurnItIn, one of the top services utilized by academic institutions to prevent plagiarism.

Any uploaded notes for a course that uses TurnItIn will be detected and examined.

Kim became a campus ambassador for GradeGuru through an internship program at UB. Campus ambassadors are top note sharers on the site and work within their universities to promote this new way of studying.

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GradeGuru’s ease of use is what initially attracted Kim to the site.

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Sawtell says that the site is by no means a substitute for going to class.

It is a way for others to learn from each other and offers incentive for good note taking.

GradeGuru.com is free for all to use. For more information, student can visit their Web site at www.gradeguru.com.

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Joss Stone Colour Me Free

By AMY MILLER Staff Writer British soulful singer/songwriter Joss Stone has released her fourth album, Colour Me Free, the first since her 2007 success, Introducing Joss Stone.

By now we should be used to the sassy songstress kicking down doors, but it’s still hard to imagine this soulful diva’s progression since her universal debut in 2003, at the age of 16.

It’s undeniable that her sound brings diversity to the pop scene.

Many compare her distinct, soulful sound to her role model, Aretha Franklin.

Her unique sound and vocal range make it hard to put her into one particular musical genre. Her pop stamina is still relevant but her soulful, even jazzy sound goes unnoticed on this album.

On her track “4 and 20,” her ballads are accompanied by trumpets and a piano, giving a roaring 1920s twist.

On her lead single “Free Me,” Stone fires back at critics that have argued that her sound is not completely original.

“Don’t tell me that my master plan ain’t coming true/ don’t tell me how to think/ I feel/ don’t tell me ’cause I know what’s real/ what I can do,” she vigorously sings.

Stone gets political on her duet “Governmentalist,” with hip hop

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She sings of the lies the government tells its people: “Like try’na get a hold of smoke and water/ coming up with nothing every time/ How come we ain’t getting any closer/ try’na find the truth behind the lies.”

For the majority of the album, it’s clear that it was recorded in a nightclub, which would explain the label’s hesitation in releasing this album.

Tracks like “Incredible” and “I Believe It to My Soul” speak for themselves, but nonetheless, fans shouldn’t worry about Stone conforming to anyone anytime soon.

Stone is not afraid to take a risk even if it means defying her label. If she’s passionate about something, she’s sure to follow it through, and her lyrics and songs on this album are the result.

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‘From here it’s an uphill battle’ FOOTBALL from page 1 went down in the third quarter with an internal injury and junior defensive backs Josh Thomas and Joe Petit both left the game in the first half after suffering concussions.

Senior running back Mario Henry also exited the game with an ankle injury. Without the services of James Starks and junior Brandon Thermilus, the Bulls’ ground attack was left with one rusher – junior Ike Nduka.

Despite rushing for 172 yards, Nduka was unable to carry the team to victory. On the afternoon, Nduka also set career-highs for longest single rush (56) and touchdowns (3).

“We’re a good football team,” Nduka said. “Losing a game like this hurts a lot, but our mentality is to go out there and play football to win.

That’s not going to change whether we win or lose this week.”

Sophomore quarterback Zach

Maynard threw for only 83 yards and tossed two interceptions in the first half.

But Maynard’s shaky play was aided by a stingy Buffalo defense.

The Bulls were able to stay even on the turnover ratio thanks to sophomore middle linebacker Scott Pettigrew, who scooped up two fumbles.

Maynard would finish the game 26 of 51, for 327 passing yards. The young quarterback showed great poise at the end of regulation when he executed an ideal two-minute drill to help send the game into overtime.

The gunslinger connected with senior wide receiver Brett Hamlin 10 times for 146 yards and one touchdown. Despite the impressive stat line, the receiver wasn’t entirely pleased with his performance and understands that his team will have a lot of work to do in order to finish the season on a high note.

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“It hurts because from here it’s an uphill battle,” Hamlin said. “We knew we had to win this one in order to have a shot at the MAC title and a bowl game. We’re going to have to bounce back from [the loss].”

Buffalo’s defense couldn’t stop the Broncos’ impact players all afternoon.

Western Michigan running back Brandon West ran wild for the Broncos, racking up 133 rushing yards and two touchdowns. Quarterback Tim Hiller complimented the running

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WSOCCER from page 12 The goal would prove to be the game-winner, but the Zips didn’t stop there.

Britni Back added an insurance goal for Akron in the 66th minute.

After an errant Buffalo inbound pass, Back collected the loose ball and found the back of an open net to take the two-goal advantage.

Akron outshot the Bulls 8-2 in the second half. Furthermore, Buffalo managed just one shot on goal for the entire match, compared to eight for the Zips.

The Bulls have struggled all year on offensive, producing just 10 goals in 17 matches. They’ve had trouble

locating the net at times and lack the experience of a veteran squad.

“We’re a young team,” Thomas said. “We generated some chances, but we just have to tuck them away.

We’re going through our growing pains. We got behind the defense a couple of times. Put two away and everyone is talking about what a great win we had.”

Akron was able to limit the opportunities of Buffalo’s leading scorer, freshman forward Stephanie Velez.

Velez failed to record a shot on goal and managed just one shot during the match.

The loss marks the Bulls’ sixth

defeat in the last eight contests. The Bulls remain in the ninth spot in the MAC standings and trail Western Michigan for the final playoff spot.

With the victory, Akron clinches a postseason berth for the first time in its nine-year existence. It has defeated the Bulls in three straight contests and leads the all-time series, 6-3.

Buffalo will conclude its season against Kent State on Thursday afternoon at UB Stadium. The match is slated to begin at 3 p.m.

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Focus on defense very evident MSOCCER from page 12 don’t want to give up a goal like that, but we did.”

After the mishap, the Bulls’ back four defenders kept Akron’s highpowered offense in check for the rest of the night.

Coming into Friday, Akron averaged over eight shots on net per game. But freshman Akil Howard, sophomore Tom Beckvermit and seniors Steffen Thoresen and Alex Mahil held the Zips to just four shots on goal.

Astudillo was impressed with his defenders’ effort, acknowledging that the entire team was focused on slowing down the Zips’ explosive offense.

“I thought we did a good job,

especially defensively,” Astudillo said. “A team like, if you don’t pay attention to how you defend them, you are going to be down 3-0 at halftime. Obviously you take a lot away from your offense, but tonight we had to do it. You have to give up a little bit of possession in order to stay in formation against this team.”

The Bulls’ focus on defense was very evident. Buffalo recorded no shots on net. However, Astudillo was happy to see that the Bulls were able to maintain consistent possession on offense.

“We were successful in disorganizing them defensively,” Astudillo said. “I thought our penetrations were quite good – [it was] too bad our finishing was not as great.

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we did well, we were able to penetrate. When we tried to lump the ball out of the backfield, we weren’t doing very well, we weren’t able to collect it.”

Goalkeeping helped keep Buffalo’s hope for victory alive.

Fetterman’s play enabled the Bulls to remain in the game. He had four saves, adding to his total of 40 on the season. In 10 games, Fetterman has given up 16 goals, compiling a 1.63 goals against average.

Buffalo looks to snap its fourgame losing streak against local rival Canisius on Monday at UB Stadium. The team will be honoring its six seniors prior to kickoff. Game time is set for 7:30 p.m.

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“I was very impressed by how they swam today,” Bashor said. “[The women swimmers and divers] really stepped it up.”

Although both Buffalo teams pulled off the win on Saturday, the men’s vengeful victory was the highlight of the day.

Trailing for most of the meet, the Buffalo men’s team managed to fight its way back to tie the score,

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“The quarterback, Tim [Hiller], is a good player,” Winters said. “He made plays and we didn’t make plays.

It’s very [disappointing]. We feel like we let the team down, but we’re going to come back next week.”

The Bulls return home Tuesday, Nov. 3, to face off against the Bowling Green Falcons. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m.

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game with two rushing touchdowns of his own, in addition to throwing for 350 yards.

Nduka broke off a career-high 52-yard touchdown run to give the Bulls their first lead of the game with five minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. With a defensive stop and a kneel down, Buffalo would’ve sealed the victory. But the Bulls couldn’t come up with the big defensive plays.

Junior linebacker Justin Winters felt that the defense didn’t do their share at the end of the game.

110-110, just before it headed into the last event – the 400-yard relay.

Buffalo’s young foursome of sophomore Simon Proudfoot, sophomore Jared Heine, freshman Matt Hogan and sophomore Chad Miller came up huge for the Bulls as they jumped out to an early lead and never looked back.

The group won the race by just over six seconds, clocking in at 3:07.69, besting Duquesne’s time of 3:13.25. With the win, the Bulls gained 11 first place points that ultimately propelled them to victory.

Buffalo’s first place finishers for the men’s team also included freshman Matt Schwippert, who took the 200-meter butterfly in 1:55.71, and senior Zach Ruske, who won the 200-yard backstroke in 1:51.63.

The Bulls’ male divers had success in the pool versus Duquesne as well. Sophomore Colin Patrican took the one-meter event with a score of 269.62 and junior Kenny Rhoades won the three-meter board with a score of 308.02.

The women’s performance was equally impressive.

Standing out for the Buffalo women was junior Jordan Deren, who won both distance freestyle races for the Bulls. Deren first took the 1,000-yard freestyle in 10:28.05,

then followed up that win by finishing the 500-yard freestyle in her fastest time, 5:05.04.

Deren led the Bulls, but six other women finished first for Buffalo in their individual events.

Freshman Caroline Simmons won the 50-yard freestyle in 23.93 and sophomore Alison Schirmers took the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:09.52.

The upperclassmen also performed well.

Last year’s All-MAC representative, senior Jessica Ballard, won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:55.60. Junior Jessie Koltz won the 100-yard freestyle in 51.37 and senior Caitlin Reilly won the 200-yard backstroke in 2:09.93. Finally, for the divers, senior Meili Carpenter won the one-meter diving competition with 296.85 points.

Buffalo women’s swim team opens Mid-American conference play next weekend when it travels to Miami (Ohio) and Ohio on Oct. 30 and 31, respectively. The Buffalo men open their conference play on Nov. 6 when they host Eastern Michigan at Alumni Arena.

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SP O R T S OUTSIDE THE MAC

COLLEGE FOOTBALL AP Top 25 1. Florida (7-0) 2. Alabama (8-0) 3. Texas (7-0) 4. USC (6-1) 5. Cincinnati (7-0) 6. Boise State (7-0) 7. Iowa (8-0) 8. TCU (7-0) 9. LSU (6-1) 10. Oregon (6-1) 11. Georgia Tech (7-1) 12. Penn State (7-1) 13. Oklahoma State (6-1) 14. Virginia Tech (5-2) 15. Houston (6-1)

Bulls fall to top-ranked Akron

By MATT WEBER Staff Reporter Sometimes, all you need is one.

That was all the Akron Zips men’s soccer needed to take their storybook season to 15-0 and remain the No. 1 ranked team in the nation.

Buffalo (5-9-0, 0-4-0 MidAmerican Conference) welcomed the Zips (15-0-0, 5-0-0 MAC) to a rain-drenched field at UB Stadium on Friday night, hoping to upset the national powerhouse. While the Bulls were able to hang tough with their MAC rival, Akron ultimately defeated Buffalo, 1-0.

Buffalo head coach John Astudillo acknowledged that changes had to be made to his

team’s game plan in order to contend with the Zips.

“We had to make key adjustments in the overall strategy,” Astudillo said.

“You don’t want to just pump your chest and say we are going to play our game – not when you are playing this kind of a team. They are every bit of their rating.”

The Zips made their presence felt early.

In the opening minute of the game, sophomore goalkeeper Nick Fetterman was put to the test. He made a save from close range off Akron’s leading goal scorer, Teal Bunbury.

However, it wouldn’t be long before Bunbury found the back of the net.

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Junior forward Juha Kaartoluoma and his men’s soccer teammates could not upset the No. 1 nationally ranked Akron Zips. by a Buffalo defender, Bunbury hammered in a wideopen shot from five yards out.

The 13th minute goal turned out to be all Akron would need on the evening.

“The defender wanted to play the ball out and the ball skipped. Things like that will occur,” Astudillo said. “You see MSOCCER page 10

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The men’s and women’s swimming teams beat Duquesne in their first dual meet of the season on Friday.

Heisman Trophy Watch 1. Mark Ingram RB Alabama 1,001 rushing yards, 186 receiving yards, 11 total touchdowns 2. Tim Tebow QB Florida 1,159 passing yards, 8 touchdowns, 466 rushing yards, 6 touchdowns 3. Jimmy Clausen QB Notre Dame 2,050 passing yards, 16 touchdowns, 161.3 passer rating 4. Case Keenum QB Houston 2,734 passing yards, 20 touchdowns, 153.7 passer rating 5. Colt McCoy QB Texas 1,806 passing yards, 14 touchdowns, 143.3 passer rating

Revenge is sweet.

After last year’s loss to Duquesne, the Bulls men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams each opened their season with victories over the team that beat them just one year ago. Even with 17 new team members, Buffalo managed to sweep Duquesne this past Saturday at Alumni Arena Natatorium and opened the teams’ seasons with wins.

Buffalo head coach Andy Bashor was ecstatic about his teams’ efforts. He was pleased with the way the men (1-0) swam, but sees room for improvement and doesn’t want his swimmers to become complacent with the win. “[The men swimmers and divers] swam well,” Bashor said. “I’m happy with where we are right now, but we need to be better tomorrow.”

Bashor was also happy with the effort put forth by the women’s sqaud (1-0). see SWIM page 10

When it rains, it pours

By LUKE HAMMILL Staff Writer With the Mid-American Conference playoffs on the horizon, the women’s soccer team finds itself on the outside looking in.

Heading into Friday’s match, Buffalo held the ninth spot in the MAC standings.

With the top-eight teams qualifying for the tournament, the Bulls needed a win against Akron to remain in contention for the postseason.

Unfortunately, the Bulls (3-13-1, 2-6-1 MAC) couldn’t hold off Akron (8-6-2, 5-3-1 MAC), losing by a score of 2-0 at UB Stadium.

Although the loss significantly decreases Buffalo’s playoff chances, head coach Michael Thomas didn’t consider the game as a must-win.

“It’s going too far to say it was a must-win,” Thomas said. “But we took our fate out of our own hands. We need some help to get in now.”

Heavy rain and cool temperatures made playing conditions difficult for the Bulls.

Yet, Thomas didn’t consider the weather to be an excuse for his team’s loss.

“The rain made it harder to get a foot on the ball,” Thomas said. “But both teams played in the same rain.”

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The Bulls bounced back from a tough loss to Central Michigan on Friday night by defeating the Eagles of Eastern Michigan, 3-1, on Saturday.

With the win, the volleyball team tied the school record for both total wins and conference wins since joining the Mid-American Conference in 1998. The team now has compiled 14 wins on the season and five in the MAC. Buffalo (14-9, 5-5 MAC) closed out the Eagles (3-23, 2-8 MAC) in four games, 25-23, 25-19, 17-25, 25-20.

Head coach Todd Kress was pleased with the team’s effort after a lackluster performance the night before.

“Tonight was a much improved effort by our entire team,” Kress said in a press release. “It was great for the growth of our team to come back after not playing our best volleyball just 24 hours ago. I thought Marisa [Hornbaker] and Dani [Silvers] played very well, and Lindsey [Schlegel] had some huge serves. Those were the differences in the fourth set for us tonight.”

The team will look to set the school record for total wins in a season on Tuesday night when it visits cross-town rival Canisius. The match is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Scoreboard Friday Women’s Soccer Buffalo 0 Akron 2 Women’s Swimming Buffalo 137.5 Duquesne 75.5 Men’s Swimming Buffalo 123 Duquesne 114 Men’s Soccer Buffalo Akron

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Volleyball Buffalo 0 Central Michigan 3 Saturday Football Buffalo 31 Western Michigan 34 Volleyball Buffalo 3 Eastern Michigan 1

Upcoming Events Monday Women’s Tennis at ITA Regionals, All Day Women’s Soccer vs. Ohio, Noon Tuesday Women’s Tennis at ITA Regionals, All Day Men’s Soccer vs. Canisius, 7:30 p.m.

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Sophomore forward Aubrey Stahl and the women’s soccer team were unable to beat the Akron Zips on Friday. ing chances in the first half but was unable to capitalize.

Heading into the intermission, Buffalo outshot the Zips, 5-3.

The second half, however, was a different story.

Eight minutes into the second stanza, Akron’s Katie Wise buried a rebound past senior goalkeeper Amy Coron, for the game’s first goal. see WSOCCER page 10

Wednesday Women’s Tennis at ITA Regionals, All Day Volleyball at Canisius, 7:30 p.m.