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UB Names Provost Search Committee LUKE HAMMILL Senior News Editor Last week, the newly formed Provost Search Committee revealed its members to the UB community.

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Charged with finding UB’s next provost – the university’s second-highest position, which was vacated after former Provost Satish K. Tripathi became president – the committee expects that the position will be filled no later than summer 2012.

The co-chairs of the committee are Anne B. Curtis, chair of the department of medicine, and SUNY Distinguished Professor David C. Felder, director of the Center for 21st Century Music.

The rest of the committee is made up of the following members: Alexander Cartwright – Professor of Electrical Engineering; Vice President for Research Jonathan Dandes – President, Rich Baseball Operations; Member of the UB Council JoAnna Datz – Undergraduate Student, Management and Communications; President, Student Association Michael Glick – Professor and Dean, School of Dental Medicine Bruce Jackson – SUNY Distinguished Professor and James Agee Professor of American Culture, Department of English Mia Jorgensen – Graduate Student, Anthropology, Student Representative to UB Council David Milling – Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine; Senior Associate Dean for Student and Academic Affairs, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Makau Mutua – SUNY Distinguished Professor, Floyd H. and Hilda L. Hurst Faculty Scholar, and Dean, Law School Mulchand Patel – SUNY Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry Barbara Ricotta – Associate Vice President for Student Affairs Lois Weis—SUNY Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Margaret Wells – Director, Public Services & Arts and Sciences Libraries, University Libraries Aidong Zhang – Professor and Chair of Computer Science and Engineering Ezra Zubrow – Professor of Anthropology; Chair, Faculty Senate Spectrum reporters, upon placing phone calls to numerous committee members, learned that the committee has been instructed by Co-Chairs Curtis and Felder not to speak to the media about the committee. Curtis and Felder will be the only ones to speak to the press.

Curtis answered a few of The Spectrum’s questions via email.

“The initial phases of the search will be conducted in confidence, as candidates are identified through a national search,” Curtis said. “Once the initial screening is completed and finalists are identified, they will participate in campus visits that will include a wide variety of university participants. The names of the finalists will be made public at the time of the campus visits.”

Living on campus poses problems for frequent smokers.

KEREN BARUCH Asst. Life Editor

Danielle Villi, a junior communication major, grew up worried for her parents’ health. They were frequent smokers and Villi would crush their cigarettes whenever she could. Now, though, three years into her college career, she has become a fellow smoker.

“I would crush their cigarettes, I would throw them out,” Villi said. “Finally they quit, but [then I] started, and I don’t want to blame them and say that they’re a bad influence, but I guess I just grew up around it so I thought it was okay.”

UBreathe Free, which was suppose to ban cigarette smoking on UB’s campuses, was instituted in 2010 with the hopes of providing a cleaner and healthier campus for students, faculty and staff. But just one look around and it’s easy to see that it’s a hazy situation.

Seventy percent of the tars in cigarettes stick to the cilia in a smoker’s lungs. This tar, similar to the tar used to pave roads, destroy the cilia and leaves the lungs

more open to dangerous substances, such as cancer causing chemicals, according to Ruth E. Stuettgen, a quit-smoking specialist.

“I never thought it was gross,” said Samantha Hochstein, a freshman communication major. “I never was the girl who looked at smokers and said, ‘Oh why are you doing that? It’s going to mess up your lungs.’ But when I first tried it, I thought it tasted disgusting. [But] since I kept doing it, I got more used to it.”

Most college students start smoking for the social aspect that cigarettes bring them, according to Sharlynn Daun-Barnett, UB’s Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Prevention Specialist.

“Just when [students are] out, maybe having a drink or relaxing with friends who might also smoke, they’ll have a cigarette, and they don’t consider themselves smokers,” Daun-Barnett said. “Maybe they just drink alcohol and smoke, but soon the two pair, and because it’s so addictive, they start buying their own pack. This eventually leads to them being daily smokers.”

“[Claire is] someone who can smoke two packs a day if she wanted to,” Hochstein said. “She will have a cigarette at any given point in the day. When she has a spare five minutes, she will go have a cigarette. And if she has a spare seven minutes, Claire will tell you it takes her seven minutes exactly to smoke two cigarettes back to back. So of course when I’m with her and she says, ‘oh wanna go outside?’ I’ll smoke more…I smoke more when I’m with people who smoke.”

Although Hochstein’s best friend from her hometown endorses her smoking habits, her parents attempt to inhibit them.

Hochstein’s parents have found empty packets of cigarettes in her garbage and around her room, and have seen pictures of her holding cigarettes on Facebook.

Tammy Hochstein, Hochstein’s mother, dealt with her own father passing away from a smoking related disease when he

was only 50 years old.

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“She’ll say [to me], ‘someone so close to me died because of smoking, and I can’t imagine losing someone else from the same thing’,” Hochstein said. “It [affects me] and…I think about it when she’s telling it to me, but it’s the same thing like when your mom tells you ‘always wear a helmet when you ride your bike’, and you still go out and you ride your bike without a helmet, even though you know she’s telling you for a good reason and you know the dangers of not wearing a helmet.”

Hochstein does not consider the relationship between herself and her cigarettes as an addiction.

“I think it’s almost out of habit. In high school it was the same times; I would smoke right when I got out of school and right when I got out of work, and it just followed me here,” Hochstein said “I usually [smoke] right after all of my classes are finished, and then probably right after work, and then mostly on weekends.”

Hochstein believes that the reason why she continues to smoke – although she

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Lightning Strikes Twice as Bulls Defeat Golden Flashes Advance to MAC semifinals for the first time in more than a decade

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that Sunday’s rematch wasn’t going to play out the same way.

A lot of attention has been given to the women’s soccer team and the considerable improvement it have made since last season.

But all the improvement in the world means nothing if the Bulls (12-4-4, 5-3-4 Mid-American Conference) fold in the playoffs.

Buffalo fought through a wild game against Kent State (12-8, 6-6 MAC) and willed its way to a 2-1 victory in Sunday’s MAC quarterfinals.

The win marks the first time the Bulls have made it past the quarterfinals since 2000.

The Bulls defeated the Golden Flashes last Thursday using a strong defensive performance by their midfielders and defenders. However, head coach Michael Thomas warned his team

“We talked about it being a completely different game going down to their field,” Thomas said. “I told them not to make any assumptions based on Thursday’s game, and [Buffalo] came out believing that it was a completely different team.”

Thomas’ premonition came true, as this game was far more physical than the first.

Both teams combined for 33 fouls, 13 more from last game’s total.

Kent State was all over Buffalo. The Golden Flashes made seven shots on goal after getting just one in the previous game. Their newfound aggressiveness paid off in the second half. Kent State forward Jaclyn Dutton scored on a 22-

The Bulls are continuing to break new ground as they advance to the MAC semifinals for the first time in 11 years with their 2-1 victory over Kent State.

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The public campus visits will be in contrast to last year’s presidential search, which drew criticism for being conducted in total secrecy. The initial phases of this year’s search will be conducted in confidence “out of respect for the candidates in their current professional positions.”

This perception evokes feelings of vulnerability and anxiety, which prompt individuals to look for ways to manage these feelings, whether by watching a horror film or dressing up as a monster, according to David Schmid, associate professor and associate chair of the English department.

Dr. Ilene Nagel, head of the higher education practice for Russell Reynolds Associates (a private firm describing itself as a “provider of senior-level executive search and assessment”), will aid the committee in its search. Nagel was involved with last year’s presidential search as well.

Curtis said that the ideal candidate will have “an earned doctorate (or comparable academic degree),” administrative experience, and the ability to “work effectively with major regional foundations and industrial partners,” among many other qualities.

In Hochstein’s case, friends were the primary cause of her early smoking career.

Claire Chapin, a freshman at SUNY Albany, is Hochstein’s best friend that shared her first cigarette with her during their junior year of high school.

“We’re fascinated and intrigued by the ‘freedoms’ that monsters seem to possess; that is, they are free from social conventions, from routines and responsibilities, and from needing the approval and recognition of their peers,” Schmid said.

Halloween may literally scare the pants off of some people, but research shows that it’s all done for the thrill, vulnerability, and feelings of anxiety.

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The current interim provost is Harvey Stenger, formerly the dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

When asked whether Stenger was the favorite for the permanent position, Curtis said that internal candidates will be treated equally with external candidates. Heart racing, you start to wonder why

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Society’s fascination with the macabre stems from the perception that the world is an extremely violent and unpredictable place.

In addition to the adrenaline rushes these movies induce, they also make us contemplate the worst scenarios that can happen to us, Schmid said.

A 2007 study conducted by Eduardo Andrade and Joel B. Cohen of the University of California found that watching scary movies is a way to experience both positive and negative emotions simultaneously.

Strangely enough, as negative and absolutely horrific images play across the screen, the person watching the film is actually also experiencing positive emotions, according to Andrade and Cohen.

Before the magic of Halloween was glorified by cinema, the pagan holiday was a time to pay last respects to souls and bid them farewell as they departed for the other world, according to Stevens.

In Western Europe, on the evening before these services, ghosts, demons, and witches were allowed free reign outside of local villages. To keep them from entering the communities, treats were laid outside the town, which provided the foundation for what is known today as trick-or-treating.

Over time, the holiday has evolved into a day when people can reverse the roles and impersonate the supernatural, and

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Research done by the University of Utrecht has identified various motives for viewing horror films, including the need for excitement, the desire to feel intense emotions, and distraction from everyday concerns.

“When we are scared, the brain triggers the ‘adrenaline rush,’ which energizes us to flee from the danger; that gives us a pleasant feeling as it leaves us, and it can be sort of addictive,” said Phil Stevens, Jr., a professor of anthropology.

“That's the fear of witches and other evil creatures, and the same sensation [is] triggered by horror movies, which keeps us coming back to them.”

movie.

It’s a scene you probably saw over the past week: a grotesque monster is on the hunt. Suddenly, the music you’re hearing hits a sharp note that makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up. A helpless victim scrambles to find a safe haven, but fails.

Indulging in our fascination with the scary and spooky provides exposure to things that frighten us, but in a controlled setting. We are exposed, but not harmed, according to Schmid.

“The scariest scary movies are ones that seem like they could really happen to you, like murderers hiding in your house or something like that,” said Liz Hennessy, a junior environmental science major.

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says she is not addicted – is because it makes her feel comfortable following the same routine that she followed at home.

“I know when my dad [who was a smoker for 32 years] quit smoking [two years ago], he would tell me the hardest times were in his car,” Hochstein said. “You even still see his hand hanging out the window as if he had a cigarette in it, just because that’s how it was since he first started driving 30 years ago. Moving from home to college, I smoked at the same times, it’s like a safety blanket from back home, it’s comforting.”

Hochstein needs the five minutes a day that she takes to herself after her most stressful periods, and according to her, would feel uneasy if she stopped doing that. She takes her smoke breaks either right outside of the Student Union or on the terrace of Ellicot Complex.

“I don’t know if UB actually enforces a smoke-free campus,” Hochstein said. “The signs say they encourage a smoke-free campus, but it doesn’t really affect me.”

In 2009, the campus became smoke-free when a group of public health students thought it was best to be proactive in encouraging a healthier lifestyle. The UBreathe Free team attempted to create a place where people could go to class and get an education without being smoked on, according to Daun-Barnett.

“It’s not strictly enforced because we can’t enforce it with the union,” Daun-Barnett said. “The unionized employees don’t have

it written in their contracts and the Vice Presidents here don’t want to enforce something on the students that they don’t enforce on the employees because that would not be fair.”

UB tried to create six designated smoking areas for students. However, national research proved that designated smoking areas did not work on such a large campus. It cost too much money to create enough designated areas for smokers, and the university could not afford it.

Without an administrator standing at every popular smoke area, enforcing the rule, smokers have to look within themselves to find the respect to not pollute the air, according to Daun-Barnett.

“The bigger thing that people say is to just have a blanket respect policy, where a lot of it is just self-enforcement,” DaunBarnett said. “Just like wearing a seat belt [and] getting immunizations, a lot of public health things come about that way for the greater good of people.”

Villi usually stands outside of Capen Hall, one of the old six designated areas, to have her cigarette. What started as a means to deal with stress developed into a bigger issue for her.

There are many health risks that come from smoking cigarettes, and Villi never actually suffered from them in high school, “because at that age you think you’re invincible,” Villi said. However, recently, she has noticed a major change in her body.

“I used to be a runner; I used to run 11 miles a day and all my friends knew that I loved to run,” Villi said. “Now I cant even run a mile without getting out of breath, I can’t even walk up the stairs without running out of breath, it’s so bad…I see how bad my health is now. My metabolism is messed up.”

Villi is attempting to cut down because of her health issues. She used to smoke about half of a pack a day and now it takes her approximately one week to finish a pack.

When she first started smoking, she hid it from everyone she knew, even her parents.

Villi explains how her parents’ teeth are practically falling out and they’ve even formed a permanent wheeze. She was embarrassed by her smoking habits because she knew what it felt like to be on the other side of not smoking and asking her parents to stop. She went from smoking only at night, to craving cigarettes during the day, and that’s when she realized that she had an addiction. But she didn’t have the desire to turn back, she said.

“I’m embarrassed when I smoke,” Villi said. “I hate the people that smoke to be cool. That’s what I used to do. But now it’s an actual problem…it’s insulting. I actually can’t stop, I have a serious health problem, I have an addiction, and it’s like, why are you even trying to start to be in a crowd? You don’t need to have to smoke a cigarette to be in a conversation with someone.”

Monday, October 31, 2011 Most people decide they want to quit smoking when they realize that their cigarettes are beginning to control them, according to Daun-Barnett.

Villi realizes that the tobacco has been taking control over her life since her senior year of high school. She wants to begin taking steps toward quitting.

“I think I’m going to start going to the gym more, maybe once I get more focused on running, I won’t want to light up a cigarette every second,” Villi said. “I went to the doctor a lot lately and I’ve noticed my health problems. That’s a big enough sign to make me want to stop.”

Smoking not only burns a hole in lungs, but it also burns a hole through wallets.

Hochstein spends up to $70 a month, which is approximately 20 percent of her bimonthly paychecks. Villi spends $80 out of the gas money that her parents give her per month, on cigarettes.

“Campus makes it very easy to get cigarettes,” Hochstein said. “[UB] encourage[s] a smoke-free campus, but you can go buy cigarettes at the CVS on campus. You can even go as far as using campus cash that your parents put on your UB card. Granted, I don’t have campus cash but I’m sure if I did, that’s what I would spend it on. If my parents could buy me my cigarettes, I would make sure that happened.”

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adversity to a game.”

The game wasn’t tied for long, and the Bulls answered right back 28 seconds later.

Buffalo has benefited from the outstanding play of its underclassmen all season, but this game was won by the team’s upperclassmen.

Junior midfielder Taylor Thompson took the game into her own feet and laced a shot from 15 yards deep for an unassisted goal to give the Bulls the lead and the win.

Senior midfielder Aubrey Stahl scored the team’s first goal in the 41st minute.

Stahl headed in a pass from forward sophomore Stephanie Velez to give the Bulls the early advantage.

Thompson has been solid for the Bulls all year, but Thomas said this goal was her greatest thus far.

Sophomore goalkeeper Ainsley Wheldon had another solid game with five saves, but Kent State made sure to put the pressure on her. The sophomore suffered numerous bumps and bruises because of Kent State’s attack on the box.

“It was a great response to their goal,” Thomas said. “Thompson came back with one of the better individual efforts we had all year and just made an amazing goal to put us up. As a coach you can’t ask for a better response to

Wheldon’s tenacity helped put her even higher on Buffalo’s all-time chart.

Her 137 saves puts her in the top five all-time for most in one season. In addition, Wheldon now owns the record for most minutes played in a season with 1844:45.

While the Bulls’ win against Kent State is its latest in a season full of milestones, they will have to face their toughest challenge yet on Friday. Buffalo’s next opponent, Toledo (12-6-2, 10-1-1 MAC), is coming off of an easy 8-0 win over Ohio.

The Rockets have already beaten the Bulls, 2-0, a few weeks ago, and Buffalo is well aware of how dangerous Toledo is.

“Toledo’s a very talented team, but I think when we played them the last time we gave them a little too much respect,” Stahl said. “We let them run

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“I don’t have a car; none of my friends have cars. Going off campus would be such a hassle because we have such a big campus,” Hochstein said. “You’d literally have to take the bus to off campus and take the bus back. I’m lazy, I’d choose not smoking over doing that.”

Getting rid of cigarettes in CVS would stop a lot of people from smoking because the cigarettes would not be as available, according to Hochstein.

“CVS said it wasn’t in their control; it was a corporate decision to sell the cigarettes,” Daun-Barnett said. “Students got 600 or more signatures to try and get them to not sell cigarettes on campus. The committee on the faculty staff level also tried to get them to stop, but that didn’t work either.”

UB is a smoke-free campus, but most smokers fail to follow the policy. Most UB smokers start purely for the social attention, and end up becoming addicted, according to Daun-Barnett.

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Before UBreathe Free policy went into effect, the committee got the vendors on campus to stop selling cigarettes. However,

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yard free kick to knot the game at one apiece in the 52nd minute.

because The Commons is not campus property, the committee was unable to get CVS to stop selling cigarettes.

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over us a bit, and we won’t go into the game with that type of mentality.”

Thomas believes his team is more than capable of defending against the MAC’s No. 1 scoring team.

“Toledo’s a model of consistency,” Thomas said. “We proved today that we’re not happy with just making the tournament. We are going to come out and trust in each other, do what we do, and hopefully we can keep this ride going.”

The Bulls will play at Toledo’s Scott Park Soccer Complex. The kickoff time has yet to be announced.

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“Part of the thrill of Halloween comes from acting in inappropriate ways,” Schmid said “We indulge in fantasies in a harmless manner that attracts no criticism from others.”

Students can get a Halloween fix in The Haunted Union in 145 Student Union on Monday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. The event is free and sponsored by Late Night UB. Additionally, the Student Association will also be showing three screenings of the horror film Scream 4 at no charge to students on Monday at 5 p.m. in the SU Theater.

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Digital Delusion

Internet petitions are no substitute for activism People often like to imagine that the Internet can be more than just history’s largest compendium of hardcore porn and cute animal pictures. News sites and knowledge bases have come to take Excalibur from the stone, but the pornographers and the scheming cats still claim the title of Internet king and queen.

Internet activism was supposed to change that. The world was supposed to see how this connection of wires and data could be harnessed for good and used to incite social change.

In some ways, it has. Twitter has been used extensively to organize rallies and protests, blogging has been utilized to bring small but important news stories to the front lines of media, and groups like Amnesty International raise awareness and recruit volunteers through the internet.

The instant gratification that the Internet offers, however, has given rise to a truly modern phenomenon.

Slacktivism, as observers of our generation call it, has become increasingly popular over the last decade. In a nutshell, slacktivism is when you do some empty action in hopes of activating some sort of change. It’s kind of like real activism, only worthless.

Some of the easiest instances to identify are chain emails, Facebook statuses, and twitter updates about some political topic.

The preferred method of slacktivism, however, is the online petition.

It’s simple; someone emails you a link to a site where you simply click “SIGN THE PETITION” if you agree with some general topic, like “animal cruelty is bad.”

Recently, a petition on the official White House website circulated with the intent of legalizing marijuana. It quickly became the most signed petition on the site, reaching over 70,000 signatures.

When the White House responded by saying it wasn’t going to do what the petition said, many of the signers questioned whether or not it was taken seriously, or if the petitions in general are taken seriously.

It’s relatively surprising that anyone thought that their online signature would actually activate any changes.

Literally all the petition does is inform the government that there is a group of people out there who have a particular view on a subject. No new information, no idea of the change in

Almost no effort goes into these petitions, and government officials rightfully approach them with a heavy measure of skepticism. Signature count can easily be inflated, and with how easy they are to sign, people who aren’t serious about the topic also sign.

Our government should always listen to the people, and an online petition may seem like a way to get your voice heard. It’s actually a weak excuse to activate change. We continually vote for one of the two major parties and are inexplicably surprised when they turn out to harbor the same views as their predecessor.

The best way to see change is not to sit behind a computer and click on a petition in hopes that someone else will do it for you, but to get out on the streets and protest, and write real letters to your senators. Most importantly, use the power you’ve been granted by your forefathers that completely changes your government: make an informed decision and vote for the candidate that most suits you.

President Obama must lead by knowledge, not ignorance

The film made a myriad of ridiculous claims about pot, going so far as having the characters commit manslaughter, suicide, and go insane. The hilarious distortion of the facts about marijuana has made the film into a cult classic with midnight showings a la Rocky Horror.

Most view it as an unintentional comic romp and an example of some of the worst anti-drug propaganda, but our government still takes the old and hackneyed arguments against legalization as seriously as they were taken in the ’30s.

At least at that point, they had little scientific evidence. Modern government doesn’t have the luxury of making an uninformed decision.

NORML, one of the nations largest cannabis legalization groups, recently started a petition to get President Obama to make marijuana reform a top priority. The White House’s

response contained nothing but the distractions that have plagued the topic for the last century.

The White House said that weed has an association with addiction, and linked to information backing up its claim. While true, the White House failed to mention that the information showed that caffeine was just as addictive, and that alcohol was almost twice as addictive.

Next they said it is bad for your lungs, and linked to a study that made no claim to that. In fact, the study specifically said that there was no way to separate pot use from cigarette use and that there was no conclusive evidence that pot is particularly bad for the lungs. Plus, it seems that they’ve forgotten the fact that Tobacco is one of the leading cancer causers and it’s still legal.

Cognitive impairment also came up, and is often one of the core arguments against legalization. The White House linked to a 1996 study – that study has been overshadowed by even more studies showing that marijuana has little to no long term effects on cognition. Again, the government selectively forgets that alcohol has heavy detrimental effects to cognition, and is still legal.

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public opinion, just a bunch of mouse clicks.

The Burning Question In 1936, a little movie with unknown actors was released under the name Tell Your Children. Originally financed by a church group, the film was intended to be a tale of morality to scare teenagers away from using marijuana. It was then bought and released as an exploitation film and renamed Reefer Madness.

Shifting of the Social Tides

Then the White House said that the drug is a major cause for people to enter rehab clinics. The numbers they give are enlightening, but not to the government’s benefit. The study showed that 21% of people check into rehab clinics for marijuana, but also shows that 37%, a plurality, of people checks in for alcohol.

Since the 1970s, cannabis has been classified along with heroin as a Schedule I drug, while anyone over 21 can go to their local liquor store and buy enough alcohol to literally kill themselves in 5 minutes without a second look.

President Obama made a promise to lead with science and knowledge, not with politics and ideology. Unfortunately, in this instance research has taken a backseat to saving face from decades of failed policy.

As our prisons fill with people doing a drug less harmful than alcohol, we must continually ask ourselves if the liberty we are removing is worth it.

It’s time for the government to move away from its reefer madness and to make an informed decision.

Homecoming Court has historically been a high school popularity contest; the most popular girl in school and her boyfriend are voted the homecoming queen and king for the night. The two spend the night together, receiving both congratulations and envy. This honor, for one San Diego school, now belongs to two females.

Rebeca Arellano and her girlfriend Haileigh Adams, seniors at Patrick Henry High School in San Diego, Calif., were recognized this weekend as Homecoming King and Queen, respectively. The two have gained a lot of publicity for being named the first same-sex couple to be voted to such titles.

While some are up in arms against the idea of a young woman being named Homecoming King, I applaud the student and school administration for taking a large step towards equality.

The teenage years are hard enough, regardless of one’s sexual orientation. To ostracize these girls and deprive them of the opportunity to take full advantage of their high school experiences shakes the very core of a nation based on equality for all.

Some of you, however, are going to approach any idea of same-sex marriage as a social breakdown, condemning these girls to eternal damnation for who they are. I urge you, however, to remember the fact that these girls are covered under the same Constitution that you are.

And if you’re calling for a constitutional amendment against same-sex marriage, and therefore squashing the dreams of your fellow human beings, dream on. Many of those arguments are based in religious values, which have no place in a government based on the separation of church and state.

With six states and Washington D.C. already allowing same-sex marriages, I celebrate the fact that same-sex culture is making its way into mainstream society, and hope that this act of equality sends a shock around the nation that it doesn’t matter who you love.

I have hope for our generation, accepting people who are different – that may not look or act that same as what our parents or grandparents told us was “right” – for who they are. Most of all, I have respect for Rebeca and Haileigh for having the guts to stand for what they believe in. The two of them have had a relationship for two years and I hope it keeps growing strong. For those who want to argue that same-sex relationships don’t last due to nature, I hope that you can look at these two and accept that YOU are the one who might want to change your ways.

Whether or not you agree with samesex relationships is a discussion all to itself, but this event speaks volumes to the shifting social standards of American society. Rewind 100, 50, or even 20 years and these women would be considered outcasts – rejected by society. These girls, however, are taking one more step in the journey for equality that so many before them have tread. In our ever-changing modernday world, these young women have broken new ground, getting closer to giving equality for all people, regardless of their age, sex, or orientation.

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Correction

In Friday’s article entitled “SA Assembly Renews All Departments, Approves Salaries,” we published that the Student Association Assembly approved salary numbers for the SA staff.

This was (unintentionally) misleading. We have been informed that though the numbers were shown at the meeting for transparency’s sake, the Assembly has no power to set or change those numbers; rather, the SA Senate does that. The Spectrum regrets the error.

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UB’s Party Animals LIZ WHITE Staff Writer

We’re being invaded.

Zombies ate pizza instead of human brains to support Breast Cancer Awareness last Friday, Oct. 28.

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Squirrels in the Student Union, snakes on the promenade, bats in the dorms, dogs in classrooms – there’s not a direction to turn without seeing wildlife swarming the campus. Domesticated or wild, intentional or accidental, animals are walking around both UB campuses as if they owned the place.

Alpha Psi, the perspective member’s class of the Pi Sigma Epsilon fraternity, hosted its first ever Zombie Walk on Friday, Oct. 28.

In this semester alone there have been more than 60 animal complaints called into the University Police Department of all kinds. Things like snapping turtles near the bike path or a deer on South Campus that was hit by a car.

With the participants covered in fake blood and ripped clothing, members of the fraternity raised money and awareness by selling pizza and collecting donations from the UB community.

“We had a few calls about a coyote that had its head stuck in the jar,” said Richard Linde, UPD assistant chief.

More than 40 people came out to support the decaying, living dead. In just two hours between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., the fraternity raised $115 from donations and food, with all proceeds going to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

Maninder Sran, an Alpha Psi Class PR chair member and a junior business administration major, was one of the hosts of the evening. She felt the event was enriching for UB students and an opportunity for them to give back to the community.

The group wants to make the event bigger for next year and plan to host it annually.

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The coyote was rendered tame with its head covered by a plastic, gallon-sized food jar it had discovered while rummaging around in the garbage. The animal wandered around the woods near Governor’s residence halls and people continually called in the complaint.

The police, who had contacted Amherst Animal Control, even tried to set up stakeouts to anticipate its moves, but to no avail. Eventually, the calls stopped and the coyote wasn’t seen around campus again.

UB has been invaded by animals, both wild and pets. Students and teachers are becoming more open to having animals on campus.

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assessment at the Teaching and Learning Center, also volunteers for Buffalo Humane as the co-founder and president. She has had personal experience with abandoned animals at UB. “A couple years or so back, I know we worked on campus with Campus Dining Services to trap and save a momma cat and her [kittens] who had been dumped after the end of the semester at a dumpster outside Putnam’s,” Tutzauer said.

Animals are everywhere. There have even been animal complaints in the SU. A couple of weeks ago, there was a family of squirrels scurrying around within its walls.

Eventually, all of the cats found homes, but if they weren’t cared for it’s likely that they could have formed what Tutzauer refers to as a ‘feral colony.’ Students would have had to battle a cluster of cats on their way to Pistachio’s, according to Tutzauer.

“I saw one squirrel in front of the small trash can that’s in the tunnel [between the SU and Lockwood] and stopped because I thought it was cute, and then at least two more came out of a hole in the corner,” said Kim Cioffi, a junior sociology major. “One was a baby and jumped on another squirrel’s back.”

“There is a wonderful network of animal lovers on campus [and] they mobilize when a problem presents itself,” Tutzauer said. “Another time, several staff members set up a dog crate and feeding station in an effort to corral a stray dog that found its way on campus, over near the Center for Tomorrow.”

The hole it most likely came through, located by the Lockwood-SU bridge, has since been patched up, and there hasn’t been another squirrel complaint.

But animals on campus aren’t restricted to solely wildlife. Susan Eilenberg, an associate professor of English, is known for bringing her four-year-old dog – a Coton de Tulear named Sascha – to class with her from time to time. Before bringing Sascha, Eilenberg makes sure that there are no objections or allergies

There are some people on campus trying to help out animals caught in situations like this. Carol Tutzauer, the director of

from her students.

“When I’m having a bad day I always look forward to seeing Sascha, since I can’t have a dog at my apartment and don’t have my own,” said Rachel Todd, a senior English major and member of Eilenberg’s class. “I think it definitely lightens the mood and makes the class more relaxing, as well as giving the professor a more approachable persona.”

Eilenberg has had almost no issues with Sascha on campus. Once as a puppy, Sascha ate the sleeve of a student’s leather jacket, but Eilenberg had it replaced and no harm was done.

“Wherever we go people come up to pet him and tell me how much they miss the pets they’ve left at home,” Eilenberg said. “In class students generally try to get him to come snuggle with them. If he had his way he would spend all his time curled up in students’ laps.”

Sascha has even made every student’s childhood dream come true. Not only has the fluffy pooch had an appetite for leather, but he also has had an appetite for knowledge.

“I once had to tell my students that my dog had eaten their homework,” Eilenberg said.

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Turner Tours Toronto Restoring Taking Back Sunday JAMESON BUTLER Senior Arts Editor Taking Back Sunday has had a rocky career. After the original lineup disbanded, there has been a revolving door of replacements for members John Nolan and Shaun Cooper, who left to form Straylight Run in 2003.

Frank Turner brought his A game for his biggest show outside the U.K. Friday night.

JAMESON BUTLER Senior Arts Editor In an age where auto-tune and synthesizers rule the airwaves, one tour refused to conform to the mainstream’s standards.

Frank Turner and his band, The Sleeping Souls, stopped at Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto Friday night to play in front of his biggest crowd outside of the U.K. Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls had the audience giddy with excitement.

While he has yet to break into the mainstream, his brand of folk-punk has been well received among the punk community, opening for bands such as Social Distortion, The Offspring, and The Gaslight Anthem.

As Turner took to the stage, the sold out crowd pushed forward. When he played the first chords to “Eulogy,” the opening track off his new album England Keep My Bones, to begin the set the audience sang back in perfect accord.

Turner has four critically acclaimed albums to date and Friday night he had an excellent mixture of old and new songs.

On every one of his albums, Turner sings some of the most inspiring lyrics in music today.

As he and his band raced through the 21song set list, it was apparent why Turner is one of the biggest musical acts in the U.K. His stage presence was engaging and comical.

During the set he showed that he isn’t just a musician – he also has a good sense of humor.

At one point, Turner asked the crowd to “help him out” by playing air harmonicas.

Those that were “too hipster” to join in, said Turner, were at the wrong show.

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As Turner sang his uplifting lyrics, it was evident how much his own songs meant to him, and as the crowd lost its voice screaming back, it was clear how nearly every member of the audience took his words to heart.

What makes Turner’s stage show so pristine is the love he clearly has for both his music and his fans. When he is on stage, anyone can see that there is nowhere else he would rather be.

Every member of The Sleeping Souls was spectacular, but the one that stood out the most was bassist Tarrant Anderson. He had a mastery of his instrument. He was dancing on stage while he slapped some funky bass lines.

The direct support, Andrew Jackson Jihad, was the perfect opener. Consisting of just two members, they were the definition of folk-punk. Main singer Sean Bonnette rocked out on acoustic guitar while Ben Gallaty played the stand-up bass.

As the band performed their brutally honest songs, their contempt for modern society was noticeable. In their first show in Toronto ever, the crowd made sure to give them a warm welcome to the great white north.

The first opener was Into It. Over It. This one-man act did the best he could to warm up the crowd. Before almost every song, he gave a quick humorous explanation of the song, providing insight to his music.

Over 1,000 lucky people got to witness one of the best-arranged tours of the year and one of the biggest up-and-coming names in punk from across the Atlantic.

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Early last year, Taking Back Sunday announced that guitarist Matt Fazzi and bassist Matt Rubano had left the band. This sent TBS fans into a frenzy until the band put a picture of the original lineup with the faces crossed out on its website.

This picture erased the fear and replaced it with hope. After seven long years, it appeared that the original lineup had made amends and got back together.

“Straylight Run had come to an end,” said bassist Shaun Cooper.

“We realized we weren’t going to do anything more with it, people stopped coming out to the shows. I thought I would have to go back to work or school or something, figure out the next step in my life. And then I was hanging out with Mark, the drummer of Taking Back Sunday and one of my closest friends since we were like 6 years old, and he was like ‘Man listen I got to tell you, I’m just miserable. I don’t want to do Taking Back Sunday anymore, not without you and John.’”

The former bandmates met up to heal the wounds that had torn them apart seven years prior. This went better than any of the members could have hoped.

“I thought we may play a show or something together, if the wounds had healed enough, but I thought maybe we would play a show just to celebrate the thing and that would be it, at the very most,” Cooper said.

“Then it turned out that Adam and Eddie were as unhappy as Mark

Taking Back Sunday will finish their tour Wednesday night in Rochester.

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was…And we got together in El Paso [Texas] and it was like seven years had passed in a blink of an eye and we were just so happy to be in the room together catching up and sharing stories about old times.

We were like ‘this could work’ and then we started writing songs the very next day and everything came together surprisingly quick.”

Since then, the band has put out a new album, done multiple tours, and even played their influential record, Tell All Your Friends, in its entirety at Bamboozle.

Now the band is on tour supporting its self-titled album with The Maine and Bad Rabbits opening. On tour, Adam Lazzarra and John Nolan perform the Straylight Run song “Existentialism on Prom Night.”

“John and I didn’t think we would play any Straylight songs; this is Taking Back Sunday. We didn’t want to throw our weight around and be like ‘Its going to be half Straylight songs, half Taking Back Sunday,’” Cooper said.

“This is a Taking Back Sunday show, we want to play all the Taking Back Sunday songs the kids want to hear. So that was our goal, and then they started talking about it. Mark was into it, and Eddie really loved the song too.”

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“Some people are asking to hear ‘Sad Savior.’” Cooper said. “The other night a couple of girls who were coming to a bunch of shows were asking to hear ‘Best Places to Be a Mom’ because we aren’t playing that as often as we used to. I mean it’s been a really good range.

We have been playing ‘Faith’ every night because it is the single and the sing-alongs are getting louder and louder so that’s really cool to hear a few months after the record came out, its really starting to catch on with people.”

Since the band has reunited, TBS has had a clear revival. Their live shows have gotten more energy and the band seems to have the same feeling onstage as when the first started.

Taking Back Sunday will be concluding their tour in Rochester Wednesday night at Water Street Music Hall. Tickets are $23 in advance and $25 at the door.

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While many students spend their weekends partying, studying, and hanging out with their friends, one club at UB spent its weekend studying the outer realms of Earth’s atmosphere.

UB Students for the Exploration and Development Space (UB-SEDS) is a club that sets its ambitions skyward to generate interest and activism in the community for any and all space-related topics, according to Sean Lyons, a senior aerospace engineering major.

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Dysert Dissects Bulls Upcoming Week in UB Sports Bulls still searching for answers late in the season after rout

Women’s Basketball Season Opener vs. Buffalo State Wednesday at 7 p.m.

The Bulls will start their 2011-12 campaign in Alumni Arena against their cross-town rivals, Buffalo State. The Bengals are rolling off of a successful 2010-11 campaign, where they finished 15-10 (10-8 SUNY Athletic Conference). The Bulls do have an advantage because of the simple fact that Buffalo State is a Division-III program, but the fans will get a glimpse of just how good Buffalo is without the legendary forward Kourtney Brown on the team.

The Bulls’ offense struggled to find the end zone on Saturday en route to a 41-13 defeat at the hands of the RedHawks.

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BRIAN JOSEPHS Sports Editor The Bulls entered Saturday’s game with momentum and confidence. Senior quarterback Chazz Anderson was coming off a record-breaking performance and sophomore running back Branden Oliver looked ready to eclipse the 1,000-yard mark on the season.

These numbers proved to be superficial – the Bulls (2-7, 1-4 Mid-American Conference) are still struggling, and they may have just hit rock bottom.

Buffalo traveled to face Miami (Ohio) (3-5, 2-2 MAC) in the RedHawks’ 98th homecoming game. The trip gradually became a nightmare for the Bulls, as they couldn’t find a way to stop the defending MAC champions’ aerial attack. They were thrashed, 41-13.

The RedHawks have not played like title contenders this year. Miami entered the game a loss away from matching the Bulls’ record, coming off of a crushing defeat at the hands of Toledo.

However, Miami made it clear that its squad was still far superior to Buffalo’s. The Bulls’ embarrassing loss to the RedHawks marks their eighth consecutive road loss.

Head coach Jeff Quinn expressed how aggravated he was with his team’s poor play. He has yet to win a road game with the Bulls in his two seasons as head coach.

“I’m sick and tired of losing,” Quinn said. “I care about this team and I love them. It’s just one of those things where you’re just going to have to fight through [the struggles]. I’m not going to quit and nobody in that room is going to quit. We’ll figure it out.”

Miami quarterback Zac Dysert quickly imposed his will on the Bulls. On the second play from scrimmage, Dysert made Buffalo pay for its lackluster coverage and connected with wide receiver Dawan Scott for a 71-yard touchdown.

“It was clearly a miscommunication,” said senior safety Josh Copeland.

Dysert tossed touchdowns in the red zone on the next two drives and remained sharp throughout the game. Buffalo held Miami’s top receiver, Nick Harwell, to a modest game – he finished with six receptions for 40 yards.

But Dysert had no trouble finding other receiving options, and finished the game with 313 yards and a career-high five touchdowns.

While picking apart the Bulls, he became the 21st quarterback in MAC history to throw for 7,000 yards.

At first, it appeared the game would be an offensive battle, as Anderson was quick to respond to Miami’s first touchdown. He successfully completed a bomb to sophomore wide receiver Alex Neutz for a 60-yard touchdown, the longest catch of Neutz’s career.

Anderson ran it in himself from 1-yard out on the very next drive, but that would be the Bulls’ last offensive highlight. Senior kicker Peter Fardon missed the extra point, and Buffalo couldn’t put together another scoring drive for the rest of the day.

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Buffalo is brimming with confidence after it clinched a spot in the playoffs against Florida Atlantic (5-7-2, 0-4-1 MAC) on Friday. But the season is not over yet.

The Bulls are competing for the No. 2 seed as they face Hartwick (5-5-4, 1-1-2 Mid-American Conference). The Owls are playing to avoid being eliminated from playoff contention, and the Bulls are sure to have their hands full against a desperate team.

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The Bulls are limping back to Alumni Arena after a disastrous October.

Buffalo will host Bowling Green (18-8, 5-7 MAC) and Miami (Ohio) (12-3, 3-8 MAC) to begin its final four games of the season.

The Bulls’ game against Miami (OH) will be their last home game of the season. Buffalo is 4-6 at home.

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The Bulls’ next opportunity to score came when the game was well out of reach in the fourth quarter. Senior safety Isaac Baugh returned a fumble caused by freshman defensive lineman Kristjan Sokoli to the RedHawks’ 1-yard-line. Buffalo had four shots to score from the goal line, but failed to get into the end zone, much to Quinn’s frustration.

“We were on the freakin’ 1-yard line, and we can’t get the damn ball [in],” Quinn said.

Baugh believes that Buffalo’s failure to score on that drive was a symbol of the team’s struggles throughout the game.

“It was just hard that we weren’t able to capitalize on anything – the offense, special teams, or defense,” Baugh said. “We’ve got a great offense…special teams, and defense. It’s hard because you know about the potential of all three phases of the game, and when you don’t execute, it’s not just hard for us to watch the offense, but it’s hard for the offense to watch us.”

Neutz, who finished the game with four receptions and 110 yards, left the game at halftime because of a fractured wrist. The team looked to Oliver for help, but the running back couldn’t deliver.

Oliver had his worst game of the season against Miami. The sophomore couldn’t find any holes in the RedHawks’ front seven and ran for a season-low 47 yards.

Oliver’s struggles also led to points on the board for Miami. RedHawks’ defensive end Jason Semmes stripped the ball from the running back after he caught a short pass. Miami recovered, and scored on the ensuing possession for the final points of the game.

Quinn believes that Buffalo’s poor day on the ground goes beyond X’s and O’s.

“It’s an attitude,” Quinn said. “You have to have the right attitude every single Saturday…They ran gap plays [and] zone plays just like we did. The difference is that they out-executed us with more determination, and it’s disappointing.”

The Bulls hope to regroup during their upcoming bye week. Quinn believes this is by no means an off week, as Buffalo will need to refocus on its final three games of the season.

Buffalo will play its next game on the road against Eastern Michigan on Nov. 12. Kickoff is at 1 p.m.

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Junior Maksym Kowal’s fourth goal of the season helped to secure the Bulls a spot in the postseason MAC Tournament.

BEN TARHAN Staff Writer It was easy to dismiss the men’s soccer team as just another average squad after its 5-2 loss against Akron, the defending national champions.

But the Bulls (8-7-1, 3-2-0 Mid-American Conference) looked like title contenders on Saturday. Buffalo traveled to Boca Raton, Fla. to take on Florida Atlantic (5-7-2, 0-4-1 MAC). The Bulls’ sharp play on both sides on the field helped them clinch a MAC postseason spot with a 2-0 win over the Owls.

Although this was a big win for the Bulls, interim head coach David Hesch asserted that the game was just a step toward his team’s final goal.

“Our goal going into the year was to win the MAC title, and I still believe that we can do that,” Hesch said. “We hope to advance through the MAC tournament and deep into the NCAA tournament.”

The Buffalo defense showed it was as determined as ever to realize that goal. The Bulls’ defense was nothing short of smothering, and it only allowed the Owls to get off five shots – with only one on goal.

Sophomore goalkeeper Ryan Aubrey was credited with the shutout after starting his first game since Sept. 25.

Hesch credits each of the 11 players on the field for stifling the Owls’ offense.

“We pressured the whole field,” Hesch said. “That was our plan and the defense did a good job cleaning balls up.”

The Bulls proved to be just as potent on offense.

Senior forward Andy Tiedt’s cross found junior forward Maksym Kowal, who shot the ball toward the far right for the game’s first goal. The 15th minute goal was the Bulls’ fastest of the season.

According to Hesch, this was all part of the plan.

“Our game plan was to get on the board early and go at them,” Hesch said. “We found some holes, and

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we did just that…it was a great goal, and it felt good to be on the board early.”

Buffalo would strike again in the second half.

Junior midfielder Tony Smith scored his first goal of the season in the 52nd minute when he redirected freshman defender Lukas Fedler’s misaimed shot to the back of the net.

That goal was all the Bulls needed, as the defense held off the Owls for the rest of regulation to give Florida Atlantic its first home loss of the season.

The game holds a much deeper meaning for Buffalo than just its second consecutive ticket to the playoffs. The Bulls lost 10 of their 11 starters coming into this season, while their head coach John Astudillo took a medical leave of absence. However, Buffalo prevailed and Hesch is proud that his team was able to exceed expectations.

“It's a very huge accomplishment for us,” Hesch said. “Everyone predicted us to get sixth out of eight in the conference. To clinch the playoffs and have a chance to get second [place] is a huge accomplishment for the boys.”

The team is looking forward to its season finale against Hartwick (5-5-4, 1-1-2 MAC). The Bulls are playing to earn the No. 2 seed in the MAC tournament against a Hartwick team that is a loss away from being knocked out of the playoffs.

The Bulls aren’t resting on their accomplishments and are planning to give 100 percent against their final regular season opponent.

“We’re not taking our foot off the gas at all, especially the game before playoffs,” Hesch said. “We don’t want to slip back, we want to keep going forward and keep pushing.”

The game is schedule to be played on Wednesday at UB Stadium. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m.

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Bulls Hang Tough in MAC Championship BEN TARHAN Staff Writer The men’s and women’s cross country teams went into last Saturday’s meet hoping to earn their first ever Mid-American Conference championship.

The Bulls had their best performances in recent memory even though they didn’t achieve that goal.

The Buffalo men’s team finished in third place, its highest finish ever. The women team’s 10th place finish was a one spot improvement over last year’s.

The men’s 8K race was a tight one, as the Bulls finished just 23 points away from first place

Eastern Michigan. The women’s team wasn’t as successful, but it finished just five points away from ninth place Kent State.

Senior John Inzina and sophomore Mike Pressler placed the highest for the team. Inzina finished with a time of 24:47 at eighth place – more than a minute off of his season’s best time.

Pressler finished just four spots behind him with a season-best 24:51.7. Both men earned spots on the All-MAC second team with their top-14 finishes.

Senior Dylan Conway just missed making the All-MAC second team with his 15th place finish, crossing the line at 24:56.9.

The women ran the meet without their two top runners, freshmen Gabby Leo and Lesley

Bowers, due to injury. But the team remained competitive because of strong performances from junior Sam Beim, junior Jackie Cavalluzo, and sophomore Katie Sanders.

Sanders was Buffalo’s top finisher on the women’s 6K course. The sophomore finished at 48th place with a time of 22:46.1. Beim finished at 50th in 22:51.6, while Cavalluzo rounded off the top three finishers at 51st place with a time of 22:55.6.

Head coach Vicki Mitchell is happy with the final results, but she’s still looking forward to the team’s constant improvement. Her team is now looking to place high in the upcoming NCAA Northeast Regionals.

“The MAC is just one more step en route to the

biggest meet of the year,” Mitchell said. “So right now our plan is to get focused and to continue to strive for even better [results].”

The Bulls have the home advantage, as the meet will be held at the Audubon Golf Course in Amherst. Buffalo is ranked 13th in the Northeast Regional rankings and are looking to make a statement on its home turf.

“We’re looking forward to showing off our area to the rest of the northeast region,” Mitchell said.

“It’s [also] going to give us a nice opportunity to shine in front of some home support.”

The NCAA Northeast Regionals will take place on Nov. 12. The men’s meet will start at noon, while the women’s race will start at 1:15 p.m.

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