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Computing for a cause

By JENNIFER LOMBARDO

munity Grid, which runs computations for a number of research projects.

This project has been in the works for over a year and was only recently implemented.

David Murray, an adjunct associate professor of management science and systems in UB’s School of Management, and Forrest Crawford, a graduate student studying anatomy and cell biology, came up with the idea of uploading the WCG onto UB’s computers.

Managing Editor

When you don’t use a UB computer, you’re helping fight cancer and AIDS, developing new drugs and genetically engineering hardier strains of rice.

Sound impossible? It’s true.

In fact, saving the world has never been easier.

The university’s computers run a program when they’re idle called the World Com-

Murray had been running the WCG on his home computer for several years before he thought of creating the UB Computing Grid team.

According to Murray, scientific research takes an enormous amount of computing see COMPUTERS page 2 Stephanie Chin / The Spectrum Right: UB computers are working

on solving the world’s problems.

Dishing it out

By CHELSIE HINCKLEY

number of meals per semester and is not constrained by weekly meal limits.

The third plan uses only dining dollars, meaning that students have more flexibility to choose their meal time and place.

Some students have expressed dissatisfaction with the current meal plan. Danielle Rowe, a freshman undecided major, said that she has the gold meal plan but usually has five to eight meals left over.

“I have always said that [the school should carry over meals or convert them to Dining Dollars] because times always conflict with classes,” Rowe said.

She believed that more students would select the gold plan if it were more flexible.

Aeron Schwallie, a freshman political science major, also finds that the gold plan leaves him with extra meals.

He thinks the meals should count for more money. “[SUNY College of Envi-

Asst. News Editor

Most students don’t take meal times into account when they’re registering for classes. But with UB’s current meal plan system, they might have to.

Many on-campus students have meal plans. UB requires freshmen to choose a meal plan before they arrive. However, restricted meal times and nontransferable funds have dissuaded some students from continuing to use them.

Chip Orcutt, the controller of Campus Dining & Shops, described the options for dining at UB. “Our traditional option is a set number of meals per week with extra Dining Dollars – which includes the gold plan with 18 meals a week, the silver plan with 12 and the bronze plan with eight meals per week,” Orcutt said.

Other dining plan options include “block meals,” which are reserved for upperclassmen and graduate students that may not be on campus as often. The “block meals” plan provides a certain

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Students are finding UB’s dining plans inconvenient compared to other universities across the county.

UB employees give back

By JUAN CARLOS GUTIERREZ Staff Writer

There is a call to action among the staff and faculty of UB. It speaks to the hearts, the vision for a greater future and the awareness of contemporary struggle. It’s calling all UB faculty members to the 2009 Employees Campaign.

Scott Nostaja, vice president of human resources and chief of staff in the office of the president, is leading the annual Employees Campaign.

Donations to local and international organizations will

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be made through this annual drive.

Over 600 organizations are taking part, including The Red Cross, Hospice, Big Brothers and Big Sisters and the World Wildlife Federation.

For 33 years, this campaign has remained strong in its efforts. Since 1976, the Employees Campaign has raised over $10.2 million in funding for local and international organizations. This year the goal is to raise $875,000 from the UB staff and faculty. see DONATIONS page 2

see MEALS page 2

Landing your dream job with Bullseye

By ASHLEY HIRT Asst. News Editor

Advancing in today’s job market is difficult at best, but with the correct tools, success is right around the corner. Current UB students and alumni can utilize the Bullseye Web site to help build a career.

“Many people think that [Bullseye] is [used] just to see jobs or internship postings, but it has so much more to offer,” said Edward Brodka, a career counselor in UB Career Services.

UB students and alumni can access Bullseye through www.ub-careers.buffalo.edu with

their UBIT username and password.

“Bullseye is the password-protected part of the Career Services Web site that can help students in any major, from freshman to senior, whether they are exploring majors and career options, looking for internships [and] jobs, or want to interview with companies recruiting on campus,” Brodka said. “Students should know that besides Bullseye, the Career Services Web site has tons of career-related information as well as graduate school information.”

Users can post their résumés on see BULLSEYE page 6

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Any student can join the computing grid COMPUTERS from page 1

Eldayrie, UB’s chief information officer. He assigned Matthew Stock, the IT coordinator at the Center for Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, to the project … From there, we discussed the possibility of running the program on all computers that aren’t in use,” Crawford said.

It wasn’t an easy task to get the program up and running, according to Crawford.

“It took about 150 e-mails [and] a couple conference calls … It was not an easy process to find [out] who to get in touch with,” he said.

The team ran into some technical problems that almost derailed the project in its early stages. It had to find a way to hook the WCG up to Condor, the UB grid computer server. “[The technical problems] included ensuring that the WCG software would not impact with the operation of computers in the public sites and how to submit and manage the WCG jobs,” said Steve Gallo, who led the Center for Computational Research team that worked to configure and install Condor. “The server … controlled the applications that were run and

power, and many individual computers are faster and easier to use than one huge supercomputer.

“Each computer contributes a little piece,” Murray said. “My team has contributed 16 years of computing power [toward projects] since last year.”

Murray realized that if his students could all join one team, it might be possible to link UB’s computers and run the program on them as well.

Around the same time, Crawford, who didn’t know Murray, had the same idea.

“I wanted to do something to help … that combined biomedical sciences and my hobby of computing,” Crawford said.

He contacted UB officials about putting the program on the school’s computers. They put him in touch with Murray and the two formed a partnership.

They contacted IBM, which runs the WCG. “With their help, I got in touch with Elias

also ran the WCG application.”

According to Gallo, the team resolved the issues and UB now has about 400 computers contributing time to WCG jobs when students aren’t using them.

“We have provided roughly 230 days of completed project time to [five] WCG projects,” Gallo said.

These five projects are Nutritious Rice for the World, Help Conquer Cancer, Human Proteome Folding, Fight AIDS at Home and Discovering Dengue Drugs. Users can also choose to help find a cure for muscular dystrophy and develop an influenza antiviral drug.

“I hope that the partnership between UB and the WCG helps to have a positive impact on the various ills that plague humankind, and am glad that I could play a part in the process,” Crawford said.

The WCG program is free for anyone to download at the Web site, www.worldcommunitygrid.org, and any student can join Murray’s UB Computing Grid team.

“It’s very gratifying to have UB’s computing resources support this important project,” Murray said. “I encourage others to follow UB’s example and contribute their own personal computing resources towards this effort.”

The program may run better on desktops because of the amount of power the computer needs to devote to the research, Murray said.

“You can do it on a laptop, but not unless it’s plugged in. It will really drain battery life,” he said. “You have to let it run for hours before it returns a result.”

Cell phones and handheld devices can’t use the WCG, but there are configurations for Windows, Mac and Linux, so all computers can run the program. Users can set their preferences, including what projects to devote research time to, how much of the computer’s power to use for the research and whether to run the program when the computer isn’t idle.

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SUNY New Paltz offers more flexible plans MEALS from page 1 ronmental Science and Forestry], where I was over the weekend, gets 14 dollars for dinner, 12 for lunch and 10 for breakfast,” Aeron said. “If we used a plan similar to this, more students would definitely go for the gold plan.”

Though UB has added some changes to the meal plan, such as lunch equivalences – allowing students to use their plans at eateries such as Pistachio’s – and letting students take meals from the dining hall, many still feel UB’s meal plans come up short when compared with

other universities.

According to the University of Washington’s Housing and Food Services Web site, students at UW have complete flexibility in their meal plans. They have no set meal prices or meal times and they can add money to their accounts at any time.

A food services representative for the university said that students just set a dollar amount for the semester and deduct their meals from that.

This helps freshmen ease into the college experience free of restrictions on when to eat, according to the school’s Web site.

Woodbury University in Burbank, Calif. has a meal plan option similar to UB’s. Students choose from four meal plan options that all include “flex dollars,” which are similar to Dining Dollars.

Each plan has a set limit of meals per week. Students lose their meals if they do not use them by Monday of the following week.

Meal plans are generally consistent in the SUNY system. Buffalo State College offers a dining system comparable to UB’s.

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students have a set amount of meals per week and can add money to their accounts that can be used across campus. They also lose unused meals at the end of the week.

But SUNY New Paltz offers more flexible meal plans. The campus has only minimal restrictions on meal plans, according to Janet Cosh, executive secretary of New Paltz Campus Auxiliary Services.

“We have no restrictions on the times that you can eat. As long as the areas are open, you can use a meal swipe,” she said.

Some students are calling for a similar system at UB.

According to Orcutt, Campus Dining & Shops tries to take the needs of students into account when they review the meal plans each spring.

Marla Sabuda, a graduate student in speech and hearing sciences, said that she started using just Dining Dollars and Campus Cash because she wasted around $11 every time she didn’t use a meal swipe.

“The dining hall didn’t have enough options,” she said.

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77 percent of goal reached DONATIONS from page 1 However, Nostaja has his sights set slightly higher.

“We will be the first university to get to $1 million,” Nostaja said. “All fundraising across the country has gone down [because of the economy], but we will get to $1 million.”

So far, no university in the United States, public or private, has reached this goal.

“Consistently, UB is ranked in the top five donors in the US in employee donations,” said Community Relations Associate for Programming and Campaign Coordinator Jessica Biegaj. “In 2005, UB was the fourth out of 493 colleges and universities who hold this campaign. This is a great accomplishment on [the] part of our employees.”

This accomplishment can be seen as a point of pride for UB and its employees, most of whom reside in Buffalo. Nostaja pointed out that the city of Buffalo is one of the poorest cities in the nation, yet the university gives the greatest amount of money.

“Every year for the past 33 years, the campus has run this employee giving campaign. [This is] for the staff and faculty to give back,” said Nostaja.

So far the campaign has raised exactly $679,305.11, about 77 percent of the minimum goal.

“Raising $1 million is always possible… We believe this will be achieved in the near future as our employees continue to contribute, as we make the campaign more efficient, but mostly as we communicate the need of the community and encourage people to make a difference in the lives of others,” Nostaja said.

Tim Chen, a freshman undecided major, thinks the campaign is a step in the right direction for improving Buffalo’s national image.

“As a city in New York State, Buffalo isn’t spoken of that much…UB

can bring Buffalo to a high reputation and UB can lead it in community engagement,” Chen said.

The contributions aid communities in vast ways. Just $10 from a faculty member’s paycheck - the equivalent of one small pizza and soda - can provide AIDS education for 13 individuals. For $2 per day, the equivalent of two lottery tickets, a donation can provide immunizations to 400 children in developing nations against six deadly childhood diseases. $1 per paycheck alone can provide one month’s discount rate medication for a kidney disease patient.

Jennifer Rose, a manager at Campus T’s in the Student Union, said that she has never heard of the Employees Campaign although she has been working on campus for four years.

“I think there should be more marketing and campaigning [to get the message out]. I think helping people get off their feet is huge, especially in Buffalo,” Rose said. “It definitely needs to happen.”

Nostaja envisions the future of the next campaign as inviting UB as a whole to participate in the campaign-sponsored events.

“We should take a closer look into how to involve students,” Nostaja said. “The tradition is an employee giving campaign, [but to raise awareness], we can use The Spectrum, Student Association… flyers, e-mail, Web sites, and the events that the departments hold [for the campaign].”

Upcoming events include the Imagine Nation Book Sale in Crofts Hall on Nov. 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and the university-wide basket auction. The auction will be held in Harriman Hall on Dec. 3 and on North Campus on Dec. 10, location to be determined.

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Editorial Board Editor in Chief Stephen Marth Executive Editor Keeley Sheehan Managing Editors Ren LaForme, senior David Jarka Jennifer Lombardo David Sanchirico News Editors Jennifer Good Caitlin Tremblay Chelsie Hinckley, asst.

Ashley Hirt, asst.

Amanda Woods, asst.

Editorial Editor Jacob Shillman Arts Editors John Ranic, senior Christopher DiMatteo Jameson Butler, asst.

Eric Hilliker, asst.

James Twigg, asst.

Life Editors Adrian Finch Matt Mosher Shane Fallon, asst.

Rachel Lamb, asst.

Sports Editors Andrew Wiktor, senior Joe Paterno Matt Parrino, asst.

Photo Editors Katie Carlett, senior Samantha Hicks Tim Ho Copy Editors Meghan Farrell Abbi Meade Graphics Designer Rafael Kobayashi

Do what you love

Iran’s fear Green opposition takes to the streets The “green movement” has a much different meaning in Iran than it does in the rest of the world. There, it connotes support for a democratic government.

Thousands took to the streets during Wednesday’s big pro-democracy demonstrations, showing sheer courage in Tehran, as well as at protests in cities such as Arak, Isfahan, Mazandaran, Rasht, Shiraz and Tabriz.

These people are protesting against their own government and their country’s controversial president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose reelection in June they still vehemently disputed.

The Internet hummed with tales of opposition protests, filled with videos and photographs.

What makes this protest so interesting is the fact it came on the 30-year anniversary of Iranian students taking over the American Embassy in Tehran. At the time, pictures of 52 blindfolded Americans mesmerized the world.

Now the world is watching the youth of Iran make another bold stance.

As with the protests during the summer, the police and the baseej, a vigilante force that backs Ahmadinejad and answers to the powerful Revolutionary Guard, came out in full force.

Green supporters were beaten, arrested and engulfed in tear gas. Some chanted “death to the dictator,” often shouting accusations that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, was a murderer. Footage of the opposition demonstrations shows posters of Khamenei’s bearded face being trampled.

The image of Iran’s leaders is being stained with the enduring post-election uproar. The

protests are unlikely to cause a change in government, but its authority is being questioned in a way that was once unthinkable in Iran.

More violence against the Iranian people will further highlight the government’s illegitimacy and desperation.

The results of such backlash have even started dissent among the most rank and file government figures. The day before the anniversary celebration of the siege on the U.S. Embassy, Hossein Ali Montazeri, an 87-year-old grand ayatollah who was once the heir apparent of the Islamic republic’s founder, said that the occupation of the American embassy in 1979 had been a mistake.

Such divisions may partly be causing Iran’s government to quibble in the face of the West’s latest pressure and proposals for solving the clash over Iran’s nuclear future. Some in Washington have been complaining that President Barack Obama hasn’t been tough enough in his criticism of Iran’s government.

But given its history with Iran, the United States must take special steps not to be seen as interfering in that country. That would only give Iran’s hardliners a further excuse to blame the United States for their own reprehensible failures.

A truly historical event is gaining a foothold in a country that could boil over. If the Iranian government continues to prod its people, eventually this dissent could become an open revolt.

True organic change is occurring and it must be nurtured.

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I don’t want to be rich after I graduate. I don’t need a BMW or an Armani suit.

I just want happiness and a job I love.

Recently, I sat down with a successful and innovative student of our fine university who seemed to share the same beliefs I have with life after college.

Eric Schleien, 21, of Westchester, N.Y, owns and operates a hedge fund - which is essentially a pool of money - out of his dorm room. He got the idea from a book he read when he was young, a book that promised teens the opportunity to ‘be richer than your parents.’

After reading through the book, Eric found Matt Mosher other books that lead him Life Editor to investing, something that has since become his passion, his job - and something he would love to do for the rest of his life.

He added that he doesn’t know how many hours he works in a week, “I don’t keep track,” he said. “I love it so much that it has just become a part of my life, like anything else.”

This is when you know that you should stick with what you’re doing.

Eric has also been featured in a book, Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffet.

It’s not very often I run into a student who has been featured in a book, yet alone someone who is sharing pages with a man that is worth billions of dollars, and at one point, topped Bill Gates on Forbes Magazine list of richest people.

Eric is featured in a chapter for his accomplishments and to his knowledge, is the youngest operator of a hedge fund in the country. He was featured in the book after meeting the author at a business convention and told him his story.

Eric also spoke to me about how much he loves what he is doing, and “would do it even if the whole world told him not to.” He also added that if for any reason he could not continue to invest as a career, he would still see MOSHER page 8

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Be aware of resources To the editor: At this time, over three quarters of America’s colleges and universities are reporting students with influenza-like-illnesses. UB is among these campuses. It is growing more common to have been ill or know someone who has been ill with the flu. I’d like to remind the campus community of several important pieces of information.

Individuals with influenza may experience the abrupt onset of symptoms including fever (measured at 100 or higher), body aches, and respiratory concerns such as cough, nasal congestion and/ or sore throat.

In most people it is a fairly mild illness with full recovery expected after 4 to 7 days.

If a student develops an influenza-like illness, or an ILI, he/she should self-isolate at home (leaving campus to return home is encouraged if private transportation is available) or in his/her residential hall space until at least 24 hours after the student is free of fever, or signs of a fever, without the use of fever-reducing medicines such as acetaminophen.

Students with ILI who are in a high-risk group should contact Student Health Services at 829-3316 to schedule an appointment. You should make it clear when calling that you are in a highrisk group for influenza complications. High-risk groups include: pregnant women and those with respiratory disease (asthma, COPD), heart disease, diabetes, renal disease, morbid obesity or who have compromised immune systems.

Students who develop difficulty breathing or shortness of breath, pain or pressure in the chest or abdomen, sudden dizziness, confusion, severe or persistent vomiting, or whose flu-like symptoms improve but then return with fever and a worsened cough should seek immediate medical care.

In an emergency, call 645-2222 from an oncampus location or 911 if you are off-campus.

Students should be aware of the resources they have on-campus. Medical guidance as well as answers to frequently asked questions can be found on http://www.student-affairs.buffalo.edu/ shs/student-health/flu.php and on www.emergency.buffalo.edu.

Health Services in Michael Hall is staffed with highly qualified personnel including boardcertified physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and registered nurses. We adhere to guidelines provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Erie County Department of Health to offer our students an oncampus health care option of the highest quality.

Additionally, when the clinic at Michael Hall is closed, students can reach our after-hours phone service by calling our main number (829-3316).

This after-hours service is staffed with registered nurses ready to provide you with medical advice and assistance.

Students, faculty, and staff can prevent the spread of ILI through common sense personal actions such as: ●Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when coughing or sneezing. ●Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze (alcoholbased hand cleaners also are effective). ●Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. ●Avoid sharing personal items. ●Maintain a healthy lifestyle by practicing good health habits such as getting adequate sleep, exercise, eating healthy meals and managing stress.

In Good Health, Susan M. Snyder

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C O R R E C T I O N : In the article “Effi Eitam speech draws praise and protests” in Wednesday’s issue of The Spectrum, a quote by Paul Fusco-Gessick was incorrectly said to be from Sami Hanna. In addition, Hanna’s last name was misspelled.

The Spectrum regrets these errors.

Bullets shatter lives A bullet may only pierce one person, but the effect of that one bullet permeates outward to consume the victim’s family, friends and surrounding community. Gun violence is not the answer to one’s tribulations; instead, it begins a downward spiral to a life filled with guilt and the creation of a panoply of problems.

Unfortunately, gun violence is a serious problem that affects people’s lives daily, such as the Fort Hood shootings which occurred as I was writing this column. My thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the 12 individuals killed and the 31 others who were wounded. I wonder if the shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, lives with remorse for what he has done after witnessing his actions and the pain he has caused numerous individuals.

In a CNN report, a Ashley Hirt possible reason for Asst. News Editor why he went on a shooting rampage was because he was upset about his future deployment to Iraq. If Hasan was upset emotionally, he should have spoken with someone or sought out a counselor, instead of going on a violent rampage. Now his actions have left behind broken families and a fort consumed with chaos.

This event and others like it are sadly not shocking to me anymore because of the violent world we live in. I’ve witnessed too many lives torn apart by someone’s decision to use a gun. Even the presence of a gun can bring about feelings of uneasiness because of the unknown intentions of the weapon’s carrier.

One of my friends is lucky he can even retell his story of gun violence. He and his brother were hanging out in his bedroom in Cleveland, Ohio, when suddenly the screeching of tires and stray bullets from a drive-by entered through his window. He found himself in the midst of gang warfare as bullets grazed his arm when he reached up to pull his brother to the floor. To this day, he still has scars from the incident, and the memories burn deep within him.

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AR T S & LI F E Sympathy and torture More than memories

By GREGORY COHEN Staff Writer

Torture is a more touchy subject than ever with new information about the Bush administration still coming to light. To be able to look at these revelations with some objectivity, it is important to understand the history of torture.

The UB Humanities Institute is running its second year of “Scholars at the Muse.” Several research fellows discussed their award-winning papers and lectures at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo.

On Friday, Oct. 30, Rachel Ablow presented her seminar, “The (Victorian) Truth of Torture.” The reading was based on her research conducted at UB and her book published in 2007, The Marriage of Minds: Reading Sympathy in the Victorian Marriage Plot. She is also the main editor of the book The Feeling of Reading: Affective Experience and Victorian Literature.

Tim Dean, a UB English professor and the director of the Humanities Institute, opened with a few words praising the work of all the people who applied to be part of the “Scholars at the Muse” series. He went on to speak about the great amount of work Ablow had put into the seminar, as well as all the other speakers to come in later weeks.

The headlining topic of the seminar was sympathy, and how it can be used to describe emotion between people.

“Sympathy can be used to generate passion as see TORTURE page 7

By JOHN RANIC Senior Arts Editor

The taste of ink only lasts so long before you rinse your mouth out with something else.

Signed by Goldfinger’s horn-happy vocalist John Feldman after being sent the band’s Demos From The Basement, Utah four-piece The Used saw more promise in a few seasons than the Jazz did during the peak of the Stockton/Malone era.

Bursting into the mainstream in 2002 with their self-titled debut, the band found fame on The Osbournes, TRL and headlining stages across the U.S. Sans a drummer and two albums later, the band’s star dimmed and they more or less became a live act with a bit too much experimentation on their pallet and one killer single (“The Taste of Ink”) that they were never able to recreate.

With nothing left to lose and a legacy left in limbo, the band has returned with the drastically overlooked Artwork and a renewed intensity that made them the gritty finger bang to alt-punk genre that they originally intended to be. With a blueprint for a stage-hopping future placed in the hands of the fans that got them here in the first place, bassist Jeph Howard is more than ready to get the next phase of their collective career McCracken.

And he’ll be the first to tell you that something needed to change.

“We went with the same producer every record. We had the same management team. We were doing the same tours. We felt like we were stuck in a rut,” Howard said. “Everything kind of felt like it was going the same direction. We had a lot of production going on in the see USED page 8

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Bassist Jeph Howard of The Used is ready for the future.

SAY ANYTHING GROWS UP

By JAMES TWIGG Asst. Arts Editor

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Students were asked to re-think their beliefs.

Danger in religion

By CAMILLE TOARMINO Staff Writer

Whether it is because of familial guidance, peer opinion or a personal encounter, there are billions of people around the world that believe in some kind of religion.

Last Friday, the UB Freethinkers Club showed the documentary “Root of All Evil?” to illustrate the different viewpoints that people have about religion.

The documentary was presented and written

by Richard Dawkins, a staunch atheist in the scientific community who believes that to accept something on the basis of faith alone is absurd and ridiculous.

It is the belief of many people that religion is the pathway to a much sought-after goal: heaven.

Without questioning their faith, some people accept religion because it’s what they’ve been told since birth. According to Dawkins, the danger starts there: acceptance without evidence. see RELIGION page 7

Max Bemis and crew are out to make tiny teen scenesters swoon yet again.

Following up on their last album, In Defense of the Genre, Say Anything’s latest effort sums up the band’s progress over the course of their time together.

Throughout the album are songs that draw inspiration from the days of …Is A Real Boy and …Was A Real Boy, as well as those of In Defense of the Genre.

Yet their self-titled album still manages to create its own identity within Say Anything’s near decade long career.

Say Anything kicks things off with the track “Fed to Death.”

Despite featuring a guitar riff that may have fans recalling “The Writhing South” off of …Is A Real Boy, “Fed to Death” comes off more as an intro song than its own standalone hit.

The second track, “Hate Everyone,” is the band’s first single off the album. The song is a

bit faster and more punkish than most of Say Anything’s previous songs and is a refreshing take on their music.

Don’t be shocked to see “Hate Everyone” listed alongside “Alive with the Glory of Love,” “Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too” and their other hits in the near future.

“Do Better,” the third track on the album, joins the ever-growing list of songs that stand as a testament to Max Bemis’s lyrical prowess. In this song, Bemis tackles the complexity behind the meaning of life.

“Life is not a spark in space/ An episode of Will and Grace/ Controversial yet mundane/ Deborah’s messing with your brain,” sings Bemis.

Though the lyrics in this song are some of Bemis’s best, the repetitive instrumentals cause the song to grow a little stale by the halfway mark.

The first minute of “Mara and Me” may make you feel like you’re at a carnival, courtesy of the organ grinder-style key-

board. But the song changes pace dramatically, both in terms of instruments and lyrical meaning, when it pauses for a voiceover from the band’s front man.

“Wait a second - I can’t write the same d*** song over and over again,” Bemis says.

After Bemis’s interruption, the song picks up and closes out with the closest thing to a Say Anything breakdown that fans will ever get.

Say Anything comes to a close with “Ahhh … Men.” Softer than all the other tracks on the album, the song feels as though it’s consistently fading out throughout its entirety.

“Ahhh…Men” has a much more personal touch to it as well. Through his lyrics, Bemis relays his uncertain feelings regarding the band’s future as well as his own.

“We sit and trade wit and smoke and we cuss/ Talking about our friendly border drug bust/ And I know the future’s cloudy and grey/ Record like mine, give up or go gay,” Bemis sings.

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Say Anything isn’t the band’s best album, but it is a solid continuation of their work and does take progressive steps forward.

Though it does have its downsides, the album is still a musthave for fans of Say Anything’s previous albums.

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Yoga for everyone

By LAUREN NOSTRO Staff Writer

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UB is offering Yoga free to students to help them maintain a healthy lifestyle.

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Yoga is no longer just for flexible followers of the eightfold path. UB is now offering free yoga classes to give students a new way to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

The Universal Yoga Program is a collaborative effort between UB Disability Services, Wellness Education Services and the School of Public Health and Health Professions.

“This is a program we have developed that is a fairly simple concept.

It is yoga for everyone,” said Susan Mann Dolce, a counsellor in the Office of Disability Services. “Our focus is on participation and the universality and breaking down these concepts of difference [in ability].”

The program aims to teach yoga to anyone and strives to accommodate a wide range of individual abilities and preferences. It uses the collaborative teaching of traditional Hatha Yoga practices, with multiple certified yoga teachers for each class.

These universal principles enhance the welcoming, safe and comfortable atmosphere of each universal yoga class, according to Dolce.

“In universal yoga, we have taken the physical concepts of design in universality and opened it not only to the physical environment, but also the attitudinal environment so that it is open in spirit and welcoming to everyone who would take it,” Dolce said.

Junior communication major Melissa Moravec thought the classes were worthwhile.

“I’d been wanting to get involved with a yoga class for awhile and thought it would be a fun thing … it definitely was a really great experience,” Moravec said.

Having three instructors with their own styles made the class chal-

lenging and invigorating, Moravec said.

“All of the instructors were super helpful and friendly – the whole environment was warm and accepting,” Moravec said.

The Universal Yoga Program was developed in response to student requests and to contribute a change at the individual, institutional and cultural level of the university.

“Working with Susan Mann Dolce on the Universal Yoga Program has added another important dimension to our collaboration on campus - a new way to apply universal principles of access and health for all our students,” said Sherri Darrow, director of Wellness Education Services.

The program will provide more opportunities in the health and wellness minor, and improve the accessibility of yoga for students with varying degrees of ability and experience, Darrow said.

“By bringing in yoga teachers from the community to be part of this work, they are also learning about concepts of universal design,” Dolce said. “So we have a cultural level where we are trying to create change beyond the university. Then we have this focus at the university level, and one aspect of the program that bridges both of these is the aspect of having universal yoga assistants.”

Undergraduate and graduate students may become Universal Yoga Program assistants by taking UBE 496 for credit, which is part of the wellness minor in the School of Public Health and Health Professions. Assistants help set up the classes and learn adaptive yoga techniques.

Universal Yoga classes are held from Oct. 13 to Nov. 17 on Tuesdays from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in 75 Alumni Arena, the dance room.

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Over 7,000 users BULLSEYE from page 1 Bullseye, enabling local and national employers to view them. After posting their résumé, students can participate in on-campus interviewing opportunities when employers come to campus to interview candidates for jobs and internships, according to Brodka.

For those students who are having difficulty with creating their résumé, there is a writing tool to assist them.

FOCUS is a computerized guidance program designed to help students learn more about how their interests, values and abilities fit into the world of work and relate to specific occupations, Brodka said.

The Career Search tool can be used to research over a million companies.

“One of the most important ways of both exploring majors and careers and actually finding internships or jobs is to network with professionals already working in their field of interest,” Brodka said.

“On Bullseye, students have access to our Mentor Network, which is a database of just over 600 professionals from a variety of fields, most of them UB alumni, who have joined this database because they want to [share] their career knowledge.”

Students can contact mentors to get interviewing and résumé advice and meet with mentors to tour their

companies, Brodka said.

Networking is an important factor in landing a dream job because it can lead to internships that are vitally important to getting a job after graduation, Brodka said.

“To me, networking is about meeting people who work in industries and organizations of interest to you so that you can get inside knowledge about what it takes to break into that field,” Brodka said.

A variety of events like career fairs and information sessions are posted on Bullseye. The information sessions are presentations by companies visiting campus, or in some cases they can be done via Webinar – a web-based conference – to inform students about their organization and the types of positions they have available, Brodka said.

Students can use this meeting to get concrete advice, but they may also be able to obtain internship or volunteer opportunities that could turn into part-time or full-time jobs.

“Over 7,000 people have logged into their Bullseye account since the beginning of the fall 2009 semester. However, there are features of Bullseye that are underutilized because users may not know about them or realize the value of them,” Brodka said.

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Documentary is an attack on faith-based thinking

The title of the documentary seems to be implying that religion is the root of all evil. Bill Klein, a junior history major, believes that Dawkins is taking an extremist view in implying this.

“Anything that blames any institution or belief system with the wrongs of that society is

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extremism,” Klein said.

However, the documentary is more of an attack on faithbased thinking, where one can believe things without evidence, then it is an attack on religion.

Dawkins calls faith a “process on non-thinking” and believes religious terrorism is the outcome of deeply religious faith.

Stephen Weinberg, the win-

ner of a Nobel Prize in physics, believes that religion can make people do evil things.

“With or without [religion], you’d have good people doing good things and evil people doing evils things.

But for good people to do evil things, it takes religion,” Weinberg said.

Klein believes that it is difficult to determine where the line lies between what people do themselves

Stunning phrazes

By ADAM DANISHEFSKY Staff Writer

Julian Casablancas, lead beater of popular New York act The Strokes, doesn’t seem like the kind of musician that needs a solo album. While his voice is a crucial element to that band, it’s the synergy of every Stroke that made them a force to be reckoned with.

Casablancas has created an addictively listenable album in Phrazes for the Young. And though Phrazes only contains eight songs, it has a nearly 40-minute running time that is completely enjoyable.

While many of the songs sound like they could be Stroke issued, Casablancas is willing to explore different instruments. Many of the songs contain an electronic element, which leads to tracks that wouldn’t sound out of place on the dance floor.

The freedom that comes with creating a solo record has creatively invigorated Casablancas. His experimentation with synthesizers and dance-rock gives the album a refreshing feel not seen in his previous ventures.

The production on Phrazes is stunning. All of the random sounds Casablancas mixes into the songs are clearly defined, and his voice has a slick sheen, not unlike Charlie or Martin.

On lead track “Out of the Blue,” Casablancas sounds genuinely aggressive.

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[a] prelude to pain,” Ablow said when describing how sympathy is related to torture.

Ablow went on to describe how views on torture have changed since 9/11. Before the attack, the general American view of torture was that the torturer was the “bad guy” and the person being tortured was the “good guy.” The example she used was that of a Nazi soldier torturing an American GI to extract strategic information.

Now roles have been reversed.

The torturer is now the “good guy” while the person being tortured is bad. This is how our government has justified the use of torture tactics to extract

Earth is 4.5 billion years old.

Klein supports the evolutionary perspective, as does Dawkins.

“You look at creation, steep cliff versus steady climb, and you look at [the steady climb] and [evolution] just makes more sense,” Klein said.

Dawkins believes that atheism has many advantages: with no belief in an after-life, one has to make the most of the present.

It also gives Dawkins the inspiration to live his life to the fullest by not worrying about pleasing a god.

There are two sides to every story, such as myths versus fact or evidence versus faith. However, deciding what to believe is a personal choice and after looking at both sides of the story, everyone can make his or her own decisions.

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Julian Casablancas is going solo.

“Yes, I know I’m going to hell in a purple basket/ At least I’ll be in another world/ But you’ll be pissing on my casket,” Casablancas sings.

While some of the songs sound similar, Casablancas does mix things up a bit. If sung by a different artist, “4 Chords of the Apocalypse,” a slower number, could be confused for a country song.

“River of Brakelights” stands out among the other tracks and its singalong chorus is sure to incite loud

cheers at concerts.

With The Strokes’ last album not as critically acclaimed as their previous efforts, the band surely could have used some of these tracks for inspiration toward their new sound.

Instead, fans will have to use Phrazes for the Young to hold them over until The Strokes return.

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and what religion guides them to do.

“You have to think about it,” Klein said. “Is it the people who manipulate the belief system or is it the belief system that manipulates the people?”

Religion can be an interpretation; Osama Bin Laden and other extremists have interpreted Islam as containing dangerous ideas, when for many Islam is a peaceful religion. The danger here lies in religion being used as an excuse for violent and murderous acts.

Dawkins explains the creation of the universe using a mountain metaphor: one side of the mountain is straight up, symbolizing creationism. The other side of the mountain is rocky and gradually approaches the top of the mountain, symbolizing evolution.

Creationists believe the earth is around 10,000 years old, while evolutionists believe the

information from terrorists.

Ablow also mentioned how this reversal has moved into the entertainment industry. Popular shows such as 24 and Lost glorify the torturer as doing what is necessary to save what is considered the “good side.”

Ablow, during her speech, gave the example of the ticking time bomb. This is the scenario in which you are in a room with a mad scientist. The mad scientist, who has been tied up, has strapped a bomb to your daughter a few miles away.

Ablow asked how far people would go to extract the information from him that can deactivate the bomb.

The example can change to say that someone else’s daughter, or every person in the city, has a bomb strapped to him or her. Your answer may change, depending on how much sympathy you have for those in danger. This sympathy is what determines how far you will go in torturing the mad scientist, if you will at all.

Ablow’s main point was about sympathy and who is deserving of it. How the people in the torture situation are perceived is the deciding factor in determining how the torture itself is perceived.

When torture becomes a subject in a television show, sympathy always lies with the main char-

acter. Even if methods of torture break half of the Geneva Convention laws, viewers will still side with the torturer because they sympathize with him or her.

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past and we kind of just wanted to make something that was dirty and catchy and just more like the direcprint tion we were feeling at the time.

Artwork is pretty much just that.”

With the spawning of the new REGISTER TODAY and get connected with the Buffalo community on record, Howard and crew decided to break free from their comfort zone and start anew.

“We decided to get rid of our management. We got rid of a bunch of business people that worked The UB Music Department presents around us and label and stuff,” Howard said. “This is also the first record that our new drummer Dan [Whitesides] has recorded fully In a varied chamber music program titled... with us. And we got a new producer “Afternoons in Paris: Boulanger, Copland, and the Americans” [Matt Squire]. The whole starting over kind of gave us a new direction and like a new shadow kind of th Friday, November 13 , 2009 a thing.”

7:30pm, Lippes Concert Hall With their new, grittier approach, in Slee Hall the band has really gone back to their raw punk roots and have presented with support recreated an image more fitting from the robert of the greasy mop that remains and carol morris uncleansed and combed over singer center for Bert McCraken’s skull.

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retell because of the terror this girl lived through. While I personally do not have any connection with her, some of my high school acquaintances do. Her story is well known in the Cleveland area, and her strength to persevere and assist other individuals through her suffering is astounding.

Her name is Johanna Orozco, and she is truly an inspiring individual whose life was almost ended by her obsessed ex-boyfriend. As she was about to pull out of her driveway, he shot her in the face.

Her grandmother and neighbor rushed her to the nearby MetroHealth Medical Center.

The doctors found that the damage was caused by hundreds of birdshot pellets that entered

made and I think people coming to the shows are gonna realize how powerful this record is live and how it’s more of like a sing-a-long, ‘anthemy’ record. We kind of just want people to see that - just to come out to the show and have a good time.”

And in case you were wondering what the inside scoop on the enigmatic madman McCraken is, Howard was more than willing to set the record straight on the man behind the grease mop.

“Bert is Bert. He’s not trying to be anybody. I’ve never met another person like him,” Howard said.

“He’s one of a kind. He’s not trying to really impress anybody. He’s just doing what he does, really. I mean, he’s kind of nuts.”

The Used has fallen and feel better just knowing that they still matter. With a renewed energy and the perfect blend of punky grit and catchy choruses, they’re stronger and sharper than ever. Don’t just take it from us; go pick up Artwork and find out for yourself.

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through her cheekbone. Her lower jaw and cheek were destroyed.

Orozco’s jaw was reconstructed through the use of parts of her fibula bone in her leg.

After her recovery she went on to win prom queen and graduate from high school. Orozco never gave up, and kept on striving to reach her goals, such as attending college.

Her story has been told in an eight-part series in The Plain Dealer, which is the largest newspaper in Ohio. Orozco now works hard at getting out information about abusive dating relationships to help save others from a similar path of violence.

My own personal encounter with a gun came when I was working at a dental clinic. I carried a patient’s coat to be polite while I transported him to a different room. His coat was extremely heavy, and in a

hand-sewn pocket, I saw a glint of silver. The patient saw my reaction and he threatened me, saying not tell anyone or I’d regret it. I kept it a secret for long enough, and I am no longer keeping my promise, because this issue of gun violence needs to be addressed. Guns solve nothing and only create devastation and heartache.

So just remember: if there is a conflict between you and another person, don’t retaliate through the use of gun violence. People need to talk through their issues with each other, and not destroy another’s life. Remember that once the trigger is pulled, there is no turning back, and you cannot run from your decision to end a person’s life. The decision lives on with you forever.

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we’ve ever been. I think it took a while for us to see where we were at - that realization that we were doing the same stuff over and over again. You know, it just felt stale,” Howard said. “I think knowing this record and having Dan as our drummer, Dan actually brought a lot to our band – more than just playing drums. He actually made us closer as friends and as people. I think it shows a lot in this record. You can definitely hear it in the sound. And he’s more of a rock drummer, so it’s actually brought a lot of force behind us.”

With Whitesides in tow, The Used is more of a collective force than it’s ever been. And with a heavy new arsenal of material to assault their ever-present fan base with, their intentions are simple and straightforward.

“We’re just happy touring and playing songs and playing music.

We love getting fans, we love playing shows for fans and we love touring. Really, the only thing I want is to play new places, play for people that haven’t been able to see us yet,” Howard said. “We’ve never felt so strong about a record that we’ve

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spend his free time taking part in it.

“There’s never a moment where I feel stuck or struggling,” Eric said about finding things to invest into and discussing his work.

If there is anything you can take away from Eric, it’s that you too, need to be dedicated. If you expect to land a job that you really want, one that you are passionate about, then you need to devote yourself to taking all the right steps.

If there is the slightest hint in your soul that you could be great at something, if you think you could spend the rest of your life doing that – go for it.

Don’t hesitate or stick with a lousy program you’re already involved in.

Switch your major, transfer to a different school. Do whatever it takes to be successful.

And here at UB we have our chances. A chance to explore many different fields. We can try them and if we don’t like one, we can try again.

Don’t commit yourself to a major or career path based on the potential of a high salary or because someone else wants you to. It’s your life, your career and your chance to do anything.

So do what you want, do what you love, and do it for your own future.

If you’re lucky enough to find a job you love, you will really feel as if you never work a day in your life.

Eric has his love for investing; I have my passion for journalism. I have been working for The Spectrum for over a year now, and in that time,

have no idea how many hours I have spent writing, reading, re-writing and editing stories.

But it doesn’t seem like I have ever ‘worked’ here. My first two semesters I didn’t receive any pay, and that didn’t bother me one bit, despite the massive amount of hours I spent in the office.

Steve Lopez, an award-winning columnist for the Los Angeles Times, was kind enough to visit us in our newsroom last week, and he briefly talked about being paid to do what he loves, something I took to heart.

“I feel like I’m stealing money every two weeks because I get paid to do this,” Lopez said.

I can only hope to be there someday.

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Don’t know why I expected changes SANCHIRICO from page 12 the final quarter. The offense that came into the game prepared with an elaborate scheme to keep the struggling Bowling Green defense on its tippy-toes. But the amount of changes made to keep the Falcons guessing was less abundant than the amount of catches made by senior wide receiver Naaman Roosevelt, which was also far too low.

Even ESPN2 color analyst Brian Griese, who had enough trouble

predicting defenses during his time under center in the NFL, diagnosed Buffalo’s offense as if it were the common cold. And he wasn’t the only onlooker to notice that Bowling Green was stacking eight men in the box to stop Buffalo’s oncegame-changing running attack.

But I don’t know why I expected changes. This has been the theme all season long. It’s like Groundhog Day, but this just isn’t quite as funny.

Well, it isn’t to me. Maybe other MAC teams can laugh

as their halftime adjustments work flawlessly while the Bill Murray-like Bulls continue to lose leads over and over again.

Now there’s nothing to lose. A bowl game is out of the question, and the building toward next year begins. Maybe the lack of pressure will allow coaches to use their instincts and hearts to call a game.

A little too late, I’d say.

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Learn to write a job-landing resume

By ASHLEY SMITH Staff Writer

In today’s cutthroat job market, it is essential to stand out among the crowd of thousands of other students with the same degree and qualifications.

A major key to success is having a well written, well organized resume, and next week, a University at Buffalo alumnus will return to his alma mater to give current students a leg up on their competition.

Drew Kerr, president and founder of Four Corners Communications, wants to expose students at UB to strategies they can use to network, improve job-hunting skills and write resumes.

“When students come [to these presentations], they always seem concerned and conflicted,” Kerr said. “My mission is to calm everybody down … and have them think differently about job-hunting.”

Kerr, who has given similar lectures in previous years, expects this lecture to draw a large student audience. Last year, the room was packed and Kerr almost missed his plane back to New York City due to the sheer number of student questions that were asked and the lengthy discussions that ensued.

Kerr’s lecture will be held in 306 Clemens Hall on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 4 p.m.

After spending the past 19 years running his own public relations firm, Kerr has seen just about everything when it comes to resumes.

“When you see [so many resumes], after a while you realize that all students, no matter where they come from, learn to search for jobs from the same play-book,” Kerr said.

Kerr, who has been on the receiving end of thousands of resumes, said that the majority of all the resumes he has received have been identical. So, in an effort to improve the chances of UB students in the schema of all college and graduate students, Kerr wants to show attendees of his presentation how to make their resumes stand out.

“It’s pretty challenging to write a resume and to know what would seem creative or interesting to a particular employer,” said Matthew Juengel, a freshman undecided major. “[It’s good that] there are … resources to see what employers are looking for.”

Drew Kerr Any and all students in need of some career guidance are welcome to sit in on Kerr’s presentation.

“I want everyone to walk out with at least one ‘Ah ha!’ moment,” Kerr said.

Students who are unable to attend Kerr’s presentation can also utilize Life and Learning Workshops, like “Resume Writing for a Job or Internship” and “The Art of Interviewing for a Job or Internship,” which are available to all students at various times throughout the semester.

The career services office is currently trying to put together workshops to help students learn to use networking sites as well, according to Karen Nemeth, a senior career counselor of UB career services.

Students do not take full advantage of the media assets available to them, Nemeth added. She also believes that the neglect of technological advancements that have helped to shape this generation works greatly to the detriment of today’s college graduates.

“I don’t think students take full advantage of [social-networking sites] because they are more likely

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to join Facebook, and not sites like LinkedIn,” Nemeth said.

LinkedIn is a social-networking tool that can be helpful when seeking connections in a career-field or industry. According to the Web site, over 50 million professionals have accounts.

According to Kerr’s biography on Four Corners Communications Web site, “Kerr’s relationships with reporters, editors and bloggers have helped his clients land stories everywhere from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and the Associated Press to Reuters, Business Week, Advertising Age, Mediapost, CNBC, NBCTV, national radio networks and the top Web 2.0 blogs and news sites.”

Kerr is more than open to student questions and encourages students to contact him after the presentation through e-mail or any of the many networking sites he has accounts with. He can be found on LinkedIn, MySpace, Tumblr, Rollyo, Stickam, Facebook and Flickr.

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Liza Minnelli to perform holiday concert at UB

By JESSICA BENNETT Staff Writer

Legendary entertainment icon Liza Minnelli is coming back to Buffalo.

Minnelli is set to perform a holiday concert on Nov. 22 at 8 p.m. in the Mainstage Theater in the Center for Arts.

Minnelli is the daughter of actress/singer Judy Garland and film director Vincent Minnelli. She started her career at an early age when she co-starred in the movie “In the Good Old Summertime” with her mother in 1949.

An icon to screen and stage, she has won virtually every major award from an Emmy to an Oscar.

Currently on tour, she is no stranger to the city of Buffalo, but this will be her first performance at UB. “I’ve never seen her in person,” said Alana Jagodzinski, assistant concert manager in Slee Hall.

“It’s pretty good that she is still performing.”

The Derico of East Amherst Corporation and its employees are sponsoring the concert. The corporation owns 12 McDonalds restaurants and the proceeds for the

concert will benefit the families of the Ronald McDonald House of Buffalo, which provides affordable and comfortable lodging to families of seriously ill or injured children.

Tickets for the fundraising concert range in price from $86.50 to $126.50.

“It’s a higher ticket price for an event like this, but we found people are willing to pay because of what the whole event is and what it means,” said David Wedekindt, director of marketing for the Center for Arts. “[Fans] know they’re supporting a worthy cause by purchasing tickets and you’re getting to see a legendry performer in our Mainstage Theater,” Wedekindt said. “Last year was the 25th anniversary of the Ronald McDonald House of Buffalo, so [we] want to do something really good. [The owner] got the idea that he wanted to start an annual concert to benefit the House, so he started it two years ago with the country singer B.J. Thomas.”

This concert is not the first UB has held to help raise money and benefit the families of the Ronald McDonald House. According to Wedekindt, Tony Bennett performed

to a sold out crowd last year. Proceeds from that concert also went to the Ronald McDonald House.

The CFA has been working side -by-side with the Derico Corporation to help give the event a home.

“We’ve been really working with them; We are helping them promote [the concert],” Wedekindt said.

“We treat them more as a partnership than just a group renting the theater.”

This is a big night for UB with big entertainment. According to Wedekindt, there aren’t too many people still around today from Minnelli’s generation with this type of legendary star power.

Minelli will dish out more than enough entertainment for the night.

Besides being a movie star, she also is a talented singer and has performed on Broadway.

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UB’s medical knowledge extends far beyond the boundaries of its three campuses. Two pharmacy professors are working to bring that knowledge to an area where it is badly needed: Africa.

Since 2002, Gene D. Morse, Pharm.D., and Chiedza Maponga, Ph.D., from the University of Zimbabwe, have been working to train Zimbabwe’s clinician scientists and translational pharmacologists to increase their studies of and treatment capacity for HIV and AIDS. Through extensive grant submissions to the Fogarty International Center of the National Institute of Health, the professors received $44,000 towards the project.

Morse is confident that she and Maponga will put the money to good use.

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career while she played for Chatfield High School in her hometown of Littleton, Colo. In high school, she was a four-year letter winner, two-time captain and was named All-Conference during her junior and senior years.

Lueders admits that she had to work hard in high school to bring her game to the next level in college.

“My club volleyball team in high school really helped me to prepare for college,” she said. “At Juggernaut Volleyball Camp, we trained four to five days a week, so it was simi-

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lar to the work that we are putting in here at UB. We obviously didn’t train as much as we do here, but it was a good stepping stone to prepare me for Division I volleyball.”

Lueders was nervous about traveling a few thousand miles to attend school in Buffalo. Ultimately, she chose Buffalo because of the promising volleyball team and the high academic level. She also had teammates who could relate to the difficult transition.

“It was a little scary at first, coming all the way out to Buffalo on my own,” Lueders said. “But since I have had teammates from Colorado

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medications to the country in the short-term and in the long term, to help Zimbabwe develop a comprehensive research plan that addresses the multiple issues complicating treatment and research there,” Morse said.

These complicated issues include the large numbers of patients on these medications, maternal-fetal transmission, resistance to medication, dietary factors, use of traditional and herbal medicines and co-infection with other diseases, Morse said.

This is the first time since the two schools signed a Memorandum of Understanding in May 2002 that they received a Fogarty grant.

The program, initially set up in December of 2001, began when Maponga was named visiting Research Fellow to the Pharmacology Support Laboratory of the Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Group in UB’s department of pharmacy practice.

According to Morse, in June

2002, Maponga became involved as a member of the National Emergency Task on Antiretrovirals in Zimbabwe. NETA is responsible for operationalizing the emergency HIV/ AIDS situation that the government declared in order to promote access to generic antiretroviral drugs.

In October of 2002, Maponga became the technical advisor for the Meta-Operational Project on Comprehensive HIV Care in the Chitungwiza City Health Department sponsored by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“The project involves the development of [a] community-based adherence support program using lay community volunteers,” Morse said.

Between 2003 and 2006, UB was granted a supplement award allowing it to work with trainees and collaborate with the University of California-Berkley on the AIDS International Training and Research Program.

Morse is excited about the success of the Zimbabwe projects so far. “[The program has been] very successful, ultimately leading up to the NIH recognition by funding the [AIDS International Training and Research Program] award,” Morse said.

In the past year, Morse visited the University of Zimbabwe for the AITRP start-up program to meet students and faculty and visit HIV treatment centers.

Morse looks forward to future improvements in HIV treatment in Zimbabwe.

“We hope to achieve a critical mass of clinical researchers at the University of Zimbabwe leading to a Center of Excellence in Harare,” Morse said. “This center would then become a regional resource for other countries in the southern Africa region, as their need is great, also.”

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The relay team of senior Jessica Ballard, junior Jessie Koltz, sophomore Brynn Marecki, and freshman Caroline Simmons were up against the top team from Miami and turned in a time of 1:45:30 to secure the second-place finish.

Junior Jordan Deren got the winning started for the Bulls as she won the 1,000-freestyle with a time of 10:26:09, which was seven seconds ahead of the next closest swimmer.

Deren had similar results in the 500-freestyle, which she won with a time of 5:06:54.

Simmons dominated in the sprint events, capturing the 50 and 100-freestyles with times of 23.97 and 52.40, respectively.

Senior diver Meili Carpenter continued Buffalo’s success with first-place finishes in two board events. The first was in the one-meter, in which she posted a 314.03, followed by a 270.08 score in the three-meter event.

The relay team of Deren, Koltz, Simmons and senior Sam Palma captured the 400-freestyle. The team won with a time of 3:30:83.

After the blowout loss, the Bulls came back strong against the Bobcats, but that effort was not enough in the team’s eight-point loss to the Bobcats.

The two squads battled back and forth all day, but the match came down to the final relay race. Koltz, Deren, Palma and Simmons finished just behind the top Ohio relay team with a time of 1:35:52 in the 200-freestyle, preserving the Bobcat victory.

Carpenter highlighted the event for the Bulls after her secondstraight day of perfection. She

swept the diving events and in the three-meter event she set an Ohio pool record and broke her previous Buffalo record.

Carpenter’s first win came in the one-meter event, turning in a score of 304.35. She then won the threemeter in convincing fashion with a score of 345.30.

The first overall event was a good one for the Bulls. The relay team of Ballard, Marecki, Palma and Simmons won the 400-medley with a time of 3:52:60.

Marecki swam well and posted two wins for the Bulls. The first was in the 100-breaststroke with a time of 1:06:17. She later won the 200-breaststroke with a time of 2:23:43.

The Bulls dominated the 200-butterfly after the freshman combo of Logan Mason and Dani Adank finished first and second with times of 2:08:50 and 2:10:32, respectively.

In a press release, head coach Andy Bashor said he was happy with the way his team performed at times, but realized there is room for improvement.

“It was a very exciting meet and I’m very proud of how we swam,” Bashor said. “We raced well. We just need to learn how to be better going up against the best in the conference. So that’s the next step, but all in all, it was a great weekend for us.”

The team will regroup this week and will get back in the pool when it hosts a pair of MAC meets this weekend. The men and women will compete against Eastern Michigan on Nov. 6 at 5 p.m., followed on Nov. 7 by a meet against Ball State at 1 p.m.

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on the team for all four of my years, that made it easier. I knew that I wanted to go away to school and now it just seems natural that I am out here.”

But Lueders adjusted well, culminating in this year’s fine performance. Lueders was one of only two Bulls to be awarded the MAC East Defensive Player of the Week award this year. Despite the achievement, she remains humble.

“Winning MAC East Defensive Player of the Week was a great honor,” Lueders said. “A lot of really good players get nominated for those awards, so to be recognized in

that light felt great. Also, we’ve been working a lot on blocking, so to see it pay off in our matches is awesome.”

But Lueders knows her individual play and the team’s overall play can improve.

“In order for the team to be successful, we need to continue to outwork and out-will teams,” Lueders said. “We need to keep up our defensive effort with both blocking and digging. We know that we can accomplish the things we want to do if we continue to improve in those two areas.”

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‘I love our freshmen’ WBBALL from page 12 The veterans will be taking a strong recruiting class of five incoming freshmen under their wing, providing the team with even more depth.

Hill-MacDonald has been pleased with the newcomers’ progress thus far.

“I love our freshmen,” she said.

“They’re hard working, focused, committed and highly skilled. Their basketball IQs are good, so they bring a lot of intangible qualities to the table for us and we’re really excited about how quickly they’re learning the system and fitting in and blending with the chemistry of this team.”

Even with the potentially solid freshmen, the Bulls will rely on one specific player.

Junior forward Kourtney Brown returns and provides the Bulls with a dynamic playmaker. During the 2008-09 season, she became Buffalo’s all-time single-season scoring leader with 532 points (16.6 points per game). She was named to the All-Tournament team following Buffalo’s miraculous run, and she was also one of only two MAC players to finish last season top five in the conference in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots.

Brown’s success last season may have surprised some, but she won’t be sneaking up on anybody this year. Last week, she was named to the preseason All-MAC team.

Although the selection is an honor, it also brings some added pressure to perform well this season.

“It’s both pressure and motivation,” Brown said. “Last year nobody knew me, and nobody knew what I can do. This year everyone knows who I am, so it adds a little pressure. But it’s motivation too, because it’s kind of like they put a target on me.”

Hill-MacDonald hopes to com-

plement Brown’s offensive game by surrounding her with other scoring threats.

“We’d be crazy not to have Kourtney involved in the offense,” Hill-MacDonald said. “You can’t help but have her involved because she’s such a presence on the floor.

She’ll be a focal point of other teams’ defenses. We’ll get the ball to her as often as we possibly can, but the good news is we have a lot of players around her who can also put the ball in the hoop.”

Before MAC play begins in January, the Bulls will go through a rigorous non-conference schedule that includes powerful teams such as Temple, Penn State, Providence, St. Bonaventure, Delaware and American.

“We’ve got some good games in our non-conference schedule,” HillMacDonald said. “I think it’s strong enough to challenge us and make us better and to ready us for what we face come January.”

Brown added that the Dec. 5 showdown with Queen City-foe Canisius is a highlight for the team.

“Canisius is always exciting,” Brown said. “They are our crosstown rival, and it’s always a close game with them. Every year we look forward to beating them.”

Although Brown and Hill-MacDonald realize the importance of success in the non-conference matchups, they both agree that the goal every season is a MAC Championship.

“Our team goal is to improve and win the MAC,” Brown said. “Last year we came close by getting to the semifinals. We’re just taking it game by game.”

The Bulls will travel to Niagara, another local rival, for their first game on Friday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m.

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SP O R T S Swimmer dives into the record books

By MATTHEW PARRINO Asst. Sports Editor David Sanchirico Managing Editor

Déjà vu sucks Spectrum File Photo

Blame sophomore quarterback Zach Maynard for his dismal second-half performance.

Blame the Buffalo defense for not being able to hold Bowling Green’s offense during the final drive.

But blame the Buffalo coaching staff for the loss, and what has been a disappointing season.

It’s a topic I have brought up before, but it merits repeating. The excuses for losing are pointed toward specific elements of the team, but the problem is more general than a faulty quarterback or an untimely play.

Every game I watch is cavity-filling painful. You know what’s going to happen, but you don’t want it to, and even the spoilers can’t prepare your heart, or Novocainefilled mouth in this instance, for the ensuing pain.

Everyone knew when Buffalo’s offense got the ball back at the end of the first half that they’d lollygag their way with runs. But still, tell me why the offense doesn’t take a more aggressive approach with 1:39 left in the half? The team had three timeouts and was not receiving the ball to begin the first half.

I know the coaches are afraid to let Maynard loose right before the half ends because of his tendency to throw interceptions, but he’ll never learn to be effective at the end of the half unless the coaches show some confidence in their young gun.

Maybe the coaches were content with a 21-13 lead.

They had seemingly clipped the Falcons’ wings and ran over them with a 302-123 total yard advantage, so why not just go into the locker room and allow Bowling Green to muster some muchneeded momentum in the second half?

The offensive attack continued its passiveness and looked almost Bills-like in the second half. Each drive started the same way. Before Bowling Green found itself up 30-29 with less than a minute left, Buffalo had ran 13 offensive plays in the fourth quarter.

Nine of those were runs, allowing Bowling Green to predict with ease what plays were coming. Aside from freshman running back Jeffvon Gill’s 24-yard scamper, those running plays totaled 30 yards.

It’s the reason why two different ball games occurred on Tuesday night. Buffalo held a distinct advantage in the first half, only to reverse the trend and blow the game in the second half.

It’s also why the Falcons outscored the Bulls 14-0 in see SANCHIRICO page 8

The Buckeye state was anything but welcoming for the women’s swimming & diving team as the Bulls dropped two meets to Miami (Ohio) and Ohio.

The Buckeye state, while beautiful this time of year, failed to be hospitable to the women’s swimming and diving team as it kicked off its Mid-American Conference schedule over the weekend.

Playing on back-to-back days in Ohio, the Bulls (1-2, 0-2 MAC) failed to come away with a win. The Bulls took on the Miami (Ohio) RedHawks (3-2, 2-0 MAC)

on Friday and followed up on Saturday against the Ohio Bobcats (2-0, 2-0 MAC).

Buffalo failed to pick up a win on either campus, falling to Miami, 171-129, and Ohio, 154-146.

Even though the Bulls fell to the RedHawks, the meet started with a bang. The opening 200-medley relay came down to the wire, but the Bulls fell just 20-tenthsof-a-second short of the win.

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Building off tourney run

By LUKE HAMMILL Staff Writer

After a disappointing regular season last year, the women’s basketball team ended the 2008-09 campaign with a magical run to advance the program to its first-ever appearance in the Mid-American Conference tournament semifinals.

This year, the Bulls are looking to build upon the strong finish and put together a winning team.

For fifth-year head coach Linda Hill-MacDonald, the end of last season serves as a good jumpingoff point for the beginning for the new season.

“It was a great way to end the season because we were very dissatisfied with the results up to that point,” Hill-MacDonald said. “Finishing on a posi-

tive note was really important for the players in terms of their motivation to start getting ready for this year.”

Fortunately for the Bulls, the team returns 10 players from the squad that experienced last year’s tournament success.

Having so many familiar faces provides many advantages for the Bulls.

“It provides us an opportunity to put a veteran team on the floor,” Hill-MacDonald said. “The veteran players are able to help the freshmen with the concepts, basic skills, offenses, defenses and out-of-bounds plays.

It’s helping our freshmen increase their learning curve.

That’s been one of the chief benefits. It’s always helpful to have experienced players to put on the basketball court.”

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Men’s tennis surges at Cornell The men’s tennis team capped off its fall tournament schedule this past weekend at the Cornell Wicked Invitational. The spirit of Halloween brought a special treat for the Bulls as sophomore Alex Kalinin won the D singles title.

After battling through the first three rounds of the tournament, Kalinin met Marcus Von Nordheim of Marist in the finals. Kalinin rolled through the title match in straight sets, 7-5, 7-5, and was crowned the D flight singles champion.

Kalinin finished fall tournament play with an 8-3 overall record.

“I am very pleased with our overall performance this weekend,” said head coach Lee Nickell in a press release.

“Alex made great strides closing out three tough matches, and as always, our team competed with great character and heart. We still have some things to iron out and we are excited to get better every day until spring.”

Junior Kirill Kolomyts reached the semifinal round of the A flight after winning his first two matches. Kolomyts defeated Jeremy New of Navy and Niagara’s Jeremy Quiroz, before bowing out to Cornell’s Jeremy Feldman, 6-3, 6-4.

Sophomore Kristof Custers and junior Mitch Zenaty each reached the consolation finals in their flights as well.

The Bulls will be off for nearly three months before kicking off their regular season schedule at Brown on Jan. 23.

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Preseason All-MAC forward Kourtney Brown and the women’s basketball team return to the hardwood against cross-town rival Niagara on Nov. 13.

Junior juggernaut

By VINNY LEPORE Staff Reporter

After a convincing 3-0 win against Canisius on Tuesday, the volleyball team reached 15 wins for the year, the team’s highest win total since 1997. The recent success can be attributed to many factors, but the development of one player has been instrumental in the improvement.

Junior middle back Kelsey Lueders is one of the many bright spots on this season’s team. At 6-foot 2-inches, Lueders uses her height to her advantage, providing the Bulls with great play at the net all season long. She has recorded 82 total blocks this year - good enough to make her second on the team.

Still, Lueders still feels that she can improve.

“If I can improve my blocking, then I know it will help my team be more successful,” Lueders said. “I also want to continue to work hard offensively to make myself available in transition every time we have the ball on our side of the net.”

Her talents are not limited to the defensive side of the game. Lueders has also posted an impressive 188 kills for

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Colorado native Kelsey Lueders has recorded 82 blocks and 188 kills for the women’s volleyball team and is the current MAC East Defensive Player of the Week.

the year, which has her third on the team in that category.

Though her stats are impressive, Lueders worries more about team cohesiveness than individual accolades.

“My favorite thing about the team is the way that we compete together,” Lueders said. “We are really learning how to work together to push back through the net and beat teams. It is a great feeling to know that I have 12 girls around me that are working towards the same goal, and it’s even more exciting to know that we are really getting to a point to reach that goal.”

Lueders was a volleyball work-a-holic when she was young. She started to play competitively year-round at the age of 10. This early start and exposure to the sport helped her gain years of experience with her game before she came to Buffalo.

“I have always been in the gym,” Lueders said. “Growing up, my mom coached college volleyball, so I’ve been around it my whole life.”

Her work ethic led to a great high school volleyball see LUEDERS page 10

East Division MAC Temple 4-0 Kent State 4-1 Ohio 4-1 Bowling Green 3-2 Buffalo 1-4 Miami (OH) 1-4 Akron 0-4

Overall 6-2 5-4 6-3 4-5 3-6 1-8 1-7

West Division MAC Central Michigan 5-0 Northern Illinois 3-1 W. Michigan 3-3 Toledo 2-3 Ball State 1-4 E. Michigan 0-4

Overall 7-2 5-3 4-5 4-5 1-8 0-8

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