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Monday, November 19, 2012

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U.S. health official touts Obamacare Howard Koh visits Health and Human Services to discuss its positive impact CALEB LAYTON Staff Writer On the heels of the presidential election, one of the most heated issues of the campaign season took center stage for UB’s Department of Health and Human Services.

On Nov. 16, 200-plus students and faculty packed Kapoor Hall to hear Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Howard Koh discuss benefits of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), otherwise known as Obamacare, and its positive impact on young people.

Koh was nominated by President Barack Obama as assistant secretary in 2009. Koh called the PPACA the beginning of a new era of public health, which will drastically improve the quality of healthcare in the United States.

“The Promise of the [PPACA] is better care, better insurance, and a system of prevention in healthcare that is truly transformative,” Koh said.

Obamacare is a polarizing issue.

Its “individual mandate,” which will force citizens to buy health insurance beginning in 2014, was challenged in the Supreme Court in June 2012 and upheld by one vote.

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Many Republican politicians, including former presidential candidate Mitt Romney, are fighting to repeal the bill because of its potential economic impact and expansion of government authority.

Romney said Obamacare is a “job killer” after the Supreme Court upheld the law. He said it “puts the government between you and your doctor.”

But according to Koh, the benefits of the PPACA for public health outweigh the potential downside.

Koh said the PPACA’s provision that allows children to stay on parents’ health insurance until the age of 26 allowed 3 million otherwise uninsured young people elligible to receive health insurance. Koh said the PPACA also made preventative care accessible to an additional 54 million people.

Koh claims the law also restricted the power of health insurance companies to cut care for its policy holders.

“A person who has insurance coverage is a healthier person,” Koh said. “[The PPACA] prohibits insurance companies from putting a dollar limit on future care. We don’t want people sick with devastating illnesses to go bankrupt when they’re fighting to stay alive.”

Student reaction to the PPACA has been largely supportive, especial-

Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Howard Koh came to UB on Friday to discuss the impact of Obamacare on students and America as a whole.

ly among medical students. A recent study by a scientific journal – published by Plos One, a peer-reviewed open access journal – indicated over 80 percent of medical students approve of the law.

But some question whether young people’s view of the law is too short-sighted. Tom DeMartinis, a 2012 UB graduate with a degree in political science, said because college kids are getting insurance, they support the PPACA but don’t know what its future effects will be.

“It’s hypocritical of me to criticize the healthcare law since I’m saving thousands of dollars by staying on my parent’s health insurance,” DeMartinis said. “That being said, I don’t think that now is the time to expand the scope of the American government. [The United States is] coming out of a recession and two wars, and we don’t know the impact healthcare is going to have.”

Koh acknowledged the PPACA is percepted to be too complex in trying to create a comprehensive reform of healthcare; he pointed to results that some of its policies have already had in previous states.

States that have already adopted the Medicaid expansion have seen a 6 percent drop in mortality rates, according to the New England Journal of Medicine.

In order to bring more focus to preventative care, Koh said a more Continued on page 6

Three up, three down

UB student helps fight poverty in Ghana Bulls win third straight Saturday at UMass SAM FERNANDO Staff Writer

MARKUS MCCAINE Staff Writer The football team traveled to Foxboro on Saturday to play a UMass team that was supposed to be a pushover.

After a rough first half, Buffalo (4-7, 3-4 Mid-American Conference) found a way to rally in the second half and survive a close shave at Gillette Stadium, defeating the Minutemen 29-19. The win marked Buffalo’s third straight victory.

“It validates the last couple of weeks,” said head coach Jeff Quinn. “We haven’t been able to win on the road and we had to dig deep tonight. A lot of guys had to dig deep. That’s the beauty of this team. It’s one of my favorite teams that I’ve coached.”

After earning its first-ever victory in FBS play last week against Akron (1-10, 0-7 MAC), UMass jumped out to an early 6-0 lead, taking advantage of multiple threeand-outs by the Bulls early in the game.

The Bulls started to find their groove on offense in the second quarter as they pushed their way into UMass territory. But a fumble by junior running back Brandon Murie – who filled in for Buffalo’s injured top two backs, junior Branden Oliver and freshman Devin Campbell – stopped the drive in

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Head coach Jeff Quinn and the Bulls celebrate Najja Johnson's (22) game-clinching interception in the fourth quarter.

its tracks. The Bulls went into the locker room down 13-0.

“I told them at halftime that that first half wasn’t really the most responsible type of play we’ve seen over the course of these past couple weeks,” Quinn said.

Buffalo’s offense struggled to possess the football in the first half and totaled only 12:37 of possession. The Bulls also failed to convert on a single third down in the first half, going 0 of 5.

The second half was a new tale.

In the third quarter, the Bulls got the spark they were looking for when junior Adam Redden ran through the defensive line and blocked a UMass punt. The punt trickled past the line of scrimmage and freshman Kyndal Minniefield scooped it up and returned it 33 yards for a touchdown.

“I was kind of skeptical to pick it up at first, but I just saw the opportunity and I jumped on it,” Minniefield said. “I was just concerned about getting the touchdown for the team so we could come back.”

College students usually get part-time jobs for the paycheck at the end of the week. Lia DiNunzio, a sophomore international relations major, is an exception. She has a job and doesn’t get paid a cent.

She’s OK with that.

The 19-year-old is the regional events coordinator of The Senase Project (TSP) – a non-profit organization run by college students nationwide that works to fight poverty in Ghana, Africa through community development. Though she hasn’t been to Ghana yet, she fundraises and coordinates events in the local community to raise money for its underprivileged children.

“I absolutely love doing what I believe in, and the feeling of accomplishment I receive from seeing the progress in Ghana cannot be compared to anything else,” DiNunzio said. “Knowing that everyone in the Senase Project worked together to achieve our goal is the best feeling in the world.”

TSP was created two years ago when seven students visited Ghana while studying abroad in a program called Semester at Sea. As they traveled through the country, they visited a village called Akatim and noticed the local children studying in small shacks.

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Lia DiNunzio is a 19-year-old UB student and the regional events coordinator of The Senase Project – a non-profit organization run by college students nationwide that works to fight poverty in Ghana, Africa

That day, TSP was born.

Since then, TSP has built the Akatim Village School, which houses over 120 students at elementary school level. The project is currently working to construct a basic medical clinic for the village to help fight malaria and infant deaths during childbirth – two major problems that face the people of Ghana.

“The best part about everything we do in Ghana is that we’re

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Students contribute to unsafe housing conditions in the Heights RACHEL RAIMONDI Staff Writer Residents of 94 Tyler St. – a house owned by University Heights landlord Jeremy Dunn – ripped out the smoke detectors, broke doors and shot a potato gun in the house since signing their lease in June, according to Gary Ziolkowski, chief building inspector for the City of Buffalo.

The students told Ziolkowski it was because they were bored this summer.

On Saturday, Dan Ryan, director of off-campus student relations, and his team of inspectors did the final round of the housing blitz for the semester. They found both students and landlords are contributing to the unsafe conditions of housing in the University Heights area. The blitz covered Northup Place and Tyler Street.

“There’s the ‘broken-windows’ theory in sociology, where if there’s a neighborhood that has either graffiti or broken glass or boarded up windows, there is a likelihood that the damage would increase if the owner doesn’t fix it within seven days,” Ryan said.

Tenants think one more cigarette burn in the carpet or a broken window won’t make a difference, according to Ryan.

Irresponsible landlords who don’t check on the property on a regular basis cause many of the poor living conditions. It is their responsibility to tell the tenants what behavior isn’t allowed – especially removing fire detectors, installing hasps to lock bedroom doors and creating makeshift bedrooms in living rooms and foyers.

“Anywhere else in the world, when you rent a flat, you rent a flat,” Ryan said. “Whether it’s a threebedroom or four-bedroom, you rent the whole thing. Here, folks sometimes rent individual rooms.

If the bedroom is illegal, then it is the landlord’s responsibility.”

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dents out of their homes. But Ryan said UB is often able to find students alternative housing.

To help prevent the situation, students need to do their part to take care of University Heights housing, Ryan said. He suggested when something breaks in the house, students call the landlord immediately and insist it gets fixed.

If no improvements are made, Ryan suggests students notify the City of Buffalo housing inspectors.

Ryan suggested students request the landlord provide an inspection of the house before they sign the lease.

Ryan also urged students to update their local address on HUB, so the housing inspectors know where to look for student housing and the university would be able to contact a student in case of an emergency. Additionally, Ryan said any student who does not have an Adrien D’Angelo /// The Spectrum updated local address on HUB is in Charles Didio, a City of Buffalo build- violation of the Student Code of ing inspector, spent Satur day looking at Conduct. homes in University Heights as part of The housing blitz team said the last housing blitz until spring 2013. it is always on the lookout for any signs of a UB student, using clues like parking tags, window stickers, In one apartment, the illegal red cups or smoking paraphernalia. third floor not only had a bedroom, However, inspectors will not punbut also a kitchen, living room and ish students for illegal parapherbathroom. The problem is there is nalia, and Ryan does not enter the houses. one staircase.

The group has and will file re“That’s the most dangerous situation you can be in – where ports for houses that are not rented there’s only one stairwell to get by students in order to make the out – especially in an old house University Heights a safer place to like this,” said Tom Brodfuehrer, live. Brodfuehrer said inspectors an inspector. “These houses would are seeing positive results. go up [in flames] so quickly. The “There’s definitely been an imsmoke would fill that top floor and provement in the housing stock,” you’d never have a chance.”

Brodfuehrer said. “[Making repairs] Illegal rooms are the most is contagious. Each time you come pressing issues, according to in- down here, you can see improvespectors. They will order students ments. No one wants to be written to vacate immediately. If inspectors up by us.” come back and see a tenant residing Saturday’s blitz was the last of in the illegal room, the city will take the year. Inspectors hope to conthe landlord to court for renting tinue inspecting during the spring the illegal room in a specific indi- 2013 semester. vidual lease.

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It was officially ruled a punt return because the ball crossed the line of scrimmage, which snapped a decade-long drought – the last time the Bulls returned a punt for a touchdown was Aug. 29, 2002 against Lehigh.

UMass responded quickly with a score of its own, a threeyard run by Michigan transfer running back Michael Cox. The extra point failed on a botched snap, putting the Minutemen up 19-7.

Buffalo bounced back behind the arm of redshirt freshman Joe Licata, who is 3-0 as a starter, and took control for good late in the third quarter. A threeyard touchdown pass from Licata to junior tight end Jimmy Gordon topped off a 79-yard drive.

“That’s what we recruited [Licata] to do,” Quinn said. “And now he’s got an opportunity to build on that. Each week he’s grown a lot more, in terms of the system, managing it and taking that lead. I think everybody rallies behind Joe.” The Bulls continued to ride the wave and marched right down the field again. Another long drive ended with Licata hitting junior wide receiver Alex Neutz on a touchdown pass from three yards out. Neutz hauled in nine catches for 76 yards and one touchdown.

The touchdown reception was Neutz’s 11th touchdown grab this season, moving him into sole possession of second place on UB’s all-time single-season receiving touchdown list.

“I rolled out right and there was nothing open, so I just looked back,” Licata said. “When you’ve got a player as smart and great as Neutz is, you know he’s going to be coming. So I just trusted him, threw the ball low and he got down on the ground and made a great play.”

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Jean, a fullback who had yet to record a carry in his career, picked up 73 yards on 17 carries.

“It felt great,” Jean said. “I’ve been wanting to do it for a long time but you’ve got to prove yourself before you do it. I finally got the chance to prove myself during practice and created during the game.

Murie added to the rushing total with 16 carries for 90 yards, which was highlighted by a 12-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter that sealed the victory for the Bulls.

Junior linebacker Khalil Mack had a record-breaking day.

Mack finished with 15 tackles (a career high), 3.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks and two forced fumbles.

He broke Vince Cardosa’s (199295) record for tackles for loss in a career. Mack now has 53.5 tackles for loss in his career and still has his senior year to play.

The Bulls will try to extend their win streak to four, as they travel to Bowling Green (7-4, 5-2 MAC) on Friday at 2 p.m. in that last game of the season.

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EDITORIAL BOARD Editor in Chief Aaron Mansfield Senior Managing Editor Brian Josephs

Short-form stigma Politicians should expand their social media presence

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If this year’s election showed the nation anything, it’s that getting people to pay attention can get pricey, but it’s worth it.

According to Lauren Ashburn, editor in chief at Daily-Download.com, Barack Obama’s campaign outspent Mitt Romney’s campaign 10 to 1 on digital spending. The president reportedly spent $47 million on social networking and online advertising compared to Romney’s $4.7 million.

It doesn’t seem important, but it is, and in later years, it’s going to become even more so. All of this means they should be looking at more opportunities at every level to increase their networking presence.

The dynamics of the nation’s election are changing – we’re becoming digital, and our politicians know it. But that fact isn’t held to equal importance. Obama had four years and one election behind him to know the leverage it would give him. In 2008, he only spent $16 million. Since then, he has (or at least his interns have) begun an active Tumblr presence, reenacted memes and jumped on board with every new platform for digital media. While the Romney campaign got a later start, it’s clear it also didn’t place too much importance on expanding his base in the same manner.

If politicians want to steer clear of social media, though, they need to at least be aware of how quickly it is advancing. The 2008 election was supposedly the “social media election,” but Election Day 2012 became the most tweetedabout event in U.S. political history – a statistic that doesn’t seem to carry much leverage considering Twitter has only been in existence for six years. But the numbers show just how big this became. The number of tweets on Election Day in 2008 represents only about six minutes worth of tweets today, according to the company. Users were tweeting 11,000 election-related posts per minute this year, and by the end of the night, the count surpassed 20 million.

Clearly, digital media has made incredible leaps and bounds in the past four years. We’ve seen longer Facebook status updates, the creation of Instagram and a larger presence from Tumblr and LinkedIn. While one in four American adults got their election news online in 2008, 82 percent receive most of their election news online today. It’s growing, and it will only continue to grow.

Social media is the present and future of advertising, and engaging in social media is the difference between two candidates whose campaigns and Super PACS constantly bombard you with emails and letters. Engaging is the key word. Politics is swerving away from the days of the audience simply being force-fed infor-

mation and transforming into a transactional model of communication, offering constant and simultaneous give and take.

You want people engaged in electoral politics, and they are becoming so. A recent report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project shows 35 percent used online tools to try and encourage others to vote, 34 percent posted their thoughts about politics online and 38 percent used social networking to promote material related to politics or social issues.

Unsurprisingly, younger users are reportedly more likely to share their political views, participate in an online political group or encourage others to post political material than social media users aged 50 or above. And 45 percent in the 18-to-29 age group said they were lobbied online through social media.

When someone sees his or her friends or family are voting for a specific candidate, there’s a higher chance he or she is going to vote for that same candidate. Within the next decade, it’s only going to be more likely people engage in politics and lobby digitally.

This shouldn’t be isolated to a national level – local politicians should also get on board with this, especially because with the significantly less attention their races receive, their policies have much more of an effect on citizens than the policies of our national leaders. Instead of the abundance of television advertisements people don’t take seriously (Kathy Hochul’s “Trick or Treat” ad, anybody?), they should instead invest in reaching out not just to the younger generation that might not realize how important their role in government is just yet, but also to that aforementioned 82 percent who receive the majority of their news online.

If candidates are worried about outreach, all they have to do is turn to their closest social network. One of the many upsides to campaigning through social media is the number of people that information will reach. It’s not an unfair advantage if anyone has access to it.

Chances are you can find nearly anybody on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, LinkedIn or Google+ (or all of them if they’re especially connected or social media obsessed). The only real challenge is getting the people who are connected to disconnect for a few minutes to go out and vote. But that is a chance politicians should be willing to take.

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Hold your fire United States should hold back on intervening in Israeli-Palestinian conflict At the time of print on Sunday, there were 27 deaths in Gaza – including 11 from a civilian attack – bringing the total number of Palestinians killed to 72 since the Israel air strikes began five days ago.

Israel and Gaza have been trading fire for months and escalated even further after Hamas’ military chief Ahmad Jabari was assassinated by an Israeli airstrike on Wednesday.

In a statement from the White House, President Obama condemned Hamas and other Palestinian groups for “the cowardly acts” of launching rockets into Israel. Once again, he expressed the United States’ support “for Israel’s right to self-defense” and urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “make every effort to avoid civilian causalities.”

The United States should be feeling an extreme case of déjà vu. In 2008 when Obama was still the president-elect, Israel began bombing Gaza. Then he was able to remain silent on the issue behind the excuse of not being the sitting president, allowing then-President Bush to handle the situation. Four years later, the president has to either take action or stand back.

And under the pressure that is building and the pressure that is still yet to come from the rest of the world craving a diplomatic solution, the best decision will be – at least for now – to stand back.

Egypt Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Ahr spoke with Hillary Clinton over the weekend to ask the U.S. for immediate intervention and to push Israel to stop its aggression. The conflict is a major test for Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s new president, and how he will balance out his country’s own relations with Israel.

Egyptian and Israeli officials met yesterday to hold talks on a ceasefire after Israel widened its range of targets.

We need to let them proceed. America needs to stay friendly with both Egypt and Israel, but at least for now, we should back off and keep a close eye on the area, as we already tend to do, especially to allow the new democracies in the Middle East to take care of their own classes.

One of our government’s unifiers is the unequivocal support for Israel among members of Congress – Republican, Democrat and Independent alike. The president doesn’t have the option to move forward with deals for peace or to intervene unilaterally without support from the House and Senate.

If our aim is to protect Israel in the event the Israeli-Palestinian conflict develops into a war between Israel and Iran, we need not worry.

Israel has the power to win such a war decisively without our help. There is only so much our country can do right now. The government is in trillions of dollars of debt, and the people cringe just at the word “war” now.

But nothing can truly move forward until both sides are even remotely willing to work together. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his predecessor have been consistent in their refusal to negotiate. Israel hasn’t made the situation any easier with blockades and border control in an effort to keep out Hamas.

A major topic of debate has been what President Obama will do with his second term in regards to foreign policy, especially in terms of aggressiveness and if he should renew peace process efforts between Israel and Palestine.

The time isn’t right for it, however – not until tensions and conditions in the area have improved and not until a peace prospect with the potential to fail doesn’t also have the potential to tear the area apart.

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Let them give blood SARA DINATALE Senior News Editor “Have you ever had sexual intercourse with a man who has had sexual intercourse with another man, even once?”

When your pants were off and you sat there in pending lust and passion, did you ask your partner the sex of his previous partners? You took note, too, of course. You have an inventory to refer to when answering the Red Cross’ blood donation questionnaire, right?

If you’re a straight female, you probably never thought to ask the guy you’re about to bang if he has had intercourse with another man before. You can assume, but having not asked, can you be positive?

But if you’re already sitting down to donate blood, you’ll answer the proposed question with a “no” without hesitation.

Do otherwise and your blood is invalid.

Whenever I pass a blood drive, I can’t help but cringe a little. It isn’t a fear of needles that leaves a pang in my stomach – it’s the blatant discrimination toward gay men who want to donate blood.

The discrimination affects more than gay men, who federal agencies refer to as “MSMs” (men who have sex with men).

As a woman, if you have had sex with MSMs, you can’t give blood … for 12 months.

Women can have sex with multiple HIV/AIDSinfected partners, and if they have not contracted the disease, can give blood a year later.

A man who has had sex with a man – even just once – since 1977 (the year the FDA regards as the start of the AIDS epidemic) is prohibited from giving blood for life. The Food and Drug Administration instated the rule in 1983 at the start of the AIDS epidemic – a time when the virus was poorly understood.

I understand why the rule was instated in ’83. How AIDS is contracted and spread was still in an infancy of understanding. The technology to test blood then could only detect the virus’ antibodies. Now, AIDS-detection technology checks for parts of the actual virus. It’s advanced. All blood donated is tested rigorously.

Nearly 30 years later, the policy should not still stand. Everyone is at equal risk of contracting HIV; the risk comes from sexual behavior, not from sexual orientation. We understand this as a society more so than in the ’80s and early ’90s.

A straight person who has unprotected sex with multiple partners can give blood, but a gay man in a monogamous relationship can’t. It doesn’t make sense.

Some universities, like San Jose State University and Southern Oregon University, have gone as far as to ban blood drives on their campuses in protest of the injustice.

While the thought behind protesting seems progressive, the action is harmful. Policies need to be changed, but no one should stop donating blood as a response. It’s estimated 4.5 million Americans will a need blood transfusion each year. New York continues to have its brush with blood shortages, especially following Hurricane Sandy.

Due to the hurricane, multiple previously scheduled blood drives were canceled. In the face of a shortage, no Americans who are also gay men can do their part to curb that – unless they lie.

In high school, an openly gay friend of mine was a key organizer in a local blood drive.

After putting countless hours of organizing and promoting into the event, he wasn’t willing to let a backwards rule prevent him from helping save a life.

The police didn’t roll in and reprimand him from lying on the Red Cross’ questionnaire. His gay blood, disease free, wasn’t any different than the blood donated by the straight people that day. We can presume – despite his previous sexual encounters – his blood went on to be used in a blood transfusion.

But he shouldn’t have to lie.

The restriction shouldn’t be on gay men; it should be on people who are not sexually responsible. There are plenty of straight people who are sexually irresponsible and at risk for HIV/AIDS. The rules are strict on the gay community and too loose on the heterosexual community.

I’m not saying the Red Cross should take everyone’s blood – there obviously needs to be set criteria to ensure blood is healthy. But the FDA’s current guidelines basically imply if you are gay, you have AIDS. It’s a decades-old stereotype that needs to be broken. HIV doesn’t discriminate, and the Red Cross shouldn’t either.

The true disservice is being done to the patients who need life-saving transfusions. Gay blood works just as well as the straight kind.

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Sister Sparrow takes flight with The Dirty Birds FELICIA HUNT Staff Writer

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Last Saturday, the Market Arcade Film and Arts Center hosted John Elston’s play End of the Road, which showcases the various scenarios theorists believe will cause the end of the world on Dec. 21.

End of the Road offers a glimpse at the apocalypse MICHAEL POWELL Staff Writer A blizzard of biblical proportions, a pack of man-eating jaguars and a horrifying zombie hoard – which do you think will bring the end?

These are the questions asked in Jon Elston’s new play, End of the Road. The playwright was performed by Road Less Traveled Productions and directed by co-founder Scott Behrend.

Performed in the production’s home in the Market Arcade Film and Arts Center last Saturday night, the play examines and dissects the fate of eight characters stuck in a New York thruway rest stop as the world draws to a close on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012.

Elston uses several real world theories for how the world will end: from the Mayan calendar and its civilization and culture, Indian guru Kalki Bhagavan’s message of human decline in the year 2012, the Bible’s revelations and other ideas that map doom and gloom. These Armageddon theories are weaved with literary expertise into the plot of the play.

Characters shout and pray to Xibalba, the Mayan underworld, and others see the words of God in a random set of looping numbers. During a question and answer session after the performance, Elston was asked how thoroughly he stuck to the lore and mythology of the Mayan culture.

“The end of the world, whether it’s coming in a month or not, is purely speculative,” Elston said. “We took tons of liberties for fun.”

This lack of attention to exact details gives the play some of its charm. The play deals with several very interesting and heavy issues such as religion’s place in times of disaster, selfishness, heroism and how the everyday person would react during chaos.

However, it always manages to cut the deep emotion and atmosphere of what’s going on with touches and flashes of humor, keeping a balance between a light and dark tone.

The setting for the play is confined to the dining area of Hardees in a thruway stop.

A group is stranded because a freak snowstorm has rendered the roads unnavigable.

Some people in the Hardees are there to save themselves from the cold and the avalanche of snow that has fallen from the sky, while others are there just to pick up their daughter

from work. As the play progresses they all realize the danger they are in and have to come to grips with reality in their own way.

The strong performances from actors David Mitchell, Sara Kow Falcone, Kay Kerimian, Barry Williams, Christina Rausa, Bob Grabowski, Xavier Harris and Monish Bhattacharyya help ground the apocalyptic play in reality.

According to actor Barry Williams, who played Zeb Sveglio, a stockbroker who tries everything to survive the end of the world with his fiancé, the characters were one of the most important pieces to the play’s success.

“As much of this play is about the Mayan apocalypse, it is really a character driven piece,” Williams said. “I think we all did a lot in developing our own characters. We all took great pride in developing and building our characters.”

Due to an excellent performance by the actors, the show did not topple over the thin edge of losing the viewer. This was a feat considering the hectic, chaotic and at times confusing layout of zombies with jungle brush protruding from snow. These moments were entertaining, and reminiscent of something out of an Evil Dead film.

None of this frazzled the audience; they could feel the conviction onstage despite the technical difficulties.

“You could just see it from the actor’s expression,” said Burhan Saiyed, second-year graduate student. “It was a more involved performance. Compared to the regional plays back home, over here they were performing with passion.”

Through the efforts of Sarah Tanbakuchi, second-year graduate student and member of the outreach committee for Road Less Traveled, the show had a great attendance from UB students to experience the dynamic, apocalyptic play that night.

“I’m really passionate of the theater and the kind of work [the Road Less Traveled Productions] does. They support a lot of Buffalo playwrights,” Tanbakuchi said.

“I think they bring a lot of innovative and unique theatre. So, I want to bring in as many students as possible.”

End of the Road plays through Dec. 2 at the Market Arcade Film and Arts Center in downtown Buffalo.

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Women dressed in flowing skirts danced to the beat and men with canes stood at a normally packed venue in downtown Buffalo. The audience was anxiously waiting for a flock of nine to emerge from behind the curtains.

Rock/Jazz band Sister Sparrow and The Dirty Birds performed at Town Ballroom last Thursday night for their first show in weeks. Compared to their performance at The Outer Harbor this past summer, attendance was unmatched; this time around, the band only played to approximately 30 fans. Regardless of the small turnout, however, the concertgoers gave their undivided attention to the band.

Grace Schuster, 52, from Buffalo, pointed out that the Buffalo Bills game might have been a reason for the less-thanstellar attendance.

“I can see the Bills play like idiots any day,” Schuster said. “I’d rather dance the night away.”

Sister Sparrow vocalist Arleigh Kincheloe led her nine-man band with enthusiasm. The eight men who accompanied her included her brother Jackson on harmonica and her cousin Bram on drums. She darted around them on stage and gave each of them a chance to shine on their instruments.

“Having nine pieces, we have a lot of sounds meshing together,” Kincheloe said.

“Everyone has a chance to showcase their abilities, though.”

During “Rock In It” from the group’s self-titled debut album and “Another Ride” from last February’s Pound Of Dirt, each band member had time to push the limits of their musical talent. Jackson’s harmonica effortlessly held its own with the blaring of the trombone and saxophones.

The audience mercilessly danced to the rock-infused jazz and through the tones of reggae and ska. The gritty ska influence was notable in “Baby From Space” with the brass instruments as the focus of the performance.

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Rock/jazz band Sister Sparrow (above) and The Dirty Birds performed at Town Ballroom last Thursday.

“I was influenced by New York City on Pound Of Dirt,” Kincheloe said. “You can hear the intense and grimy New York City life embedded in our music.”

Kincheloe’s vocal ability never faltered; two songs in particular displayed her range and her passion.

On unreleased track “Fight,” Kincheloe channeled Alanis Morrisette with gritty vocal inflections that were surprisingly pleasing.

“Boom Boom” had fans whistling for Kincheloe. She sang smooth lower range notes until the end when she let her rock flair out of its cage. The performance was consistent and Kincheloe’s emotion glowed with every lyric she sang.

“Vices” from the band’s debut album strengthened the bond the members have.

Playing through the song, members were smiling at each other and having fun.

While Kincheloe said the dirty jokes from the boys are a little over the top on the road, she loves having her family with her through the good and the bad times.

Kincheloe’s energy throughout the show remained high regardless of sweat and having a cold. The pounding of the drums and cymbals cascaded over the sliding of the harmonica while still keeping Kincheloe’s vocals undisturbed.

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Last Friday, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center hosted a presentation of author Cynthia Carr's book, Fire in the Belly: The Life and Times of David Wojnarowicz.

Fire in his belly SHELBY L MILIZIA Staff Writer An intimate room, a few chairs and a photo of a little boy dressed in plaid projected on a back wall. The image was assaulted by words that will call for his death, his repentance and his violent degradation – the boy sees his grim future.

“All this will begin to happen in one or two years when he discovers he desires to place his naked body on the naked body of another boy.”

On Friday night, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center presented author Cynthia Carr and her critically acclaimed biography Fire in the Belly: The Life and Times of David Wojnarowicz. The book recounts the life and work of Wojnarowicz, an artist who spent his life battling what he called “the pre-invented world” and the illusions that surround society based on structure, government control and faith, among other things.

Wojnarowicz was born in 1954 and brought up in a rough home. He was self-educated and barely graduated high school. In the early ’70s, he lived on the streets of New York City and sometimes prostituted himself.

He originally began as a poet, something he kept a secret according to Carr, and switched to visual art after his ninemonth stay in France. Wojnarowicz returned to New York City after a brief love affair with a man in France and created a whole series of photographed friends in Rambo masks. It was when he got into stencil work that he met Peter Hujar, his lifelong friend and supporter.

“I felt like the central thing David was working on his entire life was ‘How much of myself can I reveal,’” Carr said.

Wojnarowicz then produced a series of 23 alien heads with “a couple of extras,” that he titled Metamorphosis. The piece was iconography based on his feelings of isolation, and he created a progression as each head became more distressed. He created 23 heads because there were 23 genes in a chromosome, according to Carr.

After returning from a trip to Mexico in 1986, Wojnarowicz’s close friend Hujar was diagnosed with HIV. At this time, Wojnarowicz was working on editing his “A Fire in My Belly” series and beginning his work on the pre-invented world, a project that would consume the rest of his life.

When Hujar died, Wojnarowicz began painting portraits himself, soon before facing his own destiny.

Wojnarowicz was diagnosed with HIV in 1988 and died from complications of AIDS in 1992, but didn’t go down without a fight – he had many confrontations with government officials before his death.

In Mexico, he had filmed fire ants crawling over various objects and, most notably, a crucifix. To him, the ants represented humans. The crucifix, watch

faces, coins and other objects he used represented false structures in society. To others, the images represented an attack on religion and sparked a media storm around Wojnarowicz.

“The film is very intense. I would say it is about suffering,” Carr said. “Certainly not an attack on Christmas.”

The “Ant on the Crucifix Controversy,” as Carr calls it, is how many were introduced to Wojnarowicz. Small segments of religious reference, gay media, children and violence were often referenced within his work.

When Wojnarowicz was contacted to write an essay for art gallery and bookstore Artists Space in 1989, he called out two politicians notorious for their thoughts on homosexuality and AIDS, North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms and noted Republican William Dannemeyer.

In his essay, Wojnarowicz called out the homophobic politicians who prevented government funds in AIDS awareness or assistance and even went as far as glorifying the deaths of the two, causing even more controversy for the artist.

Hallwalls celebrates Wojnarowicz as an emotional man drabbled with his own childhood and surrounded by a disease misunderstood by many in the ’80s.

Edmund Cardoni, the executive director at Hallwalls, introduced Carr and her research of Wojnarowic’s life at the beginning of the night.

“She lived in that community that whole time that [Wojnarowicz] was active, so she knew all the people personally, was part of that scene, chronicled that scene in all its vibrancy, in all the tragedy of AIDS, and the impact it had on that community at that time,” Cardoni said. “And all the culture wars in the late ’80s and early ’90s. She wrote about that, too, and David Wojnarowicz was very much at the center of that in many cases.”

Cynthia Carr’s Fire in the Belly: The Life and Times of David Wojnarowicz can be found at Talking Leaves on Main Street.

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The UB Dazzlers, the dance team at UB, perform at sporting events along with the Thunder of the East marching band to energize and excite the crowd.

A dazzling team ADAM LEIDIG Staff Writer It’s halftime at the football game and it’s their time to shine. The music is set, the crowd is ready and the team is in formation. The only worry left is whether they can pull it off.

The UB Dazzlers get ready to put on a 12-minute performance during halftime at UB’s football stadium.

The Dazzlers, a dance team, is part of UB’s Spirit Team. With approximately 14-20 girls, the team performs routines during football and basketball games with pom, jazz and hip-hop-style dances. In addition to the team’s performances, the Dazzlers also participate in charity events and pep rallies outside of the stadium.

Marissa Bee, a junior occupational therapy major and UB Dazzler, said although some believe athleticism isn’t required to be a Dazzler, being physically fit is an important aspect of being a part of the team.

The Dazzlers have three practices a week, honing their routines and putting them together while improving the chemistry of the dancers at the same time, according to Melanie Warren, assistant coach of the UB Dazzlers.

The team’s funding for the past couple of years has not been substantial, and they had a hard time finding a place to practice, according to Warren. She said there have been multiple times in the past academic year when the team has trouble finding places to hold practice. Last year they were forced to practice in a hallway.

“Sometimes we get overlooked,” Warren said.

They eventually were able to practice in Clark Hall on South Campus in a small dance studio in the basement.

Because of the practice location, it takes commitment from each girl to get to South

Campus to practice and clear their schedules to get to and from practice without being late while getting their other work done, said Samantha Kelly, a freshman exercise science major.

Warren said the simple essentials such as new uniforms have been a constant struggle to obtain because of the lack of funding, and the team can sometimes be forgotten about.

Through all these trials and tribulations, the team finds ways to come closer together.

They don’t let the hardships that are out of their control affect the team’s chemistry and spirit, according to Kelly. The team shares a particular closeness and emotional connection.

“I feel like we’re a family,” Kelly said.

“When I came to UB, I was overwhelmed and it was so big. Now, being with the girls, I feel so much more comfortable and I feel like I gained a bunch of friends.”

Anastasia Harisis, a freshman biomedical sciences major, agrees the team is like a second family.

“Being a freshman, it was weird coming to a university with 20,000 people and not knowing anybody,” Harisis said. “But now being on the team I feel like I belong and being with all the girls it really does feel like a family.”

The Dazzlers, although overlooked at some points by the university and the student body, feel with every sporting event they participate in, they are being recognized for their contributions. Jessica Glauber, a freshman biomedical engineering major, believes the team is growing in reputation.

“My first seasons on the team, we would show up to football games when they started and perform sidelines,” Warren said.

“For basketball season we would do maybe one or two different timeout routines for the entire season. Now, we are incorporated with the entire game day experience for both seasons.”

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Continued from page 1: UB student helps fight poverty in Ghana not just handing people a free pass,” said Chris Toone, a senior athletic training major at Ithaca College and chief executive officer and co-founder of TSP. “Instead, we take on projects that help people to empower themselves to live a better life. We’re not molding people’s lives; rather, [we’re] giving them the opportunity they deserve to have a say in the course of how they live.”

Last summer, DiNunzio heard about TSP from a friend and instantly knew she needed to be a part of it. DiNunzio currently serves as the regional event coordinator and is responsible for planning and organizing events that help fund the project.

The money then goes to help build the school and medical center and help pay for school supplies, clothes and other materials for the children in the village. She is also trying to get UB involved.

Currently, DiNunzio is planning a fundraising party on Dec. 21, which will showcase some UB musical talents like Quinton Brock, a student

Continued from page 4: Sister Sparrow takes flight with The Dirty Birds The miniscule crowd chanted for one more song and the band obliged by playing a cover of “Ain’t Nobody” by Chaka Khan.

“Sister Sparrow always gives it her all,” Schuster said. “I would listen to her sing all night if I could.”

Kincheloe’s stage presence remained strong the whole night and she attributed that strength to her passion for what she does.

“The overall release I feel is my favorite part of performing,” Kincheloe said. “If I’m having a stressed out week, as soon as I get on stage I feel free and it’s the best therapy in the world.”

Sister Sparrow and The Dirty Birds continue their tour through the Northeast until the first week of December.

rapper. All proceeds will go toward TSP. She is also planning an upcoming concert with a local band, The Tins, scheduled to take place sometime in January.

In addition to throwing events, DiNunzio and her fellow TSP members go to churches and other local gathering centers to spread the word about TSP in hopes of receiving donations.

DiNunzio sells TSP bracelets at local college hangouts. The bracelets have the word “Ubuntu” inscribed in them, an African philosophy that means, “I am because we are.” This message has become a slogan for TSP and explains its mission of improving the world as a community.

She is also working with graphic designers to create a new logo, Tshirts and other merchandise, which she hopes will help generate money for the project.

DiNunzio said TSP gives her real-life experience in international relations. She said working with people

from Ghana will prepare her for her future in international relations. In addition to strengthening her career ambitions, she sees her role with TSP as an opportunity to contribute to the fight against poverty.

“I truly believe that community development is a crucial step toward eradicating poverty across the globe,” DiNunzio said.

DiNunzio attributes much of her passion to experiences during her time in high school at Buffalo Seminary. When she was 15 years old, she spent a semester in France as part of a study abroad program.

She’s been exposed to many cultures, which sparked her interest in international affairs.

“Diversity at [Buffalo Seminary] is an avid part of the community, so I’ve been open to so many different cultures,” DiNunzio said. “I have learned that giving back is something that I really like to do.”

Prior to her involvement with

TSP, DiNunzio spent two years volunteering for The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), a program that provides assistance to children and mothers in developing countries.

DiNunzio is also a member of Phi Alpha Delta, an international and professional law fraternity. She plans to join the pre-law program at UB soon and ultimately practice international law.

Toone is one of the seven students who first visited the Akatim Village. He is proud of the work DiNunzio puts into the project and praises her dedication to the cause.

“Lia’s creativity, passion and professionalism have had a profound impact on The Senase Project as an organization,” Toone said. “Everyone around her feeds off of her motivation and ability to succeed, including myself. She is truly an amazing person that I am lucky to work with.”

Sophie Herrman, a junior human geography major at Buffalo

State College and the national marketing director of TSP, agrees with Toone. Herrman introduced DiNunzio to the project. “[DiNunzio] has given me, personally, hope for the project,” Herrman said in an email. “She inspires me to push our team members to the best of their abilities, [and] she fights for [the children of Akatim] like they’re her own, which is all we can ask from anyone.”

Whether DiNunzio is selling TSP bracelets or collecting donations, she continues to dedicate a lot of her time to TSP. DiNunzio’s efforts may not result in a paycheck, but for her, knowing her efforts are helping children in Akatim is payment enough.

DiNunzio plans to visit Ghana as soon as her schedule and personal finances allow her to. She looks forward to seeing in person the difference she is making.

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U.S. health official touts Obamacare comprehensive approach to healthcare is needed, one which places more significance on non-biological health.

“The future model of healthcare is a team-based approach,” Koh said. “Health starts where people live, labor, learn, play and pray. There are all these factors that impact our health which have nothing to do with biology or disease.”

A particular goal of the department of health is to discourage tobacco use, which Koh said is the leading cause of preventative deaths in the world today.

In his upcoming years, Koh will focus on expanding the department’s anti-tobacco efforts, including continuing an ad campaign featuring ex-smokers talking about the impact that smoking-related diseases had on their life. “[Tobacco use] will cause one billion deaths this century,” Koh said. “For every one person that dies

from smoking there are two younger smokers that replace them. We want to keep this front of the American people.”

Koh focused on the PPACA policies to expand preventative healthcare, a service which he said will be good both for the physical and financial health of the country.

“We want to see prevention be as valued and cherished as treatment,” Koh said. “We’re hopeful that in the long run prevention will bring [healthcare] costs down.”

Koh said as a resident of the United States, he has seen the limits of health treatment, and people die preventable deaths. He believes Obamacare is key to ridding America of such restrictions.

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The team arrives three hours before the football game’s kickoff and then performs a pregame show with the Thunder of the East – UB’s marching band – and performs during the game on the sidelines and at halftime.

“We feel like more and more fans at the games are aware of who we are and so I think we are growing in popularity as far as the students go,” Glauber said. “We had an event where fans at the game had to know the name of a UB dazzler to win a prize and a surprising amount of people knew one.”

The team works directly with the UB Marching Band to provide entertainment at sporting events (such as football and basketball games) at the university. These affiliations give the Dazzlers many new fans that don’t just support them; they also motivate them, Marissa Heilig, a freshman exercise science major, said.

Many students who attend UB sporting events mistake the

Dazzlers for the UB cheerleaders, according to Joelle Turek, sophomore nursing major.

“The UB cheerleaders work just as hard as we do and deserve just as much credit,” said Audrey Enzian, a sophomore psychology major. “We just do something just as exciting but a little bit different.

Sometimes it stinks when people are like, ‘we have a dance team?

What do they do?’ But we feel like if we put the time in that people will start to know who were are and what we do.”

The UB Dazzlers have to balance practices and performances all while being full-time college students. However, with the team’s perseverance, they feel like it is well worth it to be a part of it. The team looks forward to the bright future ahead of them.

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Bulls drop final two games of tournament Licata be Young squad, now 1-4, suffering growing pains

NATHANIEL SMITH Senior Sports Editor It was a cold weekend for the men’s basketball team. As temperatures dipped in Evansville, Ind. amid the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, so did the Bulls’ shooting percentage.

The Bulls were unable to build on their opening-game tournament victory as cold shooting, backbreaking second half runs and a key injury plagued the Bulls (1-4) over the weekend. They fell 67-58 to Western Illinois (2-2) on Friday and 63-59 to Yale (1-3) on Saturday evening at the Ford Center.

It was a bitter pill to swallow for a team just trying to find its legs on offense early in the season.

“We’re still going through that transition,” said head coach Reggie Witherspoon.

“The guys that are shooting them haven’t been in this situation before and we’re kind of going through it and learning it the hard way.”

Buffalo started off strong against Western Illinois, a team UB battled with in the ’90s as part of the now-defunct Mid-Continent Conference. As the first half trickled down, senior guard Tony Watson took a three-point shot that was eventually tipped in off a rebound by junior forward Javon McCrea. As Watson came down from the jump shot, though, he landed awkwardly on his right ankle. Unable to put pressure on that ankle, he was led off the court by a trainer and sophomore forward Xavier Ford.

Watson didn’t return for the rest of the tournament and the Bulls’ offense struggled as a result, ending the game shooting 33 percent from the field in the second half. A number of players stepped up, as three Buffalo players finished with double-digit scoring.

McCrea and sophomore forward Will Regan, who both scored 13, and junior guard Jarod Oldham, who finished with 11 points after a scoreless first half, led the squad.

“In the second half, we dried up offensively,” Witherspoon said. “They packed into the lane and we had some open shots that we didn’t take.”

The Leathernecks were too much for the Bulls, using a 9-3 run in the second half to pull away. Guard Ceola Clark’s scoring and forward Don McAvoy’s all-around play on the offensive and defensive ends provided the impetus. Clark ended the game scoring 19 points on 5-for-10 shooting, including three baskets from downtown. McAvoy nearly had a tripledouble, scoring nine points, grabbing 11 rebounds and dishing out eight assists.

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Senior shooting guard Tony Watson suffered a right ankle injury against Western Illinois and was unable to return for the remainder of the tournament.

each shot 34 percent in the contest. McCrea had an off night shooting, going only 2 for 11 from the field, but he made up for it at the free throw line, converting on 13 out of 14 shots – the best performance in his career at the charity stripe. He led all scorers with 17 points.

He was aided by Oldham, who finished with a double-double, scoring 16 points on 5-for-15 shooting and adding 10 rebounds.

No other Bulls player finished with more than eight points.

Despite the Bulldogs’ cold shooting in the second half, they were able to pull out the victory from the free throw line in a foulridden affair. Yale shot 21 free throws to Buffalo’s eight.

Second half runs by the opposition have been backbreakers for UB. It’s something that comes with the lack of experience, according to Witherspoon.

“I think our effort is good,” Witherspoon said. “The guys really want it. We just don’t have enough experience right now. We just don’t have enough experienced guys going down the stretch, making decisions that enable us to have the kind of poise that we need.”

With a single win in five matches so far, the Bulls will look for some positive momentum as they come back home for a road matchup on Tuesday night against cross-town rival Canisius (2-0) at the Koessler Center. Tip off for the game is slated for 8 p.m.

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Learning on the fly Women’s basketball team pulls out narrow victory, drops second game OWEN O’BRIEN Staff Writer Buffalo’s young lineup proved to be unafraid of the spotlight. The many unproven underclassmen expected to play major minutes showed Friday night they are ready for the challenge.

The Bulls (1-2) split their first two of a four-game road trip. Buffalo defeated Oakland (2-1) Friday night 61-59 on a game-winning basket from freshman forward Rachael Gregory with 1.7 seconds left. The Bulls were unable to carry the momentum into Wright State (2-1), where they lost 66-51 on Sunday.

Buffalo took a six-point lead into halftime after shooting 40 percent in the first half on Friday night. The Bulls extended their lead to as many as nine in the second half, but the Oakland Golden Grizzlies would not go away in the second half.

The Bulls got a major offensive showing from redshirt sophomore forward Kristen Sharkley, who played 31 minutes, including all 20 of the second half. Sharkley took over with her team trailing by two with just under three minutes to play. She sank four consecutive of her game- and career-high 22 points for the Bulls and put them ahead 59-57 with 1:10 remaining. Following an Oakland basket that tied it up, Gregory’s shot secured the victory.

This was Buffalo head coach Felisha Legette-Jack’s first victory as Bulls coach.

“I am just so happy for this team to be able to get the win tonight,” Legette-Jack said.

“We got a lot of contributions tonight and we are going to need everyone to join us in this journey. We will enjoy this tonight and then get ready for Sunday.”

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Freshman forward Rachael Gregory scored with 1.9 seconds remaining to give the Bulls their first victory of the season over Oakland on Friday night.

While Sharkley dominated the game offensively, sophomore forward Christa Baccas took care of the paint defensively with 15 rebounds and six blocks, both game and career highs.

The Buffalo bench contributed with 23 points, including nine from sophomore guard Sloane Watson. Junior guard Margeaux Gupilan contributed in all facets of the game with five points, four rebounds, four assists and three steals.

The Bulls were unable to create their first win streak of the young season when they traveled to Dayton, Ohio to take on Wright State. The Raiders began the game with an 8-0 run and built their lead from there.

Sharkley, the Bulls’ leading scorer Friday night, left Sunday’s game after six minutes due to injury. Buffalo was unable to fill her void on the court. Gregory led the Bulls with 14 points on 6-for-16 shooting and captured eight total rebounds, six offensive.

Baccas continued her threatening defense, grabbing 14 rebounds along with swatting away three shots and grabbing three steals. She scored a season-high 11 points in 39 minutes.

Wright State outshot Buffalo 45 percent to 30. Thirty of Buffalo’s 66 shots came from three-point range, where the Bulls shot just 23 percent. Although the offense struggled, Buffalo’s defense forced 19 turnovers.

Buffalo trailed 34-19 at halftime but came out with a different attitude in the second. Although they were unable to pull within single digits, the Bulls finished even with the Raiders in the second half of play, as both teams put up 32 points.

Kim Demmings led the Raiders’ offense with 22 points on 8-for-16 shooting, and KC Elkins scored 18. Elkins was 4 for 6 from behind the arc.

The Bulls will return to the court at Dayton (4-0) Friday night in the Marriott Classic.

Dayton is coming off a victory against No. 13 Vanderbilt. Tip off is set for p.m.

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The era has begun; he’s finally here.

He stands in the pocket and delivers passes to receivers like his high school career promised.

Redshirt freshman quarterback Joe Licata is the cornerstone of the Bulls’ (4-7, 3-4 Mid-American Conference) winning identity.

Licata has led the Bulls to three straight wins, the longest winning streak under head coach Jeff Quinn.

The Bulls’ win against UMass (1-10, 1-6 MAC) on Saturday was their first road win since Oct. 10, 2010 at Bowling Green (7-4, 4-2 MAC).

What is most impressive about this? Licata has erased a forgettable past in just three starts.

The Bulls have been leaning on the running game all season and this weekend Licata had to perform without junior running back Branden Oliver and freshman counterpart Devin Campbell, who were out with injuries.

The Bulls found their running game in the second half with help from junior Brandon Murie and senior fullback Rashad Jean. But it wasn’t until Licata began firing passes and the UMass defense began to worry about the Buffalo passing attack. The offense began to click once again behind the arm of Licata, who propelled them to a convincing 29-19 win.

Numerous times in the second half, Licata made big plays to put his team in position to score in the red zone. Three throws stuck out to me.

Licata hooked up with junior Fred Lee for a 34-yard pass on third and 16 as part of a nine-play, 77-yard drive that led to a touchdown. Lee was wide open over the middle but Licata was still able to complete the textbook throw on a crucial third and long.

The second throw came in the fourth quarter. Licata hit Lee yet again on another beautiful pass for 44 yards over the middle.

The third throw Licata made was probably his best of the season – one that shows me that he is becoming a well-developed quarterback. Late in the fourth quarter, Licata led Lee on a post route to the sideline for 15 yards.

It could not have been a better-thrown ball; he put it right on the numbers and the defensive back had no chance at making a play.

The season has been a disappointment for fans, and going into the locker room at halftime down 13-0 to a brand new Division I program was not what any Bulls fan had in mind.

However, when the Bulls took the field for the second half, there was a different feel to the offense. Licata’s body language was much different. He looked poised in the pocket.

On third and goal, Licata went through all of his reads as he rolled out to the right looking for an open receiver.

He waited patiently and fired a pass to junior wide receiver Alex Neutz – who was his last option on the play – across the field for a touchdown.

Can you imagine what the season could have been like with a healthy Oliver in the backfield and Licata at the helm the whole time?

It’s a cliffhanger to a story that fans are reading, desperate to get to the sequel. The only problem is that sequel won’t be out until next season.

What we have right now is a blueprint for success, an outline for victory.

A young quarterback who is just one game away from throwing 1,000 yards in four games (he currently has 877 yards).

Like we always say here in Buffalo, “There is always next year.” However, this time it’s different.

With Licata at starting quarterback, MAC opponents just met their new conference rival.

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