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Volume 64 No. 14

Buffalo’s Renaissance man TOM DINKI

SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR

Adam Redden lay unable to move in a dark basement.

The hard-hitting high school sophomore had experienced his biggest collision – only it didn’t happen on the gridiron. It was in the passenger seat of a Pontiac Firebird. Redden was stuck bedridden in his Amherst home.

A drunk driver was leaving one bar for another and ran a red light, T-boning Redden and his father as they drove down Route 5 in Buffalo on Nov. 2, 2007. The two were coming from St. Francis High School’s playoff victory over St. Bishop Timon – in which Redden scored the gamewinning touchdown.

“I’m just biting on pizza and then all I hear is, ‘Oh shoot’ and then my dad grabs me and after that I just wake up in the hospital,” Redden said.

The Cadillac hit the Firebird’s driver side, causing it to go airborne. Its passenger side – Redden’s side – wrapped around an electrical pole. He suffered a lacerated kidney and a pinched nerve and spent four and a half months in and out of the hospital learning how to walk again.

He thought returning home meant his life would return to normal.

“Even though you think all the chaos ends, it really just begins,” Redden said.

The blackness of his bedroom in his parents’ basement took over. He thought about 3.989 GPA. He thought about his football career. He was unsure if either would ever be the same.

“I [was] at my lowest,” Redden said. “I kind of asked God ‘Why me?’”

Redden said he got his answer the next day.

“It just happened like day and night. One day I was down, the next day my life hit me and I understood my purpose and it was to give back,” Redden said. “He gave me my answer because he worked me up to what I should be doing. I should be doing more than just a sport.”

He joined high school clubs – one for every day of the week.

He volunteered in programs like D.A.R.E. He said his eyes opened up to music, politics and the medical field. He also returned to the football field.

With a new outlook on life, Redden wanted to be a “renaissance man.”

And he may not be too far off his goal. He’s a Division-I football player and an All Mid-American Conference senior safety for Buffalo. He’s working toward a degree in pharmacy and toxicology. He sings and even cuts his teammates’ hair.

Ask someone to describe Adam Redden, and the words “passionate” and “intense” will probably come up. They’ll tell you he lives his life the same way on the filed that he does off it. That’s because Redden is not concerned with only being a great football player.

“That whole experience just taught me how to value life and at any moment it can be taken away from you,” Redden said.

“At any moment things can be taken away from you so value them.” *** Football is personal to Redden.

He doesn’t smile during games because he feels his opponents are personally slighting him by trying to take away what he and his teammates have worked for: a win.

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After a severe accident, Adam Redden realizes he wants to be more than a football player “I’m kind of a family guy so I take it personal when I’m on the field like ‘Don’t take nothing from my boys because we came here for a win,’” Redden said.

He sees football players as “modern day gladiators.” He wants his opponents to know he is “not some pushover.”

Anyone who has watched a Bulls’ defensive play or personally felt Redden’s helmet or shoulder pad level them to the turf, would probably not use the word “pushover” to describe him.

“He just wanted to inflict pain on other people,” said Nate Suhana, Redden’s St. Francis High School trainer.

Redden’s hits often leave his opponents slow to get off the turf. He even leveled his own teammate, junior running back Anthone Taylor, for a loss in this season’s Blue-White scrimmage.

“I say, ‘Why Adam? Why did

a car holding her husband and son go airborne and smack into an electrical pole.

Latica, Redden’s aunt and younger brother were in a car driving behind the ill-fated Pontiac Firebird on the night of Nov. 2, 2007. Latica calls the Firebird “that little red sports car” and she’s quick to point out she hated it.

“But men and their cars,” she explains.

Derrick now drives a Tahoe.

Redden drives a Jeep.

“No more little cars,” Latica said. “Mama’s not going for it.” *** Suhana, Redden’s high school trainer, walked out of his St. Francis High School office the night of the Red Raiders’ playoff victory over rival Bishop-Timon “pumped up.” St. Francis was set to play in the Monsignour Martin Association playoff champion-

jaws of life.” Redden remembers waking up for a moment inside the totaled car and hearing screams and sirens as rescue workers tried to free him. He describes the accident as “a bad rollercoaster ride.”

“Everybody thought it was over,” Latica said. “Everyone thought Adam was going to be paralyzed and never play again.”

Doctors discovered Redden had a lacerated kidney when he urinated blood at the hospital. He also had nerve damage in his back. He had to learn how to crawl again; once he mastered that, he moved onto standing up, walking and eventually jogging. Even after he returned home, someone had to help him walk up the stairs.

Derrick, his father, suffered three broken ribs and a herniated disk in his back and

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A car accident after a high school football game changed Adam Redden’s perspective of his life. Now, he strives to be more than just a football player.

you have to tackle them like that?’” Latica Neely, Redden’s mother, asks him.

Redden’s usual respond is “Mom, this is football, this is what I’m supposed to do.”

Latica never misses her oldest son’s games. Her Saturdays in UB Stadium are nerve-racking though. She is inwardly praying and worrying while outwardly cheering. When Redden makes a play, coaches, teammates and fans think of his talent – Latica Neely thinks of his kidney.

Redden said his mother read that every collision in football is similar to a car crash. That analogy gives Latica more worry than most parents, after she witnessed

ship game against Canisius High School at Ralph Wilson Stadium in a week.

That’s when someone ran into the school asking for a priest.

“We need to get one of the priests down there because it’s not looking good,” they told Suhana.

Derrick pulled his son away from the passenger door as the car went airborne after being Tboned. The act straightened Redden’s legs out and prevented them from being crushed under the dashboard, but not from being trapped.

Rescue workers removed Redden from the totaled car with Hydraulic rescue tools or “the

neck. He could not work as an Erie Country Sheriff for a year and had to walk with a cane. *** Buffalo senior linebacker Lee Skinner has a theory as to why Redden plays so hard on the field.

“He really cares about guys,” Skinner said. “That’s what makes him so intense is the relationship he has off the field … It means a lot to him so that’s why he plays so hard.”

Redden brings his teammates home-cooked meals made by his mother, who considers herself “the honorary team mom.”

Talk to Latica for a few minutes and she might invite you

over for dinner. She often has her son’s teammates over and feeds them cornbread, oxtail soup and macaroni and cheese in their Amherst, New York home.

Redden said “anything you can think of, she can probably dish up.” “[My mom is] always like, ‘Adam, bring a couple guys over,” Redden said. “And I’m like, ‘Mom, I have 105 [teammates].’ She’s like, ‘Well bring them all then.’”

Redden and his mother know not every Buffalo players’ family is close enough to come to their games and cook them meals.

“When I see guys whose families are miles away and can’t come to games, I think if I was in their shoes I would want someone to help me out,” Redden said.

Redden wants to help people the same way he was helped during his recovery from the accident.

His teammates wore Redden’s initials – A.R. – on the back of their helmets during their championship game victory over Canisius a week after the accident. Canisius even fundraised a couple thousand dollars for Redden’s medical bills. Football players from other Catholic schools whom he had never even met before came to see him.

“It opened my eyes up to people,” Redden said. “That’s when I became more social and reached out. I try to give back because when I was down and out, they still gave back to me.”

A pizzeria owner brought Redden pizza every day for the first week he was in the hospital.

“It kind of felt good that he has nothing to do with me with football, but he owns a pizzeria and he’s helping me out,” Redden said.

He doesn’t want to be defined as just a football player. *** Redden said some people assume that a person is not smart because they’re an athlete and assume that someone who is smart can’t be athletic. If that were true, Redden is an anomaly.

This is Redden’s plan for himself after football: Become a pharmacist and eventually conduct neuroscience research to help people with schizophrenia and dementia. Win a Nobel Prize. Eventually write a book and make a movie on the side.

Redden doesn’t want to be known as just Adam Redden the hard-hitting senior safety for the Bulls. He wants to be known as Adam Redden the Renaissance man.

“A man is defined as a Renaissance man because he did more than just a sport,” Redden said.

“He did more than just a musical.

He did more than just art. He did more just politics. He did it all.”

He wants to be more than a football player because his mother told him to never be just a statistic. She told him to “never just let people think you’re an athlete.

Never let people think you’re uneducated. Always try to be something more than what you are.”

Redden is more than just a football player and a pharmacist student. He’s also the “team barber.”

His first experience with a barber’s razor was shaving his own face during high school. St. Francis does not allow its students to have facial hair. Redden now sports a beard.

He started cutting his UB teammates’ hair during his freshman training camp. The Bulls needed haircuts, but could not leave the dorms, so Redden offered up his skills.

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Kudos to UB for revamping gen ed, but, please cut the jargon Sixty-eight percent of students surveyed called UB’s current general education curriculum something “to get out of the way.” Seventy-two percent of students said UB exempts or waives them from some or all foreign language requirements.

It doesn’t take a math major to see that the gen ed system at UB is broken. That’s why we students are glad to hear about the proposed overhaul of the gen ed curriculum. It’s about time UB let some air into this stuffy, outmoded system.

We commend UB for tackling this.

The proposal – which is still just a draft – is a huge improvement over the current requirements, which are impractical and despised by most students.

The proposal is not perfect, as its creators seem to know. In fact, they spent the week listening to faculty and student critique the proposal.

Still, some pieces stand out immediately as dramatic improvements and a testament to the relevancy of many proposed classes.

The elimination of the dreaded – and required – World Civilizations is a fantastic idea. Forty-nine percent of students surveyed said World Civ was useless – a clear indication that an overhaul is needed. The new offerings give students a more diverse and relevant pool of courses to choose among.

A math and reasoning class that focuses on real-world applications – such as personal finance – is a similarly wise move.

Students could actually learn and apply new information. Rather than repeating a curriculum they studied in high school, students could apply what they learn outside the classroom.

Real-world applicability is a

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common theme among the proposed changes. It’s a laudable goal and students worried about jobs after graduation will certainly benefit.

Still, we worry about the writing curriculum. The proposal replaces the Writing Skills requirement with the more vague Communication Literacy category. We worry this will water down the requirement and allow students to replace courses requiring writing with those that focus on oral presentations and visual communication.

The worst part of the proposal, however, is the language itself. It worries us that some of the authors of the proposal teach writing. The language is so packed with academic jargon it’s practically incomprehen-

sible. Courses are to be grouped into “integrative clusters,” which sound intriguing, but remain obscure. And how can students possibly fulfill the university’s “aim of inculcating and reinforcing ‘folio thinking,’” when no one has a clue what “folio thinking” means?

One of the things that elevates this curriculum over the old one is its more student-oriented approach. Why not, then write the curriculum so students can understand it? Currently, the language of the proposal is an impediment to its effectiveness.

Fortunately, a good editor can remedy this and the other problematic elements of the proposal are minimal. The fundamentals of the program are solid and the suggested

implementation seems reasonable.

We applaud UB for prioritizing student needs and for insisting on the importance of general education requirements. Incoming freshmen should explore subject areas beyond their intended major and feel out of their depth and immersed in new ideas and varied perspectives.

The current general education curriculum only does this haltingly. Far too many students are unhappy and consider it a waste.

Hopefully, this new system will begin to change that.

Who knows? Perhaps after 2016, students will actually look forward to general education classes rather than dreading them. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com

to Mutua’s unsettling tenure Letter the editor Law school dean’s resignation illuminates need for increased

evaluation and accountability of university leaders Despite a hasty appointment, dissatisfied faculty and near invisibility on campus, it wasn’t until Makau Mutua faced allegations of lying under oath that his position as dean of UB’s law school grew tenuous.

UB hasn’t said, or insinuated, that the law school dean resigned because of the allegations. Mutua said it was the “right time to step down” because he accomplished what he set out to as dean. UB’s release lauded the dean as a major fundraiser.

However, The Spectrum finds the timing suspicious. One month after the allegations surfaced in court case documents, Mutua stepped down.

Mutua’s seven-year tenure calls into question UB’s processes of decanal appointment and reviews at the university.

Mutua became an interim dean in late 2007. Then, after a failed national search, then Provost Satish Tripathi appointed him dean in May 2008. Law school faculty members questioned the search process and Mutua’s suitability for the position.

Mutua’s actions as dean suggest that these faculty members may have been right to critique Tripathi’s decision. They also illuminate the problematic lack of evaluation for deans at UB and a worrisome abundance of oversight surrounding Mutua’s tenure.

In October 2010, then President John B. Simpson and Tripathi dismissed the concerns of law school faculty after they attempted to hold a vote of no confidence in Mutua. According to law school faculty, Simpson and Tripathi informed them that they were not interested in the faculty’s concerns about the dean. Such willful disregard of complaints that at the very least merited investigation is indicative of an overly lenient attitude surrounding the leadership of UB’s academic departments.

Editor’s note: The following has only been edited for clarity and A lot can happen in five years Now, almost four years later – four years of faculty malcontent – students arrive as freshmen grammar. and complaints from students that they’ve never even seen Mutua – UB’s law school, which is already planning to downsize, faces the unpleasant prospect of a dean facing allegations of lying in federal court.

The allegations stem from a 2011 lawsuit filed by former clinical professor Jeffrey Malkan, who claimed that Mutua fired him unfairly. Malkan is suing for $1.3 million in damages and insists his unlawful firing and Mutua’s refusal to write him a letter of recommendation left him blacklisted and unable to find work.

Mutua is alleged to have lied while under oath, after his statements contradicted testimony from seven other UB law professors. He has also claimed to have lost materials he was required to submit to the court, in a move that Malkan says is obstruction of evidence.

And yet, after all this – after a shaky appointment, long absences from campus, discontent from professors and legal turmoil – six and a half years went by before even the possibility of accountability arose.

Mutua’s five-year review wasn’t initiated until February 2014, six and a half years after his appointment. Mutua’s review clearly wasn’t a priority to the administration, despite the multitudes of complaints generated by his questionable behavior. This suggests a serious lack of commitment to the development and maintenance of quality leadership at the law school.

Even when carried out in a timely manner, five-year decanal reviews are insufficient. Half a decade passes before deans’ successes and failures are evaluated and discussed, before problems are addressed and practices improved.

This should not be standard practice.

and depart as graduates within that timespan.

This is especially problematic for recently appointed deans, such as Mutua, who could certainly benefit from more immediate feedback. UB’s outlined procedure for review of academic deans recommends that a preliminary review of new deans after three years, noting “a new dean can benefit markedly from a review during the initial years of his or her appointment.”

Somehow, Mutua flew under the radar for more than double that time. In the years that Mutua worked for the law school without undergoing review, professors were evaluated at least six times.

UB requires that department chairs review with faculty members at least once a year, discussing student feedback and assessing professors’ teaching. This procedure is sensible and beneficial to instructors and students alike. Deans should face a similarly rigorous review process.

It’s promising that the Faculty Senate is aware of this issue, and has begun to review its policy. Deans, like professors, deserve the opportunity to perform their job to the best of their ability, and feedback is a critical tool.

Students and faculty should be able to feel confident that those in the upmost echelons of their school have all the resources they need – and that their dean is the best person available to be placed in such an esteemed and important position.

When faculty and students complain and it becomes increasingly clear that a dean is not serving UB sufficiently, it’s deplorable for administrators to look the other way.

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Dear Editor, It was sad reading your article, “UB to hold classes on Rosh Hashanah.” I have been a member of the UB community for a good part of my adult years, first as a law and library student, then as a clinical instructor and now as a law librarian.

For all of those years, Jewish students and faculty were able to observe the high holy days without losing out on class time. Now, with the so-called “religiously neutral” academic calendar, students must cut classes and teachers face the difficult decision of whether to cancel class. Calling the current academic calendar “religiously neutral” is farcical.

Every year in late December and early January, the school shuts down. This “winter recess” always in centered around Christmas. Thus, Christians not only are guaranteed a day off for their holy day, but get a couple of weeks away from classes. To suggest that this is anything other than a religious observance is pure hypocrisy.

By the way, I am a Christian and Christmas is a very meaningful day for me, in the same way that Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are meaningful to Jews. I do not relish having favored status, and hope that this school will return to its more enlightened policies of the past.

- Joseph Gerken, Reference Librarian University at Buffalo Law Library

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Dining hall wars Buffalo Humanities share conflicting opinions on Festival debuts in Buffalo Students Governors Dining Center and C3 UB’s Humanities Institute leads planning of Humanities Festival CHARLES SCHAAB STAFF WRITER UB’s Humanities Institute is asking Buffalo “How did we get here?”

The answer is something that UB, along with other local colleges, is attempting to answer at the first Buffalo Humanities Festival.

The first Buffalo Humanities Festival is Sept. 26 and 27 and focuses immigration in “Migration Nation: Moving Stories.” There will be events Friday and Saturday at the Burchfield Penney Art Center and Albright-Knox Art Gallery, near Buffalo State College.

“Everyone [in Buffalo] is migrant and from somewhere else,” said Erik Seeman, director of UB’s Humanities Institute and a history professor at UB with a Ph.D. in education. “You want to understand Buffalo, you have to understand migration.”

The Humanities Institute at UB was created in 2005 and has become an important entity helping us “question, comprehend and transform an increasingly complex world,” according to the institutions’ mission statement. It encompasses multiple liberal arts disciplines and uses different methods to distinguish what is shaping local and global humanities.

Seeman and Elizabeth Otto, the executive director of UB’s Humanities Institute and associate professor of art history, worked together in the development of the Humanities Institute.

Seeman attended a meeting more than a year ago with multiple directors of humanity centers across the country. He said he noticed a trend when talking to the other directors – festivals that celebrated the humanities were being held all over the country.

Otto and Seeman set out to bring a humanities festival to Buf-

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The first annual Buffalo Humanities Festival will take place at Albright-Knox Art Gallery on Sept. 26-27. Gary Shteyngart, author of New York Times-bestseller Little Failure, will do a reading and book signing at 8 p.m. on the opening day.

falo. Seeman realized immigration was a “controversial issue” and chose the topic as the festival’s first theme.

“We thought, we have all these colleges full of educated people,” Seeman said. “Buffalo, no longer a rust belt city and built on education, has a young educated audience that reflects the new Buffalo.”

Canisius College, Buffalo State College, SUNY Fredonia and Niagara University are involved with the festival, too.

Otto asked each school to invite its best faculty members to speak at the festival. After looking over the possible topics, the organizers made a plan for what topic would bring the best discussion.

The schools combined their resources to help people learn about and experience the humanities, Seeman said. The festival organizers intend people take a “step back from those set ideological and political positions” that some people have about the humanities.

This collaborative effort from the local schools will work toward “providing context for today’s most important issues” of immigration and migration, according to Seeman.

Gary Shteyngart, author of New York Times-bestseller Little Failure, will be doing a reading and book signing at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery Friday at 8 p.m. The Russian-Jewish American writer uses dark satire in this book to express his feelings about immigrating to America. David Schmid, associate professor in the English department, will also be interviewing Shteyngart on stage.

The festival will host 16 speakers Saturday at the Burchfield Penney Art Center. These presenters will speak about topics ranging from Burmese immigrant stories to the music of the Dust Bowl Migration in the 1930s.

The festival will feature seven short films that tie into the theme of the day. There will also be a Conversation Station with informal conversation with graduates and students from local colleges.

Festival attendees are encouraged to add to the conversation.

Tickets will be $15 for students and $20 for non-students Friday night, and $10 and $12 for students and non-students on Saturday. email: news@ubspectrum.com

DEVASHISH AGARWAL

STAFF WRITER

In Philadelphia, locals fight over the best Philly cheese steak in town – Pat’s or Geno’s. Chicagoans vehemently defend either Giordano’s or Lou Malnati’s as the best deep-dish pizza in the city.

In Buffalo, it’s the original chicken wing at the Anchor Bar or its competitor, Duff ’s.

Students at UB’s North Campus have their own food rivalry: Governors versus C3.

Student’s can choose from UB’s 30 eateries and three dining centers between North and South Campus. But everyone has a favorite.

Governors Dining Center in Governors Hall was remodelled this year to provide improved facilities for diners and employees.

Crossroads Culinary Center (C3) in the Ellicott Complex opened two years ago as the newest dining center on campus, replacing the Richmond Hall dining center, according to Raymond Kohl, the marketing manager of Campus Dining and Shops (CDS). South Campus hosts Main Street Market Dining Center.

For some students, C3 is their ‘go-to’ place to eat. It features eight food stations and allows students to experience African, Caribbean, Italian and other types of cuisine all on one plate.

“C3 is much better than Governors because it has a wider variety of cuisines to choose from,” said Scott Bui, a freshman physical therapy major. “Nothing can surpass their pasta and the beef quesadillas are unmatched. I eat so much that I end up farting a lot, though.”

Even when Governors “serves good food, it is actually not good at all,” said Dillon Smith, a sophomore economics and political science major.

Eliz Arnavut, a freshman biomedical science major, disagrees.

“Governors’ food quality is not as bad as everyone thinks it to be,” Arnavut said. “The steaks during the Prime Rib Night were absolutely delicious. C3 is sometimes

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overrated.”

When Governors served chicken wings on Sept. 18, Arnavut said her craving for the Buffalo staple was fulfilled. “[I’ve] never seen [chicken wings] at C3 during the past month,” she said.

The location of Governors is more convenient for Megan Creen, a freshman biomedical engineering major. She acknowledges C3 has more options than Governors, but she prefers to eat breakfast at Governors.

This year, Kohl said he aims to “bend the trend” of food on campus and decrease the polarization between C3 and Governors.

Governors is doing more action, or live, cooking and serving rich grain salads this year. C3 will occasionally serve breakfast food for dinner as a special treat.

“We’re trying to bring more of Governors to C3 and more of C3 to Governors,” Kohl said.

Smith believes students should eat at UB’s dining centers even if they are not satisfied with the quality of the food and service.

“Eating is now not only about nourishment of the body, it’s a social activity; a way to meet friends, or even study,” he said.

No matter which dining hall underclassmen choose to spend their meal swipes, Kohl said the CDS staff is committed to catering to students’ needs. He hopes dining hall attendees will enjoy their meals in both C3 and Governors. email: features@ubspectrum.com

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One application can take you far UB’s Study Abroad Office put on a fair to show students options for financing travel abroad EMMA JANICKI

SENIOR FEATURES EDITOR

Silvana D’Ettore has been saving money to go to Italy since she was 8 years old. She has never traveled abroad, and she recently applied for the little blue book that gives you access to the world.

D’Ettore, a junior health and human services major, has been telling her parents since she was in elementary school that she would one day go to Italy.

This winter, she will fulfill that

dream.

The UB Study Abroad Office held a fair for students on Sept. 24 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the lobby of Capen Hall. Various study abroad programs offered at UB and representatives from other SUNY schools were at the fair to answer questions about expenses and program options.

UB offers more than 50 study abroad programs and other SUNY campuses offer another 600 programs, according to UB’s Study Abroad website. Students can study

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abroad from anywhere between two weeks and an entire year.

This winter, UB is offering study abroad programs in Barbados, Belize, France, Germany, England, China, Moldova, New Zealand, Tanzania and Turkey.

Students who sign up for programs offered by UB pay normal SUNY tuition. But with airfare, meals, passport fees, health insurance, transportation and personal expenses, the cost of studying abroad can be daunting.

“It’s all up to my savings,” D’Ettore said.

D’Ettore wants to get a taste of traveling before she commits to a longer program and is hopeful that her years of saving will be enough to cover a two-week program in Italy.

Students who haven’t been planning as long as D’Ettore has can

apply for scholarships to finance their trip abroad.

The Office of International Education offers nine scholarships for UB students. Students can apply for all nine scholarships through one application, according to UB’s Study Abroad website.

Jessica Imagna, a graduate assistant in the Study Abroad Office, advises students to talk with the department their major is in, organizations they are involved in and where they work to find other scholarship options.

The amount of students applying for the scholarships varies semester to semester, according to Imagna.

Christine Proulx, a senior English and social sciences interdisciplinary international studies major and a global ambassador for the Study Abroad Office, said that every-

one she knows that has applied for scholarships has won some of them.

Proulx studied abroad for one semester at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England. Her parents and the two $500 scholarships she won financed her trip.

Her only regret is that she did not study abroad for a full year.

Elizabeth Colucci, the coordinator of Fellowships and Scholarships at UB, helps students find nationally competitive, federally funded scholarships for studying abroad like the Fulbright Grant for Study and Research Abroad and the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program for Pell eligible students.

It’s all about “looking for money everywhere,” Imagna said. email: features@ubspectrum.com

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‘Voices for the voiceless’Activist Reggie Littlejohn visits UB to speak about China’s one-child policy CHARLES W SCHAAB

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Reggie Littlejohn has made it her mission to inform people about what she sees as the truth of China’s one-child policy.

The activist came to speak at UB on Tuesday about the work of her non-profit organization, Women’s Rights Without Frontiers (WRWF).

UB Students for Life hosted Littlejohn, founder and president of WRWF, who spoke about “gendercide” – the act of sex-selective abortions based on the gender of the unborn child – forced sterilizations and forced abortions in China.

Littlejohn said WRWF is a “voice for the voiceless.”

Before she created WRWF, Littlejohn was a litigation lawyer in San Jose, California for eight years.

As a litigation lawyer, she also handled political asylum cases of refu-

gees in the United States. Littlejohn’s first asylum case in the mid-1990s involved a refugee from China who was forcibly sterilized.

“At that time, I knew China had the one-child policy, but I did not realize that it was enforced through forced sterilization,” Littlejohn said.

Soon after, Littlejohn became ill and had to stop practicing law.

After five years of hospitalization, Littlejohn decided in 2008 she wanted to give a voice to Chinese women and children. Having already familiarized herself with China’s one -child policy, she said she wanted to dedicate her life to informing people about the policy.

“During that time when I was really sick, I felt I needed to evaluate my life and make a decision about whether I wanted to continue the way I was living my life,” Littlejohn said. “I wanted to dedicate my life to something that had a value beyond myself and help other people.”

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During her talk, Littlejohn expanded on the history of China’s family planning policy, which was introduced in 1979 by the Chinese Communist Party and allows one child per family. She said the policy states if a family lives in the countryside, it is allowed a second child if the first born is a female. In November of 2013, China announced if one parent was an only child, the couple is allowed to have two children.

The Chinese government said the family planning policy has prevented 400 million births, which it views as positive for a country whose large population poses economic challenges, according to a November 2013 article by The Washington Post.

The same article states forced abortions, infanticide and involuntary sterilizations are “banned in theory by the government.”

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In most cases, ultrasounds lead to “culturally forced abortions,” she said. If the gender of the baby is revealed to be a female, women are often forced to abort by their husbands or in-laws, she said.

Littlejohn refers to the situation in China as “war on women.”

Women in China who become pregnant after their firstborn are in direct violation of the one-child policy, according to Littlejohn. She said these women would often have to have a forced abortion or sterilization because they violated the policy.

“In that case, it doesn’t matter whether that baby is boy or girl – the government will force the woman to abort the baby if she doesn’t have a permit,” Littlejohn said.

Christina Lauria, a senior health and human services major and marketing director for UB Students for Life, said it is scary that this topic is not discussed often. She said she also said the United States care more about its “strong economic connection” with China than the issues with the family planning policy.

Littlejohn said she stays away from the abortion issue in the United States because she said her organization is trying to rally anti-abortion and pro-choice supporters together in support of this cause.

“It doesn’t matter whether you are pro-life or pro-choice,” Littlejohn said. “No one is for forced abortion.”

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“Because of China’s population, one out of every five women in the world is suffering under the onechild policy,” she said.

Christine Schaefer, a double major in German and history and vice president of UB Students for Life, said the presentation brought her closer to the women and children affected by the forced abortion in China.

“It brought me face to face with them,” Schaefer said.

Littlejohn’s organization does more than spread awareness. Her Save a Girl Campaign allows for anyone to donate to families who are being affected by the one-child policy.

“We have had an overwhelming success rate,” Littlejohn said “We’ve saved over 100 baby girls in China.”

The campaign puts field workers in China to go door to door asking mothers to keep their baby and not abandon or abort them. The program will also give the family a monthly stipend for a year to help raise the child.

Supporters can sign a petition on WRWF’s website, which asks the Chinese government to stop the enforcement of China’s one-child policy.

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Continued from Redden, page 1 “They kind of trusted me, but I wasn’t too good then,” Redden said.

Redden now has a hair-cutting license and worked at Choppafellas Unisex Salon on Bailey Avenue down the street from UB South Campus, where his “skills became the skills you see today.”

He said Bulls’ defensive coordinator Lou Tepper “is begging [him] for a haircut.” *** Redden returned to the practice field nine months after suffering nerve damage and a lacerated kidney the night of the accident. The Red Raiders called him the “Miracle Man.” Suhana worked with Redden on loosening his back. He played linebacker his junior season because he was still regaining his pre-injury speed. Redden always wanted to do extra reps, but could have further injured himself if he pushed himself too hard.

“We had to hold him back because we were scared of what he was going to do to somebody else,” Suhana said.

Redden said the damaged nerve in his back and his lacerated kidney no longer cause him any complications. Redden is not bitter about the accident that nearly cost him football and his life. He points out he still has one good kidney.

He also says he’s not angry with the drunk driver who hit him and his father.

“No hard feelings towards her, I definitely wish her the best,” Redden said.

He knows his fate could have been worse. *** One of the first solid foods Redden ate after the accident was a box of doughnuts from Famous Doughnuts on Main Street, which he said are “way better than Krispy Kreme’s.”

He took a bite out of every doughnut in the box so no one else would take one.

“After the accident, I was quiet,” Redden said. “I saw the box of doughnuts and you couldn’t

Even though doctors say you may never walk again, in some cases you can walk.

Never take no for an answer.”

-Adam Redden

Redden celebrates a sack with teammate Tedroy Lynch during the Bulls’ 38-28 victory over Duquesne on Aug. 30.

shut me up.”

Deshanaro Morris, Redden’s friend and Sweet Home High School running back, injured his spinal cord in a car accident in 2008. Redden visited his friend in the hospital. He brought a box of Famous Doughnuts.

Redden recalled his “low point” after his own accident and wanted Morris to know he was not alone. He said keeping morale high is most important.

“Even though doctors say you may never walk again, in some cases you can walk. Never take no for an answer,” Redden said.

Morris still uses a wheelchair, but he was able to walk across the stage with a walker to receive his diploma in 2010. He now coaches football at schools in the intercity.

“It happened to play out that God took us on two different paths in life,” Redden said. “It’s weird how God chose me to keep playing and how God chose Deshanaro that his path is coaching now.”

Redden said he knows his fate could have been similar to Morris’ and he wouldn’t be Adam Redden the All-MAC safety. But even if he wasn’t playing football, Redden knows he would find his calling elsewhere. *** The Bulls’ defense plays a 3-35 scheme: three defensive linemen, three linebackers, four defensive backs, and one ‘Adam Redden.’

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Adam Redden sacks Duquesne quarterback Dillon Beuchel in the Bulls’ 38-28 victory over the Dukes on Aug. 30. Redden is known for his hits and play making ability on the football field.

plain his position for the Bulls.

Redden plays what is best described as a ‘hybrid safety/linebacker’ position, but he is adamant he is Buffalo’s strong safety.

“But at times it may seem like [my position is] linebacker but that’s just me trying to make a play out there,” Redden said.

He said he sometimes goes “off the script,” meaning he’ll move down with the linebackers to rush the backfield as opposed to doing what the play calls for him to do.

He’s amassed 17.5 tackles for losses and 6.5 sacks over the past two seasons with this strategy.

He likes to go “off script” on third downs when the Bulls need a big play. When Redden looks around and sees every other player on the field jittery and nervous in a big moment in the

game, he thinks to himself ‘I’m not nervous at all.’

If the onus has to be on anybody, Redden said he wants it on himself.

He is confident he knows when the opposing offense will run a draw or quarterback sneak, because he’s watched their film and knows their tendencies.

“You can see I’m a gambler, and when I bet I’m usually correct,” Redden said.

These plays happen so fast that Redden doesn’t even know he’s correct until he hears the crowd cheer and his teammates celebrate.

He claims he’s never been wrong in abandoning his coverage.

“I haven’t been wrong yet, so let’s not jinx it,” he said.

Redden said Bulls defensive coordinator Lou Tepper

doesn’t mind when Redden deviates from the defensive play call. Redden explains to Tepper he just wants to make a play for his teammates, and coach understands. He can’t complain with the results.

Bulls head coach Jeff Quinn describes Redden as “flying around” on the field and calls Redden’s play “inspirational.”

“You see Adam make a big play that raises the level of play for the whole defense,” Skinner said. *** Derrick, Redden’s father, has been whistling at every football game his son has ever played.

He blows a two-finger whistle to get Redden’s attention after he makes a big play. Redden said his father is “kind of short,” so the whistle helps him locate Derrick to give him a thumbs up or yell, “Yes sir!”

After so many years, Redden can distinguish the whistle from the officials’ and can hear it over the noise of 20,000 fans cheering in UB Stadium. He’s almost been trained to do so.

“I feel kind of shameful because I feel like a dog,” Redden laughs.

“My ears perk up and I look for him. He’s been doing it since I was 7 and it still works to this day.”

He looks forward to hearing the whistle almost as much as he does making the play itself. It’s a moment of admiration between father and son. The whistle has a different meaning for Redden’s mother Latica.

Since the accident, she often urges her husband to whistle anytime Redden is involved in a big collision and or is slow to get up.

Redden’s ‘thumbs up’ means he is OK to Latica.

“For me, if he didn’t play football it wouldn’t bother me,” Latica said.

“But if he continues to play, I’ll be his biggest cheerleader.”

Redden wants to play football, but his story would not end if he stopped playing. He has other avenues to purse; Nobel peace prizes to win.

He won’t be defined as Adam Redden the football player. He’ll be defined as Adam Redden the Renaissance man. email: sports@ubspectrum.com

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Coping Skills Group Wednesdays 3:00-4:30pm This structured group will teach skills to live in the present, deal with stress, manage difficult emotions, and handle interpersonal conflict.

International Student Support Group Thursdays 3:00-4:30pm This group will provide a safe, supportive, and comfortable place to discuss adjustment and cross cultural experiences in the U.S. The group will also provide a safe and confidential environment for group members to support each other and share information.

Motivated for Change Group Mondays 3:00-4:30pm A semi-structured group for students who want to change a particular habit or behavior and have found it difficult to identify or take the necessary steps to do so. This group will explore factors interfering with students’ abilty to change, assessing their desire, need, confidence, and reasons to change, and identify the steps needed to make and maintain that change.

International Tea Time Wednesdays 3:00-4:30pm Intercultural and Diversity Center, 240 Union This is a weekly meeting which brings together American and international students for conversation and fun.

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Clipping its wings ANDY KONIUCH SPORTS EDITOR

The football team had three disappointing outings through its first four games this season.

Buffalo lost in what were mostly one-sided affairs to Army and Baylor, and had to rally to defeat Duquesne, a Football Championship Subdivision team.

But none of those performances will hinder the team’s run at a Mid-American Conference title.

After four nonconference games to begin the season, the Bulls (2-2) begin MAC play against Miami Ohio (0-4) Saturday at UB Stadium.

“Every game brings on a new and exciting challenge,” said head coach Jeff Quinn. “This one is no different. [Miami Ohio] is coached better [than recent years]. It’s going to take everything we have to get a victory.”

The RedHawks’ first-year head coach Chuck Martin previously served as offensive coordinator under Brian Kelly at Norte Dame.

Quinn also served as an offensive coordinator under Kelly when Kelly was head coach at Cincinnati.

Quinn and Martin’s connection goes further. The two were assistants together at Grand Valley State and won two Division II national championships together in 2002 and 2003. Quinn’s son even used to babysit Martin’s children.

“We’re friends,” Quinn said. “We’ll be competitors too [Saturday].”

Miami Oho has lost its last 20 games – dating back to 2012.

Buffalo defeated the RedHawks 27-24 in 2012, which started the Miami Ohio losing streak. The Bulls rousted the RedHawks 44-7 last season.

But this season, the RedHawks have gone “toe-to-toe” with quality opponents, according to Quinn. The RedHawks lost 42-27 to Marshall in Week One, led by Heisman Trophy candidate Rakeem Cato, and fell to Cincinnati by just a touchdown last weekend.

The RedHawks’ offense averages 17.8 points per game and quarterback Andrew Hendrix has thrown for 1,104 yards through four games. Buffalo junior quarterback Joe Licata has 1,099 passing yards.

The Miami Ohio passing attack features wide receiver David Frazier, who has caught 22 passes for 429 yards and two touchdowns this season. The RedHawks’ Rokeem Williams, Jared Murphy and Dawan Scott have all totaled at least 10 catches and a touchdown.

Miami Ohio’s run game has not been as impressive.

The RedHawks have 295 yards and one rushing touchdown this season. “[Miami Ohio is] throwing the ball a little more than they’re running,” Quinn said. “Each game [Hendrix is] getting better … He’s

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got a couple nice receivers to get the ball to. Certainly they’re going to be a handful for our defense, so it’s going to be exciting to see how we defend them.”

Buffalo’s defense is preparing for Miami’s ‘no back’ style of offense, a six-man protection scheme where a tight end is attached to the offensive line to block as opposed to a running back blocking in the backfield.

After allowing 322 and 480 passing yards to Duquesne and Baylor, respectively, the Bulls’ ‘D’ allowed only three passing completions to Norfolk State in last Saturday’s 36-7 win.

Linebacker Kent Kern leads RedHawks’ defense with 39 tackles and has recorded two sacks. Defensive lineman Bryson Albright leads the team with three sacks.

Licata will have to look out for RedHawks’ cornerback Quinten Rollins, who has four interceptions through the team’s first four games.

The Bulls’ offense will be without sophomore running back Jordan Johnson, who will miss the game with a knee injury, but junior running back Devin Campbell will return after missing last week’s game.

Senior linebacker Lee Skinner said the Bulls understand the magnitude of Saturday’s game as their first contest toward the MAC standings.

“Any game is crucially impor-

PREDICTIONS: Miami

(4-0): Buffalo The RedHawks are on a 20-game losing streak. Even though they’ve played better this year, UB should still win by at least a touchdown.

(3-1): Buffalo

This could be a rebound game for Buffalo’s defense. But the final score will still end up being closer than it should be.

There’s no reason why Buffalo should lose to an 0-4 team. Turnovers and ball possession could change that.

Watching them like a hawk: The Spectrum’s Scouting Report SPORTS EDITOR

After four non-conference games, the football team (2-2) will begin Mid-American Conference play Saturday against Miami Ohio (0-4). The Bulls have won the last two meetings and four of the last six against the RedHawks, but are only 4-12 all-time and 2-5 at UB Stadium against the RedHawks. Miami possesses the No. 1 defense in the MAC on third down – with a 65 percent stoppage rate.

Here are a few players to look out for on Miami Ohio: Andrew Hendrix, senior quarterback Hendrix is no stranger to competition.

He spent the last three seasons as the backup to Tommy Rees and Everett Golson at Notre Dame – one of the most prestigious football programs in the history of college football. He is averaging 276 passing yards per game in his first season as the RedHawks’ quarterback. His 6-foot-2 frame makes him a versatile playmaker. His quick release, talent and football knowledge may be a problem Buffalo, as he will look to exploit the struggling Bulls secondary.

David Frazier, senior wide receiver Frazier progressively improved during his time at Miami Ohio.

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After average freshman and sophomore seasons, he became more involved in the offense and finished his junior season with 302 yards and two touchdowns.

Frazier is clearly Hendrix’s favorite target this year. The 6-foot-1 receiver has 22 receptions – more than twice as many as any other receiver – for 429 yards and two touchdowns this year. His 429 yards is already a career best.

Buffalo’s largest concern with him is simple: He is fast. Frazier’s 4.5 40-yard dash time can be a solemn reminder of Baylor’s KD Cannon, who lit up the Buffalo secondary for 189 yards and a touchdown. He will be the down-the-field threat that Hendrix will look for all afternoon.

Quinten Rollins, senior defensive back Rollins may be the most well rounded athlete on the field Saturday.

He is in the middle of his first season with the football team, but he is not a stranger to Miami Ohio Athletics. Rollins was on

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Junior defensive lineman Bryson Albright leads the RedHawks’ defense with three sacks. The Bulls host Miami Ohio Saturday in their first MAC game of the season.

the RedHawks’ basketball team for four years. He transitioned to football after exhausting his four-years of NCAA eligibility. The 6-foot-1 corner is ranked second all-time in steals with the basketball team (214).

It looks like his ‘steals’ are transitioning onto the gridiron as he already registered four interceptions in his first four games.

He has potential to make gamechanging plays at any moment and Licata has to know where he is on the field at all times.

Matchup to watch: Miami Ohio passing vs. Buffalo secondary Buffalo’s secondary has to prove last week’s performance was not a fluke. It was by far the best the unit has played so far this season.

But Buffalo must know that Hendrix is better than Norfolk State quarterback Terrance Ervin. Hendrix will be looking to throw the ball and exploit the secondary like Baylor and Duquesne have done in the past.

The secondary core is solid, but unpredictable. When Buffalo played Baylor, the unit allowed 480 passing yards and five touchdowns. The following week, the secondary allowed less than 100 yards passing.

Which defense is going to show up? email:sports@ubspectrum.com

@JORDANMGROSSMAN

(4-0): Buffalo It depends on which defense is going to show up: The defense against Army or against Norfolk State? I’m taking the latter.

Quick Hits

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Volleyball and women’s soccer begin MAC competition this weekend SPORTS DESK Volleyball (10-4) The Bulls returned to Alumni Arena this week for the first time since Aug. 31.

Buffalo swept Niagara (4-9) 3-0 Tuesday and will host Bowling Green (3-9) and Miami Ohio (7-5) this weekend to begin conference play.

Junior outside hitter Tahleia Bishop led all players with 14 kills and junior outside hitter Megan Lipski and junior middle blocker Amber Hatchett combined for 15 more. Junior setter Marissa Prinzbach had 31 assists and Lipski and freshman libero Niki Bozinoski each had nine digs.

Friday’s match is set for 7 p.m. and Saturday’s will begin at 7:30.

Both contests will be played at Alumni Arena.

Men’s soccer (2-6) The Bulls travel to Cornell (52-1) for their second-to-last nonconference game of the season

Saturday. Buffalo dropped its last game 3-0 to Duquesne.

Sophomore midfielder Russell Cicerone has four of Buffalo’s eight goals to begin the season.

The game is set for 7 p.m.

Women’s soccer (4-2-1) Buffalo begins Mid-American Conference competition this weekend with road contests against Kent State (5-2-1) and Ohio (3-5).

The Bulls struggled in conference play last season – totaling a 3-7-1 record and missing postseason play. Sophomore forward Celina Carrero, senior forward Katie Roberts and freshman midfielder Julia Benati have two goals each for the Bulls through seven games.

The Bulls have dropped their previous two matches after opening the season 4-0-1. Friday’s match is set for 4 p.m. and Sunday’s game will begin a 1 p.m. email: sports@ubspectrum.com