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UB graduates Kevin Mathias, Thomas Hawthorne win more than $35,000

PokerStars.UB ANDY KONIUCH Sports Editor

Kevin Mathias was two cards away from winning $6,514 at the first event of the Western New York Poker Challenge. The only person in his way was his friend and classmate, Thomas Hawthorne.

When the dealer flipped over a five of diamonds, the two shared the same nine-high straight and Mathias’ first place prize was temporarily put on hold.

The following turn card was revealed, an ace, and his victory was sealed.

Out of 144 players, Mathias earned first place over Hawthorne, his best friend. And Hawthorne, who earned $4,023 for second, was admittedly drunk for a large portion of the tournament.

But how the recent University at Buffalo graduates wound up in this situation is proof that good things can happen after 2 a.m. During a night of drinking, Mathias stumbled over to Hawthorne with a slurred proposal at about 2 a.m. on March 28 – the morning of the tournament.

“Kev comes up to me and says, ‘I’m thinking about this $200 buy-in tomorrow,’ Hawthorne explained. “I had about 12 beers; I think [Kevin] had more than I did. He said it starts at 11 a.m., so we should probably stop drinking. That night I slept on Kevin’s floor. We woke up at about 10 or so, I didn’t even shower or brush my teeth.”

Hung over and exhausted, Mathias and Hawthorne showed up to Seneca Falls Casino 30 minutes late. But this didn’t stop the two.

After paying the $200 buy in, Mathias and Hawthorne each received their $15,000 worth of chips.

After two hours, however, Hawthorne was eliminated.

Noticing his friend was missing, Mathias sent Hawthorne a text message. Hawthorne told Mathias he lost and only had $100 on him. Mathias agreed to stake him the other $100 so Hawthorne could continue playing, rather than just stand and watch the 12-hour tournament.

Hawthorne agreed to pay Mathias half if he won.

Hawthorne once again received 15,000 chips - he was back in the game.

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Kevin Mathias holds his first place trophy from the Western New York Poker Challenge. Mathias says he has won about $25,000 of earnings in poker.

maining, Hawthorne and Mathias were low on chips. So low that Hawthorne had about a third of the average chip stack and was ranked 25th out of the remaining competition.

If the two wanted to crack the final 15 – the positions with prizes –they would have to be on top of their game.

“I thought for sure neither of us were going to get cash,” Hawthorne said. “But I’ve been in this situation before, mostly [playing poker] online. I knew I needed a few double ups; I went all-in five or six times. We were aggressive, which is a big principle that I’m a fan of. We basically got the right cards at the right time.”

Once the two clinched the final 15, it was time to “turn up” and get focused, which meant no more drinking for Hawthorne.

Opposing players even offered to buy Hawthorne beers in order to get him more drunk. But Mathias was there as a voice of reason.

“Tom had been drinking for a while; he was getting really fatigued,” Mathias said. “We were on a 10-minute break and I could tell he was almost giving up because he was so tired. I told him to calm down and put in perspective how much money we were playing for - told him to stay level headed and play your best game. I said to him, ‘Do me a favor, when you go back to the

table, order yourself a water.’ He said OK.” Hawthorne made a 180-degree turn and immediately became more focused, according to Mathias.

They advanced as two of the final eight players to the final table and the opportunity to win $6,514.

Neither of them mentioned the chances of going head-tohead for first place. They didn’t want to jinx themselves.

But with only six players left, the odds began to stack in Mathias’ and Hawthorne’s favor. Hawthorne now led the table in chips while Mathias was second.

“We both had a lot of chips,” Hawthorne said. “General poker rule: When you’re playing against someone who has a large stack – don’t get involved with them. Really big hands can hurt you. Kevin had the only stack to cripple me. We weren’t working together because that’s colluding, which is illegal. However, it would make more sense because the two large stacks at the final table should always avoid pots with each other.”

A few hours later, three more opponents were eliminated and the boys cracked the final three.

Jason Nablo, the third-place winner, was no match for the large chip stack of Mathias, who went all in with one another.

Mathias won after Nablo folded sevens preflop.

Mathias and Hawthorne were in disbelief.

“Once we got to the final table, I never expected us to be heads up for the title,” Mathias said. “Once [Nablo] got knocked out we started laughing at how ridiculous the situation was, but then it was down to business.”

About five minutes into the head-to-head match on the third hand, Mathias and Hawthorne went all in.

It was Mathias that was dealt the right cards at the right time.

“I’ve played thousands of hands with Kevin,” Hawthorne said. “I’m competitive with everything I do. I get upset if I lose a game of rock-paper-scissors. We’re competitive when we play. Kevin is a better poker player than I am, I’ll admit that.

But if I’m going to lose to anybody, I’m going to lose to him.

I remember getting up and shaking his hand. I said, ‘Dude, this is insane, I can’t believe this happened.’ He responded something to the same effect.”

Mathias not only won $6,514 for first place, but also half of Thomas’ $4,023 second place prize, totaling $8,525 on the night.

“I was so [explicit] happy when it was finally over,” Mathias said.

“It didn’t sink in for a little that not only did I win $6,514 for first place, but also half of second.

The day could not have gone any better for me.”

Mathias was handed the first place trophy and received the $2,000 from Hawthorne after their trip home.

The celebration was put on hold as they finally got some sleep from their long two previous nights.

The next day, Kevin celebrated with his older brother and poker mentor, Jemermie Mathias.

How it all started Mathias said he’s won approximately $15,000 through online poker and $10,000 from ‘live,’ or person-person poker.

Before poker, he was a varsity soccer player as a freshman at Sutherland High School in Pittsford, New York – a small suburb near Rochester.

He first got into gambling when he was 16.

“My brother [Jeremie] would play online, I knew his password so I’d go on his account and play on it for money,” Mathias said.

“I mostly got serious when I was 17 – I read about six poker

books – one of them was Doyle Brunson’s, Super System. When I first started studying the game, within the next few years I made about five figures – pretty much always online.”

Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars, owned by Isai Scheinberg, were Mathias’ main websites. By the time he was a freshman at UB, he had accumulated $10,000 through online gambling.

But the U.S. Attorney Office deemed Full Tilt’s legitimacy a “Ponzi scheme.” A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investing scam promising high rates of return with little risk to investors, according to Investopedia.

And during 2011’s the United States v. Scheinberg, the Southern District of New York seized and shut down Full Tilt Poker and several of its competitors, alleging that the sites were violating federal bank fraud and money laundering laws.

Existing customers could no longer withdraw funds held in their accounts.

Mathias was crushed.

“It was heart breaking because I realized I just lost $10,000,” he said. “I never expected to get any of [that money] back.”

But in July of 2012, the U.S. government dismissed all civil complaints after coming to a settlement with PokerStars, which included the purchase of Full Tilt.

PokerStars paid $225 million to the U.S. Department of Justice on Aug. 9, completing the asset transfer of Full Tilt Poker.

Two years later around February of 2014, players from Full Tilt Poker began reporting reimbursements. During his final semester at UB, Mathias awoke to find himself $10,000 richer.

“I woke up and checked my bank account on my phone,” Mathias said. “I heard [PokerStars] was reimbursing the players. I got my hopes up, but it didn’t really hit me until I saw $10,000 in my account. The previous day I had about $30, the next day I have $10,000. I was pretty happy.”

Like Mathias, Hawthorne recently graduated from UB with a bachelor’s of science in accounting. Hawthorne will attend graduate school in the fall of 2014 in search of his master’s degree and is currently taking classes toward his Certified Public Accountant exam. see poker, page 5

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A changing of the board Board of Education elections usher in new majority, new hope for progress Dramatic change is in store for the Buffalo Board of Education.

But as the newly elected members of the board settled into their seats on July 1, they joined a group still recovering from a nearly twomonth transitional period mired in disagreement and debate.

Buffalo’s Board of Education, which oversees policy-making for the city’s public schools, held its election May 6 to fill three of nine positions on the board. The election generated record-breaking fundraising by its candidates and drew 58 percent more voters than the previous year’s vote, indicating the public’s dissatisfaction with the current school board, which has been marked by divides along gender and racial lines and plagued by a lack of cooperation among board members.

Current Board President Barbara Seals Nevergold held her seat, with new members Larry Quinn and Patti Bowers Pierce joining the Board. These additions upset the majority, which supported Superintendent Pamela C. Brown.

Now, with a new majority tak-

ing over, major changes are on the way, as the board pursues an agenda supporting the creation of charter schools. The move stands in stark opposition with the former majority’s policies, which promote traditional schools and focus on improving existing schools that are struggling rather than creating new institutions.

While charter schools are lauded for their ability to allow students to rapidly leave low-performing schools, they can also distract from the larger-scale problems caused by poverty. These schools offer one solution among many problems, and should be viewed as only one step among a multitude of policy changes needed to improve Buffalo’s schools.

In addition to these new policies, the board will be seeking a new superintendent, after Brown tendered her resignation in late May. Throughout her almost two years as superintendent, Brown maintained the support of only a slim majority of the board, and many members of the public are eager to see her replaced, associ-

ating her with an inefficient board distracted by internal division. The board is supposed to serve the Buffalo community, and most importantly the children attending the city’s schools, but as discontented voters and parents acknowledge, that hasn’t been accomplished under Brown’s leadership.

Brown’s resignation follows the firing of former Superintendent James A. Williams, who was let go in a drawn-out process as the board spent several months debating legal issues. Williams’ contract guaranteed him six months’ severance pay ($110,000). He eventually “retired” with a $130,000 payout. Browns’ contract has a similar clause, entitling her to one year of severance pay, or $217,500.

Though the majority of the board will be pleased to see Brown leave – as they feel she is not a competent leader – these two unsuccessful superintendents have cost the school district $337,500, suggesting that greater caution is needed in selecting candidates for this position in the first place.

The extremely generous severance

clauses need to be reconsidered in the future as well. Paying individuals hundreds of thousands of dollars simply to leave their positions is highly misguided.

Now, a divided board must work together to find a new superintendent – hopefully one who can lead effectively and stay in office for an entire term. A strong leader is needed to unite this board, and the district can’t afford to pay off yet another early departure if they end up regretting their decision.

As our schools struggle to attain funding to provide students with the education they deserve, any funds directed away from Buffalo students, especially money used to essentially fund a “redo” is irresponsible and wasteful. The board, with a new majority and renewed focus, need to right the wrongs of previous years and hire a leader who can earn the trust and support of the Buffalo community – and avoid earning any severance pay along the way. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com

Administration’s inaction allows illegal fraternities to thrive UB needs to become involved in prosecution and prevention of illegal groups In The Spectrum’s final issue of the 2013-14 school year, managing editor Lisa Khoury exposed a dangerous and unchecked phenomenon occurring just minutes away from UB’s South Campus. In her article, “Animal Heights,” Khoury outlined the organization and behavior of five illegal fraternities at UB: Sigma Alpha Mu, Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Delta Theta, Kappa Sigma and Delta Sigma Phi. These groups, which illegally use the names and symbols of national organizations and are not registered with UB, operate in open secrecy. Their houses are located in University Heights, like the majority of legal Greek organizations, but unlike legitimate fraternities and sororities, these groups are outside of university purview – and UB seems wholly too comfortable with that.

Aptly compared to gangs by a current UB student (who, notably, remained anonymous out of fear of retaliation), the behavior of illegal fraternities, as investigated and documented by Khoury, is indeed outright criminal. From extreme, violent hazing involving group beatings and excessive, forced alcohol consumption that sent students to the hospital and others leaving UB entirely when they couldn’t disaffiliate to recruitment of high schoolers and drug-selling operations involving marijuana, ecstasy and cocaine, the actions of these groups is deplorable.

UB has a responsibility to pro-

tect its students and to help them graduate successfully. And though the students who choose to join these groups may not seem entirely deserving of assistance, let’s consider the students who live next door to these groups, or who attend their parties, where copious amounts of alcohol and drugs are readily available – more so than at the parties of legal fraternities.

The university has consistently avoided involvement in the University Heights area, ignoring students ensnared in leases for unsafe housing and turning a blind eye to those victimized by robberies and shootings. The administration is apparently content with the idea of its students living down the street from – and attending class with – students who sell drugs and assault each other.

It’s essential that UB takes action, because the school is the only one that can. The national organizations whose names are being used illegally have never taken legal action against the groups, doing little more than sending cease and desist letters, which, mailed from national headquarters spread across the country, accomplish nothing.

The University Police has no jurisdiction in the Heights and the Buffalo Police, who do, understandably have more pressing priorities than investigating the groups – until they become aware of crimes being committed. UB could make it easier for the UPD simply by providing them with in-

formation about these groups, such as their names and symbols so that they could locate the fraternities’ houses more easily, and report them to the school, allowing UB to take action.

Targeting the illegal fraternities is far from easy, as the groups can quickly abandon a house that attracts the attention of authorities, and members of the fraternity are notoriously tightlipped once they’ve become brothers.

But currently, the already challenging prospect of investigating and pursuing legal action against these groups is made all the more daunting because very few people on campus are dedicated to the task. Pam Jackson, the assistant director for Fraternity & Sorority Life, has been investigating the underground fraternity scene for over a decade, and clearly has made little headway – perhaps if she had the support of the university behind her, that could change.

Even more important – and more straightforward – than prosecution is prevention. A survey conducted by The Spectrum revealed that approximately 44 percent of students say they were never warned about illegal fraternities when they came to UB. That number should be a zero. Liz Lidano, director of UB’s Judicial Affairs, explained that students are warned about illegal fraternities at orientation, but despite information about the groups being offered at student presentations and

parent orientation, many students clearly aren’t getting the message.

This topic should be addressed at not only orientation, but also in all UB101 classes, so that students are effectively made aware of the dangers of joining or partying with these groups, and dissuaded from making an already serious problem even worse by pledging with illegal fraternities. But even this is not enough to ensure prevention, because UB101 is not mandatory.

Students need to see that the university will not tolerate the presence of illegal fraternities.

UB’s Student Code of Conduct states that students can be expelled for participating in an illegal fraternity or sorority, but Jackson can only recall one expulsion in the last 14 years. If students actually faced repercussions for their involvement, incoming students may be dissuaded from joining in the first place.

The 39 legal, registered fraternities and sororities at UB offer students opportunities to expand their social circles in safe environments, get involved on campus and make meaningful contributions in the Buffalo community.

These illegal fraternities are a dangerous distraction from what can be a positive force for the university, and it’s up to UB’s administration to protect its students from the reckless behavior and outright abuse that these groups promote. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com

Letter from the editor Challenge who you think you are upon entering UB

SARA DINATALE Editor in Chief

I was standing in a sea of 8,000 naked people.

I’m not into anything freaky.

It was just my first weekend in Portland, Oregon. Have you ever watched an episode of IFC’s Portlandia? It’s a lot like that, but weirder.

And I absolutely loved it.

I should probably explain more.

It was a naked bike ride, a protest that happens annually in Portland that opposes society’s dependence on pollution-producing vehicles.

Thousands of people gather to ride as bare as they choose to be.

People line the streets the whole way of the seven-mile route, cheering on riders.

Well, I certainly wasn’t in my Buffalo suburb anymore – the place I need a car to get to school, the grocery store, a friend’s house – a place that would never sanction a naked protest. The West Coast feels like a different world. I suppose it kind of is. It’s like I was Dorothy and in the World of Oz, except instead of munchkins and the yellow brick road, there were naked cyclists covered in body glitter.

I was bike-less, having only been in the city a few days and couldn’t participate, but I still can’t imagine a grander and more Portland welcome to my home for the summer.

It was absolutely ridiculous and you may think I’m totally crazy for telling you how awesome being there was. I was simply seizing a new life in a new place.

And I think you should do the same thing, especially if you’re an incoming freshman at the University at Buffalo.

There probably won’t be any naked bike rides (let me know if you’re thinking of creating one) but there are going to be oppor-

tunities for you to challenge who you think you are.

That’s what college is. I’m experiencing my last summer as an undergraduate forcing myself to do things that aren’t the easy choice. What’s easy isn’t going to help you grow.

So when I was applying to internships at newspapers, I applied to places as far as Boston, Chicago, D.C. and two papers on the West Coast. And that’s where I wound up, more than 2,500 miles from Buffalo, where I’ve lived my whole life. Before this summer, the greater Buffalo area was the only place I’ve ever reported in.

I’ve never dormed. I saved my money and lived at home. I thought I’d never have the “college experience.” It felt safe, but it made sense. So I had to create my own challenges.

Here I am in Portland. I’m living in a college apartment and I even have an RA, which as a 21-year-old working full time at a daily newspaper, I find pretty comical.

It’s all part of my college experience. There’s no right way to do it, but there’s a wrong way.

Don’t think you know who you are yet, because you’re just figuring it out. That’s what this Orien-

tation Issue is focusing on. Each section front photo messes with your expectations. Let’s move past “the jock” and the “arts kid.” Let’s forget about stereotypes because they’re not who any of us actually are.

Let college be the time you question and discover, enjoy and learn, and figure out what kind of young adult you want to be.

Let’s be more. Let’s expect more from ourselves. Find your challenges.

Don’t get so bogged down with schoolwork that you don’t live.

Don’t party so hard that you forget what the end goal of college is.

Join something. Join lots of things. Find your version of my summer in Portland. Do something out of character – like going to a naked bike ride.

I can tell you how amazing The Spectrum is – the people I’ve met, the experiences I’ve had, the opportunities it has led me to.

That was my journey.

What’s yours? email: sara.dinatale@ubspectrum.com

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The road not often taken Athira Unni defies a cultural norm to study English, sociology and creative writing at UB JORDAN OSCAR

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Athira Unni still remembers sitting in her fifth grade classroom. It was on the second floor.

It had windows on two sides.

She would watch the rainfall during monsoons. Her school sat so close to the water that she could see the ocean from a window in the library.

She still remembers the heavy wooden desks, creaky floors and large benches she and her classmates sat on. And she still remembers a story her teacher read to her class in her native India.

It was a folktale about a royal adviser who relentlessly told people, “Everything happens for our own good.”

It’s a phrase that has guided Unni for most of her life.

No matter what happened to the king or the royal family, the adviser always told them that it was for their own good. Even when the king died, he was unwavering in his commitment to this belief and tells the prince that his father’s death was for his own good. Years later, when the adviser dies, the phrase is inscribed on his tombstone.

It was the first time the aspiring writer realized words can “live after you do.” The phrase has also shaped her perspective on life.

“It’s kept me from second guessing myself by saying, this is not determining your life as much as everything else is or by saying, everything determines your life together. You don’t let one thing [get you down] on life,” said Unni, a senior English and sociology major.

Unni has been studying at UB for three years and returns to her home in Calicut, India each summer. She’s part of UB’s large international student population, which makes up 17 percent of the total student body. Her decision to come to the United States

wasn’t easy, and the decision to study English isn’t socially acceptable in her culture, she said.

Regardless of what challenge she faces, Unni always believes that everything is happening for her own good.

Although Unni says coming to America has been a difficult, shocking, rewarding and challenging experience that often made her question if her time in the United States was for her own benefit, her greatest challenge was not only deciding what to do with her life, but convincing her parents to allow her to pursue her dreams.

After graduating from high school in 2011, Unni didn’t know what she wanted to do. She was good at every subject and received a 95 or higher on all of her exams.

Though she hates math, both her parents got degrees in mathematics and her father went on to get an additional degree in engineering. They always saw her following in their footsteps and pursuing a degree in sciences or mathematics, which she says most parents in India do. Everyone in her family went into a career in business or science.

But her life long love of reading and writing made her want to pursue a degree in English. *** Unni began writing at a young age and kept a journal of all the places she traveled with her family. She filled it with meticulous details like what they ate, what they saw and even the hours of operation for some of the stores and places she went to. The journal was an early gateway to more disciplined writing.

Her father is an electrical engineer on a cargo ship, and spends four months on the ship before returning home for four months and then leaving again. When she was young, Unni and her mother lived with her father in a cabin on one of the ships and traveled the world.

She remembers her mother waking her up one morning to show her the Statue of Liberty as the ship motored by on its way to a harbor in New York.

And though she doesn’t remember it all, she’s been to most of the major ports and harbors in the world.

When they were back home in Calicut, she and her family would drive around to various sites and spent a lot of time on vacation.

Unni’s mother, Chandra Unni, remembers her daughter noting minute details – down to how many kilometers they traveled – during the family’s journeys.

Vacation and life experiences eventually became a quintessential aspect of Unni’s writing.

Unni said she knew she wanted to be a writer in the seventh grade.

But it was in the sixth grade she wrote her first poem, “Craft,” which focused on painting and drawing. It was the spark that set Unni into excelling in creative writing.

In 10th grade, Unni was a Kerala – a state in India – champion for essay writing. Her passion, however, was still poetry.

Writing didn’t come without tribulations. Unni recalls an instance in the 10th grade when a teacher gave her “horrible remarks” on a piece called “Demons of Misfortune,” which the writer considered among her best.

“She was like, ‘The title completely ruins it and you should stick to writing essays. Don’t write poetry.’ That completely broke my confidence … and I stopped [writing] poetry for the next two years.”

Unni remembers crying as she walked along the side of a road on her way home that day.

With her confidence in creative writing and poetry shaken, her decision of what to do after high school became even more difficult. Unni slowly rebuilt her con-

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From an early age Athira Unni loved to read and write. She has known she wanted to be a writer since the seventh grade and can often be found in a library, reading books, composing poetry or taking out books for research on her thesis paper.

fidence in writing and posted poetry to her blog and decided to pursue a degree in English. Her mother was supportive, but her father and friends were not.

As the first child, Unni says her father often saw her as a son who was set to follow in his footsteps and become an engineer. After graduating from high school, Unni became enrolled in engineering coaching classes to prepare her for exams she needed to pass to get into the a good school. From seven in the morning to four in the afternoon, she and her classmates studied science. It drained her.

She didn’t want to spend four years getting a degree in a field she didn’t want to work. She told her father how unhappy that would make her, and he began to support her decision to study English. Her friends weren’t sold.

“My best friend for 13 years [said], ‘Are you insane? Don’t you think you should get a professional degree? Don’t you think you should do something that will earn you money, give you a place in society?’’ Unni said. “It was hard for me to defy those people who meant a lot to me, but this is what I want to do. If this is happening for my own

good and coming to America is what I have to do to learn English, then that’s what I’m going to do.”

Once she decided to come to the United States, she applied to three schools: the University of Michigan, the University of North Carolina and the University at Buffalo.

It was UB that accepted her and awarded her annual an $6,000 scholarship.

Initially, she found the rejections from the University of Michigan and University of North Carolina crushing, but at the same time there was comfort in not leaving home. But once she was accepted to UB with a scholarship, her parents told her she had to go.

“Most of our friends and relatives criticized us as if we did something strange,” Chandra said in email. “I was always on her side because I knew she is very determined and hard working.”

Unni was excited to get a scholarship from a school that had a “surprisingly good” English department, she said. Her parents thought she’d be able to identify with UB’s number of international students.

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*** When she first arrived in America, Unni thought it was scary. She spent a week in New York City surrounded by tall people and buildings that made her feel small “like a Lilliput” – a race of 6-inch-tall people from the novel Gulliver’s Travels.

The scale of everything around her was immense and filled with things she wasn’t accustomed to.

She was surprised by the diversity of the people around her.

Small subtle differences stuck out the most. She was amazed at the amount of profanity people used and the courtesy of people opening doors and asking how you are, some of which she found fake.

At UB, her biggest fear was that she wouldn’t fit in. She was worried that the “invisible wall” of diverse experiences and language would isolate her.

She felt lost and homesick during her first semester and wondered if her decision to come to UB was truly for her ‘own good.’

Eventually, she found value in her independence and was determined to take advantage of her time at UB. She quickly made friends on campus and her concerns dissipated.

Sonika Singh, a senior electrical engineering major and mathematics minor, experienced similar difficulties dealing with homesickness and making friends.

Singh lived across the hall from Unni freshman year, but came from different parts of India and spoke different languages. As the national language, Singh grew up speaking Hindi and very little English. Unni spoke a little Hindi, but mostly spoke Malayalam, which is only spoken in Calicut and was taught English in a convent school for ten years.

Despite their language barrier and having very different interests, the pair formed a bond.

“That’s when we started to know one another and be there for each other,” said Singh, who is from New Delhi in northern India. “I had a bad experience with friends the first semester I came [to UB] and she was always there for me when all those other

people betrayed me or broke my trust. She was always there.”

And though her concerns about being away from home faded, what was on the menu at UB was a big concern.

“I’ll be frank, I didn’t even know what to eat over here,” she said. “I had no idea how to order in a Subway, I had no idea what Starbucks was about. It’s very different. Especially when you’re coming from a third world country where you don’t have a lot of chains of shops where everyone knows what to order and people bring [you the food] prepared.”

She used to joke with her mother she’d be spending four years eating eggs and cheese.

“I was in tears when she told me that she used to be hungry,” Chandra said. Her mother went as far as being conscious to not talk about food when the two chatted on the phone.

“Of course I tried to encourage her by saying that we had to sacrifice something to achieve our aim [and] she wouldn’t complained much because it was her decision to come to UB,” her mother said.

Her friends and family often worried the college party scene – an atmosphere not present in India – and people she met would change her, but Unni was determined to remain the same.

She “loves challenge, but hates change.”

But her mother will contend she has changed a lot, noting her daughter has found her independence and voice as an outspoken and politically conscience young adult. *** As an English major at UB in the advanced honors program, Unni still excels in writing. Regardless of whether it’s a term paper, poem or a close reading, she still receives the same good feedback that she received from most of her teachers in high school. She decided to double major in sociology, which provides her with an expanded outlook on life and gives her broader societal perspective, which has found its way into her poetry.

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to medical school at the American University of Antigua. Verma was enrolled in an organized education program at UB, where he was able to see patients under faculty supervision.

Verma spoke two languages: English and Punjabi – a native language of India and Pakistan – and he was a fan of Yankees, Nets and Devils, according to his Facebook page.

A funeral was held for Verma in the afternoon on Friday, June 6 by his family and friends in Franklin Memorial Park in North Brunswick, New Jersey.

Officials from UB’s medical school offered their condolences to Verma’s friends and family.

The Watertown, New York native became involved with poker around 11 years old. He’s won about $15,000 since.

The two met during summer of 2010 as incoming freshman in the most fitting place possible – Seneca Falls Casino.

“It was orientation week, I was wearing a UB string backpack,” Mathias said. “He saw my backpack and asked if I was going to UB. I said yeah and we exchanged phone numbers. That’s pretty much how I met all my friends at Buffalo, because after that I started hanging out with people that I met through Kevin.”

Mathias’ and Hawthorne’s friendship revolves around the way the two first met – playing poker and drinking.

When they’re not pounding back Genny Lights, the two like to keep it simple: playing Super Smash Brothers on the Nintendo 64. But they admit even this usually involves drinking.

“Money hasn’t changed my personality at all, if anything I’m a more generous guy now,” Mathias said. “A couple nights ago I left my wallet in a cab and I had way too much money in my wallet, I was freaking out. Eventually I got a hold of [the driver]. I was so grateful that he came back and gave me my wallet without anything taken. I tipped him $100.

I’m grateful that I’m capable of this and that I can reward people for their good actions.”

Mathias isn’t just generous with his money. He’s smart, too.

He has already put $3,000 into an online fidelity account. He plans on putting $10,000 into stocks and use the rest of his earnings towards poker.

Where are they now?

Since graduating, Mathias has obtained a pizza delivery position in Rochester, and is still in search of a full time job.

He’s competed in several tournaments thus far, but hasn’t won anything nearly as close to his $6,514 cash prize from March.

His dream is to someday compete in the World Series of Poker.

Hawthorne is currently working in the finance department at New York Air Break in Watertown, where he serves as a financial analyst.

Hawthorne’s father, Mike, told his son to repeat this each night before he went to sleep as a kid: “Poker is a hobby – accounting is a profession.”

But Mathias doesn’t agree with Hawthorne’s fathers philosophies.

“I question how much his dad knows about the game,” Mathias said. “I feel poker can be a legitimate source of income – it’s not as luck based as everyone thinks.

It’s a skill game in the long run luck and skill always even out. I consider poker to be very different than any other game at the casino, because you play against other players – not the house. If you know more knowledge and experience than the other players, you can beat them.”

Mathias and Hawthorne might be parting ways now that classes are over, but their friendship will live on, one deck at a time.

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Recently, Unni had her poem “Fallujah” published in NAME magazine, the English department’s annual literary magazine. She read the poem for an audience during a party celebrating the publication of this year’s issue.

ing creative writing classes and exploring her poetical “outlet” for her thoughts and emotions.

Her poetry used to always begin autobiographically and become something else as she wrote. But now she describes it at as: “A shadow of my thoughts.

It’s personal at times, but blatantly social and completely alienated from my life or myself at other times.”

Unni loves to surprise people with her poetry. She can begin a poem with something humorous and lighthearted and then transition into something more serious that reflects on society or something personal. She loves blending those two opposites together and seeing the result.

UB’s creative writing workshops and classes pushed her to explore new facets of poetry, her outlook on life and her global perspective, as well as experiences that she never thought possible.

Recently, she wrote her favorite and most personal poem to date entitled, “Language in Transit.” The result was something she didn’t expect. When her parents read it, they cried.

“That’s one of the first times my parents have emotionally reacted to my poetry,” Unni said.

“A lot of the time my mom will tease me and reads my poetry in a funny voice, so I laugh, she laughs, we all laugh. But this time

[my poem] had references to her, it had references to our home and it had references to coming here and adjusting to things.

And it had references to religion back home, which I never really followed. I was never overly religious. Although I went to temples and stuff, it was more of a ritual with my family that a [religious] devotion … she felt very good that I wrote about all of that.” *** When she wasn’t busy exploring UB, writing poetry and taking classes, Unni spent mo had her work published in NAME Magazine, the English department’s annual literary magazine.

She also cofounded UB Lit Club with her friend and fellow English major Anne Mulrooney*, who she met in a creative writing workshop last fall.

Although she walked the stage at graduation in May, Unni will officially graduate from UB this fall. Following, she will return to India to start her career.

She may not always take the road that she’s expected to, but she’ll do so knowing it’s for her own good.

After all, “everything happens for our own good.” *Anne Mulrooney is an editor for The Spectrum. email: arts@ubspectrum.com

Accidents lead to the deaths of two UB students Jade Qiu and Rajan Verma die in fatal accidents AMANDA LOW and TORI ROSEMAN

Senior News Editor and Asst. Arts Editor

Two UB students died in June in unrelated accidents.

On June 2, Rajan Verma, a 28-year-old first-year UB medical resident died in an accident at the Tralf Music Hall in downtown Buffalo. On June 13, Jade (Yu Hua) Qiu was crossing Millersport Highway at Flint Road when she was hit by a car.

Both incidents occurred after UB held a memorial for 16 students who died in 2013 and 2014. UB holds memorial events for students annually.

Qiu just finished her freshman year at UB and was studying

chemical engineering. She was from Brooklyn and graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School in 2013.

Diane Tsang, who went to high school with Qiu and had known her since the seventh grade, remembers her friend as patient, generous and loyal. The two remained in touch after going off to UB and Cornell University, respectively.

Tsang said the two had the same perspectives on life.

“She didn’t take life seriously in the sense that she enjoyed life and always had a lot of fun,” Tsang said. “She was always a very happy person to be around.”

Qiu was crossing Millersport Highway at Flint Road when Daniel Kepple, 48, of Buffalo crashed

his pickup truck with an attached trailer into a car driven by Aujonee Smith, 20, of Amherst. Smith’s car spun out of control and struck Qiu, according to The Buffalo News.

Two other vehicles were hit as a result of the crash.

After she was hit, Qui was rushed to Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital and then flown

by Mercy Flight to Erie County Medical Center. She died the next morning from her injuries.

Verma was leaving a concert at Tralf Music Hall when he fell.

He was found at the bottom of a staircase.

Originally from Elizabeth, New Jersey, Verma graduated with a degree in biology from St. John’s University in New York City in 2008 before going on

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Nothing gets left behind

GISELLE LAM

Asst. News Editor

I learned a lot in my first two years of college: theories of communication, the acting methods of Stanislavski, and that time management is an extremely important tool to utilize.

Somewhere during the semesters, I also familiarized myself with the art of packing.

The numerous trips between home and school taught me how to better handle my over packing issues. The zipper can finally close even with all my essentials crammed tightly in a standardsized suitcase.

Packing tips online advise folding clothes a certain way or only bringing what you really need – but sometimes you really just need everything.

I always feel the stress and let down of possibly having to leave something behind because it just won’t fit, but my mistakes have only taught me to improve the next packing experience. Here are some things I’ve learned from my many packing mishaps.

50, that’s the magic number.

For the fliers, this is the number you want to keep in mind always. Checked baggage cannot exceed 50 pounds and, trust me, it’s a lot lighter than you would expect.

Counter this by packing the suitcase with clothes that weigh less and leave the heavier stuff

for your carry-on. Jeans weigh on average a pound each so it’s a good idea to keep them with you for the flight.

Keep it simple.

Less is more, and I don’t mean in the way that any items should be left behind.

Aim for a few larger bags – that can close – rather than many random little ones that you’ll have trouble keeping track of.

You’ll be more mobile when trying to catch a bus or a train and won’t have to worry about possibly leaving one behind.

Also, aim for carriers that you can throw over your shoulders or wheel along behind you; your body will thank you the day after.

Follow the triangle.

Journalists follow an inverted triangle when writing by starting with the big information and working downward onto the more minor details. Packing is the same.

When packing, throw your big things in first and keep the smaller and flexible ones at hand. After the positioning has been figured out, find any nook or cranny they can call home. You’ll utilize every inch of space available.

It may seem impossible to get everything packed away, but from my own experiences, it usually works out. It might take some readjusting or a different bag – but don’t give up.

Don’t let a bag that won’t zip up defeat you. It’s all about the trial and error.

Now, I can’t take all the credit. Friends are really what have made packing and traveling a lot easier. At some point, you will have to resort to asking someone to carry a bag or to zip a suitcase.

Packing to go back home isn’t an easy task, but turning to those around you will make the process smoother. email: gisellel@buffalo.edu

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UB to finish installing first heated bus shelter by August JENNA FITTS

Staff Writer

When the fall semester begins, the warm weather never seems to stay long enough before students have to travel through the harsh Buffalo winter.

Now, UB is installing new bus shelters in two locations to help with the intense cold students endure while waiting for the UB Stampede. One, near O’Brian Hall, will be heated, and the other in the Flint Loop will not.

Maria Wallace, director of Parking and Transportation Services, said construction for the shelters began this summer and will be done by Aug. 1. “[The O’Brian] location was selected due to infrastructure needs for power, lighting, etc. and given its bird’s eye view of Flint loop,” Wallace said in an email. “It will also have solar power with a panel added to the rooftop.”

Students wait for long periods of time in the freezing weather and many of them appreciate the idea of heated shelters.

“I think it’s definitely something that this campus needs,” said Rebecca Postek, a sophomore exercise science major. “A lot of students utilize the bus for transportation and like to get there early so they don’t miss class and even if you’re completely bundled up the weather will still affect you.”

Students have wanted heated shelters for years and this particular one has been in the works for more than a year. The most difficult part, Wallace said, was finding an area that wouldn’t impact underground utilities and infrastructure.

Taylor Gallo, a senior political science major, also thinks the shelters are a great idea.

“A lot of people would end up waiting for the bus in the Commons foyer to stay warm,” Gallo said. “Luckily, I didn’t have to

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Students will soon be able to hide from the harsh winter cold. A heated bus shelter is being constructed next to O'Brian hall and will be completed by August.

ride the South Campus bus. They had to wait a long time and the stops are usually no where near a building to stay in.”

Many students have purposely not used the bus system because of the amount of time they had to wait in the cold.

“A few of my friends would just drive instead of waiting for the bus, which is sort of inconvenient,” Postek said.

Christopher Austin, assistant director of Parking and Transportation Services, said he does not see any reason for concern about students walking from the shelters to the bus stop because Putnam Way is not a “high vehicular traffic thoroughfare.”

Austin said pedestrian crossing enhancements will also be put in

the area to improve pedestrian flow from the heated shelter to Flint Loop.

“We don’t expect a significant increase in overall pedestrian traffic either, though, as this same subset of students and other passengers currently cross Putnam Way for access to the ‘old’ shelters,” he said.

Postek believes the heated shelters will allow more people to start using the bus.

“More people should make use of it and it’s a good thing that UB realizes the issue is making initiative,” Postek said. “It shows the university cares about its students.” email: news@ubspectrum.com

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UB on the Green returns for the eighth year GISELLE LAM

Asst. News Editor

UB on the Green will return to South Campus’ Hayes Hall Lawn for its eighth year from July 16 to Aug. 6.

The free live music concert series will feature themed event nights and tabling from local organizations and vendors on Wednesdays from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., according to Community Relations Associate Matthew Steven Kopalek.

Musical acts will include The Soul Providers, a classic soul band; 12/8 Path Band; Neville Francis & The Riddim Posse, a reggae group; and The Heritage, a country band.

Each night will also have its own theme – such as Buffalo Night, where many City of Buffalo departments and services will table to offer information, answer questions and assist in learning more about services offered by the city.

UB Athletics Night will take place on the last day. The athletics department will recreate the excitement and energy of UB football games by bringing the tailgating experience to UB on the Green, according to Todd Garzarelli, senior associate athletics director for external affairs.

The day will include familyfriendly activities including inflatable games, face painting and speed pitching. Members from UB sports teams will also make appearances at the event.

Garzarelli believes it is important to give back to the community.

“UB on the Green has been a standing tradition on South Campus,” he said. “We feel it’s important to do something from the university and athletic standpoint to help the South Campus and community around South Campus.”

This year will also feature a free prize raffle, according to Kopalek.

Participants can receive raffle tickets for each night they attend.

Tickets will also be handed out by vendors and service providers tabling at the event. Prizes will be raffled off on Aug. 6, the last day of the performance series.

Ivan Mah, a sophomore occupational therapy major, said the event gives the community a better view of South Campus and is interested in attending one of the events.

“I think this is an attractive event that really brings out more in South Campus than just sci-

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ence buildings, dorms and ‘party’ houses,” he said.

UB on the Green started in 2007 from a community engagement task force with the goals of improving the UB community. One of the critiques was of the campus itself, said Linwood Roberts Jr., director of Community Relations.

“UB, even though there is no lawn fence, one felt [he or she] couldn’t go on the lawn to sit around or fly a kite,” he said.

Roberts said members of the community felt even though it was an open space, it “didn’t have that feel.”

As a result, the Office of Community Relations created a free concert series to encourage people to go on the lawn. UB on the Green offers a fun, communitycentered summer event for all ages. email: news@ubspectrum.com

Student Association e-board cements future goals and provides college insight

AMANDA LOW

Senior News Editor

Every UB undergraduate pays $94.75 in their mandatory student activity fee each semester – that money adds up to be roughly $3.6 million.

Three students control that multi-million-dollar budget of student money – they’re the executive board of UB’s Student Association, or student government.

SA’s executive board – made up of President James Ingram, Vice President Evan Chen and Treasurer Sade Cadle – is using its summer to prepare for next year. They also have a few tips for incoming freshman.

The goal of SA is to “provide a better university experience of all undergraduate students,” according to its website. The money SA manages goes toward clubs, SA events – like UB’s big concerts – and other services.

On March 27, the Value Party consisting of Ingram, Chen and Cade swept the SA elections.

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UB On the Green will return to South Campus’ Hayes Hall Lawn for its eighth year of live music and family-friendly activities.

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The Student Association will be led by Vice President Evan Chen, Treasurer Sade Cadle and President James Ingram (photographed left to right) this coming school year. The student leaders have advice for freshmen entering college life: get involved.

The party ran on the platform of updating SA’s procedures and bringing its services closer to the student body. Ingram promised to do this by creating procedural videos that teach personnel various skills needed in the office, as opposed to live classes.

Ingram wants the SA to be more active on North Campus’ Student Union floor and hopes

to open a South Campus office – right now, SA’s offices sit on the third floor of the Union.

Cadle’s goals focus on accessibility and providing help to all of the SA clubs. SA provides a way for students to learn about other cultures and traditions and share similar interests, Cadle said.

To ensure the SA makes the most out of the mandatory stu-

dent activity fees, Ingram said they will plan ahead.

“We’re going to be working hard all summer to be planning events ahead of time, brainstorming some new events and really maximizing the budget so that we’re reaching as many students as possible,” Ingram said.

Freshmen are no exception to this outreach. The board members believe the best way to make the most out of a college experience is to get involved with something on campus.

“I'm speaking from experience,” Cadle said in an email. “I met amazing people and learned so much that helped me in the world outside from UB by just being involved as much as I can.”

She thinks UB has an “immense” amount of opportunities that students should take advantage of.

Chen believes freshmen should “go out there and find out for [themselves]” what opportunities UB has to offer. Ingram reiterates this idea by saying fresh-

men should not hesitate when it comes to being involved on campus.

“When I first came to campus, I made the mistake of not really getting involved,” he said. “[The] college experience wasn’t nearly as enjoyable as it was once I did start getting involved.”

Although the SA is one outlet of which students can be a part, the message of the executive board for freshmen is to find something that you want to invest in.

“Our job is to provide a variety of different services and activities to students so that while you’re in college, you’re not just only going back and forth to class – you’ll have other things to do,” Ingram said.

Ingram believes because SA is funded completely by students, there is an obligation to provide students with ways to create a college experience. email: news@ubspectrum.com

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Year in review: Looking back at The Spectrum’s year in headlines AMANDA LOW

Senior News Editor

When entering a new place, it’s common to wonder ‘What was this place like before?’ Rather than asking your orientation leader hundreds of questions or searching the internet for hours, The Spectrum has a quick rundown from last year – including two student government resignations, Spring Fest and a visit from the current president of the United States.

amount a student owes at 10 percent of his or her income.

“Government shouldn’t see student loans as a way to make money,” he said. “It should be a way to help students.”

Obama said this three-step plan is meant to be the start of a revitalization of the middle class.

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President Obama visited UB before the start of the 2013-14 school year and talked about his plans to help college graduates with student debt and loans.

President Obama addressed higher education at UB’s Alumni Arena When President Barack Obama visited UB just before the start of the school year last August, he spoke about the proposed reforms that he argued would “create better incentives for colleges to do more with less and deliver better value for students and their families.”

In order to strengthen the middle class, he said in the Aug. 22 speech, the system revolving around higher education in the United States would have to be changed. Obama proposed three ways to make it better: changing how colleges are ranked, creating competition for innovation and curbing immense student debt by making colleges more affordable.

The first part of the plan is meant to take the focus off the number ranking of colleges. He hopes the new system will create a ranking system that puts emphasis on the kinds of opportunities a college can bring to a student. Obama wants to implement the system by 2015.

The second leg of Obama’s plan addresses college affordability and quality. The president believes it is possible for colleges to find ways to help students graduate on time in a more cost-effective manner while keeping the level of education high.

The last point was an accumulation of the previous plans trying to lower tuition costs and student debt. Obama has already created a program called “PayAs-You-Earn” that stops 6/4/14 the Ad19853-UBSpectrum_EatinGood

Student Association experiences scandal and resignations Former Student Association President Nick Johns resigned from office on Sept. 18, just over three weeks into his term. Other SA leaders accused Johns of inappropriately accepting gifts, mishandling SA funds, hiring friends instead of qualified candidates, being absent from important events, falsifying documents, mistreating staff and harassing Chief of Staff Jennifer Merckel.

SA Vice President Lyle Selsky then took over as interim president.

On Oct. 9, Sam McMahon won the re-election for SA President with 1,087 votes. His closest opponent was SUNY delegate Mohammad Alwahaidy, who had 309 fewer votes than McMahon.

McMahon’s platform promised the services of a holiday shuttle that would run between campus and the Buffalo Niagara International Airport. The shuttle was established.

On Jan. 22, Selsky resigned as vice president. He said “family hardship” was the cause for leaving the office. McMahon appointed Judy Mai, a senior health and human services major and former SA office manager who has been involved in the organization for four years, to be vice president for the rest of the semester.

The senate agreed with the appointment with a vote of 13 yeses on Feb. 2.

UB offers winter classes for the first time This past winter break marked the first winter session for UB, which ran from Jan. 6-24.

The three-week session offered the chance for students to take up to five credits or study abroad. Other SUNY schools like Stony Brook, Albany and Binghamton already had an established winter session. UB talked to these schools to help determine which winter classes to offer.

University Registrar Kara Saunders said the session gives students the ability to catch up on their major requirements. She said the program could also potentially help students stay on a four-year track to graduate.

The cost of a class during the winter session is based on $245 per credit hour for New York State residents and $742 for outof-state residents. Students also had to pay $67.39 per credit hour as a part of the “Comprehensive Fee” and a $9.38 “Academic Excellence Fee.” There was also a one-time $7.89 “Student Activity Fee.” A. Scott Weber, senior vice provost of academic affairs, said UB would survey winter session students as a way to better the program in the future.

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Faculty Senate pushes to make UB Foundation budget public As an organization that had a long history of not having enough members present to vote

on any amendment, UB’s Faculty Senate passed an amendment during December of 2013. They wanted the budget of the UB Foundation, a private entity that handles UB’s endowment, to be made public.

But their request wasn’t answered until March 2014, when President Satish Tripathi said releasing the information was not in his “purview.” The UB Foundation manages nearly $1 billion in donations and some faculty members want to know exactly how that money is being allocated.

The director of the UBF, Ed Schneider, says that the UBF is more transparent than it is required to be under federal or New York State law.

But professors like Faculty Senator Kenneth Dauber, who originated the motion in the winter, were baffled by Triapthi’s decision and emphasized the importance of transparency at a public university.

The Buffalo Center Chapter of the United University Professions (UUP), UB’s union representing academic and professional employees, also voted for the budget to be made public in an April meeting.

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Spring Fest created mixed reactions from students when the lineup for the country theme came out with The Band Perry, Gloriana and Citizen Cope.

Country music comes to Spring Fest The Band Perry, Gloriana and Citizen Cope performed for UB’s Spring Fest on May 2.

There were a lot of mixed feelings surrounding the decision for a country Spring Fest.

Some students believed the large SA budget should have brought a better lineup. Others enjoyed the change of pace as opposed to the major rap/hip-hop themes of the past couple fests.

Many students took to Twitter or Facebook to voice their opinions.

SA Entertainment Coordinator Marc Rosenblitt said the budget for this year’s Spring Fest was less than previous years.

The cost of having these bands perform for fests is around $190,000 in talent fees,

and about $125-150,000 in production costs but these amounts may vary, according to Rosenblitt.

McMahon said having Aziz Ansari perform at UB contributed to the smaller budget the SA had to work with for Spring Fest. He believed students would enjoy having the comedian perform.

Animal Heights: The Spectrum investigates illegal Greek Life Former Spectrum Managing Editor Lisa Khoury launched a seven-month investigation into the illegal fraternities. The results were the types of antics you’d find in a “Van Wilder” movie.

Since the 1990s, illegal fraternities have flourished at UB. The groups aren’t recognized by the university or by their national chapters, but still continue to function. They’re tied to serious accounts of hazing and drugselling operations. All of these fraternity houses are located in the University Heights, an area

by UB’s South Campus.

When asked who should be responsible for stopping the illegal groups, the university or the national organizations themselves, both entities pointed to the other.

The students involved keep quiet about their activity, whether out of fear of retaliation or out of a sense of brotherhood they’re not willing to break.

“The culture is such that the students who are pledging are really taught to keep their mouths shut,” said Elizabeth Lidano, the director of UB’s Judicial Affairs, who has spent years trying to get information about illegal groups and punish students who are involved. “They’re taught how to lie to us. And they’re afraid.”

Forty-four percent of UB students told The Spectrum they were never warned about joining underground fraternities and 26 percent recalled being warned at freshman orientation.

The story ran in The Spectrum’s last issue of the spring semester. email: news@ubspectrum.com

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‘Young blood’ brings new change UB student Podkulski becomes youngest member of Frontier’s board of education SAMAYA ABDUS-SALAAM Asst. News Editor

“Young blood” is taking over the Frontier Central School system.

At 19, Davis Podkulski is the youngest person to ever be elected into Frontier’s Board of Education.

On May 20, Podkulski won his race to make it to the top level of his childhood school district. His opponents ranged from previous board members and educators – all adults with experience in the field of education.

But shouldn’t voices of students, teachers, faculty and staff – the people who experience the faults of the education system on a daily basis – be the ones whose voices matter the most?

Podkulski, a junior business administration and political science major at UB, believes so.

“We understand the needs of our students better than anyone in Albany could,” Podkulski said.

Coined as a candidate whose “young blood” brought a new perspective to education reform, Podkulski ran on a platform to bring funding back to the Frontier school system, eradicating a “onesize-fits-all” educational program.

He believes focusing on education reform is important to the future success of students.

As a recent graduate of Frontier High School, he recognizes students have varied passions, ranging from the arts to business and trade. New York State’s current education system, however, fosters an approach of emphasizing core classes and doesn’t cater to each student’s specific interests.

“Every student has different talents,” Podkulski said. “There are students that are interested in the arts. There are some kids who just really enjoy electric circuits. And those are the programs that they’re taking away right now because of budget cuts.”

Yusong Shi, The Spectrum

At 19, Davis Podkulski became the youngest member of the Board of Education in Frontier’s district. He hopes his youth will be an asset in restoring funding and bringing programs catered to students’ interests back to Frontier’s schools.

Podkulski believes change in the state’s faulty education system is imperative – it needs a fresh perspective.

At a young age, Podkulski knew that he wanted to be involved in politics and specifically education reform.

“I was the kid who said I wanted to be the president,” he said.

During his senior year, Podkulski became president of Frontier High School’s student government.

Rich Podkulski, Podkulski’s father and a UB alumnus, suggested he his son go to meetings regularly.

“Davis always had a keen interest in politics, so he spoke his mind at board meetings when he felt the board was doing something that was not in the best interest of the students,” Rich said.

Frontier schools have embraced

an educational system based on “core classes.” In 2010, former Gov. David Patterson introduced the New York State Gap Elimination Adjustment (GEA), a program designed to close the state’s $10 billion budget deficit.

Under GEA, New York’s public schools funding was cut to help resolve the deficit. The program was initially designed to take place over the course of one year, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo has continued the program today.

Frontier schools have lost $28 million since, forcing the district to cut programs for specialized talents.

“Even more extra-curricular [and] athletic programs have been eliminated along with other miscellaneous cuts,” Podkulski said.

“This affects more than just students, their parents and the employees of the school.”

Podkulski’s brother, Hayden, was an officer for Frontier High School’s German club, until the program was recently cut. Hayden also can no longer take a business class that prepares him for college business programs. Podkulski has also noticed how the cuts have affected his younger siblings who attend Frontier’s elementary and middle schools.

“My younger siblings are faced with an increasing amount of homework due to the state’s mandates,” Podkulski said. “The homework is very much a part of the one-size-fits-all educational model and does not encourage understanding, but rather memorization.”

As student body president of Frontier High School, Podkulski advocated for an ex officio, nonvoting student representative to be on the Board of Education. He, along with 300 other students, petitioned the vote for the option of having a student representative back on the ballot during the annual budget vote. But the board voted down the measure with a 3-6 vote.

“I believed the position of influence would help bridge the gap that exists between students and the Board of Education,” he said.

Podkulski’s father believes the board’s vote against a student representative only fueled Podkulski’s passion for representation.

Students now have the ability to advocate for themselves during Board meetings and relay information from the Board meetings back to other students.

At UB, Podkulski is a student in the Honors College and has been a member of the Student Association Assembly for three semesters.

During his free time, he volunteers for Destination Imagination and High School Parent Teacher Student Association, both programs designed to better involve the community in educational nurturing and reform. He also works

for Picasso’s Pizzeria.

Podkulski handed out pamphlets door-to-door to his voters and attended candidate night, where voters questioned the different candidates. Podkulski didn’t have an official endorsement, but district teachers, Parent-Teacher Association members and alumni helped him campaign.

Rich believes the community recognizes how difficult success for school boards can be. They are supportive of Podkulski and the learning opportunities being a member of the Board will bring.

Members of the UB community have also supported Podkulski. Melissa Kathan, a junior political science major and speaker of the SA Assembly, has worked with Podkulski since the fall of 2013.

“When I first heard Davis was running, I was impressed that he was willing to take on such a large job,” Kathan said. “It was evident that he was dedicated to the position and his passion for the school board was obvious.”

During his five-year term as a member of the Frontier Board of Education, Podkulski plans on forming a coalition to bring funding back to Frontier and to eliminate GEA. Although Podkulski sees his youth as an advantage, there were many in the community who were concerned his age and lack of experience in comparison to other candidates, he said.

He believes the overwhelming sense of support for his candidacy from the community and his family outweighed the negative comments about his experience.

He pointed out that other board members have full-time jobs, but he thinks his youth and energy – that “young blood” attribute – will allow him to meet his responsibilities. email: news@ubspectrum.com

Take a stroll down Main Street 13th annual Samuel P. Capen Garden Walk takes place in July, beautifying UB South Campus SAMAYA ABDUS-SALAAM Asst. News Editor

As the weather gets warmer, the surrounding neighborhoods of UB South Campus will shed their college town personas and feature blossoming gardens.

On July 12, members of the UB community and the residents of Amherst, Eggertsville and parts of the University Council District will host the 13th annual Samuel P. Capen Garden Walk. The event showcases various private and community gardens that are taken care of by resident gardeners.

The Samuel P. Capen Garden Walk began in 2002 with 22 gardens as a project to beautify the surrounding neighborhoods of UB South Campus. Within its 13 years, the number of gardens showcased has grown and the Samuel P. Capen Garden Walk committee expects there to be more than 70 gardens and centers this year.

The walk was named after Samuel P. Capen, who served as UB’s first full-time salaried chancellor from 1922 to 1950.

During his time as university chancellor, Capen strove to develop the areas around South Campus.

Linwood Roberts, director of community relations at UB, says this event celebrates Capen’s dedication and leadership in developing the original UB campus, now known as the South Campus.

UB and the committee’s collaboration over the past 13 years has allowed Buffalo students to be more involved in the community. With events like UB Community Day and

UB Gettin’ Dirty, students volunteer to clean and restore the image of South Campus throughout the academic year.

“Many times our students are given a bad rap and press,” Roberts said. “But many of our students are very active [and] engaged in a positive manner in the neighborhoods.

We would like to further encourage that.”

The University District, commonly known as University Heights, has been a source of disdain among residents and members of the UB community alike. And while there are some who believe the Garden Walk is a positive gesture, there are members of the UB community who think the Garden Walk is concealing problems within University Heights.

University District Housing Court Liaison Fred Brace has been a resident of University Heights for nearly 30 years. To him, events like the Garden Walk or community farmers market are nice gestures, but nothing more.

“It’s just one day,” Brace said. “To me, it’s not a bad thing, but it’s not an answer.”

Brace believes the Garden Walk cannot fix the root of the problems that plague the Heights.

With a plethora of crimes, housing code violations and uncontrolled partying, University Heights has been deemed as a “student ghetto,” according to Henry Taylor, a professor of urban studies. Students’ behavior creates a tense relationship with University Heights residents.

“The university contributes to this because they have not worked closely with the city and others to develop the

neighborhood,” Taylor said.

“Students party; they make noise and roam the streets on the weekend. I think most residents would accept this if the student rental property was kept to a high standard or if students could be seen involved in different projects to make the community better.”

Brace and Taylor both saidstudents’ lack of respect for the community and residents’ properties are the Heights’ major problems alongside housing code violations.

Taylor says events like the Garden Walk are used to create a stable image of the neighborhood and its residents, especially for attendees who are not from University Heights.

Last year, the university donated lawn signs to the event.

UB is donating two shuttle buses this year for attendees to use during the walk. Students can participate in the event by handing out maps to attendees or assisting with lawn signage.

“This event, as well as other outreach [and] volunteer opportunities, allows students to meet with long-term residents by working alongside them and learning the history of the neighbors and neighborhoods,” Roberts said.

One of the largest contributions is the planting of street medians, especially on Minnesota Avenue, where students often plant trees and clean public spaces, according to Linda Young, a community representative and member of the event’s planning committee.

The garden walk is a part of Buffalo in Bloom, a citywide program geared toward showing the landscape of South

Courtesy of Linda Garwol

On Saturday, July 12, residents of University District neighborhoods will showcase their private and public gardens to other residents of Buffalo in the 13th annual Samuel P. Capen Garden Walk. The walk serves to beautify the community surrounding South Campus.

Campus neighborhoods. Beautifying the area serves as a way to unify the residents of the community, the City of Buffalo and the UB community.

“It is more than an aesthetically pleasing event,” Roberts said. “It shows pride within the neighborhood amongst residents and students that reside there.”

The gardens exhibit an array of flowers and plants – some gardeners even grow fruits, vegetables and herbs.

“One house on our walk has almost an entire garden devoted to herbs and it is lovely,” Young said. There are also sculptures and structures along the walk to enrich the sights of the gardens, Young said.

During the spring months, resident gardeners participate in a plant and seed exchange.

While gardeners are preparing their gardens, the extra seeds and plants are collected and brought to the University Community Farmers Market. The gardeners trade their

plants and seeds with each other and the leftovers are donated to community gardens.

Last year, the extra seeds were donated to the Tyler Street Community Garden.

The walk is also a part of the National Gardens Festival, which hosts numerous garden walks in Buffalo for residents and tourists. Young said gardening is a great way to unify the community and allow residents to help each other with their gardens.

“Appreciation and respect for these beautiful spaces boosts everyone’s spirit,” Young said.

Gardeners who want to showcase their gardens can do so by filling out the gardener’s entry form, which can be found online. Maps showing the locations of the gardens will be available at UB Anderson Gallery the day of the walk. The event will take place July 12 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and is free to the public. email: news@ubspectrum.com

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Adventures in an urban jungle UB alumn serves as executive director for tour company Explore Buffalo EMMA JANICKI Senior Features Editor Leaning comfortably back in a black leather chair, Buffalo Brad points at a large map hung on the wall opposite the single large window in the small office.

“We’ve got the city covered pretty much,” he said, referencing tiny red dots and black squares hand drawn on the map.

Buffalo Brad – formally known as Brad Hahn – graduated from UB in 2013 with a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in English, political science and geography. He currently serves as the executive director of a new tour company, Explore Buffalo.

While attending UB, Hahn embraced his lifelong love of Buffalo and volunteered to give tours for Buffalo Tours, a group under Preservation Buffalo, an organization dedicated to historic conservation in Western New York.

In second grade at Forest Elementary in Williamsville, Hahn’s teacher took the students into the city for tours and Hahn fondly remembers the displays for the 100year anniversary of the Pan-American Exposition. The Pan-Am Expo took place in Buffalo in 1901 and shaped much of Buffalo’s history. From then on, Hahn read all he could about the history of Buffalo.

In the summer of 2013, Hahn became an interim tour coordinator at Buffalo Tours.

When a group of about 40 docents, or tour guides, left the company after feeling undervalued and overlooked, Hahn and the docents worked together to create Explore Buffalo. As a docent-driven organization, Hahn is the only paid employee, acting as “the referee.”

“I am the only employee here; I’m kind of everything,” Hahn said.

“I’m the receptionist, the IT department, sort of knowing everything that’s happening.”

From organizing tour times, to working with the marketing department to advertise tours and events and supporting the docents by visiting ongoing tours, Hahn serves as

the organization’s backbone.

Explore Buffalo seeks to give docents both freedom and flexibility in creating their own tours as well as following scripts for more established tours, like the two downtown Buffalo tours the company offers.

Hahn also gives the reins to the docents as they develop “special topic tours” that explore hidden gems of the city. For example, a docent who lives in North Tonawanda told Hahn, “‘OK, I want to do a tour of North Tonawanda and we can do it around Canal Fest.’”

“So she’s gone off and written a tour in North Tonawanda,” Hahn said. “It’s great to watch and see people really get a lot of ownership over these tours.”

Ann Palmer, the Secretary of Explore Buffalo and a Tour Guide docent, said that the 40-50 trained docents know where they like to give tours, as many of them have been giving tours for years.

Some docents also volunteer at the Frank Lloyd Wright Graycliffe Estate overlooking Lake Erie in Derby and the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site on Delaware Avenue,

as well as giving tours for Preservation Buffalo.

Each docent, according to Hahn, comes in with about “40 or 50 ideas they want to do.”

In order to select tours that will attract a large audience, at the company’s January launch party posters were hung labelled with ideas the tour company was considering giving, such as the “Allentown Mob Tour” or the “Cottage District Tour,” which explores the secluded and flowering neighborhood of Little Summer Street.

As Hahn pulled the posters down from the top of his wooden desk there were flashes of colored dots. Each guest at the launch was given four to five colored stickers to put on the tours he or she would be most likely to take.

“Big surprise, the brewery tour won,” Hahn said. “No. 2 was actually the garden tour, the urban farms tour.”

Unlike other tour companies in Buffalo, Explore Buffalo seeks to emphasize the importance of preservation and embrace the present state of the city through specialized

and updated tours.

Currently in the works is a microbrewery bus tour slated to travel to different breweries in the area.

Hahn’s favorite tour to lead is the Silo City Vertical tour, one he revamped from the Preservation Buffalo script. According to Explore Buffalo’s website, on the tour guests will “experience all of the history and mechanics of the grain elevator, as well as the malt production process in the Perot malthouse,” have lunch on a dock of the Buffalo River and a have look at the “regenerative projects” being undertaken in Silo City.

The tour has element of danger.

It is a walk up 10 flights up stairs to the very top of the grain elevators.

Although the website advises anyone with a fear of heights not sign up, Hahn has encountered a few scared guests while giving the tour.

While working with Preservation Buffalo, Hahn gave the tour to a group including a graduating student from Syracuse University, his movie producer father from California, their uncle and aunt from Milan and another uncle who

worked as a curator for the Louvre in Paris. The Parisian uncle failed to mention he had vertigo.

“It’s usually not a problem for people going to the top of the elevators – it’s going back down,” Hahn said. “It took about half an hour to get back down. It’s just a slow, long process. There’s really no other way down.”

With an array of more classical architecture and history tours like ‘Masters of American Architecture,’ to the intriguing ‘Crime in the Queen City’ series, to the exclusive tour of the Twentieth Century Club – one of the oldest private women’s clubs in America – Explore Buffalo offers a tour to suit many Buffalo-related interests.

For students, these tours offer a glimpse into the university’s namesake city. Student prices as low as $5 are available.

As an UB alumni, Hahn remains connected to the university. While at UB, Hahn was in the Honors College. He served as a Colloquium teaching assistant for three years and worked as the Honors College’s Community Partner liaison during his senior year.

Today, Explore Buffalo puts on a tour for the incoming Honors College freshmen to introduce them to the city where they will be spending four years and performing the required 25 hours community service.

This particular tour is a huge undertaking for Explore Buffalo, as it takes more than 300 students, 15 colloquium teaching assistants and the Honors College Staff from UB’s North Campus to South Campus and passes through “the Delaware Park/Parkside neighborhood, the Elmwood Village, the UB Medical Campus, Silo City (with a stop inside one of the grain elevators), the East and West sides of Buffalo, Canalside, and ends at Niagara Square in front of City Hall,” said Jennifer Seabury, the senior assistant director of the Honors College and UB alumni in an email.

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A tour group for Explore Buffalo stands looking up at one of the grain elevators that dots Buffalo’s skyline. By touring both the hidden and obvious parts of Buffalo, Explore Buffalo tours give a unique perspective on the city’s past and present.

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À la Mode: A Guide to Style

Ideas to stay warm outside and cool at a party EMMA JANICKI

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When I lived on campus at SUNY Geneseo and SUNY Binghamton one of my favorite weekend activities was walking around campus at 1 or 2 a.m. and seeing the drunk partygoers totter back to their dorms (as lame and pretentious as that must sound to you).

Girls just barely out of high school would stumble across the pavement, holding each other’s waists while guys in plaid button-ups would travel like packs of wolves on the hunt. Laughter would pierce the cold fall air and you might hear the collision of a clumsy body with the sidewalk.

What never ceased to amaze me was the utter sameness of nearly everyone’s party attire. Just about every girl seemed to be wearing the tiniest body con skirt or dress that Forever 21 offered and squished their toes into the highest, most impractical heels they could find.

I could only imagine the size of the goose bumps on their arms.

Rarely did I see a practical lady sporting a cute jacket or sweater. Although leggings ran amuck, they were frequently paired with a tiny tank top and nothing else.

Now, I understand that for whatever reason – whether it’s the mess of bodies dancing in a cramped room or the purposeful increase in temperature of the establishment – house parties, bars and clubs are unnaturally hot. You simply cannot wear warm clothing to walk to the party and expect to not sweat through your layers while dancing.

It looks silly to be walking around in next-to-nothing in 40 degree fall weather, though, and it’s not healthy. The alcohol you may or may not have consumed might make you feel warm enough to brave the elements, but your body will not be happy about it.

For this edition of À la Mode I pulled together two outfits that do double-duty: they’ll keep you warm as you travel to the party but won’t make you overheat as you ‘get jiggy with it.’

Put down the mini-skirt and experiment Not only am I encouraging being practical and keeping yourself warm, but I hope you try experimenting with party clothes that are not the college (especially college freshmen) norm.

Here, I paired a light pink velvet cropped bustier from Garage with a teal American Apparel skirt, a cropped vegan leather (a.k.a. pleather – what a lovely marketing spin on that one) jacket from H&M, patterned over-the-knee socks and black oxford heels from Payless. I’m also a huge fan of the return of the ’90s choker necklace; this black one is from Icing.

On the way to the party you can stay warm with the jacket

but once you’re feeling too warm from dancing, toss it over your shoulders for an unmistakably cool vibe. You can still move relatively freely while releasing some body heat.

The bustier, being cropped and pastel, is extremely trendy. Pastels are having a huge moment right now and crop tops seem to be staying in style for another season. This top is easy to wear and can be mixed with pants or paired underneath a sheer button-up or sweater for an added dose of warmth.

Bare legs will never be warm and while tights aren’t usually that thick, even the thin layer of fabric will keep you toasty as you walk outside. But they won’t make you too hot while at the party.

Even in the peak summer temperatures I wear high socks. So if you find yourself feeling too warm in them, they’re small enough that you can toss them in a clutch purse and not pull them out until you’re chilly.

Although you can’t see them, I also have purple and white striped bloomers from American Apparel on underneath the skirt. While parties are a college mating ritual, flashing your butt in front of everyone around you while dancing is no way to attract a quality partner. Instead, wearing bloomers underneath a skirt will allow you total freedom as you dance. You don’t need to worry about your skirt flying up as you walk home either because the bloomers are there. And they do keep you a bit warm.

Finally, consider the heels that you are wearing and your ability to walk in them. My mom always stressed the importance of being able to walk comfortably in heels before you wear them anywhere.

If there’s a pair you bought that just must wear this weekend, spend a few hours every day walking in them. Not only will you break them in, but you’ll be much

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Wearing heels will give you a serious boost on confidence, but if you can’t actually walk and dance in them it will just look like a toddler trying on mommy’s heels.

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Never fail pants Nobody said that tiny dresses are the only sexy party look. If it’s an especially bitter night, slip into a pair of your most flattering pants.

For this look, I’m wearing black jeggings from Stein Mart, a lingerie style Kimchi Blue tank top, the same black oxford heels and I tied an oversized black and red Kilimanjaro flannel around my waist.

To continue with the ’90s choker trend I have on a silver neckplate from Stein Mart and a threestrand chain necklace from Icing.

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Even though each of these pieces is trendy, they all are purposeful choices.

Jeggings are both thicker than leggings and are actually pants – meaning they can be worn like trousers and jeans, rather than being relegated to being paired under dresses or tunics and blouses.

Further, they often have pockets so you may not even need to be burdened with a purse. They’ll be warm enough for the outside air but are not as restricting as tight denim.

The tank top will obviously keep you cool inside and by tying the flannel around your waist you have total arm-freedom as you dance. Then, once you get outside you can pop the flannel on and be toasty.

Some other options you can experiment with are capes and caplets, oversized sweaters that you can pull your arms inside on your walk home, huge scarves that you can both wrap around your neck and then wear as a shawl, and long white gloves if you like vintage styles.

As you venture out into the night, always keep safety in mind.

That means not only traveling with trusted friends and never setting your drink down, but making sure your body is protected. Wearing comfortable, practical and walk-able heels will help prevent any falling accidents or twisted ankles and wearing warm clothes is just a good idea.

By breaking away from the crowd of bare skin and goose bumps, you will pull off what most people really wants – to be noticed. Stay warm and safe, drink lots of water and have a night to remember (or not). email: emma.janicki@ubspectrum.com

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Locally owned Talking Leaves bookstore is home to community engagement SUSHMITA GELDA Staff Writer

Jonathan Welch took a leave of absence from UB’s English Ph.D. program in 1975.

He never went back.

Welch had completed five semesters in the Ph.D. program when he left to run Talking Leaves Books. He expected the venture to last only one year.

But he fell in love with the business. It’s been almost 40 years and now, Talking Leaves Books has two locations: in the Elmwood Village and on Main Street near South Campus. It remains among the few local, independent bookstores in Buffalo.

It has not been easy to stay in business, according to Welch. He said increasing consolidation in the book selling and publishing business – along with advancing technology – threaten his stores’ survival. Despite the modern setbacks of running a small business, Welch developed strategies that are the keys to making his bookstores to thrive.

“It’s been an uphill battle,” Welch said. “We’ve been fighting a sort of negative trend.”

Whereas large corporations rely on marketing to draw in customers, Welch said marketing is only a minor part of the store’s success. Welch does not invest in a lot of marketing. He advertises in Buffalo’s weekly alternative newspaper, Artvoice, networks through social media and distributes occasional newsletters.

“We don’t have the resources to do major advertising or marketing pushes, and little faith that the cost-benefits are there to make it worthwhile,” he said.

“We rely mostly on word of mouth and our existing relationships to try to keep people informed of our existence and what we’re doing.”

Welch explained the main difference between chain book-

stores and Talking Leaves is customer involvement. In chain bookstores, a few executives buy all the books. At Talking Leaves, Welch does most of the buying and he frequently receives suggestions from customers and staff. As a result, the 75,000 titles on the shelves represent an array of tastes and interests.

“In a weird way, it’s more democratic,” Welch said.

Most chain bookstores purchase their books from a few publishing companies that control 80 percent of the publishing industry, according to Welch.

As a supporter of small business, Talking Leaves purchases books from smaller publishing companies that comprise “the other 20 percent.”

Steve McCaffery, UB professor and English department chair, also believes supporting independent business is important.

“I think what we’re suffering from now is the takeover from big conglomerates like Barnes & Noble,” McCaffery said. “And even they’re being threatened by monsters like Amazon.”

Antara Majumdar, a freshman biomedical science major, noticed Talking Leaves’ unique selection of books on her first visit.

“I find the bookstore has a lot of uncommon books by a lot of unconventional authors,” Majumdar said. “It’s not like Barnes & Noble which is just geared towards the bestselling [books]."

After skimming through the shelves, she purchased a poetry book written by rural villagers in India. Majumdar recommended all UB students visit the store at least once.

Welch jokingly described the typical customer as, “anyone who loves books enough to buy them.”

Even though the store seeks to cater to a broad audience, it also strives to maintain a sense of alternativeness. Welch believes his

purchasing choices contribute to this reputation. He aims to house books that are unique and marketable, which he said is a difficult feat.

“It’s not an art or a science,” Welch said. “It’s kind of like a poker game.”

So far, the store is winning, according to Welch.

Welch believes Talking Leaves’ success lies in its ability to intellectually engage with the community and serve a diverse population. For example, when the store opened in the 1970s, it housed sections on controversial topics such as Women’s Studies, African American Studies, Native American Studies and LGBT Studies.

One particularly controversial choice came in 1989 when Salman Rushdie, a popular British Indian novelist, challenged Islam in his novel, Satanic Verses. In response to the work, Ayatollah Khomeini, who was the leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, issued a fatwa ordering Muslims to kill Rushdie. Welch said that closely following Khomeini’s announcement many mainstream bookstores pulled Rushdie’s Satanic Verses off their shelves.

Talking Leaves, however, continued to stock it.

Today, Welch serves on the board of directors for the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE).

ABFFE works with groups such as the National Coalition against Censorship and the Media Coalition to respond to infringements on freedom of expression such as censorship and book banning.

As a local bookstore with a national voice and a stake in political issues, Talking Leaves defines success not only through profit, but also through empowerment.

“Books are a source of power,” Welch said. “We want to help people get to that place where

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As one of the few locally owned bookstores in Buffalo, Talking Leaves offers a wide array of books from best-sellers to international works. Located a few blocks away from South Campus, Talking Leaves is convenient for students.

they can recognize that.”

Welch also believes “building a business is a process of building relationships,” and the store’s survival is dependent on community engagement. Throughout the school year, it hosts multiple book fairs and readings at several schools in the Buffalo Public School District.

Talking Leaves also maintains long-term relationships with organizations such as Just Buffalo Literary Center. In 2007, Talking Leaves’ program director, Mike Kelleher, initiated Just Buf-

falo’s international author lecture series, Babel. This series has included authors like Salman Rushdie and Nobel laureate V.S. Naipaul. Today, Talking Leaves serves as the official bookseller and sponsor for the series.

Welch said Talking Leaves’ goals are to nurture literacy and an appreciation for thought-provoking texts. He said the store boasts one of the largest collections of poetry for an independent bookstore in the United States. see leaves, page 7

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Eco-eating Sustainable food practices available on UB’s campus SUSHMITA GELDA

successful if they focus their efforts on a subset of the student population and “take a step back and try not to reach out to the whole campus.”

She also advises students interested in environmental issues to join UB’s professional environmental fraternity, Alpha Kappa Chi (AKX). As a member of AKX, Kamodia is connected to more than 100 brothers. She believes AKX is an invaluable resource for developing a network for the future. Doing work with friends also makes the work more rewarding, she added.

Kamodia believes students interested in environmental issues should focus on making simple adjustments to integrate sustainability into students’ everyday life. For example, Kamodia said, to reduce food waste, students can request CDS to decrease portion sizes.

“It took me four years to realize that it’s really the small, infrastructural things that make a difference,” she said. “It’s not about changing the food or the students.

It’s about changing the system.”

Talking Leaves also stocks a selection of pop-culture books, such as the Twilight series, because Welch said the store is not “immune to the tides of popular taste.”

“Good bookstores are little whirlpools where the various cultural streams come together and get all mixed up, mostly in a good way,” he said.

He says that small businesses like Talking Leaves are what give Buffalo its character. Welch explains that standardized places do not give a town character and vibrancy.

Towns, he says, are defined by the places where people have their roots.

Talking Leaves succeeds in its business not because it caters to mainstream ideals, but because it preserves Buffalo’s roots and contributes to the community’s development.

“What we are is specific to where we are,” he said. “I could do a store somewhere else, but it wouldn’t be the same.”

Community engagement is not a one-way street, though.

For the store to remain successful, according to Welch, people need to understand and appreciate the role of small business in preserving a sense of community and shared history. Welch believes individuals must see themselves as empowered agents of change.

“People complain about the ways that their towns are changing and they sort of think that that’s a process that they have no control over,” he said. “Yet the reality is that if you choose to shop here rather than at Barnes & Noble or online, you’re making a decision that actually does have an impact on the community.”

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After Shivani Kamodia slaughtered a live chicken, her thoughts on food changed.

She was participating in in organic farms program, following which Kamodia decided to only eat local and organic meat.

“I love meat,” she said. “But I decided that I should be able to look my dinner in the eye and know that I’m eating a living thing.”

She’s not the only person on UB’s campus to go local. Locally grown foods are served on UB’s campus and a budding garden shows homegrown and “sustainable” foods have staying power among some faculty and students.

Kamodia, a UB alum who graduated in May 2014 with a Bachelor’s of Science in Environmental Health Science, a major she created, believes consumers who purchase locally grown, organic food have a positive impact on the local economy.

“You vote with your dollar,” she said.

Adjunct instructor Ralph Critelli, who teaches Intro to Environmental Studies and History of the Environmental Movement, also supports sustainable eating.

“Locally grown food is less mysterious,” he said. “In many cases we know the person growing it. We are more aware of the process, and the food tends to be fresher.”

Critelli believes the short-term cost of sustainable eating is worth the long-term payoffs.

“What’s more costly – the food, or poor health and a devastated environment?” he said. “Are we just to live for ourselves – are we just to live for today?”

Students who want to eat locally grown food can look for the “Pride of New York” symbol on UB Campus Dining & Shops’ (CDS) products. As a member of the Pride of New York Program, CDS supports local farmers and

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“You vote with your dollar,” said Shivani Kamodia, a UB alum. Individuals eating locally grown and organic produce say they not only help the local economy thrive, but also help protect the environment from poor agricultural practices.

food manufacturers.

Kamodia also recommends purchasing food from the oncampus farmers’ market and the organic section in Wegmans.

UB students can also grow their own food by contributing to the UB Campus Garden located between Greiner Hall and the University Bookstore. One of the garden’s goals is to provide food for CDS. The garden is in an experimental stage, according to Kamodia, but if it succeeds, there is potential for expansion.

“We went through all the red tape,” Kamodia said. “We did this for [future students]. If they put the effort forward, the school will support the garden’s expansion.”

Sustainability Engagement Coordinator James Simon believes getting involved with the campus garden is an opportunity for students to develop leadership skills.

“We afford them a lot of opportunities to take ownership over the work that we’re doing,” he said. “The students have seen what it means to have a deadline [and] what it means to create a business plan. It’s really like a mi-

crocosm of the real-world.”

Students can also participate in hands-on experiences related to sustainable eating by engaging with the Academies, an organization dedicated to involving UB students in community issues and initiatives. Through the Academies, Kamodia completed an internship in environmental advocacy with GrowWNY. The Academies also funded her participation in Buffalo’s annual Tour de Farms, a bicycle tour designed to connect consumers with local farms.

Kamodia was also the president of Environmental Network, a UB student organization dedicated to environmental awareness and activism and another way UB students interested in sustainable eating can get involved.

Looking back, Kamodia said joining the environmental movement was initially overwhelming.

On such a large campus “it seems impossible to have your voice heard,” she said. “Almost every single club struggles with [this problem].”

Kamodia believes student environmental advocates will be most

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For the unenthused freshman Words of advice and comfort

ANNE MULROONEY Features Editor

After I graduated from high school, almost all my friends were raring to get out of town and onto campus, eyes sparkling and heart pounding. Their excitement was lovely to see. I remember thinking, “I wish I was this thrilled.”

But I wasn’t. I enjoyed my time in high school, and by the time senior year rolled around, I had grown to love my calm, comfortable, pretty life at home. I got along well with my family, I was in a very happy relationship and I was as successful as I was truly interested in my academic life.

I was happy right where I was and I was bitter to be jolted out of my quaint routine into the inevitable

and unfamiliar land of college.

My first two semesters on campus were, for the most part, unhappy ones. I don’t think I was alone in feeling this – many first years don’t find their way till the end of spring semester – but at the time, I felt very lost.

This column is for the freshman filling out emergency contact information and buying dorm supplies without enthusiasm.

It might take you a year or two before college becomes enjoyable and that’s OK. While you’re at it, here’s a few things I wish I had known before I began my undergraduate career on such a low note.

Everyone else is as new to this as you are.

Don’t think for a second you’re the only one who can’t figure out how the meal plan works, or when the bus is supposed to come, or why the silent section of Capen library is always buzzing with chatter (try Lockwood Library, instead). You’re all newbies together. There’s no shame in not having everything – or anything – figured out. Chances are, every other freshman on your floor also has no idea what they’re doing. This is a time to declare and embrace confusion. It will foster humility, an all too unappreciated virtue, and create fellowship among you.

No adventure is complete without adversity.

Don’t be afraid to ask questions.

Buffalo isn’t exactly known for etiquette, but asking a fellow student where Clemens Hall is or asking an employee when mealtime starts is much quicker and economical than missing your class or spending 30 of your dining dollars in one day. If it turns out the person you’re asking also has no idea where to go or how to feed themselves, great! This is a fun time to bond over your shared incompetence. You’ve just made a friend.

While we’re on the subject, making friends can often prove a daunting task for the gloomy and fearful freshman. For the awkward, socially graceless, nervous first years out there, I say to you: courage. Be of good cheer and have patience. The truth is, you won’t get along with everyone, and it might take you weeks, even months, to find one person you really like. Don’t worry if you don’t totally click with your roommate, or hall mates, or no one at all for the first couple of weeks. True friendships are hard to come by, but they do come.

I won’t tell you to get out there and “make” friends; I’ve always hated that phrase. To “make” a friend indicates something manufactured, insincere and untrue – it’s not as if you can just run to the friend tree, pluck a few pleasant

people and be on your merry way.

The best friends I’ve had have been hiding in the little nooks and crannies life; try the top floor of the libraries, empty tables in cafeterias and corners of classrooms. Keep your eyes open.

Weeks and months of loneliness will seem like a distant shadow once you’ve met that one kindred spirit.

Anne of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables, the dearest friend in fiction, offers the timid freshman in all of us hope as she declares, “Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It’s splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world!”

Keep in mind, this is the same character who used to talk to her reflection in the orphanage for years. If she can find a friend with whom to joke, laugh, share and reflect, then so can you.

But you’ll never meet a soul who gets your quirky jokes if you spend the day in your room on Tumblr. Automatically assuming the role of wallflower just makes you a victim of your own loneliness. You don’t have to be a social wizard, but be open to conversation when it happens and try to give people as many chances as you can.

Even with all this in mind, change is always really scary, and at times, really difficult. At times

like these, it’s important to remember that some things never change, and there are pieces of happiness which have comforted humankind since the dawn of time – or at least, for long enough to deserve credibility and celebration. If nothing else will comfort you, here are some bits of joy I hope will brighten your impending life change.

To start with the basics: the sun rises every morning. Spring comes after every winter. Every day, as Anne Anne of Green Gables would say, “is fresh, with no mistakes in it.”

Angelfish mate for life. Dark chocolate is good for your heart.

Narwhals actually exist (and there’s no proof that mermaids don’t).

Harry Potter defeated Voldemort.

Neopets is still a thing. Au Bon Pain sells the most delicious chocolate chip cookies and the Iced Capps at Tim Hortons are what happiness tastes like.

When life seems unkind and unwelcoming, keep these tiny truths in your back pocket, and cuddle up with them on darker days. Maybe UB will seem huge and new and ugly and cruel to you at first, but it’ll get better – in the mean time, have a chocolate bar. email: anne.mulrooney@ubspectrum.com

College really is just finding love in a hopeless place Two-time transfer student reflects on her college experience

EMMA JANICKI

Senior Features Editor

The final issue of The Spectrum last semester was filled with moving ‘goodbye’ columns from graduating editors or those returning home. I was amazed that nearly every editor said UB was either not where they originally wanted to go or they hated it their first few months here.

I felt the exact same way – two times in fact. You might feel like that, too.

Three years ago, I was go-

ing through the college application process as a senior in high school. I had graduated seventh in my class and was convinced that getting into college would be a breeze.

Actually, I hardly thought about college. I applied to only three schools. I wanted to go to Ithaca College but I also applied to SUNY Binghamton and Harvard University (just for fun). I was accepted to Ithaca but ended up at Binghamton for financial reasons.

I did what one former coworker referred to as ‘The SUNY Sweep.’ There are 64 SUNY campuses. I went to 4.69 percent of them.

After a semester at Binghamton I transferred to SUNY Geneseo, which seemed utterly perfect. With ivy-covered buildings that screamed academia on a quiet campus with a little more than 5,000 undergraduate students, Geneseo felt like a calm, beautiful and inspiring contrast to the busy, modern campus of 15,000 undergraduates at Binghamton.

And yet, I’m here. At an endearingly ugly campus of about

19,000 undergraduates and 10,000 graduate students.

How in the hell?

I wasn’t happy at either of the first two colleges. I didn’t feel like myself, I felt like I was either missing out or that I was being forced to want those social expectations everyone has of college.

So, I eventually meandered back home to Buffalo and applied to UB. Whether you’re a freshmen or a transfer student, don’t expect anything. You may stay here until graduation or you may not. You may love UB immediately or take a year to adjust.

You’ll hear a hundred times that being a freshman can be rough as you adjust to living away from home. But you’ll also make friends with people from all across the world, explore your interests in clubs and organizations and take courses that will both challenge and excite you in ways you can’t yet imagine.

And being a transfer can be even rougher.

One thing I never thought I’d struggle with being a two-time transfer student was how much I

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would miss my old colleges. No matter how unhappy I felt there, each school had its perks.

Binghamton was home to an incredible nature preserve on campus and two of the greatest girls I’ve ever met. Geneseo is still the best academic challenge I’ve encountered and it laid claim to the best sunsets I’ve seen, as the campus looked out over a valley.

As a transfer student, one thing that can become challenging is that the time you spend at your graduating school is short. You have less time to establish yourself there. By the time I graduate from UB, I’ll have been here only five semesters. Having such little time means it’s important to seriously look at how your credits are transferring and what you plan to complete by the time you graduate (do you have time to take on a double major? Would a minor be more feasible?).

Further, administrators always stress how important it is to get to know professors and that can be difficult if you’re switching colleges. If there is a professor you really liked from your former college, keep in touch with them.

Transferring from one school to another doesn’t mean you leave the first one behind.

Although this column is just a short welcome to UB with a few small words of advice, I can’t stress the importance of finding what you love at whatever school you attend. Although I loved Binghamton’s rainy campus and Geneseo’s academics, UB has brought me back home to Buffalo, I’ve met many great students and professors, I’m working on an undergraduate thesis (something I probably would not have done elsewhere) and I get to write with an immensely talented staff at The Spectrum. I’m not one to join a bunch of clubs and make a hundred new best friends, but UB has become a second home for me, rather than just where I go to school.

Explore the campus, find at least one thing you’re passionate about and be conscientious of how you complete coursework as a transfer student. In short, welcome to UB. email: emma.janicki@ubspectrum.com

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Buffalo’s 10 must-see summer shows BRIAN WINDSCHITL Arts Editor

Buffalo has an impressive list of concerts coming to the city this summer. More than 120 artists will be traveling through the city and surrounding area this summer. Out of those 120 musicians, it may be hard to prioritize what acts to see, but The Spectrum has you covered.

Here are 10 acts that should be circled in red on your calendar whether for their unique musical talents, crazy live shows or love among the locals: 10. Fitz & the Tantrums – July 10 at Canalside Free concerts are always alluring, but throw in Fitz & the Tantrums and that’s a winning combination. Their brand of self-described “soul-influenced indie pop” music is at its best during live performances. Fitz & the Tantrums’ are coming to Buffalo for the second year in a row and their fun-loving, playful music is a blast to listen to.

9. Blake Shelton – Aug. 2 at the Darien Lake Performing Arts Center Blake Shelton is one of the most famous country singers today.

Since his 2001 debut with his No. 1 country Billboard hit, “Austin,” Shelton has grown both musically and commercially. From his appearances on The Voice to his five Grammy nominations, Shelton is an undeniably talented musician.

Country fan or not, this concert will be one to remember.

6. 3 Doors Down – July 23 at Artpark Here’s a band that brings an air of nostalgia. The band found widespread commercial success in the early 2000s with their hit song, “Kryptonite.” They continued to grow in popularity. In 2005 and 2008, their third and fourth albums peaked at the top of the Billboard charts. The band is one of the most influential rock bands of the early decade and surely worth seeing at Artpark this July.

5. Justin Timberlake – July 9 at the First Niagara Center After canceling his concert in February due to illness, Justin Timberlake is coming back to Buffalo to please his fans. Timberlake, starting with ‘N Sync, has grown musically into one of the most creative and well known artists in the world, winning nine Grammy Awards. His live shows are grandiose and stunning, fitting of a musician who is hailed as one of the modern era’s great superstars.

4. The Goo Goo Dolls – Aug. 22 at the Darien Lake Performing Arts Center Because this famous band originated in Buffalo, the members of the Goo Goo Dolls go out of their way to include their hometown in their tour at least once every year.

They will play at Darien Lake to a crowd that, if history repeats itself, will sing along to every one of the band’s iconic songs. One of the favorite bands of many Buffalo-natives, the Goo Goo Dolls always put on a great show for its passionate fans at home.

`3. Lady Gaga – July 7 at the First Niagara Center Love her or hate her, it’s hard to deny Lady Gaga has a musical edge that sets her apart from other musicians. Her album, The Fame, won a Grammy for best Electronic/Dance album of the year. She is known for her wild, theatric live shows. She walks the line between the spectacular and outlandish.

2. Mac Demarco – July 18 at the Tralf Music Hall Mac Demarco is an upcoming talent. He is growing in popularity with his slacker rock, easygoing vibes and his propensity for getting butt naked on stage, Mac Demarco was praised by Pitchfork as one of the best upcoming talents, and he will be sure to win over listeners as he struts his stuff in Buffalo. Demarco’s shows are famous for his random rants about life, cigarette breaks and generally enjoyable tomfoolery.

1. Cage the Elephant – July 26th at Canalside (Kerfuffle Festival) Rolling Stone’s “Reader’s Poll: Best New Artist of 2011” has grown to become one of the leading rock bands today. They are known for hits such as “Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked,” and “Back Against the Wall.” What helps Cage the Elephants stand apart from the rest of the modern day rock bands are the band’s intense live shows.

It will be performing at 107.7 FM’s Kerfuffle festival at Canalside this summer along with Bear Hands, Big Data, Bleachers, Brick + Mortar, KONGOS and Semi Precious Weapons, which should make for one of the best musical events this season. email: arts@ubspectrum.com

See C6 for a complete rundown of Buffalo’s summer concerts.

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8. Jackson Browne – Aug. 11 at Artpark Clyde Jackson Browne is one of the most influential songwriters and musicians to come out of the 1960s.

A Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, the musician has written and performed songs such as “Take it Easy,” “Doctor My Eyes” and “The Pretender.” He is a legend in the music world and a must see out of respect for one of greatest musicians performing today.

7. Man Man – July 8 at Tralf Music Hall Experimental rockers Man Man might not be the most well known band, but their live shows are legendary to those have seen them.

With instruments ranging from xylophones, marimbas, Chinese funeral horns, smashing plates and fireworks, this show will be an experience and a spectacle.

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Continued from Page 2, Explore As an introduction to Buffalo for students from out of town and a reintroduction to local students, Seabury said that the participants “are pleasantly surprised at all that the city has to offer and do and at the beauty of the architecture and the variety of the neighborhoods.”

Tour evaluations completed by students reflect the value some of them feel the tour offers.

“I think Buffalo’s an incredibly beautiful place with a lot of potential and rich history,” one review stated.

“I’ve lived here my entire life, but I definitely understand and appreciate it more,” remarked another.

Seabury and Hahn said they understand the importance of introducing students, local and from out of town, to the city.

“You don’t want to spend four years in the dorms,” Hahn said.

“There’s so much more to offer here than just the bars in University Heights.”

For Seabury, students need to see how integral the city is to the fate of the Western New York region as well as to recognize the opportunities available in Buffalo.

“The entire landscape in the city will be quite different in just four short years,” Seabury said. “So I hope to impress upon the students that this is an exciting time to be part of the city’s resurgence.”

Students are not the only part of the UB community that Explore Buffalo seeks to reach. After parents of Honors College students voiced concerns about their children volunteering in the city, Hahn and the Honors College coordinated a tour for the parents.

Hahn said that many of the parents were locals but, “They were just blown away by what’s happening, how it’s developing, how the neighborhoods are really developing.”

Many people from out of town have a perception that Buffalo is “just a cold, Rust Belt city,” according to Hahn. But he says after taking the tours, their perspectives change.

Entering Hahn’s office is an immediate reminder of the role of Explore Buffalo – teaching others and learning about and exploring the city.

His office is located in a wing of the First Presbyterian Church of Buffalo, which boasts the tallest point on the lower West Side – a tower designed by E.B. Green that is reminiscent of the towers of the Richardson-Olmstead Complex, at the opposite end of Buffalo’s West Side. The congregation is also the oldest in the city; it was found in 1812.

The church overlooks Symphony Circle, originally called “The Circle,” which was one of the first traffic circles designed by Frederick Law Olmstead that dots the city, now home to Kleinhan’s Music Hall. In the 1890s, The Circle was the finish line for sleigh races that ran down Richmond Avenue, according to Buffalo as an Architectural Museum’s website.

Passing through the interior of the church, Hahn points out the Tiffany stained glass windows, the Tiffany chandeliers hanging from the ceiling that replicate oil lamps and the Byzantine revival style of the interior, a stark contrast to the layered look of the exterior. His tour guide persona emerges almost instantly as Hahn moves through the space, gesturing toward particularly interesting features and offering to turn the lights on to better see the domed ceiling.

Explore Buffalo is a way for UB students to see hidden, opulent or historical parts of the city that may seem unexpected as one sets up their dorm room. The city comes to life as Hahn and his team of docents tell the stories of wealthy Buffalo families, successful enterprises and the death and revival of commercial staples like the grain elevators.

“That’s what we are – we’re story tellers,” Hahn said. email: features@ubspectrum.com

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The gamer’s guide to the summer Six games coming out this summer that you’ll want for your console JORDAN OSCAR

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Between Infamous: Second Son (PlayStation 4 exclusive) and Titanfall (Xbox One exclusive) this spring saw the release of two huge titles that showcased the power of their respective next generation consoles. Although these were two of the biggest releases this year, they certainly aren’t last with many more big titles like Destiny set to release later this year.

The release of Watch Dogs and other big games this summer may not be able to match the power of last year’s The Last of Us, which quickly became acclaimed as one of the greatest games of all time and certainly one of the year’s best titles, but there are still plenty of reasons to cool off indoors and embrace your inner gamer.

Here are a few: Wolfenstein: The New Order Release date: May 20 for Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PC With the help of General Wilhelm “Deathshead” Strasse’s advanced weaponry, war machines and Super Soldiers, the Nazi’s have won World War II and conquered most of the world.

As American war hero Captain BJ Blazkowicz, your objective is clear: stop Deathshead and rewrite history.

Although the objective is simple, the mission is not. Fighting through hordes of robot and Super Soldier Nazis armed with advanced weaponry is no small feat, but it makes for a fantastic game. The New Order promises to be the best Wolfenstein game to date and one of the best firstperson shooters in recent memory.

Watch Dogs Release date: May 27 for Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PC; Wii U to be announced in 2014 After multiple delays, players around the world will finally be able play Ubisoft’s highly anticipated title, Watch Dogs, this summer.

Set in Chicago, players control Aiden Pearce, a vigilante and hacker who manipulates the city’s Central Operating System (ctOS) to find information, targets or escape from authorities – all from a smartphone.

Whether it’s using ctOS to control traffic barriers to destroy chasing police cars, security cameras to find a target or another character’s cellphone to listen in on their conversation, Watch Dogs blends a meditation of an ever increasingly connected society with a Grand Theft Auto styled open world game play. The result of which could be something truly spectacular and will almost certainly be one this year’s most talked about titles.

Murdered: Soul Suspect Release date: June 3 for Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PC How would you solve your own murder as a ghost? Is a question Murdered: Soul Suspect asks of every player as they work to use their newfound supernatural and ghostly powers to solve the murder of protagonist Ronan O’Connor.

A detective in Salem, Massachusetts with a questionable past, Ronan is brutally murdered when he attempts to stop a burglary.

Aside from working to uncover the truth about the character’s violent demise, players also have to defeat demonic foes that want to vanquish Ronan’s soul and stop his pursuit of justice and his only hope of escaping limbo.

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Sniper Elite III Release date: July 1 for Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PC For almost a decade, Sniper Elite has been immersing players in covert World War II missions. Sniper Elite III looks to continue the series’ traditional sniper based sandbox gameplay, while enhancing it through more detailed and expansive environments that provide players with multiple ways to approach each mission. Sniper Elite III takes the series to an all time gory high.

The newest iteration to the series improves upon Sniper Elite V2’s “Kill Cam.” With each penetrating sniper shot, the camera zooms in to show players the carnage on anatomical level as bullets shred through enemies’ skin, blood vessels, tissue, organs, muscles and bones.

Equipped with iconic 1942 weaponry that can be customized to suit each mission, players

are tasked with sabotaging an advanced Nazi weapon project in Northern Africa that could end the Allied offensive in its tracks.

Sacred 3 Release date: Aug. 5 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC Originally announced four years ago, the sequel to Sacred 2: Fallen Angel (2008 for PC, 2009 for Xbox 360 and PS3) has changed hands from original developer Ascaron Entertainment, but looks to stay true to the series’ decade old action RPG roots.

Continuous four-player co-op, including three A.I. controlled allies for offline play, isn’t all that players have to look forward to as they try to save the land of Ancaria from the Ashen Empire and the treacherous Lord Zane.

Players can choose from five heroes; each with their own unique skill set as they set out to stop Lord Zane and the reign of

the Ashen Empire from capturing the mythical Heart of Ancaria and conquering the world.

Risen 3: Titan Lords Release date: Aug. 12 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC If four-player co-op isn’t for you, then maybe Risen 3: Titan Lords is. Titan Lords returns to the medieval setting of the first game and maintains the series’ classic RPG heavy elements in a world that has been built for complete visual and thematic cohesion.

Built for deep and rich exploration the setting of Risen 3 accompanies it’s decision based story, which follows a young warrior, whose soul has been claimed by a darkness that has spread across the lands after the gods abandoned it; leaving the Titan’s to war amongst themselves in their stead. email: arts@ubspectrum.com

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Going to the drive-in Local drive-in movie theater is a popular summer attraction TORI ROSEMAN

Summers in the city are full of enjoyable festivals worth attending

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Summer is a prime time to watch the sunset beyond the horizon from the front seat of your car as the sky paints itself in hues of pink and orange. And once the sun goes down, you can watch a newly released film by turning your attention to the screen projecting in front of your windshield – that’s the convenience of a drive-in theater.

The Buffalo area takes movie going to a whole new level once summer hits with The Transit Drive-In, located in Lockport at 6655 South Transit Road. The theater offers movie screenings every night for locals to experience the movies in a classic way.

While surrounded by cars, parking at the drive-in can seem like being stuck in traffic. That is, if traffic allowed you to enjoy a summer blockbuster film on a huge screen from the comfort of your car with your favorite movie snacks.

The drive-in shows recent releases like Transformers: Age of Extinction and other summer titles like Dawn of Planet of the Apes and Guardians of the Galaxy.

The theater shows older movies on “Retro Movie Tuesdays,” which began on June 3 with a screening of The Breakfast Club and Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

Retro Movie Tuesdays continue throughout the summer until Aug. 26 with countless classics like Jurassic Park, The Goonies and The Lost Boys.

Like any other theater, there is a snack bar, a box office to buy tickets and multiple screens. Instead of grabbing seats, viewers choose the parking spot the perfect distance from the screen and tune in to the sound through their car’s radio.

“I love coming to this theater,” said Ilana Saffeir, a senior occupational therapy major. “It’s something different to do around

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Located on South Transit Road in Lockport, The Transit Drive-In brings movies retro movies and the summer's biggest blockbusters to life with four large projection screens and plenty parking spaces to enjoy the show from the comfort of your car.

Buffalo. Since you can really only go during the summer, it’s somewhere I make a point to go to at least once.”

Aside from putting a different spin on a classic pastime, the theater is full of history. The Cohen family has owned The Transit Drive-In since it was purchased in 1957.

The theater regularly admits more than 1,000 attendees with their highest attendance during weekends. The Transit Drive-In was named the largest drive-in in New York in 2001 after the addition of a fourth screen. Some may say drive-ins are going out of business, but the Cohens have no intention of leaving the industry. They say they’re consistently coming up with new ways to attract audiences.

Rick Cohen, the current manager of the theater, recommends coming to the drive-in an hour early to find a good parking spot, buy dinner or snacks and enjoy the weather. It is easy to catch the sunset right before the films begin and the view of the sky from the theater is clear and remarkable.

To manage such an open area, The Transit Drive-In has laid down specific rules to ensure everyone there is safe and can enjoy the picture. Large vehicles are instructed to park in the back,

and all cars must hold onto their admission passes. Patrons must park a safe distance away from other cars, and may not drive more than 10 miles per hour in the lot itself.

Even if you aren’t on campus or around Buffalo during the summer, the theater does not close right as summer ends. Students and community members can go to the theater while returning to the school during August and September.

“Even though I’m not in Buffalo over the summer, I’ve heard great things about the theater and definitely want to check it out,” said Jordan Alperin, a freshman accounting major. “There aren’t any drive-ins by me at home, and it gives me another thing to look forward to when next semester begins.”

Tickets are $9 each. The box office opens at 7 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and at 8 p.m. the rest of the week.

Though there are no daytime showings, tickets can be bought for a double feature at night.

Instead of being stuck indoors on a peaceful summer night, The Transit Drive-In gives the community an opportunity to enjoy the weather as well as a new or classic movie – or two. email: arts@ubspectrum.com

Continuous sunshine in Buffalo often means many things: grilled food, parties, trips to the beach, bonfires, festivals and local Queen City traditions. Concerts and music festivals like Canal Fest and Kiss the Summer Hello are held throughout the season in addition to very popular weekly events – Thursdays at Canalside, Tuesdays in the Park and Wednesdays at Artpark.

Aside from other popular events like Shakespeare in the Park or the Allentown Art Festival, there are more than a dozen festivals in Buffalo each summer.

Here are a few of the best:

Taste of Buffalo When: July 12 and 13 Each year, Delaware Avenue in downtown Buffalo from Chippewa Street to Niagara Square is filled by hundreds of thousands of people looking to embrace the delectable tastes of Buffalo.

What began as a small two-day food festival in 1984 has become the largest two-day food festival in the United States, attracting more than 450,000 people each year, according to the festival’s website. Food is priced between $1 and $4 and with more than 200 dishes being offered by the best restaurants in Buffalo.

There’s plenty of food to eat and sample at a very affordable price.

Galbani Cheese Italian Heritage and Food Festival of Buffalo When: July 17-20 on Hertel Avenue Hertel Avenue in North Buffa-

lo is injected with a lively atmosphere each summer during the Italian Heritage and Food Festival of Buffalo. The second largest street Italian festival in the country is celebrating its 26th anniversary this year with plenty of food, drinks and entertainment – including Italian Idol and the Miss Italian Festival. Whether you’re Italian or not, everyone is welcome at one of Buffalo’s longest lasting festival traditions.

Garden Walk Buffalo When: July 26 and 27 This may not be the typical festival or event for a college student, but free events full of beautiful sights are a rarity. Rarer still is a weekend event focused around more than 350 types luscious, colorful – and sometimes quiet – gardens in Buffalo. Gardens range from the iconic local Japanese Garden of Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society to private gardens in Lancaster and the Western New York area.

The event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., giving attendees 12 hours to explore the best gardens that the city has to offer.

Kerfuffle When: July 26 at Canalside Among the many music festivals and concerts in Buffalo and Western New York this summer, 107.7 FM Alternative Buffalo’s Kerfuffle is sure to be among the biggest and best. Headlined by Cage the Elephant, known for their hits “Come a Little Closer” and “Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked,” Kerfuffle will occur come rain or shine. Performances by Bear Hands, Big Data, Bleachers, Brick + Mortar, KONGOS, Semi Precious Weapons and The Crystal Method round out what should be an unforgettable summer concert. see Buffalofest, page 8

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Songs of the summer

The soundtrack for your time off TORI ROSEMAN

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Whether at home, school or traveling, summer is typically time to unwind away from the grind of schoolwork and a full class load.

What better way to sum up summer than a playlist of songs that represent the season itself ? The Spectrum has put together a list of jams that can be the soundtrack to your summer.

Sean Kingston Got No Shorty

The summer song that will be stuck in your head long through the winter, Kingston’s track is incredibly catchy. The song comes off the same album as “Beautiful Girls,” but the music is still as enjoyable as it was in 2007. The clapping of the rhythm throughout the song gives it an upbeat vibe, and Kingston’s vocals are put on display. The young artist has a range beyond his years, and as he sings about lookin’ for love at the club, you’ll find yourself hoping he does find a shorty.

Portugal. The Man Head is a Flame Unlike the majority of the music on this list, this song is more indie-rock. The gentle beginning is reflective of the rest of the song, as the artist croons over the band in every verse. Once the chorus hits, the music changes and swells, the lead singer growing louder himself and singing slower. The mix of various percussion noises in which there is no singing ensures the song remains exciting. The guitar solo near the end of the track is as calm as the song in its entirety. It quietly fades out and is the perfect addition to balance out your summer playlist.

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Blink-182 What’s my Age Again?

This ’90s anthem describes the carefree living of summer through different situations lead singer, Tom Delonge, encounters. His signature manner of speak-singing narrates the song, and the guitar riffs in between the verses tie each one together. Blink-182’s music represents summer in general, but this song in particular is one of their more popular tracks and perfect for singing along to in the car on the way to the beach.

The Black Keys Fever Fresh off their new album, Turn Blue, “Fever” is one of the more upbeat songs and the only one currently available on Spotify. It utilizes the electric keyboard and an intricate drum set to create the background for lead singer Dan Auerbach’s voice to cruise over. The guitar solo differs from the rest of the song. It is faster paced and heavier than the calm verses and easygoing chorus. The album itself has a psychedelic vibe and “Fever” brings excitement in comparison to other more melodic tracks on the album.

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Timomatic, Parachute This is the perfect song of the summer. The upbeat tempo with simple lyrics creates excitement that matches the thrill of summer. The beat drops right after the artist explains he “doesn’t need a parachute,” a clever and appropriate place to end the chorus. The buildup to the drop is like many other summer anthems, repeating the keywords of the chorus until the bass starts. Timomatic is new to the music scene and his breakthrough song has gained popularity over the past few months.

MKTO, Classic This upbeat track is new and a radio favorite. Its comparison to older artists such as Michael Jackson and Prince explains the song’s title, which compares romancing with songs in the past to today’s music. Both singers add their own style to the song, with Tony Oller singing the majority of the song and Malcom Kelly adding rap in the middle to switch things up. Although they sing separately, their harmony is what makes their sound so unique.

Iggy Azalea, Fancy Is it any surprise that this song is on the list? The newcomer gives new meaning to female rappers, and her most famous song explains why.

Iggy starts off her song spitting about her ability, creating clever rhymes and leading into a slower chorus.

The chorus highlights Iggy’s singing voice, which is different from when she raps.

Similar to Nicki Minaj, Iggy’s self-confidence beams through her song about being famous and partying.

Supergrass, Alright Summer is a time for hanging out with your friends and riding around town. Supergrass sings about being young and free; the laidback rhythm of the guitar mimics the message. Mixed in with the guitar are claps and piano to keep the song moving forward. The chorus is simple as the other two members join the lead singer in serenading about how lovely it is to be free and feel alright.

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Julian Casablancas 11th Dimension Reminiscent of ’80s pop music, Casablancas’ song is a mixture of electric keyboard, bass guitar and his calm, smooth voice. The music is catchy, and the message is one of determination. The break between the chorus and the bridge is a wellput mix of techno beats and bass guitar riffs. Casablancas creates the perfect combination of ’80s style keyboard, today’s music, and his slow-spoken lyrics. The song ends suddenly, leaving the listener wanting to hear more about the adventure the artist is describing.

Kanye West, Bound 2 This song gained popularity when its music video was parodied by a multitude of late night show hosts and comedians. The song itself is similar to much of Kanye’s older music, in which he raps slower and has intricate music underneath his voice. The chorus is different from the rest of the song; it’s more lyrical and featuring a woman’s voice that fades in and out. A good song to jam out to any time of the year, this track has remained popular since its release and will still be heard frequently over the summer.

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The chorus utilizes more effects in the background including a different beat, old computer sounds and more obscure percussion. The record scratches and auto-tuned voice toward the end are similar to that of t-pain and other rappers of the late 2000s.

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Journey, The Steve Miller Band Darien Lake Performing Arts Center

Tuesday, June 24

Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Artpark

Wednesday, June 25 Foxy Shazam Town Ballroom

Wednesday, June 25 The Rockaz

The Mansion on Delaware Ave.

Wednesday, June 25 Ziggy Marley Artpark

Wednesday, June 25 Delta Rae Tralf Music Hall

Thursday, June 26 Sam Roberts Band Canalside*

Friday, June 27 Sevendust Rapids Theatre

Friday, June 27 Scott Stapp

Bear’s Den, Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel

Saturday, June 28 Jeff Dunham (Comedian) Seneca Niagara Events Center

Sunday, June 29 Gaelic Storm Tralf Music Hall

Monday, June 30 Bruno Mars, Aloe Blacc First Niagara Center

Tuesday, July 1 Blue Rodeo Artpark Wednesday, July 2 Paramore, Fall Out Boy

Darien Lake Performing Arts Center

Thursday, July 3 Brad Paisley

Darien Lake Performing Arts Center

Thursday, July 3 John Mellancamp

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Saturday, July 5 Survivor

Seneca Niagara Events Center

Saturday, July 5 Swans Tralf Music Hall Sunday, July 6 Gin Blossoms

Rapids Theatre Holiday Valley Ski Resort

Monday, July 7 Lady Gaga

First Niagara Center

Monday, July 7 Glenn Miller Orchestra Artpark

Tuesday, July 8 Vans Warped Tour

Darien Lake Performing Arts Center

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Town Ballroom

Tralf Music Hall

Saturday, Aug. 2 The Moody Blues

Mac Demarco, Delicate Steve

Friday, July 18 Grieves The Waiting Room

Seneca Niagara Events Center

Monday, Aug. 4 For King and Country

Sunday, July 20 Tom Coltrane

Darien Lake Performing Arts Center

Gratwick Riverside Park

Tuesday, Aug. 5 Heart Artpark

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Sportsman’s Tavern

Saturday, Aug. 19 Luke Bryan

Darien Lake Performing Arts Center

Tuesday, July 8 Boston Artpark

Tuesday, July 22 Aretha Franklin Artpark

Tuesday, July 8 Man Man Tralf Music Hall

Tuesday, July 22 Band of Horses

The Fairgrounds

First Niagara Center

Wednesday, July 23 3 Doors Down Artpark

Thursday, Aug. 7 Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Canalside*

Wednesday, July 9 Sublime Artpark

Thursday, July 24 Extreme Canalside*

Friday, Aug. 8 Steely Dan

Thursday, Aug. 21 Linkin Park, 30 Seconds to Mars, AFI

Wednesday, July 9 Twin Forks The Waiting Room

Friday, July 25 Keith Urban

Seneca Niagara Events Center

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Friday, Aug. 8 Girl Talk Canalside

Thursday, Aug. 21 The Kingston Trio Artpark

Friday, July 25 Smokey Robinson

Saturday, Aug. 9 OneRepublic

Friday, Aug. 22

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UB student finds a new home amongst The Royal Pitches SHARON KAHN Arts Editor

After a solo performance at Carnegie Hall in high school and countless involvements in school choirs and drama clubs throughout her education, Raquel Sosnovich, a junior communication and social sciences interdisciplinary major was looking for a way to find her place at UB. From the time she was 8 years old Sosnovich was attracted to singing, taking after her older sister and aunt’s same talents. Private classical voice lessons, New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) competitions and a membership in the Suffolk County Music Educators Association choir (SCEMEA) only added to her passion. And now, she’s part UB’s Royal Pitches.

Singing is a family and personal hobby, according to Sosnovich, as it has become a major part of who she is today. That was why it was so important for her to find a place to continue that passion when she came to UB. The Royal Pitches, a singing group, audition potential new members each year; they accept people based on how many seniors will be graduating. In the spring semester of her freshman year, Sosnovich decided to audition as a way to share her love for singing with others.

The Royal Pitches is an all-female a cappella group at UB founded in 1996. A cappella is singing in a group or solo without any instrumental accompaniment.

The group is currently comprised of 15 members, according to Jasmin Jacob, a senior speech and hearing science major and member of The Royal Pitches.

After getting accepted, Sosnovich faced a new challenge – singing a cappella. Even with all of her vocal history, Sosnovich had never been a part of an a cappella group.

“When I first joined the Pitch-

es, one of the main challenges I went through was getting used to singing without background music and actually becoming the background music myself,” Sosnovich said.

In group-style a cappella, a few primary vocalists are accompanied by the rest of the group, producing different vocal sounds that create the effect of background music. But singing in the background was not an easy task, according to Sosnovich.

“There are so many different parts to each song that we all have to memorize and that’s on top of following the soloist and remembering the dynamics as well as the choreography,” she said.

The Royal Pitches hold three shows a year, according to Jacob, one show per semester and a special benefit concert with the UB Girl Effect chapter, a group that promotes female education in developing countries. The benefit concert raises money for the national Girl Effect charity.

The Royal Pitches practice new arrangements for each production and learn between five and 10 new songs each semester. The group retires songs after two shows to keep things new. They also have a “senior song” showcase where a graduating senior gets to choose a song to solo while the rest of the group provides the background sound.

“Learning new songs and choreography is constantly an ongoing process,” Jacob said.

Difficult songs may take two or three rehearsals to finalize and will be revisited throughout the semester to keep it polished. As the concert date approaches, the group begins learning the choreography for each song.

Joining The Royal Pitches gave Sosnovich a place to feel at home at UB, she said, and also pushed her outside of her comfort zone.

“I learned how to sing a cappella which was not like anything I’ve ever done before,” Sosnovich said. “I’ve made amazing

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Raquel Sosnovich, center, enjoys singing with the friends she made after joining The Royal Pitches. The Royal Pitches, an on-campus all-girls a capella group, provides Sosnovich, as well as many other girls, an opportunity to pursue their passion for singing.

friends and had the opportunity to sing with them at UB and even throughout Buffalo.”

Jacob, too, found a connection with The Royal Pitches; it keeps her happy.

“It’s my stress relief after a busy week of school and work,” Jacob said. “I love knowing that I will always have an opportunity to hangout with my closest friends while doing something I love – making music.”

Jacob likes the “awesome and creative” aspects the group adds to each song. Her favorite part of being a member is having the opportunity to constantly challenge herself by tackling bigger roles each semester.

“We get to travel and meet people and experience things which are a lot of fun,” Jacob said. “But my absolute favorite part is definitely the girls in the group. We’re all super close and they’re my constant support system.”

Sosnovich enjoys being friends with people that share the same

Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts When: Aug. 23 and 24 It may not be as big or well known as the Allentown Art Festival in June, but with three stages displaying 50 different performances and 170 artists displaying and selling their work in 16 different mediums, there’s still plenty to experience at the 14th annual festival Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts.

The festival kicks off on Aug. 23 and there three stages of bands playing and performance art displays will be just as busy as the tents of art highlighting the work of some of Western New York most talented artists.

Wing Fest 2014 When: Labor Day Weekend – Aug. 30 and 31 at Coca-Cola Field What better way to end the summer than eating one of the foods that the City of Buffalo is known for around the world?

People may have first seen the National Buffalo Wing Festival in the 2001 animated feature film Osmosis Jones, when fast food junkie Frank DeTorre played by Bill Murray attends the event, but at the time it didn’t actually exist. That is of course until Buffalonian Drew Cerza created it a year later and it has been a local tradition ever since.

Now known as the “Wing King,” Cerza’s celebration of all things chicken wing is the perfect event to end a summer in Buffalo. Since it’s conception, the festival has become a mecca of chicken wings. Attendees comefrom all over the world and consume over 20 tons of wings each year, according to the event’s website.

passion as she does.

“Every girl is talented in so many different ways and each bring something different to the group,” Sosnovich said. “I am continuously learning from every single one of them whether it be about music of just about life in general. I am a part of 15 girls that are like my sisters.”

Sovovich and Jacob weren’t the only ones to find their place at UB among The Royal Pitches.

Emily Plumm, former president of the Pitches, recently graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in media study and English.

“The Pitches was an amazing experience for me,” Plumm said.

“When I first entered the group as a freshman, we were a relatively unknown group on campus … [Now] they hear our name, and they know what we’re about.

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Dodge the sunshine and pick up some 3-D glasses and popcorn - there’s plenty of blockbusters worth checking out this summer. From the continuation of the Transformers saga to the film adaptation of the novel The Giver, here’s a rundown of the films you won’t want to miss over the next couple months.

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Guardians of the Galaxy Release date: Aug. 1 The fourth Marvel movie this year follows Starlord (Chris Pratt, Delivery Man) and his gang of misfits, including Groot (Vin Diesel, Riddick), Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper, American Hustle), Gamora (Zoe Saldana, Infinitely Polar Bear) and Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista, Riddick), as they learn the ropes of fighting evil, getting along and being different than the average being. The movie is sure to be filled with adventures around space, lots of humor, a crimefighting raccoon and performances by A-list stars like Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana and Vin Diesel.

If Guardians of the Galaxy is anything like other recent Marvel films then it’s set to be exciting, emotional and much worth a trip to the theater.

Let’s Be Cops Release date: Aug. 13 This bromance comedy asks the question: What would happen if people thought you had authority? Ryan and Justin are two 30-year-olds looking to find out of what more life has to offer when they decide to dress up as police officers for a costume party. Before they know it, they’ve gained a reputation as actual cops.

What is a joke at first quickly becomes a problem when the duo is caught up in the action of real cops and the hijinks continue. Starring Damon Wayans Jr. (Someone Marry Barry), Jake Johnson (Neighbors) and Nina Dobrev (The Perks of Being a Wallflower), the movie has an interesting mix of actors that only add to the adventure and humor the plot creates.

The Giver Release date: Aug. 15 Another book-turned-movie, The Giver is based on the Newbery medal-winning novel written by Lois Lowry.

The story is set in a utopian society where no one experiences pain, war or any sort of choice. That is, with the exception of the few who are granted permission to see the outside world for what it is. The sci-fi thriller follows Jonas (Brenton Thwaites, Maleficent), who is a “receiver,” or one of the few allowed to know of true happiness and devastation. As Jonas gains knowledge, he begins to question his place in the society he lives in and everything he had previously known.

The Giver differs from other futuristic films in the sense of everyone being content with the world with the exception of the young protagonist. What comes of his newfound knowledge is adventure, emotion and a story of standing up for beliefs that anyone can appreciate.

Transformers 4: Age of Extinction Release date: June 27 Transformers franchise re-vamps what followers of the series are familiar with in its newest release. This chapter of the story stars Mark Wahlberg (Lone Survivor) as Cade Yeager, a car mechanic who stumbles upon an Autobot while working on a car in his shop. Before he can react, he and his daughter (Nicola Peltz, The Last Airbender) are caught in a war involving the U.S. government, the Autobots and the Decepticons, who have come to Earth with a secret weapon.

The movie follows typical Michael Bay (Pain & Gain) fashion with many explosions, dramatic fight scenes and extravagant locations to set the scene. Though it’s the fourth in the series, its new actors, Dinobots and a plotline that’s far from the others in the series will bring in new fans while maintaining the already established Transformers fan base.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Release date: July 11 A sequel to the well-received Rise of the Planet of the Apes, released in 2011, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is set in the future, where most of the human population has been destroyed and many of the apes have an increased intelligence due to the spread of a virus.

The remaining beings live in two groups, and movie follows their interactions with one another.

Directed by Matt Reeves, who is famous for his movie Cloverfield, Dawn of Planet of the Apes is supposed to be different from its predecessor with well-developed characters in the humans and the apes as well as a larger focus on ideas rather than a plot. With experienced actors like Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight Rises) and Keri Russell (August Rush) taking the helm, this film is highly anticipated given the strong cast and popular franchise.

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Lucy Release date: July 25 This action movie starring Morgan Freeman (Transcendence), follows Lucy (Scarlett Johansson, The Avengers), a woman captured and forced to be a drug mule for the mob. When the bag of drugs inside her accidently opens, she is able to access more than the normal 10 percent of her brain’s capacity and obtains superhero-like abilities.

She is unable to feel pain, adapts quickly and can use telekinesis – the ability to move objects with her mind.

The film was written, directed and co-produced by Luc Besson (Nikita), a French “renaissance woman” who typically has more than one job on the set. Lucy is filled with suspense as time is slowly running out before the drugs cause Lucy’s brain to function at 100 percent capacity – no one knows what will happen when it does.

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What to watch for: a guide to the future of UB Athletics The success of the 2014-15 rides heavily on younger athletes Sports Editors During the 2013-14 athletic seasons, many high profile senior athletes left an impact on their respective teams. From Khalil Mack to Javon McCrea, the class of 2014 had some of the most prolific athletes in school history. But in their absence, there is a talented group of underclassmen ready to step in.

There are proven commodities, like the men's basketball team's Shannon Evans and the volleyball team's Tahleia Bishop, and also those who haven’t had a chance to make their mark yet like the football team's Jordan Johnson. One thing is for sure, though: the success of UB's teams in 2014-15 relies on young players. Here’s a round up of who and what to watch for this year in UB Athletics.

Game to watch Football vs. Baylor Sept. 12 The football team hosts national powerhouse Baylor Friday night on Sept. 12. The game marks the first time a game at UB Stadium will be televised on ESPN. Buffalo has the opportunity to showcase the school and brand on a national stage against one of most dominant schools in the nation.

The Bulls will hope for a better performance against the Bearcats than they displayed last season.

Buffalo lost 70-13 at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas, in their second game of the season.

Players to watch Shannon Evans, sophomore guard Anyone who watched a Buffalo men’s basketball game last season knows the impact the first-year guard Shannon Evans had coming off the bench. Evans electrified the team and the Alumni Arena crowds with his energy and highlight-reel plays while being the team’s most productive rotational player.

Evans averaged 8.5 points and 3.3 assists a game and despite his height (6 foot 1), always made his presence known, raising his arms to pump up the home crowd and slapping the court when on defense.

Now a sophomore, Evans will likely take on a starting role as the team’s probable No. 1 point guard and replace Javon McCrea as the face of the team and as the Bulls’ most exciting player.

Tahleia Bishop, junior outside hitter Tahleia Bishop is a killer for the volleyball team.

Last season as a sophomore, Bishop accumulated a team-leading 400 kills en route to Buffalo’s greatest winning season (18) since joining the Mid-American Conference in 1998.

First-year head coach Reed Sunahara will depend on Bishop to lead the team, as Christine Fritsche, the only Bull to come close to Bishop’s 400 kills with 238, graduated. Even though the junior outside hitter and coach have yet to compete together in an official game for the Bulls, Sunahara already has a good idea of the kind of player Bishop can be.

During the International Federation of Volleyball (FIVB) World Championship Qualifiers in Mississauga, Ontario, in May, Bishop and Sunahara both represented team Jamaica.

The UB connection led the Jamaican national team to not only its first match victory at the World Qualifiers, but also its first medal in women’s indoor volleyball – earning bronze.

Jordon Johnson, sophomore running back The Buffalo backfield has seen plenty of talent over the past several years, including James Starks and Branden Oliver, who hold the all-time record for touchdowns and rushing yards, respectively, and are both signed with NFL teams.

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Shannon Evans was an electrifying asset coming off the bench for the men’s basketball team last season as a freshman. Evans will take on an even larger role this season as the team’s probable starting point guard.

signed with the San Diego Chargers, the Bulls search for their next great running back. That player may be someone who has been with the team for two seasons, but has never played a down. And like Starks, a Niagara Falls native, the Bulls found this player just a few miles down the road from campus Sophomore running back Jordon Johnson, a former Sweet Home High School quarterback, is back after enduring a seasonending elbow surgery last season and redshirting as a true fresh-

man the year before. Johnson will compete with junior running backs Anthone Taylor and Devin Campbell for carries and has already shown off his explosiveness to Bulls fans.

In the annual Blue-White spring football game on April 19, Johnson ran for 114 yards on 17 carries and two touchdowns, the latter of which went for 43 yards. Regardless of who is the No. 1 running back, Johnson will be an offensive asset for the Bulls’ offense.

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The Bulls finished last season with 17 wins and clinched a No. 4 seed in the MAC Tournament – their highest ever. The team was upset by Ball State in their first game of the tournament, however, 74-60.

The Bulls graduated only three seniors and return over 80 percent of their scoring from last season. Several All-MAC performers like junior guard Mackenzie Loesing (second team), senior forward Kristen Sharkey (third team) and sophomore forward Alexus Malone (freshman team) will continue to be focal points. The team will also benefit from the return of sophomore forward/guard Rachael Gregory, who medically redshirted last season recovering from a torn ACL she suffered 17 games into her freshman season. Gregory was the team’s leading scorer at the time of her injury.

With the return of key players and now more experience playing in big games, the Bulls may be booking a few extra nights in Cleveland for the tournament this season.

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One motorcycle ride changed Reed Sunahara’s whole life.

He rode a motorcycle because parking was difficult in Los Angeles and the bike made it easier for him to get to places like the beach, class at UCLA and practice for the men’s volleyball team.

Sunahara was entering his senior season for the Bruins, who were ranked No. 1 nationally and coming off four straight national championships. Former UCLA head coach, Al Scates, said Sunahara was the best outside hitter in the country at that time.

While riding home down a dark street home on a Friday night, Oct. 5, 1984, Sunahara saw a car begin to pull out of a driveway. He tried to turn to avoid the car but to no avail; his leg was crushed between his gas tank and the car’s right rear bumper. He was just two blocks away from his apartment.

Sunahara’s leg was broken in five places. He was in the hospital for six weeks and in cast for 10. His leg healed crooked, however, so the doctors had to rebreak it to put a steel rod in.

Sunahara was unable to help UCLA compete for its fifth straight national championship and go out with the rest of the senior class, as he medically redshirted the 1985 season. He recovered to return to the court for the Bruins in 1986 and played professionally in Spain for a year, but he was never the same player after the injury.

“My Olympic dreams were shattered because of that,” Sunahara said. “But I’m in a good place now and I can’t look back … I think it helped me get started in my coaching career. I think things happened for a reason and maybe that was it.”

Although the accident hindered his chances of playing at the Olympic level, it also veered him down his path of coaching at UCLA, Toledo, Cincinnati and for USA Volleyball; a path that has now led him to Buffalo as the new head coach of the volleyball team.

After winning three national championships as a player, Sunahara is taking over a program that has struggled since joining the Mid-American Conference and never made the NCCA Tournament. With his 12 years of coaching experience at Cincinnati and experiences travelling across the world with USA Volleyball over the past year, Suna-

hara is ready for his next challenge: Building a championship contender in Buffalo. *** Ricci Luyties and Sunahara had plans to lift weights on the morning of Oct. 6, 1984. Sunahara did not show or call, which Luyties said was not like him to do. Luyties found out later that night that his UCLA teammate had been in an accident on his bike and was in the hospital.

“People couldn’t even look at it,” Luyties, who is currently the UC San Diego women’s volleyball head coach, said of Sunahara’s leg. “When he would take off the bandages, he just had this huge hole in his leg that you could basically see through to the bone … It was horrific.”

Sunahara’s leg was completely crushed. The injury became infected while he was lying in the street waiting for the paramedics to arrive. Scates and Sunahara’s teammates thought he might never play again. Despite the severity of the injury, Sunahara did not share his teammates and coach’s concerns because he said he felt “invincible.” But things changed as time went on.

“The longer I stayed in the hospital the more it was sitting in the back of mind it could be over,” Sunahara said. “I felt bad because we had just won three national championships my first three years. Then going into that season we were favored to win and it just didn’t happen.”

Sunahara’s injury was devastating for the rest of the Bruins, as well, as he had developed into one of UCLA’s best players with his leaping ability.

His leaping ability, combined with his height – Sunahara was 6 foot 4 in high school – allowed him to dominate at the front of the net, blocking shots and attacking on offense. Sunahara’s nickname on the team was the “The Flyin’ Hawaiian,” and he “was jumping so high he was hitting the ball with his chest above the net,” according to Scates.

When he first arrived at UCLA from his native Hawaii, Sunahara was “a skinny little kid and could just jump like crazy,” according to Luyties. Sunahara added power to his game by lifting weights, however, allowing him to become “the best outside hitter in the country” and “the main cog on the team,” according to Scates and Luyties.

Sunahara had developed into the one of the leaders on the team, as well. Although shy when he first arrived at UCLA, he be-

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came one of the more social players on the team.

“Coming off the island, he was really quiet at first but then once he came out of his shell, he was always a social guy,” Luyties said. “He got the teammates together for gatherings. Back in the day we would have some beers or whatever as a group and Reed was usually the instigator of all those things.”

After winning three national championships and losing just four games total in Sunahara’s first three years, the Bruins lost eight games and failed to repeat as champions in 1985 without one of their leaders and best players.

It was during that time that Sunahara got his first coaching experience.

Sunahara assisted Scates and encouraged his teammates from the sidelines, as he attended Bruins’ home games and was able to travel with the team during the 1985 season.

Once the steel rod straightened his leg and he could tell he was able to walk again, Sunahara knew he was going to get back on the court.

And a year after nearly losing his leg, Sunahara did return to the court for the Bruins.

“It would have ended most people’s careers,” said Wally Martin, Sunahara’s teammate at UCLA. “He went on to play at UCLA and play professionally and do a lot of things that not a lot of people would have even tried.”

But Sunahara was not the same person he was before the injury. The injury would have been damaging for any athlete, but for a player like Sunahara – who relied so much on his leaping ability – the injury was even more devastating.

“He had half the vertical jump he had before,” Scates said. “He was never the same player again … He just couldn’t elevate the way he used to.”

Instead of representing the United States in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea alongside his former UCLA teammates Luyties, Doug Partie, Dave Saunders and Kirch Kiraly, Sunahara played professionally in the Canary Islands.

The 1988 U.S. team won gold. “[Sunahara’s injury] really pretty much took any chance of [him making the Olympic team] away,” Luyties said.

After playing professionally, Sunahara was unsure of what was next. When asked of his

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Reed Sunahara coaches a volleyball team practice during the spring season. A motorcycle accident during the height of his playing career hampered Sunahara’s chances at making the U.S. Olympic team. But it helped start his coaching career as the new head coach of the Bulls.

plans by Scates, Sunahara told his former coach he would probably just return to Hawaii and try to find a job. Scates offered him a job as an assistant coach at UCLA. For the next four seasons, Sunahara learned how to coach volleyball from Scates, who is the all-time winningest volleyball coach in NCAA history with 19 championships – the most of any coach in any sport. UCLA was national champions again in 1993.

But Sunahara’s opportunity to become a head coach did not come in men’s volleyball. It would ultimately be the women’s game where Sunahara made a name for himself as a successful head coach. *** Sunahara was brought to UB’s campus during a blizzard.

After having interviews with Athletic Director Danny White and Senior Associate Athletic Director Kathy Twist, Sunahara flew into Buffalo on Jan. 5 during what he described as a “white-

out.” His plane almost couldn’t land due to poor visibility.

Sunahara, who grew up in Papaikou, Hawaii and spent the past year living in Anaheim, California, where the USA Volleyball team is based, said the weather was the biggest adjustment he’s had to make since arriving in Buffalo.

“People keep telling me ‘Hey, this is never like this.’ They keep saying it and it remains to be seen,” Sunahara said. “It’s all relative though. It was 55 degrees [in California] and people were wearing parkas and gloves and Uggs and hats and scarfs. The weather reporter was like ‘It’s freezing here in California.’ It’s 55 degrees [in Buffalo] and people are in shorts.”

Sunahara said he is thankful that volleyball is an indoor sport and that he can come into his office and remove the layers of clothing needed during a Buffalo winter. He sometimes even wears Hawaiian-styled or Aloha shirts while coaching. see sunahara, page 10

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Burke hard, play hard Shawn Burke’s lifelong passion for soccer propels him to his dream job JORDAN GROSSMAN Asst. Sports Editor

When Buffalo announced on Nov. 7, 2013 that former women’s soccer head coach Michael Thomas would not be returning after six seasons, Athletic Director Danny White confirmed that a national search for a new coach would commence.

Different from his other hires, however, White found his man on the Bulls’ sideline – assistant coach Shawn Burke.

"We have been well aware of Shawn's talents and, after searching the country, we determined that he is the best fit for our program moving forward," White said in a press release statement on Jan. 8. "Shawn has connections with our current studentathletes and our recruiting base and he knows what it will take to win in the Mid-American Conference."

Burke, who has been the assistant coach at UB since 2009, takes over as head coach of the women’s soccer team. Burke said the program was looking for a coach that can relate to the players and their needs. The team had to look no further than within its own ranks.

“It is easy getting up for the 7 a.m. practices because it is a job that is so fun, you cannot even call it work,” Burke said. “[The players and I] want the same things. I understand them and they respect my coaching ethics.”

As the assistant, Burke was able to grow and maintain relationships with many players on the current roster. Many of the players think it’s because he is an approachable, down-to-earth coach who strives for success.

Others say it is because he understands the charisma and demeanor it takes to play from a players’ perspective.

Burke is from Cleveland – a mecca for sports as the Indians,

Browns and Cavaliers have created some of the most intense and emotional sport fanatics in the country. Despite the surplus of professional sports growing up in Berea, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, the Burke family embraced soccer as its own national pastime.

“I remember Shawn rolling a soccer ball back and forth before he could even walk,” said Jay, Burke’s brother. “Shawn had phenomenal opportunities growing up, especially with me and dad as his earliest coaches.”

Burke knew he was a gifted player from an early age, as he played and succeeded against his older brother as children. If you were to ask Burke, he would not hesitate to tell you that his soccer skill was not entirely a natural phenomenon. He gives credit to his two biggest coaches: his brothers and his father, Dennis.

“I was playing with my brothers in the backyard when I was 10 years old,” Burke said. “I would always try my hardest and usually lose, but dad was right there coaching me up. He would teach me ways to try and beat him. It was that perseverance that helped define my playing and coaching style today.”

The dedication that his father, Dennis, instilled on his son was a solemn reminder for young Burke to keep playing the sport he loved. Burke thought his love had reached a zenith before he hit puberty, but little did he know that the summer of 1994 would change his life and outlook on the game.

Burke had made it a point to make soccer his focus of the summer – in every aspect possible. At the time, the United States was hosting the World Cup, soccer’s premier international tournament.

With the World Cup taking place in the United States, it gave most Americans a reason to re-

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Shawn Burke will begin his first season as head coach of the women’s soccer team. The first-year head coach spent five years prior as the assistant to former head coach Michael Thomas.

discover their nationalism and watch soccer throughout the early summer. For Burke, it was a month of bliss and soccer harmony, culminating with the attendance of matchups in Detroit and Chicago.

“I have always had a passion for [soccer], but it really started during the World Cup,” Burke said. “I was able to go to the United States opening game against Switzerland, where they tied 1-1.”

The appreciation Burke had for the game only begun as he entered the summer of 1994 and played for his Ohio travel team. He practiced every day and played a few games a week.

For two weeks in that summer of ‘94, Burke went to Sweden to play in the Gothia Cup tournament for youth soccer with 54 other countries.

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“It was surreal,” Burke said.

“Being in Sweden at the time was equivalent to being in Buffalo if the Sabres won the Stanley Cup.” The experience was monumental for Burke in many ways.

Perhaps the most important piece of information he absorbed was the expression of soccer all around the world. At the time, soccer was only televised during the World Cup and on few occasions in the United States. In other countries, soccer was a lifestyle.

To Burke, the scores of the game did not matter. All that was important to him was the experience. He was given the chance to learn from players around the world who have adopted the game as their national sport. It was that summer where it was evident that Burke was going to eventually turn his passion into

his profession.

“The game offers a certain passion that many cannot understand,” Burke said. “Until that passion fades, I cannot see myself doing anything else.”

Burke has stuck to his goal since the summer of 1994, as he continued his soccer career throughout high school and eventually into college at Mercyhurst University.

Entering his freshman year, Burke was vigorously training when he started to feel pain coming from his shin. Hoping it was a bruise that would go away soon, he kept on training. It got to a point where he had to see the team doctor as he entered camp. What he heard was his worst nightmare.

Doctors told him he had a stress fracture in his shin and would miss six weeks.

Mercyhurst was coming off of one of its best seasons in program history and many players were returning. He decided to redshirt his freshman year to concentrate on rehabilitation and conditioning in to become an impact player for the following years.

During the year of rehabilitation, Burke struggled with dayto-day tasks, including running and conditioning. He swam and rode stationary bikes, which he considered a “foreign” workout.

It took six weeks to fully recover and over five months to gain full confidence on the shin.

He was also upset that he couldn’t join his teammates on the field as they clinched a Final Four berth in Division II NCAA Tournament during his redshirt season, but he and Mercyhurst head coach, Jo, knew the extra rest would be beneficial as his college years went on.

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Continued from Page 5, Burke By the end of his collegiate career, Burke was fifth in the Mercyhurst record book in assists in an individual season with 10, a record he still owns to this day.

He was also named to three consecutive All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference teams from 2000-02 and was a part of four straight GLIAC championships, with a trip to the Division II Final Four in his senior year. He was also was recognized as the GLIAC Defensive Player of the Year in 2002.

Melody was said to be the biggest mentor for Burke outside of the family. Burke still contacts him occasionally to “pick his brain” as a soccer coach. Melody was head coach of both the men’s and women’s soccer team at Mercyhurst, a combination that Burke can easily relate to.

After graduating Merychurst, Burke needed to find a way to incorporate soccer into his life.

He earned his U.S Soccer Federation National “A” license, a document that allows one to coach soccer at the highest level. In Burke’s mind, this was the moment he had been waiting for his entire life: a chance to coach college soccer.

Burke spent two years as a men’s assistant coach at Canisius College and was also getting his Masters in higher education at UB. “When I was living in the Buffalo area, I met Michael Thomas and we were talking about the direction he wanted the program to go,” Burke said. “I took an interview with him and sure enough, I was hired as his assistant.”

Burke continued to pursue his Masters degree from UB while working as an assistant coach on the Buffalo women’s soccer team. He feels one of his biggest assets as a coach is his ability to relate to players, which he was able to do as a fellow UB student.

“Being a student helps on the recruiting side as well,” Burke said. “If I have potential athletes with their families visiting for a recruiting trip, I can point to the wall [in regards to my UB diplo-

as head coach because his players understand where he wants to bring the team.

“We want the same things,” Burke said. “I understand them and they respect me. It is a confidence that everyone is on board with.”

But Burke’s will to succeed this season isn’t ready to stop there.

He wants to make the program flourish in the future as well as the present, as the coaching staff is introducing a prospects camp on July 20. The camp is open to high school girls, where the overall goal of the day is to prepare potential collegiate soccer players while being able to show off their talents and experience training on a field with Division I coaches.

As first year head coach, Burke has no plans to leave Buffalo for a while. The city not only gave him his Masters degree and his first head coaching opportunity and Burke feels the city itself has “adopted” him as its child.

“Buffalo is a very unique city,” Burke said. “It is blue collar and proud with a tightknit community.”

From his early childhood playing soccer in Berea, Burke has seen a huge transition in the game, including national attention, overall style of soccer and the variety of incredible talent that the country was provided with. Through all of those changes, Burke’s passion for the game has stayed constant.

Burke believes it is the negatives he’s experienced in his career that help produce the positive. “‘Suffer now, but live the rest of your life as a champion,’” Burke proudly stated, reading the Muhammad Ali quote from off of his office wall. “Everyone has struggles, but if you have a passion and put in the work, you are going to spend the rest of your life happy.”

Burke’s passion has earned himself a Division-I head coaching opportunity.

ma] and say ‘Look I don’t have to talk about it, I lived it. I experienced it.’”

Not only does being a student help the players on the field as a relatable coach, but Burke also helped guide the team to become one of the most prominent programs at UB when it came to grade point average.

The team has amassed a team GPA of over 3.2 since Burke has arrived on campus, as he serves as the team’s liaison to academic services. He cannot take full responsibility, but Burke says his student ties are a tremendous influence on the Bulls.

Burke had success as the assistant coach, especially on the defensive side of the ball. The team averaged seven shutouts per season the last three seasons and finished the 2011 season with 12 shutouts in 21 games.

The defensive success that season earned the team a berth in the MAC Tournament, where it advanced to the semifinals. Buffalo’s rating percentage, the formula to measure sport teams successes, jumped more than 200 spots, more than any team in the country.

“I am proud of what he has accomplished,” Jay said. “He is involved and now leading a program that he helped build over the past five years.”

Like he has done for his entire life, Burke is focusing on getting better. Last season, the women’s soccer team finished in 10th place in the MAC, ultimately losing out on a berth to the conference tournament. Burke’s believes his plan is strong, however, and is confident in what he can bring to the team in his first year as head coach.

“I am a big attention to detail type of coach,” Burke said. “A lot of people ignore the million little things to get to the big picture. I want to build up the little things first in order to get to the big stage. Anything below not making it to the MAC Tournament is unacceptable.”

Burke is confident in the Bulls’ ability to succeed in his first year

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Continued from Page 2, What to watch for Cicerone was named MAC Freshman of the Year and made the All-MAC team.

After beginning the season without a win in its first seven games, Buffalo finished 3-61, including a late season threegame home stretch in which the team defeated Gannon and Hartwick and took nationally ranked Akron to overtime. Buffalo looks to carry its momentum into this season and hosts Bryant in its first home game at UB Stadium Sept. 5 at 7 p.m. after two road games in California.

Storylines to watch Year two of Bobby Hurley era Controversy erupted when Athletic Director Danny White fired 14-year men’s basketball head coach Reggie Witherspoon in March 2013. For many, anger turned to optimism when former Duke legend Bobby Hurley was hired to replace Witherspoon.

Hurley did not disappoint in his first season on the job, bringing a high-flying, guard heavy offense to Alumni Arena, resulting in the program’s first-ever MAC East title. The season ended in disappointment, however, as the Bulls were upset by Eastern Michigan in their first game of the MAC Tournament.

Hurley will try to continue the upward trajectory of the program without its all-time leading scorer, Javon McCrea, and fellow graduated seniors Jarod Oldham and Josh Freelove. Hurley’s utilization of guards Jarryn Skeete and Shannon Evans and junior forward Justin Moss transitioning into McCrea’s old role is just one of the many storylines to watch heading into the season, which begins in November.

Football team moving on without graduated senior class The seniors of the 2013 football team were a group of players that the school will remember for a long time. Everyone knows about the success of now Oakland Raiders lineback-

er Khalil Mack and the attention he brought to the school, but Mack was just one of the many seniors that helped carry the program to an eight-win season and a berth in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.

The team also lost all-time leading rusher Braden Oliver, alltime receiving touchdown record holder Alex Neutz, along with standouts Fred Lee, Colby Way and Najja Johnson among others. Look no further than the fact that seven members of the senior class from last season signed with an NFL team this spring to see the impact they made on the football program.

Head coach Jeff Quinn now has to go through the process of replacing the some of the best players in school history with unproven players.

On defense, players like Adam Redden, Courtney Lester and Jarret Franklin will have to lead the defense, the latter of whom has the daunting task of playing Mack’s position. The Bulls have a crowd of unproven receivers like Devon Hughes, Boise Ross, Jacob Martinez and Marcus McGill and a trio of running backs including Anthone Taylor, Jordan Johnson and Devin Campbell who could see significant carries out of the backfield.

It will be a different looking Bulls team when they take the field at UB Stadium Aug. 30 for the season opener against Duquesne. email: sports@ubspectrum.com

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Not just a beer league team Despite the obstacles of a club team, men’s ice hockey program remains competitive ANDY KONIUCH Sports Editor

When one hears the phrase, ‘club hockey,’ the competiveness is often associated with that of a “beer league” – a league not taken seriously – according to Buffalo men’s ice hockey head coach Sal Valvo.

But not at the University at Buffalo.

The Bulls compete in the Northeast Collegiate Hockey League of the American Colligate Hockey Association (ACHA), otherwise known as club hockey. Unlike other programs at UB like the football and basketball teams, the men’s ice hockey team receives limited funding and its players do not receive scholarships.

Despite their status as a club team and the struggles that come along with it, the Bulls have been one of the most successful teams on campus over the past several years. They won the ACHA title in 2013 and made it to the semifinal last season.

The main difference between the ACHA and the NCAA is funding.

The Student Association provides a portion of the Bulls’ budget – $14,000 – but this does not even cover ice time, which alone costs $30,000.

Factor in 35 regular season games, practices, travel and hotel fees; the total amount for the Bulls’ Division I program comes to around $60,000. The newly added Buffalo Division III team had a budget of $30,000.

One of the biggest challenges the team faces is managing this money.

Unlike NCAA teams, who have a hired staff for this responsibility, it’s up to players, coaches and other staff members to handle the team’s finances.

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Junior forward Eric Nestler fires a shot from inside the blue line. The Buffalo hockey team will look to rebound this season after being eliminated in the first round of playoffs last year.

“We have advisers, [volunteers] that help us off the ice,” Valvo said. “Guys that manage everything from hotels to ice time, assistant coaches who schedule the game schedule the following year, guys that help us with finances. We need lots of hands on deck to help us. Everybody on staff is a volunteer; no coaches have stipends. Everyone loves to do it.”

Like the NCAA, the ACHA has three divisions – I, II, and III – with I being the most competitive. But ACHA programs don’t cover league fees or players’ tuitions like the NCAA. Because of this, ACHA programs raise as much money as possible.

“We’ve sold military T-Shirts, had military appreciation nights, even [sold] candy bars; any way to fundraise,” Valvo said. “Every dime we get we put it right back into program.”

Despite being a non-scholarship program, Valvo said his players are “as dedicated as any other NCAA player at [UB].”

The team practices at 5:30 a.m., three days a week with games scheduled for Friday, Saturday and sometimes Sunday.

Because the Bulls are not playing in the NCAA, working around class and tests in order to play and practice can be difficult.

“If [one of our players] has a quiz or test on the weekend, we do ask if we can monitor them or take [it] before we leave,” Valvo said. “If the teacher agrees, fine. But if not, there’s nothing we can do. Our students are here to get a degree. I know that and they know that.”

Why then, would Valvo and his ensemble of staff members and student-athletes agree to partake in something that involves so many struggles?

“For the love of the game,”

said senior defenseman Mike Pliszka. “Throughout your whole life it’s really nothing out of the ordinary [paying for hockey]. No one expects [to play for free].

It costs money but you get the chance to keep playing competitive hockey, which a lot of people our age don’t have the opportunity to do.”

Despite the perceptions of club sports and club hockey, the ACHA Division I is competitive.

In 2012, ACHA Division I Arizona State University played first-year NCAA Division I Penn State. ASU split the series, losing 8-3 and then winning 3-1.

According to Pliszka, there’s no greater feeling than contributing to your team’s success, no matter what level you compete in.

“No matter how old you are or what competition you play, scoring a big goal or throwing a big hit makes you feel like a lit-

tle kid again,” Pliszka said. “You just can’t beat that feeling. Going to the rink – it’s [hockey players’] sanctuary – [you] get away from your problems at home. Scoring that goal for not only yourself but for your team, you can talk to anyone that’s ever played, there’s no better feeling than that.”

The Bulls, unlike most club sports, have the luxury of having a rink nearby.

The Bulls play at the Northtown Center in Amherst which is a three-minute walk over Millersport Highway and across the street from North Campus.

The awareness of the ice hockey program has been increasing over the past several years, according to Valvo. The Bulls sometimes attract large crowds to their home games.

“We’ve had some phenomenal nights where we’ve had maybe 600 fans here,” Valvo said.

“There was a section of fans standing beating on the glass.

They brought noisemakers – the ref asked me to get them to be quiet. I said, ‘How can I do that?

They’re fans.’ I think some teams are jealous that we have such a good fan base … it’s neat to see adults in the community just to see the team, that aren’t students or have kids [attending UB].

Those are the people we’re trying to reach out to.”

The Bulls played in the NCAA until 1988, and although the ultimate goal would be to get back to there, for now the team is content with its club status.

“Our overall goal every day is to get better,” Valvo said. “What this takes us to I don’t know.

If the university decides to go NCAA – right now we like being a non-scholarship team. We like being the hockey team at UB.” email: sports@ubspectrum.com

Record eight Buffalo football players attend NFL minicamps Members of graduated senior class now trying to make it in the pros TOM DINKI

Senior Sports Editor

Former Buffalo linebacker Khalil Mack’s fifth overall selection by the Oakland Raiders in the NFL Draft on May 8 brought unprecedented attention to the UB football program.

Highlights of Buffalo football were shown on ESPN. The words “University at Buffalo” were spoken on national television by NFL analysts when discussing Mack. He is the reason many people know the Buffalo football program exists.

But Mack is not the only former UB football player trying to make a name for himself in the NFL. The former All-American is just one of eight graduated football seniors who was either signed by or tried out for an NFL team this spring. The talented class that helped the Bulls earn just their second-ever bowl game appearance last season continue to bring recognition to the program with their status as UB alumni in the pros.

The other seniors might owe their NFL opportunities to Mack, as the linebacker attracted scouts to UB football games during the 2013 season and gave the school name more credibility. All 32 NFL teams attended UB’s Pro day on March 4.

“They’ve seen film of [Mack] and they might see film of someone else right next to him that’s playing and be like ‘Oh who’s this guy? We should check him out, too,’” said former Buffalo defensive lineman Colby Way. “He definitely helped out a lot of us in getting looks. I’m not say-

ing we wouldn’t have been signed anyway, but it definitely helped.”

Way and two other former Bulls got their opportunity with the local NFL team, the Buffalo Bills.

Way and safety Derek Brim were both signed by the Bills as undrafted free agents, while wide receiver Fred Lee received an invite to the Bills’ rookie minicamp.

“It was amazing, the attention to detail [the Bills] focused on from the start of your routes to catching the ball and the position of your body,” Lee said. “So I took away a lot of notes and a lot of tips on things to do to stay in balance. It was just fun. It was everything you could ever imagine. It was a pretty awesome experience.”

Sharing the field with two of his former teammates enhanced the experience for Lee, as he and Brim faced each other in one-onone drills during the minicamp.

Way said it was “Great to see a familiar face there,” as he and Brim did defensive drills together.

Lee did not make the Bills’ roster following the rookie minicamp and is now serving as the assistant strength and conditioning coach at Wyoming. Also receiving NFL rookie minicamp tryouts were offensive lineman Jasen Carlson with the Chicago Bears and cornerback Najja Johnson with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Brim and Way will be competing to the make the Bills’ roster come the start of training camp in July.

Two program record holders will be fighting for an NFL ros-

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Eight of the football team’s recently graduated seniors were either signed by or tried out for an NFL team this spring, including linebacker Khalil Mack who was drafted fifth overall by the Oakland Raiders.

ter spot this summer as well, in all-time rushing leader Branden Oliver and all-time receiving touchdown record holder Alex Neutz.

Current Green Bay Packers running back James Starks, who played for UB from 2006 to 2008 and won Super Bowl XLV, is perhaps the most accomplished UB alumnus in the NFL. After breaking his records at UB, Oliver will try yet again to follow in Starks’ footsteps.

Oliver received a tryout with the Indianapolis Colts. He was released by the Colts, however, but then signed a two-year contract with the San Diego Chargers. Neutz signed with the Cincinnati Bengals.

Lee is proud he was on the same field with rookies from bigger-name schools like Baylor, Texas and Ohio State during the Bills’ minicamp and believes the graduated seniors have helped to change the image of the UB football program by making it to the NFL. “Being a part of the class that had eight guys getting the opportunity to go pro, you do feel a sense of accomplishment,” Lee said. “You feel like you did what you came here to do. You came here to put Buffalo on the map and show the world that Buffalo is a great place.”

Way hopes to show that UB can produce NFL quality players and represent his school in

the pros.

“What I’ve always heard is that the NFL finds good players and if UB is able to produce them, that’s great,” Way said. “I definitely want to represent my school and present what helped me get to where I am today which was the University at Buffalo. There’s definitely some pride that goes along with it to make everyone else proud that went to UB or has been a fan.”

With the amount of former Bulls now in the pros, it’s possible that you as a college freshman at UB, could be sitting next to a future NFL player in class come fall. email: sports@ubspectrum.com

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HOROSCOPES

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- You may have just finished an enormous project of which you are very proud. Take time to enjoy the accomplishment -- and to assess its merits.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- A domestic situation turns ugly for a time as you try to juggle too many things at once. You must pay attention to the key issues.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- It's your turn, and you'll want to make the best possible showing. You oughtn't merely copy what someone else has done.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- What began as a collaboration may seem a bit one-sided to you at this point. The truth is, you've done the lion's share!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Someone you trust implicitly is likely to give you words of encouragement that do more than encourage. You may be truly inspired!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- You'll receive a promise of sorts that has you considering a change in your personal situation -- or at least in a portion of it.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- You may need some kind of assistance as you muster up several ideas that you hope to put into motion very soon.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Travel plans are likely to change as a result of news you get in the nick of time. It's not your fault, but things may take longer.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) -- You can dispose of things in the proper way and never have to deal with them again -- or you can make a mistake that costs you much.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- You're in a position that requires you to trust another far more than you normally would. You'll realize that everything is in good hands.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- You can wash yourself and your entire life clean of any residual mess that was left when someone else failed to solve a nasty problem.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- You're waiting on someone to tell you what must be done, even though you know full well what is required and what you are capable of doing.

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26 Gangster’s pistol 27 Difficult pills to swallow 28 Having less rainfall 30 Of a sickly, yellow hue 31 It’s groovy to a carpenter 32 Walk furtively 34 Altar avowal 37 Quite expensive 39 Bovine bellow 40 Disgust 42 ___ out (dress up) 43 Rodeo activity 46 Make agitated 47 Hardy companion?

49 Makeshift abode 51 Watergate, e.g.

53 Part of HBO 54 Tank contents

55 News channel guest 56 Beef-filled 58 Circle segment 59 They may lead to shortcuts 64 Trash-bag closer 65 Provide with shelter 66 Pond growth 67 “Emer-gency!”

68 Digs made of twigs 69 Baseball, e.g.en Fleece 2 Hamilton’s foe 1 Is suffering from

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38 Easily offended 41 Influential interval 44 “Ontario” anagram 45 Exult in victory 48 Up-coming link 50 Added attractions 51 Minor arguments 52 Knick-knack 53 Attacked on all sides 56 Cluttered condition 57 Shrill bark 60 Up for payment 61 Psych 101 subject 62 Cigarette substance 63 Address a fracture

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Continued from Page 4, Sunahara Despite living in Buffalo through the winter, Sunahara appears to have kept his West coast tan. Sunahara, who is Japanese American, has also retained his height from his playing days, as he still towers over most people.

Although he grew up in warm weather and amongst the beaches in Hawaii, Sunahara was not always a volleyball player.

He played basketball and was originally not open to the idea of playing a different sport on the hardwood of Hilo High School.

A basketball teammate first told Sunahara he should play volleyball in the fall to get ready for basketball, to which he declined.

Sunahara dodged calls from the Hilo volleyball coach, until finally he decided to give the sport a try.

Sunahara had always dreamed of playing basketball for UCLA; it would be volleyball, however, that earned him a scholarship to his dream school and allowed him to suit up for the Bruins after Scates witnessed his leaping ability at a high school tournament and offered him a scholarship.

Just as Sunahara needed convincing to play volleyball, he also needed encouragement to switch over to coaching the women’s game.

After serving as an assistant for Scates at UCLA for several seasons, a job opportunity as an assistant coach for the Toledo women’s volleyball team, who play in same conference as Buffalo, then presented itself to Sunahara.

Sunahara originally only wanted to coach the men’s game, until Greg Giovanzzi, a former UCLA volleyball player and assistant coach during Sunahara’s Bruins career who died in 2012, convinced him otherwise.

“My really good friend, the great Giovanzzi, said ‘Hey, you got to get into women’s volleyball because that’s the way to go,’” Sunahara said. “I said, ‘No. Why? I would rather coach guys.’

He said there was a lot more opportunities, pretty good money [in women’s volleyball]. I looked into it and I got hired as the assistant at Toledo.”

Sunahara had never coached women before, so he called his friend Liz Masakayan, a former UCLA and Olympic women’s volleyball player and asked her for advice. Masakayan told him to “just treat them like athletes,” according to Sunahara.

“So that’s what I did,” Sunahara said. “There are some differ-

ences because of the gender but if you treat them like athletes and treat them like people I think it’s the same. But the women’s game is catching up the men’s game so I really think it’s close and a fun time to be a women’s coach.”

The women’s game is where Sunahara made his mark as a coach. After serving as an assistant coach and then head coach of Toledo for two years, Sunahara went on to coach the women’s volleyball team at Cincinnati.

In 12 seasons as the head coach of Cincinnati, Sunahara complied a 289-109 record and led the Bearcats to three Conference USA championships and three Big East championships after Cincinnati changed conferences in 2005. Despite his success, Sunahara resigned after the 2012 season.

“I think it was time for me to leave,” Sunahara said. “I had other opportunities. The national team was a great opportunity … Cincinnati was great. I loved the opportunity there. Wherever I am I’m going to do the best I can.” *** Sunahara said he has “been pretty much everywhere in the world.”

He got his first experience living outside the United States when playing professionally for Cisneros Isla Verdes in Tenerife, the largest Canary Island in Spain. Sunahara said it was difficult, however, because there were no computers and programs like Skype and FaceTime to communicate with his family.

He used a payphone to talk to his parents, and friends back home would send him books and cassette tapes for his Walkman. He read USA Today “front to back a couple times every day” to keep up with news back home.

Although Sunahara said it was a great year for him, he said he also did a lot of soul-searching, too.

“You don’t realize what you have here in the U.S.,” Sunahara said. “It was pretty neat because I finally realized you don’t take things for granted and what we have is great and never lose sight of what we have and why we have it.”

Sunahara had the opportunity to travel overseas again after leaving Cincinnati and accepting a job as an assistant coach for the U.S. Women’s National Volleyball team. Sunahara’s team won the Pan American Cup in Leima, Peru, and traveled to Bermu-

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Sunahara’s leaping ability made him a dominant outside hitter for the UCLA men’s volleyball team from 1982-86. He helped the Bruins win three national championships.

da and Serbia among other places before winning the silver medal in the Grand Championships in Tokyo, Japan.

Sunahara has also been to Argentina, China, Austria, Slovenia, Italy and Brazil. He enjoys reading and researching a country before he visits it, and says some of his favorite experiences travelling include driving past Mt. Fuji in Japan and watching the World Cup at the FIFA Fan Fast in Italy in 2007.

Despite the travelling opportunities coaching USA Volleyball gave him, it was difficult for Sunahara to see his children, who live in Cleveland. Becoming head coach of Buffalo, which is less than 200 miles from Cleveland, has given Sunahara more opportunities to see his family.

While sitting in his office in Alumni Arena on the morning of his son’s 14th birthday, Sunahara said he would be hanging out with his son later that day.

He said that if he had still been with USA Volleyball and living in California, he would not have able to share his son’s birthday with him.

Besides proximity to his children, Sunahara was also attracted to the opening in Buffalo because of “the wings,” in addition to the athletic administration leadership of White and Twist.

After the firing of former Buffalo volleyball head coach Todd Kress, Sunahara was contacted about the head coaching vacancy.

Sunahara always at least listens to an opportunity.

Despite being exposed to the brutal Buffalo winter, the Hawaiian-native felt at home upon ar-

riving on campus and meeting with White and Twist.

“I think [UB is] a good place to be right now,” Sunahara said.

“Danny’s mission is great and I like what he’s doing and where he’s taking this program, this athletic department. When they offered me the job I said, ‘This is where I want to be,’ because they just made me feel at home and they had the same vision I did and the same goals so for me it was no-brainer.”

Sunahara feels that with the group of coaches at Buffalo, including men’s and women’s basketball head coaches Bobby Hurley and Felisha Legette-Jack and baseball head coach Ron Torgalski, the overall athletic department is headed on the right track.

Sunahara understands the difficult task ahead in turning around the volleyball program around.

The team has never finished .500 or better in MAC play. Last season with a talented senior class – which included MAC Defensive Player of the Year Kelly Svoboda – the team started 12-0 but went just 6-10 in conference play.

Sunahara plans to implement what he has learned coaching across the country and across the world. He had to build up the program at Cincinnati, which he says he did through hard work and recruiting the right kind of players.

“It was hard at first because no one really knew who Cincinnati was,” Sunahara said. “Once we got better and people started to realize we made a name for ourselves and we got good recruits and had kind of a breakthrough so we were fortunate … When

you work hard and you put in the time and when the players get better, that’s when you’re going to get better. That’s what I’m trying to do here.”

Sunahara liked what he saw out of the Bulls during the spring season, believing the team has a good foundation to work from because they are athletic and are open to his philosophy. Sunahara got additional time to work with perhaps the Bulls’ best player: junior outside hitter Tahleia Bishop.

Sunahara, Bishop and Bulls’ assistant coach Donald Gleason represented Team Jamaica in the World Championship Qualifiers in Mississauga, Ontario in May. In the bronze medal match, Bishop had eight kills to help the Jamaican National Team defeat the U.S Virgin Islands and earn its first-ever medal in women’s indoor volleyball.

Sunahara agreed to coach Team Jamaica in order to coach Bishop, as he wanted to work with her in a competitive game setting. He hopes Bishop can implement what she learned in the international game and bring it back to UB to use to her advantage.

Sunahara wants all of his players to have international volleyball experience, as he hopes to take the Bulls overseas to compete next season. In addition to implementing the international game, he also wants his players to be versatile.

Sunahara said that players have to be “all-around players” in the men’s game due to substitution rules. Men’s players have to play every position on the court and able to serve, defend and attack; not just focus on one aspect of the game. He wants the Bulls to be volleyball players, instead of a specialized player who can only do one thing.

Despite the program’s lackluster history, Sunahara wants to be the first Buffalo team to advance to the NCAA Tournament and advance as far in the tournament as possible.

“My expectation is high because if it’s not, we’re never going to get better,” Sunahara said.

His accident may have ended his chances of winning a gold medal and another national championship as a player, but Sunahara won’t let that hold him back from trying to bring hardware to Buffalo as a coach. email: sports@ubspectrum.com

You could know the next Khalil Mack

OWEN O’BRIEN

Managing Editor

Welcome to the State University of New York at Buffalo.

It’s a mouthful, but get used to hearing it.

You are entering this school at a very exciting time – at least for athletics. The 2013-14 season was filled with some of the greatest teams and athletes in school history. If you are a sports fan, which I assume you are based on the fact you are reading this, you’ve certainly heard of Khalil Mack – the Oakland Raiders’ No. 5 overall pick and the NCAA’s all-time leader in forced fumbles.

But the notable athletes from last season don’t stop there.

Branden Oliver, the school’s all-time leading rusher, recently signed a two-year contract with

the San Diego Chargers. Alex Neutz, the school’s all-time leader in touchdowns, signed with the Cincinnati Bengals less than 24 hours after the NFL draft.

These are three of Buffalo’s record-best seven players who were drafted, signed or invited to training camps.

The men’s basketball team won the Mid-American Conference East regular season championship behind the school’s alltime leading scorer and MAC Player of the Year Javon McCrea and first-year head coach Bobby Hurley. Yes, that Bobby Hurley – the legendary Duke point guard with two NCAA Championships and four years of experience under “Coach K.” The softball team won its firstever MAC East regular season championship behind first-year head coach Trena Peel – another coach with tremendous accolades as a college athlete. The softball team was led by pitcher Tori Speckman, who finished the season with 22 wins and a 2.17 ERA, including two no-hitters, and Sammi Gallardo, who batted .312 with 16 home runs and 42 RBIs. The women’s basketball team continues to improve after achieving its first winning season since 2002-03. The Bulls, however, lost in the MAC Quarterfinals.

Buffalo had individual success

behind Brittney Kuras’ thirdMAC Swimming Championship, as well as track and field champions Zach Ahart and Jonathan Jones.

What do all these players have in common?

They all traded in their respective uniforms for commencement robes this past May. Every player listed above has left an impact on the athletic program, but it’s time for the next generation of UB athletes to leave their mark on school history.

Who will be the next Khalil Mack? The next Javon McCrea? The next Tori Speckman?

I don’t have the answer for you and that’s the beauty of college sports.

Fans, coaches and UB’s administration are aware: There’s only a limited time with these players until they must be replaced.

Let me make this clear: You are not at Ohio State. Chances are you’re not sitting next to future professional athletes in class.

But you could be.

Part of the reason I chose this school was to be surrounded by Division-I student-athletes. Even if it’s not a top team in a top conference, it’s still the highest level of competition college athletics offers.

And the Athletics Department is doing all it can to, “Build America’s next big-time col-

lege athletics brand,” behind its #NYBI (New York Bulls Initiative) campaign.

Is it a bit naive? I’ll leave that for you to decide.

There are, however, two beneficial introductions that can’t be debated – the Tailgate Concert Series and multi-million dollar donations the school has received.

UB was lacking a game day environment when I first arrived.

Tailgates were dull. There wasn’t much going on. And let’s be honest, isn’t the tailgate the best part of a football game?

So I stopped going. I could just watch the game online, which was good enough, right? B u t now, Buffalo provides an entire parking lot strictly for students and the main parking lot features free concerts. Last year UB hosted country star Randy Houser. This year, the performers include country artists Joe Nichols, Frankie Ballard and Easton Corbin (who will perform at UB’s Aug. 30 opening game).

If country’s not your niche, don’t worry – you can party to top-40 and house music in the student only parking lot. And once the festivities are over, you can walk (or possibly stumble your way) into UB Stadium.

Seeing the next Khalil Mack, James Starks or Javon McCrea is certainly not a promise. I never expected to be witnessing a top-

five draft pick emerge when I enrolled at Buffalo. But I did. Regardless of how you feel about the #NYBI campaign and “rebranding,” you will regret avoiding athletics entirely.

The class of 2018 has a very interesting opportunity. You will likely see a lot of younger student-athletes performing this season. In your four years, you will have the chance to really see players develop. Remember: Mack was a just two-star freshman recruit at one point.

But my time is nearly done.

The new Athletics Department has cemented itself and handpicked nearly every coach at this university. This is the State University of New York at Buffalo.

I don’t see this changing any time soon.

You may be thinking, “But why do college sports matter?”

Because it promotes unity. When teams are winning, the students flock to stadiums and arenas.

The football team was undefeated at UB Stadium and the men’s basketball team suffered only one loss in Amherst.

Was last season a fluke? I suppose the only way to find out is by showing up and seeing for yourself. email: owen.obrien@ubspectrum.com