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Apprentices in the Workplace Communication Professor Provides Students With Real World Experience MARIELA ESTEVEZ Staff Writer

Today’s lesson plan: visit Buffalo Wild Wings.

Assigned reading: none, there is no textbook.

This is the teaching approach of Marc Adler, adjunct instructor in the Department of Communication.

Adler sees the importance of real world experience and has shaped an entire class around providing his students just that.

Many newly graduated communication majors often find themselves lost in the competitive business of advertising. No matter what grades they earned in college, Adler believes that real world experience cannot be learned through any textbook.

“I was not really a book learner,” Adler said. “I learned better by doing things. I avoided the traditional way of teaching a course like this, which other professors teach with a book.

I feel that it’s more important to teach students by making them do something that’s going to help them learn, rather than trying to get them to remember terminology by reading a book and getting tested.”

Adler, who is also the vice president of client services for Flynn and Friends, an advertising agency in Buffalo, teaches an undergraduate advertising course where students never have to buy or even lay eyes on a single textbook.

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Full Circle Downtown Medical Campus Receives Funding for Cyclotron DAVE JOHNSON Staff Writer

Marc Adler His Prin-tech Advertising course gives students the opportunity to work with actual businesses. Without the use of a textbook, students must rely on Adler’s guidance and imagination to come up with realistic business solutions.

“I use real projects from real companies, and I turn the students in the class into advertising agents… who compete against each other for the business. This is what we do in the real world. We make a pitch to clients, hoping that we win the business,” Adler said.

During this semester, students have the opportunity to work with Katz Americas, a beer coaster company looking to attract business with Buffalo Wild Wings. Students also get to work with Nadja Foods, a Buffalo-based online cookie company that is trying to increase its cookie sales.

Businesses were chosen based

In another demonstration of the emergent Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, UB has received $4.6 million from the Department of Defense to purchase a cyclotron and assist the university in developing its Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC).

The announcement, made on Oct. 28 by Congresswoman Louise M. Slaughter, strengthened the impression of the medical campus as a developing economic and educational engine for the Western New York region.

“The Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus has been an anchor of job creation and innovation for Buffalo, which is why I’m so pleased to announce this funding for the purchase of a cyclotron at the University at Buffalo,” Slaughter said at the press conference.

A cyclotron is a type of part icle accelerator, i n wh ich electromagnetic fields are used to propel charged particles at high

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UB Distinguished Professor Timothy Murphy speaks at a press conference during which Rep. Louise Slaughter announced UB’s receipt of a $4.6 million federal appropriation to purchase a cyclotron

Six UB Professors Named Fulbright Scholars

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UB was one of this year’s top producers of scholars awarded prestigious teaching and research grants through the 2010 to 2011 Fulbright Program.

The Fulbright international educational exchange program is funded by more than $200 million a year through the U.S. Department of State. Each year, the Fulbright Program awards approximately 7,500 new grants based on academic merit and leadership.

“UB has always been competitive in winning Fulbright awards for faculty, with several getting fellowships each year,” said John Wood, associate vice provost for international education. “This year we’ve had a particularly strong showing, tied for fourth among research universities in the U.S.” A total of six UB scholars received Fulbright research awards for the current school year. Only George Washington University, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill produced more Fulbright scholars, according to a list published by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars, a division of the Institute of

Sampson Lee Blair, an associate professor in the department of sociology, who began lecturing and conducting research at Xavier University on the island of Mindanao, Republic of the Philippines, this past June and will return this month.

International Education.

UB is tied with Harvard University, Cleveland State University, the University of Florida, Virginia Commonwealth University and Washington University (St. Louis), each of which produced six scholars. Buffalo placed ahead of Stanford University, UCLA, the University of Delaware and the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, which each produced five scholars.

“In general, our faculty is increasingly internationalized and seek out overseas opportunities for research and teaching such as those afforded by the

Kee Chung, professor and chairman of financial planning and control, will spend the spring semester at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, where he will teach and conduct research on market microstructure.

Fulbright Program,” Wood said. “Fulbright now offers a range of opportunities to faculty, from short-term programs of six to eight weeks, to yearlong stints at host institutions overseas.”

Each year, the Fulbright Program allows Americans to study or conduct research in over 140 nations and enables U.S. citizens to gain international competence in an interdependent world.

Recipients of the Fulbright awards are grateful for the opportunities presented by the program.

“Although I am a family sociologist, and I would like

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Daniel Hess, an associate professor in the urban and regional planning department in the School of Architecture and Planning, is spending the fall semester teaching and conducting research at Estonia’s Tallinn University of Technology.

Robert Granfield, professor and chair in the department of sociology, is spending the fall 2010 semester at the University of Ottawa in Ontario, conducting research related to the evolving role of pro bono legal work in Canada as well as in a global context.

to think that I am fairly well versed in understanding other cultures, there is an enormous difference between reading about cultures in a textbook versus actually living amongst the people themselves,” said Sampson Blair an associate professor in the Department of Sociology. “Over the past five months, I have met people from all walks of Philippine society, from the well-educated to the poorest farmers who live up in the mountain jungles. I can honestly say that it has given me a new and very different perspective, both for my professional pursuits and also for my own life.”

The U.S. Congress created the Fulbright Program in 1946, immediately after World War II, to foster mutual understanding among nations through educational and cultural exchanges. Today, the Fulbright Program is the U.S. government’s premier scholarship program.

“I am truly grateful for this opportunity to engage with the research and work I enjoy and value in such a welcoming, warm country, while being able to improve my Spanish and connect to another culture in a way that would not have been possible as a tourist,” said Alissa

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Lilliam Malave Lopez, an associate professor in the Graduate School of Education, is lecturing and conducting research into second language acquisition through the teaching of contact areas material to gifted and talented learners during the fall semester at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in Lima.

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Anne Lange, a senior research scientist in the Graduate School of Education. “I would recommend this experience to anyone.

This semester has been absolutely fascinating, and one of the best experiences of my life.”

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It’s Time for a Pick Me Up MEGHAN HOUSTON Staff Writer

What has 142 teeth and holds back the incredible hulk? My zipper.

Pick-up lines are a hot topic. Some people love them, while others can’t stand the sound of them. One thing they do, for sure, is get people talking.

Students have vastly differing views on the merits of pickup lines.

“It shows he has guts,” said Tara Bodziak, a junior business administration major.

Last semester Bodziak was sitting in the Student Union when a male student handed over a piece of paper and remarked that she dropped it. Bodziak unknowingly opened the paper, which had the student’s phone number and name.

“I have a boyfriend, so I didn’t call, but he made a good attempt,” Bodziak said.

While some women appreciate the courage it takes to use a line, others like to play hard to get.

“You need to be fluent,” said Jeff Mann, a junior psychology major. “If it’s choppy and you’re unsure of yourself, you sound stupid.”

Mann admits to using pick-up lines occasionally, reporting great success when dropping corny lines such as “Are you a thief?

Because someone stole the stars and put them in your eyes.”

“Most girls laugh and think it’s funny,” Mann said. “Once she smiles, you’re in.”

While Mann claims he never came across a girl who didn’t love one of his lines, there are a significant number of female students who aren’t fans of pick-up lines in general.

“I turn and walk away when I hear a pick-up line,” said Deondra Savage, a junior psychology major. “I think that they are corny.”

Even when some girls find pick-up lines funny, they still walk away uninterested.

“I think one of the worst pick-up lines I’ve ever heard was, ‘Do you have a quarter, because my mom told me to call her when I fall in love,’” said Antinette Brown, a junior health and human services and nursing major. “I did laugh, but then I walked way.”

Overall, female students commented that laughter is the most common response, but then they quickly walk away, mirroring Brown’s actions.

“Usually, someone who would use a pick-up line isn’t someone I would seriously consider

dating,” said Marissa Dombroski, a sophomore English major. “If he’s sketchy, I would definitely walk away.”

All of the males interviewed admitted to using pick-up lines, either in a joking or serious tone, at least once in their lives, but it was not the same case for women.

“It’s not necessarily the guy’s department to pick up the girl,” said Skye Simpson, a junior English major. “However, using a pick-up line is definitely a guy thing.”

After interviewing 20 UB female students, not one of them admitted to using a pick-up line on a male.

“I think it would be great if a girl used a pick-up line on me,” said Matthew Sydor, a junior psychology major. “I would like that she has the confidence to pick up a guy.”

Most UB students polled agreed that the best pick-up line to use is, “Do you know how much a polar bear weighs? Enough to break the ice.”

“If a guy used the polar bear line on me I would definitely laugh and appreciate it,” said Jennifer Riccardi, a senior biological sciences and psychology major.

“I like the polar bear line because it’s not gross,” Bodziak said. “It may be old, but it’s

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The Spectrum conducted a brief poll to find out about pick up lines.

still cute.”

It seems that students think pick-up lines are a trend that died with bell-bottoms, but they appreciate the confidence and courage that it takes to use them.

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on the students’ interests. Judges, who are representatives from each company, determine the winning group, but Adler determines the grade that each project receives.

“It’s going to give [students] a sense of winning and losing,” Adler

said. “It’s just a matter of how the competition sometimes can impact whether you’re successful or not.”

The students put together their presentations in teams specifically chosen by Adler.

“I look for people with different skills to be on a team together,” Adler

said. “I pick the teams, they don’t. I base it on the skill set the student wants to work with. Every student has a particular title with particular responsibilities.”

Creating and succeeding at a team goal is of utmost importance in these real world projects.

“They also have to understand marketing so they can show up every week and participate. [Also, they must] allow themselves the flexibility to go beyond the envelope,” Adler said.

For students, this new idea of teamwork in the business world requires an adjustment from previous team projects in class.

“It’s hard combining all the

different ideas on a team and coming out with something that’s understandable and whole,” said Sergine Emmanuel, a junior economics major. “There’s a lot of pressure that goes along with a successful presentation, but it’s part of having a career. Classes like these prepare us for just about any career choice because it gives us experience.”

Interactive courses like this are available in various UB departments.

“Several courses in our department are a bit unconventional and require students to make actual client pitches, conduct real-life campaigns and the like,” said Thomas H. Feeley, associate professor and chair of the Department of Communication. “These experiences,

combined with traditional courses that feature theories and models that explain human communication processes, give students both the theory and the application of theory in the workplace.”

According to Feeley, these real life experiences through these types of courses can also provide students with networking skills and internships.

Each semester, Adler’s course features different businesses selling different products, and his students have organized ad campaigns for World Wrestling Entertainment events, attracted audiences to the Buffalo Zoo, and promoted UB football.

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speeds while containing them in well-defined beams. The device is extremely valuable to scientists in particle and nuclear physics, as well as physicians.

While the instrument can be used to treat cancer itself in treatment known as proton therapy, a developing alternative to chemotherapy, UB researchers will also use the cyclotron for enhanced positron emission tomography (PET) scanning, which holds promise in comprehending a multitude of illnesses, including cardiovascular and neurological diseases.

With regards to neurological illnesses, the cyclotron will permit researchers to observe the brain in a more functional state, as opposed to the structural examination of a CAT scan, allowing doctors quicker and more accurate diagnoses of illnesses.

“The cyclotron is an important addition to the CTRC in that it will allow UB investigators to use very short-lived radionuclides for functional imaging of the brain, heart and other organs,” said Dr. Kenneth Tramposch, associate professor of pharmacology and toxicology.

Dr. Timothy Murphy, a UB Distinguished Professor and senior associate dean for clinical and translational research, explained

the importance of the equipment and appropriations from the federal government.

“It’s expensive, but you get what you pay for,” Murphy said. “This has tremendous potential not only for groundbreaking research, but we also envision it leading to more grants, money and expansion of the medical facility based on critical clinical research.”

The facility is expected to bring in about 130 new faculty members to operate and maintain the cyclotron when it’s fully functional. The addition is also anticipated to foster the collaborative efforts between UB, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Hauptman Woodward Institute and Kaleida Health, which have been already developing.

The new machinery is an especially welcome addition to UB’s ongoing research into heart disease, of which PET imaging has proven beneficial.

“The cyclotron fits nicely with the recent acquisition of a Positronemission/Computed Tomography Scanner, funded by the National Institute of Health through a competitive peer-review process,” Tramposch said. “This equipment was awarded to professor John Canty in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and will be installed in the CTRC building.”

Specifically, radioactive isotopes are injected into the body during the scanning procedure. These isotopes can then be used to produce colorized, three-dimensional imagery of the functioning of the individual’s internal organs, which can be used by researchers to diagnose and treat diseases.

This type of molecular scanning has transformed treatment in neurological disorders and PET scans can be used to study various metabolic functions of the brain.

The new cyclotron will reside in a 4,000 square foot facility custom designed for its operation. Installation is set for Summer 2011.

In spite of all the recent developments and acquisitions of new medical technolog y, Murphy stressed the long-term plans concerning the CTRC’s place in the medical community. According to Murphy, this is only one of the first steps in establishing the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus as world-class.

“This is more forward momentum as casting UB as a research enterprise. The money, the technology – it all contributes to the big picture,” Murphy said.

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Planting the seed of tolerance is a good thing The American Library Association plans to add an award to its prizes, which already include the John Newbery medal and the Randolph Caldecott medal. Each year the prospective Stonewall Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award would go to an English language book that relates to “the gay, lesbian, and bisexual experience.”

About 14 million children in the United States currently live in a household with one or more gay or lesbian parents. The aim of the Library Association is to promote nationwide tolerance of gay marriage and homosexuality.

Though such a movement toward tolerance should be accepted in a similar vein, inherent homophobia, coupled with the omnipotent pretext of child protection, can easily curb a progressive movement of this degree.

In light of the recent events in Iowa, where three Supreme Court justices were voted out of office for having advocated for the legalization of gay marriage, it is a good thing that this initiative does not come down to a vote.

In many ways, it will be difficult for parents to explain something that runs contrary to the notion of heterosexual marriage, especially because some parents are uncomfortable with the idea of samesex marriage in the first place. Indeed, it may be confusing for children to understand that marriage can happen between two men or two women.

Some think that now is not the time to advocate for the legalization or even the tolerance of marriage between homosexuals, given that thousands of conservatives continue to stick to their guns,

picketing for the regressive policy of strict heterosexual marriage. With such opposition, it seems too daunting an endeavor to fly in the face of America’s Christian majority.

Politics as Usual

But how long will we wait with our thumbs in our mouths for the United States to stop being homophobic? The civil rights movement forced public integration and tolerance of blacks and other minorities; it did not wait around for people to stop being racist.

Two years ago, Americans surged to the polls angry wanting a change. Barack Obama was elected as President, and the Democrats took supreme control over the House and Senate. Change was imminent, and liberals everywhere celebrated.

Interracial marriage was once a similarly divisive issue, until people stepped up against its intolerance and made it legal. Today, many people do not even think twice when they see an interracial couple, and the legalization of interracial marriage scuttled the ideas that inter-ethnic relationships were unnatural, and that the biblical God will punish those who mix with the evil blood of Ham. The best way to advocate for progressive reform, and to promote true freedom, is through offering our youth a more accommodating view of what will soon be regarded as a national inevitability. With all its press, and with a conservative generation that is, literally, dying out, gay marriage will be legal one day.

Each generation is more and more tolerant of realities like homosexuality and ethnic differences.

It seems reasonable that children will follow the trend and take homosexuality in literature with the same amount of concession as they continue to do with racial differences.

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‘Frisco Kids, Without Happy Meal Toys, are Encouraged to Eat Healthier Ban presumes that people do not know what is good for themselves or their children San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors passed a ban on toys that fast-food restaurants give out with their kid’s meals. They said that they would allow fast-food restaurants to add the toys to the children’s specialty meals again, if the franchises agree to make the food healthier.

At first glance it seems to be a wonderful initiative to get people, namely children, to eat healthier food and to slow the spike in the average American’s body weight. It is obvious that eating fast food is unhealthy, and that kid’s meals target vulnerable children with their marketing, and with the small toy included in the deal.

But where did parental discretion go? We have known for years that fast food is a bad call for child nutrition, but parents still allow the occasional happy meal as a treat for a good primary school report card. It does not mean that they are purposefully poisoning their kids, or that San Fran needs to step in and solve the problem of child obesity.

It is presumptuous to say that people do not know what is good for them, or that they do not know how to appropriately raise their children. But to a certain degree, it is true: many people cannot care for themselves or their children. San Francisco was only trying to help slow the marketing campaign that was winning over children, who do now know that they are an enormous share of a ploy to make an unhealthy food more popular and lucrative.

As far as banning toys, though, the Spectrum editorial board advocates for choice over prohibition.

Parents should know better than to feed unhealthy food to their kids, and banning toys and marketing schemes that compromise children’s health would open up too large of a campaign against American businesses and tradition.

For instance, should we ban Halloween? It is the one time of the year that kids and adults can indulge in sugary vices, for which there are countless marketing ploys. Should sugar cereals, despite their relative healthiness, rid themselves of the Trix rabbit or Tucan Sam? To begin a crusade against kid’s foods will require a force of revolutionary proportions. The products, with which parents and children seem content, are just not evil enough for a ban. Like any other vice, information is the only way to deter prospective buyers from indulging in an unhealthy pleasure in a free country.

San Francisco seems to have the right attitude: they try to help children stay healthy, even when their pushover parents buckle to a pair of sad-puppy “buy it for me” eyes. Children certainly do not know what is good for them, but it is up to parents to decide what is good for their children until they can decide for themselves.

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Voters went to the polls Tuesday with the same attitude, but America now possesses a Republicanred landscape.

As a frustrated liberal, I’ll even admit it was inevitable.

Democrats expected to lose the House, but the results were worse than feared. Republicans now hold a 239-186 advantage in the House of Representatives, making that majority the Democrats held for two years seem like it never happened.

Because it never really did.

Though the Democrats held enough House seats to pass vital pieces of legislation, the donkeys remained passive and separated. As shown during the last two years, unity is not in the Democrats’ dictionary; those members of Congress elected two years ago because they stressed bipartisanship and change proved to be phony.

The one piece of legislation they did succeed in passing, “universal” health care, was watered down and unsuccessful. Obama’s aggressive agenda has fallen victim to the inactiveness among both Republicans and Democrats of the house.

There are many reasons for this. Democrats are, ironically, more conservative when it comes to introducing new legislation. These members worry more about preserving votes than changing America.

Evidently, that plan backfired.

Even Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold, one of the most popular and bipartisan members of the senate, was knocked off by Republican Ron Johnson on Tuesday. The current philosophy of voting “no” to everything has taken many victims, including some of the most productive and proactive members of government.

Blame is being placed on Obama. Discontent Americans see a hypocritical leader who flashes a pretty smile and reads a captivating script, but who also can’t enact change and would rather get himself on television.

But Obama can’t get anything done if members of the House and Senate reject any change proposed.

As it is, the elephants now hold a large majority in the House. Some say it’s politics as usual. After all, the power often shifts in the House every couple years, regardless of who the President is. Americans get frustrated, hear the voices of opposition to the status quo, vote for said voices, and expect times to mirror the great 1990s.

Snapping your fingers and saying “America will make a 180 immediately” is analogous to saying the Buffalo Bills will make the playoffs with a new, highly touted quarterback. It takes many pieces and a lot of time to reverse a disaster that was the Bush tenure/Dick Jauron coaching stint.

It also takes continuity. Obviously, it’s futile for liberals to think that issues regarding guns, gay marriage and abortion will be resolved in their favor in the next two years. What Obama and Congress need to worry about is creating jobs and stimulating the economy.

Can Obama and a predominantly Republican congress coexist and enact change? With Tea Partiers enacting a movement on rejecting everything in their path, we may be seeing another shift in Congress in two years.

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Final Saw Installment Brings Thrills No need for 3D

Russell, Saw VI), trying to eliminate Detective Mark Hoffman (Costas Mandylor, Saw VI) with a reverse jaw trap similar to the one in the first film. Tuck fails to kill him and consequently spends the remainder of the film running from him while he searches for revenge.

Tuck goes to Internal Affairs detective Matt Gibson (Chad Donella, Smallville) for protection.

Gibson and his team go after Hoffman while attempting to keep Jill from his grasp.

While these events are occurring, the audience is introduced to Bobby Dagen (Sean Patrick Flanery, Sinners & Saints), a Jigsaw trap survivor who has become a self-help guru by writing a book about his experience.

However, the publicity of Dagen’s Jigsaw experiences has made him into a target, and he becomes the center of a new game in which he must pass a series of tests in order to save his loved ones from Jigsaw’s traps.

As usual, the plot in Saw 3D takes a backseat to the traps victims encounter. Fans of these movies do not return year after year to enjoy cinematic nuances, character

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Movie: Saw 3D Release Date: Oct. 29 Grade: B+

Six years ago, audiences were first hit with Saw, an intensely thrilling and gory horror film that quickly became a hit with moviegoers and revolutionized the horror genre. It inspired other torture-themed films such as Hostel and Hostel 2.

The series proved to have staying power. Every consecutive year to date, a new Saw film has been released, and every year, millions of fans of the series flock to theaters to see what it will bring next.

This year, director Kevin Greutert (Saw VI) promised to revolutionize the industry once again by filming the final chapter of the series in “eye-popping 3-D,” promising that the traps would come alive.

The film picks up immediately after the events of Saw VI, which had Jigsaw’s widow, Jill Tuck (Betsy

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development, or even plot: they come to see how much gorier the traps can get.

Well, it seems they do get gorier.

The film opens with a bang, as the first trap takes place publicly in the middle of a crowded city square.

The elaborate trap consists of three people, a girl and the two guys she is simultaneously dating. The trio is forced to decide which one will die in order to save the other two. This sequence satisfies audience members as one of the three participants is split in half with a large spinning saw.

While the traps are inventive and exciting, this film, more than any of the previous ones, lost the thematic resonance that Jigsaw (Tobin Bell, Saw VI) established in the beginning of the series.

The emphasis on lessons of morality seems to be much less evident in this installment. The characters in the original films worked because Jigsaw was intent on teaching them something from their experiences. This does not seem to be the case in this chapter.

Dagen’s storyline proves to be the most interesting out of the two simultaneous stories. Viewers will sympathize with him as he fights to save his friends and wife, and while the plot device isn’t original, it remains captivating nonetheless.

The 3D, while allowing for a couple of entertaining thrills, is

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Regurgitating Act Comes to Buffalo Saturday Night JENNIFER HARB Senior Life Editor

Stevie Starr, famous for swallowing and regurgitating unusual items, will be performing a free show at UB this Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Student Union theater.

“The Regurgitator” has been featured on Britain’s Got Talent, Ripley’s Believe it or Not, Howard Stern, and in the Guinness Book of World Records, and will now showcase his extraordinary talent for UB students.

The Spectrum had a chance to speak with Starr prior to his performance.

The Spectrum: Where are you from?

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SS: I used to hide my pocket

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The film does an excellent job of tying together the whole series.

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money as a child and bring it up again. I mean, I didn’t realize I’d end up doing it for a living. Just as years went on, I realized I was able to control and separate things and bring them up again.

As a kid, I would swallow a marble and a coin and I would go to school and ask them, “Hey, what one do you want up?”

TS: Were you ever worried about choking?

SS: I think at that age you don’t

really worry about danger. As years go on, I started doing larger objects, like the pool ball. I just kept trying different things all the time and ended up making it into a one-hour show.

Stevie Starr TS: How do you prepare for your performances?

SS: I actually don’t prepare: I just

ably I would say the Rubix Cube because it’s square and I have to turn it once it gets inside. When I did the Guinness record, I had to swallow 10 half dollars. Each coin had a different date and I had to bring back whichever coin they asked for. As long as I can memorize them and see them before they actually go in and I know exactly where I put them, I can control and select which one to bring back again - a bit like a supermarket.

TS: What’s been your favorite performance?

SS: I couldn’t really say I’ve got a

go in and do it. There’s absolutely no preparation whatsoever. I mean, I do it all the time. I’m in Canada at the moment and I’ll be waiting in a shop and I’d cough the money up to pay for a bottle of Coke or something; I love the reaction from the people. I’ve always done it as a kid and I don’t think I’ll ever stop. I went through the tollbooth the other day and it said $1.25. So, I went up, rolled the window down and coughed the money up to pay the lady.

She just stuck her head out the booth and said, “What the hell?”

favorite. I like everything. I’d say about 85 percent of my work is at universities all over the world.

The rest would be television. I’ve actually only got two shows left in America, then I’m going to the United Kingdom, then Paris, then Germany, then the Middle East and Denmark. I do a lot of rave nights and discothèques in Ireland.

It’s funny watching them because, as you know, they can drink at 18 over there. You’ve got 2,000 people watching you swallow beer bottles and putting cigarette smoke into soapy bubbles and they just stand there like, “Oh, my God.”

TS: Which shows have you been featured on?

SS: The first one I ever did in

TS: What do people typically ask you to swallow?

SS: People come up with things

TS: Do you have a particularly memorable experience?

TS: Do you use your talent in everyday life?

SS: Yes, it’s more of a pocket than

America was called That’s Incredible about 20 years ago. We did The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

We did Letterman, Howard Stern, Ripley’s Believe It or Not. I’m in all the Ripley’s museums; I just opened a new one in London, England for them. Oh, and Guinness World Records.

SS: As a kid, I would swallow

a bumblebee from the tree, take it to school, cough it up in a classroom and it would fly away. Misspent childhood.

like, “Can you swallow my key ring; can you swallow my lighter; can you swallow my money; put my name on it and say that you swallowed it for me,” things like that. Mostly jewelry or small objects most people just [carry] around with them.

anything else, really. A lot of times I’ll do it unconsciously.

I’ll buy something, I’ll get the change and I’ll automatically just swallow it. It’s just a lot easier than putting it in your pocket.

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In a week from Saturday, the Center for the Arts will host the Indian Student Association’s biggest event.

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The Center for the Arts will resound with the beats of Indian music next week at Muqabla 2010.

The Indian Student Association (ISA) is hosting its 16th annual dance competition on Nov. 13, providing a culturally-based contest for students all around the Northeast. Having originated at UB, Muqabla – a Hindi word that literally means “challenge” – is an intercollegiate dance competition that focuses on the classical and contemporary dance Indian dance forms.

According to Lindsy Varghese, a senior accounting major and ISA

Muqabla Returns President, Muqabla is the club’s biggest, most anticipated event of the academic year.

“This is what the ISA at UB is known for,” Varghese said. “This is an event that alumni of the ISA come back to UB for. It is an excellent means of communication between UB alumni and incoming freshmen.”

Muqabla has grown and developed greatly in the last few years and has even become well known across the border in Canada.

“Teams vary in size from as little as 10 to as many as 30 dancers to give us a grand total of about 200 dancers.

Last year we had about 300 spectators and expect many more this year as we have more teams than ever before and additional support from the community and volunteers,” Varghese said. “Our event has grown immensely over the past few years and we expect nothing less for this year.”

There are a total of 12 teams performing at Muqabla. There will be

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“The Akanksha Foundation is a non-profit organization [that hopes to one day] equip all students with education, skills and the characteristics they need to lead empowered lives,” Varghese said. “Twenty-five percent of our ticket sales will be donated.”

Such an event attracts many returning fans who have high

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The floors of HSBC Arena were covered in Natty Ice cans, Birkenstocks and Kan Jam discs on Tuesday night as fans waited in anticipation for the “bro-gods,” the Dave Matthews Band.

The Dave Matthews Band has a large base of both diehard fans as well as casual ones. Naturally, its latest tour was highly anticipated and its first stop was in downtown Buffalo.

As one would expect, the arena was filled to the rafters with fans anxious to see the band perform.

Even the 300 sections were occupied by those restlessly awaiting the band’s show.

Amos Lee opened for the infamous DMB. concertgoers flooded the food and bathroom lines in the corridor of HSBC Arena and did not care about the show until Dave took the stage.

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expectations, and the ISA is determined to please the crowd.

“I think it’s going to be better [this year],” said Noorul Gazi, a sophomore undecided major. “They held auditions [to determine which group will represent UB], so I think it will be more competitive [and] more intense.”

This year, returning viewers can expect a change in the competition’s theme.

“This competition will consist of an overall theme for all dance groups, no matter what dance style,” Varghese said.

The theme for this year is “East

Shower curtains and binders are recognizable items used at UB. What is not recognizable, however, is the poison plastic that is used to make these items.

Polyvinyl chloride commonly known as PVC, is a poisonous plastic used regularly in nearly 100 everyday materials in many universities and households. PVC materials are so toxic they can’t even be recycled.

It is for this reason that the UB Environmental Network has collaborated with the Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ) to find a solution. Together they have come up with the event, “What the Duck?! PVC-Free UB,” in the hopes of banning the use of PVC materials at UB. The event will take place this coming Monday and Tuesday.

“There isn’t a great way to dispose of [PVC] because if it is disintegrated, the toxins get released into the air,” said Kristina Blank,

president of the UB Environmental Network. “There are chemicals bound to PVC such as lead and cadmium, which can contribute to indoor air pollution and asthma.”

While it is apparent how dangerous the effects of PVC are in products, PVC is most dangerous in manufacturing plants. The UB Environmental Network hopes to raise awareness by educating students and faculty on the dangers of PVC and the hazardous effects it has had on Mossville, La. “Residents of Mossville, Louisiana, the vinyl manufacturing capital of America, have over three times the national average of dioxins in their blood and three to four times higher cancer mortality rates than the rest of the U.S.,” Blank said.

The first step to fixing a problem is to educate the public and get them interested. That’s exactly what “What the Duck?! PVC-Free UB” intends to do.

“We want [the university, faculty and students] to think about [the Mossville, La. community] when they consider buying PVC flooring or other materials,” Blank said.

The first day of the event will be

launched in the Special Events Field near the Student Union. With music and a 25-foot inflatable rubber duck, a symbol for the PVC-free movement, it is sure to attract a crowd.

Lots of information will be available, and students will be given the chance to sign a petition for the cause.

The next day will be an environmental justice film screening, where there will be free pizza and the screening of three short films held in the SU Theater.

The first of the films is a funny but serious documentary entitled Blue Vinyl. The next is a CNN special called Toxic America, which highlights the effects of PVC. The last is a three-minute clip entitled Sam Suds and The Case of PVC, the Poison Plastic.

After the pizza and films, the UB Environmental Network will be asking students to stick around for a Q&A with a member of CHEJ. The UB Environmental Network is working directly with Lois Gibbs, the Executive Director of CHEJ,

for the event.

Gibbs is a respected and wellknown American environmental activist. She has authored several books and has received three awards honoring her work.

This two-day event is a way to raise awareness for the overly used poisonous plastic that has already destroyed many American lives.

Show support for UB and the PVC-free movement by joining the Facebook Event, “What the Duck?!

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The Bulls are now on a four-game losing streak.

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the ball in his hands, and he came down with it, and they were able to capitalize on points.”

Quinn said that he used Zordich in the running game because of the quarterback’s ability to move the chains in the air and on the ground. “[Zordich] is a big kid,” Quinn said. “I felt that he was both effective in the run game and in the throw game. He’s got to have other guys around him that play at that same level.”

For a team trying to play fundamental football and eliminate mistakes, the Bulls also hurt themselves with penalties at key moments.

In the second quarter, the Bobcats

faced a 3rd-and-14 from the Bulls’ 15-yard line. Instead of holding Ohio to a field goal attempt, the Bulls gave them a first-and-goal from the 1-yard line after senior linebacker Justin Winters committed a pass interference penalty in the end zone.

Such mistakes were also key in determining field position, a statistic that the Bobcats dominated.

Ohio began its first scoring drive on its own 40-yard line as a result of Buffalo senior kicker John Rachuna kicking the ball out of bounds on the first play of the game. As a result of Buffalo turnovers and missed field goals, the Bobcats’ average starting field position in the first half was at their own 40-yard line, while the Bulls’ average start was at their own

27 during the same stretch.

Though the Bulls kept the game interesting in the second half by coming within 10 points of Ohio in the fourth quarter, the Bobcats managed to hold on.

It wasn’t all bad news for the Bulls. Sophomore defensive end Steven Means recorded his first career interception and also recovered an Ohio fumble.

Next up for the Bulls is a home matchup with Ball State (2-7, 1-4 MAC) next Friday. The game, which will be broadcasted on ESPNU, is set to begin at 6 p.m. at UB Stadium.

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Meets West.” Each dance team will be required to choreograph an Indian dance to 75 percent Indian music and 25 percent American music. “[The theme] is a challenge this year,” said Mansi Shah, a senior pyschology major and co-founder of UB Zeal. “It’s somewhat vague, but our choreography is coming along well.”

At Muqabla, there will also be an exhibition performance by UB’s Organization of Arab Students (OAS).

“OAS has performed in ISA’s Muqabla a few times and every year we do it, we love it,” said OAS President Aurora Abousaid.

According to Abousaid, the OAS hopes to promote the Arab culture, especially to non-Arabs, through their traditional Arabic “dabkeh” dancing.

“It’s very energetic and gets everyone hyped up,” Abousaid said. “[Our dancers] love to show others what we can do.”

Given the magnitude of the event, careful planning had to go in to the preparations well in advance.

“Our E-board worked hard to get all the competitive teams we have this year. [Details about the event were] spread by word of mouth, and were forwarded by dance fanatics from previous years,” Varghese said. “[The registration packets] went out in early June, giving teams… the ability to plan ahead.”

Teams weren’t the only ones who planned ahead. Funding the event required a lot of hard work from the ISA’s executive board. According to Varghese, the E-board put together fundraisers, requested donations, and got sponsorships to help fund the event.

Each team that places will receive a trophy and a cash prize.

“First place receives $1,500, second place receives $750, and third place receives $500,” Varghese said.

“It’s been very hard, but we are doing our best to make this event as successful as possible with the funding and support of our ISA members.”

Every year, the ISA selects a panel of experts to judge the dance performances.

Two of the judges this year are patrons of the arts. Anushree Shah, owner and founder of Bollywood Dance Mania, and Parvatha Chidambaram, the founder of the Bharata School of Indian Dance & Music in Rochester, will be on the panel of judges.

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Republican-leaning political organizations, including Karl Rove’s American Crossroads, spent $167 million on the midterm elections and came out on the winning side of almost twice as many races as they lost.

Rove’s American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS backed the victor in 23 of the 36 House and Senate races in which a winner was declared. American Action Network, which shared space with the Crossroads groups, won 14 races and lost 10. The nation’s biggest business lobby, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, supported the winning candidate in 38 of 59 contests in a year dominated by voter concerns about the economy and joblessness. The groups also spent money in races that have yet to be decided.

Republican-leaning groups spent $167 million between Sept. 1 and Oct. 31 in support of their party’s nominees, compared with $68 million

by Democratic-leaning organizations, Federal Election Commission reports show.

Republicans won at least 60 Democratic House seats in the Nov. 2 midterms, giving them control of the chamber in January and prompting President Barack Obama to say Wednesday that voters had given him a “shellacking.” Republicans narrowed the Democrats’ majority in the Senate, picking up at least six seats.

In the 10 races that the Republican groups spent the most money on, the party entered the winner’s circle six times, with the Senate race in Washington still too close to call.

Among the winners, all Republicans: Senate candidates Pat Toomey in Pennsylvania and Mark Kirk in Illinois, and former Nevada state Senator Joe Heck in a Las Vegas-area congressional district.

Afghan Voting Fraud Probed The Afghan attorney general’s office has launched a number of criminal investigations into allegations that the country’s election commission participated in fraud during parliamentary elections in September, officials said Wednesday.

Deputy Attorney General Rahmatullah Nazari said that his staff has begun investigating nine cases in which election officials, all but one of them at the Kabul headquarters of the Independent Election Commission, are accused of rigging votes. Nazari did not say whether the probes are targeting the election commissioners themselves or members of their staff.

Allegations by candidates about fraudulent activity in the elections have been pouring into the attorney general’s office, Nazari said, but he added that his office is focusing only on allegations

involving criminal behavior, such as bribery.

A member of the Independent Election Commission, Abdullah Ahmadzai, said that the attorney general’s office does not have the authority to investigate electoral matters, unless they are referred directly by either of Afghanistan’s two electoral organizations.

According to Ahmadzai, the election commission received a letter from the attorney general Tuesday seeking to investigate the cases of two candidates - one from Herat province and another from Kapisa province - who had been disqualified by the Electoral Complaints Commission, the watchdog organization that investigates voting fraud.

The attorney general’s letter should have gone to the Electoral Complaints Commission, not to his organization, Ahmadzai said, adding that he was unaware of allegations of criminality involving election officials. The election commission is planning to respond to the attorney general Thursday, he said.

When it announced the preliminary results of the elections two weeks ago, the Independent Election Commission said it had invalidated 1.3 million votes - about a quarter of the total cast because of voting irregularities.

Parent-Teacher Conference Leads to Assault and Jail Time Wendy Lashon Battle, a mother of four, was sentenced on Wednesday to spend her weekends in jail for the next four moths for assaulting her daughter’s sixth grade teacher.

Battle, whose daughter attended the Charles Drew Magnet School in Buffalo, reportedly took offense to her daughter being called a “troublemaker.”

After missing a May 10th parentteacher conference to discuss her daughter’s behavior earlier this year, Battle walked into her daughter’s classroom the following morning and assaulted the teacher in front of a class full of students.

Erie County Judge Thomas P. Franczyk took into account Battle’s history of health and psychiatric problems when sentencing her to serve Fridays from 6:30 p.m. until Sundays at 2:30 p.m. in the Alden Correctional Facility.

Battle was also fined $375 and placed on probation for the next five years as punishment for pleading guilty to a felony attempted assault charge.

Judge Franczyk ordered that Battle’s sixth-grade daughter be transferred to another school and issued orders of protection to prevent Battle from making any contact with the unnamed teacher and the magnet school’s president, Principal Denis Luka.

Battle faces “straight” time behind bars if she fails to show up for her weekend sentences.

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the hardcore DMB fans had none of it.

After Lee left the stage, the energy in the Arena was electric as the whole crowd anticipated the headliner.

Matthews played several songs from the band’s most recent album, Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King, in which the members of the band paid tribute to saxophonist LeRoi Moore, who died from complications suffered in an ATV accident on his Virginia farm.

Among the tracks from Big Whiskey played on Tuesday night were: “Shake Me Like a Monkey,” “Lying in the Hands of God,” “ Why Am I,” “Seven,” “Time Bomb,” and “You and Me.” While Matthews might have played a lot of new songs, he still had plenty of time to perform classics.

Many people left satisfied with the band’s mix of old and new favorites.

“It was such a good concert. I am so happy I went; he picked such great song choices,” said Nicole Scherer, a senior legal studies major.

As DMB tore through its 20-song set list, fan favorites such as “Crush,” “Time Bomb,” and “Blackjack” radiated through the speakers as the crowd danced and had a good time.

The crowd was thoroughly entertained by the performance and had nothing but good things to say about Matthews.

“Every year we return with a bigger group and the newcomers become diehard fans. I always leave wanting more. You can see that everyone in the band loves what they do and the music becomes so alive you can feel it,” said Julie Glantz, a junior speech and hearing science major. “The crowd is always laid back and friendly; it’s like going with hundreds of friends all around you.”

Jeff Coffin, an American jazz and alternative rock musician, filled Moore’s shoes on saxophone. He was featured on all songs except “Out of My Hands,” when Dave was on the piano, and “Some Devil,” when Dave performed solo.

Matthews’ passionate vocals are a trademark of the band’s sound. He captivated the audience on Tuesday as he serenaded his fans until he could no longer sing.

After Matthews left the stage, he returned for his encore and performed his moody and brooding solo “Some Devil,” which was followed by the notorious “Crash.” DMB finished up with the song “Halloween.”

Fans exited the arena with smiles on their faces once Matthews and his collection of musicians said goodbye.

DMB’s live performances live up to the quality of the band’s albums, and the band proves its worth each and every time it tours.

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Football senior safety Domonic Cook

Cook started the season as a starting cornerback for the Bulls, but a midseason adjustment moved him over to safety.

Cook has made the most of this switch and currently leads all of college football with six interceptions.

With an interception in Saturday’s game against Miami (Ohio), Cook had been involved in a turnover in five straight games going into Thursday night’s contest.

Volleyball freshman middle blocker Carissa McKenna

McKenna was named the MAC East Defensive Player of the Week for her performance over the weekend. McKenna finished the weekend’s matches with 12 blocks. She recorded a career high seven blocks in a loss against Bowling Green on Friday night and added five more on Saturday against Miami (Ohio). Her three solo blocks against Bowling Green matched the team high for the season.

Men’s Soccer senior forward Mike Unwin

Unwin was named the Mid-American Conference’s coPlayer of the Week after scoring the game-winning goal against Florida Atlantic on Sunday. Unwin leads the Bulls with five goals this season. The senior will look to lead the Bulls to a victory on Friday night against Western Michigan at UB Stadium at 7:30 p.m. With a win, Buffalo would clinch the second seed in the MAC playoffs; the Bulls and Broncos are currently tied for second in the conference standings behind No. 1 nationally ranked Akron.

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Men’s Tennis junior Wojciech Starakiewicz

Starakiewicz dominated at the Cornell Invitational this past weekend. He did not drop a set over the entire weekend en route to claiming the A-1 singles title with a 4-0 record. In his first match of the tournament, he defeated Duquesne’s Pete Carpenter by taking the first set (6-3) and forcing Carpenter to bow out of the match. He didn’t drop a game in his semifinal match against Cornell’s Zhongming Chen (6-0, 6-0).

In the final, Starakiewicz swept Cornell’s Max Haskin (6-2, 6-4).

After a year-plus of trying to find a home in the NFL, which included brief stints with both the Baltimore Ravens and Indianapolis Colts, Willy finally found a home in the United Football League. Willy is the starting quarterback for the Las Vegas Locomotives, who currently sit on top of the UFL standings with a record of 5-1.

Willy and the Locomotives will look to extend their winning streak to six games on Saturday against the Sacramento Mountain Lions at 11 p.m. on Versus.

Wrestling Jeff Parker recognized

The University at Buffalo Division of Athletics and the New Era Cap Co. have teamed up to honor former Buffalo wrestler Jeff Parker, who lost his battle with cancer last May. They have created the Limited Edition Jeff Parker UB 59/50 cap. The limited edition hat is now available for pre-order through the athletics website and will be shipped in early January.

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ATHENS, OHIO – The threat facing

the football team on Thursday night was readily apparent from the first offensive play from scrimmage. The team had to go up against two athletic quarterbacks at the same time.

On that first play, Ohio redshirt senior quarterback Boo Jackson handed the ball off to redshirt junior quarterback Phil Bates, who rushed for an 11-yard gain.

An Ohio score and 11 minutes later, the Bobcats ran the same play, or so it seemed. When Bates got the ball from Jackson, he stopped in his tracks, planted his feet, and threw the ball down the left sideline to a sprinting Jackson, who caught the ball for his first career receiving

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standpoint,” Quinn said.

Quinn, who has talked about getting back to basics and fundamentals, can’t be happy with some of the decisions that his own quarterback, freshman Alex Zordich, made in the first half. Before halftime, Zordich committed three turnovers, one of which was a key interception early in the second quarter as the Bulls were threatening inside Ohio territory.

The weight of the loss can’t be placed solely on Zordich’s shoulders, however.

The freshman gunslinger, who went 8-for-26 with 84 yards and a touchdown, played well at times.

He especially showed that he is a legitimate threat on the ground, as he rushed 20 times for 59 yards and a touchdown. Additionally, junior wide receivers Marcus Rivers and Terrell Jackson dropped numerous long passes that could have served as game-changers.

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Just like that, Ohio was leading 14-0, and the first quarter hadn’t ended yet.

The Bobcats (7-3, 5-1 Mid-American Conference) defeated the Bulls (2-7, 1-4 MAC) on Ohio senior night, 34-17. The Bulls’ early-game woes continue, as they have now been outscored 75-3 in the first quarter this season. Though the hope of qualifying for a bowl game was far-fetched at best, it is now gone; Buffalo’s seventh loss officially disqualifies the team from bowl contention.

Jackson passed for 175 yards and two scores and completed the rare feat of passing, rushing, and receiving a touchdown.

Bulls head coach Jeff Quinn said that it was a tough task going against the dual threat at quarterback.

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Bulls Officially Out of Bowl Contention

S p e c t r u m Washington Wizards vs.

New York Knicks

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs.

Atlanta Falcons

The Bulls struggled early on Thurdsday night, falling behind 14-0 in the first quarter.

Saturday 8:00 p.m. (ABC)

Sunday 7:00 p.m.

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