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After four searches of Lockwood Library on Tuesday, no gunman or weapon was found. Two days later, what do members of the UB community think about the incident?
Questions remain unanswered By CAITLIN TREMBLAY and JENNIFER GOOD Campus Editor and City Editor
In the aftermath of the incident at Lockwood Library on Tuesday, the University Police Department, officials, faculty and students are left re-examining the situation. Much uncertainty plagues the minds of many when analyzing the situation.
Uncovering the facts Tuesday’s events began to unfold at about 4:05 p.m., when the University Police Department received a call from a student at Lockwood Library. The student claimed there was a possible sighting of a man with either a rifle or a shotgun under a navy pea coat. According to Chief of Police Gerald W. Schoenle Jr., an officer was on the scene within one minute of the phone call and others were on their way. The first officer who reached the scene was already in Baldy Hall
when the call came in. “We went to a [security] video and we immediately saw someone walking into the library that was right at the location where the [student] said there was a person that they thought had a weapon,” Schoenle said. “We were able to zoom in on those cameras and see a person in a very grainy video, that you certainly could not identify, who was carrying something that sort of fit the description, so that elevated our concerns a little bit.” These images have not yet been released to the media or the public. As The Spectrum reported on Tuesday, the library was evacuated at 4:40 p.m. and the campus was alerted via text messages and e-mails that students, faculty and staff received at various times throughout the afternoon and evening. By 6:30 p.m., Amherst Police, who had arrived as backup, left the scene. Nearly two hours later, the
announcement was made that the search had been completed. “Police have determined that there is no threat to campus and that it will be safe to resume activities, so classes will resume,” said Joe Brennan, vice president for University Communications. Now, three days later, the situation remains unclear. What actually happened? When did events unfold? And how was it discovered?
Safe technology? Police allude to a security video from a camera that rests inside of Lockwood Library, but not much other information currently exists about the footage. Between the leaked footage from the Cybrary and UPD comments, it’s still unclear as to exactly what was captured on camera and how well it was documented. Schoenle himself said the footage was “grainy.” Spol Pollaor, a junior exercise science major who works at the CIT Help Desk, isn’t even sure if the cameras are regularly monitored or in working order.
University response
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Some students chose to ignore UB’s request on Tuesday and stood close to the scene at Lockwood Library.
No one seems to know exactly what went on Tuesday evening. Police evacuated Lockwood Library, but there is no certain figure on how long that took. Michelle Lafica, a sophomore environmental engineering major who was working in Lockwood at the time of the evacuation, said that see RESPONSE page 2
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Footage from this camera in Lockwood Library holds the key to who the suspicious person that entered the building on Tuesday might be.
Passport office to open in Western New York Should only take hours to obtain document By CHELSIE HINCKLEY Asst. City Editor
Passports will now be easier to obtain for those living in and around the Buffalo area. A new passport office in downtown Buffalo is expected to open later this year and will allow travelers to obtain a passport in a matter of hours, as opposed to days. This new office, which is expected to open in late September or early October, is a response to the tightening of cross-border regulations that went into effect last summer, leaving many residents in the Buffalo area annoyed. Before these regulations went into effect, traveling back and forth from Canada to the United States was a semi-easy process. U.S. citizens were only required to present a primary form of identification, such as a driver’s license or birth certificate, and had no trouble getting through Customs. Under the new system, U.S. travelers must have a passport, passport card, enhanced license or other valid identification, making the trip a hassle for those without these documents. The process to obtain a passport can take up
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to six weeks, unless a rush is put on it, making it hard for many students who enter college without a passport to obtain one. “I think [the new office] would be very beneficial because many of my friends are thinking about getting passports now,” said
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Gregory Quackenbush, a freshmen biomedical science major. “… It would be convenient if the process didn’t take so long.” This project, announced by Representative Brian Higgins (D-Buffalo) and Representative Chris Lee (R-Clarence), has been a bipartisan
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effort to improve cross-border relations. “Western New Yorkers need to have the ability to travel easily across our northern border …” Lee said. “With a one-stop shop passport office located right in our community, Western New Yorkers will be able to more easily acquire valid travel documents while not having their need to conduct cross-border business negatively affected.” To many UB students, for whom border crossing is a regular occasion, getting a passport before now was already a necessity. Patrick Evan Medlock-Turek, a sophomore biology major, wishes the new system had been in place a while ago. “I’m sure it would expedite getting a passport, which would be useful,” Medlock-Turek said. “When I had to renew mine, I had to wait at the post office, and then it took a month and a half to get it. Plus $25 of the $100 went to the post office.” The new office will be located in the historic Warner building in the Genesee Gateway development complex, which is under redevelopment and seeking lasting businesses to make a flourishing environment for the community. It is estimated that this office, which is funded partially by federal stimulus money, will create more than 20 jobs in the area. Additional reporting by Brendon Bochacki, Asst. Campus Editor
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‘They were told to ‘get the f*** out of here’ by police’ RESPONSE from page 1 the police really didn’t make a scene of the evacuation. “A cop came in and said, ‘You guys need to leave,’” Lafica said. “That was around [4 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.]” Lafica said that after she was asked to leave the library, she and others were left standing in the hallway between the Cybrary and Lockwood. Only after waiting for approximately 20 minutes were they asked to leave the building entirely. “[The police] were definitely unprepared,” Lafica said. Despite uneasy feelings from some members of the UB community, others felt the situation was handled as well as possible. “The University Police have received countless positive e-mails from students, faculty and staff regarding the handing of [Tuesday’s] incident,” Schoenle said in an e-mail to The Spectrum. Schoenle shared some of the comments from pleased members of the community in the e-mail. “The rapid physical response … leaves me very impressed with the overall safety services that the force is able to provide. After the events of Tuesday, I feel much safer on campus,” said one student. Another comment in the e-mail said, “Given the fact that UPD was responding to a very nebulous threat, I think the actions taken, and the manner of which they were, were appropriate. It seems to me that the way that the university communicated with the public was fair. I did not feel unsafe and I was not worried. Had there been a substantiated gunman in the building, it would have been considered the absolute right approach to take.” From speaking with university officials, it’s clear that many in power during the incident on Tuesday did not see a direct or legitimate threat to anyone on North Campus. Barbara J. Ricotta, associate vice president for Campus Life, was coordinating the efforts in the university’s response. It was she and the provost who ultimately made
the decision to cancel classes but refrain from evacuating the whole North Campus. “At the time, we felt it was wrong to encourage people to come to campus during the situation, so we decided to cancel classes,” Ricotta said. “We never felt that there was a security threat. We felt that the best way to diffuse the situation was to have less people on campus.” Ricotta also felt that university response was satisfactory. “I’m very satisfied with the response from everyone. We took time to evaluate the situation and act accordingly. We received new information every 10 minutes or so, but our main focus was to evacuate and secure Lockwood before anything else,” Ricotta said. However, while officials from the university are proud of their efforts, some students are still looking for answers and remain confused about the situation.
Perspectives from students and faculty Student Association President Ernesto Alvarado has the unique ability to see the situation from both a student and administrative perspective. “I think the police are getting a lot of criticism from across campus, but UB did a good job overall,” Alvarado said. “I think [police] did the best they could in the situation they were in. I don’t think there has ever been a situation where protocol didn’t go without some sort of a glitch. There are obviously kinks in the system of texts and e-mails.” Alvarado feels that the abundance of rumors that circulated campus on Tuesday could have been prevented had university e-mails been more descriptive. “I think it would have been better to get a little more information and description from texts and e-mails, but on the other side, I understand why they didn’t give information about a gunman to prevent chaos. I do think [the police] sending out a descriptive message would have helped, but to be quite honest, I bet
they didn’t even know what was going on themselves,” Alvarado said. “People don’t read ‘unconfirmed gunman’ — they read ‘gunman.’ People have a tendency to skip over details and see only what they want to see.” While Alvarado feels that the UPD took appropriate action, he’s a bit disappointed they didn’t additionally evacuate all connecting buildings. Alvarado is also disappointed in the way some students reacted to the incident. Some students flooded social networking sites to spread their speculations and seemingly make light of the situation. Groups like “I Survived the UB Gunman of 2010” popped up almost as soon as the university’s e-mails appeared in inboxes. “I think that students kind of forget that we have a responsibility when we’re using social media networks because people honestly do read this stuff,” Alvarado said. “It’s a double-edged sword. In one way it was a good way to contact family and friends to reassure them that everything is fine … on the other hand, you have a group of people who just want to make light of any situation and make radical things up, which makes a situation into a bigger thing than it should be.” Despite praise from many students, faculty and staff, there are some on campus who are dissatisfied with not only the UPD response, but some faculty responses, too. A student who was in her sociology of gender class when the news broke learned of the situation from a classmate who checked her e-mail during class. She wished to remain anonymous so she wouldn’t face academic repercussions from her professor. The student said that her professor, Dr. Mary Nell Trautner, was more concerned and annoyed about a student checking e-mail during class than with the students’ safety. Trautner declined comment. “Naturally, students are going to look for answers as to what happened, especially when you start to hear other students saying things
about someone carrying a gun. Everybody was uneasy and curious, to say the least,” the student said. She was fearful when her professor did not seem to take the notifications as seriously as the students were. “When there’s a situation like that, of course students are going to be checking their cell phones and e-mail so that they might find out what’s going on. When our safety is concerned, that should be our first priority,” she said. “Not every teacher or student even knew what was going on, but hearing all the buzz about it should have been enough to at least make teachers feel less offended if their students were checking their e-mail every few minutes to find out what was going on.” Another student in the same class felt similarly and also wished to remain anonymous. She felt the police did not disclose enough information and that their teacher was not sensitive to the potential severity of the situation. “Knox had no cell phone reception, which is horrible, considering the only way for UB to get ahold of anyone is through text or e-mail. What if we didn’t bring our computer? How were we to know? As an instructor, her responsibility was to stop class and make sure we all exited safely,” she said. “Instead, she reprimanded the girl for checking her e-mail in class when there was a possible shooter on campus.” The student believes that worry of what could be happening outside the doors of their classroom caused more panic. “Of course we wanted to know more information on what was taking place, so it was natural to check the warnings, especially since [the Virginia Tech shooting] happened. It wouldn’t surprise me if the supposed gunman was simply casing out the place and seeing how UB reacted,” the student said. “I don’t think this will be the last of it.” Other faculty and staff reacted differently but still saw the situation as confusing and potentially dangerous. Michael Bozarth, an associate
professor in the Psychology Department whose academic interest is terrorism, was teaching when he heard the news. He felt that there “could be a real incident meriting serious attention and prompt, judicious action.” “I found the University’s Emergency Warning System to be woefully inadequate. Bluntly, the person in charge should be fired and someone hired to replace them that can handle the job,” Bozarth said. “If I have the temporal order of events correct … we received the first warning around half an hour after the incident began.” Bozarth said he sent two students from his class to assess the situation. These students were told by UPD to stay away from Lockwood. “They were told to ‘get the f*** out of here’ [by police],” Bozarth said. “From this, I surmised that the threat was not well contained and immediately dismissed my class, considering the possibility that there might be a shooter roaming the campus. I wanted my students dispersed and out of the potential target area.” Bozarth then went to survey the area himself and concluded that “the university needs to disseminate information more rapidly and to provide at least minimal details of the potential threat so that individuals can assess the situation and take appropriate action.” “No excuses, UB administration, just fix it,” Bozarth said. “My students’ safety is at risk.”
Investigating further Whether or not a suspicious person or a weapon was present on campus on Tuesday, students, faculty and staff have strong and differing opinions about how the situation was handled. Details are limited, but police say the investigation is still ongoing. Additional reporting by Lauren Nostro, Asst. City Editor
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Handling a crisis The aftermath of a scare on campus At 4:05 p.m. on Tuesday, the University Police Department received a call from a student in Lockwood Library, where there was a possible sighting of a man with either a rifle or shotgun hidden beneath a pea coat.
or the Internet when trekking through the halls of North Campus. Perhaps a public address system or phone system should be installed in the halls in case another such incident ever arises.
The police inspected the video and sprang into action. The library was evacuated and police sealed all entrances and exits to the building. The university alerted students through the alert system as well as eventually shutting down activity on North Campus for the night.
Perhaps another improvement that university leaders might want to look into is a better security camera system. Grainy footage isn’t acceptable. An updated system with more cameras to provide general overall security should be a priority.
The police concluded the search of the building and deemed the campus safe. No injuries, no deaths – a definite success. The police deserve to be credited with a hasty response to handle the situation. Many students have stated that such procedures took too long or that different tactics were in order. It is uncalled for; hindsight is always 20/20. According to Webster’s Dictionary, the definition of crisis is “a condition of instability or danger leading to a decisive change.” There can always be improvement in handling such situations as the one this past Tuesday. For example, in the early stages of the incident, many students were still able to walk to areas in Lockwood Library, ignorant of the events taking place. The UB alert system had sent out a text message to students that Lockwood had been evacuated. Now, the alert system is a fantastic idea in theory. But many students aren’t even signed up for it. In fact, it should be mandatory. Another issue with it is that in many of the lecture halls, there is no cell phone reception, so the alert messages can’t be received. This can lead to confusion, causing students and faculty to enter the danger zone. A more effective way to notify people here on campus should be conceived. Not every student has access to cell reception
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There is no reason to suggest cameras covering every inch of campus. It is impossible to accomplish from a cost standpoint. However, adding cameras could aid the police in fighting crime here on campus and give the campus more security overall. Under the current procedures for an incident such as this on campus, the university and the UB police get passing grades. But that doesn’t mean the plan shouldn’t be looked at and improved. Resting on your laurels is a dangerous thing. It can breed complacency. The events of Tuesday turned out to be nothing, but that doesn’t mean the same will be true down the road. The world is a crazy place. Incidents at college campuses have begun occurring more often – look at the Virginia Tech and Binghamton incidents. Campus safety can always be improved, even by something as simple as students being more aware and looking out for one another. It was amazing to hear that large groups of students were hanging around outside of the library. If there’s a potential threat of a weapon, there is no reason that anyone is occupying the police’s time by forcing them to keep students away from the building instead of searching for the suspect. It doesn’t help matters. Hopefully, an improvement will come from both sides of this situation.
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To the editor, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the hundreds of students, faculty, and staff members for their extraordinary cooperation under the stressful circumstances that took place Tuesday, Feb. 16 in Lockwood Library. There is probably no need to restate the entire incident, for through the efforts of UB Communications, local media reports, and The Spectrum’s coverage, everyone should be well aware of the occurrences. In summary; the best information we had at the time required us to do a thorough search of the library in order to make certain there was no continuing threat to our university community. The end result was an unconfirmed report of a person with a weapon. University Police officers responded within 1-minute of the call and began searching for the suspect. After consultation with the library staff, we decided to evacuate the library and continued to search for a suspect or a weapon. A short time later, UB Communications sent out a Text Alert, which was followed by email and Web site postings. At no time was there ever any direct threat to a member of our community. Considering this, we did a targeted search and evacuation with the assistance of the Amherst Police Department, while the Buffalo Police assisted in patrolling our South Campus.
The main point of this correspondence is to acknowledge the cooperation of our community in evacuating the library in a very calm and orderly fashion. Every student, of the hundreds of students that were given the instruction to evacuate did so in a quick and calm fashion as each floor of the library was asked to leave. Clearly, this is a most unfortunate event and we apologize for the inconvenience this caused to our campus community, but it is for your safety that we took these extraordinary precautions. The University at Buffalo continues to be a safe community. Unfortunately, in any community with a daytime population that exceeds 40,000, problems occasionally occur. With your assistance we can make this community even safer. While our investigation continues we have increased our police presence on the north campus. In addition to the extras steps your University Police are taking we are asking for you assistance: the most important thing you can do is call us to report any suspicious activity! Call the University at Buffalo POLICE for assistance at 716-645-2222 or call from a Blue Light Phone. In closing, I would like to offer a special thanks to the many students, faculty, and staff that sent thank-you notes to our department. Sincerely, Gerald W. Schoenle Jr. Chief of Police
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Don’t bring a notebook to a gunfight I debated how to broach this topic; it’s certainly a charged issue, but there’s no other way than to simply lay out the facts. The events of this Tuesday at Lockwood Library were a near miss for the University at Buffalo, and at the very least it should serve as a wakeup call. As we waited for news, it was hard to not think of school shootings in the recent past, Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois University among them. School shootings are not the domain of high schools anymore; college campuses, and you, are equally under threat. There was a lot of confusion, as there would be in a real shooting, and as another Spectrum writer aptly mentioned it is sad to say that social networks delivered us our information faster than UB officials. However slow or fast we got our information though, according to The Spectrum’s “Chaos on North Campus” article, it took campus police a full 35 minutes to evacuate Lockwood from the time the report of a suspicious person came in. What if there had been a shooting? At Virginia Tech, the gunman had killed 30 people, wounded 17, and committed suicide all within 12 minutes. There would be no time for orderly evacuations, no time for e-mails that took an hour telling students to go home, and no time to sip coffee in Alfiero discussing the unfolding events across the street. There would only be a moment to flee, if that. By the time the police even got a call, many would be hurt or killed, and far more by the time they arrived. What if I told you there was a better way, in which students didn’t have to run for their lives, that they would have a chance, and a good one, in such situations? The concealed carry movement, an ideology that has been steadily gaining ground over the last decades, offers a valid solution. Recognizing that each and every person is their own first line of defense, able to respond in seconds rather than the time it takes for the police to arrive and draw chalk lines. It has embraced the Second Amendment right of Americans to keep and bear arms–a majority of Americans affirm it is an individual right. As of 2010, 48 states, including NY, allow private citizens to apply for and obtain a Concealed Carry Weapons permit. This, though varying by state, allows those who pass FBI background checks and complete mandated training classes, to carry a pistol
in public for their own defense, and that of the public at large. Yes that’s right, out in public, right now, are millions of your fellow countrymen and women legally packing concealed heat, ready to act in situations they hope never come to pass. The reason you haven’t noticed is that these individuals aren’t the ones you see on the nightly news; they value this hard won right, and exercise great responsibility. Despite what its detractors may say, the 2nd Amendment is not only alive and well in the USA, but needed no less than 230 years ago. It is really our first freedom, securing all the rest. While concealed carry is accepted in almost every state, not all places in public are treated the same. Ever wonder why school shootings occur as much as they do, or why so many are harmed? It’s because even those with CCW permits are banned from carrying on campuses; not in all states, but in NY. Law disarms off-duty cops, students, security guards or anyone who has the proper training and license that would stand ready at our side to defend us at a moment’s notice. Gunmen such as the, “Lockwood Monster”, as some have called him, know we are defenseless in ironically named, “Gun-free zones”, and obviously would feel no need to obey such foolish legislation themselves. It didn’t stop VT, it didn’t stop NIU, but it did stop an effective response and the beating hearts of those who could’ve been saved. Students for Concealed Carry on Campus is a nation-wide organization of 50,000 students in all states who support the belief that self-defense doesn’t end at the campus property line. They feel that those who are ready and licensed for the unexpected should be no less prepared at schools. Utah values their students’ lives and refuses to let them be victims by allowing CCW on campus. Life is a precious thing; recent events should make us reconsider how New York treats its students’ safety. No one is saying you need to go out and get a gun; you may even dislike firearms, but if you too believe that we are no less apt for self-defense here than off-campus, join our Facebook group: “Students for Concealed Carry on Campus – SUNY Buffalo”. Help remind UB, NYS, and your fellow students to never bring a notebook to a gunfight.
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Patrons may soon be able to pick up a bottle of fine wine with their other grocery purchases if Gov. Paterson’s new plan goes through.
A press release from Prime Wine and Spirits of the Premier Group, a local liquor store chain which carries specialty and local wines, claims that if wine is sold in grocery stores, “over 1,000 small businesses will be forced to close, [which] will translate into a loss of over 4,000 jobs. Small business retailers have indicated that 65 to 80 percent of their overall sales are devoted to wine.” Zoretti said 60 percent of his sales are wine and only 40 percent is liquor. Locals are also expressing their distaste with the bill, fearing that it will ruin local business and favor only big corporations. “It could be convenient, but I don’t want to see it hurt the mom and pop stores,” said Eileen Sirianni, UB Libraries’ billing and borrowing supervisor. Others opposed the bill outright. “I don’t think they should be allowed to [sell wine in grocery stores],” said Sean McCabe, a junior geology and psychology major. “Why ruin people’s livelihoods because New York State is making poor budget choices?” Peter Massi, a senior English major, expressed the same sentiment about the bill, but for a different reason. Massi likes being able to talk to liquor store employees about wines because “they know what they’re talking about. Grocery stores just hire people to stock shelves.” But even he admits he would probably buy wine at grocery stores because it would be less expensive and easier on his limited budget. Other students feel that the bill would create convenience but that this benefit may not outweigh the possible damage to the local economy. “I think it would be awesome,” said Vanessa Lloyd, a senior
philosophy major. “But it would rob a lot of small businesses. [Selling wine in grocery stores] would be detrimental in the long run.” Premier Group’s press release states that “small wineries from every region of the State fear losing access to customers, because in spite of being told this proposal will help wineries, they know that only the most popular vineyards will get space on crowded supermarket shelves.” But Paul Speranza, vice-chairman of the General Counsel at Wegmans, Inc. believes otherwise. Wegmans buys local products for both building and selling, and “will continue to buy locally.” This includes both big and small local wineries. “It’s the right thing to do and it’s good business,” Speranza said. Speranza went on to say that there is a division in liquor stores. Some see this new bill as an advantage to sell more products. He believes that stores against the bill like things exactly the way they are and have no concerns for taxpayers or New York State. Press releases from New Yorkers for Economic Growth and Open Markets claim liquor stores will actually benefit from the proposed bill, not be forced to close, as the opposition fears. The bill will allow liquor stores to sell to restaurants and bars, extend the credit period for stores to 60 days, and stagger the implementation period so liquor stores can get a head start on benefits. New York State, too, will benefit. Lloyd thinks otherwise. “[The bill] is just shifting the market to corporations,” Lloyd said. “We’re being sold out to corporate business. It’s not for us.”
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Stadium is relatively new (1993), it remains the worst venue in the MAC simply because of the track. Half of the reason why our fan base is nearly non-existent is because there is seldom enough advertising leading up to the games. During the football season, it was cool to step over floor ads outside of Capen, the Union and Alumni Arena that announced the upcoming matchup. These ads should be scattered all around campus before every basketball and football game. On top of that, more giveaways would attract more fans. Of course this can be expensive, but you can’t put a price on school spirit. If more students attended games, I genuinely believe our teams would perform better. This would not only entice better high school athletes to
apply to UB, but it would also incline advertisers to pay for their logo to hang in Alumni Arena. I’m willing to wager that there are two major reasons why people choose not to attend our school. One is the horrific weather and the other is the second-tier athletics. The former is uncontrollable, but the latter is completely in our hands. Mix better athletics with the UB 2020 initiative and there is no limit to where this university can go. Ignore the problem of school spirit and no matter how many millions of dollars you spend on infrastructure, you’ll still have the same old UB. Signed, Andrew Wiktor E-mail: andrew.wiktor@ubspectrum.com
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AR T S & LI F E All they’ve got By JAMESON BUTLER Asst. Arts Editor
Two bands that have gathered cult followings came to Niagara Falls Tuesday night, and luckily they did destroy the recently re-opened Rapids Theater. The Used and Atreyu, both heavyweights in their own right, brought some West Coast sunshine to gloomy western New York. Opening the evening was Drive A. This punk quartet may not have had the most original material – sounding like many other punk bands – but they made up for it with its enthusiasm. Lead singer and guitarist Bruno Mascolo may have been singing generic punk lyrics, but his voice and love for the music shined through during Drive A’s set. In order to get the crowd moving, he dropped his axe and did a balancing act on the barricade to get closer to the fans. After literally performing “on the edge” for half a song, Mascolo fully emerged himself into the crowd and joined the mosh pit, which resulted in much
more crowd involvement. As Drive A’s night ran out of gas, the first of the two legends already had the crowd simmering with anticipation. California-born Atreyu teased the crowd as an epic intro played for a minute before the band walked on stage. After playing a song off their latest release, Congregation of the Damned, the band dove right into its old stuff. Dan Jacobs, the lead guitarist, stole the spotlight by performing face melting guitar solos with his six-string. Lead singer Alex Varkatzas accompanied the stellar guitar player, and his glass-shattering scream was near perfection. As the quintet played fan favorites “The Crimson” and “Bleeding Mascara,” Varkatzas hit the high screams and the low grunts as perfectly as he does on the album. Even with the dynamic Jacobs and Varkatzas showed off their talent, the liveliest member of Atreyu was drummer Brandon Saller. The drum kit Saller performed with did not have just one kick drum; it had three. Saller not only rocked out on the drums,
he also did some serious singing for the band. When the band left momentarily, Saller showcased his dominance on the drums. Atreyu performed a great variety of its music, sticking to a lot of classics, but also throwing in some great new songs. To end out the set, Atreyu performed one of its earliest and hardest singles, “Lip Gloss and Black,” resulting in one of the biggest mosh pits of the night. Atreyu left everything it had on the stage and the crowd was finally warmed up for the main act of the night. The band that helped form a scene that many bands followed into today was ready to show Niagara Falls why it has been around for almost a decade. When main singer Bert McCracken took control of the mic, it was clear what band the majority of the crowd came there to see. The Used took no time to get to the point, coming out and jumping right into the first track off their new album, “Blood on My Hands.”
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Tuesday night, Bert McCracken and The Used serenaded some lucky fans.
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Scorsese scores again By JOE PATERNO Sports Editor
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Students will celebrate the winter weather this weekend at UB’s first annual Winterfest.
Bundling up for Winterfest By JESSICA BRANT Asst. Life Editor
Student Affairs, Student Athletics and the Undergraduate Student Association will host the first Winterfest on Friday and Saturday. The two day long winter festival is the first of its kind at the University at Buffalo and will feature several events and competitions for students to contend in. “As a community, there really isn’t much to do outside in the cold unless you ski, and people here look forward to the spring so much because they get sick of the long Buffalo winter weather,” said Tom Tiberi, senior assistant director for University Residence Halls & Apartments. “This is something fun for students to get involved with and they can go outside and actually enjoy winter.” Opening ceremonies will begin on Friday and will follow with igloo and snowman-making competitions at Student Park behind Lake LaSalle parking lot. On Saturday, participants will compete in broomball, human dog-sled races, snowshoeing and Olympic-style events such as curling and ice-skating on Lake La Salle. “We really wanted to utilize the lake [because] it’s a resource [UB] hasn’t tapped into for a very long time,” Tiberi said. Teams will be awarded gold, silver and bronze medals in true Olympic fashion at an elaborate awards ceremony. First place winners for each event will receive passes to Colden Tubing, Co., a downhill tubing park located next to Kissing Bridge. Students can form teams to participate in more recreational activities such as polar bear kick ball and enjoy a horse drawn sleigh ride throughout the festival as well. Refreshments and food will also be available. Tamika Wilson, a senior occupational therapy major, has already registered and is looking forward to competing in broomball and the snowman-building contest. see WINTER page 6
Many wondered if esteemed director Martin Scorsese (Shine A Light) could conjure up another masterpiece, but he certainly did. The Academy Award winner once again displays his filmmaking brilliance and lives up to lofty expectations with the film adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s 2003 novel, Shutter Island. Set in 1954, two U.S. federal marshals are summoned to a remote island off the coast of Massachusetts to investigate the sudden disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane. After a hurricane devastates the island, the marshals find themselves in a nightmarish game of cat and mouse, thanks to the deception of the only sane people around them. Scorsese reunites with best bud Leonardo DiCaprio (Revolutionary Road), who plays U.S federal marshal Teddy Daniels. Daniels arrives on the island intent on solving the mystery behind Rachel Solando’s (Patricia Clarkson, Beyond All Boundaries, & Emily Mortimer, Harry Brown) disappearance, but also has a secret agenda for one of the asylum’s inmates. Haunted by flashbacks of his deceased wife, Daniels wants nothing more than to get his hands on the man that set ablaze the house his wife died in. Daniels’s obsession with his wife’s death quickly takes precedent over the investigation, but it, in turn, takes its toll on him. Plagued by migraine headaches, frequent hallucinations and intense nightmares, Daniels finds himself becoming one of the mental hospital’s own. Daniels’s mental deterioration
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Leonardo DiCaprio investigates the strange Shutter Island in Martin Scorsese’s newest film.
is remarkable. Walking) joins Shutter DiCaprio puts the cast as Dr. Island on a brilliant John Cawley, the performance as a man that liter- hospital’s eccentric chief physially losses his mind. Yes, he was cian, who gives off the feeling of confined to an island with the a generic creepy butler turned criminally insane; any normal mad scientist. While only in the human being in this situation is film for a short time, Jackie Earle susceptible to losing his or her Haley (Watchmen) makes a lastpsyche. ing impression as the mutilated But the incorporation of Dan- pyro-patient, George Noyce. iels’s past into his mental collapse But a former Dawson’s is intriguing. DiCaprio’s ability to Creeker’s performance leaves sell the character – as if he him- moviegoers with a lasting self were losing his mind during impression. production – helps lift the movie As Dolores Chanal, Daniels’s to new heights. dead wife, Michelle Williams DiCaprio’s performance isn’t (Blue Valentine) delivers one of the sole impressive performance; the most moving roles of her a remarkable supporting cast career as the supernatural accompanies him. The many damsel from the dead. Her scenes mystifying characters keep the as an evaporating figment of audience baffled throughout the Daniel’s imagination to a shockmovie. ing flashback at the film’s climax While it may seem as if his are the movie’s best. only dialogue in the film is, “You Visually, Shutter Island is in OK, boss?”, Mark Ruffalo (The a league of its own. The film Kids Are Alright) plays a convinc- doesn’t require viewers to wear ing role as DiCaprio’s sidekick, 3-D glasses to become completely U.S marshal Chuck Aule. Sir and utterly immersed in its look Ben Kingsley (Fifty Dead Men and feel.
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Its old-fashioned appearance gives the movie an eerie feeling that keeps the audience’s attention for more than two hours. From scenes of light snowfall at a Nazi death camp to flashbacks of blood-soaked murders – in addition to the intricacy of the island itself – it’s clear that Scorsese put his years of moviemaking experience into compiling the most visually stunning picture in recent memory. Scorsese and screenwriter Laeta Kalogridis (Avatar) stick closely to Lehane’s story – almost too closely. The twists and turns that Daniels encounters as a rat trapped in a maze are jaw-dropping. For those who have read the novel, however, the elements of surprise are virtually ruined. Still, DiCaprio’s portrayal of Daniels is convincing enough that viewers can still feel the effects of the shock factor. Unfortunately, Shutter Island does fall into the corny clichés of “inescapable island,” “man fighting for his life” and “don’t trust anybody.” These themes have been seen time and time again, and it would’ve been nice for Scorsese and Kalogridis to make the movie their own. Sticking to the pages of the novel is fine, but adding elements of their own would’ve given the movie its own identity. Regardless, Shutter Island is sure to be another blockbuster on Scorsese’s resume. Submerged in a plot of horrifying mayhem and visual brilliance, the film will take the viewers minds’ on a wild ride that could make anyone contemplate enrolling in the nearest insane asylum by the time the credits roll. E-mail: arts@ubspectrum.com
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Better live than most bands on CD USED from page 5 Clearly not one for small talk, McCracken flowed through songs without much delay and moved right into “Take It Away.” McCracken got the crowd two-stepping as he sang the first song off the band’s wellreceived 2004 release, In Love and Death. The band members cruised through some of their most beloved songs like “I Caught Fire” and “Let It Bleed,” but the best song was a mash up of its two biggest songs. The Used started to play “The Taste of Ink,” the song that threw the band into the spotlight, but halfway
POLICE BLOTTER 2/7 – A person was sent to the Student-Wide Judiciary for menacing at South Lake Village. 2/8 — A person stole an unattended wallet with credit cards from the fourth floor of Lockwood Library. 2/8 – A person keyed a vehicle in Spaulding Lot. 2/8 — A person stole an unattended laptop and credit cards from Knox Hall. 2/9 — Harassment was reported in the Student Union. 2/9 — A person stole an unattended purse with credit cards from Capen Undergraduate Library. 2/9 — A person stole an unattended wallet with credit cards from Lockwood Library. It was recovered. 2/9 — First aid was administered to a subject with chest pains in the Jacobs B parking lot. The subject sought his own aid. 2/9 — A person stole an unattended hard drive from the Capen Undergraduate Library. 2/9 — A person stole an unattended jacket and cell phone from Alumni Arena.
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through switched to “All That I’ve Got.” The transition between the two songs was beautifully done. While the band performed this masterpiece, McCracken was almost inaudible as the whole crowd screamed the lyrics, showing the musicians how much of an impact their music has had on an entire generation. Before the band left the stage for the first time, the crowd separated into two sides. As “Pretty Handsome Awkward” erupted, so did the mob of people participating in the wall of death. When The Used came back out for the encore, fans got to hear two of the band’s
songs off the self-titled debut album. The band first played the heartfelt “On My Own,” which made almost every person in the theater tear up. But the group didn’t want to leave on a lighter note as one of the hardest songs in the band’s repertoire, “Box Full of Sharp Objects,” was delivered next. With everyone in the audience dripping in sweat and gasping for air, it was clear that The Used is better live than most bands are on CD. If you are kicking yourself for missing the show, don’t fret: The Used promised that the band would be back very soon.
2/10 — A person stole an unattended laptop from a Roosevelt lounge. 2/10 — Cameron J. McClung was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana in the Governors E parking lot. 2/10 — Donlet O. McCalla and Theron J. Harris were arrested and charged with credit card fraud after a search warrant was issued by the U.S. Secret Service. 2/10 — A person was taken to Erie County Medical Center from the Abbott Hall grounds for a back injury. 2/10 — A person was taken to Erie County Medical Center from Goodyear Hall for feeling ill. 2/10 – A vehicle was struck in a hit-andrun accident at the Cooke A Lot. 2/10 – A person became ill after a workout in Alumni Arena and sought his own aid. 2/11 – Michael P. Mentis was arrested and charged with shoplifting at CVS. 2/11 – A person wrote on and damaged a sign in the Commons. 2/11 – A person was sent to Erie County Medical Center from Clark Gym for a knee injury.
2/12 – A person was sent to the Student-Wide Judiciary for alcohol possession in Wilkeson Quadrangle. 2/12 – Bradley E. Cole was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated and refusal to take a breathalyzer test. 2/11 – A person stole an unattended wallet with credit cards from Lockwood Library and recovered. 2/11 – A person stole unattended keys from a lounge in Clinton Hall. 2/11 – A person took a chair from Porter Quadrangle. 2/12 – Someone pulled a false fire alarm in Roosevelt Hall. 2/12 – Ronald K. McCarley was arrested and charged with loitering and persona non grata. 2/12 – A person attempted to enter a room in Goodyear Hall. 2/12 – A person stole an unattended laptop from the basement of Squire Hall. 2/12 – Hong Suk Choi was arrested and charged with assault in Capen Hall. 2/13 – A person was sent to Erie County Medical Center for an alcohol overdose at Goodyear Loop. 2/13 – Kelsey R. Burghend was arrested and
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WINTER from page 5 “We have Fallfest and Springfest, why not celebrate winter?” said Wilson. Karen Rochford, assistant director of Marketing and Sports Clubs for Recreational and Intramural Services, is especially excited for broomball, a game similar to ice hockey in which two teams of six use brooms to push a puck or ball on the ice. Rochford finds it interesting that many students she works with on campus have never heard of the game before. “Where I went to school [at SUNY Brockport], broomball was huge. We had intramural leagues and played all the time,” said Rochford. “[My friends and I] are pretty excited that it’s being brought to UB for a weekend.” Because the Winter Olympics kicked off this week, Rochford charged with driving while intoxicated and refusal to take a breathalyzer test. 2/13 – Derek L. Anderson was arrested and charged with having a .12% bloodalcohol content on Bailey Avenue. 2/13 – Someone damaged a water pipe in the Ellicott Food Court. 2/13 – A person was sent to the Student-Wide Judiciary for violation of a UB protection order. 2/14 – A person was sent to the Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital and the Student-Wide Judiciary from Wilkeson Quadrangle for an alcohol overdose. 2/14 – Someone broke a glass door in the Ellicott Food Court.
believes that Winterfest could not have come at a better time. “[Winterfest] has the potential to become something huge, like a UBOlympic type event, where Greek life and other clubs could compete, extending over a week instead of just two days,” Rochford said. Tiberi is also optimistic for the future of the event. “This is just the first year, so we’re just seeing how much interest we can get,” Tiberi said. “But I wouldn’t be surprised if it grew into something bigger.” Students do not have to live on campus to participate and can register as individuals or with teams. All registrants will also receive a free fleece cap. All interested participants can register online now at http://www.housing.buffalo.edu/winterfest.
E-mail: features@ubspectrum.com 2/14 – Someone received an unwanted c all in Porter Quadrangle. 2/15 – Ian Nyburg, Daniel J. Haeseker, Jacob T. Schwartz and Sean B. Hanrahan were arrested and charged with shoplifting in a store in the Commons. 2/15 – A person stole an unattended laptop from Lockwood Library. 2/15 — Someone received an unwanted call in Porter Quadrangle. 2/15 – Someone struck a vehicle in a hit-and-run accident at the Governors C parking lot. 2/15 – A person stole an unattended wallet with credit cards from Lockwood Library.
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SP O R T S Men’s Basketball
Buffalo bowls over Falcons Andrew Wiktor Senior Sports Editor
Dear Athletics To the people high up at UB who probably aren’t reading this, I hear that our school wants to be kind of a big deal. The UB 2020 initiative is supposed to modernize our campus by building state of the art facilities with the goal of reaching academic excellence, beautifying our campus and stimulating the BuffaloNiagara area. But if our school really plans on making strides toward becoming the best state school in New York, we must make some drastic athletic changes first. Why? Because great schools have great sports. When a college basketball team is ranked, people want to go to games, they want to learn school chants and they want to win big on television. Here at Buffalo, no one attends sporting events, we don’t have any signature songs and national attention is a foreign concept. The two major sports here at Buffalo – men’s basketball and football – share the same major flaws: crappy venues, poor advertising, sporadic fan bases and the inability to win consistently. It starts with our horribly designed venues, which leave our fans detached from the games. Ever been to a UB basketball game? Probably not, but if you have, you most likely realized that our student section is roughly 10 feet away from the court. Aside from the fact that True Blue barely has any members, the games would be more exciting – both for the fans and the players – if our screaming section was hovering over the court. It would intensify the noise, intimidate the opponents and energize our squad. The only drawback to moving the bleachers closer to the floor is that the 200pound cheerleaders probably won’t have enough space to flop their bellies around. As shallow as it sounds, hotter cheerleaders actually make a difference. They should be enhancing the game, not blocking fans from watching the action. Also, our gym floor should read “BUFFALO” on one baseline and “BULLS” on the other. Get rid of the small MAC logo. It isn’t aesthetically pleasing and it already says what conference we’re in on the main hardwood. It’s a small change, but it makes a big difference. Our football stadium, believe it or not, is worse. The track that separates the fans from the game actually kills the football environment. Much like in basketball, we should be on top of the players, screaming drunken slurs that the opposing team can actually hear. Though UB see WIKTOR page 4
By LUKE HAMMILL Asst. Sports Editor
The men’s basketball team is hitting its stride at the perfect time. The Bulls (15-9, 8-5 MidA mer ica n Con ference) extended their current winning streak to four games Wednesday night when they defeated the Bowling Green Falcons (13-12, 6-7 MAC), 64-51. Senior guard Rodney Pierce, who was honored before the game for topping 1,000 points in his career, led the way with 18 points and six assists. The Bulls’ victory was an important one, as they came into Wednesday night’s contest just one game ahead of Bowling Green in the MAC East standings. They are now tied at 8-5 with Miami (OH) and just two games behind division leaders Akron and Kent State, who both sit at 10-3 with three games left in the MAC schedule. Three-point shooting proved to be the difference in the game. The Bulls connected on 10-of-25 shots (40 percent) from beyond the arc, while the Falcons went just 1-9 (11 percent). The long range proficiency was especially important for Buffalo in breaking Bowling Green’s 2-3 zone defense, a strategy that favors defending the areas around the basket over guarding the perimeter. Bulls head coach Reggie Witherspoon had his players well prepared for Bowling Green’s defensive strategy going into the game. “There were a number of different ways that we wanted to attack [the zone],” Witherspoon said. “They’re very good at their zone and they’ve confused a lot of teams… We wanted to move the ball in an efficient enough manner [so] that they had to chase it.” Pierce and fellow senior guard Sean Smiley were Buffalo’s top zone-killers, as each hit four 3-pointers, including a string of crucial shots that saved the Bulls from a Bowling Green comeback early in the second half. The Falcons went on a 14-2 run to open the second period, cutting Buffalo’s 15-point halftime lead down to just three. However, Buffalo responded with 3-pointers from Pierce, Smiley and senior guard John Boyer on its next four possessions to increase the lead to 49-38 with 10:29 remaining. “We started the second half in a funk,” Witherspoon said. “I thought we responded well to them making a run at us.” According to Pierce, the Bulls weathered the Bowling Green storm by increasing their intensity and getting back to their first-half strategy. “Our mindset was just to stay locked in and do the things that we were doing in the first half,” Pierce said. “We had to get our determination level back up to where it was. Once we did that, things turned out how they were supposed to turn out for us.” Buffalo’s first-half success was due in part to contributions from the bench. Senior
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Senior guard Sean Smiley knocked down four 3-pointers in 27 minutes and finished with 14 points to help the Bulls defeat Bowling Green, 64-51.
forward Max Boudreau, junior for ward Jawaan Alston, and senior forward Adekambi Laleye provided key minutes for the Bulls after starting sophomore forward Mitchell Watt picked up two quick fouls to open the game. Despite recording only four minutes, Laleye provided solid bench play and what was arguably the highlight of the game: a huge dunk over a Bowling Green defender off of an assist from senior guard Calvin Betts with 7:03 remaining in the first half. “[Laleye] was big because he just played four minutes, and usually when a guy only plays four minutes he spends three of those four minutes trying not to make a mistake, which means he’s going to make mistakes,” Witherspoon said. “[Laleye] knew – because he was active vocally on the bench – where he should be … He was able to contribute in a short period of time, [which] was huge for us because Max [Boudreau] got tired and Mitchell [Watt] had two fouls.” As Buffalo moved up in the rankings, Bowling Green fell. The Falcons’ loss dropped them to four games out of the
division lead. “You have to have a blue collar mentality when you come up [to Buffalo],” said Falcons head coach Louis Orr. “We were on our heels in the first half, and you can’t come here and be on your heels – Buffalo is too aggressive at home.” While Witherspoon is enjoying the late-season momentum that his team has gathered, he isn’t taking the success for granted. “We’ve learned from the past that nothing we’ve already done qualifies us to be at less than our best in what we have in front of us,” Witherspoon said. “We still have to use every opportunity to get better.” T h e pl a y e r s a r e n ’ t satisfied, either. “I think we have another notch we can take it to,” Pierce said. Buffalo takes a break from the MAC East grind this Saturday as it participates in ESPNU BracketBusters weekend. The Bulls will face off against the St. Peter’s Peacocks (15-11). Tip-off is 2:00 p.m. at the Yanitelli Center in Jersey City, N.J. E-mail: sports@ubspectrum.com
Bulls look for S I D E L I N E S track star fifth-straight Freshman receives award win in match against Peacocks By ANDREW WIKTOR Senior Sports Editor
Opponent: Sa int Peter ’s Peacocks Record: 15-11, 10-6 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. The Peacocks have now recorded 10 MAAC wins for the first time since the 2004-05 season. They have also guaranteed themselves at least a .500 record, which will mark their first winning season since 2005-06. They currently sit in 4th place in the MAAC. Last meeting: Dec. 30, 1993. They faced off in the Pepsi Marist Classic, where Buffalo won, 68-61. St. Peter’s is scheduled to visit Buffalo next season. Venue: Yanitelli Center in Jersey City, NJ. The crowd capacity is 3,200. St. Peter’s last game: 69-61 win vs. Loyola. They went on a 19-4 run to rally from being down nine in the second half. Junior guard Nick Leon scored a game-high 18 points to lead the Peacocks to victory. Buffalo’s four-game wining streak: During their current streak, the Bulls are outscoring their opponents by 13 points, averaging 71 points per game while only allowing 58. Rodney Pierce is scoring close to 19 ppg in this stretch and as a team, they’ve dished out 15.25 assists per game. St. Peter’s key players: Wesley Jenkins is averaging 14.2 points per game and Ryan Bacon has been huge on the boards for the Peacocks, pulling in a team-high nine rebounds per game. Leon, who hails from Brooklyn, NY, is a steady point guard who can put up big points, as seen in their last matchup. This game is extremely important for both teams because it is an ESPN Bracket Buster matchup. Although Buffalo will most likely need to win the MAC championship in order to reach the NCAA tournament, a victory against the Peacocks can help its seeding if it is to make it to the Big Dance. Last Saturday, the Bulls played outstanding basketball on national television as they knocked off the Kent State Golden Flashes, 70-55. While beating the No. 1 team in the MAC was important, Buffalo still has a lot of work to do. It has two tough inconference matchups on the road — Akron and Miami (OH) — and is likely to be met by hostile crowds. A victory on Saturday will extend the Bulls’ win streak to five games and give them momentum to finish out the regular season. Buffalo, however, has been inconsistent on the defensive end and will need big stops if it plans to shut down the Peacocks. In the past few games, the Bulls’ defense has illustrated that they are committed to locking up their opponents and expect to carry their hard work into see PREVIEW page 2
After an impressive performance at the Akron Invitation over the weekend, freshman sprinter Jamiee McClary earned her second Mid-American Conference Women’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week award of the season. The youngster won the 400meter race (54.84) at Akron and, in the process, set her third school record so far this season. Ohio State sprinter Shaniqua McGinnis was McClary’s victim as the freshman outran the sophomore by two hundredths of a second. Her outstanding season has seen her break records in the 60, 200 and 400 meter races. The announcement came Wednesday morning from the MAC league office in Cleveland and marks the third time this season that a Bulls runner has captured the award. The last meet of the regular season is this Saturday, when the Bulls battle Kent State on the road.
THE FAST BREAK NBA trade deadline The NBA trade deadline came and went on Thursday. Some teams made big moves in hopes of bettering their rosters so they can compete down the stretch. The following is a list of the transactions that were completed. Dallas gets: Caron Butler, Brendan
Haywood and DeShawn Stevenson Washington gets: Josh Howard, Drew Gooden, James Singletary and Quinton Ross Los Angeles Clippers get: Travis
Outlaw and Steve Blake Portland gets: Marcus Camby New York gets: Brian Cardinal Minnesota gets: Darko Milicic
Three-team deals:
Cleveland gets: Antawn Jamison
and Sebastian Telfair Washington gets: Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Emir Preldzic and 2010 first-round draft pick (from Cleveland) Los Angeles Clippers get: Drew Gooden New York gets: Tracy McGrady and
Sergio Rodriquez Houston gets: Kevin Martin, Jordan Hill and Jared Jeffries Sacramento gets: Carl Landry, Joey Dorsey and Larry Hughes Houston also gets the right to swap first-round draft picks with the Knicks in 2011 and take on New York’s 2012 first-round pick
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Softball
vs. Drake @ Sleep Inn Classic, 11 a.m. Women’s Tennis at Army, 3 p.m. Softball vs. Missouri @ Sleep Inn Classic, 4 p.m.
Saturday
Men’s Tennis at Cornell, 9 a.m. Track & Field at Kent State Open, 9 a.m. Women’s Basketball at Miami (OH), noon Softball vs. Arkansas @ Sleep Inn Classic, 1:30 p.m. Men’s Basketball at Saint Peters, 2 p.m. Women’s Tennis at Columbia, 5 p.m. Softball vs. North Texas @ Sleep Inn Classic, 6:30 p.m.
Sunday Softball
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Wrestling
at Northern Illinois, 2 p.m.