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Friday, January 20, 2012

Spectrum FOIL Appeal Denied in Albany

And Then There Were Four Dwindling Republican candidates gear up for S.C. primary

UB has no documents regarding Collins contributions LUKE HAMMILL Senior News Editor No state funds were used when UB illegally donated $2,560 to former Erie County Executive Chris Collins’ political campaign in 2010, according to a letter from Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) Appeals Officer Geraldine Gauthier to The Spectrum.

Gauthier, who responded to a FOIL appeal filed by The Spectrum, said that UB has no records showing the names and dates of two Collins political fundraisers – a breakfast and a dinner – attended by staff from The Center for Industrial Effectiveness (TCIE, the “business arm” of UB’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences).

In October, The Spectrum found UB Foundation Activities Inc. (UBFA) – a tax-exempt, not-for-profit part of the UB Foundation (UBF) – to have broken federal law by making political contributions to Collins in March and June of 2010. One day after The Spectrum wrote about the contributions on Oct. 10, both Continued on Page 2

SOPA and PIPA: Why Does Everyone Care?

AARON MANSFIELD Senior Life Editor The Stop Online Piracy Act – formally known as House Bill 3261 – was introduced on Oct. 26, 2011. PIPA – the Protect IP Act – is SOPA’s companion in the Senate, introduced May 12, 2011.

If students didn’t hear about these acts when they were proposed, they almost certainly have by now.

And they’re not happy about it.

The proposed acts, if passed, would grant the U.S. government and copyright holders more power in fighting online trafficking of copyrighted and pirated material. In simple terms, internet-goers would have a much harder time selling or distributing copyrighted material, like music or movies, and obtaining counterfeit goods, like clothing and accessories.

As William Dorgan, a sophomore architecture major, sees it, the government doesn’t have much business in anything.

He considers himself a libertarian.

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Courtesy of Rick Santorum Four contenders remain in the Republican race to be on the ballot on Election Day.

LUKE HAMMILL Senior News Editor The race for who will try and defeat President Barack Obama on Election Day once included 10 candidates. On Thursday, that number shrunk to four when Texas Governor Rick Perry withdrew from the race for the Republican nomination.

The remaining candidates – frontrunner Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich, and Rick Santorum – will compete in the important South Carolina primaries on Saturday, hoping to win votes and delegates crucial to securing the nomination.

South Carolina is the third state to participate in the nomination system of primaries and caucuses.

The previous two – Iowa, where it took a recount for Santorum to barely edge Romney, and New Hampshire, where Romney won in a landslide – participated earlier this month.

Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, has already built an impressive lead in terms of overall votes and delegates, and he is considered by many pundits to have the best chance of defeating Obama. But he has struggled to unite the

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Courtesy of Ron Paul

Republican Party and energize hard-line conservative and evangelical voters, many of whom see him as too moderate and suspect him of being a “flip-flopper.”

Dr. James Campbell, chair of UB’s department of political science, thinks that even if Romney wins again in South Carolina, the race isn’t over yet.

“At this point, there’s no consolidation of the opposition to Romney, so the conservative vote is still split a number of ways,” Campbell said. “So once the contest among…Gingrich and Santorum is resolved, if it is at some point, then I think we’ll have a head-to-head match between Romney and the non-Romney conservative candidate, and it won’t really be settled until that point.”

Upon dropping out of the race on Thursday, Perry endorsed Gingrich, who Campbell said had an “excellent performance from a conservative standpoint” in Monday’s debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C. “This is part of the consolidation of the anybodybut-Romney vote,” Campbell said.

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Perry is the latest Republican to drop out of the race after several other prominent candidates did in the past two months. Businessman Herman Cain, Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann, and, more recently, former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman all called it quits after previously enjoying brief moments in the spotlight. Huntsman withdrew on Monday.

“Huntsman leaving the race will help the nonRomney candidates, since Huntsman appealed to that group to begin with,” said Tim Van Oss, president of the UB College Republicans, in an email. “Gingrich did particularly well in [Monday’s debate]; he may be able to snag those supporters.”

Van Oss said the College Republicans haven’t thrown their weight behind any one candidate.

“As a rule, the College Republicans are open to any candidate in the primary,” Van Oss said. “We don’t endorse any candidates, and actually, we don’t really campaign for anyone, either. The club is a forum for Republican ideas.”

The Republican candidate with the most support among young people is Paul, a Texas congressman Continued on Page 2

Filzen Gets His Groove Back; Bulls Knock Off Zips coach Keith Dambrot visibly upset afterward.

NATHANIEL SMITH Asst. Sports Editor

“That’s probably as poor a defensive performance as we have had all year,” Dambrot said. “It doesn’t take a genius to know that you have to guard [Filzen] and [sophomore forward] Javon McCrea. He hit some contested shots…but we were undisciplined and brain dead at times – that’s the only way to describe it.”

Senior guard Zach Filzen hasn’t been at the top of his game lately. He had seemingly lost his touch since conference play began. Without his scoring, the team has lost two of its first three conference battles.

On Wednesday night, in front of the home crowd and with the MidAmerican Conference East Division leaders in town, Filzen reminded the MAC that he is still one of the deadliest shooters in the country, and it couldn’t have come at a better time.

Numerous Bulls stepped up against the Zips, as the hosts had four players finish with double-figure scoring on the night. Sophomore guard Jarod Oldham stuffed the stat sheet, nearly finishing with a triple double with 11 points, nine rebounds and seven assists. He also added three steals and a blocked shot.

Buoyed by the timely shooting of Filzen, the Bulls (9-6, 2-2 MAC) landed a big body blow to the previously undefeated Akron Zips (11-7, 3-1 MAC), winning 82-70 in front of a raucous crowd in Alumni Arena.

“It’s challenging for underclassmen point guards in our conference,” Witherspoon said. “The last three years we have had seniors, and he is such a talented kid. He’s not going to back away from a challenge. He did a better job being physical with the basketball. He is making strides, and our guys are learning each other as well.”

“I had some good conversations with [assistant coach] Turner Battle and Coach [Reggie] Witherspoon Monday,” Filzen said. “I just think I wasn’t moving as well as I’m capable of, and I wasn’t as aggressive looking for my shot in the last couple of weeks. So I just tried to come out, move as much as I could, and if I was open, just let it fly.”

Every time the home team needed a big bucket, Zach Filzen put on his cape and came to the rescue. His final 3-pointer with 1:16 left in the contest sealed the deal for the home team, and kept the True Blue faithful on its feet. The student crowd of 1,750 was the largest student attendance for a men’s basketball game since 2005.

Filzen finished with a game-high

The Buffalo bigs lived up to their billing, as McCrea ended with 15 points and seven rebounds. He and senior forward Mitchell Watt frustrated Zips’ touted big man Zeke Marshall.

Marshall finished with only 13 points, and his frustration was visible on the young center’s face.

Meg Kinsley /// The Spectrum Zach Filzen’s (5 white) baseline runner accounts for two of his game-high 21 points.

21 points on 8-of-15 shooting. His 21 points were more than double Filzen’s total scoring output in his last three games combined. In that

stretch, he shot 2-11 from the field and only contributed nine points. His five three-pointers Wednesday rocked Alumni Arena, leaving Akron head

Watt rounded out the double figure scoring with 11 points, scoring from down on the low block and also nailing some timely three point baskets early. He finished with five blocks, but altered many other shots as the

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Bulls Knock Off Zips visitors were left frustrated and unable to get good looks all game.

The Bulls shot 49 percent from the field, which is their best shooting performance in the last five games.

For the visiting Zips, Quincy Diggs and Nikola Cvetinovic led the team in scoring with 17 points each. As a team, they shot poorly from three, only converting on 29 percent of their shots from deep.

The Bulls won key battles in rebounding (37-36) as well as in turnovers (18-16).

The Bulls will travel to Ohio this weekend to take on the always-tough Bowling Green Falcons (8-9, 2-2 MAC) in the brand new Stroh Center on Saturday afternoon. Tipoff is slated for 4 p.m.

“I think the thing that bugs me most about it is the idea of shutting people down without due process,” Dorgan said. “Even if you want to cut down on this piracy and stuff like that, to let it inhibit other people’s use of the Internet when it might not necessarily be their fault, I just think is wrong.”

A major protest took place yesterday, as sites like Wikipedia blocked their content for the day in a plea to stop SOPA and PIPA. Wikipedia’s blacked-out page included a section for readers to enter their zip code and contact their representatives to voice concern. The site said it was visited 162 million times yesterday, and eight million followed the instructions and got in touch with their politicians.

The technical objective of SOPA is as follows: “To promote prosperity, creativity, entrepreneurship, and innovation by combatContinued from page1: ing the theft of U.S. property, and Spectrum FOIL Appeal Denied in Albany for other purposes.”

TCIE Executive Director Tim Leyh said on Oct. 12 that his staff attended the breakfast and dinner, but he insists he did not know the $2,560 his office paid for the events was going to the Collins campaign. He also said that even after attending the breakfast and dinner, he and his staff did not realize the events were political fundraisers. He called the illegal donations an “honest mistake.”

Neither his office nor UB officials would release the names of the events, which staff members attended them, or when they took place, so The Spectrum filed the FOIL request on Oct. 31.

UB responded on Nov. 29 by saying it had no documents on the matter. The Spectrum appealed the response to Albany, and Gauthier upheld the university’s decision.

UB has, according to Gauthier, no records of the names of the staff members who attended the events, no records of any other transactions that resulted in the UBF donation, and no documents indicating that Collins’ campaign returned the $2,560, as officials on both sides claimed happened.

The donations were made in the name of UBFA, a private entity that does TCIE’s accounting and is beyond the reach of FOIL requests (like the rest of UBF). As such, if the documents exist at UBF, they are unavailable for public scrutiny. And, if funds were taken from UBF, they would not be considered state funds.

UBF is a private corporation, but it is inextricably linked with UB, the public university whose endowment ($494.7 million) UBF controls. Officials said the campaign donor was listed as UBFA instead of TCIE (the group that attended the events) because UBFA does accounting for TCIE, which claims to be a part of a public portion of UB – the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

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UBF and the Collins campaign said the money was returned.

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PIPA’s objective is stopping “rogue websites dedicated to infringing or counterfeit goods,” specifically websites located outside the country.

Sophomore architecture major Colin Jacobs thinks the bill is misguided.

“It’s out to stop piracy, but there are still sites out there like Pirate Bay that it doesn’t even affect,” Jacobs said. “If it passed, you could still get to those sites, so it doesn’t do what it says it would do. And because it’s so vaguely written, it can stop things that it’s not out to stop. It’s hindering rights.”

Those opposed to the act believe it directly violates free speech and the Internet will be worse off if the bill passes. Many that oppose SOPA and PIPA believe that the acts could be a good idea to an extent, but they would almost

certainly shut down some content that just shouldn’t be shut down.

U.S. Representative Lamar Smith proposed the bill because he believes online piracy is ruining the country’s economy, and ultimately putting lives at risk.

On the other hand, Google posted a link that states: “[SOPA and PIPA] would censor the Internet and slow economic growth in the U.S.” The link – shared by millions via social media – was titled: “End Piracy, Not Liberty.”

According to Google, more than 4.5 million signed the petition.

Some students don’t oppose the bill as passionately as Dorgan and Jacobs.

“It’s interesting because I would be curious if there were some academic references lost,” said Antonia Nicoletti-Eaton, a first year Master’s student studying comparative literature. “That I would want to have access to.

But as far as music, it doesn’t really bother me. I don’t think piracy is OK.” Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg wrote a note to the public stating his thoughts on the issue.

“We can’t let poorly thought out laws get in the way of the Internet’s development,” Zuckerberg wrote. “Facebook opposes SOPA and PIPA, and we will continue to oppose any laws that will hurt the Internet.”

Many U.S. lawmakers (reports have indicated as many as 13) withdrew their support for the proposed bills following yesterday’s online blackout, but the protests haven’t come to a close.

Protestors believe they can sway even more politicians. And as soon as Wikipedia turned its lights back on, the site unveiled a banner that said: “We’re not done yet.”

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The Mexican Drug War Expands

The Mexican drug war, known to be violent around the border, is starting to intensify in interior and southern areas that previously had little bloodshed.

Last week, two headless bodies were found in a minivan near the entrance to one of the largest malls in Mexico City.

The cities of Guadalajara and Veracruz were considered safe six months ago.

However, late last year, 26 bodies were found in Guadalajara. In Veracruz, after 35 bodies were dumped on a road in September, the police force was dismissed.

It was determined to be too corrupt to control the city.

The increasing violence has implications for both sides of the border. American officials say they have plans to help tackle the growing issues. The $1.6 billion Merida Initiative, Washington’s signature anti-drug program, exists to step up training and advising for the Mexican state and local police and judicial institutions this year.

Ciudad Juárez, the bloodiest city, has had a decrease in homicides, which Mexican officials say is proof that they’re making headway. However, some analysts say it may have more to do with one rival group’s defeat of another.

Wichita Struggles as the ‘Airplane Capital’ Less than a year after Wichita, Kan. was dubbed the “Air Capital of the World,” Boeing executives have announced they will be shutting down the company’s local operations at the end of 2013.

The company had won one of the largest military contracts in history, and with that came the promise of jobs, but these jobs will not be arriving after all.

After eight decades as one of the biggest employers in the city, the plant is now closing.

There are now 2,160 more lost jobs in the midwestern city, another blow to Wichita and the airplane industry that sustained

it. Wichita is now added to the list of cities worried about losing their identities as places where people who make things are paid well for their labor.

Boeing did sell off one of its larger commercial divisions, called Spirit Aerosystems.

Boeing, which is based in Chicago, anchored itself to the Wichita community when it took over the local Stearman Aircraft Company in 1929. With a focus on building larger planes for commercial travel and military use, as opposed to the small-plane makers that dominate the area, Boeing gained a reputation for generous compensation and opportunities for career growth.

N.Y. State Plans to Cut Roswell Park’s Funding Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has plans to end state funding for Roswell Park Cancer Institute over the next two years.

The governor’s proposed budget currently calls for $102 million in state funds for this year for Roswell Park.

However, it also states that the institute will be “operationally independent” by March 2014.

Cuomo’s plan adds further to the efforts made by governors to decrease the flow of money from Albany to Roswell Park.

The budget suggests Roswell Park take the necessary steps to enter into additional cooperative or merger deals with health-care providers or other academic centers in the area.

Cuomo’s proposal doesn’t state exactly how such steps might work. The bill orders the state health commissioner to monitor the institute’s steps and set certain undefined benchmarks, in order for the hospital to achieve fiscal independence from the state.

The plan will keep the $100 million state commitment steady for the next two years.

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Continued from page1: and then there were four whose libertarian stance differs starkly from both Democrats and Republicans on many issues. He is in favor of legalizing drugs like marijuana, ending the Federal Reserve, and immediately bringing U.S. soldiers home from overseas.

“I think [Paul] is a very philosophical candidate, and kind of an idealist,” Campbell said. “If you had to rate the presidential candidates from most realistic to most idealistic, he’d be well over on the idealistic side of the scale. And I think younger voters have always been inclined in that way.”

As the drama unfolds on Saturday, Republican voters in New York will have to settle for watching instead of participating. New York’s primary isn’t until April 24, and it is more than likely that the Republican nomination will be settled by then.

Campbell thinks there could be a better way to get all American voters involved in the process.

As candidates are not allowed to coordinate with Super PACs, even the ones in support of them, Colbert also signed control of his satirical Super PAC – “Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow” – to Jon Stewart, who renamed it “The Definitely Not Coordinating With Stephen Colbert Super PAC.”

“I think it’s a lousy process,” Campbell said. “It’s a terrible process. It’s completely chaotic, and this is an area of our system that needs to be thought through more carefully. But you also have to get states to agree to a more coherent system.”

Making things interesting, as usual, is political satirist Stephen Colbert, who plays a caricature of a conservative political pundit on television. Colbert announced on Monday that he was “forming an exploratory committee [Mitt Romney used the same words] to lay the groundwork for my possible candidacy for the president of the United States of South Carolina.”

When asked whether Colbert’s name would appear on the ballot in South Carolina (after further investigation, it won’t), Campbell said he didn’t know.

“I follow real politics,” he said.

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Roswell that Ends Well Continue to fund Roswell Park

In 2008, 7.6 million people died of some form of cancer. According to the World Health Organization, that number will increase to 12 million by 2030.

Most people probably won’t be shocked to learn then that, according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, the cost of cancer treatment is expected to rise by 40 percent over the next decade.

Devastation is the only way to describe how this inflation will affect the families afflicted with cancer.

The majority of bankruptcies are already caused by medical costs, and even with insurance, entire life’s savings can be wiped out almost instantly.

Research hospitals like Roswell Park Cancer Institute become even more important in this light. Not only do they provide some of the best treatment possible, they also work to develop new treatments, educate the public on prevention, and research cures for the deadly disease.

With the economy as down as it is, however, nothing is sacred any more. Even researching the cure for cancer has come into the crosshairs of political budget butchery.

Governor Cuomo’s proposed budget still funds Roswell Park, to the tune of $102 million, but also includes a demand to make the hospital “operationally independent” by the beginning of 2014.

Roughly translated from political doublespeak, that means the state is going to remove funding from the Institute in about two years.

Robert Menga, Cuomo’s budget director, said that paying $100 million for a hospital with 100 beds is a “significant investment,” and they just want the hospital to find a partner who can support the research they do.

Unfortunately, it takes more than two years to figure out how to restructure your business to account for roughly 15 percent of your total income.

This is yet another example of the government overlooking the importance of science for not only the public good but the good of the economy. Roswell Park has generated hundreds of high paying, local jobs, nine spinoff companies, and has been the crux of the downtown medical corridor.

Yet a quick fix for political reasons always proves to be the more enticing option.

The havoc that would occur after the drop in funding won’t be big and public, but it will be chilling. Without that money, the cost would have to be put back onto the patients, further harming their finances that are already drained from disease.

Self-sufficiency is certainly the future for Roswell Park. In the last 15 years, its dependence on government funding has decreased dramatically from 50 percent in 1999 to 14 percent this year.

We can’t expect them, however, to just cut off on an arbitrary timetable without significant pain. It’s a slow process, for sure, but it is one that proves to be one of the most valuable investments the state can put its money into.

The terrible economic climate has generated a bizarre selfishness, and this is just another symptom.

People won’t get outraged until the cuts and the damage directly affect themselves.

Let’s make this perfectly clear: spending money on cancer research and supporting a top tier hospital is not “government waste.” It’s the exact sort of thing our government should do more of.

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A Proud Pirate EDWARD BENOIT Managing Editor

I’m just going to come out and say it: I’m a pirate.

Whether that admission classifies me as a low-level terrorist deserving of indefinite detention coupled with excessive copyrightinfringement fines and quite possibly water boarding under the slew of borderline-totalitarian legislation Congress is trying to pass remains to be seen, but for the time being, I’m not going to hide the fact.

Like most people who aren’t music industry executives or a congressmen receiving sizable campaign contributions from music industry executives, I’m against SOPA and PIPA. A lot of this has to do with the same caveats everyone who isn’t a millionaire septuagenarian has, but a portion of my opposition also has to do with the fact that I don’t like paying for digital media, and feel I shouldn’t have to pay for digital media.

Notice that I said ‘digital media’ – I still willingly and happily pay for physical media (I bought seven new books over the winter break, for instance), but digital media’s a different animal. For one thing, electrons don’t cost anything, and ideas shouldn’t cost anything, so why company X feels the need to charge me money for something that costs next to nothing in physical terms is beyond me.

Admittedly, my position is influenced in part by the fact I favor intellectual abstraction over the practical, and in part because I’m a quasi-socialist who strongly objects to the commodification of art and ideas. For the purposes of this column, though, let’s stick to practical arguments.

A lot of the MPAA’s pro-SOPA/PIPA rhetoric has to do with protecting the intellectual property of “creative Americans” from “foreign thieves.” Aside from dissecting the obvious xenophobic appeal being made here, let’s examine just how the entertainment industry (specifically, the music industry, because they’re the ones most associated with anti-piracy stuff anyway) compensates these “creative Americans” they rhetorically profess to care so much about.

When all you responsible, contributing members of society go out and buy CDs at your local record store (or, more likely, local corporate chain distributor), the vast majority of the $9.99 you dish out goes to people and entities that are decidedly not the band, most of them the corporate middlemen that digital dissemination has rendered totally redundant. Depending on what sources you look at (and I’ve looked at quite a few), only about 6 to 15 percent of that $9.99 goes to the band you’re professing to support. Divvy that up four or five ways between the band members, and “creative Americans” are left with peanuts.

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As most anyone with Internet access and working fingers discovered, over 1,500 websites shut themselves down in a massive coordinated protest on Tuesday against two bills making their way through Congress: the Stop Online Piracy Act in the House and the PROTECT IP Act in the Senate.

For those that don’t know, SOPA and PIPA are designed to stop foreign websites like the Pirate Bay from flagrantly circumventing American copyright laws and hosting illegal content. Indeed, this is a noble goal, but both bills are some of the most dangerous that have been brought before Congress.

Basically, SOPA and PIPA amount to censorship of the Internet. They give the government the power to not only shut down sites that host copyrighted content, but sites that link to sites that host the content.

Sites that explain how to circumvent SOPA and PIPA would also be under fire from the bill.

Both bills also give blanket immunity to intellectual property owners that take action against suspected copyright infringers. The so-called “vigilante provision” protects IP owners from punishment for over-

blocking websites as long as they acted in “good faith.”

need to take stock of what actually happened.

In essence, content owners will be rewarded for wantonly banning sites that it thinks might apply under SOPA, without a trial and without a court order. This would allow major music and movie corporations to destroy competition with one simple letter.

The people that we’ve elected to work in our interests nearly stabbed one of the biggest job creators in the modern world in the heart. What’s worse is why they did it. On one hand they may have totally understood all the consequences of the bills and supported them anyway.

(Humorous example: as it stands, if you were to walk into an FYE, steal all five studio albums in Mastodon’s discography, and mail a $10 bill to the band to be split between the four members, you’d be “supporting” said band infinitely more than if you’d dished out $50 plus to buy said albums legally.)

Now, you might be thinking something along the lines of “well, even ‘peanuts’ is better than nothing, you thieving foreign anti-American socialist pirate, you!” at this point, and you’re absolutely right. However, you’d also be ignoring the other half of the music business: concerts.

Bands around the board make far more, both proportionally and in absolute terms, from concerts than they do from album sales because concerts don’t require the recording, mastering, production, promotion, and distribution services record companies use to justify the massive cut they take from CD sales.

With all these major problems, it’s a major shock that any politician would continue to vote for these bills, but the blackouts definitely did have an effect. Ten congressmen who formerly supported SOPA or PIPA now are voting against it.

More likely, they are simply ignorant of the damage the bill would cause, and voted for it without knowing what they were doing: a scenario that is even more terrifying.

So it’s time to celebrate, break out the champagne and the roller skates, right?

So why do we continue to vote for politicians that blatantly work against our interests?

Of course, that’s the natural reaction. Our liberties get attacked and then we go right back to blissful ignorance as the same old people in Washington look for a way to sneak the bill back onto the floor quietly and get a vote on it.

Our time has come. We have the opportunity to tell our politicians and companies that supported SOPA or PIPA that we won’t stand and watch our rights get trampled for the interests of major corporations.

So, even though I “stole” all of Mastodon’s albums, because I dished out something like $40 to see them live once (and would have again this past November, if I’d had the chance), I’ve actually “supported” them far more than if I’d spent even more money legally purchasing their music. What’s more, I can safely say I wouldn’t have spent that $40 on my concert ticket if I hadn’t “stolen” Mastodon’s music because I wouldn’t have otherwise been exposed to them.

Both Senators from New York, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand support PIPA. We can all vote. Let’s show them how much we like their choice next election cycle.

A lot of bands get this paradigm. Mastodon (because I’ve been using them as an example this whole column) gave away free digital copies of their most recent album The Hunter with the purchase of tour tickets.

Electrons are free, after all.

Sure, we should be very happy that the protests did their job, and that the Internet can’t be censored at the discretion of big corporations and the government, but we all

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Amy’s Hole in the Wall Take Notes, Get Money KEREN BARUCH

ployees in the early ’90s, and she now runs St. Luke’s Mission of Mercy. She previously served plates of scrumptious food at the restaurant; her new mission is to serve those in need in one of Buffalo’s poorest areas, helping them get food, shelter, and educational help.

Life Editor Winter’s nasty force is on display and streets are scarcely populated, but there’s one place on Main Street that is impervious to Buffalo’s winter blues: Amy’s Place.

Since Betros opened the diner, the menu has evolved. Due to a popular rise in healthier foods, there are more vegan and vegetarian options offered.

Amy’s Place – a Lebanese and Mediterranean restaurant – is open seven days a week from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. The small diner – located at 3234 Main St. – remains unaltered by the weather and continues to be bright despite the gloomy outdoors, but some students think the sometimespoor service outweighs the quality of food.

The colorful walls of the diner are covered with hip images, which the owners redecorate every month. The songs that are played throughout the day all come from the iPods of the employees, portraying the openness and freedom the workers feel with each other and the customers.

According to Greg Kempf, comanager of Amy’s Place, the 13 employees that work there are so close that they consider themselves to be one big family.

Like Kempf, a lot of them have been working there for as many as 15 years.

Kempf believes the casual atmosphere that permeates the diner is something that separates Amy’s Place from other local eateries, but UB students give the restaurant mixed reviews.

“I went to Amy’s Place right before I left [for winter break],” said Chris Passarelli, a sophomore accounting major. “The food was great but the service wasn’t very good. I was waiting inside the restaurant for a good 15-20 minutes without any kind of service.”

While Passarelli enjoyed the meal, he said the workers seemed

The early bird special, from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. is one of the cheapest meals in Buffalo, consisting of breakfast items like two eggs, home fries, and toast, for just $1.99 Meg Kinsley /// The Spectrum The popular Main Street diner offers students a great meal.

pissed off at the customers.

The service isn’t the only thing that bothers patrons of Amy’s Place.

“Amy’s Place is tiny and always overcrowded on weekends,” said Allie Funk, a senior psychology major. “It’s cute but Family Tree (another local diner located on Bailey Ave.) is far superior and is five minutes from either campus.”

Main St. appears dead this time of year because students enjoy staying in to eat and drink instead of freezing outside, according to Dillon Galvis, a sophomore architecture major. Amy’s Place has housed hungry, cold students for over 30 years.

Amy Betros founded the restaurant in 1981. She originally worked at Grand Peach Lebanese Bakery on Kenmore, which made pita bread, tabulee, humus, etc.

That’s where the inspiration for the diner came from, according to Kempf.

She sold the diner to her em-

“People come in and want to order an item [but] want it done as a variation of [what’s on the menu] – we’re pretty accommodating in that way,” Kempf said.

The names of the meals are actually named after people who worked at Amy’s Place. Cuisines such as the Margie Meal, Dee-Lite, and Anne Kabobs all represent old employees.

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I were a teacher], because they aren’t really putting effort into the course as much.”

Go to class? Check. Take decent notes? Check. Want to make money? Check and check.

Notehall.com, launched in 2008 at the University of Arizona, is a website where students can either buy or sell lecture hall notes. It separates notes by school, course, and teacher. This gives students guides exclusive to their particular class.

Chegg, a textbook rental company that many students go to as a more affordable alternative to the University Bookstore, recently acquired the study guide service.

Whether helping out students that are looking to make some easy cash or students that are interested in finding ways to study without doing a lot of work, Notehall appeals to many.

It’s a simple process. Students that want to purchase guides just buy credits and use them toward whatever class they need the guide for. On the other hand, if students are looking to sell, “We get a good mix of people, they just post their information, families [in addition to college wait for others to show interest students],” Kempf said. “It’s kind and buy their notes, and get a of all across the board. We have a check in the mail whenever they lot of regulars – people that come choose to cash out. in four or five times a week.”

The owners and employees attempt to create a comfortable environment through music, photographs, and a downtown New York City feel. There are complaints about some elements of Amy’s Place, but the restaurant still manages to receive around 400-500 customers per day.

Many UB students are turned off by the attitudes of the servers and long wait, while others think that the hometown feel and good food are worth the risk.

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“[I used the website] out of desperation,” said Andrea Taylor, a junior nursing major.

Taylor fell behind in the course and needed to catch up. She learned about Notehall after getting an email from another student selling lecture notes.

It wasn’t until she needed help studying that she actually bought notes from the site.

“I think it's a good resource when used properly, but if it’s abused, it’s just letting lazy students be lazier,” Taylor said. “I'd be pretty disappointed in the students that bought from it regularly [if

Since buying a study guide for $5, Taylor has developed better study habits. She said she doesn’t want nerve-racking problems like that to ever happen again.

For students it’s a win-win situation – either you get notes without putting forth much effort, or you put forth effort and make money.

Some college professors, however, don’t look too kindly on the website. Although students only share guides and not actual exam information, some professors feel that websites like Notehall compromise copyright and ethical issues.

At Chico State University in Calif., two students were reported to Student Judicial Affairs after allegedly selling notes online in Nov. 2011. After the incident, which was said to have violated a state law, Chico State students were told to stop using Notehall.

George Siefert, a sociology professor at UB, gave his own opinion on how websites similar to Notehall concern students in his classes, specifically his Introduction to Sociology course.

“I discouraged students from making these purchases as I did not believe they would be getting any meaningful value from this resource,” Siefert said. “They may serve a purpose in some classes but I didn’t believe they would be useful in mine.”

Timothy Boyd, an associate research professor within UB’s department of Classics, believes that Notehall does not exist without inherent dangers.

“Who will judge that the notes are accurate or detailed enough?”

Boyd said. “So much depends upon a lecturer’s emphasis,

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A safe environment to connect with other students while increasing your self awareness. This is a group for all students regardless of age or gender.

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Coping Skills Group Fridays 1:30 pm. - 3:00 pm. (Michael Hall)

A structured group to increase coping skills including mindfulness, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness and distress tolerance.

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A structured, psycho-educational group that provides relaxation and coping skills to decrease stress and anxiety and improve emotional well-being.

Body Image Concerns/Coping Skills Group Tuesdays 3pm. - 4:30pm.

A group for students who want to explore their relationship with weight, food, and emotions. This group is for students who are in various stages of preoccupation with food and body size. Emphasis will be on enhancing body image, communication skills, increasing confidence in interpersonal relationships, and developing effective coping behaviors.

Finding Life Beyond Trauma Thursdays 1pm-2:30pm.

This is not a group that will ask its members to disclose the details of traumatic events from their lives. Rather, the group is intended to provide a safe place for members of all genders to learn skills to manage the effects of trauma(s), whether the trauma(s) happened last week or many years ago.

The group aims to break the cycle of one’s past haunting the present. Our intention is to accomplish this by utilizing skills that allow group members to live a life dictated by the individual group members’ values rather than dictated by symptoms created by events from the past. This group can be helpful to individuals who have experienced any type of trauma(s), including (but not limited to) childhood abuse, an accident, domestic/relationship violence, an assault, etc.

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Private philanthropies, Jewish agencies, the Israeli government, and Jewish communities worldwide have invested $400 million toward sending Jewish teenagers between the ages of 18 and 26 to Israel.

Take a step back and think to yourself: would you work to gather money so you could send millions of people, people you don’t know, to another country?

Probably not.

So the question here is why? Why would anyone donate their well-earned money in order to send strangers to another country?

The answer is taglit.

Taglit-Birthright is the name of the program that has sent over 250,000 individuals from 52 different countries to Israel for free. The literal meaning of the Hebrew word “taglit” is discovery.

After attending the trip, however, the term develops even more value.

Stepping onto the airplane, right foot first, I was unaware that I was essentially stepping into a 10day journey that would change my life forever.

There were many aspects of the voyage that have molded me but speaking about them all would take too many pages, and words do not do the trip justice.

But here I go at an attempt to explain to the Jews out there the importance of taking advantage of this trip.

Eight Israeli soldiers attended my birthright trip and because of them I gained a different perspective on life. Hearing their stories taught me the importance of appreciating the small things in life and to take advantage of the time that I have with my friends and my family.

which is something only detectable from listening.”

It’s a risk the buying students must take; they must trust that the seller is giving them reliable, worthwhile notes. Notehall gives students the option of “previewing” a study guide, showing them the first few pages, depending on how long the material runs.

After reviewing the material, the buyers decide whether they want to spend their money rather than their time on the study guide.

According to UB’s academic integrity policy: “No person shall sell or offer for sale to any person enrolled at the University at Buffalo any academic assignment, or any inappropriate assistance in the preparation, research, or writing of any assignment, which the seller knows, or has reason to believe, is intended for submission in fulfillment of any course or academic program requirement.”

But according to Taylor, the professors already gave the information to the class. The seller just compiled it all into one package.

So while the purchased documents give assistance to buying students, they do not give any information that the professor did not previously disclose.

Notehall has spread across the country to over 50 universities and plans on increasing that number by 400 percent, according to www.crunchbase.com.

The company attempts to live up to its mission statement: “We strive to fulfill our mission of bringing classmates together in a virtual setting in hopes of enhancing the overall academic success of college students nationwide.”

Whether a student is a buyer or a seller, Notehall has something to offer for every type of student sitting (or not sitting) in a lecture hall.

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Right after high school, Israelis don’t have the luxury of attending college like many Americans do.

It is mandatory for every Israeli to join the army at the age of 18. While we stress about filling out applications and writing essays, they’re figuring out which army base they’re going to be assigned to and learning how to shoot guns properly.

Imagine driving around in your car and having to turn up the radio during the news reports, crossing your fingers, hoping that none of your friends are named on the list of soldiers who had passed away that day due to the war.

Listening to a soldier named Ron Konstantin talk opened my eyes to a world that I always heard existed, but never actually felt. A world filled with pain and beautiful bravery. He lost his cousin in the war while putting on a brave face for his family and friends.

We were taken to Bedouin tents where we spent the night learning about the lifestyles of Bedouins, riding camels through the desert, and getting a feel for a culture completely unknown to us.

After the educational portion of the night, my friends and I sat in a circle, huddled together in the tent, and began talking about our lives. One of the girls told us that she was a lesbian, and proceeded to talk to us about her coming out, her family’s issue with her sexuality, and her past relationships.

We had known each other for exactly one week at the time, yet she felt comfortable opening up to the group.

This amazed me.

I believe the dynamic of the group was so remarkable simply because of the adventures we shared throughout our travels and the way the land of Israel made us feel. The culture is completely different. Their maturity level is far superior to ours.

No matter how harsh times become, they continue to smile.

We all broke out of our shells and allowed the entire group to see a side of us that others back in the States may never see.

Together we rode camels, floated in the Dead Sea, and hiked up Masada at 4:45 a.m. to watch the sunrise from the top of the mountain. We also walked through Yad Vashem, Israel’s official memorial to the Holocaust, and rubbed each other’s backs as tears fell from our eyes because it finally hit us that 6 million Jews died simply because of their religion.

We stood in Har Herzl, Israel’s national cemetery, amongst the graves of soldiers that are our age that have died in the name of the country.

Taglit-Birthright took a group of 42 strangers on a trip through Israel in order to show Jewish teenagers what their homeland is about. Together the 42 strangers explored the ups and the downs of the country and transformed from strangers to family.

They formed an unbreakable bond.

Most importantly, the trip helped its members discover. They discovered who they are and who they want to be. Together they started taking strides More than that, I realized that my priorities needed toward fulfilling that goal. to be set straight, that the minor things I have always believed to be important issues really do not Email: keren.baruch@ubspectrum.com compare to difficulties that other people across the world go through.

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Best of the West, Best of the Rest ELVA AGUILAR Asst. Arts Editor

Aside from Bamboozle and Electric Zoo, the East Coast doesn’t have much to offer with regard to music festivals. I, as a New Yorker, can admit that California trumps New York.

Shows in New York are usually in intimate venues or at ridiculously large venues like Madison Square Garden where you, unless you’re Lyor Cohen, can’t get decent seating.

The Coachella music festival is held in Indio, Calif., and has been one of the most popular festivals in the U.S. for years. It initially began as a two-day festival and grew into a three-day affair. This year, more people will have an opportunity to experience the madness by holding the festival over three days for two weekends.

Judging by pictures, blog entries, and coverage given by publications, Coachella seems like a music free-for-all. A wide open space with multiple stages and acts ranging from Toronto crooner, the Weekend, to British rock band Pulp.

Coachella has set the precedent as a predominant rock concert over the years by headlining with acts such as Nine Inch Nails, Smashing Pumpkins, Rage Against the Machine, and The Cure. Jay-Z’s show in 2010 and Kanye West’s performance last year changed the tide of the festival towards the rap audience again, being the first hip-hop performances in seven years.

This April, the amount of hip-hop artists varies even more with up-and-comers Kendrick Lamar, A$AP Rocky, AraabMuzik, and Childish Gambino.

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Artist: You Me At Six Album: Sinners Never Sleep Release Date: Jan. 24

However, when the lineup was released I had a small inkling of disappointment. I would never categorize myself as a fickle hip-hop fan, and I listen to The Chronic at least once a week, but to make the jump from Jay-Z and Kanye West to Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg might have not been the best choice for this festival.

Artist: Motion City Soundtrack Album: TBA Release Date: Spring 2012

British pop punkers You Me At Six are fresh off their win of “Best British Band” from the 2011 Kerrang! Awards and plan to keep up their success State side with their long-awaited release of their third full length. Featuring the single “Loverboy,” be sure to give all 12 tracks a listen before heading up to Toronto to see them live.

Already in the studio working on their next album, Motion City Soundtrack still hasn’t revealed much about their fifth studio release, including the title.

However, it’s an LP that will defiantly be worth the listen, if only to see if the Minnesota pop-punk outfit will continue with the darker sound of 2010’s My Dinosaur Life or revert back to the lighter fare circa Commit This to Memory.

Artist: Lana Del Rey Album: Born to Die Release Date: Jan. 31

Artist: Rick Ross Album: God Forgives, I Don’t Release Date: Spring 2012

Lana Del Rey’s facial similarities and obnoxious amount of hairspray has led the crooner to proclaim herself as the “gangster Nancy Sinatra.” However, she isn’t just riding off of the namesake – she actually has talent. The beauty and uneasiness of “Video Games” puts the track among the very best of 2011, and “Born to Die” is just as moving.

Both songs are singles on the upcoming Born to Die, one of the winter’s most anticipated major label debuts.

In “Key to the Crib,” a track off of Rick Ross’ latest mixtape Rich Forever, the fictional kingpin gives a little morsel of what’s to come.

“My next move: God Forgives, I Don’t. I think you’ll love it,” Rick Ross said.

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Artist: Nicki Minaj Album: Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded Release Date: Feb. 14 As one of the biggest female rappers of the decade and Young Money member, Nicki Minaj takes one of her numerous alter egos Roman Zolanski and makes him the star on this forthcoming album. It is unsure whether this album will be a re-release of the hip-hop diva’s platinum-selling album Pink Friday, or whether it will be a new project completely, but Minaj wants to base her new album off of her own personas, and not collaborations. With the recent release of her first single, “Roman in Moscow,” Minaj’s signature style of hard-hitting catchy beats is exemplified, along with the identity of Roman. If Nicki Minaj stays true to her persona, this album will please fans, and she will not disappoint.

Artist: Sleigh Bells Album: Reign of Terror Release Date: Feb. 21

Artist: Madonna Album: M.D.N.A. Release Date: March 2012

Treats, Sleigh Bells’ debut, antagonized everything a typical critic may consider “good music.” It rode off of simplistic guitar riffs (“Infinity Guitar”), high school reminiscent chants (“Tell ‘Em”), and an aggressive sound (“A/B Machines”). These tools are nothing new, but the intense energy the duo infused with the album made it a top-notch piece of work. “Comeback Kid,” the first single off Reign of Terror, features that same aesthetic. More of the same is a good thing in this case.

It’s official; the Queen of pop music is back to regain her crown. After a four-year hiatus and signing a new deal with Interscope Records, Madonna will be releasing her 12th studio album, M.D.N.A. The first single, “Gimme All Your Luvin’” featuring Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. will be digitally released Feb. 7, with her album slated to appear in March. Madonna is also headlining the 2012 Super Bowl Halftime show in Indianapolis on Feb. 5. As Madonna paved the way for performers we know and love today, it will be interesting to see what innovative sounds and collaborations she has in store for her fans this year.

Artist: Ludacris Album: Ludaversal Release Date: May Rap star Ludacris reunites with R&B star Usher for collaborations for his eighth studio album Ludaversal. Ludacris is expected to release popular radio singles based on his previous hit singles, “My Chick Bad,” “Move B****,” and “How Low.” Usher will return with his smooth R&B flavor to mix with Ludacris’ impeccable lyrics and dance club beats. The two hip-hop music pioneers have chemistry from collaborating on previous albums including the 2004 hit single “Yeah!” and this will add to the versatility and creativity of the release.

Spring Concert Preview A$AP Rocky (w/ A$AP Mob) Date: Jan. 26 Venue: Town Ballroom City: Buffalo, NY

You Me At Six and The Swellers Co-headline Tour Date: Jan. 27 Venue: Annex Wreckroom City: Toronto, ON Our friendly neighbors across the pond take over the rock scene as You Me At Six bring fellow British artists, Twin Atlantic and We Are the Ocean to the states while supporting their US launch of Sinners Never Sleep. For those of you in search of a bit of Americana, The Swellers are sure to draw a sizable crowd as they play a full set in their co-headline tour.

A$AP Rocky is bringing his performances to the Town Ballroom next week. The Harlem-based artist will be accompanied by his A$AP Mob on his the first stop of their monthlong North American tour. A$AP Rocky has been gaining a large following in the last few months with his hit mixtape LiveLoveA$AP, and the fans in Buffalo will be raucous when he hits the stage.

This will be the ex-Death Row legends’ first performance since their Up in Smoke Tour in 2000, but my prediction is their audience will Glamour Kills Tour be filled with pot smokers, suburban kids with Date: March 14 little knowledge of the two, and actual fans Venue: Annex Wreckroom who spent $200 or more to only see the OGs of City: Toronto, ON the rap game perform. The mixture could end up great, but it could also be a recipe for disas- Although you may need to make the trek across the boarder and ter plastered all over YouTube and TMZ. visit your friendly neighbors to the north, the GK Tour line up It’s refreshing to see hip-hop coincide with a is well worth it. With close ties festival once dominated by rock acts. It proves to the pop punk scene, Glamour the movement is becoming mainstream, and Kills looks to put together yet although there is a negative connotation with another successful tour with that word, it doesn’t apply to this festival.

The Wonder Years, Polar Bear Club, Transit, Into It. Over It., The Story So Far, and A Loss The one request I have of this festival, and For Words.

Snoop and Dre in particular, is that there is a Nate Dogg homage planned somewhere in their set. Because Nate Dogg taught fans a valuable life lesson: “it ain’t no fun if the homies can’t have none.”

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Steve Aoki Ludacris and Rick Ross Date: Feb. 28 Date: Feb. 2 Venue: Town Ballroom Venue: Carrier Dome City: Buffalo, NY City: Syracuse, NY Electro-house musician Steve Aoki will be Two of the South’s most infamous rappers gracing the stage at the Town Ballroom in will be tearing down the stage at the Carlate February. The Californian DJ has rerier Dome in February. Ludacris and Rick leased two solo albums and is most known Ross’ music merges rump-shaking beats for remixing the music of Chester French, with mafioso lyrics, and it has catapulted Drake, Kid Cudi, Robin Thicke, and the Alltheir popularity within the hip-hop comAmerican Rejects. His high-energy music munity. The two have collaborated on songs has also been featured on video games such as DJ Khaled’s “All I Do Is Win” and NBA 2K8 and 2K9, and he’s responsible for Ludacris’ “How Low.” Both rappers have producing numerous hit singles including upcoming albums dropping this spring and Snoop Dogg’s “Sensual Seduction.” House will be showcasing their talents to fans both new and old. If you can make the trip music fans will love the high-energy, almost chaotic atmosphere Steve Aoki provokes to Syracuse you will not be disappointed. when he makes his stop in Buffalo.

Death Cab For Cutie Date: April 24 Venue: Kleinhan’s Music Hall City: Buffalo, NY This highly popular alternative indie rock band will perform at Kleinhan’s Music Hall, appropriating a classier show highlighting the soulful voice and lyrical expertise of Ben Gibbard and the band’s seven-album career. The acoustics at Kleinhan’s will blend their melodic instrumentals and varying styles, and will please music fans of different generations. At times the show will feel like a classical music exposition, making Kleinhan’s the perfect venue for this display, and at other times the rock side of the band will be full-fledged and envelop the venue. Along with the band, members of San Francisco’s celebrated Magik*Magik Orchestra will accompany the band. Based on Death Cab For Cutie’s fan base and popularity, this show is bound to sell out.

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His resume that he built last year doesn’t leave much doubt that he won’t keep the promise. “You the Boss” and “I Love My B******,” two singles of the upcoming release, are bangers in their own right. If God Forgives, I Don’t is anything like his last studio release, Teflon Don, expect this album to be on repeat on your playlist.

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Headlining this year are Radiohead, The Black Keys, and Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. I immediately became jealous that the show sold out in three hours even though there probably wouldn’t have been a chance I could go anyway.

Although Coachella has become more diverse over the past few years, the tradition of having rock bands has not faded. Florence and the Machine, St. Vincent, the Black Keys, and Kaiser Chiefs are only a few among the dozens of bands expected to be in Indio, Calif. that weekend.

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M83 Date: May 7 Venue: Town Ballroom City: Buffalo, NY After releasing their magnum opus, Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming, last year, dream pop band M83 is embarking on an international tour. The duo will start their North American tour on March 24. But it will take a month-and-a-half for M83 to make their way to Buffalo to perform at the Town Ballroom on May 7. It’s a long wait, but if the three year layover between their previous album and Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming is any indicator, the concert will be worth the wait.

Rise Against with A Day To Remember and Title Fight Date: May 8 Venue: Chevy Court at New York State Fairgrounds City: Syracuse, NY Post-hardcore and punk-rock come together with the performances of Rise Against and A Day to Remember. Both musically passionate bands are known to put on high-energy shows and have a large fan base, and newcomers in attendance will know why. Both bands will provide a variety of songs from their albums, providing their mix of instrumental and lyrical innovation with the clear goal to make the audience rock right along with them.

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Ninja Gaiden 3 Release Date: March 20 Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Uncharted: Golden Abyss Release Date: Feb. 22 Platforms: PlayStation Vita

Soul Calibur V Release Date: Jan. 31 Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 There’s no better way to start the New Year than settling some old scores with friends, and thankfully the developers at Namco have your back with one of 2012’s most highly-anticipated fighters, Soul Calibur V. From busty babes to cursed blades and even a special appearance by Ubisoft’s Italian assassin, Soul Calibur V has all the markings of a champion in the making.

Final Fantasy XIII-2 Release Date: Jan. 31 Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

The cocksure Nathan Drake is back for more treasure-hunting excitement with his first foray into the portable playground in Uncharted: Golden Abyss. Though this will be the first entry into the series not developed by Naughty Dog, fans still have plenty to look forward to as the title promises the same frenetic firefights, stimulating story, and addictive gameplay present in the previous installments. Who knows, maybe this time Drake will actually get the treasure.

SSX Release Date: Feb. 28 Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

With Lightning stuck on temple duty for the foreseeable future, it’s time for protagonist and little sister Serah to take center stage along with the mysterious time-traveling swordsman, Noel Kreiss.

For jRPG fans there’s almost no greater holiday on the Gregorian calendar than the release of a new Final Fantasy, and with characters this in-depth and added locations entirely unknown to players, this is one direct sequel that just may have a chance to succeed where its PlayStation 2 precursor could not.

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Release Date: Feb. 7 Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC Hailed as the latest entry in the relatively niche genre of massively single-player role-playing games, Kingdoms of Amalur may not have a prequel to speak of but with a team of R.A. Salvatore, Spawn’s Todd McFarlane, and Ken Rolston of Elder Scrolls fame working out the game’s story, art, and production direction respectively, there’s little chance this game won’t have players ejecting that copy of Skyrim for the first time in four months.

Twisted Metal Release Date: Feb. 14 Platform: PlayStation 3 While David Jaffe’s realm of vehicular carnage enjoyed its near six year hiatus from its last PlayStation Portable appearance, it’s time for Sweet Tooth, Axel, and all the rest to return to the asphalt fray in 2012’s PS3 exclusive, Twisted Metal. Even without full details on the game’s level designs, weapon pick-ups, and game modes, players can expect the same gore-filled, explosion-laden nostalgia they’ve come to know and love, now in full high-definition when the game comes to consoles mid-

Tired of all the ice and snow? No need to worry, EA will be giving you all the fresh virtual powder you can shred with its SSX revamp in just over a month. With the inclusion of avalanches, helicopter drops, and sheisty slopes, the latest entry in the series looks to be a grittier experience and shouldn’t be recommended for any green circle gamers.

Mass Effect 3 Release Date: March 6 Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC With Reapers breathing down Earth’s proverbial neck, Shepard will be called into duty for one final galactic military tour as it’s up to the crew of the Normandy to once again save the universe’s backside.

Featuring integrated Kinect controls, returning crewmember favorites, and an updated Artificial Intelligence engine ready to tear players a new black hole, Mass Effect isn’t the only series to receive a special two sequel ending, but this trilogy might just be the greatest.

Mario Party 9 Release Date: March 11 Platforms: Wii With all the gore, guns, and explosions gracing consoles in the coming months, it’s easy to forget that there are still wholesome games out there that gamers of any age can enjoy. The quintessential example of which is the upcoming board-gameesque Mario Party 9. So get ready to grab some friends, roll some dice, and score some stars.

Ryu Hayabusa triumphantly returns to the definitively difficult, incredibly frenetic, and outrageously sanguine world of Ninja Gaiden, this time with more blood, guts, and ninja-on-ninja action than ever before. While little has been said about the game’s forthcoming plot, a great deal of speculation has been given to Hayabusa’s bloodied appearance. While there’s little doubt Team Ninja’s progeny isn’t losing his edge, Hayabusa seems to be in some serious trouble. As for what, gamers will just have to wait and see.

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City Release Date: March 20 Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC The release of Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City will mark the birth of a new kind of monster from Capcom. While still set in the zombie-infested RE universe, the latest iteration will break away from the traditional survival-horror breed of gameplay that the series has become so synonymous with and instead focus on third-person squad-based shooter mechanics. Hopefully for Capcom, the new approach will be infectious enough to turn RE5 naysayers back into undead-heads.

Kid Icarus: Uprising Release Date: March 23 Platform: Nintendo 3DS Though originally announced as a console release title, Uprising has seen its fair share of delays, roadblocks, and electronic entertainment adversity but through it all this shining revamp of the classic series will finally bring the 3-D realm something to brag about. Split between aerial levels and its corresponding ground battle, each arena should present players with a protagonist worthy of his place among “the big ‘N’” pantheon of characters.

Max Payne 3 Release Date: May 15 (May 29) Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, (PC) Remember when nuanced gameplay mechanics like “Bullet Time” were actually in the minority of shooting games? Not many do, but the grandfather of the Bullet Time effect is back in its third iteration with a plethora of guns, drama, swanky timealtering slow-downs stocked up and ready to go when the game hits shelves mid-May for console gamers and two weeks later for gamers of the “point-and-click” variety.

Act of Valor Release Date: Feb. 24

2011 proved to be a thriving year for Hollywood. One can only hope that 2012 will be a repeat of cinematic success. In order to spend money on the right movies, here’s a list of must-see films releasing during this spring semester in order of release date.

Coriolanus Release Date: Jan. 20 Ralph Fiennes (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2) makes his directorial debut in this depiction of violent Roman politics. Based on the William Shakespeare play of the same name, Rome’s hero, Coriolanus (Fiennes), is banished for his disruptive nature and decides to unite with his rival Tullus Aufidius (Gerard Butler, Machine Gun Preacher) to get his revenge against the people of Rome. With the storytelling of a Shakespearean play, and the acting capacity of professionals like Fiennes and Butler, Coriolanus should astound all audiences.

Red Tails Release Date: Jan. 20 Don’t let this film’s potential squander.

Placed in WWII, Red Tails highlights the epic chronicle of African American pilots called into battle under the command of Colonel A. J. Bullard (Terrence Howard, The Ledge). The film is produced by George Lucas (Star Wars: The Clone Wars), who will definitely dive deep into his vast cinematic expertise to help tell a high-flying adventure capable of keeping even the most experienced dog fighter on edge.

The Flowers of War Release Date: Jan. 20 Christian Bale (The Fighter) plays a westerner stranded in 1937 China.

He soon discovers that the city of Nanking is under attack by the Japanese forces, and poses as a priest in order to aid the villagers from these attacks. Director Yimou Zhang (Under the Hawthorn Tree) has already proven his filmmaking capabilities in such films as Hero and House of Flying Daggers.

With Zhang behind the lens and Bale leading the charge, The Flowers of War aspires to be a real treat.

Rampart Release Date: Feb. 10 This is the film that Woody Harrelson was born to star in. Set in 1999 Los Angeles, Harrelson (Friends With Benefits) portrays a corrupt cop with a treacherous mindset. After he beats up an African American, everyone now questions the cop’s ethics and plans to bring him to justice. Harrelson will definitely give the performance that defines his career for years to come.

This could potentially be the best war film since 2010’s The Hurt Locker. Documentary filmmakers Scott Waugh (Navy SWCC) and Mike McCoy (Hot Wheels: Fearless at the 500) connect in this epic about the world’s most secretive, best-trained Navy SEALs team. Act of Valor utilizes realism by capturing real-life SEALs doing their patriotic duty, embarking on a heart-wrenching global battle for the recovery of a captured CIA Agent.

The Hunger Games Release Date: March 23 North America has reached near obliteration, suffering from war, famine, and destruction. The land of Panem now rests in its place, which consists of The Capitol and twelve lower-class districts. Set in the near future, heroine Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence, X-Men: First Class) must face off against adolescents of the rival districts on a televised fight to the death. Lawrence proved her remarkable ability to carry a film in Winter’s Bone, and will certainly not disappoint this time around.

Movie 43 Release Date: April 13 Little plot information has been leaked about this project, but Movie 43 has been rumored about on the Internet for multiple years now. This film will be comprised of numerous comedy sketches, and feature stars like Hugh Jackman (Real Steel), Kate Winslet (Carnage), and Uma Thurman (Ceremony). Hopefully, Movie 43 will take advantage of its talent and create a refreshingly different film.

The Avengers Release Date: May 4 Finally, after seven years of production planning, The Avengers will tie-in the gallant Marvel superheroes Captain America, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Nick Fury, Black Widow, and Hawkeye. So far the series has produced five top-notch superhero films, and on May 4 comic book aficionados will finally know if it was worth the wait. With most of the prominent cast returning, chances are The Avengers will be the superhero film of the year. At least until Dark Knight Rises releases.

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It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s a…weather balloon.

While many students spend their weekends partying, studying, and hanging out with their friends, one club at UB spent its weekend studying the outer realms of Earth’s atmosphere.

UB Students for the Exploration and Development Space (UB-SEDS) is a club that sets its ambitions skyward to generate interest and activism in the community for any and all space-related topics, according to Sean Lyons, a senior aerospace engineering major.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- A sensitive situation arises which demands of you the utmost care. Despite another's request, you must play it safe at this time.

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Scouting Bowling Green Current Record: 8-9 (2-2 Mid-American Conference) All-Time Series: 16-7 Bowling Green

Last Meeting: 73-63 Bowling Green (March 5, 2011 in Bowling Green, OH) Two Falcons to watch: F- Scott Thomas: Thomas is tied for first on the Falcons with 12.4 points per game, along with A’uston Calhoun. Thomas also leads the team with 2.4 steals and 6.7 rebounds per game. The Bulls should expect to see a lot of him because he averages close to 34 minutes per game. The senior is a triple threat on offense as he is in the top two on his team in field goals made, free throws made and 3-pointers made.

G-Jordon Crawford: Crawford is the third member of the double-digit points per game club for Bowling Green at 11.1 per game. Crawford is in the top three in scoring from both sides of the three point line on his team, but his main job is to move the ball around as he leads the team in assists with 4.4 a game. However, Crawford exploded for 25 points against Miami (Ohio) in the Falcons last contest.

The Bulls win if… they can restrict the Falcons to the perimeter.

The Falcons are outscoring their opponents this season from inside the arc and are outrebounding them as well. However, the Falcons only make about 4.6 3-pointers per game, and do not have a big threat from back there.

The Falcons will win if… their big three takes over the game.

The Falcons have not won a game when Thomas, Crawford, or Calhoun has not led the team in scoring. In addition, only twice has another member of the Falcons led the team in rebounds in a win.

The Falcons will have to play big because the Bulls outsize their top scorers.

Prediction: BRYAN FEILER Sports Editor Zach Filzen woke up out of his hibernation and dropped a team-best 21 points. The Bulls re-established their perimeter game last night, which opens up down low for Javon McCrea and Watt. The Bulls will have to use their size to get position in the paint and if they are trapped they can kick it back to Filzen.

Bulls-71 Bowling Green-64 TYLER CADY Senior Sports Editor When Zach Filzen plays like he did against Akron, this team is near unbeatable. Teams simply can’t match Buffalo on the interior and stop Filzen from lighting it up. The game against Akron was exactly what the senior needed to get off the snide.

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A pair of 20-point scorers led the home team. Trisha Krewson had 26 points, which tied a game-high, and Diamon Beckford followed her with 23. Tamzin Barroilhet’s 19 and Jamie Hutcheson’s 13 rounded out the big four scorers for the Flashes.

Kent State was able to get a number of those points from the charity stripe. They went 12-of-19 from the line, all of them coming in the second half, which played a big role in Buffalo relinquishing its 41-38 halftime lead.

“I thought we let them get to the foul line too much,” said head coach Linda Hill-MacDonald.

“They shot excellent from the foul line and that hurt us. We also gave up too many back-door cuts,

BRYAN FEILER Sports Editor NFC Championship: Giants at 49ers (6:30 Sunday): Pick: The New York Football Giants. The 49ers had an emotional win against the Saints last weekend led by an Alex Smith 85-yard game winning drive. However, the Giants’ defense wins games. It did it in 2007, and it’s doing it now. Most teams cannot afford for their quarterback to play well for only half a game, but the Giants can. Especially when their defense will punish Alex Smith this Sunday.

AFC Championship: Ravens at Patriots (3:00 Sunday): Pick: Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. This is going to be a high-scoring affair. The difference in this game will be whether Flacco can make the throws against a lackluster secondary, or can Brady dice up Baltimore’s defense? I’m going to pick Brady every time.

Jack Weinerth, senior geology major NFC: “49ers, just because of their defense.”

AFC: “Patriots, because of Tom Brady.

And their defense really stepped-up in their last game against Denver.”

Mark Manganaro, junior business administration major NFC: “Giants, I think they have a really good run game. They are definitely more stacked; they have Ahmad Bradshaw and then Brandon Jacobs. And they have amazing receivers Hakeem Nicks and Victor Cruz.”

AFC: “Patriots. Tom Brady just has way too many offensive weapons.

I think the Patriots are just really Alexa Strudler /// The Spectrum stacked all around. It’s gonna be a battle; I think it may go into overtime.

Christoff Forth, senior engineering major NFC: “I’ll say Giants because I want a rematch from that one catch they had in the Super Bowl.”

AFC: “Patriots are going to win, obviously. I think the offense is just way better than the Baltimore defense can handle.”

Courtesy of Matt Bliss/Kent State Athletic Communications Bulls' forward Nytor Longar is swarmed by a pair of Kent State defenders. A common theme as the Bulls' would turn it over 21 times in the contest.

which is something we discussed pre-game and at halftime, and their ability to cut really hurt us.”

Kent State did more than just use back-cuts to get to the rack, the Golden Flashes showed off their three-point prowess, making 63 percent of their shots from behind the arc.

To add to all the points the Bulls’ defenders were surrendering, they also turned the ball over 21 times.

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Senior Sports Editor In all the time I’ve spent following sports I don’t know if I ever came across a more confusing bunch of “fans” than the group that has jumped on the I-hate-Tim-Tebow bandwagon.

Hating Tebow is like rooting for Rudy not to make the football team at Notre Dame, and hoping the Make-A-Wish Foundation goes belly up.

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“[Semalulu] was able to get to the rim, particularly off the bounce and she had been struggling the past few games to finish at the rim,” Hill-MacDonald said. “She can beat anyone off the bounce when she takes it hard. So it was good to see her put those layups down.”

The Bulls had trouble stopping the Golden Flashes’ offense. Only five players scored for Kent State but it was all the team needed.

I see people complaining that Tebow gets too much attention from the media.

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Senior guard Teresa Semalulu came into the contest averaging just 3.8 points per game, but chipped in a career-high 14 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, and four steals to fill out the stat sheet.

Senior guard Brittany Hedderson was finally getting some help on the offensive end, and the Bulls (5-14, 0-5 Mid-American Conference) held the lead for much of the game. However, Buffalo ran out of steam and fell to Kent State (3-12, 2-2 MAC), 85-73 in a high-scoring battle Thursday night at the MAC Center.

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The Bulls have an opportunity to make a run after their win versus Akron. This Bowling Green team is tough down low, but Buffalo has arguably the best collection of big men in the MAC. This game will be won on outside shooting, and I think that the Bulls have found their groove from deep.

tempts to hit that mark. She also had some of her teammates step up to assist her, something that hasn’t been the case for much of the season.

The game was going its way, and the women’s basketball team looked like it was going to put a notch in the win column, the first win in conference play this season.

I fully understand that the often less-than-stellar quarterback, who miraculously finds a way to win, is frustrating for those rooting for the Broncos’ opponent. But hating Tebow for being Tebow is a completely different prospect – and judging from what I see on my Facebook it’s an epidemic.

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If you just read that last sentence and agreed with it here’s what I have to say to you: Think of the percentage of NFL players making headlines for positive reasons, and then get back to me if you still have a problem with this man being one of the faces of the league.

I mean seriously, the 2010 AP Comeback Player of the Year Michael Vick’s “comeback” was that he got released from prison.

Pro Bowl quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was suspended for the first for games of last season because he was accused of rape – twice!

Most recently, Chicago Bears’ wide receiver (well I guess you can say former at this point) Sam Hurd was arrested on federal drug charges. He was a kingpin in Chicago’s drug world – allegedly.

These are the cast of characters you’d rather see on ESPN? This is what you want to read about?

Look I understand he’s not the most talented, but who doesn’t love an underdog.

He’ll never be Tom Brady, and he’ll probably never even be Ryan Fitzpatrick. But there’s something magical about a guy who everyone says can’t do it that comes back and shoves it in their faces.

touchdown celebrations that players plan out week-to-week.

Finally, and most importantly, Tim Tebow is a good guy. This man has done more for charity in his 24 years of life than most people can dream of. The beauty of Tim Tebow is that he believes football is just a platform that he can use to do an incredible amount of good in the world – he says it all the time.

He’s currently building a children’s hospital in the Philippines; an area he should be an expert in by now after spending so many of his off days visiting them.

He flies families that have had tremendous hardships in their life out to Broncos games, puts them on the field with him right before kickoff, then hangs out with them afterwards for over an hour win or lose. It may not sound like a huge deal, but try telling that to Zack McLeod a 20-year-old who suffered a traumatic brain injury playing football. McLeod was Tebow’s guest for his playoff loss to the Patriots and just the most recent in a long line of people he has tried to reach out to through his W15H charity.

This guy sounds like he should be playing for the Saints.

After the Broncos had just lost to the Patriots, and Tebow had played arguably his worst game of the season the man had this to say.

“It still wasn’t a bad day,” Tebow said after the game. “It still was a good day, because I got to spend some time before the game with Zack McLeod and make him smile, and overall when you get to do that, it’s still a positive day.

Sometimes that’s hard to see, but it depends what lens you’re looking through. I choose to look through those lenses, and I got to make a kid’s day, that’s more important than winning the game. So, I am proud of that.”

“Most of those turnovers were unforced,” Hill-MacDonald said.

“It wasn’t anything spectacular that Kent was doing.”

With the aid of a dismal 47 percent from the line, Buffalo struggled to score down the stretch, which was all that Kent State needed to pull away.

The Bulls’ guards weren’t to blame for the loss. Hedderson had her fifth straight game with more than 20 points, tallying 26 on the night, but it took her 23 shot at-

Buffalo has now played every team in its division once, failing to record a victory in any of those contests.

The Bulls certainly hope the MAC West is kinder to them than the East has been, as the crossover games are set to begin.

That will start this Sunday, and the Bulls will stay on the road.

The squad will head to Northern Illinois(7-10, 1-4 MAC) to take on the Huskies. Tipoff for that game is scheduled for 7 p.m.

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Enough Tebow Time EDWARD BENOIT

Managing Editor Be warned: this column is, for the most part at least, going to be about why I don’t like Tim Tebow. (Gasp!)

If, for whatever reason, this offends you and your sensibilities, stop reading now.

Now, before I get into the swing of things, Tebow has his fair share of positive qualities, and I realize and appreciate that. For one thing, he’s clutch, at least against mediocre opponents. If I, for whatever reason, was in a situation where I was coaching an NFL game against a lackadaisical AFC West squad and was down, like, 13-17 going into the final two minutes, there is no quarterback I’d rather have at the helm of my offense. Except for Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Aaron Rodgers, Peyton Manning, Eli Manning, Philip Rivers, Ben Roethlisberger, Michael Vick, Matt Stafford, Matt Ryan, Matt Schaub, Cam Newton, and possibly Tony Romo, of course.

Tebow is also a fairly nice guy in person, from what I understand, which is apparently a big deal, given most professional athletes are also professional A-holes.

And, finally, Tebow’s charity work is worthy of admiration. Just ask Spectrum Senior Life Editor Aaron Mansfield, whose friend Zack McLeod is a beneficiary of the Dreams Come True Foundation, in which Tebow is involved. This is really cool, and exactly the kind of selfless, humanistic work the world needs more of.

At the same time, however, Tebow is also involved in Focus on the Family, an anti-gay, anti-choice, anticontraception, anti-sex education, anti-science, anti-social-realities-ofthe-real-f***ing-world group. This is not so cool. This is the group, by the way, that dropped $700,000 buying airtime (plus undisclosed production costs) to run an utterly pointless ad of children reciting John 3:16 during the Broncos-Patriots game instead of, you know, feeding the poor. How Christian of them.

I’ve also come to resent Tebow’s silence on the

Sounds like a real jerk right?

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I have some advice for you my fellow sports fans: Root for the underdog. No one likes a frontrunner, don’t be that guy.

If you dislike Tebow because of him being open about his faith than that’s just prejudicial.

Freedom of religion is a kind of a staple of the Constitution and his “Tebowing” in prayer on the field is well within his right to express himself. Besides the whole “Tebowing” thing is far less overt than the over-the-top

Semalulu’s co-captain, junior guard Nicki Hopkins added nine first half points on 3-of-3 from behind the arc, but like the rest of the team struggled to put points up in the second half. She missed the only second half attempt she took. Sophomore guard Margeaux Gupilan chipped in nine points as well.

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mat- ter of gay rights. Tebow has repeatedly refused to open up about his stance on the issue, and has rebuffed offers from It Gets Better to do a video supporting the cause.

Now, I’m not going to accuse anyone of anything, but Tebow certainly has no qualms about

doing videos for anti-gay organizations. And, if it were to come out, somehow, that Tebow was himself against gay rights and marriage, the irony would be a little too much to handle, especially for me, as Tebow both regularly touches the skin of a dead pig (forbidden in Leviticus 11:6-8) and works on the Sabbath (forbidden too many places in the Bible to list).

And, honestly, I can’t help but be utterly annoyed with Tebow’s gridiron proselytizing. The way I see it, there’s two possible stances on this issue: One: the Christian God doesn’t exist, and Tebow’s actions do nothing but further perpetuate the fundamental superstition and ignorance that has caused and continues to cause most of the world’s hatred and problems, in which case, Tebow should stop proselytizing.

Two: the Christian God does exist, and actually does help Tebow do super important things like toss oblate spheroids made of pig leather, but the effort of doing so may very well be preventing God from addressing other things He’s very notoriously failed to do, like solve world hunger, heal amputees, successfully endorse a 2012 Republican presidential candidate, maintain the Christian faith among the most educated portions of America’s population, and heal Zack McLeod, in which case Tebow should stop proselytizing.

Now, I’m not saying Tebow’s a bad guy, or anything – in fact, compared to the murders, alleged rapists, dog fighters, and asshats who make up much of the NFL, it seems almost absurd to criticize him. At the same time, however, all those less-than-savory players don’t spend tremendous amounts of their time and energy promoting any sort of controversy regarding their personal lives.

Honestly, it’s this facet of Tebow’s persona that accounts for most of why I don’t care for him. Philip Rivers, for instance, is another very religious highly overrated AFC West quarterback with an unconventional throwing motion (who is apparently kind of a jerk, to boot), and I can’t summon anything close to the amount of distaste I have for Tebow for Rivers, in part because not every single one of Philip Rivers’ extracurricular actions on the field goes toward feeding the media’s perpetuation of some invented, trivial Philip-Rivers-related controversy and/or coverage.

Ultimately, Tebow is a key player in the ongoing trivialization of discourse in a culture that’s already been trivialized to the point of existential crisis. Yeah, he does some good things, but most media coverage surrounding Tebow hasn’t been about those good things, it’s been about “Tebowing,” and Focus on the Family commercials, and yardage totals of pareidolic significance to confirmation-biased prone Christians who don’t know what either pareidolia or confirmation bias is.

And, well, I can’t say I’m a fan of that.

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