The Spectrum Volume 61 Issue 54

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Sex Issue, Wednesday, February 15, 2012

The Sex Issue Meg Kinsley /// The Spectrum

Vol. 61 NO. 54

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Sex Issue, Wednesday, February 15, 2012

In Sickness and in Health

RACHEL KRAMER Asst. Life Editor

love and got a 4.0 GPA along the way.

Next year he will be a first year graduate student in the one and a half year Master’s program at UB.

While battling cancer, 19-year-old Adrian Rangl had one major worry: What if he could never have sex again?

The drugs he took to fight Hodgkin’s lymphoma made him horny. He liked to have a good time and wasn’t used to sitting for hours in a chair hooked up to an IV or spending his nights alone in a hospital bed.

In June 2010 chemo was his future.

So was celibacy. His doctors told him his sperm might be permanently damaged. They suggested he freeze some before the treatments began. He did.

“I couldn’t even watch any porn. There are wires monitoring everything. And of course, I didn’t want to get caught,” Adrian said.

Julia.

Could he tell her that? How could he date a girl knowing there wouldn’t be much romance, let alone sex for a long time? Maybe not ever.

There was also her. Julia Linder. He had just met her a few weeks ago at a frat party. She was different. She wasn’t clingy like most of the girls he knew at UB. She was smart. Really smart. And ambitious. And beautiful.

They had just started to get to know each other, and were both feeling the tingles of new crush nerves when the doctor’s report came back.

The pneumonia he had had at the end of the spring semester wasn’t from a lack of sleep. He had cancer in his lungs.

He was stage one and had an 86 percent survival rate, according to his doctors.

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“I feel like after getting through this, I could get through anything,” Adrian said. “In the long run the cancer was such a small time in my life.”

“I didn’t know if she would want to live through it with me,” he said.

Alexa Strudler /// The Spectrum Adrian Rangl and Julia Linder have an inspiring story of romance, as she’s stuck by his side while he’s faced cancer head-on.

The name of his cancer was Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Close to 9,000 Americans will be diagnosed with it this year, according to the National Cancer Institute. Most of them will be between the ages of 15 and 35.

Eighty-six? Adrian couldn’t believe it.

It sounded high, but not high enough.

What about that other 14 percent?

This year, 1,190 people will die from it.

Adrian, a business finance major, was determined not be among them.

But he wanted her to want to. But how to tell her?

He couldn’t do it in person.

So he sent her a text. It had become their usual form of communication since the semester had ended and she was at home in New Jersey and he had moved back to Queens.

He not only survived, but also fell in

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SEX STATS : We asked 105 students their thoughts on various topics...

Do you masturbate?

What are your thoughts on Valentine’s Day?

Are you...?

Where Is Your Favorite Place to Have Sex? 60 50 40

Love it

Yes

30

Hate it

20

No

30

Weather for the Week:

Wednesday: Partly Cloudy- H: 36, L: 29 Thursday: Rain/Snow- H: 42, L: 33 Friday: Snow Shower- H: 36, L: 30

30

10

20

5

10 0

dd

dd

N/A

Other

Pretzel

Spooning

Reverse Cowgirl

Cowgirl

Doggy

Missionary

0

N/A

N/A

15

Other

40

Foot fetish

Had an affair/Cheated

Sent Nude Pictures

Had Cybersex

Tried Bondage

Had Anal sex

Had a Threesome/Orgy

Videotaped yourself

10

20

Torture

20

50

An “Old-fashioned”

30

Other

60

25

There’s nothing like the real thing

40

0

What Is Your Favorite Sex Act?

What Is Your Favorite Position?

Oral Pleasure

Have You Ever...?

50

In public

Bed

0

Back seat

10 Chair

Don’t care

Against the wall

In a relationship

Floor

Single

Haider alidina /// the spectrum

Opinion * 3 News * 4,5,8,9 Arts * 14,15 Classifieds / Daily Delights * 19 Sports * 20

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EDITORIAL BOARD EDITOR IN CHIEF Matthew Parrino SENIOR MANAGING EDITOR James Twigg

The DISCLOSE act must be passed

MANAGING EDITOR Edward Benoit EDITORIAL EDITOR James Bowe NEWS EDITORS Luke Hammill, senior Rebecca Bratek Sara DiNatale, asst.

Lisa Khoury, asst.

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LIFE EDITORS Aaron Mansfield, senior Keren Baruch Lyzi White Rachel Kramer, asst.

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Your voice means nothing in the American government.

Well, your voice might mean something but there are a few flaming laser hoops you have to jump through in order to be on par with the big dogs.

First thing’s first: start a political action committee.

PACs are organizations that raise money to give to candidates or political parties.

Next, get a large group of your friends together. It’s preferable that you get people from the campaign you’re supporting on your team. Oh, there are rules against the candidate being directly affiliated with the PAC, but nobody ever said the guy who used to run a candidate’s campaign couldn’t be affiliated.

Now comes the easy part: find a way to raise about 30 million big ones so you can pay for advertisements and essentially run a “separate” campaign.

That’s how much money Mitt Romney’s super PAC has raised so far. Before the election has even started, over $80 million has been raised in support of campaigns, according to Pro Publica.

It certainly helps to be extremely wealthy to begin with, too.

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Luckily there are some in congress who might actually give a rat’s ass about the voice of the average American. The DISCLOSE act, designed to increase the transparency of these super PACs, was introduced in 2010 and defeated in the Senate by a lone vote.

Now, a modified version has been presented to Congress. It would force corporations to tell shareholders where they spent money on campaigning, and make the top five donors for any of those embarrassing political attack ads appear at the end and approve the message they’re spreading.

It’s not a reversal of Citizens United, but it’s a great start to make sure that at least we know where the money buying and paying for our government and laws is coming from.

gan, the modern tea-party monstrosity that is the Republican Party. Back in 2010 when Democrats had control of the house and senate, only two Republicans supported the measure for transparency.

Neither is still in Congress.

Considering how good the GOP is at organizing the ranks and preventing its members from voting outside party lines, it’s not entirely likely that this bill will get passed again. To do so would admit they were wrong in 2010; an admission of defeat that they think would make them look weak.

Few times in history has the protection of corporate interests been so blatant. Republicans fear the general public being able to easily see that they’re voting against more tax incentives for clean energy and for more oil subsidies because massive oil corporations have all but paid for their vote.

The irony of the Republican Congress seems to be never ending. Argue for less government in our lives, and then demand the government penetrate a woman’s womb. Get elected to congress on a platform of transparency, and then vote against it whenever you can.

We are slowly losing our grip on this nation, as the dollar becomes the de-facto dictator of the U.S. If your congressman votes against the DISCLOSE act, vote him out.

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That’s the essence of the Supreme Court decision on the Citizens United case, which gave so-called super PACs the ability to take in unlimited amounts of money from donors and determined that money spent on political ads by unions and corporations was the same as free speech.

Nothing comes easy in this political landscape, however. Who opposed the bill the first time and is sure to oppose it again this time around?

Don’t have the time, money, resources, or training to deal with all that garbage? Well, obviously you don’t value your political system as much as a major corporation.

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Valentine’s Day is a tired routine

Unless you are blind, deaf, and dumb you probably noticed that yesterday was the day that most every single person in western civilization loathes: Valentine’s Day.

didn’t start with any religious piety or birds pleasuring each other, but with the Industrial Revolution. See, back in the late 1700’s, factories began producing premade cards with verses in them.

at through that light. Maybe it’s just nice that by buying things you’re supporting local businesses.

Kind of like a yearly stimulus package for the area you live in.

The holiday started off as a Catholic feast for Saint Valentine. Apparently, the priest was hanging out in Rome and praising Jesus, when the emperor got pissed and told him to either stop converting Romans to Christianity or be beaten to death and beheaded, for good measure. (IDIOT DISCLAIMER: this is a gross simplification. If you take it seriously, you’re stupid.)

They were dubbed “mechanical valentines,” and with the increasing efficiency of postage it became easy to send out a bunch of impersonal bits of paper. This tradition has continued on, and been expanded on infinitely.

Certainly every Feb. 13 gives local florists a huge shot in the arm from guys that waited until the last minute to prove to their wives/girlfriends that they love them so much to hand them a big bouquet of cliché.

Many of those companies that have weaseled their way into “love” made their moves on Valentine’s Day. Jewelers, candy manufacturers, and various sex toy companies have co-opted the holiday as their own.

More than anything, V-Day is a way for dying relationships to resuscitate themselves for a little while longer. It lets couples fool each other into thinking that they’re still okay.

Valentine said no, and was promptly bludgeoned and relieved of his dome-piece. Such a romantic story!

Geoffrey Chaucer (that guy who wrote the Canterbury Tales which you spark-noted in high school) provides us with the first account of Valentine’s being a romantic holiday, when he associated the day with mating birds in a 1382 poem.

V-Day is the pinnacle of commercializing a holiday and emotion, which continued with every other holiday like Christmas and Easter.

How fitting for it all to begin with chicks having sex.

Companies now use it as a free advertising tool to get people to buy their lovers or prospective lovers a nice diamond necklace, or a night out at a fancy restaurant that you can’t afford. It’s completely an engine of materialism, not a celebration of love.

What we know as Valentine’s Day, though, really

In a way it does have it’s advantages when looked

If the only time you’re romantic and sexy with your partner is on a snowy and ugly day in February, then you should probably have considered just getting out of the relationship and enjoying singleness with all the other singles on V-Day. So, to those of you who are truly hopeless romantics (or those of you whipped into absolutely having to appease your lady with meaningless sacrifices to the god of un-thoughtful gifts) at least buy your wares, including the cherry flavored condoms, from a local vendor.

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True Life: I’m a Sex Columnist KEREN BARUCH Life Editor Human rights are being violated in Syria, celebrities are dying of drug overdoses daily, and even here at UB there were suspicions of President Tripathi violating SUNY policy.

woman who is independent, outspoken, and sexually confident might be seen as following in the hip footsteps of Carrie Bradshaw, the fictional sex columnist in HBO’s Sex and the City. Or she might be scorned as sophomoric, a slut with a pen.”

Slut with a pen? Please.

Throughout all of these events, there is one topic that seems to continuously get more publicity and reaction than all of the above, and I have had the luxury of writing about this notorious matter for the past semester and a half – sex.

I’ve gotten “IRL troll,” “Someone’s hitting this?” “We really need someone more physically appealing to write these,” and the list goes on. My colleagues even publicly made some of these crass comments toward me.

Yes, our society is more likely to click a hyperlink with the word “sex” in it than with the title “Obama,” yet people continue to criticize sex columnists. Why?

But I don’t let these comments bring me down because at the end of the day, I’m still entertaining, people are still swooning over my every sentence, and I continue to have the most hits on a continuous column in The Spectrum.

Because sex has been, and potentially will always be, a taboo topic of discussion. Most people feel awkward opening up about their personal lives. Heck, even I feel uncomfortable disclosing private information. That’s why I base all of my columns on friends’ experiences and my observations of others’ situations.

Our generation is being raised in such a provocative culture – half of the commercials played on television could easily be put in the same category as porn (refer to the Carl’s Jr. commercial featuring Paris Hilton). Yet when I make a comment like: “let him stuff you like the cream inside an Oreo,” you all blush and proceed to tell me that you will never eat an Oreo again. (Give me a break – there’s no way you liked Oreos so much if you’re really never going to eat one again, and if my words truly did affect you so immensely, you’re welcome for saving you the calories.)

“Writing about sex for college readers can be exhilarating,” according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. “Sex scribes – almost all of them women – often become instant celebrities on the campus. But there is scrutiny, too. A young

Right before fall semester of 2011, I agreed to become UB’s first-ever sexcolumnist. I expected to struggle while coming up with topics to write about. I expected to be boring. And most of all, I expected my roommate to be the only person to flip through The Spectrum and read my words.

I was totally wrong.

I sat down at my computer and ideas began to flow as my fingers effortlessly typed simile after simile, and there was just pure brilliance on the screen in front of me. When I started getting hate mail and cruel comments, I was confused. I thought I was hilarious, and quite frankly, I was proud of myself for producing these columns despite my lack of experience.

People began to judge me, and how could I blame them? I was writing about a controversial topic and I never once thought of how strongly my words would affect others. Instead of the sex column being something that I did on the side for fun,

it became me. People began to recognize me on campus, in my lecture halls, and when I went out at night. After a while, though, I decided I didn’t mind the opinions of others so long as I knew who I was deep down.

I’m a hard-working girl with a passion to entertain and to learn. I respect myself, I respect others, and I am not afraid to be a little bit crazy sometimes. After I graduate, I plan on attending law school, traveling the world, falling in love, and getting married.

It’s easy to get upset when you’re constantly being told that you’re “classless” and “gross,” but it’s not easy to get past the offensive comments, and that is why I choose to put those opinions behind me and continue to produce the columns that are receiving so much attention on campus.

With the constant personal struggles we must overcome, like the death of a loved one, and the worldwide events like Occupy Wall Street, which sometimes affect us so much that our blood pressure rises, it’s trivial that we let go sometimes and find something to laugh about. People wonder why sex columns receive more hits than the “more serious” affairs taking place around the world, but isn’t it obvious?

The reason is that it’s harder to find a column filled with silly advice and clever metaphors that actually relates to our personal lives, than it is to find an article about all of the negative things happening around us.

The world needs a break.

Many college students who spend a majority of their time studying and worrying about where their journey will take them after graduation enjoy a light read about virginity and stage-five clingers at the end of their day more than reading about the anger exploding on the streets

of Athens.

The importance of making sure we have enough knowledge about the world around us and a high enough GPA is promoted far too often, while the importance of amusement and foolishness is not encouraged enough.

This is not to say that we should all be apathetic about what’s happening in the world around us – it is crucial to be updated on what’s going on and to take an interest in politics, the economy, and all that jazz. It goes to say, though, that we are allowed to lighten up sometimes, and the intense amount of hatred that is often sent in the direction of sex columnists is unnecessary.

Dr. Seuss once said: “I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”

I truly believe in his words. Creativity, laughter, and entertainment are all essentials in our culture, so it’s time to take the sticks out of our behinds, and replace them with something else…(sorry, it was too tempting to throw a sexual reference in there.)

So whether you read my work and then post deliberately hurtful comments under an anonymous alias, or you frame my columns on your wall because they’re the funniest words of wisdom that you’ve ever laid your eyes on, or even if I’m your guilty pleasure and you only laugh about my clever metaphors behind closed doors, my words are receiving attention and promoting discussion – so my goal is complete.

Sex is fun – reading about it, writing about it, and actually doing it; so loosen up, world, because that’s never hurt anybody before.

Email: keren.baruch@ubspectrum.com

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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Hot Water Problem Fixed in Greiner

REBECCA BRATEK News Editor

who complained about the lack of hot water. “It is not still recurring. Fortunately, the water has been very hot.”

In November, The Spectrum reported that Greiner Hall – the newest state-of-the-art and environmentally friendly sophomore-only dorm at UB – was without hot water.

Students reported that it took anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes for the water to warm up, and even at the hottest temperature, the water was still only lukewarm.

A new semester has begun, and students have seen this problem corrected.

“The problem persisted for most of the first semester of this year,” said Gabe Miller, a sophomore communication major and a Greiner resident

reports from students back in the fall.

The changes to the piping system were not invasive or extensive, as university officials and the contractors feared when outlining the plan, according to Constantino.

Other students also noted the return of hot water to their showers. Frank Fonesca, a sophomore mechanical engineering major, said he now risks scalding himself if he turns the dial more than three-fourths through the “red” section, and notes that this is not a complaint because he can now find a comfortable temperature.

Constantino said Campus Living had not heard any recent complaints from Greiner residents, and she believes students to be satisfied with their living environment.

Others’ experiences differed, albeit slightly.

“The problem rarely still occurs, and sometimes it’s hard to get a ‘warm’ temperature. Sometimes it’s just really hot or really cold,” said Alexandria Trujillo, a sophomore prepharmacy major.

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In November, Andrea Constantino, the interim director of Campus Living, told students and parents that Campus Living was taking complaints very seriously.

She said the building’s contractors – LP Ciminelli, D.V. Brown, and Cannon Design – worked to repair problems found during non-invasive spot tests to piping.

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Peter Barth /// The Spectrum Greiner residents experienced problems with hot water during the fall semester, but a new semester has begun and students like Jack Rossetti have since seen the problem corrected.

spaces during the semester break, after further consultation with the building engineer,” Constantino said in an email. “Certain system components were altered, and some were replaced. The system is now currently delivering the desired temperature of hot water in an acceptable time frame.”

Hot water now is able to reach any part of the building within 60 seconds, according to Constantino – much faster and more reliably than

The UB Music Department presents

“I am now satisfied with Campus Living’s response,” Fonesca said. “I wasn’t really dissatisfied with their efforts last semester; I didn’t think they were putting it off or slacking. I just figured there was nothing more they could do while people continued to live in the rooms. I suspect a full service was not really feasible while students were living there.”

Trujillo added that a lack of hot water is not “life-threatening,” and that she thought the problem was handled in a timely matter from her initial complaints.

Yet some students were not happy with the time Campus Living took to respond to the problems.

“I had to go months without a consistently hot shower,” Miller said. “Most days, it was very, very cold, and other days, it was lukewarm. And sometimes, if you waited about half an

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hour to 45 minutes, the water would start getting warm. But sometimes, you really don’t have that kind of time in the morning because you needed to get to class.”

Miller also added that the heating in Greiner is an issue. He noted that he isn’t able to control the heat from the thermostat in his room, and he says his resident adviser and members of the custodial staff told him that the heat in the building is monitored from a central location.

“They told me that when it gets cold outside, it gets hot inside, but that doesn’t seem to be accurate,” Miller said. “It would be cold weather outside and I wouldn’t feel any warmer in my room.”

Constantino responded that students are able to control the heat in their rooms; they can regulate the temperature in a normal range between 68 and 72 degrees, and this is individual to each room.

Residents who have concerns can contact the Resident Life staff available in every building, according to Constantino. In addition, Greiner Hall has two full-time tradespeople who maintain the building and relationships with local service providers, which are contacted in case of emergencies.

Residents of Greiner have banded together through the issues that come with living in the new hall.

The Greiner Hall Council, which has designated a color to each wing of the hall, is organizing an event in which the wings will compete against each other in different games.

“I recently received my Greiner Inaugural T-Shirt,” Miller said. “It has funny things on it for people who live in Greiner. On the back, it says, ‘You know you live in Greiner Hall when…’ and there’s a bunch of inside jokes about the different issues that we’ve had to deal with in Greiner.”

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UB-UUP Removes its President Union represents faculty, professional staff

essence, the board has stolen an election from the members.

They have lost any credibility they may have had. I am embarrassed by the actions of the board; as a member, I am outraged.”

LUKE HAMMILL Senior News Editor The board of the union representing UB faculty and professional staff voted on Monday to remove Mike Behun as president of the organization.

Behun said he is considering fighting the board’s actions at the state level, but he has not decided anything yet.

The Buffalo Center Chapter of United University Professions (UB-UUP) – which represents approximately 2,400 UB employees – will now be led by Vice President for Professionals Tom Tucker on an interim basis.

Behun, who was elected by UUP membership in 2009 and again in 2011, sent an email on Monday to UB-UUP membership, disputing the board’s decision.

“Democracy took a hit today…

[The board has] no power to remove a sitting president willing and able to serve,” Behun wrote. “They adopted new rules not in our chapter bylaws; I am just glad I do not need to walk the plank. But be assured they plan today’s vote to be by ‘secret ballot for the comfort of all.’ Typically the voters are able to vote in a recall.”

Tucker said that the board does have the power to remove a standing officer, needing a two-thirds vote to do so, and that Behun has the ability to contest the board’s decision at a higher level (UUP is a statewide union). He said the disagreement was over differing interpretations of UUP’s bylaws.

“I could read it one way; you might read it another…At this point, Mike doesn’t agree,” Tucker said. “The board seems to collectively agree that we have this ability to do that…

This was not a personal vendetta against Mike…This was just something that the board felt, and it was the board’s decision.”

The email was also posted on the main page of UB-UUP’s website. It went on to say that UB-UUP Vice President for Academics Ezra Zubrow accused Behun of his “failure [to] meet [his] duties” a few weeks ago, at which time the board gave Behun two weeks to resign or be removed.

Zubrow would have became interim president of UB-UUP after Behun’s removal, as he was next in line, but he declined since he is also chair of the Faculty Senate, which would be a conflict of interest for him. So the job fell to Tucker.

“What we tried to do is be as diplomatic and as democratic as possible with all this,” Tucker said.

Courtesy of UUP Buffalo Mike Behun is no longer the president of UB’s chapter of United University Professions after the board voted to remove him on Monday.

Behun told The Spectrum he was very surprised by the board’s actions. He said the board used a technicality within the bylaws to oust him.

“The board used a portion of the bylaws to circumvent an election,” Behun said. “This section is designed to allow the board to place an acting president in place of an elected one if I became incapacitated…In

Tucker indicated that there were specific instances of Behun not performing up to acceptable standards, but he declined to go into specifics, not wanting to make a statement as the brand-new acting president. He said the board would release additional information after its next meetings.

Behun said the board was unhappy with his being away from campus often, but he explained that he was away because he was negotiating with the state on the union’s behalf.

“I did miss some chapter events,” Behun wrote to the union. “I believed meeting with the state took precedence over a chapter dinner meeting.”

Behun’s removal comes just weeks after the union passed a referendum demanding UB and its President Satish K. Tripathi to cut all ties with the Buffalo Niagara Partnership and the Business Council of New York State – the local and state chambers of commerce.

UB declined to do so.

But Tucker said that Behun’s removal was “not at all” because of his handling of the referendum.

“Some people might not like the way Mike had handled it, but this was not a direct result of the referendum,” Tucker said.

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Israel accuses Iran of recent bombings at delaying the potential building of nuclear bombs in Iran.

Israel accused the Iranian government of a Monday bombing that struck the Israeli Embassy in India and Georgia. Iran has denied any connection to the attacks.

If the attacks were carried out by Iran, it further indicates that Tehran’s government is willing to go beyond its borders against Israelis and kill civilians. The U.S. has connected Iran to the attempt to kill a Saudi ambassador on American soil.

Among the injured was the wife of an Israeli defense envoy, whose car exploded. A similar device was found in the capitol of Georgia – it was placed on the car of a staff member of the Israeli embassy and was luckily defused by police.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has rejected the accusations made by Israel. The defense is that its nuclear power program is peaceful, and Iran claims it pursued uranium because of international pressure. Warnings are being made by Israel to stop this advancement before Iran comes closer to nuclear progress.

These attacks are minor compared to those in recent years that have killed five of Iran’s nuclear scientists. These have come with threats upon Iran’s nuclear facilities as well. Iranians have blamed the Israelis for attacks, and there are signs they might retaliate. Israelis have aimed

Union president charged for embezzlement Guy Masocco, of Buffalo, was convicted on Tuesday of embezzlement of labor union assets. He is sentenced to 10 months of home detention and three years of probation.

reimbursement on wages he lost while on union business. Payroll records indicate that Masocco was paid for some of the days and times and was still reimbursed by the union.

Masocco is the union president of Steelworkers’ Local 897. From December 2004 to November 2009, he used his union credit card for personal expenses. He submitted claims to the union for

The government has estimated that Masocco cost members of local 897 approximately $31,700.

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A Serendipitous Match Match.com. Still, couples like Danny and Sarah feel the stigma attached to meeting online.

all dating, I was very nervous, even more so as I liked her before I met her.”

Sarah’s father coached Danny’s father in Little League baseball. Their aunts, moms, and uncles grew up and went to school together in Buffalo’s Lovejoy neighborhood.

Danny even jokes, “The first rule about online dating is lying about how you met.”

Danny’s grandmother sold Sarah’s grandfather’s house. Sarah’s father dated Danny’s godmother. They both went to UB, and they even worked across the hall from each other in the psychology department.

Their “story?” They met at a karaoke lounge. Danny was singing, and the relationship blossomed from there.

The lie stuck until they felt comfortable telling people how they met.

Sometimes they still are leery about sharing their real story with people other than close friends or family.

Sarah and Danny decided to meet at Starbucks for coffee for their first date; the date lasted nearly four hours. Danny still remembers how Sarah showed up late because she was repainting her room. He joked she looked a bit scruffy with paint on her face.

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Yet, the first time they met was after finding each other on Match.com.

“I was working in a psychology lab that studied dating,” Danny said.

(The couple didn’t want last names published.) “It was suggested at a lab meeting [that] we should look at the metrics being used on online dating sites to see what they were doing and asking. So I tried it to see the data.”

Online dating seems to be less taboo these days – one in five relationships start online, according to statistics on

“At first, I was a little apprehensive of saying we met online because I didn’t think it was so common, even though it was only two years ago,” Sarah said. “Now, to say you met online, I don’t think it’s a big deal.”

Sarah was also a little nervous to try online dating; she had many questions going into the experience.

“Do you know if the picture you are looking at is really the person you are talking to?” Sarah said. “Are they be-

But, they still consider the first date a success – the couple has been together for almost two years now.

Courtesy of Danny Danny and Sarah had a handful of connections that could have led them to meet, but it took a popular online dating site to bring them together.

ing themselves or are they putting up a front because they can hide behind their computers and can create an online persona?”

She signed up because – at age 25 – she was busy trying to get her Master’s degree and working to help pay for school.

She was simply too busy to save much time for the social “scene.”

Sarah had gone on a few coffee dates, and she “went out with a guy a few times” – nothing serious, that is, until she met Danny.

forgotten about his dating profile; he thought he had deleted it after he completed his psychology studies. The profile was created “strictly in the name of science.” During the original studies, he tried a few dates with girls he described as just “plain crazy,” and decided online dating was not for him.

He rediscovered his profile at 27 years old and decided to give it a few more clicks. Sarah’s profile was one of the first he discovered.

“I got lucky,” Danny said. “I forgot my account was on and met the single most wonderful person in my life.”

They talked for while – online, then progressed to phone conversations, and then spent time getting to know each other – before meeting in person for coffee.

“We had talked on the phone and I really liked her,” Danny said. “So like

Danny had

“I would say we are a little bit like ying and yang,” Sarah said. “I like to think that our strengths and weaknesses play off of one another well in that we are always challenging one another mentally, physically, spiritually and are also trying to become better as individuals and as a couple.”

The couple advocates finding potential matches online, but both hope people are cautious in their searches.

Sarah had rules for herself: talk for a few weeks via email and messaging on the site before giving out her number, progress to talking on the phone, and finally meet in a public place if the interest remains. But, both Sarah and Danny stressed that you don’t have to take any more caution than meeting a stranger at a bar.

“Don't expect a thing [to come from online dating],” Danny said. “When I was doing work at the university it was joked that online dating is just as accurate as throwing a dart in a room and going with that guy or that girl.

I giggle a bit now, as I guess I hit the bull’s eye.”

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Occupy Wall Street Visits South Campus attract students from UB.

MARK DAVIS Staff Writer

“That’s a particular issue that’s bugged me a lot,” said Logan Noonan, a member of Occupy Buffalo and a junior philosophy and psychology major.

Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Buffalo held a public forum on Monday evening on UB’s South Campus, discussing issues facing UB students, the future of the Occupy movement, and the planning of a campus-wide event set for March 1.

“It’s understandable to a certain extent,” Noonan said of the lack of political action among students. “Everybody has busy lives, we’re all trying to get our education done, and a lot of us have jobs to try and get through that. But I think we can’t afford not to [occupy], at the end of the day. The need for change is too dire.”

Cayden Mak, a third year graduate student in the media studies department, hosted the event along with Occupy Wall Street and Buffalo representatives. Mak, who has worked extensively with Occupy Buffalo, is a member of the Defend Our Education Coalition and New York Students Rising.

Approximately 40 people attended Monday’s meeting – including UB professors and local community activists, while only a few UB undergraduate students were in attendance.

The evening began with refreshments and introductions, but the serious issues facing the Occupy movement were soon addressed, led primarily by Occupy Wall Street members who traveled from New York City for the event.

The evening was in many ways a celebration of Occupy – its accomplishments, big and small, since last year and what types of changes need to be made for the future.

yeo jung lee /// the spectrum Members of Occupy Wall Street traveled to Buffalo this past Monday to discuss the future of the Occupy movement with UB students.

Cayden Mak has been extensively involved in Occupy Buffalo and helped host the event along with other representatives from the movement.

Mak used the meeting to inform attendees of the WEAR event that will take place on March 1.

To help focus on questions facing UB students and faculty, the room was divided into four groups after the first 20 minutes. Attention was given to the rising costs of textbooks, student tuition, and how to secure better income for university professors.

“The idea is for students to have something visible on their person that shows how much debt they have taken on for their education, to help combat this stigma and the sense that we’re all isolated in this issue,” Mak said. “There are a lot of people, from faculty to undergrads, who are suffering from this.”

When the group portion ended, everyone gathered for spirited discourse on a large number of issues. Student debt was a concern for many who spoke at the meeting; many believe it to be the most pressing issue facing students and graduates as they try to navigate a tumultuous economy with stagnating unemployment.

The Occupy movement began in September of last year, when protestors took to Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan and took up residence for weeks. Since then, Occupy movements sprung up in hundreds of cities around the world, focusing largely on issues of unemployment and economic inequality.

“We’re in a place where our future is very uncertain,” said Andre Primus, a junior environmental design major. “The unemployment… the rising debt, and the loss of the middle-class job market means that we need to change things now.”

While proclaiming itself to be apolitical, the Occupy movement became identified as a leftist movement, attracting liberal students, activists, union members, and celebrities. Yet the movement received little support among elected officials in the U.S.

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By the end of the fall, many Occupy movements around the country tried hard to sustain momentum, facing the challenges of frustrated cities and local governments, while cold weather kept it hard to live outdoors.

In Buffalo, Occupy organizers found it hard to

Buffalo community activist Beverly Hiestand was positive about the prospects for student organization and for possible change at UB. “All of a sudden, something will happen, and things will move quickly,” Hiestand said. “And in a school, it could be in the same way. You never know when it’s going to take off.”

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Blowjobs: Flowers for Men FELICIA O. Special to The Spectrum From the time every boy gets his first boner, he has the overwhelming urge to get his sausage sucked. But unfortunately for men, they cannot usually perform their own blowjobs. And while oral sex is something almost all men desire, women do not always share their passion.

Let’s be frank: it’s likely that most puberty-stricken boys have sat on their toilet, looking down at their junk, thinking: “if only I was missing a couple vertebrae from my spine.” But only two or three men out of 1,000 can administer their own blowjobs – fun fact: it’s called the art of autofellatio – and it’s more than likely that you are not one of them.

If all boys could do it themselves without breaking their necks, chances are there would be a lot less dirty socks and a lot more “personal days” in middle school.

There’s the Marilyn Manson rumor – that he can successfully perform autofellatio because he surgically removed a couple of ribs. Maybe you saw this and thought, “Wow, he’s got something there!” Spoiler alert: he didn’t.

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BRIAN JOSEPHS Arts Editor Alexa Strudler /// The Spectrum

Meg Kinsley /// The Spectrum Students all over campus are buoyed by the concept of blowjobs – one of the most tabooed sexual acts.

Manson battled the rumor by saying: “If I really got my ribs removed, I would have been busy sucking my own dick on the Wonder Years instead of chasing Winnie Cooper. Besides, I wouldn’t have sucked other people’s dicks on stage, either. I would have been sucking my own.”

So there you have it. Unless you’re as well endowed as Ron Jeremy or a contortionist, you’ll need an assistant.

Blowjobs aren’t a new discovery – far from it. The first trace of fellatio comes from ancient Egyptian mythology.

After Osiris, god of the underworld, is killed and dismembered by his brother Set, his sister Iris tried to put the pieces of his body back together.

Unfortunately, his penis went missing so a replacement penis was made out of clay (or gold in some tellings), and Iris revived Osiris by sucking on the fake penis.

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Fellow males, your sex lives are in grave danger.

because of an incense experiment gone wrong.

The activity has fallen victim to some serious concerns over the past two decades, distresses that make intercourse less fun and more of a responsibility. Think STIs, pregnancy, and the less unfortunate stage-five clingers. However, being mindful of these risks is a necessity.

But one addition that is particularly detrimental is the use of music during sex.

The problem lies in the superficial concerns. Are we satisfying our partner? Is the mood right? Am I doing it wrong if she’s not screaming my name before passing out after an orgasm?

A while back, Asst. Life Editor Keren Baruch wrote a column called “Turn Up the Tunes to Turn Up the Orgasm.” In her piece, Baruch argues that music is beneficial to sex because it helps fill in those awkward moments of silence and helps cover up the deed from the people in the vicinity. In the end, she concludes having sex with music may not be for everybody.

Of course, like the gentlemen some college students are, we do things to compensate for these insecurities. They can be counterproductive even though they are well intentioned. What good are condoms if the woman you’re with is allergic to them? And no one wants to be the one stared down by his dorm mates

I disagree with that point (as I do with a majority of her columns, but that’s another matter). The question isn’t whether or not to play music, but which music to play. Too often guys play music to satisfy their partners and, on the surface, it works.

But in reality, we really are shooting ourselves in the feet.

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An Open Letter to UB Men’s Basketball your record that keeps us coming to cheer you on game after game. We can’t lie – the amount of attractiveness you guys exude leaves us breathless.

Before we laid our eyes upon your athletic bodies and impressive stamina, we had no interest in basketball, whatsoever. It seemed like a silly game at first – just really tall boys in really long shorts, running aimlessly back and forth across the court and trying to shoot a rock into a hole.

But now, we actually care about your 3-pointers, layups, free throws, and dunks. We even voted daily for Mitchell Watt to win ESPN’s Dark Horse Dunker contest (we were severely heartbroken on Monday when he lost in the first round by two percent).

REBECCA BRATEK and VILONA TRACHTENBERG News Editor and Asst. Arts Editor Dear UB Men’s Basketball, Roses are red; violets are blue. We only go to basketball games so we can stare at you.

We don’t mean to sound creepy, but it’s not just

But your team is easily the best-performing sports team on this campus. You even have the highest student attendance at your games; your attendance percentage trumps attendance at the football games (and you actually win…).

When students go to your games, it’s more

likely they’ll leave feeling like they’ve won, too, because of your infectious passion for the game.

You drive the UB school spirit that this school has been missing for quite some time.

Number one in our eyes and hearts is number 21 on the court. Mitchell Watt, we’re looking at you.

Yes, your dunks are magnificent, graceful, and seem effortless. But, what are actually flawless and not talked about in the sports reports are your looks. Your mile-long eyelashes, towering height, and your immaculate complexion illuminate the arena and draw our eyes to the court.

are far from timid when dribbling that ball.

Javon McCrea. You may be a sophomore and we may not go for younger men, but we cannot ignore your powerful presence and dominance of the court. Even this news editor’s 17-year-old sister can’t help but have a schoolgirl crush.

Men’s basketball, we love you all, even if we don’t have enough space to list each of you and the reasons why.

We can guarantee the majority of your female fans come to cheer you on not only because of your many-game winning streak, but because we (speaking for UB’s female game-attending population) just like to look at you, #realtalk.

Our sports editors laugh when we ask about your performance at practice – even more when they tell us the practices are often shirtless.

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Continued from page 1: In Sickness and in Health Julia Julia stared at her phone screen.

She didn’t know what to say.

Why was he talking about cancer? Was this a joke? He was built like a bull.

She had just met Adrian, but she liked him immediately. She liked his goofiness and the way he could turn anything into a joke accompanied by his innocent and youthful laughed. She was looking forward to spending the Fall 2010 semester with him.

“I’m not the kind of person who runs away from a problem,” said the shy brunette. “I really did want to be there for him even though we just met.”

Julia grew up in a small town and thought of herself as a romantic. She always knew that when she grew up she wanted to help people, which is why she chose to be a speech and hearing science major at UB. She hopes to become an audiologist.

She told him she would be there for him. She told herself the romance would have to wait and might never be.

The First Step Adrian started chemotherapy June 23, 2010 at the White Plains Hospital in White Plains, NY near his family’s house in Queens. He was scheduled for 12 treatments, one every two weeks for six months.

On July 7, during Adrian’s second chemotherapy treatment, the port doctors had placed in his neck for the continuous input and output medicine got infected.

Adrian developed a rare staph infection called MethicillinResistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA). It invaded his bloodstream and caused the 6-foot-3, 230-pound boy to tremble and sweat profusely. After one day, he could no longer get out of bed.

He couldn’t eat without nausea overwhelming him.

He was 19 and he felt close to death.

He also still thought of Julia.

He wanted to tell her. Yet he also wanted to protect her – and what was left of his pride. He wanted to be with her, but he feared that his condition would scare her away.

He didn’t tell her.

“I told my dad goodbye because I was so close to death,” Adrian

said. “I felt death and all I could think of was how my friends and family will feel.”

His father was at his bedside spending the hours holding his hand and talking to him about his favorite basketball team, the Lakers. “[My dad is] what makes me feel confident and who keeps me together mentally,” he said.

Joseph Rangl was no stranger to hospitals. His wife and Adrian’s mother, had passed away three years earlier after a long struggle with breast cancer.

Joseph Rangl knew how to offer quiet support.

After nine days, the MRSA left Adrian’s blood stream.

Dates Julia knew she had fallen for Adrian. And yet, she had to wait knowing they might never get to live their story.

“I think that was the scariest part,” Julia said. “The thought of losing him, and I had just met him, and I was just getting to know him, that was the scariest thing.”

Summer came to an end and Adrian and his father were determined not to let cancer take over everything. Adrian thought he should stay out of school until the cancer was gone, but his father knew better. He wanted Adrian to move forward and return to UB. UB also meant Julia.

The romance began. A little.

They saw each other every day.

They shared kisses in the halls, messy wing dinners at Duffs, Greek meals at Family Tree on South campus and hours sitting on the grass by Lake La Salle.

They talked about everything – life, schoolwork, and the cancer.

They spent almost every free hour together.

Except Fridays at 10 a.m. That’s when Adrian had his other date.

His hands got cold and clammy and his heart beat quickly as he breathed in the antiseptic smell of Roswell Cancer Institute. He sat in his chair for five hours as the chemicals dripped into his system.

Without her.

Julia never went to those chemo treatments. She knew she wouldn’t be able to stay strong if she saw him as a patient in the hospital. She wanted to see

him as he was with her – lively, boisterous, and healthy.

Adrian didn’t mind, in fact it helped him. He was able to be himself with her and not worry about what she might think.

She was always with him afterwards, offering the emotional support he craved.

“I think not being part of it was the best thing because I understood what he was going through but I didn’t have to see it,” Julia said.

But Adrian was never alone.

For every chemotherapy treatment, Joseph Rangl took the 45-minute flight from Queens to Buffalo to sit and hold his son’s hand.

The Bright Side The chemo never made Adrian sick. To pass the time, he gave flattering, yet sometimes raunchy nicknames to the nurses. He even called one nurse a “NILF.” Quickly the nurses jokingly referred to him as “the troublemaker.”

His friendly, easy-going nature was hard to resist, said Loretta Miner, a nurse practitioner at Roswell since 1997.

She attributes his recovery in part to his positive attitude.

Adrian brushes it off.

“I didn’t feel sick,” Adrian said.

“It was like I was on vacation, I was making fun with the nurses, hanging around with everyone, trying to make all kinds of new friends and making people laugh.”

strong it’s amazing.”

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On Dec. 13, 2010, his doctors told him the cancer was gone.

He was in remission.

He was one of the 8,000 diagnosed who had survived. He was one of the 86 percent.

Julia felt happier than she had ever felt before.

They were now able to be normal.

They went to New York City to see the ball drop on New Year’s Eve and shared a midnight kiss in Times Square. It was the beginning of their new life.

After one year, two semesters, and 12 chemo treatments, Adrian officially asked Julia to be his girlfriend on May 30, 2011.

“It took almost a year because we were just happy together living life but I more or less saw us as ‘together’ before we were,” Adrian said. “I thought to myself I really love this girl. I didn't want to make a mistake and wanted to make sure I would remain happy which I obviously am. I might have thought I was that ‘college boy’ who could talk to more than one girl but in the end I realized that’s not what I wanted.”

Joseph Rangl, who had seen his wife recover and then relapse several times, was the only one not ready to celebrate.

While Adrian was on a Roswell date, Julia went to class. Both wanted to maintain the façade of normalcy.

“I felt that there was something in the air, something that said it was coming back,” Joseph Rangl said. “Maybe it was because I went through the situation with my wife and I was used hearing you have cancer, now you don’t, but now you do. I decided to wait a couple of years before celebrating.”

And they both wanted to keep their GPAs high.

In September, the cancer came back.

Adrian was determined to get a 4.0. Before the chemo he had a 3.8. He didn’t want to let the cancer take that from him. He wanted to be even better than before.

The doctors caught it immediately and scheduled Adrian for six days of high-dose chemo sessions. The sessions were to last all day and would be 10 times stronger than his first round.

“Nobody would have blamed him if he just took a break,” said Debbie Grossman, an adjunct professor in marketing whose husband had overcome Hodgkin’s lymphoma many years before. “Adrian stuck with school, dealt with his treatment and his classes and earned amazing grades. He’s so

This time, Julia couldn’t stay away.

It wasn’t as bad as she had thought. Seeing him interact playfully with the nurses and watching him joke during the sessions made her love him even

more.

blood back into his system.

For him, the sessions were torture – not because of the pain, but because of the sexual frustration.

Then came six days of waiting to recover and waiting for the cells to start reproducing.

“The funny part is I had more tendencies and urges during that time than ever before,” Adrian said. “I mean the drugs are supposed to make you depressed in that way and they are supposed to make you not get excited for anything like that. Somehow, for me they really worked in the total opposite way.”

After the first three-day chemo session, the doctors saw results.

So did Adrian.

He was losing his hair.

Unlike most cancer patients, Adrian didn’t lose his hair during chemo the first time around.

But because the doses were so much higher this time, his hair started falling out in chunks on the left side of his head.

He tried to cover it up with hats and by brushing it off as not a big deal. Julia knew it was. She knew it was time to shave it all off.

She went with him to the barber, who assumed he was shaving his head for Halloween, which was coming up.

“The second you lose your hair is the moment that it hits you and everyone around you that you are going through cancer,” Julia said. “I think it was a really hard moment for him.”

At the end of the sessions, Adrian’s doctors told him he was cancer free.

They suggested a stem cell transplant.

The 14-day process began Dec. 13. First there were six more days of high dose chemo. That left Adrian with almost no immune system. He had to stay away from people and germs.

That meant no Julia.

“The transplant was the worst part,” Julia said. “He couldn’t go outside or leave the hospital floor. I mean he was such an active person, it was tough for him but he got through it.”

It takes two days for the white blood cells to grow back. On the second day, also called “Day Zero” or “being reborn,” the transfusion happens. Adrian was hooked up to an IV dripping his

“[I thought] I’d never be able to be normal again,” Adrian said.

“I was thinking ‘will this ever change?’ I was so weak. The doctors told me I was normal but I thought this isn’t even possible; I couldn’t even stand to shower. I felt like an 85-year-old man.”

During this time, Julia was worried. She had never seen him so weak. She brought homework and studied with him while trying to pretend everything was going to be OK. The truth was she didn’t know if she believed it.

Most stem cell transplant patients spend three months to a year recovering, said Miner. But Adrian was determined to return to UB for his spring semester.

“I’ve never had anyone who had a transplant and gone back to their daily life so quickly,” Miner said. “He really is an amazing person and has done phenomenal.”

Happily Ever After Instead of going out to dinner this Valentine’s Day, Adrian went to radiation treatments while Julia went to work.

The cancer is still in their lives, but now rather than fearing it, as they did in the beginning, they work around it and accept it as a part for their lives.

They celebrated Feb. 13 by going out to Joe’s Crab Shack for a fun seafood dinner. Julia had been hinting that she wanted a teddy bear on the day of love and Adrian listened.

No chocolates or roses were exchanged, only a four-foot tall teddy bear holding an “I Love You” heart. It was the perfect gift, she said.

The romance between them continues to grow and even though they are young, they both have started to think about the future.

The thought that because of the chemo, Adrian may not be able to have children is always in the back of their minds.

“It’s scary, because who doesn’t want to have children? If that happens, that’s what it is,” Julia said. “The chemo saved his life and if a side effect of that is no kids then I would rather have him. I would never leave him because of it. I love him too much.”

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Pure and Proud, Virgin and Loud The website says: “when a man is married as a virgin, his divorce rate is 63 percent lower than a non-virgin. For women, it’s 76 percent lower… among those who have already lost their virginity, two-thirds of them wished they had waited longer to have sex (77 percent of girls and 60 percent of guys).”

AARON MANSFIELD Senior Life Editor Christian Andzel is a mocked man. The sophomore political science major has heard almost every insult in the book – loser, boring, oldfashioned. He is laughed at, teased, and taunted every day. Why?

He admits that his trek is all the more wearisome because he attends a public university where sex is everywhere. It’s on posters and flyers, it’s in the music that plays in the Student Union, and today it saturates this newspaper from top to bottom. Indeed, sex surrounds virgins at UB.

He’s a virgin. And he’s damn proud of it.

In 2009, Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow was asked in a press conference if he was a virgin. He didn’t bat an eye, answering in the affirmative. Andzel is the same way – he’s unashamed of his virginity, and while he may never go on TLC’s Virgin Diaries, he wants to spread his message across UB. “We make trends; we don’t follow them,” Andzel said. “We don’t have to go in the way this university goes with the pop culture. I want people to pick up this article and say: ‘you know what, there are other people like me out there who are willing to stand up to the culture, who are willing to say no.’”

Notice he says “we make trends” – Andzel is far from alone. According to a 2011 report by the National Center for Health Statistics, the percentage of men and women between 18 and 24 who say they are virgins is increasing.

He’s committed, but it hasn’t been an effortless road.

“It’s tough; it’s very, very hard,” Andzel said. “If [virgins] tell you it’s easy, they’re lying.”

Andzel admitted there have been some hiccups along the way; he’s come close to having sex twice and has struggled all throughout college to maintain his virginity, but there are a few things he remembers that keep him focused.

While virgins are often stereotyped as religious, Andzel’s primary motivation has nothing to do with reaching heaven.

“My decision is 100 percent romantic, and when

“Most people are just silent, but I’ll always put my neck out there,” Andzel said.

“In the future, [abstinence] will all be worth it.”

[marital intercourse] comes, my feelings will be bursting out of the roof,” Andzel said. “That’s what I cherish so much – that prolonged passion. People are so caught up in that ‘I want it now’ self-pleasure, they don’t even think about the consequences. I’m always thinking about the future.”

As for his relationship status? Andzel is single this Valentine’s Day. But he’s still on the lookout for Ms. Right, and when he finds her, he thinks she’ll be thankful.

“The number one thing is I want to wait for that person, so she will know out of the self-sacrifice, I have done this out of love,” Andzel said. “[She will know] he waited because he cared enough for me.”

Students may not hold onto their virginity for love or health, but one thing is for certain – more of them are holding onto it.

To those students still grasping their elusive Vcards this V-day, Andzel has one final, bold plea:

That’s why he feels that most virgins at this school specifically are afraid to be bold in their virginity. That’s why he is willing to be their spokesperson.

Alexa Strudler /// The Spectrum Christian Andzel has made a conscious, passionate decision to wait until marriage to have sex. He’s holding out for his future wife, and he thinks it’ll all be worth it.

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Andzel hopes his future wife will wait for marriage, too, but he doesn’t expect it and he knows that it is highly unlikely. He also said he just laughs when people say he must masturbate all the time.

“Keep it. Keep it because it’s so sacred – not just in a religious sense, but in an individual way,” Andzel said. “Once you do it, you can never take it back. There are so many consequences – emotionally and physically. Preserve it with all you have.”

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Andzel is tremendously cautious when it comes to his future – he said he’s staying as far away from pregnancy and STIs as he possibly can.

According to NursingSchools.net, one in four college students has an STI, and 80 percent have no noticeable symptoms. Those statistics could be enough on their own for a student to choose abstinence.

It’s simply a decision he’s hell-bent on sticking to. He also believes his self-restraint will help his future marriage, and according to Chastity. com – a Catholic website dedicated to keeping young people away from sex until marriage – he might be right.

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A Memorable Vow

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

A Week in Ink: Issue No. 44

ABBY NIEKAMP Staff Writer

NICOLAS PINO Senior Arts Editor

Movie: The Vow Release Date: Feb. 10

Deathstroke No. 6

Studio: Sony Pictures

There’s no denying a great love story.

This is especially true when it’s based on a real life couple and involves Channing Tatum (Haywire) and Rachel McAdams (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows). The Vow follows Leo (Tatum) as he tries to keep his perfect marriage together after a car accident derails it. His wife Paige (McAdams) suddenly has no knowledge of him, as amnesia erases her memory of their life together.

As Paige tries to remember who she is, she realizes her life with Leo is the most foreign thing in the world to her.

Leo’s patience with her eventually runs out and he faces the tough decision of letting her go. However, it is difficult for anyone to recognize when it’s time to say goodbye to the best thing in his or her life.

Before the accident, Leo and Paige’s marriage is portrayed as perfect.

They fall in love with each other’s quirks, never stopping to question their relationship. In fact, it is seen as so perfect that they’ve never fought before.

This is where the movie begins to be too unrealistic, and that is the film’s first flaw. Love is happy and beautiful, but it comes with its complications and irritations. The characters, as wonderful as they appear on the big screen, become un-relatable to the viewers.

McAdams and Tatum do not lack in their acting skills in The Vow. They’re charming, silly, and their chemistry is undeniable. But that does not change

Believe it or not, the Mayans may be right about their 2012 day of destruction, considering there have already been a few telltale signs: global warming, increasingly prevalent natural disasters, and, most importantly, a Jason Aaron X-Men story that is on the verge of being unreadable. Good luck to all who survive.

While Father’s Day is still a few months away, writers at DC just can’t seem to get away from an old-fashioned father and son quarrel, “Deathstroke No. 6” being the epitome of the subject.

Grade: B+ A sexy guy and a beautiful girl fall in love. She’s artsy and different and he likes wearing flannel button-downs while playing his guitar. They have an unconventional wedding in a museum before they’re chased out by security. Life is thrilling and perfect… for a little while.

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Courtesy of screen gems Tatum and McAdams try to recreate love in The Vow.

the fact that viewers can easily predict the events of the movie. Aside from a few small details, no one will be surprised how this love tale plays out.

Contrary to how it has appeared to many people, The Vow is in no way related to anything written by Nicholas Sparks. This has been popular confusion as the film is a love story and stars two of Sparks’ previous films’ actors.

One of the most apparent similarities is that The Vow is a love story that completely breaks the viewers’ hearts and never quite makes them whole again. This is the most prevalent theme in the novelist’s books. The ending always comes before it seems it should, leaving viewers wanting more, and not in a good way.

Though Slade Wilson isn’t the only father having progeny problems this week (Peter Tomasi’s Batman and Robin being the other example), Wilson’s have to be the bloodiest. Telling stories about the teenage years of Deathstroke’s son Grant, writer Kyle Higgins has not only torn open a hole in Slade’s family history, but also readers’ hearts.

Inside Marvel, and by the community at large, Aaron has been labeled as being one of the company’s primary story architects, but this issue out of context may be one of the worst series on the rack this week.

From a cover that looks torn straight from an adult Japanese manga, to the ludicrous plot points and accompanying visuals, Aaron’s team could’ve continued to deliver on a series that has thus far been the focus of Marvel’s marketing year, but instead gave its readers a $3.99 kick in the underoos.

Issue No. 6 does well to both push the plot forward and setup a new narrative within the confines of the issue, quite a feat for the comic’s sparse 20 pages. While the motivation for Grant’s interference with his father’s legacy still remains a mystery, longtime fans of the shadowy assassin can’t help but watch the father and son spill their genetically equivalent blood.

Artwork by Eduardo Pansica and Vicente Cifuentes is nothing short of astounding. Bloody and brutal, Deathstroke tests the limit of how graphic a “teen-rated” comic can go. From With the flaws of the film having been blood-splattered battles to sanguinary splash pages, every panel presented acknowledged, it is also important in the issue is a lesson in the art, to address how heartwarming this real-life story is. It gives couples new each page weaving together into one crimson tapestry. appreciation for their lives together, how amazing or hard they might be. Those single souls out there are With Deathstroke’s debacle just reminded that although they can’t beginning, sadly Higgins’ is coming have Leo or Paige, they can find their to a close, with the story changing own versions and have so much to hands in just a few issues. While the look forward to. writer’s run hasn’t set a record year for the shadowed soldier, the comic’s short six issues have only gotten betPredictable and slightly unrealistic ter with time and, unfortunately, will at times, sure, but that does not be cut down in their prime. take away from the fact that The Vow makes for a perfect and refreshing romance just in time for Valentine’s Day. Email: arts@ubspectrum.com

Barring the issue’s near pornographic cover art, the panels in the issue are drawn and inked in perfect tone, a testament to a team who seems to be able to work with any creative input.

For $4 wasted and nearly nothing gained, Jason Aaron’s complete polypropylene trash of an issue may finally prove to Marvel readers that the end is nigh.

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The plot picks up with Logan’s lot falling on a bit of hard fiscal times and without an extreme donation from Warren Worthington’s Fortune 500 company the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning may just be shutting its doors early this semester. Humorous conversations between Logan and the school’s rabble-rouser Quentin Quire keep the comic from complete despair, but little is done to keep readers from shaking their heads during the issue’s completely unnecessary alien birthing scene.

Conan the Barbarian: Queen of the Black Coast No. 1 Though the college crowd can hardly imagine it, 1932 must have been an odd year. Radio sets were a new technology, at the time there had only been one “Great War,” and a pulp novel visionary named Robert Howard published the first in the long-line of epic Conan tales.

And while the license has changed hands numerous times in its 80-year run, Conan today may be more similar to its depression-era counterpart than ever before thanks to the creative team at Dark Horse.

Most of the series’ long, illustrious history revolves around three main aspects: stealing, fighting, and making love are pretty much the staple of any good Barbarian tale. Brian Wood, Conan’s 21st century scribe, is one of the most skillful at his trade, cramming all three aspects easily within the confines of the series’ first issue.

Wood’s Conan the Cimmerian is both brutal and just, an outlaw in his own right, but brings his own brand of justice to the land of Aquilonia. Unsurprisingly perhaps, the tale Wood tells in this issue is more of a rehash than anything else, bringing an ink and panel construction where only text has gone before.

The issue works on the simplest of levels. The plot brings both mystery and intrigue into the vagabond’s past, and action, though sparse in its inaugural issue, looks to be a focal point for future comics, and while the art style is tri-tone and bland, the world of Conan the Cimmerian has never quite looked so appropriate.

For those uninitiated into the land of blood baths and bedding women, there is no better entry point than Dark Horse’s latest entry into the conversation, Queen of the Black Coast.

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Mixtape Monthly: Sex Issue Edition BRIAN JOSEPHS and ELVA AGUILAR Arts Editor and Asst. Arts Editor In our second edition of Mixtape Monthly, we look at the best compilations to turn up when it’s time to get down.

The Weeknd – House of Balloons The R&B landscape was blindsided when House of Balloons came out last March. The mixtape still had similar themes of promiscuity, partying, and emotional yearning, but The Weeknd’s vision was far uglier than what everybody was singing about. The scene the Toronto native painted was more violent and destructive than his peers.

Regardless, listeners were attracted to The Weeknd’s world, and so were the critics. What more is there to be said about the 2011 standout when Complex, Pitchfork, Spin, and other top publications all put the mixtape in their yearly top 10 lists?

Abel Tesfaye’s voice is on spot.

Throughout the nine-track set, Tesfaye is singing about drug usage, sexual vengeance, and total emotional disregard. However, he is singing in such a tender and fragile tone that the topics can often go unnoticed. In “The Party & The After Party,” less can be said about the narrator’s willingness to give a girl drugs for sex and more about how he softly coos throughout the song.

Then there is the lush production that Tesfaye rides on. The instrumentals were arguably some of the best of last year, but there is no way the samples used should be able to sound this sensual.

“What You Need” sample of Aaliyah’s “Rock The Boat” is something that can pass. But using a punk band’s hit song to fuel an R&B song (“House of Balloons/ Glass Table Girls”)? Drawing off an indie band to make two of the album’s standouts (“Loft Music,” “The Party & The After Party”)?

It would be absurd to attempt sampling from either sound for a mixtape whose demographic

majorly relies on young females.

Trey Songz – Anticipation

Josephs’ Advice:

But it works, and because of The Weeknd’s perfect combination of the extremes, we have a bedroom hit.

Trey Songz’s 2009 mixtape, Anticipation, sparked the trend of R&B artists releasing free online compilations.

The mixtape served as a pre-cursor to his upcoming album Ready and put the R&B community on its toes.

Trey jumps straight into slow tempo beats and heavy bass with the seductive voice that’s earned him the title, “Mr. Steal Yo’ Girl.”

The relative age of this mixtape can put you in an odd spot, but it can be put to use under the right conditions.

Josephs’ Advice: Use for those girls in the club that are always by the bar hanging out. They may not be dancing, but you can see it in their eyes – they’re looking for a good time.

Converse with them, bring them back to your place, and play “What You Need,” the mixtape’s most mainstream song, first. The song will help you get a false sense of connection with your seemingly shy partner. Play the rest of the mixtape in sequence and both of you should be having some intense emotionless sex for the next hour.

This is optional, but you can also play his other two mixtapes – Thursday and Echoes of Silence – right after. Use this only if you can afford to buy another pack of Magnums the next morning at The Commons.

Elva’s Advice: This is a mixtape you’re either going to play for a one-nightstand or with someone you’ve been with a while. Because The Weeknd sings about such extremes, it’s easy to give off the wrong idea when selecting this on iTunes before you start ripping each other’s clothes off.

The mixtape doesn’t hold much in the romance department, but so much sexuality exudes from The Weeknd’s voice along with the instrumentals, that it’d be hard to deny fooling around if the occasion should arise. I would definitely consider some of the tracks on this tape as playlistworthy – “What You Need,” “The Morning,” and “Coming Down” – all work in setting the correct mood.

However, I’m not sure how I’d feel mid-moan hearing a song about drug abuse, but to each his/her own.

From beginning to end, this mixtape carries the theme of magnificent sex. Trey gives his listeners passionate music with songs like “Does She Know,” “On Top,” and “More Than That.” These songs serve as the most romantic on the mixtape, with piano medleys sprinkled under Trey’s sultry voice, and work perfectly.

For those who enjoy a more direct approach, tracks “Scratching Me Up” and “You Belong To Me” will keep the intimate feeling but also encourage letting your inhibitions go and getting to the deed.

Although Trey holds back vocally on this mixtape, it definitely gave his fans an accurate preview for the album he released afterward, Ready, which is drenched in just as much sexual innuendo as Anticipation was, if not more.

The release of this mixtape not only helped Trey gain a bigger following, but it solidified his presence as a sex symbol in the R&B world.

Trey now sits in a category among singers like Usher, Ginuwine, and D’Angelo, whose female following loves them more for the sexual presence they portray than their music.

For instance, it can be used for nostalgic purposes. Nearly every party girl has heard a song from this mixtape at some point, but there’s little chance they’d replay any of the track during the weekends with the bevy of other radio hits. So why not use it on a weekday?

Play this on a school night while relaxing with a frequent partygoer. She’ll probably reminisce about her feelings when “Mr. Steal Yo’ Girl” was on her playlist and her experiences with “Does She Know.” The sudden sense of nostalgia will ease her tension, leaving you open for the score.

Elva’s advice: Ladies, let’s be serious, this mixtape is the perfect median when it comes to music you play when he’s over (or under, we all have our preferences).

Anticipation carries the intimacy and sexuality of R&B that women crave when having sex. We don’t want to feel like we’re objects and, with Trey singing about women like every single one of us is God’s gift to the world, it keeps our self-esteem up.

On the other hand, Trey also has a knack at sneaking sex tips into his lyrics, so if you feel like getting your freak on, he provides the mood music to do so. Just be sure to play it at a reasonable volume – loud enough to drown out your boyfriend’s squeaky mattress, but low enough to not piss off any single roommates.

Frank Ocean – Nostalgia, Ultra Odd Future’s resident crooner, Frank Ocean, took the hip-hop/R&B world by storm almost one year ago with his mixtape, Nostalgia, Ultra. After a legal name change and being considered a shelved artist on his record label, Frank made this mixtape to showcase the talents he was being overlooked for.

Following the formula made popular by his Odd Future cohorts, Frank merged his songwriting with samples in numerous genres. The opening track, “Strawberry Swing” is a cover and nod to Coldplay. Ocean also samples songs by Mr. Hudson and Radiohead, but the standout cover on this project was Ocean’s rendition of the Eagles’ “Hotel California” titled “American Wedding.”

The mix of genres along with the original music on this mixtape is the perfect foundation for Ocean’s vocal abilities. Along with having a smooth and wide vocal range, Ocean uses his voice as an instrument at times, adding to the mixtape’s intricacy.

The standout track, “Novacane,” took the Internet by storm with its unorthodox lyrics and its simply infectious beats. Despite singing about smoking out of a baby blue bong at Coachella with a part-time stripper/full-time student and having cocaine for breakfast (yikes), the track catapulted Ocean’s popularity.

Nostalgia, Ultra is currently Frank Ocean’s only project, but since its release Ocean has gotten himself features on Tyler, The Creator’s debut album, Goblin, as well as two features on rap legends Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch the Throne.

Joseph’s advice: The solid productions and deep lyrics of Nostalgia, Ultra are a perfect distraction.

Women will be so caught up in Frank Ocean’s work that they wouldn’t have the audacity to turn you down when you’re making your moves, since doing so would completely ruin their moment.

Case in point: “Novacane.” I have yet to run into a woman that won’t sing along to the lyrics when this song comes on. While she’s mouthing the lyrics, gently kiss her on the neck and work your way from there. You’ll be thanking Frank Ocean before long.

Elva’s Advice: I love this mixtape’s sound.

Ladies love Frank Ocean.

Whether the two previous statements are enough to get you and your man in the mood is a different predicament.

The first half of this mixtape is perfect for setting a loving atmosphere. “Strawberry Swing” and “We All Try” are soft tracks and Frank’s vocal abilities are strong enough to send chills down your spine (the good kind). However, while the mixtape does keep the same sound musically, the second half touches on heartbreak and failed marriage, topics that won’t exactly get you open.

Frank definitely has the talent and sound to serenade you while you’re waiting for your boyfriend to put his condom on – which you all should be – but this mixtape in particular might be better suited for a mixed playlist rather than the compilation on its own.

If listening to this mixtape on repeat has taught me anything, it’s that Frank is well aware of his expectations to be an R&B sex god. He probably would just prefer not to be.

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Continued from page 11: Let’s Get It On, The Right Way

It didn’t just pop up in Egyptian culture, either.

In ancient Greece, they referred to the sexual act as “playing the flute,” and within the Kama Sutra, there’s an entire chapter on “mouth congress.”

– most pornography portraying fellatio, according to Condran, is too exaggerated and unrealistic.

So guys, if you’re looking for a Lovelace-esque fantasy, maybe you should try breaking into the porn industry.

From the time teenagers hit puberty – no matter what century they live in – the thought of sexual stimulation dominates their bodies, hormones, and minds.

For Condran, her first experience was more difficult in her imagination than it was in real life.

Of course, that didn’t mean she was tickled about the explosive finale. That came as a surprise.

So if many ancient civilizations practiced the sexual act with nonchalance, when did the art of the blowjob become taboo?

As the years matured, so did Condran’s stance on oral sex.

This is where the idea of mortal sin comes into play. What does not lead to procreation – i.e. sex between a man and a woman – became a no-no, even if it was practiced between man and wife.

So for years, men were forced to live in a world without blowjobs. What a terrible, frightening world for the men of today.

But thankfully for them, sometime between the demonization of sexuality and the introduction of media – specifically pornography – the act of sucking penis became less of a forbidden deed and more of a common occurrence between lovers.

Many teens believe that oral sex is the safe alternative to vaginal penetration. Unlike many of their ancient descendents, the fact that you can’t get pregnant became its most appealing feature.

But just because you cannot knock a girl up doesn’t mean there aren’t inherent risks. Without the use of a condom, a girl can still come across Chlamydia, syphilis, gonorrhea, herpes, and HIV through oral sex. So unless you know your partner and his/her sexual history, wrap it up, whatever hole you plan on putting it in.

“Raised in a culture in which speed is valued, kids, not surprisingly, seek instant gratification through oral sex,” said Annie Auguste, author of The History of Fellatio. “The blowjob is, in essence, the new joystick of teen sexuality.”

In America, the age in which “giving head” occurs is getting increasingly younger, according to Auguste.

Dona Condran was 14 when she gave her first blowjob. After learning what a blowjob was and what exactly it entailed, the idea seemed simply grotesque to her. But after years of experience and practice and despite the “raunchy connotations,” she came to find that it could actually be a fun experience.

She turned to her female friends and family members for advice before playing penile tonsil hockey, because even though she was nervous, she heard that guys were really into it. She decided to try her hand, or mouth rather. Pornography was no indication of what was to actually occur

“I don’t think you’d want to have oral sex with someone you weren’t really attracted to, or [didn’t have] some sort of sentimental feelings for,” Condran said. “That is a super intimate thing. That is my mouth; I eat and speak with that mouth. It is important to me what goes in it.”

If both people are consenting adults, there is no stigma necessary, according to Condran, but with that being said, the act is still something intimate and personal.

“If a girl just gave you head, [and] you [just] zip up your pants, and dip, you don’t deserve the honor of having your dick sucked,” Condran said.

There are certain skills and tips she has for the ladies. It’s important to take it slow at first, get a feel for what your man likes, what he doesn’t, and respond accordingly. Nobody wants to have their dick feel likes it’s being put through a cheese grater, she said.

“I have had a couple [guys] tell me it was the best [blowjob] they’ve had,” Condran said. “I can deal with a giggle of satisfaction, or a wow, but most of the time it just goes without saying: I just rocked your world.”

While Condran might have never received any complaints, that doesn’t mean that every girl is a natural at going downtown. Guys might think that telling a girl, “it’s just like sucking on a lollipop,” is sufficient enough direction; keep in mind that most people bite down when they get to the center. Warning: do not bite on a man’s lollipop.

There’s no chocolate in the center.

Watching pornography and practicing on food like bananas are common ways that girls get from novice to expert. Allie Mowers first learned what a blowjob was through her friends, but it was by watching porn that she learned how to give one.

She also made her desires clear.

make sure you do it in time, too, so as not to spew on her face.

Or if there’s something that your girl is doing wrong, don’t just complain about it to your friends afterwards. Tell your partner in a nonjudgmental, non-embarrassing way.

As Valentine’s Day came and went, there was lust permeating the air – whether you just celebrated it with your significant other or you ate a box of chocolates by your lonesome. So if you ladies are looking for ways to WOW your man, or any man for that matter, here are some techniques to keep in mind: Ball work is essential. “Sucking on his testicles can make for an incredibly sensational experience – and you’ll double his pleasure if you simultaneously fondle his shaft,” according to Cosmopolitan.com. It might sound weird, but guys go crazy for it. It comes as a very pleasant surprise.

Deepthroating: worth it? While just the idea might freak some girls out – especially when the member in question is freakishly similar to Ron Jeremy’s – others have no problem controlling their gag reflex. Cosmopolitan.com has a tip on ways to maneuver around the dreaded reflex: “Form a tube with one hand and put it against your lips. Then, wrap your mouth around his shaft and slide your mouth and hand up and down in unison.”

Keep your teeth as far away from the member as possible. It’s not corn on the cob. Nibbling is no way to earn the affection of your man. Try to cover those pearly whites with your lips. That way you’re happy, your partner is happy, and your good time doesn’t transform into a scene from Saw. “Before I got head for the first time, I imagined there’d be no teeth,” said Billy Hardwood. “[My first blow job] hurt. Braces made it horrible.”

Finally, remember that all men are different.

Just like snowflakes, no two flesh rockets are made the same, so just because a previous boyfriend liked something, that doesn’t mean your current one will as well.

Let’s be real, there are tons of other guys our mate would rather be with. So what sense does it make playing those sex symbols to further remind your girl that they’ve settled for a lesser product?

Trey Songz, Chris Brown, and Drake, popular panty-dropping artists, should NOT be in your playlist. I don’t know about you, but when I’m having sex, I’m not going to have someone with more wealth and appeal than me be in my woman’s thoughts while I’m trying to put her to sleep. It’s illogical.

The worst part about it is that if you listen to their lyrics, you’ll find they’ll be more than happy to take your girl away from you just because they can. That sort of intrusion is unwarranted when you’re giving your best efforts in the bedroom.

Drake explicitly talks about stealing someone’s girl in “Marvin’s Room,” but the song is played in bedrooms nationwide.

You need to skedaddle, Drake.

What should be proper bedroom music, you ask? Well, we’re going to have to take it way back in the day – further than a majority of college students have been alive.

I’m talking about the days of Marvin Gaye, Al Green, and the Isley Brothers. These artists were the very sound of lovemaking and countless were conceived because of their talents. Their usefulness in the bedroom goes far beyond their vocals, however.

Sure, they were sex icons back in their time, but you won’t have to worry about them being thought of as so by your partner. Today’s desirable crooners are either unnaturally cut (Trey Songz), have bare misogynistic tendencies (Chris Brown), or are just straight obnoxious (Drake). Gaye, Green, and the Isley Brothers have none of these qualities.

In addition, the other three were never intrusive in their songs. They encouraged lovemaking, good will, sensitivity, and all of that good stuff. They were sexual, but never intrusive. It’s as if Gaye, Green, and the Isley Brothers are fathers gently encouraging you to overcome all obstacles to reach that next plateau of intercourse.

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Communicate like mature adults. If you’re old ad to enough to be having oral sex, you’recrop old enough to have a mature conversation without giggling at the words penis and blowjob.

“I don’t mind doing them,” Mowers said. “[But] I didn’t want to swallow, so I asked for a tap out when the guy was about to come.”

Full Disclosure: The people interviewed in this story are UB students, but they wanted their identities kept secret.

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close to being fired, and a fan base that was wondering if there was any hope for this Knicks team, and rejuvenated a fan base that desperately needed it.

“We asked if she wanted to stop and she wanted to finish so it was courageous of her to finish, it was a tough match with difficult circumstances, were proud of her efforts.”

Hell, he even made Jared Jeffries look like a competent player.

Shah went on and lost the first set 7-6 (7-4) and took the second set to another tiebreaker but eventually dropped it as well, 7-6 (7-5). Shah felt as if her injury was a major factor in her performance and may even be an issue in future matches.

Mayweather doesn’t seem to get that this story transcends race. It’s the story about a passed-over Harvard grad, who two weeks ago was crashing at his brother’s apartment, and was sleeping on the couch of fellow teammate Landry Fields the night before he took the NBA by storm.

It’s ignorant, uncalled for, and simply lazy, to stand on a soapbox and claim that race has anything to do with this story. He should be ashamed of himself, and he should really think before he opens his mouth.

“I played her once and I [had] beaten her the last time I played her,” Shah said. “I beat her straight, in two sets so yeah it’s not like she is playing extraordinary or something. I could have stuck in there a little more but unfortunately my back didn’t support me as much but I did as much as I could”

But, he is a guy desperate for attention, and is a guy that has said things in the past just so people can continue to talk about him, and forget the fact that he has continuously ducked boxer Manny Pacquiao, for what should be an inevitable title fight. He is a class-A hater, and he should know better.

Sophomore Miranda Podlas and Shah were defeated in doubles play 8-3, sophmore Marta Stoyanova, and junior Tamara Markovic, were conquered in doubles play 8-1. In singles Podlas was dispatched in two sets, 6-2, 6-2. Stoyanova was beaten 6-1 and 6-2 in straight sets and Makovic was beaten in two sets 6-2, 6-1.

So, I’m disappointed but not surprised, because ‘haters gonna hate.’

The Bulls are still chasing that elusive first win of the season but with more spirited efforts and Twist hopes better execution during the critical moments of matches, will help the Bulls find it quickly.

It’s just another doubter that Lin will prove wrong.

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Junior outfielder Caitlin Dekker and sophomore outfielder Holly Luciano led the Bulls with outstanding offensive performances.

Dekker drove in six runs for the Bulls while hitting over .300 on the weekend. Luciano drove in two runs, scored 4 and hit over .460.

We’ve seen that before. That could have led to a bench-clearing brawl.”

“We really want to prepare for our conference and I think that we are well on our way to doing that,” Teague said. “[We are] just making sure that they are mentally ready to get into our conference play, [and] that physically we are healthy. We have a couple of nagging injuries right now but we are just trying to progress through those and try to make sure that we get a good product out [there] when Eastern and Central Michigan come to our place.”

The Bulls are a young team that is finally starting to mature.

With only three seniors this year, they are playing a lot of young players.

Luciano was a member of the All-Mid-American Conference freshmen team last year and Teague expects her to be one of the conference’s best players this year. Teague also expects freshman catcher Alexis Curtiss to be a big contributor on the team this year. Although she didn’t have a great statistical performance in her collegiate debut, Teague said she started to look comfortable toward the end of the weekend.

The Bulls have two practice days this week to work on improving their fundamentals. It is on practice days that Teague will push her team to perfect the basics that will lead to a successful season.

The Bulls look to start a new winning streak in another tough environment as they head out of conference to take on the South Dakota State Jackrabbits (20-7) in the SEARS ESPN Bracket Buster challenge on Saturday. Tipoff for the game at Frost Arena in Brookings, South Dakota is slated for noon and will be televised nationally on ESPNU. Email: sports@ubspectrum.com

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The men’s basketball team traveled to Kent State last night in an attempt to stretch its winning streak to nine games. As much as the team wanted to break the hearts of the Kent State basketball community, players on the team didn’t want to do the same to their significant others on Valentine’s Day. So here is a look at what some of the team members did for the occasion, despite having a game.

Bulls Can’t Keep Magic Going, Fall to Kent State Buffalo falls to 0-15 all-time at MAC Center

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A bright spot for the Bulls was the first-half play of senior guard Zach Filzen. He was on fire, scoring 17 of his game high 20 points in the opening half, as he was impossible to stop.

The M.A.C. Center curse strikes again.

In a crucial game last year at the Memorial A&C Center in Kent, Ohio, the men’s basketball team had the lead and all the momentum going into the second half, but inevitably lost it and the game.

His play didn’t translate to second half success, as he only made one of four shots in the final frame.

“I thought he got a little anxious to shot the next one, and that can get you out of rhythm,” Witherspoon said. “Sometimes you can be on a little streak, but if you’re too anxious to shoot the next shot, then it knocks you out of rhythm, and I think he was anxious to shoot the next one.”

It was déjà vu all over again as Kent State (196, 9-3 Mid-American Conference) once again parlayed a strong second-half showing, with some clutch 3-point shooting to beat the Bulls (16-7, 9-3 MAC), 76-71 on Tuesday night.

For the second straight game, senior forward Mitchell Watt shook off first half struggles to perform well in the second. He scored 16 points and pulled down nine rebounds, after being held to only two points in the first half due to foul trouble.

At one point mid way through the second half, Watt went down awkwardly and lay on the court for a few minutes. It looked like an ugly fall but Watt was able to hang tough through the remainder of the game.

The loss snaps the eight-game winning streak, as Kent State ties Buffalo for second place in the MAC standings and that all important double-bye into the semifinals of the MAC Tournament in Cleveland, Ohio.

“It was a hard-fought game,” said head coach Reggie Witherspoon. “We came up short. We didn’t close it out. We had a rough start to the second half, we rebounded from that a bit but we just have to get better from here.”

What are your plans for Valentine’s Day? “Actually did something with my girlfriend [Sunday]. We just went out to dinner and saw a movie together. She’s never seen any of the Star Wars movies so I think many people were going to go see The Vow this weekend but I made her go see [Star Wars]. Then we went to Bravo for dinner.”

“Some of [the problems for the Bulls defensively] was breakdown of the zone, and some of it was tough shots,” Witherspoon said. “We just have to do a better job at closing out on shooters and mak-

What are your plans for Valentine’s Day? “My fiancé will be coming down to watch the game with [senior guard/forward] Dave Barnett’s girlfriend but that’s about all we got. My fiancé and I will probably be doing something a different day.

I haven’t really looked that far ahead.

I guess I’ve got to do that or I’ll get in trouble. But I’ll work on that.”

What is your favorite Valentine’s Day memory?

“I really don’t have one to be honest.

Maybe last year, I just had a good time with my fiancé. We went out to eat, went out to a nice spot and just hung out. “

BEN TARHAN Staff Reporter For most students at Buffalo, February means that there is still at least one more month of snow, wind, and freezing temperatures. For the softball team, February means it’s time to play ball.

What are your plans for Valentine’s Day? “She has some plans, I think. But we’ll be out of town so we’ll have to set aside a time later this week and grab something to eat.”

What is your Valentine’s Day memory?

“I can’t think of one right now. But, the general feeling would be just getting together with my wife and going out, getting something to eat somewhere and having quiet time with her.”

Both Porrini and Buffalo received technical fouls, but it was a situation that could have been much worse.

“It’s the kind of thing that college basketball doesn’t need,” Witherspoon said. “Our guys were very good. That’s the kind of thing that leads to a bad things happening in college basketball.

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Although the Bulls record was not stellar, their performance encouraged head coach Jennifer Teague.

“We saw a lot of really good things coming out of this weekend,” Teague said. “We saw a lot of promise offensively, and we struggled a little bit defensively in our last two games but our pitchers worked well. The games that we did lose they only had two or three bad pitches but those are things that we will get cleaned up in these next couple of weeks and then next month, getting ready to go into conference [play].”

The Bulls got off to a strong start, beginning the weekend with a win over St. Louis (4-2) but could not maintain the momentum through the weekend, winning only one more game the rest of the tournament.

Teague did not expect a certain number of wins from her team, but simply wanted it to be competitive against some teams that come from warmer climates who have had more time to practice during the winter months; the Bulls did just that.

Buffalo dropped the second contest to host Jacksonville (6-2), and the final two games of the weekend to St. Louis and Virginia Tech, 8-1, and 6-0 respectively. The lone other win of the weekend came against North Carolina Greensboro, 6-3.

The Bulls were close in every game, and even though they did not score a lot of runs in their last two games, the Bulls continued to hit the ball hard, albeit right at the opposing team.

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Boogie Time!

Not-so random sports opinions by Nathaniel “Nateboogie” Smith NATHANIEL SMITH Sports Editor It’s official: I am all in on Lin. The only story worth watching in the NBA this year has been the play of New York Knicks point guard, Jeremy Lin. He has emerged from the garbage pile of the league to energize a team desperate for somebody to produce at the point guard position, and with every passing game, the legend just seems to grow.

Reggie Witherspoon, head coach

For the Golden Flashes, forward Justin Greene led the team in scoring with 18 points. He was one of four players in double digits, as guards Michael Porrini (16), Randal Holt (15) and Carlton Guyton (11) also made big shots, especially from 3-point range. Kent State was especially effective from deep in the second half going 7-for-9, including a step back three from Guyton in the final minute

An unusual moment occurred late in the second half after a made 3-pointer by the Golden Flashes.

During a timeout, Porrini appeared to go into the Bulls bench, taunting the Bulls players and the staff, including Witherspoon.

Softball Begins Non-Conference Schedule

The Bulls (2-3) have spent the winter months working on hitting, fielding, and pitching fundamentals in the cold Buffalo climate.

But, this weekend they traveled to Jacksonville, Fla., and finally escaped the cold weather.

Zach Filzen, senior guard

ing them put the ball down on the floor. We have been doing that pretty well all year and we just had a slip up tonight.”

Kent State shot 43 percent from the field, and went 11-of-18 from behind the arc. Second half runs of 13-0 and 11-2 doomed the Bulls.

What is your favorite Valentine’s Day memory?

“In fourth grade I had two Valentines. I got caught up and they found out about each other and got mad and that’s probably the funniest Valentine’s Day.”

david demer / kent state athletics Carlton Guyton (11 white) drives past Dave Barnett (24 blue).

Guyton’s 11 points helped Kent State end Buffalo’s eight-game winning streak.

The Buffalo defense that has been the hallmark for this team for the last eight games fell apart in the second half, as the Golden Flashes were able to consistently get good shots off.

Mitchell Watt, senior forward

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

But with every feel good LIN-derella story, there’s bound to be quite a few haters.

I’m talking about what overrated undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. did on Monday afternoon.

Mayweather decided to voice his own opinion on the subject of Lin on Twitter.

do what Lin has done every night?

Like come off the bench, and drop 25 points and seven assists on all-star point guard Deron Williams and the New Jersey Nets? How about an encore performance against the Jazz, scoring 28 points and eight assists?

Or, maybe, with the pressure of the NBA world on his shoulders, in a nationally televised game against the Los Angeles Lakers and future hall-of-famer Kobe Bryant, recording his first double-double of his career. With Lin outscoring Kobe Bryant and single handedly beating the Lakers at Madison Square Garden? A place Kobe has dominated in the past.

I don’t care what race he is, he is simply remarkable.

“Jeremy Lin is a good player but all the hype is because he’s Asian,” Mayweather said. “Black players do what he does every night and don’t get the same praise.”

Nobody, since the NBA/ABA merger in 1976, has scored more points (109) in their first four NBA starts than Lin. That includes players like: Julius Erving, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson, Kobe Bryant, Lebron James…I could go on and on.

Oh really?

More importantly, he has won.

Do you, Mr. “Money” Mayweather, honestly believe that black players

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Courtesy of Paul Hokanson Despite going 2-3 in its first tournament in the season, the women’s softball team is excited about the possibilities for their upcoming season.

Bulls Fail Test Against Cornell BRANDON BARNES Staff Writer

The women’s tennis team continued its grueling non-conference schedule Sunday. Its woes continued with a shellacking and potential devastating injury.

The Bulls (0-4) and Cornell (4-0) squared off with each team streaking in different directions. The Bulls were coming off a loss to Boston University and were looking for improvement in their footwork, aggressiveness, and execution in crucial moments. All phases were lacking as they were shut out by Cornell in doubles and singles competition, losing the contest 7-0.

The Bulls put forth a valiant effort and battled Cornell for every set and nearly earned their first doubles victory of the season at third doubles.

The team of junior Kira Golenko and sophomore Anamaria Candanoza eventually fell 8-6 but they were in control early in the set and hold the lead until late in the match. Buffalo went up 6-5 but the match turned in Cornell’s favor. The Bulls started to make mental errors and lose their aggressiveness on return shots, allowing for Cornell to capture the lead and eventually the win.

Head coach Kathy Twist acknowledges the duo’s effort and acknowledged that the entire team needs to do a better job of executing in the critical moments of its matches.

“Recognize the crucial point, when you have an advantage you have to work a little bit harder for those points,” Twist said. “Whatever you did to get you there, being aggressive, coming to the net putting those balls away you have to continue to do that.”

Candanoza went on to have a spirited contest in her singles competition as well, falling in three sets. After losing the first set 6-3, she became more accurate with her returns and capitalized on her opponent’s – Cornell’s Rosemary Li – mental errors winning the second set 6-4. The match went to a tiebreaker where Candanoza was bested by a score of 10-6.

Another competitive matchup was between the top players on both teams in singles competition. Sophomore standout Tanvi Shah took on Sarah O’Neil of Cornell. The match featured excellent tennis – with long rallies and improbable returns – but it was nearly over before it even got started. Shah suffered an injury near the end of the first set; a tense and uncomfortable injury timeout ensued before she was able to compete again.

Shah had work done on her back for several minutes before deciding to continue and finish the contest. Coach Twist cited it as a back injury, and that she and the trainer advised Shah to concede the match.

“Tanvi pulled her back in the first set going for a long ball so she was getting treatment in between,” Twist said.

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