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NYPD Spied on UB’s Muslim Student Association Department also investigated MSAs at many other schools LUKE HAMMILL Senior News Editor The Associated Press exposed the New York Police Department over the weekend for keeping extensive and secret records on Muslim student groups in the northeast, including UB’s Muslim Student Association.

The NYPD investigated MSAs at universities all across the northeast because in the past, numerous people arrested or convicted on terrorism charges had been members of Muslim clubs at school, NYPD spokesman Paul Browne told the AP. A November 2006 NYPD “Weekly MSA Report” marked “SECRET” details that then-UB MSA member Adeela Khan posted a link to a Muslim event in Toronto on the MSA’s website, which featured speakers that the NYPD considered to have ties to “extremist Islamic groups.”

The AP report also cited NYPD intelligence that detailed NYPD officers meeting with the Erie County Sheriff ’s Department in Buffalo “to develop assets jointly in the Buffalo area, to act as listening posts within the ethnic Somalian community.” The report also says, “There are some Somali professors and students at SUNY Buffalo, and it would be worthwhile to further analyze that population.”

The treasurer of the Student Association, who is Muslim and was president of the MSA last year, said the NYPD’s actions constitute profiling.

He didn’t want his name printed in this article because he said that if a Muslim speaks about these issues or his name appears near the word ‘terrorism’ in any way, he risks being in NYPD and FBI reports.

“The MSA has a big event today [Sunday], and nobody is showing up because people don’t know if the FBI is there or not…I once had a parent [of a student in the MSA] come up to me and said, ‘I will kick your butt if I find my son in MSA,’” the SA treasurer said.

Connecting the Past to the Now Soledad O’Brien analyzes Dr. King’s legacy

REBECCA BRATEK News Editor Soledad O’Brien is a woman who loves to tell stories.

At only 45 years old, O’Brien has worked on 25 documentaries for CNN – she’s won numerous awards, traveled across the globe to give a voice to the unheard, and has even extensively researched Martin Luther King Jr.’s private libraries and speech manuscripts.

This past Thursday, O’Brien spoke to a sold-out crowd – full of more than 80 religious, student, and community groups – at Kleinhan’s Music Hall as a part of UB’s 25th-annual Distinguished Speaker Series.

The speech was also the 36th installment of the university’s Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Series.

Forty-five years ago, King spoke on the same stage as a guest at UB – just five months before his assassination.

O’Brien used the night to urge audience members to become catalysts for change in a world that’s filled with social injustice. Instead of desecrating King’s memory and legacy by practicing indifference, O’Brien asked the audience to become outraged.

The Spectrum sat down with O’Brien before her speech to talk about King’s legacy and why it is still relevant today.

A look into King’s legacy In 2003, O’Brien joined CNN as a special correspondent. In 2007, she left her anchor position on American Morning and shifted her focus to more in-depth documentaries.

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One Country on Two Wheels Buffalo Chips Woos and Coos ferent times in the summer.

In order to ride, students must apply through an essay-based application. Once accepted, participants must raise $4,500 to fund the trip. This money helps pay for the bike, Therm-a-Rest air mattress, and food that Bike and Build gives participants.

Part of the money is automatically donated to organizations fighting for affordable housing.

He said that some parents of Muslim students are aware of the government’s wariness of MSAs, and they do not want their children to run the risk of appearing in police reports.

He also compared the NYPD’s surveillance of UB’s MSA to an incident earlier this year in which a Muslim UB student’s car was defaced with swastikas in what she considered a hate crime.

“Somebody assumed that she was a Jew-hater because she’s Muslim…The NYPD thinks every Muslim is a terrorist,” the SA treasurer said.

The university released a statement saying that UB had no knowledge of the NYPD’s actions.

COURTESY OF BIKE AND BUILD Bike and Build is an organization that bikes across the country to help bring affordable housing to those in need.

MEGAN DRESSEL

Staff Writer “This was the first time that the university learned of this matter,” the statement reads.

“University at Buffalo officials were not contacted

by NYPD, and the university did not provide any information to the NYPD. UB does not conduct this kind of surveillance, and, if asked, UB would not voluntarily cooperate with such a request. As a public university, UB strongly supports the values of freedom of speech and assembly, freedom of religion, and a reasonable expectation of privacy.”

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GEUNUG JEONG /// THE SPECTRUM UB students celebrated their cultural diversity at the International Fiesta on Saturday night.

Weather for the Week:

Monday: Sunny- H: 35, L: 27 Tuesday: Showers- H: 45, L: 37 Wednesday: AM Clouds/PM Sun- H: 41, L: 32

ALEXA STRUDLER /// THE SPECTRUM Soledad O’Brien spoke about Martin Luther King Jr.’s lasting legacy to a sold-out crowd at Kleinhan’s Music Hall this past Thursday.

Beginning as early as May 11, approximately 240 young adults will pull on their best compression clothing, snap on their helmets, clip their cleats into their pedals, and begin a cross country adventure on nothing but a bicycle.

Bike and Build is an organization that was founded in 2002, with its biggest goal being to raise money for affordable housing in the U.S. Participants ride their bikes from one end of the country to the other, stopping to spread word of their cause and build affordable houses along the way.

Since it was founded, over 1,500 participants have raised more than $3.3 million for the cause.

Bike and Build provides eight routes across the country, all beginning at different locations in the United States and at dif-

Allison Ribachonek is a UB alumna, with her bachelor’s in civil engineering and master’s in environmental and hydrosystems engineering. Since 2005, Ribachonek has traveled to Israel, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Brussels, the Netherlands, England, and China. Bike and Build will be her first trip cross-country.

“Reflecting recently on my travels over the last few years, it felt a bit shameful to me that I’ve seen and interacted with more of the world than my own country,” Ribachonek said. “There is so much of the U.S. and so many sub-cultures I have not experienced nor seen for myself. So to fulfill my desire for something huge, Bike and Build was the obvious choice.”

She will be leaving from Jacksonville, Fla. on May 16, and ending her trip in Monterey, Calif. Being a first-timer, she has reached out to others who have completed this task.

“What’s cool is that even though I haven’t officially met any of my other teammates, we’re already connecting with one another in the form of arranging road trips down to Florida,” Ribachonek said.

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COURTESY OF BUFFALO CHIPS Comedy and talent came together last Friday as the Buffalo Chips sang for 400 people at their 17th annual Valentines Day show.

ADRIEN D’ANGELO Staff Writer The aroma of perfume and body lotion is pungent as over 400 fans pack into the red rows of the Lippes Concert Hall. As moving lights cross the ceiling, friends and lovers take their seats.

They’re expecting an a cappella performance. Instead, Chips Keegan, Burke-Falotico, and Cory Mikida greet the audience and begin the show by butt dancing to the Spice Girls and embracing to the theme from Titanic. Love was never quite like this.

This was just the opening number of raunchy episodes in the Buffalo Chips’ 17th Annual Valentine’s Day Concert on Friday.

As the Chips all took the stage and began making love to the crowd, a series of holiday-appropriate lights aided in wooing the fans. The dashing sound and lighting were provided by the Chips’ own production company, A Cappella Productions.

Crowd pleasers like “Forget You,” “29 Ways,” and “Womanizer” spurred

the energy while the Chips cycled through soloists. However, this would not have been quite as enjoyable without the Chips’ signature tomfoolery. The comfort these musicians have with one another shines through as they gently mock each other.

Although they are casual jokesters on stage, once the music sets in, the sound is strictly professional.

Each voice provides a bright, bold harmony, pointing to the Chips’ profound vocal skill.

As part of the Chips’ spectacle of shenanigans, Burke-Falotico and Mikida donned their best summer dresses before the second set. BurkeFalotico admitted to have been on stage in a dress previously in his acting days, but never in front of such a large audience.

These wacky encounters are something fans have grown to expect from the Buffalo Chips. BurkeFalotico believes the name certainly says it all.

“We all try to be funny,” BurkeFalotico said. “We’re all just a bunch of goofballs, and we’re all doing the best we can so it absolutely represents what we’re trying to do here.”

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Americans Tried in Egypt, Risking Ties Between Nations

In 2008, the 40th anniversary year of King’s death, O’Brien was given the chance to explore King’s private libraries and first drafts of his speeches. She most-notably worked on the docuNineteen Americans will be tried in Egypt on Fri- mentary Words That Changed a Nation, an incisive day, along with 24 others, in a criminal investiga- look into King’s speeches, in which O’Brien read tion into foreign-funded pro-democracy groups. each document word-by-word and line-by-line.

can gospel singer and civil rights activist. She yelled, “Tell them about the dream, Martin!” and he flipped over his papers. The rest is history.

The defendants were charged with operating local offices of international organizations without licenses, and they were also receiving foreign funds, which is illegal.

“She had been in church when he talked about having this dream,” O’Brien said. “There is no ‘I have a dream’ on the hand-written speech.

The speech is known for that. Little details of history, like that, are all you know from not only interviewing people, but from examining the actual page.”

“I think there are a lot of very poor people in dire circumstances that would take tremendous exception to the idea that there really is a perfectly fine safety net and that they should shut up and stop complaining about it,” O’Brien said. “So really, nothing has changed. That’s a conversation that I think [King] would have had 40 some odd years ago.”

Why King is still relevant

Beyond the documentaries

Forty-five years later, O’Brien argues that King’s legacy is more relevant than ever. Every Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the nation stops and focuses on him – what would King think about where we are as a nation, what are we still fighting for, and what would he do to change injustices he would find?

O’Brien is the daughter of a biracial, immigrant marriage – her mother is black and from Cuba; her father is white and from Australia. The couple married in Washington, D.C. because interracial marriage was outlawed in their home state of Maryland. The couple raised six children together, and all of them graduated from Harvard.

The trial signifies the lowest point in relations between the two nations in three decades. The investigation could jeopardize the more than $1 billion in foreign aid to Egypt.

Santorum Argues Prenatal Tests Lead to Abortions Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum attacked President Obama by saying that Obama is trying to control the number of disabled people, while campaigning in Ohio on Saturday.

Santorum said that free prenatal tests, which are required in Obama’s health care plan, lead to more abortions 90 percent of the time.

“I think he’s one of those people, sort of, the more you read, the more you get sucked in,” O’Brien said. “Taking the speeches and seeing what words he changed…and going through his personal library to see what words, in his own books, did he think were interesting. It was fascinating.”

O’Brien raised the question, if you were King and “X-ed” out a word, what would you replace it with? What significance did those marks hold?

But, the most interesting thing O’Brien found: the renowned “I Have a Dream” speech was not named after any sort of “dream” – it was actually entitled “Normalcy Never Again,” and dreams were not at all included in the original drafts.

“He ad-libbed that [the dream],” O’Brien said.

“And you could see in his writings, the previous Santorum said on Saturday that Obama’s policies years, how he was kind of working out the dream are not Bible-based, and defended his comments in various speeches that he gave and sermons on Face the Nation on CBS on Sunday. that he gave.”

Regarding prenatal testing, Santorum said his child has Trisomy 18, and almost 100 percent of Trisomy 18 children are encouraged to be aborted.

Santorum said that he accepts that Obama is Christian, and his comments were aimed at “radical environmentalists,” according to newsmax.com

The speech was harsh – it began with the phrase “the negro has been delivered a bad check.”

O’Brien noted that the speech was written to emphasize the point that black people had been “screwed.” He was given five minutes at the end of the program – a ploy to keep King off of the night’s newsreels – and he instead spoke for nine minutes.

Former UB Students Create iPod App UB alumni James O’Leary and Ansar Khan have developed a new iPod and iPad application called Ambur, to help manage food and drink orders.

O’Leary and Khan founded Refulgent Software, which is based in UB’s Technology Incubator.

There, they produce and market Ambur.

With the application, waiters take orders on an iPod, the orders are routed wirelessly to an iPad, and they are printed out in the kitchen.

Khan has piloted the program and his family’s restaurant, Kabab and Curry in Williamsville.

Both of the creators worked as servers and used the common problems servers face as inspiration.

The app can split checks, process credit cards easily, and allow managers to export sales reports in formats that accounting programs can read.

Ambur costs $999 and is a one-time fee; there is no charge to upgrade the program.

The company currently has over 140 clients and has three employees in addition to Khan, who graduated with a degree in biological studies in May, and O’Leary, who is taking a break from school while the company expands.

Toward the end of the speech, King looked into the crowd and saw Mahalia Jackson, an Ameri-

he really meant that he was not concerned about poor Americans.

“I think [King is still relevant] because of all the things that America still does not do for the people he was fighting for,” O’Brien said. “I mean black people, I mean poor people. Many people thought he was radical and communist, and now people trip over themselves to be able to quote him – on all sides of the aisle.”

When trying to find her first jobs, O’Brien was told she wasn’t “black” enough; she was asked to change her name (not an option; her full name is loosely translated to “Virgin Mary”), and she was told she couldn’t fit in and was not “right” for positions.

O’Brien stressed that King is no more radical or controversial than he was 45 years ago – he didn’t change and history did not change; we changed as a society. He was not “Jesus Christ come to earth”; rather, King was a regular man who believed the poor deserved to be fought for.

O’Brien believes this is still true today.

O’Brien is connected to King’s teachings and hopes her audience on Thursday night could learn from his legacy and become catalysts for change.

“What can a room full of students and others know what matters – what would you die for, what do you care about that’s worth standing up for?” O’Brien said. “I’m not sure I can answer that, but I sure can pose the question.”

She connected King’s fight for the poor to an interview she had with Mitt Romney earlier this month. In the interview, Romney said, “I'm not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there.” O’Brien interjected in the interview and asked Romney to repeat himself and asked if

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1: BUFFALO CHIPS WOOS AND COOS proclaimed Chips fan, was thrilled to take the Syracuse University’s all-girl group, Main seat on stage as she was adorned with roses and Squeeze, also had a key role in making Lippes a teddy bear from the flirtatious soloists.

Concert Hall a lively affair. The group’s combination of singing, beat-boxing, and rapping Enderle squeaked with excitement as she talked entertained the crowd. The crowd praised their about her growing crush on the Chips. She has rendition of “Dear Prudence,” as well. been a fan for years, and this was a moment that she would hold in her love-soaked memory.

Kristen Mazurkiewicz, a sophomore pharmacy major and singer for the Royal Pitches, UB’s Burke-Falotico, Buffalo Chips business manager women’s a cappella group, had a front row view of and performer, has known Enderle through Glee the action.

Club and was glad to make her part of the show.

“They did a lot of things that I haven’t seen girl groups do,” Mazurkiewicz said. “They were very impressive from start to finish.”

Toward the end of the Chips’ second set, one lucky lady was asked to come up to the stage to be serenaded by the vocalists.

Katie Enderle, a senior biology major and self-

The show is only a preview of what the group has in store. The Chips are planning to release a new album at their spring show on April 14th – their third and final large show of the year. The a cappella album will cost $10,000 to produce.

The Chips aren’t a Student Association-funded club and must find ways to fund themselves with help from their fans.

“You could say we fund [the project], but really everyone who supports us funds it,” BurkeFalotico said.

After the two groups left the stage, a projector lowered and revealed the Chips in a short clip of spoofs on popular TV shows like 16 and Pregnant and My Strange Addiction.

Their upcoming album is currently untitled, and is intended to match some of the highest quality a cappella recordings in the country.

More hilarity ensued afterwards. Mikida struggled through the bathroom birth of a watermelon, while the audience roared as Zach Carr confessed his life-altering addiction to smelling hair.

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ESPN, in what seems like a rush to be the first outlet to have some sort of analysis on the loss, published one of the most bone-headed headlines in the history of sports journalism.

For about 30 minutes, the title of an article about Lin was “Chink in the Most of that content is harmless: local Armor.” Anyone familiar with Lin or stories about the oldest people in their Asian Americans in general knows that towns, or any number of innocuous little the title of that article contains an ofarticles. What’s surprising is how little fensive slur. mistakes actually end up slipping past editors and making it into publication.

Compounding the idiocy is the fact that Lin has been the brunt of discrimination Such a “mix-up” occurred in the early and racism since his days at Harvard. morning on Saturday, after a tough Even before being a national name, his loss for the New York Knicks. Newly ethnicity has been used against him. crowned international sensation Jeremy Lin had been tearing the hardwood Even though his stats in high school apart for the last seven games, with six were well above average, he was not of those games being his first starts in offered a single sports scholarship. the NBA. Lin said in an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle: “I do think [my ethnicHe even beat the NBA record for most ity] did affect the way coaches recruited points scored in a player’s first fives me. I think if I were a different race, I starts. To compare, Lin had 136 points would've been treated differently.” in his first five starts, and Michael Jordan had 116.

In college, morons continued trying to insult Lin based on his race. According On Friday, however, he was shown to be to Lin’s teammate during his time at imperfect. He turned the ball over nine Harvard, another Ivy League player times during a game against the New used the same racial epithet against Orleans Hornets, which sealed New him. Bigoted shouts were common in his York’s loss with certainty. college ball career.

Some are inclined to say that it was an EDWARD BENOIT honest mistake, that having a “chink in Managing Editor your armor” is a common turn of phrase and that having it be associated with Lin was just a terrible misunderstanding.

Interesting, considering the phrase hadn’t been used in an ESPN.com title in two years, and then it makes its grand resurgence with an article about an Asian American: a curious coincidence, indeed.

Although it’s questionable whether or not the title was meant to be a racial slur or not, an intelligent writer would never use a title that could offend the majority of humans on earth, nor would a smart editor let it get into print.

ESPN has fired the writer, and suspended an anchor on its station for making a similar comment, but the editor who let that headline out the door has a similar responsibility. His job was to make sure that what got published was acceptable, and he failed miserably.

Mistakes are made every day, but a mistake this glaring and offensive is unacceptable.

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Virginia abortion law is ridiculous

Some debates will never die. Like unholy vampires roaming the countryside, they continue to be reanimated and reused every single election cycle.

sary. Rather than the little handheld unit, a probe has to be inserted into the vagina and moved around until an image is produced.

ment into a man’s ass as well? After all, you can’t make informed consent about taking Viagra without a good old digital rectal exam.

A few are important issues that have difficult answers, like how best to run a global economy, how to tax people, and where to spend government funds most effectively. Others, however, are all but unanswerable questions.

Overwhelmingly, most abortions occur during the first 12 weeks, so the vast majority of women seeking abortions would have to undergo this procedure in Virginia.

Oh that’s right, Republicans only let the government make decisions about the lives of anyone but themselves.

Anything that has an effect on rich white male Christians is met with shouts of “BIG GOVERNMENT!” and cries of “SOCIALISM!” but anything else just makes good sense.

So get ready, women of Virginia, the Abortion, and most other issues about GOP has moved beyond just wantsex, is such a quandary. People seem to ing to control your vagina to actively be divided in an irreconcilable battle of penetrating it for literally no medical wills on either the pro-life or pro-choice reason. side.

Virginia’s legislature attempted to tip the balance in favor of the pro-life side this week with a simple little bill, aimed at “informed consent.” SB 484 makes it a requirement for every woman receiving the procedure to view an ultrasound of the fetus before they abort a pregnancy.

That’s not too bad, right? Just a little bit of that jelly you see on TV medical shows, a little rub of that wand, and you’re all set.

Not really.

See, during the first 12 weeks, a standard ultrasound doesn’t produce anything close to an image that can be used, so a different procedure is neces-

America is getting tired of our elected officials pretending to be the authoritarian guides on sex, sexuality, and reproductive health. We have the right to have sex however we want without Rick Santorum trying to inject his religious ideology down our throats.

Whether or not you are pro-life or not, forcing women who disagree with you on this debate to forcibly undergo an embarrassing and sexual procedure is not going to help the legitimacy of your cause. You don’t get to trample on a The bottom line is the economy. As it woman just because she disagrees with gets better and better, the remaining you. few Republican candidates will feel the noose tightening around their doomed campaigns. It’s not easy to attack State Sen. Janet D. Howell of Virginia Obama’s economic policies when they’re at least tried to level the playing field working. They’ll turn to any divisive with an amendment requiring men to issue to fire up the voter base, hoping undergo a rectal examination if they to become the most ideal conservative want a prescription of Viagra. Apparrobot that ever graced the screen of Fox ently the old, white Republicans (the News. main consumers of those little blue pills) didn’t think that was necessary.

Hopefully for a little while, Romney and Santorum can avoid talking about Why not? People with enlarged prosother people’s crotches. tates might be put at risk while taking Viagra, so why not force the govern-

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor, The author of the article “C.R.E.A.M., The DISCLOSE act must be passed” (Published Feb 15) does not tell the whole story in my opinion and therefore is misinforming the reader. I realize it is an opinion, but I feel the record needs to be corrected.

First of all, the author takes issue with all the money super PACs spend on republican candidates, failing to realize that unions spend a ridiculous amount of money on Obama’s reelection and Obama has no problems using super PACs now.

Secondly, the author takes issue with republicans being paid for by oil executives and being against green energy tax incentives.

One of the largest contributors to Obama during his campaign was none other than the oil company BP. Obama also recieves more money from Wall Street than any of the republican candidates. One needs to simply google “Solyndra” to find out how our taxpayer dollars have gone to waste to subsidize green energy.

Solyndra is only one of many failed green companies that have recieved subsidies from this administration. Why don’t we just end all subsidies, unfair regulations, and reform the tax code so each

company as an equal advantage in the market?

The author takes issue with the fact that most republicans voted against the Disclose act.

The Obama administration said this bill would “hold corporations who participate in the Nation’s elections accountable to the American people.”

What this bill actually does is heavily restrict the rights of more than 100,000 associations nationwide to run ads expressing their political views.

It was a desperate attempt by the democrats to influence the mid-term elections. Even the leftwing American Civil Liberties Union was against this bill.

The author erroneously cites the Citizens United case, saying that it allows super PACs to spend unlimited amounts of money. This is not true. The case had to do with a part of the McCain-Feingold act, which stated that a corporation couldn’t engage in electioneering communication within a certain time period before an election.

Progressives want to argue that corporations shouldn't get a first amendment right because the first amendment applies to people. Anyone who thinks this should ask themselves these questions: doesn’t that mean the New York Times corporation has no constitutionally protected right to freedom of the press? Is the government wrong to impose

taxes on corporations as separate “persons?”

Should we abolish the corporate income tax, for example, and special corporate reporting regulations? Most on the left who oppose this decision fail to realize it not only applies the corporations, but unions and non-profit organizations as well. The real error in Citizens United was in the 8-1 part of the decision upholding federal campaign disclosure requirements.

The right of anonymous speech (although subject to traditional defamation law) clearly is part of the First Amendment—think, for example, of the pseudonymously-written Federalist Papers.

Finally, the author of the opinion piece tries to point out the hypocrisy in the republican party, saying they want a transparent government but vote against this bill. This bill takes aim at elections, not government transparency.

The author also says republicans argue for less government in our lives and then demand government penetrate a woman's womb. Most republicans don’t want abortion, but I don’t see how that is government intervention, unless the author is trying to use the usual talking points from eugenicist Margaret Sanger of "Women’s Rights" to defend the murder of an unborn child.

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If there’s one thing the Republican Party has done really well the past few weeks, it’s demonstrate to the rest of the world just what homophobic, misogynistic, sex-obsessed, self-righteous, morally-misguided wackos constitute its ranks. (If you’re a Republican and were offended by that, I’m not sorry.)

I mean, in just the last week we’ve witnessed legislation sanctioning medically-unnecessary-rape-bysonogram-instrument in Virginia, GOP backlash against modes of contraception 99 percent of the adult females in this country have used at some point, and Rick Santorum make impassioned statements with utter conviction about how the private sex lives of private citizens should be the government’s business. Get f***ed, GOP. Now, I know not every Republican is a misinformed self-righteous prude with the sexual and moral sensibilities of a comically-large-buckle-hat-wearing Puritan, so characterizing all of them that way isn’t in the least bit fair. Some Republicans, in fact, have jobs and own businesses and even graduated college.

Some Republicans, it turns out, just like their taxes low and their government small. Some Republicans – nay, most Republicans, I’ll maintain – are just ignorant classists who are just as stupid, hypocritical, and misinformed as their Bible-thumping sex-restricting gay-hating cousins.

Once again: If you’re a Republican and were offended by that, I’m not sorry.

And, seeing as you probably don’t believe me, and will viciously and insistently maintain that you aren’t a classist, I’ve included two sample Republican talking points – ones you’ve probably heard and nodded in agreement to at some point – to bolster my claim: Talking point one: “We can’t tax the rich more! Rich people are the only ones who create jobs in this country!”

Talking point two: “Almost 50 percent of this country pays no federal taxes!

Those freeloading high-living poor people need to pay their share!”

So, wait – taxes are uniformly bad and should be lowered for everyone except the poor? How does that make any sense? Shouldn’t you guys be glad half the country pays no taxes, because that means we’re half way toward achieving some sort of GOP fantasyland where no one pays any taxes at all and the government only exists to detain foreigners and drop bombs on brown people and things like roads and education magically pay for themselves somehow? How can you guys decry taxes for one group but then endorse them for another? To quote South Park’s Johnnie Cochran caricature: “It does not. Make. Sense.”

It doesn’t make economic sense, seeing as the bottom 40 percent of the country that pays no federal taxes controls a whopping 0.2 percent of the nation’s wealth (so taxing them will accomplish what, exactly?); it doesn’t make social or ethical sense (given the extreme burden said portion of the population is under already); it doesn’t make basic logical sense (see rhetorical-questionstrewn rant above). In fact, it only makes sense if you’ve got something against the poor.

Add to this mess of hate-motivated hypocrisy the fact that a lot of you guys are also rabidly Christian (which, by the way, just what parables did Jesus demand payment with interest for multiplying all those loaves and fishes, or refuse to resurrect Lazarus because he was uninsured, or demand one not love his or her neighbor if that neighbor happens to be black, poor, or gay, exactly?), and you’re left with a totally incompatible clusterf*** of mutually exclusive ideas – an Orwellianlevel exercise in triple-think that only the very stupid, the very delusional, or the very hateful could possibly endorse with a straight face.

Now, I realize that harangue probably won’t change many Republican minds (thinking never was your guys’ strong suit), but what it will do is give you all a taste of the single-minded contempt your party spews out on a daily basis toward everyone who isn’t a like-minded rich male WASP, and especially the poor.

Don’t like it? Well, I’m not sorry.

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students. The salon offers an atmosphere of vintage crossed with modern. A normal hair cut starts at around $21 and a buzz is $18. The shop also offers edging, color, beard trimming, and facial waxing for the guy looking to get the whole package.

For a more old school environment, guys can get a cut right outside North Campus at Atillio’s Barber Shop on Millersport Highway. For $14 a head, Atillio’s offers all styles and straight razor finishes from a cast of guys who have been in business in Buffalo for a long time.

On South Campus, students can visit ICONZ Hair Design or Attitudez, which are just two of several barbershops located right by campus on Main Street.

COURTESY OF LUCA VANZELLA UB students travel around both campuses to find their favorite barbershop while deciding whether they want to be trimmed or hairy.

MAX CRINNIN

Staff Writer Should men look sculpted and hairless, or beastly and furry? Do women want smooth or manly?

UB students face this quandary every day.

While some are willing to hold a razor up to every inch of his or her body to sack the one they desire, others refuse.

In a society where the television show Jersey Shore has implemented a “Gym, Tan, Laundry” mentality, grooming starts up top. For many, a fresh cut is the most crucial step toward proper hygiene.

While some girls find themselves more attracted to shaved men, others prefer the shaggy look.

“Some people can look grungy and it’s cool, but some can’t and then it looks like they’re homeless,” said Megan Syrell, a freshman environmental engineering major. “Some body hair is nice. I don’t want a guy who looks like a baby, but I don’t want a jungle either.”

Teresa, a UB student who chose not to use her last name, agreed with Syrell and said there’s a fine line.

“I think some guys can pull off facial hair, while others look better clean cut,” Teresa said. “Especially during our time at college, there are two different kinds of guys: 1) That showers three times a week and goes to class looking gross and doesn’t shave, and the 2) Being a guy who works and is looking for a job in his future and likes being clean cut.”

Rosanne’s Hair Shop, located on North Campus, is one of the most convenient options for

According to Joe Malak, a freshman biomedical science major, Buffalo Trim in East Amherst is a cut above the rest when it comes to salons for men.

“My hair gets cut every three weeks and it usually comes out to around $20 with the tip,” Malak said.

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Malak attempts to stay fresh with his hair and his scent collection of creams and colognes. As a guy who enjoys going out to parties and getting the ladies, Malak sticks to a routine to show that he can care for himself and ultimately for his potential sweetheart.

Album: Reign of Terror Artist: Sleigh Bells Label: Mom + Pop Release Date: Feb. 21

“Typically I want a clean shave on the face and everywhere else that matters before I go out,” Malak said. “I don't get chest or stomach hair, even though most people in my family have it.”

While some go for an approach that shows attention to detail, other guys let it all grow out.

Surely the more free-spirited girls of UB can appreciate a grizzly lumberjack of a man, but it takes a certain breed.

“Italian men are hairy beasts – I am one of them, and I feel manly with my hair,” said Jacob Geraci, a freshman biological sciences major. “I would put most men to shame with my hairiness. I like having a beard and I only get my hair cut every three months or so. I tried shaving my chest once, but the next day it was all back. My bare chest was just a dream.”

Geraci says he occasionally gives his body hair a trim, but he never really worries about it and doesn’t flaunt his body much in the first place.

Regardless of which path guys take – hairy or hairless – they have ample resources at UB. Around North and South Campus, there are places for guys to get whatever cut they desire – whether they’re looking for an extensive cut or just a trim.

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Grade: BIn Reign of Terror’s opener, “True Shred Guitar,” singer Alexis Krauss repeatedly chants “Push it, push it” over Derek Miller’s distorted guitar. Over the course of the album, it is apparent that the lyric represents both the album’s strength and crippling weaknesses.

In a sense, Krauss’ statement reflects on Sleigh Bell’s new direction. The duo’s sophomore effort pulls away from the hip-hop infused drums that helped make 2010’s Treats a hit, and instead focuses on a more guitar-driven sound.

The new focus gives the team a sound that has a distinctively ’80s arena rock feel, a new place the duo seems comfortable in. The pair seems to be referring back to its content in the video for “Comeback Kid,” where Miller raises his fist in the air in a reference to The Breakfast Club.

That same sense of nostalgia backfires on Sleigh Bells in this album. The guitar focus puts Miller’s skills in the spotlight, and unfortunately, he just doesn’t have the chops to carry the album. The fact that this collection clocks in at just less than 40 minutes draws even more concern about his ability.

give the track a feeling of power, though not as strong a feeling as the duo’s debut. His work on “End of the Line” is equally as addicting. However, it is clear Miller can only do so much with the standard power chords and bends.

Another notable change is the lyrics. The optimistic Krauss that listeners heard in Treats is gone, and in her stead they are presented with a scorned singer.

It’s weird to think that the same person who asked, “Did you do your best today?” in Treat’s “Tell ’Em” could have such disparaging things to say in “Born to Lose.”

“Heard you say suicide in your sleep,” Krauss sings.

“Just get on with it, you were born to lose.”

Despite the lyrics, Krauss never sounds melodramatic singing them throughout the album. Her voice stays in a dreamlike state and makes the album’s simplistic lyrics effective.

Krauss’ vocals would have been more enjoyable if Reign of Terror didn’t insist on exploiting it. The overdubbing and echo effects done to her voice sounds grating at times, especially in “Never Say Die” and “Road to Hell.” The result gives the release a drowsy feeling instead of a mesmerizing sentiment – a flaw that can make the album hard to listen to in one sitting.

One aspect that made Treats special was that Sleigh Bells sounded bigger than just a duo despite its use of familiar styles. This illusion isn’t in Reign of Terror.

The band feels like it is locked in some sort of paradigm, instead of actually pushing it.

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Miller does have some memorable riffs in Reign of Terror. The guitar’s echo-effect and the claps on “Crush”

Reckoning Reckoning

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Senior Arts Editor Developers: 38 Studios, Big Huge Games Publishers: 38 Studios, EA Games Release Date: Feb. 7

Where Amalur trumps its Bethesda brethren is the game’s fluid, frenetic combat. Weapons are varied ranging from standard medieval fare – bows, greatswords, knives, and the like – to blades as big as werebears, chakrams of every magical variety, and weapons fit for a Square Enix title. Combat is quick-paced and brutal, slashes land with satisfying splurges, and hammers hit with thundering thuds.

Grade: B-

For all intents and purposes Amalur follows in the fantasy-laden footsteps of Lionhead Studios staple Fable, and easily observed parallels can be drawn to Rarely has indecisiveness been a game’s strong suit, the severely under-tested Two Worlds II. Admittedly, but as Fable clone and all-around first-rate role-playing Molyneux and his London team went above and game, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning proves there’s a beyond in their lore-telling, and even with a creative first time for everything. team consisting of R.A. Salvatore, Todd McFarlane, and Elder Scrolls engineer Ken Rolston, Amalur manages only to touch the face of Fable’s egotistical god.

Fans of Bethesda’s 2011 Game of the Year, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, will feel right at home in Amalur’s open-world realm of witchcraft, wizardry, and otherMonsters that occupy Amalur’s realm are torn straight worldly adventures. Amalur, like its dragon-slaying from the pages of a Dungeons and Dragons Monster sibling, is all about choice and the lack thereof.

Manual, and are just as phenomenal to fight as they are to look at. Low-level monsters include wolves and bandits, while higher-level creatures like Niskaru and Playing off the theory of indeterministic fate, the the bloated Bolgan test players’ reaction skills with a game isn’t so much the guide as the player is. blade as they leap across the screen in a single bound.

Though players pick their race in the game’s opening sequence, Amalur’s destiny system lets players choose exactly what type of experience they’d like to have.

Trying different weapon combinations in the game’s Like to fling spells but don’t mind getting your hands primary and secondary weapon slots is almost as dirty either? Choose the Finesse/Magic hybrid destiny. much fun as exploring Amalur’s expansive open-world Big fan of shadowed assassinations while wielding a realm. Weapons are further outfitted by sagecrafting half-ton hammer? Amalur allows that as well.

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shards into gems and socket, à la the Diablo system, into almost any item from the game’s copious armory.

Blacksmithing, alchemy, and all other standard medieval conventions apply within the title, but few of them are worth the point investment, as the game’s skills are often seriously unbalanced.

Amalur’s main campaign is rather extensive and with side-quests akin to Skyrim’s fighter’s, mage’s,

thieve’s, and Dark Brotherhood plot lines, 38 Studios’ expansive universe has enough content to keep even the most competent spelunker entrenched for the foreseeable future.

Amalur’s minor reservations include long, though

conversation can be.

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.

Graphically impressive, Amalur shines like mithril.

The game’s candy-coated environments shine with an ethereal beauty, and with the dozens of different environments contained within the Amalurian landmass, the game’s graphics won’t go unappreciated. Sadly, too much of the game’s landscape falls more on the side of reactive than interactive, as players are left with little to explore until given permission and prompts to do so.

38 Studios, founded by Major League Baseball’s own Curt Schilling, has made an impressive attempt at a first title. The company plans to turn Amalur’s realm of magic and mystery into a full-fledged MassivelyMultiplayer Online Role-Playing Game, sometime within the next few years.

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Personal Best Performances Galore at Cornell BRANDON BARNES

Staff Writer The biggest meet of the season for the track and field teams is right on the horizon: the MidAmerican Conference championships. Judging by the team’s performance this weekend at Cornell, it’s peaking at just the right time in preparation for it.

Junior Tomarris Bell had his best performance of the season in the triple jump. He shattered his previous best by four feet when he jumped 46-10.25 feet. Bell also competed in the men’s 60-meter dash and finished seventh.

Coach Vicki Mitchell feels as if the dedication and focus during practice time is what has led to some Bulls breaking out and really doing well in the later stages of the season.

“I think the team is really seeing the results of the hard work and are really coming together,” Mitchell said. “The harder they want to work the better they are, and I know the coaches are very pleased with the team and how it is progressing.”

The Bulls traveled to Ithaca to compete in the Marc Denault Invitational, which would serve as a tune-up for the Bulls in preparation for the championship meet next week. Buffalo traveled light for this trip – leaving behind most of its roster – but the competitors that made the trek had career days.

Junior thrower Kristy Woods led the way for Buffalo, earning Field Athlete of the Meet honors.

Her highlight came in the weighted throw, where she tossed a personal best 61-10.50 feet, blowing past her previous best by over four inches.

Woods was not finished setting personal records either, as she later would go on to win the women’s shot put, throwing 50 feet. Sophomore thrower Rachael Roberts finished second in the event, throwing for a personal best of 47-10 feet.

The Bulls’ throwing prowess wasn’t limited to the women’s squad either. All–MAC performer Rob Golabek has led the way for the Bulls for much of his career, and this meet was no exception. The senior finished on top of the shot put once again for Buffalo.

The invitational was not a scoring meet but there were several teams there and they were served noticed on Saturday, as the Bulls had a great showing in other events besides throwing.

Even though the Marc Denault Invitational had no technical winner, the Bulls can count this as a victory in several respects. The invitational served as an opportunity for struggling members to regain confidence, and for others to work out some flaws in their technique. And while some were getting back into the groove others were getting much needed rest before next week’s big competition.

“For the athletes that didn’t compete today that rested this weekend, that just means they are extra fresh, hungry, and prime for next week’s competition,” Mitchell said. “It’s good for the several people who were competing weekend after weekend to just have a mental refresher so they can go into that conference meet refocused and ready to work hard.”

The Bulls have never won the MAC Indoor Championship before, but with the team hitting its stride so late in the season, Mitchell and the rest of the Bulls are hoping that changes this year.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8: WRESTLING WINS FIRST CONFERENCE DUAL MEET friends in attendance, won a critical match that Beichner admitted could have gone either way in the 133-pound weight class.

tournament. The boost of beating a MAC team will help Buffalo in its mental preparation for the championships.

Buffalo won six of the first seven matches on its way to victory. The lone loss of that streak came in the 149-pound weight class, as freshman Dan Gormley fell mightily to Northern Illinois’ Shawn Fayette, 18-3. That momentum from the win wouldn’t stay with the Huskies for long, as fellow freshman Wally Maziarz picked up Gormley and the Bulls, putting things right back in Buffalo’s favor with a pin.

When the Bulls return from their road trip they will face a two-week layoff before the MAC tournament. Beichner is going to push his athletes’ bodies to the limit during the first week to get them in shape.

“It was a 4-1 match at one point and Wally ended up pinning their kid in the third period,” Beichner said. “It was a big match, on paper it could have gone down either way and he went out there and pinned him.”

During the second week he will allow his team to rest to enter the tournament with fresh bodies, and hopes to give the Bulls their best chance to be successful and place well in the conference.

“We need to get [our next] win out of the way and then focus on the MACs,” Beichner said. “We need to focus on that.”

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Beichner emphasized how important the conference win was for the Bulls going into the MAC

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1: ONE COUNTRY ON TWO WHEELS When Ryan Brown, a senior neurology and cognitive science major at the University of Rochester, first heard about the program, he thought it was a great way to travel the country before entering the “real world” this fall. The decision to apply was simple – the cause was great and the application itself was not too complicated either, according to Brown.

“I was a little skeptical as to if I would be admitted to the program with the large number of applicants they have,” Brown said. “But I hoped for the best. When I was notified that I got into the program, and received my first choice route, I was so happy.”

He will be riding from Maine to Santa Barbara beginning June 16. But before applying and being accepted into the program, Brown did not really understand the affordable housing crisis.

“It’s something that you hear about, but it wasn’t something I really took to heart,” Brown said.

“After being accepted, I decided to read into the problem. It is actually a huge problem [in] the U.S., and it affects many more people than I initially thought. The cause does mean a lot to me, and has a special place in my heart.”

While the concept and cause are honorable and enticing, biking across the country is no easy feat. Training is very important for those interested.

Bob Gosch, champion of the Mr. USA Bodybuilding competition in 1989 and two-time winner of the heavyweight class of the Mr. America competition, encourages becoming a student of cycling first.

“I tell everyone to begin by becoming a student of their activity,” Gosch said. “Jump in, study it, use the Internet. Assemble your own expert power. Keep an open mind, especially in the beginning of this process, until you find a philosophy that fits your intuition and common sense.”

Strength and endurance are very important in something like this, but Gosch also emphasizes the importance of stretching and injury prevention training. Things like yoga and Pilates help stretch overused muscles and increase flexibility.

These activities are just as vital as the cardio and core training that one should do as well, according to Gosch.

Bike and Build requires that each rider document 500 miles of riding prior to the trip, and one trip must be over 65 miles. They also send participants a training guide, helping them to stay active before the warmer weather emerges, and meet the pre-trip goals.

Since signing up for the trip, Ribachonek has been spinning two to four times a week, and training for a half marathon. She has also started rock climbing once a week, and has joined the Boston network of Bike and Build alumni.

“I think I’ve been doing a really good job of honoring their recommendation to stay active in other ways while it’s cold. The alumni network and my team’s Facebook group has been very resourceful when it comes to lessons learned, how to stay healthy on the trip, and what gear to invest in,” Ribachonek said.

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student, is the secretary of the UB Cycling club. He has been cycling for seven years and has competed in hundreds of competitions. The cycling club does not only race – one can join and ride recreationally as well. Knowles personally found his niche in competition.

For Knowles – and many other cyclists – diet and exercise are very important. There is a delicate balance in training: one must be strong, but not bulky. Making sure riders supply their bodies with the correct food is common sense, but during a race – or trip across the country – it is essential.

“Anything over two hours, you need to plan what you’re going to eat,” Knowles said. “If you run out of glycogen, you are working at a very reduced capacity. Cells cannot produce energy without carbs. So there are these gel packs, or ‘gu.’ They are packets of really dense carbs and sugar in a gel form. They are easier to eat and easier on the stomach. You can eat one in a short amount of time, and in a race, they are your main food supply.”

It’s also recommended that riders bring 24 ounces of a sports drink for every hour that they ride, regardless of mileage.

Cycling is also extremely expensive. For Knowles, the tires on his bike alone cost $2,600 each. The clothing gear is made of materials that protect against wind, rain, and reflect moisture away from the body.

In addition to spending months training prior to the adventure, riders must find a way to afford all of the necessary additional gear.

Although the expenses, fundraising, application, and training that go along with Bike and Build might be expensive, the members think it’s all worth it. For Brown, seeing the country from end to end is the most exhilarating part.

“I am hoping to get a lot out of this experience, besides huge thighs,” Brown said. “I want to see the country, and I am most excited about riding alongside the Grand Canyon. I also get to spend the summer with 30 kids who are my age from all over the country, that are just as excited as I am. It is going to be the summer of a lifetime.”

Ribachonek feels a range of emotions – nervousness and anxiety – but is mostly excited. Having received her master’s at the end of this past fall semester, she is sure this trip will help her to reach her career goals.

“I’m really excited to have the opportunity to connect with American communities in a similar fashion to my experience in China,” Ribachonek said. “I am thrilled at the thought of connecting with fascinating landscapes and locals with such a unique, unforgettable, and humbling program.

No amount of dwelling or angle-evaluating will change how committed and excited I am to bike across the country while standing up for an issue that is largely in need of a louder voice.”

Bike and Build believes affordable housing is a problem that needs to be addressed, and the organization provides the opportunity for an amazing view along the way. Apply, start training, and get ready. Four thousand miles of America are waiting.

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One and Done No More

Bulls Bullied by Jackrabbits South Dakota State dominates as Buffalo loses its second straight game

JON GAGNON

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NATHANIEL SMITH

and getting to the glass. We just didn’t establish ourselves enough on the glass at all.”

Sports Editor In 2006 the NBA instituted a new rule that players must be at least 19 years old to be eligible for the draft, essentially meaning they would have to play at least one year in college.

The NBA instituting that rule has done more harm than good when it comes to the college game.

The pride of college basketball is now gone, and only appears to be a showcase for young NBA talent, much of which rarely pans out.

Players like Derrick Rose, John Wall, Kevin Durant, and most recently Kyrie Irving were all “one and done” players. It’s safe to say these guys would have all been top 10 draft picks regardless of their one-year tenures at their respective colleges. Was it really necessary to waste one year of their lives, and more importantly one year of the institutions that provided them with a free education?

What’s the point in making players attend colleges if they have no intention of staying there for more than one year? It is a discredit to the players, the fans, and most importantly the universities.

As a die-hard Syracuse fan I have had firsthand experience with this matter. In 2008 Donte Greene averaged 18 points per game as a freshman, and then bolted from ’Cuse for the NBA.

Monday, February 20, 2012

The men’s basketball team took a break from the grind that is the Mid-American Conference schedule on Saturday.

It expected to dominate down low against an out of conference opponent.

That script was flipped in Brookings, SD as the Bulls (16-8, 9-3 MAC) looked ill prepared, and were beat up on the low block. South Dakota State (22-7, 13-3 Summit League) was able to run away from the Bulls, winning 86-65 in the SEARS BracketBusters matchup at Frost Arena.

Head coach Reggie Witherspoon was very frank about the Bulls’ effort.

“South Dakota State took us to the woodshed today,” Witherspoon said.

“We weren’t physical at all. We weren’t aggressive enough.”

The lack of aggression was on full display, as the smaller Jackrabbits were able to push the Bulls around on the boards. After one half of play, it was the Jackrabbits that looked like the better rebounding team, as they held a plusnine advantage.

The Bulls’ big men, especially sophomore forward Javon McCrea, were supposed to dominate this game. Instead he had a subpar game, scoring only eight points and grabbing five rebounds in 24 minutes of playing time before fouling out.

Senior forward Mitchell Watt had a slightly better game, leading the Bulls in scoring with 15 points and grabbing eight boards, but was unable to register a blocked shot for the second straight game. The Jackrabbits had no trouble getting to the rim, as they were unafraid of the bigger Bulls’ forwards.

South Dakota State guard Nate Wolters put on a show for the national audience, scoring 22 points. He put on a shooting clinic, scoring on a myriad of mid-range jumpers, floaters over the arms of Buffalo defenders, and reverse layups.

When the team needed a big rebound, or to make the extra pass, Wolters came through, as he added eight rebounds and six assists. Many of those assists were to fellow guard Griffan Callahan, as the senior added 22 points of his own on 6-of-10 shooting.

COURTESY OF TY CARLSON Zach Filzen (5) dribbles past a South Dakota State defender in the Bulls’ 86-65 Bracketbuster loss.

Was I mad that a promising young player who had the potential to bring ‘Cuse back to the promise land we experienced in 2003 left after one season? You bet.

Buffalo closed the gap, but ended the game outrebounded for the first time in the last 11 games, losing the battle 34-31. But it was not an acceptable performance in the eyes of Witherspoon, as the third ranked rebounding team in the country was out classed on the glass.

His one year pit-stop in ’Cuse is now absent in my mind, and myself much like other ’Cuse fans, probably even forgot he was once a member of the Orange.

“They were more physical. They did a good job blocking out [on rebounds],” Witherspoon said. “We didn’t do a good enough job of getting around them

Have you ever noticed, with the exception of Kyrie Irving, that Duke’s players are generally upperclassmen? Have you also noticed that all of Kentucky’s star players over the last few years are freshman?

Dominant Second Half Lets Hawks Soar

As a team, the Jackrabbits shot lightsout, making nearly 50 percent of their shots throughout the game, the highest mark the Bulls have allowed since their Dec. 20 game at BYU. They were also able to force the Bulls into terrible fouls, as they were able to go to the line 31 times.

“They did a good job of spreading us out and doing what they do best,” Witherspoon said. “We didn’t take them to the

glass, pound it inside and do what we do best. In the end, when that happens, it’s bad for Buffalo.”

to focus on our next opponent which is Ohio and we need a good effort to be successful against them.”

In the end, this is a game that doesn’t have a negative impact on Buffalo’s chances to win the MAC, a point that was reflected on by Witherspoon.

Buffalo will play three of their final four games at home, starting with the Ohio Bobcats (21-6, 8-4 MAC), who previously defeated the Bulls 60-52 in Athens, Ohio on Jan. 11. Tipoff for the game on Wednesday is slated for 7 p.m.

“We don’t want to put this one behind us to the point that we forget about it,” Whitherspoon said. “We just have

BRANDON BARNES

Two reasons.

Staff Writer

One, because legendary coach Mike Krzyzewski recruits players who have plans to graduate and be a part of a respectable program and system.

Players who will play together for the next three or four years and develop a continuity on the court, and more importantly, earn a degree.

It was more of the same for the women’s basketball team on Saturday: A strong start deteriorated into an ugly finish, dashing any hope of an upset in Alumni Arena.

Second, because Kentucky head coach John Calipari virtually guarantees you a first round draft selection. In the last two seasons, Calipari has provided the NBA with six players in the first round of the draft, five of which have been freshman.

The contest featured two teams in very different places within the conference. Miami (Ohio) (197, 9-4 Mid-American Conference) is trying to position itself for postseason play, with the Bulls (7-20, 2-11 MAC) attempting to play spoiler. If the game was only twenty minutes long the Bulls would have succeeded. However, Buffalo was outscored by 17 points in the second frame as the RedHawks took the victory, 66-50.

This season Kentucky has been ranked as the no. 1 team in the country for a majority of the season. Mostly in part to its three outstanding freshmen, two of which will most likely be top five draft picks (Anthony Davis, Michael KiddGilchrist). Two sophomores (Terrence Jones, Doron Lamb) compliment the freshmen, would have also been first round picks last season, had the NBA lockout not affected their decision.

Sophomore forward Nytor Longar scored on a put-back with one second remaining, putting a scare into the RedHawks as Buffalo held a one-point lead heading into the break.

Although Kentucky has planted its seed as a top-five team in the nation the last three years, it has yet to win a National Title. Most would say this is due to lack of experience on the court.

In my opinion, this has been one of the best years college basketball has had to offer in a while because of the multitude of talented players. But it’s for all the wrong reasons.

All that NBA scouts seem to care about these days is players ‘potential’ or ‘athleticism.’ Sure, those things are extremely important when drafting young players to help better your team’s future. But isn’t it obvious when someone can just flat out ball?

Remember watching LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Amar’e Stoudemire, and Dwight Howard tear it up amongst the college ranks? No? That’s because they didn’t. When coming out of high school these players, and NBA scouts knew these guys could play. That’s why they were top draft picks. That’s why they decided not to attend college.

If players think they’re good enough to go straight to the pros after high school, let them. I assure you there will still be enough talent left over for players who actually want to attend college.

Don’t make them suffer knowing they could be getting paid. Don’t make the schools suffer for knowing the free education they provide these athletes means virtually nothing.

Don’t make fans suffer as we continually see the promise of our teams National Championship hopes be cut short by swift, meaningless stints that we refer to as “one and done.”

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SEUNGRYUL LEE /// THE SPECTRUM Nytor Longar (21) puts up a shot against Miami (OH) in a 66-50 loss

It was a lead that wouldn’t last for long as the visitors came out of the locker room looking like a completely different team. The RedHawks came out and lit up the Bulls in every aspect of the game, out-rebounding the Bulls by 13 to compliment the scoring advantage, and also holding Buf-

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falo to just 23 percent shooting in the second half.

“I thought our offensive execution was awful in the second half,” said head coach Linda HillMacDonald. “We stopped sharing the basketball and we made a few more turnovers. I think Miami stepped up its defensive pressure [and] they got a little bit more physical with us. We did not have as many good looks in the second half as we did in the first half.”

Miami’s 3-point shooting was a key to the second half turnaround, as the team hit on 5-of-10 from 3-point distance, after being held to just 2-of-9 in the first. A pair of junior guards led the way for the RedHawks, as Courtney Osborn nailed three, and Kristen Olowinski added two on the way to her game-high 22 points. Olowinski also showed her might on the glass, pulling down a game and season-high 19 rebounds.

Olowinski’s performance helped the RedHawks win the physical aspect of the game, as they dominated the Bulls on the glass. The difference in scoring was equaled by the second chance opportunities, with the RedHawks scoring 16 points on extra possessions.

The Bulls also struggled at the charity stripe. The visitors

converted on 17-of-20 from the line, while Buffalo shot a dismal 9-of-17.

“I thought we were horrible from the foul line when we had those opportunities,” Hill-MacDonald said. “Especially because a lot of those free throws were the front ends of one-and-ones. I mean how many free throws could we of had if we made the front end and the back end?”

Somehow Buffalo was able to climb back in it – albeit briefly.

With just under 10 minutes to go a layup by freshman forward Christa Baccas trimmed the Bulls deficit to just one. Miami would not let Buffalo get any closer, though, as it responded with a 9-0 run to seal the victory.

Senior guard Brittany Hedderson led the Bulls offensively with 13 points, but it wasn’t an efficient performance for the team’s leading scorer, as she shot just 4-of-16 in the contest.

Hedderson was the lone Bull in double figures.

Buffalo is still searching for its first win against a MAC East opponent. The next opportunity to end the 0-8 skid will come Tuesday against Kent State (5-18, 4-9 MAC). The game will start at 7 p.m. in Alumni Arena.

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Wrestling Wins First Conference Dual Meet BEN TARHAN

I felt they reached a breaking point and they kind of broke a little bit and I think they bounced back very well.”

Staff Reporter This season has simply been one of struggle for the wrestling team. Despite some strong individual efforts, the team has looked nothing but lackluster for much of the season, as it has gone its first four matches into conference play without anything to show in the win column.

Buffalo took the lead early and never looked back. Freshman Max Soria dominated the first match of the day with a major decision to give the Bulls a 4-0 lead. For Soria it was a win that shook off some mid-season struggles, as it was his first career conference dual meet victory and his first dual meet victory since Jan. 14.

For one day at least, it all came together.

The Bulls (6-14, 1-4 MidAmerican Conference) would not be denied a conference victory, putting on one of their most impressive dual meet performances of the season.

The squad won the battle of winless teams, beating Northern Illinois (8-9, 0-5 MAC), 23-14.

QING ZHANG /// THE SPECTRUM The wrestling team won both its matches this weekend against Northern Illinois and Southern Illinois-Edwardsville.

Despite the poor record, the Bulls do have a number of young wrestlers who have put up solid numbers this season.

Although the record isn’t what head coach Jim Beichner and the Bulls were hoping for, the performance Saturday is something that he is proud of.

“We’ve had a long year, we have had a very tough schedule with a young team,” Beichner said. “The other day

Freshman Justin Farmer (7-1) and senior Kevin Smith (3-1) followed with wins to give the Bulls a 13-0 lead.

Farmer, a native of Illinois, wowed his hometown crowd, and with his family and

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