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Vol. 61 NO. 67

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Candidates for Vice President The Vice President both directs and assists the Student Association’s recognized clubs and student organizations. The Vice President advises and oversees the needs of these organizations.

Candidates for President The President shall serve as the chief executive officer of the Student Association and has the ultimate responsibility for the enforcement of the constitution and bylaws of the Student Association. He or she also serves as the official representative of SA, both inside and outside of the UB community.

Name: Darwinson Valdez Year: Junior Major: Dual Major in Political Science and Philosophy Party: United Current SA Position: Senate Chair Extracurricular activities: Mock Trial club, Bible Study, PODER Latinos Unidos, Phi Alpha Delta pre-law fraternity Relevant Experience: SA Student Assembly, SA Senator, treasurer and president of PODER: Latinos Unidos, treasurer of Lamba Sigma Upsilon Kyodrowe Chapter Darwinson Valdez has been involved in the Student Association since his freshman year, and he says he has always asked himself the question: “How can I change, and make SA better?”

Valdez credits his desire to run from his experience as Senate Chair for the 2011-2012 academic year. He saw clubs come in and out of Senate meetings requesting needed funds, and not having those requests met.

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Name: Ted DiRienzo

Name: Travis Nemmer

Name: Judy Mai

Year: Junior Major: Accounting, economics, and mathematics Party: MVP

Year: Junior

Year: Junior Major: Health and human services Party: United Current SA Position: Senior office personnel

Current SA Position: None Extracurricular Activities/Relevant Experience: Master of Rituals for Alpha Kappa Psi, UB’s co-ed professional business fraternity; longest tenured executive board position. Looks over risk management and is control of the pledge process. Sub-Board Ticket Office cashier.

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Ted DiRienzo is an outsider who has tried to get involved with the Student Association since his freshman year, but he felt he was pushed to the side after every attempt because he didn’t have connections within the organization. This spring, he is running with the MVP Party in hopes to change what he feels is the current

Extracurricular Activities: Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Alliance (LGBTA), UB Glee, Latin American Student Association (LASA) Relevant Experience: LGBTA President, Undergraduate Adviser for UB Glee, LASA member, attended SUNY-Palooza 2012 Judy Mai has been involved in the Student Association since her freshman year, and this year she began working as senior office personnel within the organization. She, along with the help of the United Party, wants to change the divide between executive boards and the rest of SA.

Major: Classics, history, and political science Party: Reason Current SA Position: Former Elections and Credentials Chair (had to resign due to participation in election) Extracurricular activities: College Republicans, SA Senate, Sub-Board I, United Nations, Student Alliance, Credentialing Committee of the New York State Federation of College Republicans, UB Mock Trial.

Relevant Experience: Vice President of College Republicans, Recording Secretary of SA Senate, Parliamentarian of SA Senate, Assistant Elections and Credentials Chair, Sub-Board I Board of Directors Member, President of United Nations Student Alliance, Parliamentarian and head of the Credentialing Committee of the New York State Federation

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Candidates for Treasurer Candidates for The treasurer is the chief controller of the Student Association’s multi-million dollar budget. He or she is in the president’s cabinet, is Chairperson of the Senate Finance Committee, and is a voting member of the Emergency Powers Council. The treasurer is responsible for the disbursement of the SA budget and revenue. The treasurer must also keep a strict inventory, as well as communicate with Treasurers of all SA-funded groups to inform them of any changes

SUNY Delegate Every year, UB undergraduates elect four SUNY delegates to act on the students’ behalf in Albany. The four delegates travel to the state capitol to meet with members of the New York State Assembly and Senate, raising legislators’ awareness of issues that matter to UB students. It is their job to effectively communicate with the undergraduate student body so it is well represented at the state level.

UNITED PARTY

Ofir Yakobowicz

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Name: Adam Zimnicki Year: Senior

Name: Justin Neuwirt

Name: Ayyaz Tufail

Major: Business management and computer science

Year: Junior

Year: Junior

Current SA position: SISH Coordinator

Major: Finance and management information systems

Major: Mechanical engineering

Extracurricular activities: Ultimate Frisbee, Strategist and Role Player Association, SARPA

Party: United

Current SA position: None

Current SA position: SUNY Delegate

Extracurricular activities: President of Muslim Student Association (MSA)

Relevant Experience: SA Senator, Strategist and Role Player Association Vice President, SARPA’s e-board (UBCon 2011 organizer), created position of Temporary Club Liaisons, Senate’s Alcohol Committee, Senate’s Finance Committee, Assistant at Office of Student Life Adam Zimnicki said his time spent as Special Interests and Special Hobbies (SISH) Club Coordinator, during which he managed the largest and most diverse SA club council, was the reason for his choice to run for vice president.

While Zimnicki feels he has been able to help the certain clubs under his councils, he cites the reason he joined SA was to help clubs as a whole, something that the vice president is responsible for.

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Extracurricular activities: President of Zeta Beta Tau Relevant experience: Co-founder of Zeta Beta Tau – worked closely with the treasurer in the beginning when the fraternity had no funding.

Led fraternity in finding ways to make money, like collecting a mandatory fee from his brothers and working to budget those fees, eventually being promoted to president. Interned at Gerstein Fisher and Associates for three years.

Justin Neuwirt is bringing his educational background as a finance major, as well as his work experience as a financial planner, to run for treasurer of the Student Association.

“The SA has close to $4 million in its budget,” Neuwirt said. “Should it really be trusted to a student who has never learned about finance,

Party: Reason

Relevant experience: Fundraised over 90 percent of MSA’s budget, worked at World Link Solutions, helped raise over $80,000 for a nonaffiliated UB fundraiser. Gained analytical skills as an engineering major.

Ayyaz Tufail may be a mechanical engineering major, but he believes he has the best administrative and financial skills to be the SA treasurer for next year.

“I believe that the SA treasurer position does not only require the understanding of the numbers or the bookkeeping, but at the same time you have to have the administrative skills, the financial skills to balance out the budget, and the analytical skills to fulfill the vision for the organization,” Tufail said.

A marketing intern with the SA this year, Yakobowicz is also an active member of the Jewish Student Union and Hillel. At the beginning of the academic year, he organized a political party of freshmen to run for the Senate – a rare undertaking for newly arrived students from high school. They didn’t win, but Yakobowicz’s freshman status gives him much more time to make a large impact at UB. Continued on page 6

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Mira Pandya Junior biological science major (pre-health concentration) Pandya is the president of the Indian Student Association and a member of the Association of Pre-Medical Students, in addition to holding a job between Rachel’s Mediterranean and Three Brother’s Burgers in the Commons. Pandya promised to advocate for the needs of international students if she were elected as a SUNY Delegate, proposing an international students’ committee within the SA.

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Continued from page 1: Candidates for President: Ted DiRienzo “closed-off” culture surrounding SA. “I think one of the best things [about me] is objectivity,” DiRienzo said. “These [other candidates] have held SA positions before, whether it’s within their clubs or different organizations, but [the MVP Party] is an entire platform of new people coming in with no prior misconceptions or no deals that have already been made – no conflicts of interest.”

DiRienzo believes the current SA administration doesn’t provide enough transparency – he wants to change that culture. He feels that even as a presidential candidate, he hasn’t been able to get his financial questions answered; he wants students to be able to go up to the SA office and get any information they request.

“My grandfather always told me, ‘Live your life so you’d be comfortable selling your family parrot to the neighbors,’” DiRienzo said.

DiRienzo and his party also believe that the mandatory student activity fee is too high and underutilized; the MVP Party believes in “rewarding” students. It believes UB students are paying for resources that aren’t used, and SA should give students what they want and deserve.

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Candidates for President: Travis nemmer

“I think we’re doing a really bad job of utilizing our resources to entertain,” DiRienzo said. “And I say that only because I look at schools like Penn State that have smaller budgets and smaller populations, but are able to do great things. This is the question: what would you do if you had $3.6 million?”

If elected, the MVP Party plans to turn Fall and Spring Fests into day-long festivals, with several headliners and many small acts. It plans on providing tickets to students for Sabres and Bills games on a monthly basis and also tickets to arts performances at Shea’s Performing Arts Center and other local theaters.

DiRienzo and his party may not be the most well known names around SA, but he believes that is why his party stands out. He believes his party is for the students, unlike the other parties, which boast resumes filled with SA positions.

“The most effective leader isn’t concerned with how much the people know him; I don’t care how much people know me, that’s not important,” DiRienzo said. “The most effective leader cares about how much the leader knows about everyone else. And I feel like I’ve talked with a lot of the clubs, done a lot of research, worked with a lot of the clubs, been to a lot of their events, talked to people not involved in SA.”

Continued from page 1: Candidates for President: Judy Mai “There isn’t enough communication; there’s not enough teamwork that’s going on between the entire Student Association,” Mai said. “We need to make sure we’re talking to each other.”

One of the things Mai and her running mates promise is that if elected, they will schedule office hours that coincide each week. This will allow clubs, staff members, and any undergraduate students that have questions to come up and have their voices heard.

“We want to make sure students know, yes, we are the executive board, but at the same time we are students,” Mai said. “We are just like everyone else.”

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Mai also stressed that she does not want to raise the mandatory activity fee; rather, the United Party would work to budget SA’s finances more effectively so that students get the most value for their money. Mai plans to advocate for clubs to achieve that goal.

Mai has served as LGBTA president for two years, and she has been a member of LGBTA, UB Glee, and LASA for all three years she’s been at the university. She also was chosen as the undergraduate student adviser for UB Glee because of the work she’s done with LGBTA. Mai believes that her experience with such diverse clubs is what sets her apart from other candidates; she believes she is personable and able to talk to people about their issues. She wants to make the voices of clubs heard, as they are the basis of SA. She wants students to come to UB not only to go to class, but also to benefit from the student experience.

“Something that holds dear to my and Darwinson’s hearts [are] the clubs,” Mai said. “That’s where we came from. We want to make sure students know that there are clubs out there, and it’s something that has helped benefit our experience here at UB. We want to reach out to as many people as possible.”

of College Republicans, Vice President and Captain of UB’s Mock Trial team Travis Nemmer has been involved with the Student Association since the first semester of his freshman year, and he believes his extensive résumé puts him at the front of this year’s election race.

“I was asked to run by a number of students,” Nemmer said. “I definitely wouldn’t have given up what’s a pretty good job of running elections to be in the election. But a lot of people said, ‘Travis, you’re really one of the only people who are qualified to run. You’re the only person with an extensive enough résumé.’ Honestly, I saw that it was only Judy Mai running, and I thought, I’ve got to step up and fight this.”

Nemmer has been involved with SA at the club and legislative level, and he also has established connections to SUNY representatives in Albany – something he believes gives him the ability to be a coherent voice for students’ rights.

Nemmer, along with the rest of the Reason Party, wants to restore students’ confidence in SA. He hopes to use every possible outlet on campus to communicate with the undergraduate population – something he believes hasn’t

been done by the current administration. He wants to rebuild the department of Student Affairs, the first department that was established in SA. This will bolster student advocacy, which he thinks has been lacking.

“There’s no more cooperative relationships between SA and the students anymore,” Nemmer said. “It’s them either giving mandates or ignoring student mandates.”

The Reason Party also will cut SA staff bonuses and stipends for cell phone bills immediately, if elected. This cut will save SA $50,000 right off the bat, according to Nemmer.

He also plans to eliminate the event planner positions and let clubs – who would normally do so anyway – plan events. He plans to reward clubs for success and eliminate the current “2-2-2” program; clubs will be rewarded for their efforts to promote themselves, rather than SA as a whole.

“Revitalizing and reforming has to be the first order of the day,” Nemmer said. “Otherwise you, me, and the other candidates are just wasting our time.”

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Candidates for Vice President: Darwin Valdez “Coming from the clubs and being involved in more than one club, I know what it takes from different councils…and how to benefit each council,” Valdez said. “That motivated me to say, ‘Why not help the students if I think I’m qualified for it?’”

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Valdez believes his experience as Senate Chair qualifies him for the position because he understands how each club works differently.

Valdez stressed the importance of the vice president being more involved within SA, giving the example of the communication between vice president and the treasurer.

The biggest problem within SA is the lack of communication between e-board members (outside the treasurer) and the club, Valdez said.

“Some of the Student Association clubs don’t even know who the SA staff [is],” Valdez said.

He wants to make sure clubs know who is on the SA’s e-board. He plans on having each of the e-board members split up and attend club meetings so the clubs recognize their faces, and are made aware of what the e-board can do for

Valdez commends the work current Vice President Meghan McMonagle has done with the approval of temp clubs. But he feels she doesn’t have a strong enough presence in the office.

“Finance is the biggest problem with the clubs,” Valdez said. “If you’re the vice president, you want to know what the problem is, because if I know what the club’s problem is I could talk to [the treasurer], and I can tell [him or her] this is the problem [and ask], ‘What is the solution you have for this club?’”

Valdez hopes to end the divide that he feels currently exists between the SA and its clubs; his main objective is to “improve life for the clubs.”

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the finance department, completing requirements, or being disappointed with Fall Fest. His solution is returning SA back to its roots.

“I can make a stand for this,” Zimnicki said. “I want to make sure that not only does SA redevelop itself into what it was – which is an advocacy group – it’s a student government first.”

Zimnicki explained that the reason SA came to exist was “by the clubs, pretty much for the clubs.” He wants to advocate not only for students, but for the clubs and organizations with-

in the university as well.

He believes he has improved clubs’ experience in SA through his working with them as SISH Coordinator and his creation of the Temporary Club Liaison position.

“I have experience with the clubs, [and] I have Senate experience,” Zimnicki said. “I have the drive, the will and the want to help these clubs succeed.”

Zimnicki feels SA’s communication with clubs is “minimal at best.” He wants clubs to feel like the SA office

is club members’ second home and a place open to all students. He thinks communication is key, and wants it to be “10 times better” than what it is right now. He wants to create an assistant coordinator position, so clubs have another person to reach out to when they need assistance.

The current e-board members lack the ability to communicate and are unable to maintain a respectful and mature environment, Zimnicki said.

He admitted he and presidential candidate Travis Nemmer have budded heads throughout the campaign, but said they’re always able to work through it. He thinks they can keep

up a level of maturity he thinks past e-boards have failed to achieve.

Zimnicki believes that current Vice President Meghan McMonagle has struggled with communication this past academic year. He said he holds himself to a high standard.

Business major Kaitlin Leden is running for Vice President for the MVP Party, but she was not able to meet with The Spectrum’s editorial board.

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EDITORIAL BOARD EDITOR IN CHIEF Matthew Parrino SENIOR MANAGING EDITOR

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SA Elections: The Spectrum’s Official Endorsement After meeting all of the candidates in the 2012 Student Association Election, being held Tuesday through Thursday in the Student Union, the members of The Spectrum’s editorial board have chosen to endorse the following candidates:

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

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ARTS EDITORS Nick Pino, senior Vanessa Frith, senior Brian Josephs Elva Aguilar, asst.

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President and Vice President Our Reasoning:

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To combat this, Mai and Valdez plan to implement an innovative mobile SA information booth that will bring the student government out of the confines of the Union and reach out to the people that pay $95 a year. This includes south campus, which is often ignored by SA for various reasons.

Solving a problem takes knowledge, leadership, and a plan to follow.

As a package, Judy Mai and running mate Darwinson Valdez of the United Party are the best choice for President and Vice President. Both candidates are well qualified for the position, have a good knowledge of internal workings of SA, and have smart ideas to combat some of the biggest problems that face students at UB. Unfortunately, this isn’t exactly our optimal choice. While we are certainly impressed with many of the candidates, the presidential candidate that had the most fire and intensity about his ideas had to be ruled out. Ted DiRienzo, presidential candidate for the MVP party, was more excited and enthusiastic than anyone else, but was hampered by the fact that every other member of his party did not come to our meeting.

When you go to win a baseball game, you really should bring all your players.

If we could endorse President separately, we may have decided to mix and match, but because they must be voted on simultaneously, we had to evaluate tickets as a whole and not based completely on one candidate.

Some members of our Editorial board were very impressed by Travis Nemmer and his ideas for SA. Specifically, we were all happy to hear a candidate

Judy Mai

Darwinson Valdez

promise to eliminate some of the wasteful spending that the SA government has become notorious for, like cell phone use. We felt, however, that as a group the team of Nemmer and Adam Zimnicki fell short. It seemed obvious to us that this was Nemmer’s show.

show, and has been instrumental as a member of UB Glee.

Valdez’s résumé is impressive as well.

Not only does he have knowledge of what it takes to organize and maintain a large club, he also has experience with the SA Senate. He’s bee n a senator since 2010, and became the Senate Chair last year. Everything SA does goes through the Senate, and knowing the inner workings will certainly assist in getting plans implemented.

None of this is saying that Mai or Valdez are weak candidates – quite the contrary. Valdez is well spoken, assertive, and has an air of leadership that doesn’t occur in everybody. In fact, we sincerely wish he was running for President and Mai was running for Vice President. In our meeting it seemed as if she was looking to him more often than not to help her with questions.

Among the ideas that the United ticket gave us was a solution to one of the biggest problems with previous SA governments, and that’s communication.

Many times in the past, SA candidates have touted their plans to communicate with the student body, but once in office they’ve fallen into the same old rut and told students to come to them to get information.

Mai certainly was somewhat timid in front of our editorial board, but she certainly has many strengths. Formerly as Vice President and currently as President of LBGTA, she has earned a reputation for getting the job done. She was crucial to this year’s LGBTA fashion

Plans to continue the improvements to transparency that have been implemented by the current administration are also important. Valdez already has a good track record of responding to our requests for information, and both he and Mai plan to let students see Fall Fest and Spring Fest survey results as soon as they are tallied.

What we all want is what is the very best for the students, and given the choices on the table, the United ticket for President and Vice President is the best total package for UB students. We can’t help thinking, however, that there may be something even better.

The rules should be changed so that we can vote for President and Vice President separately. On the national level, the Vice President might be essentially a figurehead that just supports the president, but in SA he or she does have distinct jobs that could be better served by people on separate tickets.

For now, we will have to think in terms of a group of two, and United is the best in that respect.

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his two years in the club. During his Presidency of the same club, he’s done Benjamin Franklin once said that the use a great job of fundraising for the MSA, of money is all the advantage in having one of the biggest clubs in SA. it. Of course, it follows that using that money more wisely puts you in an even On top of that work, he was an integral better position than before. part of raising over $80,000 for Pakistani No candidate for SA Treasurer uses the advantage better than Ayyaz Tufail.

Ayyaz Tufail

His credentials show what can be done with a keen eye on finances. As Events Coordinator for the Muslim Student Association, he hosted over 50 events over

a good plan for continuing Sikander Khan’s great leaps forward in transparency by making sure that the students not only can see the general ledger, but also can understand it.

This can be cross utilized with the Unitrefugees from that nation’s 2010 floods. ed party’s plan to implement a mobile He’s proven himself worthy of handling SA booth to better get the word out on the massive amount of money that SA where our money is going. has control of.

During his meeting with us, his knowledge of SA monies greatly impressed, and his ideas were fairly clear. He has

Ayyaz has the ability and the vision to ensure that not only our money is being used well, but also that we know that it is used properly.

The Delegates Delegates are expected to have an extensive knowledge of the state of SUNY and the goings-on at UB, while also working as a team to represent the universitie’s student body in Albany.

Liz Quinn United Party

Peter Grassi Reason Party

Kaitesi Munroe United Party

Mira Pandya Reason Party

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Quinn’s inside knowledge of SA puts her a step ahead of the other candidates, and her ability to engage people with her public speaking and effectively articulate her ideas make her a great choice for SUNY Delegate. Along with her credentials, she is focused on improving the quality of food on all SUNY campuses and making it easier for people who have special nutritional needs. Her awareness of the varying needs of every student should make her an effective advocate.

Being a SUNY Delegate almost requires the ability to speak effectively to intimidating people. In that respect, Grassi has the unique talent that is necessary to push the students’ agenda at the state level. As a head delegate of UNSA, his job was to train club members in forcefully articulate their opinions and convince others. This puts him in a unique position to be an advocate for students against tuition hikes and budget cuts.

Currently the Publicity Coordinator for the Black Student Union, Munroe has the knowledge of what it takes to get the word out for a big organization. As Community Service Chair the Helping Youths Progress in Education program, she has a passion for helping students afford and make the best of higher education, which she will take to Albany and advocate for the protection of federally funded programs that support college students.

Pandya is a leader with a proven track record. Her hard work, leadership skill, and intellect have propelled her to the Presidency of Indian SA. She has a strong and attainable goal of being an advocate for the often forgotten international students, and wants to make housing more fair to them by giving them an option to stay over breaks for free to avoid the exorbitant cost of staying over break or going home.

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After four years of shedding sweat on the field, former UB football player Travell Thomas put down his jersey and walked away from the game. He traded his helmet and pads for a different type of competitive sport – one with significantly less contact, but an equal amount of excitement: poker.

There was a time when poker was illegal, sharing the same fate as moonshine and marijuana. A lot has changed since then and now people have the ability to freely participate in the card game. The UB Poker Federation was founded last semester to hold tournaments – either on campus or in club members’ living rooms – and gamble money on the cards they hold in their hand.

Thomas won $30,445 over a field of 154 players in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit at Caesar’s in Atlantic City. This was his third tournament victory and his biggest win to date.

When Dominic Baranyi, a junior accounting major and president of the UB Poker Federation, aimed to establish the club, he knew it would be difficult to find students that were open about their poker habits.

“There’s kind of maybe a secretive nature to people playing,” Baranyi said. “You know, we don’t wear a shirt that says ‘I play poker, come find me to play games,’ [but] I knew there were people out there like this.”

It’s 2 a.m. on a Sunday night and Jia Hang Liu, a junior occupational therapy major, is stuck on her physics homework. Confused and distressed, Liu wishes someone could help her figure out how to solve a question about projectile motion.

Liu, like many other students, was unaware that UB offers free tutoring services on campus. Tutoring is available in all courses, and is easily accessible by students.

Hsiang-Ying Lin /// The Spectrum Students established the UB Poker Federation so they have the ability to freely create tournaments, both on and off campus, and gamble with each other.

There are 50 active members in the UB Poker Federation and they’re always on the lookout for new members, of all skill levels, to join the competitions.

Their first event is going to be a $5 buy-in fundraising tournament. It will be held next Thursday and the top finishers will receive prizes.

Ryan D’Angelo, a former UB student, delved into the world of online poker and has been successful. In 2009, he became the third player to ever win the Pokerstars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) with a grand total of almost $120,000, according to www.cardplayer.com. His lifetime tournament winnings have now surpassed $700,000 and have allowed D’Angelo to live as a professional poker player full time.

Poker fanatics can’t help but remember the abrupt shutdown by the FBI of the two most popular online poker sites on April 15, 2011. This has become known as “Black Friday” to the poker world.

Pokerstars and Full Tilt Poker, along with a few other smaller sites, had their domain names seized by the U.S. government on charges of illegally running an online gambling site.

Thousands of players, like Baranyi, were shocked and confused.

“I played online a lot,” Baranyi said. “It was very disappointing. I know there were all sorts of small stakes cash games up to big tournaments. A huge amount of games you could

Liu is enrolled with the Center for Academic Development Services (CADS): a tutorial lab offered in 46 Capen Hall.

She receives help in her physics homework along with other courses she needs guidance in like chemistry, English, and math.

CADS is a collaboration of the Equal Opportunity Program (EOP), Student Support Services (SSS), Academic Challenge and Enrichment Program (ACE), and the Cora P Maloney College (CPM).

CADS is the largest tutorial program on campus, with 84 tutors in every subject and around 700 students per semester.

According to Linda Zilgme, tutorial coordinator of CADS, lots of freshman and sophomores come for tutoring to improve their grades.

“Lots of students with As

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come here to maintain their grades, and students with a B or C come here for guidance and want to improve their grades,” Zilgme said.

Zilgme aims to create a safe and comfortable environment for the students.

“I get tutored for math, world civ., psych, and some other classes,” said Andreina Uribe, a freshman English major.

“They work around your schedule, and you can drop in any time. They are not just tutors; they are there to build a relationship with you and be your friend. So it’s clear that they are not there just for the money but also to help.”

According to Liu, there are individual tutoring sessions, group studies, and academic coaches.

If students are not enrolled in CADS, they can also go The Blake Academic Success Center at 167 Millard

Fillmore Academic Complex in Ellicott. With around 200 students a semester and 17 tutors, the Blake Center offers one-on-one and group tutoring to students free of charge.

Students can walk in any time between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m.

Sunday through Thursday to receive help in courses like languages, physics, biology, math, and psychology.

The tutoring services are also available at the Jones Center in Governors, and Goodyear Study Center on South Campus for students who live in the dorms.

“It’s a convenient place for students especially who live in Ellicott,” said Shelia Pinckney, associate director for residential education for the past five years. “It’s a perfect study environment.”

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Caribbean SA Hopes to Connect UB Cultures MEGAN DRESSEL Staff Writer

other cultural clubs and organizations on campus, and Brandon hopes that the CSA can begin to bridge the gap between them so that one day they can work together to plan events and promote cultural unity.

Music is blasting through speakers and tables are littered with cultural food. This isn’t a typical party – these are members of a college club striving to keep its traditions alive, to educate the community, and to celebrate its culture.

The club has already connected with the African Student Association, the Chinese Student Association, and PODER Latinos Unidos. CSA has significantly increased its number of joint meetings with other clubs, joint fundraisers, and they continuously show support at the events that the other clubs host.

The Caribbean Student Association (CSA) is working to unite students of Caribbean background as well as educate the students of UB about Caribbean culture.

The Caribbean is made up of 24 different countries: the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico, and the Bahamas are just a few. However, one does not need to be from the Caribbean, or have any connection to the Caribbean to be in the club – it is open to any and all students.

The members might have gotten involved with the club for different reasons, but many of them said that the pageant was what sealed the deal.

The CSA pageant is an event that is put on each year, where students become representatives of different cultures through three sections: evening gown, question and answer, and talent.

The club highlights student designers – both from UB and other schools in the area – and allows them to show a few pieces they designed throughout the show.

There is a set of judges who are responsible for crowning the king and queen, along with the prince and princess of the pageant. The king and queen are then responsible for planning the pag-

Roshiana Bell, a junior international business and trade major, is another activities coordinator for CSA.

Courtesy of Caribbean SA The Caribbean Student Association has been taking strides toward uniting students of a Caribbean background. It hopes to educate the UB community about its culture through pageants, carnivals, and joint fundraisers with other clubs.

eant for the following year.

Jordan Little, a senior psychology major, was crowned king and is now community chair of CSA. He believes that the CSA is what changed him from a shy and quiet person to an outgoing and involved member.

The CSA works hard to provide a community for the members, to provide a welcoming place where students can not only make friends, but also be themselves.

“It gives me a great feel of home,” said Raycine Taylor, senior interdisciplinary degree programs social sciences major and activities coordinator

of the club. “The stories we tell, the jokes we share remind me of Thanksgiving dinner back home in Jamaica. That’s why I chose to be an active member.”

President Avonelle Brandon, a junior health and human services major, is a native of Guyana, South America. She became involved in CSA during her first year at UB, when a classroom acquaintance brought her to her first meeting.

From there, she went on to win the queen in one of the club’s annual pageants, was the activities coordinator last year, and was named president for this academic year.

The basis for Brandon’s presidential campaign was “making connections.” There are plenty of

“Locally, nationally, and internationally, [we want to educate UB] about the issues that Caribbean countries are facing, including poverty, educational and political issues,” Bell said.

“Educating the community expands beyond the doors of the minorities and UB gates.”

One of the biggest events for the group will be taking place on Saturday, April 14: the Caribbean Carnival. It will be held at Baird Point with a display of costumes, music, dance, and food vendors, all making the event feel like the Caribbean.

“The CSA is a great club to be a part of,” Taylor said. “It helps you grow as an individual. You will meet people that will change your life, and also do things that you thought wouldn’t be possible.”

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Foursquare at UB: Check in and Reap Rewards DUANE OWENS Staff Writer Walk into the Student Union, check in. Walk into Capen Library, check in.

Walk into Knox, check in. Christina Pinzone continually updates where she is on campus with one goal in mind – to become the mayor of UB. Pinzone, a junior mechanical engineering major, is the reigning mayor of the Student Union.

UB students utilize the Foursquare application on their phones to check in to different locations on campus in hopes of becoming the mayor of UB.

She uses foursquare to record her whereabouts in hopes of becoming the mayor: the person who has the most check-ins in a certain area in the past 60 days, according to foursquare.com.

Pinzone has seen the rewards that checking in can bring, and a growing community at UB is learning about Foursquare, too. It’s not only about receiving a gold crown icon indicating ‘mayor’ next to her username that drives Pinzone to

constantly check in with her location. Being mayor of an area offers financial benefits as well. At certain bars and restaurants, the mayor receives a certain percentage off his or her bill or buy-one-get-one-free beers, according to Pinzone.

Besides discounts, Foursquare makes it simple for people to keep up with their friends’ locations. But this sometimes comes with a price.

“There are consequences to having

everyone you know be aware of where you are and what you’re doing at all hours of the day,” said an anonymous UB student. “Stalker exes showing up where you’re at out of the blue and claiming it’s just chance. No one needs to be in my business like that.”

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Candidates for SUNY Delegate: Reason Party

Loren Fields Kaitesi Munroe Junior political science major (double minor in African American studies and philosophy) Munroe is the publicity coordinator for the Black Student Union and also an active member of the African Student Association, the Caribbean Student Association, the Minority Management Society and PODER Latinos Unidos. Also boasting an impressive community service résumé, Munroe has pledged to advocate for increased aid to students in need of support.

Junior psychology and occupational sciences major Since her freshman year, Fields has been an involved sister in her sorority, Alpha Gamma Delta, where she’s held a wide range of positions. She’s also the SA’s photographer, the president and secretary of the Clement Hall Residence Hall Association, and an employee at The Steer on Main Street. She wants to use the SUNY Delegate position to increase safety measures and student services in the area surrounding South Campus.

Junior political science major

Sophomore international studies major Romero – a member of the Latino American Student Association and the Filipino American Student Association, where she holds an internship – has extensive community service experience both at UB and elsewhere. For example, she worked with the now-famous Invisible Children group while she was in high school.

She’s said she would try to engage the SUNY system in the area of community service if she were elected.

Grassi is a head delegate at the United Nations Student Association, an award-winning member of UB’s Mock Trial organization, a horn sergeant in the marching and pep bands, and a brother in Kappa Kappa Psi, a national honorary band fraternity. Grassi proved to be knowledgeable and well spoken on a number of topics pertaining to the SUNY Delegate position.

Jonathan Steffen Fourth-year business major and music performance minor

Liz Quinn Sophomore business marketing major Quinn’s fully loaded résumé includes the following positions and accomplishments: publicity coordinator of the Student Association, chair of numerous committees in the Delta Sigma Pi professional business fraternity, and a first-place finish in the PricewaterhouseCoopers national accounting competition. Her public speaking experience made her case for increased dining options on SUNY campuses very convincing.

Continued from page 1: Candidates for Treasurer: Justin Neuwirt who has never taken an accounting class, doesn’t understand what a general ledger looks like, and doesn’t understand what a statement of cash flows looks like?”

Neuwirt has interned at Gerstein Fisher and Associates, a financial planning firm in New York City, managing people’s money, helping out in the operations department, and sitting in on client meetings.

Neuwirt used all of his financial experiences in founding his fraternity, Zeta Beta Tau. He worked closely with the treasurer at the time to fundraise, implement a mandatory fee from his brothers, and budget those fees in order to establish the fraternity.

Neuwirt said he would have no bias toward any club, as he is not involved in any, if he were elected as a SUNY delegate.

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Steffen has a long list of accomplishments and qualifications. For one, he’s worked in the Office of Student Life for three years and counts UB Vice President Dennis Black as an official mentor.

He’s also been a Resident Advisor in the Governors Complex, an orientation leader, and a community assistant in the Flint Village Apartments. Steffen has pledged to reform UB’s bussing system, among other things, if elected.

Business majors David Longhini, David Lee, Siddharth Singh, and Crystal Chen are running for SUNY Delegate for the MVP Party, but they were not able to meet with The Spectrum’s editorial board.

“The treasurer shouldn’t show any favoritism toward any clubs, and as a person who is not in clubs, I don’t have any interests in favoring any of them because they’re all separate entities to me and all independent,” Neuwirt said. “I think I could provide a good outside view and help everybody rather than be one-sided toward this side or the other side.”

Neuwirt was initially going to run for president, but saw himself as a better fit for the treasurer position.

He believes the biggest issue that the SA will face next year is establishing a better relationship between clubs’ executive boards and the SA’s executive board. Neuwirt plans on doing that by maintaining consistent office hours for club members to meet with him.

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on her whereabouts. She believes Foursquare is just another tool for stalking friends and acquaintances.

Foursquare was created in 2009 by co-founders Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai with the intentions of making activities like going out or keeping up with friends more convenient. Today there are over 15 million users worldwide with over 1.5 billion check-ins, according to foursquare.com.

Social networks have proven to be a platform to compete for attention and, because of the system of rewards, Foursquare has the potential to be a popular way of networking, according to Michael Stefanone, an assistant professor of communication.

“I’ve been taking classes year-round for the past two and a half years,” Pinzone said. “I check in on weekends, when I come to print something up. I’m here literally six to seven days of the week. If it weren’t for that I wouldn’t be mayor.”

While Foursquare provides privacy settings, they don’t always work and people don’t always use them.

Kiara Robinson, a senior occupational science major, thinks that people don’t need to be constantly updated

Users of Foursquare are able to not only share their location with friends, but they are also able to share photos, comments, and opinions on the places they visit the most. With all of this information, Foursquare is also able to recommend places to go based on interest shared. Businesses are also eager to provide Foursquare users with coupons and discounts, hoping that people will come to check in at their locations, spreading their businesses.

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The Odds Were In Ross’s Favor JAKE KNOTT Staff Writer

What’s More Important?

VILONA TRACHTENBERG

Asst. Arts Editor

Film: The Hunger Games Release Date: March 23 Studio: Lionsgate Grade: B

Music – a simple word with the power to evoke some of the most passionate reactions and feelings of fulfillment I have ever seen.

While writing The Hunger Games, author Suzanne Collins created a futuristic world that seemed to be taken apart and reassembled from many previous sci-fi stories. But even so, the plethora of characters involved is original enough for a reader to successfully toss away the clichés and uncover a mostly top-notch drama.

I recently got into a much larger than needed argument about what’s more important when listening to music – the lyrics or the instrumentals – and the more we got into the debate, the more I realized how irrelevant the fight really was.

The film adaptation has a cast and crew worthy of the hype surrounding it. Whether the film is true enough to the novel will be decided by Collins’ fans, but as it stands, the film works well enough throughout most of its nearly two and a half hour runtime.

Like most films in the post-apocalyptic genre, The Hunger Games demonstrates a world where humankind is rotting in ruins. North America is no more, and the land of Panem takes its place.

The nation is made of 12 lower-class districts and the aristocratic Capitol that reigns above them, an obvious poke at oligarchic societies. While the districts’ denizens dress in plebeian garb, Capitol residents dress in attire so ludicrous that it would send Lady Gaga back to the drawing board.

The film centers on the 74th annual Hunger Games – a nationally televised event where each district randomly tributes a boy and girl between the ages of 12 and 18 for a gladiator-formatted battle to the death. Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence, X Men: First Class), an avid hunter, volunteers from District 12. Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island), who is high on strength but short on instinctive survival skills, joins her from the same district.

Their companionship is given a sense of dread since they both know only one person can survive the competition.

Its well-developed characters strengthen the film.

The cast includes Katniss and Peeta’s drunken mentor Haymitch Abernathy (Woody Harrelson, Rampart), the show’s emcee Caesar Flickerman (Stanley Tucci, Captain America: The First

Gary Ross’ film interpretation of Suzanne Collins literary phenomenon The Hunger Games premiered last weekend.

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Avenger), and the pompous Effie Trinket (Eliza- But the film unfortunately slips up from its first act and never fully recovers. The screenplay by Ross beth Banks, Man on a Ledge). and Collins merely provides a hasty summary of Panem’s layout, leaving the audience insufficient The masterful directing of the talented Gary Ross time to study. Viewers’ heads are constantly on a (Seabiscuit) – whose work on Pleasantville and swivel when it comes to futuristic sci-fi films like Seabiscuit were examples of cinematic perfecthese as they try to soak in the new culture being tion – separates this film from generic sci-fi represented. Ross and Collins assumed their audiruns. Ross is able to show in his films that he cares ences were eager to watch the bloodbath, and for about and understands his characters. He successsome people they were probably right. fully provides a reliable heroine in Katniss that the audience cannot help but pull for.

Another fault in the film that will cause viewers to scratch their heads is the use of handheld camThe film is also rich with imagery. An early scene eras, or “shaky-cams.” This wastes the potential shows the frayed citizens of District 12 assemble excitement of some battle scenes, showing fastfor the tribute drawing, almost resembling the moving blurry images instead of humans fighting prison-yard scenes in The Shawshank Redempeach other. tion. The people are layered in pale blue outfits, while the surrounding structures are coated in shades of gray to further demonstrate the institu- The Hunger Games still proves to be great entertainment for moviegoers. If people attend this tionalizing of their world. film to witness a captivating bloodbath, they will surely find it here. However, the movie never realIt must be said that Lawrence was well-casted for izes its full potential – which could be reserved for the lead role. Her performance rivals her Oscarthe upcoming sequel. nominated role in Winter’s Bone, in which she also portrayed a wilderness-savvy girl solely providing Email: arts@ubspectrum.com for her family.

Lucy’s (Possibly) Last Stand in Buffalo VANESSA FRITH Senior Arts Editor

Robots. By the time the headliners took the stage, however, the crowd was already anticipating Last Stand For Lucy’s next stop in the Queen City.

Fans pressed closer to the stage as Last Stand For Lucy made their appearance shortly after midnight, with the crowd coming more alive than it had been for any other set as the quartet lit into its first song.

“[Buffalo] is filled with fantastic musicians,” McElroy said. “You get to hone your trade, you get to learn new skills, and play with a bunch of great people…The problem is, the industry is not going to come to you in Buffalo – it’s not a major market.

It just kind of feels like when you’re ready…you have to go to them. That was pretty much our mindset with joining [Last Stand For Lucy], let’s get where the people are.”

The New York City-based Buffalo natives of Last Stand For Lucy came back to the Queen City Saturday night to play their album release show at Mohawk Place.

The band began as a project started

by Derek Nicholas (guitar) and Michael O’Neil (vocals/guitar) in 2009, and expanded in 2010 to include Jon Serwinowski (drums) and Josh McElroy (bass) from Buffalo rock outfit, Seen It All. Now in its fourth year, the group is touring off the first installment of its two-part EP, Dysthymia.

With full creative control over its production, the group has created relatable lyrics and powerful vocals over strong bass lines and driving drums – a combination that provides for a true rock show.

The other side of the argument presented during the debate was that lyrics are the most important part of music. The singer’s words are emotional, and are revelations to whoever will listen to them. The lyrics can be so inspirational and relatable, and even have the power to save people’s lives.

After debating more and more, I realized that music is what you make of it. Similar to the Bible, lyrics are your own interpretation of the words and satisfaction that they provide. To me, the importance of music is maintaining contentment, a quality that keeps the listeners turning to the same songs over and over again when dealing with life’s issues. We all relate to music in different ways, with different people interpreting the music and making it their own experience.

No one should tell you how to listen to music or what to take away from it. The musicians are pouring their hearts and souls to the audience during their live shows with the lyrics and the instrumentals they spent countless hours producing. They appreciate any respect from the audience and wouldn’t want their fans arguing over the two elements they create. The bands write their music, they want to be heard, and they want their fans to enjoy it however they want.

So, here’s some advice: just keep on listening to your music however you want to.

Bands are equally passionate about what they produce on both fronts of the musical field. The listeners’ enjoyment relates directly to the bands’ motivation to continue doing what they do.

So turn on your iPod and let the music play.

Just be content with what you’re listening to and how you’re listening to it.

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Although now removed from the Buffalo music scene, the band chose talented Buffalo groups to play support. With So Far So Good kicking off the night, the 18-and-over crowd was engaged from the start.

So Far So Good overcame technical difficulties to churn out fast-paced and catchy numbers like “Last Call” and “Something New.”

Drawing from a wide range of experience – stints in California and Germany, and varied careers in law and the Army – Last Stand For Lucy has managed to incorporate their different lives and skills into their music.

“We found a way to borrow elements from everything we’ve been exposed to, what’s going on in California, what’s going on in the U.K. and New York City, and we put it all together in one thing,” O’Neil said.

Personally, I am an instrumental person.

I thoroughly enjoy rocking out to the instrumentals and the variations of layered guitar riffs and the syllabic drum beats. I like to see how bands can take such a limited amount of musical notes and use these scales so creatively. I love to hear the different chord combinations and how bands break the boundaries of the music, using previous rock ’n’ roll influences to come up with something new and innovative.

The Albrights’ instrumentally complex piano driven rock/blues mix provided a powerhouse starting with “Wasting My Time” and left the crowd wanting more after their perfectly chosen closing number, “Hard Times.”

Meg Kinsley /// The Spectrum Buffalo natives, Last Stand For Lucy, returned to their stomping grounds at Mohawk Place last Saturday leaving loyal fans aching for more.

and “Heartless Son of a B****,” the group’s energy in “Burn Everything” led the crowd into the first staggering motions of moshing, which peaked during “Restless.”

After working the crowd into a yelling, pulsating mass with “Seven” The crowd – filled with friends, fam-

ily, and hometown fans – was treated to a nine-song set that Last Stand For Lucy closed out with a cover of one of their bigger inspirations, The Cure.

Last Stand For Lucy’s future includes upcoming shows in Boston and Philadelphia as well as New York City. While fans wait for the band to make it back to the land of lake effect snow and beef-onweck, they can tide themselves over with the five-track Dysthymia: Part 1.

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continued from page 12: inconsistent bulls split weekend contest or allow them to use it as an excuse for not playing to their ability.

“First we went out on to the court, and walked around to figure out which way the wind is blowing and where the sun [was],” Twist said. “[I told them] Any excuses we want to make, let’s hear them now, because we going to put them aside and were just going to play.”

The Bulls came out and bullied their opponents, outhitting them and forcing mental errors. Twist has been steady with her double pairings all season, never deviating from them in hopes of building continuity and creating a comfort level for her players.

Her strategy has begun to pay dividends as the Bulls have won three out of their last five double’s points after struggling earlier in the season.

That trend continued against Ball State, as the Bulls swept the three doubles matches for the second time this year. Junior Kira Golenko and sophomore Anamaria Candanoza easily won their match at third doubles, 8-3. The sophomore tandem of Tanvi Shah and Miranda Podlas won 8-4.

Buffalo’s most seasoned doubles pair junior Tamara Markovic and sophomore Marta Stoyanova were also victorious, winning their match 8-6.

They led all double pairings with five victories this season.

Candanoza, Shah, Markovic, and Stoyanova all won their matches in straight sets, handily setting up an easy win for the Bulls.

Golenko was the only Bull to suffer a loss Friday, dropping her singles match in three sets, losing the third in a super tiebreaker, 10-7.

Saturday, the Buffalo team that so confidently and completely disposed

of Ball State was absent when it took on Miami (Ohio). The Bulls had an opportunity to beat one of the best teams in the conference but fell behind early and could never recover.

The RedHawks swept Buffalo in doubles competition and got the early point where the Bulls had been so strong in prior contests.

Podlas and Shah lost 8-6, Stoyanova and Markovic lost 8-5, and the team of Candanoza and Golenko were defeated 8-3. Miami (OH) continued its winning ways in the singles competition.

Shah, Podlas, Golenko, and Candanoza all lost in straight sets, while Markovic lost in a three-set super tiebreaker, 4-6, 6-4, 10-6.

“Miami is the number one team in the MAC right now,” Twist said. “I felt [we] were a little hesitant. [We] did not go after their volleys, [we] did not go after their ground strokes, and [we] are going to have to self-discover why that is, because I thought we were just as good and the only thing hindering us were the obstacles in our mind.”

Not every Bull fell against the stiff competition. Stoyanova accounted for Buffalo’s only point Saturday, winning her match in impressive fashion, 7-5, 6-1. She was particularly dominant during the second set, staying on the attack with her serve and aggressively attacking return shots. She kept her opponent pinned down and controlled the set from start to finish.

The Bulls hope to get a pair of wins to pull back to .500 when they visit conference rivals Bowling Green (55, 0-1 MAC) and Western Michigan (12-7) next weekend.

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Continued from page 1: Candidates for Treasurer: Ayyaz Tufail As president of the MSA, one of the biggest clubs on campus, Tufail has hosted about 45 events this year, and he’s fundraised about $11,000 – more than 90 percent of the club’s budget. Tufail is expecting to raise another $7,000, which will be more than 100 percent of MSA’s budget.

“I kept telling myself, we’re one of the biggest clubs, what do the smaller clubs have to go through if one of the biggest clubs cannot get things done on time?” Tufail said. “Something had to be done.”

Tufail doesn’t see just one major problem with the SA, but different problems on its “macro” and “micro” levels.

On the micro level, Tufail is unsatisfied with the turnaround time it takes for purchase orders and reimbursements.

He said it takes too much time for clubs to get a purchase order (PO) approved. PO approvals currently take five days, and Tufail has made a plan so they will only take three.

Similarly, Tufail thinks reimbursements take too long, and he plans on making them take two weeks instead of four.

continued from page 4: p-p-p-poker face play and I feel like what hurt me the most was the opportunity to qualify for live tournaments. I could go on Pokerstars and play qualifiers for live events in Europe.”

Baranyi saw potential for making a lot of money from the comfort of his own home through playing poker.

However, as bleak as the situation was for the online poker world, Baranyi remained optimistic.

“Nevada is really making a push to try to get online poker back,” Baranyi said. “The state legislators are trying to get movements going where you can come into the state of Nevada as not only residents but tourists and play online. The next move is with the Federal Government. They need to make a decision, if I had to guess, I would say we’re still a little bit away from online poker. I suspect something like a monthly membership fee might be attached so the government can get their cut.”

Due to the slow nature of legislative decisions in the U.S., a definitive time frame for the legalization and regulation of online poker has not been officially assembled. One thing for sure is that the poker world has certainly felt the effects of that Black Friday decision.

In the meantime, students at UB will have to get their poker fix the old fashioned way: at the felt.

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At the macro level, Tufail thinks the SA’s biggest problem is its deficit, which is currently about $300,000.

“They collect about $3.5 million, and they spend about 3.8 million,” Tufail said. “That $300,000 is the deficit. I want to make sure that if I collect $3.5 million, I spend $3.5 million, or less than that.”

Tufail said he hopes to build on the work of current SA Treasurer Sikander Khan if he were elected.

“I do see a change in the finance policy this year, so there are certain things he could have done that he didn’t do, but there are things that he’s working on that would help SA in the future,” Tufail said. “Currently, things are not up to my standards.”

Accounting major Chang Zeng is running for treasurer for the MVP Party, but he was not able to meet with The Spectrum’s editorial board.

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to maintain his freshman year of eligibility due to Anderson starting all of Buffalo’s contests last season.

ning to lose 14-13. The walkoff loss was the sixth time Buffalo has lost in its opponent’s final at bat.

because of the missed opportunity to start the season 2-1 on the road against an elite MAC opponent.

The lackluster defense spoiled the Bulls’ outstanding offensive performance. In what’s becoming routine, Buffalo hit exceptionally well, tallying 33 hits on Saturday and Sunday.

“If we make the plays we are supposed to make, which were routine plays, we win the game 13-4 today,” Torgalski said.

“It’s frustrating. I thought we were the better team.”

Sophomore shortstop/pitcher Michael Burke was outstanding, leading Buffalo with eight hits and five runs batted in. He also pitched 2.1 innings in relief, striking out four, allowing three earned runs and earning a save.

Although they couldn’t finish them, the Bulls showed that they could compete on the road at the level of Central Michigan, the defending MAC West division champions.

In the recruiting process, Licata turned down some bigger schools in order to play with his hometown Bulls. “[I wanted] to play in front of my family and the fan base here in Buffalo,” Licata said.

“I’m Buffalo born, Buffalo raised, and I’ve stayed here my whole life. I love it here.”

Coming back with high expectations, he plans on winning the position battle and being the number one guy for the job, providing that all-important continuity at the position that Quinn desires.

At the present, based on who is getting the first team reps, it appears that Licata is right in the middle of the battle with Zordich for the spot. They are splitting the first team reps.

“[I have to put] a lot of stuff behind [me] and just move forward,” Davis said. “Being that it’s my last year I just want to show my teammates that I can be trusted and just continue to get better and be the best quarterback I can be every day.”

Davis shares the same advantage Zordich has of experience. The lone senior in the competition has played in front of a large crowd at Baylor two seasons ago and is looking forward to the challenge of playing at Georgia this fall.

“I’ve got a chance to travel to a couple of big crowds. Last year we went to Tennessee,” Davis said. “It’s all about that 11 being all locked in and doing each other’s jobs and we’ll be fine if we do that.”

Tony Daniel

Senior right fielder Dan Scahill was impressive as well, finishing the weekend with seven hits, a double, a home run and five runs batted in.

Jerry Davis

Head coach Ron Torgalski was particularly upset with the Bulls’ performance in the field Meg Kinsley /// The Spectrum

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Career Passing: 150 Cmp, 313 Att, 1898 Yds, 17 TD Career Rushing: 102 Att, 224 Yds, 2.2 Avg, 0 TD The senior threw just 15 passes his freshman season after redshirting his first year. He saw most of his action the same year (2010) as Zordich saw most of his.

Davis threw for over 1,700 yards and had a 16 to 16 touchdown-to-interception ratio. He also ran for 236 yards and was just 11 total yards short of the 2,000-yard plateau.

Despite the production, Davis was sent to the scout team and did not see any action last fall. He will use the competition this spring to show that can play consistently well and regain the starting job.

Licata isn’t the only redshirt freshman in the mix for the Bulls. Tony Daniel, although lesser known than Licata, also is vying for the starting position, and according to his teammates might have the talent to win it.

“Watch out for Tony Daniel, he can run,” said sophomore running back Brandon Murie. “He’s a different quarterback, and a hard worker.”

The wheels on Daniel are something that he has an advantage over the drop back styles of Zordich and Licata.

No matter who gets the job, Daniel feels that the Bulls will have the talent and depth at quarterback to win games in the MAC.

“To be able to go in there and compete…shows that we have a pretty good offense, and I think some of our pitchers threw pretty well, but you can’t do one thing well and not the other,” Torgalski said. “Until we are able to put together nine strong innings of defense pitching and hitting together, we are going to continue to lose close games.”

The Bulls return to Buffalo this week and play at Canisius on Wednesday before continuing conference play against Western Michigan at its home opener next weekend.

The Bulls will continue to put an emphasis defense until everything comes together.

Torgalski is confident that playing home games will be a welcomed boost for the Bulls. By first pitch on Friday, the Bulls will have played 19 straight road games to start the season; something that Torgalski says has worn on his team.

First pitch against Canisuis on Wednesday is scheduled for 4 p.m. at the Demske Sports Complex.

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continued from page 12: bulls defeat marist, win fourth straight team does a great job competing well and competing with good character. I think our toughness really showed in the end.”

The Bulls won two out of three doubles matches, led by freshmen Damien David and junior Vusa Hove in the first spot, who defeated their opponent 8-4.

Senior Wojciech Starakiewicz and sophomore Travis Zappia also won 8-4 in the second spot.

The singles matches were a lot closer, headlined by a 7-5, 7-6 victory by Hove, while senior Alex Kalinin needed all three sets to pull out the win, 6-7, 6-3, 6-1.

Nickell was especially impressed with a pair of players in the win.

“We definitely had some standout performances,” Nickell said. “Wojciech Starakiewicz did a great job in doubles and singles today as well as Ivan Vereshchaga who beat a guy that hasn’t lost any matches this season. The guys really stepped up and won us some battles today.”

Vereshchaga’s victory in fourth singles over Marist’s Will Reznek sealed the victory for the Bulls, adding to an impressive turnaround to the season.

The team had gotten off to a slow start this season, dropping its first two matches and seven of its first eight. Nickell believes that the team has overcome adversity early with a rigid schedule combined with some minor setbacks.

“Our schedule has been really, really tough for the non-MAC season and we have also had some injury issues and some health issues along the way,” Nickell said. “I think the toughest thing that we have had to battle through this season is taking some hard fought losses and keeping our confidence up.”

Buffalo has not only won the last four contests, but dominated them, by winning 25 of 28 points in the matches. Now it will get ready for its first MidAmerican Conference matchup next week. But, Nickell remains optimistic looking forward.

“We need to realize that if we focus on the controllable and we stay tough, we’re going to win some matches, continue to progress, and that’s exactly what has happened,” Nickell said. “We’re on a four-match win streak right now and could have easily thrown in the towel after a 1-7 start due to a tough schedule and some injuries, but

our guys have stayed resilient and it has shown.”

The team’s early struggles were due mainly in part to what Nickell called an, “Ivy League schedule,” with tough losses coming to strong teams.

Nickell believes that the squad still has much to work on if its want to be successful going forward despite the recent victories.

“Ultimately, we need to work on staying tough throughout the full match,” Nickell said.

“We’ve done a better job of starting off quickly but we need to do a better job of closing out matches and continue to work hard to get our tennis back to a level that can win us another MAC championship.”

The Bulls will be put to the test early as they open up their MAC schedule against Toledo (14-7), a team that has won nine of its last 10 matches and has beaten the Bulls in their last two meetings. The match will be at home and is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Saturday.

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DUANE OWENS Staff Writer

You don’t have to like sports to know of the breaking news that has revolved around former Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning. He was released by the Colts earlier this month and ever since then, the league has gone into a craze to land him and become a playoff, even Super Bowl favorite.

Many teams have shown interest but only the Tennessee Titans, Denver Broncos, and San Francisco 49ers had a remote chance of landing Manning.

Manning, a shoo-in for the Hall of Fame, dropped the bomb on the Titans and 49ers by announcing he will be playing for the Broncos next season. And sure enough on March 20, we saw Manning holding up that wild bright orange jersey with “MANNING” and his number “18” stitched on the back.

Monday, March 26, 2012

Spring Football Report: Quarterbacks Last summer, then junior Jerry Davis and sophomore Alex Zordich, were in the battle for the starting quarterback job. Then senior Chazz Anderson came in from Cincinnati and started all 12 games for the Bulls.

Alex Zordich

starting quarterback. He threw just 12 passes and ran twice for just 53 total yards.

Zordich believes the competition between the four candidates will be important to the growth of whoever wins the job.

While this served as a stop gap at the time, nearly a year later it has left head coach Jeff Quinn in the same position – except this time he has more options.

The depth chart for Quinn reads like a multiple choice exam: He has four options to pick from, and hopes one of them is the right answer to end the uncertainty at the position.

His four options are all very different as well.

Davis and Zordich are now a year older, and have both started contests for the Bulls in the past. But a pair of redshirt freshman – Joe Licata and Tony Daniel – look to be the more long-term investment that Quinn would like at the position.

Meg Kinsley /// The Spectrum

Career Passing: 44 Cmp, 106 Att, 469 Yds, 1 TD

The junior has something that two of the four competing for the job don’t – experience. Zordich has started four games and appeared in nine over the last two years.

With four competing instead of two like past seasons, it becomes a difficult position for Quinn to evaluate all of the candidates for the starting nod.

His freshman year was his most productive.

He threw for 428 yards and went 39-for-94 in passing. However, in that time he had just one passing touchdown and six interceptions.

The Broncos? No way Manning picked the Broncos with a running back like Willis McGahee, who fumbles the ball like he is handling two percent milk when fixing his Froot Loops in the morning. Why pick a Broncos team whose leading receiver only had 612 yards on 44 catches and needed Tim Tebow to save its season? It just doesn’t sit right with me.

“It’s not easy because there’s only so many reps,” Quinn said. “Some spots only have two deep, and that’s a four deep position, so it’s hard to get those guys reps. We tell the guys don’t worry about the number of reps you’re getting, worry about the quality of those reps.”

Zordich had more success with his running game. He ran for 150 yards in his freshman season and scored two touchdowns.

I mentioned that their receiving core is weak in the statistics category, but that’s not really their fault. As nice as a guy that Tebow is, he’s not an NFL quarterback, no matter how bad Skip Bayless wants him to be. Eric Decker and Demaryius Thomas are both talented young receivers that will benefit from having Manning as their quarterback, but the receivers out in San Francisco are ridiculous.

The 49ers passing game, which was weak last season, has dramatically upgraded with some good offseason moves at the wide receiver position. Randy Moss will now be wearing red and gold, and every defensive coordinator will tailor their game plan toward him, no question. Moss will be double covered on a regular basis to prevent the deep ball.

The Niners have also picked up Mario Manningham, who I believe is ready to be a consistent contributor. He’s known for the clutch catches, but he wants the ball more; he’s hungry and I feel like he’s ready to step up, especially since he’s used to making heavy traffic catches, which come frequently in west coast offenses.

These moves will compliment returning tight end Vernon Davis, who should be going off like he did in the postseason. The 49ers will take advantage of his freakish athletic ability after his big plays against the New Orleans Saints and the New York Giants in the playoffs. Michael Crabtree and Kyle Williams are also solid receivers who have made big plays last season, and are used to this system.

Stats: 0 games played The Williamsville product was one of Buffalo’s most prized recruits heading into last season. Licata never saw any time and redshirted

Late Inning Errors Haunt Bulls Against Central Michigan BEN TARHAN Staff Reporter The baseball team has had an incredible offensive start to its season. Yet it has struggled to maintain the lead the bats have provided in the late innings.

The Bulls (7-11, 1-2 Mid-American Conference) had the same issues come up once again in the rubber game of their three game series with Central Michigan (1113, 2-1 MAC).

Buffalo has scored in double-digits in eight of its first 18 games, and through Sunday the team batting average is good enough for 10th in the country.

But the Bulls’ defense has lagged far behind their offense, tallying 28 errors through 18 games, and contributing to the Bulls horrendous 1-6 record in one-run games.

The Bulls were able to scrape out a win on Saturday by jumping ahead early in the slugfest and just barely holding on for an 11-10 win.

But the other two contests of the series were plagued with errors – as Buffalo made seven – leading to eight unearned runs, and more importantly two losses.

On Sunday the Bulls blew a 12-4 fifth inning lead and allowed Central Michigan to come from behind and score four runs in the ninth incontinued on page 10

Courtesy of Central Michigan University Athletics Tom Murphy’s (19) four RBI’s weren’t enough for the Bulls this weekend, as they lost two out of three high-scoring games against Central Michigan.

Bulls Defeat Marist, Win Fourth Straight BRAD PARKER Staff Reporter The men’s tennis team is in the middle of its hottest stretch of the season, blowing out the competition in the process.

There have been a bunch of theories as to why Manning chose Denver over San Fran. My theory is that the NFL has turned into the Illuminati and is orchestrating a “Manning vs. Manning” Super Bowl. But maybe he’s insecure about his arm strength with burners like Moss or Davis, or maybe he’s a competitor who just doesn’t want the wins to come that easy.

The team’s most recent conquest came on Saturday when the Bulls (5-7) defeated Marist (6-5), 5-2. The win marked the fourth straight win for the Bulls, after dropping their previous five.

Whatever his case may be, it’s no question that John Elway is a very persuasive man.

The Bulls managed to secure a victory despite the late start due to inclement weather.

We’ll just have to see how everything plays out in the upcoming draft to the start of the season. Manning can pretty much make anyone nice, but if he would’ve gone to San Francisco they would’ve been Super Bowl favorites immediately, and it’s only March.

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These would’ve been Manning’s main targets. On top of that, Frank Gore would be there to help Manning’s play action abilities. With so many weapons on this San Francisco team, it just doesn’t sit right that Denver was picked over the Niners if his main objective is to win.

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Joe Licata

Career Rushing: 64 Att, 162 Yds, 2.5 Avg, 2 TD

Now, in real life, I don’t know Peyton Manning, I have no problem with this guy, but from a football standpoint, better yet a winning standpoint, this makes no sense to me.

The Broncos aren’t exactly terrible, but they really aren’t that good. They went 8-8, ranked 20th in total defense, and 23rd in total offense. They rattled off some freak wins, thanks to Tebow, but those wins won’t keep occurring on a regular basis, season after season.

“Any type of competition is good,” Zordich said. “It’s automatically going to make you better and everybody on the team is competing. Obviously quarterback is [important], only one guy is going to play that position so it’s a huge competition. It just makes you better and everyone should embrace it.”

Sungyup Shin /// The Spectrum Damien David and the Bulls continued their hot stretch, as they defeated Marist 5-2 to extend its winning streak to five games.

“We came out and did a great job of taking an early advantage throughout the matches,” said head coach Lee Nickell.

“We definitely did not play our best today by any means but this

Inconsistent Bulls Split Weekend Contests BRANDON BARNES Staff Writer The women’s tennis team began conference play over the weekend and made a statement: It can contend in the MidAmerican Conference this season.

Playing in less than ideal weather conditions at the University Tennis Center near the Ellicott Complex, the Bulls (5-7, 1-1 MAC) dominated Ball State (5-9, 0-2 MAC) in every way, winning the match 6-1 on Friday afternoon. The Bulls could not continue their strong play on Saturday as they lost to Miami (Ohio) (7-9, 2-0 MAC), 6-1.

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Geunug Jeong /// The Spectrum The Bulls couldn’t finish the weekend strong, losing to Miami (Ohio) Saturday after defeating Ball State Friday.

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