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Vol. 61 NO. 68

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Friday, March 30, 2012

Winspear Apartment Is Robbed at Gunpoint

UB Makes the “Reasonable” Choice

LISA KHOURY Asst. News Editor Two former UB students entered a Winspear Avenue apartment, pointed a loaded rifle at the two female student occupants, and demanded their marijuana and cash early Wednesday morning.

Donovan Haigler, 24, and Lance Minton, 22, were charged with robbery, menacing, burglary, criminal possession of marijuana, criminal possession of a weapon, and criminal use of a firearm by Buffalo Police. The two men are currently in jail.

Winspear Avenue, located near UB’s South Campus, is not in the University Police’s jurisdiction. Buffalo Police called the UPD, though. Lieutenant Kevin Will of the UPD was at the scene, and one of the victims told him that she recognized one of the suspects as a former UB student.

With that knowledge, Will was able to obtain his local address, and he gave it to the Buffalo Police. Buffalo Police officers went to that address and found both suspects.

Nemmer, Zimnicki narrowly win election REBECCA BRATEK News Editor

Nerves ran high in 350 Student Union on Thursday evening as three parties awaited the results of the Student Association election.

Travis Nemmer was elected president – along with runningmate Adam Zimnicki, who will become vice president – earning 1,081 votes for the Reason Party. United Party candidates Judy Mai and Darwinson Valdez trailed close behind, earning just 47 votes less than their opponents.

Justin Neuwirt became treasurer with 1,102 votes, the only United Party member to take an executive board position.

Reason Party candidate Ayyaz Tufail lost to Neuwirt by a mere 41 votes.

Three of the four SUNY delegate spots will be filled by Reason Party candidates – Mira Pandya (1,094 votes), Loren Fields (1,065 votes), and Jonathan Steffen (1,037 votes) will represent their party and the university in Albany. Liz Quinn, of the United Party, will join them; she earned 1,088 votes.

Nemmer was shocked that the Reason Party took the presidential victory.

“I honestly thought we got killed,” Nemmer said. “I sat down with everyone earlier, and I was so dejected. But we came through. I thank each and every one of my supporters, especially Ayyaz; he really put his heart and soul into this, and I look forward to working with him next year. And I’m also looking forward to working with Justin.”

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Travis Nemmer and the Reason party celebrate their win of the SA elections.

SA Can’t Agree on How to Use $300,000 to the undergraduate student population, the project must last for a period of at least five calendar years, and the project must have the potential to provide services to at least more than half of the undergraduate population.

REBECCA BRATEK News Editor The Student Association Senate voted March 22 to move $300,000 within its budget, but it couldn’t agree on how to use the funds.

“Personally, I felt that these guidelines did not provide enough clarity,” said On-Campus Senator Daniel Ovadia. “For instance, the initial guide did not establish a means of determining if a project would actually benefit half of the undergraduate student population.”

The money was moved from a line entitled “Projects” to a new line named “Long Term Projects Capital Equipment.” With the movement of the money came a resolution – a list of stipulations that would have to be followed in order to use the money from the new line.

The resolution contained Khan’s three guidelines and three new stipulations. The new rules highlight the process SA members would have to go through in order to receive money from the new line. In short, Senate would have to review each and every proposal to make sure the projects could meet Khan’s original guidelines.

But the resolution did not pass. The vote stood 3-10-1, but some Senate members worried that the money is “too open” without any restrictions on how it can be spent or allocated.

“Because the [new] line doesn’t have the proper restrictions on it, we could buy $300,000 worth of gumballs,” said On-Campus Senator Kittie Pizzutelli. “It’s not illegal to buy $300,000 worth of gumballs [as it currently stands].”

The money was originally moved into the “Projects” line on Feb. 12, when SA Treasurer Sikander Khan motioned to move part of a fund he referred to as a “cushion” or “rainy day” fund; the money was rollover from the mandatory student activity fee in past years.

The new line – Long Term Projects Capital Equipment – is different than most other lines in SA’s budget because it won’t get zeroed out, transferred back to “Cash and Investments,” and

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Because of treasurer Sikander Khan, The Student Association now has $300,000 to use on future projects.

reallocated as the next year’s Senate sees fit, unlike typical SA lines, according to Sub-Board President Chris Noll. All of SA’s accounts are handled through Sub-Board.

The measure ensures that any money in that fund will be available to future SA administrations

and remains visible on the General Ledger.

The failed resolution, written by Engineering Coordinator Dan Pastuf and the Finance Committee, built off Khan’s three original guidelines for the new line; Khan suggested that the money spent from the line must have long-term benefits

Senate Chair Darwinson Valdez believes the Senate should have passed the resolution because it simply built off of Khan’s original guidelines that it approved previously.

“My question is if you gave us those guidelines and those are the guidelines you want to be followed, why do you not want it to be a resolution?” Valdez said. “I think the Senate should have the power, just as we do with the new and innovative line and the co-sponsorship line, to approve the spending of this new line. It’s special; we didn’t have that line before.”

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Jill Kelly, wife of Buffalo Bills great Jim Kelly, will speak at UB tonight (Friday) in Norton 112 at 7:34 p.m. in an event presented by the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. She will speak about her life’s story and specifically about her late son Hunter, who died of Krabbe disease in 2005 and for whom the Kelly family founded the Hunter’s Hope charity. Four Jim Kelly-signed footballs will be raffled off, and 20 copies of one of Jill Kelly’s numerous books will be given away.

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A Call For Action UB commemorates Trayvon Martin

DUANE OWENS Staff Writer In the corner under the shadows of the mid-afternoon sun, UB police stand guard. Through the dark lenses of their sunglasses they observe a crowd of 80-90 people, all with their hoods up, grasping Skittles and iced tea.

The crowd, aware of the presence of the armed officials, directs its attention to the table and bench. The eyes are on the stage, where people are sharing their opinions and experiences on the controversy at hand.

The rally was centered on Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old from Florida

who was shot and killed for what appears to be no valid reason. The only things Martin had on him were the Skittles and iced tea that he just purchased. The young man sported a hoodie. The details of the case have caused quite a controversy.

With the case gaining publicity, Fight The Power UB felt it was imperative to raise awareness starting here at UB on the Academic Spine outside of the Student Union.

As the rally began, the circle of 20 people outside the SU gradually increased to about 90. Although many see the case as one that revolves around injustice for African Americans, the faces in the rally showed diversity with differContinued on page 2

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This past Monday, Fight The Power UB held a rally to shed light on the Trayvon Martin trial, where students dressed in hoodies and held Skittles and Iced Tea in their hands to protest the injustice.

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Continued from page 1: UB Makes the “Reasonable” Choice Zimnicki, too, could not believe how close the race was, and he remains hopeful that both parties will continue to work together in the coming year.

Even though Mai lost, she believes the election results are skewed because students just do not show up to vote. Less than 14 percent of undergraduate students voted.

“It was such a close race, and that proves that either candidate was liked by a vast majority of the population,” Zimnicki said.

“I have a lot of respect for Judy and Darwinson, and I hope in the future we will be able to work with them and bring SA back to what it needs to be. Let’s make the students happy.”

“There’s [over 19,000] students here, and only about 2,000 to 3,000 really vote,” Mai said. “You can’t really get a good majority of them out, and you can’t blame them – they don’t want to step in the Union; they’re going to avoid it all costs. I wish more students knew about the election and came out, voted, and made informed decisions.”

Zimnicki added that he’s worked with Neuwirt throughout this year, and he is certain there will be no communication problems.

Despite running with different parties, Zimnicki believes they will be able to reach a common ground and bring diverse ideas to SA.

Ted DiRienzo ran with the MVP Party – a group of students who were not involved in SA – and was the clear underdog going into this week’s race. But he still believes that earning 235 votes is a victory for his party.

Two parties have shared executive board spots in the past, but it’s not common. In 2010, the Student Alliance Party and the ONE Party shared the top spots; in 2006, the UB Advocates beat the Progress Party by 10 votes for the presidential and vice presidential spots, but Progress took the treasurer’s seat. “[The win] is bittersweet,” Neuwirt said. “I obviously wish I could have won with my party…we had plans to work together, but Adam and Travis had good things on their platform. We have to put elections behind us because when you have two different parties, you campaign hard against each other. But now that we’re elected together, we’re going to have to work together to do the job.”

The race was close, and 2,576 students came out to the polls between Tuesday and Thursday – only 104 less than last year’s turnout.

“That’s 235 more people than I thought was going to vote for me,” DiRienzo said. “It’s been so encouraging. This is the first time I ever really thought about campaigning. If I stay a fifth year, you’ll definitely hear my name again.”

Mai also plans to stay involved in SA – she said she loves the organization too much to not stay involved.

Nemmer, Zimnicki, and Neuwirt will soon start getting a taste for their new positions, while working to reconcile any differences.

But Nemmer, after an exhausting week of campaigns, only had one thought once the final tally was announced.

“I’m starving,” Nemmer said. “I want some food – something Hillel.”

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Continued from page 1: A Call For Action ent races, ages, and sexes coming together. Although some did not share the same skin color as Martin, their passion was just as fierce.

“I wasn’t surprised honestly [about the case],” said Mike Rausch, a senior history major and member of Fight The Power UB. “If it was a white woman who was killed by a black man or white man killed by a black man, in a similar situation like this, the black man would be in prison right now. But the fact is, the black person was killed in this situation and he’s not going to get justice. I would feel like if any black people riot they are completely justified. If the legal system can’t give justice I would like to see a vigilante group, like the New Black Panthers, go out and lynch [Zimmerman].”

With emotions running high, some still remained calm and collected about the situation.

William Richardson, a senior sociology major and the founder of Fight The Power UB, was the voice of the rally. He’s been a member for the past five years and considers Fight The Power UB as something that’s always been a part of who he is.

“It seems at this point that whenever I see one of these young black men get murdered, I see another way in which I can die,” Richardson said. “For me, it’s not even a fact of being angry for the sake of being angry because anger doesn’t even cut it anymore.

After a certain point, the hurt and the pain and the anger gets so deep that you can’t even express

it anymore. In one sense, that kind of deep-seeded cold anger and hurt is a bad thing.”

about a hoodie, Skittles, or iced tea – those just symbolize the controversy.

The death of Martin has brought numerous marches and messages throughout the country.

In Miami at Southridge Senior High, students wore all black to commemorate Martin and then walked onto the football field to form “TM.” In New York City, supporters came together in Union Square and formed a rally they named the “Million Hoodie March.”

Every speaker felt that just talking about the issue was not enough. There needed to be action. Listeners clapped and nodded their heads in grievance.

Some held flyers that read “Justice For Trayvon” with his picture on the front.

Fight The Power felt it was appropriate to do something for Trayvon’s sake.

“We just want to strive for change in our community as AfricanAmericans, as students, and as minorities in this country,” said Richard Roseboro, Jr., a sophomore attending Canisius College and member of Fight The Power UB. “We want to fight all the injustices that are bestowed on those types of communities because everybody is affected by it.”

“Our organization is about doing [rallies] about this and moving forward to go into Buffalo communities and actually building a relationship with people in Buffalo to do active things,” said Jade Lewis, a junior environmental design and political science major and President of Fight The Power UB. “A rally is a bit active, but actually helping people to become aware and actually go out and do things for themselves [is our mission].”

This rally is the first gathering of the sort in Buffalo, according to Lewis. She felt it was important to do something similar to the rally that took place in New York City in order to get something started.

With speakers at the rally standing on a table and people sharing their thoughts, it was emphasized that the Martin situation is not

Other members of the crowd came from different schools to lend their support to the cause.

With uncertainty in where the trial is heading, there have been petitions signed to bring justice and to place George Zimmerman, the accused killer, in handcuffs.

The call for change has been put out there, and Richardson and Lewis have set up meetings to educate people further about the case. A vigil will be held next week on South Campus for Martin and new ideas are being brainstormed to get the attention of legislators and the judicial system.

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ment,” a category involving direct purchases that the Senate doesn’t regularly monitor. The Senate usually only monitors “budget adjustments” – the movement of money from one line to another.

“We do not need to see every single thing that the money is being spent on because if we look at all of it, we will die,” said Jonathan Grunin, a former senator who served as a proxy at the March 22 meeting. “And not die because it’s being spent on improper things, die because they do so much spending every single day. Yes, it can be monitored [by the Senate], but it’s just not practical.”

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Grunin argued that Senate should put stipulations and controls on the money, but it’s going about it the wrong way. He suggested that money should not be allowed to go out of the budget from the new line, and it can only be transferred to other lines. This way, Senate would have to approve how the money is spent.

“As far as insisting that there is an entire presentation and proposal any time money is being attempted to be spent from that line, that is unrealistic,” Grunin said. “We do not know how often that line will be touched, and we do not want to create unnecessary red tape.”

Unlike the original guidelines set forth by Khan, the resolution would be binding and the rules would have to be followed by future SA executive boards and Senates. Khan, a non-voting member of the Senate, did not agree with the resolution because he was not made aware of the additional guidelines before the meeting. He also argued that SA already has “internal controls” in place that determine how money is spent and allocated, and the new guidelines only will make things more difficult for future Senates.

Khan stated that all projects must obtain bids from a variety of vendors, regardless of expenditure size.

“I wanted the time to go over it and read it,” Khan said. “It was a violation of [SUNY] guidelines.

What would have happened if Senate would have approved a resolution that is in violation of SUNY guidelines? That’s why I wanted to take the time to read it.”

“We will have to see again because looking at the nature of [the March 22] meeting, there was a lot of proxies,” Valdez said. “Proxies don’t represent exactly what the student voted for and they have no knowledge of what it’s like to be a senator. If it was actually our senators that were there, we could have frozen that money and waited until next Senate meeting, and we could have waited to make an educated decision with two weeks of research.”

The violation Khan referred to within the stipulation reads: “For projects with total expenditures that exceed $20,000, bids must be attained from at least three different vendors to ensure that monies are spent efficiently and products are attained at fair market value.”

Khan has been in communication with Pastuf and other Finance Committee members since the March 22 meeting in hopes to better understand the resolution. The resolution will be brought up to the Senate again in two weeks, and Valdez believes the senators will pass it because of the extra time to research the stipulations.

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Bullied by the MPAA Film should be edited to ensure exposure Most times of the year, movies are simple entertainment: escapist pieces of art that takes us away from the doldrums of our lives and puts us in another world for a couple of hours. On a rare occasion, however, a movie expands its area of effect outside of theatres and creates a real controversy outside itself.

Bully, a documentary by filmmaker Lee Hirsch, has achieved that level of notoriety without even being released.

Hirsch’s film chronicles the torment of five students. Each was being subjected to extreme and prolonged bullying by their classmates in terrible ways. Two of the children committed suicide after their practically lifelong ordeals.

Immediately, the premise of the movie reminds us of Jamey Rodemeyer, the Williamsville North High School student who took his own life after being bullied relentlessly about his sexuality.

The blight that is bullying is a national epidemic that has been ignored for many years as “kids being kids,” and it’s admirable that a filmmaker is looking to take a stand against it with a movie that shows the damage that emotional abuse can do.

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Even after going back to beg for the rating to be changed to the less stringent PG–13 rating, Hirsch could not get the MPAA to change its decision.

But that shouldn’t really surprise anyone, especially someone familiar with the business. For years the MPAA has been known for being unfairly biased against strong language and sexual content while graphic violence gets rubberstamped. It is simply applying its bad rules to the movie just the same as it always has.

We’re not saying the system is good.

It’s an antiquated system that puts an arbitrary rating on a movie based on the number of dirty words and nudity and ignores the general nature of the content.

Film studios know this and simply play the game to avoid harsh ratings.

For the sake of pragmatism, however, the filmmaker should simply edit out the

use of the F-word. That way, you can still present the hateful comments that the children are making to each other while avoiding the buzzword that makes some crusty old guys mad.

It’s important that the bullies and the bullied see this film, and we simply want to see that come to fruition. An effort from both sides, however, needs to be made in order for the film to be viewed by the people it’s intended for.

Hirsch plans on releasing the movie without a rating, but that would be a mistake because it would further limit the exposure that the film would get. Sure, the theaters would be able to decide for themselves, but unrated films have a notoriously difficult time being shown.

Sadly, these are all facts of life for the modern movie industry. There are some theaters bucking the trend, namely AMC theaters, by allowing kids to see the movie with a parental permission slip, but nobody can count on all theaters doing that.

Bringing this movie to teenagers across the nation is more important than keeping swear words in at this point.

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As with any other film released in the U.S., however, it had to pass through the Motion Picture Association of America to be stamped with a rating. After viewing it, the MPAA decided the film should receive an R rating for language, mostly because of the high number of F-words that the kids used.

Ways to drop gas costs

Nothing puts the cramp on a college student’s style quite like high gas prices. Driving to the store, class, friends’ houses, work, and generally everywhere in-between has made cars the lynchpin of our lives here, especially at a suburban campus like UB. It’s kind of a microcosm of the economy itself. The more we have to pay for gasoline, the less cash we have to spend on economy stimulating commodities, like food and fun.

Naturally, people from all walks of life are looking for ways to get the price at the pump a little lower. First, we’ll take care of a persistent little myth that’s making the rounds, once again, on Facebook.

You’ve probably seen it, or have even heard someone shouting about it in class: don’t buy gas on April 15. It’s a sentiment that has a wide populist appeal.

Who wouldn’t love to stick it to the man and take money out of his pockets for a change?

Not buying gas on one day will have about the same effect as not taking a dump this Saturday. As long as you keep consuming on that day, you’re going to need to do the deed eventually. That is, if you use gas as you normally would, you will still buy the gas eventually, just on a different day.

Net result: nothing.

Leaders in Washington have been debating about a solution that actually may do something. It is called the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

Basically, around the Gulf of Mexico are four sites with emergency supplies of petroleum. Roughly 700 million barrels are waiting in the wings for us to tap into. Following the rules of supply and demand, an increase in supply would drop prices on oil, which drops the price of gas.

So why aren’t we using it?

Well, in the world of global oil trade, it’s not as easy as just saying “poof!” and dumping more oil into the system. The intended purpose of the SPR is for when supply shortages hurt the price of oil.

Tapping into the SPR has happened three times in the past: during the first Gulf War, after Hurricane Katrina, and during the Lybian Revolution. Each of those events caused a disruption in the supply line of petroleum.

In summary, Klosterman posits that if the Wildcats win the ship, all big-time basketball schools will be forced to adopt Calipari’s philosophy, because Kentucky will be the fastest road to the NBA and the easiest way to cut down the nets. could the Dukes and North Carolinas of Relax with the How the world compete with that? All the big-name Calipari praising, bashing recruits will automatically go to Coach Cal – making Bills receiver and UK alum Stevie AARON MANSFIELD Johnson happy, but the rest of college basketball fans frustrated. Everything we love about colSenior Life Editor lege basketball that separates it from the NBA – the team-first attitude, the diving-on-floor, Four teams remain in the Big Dance, each conballs-to-the-wall effort, the guttural student sectaining about 12 hardworking 18-22 year-olds tions – they all go out the window when Calipari vying for the ultimate prize, as every young wins it all and turns the NCAA into, in essence, man dreams of being serenaded by One Shining a miniature NBA. Moment. Kentucky’s entire starting five will be snatched off the board in the first round of the 2012 NBA Draft.

Klosterman’s plan has just one blemish, which he admittedly realizes: Kentucky has to win it all for this grand falling-out to come to fruition.

Something is wrong here.

With all the crazy-successful, my-goodness-isthat-their-real-record seasons Coach Cal has I don’t have a problem with those young play- pieced together in recent years, he’s still never ers (three freshmen and two sophomores) being won the ship. This man has accrued a 503-152 selected ahead of likely second-round choices record as a head coach. He’s won 77 percent of who’ve accomplished a whole lot more in his games. He went to the Sweet 16 three years their NCAA careers – i.e. Michigan State’s ago, then the Elite Eight two years ago, and the Draymond Green, Syracuse’s Kris Joseph, and Final Four last year…does that mean he makes it to the championship and loses this year?

OSU’s William Buford.

If you’re a sports fan who doesn’t frequent ESPN side project Grantland, spearheaded by veteran sportswriter Bill Simmons, you’re doing something wrong. Grantland published several brilliant columns yesterday about this particular Kentucky squad: in one, Shane Ryan says Kentucky head coach John Calipari is a congenial guy you can’t help but root for, but in the other, Chuck Klosterman says Kentucky winning it all would mark the death of college basketball.

We know that people are hurting right now. The price of gas has everyone’s head in a vice grip, but our nation needs to remain patient. The SPR is not a quick way to alleviate gas prices, it only has enough gas for 35 days worth of use and burning through that at the wrong time would leave us in a worse situation than we were before.

There is, however, something you can do to get prices down, and have a direct effect on how much you spend on gasoline.

Here’s the super duper secret that will blow your mind: stop consuming gas.

Rather than buying your fuel on a different day, ride a bike, walk, or take public transportation to wherever you have to go.

You save money instantly by not having to buy the gas at all, and then if enough people follow suit the demand will actually go down.

As Captain Planet says, “the power is YOURS!”

Our current situation, however, is not yet being caused by a supply shortage, and an even bigger problem could loom. Should

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I also don’t have a problem with the other three Final Four teams having minimal potential NBA talent (it’s likely that no Louisville players will be drafted, while Ohio State and Kansas will have a maximum of two).

Iran’s oil exports suddenly be cut off, the supply would drop sharply.

According to basketball aficionados, there’s no way he falls short yet again, and with good reason. This squad boasts superfluous superstars: shot-blocking, dinosaur lookalike Anthony Davis in the middle, freak of nature Michael KiddGilchrist, and lengthy leader Terrence Jones on the wing, smooth shooter Doron Lamb at the two, and speedy, strong little man Marquis Teague running the show. Those are five of the best players in the nation, and it doesn’t hurt that senior stud Darius Miller is the sixth man. This Kentucky team must be Calipari’s most talented to date, right?

I’m not so sure about that. The 2009-10 Wildcats had John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, Patrick

Patterson, and Eric Bledsoe. Didn’t have the leadership. Calipari’s 2007-08 Memphis Tigers had one-man team Derrick Rose, who on his own is probably better than the Charlotte Bobcats. Couldn’t make free throws.

Now the 2011-12 Wildcats seem to have it all figured out yet again. Memphis looked untouchable, and so did that Wall-led squad. Don’t get me wrong; I’ve still got Kentucky winning it all. They’re too talented for me to pick someone else. Still, Klosterman’s point is null and void if one of the other three teams cuts down the nets in New Orleans on April 2. In Klosterman’s mind, if Coach Cal isn’t smiling atop a ladder, college basketball is safe. Otherwise, all bets are off.

He makes a good point, but I disagree. Kentucky doesn’t have the top-rated recruiting class going into next year, and their entire core will be gone, having bolted for the NBA and a permanent stay in SportsCenter’s Top 10. It was easy for the Cats to rebuild this year behind by far the best recruiting class in America, including Kidd-Gilchrist and Davis. But when you’ve got a brand new team, and it’s not even the most talented class in the country, things can get messy.

Think of the Yankees. They’ve won one title since Y2K despite consistently recruiting the “best” players in Major League Baseball. Have they ruined baseball? Better teams always beat a contingent of more talented players.

Now think of last year’s Miami Heat, who fell prey to a selfless Dallas Mavericks squad. The Heat will probably win at least one championship in their time together (quite possibly this year), but it will take them time. The same rule goes for the Wildcats: they won’t form a dynasty and consistently wreck college ball because they won’t stick around. They’ll get in their necessary year and then take off for the bright lights.

Think of the Andrew Carnegie quote: “Team-

work is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.” That’s right, common people – not the most talented, but those who will work together over time, will always beat a random assortment of uncommon talent.

Besides, Calipari has yet to get the championship monkey off his back. It was like before Peyton Manning won a Super bowl; he’d forever be great, but never legendary. Now he’s in that elite class. Calipari…not so much.

Coach Cal is one of the best in the nation, but he’s still not the best.

Give me Coach K or Tom Izzo any day. Are either of those guys killing college ball? Their squads consistently over perform with “insufficient” talent. You mean to tell me Izzo’s 2000 team, with leaders Mateen Cleaves, Charlie Bell, and Morris Peterson, won because of talent? Or Coach K’s 2010 team, led by Kyle Singler and Jon Scheyer, was the best out there?

Not a chance. But they still won because they had the best coach.

So until Coach Cal actually gets one ring on his finger, and even if he gets his first ring, let’s not rush to conclusions: college basketball won’t be ruined forever by a man who shuttles in talent (though he’s straightforward about it), disguised as young men who care about the university that’s paying their tuition, then rushes them off to shoe contracts and the league.

Maybe we should just let them go straight to the NBA from high school…or send Calipari there.

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The SA Elections May Have Been Illegal REBECCA BRATEK

News Editor

Thank the heavens! SA election season is over!

Finally, the Union will be free of annoying, in-your-face candidates begging for your vote.

I’ve been a UB student for three years now, and much like most undergraduate students, I try my hardest to avoid the Union during SA elections. Candidates and their supporters invade the Union, precariously toeing the lines of masking tape, armed with fliers to shove in your face.

“It’s a lot of people, a lot of noise,” said Alex Dvorscak, a freshman economics major, after being stopped by the United and Reason Parties in the Union on Tuesday. “I kind of try to avoid it…I don’t know if it’s the best way of campaigning because it sometimes barrages people, and it makes them less inclined to vote.”

If you’re like me, you avoid the Union at all costs during election season, or you at least try to find alternative routes. The latter proves extremely difficult because the parties seem to line up at the bottom of the stairs or at the front door, waiting for their prey.

They’re allowed to camp out in the Union because the “polling area” isn’t very big, according to SA Election Rules and Regulations (last updated during Summer 2010): “The Polling Area is the area extending 50 feet in all directions around the voting machines, unless otherwise determined by the Elections and Credentials Committee,” the rules read. “This area shall be clearly marked by tape on the floor or other means. No campaigning shall take place within the Polling Area.”

But the rules go on to state that SA “intends to comply with applicable federal, state and local laws.”

That means SA wants to legitimize its elections by abiding by New York State Election Laws. Those state laws were just updated this year. Under the new law, SA’s election practices could be illegal. A person is in violation of Section 17, subsection 130, Clause 4 of the election laws if he or she “electioneers on election day or on days of registration within 100 feet, as defined herein, from a polling place…For the purposes of this section, the 100 feet distance shall be deemed to include a 100 foot radial measured from the entrances… to a building where the election or registration is being held.”

Quite simply, under the law, candidates and their supporters should not be campaigning within the Student Union; campaigners should stay 100 feet from the entrances of the Union, as it houses the voting booths. That would effectively put campaigners in the middle of the faculty parking lot.

David Noll, a junior economics and political science major who ran for SUNY delegate with the Blue Party in last year’s elections, brought the clause to the attention of the Elections and Credentials Committee on Monday, just before the start of the elections.

The Committee reviewed the law, and it deemed the SA elections still legal, despite the contradictions.

“Although we are bound by the law, because all candidates have agreed to the campaigning area that we have defined, it was decided to continue with campaigning in the Student Union as planned,” wrote SA Elections and Credentials Chairman Dan Kozlowski in an email to Noll. “We came to this decision after discussing the matter with the election officials running the polling booths, who formerly worked for the Erie County Board of Elections.

They assured us that this was in compliance with the law.”

But did the SA Elections and Credentials Committee deem the elections legal just to get them over with? If the Committee would have decided that the Union campaigners violated state law, the election would’ve been thrown out, and Thursday’s results wouldn’t be legitimate. SA would have been without an executive board for next year.

Throw in the controversy surrounding the Elections and Credentials chair’s appointment and the fact that less than 14 percent of students voted (the small number is no doubt due in part to the candidates’ harassment techniques), and SA election’s results seem trivial at best.

If SA follows state laws next year, maybe we can peacefully navigate the Union.

Maybe the cloud of apathy around this campus will disappear, and students will actually vote.

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Moscow Brings Diversify Yourself Grace to the States NIKITA SIDANA Staff Writer

Black and white, unlabeled world maps sat on a table in the Student Union on Tuesday morning. Students were asked one question: where is Singapore? Most pointed to India, the Middle East, or Australia – few knew where the country actually is.

The Intercultural and Diversity Center (IDC) celebrated Diversity Week at UB from March 26-30. Diversity Week allows students to explore the different cultures on campus and learn how students can bring their own culture to UB. Buffalo is ranked in the top 20, according to the Princeton Review, on the list of college campuses with the most diverse population.

Source: pitchengine.com/ubcenterforthearts The Moscow Festival Ballet visited UB’s Center for the Arts and blew the audience away with their interpretation of Cinderella.

DELANEY MARSCO Staff Writer The tale of Cinderella is a pervasive one. It dominates young girls’ ideas of what it means to be a princess, demonstrates how one can overcome circumstances to make great achievements, and it’s a favorite among Disney lovers everywhere.

Cinderella has enjoyed its popularity in cartoons and in folklore, but many don’t know that a ballet version has gained a lot of recognition since the 1940s.

The Moscow Festival Ballet graced the Center for the Arts stage on Tuesday with its performance of Cinderella. The company’s interpretation of the classic rags-to-riches story through Rostislav Zakharov’s choreography added distinctive characterization and additional expression via movement.

The most striking part of the performance was the muscular strength of the lead dancers. The principle dancer in the role of Cinderella executed adagio, or slow tempo, sequences with great ease and fluidity, which is especially impressive given the difficulty of such movements.

The male lead’s performance of the prince was particularly adept at difficult jumps and multiple pirouettes.

Claire McGarry, a Senior biological sciences major, has been recreationally attending theater and dance performances since she was 13 and she was most impressed with this aspect of the male dancers’ performance.

“The grace of the male dancers was so impressive to me,” McGarry said. “They landed insane jumps without a sound. I’ve never seen more graceful, but athletic, men than those lead dancers.”

The technical prowess of the leads was highlighted during the ball pas de deux (“steps of two”). This type of duet features five parts that are meant to showcase partnering abilities and the strengths of the male and female dancers individually. During the ball, Cinderella and the prince engage in a short pas de deux that demonstrated a high level of skill in both partnering and individual variations.

The most remarkable part of the adagio portion of the pas de deux was a perfectly executed onehanded attitude promenade, in which the male dancer guides the female in a circular movement while she remains en pointe – much like a music box ballerina. This difficult move was performed without the slightest waiver, and Cinderella maintained her textbook attitude position flawlessly.

The female variation demonstrated the sheer strength of the female lead. Her variation featured a sequence that requires the constant transition from standing flat to standing en pointe, a move that demands extreme muscular strength.

The physical and technical competency of the female dancers is a strength among those trained in the Russian style of ballet, so her ability to execute this well was not surprising. This fact makes the dancers’ performance no less impressive, however.

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“Diversity Week is a collaboration among various departments and students groups on campus,” said Phyllis Floro, associate director of the IDC and Director of Student Activities. “They come together to plan events and work closely to celebrate and embrace the benefits of being at a diverse institution.”

Throughout the week, IDC prepared workshops on religion, beliefs, and activism, documentaries on students’ experience with disabilities on campus, as well as discussions on different perceptions of beauty around the world.

The International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) collaborated with the IDC to have a Global Coffeehouse in the SU. It was an openmic event filled with poetry, singing, tea, coffee, cookies, and cake.

As of this semester, UB has a total of 3,723 international students, according to Eric Comins, coordinator for student programs and international student advisor at ISSS. Since there are so many international students, Comins and the ISSS aim to promote diversity.

Many cultural student association groups set up tables in the SU, with their flags and charts displaying pictures of their culture. Flyers were also handed out to promote upcoming events.

The clubs included the Filipino American Student Association, Pakistani Student Association, Singapore Student Association, and six other cultural clubs.

“Diversity is really important to Singapore Student Association because just like the U.S., Singapore is also a melting pot of so many cultures,” said Shane Cleland, a senior business major. “We

Yeo Jung Lee /// The Spectrum UB celebrated Diversity Week this week, holding events, showing documentaries, and setting up club tables in the Student Union to celebrate the school’s diverse population.

want other students to know what our culture is about, try out our food, and understand our language.”

According to Cleland, many students are unaware of the different cultures and traditions that compose the student body. As a result, clubs are given the opportunity to express themselves and encourage other students to join or explore other cultures during Diversity Week.

“There are so many things I didn’t know about the Indian culture,” said Veronika Wade, a senior art history and communication major. “At a trivia game yesterday, I learned that India has 22 languages.”

The trivia game took place during the Diversity Week kickoff; students who were able to answer correctly won cups, cards, and many other prizes.

Wade also attended the “Eye of the Beholder,” a cross-cultural discussion on beauty that took place in the IDC. She learned that every culture sees beauty differently in terms of skin color and features.

“I feel proud when I see my [Bangladeshi] culture being represented at UB,” said Rauwolfia Mannan, a junior biology major. “Some people don’t know where I am from or where my country is, so Diversity Week really helps encourage others to learn about where I come from.”

When students leave UB, they will be walking into a global world, regardless of their profession. Taking advantage of an institution that takes such pride in its diversity and learning lessons from those that surround us is crucial to succeed in the future, according to Floro.

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Tips To Enjoy Your Weekend Cursive’s RACHEL KRAMER Asst. Life Editor

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If you have nothing to do, nothing to drink, or nothing to look forward to this weekend, don’t worry. Here are a few ideas to spice up your days off.

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The game continues until everyone in the circle has a chance to be the dealer.

Some of you may not know this song by title, but as soon as you blast it through your iPod speakers, memories of middle school will come back to you and you are now old enough (well kind of) to enjoy the lyrics of this perfect drinking song.

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Since the band’s conception, Cursive has lacked a set-in-stone identity. Like its music, the outfit is ever evolving.

Cursive, made up of Tim Kasher (lead vocals, organ, piano, keyboard, guitars), Matt Maginn (bass, keyboards), Ted Stevens (guitar, keyboard, backing vocals), and Cully Symington (drums, percussion) formed in 1995, and have dealt with lineup changes and two hiatuses. The band has still prevailed, though, and its Buffalo show Friday night aims to prove that.

Despite the yearlong hiatus in 1998, the band didn’t lose its momentum. Instead, the reformation and addition of Stevens helped them produce one of their most acclaimed concept albums, Domestica, in 2000. The project, written as a one-act play, revolved around the painful dilemmas of divorce.

A loyal following has stuck it out through Cursive’s many ups and downs. “[We have] a bit of an unusual approach,” Stevens said. “At times we have an eccentric approach, and I think sometimes when you color outside the lines a little bit you attract a certain group of people who like to do the same thing.”

The band’s unconventional methods have led it to create many concept albums, like the aforementioned Domestica and The Ugly Organist, about the empty sex life of the title character.

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Continued from page 5: Moscow Brings Grace to the States Despite the strength shown by the lead dancers, there was less adeptness shown by the soloists, demi-soloists, and occasionally the corps de ballet. One notable technical deficiency was the lack of precision by the stepsisters. Although these characters are meant to be clumsy and exaggerated, there were times when the stepsisters were clearly supposed to be in sync with one another, but fell off beat.

The characterization was one of the most entertaining aspects of the show, and the portrayal of the classic characters aided in engaging the audience. The most comical character in the show was the stepmother, who was played by a man. Although this is not an unusual way for theatrical productions to hyperbolize flamboyant characters, it certainly adds to the theatrical experience.

“You could definitely tell the difference between the principle dancers and the soloists; there was a clear drop-off in the skill level,” McGarry said. “[The stepsisters’] fast movements were more imprecise than the leads’ [movements], especially the fairy godmothers’.”

The stepmother blew kisses to audience members and directed other emotive expressions toward them, giving the audience that rare feeling that it was a part of the show itself. Rikesh Patel, a senior pharmacy major, thought that this was the most important element to making the ballet accessible.

The corps de ballet inconsistency showed particularly during the fairy sequences. The fairies in the corps were not together, throwing off the necessary aesthetic of oneness.

“For someone like me, who knows nothing about ballet, the stepmother was the best part,” Patel said.

“She really engaged with the audience and provided some slapstick-type comedy to the show.”

Other times, however, the corps was beautifully in sync. The ballroom scenes, which highlighted the corps in partnering male-female duos, was one of these notably strong performances – especially since they were navigating difficult choreography in a space that was small for the number of dancers on stage.

Despite some disconnect in the corps de ballet and among the soloists, this production of Cinderella was certainly impressive. The combination of talented leads and comical characterization made the show a perfect Tuesday night spectacle.

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zone. He gave us an opportunity to try and get back in it and see if we could get one.”

Buffalo had a chance late in the game when Michael Burke hit a three-run homer to pull the Bulls within a pair after junior River McWilliams kept the Golden Griffins bats at bay for the final inning and two thirds. That’s the closest Buffalo would get.

Buffalo will now jump back into conference play this weekend against Western Michigan (11-10, 3-0 MAC). The next contest will be at an unfamiliar place – home. After 19 straight road contests, it’s finally time for Buffalo to have its home opener. The three game weekend series kicks off Friday at 3 p.m.

“I think Riv threw well,” Torgalski said. “He’s one of those guys who will come in and pound the strike

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Courtesy of Cursive Cursive will present their eccentric array of music this coming Friday at Mohawk Place.

guitar into their evolving sound.

thinks being categorized as just “hard rock” doesn’t encompass the everything that Cursive is.

Cursive’s latest concept album continues this evolution. Compared to past concept albums, I Am Gemini used a different recording technique, according to Stevens.

This project was treated as a traditional rock experience in the studio, and the band was focused on creating new guitar tones while shaving off the reverb from past records to create a more hard-edged guitar-rock record.

The group’s vision and dream of expanding its sound came alive in the 2001 album, Burst in Bloom. The addition of cello player Greta Cohn and her elegant fills balanced the band’s sound.

Lyrically, the album tells a story reminiscent of Fight Club, and Kasher’s take on an old ghost story. This story eerily describes a man who inherits a home from his parents and realizes there’s a spiritual entity lurking in the home representative of his twin brother. Throughout the album, the man undergoes a revelation that the ghost could possibly be himself all along.

After another hiatus, Cursive reverted to its original four-man roster, as well as returning to their stylistic roots with 20006’s album Happy Hollow.

“That’s the material [that] is very representative of the music we were making in high school,” Stevens said. “It dates back to the band that Cursive was before Cursive [existed].”

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Although Cursive will perform the different styles and nuances of their musical generations, they stress that it’s all about having fun and trying to perfect their sound on tour. Although they want to keep their standard mix of songs, Cursive also plans to improvise pieces.

Stevens appreciates that fans are passionate about which Cursive period they prefer.

“I guess you could say we teamed up with them and assisted them in the initial stages of the investigation,” said Inspector Dan Jay of the UPD. Haigler and Minton had 25 grams of marijuana on them when they were arrested.

Based on experience, Jay suspects this robbery was a targeted robbery, indicating that the suspects knew that the girls possessed marijuana and subsequently robbed their house.

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Cursive’s Continuing Career

“The original goal was to add a cellist and an additional member that would play timpani and auxiliary percussion,” Stevens said. “It was our idea of building the band up from a four-piece [band] to a big band.”

Continued from page 10: Blast Off! Both of Pollock’s shots were solo, as was a third inning blast by junior first baseman Ryan Tulloch.

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“We hope that we’re getting better and that we’re coming up with new ways to entertain and express ourselves,” Stevens said. “We think we’re doing it, and we’re out on the road trying to convince people that we’re still doing it.”

“I think that’s the goal when you’re a musician,” Stevens said. “The sad truth for most musicians and most songwriters is that you hit your peak early, and then decline artistically. If there’s one group vision we have, it’s that we’re progressing.”

Cursive will perform at Mohawk Place on Friday night alongside Cymbals Eat Guitars and Conduits.

At their upcoming show Cursive will perform material from 2000 to the present and will promote their new album I Am Gemini, which debuted in late February.

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continued from page 1o: late game miscuse end bulls’ rally

continued from page 1o: homecoming party Western Michigan’s Steve Laudirina and Casey Webber are that southpaw duo. They have given opposing lineups fits in their 12 combined starts. They have a combined win-loss record of 5-2, and have a 3.38 earned run average. Both guys are slated to pitch against Buffalo this weekend.

As talented as their starters are, they have a guy who is even better in the late innings. Closer Patrick Borlik has pitched 27 1/3 innings from the bullpen, and in that time has a 1.65 ERA, and a WHIP under 1.00, both great marks for a reliever.

Buffalo’s talented offense will have to work even harder to navigate the pitching of the Broncos, but it has the bats to do so. Buffalo is still among the leaders in the MAC in most offensive cat-

egories, with the Bulls being tops in batting average, homeruns, and RBIs. Individually, they have six players in the top-20 for batting average in the MAC. Junior catcher Tom Murphy is tops in RBIs with 28, and junior Matt Pollock is second in runs scored with 26, as he is able to score a lot, hitting ahead of Murphy in the lineup.

As a leadoff hitter, Pollock has the rare ability to hit for both average and power, as he leads the team with a .380 batting average, and is third on the team with five homeruns after going yard twice against Canisius (13-13) Wednesday.

As talented as the Bulls are on offense, pitching will be key to winning the series. The Bulls

are last in the MAC in ERA with a less than pleasant 8.38. Despite that, Torgalski will try to trot out one of his senior leaders to try to stop the bleeding.

“Friday is going to be [senior] Cameron Copping,” Torgalski said. “Saturday and Sunday is a wait and see. [Senior] Kevin Hughes is still hurt, so we’re going to wait and see where he’s at to see if we can get him back into the rotation, and if not we will make some adjustments and see where we go from here.”

The Bulls will hope to take some games from MAC-leading Western Michigan as they start the three game weekend series on Friday. First pitch for all games will start at 1 p.m.

cially with good hitters.”

Senior starter Holly Johnson was replaced early in the third inning, after giving up five walks and surrendering two earned runs. Johnson has been the most dominant pitcher for the Bulls thus far; she leads the pitching staff in earned-run average, complete games, and strike outs. But Teague was forced to swap her for the team’s wins leader, Speckman.

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The Bulls’ bats will look to handle the challenge of southpaw pitcher Casey Webber (24) on Friday as part of a three-game series against home against Western Michigan.

Canisius’ senior Katie Lancelloti proved once again to be productive against the Bulls. She went 3-for-3, with an RBI triple, and also worked two walks.

continued from page 1o: spring football report: wide receivers Fred Lee

Fred Lee was trusted by Quinn with playing time late in the year, and the junior rewarded the coach’s trust with his strong play. He finished last 2011 Stats: season with a bang against Akron, Receptions: 20 ending that day with six catches, Receiving Yards: 139 52 yards and two touchdowns, all career highs. With 18 of his 20 reTouchdowns: 2 ceptions coming in those last few Yards per catch: 7.0 games, Lee is looking to ride the wave of success into 2012.

“I’m excited about [2012], I came on strong last season,” Lee said. “I have two seasons left to go, and I’m looking to bring more leadership

Saron Hood

and to get the other guys involved, make the guys understand that I started off the season not as “the guy” but I ended as that.”

With his six-foot-two frame, he is able to use his athleticism to get to the football, something that he is using the spring to further improve on.

“Personally, I’m focusing on being a physical, dominant, explosive receiver,” Lee said. “I want [opponents] to fear me when they see me. When they line up against me, I want them to know that this guy is something serious, so it’s something

Unlike guys like Neutz and Lee, Hood believes he brings a different mentality to the position, something that he believes will spread across the team.

“I know a lot about the offense being a veteran, I know my assignments pretty well and that’s something I bring to the young guys,” Hood said. “I think I bring my wisdom to this receiving group. I just tell them to take advantage of each day, and every opportunity, because time goes fast.”

No stats Being the only senior at wideout, Saron Hood is a guy, like Lee, who can bring the experience that was handed off to him by the former, great Bulls’ wide receivers.

“Consistency was the big thing I saw [in those receivers],” Hood said. They come out every single day, not wasting a rep. They do it consistently ev-

In the offseason, Hood is trying to make himself a more complete player to compete with the young guys for a starting spot at wide-out.

“I work on running routes, blocking, catching,” Hood said.

“Getting yards after the catch is a big thing, for me, just getting better [overall]. And scoring touchdowns is a big thing for us this year.”

No stats Cordero Dixon is a guy who looks to be an exciting player over the next few years. Despite the amount of young and talented receivers fighting for playing time this year, Dixon has already won over some of his peers with his talent.

“Cordero Dixon at the outside receiver is a new guy implemented into the game,” Lee said. “He’s going be an exciting talent; he’s a speedster, a deep threat and he’s a player to watch.”

that I’m working on.”

This is a guy that has learned a lot in the last couple of years, and he feels like he can bring that experience to this year’s squad.

“I learned a lot from Marcus Rivers and Terrell Jackson, two outstanding receivers, and before that Brett Hamlin, Naaman Rossevelt and Ernest Jackson,” Lee said. “I watch a lot of those guys and I’ve grown a lot from that. I try to bring leadership and perform like them.”

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ery single play, and that’s something that they showed me.”

“She was walking batters and she didn’t have any control over her pitches,” Teague said.

Pitching was not the only woe the Bulls faced on Wednesday. Prior to Decker’s homerun in the sixth inning, the Bulls failed to score a run until the fifth inning.

They finished the game with seven hits and three runs.

This is a deep, but very young squad, one looking to match 2011’s production. Although lacking in experience, this group does have some talent. Sophomore Rudy Johnson, who transferred from quarterback, and freshman Ron Willoughby are two other guys that will improve as the season goes on, and are guys to look for in the future. Assuming Neutz’s hand heals up, and guys like Lee and Hughes can take that next step to keep defenses from keying on the powerful Bulls running attack, this receiving core can surprise a lot of people in the MAC.

“Lancelloti was hitting .160 coming into the game and she always has the game of her year against us,” Teague said.

“We meet them later again in April, and we’ll make sure to make a mental note of that.”

The game on Wednesday is the last the Bulls will have before MAC play begins on Friday against Eastern Michigan (1117).

The series will have a little more meaning for Teague than most games as she used to be the head coach at Eastern Michigan (10-16) before assuming the same position at Buffalo.

“It’s funny because their senior class is the class that I recruited when I was there,” Teague said. “They’re struggling a little bit, but it’s the start of the conference and anything is up in the air.”

There seems to be no clear-cut favorite to win the MAC this season so the Bulls plan to take full advantage of the opportunity. Their mammoth victory over Baylor will linger in the minds of every opponent they face.

Teague is a firm believer that the Bulls have a chance as good as ever to take the reins of the conference.

“Our conference is so evenly matched throughout, it really depends on who’s going to come to the field and play and be consistent through seven innings,” Teague said. “If we do that I really like our chances.”

The Bulls get their first opportunity for a good start with four straight home games. Central Michigan (12-11) comes to town this weekend for games on Saturday and Sunday, but Buffalo’s doubleheader against Eastern Michigan on Friday at 1 p.m. will open it up.

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FRIDay,DECEMBER 9 FROM UNIVERSAL UCLICK

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Don't sell yourself short today; you have more to offer than you think, and others are eager to hear what you have to say.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- You'll receive praise from someone whose opinion you hold in high esteem -- and who is not able to do what you do.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- You may find that others are willing to give you a pass today when it comes to doing that which could rub some people the wrong way.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- You may feel as though you are being asked to do what you have already done -- and the time will come when you will have to say no.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Despite feeling somewhat under the weather, you will have to move forward at an increased pace. The time will come to tend to your malaise.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- You'll find yourself drawn to something that used to motivate you when you were young. It's good to know some things will always be important.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Something about a test you have to take today is affecting you the wrong way; it seems as though more than your knowledge is being assessed.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- What you are looking for is nearby, but you may not know whether to look right or left to locate it.

3 "The kissing disease," casually 35 "Road to ___"

4 Hot, on a Chinese menu

37 Be in another form?

5 Potato sack material

39 Careful reasoning

6 Williams title lizard

40 Calendar abbr.

43 "___ Miss Brooks"

7 Act the butterfly

41 Instrument played sitting down 44 Like many Poe stories

8 "Can't complain"

46 "KnowwhutImean?" character 45 "Lucy in the ___ with Diamonds"

9 Imitative of a natural sound

47 In the middle of a hot streak 46 Chinese restaurant appetizer

10 One who commits grave offenses?

48 Hit high 49 "Old college" effort

11 Array on a bar shelf

50 Bat's detection tool 50 ___ Lanka

12 Adam's grandson

52 "Live" 51 "___ contendere" (no contest)

13 Seldom seen

53 "___ and the Real Girl" 53 Cause of a diet setback, perhaps (2007 movie)

21 Common black European thrush (Var.) 61 Sans companions

54 Distinctive and stylish elegance

22 Ripple pattern on a stamp 62 Revise writing

55 Austin Powers' "power"

25 Wealthy bunch 63 A psychic may claim to see it

56 Does a tailoring job

26 Arkansas' ___ Mountains 64 Hindu princes 57 "American ___"

27 Super Bowl XLI-winning coach Tony 65 "... to form a ___ perfect union" 58 Act like a baby

29 Bake in a shallow dish, as eggs 66 Varieties or types

59 Gets under the skin of

30 Gumshoe, briefly 67 Angry bull's sound

60 Geographical region

31 All-points bulletin 68 Wintertime slider

32 Device for upward 69 Take a breather mobility DOWN

33 Comfy-cozy 1 Wine press residue 2 Its state flower is the sego lily

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5 "Back to the Future" bully 9 Adult tent caterpillar (Var.)

14 At the high point of

15 Citrus fruit similar to a grapefruit

16 World's largest producer of rice

17 Delhi princess

18 Remains to be seen?

19 Accept, as a credit card

20 Cause of a diet setback, perhaps

23 10 jiao

24 Wildcatter's strike

25 Brick bearer

28 Afflicted with muscle tremors

31 Volcanic fallout

34 Clear sky's color

36 His partner

37 Vocal quartet member

38 Cause of a diet setback, perhaps

42 "It follows logically ..."

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -Those around you may express surprise at your ability to manage a tricky situation. Don't let this offend you in any way.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- You can get around a formidable obstacle today, but you must be able to see it well in advance.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- For possibly the third day in a row, you are trying to do a certain something for at least the third time. This can get frustrating!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) -- You may not know it, but what you are trying to do is encroaching on someone else's territory. You mustn't claim to be an expert.

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Homecoming Party

Bizarre Briefs

Bulls take on Western Michigan in a weekend home matchup

BRYAN FEILER Sports Editor

NATHANIEL SMITH Sports Editor

Punches Thrown at Dialysis Clinic Louisville and Kentucky will meet in the Final Four this Saturday. It will mark the first time two teams from the same state will play each other in the Final Four since Cincinnati beat Ohio State in the 1962 title game.

The game has divided the state into Kentucky blue and Louisville red. The rivalry has been on the field, court and now a dialysis clinic.

A 68-year-old Kentucky fan by the name of Ed Wilson was receiving treatment when he and Charles Taylor, a 71-yearold Louisville fan, began to argue over who would go to the National Championship Game.

CBSnews.com reported that Taylor was telling someone else that Louisville would win when Wilson, remember while receiving treatment, told Taylor to shut up and flipped him off. Taylor then punched Wilson.

“I’m sorry it even happened,” Wilson, told WKYT. “Hopefully, he won't come (to the dialysis clinic) at the same time as me anymore.”

The police arrived but no charges were filed. Hopefully the passion in the state’s dialysis clinics will transfer to the court in New Orleans this weekend.

Baseball Players Battle Injuries, Simple Tasks When you think of baseball injuries you might think Miguel Cabrera taking a grounder off the eye or Ryan Howard injuring his Achilles in the playoffs last October.

But, there are some that make you just shake your head, like a player missing a few games because he pinched his finger in a pullout couch.

This year’s spring training has been filled by weird injuries as well. We all know how dangerous walking down a flight of stairs can be for a professional athlete. Yankees pitcher David Robertson missed almost two weeks because he hurt his foot when he fell down the stairs moving boxes.

Robertson is good enough to be the Yankees’ setup but his struggles with staircases could haunt him later in his career.

The next is a slightly more expectable because it actually happened during a game. However, the injured player was in the dugout. Rays pitcher David Price left a spring training game because he was experiencing neck spasms after he toweled off his neck.

“I was just drying my head off in between innings,” he said. “It’s happened to me two times before. The towel just catches the back of my head and it pulls my neck forward. I just felt it a little bit in back of my neck and just wanted to be cautious with it...It spasms, there's a little pop and it just spasms up and gets a little tight.”

Price seems content on blaming his injury on his vigorous toweling routine and not on the whiplash he suffered last season from watching 22 homeruns go over the fence last season.

The last injury of this list is just unbelievable.

Phillies outfielder Dominic Brown was pulled from a game because his neck pain was getting increasingly worse.

This was the right move by the manager.

You can’t be too careful with neck injuries because they can become a chronic problem if not treated – but this isn’t your typical neck injury.

Allen Lin /// The Spectrum The Bulls’ bats could not spark a late-game rally as they fall 8-6 to crosstown rival Canisius on Wednesday evening at the Demske Sports Complex. The loss drops Buffalo to 7-12 on the season.

Blast Off!

Buffalo homers four times in loss to Canisius TYLER CADY Senior Sports Editor Circling the bases was no problem for the baseball team on Wednesday. The players only had to trot.

The problem is that’s all they did.

Buffalo (7-12, 1-2 Mid-American Conference) homered four times in Wednesday’s 8-6 loss, but the small ball style of Canisius (13-13), was too much for the Bulls. The team was only able to muster eight hits in the midweek matinee, and all six of its runs came via the long ball.

“I thought we had some good at bats,” said head coach Ron Torgalski. “I thought they made a handful of plays on some balls that we squared up and hit right at them. The shortstop took a couple hits away from us and that can be demoralizing. You’re trying to get a rally going and come back and you hit the ball right at somebody. But that’s

Buffalo just couldn’t string hits together when it needed them. The opposite case could be said for Canisius, as the small ball mentality paid dividends for the Golden Griffins all afternoon.

The home team was consistently able to move runners over and put themselves in position to pressure the Buffalo pitching staff. It worked to perfection, as the Griffs were able to score a pair of runs on wild pitches by junior starter Corey Paige after sacrificing runners to third. They also scored two runs on sacrifice flies.

Paige only lasted three innings on the afternoon, and gave up three earned runs on eight hits.

“I thought he left too many balls up in the zone, and gave them too many good pitches to hit,” Torgalski said. “I thought first inning or so he was a little nervous. I know he played with some

of the guys on the other team, and a lot of the local guys he’s friends with. I thought he was trying too hard to make pitches and missed spots.”

Paige was relived by junior lefty Zach Stephens, who only gave up one hit over three innings pitched. The problem is that it was a towering blast by leftfielder Jesse Kelso over the fence in centerfield with two runners on.

Buffalo’s bats did the best they could to answer, as junior leftfielder Matt Pollock had a pair of homeruns on the afternoon, including banging one off the left field scoreboard of the Demske Sports Complex.

“Matt’s a strong kid,” Torgalski said.

“He’s not going to get overpowered by anyone. I think he’s done a great job since we moved him to the top of the order. He’s doing a tremendous job getting on, producing, and making things happen and that’s what we want at the top of the order.” continued on page 7

The Bulls (7-12, 1-2 Mid-American Conference) will try to feast with some home cooking as they take on Western Michigan (11-10, 3-0 MAC) at Amherst Audubon Field.

This road-weary Buffalo team is finally home after 19 games, and that is something that head coach Ron Torgalski and his team is excited about.

“I told my guys that this is going to be a huge weekend for us,” Torgalski said. “Our first home game, and a chance to maybe get a couple and get ourselves right in the thick of things. It will be good to get on our field – we’ve spent more nights in hotels than in our own beds for the last month. I know they’re excited and I’m excited.”

This will be the first meeting between the two teams since the 2009 season, when the Broncos went 2-1 against the Bulls.

With a different team, and a different coach, this year’s Western Michigan team is one that is very strong on one aspect of the game.

“Western Michigan is a really good pitching team,” Torgalski said. “We are going to see a couple lefties that throw it really well.” continued on page 7

Late Game Miscues End Bulls’ Rally JON GAGNON Staff Writer When junior outfielder Caitlin Dekker hit a two run homerun in the bottom of the sixth inning, it looked as if the softball team was poised to complete the comeback – but the opposition had other plans.

The Bulls (7-12) held their first home game of the season on Wednesday afternoon against Canisius (4-19). After their back-to-back wins against Liberty, and nationally ranked Baylor, the softball team was on a roll. But that ended abruptly against the struggling Golden Griffins, 4-3 on Wednesday thanks to a last inning long ball from Stephanie Pftentner.

“I think we were pretty flat,” said head coach Jennifer Teague. “We had six walks and two hit by pitches, and three walks in one inning, it’s tough to win a ball game when you put that many base runners on.”

Junior outfielder Caitlin Dekker’s sixth inning homerun tied the game for the Bulls, 3-3. The comeback was important because a loss to a sub-par opposition could haunt the Bulls heading into their conference schedule.

Sophomore Tori Speckman held Canisius in check for her first three and a third innings of relief, but the Golden Griffs’ leadoff batter got the best of her, giving Canisius the edge, 4-3.

“It was a fatty pitch and it went over the fence,” said Teague. “When you throw it over the plate, it goes out a lot, espe-

Soly Lee /// The Spectrum Buffalo fought hard, but a late homerun by Canisius sunk the Bulls, 4-3 at Nan Harvey Field Wednesday.

continued on page 8

Spring Football Report: Wide Receivers In 2011, the wide receiver position was one of the strong suits of the offense.

Heading into 2012, after three of the top four receivers on the depth chart (Marcus Rivers, Terrell Jackson, and Ed Young) graduated, it has left junior Alex Neutz and a cast of fresh faces at the position.

practice, prepare and compete like a starter so then when the time comes you’ll be that starter.”

Quinn hopes that the rest of the depth chart is ready to take on that role as a starter.

Alex Neutz

Neutz is used to playing wide receiver in the Mid-American Conference, after starting nine games before his injury last season.

Brown fell asleep at an awkward angle on the team bus heading to the game.

Baseball has to be the only sport that you can injure yourself enough in your sleep to get taken out of game.

“Alex is one of those guys who makes all the catches he should and a lot of the catches he shouldn’t,” said head coach Jeff Quinn. “He just has great concentration and mental toughness.”

Brown was sent down to the minors so look for him to start a lot of games.

However, he is not expected to finish many because the dugout does not give him the proper back support to stay healthy enough to play an entire game.

Behind Neutz, Buffalo will have a widely inexperienced cast of players.

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baseball, some days they’re falling, some days they’re not.”

After playing about a quarter of its season away from home, with long road trips and heartbreaking losses in the opponents’ final at-bat, the baseball team will finally get a chance to celebrate at home plate this weekend.

“We’re gonna rely on all those guys,” Quinn said. “I tell the guys all the time, you want to be a starter you’ve got to

2011 Stats: Receptions: 43 Receiving Yards: 641 Touchdowns: 4 Yards per Catch: 14.9 Alex Neutz has proven to be one of the

best young receivers in the MAC. A big target in the passing game, his six-footfour frame makes an easy target, regardless of the starting quarterback for the Bulls. He has been consistently producing, scoring four touchdowns each of his first two years of action.

He is a guy that has stepped up in big games, going over 100 yards receiving three times, against Pittsburgh, Miami (OH), and a career-high 135 yards against Northern Illinois. Even with all the success, and the potential for even more games like this next season, spring ball is the opportunity for Neutz and the receiving core to work on improving a different part of the offense.

“Receiving is basically getting physical, and really [working on] our stalk blocking,” Neutz said. “We got playmakers, we got kids that can go out and make catches, but the main thing is with Brandon Oliver, who’s an All-MAC running back, and one of the best in the nation, our main role is that we need to block for him and get openings for him so he can go out there and continue his success.”

Despite the success, Neutz’s year was ended prematurely after nine games by a wrist injury, halting what was a very promising season. The recovery is something that he is working through on a daily basis.

“It’s getting better,” Neutz said. “It has a little bit more to go. I have this bulky wrist bracelet on, so I just need a little more flexibility, and try to get a little bit more confidence in it.”

For Neutz, the offseason was crucial to his development, especially with an injury that can limit his effectiveness. Hurt or not, has been working hard to get ready for the season.

“I stay active on my own the first month,” Neutz said. “There’s a six to eight week winter conditioning program with the strength and conditioning coach, working on explosiveness, and getting stronger for the season. My main goal this spring is to get comfortable again, get back in football shape and basically work on my 1-on-1 offthe-ball moves, staying low off the ball.” continued on page 8