The Spectrum Volume 61 Issue 80

Vol. 61 NO. 80

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Friday, April 27, 2012

Lives Lost, But Not Forgotten UB community remembers students who have passed REBECCA BRATEK News Editor

Around midnight on March 4, 2009, Andrea Zlotowitz was doing laundry in Spaulding when she heard an awful, deafening sound – as if something had hit the pavement outside. She walked into the tunnel of the Ellicott Complex and found a body on the ground.

To her horror, it was the body of Jonah Dreskin, a fellow UB student and her childhood pal. She called University Police. She also called his family.

“It was weird because it looked like Jonah, but it didn’t look like Jonah,” Zlotowitz said. “I was freaking out. I remembered his parents’ house number, [called], and said: ‘Something is wrong with Jonah; he’s hurt, I don’t really know what’s going on.’”

Jonah died at Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital a few hours later. Police reports say he had fallen from the seventh floor of the Spaulding Quadrangle tower.

To this day, no one really knows why.

Police have closed Jonah’s case and classified his death as undeterminable.

Jonah would have walked with the class of 2012 at UB’s commencement services this May. Dealing with death Several other UB students have died in recent years, and their legacies, too, are remembered.

Michael Israel died in June 2011 after a long battle with prescription drug abuse.

He suffered from Crohn’s disease and depression related to his struggles with the illness. He shot himself. Israel would have started his junior year this fall.

In January 2010, Nicholas Orrange was killed in a one-car accident off campus. He was a senior at the time and also the Special Interest Services and Hobbies coordinator for the Student Association.

Just over a month ago, junior Kevin Breen was killed in a car accident driving back to UB after spring break. Breen was a member of the ROTC program through Canisius, and his peers in the program initially had trouble coping with the sudden loss.

Although students don’t like to think about it – or maybe they’re simply not aware – four to 10 students pass away in any given year at UB, said Barbara Ricotta, the associate vice president for Student Affairs, who is among the first UB officials called when students die. She serves as the liaison between the university, families, and the surrounding community.

Often, as with Jonah’s death, the calls come in the middle of the night.

“I hate it,” Ricotta said. “It’s the hardest part of my job. There’s kind of a joke among my colleagues that the best part about my job is that nobody else wants it because nobody else wants to do that.

People ask me sometimes how I keep from crying; I say I don’t.”

The night of Jonah’s death, Ricotta met Continued on page 9

Courtesy of Billy Dreskin; Courtesy of Samantha Orrange; Courtesy of Kevin Breen Four to 10 students die each year in on or off campus incidents. The university community mourns and remembers each loss, even if students aren't aware of the incidents.

Student Rapper A-West Reps Roc at North Campus Sophomore will open at Spring Fest BRIAN JOSPEHS Arts Editor This year’s Spring Fest performers thrive off energy. Rick Ross hypes up his audience with his drug-addled lyrics, while Fabolous’ turns heads with his instant quotables. Tyga and New Boyz have only a few hits to their arsenal, but those hits are enough to incite riots.

Aaron Westbrooks – a sophomore communication major who goes by the stage name A-West – is the antithesis of these artists. While this year’s performers boast a larger than life façade, A-West is more self-contained.

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A-West and New Boyz were announced this week as this year’s Spring Fest’s opening acts.

The Rochester native said the opportunity was a blessing, but also noted that performing at such a big stage was all part of the plan.

“I’m surprised, but at the same time I’m not,” Westbrooks said.

The announcement marks the second consecutive time a UB student has performed at an SA sanctioned concert. Senior communication major Trevor Eckman, a fellow Rochester native who performs under the name Bagginz, opened for the SA Small Concert featuring hip-hop duo Chiddy Bang.

SA Entertainment Director Monique Mattes noted that signing on student acts for these concerts is a trend the organization would like to continue.

“We would love to have more UB student be openers for our shows,” Mattes said. “The only issue is that SA sometimes only has two large concerts a year (due to funds, locations, artist availability, etc.) and we are not always guaranteed smaller shows for the students to perform.

We get many emails a week with local artists looking to perform at UB and if we can find a spot for them, whether it would be at a fest or at another student run event, we help them as much as we can.”

Like Bagginz, A-West was contacted by the SA after he reached out to the organization. He had a short time to prepare for the show after he was

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Nyeri Moulterie /// The Spectrum Sophomore communication major Aaron Westbrooks will be the second consecutive student rapper to perform at an SA concert this Saturday.

confirmed last week.

A-West isn’t worried about the short preparation time, however. He said that he had even less time to prepare in other venues – a list that includes Club Infinity and Buffalo State College.

He believes that he has a solid plan going into Sunday.

“The whole plan is to go up there, treat it like it’s nothing new, have fun, and leave an impression,” Westbrooks said.

MATTHEW PARRINO and NATHANIEL SMITH Editor in Chief and Sports Editor After 66 games in about 123 days, the NBA regular season has finally come to a close. With the playoffs just around the corner, 16 teams have a chance to win it all. The Spectrum’s NBA experts, Matthew Parrino and Nathaniel Smith, are here to break down the storylines, the upsets, and the break out players in the 2012 playoffs.

Storylines Is Derrick Rose healthy enough to lead the Bulls on a deep run into the playoffs?

Having fun with music is something Westbrooks has been doing since he started rapping in elementary school. The sophomore said he started by writing jingles before moving on to do parody style raps during his high school years.

Is this the year LeBron finally wins that elusive first ring?

His peers thought his satirical verses were so good that he was inspired to take rap seriously.

Will the 2010-11 demon of Westbrook-Durant show its face this postseason or will the Thunder take the next step?

Westbrooks’ multi-racial background also contributes to his love of music.

Will Kobe pull even with Michael Jordan and win his sixth ring?

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Are the Spurs for real, or are they doomed for another early exit?

What Knicks team shows up in the playoffs?

Can the Clippers shake off their ‘loser’ label and make a run in the Western Conference?

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Upset Alert When discussing the upset possibilities here on the committee of two, we had trouble committing to one team we thought could pull off an upset. As a matter of fact, we have come to the conclusion that we don’t feel any lower seed is going to advance in the first round. But what good is that? This is the upset portion of our program.

Nate thinks the team most likely to upset its opponent is the New York Knicks. He feels they have the better bench and that Carmelo Anthony is capable of putting a team on his back in a seven game series. The key is Amar’e Stoudemire.

If he is able to allow Anthony to do his thing on the offensive end and pick up the effort on the defensive end, New York has a prayer.

While this is a complete stretch, Matt thinks the only team that could pull off a miracle upset in round one is the defending champion Dallas Mavericks. Playoff experience is so important in the NBA, and Dirk Nowitzki finally knows what it feels like to reach the top of the mountain. Dallas beat Oklahoma City last season in the Western Conference Finals, and even though the Mavericks lost all-world defender Tyson Chandler, history is a good friend to have in the postseason.

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Continued from page 1: Student Rapper A-West Reps Roc at North Campus “I’ve been on both sides of my family, and I’ve been surrounded by Eminem to The Cool Kids to Lil Wayne to Wiz Khalifa to Drake,” Westbrooks said. “I’m real sensitive to the way sounds work and just stretch my own path.”

A-West recently released his mixtape, Cool Story Bro, last month. The Rochester rapper didn’t speak much about the critical response to this mixtape, but he noted that the release – as well as his career in music – is for his own enjoyment.

Westbrooks said he was honored to perform on the same stage as the famed Rick Ross and Fabolous, as well as the other artists. According to A-West, opening for the acts will only add to his ever expanding resume.

“This right here has already opened a lot of people’s eyes. After this, I’ll have a lot more in my arsenal…I feel that once people see what went down, things are going to fall into place.”

Doors will open for Spring Fest at Alumni Arena at 5:30 p.m. The show is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m.

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Continued from page 1: NBA Playoffs Preview Most Likely to Sweep This one was easy – the Indiana Pacers. Look at the matchup first of all.

The Orlando Magic are reeling ever since we found out Dwight Howard would miss the rest of the season.

The Magic are 5-8 in April and they are about to take on a team in Indiana that’s gone 12-3 in the same time period.

Indiana is on a mission and one of the teams in this year’s playoffs looking to take that proverbial next step – just ask Danny Granger. “We take it a little personal,” Granger said in an interview with slamonline.com when asked about Indiana being an afterthought in the East. “But we’re a small market. A thing about being a small market is that you don’t get the national media coverage like some of the other teams.”

Last season the Pacers gave Chicago all it could handle in the postseason with rookie coach Frank Vogel at the helm and a struggling superstar in Granger. This season, and especially lately, the Pacers have turned into a dangerous young team that is starting to believe in itself. Ever since George Hill was moved into the starting lineup the Pacers have looked unbeatable at times. Also look for youngsters Paul George and Roy Hibbert to have a huge impact this postseason.

Must-Watch Player We know everything you’re about to say when we write down this guy’s name, but we have to do it anyway.

LeBron James. Nobody is more must-see TV in this year’s playoffs than The King himself. Whether you love him or hate him you have to watch him.

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There will be those vehemently cheering against James, still scarred from his legendary Cleveland jailbreak. Then there will be those who still cheer him, Miami fan or not.

But no matter what side you’re on you will be watching.

It’s simple: James has to win a ring.

If he doesn’t this year the pressure

to win one will reach historic levels.

After he claimed to want to win at least five when he signed with Miami, LeBron-haters have been waiting every season to be able to yell it from the rooftops that James is still ring-less.

The factor that all fans should be watching is the demeanor and attitude of the best basketball player on the planet. In the past – mainly against Boston while still a member of the Cavaliers and last season against Dallas – LeBron has shrunk when the lights shined down on him the brightest, or so his critics claim.

If the Heat are going to bring the title back to Miami, it’s going to have to be because of James and the leadership this team is so desperate for.

Wade can do it, but it’s time for LeBron to live up to the hype and fulfill the prophecy leading up to his arrival.

Coming Out Party Player Arguably the most electrifying point guard in the NBA, Nate and Matt agreed that Russell Westbrook is poised to be this year’s breakout star. On the heels of a forgettable postseason a year ago that saw the young talent get benched late in a game against Dallas, Westbrook has answered all his critics this season.

The relationship between Westbrook and Durant has blossomed because of the public perception that the two can’t coexist. On the contrary, they seem to be flourishing side-by-side.

Westbrook has the ability to score from anywhere and in any fashion.

He finishes around the rim and many forget sometimes that he makes seven-footers look like guards in the paint because of his quickness.

If the Thunder win it all or even make it to the Finals, Westbrook’s performance will be one of the main reasons. He has a chance to elevate his game to All-League levels this postseason and we think he’s going to do it.

The Rundown TONY PARKER AND THE SPURS Nate brought up a great point as we discussed the Spurs and their chances in the playoffs: Tony Parker has to be considered an elite player, right?

It’s been sort of a redeem-type performance this season. Now removed from titles of year’s past and Housewives past, Parker has garnered little run this season despite being the best player on the best team all season.

Parker is averaging 18.3 points per game (up over a point and half from his career average) and is averaging a career-best 7.7 assists per game.

To put it in a nutshell, Parker has been unstoppable this season. He’s the man in charge of one of the most potent and high-scoring offenses in the league and he really involves his teammates and allows them to be effective.

Here’s the bad news: The Spurs aren’t a young team. In fact, they’re old. Tim Duncan may be in the midst of his last hoorah and Manu Ginobili is one injury away from missing the rest of the season. Last year is now a distant memory but losing in the first round, as the one seed, has to creep into the minds of the players.

Another question facing the Spurs is the young players on the squad.

Is Kawhi Leonard, Daniel Green, DuJuan Blair, and James Anderson ready to step up in the playoffs?

Guys like Boris Diaw and Stephen Jackson are veterans and have the experience, but the Spurs have morphed into an offensive juggernaut and are going to need those young guys if they plan to make a run.

DERRICK ROSE’S HEALTH The Bulls are one of the top teams in the NBA and have been impressive this season when superstar Derrick Rose hasn’t played. John Lucas III has provided some of the most memorable moments this year with his strong play and whether or not Chicago has Rose, it’s going to be a tough team to beat.

But Rose seems ready to go and the question now is if he’s healthy enough. The Bulls fell short of the Finals last season and unless something unexpected happens, they’re going to have to go through Miami to get there this year. They’re going to need Rose at the top of his game if they plan to compete.

The problem is Rose has only played in nine of his team’s last 25 games and hasn’t been his usual self.

He’s only averaged 15 points per game in his last five. In those games he’s turning the ball over four times a game (one more than his career average) and he’s shooting a dismal 32 percent from the field. Things are very shaky in the Windy City heading into the playoffs.

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES ARE A SLEEPER – OR ARE THEY? Yes, the Memphis Grizzlies. Last year they shocked everyone, upsetting the Spurs in the first round of the playoffs and challenging the Thunder before falling short. This year, not only do they return nearly all of their stars, but also they add Rudy Gay who was injured just before the start of last postseason.

They have a favorable matchup in the Clippers, who may not be ready to make a deep run. If all goes to plan, Memphis will go up against the Spurs in a potential second round matchup. Zach Randolph is back, and has been dominating off the bench; Tony Allen is an elite perimeter defender and capable of shutting down Durant and Kobe Bryant; and Gay is a consistent scorer that has the ability to win games in the fourth quarter.

If those guys can simply repeat their performances from last year, and Gay can remind people that he is a big-time player in this league, then the Grizzlies are a more than a tough out – they are a contender for the title.

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A Real Fight

Opinion

Obama was right to bring up student loans money that is not there. Yet the two parties have massively different methods to raise the cash.

This July, your student loans are going to get even more expensive. Currently, the interest rate that you’ll pay on them after graduation is 3.4 percent. If Congress doesn’t act and freeze the rate, it will double to 6.8 percent.

poverty programs.

Apparently, House Speaker John Boehner thinks that pointing out this fact is creating a false issue.

So when Obama noted that Republicans are perfectly content with us paying twice as much for college loan interest, Boehner wasn’t very happy.

Boehner might want to make it seem like the Republicans don’t want the rate to go up, and that Obama is just making things up, but he should probably start reading the bills he’s signing.

So let’s make one thing perfectly clear: it might not mean much to you, Mr. Boehner, but it’s sure as hell important to young people and the future of this nation.

Now, with a significant amount of egg on his face, Boehner is saying that Republicans actually do support freezing the interest rate. Is this the moment we finally see some bi-partisan support for a reasonable cause?

It all stems from the House Representative Paul Ryan’s budget that was passed by a massive group of Republicans last month. All but 10 GOP representatives voted in favor of the budget, which notoriously takes a flamethrower to anti-

Among the provisions in this bill is exactly what Obama is talking about, a doubling of the student loan interest rate.

Democrats want to fill a specific tax loophole that lets some very successful doctors, lawyers, and consultants avoid paying payroll taxes by claiming themselves to be S-corporations. In the past, Republicans have supported measures like this.

Today, it’s a totally different ball game. It’s election season, and rather than allow a reasonable measure pass with a smart way to pay for it, Republicans have found it to be an opportune time to attack Obamacare.

The GOP’s idea to pay for an interest rates freeze is to pay for it by taking the money away from a part of the Affordable Care Act designed to help women get screened for breast and cervical cancer, and provide funding for children born with birth defects.

Fat chance.

Both sides of the aisle want to make sure the freeze on interest rates is paid for. Indeed, an admirable cause, nobody wants to be giving out

holding a gun to the head of two important programs and asking Democrats “whom should I kill?” It’s a continuation of everything that’s despicable about the current system of government, where working together entails holding one important program hostage by threatening another.

We know Obama brought up the issue because it’s an election year and he’s trying to appeal to college students, but that doesn’t make it any less of a real issue. The fight is there, it’s political, and Obama is exploiting it for his own gain, as he should. He’s right.

For most of us, the only way we can attend college is through federally funded loans. Higher education is getting more expensive by the year, and there is no way for us to make it without help.

Don’t hold the intellectual future of our nation hostage because you want to look tough.

Republicans are using their age-old tactic of

Going Postal

Congress must take meaningful action to save the USPS On Wednesday, Congress took steps to answer a question that typifies the changes of the modern world. Is the Postal Service truly necessary?

Well, it didn’t so much try to answer it as they put off the real work until later. Postmaster General Patrick Donahue put it best when he said “If this bill were to become law, we would be back before the Congress within a few years requesting additional legislative reform.”

The bill looks to cut payroll, retirement and healthcare costs in order to push the pseudo-private company into profitability. Yet we really need to get the core of the issue if we’re to solve any problems. Is it at all reasonable to expect the Postal Service to be profitable?

Of course not, it’s not a truly private institution, it’s a civic service designed for the people of the nation. Think about it like this: Has the military ever made a profit? What about the police – should they make a profit?

On top of that, the Postal Service hasn’t even taken a dime from taxpayers in the last 40 years. That’s right, they take a piece of paper from you for 45 cents and ship it across

the continental United States and somehow they don’t take any money from our taxes.

So what’s the problem?

Mostly, it’s the fact that the Postal Service, since 2006, has had to pay in advance for the current and future employees that might retire during the next 75 years. It’s costing them a whopping $5.5 billion a year, and will continue to do so until at least 2016.

With that kind of burden, it’s not surprising that it’s having trouble ensuring its own future.

We recognize that the Postal Service won’t be viable forever. The Internet is the main reason for the drop in mail traffic, and will continue hitting hard until a point where physical mail is obsolete.

Maybe then there could be a government service to ensure Internet service for every American at low rates. In the future, access to the web might be the equivalent of a post office.

That day is not now, however. The USPS provides a service that many

in this nation absolutely need to continue being a functioning member of society. Without it, anyone who doesn’t have an optional service (the Internet) will have no way to know important information about their bills, get legal notices, and a million other things that we take for granted because mail has been so deeply ingrained in our lives.

Yet the post offices don’t have to die. The real problem is that its pigeon holed by a government that is using it as a political tool. Congress must take significant action now to give the service the leeway it needs to modernize and offer services that won’t be antiquated in a decade.

That might be an impossible task at this point. Politicians are up for reelection, and quick fixes that placate their constituents’ anger are preferred over significant long-term solutions. Band-aids are easier to pass, and look good.

What a sad statement about our government. There are creative, intelligent people in both parties that could surely come up with fresh ideas that would allow for the USPS to modernize, but it’s clear that they’re too cowardly to overcome the inclination to procrastinate.

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, Muslim Student association of University at Buffalo Categorically denies and denounces the opinion of the spectrum Editor-in-Chief Mathew Parrino in the article published on 04/25/2012.

Mr. Parrino has no authority to speak on behalf of our organization and declare Sikander Mohammad Khan an embarrassment to MSA. MSA is extremely proud and Sikander Khan. Our membership has reviewed his position on the matter with supporting evidence and strongly believes that Khan will share the evidence with entire student body.

People will learn that he behaved with absolute integrity and scrupulous objectivity during entire process. It is unfortunate and disappointing to

Response to Letter to the Editor:

see the name of one of our greatest student leader be slandered on the bases of mere hearsay and opinions especially when there is absolutely no evidence to justify the claims.

His resignation should not be considered an admission of guilt. We hope that soon Khan will clarify all the matters with supporting evidence to entire student body. Until then we request the student body to reserve their judgment and request spectrum to run retraction on opinion made

by Mr. Parrino on behalf of MSA. Ayyaz Tufail, MSA president 2011-12 ayyaztuf@buffalo.edu Note: The Spectrum does not edit letter to the editor submissions.

Let me start by apologizing to the Muslim Student Association. I thought it was apparent that when calling Sikander Khan an embarrassment to MSA it was clear I was speaking on behalf of myself. That’s why I wrote it in an opinion piece.

from students – comes forward and explains himself. After all, we’ve only been waiting about a month. It’s extremely troubling that he is waiting until the very end of the school year to do it, if he even talks at all.

Furthermore, let me be as clear as possible – I do without hesitation think that Khan is an embarrassment not only to MSA, but also to the Student Association and the university, like I said in the column.

I do understand the desire of MSA to stand behind Khan. After all, he was a very successful president and former member. I have no authority to speak on behalf of MSA, nor would I ever do so.

I have not even considered a retraction of my column, as I stand behind its every single word. If it is MSA’s belief that Khan’s behavior has been acceptable and is what an undergraduate student body of roughly 19,000 people deserves, I wonder about the organization itself.

I responded to this message by emailing Tufail directly asking him to come and meet with me to be interviewed on the matter. I’m still waiting for a response. So in closing, we’re all waiting.

Waiting to hear why $300,000 of our money was almost spent on what seems to be a fraud company. I hope we’re not waiting in vain.

I didn’t make a statement on behalf of MSA when I called Khan an embarrassment; I made a statement on behalf of myself. I too hope that Khan – after much anticipation and frustration

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Life

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Becoming a Real Person

get one of the above, then it can’t hurt to take summer classes and get ahead in your schoolwork.

KEREN BARUCH Make sure you’re ready Life Editor

You know that one girl in fifth grade who went to sleep away camp every June, came back every September, and ranted about how much fun she had tubing in the lake and making s’mores by the camp fire? For a while she probably made you jealous because you weren’t having such adventurous summers. Fifteen years have gone by, though, and she’s still going back to camp – now you’re just judging her.

Yes, you guessed correctly – that girl is me.

I like to think that we all have that one childhood summer episode that we can’t seem to let go of. Whether it be attending the father-daughter Fourth of July potato sack race or becoming a member of the pool club that you’ve been swimming at ever since you put on your first floatie and attending every T-shirt tie-dying event, letting go of the past isn’t so easy.

I know many of you are thinking: “Wait, what? I let go of those events years ago, around the same time I threw away my diapers and pacifier.”

Well not all of us are like you. I’m a late bloomer and this summer will be my first away from camp. For those of you who are joining me this summer in letting go of the past, I know we’re in for a wild ride. There are a few things that I keep telling myself in order to prevent panic attacks and an immense amount of anxiety that neither my parents nor my friends would be able to handle.

Find an alternative If you’re going to leave your summer love, make sure you have something else lined up to occupy your time. You don’t want to leave something you love behind to just sit around like a lazy bum on a couch all summer. Find an internship, a job, or even both. If you can’t seem to

Don’t give up on something because you’re pressured to. People might think it’s lame that you take a family vacation for a week each summer, and I’m sure you’re sick of your friends constantly telling you that you missed the greatest beer pong tournament of the summer for this trip. However, don’t let them push you to give up doing something you love – you’ll only end up regretting it when your family comes home with memories and pictures that you aren’t a part of.

Don’t back out or live with regrets If you made the decision to finally grow up and, as I like to say it, become a real person, then do it fully. Don’t live in the past and spend an entire two months wishing you were somewhere else. Find fun and entertainment everywhere you go and, most importantly, be happy.

Whatever you choose to do – the internship, the job, the classes, or wherever your life’s blueprint takes you this summer – think of it as a new and equally incredible experience. Gain new insights, new networks, and new connections with the world around you.

The thought of leaving camp this summer still leaves an awkward and uncomfortable feeling in the pit of my stomach.

Camp is my safety net – it is the only place that I have found, thus far, where I can truly be myself. Spending two months away from the place that has had such a strong impact on my upbringing is going to be one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do, but I’m going to do it with faith that whatever this summer brings will be just as great of an experience.

With a heart full of anxiety and the drive to succeed in the summer internship that I received in New York City, I’m moving forward in my life and letting go of my past. I’m ready to create new memories and I will always carry the old ones in my pocket.

I advise you all to do the same.

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Courtesy of Femsex This summer, UB is offering a free, not for credit course aimed to educate women about sex as well as promote a safe environment to talk one’s sexual identity.

FemSex Comes to UB NIKITA SIDANA Staff Writer

The class begins and the students sit anxiously awaiting the guest speaker.

The woman walks to the front of the room and starts to address the class.

Her speech is littered with words that are rarely heard inside of a college classroom: pornography, orgasm, and fetish. No one in the crowd giggles or blushes; this is what they signed up for.

The Female Sexuality Workshop, or FemSex, is a free, non-credit, sevenweek, closed workshop offered at UB this summer from May to early June, as well as during the Fall 2012 and Spring 2013 semesters. The workshop aims to create a safe and non-judgmental environment that facilitates the discussion of feminine sexuality and provides sexual education.

Kelsey Naughton, a senior in political science and philosophy, works in suicide prevention and often deals with

individuals who have issues with their sexuality and identity. To help these individuals, Naughton has attended workshops about feminine sexuality and will continue to do so this summer through enrolling in FemSex.

For two hours every week, two student facilitators – Elise Blasingame and Michelle Wilczewsk, two graduate students in the school of social work – will choose the topics. The class will delve into subjects like anatomy and physiology, cultural influences on sexuality, body image, STIs and safer sex, reproductive choices, solo sex, partner sex and relationships, gender identity, orgasms and inhibitors to orgasms, pornography, and kinky sex practices.

“This is an important project that hasn’t been done [at UB] before,” Blasingame said. “It didn’t seem there was a specific space here to both learn about it in a theoretical and intellectual level and also to share experiences.”

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“To take control of your own body and to allow yourself to express desire is crucial to women’s empowerment and development,” said Kari J. Winter, Director of the Gender Institute. “In mainstream culture, we are exposed to a range of destructive images and ideas related to women’s sexuality. Therefore, women need to

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She also works with the UB Society of Feminists (UBSoFem), a campusbased feminist organization that works to reduce misogyny. The participants aim to increase social justice by providing a forum for issues related to social reform and speaking out against and challenging sexism, racism, and other expressions of prejudice. The group also facilitates educational opportunities.

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Blasingame was introduced to the workshop when she was an undergraduate student at Cornell University, where she decided to check out the program.

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The Little Things That Count: Accessories

Restaurant Review: Doctor Bird Caribbean Rasta-Rant

DUANE OWENS Staff Writer

It’s always the small things that make the biggest impression and stand out the most when it comes to fashion. While setting up your outfit, keep in mind that what’ll really separate you from the pack will be the little tweaks and splash of personality you throw in.

While your chambray, kicks, or denim might garner attention at first, your accessories are what will leave that lingering impression in people’s minds.

Many people can’t tell the difference between which threads are expensive and which aren’t, and honestly the price isn’t what matters. But the more expensive you go with clothes, the less detail and more plain they tend to look.

Shoes have a similar effect if you’re going casual.

Accessories, on the other hand, are what deliver character and let people know what type of person you are through how you set yourself up. Bracelets, chains, small leather goods, belts, shades, hats, watches, and socks are all items that can effortlessly turn a boring outfit into something fun.

With jewelry, gold is the go-to. Gold is a status symbol. It has been an item passed down through families for generations because of its quality. It’s one of those metals that continue to look brand new no matter how many years go by.

Gold is the metal of choice for chains, necklaces, rings, bracelets, and fronts. Society is off those platinum diamonded chains and on those simple gold pieces now. Regular links, baby ropes, and flat-pressed chains over your T-shirt will have you looking correct. If you’re wearing a basic top you can multiply the number of chains, if you’re about that life.

Rings represent power, so a couple of those blessing your hands is a good look, especially for females. Stacking rings is always dope, but keeping it simple and wearing a ring on a few fingers is sexy as well.

Bracelets don’t need to be limited to gold, and it doesn’t hurt to mix things up. A bunch of braided bracelets and double-wrapped bracelets will build your insane arm party. Burkman Bros. has some dope ones for everybody and continued on page 7

LYZI WHITE Life Editor “Try new things” – such a commonly heard phrase nowadays, it’s easy to hear someone say the words and not even think about them. “Broaden your horizons” – another one of those sayings that gets stated and re-stated so often that it seems weightless and insubstantial.

But when it comes to food, this is advice you should not only listen to, but you should use it until those taste buds of yours have taken you on a journey across the globe.

One of those stops should be Jamaica. Luckily for UB students, all they have to do is take a stroll down Main Street to Doctor Bird Caribbean Rasta-Rant and they can cross the island off their culinary world map.

About a 15-minute walk from South Campus and a 13-minute drive from North Campus, the Caribbean restaurant is a simple solution for students who want to expand their culinary palate.

Compared to the pizzerias, fast food joints, and fried chicken places found on Main Street, the Rasta-Rant gives its customer something different. Instead of eating the same greasy or fried food, opt for something carefully cooked yet still delicious.

When you first enter the small, modest building, you’re overcome by the scent of alluring food and the faint sound of Reggae music jamming in the background.

There are two sections to the restaurant. They have the takeout area, where people come in, order, and

explore and develop their own forms of selfexpression and UB FemSex offers women at UB a valuable alternative space for such explorations.”

Not only is this workshop open to all undergraduate and graduate students, as well as staff and members of the Buffalo community, it also welcomes people of all genders, sexes, and sexual orientation to explore their sexuality and sexual identity in a safe and supportive community.

The one requirement to be in the class is that all members must be at least 18 years old.

Naughton plans to take FemSex over the summer. She hopes to be able to apply it to the Suicide Prevention Center.

then wait until their food is finished. Unless they direct you toward it, you probably wouldn’t have even noticed that they have a pleasantly comfortable and inviting dining room.

Along with the Reggae music, the restaurant’s dining room really helps get you in the Rasta mood. Caribbean posters line the walls, portraying beautiful scenes like a sunset over a beach with pink sand, a landscape covered in vines and vibrant flowers, and pictures of Bob Marley and Haile Selassie (the leaders of the Rastafarian movement).

For less than $11, you can get a small curry chicken dinner (which is not very small at all), a beef Source: Navigetter.com patty, and a bottle of water.

Doctor Birds Jamaican Rasta-rant, a Jamaican style resTheir patties are mouthwatering. While you are waiting for your main course, they are a perfect tease to get your taste buds ready. Although beef is the most popular, the Rast-Rant also serves chicken, vegetable, and soybean. After one bite, you’ll need utensils to catch the escaping meat (or vegetables) trying to force its way out of the buns.

The curry chicken meal comes with chicken that is so tender and seasoned that it melts in your mouth. It’s on the spicy side, so if you’re not used to eating hot foods, opt for the Brown Stew Chicken meal. This meat has a sweeter taste, but it’s still cooked to be tender and tasty. On the side of both meals, you’re given rice and beans with a pile of cabbage on the side. Yes, cabbage.

If you’re thinking, “Ew, who in their right mind would eat cabbage?” think again. This stuff is so tender and delectable – especially when mixed in with the curry sauce – that it’s hard to put your fork down. It’s a great source of vitamin C and it’s low in calories.

RACHEL KRAMER Asst. Life Editor 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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Something Exciting to do: Drunk Slaps Need: Alcohol Circle of people Everyone sits in a circle with his or her drink of choice on the table. Place your right hand on the table in front of the person sitting to the right of you. Your left hand goes over your neighbor’s right arm. There should be a circle of interlocking arms.

One person slaps a hand on the table. The circle continues clockwise and everybody slaps in a circle, until someone “double-slaps” or “triple slaps.”

A “double-slap” skips over the next person and a “triple-slap” switches the direction of the circle from clockwise to counterclockwise, or vise versa.

If you mess up by slapping when you aren’t supposed to, then you drink. It sounds simple until you have a few drinks in you and can’t figure out which hand is yours in the chaotic blend of arms on the table.

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The drink selection is also notable. The RastaRant has the normal things, of course – Arizona teas, Poland Spring bottles, and offbeat soda brands – but there’s also much more. Tiger Bone, an invigorating herbal tonic – “invigorating” because it’s a sexual stimulant that boosts libido – can be bought for $5 a bottle. This may seem like a lot for a tiny bottle, but the drink makes, among other things, a good hangover remedy.

All in all, Doctor Bird Caribbean Rasta-Rant should be added to your list of must-try restaurants in Buffalo, especially if you’re in the mood for something convenient, different, and delicious.

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lyrics. I know there are those out there who love Eminem and always have, so take a moment to take it back to one of his first hit singles from 2004. You’ll be surprised with the amount of lyrics you actually remember. The beat is great for almost any style of dancing from simply nodding your head to grinding with that special someone.

Don’t do this: “I was super drunk and a rather heavy girl offered to buy me a shot. She looked like TONS of fun – if you know what I mean. I let her and we started talking, but eventually, I told her that my friends had a cab waiting for me outside and for whatever reason she followed me into the cab. In the backseat she immediately began to jerk me off. When we got back to my apartment she took advantage of how I can’t be mean to a girl and she blew me. Then she said ‘You’re a beast!’ and I replied with, ‘No, you’re a beast!’ With that she stood up and slapped me in the face.”

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continued from page 12: women’s soccer and title ix The immediate impact of that team was apparent with the introduction of a professional women’s soccer league there was a heightened awareness for female athletes and the sports that they play.

could play in professionally that in and of itself [is a step forward],” Calvert said. “And if you look internationally the opportunities for women to play are huge.”

“There will be many guest speakers coming in throughout the class for all the different modules,” Blasingame said. “Depending on the module, some of them will be sex workers and many others, to see their perspectives and see what they have to say.”

However, while the popularity that has led to multiple professional and semi-professional leagues has decreased over the past decade and a half, the popularity of the youth game has been steadily rising.

Open-mindedness, confidentiality, and acceptance are some features required to be in the class, according to Blasingame.

The young girls that were most directly affected by that World Cup team are now the same women that are playing college and professional soccer today.

The players on the 1999 American world cup team were a product of an act passed five years earlier as an amendment to the Title IX act. The Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act gave women the opportunity to compete at the collegiate level in the same numbers that male athletes had for years.

“Don’t yuck my yum,” Blasingame said. “Be willing to learn and listen to perspectives that are different that yours.”

Buffalo head coach Michael Thomas, who spent many years coaching youth soccer before coming to Buffalo has seen that change first hand.

The class was originally started by students at the University of California at Berkeley in 1993 and is now being taught at Brown, Harvard, Cornell, Columbia and other universities across the country. The program began as an initiative to build a strong women’s community that focused on providing support and using empowerment as the basis for social change.

“One of the big changes is that you see an end result for them,” Thomas said. “I know that these girls can actually grow up with goals that if [they] work hard enough and if [they] do well enough [they] can play professionally.”

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Underneath the counter, customers can buy some of the Rasta-Rant’s ingredients, allowing you to make some chicken in the comfort of your own home.

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This class will include a guided discussion with readings, assignments, introspection, short videos and a final project on female empowerment at the end of the class.

FemSex strives to bring those values of empowerment to UB – starting this summer.

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That end product has become a reality for more and more girls around the country. Although professional leagues within the U.S. have not been steady, Calvert pointed out that there are a ton of opportunities for women to play soccer internationally.

“Just the fact that there was a league that women

Calvert was in high school for the 1999 World Cup and played for the Buffalo soccer team at a time when it was consistently one of the best teams in its conference. She played collegiately and on the semi-professional level.

Calvert attributes all of her athletic experiences and even her degree to Title IX. “[Before Title IX] women didn’t play sports,” Calvert said. “I look at the people that led the way and I am definitely grateful because I have a college education and I currently run a program based on just sports and those opportunities weren’t there before Title IX.” In the early ’90s it was very difficult for women to compete athletically on the collegiate level and beyond, but the new millennium has brought a new era for female athletics. Women’s sports have become more popular, particularly sports like basketball, soccer, and softball.

The differences between being a male and female athlete are not large anymore, sophomore midfielder Megan Abman points out.

“Is there a difference?” Abman said. “I think that being an athlete is the same whether you are a male or a female, there really aren’t any differences anymore.”

While male athletes may be most popular among mainstream media, female athletes are reaching a stage where they are becoming role models for younger girls as much as male athletes are for younger boys.

Calvert recalls growing up in a time where she only had male athletes to look up to and how remarkable it was for her to watch American women compete and ultimately win in the World Cup. That inspiration from female athletes propelled her into collegiate soccer, which is how she received her degree, and eventually into the ranks of semi-professional soccer players.

The influence of Title IX and the world cup team on the young girls in the country is clear and has continued to grow but Calvert believes that Title IX’s growth is just beginning.

“The more we go to the games and the more support that the women have, the stronger that Title IX becomes over time,” Calvert said.

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Ladies Behind the Lens SEAN BABINEAU Staff Writer

There are currently over 40,000 institutionalized orphans in Uganda and the number is steadily growing.

Last Tuesday night at Hallwalls, Krista Hamlen, a media study graduate student at the University at Buffalo, presented Where We Belong, her recently completed documentary film that explores the inner dynamics of two orphan-related nonprofit organizations in Jinja, Uganda.

The film provides an up-close and personal vantage point of Ekisa, an orphanage for children with disabilities, and of the Obukuumi Sponsorship Program, an organization that assists families in raising their children at home.

Much of the film was shot at Ekisa and includes interviews with the Ugandan women who work there and the two founders of the organization.

“When I was volunteering in Uganda in 2007, I was volunteering with one of the girls who opened the orphanage, and I’ve kept in contact with her ever since,” Hamlen said. “When

I heard what she was doing, I was immediately interested in what goes into that and how the relationships are between the Ugandans and the Western aid workers.”

The documentary not only reveals the fluidity of this multi-national cooperation at Ekisa, but also how prevalent the issue of abandoned and neglected children is in Jinja.

It’s a powerful and multifaceted film that left the majority of the audience inspired by what they saw.

“I’m blown away by her work,” said Sarah Elder, media study professor, and Hamlen’s advisor.

“She’s such a skilled filmmaker. You can teach your whole life, you can try as much as you want, but unless a student can learn and has talent to do what you’re teaching, you get frustrated. So right now I’m near tears. She’s been such a joy to work with.”

Many of the subjects in the film are the caretakers of the orphan children at Ekisa. The majority of these women, referred to as “the mamas,” were orphans themselves, and felt a sense of duty in looking after and teaching the children. Their lives are a testament to the ongoing struggle that

Courtesy of Krista Hamlen Krista Hamlen, graduate student in UB’s media studies department, screened her thesis project Where We Belong, which features the Ekisa orphanage in Uganda.

many children are experiencing in Uganda.

Through enlightening interviews with locals and the leaders of the two organizations, many of the cultural conditions that lead to parentless children are explained.

“It seemed to me that everyone I met who was involved in this was a woman,” Hamlen said.

“I noticed that in the sponsorship program there was only one single father, where as there were a lot of single mothers. I was told by the ‘mamas’ that a lot of the time, it falls on the woman, while continued on page 10

Jack Earns His Stripes Back Being honored with a spot as one of Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time” has helped rocker Jack White vastly. His first solo album, Blunderbuss, hit shelves Tuesday following the disbandment of The White Stripes last year.

FELICIA HUNT Staff Writer Artist: Jack White Album: Blunderbuss Release Date: April 24 Label: Third Man Records/Columbia Records Grade: A-

teen Saltines,” is ripped from the past.

It could fit in any previous White Stripes album with White’s falsetto cascading throughout the guitar riffs and bitter lyrics.

Blunderbuss highlights White’s musical diversity with lessons from his time living in Nashville, as well as his past collaborations with artists Alicia Keys and Bob Dylan, and his experience with the rock band The Raconteurs.

“Freedom at 21” showcases White’s distinct voice among his guitar skills.

The solos have a precise quantity of rock mixed with some blues, while White nearly raps the verses, contributing to the songs replay value.

Also, White’s harmonious strumming through the track makes the song nearly unforgettable.

The loudest track on the album, “Six-

The album’s most apparent failure is

“Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy.” The song is reminiscent of elevator music with beats that emit yawns.

“Blunderbuss” brings listeners sounds of fiddles and Nashville influenced rhythm. It seems natural to White, as his voice blends into the soft cadence of the track. “Blunderbuss” is not a random juxtaposed song, however, it meshes well with the diverse album.

The highlight of the album, “Love Interruption,” exposes White’s tormented and vulnerable mind through his words. The song reveals his personal struggles with love along the acoustic

guitar notes and the eerie a cappella segments.

“I want love to grab my fingers gently/ Slam them in a doorway/Put my face into the ground,” White sings.

Ultimately, fans of White’s previous work will be overjoyed with his solo album and beg for more. His unique voice, fascinating lyrics, and sense of mystery are the perfect formula to keep fans hanging on his every move.

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Comedic Cast Gathers for Noise Around Campus a Five-Year Engagement ELVA AGUILAR Asst. Arts Editor Movie: The Five-Year Engagement Release Date: April 27 Studio: Universal Grade: A Jason Segel’s recent trend of romantic comedies has solidified him as a bit of a comic genius. Taking center stage in films like I Love You, Man and Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Segel now teams up with the Midas of comedy, Judd Apatow, to set a foundation for one of Segel’s best performances yet.

Segel stars in his latest romantic comedy, The FiveYear Engagement, as Tom, the quintessential perfect boyfriend. The film opens with he and his girlfriend Violet (Emily Blunt, The Adjustment Bureau) traveling to Violet’s sister’s home for a New Years Eve celebration. In the car, Tom begins to hyperventilate as he tries to take a detour back to the restaurant where he works as a chef, saying he needs to pick up receipts. Violet hears the anxiety in Tom’s voice and insists he press on for the night, causing Tom to spill the beans: he was going to propose.

The film depicts Tom as the perfect man. He’s understanding, loving, caring and extremely romantic: everything a woman wants, but, in realistic fashion, as he is still a big goof. After receiving word of Violet’s denial from first choice graduate program at UC Berkeley, the couple is forced to relocate to Michigan, where Violet’s second choice school is located. The two decide to prolong their engagement because of the move, and from there, the film takes off.

The audience is then introduced to Tom’s best friend, Alex (Chris Pratt, Parks and Recreation) and Suzie (Alison Brie, Community), two of the films’ breakout stars. Pratt does a phenomenal job playing the inconsiderate idiot with a big heart in this film, similar to the role he plays on Parks and Recreation as Andy Dwyer. Brie takes an alternate route, however, completely straying away from her role as naïve Annie on Community. Instead, Brie takes charge as Violet’s self-centered and over-emotional sister, unknowingly taking most of Violet’s shine as these supporting actors give audiences the most laughs.

Similar to other Apatow films, The Five-Year Engagement is full of memorable one-liners. Following Tom’s engagement, he and Alex meet their restaurant’s newest hostess, Audrey (Dakota Johnson, 21 Jump Street). Tom immediately catches Au-

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I find it interesting how Fabolous is coming out because I didn’t think he had that much of a buzz. Rick Ross is hot right now. Tyga is wack, but he’s hot right now…Rick Ross is at a point where he’s thirsty for some shows right now…and I always wanted to take a picture of him shirtless.

I’m kind of apathetic about it…

[I’d be more interested] in a mix of rap and rock like J. Cole, Lupe [Fiasco], Black Keys.

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drey’s eye, which Alex immediately kills with his innocent ignorance.

“You were sending telegraphic wiener missiles at her face,” Alex said.

Some of the comedy world’s most recognizable names made appearances in the film. Mindy Kaling of The Office took the role of Vaneetha, Violet’s grad school girlfriend. Comedians Kevin Hart (Think Like A Man) and Molly Shannon (Casa de mi Padre) also appear in the film adding their comedic flavor to the overall hilarity of the movie. Those who are familiar with Segel’s Forgetting Sarah Marshall are in for a pleasant surprise cameo, too.

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the little things that count: Accessories AntiHeroes has some unique ones with their signature gold wing attached.

If you’ve got enough money, maybe even drop a couple hundred on a Hermes, LV, YSL, or any other luxury brand belt. The belts are forever fresh, but just don’t sag your pants with them; you’ll look corny.

Small leather goods like coin pouches score you extra points, too. I always get comments on my white/azul LV coin pouch that actually holds no coins in it.

“Where’d you get that?” Yeah, I’ll take all the questions and compliments.

What sets this film apart from its plot predecessors Bridesmaids, 27 Dresses, and I Love You, Man is the lack of wedding-oriented situations in the film. The tired and predictable scenarios of choosing the right cake or invitation were switched up as the men in the film were forced to undergo the grueling rights of passage. Instead of scenes where Violet tries on dresses with her mother and sister, we’re faced with scenes where Tom gets slapped in the face with potato salad while Violet takes to her studies.

My Michael Kors watch has always gotten me play, too, but that’s mostly just because it’s a gold piece bouncing the sun’s rays off my wrist; it attracts a lot of attention. There are plenty of other watches you can hop on, from Casio to a Breitling. Having a watch emits a sense of maturity. Quit those G-Shocks, too. Like I said, we’re grown now.

If you’re a fan of Apatow or Segel’s previous works you’ll be content with The Five-Year Engagement.

You might now know what you’re getting yourself into, but you’ll walk out happy you took the chance.

Those wayfarers are timeless, no matter what anyone says. They will never be a trend dumper. I think they’ve actually upped the prices on them a little bit because of their popularity, and they come in different size variations now. Aviators are always acceptable, but what have really

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Summer’s coming. Where your frames at?

been popping are those flattops by SUPER. They’re handmade shades from Italy for a good price (roughly $147). Just that upper flat style of shades has been wildly popular, and they won’t be them cheap joints that have you squinting when they’re on.

Throw a snapback on and you’ll be gravy, and if you’re feeling like a hipster, stick with a six-panel cap. It’s all about brands, though. Teams are cool, but the brands are making the best hats right now. Snapbacks that say LVRS (lovers), Treated, Obey, etc. are the trend and are just cooler than a regular Mitchell & Ness because they’re harder to find. Chill with the trips to Zumiez and just hop online or hit your closest boutique. It’ll forever be boutiques over malls anyway.

The real panty dropper of accessories right now: socks! What’s your sock game like? Basic Nike joints? You’ve got to chill. Hip yourself to some striped socks, polka dotted socks, or socks with patterns. That’s how you get the eyes of onlookers to slowly progress from top to bottom instead of jumping from shoes to shirts. Throw them Pendleton printed socks on and they’ll peep your Vans or Jordans or whatever you’re wearing.

You’ll be forever winning – I promise you.

Get your accessories right so you won’t look so boring. Switch things up and put personality in what you wear or you’ll just blend in. And what standout wants to fit in? Not in my nature, shouldn’t be in yours.

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Continued from page 1: Lives Lost, But Not Forgotten with Katie, Jonah’s sister who was also a UB student. She sent a UPD officer to check in on his roommates, and she met with Jonah’s parents at the airport in the morning.

smoking marijuana outside of the Millard Fillmore Academic Center. UPD could find no evidence that the incidents were directly related.

Ricotta serves as the go-between for parents and the university. She advises parents how to collect their child’s things and how to take care of canceling classes, bills, and health insurance. She often helps parents obtain their child’s degree if he or she was close to graduation. She is there to answer questions families may have, and she is available to answer calls at all times.

The Erie County Medical Examiner ultimately ruled the cause of Jonah’s death as undeterminable.

“We can talk at three in the morning or three in the afternoon,” Ricotta said. “I’ll call you back.”

She and her staff not only deal with on-campus deaths, but every death that affects the UB community.

“It could be a car accident off campus, could be a death at home,” Ricotta said. “There’s nothing special about our population, except it’s big, and unfortunately our students pass away.”

Ricotta said the number of students who die can range anywhere from four to 10 – this year, six students died; in 2011, four students; in 2010 and 2009, nine students; and in 2008, eight students.

Ricotta estimated that almost 95 percent of student deaths occur off campus, and she cited car accidents as the No. 1 cause of student death. Suicide is the second-leading cause, according to Ricotta.

UPD is, in most cases, the first outlet to notify families that their child has died. Ricotta said it is often best that the families hear the news in person from a police officer rather than on the phone from her – a voice that families may not trust or believe.

But Ricotta remembers a time she had to notify a family whose son had died of a heart condition on campus. It took three phone calls – full of screams and hang-ups – to convince the family that she was not a prank caller and she was truly sorry for their loss.

“I actually waited an hour before calling them back, after the police had come to the house,” Ricotta said. “I remember hanging up the phone, and I just sat in my bedroom and cried.”

UPD is also involved in all on-campus student deaths; Jonah’s death was one of the biggest cases Chief Gerald Schoenle has seen in the six years he’s been at UB. UPD and its investigators spoke to over 80 people in the months after the death, trying to understand how a young, lively, and happy kid could end up falling out the window.

Jonah had fallen out of the window just hours after he and his friends received a citation for

“We wanted to rule everything out and make sure we were 100 percent right, and we were,” Schoenle said. “Initially, nobody saw it happen – that was the dilemma within [Jonah’s] case. [But] it had a lot of attention. It’s tragic when anything like that happens.”

Moving on and coping: Jonah’s loved ones Jonah was 19 years old when he died, almost through with his second semester of his freshman year. Family members, who live almost 400 miles away from Buffalo, never thought they would have to say goodbye so soon.

“You spend 18 years protecting a life, and then you let it go,” said Billy Dreskin, Jonah’s father. “You have to. And you know that this is one of the possibilities. And afterward, you become aware that this possibility happens a whole lot more than you’d ever thought. Who would ever imagine such a thing? Certainly not the parent of a 19-year-old.”

On the first evening the Dreskins spent in Buffalo after Jonah’s death, they gathered with Jonah’s friends to play some of his favorite music and decorate a brick wall at the Ellicott Complex with chalk drawings in his memory.

At that moment, Billy knew he and his family could survive through the tragedy and move on.

Zlotowitz, who found Jonah’s body in the tunnel, still remembers Jonah as the stubborn and silly 8-year-old she met at a Jewish summer camp. But his death was still a shock, and it wasn’t easy for her to deal with it.

“I’ve always been really weird with death, even growing up,” Zlotowitz said. “ I wouldn’t do this to be mean, but my shocking response was laughing for a minute and then not knowing how to deal with it. So every now and then, I think about Jonah and tear up a little.

I’m trying to put aside how I found him [the day he died].”

Matt Kulik, one of Jonah’s three roommates that year, took a leave of absence from the university after the incident. He remembers everything about his roommate, who he affectionately calls his “little Jewish comrade,” and he was so impacted by Jonah’s death that he couldn’t deal with his schoolwork. Even three years later, Kulik still feels he cannot face Jonah’s family – the memories are still too fresh – and he still hears students talk and wonder about Jonah’s death.

“A lot of people would like to know [what happened],” Kulik said. “His death, it cut me deep, but it’s always been kind of a mystery to me.”

Jonah’s father started a blog right after his son’s passing, and he regularly updates the page with stories and memories – he hopes to preserve little pieces of his son’s short life.

The Dreskin family has also set up the Jonah Maccabee Foundation to honor their son and offer support to students pursing the arts, social justice, and the Jewish faith. The foundation will celebrate what would have been Jonah’s graduation on May 13 by establishing a scholarship fund in Jonah’s name.

A hug from a father Avi Israel rushed into his bedroom in his North Buffalo home on June 4, 2011 – just 11 months ago – to find his son, Michael, lying in the fetal position with a shotgun between his legs; his son had suffered from drug addiction related to his struggle with Crohn’s disease and took his own life.

Avi held his son in his arms as Michael took his last breath, a memory that is forever etched into his mind.

“It’s not very easy. I have a lot of regrets – that I yelled at him that morning, that I ran to the back of the house rather than kicking the door in right away and trying to get the shotgun from him, and I have a lot of trouble sleeping at night because that vision of him with the blood all over comes around every night,” Avi said. “There’s no greater pain for any parent than the pain of losing your kid.”

He thinks of his son every Sunday, the day that Michael and Avi spent hanging out together each week. He remembers his son as the funloving comedian with a sharp eye for detail; he could make anyone laugh, and in his spare time, he built award-winning model aircrafts.

But the thing Avi misses most is holding his son.

“He used to ask for hugs all the time. ‘Let me have a hug, Pops,’ he used to say. I was just thinking how May 4 would be 11 months since I last held him and how I miss holding him,” Avi said.

Avi and his wife, Julie, started an organization in their son’s name – Save the Michaels of the World – to lobby for legislation to curb the prescription drug epidemic. The group’s 1,900 members across the U.S. have fought for the introduction of five federal bills, known as the Michael David Israel laws, with the help of Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy.

The Israels also support New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s I-STOP (Internet System for Tracking Over-Prescribing) state bill.

“The aim of all these laws is not to stop the drug or take it off the market; it’s to have somebody – whoever writes the prescription and the dispenser – take responsibility for these drugs,” Avi said. “Every 19 minutes, we

lose a person to prescription drug addiction.”

Avi hopes to help kids like Michael suffer less and overcome drug abuse before a tragedy occurs. Avi and his group will be in Albany on Tuesday to continue lobbying.

A sister’s love Samantha Orrange – the sister of Nick Orrange, who died in 2010 – still feels the pain of grief and losing her brother – her role model.

She was in her final undergraduate semester at Canisius College, and she forced herself further into her studies – pushing herself into graduate school right after graduation – to take focus off her loss.

Even two years later, she still feels the pain.

She sees his face when she looks at her own in the mirror, and she imagines what advice he would offer her for every problem she faces.

“I was afraid, and I wished I had let people help me more from the start, told them that yes, I did need help,” Samantha said. “I haven't fully [moved on] yet. I found scuba [diving], something that made me feel alive for the first time since Nick died. I can’t even describe how therapeutic that’s been for me.”

UB hosts the Nick Orrange 5K run each year in Nick’s memory; each year, the community gathers to fundraise for a memorial scholarship in his name. Samantha and her grandfather are also in charge of a scholarship given to students at St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute, a local high school, to help them grow and develop in their studies at the school.

“He would've loved [the scholarships],” Samantha said. “He planned to donate to the schools if he ever became rich.”

Brotherhood beyond blood Kevin Breen was a junior history major who was also involved in the ROTC program; he died in a car accident on the way back to UB at the end of spring break this March.

Four of his fellow ROTC members were driving home from a drill competition in Baltimore when they received an accidental pocket-dial phone call from the passenger in Breen’s vehicle. Hours later, the group received a text message confirming Breen’s death.

Jacob Greenwald, a fellow ROTC member, remembers the moment as feeling “unreal.”

“I looked and read the text and, I don’t know, it just didn’t seem real,” Greenwald said. “I felt like it was a big joke at first; I knew it wasn’t, but that’s what I was hoping it was – just a terrible, terrible prank.”

It’s now been a month since Breen passed away, and Greenwald said the pain lessens as each day passes. He surrounds himself with members of ROTC and Pershing Rifles – a collegiate military fraternal organization that Breen was also a part of – and takes comfort

in the thought that he isn’t suffering alone, that others around him are dealing with the same pain. “[Breen] always used to wear his fleece cap everywhere – always,” Greenwald said. “And whenever I’m in uniform and I have to wear mine, I just look at it and think: ‘Yep, that’s Kevin.’”

A little extra help Grief is a very painful and individual thing that impacts a person physically, emotionally, psychologically, and behaviorally, said Liz Snider, the clinical director of UB Counseling Services.

Counseling Services often provides groupcounseling sessions to students, faculty, and staff following the loss of a loved one. Many of the sessions target different types of loss – from death of a parent to death of a peer or even the loss of a relationship.

The group sessions and individual sessions are open to currently registered students and those currently employed at the university. Counseling Services also provides free consultation services to anyone connected to the UB community; parents and other family members can reach out to the office and be connected with grief resources within the Buffalo area.

“For most people, the tendency is not wanting to move toward it or into it, but counseling certainly can help,” Snider said. “It can be a place they can go to and focus on what they need to talk about with that issue for a period of time.”

Student Affairs also hosts a remembrance service at the end of the spring semester to memorialize the students who passed away throughout the year. Family members, friends, and all members of the university community are invited to attend.

One family member per student is given five minutes to speak about his or her loved one, or someone from Student Affairs will present on the family’s behalf. Each student’s name is engraved into the side of the Student Union, and a luncheon follows. This year’s service will be held next Friday.

Grief is a process, not an event, according to Snider. The process differs from person to person, and whether the process is long or short, it does get better with time, she said.

“I do understand now, in a way I couldn’t possibly have done in the months after Jonah’s death, that people have an uncanny ability to heal,” Billy Dreskin said. “Not completely, of course, but enough to carry on with life, to even enjoy it again. We won’t ‘move on,’ I don’t think. I simply won’t ever leave my son behind. But I’ll ‘carry on’ – I’ll carry him with me always.”

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continued from page 7: ladies behind the lens the men will be the ones who don’t get involved.” get away from that.”

The film focuses on many issues like this one, but does so through several different perspectives in order to remain neutral. Hamlen wants her audience to be able to draw their own conclusions from what they see. For this reason, unlike many traditional documentaries, there is no voice-over narration.

However, even Hamlen admitted that this objectivity is not entirely possible.

“I think it is impossible to be objective,” Hamlen said. “Even though I was trying to collaborate with people, I chose the majority of the shots.

There is a lot of me in there, that’s kind of the inherent thing in documentary film – you can’t

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Hamlen’s camerawork was engrossing and dynamic, giving the audience the chance to put themselves in Jinja and at the orphanage. A lot of her shots were framed at the height of the orphans, which really enhanced the viewer’s connection to the world of each child.

“Krista is a very skilled cinematographer and has clearly spent a lot of time thinking about the construction of her story,” said Carolyn Tennant, media arts director of Hallwalls. “It’s an interesting story on so many levels and it’s really a privilege to get to hear a different perspective.”

Hallwalls will hold its next independent film screening Can’t Stop Reiman May 4.

continued from page 12: the three-day snoozefest Somewhere between four and six players will be pro-bowlers, making the team that drafted them look like geniuses.

Two or three players will be solid role players for their team, contributing, but will never be what people thought they’d be when they walked across the stage on draft night.

At least one player, possibly as many as three will be out of the league within three seasons, or buried so far on the depth chart that he might as well be.

I’m not trying to be a mock draft expert by criticizing this year’s bunch of prospects; this happens every draft.

That’s just the top 10. Forget about those guys called after the fourth round. Eighty percent of which will be career special teamers or cut by September.

I understand for people like Bills fans the draft provides hope, and there’s nothing wrong with caring about the decisions your team makes in

the draft.

I know I’ll be paying attention to it all weekend.

But I’m not going to sit and watch it in its entirety. That won’t happen, and I suggest you don’t either.

But for those who will, try not to be the guy who blows up my news feed with know-it-all posts about how you can pick better than your team’s general manager.

It’s OK to be excited about your team’s players or dislike a pick, but you don’t know more than Buddy Nix. Oh and one more thing, the NHL playoffs are underway, and the NBA playoffs are about to start.

If you’re in need of a sports fix, try watching a real game.

If you watch all three days of draft, then I’m sorry you wasted an entire weekend.

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Runners-up: Brian Campbell, Florida Panthers and Zdeno Chara, Boston Bruins Jack Adams Award (Best Coach): Ken Hitchcock, St. Louis Blues Hitchcock took over after the Blues went 6-7 and fired Davis Payne. He led the Blues to their first division title since 1999-2000, all despite the Blues having the ninth most games lost to injury and the eighth lowest pay roll in the league.

Runner-ups: Dan Bylsma, Pittsburgh Penguins and Barry Trotz, Nashville Predators Hart Memorial Trophy (Most Valuable Player): Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins Malkin put the team on his back with a leagueleading 109 points after Crosby, Chris Letang and Jordan Staal all missed time due to injuries. Malkin also helped line mate James Neal have a 40-40 season of his own and led the Penguins to the fourth best record in the league.

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connect to people, despite her fiery personality.

Five years later, in 1983, the Bulls hired Harvey as a softball coach. In the 20 years between her hiring and her tragic passing after a fight with ovarian cancer in 2003, she wore many hats at Buffalo.

“Well sometimes we would disagree, because we were strong-willed people,” Twist said. “The important thing was she was able to step back and think about what you brought to the table, and she would change if she thought that your idea was better. And I respected her for that, it wasn’t gonna be about her ego, it was going to be about the student-athlete and what was best for them. She put them first.”

As a coach, she won Division-3’s National Coach of the Year in 1985 as the Bulls finished No. 12 in the nation.

She also was an established and respected umpire after her coaching days, calling balls and strikes in three consecutive Division-3 National Championships from 1995-1997.

After 28 years as an umpire, she received the highest honor in 1996, as she was elected to the National Softball Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City, Okla., a testament to her respectability.

Harvey was also a strength and conditioning coach, and in that role, she gained the praise of the men’s teams coaches.

“Both the men and women’s coaches respected her, and I think that respect, in my opinion, started when she was the strength and conditioning coach,” said current Senior Assistant Laura Barnum, who was the director of business operations while Harvey was an administrator at Buffalo.

“They really saw that she had passion for both the men’s and the women’s programs, and that she gave her all. They also saw that she can get results in both, which is unusual for a female strength and conditioning coach in the ’90s.”

With the respect of the coaches and administrators in hand, Harvey ascended to the role of senior woman administrator in late 1996. In this role – where she was in charge of 15 different programs, as well as an advocate for women’s sports – she relished. She strove for equality in terms of facilities, uniforms, even food for the athletes. It was hard enough on most colleges, but for a school that was also in its final stages to its transition to the Mid-American Conference in 1999, Harvey’s efforts and work was especially important.

But she had help.

“The good news was that she wasn’t alone,” Barnum said. “At that time, President Grenier was behind her 100 percent, and I think that flowed down the line to other administrators, like Bob Wagner, Dennis Black, [and former Athletic Directors] Bob Arkeilpane, and Bill Maher. Senior administration at that time was critical, and they were behind gender equity and what it meant. She took that role to a whole new level. There were other senior women administrators that did a great job here, but I think she just took it to a new level, in that she really took on Title IX as being important, not just for the female athletes.”

However, there is usually opposition to Title IX. Oftentimes, that opposition stems from the fact that some men’s sports suffer because of the necessary inclusion of women’s sports. But Harvey took pride in the fact that athletic compliance was achieved without the need to cut men’s programs.

“There are very few institutions that can say that they achieved the level that UB has,” Barnum said. “To see from where we were to where we are today, I think that there are a few schools that can say that they’ve done that, and at the same time grow a program to Division-1 competitively. No one can do it alone, but it was her leadership, keeping us on task and keeping us on the plan.”

Leading by Example Just as importantly, on the personal level, Harvey was known to talk to, and get to know all athletes, not just the female ones.

“She wanted to know every athlete on the team,” said women’s tennis head coach Kathy Twist. “She watched us play, she talked to the athletes. She wanted to make sure that we didn’t miss anything so that the students could have a great experience. She also went to wrestling matches, football games, she would know every athlete by name, and she was sincerely interested in them as people. I think the athletes picked up on that, she was a sincere person and they knew that it wasn’t just a put-on just to make herself look good.”

Twist especially appreciated Harvey. As a new head coach in 1996, the same year that Harvey reached the women administrator role, she felt the pressures associated with captaining a program.

“Nan helped me [learn] how to get that done,” Twist said.

“I was new. I didn’t know the system, and I needed things for my athletes like new equipment and transportation, and Nan helped me to do that. She was always by my side.”

The administration also shared the coaches’ respect for Harvey’s stern yet personable leadership.

“Whatever she did, she did it passionately,” Barnum said.

“You knew how Nan Harvey felt, whether it was a good or bad thing. She stuck to her guns and followed through, and I think those are two things that anybody could respect.”

The Fight Her attributes shined brightest in the biggest fight of her life – the fight against ovarian cancer.

Despite the diagnosis, she didn’t ease up. Even with the constant chemotherapy treatments from 2000 to 2003, she inspired many people by continuing to attend events, and work to achieve her goals until her death in 2003.

Former volleyball player Rebecca Ashare once said of Harvey: “Her insistence on coming to work and attending athletic and school functions has always made me push myself a little harder.”

Paul Vecchio, who was an assistant athletics director for communications, said in 2003 that “Frankly, I don’t know how she does it.”

Even though she is gone, if you listen closely, you can hear the whispers of her vision all over the Buffalo campus. The softball field was renamed in her honor, a gift after she selflessly donated over $200,000 towards athletics. The coaches and former players that were around with Harvey also feel her presence every day.

“I hear her voice all the time, telling me to take care of the student-athletes,” Twist said. “I think that’s ingrained in all of us. You have the example in your head of what Nan did for each and every athlete here. We look for the good student-athlete here, we look for the person that has good character and is a great athlete, a person that can perform all the time. All in all, the people that we bring in are going to be a signature on this program, a signature on this university, and a signature on this community, and that is her legacy.”

Although Harvey’s presence is felt among administration and coaches, her commitment to the athletic programs still has a lasting effect on the people that Harvey worked so hard for, the student-athletes.

“She was always in team meetings, talking to us about the importance of what we did and how she believed in us,” said former women’s soccer player Anna-Lesa Cavlert, who played from 2001-05. “She had our back. She was at a lot of the games – you know, it’s an outdoor sport, and you know how cold it can get in Buffalo – but she was always there, cheering us on. Nan was a staple, and still is.”

Even coaches that came along afterwards feel the presence that Harvey brought to the table. Softball head coach Jennifer Teague uses Harvey as an example to her players despite never seeing firsthand how Harvey carried herself.

“Unfortunately I never had the chance to meet Nan, but I feel like I know her through her legacy, and through the people that knew her,” Teague said. “The field is named after her, her parents come to the games every year, and she was just a huge advocate for Title IX and women’s sports.

As we teach young women to grow up and to be the change for the world, she was there for UB to be the change for UB.” “Selfless. Passionate. Determined. Fiery.” These are the words that her colleagues associated with Harvey.

These are the attributes that follow every Bulls player. And it’s something that Harvey would be proud of.

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16 Muse holding a lyre

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68 "Put a tiger in your tank" sloganeer DOWN 1 Pains in the neck 2 Fraternity hopeful 3 Accessing the Internet 4 Teeny-___ 5 Three of them make six 6 Ample, as a doorway

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7 Oil giant acquired by BP 8 Vaulted 9 Oregano or sage 10 Operatic tune 11 Verbal bargain seekers 12 Believer's antithesis 13 One who likes cheap shots?

21 Bringing home the bacon 22 Breathtaking snake?

26 Gender-changing suffix 29 They're often classified 30 Rejecting replies 32 More up-to-date in dress and manners 33 Load cargo 34 Pitcher in a painting 35 Manufacturer of the first mechanical cash registers 37 Dabbles (in) 38 "___ making a list ..."

(Christmas lyric) 39 Blvd. cousin 40 Consumed 41 Ardent impulses 44 "What ___, chopped liver?"

45 "Able-bodied" military figure 47 Hannity's former foil, on Fox News 48 Babbles 49 Utters decisively 52 Diminutive being of folklore 54 Throwaway song on a 45, usually 56 William Shakespeare's wife 57 Have staying power 58 Boardwalk structure 59 "I almost forgot ..."

60 "Alias" equivalent

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Tiny changes in the way you put two and two together today will make a large difference for you in the time to come. Keep up with the times.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Those closest to you will want to share a great deal as fast as they can today, and you'll want to provide what you can in return.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) You'll receive input today from a number of friends.

What you do with the information available to you will bring you great satisfaction.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You may want to examine your own motives when you realize what you're feeling doesn't match the kinds of things you think are important.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) A mystery arises around someone who has been on the periphery for some time. He or she will now be all-important for a time.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You know exactly what has to happen today, and you know exactly how to get it done -- but you'll be aware of an option not always available.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Time you spend with a friend today gives you more than the kind of enjoyment you have come to expect and appreciate. Be open for more.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You may be confused between what is actually good for you, and simple sexual thrill that cannot really lead to anything more.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) The fact that you are not the center of attention should not be bothering you as much as it is -- or is there something else going on?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Now is no time to hold back.

When the opportunity arises, you'll want to pull out all the stops and do what only you really know how to do!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Options you face today may seem complicated, but deep down you know that things are really straightforward.

Don't be scared off.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) You'll want to check out all the possibilities you are facing today before making a decision that cannot be changed, altered or augmented.

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Friday, April 27, 2012

40 years of title IX

Source: Cincinnati Enquirer Brandi Chastain celebrates her 1999 World Cup winning goal. Her team’s success was a product of the advancements set forth in Title IX.

Women’s Soccer and Title IX BEN TARHAN Staff Reporter The image of a shirtless and celebrating Brandi Chastain on her knees in front of the goal in the 1999 World Cup Final is one of the most enduring images in American sports history.

It came against China during penalty kicks, but it did much more than just win the World Cup – it signaled the arrival of women’s sports to the mainstream.

The American players that starred in that game were some of the first to benefit from the Title IX act, which grants men and women equal opportunity in athletics. Thirteen years after that match and 40 years after Title IX was implemented, the influence of both are still being felt.

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The current generations of college and professional soccer players have continued to carry the torch of female athletes and reap the benefits of Title IX. “For me, the ’99 game was one of the coolest moments of my life up to that point,” said former UB player Anna-Lesa Calvert. “To be able to watch the women’s national team on TV was incredible.”

The 1999 U.S. Women’s World Cup team had a significant and lasting effect on the sport of women’s soccer in the last decade. The team’s victory on home soil in front of a sold out crowd at the Rose Bowl has become an image that all American female athletes have been able to rally around. continued on page 7

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Courtesy of Paul Hokanson/UB Athletics Nan Harvey passed away 2003 but was the leader at UB for gender equality in sports and continues to impact the athletic department.

Legacy: The Harvey Way Nine years after her passing, the Bulls trailblazer still holds a place in Buffalo lore NATHANIEL SMITH Sports Editor

“She’s the perfect UB story.”

That sentiment, delivered by former Athletic Director Robert J. Arkeilpane in 2003, is one that is shared by many people whose lives crossed paths with the late Nan Harvey.

Throughout her time at Buffalo, Harvey was a constant crusader for gender equality, which was especially important considering the rapid change the Bulls were going through.

She was the guiding voice in the athletic program that was phasing back into Division-1 during the ’90s. The transition lasted through two presidents, three athletic directors, and many coaches, but she was one of few constants.

The Buffalo lifer, who was born and raised in Cheektowaga,

started her UB journey in 1974, as a student-athlete fresh off of the addition of the Education Amendments Act of 1972.

Although there were many facets of this act, the one that is most talked about is Title IX. Title IX of the Education Amendment act states: No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance. In short, it gave female athletes like Harvey a chance to compete in college sports.

Despite all this change, Harvey still wasn’t awarded a scholarship in the fall of 1974, which was very common at the time due to the newness of the act. Because of this, Harvey’s life goal became to foster equality between sports, giving the opportunities for females as men had.

With a degree in physical education in 1978, Harvey began

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Which Bull Hooves What it Takes?

BRYAN FEILER Sports Editor

TYLER CADY Senior Sports Editor

There has been pattern of strange behavior by bulls recently. One was jumping, one was hugging a child, and another was doing “the dougie.”

It’s 8 p.m. on Thursday, I sit down in front of my T.V. and wait.

That’s the basis of the NFL draft. Sitting and waiting.

Fans sit down in front of their T.V. probably wearing a jersey for no apparent reason and watch four names be called every hour.

That’s it.

It’s probably the most overhyped event in all of sports. We as sports fans spend months leading up to the event watching Todd McShay and Mel Kiper break down every breath the players take.

We watch John Gruden sit down with six different quarterbacks and break down film, pretending that it actually has some importance as to where they’ll be drafted.

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BRYAN FEILER Sports Editor Calder Memorial Trophy (Rookie of the Year): Gabriel Landeskog, Colorado Avalanche Landeskog was in top three among rookies in just about every statistical category. He was first in power play goals with six and his 52 points tie him for first as well.

He also played in all 82 games for the Avalanche, while logging over 18 minutes per game.

Runners-up: Adam Henrique, New Jersey Devils and Matt Read, Philadelphia Flyers Vezina Trophy (Top Goalie): Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles Kings

Finally, when draft day comes we make way too big of a deal.

Quick led the league with 10 shutouts. His numbers are essentially indistinguishable from the Lundqvist’s and Rinne’s except for one thing. The Kings were 29th in the league in scoring and they still made the playoffs.

The Rangers have one of the best defensive cores in the league and Ryan Suter and Shea Weber are one of the NHL’s best D-pairings.

Sitting for four hours to watch one person’s name get called.

Runner-ups: Henrik Lundqvist, New York Rangers and Pekka Rinne, Nashville Predators

We pretend that they’re all going to be future stars, and at the end of the day, it’s just a crapshoot.

James Norris Memorial Trophy (Best Defenseman): Erik Karlsson, Ottawa Senators

Let me break down this year’s top-10 picks:

The 21-year-old, who logged more than 25 minutes per game is not the most physical defenseman, but his offensive production puts him atop all others. With 78 points in 81 games he had 25 more points than any other

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Buffalo athletics held its annual tryouts to see who will become the next Victor E. Bull on Thursday. Bulls charged from near and far to see if they had what it takes to be the most recognizable bull in town.

Victor is pumping up crowds, taking pictures, and dancing at Buffalo athletic events, while most bulls stand in a field with a stoic look on their faces.

However, a select few packed their feed buckets and trotted over to the SU Theater to shuffle their hooves and prove they can be the next VicAlexa Strudler /// The Spectrum tor.

Tryouts for the next Victor E. Bull were held in the SU “Victor is just a classic icon,” snorted an applicant for the job. “You see him and you’re like ‘that’s a UB Bull right there.’ Everything he does is just different, he’s just more enthusiastic than any Bull I’ve ever seen.”

The tryout for each applicant starts with some dance moves. While normal bull dance moves are limited to charging matadors and bucking cowboys over their backs, those trying out for Victor need to know how to Cupid Shuffle and Y.M.C.A. Other moves like the worm are always a crowd favorite.

Victor needs to know how to get the crowd into games and celebrate when the team scores. To be the Buffalo mascot, you have to be emotionally attached to game and show disproval of other team’s good plays and officials poor calls against Buffalo.

The committee of people screening the potential mascots put them through a gamut of scenarios, ranging from how they’d react after a touchdown or missed field goal, to a blown call leading to a technical foul on the hardwood.

Theatre on Thursday. Each constant had to meet tough criteria if they wanted to be the next mascot at UB.

Most importantly, Victor must be able think on his hooves. He must comfort children who are afraid of him and settle them down when they are harassing him. He needs to pump up the crowd when they are too quiet and settle them down when Buffalo is at the free-throw line.

But, being Victor isn’t just about getting all the feed and cows a bull could ask for. Victor must be in great shape and be able to run up and down stairs and around Buffalo facilities.

All of which were tested during Thursday’s open tryouts that saw no shortage of participants.

The bull who met all the challenges best according to the group selecting the next most recognizable face that can’t be seen will spend the next year in the Bull’s head. Hopefully the next Victor will be breaking out more of his celebratory dance moves than frustrated faces.

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