Vol. 61 NO. 4
Wednesday September 9, 2011
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Students got to experience what it’s like to go skydiving 20 feet off the ground on Tuesday afternoon. The Student Association hosted X-Treme AIR in Jarvis parking lot for all the thrill seekers at UB. satsuKi aoi /// tHe sPeCtruM
Nightmare On Dorm Street
Roommate problems are normal, but how far is too far?
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The Spectrum sat down with UB’s 15th President.
Rusty Donlon, a senior mechanical engineering major, recalls his experiences with Peter, Idealistic freshmen enter one such horrifi c roommate, during his freshman year of school. the UB dorms expecting to make new friends, break a few rules, “He was a short little and go on countless late-night ginger, about 5’5, and I’d say about adventures. For the unlucky few, 120 pounds,” Donlon said. though, these aspects of the college During their fi rst encounter in experience can be ruined by the Spaulding 7 fl oor 7, Donlon saw sexilers, weirdos, and hyperactive Peter as a regular college kid. But hotdog-eaters cruel chance saw fi t after the fi rst weekend, warning signs began to spoil that vision. to match them with.
The Spectrum sat down with President Satish K. Tripathi to discuss all matters UB related at the start of the new year. Ask Satish K. Tripathi about his vision for the UB, and he’ll tell you about the three E’s: excellence, engagement and effi ciency. Tripathi, who will be inaugurated as UB’s 15th president on Sept. 23, has plans for the university that span beyond the three campuses and involve state and global interactions. Global “We want an excellent global university. I don’t mean that we are everywhere; what I mean is that the students here are educated in the global sense,” Tripathi said. “They have knowledge about what’s going on elsewhere. They have experience studying abroad. They have experience working with people from different cultures.” Tripathi has led a strategic planning process for UB’s international programs that has expanded the university’s global reach and fosters globalization on each of UB’s three campuses. He has helped to develop relationships with universities in 55
countries; educational programs already exist in Europe, Asia and Africa. In 1847, the university was still a private medical institution; there was one international student in a graduating class of 18 students. “It’s something that’s been in the genes of UB for a long time,” Tripathi said of the university’s commitment to a developed international infrastructure. The university study abroad rate currently hovers around 10 percent, and administrators hope that that number will increase to 20 percent. With increased participation in global programs will come increased marketability for graduates. “When you go to work somewhere, as you graduate and hopefully fi nd a job somewhere, your workplace is going to be totally international,” Tripathi said. “You might not be seeing people together, but you’re working with people all around the world. You become a different person, you become a different student, you become a different graduate.”
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“We went to the fi rst football game and he ate, like, fi ve hotdogs. It was after this night that I realized when he eats a lot; he is uncontrollably hyper beyond all reason. “Everywhere we went he brought his computer and he would sit there [and play Dynasty Warriors] and just smash it when he was losing or something. He would get really pissed off and he started beating his computer. And Continued on Page 5
Tripathi’s on the State of UB MADELEINE BURNS Senior News Editor
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Wingfest goers enjoyed the day of honoring Buffalo’s savory snack.
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A Saucy and Spicy Celebration LIZZE WHITE Staff Writer The Buffalo Wing Festival, or Wing Fest as it’s more commonly known, held its 10th annual event this past Labor Day weekend at Coca-Cola fi eld in downtown Buffalo. In those 10 years, more than 137 tons of wings have
been prepared and eaten by over 400,000 people. For only $5, attendees can sample wings from all across the country by purchasing food tickets, two tickets earning three wings. From Brooklyn to Seattle, all the way up from Canada and down to Tennessee, restaurants travelled to the home of the chicken wing to showcase their unique
take on the American classic. Inspiration for the wing festival hailed from Hollywood and Bill Murray, better known as Frank Detorre from the fi lm Osmosis Jones (2001). Murray’s character in the movie heads to Buffalo, NY for a chicken wing festival, which was nonexistent at the time. When a Buffalo News journalist commented on the abContinued on Page 2
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Michael A. Stefanone, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the department of communication, Facebook is the largest and his colleagues, conducted a social networking site of this genera- study last spring to observe how tion and the largest factor in judging social networking behaviors were someone’s worth, according to a linked with concepts of self-worth. recent study. His study, which was published in
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Cyberpsychology journal, took a sample of 311 college-age students and observed their social networking habits. Stefanone’s study suggests that females who base their self-worth on their appearance tend to post more photos of them-
selves online, and have larger networks on social networking sites such as Facebook. “People have a range of conditions in which they base their self-esteem and self-worth,” Stefanone said. “Appearance is particularly relevant for Facebook
behavior considering how many photos people share online. We found that women are more likely to base their self-worth on their appearance, and that those who did shared more photos online than anyone else in the study.” Other aspects of StefaContinued on Page 5
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