The Spectrum Volume 62 Issue 6

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Thought-provoking clothing line burgeons in Buffalo LYZI WHITE Life Editor It all started with a name. During his sophomore year at Buffalo State College, Isaac Acevedo started to think about his future. He thought about his ambitions and his goals. He thought of clothing – Acevedo always had a thing for clothing. It was a childhood dream of his to be involved in the fashion world. He sat down and refused to stand up until he came up with a name. After four hours, Universal Mind F**k was born. Universal Mind F**k (UMF), a clothing line founded in 2007 by Buffalo resident Acevedo, is unique in both name and purpose. Rather than looking for inspiration from larger brands that “don’t truly help anybody,” according to Acevedo, UMF wants people to look at its clothing and ask questions: What is that? What am I seeing? The brand wants people to ask questions and search for answers.

The name, like all UMF clothing pieces, doesn’t have a single meaning. There are layers and those layers contain “subliminal messages,” he said. “It’s universal,” Acevedo said. “When you think of universal, you think about everything and essentially it’s what you’re supposed to think of: everything. And then ‘Mind F**k’ is the confusion that’s brought to you whenever you watch TV or whenever you go online, whenever you even talk to people in the street.” The “Mind F**k” is the noise constantly thrown at you to confuse you, Acevedo said, the noise that takes you off your real thought process. It was the name and the meaning behind it which sparked the attention of Jevin Gonzalez, senior mechanical engineering major at Buffalo State College and designer of UMF. Continued on page 7

Alexa Strudler /// The Spectrum

Isaac Acevado, left, and Jevin Gonzalez hope their clothing line, Universal Mind F**k, will inspire a new way of thinking.

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Historic performances from Oliver, Neutz lead UB in rout BEN TARHAN Asst. Sports Editor From the opening kick off on Saturday night, the stars were out and shining brightly. They donned their normal fluorescent whites, with a noticeable shade of blue. Junior running back Branden Oliver and junior wide receiver Alex Neutz shone brightest for the Bulls (1-1), setting school Division I records as they routed FCS school Morgan State (1-1), 56-34, Saturday night at UB Stadium. Oliver did what he does best, pulverizing the Bears early and often. He ran for 92 yards in the first quarter on his way to a school record 238 rushing yards and two touchdowns. Oliver was arguably the most impressive player on the field, almost impossible to take down at times. It seemed to take at least four defenders to take him down. “I like to pound the ball,” Oliver said. “That wears the defense down, so I wasn’t getting frustrated.” The Alex-to-Alex connection was flying high yet again Saturday. Junior quarterback Alex Zordich built on the momentum he received from the Georgia game last Saturday and carved up the Bears’ secondary. He finished the game 16-for-21 with 237 yards and four touchdowns. His favorite target stepped up big time, as Neutz caught eight passes and a career-high 154 receiving yards. He also tied a Buffalo record with four touchdowns.

Nick Fischetti /// The Spectrum

Junior running back Branden Oliver celebrates one of his two touchdowns against Morgan State. Oliver is currently ranked second in Division I in rushing yards.

After the first quarter, Neutz toyed with the Morgan State defenders, scoring 21 unanswered points on his own. Between Oliver and Neutz, the Morgan State defense could not keep up with the Bulls’ offense, leading to some incredibly quick scores that led to Morgan State doubling Buffalo’s time of possession – 40:10 to 19:50. There were a few mistakes on the Bulls’ part on the offensive end. Last weekend the Bulls showed incredible discipline, committing only three penalties all game. Against the Bears, they committed five in the first quarter. “There were 20 penalties in that game. It was kind of sloppy from that stand point,” said head coach Jeff Quinn. “But we’ve got to work on some

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things. We’ve got to get back at it tomorrow. We give them 24 hours.” Oliver and the offense more than made up for the penalties, scoring 14 unanswered points after falling behind 3-0 early on. Buffalo’s defense did not look nearly as good as its offense, giving up 34 points to an FCS team. The ‘D’ played inconsistent all game, allowing the Bears to drive down the field at some points, and then other times shutting them down completely. Much of the Bulls’ defensive struggles could be attributed to poor tackling. “I didn’t like the way they scored late in the game,” Quinn said. “But we had a guy right at the point of attack and he didn’t make the play. It’s not a structural error. It’s our kids being able

to break down, play square and be able to make tackles in open fields situations.” The game changed for the defense when Morgan State pulled quarterback Seth Higgins and put in quarterback Robert Council. The defense appeared to have settled in to a rhythm against Higgins, who was sacked four times for a loss of 32 yards in the game. Council proved more elusive for junior linebacker Khalil Mack – who amassed 1.5 sacks and 3.5 tackles for loss – and the Buffalo defense. Council passed for 161 yards and a touchdown and extended plays for the Bears. Running back Travis Davidson was an even bigger threat, rushing for 136 yards and a touchdown exposing some large holes in the Buffalo rush defense. Mack returned to the field after a one-game suspension and had an immediate impact. On Morgan State’s first drive of the game, Mack burst through the line for a key sack that held the Bears to a field goal. “It was a great feeling to be back with my brothers,” Mack said. The offense showed potential to be one of the best in the Mid-American Conference this season. The Bulls get a chance to prove it next Wednesday when they welcome Kent State (1-1) to UB Stadium for their conference opener. Buffalo has 11 days to prepare for the Golden Flashes, as the game is scheduled for Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. Email: sports@ubspectrum.com

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There is hope for The Heights Housing Blitz continues, students come together to improve South Campus welfare LISA KHOURY Senior News Editor Last weekend, the streets of University Heights were covered in red cups. Beer bottles and their respective dirt-incrusted boxes – accented with unfinished McDonald’s French fries and Tim Hortons coffee cups – littered the residential streets. On Sunday, Sept. 2, a nun at Main Street’s St. Joseph University Parish told parishioners, “We welcome you back to the neighborhood, but please keep your cups in your house.” The Student Association e-board and two other students went to Winspear Avenue to help clean up the messy aftermath of UB students’ opening weekend of partying. Kelly Donaher has lived in her Winspear home with her husband and children for eight years. She opened her door when she saw the boys cleaning and shouted, “Great job.” “Over the weekend it was just crazy,” she told The Spectrum. “There was so much garbage all over the place. I came out today when I took my garbage out and I picked up all the way down to that second tree over down there,” she pointed two doors down from her front door. The major problem in the University Heights isn’t mess outside of the houses, though. The houses themselves are hazardous, according to Dan Ryan, director of off-campus student relations. Saturday was the first “housing blitz” of the semester, as Ryan and four inspectors from the City of Buffalo Office of Permits and Inspection investigated the safety of the centuryold houses students rent on South Campus. The housing blitz started in April 2011. Continued on page 7

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Sports 10


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