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Hungry? Buy Local LISA KHOURY Staff Writer Buffalo’s West Side currently has a $40 million annual economic impact on Erie County, and that is without Buffalo consumers, business owners, and distributors consciously trying to push their city’s economy forward. The Buffalo Food Policy Summit, an official event of Inauguration Week, was a two-day symposium that focused on the role of the local food system in Buffalo’s economy. Samina Raja, Ph.D., who is an associate professor in the department of urban and regional planning and one of the experts at the summit, said that like other communities across the country, Buffalo has the food system and networks to generate a higher food-based economic multiplier. Raja has been determined for the past ten years—since she moved to Buffalo—to see the city’s food system become a major engine for economic development. “We might not think of the West Side as a place that can be an economic driver. But, with [the area’s] current food businesses as they are, [those alone] manage to have a $40 million impact,” Raja said. “So, can we imagine what those businesses would do for Erie County if we supported them.”
Insert Coin: The Price of Gaming Despite high prices for new games and flashy consoles, gamers are willing to toss out, trade in, or pirate old games and systems to get their hands on the latest and greatest.
JAMES TWIGG and NICOLAS PINO Senior Managing Editor and Arts Editor
For some college students, $60 is a steep price to pay to live in a virtual world. For others, this price is just an obstacle waiting to be fragged. After the price of a console (or computer, if that’s more your speed), game and – for most – an online subscription, players are looking at roughly $400. Which, for most college gamers, isn’t an amount found between the couch cushions. They’re left with few options:
SA Senate Elections The Student Association held general elections on Sept. 20-22 to fill the 12 positions for the SA Senate. The 12 positions are divided equally between on- and off-campus representatives. Students voted for up to six representatives in their respective category. There were 1,344 students that voted in the election. The results are as follows: On-Campus Representatives: Daniel Ovadia (Pirate Party) – 396 Votes Sara McCreary (Pirate Party) – 343 Votes James Gibbons (Pirate Party) – 311 Votes Kittie Pizzutelli (Student Legion Party) – 305 Votes Louis Sigel (Pirate Party) – 296 Votes Eddie Montesdeoca (Pirate Party) – 286 Votes
Mohammed Makda (Student Legion Party) – 245 Votes
“I don’t want to play a game and it’s beaten in four hours and pay $60 for it, cause that’s just not economical,” said Jeffrey Lynn Wakefield II, a junior marketing major. “[Piracy is hurting the industry] but it’s in response to an
Darwinson Valdez (Green Party) – 224 Votes
Though pirating is illegal, many view it as the better choice when faced with selling their electronic armory.
“First time I went to trade in a game, I think it was one of the old Onimusha games, I was like ‘This is a great game, I’ll get a decent price for it,’” Wong said. “I walked in and [the employee at] Gamestop was like ‘That’s a pretty old title there, son. It’s about two bucks here.’ What am I going to do with that?”
With videogame juggernaut Gamestop controlling a vast majority of used game sales, many gamers feel that trading in their well-worn titles doesn’t produce the same kind of loot they dropped just a few months prior. Among them being Jason Wong, a sophomore computer science major and treasurer of the Student Strategists
Wong isn’t the only one on campus with a fed up mindset. Wakefield explained that after bringing 15 games to a local
AKARI IBURI and MEG KINSLEY Senior Life Editor and Senior Photo Editor Fall tuition: $3,740.75. Fall room and board: $6,228. Food: $0.15 ramen for dinner… again. Most students come to college expecting to spend a lot of money, but some may be surprised to see where their money is going. From food to gas, alcohol to electronics, students find their dollars dwindling away throughout the semester. The Spectrum surveyed 315 UB students on Tuesday and discovered that 46 percent of students – commuters and on-campus residents alike – agree on where they spend the most money. Food. “You would’ve thought [students] spend more [money] on alcohol,” said Bryan Daniels, a second year graduate law student. 46 percent of UB students find they spend most of their money on food.
In reality, only 14 percent of students admitted to having alcohol as their main expenditure. Through meal plans, Dining Dollars, Campus Cash, and regular cash, UB offers students a variety of options for purchasing food. Even with these options, students are finding it difficult to compete with the prices. Some are even skipping lunch or dinner because their meal plans don’t cover the whole cost.
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“I feel like they should at least make [the cost of a meal] fit on one meal exchange because there’s a lot of stuff that goes over. I feel like if [Campus Dining & Shops] know that a bunch of people are using [meal exchange], they should at least make it fit,” Ferguson said. Often times, students using the meal exchange find that when they purchase a meal, the price of the food exceeds the amount that the meal plan covers. Once this occurs, they turn to Dining Dollars to cover the rest of the expense.
For those students living off-campus who rely on regular cash, grocery stores provide a week’s worth of food as an alternative to purchasing daily meals.
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Taylor Ferguson, a sophomore mechanical engineering major, explained that when she doesn’t have enough meal exchanges remaining on her UB card to cover the cost of food, she skips a meal.
“I don’t have the meal plan anymore, I live off campus so I just have Dining Dollars,” said Taylor Kieffer, a sophomore aerospace and mechanical engineering major. “I’ll just get like a burger…and not deal with the whole combo cause it’s cheaper.”
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and Role Players Association (SARPA).
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Off-Campus Representatives: Fatma Mirza (Student Legion Party) – 250 Votes
To many, pirating games isn’t their morale choice, but rather something they’ve been coerced into by an industry they view as unjust.
already broken system.”
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Jessie Gouck, who received her masters in urban planning from UB in 2010 and now works for the Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities Initiative in Buffalo, attended one of the summit events on South Campus.
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either sell their beloved collections or resort to a life of piracy on the digital waves.
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major. “You never realize the cost of these things when you’re younger, but it’s a good experience.” Students agree that on-campus food is overpriced, but they find that some locations provide a reasonable amount of food for a lower cost. “I think a lot of the Asian [restaurants] give you a lot of food for the amount you pay for it,” said Anam Ahmed, a junior environmental studies major. “La Rosas is pretty good about it too.” Whether eating in at Young Chow’s, La Rosas, Johnny C’s or even Subway, students agree that restaurants in The Commons give the most food for their reasonable prices. Besides food, The Spectrum found that 45 percent of commuters spend the most money on gas and 33 percent spend the least on coffee. Twenty-two percent of students living on-campus spend the most on recreational activities and 33 percent spend the least amount on gas. With a tight budget and a limited lifestyle, students adapt to adulthood with the choice between full stomachs or a full tank.
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“Coming to college you realize, oh crap, orange juice is six bucks,” said Eric Yu, a junior English
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Exorcizing Criminals
Alabama program trades punishment for church Turning one fish into many, turning water into wine – now Jesus can add turning punishment into freedom to his list of divine wizardry.
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The small Alabama city of Bay Minette has had a problem with crime. Compared with the state average, it has higher rates of violent and nonviolent crime, and Police Chief Mike Rowland decided to talk to people around town about the problem.
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In his search for a solution he talked to the many churches in Bay Minette. The pastors told Rowland that the real core of the problem was an “erosion of family values and morals.”
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Rowland decided to take action. He set up a program called “Restore Our Community,” which allows nonviolent offenders to opt for a year of church instead of jail time and fines. Offenders get to pick the church they attend, and after a year of services every Sunday the charges will be dropped.
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The goal is, in Rowland’s words, to produce “productive citizens.”
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NICOLAS PINO Arts Editor
Writing a column is a challenge. The column is one of the hardest kinds of articles written in a newspaper. They have to be tactful, yet express an opinion. But, no matter how they’re written, they are a privilege. Not a right, but a PRIVILEGE. There have been a series of columns in particular that have not been anything remotely close to what I’d consider good or valid journalism. They are, for lack of a better term, filth. Pure shock and awe. Meant for you, the reader, to get mentally (or in this case, sexually) stimulated. In this writer’s case, it does neither. This is not a personal attack: she is a fellow colleague at The Spectrum and she has worked damn hard to be
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The program has American Civil Liberties Union up in arms, claiming a violation of separation of church and state.
They’re right on two levels. Firstly, the program dangerously intertwines religion and government. There is clear wording in the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause. Congress shall make no law regarding an establishment of religion, and this is blatantly mixing Church and State. The law is also patently unfair. There are few mosques or synagogues near Bay Minette, and atheist offenders won’t have the opportunity for a get out of jail free card like their believer counterparts. The law unjustly benefits Christians – who have over 100 options in the city – over every other group. Beyond the laws constitutionality, it’s not a just punishment for a crime. Being deprived of freedom and forced to pay fines has a real effect on the criminal. Taking up a couple hours on Sunday barely makes a scratch in their schedule. It’s a minor inconvenience for those who don’t go to church regularly, and for those that already do it’s literally no different than their normal life. This isn’t to say that organizations like churches do not have a positive impact on their communities. There is a difference, however, between
punishment and rehabilitation. This program is little more than an opportunity to dodge responsibility for criminal activity. Rowland is completely ignoring the facts that his city faces. He’s been suckered in by religious rhetoric while the signs are all around him. Bay Minette’s average household income is $7000 less than the average for Alabama, and the city has a 10 percent higher poverty rate than the state average. If Rowland wants more productive citizens, he should consider a program more geared toward results. Offenders who work in community service, whether it be with churches or not, and complete a project. In exchange, charges could be reduced rather than completely dropped. The judge reviewing this case needs to take a long look at the precedent he will set by giving this program the green light. If the door is opened for religion to become a part of our justice system, we would be creating a caste system where the religious are at the top and all others are below. All men are equal in the eyes of the law.
Texas Tea Time
Texas set to give big tax break to oil companies Texas is best known for cowboys, iconic landscapes and a wild, rugged spirit, but it seem to be picking up a nasty little habit of stomping on the throats of school children. Lone Star State lawmakers were faced with a big budget shortfall this year. A $27 billion bill was at their feet and they had to scramble to make ends meet. In the crossfire, $4 billion was cut from education, forcing schools to struggle to keep their heads above water. Despite struggles, schools did find ways to deal with the cuts. Just when they thought they had a moment to breathe, they’re now on the hook to give some of the money they’ve already spent back. Three commissioners appointed by Rick Perry are poised to give a $135 million dollar tax refund out on property taxes, half of which would come from school districts.
could probably get more public support for Pol Pot than you could for oil companies at this point. Oil companies like Valero say they have a good reason for asking for the abatement of their tax returns. They’re using a Texas law on the books that says they don’t have to pay tax on equipment that reduces on-site pollution. Valero installed new hardware to reduce sulfur in gasoline and diesel fuel in 2007, and wants retroactive payments from them. Maybe they thought that liberals wouldn’t get pissed over taking money from schools because they wanted it for pollution control. The problem is, the reason Valero even installed the controls is a federal law mandating these pollution devices be installed or that upgrades be made to outdated controls. Valero is just trying to offset the cost of a required device through tax breaks.
Not just any property tax: Oil company property taxes.
Since the legal system is slower than a Model-T in the mud, the schools have already used the money to maintain the staff that was already threatened by massive cuts.
It’s hard to believe that the commissioners didn’t see this coming. You
Valero should be ashamed of its behavior. So much of its business
depends on the community, whether it be labor or putting up with polluted air. It should drop this claim, stop being a vampire on the state of Texas and actually give back to the community, rather than try to add more to its staggering profits. The company knows damn well where the money is coming from, but it doesn’t actually care. In a Huffington Post article, Valero spokesman Bill Day said, “…this is really no different than a homeowner appealing their property tax, just on a larger scale.” They truly think there is nothing wrong with this. This is simple proof that big business will not make the ethical decision when faced with the possibility of making a lot of money. If another business is going to make the call to do it, then it is going to be at a disadvantage. This is a harbinger for the Rick Perry presidency. These are his appointees getting ready to decide the fate of this money, and we can only hope for the children of Texas that they make the right choice. We cannot stand and allow the government to become a plaything for the ultra wealthy.
Revenge of the “nerds” there. This is, however, an attack on her ideals, her writing, and if in fact there is any shred of personal experience put into her columns, then her way of life as well. In her most recent article, “Swiping the V-Card,” she targets a specific group of people. Some of these people are the most self-respecting, upstanding students here on campus, and instead of labeling them as such, she sinks to trite name-calling (Nerd). I’ll apologize on their behalf for coming to college and wanting to come out with a working knowledge of their field. But I digress. She proceeds with an anecdote. A story of a love-torn sophomore in the midst of love making only to find himself on the receiving end of a young female’s gastrointestinal cocktail. But surely there must be a meaning behind this tale of woe? There is: she was “too tight.” Fol-
lowing that logic – “a girl who’s too tight will vomit on your chest” – ergo perhaps those who have yet to let someone “put their package in your mailbox,” as it was eloquently stated, will not make for the best sexual partners.
I admit, but if it should be sent out to the masses then let there be some oversight to it. Don’t blindly encourage behavior you consider acceptable, merely express an opinion that others may not – and in some cases, will not – have heard before.
Analysis aside, there is more to be said. She requests her readers “get that V-card swiped like you would your credit card at a Jeffrey Campbell shoe sale,” before tacking on the warning that too many partners is not socially acceptable. At her whim, reader, it is time to lose what can never be recovered. It is time to give yourself, uninhibited, to those who you desire.
Sex columns often do have a place in a college newspaper, and anyone who claims otherwise is uninformed. However, to write something that encourages a lifestyle that is only shown in films and pass it off as reality is absolutely unprofessional and has no place in the public domain.
I confess, maybe it’s me. Not in some higher-than-thou way, but perhaps my current place in the social hierarchy (some might refer to me as a “nerd”) won’t let me see beyond this veil. Sex is a subject to be discussed,
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Get the Money Out of Office EDWARD BENOIT Asst. Arts Editor
As many of our more astute readers have probably noticed, this issue of The Spectrum is dedicated to (basically) one thing: money. And why not? Money is probably the single most important thing in the life of a college student. (Profound, I know.) We all came to college so we could eventually make money; we all attend UB because our families don’t have money. We work part- or full-time jobs at the expense of our studies because, when it comes down to it, those extra few bucks in our pocket at the end of the week are more important than getting all we can out of our studies. It’s really weird when you think about it, especially if you’re a student of the liberal arts like myself: the want or need of capital wins out over morals, ethics, education, intellectual self-improvement, etc.; the material trumps the immaterial. It’s the unfortunate way the world works, and nowhere is this more evident than in the political system of our country. In an age where the distribution of wealth in the ostensibly equitable and egalitarian United States of America is anything but those two things, it’s money that buys “justice” and controls politics. Just this Monday, the American League of Lobbyists called for the repeal of an ethical regulation that prohibits government employees from accepting gifts from lobbyists – in short, lobbyists are objecting to the fact that they can’t outright bribe government officials. “If it is not withdrawn, this rule will prevent government workers from having even casual social contact with registered lobbyists,” said Howard Marlowe, the president of the lobbyists’ group, in a press statement. “Does that mean if they find themselves at a luncheon table at a professional conference that they have to ask the others to raise hands if they are a lobbyist?” Yeah, I’m sure it’s lobbyists’ social lives that Marlowe and his organization are really concerned about. Just how stupid does he think we are? And the really sad, frustrating, unjust thing is that this sort of thing goes on all the time. Here’s another recent example: after T-Mobile’s attempted acquisition of AT&T was blocked in an antitrust lawsuit, 100 Republican congressmen wrote a letter to the Obama administration urging that the lawsuit be ended. In a totally unsurprising revelation, 99 of those 100 upstanding Republicans were found to have received “donations” (read: bribes) from T-Mobile since 2009. Our civil representatives, ladies and gentleman. And it works both ways, too. You know those execution-cheering, soldier-booing, science-denying, welfare-cutting, gaybashing wackjobs that call themselves the Tea Party? You’d think that being publically reprehended and discredited as much as they have in the past year or so would shut them up, but if anything they’ve only grown more vocal. How, you ask? Well, it turns out that the Tea Party – far from being the “grassroots” movement it likes to pretend that it is – is actually financially backed by Right-wing billionaires like the Koch brothers. The Kochs and their friends have basically given voice to a fringe minority in a thinly veiled attempt to publically forward their own business agendas. In short, the radical, destructive, obstructive minority and its lunatic positions have been privileged while the majority of us – i.e., those of us that actually know what the hell we’re talking about – are left voiceless. Opinion pieces written by irate citizens across the country have decried the metaphorical gap between Washington and the people it’s supposed to serve. Well, there’s a pretty obvious reason for that gap: a reason why the rich aren’t taxed more, even though the majority of the country wants it; a reason why millionaire CEOs are in a lower tax bracket than their secretaries; a reason why incompetent, greedy banks (you know, the ones that crashed the economy in the first place) receive trillion-dollar bailouts while the people they’ve screwed are lucky to receive unemployment checks. Money. Policymakers on all levels of government aren’t beholden to the will of the people – they’re beholden to the weight of their wallets. And get the money out of politics, that’s how things are going to stay.
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9/24 – A subject was charged with criminal mischief in UB Stadium. 9/25 – A subject was charged with reckless operation of a vehicle on Main St. 9/25 – An arrest was made on Winspear Ave. 9/25 – A subject was charged with trespassing in Richmond Quad. 9/26 – An animal complaint was made in Baldy Hall. 9/26 – A hit and run was reported on Main St. 9/26 – Suspicious persons were reported in Goodyear Hall. 9/27 – A marijuana complaint was made on Frontier Rd. 9/27 – Graffiti was reported in Squire Hall. POLICE REPORT SUMMARY: Sept. 22, 2011 Call Received at 2:58 a.m. A male student contacted the University Police department, stating that an unknown male asked him to log onto a library computer. UPD arrived and determined the subject was not affiliated with UB. The subject, who it later identified as Lewis. A Browning, 29, of Buffalo, was arrested for trespassing at UB. Browning was turned over to the Town of Tonawanda Police Department for outstanding warrants from the Town of Tonawanda and Buffalo State police departments
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SUNY Report Card – Fall 2011 Last year, SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher announced an “annual report card for the university system, which will evaluate and track progress across a spectrum of critical areas.” The report is a part of a fiveyear strategic plan for the system, called “The Power of SUNY.” This report card is one of the ways SUNY is trying to be more transparent to its constituents.
toral faculty: $273,000 Highest national comparison: $293,500
First released in May of the 2008-09 school year, SUNY put out the second installment on Sept. 26 as a follow-up to gauge university successes. The report includes more than 90 performance measures, including the amount of time it takes students to graduate with a first-time bachelor’s degree, research expenditures per tenured faculty, and public support from national and state governments per student life.
Fully loaded cost per student on state-operated campuses: $20,260 Cost per student at community colleges: $8,430 Public support per student life on stateoperated campuses: $12,570 Public support per student life at community colleges: $4,750 Amount spent on international student scholarships: $406, 802,000 Funds raised in support of SUNY campuses: $309,325,300 Alumni giving rate: 7 percent
The Spectrum looked at the results for the 2011 school year. Total students in SUNY system 2009-10: 461,400 Total faculty and staff 2009-10: 87,900 Graduation rates Average time to earn a first-time bachelor’s degree: 4.5 years Percent of full-time students earning a first-time bachelor’s degree: 63 Highest national percent of students earning a first-time bachelor’s degree: 89 Research expenditures
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Total amount spent on research: $891,200,000 Amount spent on research on doctoral level: $767,003,000 Highest national comparison: $2,169,200,000 Expenditures per tenured or tenure-track faculty: $132,000 Amount per tenured or tenure-track doc-
Affordability Comparative debt obligation upon graduation: $20,920 Financial Health
SUNY and the entrepreneurial century Total New York State research expenditures: $4,224,500,000 Total expenditures in the Western New York region: $201,090,000 Jobs created in New York State: -237,100 New York State average wage: $57,794 National average salary: $44,410 Average New York State unemployment rate: 8.4 percent External funding to expand SUNY’s health policy impact: $4,932,000 Amount spent on energy-smart research: $42,722,000 To view the report card in its entirety, visit: http://www.suny.edu/powerofsuny/reportcard/ Email: news@ubspectrum.com
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Continued from Page 1: Hungry? Buy Local “We have existing infrastructure in place that gives us great potential for growing our food system,” Gouck said. “So that is not only on the production side – we have lots of opportunity through vacant lands in the city of Buffalo to continue to produce food – but we also have existing opportunities for food processing, for food distribution, and for shoring up our retail operations.” Gouck sees Buffalo as a city that can build itself around its food system and can get healthier foods into “mom and pop” grocery stores. “There is an opportunity to work with those small grocers to increase their capacity to sell healthy food, and if they’re able to add to their store stock and increase their sales in revenue, in turn they will be able to hire more people, increase their revenue, and become more savvy,” Gouck said. Raja pointed out that Buffalonians are not spending enough money on local fruits and vegetables. Collectively, the city of Buffalo spends more than $500 million annually on food. Approximately $20 million is spent on fruit, according to Raja. “Erie County farmers are only selling about $6 million worth of fruit,” Raja said. “So obviously, Buffalonians are also buying fruits from many other places. If we could figure out a way to connect the two, it would be good for our farmers; it would also be good for our people.” Raja explained that economic development does not simply rely on the consumer supporting the local business. Local food companies in Buffalo need more business so they can support the local distributors. Accordingly, both the businesses and distributors can then afford to hire more people and create more job opportunities, collectively driving Buffalo’s economy. Steve Richael, a salesman at Will Poultry, a local meat distribution company, places it upon himself to always build relationships with his customers, because of tough competition from corporate distributors. “If you take a business like U.S. Foods who is a countrywide business, they have a buying power to buy trainloads of a product which in turn they get a better price on because they’re buying it in bulk,” Richael said. “Whereas with us, we can only afford to buy a truckload, which you’ll not get as good of a price. “You do whatever you can to service [customers] to the best of your ability. And in return, you try to gain that loyalty from your customer, so [even] if you’re a couple cents more, they’ll still buy from you.”
Continued from page 1: Insert coin: The Price of Gaming Gamestop, he walked out with only $60 in hand. This 15 for one exchange is only turning off players to purchasing to their thumb’s content. This is causing players to being more selective with their choices. “[Pirating the game] is a demo for me. I play it, if I like it, I’ll buy it. It might not be when it’s $60, it might be when the price falls down, but eventually the money goes to the publishers if I like the game,” Wakefield said. Still, not every gamer views trading in games as a substantial loss. Some find the exchange to be worthwhile and a great alternative to shelling out $60 or running the risk of getting “pwned” by a hefty copyright fine. Joshua Brodsky, a sophomore accounting major and president of SARPA, is one such person. “I mean sometimes [trade-in value is] low, but I understand it. You know, I trade a bunch of stuff I’m not using and get something that I want,” Brodsky said. While high price tags and low trade-in values may be hurting most gamers, companies like Steam offer an electronic crutch for gamer’s mana-depleted wallets. Steam, a digital distribution engine, allows gamers to purchase software directly to their hard drive for a typically lower price than their physical counterpart. It also provides avid players weekly deals on select titles. “Steam often has sales on their games,” said Stephen Ungvary, a senior psychology major. “I recently downloaded Team Fortress 2 for free and it still has a huge online component.” Whether players walk the path of impoverished gaming or outright thievery, players are always looking for the cheapest way to stay plugged in.
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Richael exemplifies what comes with buying local— not only does a business, consumer, and a distributor benefit economically, but the community itself gains tremendously— with a new sense of health and a friendlier sense of community.
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Don’t Spend on the Small Stuff LIZ WHITE Staff Writer It’s bad having to buy greasy pizza for lunch every day because it’s the only affordable food on campus. It’s worse when the mess in the toilet afterwards can’t be greeted with the soft touch of some toilet paper.
KEREN BARUCH Asst. Life Editor
Ten UB students, who remain anonymous, admit to stealing the wonder-wipes from campus in order to save a few bucks. “The Commons – they have the softest toilet paper,” one student said. “The Center for the Arts has double-ply,” said another. College is expensive. Textbooks, lab fees, meal plans, rent; students come to school with at least a vague idea of the massive amount of money they’ll need to have just to be able to pay for books and food. But it’s the small things that really get to students, those other little expenses that sneak up on one’s bank account. Fast food, clothes, restaurants, record stores, bookstores, and bars are all conveniently placed around campus, waiting to lure students in to spend their hard earned cash or the money their parents carefully deposited into their bank accounts. Weekends usually are when students spend the bulk of their money. People can spend anywhere from $20 to $50 in just three days. Spontaneous trips to the mall, going to the movies, Smirnoff and 30 racks – they all sound like fun ways to spend a Saturday. But when the money runs out, students run in to trouble. Kwasi Aduesi, a junior nursing major, can attest to that. “I spent all my money on alcohol [once]. It was my birthday weekend and I went crazy,” Aduesi said. “I spent like $300 for a party and couldn’t pay my bills for two weeks.” Aduesi used his experience as an eye opener and has learned how to save his money for necessary things, like electricity. To cut expenses, going out to eat became a once in a while occasion rather than an every day affair. And it’s not just partying that can eat up students’ cash. The Internet and a credit card is sometimes a deadly combination. “I came in with $2000 this year and I’m down to about $1000. This includes gas, groceries, books, guitar, posters, video games, going out, and clothes,” said Joe Carelli, a junior communications major. Going forward with the semester, Carelli advises one thing – avoid Amazon and websites like it. Unless you have a purpose for surfing sites with a buyinstantly button, it’s a garbage disposal for cash. One of the great things about UB, though, is that students can find something free at least once a day. The Distinguished Speaker Series, the SA Film Series, and all of the Student Life events all provide students with great entertainment for nothing but a flash of a UB card. “You go to the [Student] Union everyday at like noon, there are free things. If you go to the union every Friday at 9 p.m. there’s always a program,”
Students can save money by taking advantage of free products UB offers every day. Alexa Strudler /// The Spectrum
said Andrew Levine, a junior electrical engineering student. “Last week at Harriman Hall, they were giving out free ice cream. That was cool.” Students can cut expensive corners and save money by taking advantage of all the free things to be found on campus.
This is the money issue, and I write about sex. Put two and two together, and what do you get? No, not prostitution.
All of these toy expenses can be minimized if you shop smart or resort to boring intercourse. However, sex also comes with expenses you can’t work around.
Debt.
Number one on this list: condoms.
Behind all of the hot and steamy intercourse and the fun random nights lie expenses. Loads of money is taken out of your pockets in order to keep the sex entertaining and to keep your egg and his sperm from creating miniature versions of yourselves.
“My boyfriend drove me up [to Buffalo] and went to buy a package of condoms and they were double the price they are in [New York City],” said Sam Hochstein, a freshman communication major.
Sex gets boring sometimes, so partners may find it necessary to spice up the night with some accessories. Have no fear, though – Victoria’s Secret has a ‘Sexy Little Ballerina’ lingerie outfit on sale for $128. If that doesn’t scream ‘money-sucker,’ I don’t know what does.
Kim Cioffi, a junior sociology major, has learned where to go to get free things. Over the past two years, she has accumulated an overabundance of free T-shirts.
Don’t fret: you don’t always have to blow all of your cash so that your other blow is more enjoyable. If you’re really looking to bring zest to your sex, take a look at Spencer’s ‘Naughty’ collection.
“I don’t buy pajamas anymore. I just wear the Tshirts,” Cioffi said.
You can get a cupless bustier with garters, a gstring panty, and a thigh high set for $30.
Another item that many college students spend money on is condoms. Lucky for many students, the Wellness Center – 114 Student Union – provides free ones. And not the generic brand condoms that may break easily either. Instead they offer the real deal, Trojans and Magnums.
There are a total of 105 vibrators to choose from at Spencer’s, and if you want good stimulation just hustle up – well, your entire life savings – for the $199 Lelo ‘Sorya’ rechargeable vibrator with clitoral stimulation.
Skip the Olive Garden. Going out to eat is fun, but when it happens more than once a week, it means that money is being spent on too many frivolous activities. Budget yourself. “I definitely know how to budget my money,” said Kait C., a junior nursing major. “I check my bank account weekly. I limit myself to only spending $20 a week on my extra spending expenses. I use coupons, I compare prices, and I look at unit prices. When I go, I set a limit on how much I want to spend. I give myself a limit so I only get the bare necessities.” But those aren’t the only ways to save; some other techniques fall into the moral grey area. Students all over UB have been swiping things here and there to keep cash in their pocket. Toilet paper is the most common stolen object from campus. Of course that isn’t the only thing people use the five-finger discount on. Salt and pepper, napkins, straws, soup crackers, utensils, and even chalk that’s just a small list of things people lift. Whatever way it’s done, saving money is an important lesson for students to learn. Even if the price paid is $free.99. Email: features@ubspectrum.com
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Apparently these stores think that relieving sexual frustration is important enough to cost the same as a full month’s worth of food shopping at Wegman’s. Sextoy.com promotes vibrators for under $15, so be smart when shopping for your sex toys because there is a way to be cheap without looking cheap during intercourse. For additional flavor on your sexy night, purchase the ‘Juicy Lube Bubblegum Lubricant’ for $8 or the ‘Chocolate Delight’ lube for $4. That’s definitely a win for both parties. Guys get what they like most, oral sex, and girls get what some like
Trojan is the best selling condom in America, according to condomdusa.com, and raising the prices of its regular condoms is something that most college students simply can’t afford. Unfortunately, they’re a must for students in order to prevent pregnancies and STDs. Sacrificing something else in order to buy rubbers is probably in one’s best interest. Boys – spend your money where it’s worth being spent. The money used towards dinner and a movie before you take her home to get in her pants, might mean more to her than the handcuffs you’re about to whip out. If your wallet is not down to spending an immense amount of money on movies, dinner and dessert, find other ways to be romantic. Be creative with your date and come up with a less expensive idea; that will mean more to her than seeing you spend loads on one meal. Make her dinner and eat it at a park outside, picnic style. When you’re finished with your food, take her to a drive-through movie theater and make your own popcorn for the show. Follow that with an hour of stargazing and talking while sharing a pint of mint chocolate chip Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. I guarantee you’ll get to know each other so much more personally than you would during a steamy sex session. She may seem kinky and excited about spicing up the sex, but saving your cash for a romantic night will take a relationship a lot further than it would being spent on lingerie and sex toys.
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these costs. The team has garnered national acclaim over the past year. It was second in the American Collegiate Hockey Association, and ranked as one of the top 25 hockey club teams in the nation. Gregory Reed, treasurer of the Men’s Hockey Club, was highly critical of SA’s monetary decisions. He argues that his club should be getting a higher budget for two reasons: the cost of running the club and its recent success. “I just feel that [the men’s rugby and lacrosse clubs] get favored more,” Reed said. “They already have a field to play on when we have to pay for our ice time.” True Blue is not a member of the sports council, but it still faces some of the same problems. Its $7,600 budget forces the student fan section to lean on UB Athletics for travel expenses, advertisements, and help with True Blue Avenue. Kelsey Burglund, True Blue’s president, doesn’t like the fact that her club has to rely on alternative sources of income, but she feels there is no other choice because of the small amount of funds that are available through SA. “We get looked down on a lot, because we lean on [UB Athletics],” Burglund said. “We want to lean on SA, because it is kind of like our mom. But then we don’t get a very large budget, so we have to lean on UB Athletics.” Burglund stated that if SA were to increase True Blue’s budget to around $20,000, it would be able to throw more events and sell more merchandise. Datz is appreciative of the SA clubs’ efforts, but she reasoned that the monetary decisions are up to the senate. “When the senate is giving out money in large increments, the budget of the SA becomes disproportioned,” Datz said. “If the senate chooses to reallocate the budget in a way that takes away from the [SA Entertainment] budget, that’s fine if it’s what the senate chooses.”
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Junior defender Katie Kerr and the Bulls held Miami (OH) to its first scoreless game of the season. Porsche Jones /// The Spectrum
right now,” Thomas said. “We had all the confidence in the world that she would come in and do great, and she did.” Offensively, the Bulls were much better on Sunday than they were on Friday night in a loss to Bowling Green (4-7, 1-1 MAC), 2-1. Buffalo put up 16 shots on Sunday, with six on goal. To put that in perspective, the shots on goal equaled the total shots they took during Friday’s loss. The Bulls’ play in the midfield was spectacular and made pass after pass, to keep Miami’s defense constantly confused. As a result, there were many easy opportunities to score, but goals were hard to find during regulation thanks to missed shots and the play of Miami goalkeeper Allison Norenberg, who finished with five saves. Thompson, who was given the assist on Stahl’s goal, found ways to snake through the RedHawks’ defense. She retrieved balls off of headers time after time, despite her undersized frame. “Taylor’s physicality is tremendous,” Thomas said. “Her ability to battle between the big trees and hold the ball really was one of the difference makers in the game.” The Bulls face their first conference road tests this weekend as they visit the defending conference champions Central Michigan (7-1-1, 1-0-1 MAC) on Friday and Eastern Michigan (0-8-1, 0-2 MAC) on Sunday. The Central Michigan Chippewas are tough on defense. They have only allowed five goals on the year, but the Bulls believe that they’re up to the task. “We have been really good at keeping focused and we need to take it one game at a time,” Stahl said. “Everybody needs to step up and do what they need to do, whether it’s coming off the bench or starting. We’ve done really well at that so far in the season so we’ll just have to keep it up.” Email: sports@ubspectrum.com
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Ridiculous Movie Prices: In 3-D! JAKE KNOTT Staff Writer films released in the U.S. By December of this year, there will be 40 such films released throughout 2011.
Price of Piracy
Students choose to illegally download songs or listen to music online rather than purchase a physical copy of a CD.
VANESSA FRITH and NICOLAS PINO Arts Editors The cost of music is on the rise. The Spectrum polled 171 students on Tuesday regarding their methods of acquiring music. Of the students polled, 80 percent admitted to pirating music. However, that may be okay in iTunes’ eyes, as 82 of the 98 people who said they buy music to some extent buy it from iTunes. With the price per song ranging from 69 cents to $1.29, iTunes is a musical mogul. Yet, for those that chose to illegally acquire their favorite songs, only around 56 percent have done so in the last month. Perhaps that number would be significantly higher if the illicit, and infamous, student run DC++ hub was working this semester. Although the hub is a local and convenient way to download media illegally, there is a litany of websites – such as the Swedishbased thepiratebay.org – which allow users to obtain torrent files of anything from Kanye West to Anti-Flag. But fear not, students – you don’t have to choose to be a saint or a sinner to fill your playlist. Numerous online options can keep you wallet full and happy and are the choice of 118 polled students.
Pandora is the most limited of these options. In its free form, Pandora has the benefits of giving you a mix and introducing you to new music, but has skip limits, monthly caps, and doesn’t allow you to handpick which songs you would like to hear. Buying a subscription allows you to bypass daily skip limits, monthly caps, and eliminate ads. Better choices include Gooveshark and Spotify, both which allow you to choose exactly which songs you want and when you want to listen to them. Buying a subscription merely dissipates the ads and allows for use on mobile devices. The two sites provide different selections, allowing for competition. Other websites, including social networking paradigms Facebook and Myspace, as well as PureVolume and Last.fm, allow for free listening although their selections are quite limited. Lastly, there are those dying anachronisms where you can pick up physical copies of CDs. Retail stores, which often charge more per album then iTunes’ standard $9.99, only see a fraction of that amount as they clock in at around a third of music purchasers. Although record stores are a dwindling breed in today’s economy, they do have their draws.
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“There are a handful of people who do want to have a physical product,” said Kelly Mordaunt, a manager at the Amherst/North Buffalo branch of Record Theater. MP3s and illegal downloading have affected its sales immensely, reducing their inventory by about half and pushing sales into a slow decline, according to Mordaunt, “There’s defiantly a young clientele who shop here… [but] I tend to think college students are broke and download anyway,” Mordaunt said. Interestingly, there were 64 students who claimed to both buy and illegally download music, showing that, depending on the situation, both methods are used. “[It] depends on the band. If it’s a local band and they need the money then I’ll buy it,” said John Graff, a freshman undecided major. “If it’s some big shot that doesn’t need stuff then I’ll just take it.” Although students overwhelmingly choose to download more, and more often, there is a portion of the student body that still feels music is well worth the money.
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Nothing compares to taking a trip to a movie theater. Outside: the lights, shining bright, dazzle the eye from all around. Inside: the crowd is intense, each person waiting in line for an adventure like no other. There is so much to anticipate within a film- action, humor, horror, fantasy. But what do these excitements cost? Movie ticket prices are currently the highest they have ever been, with the U.S average increasing from $7.50 to $7.89 in just one year.
But isn’t that good? 3-D films supposedly give more bang for your buck, allowing the audience to grab a greater feel for the film. Many people sadly fall into this farce, but not me. I personally get aggravated while watching a movie that pointlessly sticks 3-D at the end of the title. Certain films use 3-D for nothing but extra gross sales, as opposed to creating an aesthetic piece of art that flows properly.
And that’s only the average. There are theaters, such as the Movieland 8 Theater in Cheektowaga, NY, that show movies roughly a month after their initial release. The cost at Movieland is $3.50 for an adult ticket, lower than half the national average.
Sure, seeing Avatar in IMAX 3-D was beyond words. A masterpiece of that magnitude deserved every cent that it earned. But finding out that Saw: The Final Chapter would be in 3-D created the worst feeling ever. I’m a die-hard fan of the Saw franchise, but defiling the final installment with this 3-D nonsense nearly ruined it for me.
I still attend the theater once a week. Movies are definitely what bring me the most enjoyment. The remarkable energy in watching a film unfold on a giant screen is all I need in my night. Watching the midnight premiere of The Dark Knight is still, and will forever remain, one of the most treasured moments of my simple life.
My advice: don’t let all of the hype persuade you. Use your judgment when deciding on going to see a 3-D movie. Avoid the extra surcharge whenever suitable. At Regal, an adult ticket for a 3-D movie will be $12 a person. Numbers add themselves up quickly, so please exercise your basic arithmetic.
But many, perhaps most people, aren’t movie-crazed like myself, and therefore don’t find watching a film satisfactory enough to pay $10 at glamorized theaters such as Regal Cinema. Currently, Regal charges $10 for one adult ticket, and $8 for a matinee showing.
Other known alternatives, like Redbox and Netflix, are amongst the most profound inventions of the current era. A movie for a buck? You can’t beat that deal. Legally.
And that’s just the beginning. You want a movie in 3-D? Tack on an extra two bills to that original price. The amount of 3-D movies is increasing annually, with no sign of slowing down. In 2010, there were 29 3-D
However, going to the theater is still a reasonable experience. Sitting and watching the cinematic events unfold before you is a remarkable thing. Movies are easy to relate to, as many people go to them.
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Two quick, sporadic thoughts on what’s happening in sports – nationally and at UB AARON MANSFIELD Senior Sports Editor The Bills aren’t the only football team in Buffalo with an astonishing record I believed the Buffalo Bulls were a MAC contender at the beginning of the season and I hold onto that belief. The teams on Buffalo's schedule – Pittsburgh, UConn, Tennessee – are the teams you watch on television. They’re the teams that compete with the nation’s best and there’s a reason for that.
Low Dough for SA Sports Clubs Some clubs feel that SA has slammed the financial door in their faces.
BRIAN JOSEPHS Sports Editor
Talk is cheap, but the Bulls verifiably could be 4-0 right now if they had caught a few breaks. I honestly believe Chazz Anderson, Branden Oliver, Alex Neutz, Marcus Rivers and Khalil Mack are as good as the top five players on any team in the MAC.
If the Student Association is the vehicle that drives the student body, then money has to be the fuel. According to some sports clubs, the tank is on empty.
I don’t expect Buffalo to defeat Tennessee, but check out what the Vols’ head coach, Derek Dooley, told the media on Monday:
SA allocated nearly $200,000 to the 30 Sports Clubs at UB this year. But some of the clubs debate whether SA knows how to distribute this large sum of money.
“[Khalil Mack] is as good as anybody we play. The production he’s had in the games, he’s a train wreck on an offense. We have to make sure he doesn’t disrupt the game.”
A number of sports clubs are struggling to maintain operation because of their small budgets. At the same time, those clubs may be the ones to blame for the financial issues. SA President JoAnna Datz stated that clubs receive their money based on whether or not they’re in compliance with the “2-2-2-2 plan.”
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The plan requires two community service events, two accounts of participation in SA-sanctioned events, two club events, and two general body meetings. In addition, the clubs themselves must raise 50 percent of total monies through fundraisers. If the club exceeds these requirements, it is eligible for a raise. A representative of the Kendo Club, who chose to remain anonymous, claims that it met all of the requirements but still got a budget cut. As a result, the club was left with $800 at its disposal for the whole year. According to the Kendo Club representative, the club put in a request to review the budget earlier this year. However, the request was completely ignored when the new SA board came into office, leaving the Kendo Club without extra aid, according to the representative.
“There was nothing we could do,” the representative said. “I asked SA and they said they’re not in charge of [the 2011-12] club budget. I asked who is in charge of that and they said the senate is. I asked if I can go to the senate and they said yeah, but they’re not going to give you any money.” SA has a different take on the situation. Datz said that the Kendo club didn’t meet the necessary requirements. When she called for a meeting with the club’s executive board, she only saw one member of the e-board show up and Datz wasn’t satisfed with his answers. “I asked what community service did you do,” Datz said. “They said ‘Well, I think we did [one].’ Then I asked what else did you do, and that was it.”
The Kendo Club representative said that there was no such meeting and they indeed met the requirements. “We raised twice our budget,” the representative said. “We also had two events for community service, and on top of that we had an extra two [events] for SA.” The Kendo Club has the fourth lowest budget of any club on the sports council. The club still has to contend with its low budget regardless, of its communication issues with SA. The Men’s Hockey Club is in good favor with SA, but still has money issues. The expenses of equipment maintenance, ice time at the Northtown Center, and travel fees force the club to spend $80,000-90,000 a year. As a result, each of the club’s 28 members is forced to pay $1,300 to help finance
Bulls Clip Hawks in Extra Time The defense picked the perfect time to flex its muscles, shutting down a potent Miami (OH) team that’s leading the MAC in goals this year with 20. The RedHawks had only one shot on goal in the first half and four total shots in the game.
Stahl was commended for her heroics in the game.
After a poor start to the 2011 Mid-American Conference campaign, the women’s soccer team was determined not to relive its abysmal 2010 season. Senior forward Aubrey Stahl rose to the challenge. She capped off her weekend with a game-winning goal in extra time as Buffalo (8-2-0, 1-1-0 MAC) defeated Miami (Ohio) (6-3-0, 1-1-0 MAC) by a score of 1-0. The Bulls have already bested their conference mark from last year, when they went winless. In fact, the 1-0 victory was the first MAC win for the Bulls since they defeated Northern Illinois, 2-0 on October 11, 2009. The eight wins so far have matched their win total from the last three seasons combined. Their 8-2-0 record is also the best since the 1999 season, when they started off the season 13-1-1.
“Aubrey has it in her to be one of the most prolific scorers in the conference,” said head coach Michael Thomas. “We always felt that it was just getting that first goal [on Friday] and then Aubrey was going to do big things.” Stahl’s goal in the second minute of extra time came off a turnover by the RedHawks at midfield. Junior forward Taylor Thompson took control of the ball and immediately passed it to a streaking Stahl, who took advantage of the sleeping RedHawks ‘D’ for the goal. “Taylor made a great play making that tackle, and I really had the easy part,” Stahl said. “I had a bit of a slow start [on the season] but I'm really starting to get my feet under me.” Stahl’s goal was her second of the season.
The Bulls held the Hawks’ Kelsey Dinges, Jess Kodiak and Kayla Zakrzewski – three of the top 10 goal scorers in the MAC – to only two shots on goal during the game. This also marks the first time all season that the RedHawks have been shut out. Thomas remarked on how his team was motivated by its loss in the conference opener. “Miami’s one of the best teams in the conference and they’re just a class act,” Thomas said. “The kids were very up for this game after the way Friday ended and knowing that they were facing one of the best teams. This game was reflective of that.”
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The hero of the game at goalkeeper was a surprising one. Sophomore goalie Ainsley Wheldon had to come out of the game after 70 minutes because of an undisclosed illness. Freshman goalkeeper McKenzie White took her spot despite having only 5 minutes of NCAA experience under her belt. She was challenged immediately. A shot in the 76th minute by Miami midfielder Sydney Busch went wide to the left side of the goal. Then, in the 80th minute, Kodiak lined up what looked to be an easy header off a pass from about five feet out of goal. McKenzie, reacting quickly, made the save of the game as she moved to her left to snag the ball out of the air. McKenzie picked up two saves, a team shutout, and the first win of her young career. “McKenzie has been training at an extremely high level; she just has the misfortune of playing behind somebody who is nationally ranked in shutouts
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The Green Behind the Blue and White AARON MANSFIELD Senior Sports Editor
Where’s the money come from?
Such is not the case at UB.
$1.1 million – ticket sales
Money brought in via ticket sales: Men’s sports: $1,003,075.04 Women’s sports: $107,285.37
$7.4 million – student fees $10 million – institutional support UB also receives money from donors, opposing athletic teams, the NCAA, program sales, athletic camps, and various other sources. Total operating revenue: $25,385,008.73 Where’s the money go? $6.2 million – student-athlete aid $3.6 million – coaching salaries $4.4 million – support staff/administrative salaries (e.g. football secretary, athletic trainer) $2.4 million – team travel $2.6 million – equipment, uniforms, supplies UB also spends money on recruiting, game day expenses, fundraising, medical expenses, and several other services.
Of the above figures, $894,101.86 of the revenue from men’s sports comes from the football team’s ticket sales. Revenue brought in from away games: Men’s sports: $519,700 Women’s sports: $0 Contributions from donors: Men’s sports: $116,534.74 Women’s sports: $11,742.03 What’s more important – rowing or men’s basketball?
Bulls Shine Through Rainy Weekend BRIAN JOSEPHS Sports Editor The rainy weather made for undesirable conditions for the men’s tennis team in the opening day of the UB Invitational. However, Buffalo still found a way to shine throughout the weekend. The Bulls hosted St. Bonaventure, Kennesaw State, and Niagara for their only home meet of the fall season. Buffalo flourished against the visiting competition, and ended the three-day event with five championships. Junior Vusa Hove was outstanding throughout the weekend, and went undefeated in both singles and doubles matches. His performance earned him a championship in the C singles draw and the A doubles draw. Hove didn’t drop any sets in his singles matches. He took his first match against Kennesaw State’s Tyler Mills, 7-6, 6-4, and went on to defeat Ni-
Money spent on camps: Men’s basketball: $34,659.83 Rowing: $67.94
Total operating expenses: $25,382,088.33 Just how much more money does Buffalo make off men’s sports than women’s?
Cost of equipment, uniforms, and supplies: Men’s basketball: $34,659.83 Rowing: $36,737.59
Everyone knows women’s sports are significantly less popular across the country than men’s sports. However, with the surge of the women’s World Cup team and the UConn women’s basketball team in recent years, you’d expect the disparity between men’s and women’s sports to be shrinking.
Cost of team travel: Men’s basketball: $165,326.42 Rowing: $185,931.62 Miscellaneous operating expenses: Men’s basketball: $12,262.10 Rowing: $22,280.04
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The junior explained the importance of the team’s intensity. “You can’t treat any match like it’s small, you have to keep playing at [a high] level,” Hove said. “The energy is real good on the team and personally I feel really confident. That helped me play well.” Freshman Damien David also went unbeaten last weekend. David defeated Kennesaw State’s Louis Theodor, 6-2, 6-2, Niagara’s Brandon Gallegos, 6-3, 6-1, and St. Bonaventure’s Luis Guevara, 6-1, 6-1, to win the B Singles Draw Championship. David also joined forces with Hove to dominate the A doubles draw. After beating Kennesaw State, 8-4, Hove and David dominated Niagara and St. Bonaventure and held the two doubles teams to just one point. Senior Wojceich Starakiewicz made up for his one loss in doubles with the weekend’s most dominating performance in singles. Starakiewicz started strong with a 6-3, 6-3 rout of Kennesaw State’s Simon Janik. He then dismantled Niagara’s Matt Kane, 6-1, 6-1, and St. Bonaventure’s Elliot Fanshel, 6-0, 6-2.
The obvious answer is the latter. Men’s basketball brings in the second-most money and publicity among sports at UB. The university and its sports fans clearly know which is more important:
It should be noted that there are only 15 men’s basketball players, while there are 77 rowers, but the numbers still might shock you.
agara’s Joe Zelic 6-1, 6-1. He capped off his weekend with a 6-3, 6-4 win over St. Bonaventure Oscar Yanez.
Head coach Lee Nickell was impressed with Starakiewicz’s performance. “He really showed us something this weekend in terms of how dominant he was,” Nickell said. “In terms of being prepared going into the [ITA Regionals] in a couple of weeks, I think this was the exact tournament he needed and he really stepped up and did a great job.” Sophomore Travis Zappia came away with a championship in the G singles draw. Zappia defeated Niagara’s Matt Bojanowski and St. Bonaventure’ Mihai Ene with ease. He took both of the sets 6-0, 6-1. Jason Shkodnik won his matches against St. Bonaventure last Sunday. Satsuki Aoi /// The Spectrum
Nickell is proud of his team’s accomplishments so far, and considered this
to be the strongest start to a season in his three years of coaching at Buffalo. “The guys stepped up this weekend and dominated teams that they should’ve,” Nickell said. “We’re at the point where we’re expecting to go in and dominate our opponents. That’s what we’ve been working for these past few years.” Not everything went as planned during the weekend. Rain forced the Bulls to delay their play and move their match against Kennesaw State to the indoor Miller Tennis Center on Friday. Buffalo won most of the matches, but ended up playing the Owls until 1 a.m. The Bulls experienced slight fatigue when they faced off against Niagara back at the Ellicott Tennis Center at noon on Saturday. Buffalo showed its resilience that afternoon, and took five of the eight singles matches and split the four doubles matches with the Purple Eagles. Nickell admitted that it wasn’t his team’s best performance, but he praised his team’s endurance. “It wasn’t our best tennis by any means,” Nickell said. “But we fought through the bad things that we were doing and we found a way to win. That’s what good teams do.” Buffalo bookended the weekend by winning all 10 of its matches against St. Bonaventure on Sunday. Sophomore Jason Shkodnik, who was sidelined with a groin injury on Saturday, provided one of the weekend’s more thrilling moments in his match against St. Bonaventure’s Trevor Haskell. Shkodnik took the first set 6-0 before Haskell responded with a shutout of his own the next set. Shkodnik pulled through in the end at took the final set 11-9 in a tiebreak. The Bulls will have two weeks to prepare for the ITA Regional Championships. The tournament is scheduled for Oct. 13-18.
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