The Spectrum Volume 62 Issue 12

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Volume 62 No. 12

Friday, September 28, 2012

Cyber security students receive $1.6 million grant Story on page 4

Sledding to Connecticut

Story on page 10

UB celebrates Bruce Jackson’s excellence in the arts New annual tribute at UB selects Jackson as its first choice LISA KHOURY Senior News Editor

Satsuki Aoi /// The Spectrum

Most UB professors have narrow subjects of expertise. Damien Keane teaches Irish writing, transnational modernism and sound. Ruth Mack is an 18thcentury British literature expert. Hershini Young specializes in contemporary Black Diasporic literature.

Bruce Jackson doesn’t have a Ph.D. He considers himself a storyteller; he takes photos of death row inmates and doesn’t use textbooks in class. He’s a SUNY distinguished English professor, is married to a former nun and has published 32 books.

He thinks UB could use more freethinkers like himself. The university is too rigid and technical and is not focusing enough on the arts the way it is on the sciences, he said.

On Friday afternoon, Jackson was honored for his worldwide accomplishments during a special tribute, “A Celebration of the Arts to Honor Bruce Jackson: Working in Time,” which was held in Slee Hall.

He received the honor his way, not the standard academic way.

There were no dry speeches. Instead, he and his artist friends put on a show. Da-

vid Felder showed his multimedia piece, A Garland for Bruce, with a cello performance

by Jonathan Golove. Fredrick Wiseman, a famous filmmaker, came from Paris to show one of Jackson’s favorite films, Crazy Horse.

Jackson himself showcased images from his forthcoming book about capital punishment in Texas and Arkansas.

“I thought it would be good to try to remind people what a strong artistic background [UB] had not too long ago and maybe to suggest we start building that up again,” Jackson said.

His wife, Diane Christian, who went from the convent to UB in 1970 and is now also a distinguished professor, spoke about Jackson’s artistic background both at UB and worldwide.

Jackson’s fingerprints are all over campus. He’s been at UB for 45 years and teaches in numerous departments and graduate programs – including law, sociology, and architecture. He has served on multiple committees, including the search for the new provost and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

Although Jackson was once in UB’s faculty senate, along with the provost search committee and dean of arts and sciences search committee, he is less active now. But he still remains a vital figure on and off campus.

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Bruce Jackson speaks at the celebration to honor his work held on Sept. 21 at Slee Hall.

UPDATE: Students in alleged drug ring attend court Four UB students and three others to have second hearing in October LISA KHOURY Senior News Editor Four UB students went to Buffalo City Court on Thursday for an attorney appearance and felony hearing after police found $64,000 in cash, 9 pounds of marijuana, 8 ounces of ecstasy and a half-ounce of cocaine in their University Heights home – 51 W. Northrup Place.

Last Friday night, Andrew Pawluk, 21; Anthony Argiros, 22; Mark Harding, 21; and Ruben Abramov, 22 – along with non-UB students Brennon Hall, 25, Joseph Mruk, 25, and Jonathan Ho, 23 – were arrested and charged with criminal possession of marijuana, criminal possession of a controlled substance and use of drug paraphernalia.

At court, the individuals were told to come back for a felony hearing on Oct. 23 at 9:30 a.m. All persons have received bail except Hall and Mruk, who are still in jail.

Chief of University Police Gerald Schoenle said the BPD “pretty much put these kids out of business.”

The BPD also found business ledgers that kept track of the drug sales, indicating the drug circle was a “well-organized enterprise,” according to The Buffalo News.

Two students, who asked to remain anonymous, confirmed the arrested students are in an off-campus fraternity. Affiliation with off-campus fraternities is a violation of the UB Student Code of Conduct and students who participate in them are at risk of suspension and/or expulsion, according to the Greek Affairs website.

BPD Spokesman Michael J. DeGeorge said the police are still investigating whether the students were involved in a fraternity.

DeGeorge said he does not yet know what is going to happen to the students’ living situa-

tion, but generally if there is a problem in property or police action takes place at a certain address, the police can work with the landlord to evict residents if necessary.

Northeast District Officers Robert Becerril and Christina Colosimo arrested the individuals on Friday, Sept. 21. The city officers originally tagged a vehicle illegally parked in front of the W. Northrup Place home. When the car still wasn’t moved 45 minutes later, they walked to the back of the house, searching for the vehicle’s owner. The officers saw an open door with a view of the living room and through it saw drugs and money. They then obtained a search warrant.

The BPD has jurisdiction over South Campus’ surrounding streets; UPD, for the most part, does not. Because of its crime rate, the UPD began a joint bike control with BPD two years ago in an attempt to add more officers to Main Street.

Just last weekend, BPD increased patrol on Winspear Avenue because of two incidents in early September that could be tied to fraternity rivalries, according to DeGeorge.

One of the students who was arrested on Friday asked the officers if the drug charges would hurt his chances of getting into law school, according to The Buffalo News.

The BPD didn’t have an answer, but police believe the arrest will help restore order to the rowdiness in the University Heights, which occurs particularly in the beginning and end of the academic school year, according to The Buffalo News.

See page 7: SA treasurer holds meeting to address South Campus crime

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Adrien D’Angelo /// The Spectrum

World-renowned jam band Lotus visited Buffalo's Town Ballroom on Thursday and Friday, and the band did not disappoint.

Sold out splendor Lotus dazes Town Ballroom ADRIEN D’ANGELO Arts Editor The ring of the subway and roar of sirens cast over the fluttering lights of Buffalo’s entertainment district. A few die-hard fans wait in the sharp air that bites through their jingle-skirts, peacock hats and hemp shoes.

Eric “Starchild,” Elmwood’s famous jewelry salesman, is out early tonight.

“Do you want to buy some jewelry I made?” Starchild asks a grey-haired man who is eyes-deep in his Blackberry. The man waves in protest.

It’s 40 minutes before the doors open, and security is turning ticketless fans away as the staff sets up barrier gates. The venue’s

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1,000-person capacity will reach its limit; the show is already sold out.

This was the scene on Friday at the Town Ballroom as MNM Presents hosted its second installment (the first coming on Thursday) of international touring jam band Lotus. The band brought its lavish melodic phrasing, an aggravated electronic funk dynamic and simplistic-yet-enticing dance force. Rochester DJ Papi Chulo, who opened the show, joined Lotus in invigorating a ballroom filled to the brim.

Papi Chulo’s primary flavors included dubstep, electronica, breakbeat and triphop. He began playing to a mere 50 people.

However, Chulo’s crowd started filling in toward the end of his set. Once the crowd was 350-deep, Chulo took the microphone and segued into Cypress Hill’s “I Wanna Get High.”

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Arts & Entertainment 6

Classifieds & Daily Delights 9

Sports 10

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Breaking Buffalo

Spectrum editors pick Viewing the drug bust from the student perspective the games When a drug bust occurs, there are two ways the community reacts: Praise of the police and gratitude for making the streets cleaner and safer Snide remarks Four UB students living in University Heights were arrested this weekend and accused of running a drug ring. Buffalo Police walked away with $64,000 in cash, nine pounds of marijuana, eight ounces of ecstasy, and a half-ounce of cocaine. The students in question were in court Thursday and face serious legal consequence.

Yet the reaction by many, especially those of student age, was “Only $64,000? That’s nothing.”

Perhaps we’ve sat in on one too many viewings of Breaking

Bad, but it appears we have become not only desensitized but also apathetic. For us, it’s all fun and games until somebody gets caught.

The bust is indubitably a serious situation, but that doesn’t mean we take it seriously. The student community and younger generation can’t react the same way the rest of the community does. It’s become too common to actually have any kind of impact or shock value, so jokes are made and deals are ignored.

The Buffalo News used terms like “major drug ring” and “enterprise” to describe what was going on inside of 51 W. Northrup Place. We don’t look at these kids as drug lords like one typically would associate with a drug ring. They were our age: 21 and 22 years old. They are classmates, friends and colleagues.

And to us, they were dumb kids who were probably just desperate enough to need the extra cash and pay off college debt, not looking to run Buffalo’s drug industry.

Buffalo Police want it to be taken seriously. They believe the bust will help restore some of the order in the University Heights. Out of all the issues down in the Heights, though, this is not the one that will restore order, no matter how much BPD wants it to be. Students and residents living there know there is so much more work that needs to be done. Until then, it’s just one more issue that will get shrugged off until the bigger issues are taken care of.

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Nate Smith (2-1), Senior Sports Editor

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Some restrictions may apply ID laws further isolate voters

There’s a little over a month to go until Election Day, and voters will spend the weeks leading up to it making their final decision for the ballot.

For 21 million people, that decision won’t matter.

According to a recent study from New York University’s Brennan Center, 11 percent of voting-age citizens lack necessary photo ID, and for voters in states that enforce voter ID laws, it’s either flash that photo or get out of the voting booth.

If states are going to decide to enforce these restrictions, then there need to be programs to counteract them and help people get the necessary qualifications.

If you can’t do that, then the laws need to go.

The last-ditch effort to control this year’s election is not going unnoticed or undebated (Pennsylvania ID laws are currently being contested in state court). Backers of the bills clearly want to make sure another Election 2008 doesn’t happen. At

least 180 restrictive bills in 41 states were introduced at the beginning of 2011.

Of course, it’s a constant attempt to deal with claims of rampant voter fraud and illegal voting from people coming across the border. Instead it just hits hard here at home. Several reports place as many as 10 million minority voters currently out of luck when Nov. 6 rolls in and as many as 700,000 minority voters under the age of 30.

ID laws are not an absurd idea by any means and, in the long run, might actually be a good idea. But there are facts about those 21 million people that are being ignored. For instance, that number doesn’t just include the immigrants the advocates of the restrictions are so intent on weeding out; it also includes lowincome and elderly persons.

The laws have more of an impact than the fraud itself: further alienating voters that actually depend on a certain person getting elected. If nothing else, the campaigning candidates

don’t have to worry about making alienating gaffes anymore; the government is more than willing to do the work for them.

As for fraud cases in the country, there is no concrete number. A study last month from News21 found 2,068 cases of alleged election fraud since 2000.

Many of those fraud cases were committed by elected officials.

The only way you can guarantee fairness if restrictions stay in place is to help those who are eligible for identification but don’t have a way to get it. People want to vote, and 56.8 percent turned up for the 2008 election to prove that. You have to give people the opportunity to be able to, though.

The restrictions can be enforced – and fairly if done correctly – but not by method of sneak attack like state officials are playing now.

Jon Gagnon (1-2), Asst. Sports Editor

Buffalo

Joe Konze (2-1), Asst. Sports Editor

UConn

Brian Josephs (1-2), Senior Managing Editor

Buffalo

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The house Warde built MEG LEACH Staff Writer As the Bulls move to take on the Big East’s University of Connecticut this weekend, I find my mind does not focus on the familiar thrill of game day or the dread of playing an elite school.

Rather, I find myself worrying we will disappoint not the fans or the ESPN3 viewers, but someone bigger than that.

Just as an apprentice fears disappointing a mentor, there’s something much more sensitive on the line in Storrs, Conn.

Earlier this year, the athletics department found itself without its mentor. In mid-February, Athletic Director Warde Manuel left the Bulls to take the same job at UConn.

His mission in Storrs is much like the mission he had when he came to UB seven years ago. The basketball team is struggling academically. There

is work to be done to make UConn better than before.

The news of the change of employment was raw for many fans who upheld the AD with pride and reverie.

He came and reformed a perpetually struggling UB program. He started with academics and moved outward.

Manuel ensured the athletes focused on the “student” side of “student-athlete” and pushed them to achieve higher standards in education.

Before he came to the university, four sports were struggling to meet the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate cut score at 925.

The year before he left, 10 sports were above 975.

He wanted to engage the Bulls in the community and brought them outside UB to have an impact on the City of Buffalo as a whole. He pushed the whole sports department to take on a responsibility to better the world. The department completed 2,500 community service hours annually.

But those feel like small accomplishments compared to what he gave to the fans.

On a cold day in Jan. 2009, fans streamed over the border and into the Rogers Center in Toronto, Ontario to witness the first bowl game in Buffalo’s Division I history.

The game lives in lore now. Not many students on campus today will remember that game or will remember how the Bulls fought to end the first half with a three-point lead. Not many know the joy of the accomplishment, mixed with the acute burn of a 38-20 defeat.

All at the hands of the Connecticut Huskies. How ironic.

The success of the triumphant 2008 season can be attributed to many things. Fans can give credit to former head coach Turner Gill, who had built the program to this great crescendo.

Or perhaps a strong team, led by Drew Willy at quarterback and powered by the speed of James Starks, who ran for a touchdown in that game.

But perhaps the truth is much more sublime.

Perhaps that season started with a challenge. A challenge to be better.

A challenge to be a bigger part of the

community, a better scholar, a better athlete.

Manuel built upon this foundation and took UB on the ride of its life. In the changes he made to the university, he gave us more than a great program.

He gave the Bulls, True Blue and the UB community hope. A reason to Bullieve.

When we head to UConn on Saturday, I hope he sees much more than two teams on the field. I hope the love he feels for the Bulls, although different now, is still as strong as it was when he was our AD. I hope he feels the same pride he felt last March standing courtside in Cleveland as the men’s basketball team took on Ohio in the MidAmerican Conference Tournament semifinal. He wasn’t AD then, but he must have known this was a culmination of what he started.

I hope he sees we succeed today, because we live in the house that Warde built.

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Cyber security students receive $1.6 million grant RACHEL RAIMONDI Staff Writer Al Katerinksy’s service in the army has ended but he still protects his country.

His battles take place in the cyber world.

Katerinsky received a Scholarship for Service (SFS) award through UB’s Center of Excellence in Information Systems Assurance Research and Education (CEISARE) in 2008 – the first time UB received the prestigious award. To him, it was a miracle.

“I had wanted to go back to school for 27 years,” said Katerinsky, now a security research analyst at the Federal Trade Commission. “When I got an invitation to join the program, I wrote back: ‘Don’t put anything you love between me and the door.

I’ll be right there.’”

The opportunity changed his life.

The scholarship, which has now been awarded for a second time to UB by the National Science Foundation, gives graduate students a full ride while they learn how to protect the United States from cyber attacks. The five-year, $1.6 million grant came into effect this August and will go to the education of 16 students.

Each student receives a $25,000 stipend so they don’t have to balance work with school.

The students are each also given $12,000 tuition and $3,000 for books, travel and health insurance. In return, students must work in a federal government agency for two years after graduation.

However, for Katerinsky, the best part was still being able to protect his country and fellow citizens.

According to Dr. Shambhu Upadhyaya, the program’s director: “One day, outside forces may attack our critical infrastructure in cyber terrorism. Experts are saying now that the next 9/11 may not be a physical blow. It could be the bringing down of critical infrastructure that could create havoc.”

Critical infrastructure, such as banks, the stock market, electrical power grids and telephone systems could all be at risk, according to Upadhyaya.

Upadhyaya said the vitality of these systems is the reason the SFS program was created. The need for individuals with cybersecurity training has increased dramatically since 2000.

In 2008, after applying three times for the competitive grant, UB was awarded $860,000 to support 10 students. The graduates went on to work for the Federal Trade Commission, National Security Agency, Central Intelligence Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Security Exchange Commission and the Office of Inspector General.

To prepare students for careers in these agencies, the scholarship program offers a choice of two tracks: technical and managerial. Although one is defined by the Computer Science and Engineering department and the other by the department of Management Science and Systems, both have significant security content.

Each track requires 14 to 15 credit hours of lectures and lab sessions, as well as a summer internship.

“That’s what you talk about in interviews and how you gauge what you want to do,” said Daniel Megalo, a former student on the technical track. “In the classes they teach, like cryptography and network security. The labs and homework are geared toward

hands-on support you’ll do in your career.”

Katerinsky, who participated in the managerial track, said he learned more in his courses than he ever did in 25 years of working in the business world.

“The courses explained things that I knew the names of and kind of how they worked, but I didn’t really understand until I was shown them in a broad, systematic way of how and why that business world works the way it does,” he said.

By graduation, each student will have the tools and skills to land almost any cyber security job, according to Upadhyaya. But, surprising to Upadhyaya, recruiting participants is not always easy.

Upadhyaya speculates this is due in part to the two-year requirement of working for the government after graduation.

Students are hesitant to apply for something they are not completely sure of, he said.

“You need to find the right students with the right mentality,” Upadhyaya said. “Specifically, they need to see it as an opportunity rather than an obligation.

When the two years of service are up, the student has the choice to leave for companies such as Google and Microsoft. However, about 75 percent remain in their departments.”

Megalo, who has been an IT specialist in the Office of Inspector General since fall 2011, said: “I’m definitely staying in the federal government. It’s an amazing opportunity. If you’re someone who is serious about cyber security and information assurance and wants to help the government, there is no better opportunity.”

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Continued from page 1: UB celebrates Bruce Jackson’s excellence in the arts A mixture of Santa Claus and Grizzly Adams, Jackson has tremendous presence and charm. Christian calls him “sexy.”

Jackson is something of an accidental professor. He stumbled into comparative literature at Rutgers in the late ’50s, fell in love with it and earned an MA in comparative literature at Indiana University.

He was then chosen among seven others to join the Society of Fellows at Harvard. There, he was allowed to study whatever he wanted for three years. He never had to report to anyone about it, had no teaching responsibilities and all his expenses were paid. To him, that’s much better than a Ph.D. “It was the luckiest break of my life,” Jackson said.

For four years (Harvard gave him an extra year) he did field work in folklore and prisons, recorded music and made a film with Pete Seeger about convict work songs – which was nominated for a Grammy Award.

“But what was great about it was it didn’t force me to settle down into one department,” Jackson said. “And so that continued when I came over here. Buffalo didn’t force me to settle down in one department, either.”

His big complaint about UB now is the English and art departments are becoming too technical. When he started in 1967, he remembers a freewheeling time when people could merge into all different departments. He laments that loss and thinks it’s a big loss to academia and to students. People have been much more rigid and career-oriented.

He said UB should hire more people like him, whose work can cross into other departments and cross into the real world to create a vibrant community that students can grow in.

“I think we need more really top people in art, in music, in media, in theatre and in writing,” Jackson said. “We had them in the ’60s. We made a concerted effort to get them, and I’d love to see us make the same the same kind of concerted effort to do it again. We do that in the sciences, but I don’t think we do it in the arts.”

Cristianne Miller, the head of the English Department, said her department had twice the amount of faculty members in the ’60s than it does now.

The English Department has very few opportunities to hire, and when it does it strives to hire both creative and critical professors, according to Miller.

“Bruce is one of the most productive faculty members in this department,” Miller said. “The fact that he is celebrated in multiple fields is also unusual … very few people excel in one of those fields, let alone at so many.”

Aside from UB, Jackson was president of the American Folklore Society; editor of Journal of American Folklore; member of the board of directors then chairman of the board of the American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress; member of the board of directors and vice-chairman of the Market Arcade Film and Arts Center in Buffalo.

He was also a member of the editorial board of Inter-Nord, a journal published in Paris. The French government honored him in 2002 as Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and again in 2012 as Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite – two highly regarded national awards.

He keeps himself informed about what’s going at the university, including the recent fracking controversy that’s erupted on campus. He feels publications are implying UB’s guilty, but he hasn’t heard anything evidentiary dishonest about UB. He would like to see the issue explored “intelligently, fairly and ethically.”

Jackson’s English professorship has the same roots it did when he was hired 45 years ago.

Just as the New York City native made his own rules as a kid exploring the subway, he continues on his own path within UB – going wherever his academic vision takes him.

Jackson is very important to the English Department for its creative, artistic and critical reputation, according to Miller.

“He’ll be impossible to replace.”

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UBCS Fall 2012 Group Counseling Schedule All of the groups below are scheduled in Richmond unless noted otherwise for that day.

All groups require a completed Initial Assessment at UB Counseling Services. If you would like to schedule an Initial Assessment, please call Counseling Services at 716-645-2720 or visit wellness.buffalo.edu/center for more information.

Motivated for Change

Thursdays 1:00pm - 2:30pm (Richmond) A semi-structured group for students who want to change a particular habit or behavior and have found it difficult to identify or take the necessary steps to do so. This group will explore factors interfering with students’ ability to change, assessing their desire, need, confidence, and reasons to change, and identifying the steps needed to make and maintain that change.

Finding Life Beyond Trauma

Tuesdays 3pm-4:30pm. (Richmond) This is not a group that will ask its members to disclose the details of traumatic events from their lives. Rather, the group is intended to provide a safe place for members of all genders to learn skills to manage the effects of trauma(s), whether the trauma(s) happened last week or many years ago. The group aims to break the cycle of one’s past haunting the present. Our intention is to accomplish this by utilizing skills that allow group members to live a life dictated by the individual group members’ values rather than dictated by symptoms created by events from the past. This group can be helpful to individuals who have experienced any type of trauma(s), including (but not limited to) childhood abuse, an accident, domestic/relationship violence, an assault, etc.

120 Richmond Quad 716-645-2720

Buffalo, NY 14261

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Peaceful Mind

Thursdays 3 pm. - 4:30 pm.

(Richmond) An 8 session structured, psycho-educational group that provides relaxation and coping skills to decrease stress and anxiety and improve emotional well-being.

Coping Skills Training Group

Thursdays 1:30 pm. - 3:00 pm. (Michael Hall) Fridays 1:30pm - 3:00pm. (Michael Hall) A structured group to increase coping skills including mindfulness, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness and distress tolerance.

Graduate/Non-traditional Student Group Wednesdays 3:30pm.- 5:00pm (Richmond)

A group that explores special issues faced by graduate and nontraditional students.

Connections

Mondays 2:00 - 3:30 pm.

Wednesdays1:30 pm. - 3:00 pm (Richmond) A place to learn about self and relationships. This is a group for all students regardless of age or gender.

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DEEP # Thoughts Foreplay KEREN BARUCH Life Editor The lights are off, the sex playlist is on, and – BAM – you’re ready for him to enter you and thrust so hard your bed frame chips the paint off your wall. That’s usually the play-by-play of a steamy sex session, right?

Wrong.

Foreplay is extremely important. According to menshealth.com, women can take up to 40 minutes to orgasm. There are many women who fake climaxing because they feel bad taking so long when they know a guy can finish in minutes. Many girls don’t finish because their guys jump straight into the sex; they don’t try to pleasure them beforehand.

We all know you can’t pour pasta into a pot and expect it to cook if the water isn’t boiled yet. So why do so many guys assume girls are ready to go as soon as the lights are off?

Guys, it’s time you treat us more like you treat your spaghetti. Wait for us to get hot and soaked, taste us to make sure we’re just right, and then finish us off.

Tell her you have all night to tease her – this is a great way to let her know you’re not there to get it in and peace out; you’re there to get her wet and let her enjoy herself before you actually enter her.

Debby Herbenick, a sex advice columnist and science researcher, says: “The better you convey not just tolerance for a lengthy buildup but also appreciation of her sexual pleasure – orgasm or not – the easier it will be for her to unwind and explode.”

Once you get her in your bed, take your time teasing her and turning her on. As tempting as it may be to rip off all of her clothing and feel her naked body against yours – don’t. Instead, remove her clothing slowly – one article at a time, giving every inch of her the attention it deserves.

Begin by taking off her shirt and touching her everywhere except her breasts. Eventually, remove her bra and kiss her from her naval up to her chest. Pay special attention her nipples (it’s underrated how sensitive they can be), all while taking breaks to kiss her lips.

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Breaking News: cops useless, chivalry dead LYZI WHITE Life Editor This past weekend, the streets of the University Heights were filled with kids getting drunk, kids acting out scenes from Reefer Madness, kids throwing sucker punches at unsuspecting students and cops patrolling the streets throwing tickets in the air, making it rain.

Basically, it was the same things that happen every weekend.

UB and Buffalo Police showcased their utter lack of skill, concern and common sense as they lurked around Winspear blindly choosing which house party they wanted to break up.

After deciding on the party that would probably lead to the most arrests – and therefore more tickets and a full quota – they attempted to kick the door in (unsuccessfully, as they took a tumble into the house).

In an attempt to maintain their authority, they immediately shoved their flashlights into the party-goers’ eyes and started running around, punching and kicking red Solo cups out of students’ hands.

“I was really inspired by Super Troopers,” said Gary Albanese, a UB police officer. “Farva is just an inspiration, the way he connects with people and how committed and respectable he is. I just try to be him.”

Albanese and his three fellow police officers, instead of watching out for the horde of students leaving the house, spent an hour inspecting the house, finding ways to assert their power and “Chuck Norris skills.”

As Albanese continued searching the house, kids leaving the party took advantage of the cops’ lack of acknowledgement (or concern) about any actual crimes or fights happening right outside.

Josephine Doe, a junior communication major, was particularly thrilled that she could illustrate how tough she was.

Doe and her fellow 13 friends ran after a smaller group of girls, harassing and yelling at their backs, as the small group tried to ignore them. Ironically, while calling their adversaries sluts, whores and other terms for loose women, Doe and friends were out that night celebrating their recently acquired penis flyer miles.

“What better way to showcase how big and tough we are then to get a group of 14 girls together and harass six girls on their way home?” Doe asked.

Doe and the other 13 girls proceeded to show how awesome and badass they are by attacking the straggler of their enemy’s group with a courageous sucker punch to the back of her head. But the girl deserved it, according to Doe, with all of the provocation she was throwing the group’s way by sprinting away as fast as she could.

Police were on the scene of the incident completely by accident. While looking to fulfill their ticket quota by breaking up parties and handing out parking tickets – with dreams of their pensions filling their minds – they saw the “fight” occur.

In order to protect their freshly dry-cleaned uniforms and stay out of the scuffle, the cops parked their car at the end of the street to see how things would play out.

“It’s our job to protect the students living in the heights and after much speculation, we’ve decided the best way to do that is to break up frat parties,” Albanese said.

Meanwhile, in his peripheral vision, Albanese refused to acknowledge two kids getting jumped by a group of 15 – the victim ended up in the hospital, while the attackers went off to brag about how they won a fight one against five.

“I value UB police so much,” said Terry Landin, sophomore exercise science major. “Last year I was viciously attacked by a rampaging man who smoked like one-tenth of a gram of marijuana.

As he was munching down on his 7-11 hot dog, he just was filled with so much energy that he beat me to a bloody pulp.

Thank goodness the cops are focusing on busting weed dealers. Finally I can feel safe in the Heights once again.”

Now students must face the fact: chivalry is dead. Fair fights ended when challenging someone to fisticuffs went out of style.

Chivalry has been jumped, sucker punched, gutted and stomped on until, finally, it died on the streets of the University Heights.

Both UB and Buffalo Police assisted in its death, claiming the “son of a b*tch deserved it,” as it tried to tell them how to do their job protecting and serving the community.

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Mr. MFN eXquire (right), pictured with his hype man, wowed the crowd at Buffalo's Soundlab on Saturday night.

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It was hard to believe there was a concert going on at Soundlab.

The first noticeable attribute of the venue was the black-and-white tiled floor where over 100 people should have stood.

The second eye-catching feature was the movie screen on stage that depicted women indulging in promiscuous behavior and skateboarding among a variety of clips, all while the words TOATS ORIG. – a blog group – flashed on the screen.

Last Saturday, gritty Brooklynite Mr. MFN eXquire was set to headline with two openers, but on this night there was a little set back due to time management.

Even though key people like the promoter were late, fans didn’t seem distraught. DJs hopped on their turntables during the wait, prompting everybody in attendance to dance.

The atmosphere at Soundlab started off calm – a characteristic that defined the headliner.

“I found out about Mr. MFN eXquire through [streetwear brand] Mishka,” said TOATS ORIG. member Spencer Macpherson. “He’s just chilling, dude. When he first got here, he was super cool.”

But people got a chance to get energetic before MFN’s cool demeanor arrived.

The first opening act was the sevenmember rap outfit Koolie High. The group had the crowd moshing, swerving and throwing jabs toward the ceiling for their entire set.

They did their job and even received a shoutout via Twitter from eXquire.

When Koolie High finished its set, another performer – who sported a Baltimore Orioles fitted – picked up the mic. He introduced himself as Dr. Ooo and the crowd threw his name right back at him; “Ooo…” was echoing off the brick walls of the venue.

Ooo came with a more lyrical approach.

His stage presence kept the crowd involved

and attentive. His strong punchlines were noticed, and he received positive feedback for some of his lines.

The instrumentals were excellent, and the spontaneity of them all kept the crowd interested. During many tracks, the beat would change halfway and skyrocket from there. Mr. MFN eXquire had an enormous smile during Ooo’s set as he enjoyed his music from backstage.

Soon after, eXquire hopped on stage with little notice; half of the audience was still standing around by the tables and bar.

But when everyone noticed the headliner had stepped on stage, they flocked to the front row. eXquire was everything that was expected and more. He was sweating and bouncing all over the stage while rapping those raw lyrics he’s known for. “[eXquire] reminded me of old school hip-hop, [except] with contemporary lyrics and content,” said Mike Uko, a junior business major.

The light bounced off eXquire’s gold frames, and you could see him smiling from anywhere in the basement with his gold teeth in.

When his frames finally came off, he hopped in the crowd moshing and mobbing with everyone in the front row. He even gave everyone a sneak peak to his new upcoming track with Atlanta rapper, Gucci Mane.

By the end of the performance, it was clear eXquire was prepared to give the crowd a top-notch performance; he didn’t show any fatigue in his set. eXquire continued to party with the crowd after his show ended while his DJ continued work the turntables.

The concert may have started late, but it ended successfully. eXquire showed love to the audience, and it was all out of appreciation for Buffalo.

An endless array of guns, mountains of ammo and a constant stream of bad guys to use the weapons on – it’s time to return to Pandora for the next chapter in Gearbox’s psychotically hilarious epic adventure.

In Borderlands 2, you play as a new quartet of vault hunters who have been called in by the Hyperion Corporation to find the new vault.

Things don’t go too well for the hunters on the opening of the game, as Hyperion’s Leader – Handsome Jack – promptly betrays them. Unlike the first game, Jack acts as the ever-present antagonist, often tormenting the hunters with snide remarks and vicious threats over their echo communication radios, or elaborate traps, that would make Star Wars’ Darth Sidious jealous. Although Jack is the bad guy, his sharp tongue and depraved humor make him surprisingly difficult to dislike.

Upon close inspection, Gearbox did an excellent job in making each class in the game feel special and even more powerful than its predecessor. New talent trees can be sculpted to make your character feel unique and mold to your preferred style of play.

Zer0’s special skill allows him to cloak himself from enemies for a short period of time, creating a double that draws enemy attention away from him and his teammates. If you invest in his bloodshed tree, you become a master of melee combat, able to move around the battlefield with ease, dishing out devastating close-quarter damage with his stylish sword. Invest in the sniping tree and the assassin becomes a lethal force at long ranges and a master of critical hits.

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Gearbox Software succeeds, releasing a big hit with the new video game Borderlands 2.

Borderlands 2 takes customization even further with a never-ending supply of loot. One of the most satisfying elements of the game is seeing loot pour out of downed adversaries all over the field. The weapon drops are mostly random, so you are never sure exactly what you are going to get.

Something that looks like a normal assault rifle might actually function as a grenade launcher.

A rocket launcher might shoot rockets that explode over and over again until the primary round hits its target, dealing massive damage to anything in its path. The massive variety of weapon quirks keeps the game fresh and makes every drop and test fire feel exciting and unique.

Weapon manufacturers return from the original game and every designer has their niche.

Jakobs guns, which use an old west/steampunk design, do massive damage but lack elemental powers.

Hyperion models have sleek, sci-fi textures and increase in accuracy as they are fired, but the accuracy mechanism can be annoying when you are trying to make a pin point shot or the gun has a small magazine.

Tediore guns have one of the most interesting quirks. When you try to reload one of these guns, instead of loading in a new magazine, you throw the weapon like a grenade and a new gun materializes in your hands. This gimmick can be great in a closequarters brawl but can become a bit of a nuisance if you are in long-range com-

bat or taking cover.

Besides the actual gameplay, the best part of Borderlands 2 is the dark, deranged humor present in every facet of the adventure. Whether you are looting guns from a portable toilet or listening to Claptrap’s new dubstep song, the laughs never stop.

Hilarious missions – like kidnapping a bandit for a lethal tea party – litter the campaign.

Borderlands 2 supports up to four-player co-op, and it can be played in splitscreen on consoles. Playing with friends is a lot of fun and opens up an endless avenue of strategies with the added bonus of better loot drops – contrary to playing with strangers, which often makes the game more difficult.

Random teammates sometimes run off to steal all the loot they can get their hands on, and games can dissolve into a race to the next chest. Gearbox should have followed the example of games like Diablo 3, where the players get their own loot, or a dicerolling system like in World of Warcraft.

Borderlands 2 takes all of the elements that made the original a classic and puts them into overdrive.

Take the best parts of a first person shooter and classic RPG ideas, and compound them into a hypnotizing story, and you have a recipe for golden glorious mayhem.

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A must-watch crime film JAKE KNOTT Staff Writer Film: End of Watch Release Date: Sept. 21 Studio: Open Road Films Grade: A

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Two cops bound to a lifedefining comradeship. These officers bleed blue while shielding and serving the community and each other. They don’t only enforce the law – they coexist with it.

Simply put, End of Watch is the best cop movie of its time, and Courtesy of Open Road Films it’s one of the most original crime dramas ever told. Disguised as End of Watch depicts an actual LAPD work day masterfully. an off-the-shelf cop-buddy flick, Watch exotically hatches into a bar- to each other simply as partner film knows not to restrict itself to baric gangland epic. This film ef- – not just Taylor or Zavala. They pure Blaire Witch mode and uses fortlessly projects its audience into carry casual conversations during conventional cameras outside of the action, serving as nearly true patrol about their love lives or lack the handheld. testimony to what the real LAPD thereof.

Third-time director David officers might actually do on an One day, their sergeant (Frank Ayer (Street Kings) knows this ordinary work day.

Grillo, Lay the Favorite) appoints genre all too well. He penned preThe opening scene says it all. them to oversee a new sector of mium police films in Training Day, Shot from the perspective of the neighborhoods occupied by the S.W.A.T. and Dark Blue, while police car dashboard, the camera Mexican cartel. Taylor is impas- also screenwriting this film. Ayer pursues a reckless driver. Back- sioned to make a dent in this syn- has been an L.A. native since his ground dialogue is heard from of- dicate, much to Zavala’s dismay. teenage years and owns first-hand ficer Brian Taylor (Jake Gyllenhaal, They meet the cartel ring- knowledge of the subject.

Source Code) and his partner officer leader Big Evil (Maurice Compte, Ayer rested most of his film Mike Zavala (Michael Pena, Tower Breaking Bad), who declares war on on the natural acting of Gyllenhaal Heist). both of them. Taylor and Zavala and Pena, who handed in some of After a galvanizing hunt ransack house after house in an at- their best performances. Their through Los Angeles slums, the tempt to discover any evidence to bond is more or less believable, targeted car crashes and the two charge Evil and his satanic home- providing extra dimensions that passengers open fire only to be un- boys. The film manages to do so undertone the whole film. The loaded on by the cops. This chase with as little action as possible and well being of Taylor and Zavala is the perfect beginning to the film instead relies on old-fashioned matters to the audience as much as and automatically sucks the audi- suspense to work the audience. it matters the characters. If someence into the perspective of the thing happens to one of them, the What’s most striking about police. audience knows that the other is End of Watch is its relentlessness in left in agonizing isolation.

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Continued from page 1: Sold out splendor “You wanna get high?” Chulo asked. “I do.”

The DJ inspired lots of swaying and drink raising. But few would be satisfied with anything but Lotus – not to mention the line was still slowly spilling into the venue.

Heavy fog spewed onto the stage and a few screams from the audience reached up to the ceiling.

But their screams were only for guitar and drum techs, who tuned the guitars and set up the sequencers before calmly strolling off stage once more. A few minutes later, Lotus guitarist Mike Rempel walked on stage and the screams erupted twice fold.

Jesse Miller, Lotus’ bass guitarist and sampler, strapped his white Fender jazz bass over his shoulder and moved into position at the center of the stage.

The fog was almost too thick to see Mike Greenfield, whose head was nearly hidden behind the cymbals of his drum set. As the first note dropped, the lower level of the ballroom floor became a

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heavy mess of sweat and motion.

Miller’s bass gained momentum through eight 18-inch subwoofers on each side. The pressure was not just heard but felt.

While most bands keep their percussion in the back of the mix, Chuck Morris – Lotus’ percussionist – was loud and clear with each conga slap.

Lotus has made their name as a flower child of the jam band scene, coming from influences such as Phish and the Allman Brothers. However, the band’s new self-titled EP has more grit than previous releases. Lotus’ earlier work could be described as tight, organic rock with some MOOG synths to add electronic flow.

Now it seems as though the electronics have been brought to the foreground, according to Philip Dreisin, a junior economics major. “[Lotus is] trying to make [their sound] very modern and progressive, which I applaud them for,” Dreisin said. “I liked the old-

er [songs] a lot better, but the new ones were still danceable and fun.”

The lights added to the movement, with patterns of yellow and green that danced on the ceiling.

Beams shot through the fog on stage and created a red glow when heavy songs like “Bush Pilot” hit.

While Lotus’ keyboardist, Luke Miller, made early use of his vocoder – a device used to filter vocals with synth melodies – the band primarily used the microphones to talk to the crowd between songs. There were vocal samples that, while appropriate, added confusion when no one on stage was seen singing into a microphone. However, the combination of instruments and electronics was spot on and the band was well received.

Lotus’ self-titled album is now in stores.

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On Sept. 2, a student’s iPhone was stolen out of her hand while she was walking off a South Campus bus stop.

On Sept. 9, three men jumped a student after he refused to give them his wallet in a South Campus parking lot.

On Sept. 15, 20 individuals jumped two students, who were walking back to their South Campus home.

There have been numerous criminal instances around South Campus since the semester started.

SA Treasurer Justin Neuwirt was fed up after the Sept. 15 incident, which occurred on his block; one of the students jumped was his close friend. He had seen too much crime around South Campus during his years at UB and not enough effort to find any solutions.

On Tuesday, Sept. 18, Neuwirt called a meeting with SA President Travis Nemmer; Chief of University Police Gerald Schoenle; former Executive Member of the Inter Greek and Inter Fraternity Councils David Siegel; University Council Student Representative Daniel Ovadia; Associate Vice President for Student Affairs Barbara Ricotta; Director of Off-Campus Student Services Dan Ryan; Ticket Officer Manager of Sub-Board Lorenzo Guzman; University Heights Block Club Representative Mickey Vertino; and two city police officers of the University Heights.

Neuwirt called the meeting to implement changes in University Heights, increase safety and security in South Campus and collaborate various UB representatives to take steps forward in fixing what he says is the biggest issue at UB. “My main point is if UB wants to expand and build all these great buildings and gain the national reputation that it’s currently gaining, I’m all for that … but the first thing or one of the most important things should be tackling this issue on South Campus,” Neuwirt said.

The main ideas generated were: increasing lighting in University Heights; modifying the party registration process; finding new approaches to communicate with temporary and permanent residents; and improving communication between students and the Buffalo Police.

Neuwirt said, from what he sees in University Heights, students avoid cops instead of communicating with them.

Ryan runs a weekly “housing blitz,” a collaborated effort by Off-Campus Student Services and the City of Buffalo that ensures students’ rented homes in University Heights meet city codes.

This week, Ryan will begin taking steps toward increasing the lighting in University Heights to keep the blocks highly visible.

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Ryan also wants to give students in the surrounding South Campus blocks free light bulbs.

He wants to find bright bulbs that won’t be costly to students’ electricity bills and encourage them to leave their porch lights on.

The inner fraternity council suggested modifying party registrations by only mandating the student who is throwing to party to give his or her first name, not last name.

“I’m willing to make changes to [party registrations] so they can be more effective,” Ryan said.

Off-Campus Student Services implemented party registrations 18 months ago. Since then, students have registered approximately two dozen parties, according to Ryan.

If students register their party and it is reported, the police will warn the students before they come break it up. This way, the students have time to get everything under control.

“If the students don’t register the party, the police are a bit more aggressive and give misdemeanors and warnings,” Ryan said.

When Neuwirt told the two Buffalo officers at the meeting students are afraid of them, they responded by saying when they deal with students, it is at “the worst time” of the students’ lives.

The students are in danger, and the police are only thinking of how to help. Many students are drunk or unwilling to listen.

Neuwirt said the meeting allowed different representatives at UB to see various perspectives of the issue. He now wants to move forward by meeting with individual groups.

“In meetings in the past, people go in with a finger-pointing attitude,” Neuwirt said. “My goal of this meeting and future meetings is that we cut that nonsense out and begin to work together. I think there’s a lot of good ideas being passed around back and forth, but now that we had the meeting with everybody, I think us as student leaders, the students that attended that meeting, need to sit down with each entity and talk to them one on one.”

Ryan said there was a similar meeting held a few years ago.

It resulted in a collaboration with the BPD and UPD in increasing patrols in the surrounding streets of South Campus.

Neuwirt said if there’s hard evidence crime is occurring, regardless of whose fault it is, it must be tackled in a collaborated effort.

BPD Spokesman Michael J. DeGeorge said crime overall in the university district hasn’t been particularly high compared to past years, besides two incidents in early September that could be tied to fraternity rivalries.

Those two incidents led to BPD adding additional patrols to Main Street and Winspear Avenue last weekend.

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Walk the Line: Week 4 Locks (3-3): Miami Dolphins (+6.5) at Arizona Cardinals (-6.5) After allowing one total touchdown against the Patriots and Eagles, the Cardinals may have taken over the 49ers’ reign as the best defense in the NFL. Running back Reggie Bush may be out for Miami and the game is in Arizona. As long as the Cardinals’ offense can put up at least two touchdowns, they should be able to cover.

Dolphins 3, Cardinals 20 Cincinnati Bengals (-2.5) at Jacksonville Jaguars (+2.5) Jacksonville has looked surprisingly decent so far this season.

But I think the Bengals have finally found their swagger on offense.

They only beat the Redskins by

seven, but they took a commanding 17-point lead early on. If they come out of the gates strong, Jacksonville quarterback Blaine Gabbert won’t be able to match the magic he possessed in Indianapolis last week. Less than a field goal should be more than enough for quarterback Andy Dalton and the Bengals to cover here.

Bengals 27, Jaguars 17 Say goodbye to the “Take a Chance On” picks. It was getting senseless to pick games I didn’t have 100 percent faith in, and it showed in my record in those games.

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Continued from page 10: Fantasy etiquette for a beginner I know this guy is owned in a lot of leagues after last week, but many people have been asking me if he’s still a good play for this week or if he was a one-time deal. Going against Minnesota, a bottom-five defense this year, I’m pretty confident in this guy. So unless you are stacked at the running back position he is a great RB2 or flex play.

Jason Witten (TE/DAL) – [Confidence Rating 7/13] I feel your pain, Witten owners. I have this guy in three different leagues, and his output has been less than stellar. So I’m assuming you may have picked up another TE by now, or Witten may have even fallen to free agency in your league.

Nevertheless, I have a good feeling about this week. His injury has had time to heal, and he and Romo are looking to get back on the same page. He’s a bit overdue for a touchdown, so Romo will be looking his way. If you don’t have one of the elite tight ends, take a risk on Witten this week.

Disclaimer: I have been a Cowboys fan my whole life.

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Continued from page 5: Foreplay When you take off her pants, leave her underwear on for a little.

Use your fingers to massage her clitoris over her underwear. After a few minutes of teasing her, push her underwear aside and insert a finger into her to see how wet you’re making her.

This will likely turn you on as well because depending on how much you like her, seeing how much you turn her on should make you harder in return.

A study published in the Journal of Sex Research suggests women who feel embarrassed or ashamed about their bodies are less sexually assertive.

In order to help her relax and raise her level of eroticism, let her know you think her body is beautiful – especially down there.

To the guys who don’t believe eating a girl out is necessary during foreplay: You better have some other incredible method of turning her on and getting her started. Either that or you better get ready to say your goodbyes, because as soon as she finds out how incredible oral sex feels, she will not be into you anymore.

If you simply think it’s gross, get over yourself.

If you’re expecting her to give you an endless amount of blowjobs – and especially to swallow – then you better reciprocate the favor. If

you just don’t know what you’re doing, websites like askmen.com have a myriad of tips.

An article on askmen.com, titled “Giving Her Oral Sex,” suggests you use your tongue to lick her vagina from its entrance up to the clitoris.

Remember to chill out and relax; enjoy yourself and don’t get tense.

Move your tongue freely from her inner vaginal lips to her outer labia on one side. Once you’ve done that, draw her lips into your mouth and massage them with your tongue. And since the other side will probably get jealous, move on to the other side afterward.

Some girls appreciate dirty talk, so even the sound of your voice telling her you can’t wait to feel what it’s like to be inside of her can get her started.

Spend a lot of time talking to her and touching her, and expect her to do the same in return. The sex will be significantly better if you warm each other up. The tension will be built; you’ll be hard and firm and she’ll be wet and begging for the wild thrusting to begin.

It is almost second nature for girls to put their hands into their guys’ pants, teasing them and turning them on, and eventually getting on top of them to give them oral sex

Continued from page 10: Sledding to Connecticut Number(s) to watch: 32-17 – The record for the Huskies following a loss. The last time they lost two consecutive games was, interestingly enough, after a 38-31 loss to Western Michigan last year.

They then fell to West Virginia, 43-16.

Prediction: Like last year’s game, defenses will rule the day on Saturday, as UConn and Buffalo will play to a draw in that area, holding opposing offenses in check for the most part. The Bulls’ play on special teams will go a long way in determining the victor in this game. If the Bulls can control Williams and get favorable field position, they will have a good chance to win this game.

UConn’s offense in the last few games has not wowed anybody, so if the Bulls get a quick lead against the Huskies, the Bulls’ defense should cause enough problems for a potential road upset. However, UConn should have just enough weapons to control this game, especially if Oliver is unable to play. But it will be closer than the experts think.

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during foreplay. But for some reason, there are many delusional guys out there who think simply touching their girls’ boobs is enough to ignite them.

Couples are willing to try out unique sex positions, but they don’t realize how thrilling it can be to try out new foreplay techniques.

Girls, if trying to “69” isn’t your thing because you can’t multi-task and give head while being eaten out, try to give him oral sex in the 69 position but tell him not to touch you.

This will give you a sense of authority because your entire body will be on top of his, and it will give him a chance to get a good look at the junk in your trunk and appreciate your booty.

Try watching porn while touching each other or even touching yourselves and letting each other watch.

If your boyfriend has yet to realize the importance of foreplay, nonchalantly show him this column and hope he’ll get the hint. If you have crazy foreplay stories or unusual things that turn you on before sex, email me and let me know! I’d love to hear about your experiences.

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Friday, September 14, 2012 FROM UNIVERSAL UCLICK

45 Divided by itself, the result is the same 46 Brief parts in movies 1 Pretend to be someone 48 Sentry's shout you're not 49 Site of many Chicago 4 Manhattan Project goal, touchdowns briefly 51 Poker pool 9 Quitter's cry 14 Almost-worthless French 52 Eisenhower, for one coin, once 57 Turn aside, as a gaze 15 North American flycatcher 58 Washing machine cycle 16 Baseball Hall-of-Famer 59 Bauxite or hematite Ryan 17 Company picnic competi- 60 Brusque tion 61 Drench 20 Apartment costs 62 A hallucinogen 21 Flash of reflected light 22 Geometry calculation 1 Having star quality?

23 Filler for some balloons 2 Stick together 26 Michael Jackson album 3 Changed color 29 Showed the way 4 Barbary residents 30 Lighter in color 5 "The Fresh Prince of ___31 Cleanse with soap and Air" water 6 Be in arrears to 32 Sticky pine stuff 7 Actress Tilly 33 Visit very briefly 8 Street corner cupholder 35 Bedroom luxury 9 Successfully anesthetized 38 It's all about counting heads 10 "You've Got Mail" director Ephron 39 Angry 40 Brutal creatures in "The 11 Beach cookout, of a sort Lord of the Rings" 12 Lancelot du ___ (knight of the Round Table) 41 Sales receipts 13 Versailles-to-Paris dir.

42 Ballet step

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18 Greek vowel 19 Wallach of "The Tiger Makes Out" 23 Hinged door fasteners 24 A little of this and a little of that dish 25 Capable of being stretched 27 Enthusiastic 28 ___ mother (Cub Scout leader) 30 Land of the llama 31 Earring spot 32 "Broom- Hilda" creator Myers, familiarly 33 Bounds companion 34 Items at one's disposal?

35 Flowerless decorative plant 36 Cursory inspection 37 Wynken, Blynken, and Nod, e.g.

38 Dove call 41 Vilifies politically 42 Not skip a beat?

43 They have crosses to bear 44 Fashioned 46 Hindu class 47 It's often left hanging

COUNT ME IN By Raz Kelper 48 Get one's rear in gear 50 Towel word 51 Baby-dandling locale 52 Like a cat with clout 53 Johnny Cash's "___ Been Everywhere" 54 2016 Olympics host 55 Bearded beast 56 Letter with a double twist

LIBRA (Sept. 23Oct. 22) -- There is a fine line between leaning on a friend for support, and taking advantage. You know where it is -don't cross it today!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- You can provide someone close to you with precisely what he or she needs -- and you can do it in a way that will be remembered.

GEMINI (May 21June 20) -- You don't have to throw your weight around to get things done; others are more than willing to jump on the bandwagon at this time.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- It may be your responsibility to keep others from behaving in an inappropriate fashion -- in or out of the home.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) -- That which occurs by accident is certainly worth some close analysis; it is likely that nothing today happens entirely by chance.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- You can afford to take a gentler approach to a situation which, in the past, has required you to be rather forceful and dominant.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -You can keep up with communication even if you are far from home -- and even if you don't enjoy using modern technology.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- You may be feeling rather flighty and unsettled today; something is in the wind, and you know you have some adjustments to make.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- You may cross paths with someone whose intentions directly contradict your own -- but you can avoid a conflict through compromise.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- There are some who may think your methods are out of date, but you're comfortable with the way you do things, and they work just fine!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- You may not know it for quite some time, but you are being kept out of danger by someone in the background who has your best interests at heart.

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Friday, September 28, 2012 ubspectrum.com

Walk the Line: Week 4 JON GAGNON Asst. Sports Editor

Courtesy of the University of Connecticut

Linebacker Yawin Smallwood (33) and the UConn defense will gear up for what should be an epic defensive struggle when the Bulls take on the Huskies on Saturday.

Sledding to Connecticut Bulls look to turn it around in a potential defensive battle NATHANIEL SMITH Senior Sports Editor Put on the hard hats – this game will be a physical battle.

After a tough mid-week game, in which the football team was unable to finish offensive drives against Kent State (2-1, 1-0 Mid-American Conference) in a loss, Buffalo (1-2, 0-1 MAC) will now travel to Hartford, Conn. to take on a team in a similar position.

Connecticut (2-2) is hosting the Bulls after a tough game at Western Michigan (2-2), a 30-24 loss in which the Broncos jumped out to an early 17-0 lead, forcing the Huskies to throw more than they are used to.

This is a series that has been dominated by the Huskies. They have a 15-4 record against the Bulls and have won nine of the last 10 games, the only loss being a 37-20 loss at home in 2001. Last year, defenses ruled the day, as UConn used a late score to hold on for a 17-3 victory at UB Stadium.

This year is no different, as Buffalo will face a team that is known for its defense and special teams play. The Huskies are elite in both aspects; they are ranked fifth in total defense and are led by linebacker Yawin Smallwood, who has 42 tackles and four sacks so far, and defensive end Trevardo Williams, who leads the team with 5.5 sacks.

This doesn’t bode well for a UB offense that struggled in its previous outing against Kent State. Junior quarterback Alex Zordich took most of the flack, but head coach Jeff Quinn noted the loss was a team effort.

“He took a tremendous amount of responsibility from that,” Quinn said. “[But] there’s other guys out there that need to play better. We were off the mark.”

On the special teams front, the Huskies are led by senior Nick Williams, who is one of the most dangerous returners in the Big East. He averages 17.7 yards per punt return and has already bought one to the house – a 58-yard scamper in a win over Maryland (2-2). UConn uses its special teams to help an offense that can struggle

at times, which should be good for junior linebacker Khalil Mack, who has an opportunity to feast on the Huskies’ offense.

Key Matchup: UConn linebackers versus Buffalo run game: It’s a potentially exciting matchup that would have been strength vs. strength, but the health of junior running back Branden Oliver will make it that much harder for the Bulls to run on the nation’s fourth-best rushing defense. If Oliver can’t go, Quinn will most likely go running back by committee, as junior Brandon Murie and freshman Devin Campbell will have a chance to make an impact against such a stout defense.

He said it: “I have an awful lot of respect for Lou Tepper. Coach Tepper is one heck of a coach. They’re very athletic on defense – they’re quick, they move, they hit. This is gonna be a game that we are gonna have to be prepared and motivated to play.”

– Connecticut head coach Paul Pasqualoni on the Buffalo defense and defensive coordinator Lou Tepper.

Continued on page 8

It was an odd week for the NFL. Last Sunday was filled with upsets and overtime games.

The Vikings beat the ‘Niners, Titans beat the Lions, Cardinals beat the Eagles and Raiders beat the Steelers. And no, I’m not including the Seahawks over the Packers as an upset and I think we all know why.

The Ravens were able to best the Patriots by one, but weren’t able to cover the threepoint spread, so my “Matchup of the Week” record is now over .500 (2-1). The Falcons looked calm and poised in their curb stomping of the Chargers; that game was all too easy to pick. But the one game that kept me away from perfection was the Steelers and their absentee defense. When I made my picks last Thursday, it wasn’t official that all-pros Troy Polamalu and James Harrison would miss the game. Am I using this as an excuse? Yes. Deal with it.

If these guys were in the game, there’s no shot the Raiders would have put up 31 points, let alone a 13-0 fourth quarter performance.

But should I have stayed away from picking a team whose two defensive stars were questionable? Yeah, I’ll give you that one. Regardless, I ended up going 2-1, not including the “Take a Chance On” games. If you’re counting, my record has fallen to 1-5 in those games – but hey, I said in the beginning they weren’t guarantees.

The Matchup of the Week for week four includes two of the most unpredictable teams in the NFL. Inconsistency has been at the forefront of these organizations over the years, most particularly during the regular season, so be cautious with this game.

Note: Lines as of Sept. 27, via: sportsbook.ag Matchup of the Week (2-1): New York Giants (+1) at Philadelphia Eagles (-1) I was anticipating this game to be one of the hardest I’ve had to predict all year, but that was before I saw the line. The Eagles are coming off a game where they failed to record a touchdown, and the Giants have put up 77 points in their last two games. If there’s any defensive line that can contain and put pressure on Eagles quarterback Michael Vick, it’s the Giants’, so they’re my pick to cover here.

Giants 20, Eagles 17 Continued on page 8

Fantasy etiquette for a beginner TROY FAZIO Sports Columnist So maybe this is your first time. Maybe you’ve never done it before. You’ve always wanted to try it but had no one to do it with.

You’ve tried doing it yourself, but then finally a couple of your friends invited you to do it with them. They’ve been doing it for years, and you’re afraid you won’t be able to keep up with them, because they just have so much more experience.

One option is to try doing it with total strangers first to improve your abilities.

But I’m telling you from experience: it’s better to have your first time be with someone you know.

So lucky for you there is a set of unwritten rules and tips about how to act, so your friends won’t laugh at you.

Here is some proper etiquette for fantasy football … wait, what did you think I was talking about?

Knowing some etiquette rules There are four things a man is allowed to cry over. His fantasy team underperforming is one of them.

You know the old show Whose Line is it Anyway? when Drew Carey would come on and say some cheesy line about how the show is made up and the scoring system didn’t matter: “That’s right, the points are just like the nutrition facts on a Happy Meal.” T h i s attitude has no place in fantasy football because as a true fantasy owner, whether you do your physics lab that week depends on your fantasy team’s performance.

If Spiller gets hurt in the first half, and you lose by five? Not going to class. You lose on the last play of the Seahawks game? Not even hungry for Moe’s, and you may just be coming down with the flu.

There are also 12 different reasons for streaking across South Campus. Winning on Russell Wilson’s game-ending Hail Mary is at the top of the list.

The Truth OK, so here’s some real advice. In fact, here is the truest fact I know: Your bench wins fantasy championships.

I know you think you drafted an all-star lineup, but if you truly believe you will win Week 15 with that very same lineup, then you’re probably “that kid” every league has who never changes his lineup … ever.

Each week you should be checking your RB2, WR2 and flex spot if your league has one. Check the matchups of your bench players. This is why you have a bench. If someone has a favorable matchup, go for it.

One way to do this is by checking the projected rankings of the league’s defenses for the upcoming week.

This is why each week I give you a few players to consider. These are flex players who are good options to swap in and out of your lineup.

Here are my confidence ratings for week four: Greg Little (WR/CLE) – [Confidence Rating: 2/13] I know a lot of people still holding onto Little. That’s fine with me, as he may still be worth keeping around. But he is a definite no-go for this week.

He is going up against the Baltimore defense. I know Ray Lewis is 37 and was drafted into the NFL the same year the Macarena was a hit on the radio, but that doesn’t mean he can’t pack a punch. And sure, Ed Reed may be pushing 35, but he still makes interceptions like his job … Oh, wait. It is.

Mikel LeShoure (RB/DET) – [Confidence Rating: 10/13] Continued on page 8