The Spectrum Volume 62 Issue 15

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Volume 62 No. 15

Friday, October 5, 2012

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Two student houses on W. Northrup Place found with drugs Neighbors respond to community’s continuing drug use and crime LISA KHOURY Senior News Editor Courtesy of Tom Occhino

Tom Occhino (right, with Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg), a 2007 UB alumnus, almost said no when Facebook offered him a job. The alum didn't want to leave his hometown, and he now loves working at one of the world's most-used websites.

Tom Occhino has tagged you in a post UB alumnus applies his dream to Facebook BEN TARHAN News Editor “If you had a million dollars and you didn’t have to work, what would you do?”

It is an admittedly cliché philosophy that UB alumnus Tom Occhino has based his life on: get paid to do something you love doing.

It’s just an extra perk that he works for one of the best tech employers in the world: Facebook.

Yet Occhino almost didn’t accept Facebook’s job offer. He said he was making good money doing freelance web development in Buffalo.

“I was like, ‘Why would I give that up to go work for some company that probably won’t be around in a few years?’” he said.

“And as it worked out, it was the greatest decision I ever made in my life.”

Occhino is a Facebook engineering manager. His team builds the tools the company uses to create the actual website. In his three years there, Occhino built the search bar’s auto-completion functionality and the software that allows users to tag friends in posts.

He found there are two keys to success: ambition and opportunity. Occhino has been lucky enough to come across both.

It has not happened quite as one would imagine.

Although the trip from Buffalo to Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif. appears to be a straight line, but for those who have aspirations of working with technology, Occhino found it was a curvy path.

He initially told Facebook recruiters it would take a huge offer to uproot him from his native Buffalo.

“It would take a lot to move me out to California,” Occhino said. “I don’t want to leave all my family and my friends and my life.

A lot of people are excited about that, but I actually really enjoyed being in Buffalo.”

Occhino was known as an outstanding student at UB. He particularly enjoyed his software classes, as they helped him dabble in programming, which he would be able to use in web design.

He fondly remembers classes from Michael Buckley and Carl Alphonce – two UB computer science professors.

“It wasn’t just Tom's technical abilities – which were off the scale – but his desire to build systems with a people component,” Buckley said in an email. “I'm not surprised he went to Facebook and not surprised at all that he’s doing well.”

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In the past 11 days, Buffalo Police searched two houses on W. Northrup Place for drugs.

Though BPD did not respond to The Spectrum’s request for a police report, many witnesses on the street said four students from 86 W. Northrup Place were arrested on Tuesday after police found drugs and money in their house.

University Police confirmed four students were arrested – one on a felony charge, three on violations for marijuana – but declined to comment further because it is a BPD case.

Witnesses saw the students sitting on the street curb in handcuffs while police searched the house. Many said the students are in a fraternity. Chuck Delano, a permanent resident of 76 W. Northrup Place, said they often host loud parties.

Ian Donge, a senior computer science major and resident of W. Northrup Place heard one of the officers say, “I found the money,” and saw him walk out of the house holding a safe.

“A year ago, somebody told me [86 W. Northrup Place] was a pot house, where you could just knock and they’d serve you,” said Jason Jeffrey, a permanent resident of 48 W. Northrup Place.

Jeffrey lives across the street from 51 W. Northrup Place. He said he usually makes friends with some of the college residents, but the students who lived there were so “obnoxious,” he didn’t want anything to do with them.

On Sept. 21., UB students and former residents of 51 W. Northrup Place – Andrew Pawluk, Anthony Argiros, Mark Harding and Ruben Abramov – and three others were arrested when BPD found $64,000 in cash, 9 pounds of marijuana, 8 ounces of ecstasy and a half-ounce of cocaine in their home. They have since moved out of the house, according to Jeffrey.

He said for college students, they had very nice cars: BMW, two motorcycles and a brand new truck – which were all forfeited to the police, according to Jeffrey.

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Four students living at 86 W. Northrup Place were arrested on Tuesday after Buffalo Police found drugs and money in their home.

They went to court on Thursday, Sept. 27 for an attorney appearance and felony hearing and will return on Oct. 23 at 9:30 a.m. for a felony hearing.

Two students, who asked to remain anonymous, said the arrested students were part of an off-campus fraternity, which is a violation of the UB Student Code of Conduct.

“There was one weekend, I woke up and there were about 10 kids in front of my house, fighting, arguing all that,” Jeffrey said. “And I heard that it was off-campus fraternities having a party and an on-campus fraternity stole their keg. So the kid was running around, finally got eight or nine guys and they went to a house on Northrup.”

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Start, change, stop Orrico struggles through “Prone to Stand” performance at CFA MAX CRINNIN Staff Writer It takes three hours for Tony Orrico to go from lying facedown to standing. Those three hours are every bit as painful for his audience as they are for him.

On Wednesday – from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Lightwell Gallery at UB’s Center For the Arts – Orrico produced his “Prone to Stand” impression, number 12 from his Penwald Drawings series, in a live performance.

Also referred to as the “human spirograph,” Orrico reinvented drawing as a form of art in Penwald Drawings, paying homage to Leonardo da Vinci’s “Vitruvian Man” in a process that is both physically and mentally demanding.

Orrico’s performance consisted of three phases – each lasting an hour – of bilateral drawing

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On Wednesday in the CFA, Tony Orrico produced his “Prone to Stand” impression in a live performance, paying homage to Leonardo Da Vinci’s Vitrurian Man.

(sketching two images at the same time with both hands). Orrico began in a prone (facedown) position, moved into a downwardfacing crouch and finished in a bounce between a squat and toe-

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touch stance that ends in an upright position.

Three hours. No stopping.

In the far reaches of the Lightwell Gallery, Orrico calmly

arrived on time with no grand entrance. Before an eager audience and an oversized blank sheet of paper, Orrico stood like a martial artist waiting for a command before his routine commenced.

“Start,” said Sandra Firmin, curator of UB’s two art galleries.

He lay facedown as the clock started ticking. Orrico began to work his lines over the page with outstretched arms, using varying movements from the prone position. His arms never stopped to move for more than a second throughout the entire performance; the rest of his body kept completely still.

Orrico’s grip on the pencil never lost strength though it changed often. At times, he resembled a kindergartener holding a crayon, and at others, his grip was limited to a few fingers, making the pencil virtually invisible to the audience.

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The debate continues on campus

Wednesday’s presidential debate may be over, but UB is still buzzing SARA DINATALE Senior News Editor

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Sophomore business majors Tina Young, Reina Matsuda and Asuka Momura (right to left) talk to author Paul Krehbiel about the section he contributed to Voices from the Underground.

New Age founder to present book AARON MANSFIELD Editor in Chief

Paul Krehbiel was paranoid when he was a UB student. He felt threatened, in physical danger, many days.

In 1970, Krehbiel was a founder and one of the leaders of New Age – a UBstudent-run publication that published controversial stories on the anti-war and social justice movements and lasted one year – which he described as “fiercely independent and radical.” Police in Buffalo frequently beat anyone they saw rebelling against the Vietnam War, according to Krehbiel, who is now 64.

Krehbiel’s memories of New Age were recently published in Voices from the Underground: Insider Histories from the Vietnam Era Underground Press (Part Two). The book is part of a four-volume anthology of firsthand stories about running underground newspapers across the country from 196573. Krehbiel – who is now retired in Pasadena, Calif. – will visit several locations in Buffalo this week to present the book and talk about what it was like running an underground newspaper. Though it wasn’t illegal to run the newspapers, many of the writers – who feared losing their jobs – were anonymous. “[The writers] were voices that were primarily motivated by opposition to the

war in Vietnam and in support of other liberal and left causes,” Krehbiel said. “Equality for blacks, Latinos, other minorities and women. It was a variety of progressive causes of the day that didn’t necessarily have the full support of all the people.”

Krehbiel, who grew up in Buffalo and went to local Kenmore West High School, wrote opinion columns for The Spectrum in the late ’60s and early ’70s. New Age’s founders solicited donations from their readership and always made just enough to print their 10,000-issue quota.

Krehbiel was primarily interested in art until he got a job at Standard Mirror, an old auto parts factory in 1968.

“My experience in that factory started to open my eyes politically,” Krehbiel said.

“Initially, I believed everything we were told by the government and mass media about the war in Vietnam. I didn’t have any reason not to. But as I started to find out more about the war – either things I read or talking to people returning from the war – I started to paint a different picture.

“Those stories and a lot of others started to turn me against the war, and working in this factory, there were terrible working conditions. The management was kind of abusive toward the workers and the union was a wall between the abusive management and those of us who were working there. I got active in the union.”

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Students charged with political excitement filed into the Union Wednesday night, gearing up to watch President Barak Obama and Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney duke it out in the first presidential debate of the 2012 election.

With provided popcorn in hand and laptops open, students live tweeted and followed fact checking online as Obama and Romney debated numerous polices, the economy, healthcare and tax plans. The consensus around campus and most of the country is that Romney won the debate, and Obama didn’t deliver what most Americans expected.

Distinguished Political Science Professor James Campbell disagrees with a lot of what’s floating around in the media.

“I think that [what has been in the media] has been a little harsh on President Obama and I think it overdrew the differences in the performance,” Campbell said. “Governor Romney clearly won the debate but I don’t think it was as big as a disaster for President Obama that some are suggesting.”

Campbell feels both candidates were effective during the debate, but he said most commentary around the debate is describing Obama as passive.

John Land, a second-year law student and Democrat, thinks Obama wasn’t aggressive enough. While Campbell described Obama as being “largely on the defensive,” Land feels Obama wasn’t. Land said that because Obama is the sitting president, he didn’t have to exert a defense – but it was up to Romney to land effective attacks.

But how successful Romney was in his attacks is “open for debate,” according to Land.

“I believe everyone left and right were surprised last night,” said Christian Andzel, a junior history and political science major, vice president of UB Conservatives and member of the College Republicans. “Both sides were surprised because we never knew Romney had that fire under him.”

Andzel described Obama as “up-tight” and “looking flatter than a conservative’s ‘flat tax’ policy.”

Land thinks Obama’s decision to be passive was a conscious choice, given the president’s level of experience.

Campbell feels the president did a “reasonably good job” defending himself, especially in the face of America’s current economic situation.

“The economy has not improved to the point of where [Americans] thought it should be,” Campbell said. “I think that makes his job very difficult. He has to convince people that he deserves more time to do a job four years ago he thought would have done by now. That’s a tough position to be in.”

Campbell feels Romney was quite effective in challenging Obama’s record.

Land thinks Romney won the debate because of his stylistic flair most people weren’t expecting because of Romney’s background and history.

“Unfortunately behind the style was absolutely zero credible facts or substance,” Land said.

Campbell feels both candidates threw around a lot of numbers that are difficult to verify.

“That makes it difficult for voters to judge whose numbers they should believe,” Campbell explained. “It makes it somewhat ambiguous and more complicated.”

Campbell pointed out it’s also difficult for voters to trust fact checkers, and he thinks the candidates should focus more on the underlying principles of what the candidates believe in.

Brendan Dunn, vice president of the College Democrats, thought moderator Jim Lehrer was “largely ineffective.”

“You need to have a moderator who will rein in two people, one of which is the leader of the free world,” Dunn said. “Jim Lehrer did not live up to the task.”

According to Campbell, Lehrer “in general did a good job.”

“I think it shouldn’t be about the moderator; it should be about the candidates,” Campbell said. “For the most part he removed himself; he tried to keep them on topic and roughly equal in time, though I understand that President Obama [went] somewhat longer than Governor Romney.”

Campbell ultimately feels the debate provided an opportunity for voters to see the candidates unadulterated without the filter of the media.

Email: news@ubspectrum.com Additional reporting by Sports Editor Joe Konze.

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No wait Knock the vote for NOH8 RACHEL KRAMER Senior Life Editor

Anti-bullying education needs to be reformed now Jamey Rodemeyer, a 14-year-old boy from Williamsville, took his own life in September of 2011 because he was bullied for being gay.

Now over a year later, in the midst of National Anti-bullying Month, his parents are taking a stand to end bullying. Instead of calling for stricter laws or punishment for bullies, his family has been a key advocate of a new campaign – called “kNOw bullying!” – that hopes to teach kids respect at a younger age.

The program begins this January and is sponsored by the Museum of disABILITY. The program visits fourth-grade students across Western New York, teaching kids how to celebrate and respect themselves – a lesson in empathy and tolerance.

While this is a great idea and a huge step in terms of addressing the issue instead of ignoring it, it’s not enough on its own. Just telling kids something is wrong and they shouldn’t do it isn’t going to stop anything. The message isn’t strong enough from a one-day lecture. We need to be aggressive in finding a solution.

Just take a look at the D.A.R.E. program. Seventy-five percent of schools have implemented the antidrug program, and millions of children learn the effects of drug abuse each year. But in 2010 (the most recent year of data), 22.6 percent of Americans aged 12 or older had used an illicit drug or abused prescription drugs in the past month, according to drugabuse.gov.

It seems the message goes in one ear and out the other.

Punishment alone will not stop anything. Remember when you were younger and you chewed gum in class or cheated on a test? You were sent to the principal’s office, and maybe you got detention or in-school suspension. You were excited to skip class and it seemed like a mini vacation.

The consequences weren’t severe, and there was no reason to change your ways.

If we continue to give a slap on the wrist rather than educate, kids will grow up thinking they can get away with spewing hate and tormenting their peers.

The education needs to start at home. Parents need to teach their kids the concept of kindness right

alongside the alphabet; compassion needs to be learned and it’s just as important as intellectual lessons – if not more.

Instead of teaching kids to fight back insults with harsh words or violence, we need to teach kids not to torment others in the first place.

Things are best learned by example, and parents are their kids’ primary mentors.

Jennifer Livingston, a morning news anchor in Wisconsin, responded to a viewer who critiqued her for being overweight. She spent four minutes of her broadcast on Oct. 2 reprimanding the viewer and addressing the severity of this social issue.

“You don’t know me,” Livingston said to her bully. “You are not a friend of mine. You are not a part of my family … you know nothing about me but what you see on the outside, and I am much more than a number on the scale.”

She worried for the kids who are learning to hate from their parents, stressing if a child heard a parent talking about the “fat news lady,” he or she will go to school and call a peer fat. The malice is passed down by example and through generations.

The guidance needs to start early – parents, from day one, should teach kindness and tolerance to their children. Schools, in turn, must reinforce these ideals in the classroom – consequences for bullying need to affect kids so they learn not to hate, and we need to use real examples to show kids how words can hurt.

We need role models like Livingston to tell kids it’s all right to tell an adult they’re being bullied. They need a role model, who’s in the public eye, who will stand up for them and say bullying is not OK. Buffalo Sabres goalie Ryan Miller has stepped up in the Western New York community and has told stories of his own struggles with bullies in WIVB’s “Bully Project.”

Kids need more role models like Miller and need guidance at home and school to learn bullying is never OK. College students, as current and future parents, need to start the conversation and keep it going.

Email: editorial@ubspectrum.com

I’m not voting.

Ever since I was in elementary school I have been told to vote. I have been educated about the elections, taught the values of each political party and gotten the Democratic process drilled into me by voting for class officers.

I registered when I turned 18.

I was ready to make my voice heard and vote for the leader of this country.

But I’m fed up.

Since I turned 18, I have tried to educate myself about the electoral process so I am not just blindly casting a vote on a candidate. I have come to one simple realization: my vote doesn’t matter.

You could call me an ignorant and uninformed college student, but hear me out.

For one thing, I am a native New Yorker from Long Island. For this election I would need to go online, apply for an absentee ballot, fill one out and mail it back to my county for it to be counted. That’s a lot of effort for my vote to end up not making a difference.

New York has always been, and will continue to be, a blue democratic state. I happen to agree with most of the Democratic values, so I don’t mind. But if I did decide to agree with the Republican way of life, my vote wouldn’t matter.

It all comes down to the Electoral College.

Voters will cast their popular vote at the polls, but ultimately it boils down to the 538 electors who represent the states to decide who will lead the country. The number of officials is equivalent to one per member in the House of Representatives and two for the number of senators.

The representatives of New York will vote for Obama this year and there is nothing you or I can do about it. Our votes get counted but are never heard.

The popular vote should have a say in who runs the country. Anyone remember the 2000 election between President George W. Bush and Al Gore? Gore won the popular vote, but Bush won the Electoral College votes and, therefore, the presidency. Think of how the history of the country could have been altered if the popular vote truly held the power.

When I tuned in to the debate last night and listened to the issues that were discussed, I realized that almost none of them pertained to my daily life.

Go ahead and call me selfish.

Major corporations such as MTV have been trying to get teens to “choose or lose” or “rock the vote” for years, but what they don’t realize is the issues don’t necessarily pertain to young adults.

During last night’s debate, the most talked-about topic was healthcare.

Statistically, the age group that makes up the majority of the voting population is over the age of 60.

This is why the candidates aim their arguments and platforms around topics like health care reforms and social security benefits.

But that has nothing to do with me. Once again, call me selfish.

This is the vicious cycle that makes up the political world.

Candidates keep campaigning to get the young adult population to register to vote and “make their voice heard,” but there is nothing in the political platforms that kids will want to vote for.

It’s a game of chicken – young voters against the presidential candidates.

If the candidates would emphasize the young adult viewpoints on topics such as the improvement of education, student loans or internal social issues – like gay marriage, the drinking age or abortion – then more young people would rush to get to the polls to elect the officials who represent their opinions.

Even though I don’t speak for the entire 18-24 demographic, I know that if a political candidate got up and was ready to take a stand for my age group, I would vote for him or her without hesitation.

Almost any issue could become important to this generation, if it was presented in a way that made me want to care about the outcome.

Call me uneducated, but if an electoral candidate stooped down to the collegiate level and spoke about the major issues affecting the country and how they affect my life, then I would reconsider my stance on voting.

But for now, I’m not voting in this election. It doesn’t count anyway.

Email: rachel.kramer@ubspectrum.com

Romney romps reigning chief

Obama appears overwhelmed by Republican challenger at debate

Calm, cool and collected versus aggressive, adamant and ardent.

An incumbent who was expected to win versus a man with something to prove.

The latter dominated the presidential debates on Wednesday night, according to pundits across the political spectrum. Romney came prepared and ready to fight, and Obama wasn’t prepared to fight back – at least not in the way Romney wanted him to.

Americans had this idea of Romney before Wednesday night’s debate – a man who shrouds himself in ambiguity and political gaffes. Americans know the man who offers no statistics and obfuscates vague economic plans while isolating 47 percent of the country.

Romney came prepared, and he was aggressive – not afraid to dig into his opponent, asserting the president has made more mistakes in four years than he’s made improvements.

Obama – who’s known for his impressive oratory skills – wowed voters in 2008 with his passion and fresh mentality. Americans expect-

ed Obama to bring that intensity to the debates this year, but the truth is, he’s just not that guy anymore.

He was passive, cautious and reserved Wednesday night, and he didn’t appear to take a strong stand on anything.

The incumbent took his opponent’s punches and didn’t refute the claims made against him. He was weak, and he failed.

Compare this year’s debate to the Kennedy-Nixon debate in 1960 – the first-ever televised presidential debate. It was the first time voters could see their candidates as they tried to win votes through a show and use of rhetoric.

Without a televised debate, Kennedy would have never taken the presidency from Nixon. Nixon – although he was the stronger candidate – was sickly and sweaty while on stage. Kennedy, on the other hand, was calm and confident in his first match.

Voters who watched the debates said Kennedy won; those who listened to the debates sided with Nixon – a true indication that looks and mannerisms matter.

Consider Obama as the Nixon of this debate. He looked at moderator Jim Lehrer when he made his points, which made it seem as if he was looking at the ground, while Romney looked right at his opponent and appeared much more engaged.

Romney spewed statistics and facts, and Obama did almost nothing to retort them. Obama didn’t once mention Romney’s 47 percent remarks, his time at Bain Capital, his tax cuts without tax deduction plan or his failure to release tax return information – all of which have been the Democrats’ biggest attack points, and it’s puzzling why Obama didn’t dig into his opponent harder.

But Romney also ignored crucial points in the midst of firing at Obama. He was evasive to questions of his tax plans – he didn’t have strong arguments as to why he calls for $2 trillion more for military spending and $5 trillion in tax cuts. He simply argued he does not plan to reduce the tax rate on highincome or middle-class Americans.

Romney’s statistics were distracting, and most Americans cannot decipher the truth amongst the distorted numbers. As long as it sounds intelligent, many Americans won’t know what’s real amongst the lies.

Both candidates had anecdotes to support their arguments, but this time around, it felt as if voters couldn’t connect and were left wondering why we care about Obama’s grandmother.

Obama is the stronger candidate, but Romney is the stronger speaker. A businessman who knows how to plan versus a wellspoken, intelligent man with a lot of heart. Thursday’s Rasmussen Daily Tracking Poll still put Obama slightly ahead, attracting 49 percent of voters and Romney gaining 47 percent, but will those numbers change in the coming weeks?

This debate posed the question for voters, and the subsequent debates will be the answer.

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Memorializing the soldier who never came home UB students attend the Danny Chen Project to memorialize hazing victim BRIAN JOSEPHS Senior Managing Editor On Wednesday night, hundreds of students dressed in black and white congregated to Knox 20 to pay tribute to a soldier who was driven to commit suicide after enduring months of bullying and hazing from his superiors. As they filled the lecture hall, a white tri-fold board that said, “We Are Danny Chen,” stood in front of the room and faced all in attendance.

The four words symbolized how Chen represented the numerous victims of racially motivated torment and injustice, and how the 19-year-old could’ve easily been one of the attendees’ roommate. He was accepted to UB, but committed suicide in a guard tower in Afghanistan before he attended his first class.

Wednesday’s Danny Chen Project – hosted by the Asian American Student Union (AASU) – marked the one-year anniversary of his death. Students from eight Greek organizations and multiple Student Association clubs poured in to support AASU’s cause.

Nelson Yu, a senior urban public policy major and president of AASU, was surprised by the event’s large turnout. The event was originally going to be a small general body meeting, but it eventually grew into a fullscale event because of the increasing support of fellow SA clubs. The event’s Facebook page listed 175 participants, but Yu estimated at least 400 people came.

“Slowly it just grew so big that it was overwhelming,” Yu said. “It was very last minute … but all our planning went well.”

The Danny Chen Project served as both a vigil service and an educational presentation. AASU also pointed out two more soldiers who were driven to suicide because of hazing: United States Marine Corps Lance Corporal Harry Lew – who in 2011 shot himself in the same foxhole his fellow Marines forced him to dig during four hours of intense physical abuse – and Specialist Brushaun Anderson, who killed himself in a portable toilet on New Years’ Day 2010 after constant torment from his superiors.

The combination of sobering facts and solemnity led to a particularly emotional moment when Banny Chen, Danny’s cousin and

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Banny Chen stands over the memorial for his cousin Danny Chen on Wednesday night in support of the Danny Chen project.

a sophomore art major, spoke to the audience.

Banny paused a few times to hold back tears as he told his experience: how he angrily threw the phone against the wall when he got the call confirming his cousin’s death, traveling to Manhattan and having to complete necessary paperwork for his Chinesespeaking family and how news trickled in about Danny being driven to suicide instead of dying in combat.

“During that time, I didn’t know what to do. It was all a new experience for me,” Banny said. “I felt that way for a whole week until they brought Danny’s body back from Afghanistan in an open casket to check it.

That’s when I started realizing that this is not a joke; this is actually happening.”

This was his first time telling the story to an audience. The Prezi slides behind him revealed the details. They mentioned Adam Holcomb – the sergeant who threw Danny off his bunk bed headfirst and dragged him 40 feet along sharp gravel while he was knocked unconscious – and the three others who partook in the hazing. They also showed the relatively light consequences. Holcomb

was sentenced to a short time in prison and ordered to pay $1,000 for his role in Danny’s death. All four soldiers still serve in the army.

Rob Zillig, an honorably discharged USMC Infantry Corporal and Occupy Marines (a human rights group) administrator, and Phillip Kwon, a UB alumnus and army sergeant, also spoke on their experiences in the armed forces. They, too, have come faceto-face with the hazing epidemic.

“I saw hazing based on race. I saw hazing based on pretty much anything that made people stick out,” Zillig said. “I saw hazing based on people being thought of as weak. I was hazed myself multiple times; I was physically abused for refusing an unauthorized order. It doesn’t have to be like that.

“The brave people in our armed services, they protect us, but when it comes down to it there’s really no one watching their backs.”

The presentations affected all who felt a connection with Danny, who could’ve been a fellow UB classmate. Xuan Ming Ryan Teng, a senior business major and vice president of Singapore SA, said the presentations – especially Banny’s – resonated with him.

Members of Nu Alpha Phi, an Asianinterest fraternity, came to the Danny Chen Project because they felt a special connection to the fallen soldier. Danny and a majority of the fraternity resided in New York City.

David Huang, a senior chemical engineering major and member of Nu Alpha Phi, heard about Chen’s suicide right after it happened unlike a lot of UB students. However, Huang isn’t surprised by the lack of awareness as he feels they’ve become desensitized to violence because of its overexposure.

“I can’t really blame them because stuff like this happens all the time, so it doesn’t really relate to them,” Huang said. “They’re probably not going to care. People get shot in the projects all the time.”

The presentation was followed up by a session where the volunteers wrote their respects on paper bags and the poster board using markers. Soon the blank “We Are Danny Chen” board was filled with sympathetic remarks from the fraternities and sororities’ “R.I.P.s” to personal words of remembrance.

Soon after the atmosphere became more jovial as different organizations posed for pictures. The somber mood returned, however, as the hundreds of students in black made their way to the grassy slope next to The Commons to close the ceremony. The attendees – standing side-by-side – put the glowsticks provided by AASU’s E-Board in their paper bags and placed them on the ground as “Amazing Grace” played through speakers.

Although Yu considers the event a success, he realizes AASU’s and its collaborators’ work isn’t done. The club is passing out two petitions – one asks for Holcomb’s discharge from the army and the other requests that U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta end military hazing – for the next two weeks.

AASU is aiming to get 1,003 signatures before it sends the petitions to the Organization of Chinese Americans’ New York chapter. It is approximately 600 signatures away from its goal.

Zillig believes such efforts are crucial at these times. According to thinkprogress. com, military suicide rates are the highest they’ve been in ten years.

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Venus eclipses Three Days Grace Artist: Three Days Grace Album: Transit Of Venus Release Date: Oct. 2 Label: RCA Grade: C Courtesy of RCA

FELICIA HUNT Staff Writer In June, the transit of Venus moved across the world’s sky – a spectacle that won’t be seen again until Dec. 2117.

Canadian alternative rockers Three Days Grace took inspiration from the planetary event and named their new album Transit Of Venus, their follow up to 2009’s Life Starts Now. The record is aptly named Transit Of Venus, as it contains atmospheric tones and electronic beats over Three Days Grace’s signature hooks and Adam Gontier’s signature gritty vocals, a rarity in the rock scene.

However, the album is not as breathtaking as the actual transit of Venus that happens once a century.

The opening track “Sign Of The Times” exemplifies the atmospheric feel that Three Days Grace wanted to bring to this album. Gontier softly sings before the drums and heavy rock riffs interrupt, encompassing the atmosphere of the rise and fall of Venus in the sky. The instrumentals take precedence over vocals in this track and set the stage for the transformation Three Days Grace wanted to undergo.

The album then progresses into current single, “Chalk Outline,” which was performed at Edgefest last month. Angst ridden lyrics and a fist-pumping chorus – a rock band staple – are combined with droning synthesizer chords to create a reinvented Three Days Grace. The single has achieved as much success as 2003’s debut

single, “I Hate Everything About You,” from the self-titled album.

While the band’s attempt at experimentation is commendable, one song was unforgivable. “Give In To Me,” a cover of the late Michael Jackson, should have been left alone. The cover did no justice for Jackson or Three Days Grace, and the song is in the same key and barely tweaked except for Gontier’s voice.

The remainder of the album was lackluster through tracks “Operate” and “Give Me A Reason,” which repeated Three Days Grace’s generic formula for success. These songs could have been discovered on any previous release, but hardcore fans will appreciate the routine chords regardless.

The album made one final attempt for prominence and succeeded in “Expectations,” a track with a melodic synth where Gontier sings of how expectations can put overwhelming pressure on someone. The lyrics are reminiscent of past hit “Home,” where Gontier sympathizes with fans who are from a broken home.

“Prom Queen/Miss America,” Gontier sings. “In the backseat/In a pair of cuffs/Expectations, go to hell.”

While Transit Of Venus does not fully live up to the epic planetary movement, Three Days Grace is an alternative band with a loyal fan base. If the past says anything, the band will be back in three years with another album that is average at best.

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Don’t underestimate a classic ADRIEN D’ANGELO Arts Editor Product: SM58 Company: Shure Price: $100 or less Use: Vocal/multi-purpose microphone When I turned 18, my parents were adamant about getting me on the road.

My dad said he wanted me to have a car that would withstand the grueling roads of New York – some tank-like vehicle that would keep me safe.

A year later, he gave me his ’06 Hyundai Tucsan.

I almost cried when he put the keys in my hand. It was like one of those coming-of-age moments on The Wonder Years, though I did secretly want a sports car.

After my first accident, though, I realized that a structurally sound vehicle was more important than impressing girls with a flashy death machine.

Shure’s SM58 dynamic cardioid microphone can be best described as the all-wheel-drive SUV of the microphone world. Its rugged structure and timeless design haven’t changed much since the mic’s introduction in 1966.

A 46-year-old microphone may make this review seem dated. However, I think it’s important not to overlook the classics. After all, most of the newer vocal microphones out there today are just slight modifications of the SM58.

These newer models might not have the durability required for rowdy basement shows, rigorous tours or reckless roommates. “[The SM58] is the mic I will be using after the nuclear holocaust happens because it will be one of the only things left on earth that still works,” according to Carson McClain, an advice columnist at Sweetwater.com.

In my personal experience as a sound technician, I’ve seen SM58s with huge dents on the

grille from being dropped or slammed on the ground; they still performed like new.

The universal sound the SM58 produces has also led to its wide use. While artists range from pop to punk to reggae to polka, every genre sounds good through an SM58 microphone. It has become an industry standard.

Many sound techs will scratch their heads when an artist brings his/her own mystery microphone to a gig. It can be an unexpected feedback-filled burden to the more inexperienced techs due to each microphone’s unique frequency response.

While this mic has been primarily used for vocals, don’t be fooled – its uses don’t stop there. The SM58 can be used to mic instruments including acoustic piano, trumpet, melodica, acoustic guitar and even kick drum. In fact, Acoustic Guitar magazine honored the SM58 with a Gold Medal in the Player’s Choice Awards in 2011. Many acoustic guitarists prefer this microphone to a pickup on stage.

Shure has recently released a handy tool known as the X2u, which is a USB interface that connects directly to a microphone. This turns any microphone into a recording device, which can connect to a computer via USB. This device can be bundled with the SM58 for $200, according to shure.com, and it has features that allow multi-track recording with zero time delay. This means you’re recording right on time with the previous track without an annoying wait. It even comes with phantom power for condenser microphones that require electricity.

I’d recommend the SM58 to any musician – whether you’re just starting, regularly gigging or touring overseas. These mics even come in handy in the studio because they respond to sound uniformly.

So don’t go for the fancy sports car – stay durable and safe with the SM58 and have respect for this classic microphone.

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Continued from page 1: Two student houses on W. Northrup Place found with drugs Jeffrey said he never met the students living in 86 W. Northrup Place. However, he heard rumors about the house before Tuesday’s arrest.

Betty Lou Heining lives in 58 W. Northrup Place, across the street from Pawluk, Argiros, Harding and Abramov. She spoke with one of them once and described him as polite and nicelooking.

Since the semester started, Heining said the students in 51 W. Northrup Place have had “loud” and “wild” gatherings.

“Late at night, there would be like a large group of kids congregated there, no more than a party size, coming and going,” Heining said.

“For a while it was almost every night.”

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At night, Heining said she keeps her windows closed. Her house has been broken into several times.

Today, many students rent homes on W. Northrup Place, as well as other streets off Main Street, where UPD does not have jurisdiction. BPD patrols most of the streets surrounding South Campus.

“I’m 34, I’ve lived on this street since I was 14, and I’ve seen more stuff happen here than really dangerous places I’ve had to live before,” Jeffrey said. “It’s just the kids, all the alcohol and stuff. And finally in the last couple years, you see all this stuff in the paper; they’re trying to break the parties up and what not. ’Cause there’s a comfortable way of doing things, but these kids, they’re not doing it lately.”

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Continued from page 1: Start, change, stop The impression built, and it’s remarkable how closely the fine details and density of the lines were mirrored on both sides of Orrico’s body. His eyes remained mostly closed and he fired out a few quick, sporadic breaths as a focus mechanism.

The audience felt Orrico’s discomfort, but he never broke a sweat or showed it in his execution. His body heat in the first position was so intense that at one point the paper ripped as it expanded.

“Change,” Firmin said at the one-hour mark.

Orrico then crouched into a position similar to the rabbit yoga pose, legs and head on the floor with his posterior in the air. It became clear blood would rush to his head for the entire second hour. This made the crowd uneasy, as several audience members gathered themselves and exited the gallery while new ones were just arriving.

“I thought it was intriguing,” said Kelly Magee, a sophomore art major who left during the second hour. “I think it takes a lot of trust to not watch what you’re doing as an artist and have the final product be a surprise.”

The lines from the second position of the performance combined with lines from the first to form a more abstract image, and what originally looked like the top view of a brain scan became a Venn diagram of pulsing lines.

“Change,” Firmin said, initiating the third and final position of Orrico’s performance.

Orrico slowly entered a position much like a catcher would take in baseball with his feet kept together. As he paused for a moment, his face was visible to the audience for the first time since he began. Signs of strain showed on his graphite-dusted skin for the final hour, but his piercing blue eyes maintained tremendous focus.

This point in the performance proved to be a test of endurance – not only for Orrico, but for the audience members who stayed with him from the start.

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“You become concerned for him, but I was sort of right there with him and I connected with him,” Firmin said. “I felt like there was a psychological tether connecting us that I didn’t want to leave.”

Orrico bounced and breathed sharply as he danced his lines on both sides of his body. The spot where his head rested in the second position had a stain of sweat and what seemed to be blood. Audience members waited for the final word, as they grew impatient to see the final result of Orrico’s piece.

“Stop,” Firmin said.

After three grueling hours, Orrico slowly rose to a standing position where he paused and then nodded to the crowd. Applause roared from the floor and balcony above as Orrico stepped away from his masterpiece, leaving two pristine footprints at the base of his impression.

The final image of three intertwined circles varied in density and line thickness, and a negative space ran through the center like a path for Orrico’s feet to follow.

Afterward, some members of the audience rushed to speak with an elated Orrico as others gathered for a closer view of the impression.

“When you spend enough time with these kinds of body practices, you start to learn them as a new behavior the way that we have behaviors without practice like eating and walking,” Orrico said. “They become part of me over time, but I don’t practice the drawings. The real experience is the interaction with the audience. I enter with a little bit of fear and anxiety, and I’m interested in how I can ground that and get into the drawing and escape inside of it.”

Orrico’s art will be featured at the UB Art Gallery in the “Falling through Space Drawn by the Line” exhibition through Dec. 8.

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Tom Occhino has tagged you in a post Alphonce had similar kind words for his former student, mentioning his engagement in lecture with insightful questions and one particular team-based project that Occhino continued to work on even after the semester was over.

Occhino is from Orchard Park, and his web design roots start in Buffalo. He began building websites for the Student Association, where he was paid practically nothing. He did it because he loved creating sleek user interfaces that weren’t bulky and allowed users to seamlessly interact with the Internet.

As a member of the web team, Occhino overhauled a website that informed the student body about SA events including movie nights, concerts and Spring and Fall Fests.

Occhino chose to major in computer engineering because it combines hardware and software design. After four years on campus, he found himself more intrigued with the software and programming side of computers, particularly web design.

After graduating in 2007, Occhino spent about a year freelancing while living in Buffalo, working from his apartment or his parents’ basement. It was his participation in a website called MooTools, a tool used by JavaScript developers, which led Facebook to find him.

One of the other MooTools users had been invited to speak at a web design seminar in Amsterdam but because he was shy, he asked Occhino to go in his place.

Occhino, who was just out of college and eager for opportunities, figured it would be a good chance to travel the world and learn more about web design.

The slides Occhino made for the confer-

ence caught Facebook’s attention.

A Facebook recruiter called him when he got home from the conference. The recruiter wanted Occhino to talk about his slides to a Facebook engineer.

He planned on saying no.

“I was intrigued, but I had no intention at all, whatsoever, of leaving Buffalo to move to California,” Occhino said. “It was this website that we all kind of knew about, but it wasn’t that big of a deal.”

Two interviews and a trip to the Facebook campus in California later, Occhino was hooked.

“I was still skeptical, basically until I walked into the building,” Occhino said. “As soon as I walked in, my whole opinion of the place and everything changed. The environment was so unbelievably exciting for me that I kind of got a feeling that I really, really wanted to be there.”

Energetic people riding on ripsticks and playing four-person competitive chess created the environment that changed Occhino’s mind.

By the time he returned to Buffalo, he had a job offer from Facebook waiting for him.

Without the combination of his passion and excitement for web design, Occhino never would have had the opportunities at SA, freelancing in Buffalo and now Facebook.

Occhino’s life would not have been the same. Neither would Facebook.

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New Age founder to present book Krehbiel left Standard Mirror and began taking classes at UB, where he met a handful of other radical students and professors.

“I really developed my political consciousness,” Krehbiel said.

The group formed New Age, which they distributed to mainly factories – the hot beds for the social justice movement – and other union workplaces around Buffalo.

He spouts jaw-dropping stories effortlessly and will give his first book presenta-

tion on Sunday at Riverside-Salem Church in Grand Island from 4 to 6 p.m.

“This is a book written by people who worked on underground newspapers at the time,” Krehbiel said. “Most of them are from my generation and now 40 years later, we’re reflecting on what it was like to put these papers out during that period.”

The Spectrum will publish a feature on Krehbiel and New Age later this semester.

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“Mormonism and the Jews” Thursday, October 11, 2012, 7:00 PM University at Buffalo, North Campus 120 Clemens Hall-Open to the public

Over time, the relationship between Mormonism and Judaism has become more complex. In recent times, they have clashed over the Mormon practice of the proxy post mortem baptism of Holocaust victims. In this lecture I will discuss some of the historical and theological elements of the relationship between Mormonism and Judaism.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23Oct. 22) -- You may be anticipating an easy time of it today, but in truth, a few unexpected developments require you to do more than you had planned.

ACROSS

45 Artist Jean 46 Apply with might 48 Everyday disinfectant 52 Neighbor of Virgo 53 Simple melody 54 Homage in verse 56 Airline of yore 57 "You bought it, you own it" 61 Unbroken work period 63 The Pineapple King 64 Copied someone else 65 Towing appendage at the rear 66 It can be measured in square yards 67 Spelling of Hollywood 68 Swords used in an Olympic event 69 Prison rec area 70 It's heard in the Highlands

1 Teen dreamboat 5 Hauls before a judge 9 Small-eyed burrowers 14 Wolfe on the trail 15 Unattractive fruit?

16 The creme de la creme 17 Quartet with a defection 18 Weekly service 19 High school social event 20 Is super heroic 23 Commotion, to old poets 24 Source of some strange visions 25 Nay opposer 26 KGB figure 29 Gossipy sort 31 From Japan 33 Bartender Szyslak on 1 Where work accumulates, for many "The Simpsons" 2 Scorn and mock 34 Five before six?

36 Use one of the five Ws 3 Devout petition 4 "Check that out!"

37 Get all breathless 5 Large Japanese wrestlers 38 Strain the brain 6 Lake George locale 42 Has fun with bubble wrap 7 "What ___can I say?"

43 League named for a 8 Not even close to macho plant 9 Middle of the road 44 Thieves' retreat 10 Patron saint of Norway

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Edited by Timothy E. Parker October 5, 2012 GAMES PEOPLE PLAY By Raz Kelper

11 One involved in a face-off 12 Abbr. for those who didn't make the list 13 Have a vision 21 Argot 22 Disclosed, as secret data 27 Pollywog's home 28 "But on the other hand ‌" 30 Clothing, slangily 32 Woodland reveler of myth 35 Cure-all potion 37 Like a Maine forest 38 Use an auger 39 Directly across from 40 Commonplace 41 Messy fight 42 Best bud 46 "At the ___ Core" (Edgar Rice Burroughs novel) 47 Stonemason's chisel (Var.) 49 ntoxicated state 50 One side in NFL negotiations 51 Young Scotsman

55 Pre-tax-audit feeling 58 Storybook beginning 59 "... ___ lender be" 60 Destiny 61 Seller of sea shells 62 Jar drop-in

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GEMINI (May 21June 20) -- You can capitalize on an error made by someone else today, but you don't want to gloat in any way or make too much of a fuss about it.

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Bulls travel to Athens to take on undefeated foe JON GAGNON and JOE KONZE JR. Asst. Sports Editor and Sports Editor Last season, the Bulls stomped on the Bobcats’ hearts when they came to UB stadium.

It was a game Ohio was supposed to win.

But the exasperating offense of the Bulls (1-3, 0-1 Mid-American Conference) proved to be too much for the Bobcats, as Buffalo pushed to a 38-37 victory.

The Bulls are in a similar situation this year as they travel to Athens, Ohio, looking for a much-needed win to help generate some momentum to keep them in the race for a MAC championship.

The Bobcats (5-0, 1-0 MAC) couldn’t have gotten off to a better start in 2012; the last time they started a season 5-0 was Courtesy of University of Ohio in 1968. They’re the only team remaining in the MAC with an undefeated record Buffalo travels to Athens, Ohio to take on Beau Blankenship (22) in a Mid-American Conference game. and have a notable win against Penn State in their season opener. But that’s not to say one of the best passers in the country. With Blankenship and the rest of Ohio's offense. there aren’t a few blemishes to point out. more than a season and a half left to play in The Bobcats stay perfect, escaping with a Last week, they opened up their con- his career, he is only two touchdown passes 24-17 win.” – Jim Ryan, Asst. Sports Ediference schedule against UMass (0-5, 0-2 away from becoming the school’s all-time tor at The Post, Ohio University’s student MAC), a new member of the MAC who leader. Tettleton was listed to four pre- newspaper. transferred from the lower-level FCS, and season award watch lists, notably the Davey Number to watch: +2.2, Ohio’s turnover were only able to defeat the Minutemen by O’Brien Award, which is given to the best margin, which currently ranks fifth in the three points, 37-34. Not the start they were quarterback in the nation. He is currently nation. The Bulls, on the other hand, have looking for in their opener against the clear- second in the MAC in passing efficiency failed to complete a game thus far with a cut worst team in the conference, but none- and is one of only six quarterbacks in the positive margin. The Bulls are currently -6 country to have thrown for at least eight in turnovers through four games. theless a win.

Players to watch for: Running back touchdowns and zero interceptions.

Prediction: The Bulls should be able Beau Blankenship: In his first year as the Key Matchup: Beau Blankenship vs. to move the ball a considerable amount. premier back for the Bobcats, Blankenship, Bulls’ front seven: The Bulls are giving However, the status of junior running back a transfer from the Big 12’s Iowa State, is up 200 yards a game on the ground. That Branden Oliver is unknown. Junior Brancurrently third in all of the NCAA in rush- doesn’t bode well for a defense matched don Murie and freshman Devin Campbell ing yards. Last week against UMass, Blan- up with the nations third-leading rusher in have filled in well, but it could be tough kenship set a career high with 269 yards, Blankenship. If the Bulls put their focus on against an Ohio defense that ranks No. 1 in boosting his total to 757 rushing yards on Tettleton and the Bobcats’ passing attack, it the MAC in rushing defense. the season, which is on pace to beat former could leave plenty of holes for Blankenship Ohio 31, Bulls 21 Bobcat Kalvin McRae’s rushing record of to continue his streak of at least 100 yards rushing in every game this season.

1,434 yards.

Quarterback Tyler Tettleton: In his ju- He said it: “Buffalo comes out swinging, nior year, Tettleton is often referred to as but can’t bring down running back Beau Email: sports@ubspectrum.com

The rights and wrongs of fantasy trading TROY FAZIO Sports Columnist Sometimes fantasy players are like your new workout program or a new girlfriend.

You tried it out for a little bit, but who are you kidding? You wanted three-day results, and nothing special has happened. Production is low, and they haven’t brought you a lot of pleasure yet. You’re pretty sure there are other good options out there. This is when you know you’re ready for a fantasy trade.

There were a couple words that came out of my mouth last Monday night that are probably frowned upon in most countries. I was forced to sit and watch Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo blow it – not only for America’s team, but also for three of my fantasy teams. It’s performances like this one that can cause fantasy owners to give up on players.

So whether you’re ready to dump nuisances like Romo or you just want to snag some of the blooming players out there, you’re going to need these things in mind when making a trade.

Rip your opponent off It’s a basic concept really. Your aim in a trade should be to not only gain, but also ensure the other party loses. This usually will take some sweet-talking. It’s also best to target the new guy. Here are two ways to rip someone off.

The first is what I call stat-marketing.

It’s still early enough in the season to do this. Take a guy who is clearly out-performing his abilities. A good example is Cardinals wide receiver Andre Roberts. He is leading the league with four touchdown

receptions. Point this fact out to your friend and tell him you would be willing to take the Lions’ superstar receiver Calvin Johnson, who has only scored once, off his hands.

Pretty soon this Roberts guy will be on the practice squad, and Johnson will set the record for most TDs. The second principle is what I call the Green Panda. The name has no significance, but the concept is simple. Pick up somebody who had an above-average previous week. Then work a trade with the league noob where you both trade two players. Be sure one of the guys you give away is the scrub you just picked up. You will be sure to get something for almost nothing, kind of like fourth grade when you found a peanut butter sandwich in the hallway and traded it to your friend for his Oreos.

Avoid threesomes Like my mama used to always say: one at a time. Of course, she was talking about the pancakes I was eating, but this philosophy holds true for trades. Getting three mediocre players does not make it OK to give away your best player. Believe me, a couple years ago I traded MLB star Ryan Howard for five other players. My team was terrible and barely broke even on the trade. So even though Robin Sparkles says two beavers are better than one, they’re not.

Trading is one of the keys to winning fantasy football, but only if executed correctly. Timing is everything and deception is a good weapon.

Flex plays for Week 5: Bye weeks are here, and you may find yourself stuck. Look out for some of these guys.

Jackie Battle (RB/SD), Confidence Rating: 9/10 This guy has to be picked up in all leagues. Former starter Ryan Mathews was benched last week and it is extremely unclear if he’s going to get a lot of touches anymore. Battle runs like a moose, and New Orleans (his next opponent) has given up the most fantasy points to running backs this year.

Kyle Rudolph (TE/MIN), C.R. 7/10 Here’s a guy who is owned in just over half of fantasy leagues. His matchup this week against the Titans’ weak front seven has touchdown written all over it. A couple good tight ends are on byes this week. This guy is a good pickup.

Any San Francisco Receiver, C.R. 7/10 San Fran is up against the Bills this week, and honestly I don’t know if the Bills really have a secondary. Again, these guys are not owned in all fantasy leagues, and it is common to see them on the bench. But if you do have any of them or they are available, they have a good chance of getting a score this week and giving you that extra boost.

BenJarvus Green-Ellis, C.R. 2/10 If you can avoid him this week, please do. Miami actually has the fifth-best run defense in the league, despite the Dolphins’ other woes.

Eliminator/Survival Pick: Green Bay over Indy Bye Teams this week: Cowboys, Lions, Raiders, Bucs

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Walk the Line: Week 5 JON GAGNON Asst. Sports Editor Last week, I came extremely close to picking the 49ers over the Jets as my lock. I believe the spread was -4 to San Francisco.

The Jets and their dual-headed quarterback tandem (or whatever you want to call it, I’m not sure Tebow even has a position anymore) got shutout.

I don’t want to turn this into a column about the Jets, but I feel a need to get this off my chest.

If I were the Jets’ general manager I would instantly clean house. Right away. Get rid of Ryan, Sanchez and Tebow. Both of those quarterbacks don’t have any legitimate potential, and at this point their team is just a mockery and the laughing stock of the NFL, partly due to ESPN’s over-coverage. But hey, can’t we assume that’s what they wanted when trading for Tebow in the first place? If they don’t do something drastic, things are never going to change. And their defense and running game are simply not as good as it was when they carried Sanchez on their back to the AFC Championship in back-to-back years.

Bottom line is, when I sat down to write this column today I said, “I’m picking the Texans 100 percent. I can honestly see the Jets losing by 30 in back-to-back weeks.” But then I saw the spread (-9 to Houston, which will probably inflate before Monday) and it scared me off. I tend to stay away from games that have spreads higher than a touchdown. So take what you will with that prediction, or lack thereof.

In a recap of last week, the Bengals covered easily, but the Cardinals failed me. They had to give Miami six points and only won by three in overtime. Sorry, I guess I didn’t expect a defense that had just allowed one total touchdown against Philadelphia and New England to allow Ryan Tannehill to throw for 431 yards.

I’ve now gone 1-1 every week in my two “Locks” picks. I’d call that consistency.

At least I’m narrowing the games you have to pick from down to two, but it’s up to you which one you pick from there. On to the picks.

Note: Lines as of Oct. 4, via: sportsbook.ag Matchup of the week (2-2): Denver Broncos (+7) at New England Patriots (-7) Finally. What everyone has been waiting for: Peyton Manning vs. Tom Brady. Two of the best quarterbacks of all time and first ballot hall of famers. I’m torn here. The Broncos’ two losses at the hands of the Falcons and Texans could have been blowouts. They haven’t started games well this season, and if they go down to the Pats early I don’t see Brady letting his foot off the gas. Bills fans know how that feels.

But I just can’t see Peyton going down without a fight. A seven-point spread is a lot considering how well Denver’s defense has played and how well the Broncos have (almost) closed games. So I’m taking the Broncos. Broncos 30, Patriots 34 Locks (4-4): Baltimore Ravens (-6.5) at Kansas City Chiefs (+6.5) The only thing Kansas City has going for them is Jamaal Charles and its running game, but the Ravens shouldn’t have a problem with that. In Kansas City’s three losses this season, it has been defeated by an average of 17 points and gave up at least 35 points to the opposition. The Ravens are averaging 30.5 points per game, so they might just put up 40 on the Chiefs’ defense. Ravens 27, Chiefs 17 Atlanta Falcons (-3) at Washington Redskins (+3) I’ve had terrible results this season when including a team I picked last week in this week’s picks. But this line is too juicy not to consider. A lot of people are over hyping the Redskins. They have losses to St. Louis and Cincinnati, and barely beat the Buccaneers last week. Although RGIII has put on some great performances in the fourth quarter in his rookie season, he won’t be able to do it against the NFC’s best team. The Falcons should enter the fourth up double digits, so even with a minor comeback from RGIII, he’ll have a lot of catching up to do with this slim spread.

Falcons 30, Redskins 20 That’s it. This has to be the week I finally go 2-0. I’m putting my destiny in the hands of arguably the two best teams in their respective conferences.

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