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Volume 62 No. 28

Monday, November 5, 2012

Tripathi delivers state of university address Story on page 4

In first start, Licata leads Bulls to lastsecond win

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Tools for change

UB alum starts Tool Library in the Heights REBECCA BRATEK Managing Editor Four years ago, during his senior year, Darren Cotton moved into a house on Lisbon Avenue with a few friends. He thought his new home would be safe, secure and problem-free.

It wasn’t.

About four months after moving in, his house was broken into and his TV was stolen.

“When we originally moved in, [our landlord] was like, ‘Oh yeah, there’s a security system so you don’t have to worry about that,’ except he never got it hooked up so our house got broken into,” Cotton said.

“The first thing I did was call him and be like, ‘Hey, thanks a lot, asshole. Our house just got robbed.’”

His landlord wasn’t distant or out of state; he lived a few miles from the Heights in Cheektowaga. Still, problems that should have been fixed within a day or two would take months, so Cotton decided to take the matter into his own hands.

He would drive back home to his parents’ house in Colden, N.Y. – a town about 40 minutes south of his University Heights home – and he would steal their tools. He was determined to fix things himself, even though he wasn’t always quite sure what he was doing.

“I thought, ‘Holy sh*t, the last time I used a chop saw was eighth grade shop class,’” Cotton said. He used that chop saw, among many other tools, to fix his landscaping and issues within his home – most notably, the bathroom. It was in disrepair – peeling wallpaper, water-damaged baseboards and broken tile racks.

“It was pretty self-explanatory stuff, but it made a big difference,” he said. When he was finished with the work, he deducted the amount of money he spent on materials

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Darren Cotton has come a long way from stealing his parents' tools to fix his Heights’ home. The master’s of urban planning graduate started the University Heights Tool Library in May 2011 to help empower other UB students to take initiative and fix their homes.

from his monthly rent.

Cotton graduated from UB’s master’s of urban planning program in May 2012 after receiving his undergraduate degree in international studies and linguistics in 2009. He has come a long way from stealing his parents’ power tools; he’s helped make tools and other home improvement needs available to students in the University Heights through the University Tool Library. He wants to help empower students to take control of their homes when landlords aren’t responsive, just like he did as an undergrad at UB. Birth of the Tool Library Cotton knew students who rent homes in the Heights can’t afford and simply don’t need a toolbox of their own, so he sought to

bring the tools to them in a convenient and cost-effective way.

The idea? A tool library.

Cotton got the idea from sitting on meetings with activist groups, such as Buffalo ReUse and People United for Sustainable Housing (PUSH). Buffalo ReUse and PUSH had started the Buffalo Tool Library, and Cotton wanted to bring their ideas to the Heights. The Buffalo Tool Library has since disbanded, but Cotton is working with the two groups to bring the system back to the city.

“It was really interesting because I pretty much had no idea what I was doing, Cotton said. “And it really was almost like starting a small business.”

From Russia with love

Legendary poet Yevtushenko delights UB in three-day visit

Cotton started the University Heights Tool Library in May 2011, located on Main Street, with the help of Buffalo Councilmember Bonnie Russell. Cotton knew students, new homeowners and community renters could fix a lot of their homes’ problems by themselves, but most don’t have the means to do so. Russell was able to give Cotton $15,000 in start-up funding to get the Tool Library set up and running.

“Darren came to my office with the idea several years ago, and once he had it tightened a year later, he came back and I granted [the Tool Library] our discretionary funds,” Russell said. “[The Tool Library] is a great place where students and homeowners can get the tools they need for very cheap.”

Since opening in May 2011, the library has moved to 5 W. Northrup Place, next to Just Pizza, and is housed within the University Heights Collaborative (UHC), a community-based group within the Heights – comprised of individuals, block clubs, UB, elected officials and businesses – that is interested in enhancing the quality of life within the neighborhood.

How it works The Tool Library on West Northrup is housed inside of an old movie theater – a historic building with drop-vaulted ceilings, an aluminum-plated roof and original, real hardwood floors. The space was previously used as computer repair store before Cotton and his crew acquired the space – the move from Main Street to West Northrup was mainly due to cheaper rent and a need for a more customizable space, according to Cotton.

Now, Cotton and library volunteers are working to restore the building to its original state by ripping out the carpets and reworking the different rooms into workshops. He has found improving the physical library building is one of the most rewarding experiences.

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Humble Burton puts students first

MAX CRINNIN Staff Writer

Successful, beloved professor emphasizes personal interaction

Last week, UB hosted one of the world’s living legends of poetics.

During his three-day visit, 80-year-old Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko shared Stalin’s Funeral, a film made about his personal experience while attending the infamous Soviet dictator’s funeral, other life stories and poems of politics and love.

Although he read his work in Russian, Yevtushenko’s tears, songs and dancing spoke a universal language at his Thursday night performance in Slee Hall’s Lippes Concert Hall on UB’s North Campus.

Before a packed concert hall of approximately 600 people, Yevtushenko shared the stage with three UB English students and excited a multilingual audience to multiple standing ovations throughout the evening.

In his home country, Yevtushenko is highly regarded for his contributions toward a peak in Russian art in the ’50s and ’60s known as the Khrushchev Thaw, for his dissident commentary on the political policies of the Soviet Union.

As a poet, novelist, essayist, film director, actor and photographer, he has pulled fans’ tender heartstrings and faced the cruel realities of life with great success and international praise and recognition, including a nomination for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

CALEB LAYTON Staff Writer

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Last week, Russian poet and living legend Yevgeny Yevtushenko visited UB and hosted three events, which included a poetry reading, open discussion with sudents and the screening of his film, Stalin’s Funeral.

Yevtushenko began his visit to UB with the screening of Stalin’s Funeral on Wednesday night at UB’s Center For the Arts. The room was bursting with curious members of the community flocking to catch a glimpse at a confusing and monumental moment from Soviet history.

While these moments may seem unimportant and forgotten to a college-aged audience, there is something that everyone can take from Yevtushenko’s work.

Inside

“Life in the Soviet Union, Stalin’s funeral, or tragic events at Babi Yar in Kiev, Ukraine, may seem like distant historical events for today’s youth,” said Tanya Shilina-Conte, assistant professor in the department of media study. “But [Yevtushenko’s] bardic song, his vivacity even at age 80 and his message of personal and political freedoms is, so to say, eternally young.”

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Professor Burton shuffles through papers, paying no attention to the two awards – given to him for excellence in teaching – sitting on a cluttered shelf to the left of his desk.

A group of students walks out of his office when another knocks on the door. His scheduled office hours are over, but Burton invites him in.

Harold Burton, a professor of exercise and nutrition sciences, has been at UB since 1987. In that time, he has been honored with the University at Buffalo Distinguished Service Award, the School of Public Health and Health Professions Teacher of the Year and the Milton Plesur Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence. Though he seems to give little attention to the honors, no one is more deserving, according to students. “[Burton] is one of the best educators I’ve ever been around,” said Carol DeNysschen, a UB alum and former student of Burton’s. “He really cares about [his students], but he doesn’t do their work for them … He makes the work interesting for the students.

[Burton is] definitely deserving of the awards he received.”

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Here to help.

Offices of the Vice Provosts for Graduate and Undergraduate Education, Student Association and University Life and Services are working on the following to benefit those affected by Hurricane Sandy: • UB students will be able to donate a meal equivalency amount at http://myubcard.com/ later this week.

• Working with the American Red Cross to identify most needed supplies • Setting up additional blood drives with the American Red Cross • Looking for community service opportunities for students • Additional buses will be available for Thanksgiving break transportation as needed • UB Counseling Services and Campus Ministries staffs are always available to students for support • Financial Aid: For help with financial aid issues, please contact the Office of Financial Aid at 716-645-8232 or email the office at UBFA@Buffalo.edu.

• Office of the Registrar: Students having problems related to records and registration should email the Registrar at UBregistar@buffalo. edu or call 716-645-5698.

• Student Accounts: Students experiencing difficulty paying their bill due to financial stress, the inability to transfer funds, or other storm related problems should either email the office at UBstudentaccounts@buffalo.edu or call 716-645-1800.

Opinion

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Make your selection in local election

Don’t let national presidential race overshadow local races There’s one day to go before Election Day, and the names of Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are more familiar to you than members of your own family. But can you name your state senator or district representative?

The Congress approval rating is currently at 21 percent according to Gallup, yet most members of Congress are poised for re-election. At least 15 senators of the 22 seeking re-election are expected to sign on to new terms. The same is true for at least 330 House members.

We hate them, but we won’t get rid of them.

And most people hate them blindly. According to an older survey, only 25 percent of American adults can correctly name their U.S. senators. There’s no exact number on how many people can name their local representatives, but some polls place the number at around only 10 percent.

Local elections don’t get the glitz and glamour of the national election so they don’t get our full attention, but people don’t realize the impact they have.

Look at New York, a predominantly democratic state where many feel like their vote in the presidential election won’t make any difference. Local elections are an entirely different game, especially in the more conservative-voting precincts. Many of those areas are only a few minutes away from Buffalo. Because they don’t have to cater to the entire country or worry about appealing to a wide range of people, individual precincts can afford to be as extreme as they want to be.

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Maybe that’s why there seems to be an increase in the number of vicious ads this year on the local level. The Buffalo News reported that political advertising in the 27th Congressional District in Buffalo and Rochester has reached nearly $5 million.

It’s all noise at this point – noise that we’re ignoring and have ignored for years. According to Erie County election officials, voter turnout in 2008 was at about 42 percent with over 75,000 ballots cast.

But some of the most important issues are determined at the local level. Obama and Romney can preach all day about what they intend to do for the education system, but your representatives make the most immediate decisions. That’s why it’s so important to know what your candidates stand for and to vote.

That doesn’t mean the presidential election isn’t important, as it certainly holds a place in balancing the national budget, controlling broad domestic affairs and managing foreign policy. But the presidential candidates don’t come to your town and take care of you personally. They deal with the grand, broad issues and issues of national importance. What goes on in your hometown is not their problem.

Here in Buffalo, the biggest races have big implications for students. In the race for New York’s 26th Congressional District, incumbent Brian Higgins and Republican challenger Michael Madigan have both made their plans for education reform. Higgins wants to make student loan interest deductible and

expand deduction to more middle class applicants.

Madigan focuses more on primary-school education, seeking to improve education by improving the skills of teachers to help children get skilled labor jobs and offering parental education in poorly performing schools.

Another big race is the seat for State Senator in the 60th District between Michael Amodeo and incumbent Senator Mark Grisanti. Grisanti is a proud supporter of UB 2020, the university’s expansion program, while Amodeo wants to find a solution to community college chargebacks and opposes increases in SUNY tuition.

The difference between their wants and the wants of our presidential candidates? Our local candidates actually have the power to reform these issues.

Pay attention to your local races and their impact. One of the pluses of getting involved in your local elections is that your representatives are right there, available to meet or talk to with only a couple of phone calls. Want to know what they stand for?

Attend a local meeting or talk to them personally.

When you go out and cast your ballot tomorrow, remember it’s not just about Mitt Romney or Barack Obama. Make a difference and vote for your local representatives.

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Crossing the line

Bloomberg’s handling of NYC marathon was in poor taste It took Mayor Bloomberg until the final 36 hours to cancel the New York City Marathon.

Last week, the New York City mayor stood firm in his defense even in the face of criticism, stating it would lift the city’s spirits. New York Road Runners, the directing organization of the race, promoted the event as a symbol of resilience.

Until Friday afternoon, at least. That’s when the idea of the marathon became less of a symbol of resilience and more of an insult to a recovering city. That Bloomberg waited so long and let people feel so angry and desperate before canceling is just a testimony to how atrociously he handled the entire situation.

Bloomberg changed his initial decision because of public outrage, because of charges of insensitivity.

Dan Halloran, a New York City Councilman, was just one person angered at the way Bloomberg handled things, before and after the cancellation.

“It was big business that made him change his mind. Thanks for nothing you elitist,” he posted on Facebook. “It was 4 days before you got to Staten Island and have you been to Breezy in Queens? Didn’t think so!”

The marathon is a major money generator for the city, bringing in an estimated $340 million, and the 47,500 runners contribute an estimated $17.3 mil-

lion in taxes. That money goes to pay public officials, officers and teachers, according to Howard Wolfson, deputy mayor for government affairs and communication.

But the difficult decision is the right decision sometimes. The wrong thing to do is to ignore Sandy and pretend that everything is okay, and that’s what the marathon would’ve done.

Whether or not the marathon would have the power to rebuild morale, a concept that’s already entirely questionable while the city is being rebuilt, it’s in bad taste to hold a race that starts on Staten Island – where 19 residents died last week – and avoids the areas of the city that were hit the hardest and concludes in Central Park, which was just closed days before because of dangerous conditions.

The New York City Marathon is basically a parade, and you’d be marching them through five battered boroughs loaded with people focused on getting their lives back on track – the same people who have been without transportation and power for almost a week. Bloomberg was ready to provide blankets and generators to nearly 50,000 runners while there were millions of people without heat.

There would be 47,500 runners, all who needed to be housed around the city and all who needed transportation (they’re not going to run everywhere)

and utilities and food, on top of the residents who all needed the same thing. They would be overstressing a city and a system that is already out of place.

The marathon’s cancellation raised a question about the status of some of the city’s other events during the week. Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade felt there were bigger things to be concerned about and reportedly donated his game fee to relief effort. Thursday’s Knicks at Nets season opener was postponed due to mass transit. Despite being no damage done to Brooklyn’s Barclays Center itself, 80 percent of the people who come to the game arrive via public transportation.

So assuming that is accurate, that means Bloomberg was perfectly fine with people traveling into the city from all across the globe even though the city was too damaged for people to travel between boroughs.

Some of the runners said they feel robbed for having to come here and having the marathon taken away. But they are the people who can come and run and leave the city without any emotional attachment to the devastation that occurred. The people who should be taken care of and cared about in this situation are the people who live in New York City and are living with this.

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Canceling the NYC Marathon was a mistake RACHEL RAIMONDI Staff Writer Mayor Bloomberg canceled the New York City Marathon Friday evening. He stated that after disagreement in the public, he would not want “a cloud to hang over the race and its participants.”

Opponents of continuing the marathon say it’s insensitive. It’s not.

Government officials should not have canceled the race because Hurricane Sandy hit the Northeast six days earlier.

Two weeks after the terrorist attacks of Sept.

11 devastated the nation, the New York Yankees returned to the city to play the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

The nation didn’t remain at a standstill. Rescuers were still searching the rubble and notifying families of victims. But still, people carried on with their lives and returned to normalcy.

Hurricane Sandy is not comparable to 9/11, which changed the way we lived, flew, entered buildings and thought about safety. We went to war.

New Yorkers carried on.

The hurricane was terrible. Families who lost loved ones and homes have the right to grieve.

However, we cannot change internationally recognized policies and programs of New York City. We will rebuild and revitalize the affected areas. It’s time to show the world again what being a New Yorker really means.

On Wednesday, the lights went up on Broadway and people from outside the city returned to work.

Hurricane Sandy is already behind us.

The race – and the New Yorker mentality – is about perseverance and triumph over adversity. The

runners can attest to that after their grueling 26.2mile journeys.

“Everything can’t just stop because this happened,” Anne-Marie Auwinger, a Lower Manhattan resident who hasn’t had power in a week, told USA Today. “We have to try to make things as normal as we can.”

The 42-year-old cultural tradition has never been canceled before. It has major sponsors, like ING, and didn’t need funding from the city.

The New York Road Runners (NYRR), a nonprofit New York-based running organization – not the taxpayers – was going to pay for the police efforts needed to run the event smoothly.

“While holding the race would not require diverting resources from the recovery effort, it is clear that this has become the source of controversy and division,” said Bloomberg and NYRR President Mary Wittenberg in a joint statement.

If it is true that resources, such as hotel space and first-responder efforts, would not be diverted, then the show should have gone on. If we take the city on its word, the argument of limited resources is invalid.

The marathon would have been a bigger challenge than most years – with the Long Island Rail Road and New York Subway System limited – but the city was up for it.

It had the capability to host the event this year, but government officials chose not to in an attempt to satisfy the people who are offended by the quick turnaround.

Runners, volunteers and sponsors were shocked and devastated by the cancelation.

The local businesses depend on the event, which brings in approximately 45,000 runners and 1 million spectators. The revenue expected every year has now vanished.

Racers lost out on travel and lodging expenses, monetary prizes, future racing endorsements and race invitations. For the elite athletes, the marathon is a job. Most only have the chance to win a marathon this big once or twice a year.

This year, the first male and female finishers were to go home with $130,000. Prizes were also going to be given to those who broke records. Athletes use the money for basic living needs, future travel expenses and race entry fees. Their competition would have brought aid to the city as well.

The marathon weekend brings in an estimated $340 million to the city, according to USA Today.

NYRR planned to donate $1 million to recovery efforts and turn the race into a telethon. Race sponsors pledged $1.5 million.

This is an act of kindness, not a requirement.

Many suggested the generators that would have been used at the marathon should power homes on Staten Island and other affected areas. This would be illogical.

NYRR is now suffering the loss of its biggest event. It has disappointed sponsors, employees and patrons whose months of hard work have been ruined in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

Opponents have called hosting the race “disgusting,” claiming to do so would be disrespectful to the affected families. I don’t agree.

It would return a sense of normalcy to New York. It does not mean we are forgetting the victims.

They are remembered, and they are in our prayers.

But anyone who says carrying on is disrespectful is a hypocrite.

Last month, the death toll in Iraq doubled to 365, the highest toll in two years, according to Reuters.

On Sept. 9 alone, 100 people were killed. Did you put a hold on your life in respect for the families? Like everyone else, you didn’t ignore or forget the victims, but you carried on.

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Tripathi envisions growth at UB President discusses future goals at state of the university address SAM FERNANDO Staff Writer On Friday, President Satish Tripathi delivered his state of the university address at the Center for the Arts.

In his speech, Tripathi highlighted his vision of UB 2020 and the expansion of the university. He explained what goals have already been achieved and what still needs to be done on the pathway to a bigger, more academically successful university.

In order to achieve this vision, Tripathi emphasized the importance of growth – growth in faculty across all disciplines, growth in educational environment, growth in infrastructure and, most importantly, growing together as a community.

“He talked about thinking of UB as a whole,” said Paras Prasad, a distinguished professor in chemistry, electrical engineering, medicine and physics. “I think that is a very important point and we can really distinguish ourselves in the nation by being aggressive and combining our strengths in different academic units to advance to new levels [of success].”

Tripathi also spoke about UB’s budget and current financial state and said it’s on the right track to improvement.

“After four years that brought approximately $80 million in cuts, the budget is in a good place and we are beginning to build again,” Tripathi said. “Because of our hard work, we aren’t just patching up. We are in the position to accelerate our progress.”

Tripathi stressed the importance faculty has on the overall development of the institution. He said a larger and more prominent faculty would have a drastic effect on students academically.

The president set a five-year goal to increase the faculty by 250 people in various fields of study.

He also plans to increase the number of endowed positions, which is already in effect.

The administration created two endowment

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President Satish Tripathi presented his vision of UB 2020 on Friday at the Center For the Arts.

funds focused on the arts, humanities and social sciences. These funds will support up to five new endowed faculty chairs and over $1 million in scholarships in those fields.

Tripathi believes this is the key to helping UB attract more distinguished faculty members, which will in turn attract higher caliber students.

He plans to improve the educational environment at UB by continuing to improve research prowess, which will attract more ambitious students.

UB has the “opportunity and obligation to lead on an even greater scale [in research,]” he said.

Strengthening the Academies is essential, according to Tripathi. The Entrepreneurship Academy was launched this fall and the Sustainability Academy is scheduled to open next fall. He said in addition to the University Honors College, discovery seminars and center for undergraduate research

and creative activity, these academies contribute to fostering a new environment.

Tripathi touched on the university’s plans to make education more affordable for students.

“Affordability remains an important issue we must address as part of our commitment to expanding opportunities for educational excellence,” Tripathi said.

Bruce Pitman, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, believed Tripathi should have stressed student finances more than he did.

“He glossed over it quickly, but the university has made a commitment to help students from the financial aid side,” Pitman said. “We need to keep the institution affordable for students. I think that is a useful message to ensure.”

Tripathi discussed improvements to UB that already show his vision of UB 2020

in effect, like the opening of Greiner Residence Hall, Davis Hall, Kapoor Hall and the Solar Strand.

The UB community’s support and shared vision for the future made these accomplishments possible, according to Tripathi.

“This is how I see the path in front of us – our biggest opportunity is to think in new ways,” Tripathi said. “At UB, we excel at thinking and partnering across disciplines.

Now we need to go a step beyond that and we need to think holistically as one university about our priorities and our impact. We need to focus on what unites us under common purpose and we need to consider what makes us truly distinctive nationally and globally.”

Daniel Ovadia, a senior in the School of Management and the student representative for the University Council, believed Tripathi’s speech was a good summary of what is happening but didn’t offer any new information.

“None of the information that is provided at this type of speech is generally new, but I thought it did a good job of capturing a lot of the major things that are going on, so I guess it was very relevant,” Ovadia said.

Peter Grassi, a senior political science major and the director of Student Affairs, disagreed with Ovadia. He found the speech inspiring and informative.

“I didn’t know that improvements were being done not only on North Campus but South Campus and downtown,” Grassi said.

“I wasn’t aware of the magnitude of gross in the Undergraduate Academies. I had no idea that the administration is being so thorough in their efforts to improve the school and doing it in such a diverse way.”

Ovadia believed the student turnout was underwhelming and hopes more students will take advantage of events like this in the future. He is happy the university provides outlets, like the president’s address, for students to get information.

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Last year, Stay-Up UB raised approximately $8,000. This year's UB Dance Marathon is seeking to raise $10,000 to assist Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo.

Dance for a life

UB Dance Marathon to assist local hospital CHELSEA SULLIVAN Staff Writer Stay-Up UB is dancing to improve children’s health.

For the past three years, UB has hosted a fundraising event to raise money for kids with cancer. Last year, however, Stay-Up UB joined with the nationally recognized Dance Marathon organization. The dance event will be hosted on Nov. 10 from 6 p.m. until 1 a.m. Each year, the proceeds are donated to Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo.

This hospital is a teaching facility for UB’s School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and recognized as a state-of-the-art pediatric, neonatal, perinatal and obstetrical services throughout Western New York, according to kaleidahealth.org.

The people at the Dance Marathon will meet four children – ages 4 to 10 – who have been diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lives. The children will tell their stories.

One of the children attending the event is Natalie Berg. She was diagnosed with a rare form of childhood cancer called embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma, which affects the development of the skeletal muscle of the embryo, when she was 21 months old.

Now she is a healthy first-grader who loves coloring and dressing up like a princess, according to helpmakemiracles.com.

Other survivors attending the Dance Marathon include Tyler, who had liver problems at the age of 6 and needed a liver transplant to survive, and 10-year-old Gianna, who was diagnosed with acute lymphatic leukemia and survived after six months of chemotherapy. All of these children were treated at Women and Children’s Hospital, according to helpmakemiracles.org.

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Continued from page 1: From Russia with love During his one-hour visit to Baird Hall on Thursday before his reading, Yevtushenko was open to questions from the public.

During this time, he spoke of what poetry means to him and how it has shaped his views throughout life.

Yevtushenko emphasized the importance of finding optimism for the future and the necessity for writers and people from all walks of life to find common ground while working together toward a united world.

At one point in the discussion, Fata Haskovic, a Bosnian refugee and freshman intended biology major, shared a relation she felt to Yevtushenko’s work that expressed despair and turmoil.

“I’m trying to find some kind of peace,” Haskovic said. “I feel like the only thing that is left is hope in writing and art. [Yevtushenko’s] question to us was, ‘What does the youth expect in the future?’ and I think it lies in creativity and art.”

While Yevtushenko tends to be recognized more for his political commentary, he is also well respected for his love of poetry.

During his discussion and the reading, his face showed the passion he has felt over a lifetime that includes four marriages and other exciting affairs.

Yevtushenko spoke directly about one affair he had long ago with a Colombian photo model, whom he only recently wrote the poem “Dora Franco: A Delayed Confession” about. This woman later went on to become Salvador Dali’s personal assistant.

“If I loved someone many years ago, I still love them today,” Yevtushenko said.

“Great love is an unusual feeling … sometimes even shyness is a form of passion.”

An expert on the subject, Yevtushenko continued to share anecdotes and feelings of love with the audience at Baird Hall before bringing even more emotion and drama

to his reading at Lippes Concert Hall.

Selecting from an anthology of his work, Yevtushenko acted out his poetry with great expression and even the accompaniment from a pianist and singer for one of his poems. The three UB students who assisted him – Jennifer Johnson, Paige Melin and Daniel Schweitzer – read English translations of the work alongside Yevtushenko’s Russian readings.

“Other than the late Allen Ginsburg, no poet today brings the passions of song, drama and personal conviction to his performance like [Yevtushenko],” Shilina-Conte said.

Yevtushenko’s most famous poem, “Babi Yar,” was a cry against anti-Semitism that existed in the Soviet Union with direct relation to the largest massacre of the Holocaust. In this massacre, 34,000 Jews were killed in Sept. 1941 in Kiev’s Babi Yar ravine.

As part of his visit, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra invited Yevtushenko to read this poem Friday evening alongside their performance of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 13, which was inspired by “Babi Yar.” Even in his old age, Yevtushenko still writes while splitting his time between living in Russia and teaching poetry at the University of Oklahoma at Tulsa, Okla.

In closing, he remembered his old dear American friends who united with him during the Cold War and helped him change the world: Carl Sandburg, Robert Frost and Robert Lowell.

Yevtushenko hopes today the youth of the world realizes whose turn it is now to bring purpose, unity and love through the great unifying power that is poetry.

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He finished the game with 127 yards and completed 13-of-24 passing attempts and two touchdowns, the latter a pass over the middle to junior wide receiver Alex Neutz, who scampered into the end zone for a 43-yard touchdown. It was Neutz’s ninth touchdown of the season, inching him closer to Naaman Roosevelt’s record of 13 receiving touchdowns in a single season.

He was locked in a quarterback duel with Dysert, who passed legendary quarterback Ben Roethlisberger for No. 1 all-time in school history for career passing yards during the game. He finished with 242 yards and three touchdowns, as he and Licata went back and forth in a wild second half.

The Buffalo defense hounded the RedHawks throughout the first half, allowing only three points on a drive that started on their own 18-yard line. The RedHawks’ longest drive of the half was a mere 29 yards.

“The defense held their quarterback [Dysert] to three points in the first half,” Licata said. “That’s amazing. You probably won’t see that for the rest of the year with that quarterback over there. He’s an unbelievable player.”

The quarterback switch didn’t affect the productivity of Oliver and the Bulls’ running game. He finished the day with 199 yards rushing, upping his average to 145.2 yards per game on the season, and he has now rushed for over 100 yards in every game he’s finished this year.

“The running game really helped our offense today,” Licata said. “When you hand the ball off to Branden Oliver, a lot of great things can happen and you really saw that today.”

It was only the second time this season that the Bulls led the game during the fourth quarter, the first being their blowout victory over FCS school Morgan State back in September.

“We knew that we were beating on the door, and today we broke it down,” Quinn said.

Next up is Western Michigan (4-6, 2-4 MAC), who will visit UB Stadium in what will be the Bulls’ final home game of the season on Saturday. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m.

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The praise is not limited to Burton’s students; his fellow professors have noticed his commitment as well.

Professor Gaspar Farkas, the interim director of exercise and nutrition sciences, who has worked with Burton for 18 years, is impressed how Burton learns the names of all 120 or more students in his lectures.

Burton likes to get involved and puts in the effort to know about their lives, according to Farkas.

Burton doesn’t let the high praises or awards go to his head.

Burton credits his ability to remember students’ names to attendance printouts that come with pictures of the students. Burton said he considers it “quite a compliment” to hear about his popularity amongst the students.

A native of Kirkland Lake, a small town in northern Ontario, Burton began his academic career with the intention of becoming a teacher.

As an undergraduate, he was interested in teaching high school so he earned his bachelor’s in education. When he became interested in health sciences, he pursued that on the collegiate level.

Burton received his doctorate in cardiovascular physiology from the University of Guelph in 1983, and he earned a fellowship at the University of Michigan until 1986, before becoming an associate professor at UB. His background in education is in part responsible for his emphasis on connecting with his students, a quality which sets him apart from other research-oriented professors and endears him to his students, according to DeNysschen. She likes how Burton is always willing to talk to students when they need him.

Burton thinks his style of teaching is what makes him successful as a professor.

He prefers to teach introductory exercise science classes so he can introduce the material to students in new and interesting ways, where they can interact with him and each other more than they would in a typical lecture-based class.

One of the techniques Burton uses to get his students to connect more with the material is to have them work in smaller groups, enabling the students to interact with each other to better their understanding of the concepts covered, according to Burton.

This technique also ensures the students taking these large lecture courses have more of a chance to meet with Burton in a oneon-one setting. Burton also tries to make sure the information he presents is tailored to the interests of his students.

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Professor Harold Burton, an associate professor in the department of exercise and nutrition sciences, is always in his office and willing to talk to his students.

“I use real life examples [to illustrate what I’m teaching],” Burton said. “If a student’s memory cue for a term is a page number in a textbook, then they aren’t going to remember it, but if their memory cue is [a real life circumstance], they will."

Burton was made the director of undergraduate studies for the exercise science department in 1995, a position he held until 2006. During that time, the department saw an increase in enrollment every year and a growth in the number of classes and concentrations offered.

He said taking the position changed the focus of his work.

“It’s very difficult to focus on research, teaching and administrative duties at one time,” Burton said. “When [I became the director of undergraduate studies], I put more of my energy toward teaching [than toward research].”

Though Burton said his focus in recent years has shifted toward teaching, this hasn’t stopped him from continuing his research.

Since 2008, he has contributed to six publications and has another contribution in the works.

“Professors have to balance research with education,” Farkas said. “And Burton is great at focusing on his students while continuing his research.”

He is currently working on creating a new online introductory exercise science class, while researching the effect of exercise on cancer survivors.

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Continued from page 1: Tools for change “A lot of the time, what I do here, I really enjoy so I don’t think of it as work,” he said. “Instead of going out to Chippewa and getting wasted, I can come here and rip up carpet and refinish a hardwood floor. It kind of gives me a distraction from the craziness of life.”

The Tool Library functions just as a normal library – students and Heights residents over the age of 18 complete a membership form, and for $10 a year, they receive a membership card that allows them to take out any tools they might need. Checkouts are put into the database, and members have a week to use and return the tools.

“You sort of have to think it through and think, ‘Is this something I can do myself ? Do I feel comfortable doing this? Is this something I should be doing myself ?’ and if the answer is yes, then you know you have this resource that you don’t have to dole out money out of your own pocket to pay for things to fix up what needs to be fixed,” Cotton said.

The tools come from many sources; many were donated by members of the community and part of the program’s initial start-up funding went to purchase items that were less-used or more expensive, albeit important, such as chop saws, lawnmowers and staple guns. The library also carries basic tools; shovels, rakes, hammers, pliers, measuring tape, wrenches and extension cords are all available for rent and line the bright blue walls of the shop.

The library now has 163 members. Before the start of summer 2012, it only had about 80 members, and Cotton said the membership grows by two a week now that it has settled into a permanent location.

“I think the Tool Library is a great resource for people in the case of delinquent properties or derelict properties or delinquent landlords,” said Cristina Delgado, a third-year master’s in urban planning student and one of the starters of Urban Collective – a group of urban planning students who wish to do more planning work out in the community. “You can be somewhat empowered to fix things yourself and literally go get the tools and if there’s a demand for a certain type of workshop – be it a lock changing workshop or whatever – the Tool Library will throw it. They’re pretty responsive to residents’ needs.”

But the Tool Library doesn’t only function as a place to rent tools; it serves as a community gathering spot and a place to bring ideas together, according to Matthew Chavez, the artistic director of the library.

Chavez was drawn to the Tool Library during his second year of graduate work. At

the time, he was the president of the Graduate Student Planning Association, and he was looking for ways to connect the student group to the community. He found Cotton and the Tool Library and started a relationship between his group and the non-profit.

Chavez remembers the first time he walked into the library’s new West Northrup space. He was instantly inspired to paint a map of Buffalo – because the library serves and inspires the city community – on the wall above the front display. He didn’t tell anyone what he was doing – he just got the materials he needed and went to work – and assured them they could paint over his masterpiece if they chose.

Cotton didn’t like the painting, but he liked the idea that community members could walk into the Tool Library and subsequently be motivated to start projects of their own.

“The Tool Library is a place that if you’re inspired to do something like that, then go ahead,’” Chavez said. “That’s the best thing about the Tool Library: it’s more than just a place to go look at tools; it’s a place that people who work behind the scenes there want to help individuals, nonprofits, companies do work they want to do – do things they want to get done – that they don’t have the tools to get done. So all we’re doing is giving people the tools.”

Community empowerment On Oct. 12, the Tool Library received a $2,500 cash grant from Keep America Beautiful to fund a project to get rid of graffiti in the Heights.

The project is simple: a smartphone application will allow community members to take pictures of graffiti markings and upload them to a shared Google map. Then, library and community volunteers will print out the maps and go around removing the markings in neighborhood cleanups.

“Graffiti seems to be a pretty big issue, especially on the street that we’re on,” Cotton said. “The quicker you remove graffiti, the less people will return to graffiti something again.”

The library has also been involved in the clean up of Linear Park – a park located within the Heights, less than a mile from Main Street. Over the summer, more than 300 volunteers helped clean up what Cotton calls an “underutilized” green space.

They built raised beds, picked up and recycled trash and began maintaining the community gardens block clubs and other groups start but rarely stick with. They’ve cleaned up the vacant lots around the park – ones that have burnt down or just fallen into

extreme disrepair – in order to take eyesores and turn them into assets for the neighborhood, according to Cotton.

“They’ve already planted a bunch of trees there so in 10 years they’ll have a big, shady tree grove there,” Delgado said.

“That’s impact.”

The Tool Library was also involved in UHC’s recent movie premiere – a marketing video created by UHC members and students from Buffalo’s Academy of the Visual and Performing Arts that will promote the Heights to potential home buyers and renters. The video was funded in part by a $2,500 grant for a community development project from Independent Health.

Cotton, along with other members of UHC and Urban Collective, also created a “Guide to the Heights” that helps UB students – most notably international students who don’t own cars – realize the walkability of the Heights and what the neighborhood has to offer. The guide features doctors’ offices, fitness centers, grocery stores and shops – all within walking distance of South Campus. Students don’t necessarily need a car – just a willingness to explore.

“A lot of [students] live on North Campus and that’s all they know for two years of the city,” Cotton said. “I don’t think that’s a good representation of the region.”

Commitment to the City of Light Cotton was born and raised in Western New York. He didn’t have many visits out of his rural, country-like suburb, but the few experiences he had – like going to Sabres hockey games or visiting the Albright-Knox Art Gallery – drew him to urban planning.

“Growing up, I took occasional trips into the city and it always seemed like it was so different, but there was so much going on,” Cotton said. “The contrast between the two sort of attracted me to see what the city was all about. I can’t imagine living out [in Colden] now; it’s so weird. Our parents’ generation just wanted to get away and have their own, little private worlds where they didn’t have to run into other people. But I think our generation wants something different than that.”

He started his undergraduate career at UB as an international studies and linguistics major. During his junior year, he chose to spend a summer studying abroad in Montpellier, France. European cities are radically different from American cities – not only in culture but also in infrastructure, transportation systems and development patterns, according to Cotton. These differences inspired him to try urban planning post-graduation.

“I couldn’t believe there was this totally different way to imagine how the city and how a region would work,” he said. “I just thought why can’t we have this in Buffalo?

Why can’t we have this in the U.S.?”

He sees Buffalo as a city with potential, and he wants other students who may not be from the community to see it, too. Besides the Tool Library, Cotton has done extensive work throughout the Buffalo community as a whole.

Just this past summer, Cotton was involved in a preservationist movement to save Old North, the historic administrative headquarters of Lackawanna’s Bethlehem Steel Corporation.

The 111-year-old Beaux Arts-style building was slated for demolition in May, and Cotton had just finished his thesis, which coincidentally featured the property.

Preservationists and activists were able to use his research to push forward the process of listing it on the National Register of Historic Places.

“There are a lot of really beautiful buildings and architecture in Buffalo, and that’s great, but I don’t think it’s necessarily just the buildings that matter,” Cotton said. “It’s the stories they tell and the eras they represent. Buffalo was a very different city 100 years ago. Once those buildings are gone, you sort of lose that legacy and those are the sort of things that define a city and give it uniqueness and give it a personality.”

Cotton still lives in the Heights on Tyler Street, and he works as a project manager at the Urban Design Project, a center within the UB School of Architecture and Planning that is devoted to service, teaching and research in the urban design field. He hopes to someday create his own development company in the City of Buffalo, and he wants to make a career of rehabilitating vacant buildings to make an impact on the city’s neighborhoods.

“I just think there’s so much potential in Buffalo,” Cotton said. “I just keep telling people Buffalo is the Portland of the East because it has that progressive bent and has that quirky, weird characteristic that cities need to stay unique. Buffalo is just doing its own thing, and I think people should respect that and enjoy it.”

Cotton – when not biking or playing bocce and croquet around Buffalo in between trying to eat and sleep – can be found Saturdays and Sundays ripping up carpets and tearing down walls in the Tool Library on West Northrup.

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Patty Ice

The Natural

Bulls pull off victory on Clarke’s last-second FG JON GAGNON Asst. Sports Editor

Licata’s first start proves he is ready to play full time NATHANIEL SMITH Senior Sports Editor

It had been nearly a calendar year since the football team had defeated another FBS program. In those eight games, the Bulls have lost leads, come back from large deficits only to fall short and simply been blown out.

On Saturday, the weight of that streak evaporated with just one kick.

Buffalo’s (2-7, 1-4 MidAmerican Conference) hopes fell on the right foot of sophomore kicker Patrick Clarke, and he came through in the clutch. With time expiring, his 47-yard field goal proved to be the difference, as the Bulls were able to clip Miami Ohio (4-5, 3-2 MAC) by a 27-24 score at UB Stadium.

After all the missed plays going against Buffalo this season, it was a victory that was needed, according to the team.

“I couldn’t be more proud of my kids,” said head coach Jeff Quinn. “It’s a long overdue feeling in victory for our program, and it’ll go down in the history books as one of the best endings at a football game here at UB.” It was an ending to a game that featured a multitude of unlikely plays.

The Bulls lined up for a 50yard field goal attempt after a stalled drive midway through the fourth quarter. Things looked dire when the snap was botched, but third-string freshman quarterback Tony Daniel rolled out to the right in an effort to keep the play alive.

Daniel got rid of the ball just before taking a hit from Miami’s D.J. Brown and it landed in the hands of sprawled-out junior tight end Alex Dennison for a Bulls first down.

Two plays later, freshman quarterback Joe Licata threw a rocket down the seam to doublecovered junior wide out Free Lee,

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Sophomore kicker Patrick Clarke (45) drilled home a game-winning 47-yard field goal to lift the Bulls over Miami Ohio on Saturday.

who somehow came up with the ball for a 21-yard touchdown. The Bulls led 24-17 with 5:36 left on the clock.

The show was just getting started.

It was the RedHawks’ turn to show the Bulls what magic they possessed. Led by their heralded quarterback Zac Dysert, they marched down the field and survived a few third-down situations on the way.

The Bulls’ ‘D,’ which held the Miami offense in check for most of the game, made what looked to be the play of the game. On first and 10 on the Bulls’ 17-yard line, sophomore linebacker Lee Skinner corralled Dysert for a 10yard sack, which eventually led to a fourth and 20 for Miami. Then Dysert threaded the needle on a long pass to the sideline, a 21-yard

completion. The next play, Dysert hooked up with wide receiver Nick Harwell for the pair’s third touchdown of the game, tying the game with 23 seconds left.

But freshman running back Devin Campbell and the Bulls’ special teams unit decided overtime would not determine the fate of this game.

Campbell blew up the RedHawks’ kickoff coverage unit as he returned the following kickoff 47 yards to the Miami 35-yard line, leaving plenty of room for Clarke to drill a game-winning field goal.

With two seconds left on the clock, Clarke lined up for a 47-yarder to ice the game.

“As soon as I kicked it, I knew it was good,” Clarke said.

The celebration was immediate, as the team mobbed a sprinting Clarke, who tried to make it to

the other side of the field to avoid the dog pile.

“The close ones are the best ones,” said junior running back Branden Oliver. “To have two seconds left, and to see that ball go in the uprights, and to see Pat run, those are the best wins.”

It marked an eventful first career start at quarterback for Licata. The freshman from local Williamsville South High School was at the helm of the Bulls’ offense, replacing junior quarterback Alex Zordich. According to Licata, he felt comfortable, despite starting a game for the first time in two years.

“At the quarterback position, you’re always in that spot of being the leader on that field,” Licata said. “These guys really believed in me today, and I drew a lot of confidence from them.”

Spoiled comeback

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Bulls fall short, men’s soccer season comes to an end OWEN O’BRIEN Staff Writer It was as cut and dry as it gets for the men’s soccer team. Win, and advance to its third consecutive MidAmerican Conference tournament.

Lose, and its season comes to an end.

The Bulls (5-11-1, 3-4 MAC) hosted Northern Illinois (6-9-3, 4-2-1 MAC) in their season finale at a cold, wet UB Stadium on Friday night. Buffalo had fought and clawed its way back to playoff contention, after winning its previous three matches. Only one win separated the team from postseason play.

But the slick field and howling winds made it tough for Buffalo to do much offensively as it struggled throughout the first half. The Bulls ultimately finished on the wrong side of a postseason berth, falling to the Huskies 1-0.

“The boys did well in the second half, despite playing on tired legs with two games in three days, which is awful tough in a playoff chase,” said head coach David Hesch. “I wish the seniors the best; they played well today, but at the end of the day, it just wasn’t enough.”

Northern Illinois came out attacking and was able to capitalize midway through the first half. In the 28th minute, Huskies’ forward

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Junior forward Richard Craven (8), senior forward Maksym Kowal (9) and the Bulls couldn't get a necessary win against defenseman Charlie Oliver (15, black) and Northern Illinois.

Gael Rivera took the ball from the right goal line and found forward Karim Darbaki, who drilled the ball into the upper left corner of the net past senior goalkeeper Jonathan Viscosi for what would be the game winner. Viscosi finished with four saves on the evening.

Although the Bulls were outshot 6-4 in the first half, they had put all four of their shots on goal. In the

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31st minute, senior forward Maksym Kowal came storming down the middle of the field, firing a shot on net, but was turned away by the charging Northern Illinois goalkeeper.

The Bulls changed up their attack after the first half. They brought an extra man up on offense and fought for the ball, creating multiple opportunities.

“Our philosophy in the second half was to press them with two guys up top and get turnovers and put shots on net,” Hesch said. “I thought we had three or four quality chances to get some goals, and I wish one went in but it didn’t.”

Senior midfielder Patrick Ryan was all over the field for the Bulls in the second half, creating and setting up quality shots.

In the 80th minute, Ryan fired a ball off a Buffalo corner, but the Northern Illinois defense turned it away before it could reach the net.

Just minutes before, Ryan found junior midfielder Richard Craven cutting to the net. Craven’s shot went just right and rolled out of play.

These were Buffalo’s last quality chances of forcing overtime and extending its season.

Kowal, Viscosi and Ryan make up three of Buffalo’s six graduating seniors. Forward Joey Merlo and defenders Matthew Chereson and Risto Latti also played their last game in a Bulls uniform.

Viscosi will graduate from Buffalo with the ninth-most career saves (158) in UB history and also finishes in the top 10 for career goals-against average.

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Well, it finally happened. The Bulls have won against a Football Bowl Subdivision opponent for the first time in just under a year.

There were many clutch performances in what was an eventful game, including junior running back Branden Oliver’s 199 yards on the ground, freshman quarterback Tony Daniel’s big throw in the fourth quarter off a botched field goal attempt and sophomore kicker Patrick “Patty Ice” Clarke’s two field goals, including the game winner. Those can’t be ignored.

But the big story was the debut of the freshman quarterback.

For weeks, the storyline has been whether Joe Licata will get the chance to start for the Bulls over incumbent starter, junior Alex Zordich. This week, with Zordich nursing bruised ribs, the City of Buffalo got its wish. It finally got to see one of its own – he starred at nearby Williamsville South High School– play close to home.

And even though the numbers weren’t tremendous overall – he completed 13 of 24 passes for 127 yards and two touchdowns and an interception – his poise was truly impressive on Saturday.

In general, I tend to look at body language more than numbers. After all, football is a game that is as mental as physical, especially at the quarterback position.

Judging by those criteria, Licata passed the test.

He stood tall, stepped up in the pocket, never looked frightened by the mass of white jerseys swarming around him and kept his head up to find a receiver down the field after his original read was covered. When the pocket collapsed, he was willing to stay patient, not rushing throws, and waiting until the last possible second to make a decision. More often than not, it was the right one.

Despite a few missed opportunities, which will happen with any freshman passer, those throws were on point.

One sticks out in my mind. A touchdown pass to junior wide receiver Fred Lee, a 21-yard laser that was, quite honestly, the best throw I’ve seen all season from any Buffalo quarterback. It also came at a critical time, as he was locked in a duel in the second half with Miami quarterback Zac Dysert, whom, according to many, will be playing on Sundays in his future.

For a freshman quarterback to come in and do all those things is amazing. The team that played on Saturday was slightly different than the team that has fought and scrapped in the previous seven games. He seemingly breathed new life into the Bulls.

In the post-game press conference, head coach Jeff Quinn was extremely proud of the rookie signal-caller. While Licata answered questions from the media and said all the right things and gave thanks to the older guys for having such faith in him, Quinn was off in the distance to the left of the players with the biggest smile on his face, like a proud father who witnessed his son grow up. Could it have been coincidental? Perhaps.

But he wasn’t the only one who felt this way. When Oliver was asked if he had confidence in Licata going in, he quickly said he knew Licata was going to be all right because he came in last year as a redshirt.

Do we put any stock into what these guys said, or do we leave that up to Quinn and the players just saying the right things to the media? Who knows for certain if that’s the case.

And it leaves us with the big question, the elephant in the room: Will Licata become the Lou Gehrig to Zordich’s Wally Pipp, taking over as the quarterback even when the junior heals up?

The next few weeks will be intriguing, and for a team that will eventually finish under .500, that’s not a bad thing. But that question can be answered later on. For now, just enjoy the win. It’s been a while.

Email: nathaniel.smith@ubspectrum.com

triple-header | this saturday | November 10 | be there!

12 NooN

meN’s basketball season opener vs. princeton

3:30pm football

senior day vs. western michigan

7:30pm

volleyball final home match vs. kent state