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VOL. 69 NO. 23 | NOVEMBER 14, 2019 Students want Center for the Arts tunnel despite abandoned plans

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Community working to secure campus radio station’s future following UB fiscal agent transition ALEX WHETHAM, JUSTIN WOODMANCY ASST. ARTS EDITOR, STAFF WRITER

In 1993, WRUB had over 100 students on staff.

It had a radio signal that played everything from grunge to early hip-hop on airwaves throughout campus.

Today, the on-campus radio station is a shell of its former self.

It has only two staff members, no computer and an offline radio broadcast.

UB’s decision to replace Sub-Board I, the previous fiscal agent for student governments, with the Faculty Student Association left SBI without student fees, and WRUB without funding. Overnight, 23 student-run weekly shows were put to a halt.

But that could soon change.

A group of UB alumni, motivated by WRUB’s uncertain future, wants to reinvent the station and UB’s student radio presence. The group’s members work in journalism, media production, writing and other fields and say WRUB defined their

Students respond to first Buffalo snowfall, some experiencing snow for first time REILLY MULLEN, JULIAN ROBERTS-GRMELA, SAMANTHA VARGAS FEATURES DESK

It’s only November, but “Barefoot Longboard Guy” Matthew Romanyk has to wear shoes again.

Buffalo’s winter is quickly approaching and a thick layer of snow blankets UB’s campuses. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for the Western New York area on Sunday. Monday’s and Tuesday’s flurries resulted in a record 11.1 inches of snow for Nov. 11.

Winter weather can be expected to last roughly until April and while some students were ready for the abrupt weather

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college lives and gave them their professional start.

“The soft skills that we learned [at WRUB] continue to help us today as professionals,” ‘03 alum Joseph DiDomizio said. “We know that without those experiences and those skills, we wouldn’t be where we are.”

DiDomizio believes WRUB’s absence hurts current and prospective students. He and other alumni said they are frustrated the university has not done more to save student radio.

“The classes that come in for open house aren’t being sold on a radio station existing, because right now it doesn’t,” DiDomizio said. “So any student that’s looking to come here isn’t going to see it, because it’s not an option.”

The group, spearheaded by ‘96 alum Mike Vago, plans to relaunch WRUB as a multimedia platform called Subject. He envisions it having magazine-style articles, a 24/7 radio stream, podcasts and studentmade videos. The alumni are ready to fund it themselves, though at this point they have no quote on how much that will be.

They hope the university, the student government or other donors will step forward to help them once it is launched.

change in Buffalo, others were less prepared.

Kayden Koh, a senior psychology and communication major, came to UB this fall from Singapore and has never experienced a Buffalo winter before. Koh didn’t like the warm weather in Singapore, where it’s hot all year long, but found this week’s storm excessively cold.

“It became a different place overnight. I was quite shocked by it but it was beautiful in a way as well,” Koh said. “It was really bad in the sense that the snow just blows in your face and no matter how much you shield yourself with like glasses or a hat, you still get cold.”

UB didn’t cancel classes Monday or Tuesday but said its operations teams began monitoring the weather, according to UB spokesperson Kate McKenna. UB cancelled back-to-back classes last year after a storm brought 18 inches of snow to campus.

McKenna said UB facilities was “able to

Search begins for School of Engineering and Applied Sciences dean aleX WhethaM / the speCtrUm WrUB sits vaCant and UntoUChed in soUth CampUs’ diefendorf hall.

Administrators, during the fiscal transition, said SBI’s services –– like WRUB –– were up to student governments to fund.

“That would be completely legitimate.

We’re nowt saying it has to go away. That’s their decision as a student government,” Vice President for Student Life A. Scott Weber said in a May 6 interview about the fiscal transition.

SBI is planning to sell what is left of WRUB’s equipment, according to Vago, and currently, FSA has no plans to fund WRUB. “The student governments have the authority to decide what student services they’d like to fund with the fees they collect,” UB spokesperson John DellaContrada wrote in an email. “They are free to decide whether or not WRUB is a service

Search committee holds first discussion Monday, hopes to find dean by spring BRITTANY GORNY ALEXANDRA MOYEN NEWS DESK

keep up with snowfall, ensuring that roads were passable and sidewalks were clear” on Monday and Tuesday.

And some students are excited for the upcoming winter season.

Carly Connor, president of Schussmeisters Ski Club, is grateful the ski season looks promising.

“A lot of the mountains around here have been posting that they’d be opening up their ski trails sooner than expected,” Connor said. “[The snow is] also is a pain for driving but we can deal with that.”

McKenna said UB’s operations team considers conditions and forecasts “throughout the region,” “road conditions both on and off campus” and other circumstances before cancelling classes.

The operations team then presents its recommendations to UB President Satish Tripathi after considering these factors.

Tripathi makes the final decision on cancellations.

Some students feel UB should have cancelled classes early this week.

Pria Singh-Lakhman, a sophomore political science and criminal justice major, crashed her car Monday night while driving on campus. She said she wishes classes were cancelled.

“The driving conditions were terrible and the roads on campus weren’t cleared effectively. I felt like I was endangering my life to get to class,” Singh-Lakhman said. “There was so much snow on the roads, my car was sliding all over the place so I tried going slower and when I hit my brakes I slid into a ditch.”

McKenna said each can-

UB community members said they want a School of Engineering and Applied Sciences dean who is “collaborative” and has previous academic experience.

SEAS is searching for a new dean and the search committee, comprised of 14 professors and faculty members and one graduate student, held its first public meeting Monday to listen to community suggestions and questions. The committee, which Interim Provost A. Scott Weber and President Satish Tripathi appointed, is one week into its search for a new dean after Liesl Folks –– dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences for six years –– left on July 26 to become the senior vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of Arizona.

Three UB community members and five committee members attended the event, where the committee discussed the search timeline, the process and the type of person they are seeking to fill the role. The committee is working with search firm Russell Reynolds Associates and seeking candidates with help from the UB community and others across the country, and hopes to have a new dean by spring 2020.

Rajan Batta is serving as interim dean until SEAS fills the role.

Jean Wactawski-Wende, chair of the search committee and dean of Public Health and Health Professions, said the SEAS dean is one of the most “critical” positions at UB. “We would like to have someone who’s a leader in their field, has a strong vision for where the school will go and someone who has excelled in leadership,” Wactawski-Wende said. “We’re looking for a good fit for our university.”

Chunming Qiao, the chair of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, said he thinks the search is “a lot of work” in such a “short period of time.”

He said he expected the process would take at least a year.

“Usually [the candidates] interview with the provost. Usually this would be done after the provost is selected,” Qiao said, referring to UB’s current search for a new provost.

Wactawski-Wende said UB tries to expedite dean searches because candidates who are interested in UB will “likely be looking at other [schools].” UB’s goal is to appoint a new provost by the end of the semester, according to UB Spokesperson John DellaContrada.

Grace Sheckler, a junior environmental engineering student, said she dislikes that there is only one student on the search committee, although she appreciates the opportunities UB is giving for students to aid in the search, such as a SEAS forum

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they’d like to fund on behalf of UB’s student population. The student governments have the authority to fundraise, too.”

SA has expressed interest in WRUB, but also has no explicit plans to fund the station at the moment.

“There have been talks amongst the executive board in bringing back the radio station, although we had to put it on halt while we fixed the legal services program,” SA President Yousouf Amolegbe said.

WRUB, formed in 1979, is no stranger to uncertainty. In 1991, UB stopped funding the station because of “student mismanagement,” according to Vago, who was integral in helping revive it in September 1993.

“That was when I felt like the station I launched was a success,” Vago said. “It wasn’t just self-sustaining, it was growing.”

Since the ‘93 revival, the station lost its AM spot, a broadcast spot it held since it returned. In 2014, UB moved it from a larger space in the Ellicott Complex to the Student Union. And in 2018, UB relocated it again into an even smaller studio in South Campus’ Diefendorf Hall, replacing its former Student Union studio with a Veteran Services office.

Current students and alumni agree: WRUB enhanced their lives and their time at UB. Sullivan Fitz-James, a junior media study major, was a WRUB DJ and says being a DJ gave him a place to belong on campus.

“For my one-hour [broadcast] every Friday, that was my time. I could play any music I wanted, be anybody I wanted to be and challenge anybody I wanted to challenge,” Fitz-James said. “Now that WRUB is gone, I feel as if my way of expressing myself is gone.”

WRUB’s uncertain future follows, in the past 10 years, the disappearance of two student-run publications, Generation and Visions, due to a lack of funding either

from the university or from SA. In 2011, UB sold WBFO, it’s NPR station based off of South Campus, to WNED for $4 million.

Even when fully-funded, WRUB still struggled in comparison to other SUNY college radio stations. Buffalo State’s WBNY (a station funded by 8,000 undergraduates’ mandatory student activity fee) has a student-run broadcast on 91.3 FM that has been on air since 1982.

WRUB struggled and ultimately stagnated, although UB’s 21,000 undergraduate population exceeds Buffalo State’s 8,000.

Timothy Butler, ‘19 Buffalo State alum, believes on-campus radio stations are vital for students.

“My time spent working with and networking through WBNY was invaluable to my overall college and post-grad experience.” Butler said. “By participating and networking through student media outlets such as radio, television or film provided by colleges, students build rich relationships with their peers and members of the community.”

For now, Subject is working to get an official presence on campus.

The alumni want to act as an advisory board while the “content-creators of the organization” will be students.

Vago and DiDomizio say moving forward with Subject is urgent because of the sudden gap in student radio. They are determined to make WRUB a reality again.

“Having those opportunities to come together and create and essentially tame the loneliness of just existing is something that we found at the radio station,” DiDomizio said. “Giving that opportunity back to students is why we’re all in communications and it’s why we do what we do. It’s to help people connect and do better.”

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“It’s very important to have student voices in this search, because the engineering student body is going to be one of the most impacted groups by this new appointment,” Sheckler said. “And some who will be most impacted, future students, have no say.”

Victor Cassella, a junior mechanical engineering major said he thinks there should be an undergraduate student on the search committee, since there is only one graduate student.

“If undergraduate students were present on the committee board, we could voice what we desire from the dean,” Cassella said. “For one specific problem, I think it is necessary to change the class order that undergraduate engineering students take. I think it was poorly organized and by fixing the order we take classes can greatly impact many students.”

Wactawski-Wende said she thinks it’s typical for one student to be on a dean search committee.

“Trying to come up with a committee that’s facile enough to work, you can only have so many [members],” WactawskiWende said. “Not every [school] is rep-

resented, but the committee is diverse enough to represent the university.”

Wactawski-Wende said the committee wants a candidate who will be a “great leader” and will collaborate with the rest of the deans.

Once the committee holds discussions with the UB community, it will gather 1215 candidates, according to WactawskiWende, and hold confidential interviews with them since they may have leadership roles elsewhere. Out of the candidates, SEAS will then invite three to five to campus to meet students, Tripathi and the provost.

Nicholas Singh, a junior engineering student, said he wants a candidate with not only an academic background, but other knowledge too. Sheckler agrees, saying she thinks it’s important for the dean to have experience in the engineering field, not just academia.

“I want the new dean to have a wide range of experiences that allow for a broad perspective,” Sheckler said. “Engineering can easily become bogged down with a lot of technical work, which is important, but it is important to have a well-rounded view of the field.”

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Students want Center for the Arts tunnel despite abandoned plans Art department storage closet once intended to start CFA tunnel AMAL ELHELW STAFF WRITER

Sitara Babury calls her walk from the Center for the Arts the “most dreadful” part of her day.

And the senior psychology major says the walk only gets worse during the frigid months in Buffalo, as UB doesn’t have an indoor walkway connecting the CFA to the rest of the campus.

Other North Campus buildings are connected by tunnels and hallways, allowing students to stay warm and dry. Many wonder why the CFA and Alumni Arena aren’t connected to the academic spine, leaving students to walk outside between the CFA and Slee Hall to get to class.

But the CFA’s original 1993 construction plans included an indoor tunnel to connect the CFA to the rest of the academic spine, according to Vincent Harzewski, CFA facilities manager. After proceeding with UB 2020, a comprehensive master plan meant “to expand and elevate the university’s stature,” UB dropped plans to construct the tunnel and currently has no plans to do so, according to Kelly Hayes McAlonie, director of campus planning. The start of what would have been the tunnel remains in the basement of the CFA as room B1 –– now a storage closet for the Department of Art according to Harzewski.

Harzewski said the 1993 plan was to move the School of Architecture and Planning from South Campus to North Campus and construct a new building for the department next to the CFA. The new architecture building would have housed the tunnel to connect the CFA with the academic spine. “[The School of Architecture and Plan-

ning] ending up staying on South Campus, so the building [and tunnel] were never constructed,” Harzewski said.

Now, students are left wishing it was.

Babury takes classes in the CFA for her media study minor and said she isn’t looking forward to walking to the CFA in the snow.

“I wish there was a tunnel to connect the CFA to at least Slee Hall so students have the option to walk indoors, especially when there is mad snow everywhere,” Babury said.

In 2004, UB began planning for UB 2020, which is part of the reason the tunnel doesn’t exist, according to Hayes McAlonie Hayes McAlonie said UB 2020 strives to make UB’s campuses more “functional.”

North Campus is meant for undergradu-

ate education and research, the downtown campus for medical education and South Campus is being “revitalized” for professional and graduate work, according to Hayes McAlonie.

Hatim Mohamed, a senior media study student, said he doesn’t mind the walk from the academic spine to the CFA, calling it “ritualistic.”

“We don’t think about it actively, but walking down that path behind CFA is bit of a meditative wind-down,” Mohamed said.

Mohamed said he believes the CFA’s location is beneficial for the departments it houses.

Hayes McAlonie said UB plans to “enhance” the sidewalk along Clemens Hall and Slee Hall by revamping the courtyard and adding outdoor seating. Campus Plan-

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ning is also looking to add public art to the spine. Hayes McAlonie said there are “no intentions” of adding an interior walkway to the CFA, but the initiatives are meant to “expand the feeling of the spine.”

Michaela Bradley, a junior dance major, spends most of her time in the CFA and says she feels “disconnected” from the rest of the university.

“Buffalo winters can be brutally cold and blustery [and] with the recent time change, it gets darker outside even earlier than before,” Bradley said. “A connecting tunnel would help keep the dance, theatre and other artistic majors warmer and safer while sending the message to our department of connectivity to the rest of the North Campus.”

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Why I don’t watch porn Adult films only have as much power as society gives them

ISABELLA FORTUNATO STAFF WRITER

I have never watched porn.

Some people may believe this to be a bold-faced lie, but it’s not. Throughout my entire life I’ve made an active choice to avoid graphic pornographic material and have never even tried searching for any kind of the content.

While I choose not to engage in porn, I don’t agree with those who feel its production and distribution should be illegal.

Recently, there have been countless well-respected organizations, people and publications that promote censorship of all pornographic material. In 2016 The Washington Post published a piece written

by Matthew Schmitz calling for the public to give up their right to watch porn for the sake of societal betterment.

But banning all pornographic material is blatant censorship of material. The battle to ban pornography has existed since the

1960s, but has never been seriously considered in higher-level courts because of the first amendment. If I hopped on the bandwagon to make porn illegal, I would also have to be okay with the banning of books, publications, music and other forms of media as well.

The right to freedom of expression cannot be compromised; this only leads to oppression and loss of public voice.

So we can’t just ban a media form in its entirety. Instead, I believe the responsibility falls on the consumer. I will never watch porn and I believe everyone else should stop watching it too.

Pornographic content has existed for hundreds of years. Erotic images can be traced all the way back to ancient Greek and Roman cultures. Porn, in its current form, was first produced in the 1800s and the industry has only grown and become more commercialized since.

Today pornographic messages are everywhere from Levi’s advertisements to your favorite family sitcom. And porn’s recent rise in acceptance is directly related to its repeated references in mainstream media. Even ‘90s hit sitcom “Friends” regularly references porn as if it is a normal part of everyone’s lives. This completely normalizes a subject that was previously considered taboo.

But let’s talk about the root of the problem.

Porn isn’t real. Adult films and pornographic images use just as much “movie magic” as the newest “Terminator” movie.

Women, specifically, are often altered to fulfill impossible ideals and fantasies. This gives men and women unachievable standards for their sexual relationships. The mainstream acceptance of porn in media makes realistic expectations of sex and relationships feel like an anomaly.

In her 2018 dissertation “Walk Like a Man,” Ashley C. Lee asked men to describe what kind of pornogrpahic material they indulge. Lee, through surveys, found that most men who watched violent and dramatized porn in large quantities had more instances of sexual aggression and control in their everyday encounters, showing a link between watching porn and feelings of male entitlement toward women and sexual satisfaction.

Lee’s study is just one example of the negative effects of frequently watching adult material. Other studies have found that 64% of people between ages 18-24 watch porn at least once a week. Excessive viewing of erotic films can decrease partners’ ability to “perform” in sexual situations and can lead to self-esteem problems among women whose spouses regularly watch pornographic material. Porn’s prevalence in society is marginalizing sex to the point where some people don’t value the serious issue of healthy sexual relationships.

Relationships can, of course, exist platonically as well, and porn can even play a role in non-sexual interactions.

With the help of pornographic images in adverstising and mainstream media, sex

Thursday, November 14, 2019 | 3 has become associated with work, school, excercising, eating and even medicine.

Every interaction is subconsciously influenced by the advertisements we have been exposed to. When advertisers regularly throw pornographic images at us to sell products, it becomes natural to associate those themes (male dominance being a prime example) into our everyday interactions.

I choose not to watch porn because I believe this will preserve respect for both myself and any person I may be involved with sexually in the future. Because a person’s worth should not be placed on what they can achieve sexually and porn only creates more roadblocks to functional romantic and platonic relationships.

If everyone stopped watching porn today, the industry would have no means to continue producing material. This would end exploitation of actors and actresses and start placing value on other aspects of human interactions.

The best way for society to manage the increasing problem of pornography is for each of us to take repsonsibility for our actions.

Banning negative material is not the answer to solving deep-rooted societal issues, because the bottom line is if people want to make or watch porn, they’ll find a way to do it.

I believe it’s time for everyone to close their laptops and come back into the real world. It’s time to experience relationships, dating and even sex firsthand, not to let “Big Brother” make decisions on society’s behalf.

So call me a prude, but I refuse to give in to the mainstream sex machine.

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Letter to the Editor: For the Sake of Diversity and Inclusion, It’s Time to Bury Millard Fillmore in UB’s Past As the semester comes to a close and winter recess begins, UB will, again, move forward with an annual ritual that diminishes its efforts to promote diversity and inclusion on campus. On January 7, UB will again organize the celebration of Millard Fillmore’s birthday at Buffalo’s Forest Lawn Cemetery.

Millard Fillmore was the first chancellor of UB, holding that office from 1846 to 1874. During that time, he was briefly vice president of the United States, and then assumed the presidency in 1850 after Zachary Taylor’s untimely death. He is widely considered to have been a failure as president. One of his few actions as president was signing the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 into law and enforcing it. Fillmore was one of the only sitting residents not to be nominated for reelection by his party (the Whig Party, which ultimately withered away in the wake of the Fillmore years).

In 1856, Fillmore returned to politics and was nominated as the presidential candidate of the anti-Catholic, anti-immigrant Know Nothing Party. He came in last place in a three-candidate race, win-

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ning only one state. After his defeat, Fillmore retreated to Buffalo and resumed his duties at UB. During this time, he engaged national policy discourse. Notably, he spoke out against the Lincoln adminis-

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tration’s emancipation proclamation during the civil war and later backed Andrew Johnson’s Reconstruction plan which led to the disenfranchisement of freed slaves in the south.

For the past 59 years, UB has organized and dedicated university resources to the annual celebration of Millard Fillmore.

Some traditions need to be reexamined, especially those that conflict with our still unrealized aspirations for the future. Celebrating Fillmore is clearly in that category.

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The Buffalo Chips put on Fall Classic as group nears 25th anniversary Clayton Markham, a sophomore environmental engineering major, was the acting soloist for the song and, at one point, nearly belted as boldly as Lizzo herself.

A big part of the group’s dynamic at the show was the “initiation” of new members. Freshmen Nick Jones, Kevin Con-

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rales and Ben Samalin arranged and performed Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy” in just twenty minutes.

The newbies pulled off a crafty version of the killer song. All the notes weren’t quite there, given the timeframe, but what they lacked in pitch was made up for in

Thursday, November 14, 2019 | 5 finesse.

After the group’s final number –– “3 Nights” By Dominic Fike –– arranged by John Perdue feat. Patrick Nembhard –– the audience had a hard time saying goodbye and the Chips came out for an encore.

Senior Hunter Ford and sophomore Ryan Storto ended the night with sick beats and humorous dancing during the group’s rendition of “Senorita” by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello, leaving fans singing “ooo la la la” in well-earned admiration.

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Concert-goers are known to put up phone-lights to show their love for performers.

But on Saturday, UB a capella fans instead showed their affection in a more comical fashion: Waving giant signs with the performers’ faces on them.

Slee Hall hosted the Buffalo Chips, UB’s all-male a capella group, for its Fall Classic performance. The Chips, which originated in 1995, are nearing their 25th anniversary next year. Roughly 250 UB community members packed in the venue to hear student-arranged songs and see a special performance from Geneseo’s a capella group, Exit 8. The Chips’ dancing, coordinated outfits and sass kept audience members entertained for the coverfilled performance.

One of the most entertaining numbers of the night was a jazzed-up version of Lizzo’s “Juice,” arranged by John Bologna and Adam Rakiecki.

Siddharth Bandhu / The Spectrum The Buffalo Chips assemble together on stage after their annual Fall Classic at Slee Hall on Saturday. The Chips celebrate their 25th anniversary next year.

Hungry for change Challah for Hunger fights food insecurity in Buffalo CHLOE FERNEY STAFF WRITER

UB’s Challah for Hunger is holding its annual Campus Hunger Awareness Week from Nov. 18-22 in response to roughly 41% of four-year university and community college students who “do not know where their next meal is coming from.”

Challah for Hunger, a national organization taking action against hunger, will be selling and delivering fresh challah, a Jewish pastry, for $3 throughout the Buffalo area. Chabad of Buffalo has offered its house and supplies for the cause. Students on the Chabad board and Greek Life volunteers will be baking the challah. Patrons must preorder challah through Challah for Hunger’s online form by Nov. 15 and the group will bake and deliver the orders on Sunday Nov. 17. All proceeds will go

toward local hunger relief through FeedMore WNY, a collaboration between The Food Bank and Meals on Wheels.

Eli Winkelman, the organization’s founder who began the program while attending Scripps College in 2004, realized she could use baking to educate others.

She began selling challah and donating the profits to social justice organizations such as Meals on Wheels. Fifteen years later, Challah for Hunger has over 80 campus chapters across the U.S., Canada, U.K. and Australia, one of which is at UB. Madison Fertig, UB’s Challah for Hunger president and senior psychology major, believes there isn’t enough awareness of food insecurity among college students.

“I know we all joke that we are starving college students, but there really are an obscene amount of students that don’t know where they are getting their next meal from,” Fertig said. “And it really isn’t talked about enough.”

The organization will be selling six types of challah including plain,cinnamon sugar, s’mores, funfetti, cinnamon bun and garlic

bread.

Lauren Sokol, UB Challah for Hunger treasurer and junior communication major, feels there is not enough recognition for the hard work low-income students invest in their education.

“It’s incredible that these students are working so hard in these conditions to receive an education but it is so unfair that they have to worry about these things,” Sokol said. “For a lot of us, our parents are depositing money into our accounts every week. But there are so many people that

do not have this luxury and are working so hard to get to a better place in life.”

Patrons can pay for the Challah when it is delivered or prepay using Venmo. The organization also accepts monetary donations toward hunger relief.

Shaina Stillman, a sophomore psychology major, is the organization’s advocacy chair and believes that working to better your community is important for students.

“We’re all too worried about our own school work and lives,” Stillman said. “It’s important to take a second to think about other students struggling. Even if it is just clicking a link and ordering challah.”

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cellation is decided on a case-by-case basis, but there is a pattern of conditions which often result in cancelled classes and events at UB. “In the past, hazardous conditions such as high wind speeds causing blowing and drifting snow; heavy and fast-falling snow causing an inability for plows to keep up with snowfall; extreme wind-chills and freezing temperatures and blizzard-like conditions have resulted in class cancellations, delays or early departure at UB,” McKenna said.

Koh said Monday’s snow was brutal, but he looks forward to more experiences in the Buffalo elements.

“That was an experience,” Koh said. “It wasn’t a bad one but I’m sure there will be better ones.”

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Bulls crush Nazareth in first win of season Men’s basketball wins Monday 109-72 MYAH GONZALEZ ALEX LENNEBERG ASST. SPORTS EDITOR CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Bulls (1-1) bounced back Monday night and won their first official game of the season against the Nazareth Golden Flyers (1-1) 109-72.

The game started close, with the Bulls up 23-20 after eight minutes, but it was all Buffalo from there.

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Nazareth’s Division-III program struggled to keep up with Buffalo in all areas.

The Golden Flyers gave up 19 turnovers which UB converted for 34 points. The Bulls stayed aggressive throughout, claiming 44 rebounds and drawing 18 fouls, making sure Nazareth stayed behind.

Buffalo’s 3-point shooting carried the team offensively as the Bulls hit 16-31 3-pointers — something they struggled with in their opener last Friday.

Sophomore guard Ronaldo Segu hit 5 of 6 threes for a career-high 17 points, along with 6 assists.

“I’ve been working on my shot. I’m just trying to add new pieces to my game to help my team out,” Segu said.

Junior guard Jayvon Graves also scored 17 points, as the two set the pace for the UB offense. Graves added 5 rebounds, 3 assists and was 5 for 5 from the free-throw line to round out a solid performance.

Despite putting up 109 points, the Bulls struggled from the line, hitting only 13 of 31 free throws. Head coach Jim Whitesell said he believes they will turn that around.

“It’s puzzling. In our two exhibition games, I think we hit 74%, it wasn’t an issue at all. But we’ll work on it and clean it

up,” said Whitesell.

Free throws were really the only area of concern in the strong performance.

Graves said he believes this will help the Bulls continue after an opening-night loss.

“This game was something to build our confidence and I think we stepped up big time,” Graves said.

Whitesell said he made a lot of adjustments after the loss.

“After last game, we played way too tight. We talked to our guys about playing good defense, moving the ball and good shot selection. … We had a good-spirited practice, watched a lot of tape and we’re going to have to keep improving,” Whitesell said.

One of Whitesell’s biggest issues with his team’s opening game was how often players shared the ball. The Bulls turned it around and had 25 assists for the night after only 14 last game.

“I wanted to make sure we were playing unselfishly and I think our guys did that.”

The Bulls look to build off this win as they face Harvard (2-1) in Toronto, Canada on Saturday as part of the James Naismith Classic.

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Jaguars sign Chuck Harris to practice squad Former Bulls defensive end signs professional contract JUSTIN WEISS ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

Former UB football defensive end Chuck Harris signed to the Jacksonville Jaguars practice squad Monday.

Harris was a two-time All-MAC selection. He had 45 total tackles, 6.5 sacks and 2 forced fumbles in 2018, en route to first-team All-MAC honors. This spring, he signed as an undrafted free agent with the Chicago Bears but was released on final cut day.

Standing at 6’4”, 265 pounds, the 21

year old played outside linebacker for the Bears’ 3-4 defense. Coaches praised him for his size and speed.

On Oct. 15, Harris was selected in the second round of the front-seven phase of the XFL Draft by the DC Defenders. He was one of five former UB players to be taken in the eight-team draft.

The Bulls now have seven former players on NFL rosters: Bears linebacker Khalil Mack, Buffalo Bills cornerback Cam Lewis, Baltimore Ravens linebacker Demone Harris, Los Angeles Chargers wide receiver Anthony Johnson, Cincinnati Bengals tight end Mason Schreck, Atlanta Falcons defensive end Steven Means and the Jaguars’ Harris.

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Get to know an opponent: Kent State Bulls travel to Kent to take on Golden Flashes JUSTIN WEISS ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

Coming off a 43-14 victory over Eastern Michigan, the Bulls will travel to Dix Stadium in Kent, Ohio to take on Kent State University Thursday.

The Golden Flashes are 3-6 following a 35-33 loss to Toledo.

Kent State went 1-3 in non-conference play, with losses to Arizona State, No. 13 Auburn and No. 15 Wisconsin and a win over Kennesaw State. The Golden Flashes were projected to finish fourth in the MAC East, according to the 2019 Mid-American Conference Media Preseason Poll.

Buffalo is on a three-game winning streak. The Bulls, once dead in the water, trail Miami (OH) by just one game for the division lead, with three games to go in the season. The Bulls need one more win to

qualify for a bowl game.

Buffalo is 5-4 entering the Kent State game. The Bulls defeated Robert Morris, Temple, Akron, Central Michigan and Eastern Michigan. They lost to Penn State, Liberty, Miami (OH) and Ohio so far this season.

Here’s what to expect when the Bulls take on the Golden Flashes Thursday:

COACH: Sean Lewis, 5-16, second sea-

son at Kent State

LOOKING BACK

The 2018 Golden Flashes went 2-10 and finished at the bottom of the MAC East standings.

Quarterback Woody Barrett completed 58.7% of his passes for 2,339 yards, 11 touchdowns and 9 interceptions. He also rushed for 503 yards and 7 scores. He ranked fifth in the MAC in total offense and broke the school single-season record for completions.

Barrett developed a rapport with wideout Mike Carrigan, who caught 45 passes for 597 yards and 5 touchdowns. He also found consistency with wide receiver Antwan Dixon, who hauled in 52 passes for 532 yards and 2 scores.

The Golden Flashes averaged 372.1 yards per game, ranking at No. 88 in Division I-A. Kent State had just two All-MAC selections, including kicker Matt Trickett and down lineman Kalil Morris.

On the other side of the ball, safety/ linebacker Matt Bahr led the way with 91 total tackles and 3 sacks. His final stats mirrored that of cornerback KJ Sherald, who finished with 91 total tackles and 3 sacks.

Morris was named second-team AllMAC after recording 47 tackles, including 6 for loss. He became one of the most feared nose tackles in the entire conference in his senior year.

Kent State allowed 32.4 points per game,

ubspectrum.com ranking No. 92 in Division I-A. Trickett made 14-of-17 field goals with a long of 49 yards. He also punted an average of 38.7 yards per punt.

On Nov. 6, 2018, the Bulls defeated the Golden Flashes, 48-14, at UB Stadium. Buffalo running back Jaret Patterson rushed for 187 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Bulls quarterback Tyree Jackson was limited to 111 yards and a touchdown, but the defense was strong enough to compensate for the lack of a passing game.

LOOKING FORWARD

Kent State has only two wins, with one coming against Division I-B opponent Kennesaw State.

Quarterback Dustin Crum has completed 68.1% of his passes for 1,605 passing yards, 13 touchdowns and an interception.

He also leads the team with 414 rushing yards on 106 carries for 2 touchdowns. On Monday, he was named the MAC East Offensive Player of the Week after going 14of-18 with 257 yards and 3 touchdowns on Tuesday. He added 40 yards rushing and a touchdown in a 35-33 loss to Toledo.

Kent State had 10 players named to the Athlon Sports MAC Football 2019 AllConference Team, including cornerback Jamal Parker and Carrigan.

Coming into the Buffalo game, the Flashes have lost three games by 20 or more. Kent State lost to No. 13 Auburn, No. 15 Wisconsin and Arizona State.

The Golden Flashes are 2-3 against conference opponents, and currently trail MAC East leader Miami (OH) by one game, with just three games left to play.

BOTTOM LINE

With three games remaining for both teams, Thursday night’s contest at Dix Stadium is shaping up to be one of the biggest of the season. The Golden Flashes need a win, or their bowl hopes are over.

On the other sideline, Buffalo is riding a three-game winning streak, in large part because of its rushing defense, which ranks No. 6 in Division I-A. Both teams should come out with fire — bowl appearances are riding on this game.

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Courtesy of Kent State Athletics Golden Flashes players huddle around their coach for instructions.

Bulls cruise to victory over Canisius Women’s basketball wins 71-55 against the Golden Griffins JUSTIN WEISS ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

test. Still, the game got close at times.

At one point in the second quarter, the Griffs pulled to within four points of the Bulls, on the back of a D’Jhai PattersonRicks triple. At other times, the Bulls allowed Canisius to claw its way back into the game.

“When we went up by 15 or 16 points, I thought we looked at the scoreboard. We played the scoreboard,” Legette-Jack said.

“We had to readjust ourselves.”

The readjustment has started with Onwuka, a defensive-oriented guard who has

The UB women’s basketball team (3-0) cruised to a 71-55 victory over crosstown rival Canisius (0-2) at Alumni Arena Tuesday.

Senior guard Theresa Onwuka had 9 rebounds and a career-high 30 points as the Bulls opened up the season 3-0.

Buffalo got off to a sloppy start in the first quarter, with freshman forward Loren Christie missing her first two shots and racking up a pair of fouls before she was subbed out of the game.

It took more than two minutes before the Griffs finally opened up the scoring.

“I thought we started slow,” Bulls coach Felisha Legette-Jack said. “I thought we were playing passive basketball.”

Led by Onwuka and freshman guard Dyaisha Fair, the Bulls started hitting their shots — particularly from three, where they went 5-10 in the first quarter.

The Bulls were in control for most of the con- Siddharth Bandhu / The Spectrum

Freshman guard Dyaisha Fair springs into

found her niche this season driving into the lane and attacking the basket.

She has posted career highs in scoring in three consecutive games.

Onwuka’s strong play has mitigated the absence of senior forward Summer Hemphill, the preseason All-Big 4 basketball player of the year.

“We really miss her, but we have to do more,” Legette-Jack said.

Legette-Jack said Hemphill’s absence was like a student going away for school.

“When your sibling goes to school, and

the air to score a basket against

they did all of the responsibilities at home, all of the sudden it becomes, ‘We’ve got to do more, because mom said.’ And this team is willing to do whatever it takes to have success — not for wins sake, but to tell our story.”

With fellow Rochester native Cierra Dillard looking on, Fair had 24 points and 4 assists in 35 minutes.

“We’re from the same city,” Fair said.

“That’s just what we do.”

This is the fifth consecutive season the Bulls have opened with a 3-0 record.

Buffalo will return to Alumni Arena Friday to take on the Columbia Lions (1-2).

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Canisius at Alumni Arena on Tuesday. Fair added 24 points to the team’s total.