Reading that syllabus was going to have to Silverawait. is one of several UB students left reeling after Air Buffalo, a new ‘highend’ student housing complex, informed would-be residents that their move-in dates would be postponed, in emails sent out during the week of Aug. 25.
Silvera was alarmed. The sophomore had pointedly sought out a private studio apartment at Air Buffalo, following an unruly shared living situation the previous semester.“Tobe honest, I was only looking for outside places to stay because I had a really bad experience with a roommate last year. I had to leave the room two weeks before school ended. I just wanted to get out of the situation,” Silvera said.
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Fall Fest was not held from 2020-22 due to COVID-19-related safety concerns.
Harris’ visit marked the first time a sitting U.S. vice president had set foot on
Harris delivered her speech to about 100 audience members in white folding chairs. Audience members included UB Provost A. Scott Weber, Vice President for Student Life Brian Hamluk, other UB administrators and several members of the UB Council, an “oversight and advisory body” for the university.
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“It was really stressful,” Sydney Gallo, a senior environmental engineer who attended the meet and greet, said.
‘I’m technically homeless’: UB studentsstranded after Air Buffalo delays opening
15th,” according to an email obtained by TheNowSpectrum.entering the third week of the semester, several UB students aired their grievances and misgivings over the resulting cloud of uncertainty hovering over their living conditions panning into the fall.
This year’s Fall Fest will be the first since 2019 and take place on Saturday, Sept. 24. A location has yet to be announced.
either of UB’s campuses. Joe Biden delivered a speech in Alumni Arena in 2018, but he was not in office at the time. Sitting U.S. Presidents Millard Fillmore and Barack Obama spoke on campus in 1853 and 2013, respectively, according to UB spokesperson John DellaContrada.
The firm also developed and operates Auden Buffalo, another student housing complex that opened its doors in 2021.
It was during her search over the summer that she came across Air Buffalo, a new apartment complex touted for completion this past summer after New York City-based real estate developer DMG Investments LLC purchased the property for $5.7 million in 2021.
Yung Gravy currently has over 14 million monthly listeners on Spotify. The 6-foot-7 Minnesota-raised rapper rose to fame with his 2016 hit song “Mr. Clean.” His most popular songs currently include “Betty (Get Money),” “oops!” and “Welcome to Chilis.”
Incoming residents set to arrive “on the 1st to 4th floor[s] of the building” were notified that their move-in at Air Buffalo would be postponed to “at least October
State
Fivio Foreign’s music career first took off in 2019 with his hit song “Big Drip.”
Vice President Kamala Harris visited North Campus Wednesday afternoon, touring solar panel fields, delivering a 13-minute speech in the Center for the Arts and meeting with select students and administrative officials.
All eight students were supposed to fully introduce themselves to the vice president, but only three did after the meet and greet was cut short.
Fall Fest 2022
Harris came to UB to tout one of the Biden administration’s signature legislative achievements, the Inflation Reduc-
Fivio Foreign and Yung Gravy will headline this year’s Fall Fest, the Student Association announced on social media Saturday.Athird artist will be announced next week, Tendaji Ya’Ukuu, SA’s Director of Communications, said.
Harris came to UB to tout provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act meant to combat climate change
Blindsided
Amy Bentley, a junior environmental science major who attended the meet and greet, said she was “kind of sad” that she didn’t get a chance to speak directly with Harris but that the experience was still “surreal.”
Hayes Construction Services — overseeing the construction of the Air Buffalo project — did not respond for comment.
First Fall Fest since 2019 to take place Sept. 24
Silvera, a sophomore public health major, was already en route to Buffalo when she first received word about a potential change and delay to her expected move-in.
‘Please lead’: Vice President Kamala Harris visits North Campus, delivers speech
had a train to catch at 7 a.m.
“She was so nice. She was so sweet. She had a very genuine way about her, and you could tell she actually cared about what you were saying, even though I was stressed and rambling.”
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Sophia Silvera had no idea where she was going to sleep.
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“I’m literally reading the email as I’m driving up to Buffalo,” Silvera said. “Then they’re like, ‘you’re gonna stay in a hotel room and you’re gonna have a roommate.’ And I was like, ‘wait what?’”
Hundreds of miles away from home and with her first class looming at 10 a.m. the following morning, Silvera weighed the prospect of starting the semester without a roof over her head.
UB planned the event in 2-3 days without “too much notice,” UB President Satish Tripathi told The Spectrum Air Force 2 touched down at Buffalo Niagara International Airport at about 11:35 a.m. Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown greeted Harris on the tarmac. The vice-presidential motorcade proceeded along closed-off roads directly to North Campus, where Harris toured the solar panel array with Architecture School Dean Rob Shibley and two UB students. A UB alum also gave Harris a brief tour of the GRoW Clean Energy Center, an “energy-efficient demonstration home” built by architecture students for a national competition.Harris then progressed past police blockades along Millersport Highway to privately meet with university officials and eight students who were nominated by faculty members. The students, who either majored in environmental fields or worked with UB Sustainability, shook hands with the vice president, introduced themselves and took a group photo.
“The Air Buffalo’s top priority is the safety and privacy of our residents. Due to delays in construction, we have made the decision to delay the move-in day to a date wherein we’re confident that we are able to provide quality housing to our residents,” The Air Buffalo said in a statement to The Spectrum.
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She glanced at her car, filled to the brim with all of her yet-to-be-unpacked belongings. A friend who came along to help out
tion Act, which President Biden signed into law last month. Her speech was not open to most students or the general public.
SEE KAMALA HARRIS PAGE 4 SEE AIR BUFFALO PAGE 4 MOAZ ELAZZAZI/THE SPECTRUM VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS TOUTS THE CLEAN ENERGY PROVISIONS INCLUDED IN THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT IN HER SPEECH AT UB’S CENTER FOR THE ARTS MOAZ ELAZZAZI/THE SPECTRUM AIR BUFFALO’S DELAYED CONSTRUCTION WILL PREVENT STUDENTS FROM LIVING THERE UNTIL “AT LEAST OCTOBER 15TH.”
The SA selected the artists they did with the help of a survey sent out to students over the summer, according to Ya’Ukuu.
Tripathi, Brown, NYSERDA President and CEO Doreen Harris, U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins, Deputy Secretary of the Department of Energy David Turk and UB MPH/MBA student Srikrithi Krishnan all spoke briefly before Harris took to the temporary stage in the main hall of the Center for the Arts.
Editors’ note: The Spectrum spoke on-therecord to one student who requested to remain anonymous out of fear of backlash from Air Buffalo. The Spectrum doesn’t usually grant anonymity to sources unless they “may face danger, retribution or other harm,” as enumerated in the SPJ Code of Ethics, but has made the decision to do so here in order to protect this person’s identity. The anonymous student will be referred to by the pseudonym of Chelsea Jones throughout this story.
The 32-year-old Brooklyn rapper currently has over 10 million monthly listeners on Spotify and is known for contributing to the rise of New York’s Drill scene. His most popular songs include “City of Gods” featuring Kanye West and Alicia Keys, “What’s My Name” featuring Chloe and Queen Naija and his feature on rapper Lil Tjay’s “Headshot.”
residency determinations,” DellaContrada said. “We will implement a new NYS residency process for students entering Fall 2023.”DellaContrada did not specify what that new process would entail.
The university ranks at No. 38 for the second year in a row but UB remains below its 2020-21 ranking of No. 34.
Approximately 52% of UB graduate student residencies aren’t being proven when assigning tuition costs
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“SUNY is enabling graduate students from out-of-state to take advantage of a tuition benefit that is supposed to be reserved for New Yorkers,” Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli said in a press statement. “SUNY’s medical schools and other graduate programs are highly competitive and represent an excellent value, regardless of residency status. SUNY administrators and staff need to ensure that tuition is charged correctly for both in-state and out-of-state students.”
The voting field remains empty as UB’s Undergraduate Student Association prepares to hold Senate elections from Sept. 19-23.“Senate Candidates are coming in slowly because of [low] student interest in serving as a representor,” Tendaji Ya’Ukuu, an assistant director of communications for the SA, said.
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UB is “aware” of the findings from this audit and is working on improving their process, according to John DellaContrada, a university spokesperson.
Regardless, SUNY officials believe something must be done.
Students must have lived in New York State for the last 12 months before qualifying for in-state tuition. Typically, half of undergraduate students’ residencies are confirmed by the SUNY Central Office, but the other half is supposed to be confirmed by the specific SUNY that the individual is applying to.
signatures from current UB undergraduate students on their petitions for submission by Friday at noon, in 350 Student Union. Students will also vote in a referendum on the mandatory student fee, a $109 “student activity fee” paid by UB’s undergraduate student body that goes straight to the Student Association.
State audit reveals potential UB tuition undercharges totaling over half a million dollars
This is the university’s 5th consecutive year in the top 40
The U.S. News and World Report ranking, currently in its 38th year, are decided through major weighted factors such as graduation and retention rates, social mobility, graduation rate performance, undergraduate academic reputation, faculty resources and graduate indebtedness, among others.
“SUNY and UB acknowledge there are opportunities to enhance the maintenance of the documentation used to make determinations of residency at the graduate level and are making the appropriate changes to our NYS residency verification process to strengthen record collection and retention policies related to these decisions,” DellaContrada said.
“OSC auditors did not identify any specific instance of graduate students purposefully subverting residency requirements to receive a lower in-state tuition rate, but rather the findings represented ‘potential’ incorrect charges due to incomplete record maintenance related to
UB was reported as the SUNY that undercharged the highest rate of graduate students, “with Buffalo having little or no documented support for graduate students’ residency in more than half the applications sampled.”
Students seeking a seat in the senate must be currently-registered, full-time UB undergraduates in “good academic standing.” They also need to obtain at least 50
Email: jasmin.yeung@ubspectrum.com MOAZ ELAZZAZI/THE SPECTRUM UB RANKS AT NO. 38 FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW IN U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT’S PUBLIC UNIVERSITY RANKING MOAZ ELAZZAZ/THE SPECTRUM UB STUDENT ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT BECKY PAUL ODIONHIN KAILO MORI / THE SPECTRUM UB HAD THE HIGHEST RATE OF UNSUPPORTED RESIDECNCIES OUT OF THE SUNY SCHOOLS AUDITED
“It’s great to see UB recognized again for the excellent academic opportunities we offer to our students and the positive impact we make on our local and global communities,” Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs A. Scott Weber said. “We are proud of our faculty and the outstanding research, educational and clinical programs we offer.”
The coming election will look to fill 12 vacant seats in the senate. There are 23 total seats in the senate, 11 of which are currently occupied by three SA e-board members, seven coordinators and the Student Affairs Director.
SA Senate candidates yet to be announced ahead of election and referendum vote
Other lists include Top Performers on Social Mobility, where UB moved down 14 spots and is ranked at No. 69. The Best Value Schools category also saw a drop of 16 spots, from No. 172 in 2021-22 to No. 188 in However,2022-23.the undergraduate computer science program and undergraduate nursing program list saw increases of 17 and nine respectively, with UB ranked at No. 65 and No. 67, respectively.
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UB went up four spots in the Best Colleges ranking, rising from 93rd in 2021-22 to 89th this year. This is the first time in two years that UB’s ranking has risen since reaching 79th in 2019-20.
UB remains at No. 38 in U.S. News Top Public Colleges & Universities ranking
SA senators will oversee the organization’s annual budget, hold power to recognize and derecognize clubs and work with the executive committee to advocate on behalf of UB undergraduates.
The audit showed that in a sample size of 277 students, there were 143 cases of a potential tuition undercharge. If this sample is accurate to the whole, UB would be losing about $552,242.
OSC reviewed undergraduate residency assessments and concluded that those assessments were being performed thoroughly, according to Robert Megna, a SUNY Interim Financial Officer.
UB remains in the top 40 public universities for the fifth consecutive year, according to the U.S. News and World Report ranking released Monday.
UB also stated that since OSC did not identify any specific instances of graduate students purposely filling out the wrong residency for tuition charges, UB is not looking to punish any students.
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Although out-of-state students are supposed to pay approximately $17,000 more a year than in-state-students, the audit revealed that an estimated 52% of UB graduate student residencies are not being checked.
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The fee funds SA events — such as Fall and Spring Fest — clubs, services, advocacy and SA-provided services including the food pantry, tutoring and legal consultations.Voting will take place both online and in person in the SU lobby from Monday, Sept. 19 at 9 a.m. to Friday, Sept. 23 at 4 p.m.
UB is potentially undercharging over half of its graduate students by mistakenly giving out-of-state students in-state tuition, according to the Office of New York State Comptroller’s (OSC) May 2022 audit.
Between June 2015 and September 2019, OSC audited seven SUNY schools to ensure out-of-state graduate students were being charged the correct corresponding tuition amount.
This potentially allows applicants to receive in-state tuition, regardless of an outof-state residency.
Polls will be open from Sept. 19-23
The audit sampled 1,207 graduate students from different SUNYs and revealed that about 35% of them didn’t provide
proof of residency.
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I would have normally passed right by a stack of newspapers. In high school, I deleted my iPhone’s news app because I thought it was too “negative.” But this issue had a big picture of former UB football running back Jaret Patterson on the front page. That was all I needed.
Last Friday, I stepped out of the 2003 Honda Civic I borrowed from my roommate, put my mask on and walked into the Delavan-Grider Community Center gym.
If you’re in a high risk category like I am, I can’t recommend getting the monkeypox vaccine enough.
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Normally, The Spectrum’s editor-in-chief writes this letter before the first week of classes.Buthey, we’re here now, right?
For those of you who don’t already know, this is The Spectrum, UB’s independent student newspaper. This is where you’re going to get your campus news, catch up on UB’s arts scene, get the rundown of the latest football game (a win here and there wouldn’t hurt) and learn more about the complex little metropolis that is the University at Buffalo.
There will still be print editions of The Spectrum, just not on a weekly basis. We understand that having a print edition helps establish our campus presence, we’re just more focused on where media is headed as opposed to where it’s coming from.
We’re going to dazzle you with our sto-
To those who want to join the staff, I’m also excited for you.
I never thought I’d be in this position, but as soon as I joined this scrappy independent newspaper, I knew I had found myI’vecalling.been using the word paper a lot, which is ironic considering you’re reading this on a screen.
If you’re interested in joining as a writer, photographer or social media assistant, click the “Apply” tab on our website and fill out the application. You can also enroll in The Spectrum’s class, ENG 394 (you’ll be stuck with me as your TA), which takes place every Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. in Clemens 102.
I was hit with the wave of COVID-related deja vu the second I entered. A perky public health official handed me an information packet and made sure I knew when to come in for my second dose. Nurses in blue latex gloves manned folding tables, and a handful of vaccine recipients sat in rows of chairs to fulfill their mandatory 15-minute supervision period.
I sat down at one of the tables lining the wall, made small talk about my fear of needles with the nurse and waited for the injection. My nurse, a middle-aged
The normal, temporary vaccine-related side effects are possible according to the CDC, but I didn’t have any (and all three doses of the COVID-19 vaccine left me bedridden for hours).
I can’t wait to watch you find your passion in the newsroom.
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I’m still being careful, but getting vaccinated has lifted a cloud hanging over my head. Grindr is no longer scary for monkeypox-related reasons, just for all the normal herpes-related reasons. I’m going to an indoor gay club this weekend, and I’m not anxious about hitting the dance floor (with all my mediocare-at-best dance moves).Ican recommend getting the monkeypox vaccine all I want, but there’s one problem: access is incredibly limited. As of this publication, there are no first dose appointments available in Erie County, ac-
The monkeypox vaccine is great — that’s why we need to expand access
I never thought I’d be in this position, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything of Erie County isn’t acceptable
woman who didn’t have the time or energy for my needle phobia, stuck the needle into my forearm. A “wheal” (basically a glorified mosquito bite) quickly formed on my arm.Isat down to wait for symptoms that would never appear, said goodbye to that perky public health official and drove away. The whole endeavor took 20 minutes.
OK, so I know this is kind of late.
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I won’t be fully protected until I’m two weeks out from my second dose in October, and even then the vaccine won’t be 100% effective. But less than a week after my first dose, I’m still more protected than I was before. If given within four days of exposure, the JYNNEOS vaccine may reduce the chance of infection, and if given 5-14 days after exposure, it can reduce the intensity of symptoms.
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Bonet’s Instagram post about getting infected to send me frantically searching for the next vaccine clinic near me.
I still have the red bump on my arm. It itched for a day or two, but it’s not a lesion. It won’t scar, and it doesn’t hurt.
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I immersed myself in the world of UB sports, and after a conversation with 2019-20 editor-in-chief Brenton Blanchet, I jumped right into the men’s basketball beat.Media seating to games, access to postgame press conferences and the ability to schedule one-on-one interviews with players and coaches were all I needed. I became addicted to the rush of writing a recap after a game and telling the stories of our athletes on campus.
Then I saw a copy of The Spectrum on a newsstand in the Student Union.
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I’d take that over monkeypox any day of the week. Monkeypox symptoms include rashes, legions, muscle aches, headache, fever, chills and more and typically last 2-4 weeks, according to the CDC. All I needed was one look at drag queen Trinity K.
cording to the county health department’s website.That’s unacceptable. Unlike during the HIV epidemic, a public health crisis that affected primarily members of the LGBTQ community, we have effective tools for stopping the spread and a public health establishment that isn’t hopelessly homophobic and transphobic. Not using those tools to the fullest extent possible before monkeypox goes from a concern to a fullblown crisis is irresponsible.
Scheduling one clinic every other week for all
There are only 15 active monkeypox cases in Erie County, according to the New York State Department of Health. Let’s keep them low. Expand access to the vaccine, and get vaccinated when you can if you’re at risk.
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“I want to be focusing on school, and I just can’t because I have to worry about my finances so much. I’m paying for school myself, and having to pay for that on top of food is really stressful.”
“They’re yet to credit us. We don’t even know when we’re going to be able to move in and they’re still charging us the full rent, not crediting our account at all,” she said.
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Harris departed North Campus for the airport shortly thereafter and boarded Air Force 2 by 4 p.m.
Nabi has since relocated to the Marriott Buffalo Niagara hotel per the accommo dations provided by Air Buffalo. “It’s pret ty inconvenient… it’s a temporary place,” he said.
“You are reminding us of the potential of our future, and in that way you are in spiring us,” Harris said. “So the next time you’re up late studying in the Capen Li brary… know that we stand with you, and we’re so proud of you.”
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“All of this will lower electricity costs and reduce emissions,” she said. “It will also create millions of good paying jobs. Jobs for STEM students like those I met with today who will design the next gen eration of clean energy technology. And jobs for all the people who will build and install and repair our clean energy infra structure.”Harrisreiterated that she and Biden are “counting on” the next generation of stu dents to lead the clean energy movement.
Silvera spent the next weeks hopping between her friend’s dorm room and liv ing out of her car. She dressed out of a suitcase in the trunk. She did her makeup in the car mirror.
The Inflation Reduction Act will invest hundreds of billions of dollars in programs meant to address climate change, raise the minimum tax on corporations, lower pre scription drug costs for those with Medi care and reduce the deficit, among other provisions, according to The Hill. It is not likely to have “any impact” on inflation, especially not in the short-term, accord ing to the Penn Wharton Budget Model, a nonpartisan research organization affili ated with the University of Pennsylvania.
“I felt really sad because my parents couldn’t do anything there. They work a lot. It’s not like they could just fix every
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The pair have since resorted to taking turns alternating between staying in the room and staying with friends. Even then, Jones says that the accommodations are taking a financial toll, despite Air Buffalo promising that tenants would also receive a $100 weekly credit to cover food and laundry costs over the duration of their stay at the hotel.
While Air Buffalo reserves the right to relocate its tenants while “redeveloping or making improvements to the Communi ty,” it may only transfer tenants to “anoth er Unit within the Community” and must provide “at least thirty (30) days prior writ ten notice,” according to a copy of the Air Buffalo lease agreement obtained by The Spectrum.
thing. It just kind of sucked. And I feel like my body could feel it… I was really stressed.”Joneshighlighted a need for legal scruti ny over the validity of enacting relocation efforts on such short notice, citing terms in their signed lease.
“[My friend] lives in Evans [Quadran gle],” Silvera said. “She has a single room and I felt so bad because people should have their privacy. I wasn’t just going to unpack all my stuff into my friend’s room.”
According to Jones, the credit would not have been enough regardless.
But both students remain defiant.
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A native of Westchester County, NY, commuting from home isn’t an option for Silvera.“It’sa six hour drive. I can’t drive back home and drive back to campus for class, youHassanknow?”Nabi, a sophomore majoring in biological sciences, felt similarly trapped.
Harris spent much of her speech tout ing the clean energy provisions included in the Inflation Reduction Act and held up UB’s solar arrays as an example of what the act’s federal funds will help create across the country.
A foot in the door
Come three weeks into the semester, both Silvera and Jones are doing their best to make the most of their ordeals.
However, another clause in the lease agreement states that tenants have to no tify Air Buffalo of an alleged violation “within five days after occurrence,” with failure to do so resulting in a “total and complete waiver of said alleged violation.”
over Instagram. “Seeing the strain that this visit put on students, especially dur ing prime class hours, I personally couldn’t help but feel irritated that students were not invited or able to buy tickets to the VP’s speech… Students were heavily in convenienced by the VPs arrival yet not allowed to participate.”
As of the time of publication, com ments have been restricted on every other Air Buffalo post.
Silvera says she was able to capitalize on a sudden opening at Villas on Rensch. She signed a lease earlier this week, eager to put the past few weeks behind her.
In emails sent out the week of Aug. 25, Air Buffalo management outlined that tenants were to continue paying the stan dard rate of their rooms despite circum stances requiring them to either relocate to the Marriott Buffalo Niagara or Auden Buffalo.Silvera highlighted that students like herself, who were not native to the Buffalo area, lacked support networks and had no alternatives to turn to, were especially hit hard by the announcement.
“The credit itself was supposed to be $100 per week that we stay here. They told us that they would credit it at the beginning of September. Now they’re saying it’s gonna be the beginning of October, it was supposed to be weekly.”
$100 for both of us. So $50 a week, that’s less than $7 a day for food and laundry.”
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“All my friends are already moved in with people. I tried looking at other places near campus. But I’d have to buy furniture and stuff… I wouldn’t be moved in un til the end of the semester. So what’s the point?” Jones said.“I’m kind of just stuck in this situation.”
Students and members of the pub lic were able to watch the speech via live stream, but some students felt that the lack of student access wasn’t worth shutting down traffic on some parts of campus.
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Jones also expressed misgivings about Air Buffalo pairing relocated tenants at random instead of booking separate rooms or making pairings based on in tended roommates at the Buffalo Niagara Marriott.“That, to me, felt not acceptable,” she said. “I didn’t want to be with a random roommate. I had a roommate that I had picked to live with. It’s really awkward. My [current] roommate and I — he is a boy. And I am a girl, which is fine — it is what it is. But we had been expecting to have different rooms.”
Situated at 1265 Sweet Home Rd, Air Buffalo is less than a ten-minute walk away from UB’s North Campus. Pending construction, the property will house 154 apartments ranging from studios to twobedroom units.
“Places shouldn’t be able to leave kids homeless,” Silvera said.
An hour and a half after the speech, Harris stepped outside for just under a minute to address the hundreds of stu dents packed against metal security barri cades and police officers outside the front entrance to the CFA. She told them to “please lead,” which many students heard as “please leave.” Harris then re-entered the building to leave through the back door, leaving the crowd to disperse.
“Traffic and building closures were a huge hassle which I know caused many students to be late to their classes, forced them to take long routes, or miss events in CFA,” Fen Stanczyk, a sophomore envi ronmental studies major, told The Spectrum
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Jones disputes this.
Silvera echoed the daily struggle of stay ing afloat during the start of the semester.
“I do think that this is grounds to be sued, for sure,” she said. “They did violate their lease which is against the law. Some one should do something.”
Jones described the pressure of the situ ation coming to a head from all fronts. “Food is the number one concern for me, the fact that I can’t cook is really a prob lem. That’s really expensive, and it’s been stressing me out a lot,” she said.
Chelsea Jones, who remains anonymous out of fear of backlash from Air Buffalo management, echoed that sentiment, high lighting how tenants didn’t have a choice in the matter unless they invoke a $250 cancellation fee.
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“$100 a week is already basically nothing — that’s supposed to be covering our food and laundry costs. If you do the math 100 divided by two, that’s $50. Because it’s
“You guys legitimately scammed us… our units are not gonna be ready until a month and a half into school?” Nabi com mented on a post on the Air Buffalo Ins tagram page. “Nice strategy to get us tied up in the lease and then break that kind of news.”
“One of the conditions of the leases, if we were to have them hold our spot, [is that] we had to be staying in their provided place, which was either the hotel or a room in Auden,” she said in a Zoom interview with The Spectrum.
“At this point I was like, ‘wow! I’m tech nically homeless,’” Silvera said. “My par ents were really stressed. They didn’t know where I was sleeping that night. And it was just a lot on them, too.”
“My parents literally thought they were getting into a scam at first,” Silvera said. “I guess it sort of turned out to be one.”
On Aug. 28, complications during check-in at the hotel and tense exchanges with Air Buffalo management presented a final straw. By mutual agreement, Silvera cut her losses, paying $250 to sever the lease.Despite a moment of relief, the reality of the situation crashed onto her as she stepped into the parking lot without a guarantee of shelter.
In the meantime, Nabi and Jones con tinue to bide their time waiting for updates on the apartment complex, as well as any potential backlash from Air Buffalo man agement.ForJones, there remains little else to do.
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Silvera jumped at the opportunity as soon as she discovered availability for a studio at the complex. In hindsight, she now recalls pitching the idea to her parents with a pang of regret.
Colgate had multiple solid chances at net in the first half but se nior goalkeeper Emily Kelly and the UB defense were able to fend off the Raiders’ attacks to maintain the clean sheet.
Following a gut-wrenching 37-31 loss against FCS opponent Holy Cross in Week 2, UB (0-2) is set to hit the road and take on the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (2-0) in Brooks Stadium on Saturday. The Bulls look to rebound from last week’s heart breaker while the Chants, who are coming off a 31-27 victory over Gardner-Webb, have the opportunity to enter their confer ence schedule with an undefeated record.
Setter Mandy Leigh finished with 35 assists, while her sister, junior outside hitter Abby Leigh, led UB with nineTheblocks.Bulls returned to action Friday when they beat Youngstown State and Bucknell in a doubleheader. UB defeated Youngstown State in four sets, 18-25, 25-18, 25-22, 25-20. The Bulls dropped the first set before picking up the next Trebichavskathree.and defensive specialist Emilie Davis combined for six service aces throughout the match While Okwara recorded 13 kills. Man dy Leigh recorded 46 set assists on 115 attempts while Abby Leigh fin ished with a .440 hit percentage.
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After falling in the first set, the Bulls swept the next four to leave Canisius with the victory. Sophomore outside hitter Katrin Trebichavska led the match with 16 kills on 28 attempts. She ended the day with a .500 hit per centage while junior middle blocker Courtney Okwara had 10 kills on 15 attempts and a .533 hit percentage.
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Snyder has been solid through UB’s first two games. He didn’t particularly stand out against Maryland two weeks ago (18-for-35 passing for 160 yards with no touchdowns), but he never made a cost ly mistake against a Big Ten opponent. Like Marshall, he put on a dazzling per formance last week against Holy Cross. Snyder also proved to be a threat on the ground and rushed for 67 yards in addi tion to his 305 passing yards and three touchdowns. Coming off the best game of his career, Snyder should see ample op portunities against CCU.
The Bulls return to action when they host Yale on Sunday at 1 p.m.
under head coach Maurice Linguist, while the Chanticleers — who spent a good por tion of last season ranked in the top 25 of the AP Poll — are 24-3 since 2020 under Chadwell. In many ways, Coastal Carolina is a representation of what UB aims to be. The Chants are one of the most formi dable Group of Five opponents in college football and have developed a model of consistency over the past three seasons. UB put up a good fight in a 28-25 loss against CCU last season, but the Bulls are on a downward trajectory this time around. Expect UB to compete yet ulti mately fall short against a superior team on the road Saturday.
While UB and CCU had vastly different results last week, both quarterbacks put up impressive performances in their most recent matchups. Junior quarterback Cole Snyder finished with a 67.6% completion percentage on 34 attempts while throw ing for 305 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions. For Coastal Caro lina, junior quarterback Grayson McCall went 22-for-30 along with 308 yards, three touchdowns and one interception against FCS foe Gardner-Webb.
UB traveled to Canisius’ Koessler Athletic Center for Thurs day’s matchup, as the Bulls and Gold en Griffiths co-hosted this year’s WNY Invite. UB took down Canisius in four sets, 19-25, 25-19, 25-17, 2518.
Senior running back Reese White is now
Final prediction: Coastal Carolina over Buffalo, 42-27.
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The Bulls return to the court on Friday when they travel to Fort Meyers, FL for the Florida Gulf Coast Invite. UB will face Florida Gulf Coast (7-3), Florida Atlantic (8-1) and St. Francis (Brooklyn) (1-9).
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enjoying his fourth season as an integral part of Coastal’s backfield attack. The shifty running back rushed for 133 yards and a touchdown in the Chants’ Week 1 matchup against Army but didn’t have as big an impact against Gardner-Webb (35 yards on 13 carries). Luckily for White, the Bulls have given up an average of 184 rushing yards through two games. Now in his fourth year in head coach Jamey Chadwell’s triple-option offense, the 5’10 back should be able to exploit gaps in UB’s defense.
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At 0-2, UB is nearing must-win terri tory heading into this week’s game against Coastal Carolina. The Bulls are now 4-12
Graduate wide receiver Justin Marshall asserted himself in last week’s matchup against Holy Cross. After a modest 52yard showing against Maryland in Week 1, the Louisville transfer exploded for 116 yards and two touchdowns. Marshall could take advantage once again against Coastal, who allowed 448 passing yards against an inferior opponent in Gardner-Webb last week. He’ll have difficult matchups against super-senior cornerback D’Jordan Strong (two-time All-Sun Belt First Team selection) and redshirt freshman corner back Lance Boykin (two interceptions last week), so a strong performance could go a long way in solidifying Marshall as a bigtime playmaker.
Women’s soccer (5-1-0) picked up its third straight win in a 2-0 shutout over Colgate Sunday at UB Stadium. Senior defender Tess Ford headed in the first goal of the game on a pass from junior defender Em ily Lazenby. UB added to its lead soon after when freshman midfield Katie Krohn found midfielder Leah Wen gender in the open field, who fired a shot into the bottom left corner to give the Bulls a 2-0 lead in the first half.
UB outshot the Raiders, 13-5, and also had an 8-3 advantage in shots on goal.
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After spending four years with Sun Belt rival Georgia State, redshirt senior receiver Sam Pinckney has already made an impact in his first season with the teal and black. The 2020 All-Sun Belt Second Team selec tion finished with 69 receiving yards and a touchdown against Army in Week 1 and hauled in seven receptions for 87 yards against Gardner-Webb last week.
UB finds itself in must-win territory heading into a Week 3 matchup against the Chanticleers
Krohn and freshman mid fielder Emma Foster kept the pressure on in the second half but weren’t able to add to the Bulls’ lead. Defensively, UB allowed just one shot attempt in the second half to close out the vic tory.
The Bulls swept Bucknell in three sets in the second match on Fri day, 25-21, 25-7, 25-20.
Courtesy of Coastal Carolina university Carolina QB Grayson MCCall has season
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Mandy Leigh had 35 assists while Abby Leigh led the UB with 11 kills. Okwara had nine, Trebichavska had eight, and sophomore right side Emmas Gielas had seven.
UB volleyball (7-2) went un defeated in the WNY Invite, which started last Thursday and ended with two matches on Friday. The Bulls defeated Canisius on Thursday be fore sweeping Youngstown State and Bucknell on Friday.
Cooper, along with Gordon, visited UB’s Center for the Arts Tuesday to dis cuss their partnership over the past 50 years. The Rock & Roll Hall-of-Famer ex plained that he had no plans to become a musician when he moved to LA, yet the unforeseen nature of their paths drew them together. The magnetism between them was so strong that it relieved any thought of signing the standard contract between musician and manager.
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“Neither one of us ever compromised Alice Cooper, who’s the entertainer,” Gor don said. “We have really clear visions and neither one of us takes it personally.
In fact, UB didn’t even have a film pro gram until Lieberman got there. After ar ranging a meeting with then-Provost Eric Larrabee, he put together a proposal and created the department now known as the Department of Media Study. In 1967, he became the first person to graduate from the university with a degree in film.
The emotional impact of his films is what separates them from others. Even a film like “Fire in the Sky,” his terrifying 1993 alien abduction thriller, is at its core about friendship and what it means to be a human being.
Gordon recalled his thought process: “How do I communicate to the parents of London how despicable Alice Cooper is? So that they’ll say to their kids, ‘you’ll get grounded if you go to the concert.’”
“And that’s where Alice and I really came together [and found] that we could create a character that could be a part of a social revolution,” Gordon said.
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But what’s Lieberman most proud of? It’s not an award, it’s not a specific film and it’s not directing Lauren Bacall or Jon Voight. It’s the ability to communicate what it’s like to be a good person, he said.
Since then, he’s filmed over 200 hours of TV and seven feature films and directed a long list of stars from James Earl Jones to Yao Ming.
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“I had decided I wanted to make films, and then I was trying to figure out how do you do that in Buffalo?” Lieberman said. “I mean, there was no filmmaking in Buf falo. Filming bar mitzvahs and weddings…
Flipping through the Yellow Pag es, he eventually found a production com pany that worked with the Buffalo Bills. He applied and quickly found himself tag ging along on all the team’s private flights and filming them in action. He fondly re calls befriending players and bringing them home to meet his dad, who was amazed.
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Over 40 years later, it’s clear that he hasn’t.
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And as a self-professed “emotional guy,” Lieberman embraces the full spectrum of emotion in his films.
Normally in a relationship, everything is so personal. And ours comes together on this third person,” referring to Cooper’s alterego as a performer.
Back in the city that raised him, the award-winning director is ready to pay it forward
Enamored with all things film and the ater, Lieberman spent a few years as a child actor at Melody Fair, a musical and theatri cal venue at Wurlitzer Park.
But Buffalo isn’t exactly a hotspot for filmmaking, and it definitely wasn’t when Lieberman was growing up.
This past weekend, Lieberman returned to his hometown to screen his cult-favorite film, “Fire in the Sky,” part of a fundraiser for the Buffalo nonprofit Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center. The screening was held at a place of great personal sig nificance to Lieberman: the North Park Theater.Lieberman credits the historic theater with sparking his passion for film. He saw his first ever movie there (“It might have been the Three Stooges or something,” he said), so the screening comes as a fullcircle moment for the director.
“You just have to go do it,” he said. “However you want to do it, you can have your dream.”
saw a bunch of rock heroes and it was all these Peter Pans and no Captain Hook. And I go, ‘I’ll be Captain Hook,’” Cooper said.And Cooper embodied the villain that transcended the one he set out to become.
neck, he earned his title as the “Godfather of Shock Rock.”
“If you’re going to say ‘Welcome to my nightmare,’ don’t just say it,” Cooper said. “Give them the nightmare.”
Before moving to Hollywood, Rob Lieberman promised himself that he wouldn’t become a jerk. He also promised himself that wouldn’t forget his home town of Buffalo, even if he made it big.
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“Nobody wanted to be the villain. I
“I think one of the greatest contribu tions I’ve made is to give men permission to cry,” he said. “Somewhere in every Rob Lieberman film, a man cries. I’ve made it a point.”Asmuch as Lieberman’s accomplished in Hollywood, he maintains that he’s still the same kid from Buffalo — and that any one can do what he did if they’re willing to put themselves out there and take a risk.
“A lot of people look down their noses at Buffalo, but I never did,” Lieberman, a UB graduate of 1967, said.
The answer? Have buses that displayed pictures of Cooper lying naked with a snake around his genitals circling around London’s Piccadilly Square. Since BBC Morning News always monitored the traf fic in the square, Cooper’s pictures had cir culated the TV screens and front page pa pers enough for him to sell out the venue in 18 hours. It was almost enough to ban him from ever coming to London Parlia ment.As Cooper garnered more popular ity from publicity stunts, he realized “the more outrageous the rock stars were, the more popular they were,” which helped him solidify his essence.
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After struggling to find filmmaking op portunities in Buffalo, Lieberman went to Hollywood and soon found work directing commercials and TV episodes. He eventu ally won the first-ever Directors Guild of America Award for Best Commercial Di rector.
“I get people saying ‘you ruined my childhood,’” Lieberman said. “It’s a pretty scary little event. But that’s not why I made it… I made it because there was a beautiful story about friendship.”
Within 24 hours of being in Los Ange les, UB alum Shep Gordon had quit his short-lived ambition as a parole officer at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall and stumbled into the Hollywood Landmark, a hotel where Jimi Hendrix helped plant his feet in the music industry as a manager for Al ice Cooper.
Their refusal to compromise Cooper’s identity created a cultural moment that could never be replicated today.
Along with their undying admiration, their unconditional trust and respect for each other in their 53 years together is what they owed their seamless relationship and successful career to.
When Cooper’s first show in London only sold 1,000 seats at a venue that fit 8,000, they faced the challenge of deciding their level of commitment to their roles as musician and manager.
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What used to be Captain Hook’s “pre pare to die,” became Cooper’s “prepare to live” as he launched himself into animated stunts that surpassed the imagination of childhood villains. From biting a chicken’s head and drinking its blood to faking an execution by wearing a noose around his
The award-winning TV, film and com mercial director — known for films like “D3: The Mighty Ducks” and “All I Want For Christmas,” and shows like “Dexter” and “The X-Files” — has a lot of love for the place that raised him, which is why he continues to come back to the Queen City.
that’s the only filmmaking going on in Buf falo.”
“That’s where the whole dream of be coming a director was hatched,” Lieber man said.
In moving to its fourth track, “Straw berry Blush (feat. Free Nationals),” “Leg end” begins to promise an album suited for at least radio and mall pop. Though nowhere near revolutionary, “Strawberry Blush” delivers a catchy tune and smooth rhythm.Incredibly forgettable and entirely inof fensive, this is the kind of song that exists solely as background music to bigger and better“Legend”things.continues to meander in this mediocrity, bringing its way to the seventh track, “Splash (feat. Jhene Aiko & Ty Dol la $ign).” Despite the talent featured in this song, “Splash” flops in delivering a serious
It’s a song of late nights and tentative beginnings, just like the fall semester.
An ebbing wave of a song, “Scott Street” is the quiet reflection on a relation ship gone past — the nostalgia, the soft ache, the slowly creeping healing that is to come. It’s the perfect song for when the whims of summer die down and one is left with only memories of warm rays, laughs by the campfire and the ache of bones af ter a day spent running and playing.
Like the rest of the album, this second half is hit or miss in terms of originality and enjoyability. The 14th track, “Won der Woman,” makes it hard to suppress an eyeroll in its cliche messaging and even kitschierLegendpun.sings, “You make me wonder woman/ How do you do it?/ Some super power/ You make me wonder woman,” as a ballad of appreciation and adoration. However, the simplistic delivery and liken ing of his love to the superhero Wonder Woman comes across as cheap and un inspired rather than full of deep-situated love.Though “Wonder Woman” misses the mark in crafting a song of profound love, Legend makes up for this in the 20th track, “Stardust.”“Stardust” is the romance ballad that “Wonder Woman” tries and fails to be. It’s sentimental, personal and resonating. It’s
Legend proceeds to close the album out with the final track, “Home.” As a
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The first track, “Rounds (feat. Rick Ross)” opens the album with a moody and sultry atmosphere. Drums and bass come together to create a darkened sound set against the gravelly and entrancing voice ofDespiteLegend.this promising entrance into the artist’s eighth album, “Rounds” quickly takes a turn for the worse upon the intro duction of Ross’ rap verse. Rather than meshing with the mood set forth, this verse quickly diverts the song into a nearparody of 2008-esque pop and rap col laborations.Thelyrics, “Pickin’ rose petals in Anisa, France/ Pink peacock roamin’ at the man sion,” do little to ease the corny tune that “Rounds” has become.
and sensual audio space.
Legend sings, “You are made of star dust/ The universe inside you.” Rather than relying on existing tropes of super heroes, Legend dives into his songwriting creativity to create a message of his love meaning everything to him, in terms that spark feelings of the ethereal and infinite.
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The chime of bike bells and train whis tles in its outro will be sure to lull you into
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As Bridgers sings, “Anyway, don’t be a stranger,” the goodbye to summer will hurt a little less.
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With the opening lyrics, “I’m anxious, pacin’/ Thoughts are racin’,” any student is sure to relate to this Wallows song.
Summer has ended and school is back in session. It’s easy to become overwhelmed in the changing seasons and reinstated re sponsibilities that come with the fall se mester. But one is never alone in the feel ing of these scholastic scaries.
The lyrics, “Take me to your best friend’s
Swift’s line, “And when you are young, they assume you know nothing,” is sure to resonate whether you’re a freshman or a senior. It’s the sense of understanding your own growth while still appearing too young for a world maturer and older.
“If You Want To,” is the kind of song to play at the start of an indie comingof-age movie — pertinently youthful and thoughtful with a touch of meditated angst that comes in one’s late teens and early twenties.
Its pre-chorus “Bed bugs in my mind/ Keep them all alive/ Insomnia creeps at night/ Sleep paralysis till I die,” perfectly encapsulates the overworking mind of the school-fueled student.
“Legend,” while not a case of overt fail ure, certainly does not deliver a notewor thy or long-lasting performance.
With 24 tracks and a runtime of 1 hour and 21 minutes, John Legend delivers a lengthy portrayal of love and relationships in his eponymous eighth album “Legend.”
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marker of what this album is, “Home” is unremarkable and traditional, but not un pleasant or untalented. It’s a song that may capture the attention of listeners for a few weeks until it fades into obscurity, just like the rest of this album.
Rather, lyrics like the repeated titular “splash”and “Splish, splash, I just stay wet like bubble bath,” render the song more as a strangely sexualized commercial for bottled water than an earnest attempt at capturing the passion of physical intimacy.
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house/ Goin’ ‘round this roundabout,” are the screams of young adulthood and the last tendrils of warmth left in September nights.
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However, even with these failures, the album takes a promising turn for the bet ter with its 12th track, “All She Wanna Do (with Saweetie).” Where “Rounds” mis used nostalgic sounds, “All She Wanna Do” perfectly capitalizes on its late 2010s sounds.Saweetie’s verse, rather than detract from the vibrancy of the song, helps to mod ernize it and make it an easily listenable tune. The only downside is that Saweetie easily outshines Legend on his own album, bringing the song from simply generic to genericallyFollowingfun.“All She Wanna Do” comes “Memories,” the 13th track that brings with it a tonal shift in the album. While the first half of the album focuses on the fun and sensuality of a relationship, the latter half takes a slower and more serious ap proach to love.
the kind of song that plays for first dances and in the background of movie scenes where the main characters fall in love.
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A quintessential song of autumn, “Car digan,” is the sound of leaves falling on the ground, the crunch of their dried yel low and red bodies beneath sock-wrapped feet.It’s melodic and hypnotizing, like the fall breeze that sweeps in to clear out the heat of summer and bring in a nippy chill lined with wafts of a decaying landscape.
a welcome contemplation on re-entering the real world as classes begin, homework rolls out and you say your farewells to the small freedoms of June and July.
Another failed love song, “Quarter back” — unlike “Scott Street” — presents its audience with an upbeat and all-too catchy sound. It’s the bubbliness of nerves on the first day of classes, the excitement of starting something new and the uncer tainty (and excitement) of what’s to come.
It’s the perfect track to listen to on the morning commute to class with its daybrightening tune and easily relatable lyrics.
This song is the encapsulation of all the good energy that is back to school — the youthfulness of college, seeing one’s friends again, preparing for football games andIt’sparties.areminder to not let the seriousness of scholastics weigh you down — to enjoy the time you have and to spend it having fun (on top of studying).
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However, what this runtime fails to do is create a unique and remarkable listening experience that justifies this lengthy and mediocre project.
“Tongue Tied” is a classic, with its in stantly recognizable synthesizers and be ginning shout that feels like the beckoning of a memorable Friday night to come.
Here’s five songs to perfectly capture all of one’s feelings on the return to courses and credits:
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Bulls lose on Hail Mary as time expires to fall to 0-2
Snyder went 23-for-34 passing with 305 yards along with three touchdowns. The Rutgers transfer threw a career-long 69-
Holy Cross defeats UB football 37-31 in heartbreaking fashion
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“This game did not come down to one play,” Linguist said. “At the end of the day, 10 flags for a loss of 91 yards… that’s just not our brand of football.”
Marshall had five receptions for 115 yards and two touchdowns while Williams secured eight receptions for 105 yards.
Buffalo had many self-inflicted barri ers, such as formation mistakes and blown coverages. They also ran into injury trou ble, as junior defensive end Kyler Laing suffered a knee injury and was carted off theUBfield.had 10 penalties for a total of 91 yards. The majority of the penalties against the Bulls were holding calls, along
yard strike to Marshall for a touchdown in the third quarter.
While Sluka hadn’t used his receiving corps as much as expected, Coker was a key element of Holy Cross’ victory. Coker secured four receptions for 147 yards and two touchdowns — one being the gamewinning Hail Mary.
“I felt that, truthfully, we missed this type of attack,” Bulls head coach Maurice Linguist said in regard to containing Sluka. “I think we split off a few times. There were a few times we hadn’t gotten right at the point of attack.”
Holy Cross junior quarterback Matthew Sluka launched a 46-yard prayer that was caught by junior wide receiver Jalen Coker, leaving UB players and fans alike in shock.
Sluka went 13-for-21 with 238 yards passing and threw three touchdowns for Holy Cross. He also led the Crusaders on the ground with 25 rushing attempts for 146 yards, as the Bulls defense struggled to stifle the mobile quarterback’s rushing attack throughout the night.
with an illegal formation call.
As for the rushing attack, redshirt freshman running back Mike Washing ton rushed for 56 yards and a touchdown while senior running back Ron Cook Jr. gained 33 yards on six attempts.
The Bulls will look to rebound next week as they travel to Conway, SC to take on the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Sat urday at 1 p.m. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+.
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The last time UB football lost to an FCS opponent was in 2016, when UAlbany up set the Bulls, 22-16.
Despite the loss, junior starting quar terback Cole Snyder and graduate wide receivers Justin Marshall and Quian Wil liams all shined.
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UB (0-2) dropped its second game of the season courtesy of a Holy Cross Hail Mary touchdown as time expired Saturday night. Post-game fireworks sent the Bulls to the locker room while the Crusaders celebrated their 37-31 victory at UB Sta dium.
