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Update: UB Says It Has No Record of Contribution to Collins LUKE HAMMILL Senior News Editor Last month, The Spectrum reported on $2,560 in illegal campaign donations from UB to Erie County Executive Chris Collins’ re-election campaign. UB officials said that The Center for Industrial Effectiveness (TCIE, a part of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences) made the donation.
Interim Provost Stenger Named Binghamton’s Next President Cancels interview with The Spectrum
Current Interim Provost Harvey Stenger was appointed as the next president of Binghamton University.
LUKE HAMMILL Senior News Editor Last week, the SUNY Board of Trustees approved University at Buffalo Interim Provost Harvey Stenger as the next president of Binghamton University, one of UB’s three peers as a SUNY “university center.” His term will begin on Jan. 1.
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Stenger actually wasn’t available at the previously scheduled time, and said she hoped to arrange a Tuesday afternoon phone interview between Stenger and The Spectrum. On Tuesday afternoon, she told The Spectrum that Stenger was too busy for the phone interview. A subsequent email from The Spectrum to Stenger was not returned.
On Monday, The Spectrum scheduled an inperson Tuesday interview with Stenger via the Office of the Provost, hoping to discuss Stenger’s new position and issues at UB, as it may have been the students’ last chance to speak with him.
The Office of the Provost, and a former Spectrum reporter who saw him in a Capen hallway, confirmed that Stenger was on campus on Tuesday afternoon.
But an office employee quickly canceled the in-person interview, informed The Spectrum that
“I am honored to have been chosen as Binghamton University’s next president,” the
The office provided a statement from Stenger.
statement reads. “On a personal level, my wife, Cathy, and I are excited about the opportunities ahead. At the same time, we’re sorry to leave so many wonderful colleagues and friends from UB and Tapestry Charter School. We’re grateful to these two communities for the support we’ve received from them during our years here. While our primary university allegiance may change from UB to ‘BU,’ UB and Buffalo will always be very special places for us.” Stenger’s wife, Cathy Frankenbach, is a teacher at Tapestry Charter School in Buffalo.
“In order to develop clients for our services, we are always networking in the community,” said TCIE Executive Director Timothy Leyh in an email last month. “My staff and I attend as many events as possible where we can make contacts and inform people about what we offer. Last spring, I bought tickets for a breakfast event, and a dinner, which I now realize were fundraisers for the Collins campaign. “At that time, I didn’t realize that our purchase would be regarded as a campaign contribution,” Leyh continued. “That was not my intent – I just wanted to attend the event so that we could do our usual networking. It was an honest mistake and one that I take responsibility for.” Numerous UB officials, including some at TCIE and others who have direct connections to TCIE, declined to reveal to The Spectrum the names or dates of the “breakfast” and “dinner” events or the staff members who attended them. On Tuesday, in response to a Nov. 1 Freedom of Information Law request from The Spectrum, UB Records Access Officer Brian T. Hines said in an email that the university has no documents that show the names and dates of the breakfast and dinner events, no documents that show the names of the staff members who attended, no documents that show transactions that in any other way resulted in the $2,560 in donations, and no documents that indicate that Collins’ campaign returned the money, as both a Collins official and UB officials claimed. Collins, a Republican, lost his re-election bid to Democratic challenger Mark Poloncarz at the beginning of the month.
” “ ” The Binghamton Pipe Dream reported that Stenger will receive a $510,000 pay package (which includes a $60,000 housing allowance)
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Turner Gill Axed by Jayhawks AARON MANSFIELD Senior Sports Editor The man who led the Bulls to the International Bowl in 2008 is a UB legend. But following a hasty exit at Kansas, now he’s an unemployed legend. Turner Gill was fired Sunday after he met with Athletic Director Sheahon Zenger. He led the Jayhawks to a 5-19 record in two years as head football coach. He took that job – a glamorous job, a job in a major conference, an upgrade – after three years of coaching at UB. He went 1-16 in the Big 12. There used to generally be an unspoken three-year rule for college football coaches. They get three
years to prove their worth before they’re disposable. Athletic Director Warde Manuel was asked if he thinks the rule still exists. “No,” Manuel said. “Traditionally, it’s probably more of an after four-year decision, but there have been several institutions over the past few years that have started to make decisions on coaches after their second, third year. And while I can’t speak to that, if it’s strictly based on wins and losses, I think it’s too soon. You need to give coaches an opportunity to build a program with their recruits and then determine
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their fate in the four or five year period.”
Though he only went 20-30 in four years in Buffalo, he is held in such high regard because he turned around a terrible team. The Bulls went 8-49 under Jim Hofher, the head coach prior
East title in 2007 and 2008. He won MAC Coach of the Year in 2007. Gill wasn’t given the traditional three-year period, and some of his former players aren’t happy about it.
“Sure, I love what Turner did here and respect it greatly,” Manuel said. “If anything changes here in the future and an opportunity is here, I’ll definitely talk to him again and see if he’d want to come back.”
to Gill. Gill also recruited James Starks, Drew Willy, and Naaman Roosevelt. The Bulls won the Mid-American Conference
“I think [Kansas] didn’t give him enough time to get his players in there,” said former Bulls linebacker Justin Winters in an email. “[Kansas] let go a great coach.” Manuel, too, said he didn’t think Gill was given enough time. Lew Perkins, Zenger’s predecessor, hired Gill. He was given a five-year, $10-million dollar contract. He is still owed approximately $6 million.
He expected to be back, and said at a postseason press conference that the team had a harder road in front of it than he’d expected. He still
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UPD, Muslim Student Association, Others React to Car-Keying Incident SARA DINATALE Asst. News Editor On Monday, Nov. 21, The Spectrum reported a crime committed against a Muslim student named Thawab, who requested to have her last name remain anonymous. Her car was defaced with two swastikas and a penis; this was the third crime the senior English and political science major has experienced in her time at UB. She views all three of the incidents unquestionably as hate crimes. The University Police Department disagrees.
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welcoming place for all people, and University Police are taking this incident very seriously,” said John Della Contrada, assistant vice president for media relations. “At this point in the University Police investigation, it is premature to categorize this incident as a hate crime because the motivation of the perpetrator is not known.” The incident isn’t considered a hate crime because of how New York State law defines hate crimes, according to Chief of University Police Gerald Schoenle. “[Determining it a hate crime] has to go by the intent of the person that does the act.” Schoenle said. “You
have to know the intent of the person to classify it as a hate crime. It’s a pretty high standard to meet.” The investigation remains open, and UPD encourages anyone who has information to contact the department. Schoenle identified this incident as “criminal mischief.” Without a witness, it will be difficult for the case to progress. Thawab’s biggest issue with UPD’s reaction was its decision not to send out an alert to the entire campus. The incident did not meet the appropriate criteria for a campus alert to be issued, according to Schoenle
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Continued from Page 1: Interim Provost Stenger Named Binghamton’s Next President at BU and that BU’s current president also receives an entertainment allowance and use of a car-anddriver service in addition to his salary. Stenger currently makes a state salary of $315,000. He became the interim provost after Satish Tripathi, the former provost, became president. Provost is the university’s second-highest position. Stenger, who arrived at UB in 2006, was formerly the dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Under Stenger, UB’s engineering school improved its undergraduate and graduate rankings, increased the size of its faculty, hired members of the national Academy of Engineering, installed Lean Six Sigma into the Chris Collins-led Erie County government, and expanded its international programs in France, Turkey, and India. He also redesigned the school’s freshman-year curriculum and oversaw the construction of its new building, Barbara and Jack Davis Hall. Former Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Bruce McCombe will return to UB as interim provost while UB searches for a permanent provost. “While [Stenger] will be missed tremendously by our entire university community, this prestigious appointment is richly deserved recognition of his remarkable vision and the depth and breadth of his leadership and expertise,” Tripathi said in an email to UB employees. “These are all qualities that we have come to know very well during Harvey’s service at UB…I am deeply grateful for Harvey’s wise counsel, clarity of vision, and impressive leadership.” Like UB’s recent presidential search, Binghamton’s presidential search was cloaked in secrecy. It was its second attempt at a search after a more transparent first search – which identified five finalists who visited BU, gave speeches, and took questions from the community – failed; SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher rejected the final two candidates, and BU had to start over.
Continued from Page 1: Turner Gill Axed by Jayhawks said the program was moving in the right direction.
Manuel is also confident Gill will land on his feet.
Several coaches, including Iowa State coach Paul Rhodes and Oklahoma’s Bob Stoops have come to Gill’s defense.
“I think he still has the ability to be a head coach and I think there are A.D.s out there that will look at it the way I do: that he deserved more time,” Manuel said. “Turner is an outstanding person who does things the right way.”
“I think there’s no way in the world you can build your program, a program that’s been down, and flip it that quick, or even have a chance to flip it that quick,” said Missouri head coach Gary Pinkel. “I think it’s really disappointing.” Gill took over a 5-7 Kansas team in 2010. The 49-year-old Texas native was one of 11 African-American head coaches in Division-1 at the time of his hiring. Gill was a quarterback for Nebraska as a college student and he pieced together a successful career – finishing with a 28-2 record in three years as the starter. The Jayhawks started the season with two wins but finished the season 2-10. Kansas ranked last in the FBS in total defense and scoring defense this year. “Playing for Turner was great,” Winters said. “He made you feel like you can win any game and confidence is a big part of the game. Turner is a man of integrity and a great recruiter so he will bounce back and take another program or NFL team to greatness.”
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Manuel was then asked if he would ever consider bringing Gill back. “Sure, I love what Turner did here and respect it greatly,” Manuel said. “If anything changes here in the future and an opportunity is here, I’ll definitely talk to him again and see if he’d want to come back.” However, Manuel said he is pleased right now with the progress current head coach Jeff Quinn is making. Quinn is the only man to coach Buffalo since Gill left, and he’s gone 5-19 in two years. Some fans are already calling for his job. Manuel had a message for those fans: “Be patient,” Manuel said. “He brought in a different system, and he now has his second full recruiting class coming up. I’m not going to make a decision on a coach after the second year and predicate it on just what’s going on out on the field.”
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No information regarding the second search was revealed prior to Stenger’s selection, and the identities of any other finalists for the position are unknown to the public.
POLICE BLOTTER 11/15 – Larceny was reported on Hadley Road. 11/19 – Elevator entrapment was reported in Fargo Quad. 11/19 – An arrest was made on Coventry Road. 11/19 – A marijuana complaint was made in Wilkeson Quad. 11/19 – A marijuana complaint was made in Greiner Hall. 11/19 – Grand larceny was reported in Wilkeson Quad.* 11/20 – Larceny was reported in Alumni Arena. 11/21 – A DWI arrest occurred on Hadley Road. 11/21 – Criminal mischief was reported in Squire Hall. 11/21 – Larceny was reported in Millard Fillmore Academic Center. 11/21 – Larceny was reported in O’Brien Hall. 11/21 – Larceny was reported on Hadley Road. 11/21 – Larceny was reported in Clark Hall. 11/21 – Harassment was reported in Clement Hall. 11/22 – An arrest was made in Flint Village. 11/22 – Aggravated harassment was reported in O’Brien Hall. *Inside the Police Report – A UB student reported to patrol that her wallet was stolen from the Ellicott food court area. The student left her belongings on a table in Perks, left the area, and when she came back, the items were gone.
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Fighting Obesity
EDITORIAL BOARD EDITOR IN CHIEF Matthew Parrino SENIOR MANAGING EDITOR James Twigg MANAGING EDITOR Edward Benoit EDITORIAL EDITOR James Bowe NEWS EDITORS Luke Hammill, senior Rebecca Bratek Sara DiNatale, asst. Lisa Khoury, asst. ARTS EDITORS Jameson Butler, senior Vanessa Frith Nicolas Pino LIFE EDITORS Akari Iburi, senior Steven Wrobel Veronica Ritter Keren Baruch, asst. SPORTS EDITORS Aaron Mansfield, senior Brian Josephs Scott Resnick, asst. Andreius Coleman, asst. PHOTO EDITORS Meg Kinsley, senior Alexa Strudler Satsuki Aoi Troi Williams, asst. Nyeri Moulterie, asst. CARTOONIST Patrick Boyle WEB EDITOR Matthew Parrino James Twigg
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Education, not state intervention, is the only solution Thanksgiving is arguably the most American of holidays. Apple pie, overcooked turkeys, and other staples of U.S. cuisine were devoured across the nation on the level of gluttony. Since the dawn of time, the holiday season has been used as an excuse to let loose and enjoy a little food and pack on a couple pounds. Since 1985, however, the entire country as a whole has been letting loose and growing its waistline. Obesity rates have been skyrocketing over the last 20 years, with few signs of stopping. Childhood obesity rates have followed suit, tripling over the last two decades according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Innumerable reasons have been implicated in the battle of the bulge, centering on sugary drinks and decreasing activity, but solutions have not been as plentiful. At this point, a third of kids in the US are obese. One mother in Ohio, however, is feeling the sting of having an overweight child in an unimaginable way: her child was taken away into foster care because of his extreme obesity. Average third graders weigh roughly 60 pounds; the boy in question comes in at a whopping 218 pounds, about as much a heavyweight boxer ready for a fight. He has sleep apnea, and doctors had
been advising his mother to reign in his weight. The boy lost some weight, but quickly gained it back. Social workers in Ohio then moved in to take the child away, and now his mother gets to see him a total of two hours a week. Fighting childhood obesity is an admirable effort, but ripping kids away from their parents is not the way to solve the problem. In this case, it’s not clear how much the mother has been doing, but it is clear that the mother is concerned and trying to get her child healthy. Maybe it hasn’t exactly been the most stellar effort, but it’s unfair to expect fast results and a smooth transition for the family in a dramatic change in lifestyle. Considering the ease in attaining junk food these days, it’s ridiculous to put the blame entirely on the parent for the weight issue. Ohio is making a bad decision if it allows this to continue. They’re putting out a schizophrenic message that says not doing enough to get your child healthy is abuse, but advertising the unhealthy food and targeting children is OK.
getting children healthier, but the adults also don’t know how to keep themselves healthy. It’s unreasonable to expect them to manage their kids’ weight when they don’t know how to control their own. With millions of children becoming more and more obese, it’s not possible to take every kid with a weight problem to foster care. There isn’t enough money, and there aren’t enough foster homes. This doesn’t mean the government can’t do anything. More money needs to be given to schools to educate students and allow them to offer kids healthy meals in place of pizza and macaroni and cheese. Obesity isn’t going away, but in the scheme of things, the money spent on getting kids to be healthier will come back when those same people aren’t costing insurance companies and Medicare billions. There are no shortcuts in learning. If we as a nation are to get healthy again, we have to work hard, not just move the problem somewhere else.
Only one real solution exists, and it’s not banning ads or taking kids to foster care. It’s called education. Sure, we can easily blame parents for not
Everything’s Not Fine Another abuse case, more unanswered anger Old superstition says that bad news always comes in threes. It’s baseless, but sometimes it does seem that the most sickening stories come in waves. Such is the case with recent allegations against college athletic coaches Jerry Sandusky, and now Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine has been accused of molesting young boys. Not every point of the cases is exactly similar, but one infuriating problem seems to have cropped up again. University officials and Syracuse Police both had warning that something was going on with Fine, yet nothing was done. At first, it seemed like Fine had the support of his superiors. Jim Boeheim came out early, going so far as calling one of the accusers a liar. Fine also held his job through two of the accusations, both of which could not be prosecuted. After a third accuser, whose case falls within the statute of limitations to prosecute, Syracuse promptly fired Fine. Boeheim quickly changed his tune as well, saying the school did the right thing and backing off the whole extreme insensitivity to victims of sex abuse thing.
Most damning yet is an audiotape made by one of the victims, Bobby Davis. In it, he talks to Fine’s wife, and she vulgarly admits that she saw sex abuse occur. The tape is legally admissible as evidence, and the Syracuse Police Department was given a copy of the tape.
with the information she had about his abuse, and he didn’t care. Legal protection beyond the current standard needs to be offered to people who decide to come forward regarding sex abuse. Nobody should have to be afraid to come forward with information.
Davis handed over the information back in 2002. He also raised accusations directly to the university in 2005, but the school ignored them, saying there was no evidence “corroborating” the incidents.
On top of that, an outside entity needs to deal with issues of abuse when they’re brought forward. It may be that the police did not feel that there was substantial evidence, but an entirely separate group to deal solely with crimes against children would bring together the expertise that is required to deal with abuse properly and promptly.
It’s really a sad state of affairs when a school is so concerned about its sports program that it thinks it can ignore accusations of sex abuse because it couldn’t find someone who directly saw it happen. In most cases, that kind of smoking gun is just not available. The Penn State situation, where someone actually witnessed a sex act going on, is a rarity. Corroborating something of that magnitude is hard, but should be morally impossible to ignore.
We have to give voice to abused children. They don’t understand why these horrible things are happening to them, and are easily bullied into staying quiet. Without taking a serious stand to defend kids, cases like Fine and Sandusky will keep happening, and we will continue being disgusted at the decade-long terror they laid on the people they victimized.
Even still, others had to have seen some sort of misconduct. The situation described by Fine’s wife demonstrates how little concern Fine had for being caught. At one point, she says she threatened Fine
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True Life: I’m Bad at Sex KEREN BARUCH Asst. Life Editor There will come a time in your sexual career that you take a pause mid-sex and realize that you are not stimulated and you can’t figure out a way to make the intercourse fiery. This perplexing moment is not an excuse to get up and leave just as your partner is ready to bust his load, because apparently that is neither socially nor sexually acceptable. It is, however, a reason to sit back and wonder, ‘am I bad at sex?’ In some cases the answer is yes, but usually the answer is no – you’re just not used to your current partner. Sex is something that is shared between two people or more – if you’re into that – but we’ll get to threesomes in a later column. Thus, both
participants need to be on the same page. Guys often think that silence is golden and that sex is purely the physical act of inserting the penis into the vagina and thrusting. But you never serve someone a burger without asking if they like it rare, medium, or well done, right? So don’t stick your meat into her griller until you know how she likes it. The key to fixing bad sex is communication. Guys usually refer to methods that they’ve used with their previous partners, not realizing that each girl has a distinctive body and respond to techniques very differently. If your last girl liked it rough and fast don’t assume that your next one will too. And girls, if your guy is treating your clit like it’s an elevator button that won’t work, let him know that he’s being too aggressive. Boys clearly aren’t mind readers and they often need to be trained and taught if you want them to get you to the right floor.
Another common issue is a boy’s inability to process the fact that even though the sex feels amazing for him, it may not feel so good for his partner. My first few times were so bad that I resorted to Google to find out how long it takes for sex to finally feel good. I thought it was a question of time, but it was actually a question of technique. I was too shy to ask him to change it up. It’s awkward and embarrassing to say ‘oh I like it like that.’ I’d feel like I was in a bad porno. So I let it be and faked a good time. According to Lou Paget, a certified sex educator and researcher, the inside of the vagina is probably less sensitive than the outer parts for most women, so deep thrusting may not feel so nice on the receiving end. Moreover, if the penis is too long, girls can feel like they’re getting punched in the stomach and sex can make them feel nauseous.
Don’t fake it or feel awkward to ask him to do something differently because you don’t want to be in a relationship where only he obtains satisfaction and you’re left dryer than my laundry. The longer you wait to ask him to change it up, the more uncomfortable it will be when he realizes he’s been doing it wrong for so long. If he can’t find a way to please you even after your open and honest communication, then you might truly be bad at sex and you should refer to ‘Sex Positions 101’ for tips on ways to spice it up. If that doesn’t work, then there may be something emotionally stopping you from having an orgasm and you should seek professional help. Be safe, be smart, and communicate with your partner. If it’s too late then I guess you’re just stuck with bad sex; all I have to offer is the best of luck to you and your partner.
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Johnson Entered Revis Island with Guns Blazing MATTHEW PARRINO
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The National Football League is filled with great football players. But as great as the best are, nobody is perfect, and every player that lines up on Sunday has made a mistake at some point in his career. Even Patriots all-world quarterback Tom Brady isn’t immune to the occasional bad play or four. In the Bills’ early season 34-31 upset of the Pats, the New England signal caller threw four interceptions against a team that he had previously beaten 15 straight times. Zero. No, that’s not in reference to how many sacks the depleted Bills defense recorded against the Jets on Sunday – although that is the correct and disappointing figure. It’s the number of touchdowns Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis has given up this season: that is until Sunday of course. Bills wide receiver Stevie Johnson took Revis to the woodshed in the 28-24 controversial loss, catching eight balls for 75 yards and a touchdown. Only three receivers have surpassed
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70 yards against Revis this season – Patriots receiver Wes Welker, Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant and Johnson. Johnson has now done it twice.
Johnson supporter and I think he is going to be a top-flight receiver for years to come, but that’s not why I am defending him.
Despite his outstanding day against Revis, the only thing people will remember from the game will be a dropped pass on the Bills’ final and potentially game-winning drive that could have gone for six points.
The Bills have been decimated by injuries. Kyle Williams – gone. Eric Wood – gone. MVP candidate Fred Jackson – gone. The team isn’t going anywhere this season, and while it’s fine to be a fan and hope for the best, to blindly ignore the fact that this will be another season without the playoffs is foolish.
Following the game, the football community – including Bills fans – ripped Johnson for the mistake and some even went as far to say that the Bills shouldn’t resign him because he’s not ever going to an elite receiver. What a joke. This is the reason that Bills fans get a bad rap around the country. Should he have caught the ball? Of course, I don’t think anyone is debating that fact. But to suggest that Johnson was the reason the Bills lost the game is an uneducated and uninformed assumption. In other words, people that say the Bills would have won if Johnson caught that ball don’t really know too much about the game of football. I will admit that I am a huge
Johnson dropped a pass in a game that will end up being meaningless after this season comes to an end. The Bills won four games last year and the drop in the Pittsburgh game is treated like he lost the Bills the Super Bowl. Put things into perspective people. The Bills defense is atrocious and has been all season. It was masked by the turnover numbers the unit had put up early, but the group has fallen off as many players have been lost to injury. Mark Sanchez is one of the worst quarterbacks in the league and the Bills let him throw for four touchdowns
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and made several game-losing plays in the second half. How can you blame one player for a loss when the entire team had a hand in it? Even quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick – who played a solid game – threw the potential game-winning incomplete touchdown pass almost two yards behind the receiver. The touchdown celebration. One of the most debated issues in football. What’s the big deal? The dance was funny and it called out a guy that shot him-
Stevie Dropped the Ball LUKE HAMMILL
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Before I share my opinion on the Stevie Johnson “scandal” (which, I admit, is fairly pointless – the world has much bigger problems), please ask yourself a question: On Sunday, did you defend Bills wide receiver Stevie Johnson’s actions and also criticize Jets defensive end (and former Bill) Aaron Maybin for celebrating after his two sacks, as I’ve witnessed many people do? If you answered “yes,” please dismiss yourself from the debate. You’re too much of a Bills homer to objectively discuss the issue at hand.
I’m about to argue against Johnson’s actions, but I want to make clear that I generally enjoy touchdown celebrations and trash talking in sports. I agree that the NFL Meg Kinsley /// The Spectrum Flag on the play! is often the “No Fun self League,” that touchdown in the leg celebrations are often harmless fun for with his own gun. How is John- both players and fans, and that across son the bad guy here? all sports, trash talking is a part of competing and gaining an edge on one’s I feel like if you do something opponent. to earn yourself a jail sentence, be prepared to reap Keep in mind, two of the undisputable the consequences: all greatest-ever at their sports – Michael of them. If Jay Leno Jordan and Muhammad Ali – were also told a joke on The two of the most notorious trash-talkers Tonight Show, nobody of all time. would have a problem with it. One of my favorite sports stories involves Scottie Pippen, Jordan’s Chicago Johnson did take a Bulls teammate, telling Karl “The penalty at the end Mailman” Malone during an important of the play, and that Sunday game that “the mailman doesn’t is definitely a no-no, deliver on Sunday.” Malone then missed two huge free throws to seal a victory for but nothing Johnson Chicago. did in that game lost the Bills the contest. How can I defend these athletes and atIf anything, his play tack Johnson? Because Jordan, Ali, and was the only reason other trash-talking greats backed up the Bills – a 10-point their words with clutch performances. underdog – were in Johnson, on the other hand, has now the game to begin twice dropped potential game-winning with. footballs in the final minutes of Bills games. (At least Johnson didn’t weirdly If you think the Bills tweet at God after his latest drop.) shouldn’t sign him to a long-term deal, you When a player engages in flamboyant don’t know football behavior like trash talk and touchdown and I hope if we don’t celebrations (especially when they result sign him he goes in 15-yard penalty flags that contribute somewhere else and to the opposition’s success), he opens wins a Super Bowl. himself up to public criticism. If he delivers in the clutch, fans will appreciate The bottom line is it; if not, they just have one more reason (1L) that Johnson is a to dislike the athlete. Johnson should beast and until he understand that. drops a big pass in the playoffs, stop Johnson’s supporters will likely point your complaining out that other than the penalty and the and enjoy having a drop on Sunday, Johnson had a great top-tier receiver, and game against Darrelle Revis, probably an entertaining one the league’s best cornerback. But it’s his to boot. own fault – and nobody else’s – that we aren’t talking about it.
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He did have a great game, other than
the drop and the penalty. But the key words in the previous sentence were “other than the drop and the penalty.” Don’t get me wrong – Johnson did not singlehandedly lose the game for the Bills. It is foolish to blame a game of football, the ultimate team sport, on one person. At the same time, if Johnson didn’t take a dumb, selfish penalty and drop a clutch ball that was right in his hands, the Bills might’ve won. I’ll admit it – I laughed when Johnson’s celebration dissed Jets wide receiver Plaxico Burress. It was classless, but it was also funny, and as Johnson himself has said, the Jets do a lot of trash talking themselves. Here’s what’s getting lost, though: Johnson was not flagged for that. He was flagged for going to the ground during a celebration (which is illegal) when he mocked the Jets’ “flying jet” move by simulating a plane crash. (I know that he didn’t mean to offend New Yorkers by doing that in New York City, but he also should’ve known better.) Johnson, a constant celebrator, should have been aware of the league’s rules for celebrating. It may be a dumb rule, but it’s a rule, and he should’ve known it. We all know the rest: the penalty forces the Bills to try a squib kick because they are backed up to their own 20; the kicker clumsily misses the kick, and the defense ironically allows Burress to get wide-open in the end zone after Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez gets an extremely short field to work with. The touchdown wasn’t all Johnson’s fault. The kicker and defense also made mistakes. But those mistakes were football mistakes made while the game was being played, something that happens to all NFL players. Johnson’s mistake was a selfish, self-inflicted, unnecessary mistake resulting from a celebration that had nothing to do with football. And then he made a football mistake later in the game, when he dropped a pass that could have redeemed him. By pairing the selfish mistake with the football mistake, he opened himself up to the accusations of “lack of focus” and “me-first” and “not clutch.” You might think that’s not fair, but news flash: life isn’t fair. I do think that it’s fair, though. Let’s not forget that this man makes ridiculous sums of money to play football. He is completely deserving of all the criticism being directed his way. He brought it upon himself. I have always generally liked Stevie Johnson. He’s a great talent, and he’s often funny and honest with the media and with fans, which is refreshing. But this is strike two. I already think the “big contract” he’s hoping for is in jeopardy, but either way, baseball isn’t the only sport where it’s three strikes and you’re out. Email: luke.hammill@ubspectrum.com
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New UB Alzheimer’s Center Brings New Resources For Patients NATALIE LICATA Staff Writer Imagine living with a disease and not having the resources to fight it. This was the case for many families in Western New York before UB’s Alzheimer’s Disease and Memory Disorders Center (ADMDC) opened – the first of its kind in the region. Under the direction of Kinga Szigeti, a board-certified neurologist from the Baylor College of Medicine, the center opened its doors this fall as a part of the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences’ department of neurology. It is housed at the Jacobs Neurological Institute in Buffalo General Hospital. The ADMDC cares for a spectrum of cognitive disorders, with an emphasis on early diagnosis and intervention. In addition to treatments, the center
is also researching genetic biomarkers associated with Alzheimer’s that will help in the development of more effective treatment methods. “Our mission is to provide compassionate care for patients and families affected by Alzheimer’s disease and other cognitive disorders,” Szigeti said. At the ADMDC, patient evaluators use a four-step process that typically takes place over a few weeks. Each patient first visits a neurologist and undergoes blood tests. He or she then provides a thorough medical history – with assistance from family – and finally undergoes brain imaging, along with neuropsychological testing. A team of health-care providers then discusses the patient’s case and which treatments and prognosis best apply
to that individual at a “consensus conference.” Once the evaluation process is completed, the team of providers follows up with the patient and family, who in turn receive support from a social worker. This meticulous process enables physicians to classify each patient’s problem as either a symptom of normal aging, mild cognitive impairment, or one of various types of dementia. It also provides families with support and guidance. “I think it's a great step in the right direction,” said Michelle Anselmo, a sophomore exercise science major. “I wish there was something like that back when my grandma was diagnosed. It’s really difficult seeing someone you are very close to suffer.” Alzheimer’s disease affects approxi-
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mately 4.5 to 6 million patients across the country – nearly 55,000 of these cases are reported in the eight counties of Western New York. A number of UB students have experienced its effects firsthand. “My grandma had Alzheimer’s. We had to make the decision to put her in a nursing home,” said Victoria Perretta, a sophomore psychology major. “After she went [to the nursing home], it seemed like she progressed really quickly, to the point where she might not remember her kids or grandkids depending on the day.” Alzheimer’s is currently the sixthleading cause of death in the country. Among the top 10, it is the only cause of death that cannot be prevented, cured, or even slowed, according to the Alzheimer’s Association.
Szigeti has earned $1 million in external funding from the Alzheimer’s Association, along with a prominent Patient-Oriented Research Career Development award from the National Institute of Aging of the National Institutes of Health. With these funds, Szigeti aims to research the genetics of Alzheimer’s. She believes that if the genetic makeup of the disease is known, that information will help in classifying subgroups of the disease and will allow new medications to be created. In addition, treatments that could prolong or offset the earlier stage of the disease may be designed; these treatments could help patients that still have somewhat normal functionality. Email: news@ubspectrum.com
Continued from Page 1: UPD, Muslim Student Association, Others React to Car Keying Incident and Della Contrada. The alerts are reserved for large-threat emergencies or immediate threats. “[The incidents have to] have the potential to affect the health and safety of the campus community,” Della Contrada said. Sunny Jamil, secretary of the Muslim Student Association and a sophomore computer science major, believes that UPD is viewing the incident incorrectly, and that’s why an alert was not sent. “[UPD] didn’t see it as something significant or dangerous or as something that could happen again.” Jamil said. Schoenle described this case as an “isolated incident” and says he has no way of knowing whether or not the victim was targeted. “If the same person is being targeted over and over again, it’s common sense that it’s not a coincidence,” said Ayyaz Tufil, president of the Muslim Student Association and a junior mechanical engineering major.
directly, according to Thawab.
While it is impossible to exactly know the perpetrators’ intent without their identification, Thawab and members of the Muslim Student Association think it’s ridiculous not to classify the incidents Thawab has encountered at UB as non-hate-crimes.
views, and what she’s been through, this is a hate crime in my view,” Jamil said. “Why would someone draw a swastika? Why wouldn’t they draw something else? What does that mean to people? It means hatred.” In her freshman and sophomore years of college, Thawab was very active in a club called Students for Justice in Palestine. While the club promoted human rights, Thawab acknowledges some people may have viewed her as anti-Semitic, and that could be a contributing factor as to why she was targeted.
Two years ago a student told Thawab, “Go blow yourself up.” The incident wasn’t considered a hate crime or a threat by UPD because the student didn’t say he wanted to blow her up directly, according to Thawab.
Thawab doesn’t feel that UPD is viewing all the incidents she has experienced on campus collectively. She has plans to ensure the lead investigator by her case views all three police reports she has filed together. Two years ago a student told Thawab, “Go blow yourself up.” The incident wasn’t considered a hate crime or a threat by UPD because the student didn’t say he wanted to blow her up
Jamil understands that UPD may not feel it has the necessary evidence to consider the car-keying a hate crime. To him, the intent is proven by the suspect’s choice to key a swastika. “[Chief Schoenle] knows that one car got keyed on both sides with a swastika; to him it’s just a natural event, but knowing Thawab, her
“[Thawab’s response to this incident was] harsh because people here are imposing that she is a Jew-hater,” Tufil said. “They are trying to [label her as] a Jew-hater. She’s not [what] whoever [keyed the car] is trying to imply.”
Enid Bloch, an adjunct professor of political philosophy, can’t understand how UPD can view this “shameful event” as anything other than a hate crime. Bloch has some insight as to why the swastika – which also has ties as a religious symbol meaning power, strength and good luck – may have been keyed into Thawab’s car. “There are a few people in the Jewish commu-
nity who view the Muslims as neo-Nazis,” Bloch said. “There is an ideology that some people are subscribing to, that holds all Muslims to be people we should be should be suspicious of because they imagine them to be harboring proterrorist sentiments.” Bloch emphasized that such individuals only represent a tiny minority of the larger Jewish community. Bloch also reported that in recent years, a number of mosques have been defaced with swastikas in France, England, India, and elsewhere. She believes such incidents stem from antiimmigrant sentiments. Thawab has been surprised by the overwhelming support she has received from people. Following The Spectrum’s article, WGRZ-Channel 2 News contacted Thawab and did a segment on the incident. Additionally, students interested in organizing a protest against what they called “UB’s inaction” have contacted Thawab. “It was nice to see everyone come together in solidarity in opposition to what they saw as obvious hatred.” Thawab said. “I hope something good comes out of this. In the future, if this should happen again, UPD could reconsider what is a hate crime and what isn’t, so students can feel safe on campus.”
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A Killer Revelation
Hate for ‘Teenage Daughter’
NICOLAS PINO Arts Editor GRADE: B
From the desert expanses of the Holy Land to the bustling cityscape of Roma, the holy triumvirate of assassins finally receive their welldeserved curtain call in the shape of Assassin’s Creed: Revelations. But while the Italian merchant of death is aging gracefully in the first series’ closing moments, the franchise’s unaltered gameplay is not. Mothers and Daughters clash in Fox's latest sitcom I Hate My Teenage Daughter.
DAN WHITNEY Staff Writer Show: I Hate My Teenage Daughter Network: FOX Premieres: Nov. 30 at 9:30 p.m. Grade: CAfter the disappointing debuts and continual low ratings of new series like Terra Nova and Allen Gregory, Fox is once again attempting to add another disappointing program to their weekly line-up: I Hate My Teenage Daughter. This freshman comedy follows Annie (Jaime Pressly, Raising Hope) and Nikki (Katie Finneran, Company), women who are best friends, divorcees, and the mothers of two rotten, bratty, spoiled, disrespectful teenage girls. Both Sophie (Kristi Lauren, Working Class) and MacKenzie (Aisha Dee, Terra Nova) know how to manipulate their mothers into letting them do, and get away with, whatever they want. The two mothers were unpopular during their high school years, and allow their daughters to do whatever they please as a result. The pilot episode of the series shows Annie and Nikki as they attempt, unsuccessfully, to discipline their teenage daughters after they shut a boy in the girl’s bathroom for two hours. The kicker is that the boy was in a wheelchair, infuriating the women even more. The girls’ punishment is that they cannot attend their first high school dance – ironically, the mothers seemed to be
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looking forward to the occasion more than their bratty offspring.
Through their intense manipulation, though, Sophie and MacKenzie are eventually allowed to go to the dance, but are embarrassed when their mothers show up and dance like absolute morons. The acting was decent for the most part; Pressly and Finneran do an acceptable job as desperate women trying to shed their high school “loser” personas, while Lauren and Dee portray the stereotypical American teenage girl. One of the standout performers was Kevin Rahm (Desperate Housewives) as Jack, the brother of Annie’s ex-husband whom she has a crush on. Using the clever wit that made him so popular on Housewives, Rahm fits perfectly into this comedic role. In terms of the comedy itself, some jokes were delivered well, but the majority of them fell flat. Currently airing behind the moderately successful X Factor, it doesn’t come as a shock that I Hate My Teenage Daughter will benefit from a cushy time-slot. However, in the coming weeks, it is sure to fall due to the fact that it simply isn’t that good of a show. With successful sitcoms such as 2 Broke Girls and Modern Family, I Hate My Teenage Daughter will most likely get lost amongst the countless other comedies currently on the air.
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Revelations opens with a failing Desmond Miles (the contemporary killer and heir to the bloody assassin throne) lost in the malignant machine that gave him insight into his ancestors’ past. Perhaps unsurprisingly, virtual limbo in the Animus is a lot like last year’s unnumbered continuation of Ezio Auditore’s search for the Apple of Eden. Like a deadly Sherlock Holmes, it’s up to the elder Ezio to put together the pieces of the age-old jigsaw puzzle that the assassins have vehemently pursued throughout the series to finally put an end to the grade-school Assassins versus Templars rivalry. As Revelations marks the fourth title in five years, there’s a significant amount of recycled content in this stealth-laden installment, and while some the original mechanics work like a well-oiled machine, others are falling apart at their Canadian-made seams. Players who partook in Desmond’s previous enterprises will feel very at home here. Combat continues to rely heavily upon well-timed countering and the effective dealing of death using one of the assassin’s specially-designed side-arms. Players once again gain health and abilities by buying out Constantinople’s vast bazaars and marketplaces, accumulating cash and reinvesting in the trade route’s historically lucrative locations.
Repackaged kills and thrills await in this years latest installment of Assassin's Creed. Courtesy of Ubisoft
As players retake the city from the crumbling Byzantine Empire and its Templar overlords, more Assassin Dens become available for the player to acquire. Like Brotherhood before it, players recruit, train, and manage up-and-coming assassinlings to call on in the heat of battle. While the aforementioned system still shines, the prized addition of a glorified tower-defense does not. In order for players to retain their hard-earned lairs, they must conduct periodic defense missions that take Ezio to the streets commanding his rag-tag army to stop the invading forces. Players place the rooftop-bound underlings and have them rain fire on the encroaching templar troops. Unfortunately, while this system had the potential to integrate two fun-loving genres it instead creates drudgery unparalleled in any other of the stealth genre’s cornerstone series. Thankfully these fleeting battleroyales are few and far between, and the game focuses much of its attention on the completion of Altair and Ezio’s final story arch, a bittersweet conclusion for two of modern-gaming’s most iconic characters. But those uninitiated into the Brotherhood should not be deterred, as the game’s cinematic action and frenetic gameplay is just as easy to pick up as it was all those empires ago.
The Middle-Eastern melting pot of Constantinople is packed to the haunches with potential targets and political intrigue, as many of the game’s missions follow a young Suleiman dealing with his uncle’s unquenchable thirst for power. The city feels more vertical than that of Jerusalem or Rome, and to compensate developers at Ubisoft traded the Assassin’s standard twin-blades for their upgraded recurved cousins, the hook blade. A change in scenery and a new set of steel is a welcome upgrade, but admittedly much of this assassin’s quest is a trip down memory lane.
Multiplayer matches make their return to the series in a big way, pitting player’s potential killing power against one another in either team or free-for-all settings. Additional modes, avatar customization and creative perks are all fantastic additions, but in a multiplayer world full of guns, thugs, and bombs, it’s difficult for Revelations to make its way into the online spotlight. While Ezio’s final adventure is one littered with experiences all-too familiar and repackaged content that has seen its fair share of the disc tray, this last nostalgic romp with the adolescent-turned-aged assassin is a fitting farewell to the king of the hidden blade.
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Memory, Mind, and Matter
A Week in Ink: Issue No. 38
VILONA TRACHTENBERG Staff Writer
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The Flash No. 3 There’s an amazing connection between comic writers and artists. A mediocre plot can be saved by an extraordinary artist and vice versa. “The Flash No. 3” manages to not only pull off some fantastic artwork backed by a noteworthy narrative, but the comic manages to do it all while crafted by the hands of only one man, Francis Manapul. Manapul delivers a uniquely fresh take on the Scarlet Speedster that leaves readers both enthralled and empathetic for the man who’s given his life to Central City. Instead of the hyper-active, quick, quip-maker readers often receive, Manapul’s Flash is a burned out, run-down and, put simply, fatigued Barry Allen. With Manapul on both writing and drawing duties, this issue contains a touch more insight and relatable humanity than most of the industry can bring to the table. Manapul sets the stage for the complexities of the hero, focusing on Allen’s heroic endeavors both in and out of his nine-to-five job. What’s left is a man too overworked and tired to completely work at his best and, as the end of the issue reveals, in danger of losing everything. As Flash continues to fight both physical and mental battles, Manapul and his Scarlet Speedster should perpetually fly off the shelves as they represent some of the best efforts and most interesting visuals of the past year.
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Pop-culture cartoons, alternative futures, and people’s dreams come together in the artwork of Joel Brenden.
The Incredible Hulk No. 2
Diablo 3 No. 1
In the wake of Marvel’s summer event, Fear Itself shook the Marvel Universe to its very core. This has been a turbulent time: Thor’s death, Bucky’s reprisal of his Cold War role of Winter Soldier, but most importantly, comics greatest celebrity break-up, Banner and his rather large, green companion.
With Blizzard’s third iteration of the hugely successful top-down roleplayer still a few months away, the fine folks at DC provide gamers a substantial amount of reading material to get their minds back into Diablo’s world of swords and sorcery.
With Hulk out on his own, Banner is left to his own devices – something mad scientists with a specialization in gamma radiation should never be left to do – thus, predictably attempting to create his life’s greatest failure, the creation of the Green Monster. Writer Jason Aaron depicts the struggling scientist at his weakest moments, and manages to pull (albeit, only slightly) on the heartstrings of his readers. Banner’s failing marriage is brought to a bubble, adding tension to the already volatile concoction of a man deprived of his only accomplishment in life. Add to that the fact that now everyone in his life has undergone the transformation to Hulk-hood and Banner is left alone, isolated in his self-loathing. Adversely, Hulk is doing quite well separated from his fleshy, husk of a host. However, with trouble brewing at his newly founded lair amongst the Moloids, all is about to come crashing down around the monster. With its stunning artwork and fantastic narrative, Hulk’s ongoing tale of heroism and pertinent social commentary of what being a “monster” means is slowly hulking up to be one of Marvel’s most remarkable series. Courtesy of Marvel
UB Masters of Fine Arts graduate Joel Brenden has a fascination in understanding how people interact with his art. When his artwork is complete it is open-ended. It evokes a sense of speculation, rather than a definite result. Brenden earned his undergraduate BFA from Central Washington University in 2004 and began the MFA program at UB in Visual Studies in 2006. He also teaches photography at Niagara University and Erie Community College and is beginning a new job for Buffalo River Keeper, a company that supervises and monitors Western New York’s waterways, doing print and graphic design projects.
Following an outcast prince, the comic takes place some years after the closing events of D2. Tyrael, the Archangel of Justice, has chosen the next wielder of his blade but, as with any tale of legendary armaments, a simple exchange is never an option. The prince instead must move quickly to Arreat Crater and face the blade that will set the stage for a bloody reckoning of man and devil.
Brenden doesn’t use his art for what he considers self-expression, but instead as a philosophical dimension. Brenden’s art is about learning how to learn, and not discovering answers.
Artist Joseph LaCroix has a natural talent at recreating Blizzard’s historic lore, giving extra attention to the issue’s opening pages that depict Diablo’s and Tyrael’s mana-endowed origins. Surprisingly though, most of the concluding pages are spent depicting the life of the young prince ousted from his throne and are thus drawn in a rather bland contrast to the comic’s explosive introduction.
“One of the things I like about art and the philosophical dimension is that it has the potential to introduce uncertainty,” Brenden said. “I think that a lot of our most valuable thought experiences, [is] that space before we decide for sure, because once you’ve made a decision about how you feel or how you react and what you’re taking away from it, then it sort of forecloses on more thought.” The underlying philosophy of his art means it’s more than merely decorative, according to Brenden. He hopes people feel satisfied by his art but continue to mull over the pieces once they’ve left.
With only four issues left in this genre-defying crossover, writer Aaron Williams should have plenty of time to please his story-famished readership. While the issue itself is no Eisner-winner, its detailed plot and true-to-form game-to-comic reproduction deserves attention, if only from the most fervent of diabolic gamers.
In his exhibit at Hallwalls, Completely Speculative, four of Brenden’s art accomplishments are displayed: “Mr Owl, Donatello, Pikachu, Bowser, Webby VanderQuack…,” “Daycase,” “Dreamhouse,” and “Mobile Work.” Brenden’s works imply the ideals of speculation while staying true to his original inspirations.
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Completely Speculative is an appropriately ambiguous name for the exhibit, according to Brenden. It leaves lingering questions about his work and invites people to wonder. The pieces are based off of a set of algorithms and procedures that he uses to draw viewers’ attention to the hidden choices that he makes.
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In the display “Mr Owl, Donatello, Pikachu, Bowser, Webby VanderQuack…” Brenden drew every 2-D animated character he could name from memory – including those from Beavis and Butthead, The Simpsons, and Disney films – pushing his mind to capacity.
The artist refused to use the Internet; his intention was to create a project inspired by, but not dependent on, the ocean of images on the web. Another one of the displays, “Dreamhouse,” was generated by a Google search of ‘dream house’ and the images he found. “[This exhibit asks] where can I picture myself being someday?” Brenden said. “It’s about the play between memory and sort of the opposite of memory, how we’re always trying to look at ourselves in the future, and wonder what do we want, who are we, who are we going to become, will I ever be able to get to this ‘dream house?’” To modify the photographs Brenden used wet ink and chose black and white for all of the cropped square images of each particular “dream house.” For Brenden, color hides aspects in pictures and can display a literal but distracting effect. “Black and white – for me it’s not a nostalgic thing, it has a way of leveling [things] out, and sort of putting them all more in conversation with each other,” Brenden said. In his piece “Mobile Work,” Brenden looked for photographs of people who were working, but without the blue-collar labor image. He depicted leisurely work that people idealize, a more relaxed and recreational labor experience. According to Brenden, in mass-market publication periodicals from the 1960s and 1970s, the zoomed in and cropped images lack clarity, and Brenden wanted to do careful drawings from images that didn’t give him a lot of material. “A lot of my projects have been things where I revisit some point in the 20th century and imagine looking forward from that point and thinking about other alternatives,” Brenden said. “Daycase” is one such project: it is a retro-futuristic office design compressed into a small space, according to Brenden. The design represents the viewpoints of people who lived in the 1970s when it wasn’t clear that personal computers would revolutionize daily life. Brenden wanted to crystallize the ideals of innovation into something functional: the office of an alternative future is complete with built-in index folders, information sheets and conversion charts, a pull-out panel with a lunch storage compartment, and a power cord and outlet. Completely Speculative is on display at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center until Dec. 23.
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November Sports in Review BRIAN JOSEPHS Sports Editor If you’re a fan of the Bulls, November has been a month full of disappointment. Two of Buffalo’s best teams – men’s and women’s soccer – had their Mid-American Conference title bids cut short after exciting seasons. The month also saw the end of the football team’s lackluster year. The team did blowout Akron, 51-10, but it also suffered losses to Eastern Michigan and Bowling Green to end its season at 3-9 (2-6 MAC), winless on the road. The men and women’s basketball teams started their seasons, as well. Senior guard Brittany Hedderson cemented her role as the leader of the team, while the dynamic duo of senior Mitchell Watt and sophomore Javon McCrea is quickly gaining notoriety with their dominance in the post. Highlights were few last month, but they did leave an impression on the Bulls faithful: Best Team – Men’s Basketball Bulls fans were thrilled in November as Buffalo (3-1) started its season off with a bang. The Bulls were dominant at home last year, and it looks like this season is going to be the same deal. The Bulls started undefeated at home and a large portion of that success was due to the play of McCrea and Watt. The two lead the team in points and rebounds, while Mitchell “Swatt” leads with 12 blocks. The opposing teams were forced to change their defenses in hopes of containing the two, but the duo still found ways to do damage. Buffalo’s game against Canisius reminded fans that the Bulls were more than a two-man team. Led by senior guard Zach Filzen’s 19 points, the Bulls violated the Golden Griffins, 94-59. This was a total team effort; five Bulls scored in double figures.
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Even after the blowout, head coach Reggie Witherspoon noted that his team still has a long way to go. Buffalo’s abysmal performance against Princeton shows that. But the pursuit of perfection doesn’t come without setbacks. Best Player – Branden Oliver This isn’t supposed to happen. Sophomore running back Branden Oliver wasn’t supposed to be the backbone of head coach Jeff Quinn’s spread offense. The 5-foot7inch athlete was a non-factor in last year’s forgettable season, rushing for a pitiful 298 yards and no touchdowns. The Bulls had other players with breakout potential – the intimidating sophomore linebacker Khalil Mack, the lengthy sophomore wide receiver Alex Neutz, and senior quarterback Chazz Anderson as Buffalo’s new hope. But all the speculation fell to the wayside when Oliver took the field. He became the face of the football team, breaking numerous records in the process. The Miami, Fla. native became the singleseason leader in rushing yards (1,395), all-purpose yards (1,760), rushing attempts (306), and 100yard rushing games (eight). Oliver embodied dominance against Akron. The Zips were already having a miserable season, as they finished 1-11 (0-8 MAC). However, the running back made the Zips look downright pathetic. Oliver rushed for 235 yards on the day, a UB Division-1 record. Best Game – Men’s Basketball vs. Canisius The football team had its highestscoring game since 1992 in a rout of Akron. The thing to note about the game is that Buffalo was playing a lowly team. The Zips were annihilated by Western Michigan the very next game, 68-19.
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Buffalo, on the other hand, was looking for answers. The squad had just lost 61-53 at Princeton after shooting an abysmal 18.2 percent. However, the Bulls came bouncing back from the defeat and throttled Canisius, 94-59. Buffalo outplayed the Golden Griffs in every statistical category, as the Bulls outshot, outrebounded, and pressured their opponents. Bulls fans were raucous that Tuesday night at Alumni Arena, and who could blame them? Disappointing Team – Wrestling The wrestling team has been thrown off-balance by the loss of several key wrestlers. The remaining Bulls have yet to find a way to compensate for the losses and Buffalo is currently 0-5 in dual meets. The disappointment doesn’t end at dual meets. The Bulls only walked away with one champion at the UB Open on Nov. 4 – senior JohnMartin Cannon, who is redshirting. The Bulls had four last year. Buffalo struggled in the next meets, as weakness in the heavier weight classes continued to hurt the team. The Bulls had a 10-4 advantage against a No. 6 Michigan, but Buffalo’s upset attempt was thwarted after losing five out of six of the final matches. The losses Buffalo has suffered are unfortunate, but this team has potential to turn it around.
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An Australian’s First Thanksgiving
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Why is everyone getting so excited about Turkey? I asked myself this before doing some research and scrubbing up on a little American history. After watching some old guy with a receding hairline and big glasses on YouTube, I now understand that Thanksgiving is about more than just a giant bird. Most of you probably know this already, but for others like me who had no idea, this is how Thanksgiving came to be. According to this guy on YouTube, in 1621 a group of settlers in Massachusetts were grateful that they had survived a horrific winter. They invited their Native American neighbours to celebrate with them by eating a heap of food. Now this sounds like the right way of celebrating to me. Anything that involves food, I’m there. I may not have braved a really horrific winter, but I have had to participate in numerous socially awkward mingles around the free food table at countless events. At this point I should probably tell you I am not American. I am from Australia, and no, we do not celebrate Thanksgiving back home. If one more person asks me this, I am going to slam a history book down in front of them. I wish we had a national holiday back home that involved sitting around a table eating copious amounts of food with friends and family. But we don’t. Instead, we have Australia Day, which essentially is a celebration of the day the English colonizers took over the land. We usually just sit around and drink all day, although a turkey could be useful to soak up all that liquor, and act as an added prevention for the horrific headache that usually follows the next day. It became clear to me about three weeks before the actual Thanksgiving break just how seriously Americans took this holiday. Maybe it was because
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My Thanksgiving did not go according to plan. I somehow ended up in San Francisco riding the subway with my older brother and his girlfriend. I’d arrived in the Bay Area of California the night before and my system had already gone into shock from the number of hipsters strolling the streets. Needless to say, it was Thanksgiving, and I’d somehow ended up in the most poverty-ridden area of the city. On the train heading towards the restaurant, I eagerly waited my turkey lunch, and couldn’t help but notice all of the homeless people around me. While most people were celebrating this all-American holiday with their friends and family, it was all the more clear that there are many others who have very little to be thankful for and nowhere to call home. While most of my friends were scattered across New York, scarfing up turkey and cranberry sauce, I was on a train sharing the same space with a homeless transvestite begging me for a trade of “four quarters for a dollar note.” As corny as this will sound, it certainly made me stop and appreciate the small things. At least I had a roof over my head and a doggy-bag full of turkey left over from the restaurant. I am not going to deny that I got caught up in the nostalgia of Thanksgiving and really did consider the things I have to be grateful for. When I actually stop and think about it, there is so much I am lucky to have. So while my first Thanksgiving involved a dirty subway and turkey that my brother and I still purport was out of a tin can, I still managed to muster up the spirit of being thankful. I think you guys might be onto something with this holiday of good food, quality family time and days off of school. Aside from the obvious historical and religious disparities, it is sort of like Christmas – only you don't have the added stress of having to buy a Secret Santa gift.
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Senior Life Editor From Fu Manchus to muttonchops, General Lees to dirt lips, the month of November is decorated by dedicated members of society willing to sport a mustache or grow a beard for the sake of men’s health. This bearded phenomenon called “Movember,” popularly known across UB’s campus as No Shave November, sprouted in 2003 with its origins rooted in Melbourne, Australia. On Nov. 1, men celebrate the art of bearding as they shave one last time and dedicate themselves to 30 days of growth. What began as a mere mustache growing competition between Luke Slattery, Travis Garone, and 30 of their friends, has flourished into a global men’s health awareness journey for thousands of dedicated mustached men. By 2007, the hairy trend grew nine countries strong. Officially expanding its influence to New Zealand, the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Finland, the Netherlands, Spain, South Africa and Ireland. Today, thousands of men worldwide annually ditch razors for furry faces in support of prostate cancer foundations and other male health-related issues. “Bring on the beards,” said Marjorie McAllister, a first year law school student and supporter of Movember. Eric Ghiandoni, a freshman biomedical engineering major, has been participating in the annual event since his sophomore year of high school. Though he admits that he can’t grow a full beard, he’s dedicated to grow his “crustache” every year in honor of the cause. “Even though it looks bad, you should still stick with it because it’s funny to look at,” Ghiandoni
The Movember Foundation, founded in 2004, allows participants to register their names and mustaches online to raise money through sponsors. Money raised by dedicated bearded comrades, also known as “Mo Bros,” in the U.S. is donated to programs run by Movember, the Prostate Cancer Foundation, and LIVESTRONG, according to the U.S. Movember website. One out of every six men is diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime. This year, about 240,890 new cases are estimated to sprout with 33,720 men losing their lives to the common cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. In 2010, over 64,500 men registered online on the Movember website in the U.S., and raised $7.5 million in donations, more than doubling its numbers from 2009 with 28,223 registrants and $3.2 million raised. Joe Carelli, a junior communication major and dedicated “Mo Bro,” annually grows out his beard and looks forward to the occasion. “I kind of just like the carefree attitude of it,” Carelli said “[It’s] not only just challenging myself, [but also] against my friends to see who can endure it the most.” Carelli plans to shave his beard before the renewal of his license. He doesn’t want to keep the beard for the picture and do something he will regret, according to Carelli. “I looked at pictures of my clean shaved face and I looked 90 percent less of a bum,” Carelli said. But as November creeps to an end, so does the reign of creative facial fiascos ranging in style from full-on beards to classy ’staches.
“I will admit, some of the guys in our class came back from break with…no beard, and I was like, ‘it’s weird,’” said Gabriella Agostinelli, a first year law school student. “You just took 10 years off yourself and you’re only 22 years old.” Others like Paul Baumann, a freshman aerospace engineering major, participated in No Shave November for the first time this year and plans to keep his beard until the summer. His girlfriend, Diana Rudz, a freshman biomedical engineering major, is a strong supporter. “It’s fuzzy, I like to touch it,” Rudz said. “I think it feels nice. A lot of girls don’t like it. I like it.” Not all people support the time of year when men allow their whiskers to roam free. Groups on Facebook such as Anti No Shave November! or Girls Against ‘No Shave November’ express their dislike for the hairiness that November brings. But there are girls like Rudz, Agostinelli and McAllister who don’t find facial hair a problem and are supporters of the annual cause. “I like men with burly beards,” McAllister said. Both McAllister and Agostinelli agree that they prefer beards over mustaches. “The only time a mustache is ever appropriate is if you’re Tom Selleck, if you are over the age of 50, you’re doing it for commical purposes, or a fundraiser,” Agostinelli said. “If it’s just because you want to have a mustache, I personally find that creepy.” Whether it’s a patchy beard or a barely-there ’stache, students across campus are participating in the annual cause and aren’t afraid to raise awareness while raising some eyebrows along the way.
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Get Your Pepper Spray Ready: It’s Black Friday Time LYZI WHITE Staff Writer
Turkey smothered in gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffing, and an array of various pies covered tables across the nation on Thanksgiving. Most people usually eat with their loved ones and students returning home from college are excited to see old friends. However, instead of taking the break to relax, thousands of people went to sleep at 5 p.m. or chugged back a few 5-HourEnergy Shots in order to prepare for their favorite part of the holiday: Black Friday. If Valentine’s Day is the holiday created by Hallmark to cash in on love, Black Friday is every retail store’s wet dream. For three out of the past five years, I’ve worked Black Friday at retail stores. I didn’t just work at some local mall; I worked at the Woodbury Common Premium Outlets in Central Valley, N.Y., one of the largest and most visited outlet malls in the world. The problem with working at such a huge tourist attraction is that you have to deal with customers who yell at you when you don’t speak their language. They throw clothes around your store like it’s their closet, and leave your dressing rooms smelling more like a dirty bathroom than a place to change. Even many of these foreign customers save thousands by making shopping stops on a bargain holiday, they still try to persuade, bully, or manipulate their way into getting whatever additional discount they can. Retail addicts, trying to save as much money as they can on designer jeans and diamond-encrusted jewelry, have yelled me at in Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, and English. Consumers come from across the globe for a holiday they don’t celebrate just to spend more money than I make in a year in less than an hour. The parking lot is usually filled by 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving and families set up tents and sleeping bags by the stores they want to hit up first. People treat Black Friday as though the Apocalypse will happen at any moment. Some run around the store like chickens with their heads cut off, knocking over walls of earrings and clothes that the employees will have to pick up. But before us workers can do that, we have to help a customer that pictures us as human calculators and wants us to add up the 30 things piled in their hands and tell them how much it will all cost with the added discount. So we’re maids, calculators, personal shoppers, and of course secret agents. Since there’s hundreds of people in the
store at a time, there are going to be some that steal. Our managers talk to us for about an hour before D-Day on how to pick out thieves, how to watch them, and how to stop them. Basically, you have to be James Bond. On top of that, the lines at the cash registers are about 20 people long, and each person comes up with a coupon or a promotion that they misread – or pretended to have misread – and then get mad when their pile of stuff is “too expensive.” People argue till they are blue in the face just to save an extra $2 and take it out on the employees as if they are responsible for the prices. It’s like Occupy Commercialism. What do these two Occupy movements have in common? For one thing, there’s pepper spray. A woman pepper sprayed about 20 people just to get an Xbox 360 first at a Walmart in California. She was probably inspired by the UC Davis incident. At another Walmart in Arizona, a 54-year-old man was arrested, pushed to the ground, and knocked unconscious by a police officer because the man was suspected of stealing. The customer had only tucked a videogame into his waistband to ensure other shoppers wouldn’t take it from him. The incident went viral, and showed his grandson watching helplessly as the man lay in a pool of his own blood while being handcuffed, and then carried off. Walmart may likely have the most incidents to occur on Black Friday over the past 10 years. There were armed robberies in the parking lot, girl fights that resulted in hospital trips, and a woman being trampled and paralyzed as a result. Then in 2008, a Walmart employee was trampled to death. Black Friday and Walmart just don’t seem to mix very well. Are these deals really worth risking your wellbeing? I went shopping on Friday afternoon, after all of the intense shoppers were already long gone. However, it was still packed and smelled faintly of the Buffalo Zoo. I got pushed, shoved, and had rude comments thrown at me by shoppers and Forever21 employees alike. It was hard to get angry with the employees, though. I’ve been in their position way too many times. It sucks. Still, at least I shopped without getting trampled, shot, or stabbed, which all in all makes it a successful Black Friday trip. There are a couple of options on how to spend your Thanksgiving holiday. There’s shopping with your pajamas on and a computer in front of you, no shopping at all, or standing in endless lines with people who are grumpy, sleep deprived, impatient and probably hopped up on coffee or energy drinks (maybe both). If you chose the latter option, it’s a breeding ground for trouble. It’s like going to a Steelers versus Ravens football game. Eventually someone is going to get punched.
Professor Cupid Kate Rittenhouse-Olson, Ph.D., has mentored many students into the careers of their dreams.
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Kate Rittenhouse-Olson, Ph.D., an associate professor in the department of microbiology and immunology, is the cupid of biotechnology. She is the matchmaker between her students and their dream jobs. Rittenhouse-Olson has successfully created an internship program through the Department of Biotechnical and Clinical Laboratory Science that has placed over 140 of her students in summer internships across the globe. Her program is designed to enrich students’ learning, as well as give them greater employment opportunities. The internship program provides many students with their first outside of the classroom research experience, which provides great assistance in building a résumé and competing for fulfilling job opportunities following the completion of their UB degree. “Sometimes I think in some other earlier time I would have been a match maker, because I like matching people up to careers that really fit them,” Rittenhouse-Olson said. “[I’m] Match. com of the biotech world…Once I heard that a company needed a biotechnologist that could speak Italian, and we had a student that was from Italy so it was a great match…I try to hear what they will be best in and find the best match.” From the beginning of her own education career, Rittenhouse-Olson has had numerous opportunities to work in labs and conduct research. She knows how much of an impact work opportunities can have on students. “Kate is very passionate about her
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lished with Dr. Adel Almogren, a former student who is now faculty at King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, King Abdul-Aziz contacted the university. Dr. Almogren then invited Professor Rittenhouse-Olson, her husband and a former student to Riyadh.
Mahima Gupta, a senior biotechnology major, participated in the summer internship program that RittenhouseOlson helped her find.
When they met, the King was very kind, according to Rittenhouse-Olson. He gave them gold plate commemorative coins and discussed the research.
“The internship program helped me learn the process of going out in the real world to look for jobs in the future and also gave me a practical idea of what kind of work I can expect to do,” Gupta said. “[I got to see] if I like it to the extent [that] I am ready to make it my career. Dr. Olson is an amazing mentor…The best thing about her is that she wants us to gain as much as we can from these internships.”
Rittenhouse-Olson frequently travels as part of her career. She is often invited to speak at conferences. On her trips, she makes it a priority to visit former students if any are in the area. Keeping close ties is important to her even long after they graduate. In turn, this also further assists her program. Her former students help her find internship and job placements for new students, she said.
For the program to run successfully, Rittenhouse-Olson contacted over 200 companies to see if they would be interested in taking students in as interns. Thirty responded yes. Some of those are as far as Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. If students seek an internship with a field not provided, Rittenhouse-Olson tries to find a contact for them. Aside from teaching, running the internship program since 1999, and being the mother of seven (four step, three her own), Rittenhouse-Olson also conducts research, edits journals, and is writing a book. Her work has brought her to 14 different countries. Her dedication is so evident that even the King of Saudi Arabia, Abdul-Aziz, took an interest in her biotechnology research. After he read a story in USA Today on a paper she pub-
Rittenhouse-Olson has been recognized for her biotechnology summer internship program under the new UB Faculty Award for Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity. The award generated from awareness within the university that mentors have a substantial impact on students’ education and experiences here at UB. “[Students] learn what the workplace is like. They make contacts. They make a contribution towards scientific progress,” Rittenhouse-Olson said. “It’s nice to feel like you’ve made a difference to their lives…I just want to be the kind of teacher I’d want my own kids to have.”
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Continued from Page 16: Neck Ailment Ends Heavyweight’s Career – something of which both Beichner and Correll were fully aware. Correll was at an even greater risk because his family has a history of neck problems; both of his parents had surgery to fix herniated disks in their vertebrate. But he wasn’t about to let genetics hold him back. “I didn’t really hold anything back. I didn’t protect myself because I wanted to get that extra point early in my career,” Correll said. “I knew the risks and accepted it.” The probability finally caught up with him in a match against Kent State. Correll got in a bad position against his opponent and landed headfirst on the mat, injuring his neck. His condition gradually deteriorated until it recently rendered him ineligible to wrestle. “I was like: ‘Was this really happening?’” Correll said. “I was in disbelief. The other part of me knew in the back of my mind that…this could be it.” The wrestler was heartbroken. However, the aid of the wrestling program and UB is helping him move forward. Correll will still be riding on financial aid so he can finish his final two semesters. “I’m very proud of where [wrestling] has brought me,” Correll said. “The University at Buffalo is coming through, they’re helping me out, they’re sticking with me and protecting me to help me do what I need to do.” The Bulls have struggled to fill the void Correll has left in the heavyweight class. Beichner was forced to move up lighter wrestlers to compete at the 285-lb. weight class and they’ve all failed. Buffalo is currently winless in the weight class and its most recent attempt saw 197-lb. senior Tyler Peter lose by technical fall, 20-5. However, Beichner remains optimistic that his team will be able to overcome this obstacle. “We’re doing the best we can,” Beichner said. “We’ve faced adversity many other times and quite often we’ve come out on top. I don’t expect anything different from our guys.”
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Continued from Page 16: Inconsistent 2011 for Football: Recapping Disappointment was criticized for starting the undersized tailback last season, but the sophomore came out this year with newfound fervor following a passionate summer workout regimen. He was a record-breaking machine, setting all-time school marks for rushing attempts (306), rushing yards (1,395), all-purpose yards (1,760), and 100-yard rushing games in a season (eight). Oliver’s records in rushing yards and all-purpose yards break marks set in 2008 by James Starks – the starting running back of the Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers. “Next year we’re going to break even more records,” Oliver said. “I’m going to work with the O-line and we’re going to pull everyone along.” The receivers weren’t quite as successful. They came into this year with the most expectations, as sophomore Alex Neutz and seniors Terrell Jackson, Marcus Rivers, and Ed Young were expected to fuel one of the best receiving cores in the MAC. Jackson fell in week seven at Temple. He was a preseason all-MAC selection at kick returner, but he was completely rattled on a return against the Owls. He remained motionless on the field for more than 15 minutes. Jackson was carried off on a stretcher and his career was over. Neutz went down just two weeks later, as he was hit on a route across the middle and a
wrist injury ended his year. Rivers and Young were sporadic, to say the least. Rivers led the team in receptions with 60, but he only caught two touchdowns. Young came on late in the season after some earlyseason drops, and he finished with 27 catches for 357 yards and a pair of touchdowns – including an electrifying, game-changing 90-yarder in the Bulls’ win over MAC East champ Ohio. “I wouldn’t say [the receivers were] a complete disappointment, but we would’ve liked to see more production and consistency,” Quinn said. Those receivers’ play largely reflected the performance of senior quarterback Chazz Anderson, who transferred from Cincinnati and was eligible to play immediately because he had already graduated. Like the rest of his team, Anderson had his ups and downs. He showed flashes of brilliance – against Northern Illinois, he threw for 404 yards and three touchdowns on 35-of-53 passing. At other times, Anderson struggled as much as anyone on the field – against Temple, he only completed 9-of-26 passes for 84 yards and an interception. The veteran also gave the younger quarterbacks – like sophomore Alex Zordich, junior Jerry Davis, and freshman Joe Licata – another year to learn, while Davis and Licata were
able to redshirt. Anderson finished with 2,454 yards (an average of 204.5 per game), 11 touchdowns, and nine interceptions. He also rushed for 309 yards and seven scores. The offense averaged 22.2 points per game, a drastic increase from the 14.2 average in 2010. The Bulls were two completely contrasting teams at home and on the road. They went 0-6 on the road, and they were thoroughly outclassed in three of those games. Buffalo showed up to play at UB Stadium, putting up a good fight in every home game and finishing 3-3. Though freshman kicker Patrick Clarke stepped in at the end of the season and did brilliant, the Bulls had difficulty in the kicking game, as senior punter Peter Fardon started the year as kicker and missed two extra points (including one in the final seconds that would have tied the game in a 31-30 loss to MAC West champ Northern Illinois) and went 5-for-10 on field goals. Clarke went 6-for-6. On the defensive front, sophomore linebacker Khalil Mack was the star of a D that didn’t impress much this year, surrendering an average of 29.4 points per game. Former walk-on sophomore defensive back Najja Johnson also stepped up in the secondary.
The Bulls sought to continue their striking home play and send their seniors out with a win over Bowling Green on a windy Black Friday, but their tumultuous season ended appropriately with a 42-28 loss. “I think games like this, late in the year, when two teams that maybe haven’t had the seasons they hoped for – it’s a matter of who shows up and really wants to play,” said Bowling Green head coach Dave Clawson. The game marked the last time 21 seniors will suit up for the Bulls. Among those players are Anderson, Rivers, and safety Josh Copeland. Those three – and the rest of the seniors – have provided a plethora of highlights over their careers, and they will undoubtedly be missed. “I just wanted to win,” Oliver said. “I just wanted to get the seniors a win.” Despite a disappointing 2011 campaign, Buffalo looks forward to applying lessons learned this year in what the Bulls hope will be a more prosperous 2012. “We have a lot of guys coming back who had a lot of responsibility this year,” Quinn said. “There will be no quit, no give up. It’s going to be a long offseason.”
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Continued from Page 16: Bulls Lose at World Vision Classic Hedderson also lead her team in scoring against the other two opponents. The guard had her second straight 20-point performance in Friday’s game against Dayton, scoring a game-high 22 points. She totaled 17 points against Farleigh Dickinson. Hedderson and the Bulls couldn’t overcome their competition’s hot shooting and strong performance on the boards. Dayton attempted 42 shots from beyond the arc and made 15 of them. The Flyers also had four players score in double figures. The Bulls jumped out to a solid start against Dayton, much like they did against UConn. After a pair of free throws by sophomore forward Nytor Longar gave the Bulls an 18-16 advantage, the
Flyers went on a 14-0 run to take a lead they would never relinquish. Farleigh Dickinson outrebounded the Bulls, 55-39, with 23 offensive rebounds. The extra opportunities given up directly hurt the Bulls, as the Knights’ 13 second-chance points to Buffalo’s five almost accounted for the final score’s nine-point margin. Buffalo was up 24-22 at the end of the first half, but the play of Knights guard Mariyah Laury and her team’s strong performance from the charity stripe eventually did the Bulls in. Laury scored 28 points, with 21 of them coming in the second. Farleigh Dickinson made 23-of27 free throws in the second half to put the Bulls away.
The teams Buffalo faced were top-notch, and Hill-MacDonald hopes that her team will only grow from the experience. “I think we learned a lot about ourselves and the things we need to work on,” Hill-Macdonald said. “I think that really opened our eyes to what it’s like to play on the next level.” The Bulls will return to Alumni Arena on Wednesday after losing four straight road games. They will host Wright State (3-1) and tip-off is scheduled for noon.
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It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s a…weather balloon. While many students spend their weekends partying, studying, and hanging out with their friends, one club at UB spent its weekend studying the outer realms of Earth’s atmosphere. UB Students for the Exploration and Development Space (UB-SEDS) is a club that sets its ambitions skyward to generate interest and activism in the community for any and all space-related topics, according to Sean Lyons, a senior aerospace engineering major. Lyons was the project manager of the club’s High-Altitude Weather Balloon Project (HAWB). The project’s goal was to send a weather into Edited byballoon Timothy E. Parker November 30, 2011 the sky to measure temperature and By Rob Lee TIME FLIES ACROSS pressure. In addition, the atmospheric 56 Suffix with “super” or “infer” 1 Wed on the team wanted to run capture pictures and 57 Polar formation 6 Aromatherapy spots the trip and video footage to document 58 End of a timely quip 10 Buenos (“Good boundary day!”) measure the ___!” atmospheric 62 “When I Was ___” 14 Turn red, as a tomato layers. (“H.M.S. Pinafore” song) 15 Teller’s partner 63 Cash register drawer 16 “Mamma group “This project isMia!” one of the most chal 64 Instruments in military bands 17 Civilization conquered Cortez lenging yet rewarding feats by of my 68 Like old generals (Abbr.) 18 Shorthand for burglary: ___ undergraduate career,” LyonsB said. 69 Grandson of Adam and Eve 19 Type of jet “The lessons I have learned and [the] 70 “Ready or not, here ___!” 20 Start a timely success of of this projectquip have given me 71 Memorable WWII event 23 Octad plus one an inspiration no course offered at this 72 Prefix meaning “ten” 26 Miner’s veinever contents university could provide.” 73 Put an end to 27 Hotel addition? 28 Timely quip (Part 2) The launching of the balloon last DOWN 32 HealthOct. supplement chain Saturday, 22, was the culmina 1 Period of history 33 Sprinter’s goal tion of many hours of planning. The 2 Taylor or Claiborne 34 General on aonly Chinese group had to not raisemenu the funds 3 Take one’s pick Talk to35 take onback this to project, but it also had 4 Little kids’ baseball league 37 Baseball arbiter, for short to develop the means by which to 5 Bewitch 39 Washing-up pitcher functions. perform all the desirable 6 Extend ACROSS 43 ___ Vegas, Nevada UB-SEDS procured $1,100 in funding 7 ___-up (confined) 46 Greek peak from local compafrom sponsorships 8 “You said a mouthful!” 49 and Santa ___,Sub Calif. nies from Board I Inc. 9 More than frown on 50 Timely quip (Part 3) ...” 10 Surrealist Salvador 55 “___ watched “The ideathe for ramparts this camewe about in either October or November of last year, when we saw a video of a father-andson team that sent an iPhone aboard a balloon and recovered it, becoming a temporary media sensation on many newscasts and newspapers,” said Andrew Dianetti, president of UB-SEDS and a junior aerospace
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WEDNESDay, NOVEMBER 30 FROM UNIVERSAL UCLICK
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- The events of the day are likely to fall out exactly as someone predicted -- but did you believe the prediction when you heard it?
ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- You can prove to others that you belong in the game -- and in the end you may actually defy those who expected someone else to win.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- You may claim to have certain skills, but if you're not willing to put them on display then they are not worth much -- are they?
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- You're likely to reach an important marker, and as you pass this halfway point you'll want to think about where you've been.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Questions asked today aren't likely to result in the answers you had hoped for -- though one or two will surely give you food for thought. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) -- You may not want to follow the advice you have been given recently, but you may want to borrow the techniques used by one of the experts.
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GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- What may prove the deciding factor may be discussed and argued over for some time before all is said and done. CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- You should be able to keep conflict and controversy to a minimum today -- provided you are willing to say what needs to be said.
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- You'll feel the support behind you as you head off on a journey that will put both your will and your ambition to the test. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Don't hesitate to let a fond memory shape your attitude. Take care that someone else doesn't try to impose his own agenda. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- There is very little chance that you will be able to recapture the glory you felt in a time well-remembered -- but it can give you fresh insights. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Quiet time affords you more than rest; you'll enjoy a good deal of honest reflection -- and can focus on issues others are avoiding.
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Scouting Dayton
The men’s basketball team (3-1) will take on Dayton in Ohio on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. The Bulls are searching for their first road win of the year.
Neck Ailment Ends Heavyweight’s Career Brett Correll had his career cut short after neck problems rendered him ineligible to wrestle ever again.
BRIAN JOSEPHS Sports Editor Junior Brett Correll was arguably the third-best wrestler remaining at UB. With Desi Green gone due to drug issues and John-Martin Cannon expected to redshirt this year, Correll was expected to carry a huge weight as the main guy.
His neck couldn’t handle it. Correll, Buffalo’s lone wrestler in the 285-lb. weight class, was barred this season from ever competing again because of degenerative problems with his neck. The heavyweight was set to have
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an outstanding year. Correll posted a 20-19 record last season, placed fourth at the MAC Championships, and made his first trip to the NCAA Championships after a season of success. “We’ve [had] a very capable heavyweight and he isn’t going to be able to compete for us,” said head coach Jim Beichner. “Here’s
a guy we certainly counted on, but [the injury] is of no fault of his own. Life throws you curves sometimes, and we deal with it.” Correll’s disability is a common one among wrestlers. The increased weight of competition in the heavyweight division leads to increased strain on the wrestler’s neck/back/spinal area
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Inconsistent 2011 for Football: Recapping Disappointment
Current Record: 5-1 2010-11 Record: 22-14 (7-9 Atlantic 10) First-ever matchup between the two schools Two Flyers to Watch: G - Kevin Dillard After sitting out last season due to transferring from Southern Illinois – where he averaged 12.5 points and led the team in assists – Dillard is immediately to contributing to the Flyers’ offense. He leads the way for his team in scoring with 13.3 points per game so far this season, and was recently named tournament Most Valuable Player after the Flyers won the Old Spice Classic in Orlando, Fla. G - Paul Williams Williams is Dayton’s second-leading scorer, its top defender, and a lefty sharpshooter. He never hesitates to shoot the three-point shot, and for good reason. He is almost 49% from behind the arc. With Williams’ size and athleticism, senior guard Zach Filzen may be under a bit of pressure to get his shot off, which will require junior guard Tony Watson to have another big game like he had against Canisius (1-3). The Bulls win if… they can forget about the team they were last year that struggled on the road. Buffalo’s guards will have to be consistent and disciplined on defense against the Flyers’ speedy guard, Dillard, who has a knack for drawing fouls. Dayton’s only loss this year is to a MAC team, Miami (Ohio) (2-2). We’ll see if that provides Buffalo with some leverage. The Flyers win if… Buffalo can’t stop Dayton’s guards. Dayton also has a not-so-secret weapon in big man Josh Benson, so the Bulls frontcourt will have to be strong and aware against the agile center. If senior forward Mitchell Watt doesn’t provide his usual defensive presence, Dayton has the potential to make it a long day for the Bulls. Prediction: Andreius Coleman Asst. Sports Editor I really like how these teams match up. The fact that Miami (Ohio) is the only team to have beaten the Flyers this year, despite Dayton’s victories over Wake Forest and Minnesota, makes the conference disparities obsolete. The main concern will be the Bulls’ lack of experience against Dayton, and its guards’ ability to compliment each other. I am faithful in the Bulls, but this one will be close. Buffalo-77 Dayton-76 Aaron Mansfield Senior Sports Editor
Branden Oliver was the main spotlight in a 2011 football season filled with disappointments.
AARON MANSFIELD Senior Sports Editor Head coach Jeff Quinn’s second season was one of youth, turmoil, injuries and inconsistency, but Buffalo fans can collectively breathe in deep and be thankful for one thing:
It’s over. Quinn has gone 5-19 so far at UB. “Grading myself off wins and losses, [I haven’t done] too well,” Quinn said. “But building the program on the right foundation, I think you’re exactly where you
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want to be. No one cares about this program more than myself. A championship culture will take place at the University at Buffalo. That’s what people deserve and that’s what I came here to do.”
(2-6 Mid-American Conference). However, while the Bulls went through copious trials, they also discovered budding stars (Branden Oliver, Khalil Mack) and put together some thrilling wins (Ohio, Akron).
It was a long, tough year for the football team, which finished 3-9
In the midst of mayhem, one player stood out: Oliver. Quinn
I don’t know what it is about UB sports teams and going on the road, but the Bulls always struggle away from home. This men’s basketball team came out slow in Jersey against Princeton, the Bulls’ only road game and only loss so far this year. Dayton is a really, really solid squad. I believe in this Buffalo team but I don’t think their defensive stoppers who play guard – Auraum Nuiriankh and Jarod Oldham – will be able to slow down Dillard and Williams. Expect another big showing from Javon McCrea. Filzen is the key player in this one. If he’s hot, I like the Bulls. If not, don’t expect a Buffalo W. Buffalo-65 Dayton-72
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Bulls Lose at World Vision Classic TYLER CADY and BRIAN JOSEPHS Staff Writer and Sports Editor
For the past two decades, Connecticut’s (5-0) women’s basketball team has represented sheer dominance. The Huskies own the largest winning streak in college basketball history (90) and hold the best record since 1994-95 (579-43). It would take a flawless performance from Buffalo (2-5) to upset the No. 2 team in the nation. But the Bulls didn’t get that against the Huskies or the other two teams they played against in last weekend’s World Vision Classic. The Bulls were blown out by UConn, 90-34, in Gampel Pavilion on Saturday. Buffalo did fare better against its other two opponents, but lost to Dayton (3-3), 94-74, and Farleigh Dickinson (2-5), 63-54. It looked like Buffalo was going make it a tough contest against UConn in the opening minutes. The two teams traded baskets early, and the Bulls even took a 4-2 lead. Buffalo wouldn’t pose much of a threat, though, as the difference in talent proved too much to overcome. UConn’s full court pressure choked the Bulls. Buffalo turned the ball over 32 times. The defending Big East Champions capitalized off Buffalo’s mistakes and Tiffany Hayes scored 30 points on the Bulls as the Huskies dominated Buffalo, 90-34. Courtesy of Pat McKenna / UConn Athletic Communications
scored 39 points off turnovers. “[UConn] just executed extremely well and forced a ton of turnovers,” said head coach Linda Hill-MacDonald. “We probably saw eight to 10 good minutes of basketball from Buffalo, and then the ship started to sink.” The Bulls could barely find any ways to reciprocate UConn’s pressure, as the Huskies shot 47.8 percent from the field. Buffalo held down the Huskies’ leading scorer, guard Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, to just two points – well below her average of 17 points per game. However, guard Tiffany Hayes more than made up for Mosqueda-Lewis’ lack of production, scoring 30 points in 30 minutes. The Bulls were led in scoring again by senior guard Brittney Hedderson, who finished with 12 points with 6-of-15 shooting, but her teammates didn’t follow her lead. “She can’t take this team on her shoulders against a team like [UConn],” Hill-MacDonald said. “Everybody else has to step up. She has done a great job of putting her team on her back, but UConn is just too strong at every position, and they basically shut her down.”
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