The Spectrum Volume 61 Issue 62

Vol. 61 NO. 62

Monday, March 5, 2012

Watt A Season!

RHA Senate Spends Student Dough on Dinner

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Watt, seniors shine late as Bulls clinch bye to semifinals

REBECCA BRATEK News Editor The Residence Hall Association spends $4,500 on Senate dinners each year – almost 10 percent of its entire budget and the second-highest of all its expenditures.

Ryan Guilaran, a junior biological sciences major and former Clement Hall Council treasurer, wrote a letter published in Friday’s Spectrum after he resigned from his hall council because he was concerned about how money in the budget is allocated.

Each resident of UB’s dormitories and on-campus apartments pays a fee into RHA’s budget – $9 per resident. From the fee, $6 is allocated to RHA, and $3 is allocated to the resident’s respective hall council. For apartment residents, $4.50 is given to the hall councils.

RHA has a budget of $47,350, and the highest line is allocated to the “VP” line – $15,602.97 – one of the lines dedicated solely to programming for RHA. Senate dinners are funded from the second-highest line.

The RHA Senate’s budget was presented to members on Sept. 21 during the first meeting of the academic year. The budget was passed by a 21-3 vote, according to the meeting’s minutes.

“We put on programs that we have a lot of attendance at…We do as much as we can for the residents,” said RHA President Samantha Kashinsky of the RHA’s budget. “If someone has a problem with anything going on, they bring it to us, and we try to advocate for them.”

The Senate meets every Wednesday at 5 p.m. in Goodyear Hall on South Campus. Residents in UB’s 13 residence halls and apartment complexes elect two senators to represent their buildings – a total of 26 senators. Any student living in a residence hall or apartment can run to be a senator, and every resident is invited to participate in the voting process.

Senior forward Mitchell Watt gets sent off in style after the Bulls clinched the number two seed in the Mid-American Conference tournament.

NATHANIEL SMITH Sports Editor There were M-V-P chants that serenaded from every corner of Alumni Arena Saturday. They were quiet at first. But with every rebound, every free throw attempt and every basket, those chants grew louder, and louder, until the end of the game when the crowd carried the senior leader off the court in exhilaration.

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When the clock struck zero, one man put in a performance worthy of the Mid-American Conference’s highest individual honor: senior forward Mitchell Watt.

The Bulls (19-9, 12-4 MAC) finished the regular season in style, outlasting Bowling Green (1614, 9-7 MAC), 68-64 on Saturday night.

The win gives Buffalo its highest tournament seed ever (no. 2) as it heads to Cleveland need-

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ing only two wins to advance to its first ever NCAA tournament. Its 12th conference win is also a program best.

But Bowling Green did not make this one easy for the Bulls.

The Falcons were in full control for the first 31 minutes of the game, as they forced Buffalo to shoot under 40 percent in the first half. With 9:04 left in the contest – and a nine-point deficit Continued on page 2

Lose Yourself in the Music

Going Gay for Bingo Pay SARA DINATALE Asst. News Editor Gladys Over, a 6-foot drag queen sporting a sassy nautical dress, leads a gymnasium of 300 people in yelling “bitch!” at Brad Kilger, a Cheektowaga real estate agent.

But Kilger couldn’t be more pleased to hear the chorus of resentment, because at Buffalo Gay Bingo, being “bitched” at means he has won.

Keren Baruch /// The Spectrum Laurie Damstetter, a UB alumna, overcame her struggle with an eating disorder. Four years ago she developed a love for Zumba and now spreads her passion upon others.

KEREN BARUCH Life Editor She stared at herself in the mirror, disappointed in what she saw. She heard the voices of the popular girls of her high school in her head telling her that she was slutty and chubby – that she didn’t deserve to be on the cheerleading squad like the rest of them. Each insult was another stab, another irreparable wound. Finally, she couldn’t take it anymore – she had to be skinny.

She went into a bathroom stall and gazed at the reflection of her face in the toilet bowl water. She stuck her finger down her throat as all of the food in her stomach came rushing up.

Laurie Damstetter, a now 34-year-old UB alumna, began her yearlong struggle with bulimia her senior year of high school.

UB Counseling treats about 50 students per year that suffer from eating disorders, according to Carissa Uschold, a counselor on the Student Wellness Team. Bulimia in adolescents is on the rise, but not all cases are reported because of the stigma that surrounds eating disorders. Damstetter’s case is one of those that went unreported. But four years ago, she fell in love with a healthy approach to losing weight: Zumba.

Where It All Began When Damstetter was 15 years old, she felt the urge to be rebellious. So she

moved out of her mom and step dad’s house and in with her biological father because she knew he wasn’t as strict as her parents. When she made the house switch, she also switched high schools.

She realizes now that her parents only had her best interest in mind when they were enforcing rules, and she regrets ever leaving their house. Since then she’s matured she understands that she was just being a “bratty” teen, and wishes she could take back her actions.

When she moved to the new school, she decided to become a cheerleader.

“A girl on the squad [at my new school] got pregnant so they had an opening,” Damstetter said. “So I went and tried out, and so did many other people, and I made it. So now I’m this new girl that comes into high school, and people were mean and cruel saying: ‘chubby, who’s she making the cheerleading squad?’

Then I dated a guy and we broke up, and I dated another guy, and they’d call me names – it just became too much.”

The bullies at school that were calling her names and driving her to lose all of her confidence slowly engraved themselves into her mind. After a while, she became her own demon. They were no longer the ones telling her she was insignificant; now she was the one convincing herself.

She would eat and then lock herself in a bathroom using either her finger or the back of a toothbrush to throw up.

Monday: Partly Cloudy- H: 25, L: 19 Tuesday: Partly Cloudy- H: 43, L: 36 Wednesday: Partly Cloudy/Windy- H: 55, L: 44

Before attendees start marking up their bingo boards, Over asks them to stand and raise their dabbers in allegiance to the bingo pledge: “I solemnly swear…I am here to help people living with HIV/AIDS…I also swear…that bingo is just a stupid game.”

Gay Bingo is more than just a game; it’s a culture with specific guidelines, and as Over pointes out, it “isn’t your grandma’s bingo” – which is clear from Gay Bingo’s interesting set of instructions.

“Little old ladies can’t ‘shh’ you here.”

Over told the crowd. “If they do, they can get the [expletive] out and you can stay.”

Over, with some assistance from Jason Ward, the number caller, and Flip, the ball grabber, goes over the expected audience participation before the numbers start getting called.

At Gay Bingo, when B-1 is announced, every attendee is expected to answer in song with “… singular sensation, every little step she takes” from A Chorus Line. In similar fashion, it is “I-16… going on 17, what’s a girl to do?” from The Sound of Music. But the bingo lingo doesn’t just pay homage to musical theater – there is also the excitement and anticipation over the O’s.

Courtesy of Buffalo Gay Bingo Bingo-diva Gladys Over leads an evening that is nothing like your grandma's bingo. Buffalo Gay Bingo has raised thousands of dollars for HIV/AIDS organizations throughout Western New York with the help of drag queens, glitter, and crude humor.

Whenever Ward announces an “O” number, he is sure to leave a pause for the audience to scream, “O-what?” If he answers with a number like, O-68, disgruntled moans fill the bingo hall.

If Ward announces O-69, the entire hall stands and cheers.

Attendees who opt not to belt out the classic showtunes or participate in one of the various other scripted lines are reprimanded and forced to give a solo performance. Over and Ward are always watching for Gay Bingo faux pas.

Gay Bingo was brought to Buffalo by Michael Warner, president of the Buffalo AIDS Plus Fund of Western New York. He originally saw Gay Bingo being played for AIDS Philly on public television. He was immediately inspired to bring the game to Buffalo.

He flew to Philadelphia and met with coordinators; it took Warner three years of working out details before he could begin running bingo.

The first Gay Bingo was held at the Trinity Episcopal Church on Delaware Avenue in 2006; within the year, Gay Bingo had to relocate to the bigger venue of St. John’s Grace before finally settling in the current, and even larger, venue.

Warner estimated that there were about 100 people at that first bingo.

In the last six years, attendance has

tripled, and the hall often sells out.

Due to its popularity, the organization has been able to raise over $150,000 for HIV-related charities, according to Ward.

“It’s fascinating [watching Gay Bingo grow].” Warner said. “It started out mostly gay. Then word was getting out, and it started going the other way. It’s become so popular out in the ’burbs; you’ll see more than half is white suburban women that are really into it, and we still have the gay crowd.”

Before bingo starts, Over surveys the room. A lot of the attendees are bingo “virgins,” and the majority of the crowd is straight. Over is sure to assert “the straights” are on her turf, and she asks, “Are you ready to go gay for pay? Because if you’re not, then get the [expletive] out!”

The evening is a mixed crowd of seasoned bingo veterans, members of the gay community, and various others who have heard about it or come with friends. There is even a dedicated following from Canada.

“It’s the first time we’ve been here,” said Dave Walsh of Waterloo, Canada. “[Our friends] raved about it, so we had to come.”

I N S I D E

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Weather for the Weekend:

For the past six years, a combination of drag queens, glitter, crude humor, and bingo has raised thousands of dollars to assist HIV/AIDS organizations throughout Western New York. Buffalo Gay Bingo turns the gymnasium of Lafayette Presbyterian Church into a consistently sold-out hall of entertainment and cash prizes. On the second Saturday of each month, attendees are dazzled – and lovingly mocked – by bingo’s lead drag queen.

Gay Bingo veteran Jeff Quinton – Continued on page 10

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Continued from page 1: Watt A Season!

– it seemed like this Bulls team was in dire straits, desperately looking for a spark.

Head coach Reggie Witherspoon understood the burden that the Bulls faced early on.

“It certainly could have been [pressure],” Witherspoon said. “Your adrenaline is pumping, it’s a big crowd, it’s senior day, and there’s that little voice in your head that says ‘shoot it.’ I thought our guys did a great job persevering through some adversity.”

Watt and the winningest senior group in Buffalo’s history would not be denied of its 78th win together. The seniors answered the bell on senior night.

The senior quartet led the way as the Bulls responded with a 12-0 run, led by Watt. Each senior played a huge role in the Buffalo comeback.

After showing some nerves in the first half, Watt showed why he is a frontrunner for Player of the Year considerations in the MAC. After a frustrating first half, he scored 14 of his teamhigh 20 points in the second. In one sequence, he stole the ball from Falcons’ point guard Jordon Crawford at midcourt, and raced to the basket uncontested for a monster slam that sent a packed house of 4,015 to its feet.

Watt also became the 17th player in Buffalo history to score 1,000 career points.

Titus Robinson and Dave Barnett made a number of crucial plays in the second half. Robinson started off the game 1-of-5 from the field, as he was unable to get a look from the low post against a solid Falcons front line.

In the second half, Robinson became the aggressor, as he made crucial defensive stops late on a hot Falcons forward A’uston Calhoun. He also clinched the game, nabbing a crucial rebound in the final seconds and sinking a pair of free throws.

Barnett was very aggressive on the boards as well. He had two late offensive rebounds off of

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missed shots by the Bulls, both turning into key baskets. He also shocked many in the stands as he took a missed layup from sophomore forward Javon McCrea and slammed it home over the Falcon defenders. He ended with eight points, six rebounds, three assists and a block.

Senior guard Zack Filzen added three more 3-pointers to his career, as he went 3-of-9 from downtown. He leads the MAC in 3-pointers made with 85.

“Being down nine with 10 minutes left, that comeback epitomizes senior leadership,” Barnett said. “We came together and didn’t let anybody take advantage of us. We just stuck together and got stops and didn’t let them take it.”

Calhoun played like a man possessed for most of the game. He abused the Bulls early and often, using his arsenal of jump hooks and power moves to the basket for a game-high 23 points.

“My gosh, he’s really talented,” Witherspoon said.

“He has a lot of skills. He can score with his back to the basket, and he can also face up and drive.

And he has a motor. To find all that in one package is rare. He’s just a tough player to stop.”

He was not alone. Crawford and fellow guard Dee Brown knifed their way through the Buffalo zone. Brown finished with 15 points, five assists, and five rebounds. Crawford finished with 13 points. But their efforts weren’t enough as they couldn’t stop the Bulls in the second half, allowing Buffalo to shoot 65 percent from the field.

The Bulls sit only two wins away from making their first NCAA tournament appearance. They will begin their trek to the big dance in Cleveland, Ohio as they take on the best the MAC has to offer in the MAC Tournament. With the two seed in hand and a ticket to the semifinals set, Buffalo has to wait until Friday to find out its next opponent. Tipoff for that game is scheduled for 9:30 p.m.

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She did this every single day.

“My best friend was totally mad at me,” Damstetter said. “She would bang on the bathroom door and scream at me. She’d tell me it was stupid and ask me to stop, but I didn’t care.”

In the beginning of her senior year of high school, Damstetter was a size 8 to 10. By graduation date, her dress was a size 0.

She had finally reached her weight goal.

All on her own, she stopped making herself throw up and flushed her bad habits down the toilet along with her final purge. She finally understood during her senior year of high school that what she was doing was unhealthy and harmful.

A New Chapter: Taking Healthier Steps Damstetter had her first son, Dylan, one month after finishing college at the age of 22, and then her second, Ethan, at the age of 27. She noticed she was gaining weight again, and decided not to travel down the path she followed when she was a teenager.

Instead she signed up for a gym.

“I would just do the equipment and one day I saw through the window that they were dancing,” Damstetter said. “I loved dancing, I love music, I had been dancing my whole life, and I decided to try it. I just took a few classes. I fell in love and I became one of those regulars that just kept coming and coming. I saw a lot of results losing weight.”

When Damstetter started Zumba, she was going through a difficult divorce, but the energy and happiness she felt during her Zumba class helped her through the hardships.

One day Damstetter’s instructor told her that she should go to training and get her own Zumba instructor license. She took the training but didn’t do anything with her certificate until one year later.

Inspiring Others For the past two years, Damstetter has been teaching her own Zumba class at the Buffalo Athletic Club (BAC) for six hours a week and she attends several other classes, led by other Zumba instructors, for four hours a week. She wants to help others feel as free and lightweight as she does while dancing.

Her efforts are successful.

“Since I’ve started teaching, people have told me their stories,” Damstetter said. “One woman came up to me after class and told me this is her escape. She has a sick husband at home; she takes care of him all day long and this is her one hour to get out, she comes to Zumba as her release.”

Zumba is a savior to many, and Damstetter feels lucky to have the ability to spread the dance that saved her life upon others. Her classes range from 40 to 80 people, and she gets to know most – if not all – of them on a personal level.

Jodi Katz, a senior health and human service major, attends Damstetter’s class at the BAC. According to Katz, it is Damstetter’s energetic attitude and fun vibe that keeps members coming back for more.

“She’s very energetic and spunky,” Katz said.

“She gets the whole class involved, even the most unlikely Zumba person. She does moves that everyone would be able to do and has everyone smiling and laughing. She screams and we all scream back. It’s a good laugh and workout.”

Members are sure to thank Damstetter after every class, and Damstetter thanks them back for coming, participating, and being a joyous part of her day.

“It feels good when they tell me they see how passionate I am [about instructing],” Damstetter said. “It feels like I’ve made an accomplishment. People come up to me after class and tell me I’ve changed their lives. I’m not there for my workout – it’s for them. I’m just there to lead them.”

In order to take a stand against child obesity, Damstetter and a colleague have created a Zumbatomic class targeted toward children.

“In 1980, 5 percent of children were obese in America, now 19 percent of kids are obese,” Damstetter said. “They’re the kids of today, but they’re the adults of tomorrow.”

She feels passionate about enforcing healthy living because she has personal experience with eating disorders and the dangerous lifestyle. She believes Zumba can increase physical health, but also mentally and emotionally stabilizes people.

Once members attend Zumba classes continuously, they begin to form relationships with members in their classes, according to Damstetter. She considers her Zumba friends to be her best friends; she knows that if she’s having a bad day they will be there to support her – whether they are 62 years old or 22 years old.

Damstetter is now surrounded by four mirrored walls in her Zumba studio. Now she smiles at her reflection. She plugs her iPod into the jack, and when the beat blasts through the speakers she loses herself to the cumbia – a style of Zumba dance – the shuffles, and the kicks.

Her emanating smile and inspiring voice encourage those before her to “feel sexy and confident,” in a way that she hadn’t felt up until four years ago, when she enrolled in her first Zumba class.

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Red and Green

A real debate is needed to solve the drug war In America, the War on Drugs isn’t a literal war. Mostly, it’s a concerted effort by the federal government to take strong police action against the drug trade. People get sent to prison, but for the most part it’s not an armed conflict.

The same can’t be said for Mexico.

Since 2006 and the beginning of Operation Michoacán by the Mexican government, a real war has been raging for the heart of the nation.

Casualties have been staggering.

It’s estimated that 51 people a day died in 2011. Since its inception, the Mexican Drug War has claimed around 50,000 lives, which approaches the number of Americans lost during the Vietnam War. Any solution would be a welcome relief for every person in Mexico, where fear is currently the dominant emotion, and some of the political leaders in Latin America have been debating the merits of decriminalizing drugs.

Now, under immense pressure to discuss the issue, Vice President Joe Biden is traveling to Latin America to have a “robust conversation” about security. Considering the majority of drugs from the Mexican drug cartels come to

America, it’s great to see that we’re at least trying to be involved in the solution.

Hold on just a minute, though. The Obama administration has made it perfectly clear that decriminalization or legalization of drugs is completely off the table. Don’t bother making any good points; apparently we don’t want to hear it.

It’s almost like the federal government wants to ignore that there is a debate going on. States have been arguing the merits of decriminalization for some time, but on the federal level it’s been a hurdle just to get serious debate going.

Among our editorial staff, we have a number of viewpoints on this one particular issue. As a whole, we agreed that hard drugs shouldn’t be legal, but marijuana is different. A plurality of the board thinks it should be decriminalized.

The economic impact would be huge. If treated like alcohol, marijuana would be a massive source of tax revenue for the federal government. Not to mention the money saved by not requiring a massive police force to arrest people with pot, and the reduction in prison population.

Another group of us sees the possible destructive nature of marijuana. Decriminalizing it would make it more acceptable as a society to get high, and setting the standard that getting a temporary good feeling by smoking weed is a good thing could entice children to smoke and waste their lives and time.

Some just really don’t care. It’s a waste of time to argue about what people do to their bodies, and we have more important things to do and legalizing pot won’t solve those problems.

In the end, we didn’t agree. Each of us had our points, but we weren’t able to see eye to eye.

Thing is, at least we had the debate. The Obama administration wants to pretend that it can put its fingers in its ears and drown out legitimate arguments, rather than actually be engaged in them.

Sure, it’s great and all that you sent the national grandpa to check out what’s going on with the drug war, but if you’re not willing to talk about all the options to helping deal with the problem, you may as well have just stayed home.

Rush of Blood from the Head Women will not be silenced by hate

It’s almost like a physical law of the universe: if you give someone a national live talk show, he or she will inevitably say something stupid and offensive. Surely during the course of a week we’ve all said something that would piss off most of the general public.

Most dumb quotes are told to dead air or people who don’t care, so they get ignored and passed over.

Rush Limbaugh, however, has made a living off enraging his critics with inflammatory comments.

He’s the real-world version of the Internet troll.

Limbaugh seemingly knew how to toe the line between crazy trash to get people exited and dangerously offensive. That is, until he made comments about a Georgetown law student, Sandra Fluke, who was testifying to congress about a national healthcare policy that would mandate birth control coverage.

Rather than attacking her views and belittling her in the normal fashion, Limbaugh struck below the belt. On his national radio show, he said Fluke was a “slut” and a “prostitute” for wanting to have so much sex that she “can’t afford the contraception.”

The typical rage from the left erupted from the Internet, and the normal tough guy “I won’t back down” rhetoric spewed from Limbaugh’s mouth. He even added insult to injury the first day by telling Georgetown students that he would buy every student an aspirin to put between their knees.

Then his wallet started to be hit.

A campaign on twitter and social media to stop companies from advertising on his radio show was successful and advertisers began to pull funding.

Only then did he apologize.

Thing is, what Limbaugh said was just as much a reflection of the society we live in as an insight into the man. As an ad hominem attack, everyone agreed that calling a student voicing her opinion a slut was wrong, but the sentiment isn’t uncommon.

There is a double standard in this world. Women who are open about their sexuality and don’t prescribe to this archaic world view that sex is only for procreation are “sluts,” but men are looked up to when they’re hooking up with women left and right.

Get a Clue, Santorum REBECCA BRATEK News Editor

Eight states currently allow same-sex marriage.

Eighteen thousand married gay and lesbian couples reside in California, though Proposition 8 was passed, making same-sex marriages illegal.

At least 131,000 gay and lesbian couples live across the U.S., according to the 2010 census (and this census was done before New York State legalized same-sex marriage this past July).

And Rick Santorum wants to unmarry every last one of those couples. If he is elected president, he will push for a constitutional amendment to prohibit same-sex marriage, nullify state laws regarding same-sex marriage, and invalidate existing marriages The only reason marriages before Prop. 8 stuck was because the court said the bill didn’t clearly inform voters it would invalidate existing marriages. Santorum won’t make that mistake with his constitutional amendment proposal.

“We can’t have 50 different marriage laws in this country,” Santorum said in a NBC News interview on Dec. 30.

“You have to have one marriage law.”

Oh, I guess he forgot the Tenth Amend-

ment, which grants powers not delegated to the federal government to the States or the people.

I thought Republicans were all for “states rights?” But I guess that goes out the window when state rights concern gay rights.

He also hasn’t stated how he plans to try to draft such a sweeping amendment, or how he plans to get it passed.

Santorum, quite simply, is an idiot.

This isn’t going to be an argument about whether you believe in gay marriage or that I hate you if you’re homophobic or that you’re a backwards-cousin-marrying-redneck Republican if you are (very) socially conservative.

Those are your choices, just like I reserve the right to be cool with a man loving another man.

This is an argument, more importantly, about civil rights.

It’s 2012. Are we really, as Americans, going to revert to the practice of telling people what they can and cannot do?

Remember slavery, when we treated African Americans as less than human, and we forced them into a harsh, unpaid workforce? Or remember that time women weren’t considered citizens or equal to men, and they couldn’t vote? Or that time Native Americans were forced out of their homes and put onto reservations? Were Americans right then, or is it OK because we’ve “changed?”

Americans, as a whole, are becoming more tolerant and accepting of same-sex marriage, according to opinion polls. But

We’ve even seen it in our own paper. We run a sex column written by a woman that receives grand amounts of unfair flak. A man talking frankly and comically about sex is funny, but a woman doing it is offensive?

Maybe this is a sign of growing pains about sexuality. We can see now that trying to silence a woman because she’s not an illogical image of chastity is starting to be viewed as wrong. The traditional system is being turned on its head.

Limbaugh won’t lose his show.

He’ll continue to talk about things he doesn’t understand like he’s God’s gift to the airwaves because of his fervent fan base, but his “slut” comments have proved something, once and for all.

The time is coming where the people of this nation won’t stand for driving a wedge in the public discourse with hate and ignorance.

We’re fed up with this divisive garbage.

Hopefully we’re coming upon a time when the voice of many drowns out the voice of the hateful.

Only time will tell.

Santorum doesn’t think that means much.

“Just because public opinion says something doesn’t mean it’s right,” Santorum said in the same NBC interview. “I’m sure there were times in areas of this country when people said blacks were less than human.”

Um, aren’t you treating homosexuals as “less than human” when you deny the right to marriage, something the law shouldn’t be able to regulate?

Can you regulate love?

I could care less if you believe marriage should be between only a man and a woman; that’s your prerogative. But whether you agree with it or not, it’s not your decision. I’m not knocking on every Republican’s door and screaming about how much I hate that we can own guns. Santorum, or anyone else for that matter, shouldn’t decide who can love and get married.

The world isn’t going to end if John marries Fred or if Deb marries Suzy. Is any other marriage other than your own really that important to you? What effect does any other relationship have on your life?

Santorum, please stop telling Americans what they can and cannot do, unless you want to revert back to the 1950s and earlier.

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As of Monday, March 5, I’m Done With Alcohol …And you should be, too

AARON MANSFIELD Senior Life Editor

In the past month, I’ve kissed three co-workers I had no business kissing – all in front of a bunch of people – and sent 34 regrettable text messages. Sorry, mom and dad. I’m a college student, so the cause shouldn’t surprise you: Alcohol.

As Brad Paisley sings: “You’ve had some of the best times you’ll never remember with me – alcohol.” He’s right; while you’re drunk, alcohol is magnificent (barring any sickness), and who doesn’t like uninhibitedly dancing to Rack City?

It’s the before and after that leaves a lot to be desired.

First you face the struggle of acquiring said alcohol.

If you’re underage, this means either using a fake ID or getting someone else to buy it for you. Huge hassle.

Also, alcohol costs a whole lot of money. Most of us undergrads don’t have a ton of paper in our bank accounts.

Also, people typically have a propensity for shelling out cash while they’re drunk – whether it’s on fried food, drinks for themselves or friends, etc. I went out with a friend two weeks ago and he didn’t want to spend a lot of money, but ended up dropping $50.

Your wallet’s just looser once you have a few drinks in your system.

All right, so maybe some of you aren’t as financially restricted as me, but there are plenty more reasons to drop the bottle.

Like being healthy? Alcohol is implausibly high in calories, so it more than nullifies that day’s workout and it tends to ruin your workout the next day, too – if you have enough energy to get to the gym.

Like keeping your shirt on? Yeah. Don’t drink.

Like not having a strange reputation at work or school? You’re probably going to do some weird stuff when you’re drinking.

Remember that person you thought you’d never hook up with? You probably will if you’re drunk, and as you’re semi-still-drunk driving home from the party the next day, you’ll be thinking: “What the hell?”

I’m not going to go off on a tangent about drunken experiences, but a video of you might show up on Facebook the next day and “Let Me Clear My Throat” might be playing and you might be dancing uncontrollably and embarrassingly.

Don’t get me wrong – of course there are great stories, too. There’s a chance you could watch four guys throw down in the street and see one of them drop his sub from Jim’s Steakout and maybe you could grab it after it has been run over by three cars. And then you could revel in its deliciousness, naturally.

I assure you this isn’t just me writing a column on Sunday morning in bitterness because of an absurd Saturday night that consisted of far too many drinks – a column that I’m not going to stand by. I won’t be wasted next weekend or the one after, and so forth.

This is a conscious decision.

As I tried to use a toothbrush to scrub the three-inch hickey off my neck this morning, I started thinking about my career. I thought about how my first day at my internship – a job that is legitimately pivotal – is this Tuesday. How would they feel if I walked into the office with a hickey? It’s unprofessional and immature. I wouldn’t even take myself seriously.

I don’t consider myself the typical college student, and I’m assuming you don’t like to think that about yourself either. I’m not a lazy kid who freeloads off his parents, slacks off in class, and gets wasted five nights a week. I’m certainly not a man whore who hooks up with random girls. Alcohol changes that sort of thing. It can turn the most gentlemanly man into a slob.

I’m not going to touch on all the legal problems you could run into, because I think those go without saying.

If you’re different from all the kids that need alcohol to have a good time then prove it. Though Jonathan Davis – lead singer of the band Korn – isn’t usually someone to live your life by, he has some exceptional lyrics from time to time: “You laugh at me because I’m different; I laugh at you because you’re all the same.”

Honestly, if your friends are real friends, they’re not going to mind that you give up alcohol. They’ll certainly appreciate having a designated driver.

The title of this column is kind of misleading. I’m not giving up alcohol forever – just until the end of the semester (how could you abstain all summer?) – and I’m not giving up all drinking. Just binge drinking.

Lord knows everyone could use an icy, refreshing Labatt after a long, hard day. But I’m through with the 15-beer or 15-shot kind of nights.

(Slight aside: if a girl tells you she can’t take a lot of shots, don’t encourage her by saying you’ll take three for every one she takes. I don’t care how manly you are – you will end up hurling as she rubs your back.)

So in summary: in moderation, alcohol can be great. But when you go overboard, you’re sure to make some serious mistakes and regret your decision to drink afterwards.

Want to do well this semester? Want to make strides toward succeeding in your career while others party every night?

You don’t?

Oh. I do. See you when the weather’s warm, Jägermeister.

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Monday, March 5, 2012

Mister (Aspiring) DJ

LISA DE LA TORRE Staff Writer

The floor of the basement is sticky from beer and the black lights – intended to create a club-like vibe – illuminate two cobwebbed laundry machines positioned against a far wall.

It’s no ritzy nightclub, but to Zachary Goldstein, a freshman history major, it may as well be Madison Square Garden.

Each night in the basement he makes his debut as a DJ, and though he is working for free, he has every intention of bringing down the (frat) house.

Yan Gong /// The Spectrum The UB Students for Life have finally gained recognition as a club on campus and hope to spread their pro-life stance on abortion throughout the student body.

MEGAN DRESSEL Staff Writer The club members sit in front of the panel of SA Senate officials – sweaty palms, hearts racing. This moment has been pending for months; the three clubs before this club have been victorious. Will they meet the same fate? The painfully long moment finally comes to an end – the verdict has been reached. Seven vote yes, none vote no, and three are undecided.

Victory.

The UB Students for Life club, which advocates a pro-life stance on abortion, became a temporary club last year after being ignored by the SA and disrespected by those of high office at UB. Once the club received temporary status, it saw its presentations destroyed and faced animosity from students and other clubs on campus.

Regardless of these troubles, the UB Students for Life organization became an official club on Feb. 26 and received the award for Best New Club in the Nation by the Students for Life of America. While these are huge accomplishments for the club, there may be more turmoil to overcome.

Not all students are providing a warm welcome.

Of the 16 members, each has a different reason for being pro-life.

President Christian Andzel, a sophomore history and political science major, is adopted from Columbia. His birth mother was living in poverty with no one but her grandfather for support.

“My mother gave me life in the face of poverty,” Andzel said. “She not only gave me life in Columbia, but she put me in an orphanage that would bring me to the United States – the land of the free and hopeful.”

He now believes that he is truly living the American Dream, and the best life he could ever think of – all because his mother chose life.

For Jacob Issac, a freshman business administration major and secretary of the club, pro-life was the only option in his home country.

“Back in India, being pro-life wasn’t a choice we made,” Issac said. “Rather a value with which we are brought up.

I think of it as being a part of my upbringing and my culture.”

Sonika Singh, a freshman electrical engineering major and another international student, feels similar to Issac. While she has been involved in other things on campus, this was the first club that really grabbed her interest. This interest, combined with the presentations, videos, and speakers that come to the monthly meetings, Singh was motivated to become

Goldstein is not the only person whose interest in music – specifically, electronic music – has inspired him to give turntables a try. The techno genre is becoming increasingly popular, and as a result many students across the country are looking to emulate their favorite artists and become DJs themselves.

Earlier this month, Goldstein posted flyers around campus advertising the fact he worked for free.

“I just love doing it…I don’t feel right asking for money to do something that is fun to me,” Goldstein said. “I figure if people see it as a problem, and they just want go party instead of being in charge of music, just let me take over.”

While many tend to let financial benefit dictate the activities they devote themselves to, Goldstein is not yet concerned with fame or fortune. He acknowledges that he is still a beginner and has much left to learn and is careful not to get ahead of himself.

Instead of focusing his efforts on being recognized and making money, he is happy just to have the opportunity to DJ parties for various UB students, and he criticizes the “elitists” who look down on DJs for petty reasons.

“Some people are like: ‘oh, top 40 music is such crap. I hate that I have to play it,’” Goldstein said. “But I’m just like… you’re not supposed to be DJing for you; you’re supposed to be making the crowd happy. And honestly that should be what’s the most fun about it.”

Andrew Pawluk, a junior media stud-

Nyeri Moulterie /// The Spectrum UB Students aspiring to be DJs get their start and hope they will have that one performance that will launch their careers.

ies major, attributes his love for dance music to the friends who introduced him to it when he started college.

Since then, he has met a lot of people through his experiences DJing under the name DJ Slappie.

“A lot of my good friends DJ, and it’s nice to have people to test out new music on,” Pawluk said. “I’ve definitely met some cool DJs so far. Dance music is really blowing up in the Buffalo area.”

Pawluk, along with a few other UB students, recently performed as part of an event called Decibel at a local club named The Forvm. The event is run through a company called After Dark Entertainment and is described as: “a monthly party featuring the best in dubstep, house, moombahton, drum ’n’ bass, and more.”

he’s already performed at festivals and clubs in New York City. His first paid performance was right here in Buffalo.

“First time I got paid to DJ was at Northside, and it was really cool,” Rosado said. “I still hold down my weekly gig there on Saturday nights, and they love me and I love them. They were the first ones to put me on.”

Rosado is featured as an affiliated artist on the blog “Vinyl Penetration,” which focuses on electronic music of all sorts. He and Vinyl Penetration began around the same time, and after “badgering his friends with shameless selfpromotion,” he felt justification when he was approached by the blog staff and asked if he’d like to be affiliated.

Though the club itself is not as big as some of the clubs that downtown Buffalo has to offer, Pawluk was pleased with the turnout and looks forward to performing at the next Decibel.

According to Rosado, Internet blogs are to electronic music as underground clubs were to the ’80s punk scene. They provide a place for aspiring DJs and producers to gain exposure, whether they’re posting their own songs and mixes or being featured by specific blogs.

Junior sociology major Harris Rosado has made a name for himself during his time at UB as “Rosado DJ.” He has also performed at Decibel, but he is no stranger to live performances, as

In addition to mixing famous songs and creating mash-ups, Rosado also produces his own electronic music from scratch. He incorporates other instruments with the electronic sounds.

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Students Re-Joyce at Valente’s Teaching

WESTON SHAPIRO Staff Writer At first glance, English professor Joseph Valente looks the part of a disheveled police officer, hardened by years of grotesque images and murderous aftermath implanted into his memory. He sports a long pea coat and bowler cap, with tufts of hair spurting down the sides of his ears and a bushy moustache that owns most of his upper lip.

Many of Valente’s students would say he is a caring professor, passionate for Irish literature and his students.

Those who call him father or husband know a different yet strangely similar side of him. Valente is only in his second year of teaching at UB. His impact, however, has not taken long to grasp student attention.

“The man is brilliant; he’s the smartest professor I’ve ever been taught by,” said Stephanie O’Bryan, a senior English major. “I’ve watched him scare students by yelling at them because he’s so involved in what he’s talking about and he cares about it so much.

I wake up in the morning and it’s the only thing that gets me to campus because I’m so excited about his class.

It’s so interesting.”

O’Bryan, who said Valente is “over the top educationally but in the best way

Continued from page 4: Hey, Mister (Aspiring) DJ Looking forward, Rosado hopes that his work as a producer, which is his preferred title instead of “DJ,” will differentiate him from the dozens of aspiring DJs that in his opinion don’t always deserve the credit they receive.

He believes that too many people are being hired to perform for the wrong reasons, like the amount of business they will bring in. “[At some places] you can play the hokey pokey all night and be the worst DJ in the world, but if you bring out 100 people, the club will hire you again,” Rosado said. “I try to be nice about it and just mark my own territory by performing as best as I can and letting my actions speak for me.

I’d rather under-promise and overdeliver.”

of consciousness” style in the novel Ulysses.

possible,” has taken the four classes taught by Valente through the four semesters that Valente has been at UB.

Besides being a James Joyce scholar, Valente is a decorated author himself.

Having written three books so far, he has also published around 50 articles and edited a couple of collections of essays as well.

During the week, Valente can be found teaching small classrooms of students who wait anxiously for discussion of the day’s material.

“I’ve never been as excited to attend a class and read as much as this in my life,” said Andy Borchik, a senior English major who has also taken all four classes offered by Valente. “His way of going about teaching is you realize not only how significant the class itself is and what he’s willing to give to you, but he’s also willing to hear what you have to say.”

For some students who spend most of their time as just a number in a lecture hall, a professor who is willing to listen to their opinions is refreshing.

Rather than just sitting and receiving direction, he takes the time to listen to the students’ opinions on the lecture topics, according to Borchik.

“The book that I published last year is the best thing I ever did,” Valente said. “It’s called The Myth of Manliness in Irish National Culture. It’s the best thing I ever did – you know what, it’s the best thing I’m ever going to do.”

His ability to critique works of literature and his honesty are what he thinks helped him mold his career. As a young boy he dreamed of playing center field for the New York Yankees, a dream that would never come to fruition.

Yue Hu /// The Spectrum Professor Joseph Valente has worked hard in his two years teaching English at UB to build strong and lasting relationships with his students, making them feel important and giving them a voice in the classroom.

Valente has earned the title of James Joyce scholar. This is a title that is only awarded to those who do a lot of hard work and have a dedication to the field of literature.

scholar,” Valente said. “You are really zeroing in on one body of work that repays that focus by its richness or complexity.”

“There are only about 10 [English authors] whose body of work is either large enough or rich enough or complicated enough that you can be a

This was a major honor to Valente, not only because of the prestige of the title, but because Joyce is one of Valente’s favorite authors. He adores Joyce’s “stream

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Above all else Valente considers himself a family-oriented man. He has a wife and a 13-year-old son who loves zoology. Every summer Valente and his wife take their son to various animal parks across the country.

“I want him to go to college. I want him to get married,” Valente said. “He goes to college, he gets married, I’m totally satisfied with my life. Not only have I done what I wanted to do, I’ve done what I needed to do.”

Valente has enjoyed his time at UB and plans on teaching here for many years to come.

“I like the students here tremendously, I really do,” Valente said. “They seem more curious, they seem more invested and I just like them.”

Up until he was in graduate school he wanted to be a construction worker.

He was content with working a bluecollar job.

His enthusiasm and literary intellect does not go unnoticed. Several students show their appreciation for him through a Facebook group that is solely dedicated to talking about how great of a professor he is.

As he grew older, however, his late father, who was a lawyer, inspired Valente to look into law. The idea of becoming a constitutional lawyer was always an option for Valente, but it never fully came to be.

“I would just say that English major or not, everybody deserves to take a class with this man because it’s going to change the way you look at college,” O’Bryan said. “It’s going to change the way you learn.”

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Nexuiz: An ‘Unreal’ Arcade Title

Monday, March 5, 2012

Caravan of Fun Steph O’Bryan Staff Writer

The Great Depression isn’t normally considered fun – the Caravan of Thieves sought to prove otherwise.

IllFonic brings back arena-style shooters with Nexuiz.

JAMES TWIGG Senior Managing Editor Game: Nexuiz Developer: IllFonic Publisher: THQ Release Date: Feb. 29 Grade: B+ Nexuiz is the newest downloadable first-person shooter on XBL – and soon to be on PSN and PC – and should fill the void for any nostalgic gamers who’ve lost their copy of Quake or Unreal from the ’90s and have spent the last decade crying about it. However, if you didn’t spend your childhood subjecting yourself to carpal tunnel and smashing keyboards then Nexuiz will be about as hard to play as it is to pronounce.

For new-age gamers who never took the time to explore their FPS roots, it may seem like someone accidently set Nexuiz to fast forward during development and just decided to publish it that way. But if you’re a gamer who can remember a time when a super human sporting billion dollar advanced armor could sprint for more than 15 seconds without getting winded then you’ll probably feel right at home in Nexuiz.

The gameplay is your standard fast-paced arena-style affair. It boasts two game types, Capture the Flag and Team Deathmatch, and each is a blast to play on every beautifully rendered map. Although if you’ve never played a game like this one – e.g. Quake or Un-

real – be ready to spend a lot of time waiting to respawn.

Fortunately for the arena-style rookies out there, the game features a bots mode where you can hone your sociopathic killing skills. Granted, none of these AI will measure up to someone well versed in the gameplay, but it’s a good place to get your feet wet with blood before you dive head first into the frenetic carnage.

Once you’ve learned the basic elements of the game, though, prepare to have your slate wiped clean when the Mutators come into effect and all but laugh at you for thinking you had this game figured out.

Whether it makes you invisible to help you get the drop on your unsuspecting foes or makes everyone wear a sombrero so that you can Mexican hat dance around their fresh corpse, the dozens of Mutators keep the game feeling fresh and avoid redundancy, extending its shelf life that much longer.

Nexuiz comes with nine gorgeous maps and nine weapons, which for a download costing only 800 arbitrary Microsoft points – or $10 of real people money – isn’t bad. Especially considering you’re lucky to get about nine quality maps of your run-of-the-mill fullpriced FPS purchase anyway, and at least as non-existent as the story is in Nexuiz, it’s still more intriguing than the thinlayered and cliché-driven Modern Warfare 3.

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The overarching plot to the game is about two alien races competing in an intergalactic gladiator-style tournament that’s broadcasted across the universe, but it serves more as a backdrop to the action rather than an in-depth story, and why shouldn’t it? Nexuiz is all about competitively blowing players to pulpy bits, not identifying with the alien on screen. If they had taken the time to have writers construct a captivating chronicle of events it would’ve been a bigger waste of a writer’s time than Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

It isn’t the most original title, but neither were Quake II, Quake III, or Unreal Tournament. At the very least Nexuiz deserves praise for a solid attempt at revitalizing a decaying style.

One match will have any seasoned gamer regressing faster than some Dunkaroos and an Ecto-Cooler juice box.

The only real downside to the game is its fan base. Which, while still growing, has the capacity to make or break an otherwise great game. Sometimes you’ll find yourself waiting on a match for 10 minutes or longer, which can get a bit annoying at times. But should this title receive the attention it rightly deserves, there’s not much else here to gripe about.

Caravan performed at Nietzsche’s Thursday as a stop on their Enter the Funhouse tour.

This was the gypsy band’s third time playing at Nietzsche’s, and its unconventional playing style kept the crowd animated throughout the show.

The quartet band immediately grabbed attention when it first walked on stage. Violinist Ben Dean and singer Fuzz Fuzzman donned top hats and rugged pinstriped suits, while singer Carrie Sangiovann wore an old-fashioned lacey dress and a flapper girl corset.

The idiosyncrasies don’t stop at the odd appearance, however.

Caravan of Thieves used scrap instead of an actual drum kit for percussion.

“We want percussion in our music but do not want a drummer,” Fuzzman said. “The junk incorporates rhythm if and when we need it.”

The band’s strange outfits and instruments symbolize the band’s idealism. Caravan of Thieves draw inspiration from the 1930s swing era, and they sought to emulate the energy from those times when forming the band.

“This idea of bringing the street performance to the stage led us to gypsy music and the 1930s swing era as these are free-feeling, charismatic performances by real entertainers,” Fuzzman said. “With this as the musical backdrop, combined with our fascination with macabre images and sharp-witted sarcasm, we began writing happy sounding pop songs with pretty harmonies, dark thoughts, and creepy

Yan Gong /// The Spectrum Caravan of Thieves draws influences from 1930s swing and pop music and put the genres in a bizarre package. They performed on Thursday at Nietzsche’s.

characters. This all seemed to be a suitable combination. And banging on buckets, frying pans and hubcaps were just crazy and human enough to fit too.”

Caravan of Thieves’ personalities are just as odd as their set up. At one point, Fuzzman fell on the floor and rolled around while playing his guitar. Then he shot one foot into the air to conduct the band’s sound, shaking it to signal for a volume increase.

The band also incorporated the audience into its performance.

The Thieves brought a girl onstage to help them adlib a story without the use of music, and the crowd praised the originality of the act.

Caravan of Thieves’ talent matched their stage persona.

Dean’s exciting violin solos and stomp percussion combined with Fuzzman’s skilled guitar playing highlighted their performance.

Fuzzman often switched to the difficult Spanish-style guitar and impressed the audience.

“It brought a different mood to their music, but blended well,” said Mark Finch, a Nietzsche’s regular.

Caravan of Thieves performed many popular covers, as well.

The first example being a mixture of three different songs called the “devil jam.” They blended together the Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil,” Beck’s “Devil’s Haircut,” and the Charlie Daniels Band’s “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.”

The band’s other mash-up consisted of the Bee Gees’ “Stayin’ Alive” and Gloria Gainer’s “I Will Survive.” The group then covered Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” shortly before the end of its performance.

The crowd was delighted when Caravan of Thieves returned for an encore. The band went unplugged and traveled into the crowd as they performed. They asked the fans to stomp to help them keep rhythm and they obliged.

Caravan of Thieves’ Enter the Funhouse tour runs through June 9.

Their new album The Funhouse is available on their website, caravanofthieves.com.

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Fen, a play written by feminist Caryl Churchill, was directed by UB associate professor Jerry Finnegan and performed by a cast made up of solely UB students.

Annjolynn Cales served as the breakout star of the play. Taking the role of Val, a meek, confused woman torn between the love of her life and her children, Cales did an amazing job progressing with her character during the 90-minute show.

A pivotal scene between Val and her 6-yearold daughter Shona, played by Katie Osborn, was the catalyst in Cales’ performance. After leaving her children with her mother to go live with Frank, Val ran into her daughter as she was out on an errand for her great-grandmother, Nan. The encounter began innocently, but quickly became extremely powerful as Shona began retreating from the conversation with her mother as a defensive mechanism to forget having been abandoned. Osborn effortlessly played the emotions of a confused and naïve Shona.

A similar scene between Val, Shona, her sister Deb (Ariel Judson), and their grandmother May (Maria Pedro), sparked a relatable audience reaction. In the scene, Val paid Shona, Deb, and May a surprise visit, which wasn’t received well.

“I had chills down my spine [during that scene],” said senior dance major Lawanda Hopkins. “It was very intimate, and it reminded me of arguments I’ve had with my mother.”

Family dynamics were not the only issue dealt with in Fen. Gender roles and stereotypes were also combated head on.

While Val feels the need to conform to traditional femininity, Nell (Vanessa Webb) fights societies restrictive gender stereotypes.

Zodiaque Thinks Inside the Box DELANEY MARSCO Staff Writer While most of UB was cheering on Bulls basketball, 25 dancers took to the CFA stage to showcase their own talents.

As the Zodiaque Dance Company performs for its 38th season, it is graced with a cast that is exceptionally technically strong. Yet this is a fact that gets lost in the group’s muddled choreography.

Abandonment, abuse and murder. All these subjects bring about a wide range of emotions and they were each encompassed in the intimate setting of the BlackBox Theatre inside the CFA.

The plot revolves around Val and Frank, a couple forced to choose between living apart and being miserable, or staying together and abandoning their lifestyles and responsibilities. The supporting cast contributes to Val and Frank’s decisions and mentalities, while still dealing with their own personal dilemmas, which made for multiple attention-grabbing performances.

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Reimon Bhuyan /// The Spectrum Family dysfunction, socio-economical abuse, love and the risk of losing love set the somber but realistic tone of the amazingly executed play, Fen.

Nell is perceived as the town outcast and treated as such. The town children taunted the possibility of her being a hermaphrodite due to her lack of femininity and defaced her garden, but Nell never changed. Webb embodied the unapologetic Nell as if the role were written for her.

During a scene at the town pub, as Frank tries to drown the misery of losing Val, Nell approaches him to share a bit of tough love.

In her most sincere scene, Webb represented Nell’s unorthodox point of view flawlessly.

“I just can’t think like they do. I don’t why…I’ve tried to. I’ve given up now. never think I’m normal now,” Nell “They’ll never think I’m normal now. thing, eh?”

know They said.

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Fen is very different from the typical formula of most plays. Opposed to the predictably happy ending most shows have, Fen is extremely ominous and dark, as it carries many serious problems that realistically wouldn’t be resolved in 90 minutes.

The actors weren’t the only aspect of the show heralded, however. The show was delivered in vignettes that linked the story together and the unorthodox delivery matched up perfectly with the plot.

“It was a puzzle,” said Elijah Coleman, a senior BFA acting and dance major. “You put the pieces together, and [in this case] the pieces fit.”

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“Bailanda al Ritmo,” a jazz-Latin fusion employing modern dancestyle suspension, chest pops, Afro-Cuban torso thrusts, and segmented body isolation, opened the show but set an unpromising tone for the rest of the performance.

Despite its diverse range of styles, none of these methods meshed harmoniously, causing the number to seem to lack a sense of itself.

The styles were not the only things that didn’t jive in this piece. The energy was unbalanced overall – some dancers made the tone of the piece overly strong, while others interpreted the tone to be soft – a major contributing factor to the seeming disconnect between the choreographer and the performers. This difference in interpretation was evident in the movements of the dancers, which, in moments that required extreme precision, were not together.

Lexa Hunt, a freshman English major who saw the Zodiaque Dance Company perform two seasons ago, noticed this lack of togetherness, but didn’t find it distracting.

“As a dancer, it’s always difficult for everybody to be exactly together the entire time,” Hunt said.

“But for a student production, I thought it was good.”

Later, “My Secret” brought an entirely different atmosphere to the theatre. With black shawls covering the dancers’ faces and ballet-inspired shapes, including arabesques, attitudes, and penchées, this high stamina piece had a chance to push the boundaries of the performers’ ability but fell short of expectations.

This wasted potential was clear when one performer stood in the middle of the dancers in a circle, swaying back and forth while putting her body weight on the others. Instead of making it seem like a real unbalanced movement, it looked as though she was holding back. Aside from a few lively

Satsuki Aoi /// The Spectrum Despite the impressive talent of the performers, Zodiaque’s choreography didn’t push the boundaries.

pas de chats, double-attitude saut de chats (leaps), and barrel roles, “My Secret” was a bit underwhelming.

It was not until the third performance – probably the high note of the entire show – that the true potential of the Zodiaque dancers was revealed. “Kaleidoscope” showed the dancers’ strength and technical abilities while still making a brilliant use of shape and level. In nude-colored body-hugging outfit, the dancers showed off their musculature and the choreography perfectly.

With an almost primordial tone, the earthy floor work of “Kaleidoscope” showed body-consciousness and a relationship to the ground that was not seen in the previous pieces. The partner work was especially notable, showcasing risky jumps and falls into groups of seemingly unready dancers.

Aside from this organic relationship the dancers had with the floor and one another, the lighting was also a well-done element. Somehow, a view of the dancers from directly above them was superimposed on the backdrop, enabling the audience to see the movement from an entirely different perspective. With this element, the audience truly felt like it was looking in a kaleidoscope.

“Silent Echo” also showcased intriguing lighting work. When the piece opened, the only lighting used was the stage right shin lights coming out of the wings.

With all the dancers on stage left in diagonal lines, the effect was almost futuristic.

to use stage space and make use of groups seemed awkward at best and forced at its worst. The way the dancers walked and paused behind a translucent scrim gave the piece a sort of voyeuristic element that didn’t fit with the rest.

Attempting to push the boundaries, “Cloud,” too, didn’t measure up. Employing the help of flowing plastic, the dancers maneuvered under and around a billowing landscape. While it was interesting and artistic at first, it became kitschy and too playful once each dancer got a piece of plastic as a prop. Less about the movement of dancers and more about the handling of the plastic, the piece fell out of style with the rest of the show.

The final piece, “PUSH,” gave the audience a chance to realize they had not wasted their Saturday night. The music, composed

by J.S. Bach, gave variety for the dancers to work with and really allowed the movement to come to life. Choreography was dynamic but connected, and the partner work showed a large range of techniques. Despite using pikes and sissonnes to achieve lightness, the choreography also managed to showcase angularity through an assortment of right angles in the legs.

Discordance between dancers’ interpretations, combined with a seeming unwillingness to fully push conventional boundaries, left Zodiaque in a creative rut as it failed to showcase the true talents of its dancers.

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Continued from page 4: Looking for Controversy? Join the Club an active participant.

In order to transition from a temporary club to an official one, the UB Students for Life had to put on two fundraisers, two community service events, and hold two meetings. The club is proudest of its participation in the Polar Plunge and Cystic-Fibrosis fundraisers.

Its most controversial event was the Cemetery for the Innocents, where 300 crosses were placed around campus to commemorate lives lost from abortion.

Unidentified participants ruined it by vandalizing the display, but the club managed to maintain high spirits.

“At the moment, [it was] disheartening to see,” Issac said.

“We looked at the positives and realized that we were making our presence known on campus. So instead of letting go of the issue, the very next day we gathered again to put back the crosses.

Our club’s morale grew stronger knowing that we had made an impact to the students, positive or negative.”

While the pro-life group takes a stand on the issues of organ donation, sex trafficking, euthanasia, and the death penalty, the main issue is abortion.

“It’s not [just] a woman’s issue,” Andzel said. “Men, boys are being hurt and they are dying. Mothers are killing their sons; future priests and ministers, future fathers, future brothers. That’s why it’s not a woman’s issue – it’s a human fundamental life issue.”

Termination of pregnancy is a heavily debated topic in the U.S., and UB is no different.

Lauren Pollow is a graduate student in the global gender studies department, with her bachelors in psychology. She was an active member of the UB Freethinkers club as an undergraduate student, an education intern at Planned Parenthood, and she also volunteers with crisis services to help domestic violence and sexual assault victims. Her problem does not stand with the club itself, but the issue it represents, and the toll it takes on women’s rights.

“Pregnancy is a gendered issue,” Pollow said. “I’m going to go out on a limb here and say it affects women more than men. You have no idea what it’s like to be pregnant, let alone be pregnant from coercive sex, or forceful sex. It’s an arrogance to speak on behalf of all women.”

According to Andzel, the club is opening its arms to women who are forced to make a tough decision. He wants to help make the process of raising a child a reasonable option for younger mothers.

“We want to encourage you to keep your baby,” Andzel said. “We are willing to give you anything you need from diapers to cribs.

We want to show our support for young mothers; we don’t want them to make the irreversible decision of killing their baby.”

While these are beneficial services to provide to the community, Pollow believes the group is being shortsighted. She feels that the members of the club are not taking the reality of becoming a parent seriously.

“I don’t think they would be prepared for the amount of money it costs to raise a child,” Pollow said.

“We aren’t talking cribs and diapers – this is bottom of the barrel.

To raise a child from essentially zero, buying prenatal vitamins, taking care of your body, eating the right food, all the way until 18. Those costs are ridiculously high. We live in a very pricey society.”

In January, the UB Students for Life participated in the March for Life. Andzel was quoted in The Spectrum saying that the club wanted to represent UB. To Pollow, this is unacceptable.

“They’re obviously allowed to go and represent a student interest group at UB, but to claim that they represent the school is unfair. This is a public university,” Pollow said. “I think they have every right to be here [at UB] and express their viewpoints, but I have the right to respond.”

Pollow is not the only one formulating a response against the organization. On April 5, the UB Students for Life will be debating the philosophy club in what promises to be an intellectual and entertaining debate. The topic will be abortion and the Students for Life are confident they will pull out a victory.

For students who are interested in gaining more insight on the pro-life topics, or for students who would like to politely bring up points of contention, simply attend the club meetings. The only request is that students maintain a respectful demeanor.

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Continued from page 1: RHA Senate Spends Student Dough on Dinner The senators and RHA’s executive board gather to discuss RHA’s overall business and then serve as the liaison between RHA and the halls, according to Kashinsky. The main point of the night, Guilaran said, is the dinner at the end of the meeting.

“Senate dinners are important,” Kashinsky said.

“They help bring everyone from around campus together. Our organization is a lot different from other organizations. We have people from all around campus – people who’d never really get to meet each other unless they come to Senate.”

Kashinsky also stressed that the dinners are open to any resident on campus and are not just an “incentive” for senators.

The dinners currently draw 40 to 50 people, but Kashinsky and the executive board members want to see more residents attend. She said that the dinners are modeled after “family dinner,” and residents get to have a night to meet new people and develop bonding relationships.

“Senate really is the bridge between all 13 residence halls on campus, and there’s a lot of parts of Campus Living,” said RHA Vice President Nicholas Chen. “It does induce a lot of talk, and it really is like eating family dinner every single day. [Residents] get to know each other, and that really helps make a lot of decisions.”

Chen added that the dinners help Senate to make decisions because they make senators and residents feel relaxed, and the conversation doesn’t feel as “stiff.”

But many students don’t know that Senate meetings are open to all residents and that the dinners are free and open as well. The Spectrum polled 40 residents from various residence halls – all but four students didn’t know about the open dinners.

“I did know about the meetings existing and being open to students, but I was never really interested,” said Marilyn Laistner, a senior chemistry major. “This is the first I’ve heard about the dinner part, though.”

Other students said that RHA Senate functions are a “mystery” to most residents and wished the meetings were publicized more. Other students said they are more familiar with their hall’s council, rather than RHA as a whole.

Kashinsky stressed that RHA would love to see more residents get involved in the Senate meetings and dinners, and she welcomes any resident to come and speak his or her mind. She said the main focus of RHA is to create a great environment for UB’s resident students.

“I would say, come to our programs, come to Senate, see what we’re doing,” Kashinsky said.

“Because a lot of people don’t realize what we’re doing, and I think possibly that [letter to the editor] skewed it in a negative way. We put on programs that we know [residents] love, we get feedback, and we know they enjoy them. And we’re here as a representative body for them.

We’re here because they need us and that’s what we want to give them.”

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Continued from page 1: Going Gay for Bingo Pay who’s made the trek from Niagara Falls, Canada to Buffalo for Gay Bingo about six times – brought Walsh and his wife. Walsh himself took a stab in dressing drag, showing up as “The Love Boat” cruise director Julie McCoy, adorned in a sloppy blonde wig and navy blue dress.

“Love Boat” was the evening’s theme, and the rest of the Canada group filled out the cast.

Quinton has never won; the closest he has come to winning was when his partner won $37.50. For Quinton and Walsh, attending Gay Bingo isn’t about winning. Quinton described it as an evening of “hilarity and cheap entertainment.” Walsh is already planning on coming back to Gay Bingo again.

Playing Buffalo Gay Bingo costs at least $20, for which attendees receive a pack of eight game boards for the night’s five games. Bingo players also have the option to buy additional game boards for the jackpot and mini-jackpot games.

These jackpot games have reached $784 in the past, and Kilger was the winner of the mini-jackpot game.

Kilger finally hit it big, receiving $562 on his 12th time at Gay Bingo.

“This is the first time I have ever won,” Kilger said. “It’s a lot of fun, and it’s a good cause. And I’ve gotten to know the people, like Gladys. They keep me coming back.”

When winners win they are encouraged to scream, “Bingo!” as loud as possible. When one of the many middle aged women suburbanites won, Ward asked, “Did I just hear a ‘bingo’ or an orgasm?”

Warner said Buffalo Gay Bingo has given away over $65,000 in prizes since

its beginnings.

The payout for Gay Bingo also attracts serious bingo players, like 55-yearold Alan Grice of Buffalo’s Allentown neighborhood. Grice had seven boards going during the game Kilger wound up winning.

Grice has been playing bingo for 35 years.

“I love the game,” Grice said. “I used to play seven days a week [and] go to Canada back and forth.”

Grice has since cut back, but he still finds a bingo event to go to at least once a week. While he says it’s definitely the most fun bingo he has ever been to, he sometimes struggles to put his serious bingo competiveness to the side.

“It’s too slow because of all the fun parts,” Grice jokes. “But if you just want to go and play bingo and have a good time, it’s great. But, when you know you need O-69 and have to wait [for audience participation], it can get kind of aggravating.”

Outside of the jackpot games, the regular games’ winnings range from $50 to $150. Grice was able to snag a $50 win.

In the past, he was won as much as $180 at Gay Bingo.

The next Gay Bingo event is slated for March 10. It will be Egyptian themed.

The doors for bingo open at 6 p.m. at the Lafayette Presbyterian Church on 875 Elmwood Ave. At 5 p.m., voucher tickets that ensure a game pack are available in the church’s parking lot. The games begin at 7 p.m. but typically sell out before then.

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Ending It Right Bulls Fall Short in First Round of MAC Tournament BRAD PARKER Staff Reporter TYLER CADY Senior Sports Editor

I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a better way to cap off a regular season than the completely perfect experience that was the men’s basketball game Saturday night.

There was something special about how it all went down, and I couldn’t ask for anything more from both the team and the crowd.

Mitchell Watt being hoisted on the shoulders of the hundreds of students on the court and carried off as a hero as chants of “M-V-P” reverberated through the arena was incredible.

In my four years here I’ve always envisioned Alumni Arena that way – packed out to near capacity, with an electric feeling throughout the crowd, and that’s exactly what there was on Saturday.

It was amazing.

There has been a lot of struggle to get fans to come out to Alumni Arena in recent years. I know it’s something myself, and others have harped on in this very paper. But when the team needed fan support the most, when everything was on the line, the fans came out in full force.

Certainly the team deserves everything it’s accomplished this season, but everyone that was there on Saturday deserves props as well because it was picturesque.

From a personal sentiment, as a senior it took four years for me to finally get to experience what I envisioned when I walked through Alumni Arena on my tour of the school.

I saw the big arena and without knowing anything about this school’s athletic history, I expected that the crowd would be lively night in and night out.

Growing up outside of Syracuse I saw the record-setting crowds and expected that it was a given. I never expected the struggles that the mid-major schools would have to go through to pack the house.

I took for granted the Big East atmosphere of the Carrier Dome, and never understood why it didn’t translate to the Mid-American Conference and the Bulls.

I’d been disappointed in the past for lackluster environments, but all that was erased Saturday. In my mind, Saturday made up for any shortcomings in the past four years.

The Bulls trailed by nine late in the second half but Buffalo’s incredible run sparked by a coast-to-coast Watt breakaway dunk, and finished off with an improbable and-1 baby hook, was all they needed. Watt lived up to the MVP chants without question.

I love the feeling on campus right now and thankfully it’s not over yet.

The win gets Buffalo in a position where it’s only two wins from the NCAA tournament, which would be a first for the school.

See you in Cleveland this weekend.

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The women’s basketball team ended its season in a fitting way on Saturday afternoon – frantically trying to claw its way from behind but ultimately falling short.

The Bulls (9-22, 4-12 Mid-American Conference) lost in the first round of the MAC tournament 96-82 to Akron (1417, 7-9 MAC), despite a 49-point second half outburst and a 31-point showing by senior guard Brittany Hedderson.

The Bulls had faced Akron just four days earlier, but avenging the loss was not to be.

Poor first half play hurt Buffalo the entire season and Saturday afternoon’s first round contest was no different, as the Bulls allowed 58 points in the first half – the highest total first half points scored by an opponent this season.

Akron was hot from the start as it started 8-of-9 from the field. The Zips continued the trend from behind the arc, as they connected on 10-of-15 threes behind guard Taylor Ruper’s six first half 3-pointers.

The Bulls had connected on just one 3-pointer in the first half which was a part of an abysmal 13-of-41 shooting effort. Akron almost doubled the Bulls’ shooting percentage and shot 20-32 from the floor in the first half.

“Akron really hurt us in threes and in transition in the first half,” said head coach Linda Hill-MacDonald. “But we came out in the second half, settled down, and got a little more aggressive offensively and defensively.”

It looked as though the game was getting out of hand for the Bulls, who trailed by 32 with 12:30 left in the game.

But the Bulls never relinquished their fight as they pulled off a 12-2 run, and then a 19-6 run to pull within 11 points with 4:27 left to play, but Buffalo would get no closer than that.

“We outplayed Akron in every aspect in the second half but dug ourselves way too big of a hole in the first half,” HillMacDonald said. “We were down way too much to overcome that type of deficit.”

The second half surge was led by Hedderson, who scored just seven points in the first half, but finished with a game high 31-points in what would be her last collegiate game ever.

Sophomore forward Nytor Longar also established herself late after being in foul trouble most of the first half. She scored 18 of her 23 points for the game in the second half, to go along with 11 rebounds.

With the loss, the Bulls said goodbye to the season as well as four graduating seniors.

Hedderson, guards Ephesia Holmes, and Teresa Semalulu as well as forward Beth Christensen all played their final games in a Bulls uniform.

Hill-MacDonald was appreciative to have such an outstanding senior class.

“It’s really rewarding to see the growth of players throughout the years,” HillMacDonald said. “When they got on the court, they took full opportunity and I’m extremely proud of how they represented our team and our campus.”

Email:sports@ubspectrum.com Courtesy of Jeff Harwell The women’s basketball team had their season come to an abrupt end on Saturday at Akron.

Bulls Break Records But Fall Short of Title BEN TARHAN Staff Writer

standings at the end, but lamented the fact that his team didn’t get the extra chance to swim.

While the eyes of Buffalo were on Alumni Arena Saturday night for the men’s basketball game, another Buffalo team was making its own run at a championship.

“I would [have loved] for these guys to have that opportunity to race [Friday] night,” Bashor said. “We had guys who had the opportunity to break some school records and try to qualify for NCAAs, but that was taken away.”

The men’s swimming and diving team came into this years’ Mid-American Conference Championships as defending champions with expectations of winning a second title.

As Bashor expected, the team had its strongest performance of the season. They set 12 school records, one more then they set at last years’ championships.

Junior Matt Hogan had perhaps the most successful weekend of any Bull, finishing in the top two of every event that he swam. He also set three school records in the 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle, and the 200-yard individual medley.

But the Bulls (6-1, 1-0 MAC) fell just short this year, finishing 19 points behind Eastern Michigan (4-3, 1-0 MAC).

Buffalo went into the final day of the meet trailing by 11 points, and took the lead after a strong performance in the 200-yard backstroke. Junior Matt Schwippert placed second, while freshman Travis Bohn and sophomore Phil Aronica placed fifth and sixth respectively.

The Bulls held that lead until the 3-meter dive, an event that Eastern Michigan dominated. Eastern Michigan placed six divers in the top 16 of that event and took a commanding lead going into the final event.

Although Buffalo won the final event of the meet – the 400-yard freestyle relay – with a record time, it could not catch the Eagles.

This year’s championship meet was surrounded by some unusual circumstances. After the preliminary heats on Friday morning, meet officials were forced to cancel the final heats due to tornadoes in the area.

He also helped in the 400-yard freestyle relay. After Buffalo had been neck-in-neck with the other teams for the first 300 yards, Hogan dove in and swam a split of 43.06, pulling the Bulls a full two seconds ahead of the rest of the field at the finish.

Meg kinsley /// The Spectrum The Bulls fell 19 points short of defending their swimming and diving Mid-American Conference Championship.

As a result, the top 16 times from each event in the preliminary swims were treated as the final swims and assigned the usual point values. The 800-yard freestyle relay was moved to the end of Saturday’s morning session.

Head coach Andy Bashor didn’t know if swimming on Friday night would have changed the team

The disappointment that came with the second place finish is a strong indicator of the strides this program has taken in recent years. Bashor admitted that just two years ago falling 19 points short of first place would have been a huge accomplishment. But after winning it all last year, the Bulls expectations have been raised much higher.

The Bulls only graduate four seniors and return nearly all of their point scorers and they are optimistic about next season.

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The men’s basketball team’s win on Saturday locked up the No. 2 seed for the Mid-American Conference championship. The winner of the tournament would gain an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament, which would be a first for Buffalo.

The second seed is important this year because of the revised tournament format. The one and two seeds get a bye all the way to the semifinals, where as the three and four seeds gain byes to the quarterfinals. Seeds five through 12 have to win a pair of games before even reaching the quarterfinals.

Nine of the 12-team field will already have been eliminated prior to the Bulls tipping off their first game.

In terms of the first game of the tournament there are five teams that the Bulls could face. No. 3 Ohio (24-7, 11-5 MAC) is the only team in the tournament field who Buffalo has failed to beat this season.

Buffalo is 5-1 against the other four teams, with the only loss coming to No. 10 Miami (Ohio) (9-20, 5-11 MAC) in January. Buffalo swept the season series with Bowling Green (16-14, 9-7 MAC), and won its only contests with No. 7 Toledo (16-15, 7-9 MAC) and No. 11 Central Michigan (10-20, 5-11 MAC).

The tournament will get underway for the Bulls at 9:30 p.m. on Friday. First round games get underway on Monday.

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