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UB downsizes construction plans for campuses AMANDA LOW

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Alana Barricks painted her “Queen City” piece on the side of Slice of Italy, a pizza shop near South Campus.

UB College Republicans president doubles as a graffiti artist GABRIELA JULIA STAFF WRITER Alana Barricks isn’t afraid to admit she is the person on Facebook “everyone hates.”

The poised, conservative girl would carry a gun in one hand and spray-paint can in the other. She’s also quick to share her political opinions on Facebook.

“I’m not your average Republican,” said Barricks, a senior political science major and president of UB College Republicans.

“I have a ton of tattoos.”

Barricks joined UB College Republicans during her freshman year and is currently in her second term as president. She’s also the secretary of the New York State Federation of College Republicans and was the committee chair of the Black Student Union. Friends and family agree, Barricks isn’t the norm – but she doesn’t want to be.

The graffiti artist and card-carrying member of the National Rifle Association

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Alana Barricks, a senior political science major, is the president of UB College Republicans and a graffiti artist. She isn’t afraid to speak, or paint, her mind, even if it offends some people.

(NRA) said her biggest challenge as president is that many people regard her as one stereotype. She said politics are often seen as black and white, but there is a lot of room for gray areas.

“The Republican Party has been made out to be the party of ‘old white men’ but that’s simply not true,” Barricks said. “We

are always continuing to fight for equality but media rhetoric is always bias.”

In high school, Barricks was part of the speech and debate team, the cheerleading team and sang in a death metal band.

Her father said that everyone from jocks to goths loved her.

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'Cross-dressing mayor' gets cross-examined by UB mock trial team UB hosts national mock trail competition SAMAYA ABDUS-SALAAM ASST. NEWS EDITOR

In a mock court case, the “mythical mayor” of Buffalo-Niagara enjoyed slipping into “something more comfortable” as part of his cross-dressing fetish.

But when his mayoral opponent discovered this, she hired her drug addict halfbrother to acquire photographic evidence to force the mayor out of the election.

This fabricated situation was heightened when the opponent did not pay her halfbrother for the job, so he conspired with the mayor to get the photos back – only if the mayor agreed to pay twice as much as the original job.

Somehow the two half-siblings ended up unconscious, and the mayor was charged with conspiracy and attempted murder.

Law students from 36 law schools across the country took on this case of mayoral conspiracy and attempted murder in the 11th annual Buffalo-Niagara Mock Trial Competition. UB hosted the event on Nov. 8-11. After the preliminary rounds Saturday and Sunday, 20 teams were left for the semifinals and finals.

Each school’s team has four students.

Last year, Northwestern University won the competition.

This year, UB’s law school had two teams, but neither advanced to the semifinals. One team consisted of Amanda Cannavo, Ryan Poplawski, Gina Gramaglia and Kevin Cannizzaro. The second team included Sean Carberry, Sidney Mosher,

On Nov. 8-11, law students from across the country traveled to Buffalo to compete in the 11th annual Buffalo-Niagara Mock Trial Competition, which is hosted by UB. COURTESY OF AMY ATKINSON

Christopher Berloth and Alison Camp.

The semifinal and final teams were from Creighton University, Western Michigan University Cooley Law School, Fordham University, St. John’s University, Nova Southeastern University, DePaul University and Faulkner University.

The competition pits two members against two of the same team. Each pair will switch between being on the prosecution and defense.

Judge Thomas Franczyk, a judge for the Erie County Court, creates the cases for the Buffalo-Niagara Mock Trial Competition each year and helps coach the UB teams.

“I want them to have an in-depth fact pattern with a lot of layers in it and a lot of legal issues,” he said.

The convoluted storyline requires the

members of mock trial to sort through the information, pulling out the relevant facts and setting aside ones that are just filler. At the same time, teams have to identify “the legal issues and the evidentiary issues so they can argue the case and present it in court,” Franczyk said.

Students prepare for the case during the semester before the competition. Based on their performance and a trial technique course offered through the law school, a team of four students is formed. Cannavo, a third-year law student, said the group prepared for more than eight weeks, including meeting formally four times per week and many additional hours expanding their case and developing their skills.

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UB is more than $500 million short of what it needs to finish its original construction and renovation plans across all three campuses.

The university has hit its spending cap for capital projects and recently presented a new plan with revised expenditures.

The original Five-Year Capital Plan allocated $404 million for projects on North Campus, $136 million for South Campus and $24 million for the downtown campus. It also had already allocated $375 million for the new School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

“There’s a queue actually that’s much larger than [UB] can pay,” said President Satish Tripathi of the university’s pending projects during Monday’s UB Council meeting.

Now the university is approaching the construction costs “year to year,” rather than on a five-year plan.

The Debt Reform Act of 2000 restricts the amount of money SUNY schools can spend per year. Because of this, UB is now planning on spending less money to accommodate the spending cap.

In the 2014 fiscal year, for example, UB received $49 million from SUNY, but was only allowed to spend $23.5 million of that given amount. UB received no funding in 2013, but the unused money from each year is rolled over to the next.

“We’ve taken small amounts of our critical maintenance money and put it toward small projects that are part of those larger capital projects to keep us moving forward toward our longerterm plan,” Laura Hubbard, vice president for finance and administration, said in an email.

Hubbard presented the revised plan to the UB Council Monday in its second meeting of the year.

The adjusted amounts now include $26.4 million for North Campus and $14.6 million for South Campus. There are no funds for the downtown campus in the adjusted budget, but the medical school is still expected finish by late 2016 or early 2017. UB didn’t adjust the more than $300 million allocated to the medical campus.

Hubbard said the adjusted plan does not include the demolition of the Cary-Farber-Sherman complex, the current medical school. Demolition of certain buildings is the “ultimate goal” because it is more cost-effective than renovation, she said.

“Unfortunately, often one has to renovate those spaces to make them more usable,” Hubbard said. “We’re looking at ways we can do that with smaller amounts of money.”

UB is still planning on moving the Graduate School of Education and the School of Social Work to South Campus once the medical schools have moved downtown.

About $13 million out of the $26.4 million for North Campus is going toward the Heart of the Campus project.

This project plans to renovate Norton Hall, Talbert Hall and Capen Hall as well as to create spaces “designed as a continuous environment in support of the discovery process,” according to UB’s website.

Other current construction projects include the $25 million renovation of Haynes Hall and the demolition of the Buffalo Materials Research Center, which was used to house nuclear reactors from 1960-94. All radioactive waste was removed in 2005.

Hubbard told the council the university will try to reestablish the five-year plan, as well as update plans for North and South Campus projects. email: news@ubspectrum.com

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Continued from graffiti, page 1 “She has the ability to adapt to anything,” said Jim Barricks, Alana’s father.

“Alana was always the girl who made the new kid in class feel welcomed.”

He said she has always been a “chameleon.”

When Barricks was a child, she wanted to go to Harvard University and become a lawyer. When she got to UB, she saw a future in politics.

But the road wasn’t simple, according to Barricks.

When she decided to declare a political science major, she said she needed to decide if she was a Republican or Democrat.

Her mother is a Democrat and her father is a Republican, so she wasn’t raised leaning toward one political party.

During her freshman year, she attended both College Democrat and College Republican meetings. She said many students aren’t involved in politics because they COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS TOOL LIBRARY don’t know which party to identify with.

Alana Barricks poses with her mother in front of one of her pieces of graffiti.

“You have to learn about yourself before you make any decision [about a polit- Wars,” which chronicled graffiti art in the As part of her internship with the ical party],” Barricks said. ’80s, for inspiration for the mural. Her Erie County Republican Committee, she She found her niche when she realized piece represented the idea of “war” be- helped host an election party in downshe identified with Republican views on tween artists. She used a different style for town Buffalo where the election results came in. each letter in the words “Style Wars.” gun rights.

She acts as a liaison between politics on Later, however, her piece was painted “I’m a self-proclaimed gun-nut and NRA card-carrying member,” Barricks over with the word “GOKR,” a local graf- and off campus, inviting guest speakers fiti artist’s name and a play on the word and local politicians to campus. In honor said. of Local Politics Month in October, BarOne of her close friends, Minahil Khan, “joker.” ricks brought Jacob Bratek, a candidate “I was upset, but it was perfect that it a junior communication and political science major and the student representative got painted over,” Barricks said. “It just for New York States Assembly, Angela Wozniak, a member of the Cheektowto the UB Council, said Barricks “defies proves the point about the graffiti wars.” all social norms.”

Barricks also painted the skyline of Buf- aga Town Board, Assemblyman Raymond “Alana always stands up for what she falo on the side of the pizza shop Slice Walter and Sen. Michael Ranzenhofer to a believes in,” Khan said. “A lot of stu- of Italy on Main Street in a “Queen City” club meeting.

This year, Barricks is ensuring members dents our age get lost in our views, but she mural. doesn’t.”

Barricks’ pieces take two to three hours of UB College Republicans attend the Barricks often shares her political views to complete and she usually won’t do a Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. from Feb. 26-28 for on Facebook, but that’s not the only fo- piece that takes longer than one day. rum she uses to express her opinions.

She sees a connection between graffiti the first time in three years. Political figand politics because “a picture is worth a ures like Sarah Palin and Mitt Romney will She also spray paints them to walls.

Khan asked Barricks to “showcase her thousand words” and art can make politi- also be at the conference.

From graffiti to politics, Barricks has artistic talent” and be a part of the Uni- cal statements. found what she loves. She said once you “The controversy over graffiti and versity Heights graffiti removal project in find what you’re really passionate about, the fact that it started off as a rebellious 2013. Approximately 40 people, mostly the rest will come easy.

UB students, and 13 artists cleaned graffiti movement makes it politics,” she said.

“I just hope to see her heavily involved off buildings or covered it with larger deBalancing school, art and politics is a in politics because she’s so passionate signs near South Campus. full-time job for Barricks.

“Alana was always a creative girl,” her On the night before the Nov. 4 elec- about her beliefs,” her father said.

Whether she moves to Arizona to live father said. “We weren’t sure about her tions, Barricks worked from 9 a.m. to 5 being a graffiti artist until she sent us pic- p.m., wrote two papers, slept for three with her parents, joins the NRA in Virgintures of her art and we were amazed.” hours and then got ready for Election ia, moves to Albany to work in state politics or is spray painting buildings, you’ll Throughout high school, Alana painted Day. using more traditional mediums.

“Alana’s work ethic is ridiculous,” her probably be able to read about it on her father said. “It’s difficult … to understand Facebook.

Then, she learned how to spray paint.

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Carberry, a third-year law student, said he and his team have been preparing for the competition since Labor Day. Carberry participated on mock trial for the past three semesters and has been to the Buffalo-Niagara Competition twice.

“The defense team went with the theme that ‘the wrong man is on trial,’” Carberry said.

His team argued Mayor Drysdale – the “mythical mayor” – should not be on trial, and the opponent’s brother, Mr. Jeb Beaudine, took it upon himself to kill his own sister “in a fit of rage and personal vendetta,” Carberry said.

Buffalo judges and attorneys evaluate the teams based on their arguments, motions, objections, opening statements, direct examinations of witnesses, cross-examinations of witnesses and closing arguments, Franczyk said.

Poplawski, a third-year law student, has been in “public speaking engagements” before, but has never competed in a mock trial competition until this past weekend.

“Being able to think on your feet and make split second decisions is something that only comes with practice and knowing about your case,” Poplawski said. “A good advocate must know when to push and when to hold back on a witness.

There are many strategic decisions made over the course of a trial between you and your partner that makes the whole process so interesting.”

Carberry said mock trial competitions give students an opportunity to experience a court case from beginning to end.

“It helps you develop an understanding of how to put a case together, to recognize what is most important in a case and what the jury needs to hear to return the verdict in your favor,” Carberry said.

In a typical semester, UB sends mock trial teams to four or five competitions.

Teams have previously competed in Michigan, Texas, New York, California and Florida.

The next competition for the UB team is the William W. Daniel National Invitational Mock Trial Competition in Atlanta, Georgia Nov. 21-22.

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Capital budget reveals proper priorities in Buffalo Funding for arts and culture, neighborhood infrastructure help counter questionable investment in Coca-Cola Field When Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown announced 2015’s capital budget, totaling $26 million, he demonstrated the city’s commitment to its parks, arts and neighborhoods – essentially, its people.

The budget, which is $3.1 million more than last year’s, focuses on renovations and rehabilitation projects, with only $2.5 million going toward demolitions.

Parks funding was cut almost in half, falling from $1.2 million this year to $674,000. But that money will be enough to support significant improvements to Schiller Park and LaSalle Park.

Even more importantly, the cuts to parks seem to have bolstered the funding directed to arts and culture, where financial assistance is sorely needed.

With an additional $400,000, arts and cultural organizations will receive $1.6 million. Libraries, theaters and the Buffalo Zoo will all get a portion of the bounty, and Shakespeare in the Park will soon enjoy a new stage.

Though the latter, with a price tag of $205,000, seems more than a little costly, it’s encouraging to see Buffalo recognize the value of these organizations to the people of Buffalo.

Struggling neighborhoods in Buffalo received a fair share of the budget, too, with $1.2 million going to infrastructure improvements in the East Side, an area which already is host to a $70 million housing development – the largest scale project of its kind in years.

In a more questionable allocation of funds, $500,000 went to Coca-Cola Field, as the Bisons begin Phase I of what could be a long-term, large-scale renovation of the minor league baseball stadium.

This first phase involves replacing 3,700 seats in the stadium, at a cost of $758,000. The team hopes to replace all of the stadium’s approximately 18,000 seats in addition to multimillion renovations to concession stands, dugout suites and a possible retractable roof.

According to Brown, this $500,000 contribution is just the beginning, as the city plans to contribute to the future phases of the renovation.

The city’s willingness to hand over cash is questionable, especially considering that Bisons owner Robert Rich, Jr. has a net worth of $3 billion. Terry Pegula put $170 million of his own money into the HarborCenter

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– Rich should follow his commendable lead.

And although Coca-Cola Field is an important part of the downtown landscape, and the Bisons a team long-associated with Buffalo, extensive, publicly funded renovations to the stadium are bound to raise some concerns.

Expensive sports arenas are all the rage, but it’s worth questioning how much new revenue these renovations would bring in. Coca-Cola Field may not be aweinspiring, but fans go to Bisons games regardless.

Despite the arguably unnecessary contribution to Coca-Co-

la Field, this capital budget, as a whole, reflects a city with its priorities in line. Funding directed to parks, cultural institutions and low-income areas is undoubtedly money well spent. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com

Obama’s actions speak louder than words President speaks out in support of net neutrality, but his influence is limited

Months after the Federal Communications Commission revealed its proposal that would limit Internet equality, and almost a year after appointing a former lobbyist for cable companies as FCC Chair, President Obama is finally taking a stand in support of net neutrality.

A critical principle behind the Internet as we know it, net neutrality allows every form of information and application to be supported equally by an information network – that equality is now endangered.

The Internet, as it stands now, is “neutral,” in the sense that any website, whether it’s run by a corporation or an individual, has access to the same content delivery speeds managed by broadband companies.

Back in April, the FCC proposed that Internet providers could offer “fast lanes,” which would allow content to be delivered at faster speeds, for the companies that could afford to pay.

Essentially, the Internet would

no longer be equal and free – instead, it would become yet another domain in which money equals power.

The reaction to this proposal was swift and severe, with Internet users directing their criticism at the FCC with such fury that their outpouring of comments crashed the FCC’s website.

Democrats were equally protective of net neutrality, fighting the bill and contributing to its failure in the House of Representatives.

And yet, Obama stayed quiet.

It would not be surprising if the president’s reticence resulted from what must have been regret over his choice of FCC Chair Tom Wheeler, whom Obama appointed in November of last year.

Wheeler, whose driveway was blockaded by Internet activists on Monday morning, worked as a lobbyist prior to his appointment.

In the 1980s, Wheeler lobbied Congress to deregulate the cable industry and from 1992 to 2004,

he worked as head of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, in which he oversaw campaigns to fight FCC regulations of the wireless industry.

Obama’s selection of Wheeler, who clearly supports deregulation of the wireless and cable industries, to head the agency that serves as the regulators of that same industry was questionable from the very beginning.

Now that choice has clearly backfired So as Obama speaks up at last, his speech is overshadowed by his actions.

Nonetheless, it is reassuring to hear that the country’s leader supports Internet freedom, and that his opinion aligns with the public on such a critical issue.

In his statement on Monday, Obama reasserted his commitment to net neutrality, arguing against the blocking of websites and gatekeeping by Internet providers.

He asked the FCC “to recognize that for most Americans,

the Internet has become an essential part of everyday communication and everyday life.”

Obama’s statement – his first official declaration of support – is great to hear. It’s aggressive, strongly worded and supportive of the public opinion. The president’s willingness to listen to the public and make his stance unequivocally clear is commendable.

But that’s all it is: a statement.

And unfortunately, expressing his opinion is all Obama can do in this case.

The FCC is an independent agency, and when Obama picked Wheeler to be its leader last year, he put the power his hands.

Whatever Obama says now is diminished by his earlier choices.

Because in this case, Obama’s influence is guaranteed no special consideration – the FCC could dismiss the president’s comments as easily as it ignored the millions of complaints from Internet-users last year. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com

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Topic of street harassment reaches UB’s campus SHAROL SHAMSOR STAFF WRITER

Kari Winter has dealt with men and teenage boys who exposed themselves to her while walking down the street. She’s far from alone.

More than 60 percent of 2,000 women surveyed reported experiencing street harassment, according to non-profit group Stop Street Harassment.

Winter, a professor of transnational studies, said women in big cities have similar experiences to the one shown in a viral catcalling video that has been filling Facebook feeds since late October.

The video, which has more than 30 million views on YouTube, showed actress Shoshana Roberts enduring 108 catcalls in the span of 10 hours while walking through the streets of New York City.

The video has created mixed reactions from the public, including UB students. Students question catcalling’s broad effect on society, as well as what some viewed a flawed perception of race within the video and how it was edited.

Rob Bliss of Rob Bliss Creative partnered with Roberts and Hollaback!, a non-profit movement launched by activists to end street harassment, to create the video titled “10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman.”

BSU held a meeting Monday to discuss the video as well.

“The catcalling video made catcalling real,” said Noelle Nesbitt, president of Black Student Union (BSU) and a senior biomedical engineering major.

“When I say this, I mean having a visual representation of something makes it undeniable.”

In the video, multiple men walked and catcalled at Roberts for an extended period of time. At one point, a man walked alongside her for almost five minutes. Some of the men

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said things like “beautiful” and “sexy” and would follow with angry remarks if Roberts did not respond.

“I have rarely, if ever, seen a man get ‘catcalled,’” Nesbitt said in an email. “[Women] are looked at as more of an ‘attainable prize’ than a person with feelings, emotions, etc. In many cases no means no, and no response means leave me alone.”

Winter sees “signs of confusion” in the men of the video and worries they are unable to “tell the difference between being aggressive and being friendly.”

Anne Marie, a graduate student in global gender studies and treasurer of UB Society of Feminists (SoFem), has worked with Hollaback! before. She does not really know if “we’ll ever be in a position to end street harassment.”

She said harassment is not as much about sexuality as it is about power. Rather, the issue is when women are alone in public places, this is somehow threatening to “some masculinities,” she said.

Winter does not think the men who catcall mean to be hostile.

Some men do not understand these harassments are a “kind of aggression,” because it is “part of a culture, which men are not socialized to understand the difference between being friendly, being aggressive, being insulting and being kind,” Winter said.

Marie doesn’t know what the actress might have been feeling, but admitted her past experience of harassment made her angry and involved in pointless arguments. If a woman responds to a harasser, she said it could escalate into a “yelling match” where the harassers don’t believe they

have done something wrong.

“You feel really angry because there is nothing you can do really,” Marie said. “It’s totally a nowin situation.”

Some criticisms of the video were racial politics that may or may not have been involved because of editing.

Christine Varnado, assistant professor of transnational studies, said the video reinforced “the false idea that street harassment usually or mostly happens to white women.”

Tiffany Vera, a junior psychology major and co-chair of UB’s Black Women United, said the video has good intentions, but it perpetuates negative stereotypes of minority men.

“By only showing minority men cat call to the Caucasian woman, they are perpetuating the ‘Black Brute’ stereotype,” she said in an email. “However,

in actuality, all men of every race and class cat call to women everyday.”

Marie, however, said the video editing may not have intentionally chosen to only include minorities catcalling, but she agrees there is still a problem of only showing minority races regardless.

Ivan Fruehan, a junior media study major, said he felt the video placed anything who was a “racial minority or not very good-looking” in a group of “creepers.” The video was “lumping people who greet her with people who try to violate her,” he said.

Fruehan said the “hollering” seemed out of proportion, but he would not “holler” himself.

Varnado said there is a robust community-based movement against the street harassment that happens to black and Latino girls and women, as much as it happens to white women.

“I actually think that women of color are recipients of a lot more hostility, violence, aggression and sexual exploitations,” Winter said. “I think it is geopolitics that women of color tend to be more vulnerable than white women.”

Noelle said having a wider variety of races in the video would have “elevated” the video.

Marie advises if situations are safe, you should say to the harasser, “that is harassment and I don’t really like it.” If harassers try to argue back, she said to just leave it at that and walk away. There are, however, other creative methods to respond, like “comedy or do something strange, that catches the harasser off guard,” she said.

Marie said catcalling can be “terrifying” for sexual harassment victims, especially during unwanted incidents in public where a victim has been yelled at, followed and groped. email: news@ubspectrum.com

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The sexuality of artistic expression: reading between the lines

The combination of art and text allows all voices to be heard BRIAN WINDSCHITL ARTS EDITOR

The question of how much of an artist can be seen in his or her art is a monumental question, both to the artists and their audiences.

“The Sexuality of Words,” a twosided conference/exhibition in conjunction with the Anderson Gallery’s exhibit “Art=Text=Art: Private Languages/Public Systems,” explored the relationship between artists and their artistic expression.

The gallery will be opened until Jan. 11.

The focus of the conference held Saturday was to highlight how specific LGBTQ artists, in the present and past, use language and art to comment on the world they lived in, and included presentations and performances from various professors and artists across the country.

Jonathan D. Katz, Director of the Doctoral Program in Visual Studies, curated the pieces that were discussed at the conference.

Katz hoped the conference would help break the silence around queer art.

In the early ’50s, LGBTQ artists had no voice in the art world. Most queer artists were ridiculed and scorned, and so they hid their true sexuality from the world.

Many queer artists of this era gave birth to a new art form, combining and manipulating linguistics and art, to talk about various social and political issues – the issues that impede their ability to express being queer artists in a world that didn’t support their sexuality.

“The earliest use of words in American art was 100 percent used by gay artists,” Katz said. “That was too much of a circumstance to just be chance. We noticed that it then became an [art movement] that moved from gay people and across the American art [scene] as a whole.”

The advent of adding a language to visual arts became the dominant tool for queer artists to present their message to the world.

Language added an element to the art that gave the artists opportunities to subtlety hide themselves in their work, while simultaneously presenting their work to the world.

“Language offers the opportunity for words [to] multiply meanings,” Katz said. “In other words, there’s one meaning the dominant culture or the public will get, your friends might get, and one meaning you will get.”

This interweaving of the artist’s expression in text and visual is highlighted in Anderson Gallery’s exhibit, which opened in September. The “Art=Text=Art: Private Languages/Public Systems” exhibit showcases artists who utilized the combination of text and art alongside the simultaneous emergence of concrete poetry in the early ’50s.

Matias Viegener, an artist, writer and professor of Critical Studies at the California Institute of the Arts, performed at the conference.

Viegener, who sometimes uses the iPhone’s Siri to create poems, did an improvisational act during his Saturday performance.

Talking about influences of his own work, Viegener acknowledged how the use of language by LGBTQ artists provided subtle clues to their artistic intention.

“LGBTQ people weren’t represented, they were invisible,” Viegener said. “The issue of representation became importation – LGBTQ artists wanted to represent LGBTQ people.”

Viegener, however, recognizes that artistic expression is never a direct link to the artist.

Speaking on his own piece, Viegener was clear to separate himself from his work.

“What I’m doing isn’t ‘gay,’ but I am gay,” Viegener said. “But in my piece, there is no gay content.”

The event and art exhibit fostered a discussion of language’s sexuality and gender among the attendees.

Dan Gomez, a fifth-year Ph.D. English student, acknowledged the gender of language.

“Language is profoundly gendered,” Gomez said. “In history, most texts and styles are given a gender – masculine or feminine prose – and this has created a gender assumption.”

Gomez also said this is the burden that follows LGBTQ artists who avoided using obvious language, to give subtle hints and to bemuse viewers on their lifestyle and identity.

“Even font, color and layout can be associated with gender,” Gomez said. “It’s almost oppression through language.”

Emily Anderson, a fourth-year Ph.D. English student, said that textual and visual elements were striking because it recalled the “materiality of language.”

For Anderson, the relation of text and art is something less genderoriented and more desire-driven.

“We use language to express our desires,” Anderson said. “The language is often about expressing ourselves and expressing something you can’t have.”

Anderson loved how the exhibit forced a focus on thinking about the impact of language and the sexuality within – one of the original goals for why Katz set up the conference.

“There’s been an aggressive silence conspiracy about sexuality in the art world,” Katz said.

Katz intended for the event to also highlight how we use language on a daily basis and how that is being used in the art world.

“There are all sorts of meaning that surround the word – they can be context dependent, intonation dependent and speaker dependent,” Katz said. “We register those meanings without thinking about them.

We think were just paying attention to the definition. I want people to start listening to all the ways we use words.”

Kendall Spaulding contributed to the reporting of this story email: arts@ubspectrum.com

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The final

countdown The end of the semester is approaching – do you know the tips to succeed?

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SENIOR FEATURES EDITOR

The final day to resign from classes was Friday, Nov. 7 and with just four weeks left in the semester, exams, papers and projects are looming on the horizon.

Maybe you’re feeling like Christy Ye, a junior nursing major and plan to “cry and pray for the best” as you get ready for the final stretch.

Or, you might have developed your own study acronym like Deepak Rai, a sophomore mechanical engineering major. He’s going to “find help by reading important topics to prepare (FHRITP).”

“I am the type who ends up cramming my studies ‘til the night before, even though I try convincing myself to avoid doing that at all costs,” Rai said.

He’s hoping he won’t do that at the end of this semester, but he said he might anyway.

Sarah Verheyn, a freshman intended psychology major, plans to study hard and double check her work. She said those are two of the simpler ways to make sure you get the highest grade possible.

Verheyn is feeling some stress because as a freshman, she doesn’t feel like she was prepared for the rigor of college courses. She didn’t do as well as she hoped at the beginning of the semester.

Here are some tips and tricks from professionals on campus about how to be successful as the semester winds down.

Reach out to professors & tutors Office hours exist for the benefit of the student, so use them. Even if you aren’t sure exactly what you’re struggling with, meet with your professor or TA and talk through your worries.

You should stop by your professor’s office if you’re starting a paper and aren’t exactly sure where to go with it. They can help you articulate your ideas more clearly and give suggestions for new ideas to explore.

In addition to your professors, UB offers a wide range of tutoring options for students. Stop by the Academic Success Centers and Tutoring, the Mathematics Department Help Center or the Center for Excellence in Writing for some extra help.

“It’s not too late to seek tutoring,” said Sheila Pinckney, assistant director for Residential Education.

Get enough sleep “A rested mind is a sharp mind,” said Kelli Hennessy, director of Organizational Development and Training. “With plenty of sleep, you can get things done faster and with better results.”

Pinckney agrees. She advises students to take care of themselves.

Rather than staying up all night cramming, set time for yourself over the course of a few days to study. Do your best to get the full eight hours of sleep each night to keep your brain in tip-top shape.

Eat healthy meals regularly Part of taking care of yourself, Pinckney said, is eating regular meals. When students start cramming their studying, it is even more important to maintain their health.

Like sleep, eating healthy foods and regular intervals will keep you energized and your mind sharp throughout the day. Eat lots of fruits and vegetables, whole grains and avoid fast food. Sacrificing health for convenience will not pay off the day of an exam.

Try new study strategies If you didn’t do too well on your first exams and papers, then maybe your strategies weren’t right for you.

Pinckney said if you normally study alone, then try getting together with a group of students in your class. They may be able to offer some insight on information, or you can help clarify things they’re unsure of.

Or, she said, “re-write notes rather than just reading through notes” because the act of writing can help with memory and recall. You might get distracted while reading over notes, but if you physically write them, some part of you is paying attention to the words.

“Recite [notes] out loud,” Pinckney said.

“Hearing in a different format might be helpful.”

Study when it works best for you Hennessy and Pinckney both suggest students should study without distractions like Facebook, Netflix or texts from friends.

“Schedule dedicated study time,” Hennessy said. “Turn off your phone and don’t surf the web or social media sites unless it’s related to your studying.”

Pinckney said to study in smaller increments of time and be sure to step outside of your study area every once in awhile.

If it’s nice out, go for a walk – the fresh air will re-energize your mind. When the weather isn’t so beautiful, even a jog around your dorm or a walk to grab some food will give you time to chill out.

Some silent time with yourself may spark new ideas about the subject for when you get back to studying.

It’s important to figure out when you work best. If you’re a morning person, get up extra early to get some studying in. If you’re a night owl, do your work then.

“Use your most productive time of the day to tackle the toughest assignments,” Hennessy said. “If you tend to have the most energy and sharpest mind in the evening, do your assignments then and it will take less energy.”

By setting a schedule, you won’t get burned out from cramming everything into one night filled with caffeine and junk food, Pinckney said.

Hennessy said to keep work with you at all times so if you have to wait for the Stampede or a class to start, you can squeeze in a few minutes of review. It will make you feel more productive and keep your mind on task throughout the day.

Studying for exams, writing papers and completing projects at the end of the semester will come up really quick. Make sure to set a schedule for yourself and stay organized. If you eat healthy, get sleep and try some new study strategies, you have a good chance at succeeding. Although these are all basic tips, they can make a big impact on your GPA. Best of luck. email: features@ubspectrum.com

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SPORTS

Bulls to play Penn State in NCAA Tournament MAC Championship gives Buffalo tournament bid and a No. 15 seed QUENTIN HAYNES

ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

The Buffalo women’s soccer team sat in the UB Stadium meeting room Monday in anticipation to find out what team the Bulls would be playing in their first NCAA Tournament.

The Bulls had received their highest national ranking (No. 32) and first Mid-American Conference Tournament Championship Sunday. The championship gave the Bulls an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament, so the players in the room knew they’d be playing more soccer. The only question that remained was where.

Buffalo (16-2-3, 12-0-2 MAC) was awarded a No. 15 seed and will face No. 2 seed Penn State (17-3, 12-1 Big Ten Conference) Friday at 7:30 p.m. in State College, Pennsylvania. The Nittany Lions are ranked No. 6 in the country.

“I’m proud of coach Burke, the staff, and their players,” said Athletic Director Danny White. “We haven’t enjoyed a lot of success with just four conference championships in school history. In efforts of building a championship culture here, these athletes and coaches are leading the charge.”

Head coach Shawn Burke expressed the team’s desire to play and continue to make program history.

“I guess we’re going big right off the bat,” Burke said. “This is what the team wanted. There’s a reason all of these teams are in the tournament, all of them are quality teams. We’ve been setting history and breaking school records all season, so this is another opportunity for us to do so.”

Senior midfielder Courtney Mann was still in shock about the team’s run to the NCAA Tournament. Buffalo made the MAC Tournament only once and won

CHAD COOPER, THE SPECTRUM

The women’s soccer team celebrates junior defedner jackie Hall’s game-winning goal in Sunday MAC Championship game. The Bulls face Penn State in the NCAA Tournament Friday at 7:30 p.m in State College, Pennsylvania.

eight MAC games in Mann’s first three seasons.

“It’s one of the most incredible things I’ve ever seen,” Mann said. “Being a local kid, it’s what you dream about. I’m still pinching myself a bit, so it’s pretty hard to describe how it feels right now. I’m just excited for my team right now.”

The Bulls played just one team in NCAA Tournament field this season – Virginia Tech. Buffalo lost 5-0 to the Hokies – currently ranked No. 19 in the country – Sept. 12.

Burke said the Virginia Tech loss was a learning experience and will help Buffalo against another top team in Penn State Friday.

“Our focus from day one is what we do,” Burke said. “Obviously, Penn State is

Q&A with Branden Oliver

NFL player and UB all-time rushing leader talks with The Spectrum about his journey

going to bring us a whole lot of challenges. We played Virginia Tech earlier in the season, so we know what caliber they will bring. We just have to play our game and continue to improve as a team.”

Junior defender and MAC Defensive Player of the Year Jackie Hall said Buffalo changed as a team after the loss to the Hokies.

“Against Virginia Tech, we learned that we had just to keep trying,” Hall said.

“The confidence was big on this team after that. We scored goals and we had goals scored on us and still won. In the past, I worried about our scoring, but now, I have full confidence in our offense and we can score in many ways.”

Buffalo has gone 14-1-2, including an undefeated MAC season, and allowed just

UB all-time rushing leader and now San Diego Chargers running back attended the men’s basketball team’s exhibition opener Thursday night during the Chargers’ bye week.

Oliver broke out Oct. 5 when he had 182 yards of total offense against the New York Jets and has the fourth most yards of any rookie running back in the NFL. The Spectrum spoke with Oliver at Thursday’s game about his journey.

The Spectrum: What’s it been like to go from an undrafted fourth string running back to a starting back in the NFL? Branden Oliver: It’s been great, man.

It’s been a dream come true. I’m just having some fun with it right now.

TS: What’s the outreach from your former Buffalo teammates and coaches been like?

BO: There’s a lot of support and a lot of fans. It’s all from God. I know it wouldn’t be the same without him. My

past teammates and my current teammates have shown support through this whole thing.

TS: What was it like to play against your former teammate Khalil Mack in the NFL? BO: He’s my brother from another mother. I still get to play him after the bye week again … He tackled me once time in the game. I would’ve had him, but the [defensive back] contained so he had me that time.

TS: What’s it like to come back to Buffalo and be such a celebrity at the basketball game?

BO: I know it comes with the territory. It’s something God has built me up to handle. I’m just trying to stay humble because it’s easy to get a big head in this situation.” email: sports@ubspectrum.com

Want to know more about the Bulls’ 55-24 win to Akron?

Check out ubspectrum.com/sports for a full game story, The Spectrum’s Sports Desks’ grades and more coverage of Licata’s reocrd.

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Highlights from the Bulls’ 55-24 victory over Akron YUSONG SHI, THE SPECTRUM

Linebacker Jarrett Franklin and defensive lineman Brandon Crawford celebrate in Buffalo’s 55-24 victory over Akron Tuesday night. The win snapped the Bulls’ four-game losing streak.

SPORTS DESK

Former Bull and current San Diego Chargers running back Branden Oliver has ran for 371 yards and two touchdowns this season. The Spectrum spoke with Oliver at the men’s basketball team’s exhibition game Thursday night.

eight goals since the 5-0 loss to Virginia Tech.

Behind Hall and freshman goalkeeper Laura Dougall’s program-record 12 shutouts, the Bulls’ defense has allowed just 13 goals all season. Penn State’s defense has been equally impressive, as it has allowed just 14 goals this season. The Nittany Lions seem to have the advantage on offense, however, as they have scored 46 goals compared to Buffalo’s 31 goals this season.

Penn State won the Big 10 Conference regular-season championship but was upset 1-0 in quarterfinal round of the conference tournament by Northwestern.

The Nittany Lions were a No. 1 seed in the 2012 NCAA Tournament but fell in the championship game 4-1 to North Carolina.

Buffalo and Penn State have played against each other three times – most recently in 1994 and 1995 – with the Nittany Lions winning both of these matchups. The Bulls were shutout in both games. Buffalo’s lone win against Penn State came in a 6-0 victory in 1988.

Buffalo assistant coach Casey Derkacz played two seasons on the Penn State men’s soccer team from 2007-08 before transferring to Buffalo for his final two seasons.

“They put the work in, and now, it’s paying off,” Burke said. “It started at the top with our leadership. It’s a smaller roster and we had some injuries, but everyone’s contributed. This is a special team from the staff, [assistant coach] Kim [Brandao] and Casey and the players. We’ll be ready for Friday.”

Buffalo would face either Connecticut or New Hampshire Nov. 21 in the second round with a win Friday.

The football team (4-6, 2-4 Mid-American Conference) defeated Akron (4-6, 2-4 MAC) 55-24 Tuesday night. The 55 points were the highest the Bulls have ever scored against a MAC opponent. Akron had the No. 1 ranked defense in the conference coming into the game.

Stat rundown -The Bulls possessed the ball for 36:03 to Akron’s 23:57 and ran more plays than Akron (77 to 65).

-Buffalo held Akron to just 229 yards of total offense – its best performance against an FBS opponent this season.

-After Akron scored on an intercepted pass from junior quarterback Joe Licata on the second play of the game, the Bulls outscored Akron 27-3 for the rest of the half.

-Buffalo averaged 7 yards per play, doubling Akron’s 3.5 yards per play output.

-Buffalo finished with zero ‘three-andouts’ while forcing Akron into a ‘threeand-out’ on its first three possessions.

-Running backs Anthone Taylor and Jordan Johnson ran for more than 100 yards each. It was the first time two Buffalo backs completed the feat since Nov. 19, 2013 against Miami Ohio.

Turning Point -After turning the ball over on their first two drives, the Bulls scored a touchdown on their next three drives en route to 21 unanswered points and a 27-10 halftime advantage.

When the game was won -Buffalo scored 14 points in four plays to take a 41-17 lead in the third quarter.

Licata threw a 42-yard touchdown to junior wide receiver Ron Willoughby. Zips quarterback Kyle Pohl fumbled on the first play of Akron’s ensuing drive, and Licata threw a 24-yard touchdown to junior running back Devin Campbell one play later.

Buffalo’s Player of the Game -Licata became Buffalo’s all-time leader in touchdown passes Tuesday night as he surpassed former Bull Drew Willy’s record of 52. Licata broke the record on his first touchdown of the night: a 6-yard pass to Campbell. He finished with four touchdowns on 16 of 21 passing for 193 yards.

Akron’s Player of the Game -Senior running back Jawon Chisholm finished with 12 carries for 40 yards and one rushing touchdown.

Quote of the Game - “Honestly, I wanted to kill somebody after those first two turnovers, that’s what’s going through my mind,” said interim head coach Alex Wood. “But you hold your composure. It’s early in the ball game. You just have to keep playing.”

Next Game -The Bulls will host Kent State (1-8, 0-5 MAC) on Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 8:00 p.m.

The game can be seen on ESPN2 and ESPNU. email: sports@ubspectrum.com