The Spectrum Volume 61 Issue 47

Vol. 61 NO. 48

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A Bond of Steel

‘Superman’ Ashton Luffred heroically copes, fights, and heals

Courtesy of Darien Lake Theme Park

Meg Kinsley /// The Spectrum

Ashton Luffred will always remember the day his uncle fell to his death at Darien Lake. But the memories of when he lived inspire not only Luffred, but all of Buffalo.

to his death.

MATTHEW PARRINO Editor in Chief Ashton Luffred has lived several miracles in his 19 years so it didn’t strike him as unusual to be heading over to the Ride of Steel at Darien Lake with his wheelchair-bound uncle James last July. Sgt. James Hackemer, a decorated Iraq veteran, had lost both legs and his left hip when a roadside bomb blasted through his Humvee in 2008.

Hackemer still loved a good time and was an adventurer. He not only wanted to go on the Ride of Steel, he wanted to go on all the fast rides at the park that day. He wanted to feel the rush of the wind and those fearful drops again.

It was the last thing he ever did.

About 90 seconds into the ride, as the car hit the peak of the second hill, Hackemer, unable to hold on to the protective bar, flew out of his seat

Luffred, a sophomore nursing major, was sitting next to him.

“He didn’t just fly off to the side when he went out, he flew right in front of us,” Luffred said.

The family has filed a wrongful death suit against businesses at the park. The suit claims that operators violated safety rules when they let the double-amputee on the 208-foot roller coaster.

The roller coaster ran over Hackemer, killing him instantly. Luffred and those next to him emerged sprayed with blood.

“I guess we just busted his head, or his body or his shoulder or whatever and then he fell,” Luffred said.

It is the most excruciating memory Luffred has, and it continues to haunt him. His only solace is that his uncle’s terror only lasted a second.

“[James] was pretty excited [to ride the coaster],” Luffred said.

“He didn’t have legs, so I can’t say he had a jump in his step, but there was a little jump in the way he pushed his wheelchair around. He was pretty happy to be in the park and have a chance to go on a roller coaster. He was like a little kid almost.”

Now, six months later, he still suffers from the memories of that day and the loss of his beloved uncle. Yet he also knows his uncle would have wanted him to move forward. That’s what he always did, anyway.

So he’s trying.

Luffred took the fall semester off to deal with the accident, but now he’s back at UB. He’s de-

termined to live his life as fully as his uncle did.

“Sometimes I think man it would be awesome if Uncle James was around,” Luffred said. “But I know he still is. Sometimes I can feel him.”

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Hackemer and Luffred had bonded over death.

Both had come close to dying. Hackemer in Iraq. Luffred on an operating table. The first time Luffred was 6, the second time he was 14.

Luffred was born with numerous malfunctioning organs and spent his childhood taking fistfuls of medicine and shuffling between doctor’s appointments. When he was 6 he had his first transplant – his small intestine. It happened around Thanksgiving. “[Being] that young, I wasn’t sure what the concept of a transplant was,” Luffred said. “I had a bunch of surgeries up until then, so it didn’t really bother me being in any more hospitals.”

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Roswell Park to Test Vaccine Rise Above The Crowd That Eradicates Cancer ELVA AGUILAR Asst. Arts Editor

She’s petite, precocious, and a parent with a powerful voice. To the unsuspecting eye, Rachel Palumbo is another graduate student walking around UB, but outside this collegiate community, her talents and determination surpass the expectations her physical appearance might display.

SARA DINATALE Asst. News Editor

About six years ago, Dr. Protul Shrikant had what he describes as a “eureka moment.” His serendipitous discovery is now the basis behind Roswell Park Cancer Institute’s research study of a vaccine designed to kill cancer.

Roswell’s new NY-SEO-1 dendritic cell vaccine aims to not only destroy cancer cells but also prevent cancer from reoccurring. The development is thanks to Shrikant’s discovery of an alternative use for rapamycin, a compound normally used to prevent rejection in an organ transplant.

Shrikant stumbled upon what he considered a previously unknown and striking observation – rapamycin has the ability to produce immune cells with memory. This “enhanced memory generation” makes the immune cells capable of remembering that cancer cells are bad and should be destroyed.

“It doesn’t really matter what kind of cancer you have; as long as the target [of the NY-SOE-1 protein] is correct, we can deter it,” Shrikant said. “By generating memory, we can maintain

Weather for the Week:

Rachel, a first year student of UB’s Masters of Social Work program, found her voice at UB five years ago.

Rachel initially developed her singing as a hobby and a pastime while growing up in a home filled with the sounds of rock ’n’ roll, country bands, pop music, and even her grandfather, Joseph Palumbo’s, opera records.

Courtesy of Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Doctors at Roswell Park might have discovered a vaccine that will help cure cancer.

exact time is hard to predict, according to Shrikant. The clinical trial is set to run for two years.

the deterrents against the reoccurrence of the tumor.”

The vaccine will be tested to treat multiple types of cancer – including bladder, brain, breast, esophageal, gastrointestinal, hepatocellular, kidney, lung, melanoma, ovarian, prostate, sarcoma, and uterine tumors.

The Phase I clinical trial is set for 18 to 20 patients who have cancers expressing the NY-SOE-1 antigen. It will start “as soon as possible,” but an

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“It’s a long road,” said Dr. Yeong “Christopher” Choi, director of Roswell’s therapeutic cell production facility. “I think this trial means there is tremendous promise, and I think, for patients, we’re cautiously optimistic, but there are still many stages before we can bring this vaccine to the market.”

Of all the genres she was exposed to as a child, however, Rachel gravitated towards one in particular: R&B. “My mom set the stage because that’s what I’ve been listening to since I was little,” Palumbo said. “[When I was younger, R&B] was so much more real and raw, there was less auto-tune, repetition, and you had to really think about the message you’re giving.

There was something so cool about it and the vibe was different back then…the music all rang truer, and I try to keep that in my music.”

Alexa Strudler /// The Spectrum

Rachel Palumbo, rising star and graduate student at UB, manages to balance her musical career, academic career, motherhood and being a military wife successfully.

Rachel was constantly pushed by her friends to showcase her skills in shows like UB Idol. The positive reception inspired her to turn her hobby into a career aspiration.

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The Ugly Truth

EDITORIAL BOARD EDITOR IN CHIEF Matthew Parrino SENIOR MANAGING EDITOR James Twigg

Keep Occupy Buffalo Alive

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It’s been four and a half months since the inception of Occupy Buffalo. Born in opposition to the downward spiral of corporate greed and widening income gap that threatens to eliminate the middle class, Buffalo’s branch of the Occupy movement has not shared the controversy that has surrounded other protests.

While an offshoot of Occupy Buffalo in Lafayette Square produced a single arrest, the main encampment in Niagara Square has produced no arrests.

Other protests, like those in Manhattan and Oakland, have seen clashes and violence with police.

Credit should be given to Mayor Byron Brown for how he’s handled the protests. Brown has not only ensured the citizen’s right to protest, he has shown restraint and intelligence in dealing with protesters as people and not nuisances.

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Compare this to Brown’s peers across the nation, who have been more inclined to run through the protest camps like the SS. Pepper spray, arrests, and brutality have been the norm in what otherwise would be peaceful protests.

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Brown now has a decision to make.

The agreement between the city and the protesters is due to expire today, and if they decide not to renew the agreement Occupy Buffalo will have to vacate Niagara Square.

Many of the occupations are fizzling out and shutting down in the winter freeze, but Buffalo is not among them, though its strength has diminished from 45 tents to just 19.

Opponents have many crass reasons to push the city into kicking out the protesters. Some say the tents are eyesores and ugly-up the beautiful monument in the square. Others contend that the protest has fizzled to the point that they’ve outlived their usefulness.

None of this really matters. Sure, it’s true that the goals of the movement are not going to be attained rapidly.

You can’t exactly declare victory over a human vice like greed, or a busi-

ness model like corporations, but that hasn’t been the point from the beginning.

As consolation, people want them to deliver their message in a different way. They think that going a more traditional route of volunteering through offices of politicians that support them and giving back to the community would be a better way to get their message shown.

That shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the roots of the movement.

Occupy protests are partly about how people have little say in the traditional government avenues of change.

The system is rigged to ensure that the little people are ignored and that money is given power.

Occupying is not something you can ignore. Yes, it is an eyesore. That’s the point. Protests aren’t pretty, and they aren’t meant to be somewhere that you can just look away from.

The city can’t support the Occupy movement just when it is convenient.

Just because the cold Buffalo winter has prevented some people from going, it does not follow that their point gets lost.

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Buffalo is not exactly a town of rich people, and it’s supported the movement. All in all around $10,000 from unions, churches, individuals, and other organizations has been donated through various fundraisers.

Obama’s birth control decision is right Back in 1620, a group of colonists sailing to the New World were running low on beer so they landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Nowhere in Europe was safe from persecution so they took off to start their own community.

Known to kindergarteners across the nation as the Pilgrims, they survive symbolically in stories of the first Thanksgiving and in the American ideal of religious freedom.

The writing of the First Amendment, and its separation of church and state clause, was partly inspired by the story of the Pilgrims and other colonial immigrants fleeing for religious freedom.

For the remainder of American history, battles raged over that simple notion. Sometimes government is encroached on by religion, other times religion is encroached on by government.

On Jan. 20, religious leaders across the nation claim the latter occurred.

That’s when the Obama administration announced that they would not allow religiously affiliated employers, like universities and hospitals, to deny full birth control to their employees.

Under Obamacare, a majority of

women will have the cost of birth control covered with no co-pay. Religious institutions lobbied Washington in order to ensure that their businesses would be exempt from the rule, but unlike the decision to keep plan-B off the shelves, the Obama administration didn’t cave.

Churches and other places of worship will still be exempt, but religious colleges and hospitals will have to offer healthcare that includes birth control, even if the religion disagrees with it on a moral level.

For Obama, it’s a great way to energize the liberal feminists that he crossed late last year, but for his up-and-coming Republican contenders, it’s an even better moment to lob attacks.

Mitt Romney, the Republican frontrunner by a nose, assailed the decision as a “direct attack on religious liberty.” Ironically, he made a similar decision as governor of Massachusetts.

Hypocrisy aside, Romney’s opinion is shared by a great deal of religious leaders.

On two fronts, their stance is wrong.

Firstly, contraception is not solely about preventing pregnancy. As stunning as it may sound to the Pope and

Romney, birth control is not often used as a free pass for a guilt free sex-a-palooza. Some women take it to regulate menstrual cycles.

Birth control also does not cause “abortions” like they would like you to believe. Simply put, it prevents an egg from being released, which would render any sperm useless and alone at the party.

Even if what the Pro-life set says is true, and that it sometimes prevents fertilized eggs from being implanted, the same process occurs often in women naturally. Unless they’re ready to call every woman who’s tried for a baby an abortionist, taking the pill is not an abortion.

Yet even with all of that entirely aside, these employers need to understand that not everything they do is the same as church function. Let’s put this into different terms. Had the Catholic Church demanded that its school not allow blacks in their school because they found it morally against their religion, nobody would even be arguing.

In short, once you start playing the federal game you have to play by the federal rules. You don’t get to do whatever the hell you want just because you’re a religious institution.

What’s Your Number?

KEREN BARUCH Life Editor You never know when the question will enter your mind.

How many times have you been in this situation: pants off, condom on, laying on your back ready for his gooey marshmallow to make the inside of your graham crackers complete.

You know he’s about to make you feel as if you’re in another galaxy and – BAM – the question pops into your head.

What about this situation: you’re at a bar, you make eye contact with someone across the room, and immediately you feel those futterflies. Yes – fake butterflies – where the feeling isn’t so strong because you don’t know the person yet, but the fluttering does exist because in that moment something clicks.

He slowly approaches you and – BAM – the question pops into your head.

No matter where or when the notorious thought enters your mind, it is in your hands to decide if you care about what the answer will be, and whether or not you actually want to ask: “What’s your number?”

If this column were to come out 20 years ago, you would probably think I meant phone number; but in this day and age, people know what I mean: your number of sexual partners.

Assuming that you know he’s clean and has been tested after his most recent partner, does it really matter how many people he has slept with before you came (pun intended) into the picture?

It depends on the situation.

Many girls feel that guys hold high expectations of the vagina that’s about to become the peel to their hard banana.

These high standards set by previous freaky experiences and porn can be nerve-wracking, especially for a virgin.

It’s understandable for a girl who hasn’t had much practice in bed to want her partner to have a low number; this would probably ease tensions and lower her level of anxiety.

We’re young, we’re wild, and we’re free, so why not go crazy and let whomever you want inside of you, right?

one-night stands, or relationships that weren't significant. If the sex wasn’t significant, we won’t remember it.”

Well that’s wrong– because at the same time, we’re at the point in our journey where we’re preparing ourselves for the rest of our lives, and simply “getting the crazy nights out of our systems,” isn’t an excuse to portray ourselves as easy and slutty.

The one thing that I believe to be the worst aspect of the number question is the naiveté of girls when they’re lied to.

As terrible as this sounds, you have to second guess everything you hear when it comes to sex, because you never know what’s going through his mind in the moment that you ask him what number he’s on.

John Spivak, a junior accounting major, said that he definitely doesn’t judge girls by their number, but he does believe that a high number does make a girl seem less attractive.

There are people that look down upon both sides – guys that prefer a one-night stand to be freaky and sexual, and guys that want their girlfriends to be virgins for a special and intimate first time.

I don’t believe that one opinion is superior to the other, though.

Guys want their girls to be good in bed but at the same time they don’t want their girls to have high numbers.

Another thing to keep in mind before asking the question: be prepared to be deceived.

“The lower the number for the girl, the better,” said Ryan McTigue, a senior business major.

“Men multiply the number by two, while women divide it by three,” said relationship expert Tracy Kox. “Women tend to attach more emotional significance to sex, and so we might not remember

If he tells you you’re number four when really you’re number 10, he probably doesn’t want to seem like a man-whore.

If he tells you you’re number 10 when you’re really number four, he doesn’t want to seem too inexperienced. Either way when he’s not honest, he doesn’t respect you.

Make sure you’re careful before considering bringing this question up. You don’t want to end up looking down upon a partner that you’ve had on a pedestal, and even more, you don’t want your partner to throw the question back at you only to feel judged.

Most of all be safe, be smart, and never lie about your number – it’s not worth it in the end.

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After Further Review…

BEN TARHAN Staff Reporter

Imagine it’s the World Series. There are two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning of game seven, and you’re rounding third. If you score, the game is tied; if you are thrown out, your season is over.

You fly into home plate, dust billows everywhere as you slide beneath the catcher’s tag, the umpire calls you safe and the crowd goes wild.

But wait – the umpires decide to review the play using instant replay.

After minutes of waiting anxiously, they determine the catcher got the tag down based on the 35 different camera angles available to them.

In 17 of those angles it appears you were safe, while the other 18 make it look like you were out. The crowd is stunned into silence, the other team celebrates on the field, and you walk dejectedly off the diamond.

That is the world that those who propose “just get it right” want us to live in. Don’t get me wrong, replay has its place, but its place is not in every play, and not just because the play appears to be more important. Every year there are countless plays in every sport that are scoured over by officials, fans, TV crews and athletes.

Sometimes two people looking at the same replay don’t even see the same thing. But the truth is that sports existed for decades without instant replay. Why fix what isn’t broken?

Every time there is some unforgivable bad call, people call for two things: the official who is responsible to be fired on the spot, and instant replay to take over the world of professional officiating. But people forget that the officials are as much a part of the games we watch as the athletes that compete.

By insisting that instant replay be used all the time to get every play right just doesn’t make sense, logistically or otherwise. No one complains nearly as much about bad calls in the early moments of games as they do at very end.

Fans who bemoan an officials’ judgment before the final moments are deemed nothing but overzealous fan, too concerned that one blown call will ruin their team’s chances of winning the contest.

But the truth is every play and every call helps determine the outcome of the game.

The sports world only gets all riled up over the last minute calls because we tend to see the repercussions immediately after. If you were to transplant controversial fourth quarter calls into the second quarter, they become ‘what if ’ highlights on ESPN. Fans wonder if a blow out could have played out any other way due to a holding penalty during the second quarter.

Every sport is about being able to play, week-in, week-out regardless of what the athletes have to face, officials.

Clearly some calls are bad calls and some calls are good calls, but the solution is not to put the modern official on the endangered species list by introducing instant replay to every play in every sport known to man. The solution is to train officials better.

Human judgment and error are a part of every game, on both the competition and officiating sides.

Sometimes the naked eye captures something different then would be seen if slowed down to one-frame per second. Unless the call is blatantly obvious, each team can argue that it should fall their way. Often times the real time judgment that officials make in the moment is the most accurate.

So the next time you have your TV set tuned to the Super Bowl or the World Series or just a regular season basketball game, and you see an official blow a call that seems too obvious to screw up, remember that it isn’t too obvious because he just blew it, and it’s all part of the plan.

Your team may lose this game on a bad call that doesn’t go its way, but it could win the next one on a bad call in their favor. It’s called sports, and that’s how it’s supposed to be.

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Continued from page 1: A Bond of Steel

The transplant worked, but only until 2005, when he was 14. Doctors told his parents his organs were failing. He needed a rare and risky six-organ multivisceral transplant that would give him a new large and small intestine, duodenum, liver, pancreas, one new kidney to replace his faulty two, and an add-on to his stomach.

He missed all of sixth and most of seventh grade recovering. When he started eighth grade, he was the smallest kid in his class.

It had been years since either had been in the park, but from the start, Hackemer had one destination in mind: The Superman. The coaster, renamed the Ride of Steel in 2007, incorporates big drops, fast turns, and speeds up to 74 mph.

Then he felt the spray.

When he saw the gleaming steel coaster, Hackemer brimmed. He’d been through so much in his 29 years, and particularly in the past three, that he was ready to lose himself to fun.

People on the ride screamed.

Luffred froze.

His mother, Roxanne Luffred, called the recovery miraculous, especially since he hasn’t been in the hospital much since.

After the explosion in Iraq, Hackemer had lain in a coma for two months. He’d then had to re-learn how to speak, write, brush his teeth, and put on a pair of pants without legs.

When his uncle came home from Iraq in 2008, nobody could relate to him more than Luffred.

Now, he was back. He’d returned to Gowanda that April. He wasn’t whole but he was confident.

“Once James got hurt it changed the whole dynamic of their relationship,” Roxanne Luffred said. “It bonded them. They knew what it was like to be in that situation that nobody else could even fathom being in. They were survivors.”

He didn’t want pity.

The two became pals.

They both were drawn to adventure. They wanted to have as much fun as they could.

Luffred’s best friend, 18-year-old Kyle Pries said Luffred may be making up for a childhood spent in hospitals.

“I feel like he thinks he missed out on a lot when he was in the hospitals,” Pries said. “He just enjoys himself now. He doesn’t have time to really dwell on stuff and have pity [for himself] and stuff like that.”

Last spring, during Luffred’s freshman year, Luffred and Hackemer, who won a Purple Heart for his service in Iraq, hung out on weekends at Hackemer’s home in Gowanda. They watched movies, went hunting, and cheered for the Buffalo Sabres, their favorite hockey team. They even went to a Sabres-Flyers playoff game. Generous and eager to help his nephew, Hackemer often slipped Luffred a little cash for extra expenses.

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“I mean it’s like bing, bang, boom – and then I turned over,” Luffred said. “I didn’t actually see him lift up because it’s like slow motion, but it happened fast.”

When the ride ended, Luffred still had his hands in front of him.

He got out mechanically and crumbled to the ground in front of Hackemer’s wheelchair.

Soon, his family was with him.

He wanted to keep living.

So did Luffred.

The two made their way right to the front of the Ride of Steel. Since Hackemer was in a wheelchair, they got to cut the line.

They boarded the ride almost instantly. Luffred lifted Hackemer in and they settled into the front row of the first car.

The ride quickly started its ascent toward the famous 205-foot drop. During the climb, Luffred began to worry. He thought about the lap bar and how his uncle only had one stump leg. The other leg was hipless. Would he stay in? There were bars to hold onto, but Hackemer still didn’t have full control of his motor skills.

They made it over the first hill and Hackemer was all right.

“My aunt just screamed,” Luffred said. “I mean how can you put into words what just happened?

How could you imagine what just happened? It’s like that movie Final Destination where they fall out of the roller coaster. You hear of accidents on roller coasters but it was pretty gut-wrenching and shell-shocking.”

When Luffred calmed down hours later, he wondered to himself why he hadn’t stopped his uncle, but only for a moment.

“At first I was like, ‘What just happened?’” Luffred said. “I was a little bit mad. Like, why didn’t I stop him, why didn’t I say, ‘I don’t think you’ll be able to stay put on this ride.’ But I wouldn’t have been able to stop him anyway. He was pretty headstrong, and he was so happy to get on that ride. It’s probably the happiest time he’d had in years.”

This semester at UB, Luffred is focusing on healing – both himself and others. He says he wants to be a nurse and he hopes to help people appreciate the value of health and strength.

“I want to give back to the doctors and nurses who saved my life,” Luffred said.

Then they moved to the second.

“As soon as you start to go down, you still have like that moving inertia,” Luffred said. “So he actually just keeps going as we’re going down. Just completely flies over his seat.”

He continues to take inspiration from his uncle and from his no regrets approach to life.

The Darien Lake trip on July 8 was supposed to be a fun day out for the whole family.

Luffred sees the frames of that second over and over in his mind.

When he returned home from Iraq, Hackemer had made a list of things he wanted to do. Riding a roller coaster was at the top, Luffred said.

Although Hackemer and Luffred went in with the rest of the family, their real goal was to split off and hit the coasters.

His mother said it terrorized him all summer.

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“He was pretty excited,” Luffred said. “He didn’t have legs, so I can’t say he had a jump in his step, but there was a little jump in the way he pushed his wheelchair around. He was pretty happy to be in the park and have a chance to go on a roller coaster. He was like a little kid almost.”

“He re-lived it every single day,” Roxanne Luffred said. “That’s all he thought about all day long.

And my husband said ‘Are you sleeping?’ and he said yes I’m sleeping but when I’m awake, it’s all I think about.”

Luffred said he reached over to grab his uncle, but he was already gone.

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On Monday, the SPCA of Niagara County’s board of directors voted to terminate Executive Director John A. Faso. The decision comes after a month of criticism and reports that outlined dysfunctional and cruel euthanasia practices at the shelter.

These reports came from staffers and a board member – they alleged multiple cases of animal neglect, cruelty, and unnecessary euthanasia against the shelter. An investigation by the SPCA of Erie County is currently ongoing.

Faso spoke publicly for the first time after his termination; he blames the board for any of the allegations and continues to contend that he was a competent manager and not responsible for any of the cruel practices.

He did acknowledge, though, that he should have known about the number and nature of the killings. Faso believes that 47 dogs were killed during a fourmonth period last year. But a report stated that 232 dogs had been put down by injection of substances to the heart, according to The Buffalo News.

Faso was hired in April 2010, after the board interviewed what they called a series of “remarkable” applicants – Faso stood out in the pool. Yet, Faso claims he was hired to increase donations and to make pet adoptions more affordable for Niagara County families, despite his lack of animal background.

2012 Deficit to Top $1 Trillion The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said Tuesday that the annual federal deficit will hit $1 trillion in 2012, making this the fourth year in a row. But, this deficit will still be the smallest since 2009 – the year that the government began spending more to help drive the economy out of recession.

The 2012 deficit is currently projected to be $1.1 trillion – less than the $1.4 trillion the past three years. This is the smallest deficit since the Great Recession.

The CBO also predicts that the deficit will fall sharply as we enter 2013, as the Bush tax cuts expire and deep cuts to the Pentagon and other government agency budgets are made. Yet, the CBO also said that raising taxes and cutting government spending would slow economic growth and increase unemployment. The office has predicted that the jobless rate will hit 8.9 percent by the end of this year and will rise to 9.2 percent by the end of 2013.

British Tourists Detained for Tweets Two British tourists were detained in Los Angeles International Airport on Monday after they tweeted they were going to “destroy America” and “dig up Marilyn Monroe.”

The travelers spent 12 hours in separate cells – with Mexican drug dealers for cellmates – before they were sent home via Paris.

The pair claimed that the term “destroy” is British slang for “party,” but they were still held on the suspicion of planning to “commit crimes.” The pair also argued that “dig up Marilyn Monroe” is a Family Guy reference.

Their passports were confiscated and they were told they must apply for visas from the U.S. Embassy in London before flying to the States again.

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New Year, New You?

Healthy Living with The Spectrum A Couple Keys to Six-Pack Glory AARON MANSFIELD Senior Life Editor Real talk: there’s nothing sexier than someone with a chiseled, flat midsection. Guys want abs. Girls want abs. Everybody wants ‘em. But for some reason, it seems almost nobody has ‘em – well, maybe you know one or two people who do.

Know why? Getting those picture perfect abs is hard. It’s hard to resist eating ice cream; it’s hard to do crunches when you could be watching Dexter. It’s obviously not easy, but here are a couple tips to make your six-pack goals a little more attainable so that you’ll be turning heads in no time.

great workouts, but they aren’t going to get you the results you want. Those two exercises work your top two abs, but don’t you want to work the whole section? Here are a few moves. You should do at least four exercises for 25-30 reps every other day: Fifer scissors – Lie on your back with one Courtesy of Alex McCrossen leg straight, about two-to-three inches off UB students create their New Year’s resolutions in hopes of living a healthier lifestyle through exercise and proper the ground, and the other leg straight, lifted diet. directly up in the air. Hold the position for five seconds, and then scissor your legs. In other words, switch their positions (without either leg we create a customized a plan for them,” DaunKEREN BARUCH hitting the floor). Every time you switch counts Barnett said.

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Stay away from diet soda/pop – far away. A lot of people think diet is way better for them than regular pop. If we’re being honest, do you ever see really fit people drinking diet soda?

Oblique crunches – Want to get rid of those bothersome love handles? You need to crush your obliques. In this move, lie on your side with one hand (the one closest to the floor) flat on the ground and the other hand grabbing the back of your head. Lift your legs and head with your oblique and try to make your elbow hit your thigh. Come back down to a straight position (without hitting the floor), and come back up. Each contact counts as one rep.

The University of Texas conducted an eightyear study on the effects of diet soda, according to truthaboutabs.com. The website said: “there was a 41 percent increase in risk of being overweight for every can or bottle of diet soft drink a person consumes each day.” Forty-one percent – that’s a pretty big number, right?

Planks – This move is the simplest but possibly the most challenging. Get in a push-up position and lower yourself onto your forearms. Hold this for one minute (in a completely straight position) and then rest for a minute. Repeat the cycle until you’ve held the exercise for three minutes. Doesn’t sound hard? Give it a shot.

Trust me, you’ll feel it.

Diet.

There’s a bona fide reason: diet drinks have artificial sweeteners like aspartame. That’s what gives your body a negative hormonal response, which leads to more sweet-food cravings. Those sweets lead to fat deposits, love handles, and flabby abs.

It’s simple: if you want abs, you need to drink an abundance of water – shoot for six glasses a day. Water speeds up your metabolism and helps shred midsection fat.

Workout.

When you think ab workout, do you think crunches and sit-ups? If so, you’re doing it wrong. Don’t get it twisted – those are still

Scissor twist – This one’s a lot like fifer scissors. Lie on your back in the same position, but extend your arms completely out to your sides.

When your left leg is in the air, reach your right hand up to touch your toe (or as close as you can get), and hold it there for five seconds.

Then lower your left leg and right arm, raise your right leg and reach up to it with your left arm. Hold this again for five seconds. Each rep counts as one.

In conclusion…

Every healthy-living decision is a tough one, and abs are no exception. If you set your mind to it, though, a six-pack is completely achievable.

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“I’m done being used and tossed away, so I’m promising to not get belligerent,” Leclair said.

“That’s always how I end up in some random dude’s room…I want guys to respect me more.”

The hardest part of fulfilling a resolution, according to Dan Feldman, sophomore pre-med major, is actually finding the motivation to do it.

At the end of December every year, people begin to scramble for New Year’s resolutions. On Dec. 31 friends and family gather around the television anxiously watching performances in Times Square, hoping that in the moment the ball drops, their undesirable habits will too.

While some students come up with specific resolutions that pin point one flaw, Nicole Faerman, a freshman communication major, just wants to be happy.

Resolutions vary in a school of almost 30,000 students, and they range from getting a higher GPA to quitting smoking. Though seeing a resolution through is often difficult, many students do manage to stick to the promises they made to themselves.

“My biggest weakness is procrastinating,” said Matt Fox, a junior communication major. “[I have to] stop procrastinating because I have to set myself up for a job in the near future.”

Fox is determined to become a sports commentator, so he said he’s going to start gradually getting his work done instead of saving all of his toils for the last minute.

Jack Azus, a senior in the school of management, wants to improve his performance in class. He’d like to attain a 4.0 GPA during his final semester. UB provides students with many opportunities to succeed in school and achieve a high GPA. Each professor holds office hours for students to ask questions and receive help on an individual level. Teacher assistants are available to advise students in need.

“I think about my students every day, and worry about how to help them,” said Dr. Joseph Woelfel, a communication theory professor. “It seems to me that being a student now is much harder than it's been since I was a student. Most of my students work, some two, some even three jobs.

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In addition to doing well in school, Azus hopes to quit smoking.

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“I want to have more energy, not have a smokers cough, and not be a complete bum,” Azus said.

“I [also] want to get laid more – girls don’t like smokers.”

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Students, faculty, and staff are all able to meet with coaches to talk about nicotine withdrawal and even receive a supply of free nicotine patches, gum, and lozenges. Duan-Barnett also said that the Wellness Center provides students with “quit puddy” and “detangler,” which are little toys that are used by smoker’s to keep their hands busy and keep their minds off of cigarettes. In addition, there are quit mints and oral substitutes, which are very important to make sure that people don’t grab junk food while refraining from smoking.

This year, Kelli Leclair, a sophomore communication major, vowed to herself that she wouldn’t sleep around with strangers any longer. With approximately one month of success under her belt, she’s determined to firmly say no when she’s out at night and a boy on the dance floor offers to take her home, and ultimately take advantage of her.

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The Student Wellness Team offers many services to help students become happier. Through mental health programs, group counseling, crisis intervention, and other workshops, students are able to get the help they need if they simply want to become happier.

“The best thing UB students can do is try to get enough sleep and to eat three regular meals a day, or if that’s not possible five small meals throughout the day,” said Sharon Mitchell, director of UB Counseling Services. “Proper sleep and rest are essential to accomplishing any other resolutions students may set for themselves like improving their grades, becoming more physically fit, finding a mate, or taking on a leadership position in a student organization.”

According to Mitchell, if your basic health isn’t taken care of, it is impossible to accomplish anything else.

While a lot of members of society thrive off creating resolutions and implementing them, some don’t believe in the desire to start the New Year with a fresh new goal in mind.

“I guess I associate new years resolutions with people who only think about who they are once a year, try to change themselves in a week and then give up,” said William Bergmann, a junior communication major. “I used to constantly look at my negative qualities but I have realized that they are what makes you an individual. So I’ve learned to embrace them.”

Similar to Bergmann, Tara Songster, a freshman in the social sciences program, no longer creates resolutions for herself.

“I noticed that I never stuck to [my resolutions],” Songster said. “So there was no point in even making one. [I don’t know if] anyone actually even sticks to [their resolutions].”

There are approximately 335 days left to accomplish, change, or completely forget about this year’s resolutions.

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For the Dedicated UGG Wearer RACHEL KRAMER Asst. Life Editor

An UGGly Acquisition KEREN BARUCH Life Editor

This is the reason UGGs have a bad reputation.

You are ugly. Smelly. Expensive. Unflattering.

But still, I love you.

UGGs are the warmest and most comfortable pair of shoes I own.

I am not one to care about fashion, style, or the latest trends – no matter how adorable; if it’s uncomfortable, it’s not for me. My style is all about being comfy. Especially when it comes to the harsh Buffalo winter.

After talking to multiple guys, they all agree with me. Calm down.

We all agree that UGGs are warm and possibly the best footwear to wear in the snow (if you actually go out and buy the protective spray to make sure your precious boots don’t get all soggy –trust me, it’s worth it) but you look ridiculous walking around exposing your freshly shaven legs to the Buffalo winds. We all know you are still cold.

There is a way to fix this appalling reputation.

Apparently, that doesn’t fly with the male population at UB. What I don’t understand is why guys care so much about what I wear on my feet. I have heard multiple complaints from my male peers and hipsters about how hideous girls look in UGGs and how overrated and generic they are.

Guys like to say how they would never like the girl they are dating to wear something “so stupid.”

Well, have you seen some of the things you wear?

Since when is it okay to walk around in Timberland Boots when going to class? Last time I checked, you’re not a construction worker.

Since I don’t hate on guys who decide to wear those less-than-attractive boots to class or think wearing sneakers in the snow is a good idea, who are you to judge if I want to wear my comfy, cozy, and admittedly ugly boots?

I’m not saying that UGGs are appropriate all the time or that all styles are socially acceptable.

Coming from Long Island, I have seen UGGs worn in every way imaginable – with sweatpants, jeans, mini skirts, dresses, leggings, and yoga pants.

I will openly admit that UGGs are ugly and I will fight for them to earn a tolerable reputation in society. However, there are some styles of UGGs that make even me physically nauseous.

You all should know what I’m talking about.

The UGGs that look you are wearing a small animal on your feet are beyond my help.

Only a select few those should earn the right to be worn in public.

I’m a fan of the original and simple look – UGGs with jeans – either with the pant legs tucked in or left out. Just make sure you don’t look like a slob, and when your pants are tucked in, make sure they’re not wrinkly at the bottom. I am also a fan of UGGs with sweatpants or leggings; it’s all about the comfort.

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For those overly enthusiastic UGG lovers who insist on wearing them with every outfit, stop trying to sport your summer wardrobe in the middle of January. Just because you’re wearing winter shoes, it does not negate the fact that you’re wearing a summer dress as a blizzard’s roaring around you.

By all means, slip some UGGs on your frozen feet in the morning. Just please make sure you are wearing pants first.

If you must insist on wearing a micro-mini skirt in the middle of a snowstorm, complete the look with a classy pair of gladiator sandals.

You’ll freeze, but that probably doesn’t concern you much.

For those boys out there who judge a girl based on her shoe preference, I’d re-check your priorities.

Does it really matter if the shoes she is wearing make her feet look big and round?

No. Since when should you be

I don’t consider myself to be the greatest fashionista UB has ever seen. I do, however, take pride in having the ability to mix and match exotic articles of clothing, for a put-together, yet gracefully-messy look.

spend the money on UGGs then you may as well put your money where it’s worth and get something more stylish and protective from the harsh weather.

Even a cheap pair of rain boots from Target covered with umbrellas, hearts, and cookies beats the notorious UGG boot.

I believe in Sex & The City style fedoras, heavy eye make up, and chunky watches. I love sheer tops, backless shirts, and low cut body suits that are only acceptable when nipple tape is in the picture.

Not only do these poodle-like shoes make sure your feet smell like a wet dog by the end of the day, but also, after approximately 10 minutes in the snow, they don’t even match your outfit anymore.

Most importantly, I’m not afraid to take risks and experiment with new fashion. I’m open to a variety of styles.

The whole front half of the UGG becomes several shades darker than the top half and people begin to wonder whether UGG created tie-dyed shoes or you forgot to take them off before you got in the shower that morning.

The one thing that hasn’t seen the inside of my closet since 2007, though, is an ever so overrated, boring, and absolutely hideous pair of UGGs. I’m confused.

Do you girls (or, even worse, boys) enjoy wearing boots that get soaked through before you even get to class from your dorm room?

“At least they’re comfortable.”

Don’t even get me started with the neoncolored UGGs. I understand – there was a point when our parents got so excited that UGGs strayed away from the sand- and chestnut-colored shoe, and so they purchased every color they could find, thinking colored UGGs were the greatest invention since sliced bread.

But those were the old days, and now it’s time to make way for the new. We don’t need to wear what our parents pick out for us. It’s time to stop wearing these boots that make your legs look like rods for the cotton candy-colored fluff that is unfortunately resting on your feet.

Yeah – any religious UGG-wearer would say that – but I don’t get it. Is frostbite on your toes and wet socks seriously the new comfort?

If so, I really need to start rethinking my life.

Do you know where you go to school? We might as well live in the arctic. So what are you thinking with those UGGs on your feet?

Get a pair of Hunter boots.

If you’re willing to

The only time I look down at people’s feet without actually looking down upon their UGGs is when they’re wearing the UGG slippers. I think wearing UGG slippers around the house or on a really lazy day to class is acceptable. If you are a sucker for the UGG slippers and you do this, just use your lazy days wisely – soon people will start judging you.

Even then, though, I twitch a little thinking about how many Essie nail polish colors I could have bought with the $99.95 that was spent on the same pair of shoes that costs $14 at Payless.

Overpriced, smelly, and completely inconvenient – purchasing these boots is nothing but an UGGly situation.

staring at her feet anyway?

Do you have a foot fetish? Maybe she is a perfectly amazing girl who is just suffering from very cold feet.

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The Patchwork Life of Brother Keep VANESSA FRITH Senior Arts Editor Nick Sessanna’s basement wall has recently received a facelift, but not with the usual coat of paint. A five-foot by four-foot swath has turned into a testament to one band’s past as they enter into the uncertain post-college world.

Created from memories pulled from photo albums and the dark forgotten corners of closets, the collage became the inspiration and album art for the bands latest, and first, LP, Patchwork Walls.

“We took all these things that were important to us, like pictures, drawings, just memories and what not. We made a little grid on my basement wall out of yarn, and we just paper clipped and scotch taped all this stuff together,” Nick said of the efforts of band members Christine Krolewicz, Ron Walczyk, Zachary Vacanti, and Jacob Sessanna. “All of a sudden there was purples up here and blues down here and it fades into green and goes into yellow. We organized all these memories and all these things that were important to us by color. It became our patchwork.”

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While the group blends their lives together artistically, it also combines its varying alternative musical influences, ranging from Fleet Foxes to Smashing Pumpkins. Though the band finds common ground with Brand New and Manchester Orchestra, the members have their roots in the pop punk music that fueled them in high school. After listening to the likes of Motion City Soundtrack and The Used, Nick picked up the guitar while Walczyk took on the bass.

“I remember being 14 and 15 and just saying ‘I have to do this, I have to be one of these people.

These songs mean so much to me,’” Nick said.

“It really came out of just wanting to be a part of that scene, hoping that some day somebody would listen to our songs and be like, ‘Wow, I can relate to this.’”

Buffalo’s Brother Keep combines introspective lyrics with a DIY work ethic.

“Pop-punk was all about getting together and having fun at shows and jumping around and feeling energized,” Nick said. “This indie rock scene is all about appreciating the music and leaning back against the wall and feeling [bad] about yourself. I think we found a decent middle ground between the two.

“For now we’re definitely more into the emotion, like this huge emotional apex that Brand New can do. You can tell the guy is just so sad, like the things he’s writing about, and then when you hear them you’re like, ‘Oh my God, I hear how this guy feels.’ So were definitely into more than songs that give you shivers because they are so angsty.”

With unfinished ideas left floating around after the dismantling of Nick, Krolewicz, and Walczyk’s old band, Nick, his younger brother Jacob, and Walczyk formed up to flesh out a few songs, and eventually released an EP before turning Brother Keep into a five-person endeavor.

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you happy or pay off all your debts?/ What do I know? (What do I know?)”

The question of the long term future was gratefully delayed for the quintet as Krolewicz decided to pursue graduate studies in urban planning at UB, while Nick took up a part-time job at the CFA. This leaves the band with ample time to spread its music, and DIY ethos, through Buffalo and the Western New York area.

“It’s really important for any band to have a home base,” Nick said. “If your hometown doesn’t support you, it’s going to be hard to find any place that will. We like Buffalo, we’re happy to be here.”

Although the sound of Patchwork Walls isn’t necessarily lo-fi – the band wanted to have a slightlyproduced sound in order to capture the auxiliary and ethereal background noises – the album was recorded in their garage attic with the help of Brian Russo.

Brother Keep drew Krolewicz back into the fold for her vocal and keyboard abilities, while Vacanti helped fill the remaining gap on guitar.

“It sounds good. I would say it’s comparable to what our friends recorded in the real studio,” Nick said. “We’re really happy with the way everything turned out… it’s not super over produced.”

A new band meant a new sound.

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Nick, Krolewicz, and Vacanti graduated from college last May, and for the first time, the band members were faced with the choice of abandoning the music they loved, or staking everything on it.

“We’re kind of at a point in our lives where it’s like, I don’t want to say, ‘Oh, let’s just drop everything and tour and be in a band and be super famous all of a sudden,’ because that’s not super realistic,” Nick said. “But at the same time it’s not that realistic to say ‘Oh, I’m going to quit my band and get a job that pays $14 an hour and try to be happy.’ I don’t want that either.”

The struggle between pursuing your dreams or falling into a life that pays the bills, but leaves a sense of dissatisfaction finds an outlet in Nick’s lyrics. The fourth track Patchwork Walls, “Anything, Anymore” speaks words that leave college seniors lying awake at night.

“And I am puzzled by this paradox/ Every time I follow my heart I’m told to turn around and use my mind,” Nick sings. “Do what makes

The group put a lot of effort into deciding what would make the 12-track album’s final cut, as well as how it would progress. With songs ranging from the quiet crush of “;” to the aggressive ton of “Masques,” to the calm, albeit scathing, vocals of “Patchwork Walls,” the album takes the listener on a calculated roller coaster of highs and lows.

What the distant future holds for Brother Keep is unknown. For now, however, the friends seem to be content playing the circuit of Buffalo venues.

“We come home from work and we’re like, ‘Oh, I can play video games or I can write a song,’ and this is something we look forward to. No matter what happens in our personal lives we can always turn to Brother Keep and be like, ‘OK, I’m going to have fun playing this today,’” Nick said. “If it does take off, like, sweet. We want it to, and we’d be happy to pursue that; and if it doesn’t we’re still going to pursue it, but it would be just specifically for us because we want to do it.”

Brother Keep can be seen next at Mohawk Place on Feb. 26.

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Born to Die, Not Thrill A Week in Ink: Issue No. 42 BRIAN JOSEPHS Arts Editor

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Album: Born to Die Artist: Lana Del Rey Label: Interscope Release Date: Jan. 31 Grade: C Lana Del Rey has divided her audience in her few months of mainstream success.

Her fans see her as a breath of fresh air. To them, Lana Del Rey’s distinctive and melancholy vocals are gripping. “Video Games,” the singer’s first single off of Born to Die, was their main proof to support that claim.

The singer’s detractors say that her novelty deserves little merit, as her “gangster Nancy Sinatra” façade only serves to hide her lack of talent. Case in point: her poor January performance on Saturday Night Live.

The latter camp may be right about Lana Del Rey being overhyped, but it’s not due to inability – there are some signs of potential in Born to Die. But the album is so unnecessarily dramatic, so monotonous, and so flat out boring that the collection nearly succeeds in undoing all the hype that has preceded this release.

A lot of the blame can be placed on the weighty production. The apparently high-budget instrumentals seek to give a sense of some sort of romantic epic. Instead, there are many points in the album where Emile Haynie’s work sounds more intrusive than helpful. The constant use of violins is irritating and the recycled use of the drums is ill-advised.

Lana Del Rey lacks any of the swagger that the title “gangster Nancy Sinatra” would suggest. The singer often collapses under the weight of the production, and listening to her wallowing in the name of love steadily becomes a drag.

The singer’s lack of charisma leads to some pretty abysmal moments. Lana Del Rey looks to evoke a sense of sensuality in “National Anthem,” her ode to American material. However, she doesn’t sound sexy, but old and decrepit. “Summertime Sadness” feels like a sorely outdated hit, while Lana Del Rey sounds desperate in “This is What Makes Us Girls,” the album’s closer.

Born to Die’s disappointments outweigh the moments of fulfillment, but the positives are noticeable when heard.

“Off to the Races” features Lana Del Rey singing in a matter-of-fact tone, as if she was participating in scandalous gossip.

“My old man is a bad man, but I can;t deny the way he holds my hand,” she sings. “He doesn’t mind I have a Las Vegas past, He doesn’t mind I have a L.A. crass way about me/ He loves with every beat of his cocaine heart.”

The heightened tempo of “Diet Mountain Dew” gives Lana Del Rey a new sense of confidence. She sounds self-assured rather than distressed when she asks, “Do you think we’ll be in love forever?”

This is the type of Lana Del Rey that works. In those moments, there is a singer that looks like she is ready to live up to the hype. But for the majority of the album, that same nervous performer that appeared on SNL is heard.

NICOLAS PINO Senior Arts Editor

Aquaman No. 5

Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates No. 6

From the comic’s oceanic origins to now, Geoff Johns’ Aquaman has managed to lap its predecessors in terms of plot, depth, and sheer emotional magnitude, as Johns has taken DC’s historical “fish out of water” and transformed him into the voracious predator readers see today.

Comics are not yet a recognized science, but when they are, The Ultimates writer Jonathan Hickman will definitely be the first in line to be recognized as the Primordial-ink comic book scientist.

DC’s reboot essentially gave life to the washed-up Arthur Curry, carrying him on the tidal wave of change that looks to alter laughing-stock Aquaman into the fight first, ask questions later kind of hero that no one has ever seen.

For the fifth month of the reboot, Johns has the amphibious Atlantean on a quasi-vision quest in one of the least inhabitable environments on earth. Along the way, an almost Obi-Wan appearance by Curry’s father drives him to the point of madness that leaves the reader both shocked and amazed at the profound changes that Johns brought to the (water) table.

The artwork, as usual, is absolutely superb, and the team of artists Ivan Reis and Geoff Johns continues to build off one another producing visually interesting imagery in each waterlogged iteration of the series.

Big reveals at the issue’s end will place Curry on the front lines of war in coming issues, and between the historic horrors of the seafloor rising up and an Arthur Curry ostracized from the very society he aims to protect, Johns intends to keep the anxiety building in what is sure to be the magnum opus of Aquaman for years to come.

In his most recent experiment, Hickman gives the world’s smartest human being 1000 years to evolve, time-travel back to the past, and has the world’s mightiest heroes attempt to crumble the dystopian world that Reed Richards has built in his millennial journey.

A corrupted Richards versus the whole of The Ultimates would be enough plot for most, but Hickman, being the master storyteller that he is, takes readers down the rabbit hole into the psyche of a mad-genius convinced that the reign of homo sapiens is coming to a quick conclusion.

Hickman’s plot weaving deserves the highest praise as his story-arc twists and turns into what can only be described as a modern day David against Goliath match of super-heroic proportions. Too often has Stark singlehandedly saved the day, or Cap came in with the heroic one-liner to quell America’s adversaries. For once Hickman goes against the gloss-laden grain and places his heroes on the other side of the winning scenario.

Hickman’s “no hero is safe” mentality places The Ultimates at the top of must-read comic piles for every sentient Marvellite this side of the year 3012.

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Incorruptible No. 26 In three short years, Mark Waid’s world of heroes has gone rogue and villains turned vigilantes has grown from a short, limited series into an overwhelming universe full of radicals, rationalists, and revolutionaries all caught in the wake of the Plutonian’s never-ending wrath.

For those unacquainted with Waid’s world of “I”-literation his series Irredeemable and Incorruptible take on philosophical quandaries and comic book inquiries with the question: “what if Superman gave up being a good guy?” Waid’s questioning of the super-powered status quo has led to two series, and both attempted to investigate the lives of an alien fed up with a broken society and his humanitarian antagonist, Max Damage.

“Incorruptible No. 26” finally sheds light on the process that made Max the heavyweight contender for the title of Earth’s Defender and, to save readers the 20-odd pages of

reading, it’s not pleasant. Max has sacrificed mental sanity to continuously fight the world’s greatest extraterrestrial opponent, and in this issue Waid brings Max’s mental well-being to the forefront of discussion and even goes as far as showing Max’s reprieve of his criminal days come back in full swing.

What makes Waid’s writing a class above his peers is the persistent challenging of the themes of morality and duty that have guided the hands of writers for more than half a century. For its insight into the minds of the world’s most deranged “heroes” and the societal mirror the series holds to comics, Incorruptible is a must-buy for all who consider themselves intellectual ink enthusiasts.

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Continued from page 1: Rise Above The Crowd

The vaccines being used for this trial will be manufactured under Choi’s direction in Roswell’s Xvivo system, a custom-made barrier isolator (a physical barrier between a lab technician and a work process to eliminate interference and ensure favorable conditions). Choi said the barrier isolator is the first of its kind in the use of cellular therapies. The facility’s unique design and construction is due to guidance and advice received from the Food and Drug Administration, according to Choi.

Palumbo has encountered many naysayers despite her clear talent. On the surface, a small, fair-skinned woman from Buffalo doesn’t necessarily scream R&B sensation. However, she lets her music and soulful voice speak for itself.

The NY-SEO-1 vaccine will be custom-made for each patient. The barrier isolator will be used to manipulate cells taken from patients over the course of nine days – these cells will then be injected back into the patients in a series of four doses.

What makes the chamber revolutionary is that it mimics the optimal physiological conditions for the entire time cells are outside of the body. In other cellular therapies, the cells are manipulated outside of optimal conditions, and then put back into incubators.

“It’s kind of like sushi, or food, when you take it out, and put it back in, take it out, and put it back in – it loses its freshness,” Choi said.

“It may still work, but it’s not the best tasting or the most optimal.”

Roswell’s will be the first study that will test a dendritic cell vaccine given in combination with rapamycin.

Dr. Kunle Odunsi, director of Roswell Park’s center for immunotherapy, created the vaccine and is the study’s principal investigator.

He has already evaluated the success of the vaccine in dealing with ovarian cancer.

In one of Odunsi’s trials, a patient, who initially faced about an 80 percent chance of the cancer’s return, is currently cancer-free, according to a Roswell press release. The patient’s immune system responded to the vaccine, and it has experienced no side effects.

Choi expressed great gratitude and thanks to the people of Buffalo for their support in this new effort in the fight against cancer.

Shirkant hopes his discovery, along with the trial being run by Roswell, will demonstrate the facility’s capacity to conduct cellular therapies.

“Sometimes, science moves by a feeling or a striking observation, or feelings you have – some gut feelings,” Shrikant said. “In my career of 35 years, [this is] one of the few notions to actually pan out.”

“Usually when someone says something negative, I chalk it up to an experience,” Palumbo said. “I think, ‘What is it about me they don’t like? Is it my voice? Is it my songwriting? Or is it because of the color of my skin?’ Because if it’s the third thing, I can’t change that, but I can work harder to make my songs better.”

Palumbo lists the legendary Etta James and the sexual TLC as her influences, as her musical and professional aspirations revolve around the empowerment of women.

Last year, Palumbo released a song titled “Rise Above,” an inspirational song about innerstrength, which helped her popularity skyrocket. The song not only held the top spot on local radio station, 93.7 WBLK’s “Unsigned Hype” countdown, but it maintained the spot for five weeks, the maximum amount allowed for any song on the countdown. “Rise Above” also cemented Rachel as the No. 1 R&B artist at the Unsigned Hype Music Awards held by WBLK.

Palumbo considers another experience her biggest musical

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accomplishment. An encounter with an old classmate gave Palumbo not only the validation that her music was reaching the masses, but also the strength and inspiration to serve as a voice for her audience. “[She] reached out to me and told me how she was pregnant and that she and her kids were moving into a homeless shelter,” Palumbo said. “[“Rise Above”] just happened to play at the right time for her and she told me, ‘Rachel, I felt like giving up. I just want you to know that your song inspired me to keep going and I think what you’re doing is great. Your song re-instilled strength in me and allowed me to keep going.’”

Rachel has also had fans on the brink of suicide contact her in regards to her song, “Rise Above,” and “Last Tear,” her musical admiration toward military wives like herself.

Rachel’s career has been a product of her sole hard work and ability to successfully multi-task the dozens of hats bestowed upon her. She books her own shows, interviews and collaborations, and works as her own marketing team, a role she takes very seriously.

Marc Adler, an adjunct instructor for the Millard Fillmore College, has worked with Rachel and is a first-hand witness of her determination and drive.

“I’ve taught for 17 years and I forget more names than I remember, but Rachel made sure she was never a face in the crowd,” Adler said. “She’s proactive, driven, and uses every resource possible to further her career.”

Rachel has been fortunate enough to learn marketing skills from Adler, and also met musicians through Adler when he worked with UB’s Alumni Association.

Rachel also has the pressure of her masters program as well as being a mother to her daughter, Gianna. But these are responsibilities she’s happy to face.

“There’s something about an academic setting that fuels my soul,” Palumbo said. “It’s that academic challenge, and knowing you have to rise to the occasion and being disciplined, and that’s the biggest lesson I’ve taken from school…my breaking points, my capabilities, and what I’m willing to endure to get that diploma. It’s those sleepless nights I’ve given trying to balance my academic career with my music career and my household obligations.”

The struggle between the academic world and the music industry is not an easy one for Rachel, but with her sultry voice and raw determination, she’s ready to face them.

01/25- An alcohol overdose was reported on Hayes Road 01/25- A hit and run occurred on Main Street 01/25- A drug complaint was made in Wilkeson Quad 01/26- A burglary occurred in Parker Hall 01/26- A drug complaint was made in Richmond Hall 01/28- Criminal mischief was reported on Augspurger Road 01/28- A hit and run occurred on Frontier Road 01/30- A hit and run occurred in South Lake Village 01-30- An arrest was made in Millard Fillmore Academic Center Dennis K. Stambuli was caught smoking marijuana outside Millard Filmore Academic Center, and was found with possession of three cell phones, one of which has been determined as stolen.

At approximately 9:33 p.m., Officer Eric Derby found Stambuli smoking a marijuana cigarette outside MFAC, close to room 170. Upon the check of Stambuli, he was found with a cell phone that was stolen from a student on Jan. 23 in the Natural Science Complex. The case will go to court in the Student Wide Judiciary, SWJ, for possession of stolen property. He admitted to taking the phone, so he was also charged with a petit larceny, but Stambuli was not arrested for possession of marijuana.

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Continued from page 12: Lack of Aggression Leads to Loss for Bulls

Beichner was upset that the intense emotions of the Take Down Cancer event had not affected his team in a more positive way, while questioning some of his own decisions.

The future does appear bright for the Bulls.

Although they bid farewell one of Buffalo’s best ever in Smith, there were strong gritty performances by Jake Waste and fellow freshmen Blake Roulo and Justin Heiserman.

“They weren’t trying to get the take down, and in my opinion when you go out there and you are not trying to get the take down and be aggressive, you aren’t trying to win,” Beichner said.

The hope for Beichner is that the younger wrestlers can continue to put forward strong performances, allowing them to be competitive in the MAC.

The Bulls have four dual meets remaining before the MAC Tournament, and Beichner hopes that his team can be prepared in time. In spite of the poor performances this season, the team has a young core of wrestlers.

That trek begins with Kent State (10-4, 3-0 MAC). The Bulls will take on the Golden Flashes on Feb. 3, at 7 p.m.

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“At this point in time, it was very minor as a violation, so we just SWJ’d him for that. The real crime here being the possession of the stolen property, and then he admitted to taking it,” Lieutenant David Urbanek said, Stambuli was not found with any marijuana besides the cigarette he was smoking as Officer Derby approached him. He is to appear to SWJ for a hearing.

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UB Students for the Exploration and Development Space (UB-SEDS) is a club that sets its ambitions skyward to generate interest and activism in the community for any and all space-related topics, according to Sean Lyons, a senior aerospace engineering major.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- You may be able to strike a compromise today with someone who has been pushing you against your will lately.

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PLAYER SPOTLIGHT:

Jarod Oldham

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Jonesin’ to Top the Bulls Scouting Ball State TYLER CADY Senior Sports Editor

The men’s basketball team has fared well against Mid-American Conference West Division opponents thus far this season. But the competition will soon take a big step up.

Buffalo (12-6, 5-2 MAC) will host Ball State (12-7, 4-3 MAC) in a major mid-week tilt Wednesday. The Cardinals are one of the favorites to come out of the MAC West and that’s something Buffalo is preparing for.

“They’re a really good team,” said head coach Reggie Witherspoon.

Sophomore guard Jarod Oldham is re“They’re just a very well put toally coming into his own at the helm of the gether team that competes hard on Bulls’ offense. The Bulls are on a four-game the road as well as at home. They’re win streak and much of the credit goes to just very consistent. They play the Oldham. His 27 assists to just nine turnovers same way every time, and it’ll be a during the streak have been a bright spot at challenge for us.” the point guard position.

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Season Stats: Games played/ Games started: 18/18 Minutes per game: 27.4 Field Goal percentage: 28 percent Points per game: 4.9 Rebounds per game: 4.1 Assists: 6.2 Turnovers: 2.6 Steals: 1.6 Getting to know Oldham-

Current Record: 12-7 (4-3 Mid-American Conference) All-time Record: 13-7 Ball State Last Meeting: 72-71 Ball State (Feb. 5, 2011, Worthen Arena, Muncie, IN)

Much of that challenge will come in the form of 6-foot-9 senior Jarrod Jones, a versatile forward who can score both from the block and behind the arc, shooting at 50 percent from 3-point range.

Two Cardinals to Watch:

“He scores it everywhere,” Witherspoon said. “He presents problems for everybody. He scored the first nine points of the game at Akron. It was 9-0 Jones. He’s legit.”

Who are the players you try to model your game after?

While Jones may pose a problem defensively for any individual, the “I watch Rajon Rondo a lot. He runs his team Bulls may look to their zone to very well and the guys around him are help- counter the presence of the forward. ing him out. I try to take a few things from Buffalo has played a large number of his game and take it to a whole new level.” minutes in the 2-3 zone, and it has helped the Bulls hold their oppoWhat about stepping into the starting nents under 65 points per game, as point guard spot as a sophomore? well as holding them to a dismal 38 “My confidence grows every game. I’m trying percent from the field. to get better every day in practice, working on control. At times I let my adrenaline get As the Bulls defense has blossomed, the best of me so that’s what I’m working on. their offense has also started to I’ve seen progress. But I could always do bet- heat up, especially from behind the ter; I’m never satisfied.” arc. The Bulls have hit at least nine

threes in each contest during their How have your teammates embraced four-game winning streak. you as the starter?

“They let me know [they have my back] every time we get on the court. We’ve got a good group of guys, and everybody is trying to help each other, and I’m trying to make them better so it works out well.”

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“As the season goes you’re supposed to become more aware and more alert,” Witherspoon said. “That’s the biggest adjustment for kids coming to college. A lot of them can shoot it

Courtesy of Ball State Athletics

Jarrod Jones goes up for two. The Bulls will have to limit his opportunities if they want to pull out the win on Wednesday.

but they don’t know when to shoot it.

Hopefully we’re making that adjustment as a team.”

Oldham has amassed 27 assists to just nine turnovers in the last four games.

The team as a whole has certainly responded, as six different Bulls have knocked down a 3-pointer in the four-game streak.

“From a standpoint of running a team this is fairly new to [Oldham],” Witherspoon said. “But he’s getting better at it.”

Perhaps no one has been as impressive as Jarod Oldham though. The sophomore point guard has knocked down some timely shots like the rest of the squad, but has made his mark as a distributer more than anything.

The Bulls will look to continue their impressive streak against the Cardinals Wednesday night in Alumni Arena. Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m.

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Lack of Aggression Leads to Loss for Bulls

Buffalo will once again be part of the ESPN Bracketbuster series, a day of games that feature some of the top mid-major programs across the country.

The Bulls are absolutely unconscious from behind the arc right now. This is the best they’ve been playing all season. Sophomore guard Jarrod Oldham is running this team in such a way that their offense is electrifying. Although Ball State is the stiffest of the MAC West competition the Bulls at home will be too much for the Cardinals, but it’ll be a close contest.

It’s Buffalo’s year to be on the road – after hosting Wisconsin-Milwaukee last year – which could be good news for the Jackrabbits as they are a perfect 8-0 at home this season.

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The Bulls will win if... They can keep their 3-point shooting barrage going. During the four-game winning streak, the Bulls have made at least nine 3-pointers in each game.

Sophomore guard Tony Watson has opened the floor offensively for the Bulls lately, shooting 41 percent from three in conference play. However, the Bulls’ zone defense must do its part to neutralize the offensive prowess of Jones.

TYLER CADY Senior Sports Editor

This year Buffalo will be one of the 13 nationally televised contests, as it will be seen on ESPNU when it takes on South Dakota St. (17-6, 9-2 Summit).

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G-Jauwan Scaife: The 6-foot-2 junior has torched the Bulls in the past, averaging 19 points a game in the two previous contests, and shooting a tremendous 11-of-15 from 3-point range. He has struggled a bit in conference play, averaging just over three points per game, but given his history against Buffalo he may be due for a breakout game.

The Cardinals will win if... They can find a way to take better care of the basketball. In the last two games the Cardinals have committed 22 turnovers against Ohio, and 13 against Akron. They can’t afford to do the same in Buffalo, as the Bulls have forced 57 turnovers over this fourgame winning streak.

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The game will take place Feb. 18, and tipoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.

F-Jarrod Jones: Jones is by far the best player on this team. He leads the Cardinals with 17.1 points per game and 8.8 rebounds per game.

The offense runs through the 6-foot-9 senior, as the MAC’s career active leading scorer can beat teams from inside, and has even added a little range to his game, making half of his 18 3-point shot attempts on the season.

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Senior Kevin Smith buries his opponent in the mat. Smith’s final win at Alumni Arena would not be enough for Bulls to beat the Bobcats.

BEN TARHAN Staff Reporter There are days in the sporting world when sports take a back seat to more serious real world issues.

On Sunday at Alumni Arena, the wrestling team took on Ohio (3-5, 2-3 Mid-American Conference) but wrestling was nothing but a backdrop for the rest of the day’s events.

Buffalo hosted the third annual Takedown Cancer event. The match was the final home event for three of Buffalo’s seniors. Despite the large crowd and intense emotions that filled Alumni Arena, the Bulls (5-12, 0-2 MAC) were unable to pull out the victory, falling 22-18.

Prior to the meet, the Bulls honored their three seniors, Tyler Golba, Tyler Peter and Kevin Smith. The Bulls helped raise $21,500 to help combat cancer.

The Bulls got off to a slow start in the first half, losing four of the first five matches, including one pin, to fall

behind 3-16 at halftime.

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The Bulls came roaring back in the second half, led by outstanding performances from junior Mark Lewandowski (15-0), freshman Jake Waste (15-3) and senior Kevin Smith (4-0), but the first half deficit was too much to overcome.

To compliment Lewandowski, Kevin Smith put on a strong performance in his final match at Alumni Arena.

Wrestling against Darrin Boing, the 3rd ranked 141-pounder in the MAC. Smith, ranked second in his weight class, played out the first period to a draw before mauling his opponent over the last two periods to win, 4-0.

Lewandowski, who leads the team with 29 wins this season, and is ranked No. 25 in the nation and No. 3 in the MAC, dominated Ohio’s Miles Chapman. The junior jumped out to an early lead and never looked back. Although he was dominant, there was a scary moment in the first period when Lewandowski’s knee got twisted up and he had to take a major injury time out. But he got it taped up and finished the match by technical falling Chapman 11 seconds into the final period.

“He’s had a little bit of a bad knee and he went out there and dinged it up,” said head coach Jim Beichner. “Instead of quitting he went out there and tech falled a guy with a knee that was hurting him pretty bad. There are not a lot of guys who would have gone out there and continued wrestling the way

“Unfortunately we didn’t have enough of a team effort to come out and win this match,” Smith said. “It would’ve been nice to come out with a victory but I thought our guys wrestled tough and we just have to keep moving forward.”

Although Smith was encouraged by some of the stronger performances, Beichner was discouraged by some of the early matches.

“We were pretty upset. We went back there and gave it to them [after half time],” Beichner said. “The performances were not good performances [before the half], we had too many problems.” continued on page 10

Ball State-72 Buffalo-77 NATHANIEL SMITH Sports Editor The Bulls will be facing a desperate Ball State team, one that has to be smarting after close losses to the Ohio and the Akron. Ball State has a tremendous scoring option in Jarrod Jones, but the Bulls have a couple of guys to throw at the talented big man to slow him down. If the hot shooting continues for Buffalo, it will send the Cardinals to their third straight loss.

Ball State- 68 Buffalo-71 BRYAN FEILER Sports Editor The Bulls have the size to contain Jones, so Ball State will have to find another way to put up points, an area usually reserved for Jones. The Bulls are riding a four-game win streak, and with the home crowd behind them they will make it five straight.

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