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Tuition talk brings small crowd ASHLEY INKUMSAH ASST. NEWS EDITOR All UB students will pay $300 more in tuition every year until at least 2020. But only about 10 to 15 students were present at a town hall style forum Wednesday night about tuition increases.

The Student Association Assembly held a “Rational Tuition Town Hall” forum in the Student Union for students to ask questions about NYSUNY 2020’s rational tuition program that limits SUNY schools to $300 annual tuition increases. Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Scott Weber and Rob Mayer, director of State Relations who worked as a special assistant to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, answered student questions.

Melissa Kathan, SA Assembly Speaker and SUNY SA Chair of the rational tuition task force, said the event was not posted on the SA’s Facebook page until Monday night because that was when they got confirmation of the room and that Weber could attend. Kathan said that despite the low turnout, it was “reassuring” that everyone who did attend was “engaged and passionate.”

“With anything, more notice would always increase numbers,” Kathan said. “That being said, a lot of the input that we had, people were asking questions and were fully engaged.”

She also said some of the 10-15 students were non-Assembly members, which she was happy to see.

The SA Assembly officially endorsed renewing the plan on Feb. 25. SUNY is looking for student and school input because the plan will expire on Dec. 31, 2016 and the state is looking to extend the law to Dec. 31, 2020.

Weber advocated for the plan because he said it was predictable so students currently enrolled at UB and those looking to enroll could plan financially.

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Low attendance halts Faculty Senate vote TOM DINKI SENIOR NEWS EDITOR

Michael Chaskes, a professor in the Department of Medicine, is wondering how “anything is going to get done” at UB with the consistent struggle the Faculty Senate has getting enough members present at a meeting to take a vote.

It’s a problem that’s plagued the body for years. The Senate had enough members present – half the body plus one member – to hold quorum for the first time in at least six years back in December 2013. Since, the Senate has picked up some in attendance, able to function as a voting body throughout this academic year.

But not at its meeting Tuesday

when the Senators were considering a new dean review process.

The Senate nearly lost its right to vote on the policy. It then became the job of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee to decide Wednesday if the general body could have another shot at quorum on May 5. It voted in favor, but not after discussion of the persisting issue.

“It seems to me there should be a resolution here. What are we going to do with issues where there’s no quorum?” said Chaskes at Wednesday’s Faculty Senate Executive Committee meeting.

“The problem is how is anything going to get done at this university?”

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Faculty Senate Chair Ezra Zubrow speaks at Wednesday’s Faculty Senate Executive Committee meeting in Capen Hall. The Senate did have quorum, which delayed the voting on the new decanal review policy.

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Jessica Williams’ canceled March 12 performance may not be rescheduled JORDAN OSCAR SENIOR ARTS EDITOR

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A story of willpower:

How one professor overcame a reading disability and a bad temper before turning down a job at General Motors and becoming a professor and exploring his love of the outdoors. PAGE 5

Faculty to draft textbook selling policy

Spectrum editor presents to committee

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Comedy Series in limbo

Ezra Zubrow was sitting with a colleague drinking coffee when he first learned that UB professors were assigning their self-published textbooks in an article by The Spectrum in November.

“When I read it, I was amazed. It was eye opening,” Zubrow, the Faculty Senate Chair, said. “I turned to the other faculty member and said, ‘Did you know this was happening at our university?’”

The Faculty Senate Executive Committee assigned a committee to draft a policy on professors assigning self-published textbooks after a Spectrum editor presented her reporting to the Executive Committee Wednesday.

Emma Janicki, The Spectrum’s managing editor, wrote an article in November 2014 detailing how at least four UB professors assign their own textbooks for their classes, with some having students pay them in cash in the classroom. The article is currently up for an award in the general news reporting category in region one of the Society of Professional Journalists.

Janicki told the committee that the idea for the story came from students enrolled in The Spectrum class who brought up the issue.

Members of the committee asked Janicki what students’ feelings are about buying a textbook that their professor wrote.

“Student opinion varied. Some said, ‘This seems really weird. Why isn’t it at the bookstore? But oth-

Economics Professor Alex Annas speaks at Wednesday’s Faculty Senate Executive Committee meeting. The Executive Committee discussed making policies about professor assigning self-published textbooks.

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ers said at the same time it can be cheaper and it does go along with the homework,’” Janicki said. “So they really went from all ends of the spectrum.”

Stephen Dyson, a classics and anthropology professor, asked Janicki if it was possible professors like Dietrich Kuhlmann – who assigned his own textbooks for STA 119 – wanted to write their own textbooks to offer a new perspective on the material.

Janicki said, “With a statistics class, I’m not sure how much other stuff can be brought in.”

Members of the executive committee raised concerns over professors profiting from their students, especially when it involves exchange of cash in a classroom.

Joseph Mollendorf, a professor in the mechanical and aerospace engineering department, said the biggest issue is professors taking cash from students in the classroom.

Janicki reported that students in

Donald McGuire’s UGC 111 lose 15 percent of their grade if they don’t buy his textbook, because it is needed for quizzes and tests. The text costs $120 and is purchased and used through a website. The text cannot be downloaded and expires once the semester ends.

Alex Anas, an economics professor, said a policy should make professors have reasonable prices for their textbooks. He said monitoring what professors make from their textbooks though could be difficult, as professors could lie about how much they are making.

Zubrow created a sub-committee at the end of the meeting to draft a policy within 10 days. He said he wanted the committee to have diverse views to “fight out” fundamental issues.

“I think it would be good to bring out some kind of resolution before this academic year,” Zubrow said.

Jessica Williams’ performance as the 14th annual Comedy Series headliner next Friday has been canceled. It’s uncertain if the Student Association will be able to find a new performance date for the famed Daily Show correspondent or if it will have to reach out to another comedian, according to SA President James Ingram.

Ingram said he doesn’t have a “ton of specifics that we can say or that I even know,” on Wednesday.

“We just know that there was a scheduling conflict and that they want to reschedule for April, if we can find a date that can work for April,” he said.

The SA deleted the Facebook event page for the Comedy Series and a post appeared on its page stating an “unforeseen scheduling conflict” was the cause of the cancelation. SA found out about the scheduling issue late Tuesday evening.

“She’s working on another project as well, and the deadline for it was moved up, so she was unable to make the show,” said Erin Lachaal, the SA entertainment director. “She’s got a lot going on between her work at The Daily Show and everything else she’s doing on the side.”

Ingram said SA needs to find a date that would work with both the Center for the Arts, where the Comedy Series was set to take place, and Williams’ schedule without “stacking on top of ” another already scheduled SA event.

“I don’t want it to be on the same date, so hopefully we can work out something that will fall in between our other April events that are already planned,” Ingram said.

In the event that SA can’t reschedule Williams, Ingram said SA would begin looking into other options.

“Typically, our Comedy Series comes together easier than a fest, so it wouldn’t be out of the question to try to find a different comedian to bring in,” Ingram said. “Or if we decided we wanted to go a different route and look into a different type of programming, we could discuss that, but at this point I’m not quite sure.”

The cancelation and rescheduling came six days after Williams was announced to frontline this year’s Comedy Series and nine days before the event was set to take place.

Ingram said the SA has already begun talking with the CFA about possible dates, but he’s not sure about the timeline or when SA will have a confirmed rescheduled date.

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Continued from comedy page 1 But some students look forward to the annual comedy event and already made plans after SA announced Williams’ performance.

“I planned on going with some friends,” said Angela Toscano, a sophomore pharmacy major. “I’ve seen her on Comedy Central before and know who she is. I’m disappointed that it’s canceled, and I’m hoping

they bring someone else. I wouldn’t mind seeing John Oliver again.”

Oliver – another comedian known for news satire – performed at a packed Alumni Arena back in December.

Williams was set to perform a “comedic lecture” about “For More We Turn to Jessica Williams.” The Daily Show correspondent was going to play clips from her work on the show, giving insight into how they were produced, her stance on each issue and stringing the performance along with jokes and anecdotes.

Now, SA said it’s focusing on spreading the word that the event is canceled.

Continued from tuition page 1 “We know the tuition is likely to rise, but can we moderate that rise in a predictable way and we can use those funds to predict the student experience on this campus for you who are paying those funds,” Weber said. “I think we’ve done a good job on that.”

Kathan said SA Assembly calculated that SUNY tuition increased 8 percent annually before the rational tuition plan in 2011.

“Affordability is a relative term,” Kathan said. “You’re talking about 10 years down the line, but you’re also talking about inflation of the economy.”

Mayer said the reason New York State does not just make this plan permanent is because the legislature reserves the right to review the program on a regular basis. Mayer travels to various governors’ offices and state legislatures to discuss what students want as far as rationing tuition.

Mayer said the reason why SUNY tuition rises were so unpredictable and not occurring on a regular basis in the past is the state legislature would use SUNY tuition to close budget gaps.

“If you look at periods when the state has fiscal crises or was having a hard time … it’s almost a guaranteed source of revenue [and that] would be raised and that money would be transferred back to what’s called the general fund,” Mayer said.

The general fund is a “big pot of money,” according to May-

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S​enior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Scott Weber speaks to a sparsely attended town hall style meeting about NYSUNY 2020's rational tuition plan, which limits the amount schools can raise tuition annually.

er, that the state looks at and divides up among its different agencies and departments to meet budget obligations.

The general fund is currently about $142 billion, according to Mayer.

Mayer said NYSUNY 2020 uncoupled the legislature from having direct control on a whim as to when tuition would be raised and prevented it from being diverted into the general fund.

Weber said with rational tuition, the funds stay on campus and UB has used them to look at affordability and to fund programs – including Finish in 4.

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“It’s especially unfortunate because we had just made the announcement on Facebook, but we also just sent out the email to everyone including the date [of] Comedy Series yesterday,” Ingram said Wednesday. “Now, we’re just making sure we spread the word on our social media and other platforms.

We don’t want students still planning on going when it’s not going to work out.”

Tori Roseman contributed reporting to this story email: arts@ubspectrum.com

gram in January.

Weber said he does not expect all students to take four years to finish their college education, but said the national averages indicate that UB has worked hard to decrease the time it takes to get a degree. Weber said if students earn their bachelor degrees in four years, it allows for them to get into the next phase of their careers faster.

“We’ve increased both our fouryear graduation rates and our sixyear graduation rates conservatively over that time,” Weber said.

“The other thing that we’ve done is we’ve added more faculty to improve the student educational experience that reduces or student to faculty ratio, which we think is important. So that’s really what we’ve been trying to do.”

Weber said UB is trying to gain state approval so the board has the authority to continue rational tuition for another five years.

Kathan said SA Assembly might be willing to have another forum if students are interested.

“If people voiced their concerns that they were still interested in this, we would love to be able to host another forum,” Kathan said.

“Scott Weber said he’d be more than willing to do this again.”

She said SA Assembly would have a meeting next week about how the forum went and “where to go from here.”

Tom Dinki contributed reporting to this story.

Continued from Faculty Senate page 1 Only 35 Faculty Senate members of the minimum 45 needed showed up Tuesday’s general body meeting to approve the new decanal review policy, which aims to make UB’s dean review process more transparent.

The executive committee voted to return the vote to the Faculty Senate instead of taking over the vote itself, but some Faculty Senate members questioned Tuesday if it’s even the committee’s right to do so.

“I don’t know if we can give that power away and say [Faculty Senate Executive Committee] take care of it. I would think it would be violating our bylaws,” said James Holstun, an English professor, at Tuesday’s Faculty Senate meeting.

Holstun said the Senate bylaws state the vote only goes to the executive committee if an emergency comes up in between Faculty Senate meetings.

At the end of Wednesday’s executive committee meeting, Senate Chair Ezra Zubrow asked Senate parliamentarian Richard Gronostajski to speak with the Bylaws committee – of which he is a member – to address the issue of how the Faculty Senate could be “more productive” in instances where there was not a quorum.

Zubrow, who is stepping down as Senate Chair next semester, told Holstun it’s been the standard operating procedure for 30 years to have a vote go to the executive committee if the Faculty Senate does not have quorum, and told Holstun that the two of them have “gone around in circles on this.”

“It is not a grab for power, it’s just to make sure things get done,” Zubrow told the executive committee Wednesday.

Zubrow told the Faculty Senate that he was asking for their opinion on whether it should return to the Senate floor so he could relay the message at Faculty Senate Executive Committee the next day.

He also said he, personally, does not have any deep vested interest if the Senate or the executive

committee votes on the new decanal review policy.

Cynthia Typick, the Senate’s secretary, said Wednesday she thinks something needs to be done in bylaws to make procedure is tighter or “nothing will get done.”

Chaskes questioned what will happen if the Faculty Senate does not have enough members to vote again on May 5, because he said most of the time the Faculty Senate does not have quorum.

Gronostajski told The Spectrum after the meeting that according to his records, the Faculty Senate had quorum in the February 2015 meeting and in the October, November and December 2014 meetings.

According to the available Faculty Senate meeting minutes posted online, The Spectrum could only verify there was quorum in the Dec. 2, 2014 meeting in which the new general education requirements were voted on and passed.

There are meetings in which enough members may be present to vote, but there are no motions on the floor.

Zubrow suggested Gronostajski create a motion with a bylaw committee to change the bylaws to “make sure these problems don’t occur.” He said incoming Senate Chair Philip Glick, who is a professor of surgery in the medical school, should also be involved in the clearing up the continuing confusion of what the bylaws allow or don’t allow.

The next Senate meeting is April 7, but Gronostajski said that a special meeting is already slated to host all faculty members (not just senators) that day. The meeting will focus on addresses made

by President Satish Tripathi and Provost Charles Zukowski.

So senators will have to wait until the semester is almost over to know if there will be a new decanal review process – if enough of them show up. email: news@ubspectrum.com

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OPINION The lost art of acceptance

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An investment in equality Cuomo must recognize the needs of both individuals and small businesses as he seeks to increase the minimum wage

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Correction: In an article published by The Spectrum on Monday entitled ‘SUNY seeks input on ‘rational tuition plan,’ it said UB’s tuition will increase $150 every year for the next six years, and that it is half the amount UB can increase due to NYSUNY 2020. It should say UB’s tuition will increase $300 every year for the next six years and that it is the full amount UB can charge increase it under NYSUNY 2020.

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Lately I have noticed and been troubled by the migration of the term “open-minded,” from being the description of someone who tries to understand a situation from all sides to a sort of synonym for someone on the left of the political spectrum.

Someone who supports gay rights is openminded; someone who does not is closed-minded.

If you are not pro-abortion rights, you need to open your mind.

Until recently, I would be just as likely as anyone to be saying these things. But the problem is that it’s too easy.

It is blatantly obvious to me a person’s sexual orientation should have no effect on his or her rights as a human being. I could easily go on about why I am pro-abortion rights, however, coming to these conclusions did not challenge my mind. It didn’t stretch and it didn’t open.

Calling myself open-minded just for believing these things is severely limiting.

If I am confident in my beliefs, I should be willing to challenge them by really trying to see the other side.

The value of taking a concept that is completely alien to you and attempting to understand it is unmatched and necessary for change. In a world as diverse in beliefs and lifestyles as ours, being open-minded should be a universal goal.

Along with that yogurt Jell-O mold at the end of the dessert table, religion and politics is something my family tries to avoid when we gather together. We learned this is the right choice the hard way.

I remember engaging the anti-abortion vs. pro-abortion rights debate many times before my family’s epiphany. My grandma is anti-abortion and I am proabortion rights.

“Abortion is murder, it is wrong,” she would say.

I would respond with my belief that women are sometimes given no choice, and they should have complete control over their bodies.

If I had tried opening my mind, then I would have realized my grandma is the mother of four children, the grandmother of 11 and the great-grandmother of two. When she looks around the room we all fill, she sees lives happening that would not have been possible without her.

Abortion to her means preventing these lives from existing. If I had understood that, then maybe I could have explained to her that being pro-abortion rights meant respecting the lives that were already created. To prevent women from getting botched surgeries out of fear, or having a baby she cannot support.

We maybe could have realized we were, in reality, both in support of human lives. Instead we would argue, wasting our breath and our time.

Without learning someone else’s language you can’t possibly attempt to teach them yours. Arguing about social issues without attempting to understand the opposite view is like finding a spider in your room, yelling at it to get out and then being outraged if it doesn’t end up cracking open your window and crawling back to where you think it belongs.

Even though getting on the level of someone whose beliefs oppose yours sometimes feels even more difficult than successfully communicating with a spider, I know from experience it is not.

Spiders are never going to understand, but sometimes people will.

Trying to understand foreign concepts in the beginning feels like walking into a giant block of ice or trying to get onto platform nine-and-three-quarters as a Muggle in the land of Harry Potter. In time, however, spring will come and the block of ice will melt. In the world of your head, Muggles can learn how to be wizards and disappear into what before was a brick wall.

With work, you can open your mind. email: sophiamc@buffalo.edu

Many students at UB undestand the challenges that accompany working at a job that pays minimum wage – whether they’re employed by the university or work off campus – and receiving paychecks don’t amount to much when positions pay $8.75 an hour.

So in that regard, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s campaign to raise the minimum wage in New York State comes as welcome news.

Currently, the minimum wage is set to increase to $9 an hour at the end of this year, and Cuomo is seeking to raise it even higher to $10.50 by the end of 2016.

Raising wages for employees being paid by the hour is undoubtedly necessary and a critical step in improving economic equality in the state.

Working for just $8.75 an hour – and taking home less than that after taxes – is not just demoralizing, but also unaffordable. Even with an increased wage of $9, employees working full-time make only $18,000 a year.

That’s far too little to survive while paying off student loans, to make ends meet and pay college tuition or just to support a family.

It’s necessary to protect and fight for those who are often underrepresented – Cuomo’s

campaign shows he cares about New Yorkers who are currently struggling to simply pay the bills, much less lift themselves out of poverty.

The governor’s proposed wage increase would positively impact the over 594,000 minimum wage employees in the state, and boost more than 100,000 New Yorkers above the poverty line.

Clearly, Cuomo is right to make this issue a priority, even if it makes him a target of criticism.

Not surprisingly, there is plenty of opposition to this proposal, and some of the concerns are justified.

Even though it’s easy to support the minimum wage increase – it helps individuals who work hard and deserve more money – raising wages does come with downsides that are necessary to consider.

A higher minimum wage helps individuals, but also has the potential to hurt small businesses.

For a state trying to encourage small business growth – multiple statewide programs offer grants and tax incentives to small businesses – it’s problematic to enact a proposal that will ultimately make it more difficult for these establishments to survive.

Raising the wages small busi-

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nesses pay their employees increases the burden on those businesses, which won’t necessarily see any increase in profits from the wage increase – only an increase in costs.

Accordingly, moderation is a necessity – Cuomo should not insist on moving too quickly with the wage increase, and be willing to compromise on a lower wage.

Additionally, the state should develop programs to further assist struggling businesses, and improve the state’s economic climate for such establishments, to ensure that businesses don’t fail as a result of the wage increase – and that additional new businesses can continue to set up shop.

After all, an increased wage can only help individuals who are employed, and small businesses are an important combatant against unemployment.

In the fight for economic equality, moderation is key.

Small businesses must be protected, but individuals deserve higher pay, too.

Cuomo’s campaign is admirable, and his determination impressive, but now he must demonstrate the ability to compromise as well. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com

Rex Ryan’s risky business Bills acquire star running back LeSean McCoy in costly but necessary blockbuster trade After not even two months into his tenure as the Buffalo Bills’ head coach, Rex Ryan has sent shockwaves through New York and the sports community at large.

The Bills announced Tuesday they would trade linebacker Kiko Alonso to the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for running back LeSean McCoy, a move no one expected but everyone is talking about.

At the simplest level – offense versus defense – this move makes sense.

The Bills desperately need to use this offseason to improve their tepid offense, which averaged only 5 yards a play, while their defense has been reliably stout, allowing just 18.1 points a season – the fourth best in the league.

With that in mind, trading an injured defensive player for an offensive star is a wise move – but not necessarily ideal.

Alonso was drafted in the second round by the Bills in 2013 and made an impression during his rookie year, finishing third in the league in tackles. But his development has been delayed by a torn ACL that kept him off the field for the entire 2014.

Clearly, Alonso is a formidable player with great potential.

But the Bills defense was successful without him this season.

To say that the team’s offense did not achieve similar success is putting it mildly. After averaging only 92.6 rushing yards per game – 25th in the league – the need for an improved running game was dire.

Bringing in McCoy will undoubtedly bring a spark to a struggling offense.

C.J. Spiller and Fred Jackson, the team’s primary running backs last season, are both talented players, but were limited by injuries.

Neither player has carried more than 237 times in a season, while McCoy has had 314 and 312 carries in the past two seasons.

Though Spiller will be finding a new home, as he announced on NFL Network shortly after the news broke, the dual threat of McCoy and Jackson will prove formidable. Jackson will be more likely to stay healthy with a lighter workload and McCoy can clearly handle the pressure.

McCoy is arguably one of most explosive players in the league. He can bring energy to the team, make big plays and – most importantly – score touchdowns, having racked up 44 scoring plays in his six years

in the NFL. But this trade does come at a cost.

Not surprisingly, McCoy carries a hefty price. Acquiring McCoy will cost the Bills $10.25 million against the salary cap.

And not only does this trade generate financial strife, but it’s also already produced plenty of complaints from McCoy himself, who sources report is very unhappy about the trade.

McCoy, who’s never played football outside of Pennsylvania, felt both surprise and frustration about the trade, according to sources, who said the running back may not leave Philadelphia quietly.

The Bills must ensure when McCoy arrives to Buffalo, he does so with the right attitude, and shows up ready to make a difference on his new team.

Considering the multi-million dollar price tag he’s bringing with him, McCoy better stop feeling sorry for himself.

Coming to a team with a losing record may not be ideal, but with an improved outlook, McCoy can help ensure that this season, the Bills end up over .500. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com

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A multicultural showcase Saturday’s Fiesta will celebrate diversity by exploring cultural journeys

JORDAN OSCAR

SENIOR ARTS EDITOR

After being elected International Club Coordinator, Tazrin Hossain didn’t know what she wanted the theme of this year’s International Fiesta to be; she just knew she wanted it to be different from previous years’ broad themes of myths, folktales and love.

She still didn’t know until she was rereading Homer’s “Odyssey” over the summer and thought about how every culture has its own journey.

This year’s International Fiesta starts at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the Center for the Arts’ Mainstage Theater. This year’s Fiesta, focused around “the great journey,” features five competitive acts, along with 10 exhibition acts and some videos from clubs that can’t participate, but still represent UB’s diversity – something Hossain wanted to highlight.

“There is a journey within every culture,” Hossain said. “Whether it’s an internal, coming of age, personal journey or the Odyssey, or Epic of Gilgamesh, something that’s physical.”

Hossain began tentatively planning International Fiesta over the summer when she chose the theme. She’s always loved how Fiesta highlights the diversity of cultures found on campus.

“Ever since I was a freshman, it was this great event that brought people of different cultures together and showcased the different and unique aspects of their cultures in a format people typically enjoy,” Hossain said.

As she got more involved in clubs and joined the International Club Council, she noticed Fiesta is often “geared” toward bigger clubs. She wanted to change that.

Hossain encouraged more exhibition acts, allowing more clubs to participate in Fiesta.

“I told clubs, you don’t have to compete to be a part of the show,” Hossain said. “If you have any kind of any sort of dance performance, that is welcome, that is something you can showcase and bring to the table.”

She had clubs in the International Club Council that aren’t participating in Fiesta record a video wishing performers good luck.

While 1,750 people fill the Mainstage Theater for what is usually a sold-out event, Hossain will be backstage making sure her months of work go according to plan.

With the help of Student Association staff, Hossain has to ensure clubs are in the right place and in the right order, that they have enough time to change costumes with many dancers participating in competition and exhibition acts.

While Hossain is backstage, the MCs steal the spotlight, ensuring the event is

The Japanese Student Association performs during last year’s sold-out International Fiesta; 11 groups will take the stage this year.

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entertaining.

This year’s MCs, Corinne Zee, Allen Liu and Greg Bellanton were given creative freedom by Hossain, which they initially found daunting.

Zee said without a “cap” on what they could do, they thought about everything from Pokémon costumes or doing bits based on HBO’s popular series Game of Thrones.

“It has been nothing but fun, but it has also been a lot more difficult than I thought it was going to be,” said Zee, a senior intended exercise science and psychology major. “MCs make it look easy every year and then when you think about problems that may happen … like names being said incorrectly, those little hiccups … just making everything seem funnier [and] more enjoyable.”

After finding out they would be MCs, Zee, Bellanton and Liu watched performances from earlier years to avoid recycling previous material. Then, they began planning out where each of them would be throughout the event, what they would say and how they wanted their role as MCs to go.

As a member of the Filipino Student Association, one of five clubs competing at Fiesta this year, Zee had to turn down the opportunity to choreograph their performance when she was asked to be an MC. “I want to be a part of their club but, at the same time, to be an MC is friggin’ awesome,” Zee said.

While the MCs move throughout the Mainstage Theater, delivering jokes and moving the performance along, dancers for exhibition and competitive acts change costumes and get in place on stage.

When the curtains open one thing is clear; it’s their show.

Clubs work rigorously to perfect their performance and make it as polished as possible, which is especially true for the five competing clubs: the Filipino SA, Indian SA, Japanese SA, Latin American SA and Malaysian SA. Rohan Kapoor, a sophomore business administration major and president of the Indian Student Association (ISA), said his club held tryouts last semester and has been practicing every day since the second week of this semester.

“We’ve been going at it every day since about the second week of [this semester],” Kapoor said in an email. “With four forms of dance, it takes a lot of effort and dedication to bring everything together.”

ISA, as the winner of International Fiesta for the past two years, is working to take the top prize for its third year. Like their performance in previous years, their act incorporates four forms of dance, including Bollywood, classical, Garba-Raas and Bhangra.

“I think for us the most important thing is putting on a great show. After back-toback wins, we have set high expectations for ourselves,” Kapoor said. “We often have our peers come up to us and tell us

how excited they are to see us perform at Fiesta, so what’s most special for us is the love and support we have from the UB community.”

Kapoor wouldn’t give any details about their performance other than that it’s based on an Indian Epic, which translates to “A Hero’s Journey” from Sanskrit, but the audience can accept a few surprises.

One thing ISA did differently was work with SA videographer Joshua Cruz to make sure they have the “most unique, if not, the best intro video this year,” according to Kapoor. Cruz and ISA used green screens and range of editing software to finish Kapoor’s vision for the video and “left no stone unturned.”

Cruz told Kapoor the video’s one-minute-and-1-second runtime was a short film and not an intro video.

This year’s Fiesta has five competing acts, 10 exhibition acts – the most in at least five years – and the return of African Student Association for the first time since 2008.

As clubs and MCs finalize their performances and work out the kinks during “hell week,” students can still get tickets.

Although SA sold out of free tickets for undergraduate students Wednesday afternoon, Tickets are still on sale for $7 at the CFA Box Office and can be bought for $10 at the door for the 7:30 p.m. show. email: arts@ubspectrum.com

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GEO 481 (Undergraduate) or GEO 506 (Graduate) Geographic Info Systems T R 6:30pm - 9:40pm (Lecture) T R 5:00pm - 6:20pm (Lab)

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How James Holmes went from a detention king to teaching guru

A testament to how brute willpower can help put mind over matter

KENNETH KASHIF THOMAS

STAFF WRITER

Before taking a bite out of his blackened tilapia at The Tiffin Room, Dr. James Holmes said, “You may lose some battles, but you will win the war.”

He was speaking on the subject of honor and his decision to decline an offer to work for General Motors.

Holmes is a professor in the economics department with a long and rich history, despite his fair share of disadvantages. Diagnosed with a dyslexia-like learning disorder and adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, he has proven that with unwavering willpower, one can accomplish a lot.

The Indiana native wasn’t born with a silver spoon in his mouth or a lid on his temper.

At 65 pounds in grade school, he would regularly get into fights with football players almost three times his weight.

During study halls, Holmes said he would use a slingshot to shoot chicken wire staples at kids who picked on him.

He garnered a reputation, among students and faculty alike, as a troublemaker.

“I didn’t learn to read until I was 13, couldn’t write a sentence, and my English was atrocious,” Holmes said.

He also spent time suspended from his primary and secondary school career for his mischievousness.

It wasn’t until he submitted a science project to a national science fair and placed third that his academic standing changed from a common miscreant to a top-tier intellectual.

Although he finished in the bottom half of his secondary school class, he went to Indiana’s Wabash College in 1955. “[When I went there] I rented an apartment with a big closet and I put a lamp in

there, a table and a chair, then I shut the door,” Holmes said. “I would have a minute by minute log of the pure study time I got in there, not drinking coffee, not going to the bathroom. You’d be surprised how much time you can waste.”

Holmes used this method to clock in 40 hours of study time a week.

At Wabash College, he earned exemplary grades and graduated with a triple major in economics, mathematics and English in 1959.

The same year he graduated, General Motors (GM) approached him for a job interview.

When the representative asked him the position Holmes aspired toward in the company, he responded with one word: “President.”

It was that confidence that would get him an interview with one of GM’s vice presidents.

“At the time I was selling magazines door to door, believe it or not,” Holmes said. “I could sell ice cubes to Eskimos.”

After spending three days with GM in various departments, he received his offer: $6,000 a year, which would increase to $7,200 at the end of one year, six weeks working in the various departments, followed by two years of funded study for an MBA at a GM institution.

His response, which he says is still emotional for him to think about, was, “I have to turn your offer down. I always worked and I always prided myself on producing more for whoever I worked for.”

For Holmes, he reasoned that this was the most honorable thing to do.

“I feel you’re paying me too much to work six weeks in a section. I make a lot of mistakes, I’m a slow learner. I try, but I won’t be able to repay the mistakes I make in six weeks.”

This response stunned the GM representative.

After turning down GM, Holmes moved on to continue his academic career at the University of Chicago under the mentorship of Nobel Prize Winner Milton Friedman.

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“After every lecture, he would spend two to three hours with me after class and argue,” Holmes said.

The two bonded by bouncing academic and intellectual ideas off of one another during the time they spent together after classes.

At the time Holmes was on the varsity debate team, a sport Friedman held in high regard. Holmes received his MA and PhD in economics, aided by Friedman’s mentorship.

Since his graduation from the University of Chicago, he has taught at nine institutions – most notably Purdue University – as well as having 37 pieces of his writing published in various academic publications.

At UB, Holmes teaches Economics 205: Money & Banking and Economics 407: Intermediate Macroeconomics, a course considered by some to be the most rigorous in the department. He also teaches a debate class in the fall.

Vivian Turnquest, a junior business and finance major, is currently enrolled in Holmes’ Econ 205 course.

She had nothing but good things to say about the professor.

“I find his lectures enlightening because of his examples and his use of real life experiences,” Turquest said. “He also shows the errors in our textbook.”

Holmes uses paradigms as a tool to help

students better grasp a topic, as well as requiring his students to subscribe to the Wall Street Journal and read it regularly.

“His stories tie in with the lectures and The Wall Street Journal articles,” Turnquest said.

Tyler Dash, a senior economics and political science major, is a teaching assistant (TA) for Holmes’ Econ 205 class and sees the opportunity to work under Holmes as a great experience.

“When I was approached to be his TA, I jumped at it because he’s highly respected [at] the University of Chicago, and it would be a bad idea not to,” Dash said.

As a previous student of Holmes, he understands the value of Holmes’ methods.

“His theory deviates slightly from conventional Keynesian theory, and you can only really learn it from him here. He’s a great professor,” Dash said.

Today, Holmes sits on a comfortable amount of capital gained from personal investments, teaching solely to educate students on how to manage money and become wealthy.

Holmes has more than a few stories under his belt, and his career is proof that no matter what battles life sends your way, hard work will always win the war. email: arts@ubspectrum.com

Work off your snack

Students pranked into exercising by talking vending machine

TORI ROSEMAN

SENIOR ARTS EDITOR

For UB students who are counting the days until the latest installment of Game of Thrones is released, the wait just got a little shorter.

The Student Association will be premiering the first episode of Game of Thrones’ fifth season on Sunday, March 29 in the Center for the Arts. This screening comes two weeks before the episode is aired worldwide on HBO. “It was a very collaborative effort,” said Kevin Kuchta, the assistant director of marketing and communication for Campus Living. “We worked with the HBO Go, the CFA and the SA to put the whole event together. It was HBO’s idea to use Game of Thrones and we knew there would be a lot of student interest.”

Currently, the Facebook event has 283 people attending. Campus Living brought HBO Go to on-campus students, replacing a UB-hosted, on-demand movie service. HBO Go is a streaming service for HBO shows like Girls, True Blood and Boardwalk Empire.

Students who live on campus can sign up for tickets for the premiere starting March 9, while off-campus students have to wait until the Monday after spring break, March 23, to grab theirs at the CFA ticket booth or SA office.

Some off-campus students are upset oncampus students can get the tickets sooner.

“It’s not fair, I’m worried that they’ll be sold out,” said Jonathan Puma, a junior social sciences major who lives off campus.

“It’ll be the same situation as the AMC tickets – the office is going to be mobbed, and by the time I get to the front, there’s not going to be any tickets left.”

In the fall, SA gave away 2,500 free AMC movie ticket vouchers to UB undergraduate students in the fall, limiting the giveaway to 200 tickets per week.

For some students like Alex Aponte, a sophomore exercise sciences major, the early premiere means having to catch up on the show much more quickly.

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“I’m excited, but now I have two weeks less than before to catch up,” Aponte said.

What keeps many Game of Thrones viewers coming back season after season is the series’ complex characters and shocking plot twists. The medieval setting gives way to jousting, royal feasts and a wardrobe fit for a noble in shiny metal armor or ostentatious party dresses.

The show, which skyrocketed in popularity, is based on the series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin; the first book is titled Game of Thrones. The books and television adaption follow a series of nobles as they fight for power in the mythical land of Westero.

“I’ve read all the books, and they’re definitely different from the show,” Puma said.

“They don’t have certain characters or storylines, but I think the show has done a good job of adapting the series.”

Whether it’s the antics of Lord Tyrion (Peter Dinklage, X-Men: Days of Future Past) or swooning over Jon Snow (Kit Harington, Seventh Son), watching the first episode of the show’s fifth installment should be an exciting for fans – even if they have to wait three weeks to see the second episode.

Students stopping for a snack at UB’s vending machine in Knox Lecture Hall on Wednesday were unexpectedly greeted by a voice with some pretty high health standards.

Students trying to make snack selections unknowingly became part of the Independent Health Foundation’s (IHF) initiative to spark UB students to start thinking about making healthy choices while snacking or dining on campus.

“I’m going to need twenty good jumping jacks,” the voice of a local comedian emitted from the vending machine to one of 40 different students who bought a snack.

This talking vending machine video surprised college students when the “machine” asked them to exercise their snacks off right then. UB and IHF worked with the local marketing firm Delia to make a student reaction video to a ‘talking vending machine,’ voiced by a local comedian in a back room in Knox Lecture Hall with a microphone.

“We realized a lot of college students are eating from vending machines on a regular basis, so we came up with a fun and unique concept to spread the message across WNY,” said Carrie Meyer, executive director of IHF. The video has already reached 20,000 views and Meyer is hoping the message keeps spreading.

“We just want people to start thinking about healthy options if they’re cooking at home, dining out, or stopping at a vending machine, that they choose a better option.”

“Students were like, ‘What is going on?’ But so many students would start to choose healthier options, so a lot of people were really thinking about it,” Meyer said.

IHF’s first video, Work Off Your Snack, launched on Youtube Tuesday, but because the IHF had such a good student response, Meyer said they were able to create two other videos, to be launched soon: Read the Ingredients, and Make a Promise to Eat Healthier.

To help identify healthy snacks, the IHF’s website provides some tips on making those healthier choices.

email: arts@ubspectrum.com

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The Student Association will be premiering the first episode of the fifth season of Game of Thrones on March 29 in the Center for the Arts.

Continued form men’s basketball page 8 With a win, the Bulls will clinch the division, but they’ll need a little bit of help in order to claim the second seed in the MAC Tournament.

Both Buffalo and Toledo (19-11, 11-6 MAC) currently have 11 conference wins, however, the Rockets defeated the Bulls 92-88 on Feb 10, giving them the tiebreaker. If the Rockets lose tomorrow to Eastern Michigan (18-12, 7-10 MAC) and the Bulls win, they will also clinch the No. 2 seed for next week’s conference tournament and would be awarded a triple-bye in the conference tournament.

Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. email: sports@ubspectrum.com

Continued form women’s basketball page 8 The Bulls force a conferenceleading 11.2 steals per game while the Golden Flashes rank eighth in the conference with six per game.

The Bulls scored 87 points last Saturday in a victory over Akron (21-7, 11-6 MAC). Sophomore guard Joanna Smith scored 20 points that game and followed up with a 17-point performance on Wednesday.

“I love the way she’s playing,” Legette-Jack said. “We knew she had it in her. She’s just a great teammate.”

Saturday’s game marks the final regular season game for Sharkey and Baccas. Sharkey enters the game averaging a team-leading 14.3 points per game while Baccas leads the team – and the conference – in blocked shots (2.3 per game).

“They’re special,” Legette-Jack said. “I hope we have a lot more games to play because I’m not ready for those guys to be out of our life on a daily basis. They are captains that give totally of themselves.”

Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. email: sports@ubspectrum.com

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Three Spectrum editors place in top three for national journalism competition ALYSSA MCCLURE The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) announced Thursday two current editors and one former editor of The Spectrum have placed in the SPJ’s Mark of Excellence regional awards competition.

Current Editor in Chief Sara DiNatale, Managing Editor Emma Janicki and former Managing Editor Lisa Khoury are in the top three for the categories of breaking news, general news reporting and investigative reporting, respectively.

“Being recognized in any way by the SPJ is so meaningful and a huge testament to The Spectrum,” Khoury said. “The Spectrum went 60-plus years without getting any awards; we go from that to three of us this year being nominated for an SPJ.” The Spectrum has won 17 national awards in the past five years.

SPJ’s Mark of Excellence awards are divided into 12 regions; The Spectrum is part of region one.

There were 511 entries in region one, according to Abbi Martzall, SPJ’s awards coordinator.

The Spectrum’s three articles are in the top three in their respective categories, according to Martzall. The exact placement will be announced at the Region 1 Spring Conference April 17-18 at Hofstra University.

Winning articles in their respective categories will go on to compete at the national level.

“These are the most prestigious awards for college journalism.

These are like the Pulitzer Prize of college journalism,” said Jody Kleinberg Biehl, director of UB’s Journalism Certificate Program and adviser to The Spectrum.

DiNatale, a senior English major, was nominated for her breaking news article, “Law School Dean Makau Mutua resigns.”

DiNatale wrote the article within 24 hours of the former dean’s resignation. Mutua stepped down amid allegations of lying in federal court and in a state administrative proceeding.

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You have to craft a narrative people want to read and can understand, but you don’t have the luxury of sitting with it for weeks,” DiNatale said. “There’s nothing like that rush and informing the campus about something they need to know about.”

Mutua continues to teach at UB as a SUNY Distinguished Professor and Floyd H. and Hilda L. Hurst Faculty Scholar.

“Publishing textbooks can mean big money for professors,” by Janicki, a senior English major, was nominated in the general news reporting category.

The article examined the undergraduate programs’ administrator and adjunct associate professor of classics Donald McGuire and research professor of biostatistics Dietrich Kuhlmann’s self-published textbooks. Janicki found UB has no policy on whether a professor can require students to purchase their own textbooks – even if students are paying the professor directly in cash.

“The Spectrum decided to look into the issue after some staff writers told us they had to buy their professors’ books and really just didn’t know if it was ethical or legal,” Janicki said. “I got a lot of different opinions from people about it while I was writing the piece and was surprised to find nothing on the books about it from UB or SUNY.” Currently, UB’s Faculty Senate is reviewing the university’s lack of policy on the issue. The Faculty Senate Executive Committee plans to submit a resolution to the Faculty Senate at its May meeting.

“Now, it’s kind of like my baby.

It’s interesting to see how it’s all playing out,” Janicki said.

Khoury’s article “Animal Heights” was nominated in the investigative reporting category. The article previously won fourth place for 2014 Story of the Year by the Associated Collegiate Press.

Khoury also won a national SPJ Mark of Excellence Award for indepth reporting and first place in the Camayak Student Media Competition Award in Best Investigative Journalism Production for her article “The Heights of Fear” in 2013.

During her seven-month investigation for “Animal Heights,” Khoury uncovered five illegal fraternities at UB. She proved the fraternities have drug-selling operations and engage in harsh hazing rituals and underage drinking.

UB and the national fraternities the groups masquerade under have done very little – often nothing – to shut the groups down.

National news organizations like USA Today College and the Huffington Post picked up her story and reported on it. “[Being recognized for my work] only makes me more excited for the future,” Khoury said. “It inspires me to do more of impactful journalism – that’s why I got into this field in the first place.”

The Spectrum is the largest student-run newspaper in the SUNY system and the second largest in the state, after Syracuse University’s The Daily Orange.

Biehl said the awards are “a testament to the integrity and capability” of the students.

“I’m so proud of the students

and their hard work,” Biehl said.

“The time and energy they put into these pieces show, and I’m thrilled they’re getting the recognition they deserve.”

Janicki has been working for The Spectrum for just over a year, but said she’s happy those she’s worked alongside are being recognized for their “incredible work.”

Over 50 UB students work for the paper, producing three times a week. The Spectrum publishes 7,000 copies of each issues and updates its website daily.

DiNatale, who will be interning at The Boston Globe this summer, said she is proud of her staff and fellow reporters for their work.

“It always feels good to be rewarded for your labors – but that’s not why we do the work we do,” DiNatale said. “These three stories exemplify what journalism is about.

Journalism can effect real change, and that’s the real reward.”

Khoury, who currently interns at ABC News, said winning an SPJ shows how members of The Spectrum become “better journalists together.”

“We all learn journalism on the field. We did it as a team. We all motivated each other,” Khoury said. “It’s a testament to what we can accomplish as a paper that isn’t controlled by its student government or the university’s administration. It shows how we as a staff and as a team supported each other and motivated each other.”

email: alyssa.mcclure@ubspectrum.com

2/24 1:41 p.m. – A student reported she was entrapped in an elevator in Richmond 2. She said she was on the fourth floor and the elevator seemed uneven.

4:47 p.m. – An officer reported a vehicle in the Stadium parking lot backed into the patrol vehicle.

2/25 10:09 p.m. – UPD reported it received an anonymous tip of a marijuana complaint in Baldy Hall at the basement stairwell closest to the vending area. Patrol arrived and reported an odor of marijuana. The subjects were gone on arrival.

2/27 2:47 p.m. – A UB employee reported an odor of marijuana outside of the Millard Fillmore Academic Center. The subjects were no longer in the area but the UB employee reports this is an ongoing issue. Patrols will make frequent checks of the area.

2/28 11:45 p.m. - UPD reported UB student Phillip Christie was issued a Student Wide Judiciary ticket at the Main Circle on South Campus for public urination and running from police.

3/1 1:56 a.m. – A resident adviser in Lehman Hall requested a welfare check for an intoxicated student. Upon arrival, patrol requested for medical treatment and the student was taken to Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital.

4:33 a.m. – UPD patrol was dispatched to Fargo Hall for a welfare check on a student. Patrol notified Amherst Fire Control for an ambulance. The student was transported to Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital and issued a Student Wide Judiciary ticket.

3:06 p.m. – Two UB students were entrapped in an elevator in Clement Hall on South Campus.

A patrol was dispatched and an elevator tech released the students. email: news@ubspectrum.com

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You can make things happen. Jump into a leadership position and show everyone what you are capable of doing.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Face emotional issues head-on so that you can put the past behind you and move forward.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Sharing with others will result in balance and equality. A new hobby or creative project will lead to new connections and new beginnings.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Put your heart and soul into unusual projects that can improve your home environment and save you money.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Take charge and get things underway. Plan an adventure, visit a friend or confess your feelings to someone you want to get to know better.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Put your finances in order. Make changes based on what you see and hear.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Question your past work and professional choices, and make the changes that will help you utilize all the experience you have gathered along the way to find a moneymaking venture that suits your current situation.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Mix business with pleasure. Take on a job that you find entertaining and easy. Don’t let the demands someone puts on you keep you from doing the things you want to do.

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SPORTS

Men’s basketball preview: Bulls look to secure the MAC East With a win, Bulls clinch at least a share of the MAC East, could take No. 2 seed in MAC Tournament

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Head coach Chris Jans (left) and the Bowling Green Falcons will square off against Bobby Hurley (right) and the Bulls on Friday in the final regular season matchup of the year. If the Bulls win, they will win the MAC East.

QUENTIN HAYNES SPORTS EDITOR Two weeks ago, the men’s basketball team was on a three-game losing streak and fell into the middle of the pack in the MidAmerican Conference standings. It looked like the team was set to play in the first round of the MAC Tournament.

But a five-game winning streak heading into the final matchup of the season propelled the team into position to win the MAC East and a possible triple-bye in next week’s conference Tournament.

The Bulls (20-9, 11-6 MAC) will play Bowling Green (19-9, 11-6 MAC) in the final regu-

lar season matchup on Friday night in Alumni Arena. The team can secure the MAC East and at least a double-bye in next week’s conference tournament with a victory.

Head coach Bobby Hurley said the losing streak late last month is what propelled them to their strong finish.

“We were playing winning basketball in those losses,” Hurley said. “We just couldn’t make enough plays at the end. Those games made us tougher, made us fight on every possession. Going on the road, winning three of our five games in this streak on the road, I don’t know if we’d do that without this little adversity here.”

The last time the Bulls and Falcons

Know your role

QUENTIN HAYNES

SPORTS EDITOR

The most successful basketball teams are the ones that don’t solely rely on their star players.

Take the Bulls, for instance. Junior forward Justin Moss and sophomore guard Shannon Evans are two of the best players in the Mid-American Conference, let alone on their own team.

But being the best player also comes with a price. The best players are expected to be the highest scorers on the team every game and have little room for error. If they do not play up to standards, then it can jeopardize the team.

That’s when the role players step in. The term “role player” has a dirty connotation to it. It suggests the player excels in one area of the court while the rest of the team picks up the slack. But for junior guard Jarryn Skeete, that’s more of a complement than a critique. Skeete takes 72 percent of his shots from beyond the arc and hits on 40 percent of them.

That’s not just any average role player.

The biggest improvement the Bulls can make right now is the addition of a reliable

third scorer. So far this season, the combination of Moss and Evans has combined to score 45 percent of the team’s total points and have taken 43 percent of the team’s total field goal attempts.

Skeete can fill that void.

Skeete has averaged 9.8 points per game, but it’s his success from beyond the arc that makes him an ideal candidate for a jump in the MAC Tournament. Skeete leads the team in three-point shooting percentage.

Outside of Evans’ 36 percent from beyond the arc, the Bulls don’t have a single player hitting over 31 percent from three.

The key to success in basketball is spacing. The key to create space is to have consistent outside shooters. That’s where Skeete excels. While the only other above-average shooter on the floor doubles as the lead playmaker, Skeete is allowed to roam around the arc, using screens to get himself open to launch a three from beyond the arc.

His ability to hit threes in abundance gives the Bulls more spacing, as well as shifts defensive attention from Moss and Evans. An effective Skeete from downtown gives Moss less attention in the post, gives Evans more space to attack the rim and gives freshman guard Lamonte Bearden and senior forward Xavier Ford a bit more space to decided on whether to shoot the jumper or attack the rim.

When teams overshadow Skeete in an attempt to run him off the three-point line, he’ll find the open man, and eventually, the mismatch or open man on the floor. He’s great at doing the little things, like boxing out opposing guards for rebound and moving the ball around the perimeter.

Being able to do those little things on the floor helps fills in the small cracks in the starting lineup.

And yet, one of his best attributes is something that has nothing to do with shooting.

Skeete seldom turns the ball over, which

played on Feb. 21, the Bulls won 68-56. Junior forward Justin Moss was in foul trouble throughout the game, resulting in Hurley using a 2-3 zone defense in order to keep Moss in the game for as long as possible.

The two players that held Buffalo together in that game were junior guard Jarryn Skeete and sophomore guard Shannon Evans. Skeete started the game hot, hitting four 3-pointers to open up the game and finished with 15 points. Evans finished with a team-high 19 points and three assists.

Hurley cited Evans’ recent play (16.6 points, 3.0 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 49 percent from the field and 56 percent from three in their five-game winning streak) as part of the recent success for the Bulls.

“Shannon has been great,” Hurley said.

“He won MAC Player of the Week twice, he was huge offensively in the second half against Kent State and against Ohio, he had 11 assists and just one turnover. He’s also been great on the defensive end, too.”

The matchup between Buffalo and Bowling Green is a matchup of good offense against good defense. The Bulls are ranked third in the MAC in points per game, averaging 74.7 points. As for the Falcons, their success is predicated on their defense, allowing a league-low 60.9 points per game.

Despite the reputation of being a good offensive team, Hurley said the Bulls defense was a big reason for their winning streak and why they can play far into the tournament.

“When we defend the way we’re capable of playing defense, we’re tough to beat,” Hurley said. “When we’ve held team’s below 60 points, we usually win. Teams expect us to push offensively, but it’s our defense that takes us to the next level.”

In their five-game winning streak, the Bulls have allowed 62.4 points per game and opponents have shot just 39 percent from the floor. It is the first time all season the Bulls held all of their opponents to under 70 points in five straight games.

The Bulls will have to use their defense to slow down forward Richaun Holmes, who leads the Falcons with 14.9 points per game.

Last game against Kent State, Holmes put up a game-high 29 points while shooting 11 of 20 from the field.

Last Tuesday, Bowling Green was defeated by the Golden Flashes in an 81-80 overtime loss.

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To win in Cleveland, Bulls must focus on junior guard Skeete is valuable in this backcourt. With Bearden and Evans doubling as scorers and distributors, they’ve had their fair share of turnover problems. Skeete, however, doesn’t have to create for others, and that has allowed him to operate in the backcourt without turning the ball over much this season – just 16 times heading into their last game against Bowling Green.

The value of having a player who can simply catch the ball on the floor and make a play that doesn’t create a turnover is an underrated virtue. Skeete’s ability to do that, combined with his shooting prowess all equals up to this underrated offensive weapon for the Bulls.

I also find Skeete to be effective on the defensive end. With Bearden and Evans as solid defending options, Skeete’s ability as a team defender has been key in their success this season. At 6-foot-3, Skeete is capable of defending point guards and shooting guards, and his long arms allows the Bulls to play him on smaller forwards as well.

Regardless of outcome of Friday’s game against Bowling Green, I believe the Bulls win the MAC Tournament this year. There have been hiccups and bumps along the way on the floor, but every time the Bulls seem on the verge of completely stumbling, they’ve responded with a winning streak.

The combination of Moss and Evans will have to carry the Bulls and ultimately lead them to wherever they land. Ford will be the defender to help anchor the defense and create turnovers, and in turn, points.

For my money, Jarryn Skeete has the ability to take a step forward in the conference tournament and help the Bulls bring home their first MAC Tournament Championship. email: quentin. haynes@ubspectrum.com

Women’s basketball to take on Kent State in regular season finale Buffalo enters the game in a four-way tie for fourth place

YUSONG SHI, THE SPECTRUM

Head coach Felisha-Legette-Jack (pictured) will lead the Bulls on Friday against Kent State in the team’s final regular season matchup of the season.

JORDAN GROSSMAN SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR

The week before college basketball’s conference tournaments is a time when most teams can prepare for post-season play.

But that’s not how coach head coach Felisha Legette-Jack sees it.

“We don’t look at the [last] game as our last [of the season],” she said. “It’s part of the season. Most people have four seasons in winter, spring, summer and fall. Well, I have four seasons as well. It’s pre-season, nonconference, conference and post-season.”

On Saturday afternoon, the Bulls (17-11, 10-7 Mid-American Conference) will take on Kent State (5-23, 2-14 MAC) in Kent, Ohio in the final regular season matchup of the 2014-15 season. Buffalo is currently tied with Toledo, Central Michigan and Western Michigan for fourth place in the conference.

One of the main concerns for the Bulls heading into the game is offense. On Wednesday, Buffalo scored 55 or less points in a game for the seventh time this season.

Buffalo also ranks dead last in the conference in three-point shooting percentage (.252).

But Legette-Jack said defense is the key to winning the game on Saturday. In Buffalo’s last game against Bowling Green, the team held the Falcons to 47 points, with 22 points in the first half.

Legette-Jack said the defensive intensity on Wednesday was highlighted by sophomore forward Alexus Malone.

“I think Alexus really brought that energy,” Legette-Jack said. “She was guarding two people at one time at a point. Everybody said, ‘look at Lex’ and they followed.”

Malone accumulated 12 rebounds with two steals and one block in 35 minutes played last game.

The Bulls will rely on the defensive play of the forwards. The team ranks first in the conference in blocked shots (four per game). Senior forwards Kristen Sharkey and Christa Baccas and Malone rank sixth, seventh and eighth, respectively, in the conference in rebounding.

But the Bulls will be playing forward Cici Shannon, who ranks second in the MAC with 8.8 rebounds per game and ranks No. 1 in field goal percentage (.534). It showed the last time these two teams matched up. On Feb. 18, Shannon totaled 13 points on 6-of-7 shooting and a game-high 10 rebounds while only playing 27 minutes due to foul trouble.

“We can’t guard her by herself,” LegetteJack said. “She needs a committee guarding her. She’s a special player. She knows her positioning. We don’t have anybody 6-foot-4.”

The Golden Flashes rank second-to-last in both scoring offense (55.4 per game) and defense (65.7 per game) in the conference. Buffalo ranks sixth in the conference in both categories, scoring 64.7 points per game and giving up 61.7 per game.

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