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At UB, on-campus recreation has paid price for Division I college athletics

Athletic Student Fee Breakdown

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TOTAL : $9 MILLION

Recreation: $712,069

92% Athletics: $8.4 million

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Marcus Hutchins, who worked for UB recreation for 16 years, recently visited SUNY College at Brockport’s $44 million, 138,000-square-foot student recreation center and had one thought: How can UB not have this?

The center opened in 2012 and includes a state-of-the-art fitness center, weight room, 200-meter running track and courts for basketball, volleyball, badminton, tennis and soccer.

UB – unlike some of its fellow SUNY schools and all of its athletic conference ri-

vals – has no standalone recreation center for its 30,000 students. Instead, the university crams the majority of its recreation services, like fitness and intramural sports, into Alumni Arena, which also houses its Division I varsity programs, and into Clark Hall, a nearly 80-year-old rec building on South Campus.

UB is one of a fraction of universities that does not separate its Division I athletics program and its on-campus recreation into two departments, and lets the athletics department decide how much of the $9 million student athletic fee goes toward D-I athletics and how much will go toward recreation programs. UB does not have a recreation fee.

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This year, the breakdown was simple: 92 percent of the student fee went to the D-I athletics programs, while 8 percent went to recreation services, according to UB’s comprehensive fee website and the athletic department’s 2014-15 athletic fee expenditures.

The money breaks down like this: Recreation services, which are available for all 30,000 students, got $712,069, or $23 per student. The D-I athletics programs, which have 535 student-athletes, got roughly $8.4 million, or $15,700 per player. The football program alone received $1,130,140 from student fees.

And while last school year the athletic department had a $32.1 million budget, which

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was close to 70 percent subsidized by student fees and direct university support, recreation and intramurals operated with just a $1.8 million budget.

Students insist the numbers tell the story.

Clearly, they say, recreation is not a priority for UB Athletics, which has pushed to improve the national exposure of its 20 Division I varsity sports.

“The focus hasn’t been how do we build recreation and how important it is,” Hutchins said. “It’s been we’re gonna bring the basketball program up, we’re gonna bring football up.”

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UB to hold various recognition ceremonies for graduation Four ceremonies aim to enhance the commencement experience HANNAH STEIN ASST. NEWS EDITOR

Haniyyah Bashir said she has struggled to find a “safe space” at UB as a Native American student. She said although this is a constant struggle, she found that safe space while performing with the UB Step Troupe.

Bashir, who graduated last year with a degree in higher education and administration program, will be facilitating the ALANA Celebration of Achievement in addition to the graduate school of education ceremony.

UB will hold four different recognition ceremonies for graduating students including the Veteran and Military Recognition Ceremony, the ALANA (African-American, Latino, Asian and Native American) Celebration of Achievement, Lavender Reception (LGBT) and the University Honors College celebration. These ceremonies are in addition to the seventeen-degree conferral ceremonies.

Micah Oliver, a senior business major, said diversity takes on a different feeling and look in every setting. He said he feels UB has made an effort to embrace the challeng-

es diversity brings by having multiple ceremonies for different groups.

“The university is learning to have uncomfortable and difficult conversations— it’s a great time to be actively involved in the UB community,” Oliver said in an email.

Oliver said the ALANA ceremony is an “uplifting kick-off to the larger undergraduate commencement ceremonies.”

He will be participating in the ALANA Celebration as well as the undergraduate commencement ceremonies of the College of Arts and Sciences and School of Management.

Most students who attend one of the recognition ceremonies also attend a degree conferral ceremony, according to Terri Budek, associate director of the Intercultural & Diversity Center and coordinator of the ALANA celebration.

“I think the population of ALANA students typically has different stories on how they got to college,” Budek said. “We know students traditionally who are underrepresented have to overcome barriers that oth-

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UB will hold four different recognition ceremonies including the Lavender Reception, ALANA Celebration of Achievement, the Veteran and Military Recognition Ceremony and the University Honors College ceremony to enhance the commencement experience.

er folks who are of the majority don’t have to think about.”

She said it’s important to recognize the accomplishments of these students and the ceremony is a way to connect underrepresented students to appreciate UB’s diverse student population, she said.

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Finding a job after graduation means determination and patience The scariest part of finishing college is figuring out the next step.

Those who graduate are left to figure out what their best path would be, whether it’s graduate school or pursuing a job. For many, the job search is difficult and time consuming. The search is so difficult because many students wait until the weeks before leaving school to start looking for a job.

It can be difficult to narrow down a major – like business, or political science – into a job. Engineers can typically go straight into their field and find jobs where they apply what they learn. A business major needs to decide what they want to do with the degree and narrow down the search in order to find a job, which is more difficult than just blindly applying.

The job market for graduating college students is tough. Young and educated, yet inexperienced, millennials make up 40 percent of those who are unemployed in the U.S. according to Newsweek. To get

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a job in the right field can be hard without connections, a competitive resume and some sort of experience. It’s more than being the perfect candidate – it’s about being the perfect fit for a company.

Of course, having a competitive resume or good connections gives the applicant a leg up on anyone else, but this still doesn’t guarantee employment.

The key to finding employment is to start early and get your foot in the door. The 100-day application challenge is a good place to start, in which you apply for a job every day for 100 days. This keeps the job search ongoing and the applications improve over time because the process is so well practiced. Job searching in October or November is less stressful than waiting until April, with graduation around the corner. Planning

ahead could lead to actually finding a job in the field of choice instead of panicking in the final few months and having to settle.

Settling for a small position has a bad stigma, but leads to longterm success.

A graduate is better off as an unpaid intern in a company they could grow into, or anywhere in their preferred field, than working a job that pays well but isn’t in the right field. To get your foot in the door in the right place and make connections with people to further your career is more important than finding a job that pays well.

Moving for a job should also be more strongly considered for those looking to advance in a particular field.

It’s important to be mobile and flexible as someone looking to break into the field. Moving to an-

Taste of Thai review

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I found myself in New York City for New Year’s during winter break and was sure the Big Apple would have good Thai food. For those of you fortunate enough to live in the city, be sure to check out Pure Thai Cookhouse in Hell’s Kitchen.

This place had the complete authentic Thai package. Whacky, wood-toned interior, songs sung in Thai and, of course, delicious Thai cuisine. It felt like I had stepped off 766 9th Avenue between 51th and 52nd, right into bustling Bangkok.

Now I’m back and my search for authentic Thai food is continuing here in Buffalo. Located at 1460 Hertel Ave., Taste of Thai’s dimly lit, crimson red walls contain a huge selection of Thai dishes. Appetizers from Satay to Spring Rolls to Thai Fried Wonton, Tom Yum soup, varieties of fried rice, stirfried rice, salads, curries – if you have a hankering for Thai, you’ll find your fix here.

I chose a variety of stir-fry called Pad Ka-Prao. This is my favorite dish for investigating a Thai restaurant’s authenticity. It’s a wonderfully simple entrée with all of the staples of Thai cuisine: garlic, chilies, and fish, oyster and soy sauces. While a simple meal this recipe makes, it is very easy to cut corners without the indispensible ingredient of Pad Ka-Prao: holy basil. This variety of basil native to Southeast Asia is difficult to acquire just about anywhere else, as it’s typically only used in dishes from this region. It contains

other state for a job is easier for graduates who are less likely to have to worry about a family, children or anyone other than themselves. This makes moving easier and increases the chance of getting your foot in the door at the right place. Moving also means more connections in different parts of the country, which can only help your career.

A dream job is not something that can be obtained right after graduation. It takes patience and determination. It means constantly working towards it and not giving up.

Graduates need to want it.

If you don’t want it, work for it and wait for the right opportunity, it’s that much easier to get sucked into a bad job or to get stuck somewhere you don’t want to be.

Job searching earlier in the year and not being afraid to start small can lead to finding a job, or at least a place to start. email: eic@ubspectrum.com

My search for perfect Thai continues

earthy, clover-like flavors accompanied by a quick spicy kick.

The Pad Ka-Prao with pork came with Jasmine white rice, two fried eggs, onions, napa and mushrooms. The stir-fry was slightly oily. Also, I’ve found that pork is very often overcooked in local Asian restaurants. This held true with Taste of Thai’s pork, but this definitely wasn’t the worst that I’ve had. It was slightly chewy, but the extra oil seemed to soften it a bit (even more so when it was reheated).

After sampling the basil leaves – drumroll – they really did use holy basil. I could taste clove and feel the quick heat after singling out the leafy-green with my fork. The dark soy sauce provided a slightly sweet and malty taste to the dish, while the fish sauce and garlic offered a pungent reminder to you and everyone you met for the next five hours that you ate Thai food.

The fried eggs were a welcome addition. The yolk added a creamy texture to the stir-fry.

Their prices are reasonable, with meals ranging from anywhere between $7.25 for noodles to specials that could go up to $16.95 for a dish of Chu Chee, which contains a special curry sauce with lime leaves. Appetizers are reasonably priced as well, so anyone daring enough to try something new won’t break their wallet.

Appetizers vary anywhere from fried tofu to tod mun, which is a chicken, fish or shrimp cake. The menu itself is packed with options, including salads, soups and special entrees.

I did enjoy Taste of Thai’s Pad Ka-Prao. But it isn’t in the spirit of the Thai food that was served to me on a wooden picnic table from a jolly Thai mother in the middle of an elephant sanctuary outside of Bangkok. It’s good Thai food for Buffalo. I’ll have to keep chasing that first high and I keep getting closer. email: features@ubspectrum.com

Embracing my roots How one class taught me more about myself than any other class has

GABRIELA JULIA MANAGING EDITOR

It isn’t very often you can take a class that allows you to really dive into your roots.

I was tired of taking classes where not a single lecture stuck with me once I left the classroom, so I decided to take something outside of my major. That’s when I saw The Caribbean American Immigrant Experience with Professor Craig Centrie fit into my schedule.

This has unexpectedly been the best class I’ve ever taken at UB.

I’ve never been a history person, which is why I considered dropping the class when our first few lectures were going over the history of the Caribbean.

But I later found out it was more than just a history course. It was a course about my history.

I learned about the urban experiences of Latino immigrants who came to the United States in the mid-1900s. I learned about the barriers while coming to New York and the discrimination they faced from all ethnic groups. I learned how difficult it was for them to receive a basic elementary school education and how parents shied away from teaching their children Spanish in hopes of them becoming more “American.”

And these weren’t just people in a textbook, these were my people.

My grandparents, their parents, brothers and sisters. This textbook had a part of me in it.

When the class was assigned a 10-page research paper relating to

any topic pertaining to this course, I knew I wanted to write about something that would be beneficial to myself and something I could one day show my children.

I wrote about the multiple identities some Latinos have to face while in the United States, and although the entire paper is written in third person, I later realized how much of myself was in each paragraph.

Coming to a university with over 30,000 people walking the campus every day, it’s easy to lose yourself.

It’s easy to forget where you come from because you’re so focused on where you’re headed.

I don’t speak Spanish regularly because I’m not around my family. I don’t listen to the music or eat the food, and I realized I’ve started to forget how rich my culture really is.

That’s why I thank Professor Centrie for reminding me who I am and where I come from. I thank him for showing me that a

10-page research paper isn’t something I have to dread, but something I can take in line by line and reevaluate who I am.

This class made me think back to my grandfather who came to New York from Puerto Rico when he was 13 years old. He had to be put back in the fourth grade because he didn’t speak English, but he never gave up. His determination, courage and his fight to make a better life for his family is the reason I am attending a four-year university today.

So here’s a little advice to every student: Embrace your roots.

Make the most out of what UB has to offer and get to know some amazing professors. Take a class that dives into your family’s history. Do some research and learn to appreciate where you come from and how it’s brought you to where you are now. email: gabriela.julia@ubspectrum.com

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Class of 2016 Outstanding Seniors share academic inspirations and post-graduation Students honored for high academic achievements and involvement in departments ASHLEY INKUMSAH

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Ashley Cercone has always been obsessive about her grades.

She said she wanted to prove her high school counselor wrong by showing her that she could perform at a high level during her undergraduate career – especially because she didn’t perform as high as she would have liked on her SATs. Cercone, a senior anthropology and classics major, is one of 27 graduating UB students being recognized as an “Outstanding Senior” in their departments. Cercone is recognized for her achievements in the anthropology department.

Every spring, the dean of College of Arts and Sciences selects the students in the graduating class from each department with the highest academic achievement and most involvement in their department to be awarded as the “Dean’s Outstanding Senior.”

The students must “have demonstrated academic excellence exemplified by an exceptional grade point average, election to honor societies, participation in research,” among potential academic other factors, according to UB’s website.

Students who receive the award must also attend the university’s commencement ceremony. “[My high school counselor] told me as a junior in high school that I would never be accepted to UB and I should instead study at a lower rank university,” Cercone said. “I completely ignored what she said and applied anyway.”

She said when she first entered UB, she

aspired to work with immigrants and looked to do so by pursuing a degree in cultural anthropology.

Cercone said since her freshman year, she wanted to win the outstanding senior award, but did not think she could actually do it.

Kenneth Minorczyk, a senior biological sciences major, said he wanted to graduate at the top of his class and be accepted into a top medical school.

Minorczyk, who received the award of Dean’s Outstanding Senior in his department, said he aspires to be a neurosurgeon and has voluteered at Mercy Hospital, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and Elderwood Nursing Home during his undergraduate career. He has also shadowed orthopedic surgeon Michael Ostempowski.

“Initially, the spark was neurosurgeon Benjamin Carson’s book ‘Gifted Hands,’ particularly since he grew up very poor like myself, but became extremely successful in medicine,” he said.

Minorczyk said Carson’s successful surgery stories were “touching.”

“Once I checked out the medical field by shadowing some physicians and volunteering at medical facilities, it was exceedingly clear there was nothing else for me but medicine.”

Minorczyk will be attending the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine on a full-tuition merit based scholarship.

He said he looks to attend a top neurosurgery residency program and bring his talents and passion back to Buffalo, because it is “an underserved location medically.”

Minorczyk’s goal in medicine is two-fold.

He first looks to help the sick to become better as well as to use medicine as a means

of bridging the disparity gaps that exist among socioeconomic levels in society.

Like Minorczyk, Max Crinnin, a senior English major, said he looks to pursue medicine after graduating. He was named “Outstanding Senior” in the English department.

He also shadowed doctors and volunteered at hospitals during his undergraduate career.

Crinnin said he was inspired by the patients he oversaw when volunteering. He cited playwright Anton Chekhov as a literary inspiration.

Laura Mannara, a senior economics and political science major, is also being recognized as an “Outstanding Senior.” She is receiving the award in the economics department.

She said the McNair Scholars Program, which assists students from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds to earn their Ph.D. was very helpful to her as an undergraduate.

“This program gave me the opportunity to do faculty advised research and provided guidance and support to help me through the process of applying to graduate school,” she said.

Mannara is attending the University of Rochester’s Ph.D. program for political science.

Cercone said she hopes to become a professor of archaeology with her degree. She aspires to teach her own classes and conduct her own own research. She is interested in ancient trade routes between the Aegean and Near East.

She participated in her first excavation in Romania and has continued to travel abroad

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Students with high academic achievement and involvement in the Class of 2016 are being recognized as the “Outstanding Senior” in their department. Ashley Cercone(pictured), a senior anthropology and classics major received the award in the anthropology department.

every summer. She said having hands-on experiences by engaging in excavations is “really the only way to become an archaeologist.”

Cercone has since worked on three archaeological sites in Romania, Turkey and Hungary over the course of four summers.

She is a member of three archaeology groups, including the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA), Society for American Archaeology (SAA) and Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology (IEMA).

Cercone plans to take a year off and teach English in Turkey. She also plans to start a new archaeological excavation project.

“I want to earn my Ph.D. in archaeology so that people can call me Doctor Cercone,” she said. “My parents always encouraged me to attend university in order to become a doctor. A doctor of archaeology counts, right?” email: news@ubspectrum.com

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University Commencement on May 15 EVAN SCHNEIDER

Singaporean exchange student Dorminic Ong selected to speak before class of 2016

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Dorminic Ong said he was not expecting to be selected as a speaker for UB’s College of Arts and Sciences commencement ceremony, and when he found out he was chosen, he was humbled.

Ong, a senior communication major, is originally from Singapore and has spent his last semester at UB finding different opportunities for himself than what his home country can offer. “[The United States], as broken as it is, still represents opportunity that I have been excluded from whilst living in Singapore,” Ong said.

He said his speech that he submitted was partly based on a piece he submitted to Temasek Polytechnic School in Singapore, but “tweaked it” to embody his experience while in Buffalo and attending UB. EVAN SCHNEIDER, THE SPECTRUM Ong said his speech comes from a very Dominic Ong (pictured) said he was humbled after being chosen as a speaker for the College of Arts and Sciences commencement. Ong, who is originally from Singapore, changed a intrinsic part of his student experience. speech he used for school back home to embody his experiences while at UB. “It feels good to finally be acknowledged and accepted for what I am capable of,” he In Singapore, enlisting in the Armed “As much as I resented a part of my time said. “I really feel that I have been vindicated.”

Forces is mandatory.

According to the CIA’s in the army, I can’t change the fact that is Ong is unlike most undergrads at UB – website, males between the ages of 18 and has changed me and I decided I wanted that he’s 27 years-old.

21 are obligated for male compulsory milchange to be for the better,” he said.

He moved to Pittsburgh, PA at six years itary service.

Citizens can also volunteer as After his service, Ong decided to pursue old and went to public school until 16, when early as 16 years old. a Bachelor’s degree in Communication from he moved back to Singapore to finish high “There was a sense that a lot of people the Singapore Institute of Management, school. were [enlisting] just to waste their time,” UB’s sister school in Singapore, before ar“I didn’t grow up too far removed from Ong said.

“I took it as an opportunity to see riving back in the U.S. to attend UB. [America],” Ong said. how far I could push myself, and I did. I was Ong only just arrived in America this year Upon returning to Singapore and finishthe best possible soldier I could be.” but still decided he wanted to take a shot ing his diploma at Temasek Polytechnic, Ong said he felt that being in the military and try to speak at his graduation.

Ong enlisted in the Singapore Armed Forctaught him a lot of lessons that have helped He explained that four other students es in the infantry division for two years. He him here in Buffalo, like discipline and the were selected as finalists to be the University SCCC_Summer16_Buffalo_Layout was stationed in Singapore. 1 2/23/16 3:23 PM Page 1 willingness to endure.

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Each student was asked to recite their speech in front of a selection committee, according to UB spokesperson John Della Contrada.

Ong said that he had to stand on a podium in the Center for the Arts theater and read his speech before the committee.

The University Commencement will also include a speech from President Satish Tripathi.

Other ceremonies will feature speeches from Richard F. Andolina Sr., presidentelect of the NYS Dental Association, who will speak in front of the School of Dental Medicine. Mary Garlick Roll, national director and clinical trials liaison for Halozyme Therapeutics Inc. and president of the UB Alumni Association, will speak before the School of Nursing. Robert Odawi Porter, an attorney, legal scholar and former president of the Seneca Nation, will speak before the School of Law. Ong said he found out the night he gave his speech in front of the committee that he had been selected to be this year’s student speaker.

Ong said that the main thing he wants students to take from his speech is “the importance of doing the work.”

“We all have the capacity to be great men and women but it’s not about the big flashy victories,” Ong said. “It’s about the little things we do every day, being strong in the face of adversity and being consistent about our values.” email: news@ubspectrum.com

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UB Athletic Director Allen Greene admits UB’s recreation facilities are inadequate and less sophisticated than those at other SUNY schools. He also acknowledges UB needs a standalone student recreation center. But he insists UB Athletics has done what it can to fund recreation with the lowest athletic fee among the four SUNY university centers and without a standalone rec fee.

“I think the misconception is that athletics is taking all this money just for [D-I varsity] sports. I think pretty consistently we’ve divided up the athletic student fee and applied that toward the recreational aspect of our operation,” Greene said. “Is it enough? No. And it’s never been enough … There’s an athletic fee, and that’s all we have. It’s multi-layered of what we need to do, how we got here, what we need to do to get to a position where students have better and adequate facilities.”

Students say the current athletics and recreation model simply doesn’t work. They say there’s not enough fitness equipment and space for students looking for a workout, nor enough courts and fields to accommodate UB’s 32 club teams and 19 intramural sport leagues. They say UB’s main recreational field, Kunz Stadium, has an inadequate turf that is patched with duct tape and leads to dozens of ankle sprains.

Club teams also question the athletics department’s policy of charging additional usage fees when every undergraduate already pays the athletic fee of $267.25 per semester. Athletics charges clubs $54 for an hour in the pool and will implement new fees next year for teams hosting games and tournaments on athletics-owned fields.

Students have begun to push back.

The executive board of the Student Association, UB’s student government that funds 32 sport club teams, has formally proposed

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(Left) Students cheer on the football team during a home game at UB Stadium. UB Athletics has tried several marketing techniques to get more students to games, and to stay at games past halftime. (Right) Senior defender Braden Scales and other members of the men’s soccer team received $116,073 in student fees last school year.

that UB separate recreation services from UB Athletics and house it under Student Affairs, as most universities do.

The board proposes a lowered $240.35 athletic fee, and a new $158 recreation fee that it said would allow Student Affairs to build a standalone recreation facility on campus while also improving existing facilities. UB is in talks with SUNY to split the fees, and the SUNY Chancellor will make a final decision this summer.

UB’s recreation dilemma highlights the burden heavily-subsidized college athletics can have on other areas of campuses like student recreation, and shows the conflict that can come about when a Division I athletic department has to directly compete for funding and space with student recreation.

Even if SUNY approves the creation of a

UB recreation fee, which many expect it to, recreation will still be under the control of athletics. SA President Minahil Khan, who worked with her fellow board members Sean Kaczmarek and Joe Pace to propose a split fee, worries this model will never work, as UB Athletics will always have to prioritize athletics over recreation. She questions why UB, considered the flagship of SUNY, is unable to have adequate recreation for its students.

“We’re the best SUNY school, but it doesn’t necessarily fit with that image when we think about how far behind we are in recreation,” Khan said. “We claim we’re the best SUNY so every part of our campus should reflect that and it’s a little upsetting and embarrassing if there’s other SUNY schools with much smaller populations and a much smaller reach that can do that before we can.”

A growing demand for campus recreation Students say recreation is a major part of the university experience and adequate recreation services should come standard with a tuition bill.

Hutchins served as UB’s senior associate director of recreation and intramural services for five years before leaving for what he called a better opportunity to be athletic director of Park School, a local preparatory school, in September. He said recreation has a “social impact on all students.”

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UB to hold various recognition ceremonies for graduation gramming throughout the school year. She said the celebration is the only event that currently brings everyone together in this capacity.

Other ceremonies include the Veteran and Military Recognition Ceremony, which will take place on May 4 in Allen Hall.

Last year was the first annual ceremony with 10 students in attendance. This year 15 students are estimated to attend. Red, white and blue honor cords will be distributed to wear at each student’s commencement ceremonies, according to Daniel Ryan, director of Veteran Services.

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Budek said this celebration will include any and all graduating students at UB who advocate for the principles of diversity. She said this is what makes the celebration at UB more unique.

The ALANA Celebration will be held on May 13 in Slee Hall and it will be the 20th anniversary. Budek said in past years roughly 275 students registered, but this year they have hit an “all-time high” with 460 students registering. Budek said there might be fewer students because of exam conflicts and she expects 350 to 400 students to attend.

Oliver said the ALANA celebration is an “excellent” way to celebrate diversity.

Oliver and Bashir both said the online registration for the ALANA Celebration was simple.

Budek is hoping to do more ALANA pro-

place on May 6 in 145 Student Union.

The reception will acknowledge the accomplishments of graduating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) students, according to James Bowman, LGBTQ Wellness and Special Projects coordinator.

Dr. Ronni Sanlo facilitated the first Lavender Graduation celebration 21 years ago at the University of Michigan. In 2007 a group of staff, faculty and students hosted the first ceremony at UB, according to Bowman.

Bowman said UB is “one of many higher education institutions in the U.S.” that hold LGBTQ graduation celebrations.

“Recognizing the challenges that LGBTQ students face on their journey to graduation, this celebration provides a positive last experience for our LGBTQ and ally students at our institution,” Bowman said in an email.

He said this ceremony is one of many celebrations happening to recognize a variety of different constituency groups, both in terms of academics and identities.

Twenty students have registered as of April 29 and this number is twice as many as

in years past, according to Bowman.

Bowman said the ceremony allows for students to share personal stories about their personal and academic successes, such as pivotal moments in their educational careers.

“The stories they share make us smile, laugh, [cry] and understand the important role community has in support our achievements,” Bowman said.

Oliver said UB has provided him with innumerable opportunities to express himself and his culture. He said he has an overall positive experience as an African American student at UB. He said he has been challenged to expand his “cultural niche.”

“I think college is the best time to be intentional about making yourself uncomfortable,” Oliver said. “When I meet challenges concerning culture, there are resources that are here to help me understand that and package that as a learning experience that can positively impact me presently, and in the future.” email: news@ubspectrum.com

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“You look all over the country, recreation is becoming key to college campuses,” Hutchins said. “You have a stressful workload, you want to be able to get recreation.”

A 2013 survey of more than 33,000 college students conducted by NIRSA, formerly known as the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association, found that 75 percent of college students use their on-campus recreational facilities, programs and services.

The study found benefits, with high percentages of students saying recreation improved things like their personal well-being, stress management and concentration.

It also found that recreation impacted student recruiting and retention, with 68 percent of students saying a campuses’ recreational facility influenced their decision of where to attend college, and 74 percent saying it influenced their decisions to continue attending that college.

Some universities have taken notice.

Stony Brook, a SUNY university center like UB, spent $37.5 million in 2012 to create an 85,000-square-foot recreation center. UB’s fellow Mid-American Conference universities have also invested in their recreational facilities, with Ball State opening a $40 million rec center in 2010 and Bowling Green spending $14.8 million to upgrade its rec center in 2014.

And students have proven they’d be willing to pay for such a facility at UB. UB worked with a consultant to determine student support for a standalone recreation center in 2002 and 2013 – with 72 percent of students in the latest survey saying they’d pay a $129 to $165 recreation fee per semester to fund recreational enhancements at UB. “If I’m going to college already and I’m taking out loans to go here, if I have to pay another $150 a semester for recreation,

granted I’m biased because I use recreation, people aren’t even going to notice that,” said John Grasso, a junior engineering major and member of UB’s men’s rugby club team.

UB has made some improvements to Clark Hall in recent years, like renovations to its pool and bringing in new equipment for its fitness center, as well as opening a team store in Alumni Arena to generate recreation revenue. But students say minor fixes are not enough.

They say a standalone recreation center is needed. So, if students want and are willing to pay for a recreation center, why hasn’t it happened yet?

UB President Satish Tripathi responded to The Spectrum’s questions via email. Tripathi said UB’s Capital Planning Committee supports building a recreation facility and has recommended UB “continue to explore the feasibility of making it happen.”

“We also understand and appreciate that our students want better recreation facilities,” Tripathi said. “That’s a priority for the broader university capital planning process as well.

And that is why we are actively exploring the feasibility of a new recreation center.”

Club sports’ issues The UB men’s rugby club team does more than what some might expect a club to do.

Two years ago the team moved into the Rugby East Conference of DI-A College Rugby, and plays against varsity programs like Army West Point and Wheeling Jesuit.

“Rugby wants to be at that national level, and I wholeheartedly agree with them,” said Jane Truesdell, SA’s Sports Council coordinator and a junior health and human services major. “I want them to be able to compete with Army and Kutztown and all these insane teams, but they literally cannot because they don’t have gym equipment and they don’t have proper equipment on the field.”

Most subsidies in Mid-American Conference from 2010-14 (Percent of department subsidized)

1. Eastern Michigan - $120,777,522 (83 percent) 2. UB - $110,591,193 (77 percent) 3. Akron - $102,843,637 (72 percent) 4. Western Michigan $99,924,110 (72 percent) 5. Miami Ohio - $99,221,217 (72 percent) 6. Ohio - $99,076,303 (72 percent) 7. Central Michigan - $93,637,174 (69 percent) 8. Kent State - $92,401,453 (77 percent) 9. Northern Illinois - $88,872,733 (70 percent) 10. Ball State $80,241,363 (73 percent) 11. Bowling Green - $70,327,402 (64 percent) 12. Toledo - $57,117,825 (52 percent) According to data from The Huffington Post and The Chronicle of Higher Education

SA sports club teams, like men’s rugby and lacrosse that play at the national level, say they’re held back by the state of recreation on campus. The tension was visible, audible and all in one room back in February, as approximately 70 students, mostly SA sport club members, expressed their frustrations with a panel of four athletics administrators in an open forum.

One of students’ main complaints was the lack of space in Alumni Arena, as clubs, intramurals, varsity teams – and sometimes even the basketball teams’ opponents – vie for space in Alumni Arena’s main court and Triple Gym. In Alumni Arena’s main gym, clubs and intramurals must practice on the floor space surrounding the court, as they’re not allowed on the men’s and women’s basketball team’s court.

The men’s lacrosse club said lack of practice time and practie time being moved around by athletics directly affected their preparation and performance this season.

When it comes to UB’s two turf fields, students have major issues with one – Kunz Stadium, which they say has turf that is inadequate and sometimes, unsafe. UB’s other turf field is the football teams in UB Stadium.

UB Athletics funded a patch up of Kunz’s turf, but students say it hasn’t been enough. Truesdell said she’s seen 30 to 40 student ankle sprains on the turf during her two years in SA, and that the problem became so bad she almost began emailing former UB Athletic Director Danny White every time there was an injury.

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insurance through its main $4 million budget line, so the majority of teams’ budgets go to paying league fees and coaching salaries. Most clubs need their members to pay team dues for cover all costs.

She said additional fees for hosting games and tournament would seriously threaten clubs’ ability to do so, and that UB should want its sport clubs to host tournaments with other schools because it brings recognition.

Concerning the fees, Greene said students have to remember there are maintenance costs, and that any revenue generated through recreation is put back into recreation.

“It’s not like there’s just money being gobbled up and spent on other things,” Greene said. “We’re working as hard as we can to invest in recreation understanding we have real limitations with the facilities under their current model and current state.”

Does ‘big-time’ athletics conflict with recreation?

SPECTRUM FILE PHOTOS (Top) The football team is UB Athletics’ most expensive sport and received $5.7 million in subsidies last year, including $1.1 million in student fees. (Bottom) Clubs teams like men’s lacrosse (right) must compete for field time with other clubs and intramurals. When in Alumni Arena, the team and other non varsity sports cannot use the main basketball court used by the men’s (left) and women’s team.

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“Ankle sprains left and right,” Truesdell said.

UB Athletics spent $1 million to redo its football stadium field turf after it was damaged by a winter storm in 2014.

Clubs are also worried about additional fees.

UB Athletics charged the water polo club $54 an hour to use the Alumni Arena pool outside of the normal rec swim time, as well as the $30 an hour it must pay for lifeguards. Despite student push back, those fees will increase next year, as the rate will go up to $112 an hour.

“Which is really high for trying to play a game for an hour,” said Ben Harper, president of the water polo club and a junior aerospace engineering major.

And UB Athletics will implement brand new fees for any team holding a tournament or game on an athletics’ field outside their normal practice time next year, according email correspondence obtained by The Spectrum between UB Athletics and SA. The email said the club fees would be at a “discounted” and “appropriate rate.”

A UB Athletics spokesperson did not immediately respond to The Spectrum’s inquires about what those rates would be.

SA funds all of its 130-plus student clubs through a mandatory student activity fee of $104.75 a semester. Sport clubs’ budgets can range from high as the men’s rugby’s $18,000 budget, to the swimming club’s $700 budget, depending on the club’s need, participation and status.

Khan said SA pays for clubs’ trainers and

UB has competed in Division I of the NCAA since the early 90s. The football program reached Division I-AA status in 1993 and reached Football Bowl Subdivision, or Division I-A, in 1999. It was during this build-up that recreation became, according to one former UB recreation employee who asked to not be named, “the stepchild” of athletics in terms of adequate funding.

Division I athletics administrators have to focus on their program, on selling tickets, on NCAA compliance, on generating exposure and above all, on winning. Hence, they automatically care less about providing topnotch recreation.

Hutchins said it’s up to university administrators to tell to UB Athletics that recreation is a key part of its operation. Perhaps, he suggested, the university should decide how much of the student athletic fee goes toward recreation. He doesn’t think UB administrators have told athletics not to worry about recreation, but, he said, it’s clear that no one in Capen Hall has insisted that recreation be prioritized as much as athletics.

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a recreation and physical education background when hiring its last two athletic directors. Both Greene and his predecessor Danny White had backgrounds mostly in college athletics and fundraising.

“I don’t think Allen Greene wakes up in the morning thinking, ‘I’m gonna give students the shaft,’” Hutchins said. “I think Allen Greene wakes up in the morning thinking, ‘How can I do my job to the best of my ability?’ within the confines of what he has.

If he’s given a directive to make recreation better, then he’s gonna do that … If you emphasize to them that they need to win to keep their job, then where does the focus go?”

Tripathi said Division I Athletics and recreation are both important and the key for UB is finding the right balance. He said funding disparities between athletics and recreation are understandable because “sponsoring a Division I athletics program inherently requires more investment in athletics than recreation.”

“And a major part of this investment is student-athlete scholarships,” Tripathi said.

UB Athletics spent $8,364,393 on student athletic aid for the 397 student-athletes receiving some kind of aid, according to its 2014-15 budget, which The Spectrum obtained via a Freedom of Information Law request.

The athletics department used $2,944,794 of student athletic fee toward grant-in-aid, according to its fee expenditures.

UB Athletics has worked hard to be “bigtime” these past few years.

White, who left UB in November to become the University of Central Florida’s athletic director, introduced the “New York Bulls Initiative” or NYBI in 2013 to, as he and the department put it, make UB “America’s next big-time college athletic brand.” UB announced the end of NYBI marketing last month and unveiled branding that more closely aligns with a new university-wide branding initiative.

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When asked how much the NYBI branding, both implementing and undoing, would cost UB Athletics, Greene said the branding fit right into money already allocated in the budget every year for new fields, courts and jerseys. USA Today reported that some schools use private organizations to fund large-scale branding. UB disclosed documents to USA Today that the UB Foundation, its private foundation that handles millions of dollars in donations, spent more than $142,000 on men’s basketball graphics and Alumni Arena’s new hall of fame wall.

UB Athletics had five team MAC championships the past two seasons during the movement, including the men’s basketball team’s back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances.

University and athletics administrators like Tripathi and Greene -- and pretty much all supporters of college athletics -- stress that college athletics bring more attention to the academic aspects of the university, enhance the student experience and bring alumni together.

Yet for programs like UB outside of the Power 5, the richest athletic conferences in the country, striving for “big-time” college athletics comes with a “big-time” subsidy.

Athletics heavily subsidized UB was second-most subsidized program by percentage (77 percent) in the 12-team MAC from 2010-14, according to data collected by The Huffington Post and The Chronicle of Higher Education. The data looked at 201 public universities that collectively spent more than $10 billion on Division I athletics. UB also received the second-most subsidies in the MAC during that time with $110,591,193. Only Eastern Michigan received more.

UB ranked just ninth, however, in both the amount of money it collected from student fees and the percentage of its budget subsidized by student fees.

SPECTRUM FILE PHOTOS Student say Alumni Arena’s fitness center is not large enough to accommodate the needs of the UB student body, which is close to 30,000.

About 68 percent – or $22.2 million of UB Athletics’ $32.1 million in revenue came from student fees and direct institutional support from the university, according to the department’s 2014-15 budget. Without student fees and direct institutional support, UB Athletics would have had a loss of $21,946,091 last school year.

John Affleck, the Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society at Penn State who worked for the Associated Press for 22 years, said the universities that don’t rely on subsidies are “the Michigans, the Ohio States, the Penn States of the world” that have large TV contracts and ticket sales. According to its budget, UB Athletics made just $1.1 million in ticket sales and $142,500 in media rights, although TV revenue for MAC schools is expected to increase after a new deal with ESPN last year.

“Those are the areas UB isn’t making the kind of money that it needs to make to be self-sustaining,” Affleck said.

The 11 other universities in the MAC, however, all have a standalone recreational facility.

Some of the MAC school’s rec centers feature amenities like rock walls, lazy rivers and golf simulators in addition to the traditional amenities like weight rooms and basketball courts.

Other MAC schools have this despite making limited revenue and relying heavily on subsidies. Ten of the 12 programs were at least 69 percent subsidized, according to The Huffington Post and The Chronicle of Higher Education data.

The difference between UB and its 11 conference rivals?

The split between recreation and athletics.

UB is the only MAC program responsible for overseeing its on-campus recreation ser-

vices. Most universities, like the rest of the MAC, house their recreation services under a department like Student Affairs.

Where does student fee money actually go?

What does the roughly $700,000 of athletic fee money that goes into recreation actually pay for? Mostly student employees.

Ninety-three percent of fee money allocated for recreation pays student personnel like gym monitors, lifeguards, intramural referees and team store employees, according to UB Athletics’ 2014-15 fee expenditures.

The other seven percent, or $45,151, was spent on equipment. No student fee money went toward facility maintenance, according to athletics’ expenditures.

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UB Athletics budget

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UB students’ money mostly goes toward funding the football team.

Football received $1,130,140 in student fee money last year – the most of any varsity team. That accounted for 15 percent of the team’s budget. Women’s basketball was second with $816,540.

The football program spent the most of any UB team by breaking even with a budget of $7.2 million last year. But nearly 80 percent, or $5.7 million, of its budget, came from student fees and direct institutional support from the university. Without support from the university and student fees, the team would have had a deficit of $5.7 million last reporting year.

The team has also historically struggled.

Since entering Division I-A in 1999, the football team has had just two winning seasons, including a MAC Championship in 2008.

Although football got the most student money, women’s teams were funded with student fees double that of the men’s teams.

The women received $4.8 million compared to men’s $2.4 million. Another $1.1 million of student fees were not designated to any

specific team.

Rec center or field house?

In 2014, UB contracted Brailsford and Dunlavey, the same project management firm that consulted on the 2002 survey, to tour current recreational facilities, conduct student focus groups and develop a financial model for improving recreation on campus.

The firm recommended that UB build a $80-million 265,000-square-foot student recreation center on North Campus, spend $16.4 million on renovating Clark Hall and build four outdoor recreation fields. There were also several options as to how those projects would come about, like whether a private entity would build and UB would operate, or vice versa.

Brailsford and Dunlavey’s recommended a rec center that included features like six basketball courts, a 25,000-square-foot weight and fitness center, a 54,000-squarefoot turf field and even six bowling lanes.

In renderings, the rec center would be constructed in the open field off Lake LaSalle between the Ellicott Complex and the Student Union.

It is unclear how, if at all, a standalone recreation center would fit in with UB Athletics’ plan to build a new indoor field house.

SPECTRUM FILE PHOTOS While the Division I varsity athletics programs, like the women’s soccer team and Celina Carrero (left), had a budget of $32.1 million, recreation and intramurals, like basketball in the Triple Gym (right), had an operating budget of just $1.8 million.

UB Athletics has been pushing to build such a facility for the past few years, as it is the only team in the MAC without one. Not having a field house puts its football program at a major disadvantage during the cold winter months, as it must practice outside in UB Stadium or make a nearly half-hour commute to the Buffalo Bills’ field house.

When UB Athletics released its “Facilities Master Plan,” in February of 2014, it included plans for an on-campus field house, tennis center, baseball diamond and field for the soccer programs. It did not include any design for a student recreation center.

Greene said a field house and recreation center should be separate facilities, as he doesn’t know of any sophisticated models that hold both, but that a field house would also help club and intramurals sports, not just the outdoor D-I programs.

“Having a field house at least provides an indoor space for the students, for recreation use, for band use, for club sport use and for intercollegiate athletics use,” Greene said. “It alleviates the pressures that rest in Alumni Arena and provides at least an indoor option

for some of those activities to occur.”

Greene said UB Athletics will soon submit a Request For Proposal so a few selected architects can submit their proposal of what a North Campus field house would look like. Greene would not disclose how much money UB Athletics currently has for the project, only saying the department still has money to raise.

UB maintains its commitment to Division I athletics – including football. In recent weeks, students and faculty at Eastern Michigan released a report suggesting the school should drop football and move to a conference that does not require it.

Tripathi said Division I athletics is “a source of spirit and pride” for the entire university and “unite alumni, friends, students and community for a common cause – to support, promote and energize our university.”

Khan, who will graduate this semester, said she hopes to be able return to campus as an alumna and see a standalone recreation center. email: tom.dinki@ubspectrum.com.

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The group often performs with high-profile acts like Erykah Badu, Justin Timberlake and Snoop Dogg.

They will be coming to the Town Ballroom on Saturday.

Sunday, May 8 Sunflower Bean – Mohawk Place Sunflower Bean is one of the quickest growing young rockers in the music industry. Hailed by Rolling Stone as “NYC’s Coolest Young Band,” the group has been finding an incredible amount of success following the release of their first album, Human Ceremony on Feb. 5.

Their sound has been constantly evolving; from garage-rock to doom-metal, the band has a range of sounds that makes their live shows exhilarating.

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Monday, May 2, 2016

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The end of an era Men’s tennis says goodbye to four seniors after MAC Semifinals loss MICHAEL AKELSON ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

Senior Sergio Arevalillo still remembers his greatest moment on a tennis court.

Trailing 5-1 in the third set of his singles match against Binghamton in last year’s Mid-American Conference Championship game, Arevalillo pulled off a comeback that led the Bulls to their first-ever conference title and NCAA Tournament appearance.

Yet after the Bulls’ (11-8, 4-3 MAC) 4-2 loss to Ball State in the MAC Championships Semifinals Friday, Arevalillo, along with fellow senior teammates Pablo Alvarez, Amar Hromic, and Akhil Mehta, all say goodbye to the program. The Bulls took the doubles point Friday, but couldn’t come through in singles play to advance to the championship game.

“I guess it feels a bit worse, just being that

close,” Arevalillo said. “You cannot help but think what would have happened if, just one point here, one point there, we could have had it, and then we’d be playing [Saturday] for the championship.”

Despite being the defending conference champions, Buffalo did not come into the season with high expectations. They had lost their two best players, Damien David and Sebastian Ionescu, to graduation. Nickell says he was proud of where his team wound up this year.

“With the expectations of everybody else coming into this year, you wouldn’t expect that we were supposed to win a match,” Nickell said. “To make the MAC Tournament, to beat a couple of Ivy League teams, is a successful season even though we still felt like we could win a championship. That being said we can hold our heads high with the way that this season finished up.”

KAINAN GUO, THE SPECTRUM

(From L to R) The men’s tennis team’s seniors Amar Hromic, Pablo Alvarez and Akil Mehta, as well as Sergio Arevailillo (not pictured), had their UB careers come to an end on Friday with the Bulls’ season-ending loss in the Mid-American Conference Championships Semifinals.

Buffalo’s four seniors, who combined for 71 of the Bulls 82 singles wins on the season, carried the load. Two seniors – Alvarez and Arevalillo – notched their 100th career victories in their UB careers.

Nickell said all he could do after Friday’s loss was thank his graduating seniors for everything.

“I just thanked them,” Nickell said.

“Thanked them for everything they did, thanked them for the way they represented our program, and for all the heart and effort they put in to help this program.”

Arevalillo, who had a breakout season and went 24-9 in singles matches and became the No. 1 singles player on the team, was emotional when reflecting on his career and how close the team was to defending its title.

“I wanted to thank my coaches for such a great opportunity they gave me to come here,” Arevalillo said. “Because I really had the best time of my life when I was here.

I told [my coaches] I hope the players they recruited have the same heart we have and passion for the team, because if they do I know they’re going to do great.”

With the expectations heading into the

season, Nickell said that the team should hold their heads up. The Bulls were able to defeat Ivy League’s Yale and Brown in the regular season.

Both Nickell and Arevalillo are hopeful about the future of the program despite the loss of four seniors.

“Nobody’s bad at our level it’s just a matter of who wants it more,” Arevalillo said.

“And that’s really what’s being developed in our program, just a lot of fighting your heart out, and I’m sure that’s why we achieved so many goals.” email: sports@ubspectrum.com

Three former Bulls get shot at NFL Kling and Weiser sign as undrafted free agents, Licata gets tryout

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Former Bulls quarterback Joe Licata makes a pass in a loss to Nevada last fall. Licata, John Kling and Matt Weiser will all get a chance to make an NFL roster.

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Quick hits: Women’s tennis falls in MAC Semifinals, baseball and softball suffer losing streaks SPORTS DESK

Women’s tennis (14-8, 5-3 Mid-American Conference) The Bulls picked up a victory in the MAC Championships Quarterfinals, but fell in the semifinals.

On Friday, the Bulls defeated Akron (159, 5-3 MAC) 4-0 in the MAC Quarterfinals by sweeping the Zips in both singles and doubles play.

On Saturday, the Bulls fell to Ball State (20-3, 7-1 MAC) 4-3 in the MAC Semifinals.

The Bulls took two of the three doubles sets, before losing four of the six singles set.

The loss ends Buffalo’s season.

Baseball (13-26, 6-12 MAC) Buffalo dropped two of three against Ball

State (27-18, 12-6 MAC), with a win in their last game ending a six-game losing streak.

The Bulls dropped the first two games of their weekend series: a 4-2 loss in 10 innings on Friday and a 9-6 defeat on Saturday. The Cardinals scored two runs in the top of the 10th inning and Bulls could not respond.

To close the three-game set, the Bulls salvaged the series with a 4-3 victory. Junior catcher Kyle Brennan finished 3 of 4 at the plate, while junior starting pitcher Shawn Dubin pitched 8.0 innings, struck out six batters and allowed three earned runs.

The Bulls will stay home to face Canisius (26-18, 11-4 Metro-Atlantic Athletic Conference) on Tuesday at Amherst Audubon Field. First pitch is set for 3 p.m.

Softball (15-34, 9-11 MAC) The Bulls are losers of seven of their last

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eight games.

The Bulls started the weekend positively, as they defeated Ohio (30-21, 11-9 MAC) 5-3 in 10 innings Friday. Sophomore pitcher Charlotte Miller pitched all 10 innings for the Bulls, struck out six batters, walked five and surrendered just three earned runs. Junior infielder Savanna Norcio went 2 of 5 at the plate with three RBIs. The Bobcats would go on to win the next two games of the series, defeating the Bulls 3-2 on Friday and 2-1 on Saturday. The Bulls had a chance to win both games but allowed the Bobcats to score late in both.

The Bulls face Niagara (9-31, 7-7 MAAC) for a doubleheader on the road Tuesday.

First pitch for the first game is set for 3 p.m.

Although no UB players heard their name called in the 2016 NFL Draft, at least three will get an opportunity to continue their football careers.

Former Buffalo offensive tackle John Kling and tight end Matt Weiser signed as undrafted free agents with the Chicago Bears and San Diego Chargers, respectively, while former quarterback and UB all-time leading passer Joe Licata will get a tryout with the hometown Buffalo Bills.

Licata, a Buffalo native, will attend the Bills’ rookie minicamp on a tryout basis. Licata is the program’s all-time leader in passing yards (9,485) and passing touchdowns (76) and led the Bulls to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Game in 2013. The Bills drafted former Ohio State quarterback Cardale Jones in the fourth round of the draft.

Kling played 12 games at left tackle for the Bulls last season, while Weiser experienced a breakout season for Buffalo with 63 catches for 625 yards, three touchdowns and an All-Mid-American Conference firstteam selection. Weiser will be reunited with UB all-time leading rusher Branden Oliver in San Diego.

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The baseball team goes to bat in a 5-4 victory over Canisius on April 12. The Bulls ended a six-game losing streak in their last games, a 4-3 win over Ball State.