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Into the deep Robert Ballard’s April talk to focus on past, present and future of deep-sea exploration CHARLES W SCHAAB
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It took Dr. Robert Ballard less than two weeks to find the Titanic. The United States Navy funded a mission during the height of the Cold War to recover two nuclear powered submarines, the Thresher and the Scorpion, that were sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by the Soviet Union. But because of tensions between the two countries, the Navy needed a cover for their search, which ended up being to search for the RMS Titanic. But Ballard, an active duty Navy intelligence on the mission, had every intention of finding both the British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1912, as well as the submarines. “[The Navy] said you need to do what we want you to do … and if you have any time left, which was 12 days, you can do whatever you want … I said I’m going to find the Titanic, and I did,” Ballard said. Ballard, now a professor of oceanography and the director of the Center for Ocean Exploration at the University of Rhode Island, will be speaking in Alumni Arena on April 1 as part of the Distinguished Speaker Series. Ballard said the talk will cover the past, present and future of deep-sea exploration illustrated through his explorations. At 72 years old, Ballard has been exploring the ocean’s dark abyss since he was 17. He’s been on about 150 explorations, doing about three every year, and he is not finished yet, he said. Ballard said that discovering the Titanic in the summer of 1985 was “cool,” but the world already knew it “existed,” he said. “The real discoveries are when we’re looking for something and then we find something more important,” Ballard said. One of Ballard’s most important discoveries was the hydrothermal vents and chemosynthetic organisms living in a place no one knew existed, he said. SEE BALLARD, PAGE 2
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Artists Young the Giant (top), Banks (right), Bear Hands (left) and In the Valley Below will be performing at UB’s Spring Fest on May 2. TORI ROSEMAN
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Young the Giant, In the Valley Below, Banks, Bear Hands and Royal Tongues are performing at this year’s Spring Fest on May 2, the Student Association announced Wednesday night. The Windish Agency, the booking agency for In the Valley Below, broke the news early, announcing on its website that In the Valley Below would perform along with three other acts at SUNY at Buffalo, The Spectrum reported Wednesday morning. The alternative rock lineup is part of an effort by SA to diversify the genres of the groups that perform at UB, which was a response to a fall student survey. The Royal Tongues, a local band that recently released their first EP, Patterns and Shapes, will be opening the alt-rock-focused fest. “I don’t know a lot about alternative music, so I relied on [the SA Entertainment Director] and the booking agents for who to bring in,” said SA President James Ingram. “We had rap in the fall, and another thing that was highly rated in our polls was a rock show. We wanted to try to cover all our bases throughout the year, so rock seemed like the next logical choice.” This year’s Spring Fest is less than the cost of last year’s country-themed fest, where the SA spent about $190,000 on talent for The Band Perry, Gloriana and Citizen Cope. The budget for this year’s Spring Fest was about $195,000, according to Ingram. Because talent for the show cost about $161,000, the remainder of that money went to producing the EDM concert on April 17 featuring the Bingo Players and 3LAU, which he said cost just under
$90,000 in total. “I know the alternative music scene is big in Buffalo so this seems like the appropriate genre for this fest,” said Marlee Rothschild, a junior legal studies major. In the Valley Below – known most recently for their song “Peaches” – is a duo made up of vocalist Angela Gail and guitarist Jeffrey Jacob. The two met in Los Angeles where they both played in an experimental rock band. Their chemistry was undeniable, so they took on In the Valley Below as a separate project. Their sound is a combination of their differing backgrounds. While Jacobs is a southern boy who pulls his inspiration from the likes of Phil Collins, Gail found her inspiration while on a boat in the West Indies. This creates a folkcountry-classic-rock vibe mixed with heavy Memphis riffs. Young the Giant, who were The Jakes until 2009, is a rock band that’s been on the come up for the last few years. Their single “My Body” was released in 2011 and went on to peak at No. 5 on the Billboard Top 100. They played at the MTV awards the same year. The group’s latest album, Mind Over Matter, was released in 2014. Young the Giant has played with the likes of Steel Train and Incubus. The band’s sound is similar to that of the Cure and Muse with a cool, collected vibe. They embody alternative rock – softer, yet just as powerful as punk. “I really only know Young the Giant, but I’ll listen to some of the other artists before the show,” said Christina Swaitowy, a junior legal studies major. “I’m not going to pretend I know all the music, but I’m still excited for the show.” SEE SPRING FEST, PAGE 4
taskforce to review smokefree policy TOM DINKI
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Davis Podkulski said UBreathe Free, UB’s smoke-free campus policy, is a policy “in name only.” UB has not allowed smoking anywhere on its campus since 2010, but the university does not currently reprimand faculty, students or visitors for doing so. “You walk out of Capen [Hall] and go through a tunnel of smoke,” said Podkulski, a junior business administration major, before the Student Association Assembly Wednesday night. The SA Assembly voted to create a taskforce Wednesday to review the UBreathe Free policy and strategize with the university to “implement a realistic, enforceable smoking policy that considers every students’ rights and freedoms,” according to the official motion. Podkulski and Jack Oshei, a sophomore political science and history major, motioned to create the taskforce and Podkulski was elected chair of it. SA Assembly Speaker Melissa Kathan said it was great the assembly was taking the initiative on and it’s something that has been discussed throughout her time in SA. UB’s smoke-free policy is not unique among SUNY schools, as SUNY encourages and assists its 64 campuses “in moving toward the tobacco-free goal in the absence of legislation,” according to its website. It also provides funding for schools to go to conferences to learn how to become smoke-free. There was a bill to make it a SUNY-wide law that campuses are smoke-free, but it died in state legislature committee. Sharlynn Daun-Barnett, Wellness Education Services’ alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention specialist, educates people on the policy and said that more students have been asking her about the smokefree campus recently. Her office also provides a way for students to quit smoking. “I feel like if students had passion not to make it a healthy, clean campus, and respect smokers and nonsmokers alike, not make anyone feel bad, I think [a smoke-free campus] could really happen,” she said. SEE SMOKE-FREE, PAGE 4
Buffalo shows Hurley the money No contract finalized as of Thursday evening OWEN O’BRIEN
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UB Athletics is ready to make Bobby Hurley the highest paid men’s basketball coach in the Mid-American Conference. Hurley, who has been rumored to being courted by other programs such as DePaul and Arizona State, has been engaged in contract negotiations with Buffalo for the past three weeks, according to Deputy Director of Athletics Allen Greene. Hurley’s 2014 base salary was $255,770 and in 2013, his base salary was $250,000 but Hurley earned $336,669 according to the 2013-14 athletics budget. Greene acknowledged the rumors circulating about Hurley’s new Buffalo contract, but
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said Hurley has yet to sign a finalized deal. “I think it’s no surprise that he is a sought after candidate for other positions,” Greene said Wednesday. “He, in a very short time, has done something I say is pretty remarkable in terms of winning a conference championship and making the NCAA tournament in two short years.” Ohio University men’s basketball coach Saul Phillips leads the MAC with a $550,000 base salary per season. Hurley is still interviewing for other positions and hasn’t accepted UB’s offer. Greene understands the interest other universities have in Hurley and is prepared to compensate Hurley. “We feel like we’ve gotten to the point where we are making him the highest paid head coach in the conference and that’s something that he felt was important to him in terms of his accomplishments and we don’t disagree,” Greene said. “So that’s kind of where we stand now.” SEE HURLEY, PAGE 4
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Continued from Ballard, page 1 Ballard discovered these extremes of the ocean floor on an expedition in 1977 near the Galapagos Islands. Around these hydrothermal vents, Ballard and his crew observed that life was thriving around the 650 degree hot springs, which helped scientists better understand how life can operate at these depths. “Plate tectonics, the discovery of new life forms, the discovery of mineral deposits or the discovery of how the ocean gets its chemistry, that’s really significant,” Ballard said. “But I love it all.” Ballard said the portion of his Distinguished Speakers talk about the future of deep ocean exploration will focus on the Exploration Vessel (E/V) Nautilus, an exploration vehicle devised by Ballard and his team with the idea of “telepresence” as its foundation. “Telepresence attempts to move your spirit to the bottom of the ocean while the team is exploring it,” Ballard said. Satellite technology is used to transmit video, sensor and audio data to the shore from the E/V Nautilus in real time, according to nauiluslive.org. This data is then sent to the expedition’s mission control, which is located at the Inner Space Center (ISC) at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography. Anyone can follow the expedition live at nautiluslive.org and it is possible to engage and interact with the team of explorers while they’re exploring, Ballard said. “We have educators on every watch taking questions,” Ballard said. “Last deployment we took and answered 40,000 questions.” The E/V Nautilus will be departing on April 9 for a sixmonth journey that will start in the Gulf of Mexico and travel through the Panama Canal up the coast of California toward Alaska.
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Robert Ballard will be discussing deepsea exploration at Alumni Arena on April 1. Ballard is a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island and helped discover the RMS Titanic in 1985.
ASHLEY INKUMSAH Ballard said the E/V Nautilus and its rotating crewmembers will take part in 12 different expeditions, the first of which will look at the aftermath of the British Petroleum (BP) oil spill. The crew will go down thousands of feet and look at habitats affected by the spill. Then, they will compare and contrast that to natural oil seeps in the same area, according to Ballard. In late May the ship will go to the Galapagos Islands, where Ballard discovered new life forms and hydrothermal vents in 1977. “We’re going back to the very spot of the chemosynthesis discovery, 35 years later, where the ocean has been spreading for 35 years to look at how it’s changed … as these giant plates move apart,” Ballard said. Ballard said his talk at Alumni Arena on April 1 will cover many of the discoveries he has made, from the RMS Lusitania to the USS Yorktown, and where the future of deep ocean exploration is diving toward. “See you April fools day … I really am coming,” Ballard said and laughed. email: news@ubspectrum.com
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When Faculty Senate Chair Ezra Zubrow attended a seminar on the corporatization of pension funds, he wondered what right governors have to take money that is legislated to higher education and “hold it back to get their political agendas taken into account.” For the Faculty Senate Executive Committee, the ‘Westbury Resolution,’ proposed by the SUNY Old Westbury Faculty Senate Executive Committee, seems like a solution to the budgeting crisis. The executive committee met in Capen Hall on Wednesday and discussed budgeting issues, experimental education and how the Faculty Senate can be more productive when not meeting quorum. The executive committee unofficially voted to support the Westbury Resolution, which urges the state government to return $18.5 to 50 million to the universities, increase TAP (Tuition Assistance Program) funds and remove the rational tuition system which would thereby remove the tax placed on TAP. The committee said they supported the resolution as far as it did not go against UB2020, which they support. Zubrow said he learned at the seminar, held by a group of business economists and financial ex-
perts, that public sector pension funds, which are being managed by firms such as Goldman Sachs, are taking an average of 2 percent for managing the fund and 20 percent of all profits the fund makes. “That money would have otherwise gone back to public sector to increase your pension fund,” Zubrow said. “Each of the university systems has a different contract with these companies.” Another issue this raises, according to Zubrow, is how universities handle diversity. Zubrow said he learned at the conference that six states concerned about diversity amongst faculty and students purchased universities with minority students from lower socioeconomic statuses, used it in their statewide aggregation of diversity stats and then closed the universities down for six months. When the states reopened the universities, all of the staff and faculty had to reapply for their jobs. Tenure was taken away because all positions had been fired. Students were allowed to auto continue from one university to another. The Faculty Senate will take an official vote on the Westbury Resolution at its next meeting. *** James Jensen, the Faculty Senate Teaching and Learning Committee chair and faculty director of the Research Exploration Academy, also addressed the committee Wednesday and discussed experiential education. “Experiential education as something where the student is interacting in the way that their discipline would practice that field,” Jensen said. Jensen said the faculty would de-
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cide the curriculum “but it would have to be in relation to degree granting.” In order to get a course credit approved through SUNY, students would have to come up with an experiential learning experience, according to Jensen. “The old definition was an internship, that you needed to have something practical outside the classroom, that relates to your field of study; now the governor’s thing is to get people employed,” said Philip Glick, a professor of surgery in the medical school and next year’s Faculty Senate chair. “They want undergraduate education to lead to a job – that’s the practical side.” *** At the last executive committee meeting, Zubrow asked Richard Gronostajski, the Senate parliamentarian and the bylaws committee chair, to find mechanisms by which the Faculty Senate and the executive committee could be more efficient in getting things passed when the Senate does not have quorum. Gronostajski said Wednesday that he and Glick drafted three possible strategies that would improve efficiency. The first strategy was to limit each question and comment of the executive committee and Faculty Senate members to two minutes. The second was to limit the Senate chair’s report to 10 minutes during both executive committee and Faculty Senate meetings. The final was to modify the standing orders of the Faculty Senate to allow electronic voting. Gronostajski said electronic voting would ensure resolutions and elections would be voted for quickly and efficiently. The executive committee will meet again on April 15. email: news@ubspectrum.com
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Absentee landlords need a lesson in responsibility UB should better educate and empower prospective off-campus residents Living off campus, particularly in the University Heights area, is widely recognized as a potentially dangerous and often inconvenient experience. From mildly annoying treks through unplowed sidewalks to more frightening late-night walks on dimly lit, rarely patrolled streets, students’ safety in the Heights is far from guaranteed as they go to and from their houses. UB has done little to address this issue, despite troubling crime statistics and pleas from the student body for a more equal dissemination of university resources. But for some students, the issue of unsafe conditions permeates beyond the city streets – right into their homes. Serious issues like absentee landlords and code violations are rife among the University Heights community and UB’s current methods for addressing the problems are simply not sufficient. UB’s Office of Off-Campus Student Services does provide some assistance and information to students – it’s a step in the right direction that this office exists at all. The office’s director, Dan Ryan, is clearly aware of the common problems that off-campus students face, and many of the resources that are made available are relevant and useful in combating the issues. The office’s website offers a list of UB-approved property listings that have passed safety inspections, resources for report-
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ing problematic landlords and safety tips for prospective and current off-campus residents. But these resources are useless if students don’t know about them and right now, it appears the majority of off-campus residents aren’t aware. Students looking to move off campus for the first time tend to be overwhelmed by the experience and the multitude of options. UB needs to do more to ensure that the procedures suggested by the Off-Campus Services are the default actions for students. Prospective residents should know to only seek out UB-approved apartments – or at the very least, understand the risks of looking elsewhere. This is especially important for
international students, who often rent apartments sight unseen and end up the victims of deceptive landlords. UB already offers useful advice to international students and the website for International Student and Scholar Services guides them to Off-Campus Student Services. But there needs to be more direct, hands-on assistance offered to international students seeking housing in order to prevent students from turning to unapproved, unmonitored housing options when their apartment search gets difficult. The same could be done for all students, to help turn them away from notoriously poor landlords and unsafe housing conditions. An expanded Office of OffCampus Services, with a greater level of promotion among stu-
Ken-Ton teachers are Making Buffalo rebels with a cause home Proposed boycott by school board is incredibly risky, but sends a message Cuomo needs to hear
When teachers, rather than their students, are choosing to break the rules, it’s an indication that there is something seriously amiss. This time around, the issue at stake is Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed teaching evaluations – a proposal which threatens the independence of teachers’ instruction and their freedom in the classroom. Unhappy with what he sees as lax standards for teacher evaluations, Cuomo has proposed new, more rigorous methods of evaluation that rely heavily on standardized tests, with students’ scores making up 20 to 40 percent of a teacher’s evaluation. But these Common Core tests aren’t yet familiar to teachers – they’re new and more challenging than previous exams. By relying on standardized test scores, Cuomo is encouraging a “teach to the test” classroom environment, not education. Certainly, the current evaluations aren’t rigorous or accurate as only less than 1 percent of New York teachers were found to be “ineffective.” In a state where one in four students fail to graduate high school in four years, according to the New York State Education Department, clearly something isn’t working in the classroom. Although a change is needed in public schools, Cuomo’s proposed exam-centric system is troubling enough to generate a call to action from the Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda (KenTon) school board – or rather, a call to inaction. The Ken-Ton School Board voted unanimously Tuesday to consider a boycott of teacher evaluations and standardized testing in their district. The proposed action would involve the district’s elimination of test results as a factor in teacher evaluations and a boycott of tests for grades three through eight.
The board is seeking to use the boycott to pressure Cuomo to release state aid information – information that the board claims he is currently withholding in order to pressure the State Legislature to pass his education agenda. This boycott is equal parts risky and courageous, as Ken-Ton is undoubtedly endangering its financial future – the district could lose about $51 million in state aid and face removal of school officials by the state. Clearly, the district cannot afford to lose millions in aid money, and the school board needs to think carefully about its priorities. In trying to protect its teachers, the board should not sacrifice resources for its students. But teachers should have the right to instruct their students without the fear of evaluations and test scores hanging over them. Students will ultimately suffer if classes continue to devolve into mere test-taking instruction. Ken-Ton’s actions are questionable, to be sure, but they do send an important message to Cuomo – his agenda does not sit well with teachers, and they’re not willing to simply stand by and let it pass into law. And more importantly, the board’s actions have done more than simply generate threats from the State Education Department. The proposed boycott has inspired at least two other schools, on Long Island and near Rochester, to consider taking similar actions. An isolated boycott may not be worth the risk, but if enough schools can join in the protest, New York’s students may just get a firsthand lesson in civil disobedience – and its power. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com
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On the corner of my street, there’s a European-styled café with floor-to-ceiling glass windows that has sat empty since before it was remodeled. A few houses down from me, the feral cats my landlord rescues lounge on his front steps and occasionally follow me to my front door. Down the block are Kleinhan’s Music Hall and the epic First Presbyterian Church. A 10-minute drive and I’m at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Delaware Park and the beloved cafes of Elmwood Avenue. And with just a 10-minute walk, I’m in Allentown, meandering through the quirky and ever-hip neighborhood, usually swooning over the incredible homes instead of popping into bar after bar after bar. I’m an off-campus student, I don’t live with my parents and I certainly don’t live in the Heights. And neither should you. UB is technically SUNY University at Buffalo, but there’s nothing about UB that’s Buffalo except for the Medical Campus, and we all know how many undergraduates ever go there – uh, none. South Campus pretends to be in Buffalo.
dents, could help to transform the University Heights community and help equalize the relationship between students and landlords. If UB can effectively guide students to apartments owned and actually maintained by responsible landlords, they’ll also be ensuring that students are no longer renting from the slumlord contingent of University Heights landlords. Those individuals, facing a more educated and savvy group of customers, will no longer be able to take advantage of hapless, uncertain students. Landlords will have to change their ways and actually do their job or accept that their subpar apartments will sit empty all year. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com
It’s not. It’s in that weird purgatory where Amherst and East Buffalo meet and have a creepy baby who smiles like an angel one moment and pulls a knife on you the next. But I admit there are benefits to living in the Heights. Your rent is probably about $50 cheaper than mine, you’re within five minutes of a bus stop to take you to North Campus and all the other cool college kids live there. Oh, and since your house is probably already is pretty rough condition, you don’t have to worry too much about keeping it clean and lovely. College parties galore! But living downtown, in Allentown or in North Buffalo has its relatively unadvertised benefits. And UB is making no effort to change that. We constantly read articles about how awful South Campus landlords are – there were three articles in our Housing Issue alone that mention the problems UB students face living off, but near, campus. (My landlord is a Buffalo detective. Just saying.) Granted, not all city of Buffalo landlords are created equal and, no matter what, you should do research before you rent from someone. But UB doesn’t offer any incentives for students to move away from campus and into safer neighborhoods, homes that landlords care about and areas that offer more culture than Northside. Oh wait than, Mojo’s. Oh wait, Molly’s. Oh wait… The easy bus commute from the Heights to North is tempting, but the 15-minute drive from downtown to UB is also short, quick and easy. But what would be even better is if UB would jump on the buswagon and offer NFTA passes to UB students, like every other major college in the area. If students had access to the Metro Rail or the busing system without shelling out $75 a month, living downtown, or at least visiting the city, would be easy and cheap for students. CONTINUED AT UBSPECTRUM.COM
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Continued from spring fest, page 1 Banks is a singer songwriter with a dark R&B sound, reminiscent of The Weeknd. Her music is emotionally driven and her voice has been compared to Aaliyah because of its rhapsodic qualities. She released her album, Goddess, in late 2014, where she peaked at No. 12 on U.S. charts. Bear Hands is a post-punk and indie rock band that’s been around for nearly ten years. The group was signed in 2010, when they released their single “What A Drag.” Their
Continued from Hurley, page 1 Greene said the specifics of the contract are not complete, but if Hurley accepts Buffalo’s offer, donors will pay the difference necessary to make Hurley the highest paid coach in the conference. “It’s a good sign that people are essentially putting their money where their mouths are and being supportive financially to help us put the best package together we can to keep him,” Greene said. Hurley was named one of 16 finalists for the Hugh Durham National Coach of the Year award, given to the nation’s best MidMajor coach. Senior forward Will Regan said he hopes Hurley will return to Buffalo but also respects and understands Hurley has to do what’s best for him. “I have no idea what he’s going to decide,” Regan said. “I know that he’ s done a good job coaching here and he’s going to do what fits his goals.” Regan described Hurley as a “passionate” coach with the ability to bring the most out of his players during games and practices. Regan said Hurley’s passion “forces you to garner your inner self – really put everything on the line.” Hurley led Buffalo to a 23-10 record this season and its first MAC Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance in school history. Hurley is the fastest men’s basketball coach to 40 wins in school history and has a 42-20 record in two seasons at UB. Greene called Hurley one of the best coaches in the MAC and said he deserves to be rewarded as one. “We are excited about his commitment to us,” Greene said. “Certainly there are people trying to lure him away. Certainly I don’t have a crystal ball, I can’t tell what’s going to hap-
2014 single “Giants” made top 10 on the Alternative Songs chart. “It’s been a long winter, and I think people will just be excited to come out and enjoy the show,” said Jake Gobioff, a sophomore communication major. “I’m happy to go to anything, as long as it isn’t country.” Tickets for Spring Fest will be free for undergrads with their UB ID because the mandatory student activity fee – $94.75 each semester – funds the fest. General admission will be $40. Ticket sales will start at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 1 at the SA ticket office.
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pen, but I do know that we’ve worked very, very hard to provide him and his staff and our players the things that they’ve felt are necessary to win.” Greene said Buffalo has put more money in its basketball program this season than in previous years. Last year, Buffalo spent $1,871,085 on men’s basketball – the fifth most of 12 MAC schools. Greene did not give a specific number on this season’s basketball expenses and the budget is not yet available. Greene said the details of Hurley’s contract negotiations – including base salary, benefits and specific amount paid by donors – would be “ironed out and will be ironed out here in the short term.” Regan called the donor’s rally to help raise Hurley’s contract “remarkable” and said he thinks they would do the same if the football team were nationally ranked or playing in large bowl games. In the end, Regan said the players and community have to put faith in the administration. Buffalo football has never been nationally ranked but has two bowl appearances. Former football coach Turner Gill left Buffalo for the same position at Kansas University after the 2009 football season. Buffalo football won its first MAC Championship in the 2008 season. Gill received a pay increase and contract extension in 2008 after he interviewed for the head coaching position at Auburn. “I know everyone would like for him to come back,” Regan said about Hurley. “You just respect what happens and you put faith in the administration to do the best they can to keep him and if not, they’ll move on and do their best to replace him. It’s a business and there’s nothing you can do beside that.” As of Thursday evening, Hurley and UB Athletics hadn’t signed a new contract and his future at UB was still unknown. email: owen.obrien@ubspectrum.com
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SA Assembly members Davis Podkulski (left) and Jack Oshei (right) speak at Wednesday’s meeting in the Student Union to push a motion to create a UBreathe Free taskforce committee.
Podkulski and Oshei said some of the issues with the current policy are that it cannot be enforced and it also does not give smokers anywhere to smoke. The university decided to not reprimand students for smoking on campus because it cannot do the same for faculty since it is not written in their union contracts. Daun-Barnett said most of those different contracts are renewed every three years, but it’s been a “challenge” to actually implement smoking bans in them. “In the last five years it hasn’t been priority, even though we’ve had people support it in some of these unions, it’s always more about retaining benefits,” Daun-Barnett said. Westin Doney, a junior biology major, said the policy is a “nice thought but ineffective” because students see professors smoking outside buildings and think it is OK to do so. Daun-Barnett said students have been written up in the past for smoking within 100 feet of residence halls if a complaint is made, though. She said she’s had to deescalate people who were upset and confused as to why smoking still occurs on campus despite the policy, including people who have asthma or are pregnant. She has even spoken to a student who has lung collapses if she inhales a certain amount of smoke. “They don’t understand why there is still smoking,” Daun-Barnett said. Christian Bruno, a junior English and computer science major, said he’s had asthma since he was young and doesn’t
want to “breathe in anyone’s smoke.” He also said the policy should be more strictly enforced. The assembly taskforce is also aiming to find better solutions for students who do smoke. Kathan said the taskforce should be open to include students who smoke. Daun-Barnett said that although the policy is for no smoking anywhere, no one should be discouraged from taking the step to smoke away from others in their car in campus parking lots. Mario Ayob, a junior political science and international trade major, said that he thinks “people would use designated smoking areas if we had them.” But Daun-Barnett said that UB had designated smoking spots since 1994, but people did not use them – which eventually encouraged the university to develop the smoke-free policy. She said research over the last 10 years shows designated smoking spots aren’t effective for campuses and work places. She said people still huddle around entrances to buildings when it’s cold and that it would be difficult to build enough for everyone to feel they had one close enough to them. She also said that money used to build smoking spots could go to other things. SA Assembly member Brian Kawecki said at Wednesday’s meeting that UB should give smokers a place on campus. “If they don’t have that, then they’re going to hangout near the doors and leave butts,” he said. Daun-Barnett said there have been complaints that UB no longer has containers to leave cigarette butts. She said that the reason for not providing them is that it could send a “mixed message” about whether UB was really a smokefree campus. UB provided butt containers in parking lots for the first year of the policy. Daun-Barnett said an option for students are pocket-sized cigarette butt containers that are heat resistant, which allows the butts to cool down so they can be safely put in trashcans. Keep America Beautiful, a nonprofit organization, developed the containers. Podkulski said that, although it may be hard to find a perfect solution, because UB is a research university the school should be able to put together some kind of plan that “works for everybody,” including students who smoke. The taskforce’s members will be officially elected at the SA Assembly meeting on April 8, but may meet before then as well. email: news@ubspectrum.com
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Waging war UB students organize strike with Fight for $15 to raise minimum wage SAMANTHA BRENNER STAFF WRITER
When Emma Frieh worked at Panera Bread in high school, some of her coworkers were her parents’ age. They worked from paycheck to paycheck, afraid to quit or complain because that job was the only way for them to support their families. The Fight for $15 is a nationwide campaign to help these families. The protest is to raise minimum wage in New York State from $8.75 to $15. In the Student Union Flag Room on Wednesday, Frieh and Joel Inbody, a graduate sociology student, and a D’Youville student spoke at the panel. They discussed the workers’ right to unionize without backlash from managers and owners, the working conditions in fast food restaurants, cruel and exploitative managers and the struggles people face living on the current minimum wage – $8.75 in New York State. “My coworkers worked hard, woke up before sunrise to run off to work while also raising families,” said Frieh, a senior sociology major. “A lot of them didn’t have the money to go to college and found themselves stuck in a job that exploited their labor and silenced their needs.” Frieh’s conversations with her coworkers helped her understand the need for a non-poverty wage and free unionization, she said. But it’s not only non-college grads working minimum wage jobs. More than threequarters of a million people with college degrees work a minimum-wage job, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Frieh has spoken to people in her classes who work minimum wage jobs to alleviate loan debt, and working only takes away from time and focus on their schoolwork, she said. “Students should be students while they’re in school, but the conditions of
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our economic reality make that a dream very separate from the fact that so many students struggle to make ends meet,” Frieh said. Frieh said that understanding the exploitative nature of capitalism made her seek ways to help those who are exploited. “When we work in front of a register or a grill all day, we don’t create anything intrinsically meaningful to us and we sell our labor to the corporation so that we can make enough money to survive,” Frieh said. A workers’ strike against corporate fast food companies in Buffalo is currently being organized to take place on April 15 and Fight for $15 encourages students to support the movement. “Fast food workers were coming to us and said let’s bring [Fight for $15] here in Buffalo,” said Reverend Kirk Laubenstein, the executive director at Coalition for Economic Justice, a worker’s rights group in Buffalo. The last time the coalition had a strike, 150 people came to march down Main Street. “When fast food workers make the owners and the corporation billions of dollars they are certainly entitled to that kind of money,” Inbody said. The Fight for $15 has had effective outcomes in other cities. Seattle and San Francisco have passed laws raising their minimum wage to $15 an hour. Frieh said it is necessary to stand in solidarity with workers to support their strike and because these goals have been achieved elsewhere, she said there is hope they can make $15 and unionization a reality in Buffalo. On April 8, there will be a general meeting in the Student Union Flag Room to discuss and plan the strike on April 15 and make it clear that they “demand fair wages and union rights for fast food workers.” email: features@ubspectrum.com
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Buffalo Bucket List No. 1-3: Wings and things Anchor Bar, Duffs and Dinosaur BBQ give the classic Buffalo culinary experience DANIEL MCKEON FEATURES EDITOR
Buffalo is a city filled with culture and life – you just need to find the right places. As a sophomore from Long Island, I hope to get the most out of my Buffalo college experience. With that in mind, here is first installment of my “Buffalo Bucket List,” starting with the food that bears Buffalo’s name: the Buffalo wing (or as you locals call it, “a chicken wing”). No. 1 - Anchor Bar National Geographic recently ranked Buffalo as the third best food city in the world, trumping cities in France and Italy. The main reason? Anchor Bar Restaurant. Located at 1047 Main St, the famous bar is known for creating Buffalo wings and is a treasured part of Buffalo’s history. The restaurant offers a wide variety of foods beyond their fabled wings, but the real reason to go here is to say you had the original Buffalo wing. William Rapaport, a computer science professor who also runs the now 27-year-old Bill Rapaport’s Buffalo Restaurant Guide, called Buffalo wings “one of [Buffalo’s] best ambassadors.” “[Anchor Bar] certainly made them (and the sauce) famous, and the restaurant’s fame and importance to the history of Buffalo are assured,” Rapaport said in an email. Whenever I tell anyone I go to school in Buffalo, the second thing they ask, after asking if we really get that much snow, is if the wings are really that good. The answer to both of those questions is always yes. The buffalo wing, Rapaport explained, became popular simply due to the flavor of the sauce “plus a lot of luck and being the right thing at the right time.” My dad was the first one to tell me about Anchor Bar’s original wings status. When we visited Buffalo in my senior year of high school, Anchor Bar was naturally one of the first places we went. Pulling up at Anchor Bar, you can see immediately a big sign proclaiming “The Original Buffalo Wing.” They don’t mess around. The restaurant has a classic pub feel. Exposed brick walls, multiple small dining rooms and a full-sized bar in the center of the building create a rustic atmosphere for customers. The walls are lined with photos of famous visitors, newspaper reviews and other memorabilia of Anchor Bar’s history. The wings come in five different flavors: mild, medium, hot, spicy hot barbeque and suicidal. Being a bit of a wimp, I usually get medium and always enjoy it. Anchor Bar’s advantage of having made Buffalo wings longer
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than anyone else shows in the quality of their wings. The restaurant sells its famous sauce separately for at-home chefs. For those of you who don’t like wings, the menu offers other options, ranging from soup and salads to seafood and pasta. The restaurant also offers a wide selection of wines and beers. Whenever anyone visits me in Buffalo, Anchor Bar is usually where I’ll take them out to eat. It offers Buffalo’s most famous dish along with an historic atmosphere and extensive menu. For those who fly in to Buffalo, you’ve probably noticed that there’s an Anchor Bar at the Buffalo-Niagara International Airport. This is a good place to stop if you want to bring some of the wings home with you, but for the full experience, the original Anchor Bar in downtown Buffalo is preferred. Before leaving Buffalo, you need to go to the home of Buffalo’s most famous food. If nothing else, it makes for good conversation when your aunts and uncles ask you how college is. No. 2 - Duff’s Duff ’s doesn’t have the distinction of being the founders of the Buffalo wing and it also lacks in rustic pub atmosphere, but in my opinion, it edges out Anchor Bar as the better quality Buffalo wings as well as being slightly cheaper. It also is closer to North Campus, with one of their locations being right in Amherst, on 3651 Sheridan Drive. There is a bit of a debate amongst UB students between Duff ’s, Anchor Bar and other wing joints. Duff ’s wings simply have better variety, better quality, better prices and better location, making it the ideal wing restaurant for college students. No. 3 – Dinosaur BBQ The original Dinosaur BBQ is in Syracuse, however, Buffalo has its own Dinosaur BBQ at 301 Franklin St. in downtown Buffalo. The restaurant serves a wide variety of barbeque meats including ribs, sandwiches, burgers, wings and others. Live bands occasionally play, providing a lively yet family friendly atmosphere. Dinosaur BBQ offers an alternative to the typical wings place in Buffalo. While they do serve wings, they mainly focus on their barbeque foods. Large portions for decent prices, unique southern-meets-upstate atmosphere and locations in Buffalo, Syracuse and Rochester make Dinosaur BBQ an upstate classic. email: dan.mckeon@ubspectrum.com
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Maurice O’Field – Junior college transfer, guard, Midland College, Cleveland, Ohio O’Field is an athletic, 6-foot-5 wing player. He’s fast on the offensive end, has a strong shooting ability from mid-range and can get to the basket. His strong defensive play and sizable wingspan combined with leaping ability means he can contest shots at the rim, as well as defend both guard positions. Overall, O’Field possesses the game of a classic swingman. Just off highlight tapes alone, O’Field could break out as the best incoming recruit of 2015. He could make the rotation as a reserve, but will have at least two years of eligibility. With Skeete and Wigginton entering their senior seasons, O’Field looks to be a prime candidate to get playing time in Hurley’s three-guard offense. Torian Graham – Junior college transfer, guard, Houston/Chipola College Graham was a four-star recruit coming out of high school and has become an athletic wing player with the ability to finish at the basket. His experience at junior college has helped develop his shot as he enters a Division-I program. He is capable of playing both guard positions with strong passing ability. Graham could be the incoming recruit who plays the most next season. Although the guard position is stockpiled with talent, Graham could be the team’s third best player from opening day. His ability to shoot – combined with athleticism – makes him an ideal candidate for the sixth man role. Barring injury or underperformance, Graham could make his way into the starting five at some point next season. Ikenna Smart – Redshirt freshman, center, Greensboro, NC Smart redshirted his first season in Buffalo, but he is expected to make an impact starting next season due to his size alone. Since Smart redshirted last season, he was able to practice with the team but not play in games. Smart is capable of simple offensive moves and can hit the hook shot from low post. Smart is touted for his defense. He is a solid defender who is capable of altering shots at the rim and creating position to box out for rebounds. Smart can provide a legitimate center option that can change the entire look of the team. He’s someone who can grab rebounds and remain strong as a rim protector and allow Hurley to play around with various lineups. For this upcoming season, Smart will likely receive playing time behind Johnson and Moss, with an eye for the starting center position in 2016. email: quentin.haynes@ubspectrum.com
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Ohio, Illinois and Wisconsin. I want Hurley to stay. I want to see emerge as one of the best Mid-Major schools on the East Coast. But if DePaul can convince him to join a program in the middle of a great place for recruits and bump his salary up a bit, I think he’s gone. And I don’t think I can blame him either.
Quentin Haynes, sports editor I’m conflicted with what Hurley should do. On one hand, I think the men’s basketball team can be very good next season. I believe the Bulls cannot only win the Mid-American Conference Tournament again, but I think they can do it with 27 or 28 wins heading into Selection Sunday. Those two things could equal a single-digit seed for the Bulls, more program exposure, and possibly, Hurley parlaying the job into something larger than the DePaul job. But I think the people saying “This is just DePaul, why would anyone go there?” need to slow down. It’s the Big East. Say what you want, but that’s still a power conference to me. He’s going to be in the middle of one of the four biggest recruiting hotbeds in the nation – Chicago, Illinois. I don’t think Hurley will turn DePaul into a powerhouse, but imagine Hurley, clanking his 1991 Duke Championship ring on a table in a recruit’s home, telling them to join his Big East program – a conference that has reach to New York City, Washington D.C.,
Bobby McIntosh, asst. sports editor The success that men’s basketball has seen under Bobby Hurley for the past two seasons has been nothing short of phenomenal. Winning 42 games, a MidAmerican Conference championship, and appearing as a No. 12 seed in the NCAA Tournament has even gained the attention of President Barack Obama. Now, wants to make him the highest paid coach in the MAC, and it is well deserved. After all, sports are all about the money. Hurley earned more than $300,000 last season but that’s not enough. I think the Bulls have the best bargain in the MAC at the helm of the basketball team for the amount of publicity and growth that has resulted from Hurley’s success.
Three years ago, it was outrageous to fathom reaching the NCAA Tournament under Reggie Witherspoon. Although I loved Reggie, he never gave us what we needed: a MAC Championship. Being a local, I have witnessed the struggle of ’s attempt to make an impact in the athletic world and have felt the sting of disappointment season after season in just about every major sport. The Bulls’ basketball MAC Championship is the first glimmer of hope that the school has had since the 2008 football conference championship under Turner Gill. Once Gill left, the program experienced setbacks, and that is precisely what I believe will happen to men’s basketball if Hurley bolts. We couldn’t afford to keep Gill, and we can’t afford Hurley. It’s as simple as that. I know that triumph in this city is brief and can be taken away once it’s realized that can’t afford to continue success. UB Athletics wants to make Hurley the highest paid coach in the MAC. Ohio University currently pays Saul Phillips $550,000 a season, which is the most in the conference. is simply a steppingstone where Hurley needs to prove himself in order to reach what some people believe to be his ultimate goal – coaching in a major conference, such as the Big East, Southeastern Conference (SEC), or Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). I’m cautiously optimistic that can keep him in the MAC for one more year. I think will have enough money to compete for one last chance for an NCAA Tournament run under Hurley. Anything beyond a year will be a gift. email: sports@ubspectrum.com
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“It’s the little things that we’re able to pick up and be the fundamental football team that we expect to be,” Leipold said. “Not just the schematics of what we’re doing. We can do it at a pace that we want. Those will come because I know they’re receptive to it.” The Bulls resume practice on Friday at the ADPRO Sports Training Center. The team will practice roughly 15 times before the annual Blue-White scrimmage on April 18. Most practices will be held at UB Stadium, dependent on weather. email: sports@ubspectrum.com
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SPORTS Moving at a faster pace JORDAN GROSSMAN SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR
Junior quarterback Joe Licata said Wednesday’s first spring practice was one of the most intense practices he has ever been a part of. But Licata – who is recovering from an offseason surgery – didn’t practice with the team at all. He just observed. “I think we practiced a lot faster [than last year],” Licata said. “That was the quickest we’ve ever moved from drill to drill. It was very high intensity. That was one of the most intense practices I’ve ever been a part of in my four or five years here.” On Wednesday, the Lance Leipold era officially began in Buffalo as the Bulls held their first spring practice under the first-year Division-I head coach and the new staff at the ADPRO Sports Training Center in Orchard Park, New York. One of the biggest differences the players noticed about the new staff was the approach to the pace of practice. Junior wide receiver Ron Willoughby said receiver practices under former head coach Jeff Quinn were the same drills over and over again. With Leipold, there are different drills every day for each position. Willoughby, who led Buffalo with 50 receptions, 771 yards and nine touchdowns last season, notes there is a lot of different play calling language he is not used to.
Licata feels the same way. “The thought process behind these plays is a lot different,” Licata said. “The reads are different. The big thing is the verbage. Once we get everyone on the same page with the verbage, we’re gonna be running very smoothly.” Leipold admitted it will take a while for the team to pick up on the terminology, but he said he hopes the personnel will pick it up by the end of spring. Licata, who is expected to assume his role as starting quarterback, will not practice during spring workouts while recovering from offseason hip surgery for the second consecutive season. Licata suffered the latest hip injury last season. But Licata is confident he will be ready for the beginning of the season. “I’m feeling good,” Licata said. “Feeling better every day. I’ll be back by the summer. Full go, 100 percent. I’m looking forward to that. Watching these guys competing is making me jealous.” Licata said he was on and off crutches after the surgery, but he’s not using them anymore. He also said he will start a training regimen in two weeks, which begins with light jogging. Leipold is not concerned with Licata’s ability to learn the system despite not practicing under center. There was an optimistic vibe around the Bills Fieldhouse in the first organized
Changes to practice regimen lead to optimism for next year under new head coach
Head coach Lance Leipold addresses the team after his first practice as the Bulls head coach on Wednesday. YUSONG SHI, THE SPECTRUM team practice since the end of last year, in which the Bulls finished 5-6 after finishing 8-5 the previous season. Willoughby was excited to get back on the field and start “running around again.” Junior running back Anthone Taylor, who led the Bulls with 1,403 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns last season, said the coaching switch promoted a lot of excitement
due to Leipold’s new approach to practice. “I feel like there’s a lot of excitement out here,” Taylor said. “You can just feel on both sides of the ball a lot of excitement … coach Leipold is very encouraging about growing. If you don’t have an answer, he encourages you to work hard and seek help and don’t be afraid to say you don’t know something.” SEE MOVING ON PAGE 6
The future of the Bulls QUENTIN HAYNES SPORTS EDITOR With the men’s basketball team 2013-14 season finished, it’s time to look ahead. If the Bulls are to make another run at a MidAmerican Conference championship and NCAA tournament appearance, they are going to have to replace the talent they lost. Since his arrival at Buffalo, head coach Bobby Hurley has found cornerstones for the program and role players in his first two recruiting classes. In 2013, Hurley recruited and landed the team’s two best players in All-MAC Second-Team guard Shannon Evans and reigning MAC Player of the Year junior forward Justin Moss. Hurley brought in a starter and All-MAC Freshman-Team selection Lamonte Bearden, as well as experienced reserves in junior forwards Rodell Wigginton and Raheem Johnson in last year’s recruiting class. The biggest question for the Bulls this offseason is how they will replace senior forwards Xavier Ford and Will Regan, both of whom will be graduating at the end of the year. Both players were 6-foot-8 forwards with at least four years of college basketball experience. Regan was a solid 3-point shooter, while Ford was a strong defender who developed a shot from beyond the arc as a senior. The Bulls return six of the top eight players from this year’s rotation, but four of them (Moss, Wigginton, Johnson and junior guard Jarryn Skeete) are entering
their senior seasons, leaving a sizable gap after next year concludes. The Bulls will rely on young talent to fill the void, which may or may not come from the 2015 class. The incoming talent for the 2015 season for the Bulls includes three freshmen and two junior college transfers. All recruits are committed to UB for next season, according to The Buffalo News and their individual social media pages. At first glance, this class has a strong balance of size, speed and athleticism. Nate Navigato – Incoming freshman, small forward, Geneva, Illinois Navigato is a 6-foot-7 big man who can also scare opponents with his jump shot. He has the length and wingspan to play both small forward and power forward for various stretches at a time. He is crafty on the offensive end and finds lapses in opposing defenses when attacking the basket. Navigato doubles as a talented spot-up shooter and is active on the defensive end, as his length allows him to create turnovers. Last season, only Evans and Skeete shot better than 33 percent from beyond the arc, so Bulls could certainly use another outside shooter. Hurley has used mostly three-guard sets in his starting lineup and Navigato may need time to improve his strength and conditioning before seeing the court. Nick Perkins – Incoming freshman, power forward, Ypsilanti, Michigan Perkins is a 6-foot-8 lefty with a strong frame. He can finish in traffic when going to the basket and can finish through con-
Hurley’s latest recruiting class offers size, shooting and athleticism
Redshirt freshman Ikenna Smart (pictured) takes a shot during the Bulls’ practice in Nationwide Arena on March 19 leading up the NCAA Tournament. Smart is one of five players that are expected to make an impact on next year’s basketball team. YUSONG SHI, THE SPECTRUM
tact and has rudimentary post moves. Perkins can hit the mid-range jumper with consistency and can weave through defenders with his gentile dribbling touch, while getting to the basket from the perimeter. With the Bulls losing both Ford and Regan, the team will be looking for depth at
the forward spots. Perkins could have the opportunity to play right away, but most likely will be on the outside looking in on the rotation as he prepares for the rigors of college basketball. Perkins possesses skills similar to Moss, the reigning MAC Player of the Year. SEE FUTURE ON PAGE 6
Will Hurley stay or will he go? SPORTS DESK The men’s basketball head coach Bobby Hurley has been the center of attention for UB Athletics these past two weeks – from winning a Mid-American Conference championship to entering the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history. Hurley led the Bulls to a 23-10 record this season, ending in a loss to West Virginia in the second round of “March Madness.” In Hurley’s first two seasons in Buffalo, he’s accumulated a 42-20 record and was named a finalist for the Hugh Durham National Coach of the Year award, which is given to the best mid-major coach. But despite all these accomplishments, will he stay? According to recent reports, Hurley is considering vacant head coaching positions at other universities. As of Thursday, UB Athletics said it wants to make Hurley the highest paid coach in the MidAmerican Conference and has an offer in place to do so. Will it be enough for Hurley to stay in Buffalo? Or will he bolt for a better program and more money? The Spectrum sports editors give their opinions.
Jordan Grossman, senior sports editor Rome wasn’t built in a day. And neither was the UB basketball program. Danny White and the rest of UB Athletics made headlines when they signed Hurley to lead the men’s basketball program, largely because of the potential of the team in his hands. His name alone can pull in a four-star recruit. In his second year, he’s on track to build the program up to its highest peak in its history. But he’s not there yet. Although this past season culminated in the best stretch of UB basketball in school history, the program can be built even higher. Hurley has the possibility of taking the team to the Round of 32 next
year, or possibly even the Sweet 16. Next year returns six of the team’s eight highest scorers, including MAC Player of the Year Justin Moss and breakout point guard Shannon Evans. And let’s not forget the four four-star recruits that will be on the team next year as well. Everything is in place to succeed again next season. And Hurley should recognize that. It’s no mystery that Hurley is going to bolt Buffalo at some point in the future. But it’s not going to be this year. Every Mid-Major coach understands that in order to get to the next level, he/ she must excel at the level they are currently at. If a Mid-Major coach wants to reach the next level, he/she must prove consistency – more than just one year of success. It’s very puzzling that Hurley is reportedly considering the DePaul job. Hurley is in a much better position in Buffalo than going to a program that has twice as many losses as wins over the past five seasons. Why go from the top of a Mid-Major to the very bottom of the Big East – a conference that is known more for its history than its present? While Hurley has exceeded expectations in his two years at UB, the ceiling for success in the program he helped build is im-
probable. Buffalo has a realistic opportunity to make even larger splashes in Division I basketball as early as next season. Hurley should stay to ensure the longevity of the program he helped build and make his name known as a star coach, not point guard. I can picture a storybook ending with Hurley succeeding Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski once the legendary Blue Devil coach retires. Yes, it’s a far reach but plausible at the same time. If the program he is winning with is in great position to repeat next year, that type of job can open up doors much sooner than if he accepted the DePaul job. And Hurley is smart enough to understand that. Even one more season of Hurley will ensure the longevity of Buffalo basketball, while cementing his legacy as a legitimate college coach that didn’t just have a lucky season.
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