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Bulls excited to finish season under coach Wood OWEN O’BRIEN

MANAGING EDITOR

As Athletic Director Danny White continues his national search for the next Buffalo head football coach, the players continue to work toward their goal of a bowl game in 2014.

Former head coach Jeff Quinn and the Buffalo players held practice Monday after Saturday’s 37-27 loss to Eastern Michigan. After practice, Deputy Director of Athletics Allen Greene spoke to the players and informed them Quinn would no longer be their head coach. The football team began the season 3-4 and 1-2 in Mid-American Conference play.

White pulled Quinn to the side after practice to inform Quinn that his contract would be terminated.

“Initial reaction was definitely shock,” said junior quarterback Joe Licata. “We were confused at first but Danny White explained his decision to us yesterday and we are going to rally around coach Wood and we are excited for these last five games.”

Alex Wood will be the team’s head coach for the remainder of the season. He was Buffalo’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach under Quinn. Wood also called the offensive plays this season.

The team held a players-only meeting after Greene informed them there would be a “change in leadership,” according to Licata.

Licata said the players are responding well to the change.

He’s also excited to have the interim head coach sitting in his meetings, as Wood has been in all offensive and quarterback meetings throughout the season.

“We’ve had two great team meetings with coach Wood leading the way,” Licata said.

“He’s going to tell us how he feels. Whether it’s right or wrong he’s always going to express his own opinion and it’s great.”

Wood served as UB’s offensive coordinator for four seasons. Before Buffalo, he was running backs coach at University of Miami for five seasons – including two national championship years. Wood coached in the NFL with the Cincinnati Bengals, Minnesota Vikings and Arizona Cardinals.

The team still believes it can make a bowl game. The Bulls will need to win at least four of their last five games of the season to be eligible to play in a bowl game.

“The guys are fired up, as always,” Licata said. “Putting it into perspective, this could possibly be these seniors last five games of football ever.

We are rallying around those seniors, rallying around coach Wood and we are excited.”

The Bulls have been practicing through their bye week and won’t play again until Saturday, Oct. 25. Buffalo hosts Central Michigan (4-3, 2-1 MAC) at UB Stadium at 3:30 p.m. email: sports@ubspectrum.com

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Wes Moore encourages students to be more than a major

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Wes Moore was in The Baltimore Sun for being involved with a robbery-homicide that resulted in the death of a father of five.

Wes Moore was in The Baltimore Sun for being a prestigious international scholar.

Two men, one name and paths that seemed to start in the same way – yet, one was rewarded with opportunities and the other was not.

“I’m a very firm believer that potential in this country is universal, opportunity is not,” said Wes Moore, a best-selling author who spoke before a crowd at Alumni Arena Wednesday.

Wednesday evening, author, Army combat veteran and youth advocate Wes Moore spoke to UB students as the Moore, the second speaker of second guest in UB’s Distinguished Speaker Series about taking advantage of higher education and using it to help those in need. this year’s Distinguished SpeakCLETUS EMOKPAE, THE SPECTRUM er Series, targeted his speech toward students, encouraging them the most important question is going to be: South Africa after receiving the Rhodes to help others who aren’t as privileged. The ‘Who did you choose to fight for?’”

Scholarship – which is considered the Army combat veteran and youth advocate Moore said buying a new car is like the op- “world’s most prestigious scholarship” by talked about the importance of using op- portunity to go to college. Some choose the Time magazine and the Associated Press – he portunities in higher education to combine “fastest car” yet only drive it at 20 mph. The received a phone call from his mother that passions with the needs of those less fortu- car has more potential. Students do, too. would spur his eventual book. His mother nate. said there were wanted posters in his Balti“Step on the gas,” he said to students.

He discussed how his own journey led He pointed to the audience and said there more community seeking “Wes Moore.” him to write his book, “The Other Wes is enough “intellectual capital” in the room The Wes Moore in the posters was a man Moore,” – which embodies a similar theme alone to solve any problem in Buffalo. who was part of a four-person team that to the speech he gave – and helped him real“If the university felt the pinnacle of your robbed a jewelry store and killed a police ofize society’s collective goal is to fight for the life was to be a Bull – that’s the highest thing ficer. “others” who all deserve a chance to suc- you can accomplish – then I can guarantee Moore talked about the group that entered ceed. you that you would have never been accept- the store with guns and mallets, smashing at Moore said there are some people who ed in the first place,” he said. the glass encasements of jewels while pointare standing at a “ledge of greatness” every Moore said the question now is how stu- ing the guns at people to keep them on the day. The problem is, they don’t even know dents are going to use the opportunities be- ground. The four men left the store with a it. These are the “others.” fore them, unlike those who are never even little more than $400,000 worth of jewelry They are the ones who are not able to given the chance to have them to begin with. and headed to the parking lot. have the same higher education opportuniAn off-duty police officer was in the store “The thing you have to figure out and facties, and Moore said it is up to those more tor in is not about what is your GPA, but and working security because he needed to fortunate to walk through these communi- what is your personal GPS,” he said. support his five-child family that just welties to make an impact.

Moore wants to make the reason he wrote comed triplets. Moore said the officer went “The most important question you’re go- his book explicit: It was not to create “sym- into the parking lot, kneeling next to cars to ing to be asked will not be what is your ma- pathizers” or to “reexamine fate.” He said see if he could stop the robbers. But the ofjor, because that is ephemeral and that ques- he wanted to understand why the other Wes ficer didn’t realize he was next to the robtion will fade,” he said to the crowd. “The Moore’s fate was “sealed so long before Feb. bers’ car. The men shot him three times and question that you will be asked not just now, 7, 2000” – the day of the crime. the officer died instantly. He was a threethe question you will be asked for the reWhen Moore was studying abroad in time recipient of police officer of the year. mainder of your days on this planet and SEE MOORE, PAGE 6

Molded under pressure John Polanco plots his course to success as a rapper with debut mixtape, The Pressure Book

thing important to the sophomore – a microphone.

The lone mic stand with a pair of headphones nestled snugly between the microphone and a concave sheet of foam casts an immaculate presence in the dimly lit dormitory. Polanco stands beside it, bobbing his head to the rhythm of the beat. He lifts his headphones from the stand and places them over his ears.

At that moment, Polanco isn’t a college student anymore; he’s in tune with the music.

It’s days like this that created The Pressure Book, Polanco’s first mixtape.

Polanco, a sophomore communication major, has dreams of selling out shows and being featured on tracks with his rap idols. Every day, the Bronx native devotes time trying to make his dreams come true.

“I have to write at least one thing a CLETUS EMOKPAE, THE SPECTRUM day, even if it’s a couple lines,” Polanco Young rapper John Polanco began writing in high school as said. “Sometimes I’ll have writer’s block, a way to escape his daily problems and routines. He continbut I’ll sit down and work through it. I’ll ued to become more serious about rapping and writing and usually do around one verse a week.” released The Pressure Book over the summer.

He doesn’t like talking about his problems too much, so he writes about JAMES BATTLE them instead. This practice helped him STAFF WRITER get through his day-to-day struggles in the Bronx.

When you first walk into John Polanco’s As a child he would get into trouble, inPorter dorm room, it looks like any oth- cluding being kicked out of school, Polanco er sophomore boy’s living space. There is a said. When he got to high school, he would steady hum from a laptop in the corner and freestyle with his close friend, Scott Midgett. his friends are sitting around playing video It was around their sophomore year of games. His walls are covered with football high school that Polanco and his friends dejerseys and a poster of the New York City cided to organize TNF – The New Frontier. skyline to remind him of his hometown.

They started out as a fashion line “making But in the center of the room lies some-

‘merch,” including clothes and accessories, like the wood chains and bracelets Polanco still wears.

The chains have a special place in the Bronx rapper’s heart; they represent his roots and how TNF came to be.

With members transferring schools and pursuing other hobbies, what started as a clothing brand eventually evolved into a music group. That’s when Polanco “really picked up rapping.”

The duo – Midgett and Polanco – would work on their freestyle rap while they were “chilling out,” Midgett said. It wasn’t until junior or senior year of high school that Polanco started writing his lyrics down.

Polanco and other TNF members began to focus solely on music, but didn’t record or release any songs until this summer when Polanco launched his mixtape, The Pressure Book. It took more than three years to put the mixtape together. The rapper began honing his craft because he wanted to master his style before it was released.

Polanco’s dedication to music became well known to his family and friends after the mixtape’s release.

“I [found out about his rap career] not that long ago,” said Barbara Polanco, John’s older sister. “He told me about it last summer. That’s when I first heard him. We’re extremely close with one another. We’re two years apart, but people constantly mistake us for twins.”

Although Barbara recently learned about her brother’s passion, she was supportive of his decision to take his music seriously. She became heavily involved with the mixtape and went to the studio with her brother every day.

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Texas’ misogyny is an undue burden on us all

State’s attempts to limit abortion are deceptive, backwards and fortunately illegal – for now It’s unclear whether Texas or the Supreme Court has less respect for women, but either way, the state’s attempt to bypass the latter and restrict the rights of woman have been mercifully unsuccessful.

Tuesday night, the Supreme Court temporarily blocked a Texas law that would have significantly cut down the number of open abortion clinics in the state.

The ruling suspends the Oct. 2 decision by the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, which would have allowed the state to enact a rule requiring abortion clinics to adhere to exceedingly strict medical standards.

The law would have required clinics to meet the standards of an “ambulatory surgical center,” which would involve installing air filtration systems and maintaining operating rooms – upgrades that would cost millions of dollars for clinics across the state.

The new law would also compel doctors at clinics to have admitting privileges at local hospitals.

Any clinic without these upgrades would have been closed immediately, leaving only eight abortion clinics operating in the state. There would be no providers available along the TexasMexico border, or outside any of the state’s major urban areas, according to ABC News.

Although Texas would like to get away with their claims that the law is about protecting the health and safety of women seeking abortions, these new rules do nothing but impose on women’s freedom.

The state is trying to regulate – and practically eliminate – access to abortion, and lawmakers have the gall to claim they are doing so for the sake of the women whose rights they are restricting.

If the law ends up passing –

the legal battle is ongoing – and the closures occur, then more than 900,000 women of reproductive age would have to travel 150 miles or more to have an abortion, according to the Washington Post.

More than two decades ago, the Supreme Court determined states cannot impose an “undue burden” on women attempting to obtain an abortion early in their pregnancy.

But unbelievably, Texas attorneys insist their law would

not burden women seeking an abortion. Apparently driving three hours or more for multiple appointments is not a burden. The claim would be laughable if the law it supports weren’t on the verge of becoming reality.

What about women who don’t have a car, who don’t have gas money for long road trips, who work minimum-wage jobs and can’t miss a day of work? What about the women who need to get an abortion without anyone

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else knowing?

That anyone can claim with a straight face that this law would not make abortions inaccessible for women in Texas is ridiculous.

Texas clearly has a problem with abortion. The state can’t outlaw the practice, and their at tempts to achieve the next-best (next-worst) thing does nothing but punish the more isolated, impoverished or endangered portions of the population. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com

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A budget of the people, Letter to the editor by the people Editor’s note: The following has been edited only for clarity and grammar.

Poloncarz proposes budget that increases assistance for those who need it most – without increasing taxes Though there are all too many economic hardships challenging residents of Erie County, increased taxes in the coming year won’t be one of them.

On Wednesday, Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz released his proposed budget for 2015, which features a continued maintenance of 2009’s property taxes, which total $5.03 per $1,000 assessed valuation. Six years without increased taxes is impressive to begin with, but even better, taxes now are lower than they were in the ’90s.

The insistence on retaining tax levels shows an admirable commitment to residents’ financial well-being, and an understanding of the financial struggles so many families continue to face.

Poloncarz deserves praise for avoiding a move that would have added another monetary burden to households that already have to fight to make ends meet.

Republicans in the legislature have nonetheless managed to disapprove of the proposed budget. Legislature Majority Leader Joseph C. Lorigo and County Comptroller Stefan Mychajliw are unhappy taxes were maintained rather than decreased and argue that even the lack of increase was thanks to the legislature and not Poloncarz.

Their complaints serve only as a diversion from what is undoubtedly a triumph for Erie County, and their attempts to simultaneously denounce Poloncarz’s proposal while also taking credit are humorous at best.

While the budget has its flaws – including a net reduction of eight jobs – it also increases funding for a variety of worthy community organizations.

These include the country’s libraries, which will enjoy a budget increase of slightly more than $450,000 and $1 million in capital funding to improve the downtown Central Library.

More critically, important “safety net” programs will receive additional support. Increased funding will go to programs addressing youth detention, child welfare, foster care, child protective serves and family assistance programs, according to The Buffalo News.

In addition to the much-needed funding, the budget proposes new positions of employments to addressed increased needs for assistance for veterans, juveniles on probation and heroin abuse and addiction.

This proposed budget’s focus is appropriately honed, sending funds to the neediest and most endangered members of the Erie County community.

The services receiving additional financial support and increased employment are those that can help to prevent the development of more insidious, long-term issues in the community – helping youths avoid jailtime and attacking the growing use of heroin before it turns into an epidemic.

Political quibbles aside – trivial partisan bickering accomplishes nothing but needless distraction – this proposed budget is commendable in its attention to the needs of the community and impressive in its commitment to increased funding without increased taxes. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com

Dear editor, Although Ebola has killed roughly 4,000 people since the inception of its first case in 1976, Ebola is really not of major concern comparatively.

The number people who die of the flu weekly in the average year in the United States: about 500 but as high as 1,000 (roughly 24,000 deaths a year on average in United States but as high as 49,000).

Number people that die of the flu weekly in the average year worldwide: 5,000 to 10,000 (there are between 3 and 5 million severe flu cases a year of which between 250,000 and 500,000 will die). This information is according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and World Health Organization.

The fact is that Ebola really is not something to be concerned about in the United States. Ebola cannot be transmitted by air, food, or water; it’s actually fairly difficult to contract. Ebola cannot be transmitted until symptoms appear (21 days after infection).

The real scare in this country should be with the growing anti-vaccination movement. Vaccine preventable diseases are making comebacks at alarming rates. Pertussis, for example, has infected 8,749 people in just California this year as of Oct. 7. Pertussis is whooping cough, which was nearly eradi-

cated in the United States until the anti-vaccine movement dug it’s claws in.

Pertussis infection lasts 90 days, there are no antibiotics or treatments that speed recovery and can be easily prevented with the DTap vaccine, which also prevents Tetanus and Diphtheria. Pertussis causes mucous buildup in the throat and causes infants to cough so hard and long that they turn red, blue and about one in 100 will die; up to one in 40 infants will have permanent brain damage; adolescents and adults with Pertussis cough so hard that they break ribs.

If you have a strong stomach look up “infant girl with whooping cough” on YouTube and watch the video. Measles is back in the United States and measles is highly contagious.

Measles is airborne so if a person infected with measles enters an elevator and goes up or down one floor and then exits, then another unvaccinated person enters that same elevator three hours later and goes up or down one floor, that person has a 90 percent chance of contracting the measles… which kills up to three in 1,000 people infected and causes permanent harm such as brain damage in far higher numbers.

The real danger is getting your medical advice from Jenny McCarthy and Rob Schneider instead of legitimate, licensed, and competent doctors. Vaccines save lives.

Michael J. LaMastra, MS

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a severe, often fatal disease

EBOLA

Out of 195 UB students surveyed, 57 percent said they’re concerned about Ebola spreading in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, however, stresses the likelihood of a U.S. outbreak is low.

The definition from the CDC: The virus attacks your immune system and produces a protein that attaches to blood vessels, causing leakage that leads to shock and eventually, death.

Cannot be contracted through:

water

food

in humans and nonhuman primates 21% of UB students thought it could be contracted through food 11% of UB students thought it could be contracted through the air 25% of UB students thought it could be contracted through water

94% of students – correctly – said

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Ebola could be contracted through an exchange of bodily fluids.

More commonly in Africa, Ebola may be spread through:

Direct contact with bodily fluids

(through broken skin or mucous membranes)

contact with infected bats

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Continued from pressure, page 1 “I couldn’t imagine people wouldn’t enjoy the final result,” Barbara said.

Polanco spent most of his summer going to and from the studio and working for hours on end to tweak the sounds to his liking. The attention to detail stands out, as listeners will be able to hear these subtle features.

Even the name of the mixtape, The Pressure Book, has a profound meaning.

“There’s a lot of pressure for me to do well, plus when you listen to it, you might find a few diamonds,” Polanco said.

Certain influences of The Pressure Book can be credited to the sophomore’s hometown, the Bronx, the birthplace of HipHop. The iconic boom-bap beats and lyrics are littered with punch lines that bring a ’90s New York City sound to the mixtape.

The rapper loves displaying his versatility. The album also has R&B tracks like “30 Days’ Notice,” as well as a few more pro-

gressive beats like “Polanco” and “Ease the Pain.”

Jeffrey Tavares, who also goes by ‘Giraffage,’ a sophomore intended aerospace engineering major, produced the songs “Mirrors” and “Ease the Pain.”

Tavares has been making beats almost exclusively for Polanco on and off for around a year now.

The producer can often be found in Polanco’s room, working with him and building up a musical arsenal for their next project.

“I don’t mind working with other artists as well, but right now everything is for John,” Tavares said.

Polanco has a variety of musical influences. J Cole’s narrative elements and the way he delivers his lyrics influences Polanco. Polanco compliments his lyricism by slowing down the pace of his words, which in his opinion helps the lyrics flow better.

As for what’s next, Polanco says he’s planning on recording a few videos to accompany his mixtape.

As much as he loves rapping,

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Polanco also thinks grades are important. The communication major said he holds a 3.7 GPA, even though he sees his music as his primary goal.

School is just, a “fall back,” he said. “[Music is] definitely [my] career path,” he said. “I’d rather do something I love rather than to be institutionalized.”

For now, he continues to balance school and a budding rap career.

“I trust him with his decisions,” Barbara said. “I genuinely believe he has talent.”

The wooden chains and bracelets Palanco wears stand as a testament to his origins and developing passions both as a student and aspiring rapper. Like the origins of TNF, The Pressure Book is just one of the many pages Palanco hopes to write in a long rap career.

The Pressure Book is on Soundcloud under “JohnPolancoTNF.” email: arts@ubspectrum.com

Continued from White, page 8 White’s hire: Shawn Burke (8-23, 4-0-2 MAC) This is White’s only hire from the team’s previous coaching staff.

White promoted Burke to head coach after Burke had served as an assistant coach under previous head coach Michael Thomas for five seasons.

Burke fits White’s mold for head coaches in other ways, however, as he won Great Lakes Conference Defensive Player of the Year in 2002 while playing for Mercyhurst College. Burke had no previous head coaching experience.

Burke told White in his interview that he felt Buffalo could contend in 2014, and with Burke’s familiarity players, White may have felt Burke gave the Bulls the best opportunity to win immediately.

The decision to hire Burke has looked like the right choice thus far, as Burke has led the Bulls to a national ranking, No. 65, in his first season. The Bulls are also un-

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White informed Quinn Monday that Buffalo had terminated his contract, less than two years after extending it to the 2017 season. The decision came less than 48 hours after Buffalo’s 37-27 loss at Eastern Michigan, and was the first-time White removed a coach in the middle of the season.

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UB offers more options this winter session AYLIN ERDOGAN STAFF WRITER

Despite a temperature of 80 degrees Fahrenheit Tuesday, students enjoyed a UB This Winter Carnival, complete snow cones and an 8-foot-tall balloon snowman.

The carnival was the first of several winter-themed events coming up in the semester to celebrate UB’s new winter sessions, which was introduced last year.

‘UB This Winter’ will offer classes on campus, online and across the globe – as well as volunteering and internship programs and Buffalobased winter field trips.

“We target several goals with this program,” said Matthew Blum, director of summer/winter session enrollment. “We want to expand the learning experience to winter like we do in summer and keep the campus active during the break by offering similar opportunities we offer in summer session, and make the best out of winter session.”

There are other events planned for the rest of the semester, including a hot cocoa bar on Nov. 3, a gingerbread house competition on Nov. 17, and a Winter Igloo Competition on Dec. 1.

Last year, Blum said 32 students were able to graduate on time for spring semester graduation because they took classes during the winter session.

Blum said some students use the winter session classes as an opportunity to stay on track academically.

“Whether you want to take five classes instead of six in the spring and decrease your class load or you need to retake a class, you can do it all during winter session and still be on track,” he said.

There are more than 125 courses available to students this session, according to Blum.

Blum said the program also helps students to make winter “their own” through the study abroad, internship and volunteering programs.

There are currently 13 study abroad programs posted on UB’s website, featuring courses in different parts of the world including

This past Tuesday, UB This Winter held a carnival to kickstart their programs, featuring an eight-foot snowman and snow cones for students.

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Barbados, Germany, Turkey, Italy and Tanzania. Last year’s winter session offered eight study abroad programs.

Last winter session, 1,135 students participated in the new programs, with 135 studying abroad, according to the Office of the Registrar.

Students can also get involved with an alternative break program by doing community service projects in Louisianan.

Many students are attracted to the chance to study abroad, but for some, money is the biggest factor in whether they can participate.

“My major is anthropology with concentration in archeology, so I really want to go to Italy,” said Caitlin Cole-Conroy, a junior.

“But money matters, so I am planning on finishing my honor thesis and research work first and save the abroad experience to the end where I can make the most out of the experience.”

The classics department will host ‘UB Classics in the Mediterranean’ in Italy.

Blum said depending on students’ individual financial aid package, they can consult with their financial aid advisers to see whether they are eligible for classes or study abroad programs.

Jacqueline Conroy, a first-year

educational psychology and quantitative methods graduate student, wishes there were more study abroad opportunities for graduate students.

“Currently there is only one program I can participate as a graduate student and it is not relevant to my studies,” she said.

UB This Winter programs mean more social activities for those who stay in Buffalo area and want to take a break from academic world for a couple of weeks.

Xiaoshuo Gao, a first year student affairs administration graduate student, will be spending his winter session in Buffalo.

“It’s a great thing that UB offers outdoor activities and discounts for local area attractions,” he said.

“It will make my winter more fun and relaxing.”

Blum said UB This Winter is not only for students, but for faculty, too. They can use the winter session teaching experience to enhance their teaching techniques, as well as take classes themselves for professional development.

“Some faculty see winter classes as a positive challenge to understand how to fit a 15-week curriculum into three weeks and see what worked, what didn’t and how can they improve their teaching techniques.” Blum said.

He said squeezing 15 weeks’ worth of material into three weeks works only for some fields, not all.

“We offer physics classes in winter and can fit 15 week semester-load into three but it might not work for engineering classes,” Blum said.

Blum said even the UB This Winter staff will learn throughout the session by continuing to work on how to collaborate with students to maximize their time here on campus – including the winter and summer semesters.

He said he wants people to know the department is here to present opportunities for a more beneficial wintertime for all, depending on what they want to accomplish academically and socially. email: news@ubspectrum.com

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Continued from Moore, page 1 Moore started to look into the life of the other Wes Moore and noticed a lot of similarities. Both grew up in Baltimore without a father figure and moved to New York City. Both suffered through academic and social problems at a younger age.

Moore had questions for the incarcerated man that he knew only the other Wes Moore could answer. He decided to write him a letter. He did not expect to hear a response, but one day, he received a letter from Jessup Correctional Institute in Maryland.

If the letter that was sent back had been poorly written, Moore would not have continued with the communication.

“The problem is that the letter that I did receive from him was one of the most interesting and articulate letters I’ve ever received in my life, and it only led to more questions,” he said.

After dozens of letters and visits, Moore has now interacted with the other man for more than a decade.

Moore said he wanted to explore in his book the difference between “potential and where we all end up.”

He said his book is not meant to show the reader how to definitively change a person’s life. He said he wants us to recognize we all have “dichotomies” and “doppelgangers” that need our help, and to start that, we need to do a better job of answering “How did they get there?” To be successful in doing that, more fortunate people need to take it upon themselves to use their knowledge to help others.

“It’s when your greatest passions and skillsets intersect with the world’s greatest needs, and

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Continued from volleyball, page 8 After not appearing in a game either of the past two years, senior outside hitter Sable Staller has 99 kills and 99 digs this season. Junior outside hitter Amber Hatchett is third on the team with 154 kills. Junior middle blocker Akeila Lain is fourth on the team with 121 kills.

Players said this year’s team, which is under first-year coach Sunahara, has a different “dynamic” compared to years past.

“Reed is a hands-on coach,” Bishop said. “If you’re struggling with something, he’ll work with you personally to make sure you have it down.”

Lipski added Sunahara brings a lot to the program and pushes the team harder than it in previous years. Sunahara and the rest

of the Bulls said the team can regain its form from the first half of this season.

“We’re going for it,” Bishop said. “We’re all in. It’s a willingness to do what it takes. We’re making mistakes, but we’re pushing together as a team.”

The Bulls look to regain their form this weekend when they take on two of the top-three teams in the MAC West. Buffalo travels to Kalamazoo, Michigan to take on Western Michigan (12-8, 4-2 MAC) Friday. The Bulls then face Northern Illinois (13-7, 6-0 MAC) on the road Saturday. Friday’s match is scheduled for 7 p.m. email: sports@ubspectrum.com

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then you actually do something about it,” Moore told The Spectrum. “That’s success, that’s when you’ve taken something you’ve been given and do something with it.”

Miriam Debrah, a junior prepharmacy major, found inspiration in Moore’s talk.

“Anybody can get a degree, but what you do with it, I feel like is what really matters,” she said.

Moore’s comments about reaching out to the community resonated with Afia Adomako, a senior health and human services major.

“We see these young people on the streets right now, why don’t we take initiatives to speak to them?” she said. “Maybe we’re the only person who has asked them, “How’s your day?’”

Moore said he guarantees students are going to hit obstacles in their lives, and the best way to prepare for that is to not rush their decisions. He said people should always be prepared to “react to contact,” a term used when he served in the military. Our responsibility is to go through the “maneuvers” of life, and hope that we are prepared to respond to problems.

Moore said we should find our “passion point,” which is our “personal gut” telling us the right place to belong,” and then find individuals who are doing the same things to model off of.

“The name is completely irrelevant, because the truth is that there are Wes Moores in every one of our communities,” he said.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Expand your interests and explore places that have relocation potential. Sometimes a change is as good as a rest, so get away for the day and let your mind wander.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Deal with bureaucracy diplomatically. Getting paperwork out of the way will help ease stress and get someone off your back who is being demanding or a pest. Try to keep things simple, to the point and well within your budget.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gratuitous gifts or donations will boost your reputation, but you mustn’t let them break the bank.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Emotional spending on unrealistic products or services will be costly. Look for ways to improve your self-confidence by adding new skills to your resume. It’s what you do that will leave a lasting impression, not what you have.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t take on too much or over-indulge.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Criticism will not bode well with the person on the receiving end. Keep your thoughts to yourself and you will avoid getting involved in an argument that will ruin your plans. If you want to scrutinize someone, focus on your shortcomings.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Unpredictable distractions will disrupt your relationship with a friend or relative. Don’t venture too far from home. Problems will develop if you are too open about your personal goals. Avoid making a rash decision.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t be enticed by the changes around you. You are best to take an obscure route that will ensure you remain in control of your destiny. Working with others will lead to disappointment and disagreements.

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The White moves TOM DINKI Senior Sports Editor With the firing of football head coach Jeff Quinn Monday, Athletic Director Danny White has changed eight coaches since arriving in Buffalo in May 2012.

White has acted swiftly with coaching changes, regardless of a coach’s tenure or contract situation, when a program didn’t perform up the standards of his movement to make Buffalo “America’s next big-time athletic brand.”

White’s hires have been a combination of young coaches who were some of the most elite athletes as players and experienced head coaches who had success at other universities.

June 2013 Women’s basketball Predecessor: Linda Hill-MacDonald (75-137, 35-77 MAC) White’s hire: Felisha Legette-Jack (29-33, 18-16 MAC) White’s first head-coaching hire was Felisha Legette-Jack after UB Athletics announced they would not renew the contract of seven-year head coach Linda Hill-MacDonald May 30, 2012 – three days before White took office as Buffalo’s A.D. Legette-Jack starred Syracuse women’s basketball team before coaching Hofstra and Indiana to four combined WNIT appearances. Indiana fired LegetteJack in March 2013 after she won a combined 29 games in her final three seasons as head coach of the Hoosiers.

White hired Legette-Jack three months later, and the head coach has the most MAC wins in a two-

year stretch in program history. Buffalo has advanced to the MAC Tournament in both of Legette-Jack’s first two seasons and were the No. 4 seed in the tournament last season – the program’s highest seeding ever.

January 2013 Men’s soccer Predecessor: David Hesch (1319-3, 6-6-1 MAC) White’s hire: Stu Riddle (6-19-5, 1-4-2 MAC) White hired Riddle in January 2013 to replace two-year interim head coach David Hesch. Riddle had an extensive playing career all over the world, including Australia, England and the United States and was the youngest player on New Zealand’s 1996 Olympic qualifying team.

Riddle led MAC team Western Michigan to back-to-back MAC Championship game appearances during his four-year run with the team. White convinced Riddle to come to Buffalo in the hopes Riddle could make a similar turnaround with the Bulls.

The team has not had much success under Riddle through a season and a half, winning just six games. But Riddle has brought in several young promising players who may bode well for the future of the team, including 2013 MAC Freshmen of the Year Russell Cicerone, who Riddle originally recruited to Western Michigan.

March 2013 Men’s basketball Predecessor: Reggie Witherspoon (198-228, 98-140 MAC) White’s hire: Bobby Hurley (1910, 13-5 MAC)

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A look at Danny White’s coaching decisions In perhaps White’s most controversial firing, the athletic director fired 14-year head coach Witherspoon a day after the team fell in the 2013 MAC Tournament quarterfinals.

Witherspoon told The Buffalo News that White told him he decided to fire Witherspoon in December 2012. The Bulls went just 14-20 in 2012-13, but had several injuries to key players and were coming off five-straight winning seasons.

White hired Hurley less than two weeks later. Hurley served as an assistant coach for three seasons at Wagner and Rhode Island, but brought instant name recognition as he won two national championships at Duke as a player and is the NCAA’s alltime assist leader. White’s father is the Athletic Director at Duke.

Hurley led the Bulls to their first-ever MAC East title in his first season as head coach, but will be without UB all-time leading scorer Javon McCrea, as well as Jarod Oldham and Josh Freelove – all of whom graduated.

May 2013 Wrestling Predecessor: Jim Beichner (151120-4, 23-51 MAC) White’s hire: John Stutzman (317, 0-8 MAC) White fired another longtime coach less than than a week after terminating Witherspoon’s contract.

Beichner’s 17-year run as head coach of the Bulls ended after Buffalo won just one dual meet in the 2012-13 season and finished sixth in the 2013 MAC Tournament. Beichner was notified he would not be returning

after the conference tournament but before the NCCA Championships, in which Buffalo had four wrestlers competing.

White hired Stutzman, a former UB wrestler who graduated as the program’s all-time wins leader, almost two months later.

Stutzman went 97-56-1 in eight seasons as Bloomsburg’s head coach.

Stutzman failed to win a MAC dual meet in his first season last year, and this year’s team has been banned from both the MAC and NCAA tournament this season due to a low Academic Progress Rate scores calculated from Beichner’s last four seasons as head coach.

J uly 2013 Softball Predecessor: Jennifer Teague (88-159, 33-73 MAC) White’s hire: Trena Peel (30-22, 11-5 MAC) White fired Teague after she failed to produce a winning season in five years as the Bulls’ head coach.

Peel, who was coming off a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference title at Hampton, was hired

by White two months later. Peel instantly brought a new mentality of “swagger” to the program, instilling confidence in a program that had previously had only one winning record since joining Division I. Peel led Buffalo to it’s first ever MAC East title in her first season, as well as the program’s first ever MAC Championship game appearance – in which it lost 4-0 to Ohio.

Like many of White’s hires, Peel is a young coach who had a

decorated career as a player. Peel won SEC Player of the Year in 2002 and ranks in the top-six in career runs scored, triples, runs batted in and stolen bases in LSU program history.

January 2014 Volleyball Predecessor: Todd Kress (73-81, 24-56 MAC) White’s hire: Reed Sunahara (137, 3-3 MAC) Kress was fired days after Buffalo concluded a season with which it won the most games and most MAC games since joining the MAC in 1999. Buffalo’s best MAC finish in program history was just 6-10, however, and the team failed to make the tournament with a talented senior class and 12-0 start.

Sunahara was hired two months later, after the coach had spent the previous year coaching USA Volleyball. Unlike most of White’s other hires, Sunahara is well-established, veteran coach, having led Cincinnati for 12 seasons before resigning in 2013.

But as with all of White’s hires, Sunahara is a former successful player. He helped lead UCLA to three national championships from 1982-84 and was regarded as one of the best players in the country before a motorcycle injury before his senior season.

Sunahara won 12 of his first 16 matches as head coach of the Bulls, and currently has the team at 3-3 in MAC games this season.

January 2013 Women’s soccer Predecessor: Michael Thomas (31-67-16, 12-43-11 MAC) SEE WHITE, PAGE 5

Volleyball aims to stay consistent to reach MAC title goal JORDAN GROSSMAN ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

Junior outside hitter Megan Lipski said the volleyball team’s success is because of a new team dynamic. Junior outside hitter Tahleia Bishop said it’s because the team focuses on one game at a time.

There may not be a single answer, but there is one factor that the entire team, including head coach Reed Sunahara, agrees is key for Buffalo’s success this season.

Consistency.

“We have to play hard, stay healthy and overcome injury. If all of our players are consistent, the sky’s the limit,” Sunahara said.

The Bulls (13-7, 3-3 Mid-American Conference) won 12 of their first 16 matches, which included two first-place tournament finishes and a 12-set winning streak.

But Buffalo is just 1-3 in its last

four games – all in conference – losing in straight sets twice over that span. The Bulls are currently in second place in the MAC East, behind Ohio (13-4, 6-0 MAC).

The Bobcats defeated the Bulls in straight sets Oct. 3. Lipski believes the way for team to return to its winning ways lies in practice.

“We come with a list to know what he have to do,” Lipski said.

“We have to be more consistent as a team. We’re getting some injured people back, getting some sick people back.”

Bishop, who leads the team with 268 kills and 699 total attacks, missed three straight games before returning in the Bulls’ last game against Ball State (11-8, 5-1 MAC) – a 3-1 loss. She missed the games with an undisclosed sickness.

Bishop earned MAC East Offensive Player of the Week twice this season and has two tourna-

ment MVP’s.

Junior setter Marissa Prinzbach missed the Bulls’ past four games.

Bishop and Prinzbach’s absence has led to extended playing time for several of the team’s younger players.

Sophomore setter Megan Lin has replaced Prinzbach in the lineup the past four games and has 134 assists in that time.

After previously playing in just five sets this season, freshman outside hitter Skyler Day has appeared in each of the Bulls’ last 13 sets.

Day is making an impact with her SPECTRUM FILE PHOTO playing time as well, as she had a Junior outside hitter Tahleia Bishop is set to make a bump.

She returned to action for career-best 12 kills in Buffalo’s 3-0 the Bulls on Saturday after missing three games. win over Akron Oct. 9.

Freshman Niki Bozinoski has Buffalo has gotten consistent mulated 167 digs halfway through started all 20 games at libero for play from its other upperclassmen this season. She was awarded the Bulls, replacing 2013 MAC MAC East Offensive Player of Defensive Player of the Year Kel- beside Bishop.

Lipski finished last season with the Week Oct. 13. ly Svoboda. Bozinoski leads the 66 digs, but she has already accuteam with 237 digs.

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