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Off-Campus Student Services has first housing blitz of semester Inspectors find carbon monoxide leaks, fire hazards among numerous other violations

On Saturday, Daniel Ryan, director of Off-Campus Student Services, City of Buffalo inspectors conducted the first housing blitz of the year for houses surrounding South Campus. During the blitz, Charles Didio (left), an inspector, found holes in the walls, exposed electrical units and faulty smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in houses like 93 Winspear Ave. (above). SAMAYA ABDUS-SALAAM, THE SPECTRUM

SAMAYA ABDUS-SALAAM ASST. NEWS EDITOR

Carbon monoxide has been leaking from a hole in Will Robinson’s 93 Winspear Ave. South Campus basement – he’s not sure for how long, but it wasn’t until inspectors came to his home Saturday that he had any idea. When Robinson, a senior sociology major, moved into his home, a plastic mixing bowl was taped to the ceiling as a cover for his living room light. Saturday afternoon, Buffalo city inspectors and Daniel Ryan, director of Off-Campus Student Services, conducted their first “housing blitz” of the semester on Winspear Avenue and Northrup Avenue. The group inspected 30 houses and found similar stories to Robinson’s. These “housing blitzes” are a joint effort between Ryan and the city inspectors in which they randomly select houses and ask students if they can conduct a maintenance inspection. Ryan waited outside the house while the inspectors went inside and checked for working smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and electrical units as well as holes

in the walls and flawed heating systems. Ryan said the inspectors expected to find many violations. The group, however, found violations that made some houses unlivable. Inspectors found makeshift windows made of plastic or Plexiglas, rooms without smoke or carbon monoxide detectors and some with exposed electrical units. If a house has violations, then landlords are given 30 days to modify the homes before the house is re-inspected. Landlords who don’t comply can be taken to court, Ryan said. Students living in attics pose a fire hazard because there is only one way for students to leave, according to Charles Didio, one of the city inspectors leading Saturday’s blitz. Most houses don’t have a fire escape because the cost to install one is too expensive, he said. Inspectors found four students living in attics on Saturday. While the majority of the violations found at the blitz were small, there were some large problems when students first moved into their houses. Robinson was in complete disarray when

he moved in, he said. The only cabinet in the house hardly opens and is decaying. Garbage that was too large to put on the street was left in the house. He said blood from a mugging years ago stained part of their walls upstairs. Robinson said he contacted his landlord to fix the locks on the windows and doors in August and the problem has yet to be resolved. During the blitz, city inspectors found an opening between the furnace and the outside of the house in the basement. Because the opening was not sealed, carbon monoxide was able to escape into the house, according to the inspectors. “If I looked him up first, I probably wouldn’t have gone with [my landlord],” Robinson said. He said he doesn’t know of any off-campus housing resources for students, so he used Craigslist to find a house. Students aren’t aware of the state of the houses and their landlords, and are usually exploited because of that, Robinson said. In August, Juliandra Jimenez, a senior French and international studies major, and her roommates moved into their home on

South Campus to find no hot water, a broken washing machine, a broken toilet seat, spiders and a missing refrigerator. Along with all this, she said a “terrible smell” permeated throughout the house. Jimenez said after she and her roommates contacted their landlord, it took about a month to resolve these issues. When the fridge was replaced, she said it wasn’t installed properly and the issue was never resolved. This is Jimenez’s first semester living off campus. She chose to live on South Campus because it is difficult to find apartment housing on campus that is affordable. Last year, she lived in one of the off-campus Villa complexes, but thought it was too expensive to live there again. “If I would have known the situation would be like this, I would have lived on campus,” she said. Ryan plans to conduct another housing blitz on Englewood Avenue next Saturday. He said he hopes to have four blitzes before the end of the semester. email: news@ubspectrum.com

On-campus political groups expect low student voter turnout With Nov. 4 elections approaching, groups hope students will get informed AMANDA LOW

SENIOR NEWS EDITOR

Fewer than 25 percent of Americans between 18 and 29 voted in the last midterm election. Alana Barricks, the president of the College Republicans, worries students are going to become a generation of nonvoters. With the latest midterm election approaching Nov. 4, members of UB’s political clubs expect the majority of students won’t make their way to the polls. Barricks, a senior political science major, said most people focus on presidential elections. She said there’s a problem with students not voting. “It creates this generation of nonvoters,” Barricks said. “Everyone says when you’re older, you’ll start voting, but the problem is that it’s really affecting us right now.” In the 2010-midterm elections, voter turnout for Americans between the age of 18 and 29 was 24.2 percent, according to The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE). Laura Mannara, a junior economics and political science major and president of College Democrats, said every student should be concerned with elections even if they are not interested in politics. “It touches home,” she said. “If you look deep enough, you will find issues that correspond to you because it is the government and it runs a lot of your life, whether you want to pay attention to it or not.” Presidential elections receive more media attention, which Mannara said helps to bring up students voters, but midterm elections are not highlighted in the media as much. Carly Gottorff, a sophomore political science major and vice president of College Democrats, said most people become passive when there is a large population of one party in a state. This also leads to party lines becoming super ingrained for voting

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Laura Mannara (far left), president of College Democrats, went with other members in her club (Sean Kaczmarek, Melissa Kathan, and Carly Gottorff) to watch the gubernatorial debate watch party for Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Alana Barricks (right), president of College Republicans, had a chance to meet Attorney General candidate John Cahill after a debate. She feels students should vote during college otherwise it will create a generation of non-voters.

decisions, she said. The governor election for New York State has current Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo campaigning against Republican candidate Rob Astorino and Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins. The CIRCLE data showed the top reason – at 33.5 percent – for youth not voting as being “too busy” or having “conflicting work.” The second reason youth voters did not vote was because they were “not interested” and felt their vote would not count, at 17.2 percent. Barricks said there is a polling site on UB campus located in the Student Union and UB, but she doesn’t feel it is well publicized. “I’m a very involved member of the political arena, and I didn’t even know,” she said of the on-campus polling. “The fact that any student that’s involved doesn’t nec-

essary know about the polling site, definitely any student that isn’t involved is going to have no idea.” Barricks referenced a “party bus” that Cosmopolitan magazine is sending to North Carolina State University to take students to polls on Nov. 4. The bus was a part of a contest the university won and will have food, “swag” and male models, according to The Washington Post. Barricks felt the contest was “degrading” to female student voters, and although the bus was bringing more voters, she would rather have more students get informed about the elections. Gottorff said her club has tried to talk to people about elections and political issues but most students find it “offensive” and it is easier to talk to students about them if they come to meetings. “When some kids hear the word politics,

they automatically think it’s going to get heated and really with elections is not about the partisanship, it’s just about the right to vote,” Mannara said. Minahil Khan, a junior political science major and UB Council student representative, attends College Democrats meetings. She said it is never too late to become involved with politics. Khan entered UB as a politic science major because she said wanted to attend law school, but she was never involved in politics beforehand. She first joined College Republicans and then switched over to College Democrats. “At any point, you can read the newspaper and you can become informed,” she said. When Barricks came to UB, she wasn’t sure which political party she wanted to join. So she attended both College Democrats and College Republicans meetings, and she realized she identified more with the Republican values. Khan said people in America should be grateful they have the right to vote because it is not something that is universal. Khan, who was born in Pakistan, said she would not have had the right to vote if she was still there. “Whether or not [your vote] matters is not as particularly important as the fact it’s a right that I have that other people don’t,” she said. For students who are not interested in politics, Barricks said getting in touch with local elections could be a way for students to figure out their future. Politics can also affect topics in the hard sciences like through funding for the National Science Foundation, Khan said. “You can make so many connections and network with people you never would’ve networked with otherwise, because really in the political atmosphere, everyone is involved in every different field of study, career, anything,” she said. email: news@ubspectrum.com

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What you need to know

Rob Astorino & Chris Moss

to be smart at the polls The Spectrum has put together a cheat sheet so you can educate yourself and head to the polls on Nov. 4 to vote in the midterm elections.

(Republican/Conservative/Stop Common Core) Abortion: Astorino said he does not support Cuomo’s 10th point on abortion. He interprets the change in law to allow more late-term abortions performed by health care professionals.

Attorney general Comptroller Eric Schneiderman (Democrat/Independence/Working Families) John P. Cahill (Republican/Conservative/Stop Common Core)

Thomas DiNapoli

(Democrat/Independence/Working Families/Women’s Equality)

Robert Antonacci (Republican/Conservative/Stop Common Core)

Minimum wage rates: Astorino said a higher minimum wage would destroy businesses. He said a thriving economy would bolster wage rates without a law change. Education: Astorino wants to get rid of the Common Core standards and replace them with standards set by New York educators.

Race for governor & lieutenant governor This year’s gubernatorial candidates include current Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Republican candidate Rob Astorino and Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins. Here’s a breakdown of some of their platform points.

Hydrofracking: Astorino said hydrofracking could help revive Upstate New York’s economy, and ultimately, he believes local communities should decide. He also said hydrofracking could bring down energy costs, which is another change he believes would attract more businesses to the area.

Andrew Cuomo & Kathy Hochul

Gun control: Astorino opposes the SAFE Act and has vowed to try to repeal the SAFE Act if elected.

(Democrat/Independence/Working Families/Women's Equality)

(Green Party)

Minimum wage rates: Cuomo favors a higher minimum wage. He directed the state’s wage board to recommend raising the wage rates for tipped workers. Education: Cuomo said he would withhold state money for schools until districts began evaluating teachers. He supports this evaluation system and the Common Core teacher method, a nationwide initiative to standardize school goals and evaluations across states

Abortion: Hawkins supports all of the “Women’s Equality Act.” But he believes there should be less focus on abortion and more on changes that improve protection for women and children in the workplace. Minimum wage rates: Hawkins wants the minimum wage to be raised to $15 per hour. Education: Hawkins wants New York to opt out of the Common Core standards. He is more concerned about redistributing state funding for school districts based on need.

Hydrofracking: When Cuomo was first elected governor, he was ready to approve a pilot program to allow hydrofracking, a controversial drilling method for natural gas. After pressure from environmentalists, he put the program on hold. Since then, Cuomo has proposed spending $5 billion in public money over the next decade to expand renewable energy sources.

Hydrofracking: Hawkins said he would ban hydrofracking in New York.

Gun control: Cuomo passed the SAFE Act in the wake of the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. He believes the act has been effective and has kept illegal guns off the street and out of the hands of the mentally ill.

Gun control: Hawkins has made no recent public statement regarding gun control.

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OPINION

A bronze billboard for the waterfront

Statue of Tim Horton is an advertisement, not art

Given Buffalo’s love of Tim Hortons, the presence of the coffee shop in the recently opened HarborCenter is no surprise. But the addition of a statue featuring Tim Horton the hockey player is less expected – and less welcome. The Sabres-themed Tim Hortons in the HarborCenter makes perfect sense. This is Buffalo, after all – the coffee chain maintains as indelible an association with the city as the Bills or the Erie Canal. But celebrating Horton as a Buffalo athlete just doesn’t seem logical. Yes, Horton was a Hall of Fame player, but his storied career was spent with the Maple Leafs. Horton played for the Sabres for only the last two years of his career – he scored all of one goal during his brief tenure in Buffalo. And while Tim Hortons – the coffee chain, not the man – may be worth celebrating, given the public’s love of their coffee and the company’s community outreach, Horton himself doesn’t deserve such accolades, at least not here in Buffalo. Any statue of the man should rightfully be in Toronto, land of the Maple Leafs, the team with whom Horton won four Stanley Cups and set the team’s stillstanding record for consecutive games. Nonetheless, Horton’s brief appearance in Buffalo gives Tim Hortons’ local owners and Tim

Hortons USA – who gave the statue to the city – enough reason to immortalize him as a Buffalo hockey great. It probably will also help the chain sell more of the Sabresthemed pastries it offers at its HarborCenter location. The statue would be better suited to Toronto, but at least in Buffalo it’s located in as relevant a context as possible – across from the Tim Hortons shop and right near First Niagara Center, the Sabres’ arena. But it would be preferable to see a statue of a truly legendary Sabres player in its place, one who earned his fame in the city by playing for Buffalo rather than opening coffee shops – and someone whose “untimely death,” as the plaque in front the statue so vaguely describes, wasn’t caused by drunk driving. The Buffalo waterfront is becoming increasingly hockey-centric, and the HarborCenter accelerates that dramatically. Including sports-themed artwork is a great idea, and a creative way to liven up the surrounding sidewalks. But there’s a fine line between artwork and advertisements, and this statue is undeniably the latter. It may look like a statue but its purpose is no different than a billboard. Fortunately, no public money went helped fund this statue or its installation, but the City

Protect the people, respect the press

Impersonation of news organizations violates public trust From pop-up ads to Trojan horses, there are already far too many annoyances and threats posed to innocent Internet surfers. Now, the FBI is joining the ranks of Internet predators. In 2007, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Seattle branch obtained a warrant to send a suspect a link to a false Associated Press story, which contained software to reveal the suspect’s location. The suspect in question was a 15-year-old who had been making repeated bomb threats to a high school near Olympia, Washington. The article, which was about the threats, had an Associated Press byline. The FBI argues that the story was simply written in a style common to online news articles, while The Seattle Times claims the link was imitative of its organization’s style. The inclusion of the Associated Press though, is not under debate, and is indicative of the very problematic appropriation of the press by the FBI. In defense of the tactics used, Frank Montoya, Jr., special agent in charge of Seattle’s FBI office, argued that the methods were necessary in order to stop an event similar to recent school shootings at Marysville-Pilchuck High School and Seattle Pacific University, two recent attacks in Washington in which multiple victims were killed. Montoya should be ashamed of himself for invoking events like these as a defense for his strategies. The shooting in Marysville happened just last week – its victims were still fighting for their lives as Montoya used them as political fodder. And Montoya’s argument – essentially that the ends justify the means – falls flat regardless. In order to attempt to justify the FBI’s actions, Montoya

equates a teenager making bomb threats with active school shooters, relying on hyperbole and trying to generate enough fear to distract people from the deeply troubling nature of the FBI’s actions. Exacerbating the issue is that it remains unclear how often the FBI has used this ploy, and if they plan to stop. Montoya said that the tactic is used only in “very rare circumstances” – perhaps he thought this would be reassuring, but in reality it’s the opposite. His statement makes it clear that this strategy is used repeatedly. The issue may just be coming to light now, but the practice of mimicking news organizations in order to nab suspects seems to be far from a one-time occurrence. Individuals reading the news online have the right to feel confident that they are reading legitimate news sources, that the masthead on the top of the page actually reflects the contributors to the sources, that the byline reflects the article’s true author. The press and the people can only enjoy a productive and effective relationship if there is an extension of trust – the public has to be able to rely on the press to provide accurate information. In their pursuit of a suspect, the FBI violated that trust. The FBI does an important and dangerous job, to be sure. Their responsibilities are crucial and their tasks intense and fortunately, the agency has every resource available to them – the newest technology, the most updated information, the most toptier and highly screened employees. But the press belongs to the people, not the government. It cannot become another one of the FBI’s tools. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com

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of Buffalo did accept the statue into is official public art collection. That decision is an embarrassment, to say the least. Including what is clearly an advertisement, a statue that reflects corporate interests and a desire to profit rather than incite a reaction from its audience, is a mistake on the part of Buffalo. It denigrates the rest of the art

in Buffalo’s collection, making it clear that the standards for the city are low enough to include a not-so-vested expression of corporate success and popularity. The statue of Horton may deserve a spot along the waterfront, but it certainly doesn’t merit a place in an art collection. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com

Stress chest

One students’ guide to de-stressing a busy life

SHARON KAHN

FEATURES EDITOR

When I’m stressed I get, what my friends have dubbed, “stress chest.” Some people get anxiety, some people get headaches and some people lash out at everyone around them. When I get stressed out my chest turns flaming red. I get heated, I get light headed and I get more aggressive than the people around me would like me to be. Some people try to help, others try to tell me to relax and everyone bites their tongue trying to not let the words slip out – calm down. Because the second that anyone tells me to “calm down” is the second it all comes out and I explode. I’ve learned that my favorite thing to do is to take on more than I can handle and complain about it along the way. It’s like I yearn to be under pressure and on a strict deadline at all times – regardless of whom I take down with me along the way. Maybe that’s why I joined The Spectrum. Maybe that’s why I ran for president of my sorority. Maybe that’s why I decided to go to law school. It seems as though no matter how stressed I get or how much I squeeze onto my plate, it always does come together in the end. That feeling of success or completing a task that I’ve written down in my planner everyday with “do tonight” next to it in bold letters for the last month

and half makes the entire ride worth it. As soon as I see my to-do list cleared there’s more than just a sigh of relief or a moment of relaxation. I feel like I’m on top of the world and I can do all the things I’ve been putting off for months. Like spending a day just lying on the couch watching TV, going see a movie with my friends, spending too many hours on Facebook or painting my nails. But within minutes of my “relaxation” my mind starts flooding over again. And before I know it, the to-do list begins writing itself. Soon enough, the stress chest returns. There’s nothing like screaming over a room of 62 girls trying to decide what T-shirt design we are going to go with for a sorority event, or whether there will be veggie cream cheese to go with the bagels while simultaneously scheduling three interviews for an article I’m writing amidst applying to law school. Just thinking about everything I have to do brings the stress chest back. But, as a consideration to my friends and family who have put up with me for way too long, I’ve started to slowly learn to “calm down” – regardless if I’ll admit that I’m too worked up or not. Whether you’re dealing with the same tasks that I deal with on daily basis or not – and I hope for your friends and family’s sake you’re not – there’s a few things I’ve learned after being in college that has helped the pressure subside, even if just for a short while. Every time you get stressed or overwhelmed with even remedial tasks, get a pen and paper. Something about writing out the list of things you need to do always makes me feel a little better. After you write them all out, rank them either in order of importance or by deadlines. Decide what needs to be done the earliest and attack that task first. Even crossing one thing off of that list makes a huge difference. SEE STRESS, PAGE 4

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The Flaming Lips pay superfluous, superficial tribute to Beatles with newest LP “With a Little Help from My Fwends” falls short of its namesake BRIAN WINDSCHITL ARTS EDITOR

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Album: With A Little Help from My Fwends Artist: The Flaming Lips Label: Warner Bros. Records Release Date: October 27 Grade: C+ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, a classic Beatles album, isn’t so lonely anymore with The Flaming Lips’ paying homage to the massively influential band – though the tribute is questionable. The Flaming Lips’ 14th studio album, With a Little Help from My Fwends gives a modernized, track-for-track tribute and rework of The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. This isn’t the first time The Flaming Lips has given a personal spin on a classic

album. In 2009, The Lips released their own version of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, to widespread criticism. Over their 13 previous albums, The Flaming Lips have carefully cultivated their eccentric sound – a scatterbrained, neo-psychedelic rock that has been trademarked by the band. It is through their own trippy kaleidoscope that The Flaming Lips have transformed the Beatles’ album. Back when it was released, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was hailed as the birth of a new rock album – a revolutionary LP that was able to turn the recording studio into something larger-than-life, tangible and profound. The album was perfectly complete – thematically and aurally. Every song built onto and added to the rest. But in With a Little Help from My Fwends, The Flaming Lips have lost the special ‘togetherness’ for which the original Beatles album is known and lauded. The album features a diverse and lengthy collection of featuring artists, such as My Morning Jacket, Fever the Ghost, Black Pus, Miley Cyrus, Moby, Dr. Dog, Chuck Inglish, Tegan and Sara, Grace Potter and Foxygen. Together with The Flaming Lips esoteric and complex sound, these artists add so much to an already jam-packed album. It’s confusing and stifling. The featuring artists, already from such a broad genre range from pop to folk to electronic, clash in a way that makes this album feel superficial at times and unorganized the next.

Facing a ‘major’ decision

On “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” The Flaming Lips take their heavily reverbed style and try to add in Miley Cyrus and Moby. The result is a surge of rough sound that tries to maintain Miley Cyrus’s airy vocal range with harshly filtered instrumentals – an effect that takes away from the album’s coherence. That isn’t to say that there aren’t some good individual tracks. “Getting Better,” featuring Dr. Dog, Chuck Inglish and Morgan Delt, is a playful extra-psychedelic twist on the original – but not so much as to stifle the original song’s atmospheric value. On “Good Morning Good Morning,” the featuring artists (Zorch, Grace Potter and Treasure Mammal) coalesce in the way that the rest of the album’s guests should. Grace Potter adds a vibrato that fits flawlessly in with the psychedelic vibes of the song. With a Little Help from My Fwends has been widely publicized as a charity album – all proceeds will go to the Bella Foundation, an organization in Oklahoma City dedicated to veterinary care. But beyond its charitable intentions, the album ultimately falls short of its illustrious namesake. The Flaming Lips might have tried to do too much with this album – perhaps understandable given their intimidating ingredients. Make sure not to choke on the mismatched, indigestible mess. email: arts@ubspectrum.com

With 100 degrees to choose from, some students need time to find the right fit

AYLIN ERDOGAN

Continued from stress, page 3 Find the one thing that puts you in a focused mindset. For me it’s coffee, something that I hope won’t become addictive – as if it’s not already. No matter what I’m doing, if I grab a cup of iced coffee first, I immediately become ready to focus. Make yourself a go-to spot. That can be a cubicle in Lockwood, or a table at Starbucks if you work better in a busier atmosphere. For me, my go-to spot has changed over the past few years and that’s OK. Right now, this place is in the corner of my L-shaped couch, reclined across the entire thing, in the dark with coffee by my side. Sounds a little creepy, I know, but it works and that’s all that matters. It’s important to schedule a little break time in between all the work you have to do so you don’t burn yourself out in just a few hours. Give yourself 10 minutes of Facebook time here and there or take a break to get lunch. If I focus for too long without a little break, my mind loses focus and then I can’t get it back for the rest of the day. If I schedule little breaks, I can work for hours and get more things crossed off my list. Find that one person who stresses just as much as you do. There’s nothing that de-stresses you more than knowing someone else is going through just as much or even more than you are. It’s hard sometimes for your friends and family to actually understand the pressure that’s on you. Finding that one person who gets it and can share in your success when it’s all over is a great feeling. Everyone has their own little tips and tricks for de-stressing, mine have worked for combatting the redness that floods my chest nearly every day and maybe they’ll work for you, too. It’s important to get your work done and it’s sometimes hard to do so without screaming at everyone along the way. As much as the work seems to be piling up, remember that feeling of crossing one thing at a time off your list, it will keep you focused on the end goal. And with that, I just crossed one more thing off of mine. email: sharon.kahn@ubspectrum.com

Don’t Ask Anne

STAFF WRITER

As a freshman undecided major, Seth Jeffrey finds his interests lie in engineering, business and psychology. Jeffrey, however, does not know if he is interested enough in those subjects to pursue a career in any of them. Students like Jeffrey say choosing to not pick a major enriches the college experience. Jeffrey’s decision to not declare has left him time to explore to decide is career path, he said. And UB students have a lot to choose from – about 100 bachelor programs. At some universities, like University of Michigan, the number is more than doubled. That leaves students with a lot of choices and a big decision that will likely declare their career path. “I am investing time, money and effort in my college education, so I just want to choose a career that fits best to my skills and interests,” Jeffrey said. He feels taking classes in a large range of subjects will help in choosing a career path. Rahul Gunukula, a freshman computer science major, said regardless of his technical intended field of study, he still considers himself undecided. “I just want to pick a major that I am passionate about,” he said. Gunukula, like Jeffrey, is taking a variety of classes because he knows that he will likely change majors. Gunukula, however, wanted more guidance and went to his adviser for help. UB has resources like Student Advising Services to help students who are undecided, intended engineering, pre-health or pre-law tracks create an academic plan for their college careers, according to its website. Student Advising Services meets with students individually to discuss their interests and strengths, said Jacqueline Hollins, assistant provost and director of Academic Advisement. “This helps us to assist students with identifying potential academic majors and possible career paths that may be a good fit,” Hollins said. Students are also encouraged to talk to Career Services for a more in-depth assessment of what careers students are interested in. “Career Services assists students in this exploration through the completion and analysis of assessments offered [My Plan and other assessments,] one-on-one Career Counseling appointments where a student can discuss their skills, interests and their values and how that information might inform their choices,” said Arlene Kaukus, director of Career Services. She said the office also connects students with alumni resources that can help

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Carmen Cibella, a senior english major, changed his major twice before he decided on English. He, and other students, think it is more important for students to take their time in finding what they are passionate about and what they want to study. CLETUS EMOKPAE, THE SPECTRUM

build careers and major choices based on an alum’s experience in the same or similar career field. Carmen Cibella, a senior English major, recognizes SAS and Career Services can help students, but said their services can only go so far, especially for his interest in film. When Cibella decided to switch out of UB’s engineering program, he met with his academic adviser and picked which majors were interesting to him. Ultimately, Cibella chose to study English. “Since I changed my major, I feel more motivated,” he said. “Every day I feel like I’m learning something new that I can use in life and when I’m making my films.” As an engineering major, Cibella said he didn’t care about his grades or classes because as an engineer, he would be able find a job. Now, Cibella strives to get all A’s and is taking 23 credits. He plans on pursuing his master’s in film. Cibella changed his major twice before choosing English. “I wish I got into English and film earlier,” he said. “I wish I decided if I wanted a stable, good job or do something I’m passionate about.” Students finding their own passion is a personal process, said Nancy Onyeke, a freshman undecided major. She said students have to take more time assessing what they are interested in before talking to an adviser or consulting campus resources. “I think I just prefer to move forward on my own until I understand what I really want,” Onyeke said. She said she was considering chemical

engineering at first, but realized she is not interested in the field after taking a chemistry class. Onyeke is now considering occupational therapy. She said a key factor in her decision was that she wanted to help people who have disabilities and daily struggles without going directly into the field of medicine. Ivory Sligh, a junior international studies major, consulted her father and Hollins when she considered changing her major. Sligh came to UB as an undecided major, but during her sophomore year, her father advised her to study business administration. “My father said that I can do anything with a business degree, but I didn’t like it,” she said. Sligh continued to study business administration, even though she didn’t have a passion for business. “I emailed [Hollins] throughout the summer and we came to the conclusion that I should switch my major,” Sligh said. “Jackie said that if I wasn’t loving [business administration] now, I probably wouldn’t love it in the higher classes.” Students need to devote time to find out more about each career path and whether it might be a fit for them, according to Jeffery. Sligh said students should enter college undecided if they are unsure of their interests, because it gives them the opportunity to explore more of what the university has to offer. email: news@ubspectrum.com

The following article is satire and should be taken as such. Dear Anne: My roommate has been completely ignoring my boundaries. When I came back from class the other day, I found that she had strewn her dishes and books all over my half of the room. Having my own space is really important to me and this is really frustrating. Until now, I’d thought we were compatible. Now what? Dear Misguided Reader: If you let her disrespect your personal space with a few dishes and books, it won’t end until you’ve been kicked out altogether. Clearly, this sign of territorial aggression must not be tolerated. The path to regaining compatibility involves believing in yourself. Believe that you are also human, and that you are equally deserving of space. If your roommate thinks she has the right to toss her things all over your side of the room, then, given equal rights, it follows that you can do the same. Slowly take over her side of the room until she understands how you feel and consequently relents. If this process is too long for your liking, skip to the good part. While she’s at class, pack up her things and move her into the lounge. You’ll be best friends again before you know it. Dear Anne: The Schussmeisters Ski Club has stopped leaving Sudoku puzzles in the lecture halls. These puzzles were my lifeline during my most boring classes. Now how do I occupy my time? And don’t tell me to pay attention in class. It’s not possible. Dear Misguided Reader: It appears that you are too good for the mainstream tactic of playing cellphone games during class to avoid boredom. If you absolutely refuse to get your money’s worth out of your college education, why not seize the opportunity to make some friends, instead? There are numerous websites with free Sudoku puzzles, crosswords and word searches available. Print those out and save your classmates from the oppression of lecture. Be the hero. You might even be able to charge a few cents per puzzle. Don’t be discouraged if the professors react negatively to your new enterprise. If they object, it is simply out of envy. If you get bored just listening to the lecture, how much do you think professors would give to play games rather than teach it? email: features@ubspectrum.com

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Dan Gardner: Revisiting fantasy land

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UB alum and co-founder of design agency Code and Theory revisits campus

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CREATIVE DIRECTOR

After squatting in an abandoned 40,000-square-foot office and siphoning electricity through an outlet plugged into the only functioning light bulb on the floor, Dan Gardner and his associate were faced with a decision: Should they power another computer monitor or heat their office during the winter? Although Dan Gardner attended four years of school in Buffalo, enduring the arctic winters its prone to, this was not an easy decision to make. Gardner graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from UB in 2001 and got his first job at an ad agency after graduation. After few months of uninspiring work and feelings of wasted creativity, he said, “this can’t be it,” and quit his job. Gardner and his childhood friend, Brandon Ralph, co-founded the company Code and Theory later that year. Code and Theory develops products and branding strategies for companies, and help to market the products they produce. Code and Theory has worked for a diverse array of companies including Vogue, Snapple, Motel 6 and the Los Angeles Times. “When we started, we were working on anything,” Gardner said during a Q&A at the Honors College last week. “We did nonsense work. A photographer friend or a band friend would give us $200 and we’d work like three months on a $200 project. We’d get like a penny an hour or something. We had nothing. I was living on couches; I had no money. But to us, it didn’t matter. It was a very, very hard time. But it was a great time.” Code and Theory operated out of a small apartment building until the company upgraded to a vacant office previously used by an ad agency, which had no

UB alum Dan Gardner came to speak to art and management students on Thursday about his transition from a B student in college to an entrepreneur. He co-founded Code and Theory, a design agency that has worked with publications such as the Los Angeles Times, Vanity Fair and Vogue. Above are three examples of Code and Theory’s work with branding and web design.

electricity. Eventually, when they started to get more substantial work, they found their own office and started paying rent. “Once we got our own office space that we were paying for and got our first real employee, we were out of fantasy land,” Gardner said. “We knew we had to step it up.” During his visit to UB Thursday, Gardner spoke to students about his experience in Buffalo and his transition into the real world. Gardner told students that designing for a client is comparable to the responsibility of coursework “times a thousand.” Although he admits to being a B student who procrastinated in college, Gardner’s work ethic has shifted significantly with the responsibility of running a successful business and employing people whose families rely on their income. The work place has no tolerance for laziness, according to Gardner, but there is an acceptance for failure as long as you put in your best effort. “Don’t let any barrier stop you,” Gardner said. “If I wanna do something, I’m gonna do it. And if I’m gonna do it, I’m gonna do it the best I can. And if I’m gonna fail, I’m OK with failure, but I’m not OK with failure if I didn’t do my best.” Kenny Cruz, a junior communication design major, was particularly affected by this philosophy. After hearing Gardner speak at the Q&A, Cruz realized failure

is unacceptable if you fail without trying. This insight gave him more momentum to try harder in the future. “There were so many opportunities that the school gave me,” Gardner said. “That freedom of opportunity that I had – it’s like a fantasy land. School is all like, fake responsibility. It’s not like real responsibility. But the fantasy land is a fun place to explore and be creative.” Gardner didn’t have the ambition to become an entrepreneur or start a business while in college, but his time at UB fostered his ability to solve problems creatively. This allowed him to successfully run and operate a business. Gina Cali-Misterkiewicz, communications officer for the College of Arts and Sciences, attributes the success of Code and Theory to the creator’s dissatisfaction with stagnancy, which drives them to always be innovating. “I think I have a problem,” Gardner confessed. “I can’t look at anything in this world and not think about how it could be better. I’m of the philosophy that if it exists, it matters. And if it matters, it could be better.” Their company philosophy is to set, deliver and exceed expectations consistently. Today, Code and Theory employs almost three hundred creative thinkers that work in offices in New York City, San Francisco, London and the Philippines. “We’re a values based company,” Gard-

ner said. “With every hire we think, ‘What could they add that we don’t have?’ We surround ourselves with people that are going to help us achieve our goals and challenge each other.” Gardner shared his values with students from both the management and art department during his stay. He gave a lecture to a management class earlier in the morning and revisited the Center for the Arts – the location where he spent the majority of his college career in “fantasy land.” Domenic Licata, Instructional Support Technician and instructor with the Department of Art, was disappointed Gardner didn’t get to spend as much time with art students as he did with management students. “[Gardner’s] message of creativity in everything, and design being everything, allowing him to solve problems by breaking arbitrary rules, doing what’s right over what’s legal (though that could be touchy) could be the most important lesson those business students have learned,” Licata said in an email. Creativity is at the center of Gardner’s life, he said. He used his time at UB to explore the vastness of his creativity by going beyond coursework guidelines and pushing past the confines of the curriculum. “Don’t be restrained by arbitrary boundaries,” Gardner said. “My whole life I felt like that was the approach I took. It’s not always about following the law, but it’s about always doing the right thing.” Gardner’s approach to business reflects his approach to life and has led to Code and Theory’s business mantra in which the company only wants to be limited by its own creativity. email: arts@ubspectrum.com

The industrious music man of Buffalo

UB exhibit showcases Cameron Baird’s work to bring two renowned composers to UB DANIEL MCKEON

STAFF WRITER

An alleged communist and an exiled German make up two historic chapters of UB’s Department of Music’s story. At the epicenter of these chapters, and the Music Department as it exists today, is Cameron Baird, the oldest son of an industrialist Buffalo family. “Cameron Baird: Bringing Paul Hindemith and Aaron Copland to Buffalo” tells these two chapters through an exhibit of collected newspaper clippings, letters and other historical sources. The exhibit’s half-year stay in the Baird Hall Music Library, named for Cameron Baird, ended on Thursday. “Baird could make things happen,” John Bewley, the exhibit’s curator and an associate librarian, told the UB Reporter. “He helped lay the groundwork for the department’s celebration and presentation Cameron Baird, the oldest member of the existing industrialist Buffalo family, tells the story of the music of new music.” In Baird’s pursuit to establish a reputa- department’s beginnings in his showcase “Cameron Baird: Bringing Paul Hindemith and Aaron Copland to LILY WEISBERG, THE SPECTRUM tion for the music department, he nego- Buffalo” that ended on Thursday. tiated with Copland for three months to bring him to UB. Copland agreed and be- Scare, Copland testified before the SenControversy aside, Copland’s appointcame the first composer appointed Slee ate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Inves- ment to UB was seen as a positive by proLecturer in Music in 1957. fessors. tigations. Copeland’s arrival led to immediate In one letter, written to Baird from Dr. The FBI further investigated Copland, controversy from locals – they were con- which caused him to lose opportunities W. Leslie Barnette, Jr., professor of psycerned over Copland’s alleged ties with with the University of Alabama, the Uni- chology, Barnette supported the appointthe Communist Party and other commu- versity of Colorado and the Los Angeles ment. nist organizations. Chamber Symphony. “You would find a lot of people here Copland was never an official member Baird wrote in a letter defending Cop- on campus who would feel as I do – and of the Communist Party, though he had land that it was a “great surprise” Cop- we’re delighted with the Copland appointbeen listed numerous times by the State land was having his “Americanism ques- ment,” Barnette wrote in a letter that was Department as having communist sym- tioned.” He wrote that Copland wanted to on display as part of the exhibit. She also pathies. In 1953, amid the ongoing Red “promote the cause of American music.” wrote that “we’re very lucky to have Cop-

land here.” Before the Music Department was even created, Baird was working to build the music culture of Buffalo. He created the Buffalo Oratorio Chorus and co-created the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in the 1930s. The music department was started 12 years after Hindemith’s guest semester at UB in 1951. Baird was in charge of the department until his death in 1960. Kyle Marquis, a sophomore aerospace engineer major, considers himself lucky to have seen the exhibit before it left. “I decided to just do homework in Baird about three days ago and checked out the [exhibit] while I was there, and I ended up reading the letters and newspapers for almost a half hour before remembering I had work to do,” Marquis said. In 1940, Baird brought Paul Hindemith, a German composer exiled from his homeland by the Nazis, to UB. Hindemith described Baird as the “heart and soul of musical affairs” and referred to him as his “musical grandchild.” Bewley told UB Reporter there is no record that the university paid Hindemith to work on campus. Ernst R. Voigt, former president of Associated Music Publishers, wrote in a letter that it was Baird himself who paid Hindemith his $1,500 salary. Hindemith only taught one semester at UB. Although the exhibit left Baird Hall on Thursday, it is viewable online. email: arts@ubspectrum.com

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Continued from strings, page 8 “We got Max Soria down that with the light guys even though he’s still a student-athlete, he’s actually like a coach,” Stutzman said. Senior Wally Maziarz also returned to Buffalo for his fifth season despite the ban. Maziarz grew up in nearby North Tonawanda. He figured “Buffalo is home” and that he could be a part of the program’s rebuilding process. “I believe that if these guys buy into what [Stutzman is] teaching and coaching, these guys are going to go far and he’s going to have a top-20 program in the next couple years,” Maziarz said. “I just want to be a part of that and leave my mark in Buffalo where the success is going to be.” Soria and Maziarz have bought into Stutzman’s message. They show up to practice – some of which start at 6 a.m. – despite the fact their season has no chance to end in a trip to the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri for the NCAA Championships. And the problems started before Stutzman took the job at UB. Former Buffalo wrestlers Justin Lozano and Clayton Reeb were charged for third degree assault for assaulting another student on South Campus Feb. 16, 2013. Reeb left the team two months prior to the assault. Lozano was kicked off the team following the incident. Former wrestler Desi Green was on the pace to become Buffalo’s all-time wins leader before he was kicked off the team prior to his senior season. Green told The Spectrum in 2011 it was because of marijuana use. Those incidents played a part in Buffalo’s low APR scores and subsequent postseason ban. The current staff and players don’t feel they deserve the punishment. “We believe something was taken from us that these guys in this program didn’t deserve to happen,” Stutzman said. Buffalo has adopted an “us against the world mentality,” according to Stutzman. The players even use the ban as motivation. “It kind of sucks about the whole NCAA thing, but that’s got to be your ultimate motivation: that something was taken away from us,” Maziarz said. *** Stutzman describes his system as “grinding.” It focuses less on technique, and more on positions. Buffalo teaches its wrestlers just four moves. Stutzman

thinks perfecting four basic moves is better than knowing “a thousand.” He relates his philosophy to a football team who constantly runs the ball. “Like when you’re playing football, everyone knows we’re a running team and what’s coming,” Stutzman said. “Stop it. That’s kind of my mindset.” Stutzman went 97-56-1 in eight seasons as the head coach at Bloomsburg University – a school with fewer than 10,000 undergrads and wrestling as its only Division I sport. Stutzman had just 3.5 scholarships to disperse with the Huskies, and his teams had to fundraise $100,000 every year to compete. He describes those teams as “blue collar.” “It was against the world because we were the smallest and most underfunded team in the country and we beat everybody,” Stutzman said. “Because we had a chip on our shoulder and we created our edge, and that’s what were doing here.” Emulating a small program is a far different approach than the rest of Buffalo’s athletic department that strives to become “America’s Next Big-Time College Athletics brand.” Stutzman and the athletic department’s approaches may even seem to contradict one another. But Stutzman’s end game is the same as UB Athletics’ – become a top-tier program. Stutzman is quick to point out that he’s not speaking in hypotheticals about building Buffalo’s wrestling program, saying, “It ain’t going to happen one day, it’s going to happen soon.” “If our goal is top be a top-20, then I’m selling myself short,” Stutzman said. “I want to win a national championships. I want to have national champions. I want All-Americans. We want NCAA trophies.” His goals may seem lofty – especially for a program that’s only championship is a 1978 Division III title and produced just one Division I champion wrestler. But his players seem to share their head coach’s vision and optimism about the future. Maziarz said he returned to Buffalo so when the team is successful down the line, he’ll know he helped make it happen. Sophomore Mike Silvis talks about putting Buffalo “on the map.” One wrestler at practice talked about getting a UB logo tattoo on his lip so he can show it off when he wins a national championship. Stutzman knows his vision cannot

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come to fruition without the wrestlers actually taking the mat. “How does that happen? It’s these guys coming through today, these recruits, they’re the foundation,” Stutzman said. And he certainly has a lot to build that foundation with, as the roster includes 22 freshmen. Six of them started this past weekend – which Stutzman calls “unheard of at this level and the conference we wrestle in.” But Stuztman is just hoping to see growth from his team this season. He says improvement may not come in the win column, but he guarantees it will come in terms of energy and effort. Things might be looking up the Bulls as they have already matched their win total from last season in the open weekend of the season. They hope injured wrestlers Maziarz and senior Tony Lock will return by the end of November. Buffalo is aiming for former Bloomsburg star Colt Cotten to join the lineup in January. The redshirt freshman transfer currently watches

Buffalo’s practices on crutches while recovering from a torn LCL. But the Bulls could also easily go winless in the MAC again. The preseason poll picked them to finish last in conference. They were the only team to not receive a first place vote. Most of their athletes were in high school this time last year. Stutzman and his wrestler’s talk of championships could all be smoke. Buffalo may never win a championship or even reach ‘top-20’ status. Stutzman’s vision might go unfulfilled. But one thing seems to be certain: He is thinking long term. And although Stutzman is thinking about the future during a late October practice, he’s taking everything one day at a time. “I like where we’re at but we just got make sure we’re progressing every day and it starts tomorrow morning again at 6,” he said. email: sports@ubspectrum.com

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John Stutzman is in his second year as head coach of the wrestling team. Stutzman has goals behind this season in which the Bulls are banned from the postseason.

Pulling the strings John Stutzman is not worried about this season – he’s worried about the next 50 TOM DINKI

SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR

John Stutzman stands in the center of the Ed Michael Wrestling complex inside Alumni Arena. It’s a Monday evening practice in late October – five days before his Buffalo wrestling team opens its season against Campbell in Blues Creek, North Carolina. The second-year head coach rests his back and arms up against the blue padded wall. His eyes scan the more than a dozen different matches on the floor all around him. The Bulls square off with one another in pairs throughout the entire room, their individual battles often intersecting each other. Stay alert at all times – a flying limb of wrestler might come flying in your face. A pounding sound comes from the fitness room off to the side of the mat room as one wrestler beats a tire with a sledgehammer. Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” blasts over the speakers. From an outsider’s perspective, the whole thing looks somewhat disorganized. But someone is indeed pulling the strings. Stutzman pushes himself off the wall and walks over to two of his wrestlers battling for position on the mat. “Set the pace. Set the pace. Dominate. Dominate,” he commands. “This guy is tired.” But for all the Bulls’ effort in practice,

their season won’t end in a title. They won’t send a single wrestler to the NCAA Championships. They won’t even win a single match in the Mid-American Conference Tournament. This won’t be because of their talent level, but because of a one-year postseason ban handed down by the NCAA for low Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores. Stutzman looks at his assistant coaches, who are also walking around the room yelling orders. Assistant coach Bryce Hasseman even wrestles a student on the mat. “Just the intangibles these guys are bringing allows me to sit back and coach and kind of watch the room a little bit better,” Stutzman said. And Stutzman needs to see the whole room. The head coach is worried about more than how Buffalo fairs in a late October practice or even the entire 2014-15 season. He’s worried about how Buffalo will fair for the next decade and beyond. “The big picture is how do we make this program relevant for the next 50 years? And that’s my job,” Stutzman said. Stutzman is only in the second year of his “big-picture” plan to make Buffalo wrestling a national powerhouse. He may be overconfident about his goal – he discusses Buffalo’s future championships not as a possibility, but as a certainty. He has experienced winning on the mats of Alumni Arena, first hand as a 150-pound wrestler who graduated as Buffalo’s all-time wins leader. But he’s yet

to win off the mat. Buffalo went just 3-17 and failed to win a Mid-American Conference dual meet in Stutzman’s first season last year. “At the end of the day, [the players] have to do a good job of representing themselves and the university and making sure our alumni and our administration know that we’re not dead,” Stutzman said. “We’re going to be better this year ... So we’re not dead, we’re thriving.” To some though, it might look like the Bulls are ‘dead.’ The NCAA banned the Bulls from postseason play due to a four-year APR score less than the necessary score of 930. The APR is a metric that calculates a program’s eligibility and retention of student athletes. Buffalo has won just one MAC dual meet the past two seasons. Former head coach Jim Beichner was fired in March 2013 after 17 years at the helm of the program and a one-win season in which two now former wrestlers were charged with third degree assault. UB Athletics doesn’t necessarily need the program, as the MAC does not mandate wrestling. But Stutzman says he has the tools and support to mold the Bulls into one of the top programs in the country. The Ed Michael Wrestling Complex in Alumni Arena received a $400,000 renovation in 2011. He said he has confidence in Athletic Director Danny White – the man who hired him in May 2013.

“We have the resources, we have the facilities, we have the administration, we got the backing. It’s my job to put us there,” Stutzman said after a loss to Northern Illinois last season. Stutzman and his wrestlers frequently use the term “culture change” when talking about the program; that change goes for both on and off the mat. He wants a team that can overcome its lack of skill with effort. He wants athletes who only care about wrestling and school. He wants a different approach than the one that led the postseason ban. Stuztman’s goals are long term. That’s why the postseason ban doesn’t bother him much. He’s concerned with more than just this season. *** Stutzman ended his first regular season in Buffalo in tears. The head coach became emotional at the post match press conference after Buffalo’s season finale loss to Northern Illinois last season that dropped the Bulls’ MAC record to 0-8. “I’m crushed,” he said after being asked about the winless conference record, tears forming in his eyes. “You see it in my face? It hurts.” For a man that went 95-27 as a wrestler for the Bulls, Stutzman took last season’s 3-17 finish particular hard. “I hate losing. I’m not loser. We’re not losers,” he said at the press conference, his voice choking up. “With a 3-17 record, that freakin’ stinks. That hurts. It hurts me every night. I go home and I think about it.” His visions for Buffalo don’t leave him when he exits the Ed Michael Wrestling complex after practice. He said he doesn’t sleep at night when thinking about how to get his wrestlers to the national tournament. His search to fulfill his vision for the program is a 24/7 job. He laments the fact he’ll see his daughter only twice this week. *** Max Soria had a decision to make this summer. The Buffalo wrestler and two-time NCAA Championship qualifier could either stay in Buffalo for his senior season – losing a chance to go to the national tournament for a third time – or transfer. “Over the summer I was tied up in my head,” Soria said. “It was hard to just give up all I’ve been wrestling for which is a national tournament so obviously I wanted to possibly maybe go somewhere and get it done … But I figured my heart’s in Buffalo. I’ve been here for the past four years so I’d rather finish it out here and help these younger guys be a part of it.” And the lightweight wrestler has worked to help the younger athletes on the roster, sharing his national tournament experience. Now, when Stutzman lists off his assistant coaches, he mentions Soria. SEE STRINGS, PAGE 6

Bulls advance to MAC semifinals

Buffalo defeats Toledo 2-0 in quarterfinal matchup

QUENTIN HAYNES

STAFF WRITER

In its Oct. 19 regular season matchup with Toledo, the Buffalo women’s soccer team scored twice in the first half and stopped all four Rockets shots on goal en route to a 3-0 victory. Toledo faired better against the topseeded Bulls Sunday in a Mid-American Conference Tournament quarterfinal matchup, shutting Buffalo out in the first half. The Bulls were still able to come away with the victory, however, with two second half goals. The Bulls (14-2-3, 10-0-2 MAC) defeated Toledo 2-0 at UB Stadium Sunday to advance to the MAC Tournament semifinals. Buffalo’s 14 wins ties a program record set in 2000. Head coach Shawn Burke was not satisfied with Buffalo’s performance despite the victory. “We wanted to play better today, but credit to Toledo,” Burke said. “They gave us problems all day. We need to be a lot better if we want to win next weekend.” Buffalo’s first and eventual game-winning goal came off the foot of senior forward Katie Roberts at the 62:04 mark. Roberts has 11 goals this season – which leads the team and is tied for first in the conference. Buffalo’s second goal gave the team more security, as the score came with a

The women’s soccer team celebrates its first goal in a 2-0 MAC Tournament quarterfinal victory over Toledo Sunday. CHAD COOPER, THE SPECTRUM

little more than 15 minutes remaining in the game. The score was both sophomore midfielder/forward Andrea Niper’s first career goal and freshman defender Alexandra Lambert’s first career assist. “It was a team effort,” Niper said. “It’s a great feeling getting your first goal in the books. Alex worked really hard getting

me, [junior defender Kristen Markiewicz] did a great job getting the ball to her, and it was a great process and team effort to get the goal to pull away.” Nine players have scored for the Bulls this season. Niper is a reserve player and her goal exemplified Buffalo’s depth. “I think we realize now how impor-

tant reserves,” Niper said. “We’ve been in a ton of overtime games this season, so we’ve been playing huge roles taking over for our starters. It’s on us to come in and not let up when we replace a starter. Now that we see that, it’s a bit easier to come in and don’t let up at all.” Freshman goalkeeper Laura Dougall earned her 12th shutout of the season, as she faced only three shots on goal. Dougall lay down on the turf and appeared to be injured after a collision with a Rockets player late in the first half. But she was able to remain in the game. Buffalo possessed the ball on the Rockets’ end of the field for most of the game and outshot Toledo 17-5. But the Rockets did generate several scoring chances in the second half. “We’ve been good in the backend all year,” Burke said. “In this game, I think we were a bit too casual back there. We played too high, and allowed some easy chances that easily could’ve turned into goals for Toledo. It’s going to be a challenge, but we have to address the defensive side of the ball, not just our backend, but the entire team.” The Bulls host No. 4 seeded Ball State (11-6-2, 7-5 MAC) in the MAC Tournament semifinals Friday. The remainder of the tournament will be held in UB Stadium. Friday’s match is set for 4 p.m. email: sports@ubspectrum.com