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Volume 65 No. 7

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UPD receives report of man dropping gun in Student Union

Jacobs family gives UB secondlargest donation in history New medical campus to be named after Jacobs TOM DINKI

EDITOR IN CHIEF

KAINAN GUO, THE SPECTRUM

Several University Police patrol the Student Union Monday afternoon after a report of a gun being dropped in the Union.

Suspect not found after search, students mixed about UB’s response TOM DINKI AND MARLEE TUSKES

EDITOR IN CHIEF AND ASST. NEWS EDITOR

University Police say there was never a threat to campus, but students have mixed feelings about how UB responded to a report a man dropped what witnesses said looked like a gun in the Student Union Monday afternoon. At least two students reported to UPD they saw a man drop what appeared to be a gun in the Union, pick it up and then exit the building with it Monday around 3 p.m. UPD patrolled the campus but could not find anyone matching the two different reported descriptions of the suspect. UPD believes there was never a threat to campus, but officers had an increased patrol of North Campus Monday night, with all but one South Campus patrol moving to the Amherst campus. “It could have been a gun, it could have been a BB gun, it could have been something that looked like a gun, we truly don’t know,” said Chief of Police Gerald Schoenle. “All I could say was something was dropped. Witnesses thought it was a gun.” Two students reported seeing the suspect. The first student reported seeing a

black, bald male wearing a hoodie and very baggy white sweatpants place a gun in his waistband – from where it had fallen out – before exiting the building. Another student came forward later Monday saying he witnessed a similar incident, but reported the man he saw was black with shoulder-length brown dreadlocks with blonde highlights. The suspect reportedly dropped the could-be gun on the staircase near Putnam’s. Schoenle said there are no security cameras in the area that could accurately capture what happened, but UPD is continuing to watch footage from other angles. Zoe Peppas, a senior business major, said although she was off campus when the incident happened, she was still worried. “It’s unsettling,” she said. A UB alert from UB’s Office of University Communications about the situation did not go out until 3:43 p.m. – nearly 43 minutes after UPD received a call from the first student.

Students paid $53,000 in damages to Campus Living last year

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UB’s new downtown medical campus has a $200 million donation goal. On Monday morning, the funds for that drive increased 15 percent. “What had been $130 million on Sunday [is] $160 million today,” said Michael E. Cain, dean of the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and vice president of health services. “Thirty million dollars has real purchase power.” Jeremy M. Jacobs, chairman of the UB Council and Delaware North, a food service and hospitality company based in Buffalo, and his family gave the second-largest donation in UB’s history on Monday. The medical school will be named the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. This is the first time UB has named a school after someone. It brings the Jacobs family’s total donations to UB to more than $50 million. “The Western New York community has been very good to my family and our company,” Jacobs said at a press conference to announce the donation Monday morning at the medical campus. “We are proud to reinvest in the region and improve the health of the community. I look forward to the medical campus’ completion in 2017.” The $30 million donation is an exclamation point on Jacobs’ long history with UB, as he graduated from the university in the 1950s and has served as chair of the UB Foundation and adviser to the School of Management in addition to being UB Council chairman since 1998. Jacobs’ donation and all of the money received for the $200 million donation goal will go toward building the new medical campus, which has moved from South Campus to downtown, according to Cain. That building process is both literal and fig-

A look at UB’s prestigious Presidential Scholarship

urative, as Cain said the donations will go toward “both building new buildings and building new programs that help our faculty and students,” including scholarships. Cain said the donation brings more than just funds to the school – it also brings prestige. He said it’s prestigious to have a medical school named after someone, as only 11 of the 62 Association of American Universities, of which UB is a part of, are named after someone. He said that sends a message that Jacobs and his family believe strongly in the direction of the school. “It’s not just money,” Cain said. “You’re putting your family name out there.” The donation process occurs over a long period of time. Cain said UB’s leadership has been interacting with Jacobs for years to establish their relationship and come to an understanding of how important it is for the school to have philanthropy. Jacobs, Cain and President Satish Tripathi met in June and came to a verbal agreement that Jacobs would donate $30 million. Cain said it takes some time to get the process completed and that the last step was getting the SUNY Board of Trustees to grant UB permission to name the medical school after Jacobs. As for why Jacobs and his family wanted to make the donation, Cain said he thinks it’s because of Jacobs’ Buffalo roots. “He is a Buffaloian,” Cain said. “He has come to understand that for Buffalo to have a great health care system that it needs a great medical school.” Cain said he thinks the donation will encourage other local leaders to give so the campus can reach the $40 million remaining for its goal. “I think it will help get us that $40 million because this is an internationally recognized individual,” Cain said. “And when you look at others that have made public donations toward the school and you add the Jacobs name, this telegraphs the message that a very prominent and very well-respected community leader believes that investment in the medical school is the right thing to do.” email: tom.dinki@ubspectrum.com

Students complain about long lines and limited admission for Fall Fest

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TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS

Damage control Students paid Campus Living $53,000 worth of damages last year

2014-2015 TOTAL DAMAGE CHARGES

225 STUDENTS

FLICKINGER COURT

202

FLINT VILLAGE

531

HADLEY VILLAGE

610

SOUTH LAKE VILLAGE

$340

541

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LIVING CREEKSIDE VILLAGE COMPLEX

DAMAGE CHARGES

3100

STUDENTS

$147

STUDENTS

$17,100 STUDENTS

$23,300 STUDENTS

$8,900

STUDENTS

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GABRIELA JULIA

SENIOR NEWS EDITOR

Ever wonder what the messiest room on campus looks like? It may be hard to say for certain, but Hadley Village 108 would probably be last semester’s lead contender. The room had more than $3,500 in damages once it was inspected at the end of May, according to documents The Spectrum obtained from Campus Living through a Freedom of Information Law request. And those students, who UB wouldn’t identify, aren’t the only ones who racked up damage costs – though they owed the highest amount. Campus Living charged students a total of approximately $53,000 last year – that’s more than the cost of two students’ instate tuition combined. Campus Living houses 7,531 undergraduate and graduate students. The $53,000 was billed to students who lived in the Ellicott Complex and the five oncampus apartment complexes: Hadley Village, Flint Village, South Lake Village, Flickinger Court and Creekside. Yet, students in Governors, Goodyear and Clement Halls avoided any damage costs completely, said Andrea Costantino, director of Campus Living. Campus Living supplied photos of the rooms with the highest damage and mess costs. When Hadley 108 residents moved out, they left behind a milk carton in the refrigerator and food in the freezer. The kitchen cabinets were full of cereal boxes, canned beans and tuna and peanut butter

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and the counters were covered with detergent bottles and garbage. Old sneakers were tucked behind a TV stand and empty shampoo bottles lined the shower wall. The residents paid Campus Living for painting, wall replacement, garbage removal and excessive cleaning. But that isn’t the norm. No other rooms on campus were billed more than $1,000. A great number of charges came from small marks on the walls or minor extra cleaning. But the small things were a large part of the big bill, showing many students don’t realize how the little things can add up. “A lot of people don’t know how to use command strips,” Costantino said. “They pull them off the wrong way and leave a mark on the wall that we have to charge them for.” When students incur these small damages, they don’t necessarily realize how much they’ll be charged. Some students say there’s a lack of communication between Campus Living and residents. There are students who said they were aware they were charged for damages but aren’t sure of the price or what the damage was. “The main problem is they don’t tell us the charges until after,” said Madeline Marsack, a junior environmental engineering major. “I got charged for having silly string [everywhere] and we knew we got charged but never knew the amount.” Students’ damages are charged to their student accounts. Other students say they pay too much for room and board to be charged a lot for what may or may not be damaged room. Room and board in residence halls and apartments on campus can range from $6,324 – $11,148 for an academic year. “The rooms are pretty crappy and we pay tons of money for them already,” said Veronica Kreutzer, a junior environmen-

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tal engineering major. “And the rooms are so public that the damages could’ve been from someone else and not you.” There are also those who understand why they’re billed, but are annoyed about paying for a damage they didn’t cause. Show Bamba, a senior electrical engineering major, lived in Fargo Hall during his sophomore year. In his residence hall, the shared bathroom became a problem for his entire floor. Campus Living found blood all over the bathroom and all of the males on his floor were charged $50.

How much could this cost me? Campus Living has more than 5,000 students in residence halls, and fewer than 100 were billed for damages, according to Brian Haggerty, senior associate director of Campus Living. “For the relatively small number of students who are billed, most bills are under $50,” Haggerty said. The most common charges are wall repairs and excessive cleaning – which means cleaners had to throw out litter left behind and sweep the floors. . Inspectors often find towel bars that need to be tightened or a dresser drawer that is off its track, he said. In the residence halls and apartments, students are charged $100 for leaving a refrigerator in their room and up to $450 for a broken window. They pay up to $154 for a key replacement and up to $400 for room, wall, ceiling, closet and door repairs. A repair for a single pane glass window is normally around $75, a blind repair is between $30 and $40 and a broken handle on a door costs about $75, according to Bill Suraf from A&W General Contractors in Buffalo. Campus Living charges students the cost to replace an entire item, like a desk or lamp. CONTINUED ON PAGE 7

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Close to 30,000 students attend the University at Buffalo. Unfortunately, a handful are giving the rest a bad name. Members of the University Heights Community are expressing outrage over overcrowded parties, litter and disorderly and disrespectful behavior exhibited by some students in the neighborhood.In the last week seventeen students were suspended and parents of twelve students were notified. Thirty students have been sanctioned to community service hours.

Students should also know that the University Heights area can be considered a “target rich” environment for crime. Intoxicated people, people traveling alone or in pairs, carrying cell phones or laptops, outside of well lighted areas, or on campus and people using headphones are particularly viewed as prime targets. http://www. student-affairs.buffalo.edu/public-safety/

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Be aware. Consider crime, housing conditions, and community standards when making housing decisions. Please protect yourselves at all times, and when in the community, exhibit the same courtesy, respect and behavior that you would exhibit back home or on campus. And consider alcohol free programs on campus and elsewhere in the community. http://www.student-affairs.buffalo.edu/activities.

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Buffalo Police, Amherst Police and University Police are committed to maintaining the quality of life in our community. They will be strictly enforcing disorderly conduct, open container,underage drinking,DWI/DUI and other ordinances in the weeks ahead.Be aware!

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Editorial Board EDITOR IN CHIEF

Tom Dinki

MANAGING EDITOR

Alyssa McClure OPINION EDITOR

Ricky Nolan COPY EDITORS

Kayla Menes Renée Staples NEWS EDITORS

Gabriela Julia, Senior Ashley Inkumsah Marlee Tuskes, Asst. FEATURES EDITORS

Tori Roseman, Senior Dani Guglielmo ARTS EDITORS

Brian Windschitl, Senior Kenneth Kashif Thomas Alexandra Saleh, Asst. SPORTS EDITORS

Jordan Grossman, Co-senior Quentin Haynes, Co-senior PHOTO EDITORS

Yusong Shi, Co-senior Kainan Guo, Co-senior Angela Barca . CARTOONISTS

Lack of women in elected positions indicates problems in Buffalo

Study after study has come out recently proving that diversity is key to properly acknowledging and working a group’s issues. More importantly, such diversity also improves the functioning of the group, as more and different ideas get tossed about than in a relatively homogeneous group. So it is with some concern that Buffalo City Hall’s elected positions are stunningly male-dominated. There is not a single woman in either the mayor’s chair, the comptroller’s chair, or any of the seats on the Common Council. Buffalo is the only major city west of Albany to hold this dubious distinc-

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Wednesday, September 16, 2015 Volume 65 Number 7 Circulation 7,000 The views expressed – both written and graphic – in the Feedback, Opinion and Perspectives sections of The Spectrum do not necessarily reflect the views of the editorial board. Submit contributions for these pages to The Spectrum office at Suite 132 Student Union or news@ubspectrum.com. The Spectrum reserves the right to edit these pieces for style and length. If a letter is not meant for publication, please mark it as such. All submissions must include the author’s name, daytime phone number, and email address. The Spectrum is represented for national advertising by MediaMate. For information on adverstising with The Spectrum, visit www.ubspectrum.com/advertising or call us directly at (716) 645-2452. The Spectrum offices are located in 132 Student Union, UB North Campus, Buffalo, NY 142602100

in November has the entire Council looking at an easy re-election. Despite some efforts from local women to become candidates, it has not been easy. The lack of equal representation is disturbing. Women’s rights in our country have entered a tenuous phase, as various states have attempted to complicate reproductive rights. Donald Trump’s misogynistic comments should have earned him reproach. Instead his popularity has only grown, which is a worrying indicator of where the level of respect toward women resides. Sexual violence against women remains a troubling issue, especially on college campuses. Every gender and minority needs to have a voice, at all levels of government. That elected officials would shrug off a lack of equal representation comes across at best as narrow-minded, at worst as purposely supposing that they assume female representation

as unnecessary. It has been 20 months since Russell left her position on the Common Council. Yet, Councilman David A. Franczyk is untroubled. “Perhaps it’s a fluke,” Franczyk said to The Buffalo News. “We should have women on the Council. I’m sure it will happen again.” A complete lack of new female involvement in elected the Council for more than 11 years is no fluke. It’s troubling that Franczyk has a complete lack of concern in regards to the lopsided representation of the elected body. The lack of any stirring action from either political party is just as damning. Their responses have been mitigation, half-measures and misdirection. Is it really any surprise that Americans don’t trust the political system, when valid concerns are raised and languidly dismissed? email: editorial@ubspectrum.com

It can’t go both ways China brought to heel

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tion. The last woman to serve on the Common Council was Bonnie Russell, who served for 10 years and quit in January 2014. During her 10 years on the Council, she was the only woman. A lack of female elected representation poses a problem. Officials have chosen to talk of their support for diversity and all the female candidates being supported for elected positions. All of the positions mentioned are in the suburbs. Elected officials have tried to point to diversity in their appointed positions. While certainly a solid point in the government’s favor, all of these appointed positions are in the executive branch of Buffalo’s government. The legislative side of things remain disappointingly barren. Recent elections have hardly helped either. Men have replaced men and the upcoming election

A few years back, I read a story about an up-and-coming high school student from the projects of Baltimore, Maryland. He was the top of his class, a rising student who was ready for college. He worked tireless every day to get there, holding down jobs and making school a daily priority. He understood the degree of difficulty to go to college. He knew it was an uphill climb, but he worked tireless for it either way. All I know is he never made it to college and that was the end of his story as far as I’m concerned. Who knows what he could have been capable of doing. All he wanted was a college education. It’s something many people take for granted these days, especially student-athletes. It’s a pre-conceived notion that whenever a student-athlete steps onto a college campus, he or she should be treated like a professional athlete. Some feel also deserve the perks of a professional athlete, especially at Power 5 schools where college athletics take precedence over most academics. And it’s fair to say. Those athletes make a boatload of money for their respective schools through merchandising, name recognition and advertising, to name a few. And that list could go on and on. It was estimated that former Kansas guard Andrew Wiggins was worth $1.6 million to the University of Kansas – more than the average rookie contract at the NBA level. Johnny Manziel, the former Texas A&M quarterback, was worth even more to his school. The same goes for former Flordia State quarterback Jameis Winston. Many student-athletes in the same position will say the same thing about themselves. They feel entitled to money that the school makes off of them. When you start to make money as an athlete, you’re considered a professional in my books. So if a player wants to be paid like a professional, he or she must act like a professional.

Remember Winston’s outbursts in the Florida State Student Union? That would be a hefty fine from the NFL and a possible suspension from the league. Remember Manziel’s party boy antics? That would be a media nightmare for the Cleveland Browns and would have ended up being a fine and a suspension. Remember what happened with former UB forward Justin Moss? After he was caught stealing money from an on-campus apartment in June, UB had to expel him. The Bulls did not remove him. If he was on a professional team and caught stealing even once, there’s a great possibility he would be cut immediately. But all these athletes were in college. They weren’t forced to pay a single dime. They served at most a two-game suspension handed down by the school. A suspension or fine would be inevitable at the professional level. These athletes need to realize it cannot be a double standard. If they want to be treated like a professional, they must take the right action. That means no drugs, no public outbursts and nothing to draw attention to themselves other than what media can cover on the field or on the court. But there’s the other side of the spectrum as well. I know many college athletes – nationwide and personally – that do not take their scholarship for granted. As student-athletes, players get full scholarships. They don’t pay for school, which is the most important part of the college process. They get free housing and a free meal plan. Professors sometimes give a grade-handicap to athletes just because of their campus prominence. Players get all of this to play the sport they love. Rough life. Players who get scholarships sometimes take it for granted. They forget that less than one percent of college athletes go professional. Less than one percent get that multi-million dollar contract. More than 99 percent don’t make it and go on with their lives outside of sports. College athletes – ask yourselves if you would you rather embrace what the NCAA dictates and be ready for the future or have four years of privilege and bypass the real reason of college in the first place? email: jordan.grossman@ubspectrum.com

Chinese companies accused of profiting from cybercrime with sanctions incoming The imbalance of trade with Asian countries has been bemoaned in popular culture for years. Whether its been Japanese cars or cheap Taiwanese plastic toys, the United States has loved to gripe about such imports. Occasionally someone even mentions targeting unfair practices in such countries. It comes as little surprise then that the Obama administration is drafting a series of sanctions against certain Chinese companies. The major surprise may be what actions triggered these sanctions. Allegations of the theft of economic secrets via hacking lie at the root of the administration’s allegations. China heartily contests such claims. The companies being targeted say they aren’t controlled by the state, while the Chinese government points toward revealed information from Edward Snowden that says the NSA is spying on Chinese corporations in a similar manner. China is egregiously missing the point here, and as such sanctions against Chinese corporations who have benefited from state-funded electronic crime should be enacted. American, and indeed most countries’, activity in this arena is targeted against government operations. The state-funded parts of espionage tend to do with political or military objectives. The claim that Huawei, a Chinese telecom company, may have been the victim of the NSA’s attention lies more with the fact that they are attached to the Chinese government and less with the idea of the NSA giving such information to some American telecom company to use against Huawei. China has been getting into more and more hot water concerning cybercrime lately. In May 2014, the United States issued indictments against five Chinese military/intelligence officers for cybercrime-related charges. That such charges led to nothing is beside the point. What remains more important is the fact that such charges were able to be issued with the expectation that a successful court case could be prosecuted. The damage to the Chinese

companies accused of benefiting from economic espionage would be substantial. In the similar vein as our sanctions against Iran, those companies would be banned from doing any kind of business in the United States, thus closing off a very substantial market to said companies. That such sanctions are coming is a welcome change to merely warning China to knock it off. More importantly though remains the issue of cyber-security in general. Smaller corporations cannot possibly resist the kind of statefunded activities that a country like China can direct against them. Even at the governmental levels, there remain weaknesses. This July saw the theft of roughly 22 million federal personnel records from the Office of Personnel Management. In light of the general attitude China has exhibited and the unknown capabilities of other actors, caution becomes a must. There is an urgent need for increased security at both the corporate and governmental level. While thefts of economic information or personal information can cause both panic and economic damage, there also exists the terrifying possibility of a more concerted attack, possibly by terrorist groups. There have been concerns voiced over the vast vulnerability of our infrastructure to such an attack. The widespread, intricate, and ever growing nature of our computer networks renders us particularly vulnerable to disruption from cyber-terrorism. The drafting of the sanctions against the Chinese corporations sends an important message. The United States can not be trifled with easily, and there are repercussions for impinging upon our intellectual information. However, the rapidity, depth, and seeming ease of these assaults upon our electronic resources raises dire specters. The need for comprehensive reforms and policy direction has become frighteningly apparent. We have the brain power to shore up our defenses. It’s just up to our government to tap these resources for our mutual defense. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com

4 A free ride

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engineering major, it wasn’t an easy decision to accept the scholarship. He was looking at 12 other colleges and wasn’t sure if he even wanted to go to UB. “I was obviously incredibly excited as a recipient, but I didn’t fully appreciate it yet,” Gosrich said. “As my senior year of high school came to a close, however, I began to realize how valuable the opportunity I had been given was: the Presidential Scholarship took the financial stress out of college and opened up a lot more options for me.” Students must have an un-weighted grade point average (GPA) of 95 or higher, and an SAT score of 1470 or ACT score of 33, to even be considered for the scholarship. These grades must be maintained at UB – a 3.5 GPA is the minimum to keep the scholarship. For many recipients, that isn’t too difficult, as they are often part of the Honors College. “I can’t speak for all the Presidential Scholars, but from what I know of most of them, any academic pressure and stress comes from within,” Gosrich said. “I think that most of the Presidential Scholars are motivated enough to push themselves above the minimum.” Because the Presidential Scholarship is awarded by the Honors College, students are required to go through a more vigorous application process than other UB scholarships. The process has two steps: first, applicants must fill out a lengthy online application that includes writing three essays. Next is an interview round, given by the

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“I realized the process was a lot more competitive than I thought,” Fiorica said. “Other students were there with their families, some had driven hours from out of state for the interview. I felt really out of place, alone, in a shirt, tie and khakis when the other applicants and their parents were in their Sunday best.” His interview went well, despite his nerves. A few weeks later, an acceptance packet arrived in the mail for him. Fiorica described the feeling as a novel experience. “Someone saw potential in me and expected me to live up to it,” Fiorica said. The Presidential Scholarship is the most valuable in the SUNY system for incoming freshmen, according to Megan Stewart, the assistant director of the University Honors College. In recent years, only 20-25 incoming students receive the scholarship, as its criteria for eligibility is highly competitive. “We look for academic strength,” Stewart said. “We also look for leaders on campus and in the community and students with a spark of intellectual curiosity.” For Walker Gosrich, a junior mechanical

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6 Fall Fest fallout Wednesday, September 16, 2015

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UB students waited in line for Fall Fest in the cold and rain some as long as three hours before the doors opened. The line wrapped all the way down the sidewalk from Alumni Arena to the University Police Station.

Students angry about long lines and limited capacity of Fall Fest BRIAN WINDSCHITL SENIOR ARTS EDITOR

Eric Kishel, a senior biological sciences and psychology major, said he and six of his friends arrived at Alumni Arena at 6 p.m. Saturday for Fall Fest only to see the line stretching all the way from Alumni to the end of the street, around the corner and to the University Police Station. Kishel said he and his friends then went to a nearby friend’s house to wait until the line had shortened – when he returned an hour later at 7 p.m., the line was gone, but in its place were a group of police officers at the entrance of Alumni, refusing to let anyone else in. One of Kishel’s friends, Cleo Gallagher, an environmental geosciences major, said she shouldn’t have to pay for something she wasn’t even able to attend. “I have to pay out of pocket for lab kits, clickers, and other extra costs that are actually for furthering my education because UB would rather put my tuition money toward a concert I wasn’t even able to enjoy,” Gallagher said. Even four days after the Student Association’s annual fall concert, UB students are still talking about the unrelenting rain, painstakingly slow lines and limited space in Alumni Arena.

All undergraduate students who pay the mandatory student activity fee of $104.75 a semester get into the concert for free with a student ID, but once the 6,500-arena capacity had been reached Saturday, students and ticketholders alike were refused entry. SA President Minahil Khan said despite some students not getting in, SA did the best it could given the circumstances, especially with the switch to the indoor venue from an outdoor one came just days before the show because of the weather. “We canceled outside ticket sales [after the switch to an indoor venue] as soon as we could – we did our best to accommodate all students,” Khan said. “I am proud and happy of how well everything went. So many people worked together to make this thing work.” Inside, the festivities went smoothly, with both SA and the UPD commenting on the success of the event. SA Entertainment Coordinator Marc Rosenblitt said there was nothing more disappointing than having to turn away undergraduates from an event. “By 7:30 p.m., we had reached the arena’s capacity of 6,500 inside. Our plan had been to allow a certain number of additional students in, based on the number of people who left, if we reached capacity,” Rosenblitt

said in an email. “However by this point in the night, only 76 people had left the arena.” Students began lining up at Alumni Arena despite the persistent rain hours before the doors opened at 5 p.m. and the show’s designated start at 6 p.m. One of the chief complaints about Fall Fest among students was the wait in line. Only the main entrance of Alumni was used. Only one door, out of the eight available, was used to allow students to enter. NonUB students, who bought general admissions tickets, were allowed to pass through the doors in a separate line because they did not have to have their UB IDs checked. “Considering the multiple entrances into Alumni, I would’ve expected more of them being utilized since the event was sold out. I felt that the general public was getting VIP treatment while the loyal UB student population waited in line,” said Michael Marianello, a junior engineering major. Rosenblitt said that the amount of time it took for everyone to get into the concert was likely mostly due to the sheer number of students attending. “In that hour [between doors opening at 5 p.m. and the show’s start at 6 p.m.], we were organized enough to process 2,500 students. Over the course of 2.5 hours, we processed a total of 6,500 through the line and metal detectors,” Rosenblitt said. “That works out to about 8-15 seconds per person.” Rosenblitt said the biggest challenge was the building itself – only eight metal detectors fit in the entrance. The security was tight at the arena – no bags, umbrellas or “anything that could be used as a weapon,” was allowed in, said Joey West, one of the members of the United States Security Associates contracted by SA to provide security at the concert.

Many students brought umbrellas to stay dry in the rain. Students had to discard their umbrellas, ponchos and half-empty bottles before entering the arena. Discarded items lined the gated pathways to the doors. SA Event Staff Manager Scott Van Patten said that the piles of umbrellas were simply put into garbage bags and thrown away. Despite the craziness at the entrance, UPD did not have any further security concerns. Assistant Chief of Police Chris Bartolomei said the event went very well, all things considered. He said only one student was arrested for disorderly conduct and the majority of the calls were first aid requests – mostly dehydrated and overheated people in the front of the crowd or in line. “It’s a large crowd of people, many of whom come to the event under the influence of drugs and alcohol, there is always a risk of a serious medical emergency or violent altercations,” Bartolomei said in an email. Bartolomei said the low crime stats were due to the large amount of planning that goes into the event each year. Essentially the entire SA Entertainment staff, including the director, assistant, hospitality, talent and event management coordinators had been on-site setting up the event since 8 a.m. SA Treasurer Joe Pace was one of the runners for the event, in charge of making sure the artists had everything they needed and arrived from the airport and hotel at Alumni Arena without a hitch. “I drove around basically whoever needed to get somewhere. I drove around some Big Sean people, some Jeremih people – took them to the airport, hotel and campus,” Pace said. The biggest logistical concern, Pace said, was the amount of people that needed managing. SA had to coordinate with the artists arriving from the airport, as well as all of the volunteer staff from members of 31 different SA clubs – on top of managing concertgoers and security. Kenneth Kashif Thomas contributed reporting for this story. email: brian.windschitl@ubspectrum.com

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A description of the suspect was not sent out through UB Alert until around 5:15 p.m., but UPD said it sent one at around 3:15 p.m. to the Office of Communications. Some students have questioned the delay in the alert and said they should have been notified sooner. “I’m not happy with how long it took to notify us but I like how fast the police responded,” said Michael Pastoressa, a freshman undecided major. “It should have been faster than 45 minutes.” Shortly after 3 p.m. Monday, Lieutenant David Urbanek told a Spectrum reporter in the Union that an alert should be posted shortly. Several officers on scene commented at the time that the alert should have been posted already. The communications office normally sends out alerts but UPD can send out them out itself in an emergency situation. Schoenle said it was a judgment call by officers on scene to not deem the situation an emergency because it was unconfirmed if the dropped object was a gun or not and the suspect had left the building. “In most cases, like in this one, we feel it’s more appropriate to get out the information that’s right and correct with UB Communications and they send out the notification,” Schoenle said. “That’s how that process works.” Schoenle said an emergency situation would be something like an active shooter, in which case UPD would send out an alert itself and the building would be evacuated or locked down – as it was in a 2010 incident. In 2010, an alleged gunman was seen in Lockwood Library. Lockwood was evacuated and UPD declared the area safe after searching for four hours. It is still unknown if the suspect was holding a gun or not. Pastoressa said he thinks UPD should have evacuated the Student Union or had a lockdown. Schoenle said the reason Lockwood was evacuated in 2010 and not on Monday was because in 2010 UPD had video surveillance of a suspect holding a suspicious item

and it was believed the suspect was still in the building. Roshan Surendhran, a sophomore chemical engineering major, said he doesn’t feel there was a need for an evacuation, but that students should have been notified sooner. UB Communications and UPD may be changing the alert protocol. UB Spokesperson John Della Contrada said he and Schoenle have discussed sending a text and tweet out immediately and then following up with a more detailed email. Schoenle said UPD has plans to have two civilian dispatchers working at all times and to train them to use UB Alert. Della Contrada said UB will push to get more students signed up for the UB Alert text messaging system. Last winter, about 18,000 people were signed up for the text alerts. The UB Alert Twitter had 2,639 followers at the time of print. Students took to Twitter to voice their concerns about the alert, but most said UB was not taking the situation seriously enough. Some even made light-hearted jokes about the scare. SUNY law prohibits anyone carrying a firearm on campus unless authorized by the university president. Schoenle said only UPD has authorization from President Satish Tripathi to carry guns on campus. He said in his 10 years at UB there have been a couple requests from civilians to carry firearms on campus but they were not honored. Schoenle said if Monday’s suspect is ever caught and it’s determined he did have a gun on campus, he would be charged with “at least a misdemeanor.” He added most campus crimes are solved because students come forward with information. Schoenle did not want to say whether not he thinks a suspect actually dropped a gun or not, as there is not enough evidence at this time. He said the report is concerning nonetheless. email: news@ubspectrum.com

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Haggerty said the vast majority of rooms are left clean and undamaged. When there are items in need of repair, it is usually from wear and tear and less often a result of damage done by students.

How can I avoid being charged? After a student’s departure, a member of the Building Services and Maintenance Team enters the rooms to do an initial assessment. When inspectors find damage, a Residential Life staff member verifies the occupants and determines whether billing is needed. To avoid charging students for damages they didn’t cause, students are advised to review the condition of their room at checkin time and notify their residential adviser of any pre-existing damages, which inspectors note in the room’s condition report. Haggerty said students are responsible for leaving the room in good condition. Students should not nail, drill, glue or paint anything to ceilings or walls. No permanent fixtures should be placed in the room, such as lighting and ceiling fans. “Most [students] understand their responsibility for the damages found in their rooms, with only some seeking to dispute the charges,” Haggerty said. “We work hard to avoid charging students, but in some cases, there is blatant disregard for the facilities and we charge students so as to avoid passing the cost off onto other students.” Campus Living inspects the rooms regularly. Campus Living conducts two or three health and safety inspections throughout the academic year and in the residence halls when they close for breaks.

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A pre-inspection is conducted before the end of the academic year in the residence halls to find any visible damage before students leave, which helps Campus Living determine if a particular individual is responsible. When damages are significant, Campus Living takes pictures to document the damage. This allows them to show students the condition the room was in – like with Hadley 108. “We want students to enjoy their time in the halls and the apartments, and encourage students to make these spaces their home away from home,” Haggerty said. email: news@ubspectrum.com

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The road back After years of surgeries and illness, senior N’Dea Johnson nets her first-career goal QUENTIN HAYNES SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR

It was just another victory for the women’s soccer team Friday, a seemingly routine 3-0 win over a nonconference opponent for a team many predict to win the Mid-American Conference East. It was more than that to N’Dea Johnson. Johnson, a senior forward who was sidelined for three of her first four years at UB between an ACL tear and illness, scored her first career goal in the game. At the 76:08 mark in the second half, senior midfielder Kassidy Kidd made a pass to Johnson, who gathered the ball and fired a shot into the back of the net. Johnson, after four years of injuries, surgeries and missed seasons, finally connected again with the game she loves. “It was unlike anything I’ve experienced in my life,” Johnson said. “I just kicked the ball and watched the entire thing happen. I saw the ball go into the back of the net, almost in slow motion. My parents were watching and they were excited for me. The entire sequence was unbelievable.” Johnson’s road to recovery wasn’t easy. She missed her true freshman season with a torn ACL suffered before she even arrived on campus. After rehab and acquiring a redshirt, Johnson returned the following fall for her first real season and appeared in 17 games and had one assist. But before her sophomore season began, Johnson caught a fever of 104.3 degrees that didn’t break for weeks and underwent a series of tests. She had a fever and pain in the pit of her stomach. It was gastritis, according to her doctors. As a result of surgeries to subdue the pain, Johnson missed the 2013 season. “It was a tough moment for me,” Johnson said. “Laying in a hospital bed, getting surgeries and not being able to play the sport I loved. Being on the sidelines was tough for me because I already missed a previous season with the ACL injury.” Once she was cleared to play, Johnson came back again for her junior season. She worked hard and even impressed in preseason. Then, she began to feel ill. This time, Johnson withdrew from UB and entered the hospital.

JORDAN GROSSMAN SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR

It’s almost fall, which means the leaves begin to change, the weather slowly turns from scorching hot to tolerable chilly and most importantly, football is back in the swing of things. And what better way to celebrate football season than with everyone’s favorite pre-game activity: tailgating. Buffalo could be considered an epicenter for football activities. Buffalo Bills fans are known nationally for their tailgates at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park on Sundays. Tailgating on a small scale happens on Saturdays outside UB Stadium. Tailgating gives football fans and revelers alike the opportunity to absorb a true football atmosphere. But it comes with a price. To enjoy a tailgate experience, you must have the essentials. What’s a tailgate without food and drinks? Those amenities could get pricey as the weeks draw out. But how can one maximize his or her tailgate experience without damaging his or her wallet? The Spectrum has you covered:

Make your own burgers The easiest way to save money is to make your own hamburgers before you put them on the grill at your respective tailgating destination. At Wegmans, a box of “Bubba Burgers,” pre-made, frozen burger patties, will set you back $11.49 for a box of eight.

In summer 2014, Johnson found out she was suffering from Crohn’s Disease. Crohn’s causes inflammation of the bowels and affects the digestive tract, often leading to pain in the abdomen, fatigue and weight loss. For the second time in two seasons, Johnson was told she had suffered a season-ending condition. In missing the 2014 season, Johnson also missed a chance to be part of the Bulls’ first MAC Championship. The Bulls, with former assistant Shawn Burke at the helm as head coach, finished with an overall record of 16-3-3, won their first-ever conference championship and made their first-ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament. And there was Johnson, watching the games from a hospital bed as her teammates celebrated in glory. Johnson was disappointed, but became the Bulls’ biggest fan as she cheered them on from afar. Johnson called watching her teammates as they made it to the NCAA Tournament “difficult,” but never saw herself as an outcast or not a part of the team. The girls would often contact her and as a tribute to their injured teammate, the girls would wear purple wristbands with “NJ” on them, Johnson’s initials. Johnson focused on getting back to the pitch. The road to return, as Johnson put it, “was tough because of the mental and physical aspects of being ready to return.” But it was eventually worth it. Johnson was told she was finally able to compete on the field again – no more setbacks and no more delays. She looked to make her senior

year count. Mentally, Johnson said she had some doubt whether she could return to the game at full strength. The goal was always to return, but she debated whether it was something she was supposed to do and how hard she was going to push herself moving forward. The toughest part for Johnson was “becoming a person again.” “It was a struggle to say the least,” Johnson said. “I had to work and relearn the game, like learning how to play in this system, where I’m supposed to be on the field and where I’m running. A part of it is the anticipation – waiting and preparing for the opponent’s next play. It was part of me becoming a person again.” The mental aspect was draining, but it didn’t weigh on Johnson like the physical aspect of her return did. While Johnson was injured and recovering from surgeries, she wasn’t in playing shape and it had been a while since she was active and moving with a soccer ball. During the offseason, Johnson returned to UB and fixated on getting back into playing shape. “The difficult process was working back into ideal playing shape,” Johnson said. “I did some normal workout routine – running and exercising – but what really helped me was working with the UB strength coaches. They worked with me just my body back in order and prepared me for the upcoming season.” While the getting back into physical shape is still a work in progress for

Tailgate essentials How to enjoy a tailgate without hurting your wallet

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N’Dea Johnson celebrates after scoring a goal against Binghamton. It was the first goal Johnson scored in her UB career, after missing the last two seasons with various injuries.

Johnson, it was actually working with a soccer ball that frightened her. She said working with a UB soccer camp allowed her to practice and figure out what she could and couldn’t do and what needed time as she continued to make her return. “I was coming along. I’m still coming along,” Johnson said. “Missing all that time means that it was a bit of a slow process – figuring out what you can and can’t do just yet. I still plan to be back to 100 percent, though. I think I’ll get back there.” On Aug. 23, Johnson made her season debut, nearly two and a half years after her last appearance in her a UB uniform. In her fifth game back Friday, she got her first goal. “My goal for the rest of the season is to score more,” Johnson said with a chuckle. “That and getting more playing time are my personal goals. For the team, I want to get back to where we were last season. Last year, they made the tournament and the NCAA first round. I want to get back there and this time, be a part of it.” email: quentin.haynes@ubspectrum.com

JORDAN GROSSMAN, THE SPECTRUM

Tailgate essentials include hot dogs, ground beef for premade hamburgers and beer.

Buy in bulk

Ground beef will only cost $2.99 per pound. If the patties are made the night before, you can bring them to the tailgate premade and begin the grilling process. Make sure to buy Wegmans-brand hamburger rolls, which will only cost you $1.49 for a package of eight.

Forget the fix-ins It’s always common to pair your favorite tailgating entrée with a side dish, but it’s not needed at a tailgate. A three-pound serving

of potato salad will run you $11.99 at Wegmans and a pound of macaroni salad will be $3.99/pound. It’s not always necessary to have the side dishes at a tailgate. But if you do insist on your favorite fix-in, make it yourself. You can pick up a pound of russet potatoes for about a dollar and a box of elbow macaroni for $.99. If each dish requires mayonnaise, you can grab a Wegmans-brand 30 fluid oz. container for $3.49.

What’s a tailgate without cracking open a cold one? Beer has, and always will be, a staple at tailgates around the country, whether you’re a college student or not. But beer could get pricey, especially if you don’t know which brands to buy. If you’re looking to drink, you probably aren’t the only person to do so. It’s better to team up with a couple of friends and buy the alcohol in bulk. Specialized brands such as Corona and Stella Artois will run you back $8.49 per six bottles of beer. You can also create your own six-pack of beer for $9.99. For the money-saving crowd, a 30-rack of Bud Light and locally brewed Labatt Blue will only run you $19.99. All prices were based on the Wegmans – Alberta Drive location. email: jordan.grossman@ubspectrum.com