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SEPT. 6, 2000 - The lineup for SA’s Fall Fest would feature headliners the Roots and Blessid Union of Souls. The event was held at Baird Point three days later, with additional performances by Perfect Thyroid, The Waz and Skin Tight. The Roots’ performance followed the band’s Grammy-winning album “Things Fall Apart.”
Nineteen Iranian UB graduate students struggling to get visas, can’t start classes
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Some allowed late arrival, many denied visas MAX KALNITZ SENIOR NEWS EDITOR
Nineteen Iranian students planning to study at UB didn’t make it to campus this semester. They are stuck in legal limbo as they struggle to get student visas to study in the U.S., according to Katie Tudini, assistant vice provost and director for International Student Services. Their visas got denied due to the U.S. government’s recent crackdown on immigration and the Trump administration’s executive order prohibiting citizens from five Muslimmajority countries,Venezuela and North Korea from entering the country. With the second week of school wrapping
Students voice concern with SA Fall Fest changes Students react to SA’s choice to divide the annual concert into three shows SAMANTHA VARGAS ASST. ARTS EDITOR
Following the SA Fall Fest Concert Series lineup announcement, the Student Association has received a wave of backlash with regard to the performing artists and performance dates. Rather than stick to the traditional structure of previous Fall Fests, the SA has chosen to spread the concert out over three shows. The concerts will also be held within the Center for the Arts rather than Alumni Arena or Baird Point where it has been held in past years. The Fall Fest performances begin Sept. 21 with a hip-hop lineup. The show is headlined by rapper Vince Staples and will also feature Taylor Bennett and Blaise Moore. The next concert is scheduled for Oct. 6, featuring alternative rock groups American Authors and duo Matt and Kim. The final concert is scheduled for Nov. 10, with a focus on R&B performers. R&B vet Ashanti will headline the show, with Tinashe and Queen Naija setting the stage. The multiplicity of shows is an attempt to diversify the lineup compared to previous years, which has been predominately hip-hop. According to SA President Gunnar Haberl, the organization is saving money by not having to pay for staging. Haberl would not release the cost of Fall Fest or how much money they are saving, due to “contractual purposes,” he said. Despite SA’s effort to appease a larger audience, > SEE
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up, those who couldn’t obtain a student visa are being forced to defer their classes until they can legally live in the United States, or study elsewhere. Nicole Hallett, a law professor specializing in immigration issues, said the difficulties Iranian students face obtaining visas are the expected side effects of the travel ban. “Nationwide, Iranian people coming in on student visas are the largest group of people affected,” Hallett said. “There are more foreign students from Iran than any other students on the list [of banned countries], so they’ve been particularly affected by this. The fact that so many weren’t able to start [this semester] is a sad truth in today’s political world.” The repercussions of the ban are already apparent in the number of students allowed to study in the United States from the > SEE UB
Lara Hutson, director of undergraduate studies and a professor of biological sciences, regularly finds her lecture slides and the answers to her lab questions posted online. It’s her former students doing the posting, usually on CourseHero, a “note-sharing” site that pays students hundreds of dollars a semester to upload and share course material. The Spectrum found students who made close to $1,000 a year by sharing course notes.
The idea is to help students study, but the reality is grimer: students are using the notes instead of going to class and professors are seeing their work — lectures, notes, slides, tests — illegally taken, copied and shared. Hutson has had her work uploaded for at least four years. She is not the only one. A Spectrum review found exams and material belonging to UB professors on CourseHero and on two other note sharing sites, StudySoup and OneClass. That’s a violation of both UB policy and United States copyright law. Exams from MTH 142 “College Calculus 2” have been on CourseHero since 2015. ANA 407 “Gross Human > SEE NOTE
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Faegheh Hajhosseini talks about her journey from Iran to Buffalo and the difficulties obtaining her student visa.
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Campus Dining & Shops limits Ellicott Food Court meal credits on weekends Students concerned with changes, despite increased options and hours at UB dining halls BENJAMIN BLANCHET SENIOR FEATURES EDITOR
If you want to use a meal credit at Sizzles on Saturday, you’ll have to wait until 9 p.m. Campus Dining & Shops changed its weekend dining options at the beginning of the fall semester. Ellicott Food Court restaurants, like
Sizzles and Hubie’s, will accept meal credits on the weekends only during late night hours. CDS increased hours for dining centers, too, with Crossroads Culinary Center (C3) now open from 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on weekends. Goodyear Hall and Governors Complex dining centers also have new brunch hours, closing at 2:00 p.m. instead of last academic year’s 1:30 p.m. closing time. All three UB dining centers will feature new brunch menus, according to Raymond Kohl, CDS marketing manager, including an “expanded variety” of egg and omelet dishes, avocado toast, carved > SEE CAMPUS
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UB student transported to hospital after a party in Villas on Rensch BRENTON J. BLANCHET MANAGING EDITOR
A student was transported to the hospital from the Villas on Rensch on Monday afternoon with non-life threatening injuries. Amherst Police and University Police responded to the party at approximately 4 p.m. Monday. Police made no arrests and those involved were cooperative, according to a press release from Kate McKenna, UB director of issues management and stakeholder communication. Individuals from Student Life are providing support to the student, who is expected to make a full recovery, McKenna said in the statement. Amherst Police are working with the property owner to prevent similar issues. email: news@ubspectrum.com
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Students wait in line for food at the Ellicott Food Court. A number of students are concerned with Campus Dining & Shops’ change to weekend meal credit acceptance at places like Hubie’s and Sizzles.
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Remembering Jerry COURTESY OF GREG NATALE
Longtime Professor Gerald Finnegan acts in the one-man show, “Krapp’s Last Tape” at Irish Classical Theatre Company in the early ‘90s. Former students and faculty remember the late theatre professor.
UB theater community remembers late professor, director, actor and friend Gerald Finnegan BRENTON J. BLANCHET MANAGING EDITOR
“I didn’t go to the moon. I went much further.” Gerald, or Jerry, Finnegan would start his theatre classes at the beginning of each year by having his students recite this line from the memory play, “The Glass Menagerie.” The line comes from character Tom Wingfield, a shoe factory worker who doubles as an aspiring poet trying to escape from reality. The character recites these lines at the end of the play, as his older self, narrating events which he lived through. Former students believed the quote embodied Finnegan, who died on Aug. 25 at age 70. He served UB Theatre and Dance for 34 years as a professor and a director of over 20 theater productions. Outside of UB, Finnegan acted professionally on stage
both locally and internationally. Although he left it all on the stage, he also left a legacy for those he taught and worked with. Michael Formato, theatre and dance production manager, remembers Finnegan as a friend and colleague, who he worked with for 25 years. Formato met Finnegan, who he calls “Jerry,” during his first semester at UB while Finnegan was directing the play “Brilliant Traces” for the Center for the Arts in October 1994. The opening scene of the play featured a character distressed and “pleading for help.” Finnegan knew what to do with then-student and current faculty member Kathleen Golde as she practiced for this role. “As an acting exercise, Jerry had her go into the hallway and plead to be let in a door. Hearing this at about 8:30p.m., I rushed from my office to help the ‘distressed’ person – only to find out it was (very good) acting,” Formato wrote in an email. Formato and Finnegan’s friendship only grew from there. Formato recalled his hip replacement years ago. He was recovered enough to go
to work, but was unable to one morning due to snow in his driveway. He called his department to let them know he couldn’t make it to school that day. But someone was listening. “That evening, a cold and blustery winter evening, I heard shoveling outside my home. There was Jerry, completely unannounced and unrequested, shoveling my property. Well, that’s the kind of guy he was,” Formato wrote. Although Finnegan would help a coworker in need, teaching was still his job. His students “meant the world” to him, according to adjunct acting instructor Gregory Natale. Natale acted with Finnegan in Shakespeare in Delaware Park in the early ‘80s, and the two joined forces in the theatre department 19 years ago. Natale appreciated his coworker’s “playful” speech that included “double meanings, observations of human behavior and situational awareness.” He emphasized Finnegan’s connection to his students. “Jerry was absolutely passionate about passing on his knowledge and experience to [students]. His early years as a struggling actor showed him just how difficult it is to make it as an actor. Jerry wanted his students to both understand this, and then to train with everything they had to give in order to be as prepared as possible to enter into the actor’s life of highs and lows,” Natale wrote in an email. The lessons Finnegan taught his students
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The emergency blue light phone system on UB’s North and South campuses is meant to provide students with added security when UPD aren’t physically present. From escorting students to their car after a late night class or investigating a suspicious person, police will arrive with the push of a button. But seven of UB’s blue lights are broken, unable to help students if necessary. According to University Police’s monthly service receipt, systems in Spaulding Parking Lot, Governor’s E Lot and Governor’s Hadley do not have working sirens, but UPD confirmed that new ones have been ordered. The Frontier and Flint Rear Lot have bags over them. The system in the Special Events Parking Lot needs a new microphone, and the South Lake Community Center phone is not stable. UPD plans to fix the phones, according to UPD Deputy Chief of Police Joshua Sticht, although there is no scheduled date to fix them. There are 63 blue lights on North Campus and 22 on South. The phone towers are scattered across the campuses, towering over students from the dorms to the academic spine. But over the last year, UPD received 13 calls from the 85 phones. Sticht said the base price for each unit is $15,000, but it can vary depending on the location of the phone and the amount of work needed to install and connect the unit to UB’s infrastructure. “The price goes up if it is further away
from buildings [and additional work is needed] for trenching and installing conduit,” Sticht said. “This price would include the tower, phone and data lines and the cameras. Most of the phones that are in place now are part of a major revision and upgrade to our system back in 2006. Since then there have been a few additions here and there.” Sticht said when calls do come in, they rarely end up being serious. He said students shouldn’t be hesitant and encourages them to use the system. “The most common calls are welfare checks when someone presses the button and then leaves without talking to us, [that happened] nine times,” Sticht said. “There have been a few calls for people that needed assistance with their vehicles, [if someone’s] locked out or [has a] dead battery. We only had one call that was reporting a suspicious person. I actually wish that people used them more frequently, quite often people report suspicious conditions after they have left the area.” Sticht said fixing the systems can be tricky. Phone tower and camera maintenance is handled by Digital Surveillance Systems, but sometimes the phone is taken offline accidentally as part of a larger problem, he said. “For example the phone tower outside of Squire [Hall] on the South Campus is offline because a construction project cut an underground conduit,” Sticht said. “In cases like that, DSS cannot fix the phone until University Facilities has fixed the underlying issue with the conduit. A very similar thing happened to the phone outside of Greiner [Hall] at Fargo Lot.” As systems are beginning to fail, campuses across the nation are moving away from phone systems and instead turning to mobile security apps to help protect students. At comparably sized universities like
still stick. Jennifer Michelle, an ‘11 alum, learned from Finnegan in both his “poetic text” class and when he directed her in “Crimes of the Heart.” She fondly remembers her professor in a plaid shirt and black leather vest, chewing nicotine gum with coffee in hand and was never afraid to think outside of the box. “[He] was extremely passionate about his craft and wholly believed in the potential of his students. Gerry’s acting style and general feelings about life were all about going back to a childlike imagination; completely open, free and not second guessing yourself,” Michelle wrote through Facebook. But just eight days before he passed away, Finnegan retired from his position at UB. Formato believed that Finnegan saw sharing his passion of acting with students as his purpose on Earth. “As his health declined in the past few years, many would have retired – not Jerry Finnegan,” Formato said. “It was not until very close to his last gasp of mortal air would he agree to not be there for his students” Finnegan didn’t go to the moon for his students. He went much further. Finnegan will be remembered during his wake on Sept. 7 and memorial service on Sept. 8 at Dengler, Roberts, Perna Funeral Home. email: Brenton.Blanchet@ubspectrum.com
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Finnegan in 2011, directing “Crimes of the Heart” for UB Theatre and Dance alongside Katie Osborn, Jen Leibowitz and Samantha Sherwood. Finnegan worked in the department for 35 years.
Emergency blue light system broken across campus System receives little use, starting to show age
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University of California, Los Angeles and University of Florida, students can download AppArmor, a customizable safety app that can change from campus to campus. The app has numerous features, like allowing users to report crimes, share a location with police and receive safety alerts. Students have mixed feelings about additional on-campus security. Some view the towers as outdated, while others like having a safety net should anything go wrong. Florebencia Fils-Aime, a junior computer engineering major, said she’s never used one, but likes having the phone towers on campus. She feels comfortable walking around at night seeing the towers’ blue sirens illuminated across campus, but she wishes the broken ones would be fixed. “I wish they would fix them so they would be working, just in case someone really needed to use one during the weekend,” Fils-Aime said. “If they replace the broken ones with new ones or buy a new security app, it might be a lot of money. I think the system we have now, despite getting little use, works fine.” Senior business major Luke Matthews, thinks UB’s security should progress at the same rate as other technology on campus. He likes the idea of emergency help at the tips of his fingers. “Honestly, I feel like the phone towers kind of go unnoticed on campus. Everyone seems to walk by them but never uses them,” Matthews said. “It’d be way easier to unlock your phone and call 911 or use an app to report a crime. Everyone these days has a smartphone, so I think it’d be a wise investment for the university.” Sticht said he’s hesitant about switching to a blue light phone app because only people with a UB email would be able to use it. Anyone who walks on campus is able to use the blue lights, which he argues already features the same options as an app.
“Our blue light phone system is integrated with our surveillance camera system. The next time you walk into the Student Union look at the phone outside near the walkway over to the UB Commons. You can see the phone integrated into the top of the tower,” Sticht said. “Our blue light phone system is also integrated into our emergency notification system. The phones have public address speakers that are linked to our UB Alert system. We would be able to broadcast an announcement through those speakers in the event we had to evacuate part of the campus or something like that.” Sticht said Digital Surveillance Systems has been replacing the cameras as they fail, but the next step will be the replacement of the towers themselves. There is no scheduled date of completion yet. UPD’s plan is to repair all of the phone towers that are currently broken first, according to Sticht. email: max.kalnitz@ubspectrum.com twitter: @Max_Kalnitz PRANAV KADAM | THE SPECTRUM
UB’s blue light emergency system provides students with additional safety on North and South Campus. But many of the systems are over 10 years old and starting to show signs of wear and tear.
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‘Kamikaze:’ the album to help forget ‘Revival’
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Marshall, this ain’t it Eminem becomes everything he hates on latest release
Why Eminem is still the don of rap BRIAN EVANS SENIOR ARTS EDITOR
Eminem is far from the pinnacle rapper of the modern era. For the last ten years, Eminem has acted as though he’s chasing something greater and more tangible than continued success. It’s as if the rapper has been in a constant battle with his own ego, vying for a position as the premier rapper on the constantly growing scene. With each successive album came more watered down irrelevance that found Eminem sounding lost and angry for the simple sake of anger –– and not because he had anything important to say. Listening to albums like “Relapse” and “Recovery” was truly painful as a lifelong fan of Eminem. It couldn’t be clearer that Eminem had lost his way and had made it unclear if he would ever find a relevant voice against heavyweights like Kendrick Lamar. Eminem still seems angry at the changing music scene that, at the behest of Hollywood, is waking up to his backdoor racism, antisemitism and sexism that has run latent on so many of his prior releases. Like a spoiled child, Eminem took to his usual bursts of lyrical prowess backed by been-there-done-that beats that sounded as boring as the prospect of a “Marshall Mathers LP 2” in 2013. But it’s difficult to diminish his record as one of the seminal rap acts in the history of the genre. With 220 million worldwide album and single sales, Eminem has earned a seat at the table among the biggest and most talented acts in rap. With that type of legacy comes an immense amount of power and influence in the music industry and gives one the ability to make noise whenever thought fit. Putting out a number one album with zero promotion is just the type of power Eminem wields, and he wants everyone to know it. With “Kamikaze,” Eminem has resurrected a voice of anguish and all out rage that finally translates into an album that is some of the rapper’s best work in years. Eminem is beyond angry on “Kamikaze.” He focuses his rage towards those who’ve questioned his legacy as a rapper. While 2017’s “Revival” is among some of the weakest work in Eminem’s catalogue, “Kamikaze” displays Eminem’s voice that many thought was lost. On the track “Greatest,” Eminem displays exceptional speed and diction that lays out an argument while simultaneously ending one. Eminem proves his chops are there and backs up any questions of his ability with a fiery zeal that permeates through each successive bar.
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It’s a misguided and ill-informed route to remind Eminem and his fans that he “isn’t saying anything relevant” or is just flat out an “a----e.” These affirmations are destined to be met with deaf ears that have been through the ringer spanning his 20 year career. Love him or hate him, Eminem garners respect amongst his peers whether it’s given, taken or earned. Eminem boasts an ability to cut deep to the point of ruining careers. Just ask Ja Rule or The Game. Eminem makes no qualms about who his anger is aimed at on “Kamikaze.” More intriguing than the sudden release of the album itself is the radiating lack of care the rapper shows for any and all other artists who he takes aim at. Eminem doesn’t want to start a war of words. His immense confidence in his ability to take a radiodominating form of rap and rework it towards his own benefit wins the war before it begins. Naming “Kamikaze” an album that turns Eminem’s career around falls short in several areas. For its shiny appeal and bright spots of elegance are others that feel bloated and misguided. But “Kamikaze” burns bright in the spots that matter for Eminem. Eminem has plenty of tools at his disposal to refine and rework his sound to build off of what works and what doesn’t on “Kamikaze.” Getting Lil Pump to concede to his own diss at the hands of Eminem on album opener “The Ringer” is as much feedback as Eminem will need. email: brian.evans@ubspectrum.com
Eminem, the character, is a rap golden boy. Slim Shady, B-Rabbit, I could go on and on. The Detroit rapper is impressive when he gets into one element, when he plays with wit and wholeheartedly embraces himself in everything from violent to vulgar archetypes. His characters are homophobic, misogynistic, misogynoir, otherist and so on. Sadly, this sells and at his core, this makes Eminem, Eminem –– one of the most successful artists in his craft. But sometimes, the greatest rappers fail, they get old and become a musical equivalent to a wind-up toy. They stick to the precedent, what worked before. As a result, their music becomes a bore. This is Eminem today, fresh off his surprise album “Kamikaze” that looks to pander to the narrow minded rap fan, the fan who throws a penny in a musical well and wishes to go back to the “good old days.” “Kamikaze” plays as a response to his 2017 album, “Revival,” where he conjures up a thoughtless attempt at a lambaste of the Trump administration. Less than a year ago, I wrote about the importance of Eminem’s Trump administration diss at the BET Hip-Hop Awards. The diss set the internet aflame before the release of “Revival.” In an effort to not contradict myself, I still stand by most of my column. Eminem delivered an oppositional message to a fanbase of mostly white people who must hear about the lived experience of racism in America. But after his last two albums, I can see this message, as good-natured as it may appear in aesthetic, is nothing but a faulty catalyst for “difficult conversations” in racial and social discourse. And a number of other people alley-oop’d his album into the trash, too, as the rapper half-assedly per-
formed sociopolitical analysis over uninspired rap rock beats. Sugar Ray could have done a contemporary version of “Holiday In Cambodia” better than the wretched musical realms unearthed by Eminem. This is the problem with Eminem. If Eminem wanted to get real, he could have gotten real. So, in response to criticism of his mismanaged political takes, Eminem bites into a cookie the Trump administration loves to chew –– bashing the media. “A journalist can get a mouthful of flesh and yes, I mean eating a penis,” the rapper exquisitely examines on the album’s opening track “The Ringer.” “‘Cause they been pannin’ my album to death so I been giving the media fingers,” Eminem continues. In the most Trumpian manner, Eminem is insecure with his profile in the media. Perhaps this was his purpose in creating “Revival,” to win over the liberal media on a wave of superficial “Donald Trump is bad”-isms. But when that doesn’t work out, the 45-yearold rapper blames the media for his mistakes rather than letting his legendary status veil his shoddy records as it has for the past decade. Now, as content weakens for Eminem, he goes after today’s “mumble rap.” He thus joins minds with his fans looking for “real rap.” These are the same fans who think of rapper Joyner Lucas as a critical race theorist or Token as someone “you have to get into” when his rapidfire flow disrupts any coherent message. These are the rappers who are problematic, not Migos, Lil Yachty, or Playboi Carti. Eminem decides to blast a number of these trap rappers on his new album, a move that is sure to pull the heartstrings of “old school” hip-hop fans. But the criticism, like his political takes on “Revival,” are lazy. He dislikes Lil Xan and Lil Pump who he can’t understand through their songs. At the same time, Eminem’s fast flows throughout “Kamikaze” taint any understanding of his lyrics for the listener. He dislikes Lil Yachty, because his music is simply not his thing. He infers Tyler, The Creator is a “f----t,” despite Eminem being an obvious inspiration for the once-horrorcore rapper. When Eminem doesn’t like something, it’s OK, but when music journalists or rappers hammer down on him, he swiftly attacks them. Eminem then becomes, in a way, everything he thinks he’s the antithesis to — President Donald J. Trump. He bullies those that go against his movement, attacks the free press and creates an exclusive space for him and his fans. If Eminem wants to be a legend, he should understand his childlike feelings toward criticism and his elitist views on today’s rap are rubbing most fans the wrong way. Sure, Eminem mastered the game back in the day but it’s only a matter of time before he finds a new gripe. If the rapper wants the critics and modern rap on his side, the “Real Slim Shady” is going to have to stand up, again. email: benjamin.blanchet@ubspectrum.com twitter: @BenjaminUBSpec
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FALL FEST many students have criticized the announcement. The CFA’s mainstage theater can accommodate 1,744 seats. The venue also has a balcony, which some students have voiced safety concerns over. Scot Rosenthal, a senior speech and hearing major, believes UB’s previous festival lineups set the school apart from other SUNY schools. “It’s just disappointing to see a clear downgrade in artists. The most relevant artist coming this fall hasn’t had a hit song since 2015,” Rosenthal said. “I would have preferred if the SA put the whole budget into one strong lineup like prior semesters.” Many students said they believe the multiple shows will cause a further drop in attendance compared to previous years. Attendance dropped by more than 2,500 students between the 2016 and 2017 Fall Fests. Belinda Thongsavanh, a sophomore accounting major, is not surprised at the drop in attendance through the years. “I know it’s a free event through the school, but that’s not enough to bring students out,” Thongsavanh said. “2016’s show had Travis Scott. I would’ve killed to go. Last year had Lil Uzi Vert. I can pick out maybe three artists from this semester’s lineup that I recognize. It feels like we’re settling.” Some students believe the changes made to the event and venue are in response to security problems from previous shows. Past fests brought FROM PAGE 7
NOTE SHARE materials in his classes, he would search sites more often that host class documents. Copyright material distribution isn’t just an issue for professors at UB, though. This summer, United University Professions — a SUNY employee’s union — notified the public of its plan to take legal action against sites, such as StudySoup and CourseHero. Jamie Dangler, UUP’s Vice President for Academics, said UUP’s efforts began last spring when officials noticed how “extensively” copyright violations are made on some websites. As a result of members’ growing concerns with copyright violations, UUP agreed to make its first attempt at a “Cease and De-
mosh pits and large crowds. There have also been reports of sexual harassment following previous concerts. Jacob Humphreys, a junior exercise science major, doesn’t think the venue change will benefit the three performances. “I’m not very familiar with the CFA, but I know how students act at these shows. The balcony might be a concern with all the drinking that happens before the concert,” Humphreys said. “I can definitely see something happening from a lack of judgement. I don’t know what they’re going to do to prevent that.” Despite the changes made, some students are anticipating seeing specific performers and remaining hopeful. Zakariya Imdad, a junior finance and international business major, is considering attending despite the venue change. “The SA should think about having at least one high profile hip hop and electronic name attached to the show because those are the most fun to attend. If they have alternative artists it should at least be performers students recognize,” Imdad said. “I’ll definitely go to see Vince Staples live, and I might check out Matt and Kim. I just would have preferred better acts.” Registration for the Sept. 21 show will open to students Thursday at 10 a.m. on SA’s website. email: samantha.vargas@ubspectrum.com twitter: @SamVargasArts
sist” order to ask companies to remove all copyright materials. “We were contacted by hundreds of members who had no idea this material was on these sites,” Dangler said. “It’s important to understand, as well, that we want to work together with students and student senates, to stress how destructive posting copyright material is. We want to step back and say ‘you can’t post these things without permission’ and play a role for students so they can think of this more prominently.” UUP’s official publication “The Voice” recommends instructors search websites like CourseHero for material posted “without their permission” and to make the union aware of any violations. Hutson said she asked CourseHero to block users from posting certain types of documents that violate UB’s policy, but this
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SA to increase mandatory student activity fee Proposed increase will be included in upcoming referendum vote MAX KALNITZ SENIOR NEWS EDITOR
Every semester, students pay a mandatory student activity fee of $104.75, which funds various activities like Fall and Spring Fest. At the upcoming referendum vote from Sept. 25 to 27, SA is proposing to increase the fee to $109. The last increase to the fee was in 2014 when it was raised from $94.75 to its current amount. SA President Gunnar Haberl said the fee should be increased to provide the Student Association with more funds to hold quality events for students. “After spending this summer evaluating other SUNY Student Government’s activity fees and SA’s budget [and] operating costs, the proposed $4.75 increase will allow the Student Association to offer the same level of quality events and services as well as give next year’s SA potential to grow,” Haberl wrote in an email. “hasn’t fixed the problem.” “That would be nice, that’s a micro solution, blocking files where it is obvious what they are, but that hasn’t happened and those files still get posted,” Hutson said. “But the problem is the proliferation of sites where you can go to download stuff like this, where students can post things and try to sell them. CourseHero is just one. There are a lot of others, and I don’t have the time to go through and micromanage that, so you have to tackle it through education.” *Name has been changed to protect source’s concerns about copyright law violations. email: benjamin.blanchet@ubspectrum.com twitter: @BenjaminUBSpec.
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Students will vote to increase the mandatory student activity fee to $109 during the Referendum Vote later this month.
Haberl could not comment on the specifics of the increase or what the money will be used for. Students seem indifferent about the proposition. Travis Reilly, a senior psychology major, said he rarely goes to SA events and doesn’t care about paying the fee every semester. “I don’t really use many of the activities we’re provided with. They’re out of reach or I’m too far away. I haven’t even been to a fest since freshman year,” Reilly said. “I mean $5 isn’t much. I’ll probably opt to keep it as it is, but it’s not like they’re asking for a $50 increase.” Clara Cook, a sophomore cognitive science major, said she’s annoyed to pay more each semester, but doesn’t think $5 will break the bank. “Honestly, I wish I didn’t have to pay it at all, but I understand why they need to increase the fee,” Cook said. “Five bucks isn’t too much to ask, so I think people will vote yes if they think they’ll get a better experience in the end.” email: max.kalnitz@ubspectrum.com twitter: @Max_Kalnitz
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affected countries. In 2015-16, more than 12,000 Iranians studied in the United States, with more than 78 percent of those students enrolled in graduate programs, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. In Trump v. Hawaii, court filings showed that during the first three months of 2018, only 258 student visas were distributed to students from Iran, Libya, Yemen and Somalia. Of the 29 Iranian students who intended to study at UB this fall, only 10 secured visas and are currently on campus. “I’m actually surprised that 10 students were able to obtain visas,” Hallett said. Tudini said many people don’t think about the implications of the travel ban in Buffalo. But it impacts more and more students every semester, she added. With the cancellation of the Iran nuclear deal adding more stress to the U.S.-Iranian relationship, educators and university administrators worry that many Iranian students are opting to go to other countries to study, resulting in major financial losses for American universities. “These students are highly sought after,” Tudini said. “This group of Iranian students was recruited to come to UB. We worked with the embassies they were using to try and expedite things as quickly as possible, because in some cases, these students are acting as teaching assistants. We wanted to ensure that they’d still receive their funding to make sure that the students and UB didn’t lose out on their investment.” For the Iranian students who made it to campus, arriving in Buffalo marked the end of a grueling process. Faegheh Hajhosseini, a master’s philosophy student, had to defer her classes two years ago because she couldn’t obtain a student visa. Last year, she obtained a two-year multiple student visa –– meaning she can travel between the U.S. and Iran –– and began classes last fall. After this year, her visa will change to a single visa, restricting her from returning home to Iran. She said obtaining a visa was hard enough with Trump’s original travel ban, but after the Supreme Court upheld the ban in June, it became even harder. “I had to go to Dubai to get my student visa, because there’s no American Embassy in Iran,” Hajhosseini said. “I actually had to travel there twice; once to get my single visa and a second time to make it a multiple visa. Everyone told me that it’d be a waste of time to apply for my visa because of the ban.” FROM PAGE 1
NOTE SHARE Anatomy” exam answer keys have sat on CourseHero for two and a half years. ECO 407 “Macroeconomic Theory” quizzes wait on OneClass for students to download. “Historically, I’ve had a lot of [material] posted and a lot of stuff from our classes, like lab reports from a template that I create –– that part of it is my copyright,” Huston said. “What they add to it they can have a copyright to, but they’re posting the entire thing I’ve created.” Across the country, hundreds of lectures, slides, practice exams, midterms and final exams have been posted without permission. The websites charge $10 a month for full access to the copyrighted course material and any other notes students have added. OneClass boasted 5,830 documents as of Wednesday morning. CourseHero had 74,524. UB has not actively pursued students posting copyrighted material on note-sharing sites. Rather, it’s been up to professors to locate their stolen materials and ask students to take content down. Students always comply, Huston said. But finding the material is time consuming and often she and other professors don’t know all the websites that arise each year. Students can make $50 cash per shared course, along with Starbucks gift cards. UB is not against students earning money by uploading their own content, according to Kate McKenna, director of issues management and stakeholder communication. Administrators also don’t make an intensive effort to search sites like CourseHero and OneClass. The sites recruit students across the country through social media such as Facebook groups. For instance, OneClass has a “Uni-
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Despite the fact that friends and family tried convincing her to study anywhere but the United States, Hajhosseini believed it was the best place to earn her degree. While she’s happy to be writing her master’s thesis, she knows she’s sacrificing a lot. “It’s great that I’m here right now, but really frustrating because once my visa changes to a single visa next year, I won’t be able to see my family,” Hajhosseini said. “They can’t come here and I can’t leave. I’ll be doing my Ph.D., so it’ll be a while before I can see them again.” Hajhosseini said she’s thankful for her opportunity to come to America, even if it means her family won’t see her walk across the stage when she eventually graduates. She said leaving behind the oppression she endured in Iran to study in America was well worth the stress of obtaining a visa. “Education was the biggest reason why I left Iran, but that wasn’t the only reason. We want to have a better quality of life, because in Iran it’s unfortunately very low,” Hajhosseini said. “I love Iran, and I’d go back in a heartbeat, but because of the nuclear arms deal cancelation, this is a very bad time to live in Iran. Iran has inflation, oppression, hate and anger. But in America, I feel like I can escape these things while I attend school. I think this is the main reason why we overlook all the difficulties of coming here and trying to apply.” President Trump’s travel ban began on Jan. 27, 2017, when he signed an executive order immediately barring entry into the U.S. for the citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries – Syria, Libya, Iran, Iraq, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. Lawmakers across the country attempted to overturn the executive order, resulting in periods of time when the ban was not in effect. Trump revised the executive order two times, with its most recent iteration taking effect in December 2017. Opposition to the travel ban worked its way to the Supreme Court in June. In a 5-4 ruling, the high court upheld President Trump’s ban and offered a limited endorsement of the president’s executive authority. The ban, dubbed by opponents as a discriminatory “Muslim ban,” currently applies to people from Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia and Yemen. It also placed less serious limits on people from North Korea and Venezuela. According to the latest version of the executive order, President Trump installed the ban because the listed countries “remain deficient at this time with respect to their identity-management and information-sharing
capabilities, protocols, and practices. In some cases, these countries also have a significant terrorist presence within their territory.” Other Iranian students share Hajhosseini’s ambition to leave their difficulties behind them and start new in Buffalo. Ali Hassani*, a first year Ph.D. student in the engineering department, said he wanted to study in America to set himself up for the best career possible. “There are some good universities in Iran, but studying in America would be a dream come true,” Hassani, said. “You present your research to a committee, have to take challenging classes, get to be on an American campus. It’s just so different from Iran.” When Hassani began applying to American universities, President Trump’s executive order went into effect, turning his choice to study abroad into a fight for education. “It was devastating. A bad reputation caused by a few bad people ruined the relationship between Iran and the U.S.,” Hassani said. “Waiting for that visa to come in the mail killed my happiness to come to America. I was so happy to get into UB, but waiting with the uncertainty of whether or not I’d have to defer my first semester of classes made me not happy. When my visa finally got approved I was mad. Not at the U.S., but because it took so long.” Tudini said Iranian students experience road bumps every year, but they’ve been getting increasingly worse as a result of the executive order. Students who have already studied at the university are less likely to experience problems she said, but new potential students from countries affected by the ban should expect a difficult road before arriving on campus. “Generally we’re more concerned with new students because the best indicator of your visa eligibility is if you’ve already received one. Continuing students normally have fewer problems,” Tudini said. “But, Ph.D. students are tricky. We have one student who completed her first year and did not receive a new visa, so it’s likely that the research she did here won’t be that easy to carry over into a different university since it’s so specific to the tools and resources available on our campus. We’re still figuring out a plan for her.” The 10 Iranian students who received visas arrived on campus throughout the last two weeks after completing the visa application all summer. Those who arrived on campus after international orientation –– where international students register for classes and complete mandatory check-in procedures ––
had to submit late arrival request forms, get them approved and find classes with open seats left. “I got my visa on the last possible day before having to defer my classes,” Hassani said. “It arrived in the mail and I packed everything and left for Buffalo immediately. I got here on Saturday, started school on Monday, and had to catch up on all the things I missed at international orientation. It was a stressful first few days.” Additionally, much of the housing near UB’s campuses had been taken. Many apartments require deposits as early as the spring semester. Some students that received visas could not travel to the U.S. for school because they didn’t have a place to stay. Hallet said there is a waiver process allowing students to navigate past the travel ban, but it’s still tricky to gain entry to the U.S. Hallett said the immigration system is opaque and extremely difficult for foreigners to navigate. Although the travel ban has put the issue of immigration under a magnifying glass, she said the immigration system has been less favorable to citizens of Muslim-majority nations since 9/11. Hallett said it’s impossible to determine why one student would receive a single visa as opposed to a multiple visa. “There’s a lot of lawsuits in place arguing that the Trump administration is just claiming there’s a waiver process because so few people are getting waivers,” Hallett said. Hassani also has a two-year multiple visa. He said he can travel back to Iran twice without trouble, but after that he’ll have to stay in America. Hallett recommends students affected by the travel ban to double check their visa status before leaving the country. “My general advice to people who are caught up in one of these policies: if you’re here and you’re studying and want to make sure you can finish your degree, always consult someone before you leave the country,” Hallett said. “For those students who got multiple entry visas: if you’re planning on going home at the end of the year, speak with an attorney or International Student and Scholar Services to make sure you’ll be able to come back to campus safely.”
versity at Buffalo Class of 2022” Facebook group with over 1,800 members, along with others for students at Virginia Tech, University of Colorado and University of Minnesota, among others. OneClass groups, which have names like “June Pearson” and “Kelsey Kolson” — respond they are interested in the site. These accounts are members of a number of other OneClass groups, including the group marketed toward UB students. The Spectrum reached out to three of these accounts asking their affiliation to OneClass’ Facebook groups. The Spectrum got no responses and then was blocked by two account holders. OneClass’ site says it only allows notes “100 percent created by students,” and claims to have a “rigorous system to evaluate each set of notes” and an “internal audit team that checks over all documents on a daily basis.” OneClass’ website states the platform “work[s] closely with faculty members and
professors in ensuring that the site’s guidelines on plagiarism and copyrighted content is in strict accordance with as many academic institutions as possible.” Jack Neary, OneClass’ Director of Growth, declined to respond to questions about OneClass’ relationship with UB or to questions about why copyrighted material, including tests, appeared on the site. UB spokesperson John DellaContrada said UB encourages all students, faculty and staff to engage in “safe and legally compliant sharing of copyrighted materials.” For instance, UB’s Computing and Network Use Policy “explicitly” prohibits using university computing software for “private commercial purposes,” DellaContrada said. “Some individual instructors may independently surveil internet sites for copyright compliance of their own protected content,” DellaContrada said in an email. “The university does not actively monitor the internet for compliance with copyrighted course-related material; the university has resources dedicated to investigating specific complaints or concerns.” UB does not “maintain regular contact” with services such as OneClass and CourseHero, according to DellaContrada. James Magnoli,* who graduated in May 2017, made $900 uploading class notes to StudySoup. Uploading was easy. Sometimes Magnoli felt guilty because some of the
notes came directly from the professor’s lecture. “So I did start putting [citations] on the documents as the last page, saying to ‘refer to [this or that] lecture,’” Magnoli said. “But I do think it is a good thing, the perk for uploading notes was so I could study more and it can’t really be harmful to me.” The notes may have contained copyright material, however, and been harmful to the professors. But for Magnoli, that is a university, not a student issue. “If UB has an issue with these websites, they should be more explicit because when used properly, they can help students,” Magnoli said. On other sites, such as CourseHero, UB materials are labeled under “SUNY Buffalo State College.” Students who sign up for accounts can preview the 74,524 pages of class materials for free and then decide if they want to pay for access. On CourseHero, users are encouraged to upload any material as long as it follows an “instructors’ or institution’s academic honor codes.” CourseHero asks instructors to submit takedown requests if material is uploaded illegally. Of the 74,524 materials on CourseHero, The Spectrum discovered lecture slides from UB computer science, mathematics, microbiology and physics courses. Additionally, quizzes and exams from classes such as DAC 104, “Appreciating Dance,” appeared on CourseHero but were deleted as of Wednesday night. Hutson said the sites encourage students to violate UB’s academic integrity policy. She has started including warnings about buying or selling academic assignments on her syllabi. She said she feels professors like her are now doing a better job at “telling
“Historically, I’ve had a lot of [material] posted and a lot of stuff from our classes, like lab reports from a template that I create –– that part of it is my copyright,” Huston said. “What they add to it they can have a copyright to, but they’re posting the entire thing I’ve created.”
*The name of this individual has been changed because of his concerns about violating Iranian censorship laws. email: max.kalnitz@ubspectrum.com twitter: @Max_Kalnitz
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Wi-Finds: The Spectrum tests internet speeds of 30 UB locations
The strongest and weakest signals on North Campus KIRSTEN DEAN ASSISTANT FEATURES EDITOR
Fall semester is in session and UB’s WiFi is scrambling to accommodate the new and returning users. As the semester picks up, Wi-Fi signals across North Campus vary from place to place. The Spectrum set out to test speeds throughout North Campus and used Ookla’s Speedtest app on an Apple Macbook. We measured the ping, download speed and upload speed of 30 different North Campus locations on Tuesday between 12 and 3 p.m. We then determined the overall best and worst North Campus Wi-Fi rankings based on average ranks of these three aspects. The overall best Wi-Fi on campus is Park Hall, followed by Hochstetter Hall and the Charles B. Sears Law Library. The worst Wi-Fi, coming in last at number 30, is Talbert Hall. Knox Hall, the Student Union and the top two floors of the Oscar A. Silverman Library also ranked among the lowest on our list. Jesse Hartloff, a computer science and engineering professor, examined our “WiFinds” and said while it’s interesting to see the speeds, nothing surprises him. “I feel like the Wi-Fi always settles down during the second week [of classes],” Hartloff said. “It’s better now than it was that first week, no doubt. Every semester, especially the fall, there is a hit in performance.” Hartloff said the amount of Wi-Fi usage and people’s activities on Wi-Fi can affect the speed. “If [students] are using [the Wi-Fi] more heavily, depending on what they’re doing –– if they’re downloading large files or streaming video –– it’s definitely going to affect the Wi-Fi.” Ping is a measurement of the reaction time of the network in milliseconds, or ms. A fast ping means a more responsive connection and ping is important for things like video games, according to Ookla’s website. Out of 30 North Campus locations, FROM PAGE 6 GRAPHIC BY PHUONG VU
NOTE SHARE students explicitly” not to violate copyright laws. “Certainly, I feel like I’m doing as much as I can to educate students and that has been very effective but you’re certainly not going to get everybody,” Hutson said. Jim Atwood, a SUNY Distinguished Professor in chemistry, has a number of his materials online, including old exams and information from course textbooks. Atwood, who coordinates Chemistry 101 for the department, said the materials he gives to his students function as outlines and he doesn’t mind students posting outlines he “freely gives” to them. If the documents are
Bonner Hall had the fastest ping of five ms and Lockwood Memorial Library had the slowest ping of nine ms. The pings, however, are all very similar. “It doesn’t surprise me that the ping is low,” Hartloff said looking at the data. “Anything under 20 ms is effectively instant. The ping doesn’t tell us too much, but the download and upload speeds certainly do.” Download speed, measured in megabits per second, or Mbps, is how fast you can pull data from the server to you, according to Ookla’s website. Downloads can include activities like loading webpages and watching videos. Park Hall had a download speed of 108 Mbps, which was the fastest in our study. The slowest location tested was the second floor of the Silverman Library, with a speed of 7.29 Mbps. “With Seven [ping], you’re going to notice that it feels slow,” Hartloff said. Upload speed, also measured in Mbps, is how fast users send data to others through methods like email and video chat. Jacobs Management Center, according to our study, had the fastest upload speed of 378 Mbps. The slowest speed was Talbert Hall’s speed of 17.1 Mbps. Haley Reganato, a freshman nursing major, said she was surprised Knox Hall was toward the bottom of our rankings, since “so many students have classes there.” “Knox Hall is a little slow for me,” Reganato said. “When I first sit down and open up my laptop, I have to check and make sure [the Wi-Fi] is connected. WiFi is something important that money should go toward, since students take notes and use computers for classes.” Logan Ramhap, a freshman computer science major, looked at our rankings and thought “they all made sense” to him. “I frequent these places so when the Wi-Fi works, it works very well. When it doesn’t work, that’s when you get screwed,” Ramhap said. Take a look at the different speeds we measured and see how your classrooms and study spots rank. email: kirsten.dean@ubspectrum.com twitter: @KirstenUBSpec on Twitter.
copyrighted, like chemistry department lecture slides that use textbook publisher material, it becomes a concern for Atwood. “We have very strong statements about academic integrity in all of our syllabi [in the chemistry department], but I don’t think many of them work,” Atwood said. “I know for a fact many of the students pluck their answers from homeworks on sites where they’re posted. So I punish them the other way, I make sure I use the quizzes that have the same problems [as homeworks] and if they can’t do the problems, although they got the homework, they lose points.” Atwood said if he used more copyrighted > SEE NOTE
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show has held auditions in Western New York. Previously, Buffalonians traveled to other cities or submitted auditions online to get a spot on the show. Idol hopefuls must be between the ages of 15 and 28 years old, an umbrella that covers a large number of UB students.
M&T First Fridays Sept. 7, 10am - 10pm, Albright-Knox Art Gallery RuPaul’s Drag Race: Werq The World On the first Friday of Tour every month, Buffalo’s Sept. 9, 9 pm, Center for the Arts Albright-Knox Art Gallery opens part of the museum to the general public for free. The museum is home to paintings by famous artists like Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, Frida Kahlo, Pablo Picasso and more. At 1:30 p.m., visitors have the opportunity to tour the collection with one of the gallery’s docents for free as part of the M&T First Fridays promotion.
Events happening around Buffalo that you should know about
Game Day Bar Crawl Sept. 9, 12 - 6 pm, Hertel Avenue
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Fall semester has begun and September is in full swing. As we near the end of summer and the beginning of fall, Buffalo has lots to offer students. If you are looking for something fun to do this weekend, here are some activities happening around town this weekend.
Niagara County Peach Festival Sept. 6-9, Lewiston, NY
The Niagara County Peach Festival is a sweet, annual tradition in Western New York. For the first time, the festival will be open four days this year and expects to serve more than 13,000 pounds of locally-grown peaches. The event includes vendors, rides, food, a parade, the crowning of the “Peach Queen,”
Step Out Buffalo is hosting a Game Day Bar Crawl to celebrate the Buffalo Bills’ season opener against the Baltimore Ravens. Tickets are $10 presale and $15 at the door. Crawlers will receive a wristband and can visit all the affiliated bars for discounted drinks and watch the big game at their leisure. This is a 21+ event. Participating bars include The Burning Buffalo, Mac’s, Sidebar, Sterling Tap & Wurst and Wine on Hertel. Participating restaurants are Marco’s and Poutine & Cream.
American Idol: Buffalo Auditions Sept. 9, Canalside, all day
Musical minds will make their way to the foot of Lake Erie this weekend. American Idol is holding open-call auditions at Canalside for Season 2 of the ABC show. Buffalo is stop 17 on the show’s 24-city tour this summer. This is the first time the
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CAMPUS DINING London broil and brisket, and more. Kohl said the decision to change weekend meal credits comes in part from the “greater focus on brunch and continuous dining at C3” as well as “limited resources in terms of staffing.” Kohl said “guests will be able to enjoy a greater variety without the long wait that customers experienced in the past at Ellicott Food Court.” He said CDS’ culinary team worked over the summer to create “new and exciting” menu items that were showcased and surveyed by staff and students. “In talking with students last year, we found out that students were looking for elevated brunch items and more variety,” Kohl said. He said many of the menu items students ordered from the Ellicott Food Court last year can now be found at C3, Goodyear and Governors as part of the brunch menu. Kohl said CDS has received several positive comments on the changes in the brunch menu, although the fall semester has just started. He said they will “continue to talk to our
guests and make changes where we can to make it a great dining experience.” Students in the Ellicott Complex on Saturday, such as Jahurul Sakib, said they are concerned with the changes. Sakib, a sophomore mechanical engineering major, said he ate at C3 “a lot of times” last year and “got sick of it.” “At the end of the day, it’s a business, so I get where they’re coming from,” Sakib said. “Still, C3 doesn’t let you take food out with containers, and a lot of kids I think would want to have that food to go.” Sakib said he uses Campus Cash this semester but used the “Any 19 Plan” last year. He said although he doesn’t use the meal plan now, he thinks the changes place a limit on other students during the weekends. “As a freshman, I remember that so many meals went down the drain,” Sakib said. “UB doesn’t do a good enough job, too, at letting freshman know how they can use their meals. If CDS is limiting us to use our meal plans, then I think it’s especially important for new students to know how to wisely use them when these changes happen.” Abubakry Tunkara, a junior public health major, was “surprised” to find out about the changes. “It’s inconsiderate to students like myself and the whole UB community. I’m speaking for everyone here that we have to use Dining Dollars when we simply can use our meals in [Ellicott Complex],” Tunkara said. “C3 doesn’t have the best of food and especially on the weekends, it’s not a convenient move for everybody. Even though we get to use meal credits at other places like the Student Union, or C3, but you’re going to get tired of eating the same thing from 9 a.m. until close.” Tunkara said CDS should host an on-campus event where students can “speak out” toward new dining changes like this one. “I pay $2,890 for the block 260 plan. That’s very expensive. With that, tuition, and room and board, it’s a lot,” Tunkara said. “We go through a lot as students, so I feel like meal credits should be available to us at these dinner hours, especially on the weekends.” email: enjamin.blanchet@ubspectrum.com twitter @BenjaminUBSpec.
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Returning to form Soccer team starts season strong after disappointing starts the last two seasons THOMAS ZAFONTE SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR
Road games have not treated the Bulls kindly in recent seasons. Despite the talent on the team, Buffalo has never been able to string wins together, often stumbling in away games. It is something that head coach Shawn Burke has called a “major issue” in the past, with Buffalo going 4-104 on the road these past two seasons. Four games into this season however, things have already changed. Buffalo is 3-1 on the road with all three wins coming in shutouts. Burke said that the experienced players on his team leave egos off the field, which has helped freshmen players come in and step up their performance. The Bulls (3-1, 0-0 Mid-American Conference) started the season in a “trial through fire,” according to Burke, with a long four-game road trip that concluded this past Sunday. “We are so much further ahead than we have been in past seasons and its only been four games,” Burke said. “Confidence is at a high, the freshmen players we do have are key for us and this team isn’t even at 100 percent yet.” Burke said that he has confidence in all his starting players as they know the “accountability” they have in the game. To Burke, a player who can consistently produce for the team is a player who will help lead through the year. Senior forward and team captain Carissima Cutrona was one player Burke said
he knew he could rely on going into the season. Cutrona is entering her third year as a captain and already has three goals and three assists this season. “Everyone knows their role on the team and I think that’s why we have been successful at both ends,” Cutrona said. Cutrona and sophomore forward Marcy Barberic share chemistry on the field. Burke said it was their ability to find each other at the net that makes them so dangerous. Cutrona said that Barberic has been “amazing” to play with and has made large improvements in just one year. “I knew all the way back at the start of spring that Marcy and Carissima were going to be upfront,” Burke said. “It is rare you ever know something like that so early but it was just so easy to see the moment we put them together.” Both Cutrona and Burke admitted that closing games on the road had been difficult for the team, but this season their worries are already gone. The Bulls scored a goal in all four games this season, after starting last season with three straight road losses. “It is great that we are scoring but I know we can still do better,” Cutona said. “That’s what we plan to do, really just try to take it one game at a time and play better than we did last week.” Offense hasn’t solely led to Buffalo’s early success. A strong defense has always been a cornerstone of Burke and his coaching staff, with this year’s team already having results. Freshmen goalkeeper Emily Kelly has recorded 22 saves this season and three shutouts. Burke said that she has been “super impressive” and claims she is one
of the best athletes he has ever coached. “She pounces on the ball like a cat,” said senior defender Rebecca Bramble. “One second the ball will be coming in like ten yards away from her and the next she just got the save. She will do next to anything to stop the ball, it’s great.” Bramble enters her fourth year with the Bulls and even though she was “a little nervous” about playing with a new goalkeeper this year, Kelly quickly made her think differently. “She was just ready to go the first time I ever played with her,” Bramble said. During the off-season, Burke said the combination of Kelly at goal and a strong defensive unit was something that could turn the Bulls into a dominant force defensively. Burke said the first four games showed him proof of the defense’s success “The entire defense is great,” Kelly said.
After a 48-10 romp of Delaware State last week, the Bulls will head to Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia to take on the Temple Owls. Temple (0-1) is coming off a seasonopening loss to FCS team Villanova Wildcats (1-0). Football Championship Subdivision is a division below the Football Bowl Subdivision; both Buffalo and Temple play in the FBS. Still, the past three times Buffalo and Temple have played one another the Bulls (1-0) were outscored 113-13. There is room for hope for Bulls fans as the last matchup took place in 2011 and Buffalo
has one of the best and deepest offenses the program has ever seen. Temple has not lost back-to-back nonconference games since head coach Geoff Collins took over the program in 2016. Leading the offense will be redshirt-senior quarterback Frank Nutile. Nutile was 1832 for 185 yards a touchdown and two interceptions in the loss to Villanova. Nutile will be throwing to redshirt-sophomore wide receiver Branden Mack and redshirt-senior wide receiver Ventell Bryant. The two combined for 12 catches and 134 yards that Nutile threw. Senior running back Ryquell Armstead will have to improve upon his 14-carry 31-yard performance to give Temple’s offense a chance. The unit going against Temple is not
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Senior forward Carissima Cutrona dribbles through the midfield. Cutrona leads the team with nine points on the season, including three goals in her past two games.
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“They just make it so much easier and really help me out there. My confidence could not be higher in my team right now.” Burke said the defense was something he knew could easily grow, thanks to experienced players like Bramble and junior defender Gurjeena Jandu being able to teach new players. Bramble said she is now a more vocal part of the team, something she does to be a better leader on the field. Burke said the team feels it is its shared responsibility that has made the start of the season successful. Buffalo’s next game will be its home opener Thursday night at UB Stadium against the Canisius Golden Griffins (2-11), and start at 7 p.m. “To be honest, these Western New York rivalry games are nice but we should easily be the top soccer program here,” Burke said. “It is great if we can compete with those teams, but I want to compete with big conference teams and show what this program is capable of.”
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going to back down. Buffalo touts out a solid defensive front seven that forced four fumbles against Delaware State (01) led by NFL prospect, senior linebacker Khalil Hodge. Hodge totaled eight tackles in the win despite not playing the full game. Joining Hodge is senior defensive end Chuck Harris who was named to the third team All Mid-American Conference last season and freshman linebacker James Patterson. Patterson is the only freshman starting on the defense and had four tackles and a forced fumble in his first game as a Bull. The secondary includes senior free safety Brandon Williams who donned Solomon Jackson’s number 41 in the season opener. Head coach Lance Leipold said
he saw a lot of similarity between the two and gave Williams the honor to wear it as the Bulls rotate the number around this season. Leipold said in a press conference Tuesday that he is nervous about the size difference between his secondary and Temple’s wide receivers. Williams stands at 5 feet 11 inches and will have to match up against Temple’s wide receivers Bryant and Mack who stand at 6 feet 3 inches and 6 feet 5 inches, respectively. Offensively, much will be the same for the Bulls. Leipold had no reports of any injuries that will hamper the team. Junior quarterback Tyree Jackson is coming off a career week where he threw six touchdowns in just over two quarters of action. Jackson was named the MAC East Offensive Player of the Week because of the performance. Jackson has all his weapons available including graduate transfer George Rushing. Rushing caught two passes for two touchdowns on Saturday. Rushing brings more than his passcatching ability to the Bulls. His experience at Wisconsin allowed him to play in much larger Big-10 stadiums. With the Bulls playing in an NFL stadium, he will be able to provide guidance to the offense as they play in a much larger setting. Rushing has also taken some of the redshirtfreshman like Isaiah King and Rodney Scott under his wing to teach them how to be better football players. His impact should be much broader than his on-field ability as he completes his one year of eligibility with the program. This game will be decided by special teams. Since 2014 they have led the NCAA in blocked kicks. UB senior kicker Adam Mitcheson and redshirt-freshman Evan Finegan might have to quicken their approaches to limit the opportunities the Owls get. Temple had two blocked kicks in its week one loss. The game is scheduled to kickoff on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. and will be broadcasted on ESPN3. email: nathaniel.mendelson@ubspectrum.com twitter: @NateMendelson
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(left) Senior free safety Brandon Williams tackles a Delaware State player. Williams typically wears number 14 but wore number 41 in Saturday’s game to honor teammate Solomon Jackson.