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Bowling for revenge Bulls take on Falcons looking to avenge last season’s loss Tom Dinki
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Bowling Green ended Buffalo’s – arguably the most talented in team in the football team’s history – chances at a Mid-American Conference championship last season. The Falcons defeated the Bulls 24-7 in what was essentially a MAC East Championship game Nov. 29. Bowling Green went on to defeat No. 16 Northern Illinois 47-27 for the conference title. “All summer that’s what our motivation was,” said senior left guard Andre Davis. “When Bowling Green beat us, that took away our title shot and that’s what we want this year.” The Bulls (3-2, 1-0 MAC) travel to Bowling Green, Ohio this weekend to face the reigning MAC-champion Falcons (3-2, 1-0 MAC). But Buffalo will play a much different Bowling Green team Saturday than in previous seasons. After leaning on a strong defense under previous head coach Dave Clawson, the Falcons have been relying on their offense to cover for their suspect defense this season under first-year head coach Dino Babers. Bowling Green allowed MAC teams to score just 12 points a game over the previous two seasons. The Falcons surrendered 42 points to UMass (0-5, 0-1 MAC) last week in their first conference game. “Their defense has been the reason they’ve been so successful [in the past],” said head coach Jeff Quinn. “Certainly they’re now having to outscore opposing offenses.” The Falcons are are giving up the
fifth most points per game in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) this season. Bowling Green graduated Ted Ouellet, its 2013 sacks leader, BooBoo Gates, who was tied for first in interceptions last season and Aaron Foster, who led the Falcons in pass breakups. Senior defensive back Ryland Ward, who tied for the team lead in interceptions last season, missed the Falcons’ previous game against UMass with an injury. Senior linebacker D.J. Lynch, Bowling Green’s leading tackler in 2013, has played in only two games this season due to injury. Bowling Green’s offense has also been hit with injuries. The Falcons lost senior quarterback and preseason All-MAC first-team selection Matt Johnson to a season-ending hip injury in their season-opening 59-31 loss to Western Kentucky (2-2, 0-1 Conference USA). But the loss of Johnson hasn’t seemed to hinder the Falcons’ passhappy offensive approach. Sophomore quarterback James Knapke averages 47 passes a game, including a season-high 73 throws in a 45-42 victory over Indiana (2-2, 0-1 Big Ten) on Sept. 13. Knapke has been productive, throwing for 1,238 yards and seven touchdowns in four games as a starter. He also takes a few gambles with his passes and has thrown six interceptions. Knapke’s top target is a freshman wide receiver Roger Lewis, who has 44 receptions, 582 yards and three touchdowns. His “speed is very evident on film,” Quinn said.
Alternative rock band Bayside to perform in Buffalo
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Anthony Raneri of alternative band Bayside remembers when the band played shows in front of unpredictable audiences – some of which ended in police intervention. At a show at Club Infinity in Buffalo in 2011, Raneri recalls police coming in to help a girl who was injured crowd surfing. When the police arrived, the officers requested the alternative-rock quad stop playing. They didn’t. Not until the police abruptly ended Bayside’s set by cutting the power to the concert venue. The power was cut in the middle of a guitar solo in the final song of the set. The fans weren’t pleased. Backstage after the show, the lead singer was worried the promoter would be upset with the band for not listening to the police and for someone getting injured. He said he was shocked when the promoter came in and said, “That was the best ending of the show I’ve ever seen.” “We’ve had shows that have fallen apart like that, where we can’t even finish our last song and people start chanting and everyone is all riled up,” Raneri said in a phone interview with The Spectrum. “As much as it sucks someone was hurt, it was really cool to go out that way.” The band will be performing at The Waiting Room on Oct. 8 and The Spectrum had the opportunity to speak with Raneri about Bayside’s history, future and latest album. The lead singer of Bayside, an alternative punk band, admits the band doesn’t play “those types of venues” anymore. After more than a decade of performing, the group has learned how to feed off the crowd’s energy. He loves “people singing along, getting sweaty and moving around.” In 2000, a young Raneri and his bandmates drove to a New Found Glory show on Long Island hoping to give the pop punk group their demo CD. While riding the Long Island Rail Road, the guys realized their CD was unlabeled. New Found Glory wouldn’t know who they were listening to. When they reached the Bayside train station, they scribbled it down. The name stuck. None of them knew how much success the band would achieve.
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Winter comes early to UB
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Junior Chenquin Xu rides on one of the three rail features from ski resort Kissing Bridge, which sponsored Shussmeisters’ Fifth Season Festival Thursday on the hill next to Lake LaSalle. Although it was 74 degrees, riders could pull out their snowboards for a day of fun gliding on ice shavings from local rinks. See a full photo gallery on The Spectrum’s Facebook page.
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Since signing with Victory Records in 2003, the group has successfully released six albums, the latest being “Cult.” They’ve gone on to three different labels, currently working under Hopeless Records. Bayside has performed with bands like Fall Out Boy. Billy Joel makes an appearance on their latest EP. Raneri said it’s important the band maintain the sound they’ve developed over the years. They don’t feel the need to reinvent themselves, he said. “We’ve never made a record and said we’re going to try all kinds of new stuff, we’re going to reinvent our sound, we are getting tired of this … you’re hearing differences in ‘Killing Time’ from this newer album, it comes more from the process than the intention,” Raneri said. “We never want to sound like a different band.” In Queens in 2000, the four-man band played for friends, family and anyone else who would listen. They moved up to playing local venues like The Paramount, pushing their sound and working toward stardom. Bayside began to tour, opening for bigger names in the industry, like Fall Out Boy in an effort to prove their worth. “We would play a show for thousands of people who weren’t there to see us,” Raneri said. “They didn’t know our music and didn’t care, because we were just the opener … I would rather play a show for five people who know and enjoy my music than 1,000 strangers.” Bayside has continuously generated records, putting their first three out within four years. The Walking Wounded and Shudder were written while on tour, because the band couldn’t afford to take time off to be in the studio. SEE BAYSIDE, PAGE 2
David Harary is tired of seeing students’ research papers – his own included – “go to waste.” Undergrads spend hours toiling over computer keyboards, compiling data and color coding graphs to create massive pieces of academic writing – but many of those papers don’t see much life once they’ve passed through a professor’s red pen. So Harary has founded what he sees as a way to create a community of students focused on research and development. It’s an international student-run think tank, anchored at the University at Buffalo with partnering branches at other universities. He calls it the Center for Development and Strategy. “All of this stuff that these kids created went absolutely nowhere,” he said. “And I think the reason why is because they don’t know about the research process. They don’t know how to submit a research paper to a journal and they’re not given these tools and resources.” He said his group is the second studentrun think tank in the country, and the second student-run international think tank in the world – as far as he could tell after an extensive Google search yielded few things similar to what Harary has founded. He wants students to not only have a place to publish their works, but also network and connect with other student researchers. He founded it in May and, in addition to UB, it already has branches at the University at Albany, University of Toronto, University of Oxford and University College London. The senior economics, geography and international trade major said he didn’t know what he was doing when he first started getting involved in research – he doesn’t want other students to have the same problem. He didn’t know what a literature review was or how to conduct data analysis and he
said there was no one from the university guiding him through the process. Harary was completely “independent” and had to learn everything on his own, he said. The first student-run think tank was the Roosevelt Institute Campus Network, which was started by students of Stanford University and Yale University. “And now we’re being founded in UB and that’s something I think the campus can really be proud of,” Harary said. Harary’s organization will teach students about the research process, give them the opportunity to get involved in research and allow students to publish their research. A think tank is an organization that sponsors research on specific problems, encourages the discovery of solutions to those problems and facilitates interaction among scientists and intellectuals in pursuit of these goals, according to the National Center for Policy Analysis. It officially started with a Facebook group over the summer – after the idea percolated in Harary’s head over two to three years as he worked as an undergraduate researcher. He used Facebook get members together – there are now 13 staff members and a number of researchers – and collect $10 from each to start up their webpage, which has a few postings live now. The think tank’s online presence includes a blog, which only members can submit to and pieces that will go into the group’s first journal of student research, which it will publish in December. UB offers research opportunities like the Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities, or CURCA. The organization provides students with possible research opportunities through the university. Harary said resources at CURCA – like providing grants for students to do their own research – are helpful. SEE THINK TANK, PAGE 4
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Four Spectrum editors earn finalist spots in national journalism competitions
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Three former editors and one current editor of The Spectrum have been nominated as finalists for award categories with the Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) and the College Media Association (CMA). On Sept. 22, ACP announced Lisa Khoury, former managing editor, as a finalist for the Story of the Year category for her “Animal Heights” piece. Brian Keschinger, former creative director, created a cover spread of Khalil Mack that is a finalist for Design of the Year. Chad Cooper, senior photo editor, is a Photo Excellence finalist for his photo of a student break dancing. CMA also announced Aaron Mansfield, former editor in chief, as sports finalist in the 2013-14 Pinnacle awards for Best Sports Columnist. Keschinger’s Khalil Mack cover spread is also a CMA Design finalist for Best Newspaper Sports Page/Spread. “I’ve known for a long time how special and great this paper is,” said Sara DiNatale, editor in chief of The Spectrum. “But getting that recognition on a national level just shows the public the secret of The Spectrum.” Mansfield, now studying sports management in a master’s program at University of Massachusetts Amherst, said it was a joy for him to hear his former editors were finalists for national awards. “During my time at the paper, The Spectrum was loaded with talent,” he said. “These three folks
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were among the most gifted, no doubt, but also separated themselves with persistence. They floored me on a daily basis. It was a special day for me to hear about their recognition.” The Spectrum has won 14 national awards in the past four years. “These awards validate the hard work these students have done and proves our students can compete nationally with schools that have larger programs,” said Jody Kleinberg Biehl, director of UB’s Journalism Certificate Program and adviser to The Spectrum. UB offers a certificate program in journalism and not a major or minor. Last semester, Mansfield won a Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Mark of Excellence award for his sports columns. He also received a SPJ Mark of Excellence Award with Sam Fernando, former senior news editor, for general news reporting. Khoury received an SPJ Mark of Excellence Award for indepth reporting and earned first place for the Camayak Student Media Competition Award in Best Investigative Journalism Production for her article “The Heights of Fear” in 2013. One year later, her investigative piece “Animal Heights” is an ACP finalist for Story of the Year. “I spent seven months writing ‘Animal Heights,’ so after you pour your heart and soul into something, it feels great when others recognize your hard work and want to award you for it,” Khoury said.
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The announcement of the photo excellence nomination surprised Cooper because he did not expect to win any photo awards after not hearing from other large competitions. “It’s really cool to finally have an award for the photo desk and also for Brian to have a creative award because that’s the first time we’ve had anything on the creative side of awards,” he said. “It’s always been writing pieces. Hopefully one of the four or all four of us can bring home first place.” Keschinger, now studying game development at DePaul University, said being a finalist justified all the late nights in the office. For the Khalil Mack spread, he bounced ideas for the spread with Mansfield a month before the issue ran. They took inspiration from different EA sports video game covers designs. “I don’t think it’s a coincidence that more than one of us was nominated,” Khoury said. “We may have been working on separate stories, photos or projects, but our passion for journalism was contagious in that newsroom and we motivated each other.” DiNatale said in the time she has been with the paper, she has seen a lot of growth and expansion. She hopes the staff can continue to garner similar nominations in the future. “I’m just really proud of everyone who was involved in making these nominations possible,” she said. email: news@ubspectrum.com
Continued from Preview, page 1 The Falcons’ ground attack is led by preseason All-MAC firstteam selection junior running back Travis Greene, who was the only running back in the conference to run for more yards (1,594) than former Bull Branden Oliver (1,535) last season. Greene has begun this year with 466 yards and six touchdowns. Bowling Green “wants to throw the ball but then they get closer to the goal line they want to run the ball a little bit more,” Quinn said. The Falcons run a quick tempo offense similar to Baylor’s, according to Quinn, and Bowling Green and Buffalo are similar teams. “When you really look at these [Buffalo and Bowling Green’s] offenses, they’re very comparable in a lot of respects,” Quinn said. “When I talk about defense, that’s probably the biggest focus. I’m sure they’re discussing it just as equally as we are.” The Bulls and the Falcons both score more than 33 points a game and allow more than 34 points. Buffalo improved its defense in recent weeks, giving up just seven points to Norfolk State (1-4, 0-1 Mid-Eastern Atlantic Conference) Sept. 13 and keeping Miami Ohio out of rhythm last week by forcing 26 incompletions. Buffalo’s offense has been consistent all season with the guidance of junior quarterback Joe Licata, who was thrown for 14 touchdowns and 1,375 yards. Junior running back Anthone Taylor emerged last week with a career-high 222 rushing yards and three touchdowns. Taylor will have to carry the load again Saturday, as sophomore running back Jordan Johnson will miss his second straight game with a knee injury. Buffalo has faced Bowling
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Falcons’ junior running back Travis Greene has ran for 466 yards and six touchdowns this season. The Bulls travel to Bowling Green to face the Falcons Saturday.
Green in the season finale for three straight years – all losses. The Bulls have not defeated the Falcons since Quinn’s first year in 2010. Quinn believes having a game against Bowling Green early in the season will allow his team to evaluate itself. “Anytime you get a chance to compete against a program that has faired out very well over the last few years,” Quinn said. “I think all of us as a program recognize how important it is to have a great week and get measured up.” This is only Buffalo’s second road game this season. The Bulls lost 47-39 at Army (1-3) on Sept. 6. Quinn said his team “certainty didn’t fare out too well” in their first road game, but his team has “learned from that experience.” Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. at Doyt Perry Stadium. The game will be shown on ESPN3. email: sports@ubspectrum.com
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It wasn’t until Killing Time that the band took time to create an album in the studio and stopped touring. Raneri said Cult was written the same way as their earlier albums, completed in 14 days. Bayside has been a band for 14 years, and its current members have been together for the past nine years. Amid writing music and touring, Raneri said the band has not lost its sense of unity. They lost two members in 2004 due to musical differences, and a third in 2005 after a tragic car accident. “We’ve never replaced a member and felt that we weren’t as good, or thought an instrument was now lacking,” he said. “We’ve had this lineup for a while now, since 2005, 2006. [For] a pretty long time it’s been the four of us. We’ve made four records together, so we’re a pretty solid unit.” The band will perform at The Waiting Room on Oct. 8. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Lester has not been the No. 1 shutdown corner for the Bulls he was supposed to be this season. He did record six pass breakups last week, with four coming in the fourth quarter when Buffalo was holding onto the lead. Lester will have to step up Saturday if the Bulls are going to limit Bowling Green’s pass offense. Knapke is going to throw a lot, and he will probably go after Lester, as RedHawks’ quarterback Andrew Hendrix did last week. The key for Lester is to not allow the big play down the field, especially if he is asked to cover Rogers. Buffalo’s ‘D’ has allowed too many big plays to opposing offenses so far this season. In four out of five games, the Bulls have given up a touchdown pass longer than 32 yards. email: sports@ubspectrum.com
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Editorial Board EDITOR IN CHIEF
Sara DiNatale
MANAGING EDITOR
Owen O’Brien OPINION EDITOR
Tress Klassen COPY EDITORS
Rachel Kramer Alyssa McClure NEWS EDITORS
Amanda Low, Senior Samaya Abdus-Salaam, Asst. Giselle Lam, Asst. FEATURES EDITORS
Emma Janicki, Senior Sharon Kahn Sushmita Gelda, Asst. ARTS EDITORS
Jordan Oscar, Senior Brian Windschitl Tori Roseman, Asst. SPORTS EDITORS
Tom Dinki, Senior Andy Koniuch Jordan Grossman, Asst. PHOTO EDITORS
Chad Cooper, Senior Juan David Pinzon Yusong Shi CARTOONIST
Amber Sliter CREATIVE DIRECTORS
Jenna Bower Gelareh Malekpour, Asst.
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Helene Polley ADVERTISING MANAGER
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When it comes to wage increases, the bar is set low New living wage law in New York City is a step in the right direction but doesn’t go far enough State governments are beginning to chip away at the economic inequality that plagues the country, at a painfully gradual pace. In the past year, 13 states and four cities raised their minimum wage, including Seattle’s dramatic adoption of a $15-per-hour minimum. As President Obama’s effort to raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10 remains woefully stuck in political quagmire, New York City joined others in attempting to improve the quality of life of those at the bottom of economic food chain – to a very limited extent. It took an executive order from New York Mayor Bill de Blasio to raise the current living wage by just over a dollar. Currently at $11.90, the new living wage will be $13.13, for employees who don’t receive benefits. The new wage will only apply to businesses located in buildings that receive more than $1 million in city subsidies, and excludes nonprofits, developers of affordable housing and businesses making less than $3 million. All told, the new wage should affect about 18,000 workers, many of whom are fast-food or retail employees. It’s better than nothing, but that’s about it. De Blasio ran on a platform of economic equity for New Yorkers, aiming to eliminate income inequality, expand paid sick leave and build affordable housing. The limitations of this wage increase offer little encouragement that he will achieve his ambitious goals. The delay in passing the law – which he had originally promised to accomplish by
the end of February – makes it even more difficult to believe in de Blasio’s ability to get things done. His intentions are admirable but his methods are far from impressive. It’s also worrisome that it took an executive action to accomplish this task. The lack of support, and the outright opposition, from business owners is not only surprising but also demoralizing. Although it’s understandable businesses consider profits their priority, that shouldn’t overshadow the plight of their employees. In a city where 46 percent of the working population is making less than 150 percent of the poverty threshold – a recognized marker for economic struggle – and 17 percent of families with a full-time worker living in poverty, a wage increase that will take five years to impact and then only impact 18,000 people is simply not enough. For those who are affected, the law is an excellent marker of progress, raising annual income by about $10,000, but if de Blasio is serious about eliminating income inequality, he must pass a more extensive law. Though de Blasio seems serious about eventually raising the minimum wage in addition to the living wage, “eventually” is not a satisfactory answer when New Yorkers are working full time and still struggling to pay the rent. The national trend of increased wages is encouraging but its impact is far too limited and sporadic. A national increase in wages is the ultimate but for now unrealistic goal, but a statewide measure would certainly make strides in
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equalizing the economic status of employees on a large-scale level. De Blasio hopes to push for a state minimum wage of $10.10 an hour, if Democrats take control of the state Senate in November. The element of sus-
pense generated by the political game is unwelcome and unavoidable, but fortunately it empowers individuals to play a role in raising their wages – so long as they remember to get out and vote. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com
Patience is a virtue, Marrone Letter to the editor Decision to bench Bills QB EJ Manuel is hasty and ill-advised Apparently Bills head coach Doug Marrone has forgotten there are 16 games in an NFL season. It’s about the long haul, not the short term. Or maybe Marrone was overcome by delusions of grandeur after the teams’ glorious and surprising 2-0 start to the season. The following two losses brought Marrone, and the Bills’ fan base plummeting back to reality, yanked abruptly from the exclusive gang of undefeated teams and into the .500 club. Whatever the cause, Marrone’s decision to bench second-year quarterback EJ Manuel in favor of back-up Kyle Orton is myopic and reeks of panic. But it’s too early to be panicking. A 2-2 record might not be much to brag about but it doesn’t merit such a dramatic move – one that quashes the clearly stilldeveloping skill set of the Bills’ young quarterback and exacerbates his greatest weaknesses by undermining his confidence. Actually, Marrone’s decision, which he has stated was entirely on his own terms, doesn’t just undermine whatever belief Manuel may have had in himself, but instead completely destroys it. For a young quarterback who is still learning and trying to sharpen his mental game, this is absolutely devastating. Perhaps shattering Manuel’s self-esteem and disrupting the team camaraderie with the imposition of a new leader would be worthwhile if the guy replacing Manuel wasn’t a career backup. Kyle Orton, the new Bills quarterback, has played behind quarterbacks for five different teams, went a full year without playing in a game and saw his tenure with the Denver Broncos end with the entrance of Tim Tebow.
Orton, who is 31 years old and already facing questions about retirement, isn’t the answer. He may not have made the mistakes that Manuel has, but that’s because he hasn’t had the chance. The odds that Orton could have performed better against the Texans, with the monstrous (that’s a compliment) J.J. Watt flying in his face every other play seem minimal. Manuel is clearly not living up to Marrone’s standards right now, but without the chance to play, or the opportunity to practice with first-string players, he never will. The Bills’ front office needs to not only continue to support Manuel, and give him more time to develop, but supply him with the offensive weapons and effective game plans that he and the rest of the team needs in order to win games. Marrone’s priority should be winning games. Instead, he seems more interesting in saving his job. With a new owner at the helm and increasing demand to finally make it to the playoffs, Marrone is clearly feeling the pressure. But his anxiety shouldn’t transfer to the playing field, or the roster. This season, in its entirety, should have been devoted to developing, evaluating and improving Manuel. Instead, Marrone’s impatience and what looks like an unnecessary desire to impress the Pegulas with decisive action led to an unneeded and dramatic change that spells trouble for the Bills. Manuel needs more time. He deserves more chances. And after spending their first-round pick on him, the Bills’ front office should be willing to give that to him. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com
Editor’s note: This letter is written in reference to an article published titled “Students to pay higher mandatory student activity fee,” which ran Sept. 29. In an election open to the entire student body, only about 5 percent of students showed up to the polls. The majority of those voters favored a $10 increase to the mandatory student activity, bringing it to $104.74 each semester. The vote also included whether students wanted to keep the fee at all.
Dear Editor, A 5 percent turnout? You know there are laws demanding new elections and scrapping the old if the turnout is that low in many countries. That percentage is statistically able to represent the entire population, sure, but without any demographic data from the vote to be confident in this, I don’t think that this 5 percent was. I think the 5 percent was made up mostly of people already in clubs, because they have the most at stake with the mandatory student fee, and the structure to educate their members about the vote. Raising that fee is like voting to raise the budget to the clubs they’re in – why wouldn’t they? This logic is heavily biased by the fact that I had no idea the elections were going on, and I missed them. I had no idea what the issues were, who was running, where the polls were. I admit that. I also admit that as a “citizen” of the university, I should’ve looked that information up as soon as I got here. Forgive me, I still haven’t taken civics. However, with a 5 percent turnout, and with the reasonable guess that those who voted would have a much higher chance of being in a club or association, it looks from out here much like a small fragment of the population using our ignorance (directly by not putting an effort into voter education and
knowing they should, or indirectly by not worrying about it) to achieve their own ends. I don’t like the idea, but it is a really simple answer to the questions I’ve had since reading the article. Occam’s razor is fun like that. Simpler answers include: No one cares, or we were busy, right? If no one cared about the $10.00 increase to their mandatory fee, and if they aren’t in a club or association and aren’t utilizing any of that fee for themselves, and since this is a public school with presumably lower tuition rates so a higher percentage of people going that care about their budgets ... I’d guess more than 5 percent would turn up, especially if they could do away with the $100.00 fee forever. If we were busy, then wouldn’t the existence of only one polling day disproportionally affect those who have busier schedules? I haven’t joined a club yet because I haven’t had time to, and I’m sure many people in my degree program feel the same. Just because we’ve been too busy to vote, doesn’t mean we wouldn’t if we had a free second. Early voting exists in many states of the United States for reasons like these, right? Why not here? Because the costs would be too high? How, in administrative costs of the extra days of polling, or because you’re afraid the busy budget minded folks would say no? I, of course, would’ve voted yes – I want to join a club one day. But I cannot let my agreement with the decision allow me to sit idly by when it doesn’t look like a legitimate poll. I will not condemn the Student Association entirely yet, but I’d like these concerns of mine answered, if you please. Best wishes, Jacob Puritz Student (sophomore transfer)
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À La Mode: Style Guide Subculture style, Vol. 3 EMMA JANICKI
SENIOR FEATURES EDITOR
Typically, people look back on the 1960s and think of hippies and mods like Twiggy. But they’re only part of the story – a kind of confusing story. Rude boys influenced mods, which then split into two subcultures. This led to the creation of the skinhead subculture, which became integral to influencing the look of “the casuals.” English subcultures feel like a rabbit hole, where one subculture morphs into or influences another. The mod style began in the 1950s and was more “subtle and subdued in appearance” than the teddy boys who wore extravagant suits, according to Dick Hebdige, the author of Subculture: The Meaning of Style. Female mods wore clothing that was directly opposed to the iconic poofy poodle skirt their
mainstream counterparts wore. Like rude boys, mods grew up during the influx of immigration to Britain from the West Indies. They listened to reggae and ska, bought records with the money they made from work and carved out a space in the underground world of music and art for themselves. The split in the mod scene between “hard mods” and those with the “look” began in 1966, according to Hebdige. Hard mod style was the foundation for the skinhead culture that took an “aggressively proletarian, puritanical and chauvinist” stance against society, Hebdige wrote. Skinheads cut their hair much shorter than the hard mods, but both played on the original slim style of the mods. Brian Windschitl, The Spectrum’s arts editor and a junior English major, and I used some of the iconic mod styles to create our looks for the day. Windschitl is in
a plain white short-sleeve button up, Levi jeans and black Converse. I’m wearing a navy blue, white collared sweater from Ann Taylor, an H&M denim mini skirt, red American Apparel suspenders, red socks and my mom’s combat boots from her time in the Army. While the skinhead subculture may sound jarring if you associate them only with white power – I assure you, being a skinhead and being a racist is an image predominately created by the media and true for only a tiny portion of skinheads – looking to hard mods for style inspiration will introduce you to a world of some of the best music and fashion around. Mod style is one of the simpler subcultures – all you need is a pair of boots, rolled up jeans and a button-up shirt. Some mods wore “braces,” aka suspenders, like skinheads but many did not. Female mods had a uniform as
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Historical photos and posters hang above the stacks in Lockwood Memorial Library and in the Oscar A. Silverman Library and while many students may not notice them during study sessions, the prints are available for sale online through the Library Store.
ers hanging on the walls nor that they could buy them, the Library Store has customers from across the United States and Europe. The highest selling print from the Library Store is a photograph of James Joyce strumming his guitar, according to Kathleen Quinlaven, the curator of the Digital Arts Collections. Other photographs available for purchase include the author lying on a wall in Zurich with Nora Joyce, portraits of the author as a child and a formal portrait of the Joyce family. James Joyce was a novelist and poet of Irish descent who composed works including Ulysses and
consistent as that of their male counterparts. They wore mini skirts, combat or work boots, brogues, button-up shirts or collared sweaters. Many mod girls wore the “Chelsea,” or feather cut, haircut – they would have thick bangs, kept the sides of their hair long and then shaved the whole back of their head. To bring the mod look into your life, if you’re so inclined, listen to
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When students’ heads are buried in textbooks or staring into a computer screen, they often overlook the framed photographs and drawings or vintage publications hanging on the walls of Lockwood Memorial Library and the Oscar A. Silverman Library. UB Libraries Library Store offers approximately 100 pieces on display in the two libraries for sale. Every print or poster purchased has historical relevance to either the City of Buffalo, like publications from the 1901 Pan-American Exposition, or to the history of UB. The majority of the items for sale are from print works published before 1923 and are considered public domain, according to the Library Store’s website. “I’ve never really noticed the existence of any prints in Lockwood,” said Ginette Malpartida, a sophomore undecided major. “To be honest, when I think of Lockwood, the first thing that comes to mind is computer jungle.” Although students may not have noticed the prints and post-
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Dubliners. The James Joyce Collection at UB contains more than 10,000 pages of Joyce’s papers, notebooks, correspondence, manuscripts and photographs. Other high-selling prints include selections from the illustrations for “The Defense of Guenevere,” a poem by William Morris. Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh composed the illustrations in the late 1890s. The Bison, UB’s student newspaper of the 1920s, is a popular selling group of prints because of its “risqué and controversial nature,” said Scott Hollander, the web manager and interim coordinator for UB’s Digital Collections.
The Library Store hosts a number of photographs of important historical figures including pictures from Richard Nixon’s speech at the now abolished Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo on Oct. 7, 1968; the poet Dylan Thomas smoking a brown cigar in New York City in 1953; and Robert Frost playing with a black and white dog in the countryside. Photographs of Muhammad Ali, Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. from the 1960s may soon hang in Lockwood and Silverman, according to Hollander. “These prints would actually be kind of cool in my apartment,” Malpartida said upon seeing the framed prints in Lockwood. Although each purchase helps fund the UB Libraries Digital Collections, Kris Miller, the instructional support associate for UB Libraries, said selling the prints through the digital store is more about promoting the libraries rather than the monetary profit they bring in. Miller is responsible for creating each of the prints that hang on the walls and are sold through the store. email: features@ubspectrum.com
in homework? Take some time off for Around Town Drowning activities that’ll keep you sharp while you relax EMMA JANICKI
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Essays and exams are among us, my friends. That means we all should be studying more than we’d like and not just having fun. So, you’ve got to step up your time management game – that means planning only the best activities for your few hours off. To decompress from studying, take time to ignore your cellphone and get out with close friends. You deserve it. This weekend, there are some mentally stimulating, yet relaxing, activities around the city that’ll keep you sharp but also will allow you to chill out before heading back to class on Monday. You will surely be entertained, outraged and baffled by a graffiti reading at the Dress Shop on Allen Street on Friday night at 7 p.m. Four readers will give a dramatic presentation of the life lessons that cover the walls in the ladies room at Nietzsche’s, a bar just a few blocks away from the Dress Shop. After the reading, grab a beer and witness the existential thoughts of Allentowners during a
drunken night of revelry for yourself. In case you’ve forgotten about the free Fridays in Buffalo, just a little reminder: This Friday is the first Friday of the month. This means the Albright-Knox and Art Gallery galleries throughout Allentown are free for the evening. Albright-Knox Gallery will be open to the public until 10 p.m. and will be free for the evening. If you’re feeling some serious withdrawal after Jeter’s final game, Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum at 220 North St. is currently housing the exhibit “Very Early Baseball History.” The exhibit dates back to the late 19th century – the first baseball game was played on June 19, 1846 in Hoboken, New Jersey – when teams formally invited other teams to play them. The Cincinnati Red Stockings were considered the first professional baseball team in 1869 and used scorecards for the first time to record the outcome of the game. There are two Karpeles Manuscript Library Museums in Buffalo, one at 220 North St. and the other at 453 Porter Ave. The Museums are only a 5-10 minute walk from each other down North Street (Porter turns into North Street at
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Symphony Circle). Both museums are free and open Tuesdays through Sundays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and let you wander through history as told by letters, manuscripts, maps and contracts. The Buffalo International Film Festival is in its eighth year and runs from Thursday Oct. 9 to Sunday Oct. 11. The Festival will be held at two locations: Casa de Arte on Elmwood Avenue and The Screening Room in Amherst. On
Friday, Oct. 10, Casa de Arte will be showing ‘Homage to Jorge Negrete’: Historia de un Gran Amor, a Mexican film with English subtitles. The Screening Room will also show films from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. with a reception and question-andanswer session following the final film of the night, Give & Take. email: features@ubspectrum.com
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Continued from Think Tank, page 1 The student think tank also offers a place for students to share their interests in development issues in third world countries, as well as U.S. cities – even Buffalo. “I think our generation really cares about these sort of issues,” Harary said. “And really cares about thinking about development, but there’s no outlet.” Harary said the group’s focus is largely in the concept of “empowered development.” The group believes it’s important to teach third world countries skills – like how to use new technologies or how to start a business – rather than “pouring money” into them. “It’s not charity at that point,” he said. “It’s empowering others to get behind what they want to see in their society.” Harary, who worked as a research assistant in the Food Systems Planning and Healthy Communities Lab at UB, is passionate about food and water security not only in developing countries, but also in the United States. The postings on the website now target food and hunger issues. “It’s so important that we get our ideas out into the world,” said Cassandra Yochum, the editor in chief Center for Development and Strategy, or CDS. Wyatt Shorter, who is part of the group’s University of Toronto’s branch, first met Harary at a Model United Nations conference in February. It was held at Shorter’s university, where he studies political science and peace, conflict and justice as a sophomore. “The Canada/United States connection makes CDS a truly international organization at its foundation,” said Shorter, who is the group’s director of external relations. “And the collaboration among students is something we need to see more of these days.” Shorter said the think tank publishes articles on varying global issues, from non-government movements to domestic infrastructure innovation. His personal focus is infrastructural and equality development in the Middle East, which includes how to find an understanding between Islamic States and women’s rights in terms of voting and control of reproduction. Harary is on a mission to grow the think tank and get more students involved and he said his ties to the organization will follow him into graduate school after graduation in May. email: news@ubspectrum.com
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Manipulation of photography creates an aura of reality Photographer Brian Taylor speaks to students about photo manipulation SAMAYA ABDUS-SALAAM ASST. NEWS EDITOR
When photographer Oliver Gagliani proposed a road trip to explore and capture the American Southwest in the ’70s, Brian Taylor wasted no time saying “yes.” Brian Taylor, a professor of art and art history at San Jose University, came to UB Monday night as a part of the Department of Art’s speaker series. The series features a new artist every Monday for the duration of the fall semester, for a total of 13 speakers. The speaker series runs in conjunction with Visual Studies 200, a one-credit lecture series course. The lectures, however, are open to the public. Since 2002, the series has been running every fall semester in the Department of Art. Becky Koenig, the assistant to the chair of the Department of Art, said the speaker series is designed for all of undergraduate and graduate art programs and visual studies students “to gain first-hand knowledge from the series of lectures by a wide-ranging group of practicing artists, designers, critics, curators, art historians and theorists active in the field.” This year, Taylor was invited to speak to students because of his exhibit in Buffalo’s CEPA Gallery entitled “Transformational Imagemaking: Handmade Photography since 1960.” Robert Hirsch, who introduced Taylor, also put together the CEPA exhibit. He recently released a book with the same title. “Transformational Imagemaking: Handmade Photogra-
phy since 1960” is an anthology of various artists, including Taylor. The pieces in the exhibit reflect modern photographers’ deviation from traditional photography by manipulating the photo with non-photo materials. Taylor often uses watercolor, knife scratches and even his own fingerprints to enhance the meaning of the photo. Encapsulating the fast-paced motion of life into a still, constant image is, in essence, the basics of photography, according to Taylor. And while it is important to master those skills, he said artists need to remember to add a piece of themselves to their work. Taylor’s personal style was clear to the audience as he showed images of his own photographs precisely torn around the edges with strategically placed fingerprints. He overlaid them in color – all techniques to create handmade photographs. Still photography requires conventional photography be stripped bare of its 21st century technicalities and brought back into the age where the process photography beckoned patience, Taylor explained. When he began creating handmade photos Taylor was drawn to gum bichromate printing, a 19th century process for developing and adding color to photos. Gum bichromate is the process of layering multiple images printed in cyanotype and platinotypes – printing an image in blue or tones of black and white, respectively – onto the negative copy of a photo. This creates an illusion of a painting rather than a picture. The tones of the Bri-
Brian Taylor, a professor from San Jose University, spoke at UB as a part of the Derpartment of Art's speaker series on Monday night and encouraged students to welcome creativity. DEREK DROCY, THE SPECTRUM
an Taylor, a professor from San Jose University, spoke at UB as a part of the Derpartment of Art’s speaker series on Monday night and encouraged students welcome creativity. Derek Drocy, The Spectrum gum printing appear differently to what the natural photograph displays, making the gum printed image different from modern photo processing and printing. The process of itself is extensive; the negative has to be placed in sunlight before it’s painted with the emulsions, as well as after each layer of paint is applied. Once all the desired colors are painted onto the negative, the entire image is covered in carbon black pigment, placed in the sunlight for a final time and artists “hope it all goes well,”
Taylor said. Taylor, who studied visual arts at the University of California at San Diego, said so much of photography is about taking an image for what it is. The feelings evoked from a photo are based on the image that is being photographed. Taylor, however, wants to include his feelings while taking the photo in the final product. “I want to add energy to [the photo],” Taylor said. “Give it the life I feel when I go to these places.” Many of his photos begin as a simple still photograph – a landscape of the woods, a stewardess daydreaming as passengers aboard an aircraft or nightfall in the Sonora Desert. As he explained to the audience, the still
photograph is only the beginning. “Photography is Earthbound,” Taylor said. “We try to up the ante to say more than the truthful photo.” Taylor draws inspiration from Ansel Adams, an American photographer and Taylor’s mentor, and strove to bring a more human element to his work. He said hand-manipulating his photographs would connect the viewers with the image in the photo and with Taylor himself. Taylor also discussed his handmade books, which he allowed him to juxtapose images and minimal text, creating a social commentary between both elements. “Things made by hand have an aura of being real,” Taylor said. Taylor joins a list of notable artists who have come to speak at UB, including Art Jones, Carolee Schneemann and Roger Shimomura. Koenig believes the speaker series helps students contextualize concepts, production of art and design. Monday night’s lecture gave students ideas and inspiration for their own work, according to Stacey Robinson, a graduate student in the art department. Students like Lydia Daggett, a junior in the bachelor of fine arts program, found Taylor’s lecture to be eye opening. As a photographer herself, she finds taking still photos can be limiting and can easily lose its creative elements. “He changed my life today,” Daggett said. “I can relate a lot to his work because I hate how [photography] is just a snap.” Taylor encouraged the audience saying, “Whatever is your
Working-class realism reaches Talking Leaves Books University of Rochester professor reads from his debut novel “Bluff City Pawn” DANIEL MCKEON
STAFF WRITER
Not every pawn shop is as successful as Gold and Silver Pawn Shop from the History Channel’s hit series “Pawn Stars.” Many shops struggle to stay in business, maintain merchandise and avoid rampant crime. Stephen Schottenfeld, an assistant professor of English at University of Rochester, read from his debut novel “Bluff City Pawn” at Talking Leaves Books on Main Street Tuesday evening. The book tells the story of Huddy, a Memphis pawnshop owner who struggles with the economic woes of the people where he lives, the crime in the area and problems with in his family. The event was part of UB’s Department of English’s Exhibit X Fiction Series. Dimitri Anastasopoulos, one of the curators for Exhibit X and the director of creative writing at UB, described the book as a piece of “gritty working-class
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On Tuesday at Talking Leaves, University of Rochester professor Steven Schottenfeld read from his book “Bluff City Pawn.” The book follows the tribulations of a Memphis city pawn shop owner.
realism.” Schottenfeld read two sections from his book, showing the effects of poverty and crime within Memphis’ inner city and the family members’ dynamics. The first part of the reading set a grim outlook for pawnshops as one closed down and the others being routinely busted by police for dealing with stolen items. As the owner of Bluff City Pawn, Huddy meticulous-
ly prepares the shop for business each morning on his own. Crime and poverty have a heavy influence in the first scene. The commonality of theft near his shop leaves him scared to leave the cash register for even a second. In addition to worrying about crime affecting his livelihood, he also has to consider how his transactions affect the lives of people he deals with. At one point, a poor family
enters the shop and attempts to pawn off a watch. Huddy knows the watch is worthless, forcing him to deny the transaction and consider what struggles the family might be facing. The second part of the reading focused on Huddy’s family. Huddy’s wealthier brother, Joe, hosts him and their other brother, Harlan, at his home to catch up. Harlan, the poorest of the three brothers, recently lost another job. As the brothers stood in Joe’s ritzy backyard, Huddy felt envious of Joe’s wealth but thankful that he had his own business and a strong work ethic unlike his other brother, Harlan. The scene establishes a hierarchy that results in family conflicts and the three brothers taking jabs at each other. The addition of the two brothers made Schottenfeld drastically change how he looked at constructing the story. “I think I actually added the two brothers to force myself to write a [full-length] novel,” Schottenfeld said.
He previously wrote a collection of short stories, but he wanted to push himself to write a full-length novel. The addition of the two brothers and developing their motivations and interactions allowed him to write a lengthier story. Schottenfeld answered questions for the eager audience when his reading was over. He said he made Huddy a pawn shop owner because there were many pawn shops near where he lived in Memphis. He often wondered “what their role is” and “what their world is like.” He talked with many pawn shop owners to “get access to a world [he] never knew much about.” “It was good to get an indepth look at a published author like that,” said Chris Krysztofowicz, a freshman English major. Exhibit X has two more speakers planned for this semester with Julia Elliot on Nov. 5 and Yedda Morrison on Nov. 12. email: arts@ubspectrum.com
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UB’s Swing Dance Club takes a twist with a shout
A diverse group of students gather to dance and socialize KENDALL SPAULDING
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Music sounded throughout the Flag Room in the Student Union as partners coupled up, reaching for each other’s hands. Instructors began teaching new moves while swing dance veterans found a groove of their own. More than 25 students showed up last week to learn how to swing dance at UB’s Swing Dance Club, which holds its meetings every Wednesday from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Union. The crowd is just as diverse as the flags in the room, as many people have different academic majors and ranges of dance experience. The club is about more than just learning to dance – it’s about having a great time, according to members. “I would say swing dance is a great social skill,” said Shane Nolan, a sophomore electrical engineering major and the club’s president. “We’re more of a social club with a special interest in dancing.” The class begins with a 30-minute lesson. Instructors walk around the floor to clarify any confusing steps or partner moves. “When you start [swing dancing] it’s very unfamiliar,” Nolan said. “Just being able to step out of your shell and ask someone to
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Eileen Bennett (far right), a sophomore mathematics major, and Chad Vincton, who recently graduated with a Bachelor’s in political science, danced together during a weekly meeting of UB’s Swing Dance Club.
dance can be a little complicated.” Once the lesson is over, students are visibly more relaxed. The next hour consists of “free dance,” as Benny Goodman, “The King of Swing,” blasts out of large speakers. Students are free to dance however they feel, practicing the day’s learned steps or opting freestyle. This is the point in the class participants let go, get creative and have fun. “[The club] is a good break from the day,” said Eileen Ben-
nett, a sophomore mathematics major. Many of the members have found their way into the club by chance. “Fall [semester] of my freshmen year I was eating upstairs in the Student Union, and someone asked me if I ever wanted to swing dance, ” said Leslie Gil, a sophomore double major in chemistry and linguistics. “I said I really didn’t know how but I tried. I’ve been coming regularly ever since.” As free dance continues, some
students take a break while others keep practicing their moves or making up new ones. “When I was really little I danced,” said Maggie Petrella, a sophomore economics and math double major. “Now, I do it for the fun of it. If I could learn how to dance better that would be great, too, but it’s more for the experience.” The Swing Dance Club is planning an event for this November with live music. “It’s not going to be just dancing; it will be a social [event],” Nolan said. “We’re going to be teaching some dance moves and there will be an open dance floor for people to dance and come hang out with us.” UB’s Swing Dance Club hopes to attract more participants moving forward. “This is a pretty diverse club. We encourage people to just dance and not be nervous,” Nolan said. “[Dance] is another form of communication; when you dance with a partner you’re communicating.” As the lesson concluded, students were still showing off the moves they learned. The club promotes an environment of enthusiasm not only for dancing but for getting to know others on campus. email: arts@ubspectrum.com
Perfume Genius’ “Too Bright” casts a strikingly subtle shadow Solo artist Mike Hadreas releases third LP BRIAN WINDSCHITL
ARTS EDITOR
Album: Too Bright Artist: Perfume Genius Label: Matador Records Release Date: Sept. 23 Grade: B Perfume Genius’s third LP, “Too Bright,” despite the short 33-minute runtime, is a work of a rarified, exquisite beauty and scope – unafraid to experiment with how an album is constructed. The album, produced by Portishead’s Adrian Utley, incorporates Mike Hadreas’ haunting vocals with a fine-tuned minimalist production to create a layered, nuanced album that attempts to break gender and genre lines. “Too Bright” illustrates the expansion of Perfume Genius’ musical range. In prior albums, a piano or guitar functioned as the central instruments within his music. In “Too Bright,” however, Hadreas creates other musical forms. The first single off of the album, “Queen,” is driven by heavy drums and a multi-faceted layer of oscillating production – far from the gentle piano riffs Hadreas is known for. “Queen,” one of the most lyrically flamboyant tracks on the al-
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Perfume Genius’ “Too Bright” is an album that explores the seemingly obvious boundaries between ugly and beautiful, showing that the two words are not so easy to define.
bum, tackles the core themes of the album. “Don’t you know your Queen?” Hadreas sings. “Ripped, heaving. Flowers bloom at my feet.” Hadreas, never one to shy away from controversial issues, comes out with a strong statement on “Queen,” reimagining gay stereotypes as not a weakness, but rather, a threat. But the quality of “Too Bright,” shines not in the arresting flamboyance exhibited on the album, but in the ingenious subtleties. In “Fool,” Hadreas finds pow-
er not in thorny, twisted stereotypes, but in the simple and understated. “I carry their names, the secret shapes,” he sings. “An aching braid around my heart. Traced in the park, an outline I chalk.” For Hadreas, his pleasure is not found in the ostentatious. He finds it in the fact that he doesn’t keep intimate secrets anymore – he can hold a lover’s hand without needing to hide from society. In the following fifth and sixth songs, “My Body” and “Don’t Let Them in,” the true genius of “Too Bright” is realized in the balance in production, lyricism and showmanship. “My Body” is a song that audibly starts and stops, constantly. It starts with a pulsating vamp, drowned in distortion. The song gradually cycles between this isolated distortion created in the beginning and vocals interweaved between these noisy outbreaks. Eventually, this constant blend between noisy and silent fades together, and the strange, strangled track is left with no distinguishable division points. In “My Body,” Hadreas sings about not being able to handle himself and being disgusted with himself. He wants to escape his own body – it’s a painful and desperate song.
It is filled with distortion – representing the mental angst Hadreas is experiencing. Yet on the very next song, “Don’t Let Them In,” Hadreas switches back to his beloved piano-centered format with listless, floating vocals permeating the song. The contrast between songs is striking and obvious. Lyrically, the division between songs is less evident. “My dances were sacred, and my lisp was evidence. Don’t let them in,” Hadreas gently croons on “Don’t Let Them In.” “They’re well intended / But each comment rattles some deep ancient queen.” He’s singing about longing but at the same time feeling trapped and isolated in his own body. On “My Body” Hadreas sings: “I wear my body like a rotted peach, you can have it if you can handle the stink.” There is a level of nuance in “Too Bright” that is best exemplified in the album name. Sometimes blinding, sometimes pitch black, “Too Bright” is an album that is about balance – between flamboyance and subtlety, silence and loudness, pleasure and pain, introversion and extroversion. email: arts@ubspectrum.com
Continued from Preview, page 8 The Minutemen’s strength is their passing offense – ranking 26th in the nation. Senior quarterback Blake Frohnapfel and junior wide receiver Tajae Sharpe have connected for 32 catches, 524 yards and four touchdowns this season. UMass averages just 59.8 rushing yards a game and 2 yards a carry. Its defense has yet to hold an opponent to less than 30 points. Mark Whipple is in the second year of his second stint as the Minutemen’s head coach. He led the team lead from 1998-2003 and won three conference championships when UMass was a member of the Atlantic-10 in the FCS. The Minutemen won’t be Buffalo and the rest of the MAC’s competition for long, as UMass is leaving the conference after the 2015 season. The Minutemen only play football in the MAC, and declined to become a full member. email: sports@ubspectrum.com
Continued from MAC, page 8 The Bulls have scored at least 35 points in four of their fives games. They’ve also allowed at least 27 points in four of five games. Junior quarterback Joe Licata is having the best year of this career, and he has even more weapons than last season. Graduated wide receivers Alex Neutz and Fred Lee had nearly 50 percent of the team’s receptions last season. This season, five different players have recorded at least 140-receiving yard games and Licata’s had a different leading receiver in four of the team’s first five games. Miami Ohio took away wide receivers Ron Willoughby and Devon Hughes last week, so Licata went to freshman wide receiver Jacob Martinez eight times for 94 yards and a touchdown. Martinez’s career stat line entering the game was five catches for 48 yards. The offense is more balanced than last year and might even be better off. Buffalo relied on its defense last year, now the ‘D’ is far worse, but so is just about every MAC team’s defense. The defense doesn’t have to dominate the way it did with Mack. It just has to limit the big plays. Teams are going to put up a lot of points in this conference; the ‘D’ just has to make sure it gives the offense a chance to outscore the other. If the Bulls are able to go on the road Saturday and defeat Bowling Green – the reigning MAC champions and a team that has defeated them handily the past three seasons – they’ll become the favorites in the MAC East. The Bulls don’t have excuses to not at least be competitive in the MAC this season. Buffalo may have downgraded but so has the competition around them. This is a winnable conference – even for Buffalo. email: tom.dinki@ubspectrum.com
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Ease into whatever you do. Don’t voice your opinion if you think it might hinder whatever situation you face. Impulsive action will end up working against you. Focus on expanding your skills and growing your assets. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You may feel like getting away from the hustle and bustle, but look for hidden costs before you sign up for a trip or outing that can break your budget. Simplicity and moderation will help you keep your life running smoothly. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Participate, get involved and try to make a difference. Fixing up your surroundings and hosting a party will encourage you to be a better person mentally, emotionally and physically. Love is highlighted. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Emotional matters will surface. Either pay off or collect on old debts. Address situations that are bringing you down and do your best to cut corners wherever possible if it helps you feel less stressed. Discipline is the key to a better lifestyle. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Engage in something that interests or entertains you. Get out of the house and away from any negativity you’ve been living with. Physical activity will do you good and bring you in contact with someone special. Romance will improve your personal life. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You can call the shots and take control of your interests. Get involved in events that will connect you to interesting people. Don’t give in to someone who is putting demands on you or using emotional tactics to take advantage of others. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Question your current personal situation. Don’t make abrupt changes just because someone wants you to. Protect your health and financial position, and refrain from letting anyone disrupt your home environment. Ask for assistance, and you will receive help. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A work-related situation is likely to escalate into something bigger than you anticipated. Be ready to counter any situation that has the potential to backfire or become a moneypit. Your intuition is strong and can help you make a wise choice. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’ve got a good handle on what will work and what won’t, but if you allow your emotions to take over, you will lose sight of your goal. Changes to your domestic situation look promising. Money is heading your way. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Hide your emotions, stay composed and listen carefully to what everyone around you says. Don’t let impulse take over when it’s best to sit and wait until you have a better understanding of what’s going on. Strive for stability, not disruption. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Take care of personal business. If you leave your affairs in someone else’s hands, you will be disappointed. A health matter or physical improvement you want to make can be taken care of successfully. Love is on the rise. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Consider your attributes and dreams, and go after your goals. Get your strategy set and put your clear-cut methods to work. Financial, legal and medical matters can be dealt with successfully. You will instinctively know what move to make.
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37 Insect pest 39 Delivery person? 40 Expressway 43 Some chilled desserts 44 Many a defender (Abbr.) 45 Flow outward 46 Unkempt 47 De Rossi of “Arrested Develop 1 Greek “T” ment” 2 Lump sum alternative 49 It’s beaten by hand 3 “Show Me” state 52 American serfs 4 Make 54 Be deceptive Poppin’ Fresh giggle 55 Outlying area 5 Spice rack selection 58 Veteran 6 Sermons originate seafarers from them 59 Small 7 December helper merganser 8 Bearded herd 61 Russian range 9 Margarita complement or river 10 Capital 64 Santa ___ of Ghana 65 Four-baggers, briefly 11 Hardly coordinated 12 Cylindrical and tapered 13 Baltic Sea country 18 Light measurement 22 Word with “garage” or “bottle” 23 Vicksburg combatant 25 Took a header 28 Ca++ and Cl 30 Old-fashioned refrigerant 31 Ship’s post for securing cables 34 Locate, as data on a computer 35 Ensure failure
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Friday, October 3, 2014 ubspectrum.com
SPORTS MAC East preview
The Spectrum scouts the Mid-American Conference East after Week One of MAC play
With the Buffalo football team a week into Mid-American Conference play, The Spectrum scouts the teams the Bulls’ will be competing with for the MAC East title.
Akron
Bowling Green
(2-2)
and Massachusetts, respectively.
Ohio (3-2, 1-0 MAC) (3-2, 1-0 MAC) Bowling Green was a heavy favorite repeat as MAC Champions this season. Then, the Falcons lost junior quarterback Matt Johnson for the season to a hip injury in their season opening 59-31 loss at Western Kentucky. Sophomore quarterback James Knapke has kept the Falcons’ offense productive, however, as the team is still averaging 37.6 points a game. The Falcons’ biggest issue is their defense. Bowling Green gave up 42 points last week to UMass in its first conference game. The Falcons have allowed less than 42 points in a game just once, in a 48-7 win over Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Virginia Military. The Falcons’ defense has been solid in previous years. The ‘D’ allowed more than 25 points just once last season. Now, Bowling Green has to rely on its offense in shootouts, evident by its 45-42 and 47-42 victories over Indiana
Although almost all of the other teams in the MAC started conference play last week, the Bobcats started Week One, defeating Kent State 17-14. The Bobcats have been using a two-quarterback system this season, with both junior quarterback Derrius Vick and sophomore quarterback JD Sprague getting playing time. Vick has been more productive, throwing for four touchdowns and completing 61 percent of his passes compared Sprague’s one touchdown and 54 percent completion rate. But Vick suffered a knee injury in the Bobcats’ 36-24 victory over Idaho Sept. 20 and has been out of the lineup since. After averaging 33.6 points a game in its first eight contests last season, Ohio is averaging 10.4 points a game between its final four games last season and first three games this season. But the Bobcats have scored more than 30 points a game the past two weeks, both victories. Sprague led the team without Vick to a 34-19 victory over Eastern Illinois last week. Ohio’s defense is allowing 450 yards and 24.3 points a game.
The Zips are the only team in the MAC East that has yet to play a conference game. While the most of the teams started conference play last week, Akron upset Pittsburgh on the road 21-10 Saturday. The Zips may be more prepared for MAC play than other teams after a tough nonconference schedule. They played Penn State and Marshall before defeating Pittsburgh last week. Outside of allowing 48 points to Marshall and quarterback Heisman Trophy candidate Rakeem Cato, the Zips’ defense allowed just 31 points in its other three games this season.
Kent State
(0-4, 0-1 MAC) The Golden Flashes rank 127th in the FBS in rushing yards and points a game. There are 128 teams in the FBS. Kent State is averaging just 1.7 yards a carry and has yet to score a rushing touchdown. Its passing game has not been much better. Quarterback Colin Reardon
The football team (3-2, 1-0 MAC) is coming off a 35-27 win against Miami Ohio (0-5, 0-1 MAC) to begin conference play. The Bulls travel to Bowling Green (3-2, 1-0 MAC) to take on the Falcons Saturday. Bowling Green holds an 8-3 all-time record against the Bulls, including three straight wins and last year’s 24-7 win in what was essentially a MAC East championship game. Buffalo and Bowling Green both average more than 33 points a game, but also allow their opponents to score more than 30 points. Here are some of the Falcons to look out for. James Knapke, sophomore quarterback After preseason All-MAC firstteam starting quarterback Matt Johnson suffered a season-ending hip injury, Knapke has stepped in and excelled immediately. Knapke is coming off his best game as a starter, throwing for a career-high 443 yards and three touchdowns in the Falcons’ 47-42 win against UMass. Bowling Green asks its first-year
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UMass is the third MAC team without a win this season, but like Miami Ohio, the team has seemed to improve. Besides its blowout losses to Boston College and Penn State, the Minutemen have lost their other three games by a combined 11 points. Their offense matched up well in a shootout 47-42 loss to reigning MAC champions Bowling Green last week. SEE PREVIEW, PAGE 6
TOM DINKI SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR
This year’s Buffalo football team has a better chance at a MidAmerican Conference championship than last year’s team. Yes, last year’s team had No. 5 overall pick Khalil Mack, program all-time rushing and alltime receiving touchdown leader in Branden Oliver and Alex Neutz, respectively, and held MAC teams to 15 points a game. Yes, this year’s team lacks star power and any semblance of a defense. But the 2014 Bulls have a better shot than 2013’s team because of one factor. No one else in the MAC is any good either.
SEE FALCONS, PAGE 2
vs. Bowling Green
TOM DINKI
OWEN O’BRIEN
Miami Ohio is on a 21-game losing streak despite the fact it is the all-time wins leader among football programs in MAC history. The RedHawks also have the most conference championships – their most recent came in 2010. The Bulls continued the RedHawks’ losing streak, as Buffalo defeated Miami Ohio 35-27 last Saturday in both team’s first MAC game.
(0-5, 0-1 MAC)
Bulls are worse than last year, but so is the MAC
His ability to get open is what makes him so dangerous. His speed in undeniably impressive and will be an issue for the Bulls’ secondary. If Lewis consistently gets open, the Bulls will be looking at a long day. Brian Sutton, senior defensive back Sutton played in all 14 games last year and finished with 43 tackles. This year, he has already matched that production through the first five games of the season. The senior safety has 2.5 tackles for loss in addition to his teamleading 43 tackles. He is one of the Falcons best open-field tacklers and plays much bigger than his 5-foot-11 frame suggests. Key matchup: James Knapke vs. Courtney Lester The Bulls’ secondary surrendered just three and 12 completions to Norfolk State and Miami Ohio, respectively, the past two weeks. But the RedHawks’ 12 completions went for 238 yards and three touchdowns – an average of nearly 20 yards per completion. Senior defensive back Courtney Lester gave up some of those big plays.
Predictions: Buffalo
(0-5, 0-1 MAC)
Open for the taking
The Spectrum’s Scouting Report starter to throw – a lot. He has 191 pass attempts in just four games. He threw 73 times in a 45-42 win over Indiana. Knapke has thrown for 1,238 yards and seven touchdowns to go along with six interceptions. Although it may be his first season, he looks perfectly capable of controlling the game and the Falcons’ high-tempo offense. Roger Lewis, freshman wide receiver The Bulls have already faced one freshman speedster wide receiver, in Baylor’s KD Cannon. After allowing Cannon to catch an 89-yard touchdown pass, Buffalo will hope for better results against Lewis, who has recorded a teambest 44 receptions, 583 yards and three touchdowns in his first five career games. His name has been mentioned with the Biletnikoff Award watch list, which recognizes the country’s best receiver. The true freshman has been making opposing defenses look unskilled this season. Lewis had 16 receptions for 149 yards and the game-winning touchdown in a 4542 win over Indiana on Sept. 13. He currently leads the MAC in receptions and yards and is clearly Knapke’s favorite target.
Miami Ohio
Miami Ohio has improved under first-year head coach Chuck Martin, however, after finishing last season 0-12. The RedHawks were tied at 10 with Michigan on the road Sept. 13 before eventually falling 34-10. They also lost by just a touchdown to Cincinnati two weeks ago. But the RedHawks fell 17-10 to FCS Western Kentucky. Martin was the offensive coordinator at Norte Dame last season and brought former Fighting Irish quarterback Andrew Hendrix to Miami Ohio with him. Hendrix has thrown for 1,342 yards and 10 touchdowns this season, but he also has completed just 45 percent of his passes. He was 12 of 38 against Buffalo Saturday. Hendrix’s lack of accuracy combined with the RedHawks’ inconsistent running game has hindered Miami Ohio and contributed to its 0-5 start.
UMass
Fazing the Falcons: JORDAN GROSSMAN ASST. SPORTS EDITOR
started for Kent State as a freshman in 2013, but has struggled in his sophomore season. Reardon has thrown for just 792 yards through four games and has seven interceptions. The Golden Flashes fell 17-14 to Ohio Week One. They have also faced No. 22 Ohio State and Virginia this season. Kent State lost to those two teams by a combined 111-13. Kent State’s struggles go back to the departure of former head coach Darrell Hazell in 2012. Kent State had an undefeated conference record, a top-25 ranking and a MAC championship game appearance in Hazell’s final season before he left for a headcoaching job at Purdue. Since then, it has gone 4-12 and 3-6 in the MAC.
ANDY KONIUCH
@TOMDINKI
@ANDYKONIUCH
(5-0): Bowling Green
(5-0): Buffalo
(4-1): Buffalo
Buffalo is 5-20 on the road since 2010. Its last upset victory on the road came in 2010. The 5.5 points isn’t enough to scare me away.
This is not the same BG team from year’s past.
The Bulls’ offense has been surging and will continue to do so heading into Saturday. Taylor is running for 150-plus yards.
The Bulls and Falcons are mirror images of each other: Score a lot; give up a lot. Win or lose, Buffalo beats the spread in close game.
Three MAC East teams are winless in 14 combined games. Bowling Green’s once dominating defense now allows 43.6 points a game. There’s no longer a Chandler Harnish or Jordan Lynch looming out in the MAC West for Northern Illinois. Buffalo is not a good team, but it won’t have to defeat a good team to win the MAC this year. The Bulls were 6-1 in conference and had won eight of their past nine games heading into the season finale last season. Then they ran into Bowling Green. The Falcons held Buffalo – who was currently on a eightgame streak of scoring at least 30 points – to just seven points. The Bulls would have faced Lynch, who finished third in the Heisman trophy voting – in the MAC Championship game had they defeated Bowling Green. Lynch has graduated and the Falcons don’t look like they’ll be holding an opponent to seven points anytime soon. The MAC is a conference of mediocre teams who score and allow a lot of points. And Buffalo fits this formula perfectly. SEE MAC, PAGE 6
(-5.5)
JORDAN GROSSMAN @JORDANMGROSSMAN
(5-0): Buffalo I believe the Falcons will win this game, but it’s going to be a close matchup all day. Bowling Green will not cover the 5.5-point spread.