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Lance Leipold named UB’s 25th head football coach
Buffalo’s new head football coach knows a thing or two about winning. UB Athletics introduced Lance Leipold as the 25th head football coach Monday afternoon in Alumni Arena. Leipold coached eight seasons at Division III Wisconsin-Whitewater and posted an incredible 106-6 record. He was the fastest coach in college football history to reach 100 wins (106 games). Leipold won five national championships at Wisconsin-Whitewater and his team
is currently on a 27-game winning streak and is playing in the Division-III playoffs. Leipold will continue coaching his former team throughout the postseason. Junior quarterback Joe Licata was among a group of players who Athletic Director Danny White spoke to about the qualities they wanted in their new head coach. The players wanted an ex-player with previous head coaching experience and someone they could relate to. “Main criteria was someone who can relate to the guys and who players are going to love to play for and run through a wall
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for and coach [Leipold] seems to be that type of guy, so I’m excited,” Licata said. Leipold played quarterback for Wisconsin-Whitewater from 1983-86. He had several assistant coaching stints, including some at the FBS level, before returning to his alma mater in 2007. Leipold served as a graduate assistant at Wisconsin from 199193 and as an administrative assistant at Nebraska from 2001-03. Leipold had offers to leave Whitewater in the past, but he needed a “special opportunity” to relocate his family and find a new home.
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Lance Leipold was introduced as the 25th head coach of the Bulls. He previously went 106-6 at Division-III Wisconsin-Whitewater.
UB Athletics reached out to Leipold through phone calls and text messages. About four weeks ago, he spoke with White for the first time. The two spoke again Friday and Saturday, and he officially accepted the position Saturday evening and was on a plane early Sunday morning. The Bulls are coming off a 5-6 finish in which the team won its final two games. Buffalo had eight wins the season before and played in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. “This is an unbelievable opportunity and it’s ready to take off,” Leipold said. “It’s going to take some work in the program, got to find a way to get a few more wins.” White said there were still “several options” the team had over the weekend for head coach. Leipold was impressed with White’s vision of making Buffalo “The next big-time college Athletics brand,” as the Athletics Departments displays on its website. “It wasn’t just an open football position,” Leipold said. “It was the whole package Danny was talking about. I can tell just walking around with Danny that he’s always thinking about how he could make this thing better.” White said he wanted someone with previous head coaching experience. He wanted someone who didn’t have much of a “learning curve” and believed Leipold fit those criteria. The news of the hiring began to break Sunday evening. Licata said junior punter Tyler Grassman found a tweet from Leipold’s niece, Elissa Chessman, saying her uncle was accepting the head football coach position at the University at Buffalo. SEE LEIPOLD, PAGE 2
Faculty senate passes new gen ed program Changes in UB’s general education curriculum could be implemented as early as 2016 TOM DINKI
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After a semester-long process, UB faculty senators finally passed new general education requirements – but that decision came after a tumultuous Tuesday meeting. There was a motion to overrule the Faculty Senate chair and confusion over whether a vote was to pass an amendment or to pass an amendment to an amendment. After an hour-long faculty debate, UB has a new general education program, which could come into classrooms as early as 2016. The Faculty Senate voted to pass the new general education program on Tuesday. Fifty-one faculty members voted “yes,” to the overhaul, while seven voted “no,” and five abstained. The new curriculum, which was spear-
headed by the General Education Committee, emphasizes critical thinking and communication skills by incorporating capstone projects. Student will also be required to complete an “e-portfolio” – a digital portfolio that will archive their academic career. “The most exciting thing is it gives a chance for our undergraduates to integrate their general education to a field,” said Peter Horvath, an associate professor of exercise and nutrition sciences. “Students now see their gen eds as a bunch of discordant things, while the eportfolio chaining them all together, they can envision their courses they’re taking as a whole.” Horvath was one of 51 faculty members to vote “yes,” Tuesday, and he spoke positively for the proposal to the Faculty Senate for an allotted 2-3 minutes before the vote. Horvath told the Senate that the
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Paul Zarembka, an economics professor, looks on as other faculty members vote yes to the general education proposal.
proposal should be approved in part because the Student Association endorsed it, and he said students were a “key portion of all this.” A UB survey showed 68 percent of students thought the current required general education classes were just something to “get out of the way.” Paul Zarembka, an economics professor, voted against the proposal and spoke negatively about it to Senate. He took issue with the proposal’s plan to have untenured faculty teaching general educa-
tion courses. Kristin Stapleton, an associate history professor, voiced those same concerns after the new general education curriculum had already been passed. “There are a lot of unknowns about this,” Stapleton said. “Are we going to have a group of underprivileged faculty running gen ed, overseen by a very small committee of tenured faculty members with no one else paying attention? That would be a very bad outcome.” SEE GEN ED, PAGE 6
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On Tuesday night, students held a peaceful protest in response the non-indictment of Officer Darren Wilson. Protestors, including students from UB and Buffalo State, marched down Elmwood Avenue and ended the protest with a candlelight vigil.
Elmwood Avenue shut down for peaceful protest CHARLES W SCHAAB STAFF WRITER Elmwood Avenue, normally filled with bustling traffic in Buffalo, was instead filled with crowds of protestors Monday night. The Kenmore and Buffalo Police Department closed the street to make way for the nearly 100 peaceful protesters, mainly from Buffalo State College, who walked almost two-and-a-half miles down Elmwood Avenue. The marchers were protesting a St. Louis grand jury’s decision to not indict Darren Wilson, a white police officer, in the death of Michael Brown, a black 18-year-old.
“Our voice needs to be heard,” said Symone Campbell, a sophomore anthropology major at Buffalo State. On Aug. 9, 2014, Wilson fatally shot Brown, who was unarmed, after the two were involved in an altercation in Ferguson, Missouri. The grand jury, comprised of nine white people and three black people, announced its decision not to indict Wilson Nov. 24. Wilson resigned from the Ferguson police force Nov. 29. Campbell is also vice president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Buffalo State chapter.
The Divine Nine, a group of nine Greek organizations, collaborated with Buffalo State’s NAACP to start the protest, which at least a handful of UB students attended. Deon Bolden, a first-year finance graduate student from UB, brought up the idea of a march to his fraternity, Iota Phi Theta, which is a part of the Divine Nine. But the
group felt they could not organize it on their own so they reached out to other organizations at Buffalo State, which Bolden graduated from in May. He said he wanted the march to combat “slacktivism,” a term used to refer to minimal efforts by people to promote activist issues.
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Continued from Leipold, page 1 Some players found her on Instagram and noticed she posted a picture of Wisconsin-Whitewater. When they searched for the school’s head coach and found Leipold, they were confident he was going to be their next head coach. Licata began looking up videos and statistics and was impressed with Leipold’s prostyled offense. Licata and Leipold haven’t had a formal, sit-down conversation yet, but Licata said he would be in Leipold’s office throughout winter break to talk about next year’s offense. “I think our game is going to translate very well to his offense,” Licata said. “I think we have a lot of skill position players coming back that are very good.” White said it isn’t abnormal for Leipold to continue coaching at Wisconsin-Whitewater for the remainder of the season. Leipold told White during his interviews that he wanted to finish out the season and White didn’t object. White wanted to announce his signing early in the week so Leipold could return to Whitewater to prepare for the game and the Bulls could continue recruiting and building a coaching staff. “Just like what will be expected in this program is when we start something, we finish it and I do need to finish the obligation to make sure we play our fullest the longest we can back in the playoffs in Wisconsin,” Leipold said. Leipold is taking over for Jeff Quinn, who was fired Oct 13, less than 48 hours after a 37-27 loss to Eastern Michigan. Quinn went 20-36 in four-plus season at Buffalo. Interim head coach Alex Wood finished the final four games at 2-2. White wouldn’t comment on specific coaches he interviewed for the position but said, “I do think the world of Alex. I think he did a great job in the interim.” The biggest change for Leipold will be recruiting. There are no scholarships at the Division-III level, and he’s excited to be able expand his recruiting skills. “I’ve always said I wish I could walk into a home and offer a scholarship and to be able to do that, I think will be special,” Leipold said. Leipold doesn’t see a huge difference in the game from the Division-III level, except pointing out that some of the players who attended Leipold’s press conference were a little quicker and bigger than his Division-III players. Although this hire comes with less of a profile than some of White’s previous ones, like men’s basketball coach Bobby Hurley, women’s basketball coach Felisha LegetteJack, softball coach Trena Peel and volleyball coach Reed Sunahara, White said
Leipold is the right coach for the Bulls’ current situation. “Interpersonal skills are really, really important and in this scenario, I was looking for someone that’s had previous head coaching experience,” White said. “That was very important for us because I feel as a program, the players we have, we don’t feel like this is a hit the reset button and rebuild a program. We feel like we are really close so we wanted someone who knew how to drive the truck because it’s a really healthy truck right now.” There have been no decisions made about the rest of the coach staff yet. Leipold interviewed all of Buffalo’s coaches after he met with some of the players Monday morning. He didn’t rule out the possibility of keeping some current Buffalo coaches and members of his staff at WisconsinWhitewater. “Ultimately that will be Lance’s decision, building a staff, I’m just trying to help him any way I can,” White said. Leipold worked with former Buffalo head coach Turner Gill at Nebraska. The two spoke at a coaching conference in Indianapolis in January. Gill spoke about his time as Buffalo’s head coach and Leipold said he thought back to this conversation when Buffalo contacted him. “Turner’s a man I’ve always respected and I took his words and advice,” Leipold said. Licata is excited about the opportunity to play for Leipold in his senior year. Licata doesn’t see 2015 as a “rebuilding year.” The Bulls’ returning players include Licata, who threw for 2,647 yards and 29 touchdowns, Anthone Taylor, who ran for 1,403 yards and 12 touchdowns, and Ron Willoughby, who had 50 receptions for 771 yards and nine touchdowns. “I don’t have time to rebuild. I have one more season left, so it’s now or never for me,” Licata said. “I have one more chance to win a championship and bring a championship back home to Buffalo so I hope he’s ready to do it.” Buffalo has only 52 wins since entering Division-I in 1999. The Bulls have recorded three wins or less in 10 of 15 seasons. Leipold hopes to bring more consistency around Buffalo football. “He said it’s going to take a lot of work, he knows that, but he’s going to be there for us,” Licata said. “He seems like he’s a real players coach, so we are excited about that.” Tom Dinki contributed reporting on this piece.
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Continued from gen ed, page 1 Zarembka proposed an amendment to the general education overhaul to have tenure-track professors teach the new curriculum, but it was voted down. Zarembka told the Senate he was “frankly disappointed” at the decision and that it is “damn important” to him that tenuretrack faculty teach the new general education classes. Confusion broke out during the voting of Zarembka’s amendment. Some faculty believed they were voting for a change to a previous amendment, rather than voting to pass that entire amendment for the general education proposal. James Holstun, an English professor, had originally proposed the amendment to have tenure-track faculty teach the new classes at a Nov. 18 meeting. Zarembka submitted a substitution of Holstun’s amendment for Tuesday’s vote. Zarembka’s amendment slightly changed the wording of Holstun’s to recommend that non-tenure track professors still be considered to fill general education teaching positions if they are qualified. When Faculty Senate Chair Ezra Zubrow called for the vote of Zarembka’s amendment at Tuesday’s meeting, it was passed. But Horvath voiced concerns that faculty members believed they were simply voting to allow Zarembka’s amendment to substitute Holston’s, not to pass the amendment as a whole. Zubrow admitted he, too, thought the vote was on whether or not to allow Zarembka’s amendment to substitute to Holston’s. The Senate agreed to re-vote on whether to pass Zarembka’s full amendment with the changes. But one faculty member was still confused and thought this new vote was to change Zarembka’s amendment again. He asked Zubrow if this was the case, and Zurbrow incorrectly answered, “yes,” which caused uproar from the faculty. Zubrow had an officer of the Senate explain the voting situation to the faculty. When Zarembka’s amendment was finally voted on, it received 35 “no” votes and only 29 “yes” votes. The amendment to replace the thematic cluster with a new “breadth of knowledge cluster” and the amendment to eliminate freshmen and transfer seminars were also voted down Tuesday.
Two amendments to the general education overhaul were passed. The amendment to have more mathematics in the new general education program, and the amendment to have a domestic diversity requirement were both passed. At the beginning of Tuesday’s meeting, Zubrow said a “secret vote” – an anonymous vote done through mail – for the general education proposal would not be allowed, although some faculty requested it. Holstun told the Senate Zubrow’s decision went against the group’s constitution. Zubrow said that the Faculty Senate never had a secret vote as far as the records could show, and this was justification for not allowing it. Holstun’s proposal to overrule Zurbrow’s decision to not allow a secret vote was voted down by the senate, with only 10 faculty in Holstun’s favor. Another motion to overrule Zubrow had to be made just for Holstun to speak before the senate. Zubrow cut off all discussion about the potential to have a secret vote, and said Zarembak was out of order for speaking on the issue. Holstun then walked toward microphone to speak, and Zubrow instantly said “No.” He then asked Holston if he was speaking on the issue of voting. Holston only replied, “I’m going to proceed in parliamentary fashion.” Zubrow told him again to sit down. But a motion was made to overrule Zubrow and Holstun was allowed to speak. While speaking to the Senate after the vote had already passed, Stapleton suggested the Faculty Senate receive regular reports on the implementation of the new general education program. Zubrow then asked Stapleton if she was suggesting an official motion that Faculty Senate will receive reports. Stapleton replied, “I would like to motion that the chair of the faculty senate empowers its committees to do the work they should be doing. That’s my proposal,” which caused some faculty members to applause. The changes to the general education curriculum would be implemented in 2016 at the earliest. email: news@ubspectrum.com
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UB football’s new head coach shows promise Time will tell if gutsy decision from Athletic Director Danny White pays off
UB’s new head football coach won’t be leaving his current team behind quite yet – Lance Leipold’s Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawks are on a 27-game winning streak in the midst of Division-III playoffs. “Division-III” might raise some eyebrows – UB is a Division-I school and staunchly proud of it – but Leipold isn’t just any D-III coach. He was the fastest college football coach to reach 100 wins at any level, and in his eight seasons in Wisconsin coached his team to an impressive 106-6 record. Considering UB would be thrilled with just breaking .500 – much less earning the 12-0 record held by Leipold’s Warhawks this year – this is an exciting hire. It’s undoubtedly a bold move by Athletic Director Danny White, and one that strays from his tendency to bring in bigname coaches like basketball coach Bobby Hurley. Although it’s likely that Leipold wasn’t White’s first choice, his record – and his reputation – means more than fame. White realizes this, and so does the football team. Junior quarterback Joe Licata and his teammates expressed that they wanted a coach who had prior experience not just as a head coach, but as a player as well – someone who the athletes could relate to. And just as Licata and his teammates hoped, Leipold has not only earned a winning record and five (maybe soon-to-be six) NCAA D-III National Championships, but he’s also experienced the game from a player’s perspective. Leipold played for Wisconsin-Whitewater, as a quarterback, from 1983-86, and ultimately returned to lead his alma mater in 2007, after working as an assistant coach at several universities. Leipold’s history as a head coach and player doesn’t completely mitigate his lack of experience with D-I play. He is making a huge leap, and White is taking a major risk in facilitating that. But although Leipold lacks experience with recruiting, and noted that some of UB’s players were noticeably bigger and quicker than his current team, his success as a coach – and White’s success in hiring – is encouraging. It’s noteworthy that Leipold’s commitment to Wisconsin has been unwavering, as he’s rejected several job offers in the past.
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Only UB was able to draw him away. That White was able to make an enticing enough offer to snag Leipold is impressive, and Leipold’s willingness to depart from a program with which he has so much history is exciting. It’s unclear, however, how impressed President Satish Tripathi is with the hiring. When WBFO, Buffalo’s NPR station, asked Tripathi how he felt of Leipold’s hiring after Monday’s press conference he responded with “Talk to Danny” and wouldn’t comment any further, which seemed
like a strange response from a university president on what was supposed to be a celebrated day for the entire school. In a statement emailed to The Spectrum Monday, Tripthi said “I simply felt this was a moment for Athletic Director Danny White and Coach Leipold to have the spotlight.” Tripathi also said he was “very excited that Coach Leipold will be joining the UB family.” UB doesn’t have a reputation as a football school. We don’t have a history, we don’t have traditions – we rarely show up on
ESPN and never make it to national championships. And yet, Leipold is willing to depart from a team that wins games, wins championships and breaks records. He’s leaving that team, that school – his alma mater – for UB. But UB’s program shows promise, and the team needs a coach who can see that. Leipold is that coach according to White. As for Tripathi, maybe he’s waiting to see how it translates on the field. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com
Cash for books: an academic monopoly UB needs to take action and regulate the sale of self-authored textbooks The exorbitant costs of textbooks is one of the most universally reviled aspects of the university experience, but in some classes at UB it’s also ethically questionable and clearly unregulated. As reported in last Monday’s issue of The Spectrum, multiple professors on campus write their own textbooks and include them as required texts for students enrolled in their class. Though UB is far from the only university with faculty using their own published works, its lack of policy on the matter stands out. Without any form of oversight or regulation, students are left with questions, wondering if their instructor is inflating book prices or requiring a subpar text simply to make a profit. There’s no evidence, or even the suggestion thereof, that any UB faculty have done anything uncouth. But students shouldn’t have to wonder.
A formal policy would offer students the reassurance they deserve, so when they hand over cash directly to their professor, as students enrolled in STA119 with Dietrich Kulhmann have done for years, they can do so without anxiety. There are certainly benefits to professor teaching from textbooks they’ve authored. It’s essentially guaranteed that the text will be tailored to the course, with only relevant material included. And professors are more likely to know the material by heart when they’ve written it themselves. And frequently, there are financial benefits for students – Kulhmann, for example, charged $40 for a bundle of three textbooks, which he says was just enough to cover the costs of producing the texts. Considering that textbooks for introductory statistics courses often cost over $100, Kuhlmann’s price seems like a steal. But at the same time, when
professors require that students purchase their textbooks, they eliminate alternative, cheaper options that many students pursue. The proliferation of complaints over textbooks prices has led to a flurry of businesses, like Chegg, BookRenter and Amazon, which offer textbook rentals at a fraction of the price. Those sites aren’t an option for students whose required texts are self-published. And the possibility of buying used texts, or borrowing books from the library is also eliminated. Professors who require and sell their own texts essentially establish a monopoly on their students, forcing them to purchase books they may not want to own long term. Though the practice isn’t disallowed, or even outright dishonest, considering that other professors often upload course materials online for their students – at no charge – the instructors that choose to sell their own texts are requiring an economic
hardship for their students. Given that the pros and cons of this practice are extensive, at the very least, UB’s administration needs to step up and take control of the situation. Schools in other states, including New Jersey, Connecticut and Washington, prohibit professors from making a profit off of their textbook sales. Other universities require that a committee review professors’ texts before being used in a course. Both of these regulatory practices are straightforward and easy to implement and would go a long way in protecting students without unduly limiting professors. Students should have access to the best text available in their subject, and professors should have the right to offer their own work if it’s the most useful class resource – but that “if ” should be determined by someone who isn’t collecting the cash. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com
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Cold in the classroom
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Students often have difficulty focusing in air-conditioned classrooms. Several students agree that Alumni 90, Alumni 97, Norton 112, Clemens 17 and MFC 120 are some of the coldest classrooms on campus.
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UB students hoping to escape the recent string of snowstorms in exchange for an oasis of warmth in their classrooms may be out of luck. In the summer, students experience the opposite problem – looking for a cool temperature in the dead of summer can be hard to come by in classrooms. Classrooms and offices at UB are supposed to be heated once the temperature drops to 68 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the university’s Customer Service and Maintenance website. In warmer
months, air-conditioning is supposed to kick on when the temperature in the room is more than 76 degrees. Some students, however, find their classrooms too chilly or too warm at the wrong time of the year. Students said they have difficulty focusing in class when they are concerned about the temperature of the room. “The chills I get from just plain nervousness when taking exams is enough to deal with,” said Jermel Griffin, a junior biological and chemical engineering major. “Imagine having to deal with that and adding a blasting air conditioner to the mix.” Offices are heated from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Students notice some classrooms feel chilly in winter months while classrooms are heated from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. On weekends and holidays, the temperature of both classrooms and offices is lowered to 55 degrees before heating occurs. With the exception of “severe cold snaps,” the heat does not drop to such a low temperature, according to the university’s site. “NSC 225 is a tundra,” Griffin said. “It’s like walking out of one snowstorm and into another.” Alumni 90, Alumni 97, Norton 112, Clemens 17 and MFC 120 are also notoriously cold classrooms, according to several students. “The fan units by the windows in Clemens hall are not the most efficient and while most of the classrooms have centralized air conditioners, for Clemens classrooms this is not the case,” said Lee Argen the managing supervisor of customer service and maintenance. Argen said that the cold temperature in these rooms are due to the poor design in the fan units which can be problematic. He also said that the university has certain temperature regulations they must follow. Legally, the temperature in the classrooms must be kept at approximately 68 degrees although many students and faculty request for them to raise it. Griffin said that not only the cold air, but also the loud, bothersome sound that emanates from the air conditioner is a distraction. Central air conditioning can also be dangerous to student health. Air conditioning can “create condensation on the cooling coils and in drain pans that can grow microorganisms and mold,” according to the International Journal of Epidemiology. This affects people who suffer from respiratory illnesses such as asthma and bronchitis. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated that this could cause shortness of breath, lung infections, wheezing and several other reactions. “I think that [the cold] distracts you because you’ll constantly be thinking about how cold you are instead of doing your work,” said Iris Lopez, a freshman biolog-
ical sciences major. Freezing classrooms could be dangerous for students who suffer from conditions in which they cannot tolerate excessively cold or warm environments. CDC lists heat cramps and hypothermia to be amongst these conditions. Richard Almon, a professor of biological sciences and adjunct professor of pharmaceutics, teaches class in NSC and Knox Hall. He said a cold draft of air flows from Hotchsetter to NSC when maintenance personnel open the outside door to the loading dock. Many students seek the warmth of the tunnels in the winter, but even they aren’t heated. Students said the tunnels on North Campus sometimes aren’t much warmer than the air outside. The shortest tunnel on North Campus – which connects Clemens Hall to Baird Hall – is one of the only heated tunnels on campus. During the normal working day, Customer Service and Maintenance has a cooling policy, which states that all airconditioned offices, classrooms, libraries and labs are cooled to 76 degrees. This temperature is allowed to rise during the evening and weekends and holidays although the site does not specify how high. Ashley Cercone, a senior anthropology major, said there was no air conditioning in Fillmore 322 when she took a summer class there. “The heat made me feel super tired and drowsy,” Cercone said. Aside from Diefendorf 104, classrooms on South Campus are well heated, according to Griffin. John Villalta, a sophomore exercise science major, is content with the temperature of his classrooms. Madison Trammell, a senior speech and hearing science major, grew up in Buffalo and still doesn’t like the cold. “Being from Buffalo, you would think that I have a higher threshold for cold, but really cold is just something you never get used to,” she said. email: features@ubspectrum.com
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Farhana Shafi was disappointed when her first winter in Buffalo came to an end – she still had not made a perfect snowman. The senior biotechnology and communication major from Malaysia had seen snowmen in children’s storybooks growing up but had never made her own. International students make up about 17 percent of UB’s population, according to UB Admissions. Some of these students have never experienced snow prior to coming to Buffalo. Buffalo averages about 93.6 inches of
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set up as various seasons – so she could touch, feel and taste artificial snow. Today, the beauty of snow has become part of how Shafi remembers Buffalo. In her second Buffalo winter, she was studying when across her window she saw “magic dusts falling from the sky, as if God’s hand was sprinkling something above the heavens to the Earth,” she said. That day became one of the most beautiful visual memories of her life in Buffalo, Shafi said. Rohit Dubey, a graduate computer science major from India, said newspaper articles he read about snowstorms gave him the impression that snowstorms were terrible. Like Dubey, Ladan Golshanara, a graduate computer science student from Iran, was expecting the “worst” after listening to the news. Once she got to Buffalo, however, she was surprised at not having to walk knee-deep in the snow. “It was much better than what I had imagined,” Golshanara said. “The school shuttles were warm, the roads cleared regularly and the campus was always cleared of snow.” Justina Virga, a senior English and poCOURTESY OF NUR ROSDI litical science major, moved to Buffalo Farhana Shafi's first winter in Buffalo ended with her husband in 2012. She spent most too early, when the senior biotechnology and of her childhood in Florida and moved to communication major from Malaysia didn't Brazil at age 20 – she was used to a tropget the chance to build the perfect snowman. ical climate and not needing snow boots, winter coats and snow shovels. As she got used to the weather, Virga snow in a year and is No. 9 in the country said having different seasons in Buffalo for highest average snowfall per year, acwas great because she never experienced cording to City-Data.com. The “Snovemsnow in Florida or Brazil. ber” storm just two weeks ago dropped “My husband and I go outside and have up to 84 inches of snow in some parts of snow fights, and the dog loves being burBuffalo’s Southtowns. ied in it,” she said. As Shafi rode her bike to school in NoRandy Schiff, an associate English provember 2012, she saw real snowflakes for fessor from California and the director the first time. of undergraduate studies for the English “I still remember the beautiful snowdepartment, said he was initially terrified flakes peacefully descending from the grey of the snow because of the national meclouds and melting on my right palm,” dia coverage of Buffalo. His parents, who Shafi said. grew up in Chicago, would also tell him Before she left Malaysia to come to the “horrific” snow stories. United States, Shafi went to a Malaysian California gets very little snowfall every four-season house – a house exhibition year, but Schiff remembers leaving high
school for the day to go “sledding” with his friends. “We must have looked ridiculous, since the snow probably amounted to one fourth of an inch and didn’t even stick,” he said. Schiff said after enduring his first winter in Buffalo, dealing with the snow was easier than he expected. He also thinks snow-filled parks are “sublimely beautiful.” “It is wonderful that Buffalo usually doesn’t shut down in the snow, since I think people tend to come together and be friendlier during wintertime, when we are all aware of the often awesome power of weather,” Schiff said. Not everyone who moved to Buffalo enjoyed their first winter here. Hsueh Kim Low, a junior marketing business administrator from Malaysia, and Virga grew up in a rainforest-like climate and found it difficult to adjust to Buffalo’s sharp winds and low temperatures. “Snow isn’t the enemy, but the wind [is], since the snow eventually melts,” Virga said. Amel Mugannahi, a sophomore biology major from Yemen, said she never thought it would snow so much in Buffalo. “I was terrified when I woke up one morning and saw everything buried in snow,” Mugannahi said. To keep safe, these snow newcomers bought winter coats, stocked up on food and kept their home insulated. “My friends and I insulated the whole house, sealing any gaps found between window frames and doors,” Dubey said. “We also made sure we had enough grocery and food to last us a while in case of heavy snow storms.” For Schiff, braving Buffalo’s wintery weather became easier over time. “I definitely drive better in it, knowing it’s best to keep it slow and steady,” Schiff said. “My shoveling skills have improved, though I still have not found the right approach to salting sidewalks and walkways.” email: features@ubspectrum.com
The meaning of the monster
KAINAN GUO, THE SPECTRUM
The monsters on display in the Lower Gallery of the Center for the Arts might seem frightening at first, but their visages are meant to provoke thoughts on the human condition.
The Medium is the Monster; a CFA gallery that scares while stimulating thought MATTHEW POREMBA
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Teeth-grinding, bone-munching monsters are taking over the Lower Gallery in the Center for the Arts. Associate professor John Jenning’s semiotics class worked together to create a new gallery for the Lower Gallery in the CFA. Even though contributors from outside the class were allowed to participate, the gallery was very much a construction of the students. “The [gallery] is essentially based on our class’ theme: The Medium is the Monster,” said Amberlee Nguyen, a senior graphic design major, and a student in the applied semiotics class. “Jennings loves monsters and has a bit of an obsession with them. Throughout the semester, we’ve been watching a lot of monster movies and analyzing the meaning behind the monster, its purpose.” The Medium is the Monster gallery was originally scheduled to open with a reception on Nov. 20, but a snowstorm in the area moved the gallery’s opening to Nov. 25. The reception was rescheduled
to Dec. 4 from 5-7 p.m. Jennings collaborated with his student Tommy Nguyen, a first-year arts graduate student, on a pair of colorful and visually stimulating prints called Tupilaq 1. They were created with a digital mixed media format and are visually scary and pleasing to look at. “A lot of the works turned out extremely strong,” said Natalie Fleming, the visual resource curator for the department of art. “This is largely due to the fact that it was a very collaborative project. The class started a Facebook group to help each other with their pieces.” Jennings prefers using a closed Facebook group instead of UBLearns or Blackboard because it’s easier for students for show off their work and provide feedback. The class’s use of group feedback has blossomed into a tremendously fun exhibit visually. The Medium is the Monster contains a wide variety of pieces, from creepy stickers to photographs of zombies to book covers and everything in between. The concept of using monsters as the theme for the exhibit comes
straight from Jennings. “I pick a new topic for my semiotics class every year,” Jennings said. “I picked monster as the main topic this time because it is a powerful allegory for social issues. As for the name of the show, The Medium is the Monster is a reference to the Marshall McLuhan saying, ‘The medium is the message.’” Bone Monster, another piece in the gallery, was created by Harumo Sato, a senior visual art studio major. The picture was a boney winged creature drawn only in black. Harumo also worked on Monstrous Feminine, a much more surreal and creepy piece. The work incorporates a Nathaniel Hawthorne quote, two conjoined females holding a severed head and a couple of winged creatures. “The monster is a symbol of cultural conflicts,” Sato said in an email. “So, we visualized/ characterized the edge of these problems. The main concept of this gallery is, I think, to reveal what our society tends to hide through visualizing the monsters.” One very unique work in the gallery
is fine arts major Amberlee Nguyen’s Arachibutyrophobia. This is a giant sticker showing a terrifying mouth-shaped monster. “This show is amazing and it includes everything that’ll freak you out and seriously make your skin crawl, but somehow pull you in and keep you looking,” Nguyen said. “I think our art department is seriously overlooked and segregated from the main campus. Gallery shows like this one, put together but a collections of undergrad students, graduate students and teachers really show the talent and diversity of our school.” The Medium is the Monster will continue to be on display in the Lower Gallery of the Center for the Arts until Dec. 6, with a reception being held Dec. 4 from 5-7 p.m. “Everyone and anyone is welcome to come check out the gallery and they definitely should,” Nguyen said. email: arts@ubspectrum.com
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Continued from page 8, Staller Staller’s game improved not only because of talent she faced, but also because of Kevin Lane, her travel coach. Lane helped Staller become a better server, leader and helped improve her ability to attack the ball. “I remember meeting her six years ago and thought she had all the physical tools,” Lane said. “She was a tall, rangy kid. Solid on both sides of the ball and offered much versatility to the team. Being new to the game, Sable was a blank canvas and it really allowed us to fix the small hitches in her game and she really blossomed her final season with us.” After winning First-Team All-Conference in 2009 and 2010 and claiming two MVP awards in high school, Staller decided to play volleyball at Buffalo over schools like East Tennessee, Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne and Loyola. Staller was of the up-and-coming freshman on the 2011 team. On a team full of underclassmen, Staller finished second among freshmen in sets played (52), digs (66), and was third with 73 kills. Staller seemed poised to take a step forward and contribute more in her sophomore campaign. “Sable was going to be important for our team,” said former Buffalo volleyball coach Todd Kress. “I remember Sable’s game being so smooth, so I really thought I could play her at either outside hitter position, and that versatility was going to be huge for us, and for her in her sophomore season.” After years of success on the court, she was about to begin her hardest battle off of it. In the summer between her freshman and sophomore seasons, Staller and some of her Buffalo teammates worked a UB summer volleyball camp for young girls. While working the camp, they would usually play a game of campers vs. counselors. Staller went up for a kill, but she slipped on a wet spot on the floor. “I remember sitting there in disbelief,” Staller said. “I honestly didn’t move, not because of the pain, because I didn’t want to believe that it happened.” Staller dealt with injuries before – she received a minor shoulder surgery at the end of her freshman season – but this injury proved to be more serious.
“The doctors repaired my ACL, MCL and cut out my meniscus, so I’m currently without half of my meniscus,” Staller said. Steve felt helpless when he heard about Sable’s injury over the phone. “It was tough for me because I wasn’t there,” Steve said. “Being 50,00 miles away and getting a phone call that your daughter is hurt made me feel a bit helpless … it’s tough knowing that your daughter was in pain and you weren’t right there right away to console her.” Usually, an ACL tear takes between six to 10 months to recover, depending on the severity of the tear. But with MCL and the lateral meniscus tears in addition to the ACL, it’s an entirely different timetable. Staller’s estimated recovery was more than a year. Former UB assistant athletic trainer Jo Gundrum helped Staller through her first year after the surgery. During that time, Gundrum considered Staller’s rehabilitation a “success so far” but knew that her body would take additional time to heal because of the additional surgeries on her knee. The Buffalo trainers put Staller through a “prehab,” allowing her to control the swelling and pain in the knee, restore and maintain natural motion, develop muscle strength. Most importantly, they prepared her for surgery and life after surgery. “The ‘prehab’ and rehab was really painful,” Staller said. “We did things like working on my quadriceps and my hamstrings, but the toughest part was actually bending my knee. It was toughest because my knee was hard and it often led to swelling early in the process.” Staller remembers “the comeback was slower than expected.” She thought there was a “chance” she could player her junior season in 2013 but ultimately did not. “I just wasn’t at 100 percent,” Staller said. “The rehab was a tough process, and focusing on just that pushed me back a bit. I wanted to be at my best when I made my return, and as the season grew closer and closer, I just knew that I wasn’t at my best.” As Sable has made her return to the court this season, her father is happy to see her hard work and contributions to the team.
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Staller took the court for the first time this season since a devastating knee injury sidelined her for two full seasons.
“Sable continues to make us proud every day,” Steve said. “Not only did she comeback and start playing well, but she did that and continued her school. Thanks to [head coach Reed Sunahara] for giving her a chance to earn her spot on the team.” Sunahara had experienced his own devastating injury during his collegiate volleyball career. A broken leg from a motorcycle accident caused Sunahara to miss his senior season for UCLA. “I was rooting for her to come back and play,” Sunahara said. “Overall, she’s been a pleasure to have on the team and a pleasure to coach. She worked her butt off for this team, and she’s been coming around off her injuries. Previously, she had some limitations, but now, she seems to be getting back to 100 percent.” In her last game of her college career, Staller finished with a team-high eight kills against Albany. After two inactive seasons, Sable returned to the Buffalo volleyball team this season and was contributed at the outside hitter. The team finished with a 15-17 record. Staller finished her senior season with 143 kills and 119 digs and played in all 32 games for the Bulls this season. The hardest part of her previous two years wasn’t the recovery. The hard part was being away from her second home. email: sports@ubspectrum.com
“Just because they’re in Missouri and we’re in Buffalo doesn’t mean we can’t help them out,” Bolden said. “We protest here, someone protest after us, someone protest after us and the noise will get louder and louder until finally we can see some change.” Jamal Norward, a UB alum, attended the march because he wanted to support members of his old fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha. “A lot of times, young African-Americans, especially African-American males, are only portrayed one way and that’s what you seen in the rap videos and on TV, on the news,” he said. “But you never really see us coming together and showing that we do care about the upbringing in our community of kids and things like that.” Those walking for Brown were chanting “No justice, no peace” throughout the chilly evening. “It shows we can peacefully protest and make a change,” said Deshawn Bolden, president of NAACP Buffalo State chapter and a public communication major at Buffalo State. “Look at the street, we shut down Elmwood.” Several organizations at Buffalo State came together to organize the march down Elmwood, which resembled many other similar protests going on in cities around the country. Several UB students held their own protest last Tuesday, walking from the Student Union to the Ellicott dorms. Tony Brown, a Buffalo State student and president of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity incorporated, said the students were protesting for “something more than to put on social media.” “We’re not doing this as a trend,” Brown said. “We are the next leaders of the world, we need to show we can come together.” Protestors chanted “Hands up, don’t shoot,” at the first police car that showed up in front of the crowd. As the protest went on, the group changed the known chant “Whose lives matter, black lives matter” to “Whose lives matter, all lives matter.” Shamon Clay, a criminal justice major at Buffalo State, said the protest proved people want to stand for what they feel is is right. The crowd ended its march at the Kenmore Police station. Candles were then passed out and lit before the crowd participated in four-and-a-half-minutes of silence. The silence symbolized the four-and-a-half hours that Brown reportedly lay dead on the street in Ferguson. Protests in other cities also observed the four-and-a-half minutes of silence, with some taking it a step further by lying on the ground for that time. Gerald Simpkins, a senior physical therapy major from UB, said he wants the protest to make a presence in Buffalo, even if the groups can’t go down to the heart of the issue in the South. Bolden said he wants the march to inspire students to “speak up and do something,” not just about the Ferguson protests but for any issues in their lives. “It doesn’t have to be race or politics,” he said. “Just anything in their personal lives or anything they know they can step up to the plate and do something even in your life.” Amanda Low contributed reporting to this story. email: news@ubspectrum.com
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SPORTS
No place like home QUENTIN HAYNES ASST. SPORTS EDITOR Sable Staller calls the volleyball court her “second home.” It is one of the few places she feels comfortable when she’s away from her Russiaville, Indiana childhood house. Since middle school, she learned to love the game – all of the facets, competition and rules that are entailed. Perhaps her most important lesson was resilience. No one wants to be separated from his or her home. Sable Staller is no exception. Last August, Staller leapt in the air and spiked the ball down onto Lehigh’s half of the court to bring the score to 16-14. It was the volleyball team’s first set of the 2014 season. For Buffalo, it was just another point in one set of a match. For Staller, it was a homecoming. It was Staller’s first point since her freshman season more than two years prior to that. After missing the previous two seasons with a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), medial collateral ligament (MCL) and lateral meniscus, Staller returned to the court for the Bulls this season, played in all 32 matches and ranked fifth on the team with 143 kills. Despite not playing for two years, Staller was one of Buffalo’s key players in its first Mid-American Conference Tournament appearance since 2010.
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“Anyone could’ve shut it down there, but she kept pushing,” said Steve Staller, her father. In her Russiaville childhood home, Steve remembered an energetic and active Staller playing every sport she could. From ballet and other dance classes, to T-ball and softball, Staller kept herself busy with competition. As soon as Staller started playing volleyball, she became attached to it. “Volleyball was different. I can tell, her mother can tell, I think even Sable knew that this sport gravitated to her a bit more than the others,” Steve said. “She got into it around the seventh grade, and I don’t remember her doing much else since.” Staller and her family realized that she needed to improve her game to play at the college level and she wasn’t going to do it in Russiaville. At the age of 16, Sable joined the Asics Munciana Skyhawks club volleyball team. The combination of playing on her high school team and club team helped Staller improve as a player, but she always felt the travel team helped her more. “I loved playing in high school but playing for my travel team was better for me,” Staller said. “It allowed me to face people who were on my level, better than me and players similar to me. It was fun and it allowed me to get better. That’s the only way you can get better, I think.”
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Men’s Basketball (4-1) The Bulls finished the Cawood Ledford Classic 2-1, including two straight victories after their postponed game against Montana State. Their final game of the Cawood Ledford Classic was against Grand Canyon (2-4), in which the Bulls won, 80-64. Junior forward Justin Moss finished with 26 points, nine rebounds, and two steals. Sophomore guard Shannon Evans added 23 points, six rebounds, and seven assists. In their return home to Buffalo, the Bulls defeated Canisius (2-3), 72-57, in the first game of the Big 4 Basketball Classic at the First Niagara Center. The tournament also included St. Bonaventure and Niagara. Freshman guard Lamonte Bearden finished with a game-high and career-best 23 points, while Moss added 18 points and 12 rebounds for the Bulls. The Bulls continue the Big 4 Basketball
Classic with a road matchup against St. Bonaventure (4-1) Wednesday. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. Women’s Basketball (3-3) The Bulls are 1-2 after since starting the season with a 2-1 record. Buffalo shot just 25 percent from the field and allowed 69 rebounds in an 88-54 loss to No. 9 Duke (7-1) the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. Sophomore guard Camera Miley led the team with 15 points and six rebounds. After Thanksgiving, the Bulls traveled to Miami for the Miami (Florida) University Thanksgiving Tournament. The Bulls went 1-1, losing 88-77 to Tulsa (3-3), and finishing the week with a 68-60 victory over Illinois State (0-6). Senior forward Kristen Sharkey scored 30 points, grabbed nine rebounds and added five steals to give the Bulls their first and only victory of the week. Buffalo travels to Ithaca, New York to play Cornell (3-2) Thursday. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m.
The Spectrum season report card The Sports Desk grades the Bulls’ 2014 season
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Junior quarterback Joe Licata (above) and the Bulls went 5-6 and missed bowl eligibility in an up-and-down season.
SPORTS DESK The Bulls’ season was filled with change – starting with graduating one of the most successful senior classes in school history and a mid-season coaching change. After starting the season 3-6 and having a four game losing streak, the Bulls rallied to win their final last two games to finish the season 5-6. The Spectrum grades the team’s performance throughout the 2014 season. Quarterback: B+ The quarterback position hit highs and lows this season. Junior quarterback Joe Licata completed nearly 65 percent of his passes for 2,647 yards and program-record 29 touchdowns in his second full-season as the starter. He surpassed Drew Willy for the all-time passing touchdown record on Nov. 11 against Kent State. He now has 60 career touchdowns with one year of eligibility remaining. Licata threw a career-high 11 intercep-
After two seasons away from the game, Staller finished her senior season with 143 kills and 119 digs and played in all 32 games for the Bulls this season. YUSONG SHI, THE SPECTRUM
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Men’s and women’s basketball in full swing, wrestling surpasses 2013 win total
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It took two years to get back on the court, but it was all worth it for Sable Staller
tions. Two were thrown in crucial parts of the fourth quarter that ended comeback runs in two losses against Army and Eastern Michigan. Nonetheless, Licata was a mainstay on the offense. He started every game and led an offense that scored 32.3 points per game – good enough for third in the MAC. Running Back: AOne of the biggest storylines coming into the season was to assess the running back position after the graduation of the all-time leading rusher in program history, Branden Oliver. The Bulls started the season with a three-back system in junior running backs Anthone Taylor and Devin Campbell and sophomore running back Jordan Johnson. Taylor stood out from the rest after running for more than 200 yards in two straight games against Miami Ohio and Bowling Green. He finished the season ranked second in the MAC with 1,403 and 12 touchdowns – all career highs.
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Freshman guard Lamonte Bearden scored a career-high 23 points in a 72-57 victory over Canisius this past Saturday.
Wrestling (4-3) Buffalo went 1-2 this week but already surpassed its win total from the previous season. The Bulls defeated Sacred Heart, 32-12. Senior Max Soria started with an early victory as Buffalo handled took the first five victories of the match. The Bulls then dropped two in a row, los-
ing 43-0 to Wyoming and 27-9 to Rutgers, to finish 1-2 in the Northeast Duels. It was the first time the Bulls were shut out this season. Buffalo returns home for conference play, facing Kent State Dec. 6. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m.
Taylor was a workhorse this season. He carried the ball 282 times – 175 more than Campbell and Johnson combined. Wide Recievers and Tight Ends: B+ Junior wide receiver Ron Willoughby emerged as Licata’s go-to target this season after Alex Neutz graduated. Willoughby had 50 receptions for 771 yards and nine touchdowns – all career highs and all No. 1 for the team. Licata completed passes to 15 different receivers and found seven Bulls in the end zone. Senior receiver Devon Hughes hailed in seven touchdowns including a 92-yard pass – the longest in program history. Freshman Jacob Martinez emerged for 280 yards and three touchdowns. Offensive Line: AThe offensive line returned all five of its starters in last season’s bowl game and proved worthy as one of the best units on the team this season. The line allowed 16 sacks all year, good enough for third in the MAC. The unit stayed consistent throughout the season. It was able to help Licata and Taylor to career years through the air and on the ground. The team will lose three of the starters to graduation, a devastating blow to perhaps the soundest unit on the Bulls. Pass Defense: D+ If the season ended halfway through, the secondary would have received an F. In the first five games, the unit allowed three touchdowns of 68 yards or more. In the first three games alone, the secondary allowed 927 passing yards and eight touchdowns. Army, a run-heavy offense, completed all seven of its pass attempts for 125 yards and Baylor threw for 480 yards and five touchdowns. They were able to keep opposing quarterbacks to less than 200 yards for the final four games of the season but these numbers do not justify the subpar season. The unit also accumulated only two interceptions – the lowest in the MAC. Rush Defense: C The rush defense looked lost without the presence of Khalil Mack. In the second game of the season, Army ran for 341 yards and seven touchdowns. The Buffalo ‘D’ al-
lowed 29 touchdowns on the ground – third worst in the conference. Senior linebacker Lee Skinner led the team with and ranked sixth in the MAC with 96 tackles. Senior safety Adam Redden led the team with 6.5 sacks and 14.5 tackles for loss. He was perhaps the brightest spot on an average performance by the unit. Special Teams: D Senior placekicker Patrick Clarke had a season to forget. He went 6 of 14 (42.9 percent) with a long of 40 yards. Clarke missed his last three attempts of the season and ranked last in made field goals this season and had the lowest field goal percentage in the conference. Campbell ranked third in the MAC with 23.3 return yards per game in perhaps the only bright spot in special teams this season. Coaching: C+ After a 37-27 loss to Bowling Green, Jeff Quinn was fired after four-plus seasons at Buffalo. Quinn went 3-4 on the season before interim head coach Alex Wood finished the season with a 2-2 record. Quinn’s firing was warranted after a 37-27 loss to Eastern Michigan and a 20-36 record. This ended up being Eastern Michigan’s only win of the season. The Bulls narrowly defeated FCS Duquesne Week One and only beat Miami Ohio – who finished with two MAC wins – by eight points at home. After finishing with an 8-4 record and a trip to a bowl game last season, the Bulls had a losing season and were eliminated from bowl eligibility. But Alex Wood deserves a lot of credit for rallying this team to finish 2-2, including taking their final game of the season after a crazy week in which the senior class was denied its final home game and opportunity to finish 6-6 because of the snow storm. On Monday, the team announced former Wisconsin-Whitewater head coach Lance Leipold as the next head coach. He is the most successful Division-III coach in the nation, going 106-6 with five national championships in eight seasons. Next season will be his first Division-I head coaching position.
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