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Start of semester brings 200 percent increase in campus print time ASHLEY INKUMSAH
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Adam Fries paid for one order of printouts on three separate occasions. Each time he went to Lockwood Library, a printer was down. When the graduate business student returned to the library three hours after attempting to print for the third time, he discovered what he needed still had not been printed. The next day he discovered “mountains” of printouts from the previous day – all out of order. He said his printouts were still nowhere to be found. Students have experienced longer wait times than usual for printouts at university libraries this semester. There was a 200 percent increase in printing time during the first week of the spring semester compared to an average first week of a semester, according to Donald Stein, UBIT Customer Support Analyst in Enterprise Infrastructure Services. Fries is concerned about the long wait times considering all students pay for a $30 printing quota.
“[This] is unfortunate considering I pay tuition that is supposed to give me $30 worth of printing, which is basically as useless as a fax machine in the 21st century,” Fries said. Stein said the clusters of students rushing to print out their syllabi and other semester coursework have created long printing queues throughout the university’s libraries. “The first days of the semester see an unusually high volume of printing,” Stein said. “On an average day, it is usually less than 15 minutes.” Students release documents from library computers and designated print stations. Printing consultants take the documents from the printers and organize them alphabetically by UBIT name for students to pick up. Stein said UB meets and usually beats their 30-minute printing turnaround target 95 percent of the time. He said last semester, UBIT printed more than 2 million pages over the course of one week and last year, provided more than 21 million pages in print jobs to students.
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UB community discusses New York State’s minimum wage increase
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UB changes alert system in wake of student complaints
University will now send out text alerts about bus delays
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Students wait for the Stampede bus at the bus loop near the Student Union on North Campus. UB will now send out text alerts warning student of bus delays. YUSONG SHI, THE SPECTRUM
TOM DINKI SENIOR NEWS EDITOR Students received something this past Friday they would’ve liked to have also gotten four days prior: a text message warning them of Stampede bus delays. UB has changed its text message alert system to include alerts about buses running behind schedule, after many students voiced concerns about not being warned of 45-50 minute Stampede delays on Feb. 2. UB sent out a text alert on the morning of Feb. 6 to notify students the buses were delayed 10-20 minutes due to the weather. The UB alert Twitter handle also sent out a tweet alert at 10:18 a.m. Friday. “We adjusted our alert procedures in response to student concerns,” said UB Spokesperson John Della Contrada in an email. “We will now send UB Alert text and Twitter messages to alert students to changes and delays in essential services during a winter storm or other incident that may affect their health and safety.” 18,610 people are signed up for the text alert services. Della Contrada said a high percentage of that number are students. The UB alert twitter handle has more than 2,300 followers. Della Contrada said text and Twitter is “a good way to provide immediate, realtime information to students as they travel on or to campus.” He also said students, faculty and staff should sign up for the text alerts on the UB alert web page for it to be as effective as possible. On Feb. 2, during a winter snowstorm, UB only posted an alert about Stampede
delays on its UB alert web page at 8:30 a.m. The university did not take advantage of its text messaging though, leaving many students who stood in the long lines at bus loops frustrated. Joe Jessee, a senior biomedical sciences major, started an online petition for UB to cancel classes if it cannot provide adequate transportation and for UB to alert students of delays through text messaging. The petition got more than 2,900 signatures. He said the petition helped push the university to make changes. “I think the coverage it got and the number of people who signed it legitimized the call to action,” Jessee said. “They actually made that change surprisingly quick.” Jessee said in terms of notifying students, the text message alerts are “definitely sufficient.” “They just need to get the word out about the service so that as many people use it as possible,” Jessee said. Jessee said himself and other students who signed the petition are hoping for even more change. He said students strongly believe that classes should be canceled if the bus delays are as extreme as they were on Feb. 2. Jessee hopes his petition and the scrutiny UB received for not closing immediately during the historic lake effect November snowstorm last semester will “get that point across.” UB relies on its websites, social media, email, phone, television, radio and building coordinators to alert students of large-scale emergencies. email: news@ubspectrum.com
Angela Barca has been putting in hours at minimum-wage jobs since she was a freshman in high school and four years later, she’s noticing and increase in her paycheck. So is the rest of New York State. New York State’s minimum wage was raised 75 cents to $8.75 an hour on Dec. 31, 2014. Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans for even more increases in the state’s minimum wage, which will go up to $9 next year. Despite seeing more money in their paychecks each week, some students are apprehensive about the increase in the state’s minimum wage. “Most mom and pop businesses won’t be able to afford an increased labor cost,”
said Chase LeBrun, a freshman engineering major. “They will have no choice but to cut back on jobs.” Barca, a freshman business major, currently works at The Children’s Place, a children’s clothing store. Despite receiving extra money in her paycheck, Barca said she struggles to see how raising the minimum wage is beneficial for the economy and fears that it will lead to higher prices and job losses. “Something will have to compensate,” Barca said. “Either businesses will have to raise their prices or they will have to shut down entirely. I just can’t see the realistic, positive effects.” Despite LeBrun and Barca’s concerns over New York State’s economy, Paul Zarembka, an economics professor at UB, said the increase will be good. SEE MINIMUM WAGE, PAGE 4
Campus remembers Dr. Gregory Dimitriadis Colleagues of late UB professor reflect on their friend and mentor GABRIELA JULIA FEATURES EDITOR Gregory Dimitriadis was never too busy to help his students, according to Kushal Bhardwaj. “In college, some people can get so wrapped up in their own work that they neglect to teach, or help others,” said Bhardwaj, a UB athletics academic adviser and African American studies professor. “Greg was the opposite.” Dimitriadis’ unexpected death on Dec. 29, 2014 was a tragedy to UB faculty. His cause of death has not been released. Dimitriadis was a professor and associate dean for academic affairs in UB’s graduate school of education. His areas of research included urban education, popular culture and educational policy. Dimitriadis graduated from Fordham Prep in Bronx, New York. He received his B.A. in economics and English from Boston College, his M.A. in English and American
studies at UB and his Ph.D. in speech communication at the University of Illinois. Dimitriadis had a special connection with Bhardwaj. “[Dimitriadis] was arguably the finest hip-hop scholar UB has ever produced and that is outside the breadth of his research and teaching interest,” Bhardwaj said. Dimitriadis published several books and articles, many of which were about youth culture and the sociology of education. In 2012, he received the American Educational Research Association Outstanding Book Award for his book Critical Dispositions: Evidence and Expertise in Education. In his book he emphasized the need for ethnocentric change in educational systems around the globe. Suzanne Miller, a professor and department chair of learning and instruction, met Dimitriadis when he was a candidate for an assistant professor position and said he was clearly the best candidate. SEE DIMITRIADIS, PAGE 4
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Cigarettes now equal in the eyes of the law Ban on e-cigarettes offers a sensible compromise for smokers and the non-smoking public Buffalo has taken swift action against electronic cigarettes, becoming the first community in Erie County to impose laws that ban the smoking of e-cigarettes wherever traditional cigarettes are disallowed. The new measure, passed by the Buffalo Common Council last week, aims to protect the public from the potential secondhand effects of e-cigarettes. Vaping has fewer health risks than smoking a tobacco cigarette, but e-cigarettes do contain varying levels of nicotine and the vapors emitted contain other substances as well, including formaldehyde and heavy metals. Clearly regulation is still necessary, although e-cigarettes can help smokers kick their tobacco habit. It’s certainly important to ensure that non-smokers aren’t exposed to cigarette smoke, but ecigarettes are still new and their potential health risks not fully explored. But e-cigarettes offer potential benefits as well. They’re frequently marketed as a tool that can be used to quit smoking traditional cigarettes. Individuals who are trying to quit should be supported in their quest for a healthier alternative. Fortunately, city lawmakers made an effort to strike a balance – to offer protection to the community at large while not com-
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pletely stifling those who smoke e-cigarettes. The new measure bans e-cigarettes on public transportation, city school, city-owned and leased buildings and many large businesses – the same locations where smoking tobacco cigarettes is prohibited. But e-cigarettes are permitted in designated areas of schools, like faculty rooms, and critically, in vaping shops and lounges. This exemption is highly important, as it allows users of ecigarettes to feel they are welcome to smoke somewhere in the city and lets interested customers sample merchandise before purchasing. The non-smoking public can
feel fully protected as well, because anyone trying to avoid smoke from e-cigarettes can simply not enter the shops. Because of this intelligent limitation on the measure, individuals trying to make the switch from tobacco to e-cigarettes have a place to try the product. As a result, the law avoids a problematic side effect, as it is less likely to dissuade smokers from the healthier option that ecigarettes offer. The measure also takes into account the troubling rise in use of e-cigarettes among teenagers nationwide, reinforcing a state law that bans the sale of the product to individuals under 18 years of age.
E-cigarettes have drawn some ire for offering flavors, like candy and bubble game, that seem to appeal to a younger demographic, though proponents of the product argue that the flavors appeal to all ages. Regardless, it’s important to ensure that teenagers don’t become hooked on any form of cigarette. Reinforcing the underage sales ban is a useful reminder that the simplest solution to protecting the public from cigarette smoke is preventing young adults from picking up the habit in the first place. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com
Stealing from the poor and staying on the payroll Buffalo School District fails to efficiently notice administrator’s wrongdoing The Buffalo Public School District can’t seem to catch a break. Perhaps that’s because they keep hiring ineffective – and in this case corrupt – individuals to lead the district and manage its money. Before Debbie Buckley’s firing seven months ago, the high-level administrator for the district was tasked with managing more than $100 million in federal grants the district received for its students living in poverty. Buffalo’s public schools are filled with impoverished children. They all need – and deserve – assistance. Fortunately, those needs were recognized, and federal funds poured in to help. Unfortunately, Buckley decided to help herself. In March 2010, former superintendent James Williams (who was fired by the district in 2011 for unrelated reasons) promoted Buckley to assistant superintendent of state and federal pro-
grams, where she ran the grants department. On Friday, the FBI charged her with embezzlement. Somehow, for more than a year, the school district failed to notice Buckley redirecting federal grant money to aid herself and those close to herself, rather than Buffalo’s needy children. An investigation completed in April 2012 revealed Buckley had taken more than $330,000 from the grant money, giving it to her son, other family members and using it to fund a tutoring business she ran with her mother. The report details Buckley’s rampant thievery, raising concern that the district allowed a single person to have complete and unsupervised control over vast sums of desperately needed funds. Buckley was able to authorize funds to vendors before contracts were signed, pay for services the district didn’t receive and rent space for her tutoring com-
pany under the guise of district use. Her behavior went unchecked, her spending unsupervised. The district must develop a better system, or any system, to monitor the spending of district funds. Buckley’s actions should have been impossible. Instead, they were easy. When district employees are spending thousands of dollars in grant money, it’s a no-brainer that there should be some form of prior authorization. The district must salvage what it can from this catastrophe, and improve its financial policies. A reputation for the mismanagement of grant money could be deeply damaging and prevent it from receiving money in the future. And somehow, the district must improve its hiring record. From superintendents leaving their posts to Buckley’s criminal
Més Que brings food, drinks and the beautiful game DANIEL MCKEON FEATURES WRITER The closest professional soccer team to Buffalo isn’t even American. It’s Toronto FC and it’s around two hours away. As a soccer fan, I felt a bit out of place in this hockey and football spirited town and my thirst for soccer led me to Més Que, the only soccer bar I could find in Buffalo. I was worried my own desperation for a soccer experience, outside of watching it alone in my dorm, would lead me to some sketchy bar. I couldn’t have been more wrong. I arrived at Més Que, located at 1420 Hertel Avenue, just before the Liverpool/West Ham game started last Saturday. The two teams play in the Barclay’s Premier League, the top English soccer league. The bar flew the flags of West Ham United and Chelsea, two London-based soccer teams, outside its doors. Chelsea made sense to me, as they’re a popular team worldwide. But, with all due respect to West Ham, they’re not a popular team in the United States.
This was encouraging. They don’t only cater to the big teams, but they pay attention to all Premier League teams. Inside, sure enough, there were three West Ham fans sitting at the bar. I went inside to the sound of cheers from around 15 people. No, they weren’t cheering for me, Manchester United had just scored. Més Que has three large wallmounted televisions on one wall, one smaller TV in the corner and another small one mounted on the opposite wall. Each television showed an English soccer game and a different group of fans intently watched each screen. As I worked my way into the Liverpool group, I smelled an amazing scent coming from the front of the room. The bar at Més Que doubles as its kitchen. Dishes are prepared behind the bar and the lovely scents of soup, pizza and pasta fills the air. The pizzas seemed to be the crowd favorite. I ordered a barbeque chicken, spinach, red onion and cheddar jack pizza and it was probably the best pizza I’ve had in Buffalo. If you’re thirsty, then you can wait until your team scores. Usu-
activity, the district is failing in its hiring practices. This may be difficult for the district to accept. After all, despite hiring an investigator to examine Buckley’s spending in July 2011, it wasn’t until September that Buckley was removed from her post. And even then, she remained on paid leave for seven months. Apparently, the district just didn’t want to accept that they’d much such a grievous error. They certainly didn’t want anyone else to know, as The Buffalo News had to file a lawsuit in the State Supreme Court just to obtain a copy of the investigator’s report on Buckley. Now that it’s all in the open, it’s time for the school district to accept its flaws, realize that everyone else is aware of them, too, and start figuring out how to do their jobs. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com
Buffalo bar provides authentic pub experience for soccer fans
ally one fan will buy everyone a drink in celebration. Everyone in the room is enthralled with the game. Fans are singing chants and cheering on their favorite players for the full 90 minutes of the match. When Daniel Sturridge, a Liverpool star who was injured for five months, was substituted on to the field, the pub erupted into applause. And when he scored a few minutes later, the pub exploded with joy. Més Que is going for this type of pub atmosphere. Tables are moved out of the way for games, allowing more and more fans to find standing room inside. Team scarves and banners line the walls. The bar caters to niche groups, too. I was surprised when I saw a worker taking the flag of Borussia Dortmund, a German soccer team, out of a closet to be displayed. The German league, known as the Bundesliga, is only showed on beIN sports, an obscure sports channel which many people don’t have access to. But at Més Que, they show at least one Bundesliga game every Saturday and Sunday. Real Ma-
drid and FC Barcelona games are shown as well. Even the Scottish Cup attracts a good crowd. There is something for every international soccer fan, which is good for someone like me. I can’t get enough soccer. When there isn’t a game going on, the pub becomes a quaint, relaxed European-style restaurant. The food is good enough to go without the game atmosphere and the friendly staff makes it an enjoyable experience. Més Que is a soccer fan’s paradise. The name comes from the Catalan dialect of Barcelona, Spain and means “more than.” Indeed, this is “more than” a sports bar for soccer fans like myself. This is a place where I can experience my favorite sport to the fullest. For those 90 minutes, the people around me are “more than” fellow soccer fans. We are the crowd, cheering and singing our team to victory. email: features@ubspectrum.com
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Reclaiming your Buffalo winter Several ways to enjoy the winter instead of dreading it SOPHIA MCKEONE STAFF WRITER
Living in Buffalo in the winter often means limiting your outdoor time to walking to your car or treading through the snow to get to class. Between November and March, the weather in Western New York is brutal and makes you question why you chose to attend UB. But if the snow and the negative temperatures haven’t made you too bitter, here are some ways to survive Mother Nature’s winter wrath. Snowshoeing and cross-country skiing Snowshoeing and cross-country skiing have become increasingly popular activities among restless Buffalo residents throughout the long winter months. The low cost of renting or buying snowshoes and skis make the activities easily accessible hobbies. Tifft Nature Preserve, located at 1200 Fuhrmann Blvd. in Buffalo, offers snowshoeing for visitors of all ages. Admission to the grounds is free, and snowshoe rentals are $5 for adults and $3 for children up to 45 pounds, available at the Makowski Visitor Center. The Visitor Center is open Wednesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday noon to 4 p.m. Snow must be at least six inches deep to snowshoe. Reinstein Woods in Depew also has a variety of trails perfect snowshoeing and cross-country skiing. Located at 93 Honorine Drive, visitors can bring their own snowshoes or rent a pair for $5. Crosscountry skis can also be rented for $5. Visitors can also go on a guided nature walk, held on Saturdays at 10 a.m. The Reinstein Woods Environmental Education Center is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and 1 to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. Sledding and tobogganing Chestnut Ridge Park, about a 30-minute drive from North Campus, is a wonderful place to hike and picnic in the summer. In the winter, the park offers opportunities for many fun outdoor activities. Located at 6121 Chestnut Ridge Road in Orchard Park, visitors can cross-country ski, snowboard, sled, toboggan, hike and snowmobile. The sledding hill at the park is open daily from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and the toboggan chutes are operated from 4
Despite the bitterly cold winter temperatures in Buffalo, the area is full of fun outdoor activities like hiking, ice skating and sledding. SPECTRUM STOCK PHOTO
p.m. to 8 p.m. on Fridays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekends and holidays. Hiking The Western New York area is full of hiking trails that are accessible during the winter months. If you’re up for the drive, then the Erie County Bureau of Forestry Park, located 40 minutes south of Buffalo, offers 3,400 acres of land to explore. The park’s variety of marked and unmarked trails makes it a great place to enjoy the outdoors. For a closer getaway, Ellicott Creek Park is just 10 minutes from North Campus. Located at 1 Ellicott Creek Drive in Tonawanda, the park offers various hiking trails as well as cross-country skiing and sledding. Ice Skating Believe it or not, you can do more on ice than slip and spill coffee all over yourself. In fact, some people can twirl and do flips. You don’t have to be Michelle Kwan, however, to enjoy a day on the ice. Canalside is quickly becoming one of Buffalo’s most popular places for fun in the winter. The enormous ice rink – larger than the rink at Rockefeller Center in New York City – is a great place to ice skate
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outdoors. Visitors can also rent ice bikes for $15 for 30 minutes. Free skate at Canalside is 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, noon to 10 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $5 and skate rentals are $3. If you don’t have the $8 for admission and rentals at Canalside, then the ice rink at Martin Luther King Jr. Park is a free alternative. A splash pad during the summertime, during the winter visitors can work on their ice skating skills free of charge, including rentals. The ice rink, just east of Buffalo, is open weekdays from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and on weekends from noon to 5:30 p.m. If you’d rather not drive, then you can visit the temporary outdoor ice skating rink set up outside the Student Union on North Campus. The rink is free for UB students, faculty and staff, including free skate rental – just show your UB ID card. The rink is open from Wednesday through Friday from noon to 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. email: features@ubspectrum.com
doing on third floor of Capen, now that Lockwood is 24/7 everyone is going there to print, so that makes a bigger problem,” said Ivan Chao, a junior communication major. Some students have found ways around the printing delays. Sagar Ghare, a graduate supply chain management major, said he has waited more than four hours to receive his printouts. He usually goes to the Health Sciences Library on South Campus because the number of people printing on South Campus is low compared to North Campus libraries. Kevin Chen, a senior business major, sometimes prints in color when lines are long because he said color printouts tend to come out faster. Fries said he now does all his printing at home to avoid the hassle of waiting in the line at the library. Delays vary by site and can range from just 5 minutes to more than 24 hours, according to the UBIT website. Despite the long turnaround times at the beginning of this semester, Stein said that UB’s printing times have “dramatically improved” over the past 10 years. Justina Virga, a senior political science and English major, said UB should remedy the printer time wait issues by adding more printers to the library. The first floor of Silverman library has eight printers, while the second floor or Lockwood has four printers – two for color and two for black and white. email: news@ubspectrum.com
“There has been a huge profit made by American corporations on the backs of its workers,” Zarembka said. “It’ll be a redress bringing it back down to the people doing the work.” Despite concerns over the wage increase, Zarembka explained that a multiplying effect should self-correct the economy: workers will now have more money to spend on an excess of goods. But, New York employees who work full-time making minimum wage will now make just over $18,000 a year. Zarembka said it’s still not enough. “This type of increase will only have a small, positive effect,” Zarembka said. “If it were up to me, I’d set the minimum wage at $15.00 an hour.” Cities like Seattle, Washington plan to do just that. The Seattle City Council unanimously approved the plan to increase the city’s minimum wage to $15.00 an hour by 2021 this past June. Washington already had the nation’s highest state-level minimum wage of $9.47. Other areas are also looking to increase their wage, although not as drastically. Cuomo announced in his State of the State Address on Jan. 21 that he would like to increase New York City’s wage to $11.50. Many of UB’s students, like Barca, are from New York City. Although Barca is “not a huge fan” of the overall state wage increase, she said the possible New York City increase would do its residents just considering the city’s high living expenses. The wage increases will surely lead to debate in the legislature over the next few months due to the complexity and the differing opinions surrounding the issue. “Although overall I am not a huge fan of the increase, I do believe it’ll have its benefits,” Barca said. email: news@ubspectrum.com
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Students wait for their printouts in Lockwood Library. Many students have reported experiencing longer print turnaround times than usual this semester. ELAINE LAM, THE SPECTRUM
Some students still feel the print turnaround times at the beginning of this semester are unacceptable. Jessica Harms, a senior civil engineering major, waited two and a half hours for her documents to be printed during the first week of the spring semester. “It was confusing because there were people going up there, getting their stuff and leaving [but] then my [documents] never came out,” Harms said. Ajinkya Lonikar, a graduate mechanical engineering major who works as an IT consultant in Capen’s Oscar A. Silverman Library, said the busiest time of the library is between 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. He also said print jobs are usually done in 5-10 minutes during normal weeks of the semester. Stein said printing times fluctuate based on demand. The trends in printing are monitored and printing capacity is scaled to the average demand. He said when students come into the libraries during the first week to print most of their coursework, it places stress on the printing service. Stein said if students only printed the documents they truly need, printing services would be improved. Some students said they think the longer wait time is due to Capen Hall no longer being open 24 hours a day – creating an influx of students printing at Lockwood. Lockwood has replaced Capen as UB’s only 24-hour library due to the Heart of the Campus renovations, which will close the third floor until at least November. “Because of the renovations they’re
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Dr. Gregory Dimitriadis’ unexpected death on Dec. 29, 2014 was a tragedy among UB faculty. He will be remembered for his devotion to his research, students and colleagues.
“We were especially impressed with his research on African American males and the hip-hop culture,” Miller said. Bhardwaj said Dimitriadis’ teaching policy can be summed up in one word: generosity. As his mentor, Dimitriadis taught Bhardwaj how to be unselfish, giving, honest and caring for students and colleagues alike. Dimitriadis proved to be a leader when he was an associate dean. He was an affiliated faculty member in the Gender Institute and worked in the College of Arts and Sciences. Miller recalls Dimitriadis coming in and out of her office until he came to an understanding of the new interdisciplinary program in order to become the associate dean. She said his inquisitive attitude is what made him a great qualitative researcher. “Whenever you spoke to Greg, you always had the feeling that he was listening to everything you had to say,” Miller said.
Dimitriadis dared people to ask questions. He taught his students how to develop their research in profound and meaningful ways, Bhardwaj said. Dimitriadis preached the importance of humility, emphasizing that the more a person reads, the more they realize what they don’t know, Bhardwaj said. Dimitriadis served on doctoral committees at universities across the country as well as at Cambridge University and the University of Alberta, according to the UB graduate school of education website. Miller said Dimitriadis was an exceptional scholar and inspired students to use their mind as a gateway to exploring diversity on and off campus. “He was an eternal optimist and didn’t dwell on the negatives or the past,” Miller said. Dimitriadis was always on a pursuit for change and Bhardwaj said he will carry out his legacy by being “an effective, caring, generous scholar and educator.” A memorial service will be held for Dimitriadis on March 6 in 250 Baird Hall at 3 p.m. It is open to all faculty and students. “UB, and college in general, needs more Greg Dimitriadis,” Bhardwaj said. email: features@ubspectrum.com
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Destiny’s Child, Ludacris and Kearney Douglas Kearney performs a collection of his poetry at UB REBECCA VINCENT STAFF WRITER Douglas Kearney makes poetry pop. Kearney’s laughter, banter, singing and shouting entertained those who attended his poetry reading Thursday in Capen Hall. The award-winning poet allowed listeners to experience the delight and sorrow he writes about firsthand in a performance of his poetry. Kearney is a recipient of numerous awards, including the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference Fellowship and the Whiting Writers’ Award. He read several of his poems in the Poetry Collection Room on the fourth floor of Capen to students and faculty. In his most recent collection of poems, entitled “Patter,” Kearney expresses the struggle he and his wife went through trying to have a child, opening with several poems about miscarriage. His performances “Miscarriage: A Magic Trick,” “Miscarriage: A Silent Film” and “Miscarriage: A Bar Joke” spoke of his personal struggles and scars. Kearney does not limit his artistic vision to only a personal level. He also discussed themes of unjust violence and cruelty. “A lot of my poetry is working around questions of violence, of course, but mostly cruelty,” Kearney said. One example of the cruelty Kearney writes about is the treatment of slaves on the Middle Passage. Despite the heavy topics discussed, Kearney ironically lightens the mood by borrowing lines from other artists to compose his work and including audience participation in his performances. In one poem he described as “a peppy poem about the Middle Passage,” Kearney uses the musical styling of Disney’s The Little Mermaid, lines from T.S. Eliot and a musical group called Parliament to integrate cultural references into horrific historical violent events. In another, he incorporates lines from Destiny’s Child, The 69 Boys, Ice Cube and Ludacris to force the audience to think about the prevalence of violence in
society. Two lucky audience members were chosen to alter the order of the lines in two of Kearney’s poems according to how they felt it should be read. Kendall Spaulding*, a junior English major, was one of the students chosen to give Kearney instructions on how he should read his work. “I found that to be really cool in the fact that one’s own reading can be so different,” Spaulding said. “People hear words and interpret contexts differently. When you give someone else the chance to read your own work, you highlight things others might have overlooked.” Spaulding said he was given a printed copy of one of Kearney’s poems and was asked to rearrange the stanzas based on his interpretation of the poem. He said the piece “read very sonically to me so that was my main suggestion, which was to emphasize the sonic value of the poem.” Kearney is a champion of justness, often writing about numerous forms of historical violence and cruelty toward blacks and women. Many of Kearney’s poems deal with issues and arguments in politics and throughout history. Kearney explained the background for each poem that he read so his audience was able to understand his intended interpretation. Laura Sturckler, a junior English and photography major, said having the context of the poetry helped her truly understand Kearney’s poems. “It helped that he further explained, because I didn’t have the book in front of me to analyze [what he was saying],” Sturckler said. After the show, Kearney talked about how he chooses the words he uses in his poetry during a Q&A session. He talked about how he is “interested in the sonic level and playing around with how sound can be used to dictate a certain level of the context.” Sturckler said the reading “showed a lot of how sound does work, which I was in-
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terested in because I don’t have much experience with that.” Kearney knows people often feel captivated by his work, and is confident in his writing. “I’m famous, and I’m really good at what I do,” Kearney joked. It’s not often a poet incorporates Ludacris lyrics into a poem. The way Kearney manipulates his words and phrases to give each poem emotion might be why he has achieved so much success.
“I found the poet’s work to be phenomenal,” Spaulding said. “His attention to sound rhythms in his reading and references to black culture were compelling. His readings were very performative and really worked well with the content. It was hard to not feel every word he said.” Jordan Oscar contributed reporting to this story *Full disclosure: Kendall Spaulding occasionally contributes writing to The Spectrum. email: arts@ubspectrum.com
The grapevine The weekly breakdown of Buffalo’s music calendar
BRIAN WINDSCHITL ARTS EDITOR This week budding musicians, punk lovers and anyone else who likes to sing, could take to the stage and strut their stuff. This edition of “The Grapevine” offers more than concerts. In addition to range of talented artists coming town this week – from country stars to synth-pop queens – there are opportunities for people to give their own performances at open-mic events throughout the city. Monday, Feb. 9 Millionaires – The Forvm The Millionaires are a pair of DJs who like to party. The two-woman DJ group has its own high-energy brand of synth pop reminiscent of Ke$ha. Their music is crazy and loud, inundated with electronic noise – a surefire good and crazy time. This concert is advised for anyone who wants to party hearty, on a Monday. Tuesday, Feb. 10 Open Mic – Nietzsche’s Attention all aspiring songwriters, this is for you. Anyone who wants to try his or her hand at live performance onstage should come to Nietzsche’s on Tuesday. Wednesday, Feb. 11 Punk Rock Karaoke – Waiting Room Nietzsche’s isn’t the only venue with an
open mic event this week. The Waiting Room is also having their own sing-along this Wednesday, when they’ll host a punk rock karaoke night. A surefire good time, bring friends (or enemies if your punk rock growl isn’t up to par) and sing away your problems until the sun comes up. Emerging Composers – Kleinhan’s Music Hall The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra is showcasing four emerging composers on Wednesday at Kleinhan’s on Wednesday, and it’s free. The young composers will have their compositions played by the BPO under associate director, Stefan Sanders. Afterwards, a Q&A discussion will be held with the composers and their mentors, Robert Beaser (Julliard), Rob Deemer (SUNY Fredonia) and Melinda Wagner, a Pulitzer Prize winner in music. Thursday, Feb. 12 Kelsea Ballerini – First Niagara Center Ballerini is a country singer hailed as CMT’s “Next Women of Country in 2014.” Currently, she is on her first headlining tour promoting her self-titled debut album. Her first album can only be described as a new brand of country with the blending of modern production techniques, pop and country. This concert is for any country lover looking to see the next big thing. Friday, Feb. 13 Average White Band – Seneca Niagara Casino and Hotel A band from the past is coming to Buffalo on Friday. The Scottish funk and R&B band, known for their hit song “Pick Up the Pieces,” will be performing at Seneca Niagara this Friday. Today, the band only has two of the six original members – even so, the 43-year-old band continues to tour the world. email: arts@ubspectrum.com
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Jason Huber (left) and Jordan Kelley (right), the musical duo of Cherub, rocked the Waiting Room on Wednesday with their high-energy, electropop performance.
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Cherub puts on a wild show at the Waiting Room, despite the weather BRIAN WINDSCHITL ARTS EDITOR
Outside the Waiting Room the surrounding streets were barely visible under a fresh layer of quickly falling snow. The windows were fogged over and the snowfall showed no indication of slowing down. Mounds of snow lined the path leading to the venue. The Waiting Room would have looked vacant from the outside. You wouldn’t have thought there were hundreds of people inside, dancing their hearts out. Cherub, the musical duo consisting of Jason Huber and Jordan Kelley, put on a concert filled with laughs, deep grooves and funky dance moves Wednesday night at the Waiting Room. Over the past two years, Huber and Kelley have experienced a breakthrough in their popularity.
The band has finally found mainstream success, spearheaded by their widely popular hit single “Doses and Mimosas,” and have performed at some of the highest profile music festivals in the world, such as Lollapalooza and Outer Lands. On Wednesday, the band brought their talents to Buffalo. Aside from their fun-loving electropop music, Cherub is known for their high-energy, interactive live performances. The duo, bathed in the Waiting Room’s flashing neon lights, was comfortable on stage. They closed their eyes, lost in the groove of their own music. The performers give off a sense of ease, as if this was what they were born to do. And, perhaps they were. Before Huber and Kelley met during Huber’s freshman year in college the two had already been involved in numerous musical projects, Huber said.
Both of the men were DJs at the time, trying to do what they do now – perform in the spotlight. It’s not their sense of ease that truly stands out. The band exudes this childish, nothingcan-stop-me attitude in their music and performances. At one point in the show, an inebriated crowd member yelled at the band to take their shirts off. Huber and Kelley, obviously amused, stopped playing mid-song to point at the guy and yell: “You take your shirt off man!” Despite how natural they make it look onstage, Kelley said their music is the result of long hours spent perfecting it in the studio. Kelley said part of the band’s advantages come from the amount of time and effort they put into customizing their di-
verse sound. “All of our music tends to be lighthearted and upbeat music,” Kelley said. “We build out songs in the studio first and put it together for our live shows. We can really build our songs from the ground up that way – its more free and creative.” Katie Walsh, a junior geography major, has been a Cherub fan since their first mixtape titled, MoM & DaD. “I thought they had a great sound and an incredibly infective energy,” Walsh said after the show. “My favorite part of the show was when Jason Huber came to the edge of the stage to give my friend his bottle of water because he looked thirsty.” While listening to and watching the band, it’s easy to get the impression they are genuine, that the band’s free-spirited music is illustrative of Huber and Kelley’s real personalities. “I’m living for the moment,” the band sings on their song “Jazzercise ’95.” The crowd at the Waiting Room, mostly young adults ages 20-25, speaks to the band’s youthful allure. Taylor Welencsics, a 21-year-old from Rochester, drove through a snowstorm to see Cherub play at the Waiting Room. “I came here for the music,” Welencsics said. He originally planned on staying only for the warm-up act, Mystery Skulls, an electro DJ, but ended up staying to see Cherub because of the atmosphere. Huber, jokingly, described his ideal live concert atmosphere as “wet.” “I want a wet show – wetter is better,” he said. On Wednesday, Cherub opened their show with their song “Disco Sh*t.” “This is that Disco sh*t that makes you feel alive,” the band sang. “And makes you forget all about the time.” One gets the feeling the core of Cherub’s musical identity is personified by their fans – a carefree crowd of high school and college aged kids spraying their arms, legs, hands and feet in crazy directions. Pure, unadulterated fun. email: arts@ubspectrum.com
The Loft: Movie review Quick Hits: Softball begins season, men’s basketball loses conference matchup
REUBEN WOLF CONTRIBUTING WRITER Film: The Loft Release date: Jan. 30 Studio: Anonymous Content Grade: F The term “unintentional laughter” is often used in other reviews about bad movies, but I never thoroughly understood what that meant until I saw The Loft. The film, directed by Erik Van Looy (The Memory of a Killer) is an “erotic psychological thriller,” or at least it’s labeled that way. Those are three words anybody could and would use to describe any movie that is much smarter, and that is certainly not The Loft. The plot is the cast trying to figure out who murdered a naked blonde they found in the bed in the apartment they use to have conquests outside their marriages. The movie’s main ensemble seems to answer the question of what happened to that lovable gang of children from any mid-80s to early ’90s kids flick. It stars Karl Urban (Walking with Dinosaurs) as the stereotypical “cool kid,” James Marsden (The Best of Me) as the clean-cut, morally just character and Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family, where he plays a lovable homosexual so well there is no way he can shake it off, even given the character of a misogynistic drunk). Here he plays the fat kid who has grown from being characterized solely by his love of food to now his
love of booze and cheap sex. Also in the film are Wentworth Miller (Stoker) as the nerd with social problems and Phillip, the coked-out wildcard of the group played by Matthias Schoenaerts (The Drop). The men are friends and – either through dialogue or one of the thousands of flashbacks – the movie never lets you forget it. Each of these friends has qualities so predictable and unoriginal that the “twist” ending shouldn’t come as a surprise. These “twist endings” have become so typical of thrillers released in January that the bulk of the time watching this film was spent wondering how bad it was going to be. It starts with, and intermittently cuts back to, a police interrogation of the friends before mixing in flashbacks at the loft. It then flashbacks to before the five men discover the naked, blood-soaked body in the bed. This is important to note as the director, Erik Van Looy (the director of the Belgian version of The Loft, which was then titled simply Loft), presents his laziness while directing this film. He stops telling you how long ago the flash back was halfway through the movie. But time is not a factor for these gentlemen. It would be easy to make a list of moments that are incoherent, don’t add up to anything or are pointless character moments to show that this movie is bad, but the movie didn’t settle for easy storytelling, so neither will this reviewer. In viewing The Loft, one could not help but be left with questions, not good questions that a good mystery movie should provoke, but questions like: Why would anyone buy a set of knives for a place where the sole intent is to get away from their wives? Wouldn’t anyone have the first thought, upon seeing a dead girl in their loft, to call the police? What was the point of Phillip being a coke addict? The production company of The Loft is Anonymous Content – a fitting name, as no one would want their name attached to this project. The movie is 1 hour and 45 minutes. We find out who the girl in the bed is one hour into the movie, but this problem could have been solved if somebody had flipped the girl over to see her face. The movie should have been 45 minutes, which wouldn’t make it better, just less of a waste of time.
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JAMES BATTLE ASST. SPORTS EDITOR Men’s Basketball (15-7, 6-4 Mid-American Conference) The men’s basketball team lost to Akron (16-7, 7-3 MAC) on Saturday night at the James A. Rhodes Arena in Akron, Ohio. Senior forward Xavier Ford finished with 22 points on 9 of 17 shooting from the field and a team-leading 10 rebounds. Junior forward Justin Moss was close behind with 21 points and 6 rebounds. Freshman guard Lamonte Bearden led the Bulls with five assists, scoring 11 points of his own. Shannon Evans had a similar performance with 13 points and four assists by the end of the night. The Bulls shot a paltry 23 percent from beyond the arc. Junior guard Jarryn Skeete was the only player to connect on a 3-pointer. The Bulls also brought the ball up with 11 turnovers. The Bulls will look to redeem themselves on Tuesday night against Toledo in Alumni Arena. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. Softball (1-3) The softball team opened their season losing three out of its first four games. The Bulls lost the season opener 8-0 to Western Kentucky, but defeated Alabama State, 11-8, on Friday at the Troy ChickFil-A Invite in Troy, Alabama. The Bulls struggled offensively in their first game. The team managed two hits in the ball game, both of which from senior infielder Alexis Curtiss. Sophomore pitcher Bobbi Langlios pitched a complete game, giving up eight earned runs off of 12 hits with three strikeouts. The Bulls were trailing Alabama State 3-0 in the second game until the third inning, where the Bulls tied it up 3-3 from a 2-RBI single from senior pitcher/infielder Hayley Barrow, followed up with another RBI single by freshman infielder Sarah Edwards. The Bulls had the game until Alabama State rallied to score seven runs in the final inning, sending the game into extra-innings. Buffalo outscored Alabama State 4-1 in the extra inning to end the game 11-8. Women’s Basketball (13-8, 6-4 MAC) The Bulls won 66-45 against Bowling
Green (9-13, 2-9 MAC) on Saturday afternoon in Alumni Arena. The Bulls’ biggest lead was by 29 points, their largest lead of any game this season. Senior forward Kristen Sharkey led the scoring and assists with 18 points and five assists – her career-high. Sophomore forward Alexus Malone led the team with eight rebounds. The Bulls’ next game is on the road against Akron (17-5, 7-4 MAC) on Wednesday in Akron, Ohio. Wrestling (5-11, 0-6 MAC) The Bulls fell to No. 2 Missouri 43-6 on Friday at Alumni Arena. Senior Max Soria took on Alan Walters – the No. 2 grappler in the country in the 125-pound weight class. Soria took him down in the third period, but eventually lost the match 8-2. Freshman Sean Peacock was the only Bull to score points. He was awarded a forfeit win for his fifth consecutive victory. The wrestling team will play their next match on Friday, Feb. 13, as they take on Binghamton (6-9, 4-3 Big Sky) at Alumni Arena. Men’s Tennis (5-3) The men’s tennis team defeated Cleveland State (3-1) 4-3 on Saturday in Westlake, Ohio to hand the Vikings their first loss of the season. Junior Akhil Mehta and freshman Noah Hajdu-Andersson edged out a 7-6 doubles victory to clinch the doubles points for the Bulls. Sophomore Jonathan Hannestad, senior Sebastian Ionescu and junior Sergio Arevalillo picked up singles wins as well. The Bulls will not play again until Feb. 20, when they take on Niagara (1-1), followed by Youngstown State (2-3) on Feb. 21. Both matches will be played at the Miller Tennis Center in Buffalo, New York. Women’s Tennis (1-2) The women’s tennis team was defeated by West Virginia (2-1) 5-2 on Friday at the Miller Tennis Center in Buffalo, NY. Sophomore Margarita Kotok and freshman Tanja Stojanovska picked up singles victories for the Bulls, but the team dropped the next four singles matches. The Bulls will host ASA (1-0) and Youngstown State (5-3) on Feb. 20-21 at the Miller Tennis Center. email: sports@ubspectrum.com
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Freshman guard Stephanie Reid, pictured here, and the women’s basketball team will now wear a No. 32 patch to memorialize Eastern Michigan player Shannise Heady. On Jan. 25, Heady was killed in an automobile accident in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
Women 's basketball honors late Eastern Michigan player Team wears patches in memory of Shannise Heady QUENTIN HAYNES SPORTS EDITOR The women’s basketball team matchup against Eastern Michigan on Jan. 31 proved there is more to the sport than competition. The Bulls and the Eagles share a storied conference history that dates back to 1994, with Eastern Michigan leading the all-time series 13-8. Usually, a conference matchup this deep into the season is filled with wretched distaste for the opposing team and the moments before tipoff are tense. But the mood in the Convocation Center at Eastern Michigan University on Jan. 31 was far from aggressive. Before the game began, both teams stood at half court and shared a somber moment of silence before a tribute video appeared on the Eastern Michigan television screen. The Bulls were the first team to play a
basketball game in Ypsilanti since two Eastern Michigan students, junior Shannise Heady and Jordan Hopkins, died in an automobile accident on Hewlett Road in Ypsilanti, Michigan around 1 a.m. on Jan. 25. Heady was a member of the Eagles’ basketball team. “It was a really emotional pregame,” said senior forward Kristen Sharkey. “There was a small ceremony and a moment of silence for her before the game. Seeing the coaches and the players in tears before the game was definitely a tough situation to sit through. I can only imagine how it felt.” The Bulls will wear a black No. 32 patch on the right shoulder of the jersey for the remainder of the season as a testament to the team’s conference rival. Heady wore No. 32 for the Eagles. For Bulls head coach Felisha LegetteJack, it was more than just another game. Legette-Jack – fighting tears – said she was
honoring a player she knew personally. Heady was a recruit of Legette-Jack when she was a member of the Indiana University coaching staff. “While I was on the coaching staff at Indiana University, I met her mom – I met Shannise and I knew her personally,” Legette-Jack said. “She was a bright, brilliant young lady, and it was tough being there watching a ceremony in tribute of her passing.” Sharkey said wearing the patches shows “solidarity” with the Eagles. “It’s more than just a patch,” she said. “It’s a sign that while we play this game and represent our programs, this conference is a family and we wanted to show our full support for a school in our conference going through a rough time.” Junior guard Mackenzie Loesing also said it was something the conference had to do in Eastern Michigan’s time of need. “The entire conference showing sup-
ported needed to happen,” Loesing said. “We love to fight for Buffalo, but if something tragic were to happen to me or one of us in the UB program, getting support from the rest of the teams in the MAC would be great. It’s more than just basketball.” After Heady’s death, Eastern Michigan returned to the court to on Jan. 31 to play the Bulls with heavy hearts. The Bulls defeated Eastern Michigan that night 75-53 behind Sharkey’s 24 points. Legette-Jack said coping with Heady’s death made the Bulls stronger. “I tell my players that if you need my help, my phone is always on my bedside,” Legette-Jack said. “I don’t care if you feel lost, you need someone to help you with a situation, a relationship, anything. I will be there if you need me. That line of communication is always open.” Legette-Jack said she was coaching with a “heavy heart” that night but still had an obligation to keep a “competitive” nature. Loesing, who finished with 16 points in the Jan. 31 victory over Eastern Michigan, agreed with Legette-Jack that playing their best showed the Eagles respect. “It was tough, but we pulled it together,” Loesing said. “We didn’t want to take advantage of a game like that nor could we go in expected for an easy win because they were dealing with adversity. We felt like the ultimate respect we can offer as a conference mate was playing a good game.” The decision for every team in the conference to wear the patches was not only a tribute to Eastern Michigan and to Heady, but it was a message that the all the teams in the conference see each other as family. The loss of Heady was a loss for the Eastern Michigan family, as well as the MAC family, according to Legette-Jack. “It’s a tough lesson,” Legette-Jack said. “Sometimes, life offers you an experience, good or bad, and you need to teach your team and nurture them through these tough lessons. Hopefully, I’m doing a good job, and we did a good job in showing solidary and tribute to Eastern Michigan during their tough time.” email: sports@ubspectrum.com
Hardwood Report Card The Spectrum grades the Bulls win over Ball State, loss to Akron
SPORTS DESK
The men’s basketball team (15-7, 6-4 Mid-American Conference) went 1-1 this week with a victory over Ball State (7-14, 2-8 MAC) 82-78 and a loss against MAC East leader Akron (16-7, 7-3 MAC) 75-72. Three-point shooting: CThe Bulls had a rough week shooting from behind the arc. The team shot 31 percent from three-point range on Wednesday and 23 percent on Saturday. On Saturday, the Bulls went 1 of 7 from the perimeter in the first half. The poor shooting from far range carried over to the second half, where the team only shot 3 of 10. With less than 10 seconds remaining in Saturday’s game, freshman guard Lamonte Bearden and junior guard Jarryn Skeete missed potential game-tying 3-pointers, resulting in a three point loss. Foul shooting: B+ The team went 35 of 45 (77 percent) from the free-throw line in the two matchups this past week. Junior forward Justin Moss and sophomore guard Shannon Evans led the team with eight and 10 freethrows made, respectively. The team successfully converted 10 of 12 free-throws against Ball State en route to a 10-point halftime lead. The team shot 12 of 14 from the line against Akron, but only made it to the charity stripe five times in the second half. Rebounding: B The Bulls grabbed 68 rebounds this week, but were unable to out-rebound their opponent in either game. On Wednesday the Bulls were out-rebounded 37 to 35 against Ball State. Moss led the team with nine rebounds, seven of which were defensive. Senior forward Xavier Ford recorded his first doubledouble of the season, tallying 10 rebounds to go along with 22 points. Ball Control: C+ The Bulls had a total of 23 turnovers this week, but Bearden registered eight of them. The team turned the ball over 12 times against Ball State, four coming from the freshman guard. The Bulls, however, were able to force 16 turnovers against the Cardinals, resulting in 21 converted points. The Bulls were only able to force nine turnovers against Akron, resulting in 12 points. The team also turned the ball over 11 times. Bearden turned the ball over twice in less than two seconds in the beginning of the second half, resulting in a
YUSONG SHI, THE SPECTRUM
Sophomore guard Shannon Evans and the men’s basketball team went 1-1 this week in conference play.
quick two points for the Zips. Overall Offense: B Despite going 1-1 in conference play, the Bulls put up their fourth-largest scoring total of the season against Ball State. Buffalo put up 82 points against the Cardinals, including a game-high 25 points from Evans, and 17 points from Moss. The team was also efficient, shooting over 45 percent from the field. Four Bulls scored in double-digits on Saturday despite the loss at Akron. Ford led the team with 22 points on 9 of 17 shooting. The team shot nearly 46 percent from the field, but missed all three shots in the last 20 seconds of the game. Defense: C+ The Bulls accumulated seven blocks and 16 steals over the weekend. The Bulls allowed 78 points to Ball State and 75 points to Akron.
The Bulls went on a 23-9 run over 10 minutes to end the first half against Ball State, but the team gave up 48 points in the second half to make it a close game. Buffalo also allowed Akron to shoot 50 percent (14 of 28) from the field for 48 first-half points. Bench Production: D The Bulls bench scored 24 points this week, but scored 22 of them against the Cardinals. Junior guard Rodell Wigginton, junior forward Raheem Johnson and senior forward Will Regan scored 22 points on 9 of 14 combined shooting in the win. The trio produced only two points against the Zips, shooting only 1 of 8 from the floor. Johnson only played for nine minutes in the game due to early foul trouble. Regan has averaged roughly three points per game since being replaced by Ford in
the starting lineup against Western Michigan on Jan. 27. Coaching: BHead coach Bobby Hurley did an admirable job coaching against Ball State, despite having two starters foul out of the game. Hurley successfully ran the eightman rotation, having all rotation players play at least 15 minutes. All role players scored at least five points. At the end of Wednesday’s game, the Bulls held a 79-71 lead with less than 40 seconds to play, but the Cardinals made it a two-point game with less than 10 seconds to go. In the last minute of the Akron game, the team had three separate chances to tie the game, but came out unsuccessful all three times. email: sports@ubspectrum.com