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Power outage forces 500 UB students from Red Jacket
Shelter and cots provided in Alumni Arena for displaced students
TOM DINKI
SENIOR NEWS EDITOR
Approximately 500 students were forced out of Red Jacket Hall, one of the six quadrangles in the Ellicott Complex, Wednesday after a frozen sprinkler head caused a power outage. Cold temperatures caused a sprinkler line to break and drip water into an electrical room, which damaged a single panel that shut down the electricity and heat in the building Wednesday around 7 a.m. Power returned around 11 p.m. that night Red Jacket students wait for a shuttle back to their dorms Thursday morning after spending a night inside and students were allowed to re-enter Alumni Arena Triple Gym. PHOTOS BY YUSONG SHI, THE SPECTRUM building early Thursday morning. “The University’s Emergency Plan was Students were mandated to vacate Red gym throughout the night. Schoenle said activated and within several hours and arJacket by 9 p.m. Wednesday night due to UPD had three officers and a supervisor, rangements were made to house up to 500 as well as 18 Campus Living staff memsafety concerns. students in Alumni [Arena] Triple Gym,” bers on duty. The gym can hold up to “No lights except for stairwell. No powsaid UB Chief of Police Gerald Schoen1,000 people, according to Schoenle. er. No elevators. No heat. Not safe,” said le in an email. Media was not allowed inside to take Dennis Black, vice president for UniversiStudents who spoke with The Spectrum photos on Wednesday night. ty Life and Services. said they were mostly satisfied with how “Because it’s a bedroom,” Black said. UB provided around 500 cots through UB accommodated them after the power outage. Only some wished they had been the American Red Cross and Erie Coun- “We don’t invite people into your bedroom notified of the mandatory evacuation in a ty emergency services inside the Triple in Red Jacket and we don’t invite people Gym, and University Police patrolled the into your bedroom in the Triple Gym.” better way.
Busing was provided to students from Red Jacket to Alumni Arena so they could grab their belongings. The housing of students in the Triple Gym did not affect the women’s basketball team’s game against Kent State in the main gym of Alumni Arena, which was played as scheduled at 7 p.m. One student, who slept in Alumni Wednesday night said she expected the experience to be bad, but said it was actually comfortable. Wenyi Fan, a senior biological sciences major, said it was cold inside the gym. Only about 50 of the approximately 500 students displaced slept in Alumni Arena, however, as many students stayed with friends in other residence halls or apartments. “I’d rather be more comfortable than sleeping in a cot,” said Brian Hiciano, a sophomore exercise science major who slept in a friend’s apartment. “I’d rather be staying with a friend with actual company than just sleeping by random people.” SEE EVACUATED, PAGE 6
Pair of climbers make historic ascent of Niagara Falls Professors and Will Gadd and Sarah Hueniken become the first to climb the Falls CHARLES W SCHAAB
ASST. NEWS EDITOR
Will Gadd and Sarah Hueniken became the first people to ice climb Niagara Falls on Jan. 27. The pair of ice climbers ascended 148 feet up overhanging ice that formed on the left side of Horseshoe Falls, the largest of three falls that make up Niagara Falls. “Nobody is ever going to see that view of the ice,” Gadd said. “It’s a wild place.” At the top of the waterfall, Gadd, 47, and Hueniken, 34, watched 600,000 gallons of water fall every second 170 feet over Horseshoe Falls with a force of about 2,500 tons. Gadd said he could reach out and touch the falling water with his ice tool. “It’s a rare thing,” Gadd said. “[The water] was right there.” The enormous amount of roaring water is what attracts over 20 million visitors a year to Niagara Falls. While most visitors come during the summer months, the winter offers an icy alternative. Cold winter air causes mist spraying from the waterfalls to freeze and form ice walls and formations along the base of the waterfall. Due to especially harsh winter conditions this season, Niagara Falls is mostly frozen and has developed spectacular ice formations. This frozen mist formed the wall which Gadd, a Canadian ice climber and paraglider who was named as National Geographic’s 2014-15 Adventurer of the Year, and Hueniken, a professional ice climber, scaled. “Mr. Gadd’s achievements are very inspirational,” said Brian Johnson, a junior communication major. “He is pushing the boundaries of ice climbing.” Gadd worked for eight months to get
students discuss ‘#blacklivesmatter’ History professors hold symposium to discuss racial profiling and police brutality TOM DINKI
SENIOR NEWS EDITOR
Will Gadd celebrating on top of the frozen section of ice on Horseshoe Falls, which he climbed on Jan. 27, 2015. COURTESY OF CHRISTIAN PONDELLA
permission from Niagara Falls State Park to climb the waterfall. Red Bull sponsored Gadd and helped organize the climb. Gadd made four trips to Niagara Falls, talking to New York State Park and local police, going through the legalities of the climb, attaining a permit for the climb and determining a safe spot to make the ascent. While visiting the Falls over the summer, Gadd chose the spot he would climb based on the terrain. He said the ice needed to “stick to the wall and not kill me.” “It’s the coolest thing you can see: ‘I’m going to climb that’,” Gadd said. “There’s nothing else out there that looked that cool to me.” Niagara Falls State Park is made up of three waterfalls – Horseshoe, Ameri-
can and Bridal Veil falls. Horseshoe Falls, where Gadd made his historic ascent, has a brink length of 2,600 feet, making it one of the largest waterfalls in the world. “I am impressed we’ve had such an accomplished athlete showcase his skill in our area,” said Kevin Van Hine, a freshman environmental engineering major. Every ice climber has thought about climbing Niagara Falls – his team was just the first to ask, according to Gadd. “You see the pictures on TV of when it gets really cold, and you’re interested,” Gadd said. “When [Red Bull] approached me about it like, ‘Hey could you maybe do that?’ I was immediately in.” SEE FALLS, PAGE 6
When Jason Young’s car was broken into in Southern California, the responding police officer was more interested in Young’s lack of a criminal record than Young’s missing stereo. “You mean to tell me we haven’t got you yet?” the officer asked him after running Young’s information through the system. When Young said he’d only been in California for two weeks after moving there to begin graduate school, the officer was relived. He said, “Oh you just got here. That’s why we haven’t got you yet.” Young, now a UB history professor, said a lot of interactions between police and black people are “already scripted.” “That kind of script between law enforcement and Africans Americans is historical,” Young said. “It’s developed historically. In a way we’ve all been screenwriters.” Young and other history professors, Victoria Wolcott and Carole Emberton, hosted a discussion panel on racial profiling, violence and police brutality entitled “#blacklivesmatter” on Wednesday afternoon in Norton Hall. Approximately 30 people, most of whom were students, attended the symposium and participated in the discussion. SEE BLACK LIVES MATTER, PAGE 6
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For the most part, UB officials make the best of a bad situation A lone sprinkler and lot of cold weather managed to uproot more than 500 students from Red Jacket Hall last night, but UB officials largely responded admirably to the unexpected and urgent situation. The dormitory lost power and heat Wednesday morning when a dripping sprinkler line damaged an electrical panel. Later that day, when it became clear that even with power restored there might not be time to sufficiently reheat the building, students were mandated to leave the building by 9 p.m. University officials were ready to relocate the dorm’s residents. It’s reassuring to know that the university had a crisis contingency plan prepared in advance and that officials are able to implement arrangements to relocate hundreds of students in a short time span. Less reassuring is that a lone broken sprinkler, damaged by weather-related conditions common to Buffalo, was able to take down an entire building’s electricity and heat and force hundreds of students out of their rooms. It was also frustrating that UB police tried to keep media out of the Triple Gym for what they
considered privacy purposes. UB is a public university and its students should have been able to make their own choices if they wanted to speak with reporters. Even though it seems that this should have been an avoidable crisis, UB officials did communicate with Red Jacket residents, notifying them about the situation quickly. Even though the power was out, residents were not left in the dark. Some students, however, reported resident advisers did not make rounds to rooms, a logical move to ensure all residents were informed. UB should have also sent out a campus-wide notification, so students intending to visit friends in Red Jacket or eat at Crossroads Culinary Center, which also closed, could have adjusted their plans for the evening. Ellicott Food Court and Governors Dining Hall remained open for additional hours, but the reduced options posed a potential inconvenience – one that students should have heard about as soon as possible. Only around 50 students used the accommodations that UB offered in Alumni Arena’s Triple Gym. UB was clearly prepared
to handle an influx of hundreds of students, even though it was common knowledge many students wouldn’t be spending the night in Alumni. For the students who did head to Alumni, the prospect of spending the night on cots in a gym may not have been appealing, but UB officials did their best to make the experience comfortable – and cost-efficient. Attempting to make spaces available for all possible students in need at local hotels, for example, would have been excessively expensive. In 2014, when a fire displaced 19 students from Spaulding 1, the university did fund temporary hotel stays for the residents. But for a one-night span, and for an entire dormitory, offering the Triple Gym was a logical choice. The food was nothing impressive – bagels, granola bars and apples aren’t exactly gourmet and more could have been done to offer students a wider variety of food, especially considering the inconvenience students experienced. Once UB realized that only about 50 students would be staying at Alumni, it wouldn’t
have been difficult to provide higher-quality food. However, officials were attentive to some of students’ additional needs and set up tables and chairs so students didn’t have to study on their cots. Though clearly flawed, UB’s response was efficient and organized, and thanks to the university’s preparedness, displaced residents were safe, sheltered and inconvenienced for only a brief period of time. It’s worth noting there was also a great effort made by maintenance staff to resolve the situation in Red Jacket, as the problem was resolved by 7 a.m. The response by UB was effective but imperfect – future evacuations, should they occur, could be improved by campuswide notifications and consideration of student feedback regarding this event. But arguably, this debacle never should have happened. Maintenance emergencies aren’t always preventable, but issues of this scale shouldn’t stem from something as small as a sprinkler and single electrical panel. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com
Despite attendance issues, Winterfest earns an A Annual event offers plenty of cold-weather activities, but needs more students to enjoy them This university may not cancel classes as often as students would like, but at least they manage to make sub-zero temperatures enjoyable every now and then. With its sixth-annual Winterfest following the decades-long tradition of winter festivals, UB once again established that snow and ice isn’t all bad – and that students here occasionally manage to enjoy Buffalo’s admittedly unenjoyable winters. Student Life, which organized Saturday’s event, does an admirable job of offering activities that appeal to university students, like the ever-popular broomball and the more traditional ice skating and snowman building. Offering free food at Winterfest – the trendy “chili in a bag” – is also a savvy move by event organizers, because arguably nothing attracts college students quicker than complimentary snacks. Equally important, the more
competitive games help students stay warm out on the ice and in the snow. Winterfest may seem like a simple opportunity to have some free fun – and it is – but it’s also a useful break in the tedium of trudging through snow and cursing the weather. Helping students remember that winter can be fun, with a little effort, is an admirable task, done well by Student Life. The festival cost around $3,000, according to the cochair for the event. Funded in part by Campus Living, Winterfest is also paid for with students’ mandatory activity fee. Events like this one, which don’t carry a hefty price tag, are an appealing use of such fees. But it does demonstrate the ongoing issue at the heart of the activity fee. Though the festival was easily accessible for students living on North Campus, or who happened to be on campus that Saturday, students living
on South Campus or in neighboring areas were simply left out in the cold – or in this case, left out of it. Offering some smaller-scale activities on South Campus could help include students living in the Heights areas, and in the dorms on the campus, while also promoting the festival’s main events. Because despite the largely positive reviews from students who participated in Winterfest activities, there simply weren’t that many students who joined in – attendance numbered in the hundreds. Like last year, when about 400 students participated, the festival didn’t attract large numbers of students – which is a shame. In order to justify the cost and get more students to take advantage of the event, more promotion is needed – advertising exciting prizes and competitive activities could help draw more students to the festival.
Equally important, increased accessibility would improve attendance. The festival ran from noon to 10:00 p.m. this year, an improvement from last year’s brief, fivehour span. Offering activities on more than one day would also make it easier for more students to attend. If Winterfest could occur on a Friday and Saturday, students who commute to North Campus for their classes would have the opportunity to participate. The event’s organizers have expressed that they’d like to see increased attendance at Winterfest, and accomplishing that is entirely up to them. Student Life does a great job with Winterfest. The festival is consistently well organized and greatly enjoyed – but only by the students fortunate enough to have the chance to attend. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com
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‘Now & Forever’ Drake’s mixtape ‘If You’re Reading This, Its Too Late’ speaks to artist’s evolution BRIAN WINDSCHITL ARTS EDITOR
Album: If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late Artist: Drake Label: Cash Money Records Grade: ARelease date: Feb. 13 Drake is fully aware he is a music icon, but beyond all the fame, he is a pure musician. On his newest project, If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late, Drake attempts to differentiate between his own larger-thanlife musical persona and his artistry. On Thursday night, six years after So Far Gone was released, Drake released his album-length mixtape If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late without warning. When an artist as high profile as Drake
releases any sort of music, it’s bound to be analyzed to the nth-degree. The day after the release, major news outlets, music magazines and social media sites were aflame trying to make sense of this ambitious, 17-track project. For some, this was the same-old introspective Drake. His raps either center on dealing with fame (“Energy”) or finding women to sleep with (“Madonna”). For these critics, this notion is true in a sense. “I got two mortgages, 30 million in total,” he sings in “Energy.” “Pilled up, filled up damn girl / I’ll be getting back to you for sure, man man,” he raps on “Madonna.” These songs feel like a recycled part of Drake’s earlier personas as similar lyricism across projects makes Drake’s work sometimes meld together into a single, cohesive artistic identity. Even the first song, “Legend,” is Drake’s ode to his own crown.
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On Drake's newest project, If You're Reading This It’s Too Late, the rapper delves into his artistry to explore themes of self-identity and overcoming the social oppression of celebrity.
For others, this mixtape marks a transitory point in Drake’s lyricism and career. If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late signifies a pointed departure from Drake’s typically misogynistic and materialistic lyrics – overall, the mixtape deals with these topics in a more substantive manner. The lighter, pre-fame lyrics of Take Care and So Far Gone have been replaced with the heavy and oppressive solitude and personal distance of celebrity. Drake is open and honest about his personal struggles with mortality and fame behind closed doors in a way that colors this mixtape in dark shades. “The first mil gonna change you / Change for the better, hit it then dead her / That’s my vendetta, keep this shit together,” he raps on “Star67.” This is what Drake wants the listeners to feel – this tension between worldwide
stardom and remaining an independent artist. This is best highlighted on standout songs like “Know Yourself,” and “Used To” when Drake tries to push the most crippling aspects of fame off his chest, and into the public spotlight. “They never told me when you take the crown / It gon’ take some gettin’ used to / New friends all in their old feelings now / They don’t love you like they used to.” Lyrics aside, the dark overall mood of the album is highlighted through the gorgeous low-end of the album. Producer-in-residence Noah Shebib’s precise, heavy bass scores dominate almost every track. On “6 Man” the rumbling bass and drum rolls are glossed to a tee, matching Drake’s lyrical twist flawlessly. Additionally, guest producer PARTYNEXTDOOR is also featured with memorable, symphonic “Wednesday Night Interlude.” Whether this mixtape was a statement of intent or a one-off musical experiment, Drake’s music is genuine. The music is ripe with questions about celebrity, artistic veracity and human mortality. The sounds are diverse and tentative. His experiments with his flow and delivery often feel like a master doing warm-ups. If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late, as a whole, is a promising step forward for Drake in musical maturity. With the promise of this mixtape, Drake, hopefully, is just honing his talent for his upcoming LP: Views From The 6. Drake ultimately tells us what the music is about. On “Jungle,” Drake sings about selfdiscovery, “I’m all over the place, I can’t sit in one place / I’m not ashamed at all / Still findin’ myself.” email: arts@ubspectrum.com
Around Town
Celebrate Black History Month at El Buen Amigo and The Colored Musician’s Club EMMA JANICKI
MANAGING EDITOR
Despite below freezing temperatures and wind chills hitting negative 20 degrees, Buffalo is alive and well this weekend. Bundle up and head downtown for shows, lectures or some yoga and art. For the smarty pants El Buen Amigo, a fair trade store, art gallery and community center, is hosting Seku Harwell, a UB alumnus, poet, griot and visual artist, on Saturday at 8 p.m. and Ismail & Company at 7 p.m. Ismail & Company are discussing the history of R&B Funk and Punk Funk. Harwell will give a presentation about the significance of shekere, axatse and shakers in African Spiritual systems. The shekere consists of a gourd covered in a net of beads woven together. The instrument is used for percussion in West African music. The axatse is another percussion instrument and is used in Ghana and Togo. It is similar to the shekere, but uses a small gourd. Players place the instrument between the hands and upper legs. For the music lover The Colored Musician’s Club of Buffalo has hosted major jazz stars since it began in 1918, including Dizzy Gillespie,
Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday and Count Basie. The Club, at 145 Broadway in downtown buffalo, was a place where jazz greats interacted with Buffalo’s black community during and after segregation when Local 43, an all-white jazz club, was the only jazz club in the city, according to the Club’s website. Buffalo Local 533 – what later became The Colored Musician’s Club – was formed on Feb. 3, 1917, making Buffalo the eighth city in the U.S. with racially segregated musician’s local unions. The Club is the only remaining black club in the U.S. and was designated as a Check out the Ladies First Big Band on Sunday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. at The Colored Musician’s Club at 145 historical preservation site in 1999. Today, the Club is “color blind,” and Broadway in downtown Buffalo. COURTESY OF FLICKR USER READING TOM musicians from all walks of life play at the historic club. On Sunday at 2 p.m. and 8 sical explores fame and fortune and what laxing? p.m. the Ladies First Big Band – named people will do to make it. For $15, you can take an hour-long “Buffalo’s Best Big Band” by Artvoice – For the partier yoga class at the Albright-Knox on Saturwill have open jam sessions. Instead of staying in your apartment day at 9 a.m. The class is led by Leanne For the artsy type to watch the Oscars, the Screening Room Oldenbrook, a certified yoga instructor. Although the cheapest tickets are $46.50 Cinema and Café in the Northtown Plaza The class begins with an introduction to after fees, settling into the elegant red Business Center is hosting an Oscar Par- some artwork on display and then moves chairs of Buffalo’s famed Shea’s Perform- ty on Saturday night. Gather up a group into stretching, strengthening and poses. ing Arts Center on Friday at 8 p.m., Sat- and watch Hollywood’s biggest event on a Some “art-inspired” meditation will conurday at 2 or 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. big screen, instead of squeezing everyone clude the class, according to the Albrightto watch Chicago will be a memorable and onto your couch. Doors open at 7 p.m. Knox’s website. well-deserved treat to yourself. and admission is completely free. Chicago has won six Tony awards, two For the stressed out email: emma.janicki@ubspectrum.com Olivier Awards and a Grammy. The muArt and yoga – what could be more re-
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‘Weighting’ to change How fitness transformed one UB student’s life MARISSA FIELDING STAFF WRITER
When Jon Jeziorowski entered the Steel Mill Gym in Lackawanna weighing 202 pounds, he felt out of place. As he looked around at all the red equipment, rows of black cardio machines and free weights stacked against a wall of floor-to-ceiling mirrors, Jesiorowski couldn’t fathom where to begin. Now, almost two years later, Jeziorowski is preparing for the Mr./Ms. Buffalo bodybuilding competition. On March 14, Jeziorowski, a senior business major, will be competing for the second time in the physique bodybuilding competition in the men’s height class for men over 5-foot-6, up to and including 5-foot-8. Last year, Jeziorowski took fourth place in his class. “I was chunkier. I was an oversized kid and was always unhappy with myself,” Jeziorowski said. “I didn’t like how I looked and I always got teased.” Jeziorowski said being overweight wasn’t the only thing that bothered him. He was stressed with balancing schoolwork, a part-time job and the duties of being a member of the Delta Sigma Pi business fraternity. When he was stressed, he turned to eating habits that made him feel constantly tired, even when he was getting the recommended six hours of sleep. Fatty and sugary foods can cause fatigue and create a feeling of being rundown. Heather Kearns, the undergraduate program director of exercise science, said these foods lead to weight gain and possible health problems such as diabetes. “When performed on a regular basis, exercise has been demonstrated to benefit
mental health, including improving concentration, reducing tension, enhancing cognitive function and managing anxiety and depression,” Kearns said. Physical activity and a healthy diet play an important role in the body’s ability to manage stress. Exercise is a natural mood booster – the smallest amount of exercise can have beneficial effects on mood and stress levels, according to Kearns. Jezioroski decided to seek out a fitness trainer. Once Jeziorowski met his trainer, Scott Quinn, he was instantly motivated. Quinn started training when he was 20 years old and has been helping others for six years. He currently works at the Steel Mill Gym. When Quinn and Jeziorowski first met, it was clear to Quinn that Jeziorowski was lost, unconfident and looking for that one moment that would help change his life forever. “You see Jon walking around two or three years ago, he was a heavy set and depressed,” Quinn said. “He had this look on his face and you could feel it.” Today, Quinn has Jeziorowski on a meal plan and exercise routines in order to prepare for the competition. For Quinn, having a consistent, healthy diet is important in maintaining muscle and body weight. He said nutrition should be an important factor in every student’s diet. Quinn’s own work is evident in his built body. He eats two-dozen egg whites for breakfast, as well as either fish, steak or chicken for dinner to get even more protein. Quinn didn’t always look like a bodybuilder. He faced struggles with his weight growing up, something Jeziorowski relates to. “When I was 11, I was of a heavier youth,” Quinn said. “My father got me a paper route, I started running, lost all
Solving transfer troubles UB’s Transfer Tuesdays program helps students adjust to new school MARISSA FIELDING STAFF WRITER Jesse Moses, a junior international studies major, had to learn how to adjust to a campus of almost 30,000 students after leaving a school with half as many. The Transfer Peer Mentor Program, also known as “Transfer Tuesdays,” helped Moses adjust to the nerve-wracking first few days of figuring out the large campus and creating new friendships. The program, created in the fall of 2014 by the Orientation, Transfer and Parent Programs, pairs new transfer students with transfer students, known as mentors, at a casual meeting on the first Tuesday of every month. “My first day at UB was somewhat overwhelming,” Moses said. “The campus is so large that finding my way around and learning what resources are in each building was rather daunting – and that doesn’t even cover navigating the Stampede.” Moses transferred from Monroe Community College in Rochester, a school with more than 15,000 students. When Moses heard about the program during the first week of orientation at the Transfer Tuesdays stand, she did not hesitate to sign up. The first Tuesday of every month, Lindsey Lambert, the coordinator of Transfer Tuesdays and a graduate student in the Student Affairs Master’s program, holds an informal mix and mingle event for transfer students to connect with one another, meet with their mentors and have their questions
answered. “There are snacks, music and prizes,” Lambert said. “It’s a great opportunity to take a break during your week and hang out with other students who understand the transfer experience just like you.” For example, during one Transfer Tuesday session, mentors presented ways in which students could reduce their stress for upcoming finals by reducing their coffee intake, joining yoga classes on campus and taking breaks between studying. Moses said Transfer Tuesdays helped ease her transition to UB, has helped welcome her into the new school and provided ways for her to meet new friends. “No matter where I go, I always run into at least one person I know,” Moses said. “It makes UB feel like home.” For Moses, being part of the program has helped her feel more comfortable at UB, providing information about the campus, answering any transfer questions she may have and she’s developed a strong friendship with her mentor, Ashley Scott. “Jesse is the best,” said Scott, a senior sociology major. “I consider her one of my very close friends that I’ve made here at UB and truly cherish her friendship. She is going to change the world someday.” Scott and Moses were paired when Moses signed up to the program on the UBLinked website. To pair students, Lambert utilizes common academic and extracurricular interests. Eric Niles, a senior economics major, sais he wished this program was present at the
UB student Jon Jeziorowski works out with fitness trainer Scott Quinn. The two are training for the Mr./ Ms. Buffalo bodybuilding competition in March. MARISSA FIELDING, THE SPECTRUM
the weight and he bought me an Olympic weight set when I was 12.” Their common background helps Jeziorowski feel motivated. Jeziorowski decided to join Mr./Ms. Buffalo last year. Quinn has entered the past five years. Mr./Ms. Buffalo was once hosted at UB in 2013, but is now held at First Niagara Center due to expansion. “As I got further along [with training], he would start talking about Mr. Buffalo since he was competing and getting ready,” Jeziorowski said. Quinn inspired Jeziorowski. He made him set a goal and after 10 months Jeziorowski wanted to step on stage. “I wanted to lose the weight, I want to look good,” Jeziorowski said. “He told me if I put my full heart and motivation into it, ‘I can make this happen for you.’ I’m just reaching to be happy and being comfortable with myself.”
Quinn described his first show in 2010 as “crazy.” He felt like a novice and was surprised at how big the bodybuilding industry was. Both trainer and trainee will be competing in this year’s competition. While preparing for the Mr./Ms. Buffalo competition, Jeziorowski shares insights about the benefits of nutrition and fitness to his fraternity brothers. The confidence and happiness that he has is a feeling people want to feed off of, according to Quinn. “You see Jon now, everyone wants to be his friend and shake his hand,” Quinn said. “It’s contagious. If people see that, they want to feed off of it. I believe Mr. Buffalo is growing because of that feeling.” For Jeziorowski, his transformation is a proud accomplishment. Since first entering the Steel Mill Gym and deciding to change his life, his motivation has paid off. email: features@ubspectrum.com
Ashley Scott (right) is a student mentor who is helping Jesse Moses (left) with her transition from a community college to UB. The two were paired for the Transfer Peer Mentor Program, also known as Transfer Tuesdays. MARISSA FIELDING, THE SPECTRUM
time he transferred to UB from Union College in Schenectady, near Albany, New York. “I do think being a mentor is rewarding because I really wish I had one coming here,” Niles said. “I try my best to ease the troubles and offer help to people who may not know as much especially because I don’t want them to learn the way I did, the hard way.” For Niles, adjusting to the large classes, finding ways to make new friends and transferring credits were complicated for him. “There were points that I just had to ask people how to do several things to fix what I originally did because I didn’t know how to do them correctly the first time,” Niles said. “Having a mentor would have definitely helped.” This program has helped new transfer students such as Moses discover more about the campus, events and students, informa-
tion that all incoming transfers could use to become accustomed to the large university. “Connecting with [Transfer Tuesdays] has helped me join in on some of the quintessential UB experiences – attending football games and cheering in the True Blue section, for example,” Moses said. “It has also given me many little tips along the way, from the best places to eat or where to find a quiet place to study to what free events are coming up and how to get around on the Stampede.” The Transfer Tuesday group meets the first Tuesday of every month. The next meeting is scheduled for March 3 at 3:30 p.m. in 240 Student Union. There will be games, snacks and discussions among fellow classmates who share this similar transfer experience. email: features@ubspectrum.com
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Continued from falls, page 1 The climb, which took an hour to complete, became a first for the Niagara Falls State Park, which has seen plenty of professional daredevils attempting to make history. Annie Taylor was the first person to go over the Falls, and survive, in 1901 and Nik Wallenda crossed the Falls on a tightrope in 2012. Gadd’s climb wasn’t only for a place in the ice climbing history books. He helped the New York State Park Police learn about the area at the base of the Falls in the winter, a place no one but Gadd and Heuniken have explored. This vital information of the frozen topography at the bottom will help the park police for when non-professional daredevils make “bad decisions right on the lip of the biggest waterfall on earth,” Gadd said. In addition to being a professional ice climber, Gadd spends his time paragliding, rock climbing, mountain biking and Nordic and backcountry skiing. Gadd said he has a lot of “cool things” going on right now, including
upcoming trips to Antarctica and Greenland. In August, he completed the longest air journey in a paraglide, traveling more than 400 miles down the spine of the Canadian Rockies. Gadd will be returning to the Western New York area in May to run in Red Bull’s Wings for Life World Race, which donates 100 percent of the money raised to spinal cord research. “I’m very lucky to live the life I do,” Gadd said. Despite Gadd’s experience and skill, sometimes, nature takes hold of the situation. “I actually got a bucket of Niagara Falls down my neck when the water changed course a bit and hit me in the back of the head,” he said. But he made it to the top as part of the first pair of people to ever scale the Horseshoe Falls. email: news@ubspectrum.com
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History professors Jason Young (left), Victoria Wolcott (middle) and Carole Emberton (right) held a panel discussion on racial profiling and police brutality Wednesday in Norton Hall.
The panel aimed to give historical perceptive on the phrase “black lives matter,” which has gained popularity in recent months in part due to the killings of black males Michael Brown and Eric Gardner. The American Dialect Society chose the hash tag form of the phrase as their word of the year in 2014. “If black lives matter, black history matters as well,” Wolcott said. “I think historians have a contribution to make to the conversation. The phrase black lives matter helps to bring up this history.” Wolcott said Young, Emberton and herself felt they had something to say on the issue because they all work on racial violence from different perspectives. Emberton writes about the American Civil War, while Young and Wolcott focus on slavery and 20th century civil rights movements, respectively. Wolcott said “black lives matter” helps put the humanity and vulnerability of black people at center of racial change. She said the thousands of black men, women and children who were murdered in the nineteenth century need to be recognized as having mattered and contributed to the present moment. Emberton said it’s important to remember there are historical precedents to the “black lives matter” movement, such as Josiah Wedgewood’s 18th century anti-slavery medallions that read “Am I not a man and brother?” and the NAACP’s flag from the 1930’s that read “A man was lynched yesterday.” She said iconography runs through all three movements to bring about social reform. “You don’t need a picture. The words themselves become the image,” Emberton said. Young said the term “black lives matter” has produced an incredible amount of political and social activity, as well as backlash. “If ‘black lives matter’ does anything like
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Will Gadd ascending the 148 foot ice wall on Horseshoe Falls, located in Niagara Falls State Park.
suggest there are some issues with policing and violence in our communities, those are lessons we all need to take,” he said. Young said although he felt like he needed to be part of the panel, he didn’t want to be part of it. He said part of him wants to react academically and intellectually to the issues of racial profiling and police brutality, but the other part of him “just wants to react.” He said the deaths of Brown, Gardner and Cleveland 12-year old Tamir Rice – all of whom were killed during interactions with police – seem like a “cycle.” He said he feels like he’s seen these incidents before. “It’s not that Mike Brown is exceptional. It’s not that Darren Wilson is an exceptional villain in any way. It’s more the fact that these are daily, almost naturalized encounters between regular people,” Young said. “The reason it galvanizes people so much is that these eerie, ghostly echoes are heard in these moments. People can identify themselves in these particular moments.” Brown was shot and killed by Ferguson Police officer Wilson on Aug. 9. Young said it’s important to remember that when names such as Brown’s and Gardner’s are mentioned, that people keep in mind those names also represent and reflect larger issues and more victims. The panel and students questioned why certain incidents and deaths become better known and covered more in the media than others. Wolcott said it was important to have the discussion so students could voice their opinions because she said UB’s campus is slightly less active in the movement than some universities down state. “This is really a movement of millennials, so a college campus seems kind of a natural space to engage in those conversations,” she said. email: news@ubspectrum.com
Continued from power outage, page 1 7 p.m., after going to Lockwood Library to charge her laptop and two RA’s outside Red jacket notified her. “But had I not gone outside, I wouldn’t have known that,” she said. “I thought that was a little unprofessional because I had planned to stay inside. If I didn’t have to charge up I wouldn’t have come across them.” She said signs could have been posted to notify students of the mandatory evacuation. Alex Aponte, a sophomore exercise science major, said he too was unaware it was mandatory to leave Red Jacket, and was in the building past the 9 p.m. deadline to leave. “I didn’t understand when we had to leave,” he said. “I was in my room at like 9:30.” Crossroads Culinary Center (C3), a dining hall located in Red Jacket, was closed down due to the power outage Wednesday night. The Ellicott Food YUSONG SHI, THE SPECTRUM Court and Governors Dining Hall douA student waits for a shuttle bus Thursday morn- bled personnel working at food stations ing after spending the night inside the Triple Gym and expanded service times. A designatin Alumni Arena. ed shuttle ran from Ellicott to Governors Residence Hall from 4:45 p.m. to 9 p.m. Black said students were asked to noStudents sleeping in Alumni were protify their Resident Adviser (RA) where vided “a boxed breakfast,” with a grapethey were staying Wednesday night, so fruit and a bagel. The water and power the university could make sure everyone were not running in time for C3 to open was taken care of and so they could be for breakfast Thursday morning, but contacted if conditions changed. Black Black said C3 was fully staffed and operadmitted he thought every student prob- ational for dinner Thursday night. ably didn’t do so. Black also said instructors were adSchoenle said UPD had increased vised to accommodate students affected presence in Red Jacket throughout by the power outage. Wednesday night and early Thursday The last time this many students were morning. Black said UPD and Campus displaced was in 2006 during the BuffaLiving officials did a sweep of the build- lo October storm. Approximately 900ing and there was staff in the building all 1,000 students on South Campus were night helping students receive their be- moved onto North Campus. longings. Schoenle said if a student reAponte said he was not upset with fused to leave the building, they could UB for the power outage, saying “those be referred to Student-Wide Judiciary things sort of happen,” and he was sur(SWJ), but officers patrolling Red Jack- prised he’d hadn’t seen a power outage et reported no problems. happen in the dorms yet. Some students who spoke with The Hiciano said he hopes the university Spectrum were not satisfied with how will prepare better in the future to enthey were notified or how they had to sure a power outage does not happen evacuate the building. An email was sent again due to winter conditions. out to students that they must leave the “I just hope they would have prepped building by 9 p.m., but some students better for the cold and not having a pipe were not able to see the email because first considering we’re in Buffalo and there was no Internet connection in Red you figured it would be cold and you Jacket because of the power outage. take steps to make sure something like One student who wished to remain that doesn’t happen,” he said. anonymous, said she was surprised that her RA’s did not come around to each email: news@ubspectrum.com individual room to notify students they had to leave by 9 p.m. She didn’t dis cover she had to evacuate until around
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Save up for something you want. A networking event will present an opportunity that you cannot refuse. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Ask for favors, but be prepared to give an in-depth analysis and a well-thought-out plan of compensation. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Take a break. Regain your strength and protect against an emotional situation that will leave you upset and non-productive. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Venture in new directions. Familiarize yourself with different cultures and ways of doing things, and you will discover options you never knew existed. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Think before taking action. Don’t believe everything you hear, especially if it has to do with risky joint money ventures. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Partnerships will be tense if you let your emotions take over. Honesty and sincerity will be your best approach when dealing with others. Don’t feel the need to pay for someone else’s mistake. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Make an effort to take care of business. Leaving unfinished business for someone else to deal with will cause a rift in your relationship. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A mental health day, working on creative endeavors or spending time with someone you love will help ease your mind and help you find a solution to a situation that’s bothering you. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You will face disillusionment regarding someone you thought you could trust. Make the necessary changes to protect your physical and emotional well-being. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Your friendships will be valued and the suggestions you make taken seriously. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Focus on material gains and job opportunities. Search online job posts and check out changes going on in whatever industry you belong to. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Emotions will be hard to suppress. Don’t allow a colleague to mislead, misinterpret or take advantage of you.
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ACROSS 1 One of the Three B’s of classical music 5 Capri, e.g. 9 Buoy one’s spirits 14 Singer Lovett 15 Barge, e.g. 16 Fat-cell part 17 Raze (with “down”) 18 Japanese wine 19 Ape from Borneo, briefly 20 U.S. farmers’ creation of 1891 23 Circus routine 25 Wine category 26 Stops for a breath 27 Flat-bottomed boats 29 Stamp of approval? 31 Chicago airport 32 Plant part 33 “Scat!” 37 What an idea may do 40 “Dick Tracy” gal 41 Christmas season 42 Slow, in music 43 Somewhat safe sword 44 More glum 45 School event 48 Solo in sci-fi 49 Capt.’s inferior 50 Taylor Swift, for one
54 Performance at the Met 55 Adult acorns 56 Mil. jet letters 59 Most opposite 60 It has bark, but no bite 61 Stir turbulently 62 Wanda of comedy 63 Mumbai dress 64 Part of CD-ROM
DOWN 1 Eatery order, briefly 2 “Sure, skipper” 3 Pompous writings 4 Big sandwich 5 Disputed matters 6 Burn with boiling water 7 Mischief-making Norse god 8 Mama merinos 9 Ran off to wed 10 Turkish currency 11 Not together 12 Applications for windows 13 Tense and irritable 21 Clean with one’s bill
22 Repeated too often 23 Take under one’s wing 24 Small salmon 28 Eye part 29 English Channel town 30 Top-of-the-line 32 Don Juan, e.g. 33 Lose hair or fur 34 Florence of “The Brady Bunch” 35 Like some breakfast cereals 36 Dump emanations 38 Competitive kind of personality 39 Like “dis” 43 Brilliant performances 44 Grandchild of Japanese immigrants 45 One of the Seven Dwarfs 46 Vertical, as an anchor cable 47 Hospital VIP 48 Backpacker, e.g. 50 Office seekers, for short 51 Decays 52 Gilbert of “Roseanne” fame 53 100 cents, in some places 57 Be ill 58 Aviate
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SPORTS
Men’s ice hockey reaches ACHA tournament for first time in over 10 years JORDAN GROSSMAN
SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR
Last season, the Buffalo men’s ice hockey team looked on in dismay as the selection committee omitted the Bulls from the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) Tournament. It’s understandable that the team was “apprehensive” this year during the selection process because of recent history. But this time around, the sounds of grunts and COURTESY OF FLICKR USER HICKLING IMAGES moans were traded for screams of eager- The UB club hockey team earned the No. 17 seed in the upcoming AHCA Tournament. They will face off against No. 16 Colorado on March 5. ness and excitement when the team knew its season would be extended this year. But the road to getting to the tourna- say club hockey, people have the wrong ing for the ACHA tournament. On Wednesday night, the Bulls (25-6ment wasn’t an easy one for the Bulls. But Buffalo still plans on using the impression. We made it a point to get re1) clinched the No.17 seed in the ACHA The ACHA – a non-profit organizaweekend to prepare for the tournament. cruits to games to let them see what type Men’s Division I National Championtion that regulates low-budget ice hockey of level we are. Once we get them out to “We have to get used to playing at a ships. The team has not made the tournateams across the nation – is not a partner a game, it changes their whole perspective quicker speed,” Valvo said. “This weekment – which will be hosted at the OBM with the NCAA. And because the team is on things.” end, the teams were playing are quick. We Arena in Strongsville, Ohio beginning on not a varsity program, it is not associatneed to play [at a] higher pace to comValvo said it is difficult to recruit playMarch 5 – in nearly 12 years. ed with UB Athletics and players don’t re- ers because it is hard to convince them to pete with the teams out west. If we de“We’re all excited. The kids worked real ceive scholarships. be part of a club team that cannot offer hard,” said head coach Sal Valvo. “We feel feat Colorado, we have to play Arizona Most funds comes from the Student AsState, which has been the No. 1 team in scholarships or usual perks of a Division like we deserved it from our record this sociation and whatever money the team raisthe country for three years running.” I athlete. He said the team uses the school year, but we’re not satisfied with just makes by itself. If it weren’t for the team’s conand its “economic standard” in order to Valvo credits the entire team for the ing it to the tournament …We’ve been in strained budget, Valvo said the team could recruit prospective players to the team. successful season, but specifically points the top-20 all year, as high as No.14. The have achieved an even higher ranking. out the upperclassman leaders of the He said the prosperity of the university top-15 is real strong, but we feel like we’re “Funding and scheduling are our bigteam. Senior forward Brenden Robinson is a selling point because what they can’t in the place we deserve to be.” gest issues, and they go hand in hand,” is second on the team with 40 points and offer in money, they “offer a good and The team’s first game in the ACHA Valvo said. “In order to be one of the is tied for the team lead with 16 goals on quality education with UB.” Championships will be against No.16 Coltop-ranked teams, you have to play the the season. Junior defenseman Sean DunBuffalo will play in the NECHL Chamorado. gan is second on the team with 25 assists, top-ranked teams. It’s hard for us to play pionships from Feb. 20-22. The Bulls are Buffalo is currently No.1 in its confer- while senior goalkeeper Tyler Stark holds teams like Arizona St. and Oklahoma; expected to arrive in Ohio on March 4 afence, the Northeast Collegiate Hockey a 12-4 record in the net this year. those are the top teams in the country.” ter practicing for the ACHA tournament League (NECHL), with 51 points, and is Valvo said the biggest change he’s seen But Valvo is also impressed with the unfor roughly one week. The team’s first riding a five-game winning streak heading with the program since he took over five derclassmen, especially sophomore forgame against No.16 Colorado on March 5 into the final weekend of regular season years ago is the increase in talent. ward Bobby Piotrowicz. The sophomore is set to begin at 4 p.m. play. Despite three regular season games leads all players with 42 points on 16 goals “We struggled to get our name out remaining, it will not affect its No.17 seedand 26 assists. there,” Valvo said. “Sometimes, when you email: sports@ubspectrum.com
Lacrosse team looks to take next step
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The lacrosse team will look to avenge its early exit last season from Connecticut when it kicks off its season on March 6 against New Hampshire.
QUENTIN HAYNES
SPORTS EDITOR
The Buffalo men’s lacrosse team ended the 2014 season with a loss to Connecticut, 6-5. After taking a 4-1 lead over the Huskies, the Bulls surrendered four goals in the second half. Connecticut ultimately scored in overtime, eliminating Buffalo from the 2014 Pioneer Collegiate Lacrosse League playoffs. The season was disappointing for head coach Ryan Crawford, but he said the season was something to build on. “Last season, we failed to meet expectations,” Crawford said. “However, I think the one thing we did was allow our
young players to improve, give them playing time, so that coming into this season, they’re ready to play.” The Bulls open the 2015 season with a home game on Friday, March 6 against New Hampshire at Kunz Field. Buffalo had two games against Pittsburgh and Virginia Tech this weekend postponed due to weather. The Bulls, who are a club team at the university, finished last season 7-7 overall and 1-4 in division play. Buffalo got off to a 3-0 start, but a mid-season swoon – losing six of its next eight games – resulted in the Bulls fighting for their playoffs lives in the final two games of the season. The Bulls ultimately won their last two
games and made it to the playoffs. Crawford said that the midseason swoon was an important learning lesson for the team last season, and something the players will remember heading into this season. “We weren’t playing good on offense or defense,” Crawford said. “There were some close games in there against Central Florida and Boston College, but we just couldn’t close it out. In the end, I believe we needed that because we needed that adversity. We don’t want to lose any games, but when we do, we want our players to look at it as a learning experience.” Offensively, the Bulls will look toward a new leading scorer, thanks to the depar-
ture of Ryan Sans. As a senior last season, Sans led the team in goals (21) and total points (27). Crawford said replacing Sans will be a team effort. “First off, we can’t just replace Ryan Sans,” Crawford said. “He was a valuable member to the team last year, not just on our offense. Instead of looking for one player to step into that role, we’ll have to rely on multiple players to step up and produce offensively.” The most likely candidate is sophomore midfielder Pete Flood. As a freshman last season, Flood finished second on team with 13 goals and fifth in points with 16. Crawford called him “a key piece” in the team’s offensive attack this season. Along with Flood, the Bulls return four of their top six scorers, including sophomore midfielder Ben Ott and junior attacker Frank Leffier, creating a balanced offensive attack for next season. “Bringing back our top two playmakers should be able to help us,” Crawford said. “In the midst of an offensive transition, Ben and Frank should be able to help create scoring opportunities, as well as get on the board themselves.” Although the offense is a question mark going into the season, Crawford said that defense will be the most experienced part of the roster. With two defenders departed because of graduation, defenders Chris O’ Connell and Chris Siderakis will move into larger roles in their senior seasons. “We have a veteran defense now, and that will be huge for us,” Crawford said. “This year, our defense will have to be our rock and allow our young offensive players to grow into their new positions.” With a young offense and veteran defense, the Bulls are entering the season with high expectations for themselves. “We’re coming into the season hoping to win the conference and get back to the national tournament,” Crawford said. “Once we get there, we’ll reevaluate, but our goal is to win our conference. We took the best team in our conference to OT, so there’s not a large gap there. We think with hard work and improvement, we’ll be there in the end. ” email: sports@spectrum.com