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Law school dean resigns SARA DINATALE EDITOR IN CHIEF Law school Dean Makau Mutua has resigned. The resignation comes amid allegations that he lied in federal court and in a state administrative proceeding.

The alleged lying under oath charges stem from a 2011 case filed

by Jeffrey Malkan who says the dean wrongfully terminated his contract as a clinical professor. Malkan had signed a contract in November 2006 that stated he could only be fired for cause in accordance to the law school accreditation standard. Two months after becoming dean, Mutua terminated the contract.

The suit also alleges that Malkan was denied due process under the 14th Amendment.

Mutua, who has been dean for seven years, will step down officially on Dec. 19, but he will continue to teach at UB as a SUNY Distinguished Professor and Floyd H. and Hilda L. Hurst Faculty Scholar. Mutua is a Harvard graduate and a wellknown leader in international human rights.

Provost Charles Zukowski sent an email to faculty Monday announcing the resignation. He did not mention the lawsuit in the email, but focused on Mutua’s accomplishments as dean, which include recruiting 22 new faculty members, offering more experiential learning opportunities for students and fundraising $23 million.

“I decided to step down because it was the right time: A seven-year tenure is twice as long as the typical tenure for a law dean, and I’ve accomplished what I set out to do,” Mutua said in a written statement to The Spectrum.

Martial arts classes teaches more than fighting

Faculty and students interviewed

by The Spectrum offered tepid to scathing critiques of Mutua’s tenure and many students insist they have never seen Mutua on campus nor interacted with him. In October 2010, the law school faculty attempted to hold a vote of no confidence in Mutua, but the attempt was dismissed by then President John B. Simpson and then Provost Satish Tripathi, according to email correspondence obtained by The Spectrum in 2013.

Like many law schools across the country, UB’s law school has been retrenching in recent years and in March, the school announced its plans to shrink its incoming class from 200225 students to fewer than 200 and to reduce its faculty from 48 to 40.

The Malkan case began in 2011 and names both Mutua and law professor Charles Ewing, who served as head of the law school grievance committee that heard Malkan’s complaint. The federal case, in U.S. district court, is now at the stage of considering summary judgment, which involves whether the case can go forward to trial. The newest development in the case came in August when Ewing filed a motion to have his case separated from Mutua’s. In the motion, Ewing’s lawyers argue Ewing was an “innocent bystander,” who got caught in the disagreements between Malkan and Mutua.

Therefore, Ewing has asked the court to separate his case from Mutua’s “to avoid foreseeable ‘spillover effect’ and indelible prejudice,” against him in light of the false testimony allegations against Mutua.

Ewing could not be reached for comment, but on Tuesday Malkan told The Spectrum Ewing’s involve-

ment was “marginal” and that “he wasn’t responsible for the wrongdoing.” Malkan said his lawyers have “put papers in to dismiss [Ewing] from the lawsuit.”

“I’ve been so frustrated for the last couple of years,” Malkan said.

“I couldn’t believe Mutua was still in the dean’s office with these allegations over his head. There’s no way a dean can function until his name is cleared.”

The motion to separate the trials highlights the significance of the perjury charges, which stem from testimony Mutua gave regarding a faculty vote on Malkan’s promotion to clinical professor at a Committee on Clinical Promotion and Renewal (CCPR) meeting. Seven faculty members testified that the vote took place. Mutua said under oath the vote did not take place, rather that it was a vote to retain Malkan as a director of the Research and Writing program.

Mutua also testified former UB President William Greiner, who was a member of the law school faculty, spoke at the meeting. UB law faculty members testified Greiner was not at the meeting.

Malkan said that at the time of the 2006 CCPR meeting, Greiner was sick and not regularly attending faculty meetings. Greiner died in 2009.

When Mutua was asked to produce Malkan’s promotion dossier – an official document a person up for promotion needs to prepare – for the court, the dean said it had disappeared. He said he didn’t know what happened to it and it was missing when he took over the dean’s office.

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Dean Mutua faces charges of lying under oath in federal court

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Law school Dean Makau Mutua has resinged from his position, effective Dec. 19. Mutua said it was the “right time” for him to leave his postion and continue to teach because he’s accomplished what he set out to do as dean. He is currently facing charges of lying in federal court.

UB to hold classes on Rosh Hashanah, the SA to ask to students to

Jewish New Year, for the first time in 37 years raise activity fee to $104.75 SAMAYA ABDUS-SALAAM ASST. NEWS EDITOR

Halley Davide asked her professor if it was acceptable for her to get the notes she would miss from class on Thursday due to her observance of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. She said her professor looked her in the eye and bluntly said, “Well, I hope you have friends in the class.”

This is the first year in 37 years that UB is not canceling classes starting at 6 p.m. on the eve before and ending at 6 p.m. the eve of the Jewish high holidays – Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

Although Yom Kippur, the day of fasting and repenting, is on a Saturday this year, the New Year falls on Thursday, Sept. 25.

“New York State is not Kansas,” said Richard Cohen, Ph.D. professor in philosophy and Director of the Institute of Jewish Thought and Heritage. “New York State has about 1.7 million Jewish people living in it. There’s no other state like that in the United States. In the same way, Utah, it would be foolish to have a class on a major Mormon holiday.”

The decision to modify the class schedule was based on the university’s desire to move toward a “year-round university,” according to Ezra Zubrow, the chair of UB’a Faculty Senate. The first sixweek summer session was held in 2008 and then the Faculty Senate voted to add a three-week winter session that started in 2013. In both instances, the academic calendar needed to be adjusted.

The calendar committee contemplated many options for changes throughout the almost four-year process of adding a winter session. They considered holding class on Labor Day and one of the Jewish holidays or cutting winter break or spring recess.

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Rivka Gurary, wife of Rabbi Moshe Gurary of the Chabad House Jewish Center, prepares Rosh Hashanah dinner for over 300 expected guests for Wednesday’s dinner.

Referendum vote and Senate elections run Wednesday to Friday AMANDA LOW

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Another possibility discussed was for starting the winter session before New Year’s Eve, according to Zubrow.

“It is unfortunate that these are the costs of having a year-round, fully engaged university,” he said.

The Faculty Senate Executive Committee recommended the academic calendar to UB’s president. They “asked for this revision to establish at UB a policy more appropriate for a state institution. These calendar modifications are intended to insure greater continuity in the academic schedule and minimize course disruption for students,” according to UB’s Academic Calendar and the Jewish Holidays frequently asked questions.

Rabbi Moshe Gurary, one of the rabbis at the Chabad House Jewish Center, is concerned the new policy will make it difficult for students of the faith to participate in Rosh Hashanah, especially if they have to worry about making up for lost class time or exams.

“Taking away their holiday is taking the connection many students have with their faith,” he said.

The rabbi does not fault the university for its decision, given that students will be excused from class with his permission.

Davide does fault the university.

She believes UB’s new “religiously neutral” academic calendar “is ironic.” UB emphasizes the diversity of the student population, both religiously and ethnically, yet it is hindering students’ abilities to express their religious beliefs freely, she said.

Cohen thinks the calendar has always been religiously neutral – it “simply recognized” a large proportion of the student body being Jewish would have to be accommodated.

“UB is an increasingly multicultural public institution that enrolls students of dozens of cultures and religious faiths,” according to UB’s Academic Calendar and the Jewish Holidays FAQ sheet.

“Even the holiest of their holy days are not class free, however.

The exceptions are the Christian holy days of Christmas, which is a national holiday on which the entire university is closed, and Easter, which falls on a Sunday when classes are not in session.”

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The Student Association wants students to spend $10 more each semester to support the organization.

Every two years, SA holds a vote on whether the mandatory student activity fee, which funds the studentrun organization, should continue. This year, for the first time in six years, SA is asking for that fee to get a boost. The SA now has a roughly $3.5 million budget collecting 94.75 per undergraduate student.

SA will hold a referendum on the continued use of the mandatory student activity fee from Wednesday to Friday in the Student Union. SA will also ask students if they want to raise the fee to $104.75. The SA Senate elections will also be taking place over the same days.

It has been six years since the last increase in the mandatory student activity fee. In 2008, SA asked for a $15 increase from its $79.75 fee.

“Over that time, costs of everything has risen, along with that goes our operating costs,” said SA President James Ingram. “So really, we’re asking for a $10 increase so that we continue to offer the same quality and same level of services to students as well as hopefully build in a little room for growth.”

SUNY policies state a referendum must be held every two years for the student body to vote on whether the activity fee should be mandatory or voluntary. The activity fee may not exceed $250 for the academic year, according to suny.edu.

The student activity fees help SA pay for the events on campus, such as Fall Fest, Spring Fest, SA Carnival and the Distinguished Speakers Series.

Binghamton University’s activity fee is $95.50 per semester while Stony Brook University’s is $99.50.

University at Albany has a student activity fee of $100.

The referendum vote will be split

into two categories. One vote will decide whether to keep the activity fee mandatory, and the second is for the $10 increase. There needs be a majority of “yes” votes for the referendum to pass.

The last referendum was held in 2012. The $94.75 fee passed with 1,300 “yes” votes and 172 “no” votes.

Voter turnout is typically low for UB’s roughly 20,000 undergraduates.

“The whole point of the referendum is that students have a chance to voice their opinions about it every two years,” Ingram said.

Vanessa Ho, a junior biomedical engineering major, said she would want to see “dramatic changes” if the mandatory student activity fee is raised by $10. She wants to be able to see where money from the fee goes beyond Fall Fest and Spring Fest, and to have the SA budget more public to students.

SA Treasurer Sade Cadle said she feels the increase in the activity fee is a “fair amount.” She said having the mandatory student activity fee is a “vital source” for SA because UB is such a large university.

Ingram said the fee increase was received well from students after he presented it in front of the international, academic and engineering councils.

Kelsey Wise, a graduate student in the School of Counseling, does not have to pay the mandatory student activity fee. She said if she were given the choice, she would pay the fee rather than have to pay for events individually. She said not paying for individual events makes SA student activities feel more “exclusive.”

Senate elections will take place during the same time as the referendum. The only party running this year is the Constitution Party. It consists of Paris Canty, Matthew Cato, Alex Dvorscak, Anthony Field, Daniel Giles, Laura Grassi, David Harary, Esther Hong, Karin Hsieh, Diane Orosz, Corey Reisman and Yaser Soliman. SEE REFERENDUM, PAGE 6

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OPINION

Let them drink beer!

When a tailgate is so massive and fans are so enthusiastic (read: intoxicated) that the University Police realizes its patrol isn’t sufficient, it’s fair to say the event can be deemed a success.

An estimated 5,000 students attended the Party at the Point tailgate preceding UB’s matchup with No. 8 Baylor on Sept. 12, generating the highest student turnout ever. The police plan to increase presence at future tailgates after responding to 21 calls ranging from reports of disorderly conduct to public urination. But there were no “major incidents,” according to Police Chief Gerald Schoenle.

So, despite an admittedly understaffed police force and an underprepared location (UB Athletics plans to supply additional trash cans and Porta Potties from now on), UB pulled off its most accomplished and raucous tailgate so far.

And yet, a week later, after Baylor demolished UB 63-21 and the team faced the little-known Norfolk State, a far less enticing opponent without the brand-recognition or reputation of Baylor, the student turn out was, to be frank, pathetic, as attendance petered out to a meager 3,100 students – less than half of the Baylor game.

Sure, Norfolk State isn’t a top10 football team like Baylor, and no, this game wasn’t featured on ESPN, but we shouldn’t be going to football games to watch the other team or make it on TV for a split second – we should be supporting our team, whether it’s victorious or not.

And had students bothered to attend the Norfolk State game, they could have watched the Bulls win.

They could have watched their team put on a performance that merited an almost straight-A ranking from The Spectrum’s sports

desk, rather than the swath of C’s, D’s and F’s that the Bulls earned against Baylor.

Too many students are fairweather fans, showing up only when the team is facing an especially exciting opponent or when it’s doing well. Over the past few years, student attendance at games has been on the rise. In the 2011 and 2012 seasons, when the Bulls had only three and four wins respectively, less than 10,000 students showed up over the course of each season in its entirety. Last year, as Buffalo introduced the Tailgate Concert Series and the Bulls improved to 8-5, student attendance skyrocketed to more than 28,000.

Currently, the team is only four games – three of which were home – into the season and student attendance is already more than 14,000.

Though this is due largely to the Baylor game, it’s a promising trend and one the student body should maintain.

UB may not be known as a football school like other Division I teams, but it’s up to the student body to change this reputation. They only deny themselves the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of attending their school’s football games as a student. The tailgate for the Baylor game and the turnout in the stadium made it clear UB students know how to have a good time and support their team, and that doesn’t need to be dependent on the Bulls’ opponent; it’s up to the fans entirely.

Maybe “entirely” isn’t a fair assessment. After all, UB Athletics could do more to encourage attendance.

Ideally, students would root for the Bulls no matter how many wins or losses they accrue. But even the Ralph empties out once the Bills forget how to win games – when

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Lackluster game attendance can be prevented by greater student loyalty, improved athletic performances – and alcohol sales

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the temperature drops below freezing and the team isn’t scoring touchdowns, expecting students to show up en masse simply isn’t realistic.

We’ve got a beautiful, million-dollar field and a team that’s beginning to find its identity. Now, as conference play begins, it’s time for the Bulls to earn their fans’ support.

UB has made that all the easier for the Bulls, by allowing students to drink their hearts (or livers) out at tailgates. Students will consume alcohol either way, so funneling them toward the stadium to do so is a smart strategy to increase attendance.

But fans shouldn’t need to elevate their BAC to enjoy a game – the thrill of a back-and-forth shootout or the surge of adrenaline after a perfect end-zone reception provides the same rush as a shotgunned beer.

But, of course, why not both?

It’s time for UB to join schools across the nation and start selling alcohol at games. Twenty-one oncampus stadiums currently offer al-

cohol to of-age fans, a number that has doubled in the past five years.

Other schools have seen the wisdom in letting their fans get a little bit tipsy at games – hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue, increased attendance and an improved fan experience. Many schools impose safeguards to avoid underage drinking and highly intoxicated fans, requiring wristbands for students who are over 21, limiting purchases to two beers at a time and cutting off sales after halftime.

These schools have done the work for us, figuring out appropriate restrictions and demonstrating the effectiveness of the strategy. Now it’s time for UB to get on board and for students to join them.

The Bulls deserve to have the support of their fans, and those fans deserve to watch a team that they can believe in. And if students (of drinking age) can have a beer in their hand as they cheer on the Bulls – win or lose, that’s a win-win. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com

A room of one’s own – A letter to the editor not likely at Buffalo State

The oversights of local public universities leaves students scrambling for on-campus housing Increasing numbers of Buffaloarea college students are vying for a dorm room because they want the “college experience,” but that can be a difficult experience to have if you’re living in a hotel or with three people in a space meant for two.

As more Western New York students turn to public universities, like SUNY Buffalo State, instead of more expensive private schools and as numbers of international students – who are typically required to live in dorms – increase, colleges find themselves unable to accommodate the influx.

Buffalo State has 360 rooms that are considered “forced triples” – they are home to three students instead of two – while similarly unlucky students don’t even get to live on their own campus. Two hundred students take shuttles to Buffalo State from their dorms at Canisius College.

Though it certainly is a more sensible and financial choice for local students to live at home and commute, everyone who wants to experience dormitory life should have the opportunity to do so.

Students at Buffalo State pay $7,060 annually for that privilege.

Although the school has offered a 25 percent refund to those crammed into rooms too small to accommodate them, residents are still coughing up more cash to live three to a room than they would pay a landlord for an entire apartment.

The desire to live on-campus, in a dorm, rises above all other concerns for many students. Schools should be able to fulfill this aspiration for their students – there’s no reason not to, especially because this increases the school’s revenue.

Preemptive measures should have been taken, like schools shouldn’t be enrolling more students than they can house. By doing so, they prevent students who

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want to live on campus from enrolling in a school where those opportunities do exist.

Fortunately, UB has avoided a similar housing crisis, as it has been steadily increasing space for residents by building apartment complexes around campus and adding Greiner Hall to its selection of dorms.

UB also made the wise choice to reduce its target class size for incoming freshmen, from 3,512 to 3,350 in order to ensure it can meet the needs of the current student population.

Even smaller schools, like Hilbert College in Hamburg and Niagara County Community College, built more residence halls to accommodate their growing on-campus population.

Buffalo State, and other nearby schools like Daemen College which is housing about 20 students in a hotel, should have been better prepared. As local private colleges like Canisius, Medaille and St. Bonaventure struggle with declining enrollment and lay-offs, public universities are reaping the benefits – but they’re not all prepared to do so.

Building more residence halls is an obvious solution. But construction takes time and will do little to amend the more immediate problem – students living in questionable conditions and the hundreds more who weren’t offered a space.

These students won’t be affected by a new dorm opening a few years from now.

Students who are currently living in hotels, on campuses that aren’t their own or in spaces that are too small deserve more than a 25 percent refund. Buffalo State and universities in similar situations need to realize this, recognize their failures and generate creative, effective solutions – and genuine apologies. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com

Dear Editor, We really believed you and the Spectrum when you assured us that no other unbalanced story would be published. Unfortunately, that trust was breached with your recent coverage of the StandWithUs event put on by UB for Israel. The story was filled with multiple misquotes and fallacies, and was blatantly biased.

The list is fairly long, but we will mention a few key points: Firstly, of people in attendance, your journalist quoted two pro-Israel students, and FIVE anti-Israel attendees, including a professor.

Not even including the misquotes of the pro-Israel students, the Spectrum once again underrepresented the pro-Israel community.

Several UBI club and board members even witnessed your journalist interview an Israeli faculty member, who served in the Israel Defense Forces, and she chose to leave out his account. She also chose to ignore that Jim Holstun, an English professor, swore loudly at the Israeli.

Second, the journalist failed to mention that the anti-Israel students and faculty member continuously interrupted Charlotte during her talk and question and answer session. One anti-Israel student is quoted as saying “I thought it was also very unfair due to the fact that I raised my hand multiple times and for long periods of time yet I was not called on once.” Conveniently, it was not mentioned that within the 45 minute question and answer session, Charlotte only took three questions from pro-Israel/apathetic students and spent the rest answering anti-Israel questions.

Most upsetting are the misquotes. The published article contains a summation of a true story told by Charlotte about a boy named Danny. Emma wrote that Danny was a four year old Palestinian child living under the “reality of terror” as a result of the Israeli government, who practically lived in a bomb shelter. That is false. First, Charlotte specifically told that story to give the perspective of living as an Israeli under attack by Hamas. Danny was a four year old Israeli who was living in a bomb shelter because of the rock-

ets that Hamas continuously fire at Israel. Emma completely changed the story- that far surpasses biased journalism, almost into the realm of bigoted journalism. Second, anybody can see right through the false reporting as there are no civilian bomb shelters in Gaza since Hamas would rather use their citizens as human shields for their weapons.

Both instances our president, Benjamin Balderman, was quoted in the article are incorrect. He specifically explained to your journalist that Palestinian textbooks in both the West Bank and Gaza state that the Jews are devils and should be exterminated. I told her that if the Palestinian children were taught peace instead of hate, as Israeli school children are taught, then this conflict would be over.

Further, we are indeed UB for Israel. We have no idea why the Spectrum decided to write otherwise. That topic never even came up during any of our interviews.

It should be noted that referring to the anti-Israel attendees as “pro-Palestinian” is a false label.

Those students and faculty should be deemed “anti-Israel”, which is a distinction between those who truly desire peace and those who wish for the destruction of the one and only Jewish, democratic state in the world.

Last time you and our board spoke, you expressed your gratitude that UB for Israel was still willing to deal with the Spectrum because we understand that mistakes happen.

You and the Spectrum apparently were not sincere in your stated goal of fixing your unbalanced and false reporting. This second occurrence is unacceptable.

With this opportunity, we would like to encourage all of your readers to like “UB for Israel – UBI” on facebook.

Shana Tova- Happy New Year, UB for Israel Board Benjamin Balderman, President Logan Woodard, Vice President Yulia Shtork, Treasurer David Perl, Secretary Emily Hill, Communications

In the Friday, Sept. 19 issue of The Spectrum, Danny, a 4-year-old boy, was improperly labeled as Palestinian when he is Israeli. Daniel Tragerman is from the Southern Israeli community of Nahal Oz. The article also stated that Israel is a 200-square-mile country.

It should have said that Israel is approximately 200-square-miles larger than New Jersey. The Spectrum sincerely regrets these errors.

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Continued from Rosh Hashanah, page 1 As a four-year research university in the SUNY system, UB is mandated by the state to have a certain number of class days per semester, which is different than the guidelines for the SUNY fouryear comprehensive universities, according to Zubrow.

Binghamton is also considered a four-year research university in the SUNY system. UB has 70 class days in the fall semester while Binghamton has 67 class days and doesn’t hold class for Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur.

However, UB is considered a “very high” research institute while Binghamton is a “high” research institute, according to the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

The instructional year must include a minimum of 30 weeks of instruction, including exams and no semester may be fewer than 14 weeks, according to SUNY Academic Calendar regulations.

Many students and professors will not attend class on Thursday and those students who do miss class will have to be accommodated with makeup exams and classes, Cohen said. He believes holding class is a disruption and a mistake, having very little to do with religion.

“If we had thousands of Muslim students, then it wouldn’t make sense to have classes on major Muslim holidays,” he said.

“Because we have tens of thousands of Christian students, we don’t have classes on Sundays.

Because we have a few thousand Jewish students, we previously did not have classes on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Since we still have thousands of Jewish students, I think [holding classes] is a mistake.”

Mohammed Shariff, a senior biology major and president of Muslim Student Association (MSA), said seeing Jewish students get the day off from class gave him hope that one day Muslims would get the day off to observe holidays like Eid and for Friday sermons. Every Friday Muslims are religiously required to attend Juma, Friday sermons,

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and he said “professors are notorious for refusing to allow students to leave class or lab or an exam to attend [Juma].”

It is forbidden for Jews to work during Rosh Hashanah because it’s one of the highest holy days in the Jewish calendar, according to Gurary.

“On these days, the Torah prohibits work,” according to chabad.org. “At a sacred time, work or any involvement in the mundanities of the week will subvert that sacredness.”

Zach Korman, a senior business major, has an exam on Friday. Although he could have rescheduled it, he wanted to “get it over with” and not cause any difficulties, however, he will be studying over the holiday.

He feels it’s “ridiculous” that students don’t get the day off just to have more days for a winter session.

“It shows they care more about the university rather than respecting the people that actually attend their university that need to observe their religion,” he said.

Shariff believes the university has every right to be religiousneutral but that means the school needs to “start honoring Muslim requests for time off on holidays.”

Students are often not excused from classes for these religious obligations and it’s not until MSA or a Mosque pressures the university that a student will be excused, Shariff said. He said many students “don’t want the trouble.”

The university ensures students have the ability to observe religious holidays with “no negative consequences” and “that no members of the university community are compelled to work, teach or attend classes in a way that impacts their ability to practice their faith,” according to UB’s Academic Calendar and the Jewish Holidays frequently asked questions. *Giselle Lam and Rachel Kramer contributed reporting to this story email: news@ubspectrum.com

Malkan said Tuesday it was an “obstruction of evidence.”

“It’s unthinkable that a dean of a law school would commit perjury and subvert the process and actually produce a miscarriage of justice,” Malkan said.

The university said it does not comment on pending litigation.

The Spectrum reached out to numerous law professors and students, most of whom declined to go on the record about the atmosphere of the law school and the allegations against Mutua.

However, The Spectrum has pieced together a paper trail that indicates discontent, which includes the October 2010 attempt by three tenured faculty members to hold a meeting to request a vote of no confidence in Mutua.

Former President John B. Simpson and then Provost Satish Tripathi asked the faculty to attend the meeting that would be held on Oct. 22, according to emails obtained by The Spectrum in 2013. Mutua declined the meeting despite receiving a request signed by three members of the faculty in accordance with faculty bylaws.

On Oct. 25, following a faculty meeting on Oct. 22, Simpson and Tripathi sent an email to the faculty addressing the meeting regarding Mutua.

Law faculty said they never took a no confidence vote in Mutua, but voted to put the matter on the agenda again. It triggered a meeting with Tripathi and Simpson, who told the faculty the administration was not interested in their concerns about the law school leadership, according to professors in the law school.

UB policy states that deans should be reviewed every five years.

Mutua was dean for six and a half years before a review was initiated, according to emails obtained by The Spectrum.

In February 2014, UB and SUNY Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Frank Bright, who headed Mutua’s review committee, sent an email to the law school faculty saying a “five year review” of Mutua was beginning.

Mutua began as interim dean in late 2007 after Nils Olsen stepped down. A press release announced his appointment as dean in May 2008. Some law school professors question the process that led to Mu-

tua’s appointment because he didn’t go through a full and regular search process, according to law school faculty. Tripathi appointed him after a failed national search. But UB Spokesman John Della Contrada said, “there was nothing out of the ordinary about the search.”

The results of Mutua’s decanal review, which was completed around May 2014, are confidential, according to Bright.

However, Provost Zukowski sent out an email to those who participated in Mutua’s review on July 1.

The letter outlines the law school’s accomplishments under Mutua, including improving the number of law graduates who pass the bar, improving infrastructure and increasing fundraising efforts.

The letter states that Zukowski discussed the review results with Mutua and alludes to concerns of faculty members.

“Through the decanal review process, Law School faculty and staff have raised issues of concern to me as provost,” Zukowski wrote.

“These issues have strained relationships within the school and created tension around leadership and unit cohesion.”

The letter does not indicate if the decanal review process had an effect on Mutua’s position as dean. Della Contrada said “input by faculty, staff, students and members of the community is a vital part” of the decanal review process.

Malkan is suing for $1.3 million in damages and said he has essentially been blacklisted in his profession because Mutua not only fired him, but also would not write him a letter of recommendation.

“The university always settles these cases and no one could understand why after the first six months, ‘Why couldn’t they just let you go?’”

Malkan said. “I would have just left.

Just give me one semester salary like some little severance pay and a letter of recommendation, like a letter of good standing, and I could have found another job and I would have been out of here.”

Malkan said he views Mutua’s resignation as a relief, and said he was surprised Mutua was allowed to remain dean with lying under oath allegations lingering.

In a university release, Zukowski praised Mutua for what he has accomplished in his time as dean.

“He has led the school through a nationally challenging time for legal education, while strengthening the school’s programs and faculty and advancing UB’s teaching, research and engagement missions,” Zukowski said.

Tripathi expressed his thanks to Mutua, who has been in the law school since 1996, and appreciation for his service to the university in the same release, stating the law school is “well positioned to achieve even greater prominence in legal education and scholarship.”

James Milles, a law professor who teaches legal ethics at UB, said those accomplishments Zukowski pointed out in the letter to faculty would not have happened without the hard work of the entire faculty.

“We’ve got a solid and dedicated group of faculty and staff without whom all those accomplishments would not have been done and they will continue to do great things in the future,” he said.

Mutua, a native of Kenya, is active in Kenyan politics and writes political columns for Kenyan news sites. He received a doctor of juridical science degree in 1987 from Harvard Law School, he served on the Iran tribunal hearing in 2012 and was elected vice president of the American Society of International Law in 2011.

Mutua’s position as dean and the inherent credibility that comes with it has allowed him to serve on the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation and Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Moreland Commission, which was supposed to root out political corruption, but was shut down early.

Sam Benatovich, a second-year law student who has never met the dean in person, said the allegations Mutua is facing are troubling. He said the law school’s program focuses on integrity and students have to take a class on ethics in the legal profession.

If the allegations prove to be true, Benatovich said, “the dean of a law school can’t flagrantly disregard the foundation of our legal system. It sends mixed messages as an educator. It’s not just wrong, but downright repugnant to create the next generation of lawyers while flaunting your lack of respect for the legal standards.” email: news@ubspectrum.com

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26 at the Seneca Niagara Casino Events Center JORDAN OSCAR

SENIOR ARTS EDITOR

When he takes a few weeks off from doing stand-up, comedian Brian Regan’s brain starts “percolating.” He just wants to get back on stage and make people laugh.

And on Friday, the comedian returns to Buffalo at the Seneca Niagara Casino Events Center on Sept. 26.

In advance of his performance, The Spectrum talked with Regan on the phone about his origins as a comedian, influences from his childhood, how he puts a routine together and preshow anxiety.

The Spectrum: What do you like about Buffalo?

Brian Regan: Buffalo is a good city; the people there are real.

They’re good football fans. I like the way they’ve supported Buffalo over the years. It’s a cool place. It’s nice to get away from New York and see people who are down to earth sometimes.

TS: What made you want to be a comedian?

BR: One of my first classes in the theater arts major was a speech class and I tried to make my speeches funny. And when the crowd, 30 people in the class, when the very small crowd laughed, it was a very weird feeling and I remember walking my dorm after that thinking to myself I never felt this way when I walked back from accounting class.

Something got inside me that took over and it became my question … that was the ‘Eureka’ moment.

TS: What was it like in the beginning?

BR: Well there was a lot of firsts.

The first time I got on stage where I said I was going to do comedy. Prior to that I had MC’d some things … you might be funny, you might not be funny. But the first time I tried it and the campus knew ‘Brian Regan is going to do comedy tonight’ once you label it that, it better be that and it wasn’t that. It

didn’t work great and it was a difficult experiences. I was on stage and people didn’t really buy it.

TS: More than 30 years later, what’s your biggest takeaway?

BR: The fact that the quest or the dream worked out well enough that I’m still doing it to this day. I really enjoy being a comedian, I enjoy being able to make people laugh, I enjoy being able to make a living from it. The longevity of it was what surprised me. I’m thrilled that I’ve been able to work my life around the goal of doing stand-up comedy.

TS: What’s your favorite thing about performing?

BR: It’s fun to get a crowd going.

It’s a reaction you can trust. People don’t fake laugh. People can fake and will fake all kinds of other things in life, but it’s hard to fake a laugh. So when you’re on stage and you have a crowd of people laughing, it’s one of the few things in my life that I feel that I can truly trust.

TS: How do you plan out and remember a routine?

BR: As far as how I come up with a joke, I don’t really know and I’m not trying to be flippant with the answer. I don’t know how the brain does that and I don’t know how some brains do and some brains don’t. What makes someone funny and what makes another person funny, I don’t know. In a way it’s like looking through a prism. One light source without the prism is just a beam, but when it goes through the prism it becomes a beautiful rainbow and I think comedians are like prisms. We take the same thing everyone else is looking at and refract it in a way that’s funny … part of it is inspiration I don’t understand and craft that I do understand.

TS: Did your upbringing have any influence on your career choice?

BR: My mom and dad have eight kids, fortunately my mom and dad and all my brothers and sisters are still around. Everybody in my family is funny in different ways. My

JORDAN OSCAR

SENIOR ARTS EDITOR

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Brian Regan has been making people laugh since he was a little kid and he’s always loved the feeling of making people laugh. Regan will return to Buffalo on Sept. 26 to perform at The Seneca Niagara Casino Events Center.

mom and dad are both funny people and we made each other laugh quite a bit growing up. As a kid, I didn’t think about being comedian, but I certainly enjoyed making people laugh.

TS: How do you deal with preshow anxiety?

BR: I don’t know if I’ve figured that out … or if I ever will. I always tend to come up with analogies, but it’s like in golf, anyone can make a 6-foot putt, but can you make a 6-foot putt when you need it to win the Masters? It’s the same thing with comedy. A lot of people can be funny. But can you be when you gotta be funny? So part of it is actually being comfortable and part of it is looking like you’re comfortable … you’re trying to give this illusion that you’re floating and having fun and this stuff is coming off the top of your head. None of this is true. email: arts@ubspectrum.com

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“Show me what democracy looks like,” someone would shout. “This is what democracy looks like,” thousands joyously replied.

At 12:58 p.m. on Sunday, more than 310,000 people lining Central Park West fell silent, raising their hands in the air in a moment of silence for people affected by climate change.

This wasn’t what democracy sounded like, but for a moment it was what democracy looked like and it was beautiful.

Two minutes later, a roaring tidal wave of cheering, shouting and screaming rushed from the back of the People’s Climate March to the front.

This is what democracy sounds like.

It was a sound that echoed through Manhattan, reverberating off the walls and windows of the skyscrapers surrounding Central Park.

I tried to count how many times I shouted, “This is what democracy looks like,” or how many times I chanted “Hey Obama, we don’t want no climate drama,” but I lost track somewhere between 86th and 79th. The march ended on 34th, crossing many major avenues, including Broadway and passing through part of Times Square.

Democracy turned up in force with over 310,000 people marching through New York City to start a conversation that carried over into the UN Summit this week. The march was a globally trending topic – there were dozens of smaller marches around the world – creating thousands of headlines and millions of photos, tweets and other social media interactions.

If this is what democracy looks and sounds like, then this is a democracy I’m glad to be part of and able to participate in.

A democracy that’s loud and visible instead of hiding behind the anonymity of the Internet

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or waiting for the recurring stories of a 24-hour news cycle to inevitably wind up discussing the varying views and opinions on climate change.

The eight-hour bus ride to the city made me question the many motivators I had for attending such an event.

By the time I was on bus ride back many of them had confidently been rearranged, leaving the beauty and power of an assembled, vocal democracy a far cry from the only take away I had after marching through New York City for the day.

When we arrived in the city that morning, a greeter told us they expected 100,000 people to show up, a vast understatement compared to the 3-400,000 who actually did. The magnitude of the march’s attendance wasn’t comprehendible. It went on for blocks, causing major traffic jams for much of the city for the afternoon. A friend of a friend that marched with us kept commenting on what street we were on, how far we had marched and the affect the march being at various points in the city must be having on traffic, busses and ways into the city.

For people unfamiliar with the city, like myself, it wasn’t something I could fathom, even after seeing aerial footage of the march or reading headlines about the traffic jam.

The event wasn’t just eye opening for it’s support, but the zeal and passion of its supporters was awe-inspiring. People shouted, chanted, carried enormous posters, banners and models of earth and represented a wide variety of climate and political issues.

People marching brought representation to topics harkening back to Occupy Wall Street combined with a growing discussion on nuclear power, carbon pollution, waste and the general disregard many have toward the damage being done to our climate and planet.

Gandhi once said, “Be the change you want to see in the world.” And for a moment I felt like part of that change.

Raising my hand into the air in silence, cheering moments later and marching through New York City along more than 310,000 other people is something I’ll never forget.

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Everything they imagined was real Homesick for apples & honey

UB students traveled on the ARTbus to experience iconic artwork in New York City JENNA BOWER

CREATIVE DIRECTOR

A six-hour bus ride was all that separated 52 UB students from the artwork they’ve examined in art history courses to the museums in New York City that house them.

“Many students have the impression that seeing art in a book or on a screen is enough.

It’s not,” Domenic Licata, an instructional support technician and instructor with the Department of Art, said in an email.

“We created this opportunity to make it easier for students to get out and see the world’s greatest art collections for themselves.”

The daylong trip began at 11:30 p.m. on Thursday when a bus with 52 students – 46 art majors and six non-art majors – and four staff members departed for New York City. Domenic Licata, Natalie Fleming and Daniel Calleri, the UB staff who organized the trip, believe it is crucial for UB art students to be exposed to what the city has to offer, which is some of the best art collections and galleries in the world.

“There is nothing like standing in front of a work of art that you have studied,” said Daniel Calleri, an instructional support technician for UB’s photography department.

Calleri said it’s important for students to get out into the “real world” where the scale, texture and material of the paintings and objects become important.

Many students on the trip saw art they were familiar with. AnnMarie Agnes, a senior general studio major, remembers learning about Claude Monet’s “Water Lilies” during an art history course. The painting of the water lilies became her favorite piece from the trip.

Photographs in textbooks never compare to the actual piece of art, according to Agnes.

“It was amazing how immense the work is, and since you’re always shown it in a smaller size, it felt as if I was seeing the piece zoomed in, but that was what it was always like,” Agnes said. “And that kind of blew my mind.”

Agnes is able to appreciate the pieces more after having taken art history courses.

“I always thought that modern art was just weird and that anyone could make something like Rothko or Pollock,” Agnes said.

“And that type of thinking devalued their importance to art as a whole, which I now realize.”

The trip organizers suggested museums to visit, but encouraged students to make their own decisions about what they thought was best to experience.

Fleming, the resource curator for the visual studies department, thought it was essential that students have freedom on the trip.

“We believe it’s important that the students have the opportunity to make of the trip what they wish,” Fleming said. “There are so many art institutions in New York City that it would be impossible to visit all of them, and not every student is interested in visiting the same works of art.”

Students appreciated the less structured atmosphere.

“I really liked that the trip was self guided and let us venture out on our own,” Agnes said. “I’ve never had the chance to go off on my own in a large city like New York, and I found out that it came really naturally to me. After navigating through New York on my own I feel like I could easily live in that type of setting, which is a change from growing up in the country.”

Van Tran Nguyen, a senior bi-

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AnnMarie Agnes, a senior general studio major, observes Pablo Picasso’s “Girl with a Mandolin” while on a trip to New York City with UB’s Art Department.

ology and fine arts double major, also appreciated the way the ARTbus trip facilitated a space in which she could explore the city on her own.

“I think students should be urged to get lost – don’t really have a plan and devote some time to being lost in the city to find something they aren’t looking for,” Nguyen said.

The trip was open to all majors; non-majors were required to pay $47, while art majors only had to pay $25 to board the ARTbus.

Nguyen believes non-art students can have an equally valuable experience under certain conditions.

“They cannot disregard the art instantaneously if they dislike it ... it probably means they do not understand it,” Nguyen said.

“And disliking something you don’t know is stupidity.”

She believes that future trips should remain open to non-majors with priority given to art majors.

“Art majors are both makers and observers,” Licata said.

“Non-art majors, as observers, can be equally inspired by viewing great work first hand, as much as they would be by hearing a live performance by the [Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra], or by attending the theatre.

Great art benefits us all.”

Many of these classic piec-

es have been well preserved and have become recognizable pop culture icons, which is one of the reasons Fleming believes nonmajors could still appreciate the artwork on display.

Agnes thinks it’s important that these works continue to be displayed for the public in galleries and museums, like the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art which are both located in New York City.

“Art is a big part of our culture,” Agnes said. “It critiques and comments on our society and it’s important to keep art around to keep creating a visual commentary of the world.”

Calleri partially credited the success of the trip to professor Steve Kurtz, the chair of the art department, for helping to subsidized the cost of the trip.

Licata, Calleri and Fleming hope to organize more trips and are considering ones to Chicago or Washington D.C. in the future, as long as they have the funds. Licata hopes that future trips will be run and sponsored by students rather than the department, which would give students more of an input in choosing trip locations.

The Senate is a student-run body that votes on SA’s budget, constitution changes and club recognitions.

Last February, the previous Senate passed an amendment removing the distinction of on-campus and offcampus senators. Beforehand, Senate candidates were divided between six on-campus and six off-campus candidates. Students who live oncampus were only able to vote for on-campus candidates, and the same rules applied for off-campus students and candidates.

For this election, students will be able to vote for any candidate regardless of whether the student lives on or off campus.

Cato, Field, Giles, Grassi, Hong, Hsieh and Reisman are listed as living on-campus, and Canty, Dvorscak, Orosz, Soliman and Harary are off-campus students, according to Ingram.

Students can vote for the referendum and the SA senate elections in the Student Union Theater from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

I often use holidays, like Rosh Hashanah, to teach my 8-year-old brother about the faith. Like when I first explained to him why we eat apples and honey – which symbolizes hope for a sweet new year. I remember making him the dish, describing why we put the two ingredients together and then bonding over the nosh. Since that year, we’ve been responsible for making the snack so the family can enjoy it.

But not this year.

I can’t help but be a little saddened that I will be in Buffalo for the holiday this year. Without the day off, I can’t travel home to Long Island to celebrate the Jewish New Year with my family.

Religious or not, I cannot help but feel an overwhelming sense of homesickness during this time.

UB has places of worship that will welcome me. I have a variety of services I can choose to go to – whether it’s at the Chabad House or through UB’s Hillel – and I have the opportunity to be surrounded by friends of the same faith and immerse myself in my culture.

I typically attend Friday night services at the Chabad; they give me a sense of community and never interfere with my classes. Holidays are the only time during the year that I find myself conflicted between what I was raised to do and what the school mandates I do.

While it’s nice to have options at school, it is different to be here than home at services with my family, where we can hear the shofar and listen to the rabbi speak.

Personally, I plan to attend a Wednesday night service for Erev Rosh Hashanah at the Chabad House and because we do not have the day off Thursday, I may not be able to go back for day services.

I have two classes that conflict with the holiday. One of my professors canceled her lecture on Thursday, but the other did not. My second course, on Thursday night, rides a fine line – technically, the class takes place after sunset, so after the holiday is over. Though the lecture does not directly impact the holiday itself, it prevents me from going back to Long Island Wednesday afternoon, after my last class, celebrating with my family and then coming back to Buffalo Friday morning.

Jewish students with a full class schedule on Thursday are put in a situation in which they have to choose between academics and celebrating the holiday.

I still have responsibilities to take care of. And once the holiday ends, I still have to go to class on Friday.

This year, I cannot share apples and honey with my 8-year-old brother, because I cannot afford to go home. I cannot set the table with my mom or go through pictures of the past year with my dad. I cannot celebrate the holiday in the manner I traditionally would, because I do not have the day off.

I suppose FaceTime will have to suffice.

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Rayan Vakil will no longer be a human punching bag.

Vakil was bullied as a child because of his weight; he was considered “on the chubbier side” by classmates. He decided to change that at a young age.

In fifth grade, Vakil took taekwondo lessons to build confidence.

Now 20 years old, the sophomore exercise science major incorporates his taekwondo knowledge into UB’s Muay Thai class as part of the Combined Martial Arts Club (CMAC).

“I feel if I didn’t [get involved with martial arts], I would still have been in a vulnerable position,” Vakil said. “People would have torn me apart. If I knew about [martial arts] before, I would have been so much better in life. It’s something that a man needs - to have that warrior inside you - for times when you need to push through barriers that hold you down.”

CMAC, a Student Association club, offers free on-campus classes to UB students, including Muay Thai, kickboxing, Judo-No-Kata, Nearu and Brazillion Jiu-Jitsu.

CMAC estimates there are 100 students in its club. Community members may join, but must take out an additional insurance policy of $50 a year. Students are covered through UB’s medical insurance. *** CMAC Treasurer, Muay Thai instructor and junior psychology major Alex Davis believes the club teaches its members respect, discipline and honor.

The club is not solely focused on fighting and competing. One doesn’t need to be a great fighter to participate in martial arts, according to former Muay Thai instructor Wing Keung Chin.

“It’s about conditioning, appreciating the training and respect of others,” Chin said. “You do enjoy sparring to learn the technique, but it’s not the end goal to beat the s*** out of each other. That’s stupid.

This isn’t fight club.”

Chin, a graduate occupational therapy student, began boxing at 16 and learned Muay Thai as a freshman at UB. He no longer instructs, largely due to a busier schedule, but attends class regularly.

Chin credits former CMAC President Ryan Monolopolus in making the club’s presence felt on campus and obtaining more equipment.

Students must sign a liability sheet, which acts as a release form that states CMAC is not responsible for any injuries. Besides a few bumps and bruises, no one typically gets hurt, according to CMAC President and kickboxing instructor

ANDY KONIUCH, THE SPECTRUM

Students participate in Combined Martial Arts Club’s Muay Thai class. CMAC teaches five different kinds of martial arts and estimates over 100 students participate in the club.

Erik Shalitsky.

Shalitsky, a senior English major, has a red belt in Kenpo Karate – a form that usual features quick hands strikes.

To give members a realistic feel for live competition, Shalitsky starts his Monday evening classes in Richmond’s Aerobics room with conditioning exercises like high jumps, push-ups, and stair-runs.

Students are often exhausted after warm ups. Most are unable to complete the four sets of drills.

Some even leave the class midway through.

Freshman occupational science major Marina Waldy described the kickboxing condition as “overwhelming,” even though she has two years of prior martial arts experience. The point of this extensive preparation is to ready one’s self for sparring.

“When you’re fully energetic practicing techniques, you’re not really learning much,” Chin said.

“Your mind and body is not combined into one. You need to push your limits. You can’t think about it, you just have to do it.”

Shalitsky keeps his teachings basic to begin each semester. The class will learn how to properly throw a jab and quickly recover on defense.

Students in CMAC may eventually become advanced enough to compete in sanctioned ballots. Last year the club had four members compete in amateur fights.

CMAC members often participate in the Arnold Sports Festival – held in Columbus, Ohio – a multidisciplinary sport convection named after actor and bodybuilder

Arnold Schwarzenegger. Shalitsky will compete in Muay Thai, kickboxing and Kali Eskrima – a weapon-based form of fighting out of the Philippines – in March’s festival.

Davis is scheduled to compete in an amateur fight Oct. 11 in Syracuse, but is still looking for an opponent.

Stonehorse Goeman, a twotime Muay Thai National Champion who appeared on Ultimate Fighter 17 as a coach, is Davis’ private instructor.

Davis credits his perspectives about martial arts to Goeman.

“He’s taught me that it’s always the little things in life that matter, it’s the little things that bite and the little things that get you far in life,” Davis said. *** CMAC instructors are unpaid volunteers. Judo instructor Bruce Histed isn’t even affiliated with the university.

The third degree black belt and Tonawanda native said he wants to “pay forward to the next generation” by sharing his Judo knowledge.

Histed competed in Judo – a modern martial art with the goal of throwing down and immobilizing your opponent – tournaments at the local and national level from 1973-1993. He came in the eighth place in the Judo Senior Nationals in the early 1980s and won two silver medals in the Junior Olympics.

Histed helped teach a Judo class on UB South Campus before CMAC was created in 1996. He is also the president of the AmericanCanadian (AM-CAN) International Judo Challenge, which held its an-

nual competitions in Alumni Arena for 10 years. At one point, the competition was the second largest international Judo tournament in the world and hosted 980 competitors from nine different countries one year, according to Histed.

Histed was forced to take his non-profit tournament elsewhere in 2003 due to increasing fees. Histed said it would cost $26,000 to rent out Alumni Arena.

“UB really just took us to the cleaners,” Histed said. “We just really couldn’t afford it and had to move elsewhere.”

His tournament, which ran for 43 years, was moved to Grand Island High School the past three years and will be held at Niagara University this year. UB also began restricting where Histed’s Judo class could meet.

“I think because weren’t affiliated with UB, I think they were trying to push us away,” Histed said.

But Histed returned to UB in 2011.

After leaving UB in the ’90s, Histed taught Judo classes at different local schools, lastly at Cheektowaga High School. About three years ago, however, he again had to find a new location for his classes.

“Cheektowaga High School basically said we’d been there a long time, used their place for free and we didn’t really have anyone in our club from Cheektowaga,” Histed said.

One of Histed’s Judo students, who was also a UB student, Ivan Marrero suggested they take the class back to UB. “[Marrero] suggested ‘Well, why don’t we go to UB? They have the

CMAC club … Why not go where the athletes are?’” Histed said.

Histed has now been teaching his Judo class through CMAC at UB for the past three years. He teaches sport judo and self-defense.

“UB has been more receptive to martial arts,” Histed said. “Not only should you be going to school to assess the mind, but you go to do the body as well.”

Histed hopes that with the growth of CMAC, the AM-CAN International Judo Challenge can return to Alumni Arena.

In addition to free teaching, Histed gives students free uniforms and even drives some of them to local tournaments. Despite the years of time and effort he’s put into Judo, seeking financial compensation has never crossed the 57-year-old’s mind.

“I know a lot of students don’t have money, a lot students don’t have cars,” Histed said. “It’s an extreme love for the sport, it really is.

I just want to pass it on to as many people as I can.” *** As an SA funded club, CMAC is required to host two social events, two fundraising events and participate in at least one SA event.

Students might be unwise to start a fight with security, as CMAC members usually volunteer as security guards during fall and spring fest. The club sells apparel around campus to fundraise.

For its social requirement, CMAC hosts an annual “Instructor Series,” where highly accredited instructors host either a class or lecture. Master instructors, those who have won some type of a national or international championship, present either a lecture or class in any form of martial art.

CMAC hopes to bring in Kyle Cerminara this year, UB wrestlsing’s all-time leader in career and single-season wins.

Cerminara has posted a 2-0 record in Bellator MMA, the second largest MMA organization in the world behind the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), since graduating from UB. Students join CMAC for different reasons. Some join for the workout it provides, some for the friendships it forms.

Others, like Vakil, just need a few hours away from reality.

“When you just sit down all the time you get so bogged down,” Vakil said. “You need that stuff in your life to keep you going – physical activities. I’m going to class, I’m learning all this stuff, I don’t want to come back and fill my head up again with formulas. Sometimes I just want to kick some s*** out of a punching bag.” email: sports@ubspectrum.com

#UBTop10: Counting down the top 10 UB sports moments of the semester SPORTS DESK In this series, The Spectrum Sports Desk will rank the top 10 moments in UB Athletics from the past few weeks. Tweet us your nominations at @ubspecsports with the #UBTop10.

10. Ron Willoughby erupts for 132 yards in season opener The football team had many questions surrounding its receivers going into the season.

Junior wide receiver Ron Willoughby answered some of those Week One. Willoughby caught 10 passes for 132 yards and two touchdowns – all career-highs – in the Bulls’ season-opening 38-28 victory over Duquesne Aug. 30. The Bulls trailed 28-24 in the fourth quarter before Willoughby caught two fourth-quarter touchdown passes that secured the win for Buffalo.

9. Danny White, Bobby Hurley receive contract extensions Athletic Director Danny White and men’s basketball head coach Bobby Hurley both received contract extensions within the past few weeks.

White’s contract, which now runs through 2019, was formally announced on Sept. 10. Hurley’s new deal expires after the 2018-19 season and is a one-year extension to

CHAD COOPER, THE SPECTRUM More than 24,000 fans attended Buffalo’s 63-21 loss to No. 8 Baylor on Sept. 12. The crowd as the third largest in the history of UB Stadium and the game was broadcasted on ESPN.

his original contract signed in 2013.

8. Hughes catches longest touchdown in program history Junior quarterback Joe Licata and senior wide receiver Devon Hughes connected on a 92-yard touchdown in the first quarter of the Bulls’ 36-7 victory over Norfolk State Sept. 20. The touchdown was the longest in program history, breaking an 18-year record of 91 yards.

7. Dougall and Hall named MAC East Defensive Players of the Week A Buffalo women’s soccer player was named Mid-American Conference Player of the Week twice in a three-week period. Junior defender Jackie Hall won the award on

Sept. 8 after her defensive effort in a 2-0 win over Niagara. The Bulls allowed just one shot on goal in the game.

Freshman goalkeeper Laura Dougall captured the award on Aug. 25 after making 11 saves and not allowing a goal in her first two games against St. Bonaventure and Canisius.

6. Bishop wins consecutive MVP awards Junior outside hitter Tahleia Bishop won two Most Valuable Player awards in two weekends for the volleyball team. Bishop was awarded MVP for her efforts in the University of South Florida Tournament three weeks ago and in

the University of Illinois-Chicago Tournament two weekends ago.

5. Licata wins MAC East Offensive Player of the Week Albeit in a losing effort, junior quarterback Joe Licata was named MAC East Offensive Player of the Week for his work against Army on Sept. 6. Licata completed 35 passes for 401 yards and five touchdowns. He threw all of his touchdown passes in the second half and brought the Bulls’ deficit to within eight points after they trailed by 30 earlier in the quarter.

4. Volleyball finishes first in tournaments for three straight weekends The volleyball team won the USF and UIC tournaments, and finished tied for first place in the Hoosier Classic this past weekend.

The Bulls had a five-game winning streak this season and have won seven of their past eight matches with conference play set to begin Friday against Bowling Green in Alumni Arena.

3. Women’s soccer gets off to historic start to season The Bulls didn’t allow a goal in the first 493 minutes of the season. It wasn’t until a Sept. 12 match against No. 3 Virginia Tech that a shot finally got past a Buffalo goalkeeper.

The 493-minute scoreless streak set the longest shutout streak in

program history, breaking the previous record of 482 minutes. The previous record was 385 minutes.

The team possesses a 4-2-1 record and begins conference play Friday at Kent State.

2. Russell Cicerone scores gamewinning midfield goal in double overtime Men’s soccer sophomore midfielder Russell Cicerone scored a game-winning goal from midfield at the beginning of the second overtime against Bryant Sept. 5.

Cicerone took the opening touch and blasted a perfect strike into the top left corner of the net over the Bryant goalkeeper’s arms to give Buffalo its first win of the season.

The play was No. 2 on ESPN’s SportsCenter top-10 plays.

1. Bulls featured on ESPN against No. 8 Baylor While it wasn’t the result the team was hoping for, the Bulls’ Friday night game on Sept. 12 against No. 8 Baylor was monumental for the program. The game was the first time UB hosted a top-10 football team and UB Stadium’s first appearance on ESPN, as the game was nationally televised on the channel’s flagship program.

24,714 fans attended the ‘blackout’ game – the third highest attendance in stadium history. email: sports@ubspectrum.com