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School policy prohibits student-run festivities for upcoming football game TOM DINKI
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When the football team released its 2014 schedule last semester, one game stood out to junior accounting major Matt Haring and senior operations major Alex Shupe: a Friday night game against nationally ranked Baylor broadcast on ESPN. “Alex was like, ‘I’m so fired up for this game, we’re going to camp out in front of the stadium,’” Haring said. “Next thing you know, we started telling people that, and they were like, ‘That’s a good idea.’” Haring and Shupe planned an overnight campout for students outside UB Stadium for Sept. 11, the night before the Baylor game. But their wishful plans were shot down when they learned a campout is against UB’s rules. “It’s a pretty big bummer, but nothing we can do I guess,” Haring said. Originally, they planned the campout in conjunction with a True Blue and UB Athletics’ outdoor event at Baird Point the night before the game. The event is still going to take place, but the campout is canceled. The night kicks off at 6 p.m. with pizza and wings, a pep talk by Quinn and a
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10 p.m. screening of Remember the Titans on an inflatable screen. On Tuesday afternoon, when Student Life, True Blue and UB Athletics officials met with Haring and Shupe to discuss Thursday night’s festivities, Student Life representatives told the students that the campout can’t take place because it’s against school rules. The University’s Student Code of Conduct states under Article 4B that “No overnight demonstrations/assemblies are allowed” and “Indoor and outdoor encampment are prohibited.” The policy against overnight encampments was created two years ago, according to Student Life Director Thomas Tiberi. Tiberi said the policy is for general “public assembly rules.” In August, the Bulls fans created a Twitter account, @CampOut4Baylor, which, as of Tuesday night, had 222 followers. Haring and Shupe even handed out event flyers in classrooms on Tuesday morning. They expected a 40 to 50 people to campout. Haring and Shupe had planned to set up tents along the walkway to UB Stadium. They were going to organize recreational activities like football, corn hole and grill-
ing. Haring thought the campout would spark student interest in the game. If enough people showed up, he thought, maybe head coach Jeff Quinn “will come by and say, ‘Hey, thanks for coming out,’ and shake some hands, kiss some babies.” Tiberi said Student Life first heard about the plan for the campout on Sept. 4. Student Life could not approve or prohibit the campout until it knew all the details and Tuesday was the first day all parties could meet, according to Tiberi. Haring was surprised by the decision to disallow the campout. Haring said True Blue President Kyle Conte, a student, emailed him on Sept. 5 and said, “I’ve gotten pretty good answers. Basically, it’s a yes.” Conte could not be reached for comment on this story. Haring and Shupe were also confident the campout would be allowed because of the support they received on Twitter from UB Athletics. “We didn’t know who to get a ‘yes’ from,” Shupe said. “We didn’t know who to get any answers from. But then we had retweets from Danny White.”
Several UB Athletic Twitter accounts follow @CampOut4Baylor. White once re-tweeted them. But Haring and Shupe didn’t realize that UB Athletics didn’t have the final say on approving the campout. Haring and Shupe only spoke to True Blue about adding a campout to Thursday night’s festivities and never spoke directly to UB Athletics, they said. The students hoped the campout would display Bulls fans’ passion on ESPN’s cameras. “Danny White, he always says we want big-time college atmosphere here, which is tough to do,” Harring said. “Sometimes it’s tough getting students to go the game so that’s why we figured we’d something to spark some interest, make it a big-time college field, have some fun with it.” Penn State and Syracuse University, on the other hand, allow campouts on their campuses. Syracuse students can set up tents outside the Carrier Dome the night before basketball games to get tickets and better seats. Syracuse’s official student section, Otto’s Army, regulates the campouts along with Syracuse Athletics and the Carrier
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When Jordan Mittenthal wanted to go from a house near South Campus to the up-and-coming bar scene near North Campus, he didn’t call a taxi. He called The U. The U, which is just over 2 years old, has a new bus to shuttle students to and from its location for free. The U’s minibus was launched at the beginning of the school year. UB’s Stampede buses, which take students between North and South Campus regularly, started making trips to The U on the weekends last year. But The U’s bus will actually pick students up from their homes. “The bus picked us up from my friend’s [University Height’s] home,” said Mittenthal, a senior economics major. “There were about 12 of us on the bus, just blasting music and getting excited to go out.”
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The U, a bar near North Campus, now has a private bus that will pick up students in the South Campus area and transport them to and from The U. Students can call ahead of time to reserve the free service.
This year, James Spano, the bar’s owner, organized the private bus to specifically service South Campus residents. The new bus service comes with a designated cellphone number, which students can call and make reservations for specific pickup locations. “The U decided to invest in their own transportation in order
to allow not only students from the UB campuses and the Villas access to the bar, but to provide students from all different schools [within the area] with a safe mode of transportation to The U free of charge,” Spano said. UB Parking and Transportation and The U worked together so the Stampede would take students to
Dome staff. “We have a list system, a set of rules and regulations in place so everyone who is camping out is doing it the right way,” said Otto’s Army President Sean Fernandez. “Nobody has anything in their tent that they shouldn’t have.” Public safety officers go around to tents to make sure everyone is safe, and move students inside the dome if the temperature outside becomes too cold, Fernandez said. Up to four people are allowed in each tent, and at least one person must be present in the tent at all times. Otto’s Army e-board conducts a role call, and if someone is missing, he or she has 15 to 20 minutes to return. If the student doesn’t return, he or she has to move to the back of the line. Despite other school’s allowing stadium campouts, Tiberi doesn’t see UB’s policies changing for future events. Haring still plans on attending Thursday night’s event. “I’ll probably come for a little bit just because it’s still an event, just altered,” Haring said. “I don’t know if I’ll stay late though.” email: sports@ubspectrum.com
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the plaza the bar is in from 8:30 p.m. to 3:30 a.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The plaza also has a movie theater, a bar and music venue as well as restaurants. Maria Wallace, director of Parking and Transportation Services, said the Student Association has been working on discount rate for students at the AMC movie theater, located next to The U. “I believe the more late night options, the better off our students are,” Wallace said in an email. Before the busing was in place, students living on South Campus had to either organize sober drivers or take cabs to and from the bar. Mittenthal said the new bus service allows for an easy and safe way to get to and from where he wants to go. Spano hopes the new service will ultimately bring business to The U from more areas around
Buffalo. The Stampede will still run its normal weekend schedule while The U’s private bus picks students up from whatever location they request. “While we encourage reservations in advance, especially for larger parties, there is no restrictions on pick up locations,” Spano said. “We will find you.” Spano said The U does not outsource transportation and that only experienced drivers operate the bus. Alexa Bernstein, a senior speech pathology major, was pleasantly surprised about the new bus service. “I have only been to The U one time,” said Bernstein, who lives near South Campus. “My friends and I had such trouble deciding who would be the designated driver and ultimately ended up taking a few cabs. It really just became expensive for such a short trip.” SEE THE U, PAGE 5
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A failing grade for Johns Hopkins Buffalo School District must move on after university’s last-minute departure from school-transformation program A year ago, optimism abounded in Buffalo as the city’s School Board approved a much-sought partnership with Johns Hopkins University. The prestigious institution seemed like a lifeline for two of the district’s most underperforming high schools, East High School and Lafayette High School. But now those hopes have been deflated. It’s deeply disheartening that Johns Hopkins is giving up on these schools and abandoning students to whom it committed to helping just a year ago. Johns Hopkins’ Talent Development Secondary is backing out, giving up on two schools that proved to pose too great of a challenge. The excitement generated by the original deal, which took more than two years to establish and cost over $2 million in state grants, is lost now, as is $1 million in federal money the district would have received to support the university’s schooltransformation organization. The two schools host primarily impoverished students, refugees and immigrants who don’t speak English. Last year, 86 percent of East’s student population was living in poverty, and almost half of Lafayette’s students spoke limited English. The loss of Johns Hopkins’ involvement poses another challenge for students and faculty who already face far too many obstacles. John Hopkins has left these schools at the last moment, putting the pressure on the School Board to somehow generate a refined plan, find a new program and obtain the necessary funding – a task that seems borderline impossible.
But the alternative is equally intolerable, without assistance, it seems all but inevitable that these struggling schools will backslide. If you consider the state of East and Lafayette prior to Johns Hopkins’ involvement, regression must be avoided at all costs – even if that cost is in the range of millions of dollars. Even though leaders of the Johns Hopkins program explained they were overwhelmed by the state of the two schools, they managed to make a significant difference. Although Lafayette High School is still plagued by a meager graduation rate of less than 30 percent, at East High School the percentage of graduates rose from 27 percent in 2012 to 48 percent in 2013, a number that was expected to continue to rise this year. So despite the failure of this program, the school district must try again. These schools need additional help, and it’s critical the School Board is not deterred from trying again, and starting the search for outside resources all over again. It needs to pick itself up and survey its options. And fortunately, possibilities do exist. The Buffalo News identified New York City’s International Network for Public Schools as a potential contender, as the organization has already worked with multiple international schools. The School Board learned an important lesson, one it needs to take to heart as it selects a new source of assistance for Lafayette and East. Even though Johns Hopkins’ program looked impressive, boasting 15 years of ex-
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perience in turning around struggling schools, it clearly wasn’t up to the task. “Fifteen years of experience” sounds promising, but the organization lacked expertise in non-English speakers and had never worked as a lead administrator prior to its role in Buffalo. This time around, members of the School Board cannot allow themselves to be so easi-
ly seduced by a prestigious name and an extensive – but ultimately irrelevant – resume. Instead, it must swallow its pride and move on, staking its bets and the futures of the students it serves, on a more thoroughly vetted organization – one that won’t back out when the going gets tough. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com
The land of the free and the home of delay Obama backs down on immigration reform, reveals disappointing but unsurprising lack of political temerity Politics have once again obstructed progress in the White House, as President Barack Obama gave in to poli tical maneuvering and manipulation, announcing he would not use his executive powers to enact immigration reform. Despite promising (a word that apparently means little in D.C.) to make sweeping changes to the nation’s immigration system and sharply criticizing Republican politicization of the issue, Obama has allowed the obstruction he so fervently denounced to stop him in his tracks. Though the President was willing to threaten executive actions, which could have postponed deportations and increased employment opportunities for undocumented workers, he didn’t have it in him to follow through. The president doesn’t deserve all the blame – his actions are both caused by and emblematic of a toxic political environment
generated by conservatives and liberals alike that prioritizes partisan gamesmanship over legitimate change. According to administration officials, Obama and his aides determined that taking action on immigration as promised would anger Republicans and threaten Democratic control of the Senate as midterm elections loom. It’s a familiar, monotonous song and dance, and one that begs the question: What’s the point of maintaining the political majority if the authority it generates is never used for anything beyond reinforcing the status quo? The torpid pace at which political progress occurs is infuriating in any context. But when swift, authoritative – even executive – action is dangled in front of an eagerly awaiting audience like a carrot they can’t quite reach, the wait feels especially torturous. As headlines consistently remind Americans of the many
serious issues surrounding border security and deportation, and as migrant children sit in detainment centers at the border, the need for decisive action appears pressing. And yet, Obama feels comfortable stalling. There will always be a reason to wait – an election around the corner, an unfriendly Senate, a changing political landscape. But Obama should know better than to legitimize any of those reasons. Prioritizing politicians’ complaints over immigrants’ pressing needs sends a clear and dooming message to all those who bought into the president’s campaign promises. In 2008, it was “Change,” and two years later: “Forward.” Now, Obama can only offer stagnation and sameness. Let’s see that splashed onto posters and flags. It may not be catchy, but at least it’s honest.
The American people need to remain strong in the face of Obama’s weakness and demonstrate an unwillingness to forgive and forget. Even if the president comes through in November, the delay generated by Obama’s broken promise should remain on Americans’ minds. Obama needs to know that the American people have high expectations – that we’re not willing to simply take what we can get, that we won’t abide by “it’s better than nothing.” When the president makes a promise, he needs to deliver. The standard has been set, and Obama should be held to it. If Obama wants to prove to Americans that he cares about immigration more than partisanship (and really, does he?) and that he can keep his promises (and really, can he?), right now, he’s failing on both counts.` email: editorial@ubspectrum.com
‘No apologies’ My permanent way to remember my ‘spontaneous’ summer TOM DINKI
SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR
I heard the buzzing of the tattoo machine in the artist’s hand, saw him slowly move toward my inner left arm and thought to myself: What am I doing? Getting a tattoo wasn’t like me. Anyone who knows me will probably tell you I’m the last person they would expect to get a tattoo. To some people, I can be quiet, mild-mannered and reserved. The plan to get the tattoo was pretty spontaneous. A text from my friend and summer camp coworker on our Saturday off day that read, “Let’s get tattoos at like 3. I really want to do it” started it all.
We had joked about getting tattoos together; tattoos inspired by a lyric from the Kanye West song “No Church in the Wild” that we had often rapped together throughout the summer: “Two tattoos / One read ‘no apologies’ / The other said ‘love is cursed by monogamy.’” The plan was I would get ‘no apologies’ on my left bicep, while my friend would get ‘love is cursed by monogamy’ on her right bicep. (So, yes, there is a girl out there somewhere with the words ‘love is cursed by monogamy’ tattooed on her. I love her dearly.) Even though I had a moment of self-doubt while lying on the table in the tattoo parlor, I didn’t stop the artist. I looked up at the
ceiling and let the needle push the ink into my skin. Getting a tattoo may not have been like me, but it was something different. It was new. It was me stepping out of my comfort zone. It was spontaneous. It think that word – spontaneous – accurately describes my summer. I had a lot of freedom to be spontaneous and do what made me happy after I broke up with my girlfriend of two and a half years at the beginning of the summer. (OK, fine, she broke up with me.) It was a chance for me to try new experiences, and I took advantage of it. I reconnected with old friends
I had not given enough time to. I learned to how to drive on the thruway without my heart pounding and hands sweating. I played card games in the nude with my coworkers – the males ones. I went to a strip club for the first time – with a female coworker. Oh yeah, and I got that tattoo. But my best – and also some of my worst experiences – came from working seven weeks at an overnight summer camp for kids who were 8 to 13 years old. While all the other counselors were placed in different cabins and with different camper age groups every week, I spent all six sessions of camp inside Turner cabin looking after 8- to 10-yearold boys.
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Sincerely Yours: Treasures of Queen City JORDAN OSCAR
SENIOR ARTS EDITOR
Time is running out for you to view more than 70 masterpieces by world-renowned artists including Vincent van Gogh, Salvador Dali and Jackson Pollock. The iconic collection is currently on display just a few minutes away from UB. The Albright Knox Art Gallery is currently home to the critically acclaimed exhibit, Sincerely Yours: Treasures of Queen City – located across from Buffalo State College on Elmwood Avenue. The exhibit opened over the summer and includes works by dozens of famed artists like Andy Warhol, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. The exhibit is in Buffalo until Sept. 14 before going to the San Diego Museum of Art, the next stop on its national tour. Warhol’s 100 Cans and Pollock’s Convergence are just two of the acclaimed paintings on display, many of which commonly fill the textbooks and lectures of art history classes. The detail, line work and complexity of these images is often difficult to truly comprehend from the page of a book by art enthusiasts, making Sincerely Yours a treasure worth seeing while you can. email: arts @ubspectrum.com
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Artist: Andy Warhol Work: 100 Can’s Year: 1962 The 6-foot-tall 100 Cans is immediately one of the most recognized and well-known pieces within the exhibit. The rows of Campbell’s cans might look identical from one to the next, to but with enough examination one might notice they aren’t exact duplicates nor are they evenly spaced.
Artist: Claude Monet Work: Chemin de Halage à Argenteuil (Town Path At Argenteuil, Winter) Year: 1875
Artist: Frida Kahlo Work: Self-Portrait with Monkey Year: 1938
Monet’s painting is one of the first viewers can enjoy when they walk through the start of Sincerely Yours: Treasures of Queen City on the second floor of the Albright Knox Art Gallery. The french artist is well-known as one of the founders of impressionist painting in France. He became a master of the plein-air style from doing landscape paintings, like this, outdoors. This painting epitomizes the values of impressionist artwork through its minute, but visible brushwork, open composition, focus on lighting and color and its depiction of people living their ordinary, everyday lives.
Kahlo is best known for her vibrantly colored portraits and Self Portrait With Monkey is perhaps her most recognized work and certainly one of the most iconic images from this collection of masterworks. The mix of detail, color, shading and brushworks create a painting as lively as its subjects.
Artist: Vincent van Gogh Work: La Maison de la Crau (The Old Mill) Year: 1888
Sadly, the Albright Knox Art Gallery doesn’t have van Gogh’s notorious Starry Night on display. But his painting of an old mill still represents his use of color that represented his impressions and feelings toward the subject rather than its natural appearance. Like many of van Gogh’s paintings, this picture exemplifies his masterful use of brushstrokes, using strokes of different lengths and direction for different parts of the landscape it depicts.
Artist: Giacomo Balla Work: Dinamismo di un Cane al Guinzaglio (Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash) Year: 1912 Balla might not be as recognized as the many artistic titans represented in the exhibit, but his elegant style combined with the motion of the dog, leash and feet is something to be admired.
Despite a crowded concert, UPD reports no major Fall Fest incidents TORI ROSEMAN
ASST. ARTS EDITOR
Students at Saturday’s Fall Fest may have felt more like sardines than they did concertgoers. More than 8,000 people piled into Alumni Arena’s Parking lot for the annual Student Association-hosted concert Saturday. In the aftermath of the massive show – co-headlined by T.I. and School Boy Q – many students said the event felt too crowded. But despite the high attendance number, the University Police Department said it encountered no major issues, other than students being hospitalized for drinking too much alcohol. “There were no incidents, no arrests and no one was ejected,” said Lt. Scott Marciszewski. “For a concert with about 8,000 students to go off without a hitch is pretty great.” There were about 15 to 20 officers at the fest, which is not abnormal for a concert, according to Marciszewski. Marciszewski said at least four people were removed and hospitalized for alcohol consumption. He also said there were violent incidents. Officers were dispersed between roads outside the venue, near the line to enter the concert and around the crowd. Although the crammed crowd didn’t turn
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Despite complaints about overcrowding by many students who attended this year’s Fall Fest, Univetsity Police said there were no arrests or major incidents.
too rowdy, many students were still uncomfortable during the show. “I spent about five minutes in the crowd before moving back,” said Eboni Hinnant, a sophomore international relations major. “Even when Schoolboy Q was on I stayed back. It wasn’t worth it to be in such a tight space.”
As the night went on, some of the crowd’s discomfort increased, as quarters grew closer leading into the headliners. This year, 8,324 people attended Fall Fest – nearly double the last Fall Fest and more than triple that of Spring Fest 2014. With more than 8,000 people in the parking lot, space was tight. But the lot’s capacity is 9,500.
Even after the show was set to begin, fans continued lining up to enter the event, eventually reaching Alumni Arena. “We held the concert outdoors so that there would be space to back away from the crowd and have some room,” said Evan Chen, SA’s vice president. Once the gates opened at 5 p.m., a flood of students imme-
diately began to rush the stage, aiming for coveted front-row spots. There was a large crowd against the gates even before opening act Bas came out. Chen said SA was prepared had the concert’s large crowd gotten out of control. “We had police stationed around the area to keep an eye on everything,” Chen said. “As soon as they saw a problem, they went right in and took out whomever they needed to. We wanted to make sure everyone was safe and able to enjoy themselves with as little disturbance as possible.” By the end of the concert, attendees had little to complain about other than the lack of space. Once the fireworks were finished, students exited the parking lot chattering about the music. “I had a lot of fun, but it was really crowded,” said Carli Rescott, a sophomore International Studies major. “I strongly believe that they should only allow UB students in, so the venue isn’t so packed.” SA leaves its show open to the public and students. General admission tickets were $40. SA’s next big concert will be Spring Fest. email: arts@ubspectrum.com
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Continued from Apologies, page 3 They kept me with the younger boys in Turner because most of the 13-year-old boys are taller than me and Turner cabin has the fewest porch steps for little boys to climb. And apparently because I have patience with younger kids. My co-counselors told me they didn’t understand how I never yelled. I didn’t lose my temper when my campers asked for the 10th time what we we’re having for dinner even though I had answered them nine times that I did not know. I dealt with cleaning up urine-soaked sleeping bags by putting on gloves, listening to the Breaking Bad theme song and pretending to be Walter White cleaning up a crime scene. I dressed up in my old Halloween costume of Woody from Toy Story and pretended to be a sheriff to entertain them. I acted silly and crazy, doing different voices I didn’t even know I had in me and singing “In the Jungle” with my boys as we walked through camp. It wasn’t like me to be patient with children and act silly, but I had to keep my sanity and my kids entertained. Being a counselor challenged me to change who I was. I came out of my shell while reconnecting with my old camp friends. They made me feel comfortable and allowed me to act like the person I wanted to. We called ourselves the “stoop kids” because of all the time we spent on a flight of steps leading up to camp from the road relaxing
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and talking. We spent our Saturday off-nights in a clearing of woods where train tracks used to lay – a place we affectionately called “Narnia” – until sunrise when we should have been getting sleep for the long week at camp. Regardless of how terrible I felt the next morning making the hour drive back to camp, I wouldn’t trade some of those nights with them for anything. My friend, the camp cook, and I got involved with two girls in our group of friends that are twins. We were nothing serious, but she helped me realize, after my breakup, there are other people out there. She also gets points for coming with me on my first strip club experience. My summer wasn’t perfect, though. There were times I felt drained and felt I couldn’t keep going. I spent one of my Satur-
days off waiting around for a tow truck after I ran over a boulder. Turner cabin had a mice problem. The girl I was seeing was named my co-counselor – twice – which made for some interesting late night escapades sneaking her out of my cabin window. But regardless of the bad times, I wouldn’t change anything about the summer because it changed me. I don’t think I was happy with my life or the person I was before this summer. I was scared of being alone and trying new things. I was afraid to speak up. That’s why when my friend texted me on that fateful Saturday asking me to do something completely new and completely outside of who I was, I said yes. Stepping outside your comfort zone makes you grow as a person, and there’s no better time to
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step out of your comfort zone than during college. I wish I had realized that before this summer. As a junior, I have two more years to make up for what I missed out on during my first two years at UB. Don’t be like me. Start now. You don’t have to spontaneously get a tattoo, but don’t be afraid to do something different every now and then. I have a lot of ways to remind me about this summer. On my last day of camp, I stole a wooden Turner cabin sign that’s now hanging in my room. I have a plastic bag filled with items ranging from crafts my kids made me, to the ribbons my cabin won, to scribbled notes of inside jokes between me and my friends. And most importantly, I have my tattoo. I don’t think about my tattoo often, usually only when someone brings it up and asks, “What does ‘no apologies’ mean?” For me, it’s not really about what the words themselves mean. I get it; it’s just a Kanye West lyric, and I’m still going to say, “I’m sorry.” My best friend, who has four tattoos himself, didn’t like my tattoo when he first saw it. He told me he changed his mind once he remembered something his tattoo artist once told him: It wasn’t about what the tattoo meant, but where you were in your life when you got it. I want to remember where I was this summer.
Now that the new service is in place, Bernstein said she is eager to go back to The U with her friends. “We had a great time when we were there and now it’s just going to be such an ease to go whenever we want,” Bernstein said.” Last week, Common Council Member Rasheed Wyatt visited South Campus during rowdy party weekend. He told WIVB the giant parties “blew [his] mind.” He said he plans to introduce legislation to reduce student partying. Some UB students understand that concern and think the new bus service could help ease tension within the Heights. “Thursday through Saturday, South Campus is always loud and filled with students wherever you turn,” Bernstein said. “From packed homes to long lines outside bars and pizza places, it’s no wonder the local community is fed up with the noise coming from students all throughout the weekend.” Bernstein said the new bus service could direct students toward the North Campus bar scene and away from parties in the Heights. “I think students will definitely be interested in visiting The U more often now,” Bernstein said. “With a driver that will pick you up or drop you off at your home or any where on South Campus, why wouldn’t students take advantage of that?”
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Disruptive woman draws crowd of more than 100 by Capen Hall EMMA JANICKI
SENIOR FEATURES EDITOR
Approximately 150 students gathered in a circle at Founders Plaza – by Capen Hall – Monday as a woman shouted extremist religious beliefs. University Police said no police report was filed, but an officer walked away with the woman. Ethan Wipperman, a freshman biochemistry major, heard the final 15 minutes of the woman’s speech. He said she told the students “you’re all slaves” – the phrase was also written in chalk on a wall outside of the Student Union. She wore a camouflage shirt, a dark khaki skirt, a black baseball hat and held a tripod stand with a camera, recording herself and the crowd as she shouted at the students surrounding her. Students filmed her on cellphones, some even getting within inches of her face. The woman called herself a missionary and proclaimed that she will be traveling to Finland and London soon.
CHAD COOPER, THE SPECTRUM A crowd of over 150 students gathered outside Founder’s Plaza Monday, while a self-proclaimed missionary shouted her religious beliefs. She was led away by UPD as students filmed her on their cellphones.
Wipperman said one student responded to the woman by shouting: “legalize gay marijuana,” eliciting laughter from the crowd. The woman was led away by University Police but could be heard telling the officer she “could have gone on longer.” email: news@ubspectrum.com
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UB offers online graduate certificate in Music Learning Theory SHAROL SHAMSOR STAFF WRITER
Music Learning Theory – a concept developed at UB in the ’70s – has made its way out of the classroom and onto students’ computers nearly 40 years later. Former UB professor Edwin E. Gordon developed Music Learning Theory, or MLT, for students and faculty to analyze how music is learned. This fall, UB’s Graduate School of Education is expanding its online services by introducing a program known as the Advanced Graduate Certificate (AGC) in MLT. The certificate program requires 15 credits for completion. Buffalo is the “birthplace” of the theory, according to Elisabeth Etopio, a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Learning and Instruction. She believes the program is carrying on MLT’s “rich tradition.” Jennifer McDonel, who teaches in the program, explained the AGC-MLT is the only one of its kind. “It is not a master’s degree,” she said. “It is focused solely on the roots, development and use of MLT in the music classroom at a deep level.” Applicants to the program must have completed their bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution, according to its website.
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Joe’l Staples (right) sits with Dr. Elisabeth Etopio (left) who says UB’s new online MLT certificate program helps educators gain a deeper appreciation of music.
The program will help educators and graduate students use what they already know about Music Learning Theory into a body of knowledge that’s practical for them to use and apply in individual teaching settings, she said. Maria Runfola, an associate professor in the Department of Learning and Instruction at UB, has oversight of the purely online program. The curriculum of the program teaches educa-
tors how to teach their students to not only become better musicians, but to gain a deeper appreciation in music understanding, according to Etopio. “[The certificate] is really just a framework and then what you do within that framework can be very … eclectic,” she said. “You can study in a variety of different ways, a variety of different topics. It’s just the sequence you put them in to make it easy for the students in your classes to learn.”
Joe’l Staples, a graduate student in the Curriculum Instruction and the Science of Learning department, studied at the UB Summer Music Education Institute. The UB Summer Music Education Institute is a program for teachers, educators and graduate students to “enhance your musicianship and pedagogy skills,” according to its website. Some of its courses – including Piano Music and Early Childhood Music – integrate MLT into the cur-
riculum. Staples said the program was neither “hard nor easy,” but the course taught her concepts she actually would want to use and apply. The UB Summer Music Education Institute partnered with the Gordon Institute of Music Learning, allowing participants to partake in courses that focused on improving educators and developing “audiation,” which is “Gordon’s term for hearing music in the mind with understanding,” according to the program’s description online. Staples said Gordon’s theory is not a “one time deal” that could be immediately applied and never altered. She said the theory is still growing because Gordon is always looking to improve and expand upon it. “While it will be a rigorous and challenging course of study, all who want to learn cutting-edge, researched-based music education theory and practice will benefit from this program,” McDonel said. Her goal for the program is to see more students that are coming from MLT undergraduate and graduate programs to utilize UB’s curriculum as a way to deepen their knowledge. She hopes the AGC-MLT gains recognition as a high standard of learning in the field. email: news@ubspectrum.com
UB community responds to media coverage of the Heights Spokesman, students say WIVB Channel 4 should not focus on parties AMANDA LOW
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John Della Contrada, UB’s spokesperson, believes WIVB News 4 “sensationalized” its coverage of student parties near South Campus on the first weekend of the semester. On Sept. 1, WIVB reported on student parties that disrupted the residential community. But Della Contrada argues that most colleges have rambunctious opening weekends. Many students say that local media should report on the crime, housing issues and absentee landlordism they’re subjected to when renting homes in the University Heights, the neighborhood that borders South Campus. “The recent media coverage has sensationalized the issues, but student parties and underage
drinking are issues that all colleges and universities confront every year, particularly at the beginning of a semester when students are learning about the boundaries of respectable behavior, the need to adhere to local laws and the importance of being a good community citizen,” Della Contrada said in an email. This wasn’t the first time the UB community was unhappy with WIVB’s coverage of South Campus. Last November, Channel 4 dedicated a segment to students publicly urinating on South Campus buildings after partying at nearby bars and student-rented homes. And while many students admit they party often in and near the Heights, they also say that there are more issues going on that they hope local me-
dia will address. “They should be focusing on bigger, more essential problems, like burglaries, rapes and vandalism, rather than teenagers partying,” said Lauren Gasparini, a sophomore psychology major. Susan Ivey, a junior speech and hearing major, thinks having the police focus its efforts on curbing parties on South Campus would be a “waste of time.” “People would just move to another house or drink in their rooms,” Ivey said. “There’s going to be alcohol, there’s going to be underage drinking, there’s going to be parties.” Not all UB students live and party in the Heights. Della Contrada said approximately 1,300 now live in the neighborhood. Della Contrada said that UB is trying to work with Buffalo Police and address the noisy
homes that distract many permanent residents in the area. UB visited over 10 houses after the first weekend of the semester that received complaints and were cited for noise violations for loud parties, according to Della Contrada. Representatives from the Office of Community Relations, Off-Campus Student Services, Buffalo Police and University Police were at these visits. The WIVB segment also featured Heights residents saying they believe UB is to blame for shuttling the students to South Campus on the Stampede bus, which runs 24 hours. Some students argue the bus service is vital. Some use the buses to travel from their rented homes and apartments to the libraries on opposite sides of campus late at night. Others use the buses
to avoid getting in the car with drunk drivers. “There are students who study 24 hours at Capen [Library], and it wouldn’t be fair for drunken teenagers to take that away from them,” Gasparini said. Della Contrada said the buses are necessary to “connect students to Main Street businesses and enable students to reside in the Heights neighborhood where they pay rent and contribute to the economy of the city.” Ivey realizes the late-night buses, which some on campus nicknamed the “drunk buses,” are “a little out of control.” But most, like Ivey, believe students’ partying in the Heights is “inevitable.”
ing to see how many children locally have the virus. There is currently no antiviral treatment or vaccine for the virus. Baby born with extra limbs is progressing well post-surgery In May, newborn Paul Musika was born with an extra set of limbs. The Ugandan baby has since had surgery to remove his additional arms and legs.
Musika was diagnosed with “parasitic twinning,” a condition where twins are conjoined in the womb but only one twin develops. In Musika’s case, he was born with a set of limbs from a mirror image twin who developed without a head or a heart but joined at the pelvic bone. His organs also had abnormalities; his heart and liver were on the opposite sides of his body.
On Aug. 18, a team of eight doctors and nurses operated for three hours on Musika, removing his limbs and correcting his organs. Musika is still recovering, but doctors believe he will be a healthy baby.
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News Briefs Elderly woman faces manslaughter charge in husband’s death On July 6, Phyllis Eson, 83, was arrested on the charges of beating her 89-year-old husband, Norman Eson, to death in their Town of Tonawanda home. State Supreme Court Justice Russell P. Buscaglia has reduced the charges to first-degree manslaughter, according to The Buffalo News. This indictment states that Phyllis, with intent to inflict physical injury on Norman, caused the death of her husband. If proven guilty, Phyllis will face up to 25 years in prison. At the time of the crime, the Esons’ landlord called the police to check on the elderly couple. When Phyllis answered the door, she had blood on her clothes and her husband was found to have been dead for several hours. An autopsy revealed that he had died from trauma due to blunt-force blows to the head. Eson’s attorney, Daniel Grasso, is considering using a psychiatric defense in court. Grasso will return to court on Oct. 15 to announce whether or not he will pursue this defense. Respiratory Virus Strikes Unusual Number of Children in Midwest The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed that a viral respiratory illness, human enterovirus 68 (HEV68), has sickened dozens
of students in Midwestern states, like Illinois and Missouri, according to The New York Times. HEV68 typically affects many children and teenagers every year during the summer and fall. This year, however, hospitals are receiving high numbers of suspected cases and children who require critical care. Symptoms of HEV68 include fever, coughing and other indications that mimic a severe cold. Hospital cases of infected children surfaced in late August and since then, over a dozen states have reported patients with the disease. Since the outbreak, Children’s Hospital Colorado, located in Denver, has treated around 1,400 people, from infants to 21year olds, with severe respiratory symptoms. Seventy-five percent of 25 samples sent to CDC tested positive for HEV68. One pediatric hospital in Kansas City treated more than 300 children and about 15 percent of them were placed in intensive care in just August alone. As of Monday Sept. 8, Erie County’s Health Commissioner believes the rare strain of enterovirus has arrived in the Buffalo area, according to WGRZ. There have been no positive results yet, but several families have contacted the news station believing their children are infected. Children’s Hospital is beginning test-
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The Black Knight rises
Coach Dietzel discusses his homecoming at Army
JORDAN GROSSMAN ASST. SPORTS EDITOR
Last Saturday’s football game wasn’t Mike Dietzel’s first time at West Point. His distant cousin, Paul Dietzel, coached at Army from 196265, and the Bulls’ special teams coordinator says he influenced his coaching career. Dietzel spent five seasons as Army’s running backs coach and helped perfect the triple-option running attack that is still used at the university. He was on staff during a 10-2 season in 1996, which remains as Army’s most successful season. He remembers the “surreal” atmosphere while coaching Army-Navy games – games he considers football havens for diehard fans. This past Saturday, those memories resurfaced as he returned to West Point for the first time as an opposing coach when the Bulls played Army. Buffalo fell 47-39. “I was glad to be back because of the positive memories that I made there,” Dietzel said. “I was able to see a lot of coaches, players and administration. It was a welcoming return to West Point.” Dietzel began his career at Army as an assistant running
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Buffalo special teams coordinator Mike Dietzel returned to West Point for the first time as a coach since he worked as Army’s running backs coach in 1999.
backs coach in 1995 when the school was expanding its coaching personnel. “I had always enjoyed the military,” Dietzel said. “I enjoy its history and experience and what the school was able to teach.” Dietzel was promoted to running backs coach shortly after his inaugural season with the Black Knights and was very involved
with the triple-option offense. The offensive style – which is still run today – offers many ways to move the ball down the field, including rushes from the quarterback and two skill position players, usually running backs. The triple-option resulted in some of Army’s most productive seasons. Three of the program’s 20 best rushing seasons (1996,
Student Soundoff: Reactions to Pegula’s Buffalo Bills purchase Tuesday afternoon, the Buffalo Bills trust agreed to sell the NFL team to Terry Pegula for $1.4 billion, according to NFL Media Insider Ian Rapaport. After Ralph Wilson Jr., the 54year owner of the Bills, passed away in March, questions arose as to whether the team would move Toronto with the new ownership. A Toronto-based ownership group that included musician Jon Bon Jovi, also placed a bid for the team. Pegula, the current owner of the Buffalo Sabres who made his fortune in the natural gas industry and real estate, vowed to keep Bills in Buffalo. Though the NFL’s owners still must approve the sale, which is expected, the announcement was met with overwhelming support from Western New York and all over the country. We asked students on campus how they felt about Pegula as the new owner of the Bills.
Delano Codner, a sophomore computer science major “The news is just too overshadowed with the Ray Rice incident to really focus on [the Bills] right now.”
Sal Prince, a junior English and philosophy major “He’s taking over Buffalo. He worked well for the Sabres, so we can only have high expectations.”
1997, 1999) came under Dietzel. Army is in the middle of its 124th season. After a new head coach was hired in 1999, Dietzel left the position to become the defensive coordinator at Kent State. He said some of his greatest coaching memories are from Army. “My best memory is winning the Commander-in-Chief Cham-
pionship Trophy against Navy [in 1996],” Dietzel said. “It’s a different football atmosphere. Any football fan has to go see for themself.” He served at Western Kentucky for seven seasons before he took notice of Bulls’ head coach Jeff Quinn’s program in Buffalo in 2010. “One of the most intriguing factors to come to UB was because of coach Quinn’s resume,” Dietzel said. “His credentials with Brian Kelly [at Cincinnati and current Notre Dame head coach] and what he has done with the program here made me want to be part of the success.” Dietzel returned for his fifth season on the Bulls’ coaching staff this season. He is confident in this program and believes it has high potential, even though the Bulls were handed a loss this past weekend to his former team. “If we would’ve won, the reunion would have been a heck of a lot better,” Dietzel said with a laugh. He brought his leadership and organizational skills to the program from Army and preaches his ideals to the team. His stint at Army may have concluded, but his Black Knight pride never left. email: sports@ubspectrum.com
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Diane Orosz, a senior interdisciplinary degree programs social sciences major “[I’m] excited they’re not going to Toronto. I’ve had many more experiences with my team because I’ve been fan for 21 years. I’m glad I can still see them play in Western New York”
Cheyenne Johnson, a sophomore business major “If they left, it would take away some of the historic value our city offers. It was a great move overall. Community is boosted by what they’re going to do here.”
Hunter Paige, a freshman history major “Thank God. I’m really happy because I grew up a fan. I’d hate to see them go to Toronto. Pegula really saved the team. If anyone else had the team, they’d move elsewhere”
Brianna Prigg, a freshman. occupational science major “It’s a great thing. I personally didn’t want them to move – that wouldn’t seem right. Even if they’re not the best team, they’re still a part of Buffalo.”
Deanna Stuchao, a freshman. bio-medical major “I’m happy they’re not going to Canada. I used to work the games, so I’m just glad that they get to stay here. They help with the revenue in Buffalo’s economy. And besides, Pegula is way better than Bon Jovi. The Bills give people something to do after church on Sunday.
Joe Pezzanite, a junior finance major “Pegula is the man. We should raise a statue in his honor ... From everything I’ve read, he’s a great guy who’s done so much for the Buffalo community already. Anyone from Buffalo, or even Western New York should be thankful to him.” PHOTOS BY ANDY KONIUCH
Volleyball (4-3) The Bulls won the University of South Florida Invite last weekend. Buffalo lost its first match to South Florida (1-4), 3-2 on Friday, but won two matches on Saturday to win the tournament. Junior outside hitter Tahleia Bishop was named tournament MVP, as she recorded 51 kills and 39 digs over the weekend. Buffalo travels to Chicago for the University of Illinois Chicago Tournament this weekend. Men’s soccer (1-3) The football team isn’t the only team featured on ESPN this season. Buffalo recorded its first victory of the season Friday, 3-2, against Bryant (1-2) after sophomore midfielder Russell Cicerone scored the game-winning goal in double overtime from midfield. Cicerone blasted the ball from midfield, over the top of the Bulldogs’ goalkeeper and right below the crossbar. The play was shown on ESPN’s “SportsNation.” Freshman defender David Enstrom tied the game at two with a goal in the 88th minute to force overtime. The Bulls fell 2-0 to Bucknell (3-2) at home on Sunday. Buffalo will be on the road next weekend with matches against Niagara (1-3) Friday and Canisius (12) on Sunday. Both games are set for 7 p.m. Women’s soccer (4-0-1) The Bulls are one of only three Division I women’s soccer teams that has played at least five games without surrendering a goal this season. The other two schools are No. 1 UCLA and No. 4 Stanford. Buffalo set the program record for longest shutout streak to a start season (470 minutes) when it defeated Niagara (2-1-1), 2-0 on Sunday. Freshman goalkeeper Laura Dougall, who has started all five games, left the match
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Sophomore midfielder Angel Hart is part of an undefeated women’s soccer team through five games of the season. with an injury after a Purple Eagles player undercut her. Sophomore forward Celina Carrero scored one of Buffalo’s two goals on Sunday and is the lone Bull with multiple scores this season. Junior defender Jackie Hall was named MidAmerican Conference Player of the Week Monday. Buffalo has its toughest test of the season when it faces No. 5 Virginia Tech (5-0), on the road Friday at 4 p.m. email: sports@ubspectrum.com