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THE SPECTRUM VOL. 68 NO. 16 | OCTOBER 25, 2018

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OCT. 25, 1995 - A UB student stopped a robbery near Main Street after she sprayed her attacker with a “chemical substance.” The student said she was cut off by a car that was following her, with the perpetrator coming up to her window and asking for money. After the University Heights resident said “no,” the man began to rob her but was sprayed in the eyes with the “chemical substance” and the student ran off into the other direction, the student said.

The student waved down a passing driver for a ride home.

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Former Bangladeshi Student Association members upset after derecognition COURTESY OF BANGLADESHI STUDENT ASSOCIATION The Bangladeshi Student Association stands outside of Baird Point’s pillars in the summer. SA derecognized the club due to its lack of an e-board this semester.

Student Association says club didn’t follow constitution, didn’t properly tell members about club events BENJAMIN BLANCHET SENIOR FEATURES EDITOR

For the past decade, the Bangladeshi Student Association has prepared for cricket tournaments, International Fiesta and Biryani nights.

Now, the club is no more.

On Oct. 11, the SA Senate derecognized the club and sent its $1,700 budget to the club’s presiding council — International Council.

SA Vice President Anyssa Evelyn and International Council Coordinator Elise

Helou said the club was derecognized because it did not have an e-board this semester. But club members said SA acted unfairly, and misinterpreted their club’s constitution.

Evelyn wrote that SA proceeded with the club’s derecognition as it would have for any other club and it was BSA’s responsibility to meet club requirements.

The club did not have an e-board after SA delayed its election in May. SA delayed the election because a number of members claimed they “were not notified of the events held by the organization and could not vote or run” in its scheduled spring election, according to Helou.

But some former BSA members disagree, and said the club properly notified > SEE BSA | PAGE 5

Professor and students present cigarette collection data to Faculty Senate Executive Committee Senate Chair Philip Glick supports initiative MAX KALNITZ SENIOR NEWS EDITOR

For the last 30 minutes of Wednesday’s Faculty Senate Executive Committee meeting, professor Jessica Kruger and seven of her students presented data on the 1,400 littered cigarette butts they collected across North and South Campus.

Over the course of a week earlier this month, Kruger’s students collected the lit-

tered butts and logged where on campus they picked them up. Using 3-D renderings and heat maps, Kruger’s students wowed the senate with their findings.

Some of the hotspots on North Campus were Capen Hall, the Ellicott Complex, O’Brien Hall, the academic spine. Another hotspot also includes South Campus’ Main Circle.

After the presentation, senate members asked questions ranging from the environmental impacts of littered butts, to whether or not the school can advertise > SEE FSEC | PAGE 6

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New bus to Asia Food Market popular among students

PRANAV KADAM | THE SPECTRUM Asia Food Market, the largest Asian market in the region, is spending $10,500 per semester to advertise and provide transportation for the University at Buffalo. The specialty market bus brings students to and from the market every Tuesday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Asian students appreciate bus to grocery store MAX KALNITZ SENIOR NEWS EDITOR

It’s a Saturday afternoon and Ninghui Jin is doing his weekly shopping at Asia Food Market on Niagara Falls Boulevard.

Jin, a junior electrical engineering major, said before the market opened last semester, no supermarkets in the area stocked Asian produce, cooking supplies and snacks that he frequently bought in his hometown of Fuzhou.

But he had one problem; he doesn’t have a car and had to pay for an Uber every time he wanted to shop at the market.

But now, thanks to a new partnership between the supermarket and UB parking and transportation, every Tuesday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., a specialty market bus transports students to and from Asia Food Market.

“It’s amazing. I’ve spent a lot of money Ubering to the market and now I don’t have to. That makes me really happy,” Jin said. “It’s all about convenience. For students like me who don’t have cars, especially international students who do the bulk of their shopping at the market, this is a great new feature on campus.”

The market is the largest Asian market in the region and sells fresh vegetables, meat, seafood, snacks and cooking ingredients used in Asian cuisines. In the year since its opening, many students have been to the market to buy specialty foods and classic favorites, like instant noodles.

Parking and Transportation Services senior staff assistant John Kisker said the response to the new bus route has been “remarkable” and that hundreds of students have utilized it. On the first day of service on Aug. 28, the bus transported 93 students. Last Tuesday, 282 students rode the bus over the course of four hours.

Kisker said new bus routes are determined by student input. After many inter-

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national students reached out to the office asking for transportation, it decided to add the new route.

“Soon after it opened, students expressed an interest in having the Asia Food Market added to our mall [and] market service in comments on transportation surveys and in emails,” Kisker said. “Simultaneously, Asia Market management reached out to [us] with their desire to better serve UB students.”

Starting this semester, the market is paying roughly $10,500 per semester for advertising and transportation, according to Andrew Ren, a manager at the supermarket.

Ren said the market is slowly becoming more popular with UB students, but he thinks not enough students know about the market or are able to transport themselves there. One of the main reasons the market partnered with UB, he said, is to increase students’ awareness of the market and cater to students who don’t have cars.

“Right now we do see some students come to shop at the market and a decent amount come from the [Stampede] bus,” Ren said. “I’d estimate 10 percent of our customers are UB students, but that’s too low. We would like to increase that number.”

Students who shop at the market are thrilled to save a few bucks on gas or Uber money by using the bus.

Huy Dang, a freshman biomedical engineering major, is a regular shopper at the market. He said, unlike other Asian markets in Buffalo, Asia Food Market carries the widest selection of meats and vegetables used in Asian cooking.

Dang said he thinks it’s good for Asian students to have access to the market because it provides a taste of home, making it easier to acclimate to living in Buffalo and America.

“For the Asian population at UB, especially for the international students, it’s very helpful for the transition to living in America,” Dang said. “We don’t really have like a Chinatown here with these types of markets. It’s a whole different world in there.”

Dang said the market also does a good job of catering to most Asian countries, not just East Asian countries.

“A lot of countries that UB has international students from are represented –– India, Korea, Vietnam, China, Japan, etc.,” Dang said. “It’s really like a whole different world in there. It’s very unique to Buffalo and I’m happy it’s close to campus.”

Other students, like Hoan Tran, a junior computer science major, said they are happy that the bus route was added, but are skeptical about its timeliness. He said that with so many students wanting to ride the bus, it might be too slow to keep up with demand.

“I used to use the market bus to [get to] Wegmans, but it was really slow, so I started to drive again,” Tran said. “Regardless, the market buses are normally on Saturday, so I like that now we have an option to shop during the school week.”

Ren said he’s already seen an increase in students shopping because of the bus. He said, in the future, he hopes to see more students –– international and domestic –– shopping at the supermarket.

“I think it’d be great if we saw some domestic students shopping here too,” Ren said. “I think food is a great way to learn about new cultures, and there are a lot of rich cultures at UB.” Ren said the second half of the store will open next year, as the store is currently using half of an old Wal-Mart building.

The second half will act like a mini mall with a food court. He invites all students to come and try the market’s fresh foods and new shopping items when it opens. email:max.kalnitz@ubspectrum.com twitter :@Max_Kalnitz

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A psychic predicted I’d be writing this The history of how I learned my future

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Years before I started my humble career at The Spectrum, or even knew that UB existed, my future was planned out. Sort of.

When I was 15, I went to a psychic. I spent $10 on a palm reading that I didn’t expect much from. I knew it would probably be a few sentences of generic b––––––t that would be just enough to hold me over, but not enough to give me any real answers; that’s usually how it goes. Still, I decided that at the very least, I could have a dumb story to tell my friends –– and apparently anyone who reads this newspaper –– so I went.

I went in as a confused little sophomore, desperate for answers my guidance counselor couldn’t give and came out enlightened (more or less).

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During my palm reading, I learned about my love life, my future family and my career, in more detail than I could have hoped for.

I’m going to meet my soulmate when I’m 26, while my friend was supposed to meet the love of her life within two years. A few days before, I had told my friend that –– as cheesy as it is –– I thought everyone had a soulmate, whether it be romantically or platonically.

That little difference between my “soulmate” and her “love of her life” was enough to make me believe in psychics.

As for my home life, I’m going to marry my alleged soulmate by the time I’m 30 and have two kids shortly after, one of which might be a dog. I grew up with no interest in being a mom and having the option to substitute at least one kid for a dog felt more personalized, even though it was one of the least specific predictions.

The psychic was actually the least specific about my career. She told me I would end up in some field involving writing. She didn’t say much else about it, not even to elaborate what type of writing it would be, but at the time I figured it was cool enough that she knew exactly what I wanted to do. As the years went by, my dreams changed and writing got pushed out of the picture. Until The Spectrum, that is. I never expected to work at a college newspaper, which made

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ARSH ISSANY STAFF WRITER

The Buffalo Bills are so bad that the only time they make SportsCenter is when their fans jump through tables.

Year after year, quarterback after quarterback, #BillsMafia has been let down. Our only hope was Josh Allen but for some reason, they let Nathan Peterman — who throws

to the other team more than his own team — play.

I may have a solution to this: the Bills should change their name to the Bulls.

The UB Bulls have been on fire this year, bringing large crowds and dedicated fans to UB Stadium. After the change, then maybe Bills fans will stick out the games, too, rather than just going to the tailgates.

Maybe we’ll throw the ball to our own team. Maybe we’ll go to four super bowls, and win at least once.

And for UB, this can have many advantages.

We can recruit five-star players that are about to go to Alabama.

Maybe they’ll confuse us with the NFL team. Once they get here, they’ll realize they’re playing for the UB Bulls, but won’t leave because we have a Paula’s Donuts and Alabama doesn’t.

Also, think about the money we’ll make from this. Maybe we’ll finally get some more parking or air conditioning in Ellicott. Maybe they’ll actually clean the cubicles in Lockwood. Maybe they’ll burn

it feel even more like the psychic knew what I was meant to do.

My reading felt too personal for me to write it off, even if it could have been nothing more than a really lucky shot. Before my experience, I wasn’t a skeptic, but I was skeptical. I’m still skeptical of individual psychics, but I can honestly say I believe in mine and will until something in my life proves her wrong.

The reading has gotten pushed out of my mind as time goes by, but I still take it into consideration when my future feels too overwhelming and obscure. When I’m stressed, it’s relieving to feel like I have even the slightest idea of where I’ll end up or what I’ll make of myself.

It’s not something I let myself base my decisions on though, even if I want to. Following a pathway planned by someone who was in my life for less than an hour, with set deadlines for when to do what, would almost definitely be easier than trying to make it up as I go.

But I know that I can’t do that, for a few different reasons.

The first would be having to see how people –– especially my family –– would react to finding out I put my future completely into the hands of a stranger.

Then there’s the problem of actually making it happen. How can I guarantee I meet the person I’ll end up with when I’m 26? Stay inside the Student Union bathroom, because there’s no repairing the damage that’s been done there. Maybe the UB Tim Hortons won’t keep running out of maple waffle sandwiches.

The university can do so much with that money, too.

As a STEM major, I know I’ll benefit since UB is a research university. The money is bound to funnel into my research and getting high-level professors that teach us.

UB can get more funding for its (insert science name here) machine, as well.

As a result of the Buffalo’s new Bulls team, I propose UB starts a table-sharing program. It would be exactly like the bikeshare program on campus, but these tables won’t be returned.

They will be available for us to jump through during our Bulls’ pregame tailgates. Of course, UB would have table-jumping matches and doctors on call. Imagine being a doctor going through years of medical school and residency, just to stand by a table dispensary at UB? We would be the best sports city in the world.

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No man’s land Our trek through UB’s 200 acres of land BENJAMIN BLANCHET THOMAS ZAFONTE SENIOR LAND EDITORS

This is a satirical column.

Earlier this month, The Spectrum wrote about UB’s plans to not build or develop on roughly 200 acres of land, east of the Millersport Highway.

The land is mainly used for recreation paths and a radio tower, but a majority of the land consists of woods, trees and plant life.

Most students only know about the land based on one sign, so The Spectrum decided to signal in adventure and complete a trek into the forest on Oct. 18.

The quest started at approximately 6 p.m. after a gruesome four-minute hike to the area under the Millersport Highway bridge near the Ellicott Creek.

We spotted a group of squirrels scurrying into the treescape and we, green with envy, followed them into the tall grass.

But the sun went down on our party, and we were forced to rely

on our three strengths: our copies of the Society of Professional Journalists’ Code of Ethics, burnt Tim Horton’s double-doubles and failing flashlights from our low-battery iPhones.

As we entered the forest, we quickly realized that we would soon not be able to see where we were walking. Often we would joke about how likely it would be

for the next eight years? Let myself miss out on what I want at the time, just because it doesn’t fit with the future I was given? It seems a little too difficult to pull off –– even for me.

Arguably the biggest reason is that I’m not the same person now.

Surprise, I’ve changed since I was 15. I don’t watch “Doctor Who” or think One Direction will be together forever –– even if I still hope there’ll be a reunion. It’s been years since I’ve even talked to the girl who brought me to get my palms read. Some things have stayed the same. But I’m still positive that the person I was then wouldn’t recognize the person I am today. If I’m fundamentally different, I can’t imagine my reading staying the same.

What she told me might have been my future, according to the path I was on then. That doesn’t mean it hasn’t changed as I have.

If I went back now, I’m 99 percent sure I would get different answers. Whether that’s because I’ve changed or because these readings are actually as fake as skeptics say, I don’t know.

If you’re like me and clueless about most aspects of your life but too impatient to just wait and see what happens, try a psychic! Maybe you won’t get your answers, but maybe you’ll get to write an article on it. email: opinion@ubspectrum.com.

fans just damage their livers. Here in Buffalo, we don’t just damage our livers, we damage our bones, as well.

And this newfound money for the program can not only enhance the university but also the city of Buffalo. In 2015, National Geographic rated Buffalo the third-best food city in the world. I know without a doubt that this publicity would make us number one.

We can finally get some authentic eats that don’t close at 10 p.m. No more ending up at Denny’s at 2 a.m.

–– yes, you don’t go to Denny’s, you end up at Denny’s. And maybe some of this luck can brush off on the Sabres, too, so it won’t be as easy for me to sneak down to center ice.

For the NFL, there are many advantages, as well.

It has the opportunity to buy more tables for the new college fanbase to break. It can make a ton of money from selling tickets for tablejumping matches.

Let’s not forget about alcohol revenue. College kids drink more than anyone else. Also they’ll finally get some well-deserved social media recognition on Barstool Sports. email: features@ubspectrum.com

for an ax-murderer to appear and start chasing us.

Fortunately for us, we stayed alive to retell our accounts and we headed off on a quest for unknowns and UB secrets. Our adventure started off unceremoniously, as the first thing we unearthed was an old Pabst Blue Ribbon can in a dirt pile.

It was nasty, but we touched that old can as it proved there were a few students who actually used the land. Or maybe Smokey the Bear and Bigfoot were slamming down a few cold ones with Mother Nature.

But while our journey remained on land, it also took off by sea.

In the distance, we spotted a glow emanating from a rustic, vintage chest. Lo and behold, inside the chest held an ocean of treasures: slimey pamphlets, inhalers and a number of fake coins, rings and jewelry.

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Break the silence, end the violence UB Take Back the Night event gives voice to sexual violence survivors SHARON RUDY STAFF WRITER

Students and community members held a moment of silence Wednesday night in the Student Union lobby. They came together to speak out against sexual violence and work together to address issues pertaining to sexual violence.

To commemorate UB’s Sexual Violence Prevention Week, the Gender Institute and Student Association hosted Take Back the Night –– a march and candlelight vigil to give voices to sexual assault survivors.

Roughly 24 students attended the event, which started with students decorating and illuminating bags to help light the way as they marched from the Student Union to Baird Point.

Once at the Baird fire pit, participants were able to make s’mores as they milled about the bonfire sharing their stories and bonding as a community.

Without directly voicing their experiences, students were able to write their traumas on pieces of wood and throw them into the bonfire.

According to UB’s annual security and fire safety report, there were nine forcible sexual offenses reported in 2017. After University Police investigations, only one of the nine cases came back with insubstantial evidence. Six of the forced sex offenses in 2017 took place in university residence halls. The number of offenses has remained consistent for the past three years, with 10 forcible sex offenses in 2015 and eight in 2016.

UPD’s monthly Clery reports, a federally mandated collection and publication of campus security and crime statistics, indicate there have been seven sexual violence reports made this year until Sept. 20.

Anna Tschopp, a sophomore psychol-

WAYNE PENALES | THE SPECTRUM Students at Wednesday’s Take Back the Night event held a candlelight vigil to support victims of sexual assault. The event was part of the Student Association’s Sexual Violence Prevention Week.

ogy major, attended the event as both a survivor and an ally.

“Marching is a sign of solidarity,” Tschopp said. “It shows victims that there are people out there who love and support them. They aren’t alone and I think events like this are the reason so many people know that.”

SA Vice President Anyssa Evelyn encourages student participation in Sexual Violence Prevention Week because it helps struggling students find resources while under protection of anonymity.

“As a student government, we are really trying to give students who have experienced forms of sexual violence, assault, domestic violence a space to speak up,” Evelyn said. “I think it can be intimidating when you don’t feel like you have support.

This is such a huge university. As an orientation leader, something that we empha-

sized to students was that you need to find your space.”

The name “Take Back The Night” originated in Belgium in the early 1960s with protests against sexual violence and violence against women.

TBTN is a recognized event in more than 36 countries, spanning 800 communities. The theme throughout all of these events is community engagement in protests against sexual violence and voicing support for victims.

SBI President Jennifer Schechter decided to do something different with this year’s TBTN event, for a more interactive and engaging environment where participants can share their own experiences.

“For UB, it is a way for all students to come together to recognize that this is something that happens and we are working towards ending and preventing sexual

violence,” Schechter said. “Having it in the Student Union is really important because we wanted to engage all students in this kind of awareness of the topic. I think it’s really important because we want to break the stigma.”

The goal of the event, according to Trent Bero, the director of health and safety services, was to have a more interactive event where the attendees were able to share and express their opinions on sexual violence and what the community can do to help combat it.

The UB Men’s Group and The Student Survivor Advocacy Alliance co-sponsored the event. The groups brought “End Dating Violence” stickers, purple domestic violence awareness ribbon stickers and information on upcoming sexual violence prevention workshops to the event. email: news.desk@ubspectrum.com

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members.

Sifat Zico*, BSA’s 2017-18 president, said former members are upset about the decision.

“SA pushed us off until this semester and now, we are facing all this,” said Zico, a senior economics and management information systems major. “I don’t think that’s how it works.”

No one explicitly told BSA members that their club would be derecognized at the SA Senate meeting on Oct. 11, according to Zico. Zico and other former BSA members submitted a temporary club application with SA on Oct. 22.

The club’s problems began last May, the day before its e-board election, when it was notified by SA officials that the club was under investigation. The club failed to give ample notice of club events to members, a move that postponed the club election until the fall semester, according to SA. BSA’s constitution states members need to attend four events and four meetings to vote or run in elections. BSA Facebook posts show the club planned the necessary events and gave 24-hour notice of its events. The club posted one meeting on Facebook and hosted 12 other International Fiesta dance practices, which counted toward club requirements.

But the election never happened.

Jacob Brown, then-SA’s Elections and Credentials chair, said two club members approached him and said the election date wasn’t fair.

BSA’s constitution states elections must be before the last day of spring classes.

The election, scheduled for May 15, was scheduled after the last day of spring classes, May 11.

Zico and other club members met with Brown and Evelyn in May. Brown and Evelyn said Helou would contact the club over the summer to come up with a plan for the fall, according to a recording of the meeting. Helou never contacted BSA over the summer, according to Zico.

Between the end of the spring semester and the fall semester, emails went back

and forth between SA and club members. Helou hatched a plan for BSA to hold four events — three events and an election, which would also count as an event.

The club would then have an e-board and could remain a recognized club, but miscommunication and misunderstanding about the substance of BSA’s constitution resulted in the club running out of time and SA stepping in to derecognize the club anyway.

On Sept. 11, Evelyn emailed Zico and other club members.

She wrote that “it would in fact, take the entire semester” to plan the club requirements.

“For this reason, BSA will not be constitutionally able to hold an election,” Evelyn wrote in the email. “Therefore, the club will be brought to the Senate to be considered for derecognition.”

Former BSA members said they weren’t informed of when their club would be up for derecognition by the SA Senate.

The Spectrum emailed Evelyn and Helou, and asked them why SA did not explicitly tell members when BSA would be up for derecognition on Oct. 11.

Evelyn said the club never followed up with SA about its decision.

“It was a courtesy to even let the individuals know about this decision since there was no elected e-board,” Evelyn wrote.

Daniel Connolly, a junior computer science major and SA senator, said during the Oct. 11 meeting that he was waiting for members to come into the meeting, but they were not in attendance.

He said most of the meeting played out as usual, but BSA’s derecognition was different.

Connolly said he tried to speak on BSA’s

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COURTESY OFBANGLADESHI STUDENT ASSOCIATION Roughly 60 students attended the Bangladeshi Student Association’s Biryani night last fall semester.

BSA members said they are upset no one told them about SA’s derecognition vote for the first SA Senate meeting.

behalf, but the meeting’s chairperson, SA President Gunnar Haberl told him he wasn’t privileged to speak on the club’s behalf.

“It was the only time in the meeting where I really, truly needed to say something where I felt it was really important and it was the only time where anyone was cut off,” Connolly said.

Connolly said he isn’t criticizing Haberl, but would have liked to speak on the topic.

Haberl told The Spectrum that after he opened the topic for debate at the meeting, Helou and Brown commented on BSA’s situation. Haberl said he recognized Connolly. Connolly began speaking and then another senator started arguing with him.

“They were raising their voices and they were out of order,” Haberl said.

Haberl then called on a non-voting Senate member, who motioned to end debate on the subject. The Senate ended debate and then voted to derecognize BSA. Haberl said as Senate chair, he was following procedures.

Connolly told Zico and other members about the club’s derecognition but no one else from SA informed the club, according to Zico.

In spite of the SA Senate’s decision, Helou wrote that she hoped for BSA to remain a club.

“I was at e-board and pro-staff desks daily for a week trying to see what the best way to go about planning/hosting the events was,” Helou wrote. “Having been secretary, vice president and president of a club, I understood how they felt. At the end of the day, there are rules that clubs must follow, ones written by them in their constitutions and ones written by SA.” But former club members, such as Zico, said they are willing to have a temporary club this year, even if funding comes from club members.

“We are going to build up our club. Even if we don’t get a ton of money from SA, we’ll be the ones who are going to donate to it and say to our club, ‘Listen, this is a temporary club, but it works like a permanent club. Whatever SA did, it is not fair at all.’” *Sifat Zico is an advertising staff member at The Spectrum, but he spoke to a Spectrum editor as a representative of the former Bangladeshi Student Association. email: benjamin.blanchet@ubspectrum.com twitter: @BenjaminUBSpec

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itself as a smoke-free campus to prospective students during tours. Many suggested collaborations with their departments and possible discussions with the city of Buffalo and SUNY to help enforce the policy.

Kruger and her students said the research indicates a lack of enforcement of UB’s no-smoking policy, and a culture of apathy from university administrators and police toward the policy. If you walk anywhere on campus, it’s easy to spot the numerous students, faculty and staff who frequently smoke outside university buildings.

President Satish Tripathi was supposed to attend the meeting but was not there.

Kruger plans on bringing her jars of cigarette butts to his office before the end of the semester to discuss how the university can better enforce its no-smoking policy.

Senate Chair Philip Glick applauded Kruger and her students and said he would support them in any way possible. Glick is currently working with SUNY Chancellor Kristina Johnson to pass legislation making all 64 SUNY institutions smoke-free.

“Eighty-five percent of faculty, staff and students believe they have a right to breathe free air at UB and we will continue to support you doing whatever we can to make that happen,” Glick said. “This is partly a union problem, but it’s felt by our police department and administration that without a statute they can’t enforce the tobacco-free policy.”

Kruger said one of the areas she’s looking to expand her research toward is the environmental impact of littering butts on campus. She said with Lake LaSalle and South Lake on campus, littered butts are most likely polluting our water and negatively impacting campus’ wildlife and ecosystems.

A few of the spookiest places around town KIRSTEN DEAN ASST. FEATURES EDITOR

Buffalo is known for our unfortunate sports teams and our love of chicken wings.

But embedded deep into the cold tundra are a number of frigidly haunted places.

Here are just a few of the Queen City’s most spooky locations. Take a visit … if you dare.

Buffalo Central Terminal

Built in 1929, the Buffalo Central Terminal was an active train station until 1979. Despite recent renovations, the once-abandoned terminal is rumored to be haunted by ghosts of the past.

The terminal was featured on Syfy’s “Ghost Hunters Halloween Live” in 2010. In the show, the real life Ghostbusters spent roughly six hours in the then-abandoned terminal.

They searched areas not typically open to the public.

The building “is massive, filled with dark, damp and untouched spaces that would make the toughest men wet their pants,” according to Buffalo radio station 92.9 Jack FM’s website.

“Many volunteers who have walked through the halls have felt the presence of those who inhabited the building in the early 20th century – many of whom may have died in the terminal or have found a resting place in its vast confines.”

The terminal is offering ghost hunts during the month of October and visitors can tour “above the concourse on the office floors as well as below the main concourse in the dark and ominous Trolley Lobby,” according to the terminal’s website.

Pigman’s Road

In nearby Angola, you will find Holland Road. The road, however, is better known to locals as “Pigman’s Road.”

A local butcher lived on the road and would mount pig heads on stakes at the edges of his property, according to the Travel Channel.

He did this to ward off visitors when he was busy. One day, three local teenagers ignored

SAI SEETHALA | THE SPECTRUM Professor Jessica Kruger and seven of her students presented the 1,400 littered cigarette butts they collected and corresponding data during Wednesday’s Faculty Senate Executive Committee meeting.

“We do know that cigarette butts are getting into our water ways and in the sheer number it is the largest amount of litter that’s going into our water, oceans, environment. Not size wise, but in terms of quantity,” Kruger said. “I think we really do need to do something about this.”

Michael Chaskes, assistant professor and vice chair of business operations medicine, runs the smoking cessation program at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, teaching medical students how to help people quit smoking.

He offered to pair some of his students with Kruger’s to help students on campus stop smoking. Glick however, said it’s not his job to make members of the UB community stop smoking.

“We don’t want anyone to stop smoking, because it’s not our right to tell anyone what to do,” Glick said. “What we do want, however, is the right to breathe clean, free air. They need to use smoking cessation tactics on campus, but if they want to go home and smoke their brains out, that’s fine.”

the warning signs and the next day, their heads were found on stakes at the entrance of the butcher’s property.

Since, locals have allegedly spotted the ghost of the butcher on the property. Legend has it, if you stop under the property’s tunnel at night and honk your horn three times, the pigman will come out and chase you away from the property.

Theresa Gerard, a junior psychology major, has been to Pigman’s Road. She comes from a family that has always loved Halloween and to get in the spirit, she listened to siblings tell stories about the road. She wanted to investigate the rumors of the road for herself.

“The first time we went was the only time we actually got out of the car. It was sunset, so we weren’t so frightened as I would be another time, when it was pitch black,” Gerard said.

“We explored the area and took pictures of each other on top of the bridge above the tunnel of the road. After looking at one of the pictures my friend noticed an orb floating in the background. Immediately we started to psych each other out and left.”

The next time Gerard and her friends went, it was 11 p.m.

They drove to the middle of the tunnel, and they then turned off the car.

“Probably five seconds later, we freaked out and hit the gas to leave,” Gerard said. “There is only room for one car on [Pigman’s] road.

Immediately, when another car approached us, we assumed that they must have been an ax-murderer that had been waiting to kill us.”

Gerard feels in situations like hers that “your imagination gets the best of you” and you listen to “any type of noise to confirm [if] there is something eerie going on.” Still, she continues to travel to haunted places like Pigman’s Road for the “sheer adrenaline rush.”

Iron Island Museum

From 1883 to the late 1940’s, it was a church.

From 1956 to 2000, it was a funeral home.

Now, Iron Island is a museum and one of Buffalo’s most famous haunted places.

“The building is haunted by many spirits,” according to the Haunted History Trail of New York State website, “such as Edgar Zernicke, whose cremated remains went unclaimed in the basement” and two six-yearold boys who were both waked out of the

Kruger’s students provided anecdotes from their own cigarette butt collection, and what it means to them that the smokefree policy isn’t enforced on any of UB’s campuses.

Senior exercise science major Anthony Bruma said, as an RA, it disappoints him to see students smoking on campus.

He said if the school advertises itself as smoke-free, it should live up to those standards.

Bruma was appreciative of the Senate’s support and looks forward to continuing his and Kruger’s efforts to raise awareness of UB’s smoke-free policy. “[The senate] seemed very receptive when we were presenting and based on the amount of questions and feedback we were given that they were very interested in what we had to present today,” Bruma said. “This is a comprehensive topic. It’s not as though one department or facility could solve this issue, it’s a university-wide effort that needs to be made.”

Other students provided more personal stories to senators.

ubspectrum.com Sophomore public health major Joseph Marte collected 68 cigarette butts on the terrace between Red Jacket Quadrangle and Porter Quadrangle in less than five minutes.

Marte said when he walks across campus, he often finds himself walking through clouds of smoke before he enters buildings. He worries about people with asthma, like himself, and places on campus like the Child Care Center outside Baldy Hall where kids are outside breathing in the smoke-filled air.

“When I walk into different buildings, there’ll be people outside smoking cigarettes or vapes, and I literally have to hold my breath and run into the building because I’m asthmatic,” Marte said. “I’ve seen people speak up and tell them to stop smoking, but the smokers just laugh at them and keep going.”

Marte said there was no shortage of littered butts to collect, and that outside the dorms, there are piles of butts next to doors where people stop for a quick smoke break.

“All of the butts I collected were fresh, it’s not like they’ve been sitting there for weeks,” Marte said. “I think students have a problem smoking on campus. I was surprised with how many butts I found in five minutes. When I started to look I thought it might take me at least ten minutes to find four or five, but I found a whole pile right away.”

Kruger said the environmental sustainability group will do another cigarette butt cleanup later this semester. She added that she will continue to carry out her class’ cigarette butt collection every semester to track changes over time and plans on working with other departments to help raise awareness. email: max.kalnitz@ubspectrum.com twitter: @Max_Kalnitz

SHUBH JAIN | THE SPECTRUM Buffalo’s Grand Central Terminal, abandoned since 1979, has recently undergone efforts to restore the once-mighty train station. However, no amount of fixing-up can remove spirits from the station’s hayday that still haunt the spacious halls.

funeral home in the 1960s.”

In addition to spirit sightings, spirits can also be seen or heard in videos, recordings and pictures. Iron Island has been featured on Discovery Channel’s “Ghost Lab” and Syfy’s “Ghost Hunters.”

The museum’s website may provide proof of the spirits, but the museum offers ghost tours for anyone in for a real scare.

Goodleburg Cemetery

Located in nearby South Wales lies Goodleburg Cemetery and its dark past.

Next to the cemetery sits an old, abandoned house, rumored to be owned by a doctor who performed abortions in the 1800s.

He allegedly buried fetuses in the grounds of the graveyard.

Occasionally, there would be a botched procedure and the mother-to-be would be killed along with the babies. To avoid the authorities, the gruesome doctor would secretly take the mothers’ bodies and dump them in the cemetery pond. Legend has it the doctor died by suicide at the cemetery.

Those dark acts reportedly haunt the cemetery grounds to this day.

Ghosts of would-be mothers are seen floating around the wooded edges of the cemetery, especially a ghastly “Lady in White.”

Fetuses are rumored to crawl around on the tombstones at night, as well. A number of people have discovered bones, as well, on the grounds, according to Weird U.S.

University Heights

The last haunted area in the area is a little

closer to campus. Right across from South Campus is the University Heights neighborhood, and some residents believe they live in haunted homes.

Phynix Davis, a junior English major, believed the attic he rented with his roommate on West Northrup Place was haunted by apparitions and sounds.

“We often heard children laughing coming from the crawlspace and things would get moved around without any of us moving them,” Davis said. “I would also feel people grab me or feel like I was being watched when I was the only one home.”

As for what it’s like to live in a real haunted house, Davis said it was “more irritating than it is actually scary to have a spirit in your house.”

Davis compared the experience to “having a roommate who doesn’t pay rent, but moves all your things around and slams things at odd hours of the night.”

But the spirits that haunted the Heights home weren’t “malicious,” according to Davis.

“At least not toward us because we left them alone,” Davis said. “Myself and my roommate were more tuned in to those kinds of things because both of us are pagan and spirits are often drawn to us.”

Davis said he believes that a lot of the houses in University Heights, specifically older ones, are haunted because of the fact that it was built over the grounds of the Erie County Poorhouse. Davis lived in the house for a little less than a year while the haunted happenings started slightly after he moved in. email:kirsten.dean@ubspectrum.com twitter: @KirstenUBSpec

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Monsters Ink: The Spectrum’s guide to Halloween flash Local tattoo shops participating in Halloween flash art sales SAMANTHA VARGAS ASST. ARTS EDITOR

CHI MEREMETOH | THE SPECTRUM Halloween and tattoo culture go hand in hand. This is why so many tattoo artists are willing to offer flash art sales during the Halloween season. The Spectrum compiled a list of all the artists offering flash specials.

sheets offer 27 different options, from costume-clad pin-up girls to basic ghost designs.

The options are all done in black and gray ink and feature intricate shading and hue saturation.

THE PARLOUR OF BUFFALO OCT. 1-31, $45 AND UP

Many local tattoo artists and shops offer festive flash art deals year-round, but the Halloween season brings out these deals in full force.

Tattoo culture and Halloween go hand-inhand and provide an abundance of inspiration and creativity for local artists. Flash art deals are pre-drawn designs chosen by the artist and offered for a discounted price. Although the specific style depends on the artist, there is certainly something for everyone interested in these deals.

The Spectrum compiled a list of tattoo artists who will be offering Halloween-themed flash art this season.

Artist Jon Odell is offering multiple sheets worth of Halloween-themed flash art. Odell often works on Traditional American styled designs, which carries over into his flash designs.

The sheets hold 27 different designs, offering satanic goats and Halloween-themed traditional eagles. Odell is offering black and gray designs and full color. Unlike other shops, once a patron chooses a design from the sheet it is removed. This prevents multiple people from having the same exact tattoo.

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6th Order Tattoo is a higher-end shop.

Many of the artists work within the realm of realism, which is tattooing with the intent of displaying photorealism.

Resident artist Kali Hash currently has four large flash designs available. The designs are photorealistic portraits of famous horror

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Local artist Sean Miller, who primarily works within Traditional American style, has created two sheets of Halloween-themed flash art. Traditional American style or old style, demonstrates thick black outlines. The

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Halloween events happening around Buffalo that you should know about CIAN GONZALEZ STAFF WRITER

It’s that time of year, folks. Scents of autumn leaves and pumpkin spice lattes are filling the air and Halloween decorations are popping up around town.

Fall is finally here –– even if it only stuck around for a week –– which means Halloween and all the parties that follow are soon approaching. If you’re trying to steer clear of sweaty frat parties on South Campus and want to explore the City of Buffalo’s offerings instead, check out this weekend’s spooky events.

Halloween party and costume contest Oct. 27, 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.

Don Agave Inc. 4548 Main St. If you like Mexican food, margaritas and

dressing up in crazy Halloween costumes, Don Agave has your back this Saturday.

The Halloween party is free and features a DJ, bubble hockey and tacos. There will also be $5 jumbo-margaritas and appetizers throughout the night. If you want to partake in the party’s boozy festivities, make sure to bring your ID. The party will also feature a contest to see who has the “craziest” Halloween costume.

The first place winner will receive a $200 spa gift card along with $150 in cash. Second place wins $100 and two tickets to a Buffalo Sabres game.

The Crawling Dead: Halloween Bar Crawl Oct. 27, 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. outside Mac’s on Hertel 1435 Hertel Ave. If the idea of exploring Hertel Avenue’s diverse selection of bars and restaurants sounds appealing, Step Out Buffalo has a Halloween bar crawl planned just for you.

Those who wish to participate in the Crawling Dead can check in and pay $15 at the

The top five spookiest bathrooms on campus From needing a bed of toilet paper to wearing a gas mask ARSH ISSANY STAFF WRITER

As an avid bathroom user –– mostly due to high consumption of C3 –– I have become a campus bathroom connoisseur.

Through my two years at UB, I’ve used almost every male bathroom on North Campus. When duty calls, you don’t refuse.

Just in time for the horrors and frights of Halloween, I’ve ranked the top five worst male bathrooms on North Campus that’ll give students a scare.

5. Any bathroom in Lockwood Library Ranking: 6/10 toilet papers

The problem with these bathrooms isn’t the cleanliness; it’s the dreadful height.

I’m six-feet-one-inch tall and my feet dangle when using it. This leads to improper and unsatisfactory stools. Also, in the winter it’s basically Antarctica in there, except nothing is getting hotter. I waste my time shivering rather than effectively defecating.

4. Natural Science Complex Ranking: 2.5/10 toilet papers

This bathroom really brings out the science in our poop. What are they feeding these STEM majors?

This bathroom never has any paper towels, so the floor is always wet. The stalls always have stains and urine on the seats filled with diseases.

The only way to use this is to place a bed of toilet paper on the seat. At least the stall walls feature a ton of school gossip and a number to call for a “good time.”

film characters. Characters like Michael Myers and Patrick Bateman are brought to life within her realistic designs. The portraits are done in black and gray.

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Resident artist Woo Jin hails from South Korea, and his ethnic influence can be found within his portfolio. He is offering five different flash sheets with 15 designs to choose from. These black and gray designs range from cats to traditional Chinese styled devils.

Traditional Chinese styles are teeming with deeply ingrained cultural meaning. The style often features intricately detailed characters and bright colors.

SOB’s headquarters outside Mac’s on Hertel.

After receiving a wristband and a map of participating locations, the adventure begins.

Participants have the opportunity to explore a total of 18 bars and restaurants on Saturday night. These locations will be working with SOB to provide a night full of drink specials, food discounts and fun prizes.

With the help of Queen City Tuk Tuk, crawlers can spend $2 to $3 for convenient transportation up and down the street.

The Crawling Dead’s participating bars will feature $3 Jägermeister shots and various other drink specials. Labatt Brewing Company will be doing giveaways for those in the crawl.

This event is strictly for those who are 21 and over.

Rise Halloween: The Freak Out Oct. 27, 9 p.m.

Town Ballroom, 681 Main St. Love wild party nights? Enjoy a diverse selection of music? Rise Collaborative is making sure that everyone in costumes moves their bodies this Saturday night.

At Town Ballroom, Buffalo’s own DJ Toneyboi will spin hip-hop records on the turntables in the multilevel main room from 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. After Toneyboi’s performance, Vin DeRosa’s Vitamin D Dance Party will continue the night with drums, guitars and bass until 1 a.m.

General admission is for people 21 and up and is $40 online. Three free-drink tickets are included with the ticket purchase as well as a Silent Disco in the Leopard Lounge.

The event provides one hundred headphones free of charge, allowing party-goers to move their bodies to three channels of music throughout the night. Those wearing costumes can enter to win cash prizes ranging from $100 to $400.

ALVIN ENGLISH | THE SPECTRUM Men’s bathrooms are notoriously gross, but The Spectrum sought out the worst of the worst.

From urinals to stalls, these restrooms might just be the scariest things on campus this Halloween.

3. The Ellicott Complex atrium Ranking: 2/10 toilet papers

Being right next to Hubies’ and Sizzles isn’t going to end up well.

It’s never good news when the place that people go to before they defecate sells steak fries and wings. This spooky bathroom is so overused that the stall doors swing both ways and the urinal handles are one flush away from falling off.

My advice is go to the private stalls in the back of Spaulding Quadrangle.

SINK OR SWIM TATTOO OCT 27, $75 AND UP

Sink or Swim has offered flash deals throughout the year and Halloween is no different. The entire shop will be contributing to the flash special.

The shop is offering three different flash sheets with 19 different designs. Some designs are offered in color while some are only offered in black and gray ink. Many of the designs are basic linework, like eyes or lips. Some are more intricate like satanic goats or black cats. email: at samantha.vargas@ubspectrum.com twitter: @SamVargasArts.

The Rave That Must Not Be Named Oct. 27, 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.

Dnipro Ukrainian Culture Center, 562 Genesee St. This Halloween rave themed after the wizarding world of Harry Potter will keep party fanatics dancing from Saturday night into Sunday morning.

The event, hosted by Sound Solution’s Rinse 716, is the third installment of its kind.

Multiple DJ’s, producers and bands will create a musical paradise for fans of electronic dance music. Genres of EDM will include dubstep, house, trance and trip hop.

The show will also be located in the castlelike Ukrainian Culture Center, which adds to the Harry Potter theme. With the help of lighting technology, sound systems and Halloween-appropriate decorations, this rave will be a night to remember.

Tickets for this event are currently $34, participants must be 18 and over.

Twerk Or Treat Halloween Party Oct. 27, 9 p.m. to 1a.m.

GoPole Fitness, 2495 Main St. Love to dance? Skilled in twerking? Buffalo’s home for pole fitness has you covered.

GoPole Fitness will be hosting a dance party, where participants can win cash prizes for displaying their skill in the art of twerking. The party also features a costume contest, awarding cash prizes to the best dressed.

DJ Ed-Nice from the F.M. station Power 93.7 WBLK will be at the event to play all of the beats to twerk to.

In order to twerk, you must be 21 and older.

The entry fee is $25, free food and drinks are included with ticket purchase. email: news@ubspectrum.com

2. The third floor of Capen Hall Ranking: 1.75/10 toilet papers

This place gets used and abused by all the late night socializers, and some of the zombie studiers in Capen’s silent library.

The bathroom is always in use, so the janitors can never clean it. The worst part is you probably know someone in silent library. When they catch you dropping the stool, the embarrassment distracts you from a proper “number two.”

1. The first floor of the Student Union Ranking: -10/10 toilet papers

This place gets used by EVERYBODY. Students, non-students, sex traffickers, religious solicitors, vampires –– you name it, they use it.

The place has the same strand of hair on the urinal handle since 1998. A bed of toilet paper won’t help you and a gas mask won’t help you, so abstaining from that bathroom is your best bet. email:features@ubspectrum.com.

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Thrift-or-treat ? ? ?

use meal swipes in Ellicott on weekend afternoons.

But with meal hours that made sense, came blatantly rude remarks from frustrated student employees.

I approached the register and everyone’s favorite Sizzles employee, whose name I’ll keep to myself, called me “Shaggy,” comparing me to either the cartoon character from “Scooby Doo” or Mr. Boombastic.

I looked around to see who he was talking to.

But unlike Shaggy’s 2000 Grammynominated hit, it was me.

But that jerk of a Sizzles employee only made me want to embrace my mystery solving aesthetic.

Any thrift shop should have an oversized green shirt and brown pants, so Shaggy is definitely in the conversation of thrift costumes. Both pieces should run you as little as $10 combined, and as long as you don’t go to Sizzles, you’ll get quite a few compliments.

A thrift shop costume guide to save you money and creative effort BRENTON J. BLANCHET MANAGING EDITOR

Last year, I wrote a thrift-inspired Halloween costume listicle that may have made the Salvation Army throw away all of its Campus Dining & Shops employee uniforms.

I am fully aware of all the glorious pranks I derailed in the process, but my duty as a journalist is to deliver, and I’m about to deliver this follow-up better than an Uber Eats driver getting a 50 percent tip.

It’s been a year since “Halloweenin’ on a Budget” -- the thrift and Halloween crossover where the first sentence, “Halloween can be expensive,” undersold my efforts to give the UB community the best cheap costume ideas its ever seen.

It was the crossover of all crossovers …

I’m talking “That’s So Suite Life of Hannah Montana” caliber stuff.

So after popular demand, I present “Thrift-or-treat,” a follow-up crossover with a catchier name that I value as much as Mr. Moseby telling Miley Cyrus to stop running in his lobby.

Piggy Smallz - $6

Queen of pop Ariana Grande –– debate me, I dare you –– and SNL cast member Pete Davidson called it quits recently. As much as I hope the best for them, most of my heart goes out to their pet piglet, who will now have to deal with the trials of a single-parent home with loving mother Ariana.

But he’ll be just fine, because his name is literally Piggy Smallz; a nod to one of the greatest rappers to live and the fact that he is, in fact, a small pig.

GRAPHIC BY PHUONG VU Timmy Turner from The Fairly Oddparents (left) and Victoria S. Bull (right)

Pulling up to a function dressed as a pig is lame, but once you reveal your true identity as Piggy Smallz, it’s over. The music stops playing. The party ends. Everybody goes home. You become the guy who ended everyone’s career on Halloween.

I don’t even care how much you try.

You can just buy a $3 pink t-shirt at Savers and grab a $3 plastic crown –– which for whatever reason is abundant at Savers –– to salute hip hop’s king, the Notorious B.I.G., in the process. You don’t even have to wash the shirt. Just announce yourself as Piggy Smallz and that’s it. You’ve officially won at life.

Timmy Turner - $4

Uh oh, look at that! You somehow double booked yourself and you now have two parties to go to.

Remember that pink T-shirt you bought to honor the greatest pet ever? Well, now you can use that to transform into Timmy Turner, the only Nickelodeon character worse than those “Mr. Meaty” puppets.

All you need to do is walk into the Salvation Army and spend another dollar on a pink baseball cap.

You may not be as charming as Chip Skylark, but you’ll shine brighter than his teeth in this bad boy.

Guy who knows “like a couple” songs - $3

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Have you ever wanted to venture back in time and go to the American Idols Live tour in 2006? Do you think Big Time Rush really outdid itself on its 2011 concert merch? Are you just totally into Jason Derulo, enough to wear his face on your body?

Just about everyone will be knocking on doors and trick-or-treating as Mr. Incredible this year, but you can be a moderate Jason Derulo listener with a $3 shirt from your local Salvation Army.

If I opened up my door on Halloween night to someone in a Maroon 5 t-shirt, just for them to tell me “I only listen to the deep cuts” and proceed to play “Girls Like You,” I’d probably give them the keys to my home and walk away.

It may take minimal effort and about $3, but being a moderate listener of terriblemerchandise-making pop bands on Halloween night is as spooky as it gets.

Shaggy from “Scooby Doo” $10

I remember the worst day of my freshman year like it was yesterday.

I was in line at Sizzles on a Friday. It was the good-ole-days when I could actually

Victoria S. Bull - free

The Blanchet brothers have been producing nothing but thought-provoking content this semester, with the most significant article being Ben’s Victoria S. Bull exposé.

It hit the UB community by storm, as we’re all still wondering what happened to UB’s fallen female mascot.

Well, now you can dress up as Vicki at this year’s Halloween gathering by just not showing up at all.

Sure, it’s a gamble and people may think you’ve disappeared, but this costume takes the most passionate Bulls fan to execute.

In fact, really pulling this one off means actually running away. Just pack a bag, step outside, and hit the road never to be seen again. Your life will be in shambles and your academic standings will be no more, but people will remember you as the guy who was absolutely committed to Halloween. email:Brenton.Blanchet@ubspectrum twitter: @BrentBlanchSpec

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4:09 p.m.: A caller notified UPD that a female commuter stopped her car on John James Audubon Parkway and ran into traffic. A man, believed to be her father, stopped the student, got her in his white Chevy truck and drove to the Ellicott complex. UPD requested an ambulance for the student.

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1:14 a.m.: While on patrol, UPD found an intoxicated individual at Main Circle. The student was transported to a local hospital.

3:12 a.m.: It was reported to UPD that a student was experiencing suicidal thoughts after smoking marijuana. UPD requested an ambulance, which arrived at the scene to assist the student.

10:31 p.m.: A student called UPD to report a supposed break-in at Goodyear Hall.

Although the room appeared to have been “turned upside down,” nothing was taken.

11:54 p.m.: An RA called UPD to report a motor vehicle accident involving a black Jeep Cherokee in front of the Governors Hall bus stop. UPD arrived on the scene and issued a traffic summons.

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12:31 a.m.: A student called UPD to report that her friend was intoxicated and vomiting, lying on the ground at the Ellicott

tunnel. The intoxicated student was awake and talking and was transported to Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital.

10:19 a.m.: While on patrol, UPD identified two suspicious people behind the Libraries Annex who were cleaning up from a large party. They were taking down a large tent and stated that they would also be taking the gas grill that was on location. Photos were taken of the evidence of a large party that had taken place the night before. Patrol gave them until 5 p.m. to clean up or face a referral.

8:28 p.m.: Male students called UPD to report that they were locked out of the Alumni Arena locker room. UPD arrived to the scene and was able to unlock the doors.

10:06 p.m.: Staff not on location called UPD to report a possible gas leak in Creekside Village due to students who had left their stove on. Staff notified UPD that the stove was turned off and students were advised to leave the apartment. Facilities was advised to put in a work order for the stove. email: news@ubspectrum.com

OPINION us, we closed the chest. By no means is this chest UB’s version of Davy Jones’ Locker, but searching through the dirty chest may anchor a ship of diseases on your immune system’s dock.

After we dug up some faux gold doubloons, we heard a distinct rustle roughly 18.46 meters away from us. A four-legged creature not named Victor E. Bull and his pal were startled by our presence.

It was a family of deer, who had to be Radiohead fans because seconds later, they knew how to disappear completely.

We quickly followed the deer, but were no match for their top speed of 30 mph.

Our chase quickly saw us make a quick veer to the left, where we found an old rope attached to a tree.

Quickly, we decided to leave the forest and ran off in the other direction. The Halloween air had us more creeped out by the dilapidated thread than usual and we quickly realized how scary the dark wooded campus land is.

On our exit, we saw an old-looking plastic bucket. Even if the bucket was an ancient artifact tied to the long-forgotten UB 2020 construction plans, we were too busy escaping with our lives.

After what felt like days pushing through the spooky land, we arrived at an exit and quickly returned to the nearby bike path.

But as we left, we saw what appeared to be a small piping tunnel that went directly underneath the forest. Was it for mole people, a secret underground cult or rain runoff ?

The mystery is out there.

As we continued to walk on the trail, we all discussed how lucky we were to be alive.

The forest is far too spooky for any club or university group to use the land and we have the dirty PBR can to prove it. If anything, we –– The Spectrum –– call all students to beware of the haunted forest at UB. email: benjamin.blanchet@ubspectrum.com thomas.zafonte@ubspectrum.com twitter: @BenjaminUBSpec @Thomas_Spectrum

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Creepy Cocktails The Spectrum’s Halloween drink guide BRIAN EVANS SENIOR ARTS EDITOR

Halloweekend is meant for more than dressing up.

The spooky holiday presents fun opportunities from haunted houses to bar hopping. Halloween, especially in a university setting, is just another weekend to get loaded.

But that doesn’t mean the same-old boring drinks apply.

Whether you’re at a bar, party or enjoying some social lubricators with friends, The Spectrum compiled a list of some creative cocktails to aid in a proper Halloween celebration.

Butter Beer

This Harry Potter favorite is a classic

UB recreation gears up for third annual glow yoga event JACKLYN WALTERS STAFF WRITER

Blacklights? Check.

Body paint? Got it.

“Monster Mash?” Already playing in the background.

UB recreation’s Glow Halloween Yoga is emerging as a Halloween tradition for student yogis.

The third annual Glow Halloween Yoga session is a healthy alternative to spending the holiday bingeing on cheap candy. Instead of giving yourself a stomach ache from Kit-Kats and booze, get rid of some stress by stretching it out during this spooky yoga session.

element from the early films in the franchise, and a sweet and satisfying drink for all to enjoy around the spooky holidays.

Only the adult version is what we’re interested in.

This basic Butter Beer recipe, taken from Seduction in The Kitchen, calls for cream soda, vanilla vodka (I’d go for Skyy if budget allows), butterscotch schnapps and butter extract. Top off this sweet cocktail with marshmallow fluff, whipped cream and Amaretto.

Mr. Hyde’s Potion

The title sounds terrifying, but this cocktail doubles as a photogenic martini with a sweet kick.

HGTV’s recipe calls for vodka, parfait liqour, blackberry liquor and tarragon simple syrup –– but any simple syrup will suffice. Top it off with lemon juice, lavender syrup, lavender sprigs and blackberries.

Adding dry ice is a definite game changer.

The event will be held from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in 114 Alumni Arena, UB’s yoga room.

Glow sticks, necklaces, bracelets and glow-inthe-dark paint will be provided so participating yogis can get their glow on before class.

Those attending will be guided through a vinyasa flow to a Halloween soundtrack.

Jessica Nyrop, assistant director of fitness and instruction, recreation and intramural services is the founder and teacher of the program.

“It’s just a lot of fun,” Jessica Nyrop said.

“This is the first time it’s on Halloween, so I’m kind of even more excited about it.”

Nyrop created the program in 2016 as a fun, free activity for students to celebrate Halloween.

Practicing yoga in a dark setting heightens the awareness of senses other than sight and forces the brain to process physical sensory information rather than visual to remain bal-

Morgue-A-Rita

The Morgue-A-Rita gives a spooky twist on a classic margarita while maintaining simple ingredients. The Morgue-A-Rita features a “goo” garnish, which mixes light corn syrup with a food color of your choice. The HGTV recipe calls for cherries to garnish with the typical margarita mixture of tequila, triple sec, lime juice and club soda.

Vampire’s Kiss

Served as either a martini or a shot, the Vampire’s Kiss is a Halloween favorite for both its appearance and sweetness.

Genius Kitchen calls for raspberry vodka, black raspberry liquor and cranberry juice. Chill it after mixing and then strain to serve.

Candy Corn Shot

This mixture’s look proves difficult to execute, but the effort is worth the reward.

anced, according to Nyrop.

“I just wanted to do something fun as a late-night alternative for students to do outside of Halloween parties and such,” she said.

“Everyone has a lot of fun and they [all] leave smiling.”

It is recommended that participants show

COURTESY OF CAS GENESEO From creative martinis to intricate shots, here’s some compelling cocktails for your Halloween wekend out.

With a white, yellow and orange layer, candy corn shots are a staple of any Halloween party, since they are as tasty as they are fun to look at.

Cosmopolitan lists vodka, pineapple and orange Jell-O, coconut milk, water, sugar and vodka as the main ingredients. Beware of the layering and proceed with caution. email:brian.evans@ubspectrum.com twitter: @BrianEvansSpec

up between 5-5:30 p.m. in order to set up their mat and get “decked out” in their glow gear.

There are 30 openings for the class and students must bring their own yoga mats for the session. Experienced yogis and newcomers are encouraged to attend the event.

Registration is still open for the free event, which is exclusively offered to UB students. email: news@ubspectrum.com

COURTESY OF UB RECREATION SERVICES UB Recreation prepares for its third-annual glow yoga event this Halloween. It features glow sticks, body paint and spooky music.

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One last go before the big show Soccer prepares for final game of the regular season with much in question THOMAS ZAFONTE SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR

One month ago, it seemed Buffalo soccer was destined to be a Mid-American Conference powerhouse this season. The Bulls looked like a winning team with a new freshman goalkeeper, a 7-1 record in September and an attacking unit that played as good as the consistent defense.

Then players started going down.

Over the course of six weeks, The Bulls (11-6, 5-5 MAC) would lose four players to injury including star senior forward Carissima Cutrona. Since losing Cutrona on Sept. 30, the Bulls have gone 2-4, most recently losing 5-0 to the Bowling Green Falcons (11-4-2, 9-1-0 MAC) at home.

With the MAC playoffs approaching, the Bulls will look for some needed momentum in their final season game against the Akron Zips (7-9-2, 4-5-1 MAC) Thursday.

“This will definitely set the tone for the end of our season,” said head coach Shawn Burke. “Coming off the Bowling Green game, we need this win to set ourselves straight and prove we can still compete.”

The Bulls have not scored more than one goal per game since their 5-2 loss to the Kent State Golden Flashes (9-7-2, 5-41 MAC) on Oct. 4. Despite the defense’s trouble in March, Buffalo had 8 shutouts this season and averages 1.33 goals allowed a game. But with the recent Bowling Green performance, Burke said the Bulls need this win for confidence and momentum.

Currently, the Bulls sit sixth in the MAC,

JACK LI | THE SPECTRUM The Bulls’ defense swarms an Akron player at UB Stadium. The Bulls will return home this week to take on the Miami (OH) RedHawks.

with a playoff game against the Ohio Bobcats (8-6-3, 6-2-2) or the Ball State Cardinals (11-3-2, 7-2-1 MAC) seeming likely. If the Bulls lose, they could at worst, be dropped down to the eighth seed and play a first round rematch with Bowling Green.

“This season started so bright but things changed thanks to injuries,” Burke said.

“It’s really a matter of player condition, its on us to make sure everyone is healthy and can feel OK going 100 percent. It was just one injury after the other and we can’t afford another player to go out.”

In the interview following Cutrona’s injury, Burke said that sophomore forward Marcy Barberic would need to step up if the Bulls were going to continue the season’s success. Barberic has been solid with 5 goals and 7 assists this seaon while also playing well with Cutrona earlier this sea-

son.

Barberic hasn’t been the spark Buffalo needed on offense, however, with no goals and assists in her last four performances.

“It’s been hard transitioning and working around the injuries,” Barberic said. “I know I need to be a leader offensively and be more vocal with my team. With [Cutrona] out, we all need to do more to make the most of this season.”

Barberic has been praised for her ability as a play maker and has had big plays scoring this season. Burke said she has the talent to be a top scorer, but the current conditions are not ideal.

“It feels like one thing happens after another this month,” Barberic said. “Now we have Akron on Thursday with playoffs right around the corner. We are going to fight for it, seeding is huge to us and we

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want another chance at Ohio hopefully.”

Burke said without Cutrona, the Bulls can’t expect the multi-goal scoring performances from earlier this season. Instead, much of the work will rely on Buffalo’s defense. With the Bulls going cold scoring in their last five games, Burke said they will have to keep their opponents contained while creating as many opportunities they can.

“It comes down to the defense,” Burke said. “When they are on, they can control and contain any team we play. If we can clean up the mistakes this week and pick up this win, I feel we have a real shot in playoffs.”

Buffalo has had a strong defense since Burke took the program over and this season is no different. Burke said if the defense and junior defender Gurjeena Jandu play to the best of their abilities, Buffalo could make a run in the playoffs.

Burke said the pressure in the current situation will make or break certain players and he does see the possibility of someone having a breakout performance in the off-season. But before the Bulls get to the playoffs, they look to end their season on a winning note.

“Akron is a tough team and we can’t sleep on them,” Burke said. “We’ve let up too many games that could have been wins recently and we now have a shot to correct that.”

Akron comes in off a three-game winstreak. A win over Buffalo would give it a better seeding in the MAC playoffs. The Bulls will have to be ready for an Akron team that knows this could be its last game, unlike the Bulls who have secured their spot.

The Akron game on Thursday starts at 3 p.m. at UB Stadium. email:thomas.zafonte@ubspectrum.com twitter:@Thomas_Spectrum

Making a splash Swimming and Diving team returns after undefeated season NATHANIEL MENDELSON SPORTS EDITOR

Splash after splash rang off the walls of the Alumni Arena pool and natatorium Saturday. The Bulls opened up their season in an exhibition against the Cornell Big Red where the Bulls won.

Buffalo finished its season 8-0 last year, sweeping the competition in what was one of the best years in program history. The Bulls finished third at the Mid-American Conference swimming and diving championships, tying a program best finish. This Friday, the Bulls return to the pool for their first meet of the year against the MAC champion Akron Zips.

“I think we’re in a really good spot right now”, said head coach Andy Bashor. “We’re seven weeks into it and we have been very healthy and the girls have put in a lot of really good work. They’re bringing excitement and enthusiasm to practice every day and that’s spilled over this weekend seeing that excitement.”

The Bulls lost 10 seniors, including Megan Burns. Burns holds seven school records

and anchored the freestyle relay teams.

“I feel like we’re all improving so instead of having one really good person we’re all getting really good to equal out the loss a little bit,” said junior sprinter Andrea Ernst.

“I feel like it’s going to be a little bit of an adjustment but we can all fill in her shoes.”

Leading the charge this season is sophomore butterfly and backstroker Nicole Roitenberg and Ernst.

Roitenberg is set to build off of her freshman year when she placed fourth in the 200yard backstroke at the MAC championships.

Roitenberg was named to the second team All-MAC last year.

“I feel like swimming is an individual sport but it’s so much team as well,” Roitenberg said. “If you don’t do well then you feel more like you are giving up on your team not just yourself. You want to touch first and out touch other people for your team.”

Ernst was named to the second team AllMAC as well and finished with a silver medal in the 400-relay event at the championships last season.

The Bulls took the victory in the 200-freestyle relay against Cornell. The team featuring Ernst and Burns’ sister junior Katelyn Burns finished with a time of 1:33.77.

The Bulls claimed the top spots in the 500-freestyle event and the top three in the

Men’s basketball earns AP recognition Bulls earn 14 votes in opening poll NATHANIEL MENDELSON SPORTS EDITOR

The Associated Press released its annual list of the Top 25 men’s college basketball teams on Monday. After last season’s historical NCAA tournament run, the Bulls received 14 votes to be in the top 25. This is the first time in program history they received votes to start the season.

“Yeah, you don’t have to explain Buffalo

basketball anymore to anybody,” said head coach Nate Oats in an interview on Friday.

“They watched us on national TV pound Arizona pretty good. So, I think we got a little bit more of a national [reputation]. It helps with recruiting, it helps with everything really. Our guys have a higher level of expectations for themselves, we expect more out of ourselves.

It’s been really good for the program.”

The Bulls have gained votes over the offseason despite the losses of key players Wes Clark and Ikenna Smart. In AP’s postseason poll, the Bulls had five votes. The additions of freshmen Jeenathan Williams and Ronaldo Segu and transfers like Tra’Von Fagan have

JACK LI | THE SPECTRUM The swimming and diving team competes at last years UB Invite. The Bulls are getting ready for the fall season after coming third in the MAC last year.

50-yard butterfly as senior Catherine Schultheis collected her second victory of the day with a time of 25.85.

Roitenberg and Ernst secured the top two positions in the 100-yard backstroke event.

Roitenberg finished with an impressive 55.69 time.

“Our team is special and different from other teams,” Roitenberg said. “Yeah we’re competing against each other, but we bring each other up. It’s competitive but not to the point where it’s destroying the team. We’re just lifting each other up and encouraging one another.”

The Bulls’ first meet of the season will not be as easy going as the Cornell exhibition.

Buffalo takes on Akron, the number one team in the MAC. Akron won the MAC championships by a commanding 237 points. In the preseason

added depth to an already deep Buffalo team.

Seniors CJ Massinburg, Jeremy Harris and Nick Perkins will lead Buffalo this season after each averaging over 15 points per game last year. All three will hope to get looked at by NBA teams and be the first Bull ever drafted into the league.

Buffalo has been picked to be this year’s “Cinderella team” in the March Madness tournament despite the season not starting yet.

Oats and the Bulls return to action this Friday against Daemen College in an exhibition with tip-off scheduled for 7 p.m.. email: nathaniel.mendelson@ubspectrum.com twitter: @NateMendelson

coaches poll, the Zips received all eight first-place votes and were picked to win the championships again. Buffalo placed fourth.

“I would expect third or second,” Ernst said.

“We’ll show them,” Roitenberg added.

Bashor was not as bothered by the result.

“I think it gives us something to prove. [A] preseason poll means nothing,” Bashor said.

“It’s a long season and you’re asking somebody in October what’s going to happen in late February, early March. There’s a lot of things that can happen. We can use that to our advantage and not getting the respect we deserve.”

The Bulls will get their first attempt this Friday at Akron beginning at 5 p.m. email: nathaniel.mendelson@ubspectrum.com twitter: @NateMendelson

JACK LI | THE SPECTRUM Senior guard Dontay Caruthers jumps to make the shot in the paint. Basketball was given 14 votes in the first Associated Press Top 25 of the season.