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Officer administers Narcan for first time on SUNY campus MARLEE TUSKES
ASST. NEWS EDITOR
There would have been a death in a UB parking lot this weekend if not for Narcan, said University Police Lieutenant David Urbanek. “I have no doubt about it,” he said. UPD Officer John Sindoni made the first life-saving Narcan – an antidote commonly used for heroin overdoses – administration for a SUNY school early Saturday morning in the Diefendorf Lot on South Campus. Sindoni used Narcan at 12:40 a.m. Saturday on a male victim who had snorted heroin and become unresponsive – three minutes after UPD first received the call from the victim’s friend. Sindoni’s quick actions saved the victim’s life. Narcan is the commonly known term for naloxone hydrochloride, an opioid antagonist that is administered to prevent opiate usage overdose. Police officers in New York State, including UPD, were supplied with and trained to use the antidote in 2014. Cheektowaga Police used Narcan to save the life of a UB student in February after UPD received a call from the student’s
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mother who hadn’t heard from her son in hours. Other SUNY schools, like Oswego and Binghamton, have both had students die due to heroin overdoses in recent years. The males involved in Saturday’s incident were not UB students, but the incident occurred on UB property so it considered the first Narcan save for a SUNY school, according to Urbanek. Each Narcan kit contains two syringes with atomizers in order to spray the antidote
into a victim’s nose, according to Urbanek. Currently, all but two UPD officers have been trained to administer Narcan. Sindoni had his Narcan kit in hand as he and fellow UPD officer Eric Radder ran to the victim’s car on Saturday. Sindoni said he did not check the male’s pulse first because he wanted to administer the Narcan immediately. That decision was potentially the factor that saved the male’s life.
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UPD Officer John Sindoni (left) administers Narcan on a dummy in Bissell Hall while Lieutenant David Urbanek (right) gets the kit ready.. Sindoni saved a man who overdosed on heroin early Saturday morning in a South Campus parking lot. It was the first time Narcan was administered to save a life on a SUNY campus.
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Students unhappy with new dorm laundry system
Students find improved Ellicott laundry system more tedious and annoying than helpful DANI GUGLIELMO
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The new CBORD ID system installed in Wilkeson and Fargo Quads requires students to reserve machines before using them. The system is meant to make doing laundry simpler, but many students feel it has only complicated the process.
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When Michael Loewy, a freshman media study major, went down to the laundry room in Wilkeson Quadrangle, he had to go through a process: swiping his UB card into a separate console on the wall, hitting enter three times, entering the laundry machine number he was about to use and finally hitting start. But that wasn’t the end of it. Pressing ‘accept’ on the console doesn’t start the machine – it only gave him access to it. After finishing the console process, students have to go up to the machine they are using and hit start on the machine as well. This process has to be done for each machine students want to use in the laundry rooms, which is capped at three per student at a time. “I used to just open the machine, put my clothes in and hit start,” Loewy said. “Now I have to put my clothes in, enter all this bull**** into the console and then just press start on the laundry machine any-
way. It does nothing but add extra steps for no reason.” On April 10, the laundry rooms in Wilkeson and Fargo Quads in the Ellicott Complex got access to the new CBORD Mobile ID app along with an additional process added to the system that many students are not satisfied with. By utilizing the app, students are now able to hold machines, search for available machines and view wait times, but some students feel the process has been over complicated and is now less convenient. According to a survey conducted by Campus Living before the new app, many students said they were not happy with the laundry rooms because they thought there weren’t enough machines and never knew when the machines were available. The goal of the CBORD Mobile ID and the new consoles was to monitor machine availability, assure security of the laundry rooms and provide students with the latest technology, said Kevin Kuchta, assistant director for marketing communications of Campus Living.
Pirouetting in a cap and gown
Senior Farrah Thompson dances toward graduation
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Farrah Thompson, a senior dance major, performs “Deliverance” in the Zodiaque Dance Company’s 41st season performance in February. Thompson will perform in her final show at UB this weekend and is preparing to enter the professional world of dance after graduation.
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ASST. ARTS EDITOR
With her hair in a bun, a slight southern twang, ballet shoes tethered to her backpack and a smile on her face, senior dance major Farrah Thompson is about to jeté across the finish line. Though she has 16 years of formal training, Thompson has been dancing for as long as she can remember. At age five, she twirled around her home in Hickory, North Carolina on tiny ‘pointe’ shoes made out of tissues and paper Dixie cups. Seventeen years later, Thompson is preparing to enter the ‘real world’ as a professional dancer. Her final performance at UB will be in the senior showcase on Sunday in the Katharine Cornell Theatre in the Ellicott Complex. Studying and choreographing at UB has allowed her to experience the dancing world and given her access to prestigious intensive programs in New York City and across the United States.
In the intense and sometimes ferocious world of competitive dance, Thompson’s faith has kept her grounded. A raised Lutheran, Thompson considers her faith to be one of the most important parts of her life. She said she is always looking for ways to incorporate her faith into her dance. Her favorite style of dance is performance because it allows her to express herself and fill the spiritual void created by her busy schedule. “[In] the dance world, you do have to be selfish because you have to go to class [and] take time away from your normal daily activities,” Thompson said. “Even if you don’t go to church, and if you don’t read the Bible … if you’re sending that message that you know God is our Father, that he’s our protector, he’s our shield, he’s our healer ... we can show that message to other people and spread that awareness through dancing. [If] I can be that light for other people, then that’s what I want to do.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
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UB celebrates Earth Week with various on- and off-campus events
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Evans belongs in Buffalo The best place for Shannon Evans is in Buffalo. Even without former head coach Bobby Hurley, Evans will shine brightest on the Buffalo men’s basketball team – a team where the sophomore guard can continue his reign as a star player. Evans certainly deserves the opportunity to consider other options now that Hurley has left the program, and UB Athletics was right to grant Evans his request for a release from his scholarship Tuesday. Unfortunately, that request was only granted after UB Athletics initially told Evans it would prohibit him from transferring to some of the schools he was looking at, including Arizona State, Old Dominion and Virginia Tech. It’s reassuring that UB Athletics saw the error in its ways and granted Evans a release to any school he so chooses. The athletic department is even allowing him to go to Mid-American Conference schools – a step above and beyond what it needed to do. And although Evans said he and Athletic Director Danny White are on good terms now, it would be understandable for the point guard to still feel slighted by White’s initial move to block certain schools. What shouldn’t factor into Evans’ thinking is what he initially viewed as a snub from White. Evans approached White in Alumni Arena Monday and the athletic director was unable to meet with Evans immediately. This led Evans to claim White didn’t care about his future.
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Despite UB Athletics’ initial missteps and allure of bigger programs, UB has the most to offer sophomore guard Since then, it seems the pair has resolved the burgeoning feud, after White canceled two meetings to speak with Evans on Monday evening and granted his release shortly after. White has done everything possible to make up for an initially erroneous reaction, and it would be wise of Evans to move past the tumult surrounding the early hours of his request. His decision about staying or leaving UB should be about what’s best for his future, not the behavior of the school’s athletic department. Because with all the departmental drama resolved, the question that remains is really whether or not Evans would be better off at a different school. It’s clear that Evans wants to follow Hurley to Arizona State. That’s understandable, but Evans wouldn’t benefit from joining
Over $1 billion for a better society
Public libraries serve a vital community need and deserve increased funding As the Oscar A. Silverman Library undergoes extensive renovations to bring UB students a stateof-the-art study space with updated amenities, public libraries in New York City can barely keep toilets from overflowing. From clogged water pipes to leaking roofs and broken windows, the infrastructure of many libraries in NYC is in desperate need of repair. As The New York Times reported, the city’s three public library systems have responded to what is arguably an impending crisis and asked for $1.4 billion over the next 10 years to ensure that all 217 libraries in the city meet the standards of modern buildings. The request may seem staggering, but it’s on par not just with the needs of these facilities but also with the vital nature of the services they provide. Because beyond these maintenance issues, many libraries currently struggle to accommodate the needs of their patrons simply because they don’t have the space to fit the variety of classes and equipment that are in demand. Many community members rely on the library as one of the few free sources of education and career services, and the individuals who are motivated enough to seek out these resources for self-improvement deserve to have their needs met. Libraries are nothing short of salvation for individuals who have nowhere else to turn in their pursuit of knowledge or self-improvement. With services like English classes that immigrants can use to improve their odds of finding a job, tutoring for students and computer education courses – all for free – libraries help to level a very uneven playing field.
As a source of accessible technology for all, public libraries help to bridge the digital divide that too often mitigates the opportunities that the Internet can provide for individuals struggling to make ends meet. The access to computers that libraries provide make it possible for individuals to apply for jobs – or to get started on their resumes – search for apartments, or stay in touch with distant relatives. These services are as straightforward as they are essential, and it’s critical the libraries receive the funding they need to stay up and running. With additional funds, libraries can do a better job of meeting the needs of an incredibly diverse population of patrons. Community events like story hours could be conducted in multiple languages, more classes could be offered to expand the libraries’ educational reach and the sanctity of the library as a testament to the power of access to information would be maintained. Because even as electronic resources like e-books grow increasingly popular and generate questions about the future of libraries, the rapid advancement of technology cannot stymie the ongoing needs of community members who rely on the space of the library itself, and the staff members who offer their assistance. Almost $1.5 billion is undoubtedly a vast amount of money. But when it’s going toward a necessity as vital and as rewarding as a renovated, revived system of public libraries, it’s clear that this is precisely the kind of cause that should receive billions in funding. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com
a roster where he’d be overshadowed by other players. It’s unlikely he would be a standout player at Arizona State or any other school in a larger conference – at least not as much as he is at UB in a Mid-Major conference. Evans’ reputation in Buffalo is established and it serves him well. If Evans continues to progress at UB for the next two years, he could easily be considered the program’s greatest player ever. He already has the team’s first-ever MAC Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance to go along with the admiration of the fans. And Evans would be ineligible to play next year if he transfers. According to NCAA rules, he would have to sit out for a season before getting on the court with his new team, and although Evans would still have two years of eligibility, sitting out in the middle
of his flourishing athletic career would be far from ideal. Evans’ interest in looking elsewhere is certainly understandable and he has every right to do so. But to actually go elsewhere would be a mistake, and Evans has to realize that for himself. After all, if Evans does stay, it’s in everyone’s best interest – for the fans, for UB Athletics, for his teammates and for himself. He should ultimately look past White’s initial errors. That an athletic department has the power to prevent an athlete from switching schools is egregious as a policy in and of itself, and it seems UB Athletics had done everything to rectify the situation. The best place for Evans to cement a legacy and be a star is Buffalo. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com
Turkey cannot deny its dark beginnings any longer As centennial anniversary approaches, Armenians still seek closure WILLIAM KRAUSE
POLITICAL COLUMNIST
On the night of April 24, 1915, hundreds of members of the Armenian ethnic minority in Constantinople – now the Turkish city of Istanbul – were arrested and shortly killed. This was only the beginning of what would become known as the Armenian Genocide. At its conclusion in 1918, roughly 1.5 million ethnic Armenians were dead. Hundreds of thousands more would be deported, abducted, raped, beaten, or forced to flee for their lives. My great-grandparents were forced to flee to the United States as a result of the mass killing. It is a particularly dark time in my family history, which is usually left unspoken. My family members were wonderful people with a proud heritage who suffered terrible indignities at the hands of the Ottoman Empire. Their anguish lives on in Armenians everywhere whose lives are still affected and who desperately seek closure. On April 24, 2015 – a full one hundred years later – Armenians in the United States
and around the world will come together to mourn, remember and try to close the wounds that continue to fester today. The Armenian Genocide is such a controversial and important issue because numerous countries, including the United States, do not formally recognize it as genocide. The Turkish government, which took power after World War I and the fall of the Ottoman Empire, denies anything happened at all. It simply maintains the genocide was a coincidence that comes with the cost of war. The evidence tells a different story. Foreign diplomats immediately noticed the atrocities being committed in the old Ottoman Empire. The United States Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Henry Morgenthau, sent urgent messages to the State Department in Washington D.C. that detailed a “campaign of race extermination in progress.” Morgenthau described the atrocities as a “cold-blooded, calculated state policy,” according to the Armenian National Institute. CONTINED ON PAGE 4
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Narcan is sprayed into the victim’s nose and causes immediate withdrawal while blocking the opiates for 30 to 90 minutes. The antidote is meant to be administered before the victim enters the hospital for further treatment, according to Sindoni. Urbanek said a heroin overdose causes severe respiratory problems, which can lead to cardiac arrest and ultimately death. The second syringe in the kit was needed Saturday, as the first administration of Narcan did not cause the victim to become responsive. Sindoni worked on resuscitating him while Radder put together the second antidote. The second dose saved the man’s life. The two males – whose names will not be released because they are both medical patients and protected by Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) laws – won’t be charged for the incident. The male who called for help is protected under the Good Samaritan Policy, and the victim will not be charged because UPD found no remaining heroin in the victim’s vehicle, according to Urbanek. UB follows the Good Samaritan Policy, a New York State policy that does not
punish a person who seeks medical help for someone experiencing a drug or alcohol overdose. Although the victim this weekend was not a UB student, Sindoni said the number of heroin overdoses in college communities will only increase. “Kids are going to [use] heroin because it’s so cheap,” Sindoni said. Now that officers have Narcan kits, UPD officials said it will continue to prevent deaths caused by opiate overdoses. Urbanek said Sindoni’s fast thinking and Radder’s help is what saved the overdose victim. “If we have to have a University Police Department, let’s have a good one,” Urbanek said. “Even though we’re wearing these costumes, in the end it’s another human being helping another human being.” email: news@ubspectrum.com
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Numerous eyewitness accounts told stories of mass graves that held in excess of 60,000 people. The graves were filled with men and women, the elderly and children. The one thing they all had in common was their Armenian ethnicity. Jesse Jackson, the U.S. Consul in Syria at the time, also messaged Washington to express his concern for the massive amounts of deportees arriving in Syria and their subsequent murder. These messages went largely ignored and no one interceded. At the end of the First World War, roughly 1.5 million Armenians lay dead. Despite promising formal recognition in 2008, President Obama will not use the term ‘genocide’ to describe the mass killing of Armenians in the threeyear span of 1915-18. He instead uses the phrase “Meds Yeghern,” which is Armenian for “great catastrophe.” Turkey has been a strategic ally in the fight against ISIS, and the administration is worried the country may pull its support if the White House uses such language. President Obama’s refusal is an absolute disgrace. The president of the United States is the leader of the free world. He has an obligation to recognize when freedom has been trampled in the name of ethnic cleansing, and is required to condemn those responsible. Instead, he is cowering behind meaningless rhetoric and obeying orders from another country because it happens to be a strategic ally. Forty-three states have already recognized the genocide by passing resolutions or bills that say so. It is essential to have a united front so that we may be able to move past this tragedy. Using geopolitical relationships to justify ignoring history is simply not good enough. We have a moral obligation to
set the record straight. The international community is slowly beginning to recognize the genocide. Most recently, Pope Francis referred to the killing as “the first genocide of the 20th century.” Austria announced it would recognize the killing by passing a parliamentary declaration. Germany also announced that it would become the 25th country to formally recognize the genocide. This must continue until the killing is formally recognized worldwide. The Turkish government, however, has a history of punishing anyone who speaks out against the Armenian Genocide. Turkish author Orhan Pamuk, a prominent novelist who spoke publicly about the genocide, faced charges of “insulting Turkishness” in 2005. Turkey recalled its ambassadors from the Holy See and Austria immediately after they condemned the acts of 191518 as genocide. The Turkish government warned Austria that its declaration would have permanent affects on all future relations, according to Hürriyet Daily News. It is time for Turkey and the rest of the world to own up to history. The Armenian people simply want the truth told and to move on. We have waited one hundred years for the world to recognize the atrocities committed in 1915-1918. One hundred years is long enough. Full recognition by the international community is the only way to finally close the wounds that have plagued Armenians for an entire century. As California Representative Adam Schiff put it: “If not this president, who spoke so eloquently and passionately about recognition in the past, whom? If not after 100 years, when?” email: william.krause@ubspectrum.com
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Friday, April 24, 2015
Working toward a green and sustainable future
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UB holds annual Earth Week celebration JASHONDA WILLIAMS
STAFF WRITER
“Make every day Earth day” is a saying that stands out to Ainslie Evans, a senior psychology major and UB Sustainability intern focused on student engagement. Evans, along with other members of UB Sustainability, have worked to make Earth Day a weeklong celebration on campus this week. From April 18-25, UB Sustainability is holding environmentally-focused events sponsored by student clubs, groups and organizations for the fifth year in a row. This week’s events have included a green car show, sustainability tabling in the Student Union, a Women in STEM seminar, organic bake sales and a sustainable film series. There will also be a Lake LaSalle cleanup with kayaks on Friday and a spring shoreline sweep with Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper on Saturday. “I believe sustainability is the only way we will be able to combat climate change effectively,” said Vanessa Dwyer, a sophomore environmental geosciences major and public affairs director of the UB Environmental Network. “Each step toward a world that practices conservation will be a step closer to a healthier, safer and more liberating world.” Earth Week events present students with ways to be sustainable in their own lives without having to make huge sacrifices, which is a vital step in bringing about lifestyles that don’t unknowingly harm the environment, Dwyer said. UB’s numerous events during Earth Week are to raise awareness of sustainability while working toward zero waste. Zero waste is as close to a 100 percent diversion rate, or how much waste is diverted from landfills, as possible. Evans said that UB Sustainability is working hard for UB to become a “climate neutral” campus by 2030 through the use of U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) buildings. UB has nine LEED-certified buildings, with the most recent being Kapoor Hall on South Campus. The design and construction of these buildings allow them to be resource efficient and high performing. “We have a long way to go, but
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following a trajectory that includes more LEED buildings and continuing with our great recycling and composting efforts, being climate neutral is possible for UB,” Evans said. At the Sustainability Summit and Green SLICE awards presentation Wednesday, awards were given recognizing faculty, staff and students leaders in sustainability leadership. Erik Foley, managing director of the Sustainability Institute at Penn State University, was a guest speaker. Alpha Kappa Chi (AKX), a coeducational professional environmental fraternity on campus, has sponsored events and volunteered throughout Earth Week. AKX had an eco-beauty display in the Student Union on Monday afternoon and on Saturday evening will host a formal benefit event for the Western New York Environmental Alliance at Pearl Street Grill & Brewery. This year, AKX is co-sponsoring events with UB Campus Garden using the theme “Developing a Sustainable Economy through Conscious Consumption.” The UB Campus Garden hosted a seed-starting and container-decorating event on Monday where participants decorated a container and planted a flower in it. “During Earth Week, I would love to see increased participation by students, faculty and staff not involved in the planning process and increased awareness around campus of the importance of the message of Earth Week,” said Kelley Mosher, a senior environmental design and environmental studies major and president of AKX. Mosher always wanted to be involved with promoting environmental awareness at a very young age. When she came to UB, she said she found that AKX was the organization most well-suited to helping her build connections with colleagues while pursuing her environmental desires. One of the biggest events of the week was the launch of the Solar Strand educational app on Wednesday. During the launch of the app, about 150 fourth, fifth and sixth graders came to UB to learn about solar power through the app. “The best way to make the campus more sustainable would be to truly engrain a culture of sustainability into students as they walk
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UB Stampede ridership keeps 49,590,124 pounds of carbon dioxide out of our atmosphere every year.
Five Zipcars remove 75-100 privately owned cars on campus.
The composting and recycling efforts of Campus Dining & Shops eliminates 452 tons of waste from landfills.
Campus Dining & Shops’ “green” dish rooms save 50 gallons of water per minute.
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UB is the first residential SUNY campus to institute a 100% smokefree policy.
University Police’s use of bicycle patrols save 6,725 miles of driving - equivalent to a trip from Paris to Seattle.
During Opening Weekend, UB gives 2,500 aluminum water bottles to new students. That’s the equivalent of enough plastic bottles to stretch from UB’s North to South Campuses 4.5 times! ACCORDING TO UB SUSTAINABILITY WEBSITE INFORMATION GRAPHIC BY JENNA BOWER
through the door,” Evans said in an email. Relay for Life, an annual event to raise awareness and donations for cancer research, is also a part of Earth Week. The 12-hour charity event will take place in Alumni Arena starting at 4 p.m. Friday and concluding at 6 a.m. Saturday. “The groups and clubs take advantage of the diversity of community and space at UB and create events that appeal to many different personality types and interests,” Mosher said.
As Earth Week comes to an end, UB Sustainability encourages students to continue their efforts toward a greener campus. “I would urge people to open their eyes to what really goes on in the world, what their impact is and to question everything,” Evans said.
Gabriela Julia contributed reporting to this article. email: news@ubspectrum.com
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The little dancer Like many other little girls, Thompson wanted to be just like her big sister. At age six, she, like her older sister, decided she wanted to take dance lessons. Her parents enrolled her in their local dance studio, the Ann Freeman Dance Academy. There she began ballet classes, where she learned the basic techniques she needed to move on to other forms of dance. Plié-ing at a bar she could barely reach, she thought: I love this. Eventually, she moved on to learn tap, jazz, modern, contemporary, lyrical, hip-hop and pointe – “Pretty much everything,” she said. By middle school, Thompson knew she wasn’t just trying to be like her sister anymore. Dancing was her passion – what she wanted to do for the rest of her life. She danced through high school, competing, performing and improving her technique. Growing up in the competition world, she learned not only how to dance her heart out, but also to connect with other dancers and work as a team. According to Thompson, judges would come up to her after competitions, telling her they thought she had potential and asking her to come dance in intensive programs. “If you’ve seen ‘Dance Moms,’ I hate the way they portray [the competition world],” Thompson said. “The good part is you get to make connections with other dance professionals [which] is really important in the dance world.” Her hard work paid off when she won Miss Dance of North Carolina in 2009 when she was 16. With victory under her belt and a passion that would only grow stronger, Thompson continued her studies, attending various dance companies’ intensive programs, including the Dance Masters of America Stu-
dent Honors Intensive Program at UB, which she attended for three summers in a row during high school. During this intensive program, she became acquainted with faculty members and fell in love with the dance program at UB. She packed her bags and trekked from sunny North Carolina to the frigid Buffalo tundra to attend the UB Honors College on an academic scholarship. Daily life as a college dancer At UB, Thompson auditioned and was admitted into the Zodiaque Dance Company as a sophomore, an unusual feat since as the group is mostly comprised of juniors and seniors. “What is unique about Farrah is the humanity she brings into both her academic and artistic surroundings,” said Thomas Ralabate, a professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance who runs the Zodiaque Dance Company and has known Farrah since she began summer dance programs at UB seven years ago. “She is a talent that gives back to both faculty and peers … I will miss her sincere spirit in our dance studios and hallways.” Thompson dedicates her entire life to dance. Her only extra jobs as an undergrad have been a feature dancer in the Wun-derbarn IllumiNights Show at Busch Gardens and an instructor of ballet, jazz, lyrical and acro at Miss Cathy’s Dance Studio in Grand Island. She also did a summer internship with RIOULT Dance New York in New York City. With help from the Honors College Creative Research Scholarship, she was also able to go to New York City to train with Parsons Dance Company, who also gave her a
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Thompson knows tap, jazz, modern, contemporary, lyrical, hip-hop and pointe, but her favorite style of dance is performance because it allows her to express herself and fill the spiritual void created by her busy schedule.
scholarship to attend their choreography intensive. Though a dance-filled day may seem enviable to the typical college student drowning in a sea of exams and papers, Thompson’s life is far from simple. On an average morning, Thompson wakes before sunrise and does a daily devotional to prepare her mind before she begins her day at 5:30 a.m. Then she goes to the gym for an hour to warm up her body before a 9 a.m. ballet class. After ballet, she takes a break or goes to a jazz class, then has rehearsals for the rest of the evening. Some days, she spends hours teaching Miss Cathy’s. What little free time she has she uses to hang out with her friends or do homework – which does come with being a dance major. One of Thompson’s favorite things to do to relax is have movie nights with her friends. In the dance department, upperclassmen are paired with freshmen to help them get adjusted to college life. Thompson brings her “littles,” who live on campus, to her apartment to stretch and watch movies like The Notebook and Soul Surfer. This helps Thompson keep a healthy mind, which, along with maintaining a healthy body, she says is one of the biggest struggles of studying dance. “The dance world does have a certain body aesthetic and you have to take care of your body,” she said “We are judged by the way our body looks on stage. We have to maintain our physicality.” As a daughter of two nurses and a sister of a physician’s assistant, Thompson wants to help people spiritually like her family does physically. Self-expression is incredibly important to Thompson. During her last semester at UB, she ran a workshop in which five undergraduate dancers wrote their insecurities and issues, like anxiety and depression, on their own bodies in black marker and performed a piece she choreographed. Entitled, “Graffiti Our World” the project showed how dance can and should be both expressive and cathartic, for both the dancers and the audience.
Though she ran and choreographed the project, Thompson displayed her kind and compassionate personality as she treated the participants in the workshop as equals, listening to their suggestions and calling them to put their own personalities into the performance. “I loved that Farrah was open to anything that [we] dancers had to say about the piece,” said Lisa Kaemmerlen, a senior dance major. “She also always encouraged us to put our own dynamics into the piece because we were sharing our whole selves with the audience. The process and atmosphere Farrah created made for a wonderful outcome of her piece.” Thompson has been in a multitude of performances during her time at UB. Her favorite was “As If By a Spell,” which was choreographed by Kerry Ring, an instructor in the theatre and dance department, and was about coming back to the bar and dancing for the love of it. “Farrah [is] a beautiful dancer that I have had the pleasure of teaching for years,” Ring said. “I have selected Farrah for two of my own recent choreographic works because of her incredible technique, fierce dedication to the rehearsal process, and genuinely gracious personality.” Dancing toward the future Thompson approaches graduation with a plethora of emotions – she is excited to pursue her career in dance, but is also sad to leave her beloved friends and instructors. This summer, she will return home to Hickory to attend her sister’s wedding. Then, she will continue her career in modern and contemporary dance either by taking an apprenticeship with Ad Deum Dance Company, – a Christian dance company in Houston, Texas – or moving to New York City right away to audition for other dance companies. Her final performance at begins at 7 p.m. Sunday. She will be directing the showcase and dancing with the UB Dance Class of 2015. As she moves away from UB and into the real world, Thompson knows there is a place for her doing what she loves and spreading light to whomever she can. “Dance brings a message of hope and love and it’s just beauty in motion,” she said. “If you train the right way with the right people, and you work hard, and you have that dedication, and you have that commitment, and you have that passion … there will be a place for you.” email: arts@ubspectrum.com
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Sex education abroad and at home
DANIEL MCKEON FEATURES EDITOR
Megan Erway, a sophomore psychology major from the Finger Lakes in New York, was shocked to learn in high school that one of her classmates genuinely believed that “a child comes out of the woman’s butt.” Sex education is taught with mixed methods, goals and outcomes throughout the country and the world. Article III of the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child obliges state parties to protect the best interests of children, but there is no overarching international law that requires countries to teach sexual education. The Common Core in the United States does not give any requirements for sex ed, meaning schools and states across the country are responsible for their own sex education programs. “There are no universal standards for sex education in schools,” said Jane Fischer, director of Sub Board I Inc. Health Education. “It varies among school districts, states and countries. We can’t assume that everyone has the same level of knowledge at every age.”
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“The first and foremost thing we thought this would accomplish is convenience,” said Kutcha. “You’re rolling out new technology to students who are not going to be comfortable with it and we’re working to make sure that everyone realizes the capabilities of the system.” Many students, however, haven’t been using this new app because they find it to be pointless and consider the consoles to be tedious. “I didn’t actually use the app because I don’t even care enough to try,” Loewy said. “The laundry worked perfectly before all this new nonsense.” A console has been added to the laundry room walls in Wilkeson and Fargo where students have to enter their information before they are eligible to use a machine. Each laundry machine has a number labeled on it in small print on the front. This number is what students have to enter into the console in order to get access to the machine they wish to use. Terrel Keith, a freshman electrical engi-
Fischer said that sex ed should be treated with the same importance and accuracy as other health topics. Learning shouldn’t simply be anatomy or about the actual act of intercourse – it should also involve “communication, boundaries, cultures, preferences, consent, protection, wellness, expression, respect, pleasure and so much more,” she said. Erway’s sex ed experience was limited to an old video in sixth grade about sex organs and a month in a tenth grade “life” class. During the class, Erway learned about contraceptives, sexually transmitted infections and abstinence. “Sex ed at my school was in no way sufficient,” Erway said. “I actually learned most of my sex ed from Internet sources on my own.” By the time of Erway’s graduation, she said about 10 percent of her graduating class was pregnant. The United States is not the only country where UB students have experienced subpar sexual education. Sushanth Girini, a graduate student from India studying electrical engineering, had a similar sex ed experience to Erway’s. “The only sex ed I got during high school neering major, doesn’t think the new consoles are a bad system, but they “add a lot of extra steps and time to a simple process.” The new console keeps track of how many machines each student is using to do their laundry from the number of swipes by each UB card. It only allows a student to reserve three machines at a time. “Out of fairness we limited to three machines because we have 598 people in a building,” said Michael Koziej, senior associate director of Campus Living. “We don’t want one person to utilize every single machine – that puts a disadvantage to the rest of the building.” In order to arrive at the three machine per student cap, Campus Living talked to students and asked them the average amount of machines they use when they do their laundry. “There were few students who said they needed more than three at one time so that is how we picked that number,” Koziej said. Christian McCartney, a sophomore political science major, said that the old process of dumping laundry into the machine and hitting start was “so much easier.” Once a student punches in the number of the machine they want to use, it becomes unavailable for anyone else to use. When using the dryers, students can only use the machine for 45 minutes before having to swipe again for an additional 45 minutes.
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Both international students and students from across the United States receive different versions of sexual education in high school.Jane Fischer, director of Sub Board I Inc. Health Education at UB, thinks sex ed should continue beyond high school.
was a few chapters in my biology textbook about AIDS and ways to prevent it, along with human sexual anatomy,” Girini said. A report to the United Nations by the Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights argued “the lack of compulsory comprehensive sexuality education in schools violates the human rights of Indian adolescents.” According to the report, private schools in India are free to choose whether to include sexual education in their curricula. Girini’s class was taught various prevention methods for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), including limiting sexual partners and the use of condoms. His class, however, was never taught about any other sexually transmitted diseases. He would have preferred to have been According to both McCartney and Loewy, one cycle is almost never long enough to dry their clothes. “My clothes are never dry from the first cycle,” Loewy said. “I used to be able to just push the button and give it some extra time but now I have to do the whole process again. It’s the worst thing in the world.” If another student tries punching in the number of a machine that is occupied, the console displays the machine as “unavailable.” The CBORD Mobile ID app gives students control of the laundry machines right from their phones. If students don’t use the app, the consoles are provided for them to have the ability to manually operate the machines. “We use the UB card so [students] can walk down with their card and scan to the machine without use of the app,” Kuchta said. “You don’t have to swipe your card if you use the app-based system.” The console also gets access to students’ UB email from the swipe of the UBcard, but some students have complained about the notifications from the app. “When I do my laundry my email gets spammed with a bunch of ‘Your laundry is almost ready’ and ‘Your laundry is ready’ messages,” McCartney said. Loewy said that his email was spammed
more educated on sex ed, but he said cultural taboos limited his exposure to sexual topics as sex is rarely discussed unless absolutely necessary. Girini learned more of his sexual education from his friends and the Internet than from school. Emma Reeve, a sophomore communication and media study major from the United Kingdom, had a thorough sex education experience beginning in primary school, the British equivalent of elementary school. “In year five, age nine, we started learning about the different body parts and about pregnancy,” Reeve said. “Then in year seven, age 12, we started learning about [sexually transmitted infections] STIs and contraception, like condoms and birth control.” Reeve was never taught about abstinence in school, a method that is the main form of pregnancy prevention taught in 26 states in the United States, according to a report by the Guttmacher Institute, a non-profit organization which works to advance reproductive health. New Mexico, Mississippi and Texas have the highest rate of teen pregnancy in the United States, according to the Guttmacher Institute. Mississippi and Texas do not mandate sexual education be taught in its schools, but if it is, only abstinence can be taught. Despite a lack of abstinence education, Reeve said that the sex ed she received in school was adequate. The United Kingdom has the lowest teenage pregnancy rate between the United States, the United Kingdom and India, according to a 2013 report by the United Nations Population Division that rated the number of live births per 1,000 women ages 15-19. The United Kingdom was rated at 26, the United States at 30 and India at 32. CONTINUED AT UBSPECTRUM.COM
with four emails while he was doing his laundry. He said he doesn’t need emails to be sent to him because he doesn’t check his email often and sets a timer on his phone for his laundry. “I end up deleting all the unnecessary emails that are sent to me,” Loewy said. “I hate it so much.” Even though Loewy and McCartney don’t like the emails, students who don’t time their laundry themselves find the emails to be helpful. “I got an email when my laundry was almost done and then again when it was finished,” said Hannah Scelfo, a freshman speech and hearing major. “That was the only good part about this new process because I didn’t have to keep going down to the laundry room to check on my laundry.” Besides the new email system, Scelfo thinks that the console is a “tedious and stupid” addition to the laundry room. Two more laundry rooms are going to be renovated this summer with an additional two laundry rooms on deck for renovation the summer of 2016. Campus Living officials said it understands student frustration over laundry rooms and advises students to contact them with their input. email: features@ubspectrum.com
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The Bulls’ fan hopes sparking some fervor into UB’s student section will help Buffalo become a big-name school. “Cheering on my team is one of the most fun parts of being in True Blue,” Patterson said. “The No. 1 thing for me is that I’ve always been a small town person. My high school was a school with 500 people. My old college was a college with 4,000 people. Now UB is a big school, but it’s not a big name school. As a student, I’m trying to get us to that level of a UNC or a Duke, or a Tennessee.” Patterson was also involved with other projects until he got too busy with school and True Blue. He played drums and sang tenor in the UB Gospel Choir and he also writes poetry from time to time. When he isn’t cheering on the Bulls in Alumni Arena, he’s filling the air around campus with music. He keeps a Bluetooth speaker in his book bag and takes it with him wherever he goes. “I try to play mostly positive music. The music I play is going to have you bumping or jumping around,” Patterson said. “It’s going to have you thinking, ‘This day is actually good.’ It’s going to help you realize that there’s some positivity going on right now, and I need to embrace that more than the negative.” Whether he’s walking through crowded hallways, or mingling in the Student Union, Patterson is playing music of multiple genres – rock, hip-hop, R&B and even “Waltzing music” as Patterson describes it, gets airtime on his speakers. Patterson doesn’t play his music to draw attention to himself; he simply does it to uplift people around him. “When I walk into a room and my music starts playing, everyone’s head starts bobbin’, feet are tapping – it really brings light to somebody’s day,” Patterson said. “Really and truly it’s uplifting. People don’t really know what music can do for people.” Patterson plans to approach Buffalo’s coaching staff this summer if his grades are at the acceptable level for him to walk on. If things don’t workout in Buffalo, he may transfer. But wherever Patterson ends up – whether it’s in the stands, on the field, or in the choir – he’ll be bringing positive energy to those around him. email: sports@ubspectrum.com
Friday, April 24, 2015
New Speaker in town Jimmy Corra elected SA Assembly Speaker ASHLEY INKUMSAH
NEWS EDITOR
On Wednesday night, there was finally an election at UB with more than one candidate. Jimmy Corra, a sophomore economics major, was elected Speaker of the Student Association Assembly over his opponent Jack Oshei, a sophomore political science major in Student Union 330. “For me, Assembly is really a passion. I truly enjoy my involvement in it and look forward to future involvement over the next two years over at UB,” Corra said. “The Assembly is in a really good place right now. We’re a vital branch of the SA.” The Speaker’s duties are to oversee the SA Assembly, which approves constitutional changes and whose members must receive a certain amount of signatures before joining the voting body. There have been a number of unopposed student elections this year – including the SA elections last week in which the Unity Party won and the UB Council Student Representative election being held this week – but Corra faced opposition in Oshei. “I was very sad to leave the position but I have the utmost faith in Jimmy and everything he’s done,” said Melissa Kathan, current SA Assembly Speaker. “He’s been a very active assemblyman for the past two years and I have all the confidence in the world that he will do a successful job and bring new things to Assembly and continue to grow and expand it.” Kathan is currently running opposed for UB Council student representative. Corra, who has been a member of the SA Assembly for the past two years, said he has been able to “observe it’s growth and the changes that occurred” within
the Assembly. “As a former orientation leader and current student assistant to Vice President [of University Life and Services] Dennis Black, I have daily interaction with leaders of our campus and could easily advocate Student Assembly with them,” Corra said. Corra said his two major goals for the Assembly are marketing recruitment and advocacy. Corra, the current marketing and social media intern in the UB Honors College, said he would like to collaborate with SA clubs by getting at least one member from each club to join the Assembly so that a wider range of students are represented. Corra said he wants to change the Assembly’s recruitment process by having petitions readily available and recruiting new members during summer orientations to market toward students that could join Assembly the next year. He also said putting up SA Assembly flyers and building a strong social media presence can increase recruitment. He said this will not only give SA Assembly a more visible presence, but will allow it to enact change in the UB community in other ways while also identifying as a group. Corra would also like the Assembly to participate in more service-oriented activities. “I want Assembly to be a driving force in service next year, whether that’s by hosting our own events or being a cohesive group at other service days like
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Jimmy Corra, a sophomore economics major, speaks in Student Union 330 Wednesday night at SA Assembly Speaker elections. Corra was elected next year’s Speaker over sophomore political science major Jack Oshei.
UB Community Day or UB Pride and Service Day,” Corra said. Corra said he would like to continue Assembly meetings in a public space in order to increase transparency. He said setting up cameras in back of the Assembly hall during meetings and uploading to a public archive will make the Assembly much more transparent because students could view the meetings at any time. Corra said he feels “very thankful and very excited for the year.” He said he has a lot of things that he wants to do and is very glad that he’ll have the opportunity to do them. email: news@ubspectrum.com
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Shane Patterson believes that Buffalo’s football team is missing something: energy. The junior communication major on the pre-law track can be seen and heard sending positive energy to those around him, whether he’s blasting his speakers out of his backpack in the Student Union or hyping up the crowd at a UB sporting event as a member of True Blue. He thinks his high-energy antics are just what the football team needs. “I’m a fiery person,” Patterson said. “Every time I do something good, I celebrate. I’m always energetic and I feel like I can bring that to the program, which in my opinion I think is lacking.” Patterson, a current member of True Blue and a former volunteer football manager, is now attempting to cheer on the Bulls from even closer proximity – the field. Patterson has been training with the hopes of becoming a walk-on for the football team. He hopes he can spread energy to the team as a player the same way he has as a fan. Academic issues and coaching changes have prevented him joining the team in the past, but he now hopes that he can finally make the jump from a fan to a player. “I’m just praying to God that I make it,” Patterson said. “I’ve done my part this semester getting straight A’s, I’m in shape, and I think that if I try out I’ll be good enough. I know I’ll be good enough.” Patterson ended up at UB after playing a year and a half at Tusculum College, a Division-II program in the South Atlantic Conference. The slot receiver wanted to come to a bigger program to see if he had what it took to be a top college football player. He originally planned on playing for SUNY Albany until its head coach left. Soon after, he set his sights on Buffalo. “The coach at my old school had a connection to coach [Holman] Copeland, so I came up here and expected to play right away,” Patterson said. “Then everything got messed up with my eligibility and
True Blue member Shane Patterson looks to spread positive energy as football walk-on
my grades. Basically I didn’t come here as a recruit once coach Copeland left … He stopped answering my calls and then I had to become a walk-on.” Copeland was a former graduate assistant for the team and is currently the assistant coach/recruiting coordinator for Central Connecticut State University. He coached at UB from 2012-13 as the assistant linebackers coach. Patterson has been spending the last two years trying to bring up his grades so he can join the team, but the process has been complicated. According to UB football eligibility rules, a walk-on must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher. “I left my last school with a 2.92, and
when my credits got transferred here, my old GPA turned into a 2.46,” Patterson said. In Patterson’s first semester at UB, he ended up failing one of classes, bringing down his GPA to a 1.9. He said he currently has straight A’s and he expects to have a 2.8 GPA at the end of the semester, which will put him that much closer to being eligible. Patterson grew up in Bound Brook, a suburb in central New Jersey. In addition to playing football for his high school, Patterson was the mascot for the school’s basketball team. In fact, he was the first.
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Shane Patterson looks to get the crowd excited during the Bulls’ 7775 home win over Bowling Green on March 6. The junior communication major is in the process of trying to walk on to the football team as a wide receiver while spreading his positive energy around campus.
In his freshman year of high school, Patterson came home and crafted a mascot costume out of cardboard for his school’s sports program. His brother, John, said he looked like a “knight of the round table.” According to John, Patterson singlehandedly built the school’s student section, giv-
Back to Football 101 Linebackers adjust to new defensive scheme, optimistic about next season JORDAN GROSSMAN
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Junior linebacker Jarrett Franklin spent his first two seasons in a 3-3-5 defensive system, but is set to begin life in a 4-3 defense this season under new head coach Lance Leipold. He said it’s like going back to Football 101. Leipold implemented a 4-3-4 defense during the spring football season. The system consists of four linemen, three linebackers and four defensive backs and gets rid of the 3-3-5 defense the team ran under former head coach Jeff Quinn. The 4-3 defense requires much more preparation and studying than the 3-3-5 and has been “a big change” to the defense, according to Franklin. “With the 3-3, we kept it simple,” Franklin said. “We basically only had one simple key … Now, it’s more of a class. First, you start at Football 101. Now, we’re at 201. It’s a big jump. But you almost have to study it like another class. You need to know not just what you’re doing, but what everyone is doing around you.” The 3-3-5 system often required Buffalo’s defensive backs to play in the box as linebackers. The Bulls’ defense struggled as a
unit last season, giving up 31.5 points per game and only allowing less than 20 points in a game once. Leipold said the team is slowly learning the new system and although it’s a process he’s “pleased where it’s headed.” “A lot of guys played in the 3-3-5. I don’t know all of the intricacies of the defense, but a lot of guys still had to come down and play at the second level,” Leipold said. “It’s different in ways, but it will be similar as well.” Franklin admitted the 4-3 system is hard to understand and he has to study much more than under the old system. He said it’s harder to understand because every player has to know what every other player is responsible for. “We have to know the defensive scheme,” Franklin said. “Instead of knowing our one position, we have to know, ‘OK, the defensive line is doing this and the D-backs are doing that.’ Now, we have a better understanding of what’s going on around us.” The change in defense comes as Buffalo loses two of its starting linebackers in middle linebacker Lee Skinner and outside linebacker Jake Stockman to graduation. Skinner finished with a team-high 96 tack-
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Linebackers head coach Chris Sampson talks to the Bulls’ defense during a spring practice held in the ADPRO Sports Training Center. The Bulls are making the transition from a 3-3-5 defense to a 4-3 defense.
les last season and was second on the team with 3.5 sacks. Skinner played the “Mike” position, which is considered the quarterback of the defense. Stockman finished last season with 57 tackles and played in every game for the Bulls. With Skinner gone, the team is still deciding who will fill the “Mike” position, but all signs point toward senior Nick Gilbo. The fourth-year linebacker played in all 11 games last season, accumulating 37 tackles and 1.5 sacks and returning one fumble for a touchdown. Franklin said he admires Gilbo’s work ethic and the effort he has to put in at the middle linebacker position. “He’s the quarterback of the defense,” Franklin said. “You’re coordinating everything and you have to make a lot of checks. He’s really taking it by the reigns. I feel re-
ing the small school a major change in atmosphere. “He changes mindsets,” John said. “That’s what he does. When he was mascot, he changed the whole mindset of the people. He created a real home-court advantage.” Patterson then went on to play football for two seasons at Tusculum College. Like in high school, Patterson was involved with hyping up Tusculum’s student section as the school’s mascot at basketball games. Patterson can often be seen, or most likely heard, in the student section at Bulls basketball games. Heads from all over Alumni Arena turn when Patterson begins to yell commands at his cadre of painted warriors in the student section. While Patterson finds hyping the crowd fun and exhilarating, he claims there is actually a lot of work that goes into properly pumping up a home crowd. “Honestly, you need to be able to control the crowd,” Patterson said. “You need to be able to talk, you gotta be able to listen and you have to be loud. You have to be enthusiastic, because when your team is down by like 20 points, somebody’s still gotta keep the spirit alive.” Even Patterson’s comrades in True Blue have never seen anything like the unique brand of energy that he brings to the student section. “Shane is an absolute monster,” said Kyle Hughes, a freshman marketing major and member of True Blue. “The guy has brought a new level of energy to the student section that I’ve never experienced before. He somehow finds a way to get everybody involved. He brings it to a whole new level.” Aside from cheering on the Bulls at home, Patterson tries to make it to as many away games as he can. The most memorable game for him was the road trip to Kent State. After the Golden Flashes were defeated 80-55 on Jan. 30 at Alumni Arena, Patterson posted a video on Twitter that he took of Kent State fans cursing out UB fans at the game. When he traveled to Kent State later in the season, he was showered with taunts and boo’s regarding the video. Buffalo won the game 71-65. CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
ally confident when he’s out there. If someone thinks I have to study my position a lot, he has to study his three times more.” Franklin expects to assume his position at outside linebacker after he recovers from a minor back injury he sustained during a workout. After consulting with doctors, he is not concerned about the injury and is expected to be ready for the season. That outside linebacker position once belonged to Oakland Raiders linebacker Khalil Mack, who was selected No. 5 overall in last year’s NFL Draft. Leipold acknowledged players like Mack “don’t always come around that often” but knows there are multiple linebackers that learned under him. Senior Okezie Alozie, who is expected to play as a full-time linebacker this season, is one of the linebackers that learned under Mack. Last season, he spent most of his time as a defensive back, but Leipold liked his explosiveness as a linebacker in the new defensive system. While the players admit the scheme is hard to learn, Franklin said it made them better as a group. “We see it as a challenge,” Franklin said. “Moving forward, it’s helped us bond more as a team. We actually have to study. We can ask questions to the safeties about what to do in certain situations. We’ve become more football intelligent and it will really help during the fall.” Franklin said he wants the linebackers to play with more confidence heading into the season, but said it will come with time and knowledge of the new system. “It’s been something we’ve been struggling with, but after seeing us practice during spring ball, we’re able to play with more confidence when we know what’s going on around us,” Franklin said. The team will not practice for the rest of the spring and will meet up again in July for summer workouts. The season will begin on Sept. 5 when the Bulls take on Albany at UB Stadium. email: sports@ubspectrum.com