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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Say goodbye to Hollywood?

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Sophomore guard Shannon Evans was granted his release from UB on Tuesday. He will look into transferring elsewhere but has not ruled out the possibility of staying in Buffalo.

Shannon Evans granted release from UB scholarship TOM DINKI & JORDAN GROSSMAN

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The Buffalo men’s basketball team lost its head coach earlier this month when Bobby Hurley accepted the job opening at Arizona State. Now it may lose one of its best players too. Sophomore guard Shannon Evans was granted a release from his UB scholarship

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Tuesday and is currently speaking with other schools about transferring. UB Athletics will allow Evans to attend any school he choses, but the All-Mid-American Conference Second Team player has not completely ruled out the possibility of staying with the Bulls. Numerous schools around the country contacted Evans, he said, including St.

Johns, Miami, Boston College and Arizona State. According to NCAA rules, if Evans transfers out of the Buffalo program, he will be ineligible for the 2015-16 basketball season. The release came Tuesday morning after a tumultuous Monday between Evans and the athletic department. Evans told several media outlets, including The Spectrum, that he wanted to transfer from the program and that Athletic Director Danny White did not care about his future. White was unable to meet with Evans early Monday and UB Athletics originally told Evans it would block him from transferring to schools he was interested in like Arizona State, Old Dominion, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and Virginia Tech. The website Western New York “Big 4” Talk was the first to report Evans was transferring. White and Evans later met Monday evening, after which Evans said he and White were on the same page and that White cares about his future. White released a statement Tuesday morning regarding Evans’ release. “After learning about the request for a release [Monday], and meeting with the student-athlete, I have decided that granting Shannon Evans a full release to transfer to any school in the country is in his best interest,” White said. “We wish Shannon nothing but the best in his future, academic and athletic pursuits.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

Party of one

Melissa Kathan runs unopposed for UB Council student representative GABRIELA JULIA

SENIOR NEWS EDITOR

Melissa Kathan is no stranger to student representation. The junior legal studies major has served as the Student Association Assembly Speaker for two years and was recently elected SUNY Student Assembly vice president for next year. Now she wants to “be the voice for students” in meetings with some of UB’s most powerful decision makers. Kathan is running unopposed for UB Council student representative this week. Kathan said she is the best candidate and wouldn’t run if she felt that someone else was more qualified or could serve the students better. “This position is perfect for me because I’ve already been representing the undergraduates here at UB and the 450,000 students state-wide,” Kathan said. The UB Council serves as the primary oversight and advisory body to UB and its president and senior officers. One student is elected every year to sit on the council and advocate on behalf of the student body. The student representative election is held online and began Tuesday morning and closes Thursday. The official results will be available Monday. Most UB Council student representative elections offer multiple candidates vying

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Melissa Kathan is running unopposed for the UB Council student representative election. Kathan, a junior legal studies major, is also the Student Association Assembly Speaker, the SUNY Student Assembly vice president elect and secretary for UB College Democrats.

for the position. In last year’s election, former UB Council student representative Daniel Ovadia was accused of overstepping his boundaries by changing his Facebook cover photo to the campaign poster for Minahil Khan, who was running for the position. Khan won the election for UB Council student representative, but the University Council Elections Committee voided the results, citing inappropriate use of power by Ovadia and a leak of the election results. The election was re-held in May and Khan won again. She was just recently elected SA president for next year. This year’s UB Council student representative election is the second major studentwide unopposed election this year. Last week the Unity Party was elected to the SA executive board without facing an opponent.

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Kathan said her biggest concern when she found out she was running unopposed was that there isn’t enough student involvement at UB. “To have this election and the UB SA undergrad election be unopposed, it makes me question how we can get more students to want to take on these positions so that we don’t see any more unopposed elections,” Kathan said. Despite a lack of opposing candidates, Kathan said she is prepared for the position. Kathan’s involvement with SUNY SA, UB College Democrats and the SA Assembly has given her the experience she needs to be the student representative, she said. Kathan joined the SA Assembly as a freshman and has been the speaker the past two years. She was appointed the associate director of government relations for SUNY SA at the beginning of this academic year. She is also the secretary for College Democrats. Laura Mannara, a junior economics and political science major and president of College Democrats, said Kathan’s dedication and professionalism at such a young age makes her a good candidate.

Sean Kaczmarek works to improve the opportunity of public education SOPHIA MCKEONE STAFF WRITER

Sean Kaczmarek chuckles at the idea of someone calling him “a social warrior for public education.” But as the youngest person to serve on the Cheektowaga-Sloan Board of Education at the age of 19 and as an employee of the Buffalo public schools through UB’s Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Partnership (ISEP), the junior political science major considers himself to be on a mission for public education. Kaczmarek is also the new vice president of the Student Association and finalist for the Harry S. Truman scholarship. But drawing attention to himself is not part of his mission. “I don’t like to blow up the situation or make what I’m doing seem greater than it is,” Kaczmarek said. “But, of course, I’m an advocate for public education. I mean there’s no doubt about that. I’m a strong believer in it and the opportunities it provides.” These opportunities have been evident to Kaczmarek for as long as he can remember. Growing up in Cheektowaga, a suburb just east of Buffalo, school was always important to him. He always worked hard for good grades and knew his effort was not in vain. During his senior year of high school, Kaczmarek remembers an influx of students transferring to John F. Kennedy High School from inner-city schools. The issues of poverty and inequality in education started to reveal themselves to Kaczmarek. “The majority of my school was middle-class, nice life, Cheektowaga, suburban kids, but nearing the end of my senior year there were more and more kids coming where you didn’t know what they were going home to, whether it be regarding their family situation, or even having a warm house to go home to,” Kaczmarek said. Not long after, he began thinking about education on a larger scale than his own life. He was in a position to make changes. Kaczmarek’s parents always assured him and his sister that college was in their future, but it would not be a college savings account or legacy that got them there. “I didn’t grow up wealthy by any means,” Kaczmaek said. “I didn’t have any connections or any natural endowments at birth, so I always knew it was necessary for me to get a good education.” During Kaczmarek’s freshman year at UB, he joked around about running for school board because he was 18. Although it was meant to be sarcastic, Kaczmarek’s father suggested he seriously consider it. Kaczmarek took his father’s advice. He went to the school board meetings and two things became evident to him: the school board needed someone with his perspective and he needed a spot on the school board to use that perspective toward change. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

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Three female engineering students win prestigious Goldwater Scholarship

Advocating for the voiceless

Three Spectrum editors recognized in Society of Professional Journalists’ Mark of Excellence regional competition

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Party of one

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“Melissa has the passion for helping students and making sure student voices are heard,” Mannara said. “The initiatives that she’s taken, such as making sure textbooks are fairly priced, has also shown me that.” Kathan helped construct SUNY SA’s legislative agenda, which focused in part on textbook affordability. Kathan hopes to continue seeking student input on SUNY’s rational tuition plan. The plan limits the amount SUNY schools can raise tuition annually and expires at the end of next year. She said she wants more students to understand that tuition control should stay within the Board of Trustees and not in the hands of the state. Some of the regular duties of the UB Council are reviewing all major plans and activities of the university in the areas of academics, student life, finances, buildings and grounds, as well as making recommendations and regulations for the benefit of the university in matters of community and alumni relations, according to the UB Council’s website. James Corra, a sophomore economics and English major and member of the Rules Committee for SA Assembly, said Kathan is qualified to fulfill the duties of a student representative. “In the two years that Melissa has acted as speaker, she has transformed Assembly into a much more efficient, legitimate organization than it previously was,” Corra said in an email. “Representing all of us on [UB] Council would be a natural fit for her.” Corra said Melissa running unopposed is a “demonstration of her initiative” since she is the only person who chose to run out of the thousands of undergraduates who attend UB. Kathan said she understands that it is a difficult task representing the 30,000 students at UB but she is excited and feels more than prepared for the job. email: news@ubspectrum.com

Kaczmarek had just graduated the year before so he knew the staff, administration and how the school was run. No one else had that perspective, he said. “I knew I was never going able to voice my opinions or have inside knowledge of what was going on unless I was on the board,” Kaczmarek said. He began making himself known in his community and collected signatures for the petition that would put him in the running. By the time of elections, not only did Kaczmarek succeed in getting his name on the ballot, he encouraged enough people to circle his name to make him, at the age of 19, the youngest person to ever be elected to the Cheektowaga-Sloan school board. Since his election, Kaczmarek describes having an increased understanding regarding the real problems that face the Cheektowaga-Sloan school district as well as an increased say in how to go about fixing them. His hands-on work with education in Cheektowaga and the City of Buffalo has enhanced Kaczmarek’s extensive knowledge regarding education policy, which is only one of the reasons he is a finalist for the prestigious Harry S. Truman scholarship. “A Truman scholar is someone who is trying to change the world in a very thoughtful way,” said Elizabeth Colucci, UB’s coordinator of nationally competitive fellowships and scholarships. “I tell people Sean is like an iceberg. You meet him and you see the tip, but he really has such depth to him. He’s the kind of person who’s working in an area to try and make change, but intellectually, has really thought about it.” Kaczmarek is just as concerned with making changes at UB. As the SA vice president, Kaczmarek will be helping SA clubs coordinate their events as well as taking part in planning ev-

ANGELA BARCA, THE SPECTRUM

Sean Kaczmarek, a junior political science and economics major, is the new vice president of the Student Association. Kaczmarek is also the youngest person to be elected to the Cheektowaga-Sloan Board of Education and a finalist for the Harry S. Truman Scholarship.

ery concert, comedy series, Distinguished Speaker Series and other major SA events. “I feel like SA tends to get a bad rap sometimes but it’s providing a lot for students and I just want to be part of improving the areas that need improvement and making it better,” Kaczmarek said. He will be working alongside Minahil Khan, a junior political science and communication major and 2015-16 SA President. Kaczmarek and Khan are not just running mates, but have been good friends since they began at UB. When considering running for president, Khan said there was no one she would rather run on the ballot with. “I knew that if I was going to run for president, I would want to run with someone who was super dedicated and having been [Kaczmarek’s] friend for so long, I knew the level of dedication he shows to the things he does so it just made sense to run together,” Khan said. Being a part of ISEP has had one of the

biggest impacts on Kaczmarek. According to Kaczmarek, the partnership – funded by the National Science Foundation – is an initiative to improve the curriculum in STEM subjects throughout Buffalo public schools. Kaczmarek first became involved with the science and engineering partnership in the fall of 2014. During his first semester, he went to various Buffalo public schools, going through assignments and labs with students and making sure they understood their curriculum. This semester, Kaczmarek is primarily working on the “English language learner” portion of the partnership program. Although he has moved from STEM subjects to focus on English, helping the students often involves a combination of the two, he said. Kaczmarek has students who are English language learners whose parents are refugees from Somalia, Nepal, Burma and Bangladesh – there’s no guarantee the students go home to food or a warm house, he said. “To get out of these situations, all [these kids] have to rely on is their education,” Kaczmarek said. “There’s no other way for them and that’s why we need to work for a better system or work to fund it more. We need to make it the best we possibly can.” Because issues in education are always evolving, Kaczmarek does not know exactly what he will want to change about it in the future. He does plan to keep up with changing issues and aspires to work on education and education policy someday as an elected official. The people surrounding him have no doubt that Kaczmarek will succeed. Along with Khan, Colucci also describes Kaczmarek as dedicated, knowledgeable, modest and hardworking. But Kaczmarek said he isn’t interested in inflating his ego so if asked to pick one word to describe himself, he would most likely change the subject. email: features@ubspectrum.com

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OPINION Buffalo school district should reject the status quo

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THE SPECTRUM Wednesday, April 22, 2015 Volume 64 Number 72 Circulation 7,000 The views expressed – both written and graphic – in the Feedback, Opinion and Perspectives sections of The Spectrum do not necessarily reflect the views of the editorial board. Submit contributions for these pages to The Spectrum office at Suite 132 Student Union or news@ubspectrum.com. The Spectrum reserves the right to edit these pieces for style and length. If a letter is not meant for publication, please mark it as such. All submissions must include the author’s name, daytime phone number, and email address. The Spectrum is represented for national advertising by MediaMate. For information on adverstising with The Spectrum, visit www.ubspectrum.com/advertising or call us directly at (716) 645-2452. The Spectrum offices are located in 132 Student Union, UB North Campus, Buffalo, NY 142602100

But the problem of an unaccomplished school board has a far simpler solution – or potential solution – than the more complex and insidious issues that have plagued Buffalo schools’ productivity for years. After a period of what Buffalo lawmakers described as “total chaos” on the school board, local politicians are pushing for mayoral control over the school district and introducing legislation in Albany to accomplish this. This sort of change in leadership, which would put Mayor Byron Brown in charge of the district, requires approval from the New York State Senate and the Assembly. And at this point, anyone in Buffalo who is invested in the city’s educational reform should root ILLUSTRATION BY HARUMO SATO for the legislation to pass. Brown’s attitude toward the suggestion has been promising. It’s notable that this was not his idea – he didn’t seek out this increase in power, but is tions are predominated by students willing to shoulder the burden who face their own challenges, in- that the change would bring. Brown has proved himself to cluding unstable living situations, be a passionate and dedicated poverty, special needs and speaking leader and he could be counted on English as a second language. to breathe new life into the superAn incompetent school board is yet another problem heaped upon vision of Buffalo’s schools. Even more importantly, Brown’s an already disadvantaged school presence could institute a level of district.

Move for mayoral control of school board a risky proposition but would bring welcome change With constant bickering, resignations and terminations in recent years, the Buffalo School Board has seemed ineffective at best. Buffalo’s public schools already face a multitude of obstacles, including high dropout rates, poor attendance and subpar test scores. Moreover, the schools’ popula-

organization and control that has been sorely lacking in recent years, as internal strife and incompetence has instead been dominant. And it’s reassuring that this move is not unprecedented. The suggestion of mayoral control was likely inspired by a similar policy that is in effect in New York City, where former Mayor Michael Bloomberg was put in charge of the city’s schools. Mayor Bill de Blasio, since his election last year, now runs the district. As detailed by The Buffalo News, the switch to mayoral control transformed the city’s schools for the better, with graduation rates reaching the highest in 10 years, dropout rates falling and test scores rising. With mayoral control in place, New York City’s school system experienced dramatic and efficient reform – precisely the kind of rapid and decisive change that Buffalo’s district needs and has been profoundly lacking. Other struggling school districts, however, like those in Detroit and Cleveland have tried similar policies and failed to see improvement. If Brown takes over, his level of commitment will determine the success of this change. It will be critical that the model provided by New York City is closely examined and modified to fit Buffalo’s demographics and needs. But even though this solution is far from a guarantee of success, it’s clear that the status quo is not working. Buffalo’s public schools deserve a fresh start and a period of reform. With a new leader at the helm, this sort of improvement would be far more achievable. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com

Letter to the editor Get excited for Eichel Editor’s note: This letter was written in response to an opinion piece entitled “Legitimate arguments based on logic, not disgust” that was published on The Spectrum’s website on Sunday, April 16. The column did not appear in print. Attention Spectrum editor, This letter is in response to the recently published opinion piece “Legitimate arguments are based on logic, not disgust” by Emma Janicki. In this piece, Ms. Janicki neglects to convey an accurate picture of what happened at the Created Equal display hosted by Students for Life on Thursday. While we understand that this article was published in the opinion section, it is irresponsible for a reporter to leave out aspects of an event when she publishes about it, even in the opinion section. In this letter we aim to: 1. provide a balanced picture of what happened at the Created Equal display, by adding onto what was put forward in Janicki’s column; and 2. discuss the problems with Janicki’s statement that “Every person whose [sic] is biologically structured to support a fetus has the right to decide whether or not they’ll [sic] let that bundle of cells become a human child.” I. Janicki complains that Created Equal’s representatives did not make logical arguments, rather playing upon people’s sense of horror and disgust. She indiscriminately praises abortion rights advocates for attempting to have “intellectual arguments” on Thursday and paints display activists as if they had no logical conversation to put forward. However, she does not include the whole picture. Each year that the Students for Life have shown images of pre-

born victims of abortion, calm and logical discussions between display activists and student passersby have taken place throughout the course of the event. These conversations are based on logic and scientific evidence from those who study human development (see The Endowment for Human Development at ehd.org). Many students do not see these discussions happening because they do not wish to. In other words, people have preconceived notions of what is happening and when challenged with new information that contradicts their understanding of anti-abortion activism, their biases get in the way. Emma Janicki did not report on these discussions although many of them occurred on Thursday because she did not permit herself to hear or see them. She reported on the sights and sounds that she allowed to impact her and to go into her understanding of what antiabortion displays are. I am not denying that in her account of the display she puts forward actual quotes from the event or that she describes how she perceived actual events. I am merely stating that she has not reported on all that was occurring at the display on Thursday. Janicki indiscriminately praised abortion rights advocates who gathered on Thursday, forgetting that at many times individual students did not attempt the style of discussion that she values, instead digressing into profanities and/or yelling. Many students either accidentally or purposely brought forth red herrings, or diversionary fallacies that strayed off-topic from the question at the center of the ethics of abortion. CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

Immature reaction from Sabres’ general manager overshadows the promise of number two draft pick

This year, the Buffalo Sabres even lost at losing. Thanks to an unfortunate twist of fate in the lottery, the team’s hard-fought last-place position in the NHL was for naught. And thanks for General Manager Tim Murray’s adolescent reaction, even the team’s offseason started on a sour note. Despite the Sabres’ concerted efforts to tank in order to ensure a spot at the bottom of the rankings, the team ended up with the second overall draft pick, losing the first spot to the almost-as-terrible Edmonton Oilers, who have won the draft four times in the last six years. Apparently the Oilers are far more skilled at winning the lottery than achieving victory on the ice, and they’re definitely luckier than the Sabres – this is the second year in a row that Buffalo lost the first round pick out of sheer bad luck. So it’s understandable that Murray would be frustrated. But his public reaction is indefensible. Murray stated that he was “disappointed” for Sabres fans and that the team would have to “deal with it.” If Murray’s comments only had relevance to the lottery results themselves, to the Sabres’ bad luck and unpleasant past season, his comments wouldn’t be so problematic. But unfortunately, Murray’s openly expressed disappointment also acts as a blatant insult to the player the team is likely to pick up now that they have the second round pick. Because the Oilers now have the chance to snatch up Connor

McDavid – arguably the most promising draft pick since Sidney Crosby and widely considered to be a once-in-a-generation player – the Sabres are left with the number two guy Jack Eichel. To Murray, apparently, Eichel is a disappointment. In reality, he’s a star. He’s not McDavid, but that’s pretty much his only flaw. With commentators already predicting his future spot in the Hall of Fame and praising everything from his size to his playmaking ability, the current Boston University standout can make a real difference for the Sabres. Both Eichel and McDavid are top-tier picks and Murray should have been prepared to celebrate the prospect of either player. Certainly losing the lottery was a blow, but it shouldn’t have come as a complete shock – Murray knew the odds going in. As the general manager of an NHL team, Murray should be able to maintain a level of professionalism at critical times like these. His reaction is especially problematic because Eichel hasn’t even committed to leaving school to join the NHL yet. If he’s legitimately on the fence, hearing Murray’s negative opinion of him could do real damage. The Sabres lost all season, but they didn’t lose much in the lottery – Eichel can still be a boost to the roster next year. That much is obvious, or at least it should be. Clearly, Murray didn’t get the message. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com

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Silverman Library third floor reopening delayed until February

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CHARLES W SCHAAB

That question is: what is the preborn organism resulting from the human reproductive process? We must answer this question, and stay on-topic because if the embryonic or fetal organism in question is not a living human than no justification for abortion is necessary, but if that organism IS a living human than no justification

Students will not be able to study on the third floor of the Oscar A. Silverman Library in Capen Hall, or ‘Club Capen,’ for longer than initially planned. The third floor of Capen was closed on Dec. 16, 2014 for renovations as a part of UB’s Heart of the Campus construction project, and was scheduled to reopen sometime in November 2015. But recent delays have pushed the reopening back to February 2016. Construction, which was supposed to begin in April, can’t begin until June because asbestos has to be removed from the floor first. UB allowed multiple contractors to bid for the removal of asbestos, but this process took longer than expected, according to Dean Hendrix, assistant director for University Libraries. Hendrix said it was necessary to have companies bid for the project so that costs could be minimized. Competitively bidding the abatement saved UB more than $200,000, according to Hendrix. Epic Contracting Inc. is removing the asbestos, while Watts Architecture and Engineering is monitoring the air during the removal. Both companies are based in Buffalo. Lockwood has served as served as UB’s 24-hour library since the third floor of the Silverman Library was closed, but some students are concerned the delayed opening will cause further crowdedness in Lockwood.

II. Janicki says that “every person whose [sic] is biologically structured to support a fetus has the right to decide whether or not they’ll [sic] let that bundle of cells become a human child.” Again, the problem here is that Janicki does not give all of the information. To what kind of fetus is she referring? From the text alone, it seems that she is saying that the term “fetus” refers to a particular species that is completely separate from all other species including Homo sapiens. This would be silly, and we do not think that this is what Ms. Janicki really thinks. In actuality, the term “fetus” refers to a stage of development within the life of a mammalian organism. There are fetal dogs, fetal cats, fetal dolphins, and there are fetal humans. The human stages of development are: 1. embryo (fertilization-8 weeks after fertilization); 2. fetus (8 weeks after fertilization-birth); 3. neonate or newborn (0-30 days after birth); infant (0 months-12 months after birth); toddler (1-3 years after birth); play age (3-5 years after birth); prepubescent (5-11 years after birth); adolescent (12-19 years after birth); adult (20 years after birth-death). Within these categories are even more specific subdivisions of human development.

Students concerned with late reopening of ‘Club Capen’ ASST. NEWS EDITOR

for abortion is adequate.

“Lockwood is too small for midterms and finals … it has been really inconvenient … I feel really isolated, like I’m going to die.” – Shannon Clark, freshman pre-med major

“It is ridiculous. We always used to go [to Capen] to study.” – Gabrielle Santander, freshman intended nursing major

“[Capen] is very open and relaxed, lots of natural light. “[Lockwood] may be too loud and it will affect [students’] ability to study, in turn affecting their grades on their finals.” – Ryan O’Mara, sophomore computer sciences major

“I used to love going to Capen to study and now I can’t … I can’t go to where I want to go to get my work done. And I’m graduating so I won’t see the benefit next year.” – Brandon Leveritte, senior business administration major

“It doesn’t affect me, I am going to find a computer someway … I think it depends on students’ ambition [to find a place to study]. Every student is different.” – Breanden Inkumsah, senior pre-law student

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Roommates without borders Global 360 aims to integrate domestic and international students with each other MARISSA FIELDING STAFF WRITER

Simeng Zhou, a senior political science major from Japan, said international students at UB tend to stick with students from their own countries and who speak their first languages. Zhou said having an American roommate would help break that trend. Starting in the fall, UB’s new housing program Global 360 will allow international and domestic students to choose to be paired as roommates to foster intercultural relationships. Residents will be housed on the second floor of Clement Hall on South Campus. The due date for the fall application has already passed, but the opportunity will be presented to students again for the spring 2016 semester. Peter Smith, the assistant director for Residential Life, anticipates the program will benefit all students, both international and domestic. “It encourages the interaction that I think many students want to have, the discussions about our global community,” Smith said. With each new semester, UB continues to expand its enrollment of international students. More than 700 new international stu-

dents joined UB’s growing international community of around 5,000 students last fall. UB is currently made up of about 17 percent international students. Global 360, aside from housing students together, will also host events to facilitate learning and communication. One event proposed is a coffee and tea session with a guest speaker like a professor. After the guest speaks, students would be able to discuss the topics of the presentation together and gain a more global perspective. These discussions allow students to learn about other cultures and meet people of different nationalities. Students will also go on trips throughout the City of Buffalo, such as visiting Niagara Falls, skiing and visiting the Botanical Gardens. Zhou and Reimon Bhuyan, a senior aerospace engineering major from Japan, said the program will help open new doors for interactions between international and domestic students. “It will be interesting in my opinion just knowing different cultures. UB itself is diverse and it will be an interesting thing to do,” Bhuyan said. Bhuyan appreciates the many events on campus that help students of all cultures get

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involved and facilitate a more comfortable and easy adjustment to the United States. Both Zhou and Bhuyan said they chose the university because of their major, but that having a campus that embraces diversity is a bonus. Bhuyan and Zhou see Global 360 as an opportunity to help all students break out of their own comfort zones by creating bonds with people of different cultures. This is exactly what Smith hopes to achieve from the program – providing students an opportunity to gain a more global perspective that can be useful in any future endeavors. Chris Bragdon, an adviser at International Student and Scholar Services, is involved in the Global 360 program through a focus on a more encompassing program called Building Relationships Involving Diverse Groups of Engaged Students (BRIDGES). The program allows both international and domestic students to participate in activities together while exploring global diversity. One of those activities is Global Sports Day. The event gives students the opportunity to learn about sports such as football, rugby, cricket and soccer. UB athletes help students learn about the sports and how they’re played. Bragdon hopes that Global 360 will allow students to think critically about similarities

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Chris Bragdon, Student Engagement Coordinator and International Student Adviser, is working on Global 360, a new housing program that will allow domestic and international students to live together, fostering a more global perspective.

and differences in cultures while also growing from their experiences. “Those walls are dropping, and by the end of that experience, suddenly there are friendships – friendships that wouldn’t have been there,” Bragdon said. “They’re realizing, ‘Jeez, in many ways we are from very different worlds, but we have been through so much. We’ve helped clean up a street on the south side, or we learned how to rock climb. Now we have this whole new bond.’ I think there’s a beauty in that.” Applicants must complete the housing application online, pay UB’s $300 housing deposit and then check a box stating interest in the Global 360 program. There are also additional questions asked of applicants as part of the application process. email: features@ubspectrum.com

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The ‘Holy Grail’ of scholarships Three female UB science students win competitive Goldwater Scholarship SOPHIA MCKEONE STAFF WRITER

Since UB began nominating students for the Barry Goldwater Scholarship, which was created in 1986, only a handful of women have won. This year, three UB students – all women – received the scholarship, and a fourth male student received an honorable mention. “Not many women have won [the Goldwater Scholarship],” said Elizabeth Colucci, UB’s coordinator of nationally competitive fellowships and scholarships. “So this was big, to actually have three people win, all women, and then the fourth for an honorable mention – that’s the best we’ve ever done.” Juniors Stephanie Kong, Sharon Lin and Kristina Monakhova received the Goldwater Scholarship this year, and Dante Iozzo, a junior dual major in physics and mathematics, received an honorable mention. The scholarship, presented yearly to college juniors and seniors by The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program, is meant “to foster and encourage excellence in science and mathematics by [covering the cost of tuition, fees, books, and room and board up to a maximum of $7,500 per year for] highly qualified individuals [in] those fields of academic study and research,” according to its website. Many students in the sciences and mathematics refer to it as the “Holy Grail” of scholarships. The elusiveness of the scholarship, rather than being unaware of it, is why it never occurred to Kong to apply. “It’s pretty well known among students

in the sciences, so I knew that it existed,” Kong said. “I just never thought to apply for it myself because it seemed like something that was very unreachable.” Kong, a dual major in chemical engineering and Spanish, said she no idea she would win the Goldwater Scholarship before this year. Colucci, who was previously Lin’s honors adviser, encouraged her to apply. “A year ago I would not have imagined being called a Goldwater Scholar,” Lin, a chemical engineering major, said. “It’s still really weird to me now, people will mention it and it just doesn’t feel real.” Lin said she still couldn’t believe she won. Monakhova, an electrical engineering major, said it was always her dream to be a Goldwater Scholar. “The Goldwater Scholarship is one of the most competitive fellowships that an undergraduate student in STEM can obtain. It’s been a goal of mine since I first heard about it freshman year,” Monakhova said. Up to 300 scholarships can be awarded each year according to the scholarship website. But as was the case this year, that doesn’t mean there will be 300 winners. Out of the 1,206 scholarship applicants this year, only 260 scholarships were awarded. Only 68 of these scholarship winners were engineering majors. This was a standout year for UB, according to Colucci. Each year students apply to UB for a nomination for the national scholarship, out of which only four can be

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(L-R) Juniors Stephanie Kong, Sharon Lin and Kristina Monakhova – all women engineering majors – received the prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship. Only a handful of UB women have won this scholarship since its inception in 1986.

picked. This year out of the four nominated, there were three winners – Kong, Lin and Monakhova. The fourth nomination – Iozzo – received an honorable mention. Part of making this year so memorable at UB for the Goldwater scholarship was the fact that all three winners were women. Women as a whole are greatly underrepresented in STEM fields. According to the 2009 American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, while women and men hold an almost equal amount of all U.S. jobs, men hold 76 percent of STEM jobs, compared to the 24 percent held by women. This statistic has remained consistent since 2000, even as the percentage of college educated women in the workforce has gone from 46 percent to 49 percent. Lin appreciates how special it is to have three women Goldwater winners. “It’s nice to see that people underrepresented in STEM fields are being recognized,” she said.

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You see, development is a process that is always continuing in human organisms. Each individual human is ever changing in that way, yet each has always been contained within the matter structured by his DNA, from the earliest moment of his existence (fertilization). Referring to the chain of developmental stages above, the only one that is not a continuation of an earlier stage is the embryo. This is because an embryonic human doesn’t develop out of an egg or a sperm; rather he or she comes into existence by process of fertilization. There is no human organism without fertilization of a human egg by a human sperm. This event is necessary for all the other stages of development to follow. Thus, an embryonic human will develop into a fetal human, who will develop into an infantile human and so on. This development and maturation of each human (from the process of fertilization) is self-directed from within, entailing continuity of being or existence. The reason that we know that the “bundle of cells” that Janicki refers to is a fetal human at 8 weeks or older (before that she is an embryonic human), is because she has developed from the fertilization of a human egg by a human sperm. In short, she has human parents and so, must be a human in some stage of development. This brings up the next point. Janicki states that certain persons have the right to decide whether or not they’ll allow a “bundle of cells” – fetal human – to “become a human child.” The problem here lies with the definition of the word “child.” The Oxford English Dictionary defines “child” as “an unborn or newly born human being; a fetus, an infant.” Merriam-Webster adds to this definition that the term “child” refers to “a young person especially [not exclusively] between infancy and youth.” Finally, The Oxford English Dictionary includes the definition of “child” as “a son or daughter (at any age); the offspring of human parents” (emphasis added). Since the fertilization of a human egg by a human sperm results in a new and unique human organism, and the term “child” refers to the “offspring of human parents”

(Merriam-Webster defines “offspring” as “the product of the reproductive processes of an animal or plant”) the embryonic human is a child and so is the fetal human. “The product of the reproductive processes [offspring] of human parents” and “child” are semantically equivalent. We have shown that a new human organism comes into existence during fertilization (“the process of union of two gametes whereby the somatic chromosome number is restored and the development of a new individual is initiated by human gametes” – definition by Merriam-Webster). We have shown that the term “child” refers to a young human pre-birth, during birth, and post-birth – the offspring of human parents. We have also shown that human development is a process in which all of us are always immersed. Each of us continues to change and grow, and yet remain the same individual. Each has a continuity of existence from fertilization onward evidenced by the maturation that is self-directed from within. Please take into consideration that words have meanings that are important. Please also note that if you think that the embryonic human and fetal human do not deserve the right to life (societal protection against fatal force), upon which all other rights depend, you are limiting the right to life to older, more developed, less dependent human beings. When we discriminate between groups of humans asserting that some humans are persons whose lives should be protected, but other humans are not, where do we end up? With ardent sincerity, UB Students for Life Board Cristina Lauria, President Pearl Guerin, Vice President Trevor Sacilowski, Treasurer Christine Schaefer, Secretary Emili Puccio, Marketing Director “Defending Human Life at Every Stage”

Spectrum editors win big

Three Spectrum editors recognized in Society of Professional Journalists’ Mark of Excellence regional competition

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The Society of Professional Journalists (SJP) recognized three Spectrum editors on Monday for awards in SPJ’s Mark of Excellence regional competition. Former managing editor Lisa Khoury won the in-depth reporting category for her investigative reporting on illegal fraternities in the University Heights. Her story ‘Animal Heights’ will compete at the national level. Current staff members Sara DiNatale and Emma Janicki were finalists for breaking news and general reporting, respectively. Khoury wrote the ‘Animal Heights’ article in seven months after discovering five illegal fraternities at UB. Her article focused on the hazing rituals, underage drinking and selling of illicit drugs by these fraternities. USA Today College and The Huffington Post have each picked up the article since its publication. Khoury described the article as “the hardest story” she has ever written. She said there were many times throughout the course of her investigation when she felt the story would not come together, but is glad she kept bushing because “it’s really rewarding when you can shine even a small light on an issue that is negatively affecting students.” “This will be the second time Khoury’s work will compete at the national SPJ level. That’s incredible, DiNatale said. “One of my favorite Spectrum memories is staying up late with her on the last 2013-14 production night, line editing and fact checking ‘Animal Heights.’”

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Khoury considers the award announcement to be “a great honor.” “It’s one of the most prestigious awards you can win at a university level the fact that I was even recognized was a huge honor,” Khoury said. The Spectrum’s current editor in chief Sara DiNatale was named a finalist for her article, “Law School Dean Makau Mutua resigns” in the breaking news category. DiNatale, a senior English major, wrote the article in 24 hours after former UB law school Dean Makau Mutua resigned amid allegations of lying under oath. “It’s such a great honor for The Spectrum to continuously place in this regional competition,” DiNatale said. The Spectrum’s current assistant managing editor Emma Janicki was also named a finalist for her article, “Publishing textbooks can mean big money for professors” in the general news reporting category. Janicki, a senior English major, wrote the article after finding that UB has yet to establish an official policy on the selling of textbooks by professors. “Writing the article really made me flex my journalism muscles in new ways and learn how to synthesize so many different parts of the story into a coherent, interesting article,” Janicki said. “For such a small journalism program, we are a team of misfits out in the world of some of these schools and the money their program wields, but we still win. All of us produce strong content and I hope more of us here and The Spectrum will be nationally recognized for our work.” email: news@ubspectrum.com

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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Subsoil brings its brand of psychedelic hip-hop to Buffalo Experimental hip-hop group plays downtown at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que ALEX PENNINGTON

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The dance floor at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que in downtown Buffalo was misleadingly empty when Subsoil started playing, but as Saturday night progressed, more and more people came into the restaurant to break down to the band’s laid-back tunes. Subsoil is a genre-bending hip-hop group that fuses the sounds of ska, funk and rock to create an auditory experience unlike any other. The group is known for its high-energy live performances and won “Best Live Act” in 2010 from Rochester’s Insider/Metromix Magazine. Patrick Busch, a junior biochemistry major, had no idea who Subsoil was before Saturday’s performance. Even after arriving at the bar and listening to the band, Subsoil’s strange genre-mixing style of music made it hard for Busch to distinguish whether the band was a true hiphop group or not. Despite not being able to identify the band’s genre, Busch said the concert was a great way to spend his Saturday. The band’s vocalists/rappers, Moon.Roc (Mooney Faugh) and Laz Green, take pride in making people double-take when listening to their music. Their goal is to not be put into a box and to ultimately stand out, the band said. The hip-hop duo performs and records with a bass guitar, guitar, drums and keyboard. The Roots were a huge influence for Faugh and inspired him to form a hip-hop group that uses live instrumentation, he said. To help materialize their musical vision

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(Left) Moon.Roc (Mooney Faugh), one of the vocalists/rappers for Subsoil, performs. The group uses a bass guitar, guitar, drums and keyboard in their performances. COURTESY OF AARON WINTERS

and presence on stage, Faugh and Green utilize the local talent of Rochester and Buffalo. Adrien D’Angelo, a UB graduate, plays bass guitar for the group. Before Subsoil, D’Angelo was an editor for The Spectrum’s arts desk, an audio technician for the Student Association and a bass player in UB’s Jam Club. D’Angelo went back home to Rochester to focus more on music and his skills as an audio engineer. He met Faugh when he saw him freestyling at a Roc City Pro Jam concert in Rochester. D’Angelo was working as audio technician at the time and ran into Subsoil on multiple occasions in various concerts and jam sessions. Eventually, they decided to work together. Faugh said working with a live band has helped him realize that when vocalists rap over any type of music, they make it hiphop. Using this logic, any genre of music can be under the umbrella of hip-hop if someone is rapping.

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(Top) Subsoil, an experimental hip-hop group, performed over the weekend at Dinosaur BarB-Que in Buffalo. The group’s unique musical style involving rap and live instrumentation led a high-energy performance that kept people on the dance floor all night long.

This is what pushes Subsoil to constantly push boundaries within hip-hop and experiment with the different influences they’ve had when growing up. Working with a live band gives Subsoil an energy in their live performances that creates a new life for their studio recordings. At first, Faugh and Green had to get used to performing with a band and one of their biggest challenges was trying to be heard over the instrumentation during their shows. Like many fledgling groups, Subsoil struggled to keep a band together as members came and went. After 10 years, Subsoil has been able to maintain a stable roster of musicians who travel across the country and play alongside acts like Action Bronson, Jean Grae and Afroman. Another important aspect of the band’s live performances is their ability to improvise and freestyle songs in the middle of a show.

“The crowd wants to see the music being made,” Faugh said. The band has an idea of what they are going to play when they rehearse, but they like to keep the show less structured so they can come up with things on the spot. The band’s keyboardist, Ted Ladwig, brings past experiences and different influences into Subsoil, which contributes to the loose nature of the band. When it comes to song topics, Subsoil likes to keep things serious but from a satirical standpoint. Songs like “Wage Slaves” are meant to get people to think about or to notice something, instead of changing their opinion. Subsoil is a hip-hop group at the core but its music ventures off into many areas, which may be why first-time listeners like Busch can’t seem to make sense of the group’s sound. It may be a testament to the band’s true strength that it doesn’t stop listeners such as Busch from enjoying the show. Faugh said while he believes hip-hop is heading in the direction of live instrumentation, he doesn’t wish for his band to ever explode into mainstream popularity. Instead, Faugh and Green are seeking a small cult following of fans that enjoy their music simply for what it is – not for the genre or non-genre stigma attached to it. The group is currently preparing to release their album Decompositions. email: arts@ubspectrum.com

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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Steps toward a safer campus

Safety walks help students feel more secure walking around campus at night

Rock musical Spring Awakening comes to campus

ANGELA BARCA, THE SPECTRUM

Students study in Lockwood Library, where Sub Board I Inc.’s safety walks program is currently located. Escorts offer to walk students leaving Lockwood back to their dorms and cars at night.

MARISSA FIELDING STAFF WRITER

Like many students, Katie Nigrelli finds herself working in the library until late at night. Now when she walks back to her dorm, she doesn’t have to walk alone. Students can be accompanied on their late-night walks home and to their cars by volunteers through Sub Board I (SBI) Inc.’s safety walk station. “The buses are very scarce, so I usually just walk. It’s nice that I don’t have to walk alone though,” said Nigrelli, a sophomore accounting major. Nigrelli said that although North Campus is safe, she still feels “much more secure” walking with two other students from the safety service. Safety escorts are required to ask everyone who leaves the library if they would like to take advantage of the safety walk. Escorts wear a vibrant colored vest and carry a flashlight and a walkie-talkie. They must carry a phone and two volunteer escorts must assist the student on the walk. The program runs Sunday through Thursday from 8 p.m. until midnight at Lockwood Library, which is now UB’s only 24-hour library. SBI also provides safety shuttles on South Campus every night from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. Last year, the safety service provided 600 safety walks and over 14,000 rides in the

shuttles, according to Jason Kunzmann, a junior business administration major and Safety Services supervisor. The safety walk escorts are either student volunteers or students performing community service. In addition to the walkers, there are also paid student supervisory positions. Nightly coordinators, walk station supervisors and safety shuttle supervisors all receive bi-weekly stipends, according to Jane Fischer, director of SBI Health Education. The Safety Services supervisors and shuttle drivers are also paid hourly positions. The program began in 1975 as a group started by female students who were concerned about rape and sexual assault on campus, according to Fischer. The group started the Anti-Rape Task Force (ARTF). In 1978, male volunteers began to join the ARTF and the Student Association recognized ARTF and provided funding for the shuttles on South Campus. In 2009, SBI took over and provided a new name for the service. Amanda Nubelo, a sophomore biological sciences major, is the president of the Archery club. She volunteers as a safety escort to receive community service hours to complete SA requirements for her club. Nueblo said that the walks are useful in preventing dangerous situations. CONTINUED AT UBSPECTRUM.COM

UB’s spring performance of controversial musical will be uncensored

COURTESY OF RENEE RUFFINO AND SAMANTHA PFEIFFER/CENTER FOR THE ARTS

UB’s uncensored spring performance is pushing the boundaries with this year’s musical, Spring Awakening, featuring popular songs like “Totally F*cked” and “The B*tch of Living.”

REBECCA VINCENT STAFF WRITER

Audiences at the Center for the Arts are about to be ‘Totally F*cked’ starting this week – and that’s exactly what UB’s cast of Spring Awakening wants. The UB Department of Theatre and Dance will host the controversial Broadway hit Spring Awakening for its spring show. While other college casts may try to work around or censor parts of the performance, UB’s cast will be singing and acting as the show’s writers – Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater – intended. That means the audience will be shaking its heads along to unedited versions of the show’s most popular songs like “Totally F*cked” and “The B*tch of Living.” Spring Awakening first appeared on Broadway in 2006 after a slew of workshops and a stint off-Broadway. It became one of the most popular rock musicals ever, winning eight Tony Awards, including Best New Musical. It was also the start to Glee stars Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff ’s careers. And now, its the UB crew’s turn to explore the big topic the show tackles: teenage sexuality. The show – set it 19th century Germa-

ny – covers everything from ‘the talk’ to homosexuality, child abuse, pregnancy, abortion and suicide. The subject matter may seem dark, but the show covers the issues that tend to plague adolescence – and it’s all set to an award-winning alternative rock score. “It’s really not a typical ‘musical,’ but more of a rock opera,” said female lead Leah Berst, a sophomore music theatre major. “Anyone who enjoys modern rock music would really enjoy this show.” Songs in Spring Awakening don’t move the plot along in the same way as in a traditional musical, rather, they serve almost as inner monologues in each character’s emotional journey and development. The modern score sits juxtaposed to Germany in the 1800s. The show is based off German playwright’s Frank Wedekind’s show with the same title. Wedekind was ahead of his time, taking on the themes of sexual desires and curiosity. Because UB’s production is not being censored, the cast, crew and production staff has taken the necessary precautions to make the show comfortable during rehearsals. CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

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Evans found out he was free to leave the program at around 11 a.m. Tuesday in an email from UB Athletics. He called it a “real high-class move by the administration” to grant him his release. Evans said he thinks all NCAA studentathletes should have the right to explore any school they wish to attend and not be blocked by their school. He also lauded White and said many athletic directors would not grant a full transfer release to a player. Evans said he has “been on the fence” as to whether he should stay or transfer since Hurley left for Arizona State a few weeks ago. Hurley guided Buffalo to its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance this season in his second and final year with the team. UB Athletics granted Evans full rights to speak to every school in the country, including programs within the conference, but Evans said he is not interested in transferring to a MAC school. Before granting Evans to go to any program, White told The Spectrum that every athletic department considers blocking its players from transferring to schools that will it be playing in the next few years. He said “it’s only fair to our players on the team.” Evans said he spoke with Hurley Tuesday morning after the release for the first time since the coach’s departure. Due to NCAA rules, the two had been unable to speak before Evans was officially released. “It was an exciting conversation. We both wanted to talk for days,” Evans said. “We didn’t want to hang up the phone … It was a short conversation but he told me he was excited for me. He wants me, but he wants me to weigh my options to find my best fit as a player.” But White said UB Athletics is looking into any kind of “impermissible contact that may have occurred” between Evans and Arizona State before Evans’ release Tuesday. He said if Arizona State committed tampering, it would be an NCAA violation. When The Spectrum asked White if he had any reason to believe a violation occurred, White said, “I don’t think it would be appropriate for me to speak about that at this point.” Evans said Boston College head coach Jim Christian is the only other coach he had

spoken with besides Hurley as of Tuesday morning. Evans spoke out against White and UB Athletics Monday afternoon before the two sides reconciled Monday evening. Evans told White he wanted to speak about his future when the two ran into each other in Alumni Arena, but White said he was too busy and told him to speak with new Bulls head coach Nate Oats. “I felt like I wasn’t one of [White’s] first priorities,” Evans told The Spectrum Monday afternoon. “I felt like I wasn’t important to him. I felt like my future is very important to me. I wanted to go somewhere where somebody wants the best for my future.”

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Shannon Evans walks on the court during Buffalo’s 68-62 NCAA Tournament loss to West Virginia in Columbus, Ohio on March 20. Evans was granted a release from his UB scholarship on Tuesday.

White said he canceled two meetings to meet with Evans Monday night. White said that he always wants what’s best for his student-athletes and that he regrets the two could not have worked out a time to meet earlier. “I will always support them and anything they want to do,” White said. “I wished that we could have been organized and scheduled that on the front end.” Evans told The Spectrum Monday after-

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noon that while Monday was the first day he had approached White, he felt the administration should have approached him about his future. He also said that the department had been “shady” and not the same since Hurley left. This isn’t the first time Evans has threatened to leave Buffalo. When former head coach Reggie Witherspoon was fired in 2013, Evans asked for his release papers and announced he was de-committing on Twitter. Hurley’s hire convinced Evans to recommit to the program. Evans has been known for his on-court charisma and flashy playing style in his two seasons at Buffalo. He’s had the nickname ‘Hollywood’ since high school. This past season, Evans averaged 15.4 points and 4.6 assists, started all 33 games in leading the Bulls to their first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance. Evans said his decision to ask for a release was not because of Oats’ hire. Evans said he and Oats have a “great relationship” and he would “never go behind his back.” On April 11, Evans tweeted “So proud of my guy [Nate Oats]!” in response to the decision to make Oats the next head coach of the basketball program. Evans said the reason he wasn’t available for the media at Oats’ introductory press conference because he knew questions about his future would be asked and he did not want to take the spotlight away from Oats. While speaking with The Spectrum Monday afternoon, Evans thanked UB and its fans for the past two seasons. “Thank you, especially to the community and the True Blue student section,” Evans said. “They made my college experience wild. I really enjoyed every minute being here. I just want to say thank you to everyone.” Evans expects to know where he’ll play next year around the beginning of May. He said he’d consult with his family, friends and teammates about his future. Evans is open to going anywhere in the country, but is still considering Buffalo as an option. “The last few weeks have been kind of crazy. What happened yesterday and today is overwhelming, but it’s a good feeling,” Evans said Tuesday. “I feel like Buffalo is my home. I can’t close the door on Buffalo just yet. I love it here.”

No one involved was surprised by its content. “We have talked about the show a lot in advance of auditions,” said Nathan Matthews, a music theater professor and director of UB’s production of the show. Due to the content, students had the option to decide not to participate in the production after their audition. According to Sean Ryan, a junior music theatre major cast as Moritz Stiefel, one of the show’s main characters, the cast has been very supportive of one another. “It makes it that much easier when you’re surrounded by nothing but positive vibes,” Ryan said. Berst, who plays Wendla Bergmann, said the attitude and atmosphere of rehearsals make preparing the show enjoyable. “The important part of dealing with characters such as those in Spring Awakening is finding the joy and happiness within them and bringing those areas of their personalities to light,” Berst said. Although the content of the show touches on various controversial issues that encompass adolescent sexuality, Spring Awakening offers entertainment for a wide range of people, according the cast. “[The show] is so beautifully written and has something in it for everyone to enjoy,” Ryan said. The show is put in a rock concert style thanks to the music, set, costumes and lighting – like the original production. “The set is inspired by Pink Floyd’s “The Wall,” which really fits the ideas and music of the show,” Ryan said. “The dancing expresses the freedom and excitement that go against the restricted and rigid structure of the time period.” There will be a talkback after two of the performances as a way to engage the audience about the show’s intense topics. The first will be on April 30, where members of the UB LGBTQ will accompany the cast. The second will be on May 1, where UB Counseling Services will accompany the cast. Spring Awakening’s angst-ridden rock score will take over the CFA from April 23 to 26 and April 30 to May 3.

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SPORTS BELIEVERS IN RECEIVERS Depth, experience makes receiving core one of the best units on the team QUENTIN HAYNES SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR Last season, the Buffalo football team witnessed a breakout season from junior wide receiver Ron Willoughby and consistent production from senior wide receiver Devon Hughes. With Hughes graduated, the Bulls must replace the No. 2 receiver. If the spring football season has been any indication though, that may not be very difficult. “We have a hard working group of guys with experience,” said head coach Lance Leipold. “At this point, we’re just moving them around to see where they can be best at … There’s a ton of bodies out there right now, so we’ll be able to rotate them and have them all play well.” The leading returning receiver is Willoughby. Last season, the “Willoughbeast” had a breakout season and finished with a team-high 50 receptions, 771 yards and nine touchdown catches. Associate head coach and wide receivers coach Rob Ianello called Willoughby “a good place to start” for the receiving core and said having his size and speed will give the Bulls a “No. 1 receiver.” Willoughby said with the experience at the position and the additional receiver drills in practice, the receivers are getting better every week. “We’re working hard every single day with the coaches and we’re seeing results,” Willoughby said. “Ianello is giving us some awesome tips and working in a ton of different receiver drills. He’s shown us some new drills and we love it. Every little drill is making us better in the long run and we love it.”

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After Saturday’s annual Blue-White spring game, the No. 2 receiver could be senior wide receiver Marcus McGill. McGill finished with three receptions for 42 yards and a touchdown in the scrimmage. He also received positive comments from his head coach. Leipold said McGill is a “really talented guy” after the game and the coaching staff will look to find an appropriate role for him, whether he plays as an inside or outside receiver. The Bulls also have sophomore Jacob Martinez, who recorded 28 receptions, 280 yards and three touchdowns from the slot receiver position as a freshman last season. In the multiple pro-style offense, the Bulls can operate with two receiver sets, shotgun formation with four receivers and spread packages, which results in as many as five receivers on the field at the same time. During spring practices, Ianello has experimented with various receiver drills and different placement for all receivers and tight ends on the roster. He said by doing so, it “creates depth” and allows the coaching staff to know the capabilities of each player at each various location. “It’s about creating depth and moving people around to see who works best where,” Ianello said. “From there, we’re hoping to have depth from each area, creating places where each receiver can work from. We’re still in the growth process of that, hoping that we can create a line of

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Senior wide receiver Marcus McGill makes a touchdown catch in last Saturday’s Blue-White spring game. Head coach Lance Leipold called McGill an “incredible player.”

players that we can place in any area and allow them to make plays.” The tight end position is another experienced area on the team. The top two players on the depth chart are senior Matt Wieser and junior Mason Schreck. Both Wieser and Schreck recorded double-digit receptions last season and Leipold said the offensive staff is excited to use both as pass catchers in the middle of the field. Wieser said the new plays in practice have allowed the Bulls to be more productive and expressed excitement in learning the system. “It’s been a lot of work, but we’re all working very hard,” Wieser said. “Learning a new system is hard, but three weeks down we’re learning and we’re excited. Our goal is to bother defenses and put them in uncomfortable positions with our up-tempo play and different looks.” In the Blue-White game, the Bulls mostly stayed with three receiver sets, allowing them to play their tight ends. In playing three receivers and one tight end, the Bulls had the option to both throw the ball downfield and run the ball with a tight end

Women’s tennis confident for MAC Tournament despite underdog status QUENTIN HAYNES

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Heading into last weekend, the women’s tennis team had lost six of its last eight matches and needed a regular season finale win over Northern Illinois to secure a MidAmerican Conference Tournament birth. The Bulls (7-10, 3-4 MAC) got the win and now, despite their struggles this season, have the confidence of knowing they’re only three victories away from the program’s second-ever MAC Championship. “We’re all so close with all the teams in the tournament,” said head coach Kristen Maines. “We just have to play well and be really steady. We have to be disciplined on every point and capitalize on every mistake. If they can do that, it’s anyone’s tournament.” The Bulls will play Ball State (15-5, 4-3 MAC) in the MAC Tournament Quarterfinals in Oxford, Ohio Friday afternoon. Buffalo would play in the semifinal on Saturday if the team advances. The MAC Championship game will be held on Sunday. Heading into the tournament this weekend, both Maines and senior Laura Fernandez said the tournament is “anyone’s game”

due to a lack of talent disparity between all the teams in the field. “We want to win and anything can happen,” Fernandez said. “Everyone’s team level is pretty similar. If we can play the same way we did over the last month or so, I believe we can have success in the tournament.” Before the win over Northern Illinois (11-9, 2-6 MAC), Fernandez said she was disappointed in how the team’s season had gone. She now says it was more frustration than disappointment. “I made a mistake,” Fernandez said. “I was frustrated with how my season was going. We lost a ton of seniors off the roster, so it just wasn’t the same as last year. But I’m glad we got to the MAC Tournament and we fought to get there. I couldn’t be more proud of how hard we played.” The bulk of Buffalo’s roster is made up of underclassmen after the departure of last year’s core. Buffalo has four new players on the roster, three of which experienced playing time right away. The adjustment to Maines’ system and what Maines calls “the

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After a disappointing season, senior Laura Fernandez said that despite the team’s regular season, it believes it can play well in this weekend’s upcoming Mid-American Conference Tournament match against Ball State.

transition from just tennis to college tennis,” resulted in the team’s early struggles, she said. Fernandez said the transition was difficult and going from a winning season to a losing season was ultimately a “learning experience” for her. With the departure of seniors on the team, Fernandez has had to step into larger role, both on the court and as a leader. She found it difficult as she wasn’t used to a losing season. Maines said the team’s midseason swoon was evidence it had to work on the game on and off the court. “We had to work on some things,”

staying in as an additional blocker. Ianello said the team’s goal is to create “complete receivers.” He says he wants his receivers to be able to not only catch the ball and make plays, but also be able to block, run great routes, excel at getting out of breaks and getting yards after the catch. Despite the team’s excitement about the receivers and tight ends, Leipold reiterated the team’s goal is to have balance on the offensive end. “Balance will always be our goal,” Leipold said. “We’re going play games in November … the weather changes and get a bit colder. We have to be able to run the football. It’s always important to get the ball on the outside and in playmakers’ hands, but we want balance.” Heading into the season, Ianello said the team has one goal and one mindset. “We’re expecting to be the hardest working, toughest group on the field,” Ianello said. “Working hard and being able to succeed when our numbers are called. We’re already working hard and showing that in practice and I expect it to translate over to games this fall.” Jordan Grossman contributed reporting to this story. email: sports@ubspectrum.com

Maines said. “The on and off court mental aspect has been huge on our team and we made sure we worked on that. Credit the team for working on focusing and correcting the mental errors on and off the court and in practice and in live action.” The Bulls finished 3-3 in their final six games of the regular season, including Saturday’s win against Northern Illinois, to make the MAC Tournament. Despite the team’s 7-10 record this season, Maines said it has improved a lot and took the necessary steps to result in a conference tournament appearance. “Our team improved a lot,” Maines said. “This was a really young group and we needed time in order to get to where we want to be. There are things we still want to improve on heading into next season, but the resiliency of this group is great for us heading into the MAC Tournament and for next season.” In a down season, the Bulls got their younger players experience heading into their sophomore and junior seasons. Freshman Tanja Stojanovska finished the season with a team-leading 20 wins and sophomores Laura Holterbosch and Margarita Kotok both completed seasons of doubledigit wins. Maines said getting valuable experience will help them for the future, including this weekend’s games. “The biggest thing about having new players is that they’re new in our system,” Maines said. “Being a young team, they’ll have a lot of experience in tennis, but to put them out there and play at the college level is tough. Getting Tanja, Laura and Margarita that experience will help in the long run and hopefully help this weekend in the tournament.” Buffalo’s quarterfinal match is set for 2 p.m. email: sports@ubspectrum.com