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Volume 64 No. 21

The leaves are changing and Western New York is covered in hues of orange, yello w and red.

Check out Senior Photo Editor Chad Cooper’s off-the-grid experience at Letchworth State Park this past weekend. See page 4 for more photos.

InFocus: Ebola

UB students and faculty examine epidemic in discussion series

Underage students hope Surrender stays a reliable nightlife option South Campus area hosts trend of unstable 18-and-over bar scene

COURTESY OF SURRENDER

After multiple bars closed on Main Street over the past few years, UB students have had to turn to new locations to party. Surrender (pictured) replaced Mojo’s this past spring.

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Olga Crombie, assistant director of UB Study Abroad, said she is preparing for worried phone calls from parents after recently accepting 16 UB students into a program to Tanzania.

Due to the widespread news of the Ebola epidemic, Crombie understands parents may be angry or fearful of their children traveling to Africa.

“Feelings are going to be even more ramped up,” Crombie said.

Crombie was one of approximately 40 people to share her thoughts in UB’s latest InFocus discussion. On Oct. 10, students and faculty gathered in Capen Hall to discuss the current Ebola epidemic.

The virus continues to remain prominent in American media, especially following the first case in the United States. A nurse who cared for Thomas Duncan, an American who died from Ebola Wednesday, was diagnosed with the virus, health officials said Sunday.

Friday’s discussion was the ninth installment in the InFocus series, which started in the fall of 2014. Previous topics have included Miley Cyrus, Syria and smoking.

Dr. Heather Lindstrom, a research assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health at UB and chief epidemiologist with the Erie County Department of Health, moderated the event. Her role was to guide participants through an active discussion on how people are responding to the current Ebola epidemic – which she

said is enormous in comparison with past outbreaks.

As of Sunday, there have been about 8,000 confirmed cases of Ebola and 4,000 Ebola-related deaths in West Africa and other countries around the world, according to Lindstrom. Up until the start of the current epidemic – which the CDC cites as March 2014 – there were about 3,000 cases, showing how “the magnitude has truly changed,” she said.

Kelly Kamm, adjunct instructor in the department of epidemiology and environmental health, partnered with Lindstrom in leading this discussion. She asked participants why, as a western country, the United States should care about what is going on in Africa.

Robert Rondinaro, a junior biology major, said the world is globalized and international travel is available and accessible, facilitating possible infections across national borders.

“If you don’t try to contain the diseases right at the initial source, you’re going to have to deal with outbreaks all over the world and that becomes exponentially harder to contain,” Rondinaro said.

Lindstrom also asked participants if they felt the news cycle has been “scaring the heck out of the public” or if the media is trying to “keep things calm and collected.”

Chris Bragdon, a student engagement coordinator and international student adviser at UB, said the news has been fair and consistent, but what scares the public is their imagination.

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Students on South Campus are used to a few things: rowdy house parties, stuffing their faces at Jim’s SteakOut – and dealing with a steady string of bar closures, whether it stems from assault charges or supplying alcohol to minors.

In the last three years, four popular South Campus bars shut down.

At the very least, many bars near South Campus have been unreliable and unpredictable and left the under-21 crowd with few options.

But students have hope the area’s newest addition – Surrender – will stick around. The area that once boasted multiple bar options for students now has two choices: Surrender and staple The Steer. Some still long for the days it was easy to bar hop.

Surrender, which opened in late February, took the place of Mojo’s – one of the four bars to close recently – and allows students at 18-plus entry, unlike The Steer.

Mike Miranda, owner of Surrender, decided to turn the venue into another 18-and-over club to give students a place to hang out.

“If you had a friend who was under the age of 21, they still come in and hang out and have a good time and be with friends,” he said.

But lately, students have a funny relationship with the South Campus night scene – they don’t want to get too attached to any location. They don’t trust it – like Morgan Hirschorn, a junior speech and hearing major.

Hirschorn misses Northside, which closed in 2013.

“On any given weekend, Northside was packed with students of all different ages,” she said. “It was nice to have a place where all of the students could intermingle and have a good time, regard-

less of how old they were.”

But the quick closure of 18-plus spot Molly’s Pub – which Buffalo Police had to shut down in May – left Hirschorn hesitant to trust Surrender would stay open.

She thought it was going to be another bar that “was going to quickly open and shut down within months.”

But after waiting a semester, Hirschorn and her friends were happily surprised with the new bar. She changed her mind about how long the new club would be open. She no longer thinks Surrender is going to be a “quick shut-down like Molly’s was.”

“They scan ID’s and take entry more seriously than Molly’s did,” she said. “[Surrender] still allows underage students to come in and have a good time together, which is something we were missing for a while.”

Jeffrey Basil, who owned Molly’s Pub, is now facing second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter charges. Basil allegedly shoved National Air guardsman, William Sager Jr., down a flight of stairs. Sager suffered traumatic brain injuries and died in late July.

Molly’s was also charged with eight violations of the State Liquor Authority including assault, employing police officers and concealing Basil as the owner of the bar.

Owner Miranda said Surrender has had a 20 percent increase in sales since Molly’s closed.

“When I first heard that Molly’s closed, I was shocked,” said Xavier Perez, a sophomore Spanish major. “When you walked the streets of South Campus on a Saturday night, you would see the 21 and over crowd all buried up in The Steer, and all the other kids my age would either be heading out to a house party or they’d be lined up outside of Molly’s.”

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Monday, October 13, 2014

Greek groups host first Blue4Ben dodge ball tournament

On Friday, Oct. 10, UB students and faculty gathered for the ninth InFocus session to discuss the current widespread Ebola epidemic.

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“We have this fascination with the post-apocalyptic and that perpetuates the fear,” Bragdon said.

He said zombies have become a big deal in recent years with TV shows like “The Walking Dead” and movies like Contagion and Outbreak, which create a possible reality for the public.

He said he sees a lot of the fear of Ebola come from individuals and not so much the mainstream media.

Andy Wagh, a senior biological science major, said when he watches zombie movies like World War Z, he will forget about it afterwards. But when something like the Ebola epidemic comes up, he said people will associate the two and the possibility of a post-apocalyptic world will become very real.

Lindstrom experienced how medical threats can drive people to act illogically during a 2008 Hepatitis A outbreak in Buffalo.

Lindstrom worked at a clinic at the time, helping to vaccinate people. Someone noticed a man toward the back of the line whose oxygen tank was running low. The staff wanted to move the man up the line to avoid him any potential harm from running out of oxygen.

Lindstrom said people were “besides themselves that they had the audacity to move him up.” She said Hepatitis A is not as dangerous as Ebola, but people were still panicking and emotional.

“I get the fear,” Lindstrom said. “When people are frightened they don’t act rationally.”

Some students who attended the discussion found it helpful. Lisa Anang, a junior undecided major, said the session put her mind at ease.

Anang finds it ignorant to “run around thinking, ‘Oh, it’s Ebola.’” She thinks raising awareness is key, so people don’t think minor symptoms mean a person has Ebola.

“You don’t have to freak out when someone coughs,” Anang said.

Krystal Martin, a junior health and human services and sociology major, attended the talk with Anang and has attended an InFocus session previously. She enjoys the events because they help students gain more knowledge on different topics.

Prior to the conversation, Martin wondered why health care professionals wore masks and bodysuits if the virus was not airborne. Now she understands it is to be cautious because bodily fluids can infect the workers. She said the discussion was informative and helped clarify the symptoms and causes of the disease.

Lindstrom understands the severity of the Ebola epidemic and said everyone has to be hopeful that the situation will get better.

The next InFocus discussion is on Nov. 7. Organizers have yet to announce the topic. email: news@ubspectrum.com

COURTESY OF JORDY FISH

Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEP) and Delta Phi Epsilon (DPE) hosted hosted its first annual dodgeball tournament to raise money for the Blue4Ben campaign. The money is donated to Roswell Park, Make a Wish and other children’s charities that support causes similar to Glioblastoma.

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On Saturday, Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEP) and Delta Phi Epsilon (DPE) invited the UB community to participate in its first annual dodge ball tournament to raise money for the Blue4Ben campaign.

In early February 2014, 4-yearold Buffalo resident Benjamin Sauer was diagnosed with Stage IV Glioblastoma, a malignant and aggressive brain tumor. After a couple of weeks, his chemotherapy and radiation treatments were discontinued as the tumor tripled in size.

On May 13, 2014, Ben died.

Ben’s mother, Mindy Sauer, chronicled the family’s journey on a blog that gained media attention. They credit their Christian faith for keeping them strong throughout Ben’s illness.

The Blue4Ben campaign, a community response to the Sauer’s journey, was originally intended to help support Ben’s

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medical expenses and other financial needs of the Sauer family. Now, any money raised will be donated to Roswell Park, Make a Wish and other children’s charities that support similar causes to Blue4Ben. The color blue was used the charity’s symbol because that was the color his mother used to dress him in to distinguish him from his twin brother, Jack.

Andy Sauer, Ben’s father, and Jack attended the dodge ball tournament. Ben’s father participated in one game during the start of the tournament. He said he was thankful for all of those that came out in support of the campaign.

Joshua Grove, a junior marketing major and philanthropy chair of AEP, was one of the organizers of the dodge ball tournament. He said everyone at the event, including himself, was thrilled to see Andy and Jack drop by for part of the tournament. He said it was nice to see them connect with the community, while also “bringing a little community to UB.” A total of 18 teams participated in the tournament, six more than the number of teams that registered prior to the event.

Grove said he felt the tournament went smoothly and called it an “absolute success.”

Each team required six starters but was allowed a maximum of four bench players. In order to win a game, the team must eliminate all the opposing players or have a greater number of players remaining after the three minutes of regulation time. The final was decided by best two out of three games, where the first team to win two of them were the overall winners.

“It was a perfect day,” Grove said. “[I’m] absolutely speechless that many people came out and it worked perfectly. Couldn’t have picked a better day and a better charity to work with.”

The winning team of the tournament was Skyzone.

Jason Fialkowski, a senior computer science major and team captain of Skyzone, said participating in the tournament took the team “far back” to when they played in many previous tournaments together. He said it felt good to come out and “play for a good cause.”

Josh Grayson, a freshman business administration major, was a part of the Average Joes, which earned third place in the tournament. He said most members were from the Lancaster area and the news of Ben was big in their community.

Thomas Kurowski, a freshman mechanical engineer major, played for the Average Joes’ and admitted the team only knew of the tournament one day before it happened.

“We were looking forward to it ever since we heard about it, which was yesterday,” said Kurowski. “So we registered as soon as we could, got the money, and killed it out here. It was a great time.”

Emanuella Vradis, a senior legal studies and history major and vice president of programming at DPE, also helped organize the event. She was pleased to see the event exceed expectations. She said Andy inspired and reminded everyone at the games why they were supporting the Blue4Ben campaign.

Each team was required to pay $30 for registration at the tournament. In addition to the money raised through team registration fees, drinks and snacks were sold to help raise more for the charity. T-shirts with logos of the tournament were also sold to commemorate the event.

Brandon Werner, a senior business administration major and treasurer of AEP, was in charge of the expenses and money raised from the event. He said he hopes for AEP and DPE to continue hosting an event in honor of Ben. email: news@ubspectrum.com

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The State Liquor Authority shut down Mojo’s, which was 18-plus, for selling alcohol to minors. Miranda of Surrender said Mojo’s had a management issue and was vacant for six months before he had the idea to open Surrender at Mojo’s old location last spring.

Tasneem Ahmad, a junior chemical engineering major, remembers getting into Molly’s Pub with an ID he picked up off the sidewalk that was at least five years expired. His Indian friend got in to the pub with a white man’s ID, he said.

In the past, 18-and-over clubs – like Northside and Mojo’s – have been lenient about underage drinking and did not look out for the safety of their patrons, Ahmad said.

“Northside was a dump,” he said. “But it was a fun dump.”

The owners of Northside were facing a court summons but decided to shut the bar down to “bow out and keep their names out of the paper,” Jillian Bangel, a UB alumna and former Northside bartender, told The Spectrum in 2013.

Halley Mangano, a junior communication major, was overjoyed when Molly’s opened, replacing Northside for the same

reason many students now are excited to have Surrender.

“Being under 21 and one of the youngest of my friends, it was nice to finally have a place again to hangout with everyone,” Mangano said. “For a while all we could do was turn to house parties to hangout, but when everyone would head over to The Steer afterward, I had to go home because I wasn’t old enough.”

The opening of Molly’s provided the younger students at UB with a place to hangout at after Northside closed down, but just months after opening, Molly’s closed down, too, leaving the younger students without a place to go to yet again.

Surrender has helped fill that void.

Students hope future bars look to places, like The Steer, as an example of how to stay open on the strip.

“If you were to go to The Steer on a Friday or Saturday night, you would see a bouncer in every corner to make sure that nothing bad happens,” Ahmad said.

The Steer opened in August 1993.

Mandango hopes to see Surrender to have just as stable of a future. email: features@ubspectrum.com

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OPINION

Let them have condoms One out of every four children born in Buffalo’s East Side is the result of a teenage pregnancy. The area, which is home the highest concentration of students attending Buffalo public schools, is also host to a teen pregnancy rate more than double the nationwide average of 10 percent – and even the latter number is the highest rate among the developed world.

Clearly, Buffalo has a birth control problem.

But fortunately, this problem has a solution that is straightforward, inexpensive and far from unprecedented – the Buffalo school district has recognized this and proposed implementing a condom availability program at all public high schools.

It’s a solution that would not only address the issue of teenage pregnancy but also sexually transmitted diseases. The Erie County Department of Health reports an “extremely high” number of incidences of gonorrhea and chlamydia among 15 to 19 year old girls, according to The Buffalo News. The county’s rate of infection is markedly higher than the upstate New York region and the state as a whole.

National studies reveal even further need to help supply students with protection from sexually transmitted diseases – only 22 percent of sexually active high school students have ever been tested for HIV, according to the CDC. The district’s proposed condom availability program is a refreshingly logical response to a predicament that clearly requires attention, considering that nationwide, 46.8 percent of surveyed high school students have had sex as of 2013 and the number of Buffalo public high school students who have had sex without a condom has increased from 30.8 percent in 2011 to 35.5 percent last year.

Buffalo is far from the first area to face this problem. If its proposed program is implemented, the district will be following in the footsteps of schools throughout the country – public high schools in New York City, Chicago and Philadelphia, to

Proposed condom availability program for Buffalo’s public high schools equal parts sensible and necessary

name a few – and instituting a solution that has been proven effective by multiple studies.

One such study, conducted in 2011 in Massachusetts, found a 47 percent decrease in rates of gon-

The Secret Service should be impenetrable, but its defenses – and excuses – are full of holes

orrhea and chlamydia among students attending a high school with a condom availability program.

Students at a nearby school without the program experienced a 23 percent increase in infections.

ly serious problem are the revelations of dishonesty throughout the agency, as officials’ attempts to downplay the severity of the most recent security breach come to light.

As detailed by The New Yorker, the Secret Service’s initial report stated Gonzalez “was physically apprehended after entering the White House North Portico doors.” This suggests despite the failure to tackle Gonzalez on the lawn, or release attack dogs, the intruder was brought to a halt as soon as he entered the White House.

In reality, Gonzalez made it through doors at the North Portico and almost all the way to the South Portico before his apprehension.

Further incompetence – a phrase which should never be used to describe an agency tasked with protecting the president – and further attempts to hide said errors, became apparent in official accounts: Gonzalez was able to overpower a Secret Service officer and an alarm was silenced to accommodate people nearby who were irritated by the sound.

As if the extent of this security breach, and previous failures, the agency also finds itself rocked by a revived prostitution scandal – a 2012 report alleged that agents hired a prostitute while in Colombia prior to the president’s visit there – as the increasing scrutiny on the agency’s questionable actions makes it more difficult to dismiss allegations that were once easily resolved.

The Secret Service wasn’t so named because its agents relied on deception to mask incompetence and scandal. But as tales of internal strife and cover-ups continue to make it into the headlines, the moniker seems apt for all the wrong reasons. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com

The program’s precedent and demonstrated effectiveness is supplemented by its simplicity, and its attention to students’ individual situations and needs.

If implemented, the program would require that every high school in the district offer students access to condoms – with some important caveats. Students would be required to meet one-onone with a health professional at school – a far cry from the baskets of condom perched on the countertops at UB’s clinics.

This is a critical step in the program’s effectiveness – not only does the state require that schools provide sufficient instruction to students, but it also helps increase the odds that students use condoms correctly and gives students the a safe space to ask other questions or share concerns.

Considering that “how to put on a condom” is the first option on Google auto-complete after typing in just the letter “h,” this information seems to be in high demand.

Students deserve the chance to ask a health professional rather than a search engine.

The program also caters to concerned parents, who could choose to opt their children out of the program. While the more conservative opinions of parents who support abstinence-only education and view the availability of contraception as an invitation for students to have sex shouldn’t influence district policy. The district must respect parents’ rights to raise their children as they see fit.

So many of the problems that plague Buffalo’s public schools are practically unresolvable, mired in financial woes, withdrawal of support and failed attempts at change.

But this issue – one the most serious predicaments that affects some students, since unexpected pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases can have life-altering implications – has an attainable solution. To deny that to students would be nothing short of inhumane. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com

Safety not guaranteed

Recent incompetence by the president’s protective agency reveals need for immediate changes

When 42-year-old Omar Gonzalez, an Iraq War veteran with a history of post-traumatic stress disorder, scaled a fence and made it into the White House, he could not have known his intrusion would become emblematic of the troubling failures of an agency, which, given its task, should never falter.

The recent security breach at the White House ended up breaking open the floodgates on the Secret Service’s competency, transparency and management.

The ease with which Gonzalez entered the White House – he entered via a mistakenly unlocked door, made it through a foyer and into the East Room, passing by the staircase to the Obama family residence on his way – and the difficulty with which officers eventually apprehended him is indicative of a multifaceted breakdown of security at a location that should be the safest in the nation.

But throughout President Obama’s term, the Secret Service has failed to secure the building on multiple occasions. In 2009, reality television hopefuls Tareq and Michaele Salah managed to sneak past two security checkpoints to attend a White House state dinner and socialize with the president vice president and chief of staff – all despite their absence from the guest list.

Two years later, a gunman struck the White House with at least seven bullets and despite an initially appropriate response – an agent drew her weapon and snipers checked over the White House lawn through their riflescopes – a supervisor concluded the noise had been a construction vehicle backfiring.

It wasn’t until a housekeeper noticed broken glass and cement on the floor that the Secret Service realized the White House had indeed been under attack – four days after shots were fired.

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“THE WORLD IS ENDING. HOW ABOUT NO,” is the Facebook message I woke up to Thursday afternoon from my best friend, Katie.

On Wednesday night, 18-yearold Vonderitt Deondre Myers was shot and killed by an off-duty police officer in his native St. Louis, Missouri.

The officer shot at Myers 17 times, and seven or eight of those bullets struck Myers. The fatal shot, however, was to the head.

Myers was armed, according to police reports, and he shot at the officer three times before the cop, moonlighting as a security guard, returned fire.

But eyewitnesses said Myers was unarmed and holding a sandwich instead.

Regardless, there were 17 bullets shot at a single person. The incident in Missouri makes it the third police-related death in less than four months nationwide.

And I’m absolutely infuriated.

Something here isn’t right.

People our age are being murdered on nothing more than an accident, poor judgment or selfdefense from the police. But are 17 shots still considered to be self-defense?

“When he uses deadly force, he uses deadly force until the threat is gone,” Neil Bruntager, St. Louis Officers’ Association

lawyer, told CNN defending the cop who shot Myers.

Police defending themselves to an extreme degree in the United States seem to be a trend. And if this past summer doesn’t prove it, take a look at the incidents of police brutality or police-related shootings since the Los Angeles riots in 1992.

Myers’ death came on the eve of Ferugson’s resistance march, which was held two months after the death of Michael Brown, who was shot and killed in the St. Louis suburb by a police officer in August. Brown was unarmed when the cop shot him six times.

The day CBS news reported on the death of Sean Bell, I was sitting in front of the television, waiting to go to school.

My parents and my childhood neighborhood in Harlem were outraged. Local community activist called on its members to stand up for justice.

My elderly neighbors spoke of the incident with sorrow. My mother’s church led prayers and talked of protests. That day I learned what true anger felt like.

In 2006, Bell was killed by five NYPD officers in Queens because of the officer’s suspicion of Bell’s involvement in a prostitution ring. One officer told Bell to get out of his car, instead, Bell accelerated. The cops shot at Bell’s car 50 times. Nineteen of those bullets hit Bell’s friend, Joseph Guzmán.

While Guzmán lived, Bell was killed the morning of his wedding.

Coming from a city where crime is prevalent, I’m not scared of the Bloods and Crips on initiation day in October. I’m not afraid of the stray bullets that’ll fly across the street in the Lincoln projects. I’m not afraid of the possibility of getting jumped outside my apartment complex after a late night out.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT A breath of fresh air

CHAD COOPER

SENIOR PHOTO EDITOR

After my exam on Saturday morning, I needed a break and a chance to reconnect, relax and find clarity.

I needed to get away for the day, away from campus and my apartment. I needed to spend time with just my camera.

I needed to photograph something for me, not for a story – not photographing the usual dayto-day photos for the newspaper.

I had to return to what I love to photograph most: landscapes and nature.

I decided to go explore someplace new, a place unseen by me, except through others’ photographs.

I decided to go to Letchworth State Park, which is about an

hour and 15 minutes away from North Campus.

The trip was filled with winding roads surrounded and an abundance of color from the landscape.

When I arrived, I grabbed my camera and headed into the park.

I was instantly hit with an amazing aroma. The smell of autumn alone made the trip worthwhile.

Not long after I left the parking area, I saw I didn’t have cellphone service. I was completely shut off from the outside world and was one with nature.

I started my adventure on some trails, but it didn’t take long before I veered into the woods and went further off the grid.

The sounds of squirrels scattering through the trees above and the crunching of leaves beneath my feet was truly peaceful.

Taking a break from day-to-day life to photograph natural beauty

On the park’s main trails, I took this photo of the lower falls region of the park. Tourists heavily photograph this section of Letchworth, as it is one of the main attractions.

I really enjoyed the scenery around the waterfall.

The trees were near hitting their peaks in color and the sound of the water was pure bliss. It was awesome to have the sounds of nature replace the sounds machinery and civilization for a day.

When I was headed back to the parking area, I heard a noise disrupting the serenity of the wilderness. The sounds became louder as the source drew closer. I headed toward the commotion and was astonished at what was there: a hot-air balloon floating through the ravine. Although the hot-air balloon was an average size, it seemed massive at eye level, just 100 or so feet away. This moment solidified the entire day as a success.

A little while into my adventure I stumbled upon a dried up riverbed. I was taking some photos, messing around with lens flare on a wide-angle lens. I started to feel as if there was someone, or something, staring at me. I turned around and saw a deer looking directly at me about 100 yards away. I didn’t want to startle the deer and slowly switched to my telephoto lens and began to walk toward it. I was able to get this photo before the deer took off into the woods.

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Dear Anne: My meal plan comes with 19 meals every week, and that’s just too many for me!

Every club meeting I go to has free food, and I can never use up all of my meals.

When I try to double swipe to use up meal credits, I just have even more food and end up with more unused meal credits. What’s a stuffed college student to do?

Dear Misguided Reader: Well, look at you, complaining about all of your extra food. Just swimming in Nutrigrain bars and Gatorade, are you?

Don’t you know there are starving people all over the world? For that matter, don’t you know there are starving people on campus? You would be surprised at the number of students who can’t keep track of their own meals. An intelligent, enterprising student would look at an equation of extra food and hungry people and see profit.

If that’s too far into sketchy legal territory for your weak mind, then why not

Dear Misguided Reader: Well, you certainly wouldn’t want to go to the math help center. I’ve heard that they’re a shady bunch. A better option would be to entirely rethink your major. A few good choices would be English, art, history or dance. Best of luck.

Dear Anne: It seems like everybody on campus is getting sick, is already sick or is on the mend. I haven’t personally been sick yet, but I’ve heard something unsettling: Is it true that the only medical center is on South? If so, what sense does that make?

Do they really expect sick or injured students to be able to think clearly enough to take a bus to South and get treatment?

Dear Misguided Reader: Here is another example of the incessant whining of this generation. Kids these days are always going against the grain, just for the sake of it. Everybody is sick. You’re not sick. Really, are you unable to conform for even a minute? Shame on you.

To answer your question, yes, the medical center is on South. One would suppose that it is there because that’s where the medical students are, and they need someone to practice on. Don’t let it be you – there have been stories. email: features@ubspectrum.com

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Breaking the silence: An evening with Robert Wilson World-renowned artist gives rare public lectures on his life’s work and art DANIEL MCKEON

STAFF WRITER

His name is Robert Wilson and he once tried to blow up a mountain.

The explosion was meant to be the conclusion to a continuous 168-hour play, staged on seven hills on a mountaintop in Iran with more than 700 participants.

Wilson is known for collaborations with artists and musicians, including Lady Gaga, Tom Waits, Alan Ginsberg and Lou Reed, as well as his own prolific works.

He is revered as an important and influential figure throughout the theater world.

He rarely gives public talks, but on Thursday evening he broke his silence with a lecture at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in downtown Buffalo. The avant-garde theater artist spoke about his 50year career and his artistic influences.

The lecture was part of the Leslie-Lohman Queer Art Lecture Series, which was organized

by Jonathan Katz, the director of the doctoral program in the Department of Visual Studies.

Wilson’s time in Buffalo was accompanied by two screenings of a film he and his production crew shot over the course of his career. It offered an unprecedented look into the iconic artist’s process.

“There may be no more influential theater artist in the last 50 years and there may never be another [as influential as Wilson],” Katz said. “[Wilson has an]

openness to learn from other traditions and other cultures [and] a focus on experimentation.”

The multi-talented artist began his lecture by quietly walking to the podium. He stood motionless and silent for two-and-a-half minutes before beginning with a simple “hello.”

Joshua Cruz, a senior media studies major, said he found a connection during the silence because he understood what Wilson was referencing.

“A lot of people looked confused,” Cruz said. “But I knew he was doing 4’33” (an experimental musical piece that is performed in silence) by John Cage … I never lost the connection.”

Wilson’s career in theater began when he stopped a police officer in New York City from beating a 13-year-old deaf African-American child named Raymond. After a long legal process, the artist adopted the child.

Raymond was never given a formal education or taught how to speak, so he expresses himself through visuals; the perspective that first inspired Wilson to think differently about theater.

After observing Raymond’s drawings, Wilson wrote Deafman Glance, a seven-hour silent film. The film was a huge success in a Parisian theater, selling out to a crowd of 2,200 each night for nearly six months. This film established Wilson’s reputation at the forefront of avant-garde theater.

Wilson continued searching for new ways to look at theater

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Robert Wilson - director, artist, visionary, performer and playwright - rarely makes public appearances. But he made an exception Thursday night at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery to discuss his life’s work and his inspirations.

throughout his 50-year career.

He never strayed from experimentation.

“If we know what it is we are doing, there’s no reason to do it,” Wilson explained during the lecture.

The best example of this experimentation was his play performed in 1972 over the course of 168 continuous hours. The play, inspired by Raymond’s drawings, was performed on seven different hills on a mountain in Iran that incorporated more than 700 participants throughout the seven-day period, according to the artist’s website.

The first day of the play took place on the first hill and the second day took place on the first and second hill and so on. By the end of the seventh day, there was activity on all seven hills.

“I could not possibly write

and direct a play that was seven days long so I created a big mega-structure that I divided into hours with 24 segments a day,” Wilson said in a text for the catalogue accompanying the exhibition “Iran Modern” at the Asia Society Museum in New York City.

Wilson originally wanted to blow up the mountain at the conclusion of the 168-hour play, but he wasn’t allowed to do so.

The eccentric visionary also spoke of Christopher Knowles, another young boy who helped inspire his vision. The artist received a tape of Knowles making sounds and speaking seemingly random words. When Wilson met with Knowles, he realized the young boy organized his thoughts geometrically – when they were written down, the words and sounds Knowles spoke formed

shapes and designs.

Wilson’s play Letters from Queen Victoria was based off of Knowles’ curious method of organizing his thoughts. The experimental play, successful in Europe, failed in New York, due to its lack of traditional structure.

The opera had no continuous stream of consciousness.

Many critics felt Wilson was taking advantage of a brain-damaged child, which Knowles and Wilson claimed was not the case.

Knowles had been institutionalized for 11 years. Wilson felt he was giving the child a chance to express himself. The mental institution would automatically correct Knowles – the boy was not allowed to express himself freely.

It was cases like these that moved Katz to say he feels Wilson is one of the very few artists that deserves to be called great.

“I found what he said very inspirational,” Cruz said. “He described himself as a person who helped people who [other people] thought had no hope. As humans, we’re quick to judge and give up on people we barely know – sometimes in our family or in our [selves].”

As someone revered by the media as a forefront avant-garde theater artist, Wilson’s lecture and film screenings gave those in attendance an insight into the life, and mind, of an artistic icon.

Jordan Oscar contributed reporting to this story. email: arts@ubspectrum.com

Ethereal Esperanza Grammy-winning virtuoso performs at UB’s Center of the Arts KAYLA MENES STAFF WRITER

Jazz isn’t a music genre that is typically abundant on college campuses. But Esperanza Spalding changed that when she performed at the Center for the Arts Thursday.

Spalding strode on stage escorted by thunderous applause from the audience. She walked toward her double bass and microphone center stage, her exquisite afro bouncing each step of the way.

The singer-songwriter kicked off her show with a cover of Abbey Lincoln’s “Throw it Away.”

Spalding sang fiercely, wowing the audience with her brilliant bass solo.

After her energetic opening, her drummer Lyndon Rochelle and pianist Leonardo Genovese joined Spalding on stage.

The 28-year-old, quadruple Grammy award-winning artist quickly settled into the venue and displayed her quirky and sarcastic personality while performing.

As she tuned her bass, she humorously described her journey in the music industry and began playing “Humpty Dumpty” from her

2006 debut album, Junjo, as a joke.

Suddenly she stopped and there was a brief pause. A loud cheer came from one of the audience members. Without missing a beat Spalding quipped, “Oh you bought it, you were one of the two people [who did].”

The crowd howled with laughter.

Abner Bogan, a senior mechanical engineering student and jazz musician, was inspired by the concert.

He doesn’t attend many jazz concerts, but said, “after seeing Esperanza perform, I could really get into it.”

One of the evening’s more memorable moments came as Spalding began her up-tempo song, “She Got to You.” Spalding led the show with her bass, transcendent scat singing and incredible high notes.

The band followed her cue. They complemented her vocals and bass, balancing the songs with cadence and essence.

There was a moment when Rochelle was playing so vigorously to keep up with Spalding that a drumstick flew out of his hand. Amazingly, he hastily pulled a spare out of his drum

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As the soulful, groovy jam session went on, the audience members bumped their heads to the beat and watched in awe of Spalding’s talent and sublime stage presence.

Don Garrett, a Buffalo native, was one of the awestruck audience members at the show.

Garrett said he enjoyed every part of the show and his favorite song was “when she sang about the little things in the world.”

Spalding dedicated her passionate performance to “people who do kind things for others that can make a difference, even if their generosity is not extravagant.”

The singer also showcased her ability to sing in Spanish. She recounted how Genovese, the pianist, took her to Argentina, where she was exposed to new music.

Genovese penned a song to honor a Liliana, a musician he and Spalding admired.

The song started when the drums slowly dissipated and Rochelle left the stage. Genovese continued on the piano and Spalding left her bass for the first time to grab the microphone and sing, “Chacarera por Liliana.”

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In the Center for the Arts on Thursday, Esperanza Spalding wowed the audience, pulling them into a trance and turning them into her makeshift choir during her ethereal performance.

As Rochelle returned to reunite the trio, Spalding pulled out her electric bass, to play one of her popular songs “Black Gold” from her most recent album, Radio Music Society.

The singer asked the crowd to be a choir and sing from the gut, “You are black gold, black gold / You are black gold,” and was overjoyed when the audience harmonized as a unit.

Spalding closed the show with a funky rendition of her song, “I Know You Know.” The trio walked off stage to a standing ovation.

As some people got ready to leave and others were still clapping and standing in their seats, Rochelle walked back on the stage to his drum kit. Genovese followed, returning to the piano and Spalding to her bass.

She called for the crowd to sing as the choir one last time, in-

structing them to sing “la la la la” as she broke into “Radio Song.”

The song slowly ended to Spalding’s ethereal vocals. She cued the audience to stop the chorus and took a final bow.

Andrew Mason was part of the crowd that night. He said participating, as one of the many voices in Spalding’s makeshift choir, was amazing.

“It was great at the end when everyone stopped at the same time,” Mason said.

T h i s unity gave the concert something substantive – a togetherness that created a special atmosphere for the intimate venue.

Spalding is currently on her two week “Thank You October” tour celebrating her birthday.

Her last stop was Oct. 11 at the Playhouse Square in Cleveland. email: arts@ubspectrum.com

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Are you what you EMMA JANICKI

SENIOR FEATURES EDITOR

Steven Shapin’s mom and grandmother would scrunch up their face, throw their hands in the air and say, “that doesn’t agree with me.”

Food either disagreeing or agreeing with someone is a concept that dates back to the second century physician Galen and is one of the catalysts for Shapin’s newest book.

Shapin, the Franklin L. Ford Research Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University, visited UB Monday, Oct. 6 and led a discussion session about his pre-circulated paper, “‘You are what you eat’: historical changes in ideas about food and identity,” and his upcoming book of – potentially – the same title, in Clemens 1032. A cosponsorship of the Early Modern Research Workshop and the Science Studies Research Workshop, both funded by the UB Humanities Institute, sponsored the visit.

Before the discussion, Shapin sat down for an interview with The Spectrum.

“Food is a carrier wave for the whole of a culture,” Shapin said.

As he stepped into an elevator in Clemens, Shapin pulled a red bandana out of his pocket to use as a handkerchief – he got a cold while walking through St. Petersburg in Russia with just his black pinstriped blazer as a coat.

“I may be the last person in the world with a Hotmail account,” he said as checked an email from his wife.

Shapin has published six books, more than 30 articles and has written 10 essays for The New Yorker.

Leviathan and the Air-Pump: Hobbes, Boyle and the Experimental Life, which he co-wrote with Simon Schaffer, won the Erasmus Prize in 2005, conferred by HRH Prince of Orange of the Netherlands. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has won the J. D. Bernal Prize of the Society for Social Studies of Science, the Ludwik Fleck Prize of 4S and the Robert K. Merton Prize of the American Sociological Association (for A Social History of Truth), the Herbert Dingle Prize of the British Society for the History of Science (for The Scientific Revolution), a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Fellowship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences.

With such a vast history of publications, Shapin is unable to pinpoint exactly when food and identity became his current project.

“I’ll look at that thing I did 25 years ago and ask, ‘Hey, how’d that [topic] get there?’” Shapin said. “I’m not as organized as other people.”

Amy Graves Monroe, an associate professor of French at UB, who organized Shapin’s visit

Harvard professor Steven Shapin visits UB to eat? discuss his upcoming book, “You are what you eat”

along with Hal Langfur, an associate professor of history at UB, said that Shapin was “a natural choice” because his research interests had a lot to do with those of the faculty and staff involved in the Early Modern and Science Studies Research workshops.

“Shapin is a leading scholar in the history of science,” said Graham Hammill, an English professor at UB, in an email. “I’m impressed to see how far his research has traveled, from early work on seventeenth century science and politics to, now, the history of taste – both as an abstract concept and as a material one, how things actually taste in your mouth.”

Despite his extensive list of accomplishments, Shapin’s demeanor feels surprisingly un-Ivy League – throughout the discussion, he pointed out his own lack of knowledge on certain topics and even told one attendee that he had a lot to learn from her. He was dressed in dark denim jeans and a black crew-neck sweater.

Although Shapin said he has been trying to think of a new title for the book, “You are what you eat” seems to be the best fit.

Shapin’s book and the pre-circulated paper explore the relationship between food and identity, and how that relationship has changed over time.

Ricki-Lee Ritz, a senior French major, felt that Shapin addressed a “timely topic.”

“We take our diets so seriously,” Ritz said.

Shapin understands, perhaps more than anyone else, the implications food has on modern society.

Shapin said people get to know each other over food and coffee.

His research has delved into the two different meanings “you are what you eat” has taken over time – you are what you eat as in your body materially is made up of what you’ve taken in through your mouth and you are what you eat as in your identity is directly linked with your dietary choices.

“The paper was a fascinating study of the history of eating and how much food is at the heart of our sense of self,” Hammill said.

Graves Monroe agreed and said that the paper was “pretty darned brilliant.”

Up until the 18th century, the Galenic understanding of how food affects the body was widely known by doctors and the masses. Galen said that everything was made up of four elements – earth, air, water and fire – and each of those was associated with a quality – hot, cold, moist and dry.

People of a certain temperament needed to eat food that was made of the same qualities as they were.

“Dietic advice therefore focused on attending to the qualities of different things in individuals’ diet and advising them how, given their natural or innate con-

Continued from Safety, page 3 I’m afraid of being in the wrong place at the wrong time without knowing and a police officer finding a cause to point a gun to my chest.

And finding a cause to pull the trigger.

Something needs to be done and we can’t look to an authority figure to fix things.

Our generation is the next generation of policy makers, police officers, CEOs, educators, journalists, renowned researchers and experimental scientists. We are the next generation responsible for our world and we need to fix it. The people who walk the halls of the Natural Science Complex or sit in the new chairs in Knox 20. The people who are educating themselves for the future.

The world we’re preparing ourselves for is a world that continuously allows authoritarian figures to pull citizens out of their cars and beat them unnecessarily. It’s a world that allows for people to be shot at 50 times and hours before they’re supposed to start a

new life with someone else. It’s a world that allows for teenagers to be shot at after getting a bag of Skittles and an Arizona tea at a convenience store.

It’s a world where we say it’s okay to forget about the Rodney Kings, the Sean Bells, the Trayvon Martins, Eric Garners, Michael Browns and the Vonderitt Deondre Myers until it happens again and there’s a new name on the list.

But hasn’t history proven that it will happen again?

My heart is growing too heavy to bear more of this news. And when Katie tells me of the problems of the world, I remember why we stick to simple college humor in our conversations.

But I want to make it my responsibility to see that the unnecessary brutality, the unnecessary killings and the lost lives end. I want to see that they end with my generation. email: samaya.abdussalaam@ ubspectrum.com

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On Monday, Oct. 6, Steven Shapin (center), the Franklin L. Ford Research Professor of the History of Science, led a discussion center through UB’s Early Modern Research Workshop and the Science Studies Research Workshop, funded by the UB Humanities Institute. Shapin is currently working on a new book with the working title, “You are what you eat.”

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stitution, they might achieve this balancing or rebalancing,” Shapin writes in the paper. “If you were naturally melancholic, you should tend towards the cold and dry, but if those qualities were becoming extreme, then you should adjust your diet towards foods that were warming and moistening.”

Shapin is also interested in researching what knowledge humans gain of the world through taste, something he said he has limited to just a small portion of the book. He wants to know why humans do not think of the sense of taste as a source of factual knowledge in the way that seeing or hearing is.

“You form your friendships based on similar tastes, not on factual knowledge,” Shapin said.

Yet, he said, connoisseurship – having a great deal of knowledge about a particular type of food, drink or art – is a type of knowledge that is dependent on taste.

“We don’t think of the tongue as a reliable organ,” Shapin said.

“It’s a bit of philosophical trip.”

After Shapin gave a 45-min-

ute presentation on his current interests, the floor was open to questions from the audience. Attendees wanted clarification on points he made, or pointed out areas Shapin may not have discussed in the paper, such as where breast milk fits into dietetic advice or how religious groups with dietary restrictions, such as Jews, lived under the idea of temperaments.

“I do think that this topic is of such broad appeal that one could see some stress on the transdisciplinary boundaries – that the conversation was one where people in different fields had to work to communicate with one another because their disciplinary assumptions (and their ideas of what is important on the topic) are different,” Graves Monroe said in an email. “And that's a good thing.”

Ritz appreciated the wide array of academic interests that were represented at the event. She enjoyed “seeing all these different minds in the same room.”

Shapin is set to finish the book by the spring, but he is taking a

Continued from Report Card, page 8 Special Teams: CThe Good: Senior kicker Patrick Clarke converted two field goals of 24 and 40 yards, respectively. The 40-yard field goal was a season-long for Clarke. He also was successful on an onside kick attempt in the fourth quarter and would have been successful on a second one had it not be called back for an offside penalty.

The Bad: Clarke also missed two field goals, one from 27 yards away that shanked to the right and hit the upright. His other miss was blocked from 39 yards away and the Eagles scored a touchdown four plays later to go ahead by 10.

Campbell fumbled on a fourth quarter kickoff return, which set up an Eastern Michigan 23-yard touchdown pass. The score extended the Eagles’ lead to 17.

Coaching: F The Good: Nothing. The Bulls were 14-point favorites yet trailed 30-13 at one point in the fourth quarter.

The Bad: The Bulls were sim-

ply not prepared for any aspect of this game. When Bell entered the game, Buffalo had no idea how to stop him and his read-option. The team was not ready for the quarterback switch and it showed.

The Bulls also had two pivotal penalties that negated a touchdown pass and an onside kick recovery. Buffalo committed seven penalties for 62 yards. Penalties and lack of discipline always come back to the coach.

Buffalo’s red zone offense struggled throughout the day. The Bulls came away from six trips inside the Eagles’ 20-yard line with just 13 points. The Bulls are entering their bye week, so they will have time to prepare properly for the next matchup against Central Michigan (3-3, 1-1 MAC) on Oct. 25. email: sports@ubspectrum.com

different route than most academics in publishing the book as a “trade book,” a book written for the general public and sold through book dealers, rather than using a university press.

“I want to write a smart book that is intended for more people than academics,” he said.

Shapin describes the book as “a story with lessons” about the history of food and identity.

With a topic as universally important as food, “You are what you eat,” if Shapin keeps the title, will lay bare the foundations for how modern society understands itself in terms of food.

But, the book is just as personal as it is societal.

“I open the book with, ‘I’m cooking dinner for my wife.

What am I thinking about?’”

Shapin said.

Next time you make a meal, consider what part of you is simmering on the stove, baking in the oven or defrosting in the fridge. It’s, as Shapin says, “the fabric of our lives.” email: features@ubspectrum.com

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Listen attentively to the options someone special offers. Making a decision to travel or change your location should be considered. Love and romance can bring about favorable change that will raise your standard of living and bring you great happiness.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Attending a reunion or getting together with people from your past will cause you to question where you are headed. Stick close to home and avoid minor mishaps and delays while traveling. Check out the job market and send out your resume.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Use your intelligence and your flirtatious ways to manipulate a situation that intrigues you. A passionate encounter will help you to make an important life-altering decision. Expand your interests, awareness and your future prospects.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Someone will have a hidden agenda. Keep your ideas a secret. Take on a project that will help you develop some of your creative skills. An unexpected change will lead to many questions, concerns and confusion.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You will regain your self-esteem if you get involved in organizational functions or humanitarian events.

Your skills and generosity will be acknowledged, resulting in meeting new people and making good connections. Travel, romance and intrigue are highlighted.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Deal with matters that concern your personal finances, legal settlements or medical issues. If you get your papers in order, you will be ready to present a wealth of information that can help you resolve matters that will eventually enhance your bank account.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Check out destinations that look inviting. Whether you travel a short or long distance, you will learn something valuable. Helping a friend, relative or doing what you can to improve your community will put you in a good position that leads to greater prosperity.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Secretive action will be in your best interest. The less anyone knows about your financial, medical or emotional situation, the better. Moderation will be necessary in all aspects of life. A professional opportunity must not be ignored.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Engage in playful action with friends, peers or your lover and you will attract attention and affection. Short day trips will lead to answers regarding your background or a cultural interest. A move will bring positive results.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Don’t venture too far from home. Refuse to deal with unpredictable individuals trying to take advantage of your insight, influence or your generosity.

Self-improvement plans or projects you can do alone are your best bet. Don’t let a personal relationship get you down.

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A contract, investment or means to bring in more cash looks promising. Children and home improvement projects will highlight your life.

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Bulls Breakdown SPORTS DESK The Bulls (3-4, 1-2 Mid-American Conference) lost 37-27 to Eastern Michigan (2-4, 1-1 MAC) Saturday. Buffalo is now 0-3 on the road this season.

Stat rundown: -Buffalo produced just 13 points on six red zone trips, courtesy of a fourth quarter touchdown and two field goals. The Bulls ended their other three red zone trips with a 27-yard field goal miss, an interception and a failed fourth and goal attempt.

-Eagles freshman quarterback Reggie Bell ran for more yards than Buffalo junior running back Anthone Taylor – who was coming off two games with more than 200 rushing yards. Bell ran for 202 yards and three scores despite not entering the game until the end of the first half.

-Buffalo outgained the Eagles 537 to 484 in total yards and held the ball for 34:29, but cost itself a victory with three red zone trips that failed to produce points and three turnovers.

-Junior wide receiver Ron Willoughby had his first 100-yard receiving game since Week One. Willoughby caught four passes for 103 yards, including a season long of 49 yards.

Turning point: The Eagles took control of the game when Bell replaced Rob Bolden at quarterback. The Eagles outscored Buffalo 37-17 after Bell entered the game on Eastern Michigan’s final drive of the second half. The Bulls looked completely unprepared for the read option that Bell executed perfectly. Two of Bell’s rushing touchdowns went for more than 70 yards.

Another critical moment came with Buffalo on the Eagles’ 13yard line trailing 16-13 in the third quarter. Junior quarterback Joe Licata could have given Buffalo the lead but he threw an interception. Eastern Michigan then continued with its 21 straight unanswered points.

When the game was lost: Bell threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to junior wide receiver David Gibson to give Eastern Michigan a 30-13 lead with a little over a 11 minutes remaining in the game. The play was set up by Bulls’ junior running back Devin Campbell’s fumble on the previous kickoff.

Buffalo Player of the Game: Taylor again carried the load for Buffalo on offense. He failed produce his third consecutive 200-yard rushing performance, but it was his four straight

For the good of the team

White should consider future of program following devastating loss

TOM DINKI

SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR

The football team’s 36-35 loss to Bowling Green last Saturday should have been the Bulls’ low point of the season. Buffalo had let a late 35-30 lead over the reigning Mid-American Conference champions slip away, with nothing but itself to blame for its poor closing performance.

The anger and disappointment was evident on head coach Jeff Quinn’s face. Junior quarterback Joe Licata was far from his normal positive self as he solemnly walked out of the visiting locker room.

Senior safety Adam Redden said the Bulls could not allow the 3635 loss to be a “turning point to turmoil.”

After the Bulls’ (3-4, 1-2 MAC) 37-27 loss to Eastern Michigan (24, 1-1 MAC) Saturday, it appears that last week’s game was exactly that – a turning point to turmoil.

It’s clear that the heartbreaking loss against the Falcons has had a lingering effect on this team.

Consider where Buffalo was just seven days ago: Leading by five with a chance to seal a victory on the road over the reigning conference champs. A week later, Buffalo is 1-2 in conference play and coming off a 10-point loss to a team that had previously won just two MAC games over the past two and half seasons.

Junior running back Anthone Taylor came into Saturday’s game with two consecutive 200-yard rushing performances. The game featured a player with over 200 rushing yards – only it wasn’t Taylor.

It was Reggie Bell – the Eagles’ freshman backup quarterback, who did not enter the game until Eastern Michigan’s final drive of the first half.

Bell torched the Bulls. He replaced starter Rob Bolden and used the read option to run for 202 yards and three touchdowns in essentially one half of football.

Bell’s first touchdown went for 71 yards, and it was not even his lon-

gest run of the day. He later ran for a 72-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter to put the Eagles up 37-20.

Quinn would not let a question about the Eagles’ read option attack be finished before he interjected.

“Do you think we know how to defend that play? We did,” Quinn said.

The results of the game do not support Quinn’s statement.

Buffalo looked completely unprepared to defend Bell and the option. Sophomore linebacker Jarrett Franklin essentially admitted the team did not prepare for the threat of the option leading up to the game.

“They did a lot of things that we didn’t practice during the week, mainly because the switch of the quarterback,” Franklin said.

Obviously more practice time should have been dedicated to stopping Bolden than Bell, but it looked as if the Bulls did not prepare for the threat of Bell entering the game at all. Bell had played in three games this year.

Buffalo mentally broke down after stopping the Eagles on a fourth and goal from the 2-yard line in the third quarter.

After the goal line stop, Buffalo’s next five possessions ended with two “three and outs,” an interception in the red zone, a blocked field goal attempt and a lost fumble on a kickoff return, respectively.

“Here is my overall thoughts: wasn’t good enough. It was unacceptable,” Quinn said after the game.

The game was unacceptable, and so has been Quinn’s performance this year.

More than halfway through the season, Buffalo has failed to put together a single complete performance against a comparable team.

Yes, the team was going to take a step back after the graduation of star players like Khalil Mack and Branden Oliver, but last year’s team defeated Eastern Michigan 42-14.

This year’s team trailed the Eagles 30-13 in the fourth quarter. It is certainly fair to argue that Buffalo has just as much talent on its roster as EMU. Redden said after the game that the Buffalo defense “has a better skill level than the Eagles’ defense and offense.”

And he is correct.

The defense has players like Redden and seniors Lee Skinner and Kristjan Sokoli – all of whom have All-MAC potential. The Bulls

have one of the best quarterbacks in the MAC – if not the best – in Licata. They have the sixth-leading rusher in the nation in Taylor.

Yet they are just 1-2 in conference play and their defense ranks amongst the bottom of the FBS. The talent is there, so the issue must be coaching.

Athletic Director Danny White has made seven coaching changes in a little over two years in Buffalo. He has shown a willingness to terminate coaches to compete for conference championships. Would he be willing to do the same for the school’s largest and highest revenue-generating program?

One game does not warrant a coaching change, but a body of work does. Outside of last season’s seven-game winning streak with talented seniors leading the way, the Bulls have won just 13 games under Quinn. And without that mid-season win streak, Buffalo is 4-9 since the beginning of 2013.

After the game, Licata tweeted: “Sorry for the effort we gave on the field today. Unacceptable. Stay with us Bulls fans, we’ve got a lot of exciting moments ahead.”

I’m not so sure there will be too many exciting moments in the final half of this season and next season – which will be the remainder of Licata’s Buffalo career. The Bulls may have reached their peak in Licata’s sophomore season last year.

White should not be content with last season’s eight wins as the pinnacle of UB football.

White extended Quinn when his Buffalo coaching record was 9-27. For whatever reason, Quinn is White’s man. And following last season’s bowl game appearance, Quinn appeared to earn some leeway to continue coaching this team.

But the Bulls’ performance this season, and Saturday’s loss in particular, should put some doubt into White’s head as to where his football program is heading.

Quinn’s job is safe for this week, this season and for the foreseeable future. The team is coming off an 8-win season last year and attendance has never been higher.

But if White really is concerned with the future of this program and making Buffalo into “American’s next big-time college athletics brand,” he should start to consider what’s in its football team’s best interest, which might mean a change in leadership. email: tom.dinki@ubspectrum.com

COURTESY OF JON FULLER, UB ATHLETICS

Junior quarterback Joe Licata threw for 383 yards and three touchdowns Saturday, but also threw two crucial interceptions - one of which came in the red zone.

game with more than 100 rushing yards. Taylor’s 109 first half rushing yards helped Buffalo gain a 10-0 lead.

Eastern Michigan Player of the Game: Bell completely dominated the Bulls’ defense after he entered the game, producing 446 yards and four total touchdowns.

Quote of the game: “Here is my overall thoughts:

wasn’t good enough,” said head coach Jeff Quinn. “It was unacceptable.”

Next game: The Bulls are on a much needed bye week next weekend. They host Central Michigan (3-3, 1-1 MAC) Oct. 25 at UB Stadium. Kickoff has yet to be determined. email: sports@ubspectrum.com

Gridiron report card The Spectrum grades the Bulls’ 37-27 loss against Eastern Michigan

CHAD COOPER, THE SPECTRUM

Junior tight end Matt Weiser is tackled by two Eastern Michigan defenders in the Bulls’ 42-14 victory on the Eagles at UB Stadium on Oct. 5, 2013.

The Eagles defeated Buffalo 37-27 on Saturday in Rynearson Stadium.

SPORTS DESK Quarterback: C The Good: Junior quarterback Joe Licata threw for 383 yards and three touchdowns. Licata showed poise in the pocket even when the team was down by 17 and showed mobility outside of the pocket to extend the play and avoid a couple of sacks. He hit eight different receivers and made solid throws all day, including a 50-yard touchdown strike to junior tight end Matt Weiser in the fourth quarter.

The Bad: Licata did something he rarely does on Saturday – he turned the ball over. Licata threw two pivotal interceptions that hindered Buffalo’s comeback attempt.

His first interception was at the Eagles’ 1-yard line with Buffalo trailing by three. His second interception was just as pivotal and came when the Bulls were trailing by 10 with less than five minutes remaining in the game. It may not be fair to Licata, but when he’s not playing a near perfect game, the Bulls have seemingly no shot at a victory.

Running backs: BThe Good: Junior running back Anthone Taylor failed to post a third consecutive 200-yard rushing game, but his 128 yards on 24 carries is still admirable. Taylor was on pace to rush for over 200 yards, as he ran for over 100 yards in the first half.

Taylor’s biggest run of the day was a 41-yard gain on third down that set up a Buffalo field goal that gave the Bulls a 10-0 lead.

The Bad: Taylor exited with an apparent lower body injury with 10 minutes remaining and finished the second half with just 19 rushing yards. He also was stopped twice on the goal line in the first half. Buffalo settled for a field goal on the drive.

Junior running back Devin Campbell only carried the ball five times for nine yards.

Wide receivers and tight ends: B+ The Good: Eight Bulls caught a pass Saturday and three different receivers scored a touchdown. Junior wide receiver Ron Willoughby led the group with 103 yards on four receptions.

The Bad: In an overall sloppy game for the Bulls, the receiving unit had the best performance.

They caught virtually everything that was thrown to them and made Licata look better than he played.

Run defense: F The Good: Senior linebacker Lee Skinner had a team-best 10 tackles and eclipsed 300 tackles for his career. Senior safety Adam Redden made a nice play on fourth and goal to contain Eagles’ quarterback Reggie Bell.

The Bad: The unit allowed 337 rushing yards to one of the worst running attacks in the MAC. Buffalo had no answer to Bell and the Eagles’ option attack. The defensive line could not fill the gaps and linebackers were getting fooled by the read-option the entire second half. Bell ran for two touchdowns of more than 70 yards, going untouched on both scores. He finished with 202 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns.

Pass defense: C+ The Good: The pass defense allowed just 10 completions and Eagles finished with just 147 passing yards. Through the first 25 minutes of the game, the Bulls’ secondary allowed just three yards on two completions, forcing Eastern Michigan to make a quarterback change.

The Bad: Don’t let the 10 completions fool you. The Eagles stayed with their run game after it became clear Buffalo could not contain Bell. The corners and safeties were unable to keep Bell’s runs to only moderate gains. Five of the 10 completions went for more than 20 yards and with ease.

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