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Around Town: Halloween Edition Halloween is just over a week away, so it’s time to plan your party scene
EMMA JANICKI
SENIOR FEATURES EDITOR
Praise the holiday Gods – Halloween falls on a Friday this year. There is just about no excuse for a college student not to go out, dress up and celebrate the spookiest day of the year. But picking out exactly where you’ll go that night can be difficult. Should you go to a house party? Barhop? Stay home and watch scary movies? From paranormal tours to costume contests to disco dancing, Buffalo is offering a host of activities on the big night. Here’s a list of events mainly on Oct. 31 so you can get planning for this year’s festivities.
Halloween with the 12/8 Path Band
Para-History Tours Buffalo Central Terminal, 495 Paderewski Drive
Tours every hour from 8 p.m.-11 p.m. $20 per person/per tour
Halloween Bash Surrender Night Club, 3148 Main St.
18-plus entry before 1 a.m. This Sout Campus bar is hosting a Halloween party with a cash prize for “sexiest” costume.
Paranormal Walks Hamburg Meet at Main Street Ice Cream (35 Main St., Hamburg)
7 p.m. $10 While walking through one of Western New York’s beautiful villages, discover the link to two presidential assassination conspiracies and a variety of haunted tales.
Halloween Ghost Tours of Buffalo Central Terminal
Pausa Art House, 19 Wadsworth St.
African and American music performed by the 12/8 band.
Prom of the Dead: Lift Off on Oct. 25 Studio 54 Halloween Party
Dnipro Ukrainian Cultural Center at 562 Genesee Street
9 p.m. - 1 a.m., 8 p.m. doors $7 advance, $10 day of event Ages 21-plus
Nektar, 451 Elmwood Ave.
This costume ball and fundraiser will launch guests into the 1960s with their space-themed ballroom. The prom will include projections by video artist Brian Milbrand, space-age prom portraits and the much-anticipated costume contest.
The $5 cover includes free hors d’oeuvres, complimentary Halloween cocktail from 8 p.m. – 9 p.m. a disco-spinning DJ from 8 p.m. – 11 p.m, and house grooves from 11 p.m. – 4 a.m.
8 p.m. – 4 a.m.
Monster Ball Halloween Party
Buffalo’s Biggest Halloween Bash
Duke’s Bohemian Grove Bar, 253 Allen St.
Buffalo Central Terminal, 495 Paderewski Drive
Connecticut Street Armory, 184 Connecticut St.
6 p.m. – 10 p.m. $20
At this bash, the person with the best costume will win $2,000. Entertainment includes DJ Sammy Diaz, That 80s Hairband and Knight Patrol. All proceeds from this Halloween party will be donated to the Variety Kids Telethon.
Get a chance to uncover paranormal activity as you explore the now-decommissioned Buffalo Central Terminal.
Doors open at 6 p.m., concert at 8 p.m. $5 with student I.D.
Beyond Ghosts LLC. will educate visitors about the history of the Central Terminal and the stories of paranormal activities at the train station
9 p.m. – 4 a.m.
6 p.m. $23.50
Seven local mixed genre DJs will be spinning The bar will host seven DJs throughout the night as well as a costume contest with a $500 grand prize. Partygoers also have the opportunity to win Sabres or Bills tickets and gift certificated to restaurants around Buffalo. email: features@ubspectrum.com
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We need protection from guns – and the Cuomo administration
Database of mentally unstable needs more specificity and consistency in its compilation The Spectrum is consistently supportive of the SAFE Act, and gun control at large. But although keeping guns out of the hands of criminals and unstable individuals is of crucial importance, as is the prevention of gun violence in general, safety cannot come at the expense of civil rights and social equality. Balancing freedom and protection is no easy task, but the scales have been tipped too far with the sweeping, hasty establishment of a database of approximately 34,500 New Yorkers whose mental instability is considered to outweigh their Second Amendment rights. Individuals who are legitimately mentally ill or unstable – to the point where they’re violent or unpredictable, or a danger to themselves or others – should not be permitted to carry firearms. That much is – hopefully – straightforward and logical even in the perspective of the most avid advocates for gun rights. But at issue here is the “considered,” the “legitimately” – who decides that a person is mentally unstable to the point that their rights should be revoked? As important as gun control inarguably is, so are the rights of individuals as defined by the Constitution. And currently, the Cuomo Administration and the SAFE Act are not sufficiently acknowledging this. It’s important to contextualize the number of individuals in the database – 34,500 – with the 144,000 people admitted in 2012 for treatment in psychiatric facilities. Given the scale of New York’s mental health system, the statistic does sound more reasonable than initial impressions may suggest. Nonetheless, the process of designating individuals who belong in the database is far from sufficient in terms of specificity and consistency. Mental health professionals put forward the important detail that not all mentally ill individuals are violent – determining that someone belongs among the 34,500 is a process that extends beyond the identification of mental illness. Unfortunately, as it stands now, there isn’t much of a process, but rather a singular act of rubberstamping. There are several steps involved in placing an individual in the database, and there is room for failure in each one. New York law requires mental health workers to review reports of mentally ill patients, checking over the details before sending it
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on to Albany. But overwhelmed by the sheer number of cases, many workers reports simply giving the information a cursory view or feeling unqualified to make a determination about the patient’s stability. This is simply not acceptable. Not only is there is clear lack of attention, time and knowledge on the part of officials making these decisions – a result of the failures of the system, not the employees in question – but the lack of specific criteria makes the database far too vague. There are far-reaching consequences to this issue, beyond the immediate and serious problems associated with restricting individuals’ rights based on hasty and generalized decisions. The incompetent handling of this database unfairly stigmatizes mentally ill individuals, further contributing to an inaccurate and
dangerous stereotype that equates mental illness with violence and leads to unjust fear and isolation of mentally ill individuals. Mental illness is already taboo in society and the vague nature of this database’s requirements contributes to that. It also makes individuals struggling with mental illness even more unlikely to self-report, since doing so seems to essentially guarantee inclusion in a club nobody wants to join. The SAFE Act is a commendable law that helps protect New Yorkers, but its status as a pioneer in gun control doesn’t shield it from criticism and doesn’t guarantee that it is free of flaws. The Cuomo administration needs to recognize this, and welcome critique that could help improve the acts’ effectiveness. The administration’s initial denial of The New York Times’ re-
There goes the neighborhood
Living next door to uncooperative or unpleasant neighbors may be an unavoidable experience, but residents of Tonawanda are doing all they can to prevent a crematory from reopening in their neighborhood. It’s a legal battle that shouldn’t exist in the first place – neither Tonawandan residents nor Amigone Funeral Home, the owners of the crematory, deserve much blame here. Instead, it was the Erie County Legislature in 1991 that set this dilemma in motion, when it gave the funeral home permission to build the crematory in the densely populated, residential neighborhood along Sheridan Drive. This original decision was an inexplicable oversight and has left residents of Tonawanda stuck living alongside the ash (and yes, that’s human ash), noise, soot and foul odors produced by the crematory. Not to mention a daily reminder of death – a far cry from an idyllic suburban lifestyle, to say the least. The residents have every right to protest the crematory’s presence.
Crematory needs to stop fighting order to leave residential area – it shouldn’t have been there in the first place Accounts of attempted cookouts among less appetizing fumes and human ash building up on backyard swing sets are as persuasive as they are morbid. This should be enough to convince the Amigone family, which operates the funeral home and crematory, to find a location more suitable than families’ backyards. But in fairness, Amigone established its business in the area after obtaining the proper permission from the county. Amigone’s foresight could have been better, but the company was certainly not in the wrong. Two years ago, Amigone agreed to shut down its facility, but now, the family seems unhappy with the status quo. Amigone claims that the facility is now suitable to operate in the neighborhood, because it
now exceeds regulations established by the Department of Environmental Conservation. The company plans to install a “stateof-the-art” filtration abatement system, which would reduce emissions by 30 percent, and which Amigone seems to believe will solve the problem. But a 30 percent reduction in fumes and waste is 70 percent too low for a residential neighborhood. The Erie County Legislature appears to agree. The Legislature, seemingly wiser than its 1991 counterpart, voted last week to revoke the designation allowing the facility to operate. Residents may have breathed a sigh of relief at that point, but of course, it’s never that easy. Amigone has hinted via its attorneys that it would sue if the Legislature’s decision didn’t go
quest for information on the database and continued refusal to behave in a transparent manner in regards to the program is exactly what the administration should not be doing. Not only are they fighting a losing battle – the government is legally required to turn over information on the database due to the Freedom of Information Law – but this reticence only hurts the administration’s reputation and ability to effectively govern. New Yorkers deserve to understand what Cuomo’s intentions are, and how their rights as individuals are defined. Even those citizens who are disallowed to bear arms have that right. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com
its way, according to The Buffalo News. Obviously, this sort of legal recourse is not the solution. To sue the county would be time-consuming and expensive. It also makes the Amigone family look petty and uncooperative, when in reality, they’ve primarily just been trying to do the best they can with the bad hand they’ve been dealt. After all, the Amigone family has attempted to relocate the crematory, but the state Cemetery Board and Supreme Court denied that request as well. So now it’s time for a little compromise. If the Amigone family doesn’t sue and agrees to maintain the cessation of operations on Sheridan Drive – a win for neighbors that should merit some leniency from the Board and the Supreme Court, so Amigone can operate elsewhere – a win for the family and a win for the county, which can avoid a lawsuit. This situation shouldn’t have arisen to begin with, but now it’s time for all sides involved to move on – in life, and death. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Student scarers UB students share their experiences in from ‘the Haunted Union’ AMANDA LOW
SENIOR NEWS EDITOR
Carli Rescott said she is scared of almost everything, especially Halloween. But Rescott, a sophomore international studies major, wanted to still be a part of the “Halloween experience” and saw her opportunity on a bulletin board with a poster advertising for students to become “scarers” at the Haunted Union. Rescott was one of about 25 students who participated in being a “scarer” for the Haunted Union, which has been put on by Student Life for the past 15 years. The students transform all 1,300 square feet of SU 145 into a maze of zombie babies, large spiders and body parts. The rooms are completely decorated and created by student volunteers and the 14 student programming board members of Student Life, according to Kerry Spicer, associate director of Student Union and Activities. Spicer said about 50-75 student volunteers worked with the Haunted Union last year, and about 2,000 students visited the Haunted Union the two days it was open. “Halloween is fun for everyone but you get to point at a certain age where it’s not OK to go out trick or treating anymore, so this gives our students an opportunity to still get to be in the Halloween spirit,” Spicer said. Bree Tom, a junior chemical engineering major, worked for Late Night UB last year and decided to join as a “scarer” as well. The student volunteers work on creating the Haunted Union for about two weeks, and she said becoming a “scarer” is just one of the “perks” of working on the transformation of the room. “We get to work for two weeks straight for it and then we get to see the benefits of people walking through,” she said. Tom said it’s creepy to be alone in the extensive maze – even while working on its design. Rescott said she enjoyed being creative and decorating her own parts of the Haunted Union. At one point, she said she was crawling on the floor to imitate a creepy animal. Rescott said it was the “most exotic moment” of her life. Tom worked out a system to maximize scaring people in the Haunted Union with another student who was placed in the same hallway. While her co-scarer was
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Christy Cheruvil (left), a sophomore pre-pharmacy major, attended Student Life’s Haunted Union last year. This Halloween, Cheruvil is planning on experiencing the other side and becoming a scarer with other students who volunteer to work on the Haunted Union for almost two weeks straight.
placed in the beginning of the hallway to scare the groups first, Tom would hide out behind the tarps to immediately scare them again. Tom said she still prefers being the scarer than getting scared. Christy Cheruvil, a sophomore prepharmacy major, went last year with a group of friends to the Haunted Union. This Halloween, she wanted to be one of the scarers because she had a fun experience the previous year. “I’m so quick to getting startled and scared, so I want to be on the other side and see how that feels,” she said. Cheruvil is planning on prepping herself to scare students in the clown room, which she is currently working on decorating. Peter Caraballo, a sophomore nursing major, said it is amusing to watch the re-
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actions of students who go through the Union when you “creep in the corner.” Caraballo was stationed at the beginning of the Haunted Union and received mixed reactions from his presence. “Some of them are perfectly fine, and they don’t even realize that you’re there,” he said. “Some of them overreact and completely freak out.” One time, he followed a group of students because they did not realize he was there. One of the girls realized Caraballo was behind her, and she fell to the floor. “We have people coming out of the doors horizontally because they’re diving to get out,” Spicer said. “We’ve had people crying before we’ve had people laughing.” Jaime Lachapelle, a sophomore biology major, said despite being a scarer, she found herself getting scared. She
was placed in a room with intense strobe lights and given a clear mask that reflected the lights, making her own mask look like it was lit up. Spicer said the point of Halloween is to take a “moment to kind of take life a little less seriously” and the Haunted Union gives students an outlet this time of year. “Our students are very academically focused, they have very difficult majors and it’s just a nice time of year to enjoy the lighter things of years,” she said. Spicer said there would also be a pumpkin carving, costume contest and a giant mechanical spider that students can ride on the week of Halloween. email: news@ubspectrum.com
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Photo frames filled with skin Scientists are able to preserve tattoos after death – would you save yours? EMMA JANICKI
Seth Graham, tattoo artist at Holy Ground Tattoo in Cheektowaga
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A doctor approaches the corpse, scalpel in hand and removes a chunk of colored skin from the body. The skin is then frozen, put in formaldehyde and shipped to Europe. Then, it is dehydrated and injected with silicone to replace the fat – essentially, turning the skin into plastic. Peter van der Helm, a Dutch tattoo artist, began the Foundation for the Art and Science of Tattooing in November 2013, according to NPR. The Foundation allows people to preserve their tattoos after death, and loan them to family and friends before they are potentially put on display at the Foundation. Van der Helm has 50 to 60 people singed up to preserve their art, but those indviduals are still alive. The ability for people to save their ink after death could become more common than one might expect. Approximately 40 percent of households in America in 2014 have at least one tattooed person, according to a NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. Comparatively, in 1999 only 21 percent of households had at least one tattooed person. The Spectrum reached out to people in the tattoo community to find out if they’d ever consider preserving their body art.
Graham has been tattooing for three years and has tattoos covering most of his body. “I guess my whole reasoning behind which tattoos I would give to people and which ones I would take with me, I see if from a documentarian standpoint,” Graham said. “There’s work I have from tattooers I feel are significant in tattooing and will be dead before me, and when I’m dead, their body of work is going to die. It’s all disposable. It’s all on people.”
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Jordan Diggory, a junior musical theatre major Diggory has a white tattoo of the words “did you ever wish you were someone else?” on his bicep. He plans to get two more in the near future. “I would accept [a friend’s tattoo] graciously, but maybe not display it on my mantelpiece.”
Mike Dowd, a senior philosophy and psychology major Many people might be put off by it because it’s “the thought of skin hanging from the wall, but maybe I’m wrong about that. Maybe people are fun and disturbing.”
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Marty Gartz, a junior theater performance major “It seems when it’s my time to go, it’s my time and I shouldn’t be kept on a shelf.”
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Nima Vakili, a graduate architecture and digital media studies major
“It’s a piece of your skin on the wall. It’s like, ‘look at me, I’m on the wall.’ It’s too self-centered.”
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Darrell Delaney, a senior English major Delaney has five tattoos, many of which took between 12 and 13 hours of sittings. He wouldn’t want to preserve his tattoos. “My tattoos are mine.”
Melissa Han, a senior nursing major “I have a cross on my ring finger and a Bible verse across my shoulder blades. I feel like that would be a cooler idea for maybe the next generation, but I’m still kind of conservative, so I would want my skin intact. I don’t know anyone who would want my skin. If anything, they could get the same tattoo – take a picture of it, and then get it.”
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014
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The Wilkeson wasteland DANIEL MCKEON
RAs and volunteers finish up preparations for fifth incarnation of Wilkeson’s haunted house
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The Wilkeson coffeehouse is usually a daily meeting place for residents to relax. Come next week, residents will find a terrifying toxic nightmare instead of their comfortable coffeehouse. But that wasteland will not be created overnight. More than two months of preparation are coming to a head as Wilkeson’s annual haunted house opens next Thursday for Halloween. The free two-day event is featuring a “toxic fallout” theme. Students will be able to navigate through an apocalyptic wasteland. This year also brings a “Halloween Carnival” to the Wilkeson Terrace. “Some may laugh, some may scream bloody murder, but no matter what they are going to have fun,” said Kyle Schneider, a senior management information systems major and Resident Adviser in Wilkeson. Schneider has been lead RA on the project for two consecutive years. The details of the horrors waiting inside the haunted house are for participants to find out on their own, but Schneider promised a plethora of ways to be scared. He described the haunted house as having “tight spaces, darkness, sudden jumps and just downright creepiness.” With more than $1,400 put into the project and work divided between nine RAs and members of Wilkeson and Spaulding Hall Councils, the haunted house is one of the biggest programs in the residence halls every year. Schneider estimates that around 400 hours of work have collectively gone in to the haunted house since the beginning of the year. “We have a lot of wheels all going on at once,” said Megan Erway, a sophomore psychology major and Wilkeson RA. “Luckily, we all have the same goal to make the best house possible with the free time we have.” The RAs were split up into
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Sarah Beimel, a junior history major, and Westin Doney, a junior biological sciences major, practice their routine for this year’s haunted house in Wilkeson Hall.
sub committee that focused on various parts of the production. Some are in charge of construction, while others are focused on making posters. Erway came up with the concept of using large posters featuring a deathly hazmat figure to promote the event. “We took various designs and essentially mass produced these toxic waste themed ads to put up all around Ellicott,” Erway said. Last year, almost 200 students attended the haunted house, coming close to the record high of 280 visitors in 2012. This year, the staff has their goal set at 500 attendees. To accomplish this, the staff
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has planned alternatives to the haunted house for those looking for a treat rather than a trick. On Thursday, they will be hosting a s’mores bar for students. On Friday, they will hold a “Halloween Carnival” at the terrace featuring games, food and a costume contest. The RAs knew they wanted to do things other than the haunted house and decided to do the carnival two weeks ago. “We wanted to be able to keep people there,” Erway said. With a large budget at their disposal this year, Erway explained, “[extra] programming was the obvious choice. It wouldn’t just be an empty terrace with a decorated
entrance to a haunted house. We would have games, food, prizes and other entertainment to keep people excited and engaged.” More than 20 volunteers at the program’s disposal have come mostly from Wilkeson and Spaulding Hall Councils. Their roles ranged from helping to build the haunted house to scare those who go through, as well as working the games and food stands at the carnival. Dillan Sayers, a senior mechanical engineering major and Wilkeson RA is in charge of building props and physically setting up the haunted house, which is still under construction. Sayers jokes that he hopes the
haunted house will be the “warrior wolf ” of RA programs. As far as informing residents of the haunted house, it seems Erway’s posters are being noticed throughout Ellicott. “They really come out at you, more than the normal ones do,” said Ashley Pesano, a sophomore undecided major. The RAs feel that their hard work is about to pay off big time, just one week away from the completion of their daunting eight-week project. The haunted house opens its doors Oct. 30 and 31, aiming terrify the UB community. email: arts@ubspectrum.com
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À la Mode: Style Guide EMMA JANICKI
“Mean Girls” has conditioned this generation of girls into a couple truisms. For example, you should always wear pink on Wednesdays, everyone from Africa knows Swedish and big hair is full of secrets. But the most abided by rule is Halloween is for dressing sexy. “Halloween is the one night a year when girls can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it,” Cady tells us. But, let’s be honest, sexy costumes are getting to be quite basic and extremely obvious. This Halloween, maybe put down the fishnets, hang up the lingerie, wipe off some makeup and explore a more demure, original costume. You may not win any costume contests, but you’ll sure win some compliments on creativity and style – not just on your booty shorts. Betty Crocker Last Halloween, I turned to the one archetypal woman I will never be – the stay-at-home wife that can whip up a delicious meal – to inspire my Halloween outfit. Betty Crocker’s uniform has remained relatively the same, but also elusively vague in the media, allowing you a stable structure to build off and enough freedom to create an updated look. If you browse through the Betty Crocker website, then you can see portraits of Betty Crocker since her inception as the face of the famous baking line. She is always shown wearing a red suit jacket and a white collared shirt underneath – snooze fest. Half the fun of dressing like Betty Crocker is being, in reality, nothing like the homely, stay-athome middle-class mother of the 1950s. For this costume, I went with the color scheme typical of Betty Crocker and silhouettes of the 1950s. My mom and I made this
red polka dot pleated skirt, and I paired it with a cropped blue cardigan and a white polo shirt. To add a bit of pizazz to the look, I wore the Betty Crocker Award pin my mom won in high school – she was really good at converting fractions, essential to changing the size of recipes. Like mother, like daughter – both of us are Betty Crockers, and neither of us cook dinner. Twiggy Twiggy epitomizes mod fashion of the 1960s. In fact, she played a major role in creating the mod fashion look of England and America. Twiggy is an ideal inspiration for a Halloween costume because of her immensely distinctive look. I also place a lot of stock in Halloween costumes that allow for a level of warmth to be in the outfit – I just don’t get walking around at night in a mini dress without any jacket. To become Twiggy for a night, draw fake eyelashes underneath your bottom lash line with eyeliner and make sure to layer on the mascara on your top lashes. Sweep your hair to the side and smooth it down with product. Pull on some low-cut flats, a plaid miniskirt or colorful, solid color shift dress. You can play with brightly colored tights and socks and layer on top with turtlenecks or graphic print jackets. The look is playful, yet simple. Audrey Hepburn This year, I’m considering replicating Audrey’s famous black outfit in the film “Funny Face.” She wears straight black pants, black flats and a black turtleneck. Despite the look’s utter simplicity, it is an iconic image. Audrey created so many ultra-famous looks that you have a whole array of options. From the glamorous black dress and strings of pearls of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” to the adorable full skirt and white collared shirt from “Roman Holiday” to the red suit and leopard print turban of “Charade,” you can
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pick from many different Audreys. Annie Hall Diane Keaton in Woody Allen’s film “Annie Hall” created one of the foundational masculine looks for women. Loose trousers, manlike brogues, brimmed hats and unfitted button-up shirts epitomize Annie Hall. Keaton pulled a lot of Annie’s wardrobe from her own closet and still plays with the style in her daily life. You can accentuate the look with ties, long jackets and a self-deprecating attitude. Lisbeth Salander After seeing the American version of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” all I could think about wearing was tight black pants, my black combat boots and a black leather jacket. I desperately wished – for about five minutes – that I had a sick Mohawk. In the film, Rooney Mara is a force to be reckoned with, and her style is impeccable. To embody the powerful, edgy and dangerous look of Lisbeth Salander, pile on the black eyeliner and pretty much wear the most badass black outfit you can come up with. Add a dash of heavy metal jewelry, and you’re ready to take down criminals.
Man allegedly admits twice to killing his wife to his ex-girlfriend Michael Rodriguez told his then-girlfriend, Donna Williams, twice that he killed his estranged wife Patricia Rodriguez, according to The Buffalo News. Williams testified Monday at Rodriguez’s murder trial after saying she had to admit her sins. The first time Rodriguez told this to Williams was April 13, 1979, Good Friday. Rodriguez called Williams, asking her to come to their home in Lackawanna and said, “I just killed Patty in the cemetery,” according to Williams. When Williams came home, she said she cleaned up the blood in the bathroom and Rodriguez’s brown leather jacket when he was asleep. Williams told an Eric County Court jury that Rodriguez told her that he killed his wife a second time a year later, while picking Williams up from work. Williams then threatened to leave Rodriguez and when she did, he threatened to kill her as well. The body of Patricia Rodriguez, who was 21-years old and a mother of two, was found with 108 stab wounds. Williams eventually moved to Virginia with their son. Rodriguez is currently being held without bail. Clowns scare residents of San Joaquin Valley, California Local California police responded to a call reporting a clown holding a firearm on Oct. 12, according to NBC Los Angeles. The clown, however, was not found. Throughout October, Wasco Clown has taunted residents of Bakersfield, California. The clown is a name for multiple anonymous people dressed as clowns while holding balloons. Wasco Clown will appear in residential neighbors, near schools, eateries and desolate parking lots. Wasco Clowns’ whereabouts are documented on an Instagram account, entitled wascoclown. On Oct. 9, police arrested a 14-year-old boy and charged him with annoying a minor for scaring a neighborhood child in Kern County, California. This is one of 20 reports from Kern County of clowns scaring children. Australian Man finds spider burrowed in his stomach Last Friday, Dylan Maxwell, an Australian man, was on vacation in Bali, an island and province of Indonesia, when a spider burrowed itself into Maxwell’s stomach and survived for three days, according to NBC. Maxwell went to a local medical center in Bali. He was prescribed antihistamines for an insect bite. The doctors ran more tests and discovered a tropical spider was living Maxwell’s stomach. The spider entered Maxwell’s body through a small appendix scar and traveled up his torso. A red trail was left, tracing the spider’s movements from Maxwell’s navel to his chest. Once Maxwell returned to Australia, the spider was removed through his navel. Maxwell said that he felt violated, but is glad the spider is out of his body.
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Autumn and Halloween offer a time to reflect on Half alive, half dead the interdependence of life and death
SUSHMITA GELDA
ASST. FEATURES EDITOR
For me, fall has always been a paradoxical time of the year. It’s a time of transition – a time to embrace the coexistence and interdependence of life and death and smooth the dichotomy that normally separates them. I love the way the trees’ bare branches scratch the sky and there’s nothing more satisfying than the crunch of a maple leaf ’s skeleton under my shoes. Watching golden leaves fall face-first on an autumn forest floor, rushing to catch them, succeeding and feeling them crumble be-
tween my fingers – it’s all death. But it’s a beautiful death. And there’s also life. Nearly every other lawn in our neighborhood boasts bold yellow and maroon chrysanthemums. When I think of maple leaves in autumn, I don’t just think of death. In fact, I mostly think of life. The colors they diffuse throughout the sky are far from dead. Red, orange, brown, gold and purple – these are the colors that swirl in the air, tap against the window to my room, clog the storm drains, fall in my hair and beg more than a passing glance. Like autumn, Halloween used to be a time when the line between life and death was less defined. Two thousand years ago, the Celtic people of Northern Europe celebrated Oct. 31 as the end of the year and as a day when the veil between the world of the living and the dead was lifted and the spirits of the dead enter the living world. People dressed up in costumes – which consisted of white fabric and black masks – to ward of the spirits that visited the living world. Trick-or-treating has its roots in “soul-
ing,” a European tradition from the Middle Ages when both poor children and adults would go door-to-door and beg for food. In order to receive food, they would say a prayer, recite a poem, sing a song or do a dance. Often times, they received “soul cakes” – small pastries that were marked with a cross and made with ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and raisins. Halloween spread to the United States in the early 1900s with the arrival of German and Irish immigrants. For a short time during World War II, Americans did not celebrate Halloween because sugar was a rationed item. During the 1950s, television shows and cartoon strips popularized Halloween and the idea of trickor-treating. This year, Americans will spend more than $7.4 billion for Halloween, according to the National Retail Federation. Since the holiday first began, Halloween in the United States has shed its religious roots and devolved into a consumerist, secular holiday where it is socially acceptable for completely otherwise content children to dress up and go to door-to-
No Halloween in the islands
KALINA BROWNE
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
As we drove up the hill located on St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ capital city, Kingston, the dim glow of the candles on different graves created a beautiful scene in an eerie kind of way. On the hillside, we could see the silhouettes of the families surrounding the tombstones. We treaded carefully upward because vision was not the best and we did not want to step on anyone’s grave. I was always
taught that it was disrespectful do so and, honestly, I thought the person 6 feet under would haunt me. As we walked through, I could see children playing, people fixing up plants on graves – in St. Vincent it is a common custom to beautify graves – and others chatting. For my family, All Souls’ Day is a time to meet up with the family members I don’t see often. I am from the Caribbean country St. Vincent and the Grenadines (population 110,000) and we don’t celebrate Halloween. My first Halloween took place during freshman year at UB. Luckily, the iconic American holiday fell on a school day so I got see people in their costumes. I did not know what to expect, because my ideas of Halloween were based off of television shows and movies. I felt the excitement building as campus was decorated and posters for various Halloween-themed events were hung on bulletin boards.
door demanding treats that increase their risk for heart disease. But hey, it’s America, so why not? In fact, after Thanksgiving, Halloween is probably my second-favorite holiday. What kid doesn’t enjoy a holiday in which three syllables – “trick or treat” – are all it takes to earn a fistful of candy? My childhood Halloweens were marked by three traditions: rationing out how much candy I could eat per day to make it last at least two months, finding the best places to hide my candy from my sister and giving my parents any Almond Joys I received. Most of you probably celebrate Halloween the way I do, as a secular holiday. Until I learned about the history, costumes, trick-or-treating and candy meant nothing more to me than simple pleasure. Now, I see how Halloween – a Celtic day recognized as when spirits visit the earth – fits into the scheme of autumn – a season that emphasizes the coexistence of life and death. email: sushmita.gelda@ubspectrum.com
A difference in traditions between America and St. Vincent
On that Halloween of my freshman year, I was pleasantly surprised as I randomly spotted a student in a Mario costume casually walking through the Student Union. The rest of the day, I had fun trying to guess what each person was wearing – some costumes I recognized and others I didn’t. I enjoyed the creativity and freedom – it was a day when you could be anything you wanted to be, even a bowl of spaghetti. I had my own taste of trick-or-treating during my English 201 class when my teacher gave my classmates and me candy. Many Caribbean islands do not celebrate Halloween, rather, they celebrate All Souls’ Day on Nov. 2. For the Latin community, All Souls’ Day is called Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. Although it is not as it is not as colorful as Halloween, it still has its own charm. The people of my small island believe on the eve of All Soul’s Day, Nov. 1, the souls of the dead depart from their resting place and roam the island visiting their
favorite places. Locals refer to this day as “Jumbie Leggo” – “jumbie” is a local term for ghosts and “leggo” refers to being free. On Nov. 2, at around midnight, relatives visit the graves of their loved ones and place lighted candles to help guide the souls back to their resting places after a day of “walking about.” When my family and I arrived at a relative’s grave, it was a mini family reunion. We added our candles to the grave and we spent time telling and listening to stories about our deceased relatives. Although people are in a cemetery, the atmosphere is quite festive – even sounds of laughter floated in the air. This year, I will not be walking through the cemetery with my mother; I will attend my first haunted house, wear a costume and maybe even go to a party. What is college for if not experiencing new things that otherwise you not have the opportunity to do? email: kalinabr@buffalo.edu
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Frightening folktales UB students retell scary stories from their cultures
YUSONG SHI, THE SPECTRUM
During last year’s International Fiesta, Filipino American Student Association recreated the tale of manananggal, a mythical creature, which preys on pregnant women. The monster possesses a long tongue with a pointed tip, sharp claws and bat wings.
GISELLE LAM
ASST. NEWS EDITOR
In the spirit of Halloween, The Spectrum reached out to students of various cultures to talk about their respective country’s creepiest folktales. China A Chinese folktale marks August as the month where the gates of hell open and all spirits, both good and bad, roam freely on earth. The bad spirits are said to play pranks on people and are “vengeful,” according to Melissa Han, a senior nursing major. Han said during August, people are warned to be more careful because spirits are out to cause trouble. Parents use this story to scare their children from going too far out when swimming and to not stay out late at night. Han said she has a friend who swims frequently, but during August, her parents don’t let her go into the deep end because the spirits might pull her down. Han also said when she was young and the wind would howl, she would imitate the sound because she found it funny. Her aunt told her the howling is actually the sound of ghosts screaming. By mocking this sound, Han was told she was making fun of the ghosts and they will twist her mouth. Since then, she
has no longer imitated the sound because she finds the story frightening. Philippines During last year’s International Fiesta, Filipino American Student Association (FASA) used its performance to tell the story of the manananggal, a mythical creature, which preys on pregnant women. The creature has a long tongue with a pointed tip, sharp claws and bat wings. Its top half can detach to attack its victims. The story goes, when a pregnant woman is sleeping, the manananggal will creep in through her window, use its tongue to go through her belly button and eat the fetus. The creature will then leave its prey to die. Rachel Mesina, a sophomore pre-pharmacy major, played the role of the pregnant woman during the show and said the manananggal is “one of the scariest mythical creatures” in Filipino culture. Mesina, the cultural chair of FASA, said her grandmother mentioned the story to her when she was in the Philippines. It was raining when her grandmother was retelling the tale, and Mesina said when it rains in the Philippines, it is like a monsoon. The combination of the frightening story and not being able to see anything outside really scared her, Mesina said.
Another legend FASA will recreate for its Barrio Fiesta on Nov. 21 is the story of Tiyanak, a demon that takes the form of a baby. The Mandaya people of Mindanao in the Philippines believe the Tiyanak is the spirit of a baby whose mother died before childbirth. Other versions say the Tiyanak is due to infants who died before they have been baptized. Mesina said the demon disguises itself as a baby and plants itself in the middle of the forest. The baby cries to attract people and if someone picks the baby up, it will show its “true form” and eat the person alive. This was a story parents told their children to warn them from going into the woods at night, Mesina said. South Korea A well-known tale in South Korean culture introduces two sisters whose father remarries a woman, described as “creepy,” according to Jiyoung Choi, a senior business marketing major and a member of the Korean American Student Association. In the folklore, the stepmother gives birth to three sons during the marriage and begins to worry about money because the two sisters will inherit the money when they get married. As a result, the stepmother killed a rat and rubbed the blood on the older daughter’s bed to make it seem like she had an
abortion. This was a big deal for that time period and because she was a single woman. The stepmother tells the father and suggests killing the daughter. The stepmother has her son push the older daughter into the lake. When the younger daughter finds out, she commits suicide by jumping into the lake. The two sisters become ghosts and return to tell people what their stepmother had done. Every night, they pay a visit to the village’s officers, which causes the officers to die from fear-induced heart attacks. One man applies to be an officer and one night, he meets the ghosts. He is the only one to not die from fear and goes on to arresting the stepmother. He then has the stepmother and her son killed for their crimes. The officer went to the lake where the sisters had drowned and arranged a proper burial. The story ends with the sisters paying him one last visit to thank him and to wish him a good life. Choi said this is a story many children in South Korea read in books and are familiar with. The legend has been recreated into movies and a TV drama in South Korea as well. email: news@ubspectrum.com
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Feel the fear in the palm of your hands Some scary, and not so scary, games to entertain the Halloween crazed JORDAN OSCAR
SENIOR ARTS EDITOR
Video games, like fall, can offer people many different experiences. Parties are multiplayer, apple picking is a cooperative experience and riding your bike through a park is a single player adventure. Haunted houses are like boss levels, full of intense action that ends with sweaty palms and a pounding heart. If you are someone who likes to be scared – blood, guts and heart-pounding anxietyinducing insanity – these terrifying games are definitely for you. Turn off the lights and let the games begin. “Alien: Isolation” Released: Oct. 7 for PlayStation 3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and PC “Aliens: Colonial Marines’” misleading press photos weren’t the only reason the game let down fans last year. A shooter full of potential and Xenomorphs should have been a slam-dunk for fans of Ridley Scott’s iconic 1979 film, Alien, and H.R. Giger’s sleek, black, killing machine. Alas, it was still a flop. Luckily, “Alien: Isolation” is here. In a similar vein to the pulse-pounding and terrifying experience of “Outlast” – one of last year’s scariest games and arguably one of the scariest games ever made – “Isolation” places players at the mercy of the Xenomorph that stalks them, leaving them powerless. Wit and resourcefulness isn’t just necessary to complete the objectives; they’re necessary for survival. The alien hunting the player can emerge at any turn, and it isn’t the only danger. Its presence forces the defenseless protagonist to quickly make their way to safety, or to find a cozy hiding spot. The tension of the alien’s presence is only highlighted by the game’s gritty, lonely and grim nature that perfectly encapsulates the atmosphere of Ridley Scott’s original film. “The Evil Within” Released: Oct. 14 for PlayStation 3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and PC A game that never shies away from blood, gore and the grotesque may be the perfect game for any Halloween-inspired gaming marathon. Directed by “Resident Evil” creator, Shinji Mikami, a gruesome mass murder draws protagonist, Detective Sebastian Castellanos and his fellow officers into encountering an evil and menacing force.
“The Evil Within” never hides from its gory and brutally violent nature. Violent as it may be, the game is full of moments that will have players COURTESY OF TANGO GAMEWORKS on the edge of their seats – or springing off them.
After his fellow officers are brutally slain, Castellanos wakes up in an absurd world where monstrous creatures and characters wander about. His inner detective can’t stop Castellanos from searching for the truth behind the evil force, while he fights for his very survival. To fight or to flee becomes a crucial key for survival. “The Last of Us: Remastered” or original Released: June 14, 2013 for PS3, “Remastered” released July 29, 2014 for PS4. “The Last of Us” is one of the most critically acclaimed games of all time – both for PlayStation 3 with the original game’s release and now on the PS4 “Remastered” edition. Few games in recent memory have accumulated as many game of the year awards or praise as the grueling and heart-wrenching tale of Joel and Ellie’s survival. The “Remastered” edition takes the superlative experience to the next level. It harnesses the graphical abilities of the PS4 to bring the visceral, demanding and extremely violent post-apocalyptic world of “The Last of Us” to an even more detailed, polished
and realistic conclusion. The PS4 version also includes the prequel, “Left Behind,” a stand alone story that follows Ellie and her best friend Riley through a mall, between the events of “The Last of Us” and the comic book spin off, “American Dreams.” The combined experience of “Left Behind” and the original story creates an experience worth going through, even for those who battled their way through the game on PS3. The game is full of pulse-pounding moments that might not be as scary as running from a Xenomorph, but are just as shocking. “The Walking Dead: Season One and Two” Release: Episodically released on various platforms with disc-based collections released at each season’s conclusion. Available on: Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4, PS Vita, Ouya, PC, Mac OS, Kindle Fire, Android and iOS. “The Walking Dead” might not be the scariest game on this list, but its repertoire certainly demands attention.
“The Walking Dead” has become a phenomenon for its printed pages in the monthly comics written by Robert Kirkman, the TV show and the episodically released and award-winning game. Telltale Games produced two seasons of award winning content that stands alone from Rick Grimes’ adventures in the comics and TV series. The games’ emphasis on deciding who lives and who dies perpetuate a game of choice and consequence that models the grueling reality of the TV show and comics. Through the game’s art direction, game play and emphasis on player choice, The Walking Dead embodies the popular comic book series by Robert Kirkman in its aesthetics, tone and ethics. “Season Two” follows Clementine, a young survivor who struggles to maintain her humanity and morality. In a world filled with zombies more trustworthy than the living, holding on to your humanity is as hard as staying alive. email: arts@ubspectrum.com
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SPORTS
A new start
Wood takes over as Bulls interim coach looking for a fresh start
TOM DINKI
SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR
When it comes to coaching, Alex Wood likes to “live on the edge.” The pressure and demands of being a Division I football coach do not faze him; he has coached two national championships teams and has experience in the NFL. Wood doesn’t allow the lack of job security that comes with being a football coach affect him as he game plans for an opponent. “There’s no security,” Wood said. “Why get uptight about whatever or any of that stuff because if you don’t win the game, they’re going to get you anyway. So win the game.” That approach might help Wood in his new opportunity as interim head coach of the Buffalo football team, after former head coach Jeff Quinn was fired last Monday. Wood, who has served as Buffalo’s offensive coordinator since 2011 and as quarterbacks coach this season, was named interim head coach Oct. 13 – the same day Quinn’s contract was terminated. Wood will coach his first game as Buffalo’s head coach this Saturday when the Bulls (3-4, 1-2 Mid-American Conference) host Central Michigan (4-4, 2-2 MAC) this Saturday at UB Stadium. Wood had an extensive coaching career at both the college and NFL level, and he is looking forward to the opportunity for himself and the Bulls. “It’s a new start in some regards,” Wood said. “It gives you new life and new excitement about what can happen.” Wood said his initial concern was for Quinn and the former coach’s family after the new
YUSONG SHI, THE SPECTRUM
Interim head coach Alex Wood addresses his team after practice Tuesday. Wood’s first game as head coach will be this Saturday against Central Michigan.
coach was told of the firing and offered the interim position. He said he accepted the job “because I want to try and do the best I can for the guys that are here in this program.” When Wood addressed the team for the first time as head coach, he expressed gratitude for Quinn and his wife Shannon. He then told the players that the team “needs to treat this like a ball game. You only have so much time to work through it and then we need to get on with our business.’” Wood had a former interim head coach address the Bulls in a team meeting to give them advice in dealing with a midseason coaching change. Ed Orgeron, who served as USC’s interim head coach in 2013, spoke to the Bulls via Sky-
pe at a team meeting this past Monday. Orgeron led the Trojans to a 6-2 finish after Lane Kiffin was fired as head coach five games into the season. Orgeron spoke to the team about his experience as an interim head coach and how the USC players rallied behind him. Wood said the Bulls appreciated what Orgeron said. “His message was spot on about working together, still continue to develop and cultivate relationships with one another,” Wood said. Wood and Orgeron worked together as assistants at University of Miami from 1989 to 1991, winning two national championships under head coach Dennis Erickson during that time. Orgeron reached out to Wood after reading about his promotion to
interim head coach and offered encouragement. Wood also has experience at the NFL level. He has worked as an assistant coach for three different NFL teams from 1999 to 2004. He coached several Pro Bowl and Hall of Fame players during his time in the league. Wood coached both NFL alltime leading rusher Emmitt Smith and Pro Bowl wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald during his lone season as the Arizona Cardinals’ offensive coordinator in 2004. He also served as the Cincinnati Bengals wide receivers coach in 2003 and helped coach former NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson to his first Pro Bowl season. Wood added Johnson, who was known for his on the field antics, could “sometimes [be] a pain
in butt,” but also that he was a “special player.” “I was fortunate to be around a bunch of guys who had a passion for the sport but they were also very professional,” Wood said of his time in the NFL. Wood’s only prior head coaching experience came at Division IA James Madison from 199598 and he led the team to a playoff appearance in his first season. Wood has also seen firsthand what it takes to win a MAC Championship. Wood served as Miami’s Ohio’s wide receivers coach in its 2010 championship season – a year before he joined Buffalo. After calling plays as Buffalo’s offensive coordinator in the coaching box the past few seasons, Saturday’s game will be Wood’s first experience coaching from the sidelines since his last season at James Madison. He plans to use his vast coaching experience to aid the Bulls through the rest of the season and their transition period between coaches. “You’re hoping you’re not getting in these situations very often but sometimes you do and when you do you just have to put it all in perspective and say, ‘Here’s what happened, and now here’s what we have to do,’” Wood said. “There’s still a job to be done and a program to run. They’ve asked me to do that and we’re going to do it to the best of our ability.” Wood’s first opportunity to prove himself as a head coach to Athletic Director Danny White comes this weekend at UB Stadium. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. email: sports@ubspectrum.com
Buffalo’s ‘scariest’ athletes
The Spectrum lists the athletes who put the most fear into opponents
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be wherever the ball is, ready to make a big play. Reddens enjoys inflicting pain onto Mid-American Conference offenses. Opposing players – and even his own teammates during practice – struggle to get up after being tackled by him. He leads the team with three sacks and 8.5 tackles for loss. Redden is second on the team with 45 tackles and leads the team with 34 solo tackles. Kristjan Sokoli, senior defensive tackle, football At 6-foot-5 and 300 pounds, Sokoli is the most physically intimidating athlete on this list. He starts at nose tackle and anchors the defensive line. He bottles up running back for no gain or a loss in the backfield. His size and intimidation overwhelms the
opposing offensive line. Tahleia Bishop, junior outside hitter, volleyball If you are questioning why a volleyball player is on this list, you’ve never been on the receiving end of one of her spikes. She has a team-best 278 kills this season – 79 more than anyone else on the team. Bishop puts fear into her opponents every time she jumps up to spike the ball. That’s because there’s a good chance the ball is going to end up smacking the court. She ended last season with 400 kills and First-Team All-MAC honors. She is on pace to match that number this season. Opposing teams have been warned. Russell Cicerone, sophomore midfielder, men’s soccer Cicerone is by far the men’s
soccer team’s scariest player. After leading Buffalo in goals and points last season as a freshman, Cicerone has a team-best eight goals and 19 points this year. With his play-making ability, opposing defenses should fear Cicerone at all times, but he is especially scary at the end of games. Cicerone has scored five of Buffalo’s six game-winning goals the past two seasons. He scored a game-tying goal off a penalty kick with 12 seconds left in Buffalo’s match against Western Michigan Oct. 10. Defenses have to fear Cicerone even when he’s more than 50 yards away from the opponent’s net. He scored the gamewinning goal in Buffalo’s 3-2 win
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With Halloween approaching, The Spectrum lists the five “scariest” athletes on campus. These athletes put fear into opposing teams with their talent and playing style and leave opposing coaches awake at night trying to figure out how to stop them. Adam Redden, senior safety, football Redden stands at 6-foot-1 and 200 pounds. He isn’t the biggest player on the football team, but is he is one of the most intimidating. He plays a hybrid linebacker/ safety position that allows him to rush into the backfield and make large hits on quarterbacks and running backs. He seems to
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over Bryant Sept. 5 when he shot the ball from midfield to start the second overtime period. Laura Dougall, freshman goalkeeper, women’s soccer There’s almost nothing scarier for a MAC goal scorer than seeing Dougall in goal right now. The freshman has already shutout 10 opponents this season – tying a program record. Dougall also helped the Bulls set the program record for longest shutout streak to start a season, and only five shots have made it past her all season. With Dougall being only a freshman, MAC offenses will three more seasons of worrying about how to score against Buffalo. Honorable mention: Danny White, Athletic Director Last week’s firing of football head coach Jeff Quinn reaffirmed White’s position as the most feared person in UB Athletics. White has now terminated eight head coaches since becoming the athletic director in May 2012. A call or visit from White should put fear into any Buffalo head coach of a struggling team. He has made it clear no position is safe, regardless of previous success. White is determined to make Buffalo successful, even if it means making tough decisions. He has put out a warning to all head coaches: Perform well or you may be next.
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