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More students face university discipline as Heights enforcement intensifies Fifty-seven students have gone through Judicial Affairs so far this semester

JUSTIN SHAW, THE SPECTRUM

Buffalo police break up a party on Winspear Avenue on Sept. 4. During the past few weeks, UB suspended 23 students and ordered 30 others to do community service in the Heights.

GABRIELA JULIA

SENIOR NEWS EDITOR

Since the start of the fall semester, 57 UB students have gone through Judicial Affairs due to underage drinking and house parties in the University Heights off South Campus.

UB suspended 23 students and ordered 30 others to do community service in the Heights during the past few weeks. The suspended students were those who Buffalo police arrested. There were four additional referrals this past weekend, but those are still under judicial review.

The large number of students handed university discipline comes as Buffalo police crackdown on parties and the tension between residents and partying students in the neighborhood rises. UB officials and the University Heights Collaborative met and created a committee to review the UB Stampede buses that often transport intoxicated students into the neighborhood.

But Elizabeth Lidano, director of Judicial Affairs and Student Advocacy, said although the number of arrests seems high right now, it would even out to be similar to past years.

“The main difference is that they started coming relatively early,” she said.

Most of the students arrested and suspended hosted house parties and provided

alcohol to underage students. Students required to do community service are mostly those who were walking around with open containers or were caught underage drinking at house parties, Lidano said.

Buffalo police report arrested and ticketed students to University Police, who then just refer them to Judicial Affairs, said Deputy Chief of Police Joshua Sticht.

UPD does not patrol the Heights, but it will assist Buffalo police if the department asks for help.

One UB student, who spoke to The Spectrum under agreement of anonymity, was arrested at around 11:30 p.m. Friday night and is currently going through judicial review.

He was charged with unlawful dealing with a minor, criminal nuisance and assaulting an officer after he threw a party at his Win-

spear Avenue house.

The student was taken downtown and put in a holding cell until the next morning.

On Saturday at 6 p.m., he was released on a $4,500 bail.

“I was in a cell with drug dealers, addicts and criminals and it was crazy because most of the other people in the holding cells were students who threw house parties,” he said.

He said his assaulting an officer charge came after he kicked a hand off his leg during the chaos of the party breakup. He said didn’t realize until after that he had kicked an officer.

The student said UPD knocked on his door Sunday morning and told him about his suspension from school and then questioned him on Monday. He said he still doesn’t know when his review with Judicial

Affairs will be.

The other three UB students referred this weekend were charged for allegedly providing alcohol to minors in the Heights Friday night. All three were charged with first-degree unlawfully dealing with a child and second-degree criminal nuisance.

The student who was arrested for throwing a party said he doesn’t feel it’s fair for him to face university discipline for a situation he doesn’t feel has to do with UB. “As a student on the Dean’s List, this whole situation is inhibiting my ability to do well in school,” the student said. “It’s a lot of stress over a house party that has nothing to do with school.”

The student said there has always been police presence in the Heights, but he sees more officers patrolling the neighborhood this semester than ever before. He said there are a lot more “angry neighbors” calling police to break up house parties and it’s probably due to meetings of the University Heights Collaborative – a community organization that works to improve the neighborhood.

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Water polo club treads way into CWPA TOMAS OLIVIER STAFF WRITER

It started in 2010 with six friends that liked swimming and had a vision to bring water polo to UB. The students wanted a team at UB but didn’t have the resources available. They didn’t even have enough money for two goals.

Now, the UB Water Polo Club has blossomed into a program playing in a national water polo association and one that made history this past weekend.

The UB Water Polo club hosted its first tournament as a member of the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) on Saturday and Sunday. The team went 1-3 in matches against Colgate, Syracuse, Cornell and Hamilton in the deep end of Alumni Arena’s Olympic-sized pool. This was the first of many matches the club will compete in as the season extends into the winter.

“When I first started it wasn’t what it is now,” said Jake Habermehl, the club’s assistant coach and former member. “It started off with probably about six or eight friends who liked swimming. They didn’t even know anything about water polo. They messed around and built some PVC nets.”

Since 2010, the club has been on a steady climb. Its membership has risen from about six to 21 during the past two seasons.

The club’s gets a budget of roughly $2,500 from the Student Association. And that money has already gone a long way to ensure the longevity of the program. The budget allowed the team to buy new nets,

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Club enters national association after five years of campus presence

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Members of the Buffalo water polo team huddle near the end of the pool.

The club team is currently in its first season as a part of the CWPA

balls, headgear and most importantly its membership with the CWPA. Getting the club to where it is today was no small feat. Habermehl could attest to the club’s growth since he began playing in 2011 – only one year after the establishment of the club.

Back then the team only had one net at its disposal. And since the sport required two nets to play competitively, some collegestyle ingenuity was the only alternative.

“We would put up mats,” Habermehl said with a grin. “The thing is it’s so expensive and with club budgets it only made it harder. Every year they give you a set budget and as you go on your budget grows depending on the club’s success.”

In the early stages of the club, the team yearned for competitive play – but there

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wasn’t much competition to compete with due to lack of schools with polo programs in the area. But they were able to find a team at the University of Rochester that had a water polo program.

It was a perfect fit.

The team began playing scrimmages against Rochester. Like UB, Rochester was a growing team. But the Buffalo club was far and beyond better, according to Habermehl.

He said it was great practice because Rochester was “really bad.”

UB Water Polo President Ben Harper, a junior aerospace engineering major, said the CWPA schedules tournaments though the NCAA for varsity programs and individual clubs.

“The National League has 13 divisions

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and the New York Division has 12 teams, which is pretty big,” Harper said.

The New York division is made up of big contenders like West Point and Cornell, which are the top two in the state at the moment. Harper said those teams are some of the best in the country, not just New York State.

The UB Water Polo Club, being one of the newest members of the league, wants to leave an impression this season. But with a large amount of players new to the sport, the team is just trying to get used to its new level of competition.

“For over half of our team this year, this is their first year playing and we’ve only had three weeks of practice,” Harper said.

“We’re building right now. Winning is always nice but we ultimately want to see development from our players. All things considered though, we’re here to have fun and that is just as much of a priority as anything else.”

The ultimate goal for the club will be a national title, but it doesn’t expect that any time soon. The club is expected to develop its players in hopes that, one day, that dream could essentially become a reality. It’s not the club’s main goal for this season, but Harper said the opportunity is “out there, but you gotta reach high.”

Practices are held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and Tuesday and Thursday from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Any UB student can join. email: sports@ubspectrum.com

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Being away from home makes celebrating the holidays more difficult

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TORI ROSEMAN SENIOR FEATURES Wednesday is Yom Kippur, the Jewish holiday that requires fasting until sundown – at which time you break fast with a large family dinner.

That’s a little difficult to accomplish when you’re 417 miles from home and have three classes during the day, including one after 7 p.m.

Celebrating the holidays away from home is inherently difficult.

Family, who would normally be celebrating by your side, does not surround you. There’s no home cooked meal. You can’t follow traditions you’ve grown up following, because you’re apart from everyone else.

I have no chance of getting home and then getting back to campus in time to get back into classes and work. UB doesn’t cancel classes for the holiday anymore, so my classes will be held.

I have exams coming up and my class at night is only once a week – I can’t afford to skip.

So what am I supposed to do?

I was not raised in an overly religious home. Although I went to Hebrew school and had a Bat Mitzvah, religion was never something my parents pushed on me. They wanted me to accept it on my own terms. After my Bat Mitzvah, my parents told me I didn’t have to go to temple anymore, or join any sort of youth group if I didn’t want to.

Of course, they still wanted me to date a NJB – nice Jewish boy – but that’s beside the point.

We celebrated the holidays – Hanukkah, Passover, the High Holy days of Rosh Hashanah and

Yom Kippur. I briefly joined a youth group in my area, but didn’t connect with the other kids my age that seemed passionate about religion. I tried to maintain my Hebrew but by the time I left for school I only remembered my basic prayers.

But at UB, I found myself going to the Chabad House on Friday nights – thanks to Ilana, my freshman-year roommate. I finally made my own amends with the religion I was raised practicing. I felt comfortable there.

I started to make friends with people in the Jewish community.

The rabbi’s wife became my confidant. Ilana and the rest of the Chabad regulars became my little Jewish family up in Buffalo.

This is my third year away from home for the holidays but the first year it really feels that way.

Ilana graduated last year, which left me to start going to the Chabad myself. It feels like a piece of me is missing.

Last week, I was on my way to the Chabad from a school event.

I hesitated when I turned down North Forest Road and ended up turning around and heading home. It didn’t feel right to be there without her, without all the people I had met over the last two years who had graduated and moved on. I felt lonely. The rain fell melodramatically as I drove back to my apartment.

I will go there at the end of this week. I can’t celebrate on Tuesday because of my class, but I will make it to the Chabad to see whose left.

Celebrating the holidays doesn’t mean you have to be with family. It doesn’t mean you have to be religious or that you have to follow the same traditions you were raised with.

Celebrating the holidays is about being with people you care about and taking the time to appreciate everything around you.

I know who I’m FaceTiming Tuesday night. email: tori.roseman@ubspectrum.com

Letter to the editor: Student Association releases ‘A response to the recent controversial art project’ Student Association President Minahil Khan sent this letter to The Spectrum as SA’s official statement on the ‘White Only’ and ‘Black Only’ signs a UB art student posted on campus last week. The statement was also posted on SA’s website.

We are extremely disappointed by the racist and discriminatory acts that took place on Wednesday, September 16, 2015. Since then, we have been in contact with UB administration and students to learn about the details surrounding the event. After listening to all of the relevant facts, we feel it is our responsibility to publicly condemn the event that took place on Wednesday.

While we are proud to be part of this university and we acknowledge the principle of academic freedom, it is our firm belief that the signs posted on campus crossed an ethical boundary and created an unsafe environment on our campus. It is simply unacceptable that an environment on our campus frightened and scared students, some

to the point where they felt unsafe walking to class. No student should ever feel unsafe on their campus under any circumstances.

The University at Buffalo prides itself on its diversity; so it is imperative that all voices are heard and respected in regards to this event. We must not be stagnant, we must not become complacent. The reality is that we live in a society where racial tensions run high, where we seemingly cannot get through one news cycle without hearing a story of racially motivated violence.

Since its inception, the UB Student Association has encouraged students to speak out, to fight for what they believe in, and to stand with those who feel neglected and whose voices are not heard. As the Student Association and all of its affiliated clubs, we are proud to act as that voice, to stand up for what we believe is right, and to fight to ensure all students feel safe and welcomed at our university.

Letter to the editor Dear Spectrum Editor,

I would like to say that as an art project and a statement of our times it is most appropriate. If I were to encounter signs of this nature I would certainly give it much thought and wonder just what was going on. I would not be offended in any way by seeing signs such as “whites only’ and ‘blacks only’, but I would wonder about it and I would try to find out what was going on to discuss why these signs were put up.

I quite agree that certain aspects of history have not progressed at all. Ms. Ashley Powell as an artist has every right to create her art. It may upset certain people because of the reference to past history, but it is necessary to remind people as to how some things have not changed.

Seeing as Ms. Powell’s ethnic-

ity has been disclosed, I feel that it is requisite of me to disclose my ethnicity. I am a Caucasian male and I in full support of Ms. Powell. Also, I am 69 years of age and I could tell you of many injustices I have seen in my life; but, that is not the topic of concern. The issue that Ms. Powell has touched upon is much needed and needs to not be swept under the rug.

More power to you Ms. Powell, and do not let anyone deter you in your quest. I wish you much success in your future and never back down from your detractors. There is no need on your part to apologize. Too many people are way too sensitive and PC in our society.

Respectfully yours, Supportive Senior Caucasian Male Sacramento, CA

Enough debt is enough The cost of going to college has become monstrous, dominating the current generation of students like never before. Much of the blame for this growing debt can be laid at the feet of the federal and state governments, though universities haven’t helped the situation much.

There is no real escape from the debt. Forty eight percent of UB students have taken out loans to get through school. Gone are the days when college could be paid for by working a part-time job during the semester. Costs have skyrocketed beyond affordability.

The causes are complicated. It would be childish to decry just one factor as the reason why college costs have increased so much in recent years.

And the costs have increased exponentially. Non-profit, fouryear private institutions increased total average costs from $30,664 in real dollars in 2000-01 to $42,419 for 2014-2015.

And that’s just average.

There also remains a massive

Federal neglect and poorly structured budgets have led to increased student debt disparity in sticker price, or what a college advertises its costs as, and what students end up paying.

Private colleges across the board have sticker prices of about $50,000 per year. While collegiate officials say the burden falls the heaviest on richer students, a recent University of Chicago paper found that 70 percent of the profit from price discrimination went directly to the universities instead of poorer students.

Why? Decreasing federal aid for poorer students has caused a sharp decline in financial aid.

Federal Perkins Loans were created in the ’90s to help low socioeconomic status students attend college. The Perkins system has not been updated since its creation. Loan amounts, both yearly and capped totals, are still tied to tuition rates from the ’90s. Costs have tripled at some schools since the Perkin Loan legislation was

passed.

Does it come as any surprise then that a poorer student looks at a $50,000 a year price tag and assumes that such an education far exceeds their ability to pay for it?

Part of the problem comes from a lack of options. It is ingrained in people of the United States that you have to go to college to succeed – and to a degree the reality reflects that. A bachelor’s degree earned full-time workers 60 percent more than workers with just a high school degree in 2012. Yet more and more Americans who attend college are defaulting on their loans, especially loans from for-profit colleges. Furthermore, while increased college attendance helps bring more money in, the increased strain on housing and facilities has ballooned costs. Exorbitant spending by many colleges hasn’t helped either.

A comparison of the German educational system to the United States’ provides a few suggestions, though no system will transfer carte blanche from country to country. German education tracks students at a much earlier age. Invigorating non-college options will ease structural loads across the board. A higher trained lower/middle class will find jobs and contribute economically more than a series of college dropouts and uninspired graduates. Additionally, easing the cost of colleges would render those who want to get into higher education to do so without fears of crippling debt.

Secondary education has become a checkpoint for life in the United States instead of an option. Requiring a bachelor’s degree for menial jobs accomplishes nothing.

It’s time for options in life instead of crippling debt. email: editorial@ubspectrum. com

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More students face university discipline as Heights' enforcement intensifies CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

Daniel Ryan, director of Off Campus Student Services, backed up what Lidano said: the arrests have simply come sooner this year than in years past.

“In my opinion the police have been as active as in years past but have been active earlier in the school year this year,” Ryan

said in an email. “I remember two years ago we had the same number of arrests but they didn’t come until late September.”

Ryan said student arrests have gone down the past two weekends and it’s probably because word is getting around that UPD and Buffalo police will no longer tolerate large parties and students “strolling

around” with alcohol.

The arrested student’s roommate, who “blended in” during the breakup and was not arrested, said Buffalo police told his friends they were planning on arresting students that night so they should spread the word. The roommate disagreed with Buffalo police’s strict enforcement on underage

drinking and parties, as he said the focus should be on crime in the neighborhood.

“When there’s a party, you’ll see 10 cop cars on a street, but one time I almost got shot and mugged on South [Campus] and didn’t see a police car in sight,” he said. email: news@ubspectrum.com

HBO reigns supreme amid lowest rated Emmys ever Network dominates 67th Primetime Emmy Awards with wins in 14 categories

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The 67th edition of the Emmys saw a new low in TV ratings, while HBO experienced a near sweep of the awards show with their productions “Game of Thrones” and “Veep.”

BRIAN WINDSCHITL

SENIOR ARTS EDITOR

HBO dominates TV these days.

During the 67th edition of the Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, HBO-produced shows won 14 major awards, including best drama, comedy, movie and miniseries. HBO shows like “Game of Thrones” and “Veep” won five of the 10 main Emmy award categories, including the two keynote awards for the night, Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Comedy Series.

This year the Emmys posted their worst ratings of all time with 11.9 million viewers – down nearly four million from last year, despite efforts by host Andy Samberg.

The Emmy Awards, held by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, was founded in 1949 to reward excellence in television.

Every year, every award show is dissected, analyzed and commented on by news and cultural outlets alike. From the red carpet fashion to the awards themselves, the Emmys are consistently one of the most influential pop culture events of the year.

William Solomon, an associate English professor, said that a show’s cultural impact

is tracked directly through the winners and losers, as reported through the multiple media outlets covering it. The indirect cultural impact, he said, is much harder to track.

“One primary effect of the Emmys is that they manage to stimulate public conversation on television shows people often consume in private,” Solomon said in an email. “So, in a sense, the awards ceremony helps create a stronger sense of a collective experience in an era when a great deal of viewing (but not all) occurs in isolation.”

The real question is whether or not the Emmys are truly representative of this “collective” experience or public opinion.

Elizabeth Littos, a freshman nursing ma-

jor, said the winners of the night were not surprising at all. “‘Game of Thrones’ really make its way into popular culture – it’s the show. Everyone watches it,” Littos said. “The show has good acting and plot and it’s genuine. I feel like ‘Game of Thrones’ has something for everyone.”

This year, apart from “Game of Thrones” and “Veep,” the biggest headlines were Jon Hamm finally winning Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for “Mad Men” and Viola Davis becoming the first Black woman to win Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role in “How to Get Away with Murder.”

Julia Laugeman, a freshman biomedical sciences major, said Viola Davis’s acceptance speech was her one of her favorite parts of the show. “[In her speech, Davis] talked about how black women are marginalized in the television industry,” Laugeman said. “It was really inspiring.”

Of course, for some, the awards are the least interesting part of the show. Halley Rachel and Hayley Ziedman, a senior communication major and first-year social studies graduate student, respectively, said they barely watched the show’s award ceremony.

They instead prefer the red carpet.

“My favorite part of the show was, of course, the red carpet,” Rachel said. “I felt Sarah Hyland, Emma Roberts and Amy Poehler were some of the best dressed of the night.”

Whether it’s the fashion or television, the 2015 Emmys will be discussed for weeks to come.

75004 email: arts@ubspectrum.com

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Space Ace KISS founding member Ace Frehley plays at CFA BRIAN WINDSCHITL SENIOR ARTS EDITOR

Ace Frehley isn’t human.

What other 64-year-old can go onstage and play a hard rock show for 1,000 people, loud enough for the room to shake, with a 10-minute guitar solo thrown in?

Maybe the Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards.

But rock is ageless. Frehley and his crowd proved that Monday night with an incredible, room-shaking performance at the Center for the Arts.

Ace Frehley, born Paul Frehley in the Bronx, is the former lead guitarist and founding member of KISS, one of the best-selling rock bands in the world. Performing on his Space Invader Tour, Frehley came to the CFA Monday to give a memorable performance to a passionate crowd of KISS and rock fans alike.

In the front row, a father and son pumped their fists along to the drone of heavy guitar riffs while an elderly couple, dressed in leather pants and black Ace Frehley T-shirts bobbed their heads to the music. A group of high school students from Eden stood next to them, stomping their feet, jumping up and down and playing air guitar.

Robert and Sheeran Schmander, a mar-

ried couple from Buffalo and both 45, said they have been KISS and Ace Frehley fans for as long as they can remember – which is why they brought their daughter, Evangelista, 17, out to see him.

Sheeran said she remembers going to her first KISS show in 1984 at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium.

“Ace flicked a pick into my hair and all these teenage boys went crazy trying to grab it,” she said.

Not much has changed, apparently.

Frehley frequently tossed picks into the crowd during Monday’s show and laughed when he saw crowd members scrambling to find them.

It didn’t matter what song Frehley played – the crowd would burst into a loud, appreciative cheer every time a new song started.

He played all his biggest hits including, “New York Groove,” “Rock Soldiers” and “Rip It Out.” Robert Dettelis, a 46-year-old Lancaster resident, brought his son, Robert, 12, to his first rock show.

Dettelis said he has been a KISS fan since he was a child.

“Frehley is a special performer,” Dettelis said. “Its rebel rock for the young – his music is honest. He’s not about the commer-

cial side, he just lives for the music and the artistry.”

The opening band, Klear, a local rock group, told the crowd about its love for KISS during its warm-up set.

Bruce Wojick, the lead guitarist, said, “I started playing guitar 25 years ago because of Ace Frehley.”

The biggest song of the night was “Shock Me.” At the end of the song, while his band left the stage, Frehley stood alone and played his 10-minute guitar solo for the crowd.

Frehley’s crowd control was impressive – he walked calmly from side to side and touched hands in front row and tossed picks while slamming an electric guitar.

By the end of the solo, members of the crowd had rushed the stage and crowded the aisles just to be closer to the guitarist.

HUY DUC PHAM, THE SPECTRUM

Legendary musician Ace Frehley, 64, founding member of KISS, proved that rock ’n’ roll has no age limit on Monday with his high-energy set and incendiary guitar solos.

The security guards, having to pull people away from stage all night, gave up trying to clear the front for the last couple songs – it was too frenetic and each new guitar riff only made them crazier.

For his encore, Frehley played an old KISS song: “Detroit Rock City.”

He didn’t miss a note. email: brian.windschitl@ubspectrum.com

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Wednesday, September 23, 2015

SPORTS THE SPECTRUM

The icemen

Men’s ice hockey starts season 2-0, looks to continue success after last season QUENTIN HAYNES

SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR

With all of the Buffalo sports about to start Week One of Mid-American Conference play, one of the more successful teams at UB kicked off its regular season with two blowout victories.

The team isn’t even a part of Buffalo’s Division I sports program. But one could argue it’s the best team on campus this year as it just finished its best campaign in over a decade.

Now, they’re back for more.

The UB men’s ice hockey team, fresh off its first American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) Tournament appearance in a decade, is back for the 2015-16 regular season with new players but the same goals.

The Bulls (2-0) are coming off two dominant performances to start the season as they defeated Slippery Rock (1-1) 8-2 and Duquesne 5-1. Both performances had several Buffalo players scoring multiple points – much to the surprise of head coach Sal Valvo.

“It’s a bit early to start projecting for the entire year,” Valvo said, “But I like the way we played offensively so far. With so many new players entering our program and moving up into larger roles, I was impressed with our goal scoring so far. We’ve had quite a few different players putting the puck in the back of the net.”

The hockey team is not one of the NCAA-sanctioned Division-I programs that UB offers – it is instead a club team under the Student Association. No players are on scholarship or get the perks of a Division-I athlete.

That could change in the future, as at least some UB Athletics donors seem to like the idea of varsity hockey at UB. Dr. Burt Rubin, who made a $1.5 million bequest commitment to UB Athletics last week, told The Spectrum he hopes to one day see an addition of a varsity hockey program in a hockey town like Buffalo. Tunney Murchie, a former UB hockey player, donated a record $3 million to UB Athletics in 2014.

But for now, the Bulls are still working toward that point and have a long way to go. The only thing the team can do is succeed on ice. And there’s been a lot of that since the beginning of last season.

Senior forward Eric Nestler said the team will need more practice time in order to gel and create cohesion.

“Coach [Valvo] is right, we’re about six practices in and each practice is about getting to know each other out there,” Nestler said.

“We just need to continue to work and gel as a group. We have some new rookies, some new faces and we’re hoping we can we can make it work quickly.”

The Bulls are coming off a season where they finished 25-6-1 and made an ACHA Division-I Tournament appearance – the first honor for the Bulls in a decade. The Bulls earned the No. 17 seed but lost to No. 16 Colorado in the first round of last year’s playoffs.

With the regular season underway, Valvo said the goal is to get back there this season, but expressed potential concerns with his younger players. Still, the Bulls have a ton of depth, including the return of a plethora of defenders.

The defense will be key for Buffalo, as its top-six defensemen return. Senior Sean Dungan leads the charge, coming off a season where he scored 33 points and seven goals on the year. Senior Dimitrios Koutsomitis is another defenseman that has provided a flash for the Bulls thus far this season, as he scored two goals in his first two games.

At the top of the roster, the Bulls have three players with at least four points. Forwards Willie Sanchez, Gavin Evancho and Robert Lang are moving up into more of a leadership role on the roster, as all three are expected to lead the offense.

Valvo saw them as vital members and

“players that our young guys could look up to.”

“For sure, their fast start is definitely important,” Valvo said. “They’re all so experienced, so they need to continue to show our guys how to work hard on and off the ice – practices, classroom, everything. Their hard work shows our young guys how things need to be done and that hard work can pay off.”

As one of the team’s leaders, Lang started off strong with two goals and two assists in two games. As a senior, he wants to experience something he’s never experienced before: winning the Northeast Collegiate Hockey League.

“My biggest goal this year to win the conference,” Lang said. “We have a good team and we have the experience to make it far.

Making it to Nationals is the main goal, but making it as conference champions would be amazing.”

COURTESY OF THE UB MEN’S ICE HOCKEY TEAM

Defenseman Sean Dungan glides through the ice with the puck. The UB men’s ice hockey team has got off to a fast start this season, as it holds a 2-0 record so far.

Valvo echoed that sentiment.

“Our seniors never got to experience that,” Valvo said, “so we’d like to compete for our league’s championship.”

The Bulls stay home to face MichiganDearborn University (4-0) at the Northtown Center on Friday. The puck will drop at 7:30 p.m.

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Down to the numbers Bulls’ adjustment for the turnover margin could propel Buffalo to a very successful season

QUENTIN HAYNES

SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR

I don’t believe in luck in sports, but I like to believe in regression to the mean.

For the Buffalo football team, I was interested in one area of regression: the turnover margin. The Bulls had just two interceptions all of last season – which seemed unfathomable to me. There are teams in both pro and college that pass the ball more than 50 percent of the time. There were six quarterbacks in college football who threw more than 500 passes last season and 41 threw more than 400 times.

Even with the Buffalo safeties having different assignments last season and being more like linebackers, I just didn’t get it.

During the offseason, I was curious how the Bulls would address that. How can this new

defensive scheme and new set of coaches get the Buffalo ‘D’ to force more turnovers?

I noticed a similar adage: You don’t aim to force turnovers. Rather, having good technique and proper play will force turnovers.

It makes complete sense. In its simplest form, an interception is turning around and being in the proper position to come down with the ball. A forced fumble is grabbing or punching an egg-shaped object at the correct angle to jar it loose from the ball carrier. A fumble recovery is being at the right place at the right time while the ball is on the ground.

And just three games into the 2015 season, the Bulls have already doubled last season’s interception total and recovered four fumbles Last season, the Bulls defense were a unit struggling to get off the field. They ranked in the middle of the pack of the Mid-American Conference and ranked sixth in total defense despite giving up 46 touchdowns. It was a sight for sore eyes to see a defense, loaded to the brim with experienced defensive players, be the detriment of a team.

Last season, the Bulls’ defense presented the trifecta of bad play: couldn’t stop opponents from reaching the end zone, couldn’t create turnovers and committed sloppy pen-

alties. Forcing turnovers is more than just another stat. An interception can create doubt for the quarterback. A forced fumble not only creates doubt in the ball carrier’s mind, but his teammates as well.

Last season, the Bulls forced 13 fumbles, grabbed two interceptions and finished with a -3 turnover margin.

This year, the Bulls have already eclipsed their interception total, with two coming from junior cornerback Boise Ross. Even though the Bulls’ secondary allowed two 100-yard receivers against Florida Atlantic last week, the Bulls’ secondary had their chance to add to the turnover margin.

The fumble number has yet to be eclipsed, but the Bulls already have five forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries. The defensive line is still working and improving after the defensive scheme switch but there were moments against the Owls where the Bulls got pressure with only four rushers and shut down the Owl’s running game.

Value to a defense is bringing pressure with just four linemen because it allows everyone else to drop back in coverage and make plays on the ball. Arguably, drop-back coverage is the second-most important adversary to a team in football besides an elite quarterback. In Power 5 football, Oregon

does this with from time-to-time by sometimes dropping seven in their 3-4 defense.

A pro football comparison? The New York Giants, who consistently brought a pass rush and even used a four defensive end set, famously known as their “NASCAR” look in their championship-winning heyday not too long ago.

And now, it seems the Buffalo linebackers are on that same path. Senior linebacker Okezie Alozie already has two tackles for losses, two forced fumbles and three pass breakups. Nick Gilbo doesn’t have a forced fumble, but does have an interception, while junior Brandon Berry has played well and forced a fumble of his own.

Those three, including reserve linebackers Travis Pitzonka and C.J. Stancil, give the Bulls some athletic play in the middle of that defense. There isn’t a shortage of playmakers either, as four of those five have at least a forced fumble or interception this season.

The season is young and I’m not sure if the Bulls have played any respectable opponents this year (Penn State is meh), so the sample size is still small. But the Bulls have forced several turnovers this season and if they can continue to have turnover luck, combined with a balanced offense, the Bulls could end up with a great season.

Even better than the one I ever could have imagined. email: sports@ubspectrum.com