The Spectrum Vol. 67 No. 42

THE SPECTRUM VOL. 67 NO. 42 | APRIL 5, 2018

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APRIL 5, 2000 - UB students gathered outside Starbucks in the Commons to protest the company’s use of non-fair-trade coffee. Students handed out free coffee and hung banners on the walkway between the Commons and the Student Union that read “Starbucks stop selling sweat-shop coffee.”John Grela, then-director of University Police, saw the protest when he left the Union “to have a cigarette.” Grela told The Spectrum he did not intervene because “nobody called and complained.”

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UB alumni, community reflect on Dr. Edmond J. Gicewicz’ life

The Spectrum elects 2018-19 editor in chief Editorial board re-elects Hannah Stein for second year in position

UB Athletics budget breakdown

Buffalo remembers former physician, athlete and UB council member

A look into the 2017 budget COURTESY | UB PHOTO DATABASE/MEREDITH FORREST KULWICKI

An interior full court shot of Alumni Arena. UB athletics recently sent a budget report to The Spectrum detailing expenses and revenues for 2017.

THOMAS ZAFONTE SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR

DAVID TUNIS-GARCIA MANAGING EDITOR

The Spectrum’s editorial board elected Hannah Stein as editor in chief for the 2018-19 school year. Stein, the current editor in chief, ran against Maddy Fowler, the editorial editor. The editorial board voted 12-4 in favor of Stein.

Stein is the current editor in chief after running unopposed in March 2017.

Stein will be the second editor in chief in The Spectrum’s 68-year history to serve two years in the role after Aaron Mansfield served from 2012-14.

“I feel very honored and humbled,” Stein said in an interview after the election. “It’s a lot of pressure and I still have a lot to learn. I learned so much from the staff this year. This campus is like a city and there’s so much to learn from stories every day and each story we have impacts the future of the paper and the university — it’s empowering.”

Stein said it is impossible to know the needs of a newspaper until you’re leading it. She said she hopes to utilize what she learned this year going into the next and build on her accomplishments including establishing a multimedia desk, adding an internship program and beginning a redesign of The Spectrum’s website.

Fowler congratulated Stein on her victory after the election. Fowler’s platform included hiring a social media editor and committing to diversity in the newsroom, and she hopes Stein takes these ideas into consideration.

Senior news editor Sarah Crowley said she was proud of what the staff accomplished under Stein’s leadership and wishes she could continue to serve under Stein.

“With a year under her belt, she will be able to push further,” Crowley said.

“She’s a rare combination of a hard worker with a positive attitude and that rubs off on people. It’s hard to complain with a person like that in charge and I wish I could be a part of it for another year.” email: david.garcia@ubspectrum.com twitter: @davidubspectrum

UB Athletics had a budget of roughly $35.9 million in 2017, according to the NCAA Membership Financial Report The Spectrum received on March 22. The report covered expenditures and revenues for the 2017 calendar year.

The department spent $35,883,884 last year. Athletic student aid was the biggest individual expenditure at $9,418,613. Athletics revenue was $35,892,221 with the

department breaking even on expenses this past year, according to the report.

Men’s teams had an overall budget of $13,974,268, almost twice as much as the overall women’s teams’ budget of $7,040,784. Football led in team budgets at $7,796,405, three times as much as any other UB team. Men’s basketball had the second highest budget at $2,219,870 and women’s basketball the third at $1,534,649.

The rest of the Division-I teams had a combined budget of $9,938,906.

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Gicewicz, best known as “Doc,” was involved in the UB community for over half a century.

Gicewicz, seen here in 1977, held a number of roles from the UB Council, president of the UB Medical Alumni Association and the Bulls team physician.

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New club aims to promote non-partisan discussion, debate over current affairs ELIJAH PIKE | THE SPECTRUM

Students attending one of the Society for Political and International Affairs’ general body meetings. The club, a nonpartisan group interested in current events, gained temporary status last fall.

The Society for Political and International Affairs encourages diverse political views ELIZABETH NAPOLITANO STAFF WRITER

For years, clubs like UB Democrats, UB Republicans and Young Americans for Freedom have attracted like-minded students to discuss current events, but Harris Bresowsky, a senior international affairs and public policy major, felt students needed a non-partisan club on campus.

“I was walking by the Student Union one day on a Friday in December, and I saw a counter-protest group shouting ‘f**k immigrants.’ I just thought there had to be a better way than people shouting at each other. There had to be a way to have these people come together and start a dialogue,” Bresowsky said.

Bresowsky began a petition last spring with members from UB’s pre-law frater-

nity, Phi Alpha Delta, to create the Society for Politics and International Affairs.

Their goal is to create a space for “policy-oriented” conversations among students of all political affiliations. The club gained temporary status last fall, and since then has held several meetings, bringing out 15-30 students each time.

Vice President Elisha Jackson, an English and political science major, said the non-partisan nature of the club creates a more welcoming environment for students to learn and discuss what’s happening in the world.

“I think that sometimes it might be intimidating for somebody who leans to the left to go to a UB Republicans meeting, or it might be intimidating for somebody who identifies with UB Republicans or YAF to go to a UB Dems meeting; and, you know, that makes sense,” Jackson said. “You’re walking into a room of people who have very different opinions than you, during a very polarized time, and people can get very hostile.” > SEE CLUB | PAGE 4

Dr. Edmond J. Gicewicz, a former athlete and team physician, was known for his dedication and care toward thousands of athletes at UB. Gicewicz, who passed away at 89 years old on March 28, was involved in the UB community since the late 1940s. Gicewicz, better known as “Doc,” grew up in Buffalo and played for the Bulls’ football, basketball and baseball teams.

After his time as an athlete ended in 1952, Gicewicz earned his MD at the university in 1956. He went on to be the Bulls team physician for over 25 years.

He also served on the UB Council from 1997-2013.

Gicewicz was the founder and first director of the UB Sports Medicine Institute, which is now UBMD Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine. He was also a former president of the UB Medical Alumni Association.

“He would somehow fit in 30 hours into a 24-hour day,” said Dr. Robert Smolinski, an associate professor of orthopaedics and orthopaedic surgeon with UBMD Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine.

Smolinski, the current head team physician for UB Athletics, broke his femur playing football for the little league Boston Patriots in 1965. After the injury, Robert’s father Phil Smolinski called Gicewicz.

Smolinski went to Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital in Buffalo and Gicewicz set his leg at 1 a.m. in the morning. > SEE

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GICEWICZ Over 25 years later, Smolinski began working with Gicewicz at Farber Hall’s UB Sports Medicine Institute in 1991.

Smolinski said the clinic consisted of himself, Gicewicz, a physical therapist and a few athletic trainers.

Now, UBMD Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine has 37 physicians, 24 physician assistants and 310 staff.

Smolinski said Gicewicz was a larger than life person, a dedicated family man and a devoted physician.

“He would find time to travel around to see his kids. Both of them played football,” Smolinski said. “Legendarily, in the same weekend, he saw his one son play at Harvard and flew to see his other son play at Michigan State the same day, somehow.”

Smolinski said Gicewicz was a motivational figure, a great public speaker and made a person want to succeed as both a physician and individual.

“His mantra was to get athletes back quickly and safely. That probably was the biggest thing about him,” Smolinski said.

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out on the field when they weren’t ready.

He emphasized things being done safely. That’s always stuck with me. He was a big fan of UB, but the professional side always came through in medically treating the athletes as correctly as he could.”

Gicewicz received a number of awards including the 1977 Distinguished Alumni Award, the 2013 UB President’s Medal and the 1978 Samuel P. Capen Chancellor’s Award.

Gicewicz was a major donor to athletics and donated $200,000 with his wife, Connie Gicewicz, in 2007. Today, his namesake appears on the Dr. and Mrs. Edmond J. Gicewicz Family UB Athletics Hall of Fame and the Edmond J. Gicewicz Club in UB Stadium.

Joe Oliverio played with Gicewicz on the Bulls’ 1958 Lambert Cup-winning football team.

The team received an invite to the Tangerine Bowl against Florida State after winning the cup. The Tangerine Bowl’s leaseholder, the Orlando High School Athletic Association, banned interracial teams at the game and would not allow their black teammates Willie Evans and Mike Wilson to play. The team ultimately decided against attending the bowl.

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“Doc was right there to support us in our decision. He was a great mentor, and we were proud to have him in our corner,” said Oliverio, a ‘61 alum.

Years later, Oliverio said Gicewicz helped the team receive the Chancellor Charles P. Norton Medal in 2009. Oliverio said the team will always express gratitude for the distinction and it’s the greatest honor they ever received.

“He was always gregarious, fun and always thinking about UB and what we could do to improve the situation here,” Oliverio said. “He did it all there. He was ‘Mr. UB’ as far as I’m concerned.”

Charlie Donnor is a former assistant coach and member of the Bulls football team. Donnor, who also worked in Compliance and Athlete Development, said Gicewicz was a huge supporter of the Bulls and took great care of him as a student-athlete.

“Whenever Athletics started having reunions [in the early ‘00s], Doc would come to all of those. He knew everybody,” Donnor said. “He hadn’t seen a couple of my friends since they’d graduated in 1971 and he recognized them from yards away. He would call out to them by name and ask how their shoulder or anything else was doing. He never forgot anyone.”

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Donnor said he remembers Gicewicz as personable, funny and as someone who would do anything to help UB. Ron Balter was a student manager for the Bulls football team from 1977-79, the first three years after the program’s sevenyear hiatus.

In 1979, Balter’s friend, roommate and defensive tackle Larry Rothman was injured during the opening game for the Bulls. Gicewicz did a physical examination on Rothman after his knee and leg got tied up near the sideline.

The exam happened on a Saturday and

by Monday morning, Balter said Rothman underwent a knee operation.

“He was a great diagnostician on the physical exam. Most of the doctors I’ve seen do that would come on in later years but by then, it was just on the edge of when arthroscopic surgery started coming into vogue,” Balter said.

“Even with less invasive surgery, he was able to feel the knee, move the knee and say ‘this is what your injury is.’ He would go in and he was right. That’s probably a lost art today in medicine.” email: benjamin.blanchet@ubspectrum.com twitter:@BenjaminUBSpec

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Makin’ my way (from) downtown BENJAMIN BLANCHET SENIOR FEATURES EDITOR

Summers in UB’s Ellicott Complex are terrible.

Remember freshman year, feeling like you’re sleeping in the devil’s attic after move-in?

Now imagine the devil expanded his duplex to a 56-story skyscraper. This was my reality last year and escaping the dorms was my only way out.

In order to not deal with the building anxiety I felt over melting in an Ellicott triple, I decided to make a list of concerts and events I wanted to check out in Buffalo. Most must-see events were happening in Toronto, but there was one concert happening at Canalside that stuck out for me: Ghostface Killah and Slick Rick.

As a rap fan, I knew this would be the highlight of my summer.

Two legends, one stage and a beautiful 70-degree day at the foot of Lake Erie. What could go wrong?

I immediately hit up my friend, who recently graduated and lived in WNY. He knew about my Uber-filled, car-less lifestyle that I question every night. He promised to meet me downtown and drive me back after the show.

At this point in the summer, I had spent all my money at Toronto music festivals. I was as broke as a student using a coin jar to pay for

How a rap concert turned into a ridiculous journey home Sizzles instead of a meal swipe.

As the night of the show arrived, I was starving. When I got to Canalside, one food truck stood out above all others: Lloyd’s.

It was only midway through my taco trifecta that I realized I couldn’t afford a Metro ride back. I needed the ride back to North Campus.

The concert itself was sick. Between Rick’s “La Di Da Di” and Killah’s “Ice Cream,” the crowd was rocking all night. By the time Killah performed his solo cut “Nutmeg,” I was still waiting on my friend.

At this point, I recorded most of the show, being the self-indulgent yet humble young man I am. I checked the top right corner of my phone: 5 percent.

I texted my friend, who still hadn’t shown up. Deep down, a tiny piece of me pictured him coming through with a ride back, even though he couldn’t get to the show. Two minutes after texting him, I got a reply.

His dog was sick.

He couldn’t make it.

I now had no idea how I was going to get back to my nightmarish dorm room.

I immediately drafted up a game-plan. This was my Finals Game 7 moment with three seconds left in the game. I would take the rail to the last free stop, call my

friend who lived near South Campus then get a ride back. I thought I was set when the train dropped me off near Shea’s Theatre.

Once I stepped out of the car, however, my artistic eye got in the way. I spotted a beautiful street mural, depicting a man and a woman with beautiful flowing hair.

I had to take a pic for the ‘gram.

Just like that, with my camera app open, my phone went to black. My hope of getting a ride faded. I was now stuck walking from downtown to South Campus.

I figured the hour-and-a-half walk wouldn’t be too bad. Besides, it would introduce me to the city of Buffalo more than UB ever has. I saw Allentown, Forest Lawn cemetery and even a few cute squirrels brawling over a Timbit. On LaSalle Street, I got asked for a cigarette and was yelled at for not having one, which showed me the ugly side of the city of good neighbors.

I got to South Campus and there, I saw one last bus, so I made a dash for it. But as the bell on top of Hayes Hall rang midnight, the doors of the Stampede closed.

As I watched the bus take off, I planned an obituary for The Buffalo News: R.I.P. my feet.

The real walk had only just begun.

I stopped at Diefendorf Hall

‘Queer Eye’ inspired me to buy a cork board HARUKA KOSUGI ASST. NEWS EDITOR

Netflix’s hit show “Queer Eye,” the reboot of the early 2000’s Emmywinning reality television series “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” had me crying real tears after an eight episode binge-fest.

The program stars the “Fab Five” — not the legendary 1991 University of Michigan men’s basketball recruiting class — but a collective of trendy homosexual men who help unstylish men become their best selves. The group is comprised of home decorator Bobby Berk, the charismatic Karamo Brown, grilled cheese chef Antoni Porowski, fashion guru Tan France, and style-sensei Jonathan Van Ness.

Upon first glance, many members of the “Fab Five” may strike viewers as caricatures of the homosexual male stereotype

How the hit Netflix television show taught me self-care because of their flamboyant and colorful mannerisms. However, after just one episode, viewers will be absorbed by the pure kindness and care they show their “makeover” subjects.

A segment of the show that really resonated with me was the home makeover component conducted by Berk. Berk seems to put a lot of thought and effort into each room he redecorates to reflect the personality of the contestant. As I lifted my head from my laptop screen, I looked around at my own room and realized it too lacked personalization like so many of the rooms the contestants had before their makeover.

At that moment, I realized I was on a slippery slope to becoming nominated as a contestant for season four of “Queer Eye” and I decided to do something about it.

I’ve never been the type to real-

ly put any care into decorating my room. It especially fell off after I stopped living with a roommate junior year and moved into a single room in the Hadley apartments.

At least when I lived with my roommate, we would sprinkle the walls with tasteful posters of Randy from South Park or Chance the Rapper smoking a cigarette.

But by the time I was living on my own, my general cheapness and apathy toward my room won out and led to the space fading into a shell of off white and pre-furnished generic decor.

I thought long and hard that night about what I could put into my room, but nothing felt right. A new television? Too expensive. A movie poster? Overdone. A picture frame? No, thanks. But then, I had a revelation about the perfect thing to put into my room.

A good ol’ fashion cork board.

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institutions dependant on state funding. I understand that salaries must be competitive in order to attract qualified individuals to those positions. However, I reject the implicit argument that these salaries are beyond reproach, and I take issue with the targeting of a program like EOP as the first place to reduce spending. If the SUNY system isn’t actively putting resources towards underserved New Yorker’s ability to access higher education, we are betraying the ideal of education as a right and instead are further entrenching the economic barriers that make it a privilege.

Moreover, the idea that budget cuts can only be handled with cuts to programs like EOP or increases in tuition is a rotten ultimatum which leaves us all with the short end of the stick. Sooner or later, it could be your pro-

An article published recently in The Spectrum that warns of a reduction to the students admitted to the Educational Opportunity Program by approximately half has left me concerned and frustrated. I understand that SUNY must operate within the funds it is allocated in the State’s budget, but I question the decision making process that concluded EOP should face such a dramatic reduction in funding.

Will the bloated salaries of administrators be facing equally as dramatic reductions? Was that option even on the table? Fortythree of the top 50 public earners in New York work for SUNY or CUNY and have six-figure salaries with 18 of those very employees working here at UB,

as The Spectrum reported in February. President Tripathi had a state salary of $431,970 in 2017 alone. Vice President A. Scott Weber made $316,200. Head football coach Lance Leipold has a yearly compensation of at least $400,000. At the state level, SUNY Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson makes $560,000. These numbers don’t include the compensation administrators also receive from the SUNY Research Fund or from their respective university foundations.

Why are our public universities paying administrators such gratuitous salaries while debate in Albany regarding budget cuts is limited to either raising tuition or cutting programs? I understand that budget cuts are a reality of

for a quick water break between my own rendition of the Buffalo Marathon. By the time I passed Maynard Avenue, I was frustrated and prioritized time over all else.

Bad idea #341: Instead of walking, I was going to sprint back to UB. I didn’t make it a block before I was panting like a dog. The tacos must’ve weakened any physical strength I had left.

I decided to take a breather in an empty Walgreens parking lot. I sat down on the curb and looked up at the moon, reminiscing about the beautiful life I had before the walk.

Like a zombie, I decided to creep the entire way back, past the strip of hotels near Flint Road and UB’s Center for Tomorrow. After getting to Capen, I let out a victory screech, disturbing a few sleeping geese on top of Knox. They were surprised by my energy, though, dapping me up with their wings and tweeting about my walk to their geese pals. They’d never seen someone walking from downtown alive.

Still, there were 10 more minutes left until I reached Richmond Quadrangle.

As the seemingly endless journey came to a halt, I opened my door, put my phone on the charger and waited until it rebooted.

My friend texted back: “How was the concert?” email: benjamin.blanchet@ubspectrum.com twitter: @BenjaminUBSpec

A piece of decor that says, “I’ve done things and I have pieces of paper to prove it.”

So I logged into my Amazon prime account, typed in cork board into the search bar, and scrolled until I found the exact corkboard I wanted. A black framed, 35 by 22 inches, finegrain cork board. When it arrived in the mail, it was exactly what I hoped it to be. It was a thing of corked beauty.

Some people might find it strange for a second-semester senior to become resolute in his mission to redecorate his room, but this journey meant more than changing my space.

“Queer Eye” taught me it was an exercise in self love. So, as I held my new corkboard and looked at my wall, I thought of when Porowski told contestant Remington Porter, “We’re walking into the space that isn’t your own yet, but it’s yours now.” And I felt like this was the beginning of a new me. email: haruka.kosugi@ubspectrum.com twitter: @KosugiSpec

gram cut or all of our tuitions raised. We must begin to understand that these cuts and tuition raises are directly tied to maintaining the inflated salaries of the administrators running our universities. We must understand that when programs like EOP are seen as expendable, it is based on the assumption that education is a privilege and not a right.

We must question the structures which hand us these faulty ultimatums in the first place.

I strongly condemn SUNY’s choice to cut funding to the Educational Opportunity Program, and I challenge my peers to do the same.

Regards, David Goldberg | Junior environmental studies and political science major | Fossil Free UB core team member

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New lounge gives veterans space to study, meet students from similar backgrounds Lounge is part of effort to integrate vet, military students into campus life BENJAMIN BLANCHET | THE SPECTRUM

A new lounge is available in the Student Union for veteran, military-affiliated students to study and relax.

The lounge was created after a WWII veteran made a donation in the fall.

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A newly opened student lounge gives military-affiliated students a space to work, relax and meet others with similar life experiences on campus.

The lounge, located in SU 321, has two rooms: one for socializing, furnished with couches, a TV and an Xbox, and another conference-style room for group study.

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CLUB So far, the club has held meetings focused on healthcare policy and the opioid crisis and is organizing a panel of political science professors to discuss the midterm elections. Club members also hope to debut a series of debates where students may compete for prizes.

The most recent meeting on March 26 focused on diplomatic relations in the Middle East. Students debated various solutions for Israeli and Palestinian statehood, discussed the effectiveness of U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East and looked at an overview of U.S. involvement in the region.

“It was really great to see such a spirit-

Only military-affiliated students have access to the lounge, which opened this semester after a donation from a WWII veteran, Efner “Lucky” Davis, 91.

Prior to the donation, veterans had a small lounge area on South Campus. Dan Ryan, director of veteran services, said the North Campus space will reach more students.

Jacob Wahler, a freshman business administration major, heard about the

ed and intellectual debate, and we’re looking forward to seeing more and more people get involved in future events,” said Gibson Katz, a sophomore political science major who attended the debate.

Similar non-partisan groups have succeeded in recent years on college campuses including U.C. Berkley, Columbia University and Georgetown University.

Club members say SPIA is also distinct in its focus: students aim to promote equal discussion of international and domestic politics through guest speakers, panels and student debates.

The club works closely with the political science department, but is hoping to attract a more diverse member base over time, Bresowsky said.

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lounge from a classmate.

“I think it’s great. I was impressed when I first came in,” Wahler said. “There’s plenty of room and I’m happy they have the Xbox and TV.” The lounge is just one way UB is trying to integrate military-affiliated students into campus life.

“Oftentimes there is a huge cultural divide between the vet students and what you would consider a traditional student,” Ryan said. “Something that is relevant to an older veteran could be completely irrelevant to a current student at UB.” The lounge comes alongside a separate effort among faculty to better bridge the gap for students from military to university life.

Michael Hatton, a professor in the dental school, is leading a committee within the Faculty Senate to look at issues facing the 482-plus military-affiliated students at UB. Ryan describes these students as “a group that isn’t needy, but needs things.”

For example, some veterans don’t come forward to ask for help with problems, whether it’s something small like finding the right tutor, or as important as financial aid questions, according to Ryan.

He said this is partly because of their life experiences. Veteran students are of-

ten used to high-stress scenarios, and may feel less comfortable asking for help than the average freshman. Military-affiliated students may also have a stronger sense of independence, since many begin school later in life or have started families.

Student Veterans Association, which host events from cookouts to community service activities, is another resource available to help vet students adjust to university life.

In the group’s most recent community service project, students painted a shelter used for Dog T.A.G.S., a service dog training program for veterans suffering from service-connected PTSD or traumatic brain injury. Members of the group spend roughly 10 hours a week helping to train service dogs as part of the Dog T.A.G.S. program.

UB also plans to roll out a veteran student-mentoring program, according to Ryan. The program will pair upperclassmen veterans with incoming students.

Ryan said the program would drastically help integrate students.

“The problem is not the under abundance of programs, it’s the under utilization of these programs by our veterans,” Ryan said.

“We absolutely encourage students from every single background — whether it be engineering, whether it be arts, whether it be history — to come to our meetings,” Bresowsky said. “We want students from every single background to come, feel welcome and share their views on politics and what’s happening today across the country and throughout the world.”

Members like Yoseph Hamid, a sophomore political science major, said the club hopes to see attendance levels continue to rise as the temporary club becomes a more permanent fixture of student life.

Bresowsky said he thinks the current political climate is attracting student interest.

“There are a lot of movements which are speaking to students these days,” Bre-

sowsky said. “Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump [running as] anti-establishment [candidates] also got people more active because students nowadays, they care deeply about issues like free speech, free college tuition and universal healthcare.”

Still, the club hopes to have an enduring impact on UB student life and “transcend the current political moment,” according to Jackson.

“We don’t want to be just a ‘Donald Trump shouldn’t be president’ or ‘Hillary Clinton should have never been president’ type of club,” Jackson said.

The club’s next meeting is tentatively scheduled for the week of April 23, Bresowsky said.

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CAMPUS Women in STEM Summit to focus on roles of females in advancing sustainability

The fourth annual Women in STEM Summit, coinciding with Earth Day on April 18, will focus on the roles of women in advancing sustainability and how local leaders are influencing sustainable change.

The summit, “Sustainable Solutions and Champions of Change (A Gender Perspective),” will feature a keynote interview between SUNY Chancellor Kristina Johnson and Liesl Folks, dean of the engineering school.

The summit will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Student Union Theater, and will feature a multidisciplinary array of female panelists.

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Wind storms batters Western New York

Strong winds knocked down trees and powerlines and left thousands without power on Wednesday.

Over 23,500 New York State Electric and Gas customers in the area had no power, according to The Buffalo News.

Over 5,200 National Grid customers also went without power in Erie County.

Forecasts called for winds between 30 and 50 mph, with gusts up to 70 mph, along with heavy rainfall and scattered thunderstorms in parts of the region.

The storm postponed many flights at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport and caused accidents on major roadways. Heavy rainfall also caused flooding along Route 5 and the Niagara River.

Tesla looking to hire more Western New Yorkers

Tesla’s Riverbend Factory on South Park Avenue in South Buffalo hopes to bring 1,460 additional jobs to the area, according to The Buffalo News.

The solar panel factory needs more workers as it prepares to begin installing its new solar roof on customers’ homes.

Tesla already employs 1,440 employees with entry level pay at $14 an hour.

There are 34 different jobs listed on the company’s website.

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Women accused of injuring three with handgun during shooting at YouTube’s offices

The San Bruno Police Department said the now-deceased female shooter, Nasim Najafi Aghdam, opened fire with a handgun and shot three at the YouTube’s office in San Bruno, California, according to The New York Times.

The police said Aghdam accused YouTube and Google of hurting the reach and profitability of her personal website in the weeks leading up to the Tuesday shooting.

Wednesday marks 50 anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s shooting

Thousands gathered in downtown Memphis and across the country to mourn the death and celebrate the achievements of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Wednesday marked the 50th anniversary of King’s 1968 assassination on a motel balcony in Memphis.

James Earl Ray was charged with the murder of the civil rights movement leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

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Malaysia passes bill outlawing ‘fake news’

On Monday, the Malaysian government’s lower house of Parliament passed a bill outlawing “fake news.”

The legislation would punish those who publish or spread “fake news content” with up to six years in prison, according to The New York Times.

The proposal is expected to pass the Senate this week, but the Malaysian government’s handling of previous scandals raise questions about the motivation for the law.

Malaysian reporters who’ve covered the prime minister’s mishandling of Malaysia’s state investment fund have been charged with offenses such as sedition and defamation. Some publications that covered the scandal were censored.

Austria proposes anti-Islamic headscarf ban in schools

Austria’s new coalition government has proposed a “child protection law,” which bans headscarves for girls aged under 10 in schools to “protect Austrian culture from Islamic influences,” according to the BBC. Austria has passed similar laws banning face coverings including Muslim full-face veils in public spaces.

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23andMe and You Genetic testing kits offer insight into ancestry and health KIRSTEN DEAN STAFF WRITER

People share more in common than they know.

Around 99.9 percent of human DNA is the same with less than one percent of genetic differences, according to National Human Genome Research Institute.

23andMe, a genetic testing company, helps people see where in the world they come from. The company, founded in 2006, offers ancestral and personal health testing kits. It allows consumers to discover information about their DNA by sending in a saliva sample for testing.

The company offers two services. The ancestry kit includes DNA composition from both maternal and paternal ancestors. The health and ancestry service includes an extensive report on the individual’s genetic health, which includes an individual’s risks, traits and carrier status.

Omer Gokcumen, a biological sciences professor, leads the Gokcumen Lab at UB. The lab studies genetic variation in human evolution and studies evolutionary and anthropological genomics.

Gokcumen and members of his lab purchased 23andMe kits to test their own genomes. Gokcumen said he views the rise in popularity of genetic testing kits positively. “[The rise] shows how genomics is coming to a degree of resolution where we can accurately identify the birthplaces

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23andMe, a genetic testing company, helps people discover information about their DNA through a saliva sample.

Students who used the kits said it’s helped them learn more about the specifics of their genetic makeup.

of our ancestors,” Gokcumen said.

Gokcumen said he believes these genetic testing services are accurate, but he also advises individuals to be cautious when reading their results. He said if test results are read wrong, individuals may have incorrect perceptions of their race and ethnicity.

“Even though a good number of the services are careful in their wording, sometimes, it is understood that the percentages of ancestry are eternal or immutable components,” Gokcumen said. “In fact, it is just where your ancestors lived in the past 200 to 300 years.”

Gokcumen said he believes companies like 23andMe are still a novelty, and should continue research for more genetic variants to test. He said these tests become more accurate with additional data.

“These services depend on available data from different populations and currently, these represented populations are not necessarily reflecting true ancestral diversity of humankind,” Gokcumen said.

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The ancestry kit also shows the percentage of an extinct hominin species, the Neanderthals, who went extinct around 40,000 years ago. The species is one of multiple hominins whose interbreeding left humans with their own DNA. Ozgur Taskent, a Ph.D student in the biological sciences department, said Neanderthal genes in humans is discontinuous.

“Although majority of Neanderthal DNA in our genomes is either slightly deleterious or neutral, some [genetic materials] that were advantageous were positively selected,” Taskent said. “This includes genes affecting skin pigmentation, hair color, and immune system genes.”

Taskent said most of the Neanderthal genome no longer exists within humans.

He said the remains of DNA that exist within the human genome, however, offer a different explanation to their ending.

“I sort of believe that [Neanderthals] did not go extinct, for some managed to survive within human populations,” Taskent said.

Melissa Sotelo, a senior architecture major, purchased the ancestry kit from 23andMe to learn more about her heritage. She discovered some parts of her ancestry matched what she already knew, but said other ancestral results were a surprise.

Sotelo said the tests showed her how closely related humans are to each other and to celebrate the differences that makes each individual unique.

“In a way, it doesn’t matter where we are from. You know, the generic ‘we all come from the same place,’” Sotelo said. “On the other hand, retaining your culture is also very important, as it shapes who you are as a person and gives you a sense of identity that only you understand.”

23andMe’s ancestry kit is $99, a price Sotelo sees as expensive for college students. However, she encourages others to take advantage of occasional discount prices from the company. The health and ancestry service costs $199.

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2:03 p.m. A caller said a 5’8” heavy-set man approached him in the men’s locker room in Alumni Arena and asked the victim for his underwear. The man took the underwear and left. He dropped the underwear when the victim approached him.

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3/29 9:42 a.m. A suspicious person was reported in the Diefendorf building. The person was described as a black male in his 40s wearing a gray or blue jacket, graybutton down shirt and dark baggy pants.

The person was a UB employee.

3/31 12:43 p.m. A Wilkeson resident reported they heard possible gunshots and windows shatter. The sound heard were not gunshots, but the broken windows could have been a result of BB guns.

4/01 4:19 a.m. A student living in the Spaulding Quad reported his clothes were taken from one of the dryers in the Spaulding laundry room.

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7:27 p.m. A student dorming in Red Jacket called UPD after believing her roommate took her laptop and boots without her permission. The roommate returned the items and admitted guilty for the theft.

4/03 10:27 a.m. A shuttle bus driver reported an elderly male falling at Flint Loop and bleeding from the head. The victim was reported to be disoriented and light-headed before falling.

12:24 p.m. A suspicious male was reported on the first floor of the biomedical education building. The person was standing near the vending machines staring at the students. He was described as a white male in his 50s, tan jacket, carrying a newspaper and wearing headphones. email:news@ubspectrum.com

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From ‘SNL’ to Broadway: A Conversation with Colin Quinn Q: Spontaneity works in your favor with the majority of your work. Does this attribute cross Behind and in front of the camera, Colin Quinn finds resonance in all forms of over to your writing? Is there a clear distinction between being comedy.

Whether it’s starring in one-man shows funny in conversation versus on Broadway directed by friend and fel- writing for television or writing low comic Jerry Seinfeld or his tenure as jokes for a television show?

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a writer for “Saturday Night Live,” the comedian brings experience and influence that have helped span a 30-year career.

Quinn spoke with The Spectrum about his “One in Every Crowd” stand-up tour, experiences working the comedy circuit and his upcoming shows at Buffalo’s Helium Comedy Club on April 26-28.

Q: As a writer for “SNL” and later a cast member, how do you compare the behind-the-scenes work with on-screen roles? Is it hard to switch between the two?

A: Yeah, but what you said is exactly right. The spontaneity kills me half the time because I’ll start to write something and then suddenly I’m onto something else and I end up all screwed up, you know. I am sitting there with papers that have nothing to do with anything, and they’re sort of just thrown in there as extra jokes. It is a bit of a nightmare honestly. I end up with all of these different things, and I just can’t help but think what happened.

Q: Does the majority of your A: A lot of people switch. They do switch material originate from over the years, you know. [“Saturday Night personal experience, or has Live”] is not as hard as other places proba- your way of accumulating bly, because they do tend to allow that more. material changed over the years It’s definitely one of those things that sort or even from tour to tour?

Comic discusses upcoming ‘One in Every Crowd’ stand-up tour COURTESY | LOSHAK PR Stand-up comedian and former “SNL” writer and cast member Colin Quinn spoke with The Spectrum in promotion of his “One in Every Crowd” stand-up tour, the comedians first in seven years.

ascension to the presidency?

and one Off-Broadway. What A: I mean he’s definitely a type of a is your focus on this current bragging, builder-type guy. I can’t say he’s tour? Is it easy to transition not a certain type of personality, but he’s from a one-man Broadway show definitely a guy who thinks he’s more of back to stand-up, or is it a more of [uses] two different muscles. I feel like A: I would say number two more be- a straight shooter than he really is. He’s a writing there really teaches people a lot, you cause the subject, your personal experi- guy that prides himself on telling it like it extensive process? know. It teaches you almost more than performing. The good thing is you have to perform in front of everybody all the time, every week. There’s a whole crowd of people listening to your stuff, so you get to live in a reality where you say, “Oh, that joke doesn’t work” and vice versa.

Q: Being your first tour in seven years, do you have any reservations toward standup? How do you think the industry has changed? Is there a clearer line that separates the acceptable versus the taboo?

A: There is never a clear line, and that’s part of the good thing about comedy.

There’s never a line. How you say it is how the line is taken, you know what I mean?

There is definitely more sensitivity in a certain way. Obviously, people are more cautious and careful about what they say and all that stuff, which is annoying. ... In the grand scheme of things, you still have to find a way to say what you feel like saying.

ence becomes hard. It’s almost like you don’t live a wild enough life after a certain age where personal experience is very pedestrian compared to when you’re younger. The focus has to be more on the bigger picture.

Q: Jerry Seinfeld has labeled you as the quintessential New York comedian. Do you find more of an influence in your work from your surroundings in New York, or is there more of a connection to your specific upbringing and roots?

A: Yeah, but now New York is no longer New York in my opinion. It’s really not the same thing. It’s more of a look back.

Q: If you look at someone like Donald Trump who people see as a typical New Yorker, do you consider that an accurate representation after his

APRIL MOVIE GUIDE DAVID TUNIS-GARCIA MANAGING EDITOR

Let’s be real here. There is only one film coming out this month — only one that really matters. I could dedicate this entire entry into the Movie Guide oeuvre to this one film, but for the sake of continuity, I’ll be keeping with the arbitrary format I established for myself, wasting both your time and my own. Let’s move this along.

“Blockers” April 6 Here is an interesting film. Because it looks ... good? But also ... gross? Leslie Mann, Ike Barinholtz and John Cena play three parents lost in a teenage world of emojis and butt-chugging when they snoop through their kids’ phones and discover their daughters’ plans to lose their virginities after prom.

Mann, Barinholtz and, yes, even Cena have proven themselves on every occasion to be talented comedians. Cena especially seems to be channeling an Arnold Schwarzenegger circa “Jingle All the Way” as the hulking brute everyone is pretending is a normal human being. But the plot of the film seems to be built around the premise of parents — particularly Barinholtz and Cena as fathers — sexualizing their teenage daughters and trying to con-

trol their sex lives. Surely the parents will learn a valuable lesson about letting their children grow up, but that doesn’t make it any less grody.

“Rampage” April 13 When the trailer for “Rampage” begins with The Rock talking to his friend, a gorilla named George, you may understandably be excited for a gritty “Curious George” reboot with Dwayne Johnson as The Man in the Yellow Hat. But the disappointment immediately sets in when you realize you’re in for another video game adaptation, in this case, Midway Games’ “Rampage.”

The video game centers on a mutant gorilla, lizard and wolf destroying buildings while the military tries to stop them.

The game has a tongue-in-cheek tone that this washed out gray-and-beige movie seems to be missing with its screenplayby-committee about genetic engineering and animal testing.

“I Feel Pretty” April 20 A lot of people are over Amy Schumer’s schtick – self-deprecating jokes and pratfalls – at this point. But “I Feel Pretty” looks like an interesting if not clever use

is, where it’s only according to what you think it is.

Q: How do you think the comedy world can continue to make better space for women in more prominent shows like “SNL?” Have you seen any changes in either direction?

A: Well, of course it’s a guy-dominated field. There [are] two ways that happens.

Obviously, more women have to want to do it. In terms of “SNL,” it is pretty well represented I think, but it’s always going to be one of those conflicts because you’re like, “Yes, you need to have more women,” you know, women doing what they do. Guys and women will want different things in their comedy, and I feel like that’s fine and it’s natural. It’s really about finding that line between equity and equality and also realizing that people do have different takes on life.

Q: You recently wrapped up two one-man shows, one on

A: Well, you said I’m transitioning so I hope that stays in the article. I mean, it’s hard to say because it’s all so similar to me and it’s more of a label that people put it as a one-man show. It’s the same to me.

It’s all stand up to me except that maybe I’m keeping it more thematic during the one-man shows. It’s all the same thing –– trying to figure things out, trying to make jokes about subjects and themes that seem to occur in life.

Q: What are your thoughts on your upcoming shows in Buffalo? How did you go about picking dates and venues for this tour?

A: Well, it’s more coordinating with my agent and my manager. Then, with Buffalo, I like the Helium Club. I like their club.

It becomes, “Yeah, I want to play that club.” Some clubs I want to do just because I’m comfortable in that place, and I like the vibe when I’m there. email: brian.evams@ubspectrum.com twitter: @BrianEvansSpec

Your monthly collection of cinematic selections… of her persona. Schumer plays a woman who struggled her whole life with her weight and resulting insecurity.

After a fall, she begins to see herself as she always dreamed she looked: pretty, thin and capable. Assuming something about her accident changed her appearance, she starts to act sexy and confident. The rest of the world just sees Amy Schumer.

“Avengers: Infinity War” April 27 This movie is a decade in the making.

Almost 10 years ago to the day “Infinity War” comes out, the people at Marvel Studios took a chance when they released “Iron Man,” a movie by an unproven studio about a C-list superhero starring a recovering drug-addict in Robert Downey Jr. “Iron Man” was the first entry to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a wacky concept from producer Kevin Feige to bring comic-book storytelling to the big screen.

Now about to be 19 films deep, the MCU is the most successful film franchise of all time. Not bad for something made from what was essentially a box of scraps.

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names they were before “The Avengers” came out in 2012.

Building off that initial team-up and the rest of the MCU films, “Infinity War” finds our heroes, well, at war with Thanos of Titan, an intergalactic being who seeks the Infinity Stones to impose his will on the universe and court Death herself. The Avengers and company — including the Guardians of the Galaxy — must put their well-documented differences aside to save the world, galaxy, universe for, like, the umpteenth time. email: david.garcia@ubspectrum.com twitter: @davidubspectrum

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UB Stadium during a Bulls football game. UB athletics recently sent a budget report to The Spectrum detailing expenses and revenues for 2017.

Your weekly collection of Buffalo’s sonic selections BRIAN EVANS ASST. ARTS EDITOR

With winter weather sticking around through April, stepping out can be difficult.

As we approach the end of the semester and finals, The Spectrum compiled a list of events and shows across campus and throughout Buffalo to get you out and moving this April.

Thursday, April 5 - Sunday, April 8 The Zodiaque Dance Company Spring Program In its 44th season, the Zodiaque Dance Company will take the stage at the Center for the Arts April 5 through April 8.

The company consists of students as well as various guest dancers.

Working off of its slogan “versatility matters,” the Zodiaque Dance Company continues to be a diverse force in UB’s theatre and dance department with showings exemplifying a mix of genres in dance, choreography as well as music.

Tickets are available at the CFA ticket office as well as online at Ticketfly.

Friday, April 6 Wolf Alice + The Big Pink Town Ballroom On the heels of the 2017 LP “Vision of a Life,” UK rockers Wolf Alice will perform at Town Ballroom on Friday, April 6 at 7 p.m. The Grammy nominated group will be supported by London rockers The Big Pink, culminating in an evening of rhythmic beats mixed with electronic rock.

Tickets are on sale now at Ticketfly for the event.

Thursday, April 12 Steve Martin, Martin Short and the Steep Canyon Rangers - Shea’s Performing Arts Centre On and off the stage, Steve Martin and Martin Short have amassed a body of work throughout 30-year careers worth boasting about. From “SNL” to feature films and stand-up performances, Martin and Short have become some of the most popular household names in comedy.

The pair of comics will head to Shea’s in downtown Buffalo April 12 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are on sale at Ticketmaster.

Saturday, April 21 Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness Town Ballroom Singer/songwriter Andrew McMahon will perform at Town Ballroom on April 21 in support of his solo effort “Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness,” after previously performing in Something Corporate as well as Jack’s Mannequin.

McMahon released two studio albums under his “Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness” solo moniker, most recently 2017’s “Zombies on Broadway.”

Tickets are available online through McMahon’s website and Ticketfly.

Thursday, April 26 - Sunday, April 28 Colin Quinn: One in Every Crowd The Helium Comedy Club From the drawing board to the stage, stand-up comedian and former “SNL” writer and cast member Colin Quinn will embark on his first stand-up tour in seven years, stopping at Buffalo’s Helium Comedy Club from April 26 through April 28.

The comic recently wrapped up two one-man shows both on Broadway and off-Broadway directed by Jerry Seinfeld, and is streaming on Netflix with “Colin Quinn: A New York Story.” email: arts@ubspectrum.com twitter: @BrianEvansSpec

The severance payments for the four cut Division-I teams from March 2017 combined for $492,587.

“Direct institutional support” was the largest source of revenue for Athletics, according to the report. UB gave the department $14,511,421. The men’s teams received $7,990,397, while the women’s teams received $1,408,354. The remaining $5,112,670 was used for nonspecific team expenses.

Student fees were the second-largest revenue earner with $8,981,926. $5,071,887 went to women’s teams while $2,959,507 went to men’s teams. The remaining $950,532 was not allocated by team.

The revenue from insitutional support and student fees made up two-thirds of the Athletics budget. The rest of the revenue earners –– including ticket sales and royalties –– made roughly $3 million or less.

The school earned $1,065,783 in ticket revenue, with football making up $816,409 of that revenue. NCAA distribution brought in $2,869,844 while conference distribution brought in $1,275,000. Travel expenses for men’s and women’s sports combined for $3,012,827, with football having the highest individual cost at $929,110. email: thomas.zafonte@ubspectrum.com twitter: @Thomas_Spectrum

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ALL TIME HIGH Buffalo prepares for next season, coming off program’s first tournament game win

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The men’s basketball team is coming off the best season in program history.

It recorded more wins than any Buffalo team in history with 27, and secured the school’s first NCAA Tournament game victory when they beat the Arizona Wildcats 89-68.

The Bulls enter the offseason preparing to exceed this past year’s success and claim a fourth Mid-American Conference title in five years. They will only lose two players, senior guard Wes Clark and junior forward Ikenna Smart, while bringing in one of the top recruiting classes in program history. Buffalo has three all-MAC players returning and is positioned to be a top team in the conference again.

“I think confidence is at an all-time high right now,” junior forward Nick Perkins said. “We had the best season in school history, so coming back you want to make it better, and I think this year really showed what we can do.”

Junior guard CJ Massinburg was a firstteam all-MAC selection this year along with Perkins. Junior guard Jeremy Harris was an all-MAC second-team selection.

Perkins and Massinburg enter next season as the only two Bulls with two conference championship rings. They are also the only two Bulls on the team for all of Nate Oats’s tenure as head coach.

Massinburg and Perkins said they have

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(left) Junior guard Jeremy Harris takes a shot from the corner. Harris is one of the three all-MAC selection returning to the Bulls this season. (right) Junior forward Nick Perkins backs down an opponent in the post. Perkins, along with senior guard CJ Massinburg, will be entering their fourth season here in Buffalo and looking to collect their third MAC title.

seen the growth the program made and they’re looking forward to gearing up for one more run together. Massinburg said the team will need to stay focused to win a conference title next season.

“I’m really looking forward to this fourth year with Oats and Perkins,” Massinburg said. “Freshman year, we got it done. Sophomore year, we learned what not to do. I feel like sophomore year we kind of got arrogant since we had won it the year before. … [We can] learn from our mistakes sophomore year and be successful next year.”

The Bulls have already started preparation for next year. They were in the gym Tuesday with the coaching staff, running drills and scrimmaging. Perkins said bas-

ketball is a year-round sport and they aren’t taking any breaks even if it’s the offseason.

“It just shows how hungry we are. We had a couple weeks off,” Massinburg said.

“People got into the gym on their own, but we’ve been itching to play with each other and get back out here. We missed it.”

The loss of Clark and Smart means the Bulls have to replace a starting point guard and starting center. The current recruiting class does not have any centers but includes two point guards in Ronaldo Segu and Javion Hamlet. Hamlet was at Tuesday’s practice getting acclimated to the team.

The Bulls have high expectations for Segu. 247Sports ranked Segu as the 44th

best point guard in the nation this year.

“He’s a solid point guard. He plays real hard. He plays good defense [and] can create his own shot,” Harris said.

Perkins, who played more minutes at center than Smart despite coming off the bench, said he thinks the team will still be strong down low. Redshirt freshman Brock Bertram and junior forward Montell McRae are 6 foot 11 inches and 6 foot 10 inches tall respectively and will be able to fill in at the center position.

“We have [Bertram] and [McRae], and Bertram didn’t really play a lot last year but his body is really changing, and he’s getting better everyday so we got him coming back next year and we’re going to have a really good team,” Perkins said.

The point guard duties fall on sophomore Davonta Jordan and junior Dontay Caruthers, who Perkins described as “the two pit bulls” for their defensive prowess.

Jordan is coming off a year where he was named to the all-MAC defensive team and Caruthers was the MAC defensive player of the year two seasons ago.

Harris also said he is excited to play with guard Jeenathan Williams. Williams is a long guard like Harris who plays well on the wing. 247Sports ranked Williams 27th in the nation at his position.

“It’s going to be a lot of length on the wings,” Harris said. “I can’t wait to get those guys up here in the summertime” The MAC will be on high alert with the Bulls this season. Massinburg said he’s not worried about the rest of the MAC right now and is going to just focus on Buffalo.

“I have the utmost confidence in our guys, this program and our coaching staff,” Massinburg said. “I’m not really sure what the other [MAC] teams are doing or how they’re looking, but I know what’s going on in this gym and we’re going to be ready.” email: daniel.petruccelli@ubspectrum.com twitter: @DanP_Spectrum

Power on the mound and plate Junior pitcher Ally Power and home runs lead Bulls past Akron NATHANIEL MENDELSON STAFF WRITER

UB Softball completed the two-game sweep of the Akron Zips with ease in a home double-header Tuesday afternoon.

The teams played in cold rainy weather, but that had little effect on Buffalo’s performance. The Bulls never fell behind by more than one run, including a run-rule victory in game one. The Bulls finished game one in five innings with a 16-1 victory and won the second game 7-4.

“It’s huge for the program. We want to change the team culture,” said Bulls head coach Mike Roberts. “Kids are starting to buy into what we’re teaching and what we’re trying to achieve. I’ve got to give credit to them. They’ve done a great job of buying in and believing in what we can do.”

Junior pitcher Ally Power finished game one allowing one run and five hits, striking out five batters in her first game of the day. Power struggled early in the game, walking the bases loaded in back to back innings but didn’t allow a run.

“She’s had a few of those the past couple of weeks,” Roberts said. “If she struggles, she will struggle early. With a few walks in the first inning, we don’t want to see that obviously. She’s got to work it out a little bit, and we’ve talked about it at practice.”

Sophomore catcher Jessica Goldyn led off the bottom of the first with a home run to right centerfield, starting Buffalo

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Sophomore catcher Jessica Goldyn celebrates after hitting a lead off home run. Buffalo swept Akron in a doubleheader on Tuesday.

off strong at the plate. The Bulls (13-17, 5-3 Mid-American Conference) followed up by scoring an additional five runs in the inning and scoring at least one in every other.

“I think once we started hitting the ball we clicked, and once we click we can’t stop,” Goldyn said.

The Bulls 3-4-5 hitters combined to go 9-11 with three home runs and 13 runs batted in for game one. Freshman infielder Anna Aguon and sophomore second baseman Jenelle Martinez both had four hits and five runs batted in.

“There’s times when our top half of the order got hot and they get to swing at good pitches,” Roberts said. “They can be devastating and today it showed. In that first game, they hit the ball really well.”

The Bulls had four errors in the second game. In the first inning, Akron scored off a throwing error by Goldyn and junior infielder Alissa Karjel. In the fourth, Akron (1-28-1, 0-7-0 MAC) tied the game after a pair of errors by Martinez.

“When Ally’s on the mound and she’s struggling a little bit, we expect our team to play defense behind her,” Roberts said. “I walked out there in the second inning and talked to the team about when Ally is struggling. We have to make plays in the field.”

Power pitched all seven innings for the Bulls and brought her record to 10-9 in the season. She allowed seven hits and four runs with only two being earned in the second game.

“You kind of accept it,” Power said.

“It’s hard to not get upset about it, but

thinking of the first game, they were there for me and I was trying to be there for them in the second.”

The season has been a drastic turnaround from last year for the Bulls, having gone 9-46 last season. Players have credited the change to Roberts, who looks to turn the once-struggling program around and lead the Bulls to one of the best seasons in recent years. “[It was] definitely the most fun [season]. One of my better ones and I owe it a lot to coach Roberts,” Power said.

The Bulls play a three-game road series next against Central Michigan (14-15, 4-3 MAC), starting Friday and ending with a double-header on Saturday. email: sports@ubspectrum.com