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Imani Wilform, a junior health and human services major “I’m a transfer student and at my last school we had book vouchers in addition to campus cash and dining dollars, they helped a lot,” Wilform said. “Instead of paying thousands of dollars for books – because that’s how much my books were this semester – I only had to pay like $200 or $300.”
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SARAH CROWLEY SENIOR FEATURES EDITOR
UB Athletics announced last week its decision to cut four sports programs, effective fall 2017. In the days following, students, athletes and parents questioned the decision and its announcement. UB Athletics has a $32 million budget and will save an estimat-
ed $2 million annually from the cuts. The cut will not reduce the fees students pay for Division-I athletics at UB, leaving the question many people in the UB community are asking: what will the money go toward? We asked students what they would put the money toward if they were in administrator’s shoes. These are the top items on the “student budget wish-list.”
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Tynaisha Brehon, a junior health and human services major
Nathan Saar, a sophomore speech and hearing services major
“After its remodeling, Capen was super nice but only if you’re not going to go to the [third] floor of Capen, I feel like Lockwood hasn’t had any resources allocated to that,” Gelber said. “It’s the same thing with the Law Library, you have undergraduate students going there also so I feel like definitely getting more resources for better equipment for libraries besides Capen.”
“I used to live in the dorms and in the summertime, you can’t survive in that, maybe try to get some A.C. installed up in there,” Brehon said. “I’m EOP so I have my own specific adviser but other general major students, sometimes their advisor has so many people that they can’t really get the advisement that they want. Maybe it should go towards more things like that and more funding toward things like C-Step and STEM programs.”
“They spent a whole bunch of money on Alumni [Arena] and it’s just still packed,” Saar said. “I feel like going to the gym is important to a lot of people and if there are too many people there, it makes them not want to go.”
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‘The Predator’ comes home Former UB wrestler Desmond Green wins UFC debut in front of electric hometown crowd THOMAS ZAFONTE ASST. SPORTS EDITOR
Before Desmond “The Predator” Green threw a punch at UFC 210, the crowd already loved him. When Green scored a takedown, the crowd burst into cheers. And when Green got his hand raised at the end of the fight, the crowd erupted. Saturday night’s thunderous crowd was ready to watch the hometown fighter get the biggest win of his career. Green, a former UB wrestler, made his UFC debut at UFC 210 Saturday night at the KeyBank Center in downtown Buffalo. “It was unbelievable,” Green said in the post fight media scrum. “I knew I was going to have a lot of supporters, but when I came out and they roared like that for me, I was like, ‘Is all of this for me?’ I can’t even take this right now. Win, lose, or draw I had already won.” Green took on undefeated prospect Josh Emmett, who had already gone 2-0 in the UFC. Despite the tough competition, Green was able to control the fight and looked outstanding throughout on his way to a split decision win (28-29, 29-28, 30-27). “When they read the 30-27, before they even said who it was, I already started jumping,” Green said. “I didn’t think it should have been a split, but a win’s a win.
I got that first UFC win out of my system.” Before the event, Green didn’t think there would be too many in attendance for his fight since it was the third fight on a 12-fight card. But people showed up for Green and started to pack the arena 30 minutes before his fight. By the time he was making his way to the octagon, the crowd was almost full. That is exactly what UFC President Dana White looks for in fighters before they move up the card. “This is my first UFC fight and I know it takes a while for the crowd to get in,” Green said. “So I was shocked when I looked around and I could see so many people. I was starstruck; I’m not even going to lie. If you were to ask me ‘do you think you would get
so much love and support,’ I knew I was going to get it but not this much.” But Green didn’t let the buzz in the arena get under his skin. Instead, he used it as fuel. “It wasn’t jitters, it was motivation. I am a big Dragonball Z fan so I felt like I had the spirit bomb, getting the energy from everybody,” Green said. “Then, when they booed my opponent, I was like you guys are too much. I love it, just give me more. I felt like I was stepping in there with every supporter behind me.” Green is a Rochester native and the weekend was made more special for him because his family attended multiple events. CONTINUED ON PAGE 5
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Desmond Green answers questions at a UFC 210 post fight media scrum. Green made his UFC debut at the event winning by split decision.
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Holiday away from home Students discuss observing Passover at school VICTORIA HARTWELL STAFF WRITER
Jessica Reznik scrubs her floors, vacuums her apartment and burns the traces of grain-based foods in her oven to make her home Kosher for Passover. Passover is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the Israelite’s Exodus from Egypt when they were freed from slavery. Those who observe the holiday don’t eat food with leaven, such as yeast, in order to stay Kosher for Passover. One of the main traditions of the holiday is the Seder, a festive dinner which occurs on the first two nights. The Seder involves the retelling of the story of Passover with songs and chants. People also eat symbolic foods, such as matzah, which is unleavened bread and maror, which are bitter herbs. Students celebrating Passover can attend a Seder hosted by Jewish organizations on and off campus, such as Hillel of Buffalo and Chabad, respectively. Passover begins at sunset on April 10. Reznik, a senior communication major, is planning to attend Hillel’s Seder on Monday and Chabad’s Seder on Tuesday. She will also be preparing her own food during the week, such as matzah pizza and matzah lasagna. CONTINUED ON PAGE 5
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UB announces new format for DIFCON series
People left homeless after Sunday fire
UB’s Spring 2017 DIFCON series will have a different format than year’s past. The series will take place from April 17-21 and will ask participants to own their differences and introduce a new debate-style format to address controversial topics influencing the nation. A panel will encourage participants to share their viewpoints and allow attendees “to increase our capacity to negotiate deeply held beliefs and values across a terrain in which those values are contested, and perhaps even rejected by others,” according to Teresa Miller, vice provost for equity and inclusion.
A two-alarm fire broke out early Sunday morning on Gibson Street near Broadway-Fillmore. The fire has left 17 people homeless – four adults and 13 children. The second alarm sounded at 4:36 a.m. and firefighters were at the scene until 6:37 a.m. Damages on one of the affected homes exceed $60,000 in damages to structure and contents. The Red Cross took care of the occupants, according to The Buffalo News.
UB students advance to ErieHack semifinals
Two UB students are advancing to the Buffalo regional quarterfinals of ErieHack, a tech company working to solve some of the challenges facing Lake Erie. The students, sophomores Michael Brown and Morgan Sansbury, created a text-message based water quality system called WaterWatcher. The pair of sophomores was one of four teams selected to advance to the ErieHack semifinals in Detroit on April 13, where they will compete for a chance to win one of four cash prizes, including the $50,000 grand prize.
Mayor Byron Brown commits to increasing funding for public schools
Parents argue the city isn’t doing enough for Buffalo Public Schools. Parents and teachers met with Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown on Thursday to discuss their concerns. They are worried about funding and say Buffalo hasn’t increased funding in more than a decade. Brown said he has given an additional $17.9 million to schools since 2006 and he pledged in his state of the city speech to add an additional $1 million.
U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley says U.S. is prepared to ‘do more’ in Syria
The U.S. is “prepared to do more” to combat Syria’s use of chemical weapons, which killed dozens of people, said ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley before a council at a UN session. This was a day after the U.S. military hit a Syrian plane home base. “Every time Assad has crossed the line of human decency, Russia has stood beside him,” Haley said. “Assad did this because he thought he could get away with it because he knew Russia had his back. That changed last night.” Steve Bannon removed from National Security Council
President Donald Trump’s chief strategist Steve Bannon was removed from his permanent seat at the National Security Council on April 5. Bannon’s removal marks a demotion for Bannon. Bloomberg News first reported on Wednesday that Bannon’s title was officially removed from the standing list of members of the National Security Council. Trump authorized the reorganization of the National Security Council, adding Bannon as a permanent member to the council when he took office in January. Bannon’s removal represents the influence of Trump’s national security adviser H.R. McMaster, who took over the position after retired general Michael Flynn was fired.
Four dead following truck attack in Stockholm
A man has been arrested for suspected terrorism after crashing a beer truck into a department store, killing at least four, according to CNN. At least a dozen people were injured, four of them critically. A large bag of undetonated explosives was discovered inside the truck, which was stolen minutes before the attack. The attacker suffered burns from the explosives, which did not detonate properly. The suspect is a 39-year-old Uzbekistani man who had been on authorities’ radar previously, according to CBS News. ISIS attacks Egyptian Coptic churches on Palm Sunday
Suicide bombers attacked two Coptic churches in Egypt Sunday, killing at least 40 people, according to The New York Times. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack via its Aamaq news agency. The attacks come after the terror group expressed its intention to start a campaign of violence against Egyptian Christians. At least 92 people were injured in the attacks on St. George’s Church and St. Mark’s Cathedral.
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How free is free speech? A closer look at one of our basic rights
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What’s the difference between free speech and hate speech? Freedom of speech, or free speech, is defined as the right to express any opinions without censorship or restraint. The U.S. Court system defines free speech more clearly – it includes the right not to speak, to wear armbands to school in protest of war, to use certain offensive words and phrases to convey political messages, to contribute money to political campaigns, to advertise commercial products and professional services (with its own set of restrictions) and to engage in symbolic speech, such as having a bonfire in protest. Hate speech, on the other hand, attacks a person or group on the basis of attributes such as gender, ethnic origin, religion, race, disability or sexual orientation.
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Spring Fest 2017: A long time in the making
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Therefore, hate speech is a direct attack whereas free speech is an expression of opinion. The line here is razor thin and hard to define. What happens when a controversial speaker, such as Milo Yiannopoulos, comes to campus and offends students with his statements or ideology, even if he is not directly attacking a specific group? Or, what if someone like Yiannopoulos does make comments about a specific group? What can we define as an attack? UB issued a statement about its policy on free speech. “The University at Buffalo (UB), as a public institution, has a special obligation to protect the First Amendment rights of free speech and assembly, rights guaranteed by the federal and state
constitutions,” the policy says. UB has also issued guidelines where students can picket or assemble, which include Founders Plaza, the Student Activities Field, the grass area between Moody Terrance and Richmond B lot on North Campus, Harriman Courtyard and the grass area between South Hayes Hall and North Clark Hall. Alongside these allotted spaces, the university has issues “black out dates” in which there is no protesting allowed, including opening day, commencement, family weekend and open houses. UB’s speech codes are rated “red,” which means the university has at least one policy that both clearly and substantially restricts freedom of speech, according to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). This means that the threat to free speech is obvious and exists no matter how the rules are ap-
plied – this demarcation is likely in reference to UB’s restrictions upon when students can protest. Free speech requires careful consideration. It means not blurting out offensive commentary or attacking others if you disagree. As students, we have a right to hold discussions and speak freely on campus, so long as it is not damaging to other students. At the university level, free speech is incredibly important. Without it, we would never hear the opinions of professors or peers, which indirectly help to shape our own. All of the material we learn in classes would be cut and dry, completely fact-based and instructed. Our opinions would remain, unchanged by our educational environment. But the line between free speech and hate speech is incredibly easy to cross over. Once students feel threatened or unsafe on this campus, it’s time to have a conversation on what is and isn’t acceptable.
BENJAMIN BLANCHET ASST. ARTS EDITOR
My freshman year, I had no clue of the magnitude of SA’s annual fest. I was elated after hearing one of my favorite southern rappers T.I. would be performing alongside then-newcomer Schoolboy Q. The announcement came just weeks before I would step foot on-campus and it arrived via a leak from Ticketmaster’s website. It seems as though leaks and Tweets about rumored artists are the best way of rolling out fest lineups. As students wait for an official announcement, this year’s Spring Fest has still not been announced as of Sunday night. The fest, slated for April 28, was teased by SA on Twitter last week
but wasn’t met with an official announcement. Other tweets about the fest came from Buffalo’s Barstool Sports account last week, bringing to the surface rumors that rapper Wiz Khalifa would be the fest’s headliner. Regardless of what is confirmed and what’s not, students shouldn’t have to worry about checking social media 24/7 for fest information. The announcement’s roll-out should be quicker, yes, but students should be able to believe in SA’s abilities to announce events seamlessly. To SA’s credit, a lot of planning is involved in making sure things run smoothly. This can involve everything from logistics to contract negotiations with fest artists. The amount of money that students spend, however, merits a more finely-tuned and understandable announcement process. Students pay the $104.75 mandatory student activity fee every semester to help with funding for the fest. Concertgoers deserve, at least, a month’s notice of what they should expect from the festival. This lack of notice should soon be met with an announcement, but now, fans will have less than three weeks to prepare for the show. Ticket reservation will arrive on
April 17, which will most likely be followed by ticket distribution the following week. The distribution event would come the week of the show and could be chaotic for those who hoped to have tickets in hand weeks ago. The reservation system and its following distribution will complicate things for students who hope to sit together. The SA ticket reservation system has seen less crashes since its introduction but students who want to go to fest together have to plan accordingly. Students who wish to sit in the same section have to arrange to do so over text, complicating the process. The week of Spring Fest should also be hectic, especially with James Franco’s Distinguished Speakers Series event and Oozefest all taking place during the same weekend. This should be all the reason for more preparation for students who might have other obligations. Aside from the announcement itself, the genre of the show itself remains a question. Students who favor hip-hop over EDM, or vice versa, have no idea what to expect from the fest. This essentially gives students a grab-bag. Furthermore, what should upset students the most is yet another fest will be held in Alumni Arena. There hasn’t been an outdoor festival since 2015’s Spring Fest was held in the Lake LaSalle lot. Although I didn’t attend that year’s Spring Fest, 2014’s Fall Fest still remains the best I’ve attended
solely because of the show’s outdoor atmosphere. Music festivals are supposed to be held outdoors, not in a sweaty and packed venue. Of course, weather can play a huge factor in making the choice to hold the fest in Alumni Arena. The university itself, however, has given SA restrictions that have made them hold the concert indoors. What the weather will be on April 28 is anyone’s guess, but the choice to hold the fest shouldn’t be made weeks before knowing the forecast. All these factors combined have made fests nerve-racking for concertgoers who have come to accept these difficulties. If past Spring Fests are any indication of what to expect this year, the mix of artists could be received anywhere from well or to poor. Years past have found headliners such as electronic artists Steve Aoki and The Chainsmokers. Other times have seen country pop act The Band Perry and rapper Rick Ross. One can only hope to not see a repeat of the 2003’s almost-too diverse Spring Fest lineup – a lineup which saw Godsmack play alongside rappers Lil’ Kim and Nas. Nonetheless, students should cross their fingers and hope for the best. Even though the announcement process isn’t too hot, students’ should leave their concerns at the door once fest begins later this month. email: benjamin.blanchet@ubspectrum.com
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Two million dollars It has been 11 years since I left the University at Buffalo. I moved on to graduate school and eventually wound up in the Texas oil field. Texas – let me tell you – is a very beautiful state. My memories of Buffalo are pretty faded. In fact, it has been at least five years since I have been back to the city. Those memories came rushing back this week. They have prompted me to write this letter. I was driving in Houston – stuck in snarled traffic – when I got a text
message on my phone from a former teammate. This was a guy that I had not spoken to in many years. He told me that UB had axed the men’s soccer team. I went home and Googled it. Indeed, it seems that the university needed to cut $2 million of its athletics budget, so four teams had to go. Really good teams. Really strong teams. College athletes and college administrators do not have a lot in common. The admin has to make the budget. The numbers have to
make sense; otherwise the organization does not function. I get it. They are just doing their job. Athletes are very different. I should know, I represented the university as a cross country runner. As a young man, being a division one athlete for Buffalo was one of my crowning achievements. It was such a lofty goal just getting on the team. It gave my entire university career a focus. It gave me the confidence to go out into the wider world. But, this story is not about me. This story is about some 19-yearold kid who right this very minute wants to compete. This person is currently standing on the cam-
pus that I once stood on. Who knows? They could be a professional athlete waiting to come out. They may even be a future Olympian. But, we will never know unless we give them a chance. They need a chance. Two million dollars. That is the shortfall. That is the amount we need to raise. If we could tap the 230,000 alumni around the world, could we get it done? I for one, am going to get the ball rolling. Go Buffalo. Dr. Matthew Moynihan, ’06 Houston, Texas
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Student poet turns academic difficulties to triumph with new book BRENTON J. BLANCHET STAFF WRITER
Charles Joseph Augustin anticipated a future in engineering. But when Joseph was struck by a speeding car that ran a red light, he didn’t expect to have a future at all. The impact had Joseph flying 30 feet in the air, landing on his head and suffering from severe damage. Doctors had no choice but to put Joseph into a medically induced coma. He had a 48 percent chance of living. He beat the odds. After 11 days in the coma, Joseph woke up to find himself in therapy for the remainder of his 11th grade year. “When I got out of therapy, I went back to my senior year of high school. That’s when all of the emotional bullets started hitting me: suicidal thoughts, depression and my friends migrated away from me. I felt alone,” Joseph said. “Poetry was my way of expressing myself when all of these emotions started coming at me.” Poetry has always been a lifeline for Joseph, but engineering was in the rear view. Around the time of the accident, Joseph had decided to pursue mechanical engineering. He continued to take physics courses in high school and was ready to explore the major at UB. “When I was younger, I was into machinery. I deconstructed toys and put them back together. I made robots move, I just thought, ‘That stuff is so interesting, I want to go into that field,’” Joseph said. “Sophomore year [of high school] I started to pursue physics, and thus, I realized that mechanical engineering was the perfect career to accomplish my dreams.” During Fall 2016, Joseph’s grades came back and his love for engineering backfired. The head injury that Joseph suffered in 2014 proved to be relentless. Joseph’s inju-
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(TOP) Charles’ ebook, called How I Escaped Engineering School, is composed of poems written during his struggle as an engineering major. Some of the poems are written on his past exams and quizzes, some with notes from the grader. (BOTTOM) Charles Joseph Augustin, a sophomore communications major, released a book of poems he wrote while struggling with being an engineering student.
ry made him prone to migraines in the years following the accident. “To start this semester off, I had a migraine every single day,” Joseph said. “I went to the neurologist a few times because they were getting crazy. Not only were my classes hard, but I kept on hitting walls. I studied, pulled all-nighters, went to office hours, asked students to help me, but I just couldn’t get it.” These struggles inspired Joseph to seek refuge in poetry – the same art form that kept him grounded years before. The poet, currently a sophomore communication major, took up the penname Charles Joseph and published a book. Joseph’s first published work, How I Escaped Engineering School, is a collection of poems he wrote while struggling with his engineering major last semester. The poems reflect on his emotional hardships as well as his decision to say goodbye to his dream. “I knew I wasn’t going to do engineering
anymore but I had to finish the semester. I started writing poetry. It wasn’t just an escape, but something that kept me sane,” Joseph said. When his exam questions started making less sense to him, Joseph wrote poems in place of test responses. Many professors were dissatisfied with his new exam habits and took points off while leaving no comments. Others gave him words of encouragement. Joseph wrote the poem “Known Unknowns” instead of an answer to a short response question on an exam. “Excellent use of exam time,” the grader commented. “Seriously though, pretty good poem.” Joseph, who signed each poem as Sir Charles the Poet in commemoration of a high school nickname, has original copies of each poem at the end of his e-book. But after a hard semester as an engineering major, Joseph stopped answering questions with poetry and switched his major to
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communication. Ashley C. Goodwin, a Residence Hall director who oversees Joseph’s work as an RA, noticed the positive change in Joseph when he switched majors. “During one meeting, Charles came in my office smiling from ear to ear. I said ‘Oh boy, what are you up to?’ Charles said with enthusiasm, ‘I changed my major!’ I knew at that moment that he had made a decision that made him feel purposeful and happy,” Goodwin said. “Since his book release and major change, Charles is back to his usual self. Full of zest, smiles and insight.” How I Escaped Engineering School is Joseph’s realization that he will always be an engineer, just not professionally. “Engineering is more of a mentality. It’s the ability to look at something and create a whole new object out of it. It’s the ability to think beyond the limits that society allows you to think. I still have that mentality and I incorporate it in my poetry. Engineering is my soul, but poetry is my spirit,” Joseph said. Joseph sees a future in this new field. He plans on writing for a long time and doesn’t want to stop until his work reaches its “highest level.” Joseph hopes his work can help others in similar situations. Paul Meier, a freshman who plans on majoring in civil engineering, read Joseph’s book and can identify with what he experienced. “The book has shown me how I’m not the only one who finds it hard wanting to be an engineer,” Meier said. “It isn’t the end of the world if you plan on switching majors and many college students have switched because their previous major was either not for them, or it was too difficult, like Charles’ experience with engineering.” Joseph has advice for anyone who may be in a similar situation to what he dealt with last semester: “It’s OK to give up on your dreams. It really is. They don’t tell you that every day but it’s a messed up truth,” Joseph said. “If you feel like your dream is slowly killing you, just do whatever you think is best for you.” email: arts@ubspectrum.com
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“Just the perfect debut. Basically in my hometown, I live an hour away from here, I went to college in Buffalo. It was unbelievable, I wish I could live it again right now,”
Green said. Green impressed many analysts with his performance. UFC commentator Joe Rogan gave him significant praise on air. But Green knows in MMA, it is better
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“It's pretty hard during the week because I am very limited in my options when it comes to food,” Reznik said. “Luckily, Chabad does provide dinners every night and lunches on most of the days, so that means less preparation for me.” The Chabad House will be open throughout the holiday for anyone looking to observe and share Kosher for Passover meals. “[The Chabad House is] a revolving door of people coming in and out,” Gurary said. “We look at it in a very positive way, it’s an opportu-
nity, we’re happy to be able to share that.” The N.Y. Deli and Diner in Talbert Hall offers Kosher food, but is only open Thursday and Friday during Passover. Goodyear dining hall also has Kosher options. Gurary said some students won’t eat all day until they come to the Chabad House because of the strict Kosher diet they follow during Passover. “They’re basically starving and coming here is their only access to the culture of Passover food,” Gurary said. “This service is even more vital for the students to have some access to be able [to keep kosher] for Passover.”
to look ahead than look back. That is why Green was already thinking about his next opponent and future plans moments after he defeated Emmett. “Someone who is ranked higher than Emmett was, somebody better then him so I can slowly climb these ranks and state my claim for the title,” Green said.
Green has no fight scheduled yet, but he did make it clear that when the UFC returns to Buffalo, he wants to be there. “Come on Dana [White], you heard them roaring for me, you gotta put me on that card,” Green said.
Joel Finkelstein, a senior history major, gave up on eating completely Kosher during Passover because it was difficult to find Kosher food while at school. Finkelstein said being at school for the holiday is a great experience but he misses his family during Passover. “[Passover is] a very family-oriented holiday,” Gurary said. “It’s very hard for the family and the students to be away [from each other] for this time.” Joseph Levy, a freshman communication major, said he is going to try to stick to the Kosher diet during his first Passover away from home but knows it will be difficult. In recent years, UB has held classes during religious holidays, which many students and faculty have found disheartening. Gura-
ry thinks it’s a shame UB doesn’t cancel classes. But professors are required to accommodate students who miss classes for religious observances. Other schools such as SUNY Binghamton have off from classes from April 8 to April 17 to celebrate Passover, Easter and Spring Break combined. SUNY Albany also does not have classes for the first two days of Passover. Classes are still in session for all other SUNY schools. Hillel of Buffalo will be hosting a Seder on Monday at 7 p.m. in the Wilkeson Coffeehouse. The Chabad House will be hosting a Seder on Monday and Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. at the Chabad House.
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School record holder Amy Shaw looks to finish her last season strong
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Amy Shaw was set to leave subtropical New Zealand for snowy Buffalo after just two calls with UB’s head coach. For the senior studio art major, this was the first step of many to leaving her legacy on UB’s track. Shaw holds the school’s 5k records for the indoor and outdoor track, running 16:29 and 16:43 respectively. “New Zealand is a small country. There’s only 4 million people, so I would show up to races and only four girls would be on the line and it just wasn’t becoming exciting for me anymore. I looked to the U.S. to take my running to the next level,” Shaw said. She started running cross-country at a private club in her hometown of Auckland, New Zealand. Shaw used to run as an excuse to stay fit for netball, a sport similar to basketball, which is popular among girls in New Zealand. “I did a bit of training and came in third in my school’s cross country race and thought, ‘Hey this isn’t too bad,’ so I joined our local club where two of my friends were running,” Shaw said. Shaw spent her freshman year of college in Auckland and continued running as a side hobby. She decided to pursue running at the collegiate level in the states as a way to reignite her love for the sport. The U.S. is the only country in the world that connects sports and college along with attractive scholarships. When searching for a school, Shaw said that if there wasn’t a full ride, it wouldn’t be worth the trip from the South Pacific.
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Senior long distance runner Amy Shaw holds the program record in the indoor and outdoor 5k race.
“The more I thought about it, if I could get a full ride to run somewhere in the U.S., that’d be cheaper than me staying at home and would let me face bigger competition,” Shaw said. “I saw other New Zealanders doing it so I thought it might work for me.” Shaw needed runners at her level to push her and the NCAA could provide her with those opponents. She had a high school friend that played soccer for UB and kept up with his posts on social media showcasing the school. Shaw decided UB might be a good fit for her and liked the idea of being in New York State, which for her is the epitome of living the American dream. “I thought it was going to be way closer to New York City, so that was appealing to me,” Shaw said. “At the time the school’s branding said ‘New York’ in big, bold letters and the thought of NYC was enough for me to make the move.” But after two successful seasons, Shaw is forced to watch her team from the sidelines in the midst of her third and final season as a Bull. Shaw hurt her lower back training over winter break and the injury has flared up in the past few weeks, according to head coach Vicky Mitchell. “She had been working with a chiroprac-
tor there too and when she returned, she worked with our athletic trainers and things were starting to feel good,” Mitchell said. Her training started to progress well, but about three weeks ago, the injury flared up. Shaw went from having seven weeks to prepare to qualify for the MAC conference meet to four. Mitchell describes Shaw as an extremely hard working student and athlete. The coach thinks that Shaw’s dedication to the sport is what helped her achieve such top times, leading to new school records. “Her first year, she ran well, but her second year is when she really saw some dramatic improvements in her performances,” Mitchell said. “Part of that is that any student in their first year is going through a transition of a new training system and adapting to it, she put in all the work she was supposed [to] and built a solid foundation her sophomore year and was ready to rock and roll her junior year.” Shaw’s teammates had nothing but praise for the senior. Many of them look up to Shaw as an example for their own training. Morgan Mahoney, a junior social science major, frequently trains with Shaw and expressed her appreciation for Shaw’s dedica-
tion to the team. “She’s a leader, she’s always full of energy and ready for practice,” Mahoney said. “She’s excited to get the day going and finish her workouts and runs. I look up to her. She’s a great teammate.” Mahoney describes Shaw’s presence on the team as fun-spirited and bubbling with affection for her fellow running mates. She said she looks up to Shaw as a role model on and off the track, and enjoys the time they spend training together. “Just watching her race is amazing. She seems to go through no pain and lap after lap just keeps ticking them off, which is so inspiring to watch,” Mahoney said. While running takes up most of her time, Shaw spends her free time tutoring other athletes in nutrition and psychology. Though her career has been rewarding, it doesn’t come without its downsides. Buffalo is a far flight from New Zealand and she is often home sick. “I got quite envious of my teammates’ ability to just pop home for the weekend,” Shaw said. “Sometimes you just want to escape from here. I can’t just stop by New Zealand for the weekend and that’s tough.” Shaw recently visited New Zealand for the holidays. She found it tough to leave her home again and uses her roots as inspiration whenever she needs an extra shove on race day and in her classes. Shaw plans on returning to New Zealand after graduation and will continue to run with her old private club. She also has an interview lined up to work retail for Nike. She hopes to climb the corporate ladder and land a job more closely related to her degree and graphic design. “I think of home, I think to myself, ‘I’m this far away from home and I’ve been given this awesome opportunity, that I better run my heart out or else what am I doing halfway across the world?’ I’m here for a reason and I just want to live up to my scholarship as much as possible and do mom and dad proud,” Shaw said. email: max.kalnitz@ubspectrum.com
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Joe Licata spent four years as a face of UB football – he is the program’s all-time leader in passing yards and touchdowns. The Western New York native and product of Section VI high school football, was a standout during his time at Williamsville South High School and finished top-five in passing touchdowns in New York State history. He spent last year’s preseason as a member of the Cincinnati Bengals. Licata has now decided to use his experience to develop the next generation of Western New York football players by creating Joe Licata Football. “There’s a huge need for development in all positions in Western New York,” Licata said. “That’s what I’m trying to get to and really redefine the negative stigma around Western New York football.” Joe Licata Football is a program designed to help train middle school and high school football players who are looking to get to the next level in their careers. The program started after the Clarence High School coach asked Licata to work with his quarterback. Licata found five other quarterbacks in the region and put together a 10-
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week program to work on the fundamentals of the position. After gathering more quarterbacks, he decided to add more positions to the program. He has now expanded to around 50 athletes, with 36 quarterbacks and 14 wide receivers. “My main goal is to really expand this thing and encompass all positions,” Licata said. “Kind of make it like a football school, not just quarterbacks and the first move was to go after wide receivers because that was the easiest position to correlate with the quarterback.” Licata also added coaching staff to work with the other positions. He has stayed local in his coaching search and brought in a team of coaches who have made their mark in Buffalo. Licata brought in UB alumni Naaman Roosevelt and Matt Weiser to coach the wide receivers. Roosevelt is a Buffalo native
and holds the UB program records for receptions and receiving yards as well as being second in receiving touchdowns. He spent three years as a member of the Buffalo Bills and is currently a member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Weiser spent four seasons at UB with Licata. Weiser had a program tight end record in catches and yards as a senior and was named all-MAC. “I was all about taking what we learned at our time in college and at the professional level,” Weiser said. “And be able to give that back to high school kids and be able to show them small techniques and little drills that they can do to make their football skills so much better.” TJ Scamurra is the newest addition to the coaching staff. He was Licata’s center during their time at Williamsville South and played
collegiate football at Division-III Hobart College. He will be tasked with teaching the offensive lineman in the program. Licata said the next step will be the addition of running backs to the program before eventually moving to the defensive side of the ball. He wants to make sure the quality of the coaches is up to par before adding new positions. “I’m handpicking coaches,” Licata said. “I’m not going to bring in some guy who doesn’t really know anything about the game just to put a face to the position.” Licata said there is a lack of infrastructure in New York State that hinders student athletes in the area. The coaching staff is not as elite as those in other states and coaches sometimes struggle teaching the little details that can make an athlete better. He also pointed out that New York State high school football teams only play seven regular season games while many other states play 10. The coaching staff all emphasized the importance of pushing these players past the point of great natural athletes. Coaches expressed the need to work on the “little things.” Licata’s biggest desire is to explain to the quarterbacks the “why” of what happens on the football field. Weiser said he plans on focusing on the specifics of route running and how to hand fight. Scamurra plans to focus on footwork and teaching his lineman that it’s more than “pushing 400 pounds off your chest.” “At the high school level, a lot of guys get away with just natural ability, I want to change that,” Scamurra said. “I really want to focus on the technique of it all, I learned over my years of playing college football that football is a technical sport, strength can only get you so much, size can only get you so much.” email: dan.petruccelli@ubspectrum.com
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UFC Light Heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier celebrates in the Octagon. Cormier successfully defended his title against Anthony Johnson at UFC 210.
UFC’s first trip to Buffalo in over 20 years a successful showing THOMAS ZAFONTE ASST. SPORTS EDITOR
Saturday night, the UFC made its return to Buffalo for the first time since 1995. UFC 210 took place at the KeyBank Center in downtown Buffalo. The event drew a crowd of 17,110 and a gate of $2 million, the largest in the history of the KeyBank Center, according to UFC president Dana White. The sellout crowd brought an electricity into the building and came alive in the third fight of the night when former UB wrestler Desmond Green made his UFC debut. In the Main Event, Daniel Cormier (191) successfully defended his Light Heavyweight title against Anthony Johnson (226) after securing the victory with a rear naked choke in the second round. The two engaged in a rematch after their first fight
in April 2015 at UFC 187, where Cormier came out on top. The rematch started with Johnson looking for the early knockout, but it quickly turned into a wrestling match after the opening moments. Cormier was able to weather Johnson’s wrestling in the first round, eventually taking Johnson down to the cage floor and picking up the win in the second round. Johnson, who many thought would use his intense striking against Cormier, took a more wrestling-based approach to the fight. “I couldn’t believe he was going to force the wrestling. I was OK giving away the first round because I knew eventually it’d go my way. At the end of the day, he’s a wrestler,” Cormier said in the post-fight interview. After the fight, Johnson announced his retirement from the sport, citing personal reasons and wanting to try something new. “I love you all, this is my last fight,” Johnson said in a short speech after the fight. “I didn’t tell anyone. I didn’t tell Dana White, my family and my friends knew, but I didn’t want any distractions. I enjoyed the UFC. Thank you, I will never, ever forget you and what a better place to end my career than Buffalo, New York.”
The co-Main Event between Gegard Mousasi (42-6-2) and Chris Weidman (133) ended in controversy after Mousasi threw what looked like an illegal knee in the second round, which ended the fight as a TKO win for Mousasi. “It’s not the way I wanted to win and I wanted to continue to fight,” Mousasi said. “If [Weidman] wants a rematch, he can have his rematch.” On the rest of the main card, Cynthia Calvillo (5-0) defeated Pearl Gonzalez (62) by rear naked choke in the third round. Thiago Alves (22-11) defeated Patrick Cote (23-11) by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 3027, 30-27) in what will be Cote’s last match – he announced his retirement after. Finally, Charles Oliveira (22-7) defeated Will Brooks (18-3) with a spectacular standing rear naked choke in the first round. The win earned Oliveira a performance of the night bonus of $50,000 and gave him his ninth submission in the UFC. In the highlight of the undercard, former UB wrestler and Rochester native Desmond Green (20-5) defeated the undefeated prospect Josh Emett (11-1) by split decision (2928, 28-29, 30-27) in his UFC debut. Green had the upper hand for nearly the entire
fight, controlling Emett both on the ground and standing up. “Before the fight, win, lose or draw, I knew I had already won. This is so great. I’ve had to jump through so many obstacles to get here. I moved to two different countries, three different states, six different towns just to chase this one dream,” Green said in a post fight interview. Green was a major hit with the hometown crowd and appears to have a bright future in UFC. On the rest of the undercard, Myles Jury (16-2) made quick work of Mike De La Torre (14-7), defeating him in the first round by TKO. Kamaru Usman (10-1) extended his current UFC win streak to five with his onesided unanimous decision victory (30-27, 3026, 30-26) over Sean Strickland (18-2). Shane Burgos (9-0) defeated Charles Rosa (11-3) in a thrilling contest, coming out on top in the third round with a TKO. The fight earned fight of the night honors, which provided both fighters with a bonus of $50,000. It also marks Burgos’ second win in the company. Patrick Cummins (9-4) defeated Jan Blachowicz (19-7) in a come-from-behind majority decision win (29-28, 29-28, 28-28). Cummins was rocked early and looked to have been finished in the first round. Cummins was able to regroup and used his wrestling to take control of the next two rounds. Gregor Gillespie (9-0) had an outstanding showing, defeating Andrew Holbrook (12-2) in 21 seconds via KO, earning him a performance of the night bonus of $50,000. Katlyn Chookagian (9-1) defeated Irene Aldana (7-4) in a back-and-forth fight via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28). Magomed Bibulatov (14-0) defeated Jenel Lausa (7-3) by unanimous decision (29-26, 29-26, 2926) in his UFC debut. The UFC has no plans to return to Buffalo as of yet, but after the event, UFC president Dana White said he wants to return after the success of Saturday night. email: thomas.zafonte@ubspectrum.com