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Football player in critical condition Solomon Jackson hospitalized following ‘medical emergency’ at conditioning session JORDAN GROSSMAN SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR

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Solomon Jackson, a sophomore defensive end, poses for a photo during a Bulls practice in August of 2015.

UB football player Solomon Jackson has been hospitalized at Buffalo General Medical Center after suffering a medical emergency during a Bulls conditioning session Monday morning.

Medical personnel at the hospital told The Spectrum Monday night that Jackson was in critical condition. Buffalo General representatives then said Tuesday they cannot release

any further information on Jackson’s status.

Jackson’s family declined comment.

UB spokesperson John Della Contrada released the following statement to The Spectrum Monday evening.

“Solomon Jackson, a member of UB’s football team, was transported to the hospital this morning after a medical emergency at a team conditioning session. The university is in touch with Solomon’s family and hospital medical staff,” Della Contrada said.

Della Contrada said because of the Health

Graduate student Melvin George was last seen Feb. 14

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The FBI has asked Apple to create technology that would allow it to unlock the encrypted phone of Syed Farook, the man who, with his wife, killed 14 people in the San Bernardino terrorist attacks in December. Apple has refused, sparking a debate over privacy and security.

FBI orders Apple to unlock encrypted data from phone of San Bernardino terrorist NEWS EDITOR

The privacy of iPhone users may be in jeopardy.

The FBI has court ordered Apple Inc. to develop a technology that would allow access to the iPhone of Syed Farook, who with his wife killed 14 people in the San Bernardino, California attacks in December of 2015.

Apple has refused, with CEO Tim Cooke writing in an open letter that such technology could set a dangerous precedent and put the privacy and personal data of Apple customers in jeopardy.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym ordered Apple to comply with the FBI’s orders last week, but the company has said it will not comply – sparking a debate about the line between privacy and security.

Law professor Mark Bartholomew, who has a focus in cyberlaw, said he could “definitely see” why the FBI asked for Apple’s help. He said the case does not affect an individual’s privacy, as Farook is dead, but worries this case may set a precedent that can threaten others’ privacy.

Although the FBI told Apple the software would only be used to solve the San Bernardino case, Cook said in his letter that such a tool could be dangerous in the hands

of cybercriminals.

Bartholomew said if the United States begins to look into people’s smartphones regularly, it might cause other governments to do the same.

“It could set a precedent for law enforcement to be a little overzealous,” Bartholomew said. “Other countries might think, ‘If the United States does it, why not for the Chinese or Russian government?’”

Abeda Alam, a junior aerospace engineering major, said she thinks it is OK for the government to look into the smartphones of a terrorist, but not civilians.

“The government shouldn’t take advantage of the liberties our country is built on,” Alam said. “I want to feel like my right to privacy is actually valued.”

But Alam said she feels that the government is already looking into her daily affairs.

Samiha Islam, a junior mechanical engineering major, also said she already feels the government has surveillance on smartphones.

“When I have a very private conversation with someone, I always have it face-to-face, but even that’s not private,” Islam said.

Islam said as a college student she does not have much to lose from her smartphone being hacked by cybercriminals, but she would feel threatened if she had an established career or family.

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APPLE CONTROVERSY RAISES QUESTIONS OVER PRIVACY AND SECURITY

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Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the university cannot release any private health information regarding Jackson.

The incident occurred at a team conditioning session at the North Amherst Recreation Center on Millersport Highway – about five miles from North Campus.

Jackson, who is from Stone Mountain, Georgia, is a sophomore defensive end. He played in all 12 games last season and started eight.

Bartholomew understands why many are concerned that their civil liberties are being violated.

“There’s this notion of personal privacy that this seems like a threat to,” Bartholomew said. “I don’t think the law gives a specific answer, but I really think it’s up to consumers and elected officials to try to decide if this is a breach of civil liberties.”

Bartholomew said while Apple may be concerned with the privacy of their customers, Cook’s refusal to comply with the judge’s order might be for other reasons.

“Apple put this letter out to their customers and their CEO feels strongly about this, but this is partially about their brand,” Bartholomew said. “Their brand is about slick enjoy design that people like to use but its also about privacy where they can say their device is where your information will be protected. Part of this is about the law and part of is a public relations thing” Fight for the Future, a non-profit group that rallies for Internet rights, has organized on tech issues protested on in support of Apple.

The group said protests will occur in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Apple’s Silicon Valley headquarters and FBI headquarters in Washington and other cities, according to the Los Angeles Times. email: news@ubspectrum.com

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A flyer for missing former UB student Melvin George hangs on a bulletin board in the Student Union. Flyers were hung across campus after George was last seen near campus on Feb. 14.

MARLEE TUSKES SENIOR NEWS EDITOR

The Amherst Police Department is searching for a former UB graduate student who has been missing for more than a week.

Melvin George, 26, was last seen near North Campus on Feb. 14, according to flyers posted around campus. A Facebook page created by George’s friends said George is a computer science graduate student at UB, however, UB spokesperson John Della Contrada said George is no longer enrolled at the university as of the spring semester.

University Police is assisting in the investigation.

Nisha George, George’s cousin, said all of George’s belongings were left in his apartment and no one has heard from him since his disappearance. She described George as a “smart, dedicated young man.”

“We are greatly concerned for [Melvin],” she said in an email.

Nisha said they are working with APD to find George. APD did not immediately return The Spectrum’s phone call.

George is 5’10” and while some flyers say George is 210 pounds, others say he is 180 pounds. The flyer said he may have grown out his beard “to change his appearance.”

“We are asking anyone and everyone who may have spoken to him, or seen him in the last week to please notify the authorities,” Nisha said.

Anyone with information regarding George’s whereabouts can contact APD at 716-689-1311. email: news@ubspectrum.com

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Mrs. Lynne A. Karlsen, BS ’89 Dr. Mark H. Karwan Dr. Leonard A. Katz Dr. Iris Kaushik, MD ’15 Sashank Kaushik, MD, EMBA ’15 Dr. David L. Kaye Dr. Erin Kearney Dr. John T. Kearns Dr. Robert H. Keefe Mr. Alan J. Kegler Mr. Gerard R. Kegler, MA ’84, BA ’77 Mr. Thomas M. Kelleher Mr. Daniel P. Kelly, EdM ’09, MA ’07, BA ’05 Dr. Kathryn M. Kendall, MSW ’95 Ms. Toshie Kenney Mr. Joseph O. Kerr, MBA ’86, BS ’85 Ms. Margaret Barrett Keysor Mr. Omar Khan Dr. Avto Kharchilava Ms. Janet M. Kiefer Dr. Myungsun Kim Mr. Jordan C. Kindervater Mrs. Patricia A. Kindron Dr. Harry F. King Dr. William H. Kinney Dr. Marc T. Kiviniemi Dr. Frederick Klaits Dr. Robert A. Klocke, MD ’62 Mr. Jonathan H. Klubek, BS ’04 Dr. Paul R. Knight III Ms. Susan Kondek Cindy F. Konovitz Ms. Lynne M. Koscielniak Mr. Andrew E. Kotelnicki Ms. Mary E. Kraft Dr. Joseph Krasner, PhD ’65, MA ’63, EdM ’50, BA ’48 Dr. Richard S. Krause Ms. Carol J. Krestos Ms. Ashima Krishna Dr. Betty J. Krist, EdD ’80 Dr. Christine T. Kroll, PhD ’03 Dr. Eckhard Krotscheck Mr. James J. Krygier, MBA ’87 Mrs. Stacy A. Krygier Dr. Frank J. Krzystofiak Mrs. Susan A. Krzystofiak, BS ’86 Dr. Joseph L. Kunz, MD ’56 Ms. Susan E. Kurowski Mrs. Karen J. Kuta Dr. Andrey Kuzmin Mrs. Lauren R. Kwiatkowski Ms. Jessica M. Labella, BA ’04 Dr. Jeffrey M. Lackner Ms. Louise M. Lalli Mrs. Danielle Lamarre-Smith Mr. John W. Lambert Mrs. Nancy M. Lane, EdM ’82, BA ’77 Dr. Jennifer K. Lang, MD ’09 Dr. Jeanne Langan Dr. Hal Langfur Kesha E. Lanier Mrs. Maureen L. Lannen Dr. John A. Larkin Dr. Eaton E. Lattman Mrs. Sandra B. Law Dr. Suzanne G. Laychock Ms. Jeanne A. Leccese, MUP ’04 Professor John J. Leddy, MD ’85 George C. Lee Dr. Jaekyung Lee Dr. Helen Lees Dr. Heather K. Lehman, MD ’03, BA ’99 Dr. Pedro Lei, PhD ’04 Mr. Lance Leipold Dr. Amol S. Lele Dr. Mark J. Lema, PhD ’78, MS ’76 Dr. Gareth M. C. Lema, MD ’07, PhD ’07 Dr. Penelope C. Lema Dr. Raphael J. Leo, MD ’90, MA ’85 Dr. Kenneth E. Leonard Mr. Wei Loon Leong, MBA ’05, BS ’03 Dr. Richard H. Lesniak, PhD ’81, MA ’78 Mr. Adrian Philip Levesque, EMBA ’13, BA ’03 Dr. Michael J. Levine, PhD ’72, DDS ’71 Mr. Joseph Lewandowski Dr. Kemper E. Lewis, PMBA ’03 Dr. Marsha L. Lewis Ms. Elizabeth A. Lidano Dr. Henry Lin, PhD ’15, MD ’15 Ms. Ling Lin Ms. Joan L. Linder Ms. Katrina K. Lindsay Ms. Taylor A. Lindsay Dr. Jack Lippes, MD ’47 Dr. Rodney D. Littlejohn, MS ’10, PMCERT ’82 Dr. Xiufeng Liu Dr. Zhen Liu Ms. Stefanie K. Lizauckas Mrs. Laura Ann W. Loehr Mr. Peter J. Logiudice, BA ’89 Mrs. Pamela D. Lojacono, MBA ’82, BS ’81 Mr. Patrick J. Long, JD ’00 Dr. Dianne M. Loomis, DNP ’12, MS ’95 Mr. Edward G. Lott Ms. Susan L. Lozinak Dr. Debra L. Luczkiewicz, MD ’06, BA ’82 Professor Jeannette Ludwig Ms. Jahaira Lugo Dr. Carl R.F. Lund Dr. Hong Luo Mr. Kevin Lyons Ms. Erin K. MacDiarmid Ms. Hailley A. MacDonald Ms. Judith A. Mackey Mr. Craig K. MacVittie, BA ’77 Dr. Jamie L. Maerten-Rivera Mr. Samuel D. Magavern Ms. Stephanie Magin, EdM ’14 Ms. Mary L. Magnan Dr. Eugene Maguin Dr. Thomas C. Mahl, MD ’84 Dr. Jordana L. Maisel, PhD ’14, MUP ’04 Mr. Bruce R. Majkowski, EdM ’13, MS ’89, MArch ’86, BPS ’84 Dr. Martha A. Malamud Ms. Donna L. Malecki, EdM ’03 Ms. Maureen J. Malinowski Dr. Michael G. Malkowski Mrs. Carolyn Louise Malone, EdM ’82, BS ’73 Dr. Thomas S. Mang, PhD ’83, MS ’79 Ms. Laura S. Mangan Ms. Kristy M. Mangel Professor Susan V. Mangold Dr. Michael A. Manka, Jr., MD ’96 Andrea T. Manyon, MD Dr. Isabel S. Marcus Dr. Joseph E. Margarone III, PMCERT ’92, PMCERT ’88, DDS ’87, BA ’83

Ms. Carmella Marinaccio Dr. Marianthi Markatou Dr. Andrea G. Markelz Ms. Colleen B. Marotta Mr. James A. Marotto, BA ’03 Dr. Dori R. Marshall, MD ’97, BA ’92 James R. Marshall Dr. Peter S. Martin, MD ’07, MPH ’07 Dr. Simone Marzani Dr. Irving J. Massey Dr. Patricia A. Masso-Welch, PhD ’95 Mr. Malcolm R. Mast, BS ’95 Dr. Lucy D. Mastrandrea, MD ’99, PhD ’99 Dr. Nicholas Mastronarde Dr. James C. Matteliano, DDS ’80, MS ’75 Mr. Timothy R. Matthews, MA ’05, BA ’03 Mr. Robert M. Mayer Jr., BA ’98 Mrs. Karen N. Mayfield Dr. James Maynard, PhD ’07 Dr. Margaret H. McAloon Mr. Thomas O. McArthur, EdM ’08 Dr. Willard D. McCall Jr. Mr. Douglas L. McCallum, BPS ’94 Ms. Michelle A. McCartney, BS ’93 Dr. Linda L. McCausland, EdD ’90, MS ’78, BS ’74 Ms. Martha T. McCluskey Dr. Bruce D. McCombe Dr. Robert F. McCormack, EMBA ’14 Mrs. Amanda F. McCormick, MLS ’14, JD ’01 Dr. Penelope W. McDonald, PhD ’12 Ms. Erin Q. McGee Dr. Kevin R. McGee Dr. Charlene S. McKaig Mr. Kevin F. McKelvey, EdM ’95 Mr. Ryan A. McPherson, JD ’02 Mr. Zachary A. McTigue Dr. Calvin J. Meaney, PharmD ’11 Professor Errol E. Meidinger Dr. Thomas E. Melendy Mr. Lee H. Melvin Professor Elizabeth B. Mensch, JD ’79 Ms. Darlene Mercado Mrs. Robin A. Merrill, EdM ’88, BA ’84 Mr. Edric Mesmer, MLS ’12 Dr. Erika A. Metzger, PhD ’67 Dr. Michael M. Metzger Ms. Mary Kay A. Meyer Mr. Ed Michael Mrs. Barbara Ann Mielcarek, BS ’96 Mrs. Melissa A. Miklinski Ms. Lynn M. Mikulski Dr. Robert S. Miletich Dr. Austin Miller, PhD ’09, MA ’06 Dr. Bruce D. Miller Dr. Cristanne C. Miller Mr. Jeffrey J. Miller, BS ’93 Dr. Karen L. Miller, PhD ’09 Mr. Kristopher J. Miller Dr. Raymond G. Miller, PMCERT ’86, DDS ’85 Professor Teresa Miller Prof. James G. Milles Ms. Jacqueline M. Milligan, EdM ’81 Dr. David A. Milling, MD ’93, BS ’85 Eugene R. Mindell, MD Dr. Devinalini Misir Dr. Charles E. Mitchell Dr. Sharon L. Mitchell Ms. Victoria A. Mitchell Dr. Satish B. Mohan Mr. John A. Mondo Jr., MLS ’08, BS ’04, AAS ’98 Mrs. Chris Mongielo Mrs. Lisa R. Monpere-Cruz, BA ’89 Mrs. Heather A. Montague, EMBA ’15, BS ’02 Dr. Paul Montgomery Dr. Daniel J. Morelli, MD ’74 Ms. Susan M. Morey Ms. Candise A. Morris, MBA ’99 Dr. Marilyn E. Morris, PhD ’84 Mr. Edward J. Morrison Dr. Gene D. Morse, PharmD ’83, BS ’80 Dr. Ronald M. Moscati Mr. John R. Moscato Dr. Philip C. Moudy, MD ’72 Mr. Jason D. Mouyeos Mrs. Gudiya Purks Ms. Lisa M. Mueller, JD ’93, MS ’91, BA ’88 Mr. Ryan Joseph Multari, III, PMCERT ’06, MS ’02, PMCERT ’01, EdM ’00 Dr. Michael V. Mungillo, MD ’15 Ms. Margery A. Muniak, MS ’01 Dr. Richard W. Munschauer, MD ’46 Dr. Joseph V. Mure, MD ’06, BA ’02 Mrs. Kristen M. Murphy, BA ’96 Maria M. Murphy, BS ’11 Ms. Patricia A. Murphy, BA ’85, BA ’81 Dr. Ichiro Nakamura Dr. Yunju Nam Mr. Jonathan S. Navratil Dr. Mirdza E. Neiders, PMCERT ’74 Mrs. Kathleen S. Nesper, MBA ’89, BS ’81 Dr. Hoangcam T. Nguyen Mr. Todd M. Nibbe, BA ’05 Mr. Warren L. Nickell III Dr. Amanda Nickerson Dr. Nancy H. Nielsen, MD ’76 Dr. Carl H. Nightingale Mrs. Donna S. Niswander, MS ’80 Dr. Thomas H. Nochajski, PhD ’90, BA ’82 Dr. Michael F. Noe Dr. James P. Nolan Ms. Sharon E. Nolan-Weiss, JD ’97 Mr. Kenneth L. Norman, BA ’79 Ms. Gayle K. Nowak Dr. Ifeoma O. Nwogu, PhD ’09 Mr. Nathanael J. Oats Dr. Mark R. O’Brian Mr. Christopher J. O’Brien Ms. Erin K. O’Brien, MBA ’00, BA ’97 Ms. Kathleen A. O’Brien, MLS ’09, BS ’88 Heather Ochs-Balcom, PhD ’04 Mrs. Christine R. Oddo, MS ’92, BS ’77 Dr. Amy L. O’Donnell, MD ’85 Dr. James M. O’Donnell

Mrs. Kathy R. O’Donnell, MBA ’78 Mr. William J. Offhaus, MLS ’03 Dr. Joseph P. Ogden Dr. Richard K. Ohrbach, PhD ’96, MA ’93, MS ’89 Dr. Patricia J. Ohtake Dr. Kathleen A. O’Leary, MD ’88 Professor R. Nils Olsen Jr. Dr. Sandra H. Olsen Dr. Douglas P. Olson, MS ’13 Dr. Josie L. Olympia Ms. Nancy L. O’Neil Mrs. Joann M. O’Rourke Susan J. Ott, PhD ’04 Dr. Jessica Owley Mr. Erkin Ozay Dr. Dimitrios A. Pados Ms. Robin C. Paella, BA ’01 Dr. Miriam S. Paeslack Dr. Charles V. Paganelli Jr. Dr. Brian J. Page, MD ’03 Ms. Debra Palka Dr. Amberly Panepinto Ms. Lisa K. Pano, MLS ’11, BS ’07 Mr. Michael A. Paolini, EdM ’91 Mr. James G. Pappas, MFA ’74, BFA ’67 Dr. Seung-Kyoon Park Dr. Mark D. Parker Mrs. Kokila H. Parmar Dr. Margaret Werick Paroski, MD ’80 Dr. Mulchand S. Patel Dr. Vinod R. Patel Mrs. Nancy E. Paton Ms. Lisa M. Patterson Dr. Sucharita Paul, BS ’87 Mr. Joseph J. Pautler, PMBA ’04, BS ’97 Mrs. Kellie A. Peiper Mr. Peng, MS ’14, MS ’13 Miss Brittany A. Perez Dr. Douglas J. Perrelli, PhD ’01, MA ’94 Dr. Kirkwood E. Personius, Jr. Dr. Kimberley Persons Dr. Blaine Pfeifer Ms. Shannon M. Phillips, BA ’99 Dr. Stephanie L. Phillips, BS ’78 Dr. E. Bruce Pitman Dr. Robert J. Plunkett Jr. Dr. Jens U. Ponikau Mr. Wayne Porterfield Dr. Alan R. Posner Mr. Lawrence A. Poturalski, BS ’99 Dr. Michael J. Poulin Dr. Arnd Pralle Dr. Kevin Pranikoff Mr. Amit Prayag, MBA ’13 Professor Joseph A. Prezio Mr. Alfred D. Price Mrs. Karen L. Price Dr. Cynthia A. Pristach, MD ’83 Dr. Andrew P. Privitera, DDS ’96 Professor Lynda H. Schneekloth Ms. Megan K. Prunty, BA ’98 Dr. Jennifer L. Pugh, MBA ’09, MD ’09, BA ’04 Dr. Graham M. Pumphrey Dr. Chunming Qiao Ms. Laura S. Quebral, MUP ’06, BA ’97 Ms. Kathleen Quinlivan, MLS ’87 Dr. Alan J. Rabideau, MA ’15, MS ’86 Mr. Kevin Ragland Ms. Simone P. Ragland, MSW ’07 Dr. Samina Raja Professor Krishna Rajan Nick Rajkovich Mr. Thomas P. Ralabate Dr. Pavani K. Ram Dr. Bina M. Ramamurthy, PhD ’97 Ms. Beth A. Ranney Dr. Salvatore R. Rappoccio Dr. Andrew D. Ray, PhD ’06, MS ’00, BS ’99, BS ’96 Dr. Laurie K. Read Dr. Donald R. Reed Mr. Jeffrey E. Reed, JD ’88 Ms. Megan M. Reed Ms. Carol A. Regan Dr. Kenneth W. Regan Mr. William J. Regan, MBA ’92, BA ’80 Ms. Mary Jo Rehak Dr. Beth E. Reilly, PMCERT ’85, DDS ’84 Dr. Andrei M. Reinhorn Ms. Shirley Kucera Reiser, MSW ’76 Ms. Nora L. Renda, BA ’02 Dr. James D. Reynolds, MD ’78, BA ’74 Dr. Mattie L. Rhodes, PhD ’90, BS ’73 Ms. Barbara J. Ricotta Mr. Richard J. Ridenour Mrs. Kerry A. Ring Dr. Lance S. Rintamaki Dr. Barbara Rittner Mr. Peter H. Rittner Mr. Joseph D. Rizzo, EdM ’15, BS ’12 Ms. Jill C. Robins Mrs. Marcelina M. RodrìguezRondûn, EdM ’13, PMCERT ’09, BA ’74 Mrs. Donna M. Rogalski Mr. Kenneth A. Rogers, MBA ’76 Ms. Mary Ann Rogers, EMBA ’98, BA ’86 Dr. Peter A. Rogerson, PhD ’82 Dr. Barbara A. Rogler Mrs. Lindsay N. Romano, MArch ’06, BS ’03 Mrs. Pamela M. Rose, MLS ’95, BA ’91 Mrs. Jennifer M. RosselandBates, EdM ’15, BA ’02 Dr. Donald W. Rowe, PhD ’71, BA ’66 Dr. Eli Ruckenstein Dr. Stephen Rudin Dr. Joseph L. Rumfola, DDS ’02 Dr. Maria E. Runfola, PhD ’76, EdM ’71, BFA ’62 Dr. Edward M. Russak Dr. Sherry L. Russak, BS ’93 Ms. Elaine M. Russell Dr. Michael W. Russell Ms. Bonita M. Ryan, AA ’93 Dr. Daniel J. Ryan, PhD ’97 Mr. Phillip G. Ryan, MS ’96 Mr. Michael P. Sabatino Dr. Frederick Sachs Dr. Munawwar Sajjad Dr. Margaret Sallee Dr. Alan R. Saltzman, MBA ’95, MD ’67 Ms. Vega Sanchez-Hernandez, MA ’98 Dr. G. Laurence Sanders Ms. Lisa M. Sandquist, EdM ’97, BA ’95, AA ’93

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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

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Recreation fee and athletics fee should be separate

UB Undergraduates, Whether it’s a lack of space, intramurals fees, or poor equipment in UB gyms, chances are you have been frustrated by the circumstances surrounding recreation on your campus. Considering each UB undergraduates pays $267.35 each semester towards an Athletics and Recreation fee, of which only 8% is used for recreation (Division I Athletics receives the remaining 92%) we believe students should be provided better recreation services. For the last several months, the Student Association Executive Board has been tirelessly advocating to improve recreation services on our campus. After many meetings with university leadership and the Athletics Department, it is the opinion of the SA Executive Board that recreation fee should be separated and administered by Student Affairs with the goal of establishing a standalone recreation facility within 3 years. We invite you to read our letter to President Tripathi outlining our proposal. If you wish to share your opinions about recreation on our campus or to join our advocacy efforts, please email us at minahilk@buffalo.edu -SA Executive Board Dear President Tripathi, As the end of the Broad-Based Fee process approaches, we are reaching out to you on behalf of the undergraduate population here at UB. Over the last several

Wills stated Athletics is not responsible for the maintenance of recreation facilities such as Walter Kunz Stadium, the basketball courts in Ellicott Housing Complex, and the tennis courts near Alumni Arena.

Beyond our own advocacy with Athletics, we have continuously aimed to create opportunities for UB students to share their input about recreation on our campus. Last week the Student Association hosted an open forum for students with representatives from the Athletics Department. Instead of addressing the underlying issues about recreation on our campus or openly discussing possible solutions, the representatives from Athletics consistently attempted to justify their uneven distribution towards Division I Athletics. In addition, we have met with various university leaders about our concerns including, Campus Living Director Andrea Costantino, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs Barbara Ricotta, Vice President of Student Affairs Dennis Black, and Vice President for Finance and Administration Laura Hubbard.

Based on our experiences, it our firm belief that the Department of Athletics is not the appropriate steward of recreation on our campus. We are advocating to split the Athletics and Recreation fee for UB undergraduates so that Recreation is housed under Student Affairs as opposed to Athletics. Our proposal calls for a $240.35 Athletics fee and a $158 Recreation fee. The proposed decrease in the

Athletics fee accounts for the current recreation portion of the Athletics fee. The new recommended recreation amount is based on both recreation studies conducted

by Brailsford and Dunlavey, an industry leading consultant, and our conversation with Andrea Costantino. The new fee would allow Student Affairs to build a new, standalone recreation facility within three years, while also immediately improving existing facilities.

We fully understand student concerns with the rising cost of attendance; however, we feel that the current state of recreation on our campus requires this change.

In the most recent study conducted to evaluate UB recreation, 72% of students were willing to pay $129 to $165 towards building a new recreation center. Many of our SUNY peers have adopted similar initiatives and now feature recreation facilities that are vastly superior to our campus facilities.

On behalf on the undergraduate population, we strongly encourage you to examine the need for a new recreation fee. We are committed to working with Vice President Black, Athletic Director Greene, Vice President Hubbard, and yourself towards the fruition of our proposal.

Thank you for your time, Minahil Khan, SA President Sean T. Kaczmarek, SA Vice President Joseph T. Pace, SA Treasurer

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years, there has been an increasing amount of frustration relating to recreation on our campus among UB students, staff, and faculty.

The complaints range from a lack of space to improperly maintained recreation facilities. As representatives of the undergraduate population, we have taken the last several months to educate ourselves about the issue so that we can better advocate for UB students.

Early in the fall semester we met with Amanda Gross, Assistant Athletic Director for Administration, and Nate Wills, Senior Associate Athletic Director for Administration, in regards to the Athletics Fee. Through our conversation, we learned that the Athletics fee has an egregiously inequitable split between Division I Athletics and Recreation. According to the university comprehensive fee website, Division I Athletics receives 92% of the fee, whereas recreation receives 8%. The lack of resources allocated to recreation has created many problems such as: additional fees for intramurals and athletic courses, inadequate equipment in UB facilities, improper maintenance, and overall insufficient space. These problems have only added an unnecessary burden on UB students and have devalued the student experience on our campus.

In addition to insufficient allocation towards recreation, our communication with the Athletics Department reveals a lack of commitment towards recreation on our campus. At the Broad Base Fee consultation fee meeting, Nate

KENNETH KASHIF THOMAS ARTS EDITOR

When you first get your refund deposit, your initial thought may be “What can I buy with this?”

While not the worst idea, there are better ideas that can leave you in a stronger financial position when you graduate.

Saving is the best route to go when getting your refund deposit, but putting all your eggs in one basket – or savings account – can leave you without wiggle room.

When you’re saving money you always want to diversify. Thankfully there are simple and easy ways to do this.

High-yield savings accounts While this might seem like a nobrainer, many people aren’t receiving the interest rates that they could be. In the current market, most brick-and-mortar banks – like Chase and Bank of America – offer paltry interest rates of about 0.01 percent while the average has historically been 0.06 percent, according to CNN. Online banks have been offering rates much higher than the historical average. Personally, I put a

Opening a 401(K) or Roth IRA Much like a savings account, a 401(K) is essentially the same thing, except you’re financially penalized for taking money out of it.

Although, on average you can see much higher returns than savings accounts, typically up to 5 percent.

When looking into a 401(K) it’s important to remember that it’s a long-term game – at least 25 years before you should expect it to pay out. The good news is that as you continually put money into it, the larger your contributions get, therefore the compounding interest you receive on it.

The only downside to a 401(K) is that your payout is taxed. A Roth IRA is similar to a 401(K), but your payout is not taxed, but different institutions have different rules when it comes to mandatory contributions and necessary income.

Buying stocks Stocks can be a tricky game, but you can play it various ways. The recommended way – especially for beginners – is to buy and hold, but you can also watch and anticipate the market buying and selling shares.

While buying stocks is closed

off to many due to the brokerage fees that come with buying them, Silicon Valley is making it more accessible for the small-time investor. According to Investopedia. com, some stock brokerages will charge around $2 per share bought or sold over $999 or they’ll charge a minimum price for lower stock counts, that is to say once you get past the minimum required to buy open an account with them, which is typically in the thousands of dollars.

App services such as Loyal3 and Robinhood allow you to make investments as small as $10 into your favorite companies.

Personally, I use Loyal3 to invest my funds. While it is only limited to 64 stocks – as opposed to Robinhood, which has the entire market available – it has contracts with these companies that allow for smoother purchases.

I use Robinhood to track my stocks in real time as it gives updates on any significant changes in the stocks you choose to watch, where Loyal3 only gives prices and returns when the market has closed.

It’s hard to save money, especially when you’re young. The desire for new experiences and new toys is hard to resist. That being said, it’s hard to argue against giving up a little of that for a little security in the future.

Before you put your money in anything, it’s always important to do research first – be curious and skeptical. email: kenneth.thomas@ubspectrum.com

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FEATURES

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

THE SPECTRUM

The new age

Amazon Echo propels us to a world of voice sensitive technology

JOHN JACOBS ASST. FEATURES EDITOR

“Alexa, play Rocket Man by Elton John,” Mikey Cantando said.

A bright blue ring lit up the top of the machine, a robotic voice confirmed his song choice and then a melody about a man who believes it’s going to be a long, long time ’til touchdown filled the room.

This isn’t a scene out of a sci-fi movie. Alexa is the activation word used to get the attention of Amazon Echo.

Amazon Echo is a small tower-like machine that has multiple functions. The Echo can play music, check the weather and turn on and off lights and lock doors. The only thing needed to complete these actions is the user’s voice.

Cantando, a junior business major, received the Echo as a gift for his birthday and mostly uses it for music and checking the weather. He finds the machine useful but like all new technology the Echo isn’t perfect.

“If I have the volume way up and I’m playing music, Alexa has a hard time hearing

me,” Cantando said. “You have to get close and almost scream ‘stop’ to get the music to stop playing.”

Cantando has other issues with the device aside from this one; he foresees some people having problems with calling the machine “Alexa” in order to get its attention.

“I could see how the name would be confusing to someone who actually knows someone named Alexa or has an Alexa in their family, but it’s not a big deal to me,” Cantando said. “I’m not close with anyone with that name.”

If users do know someone named Alexa or just aren’t a fan of the name in general, they have one other option for the activation word. The other option has a more corporate feel to it: “Amazon.”

The Echo can control lights, locks and thermostats but only those that have been specially designed to work with the Echo.

But those options aren’t cheap. A set of three Hues light bulbs, which are compatible with the Echo according to its site, costs $149.99.

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The Amazon Echo is a small tower-like machine that can play music, check the weather and turn on and off lights and lock doors. It is voice activated and therefore only responds to the user.

Some students are turned off by the cost.

“If I wasn’t a college student that has a lot of other stuff to pay for, I would probably look into it,” said Rebecca Gasiorek, a senior Asian studies major.

With new technology, there’s bound to be those who are against buying because of the price. Paying for books is more important that paying for something that can tell users the weather without having to look at a phone. The price right now isn’t very low, but some students believe that the price of the Echo will eventually go down.

“It’s like a new product coming out so, like, now it’ll be super expensive, but I feel like once it starts getting more popular it’ll go down in price,” said Brian Brown, a senior history major.

The price of the Echo might go down in the future but some are opposed to the idea of the Echo in general, regardless of how much it costs.

“It doesn’t seem like it can do much more than Siri can do,” said Sandilya Jandhyala, an electric engineering graduate student who works with computer-based technology like the Echo at his job at Compunetix.

Although Jandhyala wouldn’t buy something like this, he believes that this is the direction that technology is headed towards in the future.

Cantando agrees as well.

“I definitely feel like this is the sort of technology that will be used in the future.

Like, this is the beginning of what technology is going to be like later on,” Cantando said. email: features@ubspectrum.com

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‘Dark Girls’ screening highlights black colorism

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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Students come together to watch and discuss colorism documentary

KAINAN GUO, THE SPECTRUM

DELMARIE LEWIS

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Zena Iyekegbe said she didn’t know she was dark-skinned growing up.

“Until someone came up to me and said, ‘You’re as dark as a chalkboard,’” Iyekegbe, a human services and nursing major, said. “[The insults] were constant throughout middle school.”

Iyekegbe said she experienced colorism, or prejudice based on how light or dark a person’s skin is. It was the topic of the African Student Association’s (ASA) and the Intercultural and Diversity Center’s (IDC) panel discussion last Thursday.

On Feb. 18, ASA and IDC screened the documentary “Dark Girls” for about 30 students as part of the IDC’s documentary and movie series exploring different cultures. After watching the documentary, students expressed their own harrowing experiences with colorism in a post discussion panel.

The 2012 documentary explores the practice of colorism and uncovering inter-

nal prejudices against darker toned women and men of African and Caribbean decent.

While the documentary mainly focuses on biases against darker African American women, it also highlighted the plight of other black ethnicities and the destructive skin-bleaching industry of some African, South American and Caribbean countries.

Aisha Abdelmula, a second-year graduate student and IDC administrator, said collaborating with ASA was an attempt to “get members of the African Diaspora talking about the issues because it affects us all so deeply.”

“There are a lot of students here who come from different facets of the UB community and I’m sure that colorism has affected some of the students that have come here,” she said. “We need to have an analysis of colorism because it is still one of the things we still are not talking about.

We accept and normalize things like ‘light skinned versus dark skinned’ or ‘redboned versus yellow-boned.’ Not enough places are challenging that.”

Zena Iyekegbe (pictured) said she has experienced colorism, or prejudice based on how light or dark a person’s skin is. Last Thursday’s premiere of “Black Girls” attempted to draw attention to colorism as part of Black History Month.

Many of the students gave their own experiences with colorism in response to the film.

Iyekegbe said she believed racial slurs and remarks can eventually become “psychological” for darker-toned people.

“Words do hurt and [those words] make someone like my skin tone want to hate themselves and use skin bleaching cream,” she said.

Rahaman Adenlola, ASA vice president and a junior exercise major, said he also struggled with colorism growing up.

“In high school and middle school dudes would make fun of me, they would say, ‘Oh you’re so black.’ They didn’t understand the deeper meaning of what they said,” Adenlola said.

Iyekegbe and Adenlola said that colorism is a relevant topic that needs to be addressed and discussed on campus.

Iyekegbe said that while the topic of colorism has been brought up in the past, it needs to “keep coming back” in order to adequately address the issue.

The students who participated in the event are hopeful that this can create a more positive narrative when it comes to confronting colorism. In order for that to happen, they believe that the conversation of colorism should be addressed more at UB. “I hope that people will take it more seriously,” Iyekegbe said. “To us it’s serious, but to others it might not be but we still need to address it. I think that it should be put out there more often.”

The ASA will continue the discussion of colorism along with other race discussions during their club meetings on Thursdays at 5 p.m. in 330 Student Union.

the world,” Resnick said. “[For] some, English is not their first language. Music provides them a way of expressing themselves in a universal language that has nothing to do with words.”

The opportunity to play and practice an instrument is seen as an experience that every student should have. It’s the chance to experience and create something new.

For young students coming from different countries, music becomes more than just a hobby – it becomes a way for them to ease the stress of living and experiencing an entirely new environment and culture.

“Kids from other countries might feel away from home here in the United States.

However, music gives them a voice to connect with others, it makes them feel not like an outsider, but like they are part of a community,” said Jaspreet Kaur, a sophomore nursing major interested in social work.

Jared Armitage, a junior political science major, said projects like the Buffalo String Works provide a great outlet for kids. The program is not only providing them with tools and instruction, but also a chance to

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Create, practice and perform Buffalo String Works provides music lessons to refugee and immigrant children

GABRIELA DIAZ

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Music students of all ages know that music is not just memorizing notes from Vivaldi and practicing the proper technique. It becomes an outlet of creative expression, a way to convey thoughts and feelings to the audiences.

That is what UB music professor Numata Resnick is teaching her students in the Buffalo String Works after school program.

Buffalo String Works is a non-profit organization for refugee and immigrant children in Buffalo. Inspired by the music students at Buffalo Public School No. 45, the idea was to provide intimate private lessons for underprivileged students.

“By giving our Buffalo String Works students an opportunity to congregate outside of the classroom, outside of school, outside of these walls that imply academia and discipline,” Resnick said, “I feel like I’ve seen tremendous growth in their social skills, in the way they interact with each other and the way they interact with us.”

Resnick, with the help of local violist Virginia Barren and school No. 45 music teach-

er Elice Golove, started the program a year and a half ago.

Today she has the help of many people from the community and local volunteer high school students.

She’s created an internship program working with Buffalo String Works so that her UB students can get the chance to teach music.

Today, the program is thriving and caters to 38 students from both public school No. 45 and the West Buffalo Charter School.

For Resnick, each group lesson is much more than just a musical after-school program that meets twice a week.

“We’ve had so much support from private donors that now we are looking into grant writing and corporate sponsorship and trying to grow ourselves on that side of things as well,” Resnick said.

For Resnick, music also plays a serious role in helping her students express themselves in a manner that may be less complicated. With the time spent practicing after school, she said the children are allowed to grow and mature in a setting outside of the classroom.

“Many of our students are from all over

Music professor Yuki Numata has been involved in a community outreach program that attempts to give underprivileged children a way to learn music.

grow in a way that may not have been possible in their home countries, he said.

“Music is a good way to express yourself.

I think it’s a good outlet for the kids to have to deal with their transition from their home country to here. I also think it’s a great avenue to make friends and expand their horizons,” Armitage said.

As of now, Buffalo String Works provide free violin lessons on Mondays and Wednesdays in the afternoon at the Concerned Ecumenical Ministry from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. and 3:45 to 5:15 p.m.

The program plans to introduce cello lessons this fall and then the viola soon afterward.

In the future, Resnick hopes to expand the program even further, creating a fully equipped orchestra and even branching out into a community music school. email: arts@ubspectrum.com

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“I just want to improve in those late game situations,” Massinburg said. “In our most recent games, we had the lead and chances to put the game away and we came away with the loss. I just want to be ready and able to help my team close out when we’re in position to do so.”

Not once does he mention his high-scoring outbursts – it was always about the team first. It was Massinburg’s team-first mentality, as well as hard work on and off the floor, helped the freshman guard well before his first season as a member of the Bulls begin.

He worked on everything, including the point guard position – a depleted position this season after the transfer of starter Shannon Evans last spring.

But with sophomore guard Lamonte Bearden ascending into the starting role, most, if not all of Massinburg’s minutes were going to come at the backup point guard position.

“It was a learning experience at first.”

Massinburg said. “At first, it was a ton of trial and error on my end. Just learning where guys would be and moving the ball and stuff like that. Coach [Julius Hodge] took me into the film room and worked with me on how to be a better guard – play sets, off ball screens, making the right reads.”

He said he was nervous before games, but Massinburg never appeared it when he stepped on the floor. In his first game, a preseason game against Daemen College, Massinburg stole the show, finishing with 25 points on 8-of-13 shooting. He

added 19 points in the team’s season debut against Pittsburgh at Bradford and 17 points on Nov. 21 against North Carolina A&T. But Massinburg really began to bring attention to himself against Duke and when Bearden was suspended for three games last week.

In Buffalo’s second game without Bearden, Massinburg came off the bench for 36 points in a loss against Ohio. He started the next game against Akron and scored 21 points. Even when Bearden returned to the lineup, Massinburg started and finished with 15 points in a 88-74 victory over Bowling Green.

It’s Massinburg’s dedication to working hard when the lights aren’t on that gives him the potential to be a key assets for Buffalo in the MAC Tournament, where Buffalo will try to defend their championship.

Oats said that he would experiment playing Massinburg and Bearden together more, while Whitesell said he thinks the freshman will continue to grow into a “dynamic, two-way force” as his career continues.

But Massingburg’s highest praise came from Oats when the coach discussed his freshman’s character.

“I don’t expect 36 points or even 21 every game, but he plays hard, especially on defense,” Oats said. “It makes you want to play him. He comes in the gym and works.

No off the floor problems, a really good kid that you want to see him do well …

Those are the kind of kids you want in the program, for sure.” email: sports@ubspectrum.com

UB students weigh in on the Oscars

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The 88th annual Academy Awards air Sunday. Leonardo DiCaprio (pictured) is nominated for “The Revenant.” Will this be the year DiCaprio wins an Oscar?

EVAN GRISLEY STAFF WRITER

It’s almost here: The night movie buffs and Leonardo DiCaprio fans have been waiting for.

This Sunday marks the 88th Academy Awards and for the past month, the media has been trying to answer the question, “Who is going to win?” “The Revenant” is up for best picture, DiCaprio is up for Best Actor and Brie Larson is in the running for Best Actress.

Many UB students believe that Leonardo DiCaprio’s performance in “The Revenant” should be the winner.

“He deserves it after making all those great films. He keeps getting one-upped each year and this year I think he deserves it,” said Sean Smith, a sophomore chemical engineering major.

Partho Bhattacharya, a junior math major, said he also thought that DiCaprio was the standout actor this year.

“Forgetting his past performances and just based on his performance in ‘The Revenant,’ I think he deserves the award,” Bhattacharya said.

Taking DiCaprio’s past performances into account, Erin Borovitcky, a junior exercise science major, said it’s surprising he hasn’t won anything before now.

Besides Best Actor, the Best Picture category is another category still up in the air.

Bhattacharya has seen “The Revenant,” but doesn’t think it’s going to win.

“I think ‘Mad Max’ deserves it out of the movies that I have seen,” Bhattacharya said.

Jocelyn Ruhland, a junior mathematic major, said of all the nominated films, she

has only seen “The Big Short.”

“It was a good movie, but it was nothing spectacular,” Ruhland said.

Most full-time students don’t have time to sit down and watch the 15 films nominated just in the top four categories. In fact, most people don’t have that kind of time.

A lot of this controversy about who should and shouldn’t be nominated for Oscars is relative. What one person thinks is the best movie of the year, another might think was the worst film they have ever seen.

The Academy Awards are for the films and the people involved, not the fans.

It’s nice to see a favorite film win best picture, or actor win an Oscar, but that doesn’t change the fact that you enjoy the movie.

It doesn’t mean that your favorite movie is now not your favorite. There are plenty of Star Wars fans that think “The Force Awakens” should win every award on Sunday.

This can be said about any of these award shows.

During the 2016 Golden Globes, Jim Carrey poked fun at winning an award.

He said that winning an award like this is meaningless because it doesn’t change who or what someone is or has done.

Watching the Oscars is a lot like watching the Super Bowl and not being a fan of either team.

You have seen a couple of the films nominated, but you haven’t seen them all.

You kind of want the film you saw to win, but if it doesn’t you don’t really care and you forget about it in a few days. email: arts@ubspectrum.com

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THE 20-10 KID After sitting out a year, Oursler brings Bulls needed post element

QUENTIN HAYNES SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR

Before she became a midseason addition to the Buffalo women’s basketball team, junior center Cassie Oursler just watched.

And she couldn’t do anything about it.

She watched as the Bulls lost to eventual conference champions, Ohio, in the MidAmerican Conference Quarterfinals in Cleveland last season. She then watched when West Virginia defeated Buffalo in the program’s first-ever Women’s National Invitation Tournament appearance. She even had to watch for the first 10 games of this season.

And if she could have played in any of those games, there may have been a different outcome.

“I think she continues to get better,” said head coach Felisha Legette-Jack. “She has a major presence about herself, she just has to slow her down in her head. Once we get her to slow it down in her head, you’re going to see a 20-10 kid.”

Oursler didn’t play an official game for 13 months as she was stuck in Division-I purgatory – she couldn’t play due to strict NCAA transfer rules.

Oursler grew up in nearby Grand Island, New York and began her college career at Robert Morris in Pennsylvania in 2013. She decided to transfer to UB during the first semester of her sophomore season to be closer to home after a family illness.

Her sister had several small seizures over the course of several days. Doctors never discovered what was wrong.

“It hit me hard,” Oursler said. “It was something that reminded me how important family was to me and I decided that I wanted to be closer to them.”

Players have to sit out one calendar season when transferring from one Division-I program to another. Oursler transferred to UB in December of 2014, meaning she wouldn’t be eligible until the following December.

She requested a transfer waiver in an effort to play right away, but Robert Morris declined the request. Oursler said that Robert Morris “didn’t support” the transfer, so she would have to sit out for the entire year.

Oursler, who officially joined the program midway through last season, was able to practice with the Bulls, but she was unable to play or travel with the team.

Even though it was discouraging, practice time with her future teammates did help her, as it allowed her to work on some of the “finer details” in her overall game, she said.

She also went against some of Buffalo’s best.

On one possession, she would matchup against former Bull and then-MAC Defensive Player of the Year Christa Baccas.

On another, she would play against thenAll-MAC second team forward and cur-

rent assistant coach Kristen Sharkey. Those practices gave Oursler her first taste of the MAC’s best post players.

“It showed me that I had to play better in the post,” Oursler said. “Our post defense, we usually post middle, which was new to me. I had to learn and adjust to that way of defending the post. Just playing against such a strong player was great for me … and [Sharkey] can shoot, too.”

Sharkey and her ability to play in the post and away from the basket was a big challenge. Sharkey would use her speed to get up a quick shot in the post, catching Oursler off guard. If Oursler was slow to come out of the paint, a jump shot was Sharkey’s weapon of choice. But Oursler also had moments of success by providing plenty of frustration for Sharkey during practices.

“I would describe it as just length,” Sharkey said when discussing Oursler’s game in practices. “She needs to understand that she can take over the game in the paint. She has to play a little lower, know that she could not just make plays, but force opponents to change their plays as well. Once she does that, I think she’s going to be unstoppable.”

Oursler made her debut on Dec. 29, 2015 against Sacred Heart. Since then, she has averaged 7.8 points and a team-leading 6.5 rebounds in 15 games. Besides sophomore guard Stephanie Reid and junior guard Joanna Smith, Oursler has been Buffalo’s most prolific scorer.

Oursler provided the Bulls with an offensive punch from the moment she began playing. She scored at least eight points in four of her first seven games, including three

(LEFT) GABRIELA JULIA, THE SPECTRUM

Junior center Cassie Oursler turns for a hook shot over an Eastern Michigan defender in the paint.

Oursler finished with 16 points and six rebounds on Saturday against Miami Ohio.

(TOP) KAINAN GUO, THE SPECTRUM

Junior center Cassie Oursler sits on the sideline, waiting to be subbed into the game. The junior has recently seen time off the bench this year to curtail her fouls in MidAmerican Conference play.

games in double figures. She also added two games with double-digit rebounding.

On a team that needed an additional scorer, Ourlser’s arrival to the rotation has helped the Bulls get more scoring on the interior. But her head coach thinks she can still grow into an even better player.

“She’s so young,” Legette-Jack said. “She doesn’t even know what she doesn’t know yet. She’s going to take some time to get into the flow, but the early results are great.

Every game she’s played, she’s getting a little bit better.”

There have been down moments, such as when Oursler came off the bench for two games to corral her issues with fouls. The fouls were something that plagued Oursler for the start of her tenure, highlighted by a seven-game stretch in which she accumulated four or more fouls in each game. The rust a year with no game action was apparent.

And there have been moments of brilliance, like her season-high 16 points in a crucial win over Miami Ohio last Saturday. With Reid and Smith getting most of the attention, Oursler found herself with a chance to flourish on the offensive side of the ball – getting easy layup attempts and forcing double teams.

It was a moment that drew strong praises from her head coach.

“This kid, to me, could be really special because it doesn’t take much energy to run down the floor,” Legette-Jack said. “She can run the floor well, I just want her to get it in her eyes and once that happens, I know we’ll have a special player on our hands.”

Not bad for a kid who sat on the sidelines for more than year. email: sports@ubspectrum.com

The RISE of ‘CJ Buckets’ Hard work pays off for freshman Massinburg QUENTIN HAYNES SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR

Not many people expected any positive results when the Buffalo men’s basketball team took on Duke in Cameron Indoor Stadium this past December.

And probably no one correctly predicted which Bulls player would have a solid performance against the reigning national champions.

Freshman guard CJ Massinburg scored a team-high 17 points in the 82-59 loss – impressing his teammates, coaches and a national audience.

For Massinburg, it was a reminder of how far he came in a small amount of time.

“It was crazy,” Massinburg said. “I’ve honestly learned so much since coming to [Buffalo], both on and off the floor. About basketball, I just learned a lot about my game, which allows me to help the team.

Off the floor, I just continue to work on believing in myself. Being able to play in places like that.”

The maturation of “CJ Buckets” – the imposed nickname True Blue chants when Massinburg hits a pair of free throws or just when the student fans feel like doing it – has been unparalleled by any other freshman on the Bulls (16-12, 9-6 Mid-American Conference) this season. Within a year, Massinburg went from an unknown, unsigned high school senior, to the semi-occasional starting point guard of a Division-I basketball

team gearing up for its conference tournament.

Less than a year ago, Massinburg had no clue whether he was going to able to continue his basketball career or not.

As an unsigned senior out of Dallas, Texas, he played out his final high school games without a college commitment. He even considered going the JUCO route – playing his first season or two at junior college before moving up to a Division-I program.

But a tournament for high school players late in the recruiting process changed his future.

A friend of Bulls head coach Nate Oats tipped off associate head coach Jim Whitesell that he should see the 6-foot-3 Texan play.

“I really liked his size, his athleticism,

KAINAN GUO, THE SPECTRUM

Freshman guard CJ Massinburg drives up the floor, looking to make a play. The freshman guard from Dallas, Texas has made a splash as a backup guard this season for the Bulls.

and he seemed like a pretty tough kid who played with a good motor,” Whitesell said.

“Followed him again throughout the tournament. I really liked him. Thought he could improve down the road.”

And of all the players that Oats has brought in since becoming Buffalo’s head coach, it’s Massinburg that has been one of the biggest surprises.

“He’s always played hard, every practice, every game,” Oats said. “The shot hasn’t always dropped, but he’s always giving you effort every day and those guys tend to be the ones to play well. He has the talent, the ef-

fort and you see over the last few games that it’s all coming together and pay off for him.”

Massinburg is currently averaging 11.7 points per game, 3.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists. He recently scored a career-high 36 points against Ohio and followed that up with a 21-point performance against Akron.

He’s scored in double-digits in eight straight games.

But all Massingburg sees when he thinks of his career performances are the losses Buffalo suffered during those games.

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