The Spectrum Vol. 68 No.33 by The Spectrum Student Periodical

THE SPECTRUM VOL. 68 NO. 33 | FEBRUARY 25, 2019

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Strong winds remove University Bookstore roof, cause additional damage Sunday afternoon

THE NAME GAME

Faculty members and students don’t understand the histories of rooms, spaces across the university BENJAMIN BLANCHET EDITORIAL EDITOR

THE SPECTRUM STAFF | THE SPECTRUM PArt of the university Bookstore roof fLeW off durinG the Wind storm on sundAy. deBris remAins on the side of the Bookstore fAcinG LAke LAsALLe. students (Pictured riGht) BrAved the 50 mPh Winds WhiLe trAveLLinG on cAmPus.

TANVEEN VOHRA CO-SENIOR NEWS EDITOR

High winds blew the roof off the University Bookstore, caused a power outage at The Commons and shattered a window in the Ellicott Complex. The National Weather Service issued a high wind warning in the Buffalo-Niagara

region starting on Sunday at 7 a.m. and ending on Monday at 10 a.m. UB also sent an alert to students on Friday and warned them of extensive damage to property and power lines as NWS expected winds to reach a high of 70 mph. The winds did not reach those highs, but damaged UB > SEE THE WIND | PAGE 2

Record amount of fans pack into Alumni Arena Bulls drawing more attendees at home and on road this season NATHANIEL MENDELSON SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR

The UB men’s basketball team drew a record-breaking number of 6,688 fans to Alumni Arena on Friday. The standing-room only crowd roared throughout the Bulls’ 80-57 win over Kent State as the Buffalo bounce house was in full effect. The Bulls have been ranked for a record number of weeks this season. The No. 25 team in the country has drawn more crowds and attention than any other team in the Mid-American Conference. And it’s not just at home. Buffalo has become the most popular team in town, building off of last season’s NCAA tournament success. There has been a 136-percent increase in fans at home this year. The Bulls drew an average of 3,570 in 2017-18 and 4,864 this season. Obviously, there would be an increase among the local fan base with the continued success of UB Athletics and the recent failures of professional and college teams, making UB a desired destination to see a game. The Bulls are also attracting more fans while away. Buffalo has seen a 162-percent increase

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in away attendance, from 4,135 to 6,686 this season. This can be explained partly by playing at larger arenas like West Virginia, Syracuse and Marquette, but the Bulls have managed to sell out no matter where they play. When Buffalo played in Ireland for the Belfast Hall of Fame Classic, it drew an average of 5,780 fans in the neutral site matchups. Based on average attendance at away arenas, UB has drawn an above average amount of fans at every school except for Syracuse. Buffalo drew more fans at St. Bonaventure, Canisius, Kent State, Bowling Green and Toledo than at West Virginia, Marquette, Eastern Michigan and Northern Illinois. Overall, Buffalo’s average attendance numbers at home, away and neutral site games have boosted 164 percent from last season, 3,518 to 5,777 fans. email: nathaniel.mendelson@ubspectrum.com twitter: @NateMendelson.

Most students don’t know former UB President Clifford Furnas was an olympian. Or that Carolyn Tripp Clement might have made the first local phone call in Buffalo. But, if you ask students where their buildings are, their last names roll off the tip of the tongue. For many UB community members, a building or space name doesn’t mean much. SUNY has policies for naming campus spaces, so UB’s policy is not unique. And as more schools evaluate the difficult histories of named spaces, UB has yet to strip a building name due to a person’s past. When UB demolishes or sells a space named in someone’s “honor,” UB spokesperson Cory Nealon said UB does not have a formal process to reuse those names, either. The Spectrum found that most donation-based names happened after the year 2000, whereas most “honorific” (or non-donation-based) names happened during the construction of North Campus in the 1970s. UB has named at least 422 spaces, while at least 32 spaces have been demolished

‘Riders on the storm’ Five students run with parachutes during windstorm

courtesy of nick toBoni student runs With A PArAchute At the WALter kunZ stAdium durinG sundAy’s Wind storm.

TANVEEN VOHRA CO-SENIOR NEWS EDITOR

Jacob Brill had “the best bad idea” on Saturday night. The National Weather Service issued a high-wind warning for Sunday and five sophomore students knew exactly how to take advantage of it. Brill, a sophomore chemical and biological engineering major, planned to tie a parachute to his back and run on the track at the Walter Kunz Stadium with his friends from the UB Running Club. He texted their group chat and four others — Nick Taboni, Dylan Stearns, Omar Radwan and Michael Berger — decided to join him in his venture. Their friend Josh Lacey, a sophomore computer science major, gave them permission to borrow a parachute he uses for resistance training.

or replaced over time. But when it comes to current names around campus, minorities only share a portion of the UB landscape. The Spectrum found only 21 campus spaces named after people of color. At least 26 spaces are named after women and at least 185 spaces are named after men. Currently, the UB council and UB President Satish Tripathi are in charge of approving names before they head to SUNY for approval. Over the past half century, UB committees have suggested hundreds of names to the UB Council. A “Building and Landscape Naming Committee” recently met to discuss new policies for “honorific” (or non-donation-based) names on campus, according to Nealon. The Spectrum talked to dozens of students but all needed hints to guess the people behind UB buildings and spaces. The Spectrum spent a month analyzing the UB Archives and journeyed around campus to confirm the existence of rooms and spaces. Many faculty and staff declined to talk to The Spectrum or said they had no idea about the names behind the rooms they work in. Many students said they’d like to know more about UB’s roughly 173-year history and would like more community members to take an active role in campus history. “In the [1970s,] there was a lot more public engagement in the [naming process],” said Michael Brown, UB Coun> SEE THE NAME GAME | PAGE 5

Lacey, who did not condone the activity, made them sign a waiver absolving him of any liability. “The winds are very dangerous out there,” Lacey said. “I made them sign a waiver so I wouldn’t be responsible in case one of them flew away with the wind or something.” Their friend’s obvious lack of approval only worked to strengthen the activity’s appeal. “We assumed if Josh was against it, we had to do it,” Berger said. And they did. The gang of five went out to Kunz Stadium around 3 p.m. Sunday at the height of the wind storm and filmed videos of eachother running on the track with parachutes tied to their backs. Taboni even ran backwards to test his abilities. “Once the wind grabbed the parachute, there was no real way to prevent being blown away,” Taboni said. Running with a parachute attached to their backs, aside from functioning as a “fun” bonding activity, was a good exercise for the sophomores. “It’s supposed to make it harder to run,” Radwan said. “The wind would push against us into the parachute, and we’re trying to push forward, so it’s a good exercise.” The group had to cut their adventure short due to sleet, but Taboni said they would definitely try it again. email: tanveen.vohra@ubspectrum.com twitter: @TanveenUBSpec.

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SA senators voted against derecognizing two clubs JACKLYN WALTERS CO-SENIOR NEWS EDITOR

The Student Association Senate voted on the status of four clubs at its Feb. 22 meeting, and discussed the contents of a Feb. 18 Spectrum article. Senators voted against derecognizing Pre-Meds Without Borders and Knit and Crochet Club and unanimously derecognized Fashion SA and Sailing Club due to the clubs’ inactivity. SA executive board members Tanahiry Escamilla and Gunnar Haberl also discussed The Spectrum’s coverage of SA. The senate voted on whether Pre-Meds Without Borders should be derecognized for the advertisement of its spring break trip. SA’s lawyers sent a cease-and-desist letter when the club posted an advertisement for the trip on Facebook as a “collaboration” with Global Brigades. The trip posed a similar issue last year. “It had the SA logo on it, which insinuates it’s a club and Global Brigades col-

laboration,” SA Vice President Anyssa Evelyn said. “If it didn’t insinuate collaboration this wouldn’t have been a discussion at all.” Haberl, SA president, said if anything were to happen and students associated the trip with SA, the organization would be “liable” for anything that could happen. Some senators said they took issue with the insinuation of a collaboration while others felt it would be a “disservice” to UB students to derecognize the club, as it is “one of the most active clubs.” Senators voted against derecognizing the club, with 11 votes opposed to derecognition and six abstentions. Knit and Crochet Club also presented its plea to remain recognized. The club missed five of eight club requirements last semester and attributed this to its low attendance numbers, with only 8-10 regular attendees. The club’s e-board presented plans to make up the missed requirements as well

as plans to increase club membership this semester. Senators voted not to derecognize the club. Senators derecognized Fashion SA and Sailing Club unanimously, as no one from either club showed up to present a case. Senate Chair Eric Weinman showed an email from Fashion SA’s e-board in which it requested the club be derecognized and removed from SA’s mailing list. Haberl made an announcement regarding The Spectrum’s SA coverage and encouraged members to reach out about upcoming SA elections April 2-4. Haberl said he discussed the upcoming e-board elections in his past two student body emails, but feels Spectrum coverage will help SA reach a larger demographic. The Spectrum will adhere to recent past election coverage, with a “Meet the Candidates” breakdown and coverage of the election results. SA Treasurer Tanahiry Escamilla also read through The Spectrum’s article on SA

late card fees to the senate to discuss a comment in the article where a senator said he felt “obligated” to vote on the budget. She said voting is to ensure she is following predetermined SA rules and that senators can always abstain from voting. “If you felt pressured [to vote], you could have totally abstained,” Escamilla said. “We have time for discussion yet, it’s only if I am really out of line [with the charges].” Escamilla also talked about Photo Club’s late credit card return and reassured the senate that SA would not charge the club an outstanding late fee for a previous member’s negligence. She said SA will only charge the club “the remaining balance left in [its] account” at the time of her meeting with Photo Club President Jack Li.

not “exposed to the elements.” Nealon said university employees cleared the debris and contacted Follett Corp., which operates the bookstore independently from the university. No one was in the bookstore at the time of the incident, according to Nealon, as the bookstore is closed on Sundays. UB spokesperson John DellaContrada said no UB Alert was issued because there was “no immediate danger” or “major disruption” to the university community. Omran Omar, a chemical and biological engineering student, said he heard about part of the roof flying off on social media, and decided to see the damage for himself, joking that he hoped to find free books. Omar said “the extent of the damage

was really concerning” and that he was worried about possible damage to other parts of the university. Students who walked or took the bus to The Commons looking for a meal were left disappointed when they realized the restaurants were closed due to the power outage. Lily Fuller, a senior English major, walked to The Commons for lunch, only to find that restaurants weren’t serving food due to the outage. “I mean, there’s people in Subway, but who wants an untoasted sub?” Fuller said. The wind also blew out a window on the first floor of Richmond Quadrangle. DellaContrada said UB Facilities was repairing the window and temporarily putting in

plywood. DellaContrada didn’t comment on the Commons’ power outage in time for publication. The Spectrum found the power back on in the UB Commons, as of 10 p.m. Sunday.

Brittany Gorny contributed to this story. email:jacklyn.walters@ubspectrum.com twitter: @JacklynUBSpec

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THE WIND property and power lines as they blew at roughly 50 mph. Part of the University Bookstore’s roof blew off around 1:50 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, according to UB spokesperson Cory Nealon. The debris fell to the side of the building that faces Lake LaSalle. University Police officers declined to comment on the roof, the extent of the damage, how much it will cost and the extent of the power outage. UPD officers alerted the manager of the bookstore, Greg Neumann. UPD officials and Neumann went inside the bookstore to survey the damage. Nealon wrote in an email that there was no reported damage to the store’s inventory and the interior of the building was

UB Facilites officials did not respond in time for print. This is a developing story. email: tanveen.vohra@ubspectrum.com twitter: @TanveenUBSpec.

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My mom thinks my ass Why revenge porn is f––––d up CHARLOTTE VALENTINE

Note: This column contains sensitive content about nudes and revenge porn which may be triggering. Leaked nudes and revenge porn are topics I am all too familiar with. 2016 was a weird year for me. It ended with Drug Dealer Dan, as mentioned in my previous column. But it started even worse: my boyfriend of three years cheated on me. The best way to move on seemed to be with a rebound, so I started dating my first mistake of 2016. Brandon was a nice kid, doofy with daddy issues, who lied about not being a virgin. His stepmom was the worst: controlling, manipulative and sincerely unstable. One day, she found my nudes. They were nothing crazy, a few tasteful booty pics that didn’t even show my face. She confronted me about the photos, then decided my mom should see them too. My parents grounded me for a month. Brandon and I were obviously over, and then came in Matt — a “good friend” I occasionally exchanged nudes with. Matt was sort of my makeshift boyfriend. By this I mean he was my friend with benefits, but without the benefits.

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guidance is the most important step. In many cases you can even take legal action against the perpetrator. Savage suggested the resolution to revenge porn and leaked pictures in general, is a day where everyone releases their nudes so no one else can. This would also normalize the already common practice. The only thing that worked for me was self-acceptance. I started feeling comfortable with myself again once I understood that what I do with my body is no one’s business but my own. Once you start to love yourself unconditionally, you start to realize that your self-worth is just that –– up to yourself.

lately.” I saw a very unironic helpwanted sign boasting of competitive wages and flexible hours on the drive-thru window. It’s unlikely that Tim Hortons is going to have an easy time hiring new teens. Unemployment rates are staggeringly low at 4 percent, according to The Wall Street Journal. This means that companies have positions open, but are struggling to fill them since there are less people looking for jobs. This is known as a “tight” job market, and it’s a great advantage to anyone in college. Many of us need that side hussle churning out lattes, bussing tables or watching someone else’s children while we’re in school. But these employers can take advantage of their workers when the labor force is plentiful. I once worked at a call center and heard my boss tell the employees that, “Every one of you is very replaceable, I can fill your job in a day if you leave. So you better shape up because your jobs are not a guarantee.” If you are feeling trapped by your current job, then you are never going to have an easier time leaving and finding a new one. Businesses are competing for our labor everyday and you can expect to see better offers. I my-

self left a minimum-wage gig and found a better job that paid $17 an hour this year in addition to gas coverage and other perks. If you are also part of the labor force, getting paid an hourly wage in retail, customer service, etc., this is your chance to get more benefits. Now is the time to use your negotiating skills. If you are looking for a job, research the average pay for that position and make sure that they offer you at least that amount or more. If companies have more capital to hire then they have capital to pay you enough as well. Do not just take whatever comes your way first, either. That coffee shop near your apartment is hiring but so is every other in town. Hear everyone’s offer first and then take the job with the most benefits. If you have to drive to this job, ask if they will cover your commute expenses. If you have a job that you plan to stay with then ask for a raise. The tight job market gives the labor force a chance to harness power in the value of our work, but it’s not going to be here for long. It’s going to peak and decline like any trend in the economy. Right now it looks to be that we are peaking, so strike while

the panini press is hot for that sandwich-shop job. This all sounds really great for the college labor force right? Not necessarily. There’s one side effect of a tight job market and it’s called inflation. With unemployment rates very low right now, prices are set to increase. You’ll need more of that coffee-shop money to pay for your own coffee, gas and groceries. Those rising prices are going to affect people in college and the lower-working classes, so make sure you keep that in mind in the coming months when you ask for a raise or new job. The takeaway from this labor trend should be that paying attention to the nation’s economy can benefit your life greatly in college. My attitude before embarking on this self-education endeavor was that since I didn’t have any money, I didn’t need to worry about national markets. But knowing about trends will help you make decisions about how to utilize the few dollars you have in the best way possible.

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He was really there for me with the Brandon debacle. He said it was “f–––--d up” that Brandon saved my pictures in the first place. “You know I would never save your nudes,” Matt said. We hung out, went on double dates with friends, he came to my volleyball games and we occasionally –– nightly –– exchanged nudes. He asked me to our senior ball and let me smoke his weed. He was truly the rebound I deserved. Until he wasn’t. Two weeks before ball, I heard the news among my 100-person class that Matt had been showing people my nudes. All my peers had seen me naked without my consent. I was devastated. For the third time this year, someone I trusted had betrayed me. But the lesson wasn’t on me. I was not in the wrong for engaging in sexual behavior. He was in the wrong for using images of my body without my consent. Most people end senior year with happy memories, I left having known everyone, including my mom, had seen me naked. I felt used and useless. But what I’ve learned, despite my mother’s hopes, is not that I shouldn’t take nudes. Instead, I learned that the people who shared my nudes were shitty people. And that’s just about all you can learn from this. I know, because I’ve tried just about everything else to feel bet-

ter about myself. I tried acting like I wasn’t bothered. I tried crying. I tried showering for hours to “clean myself ” into a new person, to clean all the unwanted eyes off my body. But the bottom line is that it isn’t your fault when someone else betrays your trust. Releasing people’s naked photos unfortunately seems to be a hot trend in today’s society. The National Enquirer tried to blackmail Jeff Bezos just two weeks ago with “below-the-belt” photos he sent to a mistress, Rob Kardashian shared photos of Blac Chyna after their break up, Sia even posted her own nudes online in response to paparazzi trying to sell the photos. Sex advice columnist Dan Savage posed an important point about Bezos’ situation: “Nearly everyone has a few nude photographs out there somewhere.” There’s nothing wrong with sending out nudes. Let’s be honest, most of us have, and most of us receive them too. So why do we collectively humiliate people whose nudes are leaked? No one is ashamed of snapping naked pics. People are ashamed when private photos they shared with one person specifically, are instead seen by thousands of strangers. There are many steps victims of revenge porn can take to begin the healing process. First and foremost, find professional help. There are plenty of online resources available to find the right assistance. Whether it be therapy, online support groups or finding a “take-down service” to remove your photos from the internet, seeking out information and

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If you’re looking for a job, you’re in luck because help-wanted signs seem to be strewn everywhere these days. I waited in line for 20 minutes at Tim Hortons drive-thru just the other day for an egg and cheese croissant. When I pulled up to the window, a sweaty teenage boy handed it to me in a huff and said, “Sorry, we’re super low on people

If you or someone you know fear or have experienced sexual assault, there are a number of local resources. Students can make an anonymous report on UB’s website, through the Ofﬁce of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (716-645-2266), Crisis Services of Erie County (716-834-3131) and UPD (716645-2222). For off-campus emergencies call 911, Amherst PD (716-689-1311), Buffalo PD (716-851-4444) or the New York State police 24/7 sexual assault hotline for college campuses (1-844-845-7269). email: @ubspectrum.com.

Stay tuned for another sex column by Charlotte Valentine on March 11.

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CAMPUS UB leads Western New York in giving Parkinson’s patients their voices back

Two new UB programs are helping people with Parkinson’s disease maintain their ability to speak, according to UBNow. The LOUD Crowd is an extension of the SPEAK OUT! program which provides patients with exercises to maintain strength in their voice by focusing on the intention of the words being said, rather than the strength of the words. Speech and Language Pathologist Dona Hue Ritter-Schmidt leads the clinic and works with graduate students in the Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences. They host weekly meetings at UB’s Biomedical Education Building. UB spreads awareness for Eating Disorders during upcoming week

UB Health Promotion is holding three events this week in light of eating disorder awareness week. The first event, a speech by Renee Engeln, will be held Monday at 7 p.m. in the Student Union Theater. Engeln, author of “Beauty Sick: How the Cultural Obsession with Appearance Hurts Girls and Women,” will speak on the topics of her book. On Wednesday from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. activities in the Student Union Lobby will question the ideal version of a selfie. Activities include display of health at every size, stressbusters and mindfulness and yoga. A suicide prevention program will take place in Student Union 250 from 10 a.m to 12 p.m. on Thursday. The program will teach participants how to recognize warning signs of suicide and how to help those who need it.

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Police ofﬁcer involved in car accident raises suspicions

R. Kelly indicted and arrested for sexual assault

A Tonawanda police officer and member of their SWAT team was involved in a crash last month, according to The Buffalo News. He was released from the crash scene under suspicious circumstances. The officer in question, Howard M. Scholl III, and his wife were coming from an event at Sinatra’s Restaurant when their car continued through a stop sign and struck an Uber vehicle, The Buffalo News reported. Scholl indicated that his wife had been driving the vehicle. Officers conducted a field sobriety test on her and she passed, according to the News. Roughly three weeks later, however, he admitted he was the driver. The Erie County District Attorney is investigating the crash.

R&B singer R. Kelly was indicted and arrested for 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse involving four victims on Friday, according to CNN. Prosecutors revealed graphic details about the encounters, including allegations that Kelly spit on two of the victims, and alleged that Kelly used force or the threat of force during the encounters. Two of the victims were 16 years old, and one was between 14 and 16 years old. A Cook County judge set Kelly’s bail at $100,000 and a total bond of $1 million.

Kaisertown woman faces up to 25 years to life for role in son’s death

Keona Owens was convicted on Friday of second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter for her two-year-old son’s death, according to The Buffalo News. In July 2018, first responders arrived at Owens’ home as her two-year-old son was not breathing. A medical examiner determined the cause of death to be blunt force trauma. At first, Owens’ boyfriend Bashar Hall was thought to be the sole culprit, a claim Owens supported while indicating the death was an accident. Owens was later arrested for her role in the murder and both were subsequently charged. Owens will be sentenced in May and could face up to 25 years to life.

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Two recovered and one missing after cargo plane crashed into Trinity Bay

A cargo plane carrying Amazon goods crashed near Houston, Texas on Saturday. Three people were inside the plane when it crashed in shallow water. Texas officials and dive teams are continuing to search for any survivors of the crash over three miles. Two bodies have been recovered while one is still missing. Eyewitnesses report hearing the engine surging before it nose-dived into the water.

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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro blocks U.S. aid, severed ties with Colombia

Violent protests at the Venezuelan border with Colombia and Brazil on Saturday left at least two people dead, according to Al Jazeera. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro ordered troops to block boxes of U.S. aid from crossing the Venezuelan border. Troops fired tear gas and rounds of rubber bullets at protesters. Venezuelan opposition leader, Juan Guaido — who is backed by Washington — supported the import, saying people need food and medicine. Maduro saw the aid as an attempt by the U.S. to remove him from power. Sixty soldiers defected the army and joined Guaido throughout the protest. “Nothing will make me give up,” one protester said. The same day, President Maduro ordered Colombian officials in Venezuela to leave the country after severing all diplomatic ties. email: news@ubspectrum.com

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THE NAME GAME cil student representative. I think that type of spirit of shared governance, a collaborative approach to shaping the spaces around us, that’s a great example we should always strive to even out do that.” The naming process There are two types of reasons for UB names: donations and honors. For some donors, their names can appear on buildings because of a $1 million-plus gift to UB. The donor will talk with the vice president for university advancement in this case, Nealon said. The UB VP sends the name to the UB president, who then decides whether to make a recommendation to the council. Once the council approves a name, it goes to the SUNY Chancellor and Board of Trustees for the final decision, Nealon said. This process is slightly different for “honorific” names. These names have “historically” involved ad-hoc internal committee recommendations, Nealon said. The UB president approves a committee’s recommendation, followed by the council and then SUNY. The Spectrum looked at over 300 council meeting minutes with the help of UB Archives. The records we found showed council members approved every proposed naming resolution. And just as the UB namescape is mostly male, the council has been mostly made of men since 1963. Just 20 of the 87 council members since 1963 have been women. The council has also historically voted on spaces named after active members. Former council member Gerald Lippes decided to abstain from voting on a resolution to name Slee Hall’s auditorium after himself and his wife in 2003. The late Dr. Edmond Gicewicz also sat in Capen Hall’s council room as the council voted to name the UB Athletics Hall of Fame after him in 2007. And in 2015, council members applauded the new naming of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences as council chair Jeremy Jacobs sat at the table’s head. And UB isn’t unique in honoring donations either, as other college campuses and organizations honor $1,000plus gifts with everything from stones to plaques on “donor walls.” The Lippes family, the Jacobs family and the Gicewicz family all donated money to the university, which led to the named spaces. There aren’t guidelines that restrict council members from naming things after themselves. UB hasn’t stopped this practice but it has removed donated names from offices due to the person damaging UB’s image. In 2009, UB donor and former UB Foundation board member Stephen Walsh, a ‘66 alum, was charged with defrauding more than $500 million in client investments in 2009, according to Buffalo Business First. UB named the Walsh complex in Alumni Arena after his donation in 2001. Nealon said UB removed the name after his conviction and returned the donated funds. UB policy allows officials to remove the name of John and Edith Kapoor Hall. The couple’s roughly $10.8 million donation helped support the building in their name.. John Kapoor, founder of Insys Therapeutics, is currently on trial for an alleged conspiracy to bribe doctors into prescribing opioids to patients. A usable past UB broke ground on North Campus in October 1968. The result was an increase in buildings, rooms and spaces, all awaiting names. UB formed a naming subcommittee to assist the council with the difficult

ARTS &FEATURES ENTERTAINMENT task. UB Archives show the subcommittee collected records such as biographies, newspaper articles and even descendents of potential namesakes. UB Archives show that the subcommittee consulted former UB archivist Shonnie Finnegan throughout the ‘70s too. Finnegan said she recommended a number of names, such as Grace Knox and Cornelia Allen, which still appear on Campus buildings. She also recommended Samuel P. Capen’s name move to North Campus. The first naming subcommittee released its naming criteria in May 1972. The criteria called for names in honor of deceased people, living people (in “rare exceptions”) and names with a “significant” connection to UB and Western New York. Earlier drafts in the UB Archives reveal redacted versions of the criteria. The subcommittee removed clauses that would call for names of “persons representative of ethnic groups.” They also scribbled out a clause that would call for buildings named after the Haudenosaunee nations. The committee approved a clause that states names shouldn’t be “excluded” on the basis of race. Dr. Lillian Williams, a Transnational Studies professor, wrote to the old naming subcommittee about the importance of Mary Talbert, a prominent black leader in the late 19th and early 20th century. Williams used to teach at Howard University where she said there was a “sense of pride” in buildings named after people like Frederick Douglass. Williams said naming is important at UB for the same reasons. “I’ve taught in Mary Talbert Hall and I’ve had the same sense I did when I was teaching in Douglass Hall,” Williams said. “But my students didn’t know who Talbert was, I told them all about [her]. It didn’t matter what course I was teaching, they still had to know why they were in Mary Talbert Hall.” The Transnational Studies department celebrated 50 years of UB’s Black Studies department and program earlier this month. Williams said students took part in an essay contest at the event and, when she heard the essays,

the amount of “alienation that they felt” at UB was “striking.” She said buildings, in this way, could give those students a feeling of belonging at UB. The old subcommittee also ran advertisements that asked for naming suggestions in local newspapers, according to UB Archives. Today, current UB Council members and the UB President have not done similar outreach to look for new names. In the past two months, The Spectrum reached out to a number of UB employees for help gathering information on historic UB names. David Barnas, UB Facilities’ senior physical space administrator, sent The Spectrum a list of all named buildings owned and leased by UB. Other employees such as Robin Comeau, quality assurance coordinator in the School of Dental Medicine, could identify rooms in their workplace. Most employees The Spectrum talked to, however, said they did not know UB history or declined to comment. Spectrum editors walked around Dr. Charles Cary Hall to find the purported Dr. Willard B. Elliott Room (101A) locked from the outside. In 1981, the UB Council approved a room in honor of Elliott, a UB biochemist for three decades. A neighboring employee to 101A said he never heard of Elliott and the room was used for “storing computer monitors.” Nealon said there currently isn’t a formal process for reusing old names and the new naming committee is set to create its own guidelines. “Perhaps historic figures … could be considered when future honorific naming opportunities arise,” Nealon said. The Spectrum could not find information on many of the named spaces online, but most name information is in the UB Archives. UB reference archivist William Offhaus said UB Archives has helped schools, departments and offices seeking historical information on the university. The archives also instructs classes on UB history and teaches students how to perform archival research. Victoria Wolcott, chair of the history

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department, said the department does not have a historian on staff who focuses on UB or local history. “We have faculty who could provide historical context on the figures that are used for naming buildings,” Wolcott said. “Hiring a faculty member who specializes in public history and has knowledge of local history would be valuable to our students. But we currently don’t have the resources available to do so.” Historians such as Julian Park, first dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, wrote about UB’s history up until his death in 1965, according to the UB Reporter. The history, first published in 1917, is available online. Former UB President Bill Greiner and former UB Provost Thomas Headrick also wrote an updated version of university history in “Location, Location, Location” in 2007. Finnegan said she is unsure just how often people are inspired when they walk into named buildings and spaces, but if they truly care about something, they will feel very close to that history. “The majority of students and community members are not going to delve into the published works on UB history or go into the archival records, so I think there are other ways besides buildings and spaces to [honor] the past,” Finnegan said. “To me it’s beneficial in an institution to have some kind of a tradition. Samuel Capen often talked about the tradition of ‘academic freedom’ and the people that brought his name here to [North Campus] did support that. I believe this is still honored.” Brown said it would be helpful to know the current situation of name representation and the histories of names on campus. “I think making people aware of that would obviously be helpful,” Brown said. “Regardless of what the current ratio and breakdown of representation is, there’s always room for improvement.” The UB Council, which can suggest future names, is expected to meet in the Buffalo Room on Monday, March 4 at 8 a.m. email: benjamin.blanchet@ubspectrum.com twitter: @BenjaminUBSpec GRAPHIC BY GRACE KLAK

The Name Game Directions: Match the names on the left to the UB buildings on the right.

CC Furnas

Edmund Hayes

Ella Conger Goodyear

Grace Millard Knox

Karr Parker

Mary Talbert

Red Jacket

Samuel P. Capen

Thomas B. Lockwood

Photos courtesy of UB Archives (Boxes E, H, I), Wikipedia Commons (Boxes B, F, G), Spectrum archives (Box A), Geni (Box C) FindAGrave (Box D)

Answers: A-4, B-3, C-2, D-7, E-5, F-6, G-9, H-1, I-8

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

The advocate for actors

Intimacy director Kathleen Golde helps protect performers in intimate scenes JULIANNA TRACEY ASST. ARTS EDITOR

Intimacy was an afterthought when Kathleen Golde first pursued theater. She said actors were expected to approach intimate scenes on their own without any guidance and situations often turned unsafe and uncomfortable for her. But Golde’s current position as an intimacy director for UB productions like “The Threepenny Opera” ensures actors’ physical and mental safety. Golde has been an intimacy director for over 16 years, helping performers navigate intimate scenes and dialogue. She first came to UB Theatre & Dance to work on the 2009 production of “Scarcity.” Golde serves as an advocate for actors in potentially uncomfortable situations and ensures that nobody crosses lines of consent. She is a neutral party that actors use to share their concerns. “Years ago, when we went through school and went into the professional world, they would say, ‘Can you just handle that?’” Golde said. “There was no process to make sure safety checks and balances were in place.”

Zodiaque dances into 2019

Director Kerry Ring envisions growth for dance company BRIAN EVANS SENIOR ARTS EDITOR

Raising the bar is nothing new for director Kerry Ring. And she expects the same from her dancers every year. Zodiaque Dance Company celebrated its 45th season in the fall with “Celebration 45.” “Zodiaque Dances On” is the latest showing for the esteemed dance company, and features a mix of both revisited works from the fall and new pieces.

It wasn’t until she witnessed other actors facing unsafe situations that she knew she wanted to become a part of the solution. “I disregarded the things that caused me to feel unsafe … but when I saw someone put into a situation where they felt unsafe and were willing to put themselves at risk, or felt they had to, that was my “aha moment”.” Golde begins her role in each production by looking at the context of the scene. She meets with the director to learn about their creative vision and then meets with performers to discuss the script. The actors and the creative team must be aware of the scene’s story, and ensure that the intimacy is crucial to the plot before any intimacy choreography begins. The actors discuss their boundaries with Golde during rehersals. They specify certain areas of the body that the other person is allowed to touch. The actors then establish consent before they start rehearsing any scene. “The question is about agency. Who has agency, what agency do you possess about your boundaries?” Golde said. “The primary question that all of this hinges on is the difference between permission and consent.” She explained that someone with authority, like the director, often gives the permission. Consent, however, occurs between the people involved in the scene. A director could give permission for an ac-

The company incorporates jazz, hip-hop and variations of modern dance and continues to push the mantra “versatility matters.” “I’m very proud of the dancers that I’m working with… in their ability to not only physicalize these different movement vocabularies, but they [also] really appreciate all the different ways these choreographers present things,” Ring said. But change comes with every new season. “In the spring we sort of pivot toward the future and kind of envision where Zodiaque is going to go” Ring said. Zodiaque, through a grant from UB’s creative art initiative, features choreography by Kimberly Bartosik. Bartosik has been performing since 1996, originally under the name “daela.” Her work has been featured in events like the American Dance Festival in 2017 and New York Live Arts. Bartosik has worked with numerous colleges and universities across the country,

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tion to occur in a scene, but if the actors do not consent, it is no longer acceptable. Golde said, as an intimacy director, she’s part of a growing field. Intimacy directors have been around a while, but with the rise of the #MeToo movement, they’ve started developing criteria for the role. Golde said that addressing “context, communication, consent, choreography and closure” are all part of this new criteria. Alexis Miller, a sophomore music theater major, is participating in one of the intimate scenes in “The Threepenny Opera.” She feels Golde, in this position, is a valuable asset to the production. “[Golde] has always made me feel incredibly safe. … I’m lucky that I have

somebody on my side who will be able to guide through everything and somebody who always has my best interest at heart,” Miller said. Miller says she’s happy to have an intimacy director involved in the rehearsal process. “Definitely, in this day and age, we need somebody to be looking out for us,” Miller said. “It’s really great that we have amazing people who do, especially an intimacy director who can help us when we need it.”

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including the University of South Carolina’s School for the Arts and at Princeton as a guest artist and faculty member. “This was a new process for us,” Ring said. “She was able to work with nine students intensely for a week … [her work] really pushes physicality, and those dancers were really driven to new levels of exhaustion.” Jenna Del Monte, Zodiaque choreographer and co-director, said that the spring show should bring an array of vivid performances, while also pushing Zodiaque dancers to look toward a career after UB. “Kerry and I both curate a show that hosts chorographers with dynamic dance backgrounds and casts dancers in the choreographic proceses that would best serve their education and future careers,” Del Monte said. “We hope to give them the tools they need to enter the professional world with many performance options.” Ring said while new additions to faculty are welcome, remaining in touch with alumni in the dance community is always a priority. Works by graduates like 2007 alum Richard Ashworth consistently make their way into Zodiaque performances and often give inspiration for new works. “Our alums are growing and active artists in the field,” Ring said. “What they’re doing is so fresh and innovative in their process [that] it’s good for us to [make use] of our resources.” Ring said she sees her dancers consistently improve in both concentration and hard work. “This process works. They become bet-

ter dancers and more committed artists,” Ring said. “Their mindset is really open. They take it on seriously.” Del Monte described the rehearsal proccess as an “accelerated” one, and sees the spring show as furthering the groundwork that “Celebration 45” laid in the fall. “The dancers learn multiple works at once and have to be performance ready in a matter of weeks,” Del Monte said. “Their professionalism really shines in moments like this and I am honored to help facilitate such a strong show.” Zodiaque will perform “Zodiaque Dances On” beginning on March 7 and runs through March 10 at the Center for the Arts. “The dancers seamlessly move in and out of these genres [so] that you hardly feel like you’re watching the same dancers in several pieces,” Del Monte said. “Zodiaque is truly a collaboration of skill sets in the department.” Ring said she hopes the audience can recognize Zodiaque’s hard work and thinks newcomers will find something to enjoy. “I just love showcasing what we’re doing here,” Ring said. “I take great pride in having somebody new come to see the show and be wowed by the level of dancing and the level of dance making that we have here.” email: brian.evans@ubspectrum.com twitter: @BrianEvansSpec

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Two championships later

A position-to-position breakdown for tuesday’s game

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Buffalo men’s basketball has rattled off five-straight wins after losing a heart breaker to Bowling Green on Feb. 1. The Bulls defeated some of the top competition in the Mid-American Conference with wins against Toledo and Kent State. They also beat Akron on the road 76-70 earlier this month. Akron has lost three of its past four games with losses to Buffalo, Ball State and Bowling Green before adding another to the win column last week against Miami (OH). Akron is 12-2 at home this season but only 1-8 on the road. The Bulls boast one of the longest home win records in the country at 24 straight.

Guard - bulls

Buffalo has unmatchable depth at the guard position that gives them the edge over most schools in the country without even looking at stats. Senior CJ Massinburg is the star that, night in and night out, gives Buffalo 20 points without even breaking a sweat. The recent emergence of Jayvon Graves has made the Bulls even more dangerous. Senior Dontay Caruthers is known as being a force on the defensive end but isn’t afraid to ball out offensively when he’s feeling it. He scored 15 on 6-8 shooting Buffalo’s last matchup with Akron. The Zips have their own dynamic backcourt with Loren Cristian Jackson and Jimond Ivey leading the way and Tyler Cheese locking it down defensively. Cheese had six steals in their last matchup. Still, Buffalo has junior Davonta Jordan and freshman Ronaldo Segu holding it down as the true point guard playing selfless basketball.

FORWARD - BULLS

There’s no doubt that the group of guards the Bulls have is the deeper and more talented bunch. But the edge still goes to UB’s bigs. Senior Montell McRae has been one of the most efficient scorers in the nation this year and has made 59 percent of his shots. Senior Nick Perkins can physically match up with anyone down on the low block and post up despite being traditionally undersized. Perkins struggles at times when playing against larger bigs but should have no trouble against Akron’s frontcourt of Deng Riak and Daniel Utomi. Buffalo also has senior forward Jeremy Harris, who at 6 feet 7 inches has the size and speed to drive past most traditional bigs and the shooting ability to keep them out of the paint.

COACHES - BULLS

How can you pick against Nate Oats? Easy, don’t. Oats is one of the brightest young coaches in the NCAA right now and deserves every right to be the reigning MAC men’s basketball coach of the year. Oats, in four season, has an 88-42 record, tying him with Bobby Hurley for highest winning percentage of all time at .677. He would have the record with a win on Tuesday putting him at .679.

THE SPECTRUM ARCHIVES the BuLLs ceLeBrAte After finishinG first in the conference LAst seAson. BuffALo seniors Are LookinG for their third strAiGht titLe this seAson And fourth strAiGht in the mAc titLe GAme.

Women’s tennis refocuses after tough loss NATHANIEL MENDELSON SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR

The UB women’s tennis team has won back-to-back Mid-American Conference Championships and made it to the finals in the past three years. The women are coming off a 6-1 loss to West Virginia at home this past weekend. It was a rare loss and one that made them have to reconsider their reasoning for competing. Buffalo won all three doubles matches and then lost every singles match. That doesn’t happen very often. “Last year was 70 and sunny, this year is different,” associate head coach Smaranda McNerney said during a 45-minute team meeting, immediately following Saturday’s match. Buffalo is a veteran team with four seniors and two juniors making up the 10-person roster. The seniors on the team have made the MAC tournament finals each of their years here and have repeated the term “three peat” in anticipation of this year’s success. Buffalo is 6-2 on the season but the loss to West Virginia triggers alarms as they

only lost 4-3 to them last season in Morgantown and are 2-5 against them all time. The last win against West Virginia came during the 2013-14 season. Head coach Kristen Maines has been at UB since the 2012-13 season, taking over for current senior associate athletic director Kathy Twist. Twist coached women’s tennis for 16 seasons and is the winningest coach in program history with 136 wins. Maines is on her way to catching her. “It hasn’t been my end goal to leave UB,” Maines said. “I haven’t used it as a stepping stone. There’s been opportunities, but my choice is to be here and to make this the best program and create a culture and leave a legacy of excellence.” Maines has spent her whole life in Buffalo and around the UB campus. She graduated from Amherst High School in 2002 before enrolling at Buffalo that fall. Maines played tennis for UB from 2002-06. Maines said the team was “not good” when she first arrived in Buffalo. They finished 6-14 overall and 0-9 in MAC play in her first season playing. The Bulls improved slightly during her second year to 8-11 and 1-8 in the MAC. Maines never received the satisfaction

and enjoyment of a MAC Championship while being a player here. Still, at the time of graduation, Maines had the school record for most career singles and doubles wins. Current player senior Chantal Martinez-Blanco has since passed her in both categories.. “The fact that I got here and was able to win one [championship] was already a huge accomplishment,” Martinez-Blanco said. “So to win two was even better and now to try to win a third time would be remarkable. That’s why I fight every day.” Martinez Blaco plays on first singles and first doubles with freshman Nikoleta Antoniou-Karademitrou. Antoniou-Karademitrou will be critical to continuing the success of the program. The Tennis Recruiting Network has the Bulls ranked as the sixth-best recruiting class among MidMajors this year. “You have to motivate the freshmen because they will not know what the team chemistry is,” junior Emel Abibula said. “They don’t know what the culture of the team is. By the time my last semester comes, they will have adjusted and have their ‘why’ and fight for every point.” Maines said that she used to joke with recruits that Buffalo is a tennis and basketball school. The Bulls are encouraged by the recent success of football and the ability to add another layer of recognition to the school and team. The future of women’s tennis, with Maines, could include more than a three peat of championships. “I’m still young enough in my career that we can leave a legacy here,” Maines said. “We can leave a stamp with UB tennis being a powerhouse. I mean I remember when I was an undergrad that was Marshall and then when they left it was Western Michigan. It’s not fun to be one and done and you have to continually win to leave a legacy.” email: nathaniel.mendelson@ubspectrum.com twitter: @NateMendelson

OPINION

Zion’s shoe debacle

NATHANIEL MENDELSON SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR

The NCAA has used a false notion of amateurism as a way to siphon revenue that would otherwise be used to protect college athletes. Duke basketball player Zion Williamson made headlines across the internet, as his shoe literally exploded, and he sustained a mild knee injury. The golden boy of college basketball and the number-one driver of revenue for Duke, ESPN and the NCAA will now miss a few games. Williamson is set to be the first pick of the NBA draft and will instantly become a millionaire. He’s a rarity among college athletes. Some argue he should quit playing college basketball so he can secure his draft position and not risk any injury, others want him to keep playing. I don’t care. Williamson is a rarity and shouldn’t be

shown as a reason to pay college athletes. The court cases of O’Bannon v. NCAA Players like UB’s own CJ Massinburg, An- and Keller v. Electronic Arts are able to thony Johnson or Cierra Dillard should provide the basis. In both cases the NCAA be. was selling players likenesses in order to All college athletes are considered ama- profit from their success. Ed O’Bannon teurs as long as they follow specific guide- did not give his consent nor recieved lines placed on them by the NCAA. The compensation in the use of his image in NCAA, by denying student-athletes ac- the NCAA’s sale of basketball championcess to revenues based on individual per- ship DVDs. Sam Keller claimed that the formance, is able to generate substantially NCAA conspired with EA to license the more profit than it would if it was to pay use of his appearance in video games rethe participating players. It’s time for that leased by the company. to stop. Maybe it is time for more athletes to The Northwestern University football take action. Buffalo puts its athletes in team filed with the National Labor Rela- advertisements and promotes them on tions Board to form a labor union. Their buses, signs and uses them as a part of its attempt to unionize comes from the belief own TV shows. that they can guarantee themselves better This is the same university that had a protections and benefits than the NCAA student’s face on an elevator for years afcan provide. ter they graduated without notifying them. The bid was rejected. Athletes futures are uncertain, like WilSome say the NLRB “was simply dodg- liamson. They aren’t guaranteed millions ing a difficult issue and possibly making to play sports after graduation. it harder for similar groups to unionize.” Let athletes take money from donors, The main problem with unionization businesses and have them appear in comis the NLRB does not have jurisdiction mercials to create a safety net of money over public colleges where states control for after graduation. the collective bargaining rights. Donald The current system of the NCAA and Remy, the NCAA’s chief legal officer, has prioritizing its supposed state of “amareferred to the action as appropriate and teurism” as well as the notion of “academhas since taken steps to “improve athletes ics first, athletes second” is an outdated well-being.” and corrupt policy taking money out of The NCAA is able to create a system of athletes’ pockets. profit sharing between it and the players. email: nathaniel.mendelson@ubspectrum.com It just refuses to do so. twitter: @NateMendelson.

ATMOSPHERE - BULLS

Buffalo will be home again on Tuesday in front of, what will most likely be, another sold-out crowd at Alumni Arena. Buffalo was ranked as the number-one atmosphere to play in for the MAC by other MAC coaches earlier this season.

The Bulls have drawn standing-roomonly crowds recently and there can’t be that much other things to do in Buffalo on a Tuesday night, so expect it to be packed.

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