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Schoolboy Q and T.I. continue UB notifies campus of Level 2 sex offender in hip-hop fest dominance SA’s choice of hip-hop makes it seven of the last 10 fests

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The Student Association is paying more than $200,000 of student money to bring Schoolboy Q and T.I. to co-headline Fall Fest 2014.

The Sept. 6 concert marks the seventh of 10 recent fests featuring hip-hop and rap. The genre choice leaves some students craving diversity and others thrilled with the lineup that also includes opening acts by AbSoul and Bas. SA spent at least $50,000 more on talent cost this year than in 2013.

SA President James Ingram said talent cost and production cost fall within the range of what the organization usually pays for its big concert series.

While the genre and cost may be the norm, Ingram made it a priority to have the fest earlier than in recent years.

Last year’s Fall Fest wasn’t until October, “so I wanted to make sure this year we could try to have it early because I feel like that’s when everyone gets back to campus, everyone’s trying excited to be here [and] most people are trying to get together and have a good time,” Ingram said.

The concert will take place about five weeks earlier than it did last year.

Tickets for the general public are on sale at the Alumni Arena box office and Ticketmaster’s website. UB undergraduate students, who help fund Fall Fest with their mandatory $94.75 student activity feel each semester, will get in for free by showing their ID at the door.

How much does this cost?

According to its ledger, SA set aside $640,000 for this year’s Fall and Spring Fests with $390,000 in one budget for talent costs

UB sent out a campus-wide email alert Monday notifying all students and staff that there is Level 2 sex offender enrolled in classes.

“To my knowledge, this is the first time UB has needed to post or send such a notice,” said UB Spokesman John Della Contrada in an email.

The email alert directed the campus community to a link from New York State’s Division of Criminal Justice Services’ website that included the student Daniel Lampke’s crimes, photo and current address. He was convicted of attempting to possess materials of sexual performance by a child, according to the New York State website.

The site also listed the crime as involving pornography, use of a computer and no force or weapon. Lampke, 21, was charged with a misdemeanor, served no jail time and has six years of probation.

“University Police do not think there is a specific threat,” Della Contrada said. “This is a matter of following state law and providing the campus community members with information they have the right to know.”

Students such as Anokhi Patel, a senior biomedical sciences major, questioned why the email was the method necessary if the student poses no threat.

It’s a SUNY precedent, according to Della Contrada.

By law, the university is required to make information about Level 2 and 3 sex offenders available to the public. SUNY’s Office of General Counsel, which offers legal advisement to the SUNY Board of Trustees, told UB to provide the informa-

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WIth his ninth studio album Paperwork: The Motion Picture, releasing in September, T.I. will co-headline this year’s Fall Fest alongside up-and-coming rapper Schoolboy Q.

and $250,000 in a separate budget for production costs. The organization’s ledger currently shows it has spent $212,500 on talent for this Fall Fest and more than $125,000 for production.

Each fest’s production costs average around $150,000, according to Ingram and SA Entertainment Coordinator Marc Rosenblitt. The overall talent cost for this Fall Fest is more than either of last year’s fests – Spring Fest’s talent, for example, cost around $190,000.

The difference between the production cost of an indoor and outdoor concert can vary in excess of $10,000 per concert. Ingram said he’d like to host the concert at Baird Point, but it could be inside Alumni Arena or its parking lot depending on the weather.

SA has spent between $265,000 and $400,000 on each of the past four fests and Ingram said this year’s final cost would be in that range. Annually, the

fests account for about 18 percent of SA’s roughly $3.5 million budget made up entirely of student fees.

Canisius College also collects student fees to fund its concerts but the smaller school has a less robust budget. Canisius’ student government spends roughly $20,000 on one concert for its 3,000 undergraduates each year.

Canisius student Emmalene Carberry, who has responsibilities similar to Ingram’s in planning concerts, advocates for student input when spending student money. She encourages student polls.

“I’m a big proponent of spending student tax dollars the way students want them to be spent,” Carberry said.

The question of genre This year’s Fall Fest continues a recent tradition of fests dominated by rap and hip-hop performances.

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tion by emailing the entire campus community rather than just posting a notice on a UB website, according to Della Contrada.

After repeated phone calls, SUNY representatives did not return The Spectrum’s request for an interview by the time of press.

Chief of Police Gerald Schoenle said although the decision to send the notice via email “was made higher up,” UPD recommended the same procedure.

SUNY consistently recommends “campuses actively communicate” Level 2 notifications to students, faculty and staff, Della Contrada said. He described handling the situation as “new territory for the university” and said SUNY’s legal guidance was appreciated.

UPD has received little negative reaction to the email – but that hasn’t been the case in all SUNY schools that have followed the same sort of procedure.

In 2011, SUNY Geneseo posted a notification on its Facebook page – similar in content to that of UB’s email – about a student who was a Level 3 sex offender.

The differing levels indicate the perpetrator’s risk of repeat offense.

Geneseo’s post sparked a vigorous online debate of if sharing the information in that way was appropriate. Geneseo’s website states it also uses an email alert system to notify the campus community of Level 2 and 3 offenders.

Chuck Leonard, a junior exercise science major, thinks sending out an email to the whole campus the way UB did was the best method to share the information.

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Tear gas and terror

in the heart of America

Obama rightfully questions practice of supplying police with military-grade equipment In a commendable move, President Obama has ordered a review of the government’s “Pentagon to police” program, which for the past decade has provided local police forces with militarygrade equipment, including body armor, mine-resistant trucks and automatic rifles.

The issue came to light in the wake of racial unrest and dramatic clashes between protestors and heavily armed police in Ferguson, Missouri, after a police officer shot and killed unarmed teenager Michael Brown.

Dramatic images of police riding military-style vehicles in full body armor sent shockwaves through the nation, and to the White House.

This equipment, which local law enforcement agencies received in the wake of 9/11, was distributed with drug wars and terrorism in mind. But now it is Americans who find themselves terrorized, as in Ferguson, citizens who are actively exercising their first amendment rights, find themselves staring down the barrels of assault rifles.

And it’s not just the military’s hand-me-downs that are filling the shelves of police departments’ armories; canisters of tear gas, banned from international use by the Geneva Convention, are also in stock in local police departments.

The use of tear gas has been prominently on display in photos from Ferguson. Though it is banned from international warfare, it somehow remains a law enforcement staple in the U.S. and in Ferguson, has been used against citizens as they try to express their opinions, and journalists as they attempt to document their actions.

It’s not just the safety of American citizens that is endangered by the militarization of local police, but their basic rights as well.

Police officers certainly have the right to protect themselves, but citizens also have the right to protest and should be able to do without fearing for their welfare—or their lives.

Even areas that are not experiencing unrest or violent crime of any nature have police departments that resemble military units rather than local law enforcement. Though it’s clear-

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ly worthwhile for police officers to be prepared to encounter violent situations, American towns are a far cry from the war zones for which mine-resistant trucks were designed.

Police departments exist to serve their communities, the majority of which are made up of innocent, law-abiding citizens who should feel safe and protected in the presence of law enforcement.

Seeing officers dressed in full SWAT gear and toting assault rifles doesn’t offer reassurance; it creates an environment of fear

and suspicion—one that seems far more likely to encourage violence and distrust.

The issue is exacerbated by a lack of oversight and inconsistent, and even non-existent, training for officers receiving military-grade equipment. Under the original program, the distribution of equipment was not tracked and training was not required.

While the practice of supplying police with military supplies has its pros and cons, there is no ambiguity surrounding the necessity of training officers to

correctly and safely use their new equipment.

This lack of training was on display in Ferguson, as police officers walked among protestors with their guns raised rather than pointed safely at the ground, demonstrating the officers’ ignorance of the military’s standards for muzzle awareness.

If assault rifles are going to become an everyday sight on streets in America, they should at least be in competent hands. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com

For Buffalo teachers, first day of school is suddenly first day of unemployment Large-scale, last-minute layoffs further debilitate Buffalo’s already-troubled public school system As school begins this fall and teachers start collecting permission slips and homework assignments from their new students, 63 recently laid-off instructors will be picking up nothing but unemployment checks.

Less than a month before the beginning school year, the Buffalo School Board approved the layoffs in a 6-2 vote. When the board approved the school district’s 2014-2015 budget, it did not discuss extensive layoffs of this nature.

The hasty manner of these firings would seem to suggest some unpredictable change in enrollment. In reality, there is no such excuse.

The majority of the layoffs were due to the closure of School 115 and Bennett High School’s reduced capacity. These layoffs were not unexpected in the least. And yet, teachers did not receive news of their unem-

ployed status until August.

Now dozens of teachers find themselves without jobs and without time to search for new positions. Layoffs of any sort and at any time are unpleasant to say to the least, but suddenly and summarily firing over 60 teachers without warning is – or should be – unacceptable. Sixty-three teachers who spent their summer vacation thinking that their jobs were secure now face the daunting, if not impossible, prospect of finding employment only days before the school year begins.

These teachers aren’t the only victims of the layoffs. Students will suffer as well, as teachers fortunate enough to still have their jobs now face expanded class sizes in schools that are already struggling. Buffalo’s rate of on-time graduation is the second worst in New York State, with only 53.1 percent of high school students finishing on time.

Because seniority largely dictates who goes and who stays, newer teachers lost their jobs, while staff members at schools that closed were re-assigned to take the place of laid-off employees. Consequently, students will arrive to school to discover that familiar faces have been replaced.

At schools like Star Academy, whose student body includes immigrants, refugees and students who are homeless, this change can be devastating. Students lose not only their teachers but mentors and parent figures as well.

Seniority and experience are important but so is familiarity and stability.

It is these schools – schools with special needs students, nonEnglish speakers and students living below the poverty line, schools with graduation rates of less than 40 percent of their students – that urgently need to re-

tain their staffs but instead, these faculties will experience the most turnover.

If the school district needs to save money so desperately, perhaps it should reconsider its hiring practices regarding district superintendents. The past two superintendents have left their posts early, HYPERLINK "http://www.ubspectrum.com/ news/view.php/762628/Achanging-of-the-board" costing the district $337,500 in severance pay.

The money the district paid two employees to quit their jobs could have kept teachers in the classroom instead.

With priorities like that, it’s no wonder that last year the number of Buffalo students who were deemed proficient in English and math was a paltry 33.6 percent. email: editorial@ubspectrum.com

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Driven for success AMANDA LOW

SENIOR NEWS EDITOR

In eighth grade, one of James Ingram’s teachers asked the class to write a letter to their future selves. That teacher sent the same letter back to Ingram at the end of his senior year of high school.

“It was one of those things,” Ingram said. “I was reading this letter, and I’m just like ‘You know, not much has changed.’ And it was nice to see that the things I valued and enjoyed had kind of stayed the same.”

While many people undergo dramatic changes throughout their teenage years, Ingram, this year’s Student Association president, has remained consistent and steady in who he is since high school. But those close to him say his driven personality is complemented by subtle outbursts of unexpected humor.

Ryan Proud, a senior civil engineering major, is one of the same three best friends Ingram had from growing up in Fairport, New York, all of whom are also roommates with Ingram now. He remembers Ingram as the same person in high school as well, someone who was studious but also “goofy.”

Ingram’s younger sister, Meghan, recalls his silliness even going back to his younger days when he would “always wear a batman cape and boots” everywhere he went.

Proud said Ingram is one of his favorite people to hang out with because “you never know what’s going to come out of his mouth.”

“We’ll just be sitting on the couch and all of a sudden … he’ll recite a rap line by himself,” Proud said.

One night, when the two of them were listening to music, Proud looked up from his phone to see Ingram playing the “air guitar” by himself to “Two Princes” by The Spin Doctors. Since the very same band is going to

be performing at UB’s tailgate on Sept. 20, Ingram’s friends have a running joke that he will be doing the same for the entire concert.

Rap lyrics and air guitar aside, Proud said Ingram will always share what’s on his mind and take everyone’s opinion into account within their friend group.

Ingram also believes he is very much a “team player” in social situations.

In high school, Ingram was captain of the soccer varsity team. After graduating, he would still keep in touch with some of the younger players.

Susan, Ingram’s mother, attended a game with Ingram last Fall semester and witnessed the impact her son had on the team.

After they won the game, the members charged toward the fence where the audience was watching. She said there was one member of the team that Ingram had particularly kept in touch with after he graduated.

“When that kid saw James, his eyes lit up. He jumped the wall and gave James the biggest hug,” she said. “You want your kid to impact positively the lives of the people they come in contact with.”

Meghan said her brother is a big influence in her life, but the two used to have the stereotypical sister-brother relationship, with Meghan always looking to spend time with Ingram and him not wanting to.

“I would be so happy that he got in trouble for not being nice to me, then he would have to play with me,” she said. “Now, me and him, are so close, he’s the biggest person I look up to in life.”

His interest and focus in political science, however, is the one aspect that has been a change in Ingram.

He entered UB with the intention of being on a pre-med track. After half of his first semester, he realized that wasn’t his

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Ingram has acted like a leader his whole life; his next opportunity is as SA president

path. He took several introduction courses and found himself in a political science class where he realized that was the major he wanted to take on.

This curiosity, however, did not sprout in college. Ingram took a class his senior year of high school that assigned different topics for the students to research – his was homeland security. Ingram would have to make phone calls to offices located in Washington, D.C. that could help him with his research.

At the end of the senior fall year, the class took a trip down to the nation’s capital to meet up with the same officials who were wiling to talk about the topics.

“That was when I started getting more interested in [political science] to the point where I was reading about government and politics on my own,” he said.

“It changed my focus on what I wanted to do with the rest of my life.”

Once Ingram realized he wanted to be involved with the political world, he joined multiple SA clubs that catered to his interest – College Republicans, College Democrats and UB Conservatives. In his sophomore year, he joined the Student Assembly where he eventually ran for and won the Academic Counselor Coordinator position in the Senate the following year.

After serving on the Senate, Ingram felt he was familiar enough with SA to bring new ideas to the organization. He then started the Value Party and ran for SA President. The Value party swept the spring elections with Ingram and SA Vice President Evan Chen receiving 1,201 votes over the 951 votes of Impact party’s presidential and vice presidential candidates, Erin Lachaal and Myriam Diomande respectively.

SA Treasurer Sade Cadle said Ingram is an “efficient” and “understanding” person to work with in the office.

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Student Association President James Ingram is driven by his goals of a successful future, which includes studying for the LSATs to attend a prestigious law school and working to accomplish his SA ideas. He also balances his workload with moments of good-natured humor with those close to him.

“He shows initiative to make sure everything gets done,” she said.

Just as he reached his goal in SA to be president, Ingram is also putting his efforts to further the goals of this academic year, one of which is continuing to grow SA’s positive image. “[SA is] not a closed off group of people who are involved with SA but one that is open to all students that want to get involved,” he said.

Along with his executive board, he has also already started to work on his platform’s promises of getting more fundraising for clubs to use, buying items like an ice maker and a prize wheel for students to rent out and looking into setting up a mobile payment system.

Ingram knows in order to jumpstart his future, he will need to attend a prestigious law school.

“That’s definitely a short-term goal that I know will set me up for success,” Ingram said.

Proud said Ingram has been very focused on studying for the LSATs and will often stay home to study on the weekends as op-

posed to hanging out with his friends.

“He’s given up I don’t know how many beautiful summer days to be indoors and be studying,” Susan said.

Despite the multitude of responsibilities and tasks Ingram has to deal with, he takes time to get away to not think about the stress in his life.

“I try to keep a balance, and this is one thing my mom is constantly telling me,” he said. “It would be easy for me to just dedicate all of my time to one thing, but that’s not healthy.”

Proud and Susan have seen the acceleration in Ingram’s drive once he entered college.

“I’m very driven to be successful,” Ingram said. “I’m still working out for me what that definition is going to be.”

Ingram wonders at what point he will feel successful with what he wants to accomplish. But he knows he is on the right path and will continue to stick to his values balanced with the same sense of humor. email: news@ubspectrum.com

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UB ups number of freshmen, sophomores getting career help Although the semester has just begun, looking toward the future is important to college success SUSHMITA GELDA

ASST. FEATURES EDITOR After six practice interviews and a three-month long application process, Christine Naassana arrived in Cincinnati, Ohio to begin her journey with Teach For America (TFA).

Naassana, who graduated from UB in 2014 with Bachelor’s degrees in French and political science, said UB’s Career Services became a source of emotional support during the TFA application process. Getting into the program would allow her to teach in low-income neighborhoods – and she may not have been able to do it without the program’s help.

But it isn’t just soon-to-be graduates who should be using the office to get a handle on career paths. Career Services would rather help student as soon as they enter college.

Students who visit career services early in their college career find jobs three times faster than those who don’t, according to a 2010 National Association of Colleges and Employers study. But in the 2009-10 academic year, only 10 percent of the people

who used UB Career Services were freshmen and sophomores. Since, UB has almost tripled that statistic.

“Career Services helped me feel like I wasn’t alone in the application process,” Naassana said. “Even if you’ve had a successful interview in the past, it can never hurt you to do another one. You’re always going to [gain] an insight that you couldn’t have on your own.”

Director of UB Career Services Arlene Kaukus said the office looks at each student as an individual, and although the name suggests otherwise, students shouldn’t only stop by at the end of their college journey.

To increase underclassmen participation, Career Services reserved more staff time for undecided students and created programs tailored to underclassmen. As a result, in the 2012-13 academic year, 27 percent of students who used Career Services were freshmen and sophomores.

Career Services provides students with a place to explore various career paths and discover their strengths, according to Kaukus. She advises freshmen and sophomores to visit Career Services often. She said students who

understand their skills, passions and values are more likely to choose a fulfilling major and career path.

“Our services are customized to where you are at in your four years and what’s unique about your experience,” she said.

Bethany Bissell, a senior business management major and career peer adviser, helped Aishani Bhalla, a freshman computer engineering major, refine her résumé during a 20-minute express appointment Tuesday.

Bhalla is preparing for the UB Tech Fair on Sept. 30 in Alumni Arena, where engineering and computer science students can network with employers in their field. Bissell helped Bhalla redesign her résumé and make it more professional, she said.

Career Services offers UBE 202, a three-credit course geared toward undecided freshmen and sophomores to engage students in self-exploration early. UBE 202 helps students explore their strengths, develop decision-making skills and choose a major and career path, according to Career Services’ website.

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UB Career Services Director Arlene Kaukus encourages students to visit Career Service early and often to discover the career path right for them.

Kaukus said having a discussion with a career counselor could open many doors for students. Naasana followed Kaukus’ advice and met with career counselor David Youhess during her senior year to prepare for the TFA interview process.

“Everything I practiced with David came out in the real interview,” Naassana said.

Kaukus suggests juniors and seniors should work on developing a professional network and building technical skills, while freshmen and sophomores should work with Career Services on self-exploration.

Juniors and seniors also need to “build their toolkit,” of job-application skills and “practice, practice, practice,” Kaukus said.

She encourages students to gain an “insider perspective” on his or her chosen major or career path and to connect with members of the UB Alumni network.

“We see alumni from two vantage points,” Kaukus said. “Alumni are people we can help, but very, very importantly for our department, we see alumni as people who can help us help you.”

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Mobilized dining Smartphone application allows purchases at UB vending machines GISELLE LAM

ASST. NEWS EDITOR

What’s worse than racing for a Reese’s bar only to be greeted by that helpless feeling of reaching into your barren wallet?

You are left with no bills, no change and no UB ID card.

But now, you will not have to walk away with defeat and worry about how you find your next snack – or even meal for some.

Campus Dining and Shops (CDS) recently launched a Mobile ID application that allows students to make purchases at on-campus vending machines.

“Students are always going to have their phone on them,” said

Ray Kohl, CDS Marketing Manager. “They may leave their card in their room, but they’ll always have their phone on them.”

UB installed the feature into over 250 vending machines this summer to make them accessible by phone, a plan that has been in the works for over a year.

Alexandria Kornfeld, a senior health and human services major, said Mobile ID is an “awesome” concept.

She has friends who have lost their IDs before and said it can be a big problem because it is basically your life at UB. “People have their phone literally attached to them, so to make an app that kind of helps out

with that stuff makes it easier,” Kornfeld said.

To access the Mobile ID app, students can search for “CBORD Mobile ID” on Google Play and the Apple App Store to download and install it on their phones, according to myubcard. com. Next, they will enter “myaccount.myubcard.com” for the Server URL and then authenticate and authorize their device when asked.

Students are advised to input a PIN for security purposes.

To make a purchase, students can launch the app, enter their 4-digit PIN and enter the Mobile ID Location Number of the machine they wish to make a purchase from. Every vending ma-

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David Le uses a mobile application to access his ID card, allowing him to purchase items from vending machines through his phone.

chine has a sticker with this number for students to input.

Each new vending machine location will register into the app

and saved on a favorites list so it will no longer have to be reentered.

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A complicated relationship

International student reflects on time spent at UB as she enters last semester

ATHIRA UNNI

ASST. NEWS EDITOR

As an international student, I have had a complicated relationship with UB. It has become more complicated since I realized this semester was going to be my last.

I like to think of my stint at UB as a floating home experience. Being here would never be the same as being home, yet, I met the most ‘homey’ people here.

Buffalo will not be my home in the future, but I might owe much of my future to UB. See the complication?

For most foreign students I’ve met, UB becomes a sort of limbo – a place that we start off hating, then discovering, later accepting and finally embodying in spite of the impermanence college life instills upon us. After college, many people will get jobs and move out of the state or out of the country. There is a dispersal of individuals, a suspension of colorful experiences and an evolution of mixed emotions.

No matter how one claims to love change, there is no getting around the anxiety that accompanies that transition.

In four months, I will be pack-

ing my bulky suitcases and leaving for India one last time. That day is not far away. When I do leave, I will surely miss the culture that has both astonished me and simultaneously made me question the meaning and repercussions of personal liberty.

I was homesick and ridden with culture shock my freshman year. I was too far from the familiar. I wanted to graduate as soon as possible and leave. Eight semesters seemed long and I wanted to finish at least one semester early.

This is no place for me, I told myself. How can I possibly blend in and do well in such an alien culture? The food was bland and public norms were different. The whole environment was new to me. I was also conscious of how much I stood out with my accent, vegetarianism and unconventional major combination.

But somewhere down the road, things changed.

Throughout the next three years, I took life-changing classes, studied abroad in London and became involved in various ways on campus.

This university has empowered me to stand out and for that, I’m grateful. I met kind and considerate people who have shown me inspiring hospitality and fun people to go out with.

Sometimes life leads you to places you never envisioned, rewarding you with the sort of happiness that was never expected in the first place. Life at UB has done that.

I have always been meaning to return to India to start my professional career. This means I probably won’t be visiting Buffalo for years. It’s like Will Turner Jr. from Pirates of the Caribbean, having to live a day on land

and 10 years at sea.

The significance of this last semester really brings into perspective what a short amount of time I spent at UB and the deep impact it had on me.

As much as I want college to end, I’m aware of the possibility of my every experience, however small, being one of the last at UB. Was last semester really the last time I will see a musical on campus? Will the upcoming Halloween be my last one in Buffalo? Maybe this slice of pizza I’m eating right now is the best one I’ll ever have before I leave UB! It comes down to how much value you place on your experiences growing up and how you use those to draw strength from on bad days.

When thoughts of leaving UB arise in my mind, that’s what I’m going to do – think of all the wonderful times I’ve had here with friends, all the episodes of finding my interests, the epiphanies, the club events, the free food and the fests.

The next few months demand to be savored like the fragrance of scented candles.

I’m going to try and make every moment count and you probably should too. Go to events, get involved – make sure you leave your mark at UB whether you’re an international student or not.

And if you are an international freshman, don’t worry – it gets so much better.

Having said that, I really am waiting to go back to India. Bring on the monsoons and spice, because honestly, I’d never live my whole life any other way. email: athira.unni@ubspectrum.com

Frozen in the past, thawed in the present

SAMAYA ABDUS-SALAAM ASST. NEWS EDITOR

It’s 12:30 a.m. – my unofficial curfew. I was supposed to be home. I was supposed to be done with what felt like stuffing my life, or at the very least, my closet, into jumbo duffle bags. I was supposed to be lying in my bed, mentally preparing myself for leaving home again and going back to school.

But I hardly do what I think I’m supposed to do.

Instead, I found myself standing in front of a two-story Walgreens in the heart of Times Square prolonging inevitable goodbyes. I couldn’t imagine leaving my friends (again) or being constantly reminded that part of my independence drove away in my invisible car with my invisible license. Just the thought of being so far away from the place that makes me feel lively was dropping an anchor on my heart.

By August, freshman year morphed into a lump sum of drudgery and faded memories. I left my apartment at 5:30

a.m. for the last time kicking and screaming.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I didn’t have a bad experience my freshman year. If anything, some of the best memories I have are from freshman year. But being home for the summer brought back the nostalgia of post-high school summer shenanigans, as if time stopped for nine months.

But as I was caught in sentimentalities, I didn’t realize I had those same feelings for UB. All the nearly forgotten memories came to the forefront the minute I unlocked my dorm room for the first time – I even almost forgot everything I did this summer.

As I walked around campus, everything felt the same as before. Actually, it felt like I never left UB in the first place. Everything picked up from where I left it in May, like being on campus magically unfroze time.

I found myself at crossroads. How can it feel like time has stopped in two places? And more importantly, which place do I belong to?

College is a time for exploration, expansions of networks and a time to figure out which societal niche feels the coziest.

But all this doesn’t end when the semester is over and everyone goes home – it’s a perpetual cycle of self-evolution.

Some students feel like they are two different people throughout the year – the person they are in college is different than the person they are at home.

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Life outside the echo chamber Sleeping leaves

Student holds on to memories of rare trip to see family in India

JSU’s president spends summer with the Jewish Education Project in NYC ANNE MULROONEY SPECIAL TO THE SPECTRUM

Without conversation, life becomes an echo chamber. And there’s no growth in an echo chamber, according to Jessica Lemons.

The senior communication major is determined to bring Judaism to public conversation.

This summer, Lemons participated in the Collegiate Leadership Internship Program (CLIP) through New York University (NYU) and was placed in the Jewish Education Project’s (JEP) teen department. The experience has made her enthusiasm for discussion – and for Judaism – blossom. This year, she plans to make her voice heard and known on campus.

Now that school’s started, she’s dedicating her time to acting as president of the Jewish Student Union and being an active member of “UB for Israel,” a group focused on promoting the fundamental right of Israel to exist as a Jewish nation, according to the UB for Israel Facebook page.

Although she was never too involved with the Jewish community growing up, her Birthright trip sparked a love for the culture and faith and the conversation that comes with both.

“Building such a strong connection to my peers in the land of Israel made it easier to get involved in the Jewish community,” Lemons said. “I’m also from an interfaith home so I love interfaith collaborations and organizing and participating in crosscultural and cross-faith conversations and activities.”

Representing the Jewish perspective on campus is “incredibly rewarding” for Lemons, but she admits that religious conversations can sometimes become controversial and uncomfortable.

“I love being able to represent a perspective on campus, but it’s definitely not easy,” Lemons said. “With opinions and beliefs

COURTESY OF HANNAH ROSENBERG

Jessica Lemons, a senior communication major, spent her summer interning at the Jewish Education Project in New York City. Lemons believes conversations about faith and culture are powerful and necessary to our culture.

SUSHMITA GELDA

ASST. FEATURES EDITOR

come people who disagree with you. The most important thing to keep in mind is the power of conversation.”

Lemons’ summer internship helped foster her passion for dialogue. Besides curating topics, content and authors for the JEP’s blog, Lemons also assisted in the creation of the HYPERLINK "jewishfutures.org" Jewish Futures website.

The internship gave her an opportunity to explore New York City. Between attending seminars on topics like diversity, identity development, networking and leadership skills, she was exposed to new sides of the Big Apple.

“I’m getting a little taste of everything from restaurants to parks to plays,” Lemons said.

“I’ve hit almost everything on my summer to-do list including The High Line and three Broadways musicals and walking the Chelsea Pier.”

Besides recreational activities, she was grateful to have welcoming supervisors who assigned her meaningful work.

“I knew that if I did CLIP, I wouldn’t get lost in the shuffle or be stuck fetching coffee all summer,” she said.

Jay Herman, CLIP’s program manager, originally interviewed her and brought her on the project. He was not disappointed to have her on the team – and he

certainly wanted her to be more than a coffee runner. “[Lemons] in particular is personal, approachable, and a great convener of Jewish leaders,” Herman said in an email.

“Any time there is a conversation about engaging students Jewishly or on the topic of Israel, [Lemons] shows up ready to share and ready to listen.”

Justin Rosen Smolen, former CLIP coordinator and current supervisor at the Jewish Education Project, also noticed Lemons’ communicative flair and enthusiasm. He said her best quality was making “clear and sensitive requests while remaining flexible and adaptive to the changing nature of a new project” – important skills for work on cross-cultural and cross-religious projects.

“I really do love the people I worked with,” Lemons said. “I know this sounds cheesy, but the only negative thing about my internship was that it wasn’t long enough.”

But now that it’s ended, she’s determined to keep the conversation alive and moving on campus.

“It would be such a shame if we didn’t engage regularly in conversations with a variety of different people – life would become an echo chamber.” email: features@ubspectrum.com

Thanksgiving is a quiet holiday for my family.

We usually try to spend the day with a family friend. As far as I can remember, I’ve never had a Thanksgiving dinner with my extended family.

Every four years or so, I visit them in Udaipur, Rajasthan, my parents’ hometown in India. Yes, the flight is long.

This summer, our flight time was 19 hours and our total travel time was 36 hours. And there’s always that terrible moment in the long flight – the 14hour flight from Chicago to Abu Dhabi – when I’m tired from trying to fall asleep and I check the remaining flight time and realize there’s still 11 hours left.

But it’s always worth it. Every time.

Our visit to India this summer was special because we attended my cousin’s wedding and it was the first time my sister and I had a chance to see all our cousins at once. There’s always at least one family that can’t make it to Udaipur, but this time everybody was there.

I’ll never forget the playful slapping sounds our feet made as my cousins and I ran across the marble floors at the wedding or how I felt when I blessed my cousin for her marriage and handed the groom a heavy plate of flowers.

It was as if in two days, we made up for 18 Thanksgivings.

I also remember the quieter moments, like the day before my 9-yearold cousin had to leave and we were sitting on the porch at my great-grandfather’s house.

I walked over to the swing where my

cousin was pushing himself. We took turns for a while, swinging in and out of the fluorescent bands of light that fell across the porch.

I hopped off the swing and plucked a leaf from a nearby tree as we always did during the day.

“Don’t pluck the leaves at night,” he said.

“Why?” I asked.

“Because they sleep,” he said, completely serious.

I smiled.

“OK,” I said.

I remembered to tuck this conversation in the back of my head as a reminder that, despite his seemingly uncooperative nature, my cousin could understand more than we gave him credit for.

There’s also another set of memories I always bring back from Udaipur – the confusing memories. These are the memories that give me a different perspective on my life in the United States.

One evening, I decided to join my grandfather on his daily walk to Fatehsagar Lake, a man-made lake in the center of Udaipur. We saw graceful neem trees bowed over strips of open sewage. We passed the local tailor, and he smiled and waved at us from inside his crumbling shop.

My grandfather smiled and waved back. I smiled too. But I wondered how the neem trees’ shadows look the same in sewage as they would in clean water and how a smile surrounded with crumbles can still survive. The strength of the trees and the people is beautiful in a strange and sad way.

The lake was unforgettable. And it wasn’t just the lake – it was the place.

It was the way ladies sat at the edge of the boardwalk earnestly chatting under patterned veils. It was the smell of the street vendors’ freshly roasted corn and the way the sun set perfectly between two blue hills. And it was the way my grandfather and I could walk together in peaceful, mutually understood silence.

These are memories that I’ll hold on to forever. email: sushmita.gelda@ ubspectrum.com

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Guac N’ Roll promises to serve up more authentic Mexican food, students give mixed reviews

EMMA JANICKI

SENIOR FEATURES EDITOR

Salsa’s has left the building and a new Mexican eatery has rolled into its place, bringing boards filled with photos of spices, meats and vegetables that cover the walls of a revamped kitchen.

An abundance of bright colors and a new design signifies Guac N’ Roll has taken Salsa’s spot in the Ellicott Food Court.

Approximately 400 customers were served at the opening of Guac N’ Roll Thursday, Aug. 21, according to Assistant Manager of Ellicott Food Court and UB alumnus Timothy Malley. Guac N’ Roll replaced Salsa’s with a revamped menu and atmosphere that, according to the Campus Dining and Shops (CDS) website, serves more authentic Mexican food including burritos, fajitas, guacamole and quesadillas.

“This really is your grandma’s recipe,” Malley said.

And he would know. Malley’s wife’s family is of Mexican descent and many of their recipes were incorporated into the menu of Guac N’ Roll.

Guac N’ Roll is about “fresh Mexican” food and takes inspiration from authentic “street fare Mexican,” according to Malley.

But some students aren’t sure.

“The speed that they work at is unprecedentedly slow,” said Barry

CHAD COOPER, THE SPECTRUM

New Mexican food station, Guac N’ Roll, opened in Ellicott Food Court on Aug. 21, replacing Salsa’s. The station promises to serve up authentic Mexican food, inspired by Mexican street fare.

Lee, a sophomore computer engineering major. “The food is subpar.

They do not stock up very well.”

Adam Coats, the assistant director of CDS, said that at the start of the semester, students are still learning their jobs, and there is a “bit of a learning curve.” He added students will see “a great improvement of speed” as the semester continues.

At the soft opening for Guac N’ Roll on Aug. 19, Malley coached the Guac N’ Roll staff on customer service, repeatedly reminding them to smile, but some students said they noticed issues in the speed and efficiency of the station.

Ja-Naia Adams, a sophomore health and human services major, said Guac N’ Roll is a “step up”

Continued from Career, page 5 Jenna Smith, Career Services’ coordinator of assessment and marketing, said students should engage in experiential learning.

“Students [wrongly] feel that just because you get the degree means that you will always be handed a position,” she said. “In reality, it’s the outside-the-classroom learning experiences that make students intellectually richer, better people.”

Career Services can help students prepare for their experiences out of

the classrooms, assisting them in refining résumés and preparing for different types of interviews, such as traditional interviews, group interviews and phone interviews, she said.

“We really meet you where you are,” Kaukus said. “We are really here to open up students’ thinking … [and] help them make choices that are consistent with who they are.” email: features@ubspectrum.com

from Salsa’s but the staff wasn’t fluent in the menu, which caused a longer wait for customers, she said.

Malley said the steady decrease in business at Salsa’s inspired CDS to make a major change. They began last February and took a full semester to research recipes and develop the space for the new Mexican spot.

Ashism Mahagaonkar, a graduate student in industrial engineering, worked at Salsa’s last year. He believes Guac N’ Roll looks much better than Salsa’s did.

Freshness applies not only to the food at Guac N’ Roll, but also the design. New menu boards feature photos of the ingredients to showcase the food.

Malley has been an employee of

the Ellicott Food Court for eight and a half years and said he is passionate about food.

“Food and innovation is what I like,” he said.

Since opening Guac N’ Roll, Malley and his team have been working on a tumbling process for the meats which will give them a “more robust flavor.”

Erik Forys, a freshman aerospace engineering major, thought the “chicken burrito was excellent” and appreciated the variety of toppings. Mahagaonkar appreciates the variety Guac N’ Roll has compared to what Salsa’s had.

Leah Pilcher, a freshman intended dance and psychology major, disagrees.

“The black bean and avocado quesadilla I had was really good, but I do agree [with other students], I could have had eaten more of it,” Pilcher said. “Also, the guacamole was OK, at best.

It wasn’t the creamy kind I like. It was too chunky, choppy and didn’t have much flavor to it, but the chips were good.”

Mahagaonkar and Yugandhar Prashant Yawatkar, a graduate student in industrial engineering, both agree that Guac N’ Roll is better than Salsa’s but wish Mexican pizza was still on the menu.

The barbacoa beef is the only item that “survived the chopping block” from Salsa’s, according to Malley. Salsa’s never served pork,

but is a dish that Malley cites as his current favorite. He said the chicken and steak have been the most popular menu choices thus far.

Malley is confident in the menu options at Guac N’ Roll, but some students weren’t pleased with the ingredients or the portions.

Chris Gnam, a sophomore physics and math major, said the “chips were stale, salsa was flavorless, the service was slow and there was a lot of confusion. I know it’s early on in the year, but they definitely seemed unprepared.”

Gnam said he did, however, enjoy the rice and quesadillas. Coats said the eatery’s meats are fresh and never frozen and the tomatoes being used are locally sourced.

Malley does not think Guac N’ Roll is competing with Moe’s, a CDS branch of the well-known Mexican chain, in the Student Union. Matt Biele, a freshman computer science major, however, could not help but compare the two food stations.

“It’s so slow that even the warm meat and beans are cold by the time you pay and honestly the portion is lacking compared to Moe’s or Chipotle,” he said.

Student opinions are varied in regards to the new food station but CDS officials said Guac N’ Roll promises to serve fresh, authentic Mexican food. email: features@ubspectrum.com

Continued from Offender, page 1 “You can’t leave it to be stumbled upon on a website,” he said. “It’s in the best interest of the students to know.”

Lampke, after meeting with UB Judicial Affairs, is ineligible for on-campus housing and barred from non-academic activities for at least one year, according to Della Contrada. The court’s imposed sanction did not include any higher education restrictions.

“We certainly don’t want anyone to harass this individual who is on probation and trying to get an education,”

Schoenle said. “He has a right to attend school at a public university.”

Felony charges – which Lampke did not have – require a student’s status and edibility to attend a SUNY school to be reviewed and potentially terminated. Misdemeanors do not require the same review under SUNY’s ex-offender policy.

Lampke, who is listed a linguistics major on UB’s directory, was accepted into the university last academic year, according to Della Contra. That was prior to his March 2014 conviction.

UB’s need to notify the campus of Level 2 and 3 sex offenders falls under the Campus Sex Crime Prevention Act of 2000, which requires registered sex offenders to notify any institution they are attending of their legal status.

The act is an amendment to Megan’s Law, which compels law enforcement authorities to make information about registered sex offenders available to the campus community. email: sara.dinatale@ubspectrum. com

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New year, new chairs UB renovates lecture halls and completes other construction projects in time for the fall semester SAMAYA ABDUS-SALAAM ASST. NEWS EDITOR With the first week of classes beginning, students are dealing with changes other than adding or dropping classes.

Knox 20, the largest lecture hall on all of UB’s campuses, which can hold 400 students, was renovated this summer.

The outdated building codes, decrepit green chairs and uneven tables that were installed during the 1981 conception of Knox Hall are gone.

In their wake are upholstered blue chairs, new tables, two large UB logos on the walls, a new podium, power surges under the tables and more.

Capital Planning Group (CPG) is the group in charge of how space is used at UB. CPG oversees centrally scheduled classrooms like Knox 20 or Cooke 127 and 127 A, which were also renovated this summer. UB spent $1.4 million on the three lecture hall renovations.

Cheryl A. Bailey, the associate director of CPG, said because Knox 20 is the largest lecture hall, it may be used for film productions, internally and externally, hence the reason for the large UB logos.

In addition, there are technological changes such as “sound clouds,” which help to project the microphone around the room. There are also digital visualizers, digital clocks, new projectors and digital controls that include course captions.

The renovation also provided cameras installed in the front and back of the classroom to help professors keep an eye on students, in the event that there’s cheating during an exam. “[We] worked closely with Senior Vice Provost Scott Weber who [talked] to professors who taught in that room to try and incorporate their needs too,” Bailey said.

“There was nothing wrong with it before, but some of the chairs were broken,” said Erin Borovitcky, a sophomore exercise science major who had a class in Knox 20 before the renovations.

COURTESY OF CHERYL A. BAILEY

During the summer, Knox 20, the largest lecture hall at UB was renovated and now includes amenities to improve the learning environment for both teachers and students.

YUSONG SHI, THE SPECTRUM

Other students agree the classroom is much nicer than before, but question if other classrooms that are in despair will be changed soon.

“I understand why Knox 20 was changed because it’s utilized so much,” said Sabrina Swenson, a sophomore biomedical science major. “But there are other [problems in different] rooms – like the half-desk in Cooke – that should be changed.”

CPG is a University facility group in charge of construction and renovations for the betterment of the campus. The company said it takes anywhere from six to 18 months to plan, design and develop a plan for renovation.

Bailey said renovations took the entire summer and were designed and constructed internally.

According to its website, the Capital Planning Group has two different types of planning programs: Small Scale Capital Projects (SSCP) and Capital (Bonded) Program. SSCP is for projects that are not expected

to have a major impact on the campus as a whole and will cost up to $1 million or less. Capital (Bonded) Program is for projects that make a huge impact on the university like Greiner Hall, which was built in 2011, or Crossroads Culinary Center (C3), in 2012.

“We’re hoping that [UB] will continue financing this annually,” Bailey said. “CPG keeps an ongoing list of suggestions from faculty and students for rooms that may need upgrades.”

CPG plans on meeting with instructors who gave input at the beginning of the renovation process and professors who teach in Knox 20 to find out what renovations worked and which didn’t by the end of the semester. CPG will also include questions about the new renovations in student questionnaires, which will be distributed later on in the semester. email: news@ubspectrum.com

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Continued from Continued from Frozen, page 6 Dining, page 5 Think about it. Home life and school life are segregated. Our lives at home are a culmination of everything we were until high school graduation: childhood memories, neighborhood friends and those unfortunate pubescent teenage years.

But in college, home and school are one. I kept the mindset of school and home separate because that’s what I thought I was supposed to do.

I should really stop doing what I think I’m supposed to do.

To continue the separation of home and school is nearly impossible, not to mention the conflicts and questions that arise.

The feeling that time froze when I left school is a direct result of not realizing that I have two homes now.

After college, the unknowns of the “real world” awaits with nothing separating you from it.

Time can’t be stopped or frozen – everything blends together. All the different facets of who you are, where you’ve come from and where you’re going will turn into one continuous timeline.

I don’t have the answers or solutions to how these two homes can be one cohesive home or how to unfreeze time in a place you aren’t always in. But it has to be possible because time is constant no matter where you are.

What happens after college when there is no such thing as just home and just school?

I’m here to figure that out. To figure out where time continues and I fit in. And if there’s anything I want to learn this semester, I really hope it’s how to unfreeze time. email: samaya.abdussalaam@ubspectrum.com

Students will then “swipe” on their phone to send a payment to the vending machine and a selection can be made per usual.

“I think we’re really advancing technologically compared to my other friends at other smaller schools,” Kornfeld said. “I’m proud of UB for that.”

Currently, there are only around 400 students accessing the application, but the number has skyrocketed since classes started, according to Keith Curtachio, Director of Information Technology.

UB’s technology goes beyond vending machines. Students and parents can receive access to UB Card accounts for information about account balances and spending history, according to myubcard.com. The mobile page allows both parties to deposit funds into the students’ accounts from any location through a smartphone.

“You can fund yourself on the fly, so to speak,” Curtachio said.

Curtachio said students won’t need to wait on long lines at the UB Card office anymore, as he witnessed on the first day of classes.

UB is trying to expand its mobile services, according to Kohl.

In the next month, CDS will be upgrading the Mobile ID so it can be used in dining locations as well – starting with the Ellicott Food Court and later on to all operations to guide UB into a more technologically accessible campus. email: news@ubspectrum.com

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Men’s soccer looks to make strides in Riddle’s second year Buffalo will rely on new faces and another year of experience to improve young team TOM DINKI

SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR

The men’s soccer team opened up its season last year going winless in its first seven games. The Bulls rebounded to finish the season 3-6-1, however, including a win over Hartwick, the top team in the Mid-American Conference at the time, and a double overtime loss to nationally ranked Akron.

The Bulls hope to learn from their experiences last season and carry their momentum from last season into this one.

After an impressive preseason, it seems as if the Bulls might have done just that.

The Bulls went 3-0 in their exhibition schedule without allowing a single goal. Second-year head coach Stu Riddle believes the confidence from the preseason is important for his young team – which includes seven freshmen and 11 sophomores.

“I think [confidence] is extremely important,” Riddle said.

“I think that’s a part of the process for a young group. We’re in a good spot right now. The lads have learned an awful lot from those three games and we’re feeling good about the way the team’s playing.”

The Bulls open up their season this weekend with a west coast trip to take on San Diego and San Diego State. The centerpiece of the team is the returning MAC Freshman of the Year, Russell Cicerone.

The now-sophomore midfielder also made the All-MAC First Team and scored six of the team’s 15 goals last season, including all three of the team’s game-winning goals. In addition to leading the team in goals, Cicerone led the team in points (14) and shots (54).

Riddle believes the Bulls are better off this year because they now have players to complement Cicerone, rather than solely rely-

ing on him for offensive production.

“I think the most important thing is we understand he’s one of a group of a team,” Riddle said. “I think this year he’s going to flourish even more as he’s got more parts around him that are going to help him be even more productive going forward.”

One of the new players Cicerone has to work with is freshman forward/midfielder Abdulla Al-Kalisy. Al-Kalisy, who is from Riddle’s native New Zealand, has been impressive in the preseason, scoring five goals in three exhibition games.

Al-Kalisy credits his success to the players around him like Cicerone and junior forward Marcus Hanson.

“It makes my job a lot easier when you got two talented players upfront,” Al-Kalisy said. [Cicerone has] taken a lot of the attention which is probably why I had a successful preseason …

They just bring things to the table I sometimes can’t. In that sense I can complement them with things I bring to the table that they can’t. I think that makes us effective.”

Al-Kalisy said he did not expect to have the success he’s had so quickly and that he’s “just trying to keep my feet on the ground and remember they are exhibition games.”

Riddle said Al-Kalisy has been “everything we knew we were going to get” since arriving to Buffalo. Riddle also said that AlKalisy achieved success scoring at every level he’s played across the world and will continue to do so at the college level. He believes Al-Kalisy is one of “a couple of weapons upfront that can be very formidable upfront this season for us” that will take focus off players like Cicerone, Hanson and sophomore midfielder Nicolai Berry.

Al-Kalisy is not the only freshman from New Zealand im-

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Russell Cicerone led the men’s soccer team in almost every offensive category last season and won MAC Freshman of the Year. The Bulls open up their season this weekend on the road against San Diego and San Diego State.

pressed Riddle in preseason.

Freshman goalkeeper Cameron Hogg, who was a member of the New Zealand Under-20 national team, did not allow a goal in the preseason and is challenging for the starting goalkeeper spot.

“He’s very commanding in his box,” said goalkeepers coach Cody Camp. “He’s got a big frame. He’s very vocal. He’s got the powerful vocal leading voice in the back.”

Hogg is challenging incumbent starter, senior goalkeeper Waleed Cassis. After transferring from Division II California State University at Los Angeles, Cassis made the transition to Division I well last season. Cassis made 77 saves and posted a 1.42 goals against average and two shutouts.

Camp said Cassis brings a “more mature level” to the game from his experience training at a high level in California. Camp said the competition between the two goalkeepers is close, and choosing a starter is a good problem to have.

“Waleed and Cameron have been going neck and neck,”

Camp said. “We sit here as a staff and it’s a great predicament to be in to have two goalkeepers at such a high level challenging themselves in a healthy competition day in and day out. It’s a great spot to be in.”

Riddle said the decision on the starting goalkeeper spot will be made for him by the way the two have played and trained so far.

“Ultimately I think when we get into this weekend, we’ll find someone who’s maybe put themselves above in the pecking order and it’s their spot to try and keep at that point,” Riddle said.

Riddle also said it was a possibility both goalkeepers would see playing time this weekend but he would not say for sure.

The responsibility of making the goalkeeper’s job as easy as possible falls on a young group of defenders that consists of only freshmen and sophomores. The Bulls will be without Shane Satar and Jake Jacobs, who would have been the veterans of the group, and will rely on players like sophomores Austin Place and Daniel Cramarossa and freshmen Fox Slotemaker

and David Enstrom to secure the backline.

Despite the defender’s inexperience with the Bulls, Riddle believes the group will be aided by its experience in international play.

“Despite the fact they’re young right now … a lot of them are international guys that have played at a decent level over seas amongst men for the majority of their lives,” Riddle said. “In that way, they’re not really out and out freshman despite the fact their classification might be freshmen.”

Riddle believes the depth at defense will be enough to keep Hanson at forward. Hanson began last season on defense, but later switched to a striking position. The move worked out well for Hanson and the Bulls, as he scored two goals and recorded five points in the final six games after making the position switch.

Berry will also make a major impact on the offense. The New Zealander led the team in assists (four) and ranked second behind Cicerone in every other offensive category, including goals (three), points (10) and shots on goal (15) last season.

Riddle said “time will tell” if the Bulls are ready to compete this season. His biggest focus is on the young team making improvements from last season.

“I think this weekend will be a good test for us,” Riddle said.

“Ultimately what we’re looking for is improvement from the season last year. We have these games coming up this weekend to prepare us for conference time.”

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

The Top 10 TORI ROSEMAN

ASSISTANT ARTS EDITOR

Rain or shine, on Sept. 6 at 6 p.m., Fall Fest 2014 will be upon us with T.I. and Schoolboy Q coheadlining and opening acts by Ab-Soul and Bas. Some of those names may sound more familiar than others.

For those worried about going to Fall Fest without any knowledge of the people performing, don’t worry, you’ll know more about the acts than Taylor Swift knows about breakups.

Schoolboy Q: Schoolboy Q was born on a German military base while both his parents were serving in the military. He spent the first three years of his life in Texas, before his family eventually settled in Los Angeles.

In high school, he loved sports and played football, baseball, basketball and joined the swimming team.

He has a four-year-old daughter named Joy Hanley, whom he has mentioned in several of his songs. She is also in a few of his music videos, including “Phenomenon,” “Nightmare on Figg St.” and “There He Go.” He says the way he raps, or his “rhyme style” is derived from Brooklyn rapper Jay-Z. Schoolboy Q has stated his idol is hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, from whom he adopted the nickname “Puffy.”

His most popular song is “Collard Greens” off his latest album Oxymoron.

Schoolboy Q’s full name is Quincey Matthew Hanley.

Schoolboy Q capitalizes all his “H”s to represent what is dear to him: Hiiipower (a term developed by artist Kendrick Lamar that promotes a higher understanding of the world), hippy,

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hoover, heaven and hell.

Q has come out with five albums, the first is Gangsta and Soul and the most recent being Oxymoron.

He has been nominated for a Grammy, an MTV music award, and a BET award.

T.I.: T.I.’s other nicknames include Rubberband Man, King of the South, and T.I.P. He has had public feuds with three different artists: Ludacris, Lil Flip, and Shawty Lo. T.I was arrested four hours before the 2007 BET awards for illegal gun possession.

In 2009, T.I. produced the show “T.I.’s Road To Redemption” following the 45 days before his sentencing for drug charges. His hope was to discourage teenagers from a life of crime by showing them the less glamorous side of conviction.

On Oct. 13, 2010, T.I. convinced Joshua Starks, a 24-yearold man contemplating suicide in Atlanta, not to jump from a 22-story building T.I. is also a ghostwriter, or someone who writes lyrics for other artists. He’s written for artists such as Diddy, Dr. Dre, and Bow Wow. He has won 64 awards for his music out of 170 nominations.

T.I. worked with troubled youths throughout 2004-2005 at the Paulding Youth Center in Atlanta He owns his own nightclub in Atlanta called Club Crucial. It’s one of the most popular clubs in the area, and celebrities such as Monica and Big Boi have been spotted making appearances. . On Aug.18, 2014, it was announced that T.I. had been added to the cast of Marvel’s upcoming film Ant-Man, starring Paul Rudd.

Bas: Bas’s full name is Abbas Hamad.

He was born in Paris, France.

Bas released his first studio album, Last Winter April 29, 2014.

The rapper is from New York – Queens specifically.

The artist is signed on J.Cole’s Dreamville Records.

Ab-Soul: Like Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul’s father was stationed in Germany. Though the artist was born in Los Angeles, shortly after his birth his family moved to Germany where the artist spent the first four years of his life.

When he was 10 years old, he developed a disease called Stevens-Johnson syndrome. He was hospitalized, and the disease turned his lips darker and made his eyes light sensitive.

Ab-Soul grew up around music, as his parents owned a record store when he was growing up.

The artist is influenced by the music of Jay-Z, Twista, and Eminem.

He is part of the group Black Hippy, alongside artists such as Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, and Schoolboy Q. email: arts@ubspectrum.com

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11 hours of work and nothing to show for it Repeatedly choosing rap over other genres showcases the injustice of the activity fee

EMMA JANICKI

SENIOR FEATURES EDITOR

There’s got to be a more democratic way to go about all this.

If SA wants to serve the student body, then why isn’t the student body voting on who comes to the Fests? Not one of us who pours money into the SA has a say in how exactly they spend our money.

OK, they are the student government and like federal and state government, us citizens don’t get a vote (really) in how our tax money is spent. We can vote for people who we believe will serve our interests but there is absolutely no way to make them do what we want.

Yeah, democracy definitely doesn’t always work too well.

Would it be totally impossible for us to have the choice to pay the activity fee? If we are in clubs, then we should pay for those clubs. If we go to the various lectures, activities and concerts around campus, then we should pay. Granted, by not having everyone pay, SA wouldn’t be able to put on all the things that they organize. Students would have fewer options and maybe they’d be unhappy.

But, how can we know for sure?

How many of us would really be that upset if the SA Film Series was ended, or if a few less speakers came to campus, or if there were a few less funded clubs?

We should be able to pay for what we’re involved in. We shouldn’t have to pay for the rest of it.

Finally, why does SA feel the need to spend over a $100,000 every Fest, on just one or two big name artists rather than getting a

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few smaller artists of a variety of genres?

According to The Huffington Post, Jefferson Starship is a mere $15-25,000 to book; the Disco Biscuits $10-15,000 The English Beat is $5-10,000; Bayside is $7-10,000 and The Toasters are just $3-5k. Sum 41 at $30-50,000 would be a nice flashback.

Why not spend less money for one artist and get a couple smaller ones – maybe of a few different genres – that a wider variety of students will enjoy?

I fear you may think I’m being too whiny. Maybe you are thinking that I’m lucky to even be in college anyways and am too privileged to really be able to complain about this.

Well, I worked for that nearly $100, as many of you did. Many of us will be paying our student loans well into our 40’s and will be working two and three jobs, in addition to schoolwork, to pay that off.

We have every right to complain. We have every right to demand that SA gives us more than rap music and too many film nights and too many clubs we won’t join.

Ultimately, I want SA to do more for me. Me and you. And you. And you. With a campus that is made up of mostly off-campus students, come to us. Bring us what we want.

Host events downtown. Hold more things near South Campus.

Change it up.

Make our $94.75 worth something.

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The colorful ink flashing from flyers that speckle bulletin boards in the Student Union advertising events, films and open apartments only merit a glance as I’m on the hunt for decent coffee.

Endless emails are sent by wellmeaning typists and ignored by me in favor of Netflix and a beer.

Maybe I’m alone here, but the countless SA activities thrown in my face on a daily basis rarely catch my attention. Or, I realize that, “Damn, I have work that night” or “There’s no way I’m staying on campus until 9 p.m.”

And yet, $94.75 of the money I make is dumped into SA’s pool each semester along with all the rest of your 94 green George Washingtons and three rounded, silver Washingtons. I had to work approximately eleven hours to pay for the activity fee.

Whether or not you are in a club, whether or not you watch the SA Film Series, whether or not you attend the Distinguished Speakers Series and whether or

not you go to concerts like Fall Fest, you are paying.

The Mandatory Student Activity fee imposed on each and every single one of us funds a whole lot of stuff on campus.

That money propels every SA club and every SA activity forward. Commanding a roughly $3.6 million dollar budget, our SA e-board funds activities and clubs that they think will please the almost 20,000 undergraduates. Their job is to put each of our activity fees to good use.

So, in a school that touts its diversity and is the size of a small city, why have only three out of the past 10 Fall and Spring Fests not been rap or hip hop? Are the music tastes of all 20,000 undergraduates being represented by this? Are even half the students being represented?

I can’t answer that. All I know is that I am a senior here and have gone to only one concert on campus in my three years of college – last fall, Reel Big Fish.

Every semester I hope that the $390,000 the SA can spend on talent for Fall or Spring Fest will go to an artist – or hey, more than two artists and we can really call it a “Fest” – that I am at least somewhat interested in seeing.

Sure, I probably should’ve left my dorm room and went to see Pretty Lights and Waka Flocka when they were at SUNY Binghamton during my freshmen year before I transferred to UB, but I’m not that torn up about it.

I don’t really care if Fall and Spring Fest offer rap for the next ten years.

What I care about it is, why am I paying for it if I’m not going?

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Continued from Fest, page 1 Seventy percent of fests in the past five years have featured predominantly hip-hop or rap related line-ups, bringing more than 20 of the genre’s most popular artists, including Kendrick Lamar, Childish Gambino, Steve Aoki, B.o.B and Bruno Mars to campus since spring 2010. Last Spring Fest, which featured The Band Perry, Gloriana and Citizen Cope, was the only fest of the past six to feature something other than hip-hop or rap.

Vanessa Gyamfi, a senior health and human services major, understands why the SA sticks with rap and hip-hop as part of pleasing the broader interests of UB as a whole, but she wishes the genre would change.

“I think it’s kind of repetitive,” Gyamfi said. “They had country for Spring Fest, but I wish [it was] a different genre every semester [rather] than the same

thing on and on and on and on.”

Ingram said SA is trying to please the majority of the student body with the choice of hip-hop. He also considered electronic dance music, but he’s confident in this semester’s lineup.

“We have Schoolboy Q who’s definitely a big up-and comingrapper. He’s getting very popular,” Ingram said. “And we have T.I., who has had so many hits in his past, and we thought it was a good combination. And then Bas and Ab-Soul just kind of came together and we thought it made for a good lineup.”

Ingram said he’s received positive support from much of the campus, but SA didn’t poll students asking what they’d like to see.

Carberry feels polling ensures student money is being spent in the right way.

SA has experimented with art-

ist polling in the past, but hasn’t since spring 2012. SA received only 3,000 votes for Fall Fest 2011, which was headlined by The Fray – an unpopular choice – while surveys for 2012’s Spring Fest received more than 18,000 votes, but resulted in the eighth most popular pick, Rick Ross, performing on campus.

Carberry said Canisius recently began conducting polls by genre, not artists because the artists the students wanted were either unavailable or wound up being too expensive.

And although Carberry said she would do polls in Ingram’s position, she added she, too, experiences a demand for rap and hip-hop concerts – though the school’s administration doesn’t usually allow it. Their most recent act was popular country artist Love and Theft.

“Maybe we’ll look at switch-

ing it up for Spring Fest,” Ingram said of future genre choices.

Students like Sandy Blanc are pleased with the consistent rap lineups and thinks it will be “10 times better” than The Band Perry’s performance in the spring.

“I think it’s great. The lineup is great … I know who they are.

I mean you guys can’t get Drake here, come on,” said Krystal Martin a junior sociology and health and human services double major. “I really like the lineup. I listen to Schoolboy Q and I know who T.I is. He hasn’t made a lot of good songs lately, but he’s good.”

Across his eight studio albums, T.I has received dozens of awards, including three Grammys. He had many hit singles that, like his albums, often top the charts when they’re released including “Swagga Like Us,” “What Ever You Like,”

“Live Your Life” and “Dead and Gone.”

His work has featured performances by many other hit artists including Jay Z, Eminem, Rihanna, Justin Timberlake and Lil Wayne.

After recently signing with Columbia Records, T.I is set to release his ninth studio album, Paperwork: The Motion Picture, this September.

Ingram described Schoolboy Q as a big up-and-coming rapper who has rapidly gained popularity since the release of his latest album, Oxymoron. He is signed to the same label as Kendrick Lamar and opening act Ab-Soul.

Some of Q’s top songs include “Man of the Year,” “Collared Greens” and “Break the Bank.”

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If ain’t broke, don’t fix it Rap has been reliable for the SA for many years

BRIAN WINDSCHITL ARTS EDITOR The University at Buffalo has roughly 20,000 undergraduates.

Making every single student happy with a music festival featuring only two or three acts is impossible.

A democratic system in which every student of the University votes for their desired ‘fest’ artists would be a logistical nightmare. A school-wide survey wouldn’t work either. The sur-

vey would be largely ignored and completely misrepresentative of the student body.

What is the answer?

The responsibility to handpick the artists who should come to UB falls into the hands of a select few SA representatives. This year, Schoolboy Q and T.I. will be coming to UB. This selection has stirred controversy because of the disproportionate number of rap and hip-hop artists who have visited the University in recent years.

In the past ten years, only three concerts have not been rap.

Many students bemoan the lack of musical variety, saying that is exemplifies the Student Association’s inability to put their finger on the pulse of the student body.

From the SA’s perspective, why fix what isn’t broken? The rap concerts have been working out over the past few years. Following this logic, the decision is sim-

ple. Continue to bring in rap artists, to the general approval of the student body.

The groundwork has been laid, and this year’s show, like last year’s, will feature a concert dominated by hip-hop.

Herein lies the impasse: should the SA risk bringing a potentially unpopular, but different, artist to campus or continue to enjoy the safety of the status quo with rap, which has proven to be decently popular over the years.

It is easy to attack SA for not offering variety, or not fulfilling the true desires of the students who attend UB. But no matter what happens, someone, somewhere will have a problem with the decisions being made.

This year, SA had $390,000 to spend on talent and spent $212,500 of it so far. In a day and age where it is not uncommon for single acts to receive hundreds of thousands of dollars as compensation for a single show, the bud-

get – as extravagant as it sounds – is not as flexible as it seems. Even smaller acts are more expensive than people think.

The argument could be made that, yes, SA could have brought in a host of smaller acts in lieu of the big name artists. But that could have brought on a different type of backlash. Instead of complaining that ‘we have so much rap,’ students would ask, ‘Who is this band?’ and ‘Why didn’t we get so-and-so?’

Last year for Spring Fest, SA brought Citizen Cope, The Band Perry and Gloriana in an attempt to appease students who wanted more variety. The groups were just as expensive, and weren’t rap or hip-hop artists, but for some reason overall satisfaction dropped among the student body.

Was it the variety that led to the lack of satisfaction or is the problem deeper than just the genre of music?

The problem lies within the

student body itself. There is no one or two bands that will make everyone happy. The student body is too diverse, and therein the real issue lies.

No matter what SA chose it was going to be criticized for the decision the group made. It’s easy to point a finger at the decision-makers behind Fall Fest.

SA stuck to what it knew. The organization brought two rappers who have both experienced success at the pinnacle of the music industry, which is no small feat. They are popular, well known and each have a series of hits that have topped the charts and won awards.

It is, undeniably, an extremely similar concert atmosphere to last year, and many years before that.

But that atmosphere has proven successful, so can you really blame SA just for playing it safe? email: brian.windschitl@ubspectrum.com

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Soundtrack to syllabi week A playlist for your first weeks back in Buffalo TORI ROSEMAN

ASST. ARTS EDITOR

Campus is bustling and flyers are flurrying around the Student Union: UB is back in full swing. It’s time to start making new friends and catching up with old ones, while September creeps around the corner. Before you’re bogged down with papers and late-night cramming, here’s a compilation of songs that will get you out of bed for class, excited to go out and allow you to reminisce about fonder summer days.

strumental, and then abruptly jumps right into Wiz’s raps. Wiz and Snoop Dogg then come together and slow it down with their mellow lines about waking up early, driving to school and the hassle it all causes. A perfect listen for those days you’re running late to that 8 a.m. class you regret signing up for.

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Bowling For Soup – “Summer of ’69” Back to school is the time to reflect on all the memories of summer. Whether you spent it at the beach, seeing friends or working all the time, this upbeat pop-punk cover reminds listeners of summer fun. This version differs from the original with a faster tempo and less heavy guitar. The band puts a new spin on a classic ‘end of summer’ song, and is the perfect listen for the end of August.

Outkast – “Git Up Git Out” Between clubs, sports, activities and food, there are countless opportunities at UB to have a great time. What’s more inspiring than the classic hip-hop group telling you “Don’t let the days of your life pass by/you need to git up, git out, and git something”? Their reggae background tempo combined with their quick rhymes will bring you back to 1994, when the group was first starting out. The combination of the different rappers creates a unique sound, encouraging listeners for the upcoming school year.

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Relient K – “College Kids” Being a college kid isn’t easy, and as Relient K lists in this song, we have a lot of responsibilities. The pop-punk ballad starts off heavy on guitar as front man Matt Thiessen starts to sing about the struggles of school. The breakdown halfway through the song builds up to a short guitar solo before diving right back into the chorus. Buying textbooks, picking classes, and saving money are all parts of school that Relient K bemoans.

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Kanye West – “School Spirit” Before he was “Yeezus”, Kanye was rapping about the place we all go to learn. Off his album Late Registration, the song sounds like his older music, like “Can’t Tell Me Nothin” or “Power”. He kicks off his raps by naming Greek letters, referencing fraternities and sororities, before diving into his verses. He ends with cheers from the crowd.

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Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa – “6:30” Waking up in the morning is easily one of the hardest parts about going back to school. Off their album Mac and Devin Go to High School, the song starts out with a heavy drum oriented in-

Iggy Azalea and Rita Ora – “Work” For many students, going back to school means a lot more work than the summer provided. Be encouraged by these ladies who sing about working hard and accomplishing their goals! Iggy’s rap and Rita’s chorus complement each other; Iggy lays down fast raps while she talks about how hard she worked to get where she is, while Rita Ora rocks the chorus.

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Blink 182 – “Going Away To College” Going away for school can be tough, especially as an incoming freshman. In typical Blink-182 fashion, the punk group uses heavy, fast paced guitar with Tom Delonge’s crooning about missing people from home and main-

taining grades. The song is similar to “What’s My Age Again?” and “All The Small Things,” off their album Enema of the State released in 1999. Whether you’re returning to school or coming for the first time, Blink-182’s song is appropriate for the start of college living.

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The White Stripes – “We’re Going To Be Friends” Part of returning to campus is meeting new people everywhere you go. This mellow tune can be recognized as the song in the opening credits of Napoleon Dynamite, as lead singer Jack White quietly sings about school.

The rock duo uses a single guitar and quiet drums to create their sound. Fun fact: talk show host

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Conan O’Brien has called this song his favorite.

Green Day – “Wake Me Up When September Ends” It would be a crime not to put this song on a back to school playlist. One of their most popular hits, the ballad describes the transition from summer into the school year. Unlike much of their other punk music, this song slows things down and reflects on the memories of summer. The juxtaposition between the guitar picking and the heavy electric guitar are what give this song it’s excitement, and makes it appropriate for a new school year.

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Asher Roth – “I Love College” How could you not love college? You can make classes when you want them, live with your friends, and join organizations that you’re interested in. This pop/rap mix is similar to the sound of “Time Flies” and “Title Fight,” and made the top 15 of Billboard’s Top 100 in 2009.

While Roth mostly talks about his weekends at college, this party song is perfect for the start of school as excitement rises.

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Soulja Boy – “First Day Of School” In this song, the rapper talks about an important element of the first few days of school: dressing to impress. Even though he’s better known for his songs like “Crank That” and “Kiss Me Thru the Phone,” Soulja Boy lays down a smooth track, talking about what to wear and how to match: “hat gon’ match my shoe/shirt gon’ match my belt.”

Whether you dress to impress or not, Soulja Boy’s song is very different than his other, louder songs and is worth a listen.

Becky G – “Shower” This catchy summer pop tune is still around, and perfect for adding excitement to your morning routine. Becky G’s bubbly voice sings about everyday actions as if they were the most exciting activity, between waking up, showering, and checking yourself out in the mirror. The lighthearted song will bring you back to summer as you rush off to class. email: arts@ubspectrum.com

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Be assertive and follow a hunch.

A service or skill you have to offer can be turned into a lucrative business venture. Express your thoughts and put together a plan that will entice someone you’d like on your team.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Make suggestions or discuss work-related matters with your peers. Your show of enthusiasm will help you gain respect and support. Don’t be afraid to use alternative means or methods to improve your efficiency, knowledge or skills. Speak from the heart.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Look past the obvious. Situations will not be as they appear. An emotional setback will develop if you ignore what’s being said or done. Honesty and straightforwardness along with moderation and practicality will help. Ask for approval before making changes at home.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Look at your to-do list and choose what’s most important. Putting your energy where it counts will help you avoid criticism. An unexpected change in a relationship must be handled with care. Follow through with whatever promise or commitment you make.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Take a closer look at your financial situation. Overspending will lead to added stress. Practice moderation and look for cheaper ways to proceed with your plans. You may crave change, but stay within your means.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Feeling anxious is likely if you are uncertain about what others do or say. You are best to take a wait-and-see approach, especially where money matters are concerned. Don’t allow anyone to guilt you into parting with your cash.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Listen to and sum up the changes being suggested. Look for a way to satisfy the people you care about or the cause you believe in without jeopardizing your position or disrupting your home and family life. Do your own fact-finding.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You will attract attention if you express your unique suggestions to your peers or someone who is in an influential position. Spending too much time with anyone will lead to a misunderstanding. Don’t let anyone take advantage of you.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Look for any professional opportunities. A shift in the way you do things will intrigue and entice someone to consider forming a professional relationship with you that should allow you both to prosper. Romance is in the stars.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Put passion, greater effort and calculated plans into play, and you will get ahead personally and professionally. Size up what you have to offer and what’s being offered in return before you make a commitment. Emotional finagling is apparent.

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MAC and ESPN announce media rights extension New deal may create more exposure for UB Athletics TOM DINKI

SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR

ESPN will be bringing its cameras to UB Stadium for the firsttime ever when the football team hosts Baylor on Sept. 12.

It’s possible that the football team and other UB sports squads will see more coverage on the network after a recent deal between ESPN and the MidAmerican Conference.

On Aug. 19, it was announced that the MAC, UB’s conference for all sports teams except for women’s rowing, and ESPN agreed to a 13-year media rights agreement, the largest and most extensive agreement in the 68year history of the conference.

The new deal makes provisions to the previous deal, which was set to expire in three years, and adds an additional 10 years.

The ESPN Network, which includes stations such as ESPN2 and ESPN3, has exclusive television and distribution rights to all MAC sporting events. The new deal guarantees coverage of every football game and select men’s and women’s basketball games and Olympic events on one of its platforms.

“It’s a landmark opportunity for the conference as a whole because we’ll see unprecedented coverage as a whole on the ESPN platform with football, men’s and women’s basketball but also a lot of our Olympic sports,” said Athletic Director Danny White.

White believes the extension is a reflection of the conference’s

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The football team celebrates with fans at UB Stadium after defeating Connecticut on Sept.

28, 2013. ESPN and the MAC announced a 13-year media rights extension on Aug. 19.

recent success. Two MAC football players, including the Bulls’ Khalil Mack, have been selected among the first five picks of the NFL Draft in the past two seasons. The Akron men’s soccer team won a national championship in 2010 and the Ohio men’s basketball team made a Sweet-16 appearance in the NCAA Tournament in 2012.

White believes the MAC’s midweek football games and the conference’s midweek games in November as opposed to the weekend, also led to the extension.

“When you think about midweek football in particular, the

MAC has a really unique niche and is drawing great ratings nationally with our midweek football games,” White said. “All of our athletes in all of our sports are competing at a high level and the rest of the country is starting to see that.”

The ESPN Network will continue to broadcast MAC midweek football games, which will include 14 for this season. The Bulls made an appearance on ESPN2 last season when they hosted Ohio at UB Stadium for a mid-week game.

ESPN reported that the previous deal paid the MAC about $1 million a year and that the new

deal is worth more. White said he was not at liberty to discuss the finances of the deal.

White said the new deal might cause more changes in the game times for football, but he does not expect the deal to significantly change how the athletics department is operated.

The deal will provide upgrades to the MAC and its individual school’s in-house production capabilities. This will help MAC schools increase their coverage of other sports, like volleyball, baseball, softball, men’s and women’s soccer and wrestling.

White said UB will combine staff and student involvement to

produce coverage of their sports teams so that can be featured on ESPN3 this season. White said UB has already begun to improve its on campus production capabilities with the addition of weekly press conferences for volleyball and men’s and women’s soccer which are streamed onto the team’s website.

White said the ESPN3 player will soon be embedded on the UB Athletics website as well.

“We are looked at as a leader in [on campus production] in our conference,” White said. “It’s important for us to showcase all the hard work for these student-athletes. We’ll continue to find ways to be on the cutting edge of video production and as a result we’re going to have a lot of opportunities for exposure.”

White believes coverage of UB’s teams on ESPN will help with recruiting for all sports, as the friends and families of student-athletes will want ways to view from across the country.

White does not believe that the deal will affect UB’s future in the MAC. “We’re excited to be in the Mid-American Conference,” White said. “We need to show that we can be a consistent winner in the Mid-American Conference and that’s what we’re focused on right now. I think we’re in the process of doing that right now. We have a lot of programs that are on the cusp of competing for conference championships and we’re excited about that.” email: sports@ubspectrum.com

A changing of the guards UB holds to alcohol policy despite Burke focuses on player trust in hopes to increasing number of stadium beer sales ANDY KONIUCH SPORTS EDITOR

With UB not serving alcohol inside its athletic facilities, junior accounting major Bryan Johnson*, often sneaks flasks and water bottles filled with liquor into UB Stadium for football games.

“People will still find ways to get drunk without being able to buy beer [within the arena],” Johnson said.

Twenty-one on-campus football stadiums will offer beer sales this season, more than twice as many as five years ago, according to ESPN. Four of those schools – Akron, Bowling Green, Kent State and Toledo – are in UB’s conference, the Mid-American Conference. UB is not close to joining their MAC opponents in selling beer inside their stadium, however, according to Deputy Director of Athletics Allen Greene.

“We are not driving this train at all,” Greene said. “It’s a growing topic that some schools are doing – most recently Troy. It’s a campus-to-campus situation and it depends on how each campus feels and what’s important.”

The NCAA does not allow alcohol to be served at its championship events, however, it does allow conferences and schools to make their own rules on serving alcohol at their own on-campus sporting events.

UB is not entirely against the idea of selling alcohol inside

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Alcohol is not served inside UB Stadium at the regular concessions. The practice of selling beer inside college football stadium is increasing, however, as 21 schools will serve beer at their football games this season.

UB Stadium, but the issue lies with “the rules and regulations of New York State and liquor licenses” required for UB to sell alcohol, according to Greene.

Members of the Championship Club, which has a tent for members on the West side concourse of the south end of UB Stadium, can purchase alcohol inside the tent. They are not allowed to bring alcohol outside the tent however. In order to become a member of the club, one most donate at least $250 to the athletic department’s Blue and White Fund.

Schools such as Syracuse University have a full liquor license that allows them to sell beer and wine in common seating areas.

Most schools keep alcohol restricted to premium seating areas, as UB does, according to the ESPN article.

Junior nursing major Chris Goehle believes that alcohol sales inside the stadium would help generate attendance and revenue.

“It gives college [students] a reason to go to games,” Goehle said.

In one of its best on-the-field seasons, the Bulls set a singleseason attendance record with a total paid attendance of 136,428 last year, which was best in the MAC. The previous best was 108,118 in 2011 when the team had a less stellar record.

Students such as Goehle think alcohol sales could help keep consistent attendance.

All but four of the 21 schools selling are in conferences outside the Power Five conference, that don’t earn significant television money. The MAC is not one of the Power Five.

With students and other ticket holders partying outside the stadium before the game, UB is leaving potential revenue in its parking lot.

The Spectrum changed the name of this student to protect his identity. email: sports@ubspectrum.com

ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

Transitioning to a new head coach is often a tough adjustment for a team. The women’s soccer team is making that change this season, however, they’ll be aided by the fact their head coach was on the Bulls’ staff last season.

First-year head coach Shawn Burke, who worked five seasons as an assistant under previous head coach Michael Thomas, is hoping the player’s trust he earned over this time will help the team in his first year as the head coach.

“As long as we trust and believe in what we’re doing, we are going to be successful this year,” Burke said. “We have to get into the mentality of what we do and what we do well.”

Burke hopes to guide the Bulls to their first Mid-American Conference Tournament appearance since 2011. The transition to Burke has been a success so far, as the Bulls (2-0) have won their first two games while not surrendering a goal.

One of the team’s biggest question marks heading into the season was replacing graduated goalkeeper Ainsley Wheldon. Wheldon is toward the top of nearly every goaltending record at UB with 20 shutouts, 369 saves and a .815 save percentage.

Now, this position may actual-

ly be one of the Bulls’ strengths.

Freshman goalkeeper Laura Dougall has been impressive through the first two games, recording 11 saves and two shutouts. Dougall has not allowed a goal in four games this season, including exhibitions.

“She doesn’t show the typical nerves for such a young player,” Burke said. “I see her doing big things this year.”

Dougall was recognized for her efforts, as she won MAC Defensive Player of the Week.

The Bulls are lucky to have an experienced defense to help Dougall. Senior defender Sophie Therien and junior defender Jackie Hall, who started 18 and 16 games last season, respectively, anchor the defense.

“The duo gives us the ability to play out the back with their decision making and their skill level,” Burke said. “[I believe] this is the best center back pairing we’ve ever had.”

The team was forced to move around some of its pieces, as sophomore attackers Dana Lytle and Angel Hart relocated to outside back to strengthen the front line.

Burke insists on being “the aggressive team” saying the Bulls need to “set the tone” early in every match.

And judging by their 36-shot performance in a 2-0 victory over Canisius (0-2), the Bulls are acting on his words.

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