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Satish Tripathi often gets asked how he wants to leave UB when his time as its pres-ident comes to an end. He usually responds that he simply wants to have made the uni-versity better for students, faculty and the community and have improved the overall institution.

“I’ll leave it up to others to judge how I did it,” he said.

Tripathi sat down with The Spectrum for a wide-ranging interview in his Capen Hall fifth floor office Thursday afternoon. He was passionate, often hitting his hand on the table to emphasize his points when speaking of issues like the “White Only” art project and the University Heights neighborhood, and upbeat when speaking of positives like record donations and his plans for UB’s fu-ture. He was candid when speaking of his own legacy.

He also said he would meet with The Spec-trum again next semester.

Tripathi and UB have been dealing with fallout from the controversial art project in which graduate fine arts student Ashley Powell hung signs reading “White Only” and “Black Only” around campus. Students, some of whom were fearful and outraged over the signs, have been waiting for univer-sity response and action since September.

Tripathi said a College of Arts and Sci-ences policy committee is still making a pol-icy with clear guidelines on expressive art in public places on campus. He said it’s a dif-ficult line to walk, however, as a university is a place for students to express themselves

and to “push boundaries,” but not at the ex-pense of others feeling unsafe.

“Arts are going to be controversial. But when it’s put on the wall, one should say that this is art. So there must be a policy on the campus,” Tripathi said.

Members of the Black Student Union (BSU) peacefully protested Tripathi’s annu-al State of the University address last month with questions they wanted Tripathi and UB to answer about the line between art and cultural trauma. Tripathi was supposed to

meet with BSU the same day as his inter-view with The Spectrum, but said the meeting had to be rescheduled because some mem-bers could not meet.

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UB students participate in ReTree the District in the Heights

UB Career Services to host Internship Day on Tuesday 4

Tripathi speaks on ‘White Only’ art project, issues in the Heights

KAINAN GUO, THE SPECTRUM

President Satish Tripathi sat down for an interview with The Spectrum in his Capen fifth floor office on Thursday. Tripathi spoke of issues facing UB like the “White Only” art project and the Heights, as well as record donations and his goals for the university.

MARLEE TUSKESNEWS EDITOR

Student Association clubs can screen movies at a meeting or club event, but not without paying a hefty price.

Clubs must obtain a film license before publicly showing any film, and the license fees range from about $1,200 for films that are new or just out of the theaters to about $400 for films that have been out of theaters for over a year. If an SA club shows a film without obtaining a film license, the club would be in violation of federal copyright laws and therefore subject to a $250,000 fine.

David Scarfino, UB’s LGBTA president and a sophomore occupational therapy ma-jor, said this rule inhibits clubs from show-ing films that pertain to topics discussed within the club.

“It makes it hard for clubs like the LG-BTA to show queer-related movies and TV shows in fear of getting in huge trouble,” Scarfino said.

Marc Rosenblitt, SA entertainment coordi-nator, said while some clubs in the past have paid the licensing fee in order to publicly show a film, most clubs find the cost is too expen-sive and decide to ultimately drop the idea.

Rosenblitt said the policy is “not a new re-quirement” and was always a requirement

due to federal copyright laws. SA has sent an annual email to clubs for the past six years reminding them they must obtain a film li-cense before public showing of any film.

“Under IP [Intellectual Property] law, you must obtain copyrights for any public screening of a film,” Rosenblitt said in an email. “People believe that there are ‘loop-holes’ because we are a school or that it mat-ters where the film comes from.”

Clubs must acquire the license from Swank Motion Pictures or the Criterion Col-lection –movie distributers that specialize in licensing for films to be shown in a public setting. If Swank and Criterion do not have the film a club is looking for, the club must go to the company who released the film di-rectly for a license.

With the trend of online streaming, some clubs have wondered if they can public-ly show a film from sites like Netflix, since they are paying for the service. But stream-ing services such as Netflix or Hulu only cover private viewings and not public view-ings, according to Rosenblitt.

Scarfino said it is difficult to find repre-sentation of LGBT in film and having ac-cess to Netflix and other forms of media which have “queer-related shows and films” allows them to show issues surrounding their club at events.

Rosenblitt said recently, distribution com-

panies have “really cracked down on copy-right infringement at college campuses.” While the companies have been focusing on illegal downloads, they have also been known to check into public viewing infringement as well. He said much of the issue is that people don’t understand copyright laws.

“There many are misconceptions on how IP law works, it’s probably the most misun-derstood area of law, and many people break these laws every day without any knowledge they are doing it,” Rosenblitt said.

The only exception to the law for a school event would be a film shown in an approved or accredited course. The film would need to relate to a topic that is being taught in the class.

“If there was a communication class learning about George Lucas, they can show ‘Star Wars’ or ‘American Graffiti,’” Rosen-blitt said.

Because SA clubs are not courses offered by the university for credit, they always need to pay the licensing fee, regardless if the film pertains to what is being discussed in the club.

Although some clubs don’t like having to pay such a large fee, Rosenblitt said it’s something that needs to be done in order to avoid breaking the law.

“Part of my job is to protect the Under-graduate Student Association from breaking any such laws,” Rosenblitt said. “I cannot speak to anything about how other depart-ments or organizations handle themselves or how they manage public showings of such material, [but SA] always strive[s] to do things the right away, which absolutely in-cludes following all laws.”

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One of the most stressful times in any student’s college career is seeking real-world experience to match time spent in the class-room.

On Tuesday, UB’s Career Services will host “Internship Day,” consisting of work-shops devoted to supplying students with information about applying for and receiv-ing internships. Students can get profession-al photos taken, listen to guest speakers and receive answers to any troubling questions.

Internships can allow students to gain ex-perience in fields of work and study that they wish to pursue. Not only do they pro-vide experience to build up a résumé, they can also lead to networking connections – some of the most important resources in finding a job.

“The goals of this event are to show stu-dents the benefits of interning and how to become one,” says Robert Orrange, the as-sociate director of Career Services. “Noth-ing can beat meeting up with and engaging people on the path of career success.”

The event will run from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. and will include 14 different programs

for students to take part in. At 2 p.m., UB alum Josh Walker, now se-

nior vice president of distribution affairs at HBO, will give a presentation about his pro-fessional journey. Walker graduated from UB in 1999 and holds a bachelor’s degree in English and political science as well as a cer-tificate in journalism. He then attended law school at Cornell University and received a Master’s in Business Administration from New York University.

During his time at UB, he was very active in on campus activities and received a num-ber of awards including the New York State Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence. Walker was a part of the English Honors Program and was the editor in chief of The Spectrum during his junior year. He will be answering questions after his presentation.

The workshops taking place will range from finding internships on campus to in-ternationally. Information on internships for the environmentally conscious and skill building workshops, such as an etiquette lunch and a public speaking workshop, will also be available.

Students will be able to get a free Linke-dIn headshot taken from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and a networking event will be held at 3 p.m.

“It’s not a bad idea to dress up and bring a résumé, but it’s not required,” Orrange said.

When searching for an internship, a résu-mé is a part of the application process for all students. Most students have written ré-sumés before college, but UB offers a fresh-man seminar that has students submit and work on their résumés.

Many students struggle to fill up their ré-sumés.

“Experience is something I generally wor-ry about with my résumé,” said Andrea Tufekcic, a freshman biological sciences ma-jor. “With finding an internship, something I’d worry about is how to self myself with little experience and history.”

Students looking for fresh experience can relieve some of their stress by attending In-ternship Day.

Another featured workshop will be an in-teractive internship skill building session led by the ComdeySportz improv group.

ComedySportz does a comedy improv show as a sport with two competing groups of comedians trying to get the most laughs. The group’s improv is a funny and helpful way to boost students’ interaction and com-munication – skills useful for internships.

The day will end in a screening of the film

The Internship, a comedy following two men who obtain internships with Google and head for Silicon Valley.

The film will end the day in a light note, considering the stress that finding intern-ships could bring to students.

“The biggest issue with internships is stu-dents need to engage the process,” says Or-range.

But some students don’t even feel intern-ships would be useful to them at all.

Jennifer Sosa, a senior biomedical scienc-es major, feels that the event wouldn’t be entirely useful to her and not a good use of time.

The process can be daunting, but Intern-ship Day will help students with each step of finding an internship, according to Or-range.


Stepping into the real world

Internship Day offers students access to information on how to find internships

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UB alum Josh Walker, now senior vice president of distribution affairs at HBO, will give a presentation about his professional journey at Career Services’ Internship Day on Tuesday.

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EDITOR IN CHIEF Tom Dinki

MANAGING EDITOR

Alyssa McClure

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NEWS EDITORSGabriela Julia, Senior

Ashley InkumsahMarlee Tuskes

FEATURES EDITORSTori Roseman, Senior

Dani Guglielmo

ARTS EDITORSBrian Windschitl, SeniorKenneth Kashif Thomas

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PHOTO EDITORSYusong Shi, Co-seniorKainan Guo, Co-senior

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ADVERTISING DESIGNERDerek Hosken

No-Shave November offers the opportunity for lazy men to ne-glect their razors and for ladies to consider hairy legs socially accept-able. Students who want to try out a new look – whether it’s a thick, heavy beard or a mustache that sits on the edge of creepy and suave – utilize the growing trend.

The message of No-Shave No-vember – to raise awareness for prostate cancer – often gets lost in the translation from chin hair to charity. Instead of donating or tak-ing time to spread word about the cause, many brag about how many days they’ve been working on their facial hair.

Is this ignorance harmful or just part of our culture?

We live in a generation of con-stant sharing – there’s pressure to keep up with social trends and post on various forms of so-cial media. Instagram is ripe with “Throwback Thursday” and “Man Crush Monday,” or assigned days where it becomes acceptable to post certain content. No-Shave November has become one of these hashtags – another excuse to post on the Internet about how cultured you are.

The intent is there, and No-shave November isn’t the only type of event that works in this way. The “Think Pink in Octo-

ber” movement to raise awareness for breast cancer makes wearing pink trendy to support the cause. Though many don’t directly do-nate, participants raise awareness about the issue and encourage people to get tested and keep up with their health.

These movements are easy and manageable, which is why so many people participate in them. Grow out a beard and raise awareness about a type of cancer that could be terminal? Sounds easy enough.

It’s harmless to support the cause in this way, but it’s also not helpful. Money that would be spent on razors and shaving cream should be donated to charity in-stead of going back into partici-pant’s pockets.

There are other, more effec-tive ways to raise money for these causes. Month-long, slow events like No-Shave November encour-age laziness because there’s so much time to participate. When celebrities bring light to this is-sue or there’s a singular event – a walk, a sale, a contest – people feel more compelled to donate. There’s a greater sense of urgency and the donations are the focus of the event.

This was nearly seen in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge trend. Dumping a bucket of ice wa-

ter on yourself to raise money and awareness for ALS became a movement – dump the water on yourself, donate, then make your friends do it too. The pressure to donate was higher because it was a process filming a video dumping the ice water on yourself, nominat-ing friends to participate next and committing to donating.

The difference between the Ice Bucket Challenge and No-Shave November is the immediacy. No-Shave November is a 30-day event

that people can take their time do-nating to. The Ice Bucket Chal-lenge creates immediate gratifica-tion – the video and donation are made, potentially within a couple of hours, and then it’s done.

As while all press is good press, those losing their razors for No-Shave November should take that extra step to raise awareness by ac-tively participating and donating.


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BRIAN WINDSCHITLSENIOR ARTS EDITOR

Album: Art AngelsArtist: GrimesLabel: 4AD Grade: A-

Since her critically acclaimed, breakout album Visions in 2012, Grimes (Claire Boucher) has been relatively low-key. According to the artist’s social media, the self-imposed hermitage has been nec-essary to work on her artistry.

Now after three years, Grimes released the album that her fans have been begging for. Before her albums were always deep finds from obscure, underground exper-imental indie music sites. Now, Art Angels is making rounds on high-profile music outlets like Pitchfork, A.V. Club and Stereogum, receiving near unanimous praise for the al-bum’s experimental blend of clas-sic pop and electro.

Boucher’s unabashed love of pop and her electronic roots have finally coalesced into one, cohe-sive artistic identity. Whereas Vi-sions or even her earlier 2010 re-leases Geidi Primes and Halifaxa are undisguised electro pop albums, on Art Angels the lines between pop and electronic are blurred.

The second track on the al-bum “California” sounds like a hit made from years of listening to sparkly bubblegum pop stars like Taylor Swift with a Grimes’ spin, and is a representation of Grimes’

growing artistry.It’s almost as if Boucher took

the three-year break to not only sharpen her artistry, but take the time for her image as an experi-mental electro artist to die down.

“The things they see in me,” she sings on ‘California,’ “I cannot see myself / When you get bored of me, I’ll be back on the shelf.”

It’s easy to “shelf ” Grimes as an underground, electro proj-ect that is superficially pretty and shimmer; a short-lived experimen-tal bubblegum pop, electro blend. But Grimes, with Art Angels, is making sure that is not the case.

Its Grimes’ artistry that is most ev-ident on the album, especially when compared with her previous works.

It is as if the sound that Grimes had been trying to reach for with Visions has finally come to fruition – whether this is from Boucher’s own talent as a music-maker growing into its own, or from her just trying to step out from the boundaries of being labeled as an electro artist.

Maybe it’s just Boucher refus-ing to be categorized in any way, breaking apart her music and stitching it back together with core elements of her musical tastes – dance, electro, pop, punk, rock and even K-pop are all evident in-fluences in her music.

On “Scream,” the snarling rap-vocals of Taiwanese rapper Aris-tophanes basically sound like one long punk-rock growl, while “Kill V. Main” is a strange mix of shrieking and squeaking over an

up-tempo dance house beat.As Grimes well knows, its im-

possible to separate any of her music from her past artistic proj-ects – Art Angels will inevitably be compared to Visions, despite hav-ing no recognizable continuity from the past album.

But Grimes does her best to ig-nore all of this.

By immersing herself into her music, Grimes has created a piece of music that is able to holds it own against any comparison, de-spite being worlds apart from any piece of music currently out.

“There is harmony in every-thing,” Boucher sings in ‘Butter-fly,’ the last song off of Art Angels.

It’s ironic – by deciding not to cater to the expectations placed on her music, Boucher was able to create an album that perfect-ly coincides with Boucher’s image of herself, a genuine representa-tion of Grimes’ poignant, multi-farious influences from ’80s pop, ’90s punk rock, ’00s dance songs and even Boucher’s own infatu-ation with Japanese and Korean pop culture.

The end result is Art Angels – an oddity born of an introvert’s pri-vate music making that is able to overcome boundaries of gender, genre, race and time.


The electronica, pop musician Grimes’ follow up to Visions is

complicated and contemporary

The dark witch of pop

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Grimes’ fourth studio album, Art Angels, is a divisive blend of electro, dance, rock, pop, punk and even K-pop - a testament to the artist’s expansive growth

over the past three years. The album is making headlines as one of the most eclectic and interesting albums of 2015 so far, a huge followup for the artist’s

immensely popular 2012 Visions.

ILLUSRATION BY JOSHUA BODAH

SOPHIA MCKEONESTAFF WRITER

While students and locals have historical-

ly clashed in the University Heights neigh-borhood over loud parties and drunken be-havior, the two parties worked together this weekend to better curbside aesthetics in the Heights.

The third phase in ReTree the District, a project working to plant 1,000 trees in the University District, took place on Saturday. In addition to beautifying the area, one of the project’s main goals is to bring the peo-ple within it together, according to Darren Cotton, director of community develop-ment and planning at the University District

Community Development Association. “For us the most important part is build-

ing the sense of community – just the act of saying hello and meeting your neigh-bors sort of helps deal with a lot of the is-sues that the news so often covers with stu-dents,” Cotton said. “We wanna show peo-ple there’s a different side and that residents and students can work together towards im-proving their community.”

ReTree the District began with a few peo-ple planting 20-30 trees per year around the neighborhood with the help of the larger ReTree Western New York project. Accord-ing to Cotton, it didn’t take long for partici-pants to realize they wanted to do more.

He saw that there was a need in the neigh-

borhood to plant more than just a couple trees here and there.

“We set out to plant 1,000 trees through-out the neighborhood and that’s what Re-Tree the District has become – a bunch of groups around the community coming to-gether to achieve that goal,” Cotton said.

After the first two phases of ReTree the District in the fall of 2014 and the spring of 2015, the project had already reached the halfway point with 435 trees planted.

This success is due to the increase in vol-unteers. But the large jump in those who de-cided to participate didn’t come without a few logistical problems.

“When you have 200 to 300 people de-scending on one place at one time it can be a little chaotic … the first planting was kind of a nightmare because we had way too many people trying to do the same thing at once,” Cotton said.

Since the first phase, the process has gone progressively smoother. Cotton said the plantings give the project’s organiz-ers the opportunity to figure out what went wrong and improve each time. The more volunteers that are trained and get used to how the process runs, the better, according to Cotton.

Jennifer Norton, a first-year graduate psy-chology student, has volunteered with the project since phase one. She doesn’t plan to stop participating until the project’s goal is met.

“I will keep volunteering until all the trees are planted,” Norton said. “People are so motivated and enthusiastic and you can see your trees growing. We can go see the trees we’ve already planted and how they’re doing … I love it.”

For Norton, the best part is seeing how

happy the growing trees make everyone in the community.

“People will come out of the house tell-ing us they really appreciate what we’re do-ing,” Norton said. “One time there was a woman who came out of her house and said how jealous her sister would be because she was getting a tree and we told her if her sis-ter was home she could just sign a form and get one too. She was just so happy and it was really nice to see.”

Although this was his first time getting in-volved with ReTree the District, sophomore accounting major Chris Hoffman plans to continue volunteering as well.

Hoffman found out about the project through the Honors College as signed up to be a planting team captain on Saturday.

This involved extensive learning about how to plant the trees and leading a group of volunteers around the University Dis-trict making sure they were successful with planting. Hoffman did just that, although he admits the responsibility made him a little nervous at first.

“My co-team leader didn’t show up so I was a little nervous but throughout the event I stepped up, did the best I could and my team actually did really well … I definite-ly plan on doing this again,” Hoffman said.

The more volunteers that get involved with ReTree the district, the quicker the project will reach its goal of planting 1,000 trees.

But the work will not be done once that goal is reached.

According to Cotton, the project is also working with the City of Buffalo to roll out a stewardship program to maintain the trees once they are all planted.

“The first couple of years are very impor-tant time in a tree’s life,” Cotton said. “So [this program] will basically train residents and students on how you actually take care of a tree and they will maintain them, so hopefully in 10 to 20 years [the University District] will have a beautiful tree canopy.”


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The third installation of the Re-Tree the District project was held Saturday, with many more volunteers this time around. The goal of the project is to plant 1,000 trees in the Heights neighborhood to improve curbside aesthetics.

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Buffalo’s week in music takes a turn for the funky. Two separate, well-known Grate-ful Dead tribute bands will be performing in Buffalo, as well as a famous opera singer, the founders of electro-industrial music and Mary J. Blige. Make sure to plan out your week and catch at least one of the assuredly amazing concerts this week.

Monday, Nov. 9Jason Heath & The Greedy Souls – Iron Works

Los Angeles-based band Jason Heath and The Greedy Souls recently released its new-est album, A Season Undone’s, on Sept. 11 from Industrial Entertainment, Inc. The 11-song album is an ode to the band’s hard rock roots – the album has clear Springsteen influences, with a handful of power ballads and sing-along rock-and-roll. Come out to see the band during its Buffalo debut at Iron Works on Monday.

Tuesday, Nov. 10Colm Wilkinson – UB Center for the Arts

Irish-born singer Colm Wilkinson is best known for his title role in The Phantom of the Opera and for playing Jean Valjean in Les Misérables at The Royal Albert Hall – Canada’s version of Broadway. The lauded theater performer will be at the Center for the Arts on Tuesday.HONEYHONEY – Iron Works

Fusion music group HONEYHONEY is an American alternative-folk group from Los Angeles, California. Duo Benjamin Jaffe and Sizanne Santo formed the group when

they met at a costume party. One year lat-er, they signed a record deal for Ironworks and released their first album, On The Shelf. The band recently released its third album, humorously named 3.

Wednesday, Nov. 11Dead & Company – First Niagara Center

Former Grateful Dead members Bob Weir, Micket Hart and Bill Kreutzmann are still clinging to the Dead’s glory days, form-ing their own tribute band alongside John Mayer, Oteil Burbridge and Jeff Chimenti. The band is following a rigorous tour sched-ule, playing 22 dates from Oct. 29 to Dec. 31. The former Dead musicians will be giv-ing an ode to all Deadheads still in Buffalo on Wednesday – make sure you don’t miss this chance to see some former members of the most famous jam band of all time.Lettuce – Tralf Music Hall

Funk band Lettuce from Boston has been around since 1992. The band was formed when its members met at the Berklee Col-lege of Music, stylizing their shows after fa-vorite funk and jazz musicians such as Cur-tis Mayfield and Charles Wright. The band has cult followings in New York, San Fran-cisco, Chicago and Tokyo and is known for its high-energy live shows. The eight-piece band will be performing at the Tralf on Wednesday.

Thursday, Nov. 12Handguns – Studio at Waiting Room

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania pop-punk band Handguns has been around since the late 2000s and debuted its first full-length album Angst in 2012. Since then, the Pure Noise

Label-signed band has been doing the punk rock circuit in the United States, playing in the 2013 Vans Warped Tour. The band re-leased its newest album Disenchanted Nov. 1 – a promising up-and-coming record from pop-punk’s newest band arriving to the scene.

Friday, Nov. 13Dark Star Orchestra – Town Ballroom

American rock band Dark Star Orches-tra from Chicago, Illinois has been a trib-ute band for The Grateful Dead since 1997, claiming to continue the Grateful Dead concert experience. The Dead, one of the groups who founded the jam band genre, was known for its eclectic collection of cov-er songs and long, winding solos. The Dark Star Orchestra has continued all that the Dead was known and loved for, with their own original set list, able to play both Dead songs and their own impressive versions of songs from different artists. Skinny Puppy – The Rapids Theatre

Canadian industrial music group, Skinny Puppy, one of the founders of the electro-industrial music genre, is an experimental side project formed by cEvin Key in 1982. The band has grown into a full-time band, touring constantly and releasing a total of 15 albums since 1984. The band is well known for its odd live shows, utilizing syn-thesizers, drum machines, acoustic percus-sion and tape splices in its unique, stream-of-consciousness music style.

Saturday, Nov. 14July Talk – Town Ballroom

Alt-rock, blues fusion band July Talk

formed in 2012 in Toronto. It has been a strong up-and-coming rock band in the al-ternative and indie scene, winning an award in the 2014 Juno Awards in Canada for the Breakthrough Group of the Year. The band is slated to become indie rock’s next big thing – try and catch them at Town Ball-room on Saturday so you can say you saw them first.Mary J. Blige – Shea’s Performing Arts Center

Mary Jane Blige needs no introduction. A winner of nine Grammy Awards, nomi-nated for 30 Grammys and one of the rar-ified few musicians to have eight certified-platinum albums in her career, her success-ful combination of hip-hop and soul in the early ’90s has long since placed Blige as one of the must influential musicians of all time. Don’t miss this chance to see her perform live – it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Sunday, Nov. 15Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox – UB Center for the Arts

Popular Jukebox is an assorted, growing collection of musicians dedicated to reviv-ing the pop music of the past. The group has over 40 members who play past pop tunes and jas been listed as one of the most progressive groups in modern music, de-spite its focus on old style songs. The group will often give its own, modern twist to its old-school pop covers. Scott Bradlee, Post-modern Jukebox’s brainchild, is the reason the group has grown to such epic propor-tions. The group will perform at UB on Sunday.


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He said he’s looking forward to meeting with BSU sometime this week.

“One of the things I want them to un-derstand is their concerns are my con-cerns,” Tripathi said. “I want to make sure [that] if they feel insecure … I really need to address that issue.”

A 2013 Spectrum poll revealed that 82 percent of students surveyed did not feel Tripathi had a visible presence on campus. Tripathi said while he misses the “intense interactions” with students that comes with teaching, he sometimes must use his time getting students the resources they need rather than interacting with them.

“I try to walk around and see the students and talk to them, but I definitely could do a lot more,” Tripathi said. “But at the same time, my job is to make sure students get better education here – they have the re-courses, they have the faculty. So I feel I could do a lot better if I’m getting resourc-es somewhere for them.”

One of larger problems students have is life in the Heights right off of South Cam-pus. The district had 523 crimes, including 272 larcenies and 118 burglaries, in 2012 and many students live in unsafe housing conditions with absentee landlords. Resi-dents have also complained of the student partying in the neighborhood and Buffalo Police has increased crackdowns on drink-ing this semester.

“This is a thing that’s going to take time but it’s a problem – I own it,” Tripathi said. “It’s something we really need to work on.”

Tripathi said UB has taken several steps to improve the neighborhood, like paying City of Buffalo inspectors overtime to in-spect homes in the Heights and incentiviz-ing UB faculty to buy homes in the neigh-borhood with a loan program. UB will also soon announce a new grant program where loans will be forgiven if faculty members live in the homes for a certain number of

years. But Tripathi said the Heights can’t be tru-

ly revitalized until South Campus is revital-ized.

The campus is ridden with temporary buildings from the ’50s and ’60s and is los-ing the medical school to the new down-town campus. Tripathi has pushed for more money from the state and to move the Graduate School of Education and the School of Social Work to South Campus. Tripathi said doing so would also help alle-viate the shortage of space on North Cam-pus.

When asked about his vision for South Campus 10 years from now, Tripathi used terms like “vibrant,” “alive” and filled with “student life.”

“As the plans progresses, I want all the three campuses to be better than where they are,” Tripathi said. “It’s a tough thing because I don’t want any of the campus-es to be worse. I want them all to be better and that’s exactly what we’re trying to do.”

Tripathi said UB’s recent string of deans stepping down, including College of Arts and Sciences Dean E. Bruce Pitman, is more “timing” than a trend. He said UB’s deans actually serve longer than the nation-al average, which he says is about three and a half to four years.

“It’s definitely an issue for a short time while we search for a dean, but it’s nor-mal in the university context,” Tripathi said. “Of course, in a given situation you might say, ‘Oh my god, the dean left.’ But it’s not the case.”

He said the university must think long-term when finding solutions for the loss of enrollment in humanities that is happening at UB and across the country. UB’s arts, histo-ry, English and foreign language departments have all had enrollment decreases of more than 40 percent during the past decade.

“So if I told my provost, ‘I’ve doubled my enrollment, give me double the faculty,’ then enrollment went down and they’d say, ‘OK, give back the faculty’ – you can’t run a

university like that,” Tripathi said. After losing an election that was later

deemed invalid, former Student Associa-tion Senator Yaser Soliman plans to write an open letter to Tripathi asking for more university oversight of SA, which brings in about $4 million in student funds.

“I can’t tell you that it should have more oversight or not,” Tripathi said. “They need to learn how to do it. Otherwise you would have an observer who says do this, don’t do this … We talked about academic freedom, we talked about learning. On a campus, you should provide an environment for the stu-dents.”

Tripathi said the UB Foundation (UBF), the private organization that handles near-ly $1 billion worth of donations to UB, has enough transparency. UBF currently has the organization’s 990s and audited finan-cial statements available on its website.

“The private entity is why people give money. They don’t trust the state. That’s why it was created,” Tripathi said. “So this is something that I think is open enough for people to look at, but we can’t give the donors names and things like that.”

But Tripathi was upbeat for the majority of the interview – he rarely goes long in a conversation without smiling. He took time to discuss personal matters, like his limit-ed food options on campus as a vegetari-an and how he knows little about sports – although he did know the football team is just one win away from bowl eligibility and has just one difficult opponent – Northern Illinois – left on the schedule. He even rec-ommended a book that he’s been enjoying.

He also said he appreciates student jour-nalism and role it has on a college campus.

“It’s fantastic,” Tripathi said. “You not only learn how to practice journalism, but you keep the campus honest. You sort of have a sense of people and finding out what’s going on. I think it’s great.”


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Tripathi said UB is working to revitalize South Campus and the Heights neighborhood, like moving graduate schools to the campus and incentivizing faculty to buy homes in the area.

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JORDAN GROSSMAN SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR

CJ Massinburg. Willie Conner. Nick Per-kins.

Those were the men’s basketball team’s top-3 scorers Friday night.

Don’t recognize the names? Welcome to the 2015-16 Buffalo Bulls basketball team.

On a night where the Bulls hung their Mid-American Conference Championship banner in Alumni Arena, new faces who weren’t even on last year’s championship team lead the way for an 87-68 exhibition win over Daemen Friday night. New players Massinburg, Conner and Perkins account-ed for 55 of the team’s 87 points on a night where Buffalo turned the ball over 24 times.

“We got a lot of work to do still, but I was pleased with the final outcome,” said first-year head coach Nate Oats. “I thought [Massinburg] played really well. But like I told the team, I think he deserved to have a good game for his first game … we have a bright future with those guys coming in.”

Buffalo held a 10-point lead halfway through the second half, but that would be the closest margin for the rest of the game. From there, it was all Buffalo. Actually, it was all C.J. Massinburg.

The freshman guard dazzled in his Buffa-lo debut with a team-high 25 points – 22 in the second half alone – with five rebounds, three assists and two steals. With a comfortable 10-point lead, Massinburg accounted for 11 straight points from 10:03 – 8:32 in the second half to give Buffalo a scintillating 21-point lead.

When the game was out of reach, Oats pulled Massinburg to reduce risk of injury be-fore the season begins. His teammates wanted him in to reach the 30-point milestone.

“Coach Oats told me to go out there and be aggressive and just keep attacking and make them foul me,” Massinburg said. “I just want-ed to be as aggressive as possible and just get shots off. I felt it, so it just rode with it.”

Massinburg is expected to play multi-ple positions in the backcourt this season, especially in guard-heavy packages. Oats said Massinburg will also play point guard throughout the season when sophomore guard Lamonte Bearden is on the bench.

Massinburg wasn’t the only newcomer that Oats is excited about.

“He plays hard in practice, he goes hard,”

Oats said about Conner. “He’s being a lead-

er. He talks. He’s into it. I like Willie a lot. Defensively, he was pretty good.”

Conner, a junior wing and junior college transfer, finished his night with 18 points on 8-of-12 shooting in 29 minutes. He brief-ly sustained a lower body injury, but he was able to return for the game and will play in next week’s opener.

Freshman forward Nick Perkins finished with 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting and eight rebounds in a team-high 30 minutes played.

The Bulls led by nine points entering the second half, but got off to a sluggish start filled with sloppy ball handling and turn-overs. In the first three possessions, Buffalo turned the ball over twice, but only resulted in two early Daemen points.

Buffalo committed 24 turnovers on the night. Oats and the rest of the players em-brace the fast-paced culture of the team and

understand they must be more careful with

the ball moving forward if they want success. “We want to play fast,” Conner said. “By

us playing fast, we’re going to make minor mistakes, little turnovers here and there. We definitely want to cut [24 turnovers] down.”

Buffalo powered the Wildcats around the rim and on the glass. Altogether, the Bulls finished with 48 rebounds and 46 points in the paint.

Before the game, fans erupted into cheers as the 2015 MAC Championship banner was released into the rafters of Alumni Are-na. Buffalo defeated Central Michigan 89-84 in the MAC Championship game last year to win the conference title and advance to its first NCAA Tournament.

Senior forward Jarryn Skeete, junior for-ward David Kadiri and freshman wing Niko-la Rakicevic did not play in Friday’s exhibi-tion. Skeete is currently under concussion protocol, but is expected to be cleared and to

practice on Monday. Kadiri received a corti-

sone shot in his ailing knee and the recovery is expected to be around 4-5 days but he is probable for the regular season opener Fri-day Nov. 13 against Pitt.-Bradford.

Rakicevic is currently dealing with NCAA amateurism issues, but the specifics of his case were not released. Oats is unsure if he will play next Friday.

The Bulls will already be without senior for-ward Raheem Johnson and sophomore guard Mory Diane in the season opener, as the two will be suspended for their role in a dorm theft over the summer that lead to former Bull Jus-tin Moss’ expulsion from the university.

The season officially kicks off next Friday against Pitt.-Bradford at Alumni Arena at 9 p.m. Students in the crowd determined the time by cheering for either a 7 p.m., 8 p.m. or 9 p.m. start.


New faces power Bulls to exhibition win

JORDAN GROSSMANSENIOR SPORTS EDITOR

Consider the Buffalo women’s soccer team and Western Michigan even.

The Broncos (12-3-5, 8-1-2 MAC) end-ed the Bulls’ (11-7-3, 7-3-1 Mid-American Conference) season with a 1-0 victory in the MAC Semifinals Friday, one season af-ter Buffalo defeated Western Michigan 1-0 in the conference championship game.

After the win in Kalamazoo, Michigan, the Broncos face Miami Ohio (11-7-2, 6-4-1 MAC) for the conference title on Sunday.

“The two best teams in the conference just played in the semifinal,” said head coach Shawn Burke. “You have to tip your hats to Western Michigan. Both teams had chances and they took advantage of theirs.”

In the 85th minute, Western Michigan went on a fast break down the right side-line and into Buffalo’s box. Candice Uhl dribbled the ball around the right side and made a quick pass to Emma Kahn. Kahn then quickly put the shot into the back of the net to give Western Michigan a 1-0 lead with five minutes remaining.

The Broncos’ experienced offense took over and kept the ball cornered for the rest

of the matchup until the final whistle was blown.

The Bulls’ defense had been nearly per-fect before that point.

“They stood firm,” Burke said. “We al-ways tell our girls, you have to give yourself a chance. We just couldn’t find that break-down. I think their keeper had a phenom-enal save in the first half … It was one of those times where it bends but never breaks.”

The touted Western Michigan defense lived up to its hype on Friday with a scintil-lating performance of ball control and qual-ity shots allowed. The Broncos held Buffa-lo to only nine total shots and four shots on goal. Senior midfielder Kassidy Kidd was the only player with two shots on goal. Ju-nior forward Celina Carrero and freshman defender Brianna Shingary were the other two players to get one on goal.

The biggest defensive play for Western Michigan was in the first five minutes of the matchup.

In the fifth minute, Kidd broke the de-fense and had an open shot, but Western Michigan goalkeeper Stephanie Heber made a fantastic save to swing early momentum away from Buffalo.

“I don’t think it discouraged our players

at all, which is encouraging,” Burke said. “You just have to tip your hats to Western’s goalkeeper.”

Sophomore goalkeeper Laura Dougall came up with a big save in the 56th minute to keep a scoreless game for the time being. She made four saves on the afternoon.

It’s possible fatigue could have been an is-sue toward the end of the game. The Bron-cos rotated six players on damp, wet field conditions whereas Buffalo rotated only three players.

The loss officially ends Buffalo’s chance to repeat as MAC Champions. The Bulls went 16-3-3 and undefeated in MAC play last year enroute to winning their first-ever conference championship and making their first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance.

The Bulls’ 27 victories over the past two seasons are the most in program history since the 1999 – 2000 seasons.

“The biggest question mark we had going in [to the season] was how do we respond and play to expectations to what we did last year?” Burke said. “We knew we were going to hear about it al season long … They gave themselves a chance to win a MAC Cham-pionship.”


Western Michigan gets revenge, ends Bulls’ season

Three Buffalo newcomers combine for 55 points in rout

Broncos defeat Buffalo 1-0 in MAC Semifinals

YUSONG SHI, THE SPECTRUM

Junior midfielder Andrea Niper kicks the ball at UB Stadium earlier this season. Niper and the Bulls ended their season on Friday afternoon following a 1-0 loss to Western Michigan in the semifinals of the MAC Tournament.


(From L to R) Freshman guard C.J. Massinburg, senior forward Raheem Johnson and senior forward/guard Rodell Wigginton helped Buffalo get an 87-68 exhibition win over Daemen Friday night. Massinburg and two other newcomers accounted for 55 of Buffalo’s 87 points.

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