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Opinion: Events of Sept. 11 should be remembered year round 5

GABRIELA JULIASENIOR NEWS EDITOR

Students and faculty sat in dark lecture halls on South Campus waiting for class to start Wednesday morning. A few minutes later, they got the news that the entire cam-pus had gone dark.

South Campus suffered a total power out-age Wednesday that affected all buildings and canceled classes. National Grid had hoped to return power by 6 p.m. and then later 9 p.m., according to Deputy Chief of Police Joshua Sticht, but the power re-mained off until 3 a.m. Thursday morning. Classes resumed as normal Thursday.

All buildings on South Campus were af-fected, including the two resident halls and the one dining hall on the campus. Stu-dents were allowed to sleep in their dorms

and other accommodations were offered if needed, according to UB Spokesperson John Della Contrada. Students and residents who live in the University Heights were not affected as the power outage was only on campus.

According to a UB alert Wednesday night, emergency generators were powering sprin-kler systems and lighting for hallways and exit signage. Cold water, hand sanitizer, glow sticks and flashlights were available for students as the outage continued. University Police also increased patrols of the campus.

Sticht said two main power lines supply South Campus. One power line burned out Wednesday morning and Niagara Mohawk, an international electric and gas company that worked to restore power, took the sec-ond line off for maintenance.

President Satish Tripathi has said in Fac-ulty Senate and UB Council meetings that some facilities on South Campus are “very old” and need to be renovated. He also said it is critical UB gets money to restore the older buildings, especially on South.

UB’s last main power outage was in Feb-ruary in the Ellicott Complex on North Campus due to a frozen sprinkler. About 500 students were evacuated from their Red Jacket dorms and 50 of those students slept in the Triple Gym of Alumni Arena for the night.

South Campus suffers total power outage

Campus goes dark

YUSONG SHI, THE SPECTRUM

A UB Stampede bus picks up students

on South Campus Wednesday night

during the power outage. UB’s

bus services from North to South

Campuses remained on schedule

throughout the outage.

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JORDAN GROSSMAN SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR

Kristjan Sokoli will never forget Sept. 5, 2015.

He was vicariously celebrating his cous-in’s wedding through the rest of his fami-ly, all of whom were in Michigan. He wasn’t able to make it due to a commitment in Se-attle.

Sokoli, a former UB defensive lineman, had just completed the final stages of his first NFL preseason and was anxiously awaiting a phone call from his agent to find out news he had been hoping to hear for more than four months.

Finally, around 12:30 p.m. on the West Coast, the inevitable phone call came through. It was his agent.

Sokoli had made the 53-man roster.“That was my dream to make the NFL’s

53-man roster,” Sokoli said. “I had flash-backs of all of the work I put in. It was a great moment for me and my family.”

Sokoli was selected in the sixth round of the 2015 NFL Draft by the Seattle Se-ahawks, who had lost the Super Bowl just three months prior. He was the only play-er from Buffalo to be drafted this year, but prolonged a three-year stretch of Bulls that

were drafted as he joined Oakland Raiders linebacker Khalil Mack (2014) and Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ former defensive back Ste-ven Means (2013).

Sokoli did not have stand out numbers during his senior season, as he only accu-mulated 32 tackles and only three tackles for losses. He did not record a sack.

But the Seattle Seahawks saw something in him that no one else saw. Most NFL teams would overlook a player because of poor senior year numbers at a Mid-Major program. Yet, Seattle took the gamble. And it seems to be paying off.

Hours after Sokoli was drafted, he was told he would be switching to the offen-sive line from his natural position on the opposite side of the ball. Why? Because his 6-foot-5 and 302-pound frame allowed for it.

Seattle uses a formula created by Nike,

which uses metric results in order to deter-mine late-round draft picks. Nike’s Speed, Power, Agility, Reaction and Quickness (SPARQ) score determines talent and ex-plosiveness on both sides of the ball. Sokoli finished with a 4.84 40-yard dash, 38 inches in the vertical leap and 31 reps on the bench press.

Former Bull Sokoli makes Seahawks’ 53-

man roster

THANYA THEOGENESTAFF WRITER

Ethan Pray’s walk from his South Lake Village apartment to the Academic Spine got a bit more complicated this semester.

The junior accounting major’s com-mute to class used to just entail walking the path along the Center for Arts (CFA) and Lake LaSalle, but with campus construction blocking off the sidewalk and parts of the CFA, he now has to navigate around Alum-ni Arena.

“Now it’s a whole ordeal,” Pray said. “They need to do something about that.”

Construction signs, yellow caution tape and metal barricades blocking entrances and exits around campus puzzled and inconve-nienced students returning to UB this fall. Construction has been ongoing on all three campuses, with both long and short-term projects in the works as part of the Heart of the Campus initiative. Although plans to revitalize the campus aim to create more learning spaces for students, construction has caused students great inconvenience.

UB Spokesperson John Della Contrada said the construction around campus is, in general, intended to create a better environ-ment for students and most will finish for seniors this year to see.

The area between Founder’s Plaza near Capen Hall to the left side of Clemens Hall are also under construction. New sidewalks have been completed near the CFA and around Rensch Loop.

The block off of the sidewalk behind the CFA in particular has caused student frus-tration.

“I have to walk all the way around Alum-ni from South Lake to the Union and I am very disappointed,” Pray said.

Construction in the CFA will put in new skylights, allowing more natural light into the building. The Spectrum reported back in 2014 that the building’s renovations cost UB $1.4 million. The construction in Clemens Hall, however, is critical maintenance. The brick on the building’s face is being replaced and sidewalks, which were a tripping hazard, needed to be repaved.

While some students feel the construc-tion is simply an aggravation when walking to class, others think the construction con-tributes to an unpleasant appearance of UB.

“It just makes the campus look ugly,” said Phillip Ojo, a senior mechanical engineering major. “I feel the school will still look like a warehouse. This looks too industrialized – it’s not how a typical campus should be.”

Della Contrada predicts some of the con-struction projects will be finished in 2016. Last year’s winter weather halted construc-tion on the new downtown medical cam-pus due to frozen ground but the project re-mained on schedule and was completed on time. He said UB hopes to have a solution for this upcoming winter by hiring a new planner for snow removal who will improve functionality on campus despite snow.

Although UB said it plans to wrap up construction soon, students have noticed the campus has been under the works for quite some time now.

“I feel that the construction in CFA has been going on too long,” said Sharneece Mars-Baptiste, a senior English major.

Campus construction causes frustrationUB’s plan to revitalize all three campuses is a hassle for some students

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The journeyman

YUSONG SHI, THE SPECTRUM

Kristjan Sokoli during a game with Buf-

falo last fall. Sokoli made the Seattle

Seahawks’ 53-man roster last week.

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SPORTS2Friday, September 11, 2015

Peaceful Minds Mondays 3:30 – 4:30pm

This is an 8-week group that provides skills to decrease stressand anxiety and improve emotional well-being.

Finding Life Beyond Trauma Tuesdays 1:00 – 2:30pm

This group does not ask its members to disclose the details of traumatic events. The group intends to provide a safe placefor all genders to learn skills and have experiences to help alleviate the effect of trauma. This group can be helpful to individuals who have experienced any type of trauma(s).

Connections Tuesdays 3:00 – 4:30pm & Wednesdays 3:00 – 4:30pm

A safe environment to connect with other students while increasing your self awareness. This is a group for all students regardless of age or gender.

Coping Skills Group Wednesdays 1:30 – 3:00pm • 301 Michael Hall; Thursday 1:00 – 2:30pm • 120 Richmond Quad

This structured group will teach skills to live in the present,deal with stress, manage difficult emotions, and handle interpersonal conflict.

International Tea Time Wednesdays 5:00 – 6:30pm240 Student Union (Intercultural and Diversity Center)

This is a weekly free meeting which brings together U.S. and international students for conversation and fun. Students play games, talk, and enjoy getting to know each other. International tea and snacks are provided. Contact: elenayak@buffalo.edu

Yoga to Manage Moods Tuesdays 2:00 – 3:00pm • Michael Hall Yoga Studio

A co-ed yoga-based group that provides a holistic approach to mood and symptom management. Using a combination of gentle physical poses, breathing and relaxation techniques, participants will feel more connected to and comfortable in theirbodies. No previous yoga practice is required. All participantsneed to be screened prior, contact cuschold@buffalo.edu

This Is Who I Am: LGBTQ Support Group Thursdays 3:00 – 4:30pm

A group for students who are questioning or exploring their gender identity and/or their sexual identity-a safe, supportive and confidential forum to talk about multiple identities, coming out, relationships with family and friends, dating, academics, transitioning, homophobia, transphobia, the “isms”, and other issues of interest to members.

International Student Support Group Fridays 3:00 – 4:30pm

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The franchise didn’t see him as much of a threat on defense, but it was looking for a quick offensive lineman. Enter Sokoli.

“He’s built for the offensive line,” said Bulls senior quarterback Joe Licata, Soko-li’s former teammate. “He’s a super athlet-ic guy and he’s smart and he loves football. When you really love football, it’s a chal-lenge. But with that love comes a want to be great. And he has that drive.”

Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll was the first person who saw the potential in the former defensive tackle. Within the first couple of days of training camp, So-koli was snapping the ball for the first time in his career. He was still learning the ropes of a foreign position. He still had much to learn if he wanted to make the final roster.

It was Seattle’s offensive line coach Tom Cable who settled him into the position of offensive line and into the Seahawks’ cul-ture. Sokoli said he believes the Seahawks are so successful because of the unique coaching style they offer.

“These coaches not only teach you well,

but the good ones create a good environ-ment,” Sokoli said. “They make players feel comfortable. There’s such a balance here in Seattle. They’re not too uptight, but they understand what their job is. And when that bell rings, guys understand what their job is.”

During the middle of training camp, it was Cable who suggested moving Soko-li out of the center position to utilize his sabermetric-like numbers. His 40-yard dash stood out the most, which is fairly impres-sive for a 300-pound lineman. Cable decid-ed to move him to left guard, which is usu-ally reserved for the fastest lineman on the field.

“Tom Cable is big on guys who can move and move with efficiency,” Sokoli said. “In the run game and in the outside zone, that’s huge.”

On the field, Sokoli was still in the midst of transitioning, but off the field, he was finally coming into his own on a personal level. He didn’t want to be the loudmouth that everyone resented. He needed to learn his place on the team before he could show

his true self.It only took a couple of days. His star-

struck attitude toward seeing Russell Wil-son and Marshawn Lynch roaming the locker room faded fairly quickly. He slow-ly became friends with the people he used to watch every Sunday. He would even sing Albanian tunes to his fellow offensive line-men. He was finally comfortable. He could finally be Kristjan.

During the fourth and final game of the Seahawks’ preseason, Sokoli was given the nod to play left guard to fight for a ros-ter spot. In the back of his head, he knew there were going to be 22 less players on the team than there were.

“It’s stressful,” Sokoli said of the final round of cuts. “As you’ve gone through five weeks of camp and getting ready for the last week, the young guys play the most. I needed as much attention to detail during practice to get ready for that fourth game.”

He had to make his final game count. And so he did.

Sokoli played his new position of left guard during that game and shined as well. The Seahawks held a 10-point lead with less than six minutes to play on Sept. 3 against the Oakland Raiders, but Sokoli didn’t care about the score. He cared about his roster spot.

And he was about to punch his ticket to

the NFL.With 5:29 remaining, running back

Thomas Rawls ran it in for six yards for an-other Seattle score, with Sokoli trailing the entire time. The touchdown capped a nine-play, 60-yard drive to officially end Oak-land’s chances of a comeback.

Sokoli calls it his favorite moment of the preseason. And it only came two days be-fore he found out he made the squad while watching Buffalo play Albany on ESPN3.

“It’s been a wild transition,” Sokoli said. “It hasn’t been easy at all. There have def-initely been challenges mentally and physi-cally. But I always knew that I’d come out on top. I always believed in my ability and I knew that it was just a matter of time. It feels great to finally be settling in and just play football.”

Sokoli is currently not slotted to start, but Licata said his former captain could get to that point this season.

“Anything’s possible,” Licata said. “If he keeps working hard, like I know he will, he’s got that athleticism and that size.”

For now, he’s ready to become a staple in the league. He’s the first Albanian-born player to be drafted into the league, which he takes great pride in. But that doesn’t sat-isfy him. He wants to be the first of his kind to play in the league as well.

He’s ready to prove to everyone he is more than just a converted Mid-Major de-fensive lineman. He wants to be the person who blocks for “Beast Mode” rather than admire over his talent. There’s only one way he’ll ever be satisfied in the NFL, and that’s to consistently play for years to come.

Sunday starts his journey.

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COURTESY OF KRISTJAN SOKOLI

Sokoli, now at guard, looks on to

block an Oakland Raider defender.

Last week, Sokoli made the 53-man

roster for the NFC Champion Seat-

tle Seahawks after being drafted in

the six round of the NFL draft.

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OPINION 3Friday, September 11, 2015

Growing partisan political pet-rification in the United States has been accompanied by a growing social awareness. Women’s rights have been gaining slow but steady ground, the Supreme Court grant-ed a constitutional right to gay marriage in June and the “Black Lives Matter” movement, paired with nationwide unrest over racial discrimination, has brought racial issues into public conversation.

As a nation, it seemed like we were growing more aware, more tolerant and more empathetic.

Kim Davis halted that move-ment.

The Rowan County, Kentucky clerk has refused to issue any mar-riage licenses after the Supreme Court verdict legalizing gay mar-riage was passed. She was ordered by a federal court to issue licens-es and was eventual jailed for con-tempt upon further refusal to issue licenses.

While the majority of govern-ment officials, at every level, are obeying the Supreme Court’s deci-sion, there remain pockets of re-sistance. Some Alabama probate judges are refusing to issue mar-riage licenses as well, and there’s

another county clerk in Kentucky who stands with Davis.

The notion that this kind of state-localized resistance to nation-al law will last is absurd. The First Amendment is pretty clear about not forcing religion on anyone and Davis’ claim that her religious freedom has been violated is inap-propriate. The urging of a probate judge in Alabama for state judges to revoke Supreme Court author-ity would prove to be an interest-ing game of chicken that Alabama would lose in hilarious fashion.

What is not hilarious about this breach from reality is the sup-port it has garnered. Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee showed up at a pro-Kim Davis rally after she was released from jail. She has not said if she will issue marriage licens-es or not despite having been re-leased on the condition that she must do so.

The fact that mainstream Re-publican presidential candidates showed up means two things: First, the Republican party is so split in the race that candidates are forced into adopting extrem-ist views to find a support niche. Second, these views are apparent-ly worth supporting in a Repub-lican race. The Republican sup-port is even more bizarre in light that Davis has run as a Demo-crat in her two elections for Coun-

ty Clerk. Apparently religious zeal-otry means more than party affilia-tion in Rowan County.

Her logic is not logic – it is an imposition of her beliefs on oth-ers.

This is not meant to be an attack on Christianity. Indeed, some of the fiercest critics of Davis have been Christians decrying her cru-elty and lack of empathy. Yet the masses have been using religion as a shield for their personal beliefs for far too long. Abortion, legal-ized in Roe v. Wade, has been un-dercut in so many Southern states to the point of uselessness as a so-cial utility. The culture war on mar-riage, as Christian groups call it, remains a mind-boggling attempt to impose Christian values over the rest of the United States.

Never mind that young people have been fleeing organized reli-

gion in droves. Never mind that Pope Francis said, “Who am I to judge,” in regards to homosexu-als. When the head of the Catholic Church says that we should may-be start treating other humans like humans, you know the time has come.

Yet according to supporters of Kim Davis, it has not. Davis, in denying gay couples the right to marry, tells people that their lives aren’t valid and gets applauded for it by major political candidates.

The only solution seems to be time, as more people get exposed to reality and the older ideas of marriage die out. We can’t force people to be decent to one anoth-er, after all. That’s part and parcel of living in the United States.

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Religion gone amokKim Davis discriminates,

gets support of presidential candidates

ALYSSA MCCLUREMANAGING EDITOR

From the moment American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center at 8:46 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, normalcy in the United States shattered.

We were stunned. Frightened. Horrified. We grieved.

Where were you when the world stopped turning?

At school, at work, on the sub-way, in the grocery store – most people were somewhere com-monplace and ordinary. It was supposed to be another normal Tuesday morning. Today’s youth is nearing the age where it won’t be able to remember what it was doing on Sept. 11, 2001.

I do.I was in second grade, sitting in

the last row of a small classroom on the second floor of my ele-mentary school. We were watch-ing a movie when my principal’s voice interrupted over the loud-speaker: Something has happened.

There was a plane crash in New York City. People are hurt. People have died. Firefighters and police officers are trying to save as many people as they can.

My mind immediately went to my dad.

My dad has been a firefighter longer than I’ve been alive. He’s volunteered his time to help oth-ers for the majority of his life. Over the years I have seen him dehydrated, emotional, bleeding and concussed – all in the name of service to others.

Second grade me couldn’t quite comprehend the magnitude of what had just happened. Terror-ism wasn’t in my vocabulary. But

my dad understood.Fire departments across the

state were called down to New York City to help rescue ef-forts. The tiny volunteer com-pany where my dad is now chief wasn’t asked to make the trek, but the events struck my dad and my family. We watched news cover-age religiously. My dad saved The Buffalo News clippings about Sept. 11 and the days that followed – he still has them tucked away, folded and yellowing.

He empathized not only as a United States citizen but also as a first responder, as someone who had been trained to save lives. He knew how difficult it was for the responders at the scene and the immense emotional impact it would have on them – they were risking their lives but they were also simply doing their jobs.

He taught me to consider these ordinary people as extraordinary.

Sept. 11 is undoubtedly a day when the whole nation should pause. It is easy to forget the con-sequences of that day in every-day life. It’s easy to block out the images of billowing black smoke rising from the World Trade Cen-ter towers and of people flinging themselves out of windows, to mentally erase the countless sto-ries of people whose lives had been saved by common incon-veniences like a flat tire or a mal-functioning alarm clock. It’s easy to forget how many police offi-cers, firefighters, emergency per-sonnel and ordinary citizens per-ished trying to save those trapped in the fiery, crumbling towers in Manhattan.

There is a social expectation that the anniversary of Sept. 11 is the only day when we reflect on the events and consequences of that day 14 years ago.

A new day of infamyEvents of Sept. 11 tragedy should be remembered year round

Infrastructure is a tricky thing. It’s the lifeblood that keeps all

the essential parts of an opera-tion moving. But that’s hard to justify spending a lot of money on something so mundane when there are flashy things to spend it on.

South Campus lost power on Wednesday morning and it wasn’t restored until roughly 3 a.m. Thursday morning. In the meantime, the university twid-dled its thumbs for a bit, noti-fied students sitting in darkened classrooms that it would prob-ably be a good idea to go away for a while, threw some bottled water and glow sticks to stu-dents living on campus – noth-ing livens up a power outage like a rave – belatedly canceled eve-ning classes and let everyone know that the problem had been fixed for them in time for class-es on Thursday.

What a proactive response. The cause of the outage was

that of the two power mains to South Campus, one burned out – meaning it was probably too old or overloaded to hold out anymore. Generators kept sprin-kler systems and emergency exit signs on, but the entire day was pretty much written off as a di-vine, uncontrollable act.

Really?President Satish K. Tripa-

thi has talked about how South Campus needs work and that state funds are needed to do so. But are we sure? With new ren-ovations on North Campus, the building of the downtown med-ical campus and rising tuition we all pay every semester, doubt lin-gers. UB students and students nationwide are willingly taking on crushing debt in an attempt to get an education.

Missing a day of class is tech-nically money lost for students. Losing a graduate seminar

on Wednesday cost a student roughly $360 worth of classes – and that’s just calculated at in-state tuition rates.

With the medical school mov-ing off South Campus to down-town and the tumultuous situa-tion in the University Heights, we can’t be sure that UB’s orig-inal campus isn’t just being for-gotten about.

We need to put pressure on those in power to fix our infra-structure. If South Campus real-ly matters to the university, then it needs to be taken care of in a timely and attentive manner. What’s the point of having three campuses if one is just going to slip into decay and rot? There needs to be some level of com-mitment. Any other course of action does a massive disservice to those students who live and study on South Campus.

Furthermore, we need to fight for action at a state and federal level. The United States got an overall grade of D+ for its in-frastructure, according to a re-port card issued by the Ameri-can Society of Civil Engineers in 2013. A fresh report card for New York will be put out on Sept. 29, and it seems doubt-ful that the Empire State will score very high. Despite Albany and Washington D.C. both not seeming capable of much, pres-sure should be applied.

We have to show that these things matter to us, because they do. At the very basic level, infra-structure issues fall most heavily on the masses – the middle and lower classes. When things have to be patched up or haphazardly repaired as they fall apart, it af-fects us all.

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Keeping the lights onWednesday’s outage on South Campus

highlights the need for renovation

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ILLUSTRATION BY JOSHUA BODAH

CORRECTION

In an article entitled “UB welcomes ‘Wi-Fi’ boost to campus’ in our last issue on Sept. 9, it was incorrectly stated that the Student Union had already received a Wi-Fi boost. The Student Union’s new Wi-Fi won’t be completed until the spring. Only the Computing Center, Natural Sciences Complex and Richmond Hall have received the Wi-Fi boost so far.

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KENNETH KASHIF THOMASARTS EDITOR

With movie theaters across the country being hit back-to-back with big studio films based on characters and stories from DC Comics and Marvel, larger swaths of peo-ple are becoming fans of comic book lore.

With the expansive universes these com-panies boast, it can be daunting for those who don’t know anything about the fiction to immerse themselves in it. But new mov-ies are making it easier for people to take to the graphic novel industry.

During the last 15 years, approximate-ly 100 films – both animated and live-action – have been based off of comics. Between Marvel, DC and other large studios, there are currently more than 40 comic book films set to be released over the next five years.

Emil Novak, owner of Queen City Book-store on Main Street near South Campus, a local comic book store, said the recent movies are perfect for getting to know the different universes.

“Watching the narrative and watching the cliffhanger [of Marvel films], the sto-ry does make sense even if you don’t know the background – all you have to do is fol-low them,” Novak said. “It’s bringing peo-ple back into the hobby in general, whatev-er they choose as their favorite way to en-joy the hobby, whether in monthly comics or the graphic novel.”

Kelly Camacho, president of Student Association club UB Comics, said that while the adaptations of these films on the big screens and on TV are great for get-ting people involved, they also make com-ic books seem limited and don’t tell the full story of the characters.

“What is limiting about comic book-based movies is that these movies are pri-marily superhero movies, making comic books seem limited, while in reality comic books are diverse in characters, topics, and

stories,” Camacho said. Camacho cites Locke and Key, Saga and

The Wicked and The Divine as popular comic books that are not superhero comic books, but still “take the comic book com-munity by storm.”

Marvel has set the standard for inner-universe comic book movies, headlined by the financial success of The Avengers films that feature characters like Ironman, Cap-tain America and the Hulk. When Marvel announced its upcoming movies, it created more interest in the comic books, from the Inhumans, a response to Fox’s buy-out of the X-Men brand, to Doctor Strange.

“DC [Comics] has definitely dropped the eight ball,” Novak said. “Comic movies are hot right now and they’re barely getting anything out.”

Unlike Marvel, DC doesn’t have an ark series in the works yet, so a trip into the su-perhero archive would be the only viable option in the DC universe.

One of the biggest issues that come when comparing the universes of DC and Mar-vel is the fact that Marvel’s universe is much more cohesive than DC’s. That’s why Mar-vel was able to put together The Avengers and all of the accompanying movies while DC is just starting to put together its uni-verse with the upcoming Batman v. Super-man: Dawn of Justice film.

But what DC lacks in cohesiveness, it makes up for in quality of character. DC has arguably the two most iconic heroes in Batman and Superman.

Ironically, DC chose to have these heroes fight each other instead of joining forces like in the Marvel universe. They are also using the Batman and Superman film to in-troduce Wonder Woman and set up a Jus-tice League film.

This could signal that DC has gathered it-self and is ready to go up against Marvel.

But David Schmid, an English profes-sor, said these companies might face what is called “superhero saturation.”

Superhero saturation can, from an eco-nomic standpoint, be understood in terms of supply and demand – if the market is oversupplied with product, it will lose its value and the demand will fall.

“Sooner or later the market is going to be flooded and that could have negative con-sequences for the comic book industry,” Schmid said.

Gabriel Cadalzo, a junior media study ma-jor, said that while these studios are drum-ming out films, now is not the best time to get into the comic book hobby.

“Next year would be a better time for someone to get into Marvel comics because they’re in the midst of rolling out an eight-issue arc series called Secret Wars, which will be giving most of the Marvel characters a new start,” Cadalzo said.

Schmid also said both the DC and Mar-vel universes suffer from lack of demo-graphic representation, a common accusa-tion in comic books and film. Some fans on the internet were upset over the choice of Michael B. Jordan, a black actor, to play the Human Torch in the latest Fantastic Four film. This lack of demographic representa-tion hasn’t done much to slow the success of these films, though.

“With some exceptions, the Marvel and DC universes are overwhelmingly straight, white, male and ableist, and I don’t think either Mar-vel or DC are doing enough to diversify their respective universes,” Schmid said. “In that respect, the superhero boom is as limited as much of American pop culture as a whole.”

As pop culture itself has gone on to al-most collapse into its own vanity, the satu-ration of the hero seems to have a long way

to go as the public has only shown more in-terest.

“The hero,” Schmid said, “speaks to as-pects of our culture that are largely nega-tive: our tendency to expect magical resolu-tions to complex problems, our tendency to assume that violence rather than diplomacy is the best solution to any problem and our tendency to celebrate individualism over community.”

Amplified by increasing social issues, these movies may theoretically draw big-ger crowds and push more people into the comic book hobby.Comic book fans say what the mov-ies may lack in diversity and charac-ter development, comic books make up for – which is what initially made them popular and is making them pop-ular once again. Fans also said the mov-ies are only small tastes of what the com-ics actually are: complex and full of depth. email: arts@ubspectrum.com

The comic crusade

KAINAN GUO, THE SPECTRUM

Emil Novak, Sr., owner of Queen City Bookstore on Main Street near South Campus, said recent super-

hero movies like those produced by DC Comics and Marvel are perfect

for getting to know the different universes depicted in comic books.

Recent influx of superhero-in-spired films has spread comic

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One dollar can make a huge difference.Since 2013, the Student Association has

contracted with AMC Theatres in order to provide 2,500 free movie passes for stu-dents, which are released in the Student Union every Tuesday.

This year, AMC Theatres’ policies have changed.

Tickets will cost $9 instead of $8 – and the vouchers will not be valid for any Dis-ney, Marvel or Lucasfilm release. It’s a new policy this year started by Disney Corpora-tion, which owns all three studios, requiring any Disney Franchise film to be paid for with cash, not a voucher.

These changes caused an overhaul in SA’s free movie ticket Tuesdays and a possible delay in ticket distribution.

Normally, each Tuesday at 10 a.m. the first 200 students who visit Sub Board I, Inc. (SBI) ticket office on the second floor of the Student Union on North Campus and the first 20 students to visit the SBI of-fice on South Campus, will receive a movie voucher for AMC.

This semester the AMC tickets were sup-posed to start being distributed to students starting Sept. 15.

The new ticket pricing, however, chang-es the amount of tickets that SA can pur-chase, which delayed SA’s decision to buy all the tickets immediately.

SA President Minahil Khan said the tick-ets, which are being shipped via mail, might not arrive to UB in time for the opening of the scheduled AMC ticket distribution on-campus.

“We are sending out a general email this week which will announce that AMC’s ship-

ment of tickets will be late,” Khan said.Normally, SA will spend $40,000 on

these movie tickets each year.SA has only spent $10,000 on tickets this

year so far, Khan said, in order to gauge how students will react to the new AMC policies.

The AMC movie ticket vouchers were started in 2013 under former SA President Sam McMahon in response to the dwin-dling attendance for the previous film se-ries, held indoors at the Student Union the-atre.

Immediately, the AMC vouchers became a hit among the students.

Jonathan Puma, a senior health and hu-man services major, and his girlfriend Jillian Connick, a senior psychology major, waited in line last year after class only to find out that tickets ran out three people before they reached the front of the line.

“People weren’t standing in line. They used their backpacks as placeholders,”

Puma said. “People would already start lin-ing up ahead of time until the point where if you didn’t get there at least 30-45 early, you were sh*t out of luck.”

Connick said that if you can’t get out of classes in time, waiting in line is just a waste of time because you probably won’t get a ticket.

Despite all this, hundreds of students re-turn each Tuesday and form a line outside the SBI office – sometimes an hour be-fore the ticket office even opens – just for a chance get one of the tickets.

And normally the tickets will be gone within the hour.

The immense popularity of the tick-ets has convinced SA that the decision to switch from the indoor movies on campus in 2013 to the AMC movie voucher system was a good idea.

Now, new policies threaten the relation-ship between AMC and SA.

SA Entertainment Coordinator Marc

Rosenblitt said SA is looking into buying the vouchers from a different movie the-ater, perhaps Regal Cinemas.

Regardless, Rosenblitt said the current AMC voucher program will at least last throughout the year – to start “whenever the tickets arrive in the mail.”

The AMC vouchers, like SA, are fund-ed by undergraduate students through the mandatory student activity fee of $104.75 per semester.

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Free movie tickets may be delayed

AMC’s revamped policies shift student ticket availability

YUSONG SHI, THE SPECTRUM

The AMC Maple Ridge 8 (pictured) is one of the places students would go

to see films with their movie vouchers from the Student Association, but new AMC policies have halted the vouchers

for now.

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“I’m OK with what’s going on but I feel it should finish up.”

Pinkie Davis, a junior Spanish major, re-calls seeing the CFA under going renova-tions before she even attended the univer-sity.

“My oldest sister started her freshman year in either ’08 or ’09, and I remember seeing the building closed off,” Davis said. “I thought it was abandoned.”

As far as the construction on South Cam-pus, the focus is to revitalize.

“On South [Campus], restoring green space and taking down temporary buildings is the plan for the projects,” Della Contra-da said.

Renovations in Kapoor Hall have been re-cently completed, adding a more welcoming feel to the building. Hayes Hall, which has been closed to the public since 2011, has

been under renovation to be modernized. Some of the projects in Hayes Hall in-

clude building a loft in a formerly unused at-tic as well as an atrium and additional office space. The building will become the home of the School of Architecture and Planning as schools move to South Campus from North Campus in the next few years.

Of course one of UB’s largest projects is happening in downtown Buffalo. The UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Scienc-es is set to open in August 2017. The new school will total 628,000 square feet – the same as about 11 football fields.

“The construction does get in the way at times, but I feel that it’ll all be worth it when it’s all finished,” Davis said.

Ashley Inkumsah contributed reporting to this story.

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Campus construction causes frustration

ANGELA BARCA, THE SPECTRUM

The construction in Clemens Hall is critical maintenance. The brick on the building’s face is being replaced and sidewalks, which were a tripping hazard, needed to be repaved.

Campus goes darkCONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

YUSONG SHI, THE SPECTRUM

Clement Hall on South Campus on

Wednesday night during the power

outage. South Campus lost all pow-

er Wednesday morning and it was

not returned until early Thursday

morning.

Once a year, Facebook, Twitter and oth-er forms of social media blow up with mentions of 9/11 and #NeverForget.

But once a year is not enough. Once a year isn’t enough for the nearly 3,000 indi-viduals who lost their lives and the tens of thousands who lost family, friends or co-workers. Once a year isn’t enough for the almost 350 firefighters and paramedics who died, for the more than 50 police offi-cers. Once a year cannot be enough for the more than 1,700 families who never found remains of their loved ones.

Admittedly, being in Buffalo, I was not as directly affected as those in New York City. But even if you didn’t lose someone in the attacks, as Americans we were all affected and shaped by the day’s events.

One day per year isn’t enough for those across the United States who risk their lives saving people every day, on days that start out completely routine. These responders are heroes and they deserve more.

Today, thinking about the four planes, the lives lost, the way Americans banded togeth-er – it gives me goosebumps. News cover-age of the plane-to-tower impact is heart wrenching. Sept. 11 is a defining moment in our lives and in the history of our nation. It cannot be reduced to one day per year.

A plaque hangs in my hallway at home, dedicated to the victims and rescue per-sonnel who lost their lives on Sept. 11. It features the iconic photo of firefight-ers George Johnson, Dan McWilliams and Billy Eisengrein raising the American flag over the rubble at Ground Zero. Every time I walk by it, I am reminded of the im-portance of how the American people re-sponded that day and of how proud I am to include my dad in the group of heroes willing to risk their lives for others.

It reads, “September 11, 2001: A new day of infamy.”

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A new day of infamy

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Most students were satisfied with the ac-commodations before returning to their room the next morning.

Ping Chen Chen, a freshman business ma-jor, lives in Clement Hall on South Campus and stayed the night on North Campus for the majority of the outage to finish home-work.

“It was kind of scary and really inconve-nient to do anything without power,” Chen said. “I know they tried their best, but it real-ly makes things difficult for us.”

Chen was satisfied with the glow sticks that were made available, but wishes some-thing could have been to get the power back on sooner.

Antwan Kearse, a junior business major, also lives in Clement Hall. Although he felt the UB alerts were helpful and efficient, he didn’t enjoy the night.

“I felt like the whole thing was unorga-

nized,” Kearse said. “I hated it, I wish they were better prepared.”

Geoffrey Brown, a sophomore pharmacy major, was in class in Kapoor Hall when the power went out, which he said happened for his class between 8:45 a.m. and 9 a.m. The class waited for 15 minutes before the pro-fessor announced he would post lecture on UBLearns because it was unknown when the power would be back on. Brown lives on Main Street in the Heights and said there was no power outage there.

But some students didn’t get a notification until they had already reached South Campus.

Brian Hiciano, a junior exercise science major, walked into a dark building with only emergency lights on. Four minutes after ar-riving to class, he got the UB alert saying there was a power outage.

“Everyone was confused as to what was going on,” Hiciano said. “When we got the text we told the professor because he didn’t

even know and then he canceled class.”Goodyear Dining Hall was closed due to

the outtage – making North Campus dining facilities one of the only options for students living on South. Only essential employees were instructed to report to work. Bus ser-vices from North to South Campus remained on schedule Wednesday.

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QUENTIN HAYNESSENIOR SPORTS EDITOR

There’s a jump in competition coming for the Buffalo football team this weekend, as it goes from a Football Championship Subdi-vision (FCS) opponent to a perennial top-25 contender.

“It’s time to turn our attention to a Pow-er 5 opponent,” said head coach Lance Leipold. “It’s time to focus on our first road game in Happy Valley.”

On Saturday, the Bulls (1-0) will travel down to State College, Pennsylvania to face Penn State (0-1). Buffalo is looking for the program’s first 2-0 start since joining Divi-sion I football.

Last week, the Bulls took care of Albany 51-14 by dominating on both sides of the ball. It was a win that the Bulls were expect-ed to take. Buffalo is a 19.5-point underdog against Penn State.

Leipold acknowledged the differences be-tween the two teams while viewing film of the Nittany Lions this past week.

“I think for us, at least for the first half of the camp, there’s film of them and there’s film of us,” Leipold said. “When you look from their quarterback to their defensive line and overall team speed, you can see what they do well, what we do well and where there will be challenges for us.”

Junior cornerback Boise Ross said the coaching staff told the team not to worry about the stature of the opponent, but what

the Bulls do best and their own assignments on the field.

“We’re just really focused on us right now,” Ross said. “Coach wants us to be re-laxed and wants us to focus on our assign-ments and our plays. We do that and we can go in there and come out with the victory at Penn State. This is also a big game for coach Leipold. We’re going to make him as proud of us as he can.”

Despite the 27-10 loss to Temple (1-0) last week, Penn State is full of talent, led by quarterback Christian Hackenberg and de-fensive tackle Anthony Zettel. The Bulls will have to find a way to slow down the talent-ed quarterback in order to have a chance for victory this week.

Leipold echoed the sentiment of most draft analyst in calling Hackenberg a “future first-round draft pick.”

“I can see why with his size and how he handles himself,” Leipold said. “Even as the game didn’t go his way, you can see he handles things very well. He can make throws sideline-to-sideline with a big time arm. You can see why he’s going to be a first-round draft pick whenever that times comes for him.”

Ross grew up a Penn State fan and pro-vided a small scouting report on Hacken-berg, as well as what the Bulls need to do in order to stop him and leave State College with a victory.

Ross said Heckenberg is a smart quarter-back, has a quick arm and that has the pos-sibility of stretching the field in many ways.

“In watching film this week, we’ve been active, just looking for any small hints or tips that he gives so that we can mark them down,” Ross said. “Doing that and staying

cognizant of what he does is crucial for us if we want to stay ahead and make a cou-ple plays.”

The Bulls caused three turnovers against Albany last week, including two intercep-tions, which tied last season’s total. The de-fense that was filled with holes during the preseason solidified itself after Buffalo al-lowed only two touchdown drives and held the Albany quarterback D.J. Cook to under 50 percent passing.

This week, Ross said the most important part of the Bulls’ defense is the defensive line.

“We’re going to put trust in our defen-sive line,” Ross said. “I spoke to [sopho-more defensive end] Solomon [Jackson] and told him that they have to get to the quarter-back early and often. If they can create pres-sure and stop the run, we’ll have a chance to make plays.”

The Buffalo defense allowed 4 yards per carry and 141 rushing yards against Albany and will have to improve to beat Penn State. Against Temple, running back Akeel Lynch had 78 yards and a touchdown on 10 at-

tempts. Leipold said he believes the Bulls have to

avoid all distractions around them and go into this game “like any other game” to get the victory.

“When you start making games impor-tant … I’m not a fan of ‘red letter games,’” Leipold said. “Each one should have the same importance. We do have to prepare for everything: opponents, the 100,000 people in the stands … we have to be ready to take on whatever those things might be to get a victory.”

Kickoff is set for noon in State College.

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Into the Lion's denBulls make jump in competition

as they travel to Penn State

COURTESY OF

PENN STATE ATHLETICS

Penn State running back Akeel Lynch looks to break a tackle against a Temple defender. The Bulls will look to stop Lynch and move to 2-0 for the first time since re-joining Division I.

SPORTS DESK The Buffalo football team (1-0) is set to

enter Beaver Stadium to face its toughest opponent of the season in Penn State (0-1).

The Spectrum breaks down which team has the edge at each position:

Quarterback: Penn StateJoe Licata has been a staple for Buffalo’s

offense and is entering his senior year with a motive and a deep wide receiving core. But Penn State’s Christian Hackenberg is wide-ly considered one of the best QB’s in the nation for a reason. He is as smart with the ball as Licata, but he is more elusive and has better downfield accuracy.

Running Backs: BuffaloPenn State’s Akeel Lynch is a versatile

threat and coming off of a performance where he averaged nearly eight yards per carry. But Buffalo possesses the best run-ning backs in the Mid-American Confer-

ence in Anthone Taylor, who picked up 104

yards and two scores Saturday.

Wide Receivers/Tight Ends: Buffalo

The Nittany Lions have the best duo in sophomores DaeSean Hamilton and Chris Godwin, but the Bulls have the better over-all group of receivers and tight ends. Senior receivers Ron Willoughby, Marcus McGill and Collin Lisa form a great trio– then add sophomore Jacob Martinez, who can create plays after the catch in the slot. The Bulls’ tight ends got involved last week too.

Offensive Line: BuffaloIn terms of talent, Penn State’s offen-

sive line is probably better. However, Buffa-lo’s offensive line is more cohesive and less prone to create problems for Licata. Tem-ple sacked Hackenberg 10 times last week, while the Bulls kept Licata clean from Al-bany pressure and created holes for Taylor

and Johnson.

Defensive Line: Penn StateThe Bulls are still in transition on the de-

fensive line, so the edge goes to Penn State. The duo of Anthony Zettel and Austin Johnson will create pressure up the middle against Buffalo’s offensive line, while senior defensive end Carl Nassib will create prob-lems on the outside for the Bulls’ offensive tackles.

Linebackers: Penn StateThey don’t call it “Linebacker U” for

nothing. The Nittany Lions have a group of linebackers that can both play the run and factor into the pass defense. Even with the injury at the middle linebacker position, the Nittany Lions have several linebackers with experience.

Defensive Backs: Penn StateThe Nittany Lions have senior free safe-

ty Jordan Lucas and cornerback Trevor Williams, both of which would rank as the

Bulls’ No. 1 defensive back.

Special Teams: BuffaloMartinez showed what he could do last

week when he took an 86-yard punt back for a touchdown against the Great Danes. He gives the Bulls the edge, as both teams are relatively young in all areas of special teams.

Coaching: DrawPenn State head coach James Franklin

had success on a Southeastern Conference (SEC) level at Vanderbilt, while Leipold has six national championships to his name on the Division-III level. Both are in new starts with their programs – Leipold’s first year, Franklin’s second – so it’s too early to deter-mine who has the coaching advantage just yet.

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The edge: The Spectrum’s scouting report

Tom Dinki@tomdinki

Penn State: The Nittany Lions had an ugly loss to

Temple, but it’s still Penn State.

7:23 AM - 10 Sep 2015

Jordan Grossman@jordanmgrossman

Penn State: Buffalo beat an FCS team. Great. Doesn’t

prove anything. The real test is this week and Buffalo

is in for a rude awakening.

11:58 AM - 10 Sep 2015

PREDICTIONS: PENN STATE (-19.5) VS. BUFFALO

Quentin Haynes@Haynes_Spectrum

Buffalo: I think the Bulls will play tough and cover the

spread, but the Lions, led by the arm of Hackenberg,

pull out the victory in Happy Valley.

7:23 AM - 10 Sep 2015