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Eric Commins, coordinator of student programs at the Of-fice of International Student and Scholar Services, has always been good at learning other languages.

He studied French, Spanish and Chinese in school and his current role at UB has led him to teach himself Hindi, Korean, Japanese, Arabic, Persian, Malay, Tagalog, German and Turkish, “just to name a few.”

He engulfs himself in learning other languages so that each time new international students arrive at UB, which is among the top 20 American institutions hosting international students, he has the ability to greet them in their own dialects.

“It’s very rewarding to see a student’s face light up with pleas-ant surprise when they know you’re putting forth an effort to make them feel welcome,” Com-mins said.

Commins is an international student adviser at UB, a school with approximately 5,200 stu-dents from other countries – the largest total number of interna-tional students in the university’s history. International students now make up slightly more than 17 percent of enrolled students, up from 15.19 percent last year.

Commins organizes UB’s bi-annual new international stu-

dent orientation programs. In 2013, over 2,000 students attend-ed and over 1,700 participated in the program’s trips and activities. He and four other advisers help international students learn im-migration rights and responsibil-ities, assist with transitioning to American life and help qualified students obtain off-campus work authorization.

Though Commins’ job is to as-sist and change the lives of inter-national students, he finds they mold his life in return.

He said some of the perks of working so closely with interna-tional students is staying up to date with world news and trying new cuisines. He said that nat-ural disasters, civil wars and de-valuation of currency are world-ly events that affect UB’s interna-tional student body.

“Sometimes, it really hits home, too,” Commins said. “One of our former longtime graduate assistants is back home in the Middle East now in a very dangerous situation. His city was

bombed recently.” Commins keeps in touch with

international students via Face-book after they return to their home countries. He said social media is their main communica-tion medium.

Commins also becomes fami-ly friends with some of the stu-dents. Almost every year, he and his wife invite some of the stu-dents he helps to share Thanks-giving dinner with them.

He believes anyone can learn a significant amount about his

or herself by spending time with others who “are not homoge-neous.”

In graduate school, Commins lived with a student from Ger-many. He remembers trying to explain baseball to him and the difficulty and time it took to fi-nally get through to his friend.

“The reality you grow up with and take for granted is so differ-ent from person to person,” he said. “That’s really what culture is all about.”

Commins thinks International Admissions does an “incredible job” bringing bright students to Buffalo from all over the world. Most of UB’s international stu-dents are from China, India, South Korea, Canada, Malaysia, Turkey, Iran, Taiwan, Japan and Vietnam.

Commins said not every inter-national student wants to mold into the American culture and that is OK. He hopes they expe-rience certain aspects of Ameri-can life for enhanced cultural un-derstanding.

Commins coordinates trips in the program to show interna-tional students places off cam-pus they may not visit on their own. For instance, students who have never seen snow can par-ticipate in winter activities like cross-country and downhill ski-ing, snowboarding, tubing and snowshoeing.

THE BEAUTY OF DIVERSITYCommins uses passion for international world to help students

RACHEL KRAMERaSSt. artS editor

Multiple dance battles of

good against evil took to the Center For the Arts (CFA) stage on Saturday night in the form of the 20th annual Muqabla com-petition.

The Indian Student Asso-ciation hosted 12 teams from schools including Virginia Com-monwealth University (VCU), SUNY Binghamton, Cornell University, the University of Connecticut and Boston Uni-versity. The teams competed in the hopes of winning the trophy and the right to say they are the best Indian dance team.

Each team consisted of 12-18 dancers and competed in one of the three styles of dance – fu-sion, bhangra or raas. The rou-tines lasted 8-10 minutes and al-most every routine found a way to incorporate modern beats and songs with classical or tradi-tional Indian music.

Aside from the dancing, each performance began with a vid-eo presentation introducing the dancers and giving the audi-ence an idea of how the routine would incorporate the theme of the night – good vs. evil.

Some teams took their theme further by utilizing plots from popular stories and myths such as Harry Potter, Batman and the seven deadly sins. The fu-sion team, Binghamton Mas-ti, performed a routine revolv-ing around the story of Snow White, incorporating a card-board castle, a poison apple and voiceovers in its dance to cue

the audience into the storyline. UB Zeal, the only UB-fusion

dance team, won its category with an angel-vs.-devil inspired routine that integrated ribbon twirling, silks, hula-hoops and acrobatics.

Henna Khanijou, a senior psy-chology major and captain of UB Zeal, felt this win meant more than any other because it was her last Muqabla perfor-mance. She was in tears when she grabbed the trophy and held it up for her team.

“Ecstatic doesn’t even be-gin to describe how I feel right now,” she said. “We worked our a** off to get here and it’s just perfect that we won.”

The routine started with a vid-eo presentation of team mem-bers meeting in an abandoned hallway and initiating a dance battle between the devils and the angels.

The devils wore pink tank tops, and the angels wore similar pink tank tops with short, blue,

flowing skirts. Everything was embellished with sequins, beads and small mirrors that reflected the lights on the stage. The men on the team wore all black with a pink or blue sparkling vest to in-dicate whether they were angels or devils.

Fusion is a combination of the classical styles, Bhangra and Raas, with modern dance styles like hip-hop, jazz and acrobatics.

Judge Alka Moudil’s favor-ite style of dance is Bhangra because “it possesses a certain unique life force.”

This was Moudil’s eighth year judging Muqabla, and she used to dance when she was in high school and college. Al-though there were no competi-tions like Muqabla when she was in school, Moudil encouraged students to dance and loves to watch how the groups’ expecta-tions for themselves increase ev-ery year.

Muqabla 2013: A night of good vs. evil Students from colleges nationwide compete

in indian dance competition at CFa

SAM FERNANDOSenior newS editor

In the past four years, Ken Il-gunas has lived nearly two years in a 1994 Ford Econoline van and walked 1,700 miles from Al-berta, Canada, to Texas.

The UB alumnus has made a name for himself as an eccentric journeyman. Ilgunas is speaking Monday at 3 p.m. in 120 Clemens Hall about his hiking trip and on Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. in 17 Nor-ton Hall about his experience liv-ing in a van. He hopes his talks will inspire students to have a dif-ferent outlook on their various opportunities.

“I think any bizarre, uncon-ventional experiment makes us think differently about our lives,” said Ilgunas, who double majored in English and history at UB. “I hope [my story] encourages peo-ple to take their own unconven-tional paths wherever that may lead them.”

Although it was never his in-tention, his story has illuminated two pressing issues in the media:

the increasing student debt and the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline Project.Walden on Wheels

After being accepted to Duke University for a liberal arts grad-uate program in 2009, Ilgunas had one goal in mind: graduating without any debt. He left UB in 2007 with $32,000 debt and had recently paid it all off by work-ing as a tour guide and cook in Alaska.

Inspired by Henry David Tho-reau, Ilgunas decided to create his own Walden Pond experience.

His solution to avoiding the cost of room and board? To live in a van, which he purchased spe-cifically for that purpose. He lived there for a year and a half of his two-year stay at Duke. Initially, all of his expenses were drawn from the $4,000 he had saved, a $1,600 tax return and odd jobs he would complete – including getting re-peatedly zapped by electrodes as a “student participant” in various studies on campus.

The journey withinUB alumnus uses his experiences to encourage a new outlook on opportunities

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See ILGUNAS, PaGe 2See MUQABLA, PaGe 2

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Ken Ilgunas’ solution to avoiding the cost of room and board? To live in a van, which he purchased specifically for that purpose. He lived there for a year and a half of his two-year stay at Duke.

CHAD COOpER, The SpecTrum

Eric Commins, coordinator of student pro-grams at the Office of International Stu-dent and Scholar Services, loves working with international students because he be-lieves they affect his life just as much as he affects theirs.


UB Zeal (above) was named best overall fusion dance team at Muqabla for their angels-vs.-devils inspired routine that incorporated silks, rib-bon twirling and traditional dance moves.

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His office also helps pair new inter-national students with American men-tors for a more “personalized version of American culture” and the opportunity for domestic and international students to interact.

When Commins was a college student, he majored in international studies and economics at SUNY Cortland. Upon be-ing paired with his roommate from Ger-many, he met many students from vari-ous countries.

“I was very impressed by the sacrifices they had to make to study here,” he said. “I was equally impressed by their bravery to go so far from everything they knew for the purpose of getting an education.”

The experience made him realize he wanted his career path to be in student affairs.

He traveled a lot with his family, to Mexico, Venezuela, Spain, England, Ire-land, France and Canada, and he was ex-posed to many cultures at a young age. His fervor for language and culture never left him, and he loves that he can explore his passion for the international world at UB.

“Being able to help one student each day, as cliché as that sounds, is the big-gest reward I could ask for,” Commins said. “Now that I’m a parent, I know that I would greatly appreciate someone look-ing out for my child, especially if she was so far from home.”

He said he is lucky to be in a position where the world comes through his of-fice’s door every day.

Though he and his students look dif-ferent, there are more aspects that illus-trate the similarity of all humans, and that, Commins said, “unto itself, is the beauty of diversity.”

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“I think the dancers like to push them-selves, and each year I can tell they do,” she said. “I always look for life in the dances along with strong poses, forma-tions and overall grace.”

During every Bhangra group, the stage was a rainbow of barefoot pairs jumping, skipping, twirling and kicking to the beat. The loose-fit clothing bounced along with the dancers, allowing the audience to see the fast-paced footwork.

The traditional costumes differ for men and women. Men wear a pagri and turla, a turban and the accompanying fan head-piece. As a top, they wear kurta, a long, flowing shirt underneath a colorful vest and a chaadra – a piece of cloth that’s wrapped around the waist like a skirt. The cloth is decorated with beads and sequins.

Women wear a salwar, which are long, baggy pants that are tight at the bottom, and a kameez, a colorful shirt. On their heads is a chunnis, a colorful piece of cloth that wraps around the neck and over the head.

Although the style of dress for all of the Bhangra teams was similar, each team’s outfits varied in detail and design.

UB Bhangra, the champion of the Bhangra category, was the crowd’s favor-ite. From the moment the team was an-nounced, the crowd’s cheers, chants and applause overpowered the music. At some points, it seemed the 13 dancers were per-forming to the sound of their fans rather than the music.

The team has been practicing its Muqa-bla routine for four months, four hours per day, according to Jaskiran Magra, a ju-nior psychology major and dancer for UB Bhangra.

“We are so happy all our hard work paid off and we won this year,” she said. “I feel amazing and I’m so proud of our team.”

It was hard to tell if the crowd’s reac-tion was causing the winning Bhangra team to exude energy, or if the energy of the dancers was fueling the crowd’s ap-plause. Either way, the home team con-nected with the audience, and that was exactly what Judge Gaitrie Subryan was looking for.

“Energy and entertainment are the two key factors when performing,” the first-year judge and 2006 alum said. “It’s im-portant to have a connection with the crowd. You’re dancing for them, and that’s what it’s all about.”

The winners of the Raas category also captured the audience, although they were not from UB. Ricochet Raas from VCU took first place in their category and over-all in the competition. The 12 dancers ad-opted a Harry Potter theme, in which the girls represented the evil slytherin and the boys were the good Gryffindor.

Raas is the oldest of the styles of dance, dating back to ancient times. Dancers uti-lize a pair of decorated sticks called dan-diyas in their routine – twirling them like batons and clapping them together to the drum beat in the music, according to In-dian Arts and Artists’ website.

The 12 VCU dancers were in sync with each other from start to finish, banging their dandiyas together and jumping at the same time. The crowd and judges ap-plauded as they lifted one another, show-ing off their athleticism.

“Each team had their own way of pre-senting and there really is no perfect way to do it, it’s so hard to compare them,” said first-year judge Satnam Basra.

The next event at the CFA is the 40th anniversary celebration of the Zodiaque Dance Company on Nov. 17.


He decided to embark on this journey because it was a practical way of avoiding the cost of rent. He called it an adven-ture and an experiment. It allowed him to examine his life and helped him figure out what he wanted and needed out of it.

“I saw my Duke education as two dif-ferent educations: one in the classroom and the other in the van,” he said. “I’m not sure which, in the long run, will be the more valuable of them.”

Pipe DreamsAfter hitchhiking all the way from

Denver, Colo., to Alberta, Ilgunas began his 1,700-mile walk on Sept. 27, 2012.

He followed the path of the contro-versial, would-be Keystone XL Pipeline. The pipeline is a proposed idea to bring crude oil from Canada to refineries in Texas. Though proponents of the pipe-line say it will create jobs and help energy independence, opponents say it could be costly to the environment.

Ilgunas, who opposes the construction of the pipeline, said he decided to take the hike because he wanted another ad-venture and saw the pipeline as an “un-usual place in American-environmental history.”

The trip lasted about four and half months. What started out as a hike with-out a defined goal became a self-reflect-ing experience for Ilgunas.

“I thought of it as a journey,” Ilgunas said. “A journey can’t be a journey with-out the element of the unknown. I want-ed to embrace that spirit and let the jour-ney transform me.”

Ilgunas said having the talks is a way to give back to the university he attended. He plans to have a signing of his book Walden on Wheels: On the Open Road from Debt to Freedom after both events.

He isn’t trying to convince students to buy an Econoline van. He isn’t trying to encourage students to hike over 1,000 miles either. He wants students to un-derstand that there are ways to overcome their problems, and sometimes the ex-treme solution may be the most uplifting and beneficial method.


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In a month, American Air-lines will be the largest airline in the world. After months of hur-dles and complications, the Jus-tice Department announced on Tuesday that it approved the merger of American Airlines and US Airways after a settle-ment was reached.

The settlement involves the newly established airline to give up an array of spaces at vari-ous airports in order to ensure enough competition in the air-line industry to keep fares down.

But let there be no mistake about it: Such a stipulation is not satisfactory in attempting to alleviate the probable con-sequences of there only being four major airline carriers in the United States.

This consolidation will cause 80 percent of all domestic-trav-el business to come out of three airlines – leaving no room for competition from smaller com-panies and will inevitably allow cushion for these major airlines to keep prices high.

Without substantial compe-tition, incentive to keep prices low diminishes. It will be travel-ers and consumers that will have to bear the brunt of the damage to manifest from this outcome.

This merger will make over 1,000 routes dominated by only two airlines – giving them the cushion of a near monopoly to control the costs of traveling from those destinations.

American Airlines will now have 69 percent of the limit-ed takeoff and landing spots at Ronald Reagan Internation-al Airport just outside of Wash-ington, D.C., granting it near complete control of one of the largest airports in the nation.

The Justice Department made a colossal error in judg-ment by neglecting the original arguments made in the lawsuit filed in August. The settlement reached last week does not ad-dress the problem of reduced competition – it only shifts the focus away from the real prob-lem.

Overwhelming levels of sta-tistics demonstrate that this consolidation is unwise and will leave very little room for the smaller companies to be a factor in air travel. And it will be the low-cost airlines, such as South-west Airlines and Jet Blue, that will suffer for it.

Consequentially, consumers will get hammered with high-er prices; they won’t even have a choice for an enormous num-ber of routes. This may turn out to be a poor business model for the industry, as it will inevitably cause a large portion of Ameri-cans to decide they can no lon-ger afford to travel by plane.

The Justice Department should have known better and should have considered past ex-amples of mergers that were prevented due to the deadly po-tential had they come to frui-tion.

You may recall the proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile, which was blocked by the gov-ernment because it was clear the

unification would lead to high-er prices and there would be less room for innovation – monopo-lization facilitates complacency.

It was also propagated that the merger of the cell phone businesses would leave no room for smaller companies. It is the same problem, just a different industry.

Theoretically, there could still be incentive for large airlines to keep prices low if smaller air-lines were charging lower fees for their routes. The problem with that is the smaller airlines will not have that leverage, as they won’t have as many direct routes as the larger airlines.

Now, with only four ma-jor airlines – Delta, Southwest, United and the new Ameri-can – Americans will have to pay much more for air travel, as there will be fewer options to choose from.


Ready for takeoff ?Justice Department was imprudent to approve airline merger

In light of Malcolm Gladwell’s recent visit to UB, now is a time to question football’s role within collegiate institutions. And more specifically, should UB continue to have a football team?

“I don’t think any college should have a football team,” Gladwell told The Spectrum on Wednesday. “The case in 2013 for football to be part of the ed-ucational mandate of a school is really weak.”

The “case” for football pro-grams at universities seems clear: to make money. For some schools, football is a very prof-itable resource that brings in a substantial amount of revenue. For others, however, it is not.

But excluding the schools for which football becomes a drain on resources – where the pro-gram ends up costing its athletic department more than it makes – it becomes a moral question that should drive this debate.

This is a matter of ethics. “A school should not be do-

ing anything that damages the health of its students,” Gladwell said. “That’s really obvious, es-pecially when you’re not paying

them. That’s even more obvi-ous.”

There are various long-term health consequences for stu-dents playing football. They become susceptible to neuro-logical damage – as Gladwell pointed out, there is powerfully suggestive evidence that shows many football players are vul-nerable to chronic traumatic en-cephalopathy (CTE), a degener-ative neurological disorder.

This carries with it a whole host of effects, including seri-ous psychological strains that accompany the condition. CTE is the direct consequence of be-ing hit in the head repeatedly – something football players ex-perience due to their participa-tion in the sport.

The neurological risks that players face are just a facet of the potential negative conse-quences that come from playing the game. Many players break bones, tear ligaments, dislocate body parts, etc.

Not to mention, many play-ers are more likely to experi-ence early death as a result of their involvement in a sport that

wears the body down. These effects are what

Gladwell has adamantly argued make the game of football mor-ally problematic – especially at a collegiate institution.

“People shouldn’t go to col-lege to play sports,” he said. “I’m a big believer in intramu-ral sports. But you come here to get an education. You don’t come here to hit someone else on the head.”

It is certainly true that foot-ball (and other sports) helps many students afford an edu-cation. In fact, it has historical-ly been a potent tool to provide underprivileged students a way to get a degree.

Here at UB, many football players benefit from the schol-arships they receive, and of course, most don’t go on to the NFL. Because of football, they were able to come to UB.

In that sense, football is in-credibly useful for educational purposes – it provides talented young people an outlet to not only get into a school to edu-cate them, but to make it a sus-tainable environment. Through

funding and the level of struc-ture of being a college athlete, many football players can gain from playing the game; they can use it to their educational ad-vantage.

Gladwell’s point should not be taken lightly. Most impor-tantly, it shouldn’t be acknowl-edged as valid in theory but un-feasible in practicality. A lot of people respond to his claims and think something along the lines of, “Well, sure it’s danger-ous, but football will never go away.”

And of course, we like watch-ing it too much.

The only way it will go away is if enough people stand up to make it go away. In our view, more people need to serious-ly think if young men inflicting long-term harm on themselves is worth the price of our per-sonal enjoyment.


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Temperatures are dropping in Buffalo, but the Latin American Student Association (LASA) still feels the heat.

For one hour every Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Student Union Flag Room, LASA students engage in “Latin Socials,” where they learn new and different forms of Latin dance. Attendees participate in the three basic and most popular Lat-in dances: salsa, bachata and me-rengue.

“Latin Social is a way to bring Latin culture to the rest of UB in a setting that’s not performance based,” said Caitlin Meyers, a ju-nior international studies major and secretary of LASA.

Students who attend combine swift movements of smooth hip swaying and quick steps to the booming fast-paced Spanish mu-sic in the background. Arms alter-nate from strict angles to fluid mo-tions. Hearts race and skin damp-ens with sweat. Throughout the dance, students maintain a deep connection with their partners.

Abigail LaPlaca, a junior Span-ish major, said the emotions are her favorite part of Latin dance.

“Bachata is my favorite type of dance,” LaPlaca said. “It’s all about connection with your part-ner, connection with the mu-sic and just expressing yourself through your body however you want.”

LaPlaca is currently the under-graduate adviser of LASA; last year she was the dance liaison who choreographed and taught most of the Latin dances. The choreog-raphy last year won LASA second place at International Fiesta, a cul-tural dance competition at UB ev-ery spring.

Although LaPlaca has an Ital-ian and German background, she loves Hispanic culture and is studying abroad in Ecuador in the spring.

“[People of Hispanic culture] are so emotional and they just like to connect with you and be close with you,” LaPlaca said. “They’re so open and friendly.”

LASA’s weekly meetings were once called “Salsa Socials,” but in the past two years they have grown to include all three of the dance types, according to LaPlaca.

Xavier Perez, a freshman com-puter engineering major, joined LASA’s Latin Socials to learn about Latin dance, but he found it is also a great place to meet new people.

With a Mexican culture back home, Perez said he has experi-ence with these dances from when he was a kid. His family would do dances like the bachata or meren-

gue at parties and, because of Lat-in Socials, he now can add salsa to his repertoire.

He also joined to get more in touch with his culture. He said that in an environment of so many diverse individuals, it can be easy for students to lose sense of their culture.

“Being here can get you lost,” Perez said. “I think that this is a good way to return to the roots.”

LASA’s president, Alberto San-tiago Jr., a senior mechanical en-gineering major, said he became involved with LASA because he wanted to learn to dance his cul-ture’s dance styles.

Before joining the club, Santi-ago had minimal experience with

Latin dancing but had always wanted to be that flashy dancer he witnessed when he was young-er. Since then, he has grown to be one of the best dancers in LASA and now has “that sense of confi-dence to go out and to actually do anything.”

Santiago said Latin Socials are about teaching each other and simply having fun.

“There’re no critiques going around,” he said. “We’re just help-ing to improve one another. That’s why we’re constantly dancing. That’s how you learn to improve always.”

It’s not just Latin Americans who attend the Latin Socials, ac-cording to LaPlaca. People from differing cultural backgrounds at-

tend; exchange and international students from different countries also participate.

“There’s literally every kind of person in LASA,” LaPlaca said. “It definitely attracts the most di-verse group of people, but every-one kind of adapts that Hispan-ic kind of culture of being really close and open with each other.”

When LASA students see others members around campus, they al-ways greet each other with a hug, according to Meyers.

“We love everyone,” Meyers said. “It’s really a family.”


¡Azúcar! – let’s dance! laSa students heat things up with weekly dance socials

JACKIE SHI, The SpecTrum

UB’s Latin American Student Association is a friendly and open environment that mirrors Latin American culture. All students are invited to their weekly Latin Socials, where mem-bers dance the salsa, bachata and merengue.


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Pharmacology and toxicology gradu-ate student Laura Kuroski always wanted to study abroad during her undergraduate years at UB, but her majors didn’t allow her the time to leave and experience a for-eign country. Many students with rigorous coursework face the same dilemma.

SLIDE was Kuroski’s solution. The Student Leadership Internation-

al Dialogue and Exchange (SLIDE) pro-gram offers a study abroad opportuni-ty for students who want to develop their leadership skills and experience a foreign culture but may not have time to fit an extended study abroad session into their schedules.

Trips are offered once a year and stu-dents can travel to countries for roughly one to two weeks without taking time out of UB. SLIDE, coordinated by the Cen-ter for Student Leadership & Community Engagement and supported by UB’s Di-vision of Student Affairs, does not work in conjunction with the study abroad de-partment.

SLIDE participants have visited Singa-pore, China, London, Dominican Repub-lic, Prague and Budapest over the years. This academic year, SLIDE will take place from May 19-29 in Italy. Students will spend 10 days developing leadership skills and immersing themselves in the culture of Rome, Florence and Venice.

Jude Butch, the leadership program co-ordinator, said the program allows stu-dents who don’t have the “luxury of leav-ing campus for a semester or a year” a study abroad experience. For students with responsibilities on campus, like participating in clubs or working a job, SLIDE offers an alternative.

John Maher, a sophomore chemical en-gineering major, entered UB with the goal of studying abroad. He soon realized the strict curriculum of his major coupled with the structured schedule would pre-vent him from studying away from UB for semester.

He found SLIDE was a practical fit into his schedule.

Maher attended the 2013 trip to Prague and Budapest. The session ran after the school year was over, and it was short enough so he could still keep his summer

job at home. To help students develop their leader-

ship skills, SLIDE exposes them to the host country’s culture and styles of stu-dent leaders in the foreign colleges.

During the 2011 SLIDE trip to Lon-don, students interacted with student leaders studying in University of Oxford and London School of Economics.

“Students had opportunities to ex-change ideas and learn what kind of shared governance in leadership looks like in these European colleges,” Butch said. “In turn, our students talked about what it was like to be a student in the United States.”

The Student Association president at the time, JoAnna Datz, attended the trip, and Butch believes Datz’s observations of similar student positions helped her gov-ern during her 2011-12 SA presidency at UB.

Kuroski also attended the London trip. She enjoyed it so much that she attended the 2013 SLIDE program, as well.

Kuroski will graduate this coming May and will begin to apply for full-time jobs. She added SLIDE to her résumé. She said she is confident the program will be an experience that will “catch somebody’s eye.”

“I really hope it’s something that they can look at to see that I’ve learned these leadership skills at an international lev-el, and not just here in the U.S.,” Kuros-ki said.

Students receive two college credits at the completion of the program. Dur-ing the trip, students are required to keep journals and video blogs using provided flip cams.

In Maher’s lengthy journal, he includ-ed summaries of each day along with captioned photos. He was also required to keep a record of leadership aspects

learned from the foreign students, cultural lessons, differences between the two cul-tures and highlights of the day.

Maher has applied for the SLIDE pro-gram to Italy and will participate in the study abroad program to London during UB’s winter session.

He said the great thing about SLIDE is that there is no class or lecture involved while abroad, which allows participants to “focus on truly living and experienc-ing where [they] were, without having to worry about class or assignments, a tru-ly great relief considering spring semester just ended.”

“The whole point of SLIDE is to learn through immersion, compared to your av-erage classroom setting, and is extremely enjoyable and effective,” Maher said.


SLIDE offers practical experiences abroadStudents develop leadership and international skills on short trips

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The Student Leadership International Dialogue and Exchange (SLIDE) program at UB offers leadership and study-abroad options for students whose busy schedules prevent them from taking a semester abroad. The 2011 SLIDE group (pictured) visited London.


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You know what they say – when in Rome, do as the Romans do. But when you’re in Russia, you need to do as the Russian’s do. And in Italy, you should do as the Italian’s do … you get the idea.

When flying the nest and travelling to new places, you need to know the ins and outs of international dining etiquette. You might be used to eating your fries with your hands and using nothing but your fork to eat your meal, but in some parts of the globe, these table manners are go-ing to get you nothing but dirty looks. Get yourself clued up on how to use your cutlery, what to eat and where it’s OK to get a little bit messy.

Never mix your vodka

Vodka is drunk neat in Russia – no chasers, no mixers and no retching after taking a shot. Unless of course, you’re mixing your vodka with beer and creating a “Yorsh.” Adding anything else to vod-ka is thought to spoil the drinks purity. It’s also good to note that turning down a drink in Russia is considered one of the rudest mistakes you could make. There, the offering of a beverage is a sign of friendship and trust. Line your stomach and get drinking.

Don’t drink a cappuccino after noon

Ordering a cappuccino after noon is like shouting, “I’m a tourist” from the top of the Leaning Tower Of Pisa when in Ita-ly. The locals believe that it will upset your stomach and fill you up too much. Don’t worry, though, if you’re craving caffeine, espresso is welcomed all day long.

Sometimes, it’s good to Slurp

In Japan, it’s good form to start slurping your food – especially when you’re eating a bowl of noodles. In fact, the louder you slurp, the bigger compliment you are giv-ing. By noisily sucking upon your noodles in a Lady and the Tramp fashion, you’ll be letting the chef know your appreciation for the dish. Drinking the soup straight out of the bowl is going to send the same signal.

Let it all out When dining in China, it’s considered

a compliment to belch when eating your meal. It shows the chef that you’re hap-pily content with your meal – creating a bit of a mess around your plate shows the same. But don’t finish it all, by leaving some food leftover you’ll be telling your host that they have given you more than enough.

Don’t eat with your hands

In Chile, eating with your hands is strictly forbidden. The rules are much more formal and European at this end of the country. So get used to holding your knife and fork with both hands.

Use your knife AND fork

In England, you hold the fork in the left hand, and the knife in the right hand. No switching or putting one or the other down while you’re eating. Using only one hand is considered rude. And don’t even think about resting your elbows on the ta-ble.

Only eat with your right hand

When in India, the Middle East and parts of Africa, make sure that you eat your meals using only your right hand. The left hand is associated with bodily functions that are unappetizing to think about over dinner. Your left hand’s the dirty one, no matter how much you wash it. You left-handed folks can eat with your left-hand; just make sure that your right one remains out of use.

Your turn to foot the bill

In Turkey, if you ask a party of people out to a restaurant, you’re going to be giv-en the bill. The person who extends the invitation to a restaurant has to pay. So unless you’re prepared to cough up the Lira from your wallet, it’s probably best to keep quiet.

Eat the lot

If you leave food on your plate in Ger-many, be prepared for some sideways glances. You need to eat it all if you want to keep your host and chef happy. So no grabbing a Five Guys before heading over to their house.

Waste not, want not

In the Middle East, you should be honored if someone offers you a prime choice of meat. When speaking of “prime,” however, we’re not talking their finest cut of meat. Oh no, we’re talking head, eyes and offal – anything that would usually cause your stomach to churn. Eat up.


A guide to international dining etiquette

When in Rome, do as the Romans do

GABRIELA JULIAStaFF writer

This year, the Intercultural Diversity Center (IDC) decided to place a major fo-cus on unity between cultural groups at UB. “Let’s celebrate together,” was the tagline of this year’s cultural bazaar in the Student Union.

Seventeen percent of UB’s student population is made up of internation-al students, according to UB’s admissions website.

Fifteen different clubs and organiza-tions set up booths to represent their cul-ture during the Nov. 6 event. Original-ly, the bazaar consisted of four groups: the Latino, LGBTQ, Native American and African communities. IDC deter-mined that number, however, limited oth-er groups from presenting their ideals and spreading their passion across campus, and added groups such as the American Sign Language Club, Japanese Student Association and the UB Step Troupe.

Ethiopian food, Asian-Indian earrings and Chinese dragons filled the SU in an attempt to embrace the individuality yet togetherness of every student at UB.

Mitchell Lo, a freshman business major, and Dan Pu, a junior business major, sat at a table next to the Japanese Student As-sociation with fried wontons and a Chi-

nese dragonhead. The two said they want-ed to spread the word about Internation-al Fiesta, a dance competition between all of the international clubs in February.

Van Anh Nguyen, president of the Vietnamese Student Association (VSA), came to the United States after experienc-ing a very different educational structure in Russia. She was the only Asian student in a school of 800 people and never knew what it was like to be in a diverse environ-ment.

UB changed that for her. She came to the States as a very shy student, but UB has helped her work out of her comfort zone.

Becoming president of VSA has made Nguyen more sociable and open-minded, giving her the chance to make friends and develop leadership skills, she said. Nguy-en believes the multi-cultural atmosphere of the university has shaped her person-ality.

“I developed myself as a leader, and this role has taught me to see the bigger picture in every situation and has given me an opportunity to become a person I always wanted to be: Strong, responsible, diplomatic and prudent,” Nguyen said.

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Student Association clubs were given a chance to wow a panel of judges with a signature dish that embodied their cultur-al identity as part of SA’s annual International Iron Chef compe-tition, held Thursday Nov. 14 in the Student Union.

But it was the Japanese Stu-dent Association (JSA) – which came in second place last year – that got to take home the title of “Iron Chef.”

The event was held by the In-ternational Council, a group of culturally diverse clubs that give students the opportunity to learn about other cultures, lifestyles and traditions, in addition to cel-ebrating these experiences first hand, according to SA’s website.

“This is a great event,” said William Wheeler, a senior com-puter science major. “Buffalo is one of the few places that cele-brates diversity and that’s awe-some.”

Many international clubs looked forward to participating in the competition. Each club was required to use tomato as a key ingredient in three different dishes that consisted of a soup, an appetizer and an entrée.

JSA’s winning dishes included a main course of Hayashi rice, which is hashed beef with a to-mato base over rice – a popu-lar dish in Japan. The club also served consummé soup and a Tofu tomato seaweed salad, which they served in the shape of a piece of sushi.

The club received a $200 prize and though the event was a com-petition among SA clubs, all UB students were invited to enjoy the food the groups prepared at no cost.

Judges told JSA the foods it prepared tasted like they could have come straight from a res-taurant, according to Yutaro Nai-to, a junior business major who competed in the cook off.

James Ingram, a junior politi-cal science major and academ-ic coordinator for SA, was one of the judges for the Iron Chef competition. As a judge, he was looking for dishes that really had that “wow” factor. To earn a per-fect score from him, a dish had

to combine a perfect balance of flavors, textures and be plated in a professional fashion.

“I believe that events such as the International Iron Chef competition play a vital role on campus in fostering an appreci-ation for diversity,” Ingram said.

The Chinese Student Associa-tion made a chicken broth with tomatoes and tofu, beef stew and eggs and onions – a Chinese classic. Josephine Ma, a senior political science major, and Tif-fany Lu, a sophomore business major, made the food that was presented to the judges.

“I started cooking about four or five years ago,” Ma said. “Both of our fathers were chefs, so that’s why we got involved.”

Jennifer An, a senior account-ing major, was another cook who infused her roots in her dishes. Her short ribs and tomato soup salad incorporated the flavors she learned from cooking class-es in Korea and her parents and grandmother.

The Malaysian Student As-sociation’s menu included Tom Yum soup, stuffed tomatoes, red chicken and fish cooked by the Bangladeshi Student Associa-tion.

Naito, who was born and raised in Japan, described the at-mosphere of the event as “a re-ally good place to explain food traditions,” because every culture has different customs.

The judging system was an ad-aptation of the original show, Iron Chef, which originated as a cooking show in Japan. All six judges of UB’s versions were SA

affiliate; five of the judges were the other council coordinator and the sixth was SA Treasurer Siddhant Chhabria.

The clubs had to submit an application packet listing the in-gredients used in their dishes to make sure the judges were not allergic to anything in their rec-ipes, according to Matthew Si-wiec, a senior Asian studies and economics major and SA Inter-national Coordinator.

Once the groups allowed stu-dents to taste all of their foods, they set up a dish especially for the judges.

The tagline for the event was “Taste the world, Experience the Diversity.”

The International Council has created many annual events, such as International Fiesta and Inter-national Iron Chef, to work to strengthen all of the groups’ tra-ditions and expose their diversity to all UB students.


UB’s own ‘Iron Chef’JSA wins yearly ultimate international cook off

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The Japanese Student Association’s three dishes, including a Tofu toma-to seaweed salad rolled liked sushi (above), won the club the title of “Iron Chef ” in an SA-hosted cook off.


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Arena, senior guard Josh Free-love continued his smooth shoot-ing touch. Freelove finished with 13 points and has scored in dou-ble digits in all three games for the Bulls.

While senior guard Jarod Old-ham and freshman guard Shan-non Evans wreak havoc defen-sively, Freelove has excelled as the offense’s second option be-hind McCrea.

“Josh has a lot of experience. He’s a guy that I really trust and can create his own shot,” Hurley said of the Alabama State trans-fer. “He thrives in an open game where he can get out in the open court. If we’re getting turnovers and stops and rebounding the ball, then his effectiveness is go-ing to go up.”

The Bulls scored 24 points off of 19 forced turnovers and fin-ished with 10 fast-break points.

Junior forward Will Regan found his rhythm offensively, scoring 11 points in just 16 min-utes, and Oldham chipped in 11 points and six assists.

The Bulls’ next three games are at home in Alumni Arena. Nov. 26, they’ll face Robert Mor-ris (2-1). Tip is scheduled for 7 p.m.


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OWEN O’BRIENSPortS editor

The opening eight minutes were as clean as Buffalo could have played. The final 32 min-utes were not.

The Bulls (2-1) dropped their home opener to Cornell (2-0), 79-72 on Saturday afternoon, despite junior forward Kristen Sharkey’s 25-point and 14-re-bound burst.

“I thought we didn’t really em-brace the opportunity to come home and play in front of our fans,” said head coach Felisha Legette-Jack. “I thought Sharkey did a tremendous job and Alex-us [Malone] really worked hard to seize the moment. But not enough of us came to play.”

Buffalo jumped out to an ear-ly 10-0 lead, and the Big Red missed their first nine shots while turning the ball over six times before their first score.

Cornell then went on a 13-0 run to bring itself back into the contest. Buffalo took back the lead and kept it for the majority of the half, but its opportunity to pull away was gone. The Bulls took a 34-31 lead into halftime.

“Our bench was disappoint-ing,” Legette-Jack said. “They came out very flat, no enthusi-asm, no purpose and I was re-ally disappointed in that. Talent-wise, we should have gotten bet-ter, and taking that lead to about a 16- or 18-point lead and hope to sneak out of there with a two-point win.”

The Bulls’ bench – which was averaging 27.5 points over the first two games – scored just 10 points and none in the first half.

Sharkey controlled the paint from the opening tip. She scored 11 points and had five rebounds in the first 20 minutes. The Bulls outscored the Big Red 22-0 in the paint in the first half and fin-

ished with a 44-14 differential.Twelve of 13 players saw the

court for Buffalo in the first half, but Sharkey was the only Bull in double figures. Sophomore guard Mackenzie Loesing fin-ished the game with a double-double – 20 points and 10 re-bounds – including seven points, six rebounds, two steals and two assists in the first half.

The second half was when things began to unravel for UB.

Cornell took a 45-43 lead with 15:30 remaining in the game and never gave it back. The Big Red stretched their lead to as big as 13 with 3:57 left before Buffa-lo rallied to make it interesting again.

“We definitely fell apart and were undisciplined at times,” Sharkey said. “Coach Jack always emphasizes the team, the team, the team, and today we just weren’t a team in crucial points of the game.”

Allyson DiMango proved to be too much for Buffalo as she responded from a zero field goal first half with five baskets in the final 20 minutes. She finished the game with 16 points and six rebounds. Allison Bockrath and Kerri Moran finished with 13 and 11 points, respectively. All

of Bockrath’s points came in the second half.

The foul line is what really haunted the Bulls. Cornell shot 21 more free throws (43 to 22) and made the most of its oppor-tunities. The Big Red shot 69.8 percent from the foul line, com-pared to Buffalo’s 63.6 percent.

Cornell also dominated be-hind the arc, hitting 9 of 18 (50 percent) from deep compared to Buffalo’s 4 of 26 (15.4 percent).

The Bulls pulled the game to five points with 56 seconds re-maining and four points with 24 seconds as Loesing and Sharkey combined for 17 points in a 3:30 span. Cornell’s clutch free-throw shooting along with a Buffalo turnover iced the Bulls’ loss.

The Bulls finished with 17 more field goal attempts than Cornell, but it wasn’t enough to make up for the points at the foul line and from three-point range.

Buffalo returns to the road when it faces Duquesne (2-1) on Wednesday. The Bulls dropped their contest 78-52 with the Dukes last season. Tip is set for 11 a.m.


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Women’s basketball drops home opener

Nguyen said VSA’s mission is to bring attention to the unique Vietnamese traditions and cus-toms at UB. The members’ goal is to give students the opportu-nity to learn about the exciting aspects of the culture through meetings, social gatherings and food and dance workshops, she said.

The group participates in community service events and is currently working on a fund-raiser to raise money to help ar-eas in Vietnam that were affect-ed by natural disasters.

IDC welcomed representa-tives from different organiza-tions, along with campus de-partments, to showcase what they felt was their identity. The West Side Bazaar was one of these organizations.

Lonisa Sledge and Ben Bissell represented the non-profit or-ganization, which helps up to 20 different individuals start their own business. Refugees and im-migrants from other countries make up the majority of the people who receive assistance. West Side Bazaar provides a full kitchen and food for these refu-gees – the representatives came to UB to promote some of its vendors. They sold Ethiopian food and jewelry from the West Side Bazaar store, which is run by a third generation Chinese-

Indian.Another table at the bazaar

gave students the chance to take a picture holding a sign saying, “I am unique because…”

Much like the “No Hate” campaign, the pictures of the students will be put together and hung up inside the IDC of-fice to represent the uniqueness of UB culture. Other activities included a photo booth, friend-ship bracelet making station, trivia games and advocacy writ-ing – students could write let-ters regarding something they’re passionate about.

Patrick Crosby, student-pro-gramming coordinator for IDC, said diversity has a large impact on every student, teaching them more about others’ traditions, such as their morals and how they function in a big university.

As an attempt to promote awareness of the different cul-tures around campus, Crosby and other IDC members cre-ate workshops and programs to partner with the leadership of-fice and academies to promote individuality, he said.

“Diversity is something we don’t think about on a daily ba-sis, but we are affected by it ev-ery day,” Crosby said.


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KEVIN HONGStaFF writer

An aroma of different foods captured the attention of many students lined up outside Stu-dent Union 145 on Saturday night.

The sights and smells were hard to resist, as performanc-es and cultural cuisines came to-gether to galvanize an estimat-ed 300 people in attendance at the sixth annual Asian American Student Union (AASU) Night Market.

The event, which included over 30 different clubs and orga-nizations, is an annual event in-spired by authentic night mar-kets that exist in many different Asian countries. Taiwan, espe-cially, is well known for its vi-brant night markets held on its streets.

Fiona Wong, a senior business major and president of AASU, took ideas from night markets she had visited in Asian coun-tries in hopes to spread cultural awareness.

“We’re open to everybody and try to encourage anyone interest-ed in learning more about Asian culture,” Wong said. “With 13 different countries being repre-sented by their respective clubs all in one room, there is no bet-ter place to learn about Asian culture.”

Well-known cultural dishes and beverages made appearanc-es. Students lined up and bought tickets at the door. Each ticket was then used to ‘purchase’ all kinds of cuisines, including bub-ble tea, spring rolls and red bean soup, served by dozens of inter-national clubs.

Food began selling out quick-ly and some clubs struggled to keep up with the demand for a home-cooked and international-themed meal.

While the filled room of at-tendees enjoyed the internation-al delicacies, the Buffalo Chips

showcased their singing abilities. They performed popular hits by Maroon 5 and One Republic.

“We thought it was a great event and wanted to take this opportunity to show our pres-ence on campus,” said Zach Carr, a graduate student study-ing communication science and a member of the Buffalo Chips. “We’re often performing else-where, usually off-campus, so this was a great way to connect with some of the clubs and stu-dents at UB.”

The show was then taken over by a multitude of different inter-national organizations. The Fili-pino American Student Associa-tion performed tinikling, a tradi-tional dance of the Philippines, and the Korean Folk Art Club (KFAC) performed a traditional Korean dance.

Robin Murray III, a junior mathematics major and vice president of the Black Student Union, thought the performanc-es were “amazing.” He partic-ularly enjoyed KFAC’s routine. He was impressed with the di-versity of the performances.

AASU Night Market drew in a large and diverse crowd. The Latin American Student Associ-ation danced a salsa routine.

“We’re hoping to grow closer amongst all the different clubs through collaborations such as AASU night market,” Wong said.

The event was well received by many of the attendees, with thunderous applause to perfor-mances and laughs shared over plates of food.

“It brings everyone together, and lets people try out so many different types of food,” said Eric Chan, a freshman comput-er science major.

AASU hopes to keep up the tradition and hold another night market event next year.


An international market close to homeAsian American Student Union hosts sixth annual Night Market

JEFF SCOTT, The SpecTrum

Sophomore guard Mackenzie Loesing had 20 points and 10 rebounds, but it wasn’t enough for the women’s basketball team to overcome Cornell in its home opener Saturday.

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Shao Bo Fang (standing) and Kevin Moy displayed a traditional Asian cuisine called ‘red bean soup.’ Red bean soup is made out of red beans, lotus seeds and tapioca. This was one of many international delicacies displayed at AASU’s Night Market on Saturday.


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Offensive player to watch:Austin Boucher, senior, quarterback

A spotlight is hard to predict for the RedHawks. They rank dead last in the Mid-American Conference in scoring offense, rushing and passing, and don’t have a single player in the top 10 of any meaningful statistical cat-egory.

Quarterback Austin Bouch-er wins by default as our “play-er to watch.” Boucher is a senior in his first year as the full-time starter for the RedHawks. While Miami’s run game has struggled to create offense (96.1 yards per game), Boucher has been forced to run a unit that has virtually no threats. He’s averaging 130.9 passing yards per game – last in the MAC by more than 40 yards per game. Miami’s offense has accounted for just eight touch-downs all season and Boucher has six of those through the air. Defensive player to watch:Kent Kern, sophomore, linebacker

Kern played in every game as a freshman last season and is the leader of Miami’s defensive unit this year. The RedHawks rank 12th in the MAC in yards allowed and 10th in scoring de-fense (32.9 points per game), but Kern has stood out. The Toledo native ranks seventh in the MAC

in tackles per game with 9.2. Matchup to watch:Branden Oliver vs. Miami run defense

The Bulls’ run game struggled last week against Toledo, and we saw the result – the Bulls fell be-hind 38-0. The RedHawks gave up 300 yards on the ground to Kent State last week, so Oliver and the run game should return to form this week. Miami’s run defense ranks 10th in the MAC, and the Bulls have the fourth-best rush offense in conference.

Prediction:

It was evident last week how important the Bulls’ run game is for the offense to click. They’ll have no problem getting that go-ing against winless Miami. Oli-ver should go well over 100 yards and the defense should return to its stingy form.

Bulls 34, Miami 6

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BEN TARHANSenior SPortS editor

A week ago, the football team was coming off its biggest win of the season and sat in the driv-er’s seat of the Mid-American Conference’s East division with an undefeated conference re-cord.

A lot changed in a week.The Bulls (7-3, 5-1 MAC) look

to bounce back after a 51-41 loss to Toledo (7-3, 5-1 MAC) that included Buffalo’s usually domi-nant defense giving up 38 points before UB’s offense scored.

Buffalo has a week to regroup against one of the worst teams in the country in Miami Ohio (0-10, 0-6 MAC), before their show-down with Bowling Green (7-3, 5-1 MAC) on Nov. 29 – which should be for the MAC East title.

“This is definitely a redemp-tion week,” said junior lineback-er Lee Skinner. “It hurts to lose anytime you lose. It doesn’t mat-ter what the score is.”

Head coach Jeff Quinn attrib-uted the early deficit last week to Toledo’s domination at the line of scrimmage. Toledo’s rushing attack is second in the confer-ence, and even without running back David Fluellen, the Rockets had no trouble moving the ball on the ground – rushing for four touchdowns.

The Bulls’ offense came alive in the second half. Sophomore quarterback Joe Licata was the star of last week’s game, throw-ing for 497 yards and four touch-

downs. He has thrown for at least one touchdown in every game so far this season and is five away from tying the single-season record for touchdowns set by Drew Willy.

“That’s something that’s spe-cial to see from Joe Licata; that’s something that’s special to see from this team,” Skinner said. “We’re never out of the game. It

doesn’t matter if we’re down 38 points.”

The Bulls will likely lean heav-ily on their run game again this week against Miami’s below av-erage defense. The RedHawks are allowing an average of 222.9 yards per game on the ground, which is 10th in the conference.

The Bulls’ defense should re-turn to form this week against

one of the worst offenses in the country.

Miami’s offense has scored only eight touchdowns this sea-son and is ranked last in the con-ference in every offensive cate-gory.

The first half of last week is not indicative of this team, ac-cording to Skinner.

“How we played in the second half, that’s the team that we are,” Skinner said. “That’s how we need to practice, that’s how we need to play all the time.”

Kickoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. on Tuesday. The game will air on ESPNU.

Looking for revitalizationBulls travel to winless Miami Ohio seeking rebound victory

JON GAGNONSenior SPortS editor

West Virginia Wesleyan hit four 3-pointers in the game’s first nine minutes and held a 20-17 lead over Buffalo. Then Bulls head coach Bobby Hurley re-ceived the results he has been expecting all season.

The Bulls allowed the Divi-sion II Bobcats only one field goal over the final 10:38 of the first half and finished the open-ing 20 minutes on a 23-7 run. They prevailed over the Bobcats (1-2), 80-60, and Hurley got his first win as a head coach.

“We did a good job of creat-ing turnovers in the first half,” Hurley said. “We pressured them and it gives us a good chance to get out in transition.”

Hurley said he was glad to get his first win but it was some-thing for him to get out of the way – he’d much rather be talk-ing about his players after the game. On Saturday, in the team’s home opener, he had quite a bit to talk about.

The Bulls (1-2) were aggres-sive on both ends of the floor – rebounding, forcing turnovers, getting fast-break points and at-tacking the rim – a style Hurley has preached since he signed on as head coach in March.

Senior forward Javon McCrea capped off a dominant week, finishing with 19 points and 14 rebounds after posting a 31-

14 line in a loss to Niagara on Wednesday.

But Buffalo didn’t rely on the scoring of McCrea to get past Wesleyan. After having shot un-der 38 percent in their first two games of the season, the of-fense finally clicked.

The Bulls shot 53.6 percent from the field, five players fin-ished in double-digits and they outscored Wesleyan 44-14 in the paint.

“It’s a big improvement,” Hur-ley said. “It was a little bit of a surprise that our numbers were what they were in those first two games. I think that that’s going to continue to improve.”

Junior forward Xavier Ford – who was one of Buffalo’s most highly touted recruits three years ago – appears to have fi-nally found his role in a new of-

fensive system. Ford provid-ed a spark off the bench once again and was all over the floor, shooting efficiently, diving for loose balls and scrapping for re-bounds – qualities coaches ex-pect from their sixth man.

He scored 14 points – two short of his career high – in 19 minutes and has cemented him-self as Hurley’s go-to guy off the bench.

“You reflect and look at your-self in the mirror, and during the summer I put a lot of prep-aration in to helping my team,” Ford said.

Hurley said Ford is a matchup problem for the opposition be-cause of his versatility and ath-leticism, especially when the Bulls are able to get out in tran-sition.

BUFFALO (-24) @ MIAMI OHIO@aaroncmansfield (8-2): Buffalo – UB should be angry. That

won’t bode well for Miami.

@bentarhan (6-4): Buffalo – This game will be very similar to the UMass and Western

Michigan games – suf-focating defense and dominant run game.

@owenobri (7-3): Buffalo – The Bulls have rolled over ev-ery inferior team this

season and this week will be no different.

@jgags15 (7-3): Buffalo – Skinner wasn’t ly-ing when he said last week isn’t the team they are. They

will bounce back eas-ily against the worst team in the confer-ence.

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Senior guard Josh Freelove finished with 13 points and has scored in double digits in all three games for the Bulls.

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Senior quarterback Austin Boucher is in his first year as the full-time starter for the RedHawks.

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