The Spectrum Volume 63 Issue 8

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After much speculation and anticipation from UB students, the Student Association an-nounced the Fall Fest 2013 line-up Thursday afternoon.

If weather permits, Super Mash Bros will open for Ace Hood, A$AP Ferg and A$AP Rocky at Baird Point on UB’s North Campus on Sunday, Oct. 13.

Doors will open at 5 p.m. and the concert will begin at 6 p.m.

SA Vice President Lyle Selsky said he and other SA members are very excited for the show.

“Everybody can wake up in a new Bugatti,” Selsky said, draw-ing inspiration from his favorite Ace Hood song, “Bugatti.”

The price for the show was un-der budget, according to SA. The organization spent approximate-ly $159,000 of its $390,000 annu-al concert budget. At the time of reporting, they had no set figures on the cost of production, which is paid for by a separate budget.

In the weeks leading up to the announcement, rumors that A$AP Rocky would perform were circulating around campus, but many students grew restless with anticipation for an official announcement.

A fake Fall Fest poster – pro-moting Drake, A$AP Rocky and Big Sean as headliners – prompt-ed more rumors and discussion, pressuring SA to release an im-pressive lineup quickly.

“I’m an A$AP fan, so I’m ex-cited for that,” said freshman

business major Ike Shammah. “I’m bummed out that Drake and Big Sean won’t be there, but we’ll make the best of it.”

In the past, SA has been crit-icized for bringing rap-heavy shows like this one to UB. It has made efforts to please a wid-er audience in recent years with extra shows, other than the two main festivals, which appeal to alternative styles of music. Al-ready this fall, SA brought Reel Big Fish to UB to please fans of ska music.

“We might be looking to do another small concert in the fu-ture,” Selsky said. “We think we got a great show under budget and we’re very excited for that.”

Selsky went on to say that not everyone will be satisfied with every SA concert. He added

that SA does its best to bring di-verse acts with multiple concerts throughout the year. Selsky en-couraged students to go to the show regardless of their musi-cal taste for the hype and atmo-sphere of these particular acts.

“It’s not better than the lineups we’ve had in the last two years,” said sophomore intended exer-cise science major Youl Lee. “I like A$AP Rocky, but Ace Hood, A$AP Ferg and Super Mash Bros aren’t that big. We’ve had big names in the past and these guys are just rising stars.”

SA added that its shows, in-cluding this one, often get sched-uled on Sundays to afford stu-dent workers a weekend day to prepare. SA also encourages stu-dents to arrive early to avoid be-ing locked out of the show if it

is held indoors and capacity is reached.

SA has secured two other po-tential locations for the show if bad weather puts a damper on a Baird Point production. Baird Point is an ideal outdoor loca-tion with a capacity of 14,000, according to SA. The Lake La-Salle parking lot, with a capac-ity of 9,000, is reserved if rain prevents stage construction on Baird Point in the days leading up to the show. If the forecast for the day of the show calls for rain or stormy weather, the show will be held in UB’s largest in-door event venue, Alumni Arena, which houses up to 6,500 people for a show.

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KEREN BARUCHSenior FeAtureS editor

Alfonso Valdivieso woke up

abruptly in the middle of the night on May 8 to the sound of his mother’s footsteps rushing through the hall on the first floor of their home in Coram, N.Y.

She was on her way to find out who was knocking so in-tensely on the front door so late at night. But Valdivieso rushed out of bed and beat her to the door. When he did, he found two officers stand-ing before him.

“Do you know Larry?” the of-ficers asked.

“Yes, he’s my brother,” Valdivieso responded.

Valdivieso hoped his broth-er had not been arrested; the look on the officers’ faces and the tone of their voices told him

that something much worse had happened. The officers asked if they could enter the house and Valdivieso felt his body go numb.

Valdivieso’s brother, Larry, then a junior communication major at UB, had hung himself in the basement of his University Heights home.

Between the years of 2004 and 2010, 11 UB students com-pleted suicide, according to Ca-rissa Uschold, a licensed clini-cal social worker and suicide pre-vention coordinator at UB. This week is National Suicide Aware-ness Week and a variety of groups on campus, such as UB’s Student Wellness Team and Ac-tive Minds, are attempting to promote awareness and help get rid of the stigma associated with mental health problems and de-pression on college campuses.

You are not aloneUB community unites to encourage students during National Suicide Awareness Week

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Larry Valdivieso (right), then a junior communication major, completed suicide May 8. Larry’s brother, Alfonso Valdivieso (left), encourages students who feel depressed to seek help and speak to a professional as soon as possible. Several organizations on campus are attempting to decrease the stigma associated with depression and poor mental health in order to lower the suicide rate on college campuses, in honor of National Suicide Awareness Week.

Student Association members have reported collecting about 2,000 signatures in their effort to impeach SA President Nick Johns.

SA Entertainment Director Erin Lachaal is hoping to collect the necessary 2,541 signatures needed for impeachment by Fri-day, but she said a more realistic day would be Monday.

If Student Life and the Stu-dent-Wide Judiciary approve the motion, Johns will be removed from office immediately, and SA Vice President Lyle Selsky will be named interim president – while also being vice president – until a “special election” takes place.

Students seeking to run for president will need 200 signa-tures and person numbers from students.


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No one had expected Larry to complete suicide. His father had been with him a few days before his death, and Larry had told him that everything in his life was go-ing well.

Uschold said suicide is the second lead-ing cause of death amongst college stu-dents. It is also the most treatable, so it is the most preventable, she said.

For the past seven years, UB has taken steps toward removing the stigma that is associated with depression. During Na-tional Suicide Awareness week, a vari-ety of activities relating to mental health were set up on tables around the Student Union.

From “mindful yoga,” to stress-reliev-ing coloring, to Active Minds’ presenta-tions, students were able to involve them-selves in promoting awareness and edu-cating themselves on suicide prevention.

There was a “Missing from the Pack” display, which is a project UB students completed in 2008. The goal was to have the student body create 83 backpacks to honor the lives and highlight the unfor-tunate deaths of 83 New York State col-lege students who died from suicide that year. The backpacks were displayed in the Union on Tuesday.

“The goal is to really let students know that there is hope and help avail-able,” Uschold said. “Personally, I’ve been in social work and mental health for years and certainly there’s some personal experience with family mem-bers … This has always been a pas-sion of mine, and I do believe that if people get help, they can avoid suicid-al crisis.”

Uschold said that after the wellness team hosts these types of events, more people come to counseling services to receive help.

Four years ago, Active Minds was founded on UB’s campus. The club has been internationally recognized for 10 years and its president at UB, Greer Hamilton, a junior health and human services major, said its goal is to reduce the stigma associated with mental health on college campuses.

In high school, two of Hamilton’s friends struggled with depression.

“As a friend, it was really sad and hard,” Hamilton said. “You want to be able to help them, but you don’t know how to effectively do that. [Their struggles] made me more interested in mental health and how to teach other people about it.”

Her friends would withdraw from her, as well as other close friends and family members that they usually com-municated with. They had a loss of appetite and always wanted to stay in bed, Hamilton said. It was when their parents confronted their situations that her friends realized they had an is-sue and needed help.

“People suffering from the kind of mental anguish that can lead to suicide may avoid speaking about their pain,” ac-cording to the International Associ-ation for Suicide Prevention (IASP). The IASP said the stigma and fear of be-ing judged associated with these types of thoughts is what prevents people from seeking help.

Not all college students are lucky enough to have supportive friends and family members, Hamilton said. Active Minds hopes to diminish the fear of seek-ing help and to lead students in the right direction.

Hamilton said the club does not deal directly with student counseling, because the members are not certified to do so. The club serves as a peer group that dis-cusses how to decrease the stigma and as a support group for those who want to know where they can find help.

Active Minds usually directs students to UB’s Counseling Services, located in Mi-chael Hall, Richmond Quad and the Stu-dent Union.

Larry did not receive help in time; he let his struggles get the best of him and gave up, Valdivieso said.

“[Larry completing suicide] put a huge hole in a lot of people’s lives,” Valdivieso said. “I know a part of me died. Noth-ing is the same and it never will be. Ev-ery day I get up and I just have to keep moving because I know I’ll see him one day again, and it’s going to be awesome … But I can’t judge him for taking his life because that’s how he wanted to solve his problems. If I judge him for it, I’ll drive myself crazy.”

Valdivieso remembers Larry by his hap-piness and his humor. He said everyone who met Larry says the same thing about him: that he was an incredible person. Valdivieso constantly reminds himself that life goes on and that Larry will always be by his side, watching over him and pro-tecting him.

He wishes Larry had said something so he could have received help. Valdivieso encourages students who are in a similar situation to Larry to speak up and not to let negative emotions or problems bring them down.

“There is always someone willing to lis-ten and willing to help,” Valdivieso said.

Organizations on campus, like Active Minds, the Student Wellness Team and Counseling Services, are there for any stu-dents who want help. Hamilton said the most important thing is for students to seek help early and to find someone to talk to.


SHARoN KAHNSenior FeAtureS editor

Madison Darling, a junior health and human services major, was covered in mud from head to toe and she loved ev-ery second of it.

Approximately 10,000 females covered in pink and brown climbed, crawled and challenged themselves to complete the Dirty Girl Mud Run in support of cancer awareness in Buffalo suburb Lancaster on Saturday and Sunday.

The participants organized in teams to take on various woman-themed obstacles at the non-competitive 5K race. Events such as H2OMG (muddy-water aerobics) and PMS (pretty muddy stuff) had wom-en from all over the Buffalo area getting down and dirty.

Dirty Girl, a for-profit company, be-lieves in educating women about health and finding a cure to breast cancer as well as supporting cancer victims and survi-vors, according to its website.

Bright Pink, the official charity partner, joined together with Dirty Girl to share their mission by educating women to un-derstand the signs, symptoms and risk fac-tors of breast and ovarian cancers.

Darling chose to participate when her coworker told her she was putting a team together for the event. Their team of 13, “Ka-Boob,” all dressed in coordinat-ed purple and pink “Ka-Boob” shirts and enjoyed the mud and water tossed into al-most every event. Darling, who had never participated in a Dirty Girl event before, can’t wait to return next year.

“I was filthy head to toe,” Darling said. “It was fantastic.”

The 12 obstacles from start to finish were completely covered in mud. The events and obstacles were relatively easy and were appropriate for all ages, accord-ing to Darling.

Jessica Givoino, a junior theatre major, enjoys an active lifestyle and trying new things; Dirty Girl Mud Run was exactly what she was looking for. Givoino, who was joined by her friends and cowork-ers, recommends every woman tries Dirty Girl at least once.

“It’s a lot of fun; you contribute to a great cause,” Givoino said. “And when else would you willingly get covered head to toe in mud?”

Givoino climbed over walls and army crawled through mud pits – the free beer was an added bonus, she said.

Between the high-climbing rope events, mazes and mud pits, participants had the opportunity to have a great time while raising money for a cause. If an obstacle was challenging, there was an alternative at every station.

Buffalo was one of the first cities the Dirty Girl Run was held when it began three years ago, according to Tia Mattson, chief marketing officer for Dirty Girl.

The obstacle run was created with-out the timed portion so everyone could take part and still feel the competitiveness of the event, Mattson said. The event is to promote teamwork and provide par-ticipants with a way to raise money for a good cause and still have fun.

Spectators have the opportunity to join in on the fun as well, by cheering on their friends all throughout the course. Paul Mitchell, the renowned hair care product company, is Dirty Girl’s national sponsor and provided free samples at the event along with Larabar, a gluten-free energy bar.

Participants can expect safety through-out the route and to leave with an over-whelming sense of accomplishment, ac-cording to Dirty Girl’s website.

Dirty Girl attracts females to run and raise money for cancer awareness and research

Getting dirty for a cause that’s worthy


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Madison Darling, a junior health and human ser-vicehis major, joined approximately 10,000 women and participated in the Dirty Girl Mud Run. Pro-ceeds from the non-competitive 5K go toward cancer education and research related to women’s health issues.

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The Student Association seemed to have forgotten that “more is lost by indecision than wrong decision.”

As students waited for SA’s an-nouncement of who will perform this year’s event of the semester, Fall Fest, they got antsy. With righteous indignation, many wondered, “What is the hold up?”

But on Monday morning, as stu-dents trudged along the hallways of UB’s North Campus, they saw a sign. It was a sign for Fall Fest 2013, replete with a star-studded lineup: A$AP Rocky, Drake and Big Sean. But it was merely a hoax.

Some have expressed outrage at the culprits who dispersed this ru-mor, and we understand that. Their hopes were elevated, and then they plummeted. They now feel that any lineup will be a disappointment.

But they should stop and realize it’s not that big of a deal.

Christopher Riddick and Wing-er Ruiz are not conventional heroes by any means, and their college-life mentality is in plain sight, but their prank was more than just a prank. They called attention to a problem and influenced SA to take action.

As days and weeks were passing by without an announcement, stu-dents began to grow dubious. SA was putting more pressure on itself as the tension was accumulating. The meaning of the prank seems to have been a valid point – that the process of delay was leaving stu-dents in dismay.

The majority of UB undergrads care about Fall Fest and Spring Fest more than any other school event. It is also their only (or primary) in-teraction with SA during their time here.

And SA knows the students want a good concert.

Vice President Lyle Selsky ex-pressed outrage at the prank, saying it would damage students’ expecta-tions. He said it almost ruined the show. But Riddick made a very valid point in our interview with him. “If I almost ruined it, does that mean they know it isn’t going to be that

good?” he said. If SA really was confident in the

show, this would have been irrele-vant. But they panicked; it perhaps said more about them than it did the prank.

Selsky cited the Fall Fest two years ago, when it took even longer to an-nounce the lineup, as evidence that they were in good shape. But what he did not mention is that Fall Fest two years ago was disastrous. The Fray put on an uninspired perfor-mance, to put it nicely. No student walked out of the gates screaming the lyrics to the band’s popular hit, “You Found Me.” They were still wondering if the band ever found Buffalo.

SA, however, didn’t remem-ber that this year. And, as Edmund Burke once said, “those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.”

Those planning these events should know that transparency is key. SA announced on Thursday the show would include: Super Mash Bros, Ace Hood, A$AP Ferg and A$AP Rocky.

For those disappointed that Drake won’t be in attendance, they can see him Oct. 16 when he comes to Buf-falo.

A problem SA has had is that its line of communication has only been through The Spectrum. The higher-ups should use their Face-book group more astutely and per-haps post an apology for how long this announcement took.

In the meantime, we can wait for Oct. 13 and hope it will be a good show. It is one of the biggest com-munal events of the semester and much of the student body will be in attendance.

And perhaps we should thank Riddick and Ruiz. They encouraged SA to realize it was finally time to let us know who will be there.


Dear UB Undergraduate Students,

First, I would like to express my deepest apologies for the excessive pride that has clouded my judgment and leadership. I ask you for your forgiveness. I would also like to ex-press my apologies to Jen Merck-el. Our once great relationship has turned into a situation of mistrust and miscommunication, and down-right bitterness. I hope we can re-store our work relationship.

The Student Association as a whole should not be held respon-sible for my youthful ways. Please keep this in mind before you judge the Student Association.

On the face of the Student Asso-ciation, we have been doing a con-crete job of improving student life on campus. In fact, over the sum-mer we have made great progress in securing the future of the SA.

1. We have drafted Bylaws for our new corporation and with admin-istration’s approval; these bylaws will better protect our organization from lawsuits for years to come.

2. Our internal audit has strength-ened internal controls by improving our financial insurance and human resource provisions.

3. We are in the final steps of ap-proving the blueprints to construct a heated bus shelter at the Flint Bus Loop.

4. We have worked alongside Sub-Board Inc., to make alterations to their website to better inform stu-dents of the landlord and housing problems within the Buffalo area, by using a feedback system.

5. We are improving the Student As-sociation website to include more resources, provide easily accessi-ble information, as well as consoli-date all club and event information to UBLinked.

6. We have established a new rela-tionship with UB Athletics to estab-lish a greater sense of school pride and tradition.

7. We have reinstated the music genre surveys for SA events to get the voice and opinions from the stu-dent body, to better represent their interests.

8. We are in the process of creating a new survey system to better rep-resent the interests and opinions of the study body to gather feedback on campus life and activities.

9. We secured a two-year contract guaranteeing clubs free access to au-dio visual equipment.

10. Our small concert series with Reel Big Fish was a great success, despite the lousy weather condi-tions.

I am very happy to see my in-volvement as SA President has made a direct impact on these suc-cesses for the UB community. In the past I would have addressed these successes as being my own. How-ever, I lost sight of the fact that I would not have been able to accom-plish all of this without the support, dedication, and hard work from the SA staff.

I am the youngest and first Asian-American Student Association Pres-ident to sit in this chair. I thought, in

my youth, that I could reinvent the wheel. Now, I realize that the time is not right for the SA to be complete-ly remade. I have made a mistake and that is allowing such arrogance to take over the person I used to be. I made multiple SA employees an-gry because I pushed for too much progress and change, too soon. Due to my excitement these members have pushed back with drastic ac-tions against myself and the Student Association.

I believe the fundamental issue of this internal SA conflict is the lack of communication efforts between a fraction of SA employees and me. SA insiders have thrown around ter-rible claims and these disgruntled staffers are unhappy with my man-agement style. It hurts me to see this conflict between myself and those I once considered my friends. At the same time, I cannot be held fully re-sponsible for the fragmentation of the organization. This negative pub-lic relations problem could have been avoided had these individuals come and addressed me first. This deeply saddens me, but at the same time this has made me aware my opinion is not greater than that of my staff.

I have not committed any crimes against the Student Association, nor have I misused the public trust for personal gain. These allegations are politically motivated, and the bulk of the evidence against me is cir-cumstantial at best. I can provide a vigorous rebuttal to all of these al-legations. In the future, I hope as a group, they will directly address me about their concerns, where we would have been able to make ad-justments internally, rather than go-ing to the Spectrum. If anyone has any questions regarding any claims

against the Student Association or myself, I encourage you to please stop by my office in 350C Student Union.

I apologize that these allegations have strained the trust on this cam-pus, which resulted in a negative public image. Again, I apologize to Jen Merckel for not respecting her opinions and appreciating her ded-ication and hard work. I am deeply sorry that our close relationship has turned so negative. I hope we can restore our work relationship and friendship to what it was in the past.

That being said, my deepest apol-ogies are reserved for the students and staff who I’ve alienated with the results of a prideful attitude.

I hope that you, the students, are willing to forgive me. Until such time, I will continue working hard to the best of my ability for the bet-terment of campus life.

If you forgive me, in order to re-store the faith of the Undergradu-ate Student Body: I promise to work 9-6 everyday, with the exception of class, to bring our organization to new heights. I promise to collab-orate with each and every member of the SA Staff to understand their concerns and unique points of view. I promise to humble myself and to understand what it means to be a public servant. I promise to forgive those who have conspired against me, and to partner with them de-spite our differences. I promise to change my management style to better suit the needs of the Student Association. Finally I promise to de-liver a successful year, Fall Fest, and Spring Fest.

Sincerely,Nick JohnsSA President

A message from SA President Nick JohnsEditor’s note: This letter has not been altered in any way.

The benefit of the fake Fall Fest flyer

Students can thank the masters of the prank

It is not bad that most of the UB students we have spoken to are concerned about and con-fused by the current conflict in Syria. It means they are aware of the many implications of the many possible outcomes that may arise from any of the possible courses of action.

But history may have some-thing to do with it, too. UB’s his-tory, that is.

In the late 1960s and early ’70s, as the Vietnam conflict was oc-curring, student protest was un-avoidable at the university. There were riots happening frequent-ly and police occupied the cam-pus. Students were engaged, but it was induced by more than just ru-minations and theory. They were thinking about their friends and peers, brothers and cousins.

President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry have insured us that the proposed plan of mili-tary intervention does not include putting American troops on the ground. But Americans are wea-ry, as they should be following the last conflict we became em-broiled in, wondering what hap-pens after we launch these missile strikes. What happens if the situa-tion does escalate?

Though any draft is highly un-likely, college students should be concerned over the prospect of any military action – as it would be our contemporaries who would be involved.

Like UB students 40-plus years ago, this could potentially affect the person sitting next to you in class.

Last week, our paper endorsed the president’s proposal to launch punitive strikes against Syria for the alleged use of chemical weap-ons on its own civilians. The basis of our opinion is that the act of

releasing sarin gas on people is a moral monstrosity and cannot be tolerated; action needs to be taken to deter the future use of chem-ical weapons and degrade Syria’s military capability.

On Tuesday, however, we saw a bizarre turn of events. Russia in-serted itself in a new way: Presi-dent Vladimir Putin made an of-fer to facilitate Syria’s turning over their stockpiles of poison gas to international control.

The prospect of a diplomat-ic solution is most appealing and we prefer to see conflicts resolved nonviolently. We think there is reason to be extremely skeptical of Putin’s proposal; it is certain-ly possible that this is to delay the plan of action President Obama presented to Congress and that it is all just a ruse.

As many have tried to down-play the potency of a series of punitive strikes, it is worth noting that just the threat of force has caused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to admit he has these weapons and to agree to surren-der them.

It must be made clear that the use of chemical weapons will not go unpunished. It changes any perpetrator’s calculus before us-ing them.

Unlike previous foreign calam-ities, like genocide in Rwanda or Kosovo, the incident has ended. The United States’ proposed in-tervention is not to stop an on-going crisis; it is to punish some-thing that has already happened and prevent it from happening again.

Even with all the uncertainty surrounding this most recent pro-posal from the Russian govern-ment, there is no reason President Obama and Congress should not seek it out.

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Game: Diablo III Platform: Xbox 360 and PS3Released: Sept. 3Developer: Blizzard Entertainment Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment Grade: B+

Smashing hordes of hell-spawn to bloody bits is a blast.

Diablo III has been providing this gam-ing pleasure to PC gamers for well over a year now and has quickly become the fastest-selling PC title of all-time after its release in May 2012. Left in the dark since the original game’s release in 1998 for Playstation, console gamers looked on enviously as the Diablo franchise exploded over the next 15 years for the PC.

Finally, the prayers to the lords of hell were answered.

The newly retooled version of Diab-lo III makes it possible to play the game with a controller, delivering a great expe-rience for newcomers and franchise vet-erans alike.

Diablo III’s story begins 20 years from where Diablo II ended with a star fall-ing into Tristram – the setting of Diab-lo that has reanimated the dead and bears the foreboding beginning to the prophecy “The End of Days.” Diablo III may pack a solid story, but it never derails the combat and role-playing as the game’s main focus and greatest achievement.

In the past, Diablo was a series that helped define the burgeoning Action RPG genre into what it is today, and its third chapter is out to prove it. While it does little to improve these tried-and-true mechanics, the execution is impeccable

and works remarkably well on a control-ler.

With spells and skills mapped to the triggers, shoulder and face buttons, the chaotic and gruesome combat of Diablo III works smoothly on a controller. The only exception to this is that unlike with a mouse, you can’t simply click on the ene-my you want to target.

Instead, your character must face ad-versaries directly, which becomes es-pecially troublesome when playing as ranged characters like the demon hunter or wizard. When multiple enemies face in the same direction, the game doesn’t al-ways target the closest or most danger-ous enemy coming at you. The addition of a dodge/roll quickly becomes a nec-essary change between the PC and con-sole version, but it doesn’t always relieve the problem.

Whether playing as the brutish barbarian, le-thal-ranged demon hunter, spellbound wizard, fast-strik-ing monk or voodoo-loving witch doctor, slaying hell’s min-ions has never been more fun. Playing with each different charac-ter might start off feeling repetitive, but they rapidly diverge into their own unique

killing machines. Quickly leveling up and unlocking new

skill types or runes to improve previously unlocked skills provides plenty of room to experiment. The ability to constantly create new configurations allows for va-riety with how you might build any giv-en class.

Leveling up to gain the next powerful skill, or trying to find the next legendary item, quickly becomes an addictive expe-rience that is vastly improved when play-ing with other people. Co-op becomes

essential at higher difficulties, but it keeps the game refreshing and fun. As the game progresses, the skill and

inventory system quickly become both your best friend and worst enemy. Unlike the well-developed controls that make the chaotic game play possible, the inventory and skill system have problems.

The inventory system accumulates into a mass listing of items, causing some of the better “loot” you find to get lost in the mess. Comparing loot can often cause the wrong item to be selected. Similarly, at higher levels, it can be difficult to tell which skill or rune gets unlocked. Al-though you will already have unlocked all the runes for some skills, others can be lost in the search.

The controls and certain aspects of the interface can be frustrating and take some time to master, but the makers of the game do an excellent job of retooling the game to work with a controller.

That being said, keeping the game’s quality consistent doesn’t come without sacrifices, particularly when it comes to visuals. While the sound design remains top-notch, character models and environ-ments simply lack the finesse of their PC counterparts.

Despite its flaws, Diablo III remains an absolute blast to play and creates a smashing success for Blizzard’s first ven-ture onto a console platform in well over a decade. It may not be perfect, but with a group of friends, the imperfections rarely get in the way. Some players may wait for the PS4 and Xbox One versions, but this is one dungeon crawler you won’t want to miss.


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On Tuesday, President Barack Obama ad-dressed the nation about the conflict in Syr-ia. Though he mentioned “encouraging signs” of a diplomatic solution, Obama stressed the importance of keeping pressure on the Syrian government.

As Congressional approval for the initial resolution seemed unlikely, the United States began working with Russian, French and Unit-ed Nations (U.N.) officials on a diplomatic so-lution that would have Bashar al-Assad and his regime hand over or destroy their chemi-cal weapons stockpile. Not all Syrian students, however, are happy with the seemingly peace-ful resolution.

“This is the world letting [Assad] know he can do whatever he wants,” said Lemma Al-Ghanem, a sophomore architecture major. “It’s disgraceful … we’ve just told an entire population that they don’t matter at all.”

Al-Ghanem, a student from Syria, is a staunch supporter of the proposed U.S. cruise missile strikes. She believes the United States is “flaking” on its responsibilities by meeting with Russia and the U.N. Allowing Assad to go unpunished, she feels, would be a failure to take action in preventing the future slaughter of innocent people.

Akram Shibly, a junior media studies ma-jor and son of Syrian immigrants, agreed with Al-Ghanem. He expressed his doubts over the French-backed resolution.

“I think it’s an odd solution to the prob-lem,” Shibly said. “It raises some important questions about modern-day politics that peo-ple need to start asking.”

Shibly was originally against the proposed intervention, saying the United States was act-ing only on its own interests. He said that se-lect “elite” nations shouldn’t be the only na-tions allowed to own chemical weapons.

Russia has held on to nearly 76 percent of its chemical weapons stockpile, almost 30,000 tons, since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, according to Itar-Tass, a Russian news agency. The Pentagon reported the United States currently has a stockpile of more than 3,000 tons of chemical weapons – including illegal mustard gas, napalm and nerve agents – in various facilities around the nation.

U.S. foreign policy experts expressed doubt Tuesday, to The Jerusalem Post, that Syria could effectively disarm its estimated 1,000-ton stockpile by the end of the week.

Shibly warned against the potential double standard. He believes that forcing some coun-tries to give up their chemical weapons stock-pile over others would cause a “dangerous” tip in the balance of world power.

“This further proves that this is about pow-er and politics, not about the people,” Shibly said.

He said Assad is doing whatever he can to appease the United States so he can contin-ue to hold on to power and commit genocide unimpeded by a Western intervention. Shibly added that the diplomatic approach was a “step higher” than the proposed cruise mis-sile strikes.

Al-Ghanem said, however, Assad’s actions have made a diplomatic solution to the crisis no longer viable.

“There is one way this will end: [the Assad regime] either steps down and gets tried at a criminal court ... or he kills every single [Syri-an],” she said. “End of story.”

She thinks the new resolution will empow-er the Assad regime by giving it a diplomatic “victory” over the West.

Al-Ghanem believes people have lost sight in what is important. She believes protecting the Syrian people should be the chief con-cern.

“I could write a novel about how my fami-ly has been affected by the war,” Al-Ghanem said.

Shells from government tanks hit her un-cle’s farm, destroying portions of it and near-ly killing his family. She said her aunt came home one day to find the Shabiha – armed groups of pro-government vigilantes – had broken into her family’s home and stolen ev-erything.

Shibly also expressed concern for his fam-ily overseas. He said his mother’s cousin was killed and his own cousin was caught in the crossfire. His family has the news on televi-sion at all hours of the day.

Akram Shibly’s father, Dr. Othman Shibly, an associate professor in the UB Dental School’s Department of Periodontics and Endodontics, believes if the United States does not punish Assad, the country would be

sending the wrong message to other dictator regimes – that international norms can be vio-lated with no consequences.

“We can give diplomacy a chance,” Othman said to BBC reporters on Wednesday. “But it has been close to three years now, with Assad breaking his promise time after time … Assad should be brought to justice.”

His son agrees. Shibly said because Syria is handing over its chemical weapons, Assad would no longer be held accountable by the West for his actions.

Al-Ghanem believes that the lack of a U.S. intervention will motivate the rebels even more.

Ahmad AlSaadeh is a senior international business major and the president of the Orga-nization of Arab Students (OAS) on campus. AlSaadeh opposed the previously proposed missile strikes and believes the United States is trying to evaluate all of its options. He is not certain the Assad regime would keep its word on handing over its chemical weapons.

OAS is planning a fundraiser for Syria later this semester. AlSaadeh said all the money col-lected will be donated to humanitarian groups working directly in the country. He also plans to work with Al-Ghanem to create an aware-ness booth in the Student Union to inform students about the conflict.

With the UB-based production company he co-founded, True Intent Productions, Shibly has already begun raising awareness. His short film, “Heal the World,” juxtaposes the life of two children playing with building blocks. The film deals with the real-life tragedy – the boy playing is Syrian and he describes the after-math of a rocket attack on his village.

The film has been selected as a finalist in Fordham’s Law, Culture & Society film com-petition and will be screened in New York City in October.

Othman has already held two fundraisers and, with additional donations from the UB Dental School, has established two dental clinics for Syrian refugees.

“Those are people like us,” Othman told The Buffalo News in November 2012. “They should not be deprived of regular treatment like I and my children get. It’s the world’s re-sponsibility to protect civilians.”


UB students, faculty from Syria weigh in on conflict

SAM fERNANdoSenior neWS editor

‘Rock bottom’ is just an abstract con-cept until you find yourself looking up and realizing that concept is now your tangible reality. And whoever said, “When you hit rock bottom, the only way is up” clearly forgot to mention the fine print – how difficult getting out really is.

In February 2010, I hit rock bottom. And in many ways I’m still trying to climb my way out. My journey to the lowest of lows revolves around something a lot of people experience in some way, but often times don’t like to talk about: suicide.

On Feb. 23 of that year, I got a phone call telling me that my friend Giac’s lit-tle brother had completed suicide – a dis-tinction his family makes from the term “committed suicide.”

Joe was 17 years old, just two years younger than me. His birthday was the week before. He had just gone on a ski trip with his family. He was working on his essays for his college applications.

What happened?That phone call was one I could nev-

er have prepared for. The idea that Joe actually passed away was so far-fetched I just didn’t believe it. I had just lost a close family friend the month before and, self-ishly, I didn’t want to deal with another death so soon.

I had been friends with Giac for about seven months. We played music togeth-er and in that short time, we had become pretty close. I didn’t know his brother that well. I mean, I knew him and he knew me, but the extent of our conversations – which only happened three or four times – was a few sentences at the most.

How could the death of this kid who I barely knew have such a profound effect on me?

I still don’t know the answer, but the whole situation had me thinking a lot about suicide.

‘Reach Out’

AlINE KoBAyASHI, The SpecTrum

Akram Shibly, a junior media studies major and a son of Syrian immigrants, gives different insight into the Syrian conflict. He believes the United States is acting on its own interests and feels the power has become more about politics than the people who are suffering.

See ‘REACH oUt’, pAge 6


SUDOKUKNOW BEFORE YOU GO

Before you choose to attend a party in the University Heights, there are a few things you should know:

There have been a significant number of assaults, robberies, and sexual assaults in the neighborhood. For more information on crime stats go to crimereports.com.

A significant number of students have been hospitalized for alcohol poisoning and several have been treated for food borne illnesses after attending house parties in the heights.

Most of the houses in the heights are roughly 100 years old and most of the houses recently inspected were issued citations for not

Fire code regulations limit the number of people who can safely be in any structure given the number of means of egress. Most house parties exceed these limits by dangerous amounts.

If you are engaged in an assault under the influence of alcohol you will be subject to criminal and civil liability. In addition you will face suspension from UB.

IF YOU ARE IN TROUBLE OFF-CAMPUS, CALL 911!

After the funeral, I strug-gled a bit with my classes, but I didn’t think anything of it. I just chalked it up to the hardships ev-ery second-year engineering stu-dent had. I fell behind in some of my classes but told myself, “You’ll catch up next week.”

I never did.I’d spend my nights playing

my guitar by myself instead of studying. My family could tell something was wrong, but I nev-er wanted to talk about it. The truth is, I didn’t know what ex-actly was wrong.

For some reason, I had be-come fascinated with suicide. Not that I was glorifying it or I even was suicidal; I would just constantly be thinking about it. It pushed me into a dark place and I knew something needed to change.

After withdrawing from the se-mester and confronting my de-pression, I started seeing a thera-pist who told me it wasn’t strange for someone my age to be having these thoughts after what I had experienced. In fact, she said it was normal.

I know a lot of people think about the darkness of suicide, and my experience has taught me that it is important to verbal-ize your fears. I’ve learned that I should start talking to the people around me a lot more than I do because you could never guess what’s going on in their heads. It is important to know the phrases “I’m fine” or “I’m good” are just words; there is usually something more behind them.

I am inspired by the way Joe’s parents handled everything. They showed such poise and under-standing. They knew the impor-tance of bouncing back from this tragedy and how it could in-fluence others.

“No matter what we do, I can’t bring Joe back,” Joe’s father said last September. “The only way we could give back in some way is to share our experience and hopefully save another life.”

I understand there are a lot of things out of my control. But that is exactly why it is so impor-tant to make that extra effort to change the things you can, like finding out what your best friend

is actually thinking, or why your little sister is locking herself in her room all the time.

Joe’s death was unexpected. And I think that’s what hurt the most.

Every day, I wear a green wristband with the words “Reach Out” etched in yellow writing in honor of Joe. It is a constant re-minder to go that extra mile to reach out to the people around me. Although I had a hard time climbing out of that pit, I learned a lot about myself. And in a way, my struggle has come to define who I am now.

This week is National Suicide Prevention Week, and anyone who takes part in the cause will tell you an important part of pre-venting suicide is communica-tion. So, I encourage you to take that extra step and “Reach Out.” Who knows – you might just save a life.


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Women’s soccerThe Bulls (2-1-1)

have allowed just one goal in their pre-vious three games and have gone 2-0-1 since losing their season opener to Michigan State. The squad hopes to continue its defen-sive dominance as Buffalo welcomes Duquesne (1-4) on Friday at 7 p.m. be-fore taking on Austin Peay (4-0-1) Sunday at 11:15 a.m. Both games will be played at UB Stadium.

Men’s soccerBuffalo (0-3-2) trav-

els to Bingham-ton (1-2-1) for a Fri-day night showdown. The young Bulls’ of-fense has scored only two goals all season and looks to snap a three-game scoreless streak. Start time is set for 7 p.m.

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There are potential ramifica-tions, however. We don’t want Russia’s presence in the Mid-dle East to expand – it is already somewhat a factor through po-litical and economic support of Syria. More involvement may risk the country becoming a ma-jor factor.

Putin has been a tyrant. The antigay laws he has passed are unacceptable and he has been no advocate of human rights. He has not acted as an ally to the United States, which is one rea-son his motives here must be subject to questioning.

But that is exactly what it is time to do. We should sit back for a moment and really think this through. Email: [email protected]

Continued from page 3: Caution

9/3 2:08 p.m. – An ambulance was

requested for a mental health evaluation of a student in Rich-mond Quad. Twin City Ambu-lance transported the student to ECMC.

2:13 p.m. – A complainant re-ported that a bee stung a student in the left eye. The student re-fused an ambulance but wanted an officer to check out the eye.

4:19 p.m. – An unknown stu-dent reported three males were throwing candy at people when he was walking to Harriman Hall. The three suspects left the area toward Diefendorf at 4:12 p.m.

Patrol checked the area, and the subjects were gone on arrival.

9/63:09 a.m. – A cleaner filed a

complaint stating an unwelcome male guest was sleeping in a jan-itorial closet of Diefendorf An-nex. UPD identified the male subject as Franky Bazile, 21, who was involved in an April incident.

9/72:02 am – UPD went to Foster

Hall to check on the welfare of a person, who reportedly over-dosed on alcohol. Rural Metro Medical Services transported the subject to E.C.M.C. Hospital.

11:34 p.m. – A Greiner Hall resident advisor found a switch-blade in one of the lounges fol-lowing a meeting.

9/9 6:33 p.m. – Amherst Police re-

ported a male professor was hav-ing a seizure on the tenth floor of Clemens Hall. The professor refused to go in the ambulance after the paramedics stabilized his blood sugar level. The vic-tim’s wife was contacted, and she picked him up outside of Clem-ens Hall to take him home.

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A significant number of students have been hospitalized for alcohol poisoning and several have been treated for food borne illnesses after attending house parties in the heights.

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Fire code regulations limit the number of people who can safely be in any structure given the number of means of egress. Most house parties exceed these limits by dangerous amounts.

If you are engaged in an assault under the influence of alcohol you will be subject to criminal and civil liability. In addition you will face suspension from UB.

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With the nightmare matchups of Heisman Trophy candidates Braxton Miller (Ohio State) and Lache Seastrunk (Baylor) behind them, the Bulls welcome an FCS school to their home field.

Buffalo (0-2) opened the season surprising many by holding then-No. 2 Ohio State within 20 points, but followed that performance with a 70-13 blowout at No. 23 Baylor.

The Big 10 and Big 12 out-scored Buffalo 110-33 in those first two weeks. But, for the first time all season, the Bulls and the Mid-American Conference appear to be a daunting task for their op-ponent – FCS school Stony Brook (1-0).

Last time the Seawolves traveled to Buffalo in 2011, the Bulls rolled to a 35-7 victory. This year, how-ever, Stony Brook is more danger-ous than the team from two years ago – the Seawolves are ranked No. 13 in the Sports Network FCS College Football Poll, according to ESPN.com.

Last season, Stony Brook went 10-3 and was a Big South co-champion. The ’Wolves defeat-ed Army at West Point, 23-3, and put a scare into Syracuse earlier in the season, taking a 17-14 lead into halftime at the Carrier Dome.

For the Bulls to emerge victo-rious in their home opener, head coach Jeff Quinn said the running game must return to where it was last season.

“It is going to be a great test for us to establish our run game,” Quinn said. “I haven’t been pleased with our run game up to this point. We need to get that squared away this week.

“I know we can throw the ball and it’s been solid, but we need to get our run game going, and cer-

tainly this is the week to be able to do that.”

A faceoff with an FCS oppo-nent may be the best thing for se-nior running back Branden Oli-ver. In the past two seasons, Oliver totaled 364 yards and five touch-downs in his two games against FCS schools (the Bulls defeated Morgan State, 56-34, in 2012).

Stony Brook is a “ball con-trol team” that “chops up a lot of clock,” according to Quinn. So the Bulls’ ability to stop the run will prove vital.

The lone highlight of last week’s loss at Baylor was the play of senior wide out Alex Neutz. He enters Saturday coming off one of the greatest games in program his-tory with a career-best 197 yards and one touchdown.

In his three previous FCS con-tests, Neutz has put on a show, combining for 277 yards and five touchdowns – including an eight-reception, 154-yard, four-touch-down performance against Mor-gan State.

Neutz is well aware of the im-portance of this game for the Bulls to move on from their tu-multuous start. He said they can’t be thinking of the 57-point loss to Baylor.

“If you sit and dwell on one game, you are going to lose the whole season,” Neutz said.

Despite the team’s offensive struggles, sophomore quarterback Joe Licata and Neutz have formed a connection, with Neutz totaling nearly 74 percent of Licata’s total passing yards.

“I think it’s that Western New York blood,” Neutz said.

Neutz and Licata squared off in high school, as Neutz attend-ed Grand Island High School and Licata went to Williamsville South High School.

“It’s more than that,” Neutz said. “We have a great relationship

outside of football [and] we watch film together almost every day. We [have] put a lot of work into what we’ve been doing here.”

The Bulls’ defense has been dominant over the past three sea-sons in home openers, allowing just 14 points a game.

Although Stony Brook is an FCS school, this is not a game the Bulls can look past. They will need to play their best if they hope to get back on track and put on a show for all of Western New York in the home opener. Kick off on Saturday afternoon is set for 3:30 p.m. at UB Stadium.

Predictions: Buffalo (-13) vs. Stony Brook

Aaron Mansfield, @aaroncmansfield (2-0): Buffalo

Seawolves are solid but the Bulls have won their past three FCS games by an average of 27 points. Neutz and Bo feast on lower-tier teams.

Jon Gagnon, @jgags15 (2-0): Buffalo

The Bulls fare well against less-er competition. The offense will finally find its groove and I’m ex-pecting big games from UB’s stars on both sides of the ball.

Ben Tarhan, @bentarhan (1-1): Buffalo

If Alex Neutz had 197 yards re-ceiving against Baylor, how many will he have against Stony Brook?

Owen O’Brien, @owenobri (2-0): Buffalo

Thirteen points is embarrassing. Stony Brook won’t be within 13 points anytime after the first quar-ter. This is a statement game for the seniors.

Bulls look for first win, host Stony Brook

seawolves ranked No. 13 in FCs poll


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The volleyball team has a man-tra: You’re only as good as your next win.

The squad continues to look ahead to its next game even as it travels an unprecedented path. The Bulls have been a perfect 6-0 this season – the best start for the program since 1989.

But nobody, players or coach-es, is satisfied. The focus is on the next game and the next oppo-nent, because the Bulls still have to make improvements.

“It’s great to be 6-0, trust me, we’d rather be 6-0 than 5-1, 4-2 or 3-3,” said head coach Todd Kress. “But there are still many, many ar-eas of our match play that I think we can improve upon right now.”

In a disappointing 2012 season for the Bulls, who finished 10-18, a majority of their production came from junior Liz Scott. She led the team in nearly every offen-sive statistic.

This year is different. Every-one is getting involved and playing an indispensable role – especially sophomore Tahleia Bishop.

Despite being a sophomore on a team mostly dominated by up-perclassmen, Bishop has led the team in points in half of its games. On Aug. 30 against Temple, she became the first player in pro-gram history to record 20 kills in a match.

“I think that we all feed off each other and we don’t really see class divisions when we’re on the court,” said senior libero Kelly

Svoboda. “It’s side by side. We’re sisters.”

Senior Christine Fritsche has stepped up as well and has already eclipsed her statistics from last season. Through six games, Frit-sche is second on the team with 53 kills – she recorded 41 kills in her junior year.

Kress said he couldn’t say there has been one specific player who has stood out to him.

“Everyone has really contrib-uted,” Kress said. “Some people have stepped up in matches more than others, but we’ve had a dif-ferent person every single match that’s kind of stepped up and led the way for us.”

The Bulls hadn’t had an individ-ual player lead the team in points in consecutive matches until their two most recent games, in which Bishop compiled the most points.

The true test for this team be-gins this weekend at the Georgia State Tournament, which begins Friday. As Kress put it, “It’s very easy to become complacent.”

Buffalo’s first two games in the tournament come against David-son and Central Florida, which are a combined 11-2. The following weekend – before Mid-American Conference play begins – the Bulls host Ohio State, the No. 13 team in the country.

“I definitely think we can win the MAC this year,” Svoboda said.

Jeff Placito contributed reporting to this story.


Bulls look to stay undefeatedUnity, selflessness contribute to scorching start

When Athletic Director Danny White took over in 2012, he said he would bring big-time college athletics to Buffalo.

Prior to the Bulls taking on Stony Brook in their home open-er on Saturday, UB fans will see the first big game-day change un-der White.

This season, students can tail-gate in a different area from that of the general public. Athletics has designated Baird Point as the stu-dent tailgate area.

Additionally, there will be a con-cert series before every Saturday home game.

The concerts will start two hours before game time and will kick off this Saturday with rock

band Blues Travelers. The other acts are Randy Houser (Sept. 28), Kool and the Gang (Oct. 5) and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (Oct. 19).

“Previous tailgates never in-trigued me,” said Greg Dieter, a senior communication major. “But this one will be a better way to in-teract with student life. I’m defi-nitely more interested to go to the game now.”

The concerts will take place in the stadium parking lot adjacent to the south grandstand of UB Sta-dium.

Kick off on Saturday is at 3:30 p.m.


UB Athletics set to debut new pre-game experienceConcert series debuts before football game Saturday

CourteSy oF StoNy BRooK UNIVERSIty

Quarterback Lyle Negron leads Stony Brook into UB Sta-dium for the Bulls’ home opener on Saturday.

CHAd CoopER, The SpecTrum

Sophomore Tahleia Bishop is leading the volleyball team in points and kill this sea-son. She was the first person in school history to record 20 kills in a match, on Aug. 30 against Temple.

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