The Spectrum Volume 64 Issue 13

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SAMAYA ABDUS-SALAAMASST. NEWS EDITOR

Halley Davide asked her pro-fessor if it was acceptable for her to get the notes she would miss from class on Thursday due to her observance of Rosh Hasha-nah, the Jewish New Year. She said her professor looked her in the eye and bluntly said, “Well, I hope you have friends in the class.”

This is the first year in 37 years that UB is not canceling classes starting at 6 p.m. on the eve be-fore and ending at 6 p.m. the eve of the Jewish high holidays – Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Although Yom Kippur, the day of fasting and repenting, is on a Saturday this year, the New Year falls on Thursday, Sept. 25.

“New York State is not Kan-sas,” said Richard Cohen, Ph.D. professor in philosophy and Di-rector of the Institute of Jew-ish Thought and Heritage. “New York State has about 1.7 million Jewish people living in it. There’s no other state like that in the United States. In the same way, Utah, it would be foolish to have a class on a major Mormon holi-day.”

The decision to modify the class schedule was based on the university’s desire to move toward a “year-round university,” accord-ing to Ezra Zubrow, the chair of UB’a Faculty Senate. The first six-week summer session was held in 2008 and then the Faculty Senate voted to add a three-week win-ter session that started in 2013. In both instances, the academic cal-endar needed to be adjusted.

The calendar committee con-templated many options for changes throughout the almost four-year process of adding a winter session. They considered holding class on Labor Day and one of the Jewish holidays or cut-ting winter break or spring recess.

Another possibility discussed was for starting the winter session be-fore New Year’s Eve, according to Zubrow.

“It is unfortunate that these are the costs of having a year-round, fully engaged university,” he said.

The Faculty Senate Executive Committee recommended the ac-ademic calendar to UB’s presi-dent. They “asked for this revi-sion to establish at UB a policy more appropriate for a state in-stitution. These calendar modi-fications are intended to insure greater continuity in the academ-ic schedule and minimize course disruption for students,” accord-ing to UB’s Academic Calendar and the Jewish Holidays frequent-ly asked questions.

Rabbi Moshe Gurary, one of the rabbis at the Chabad House Jewish Center, is concerned the new policy will make it difficult for students of the faith to par-ticipate in Rosh Hashanah, espe-cially if they have to worry about making up for lost class time or exams.

“Taking away their holiday is taking the connection many stu-dents have with their faith,” he said.

The rabbi does not fault the university for its decision, given that students will be excused from class with his permission.

Davide does fault the university. She believes UB’s new “religious-ly neutral” academic calendar “is ironic.” UB emphasizes the di-versity of the student population, both religiously and ethnically, yet it is hindering students’ abilities to express their religious beliefs free-ly, she said.

Cohen thinks the calendar has always been religiously neutral – it “simply recognized” a large pro-portion of the student body be-ing Jewish would have to be ac-commodated.

“UB is an increasingly multicul-tural public institution that enrolls students of dozens of cultures and religious faiths,” according to UB’s Academic Calendar and the Jewish Holidays FAQ sheet. “Even the holiest of their holy days are not class free, however. The exceptions are the Christian holy days of Christmas, which is a national holiday on which the en-tire university is closed, and Eas-ter, which falls on a Sunday when classes are not in session.”

UB to hold classes on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, for the first time in 37 years

AMANDA LOWSENIOR NEWS EDITOR

The Student Association wants students to spend $10 more each se-mester to support the organization.

Every two years, SA holds a vote on whether the mandatory student activity fee, which funds the student-run organization, should contin-ue. This year, for the first time in six years, SA is asking for that fee to get a boost. The SA now has a roughly $3.5 million budget collecting 94.75 per undergraduate student.

SA will hold a referendum on the continued use of the mandatory stu-dent activity fee from Wednesday to Friday in the Student Union. SA will also ask students if they want to raise the fee to $104.75. The SA Sen-ate elections will also be taking place over the same days.

It has been six years since the last increase in the mandatory student activity fee. In 2008, SA asked for a $15 increase from its $79.75 fee.

“Over that time, costs of every-thing has risen, along with that goes our operating costs,” said SA Presi-dent James Ingram. “So really, we’re asking for a $10 increase so that we continue to offer the same quali-ty and same level of services to stu-dents as well as hopefully build in a little room for growth.”

SUNY policies state a referendum must be held every two years for the student body to vote on whether the activity fee should be mandatory or voluntary. The activity fee may not exceed $250 for the academic year, according to suny.edu.

The student activity fees help SA pay for the events on campus, such as Fall Fest, Spring Fest, SA Carnival and the Distinguished Speakers Series.

Binghamton University’s activi-ty fee is $95.50 per semester while Stony Brook University’s is $99.50. University at Albany has a student activity fee of $100.

The referendum vote will be split

into two categories. One vote will de-cide whether to keep the activity fee mandatory, and the second is for the $10 increase. There needs be a ma-jority of “yes” votes for the referen-dum to pass.

The last referendum was held in 2012. The $94.75 fee passed with 1,300 “yes” votes and 172 “no” votes. Voter turnout is typically low for UB’s roughly 20,000 undergraduates.

“The whole point of the referen-dum is that students have a chance to voice their opinions about it every two years,” Ingram said.

Vanessa Ho, a junior biomedical engineering major, said she would want to see “dramatic changes” if the mandatory student activity fee is raised by $10. She wants to be able to see where money from the fee goes beyond Fall Fest and Spring Fest, and to have the SA budget more public to students.

SA Treasurer Sade Cadle said she feels the increase in the activity fee is a “fair amount.” She said having the mandatory student activity fee is a “vital source” for SA because UB is such a large university.

Ingram said the fee increase was re-ceived well from students after he pre-sented it in front of the international, academic and engineering councils.

Kelsey Wise, a graduate student in the School of Counseling, does not have to pay the mandatory student activity fee. She said if she were giv-en the choice, she would pay the fee rather than have to pay for events in-dividually. She said not paying for in-dividual events makes SA student ac-tivities feel more “exclusive.”

Senate elections will take place during the same time as the refer-endum. The only party running this year is the Constitution Party. It con-sists of Paris Canty, Matthew Cato, Alex Dvorscak, Anthony Field, Dan-iel Giles, Laura Grassi, David Hara-ry, Esther Hong, Karin Hsieh, Diane Orosz, Corey Reisman and Yaser So-liman.

SA to ask to students to raise activity fee to $104.75

Referendum vote and Senate elections run Wednesday to Friday

SEE ROSH HASHANAH, PAGE 4

YUSONG SHI, THE SPECTRUM

Rivka Gurary, wife of Rabbi Moshe Gurary of the Chabad House Jewish Center, prepares Rosh Hashanah dinner for over 300 expected guests for Wednesday’s dinner.

SEE REFERENDUM, PAGE 6

SARA DINATALEEDITOR IN CHIEF

Law school Dean Makau Mutua has resigned. The resignation comes amid allegations that he lied in feder-al court and in a state administrative proceeding.

The alleged lying under oath charges stem from a 2011 case filed by Jeffrey Malkan who says the dean wrongfully terminated his contract as a clinical professor. Malkan had signed a contract in November 2006 that stated he could only be fired for cause in accordance to the law school accreditation standard. Two months after becoming dean, Mutua terminated the contract.

The suit also alleges that Malkan was denied due process under the 14th Amendment.

Mutua, who has been dean for seven years, will step down official-ly on Dec. 19, but he will continue to teach at UB as a SUNY Distin-guished Professor and Floyd H. and Hilda L. Hurst Faculty Scholar. Mu-tua is a Harvard graduate and a well-known leader in international hu-man rights.

Provost Charles Zukowski sent an email to faculty Monday announcing the resignation. He did not mention the lawsuit in the email, but focused on Mutua’s accomplishments as dean, which include recruiting 22 new facul-ty members, offering more experien-tial learning opportunities for students and fundraising $23 million.

“I decided to step down because it was the right time: A seven-year tenure is twice as long as the typical tenure for a law dean, and I’ve accomplished what I set out to do,” Mutua said in a written statement to The Spectrum.

Faculty and students interviewed by The Spectrum offered tepid to scath-ing critiques of Mutua’s tenure and many students insist they have nev-er seen Mutua on campus nor inter-acted with him. In October 2010, the law school faculty attempted to hold a vote of no confidence in Mu-tua, but the attempt was dismissed by then President John B. Simpson and then Provost Satish Tripathi, ac-cording to email correspondence ob-tained by The Spectrum in 2013.

Like many law schools across the country, UB’s law school has been retrenching in recent years and in March, the school announced its plans to shrink its incoming class from 200-225 students to fewer than 200 and to reduce its faculty from 48 to 40.

The Malkan case began in 2011 and names both Mutua and law pro-fessor Charles Ewing, who served as head of the law school grievance committee that heard Malkan’s com-plaint. The federal case, in U.S. district court, is now at the stage of consid-ering summary judgment, which in-volves whether the case can go for-ward to trial. The newest develop-ment in the case came in August when Ewing filed a motion to have his case separated from Mutua’s. In the motion, Ewing’s lawyers argue Ewing was an “innocent bystander,” who got caught in the disagreements between Malkan and Mutua.

Therefore, Ewing has asked the court to separate his case from Mu-tua’s “to avoid foreseeable ‘spill-over effect’ and indelible prejudice,” against him in light of the false testi-mony allegations against Mutua.

Ewing could not be reached for comment, but on Tuesday Malkan told The Spectrum Ewing’s involve-

ment was “marginal” and that “he wasn’t responsible for the wrongdo-ing.” Malkan said his lawyers have “put papers in to dismiss [Ewing] from the lawsuit.”

“I’ve been so frustrated for the last couple of years,” Malkan said. “I couldn’t believe Mutua was still in the dean’s office with these allega-tions over his head. There’s no way a dean can function until his name is cleared.”

The motion to separate the tri-als highlights the significance of the perjury charges, which stem from testimony Mutua gave regarding a faculty vote on Malkan’s promotion to clinical professor at a Commit-tee on Clinical Promotion and Re-newal (CCPR) meeting. Seven fac-ulty members testified that the vote took place. Mutua said under oath the vote did not take place, rather that it was a vote to retain Malkan as a director of the Research and Writ-ing program.

Mutua also testified former UB President William Greiner, who was a member of the law school faculty, spoke at the meeting. UB law faculty members testified Greiner was not at the meeting.

Malkan said that at the time of the 2006 CCPR meeting, Greiner was sick and not regularly attending facul-ty meetings. Greiner died in 2009.

When Mutua was asked to pro-duce Malkan’s promotion dossier – an official document a person up for promotion needs to prepare – for the court, the dean said it had disap-peared. He said he didn’t know what happened to it and it was missing when he took over the dean’s office.

Law school dean resigns Dean Mutua faces charges of lying under oath in federal court

SEE MUTUA, PAGE 4

COURTESY OF UB NEWS CENTER

Law school Dean Makau Mutua has resinged from his position, effec-tive Dec. 19. Mutua said it was the “right time” for him to leave his pos-tion and continue to teach because he’s accomplished what he set out to do as dean. He is currently facing charges of lying in federal court.

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Increasing numbers of Buffalo-area college students are vying for a dorm room because they want the “college experience,” but that can be a difficult experience to have if you’re living in a hotel or with three people in a space meant for two.

As more Western New York stu-dents turn to public universities, like SUNY Buffalo State, instead of more expensive private schools and as numbers of international stu-dents – who are typically required to live in dorms – increase, colleges find themselves unable to accom-modate the influx.

Buffalo State has 360 rooms that are considered “forced triples” – they are home to three students in-stead of two – while similarly un-lucky students don’t even get to live on their own campus. Two hundred students take shuttles to Buffalo State from their dorms at Canisius College.

Though it certainly is a more sen-sible and financial choice for local students to live at home and com-mute, everyone who wants to expe-rience dormitory life should have the opportunity to do so.

Students at Buffalo State pay $7,060 annually for that privilege. Although the school has offered a 25 percent refund to those crammed into rooms too small to accommo-date them, residents are still cough-ing up more cash to live three to a room than they would pay a land-lord for an entire apartment.

The desire to live on-campus, in a dorm, rises above all other con-cerns for many students. Schools should be able to fulfill this aspira-tion for their students – there’s no reason not to, especially because this increases the school’s revenue.

Preemptive measures should have been taken, like schools shouldn’t be enrolling more stu-dents than they can house. By do-ing so, they prevent students who

want to live on campus from en-rolling in a school where those op-portunities do exist.

Fortunately, UB has avoided a similar housing crisis, as it has been steadily increasing space for residents by building apartment complexes around campus and adding Greiner Hall to its selection of dorms.

UB also made the wise choice to reduce its target class size for in-coming freshmen, from 3,512 to 3,350 in order to ensure it can meet the needs of the current student population.

Even smaller schools, like Hil-bert College in Hamburg and Ni-agara County Community College, built more residence halls to ac-commodate their growing on-cam-pus population.

Buffalo State, and other nearby schools like Daemen College which is housing about 20 students in a hotel, should have been better pre-pared. As local private colleges like Canisius, Medaille and St. Bonaven-ture struggle with declining enroll-ment and lay-offs, public universi-ties are reaping the benefits – but they’re not all prepared to do so.

Building more residence halls is an obvious solution. But construc-tion takes time and will do little to amend the more immediate prob-lem – students living in question-able conditions and the hundreds more who weren’t offered a space. These students won’t be affected by a new dorm opening a few years from now.

Students who are currently living in hotels, on campuses that aren’t their own or in spaces that are too small deserve more than a 25 per-cent refund. Buffalo State and uni-versities in similar situations need to realize this, recognize their fail-ures and generate creative, effective solutions – and genuine apologies.

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A room of one’s own – not likely at Buffalo State The oversights of local public universities leaves students scrambling for on-campus housing

When a tailgate is so massive and fans are so enthusiastic (read: intoxi-cated) that the University Police real-izes its patrol isn’t sufficient, it’s fair to say the event can be deemed a success.

An estimated 5,000 students at-tended the Party at the Point tail-gate preceding UB’s matchup with No. 8 Baylor on Sept. 12, gener-ating the highest student turnout ever. The police plan to increase presence at future tailgates after re-sponding to 21 calls ranging from reports of disorderly conduct to public urination. But there were no “major incidents,” according to Po-lice Chief Gerald Schoenle.

So, despite an admittedly un-derstaffed police force and an un-derprepared location (UB Athlet-ics plans to supply additional trash cans and Porta Potties from now on), UB pulled off its most accom-plished and raucous tailgate so far.

And yet, a week later, after Bay-lor demolished UB 63-21 and the team faced the little-known Nor-folk State, a far less enticing oppo-nent without the brand-recognition or reputation of Baylor, the student turn out was, to be frank, pathetic, as attendance petered out to a mea-ger 3,100 students – less than half of the Baylor game.

Sure, Norfolk State isn’t a top-10 football team like Baylor, and no, this game wasn’t featured on ESPN, but we shouldn’t be going to foot-ball games to watch the other team or make it on TV for a split second – we should be supporting our team, whether it’s victorious or not.

And had students bothered to at-tend the Norfolk State game, they could have watched the Bulls win. They could have watched their team put on a performance that merited an almost straight-A rank-ing from The Spectrum’s sports

desk, rather than the swath of C’s, D’s and F’s that the Bulls earned against Baylor.

Too many students are fair-weather fans, showing up only when the team is facing an espe-cially exciting opponent or when it’s doing well. Over the past few years, student attendance at games has been on the rise. In the 2011 and 2012 seasons, when the Bulls had only three and four wins respective-ly, less than 10,000 students showed up over the course of each season in its entirety. Last year, as Buffalo introduced the Tailgate Concert Se-ries and the Bulls improved to 8-5, student attendance skyrocketed to more than 28,000.

Currently, the team is only four games – three of which were home – into the season and student atten-dance is already more than 14,000. Though this is due largely to the Bay-lor game, it’s a promising trend and one the student body should maintain.

UB may not be known as a football school like other Divi-sion I teams, but it’s up to the stu-dent body to change this reputa-tion. They only deny themselves the once-in-a-lifetime opportuni-ty of attending their school’s foot-ball games as a student. The tailgate for the Baylor game and the turn-out in the stadium made it clear UB students know how to have a good time and support their team, and that doesn’t need to be dependent on the Bulls’ opponent; it’s up to the fans entirely.

Maybe “entirely” isn’t a fair assess-ment. After all, UB Athletics could do more to encourage attendance.

Ideally, students would root for the Bulls no matter how many wins or losses they accrue. But even the Ralph empties out once the Bills forget how to win games – when

the temperature drops below freez-ing and the team isn’t scoring touch-downs, expecting students to show up en masse simply isn’t realistic. We’ve got a beautiful, million-dollar field and a team that’s beginning to find its identity. Now, as conference play begins, it’s time for the Bulls to earn their fans’ support.

UB has made that all the easi-er for the Bulls, by allowing stu-dents to drink their hearts (or livers) out at tailgates. Students will con-sume alcohol either way, so funnel-ing them toward the stadium to do so is a smart strategy to increase at-tendance.

But fans shouldn’t need to el-evate their BAC to enjoy a game – the thrill of a back-and-forth shootout or the surge of adrenaline after a perfect end-zone reception provides the same rush as a shot-gunned beer.

But, of course, why not both? It’s time for UB to join schools

across the nation and start selling alcohol at games. Twenty-one on-campus stadiums currently offer al-

cohol to of-age fans, a number that has doubled in the past five years.

Other schools have seen the wis-dom in letting their fans get a lit-tle bit tipsy at games – hundreds of thousands of dollars in reve-nue, increased attendance and an improved fan experience. Many schools impose safeguards to avoid underage drinking and highly in-toxicated fans, requiring wristbands for students who are over 21, limit-ing purchases to two beers at a time and cutting off sales after halftime.

These schools have done the work for us, figuring out appropriate re-strictions and demonstrating the ef-fectiveness of the strategy. Now it’s time for UB to get on board and for students to join them.

The Bulls deserve to have the support of their fans, and those fans deserve to watch a team that they can believe in. And if students (of drinking age) can have a beer in their hand as they cheer on the Bulls – win or lose, that’s a win-win.


Let them drink beer!Lackluster game attendance can be prevented by greater student loyalty, improved athletic performances – and alcohol sales

ART BY AMBER SLITER

Dear Editor,We really believed you and the

Spectrum when you assured us that no other unbalanced story would be published. Unfortunate-ly, that trust was breached with your recent coverage of the Stand-WithUs event put on by UB for Is-rael. The story was filled with mul-tiple misquotes and fallacies, and was blatantly biased.

The list is fairly long, but we will mention a few key points:

Firstly, of people in attendance, your journalist quoted two pro-Is-rael students, and FIVE anti-Isra-el attendees, including a professor. Not even including the misquotes of the pro-Israel students, the Spectrum once again underrepre-sented the pro-Israel community.

Several UBI club and board members even witnessed your journalist interview an Israeli fac-ulty member, who served in the Is-rael Defense Forces, and she chose to leave out his account. She also chose to ignore that Jim Holstun, an English professor, swore loud-ly at the Israeli.

Second, the journalist failed to mention that the anti-Israel stu-dents and faculty member contin-uously interrupted Charlotte during her talk and question and answer session. One anti-Israel student is quoted as saying “I thought it was also very unfair due to the fact that I raised my hand multiple times and for long periods of time yet I was not called on once.” Convenient-ly, it was not mentioned that with-in the 45 minute question and an-swer session, Charlotte only took three questions from pro-Israel/ap-athetic students and spent the rest answering anti-Israel questions.

Most upsetting are the mis-quotes. The published article con-tains a summation of a true sto-ry told by Charlotte about a boy named Danny. Emma wrote that Danny was a four year old Pales-tinian child living under the “real-ity of terror” as a result of the Is-raeli government, who practical-ly lived in a bomb shelter. That is false. First, Charlotte specifically told that story to give the perspec-tive of living as an Israeli under at-tack by Hamas. Danny was a four year old Israeli who was living in a bomb shelter because of the rock-

ets that Hamas continuously fire at Israel. Emma completely changed the story- that far surpasses biased journalism, almost into the realm of bigoted journalism. Second, anybody can see right through the false reporting as there are no ci-vilian bomb shelters in Gaza since Hamas would rather use their cit-izens as human shields for their weapons.

Both instances our president, Benjamin Balderman, was quot-ed in the article are incorrect. He specifically explained to your jour-nalist that Palestinian textbooks in both the West Bank and Gaza state that the Jews are devils and should be exterminated. I told her that if the Palestinian chil-dren were taught peace instead of hate, as Israeli school children are taught, then this conflict would be over.

Further, we are indeed UB for Israel. We have no idea why the Spectrum decided to write other-wise. That topic never even came up during any of our interviews.

It should be noted that refer-ring to the anti-Israel attendees as “pro-Palestinian” is a false label. Those students and faculty should be deemed “anti-Israel”, which is a distinction between those who truly desire peace and those who wish for the destruction of the one and only Jewish, democratic state in the world.

Last time you and our board spoke, you expressed your gratitude that UB for Israel was still willing to deal with the Spectrum because we understand that mistakes happen. You and the Spectrum apparently were not sincere in your stated goal of fixing your unbalanced and false reporting. This second occurrence is unacceptable.

With this opportunity, we would like to encourage all of your read-ers to like “UB for Israel – UBI” on facebook.

Shana Tova- Happy New Year, UB for Israel Board

Benjamin Balderman, PresidentLogan Woodard, Vice PresidentYulia Shtork, TreasurerDavid Perl, SecretaryEmily Hill, Communications

A letter to the editor

In the Friday, Sept. 19 issue of The Spectrum, Danny, a 4-year-old boy, was improperly labeled as Palestinian when he is Israeli. Dan-iel Tragerman is from the Southern Israeli community of Nahal Oz. The article also stated that Israel is a 200-square-mile country. It should have said that Israel is approximately 200-square-miles larger than New Jersey. The Spectrum sincerely regrets these errors.

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As a four-year research univer-sity in the SUNY system, UB is mandated by the state to have a certain number of class days per semester, which is different than the guidelines for the SUNY four-year comprehensive universities, according to Zubrow.

Binghamton is also consid-ered a four-year research univer-sity in the SUNY system. UB has 70 class days in the fall semester while Binghamton has 67 class days and doesn’t hold class for Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur.

However, UB is considered a “very high” research institute while Binghamton is a “high” re-search institute, according to the Carnegie Classification of Institu-tions of Higher Education.

The instructional year must in-clude a minimum of 30 weeks of instruction, including exams and no semester may be fewer than 14 weeks, according to SUNY Aca-demic Calendar regulations.

Many students and professors will not attend class on Thursday and those students who do miss class will have to be accommodat-ed with makeup exams and class-es, Cohen said. He believes hold-ing class is a disruption and a mis-take, having very little to do with religion.

“If we had thousands of Mus-lim students, then it wouldn’t make sense to have classes on major Muslim holidays,” he said. “Because we have tens of thou-sands of Christian students, we don’t have classes on Sundays. Because we have a few thousand Jewish students, we previously did not have classes on Rosh Hasha-nah and Yom Kippur. Since we still have thousands of Jewish stu-dents, I think [holding classes] is a mistake.”

Mohammed Shariff, a se-nior biology major and presi-dent of Muslim Student Asso-ciation (MSA), said seeing Jew-ish students get the day off from class gave him hope that one day Muslims would get the day off to observe holidays like Eid and for Friday sermons. Every Friday Muslims are religiously required to attend Juma, Friday sermons,

and he said “professors are no-torious for refusing to allow stu-dents to leave class or lab or an exam to attend [Juma].”

It is forbidden for Jews to work during Rosh Hashanah because it’s one of the highest holy days in the Jewish calendar, according to Gurary.

“On these days, the Torah prohibits work,” according to chabad.org. “At a sacred time, work or any involvement in the mundanities of the week will sub-vert that sacredness.”

Zach Korman, a senior busi-ness major, has an exam on Fri-day. Although he could have re-scheduled it, he wanted to “get it over with” and not cause any difficulties, however, he will be studying over the holiday.

He feels it’s “ridiculous” that students don’t get the day off just to have more days for a winter session.

“It shows they care more about the university rather than respect-ing the people that actually attend their university that need to ob-serve their religion,” he said.

Shariff believes the universi-ty has every right to be religious-neutral but that means the school needs to “start honoring Mus-lim requests for time off on hol-idays.”

Students are often not excused from classes for these religious obligations and it’s not until MSA or a Mosque pressures the univer-sity that a student will be excused, Shariff said. He said many stu-dents “don’t want the trouble.”

The university ensures stu-dents have the ability to observe religious holidays with “no nega-tive consequences” and “that no members of the university com-munity are compelled to work, teach or attend classes in a way that impacts their ability to prac-tice their faith,” according to UB’s Academic Calendar and the Jew-ish Holidays frequently asked questions.

*Giselle Lam and Rachel Kramer contributed reporting to this story


Continued from Rosh Hashanah, page 1 Malkan said Tuesday it was an

“obstruction of evidence.”“It’s unthinkable that a dean of

a law school would commit perjury and subvert the process and actual-ly produce a miscarriage of justice,” Malkan said.

The university said it does not comment on pending litigation.

The Spectrum reached out to nu-merous law professors and students, most of whom declined to go on the record about the atmosphere of the law school and the allegations against Mutua.

However, The Spectrum has pieced together a paper trail that indicates discontent, which includes the Oc-tober 2010 attempt by three tenured faculty members to hold a meeting to request a vote of no confidence in Mutua.

Former President John B. Simp-son and then Provost Satish Tripathi asked the faculty to attend the meeting that would be held on Oct. 22, according to emails obtained by The Spectrum in 2013. Mutua declined the meeting despite receiving a request signed by three members of the faculty in accordance with faculty bylaws.

On Oct. 25, following a facul-ty meeting on Oct. 22, Simpson and Tripathi sent an email to the faculty addressing the meeting re-garding Mutua.

Law faculty said they never took a no confidence vote in Mutua, but voted to put the matter on the agen-da again. It triggered a meeting with Tripathi and Simpson, who told the faculty the administration was not interested in their concerns about the law school leadership, according to professors in the law school.

UB policy states that deans should be reviewed every five years. Mutua was dean for six and a half years before a review was initiated, according to emails obtained by The Spectrum.

In February 2014, UB and SUNY Distinguished Professor of Chemis-try Frank Bright, who headed Mu-tua’s review committee, sent an email to the law school faculty say-ing a “five year review” of Mutua was beginning.

Mutua began as interim dean in late 2007 after Nils Olsen stepped down. A press release announced his appointment as dean in May 2008. Some law school professors question the process that led to Mu-

tua’s appointment because he didn’t go through a full and regular search process, according to law school faculty. Tripathi appointed him af-ter a failed national search. But UB Spokesman John Della Contrada said, “there was nothing out of the ordinary about the search.”

The results of Mutua’s decanal re-view, which was completed around May 2014, are confidential, accord-ing to Bright.

However, Provost Zukowski sent out an email to those who partic-ipated in Mutua’s review on July 1. The letter outlines the law school’s accomplishments under Mutua, in-cluding improving the number of law graduates who pass the bar, im-proving infrastructure and increas-ing fundraising efforts.

The letter states that Zukows-ki discussed the review results with Mutua and alludes to concerns of faculty members.

“Through the decanal review pro-cess, Law School faculty and staff have raised issues of concern to me as provost,” Zukowski wrote. “These issues have strained relation-ships within the school and created tension around leadership and unit cohesion.”

The letter does not indicate if the decanal review process had an effect on Mutua’s position as dean. Del-la Contrada said “input by faculty, staff, students and members of the community is a vital part” of the de-canal review process.

Malkan is suing for $1.3 million in damages and said he has essential-ly been blacklisted in his profession because Mutua not only fired him, but also would not write him a letter of recommendation.

“The university always settles these cases and no one could under-stand why after the first six months, ‘Why couldn’t they just let you go?’” Malkan said. “I would have just left. Just give me one semester salary like some little severance pay and a let-ter of recommendation, like a letter of good standing, and I could have found another job and I would have been out of here.”

Malkan said he views Mutua’s res-ignation as a relief, and said he was surprised Mutua was allowed to re-main dean with lying under oath al-legations lingering.

In a university release, Zukowski praised Mutua for what he has ac-complished in his time as dean.

“He has led the school through a nationally challenging time for le-gal education, while strengthening the school’s programs and facul-ty and advancing UB’s teaching, re-search and engagement missions,” Zukowski said.

Tripathi expressed his thanks to Mutua, who has been in the law school since 1996, and apprecia-tion for his service to the universi-ty in the same release, stating the law school is “well positioned to achieve even greater prominence in legal ed-ucation and scholarship.”

James Milles, a law professor who teaches legal ethics at UB, said those accomplishments Zukowski point-ed out in the letter to faculty would not have happened without the hard work of the entire faculty.

“We’ve got a solid and dedicated group of faculty and staff without whom all those accomplishments would not have been done and they will continue to do great things in the future,” he said.

Mutua, a native of Kenya, is ac-tive in Kenyan politics and writes political columns for Kenyan news sites. He received a doctor of ju-ridical science degree in 1987 from Harvard Law School, he served on the Iran tribunal hearing in 2012 and was elected vice president of the American Society of International Law in 2011.

Mutua’s position as dean and the inherent credibility that comes with it has allowed him to serve on the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation and Gov. Andrew Cuo-mo’s Moreland Commission, which was supposed to root out political corruption, but was shut down early.

Sam Benatovich, a second-year law student who has never met the dean in person, said the allegations Mutua is facing are troubling. He said the law school’s program fo-cuses on integrity and students have to take a class on ethics in the legal profession.

If the allegations prove to be true, Benatovich said, “the dean of a law school can’t flagrantly disregard the foundation of our legal system. It sends mixed messages as an educa-tor. It’s not just wrong, but down-right repugnant to create the next generation of lawyers while flaunt-ing your lack of respect for the legal standards.”


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When he takes a few weeks off from doing stand-up, comedian Brian Regan’s brain starts “perco-lating.” He just wants to get back on stage and make people laugh.

And on Friday, the comedian re-turns to Buffalo at the Seneca Ni-agara Casino Events Center on Sept. 26.

In advance of his performance, The Spectrum talked with Regan on the phone about his origins as a co-median, influences from his child-hood, how he puts a routine to-gether and preshow anxiety.

The Spectrum: What do you like about Buffalo?

Brian Regan: Buffalo is a good city; the people there are real. They’re good football fans. I like the way they’ve supported Buffalo over the years. It’s a cool place. It’s nice to get away from New York and see people who are down to earth sometimes.

TS: What made you want to be a comedian?

BR: One of my first classes in the theater arts major was a speech class and I tried to make my speech-es funny. And when the crowd, 30 people in the class, when the very small crowd laughed, it was a very weird feeling and I remember walk-ing my dorm after that thinking to myself I never felt this way when I walked back from accounting class. Something got inside me that took over and it became my question … that was the ‘Eureka’ moment.

TS: What was it like in the be-ginning?

BR: Well there was a lot of firsts. The first time I got on stage where I said I was going to do come-dy. Prior to that I had MC’d some things … you might be funny, you might not be funny. But the first time I tried it and the campus knew ‘Brian Regan is going to do come-dy tonight’ once you label it that, it better be that and it wasn’t that. It

didn’t work great and it was a diffi-cult experiences. I was on stage and people didn’t really buy it.

TS: More than 30 years later, what’s your biggest takeaway?

BR: The fact that the quest or the dream worked out well enough that I’m still doing it to this day. I really enjoy being a comedian, I enjoy be-ing able to make people laugh, I en-joy being able to make a living from it. The longevity of it was what surprised me. I’m thrilled that I’ve been able to work my life around the goal of doing stand-up comedy.

TS: What’s your favorite thing about performing?

BR: It’s fun to get a crowd going. It’s a reaction you can trust. Peo-ple don’t fake laugh. People can fake and will fake all kinds of other things in life, but it’s hard to fake a laugh. So when you’re on stage and you have a crowd of people laugh-ing, it’s one of the few things in my life that I feel that I can truly trust.

TS: How do you plan out and remember a routine?

BR: As far as how I come up with a joke, I don’t really know and I’m not trying to be flippant with the answer. I don’t know how the brain does that and I don’t know how some brains do and some brains don’t. What makes someone fun-ny and what makes another person funny, I don’t know. In a way it’s like looking through a prism. One light source without the prism is just a beam, but when it goes through the prism it becomes a beautiful rain-bow and I think comedians are like prisms. We take the same thing ev-eryone else is looking at and refract it in a way that’s funny … part of it is inspiration I don’t understand and craft that I do understand.

TS: Did your upbringing have any influence on your career choice?

BR: My mom and dad have eight kids, fortunately my mom and dad and all my brothers and sisters are still around. Everybody in my fam-ily is funny in different ways. My

mom and dad are both funny peo-ple and we made each other laugh quite a bit growing up. As a kid, I didn’t think about being comedian, but I certainly enjoyed making peo-ple laugh.

TS: How do you deal with preshow anxiety?

BR: I don’t know if I’ve figured that out … or if I ever will. I always tend to come up with analogies, but it’s like in golf, anyone can make a 6-foot putt, but can you make a 6-foot putt when you need it to win the Masters? It’s the same thing with comedy. A lot of people can be funny. But can you be when you gotta be funny? So part of it is actu-ally being comfortable and part of it is looking like you’re comfortable … you’re trying to give this illusion that you’re floating and having fun and this stuff is coming off the top of your head. None of this is true.


Prepare to be Regan-ated Comedian Brian Regan returns to Buffalo Sept. 26 at the Seneca Niagara Casino Events Center

COURTESY OF JERRY METELLUS

Brian Regan has been making peo-ple laugh since he was a little kid and he’s always loved the feeling of making people laugh. Regan will return to Buffalo on Sept. 26 to perform at The Seneca Niagara Casino Events Center.

JORDAN OSCAR SENIOR ARTS EDITOR

“Show me what democra-cy looks like,” someone would shout. “This is what democra-cy looks like,” thousands joyous-ly replied.

At 12:58 p.m. on Sunday, more than 310,000 people lining Cen-tral Park West fell silent, raising their hands in the air in a mo-ment of silence for people af-fected by climate change.

This wasn’t what democracy sounded like, but for a moment it was what democracy looked like and it was beautiful.

Two minutes later, a roaring tidal wave of cheering, shout-ing and screaming rushed from the back of the People’s Climate March to the front.

This is what democracy sounds like.

It was a sound that echoed through Manhattan, reverberat-ing off the walls and windows of the skyscrapers surrounding Central Park.

I tried to count how many times I shouted, “This is what democracy looks like,” or how many times I chanted “Hey Obama, we don’t want no cli-mate drama,” but I lost track somewhere between 86th and 79th. The march ended on 34th, crossing many major avenues, in-cluding Broadway and passing through part of Times Square.

Democracy turned up in force with over 310,000 people march-ing through New York City to start a conversation that carried over into the UN Summit this week. The march was a globally trending topic – there were doz-ens of smaller marches around the world – creating thousands of headlines and millions of photos, tweets and other social media interactions.

If this is what democracy looks and sounds like, then this is a de-mocracy I’m glad to be part of and able to participate in.

A democracy that’s loud and visible instead of hiding behind the anonymity of the Internet

or waiting for the recurring sto-ries of a 24-hour news cycle to inevitably wind up discussing the varying views and opinions on climate change.

The eight-hour bus ride to the city made me question the many motivators I had for attending such an event.

By the time I was on bus ride back many of them had confi-dently been rearranged, leaving the beauty and power of an as-sembled, vocal democracy a far cry from the only take away I had after marching through New York City for the day.

When we arrived in the city that morning, a greeter told us they expected 100,000 people to show up, a vast understatement compared to the 3-400,000 who actually did. The magnitude of the march’s attendance wasn’t comprehendible. It went on for blocks, causing major traffic jams for much of the city for the after-noon. A friend of a friend that marched with us kept comment-ing on what street we were on, how far we had marched and the affect the march being at various points in the city must be having on traffic, busses and ways into the city.

For people unfamiliar with the city, like myself, it wasn’t some-thing I could fathom, even af-ter seeing aerial footage of the march or reading headlines about the traffic jam.

The event wasn’t just eye opening for it’s support, but the zeal and passion of its support-ers was awe-inspiring. People shouted, chanted, carried enor-mous posters, banners and mod-els of earth and represented a wide variety of climate and po-litical issues.

People marching brought rep-resentation to topics harkening back to Occupy Wall Street com-bined with a growing discussion on nuclear power, carbon pollu-tion, waste and the general disre-gard many have toward the dam-age being done to our climate and planet.

Gandhi once said, “Be the change you want to see in the world.” And for a moment I felt like part of that change.

Raising my hand into the air in silence, cheering moments later and marching through New York City along more than 310,000 other people is something I’ll never forget.

If this is what democracy looks like, I want more.


This is what democracy should look like


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A six-hour bus ride was all that separated 52 UB students from the artwork they’ve exam-ined in art history courses to the museums in New York City that house them.

“Many students have the im-pression that seeing art in a book or on a screen is enough. It’s not,” Domenic Licata, an in-structional support technician and instructor with the Depart-ment of Art, said in an email. “We created this opportunity to make it easier for students to get out and see the world’s greatest art collections for themselves.”

The daylong trip began at 11:30 p.m. on Thursday when a bus with 52 students – 46 art ma-jors and six non-art majors – and four staff members departed for New York City. Domenic Licata, Natalie Fleming and Daniel Call-eri, the UB staff who organized the trip, believe it is crucial for UB art students to be exposed to what the city has to offer, which is some of the best art collec-tions and galleries in the world.

“There is nothing like stand-ing in front of a work of art that you have studied,” said Daniel Calleri, an instructional support technician for UB’s photography department.

Calleri said it’s important for students to get out into the “real world” where the scale, texture and material of the paintings and objects become important.

Many students on the trip saw art they were familiar with. An-nMarie Agnes, a senior general studio major, remembers learn-ing about Claude Monet’s “Wa-ter Lilies” during an art histo-ry course. The painting of the water lilies became her favorite piece from the trip.

Photographs in textbooks nev-er compare to the actual piece of art, according to Agnes.

“It was amazing how immense the work is, and since you’re al-ways shown it in a smaller size, it felt as if I was seeing the piece zoomed in, but that was what it was always like,” Agnes said. “And that kind of blew my mind.”

Agnes is able to appreciate the pieces more after having taken art history courses.

“I always thought that modern art was just weird and that any-one could make something like Rothko or Pollock,” Agnes said. “And that type of thinking deval-ued their importance to art as a whole, which I now realize.”

The trip organizers suggest-ed museums to visit, but en-couraged students to make their own decisions about what they thought was best to experience.

Fleming, the resource curator for the visual studies department, thought it was essential that stu-dents have freedom on the trip.

“We believe it’s important that the students have the opportuni-ty to make of the trip what they wish,” Fleming said. “There are so many art institutions in New York City that it would be im-possible to visit all of them, and not every student is interested in visiting the same works of art.”

Students appreciated the less structured atmosphere.

“I really liked that the trip was self guided and let us venture out on our own,” Agnes said. “I’ve never had the chance to go off on my own in a large city like New York, and I found out that it came really naturally to me. Af-ter navigating through New York on my own I feel like I could eas-ily live in that type of setting, which is a change from growing up in the country.”

Van Tran Nguyen, a senior bi-

ology and fine arts double ma-jor, also appreciated the way the ARTbus trip facilitated a space in which she could explore the city on her own.

“I think students should be urged to get lost – don’t real-ly have a plan and devote some time to being lost in the city to find something they aren’t look-ing for,” Nguyen said.

The trip was open to all ma-jors; non-majors were required to pay $47, while art majors only had to pay $25 to board the ARTbus.

Nguyen believes non-art stu-dents can have an equally valu-able experience under certain conditions.

“They cannot disregard the art instantaneously if they dislike it ... it probably means they do not understand it,” Nguyen said. “And disliking something you don’t know is stupidity.”

She believes that future trips should remain open to non-ma-jors with priority given to art ma-jors.

“Art majors are both mak-ers and observers,” Licata said. “Non-art majors, as observers, can be equally inspired by view-ing great work first hand, as much as they would be by hear-ing a live performance by the [Buffalo Philharmonic Orches-tra], or by attending the theatre. Great art benefits us all.”

Many of these classic piec-

es have been well preserved and have become recognizable pop culture icons, which is one of the reasons Fleming believes non-majors could still appreciate the artwork on display.

Agnes thinks it’s important that these works continue to be displayed for the public in gal-leries and museums, like the Mu-seum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art which are both located in New York City.

“Art is a big part of our cul-ture,” Agnes said. “It critiques and comments on our society and it’s important to keep art around to keep creating a visual commentary of the world.”

Calleri partially credited the success of the trip to professor Steve Kurtz, the chair of the art department, for helping to subsi-dized the cost of the trip.

Licata, Calleri and Fleming hope to organize more trips and are considering ones to Chica-go or Washington D.C. in the future, as long as they have the funds. Licata hopes that future trips will be run and sponsored by students rather than the de-partment, which would give stu-dents more of an input in choos-ing trip locations.

*Jenna Bower was one of the 52 students on the ARTbus


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JENNA BOWER, THE SPECTRUM AnnMarie Agnes, a senior general studio major, observes Pablo Picasso’s “Girl with a Mandolin” while on a trip to New York City with UB’s Art Department.

The Senate is a student-run body that votes on SA’s budget, constitu-tion changes and club recognitions.

Last February, the previous Senate passed an amendment removing the distinction of on-campus and off-campus senators. Beforehand, Sen-ate candidates were divided between six on-campus and six off-campus candidates. Students who live on-campus were only able to vote for on-campus candidates, and the same rules applied for off-campus stu-dents and candidates.

For this election, students will be able to vote for any candidate re-gardless of whether the student lives on or off campus.

Cato, Field, Giles, Grassi, Hong, Hsieh and Reisman are listed as living on-campus, and Canty, Dvorscak, Oro-sz, Soliman and Harary are off-campus students, according to Ingram.

Students can vote for the referen-dum and the SA senate elections in the Student Union Theater from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.


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TORI ROSEMANASST. ARTS EDITOR

I often use holidays, like Rosh Ha-shanah, to teach my 8-year-old broth-er about the faith. Like when I first ex-plained to him why we eat apples and honey – which symbolizes hope for a sweet new year. I remember making him the dish, describing why we put the two ingredients together and then bonding over the nosh. Since that year, we’ve been responsible for making the snack so the family can enjoy it.

But not this year.I can’t help but be a little saddened

that I will be in Buffalo for the holiday this year. Without the day off, I can’t travel home to Long Island to celebrate the Jewish New Year with my family.

Religious or not, I cannot help but feel an overwhelming sense of home-sickness during this time.

UB has places of worship that will welcome me. I have a variety of servic-es I can choose to go to – whether it’s at the Chabad House or through UB’s Hillel – and I have the opportunity to be surrounded by friends of the same faith and immerse myself in my culture.

I typically attend Friday night servic-es at the Chabad; they give me a sense of community and never interfere with my classes. Holidays are the only time during the year that I find myself con-flicted between what I was raised to do and what the school mandates I do.

While it’s nice to have options at school, it is different to be here than home at services with my family, where we can hear the shofar and listen to the rabbi speak.

Personally, I plan to attend a Wednesday night service for Erev Rosh Hashanah at the Chabad House and because we do not have the day off Thursday, I may not be able to go back for day services.

I have two classes that conflict with the holiday. One of my professors can-celed her lecture on Thursday, but the other did not. My second course, on Thursday night, rides a fine line – tech-nically, the class takes place after sun-set, so after the holiday is over. Though the lecture does not directly impact the holiday itself, it prevents me from go-ing back to Long Island Wednesday af-ternoon, after my last class, celebrating with my family and then coming back to Buffalo Friday morning.

Jewish students with a full class schedule on Thursday are put in a situ-ation in which they have to choose be-tween academics and celebrating the holiday.

I still have responsibilities to take care of. And once the holiday ends, I still have to go to class on Friday.

This year, I cannot share apples and honey with my 8-year-old brother, be-cause I cannot afford to go home. I can-not set the table with my mom or go through pictures of the past year with my dad. I cannot celebrate the holiday in the manner I traditionally would, be-cause I do not have the day off.

I suppose FaceTime will have to suf-fice.


Homesick for apples & honeyClass on Rosh Hashanah is a headache


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SPORTS DESK

In this series, The Spectrum Sports Desk will rank the top 10 moments in UB Athletics from the past few weeks. Tweet us your nominations at @ubspecsports with the #UB-Top10.

10. Ron Willoughby erupts for 132 yards in season opener

The football team had many questions surrounding its receivers going into the season.

Junior wide receiver Ron Wil-loughby answered some of those Week One.

Willoughby caught 10 pass-es for 132 yards and two touch-downs – all career-highs – in the Bulls’ season-opening 38-28 victory over Duquesne Aug. 30. The Bulls trailed 28-24 in the fourth quar-ter before Willoughby caught two fourth-quarter touchdown passes that secured the win for Buffalo. 9. Danny White, Bobby Hurley receive contract extensions

Athletic Director Danny White and men’s basketball head coach Bobby Hurley both received con-tract extensions within the past few weeks.

White’s contract, which now runs through 2019, was formally an-nounced on Sept. 10. Hurley’s new deal expires after the 2018-19 sea-son and is a one-year extension to

his original contract signed in 2013. 8. Hughes catches longest touchdown in program history

Junior quarterback Joe Licata and senior wide receiver Devon Hughes connected on a 92-yard touchdown in the first quarter of the Bulls’ 36-7 victory over Norfolk State Sept. 20. The touchdown was the longest in program history, break-ing an 18-year record of 91 yards. 7. Dougall and Hall named MAC East Defensive Players of the Week

A Buffalo women’s soccer play-er was named Mid-American Con-ference Player of the Week twice in a three-week period. Junior defend-er Jackie Hall won the award on

Sept. 8 after her defensive effort in a 2-0 win over Niagara. The Bulls allowed just one shot on goal in the game.

Freshman goalkeeper Lau-ra Dougall captured the award on Aug. 25 after making 11 saves and not allowing a goal in her first two games against St. Bonaventure and Canisius. 6. Bishop wins consecutive MVP awards

Junior outside hitter Tahleia Bishop won two Most Valuable Player awards in two weekends for the volleyball team. Bishop was awarded MVP for her efforts in the University of South Florida Tour-nament three weeks ago and in

the University of Illinois-Chicago Tournament two weekends ago. 5. Licata wins MAC East Offen-sive Player of the Week

Albeit in a losing effort, junior quarterback Joe Licata was named MAC East Offensive Player of the Week for his work against Army on Sept. 6. Licata completed 35 pass-es for 401 yards and five touch-downs. He threw all of his touch-down passes in the second half and brought the Bulls’ deficit to within eight points after they trailed by 30 earlier in the quarter. 4. Volleyball finishes first in tournaments for three straight weekends

The volleyball team won the USF and UIC tournaments, and finished tied for first place in the Hoosier Classic this past weekend. The Bulls had a five-game winning streak this season and have won seven of their past eight match-es with conference play set to be-gin Friday against Bowling Green in Alumni Arena. 3. Women’s soccer gets off to historic start to season

The Bulls didn’t allow a goal in the first 493 minutes of the sea-son. It wasn’t until a Sept. 12 match against No. 3 Virginia Tech that a shot finally got past a Buffalo goal-keeper.

The 493-minute scoreless streak set the longest shutout streak in

program history, breaking the pre-vious record of 482 minutes. The previous record was 385 minutes. The team possesses a 4-2-1 record and begins conference play Friday at Kent State. 2. Russell Cicerone scores game-winning midfield goal in double overtime

Men’s soccer sophomore mid-fielder Russell Cicerone scored a game-winning goal from midfield at the beginning of the second overtime against Bryant Sept. 5.

Cicerone took the opening touch and blasted a perfect strike into the top left corner of the net over the Bryant goalkeeper’s arms to give Buffalo its first win of the season. The play was No. 2 on ESPN’s SportsCenter top-10 plays.1. Bulls featured on ESPN against No. 8 Baylor

While it wasn’t the result the team was hoping for, the Bulls’ Fri-day night game on Sept. 12 against No. 8 Baylor was monumental for the program. The game was the first time UB hosted a top-10 foot-ball team and UB Stadium’s first appearance on ESPN, as the game was nationally televised on the channel’s flagship program.

24,714 fans attended the ‘black-out’ game – the third highest atten-dance in stadium history.


#UBTop10: Counting down the top 10 UB sports moments of the semester

CHAD COOPER, THE SPECTRUMMore than 24,000 fans attended Buffalo’s 63-21 loss to No. 8 Baylor on Sept. 12. The crowd as the third largest in the history of UB Stadium and the game was broadcasted on ESPN.

ANDY KONIUCHSPORTS EDITOR

Rayan Vakil will no longer be a human punching bag.

Vakil was bullied as a child be-cause of his weight; he was con-sidered “on the chubbier side” by classmates. He decided to change that at a young age.

In fifth grade, Vakil took tae-kwondo lessons to build confi-dence.

Now 20 years old, the sopho-more exercise science major incor-porates his taekwondo knowledge into UB’s Muay Thai class as part of the Combined Martial Arts Club (CMAC).

“I feel if I didn’t [get involved with martial arts], I would still have been in a vulnerable position,” Va-kil said. “People would have torn me apart. If I knew about [martial arts] before, I would have been so much better in life. It’s something that a man needs - to have that war-rior inside you - for times when you need to push through barriers that hold you down.”

CMAC, a Student Association club, offers free on-campus class-es to UB students, including Muay Thai, kickboxing, Judo-No-Ka-ta, Nearu and Brazillion Jiu-Jitsu. CMAC estimates there are 100 stu-dents in its club. Community mem-bers may join, but must take out an additional insurance policy of $50 a year. Students are covered through UB’s medical insurance.

***CMAC Treasurer, Muay Thai in-

structor and junior psychology ma-jor Alex Davis believes the club teaches its members respect, disci-pline and honor.

The club is not solely focused on fighting and competing. One doesn’t need to be a great fighter to participate in martial arts, accord-ing to former Muay Thai instructor Wing Keung Chin.

“It’s about conditioning, appre-ciating the training and respect of others,” Chin said. “You do enjoy sparring to learn the technique, but it’s not the end goal to beat the s*** out of each other. That’s stupid. This isn’t fight club.”

Chin, a graduate occupational therapy student, began boxing at 16 and learned Muay Thai as a fresh-man at UB. He no longer instructs, largely due to a busier schedule, but attends class regularly.

Chin credits former CMAC Pres-ident Ryan Monolopolus in making the club’s presence felt on campus and obtaining more equipment.

Students must sign a liability sheet, which acts as a release form that states CMAC is not responsi-ble for any injuries. Besides a few bumps and bruises, no one typical-ly gets hurt, according to CMAC President and kickboxing instructor

Erik Shalitsky.Shalitsky, a senior English ma-

jor, has a red belt in Kenpo Kara-te – a form that usual features quick hands strikes.

To give members a realistic feel for live competition, Shalitsky starts his Monday evening classes in Rich-mond’s Aerobics room with con-ditioning exercises like high jumps, push-ups, and stair-runs.

Students are often exhausted af-ter warm ups. Most are unable to complete the four sets of drills. Some even leave the class midway through.

Freshman occupational science major Marina Waldy described the kickboxing condition as “over-whelming,” even though she has two years of prior martial arts ex-perience. The point of this exten-sive preparation is to ready one’s self for sparring.

“When you’re fully energet-ic practicing techniques, you’re not really learning much,” Chin said. “Your mind and body is not com-bined into one. You need to push your limits. You can’t think about it, you just have to do it.”

Shalitsky keeps his teachings ba-sic to begin each semester. The class will learn how to properly throw a jab and quickly recover on defense.

Students in CMAC may eventu-ally become advanced enough to compete in sanctioned ballots. Last year the club had four members compete in amateur fights.

CMAC members often partic-ipate in the Arnold Sports Festi-val – held in Columbus, Ohio – a multidisciplinary sport convection named after actor and bodybuilder

Arnold Schwarzenegger. Shalitsky will compete in Muay Thai, kick-boxing and Kali Eskrima – a weap-on-based form of fighting out of the Philippines – in March’s festival.

Davis is scheduled to compete in an amateur fight Oct. 11 in Syr-acuse, but is still looking for an op-ponent.

Stonehorse Goeman, a two-time Muay Thai National Champi-on who appeared on Ultimate Fight-er 17 as a coach, is Davis’ private in-structor.

Davis credits his perspectives about martial arts to Goeman.

“He’s taught me that it’s always the little things in life that matter, it’s the little things that bite and the little things that get you far in life,” Davis said.

***CMAC instructors are unpaid

volunteers. Judo instructor Bruce Histed isn’t even affiliated with the university.

The third degree black belt and Tonawanda native said he wants to “pay forward to the next genera-tion” by sharing his Judo knowledge.

Histed competed in Judo – a modern martial art with the goal of throwing down and immobiliz-ing your opponent – tournaments at the local and national level from 1973-1993. He came in the eighth place in the Judo Senior Nationals in the early 1980s and won two sil-ver medals in the Junior Olympics.

Histed helped teach a Judo class on UB South Campus before CMAC was created in 1996. He is also the president of the American-Canadian (AM-CAN) International Judo Challenge, which held its an-

nual competitions in Alumni Are-na for 10 years. At one point, the competition was the second largest international Judo tournament in the world and hosted 980 compet-itors from nine different countries one year, according to Histed.

Histed was forced to take his non-profit tournament elsewhere in 2003 due to increasing fees. Hist-ed said it would cost $26,000 to rent out Alumni Arena.

“UB really just took us to the cleaners,” Histed said. “We just re-ally couldn’t afford it and had to move elsewhere.”

His tournament, which ran for 43 years, was moved to Grand Island High School the past three years and will be held at Niagara Univer-sity this year. UB also began restrict-ing where Histed’s Judo class could meet.

“I think because weren’t affiliated with UB, I think they were trying to push us away,” Histed said.

But Histed returned to UB in 2011.

After leaving UB in the ’90s, Hist-ed taught Judo classes at different lo-cal schools, lastly at Cheektowaga High School. About three years ago, however, he again had to find a new location for his classes.

“Cheektowaga High School ba-sically said we’d been there a long time, used their place for free and we didn’t really have anyone in our club from Cheektowaga,” Histed said.

One of Histed’s Judo students, who was also a UB student, Ivan Marrero suggested they take the class back to UB.

“[Marrero] suggested ‘Well, why don’t we go to UB? They have the

CMAC club … Why not go where the athletes are?’” Histed said.

Histed has now been teaching his Judo class through CMAC at UB for the past three years. He teaches sport judo and self-defense.

“UB has been more receptive to martial arts,” Histed said. “Not only should you be going to school to assess the mind, but you go to do the body as well.”

Histed hopes that with the growth of CMAC, the AM-CAN International Judo Challenge can return to Alumni Arena.

In addition to free teaching, Hist-ed gives students free uniforms and even drives some of them to local tournaments. Despite the years of time and effort he’s put into Judo, seeking financial compensation has never crossed the 57-year-old’s mind.

“I know a lot of students don’t have money, a lot students don’t have cars,” Histed said. “It’s an ex-treme love for the sport, it really is. I just want to pass it on to as many people as I can.”

***As an SA funded club, CMAC is

required to host two social events, two fundraising events and partici-pate in at least one SA event.

Students might be unwise to start a fight with security, as CMAC members usually volunteer as se-curity guards during fall and spring fest. The club sells apparel around campus to fundraise.

For its social requirement, CMAC hosts an annual “Instructor Series,” where highly accredited in-structors host either a class or lec-ture. Master instructors, those who have won some type of a nation-al or international championship, present either a lecture or class in any form of martial art.

CMAC hopes to bring in Kyle Cerminara this year, UB wrestls-ing’s all-time leader in career and single-season wins.

Cerminara has posted a 2-0 re-cord in Bellator MMA, the second largest MMA organization in the world behind the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), since gradu-ating from UB.

Students join CMAC for dif-ferent reasons. Some join for the workout it provides, some for the friendships it forms.

Others, like Vakil, just need a few hours away from reality.

“When you just sit down all the time you get so bogged down,” Va-kil said. “You need that stuff in your life to keep you going – physi-cal activities. I’m going to class, I’m learning all this stuff, I don’t want to come back and fill my head up again with formulas. Sometimes I just want to kick some s*** out of a punching bag.”


Beyond the mat Combined Martial Arts Club teaches students more than how to fight

ANDY KONIUCH, THE SPECTRUM

Students participate in Combined Martial Arts Club’s Muay Thai class. CMAC teaches five different kinds of martial arts and estimates over 100 students participate in the club.

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