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SAMAYA ABDUS-SALAAM ASST. NEWS EDITOR

Producing the next generation of humanitarians, innovators, scientists and artists is President Satish Tripa-thi’s vision for the future of UB stu-dents.

Friday morning, President Tripa-thi gave his third annual State of the University Address in Slee Hall to an audience of students, facul-ty, staff, members of the UB Coun-cil and Foundation, alumni and May-or Bryon Brown. Tripathi reminded the university of initiatives like UB 2020 and what steps the universi-ty has taken and will take in the fu-ture to improve UB. He also empha-sized UB’s goal to create a bond be-tween the university and the City of Buffalo.

“We are a great university,” Tripa-thi said. “But great universities don’t stand still. Every day we must set our sights higher for the sake of our stu-dents, communities and the world around us. That is the heart of our mission as a public research univer-sity.”

He credits UB 2020, the univer-sity’s plan to provide students with the best education by refining UB in both academia and physical appear-ance, for being the driving force of progress the school has made.

With programs like Finish-in-4, the Academics, discovery seminars and the Honors College, Tripathi said students have the opportunities to “gain valuable global experience.”

Tripathi said he sees the success of these programs through projects like the mechanical engineering students who were able to test their design in NASA’s near-zero-gravity facilities or the environmental science students who plan to spend their winter break restoring the wetlands on the Louisi-ana coast.

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Spectrum 360 video newscast: This week, the team recaps Wes Moore’s visit to campus and checks out the men’s and women’s basketball teams debut at Bulls Madness and the West Side Bazaar.

DEVASHISH AGARWALSTAFF WRITER

An array of multi-colored fireworks will light up the sky Nov. 1 to com-memorate UB Indian Student Associ-ation’s festival of Diwali.

UB’s Indian Student Association (ISA) is celebrating its 25th anniver-sary this year and plans to hold lively, engaging events at an unprecedented level, according to Rohan Kapoor, a sophomore business major and pres-ident of ISA.

“We’ll leave no stone unturned,” he said. “This is a big year for the club, and we want the whole of UB to cele-brate with us.”

UB’s ISA was founded in 1989. The club hopes to get more students at UB involved with the club by hosting a multitude of events to celebrate the club’s anniversary.

“Our greatest event this year will be a whole day Diwali Mela on Nov. 1,” said Veena Nair, a senior finance ma-jor and treasurer of the ISA. “This is the first time that UB will see such a big endeavour from any of the clubs on campus.”

ISA is organizing Diwali, an Indian festival of lights celebrated every fall, in place of Muqabla, an annual inter-collegiate dance competition ISA has organized and held at UB for the last 15 years.

“Last year people were disappoint-ed in Muqabla,” said Tamana Ranka, a junior business major. “It was a blow to ISA.”

Diwali celebrates the triumph of good over evil and is one of the big-gest festivals in India.

UB’s Indian Student Association celebrates its 25th

anniversary

An explosion of color for ISA’s silver

anniversary

AMANDA LOWSENIOR NEWS EDITOR

The Faculty Senate Executive Com-mittee voted not to pass the proposal to make the Institute of Jewish Thought and Heritage (IJTH) into a department within the College of Arts and Scienc-es. The senate voted with seven “no” votes and six “yes” votes at a meeting Wednesday.

The proposal to make the insti-tute into a department was introduced at the Faculty Senate meeting on Oct. 7, but the body was not able to make a vote because it did not have a quo-rum – meaning 50 percent plus one of the Senate members are present – at the time of the vote.

The proposal was then moved to the Faculty Senate Executive Committee where it failed to pass.

“The Faculty Senate Academic Plan-ning and Assessment Committee, which I chair, voted unanimously to recommend not advancing the Institute of Jewish Heritage to department sta-tus at this time,” said English professor Diane Christian in an email. “We felt it had too few faculty, students, and affili-ated scholarly support.”

Bruce Pitman, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, said the idea to create a department of Jewish Studies has been around for about 30 years.

In 2008, the current institute was cre-ated with the intent of eventually creat-ing a department.

In 2011, the Faculty Senate endorsed a proposal to create a Bachelors of Arts

degree in Jewish Studies. The degree proposal addressed issues of student interest, duplication of degrees across the university and faculty strength to teach in the program, Pitman said. A minor and bachelor’s degree currently exist for Jewish Studies.

“One must believe that the curricu-lum outlined in the proposal for the de-gree was considered rigorous, and the faculty in the Institute were of appro-priate caliber to teach,” he said. “One wonders, then, how the Senate could approve that degree at that time but now take issue with the faculty and scholarly direction of the proposed de-partment.”

Pitman worked with Richard Cohen, the director of the current institute, and other faculty members to begin working on the proposal to create a Department of Jewish Thought in spring 2014. The policy committee, which is the faculty governing body of the College of Arts and Sciences, approved the proposal be-fore sending it to the Faculty Senate.

Pitman said some issues discussed during the senate meeting were not rel-evant to creating a department.

He said the subcommittee debated on the phrase “Jewish Thought” for the department, “arguing that a broad-er consideration of Jewish studies was more appropriate.”

“Nevertheless, no matter how in-teresting the question might be for in-tellectual discussion, it should have no bearing on whether or not a depart-ment – of whatever name – should be created,” he said

Faculty who opposed the move felt the institute wasn’t big enough to be-come a department or that there should be a broader department focusing on religious thought.

Pitman said the committee also ob-jected to the format of the proposal because it did not conform to SUNY guidelines, but he said there are no SUNY guidelines for this kind of pro-posal.

Christian said there will “surely” be plans to revisit making a department of Jewish Thought in the future. She said she feels UB would benefit from having the department.

“There is real need for academical-ly rigorous understanding of religious, ethical and historical matters,” she said. “Many in the Senate meeting want broader Religious Studies scholarship as well. Such departments are not easy to build.”

Pitman said students have shown in-terest in courses that are offered about Jewish Studies. He said the executive committee suggested creating a depart-ment of religious studies instead, but there was not enough discussion about students who would be interested, or the faculty members who would join the proposed department.

“Recognizing the Senate’s voice on the curriculum, however, is different from that body having a veto regarding the organizational and administrative structures within the College of Arts and Sciences,” he said.

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On Wednesday, the Faculty Senate Executive Committee voted not to pass making the Institute of Jewish Thought and Heritage into a department. Bruce Pitman, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, helped to create the pro-posal and he said feels there should have been more dis-cussion on the creation of the department.

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On Oct. 18 around 3:18 a.m., an individ-ual approached a UB student and punched him in the face, causing injuries. This inci-dent occurred at the Ellicott Complex bus stop on the North Campus.

The suspect was described as a dark-skinned black male, approximately 6’8” tall and with a beard. He was wearing a black shirt with gold lettering on the front, Tim-berland boots, blue jeans and a dark sweat-shirt, according to the UB Alert email.

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Research funding has reached an all-time high, with an annu-al fund of $388 million, and $205 million of the annual fund is from the federal government, he said.

This past academic year, UB has acquired 110 new facul-ty members and 157 new staff members. Within the past five years, UB has added the largest amount of new appointments to the SUNY distinguished faculty, the highest faculty rank awarded in the SUNY system.

Tripathi said UB has made im-provements that expand beyond the increase of research funding, faculty and staff.

UB’s freshman-retention rates have improved and this academ-ic year has the highest number of freshman admittances. Tripa-thi said the university’s four-year and six-year graduation rates are higher than the national average, with a graduation rate of 52 per-cent and 72 percent, respectively.

Another goal of UB 2020 is to

build, renovate and transform the infrastructure on all UB campus-es. Tripathi said the UB commu-nity can see the development, es-pecially on the medical campus downtown.

“We’re not just transforming our university, we’re transforming our larger communities, regionally and globally,” Tripathi said. “That’s why engaging in our communities near and far is our priority.”

As much as Tripathi acknowl-edged accomplishments UB has made since he became presi-dent three years ago, he also rec-ognized the steps the university needs to take to achieve its goals as a public research institution.

One of the ways Tripathi plans to improve UB’s academia is by redesigning the general educa-tion curriculum, which UB an-nounced earlier this semester.

He hopes the proposed gen ed program can bridge the gap be-tween research and liberal arts, creating a multidisciplinary cur-

riculum to produce well-rounded students.

UB has also been active in the state’s plan to revitalize Western New York. Last spring, Gov. An-drew Cuomo announced plans to build Buffalo’s Institute of Ge-nomics and Data Analytics, a col-laboration between UB and the New York Genome Center to provide innovative research in the field of genetics. The university’s participation in START-UP NY will offer students the opportu-nity to work for research compa-nies who have relocated to Buffa-lo by the start of the spring 2015 semester.

“We can make Buffalo a na-tional model of how to trans-form the rest of the region into a vibrant, world-class destination,” Tripathi said.

The construction of the med-ical campus downtown, as well, plays an integral part in Tripathi’s plan to transform Buffalo. He hopes the new campus will “pro-

pel UB to the forefront of med-ical education, basic care and re-search,” while creating opportu-nities in the region.

Tripathi created a report – sup-plied to the audience in a pam-phlet – to show the progress UB has made and the steps it plans

to make in the future. The prog-ress report carefully outlines the direction the university is head-ed in to create the “world-class research university” Tripathi said he hopes UB will become.


“Diwali is associated with fireworks and we’ll uphold that tradition,” Ka-poor said. “We have received official permissions from the authorities. UB will witness the grandest firework dis-play in its history.”

The event will cost students $15 at the Student Union the night of the festival or $10 if purchased at the SBI ticket office before Oct. 26.

ISA is planning to serve more than 10 different Indian cuisines at the event.

“Indians love their food,” said Siddharth Khandelwal, a junior business major and the communi-ty service executive for ISA. “Di-wali is a food-centered festival and we’re making sure that we have more than enough for everyone.”

Priyanshi Soni, a sophomore in-tended chemical engineering major and an ISA public relations execu-tive, expects people from Toronto, Buffalo and local high schools to attend UB’s Diwali festival.

Earlier this semester, ISA un-derwent a reshuffling of its e-board. Then Vice President Harn-eet Bedi, a junior biology major, resigned and the ISA had to hold

elections at its second general body meeting. Approximately 60 people attended the elections.

Her resignation created a domi-no effect in the e-board.

Himani Dholakiya, a junior pre-pharmacy major, resigned from her position as secretary to run for vice president. She ran against Maisha Tasnin, a sophomore com-puter science major. Dholakiya was elected in a 29-17 vote.

Rakshit Murthy Viswanatham, a senior electrical engineering major, resigned from his position as com-munity service chair to run – un-opposed – for secretary.

Khandelwal ran unopposed for community service executive.

Poorvi Nair, a sophomore an-thropology major, ran unopposed for the second public relations ex-ecutive position.

ISA has already held several events this semester and is plan-ning on hosting more throughout the school year.

The club organized a Pani Puri Social Sept. 5 at Harriman Hall on South Campus and approximately 100 people attended the event.

Pani Puri is an Indian appetiz-er made of flour or semolina puffs filled with spicy and flavoured water.

“Pani Puri is life for Indians,” Soni said. “The whole e-board made the Pani Puris so as to serve the traditional Indian flavor to the attendees.”

ISA’s e-board participated in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge dur-ing its first general body meeting to raise awareness about Lou Geh-rig’s disease. UB’s Bangladeshi Stu-dent Association nominated ISA, according to Rohan. Other mem-bers of ISA also participated in the challenge.

The new e-board organized the Garba Social at Harriman Hall Oct. 11, which was attended by more than 200 people.

Garba is a traditional dance from western India and is reli-giously performed in honor of the Mother Goddess.

“It was like a flash mob,” Dhola-kiya said. “More than a 100 people doing Dandiya in complete sync.”

Dandiya is another traditional Indian dance form.

With a newly organized e-board,

ISA plans to host a variety of events catered toward UB’s Indi-an students.

“I’m excited with what’s about to come,” said Piyush Kathuria, a freshman computer science ma-jor. “ISA has made me comfort-able and helped me settle down in a new environment.”

Next semester, ISA plans to hold a Holi, the Indian Festival of Col-ors, and an International Fiesta, an inter-club talent show. The club is

also planning a banquet to mark the end of the year’s festivities.

“We want to meet more and more people,” Nair said. “We want to be approachable and know what people want and deliver to them.”

ISA is looking forward to all the events it has planned for the year and hope people attend them with great zeal.


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Friday morning, President Tripathi gave his third annual State of the University Ad-dress and spoke about UB’s efforts to build a relationship with Buffalo and the prog-ress the university has made through UB 2020. CHAD COOPER, THE SPECTRUM

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Students at the Indian Student Association’s Garba social dance along in celebration of Indian heritage. The ISA began in 1989 and is celebrating its 25th year at UB.

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For a store that sells athletic gear (if see-through yoga pants can be called “athletic”), Lulule-mon doesn’t seem to understand much about sports.

The company, which regularly works to cater their stores to the local area, installed a mosaic on the floor of their store in Walden Galleria, which referenced two historical embarrassments for Buffalo’s sports teams.

The mosaic, which was in-stalled in July but went viral on social media this past week, spells out “Wide Right” and “No Goal,” referencing the Bills’ missed field goal in the 1991 Su-per Bowl and the Sabres’ loss in the 1999 Stanley Cup Final.

Lululemon’s intentions appear wholesome – trying to customize their stores to the area and show off their knowledge of the lo-cal history is a nice touch – but somewhere along the way the company’s plan went awry and they ended up insulting an entire city.

Maybe Buffalo sports fans are a little more sensitive than the average football fanatic. But this city has earned the right to cry foul. Losing four consecutive Su-per Bowls has left Buffalo with-out any championship rings or bragging rights, so fans will take victory where they can – even if the win comes against a corpo-ration rather than, say, the New England Patriots.

Maybe if the Bills had gone on

to win a Super Bowl, or if the Sabres weren’t in the midst of a seemingly endless rebuilding stage, it’d be possible to laugh along with Lululemon. But when that “wide right” signifies the moment the Bills came the clos-est to becoming champions – and then didn’t – laughter isn’t a natural reaction.

Though some shoppers saw the humor in the phrases and considered the mosaic represen-tative of fans’ loyalty, they were undoubtedly in the minority. The reaction on social media once the

image went viral made this all too apparent to the company, which, to its credit, quickly apologized and covered up the mosaic. Store manager Pamela Palmieri tried to explain their intentions, call-ing the mosaic a “rally cry,” but Buffalo sports fans nonetheless called for a boycott of the store.

Admittedly, this is ultimate-ly little more than yet another gaffe from Lululemon. They’ve already drawn public ire for their comments regarding plus-size women and their floor plans that seem to shun larger-size clothing

– and their potential buyers – to back corners of the store.

Lululemon’s tormented pub-lic relations don’t end there. For-mer employees took to the Inter-net with tales of the company’s weird, cult-like environment and the company’s founder and for-mer chairman resigned in dis-grace after the public reacted – not surprisingly – with fury when he claimed that the compa-ny’s pants “don’t work for some women’s bodies” in a televised interview.

What is just one more addi-tion to Lululemon’s growing list of mistakes is much more to of-fended Buffalo residents. At the very least, it’s encouraging that the company listened to shop-pers’ complaints, even if their quick reaction was meant to cur-tail financial losses rather than soothing hurt feelings.

In all of these displays of poor judgment, the public was right there to call the company out and ensure that Lululemon’s questionable ethics and tone-deaf statements didn’t fly under the radar. Buffalo shoppers were equally vigilant, and in doing so, made it clear to the company that while sports fans here may bemoan their team’s records and even reference the failings of the past, it’s not fodder for corporate manipulation.


No laughs for Lululemon Attempt to humorously personalize Buffalo-area store lands closer to mockery

Five states – Oregon, Wash-ington, Montana, Vermont and New Mexico – have what are known as “death with dignity laws,” which legalize physician-assisted suicide.

The practice differs slightly in each state, but essentially, in these five states, patients with a termi-nal diagnosis who wish to end their own life have the right to do so. Reassuringly, there are multi-ple requirements and safeguards in place – while terminal patients should have the right to end their own life, in order to do so with a doctor’s assistance, the practice must be highly regulated.

The requirements vary slight-ly among the five states but all display the same strict regulato-ry practices. In Oregon – which became the first state to legalize the practice in 1997 – a patient must be at least 18 years old, a resident of Oregon, diagnosed by two physicians with a terminal illness that will cause death with-in six months and deemed capa-

ble to making and communicat-ing health care decisions.

The list of rules goes on: The request for medication must be made at least twice and written down at least once, and the pa-tient must be informed about al-ternatives, such as hospice and pain management. If, after meet-ing the regulations, the patient qualifies for the practice, doctors can prescribe lethal drugs that are then self-administered at the patient’s behest.

The practice – despite its in-tense regulation and importance as a basic human right – has al-ways been contentious, but un-like other sociopolitical dilemmas like gay marriage or abortion, it often fades to the background of public concern. Recently, 29-year-old Brittany Maynard has brought this debate over the le-gality of physician-assisted sui-cide back into the public eye.

Maynard was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and her

doctors informed her in April that she would likely die with-in six months. In response she made two decisions: That she would move to Oregon, where physician-assisted suicide is legal, in order to end her own life, and she would chronicle her story online, in an attempt to change the laws that make physician-as-sisted suicide illegal in 45 states.

Maynard had the resources and support to move from California to Oregon, and because of that, she’ll be able to take control of her life – and death.

But for the many Americans who wouldn’t have that option – who lack the financial resourc-es or support network, who are too ill to move across state lines or whose families disagree with such an idea – terminal illness re-sults in a painful, protracted ex-perience that ultimately, produc-es the same result.

It’s understandable that this law raises eyebrows – doctors are

viewed lifesavers, not life-enders. That doctors should assist in sui-cide – a deeply taboo topic that is, in the vast majority of cases, nothing but tragic – seems back-wards and wrong.

But the initial discomfort that accompanies this practice should ultimately give way to logic and intelligent consideration – of the experiences of terminally ill pa-tients, of studies that show that legalizing physician assisted sui-cide would decrease involun-tary euthanasia and of the rights of individuals to determine the course of their own lives.

Ultimately, it is a doctor’s re-sponsibility to provide his or her patients with the best care possi-ble. When terminal illness is in-volved, and life cannot be pre-served, all that remains is mer-cy – an end to pain and suffering and a final moment of empow-erment.


Right to die should be a given, not a rarityIt’s time for “death with dignity” to become a national option

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TOM DINKISENIOR SPORTS EDITOR

I snuck into a women’s soccer practice two Saturdays ago.

No, I wasn’t there to get a quote from head coach Shawn Burke or catch a secret glimpse of the Bulls. I pushed open the locked gate to the North entrance of the stadi-um and slipped under the chain to talk about the football team.

As the women’s soccer team – which is currently in first place in the Mid-American conference – dribbled around cones, I was standing on the opposite of the field talking on camera about the football team – which had just lost to an opponent that it was a favorite to beat by 14 points.

After finishing filming a post-game video, I headed out of the stadium at the same time the Bulls were leaving practice.

They, too, had to slip under chain in order to get of UB Stadi-um. The Bulls dragged their heavy equipment through the narrow channel. One player even threw her bag over her head and above the fence to get it through.

I couldn’t help but smirk. The Bulls are 10-2-3, undefeated in

Mid-American Conference play and are on their longest unbeat-en streak since 1998. They are the best team on campus right now, and they were locked inside their own stadium.

Would the football team ever face such an obstacle to leave the stadium after practice? Do you think the men’s basketball team was ever locked inside Alumni Arena? But then again, this year’s women soccer team is different from those two teams in terms of recognition, revenue and success on the field.

Even the method in which the women’s soccer team has been constructed is a far different ap-proach than almost every other team on campus.

Athletic Director Danny White has fired eight coaches, including football head coach Jeff Quinn last Monday, since arriving in Buf-falo about two and half years ago. He’s brought in a completely new coaching staff almost every time. It’s a common practice in sports for management to ‘clean house’ after a disappointing season.

A team under performs, so the entire coaching staff is fired and the program starts from scratch.

It’s the appropriate thing to do when a team consistently under performs. But for all the changes White has made, one of his best moves as Buffalo’s AD thus far is deciding to stay in house when he hired Burke as head coach of the women’s soccer team.

Burke served as an assistant coach under pervious head coach Michael Thomas for five seasons. When White told Thomas he was fired on Nov. 7, 2013, he made the smart decision to not say the same to Burke, allowing the assistant coach to interview for the job.

“I really made a very aggres-sive pith to both [Senior Associ-ate Athletic Director] Kathy Twist and Danny White that I want-ed to be considered,” Burke said. “Right from the get-go, I stood firm that this wasn’t a rebuilding process, that this current roster had the ability … we had the abil-ity to compete for a MAC Cham-pionship right now.”

White is all about winning right now, and he must have recognized Burke, who had knowledge of the roster and an already established relationship with the players, gave Buffalo the best chance to do that in 2014. Burke was announced as head coach of the Bulls Jan.

10, 2014, and so far he has come through on his “aggressive pitch.”

Buffalo is currently ranked No. 65 in the country – its highest ranking in program history. The team is at the top of the confer-ence and has allowed just 10 goals in 15 games this season.

Burke’s success in his first year should not be a surprise. The Bulls thrived the past few seasons in every aspect Burke oversaw as assistant coach.

Buffalo’s goals against average was 0.88 in 2013 with Burke play-ing a large role in coaching the de-fense. The Bulls had a GPA of 3.2 the past five seasons with Burke serving as their liaison to academ-ic services. Burke brought in sev-eral of Buffalo’s current stars, in-cluding freshman goalkeeper Laura Dougall, as the team’s re-cruiting coordinator.

White recognized Burke was doing his part on his end the past few seasons, and only needed an opportunity. Burke’s success this season is not a matter of him in-heriting an already talented team; he has had a major part in devel-oping the Bulls and deserves cred-it for the current construction of the roster. SEE HOME, PAGE 6

White’s decision to retain Burke paying dividends to women’s soccer Staying in house

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LIFE, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

AVEN SALIHSTAFF WRITER

“Rice Krispie” textured con-crete, asterisk-style seats and a variety of flowers are some of the new additions to Grace Plaza located outside Davis Hall.

UB constructed Grace Plaza in 2012 to honor Norman Mc-Combs, a senior vice president of research and development at AirSep Corporation and UB alum, for his support of UB’s Biomedical Engineering Depart-ment.

Rhonda Ransom, the project manager at University Facilities-Planning and Design, proposed the vision behind the plaza’s re-construction. It was funded through donations.

The plaza was named after Mc-Combs’ wife and serves as unify-ing quadrangle encircled by the School of Engineering, she said.

“The concept of the plaza, in-tegral to the original Davis Hall construction, was to be an envi-ronmentally friendly rain garden with pre-sedimentation and sed-imentation basins areas for wa-ter to be stored, filtered, and to improve water quality,” Ransom said in an email. “Recent im-provements … have focused on softening the space, providing pleasant exterior opportunities for people to gather, to enjoy be-ing outdoors and providing sce-nic vista from the Davis South Gallery.”

Tour groups and students of-ten pause to smile, take pictures and appreciate the plaza, Ran-som said.

Liesl Folks, dean of the Engi-neering Department at UB, over-saw the plaza’s renovations.

“Our goal is to create an out-door environment in Grace Pla-za that is an extension of the learning landscape of our newest building on North Campus, Da-vis Hall, with space for reflection and collaboration, right in the heart of the engineering com-plex,” she said.

Joy Kuebler, a landscape de-signer, and Daniel Seiders, the project manager at the Joy Kue-bler Landscape Architect (JKLA) firm, implemented the renova-tions at the plaza.

The firm “has a great deal of project experience in both green infrastructure designs, as well as campus and educational site de-sign,” Seiders said in an email.

The “Rice Krispie” textured concrete is permeable concrete that allows water to pass through to plant roots, according to Se-iders.

“We built upon the plaza’s ‘good bones’ and made a plan to improve the soil quality,” Se-iders said in an email. “We ex-pect that green infrastructure will

be an increasingly important el-ement of the built environment as we strive to make cities more livable for people and more sus-tainable.”

Matt Singer, a junior electri-cal engineering major, enjoys the natural, refreshing view of the plaza when he studies in Davis Hall.

“As an electrical engineering student who works in the build-ing often, I can see all around me how you can implement an ex-tremely environmentally friendly and technologically advanced de-sign but still make it a beautiful and an overall nice place to be,” he said.

Ryan Peters, a junior comput-er science major thinks the plaza

improved the overall appearance of Davis Hall.

“The landscaping is very pleas-ing aesthetically and adds to the architecture of Davis in a way that it improves the total look of the building,” Peters said.

Maryann Glab, a fresh-man chemical engineering ma-jor, thinks the plaza’s floras add beauty to UB’s bleak campus. Its unique design and asymmetrical shape inspires creative thinking, she said.

Connor Smith, a junior intend-ed engineering major, agrees.

“They put a couple benches there between walkways for peo-ple to sit and hang out along with new asterisk-style seats which give the area a futuristic look,”

Smith said. “It’s a refreshing new addition to the campus.”

A team of volunteers from the School of Engineering and Ap-plied Sciences will add hundreds of bulbs to the garden beds on Oct. 19 to create a bright display for the 2015 commencement ceremony, Folks said in an email.

“My hope is that Grace Pla-za will provide a range of ways for the UB community to en-gage with the great outdoors; for small gatherings to meet, for re-flection, for study, and for eat-ing,” Folks said in an email. “As the space at the center of the en-gineering complex, it is also an important visual focus for the school’s community.”

Grace Plaza is a sustainable, friendly environment for students to enjoy. The Plaza was constructed in honor of Norman McCombs, a UB alum, who named the plaza after his wife, Grace. YUSONG SHI, THE SPECTRUM

Pause at the plaza

KAYLA MENESSTAFF WRITER

For the 41st time, the Zodi-aque Dance Company performed in the Center for the Arts, wow-ing many audience members with their zeal and candor.

From Wednesday through Sunday, the performers exem-plified the group’s diversity with different dance styles and a vari-ety of costumes.

Artistic director and choreog-rapher Thomas Ralabate has his own philosophy when it comes to movement.

“Dance is a vehicle of expres-sion which allows me to share and celebrate the human spirit,” Ralabate said. “It is a language without words that helps me connect to my identity and soul.”

The Zodiaque Dance Compa-ny captured Ralabate’s ideology in its two-hour performance.

The showcase opened with “Ad-vocate,” a performance with four violinists and six dancers who partnered with one another. The pairs of dancers picked each oth-er up and held each other tightly, forming a physical and metaphor-ical bond between the two.

Neither the violinists nor the dancers overpowered one anoth-er with their talents, but rather added a creative twist to the per-formance. The dancers’ move-ments were as illustrious and flu-id as the violinists; they worked together in sync.

“Ring of Lament” began with a red light posed on a dancer’s face. The performers captured the “spirit of motion” by dancing or sliding on benches with rhythmic agility. With a sea-green backdrop to compliment the lighting, the dancers added visually appealing elements to their performance.

After a 10-minute intermission, another memorable performance began. In “slightly ASKEW,” stools were set on the stage as props instead of benches.

The dance was enhanced by the sound of panting on a track playing in the background. The fun nature of “slightly ASKEW,” gave the audience a glimpse into the dancers’ personalities. The dancers’ facial expressions and interactions with the stools and each other kept the audience en-thralled and laughing.

Lesley Huang, a junior me-chanical engineering major, was

one of those spectators im-pressed with the entire show.

“I thought the usage of the stools as props were cool,” Huang said. “They really brought an x-factor to the performance.”

The ladies of the Zodiaque Dance Company shut down the night in a sultry number titled “Italiano.” The black backdrop and the dancers’ black leather and lace attire added a dark tone to the final moments of the evening.

The segment used two songs from the 2009 musical film Nine: “Be Italian” and “Cinema Italia-no.”

The dancers moved smoothly to “Be Italian,” a slower, seductive song with Fergie on a background track. During the “Italiano” set, dancers were up close and per-sonal at the tip of the stage, en-gaging with the audience.

“Cinema Italiano” was more of an upbeat song. The dancers kept their technique fresh yet so-phisticated as they moved across the stage.

In the end, the entire Zodi-aque Dance Company came out and performed a short piece ti-tled “Z’BOWS” before bowing to cheers, whistles and applause from the audience.

Managing director and chore-ographer Tressa Gorman Crehan said the ensemble is focused on putting out the best work possible.

“Each company from year to year and concert to concert has a different persona,” Crehan said. “This company is delight-fully gregarious and very diligent about their craft.”

The ecstatic response from the audience reflected the danc-ers’ performance. The high-ener-gy collection of pieces displayed not only the physical abilities of the dancers in the company, but also their emotional range and ability to morph from one perso-na to the next.


The Zodiaque Dance Company celebrated their 41st season with performances Wednesday through Sunday at UB’s Center for the Arts.EMILY LI, THE SPECTRUM

Diversity in motion Zodiaque Dance Company performs at the Center for the Arts

Grace Plaza renovations add beauty to UB’s North Campus


JENNA BOWERCREATIVE DIRECTOR

When I started the semester, I thought that having two part time jobs and be-ing a full time student would be the big-gest stressors in my life. And then my best friend died.

Her name is Madeline. ***

When someone dies, people automati-cally attempt to glorify their character and ignore their flaws. I refuse to do that. It would be an insult to her memory. Mad-die was human, just like you and me.

Every time she asked me to hang out, it wasn’t, “Jenna, do you want to hang out?” It was, “Jenna, do you want to play? Will you play with me?”

The world was her playground. She didn’t take herself too serious-

ly. She was passionate, she had a temper, she knew how to push people’s buttons, how to get people to react and to pay at-tention to her. She was theatrical. She was always talking. She always had something to say. Sometimes she would talk so much that I couldn’t get a word in. Eventually, I started texting her whenever I had some-thing really important to talk about so she

didn’t have the ability to interrupt. I wish she were here to interrupt me

now.She knew how to feel pain, to really feel

it. When Maddie was upset, everybody knew it. She wasn’t shy. She cried when she needed to cry. She screamed when she needed to scream. She was bold. I always admired her for that. She knew what she wanted out of life and she fought for it.

We were always a team, but I was her sidekick. I was the quiet one, the listener, the damage control and the mediator.

We we’re both each other’s moms. “Jenna, do your homework.”“Maddie, when was the last time you

brushed your hair?”Both of us: “You deserve better.”There was never an, “I told you so,”

even though we both constantly, consis-tently, repeatedly told each other so.

When I got the call on Sept. 1, I thought it was a joke.

My friend called. She told me Maddie had gotten into an accident. She was a no-toriously crazy driver, so my reaction was, “How bad is her car? How much will it cost to fix?”

“Maddie’s dead, Jenna.”“What? Are you joking? Who told

you?” Followed by: disbelief, denial, an expla-

nation, listening, ears open, words don’t register, standing up, can’t feel my feet, walking outside, Maddie’s dead, hyperven-tilating, trying to call her, falling to the ground, she doesn’t answer, moaning, rolling on the concrete, screaming.

The air fell out of my body that day and I still haven’t been able to regain it. Every-

thing reminds me of her. Every beautiful thing I see is Maddie.

Best friends are like soul mates: you only get one. If you’re truly soul-friends, your relationship doesn’t end even if one of your lives does. I will save a space for her at my wedding. I will tell her when I get a promotion at work. I will tell my children about her. Now that she’s gone, I’m living for both of us. I’m fighting for both of us. My days of being a sidekick are over. I’m not OK with being the qui-et one anymore.

I will be bold because she can’t. I

will scream because she can’t. I will cry because she can’t. And eventual-ly, I will learn to feel again. The purpose of life is that there is no purpose. Your life only has purpose if you give it one. Life can be taken away in an instant, by an accident, accidentally. It’s a grand cosmic coincidence that you are on this earth in the first place.

Don’t waste your coincidence. Be bold. email: [email protected]

Learning to feel again

Grace Plaza renovations add beauty to UB’s North Campus

TRACI THOMASCONTRIBUTING WRITER

The scene begins with a middle-aged man driving his car headfirst into a brick wall.

The UB German Program, with sup-port from the Graduate Group for Ger-man and Austrian Studies, presented the second film, Gegen die Wand, in a semes-ter-long series focused on Turkish-Ger-man cinema Oct. 16 in Talbert Hall. The series aims to provide an outlet for mem-bers of the UB community interested in German language and culture. Gegen die Wand was directed by the Turkish-Ger-man director Fatih Akin and explores the issues Germans and Turks face with inte-gration and transcultural contact.

“I really liked the movie because it demonstrated well the immigration sit-uation of German Turks and the inter-cultural situation they’re in,” said Cécile Heim, a graduate English major from Switzerland. “I like that it wasn’t roman-ticized – the film was blunt and realistic.”

Gegen die Wand translates to “against the wall,” but is titled Head-On for Eng-

lish-speaking audiences. Turkish immigration routes into Ger-

many were first established in the ear-ly 1960s when “guest workers” were re-cruited from Turkey to fill a void in the workforce. The peak of migration oc-curred in 1973 and as children of these immigrants received citizenship, Germa-ny’s Turkish population grew exponen-tially.

Set in contemporary times, Gegen Die Wand explores the legacy of this histori-cal development through the relationship of Cahit, who drove into the brick wall, and Sibel, a second-generation 20-some-thing-year-old born in Hamburg, Germa-ny. Unable to navigate the liminal space between a conservative Turkish fami-ly and German youth culture, Sibel at-tempts suicide, subsequently meeting Ca-hit in the hospital.

“I had no idea that a German Turk ex-isted, let alone that there was such a pro-found cultural movement,” said Andrew Ruether, an English major.

Although the show is considered a dra-ma, Gegen die Wand is also laced with humor, saturated with violence and bro-

ken up with musical interludes. The dramatic drive of the film is not

entertainment but rather exploring multi-culturalism in Germany.

Multiculturalism in Germany “has failed, utterly failed,” according to Ger-man Chancellor Angela Merkel in 2010. For this reason Gegen die Wand ends somewhat inconclusively, for the solu-tion to Angela Merkel’s condemnation of multiculturalism remains speculative.

“One of the best parts about learning a second language is that you create new opportunities for meeting new, interest-ing people,” said Tom St. Pierre, a gradu-ate teaching assistant in the UB German Program and one of the event’s organiz-ers. “For us, the German film nights are a way for people who would not otherwise know each other to come together and share their interest in German language and culture.”

The next film, Auf der Andren Seite, will be shown on Nov. 20 at 7 p.m. in Talbert 103. This film, also directed by Fatih Akin, will provide a further exam-ple of Turkish-German cinema.


UB German Program shows Gegen die

Wand, exploring German-Turkish relationsCultural interactions

The UB German Program and the Graduate Group for German and Austrian Studies showed Gegen die Wand on Oct. 16 in Talbert 103. The film explored the issues Germans and Turks face with immigration and transcultural contact in contemporary society.

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EMMA JANICKISENIOR FEATURES EDITOR

The fluctuations in weather and the air conditioning still working to cool down some classrooms can make picking out your clothing layers in the morning a chal-lenge.

If you wear too heavy of a sweater, you’ll be perspiring while walking down the Promenade but without one, you might end up shivering during class.

A classic cape is a great option for those days when you just don’t know what temperature you’ll be in at any given time. Whether you go vintage or modern, capes are roomy enough where you won’t feel like you’re suffocating and are easy enough to take off and on, no problem.

If you tend toward the cold side, then you have space to layer under the cape. But if you’re one of those forever-hot people, you can kick it in a T-shirt and shorts but still have a dose of warmth for those air-conditioned areas.

The proliferation of sweatpants, yoga pants and leggings on college campus-es today is a cry for comfort, and while I personally couldn’t imagine wearing those clothes and staying awake during class, I

understand it. A cape is a high-fashion way to keep comfortable. You are literally wearing a massive piece of fabric that ties or buttons – hello, it’s basically a Snug-gie. A super cute Snuggie. It’s perfect for those days when all you want to do is curl up in bed with tea and a book but know you need to listen to your professor’s lec-ture to pass an exam; with a cape and you can pretend to be back home snuggling under your comforter.

Here, I have on a large, green vintage cape and my color-blocked Ann Taylor cape.

My mom bought the vintage cape at a yard sale a few years ago in the Elmwood Village for $5, and after getting it dry-cleaned it was ready to wear. The cape only buttons at the neck, which creates an open and flowing silhouette. I’ve worn this cape for New Years and anniversary dates to fancy restaurants.

It is a touch difficult to drive in, but looks damn good getting out of the car.

Ann Taylor has a massive selection of easy, comfortable, stylish capes – and I’m not saying that just because I work there. This little number was from last fall, but they’ve brought the look back with gray, black and navy capes. From a light wrap

look, like this one, to thicker winter ones, you can pick out one for any temperature Buffalo brings.

Usually when I put on a cape, it’s the center of my outfit. I keep everything under it more demure – stuff that looks good when you take the cape off, but isn’t overkill. Underneath these capes I have on gray Ann Taylor riding pants and a black Ann Taylor crew-neck merino-wool sweater. As usual, I’m in brogues.

While modern stores do carry cape

styles, vintage ones are always wonderful. I will always regret not buying a yellow, red and white caplet from Second Chic on Elmwood. Caplets are adorable addi-tions to any outfit as they only cover the top half of your arms in a whimsical way.

Nothing looks more classic, power-ful or elegant than a cape blowing in the breeze as you sashay into Starbucks for your dark roast, black coffee – oh, wait maybe that’s just in my head.


À la Mode: Style GuideWrap yourself in a cozy cape for fall

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Students on campus used UB’s first Sus-tainability Week to fight what Justin Imiola called “The Tragedy of The Commons.” Imiola, a senior and president of the En-vironmental Network, doesn’t want The Commons, an area on campus that is pri-vately operated, to use Styrofoam. So he and other environmentally conscious stu-dents used Sustainability Week, which en-couraged environmental awareness on campus, to promote their petition to end the Styrofoam use.

Imiola said the petition was named in reference to an article by Garrett Hardin of the same name that says “individuals working in their own self-interest cause overall well being to be diminished, which is exactly what is happening at the Com-mons at UB.”

“In recent years, UB has almost stopped their use of non-recyclable products in the Campus Dining Centers and Shops,” said Alison Greene, a sophomore and member of the Environmental Network. “It’s a positive change, but we shouldn’t stop there.”

The Environmental Network, an envi-ronmental advocacy club, used the week’s exposure to get a petition signed to ban The Commons from using Styrofoam

containers and cups. So far, they’ve gotten

at least 50 signatures, according Imiola, and are working to expand the petition online to have 1,000 signatures by the end of the se-mester.

“It’s part of our proj-ect to green the Com-mons and raise student awareness about how the commons is pri-vately owned but we are showing that we have the support of the fellow students as con-sumers,” said Vanessa Dwyer, a sopho-more environmental geoscience major and a member of EN.

Dwyer said they want to try to persuade the commons to follow UB regulations of less waste and recyclable materials, and to possibly have them expand to recycable containers.

The Spectrum was not able to reach First Amherst Development, which privately owns The Commons, for a comment.

Styrofoam, the trade name for polysty-rene, has been highly criticized by envi-ronmentalists for its toxic manufacturing process and inability to be recycled. It was

labeled the fifth largest creator of hazard-ous waste by a 1986 Environmental Pro-tection Agency study.

“There are just so many other options they could use,” Greene said.

Imiola, who is an economics and geo-sciences major, said the petition to ban Styrofoam in The Commons is part of a larger effort to make The Commons more sustainable.

Imiola, who helped organize Sustain-ability Week, and other students are at-tempting to convince The Commons to convert from Styrofoam takeout contain-ers to compostable alternatives like those offered at UB Campus Dining and Shops locations. They are also looking to find ways to increase recycling and other ways to make The Commons green.

Anna Augostini, a sophomore pharma-cy major and a member of the Sustain-ability Undergraduate Academy, said she finds it shocking The Commons hasn’t al-ready taken part in UB’s green initiative and finds the petition to be a responsible idea.

And many of UB’s green initiatives were on display during last week’s Sustain-ability Week.

Throughout the week, the Office of Sustainability had pop-up chalkboards with the questions “What are your big-gest fears and hopes of climate change?” and “How can we create a better world?” Students could come up and write their thoughts with chalk that was provided.

The project was based on Candy Chang’s Before I Die chalkboard proj-ect that started in New Orleans and has spread across the world. It allows anyone to write a thought of what they want to do before they die.

The chalkboard was meant to engage the UB community to think about climate change in a global perspective and to cre-ate conversations from the chalkboard comments.

Greene said Earth Day shouldn’t be the only time during the year when students promote sustainability.

UB environmental clubs and organi-zations arranged the first Sustainability Week to create environmental awareness on campus. The week is meant to serve as a fall compliment to Earth Week, the week surrounding green initiatives in the spring semester around Earth Day.

“Personally, I want to promote envi-

ronmental awareness as a whole,” Greene said. “While one week focused on envi-ronmental awareness won’t have an imme-diate effect, it still sets the tone for how we should all act 100 percent of the time.”

Four student groups – Environmen-tal Network, Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW), the Student Association and Alpha Kappa Chi (AKX), were a part of the creation of Sustainability Week.

Each day of the week focused on a spe-cific environmental theme: sustainability, energy, nature, water and waste.

The clubs had tables in the Student Union educating students on each spe-cific topic, sometimes with a small dem-onstration. For water day, Environmental Network hosted a water tasting that asked students to blind taste the difference be-tween bottled and tap water.

Imiola said Dasani was often thought to be tap water, while the tap water and Poland Springs were considered to taste alike. He said most people preferred tap water and Poland Spring to Dasani.

A larger event then followed at night that corresponded with each theme. These included lectures from environ-mental experts, nature walks and hikes in Letchworth Woods and a cleanup of Lake LaSalle. The week concluded on Saturday with a sheet mulching of the campus gar-den.

Rebecca Oaks, a senior environmental engineering major, is a student leader of the Campus Garden group and thought sheet mulching was a “great finale” to sus-tainability week.

“It was a way for people to take every-thing they had learned during sustainabili-ty week, like energy and different sustain-ability practices, and bring them togeth-er for a big outdoor on campus project,” Oaks said.

The week was a good way to get stu-dents involved with the environment, Au-gostini said.

“A lot of students aren’t aware about these issues, especially when UB does such a good job at keeping this large cam-pus environmentally efficient,” she said.

There are 904,270 pounds of waste are kept from landfills each year due to the campus’s ongoing composting and re-cycling efforts, according to UB’s web-site.


Fighting for a greener campusUB students use Sustainability Week to help stop Styrofoam

use in The Commons

EMILY LI, THE SPECTRUM

Last week, UB held its first Sustainability Week with green initiatives, like a petition to ban styrofoam in The Commons, and a pop-up chalkboard in the Student Union that allowed students to create conversation about sustainability.

He’s also made several key roster deci-sions that have directly led to the Bulls’ success on the field this season.

It was Burke’s decision to move junior Jackie Hall from the midfield to the cen-ter back – a position at which he consid-ers her the best in the MAC. Burke decid-ed to start a true freshman in Dougall in goal this season. Dougall tied the program record for shutouts in a season (10) this weekend.

“I’m very grateful because I know, espe-cially at this level, it was a risky move by Kathy and Danny to put their trust in me in turning this program around,” Burke said.

The “risky” move has paid off. For all the sweeping coaching changes White has made in Buffalo, his best hire so far might be deicing to hire Burke from within.

The Bulls have three games left in the regular season – all at home. It might be your last chance to see a winning team in UB Stadium this season.

Maybe one day I’ll sneak into UB Stadi-um to film a post game video recapping a women’s soccer team’s game. If one team on campus that deserves the recognition right now, it’s them.


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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- The information you pass on to another may not be entirely up to date. When you discover this, however, you can correct any errors.SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- You may be leav-ing a bit too much to another’s imagination. Try to give him or her a little more to go on!SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- A collabor-ative effort is bound to fall short if you are unwill-ing to share everything you know about the prevail-ing circumstances.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- You may want to consider altering your course or changing the way you do some of the little things that have far-reach-ing effects.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Some may con-sider you one of the best, but others may be criti-cal of your personal style. It’s only a matter of taste.PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Putting one foot in front of the other may be trickier than expect-ed. There are certain hidden obstacles to overcome.ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- A slow start doesn’t have to mean you’ll remain behind; you can catch up when you reach your stride. Energy and efficien-cy are high.TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Some undercur-rents give you reason to worry about certain plans. What you cannot see may affect you in ways you cannot anticipate.GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- If you’re consid-ering a different path, remember: Any change you make must include those who have helped you so far.CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- You may find your-self involved in a situation that is far more compli-cated than any you had foreseen. Get out when you can!LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- There’s no reason to in-terrupt the flow before you finish what you have planned to do. Distractions are completely avoid-able.VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Someone is waiting to see what you have up your sleeve. You will want to make them wait a little longer until things ripen a bit more.

1 Sugar bowl marchers 5 Data is displayed

on it 10 Canyon edges 14 Plane

reservation 15 ___ only (sans

pictures) 16 Correct copy 17 One way to send

stuff 20 Dazed and confused 21 Air raid alert 22 Driver’s license

datum 23 Fluorescent-lamp

filler 25 Stars and Stripes

land 27 Certain grad 30 Seance

visitor 33 Snake in the grass,

metaphorically 34 Letters on some

police jackets 37 Music selections 39 “Understood” 43 Nest with

a view 44 Use some sense? 45 Tire-pressure letters 46 Emulate Spielberg 48 Marching together

perfectly 51 Tokyo, once 52 Dote on

too much

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54 Paranormal ability 57 Cause of many

yawns 59 Birth-related 63 Build things to last 66 Fishing need 67 Enjoyed enthusiasti-

cally 68 Annoying smell 69 Harvard rival 70 Reveals, as one’s soul 71 Enthusiastic volun-

teer’s cry

1 On the ocean 2 Bank-teller’s call 3 “Lights out” music 4 Place for waders 5 Interstate sign 6 Rene of Hollywood 7 Introduce to the mix 8 Waterfront walk 9 Hide out indefinitely 10 Run the engine 11 April 13, e.g. 12 Boggy area 13 Mythological river 18 Make,

as money 19 As originally placed 24 Long,

deep cut 26 Jack-in-the-pulpit’s

family 27 Coloratura’s piece

28 Removed, as a tattoo 29 Early

development sites? 30 Eyelid

irritation 31 Lacking skill 32 Poke fun at 35 Float through the air 36 Was a

consumer? 38 Cut with small strokes 40 Green land 41 Pulled dandelions 42 Bit of this and a bit

of that 47 Discussion, briefly 49 1492 ship

of note 50 A way to ski 52 Not as iffy 53 Arouse,

as interest 54 Cable sports award 55 Colonnade for Zeno 56 Gloomy atmosphere 58 “__ creature was

stirring ...” 60 Rip or neap 61 Physics class topic 62 Apollo played it 64 Word

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Women’s soccer (10-2-3, 6-0-2 Mid-American Conference)

The Bulls remain at the top of the MAC after a pair of shutout victories this weekend against Central Michigan (3-11-1, 1-6 MAC), 1-0, Friday and Toledo (6-9-1, 3-5 MAC), 3-0, Sunday. With two shutouts this week-end, freshman goalkeeper Laura Dougall tied the program record for shutouts in a season with 10. Sophomore forward Celina Carrero scored three goals this weekend, including the game-winner in Friday’s game and two scores against the Rockets Sun-day. Buffalo’s current eight-game unbeaten streak is the team’s lon-gest since 1998.

The Bulls finish out their reg-ular season with three home games, including two next week-end against Ball State (8-4-2, 4-3 MAC) and Miami Ohio (12-2-1, 6-1-1 MAC). Buffalo hosts the Cardinals Friday at 5 p.m. before playing the RedHawks on Sun-day at noon. Men’s soccer (3-8-2, 0-0-2 MAC)

After falling to Lafayette (5-6-2, 1-3-0 Patriot League) 1-0 in a nonconference game Tuesday, the Bulls finished off their week-end with a 1-1 tie against Bowling Green (9-3-0, 0-1-0 MAC) Satur-day. Buffalo found itself down 1-0 in the 19th minute of play after a Bulls defender accidently headed the ball into his own net. Buffalo responded four minutes later with a goal by sophomore midfielder Sean Young. Neither team scored in the overtime pe-riods, giving the Bulls their sec-ond consecutive MAC draw of the season.

The Bulls play St. Bonaven-ture (1-9, 0-3 Atlantic 10 Con-ference) Tuesday before return-ing to MAC play against North-ern Illinois (0-0-1, 2-5-5 MAC) Saturday. The games will be Buf-falo’s final home matches of the season. Tuesday’s match is set for 7 p.m. and Saturday’s has yet to be determined.Volleyball (13-9, 3-5 MAC)

The Bulls lost to MAC-lead-er Northern Illinois (14-7, 7-0 MAC) Saturday 3-1 after losing by the same score to Western Michigan (13-8, 5-2 MAC) Fri-day. Saturday’s defeat was Buf-falo’s third consecutive confer-ence loss, and its fifth loss in the last six MAC matches after be-ginning the conference season 2-0. Buffalo got off to a quick start on Saturday, winning its first set 25-23. But a three-set ral-ly by Northern Illinois resulted in a 3-1 loss. On Friday, Buffalo found itself trialing two sets to none. The Bulls forced a fourth set after a 25-17 decision, but fell 25-16 in the fourth set.

Freshman libero Niki Bozinos-ki had 31 digs over the weekend and junior middle blocker Akei-la Lain led the team with 28 kills. Buffalo hosts Eastern Michigan (11-9, 2-4 MAC) Friday and Cen-tral Michigan (8-11, 3-4 MAC) Saturday. Friday’s match is set for 7 p.m. and Saturday’s starts at 7:30 p.m.


Dougall ties shutout record as women’s soccer remains

unbeaten in MAC play

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Men’s basketball junior guard Jarryn Skeete lobbed the ball at the side of the Alumni Arena backboard Friday night. Junior guard and Central Florida trans-fer Rodell Wigginton caught the ball and spun 360 degrees mid-air before slamming it in.

The basket did not count for two points, but did help Skee-te and Wigginton earn a slam-dunk title from a panel of celeb-rity guest judges, including Buf-falo Bills center Eric Wood and former Bulls wide receiver Naa-man Roosevelt.

“I just went out there and gave it my all,” Wigginton said. “I wanted to put on a show for the kids and the fans.”

Although their seasons do not start for another few weeks, the men’s and women’s basketball teams gave Bulls fans a reason to cheer Friday night in Alum-ni Arena, as the teams hosted Bulls Madness. The annual pep rally included player and coach introductions, intrasquad scrim-mages and shooting, dunk and three-point contests.

The championship round of the dunk competition came down to Wigginton and ju-nior forward Justin Moss. Moss dunked over sophomore guard Shannon Evans, who was sitting in a chair in front of the basket.

“It was fun,” Evans said. “Jus-tin and I are really good friends so I had no problem with him dunking over me.”

Both teams showcased their new players to fans in 10-minute scrimmages. The women’s team introduced several freshmen, in-cluding forward Mariah Suchan and twin freshman guards Liisa and Katherine Ups. The men’s team debuted new freshmen players as well, including for-ward Ikenna Smart and guards Lamonte Bearden and Bobby Frasco.

“I just wanted the guys to ex-press themselves, have some fun and enjoy the atmosphere,” said men’s head coach Bobby Hur-

ley. “For our new guys, it gave them an opportunity to play in front of a crowd for the first time.”

Fans also had an opportu-nity to showcase their skills on the court. Four UB stu-dents participated in a shoot-ing challenge with some of the players.

Skeete and senior forward Kristen Sharkey played on a team with a male and fe-male student, while Evans and sophomore guard Rachael Gregory did the same on the opposing team.

Each team had 45 seconds to make as many shots from the free throw corner as pos-sible.

“It gave me an idea how it feels to be on the team,” said sophomore engineering major Marcus Crewe, who partici-pated in the contest. “It’s a lot more pressure than people ex-pect. Having people cheer for you is something special.”

Sophomore guard Joanna Smith electrified the crowd when she knocked down 14 shots in the one-minute open-ing round of the three-point contest. Smith eventually lost to senior forward Will Regan, however, who won the com-petition by sinking 17 shots in the final round.

“I think the energy has nev-er been louder at Alumni Are-na,” said junior guard Mack-enzie Loesing. “It’s great to know the community is just as excited as we are. I hope it translates to the season.”

Both teams expressed excite-ment for the upcoming season, which begins in mid-November. Women’s head coach Felisha Legette-Jack believes this year’s team will have more depth than last season.

“I’m excited about our bal-ance,” Legette-Jack said. “We re-ally had to rely on Sharkey and Mackenzie way too much last year. That’s not going to be a problem this year.”

The women’s team returns four out of five starters from

last season’s team that earned the highest MAC Tournament seeding in program history. The men graduated three start-ers from last season, including UB all-time leading scorer Javon McCrea but have also brought in a highly talented recruiting class, Regan said.

“We have a great group of freshmen,” Regan said. “I want to make sure we take advan-tage of every opportunity we have. Doing that is going to be through leadership. In my last season, I want to make the most

of my experience and propel these younger guys for after I leave.”

Both teams host exhibition games at Alumni Arena, with the men playing Wheeling Jesuit on Nov. 6 and the women facing Buffalo State on Nov. 8. Both teams begin the season on Nov. 14 in a doubleheader at Alumni Arena. The women’s team hosts Siena at 5 p.m. and the men fol-low with a 7:30 p.m. matchup with South Dakota State.


Men’s and women’s basketball host rally for upcoming 2014-15 season

CHAD COOPER, THE SPECTRUM

Freshman midfielder Alex Lambert chases after a loose ball in Buffalo’s 1-0 win over Central Michigan.

The madness begins

PHOTOS BY YUSONG SHI, THE SPECTRUM

Junior forward Justin Moss dunks over sophomore guard Shannon Evans at Friday’s Bulls Madness.

Junior guard Rodell Wigginton slams the winning dunk on a 360 double-handed jam.

Freshman guard Lamonte Bearden slams the ball as teammates look on.

Junior forward Jamir Hanner welcomes young Bulls fans to UB Madness.

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