This paper is made from recyclable fiber

PLEASE RECYCLE

The voice of Canisius College since 1933

News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Opinion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7

Life And Arts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12

Sports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-16

www.canisiusgriffin.com

Send Submissions to: Griffin@canisius.edu

Friday, Septmeber 17, 2010Volume LXXXI Number 1

Sports: Women’s soccer wins double overtime thriller.

@Back

Opinion: Cancer show encourages and informs; viewers want to see results

@6

Life & Arts: Music Festival at the Knox proves to be a real crowd pleaser.

@8

Hurley discusses the State of the College as the 24th president

new

s | o

pini

on |

life

& a

rts | s

port

s

By Kate SonginEditor-in-Chief

Last Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010, John J. Hurley, the former Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Canisius College addressed the campus with his first official State of the College ad-dress at the Montante Cultural Center.

Hurley spoke to audience mem-bers comprised of students, faculty and staff of the Canisius community as the first non-Jesuit President since the college was founded in 1870. President Hurley, the 24th president of Canisius, not only presented the state of the College’s finances and stability to the community, but also his plans for the future of the College while he remains in office. Father Bucki wel-comed President Hurley with a prayer.

“I have heard that it is a good idea to make a clean break with your last job before going into your new posi-tion,” said Hurley in the beginning of his address. “You should avoid believ-ing that you can be successful in your new position by simply doing what you did in your old job.”

Hurley chose to take what he called a 2-month “mini-sabbatical” pri-or to stepping into his new office in Ba-gen Hall on Main Street after packing up his former office on Agassiz Circle and handing it over to his replacement, Craig T. Chindemi.

After a strong suggestion by Fa-ther Cooke, Hurley’s predecessor, to take at least two months off before starting his new job, the new President chose to vacation in Italy with his fam-ily. He rented a house near Florence, rode his bike in hills and mountains of Tuscany, read 11 books and even lost a little weight. The audience seemed to be satisfied with this statement; the newly elected President was ready to start his new job with a clear mind and a determined attitude.

President Hurley welcomed 876 new students this semester, 716 of which are new freshman who have an average SAT score of 1102 and a high school average of 90.2, which is reportedly better than the College has seen in at least five years. These new students helped the College exceed the new student target. The overall student enrollment this fall is 4,955 students, 1,754 of which are graduate students; the largest graduate class Ca-nisius has ever seen. With this, Hurley was pleased to announce that their op-erating budget is satisfactory, allowing them to move forward towards “high-er academic quality,” without having to make additional cuts.

“The newly implemented majors, minors and classes represent an attrac-tive broadening for perspective stu-dents,” mentioned Hurley.

When asked what his number one concern was as President, Hur-ley replied, “That’s easy: enrollment. Nothing else comes close.”

In order to address this concern, a new Dean of Admissions, Donna Shaffner, was hired from Daemon Col-lege, who has reportedly already made many clever decisions to increase these admission numbers.

Two new deans were hired for the Arts and Sciences as well as Education departments, Dr. David Ewing and Dr. Michael Pardales, along with 10 new faculty members who will play a huge role in Hurley’s initiative to increase the quality of education provided by Canisius.

Last year Canisius was ranked 20th in the Northern region on the U.S. News and World Report in Annual Ranking of Colleges and Universities; the highest ranking the college has ever received in this report. Addi-tionally, the Chronicle of Higher Education received high marks in the Great Places to Work survey,

one of only four Jesuit colleges and universities ranked on this survey.

Hurley wants to take on a greater role in addressing community issues than the college has in the past, and he believes that his Hamlin Park Initia-tive will help him do this by decreas-ing crime in the neighboring streets. Canisius plans to renovate the homes previously purchased for campus use and re-sell them to homeowners.

“We have all watched the uni-versity districts become increasingly dangerous, as there seems to be more crime in areas where there is a higher concentration of absentee property owners,” said Hurley in his address. “We will continue with this if our ef-forts are successful this year.”

Renovations around campus were in full effect this summer with reconstruction efforts at the Koessler Athletic Center being finalized. The KAC has a new men’s locker-room as well as a new Athletic board room, and the Village, Delavan and Frisch residence halls are now equipped with workout facilities. Future ren-ovations involve 22 capital projects estimated to cost around two mil-lion dollars.

What everyone is really wonder-ing about, though, is the new Science Hall, the old Blue Cross and Blue Shield building that was purchased by Canisius last year. So far the school has been successful in its fundrais-ing efforts; Canisius currently has 24 of the $88 million necessary for the complete renovation of the new Sci-ence Hall. 11 million of those dollars will be used for new classrooms, offices and common areas on the first floor of this build-

ing, as well as the completion of the thriving Autism program on campus, all of which will hopefully increase the presence of Canisius College on Main Street in Buffalo. “This project is eas-ily our most expensive project ever,” Hurley said.

The Legacy of Leadership cam-paign is almost completely funded with only $13.4 million left to raise in their $90 million goal, a goal recently increased by a donation of $2.5 mil-lion by an anonymous benefactor. The new president also has plans and committees to work on his three main focuses as president: resource devel-opment, financial management and strategic planning.

“I want to implement assessment tools to help the College answer the question: Does Canisius actually de-liver what it claims?”

“I never had the opportunity

to meet with s t u d e n t s and faculty until now,” mentioned

see Hurley page 2

President John Hurley’s number one concern this year is enrollment; “Nothing else comes close.”

Colin Gordon

Notes enrollment as his biggest concern

Canisius College, Buffalo, NYTHE GRIFFIN

New academic programs meant to attract students

Friday, September 17, 2010

By Sarah MaurerOpinion Editor

This year, Canisius College is experiencing an expansion in aca-demics far greater than that of any previous year. The fall semester has brought forth a variety of new academic programs for incoming freshmen, transfer students and current students to experience.

At the undergraduate level, new majors in classics, creative writing, environmental studies and multimedia journalism have all been added to the ever-ex-panding list of programs. At the graduate level, students can now pursue master’s degrees in forensic accounting and international busi-ness. In addition, new minors in dance, German language and cul-ture, French language and culture, and Spanish language and culture are now available.

According to Scott Chadwick, Ph.D., Vice President for Academic Affairs, this year’s growth in the number of new programs being developed is unprecedented. “We have 16 new academic proposals this year,” Chadwick said. “Histori-cally, we’ve averaged two per year. This is really a testament to our fac-ulty who are coming up with these ideas. It’s things that they really care

about, that they’re experts at and that they think would make a bet-ter university, but also that would fit with what students want to learn.”

All new program proposals must receive approval from the Academic Programming Board; however, the process for creating a new program begins with the fac-ulty members. They present their ideas for a new major or minor to the new program committee, who is responsible for fully developing the proposal.

“They’re the first eyes on pro-posals,” Chadwick said. “If a faculty member has an idea but doesn’t have the expertise, they could take that idea to the new program com-mittee and they will reach out to other people for development. They’re trying to jumpstart ideas, so that when the proposal gets to the Academic Programming Board, it’s in a standard format. The deans have seen it, the department chairs have seen it, everybody up through the hierarchy is supportive of it, and then we discuss the merits and the educational aspects of it.”

Once a proposal reaches the Academic Programming Board for review, several elements must be considered. First, the board must ensure that the new program has an active social justice component so that it coheres with the mission of

the College. “This is really central to our mission because it helps stu-dents connect any and every major and minor to the world in which we live, and it fits with the mantra of being men and women for others,” Chadwick said. “It’s part of who we are here, regardless of faith tradi-tion.”

The board must also take into consideration the market for a pro-posed program, meaning how many and what type of students will come to Canisius for that major or minor. According to Chadwick, the enroll-ment estimates for the newly ap-proved programs range from 15-40 students once they have become fully assimilated (three to five years from now).

Finally, the board looks at how much the new program will cost and the amount of revenue it will bring in. “With all of these programs, everybody has to come up with a five-year budget to show what new faculty are needed across those five years, what additional money needs to be spent in the library for the students to be able to perform more in the major, IT costs, advertising costs and then what is the expected revenue,” Chadwick said.

Within the group of new pro-grams proposed, it is required that they be revenue positive. If one

Hurley: Future plans to improve

value of Canisius education

Hurley. He has been seen more of-ten on campus over the past several weeks, especially during Freshman Orientation Week and the first week of classes.

President Hurley closed with a statement about a new era for Ca-nisius College “filled with hope for the future.” He expressed gratitude for the support he has been given by the College community, and es-pecially the Presidential Transition Team made up of members of the College community who made his move from Agassiz Circle to Main Street a pleasant one.

“There is a sound course for the future,” he continued. “Togeth-er we will accomplish much for Ca-nisius College.”

When asked by an audience member what Hurley envisions for the future, he replied with confi-dence an extensive list of plans for the next five years, including Ca-nisius playing a larger role in the community in order to gain more

program loses money in the first year, the others need to make up for it. This way, no existing program has to have their budget reduced to compensate for revenue lost by new programs. Once new programs hit a certain level of enrollment, new faculty members can be hired.

Once a program has been approved by the Academic Pro-gramming Board, the final step in the process is sending it to the state for review. Currently, Ca-nisius has five programs that are undergoing review at the state level. Eight more undergraduate programs are in development and are undergoing internal review. Three more minors are in prog-ress and should all be undergoing review this fall. In addition, four doctorate programs are being for-mulated—three in the school of education and one in the office of professional studies.

Chadwick anticipates that this process will undoubtedly increase Canisius’ overall enrollment. Last year, the college added a degree program in animal behavior, ecol-ogy and conservation. The program is currently the largest of its kind in the country with 78 students en-rolled. This year, 24 freshman and 11 transfer students from every corner of the U.S. came to Canisius to enroll in the program. “That’s

clearly a homerun,” Chadwick said. One limitation that the board

must take into consideration is the facilities necessary to establish a given program. If a proposed pro-gram requires a special facility that the College doesn’t have, the board will hold off on that program. How-ever, the opening of the new science hall will likely spark the creation of another round of interdisciplin-ary programs in the near future. The Institute for Autism Research, which was created a year and a half ago and will be based in that build-ing, has already led to an increase in inter-collegiate research.

“We already have faculty members from other universities around the country who will call asking if they can do research with us because we have such a strong reputation already with the work they’re doing there,” Chadwick said.

This unprecedented expansion in the school’s academic diversity is a testament to the faculty’s efforts to adapt to the world outside the campus. “Knowledge is changing so fast and the world is changing so fast. What the faculty are doing re-ally is attending to that and saying we can do it better than anybody else in this region,” Chadwick said. “It’s very adaptive, it’s very innova-tive and it’s very efficient.”

name recognition in New York State and throughout the nation. He wants to see the Science Hall fully renovated, a median placed down Main Street in front of the school, a new facilities management plan and an increased presence of Jesuits on campus while keeping close ties with those who are already here.

He also wants to see the stu-dent body become more academi-cally capable, a trait that will hope-fully draw more students from all over the country and even the world. “Parents need a reason to go the extra mile to send their kids to Canisius,” said Hurley. “We need to present a strong case for the value of a Canisius College educa-tion.”

The Inauguration of John J. Hurley as the 24th President of Ca-nisius College will be held on Sat-urday, Oct. 16 at 11:00 a.m. in the Koessler Athletic Center, followed by a reception in the Patrick P. Lee Student Athletic Center. For more information about all Inauguration events, you may visit http://www.canisius.edu/inauguration.

continued from front

The Griffin is hiring a Webmaster!

Contact us at griffin@canisius.edu

or ext. 5364

NEWSpg.2

Public SafetyBlotter

Sept. 7 5:30 p.m. Petty Larceny

Student reported that someone entered their vehicle and took their Canisius parking permit.

Sept. 11 1:45 a.m. Drug Abuse Violation

Officers on patrol in the Loring lot investigated a suspicious, occupied vehicle. The investigation found that the driver was in possession of marijuana and that there were half empty beer bottles inside the vehicle. Of-ficers determined that the 22 year old, non-student driver had provided alcohol and marijuana to three 18 year olds also inside the vehicle. The driver was arrested and charged with unlawfully dealing with children in the first degree and other charges.

Sept. 12 2:42 a.m. Criminal Nuisance Officers responded to a report of a loud party on Oakgrove Pl. and discovered a large amount of people in and around the house. The officers observed drug paraphernalia inside the house. Further investigation found that alcohol and drugs were being provided to people underage. Four people were arrested with criminal nui-sance and other charges, and one unconscious male under the influence require medical attention.

Sept. 12 2:50 a.m. Robbery

A student reported that while walking on Humboldt Pkwy. between Loring and Eastwood, was approached by two males that demanded the student’s property. After receiving a cash sum and iPhone, the suspects fled on Humboldt towards E. Delavan. The suspects were described as two African American males, six feet tall with a dark complexion and wearing black hoodies.

Information Courtesy of Public Safety

Compiled by Hannah Alt

friday, SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

PHOTO BOOTH

By Hannah AltNews Editor

The start of a new school year brings with it a brand new Undergraduate Student Asso-ciation Senate body and a new E-Board that doesn’t seem to be seeing eye-to-eye. There was confusion, tension, laughing and disrespect at the meeting on Tues., August 31 that made it an interesting and somewhat un-comfortable two hours.

The E-Board made their recommendations for commit-tee chairs, as well as Speaker of the Senate. The President of USA, Senior Katelyn Eldredge, ensured the Senate body that the E-Board deliberated a long time over the nominations and did not in any way take them lightly. De-spite this assurance, the senators had a very different plan for who should be named Diversity Chair and Speaker of the Senate.

The nomination for Diver-sity Chair was senior James Rus-sell because the E-Board liked his proposal that included having the committee sponsor more diversi-

ty geared events rather than form new clubs. When the vote did not pass, the floor was opened for dis-cussion and the senators had a lot to say.

When the E-Board puts for-ward a recommendation, that person becomes the candidate; the other applicants are not con-sidered nominees. Regardless, senators continued to refer to another applicant, senior Mark Ramzy, as a nominee to whom they felt was much more quali-fied. Ramzy was in attendance and after senators passed a move-ment to suspend the rules and allow him to speak to the Senate, he spoke about his cultural expe-riences and his ideas for the com-mittee. He still was not a nomi-nee at this point.

After much discussion, the Senate turned down Russell as a nominee. The E-Board then nominated Ramzy and the Senate voted in favor of this.

A feeling of déjà vu was ap-parent when Eldredge went on to announce the nomination of se-nior Ebony Douglas, for Speaker of the Senate. Dialogue became more intense this time around

with senators taking shots at Douglas’ knowledge of Robert’s Rules of Order. The other ap-plicant, senior Eamon Rock, was also incorrectly referred to re-peatedly as a nominee. Again, this was not the case.

Once again the rules were suspended, allowing Rock to tell the Senate his side of the story. While studying in Ireland last semester, Rock claimed to not have received the application in time because he was unaware of the College-wide switch to G-mail. Senior Caitlin Antonio, Ex-ecutive Vice President, countered this by saying that she sent him the forms multiple times with plenty of notice.

The tension among the sena-tors and the E-Board heightened, arguing over the technicalities of this late application and its validity in the matter. Rock also touched on his prior experience as Speaker and other relevant qualifications.

In the end, the senate chose Rock as Speaker of the Senate, leaving the air in the room un-comfortably thick.

The meeting was filled with

stinging comments and underly-ing issues just waiting to burst at the surface. Clearly frustrated, El-dredge stated that she was happy with the display of the democrat-ic process that had taken place but that she was disappointed in the manner in which it had been conducted.

“I would like you guys to reconsider how you go about things,” Eldredge said. “For in-stance, having secret meetings and going behind the backs of other people is not going to get you far in life, and it’s not going to get you far here. It’s rude and it’s disrespectful.”

Eldredge also mentioned the idea that the E-Board would like a higher level of transpar-ency within the Senate this year. The E-Board is looking to be up front about all of these issues and policies and stated that, for this to be successful, everyone involved with USA needs to act on a more professional level, doing away with these so-called secret meet-ings and personal attacks.

Senior Damion Morris, Vice President for Business and Fi-nance, added that he does not

Colin Gordon

Colin Gordon

Colin Gordon

want anyone to think that they can abuse the democratic pro-cess.

“There seems to be a rift within USA; mainly, there seems to be some power struggles going on.” Morris said. “If this power struggle continues, nothing is go-ing to get done.”

It was unclear as to wheth-er the power struggles Morris mentioned were because of the Senate’s disapproval of the previ-ously elected E-Board or the on-going policies and actions. What is clear, though, is that something has got to give.

While the topic of the eve-ning was the controversial nomi-nations by the E-Board, it was apparent that there are many deeper-seeded issues that need to be addressed before tensions es-calate even more.

Two weeks later at the Sept. 14 meeting, business went much more smoothly, although a level of strain was still in the air.

Things look to be improv-ing, but with budget appeals just around the corner, it might only be a matter of time before this boiling resentment bubbles over.

USA off to a rocky start, students question their stability

NEWS

friday, SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

GREAT BRITAIN - Mark Reck-less, elected to the British House of Commons only two months earlier, apologized in July for failing to vote on a budget bill that required a late-night ses-sion to pass. He explained that he had had a drink or two while waiting for the session to begin and barely remembered what happened (except for “someone asking me to vote”).

LOS ANGELES, CA - The Los Angeles Unified School District has laid off nearly 3,000 teach-ers in the last two years, faces a $640 million annual shortfall and runs some of the country’s worst-performing classrooms. However, in the last three years, it has opened three luxurious “Taj Mahal” schools costing $1.1 billion, including the $578 million, amenity-rich, architec-turally grand Robert F. Kennedy School, opening in September. “New buildings are nice,” said one California Board of Educa-tion member, but not “when they’re run by the same people who’ve given us a 50 percent dropout rate.” Included in these elegant palaces are a state-of-the-art swimming pool, manicured public park, a restaurant-quality kitchen, modernistic towers, a cushioned dance floor -- and of course lavish offices for teachers and administrators.

UPPER MARLBORO, MD - Joseph Wheeler filed a $12 mil-lion lawsuit in August against Prince George’s Hospital over his treatment following a June 23 car accident. He was admit-ted with serious injuries, but hospital staff mistakenly marked him for next-day cancer surgery, and when he protested and tried to leave, two muscular staff “se-curity” men restrained him, dishing out even more pain. Yelled one, according to the law-suit, “Get off the floor, bitch!” “I don’t care who you think you are. This is my camp.” (The next day Wheeler talked his way out and over to St. Mary’s Hospital, where he was treated for four broken ribs, a sprained shoulder, a ruptured spleen and a concus-sion.)

WARSAW, OH - Every weekend for the last four years, parishio-ners from the New Beginnings Ministries church have gath-ered in front of The Fox Hole strip club in nearby Newcastle and tried to shame customers by photographing them, post-ing their license plate numbers on the Internet and brandish-ing hellfire-threatening signs. Recently, however, Fox Hole’s strippers joined the duel, con-gregating on Sundays in front of New Beginnings, wearing bi-kinis and “see-through” shorts, dancing scandalously, squirting each other with jumbo water guns and wielding their own Bible-quoting signs to greet the day’s worshippers.

Courtesy of www.newsoftheweird.com

Compiled by Hannah Alt

News OfThe Weird

2-7 Apartments Available for Rent

Beautiful & Well Maintained

Remodeled kitchen and bathroom, and

wired for cable and internet.

Contact: 716-583-0082

dieezo@aol.com

CLASSIFIED ADS

studentapartments

fitness center

To see how CV residentsstay in shape, visit

www.CVwny.com716-833-3700

Students commemorate 9/11 attacks across campusBy Hannah Alt

News Editor

The moment still stands as clear as yesterday in the memories of the American people. That fateful morning when planes crashed into both World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania, people across the country froze in their spots and watched and lis-tened to the making of history.

After almost a de-cade, it is still effortless for most people to recall where they were and exactly how they felt on Sept. 11, 2001. Both the Canisius College Demo-crats and Republicans found a way to help com-memorate those who lost their lives or lost their loved ones and help everyone reflect on the personal emotion that came out of that event.

The College Democrats created a Memorial Wall in the Richard E. Winter ’42 Student Center, out-side the Economou Dining Hall. Beginning on Sept. 9, students were encouraged to write

notes about where they were during the attack, the emotions they felt or any other distinct memory they had on a note and then place it on the wall. By Saturday evening, hundreds of stu-dents and staff members had chosen to share their stories on the wall, cre-ating a moving display and memorial.

“The wall stood to provide sol-ace, a place for reflection and, most importantly, a sense of together-ness,” said senior Adrienne Berm-ingham, Vice President of the Col-

lege Democrats. Bermingham also stated

that the College Democrats were very pleased with the turnout and thought that they achieved their in-tended goals. Due to the wall’s suc-cess, the College Democrats plan to bring it back in the future while cre-ating a scrapbook of the memories from each year to display.

The College Republicans par-ticipated in a national remembrance movement known as the 9/11 Never

Forget Project that began in 2003. Started by the Young America’s Foundation, the goal of the project was to ensure that students were not only commemorating the vic-tims of the 9/11 attacks, but they were doing it respectfully. 180 col-leges and universities around the country participated by placing flags all around their campuses.

Members of the College Re-publicans, along with other students, gathered Thursday evening, Sept.

9 to place 2,977 flags around the quad, one for each life lost in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The flags were left in the quad until Monday, Sept. 13 when the students re-turned to take them all down.

“This project al-lows us to be part of a national initiative to solemnly remember our fellow innocent citizens who were tragi-cally lost that day,” said junior Ann Klements, President of the Col-lege Republicans. “It is a somber memorial to pay respects to those who lost their lives and a renewal of pride in our identity as Americans.”

There are some new faces this semester at Canisius College. The school is filled with new students, but also some new members of the Canisius staff. We at The Griffin will be sitting down with one of these new faculty members each week in the upcoming issues, asking the seri-ous questions, and some of the not-so-serious ones, to better inform our readers about these new faces.

Be on the look out for interviews with these new faculty members in the upcoming weeks:Katie S. Costanzo, PhD – BiologyPaola Fajardo-Heyward, PhD – Political Science Charles A. Goodsell, PhD – PsychologyRobert L. Kaiser, MFA – Communication StudiesApril M. Kiser – HistoryErin E. Makarius, PhD – Management/MarketingLisa M. Morey, PhD – BiologyDavid E. Wolfgang, PhD – Chemistry and BiochemistryKeiko Dow, PhD – Mathematics and Statistics Robbie Moser, PhD - Philosophy

ARTSCANISIUS

U P C O M I N G E V E N T S

Sept. 17- The Dave Schiavone Jazz Quartet will perform in a spe-cial event Meet-the-Faculty at 3 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center.

Sept. 27- The Montante Cultural Center will hold a Meet-the-Faculty featuring Ansgarius Aylward on violin and Jane Cary on harpsichord at 12 p.m.

Oct. 1- Rita Argen Auerbach will present an Art Reception at 7 p.m. in the Andrew L. Bouwhuis Library.

Oct. 20- The Montante Cultural Center will host Canisius and the BPO Connection at 7:30 p.m. The concert will feature JoAnn Falletta as music director, Antoine Lefebvre on violin and Alex Jokipii and Geoffrey Hardcastle on trumpet. Works of Beethoven, Dvorák, Vehar and Vivaldi will be played. General admission is $25 and student tickets are $10.

Oct. 21- Albright Knox Art Gallery curator, Heather Pesanti will present an Art History lecture entitled, “Beyond/In Western New York: Alternating Currents.” The lecture will be held in the Regis Room at 2:30 p.m.

Information Courtesy of the Fine Arts Department

Compiled by Hannah Alt

Senior Katie Eldredge and sophomore Mariel Klein of the College Democrats post memories on the wall.

Hannah Alt

Coming soon in The Griffin...

NEWS

Send Submissions To: Griffin@canisius.edu

friday, SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Message from the Vice President for Business & Finance: Damion L. Morris In an effort to promote fiscal responsibility while maintaining the stability of our allocation pool, the Undergraduate Student Association has decided to implement bi-yearly initial bud-

get allocations. With this, a great deal of changes must be made to the process. It is my responsibility as Vice President for Business & Finance to facilitate this transition and help the student body adapt to the new process, and I assure you that none of the decisions were made lightly or arbitrarily. Many students have expressed frustration over this seemingly ambiguous allocation process, which is why I have chosen to address this concern in The Griffin.

Many students are under the impression that obtaining club status automatically ensures a certain degree of funding from USA. Unfortunately, this is not the case. There are policies, procedures and a great deal of deliberation that goes into the decisions regarding funding for all clubs and organizations. It is my obligation to manage these procedures and policies while upholding the integrity of the organization and this entire process.

It is an entire committee that makes the allocation recommendations, with me, the Vice President for Business and Finance as ex officio member of the committee and only vote in the case of a tie. The USA Finance Committee is comprised of 6 elected Student Senators and 7 non-senators and, in an effort to eliminate bias, are appointed by the entire USA Executive Board. As Chair of the Finance Committee, I oversee the its operation. The USA Finance Committee Guidelines that were distributed to student leaders at the Gleadership Conference will soon be available on the USA web page, along with a list of the Finance Committee members for this school year.

During our meetings, the Finance Committee makes recommendations for the Senators, your elected representatives, regarding expenditures for the upcoming semester. Due to the sensitive nature and length of this process, these meetings are private. Naturally, the allocation of funds can be a very difficult process and, sometimes, clubs feel that their allocation does not adequately meet the needs of their club. Thus, the Finance Committee saves a portion of the total funds available for future appeals meetings where student organizations may request addi-tional funding. These appeals meetings are held at least once a month. Ultimately, the Senate must pass the committee’s recommendations before they can become official.

While some student leaders may be upset about how much your club or organization received this semester compared to the amounts that other clubs were allocated, keep in mind that oftentimes the Finance Committee deliberates for eight or nine hours at a time, and the decisions we reach are not made lightly. Furthermore, these numbers can be deceptive. That is, they do not accurately reflect all committee decisions (i.e. penalties, holds on budgets etc.) If you have any questions or concerns regarding your specific budget or other topics, please feel free to contact me at usavpbf@canisius.edu or 888-5309, or simply attend a senate meeting to make your voice heard.

Message from the President: Katie Eldredge

To all new students, it was an honor to be able to address you at New Student Convocation. I hope you have enjoyed your first few weeks as Canisius students! To everyone else, welcome back! It’s great to see you all again.

As President of the Undergraduate Student Association, I would like to take this opportunity to tell you about some of the wonderful things we have planned for this year. In an effort to get students more involved and to promote transparency within USA, we have decided that we will be doing a one-page spread once a month in The Griffin.

For example, in only three weeks we have already passed our first resolution. In an effort to allow all of you to attend the Mass of the Holy Spirit and to promote Canisius school spirit Senators John Duggan, Bishoy Saleeb and Matt Krajna wrote a resolution to get classes canceled for the day. Your representatives passed the Resolution unanimously, and we have been working with members of the administration to have this done for next year.

We also heard your concerns on the printing allowance and brought them to Joel Cohen, the Associate Vice President for Library and Information Services. He has informed me that beginning at the end of this semester, ITS will be rolling over your printing allowance funds. This means that any money you have left over at the end of the semester will not be taken out of your account, but will instead be carried through into your spring semester’s balance. The same will be done for the money you have left in the spring, which will rollover into the summer.

Finally, in an effort to promote fiscal responsibility and cohesion amongst the clubs, we will be hosting Presidential Roundtables this year. It has been my experience that oftentimes clubs put on great events that do not get the attendance they warrant. We feel that this can be attributed to the same event being put on several times throughout the year by different clubs. To help increase participation within your organizations, and help ease the tension on your budgets, we have instituted this Roundtable to facilitate conversation among club leaders and promote co-sponsorship of events. The first Roundtable will be on Sept. 26 from 6-8 p.m., and is mandatory for two E-Board members.

I am very excited for this year. I think we have a great group who is incredibly dedicated to representing you and I hope that you will take advantage of the general student concerns period we have in our meetings.

Message from the Execu-tive Vice President:

Caitlin Antonio

Message from the Vice President of Programming:

Lauren Sformo

First things first, welcome to the Class of 2014. I hope you en-joyed all the events the Student Programming Board brought you during Orientation and Wel-come Weeks such as Dale K the hypnotist, the Price is Right, the Fall BBQ after the Mass of the Holy Spirit and Canisius Cin-ema: Get Him to the Greek.

Secondly, there WILL be a Spring Concert, but the decision

on who will be performing at the Spring Concert is up to SPB. If you would like to be a part of the discussion and decision, we will discuss the concert and other event ideas at all of our meetings. Our first concert meeting is Thursday, Sept. 30 at 5:30 p.m. in the Commuter Lounge. Some ideas that have been suggested are Jason Derulo and B.o.B. We are always looking for new ideas, so come to our meetings prepared with yours.

The Fall Concert will feature Hot Chelle Rae and Parachute. Each band has a song featured on the radio: “Bleed,” by Hot Chelle Rae and “She is Love,” by Parachute. The concert is scheduled for October 24 in the Montante Cultural Center.

Please join us for our general body meetings on Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. in the Commuter Lounge. Please email SPB at spb@canisius.edu if you have any questions or concert suggestions.

Organization Amnt.Allocated TechAAASF $762.00ACS $2,893.00 $150.00Afro American Society $1,004.00Alpha Kappa Psi $2,372.00Alpha Sigma Nu $137.00AMA $286.00 $35.00American Medical Assoc. $72.00American Red Cross $655.00Amnesty International $4,288.00Anime Club $150.00APICS $424.00Arts Promo $325.00AWM $0.00Azuwur $32,075.00 $1,500.00Buffalo Improv Troupe $290.00CCTV $266.00 $1,698.00CCYO $350.00CEOChamber Music 765.00Chamber Orchestra 735.00Chorale 755.00Christian Life Communities $428.00Circle K $258.00Classic Club $563.00College Democrats $742.00 $150.00College Republicans $404.00Colleges Against Cancer $426.00Computer Science Club $102.00 $1,300.00Concert Band 1,964.50Cooking Club $1,080.00Council for Exceptional Children

$325.00

Courier $3,941.00

CSA $6,555.00Dance Griffs $716.00DiGamma $252.00Eta Sigma Phi $225.00French Club $579.00Fusion $1,160.00 $1,530.00German Club $2,942.00German Honor $140.00Global Horizons $2,401.00G-Squad $150.00Habitat for Humanity $548.00Health & Physical Education $2,023.00History Club $560.00IHSA $7,946.00Jazz Ensemble 960.00Kappa Delta Pi $285.00LASAF $1,464.00 $150.00Little Theater $5,642.00Math Club $340.00Men’s Club Hockey $13,740.00Men’s Club LacrosseMen’s Club Soccer $3,030.00OASIS $140.00Perishing Rifles $1,825.00 $0.00Pet RescuePhi Alpha Delta $3,633.00 $1,300.00Phi Alpha Theta $1,049.00Phi Sigma Sigma $1,105.00 $0.00Photography $60.00 $1,100.00Physics & Pre Enginerring $760.00Polish Club $395.00Power LiftingProject Conversation $3,895.00

PRSSA $210.00Psi Chi $414.00Psychology Club $1,160.00Quadrangle $170.00 $680.00RHA $4,600.00Rifle ClubRussian Club $565.00Select Choir 1,037.17 488.98SHRMSife $1,601.00 $0.00Sigma Delta Pi $632.00Sigma Phi Epsilon $11,512.00 $1,450.00Sigma Tu DeltaSki Club $3,026.00SPB $89,361.00Table Tennis Club $1,008.00TED $488.00Tennis Club $2,499.00The Griffin $37,777.00 $500.00The Wire $170.00Track and Field $230.00Tri-Beta $450.00Unity $14,474.00 $1,450.00USFT $275.00Women In Business $486.00Women’s Club Hockey $13,948.00Women’s Club Soccer $3,405.00Women’s Club Volleyball $5,761.00Women’s Crew $1,017.00Women’s Field Hockey $1,987.00Women’s Rugby $7,243.00WSC $185.00Zoological Society $1,700.00

VP Raimondo, VP Sformo, VP Morris, President Eldredge and VP Antonio of the USA E-Board. Tanner Gellatt

It’s USA election time again! Not only are we elect-ing six freshmen senators, but we are also filling a junior senator position. The polls will open at 10 a.m. on Thurs-day, Sept. 23 and will close at 4 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 24. Freshman and juniors, make sure you log in to Angel to cast your vote!

The announcement of the election results will take place at 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 24 across from Street-side Café in the basement of Palisano Pavilion. All are invited to join us in welcoming the newly elected senators.

In other news, Senator Sam Herberger was recently awarded the “Sen-ator of the Week” award. Herberger confirmed her outstanding leadership abilities by standing up for herself and what she knew was right, making her presence in USA known despite her short time with our organization. The E-Board has high hopes for her as a leader on campus. Congratula-tions, Sam!

NEWS

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of

Friday, September 17, 2010

E d i t o r i a l

In a heavily democratic state, the Republican Party is gaining speed in the race for New York State governor as displayed in the prima-ries this week. At the start of his cam-paign, no one predicted that a simple local businessman could ever gain the popularity that he did, running on a no-nonsense campaign slogan that he is “mad as hell” and not go-ing to take the abuses placed on the state citizens by the powers that be in Albany. It was expected to be a close race, as Rick Lazio was also a popular candidate that took a less abrasive approach to the contest, but Paladino was the clear candidate in the end with much of his backing ex-tending from Western New Yorkers.

The voters have spoken, and

they too are no-nonsense. Con-troversies over pornography, racist jokes and other indiscretions aside, New York citizens want change, and they clearly believe that Carl Paladino’s persistence and aggres-siveness are what we need to begin this change in our state capitol.

It’s not over, though, as the predetermined Democratic candi-date Andrew Cuomo is expected to give Paladino quite the challenge. Win or lose, one thing is for sure: Carl Paladino has changed the way voters view political campaigning. He is seen as a man of the people; a regular guy just like the rest of us. Can he compare to Cuomo, though, who already has a large lead in the poll predications based

on his experience working for Pres-ident Obama?

After the resignation of Eliot Spitzer due to a prostitution scan-dal, as well as the announcement by Governor David Paterson that he would not seek reelection after a series of his own controversies relating to his personnel, New York State is in need of a competent leader. We have the power to put a person in office whom we believe will set us on the right track and in-crease approval in our state.

We at The Griffin believe in the importance of citizen participation and understanding of local politics, as well as national and international politics. If you chose not vote in the primaries for whatever reason, we

GRIFFBITS

“Father Bucki. He’s so enthusiastic and energetic.”

“The lady on register one at the Old Main Snack Bar. Hottie.”

“Professor Moesh.”“Mr. Canisius--Damion Morris.”

lauren, junior Conor, freshman Shanea, freshman Sam, junior

Building a mosque near Ground Zero: a question of religious freedom

Kerry Freeburg

I begin this column in troubled times. Yes, troubled times, indeed. Our country, divided as ever, has come to a new crossroads—a cross-roads that marks a scar in the soci-ety of the United States. This scar is deeply rooted within every Ameri-can. This scar revolves around the events of September 11, 2001.

No one who was alive on 9/11 can forget its tragic and terrifying events. I can recall watching the North tower of the World Trade Center plummet to the ground and cover the entire island of Manhattan in an overwhelming cloud of dust and debris. It took months for this debris to be cleared away but, unfor-tunately, that cloud of terror and fear has never dissipated. Rather, it has grown into something that is con-stantly looming over our heads in an everlasting, controlling fog. This fog is filled with fear and often times un-adulterated bigotry.

This fog has now incarnated itself in the form of a question: Should a mosque be allowed near the Ground Zero area of New York City? This is a question that has come to trouble our foundations as a nation and has caused a great divide amongst us.

There are two sides to this argu-ment. The first is that this Mosque should never be allowed to be near the Ground Zero area because of the events that took place on 9/11. Some people fear that the mosque could potentially provide a base for the activities of extremist terrorists. The second states that under the rights laid down by our Founding Fathers in the United States Con-stitution, a mosque is a structure designed for exercising an essential tenet of our great country: religious freedom.

To begin with, the first argu-ment seems to be more of a midterm election campaign policy. Those op-posed to the idea of the mosque do not seem to be entirely educated on

the Islamic faith and try to use its idea of jihad as a means to provoke fear in the minds of the American people. If one truly looked at Islam, one would realize that it is so much like many of the world’s religions. It preaches devotion to Allah (God) and living a life of virtue. To catego-rize an entire faith, or 1.6 billion of the world’s people, as extremists is deplorable. Moreover, the idea of reneging on our country’s Constitu-tion is simply an absurdity.

Now, do not get me wrong. I also believe that the people who op-pose the mosque have the same right to voice their opinions and assemble peaceably.

Secondly, I believe that this country is based on the idea of reli-gious freedom. The first amendment of the Constitution states: “Con-gress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or pro-hibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” Anything that would prevent people from exercising this

inalienable right would be contra-dictory to our nation.

I am not saying that people do not have the right to be angry about the attacks of 9/11, but we cannot let our anger turn into hatred. Ha-tred drives men and women to do things that are rash and often times foolish. Also, I very much doubt that every American Muslim is an extremist fanatic who, for their very system of beliefs, should be deemed a terrorist.

Finally, we must look back at history to learn from our mistakes. Religious persecution has been a scar on the face of humanity for generations. Let us not deepen the wound by participating in such folly. As George Washington said, “For happily the Government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assis-tance.”

freeburk@my.canisius.edu

Who is your Canisius crush?

Cuomo vs. Paladino: Voters to decide in Novemberhope you take the time to vote this November. This race has been par-ticularly memorable, and at a time when the New York State govern-ment is at an all time low, all of our voices are needed now more than ever.

Don’t sit aside and assume that enough people are voting and that your vote doesn’t count. In this election as well as all of the others, make yourself a part of history. You can be affiliated with the Demo-crats, Republicans or any other party; it doesn’t matter to us. What we hope is that the college com-munity understands their role in government and makes it a point to participate. It’s your right, and you should exercise that right.

OPINIONpg.6

Friday, September 17, 2010

Founded in 1933The Griffin is the

student newspaperof Canisius College2001 Main Street

Buffalo, NY 14208-1098

September 17, 2010Volume LXXXI Number 1

Unsigned editorials appearing on this page represent the opinions of The Griffin. All other columns, letters and artwork represent the opinions of their au-thors and are not necessarily representative of The Griffin’s position. The opinions expressed in this newspaper are not necessarily those of Canisius College or its student body.

Phone: (716) 888-5364Fax: (716) 888-5840

E-mail: griffin@canisius.eduwww.canisiusgriffin.com

Articles must be typewritten and should not exceed 500 words in length. Letters to the editor must not exceed 250 words. The deadline for submission is 5 p.m. Tuesday of the week of publication. Letters must pertain to an article recently published to The Griffin. Letters must be signed and include a phone number and address. No pseudonyms are permitted. Letters are published at the discretion of the Editorial Board and are subject to editing and condensa-tion. Letters may be sent via electronic mail to griffin@canisius.edu.

Kate Songin, Editor in ChiefThomas Ippolito, Business ManagerHannah Alt, News EditorSarah Mauer, Opinion EditorGarrett Weinholtz, Life & Arts EditorNick Veronica, Sports Editor

Emily Smith, Copy EditorHussam AlMukhtar, Layout EditorKristin Zona, Layout EditorSam Scarcello, Layout EditorKristen Victor, Layout EditorLindsay Fowler, Copy Reader

James Graziano, Copy ReaderKimberly Nowicki, Advertising DirectorMarissa Pontello, Distribution ManagerColin Gordon, Photography DirectorTom Joyce, AdviserMel Schroeder, Adviser

a world without cancer? optical illusion

Paul Osaigbokan

Many a time, we fail to realize how much of a part we play in the story of our own lives. We feel that our circumstances are determined by one external factor or another. We believe that our successes and failures come to us from the deci-sions of other people, or from a sudden spell of good or bad luck that we had no hand in. We pre-pare haphazardly for tests and hope that our professors will ask us easy questions. We go unprepared for our soccer, basketball or volleyball games and hope that our oppo-nents are as unprepared as we are. We go late for our classes and our interviews, and hope that some incident or another will delay the commencement of these events.

When our wishes come

Joy Arcara

In public relations, we are taught that a successful campaign must include at least one of three elements: emotion, logic or credibility. On Friday night, The Stand Up to Cancer telethon hit a homerun and in-cluded all three. When I sat down to watch the program, I will admit that I tuned in to see which celebrities would make an ap-pearance, but I ended up staying for much more.

The emotional element was evident in stories of cancer survivors and families of those who had lost their battle to this disease. I couldn’t help but feel moved when these people were standing on the stage sharing their stories of struggle and triumph. There were also logical appeals, including shocking statistics. One in two men and one in three women will develop cancer in their lifetime. Statistically, that means that one of your immediate family members will likely develop cancer in their lifetime. All of these things left an impact on me, but what convinced me the most was the credibility factor.

The segments on how the donations are being used is what kept me glued to the television. Teams of scientists and doctors have been receiving money and are dedi-cating their lives to find cures and treat-ments for various forms of cancer. One researcher explained a new treatment tech-nique for people diagnosed with glioblas-toma brain tumors. It involves taking out the tumor, using the tumor cells to create a vaccine, and then treating the patient with that vaccine. Essentially, the tumor will help to treat the cancer patient. What was once a death sentence is now considered treatable.

true—when that test we were un-prepared for turned out to be easy and we aced it, when that game we were not ready for drew us with a weak opponent and we won it and when that class or interview we were late for was delayed and we seemed early—we celebrate these lucky episodes as though they were true victories. We jump and sing like people who have worked hard and are reaping the fruits of their hard work. We quickly forget that our successes were due not to our actions or decisions, but to those of some other person out there.

On other occasions, we ex-perience huge setbacks and fail-ures and we downplay our contri-butions to these losses, blaming them on other factors. We fall ill and we blame our poor health on some food or the weather without talking about bad habits that may have made us more susceptible to infections. We fail to get jobs and we believe it has more to do with the economic situation than our poor college grades and terrible interviewing skills. We blame pol-iticians for the many problems in our society, but we refuse to stand for elective office or even vote

This behind-the-scenes look at cancer research left me speechless because it is something that we as the American popu-lation rarely see. We know about the risks and dangers of cancer, and many of us fear a diagnosis. However, it is rare that we hear about the progress being made in treatment research. Our news is constantly filled with stories of war, recession, politics and crime, but rarely do we hear about progress being made in the medical field. There is the occa-sional story about how to reduce your can-cer risks, but it seems to stop there.

I can’t help but wonder about the lack of coverage for these stories. Why does the media think that the American population is uninterested in learning about these life altering treatments that are being worked on? I, for one, would like to know what is going on in all aspects of this country, espe-cially when it could so tangibly affect me. Perhaps the media thinks that the American people are not interested, not smart enough or not a significant public. Whatever the reason, I hope that they figure out that we can handle more than just stories of Lindsay Lohan’s drunken escapades.

Despite the lack of coverage that these breakthroughs are receiving, they are hap-pening, nonetheless. After watching The Stand Up to Cancer telethon, I began think-ing about a world free of cancer, or at least one free of the fear of a cancer diagnosis. What if we did not have to live in fear of this ravaging disease? What if families were not torn apart by the loss of loved ones? Would our lifestyles change if we no longer felt can-cer breathing down our necks? It is hard to imagine a world without cancer. However, after watching this program, I feel more hopeful for a future without this disease.

arcara1@my.canisius.edu

likely continue in the future. She reaches into her purse a few times a day, her hand grabbing at the endless amount of pills she has to take to remain “normal”--a combination that looks more like a huge bag of mixed candy than pre-scribed medication. She is unable to stand for long periods of time, and when her blood pres-sure starts to rise, she knows something bad is about to happen.

It is hard for her, as well as for her family and friends. It is something she has not yet ac-cepted, but rather has learned to live with and tried to conquer on various occasions with no avail. It was a hard transition, arriving to Ca-nisius College during her freshmen year on an athletic scholarship with her whole college ca-reer in front of her, and further, her whole life in front of her. A year later, she was confined to a wheel cheer, being pushed around during a visit to campus when she was on medical leave. Her whole life is still in front of her, not tainted by a chronic illness, but complicated and unparalleled to a majority of the “prob-lems” that most of us face as college students.

She is a survivor, a student who is a wom-an for others, a role model, and a friend who is there to listen no matter what, even when my problems appear minuscule to her con-stant struggle. She woke up a few years ago and knew that she would never be the same. Just by knowing her, I know I will never be the same.

hartingj@my.canisius.edu

Jeffrey Hartinger I have a friend at this school who may

seem like everyone else, although a bit more beautiful and a tad more intelligent, among other things. She gets up, heads to class, hangs out with friends, does her endless amount of homework, talks to her boyfriend on the phone and has some alone time in her dorm. It’s the regular college life, something we have all come to expect and further, a lifestyle that we may take for granted. Like the rest of us, she will miss and long for these four years of adventure and discovery.

She looks healthy enough, so most people give her strange looks when she takes the elevator from the first floor to the second. When she pulls up to a handicapped parking spot on campus with her pass hanging from her rear view mirror, students and staff watch her closely, wondering why someone of such appearance emerges from the car. She has a grace about the way she walks, but if one knew her more closely, you could see in her eyes the constant battle she is fighting.

She is sick and she will not get better. She has blackouts several times a day, but when you ask her about it, she just shrugs and says, “I am used to it by now.” She has to fight the urge not to collapse while walking to class. If she does, it is not a big deal, because it has happened time and time again, and will

during elections. At these times, we fail to realize that these prob-lems we are faced with are due to the fact that we have allowed out-side situations and other people to dictate to us and make deci-sions for us.

And so, for most of us who are in the category of persons mentioned above, life seems to be full of imponderables. The world appears to be so complex and unpredictable. Today we are well; tomorrow we suddenly fall ill. Today the economy is good and we are up; tomorrow it is bad and we are down. Today we take an easy test and we are good stu-dents; tomorrow we take a diffi-cult one and we become terrible. We drift in a turbulent sea and we move wherever the tide rolls. As a result, we leave so much to God, prayer, luck and hope. We pray to live long lives in good health. We hope to have a good government in place to govern our affairs and we pray luck shines on us on our next exam or job interview. We do nothing to help ourselves or affect our luck and prayers in a positive way. We really and seri-ously believe that our hopes of living happy and successful lives

lie in the hands of God or other human beings.

We must begin to change this passive attitude towards life today. We must begin to tell our-selves that we play the biggest roles in the circumstances that befall us. We must realize that we have all the power needed to shape our lives and even the lives of others. To do this, we must open our eyes and see how the choices we make drive us down certain pathways: towards good health or sickness, towards suc-cess or failure and even towards poverty or wealth. When we ful-ly comprehend this simple theo-ry of cause and effect, we will be more careful about the decisions we make. We will know exactly what to do to get to point A and what not to do to get to point B. We will also take time out to reflect on the decisions we have made so far and how much good or bad they have done for us. This will enable us see the poor deci-sions and the good decisions we have made. We can then work on reducing the poor decisions and increasing our sound choices.

When we begin to take control of our destinies by fol-

From dawn to dusk: the powers within uslowing the aforementioned steps, we will quickly realize that life is not so difficult and unpredict-able after all. We will see that we will almost always be able to tell where we will be or how well we will do in some future event. We will be able to look at that upcom-ing test with confidence (and per-haps with some anxiety, too) and predict that we will do well on it no matter what. We will be able to look at that job vacancy and smile knowing that we will be one of the favorites to get the job because we have all the qualifications and have prepared thoroughly for the interview. We may not always be right nor will we always get all that we thought we would. However, we will have taken all the neces-sary steps to maximize our suc-cesses and minimize our losses, no matter what tomorrow brings.

Paul is a sophomore biology major, originally from Benin-City, Nigeria. He is currently an R.A. of Frisch 3, a Chapel Sacristan and a CPLD Lead Team member. He hopes to become an accomplished writer, politician and doctor.

aihieo@my.canisius.edu

What makes you mad? Need to vent? Want something to change?SOUND OFF about anything and we’ll print it in The Griffin!

Call us at 716-888-5364, or e-mail us at griffin@canisius.edu

OPINION

image based article

Friday, September 17, 2010

Images Courtesy of Bob Mussell

By Jack KennonLife & Arts Writer

Most people go to museums with an open mind. I’ve never met anyone who goes to mu-seums just to see their fa-vorite paintings again and again. You go to a mu-seum to see things you’ve never seen before, hoping that something will catch your eye.

The “Music is Art” festival at the Alright-Knox Art Museum this past Saturday challenged its attendees to think the same way about music. The Albright-Knox has re-ceived criticism in recent years for favoring modern art over more traditional pieces. I am ambivalent towards modern art and ignorant about most visu-al art. Still, I hoped that a music festival at the Knox would host local musi-cians who are pushing the envelope the way that modern artists have been

pushing it since Jackson Pollack became too lazy to make recognizable brush strokes.

The all-day music festival surrounded the museum’s Roman-style building across from Dela-ware Park. Buffalo hipsters mingled with families who drove in from the suburbs for a richer cultural ex-perience than Saturday’s high-def college football lineup offered. Booths of artisans with crafts and activists with causes filled the space between stages. As is mandatory for such events, an enjoyable Afri-can drumming circle held court throughout the day.

The internet music era has changed the game of live music. On one hand, a few successful shows for hard-working musicians can translate into instant fandom in the form of traffic to their Myspace or website. On the other hand, the Internet music generation is less tolerant of mediocrity. Before the Internet, music festivals were a great way to learn about new music. If a band wasn’t immediately stel-lar in their live show, they were still something new to listen to, when radio, magazines and word-of-

mouth were the predomi-nant ways to discover new music. In 2010, Internet access equals access to in-finite new music. Every-one may not have an in-satiable appetite for new music, but it’s a spreading affliction.

The majority of the musicians that I saw at “Music is Art” fit com-fortably into familiar genres. There were three- and four-piece rock bands who echoed the no-nonsense rock of Kings of Leon or The Hold Steady. One band played Black Sabbath cov-ers. I judge bands like this on the “tight” scale. Though it’s difficult to ap-preciate four-minute rock songcraft upon first listen, it is easy to appreciate a set from people who play together seamlessly and with audible chemistry. “They’re really tight,” I will inevitably remark to the person standing next to me upon hearing such a band. (Air drumming ensues.)

The duo that stood out to me most at M.I.A. represented a genre that I didn’t expect to hear: dubstep. Dubstep falls under the list of musical genres that I am “trying to get more into.” That is, I know little about it, am overwhelmed by how little I know, and find it difficult to explain to other people. Dub-step sounds like a slower, more accessible ver-

sion of drum’n’bass. Not raised on electronic mu-sic, I can’t easily discern the subtle differences be-tween its sub-genres. Still, I like dubstep more than drum’n’bass. Less-frantic than DNB, dubstep has a nice pace for prolonged dance parties. Buffalo dub-step duo Basha (the DJ) & Jah Creation (the MC) got the M.I.A. crowd to dance. Basha spun 45 minutes of engaging and appealing beats. I hoped to hear Jah Creation rap more than he did. He was skilled when he did rhyme, but his rap-ping was overshadowed by Basha’s exceptional mixes. Recognizing this, Jah acted as a hype man for his part-ner during much of the set. Basha and Jah Creation are one of the more impres-sive local acts I’ve seen recently. I haven’t found anything from them online that does justice to their live show, but dubstep is club music; it is meant to be experienced with other people from expensive speakers. For anyone in-terested in dubstep, here are some tracks I recom-mend:

Deadmau5’s, “I re-member (Caspa remix)”, Magnetic Man’s, “I need air”, B.O.B.’s, “Nothin’ on you (TC switch up ex-tended mix)”, Rusko’s, “2 N A Q”.

If you like these tracks, then check out Basha and Jah Creation live sometime (myspace.com/bigbasha). As for the Albright Knox, unfor-tunately, there are no free Fridays currently sched-uled. Luckily, starting in November, you’ll have the next-best excuse: an exhib-it for the Sabres’ fortieth anniversary. Pending title: “Hockey is Art?”

Music I

s Art

festiv

al offe

rs up

wide

varie

ty of c

hoice

s

LIFE ARTSpg.8

Friday, September 17, 2010

Google Images

Google Images

By Jacob CastigliaLife & Arts Writer

1. The Town Sept. 17

Actor turned director Ben Af-fleck takes another shot behind the camera with his take on the bank heist genre. His impressive direc-tional debut with Gone Baby Gone makes this one seem promising. The Town focuses on two bank robbers, Affleck’s character and the Hurt Locker’s Jeremy Renner. Things get complicated when Affleck’s char-acter pursues a relationship with a victim of one of the duo’s previous robberies. Throw in an angry FBI captain with a shotgun and we’ve got one good lookin’ Boston crime flick.

2. Never Let Me Go Oct. 8

Adapted from a critically acclaimed novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go aims to ask its audience: what makes us human? The story surrounds three children, Kathy (Carey Mulligan), Tommy (Andrew Garfield,  the future Spider-Man) and Ruth (Keira Knight-ley) who grow up in a seemingly idyllic English boarding school. When they finally leave the school in their teenage years, they must find a way to cope with a mysterious and haunting truth that is revealed to them, while also confronting feelings of love and jealousy that threat-en to tear them apart.

3. The Social Network Oct. 15It was only a matter of time

before it hit the big screen. Face-book has become a social phenom-enon, and The Social Network tells the story of how it all began. Zom-bieland’s Jesse Eisenberg stars as Mark Zuckerberg, a very cocky but intelligent Harvard student who creates the website we all know and love. Conflict ensues when people begin to question who originally came up with the idea. Zuckerberg then finds himself facing 500 mil-lion dollar lawsuits from many of his enemies, but also from his best friend. Interestingly, the movie is being handled by Fight Club director David Fincher.

4. Jackass3D Oct. 15

The trailer sums of the movie best: “When Time magazine called 3D the future of movies . . . we doubt this is what they had in mind.” Re-gardless, Knoxville and the gang are back to perform the most ridiculous and disgusting stunts imaginable, all for your amusement. To be honest, I haven’t been too thrilled with the whole 3D craze lately, but Jackass seems to be jumping on the band-wagon just for the fun of it, and I’m sure it will be a memorable ride.

5. Red Oct. 15Red looks to be the entertaining

graphic novel turned action flick for the fall. The premise is that a gang of retired CIA agents including Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren and Morgan Freeman must get back in the game of dealing death against their former employers. Trailers for the film sug-gest that it will be a more humorous take on the source material, with each ex-agent striving to show the others that “they still got it.” Plus, it’s got John Malkovich, so I’m in.

6. Paranormal Activity 2 Oct. 22Paranormal Activity 2 may seem

like a no-brainer, but it’s very risky as well. Viewers either loved or hated the first one, and with similar films like The Blair Witch Project, Blair Witch 2 bombed. It seems to be off to a good start however, since some theatres have been asked to remove the trailer after several complaints for being too terrifying. Mind you, many of these complaints occurred during midnight showings of this summer’s The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, so that may be self-explanatory. Regardless, expect to see the same nanny-cam style as the first film, and maybe some demons too.

7. Monsters Oct. 29Monsters has the potential to be

the next District 9, a sci-fi epic that comes out of nowhere and blows audiences away. The film kicks off six years after a NASA space probe lands in Mexico, releasing small

Ghosts, wizards and jack-asses, oh my!10 flicks to look out for in the coming months

alien life forms that begin to take shape over the next few years. With Mexico quarantined, the two lead characters attempt to cross the in-fected zone in hopes of reaching the U.S. border. The film is already being praised for its intelligent storytelling and visually stunning effects, despite being on a shoe-string budget. This is definitely one not to miss.

8. Due Date Nov. 5The unlikely pairing of Robert

Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis is already turning about to be a hilari-ous one by the looks of this trailer. Due Date may in fact turn out to be one of the funniest dysfunctional buddy comedies to come around in a long time. The duo must stick to-gether if they hope to survive a long cross country trip so that Downey’s character won’t miss the birth of his son. We’ll just have to wait and see if Galifianakis can top his perfor-mance in The Hangover.

9. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Nov. 19November 19 marks the end

of Harry Potter on the big screen . . . well at least the first part of the end. I’m sure I don’t really need to go into plot details, but be prepared for things to get even darker and more intense, which has been the common trend for the Potter mov-ies. David Yates, the director of the previous two films, returns to take

on a very different film; one with no Hogwarts classes or Quidditch matches, just the desperate struggle among three friends to survive.

10. Tron:Legacy Dec. 17

Technically, this isn’t a fall movie, but it looks so damn cool I couldn’t keep it off the list. A sequel to the 1982 classic Legacy follows Sam Flynn, son of Kevin Flynn, who finds himself trapped in the digital world just as his father did 25 years ago. When reunited with his father and costar Olivia Wilde, together they embark on a life-and-death journey to escape a far more dan-gerous and advanced cyberspace than ever before. While the visual effects of the 1982 film seem ex-tremely dated by modern standards, at the time they were revolutionary. Legacy seems to be following in the same footsteps by creating a breath-taking digital universe and using new technology to digitally create a much younger appearance for actor Jeff Bridges, the mysterious villain of the film.

By Sam ScarcelloLife & Arts Writer

This past year has been a big one for television. Popular shows like 24 and Lost tied together all their loose ends, if possible, in fitting series finales. Other programs like True Blood and Mad Men proved that cable is quickly becoming a fierce competitor to basic cable networks like NBC, CBS and ABC and last, but certainly not least, Sammi “Sweet-heart” discovered that Ronnie has been cheating on her all throughout their stay on the Jersey Shore. With the, well loss, of shows like Lost, networks scrambled to piece togeth-er a new fall lineup that offers something for every little statistic, I mean, member of your family.

NBC is taking a big risk with its highly publicized, yet equally mysterious new thrill-er The Event. After the quick fade in popu-larity of Heroes, their weekly schedule was lacking a show with a deep, meaty plot that viewers could watch whittle down week-by-week, unless you count The Biggest Loser. The marketing has been slick and refers to kidnap-pings and plane crashes that are all somehow connected, but are not the actual “event” it-self. Without a sizeable audience rich in key demographics though, a high concept, big

budget show like this could go the way of last season’s Flashforward. Oh, you don’t remem-ber that one? Don’t worry, neither does any-one else.

With the Bourne trilogy seemingly at rest and Bond 23 on indefinite hold while MGM sorts through its receipt drawer, the only spy caper audiences have had too look forward to in a while was Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kit-ty Galore. To replenish this drought, NBC of-fers up Undercovers and The CW is re-hashing Nikita, based off of a series and a film in the early 90s entitled La Femme Nikita. The for-mer places a married couple of spies, played by former pro tennis player Boris Kodjoe and newcomer Gugu Mbatha-Raw, on globe-trot-ting missions that always have a happy end-ing, if you catch my drift. Think Mr. and Mrs. Smith formatted for television. Nikita on the other hand is a show about a former assassin on the run from a government agency called The Division. Spooky and inventive, huh? I caught the first episode and it was interesting enough and Maggie Q looks great in a bikini, but I can’t for the life of me remember what night it’s on. Oh well.

Next up are a couple of offbeat comedies from ABC and NBC. I commend NBC for taking risks this season, with a lot of shows that play to a number of different audiences and demographics. Their new company mot-

to, “more colorful”, is starting to make a bit of sense. First up is NBC’s Outsourced, a half-hour comedy along the lines of other NBC favorites The Office and Community, about a “catalog based company” that is, you guessed it, outsourced to India. Hilarity and border-line racist jokes ensue.

Last season, ABC made waves with Modern Family, a show about the new family dynamics popping up across America. They plan to recapture that audience with an even zanier premise, a family that inherits super powers. The show will follow the characters as they learn to cope with their new abilities and use them for good.

What about CBS you say? No, you prob-ably didn’t say that, but I’m going to answer it anyway. The popular Twitter-turned-book S#*! My Dad Says is now a program on CBS, starring William Shatner. Hopefully they kept the script under 140 characters, because I honestly can’t see anyone paying attention beyond that point. In other “comedy” news, The CW premiered Hellcats, starring Ash-ley Tisdale and Aly Michalka (of Aly & AJ “fame”). The show is a blend of Bring it On and crap, so fans of anything produced by MTV should feel right at home.

As I mentioned before, in the past few years, cable networks like TNT, AMC and HBO have blasted onto the scene with new

programming and huge ratings. Breaking Bad and Mad Men have been big hits for AMC, and this Halloween they hope to keep the momentum going with an interesting project, The Walking Dead. The show portrays a band of survivors fighting to stay alive after zom-bies overrun the world. Not the most origi-nal plotline, but it should be interesting to see how it pans out on the small-screen. The addi-tion of Frank Darabont, screenwriter of both The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemp-tion, doesn’t have me complaining either.

Finally, what would the fall television season be without a heaping pile of garbage? Fear not, because Bravo has just the remedy for you with the umpteenth variation of its wildly popular Real Housewives series. This time the band of busted Barbies hails from Beverly Hills and cast members include Paris Hilton’s aunt and Kelsey Grammar’s ex-wife. How Bravo can afford such big names is beyond me, but whatever they are doing is working. Personally, I’m holding out for next season’s The Real Housewives of the Sun. I hear it’s a real scorcher.

There are plenty more shows vying for your attention this season, but paper doesn’t grow on trees and I’ve got limitations here. Whether any of these shows will be relevant in a few months is anybody’s guess, so choose wisely.

A healthy mix of new shows gear up for Fall

LIFE & ARTS

Friday, September 17, 2010

Google Images

By Alyssa PalomboLife & Arts Writer

On June 22, 2009, hard rock band We Are the Fallen of-ficially introduced themselves to the world with the launch of their official website. Since then, they have recorded and released a debut album, toured the U.S. and Europe with bands such as HIM and Saving Abel, and taken part in the famous Download Festival in the U.K.

The band was formed by Evanescence co-founder and former lead guitarist Ben Moody, and consists of his fel-low ex-Evanescence members Rocky Gray (drums) and John LeCompt (guitar), with the addition of Marty O’Brien on

Evanescence falls behind as We Are The Fallen take center stagebass and former American Idol contestant Carly Smithson on vocals.

Comparisons to Evanes-cence are inevitable, given several of the band members’ pasts—not to mention that the raven-haired, blue-eyed Smith-son is a dead ringer for Evanes-cence’s frontwoman Amy Lee, and has a similarly textured voice. Yet one listen to We Are the Fallen’s debut album, “Tear the World Down,” should be enough to convince you that this band is a different animal altogether.

The opening track is the first single, “Bury Me Alive.” The song is built over a melodic guitar riff and builds to incor-porate strings and piano, as well. The driving guitar on the

chorus supports Smith-son’s anguished delivery of the lyrics, which speaks of a failing relationship: “Don’t leave me dying/You’re too consumed by all your emptiness and lies.”

The second song, “Burn,” offers a heavy, pounding guitar part that smacks slightly of metal. One of the most interest-ing moments of the song comes during the bridge, when a slightly creepy-sounding children’s choir provides backing vocals for Smithson.

The third track, “Para-digm,” is perhaps the al-bum’s weakest point. The song can’t seem to make up its mind as to whether it wants to be a full-out rock song or a power ballad, and the resultant cross between the two falls flat compared to the rest of the album.

Track four, the power ballad “Don’t Leave Me Behind,” is much more successful. The balance between piano, acoustic guitar, and electric gui-tar makes for a beautiful, richly-textured song. The track’s crowning jewel, however, is Smithson’s gor-geous, plaintive vocals in the two verses.

Track five, a ballad entitled “Sleep Well, My Angel” loses some of its luster after hearing “Don’t Leave Me Behind.” It con-sists mostly of piano and strings, with the guitars and drums coming in at

the bridge.Track six, “Through

Hell,” is an odd moment on the album. It has more of a groovy, soulful sound that doesn’t seem to fit in. With that said, however, it does add a bit of variety to the album, and is certainly worth a listen, if only for Smithson’s always-impres-sive vocals.

The seventh track, “I Will Stay,” is a heartfelt, guitar-driven ballad about unwavering loyalty for a loved one: “If all of the days have no more light/And all of our dreams are lost to-night/The stars cannot fall/And everything turns to gray/I will stay,” Smithson sings on the chorus.

The next two songs, “Without You” and “St. John,” are truly the high-lights of the album. “With-out You,” a hard-hitting song driven by strong gui-tars, urgent piano, and a rapid string section, tells the story of leaving a bad relationship behind for the better: “Oh I, let you go to feel the light outside/Oh I, without you, I just feel so alive,” Smithson sings dur-ing the refrain, perhaps one of her strongest and most inspired performances on the record.

“St. John,” about re-demption and forgiveness and insanity, has a much darker flavor to it. It begins with an ominously tolling piano part, then leads into heavy guitars and Smithson

singing in her lower register for the first verse. The chorus con-cludes with an eerie passage that finds Smithson singing in a clipped staccato style: “All my questions get no answers/Locked up tight from the world outside me/No, no/Mommy, come get me out tonight.” The guitar solo in the bridge allows Moody to show off his impres-sive guitar chops.

Track eleven is a moving and powerful ballad entitled “I Am Only One.” Built mainly around strings, it deals with loneliness and the desire to have someone to share your life with.

The closing track, “Tear the World Down,” can perhaps be described as “epic.” Its string intro picks up directly from the

end of the previous track, and includes an ethereal choir as it builds to the meat of the song: heavy, distorted guitars, relent-less drums, and Smithson sing-ing of desperation, fear, and the absence of hope. The strings, choir, and guitars continue on even after Smithson has exited the song, stretching the song to six and a half minutes and mak-ing the perfect conclusion to a strong album.

“Tear the World Down” is a must-have for fans of rock music, with Smithson’s associa-tion with American Idol prom-ising to bring the group an even wider audience. We Are the Fallen proves to be a new and fresh voice on the rock scene, and their debut promises many exciting things to come.

Excuse me, Gaga. Imma’ let you finish...By Kate Songin

Editor in Chief

Expectations were high for this year’s MTV Video Mu-sic Awards; viewers couldn’t wait to see if an alleged scandal could beat Kanye’s, “Excuse me, Taylor. Imma’ let you talk…” speech that made headlines for months after the 2009 VMA’s. Chelsea Handler was predicted to be one of the fun-niest hosts in years, but according to the New York Times, among oth-

er sources, she was the programs’ “worst host ever.” Nominees didn’t stand a chance against Lady Gaga who took home more Moonmen than anyone in VMA history, and some of the performances claimed by MTV to be some of the show’s “Most Talked About Moments” were, frankly, darn right awful. It would not have been complete, though, without performances by Kanye West and Taylor Swift, both of who used their musical per-formances to sound off about the aforementioned incident from last year.

Handler has become an ac-cepted and esteemed comedienne over the years since the start of her late-night show, “Chelsea Lately.”

Her quick wit is what has won her over with her fans, and what deemed her qualified to become the second-ever female VMA host (Roseanne Barr from the self-titled television series was the first in 1994), this year at the Nokia The-ater in Los Angeles. Her routines at this year’s Awards, however, were less than impressive. Her late night show rarely disappoints, but Handler’s obvious discomfort on stage made the audience feel out of place. The only parts that were even remotely amusing were the pre-recorded skit where Lindsay Lohan mocks herself, and the hot tub scene with the cast of the Jer-sey Shore who coerced Handler in to climbing in to the hot tub with them in her dress and heels as she declares, “I’m from New Jersey…I’ve been in a hot tub.” The VMA’s might have been better off with no host at all.

In an attempt to apologize for last years’ mishap, West performed his new song “Runaway,” which claimed, “You been puttin’ up with my sh*t just way too long / I’m so gifted at finding what I don’t like the most / so I think it’s time for us to have a toast.” The audience knew exactly what was going on, their ap-proval evident in their uproarious celebration, crying out “Kanye! Kanye!” immediately following his performance. No verbal controver-

sy from West this year, though, just a completely auto-tuned version of his new song. Hopefully one day he will actually get the whole “live singing performance” thing down. He clearly did not take Handler’s suggestion to “act on your worst behavior,” though. Actually, every-one seemed to be pretty well be-haved.

Swift was equally as under-standing in the earlier portion of the show with her new song en-titled “Innocent,” claiming “Who you are is not what you did,” and “You’re 32 and still growing up now…you’re still an innocent.” Some accuse her of being petty, though, as she played a short clip of last years’ incident with West as a preview to her performance, as if we wouldn’t catch on. “Every one of us has messed up, too,” she sang. “I hope you remember today is never too late to be brand new.” What was a moving performance for some was just an awkward act to others, making some viewers wish we had never seen her per-form such a serious ballad. The whole thing was just too rehearsed and much too obvious to be enjoy-able.

The clear prediction for 2010 Halloween costume of the year: the meat dress, of course. Donned with several different cuts of meat, Lady Gaga outdid herself once again as a vegetarian’s worst nightmare. She received her last Moonman of the night for Video of the Year wearing this positively carnivorous getup, stating that she “never thought I’d be asking Cher to hold my meat purse.” Ladies and gentleman, the entertainment just doesn’t get any better than that.

Gaga received 8 of the 13 Moonmen she was nominated for, not forgetting to thank her fans to who she awkwardly refers to repeat-edly as her “Little Monsters.” Not sure if calling the people who buy your albums by this name is a smart move, but to each her own.

The big male winner of the evening was Eminem; he won two awards for Best Hip-Hop Video and Best Male Video out of his eight nominations, but seemed to have disappeared immediately after his mediocre performance with Rhi-anna before he could accept these awards. Maybe he knew his perfor-mance didn’t live up to the hype, so he just gave up and left, embarrassed and defeated.

Justin Beiber also won a Moon-man. Terrible hair cut aside, the little dork is an entertainer; there is no doubt about that. Hopefully one day he will learn that being a musical per-former requires singing and dancing on stage, not just simply mouthing the words. He probably learned this from his mentor and “big bro’” Ush-er, who could only get a few words in during his song before he ran out of breath and could resort only to his MJ-like dance moves. Best New Artist 2010? Not sure if Beib’s was the best candidate, but the fans have spoken.

One cannot argue, though, that this was Gaga’s year, and the chal-lenge will likely linger for a while as to who will ever outdo this Lady. MTV has an entire year to figure it out, though. Hopefully they’ll real-ize that we don’t really care what happened last year, and that we’ve been over the Kanye v. Taylor dis-pute since about a week after last year’s VMA’s.

LIFE & ARTS

Friday, September 17, 2010

Each week we will take a look at the most popular viral videos making the rounds. Don’t feel like starting that Philosophy paper? Check out this col-umn for a few minutes of healthy pro-crastination.

2 Guys 600 Pillows (Backwards Music Video) – The concept of a back-wards music video is nothing new. In fact its been done to death since the inception of the music video. This video however is a clever take on the

What all the kids are talking about: Viral videos

technique that involves the stacking and knock-ing down of pillows in various shapes and styles. While everything moves backwards, the perform-ers sing against the motion going on around them, creating an interesting and somewhat mesmeriz-ing visual.

Happy Meal Toy Fail – Holy Whackadoo Batman! Whether or not the manufacturers no-ticed this little hiccup…who are we kidding of course they did. Sadly they probably caught on af-ter mass production of this oh-so-happy meal toy.

Nipple Waxing Prank – This is just plain cruel, and you thought that waking up to your hand in a warm bucket of water and a wet pair of shorts was bad. Watch and be glad this hasn’t hap-pened to you. Yet.

ArcAttack’s Lightning Proof MIDI Gui-tar – Tesla coils and “Iron Man” being played by

a man that looks like he’s wearing some-thing out of a bad sci-fi movie. This mad scientist/musician will be on America’s Got Talent soon, so watch the video be-fore he makes it big so you can brag to your friends.

The PEN Story Stop Motion Awesomeness – Stop motion has always resulted in some great videos. Combine this cool video technique with some great music and you get a video that will make it big like the PEN Story.

Celeb Tweets

Halo: Reach made $200 million in its 1st day. So fi-nally, it looks like unemploy-ment is actually starting to HELP the economy.

~ jimmyfallon

A DINOSAUR IS THE MALE EQUIVALENT OF A COUGAR . duh.

~ keshasuxx

Can I get a Rock Star pass to rock sunglasses tonight... I promise I can see!

~ kanyewest

Just watched 6 seasons of “Lost” in two weeks. That’s normal right? By the way what year is it?

~ JimGaffigan

I love saying YOU’RE WELCOME really loudly when people dont thank you.

~PeterGriffinn

The Sham Wow guy is now a movie director. His first film stars Lindsay Lohan. Nothing can clean up that mess… Sham WOW!

~ FrankCaliendo

Ben Affleck and I played an accent game today. He had an unfair advantage. I was still thinking about his abs.

~ TheEllenShow

It’s a bacon cheeseburger made with Krispy Kreme do-nuts as buns.

~ jeffdunham

A good indication as to how bad things are on my fantasy team: I’m psyched I picked up Darren McFadden on waivers.

~ sethmeyers21

Attention everybody in the world the world: I just ate some grapes and they were delicious. That is all

~ Haleywood

Don’t get Usher killed. I love that dude. So what he can dance!

~ 50cent

Looking at Sushi Tattoos on google images, hmmm...

~ Andy Milonakis

The typos in these tweets are real, seriously, these people can’t spell. At all. But then again, we’re surprised Ke$ha can type.

LIFE & ARTS

21

Friday, April 30, 2010

Best Seller List - Top 5

Hardcover Fiction Hardcover Non-Fiction1. FREEDOM, by Jonathan Franzen

2. THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNETS NEST, by Stieg Larsson

3. DARK PERIL, by Christine Freehan

4. LOST EMPIRE, by Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood

5. THE POSTCARD KILLERS, by James Patterson and Liza Marklund

1. CRIMES AGAINST LIBERTY, by Da-vid Limbaugh

2. S#*! MY DAD SAYS, by Justin Halp-ern

3. A JOURNEY, by Tony Blair

4. THE PERFECTION POINT, by John Brenkus

5. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell

Market Arcade Film & Arts CenterMain Street Theater

MOVIE SHOW TIMES

DEVIL(R)

DAILY 5:30, 7:40, 9:50SAT/SUN 1:10, 3:20, 5:30, 7:40, 9:50

LEGENDARY(PG-13)

DAILY 5:30, 7:10, 9:40SAT/SUN 2:00, 4:30, 7:10, 9:40

MACHETE( R )

DAILY 4:10, 7:20, 9:50SAT/SUN 1:20, 4:10, 7:20, 9:50

RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE ( R )

DAILY 4:00, 7:15, 9:45SAT/SUN 1:30, 4:00, 7:15, 9:45

SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD( PG-13 )

DAILY 4:20, 6:50, 9:10SAT/SUN 1:50, 4:20, 6:50, 9:10

TAKERS( PG-13 )

DAILY 4:45, 7:30, 9:55SAT/SUN 2:10, 4:45, 7:30, 9:55

THE TOWN( R )

DAILY 4:15, 6:55, 9:30SAT/SUN 1:40, 4:15, 6:55, 9:30

UPCOMING CD RELEASES

SEPTAbe VigodaAnberlinNatacha Atlas Paula ColeBilly CurringtonFlying LotusFrankie Rose and the OutsJohn Legend and the RootsMargot and the Nuclear So and SoMaroon 5 Maximum BalloonLiza MinnelliVincent MinorSantanaSelena Gomez & the SceneZac Brown BandShontelleSki BeatzThe StateThe SuperiorsSerj Tankian

CrushDark is the Way, Light is a Place

In a State of ReversalIthaca

Enjoy YourselfPattern+Grid World

Frankie Rose and the OutsWake Up!Buzzard

Hand All OverMaximum Balloon

ConfessionsVincent Minor

Guitar Heaven: The Greates Guitar Classics of All TimeA Year Without Rain

You Get What You GiveNo Gravity

24 Hour Karate SchoolComedy for Gracious Living

Destination...Christmas!Imperfect HarmoniesMondo Cane

The Sounds of

Buffalo

Friday, Sept. 1731 Club9:30 p.m.: Mirage Band

Alternative Brews6:00 p.m. Harmonica Dean & the Blue Lights

Club Diablo9:00 p.m.: Technoir returns to Dia-blo. DJs N3WT, Soma, Acheron, Blackout, rainbow kandicaine

Club Infinity9:00 p.m. Crush, The Everlasting (CD Release) with The Mixtape, Inlite, Meet Me In March and Lar-rabe. $12.

Elmwood Lounge10:30 p.m.: Sugar City Presents “Soul Night.” Benefit/Fundraiser for Sugar City Art Collaborative with DJs Handsome Dan, the GoodReverend Johnny Drama, and Fab Frankie

Hard Rock Cafe8:00 p.m.: JJ Moscato & Blue Avenue

Mohawk Place9:00 p.m.: Trainwreck, featuring Kyle Gass of Tenacious D.

Nietzsche’s9:00 p.m.: Aqueous, Universe Shark, Audio Influx

Tralf Music Hall8:00 p.m.: Cavo, with American Bang, Shaman’s Harvest, and Atom Smash. $15/presale; $17/day of show at all Ticketmaster locations

Saturday, Sept. 18Allen Street Hardware Cafe11:00 p.m.: DJ Daringer & Scott Down spinning rare funk, soul & old school hip hop

Club Diablo9:00 p.m.: Wolf Tickets, The Sins, Super Killer Robots, Midtown Reb-els

El Morocco10:00 p.m.: DJ Hassan

Elmwood Lounge11:30 p.m.: Lance Diamond Show

Mohawk Place9:00 p.m.: Falling Into Place, with Wring and Sixpin

Nietzsche’s9:00 p.m.: Johnny Nobody, the Thermidors

Soundlab9:00 p.m.: Capillary Action & A Hotel Nourishing.

Stillwater11:00 p.m.: DJ Sweetz

Town Ballroom 7:00 p.m.: Ziggy Marley. $29/$32 Tickets include $1 donation to art-ists charity U.R.G.E.

A list of the gigs and concerts playing in the Buffalo area

this weekend.

LIFE & ARTS

Friday, September 17, 2010

By Nick VeronicaSports editor

The Canisius volleyball team picked up two wins last weekend at the Koessler Athletic Center while co-hosting the Canisius/Niagara Invitational tournament, which brought their overall record to 4-7. Nonconference opponents Colgate, Robert Morris and Buck-nell made the trip to the Queen City last Friday and Saturday for a triad of games.

The Griffs played two games on Friday, handling both Colgate and Robert Morris with relative ease, winning 3-0. Saturday’s con-test, however, saw the Blue and Gold fall at the hands of Bucknell, 3 sets to 1.

“It’s hard to win when you’re missing your best player,” said head coach Cathy Hummel, in reference to preseason All-MAAC selection sophomore Samantha Good, who missed the game due to a family emergency.

Canisius never seemed to find their stride Saturday against the Bison, and won only the sec-ond set, 27-25. The Griffs kept it close—and more than once, even had the lead—but were not able to close out sets. Canisius was up

two points over Bucknell late in the fourth set, but eventually fell, 25-22.

Junior Janelle Davis totaled 26 assists for the Griffs during the match, while sophomore Emily

Volleyball takes two of three duringweekend Invitational

Elek had 15 kills and senior Renee Lettow added 12 of her own. Ju-nior Layne Adams had nine kills for Canisius on 16 total attacks, good for a percentage of .562; highest for any player with more

than one attack. Sophomore li-bero Allyson Severyn had 21 digs, adding to her team-leading total of 159.

“That was a tough one,” said Elek. “It was hard because Sam

[Good] is an influential person on the court.”

Hummel also said she was impressed with the play of fresh-man Jessica Warner, who was playing in her first full game at the NCAA level in place of Good.

In the early game Friday af-ternoon, the Griffs took down Colgate in straight sets; 25-20, 25-21, 25-14. Elek had 13 kills in the match while Good killed 10 of 14 attacks for a percentage of .643. Davis had 23 assists for Canisius, while freshman Sydney Palka add-ed 12. The team did well to control play in the match, holding Colgate to an attacking percentage of only .093.

Canisius rolled into the night game with Robert Morris and again won in straight sets; 25-22, 25-18, 25-22. Good had 13 kills for the Griffs while Davis had 26 assists and Palka had 11.

Volleyball owns a 4-7 record thus far through the season, where they have played only noncon-ference opponents. League play starts tomorrow for the team. Si-ena, Marist and Niagara will be the toughest tests for Canisius, Elek said, which means the Griffs will need to be sharp early—they travel to both Siena and Marist this weekend.

Kristen Victor

Junior Danielle Brawn earns a dig for the Griffs in Fridays match against Colgate.

By Adam AugustynSports Writer

Both the men’s and women’s cross country opened up their seasons at the Duquesne Duals meet in Pittsburgh, Penn. on Saturday, September 4. The weekend was a successful one for both teams as the women and men placed third and eighth, respectively.

The women were led by senior Maura Frauenhofer’s fifth place individual finish while six other ladies placed within the top 50 out of 93 runners to give the team a total of 79 points. “In terms of times we’re exact-ly where we want to be right now,” Canisius Cross Country head coach Pete Osmond told Athletic Communications. “Once we get beyond the mileage and begin to do some structured workouts, I have no rea-son to believe things won’t come together as planned,” he added.

Aside from Frauenhofer, who finished the 5k in 18:26, junior Jill Shea also ran well, finishing just behind her teammate in eighth place (18:43) while freshmen Mikelle Cala (19:04) and Jaime Wallace (19:32) finished in the top 40, at 16th and 31st, respectively. Other notable finishes for the women were juniors Christine Mulvi-hill (19:13) in 19th and Julie Dahlkemper (19:56) in 42nd.

The men, running without veteran junior Jonathan McDonald, were led by freshman Nathan McCabe’s 29th place fin-ish with a final time of 26:51 (8k) in his first collegiate competition. Other notables for the men were sophomore Alex Simon’s 33rd place finish (26:55), and sophomore Aaron Hoven’s time of 27:50, good for third on the team and 66th overall.

Both the men and women’s teams next run in the National Catholic Invitational at Notre Dame University in South Bend, In-diana on September 17th.

Cross country starts season strong

Athl

etic

Com

mun

icat

ions

Photo: Junior Julie Dahlkemper placed among the top 50 runners at the Duquesne Duels meet.

ATTENTIONCLUB

SPORTSThe Griffin wants to cover you!

Get publicity! All it takes is one paragraph a week letting us

know how you’re doing what you’re up to.

Email submissions to Sports Editor Nick Veronica at veronicn@canisius.edu.

Check your email for updates to come.

SPORTS

Friday, September 17, 2010

SEPT 24-26, 2010 / LOON MNTN / LINCOLN NH3-DAY MUSIC & OUTDOOR FESTIVAL

The Gaslight AnthemDr. Dog, !!! [Chk Chk Chk], Javelin, The Walkmen, Eli “Paperboy” Reed and the True Loves, and more!

Unified Bouldering Championships Pro Tour FinalsUCI-Sanctioned Cyclocross Race Event schedule subject to change.

Tickets can be purchased at noreaster.ems.com or in-store.

noreaster.ems.com

COLLEGE STUDENTS 20% OFF WEEKEND PASSES Includes on-site camping.

Amherst Boulevard Consumer Square716-838-4200

Must show valid college ID. Exclusions may apply; visit store for details.

The Nor’easter

Discount code: “co11ege!”

MEET US AT THE

6346 AD 5X8 Canisius College_Amh1 1 8/31/10 12:55:37 PM

Golf wins Little Three Tournament

By Jimmy GrazianoSports Writer

The Canisius College Golf team came in first place in the Little Three Tournament this past Tuesday in Niagara Falls, N.Y., beating out both St. Bonaven-ture and the University at Buffalo.

The team posted a score of 291 to earn their first victory in the tournament since 1991, and ended St. Bonaventure’s six year reign as champions. All four of Canisius’ scoring players ranked among the final top six in the field.

Senior Michael Knott and sopho-more Mike Spiotta led the way for the Griffs, each shooting a two-over-par, 72 on the day, to put them in a three-way tie for first. Coming in fifth place was junior Stephen Seeler, who shot a round of 73. Sophomore Michael Carrig shot a 74 in

the tournament to take sixth place overall.“I’m very proud of all of our guys and

this is a big step forward for our program,” Canisius head coach Todd Hummel told Athletic Communications. “We came out here today and proved we can win a tour-nament on a good course. This is just an-other step toward our ultimate goal of win-ning the MAAC Championship.”

Earlier in the season the Griffs placed 17th in the Turning Stone Intercollegiate Tournament in Verona, N.Y. Spiotta led the way for Canisius again shooting a 75 while the Griffs posted a team-score of 320.

The Griffs also competed in the Fos-sum/Spartan Invitational last weekend, where they placed eighth. Carrig shot a one-over-par 73 and the team shot a 304 overall.

The Griffs will conclude their fall sea-son on Sept. 26th when they participate in the Cornell Invitational in Ithaca, N.Y.

Athl

etic

Com

mun

icat

ions

a final score of 3-1.Gray got to start in goal again, record-

ing six saves.Friday saw the Griffs return home

to the Demske Sports Complex for their home opener against cross-town rival the University at Buffalo.

The game’s only goal was scored by Buffalo’s Ian Storan in the 20th minute of play. The Griffs’ defense--once again led by Gray, who stopped five shots in the game- -was able to prevent the Bulls from scoring throughout the rest of the game; however, they were unable to score themselves and Buffalo claimed the victory by the score of 1-0.

Each team recorded 16 shots in the game, with Canisius recording eight cor-ner kicks to Buffalo’s seven.

“We definitely played a pretty good game,” Canisius head coach Jim Hesch told Athletic Communications following the game. “We worked hard. We had a lot of possession and some chances. At the end of the day, they put one of theirs away and we didn’t. We just need to stay posi-tive, keep improving each and every day--which we have since day one--and move forward.”

The Griffs’ record currently stands at 0-3 on the season. Canisius next takes the field on Sunday, Sept. 19, when they will travel to Ithaca, N.Y. to take on the Cornell Big Red, who have a record of 1-2-1 at time of print.

By Alyssa PalomboSports Writer

The Canisius College Men’s soccer team opened the 2010 season on Sep-tember 1 with a game against Drexel. The only action of the season opener occurred entirely in the second half, with the Drag-ons scoring all five of the game’s goals after halftime. They would go on to earn the vic-tory by the score of 5-0.

Sophomore transfer student Kareem Gray made his first start for the Golden Griffins in goal, where he recorded five saves.

The Griffs continued their weekend road trip with a game at Delaware on Sept. 3. Delaware opened the scoring in the first half, making the score 1-0 in the 25th min-ute of play. They would pull further away from the Griffs in the second half, when they scored again in the 71st minute to make it 2-0.

Canisius managed to cut Delaware’s lead by half not long after sophomore Andrew Incho scored the first goal of his collegiate career in the 76th minute. Assist-ing Incho on the play was sophomore Sam Zarka.

That would be as close as the Griffs would come, however. The Blue Hens scored their third goal just minutes after Incho’s goal, putting Delaware up by 2. They would go on to beat the Griffs’ with

Men’s soccer shows improvement, still

searching for first win

Sophomore Sam Zarka assisted the Griffs’ only goal in their September 3 game against Delaware.

Athletic Communications

Photo: Sophomore Mike Spiotta shot a 72 at the Little Three Tournament putting him in a tie for first.

SPORTS

Friday, September 17, 2010

By Zac HirschbeckSports Writer

Following a disappointing 2009 season, I was prepared to cut ties with the Bills and move on with my life. However, to quote the great Michael Corleone, “Just

when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.”

I found myself one of the few Bills fans maintaining a sense of optimism towards the team. There was an offense that showed life during the preseason, a coach de-termined to establish an identity fit for blustery Western New York,

Buffalo Bills live up to media expectations

and a solid group of youthful play-ers. Sure the team has its fair share of weaknesses: A trio of backup quarterbacks competing for the top spot, unknown starting of-fensive tackles and a questionable defense that switched schemes during the offseason. However, all the members of a secondary that picked off 28 passes a year ago were returning and there seemed to be enough quality in the front seven to improve the pass rush. It seemed ridiculous to think that a team that won six games last year couldn’t win at least six this year.

Halfway through Sunday’s game my optimism was dwin-dling. By the end of the game it was gone.

Now Bills nation is asking the same question that it has asked itself for over a decade: Is there anything of value that can be taken away from Sunday’s effort? Trent Edwards needs to go now, prefer-ably yesterday. Throughout the preseason, the stories surrounding the former Stanford signal caller were positive. Gailey was going to play to Edwards’ strengths and al-low him to gain confidence. After watching Sunday’s game, it’s hard to identify what those strengths are anymore.

Excluding the scoring drive in which Edwards completed 7-of-7 passes for 91 yards and a score, he was 11 of 27 for 48 yards. Some may point to the lack of protection or a poor gameplan by Gailey, but

OnThe Wing

Men’s Soccer Women’s Soccer VolleyballCross CountryGolf

Scores and Standings

Buffalo 1Canisius 0

Canisius 2Youngstown State 1

Little Three ChampionshipNiagara Falls Country Club

Date Opponent Score

9/1 atDrexel L5‐0

9/3 atDelaware L3‐1

9/10 Buffalo L1‐0

9/11 WinstarsAcademy* W5‐0

*exhibiEon

Shots Corners Fouls

Buffalo 16 7 14

Canisius 16 8 11

Wright State 3Canisius 4 (2OT)

G Time Team Scorer

1 19:50 UB Storian,Ian

G Time Team Scorer

1 32:51 YSU A.Ludwig

2 56:30 CAN K.Reinwald

3 68:04 CAN B.Smith

those are the same excuses Bills fans have made for past flops Rob Johnson, Drew Bledsoe, and J.P. Losman. The Bills need a quarter-back who has the intestinal forti-tude to take a hit, and the smarts to execute a gameplan that doesn’t revolve around the checkdown, re-gardless of the defensive scheme.

If you’re searching for evi-dence that such a quarterback exists, look no further then next week’s opposing quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers threw for 4,434 yards and 30 touchdowns last year despite getting sacked a league-high 50 times.

Obviously you’d like your quarterback to stay on his feet more often then not, but year after year quarterbacks prove they can be elite without an offensive line consisting of all-pros.

Maybe University of Wash-ington’s Jake Locker or Stanford’s Andrew Luck could be the fran-chise quarterback that has evaded the Bills grasp for more then 10 years. The early consensus is that these men will be topping draft boards next April. To pick a top-flight college quarterback such as Locker or Luck, the Bills would have to be in the neighborhood of 2 to 4 wins. If you’re wonder-ing why it feels so uncomfortable to root for the Bills to win these days, it’s because winning is poten-tially the worst thing this franchise could do right now.

A common point of the

overly optimistic Bills fan this pre-season is that a team can go from zero to playoff hero in a blink of an eye. In 2007, the Miami Dol-phins won one game. The fol-lowing April, Miami drafted Jake Long with the first overall pick, and Chad Henne with the first pick of the second round. The fol-lowing year, the Dolphins won 10 games and earned a playoff birth. Fast-forward a few years. Long is a perennial Pro Bowl left tackle and Henne has shown flashes of being a franchise quarterback. As much as it might hurt the egos of long-time Bills fans, they need to model their team after the Miami Dol-phins. Find a left tackle and find a quarterback—but sometime be-fore I graduate college, find a long-term plan.

I’d like to think 70-year-old, first-time general manager Bud-dy Nix is onto something. Nix knows that the Bills are several pieces away from truly contend-ing. That’s why he drafted a poten-tial franchise running back over a couple of middling first round tackle prospects. Let’s hope that’s also why he passed on a thin quar-terback class in 2010, instead wait-ing on an elite quarterback class in 2011. Perhaps Nix isn’t trying to build a team that scrapes and claws into a wild card berth. Instead, he’s trying to build a team that year in year out should make the playoffs. All we can do now is hope Nix knows what he’s doing.

Strokes Score

1 Canisius 291 +11

2 Niagara 302 +22

3 St. Bonaventure 308 +28

Team compe))on

Name School Score

1 Q. Vilneff NIA +1

2 M. Spio9a CAN +2

2 B. McKenna SBU +2

2 M. Kno9 CAN +2

5 S. Seller CAN +3

6 M. Carrig CAN +4

7 J. Cardon NIA +5

7 S. Moser CAN +5

Individual Leaderboard

G Time Team Scorer

1 5:50 CAN K. Reinwald

2 11:55 WSU A. Kasmer

3 59:15 CAN B. Smith

4 64:46 CAN B. Smith

5 73:18 WSU C. Gross

6 89:15 WSU B. Persaud

7 108:21CAN K. Reinwald

Duquesne DualsPittsburgh, Penn.

Time Overall

N. McCabe 26:51 29

A. Simon 26:55 33

A. Huren 27:50 66

Top Griffs‐ Men (8k)

Team finish: 8

Time Overall

M. Fraunhofer 18:26 6

J. Shea 18:43 8

M. Cala 19:04 16

Top Griffs‐ Women (5k)

Team finish: 3

1 2 3 Total

Colgate 20 21 14 0

Canisius 25 25 25 3

1 2 3 Total

Rob. Morris 22 18 22 0

Canisius 25 25 25 3

Canisius-NiagaraInvitational

Go Griffs Go Griffs Go Griffs

1 2 3 4 Total

Bucknell 25 25 25 25 3

Canisius 22 27 19 22 1

SPORTS

This paper is made from recyclable fiber

PLeaSe reCyCLe

The voice of Canisius College since 1933

News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Opinion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7

Life And Arts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12

Sports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-16

www.canisiusgriffin.com

Send Submissions to: Griffin@canisius.edu

Friday, September 17, 2010Volume lxxxi Number 1

Golf bests local schools.

@14

Volleyball picks up weekend wins.

@13

Great individual efforts propel Women’s soccer to

weekend sweepBy Lisa Stachura

Sports writer

and Nick Veronica

Sports Editor

After two disappointing losses the previous weekend, the Canisius College women’s soccer team re-grouped to win two games last Friday and Sunday.

The women took on Wright State September 10 at the Demske Sports Complex. Freshman Brianna Smith and junior Kelly Reinwald helped car-ry the team to a 4-3 victory in double overtime.

“We played better today with our chemistry and our passing,” Reinwald said to Athletic Communications. “We’re starting to learn the strengths of our team and its showing.”

Reinwald put the Griffins on the scoreboard early after netting her first goal of the season off a penalty kick in the sixth minute. The Raiders quickly answered by firing a shot passed se-nior goalkeeper Lesley Ivinac to tie the game at one.

Smith broke the tie for Canisius when she blasted her first goal of the night in the 60th minute, with the as-sist coming from senior Kasey Ma-kowski. Just five minutes after, Smith scored her second goal of the game after taking advantage of a pass from Reinwald. The Raiders, however, did not quit; scoring two goals to sent the game into overtime. The tying goal came with just 45 seconds left in the game.

NCAA extra time format is dif-ferent from that of FIFA, which plays

the game to the conclusion of 120 minutes, regardless of how many goals are scored. At the college level, teams play for a “golden goal,” more commonly referred to as sudden death, meaning the team to score first wins the game.

After playing to a scoreless first overtime session, it was Reinwald who was ended the game in the 108th minute after finishing a loose ball in the box and giving the Blue and Gold a dramatic victory.

“There was bobble, bobble and I just stuck my foot out to finish,” Reinwald told Athletic Communi-cations. “Luckily, it crossed the line because the goalie was right there. Then we just started cheering.”

The Griffs carried the momen-tum from winning the game against Wright State to last Sunday after-noon’s game against Youngstown State in Youngstown, Ohio. Again, it was Smith and Reinwald who led Canisius victory, a 2-1 comeback over the Penguins.

The Penguins’ Alison Ludwig came out hard as she scored their first goal in the 33rd minute. Ludwig intercepted a pass from Griffins’ Shelby Parks and then lofted a shot over the head of Ivinac.

Heading into the second half, the scored remained 1-0 in favor of Youngstown State, but the Griffins did their best to change that. Wast-ing no time, Reinwald tied the game early in the second half with an assist from senior Laura Ellis.

In the 69th minute, Smith net-ted what would prove to be the game-winning goal with assists from both freshman Katie Griffin and Makowski.

Reinwald and Smith took con-trol of the offense on the weekend as they both netted three goals apiece.

Canisius heads to Olean, New York today to compete against St. Bonaventure in the Puma Tourna-ment at 5 p.m. They finish the week-end by taking on Buffalo at noon on Sunday.

Kristen Victor

Senior Kasey Makowski assisted the Griffs’ fourth goal bringing them to victory over Wright State.

Canisius College, Buffalo, NYSPORTS