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KEREN BARUCHLife Editor

Tara Green was 19 years old, finishing up her sec-ond year at Salt Lake City Community College, when her pregnancy test read positive.

She is now 24, finishing up her sixth semester as a communication and psychology major at UB, with her 4-year-old daughter, Kaiya, by her side.

Green moved from Salt Lake City, Utah, to the Queen City two years ago. She balances being a straight-A student and a mother with the help of her friends, family and UB facilities. Specifically, the Early Child-hood Research Center (ECRC) on UB’s North Campus has helped her and approximately 20 other student/faculty parents on campus by providing a quality pre-school for children. It wasn’t unplanned, but it wasn’t planned either

The pregnancy was a surprise – a welcome one, though.

Green and her boyfriend, Dakota Sherman, had been dating for two years at the time of her pregnancy. When Green told Sherman she was pregnant, he could not hold back his tears.

They were tears of joy.“I just felt like [Kaiya] was the answer and the link

to where I needed to go next,” Green said. “I sat down on the bed and that’s what I said to [Dakota] and he said, ‘I’m willing to support anything that you want to do, but I’m really, really happy.’

“He didn’t exactly know how I was going to feel. He always knew that I didn’t want to be a parent and that it wasn’t something that I was going for. I was al-ways focused on my career and my school and what I wanted to do for myself.”

Green’s biggest concern at the time was her school-work. But she was prepared to add her daughter to her list of priorities.

Even though the pregnancy wasn’t planned, every-one always knew the two would form a family, accord-ing to Green. Although marriage may not have always been in the picture, having a child was.

In Utah, it is culturally acceptable to start a family at a young age, Green said.

According to a report done on health.utah.gov, teen births in Utah account for approximately 11 per-cent of all births in the state. In 1997, adolescents ages 15-19 gave birth to over 4,494 infants. This birthrate has remained fairly stable since the early 1980s.

Green was unaware of the cultural difference she was going to encounter upon arrival at UB.The move

Green took a year and a half off from Salt Lake Community College to clear her head and focus on her pregnancy. When the stress of life got the best of her and Sherman, they began to take it out on each other.

They decided they needed a break. That’s when Green decided Buffalo was the right

place for the two most important things in her life: an education and Kaiya.

OpiniOn 3 Life 5 Arts & entertAinment 6,7CLAssifieds & dAiLy deLights 9 spOrts 10inside

ERIN MAYNARDStaff Writer

Despite UB’s UBreathe Free efforts, smokers gather outside Capen Hall, known to some as “Smoker Alley,” as well as Lock-wood Library and the Student Union.

Students, faculty or staff can call 645-SMOK to report someone smoking on campus. The voicemail states, “We will attempt to educate them.”

But what if the person report-ed is a UB employee?

UBreathe Free doesn’t affect faculty and staff because nothing in their union contracts says em-ployees can’t smoke on campus.

According to Jeffrey E. Reed, director of employee relations, the only way to discipline union-ized employees – who represent

the majority of UB employees – is to have the unions enter an agree-ment that says employees could not smoke. Last year, many of the union contracts were up for rene-gotiation, and, according to Shar-lynn Daun-Barnett – an alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention specialist in Wellness Education Services – a few of the unions at UB did support the UBreathe Free initiative.

“My office had asked the unions back then as to whether they’d be willing to enter into such an agreement,” Reed said. “The vast majority of unionized employ-ees here at UB expressed a lack of interest in entering into any such agreement that could result in dis-cipline.”

According to Gary Giovino, professor and chair of the depart-ment of Community Health and Health Behavior, the situation is more complicated than simply get-

ting all the unions at UB to agree – because many of the unions are statewide.

Dennis Black, vice president for University Life and Services, said because the university can’t hold faculty and staff accountable, it wouldn’t be fair to hold students to a different standard.

William Blanda, a junior American studies student, thinks seeing faculty and staff smoking on campus sends a confusing and troubling message to the student body.

“When you see UB staff, es-pecially in UB clothes, and they’re smoking … they need to set a bet-ter example,” Blanda said.

Giovino agrees with Blanda, stating it sends the wrong message if the smoking policy isn’t enforce-able.

Mixed messagesUnions won’t support UBreathe Free; students successfully lobby for new tobacco policy

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LISA KHOURYSenior News Editor

The Student Association Assembly unanimously voted to keep staff members in their job positions and approved this year’s new hires during Wednesday night’s Assembly meeting.

Assembly members also ap-proved the following elected of-ficials’ salaries: club coordinators, SUNY delegates, Student-Wide Judiciary associate justice and Speaker of the Assembly.

Staff members’ positions fall under the 11 SA departments: Student Affairs, entertainment, club services, communication, production, executive assistants, finance, film, UBTV, office staff and elected officials.

Last year, there were 13 de-partments but Environmental Af-fairs was integrated into Student Affairs, and the event planners department was removed.

After each department brief-ly explained what it does, the floor was open to Assembly and staff members for questions. Fol-lowing questions, Assembly and staff members confirmed the po-sitions.Film DepartmentWorks to organize the SA Film Series schedule and create a fun movie-going experience for all patrons.Executive AssistantsAssists SA and the other staff members with tasks that make SA more efficient and knowledge-able.Club ServicesAids over 130 clubs in meet-ing SA requirements by provid-ing opportunities to meet these requirements. They provide all

clubs with resources to grow in both membership and in impact on the UB community.EntertainmentPuts on activities and events to entertain the student body and is responsible for running SA’s most recognizable events, including the Fests, the Comedy Series and Spirit Week. There is one event coordinator.FinanceAssists SA departments and clubs to ensure all financial needs are met while following all SA, UB and SUNY Mandatory Activity Fee guidelines. MarketingResponsible for relaying informa-tion about SA and its activities, events, and opportunities to the student body. It is also in charge of managing and maintaining the brand image of the SA.MediaCreates graphics to be used for marketing SA and its events and for creating and maintaining photographic records of events. It works with marketing to help brand SA and SA clubs.Office StaffEverybody within the office staff helps with the day-to-day functions to keep SA running smoothly.ProductionWorks to make sure all SA de-partment and club events are fully equipped with the necessary equipment to host events and en-sure they are of top quality.Student AffairsStudent Affairs – the main foun-dation of SA – focuses on ad-vocacy and student representa-tion. It works closely with SUNY delegates and the Assembly to

SA Assembly votes for employee approvals and elected officials’ salaries

The dynamic duo takes on Buffalo

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Tara Green walks alongside her 4-year-old daughter, Kaiya. Tara balances her studies and motherhood with the help of her friends, family and UB.

PEIRAN LIANG /// THE SPECTRUM

A UB student smokes outside Capen Hall. Students continue to disregard UBreathe Free without any fear of retribution by the university, which does not restrict employees' smoking habits.

Poetry is a breeze at Talking Leaves

Zumba craze hits UB

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24-year-old mother, UB student makes her schedule work with Early Childhood Research Center

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used to sleep in bed with my parents when I was scared or just lonely. Good thing I have a roommate now, so I can just crawl and cuddle up next to him. We’re really close like that.”

His roommate, Mithun Alam, a sophomore biological science major and international student from India, believes Carmack’s behavior is simply a part of American culture. Alam’s goal is to fit into his new environment and said he just “goes with the flow.”

Carmack’s previous room-mate was not as easygoing.

Eric Gerber, a senior mathematics major, was a heavy sleeper while dorming with Carmack. He didn’t real-ize Carmack would crawl into his bed in the middle of the night until a floor mate asked him if he and Carmack were “together.”

Gerber immediately trans-ferred to a school in Florida and cannot be reached for comment at this time.


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She wasn’t getting the education she want-ed at her community college. Buffalo was her first choice because her grandma is a UB alum-na and her grandpa was once a professor here.

Her family was skeptical about her making the move, and Green was scared.

“When you’re so engrossed in where you live and you have so many friends and so many family members, to get rid of that and just go into something so completely unknown, feels just like that: unknown,” Green said. “You don’t know what to think. You don’t know what to feel; you just kind of jump off of a cliff and hope that it’s only two feet and not a thousand.”

It’s been two years and Green is discover-ing her jump was not a thousand feet. While there are times she misses the family-oriented lifestyle in Utah and simple things like having the time to get a cup of coffee with a friend, she is managing here.

“When people find out that I have a child [here], their first question is ‘how old are you?’ I’ve never been asked that in Utah,” Green said. “Even when I was younger – 20 years old – I’ve never been asked how old I am when people found out I was a parent.”

The cultural difference was shocking to Green at first. Now, though, the constant ques-tions and looks she receives on campus make her appreciate her life and capabilities a lot more.

Green knows she is not superwoman; her hair is not always made perfectly and her make up is not always on. With her and Kaiya’s crazy class schedules, the two have to grab quick $5 meals at Wegmans sometimes and her house isn’t always spotless.

She does not consider her challenges to

be any more difficult than other students’; she believes they are just different. When life gets overwhelming, she knows it’s necessary to take time to herself and breathe, just like anybody else.

“The way I really keep it together is the people that I keep close to me,” Green said. “My friends, my family, my professors – and then [Kaiya]. She is so strong. She is so mature for her age. She is so independent. But that’s the way I’ve had to raise her to really survive out here. I have to rely on her a lot, and she’s become a very unique individual because of that.”

Green said ECRC has been a blessing to her family and a huge reason she’s capable of succeeding here. The large wooden playground outside of Baldy Hall is where the duo spends their free time, and Green volunteers at the center as often as she can. Green believes the women working there combine with the learn-ing atmosphere to create a wonderful program for Kaiya.

Kelly Kantz, director of ECRC, said the staff has enjoyed watching Kaiya blossom over the past two years.

“We’ve just seen a huge change in her – like most of the kids – but Kaiya is incredibly outgoing and she’s just very cuddly,” Kantz said. “She’s really smart like her mom. She soaks in every opportunity that we put out, and then she drives us, too, by the questions she asks and just the things she does. She’s a treat.”

Green refers to Kaiya as “little miss popu-lar,” and “little miss independent.” The pro-grams at ECRC help Kaiya embody that char-acterization.

Kantz credits the success of the ECRC community to the teachers. She said the gradu-ate students who work at the pre-school are

so dedicated and committed to their careers, which leads to them not only providing help for students but for the families of the students as well. She also said Green has been integral to the community, which provides services for approximately 45 pre-school students and families.

“She comes in and she helps in the sum-mertime with swimming,” Kantz said. “She’s there with Kaiya but she also helps with the other kids as well, so it’s great to have her par-ticipate. She’s friends with the teachers as a re-sult of the help she’s provided.”

Both Kaiya and Green are currently in their sixth semester at UB. They are both excel-ling. Green credits Kaiya for her good grades and desire to succeed.

“I can honestly tell you, when I was going to school before she was born, I [was getting] F’s on my transcript,” Green said. “But I’m in the advanced honors program here. I get A’s now. I get my work done. [Having a daughter] just made me realize how important life is and how much you can get out of it if you put in the work. Not only if you put in the work but also [when you realize] who else it’s going to affect.”

Green said she could never repay or thank Kaiya enough for having the strength to feel the backlash of her mother being a full-time student and for inspiring her to be the best she can be. Rekindling love and looking to the future

Green and Sherman reconciled and re-kindled their relationship. This past summer, Green was taking a test for a class in Lockwood Library. Sherman walked into Lockwood and proposed to her.

She said yes.

Kaiya and Green have both missed Sher-man for the two years they were apart.

“There are such little details that hap-pen every day that you can’t live unless you’re there,” Green said. “You can’t see it. You can’t feel it. I send as many pictures as I can. We do a lot of Facetime and things like that, but he misses so much and that’s really what it is. He misses that slight inch that she grows or even the quarter inch. You wake up one day and your kid is huge; you swear that they grew over night and [he] can’t see that.”

In a couple of weeks, Sherman will be moving from Utah to Buffalo to join his family. Kaiya and Green are looking forward to having him around.

After graduation, Green hopes to do some sort of non-profit work. She wants to work with her community in Utah because while she believes her hometown is beautiful, she knows there are some societal issues. Edu-cation is one of them, and Green hopes to bet-ter the schooling system because of the value she places on her studies.

Kaiya misses Utah a lot; she talks about the mountains and skiing, but she is enjoy-ing walking around UB’s campus with her mom and interacting with others. According to Green, Kaiya believes everyone is her best friend and is truly one of the happiest, loving and most caring 4-year-olds. Buffalo has done Kaiya well.

Green is expecting to graduate this year on Mother’s Day and hopes to walk across the stage, holding her diploma in one hand and Kaiya’s hand in the other.


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College students – especially females – know the pres-sure of having a perfect body. Mainstream media tells women that to be attractive, they need the perfect hour-glass shape with perky breasts and a flat stomach.

This week is body positive week, and I think it’s finally time to start ignoring the naysayers and embrace all bodies – no matter what shape they may be.

Last summer was one of the lowest points of my life. At 5 foot 5 and 210 pounds, I’m far from being a Barbie doll.

My mom recently lost 50 pounds in six months after surviving a blood clot. I was beyond happy for her but felt a twinge of jealousy. My family would con-stantly talk about how my mom’s weight would soon match mine. It made me feel inferior.

At that point, I felt like my body was disgusting. Then I took a trip to my doc-tor’s office for my yearly physical.

With my height and weight, it was no surprise I was categorized as obese on the body mass index (BMI) scale. But be-fore I got upset, my doctor told me BMI is a load of crap that doesn’t account for distribution of fat in the body.

According to the Center for Disease Control, some people could have a high BMI calculation but because the formula includes both a person’s fat and muscle, they can have a high BMI but not neces-sarily a high percentage of body fat.

After that, I started to look at my body differently. My love handles and stretch marks – which are always an area of hate – suddenly did not seem as trou-blesome, and I came back to UB with a newfound confidence and people started noticing.

Yes, I still get called fat. It’s inevita-ble. I hear my roommates whisper about me almost daily, but I don’t let it bother me anymore.

I am confident in my own skin and bashing me about my outside appear-ance will not make their insides any pret-tier – or make them feel any better about themselves in the long run.

After declining an opportunity to model for SuicideGirls, an alternative modeling site, I decided to create my own portfolio as a plus-size model.

I pulled inspiration from models like Tara Lynn and Ashley Graham and have only strengthened the love I feel for my body.

Body acceptance comes in all forms and starts with loving yourself. I have a friend who is a size zero and hates she can’t gain weight due to her high me-tabolism. Seeing me embrace my body has given her the confidence to come to terms and love her small frame, and I couldn’t be happier for her.

Another important element in body acceptance is taking care of yourself and knowing your limits. I work out when I have the time and, luckily, I have friends who motivate me to exercise. Possibly trimming my muffin top would give me even more confidence but, honestly, working out for me is a form of stress relief.

During body positive week, I chal-lenge you all.

I challenge you to not pick apart every flaw on your body when you look in the mirror every morning. I challenge you to always remind yourself of your favorite feature.

My mother now weighs 190 pounds and instead of being jealous about it, I let her borrow my clothes. When my dad comments about my size, my mom now replies, “Look at your own damn self.”

As for me, I enjoy having “boda-cious ta-ta’s.” I like ordering a peanut butter Buffalo Blast at Perks once a week. And, of course, I’ll be out on Hal-loween weekend donning a revealing costume like every other girl stumbling down Chippewa or Main Street.

Being body positive all the time can be a challenge, but owning your body and taking notes from my story can help. My size is a number that will never define who I am and what I’ve accomplished.

I’m beautiful and so are you.


Embrace the fat

Newsweek announced on Thursday that after 79 years, it will cease print publication at the end of the year and make the move to become the first national news magazine to shift entirely to a digital format.

It’s the end of an era for the magazine as journalism sees a possible end to the print era, in general.

Newsweek, which joined with The Daily Beast in 2010, is making a decision for its future. It’s aware that news is changing (it has seen its readership drop by over a million in the last 10 years), so it’s changing with the news. According to The Newsweek Daily Beast’s statement on Thurs-day, “business has been increas-ingly affected by the challenging print advertising environment, while Newsweek’s online and e-reader content has built a rapidly growing audience.” For us and everyone else in print journalism, it brings up the constant question of what journalism will be like in another 10 years and if we’ll even be around.

A study from the Pew Re-search Center last month showed 39 percent of Americans say they get their news online. The quick-ness and the convenience have made every news source a 24/7 news source and every consum-er a 24/7 consumer. Headlines, Twitter updates and text alerts – all at your fingertips at any hour of the day.

There’s a lot of disappoint-ment and sadness for print jour-nalists on this topic. A newspaper or a magazine is the tangible evi-dence of our hard work. It’s late

hours and down-to-the-wire mo-ments. Despite what goes wrong during production or how long it took, having the physical product makes up for it. It’s an entirely different experience viewing all of that online. In the original form, it tells a story. You might not notice it, but an opinion col-umn can get placed next to a re-lated article. It all literally unfolds in front of you.

Before and after spending long hours in the office pouring over stories on our computer screens, newspapers are still our escape. Think about it: there are enough people who still read their newspapers on a daily basis while having their bacon and eggs, and it’s probably the only thing they read all day that’s not on a screen. If the online service crashes, the print version still exists on your table or in your backpack.

As an entire industry, it’s even more worrisome. The con-venience of news everywhere means not every news source is going to offer its best work for free. According to the Wall Street Journal, “paywalls” – that is, charging for online access – are working in investment purposes, and newspaper stocks are up from 50 percent to 80 percent in the past year. So what happens next? Do the free sources move to paid sources to compete or will more people shift to the free sources and ignore the subscrip-tion fees?

Newsweek is holding on, though, and taking advantage of the technological age, so that is commendable. It wants to stick around, and it knows what peo-

ple are actually looking at now. What the magazine does have to worry about, though, is it will be competing with everyone who has been online for months or years, people who have perfected the process and honed the skill. If it doesn’t work out, it no lon-ger has the print version to back it up.

That goes with being con-scious about its readership. The median age for Newsweek readers is 47 years old. Despite know-ing the medium in which people want to read the news, it still has to get people wanting to read its news and to get avid fans and ca-sual readers alike to want to pay that subscription fee.

There’s a lot of nostalgia. People rushed out in the morn-ing to buy the copies of The New York Times to get the cover when Osama bin Laden was killed. They collect old copies of assas-sinations and World Series victo-ries. They sit in cafes and do the crosswords, and every now and then, you hear someone get an-gry because they spilled coffee on the comics. Those cries of “Extra, extra, read all about it!” are turning to “For extra content, visit our website,” and for anyone who puts hours into this medi-um, it’s disappointing.

But with that need for imme-diacy and sense of urgency, ev-eryone and everything is chang-ing and now, so will Newsweek. And in the future, so might we.


Off the pressNewsweek’s departure from print leaves

the future of the medium hazy

Everyone likes a good show, and everybody was waiting for one from President Obama on Tuesday night. With the spotlight and attention on him, he came out (almost literally) swinging at Mitt Romney after a weak previ-ous debate.

Viewers saw candidates live up to their expectations and put on an entertaining performance perfect for any variety hour but otherwise got more of the same: unanswered questions, broad an-swers and a whole lot of needless bickering.

Immediately following the Hofstra University debate, 37 percent of undecided voters polled by CBS News thought the president won, 30 percent be-lieved Romney was the victor and 33 percent called it a tie. Those same voters still think Romney would handle the economy bet-ter (65-34) and Obama would be more likely to handle the middle class (56-43).

It’s hard to believe people are making any kind of decision like this, though. Despite the numbers, the talk of every de-bate has been about the delivery. How is Romney going to match Obama’s style? How is Biden go-ing to make up for the president’s unexpected loss? Can Obama come back and be more aggres-sive? The issues have been an af-terthought each and every time.

And while the candidates fought back vigilantly against

media criticism and talked much more in the hour and a half, they didn’t say much. Some questions that were asked covered such a broad range of issues they couldn’t be answered properly in a research paper, let alone in two minutes (or supposed two minutes because Obama had five minutes more speaking time than Romney). More were left unan-swered and replaced by vague rhetoric.

There was nothing more than shine and sparkle. On mo-ments that candidates could have really attacked the other on being contradictory or weak (e.g. foreign policy and job cre-ation), they failed at coming back with hard, concrete facts. The only thing Obama and Romney proved was they could both talk very loudly and at the same time as the other candidate.

Overall, the debate had noth-ing more than the first one did or the vice presidential debate did. It spurred Internet memes with Romney’s “binders full of wom-en” comment, led to days worth of discussion over who won and, most importantly, left voters just as confused as they were before.

Call it a tie or a draw, but nobody really walked away with a win in this one – especially the voters. As Romney and Obama were sometimes notice-ably thrown off by questions and retorts on Tuesday night, the voters were thrown off by the evening even more, not sure

where to turn their allegiance. No, nothing was really discussed or expanded on … but at least it was good television, right?

Voters need to get as excited about the issues as they do about the style. What audiences saw in the second debate was childish aggressiveness – finger point-ing, numerous interruptions and a copious amount of pouting on both sides. We need to hear more from people like Jeremy Epstein, a 20-year-old college student, who is worried he won’t be able to support himself after he grad-uates. But we also need to hear more concrete answers on the matters – especially on a topic so near and dear to us – than the president’s desire to build manu-facturing jobs and control our own energy.

We may not be able to listen to every word, but we should at least try instead of being sucked into the bottomless pit of poli-tics. The chirpy and brazen style of the second debate – from the candidates and moderator alike – only goes so far in the voting booth. Whether or not the third and final debate is any different, we need to ask more questions and seek out our own answers if they’re not given to us because at this point it doesn’t look like the candidates are ever going to answer.


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Issues once again an afterthought in second debate


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In the weeks leading up to the elec-tion, The Spectrum will be providing facts about the Democratic and Republican candidates’ platforms so students can make an informed decision in the voting booth on Nov. 6. Today we will present both Presi-dent Barack Obama’s and former Gover-nor Mitt Romney’s stances on immigration.

President Barack ObamaObama’s immigration plan is

not focused in deportation. Rather, he plans to turn illegal immigrants – particularly those who came here as children – into citizens of the Unit-ed States.

Obama believes those young people should be able to earn their citizenship either through serving in the military or pursuing a college degree.

He is also focusing immigration enforcement resources on those il-legal immigrants who pose a threat to “our communities.” The groups Obama plans on de-emphasizing are: students, veterans, seniors and military families.

Additionally, in order to keep families together, Obama has pro-posed undocumented spouses and children of U.S. citizens be allowed to stay in the United States while they undergo their legal immigration and naturalization processes.

Despite how controversial im-migration has been on the campaign trail this election season, the major-ity of registered voters feel Obama’s recent announcement that the Unit-ed States will not be deporting illegal immigrants under the age of 30 – if they were brought to the country by their parents as children – does “just enough,” according to CNN.

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney

Romney wants to grow legal immigration to help supplement the economy.

He plans to attract more highly skilled immigrants by increasing the number of high-skilled visas, in-creasing immigration caps on specif-ic countries and granting permanent residency to every foreign student who earns an advanced degree in math, science or engineering at a U.S. university.

He also wants to introduce a system that brings seasonal workers, like temporary agricultural workers, into the country. He proposes to do this by eliminating “unnecessary” requirements, which delay workers from receiving their visas.

Romney takes a strong stance against illegal immigration and in-sists it must end. He will do this by building a “high-tech fence,” which will help enhance border security. He will make sure there are enough border control officers to gain and maintain control of the border. He will also develop a system of “exit verification,” which will make sure people do not overstay their visas.

He will discourage illegal immi-gration by creating a mandatory sys-tem for employers to check the work eligibility of those they hire. Romney vetoed in-state tuition benefits for il-legal immigrants while serving as the governor of Massachusetts.

But he wants to give green cards to the families of citizens and legal residents to help legal immigrants bring their spouses and children to the states.

Romney agrees with Obama that current illegal immigrants who were brought here as children should have the chance to become citizens by serving in the military.

He opposes amnesty for all cur-rent illegal immigrants, although he wishes to “address the 11 million il-legal immigrants in America in a civil and resolute manner that respects the rule of law.”


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The UBreathe Free policy does not enforce penalties un-less smokers display “unrea-sonable behavior” when asked to extinguish their cigarettes, according to Daun-Barnett. If the smoker displays unreason-able behavior, he or she may be referred to Judicial Affairs or University Police may be called. Students are not getting in trou-ble for smoking, rather, they’re disciplined for unruly behavior.

UB employees aren’t af-fected at all.

Some UB employees don’t seem to consider the example they are setting.

“They shouldn’t have it [UBreathe Free] at all,” said a UB Stampede employee, speak-ing on the condition of ano-nymity. “It’s just one cigarette. You really think my one ciga-rette [the driver was smoking at the time] is going to kill some-one? Don’t they [the univer-sity administration] have better things to do?”

While the university policy isn’t applicable to employees and staff because of the union contracts, both Duan-Barnett and Giovino believe a state law would supersede the specifics of any union contract.

And such a law just might be on its way.

Last year The City Uni-versity of New York (CUNY) voted to ban smoking on all 23 of its campuses and Nancy L. Zimpher, chancellor of the State University of New York, would like to see a similar policy in place at all SUNY universi-ties.

In a memo dated June 12, 2012, Zimpher urged the mem-bers of the Board of Trustees to adopt a resolution imple-menting a Tobacco-Free SUNY policy. The current policy, en-acted Jan. 11, 2007, only applies to indoor areas and university vehicles. Zimpher also urged the board to support state leg-islation banning smoking on all university “grounds and fa-cilities, and in vehicles owned, leased or controlled by the State University or its related enti-ties.”

Currently, such legislation is pending in the State Assem-bly.

Bill No. A10011 was intro-duced May 1, 2012, and calls for amending “the public health law, in relation to prohibiting smoking on campuses and facil-ities owned or operated by the state university of New York.” The bill has been referred to the Committee on Health. Be-cause the bill was introduced at the end of the legislative ses-sion, it should be acted upon when the Assembly reconvenes in Jan. 2013.

Giovino hopes a SUNY-wide policy and state legislation will speed up a culture change on campus.

“I hope the need for en-forcement is minimal,” Gio-vino said. “Many will comply simply because they are good citizens. But not being able to enforce the policy … makes it difficult for people on campus with asthma, cancer and heart disease.”

The only area on campus where a student could face con-sequences for smoking is in the dorms – where resident advis-ers must report any violations.

Legislation signed into law by then-Governor David Pater-son in 2008 governs smoking in all dormitories at New York public and private colleges and universities. According to Da-vid A. Wright, judicial coordi-nator of Campus Living, stu-dents are subject to disciplinary action if they are caught smok-ing in the dorms.

“There’s an incident report filed and the student has to meet with their hall director,” Wright said. “Then we decide on sanctions. Sometimes it’s community service; other times it’s a research or reflection pa-per. We try and take an educa-tional approach.”

When students returned to campus this semester, those trying to purchase cigarettes at CVS or Tops Markets encoun-tered a new university policy. As of Aug. 1, 2012, students were no longer able to purchase ciga-rettes or other tobacco prod-ucts using Campus Cash.

Three university stu-dent groups spearheaded the UBreathe Free push: UB Against Cancer, the School of Pharmacy and the School of Social Work. According to a memo dated Aug. 28, 2012, from Jeff Brady, executive di-rector UB Campus Dining & Shops, the student groups “lobbied vehemently for the change.” It was implemented not only because of the stu-dents’ request but also because it supports UB’s no-smoking policy.

However, Student Associa-tion President Travis Nemmer questioned the effectiveness of UBreathe Free. He called the current policy unrealistic and believes it won’t eliminate smoking on campus.

According to Nemmer, SA is looking into re-installing butt disposal containers around campus because cigarettes cause litter. He said the contain-ers won’t send a mixed message to students and the university would be “remiss not to pro-vide safe locations for people to eliminate their cigarette butts when they do smoke.”

The university’s Well-ness Center has programs to increase awareness of health dangers associated with smok-ing and to assist students wish-ing to quit smoking. The center also holds community service events to combat the environ-mental impact Nemmer is con-cerned with.

It’s going to keep get-ting better and better,” Duan-Barnett said. “But it may take 10 years.” “We’re not trying to alienate people; we’re just trying to make people more thought-ful.”

As of Oct. 5, 2012, at least 826 colleges and universities in the United States have ad-opted 100-percent smoke-free campus policies, according to Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights. This number has almost doubled since 2010.


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Lifting weights and run-ning on the treadmill becomes tedious. Costly memberships to off-campus gyms do not fit well with a college student’s budget.

That’s why many UB stu-dents are turning to Zumba.

Amy Newsome, the assistant director for aerobics and indoor cycling, directs recreational fit-ness on campus. Newsome hires instructors to teach classes such as spinning, yoga, circuit training, biking, Pilates and Zumba – the most popular class, which typi-cally ranges in size from 20 to 45 people.

Zumba is a Latin-inspired, high-intensity dance party.

Caroline Cuyler, a sopho-more psychology major, is a new Zumba instructor at UB. She loves every second of it.

“The students inspire me when they continue to come back,” Cuyler said. “I feel like I’m on cloud nine. I truly enjoy teaching.”

Devin McMillian, a Zumba instructor at UB, has been teach-ing for six years. His mother got him interested in Zumba because she was an instructor herself. McMillian hopes to become a hip-hop choreographer in Cali-fornia, where he can put his love for dance and music into dance routines.

He makes sure to put a lot of energy and hip-hop in his class, so it’s different from the typical Zumba experience.

“I teach Zumba because I like seeing their progress,” Mc-Millian said. “I like seeing them do something they didn’t think

they’d be able to do before tak-ing my class.”

The instructors come up with their own workouts for each class and have the freedom to do what they feel is best. McMillian loves being able to get creative.

Cuyler usually takes about a week or two to practice and learn her routines before performing them for her class.

“I don’t really get nervous about messing up,” Cuyler said. “When I do mess up, I just laugh it off. We’re all human, I guess.”

Going to the gym may seem impossible to some people be-cause they don’t have the motiva-tion of an instructor there to get them to workout and push them harder when they think they can-not continue.

“Fitness classes are impor-tant because it gives structure to your workout,” Cuyler said. “You have a set time and work out to do so you have less of a chance to back out. Also, group environ-ments are so much more fun.”

Arielle Nathanson, a se-nior occupational therapy ma-jor, found out about the classes online and has been frequenting group fitness sessions like spin-ning, Zumba and total body fit-ness classes for over a year. She thinks it’s easier when there is an instructor in front of the room to motivate her.

“It’s easy to find classes that suit your preferences and needs,” Nathanson said. “You can find different kind of instructors for the same classes that you may like better.”

The classes aren’t just geared toward students; anyone can get a group fitness permit and attend as many of the classes as they want. Student permits are $40, staff permits are $60 and permits for general public are $65.

All of Alumni Arena’s in-structors are certified and trained for the specific classes they teach.

Anyone can get certified in fitness instruction.

These hips don’t lieZumba fitness craze hits UB

LYZI WHITELife Editor

Many students who are away from home for the first time must adjust to living with a stranger in such close proximity. Some are fortunate enough to become very close to their new roomies and form a strong bond right away.

Unfortunately for some UB students, their roommates are more comparable to Snooki than Rachel from Friends and have to deal with smelly, rude or downright repulsive living partners.

“I think my roommate, Jes-sie, might be a nudist,” said Crystal Vestal, freshman undecided major. “She never has clothes on – except when she goes to class – and every time a boy comes over, he’s nude, too. I mean, it’s her life choice. Who am I to tell her to put a bra on?”

Vestal often hears weird noises coming from the other side of the room, like the grunting and groan-ing of a suckling pig or the shrill shriek of a banshee. Many times, she doesn’t want to interrupt her roommate’s daily prayers – she hears the continual repetition of phrases like, “get on your knees,” “Beg for forgiveness” or “Oh, God!”

Resident Adviser Carl Harville, a senior English major, has seen his fair share of eclectic pairs come through his floor.

One girl, according to Har-ville, would sit in her dorm room – in the now-deserted Schoellkopf Hall – and listen to her roommate’s telephone conversations. She sat behind her desk with headphones in, with no music or sound was streaming through them, and wrote down everything her roommate said.

“Her life was so depressingly boring and sad that she was forced to steal topics of conversations,” Harville said. “Once her roommate found out, that’s when it got awk-ward. Even more awkward when I had to write up the creeper’s room-mate for having sexual relations on her bed.”

Another freshman resident, according to Harville, would walk around the floor with a loaf of wheat – never white – bread in his hand, as he stroked each and every door in the girls’ wing of Schoellkopf Hall.

There was also a boy who was too lazy to walk to the bathroom, so he decided to pee in an empty Gatorade bottle on his roommate’s side of the room, according to Harville.

“He missed,” Harville said. “It went everywhere. We aren’t friends anymore.”

Not all roommates are so com-bative, however. Some are incred-ibly close – sometimes too close.

“I have separation anxiety,” said Timothy Carmack, a sopho-more communication major. “I

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Crutches, wheelchairs and leg braces line the inside of a brick build-ing. However, this building has no pa-tients, and it doesn’t exist to physically heal.

It exists to educate.The Museum of disABILITY

History, located at 3826 Main St., is the first of its kind – not just in Amer-ica, but worldwide. The museum is dedicated to helping the public under-stand and accept people with disabili-ties, and it offers permanent, traveling and virtual exhibits the public can in-teract with.

Currently, the most eye-catching exhibit is a stand alone, sky blue, three-wheeled Invacar stationed in one cor-ner of the museum. The original In-vacar was designed by Oscar Bertram Greeves in Britain after World War II to help disabled veterans and others who were not able to drive.

The hand control is made of a complex combination of handles, knobs and various other devices fit-ted into a sleek-looking tiller, which works as the steering wheel, accelera-tor, clutch and brake.

The Invacar at the museum has won multiple awards from the Brit-ish Car Club of Western New York at EuroCar Day for four consecutive years since 2008.

The museum also ventures dar-ingly into other areas like cultures’ treatment of disability.

The museum’s efforts in creating an inviting and distinctive space have paid off, which shows through the va-riety of their visitors.

“We do attract people from all over, including outside the United States,” said museum curator Douglas Platt. “Disability is a human condition that transcends borders; it transcends ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic sta-tus.”

Matt Edmonds, 28, is one such diverse visitor. Edmonds came all the way from London, England to use the museum’s rich resources for work-

related research. “I thought [the museum would]

be centered around institutions, but not maybe go into stuff like entertain-ment,” Edmonds said. “I didn’t expect so many showpieces. I expected kind of more text and less, you know, in-teresting artifacts, so that’s been cool to see.”

The museum has an intertwin-ing history with UB. James M. Boles, president and CEO of People Inc., founded the museum after having taught a class on introduction to de-velopmental disabilities at UB. Several picture artifacts of UB South Campus buildings are on display, too, except their names are recorded differently.

For example, the Erie County Alms House is among the buildings recorded, and students today may know it as Hayes Hall. The black-and-white nursing headquarters and maternity hospital is now Wende Hall, home to UB’s School of Nursing.

The museum also supports the disabled community by selling arts and crafts. Dishtowel angels, wine glasses and braille jewelry are all for sale – all hand-made by the disabled. Part of the money earned then goes back to fund rehabilitation programs conducted by People Inc.

The wine glasses are a personal favorite of museum receptionist Pa-mela Formoso, 22, a junior manage-ment major.

“Every time, you can never get the same wine glass from them,” For-moso said. “Pretty much for all the people-made items, you will never get the same thing, so they’re all very unique.”

So far, parent company People Inc. funds the museum, and other organizations – such as the National Endowment for the Humanities and the B. Thomas Golisano Foundation – provide grants. However, the mu-seum wants to be more independent.

“Our goal is to be more self-sustaining so that we can stand on our own,” Platt said. “People Inc. is a very generous parent organization, and the goal of every parent is to see their project grow up and become mature.”

In the meantime, Buffalo’s own Museum of disABILITY History will continue to explore emerging disabil-ity issues.

The Museum of disABILITY History is open Tuesday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.


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Movie: SinisterRelease Date: Oct. 12Studio: Summit Entertain-mentgrade: B-

Most critically acclaimed

horror films are packed with multiple plot lines haunted by one ominous villain. In Sinis-ter, lead actor Ethan Hawke (Brooklyn’s Finest) overtakes all chance for other character development, leaving the film without enough boo for the buck.

Ellison Oswalt (Hawke) is a true-crime novelist searching for his next murder mystery when, financially in a rut, he moves his family into the home of a recent crime scene. Nine months before Oswalt and his family moved in, another fam-ily was hung in the backyard with their youngest daughter missing and now presumed dead.

Oswalt dedicates himself to tracking down the missing daughter, but instead ends up encountering a Pagan deity, Bu-ghuul, who feeds on the souls of children. The deity, referred to as Mr. Boogie, appears in a series of Super 8 home movies featuring the murders of vari-ous families since the ’60s.

When Oswalt accidently spots Boogie in the back-ground of the movies, Boogie begins to gather strength. The deity lives in his Super 8 im-age and the more conscious Oswalt is of Boogie, the more power Boogie gains. He attains a portal into the human uni-verse and overtakes his victims.

Although Boogie has great importance in the film, his time on screen is surprisingly lim-ited to a total of about three minutes.

Instead of horror, Sinister somehow fell into the psycho-logical thriller category. Oswalt struggles as the subject of Boogie plagues his conscious into delirium.

While Hawke plays a con-vincing broke novelist border-ing on alcoholism, he is the only character who gets any se-rious screen time. Viewers wit-ness his progression from de-cent dad struggling for another big hit in the book business to paranoid man holding a bat in the backyard.

He neither eats nor sleeps.Hawke flawlessly dissoci-

ates from the world and emo-tionally collapses.

All other actors show up long enough to give Oswalt a toe-stubbing dilemma or small “eureka!” moment, but their characters are rushed, and their appearances become little more than a moot point in the plot. It’s an “All Hawke, All the Time” show.

The movie also climaxes too early, about a half-hour into the 110-minute film. The Super 8 films are the real scare so there is nothing left to an-ticipate once Oswalt finishes watching them. Moviegoers are then forced through an hour-long Hawke-time conclusion.

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In the farthest corner of Talking Leaves,

readers and audience members sat together in an intimate arrangement of wooden lawn chairs, waiting and chatting beside the walls of endless books, where the stereotypical idea of poetry readings was immediately shattered.

Last Wednesday evening, a small gather-ing of people met at Talking Leaves Book-store on Main Street for a reading from three local poets. Randy Rumley, English profes-sor at Niagara County Community College, hosted Rustling the Leaves, in coonjunction with the Raiders of Niagara reading series.

For all three poets who read on Wednes-day night, poetry is not simply a hobby but more of a calling or passion.

Mark Fulk, an associate English profes-sor at Buffalo State College, has previously been published in Artvoice and Penwood Re-view. Fulk, a stocky man, began his reading with a small poem – a haiku, or short form of Japanese poetry.

Fulk shared several of his favorite po-ems with the audience through a gentle and meditative delivery that reflected on a num-ber of his influences. Fulk’s poetic inspira-tions include his family’s roots in the Moun-tains of Appalachia, nature and music.

Susan Marie, who performed after Fulk, works in journalism and public relations but considers herself a poet first. Marie spoke of a jazz influence in her work in her first read-ing of “The Beat.”

With hands flowing gracefully and cho-reographing her words like a dancer, Marie

paid homage to Jack Kerouac and the Beat Generation with rhythmic lines and jazz ar-ticulation.

According to Marie, Talking Leaves reminds her of City Lights, the famous in-dependent bookstore owned by Lawrence Ferlinghetti that published and nurtured the works of famous Beat writers like Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg.

“I think of everything that happened [at City Lights,] with the obscenity trials for ‘Howl’ and Allen Ginsberg,” Marie said. “[City Lights] is an independent bookstore

and Ferlinghetti made sure it stayed that way. When you take it back to Buffalo, [Talking Leaves] is what we have, and I love it.”

Marie went on to share poems in a con-fessional style with more references to Beats and other favorite writers. Her poetry works as a stream of consciousness, particularly in “Literary Withdrawal.”

Before the night ended, all were treated to a brilliant finale from Ken Feltges.

Feltges, an English and film studies teacher for over 45 years between his time at

Kenmore West High School and Mount St. Mary Academy in Buffalo, has a new book available for purchase at Talking Leaves.

Feltges recited works from his book, Be-fore Things Change, and other poems written in everyday language and carried by a sophisti-cated and enthralling delivery.

Feltges began right away with a refer-ence to baseball as an appropriate setting for the autumnal season in his poem “Fat Kid.” The poem delivered moments of humor and sentimentality, which Feltges bounced between throughout his several poems.

“People come to hear things. They don’t come to walk out manically depressed at the end of the evening,” Feltges said. “I try to say, ‘OK, a pad and a punch.’ I look at it as show business.”

The highlight of the evening was Felt-ges’ tale of lefties.

Feltges’ poem, “All’s Right with the World,” highlights the woes and struggles of being a left-handed person but also shares the often-unseen beauty that lefties possess in their awkwardness. A particularly won-derful reference is to the last home run of Mickey Mantle’s career – a left-handed blow.

After a final address from Rumley with thank you’s, handshake and goodbyes ex-changed, all in attendance at Talking Leaves rustled into the bustle of Main Street.

Talking Leaves will host another reading and book signing on Friday, Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. as a continuation of Rustling the Leaves.


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Kanye West’s new song, “White Dress,” seemed to

come out of nowhere. It’s a re-cord off the soundtrack to su-per producer RZA’s new martial arts film, The Man with the Iron Fists. RZA said he simply played a scene featuring the gorgeous Lucy Liu for West, and the rap-per decided to bless the scene with this track. It doesn’t feel like RZA’s account tells the full story, though.

Kanye has been on a more narcissistic level for the major-ity of this year. He was almost alienating his audience as he told tales of his almost-too-shapely-for-comfort girlfriend, his ri-diculously expensive requests – who’d really have the nerve to ask Def Jam for that much money – and indulgence.

“White Dress” sounds al-most completely different from the Kanye of late. Here we have the vulnerable West instead of the impenetrable one heard in “Mercy” and “Cold.” This track has all the Kanye tropes he orig-inally became known for: a soul-ful beat, humorous one-liners and inward introspection.

As a result, some fans praised “White Dress,” not be-cause it’s a great song on its own

but because it was the return of the “Old” Kanye. One criti-cism about recent Kanye West releases was how self-absorbed he came across compared to the socially conscious West of pre-2006.

But consider this: What if “Old” and “New” Kanye are one in the same? Look beyond the Louis Vuitton apparel and larger-than-life attitude, and you’ll see they both represent the same core aesthetic.

First, it’s hard to say Kanye was humble to begin with; hu-mility doesn’t inspire that much change in a genre like hip-hop. What ultimately defines Kanye as an artist is his ability to change the hip-hop landscape with his musicianship rather than his at-titude.

Additionally, his craft was always evolving throughout his dominant run last decade. Therefore, it would be coun-terproductive to his art to con-tinue playing the role of this producer-turned-rapper who introduced backpack rap to the mainstream. “Old” and “New” Kanye don’t exist because to be Kanye the Artist, you’d have to be a changing artistic force re-gardless.

These changes have been crucial to the state of hip-hop. The classic street raps of The Diplomats collective – among others – were a force on the charts in the mid-00s.

But suddenly, this middle-class rapper – a stereotype with nearly no street cred – grabbed our attention with The College Dropout. Our attention turned from the gangster ideology to religion (“Jesus Walks”), the consequences of materialism (“All Falls Down”) and outright humor (“The New Workout Plan”).

West further advanced his complex production method for the following year’s Late Regis-tration. He was still speaking on social issues, but this time West’s pop ambitions were more fully realized. It was impossible to escape “Gold Digger” (and that hilariously controversial hook), and “Diamonds from Sierra Le-one (remix)” with Jay-Z is still a playlist essential.

Graduation saw Kanye turn into the more self-assured art-ist we see today – at this point you couldn’t tell him noth-ing (“Can’t Tell Me Nothing”). However, the album portrayed a strong electronic influence but still ranked among the decade’s higher-quality releases. We saw many artists following in the synth-flavored production style soon after. His next album, 808s and Heartbreak, led fellow artists to further buy into the dreaded autotune craze.

His next project cast Kanye as more of the social pariah. With the Taylor Swift incident and his self-imposed exile, he gradually became one of the examples of what was wrong

with popular hip-hop artists: arrogant, elitist, obnoxious and hedonistic. But he took all those negative attributes, embraced them and molded them into this opaque, almost avant-garde tour de force: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. It’s the most re-cent album on Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time” list.

It’s hard to say there are definitions of “Old” and “New” Kanye because of how much he changes as an artist. His ambi-tions as a musician would never allow him to stay stagnant – he’s too self-conscious to do so. That’s why the “we” in the line “We all self-conscious/I’m just the first to admit it” is so crucial in “All Falls Down.”

In a sense, West casts him-self as a character in “All Falls Down” – a song about insecu-rities. Kanye the Artist has to constantly perfect himself – ev-erything from his craft to his very character. This is flawed because he’s human.

Some of the criticism of the “New” Kanye revolves around how much he portrays himself as impenetrable, instead of the relatable College Dropout-era artist.

But what is more relatable than the flawed pursuit of per-fection?


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Boogie can’t even boogey down with his bad self because Hawke hogs every shot.

Sinister did have a few genuinely frightening scenes when showing the gruesome human death and carcass scenarios. The use of Super 8 film was brilliant. The technology is old and un-familiar, and the film itself can only play in a disturbing, sporadic texture that aids in its morbidity.

Sometimes using the home movie method to strike fear doesn’t work, but Sinister was able to pull it off. Each murder had a twist that made it unique, and the movie itself opens on one of these Super 8 clips, which haunts the audience throughout the film.

Let’s just say the last of the Super 8 clips, labeled Lawn Work, is enough to make anyone gag.

The soundtrack was another re-deeming quality of the film’s perfor-mance. Attributed to Christopher Young (The Rum Diary), the music was wonderfully original and snipped per-fectly into the proper movie moments. As sound scoring goes, a definite 10 out of 10. It saved the movie, bumping it to an above average experience. Artfully delicious for the ears, and a great suc-cess.

All in all, Sinister is a movie better left for Redbox – not a good Halloween horror choice to get the spooky season in session unless it’s for the soundtrack. Jason Blum, the producer of Paranormal Activity and Insidious, just couldn’t quite get this one right.


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Minnesota Defense – C.R. 9/10Unless Arizona has some stroke

of luck this week, Minnesota’s de-fense is not going to let up many points, and should pick off Cardinal’s back-up QB John Skelton. Arizona has been atrocious offensively.Darrius heyward-Bey (WR/OAK) – C.R 8/10

I like him this week. I think he’s just waiting to have a big week. Go-ing up against Jacksonville’s defense, and playing at home, this first-round draft pick out of Maryland is itching to become a star.Anyone on the Baltimore Ravens – C.R. 1/10

Baltimore is on the road in Houston with a broken defense. Did I mention Joe Flacco is absolutely dreadful on the road? Well, he is. Ray Rice you have to play because he’s a stud, but the quarterback, receivers, tight ends, defense, kickers, and yes, even coaches and trainers should be avoided this week.

Bye-week Teams: Falcons, Bron-cos, Chiefs, Dolphins, Eagles, Char-gersEliminator/Survival Football: Minnesota over Arizona


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he caught nine balls for 105 yards.

His progression in the of-fense will be key to the con-tinued development of junior quarterback Alex Zordich as a passer, who, despite two inter-ceptions last week, improved on his accuracy. His completion percentage of 62 percent was his second-highest mark of the year.Magic number

4: This matchup is the fourth time the Panthers and Bulls will meet since they start-ed their series in 2008. Buffalo is also trying to snap a four-game losing streak. Though the Bulls did not have junior running back Branden Oliver

for the third straight game and finished under 100 yards rush-ing for the first time in over a year against Northern Illinois, the squad is still fourth in the MAC in rushing offense with 200.2 yards per game.Prediction

The Bulls have been strug-gling as a team recently but have been in a position to win in five of their six matches this year. The exception, Northern Illinois (6-1, 3-0 MAC), is an elite team, probably the best in the MAC West, if not the con-ference. Buffalo will learn from last week’s game and will come out firing at home. The Pan-thers have been up and down all year, inexplicably losing to

FCS team Youngstown State this year, so there is some upset potential.

The Bulls have confidence after playing this team tough last year, and that will transition into this year’s contest. Expect a thrilling performance from Zordich, who has been slowly improving in the pass game each week. Even though Pitt will eventually win this game due to its sheer depth on the offensive end, an upset would not be surprising.

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access concerns and develop action plans to counteract all concerns of the student body. In addition, the department works closely to increase ad-vocacy and awareness of en-vironmental issues on campus.

UBTVUBTV, found on campus chan-nel 46, is responsible for re-cording and keeping records of popular UB events, provid-ing video services to SA clubs and departments and keeping students informed and enter-tained.

Also at the meeting, Jude Butch – the coordinator of the Center for Student Leadership and Community Engagement (CSLCE) – spoke to the staff about UB SLIDE, Student Leadership International Di-algue Exchange. For the first time, the program will be two weeks long instead of one week, and students will travel to two countries instead of one.

Wednesday’s meeting was the second Assembly meeting of the year. The first meet-ing was on Oct. 3, where SA President Travis Nemmer gave

the State of the Association speech, and Assembly Speaker Steven Jackson explained what the Assembly does.

The next Assembly meet-ing will be held on Wed. Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. in 330 Student Union.

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38 Big girder

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46 Completed a marathon

47 ___ A Sketch

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52 Yuletide worker

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56 Clark or Rogers

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45 Count in Lemony Snicket's books

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NATHANIEL SMITHSenior Sports Editor

After three road games, which stretched through three different states and two differ-ent time zones, the Bulls (1-5, 0-3 Mid-American Conference) will finally have the home-field advantage for the first time in a month.

Buffalo looks to end Home-coming Day festivities on a posi-tive note as it takes on a tough challenge in Pittsburgh (2-4, 0-3 Big East), a team that is also struggling this season. The Pan-thers have some playmakers on offense, starring running back Ray Graham. He has rushed for 439 yards and four touchdowns this year. He is the latest in a long line of electric “scatbacks” – especially fast – who have head-lined the Pitt offense in its histo-ry, which includes guys like Tony Dorsett, Curtis Martin, Dion Lewis and LeSean McCoy.

Graham, who is second all-time in all-purpose yards with 4,173 yards, is part of a three-

headed tailback monster, which includes Rushel Shell and Issac Bennett. They have combined for 870 yards and 10 touchdowns.

Pittsburgh’s offense tandems continue at the wide receiver po-sition. Veteran quarterback Tino Sunseri’s dual threats on the out-side of receivers Devin Street and Mike Shanahan have combined for 68 catches, 1,039 yards and six touchdowns. Last week, they both topped the 100-yard mark in receiving in a 45-35 home loss to Louisville (6-0, 1-0 Big East).

The Panthers are looking to bounce back defensively after giv-ing up 45 points last week. They are led by Jason Hendricks, a de-fensive back who leads the team in both tackles and interceptions with 37 and three, respectively.

Last they met…Last season, UB opened up

its season in Pittsburgh, as the Bulls hung on for three quarters before succumbing to the Pan-thers, losing 35-16. Graham had a career day, rushing for 201 yards and scoring three times for Pitt, in the first game of then-head coach Todd Graham’s tenure.

The Bulls’ offense started its season on a positive note, as Chazz Anderson threw for 276 yards and ran for a score. It was Anderson’s first game of ac-tion since he transferred from Cincinnati, where he played for UB head coach Jeff Quinn. Oli-ver eclipsed the 100-yard mark in rushing, scampering for 114 yards. His one-yard score shrunk the Pitt lead to 21-16 before the Panthers pulled away.

Key playerQuarterback Tino Sunseri

has improved every year since he was named the starter as a soph-omore. The senior is currently eighth in the country in pass ef-ficiency. When the two teams met at Heinz Field last season, he threw for 179 yards and a score.

In Pitt’s last four meetings, he has been on a tear, completing 74 percent of his passes for 1,233 yards and eight touchdowns with only one pick.Matchup to watch

Bulls passing attack vs. the Pitt defense: The Bulls finally found a secondary option (to junior wide receiver Alex Neutz) in the pass attack last week in sophomore wide receiver Devon Hughes. He went over the century mark for the first time in his career when

MARKUS MCCAINEStaff Writer

I came home from lacrosse practice and

began to make dinner as always. It was a normal cold January night in Buffalo.

I didn’t know it would be the last time I would set foot on a lacrosse field.

As I began to cook rice, a slow, steady pain began to grow in my elbow. At first, I shrugged it off as just a sore elbow; I popped some Advil and got ready for bed.

No less than 10 minutes after being in bed, lightheadedness, a cold sweat and numbness in my entire left arm began to sink in. Puking, sweating and tunnel vision took over as the bathroom counter kept me from crashing to the floor.

Something was wrong. As my roommate drove down the Kens-

ington Expressway to the hospital, the lights began to fade. The streetlights and headlights became one blur as the 2 a.m. darkness set in. For a moment, just a small, quick millisecond, the world became peaceful. All time stopped.

It was quiet. Then like a first breath after a coma – cold

air rushes into your lungs, and the world’s noise comes rushing at you. Like cars on a freeway, sound and pain smash into you head on.

The most immense pains shot though my chest.

I finally got to the hospital, exhausted.A seemingly insignificant discomfort was

quickly evolving into something much more serious.

As I originally expected, the doctors could not find anything wrong with me. Their only insight was that I was just having some mild chest pains probably due to over exertion on the lacrosse field.

I felt relieved. I was ready to go home. I would have a few-day stay at Erie County

Medical Center (ECMC), check out and return to class. Or so I thought.

A last scan was needed – an angiogram. The doctors would insert a small camera through my wrist, run dye through my veins and take a few pictures to make sure everything was in check.

Everything was not OK. When I was in that car on the Kensington Expressway, I suf-fered a massive heart attack.

The scan showed a small tear formed in the middle layer of one of my coronary arter-ies. The initial tear then spiraled down and in-ward toward the center of my artery. The tear reached the inner wall of my artery and tore into the center of the blood vessel. In an at-tempt to repair the tear, a massive blood clot formed and caused a major heart attack.

The next day I was in surgery and under the knife for the first time in my life.

The moments leading up to open-heart surgery are some of the scariest minutes of your life. I cried for the first time in years.

Your fate is now in the hands of others. There is nothing you can do but pray.

I woke up from the surgery with my chest held together with a steel fishing wire, wrapped

in figure eights around my breastplate. Tubes, bandages, needles and wires hung off my mo-tionless body.

I couldn’t move. I couldn’t speak. I couldn’t open my eyes.

But I could feel the warmth of my moth-er’s hand, and I knew everything was going to be OK.

I spent the next five months recovering, al-lowing my six broken ribs and split breastplate to fuse back to normal.

What happened that week in January changed me. It would change anybody.

I didn’t see my lacrosse career at Buf-falo ending this way. I had worked so hard to become a captain and a leader. I bled UB blue. But before I could blink, it was all over – in a heartbeat.

I miss lacrosse. I miss a lot of things from before the surgery. I think about what I would give to have those moments back.

But would I change the events that hap-pened? No.

I’ve changed for the better.I thought about the decisions I had made

in my life. I thought about the people I had en-countered. I thought about all of the moments I just let pass by.

You go through life sometimes forgetting about what’s important. We get so caught up in school, work and relationships, and we forget to stop and take a moment to appreciate the world around us.

We need to realize how lucky we are to wake up every morning. We never know which moment could be our last.

I cannot say every moment in your life is going to be happy or that some moments won’t make you cry. You’re going to hurt, get stressed and worry, but it’s natural.

Death is real, no matter how much we try to hide it or forget about it. It exists. It’s out there, waiting for each and every one of us. We may not know when or how it is going to take us, but one day it will come.

Take it from me: be thankful you have the strength to get out of bed each morning. Be thankful that you can walk to class. Be thankful you are who you are.


Sports

TROY FAZIOSports Columnist

I’m scared.The reality is more and more wom-

en are, in fact, playing fantasy football. This is especially true in the college en-vironment, where women are looking to experiment with various groups of guys.

It’s not the females who scare me (although they sometimes do). It’s that men everywhere just can’t handle the influx of women. You can see it as an infiltration if you want, but the truth is: they’re here to stay.

Let’s face it: It poses some really awkward situations, especially when you have that one guy in your league who is too soft and will coddle the new girl. C’mon, this is the big leagues, little boy!

So here are some tips to help you handle the female kind.Your team name has to go

When facing a woman, at least have the class to change your team name to something slightly less, shall we say, suggestive. Look, I know you think your name is so original and has been so lucky thus far that you can’t change it now. But when your name is something like “I want your Vick,” “Ease it in, don’t Forsett” or “Percy Magnet,” it would probably be fair to say she might not appreciate it. I know – crazy, right? I’m a big fan of classics, but a fair majority of girls wouldn’t be pleased if they see that their matchup for the week is against “Show me your TDs,” no matter how classic it may be.Money and women

Women are not easy money. Be-lieve me. Women will pretend to be clueless about the game and say they only have heard of the “cute quarter-backs.” Lies. They know who had the most touchdowns last year, whose core receivers are falling apart, who is still trying to learn the West Coast offense and who will be the best of the rookie class.Don’t draft for her

Here is the biggest mistake I’ve seen when handling a woman. This goes along with the last point, but se-riously, she doesn’t need help drafting. You will make the mistake of falling for those puppy-dog eyes and pass on Ari-an Foster so she can have him. Women don’t need an advantage.wrestling with women

I was a wrestler in high school; I feel your pain. There is no winning. Your friends have the right to bash you either way. The only thing worse than losing to a girl is beating one and brag-ging about it. If you lose, you will never hear the end of it. By winning, you’re still going to get the raunchy comments from your league like, “Man, you really gave it to her” or “you really had to come from behind there.”

Confidence ratings for Week 7

Andrew hawkins (wR/CIn) – C.R. 7/10

Pittsburgh’s secondary has strug-gled lately. Even though A.J. Green is hogging all the targets, Hawkins is a pretty good option if you need to replace someone on a bye this week. There is a high-percentage change he is a free agent in your league.Felix Jones (RB/DAL) – C.R. 7/10

Murray is out this week, and Jones has always been a decent back. Caro-lina’s defense is less than stingy, and Jones is always targeted on screens so in PPR leagues he’ll be solid this week.

Women in the workplace: a fantasy

conundrum

My near-death brought new life

Continued on page 8

On the prowlBulls finally come home, take on Panthers on Homecoming DayPittsburgh at Buffalo,

3:30 Saturday, UB Stadium

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COURTESY OF PITTSBURGH ATHLETICS

The road-weary Bulls look to stop the hot hand of Tino Sunseri and win for the first time in over a month, as they host Big East foe Pittsburgh on Homecoming Saturday.

ALExA STRUDLER //. THE SPECTRUM

Spectrum sports writer Markus McCaine shows his scar and tells the story of his close call with death and how it changed him.

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