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BRIAN WINDSCHITLARTS EDITOR

The drum-roll heartbeat of the Mohawk Place, with its grungy ar-teries and punk-rock veins, can once again be heard beating inside the doors of 47 East Mohawk St.

The iconic Buffalo dive bar closed in 2013. But it reopened late last week. On Thursday, a packed Mo-hawk Place hosted a gathering of lo-cal bands to celebrate the rebirth of the beloved venue. The atmosphere of the bar felt like a family reunion, a gathering of past generations of Buffalo’s rock ‘n’ rollers at one of the iconic epicenters of Buffalo’s underground music scene.The grand, grungy reopening

The special at the bar read “$3 PBR,” and a loud rock rock band jammed onstage – it was business as usual at Mohawk.

A crowd of rockers broke the scene at the Mohawk Place on Thursday. Four bands – the CPX, Second Trip, ‘Ol Chili and the Al-brights – put on a show to christen the rebirth.

For the people who have been around Mohawk since it’s heyday, the humble bar and its occupants feel something more – a second home, a second family.

This intimate mood filled the air on opening night – highlight-ed when the lead singer of ‘Ol Chili shouted to the crowd on the first song: “This is the Mohawk Place,

we’re all family here.”Jeff Martinez, a member of the

crew that committed long hours to remodeling the bar, got to admire his handiwork in the best way pos-sible that night – bathed in the spot-light.

In front of a crowd of about 150 to 175, Martinez played bass for ‘Ol Chili and sang vocals for Second Trip, entertaining Mohawk in the usual way – with rock ‘n’ roll music.

“It is an honor to play the first show,” Martinez said. “It was such a great feeling to be able to do this

– we saw it coming when we were working on it.”

Martinez, who sees Mohawk as a second home, first attended the bar in 2000 when his brother played as an opening act.

From attending his brother’s shows, to playing shows of his own, Martinez has always placed Mohawk as part of the core of his musical world.

“To me, this venue is the best in the city, hands down,” he said.

The newly minted owner of the venue, Richard Platt, remained at the

center of the action throughout the night, chatting with everyone he saw, whether he recognized them or not.

He is just glad he can provide a place for friends to enjoy them-selves.

He said working at Mohawk is electric.

“You have to understand what Mohawk Place is,” said Jared Pease, a former employee of Mohawk. “It’s a community, open to anyone who wants to be apart of it.”

Pease, reunited with his cherished venue, dealt with mixed feelings at

the reopening. He thought it was amazing, yet weird at the same time. He spent the previous year mourn-ing and making peace with Mo-hawk’s demise. But now it’s back.

A former sound engineer at Mo-hawk from 2011 until the close in 2013, Pease has been a member of the Mohawk “family” for much lon-ger than that.

His first show at Mohawk was in 2002 when he saw Cattle Decapita-tion. Since then, Pease has attended the bar as a regular, first as a music fan, then as an employee.

“The bar feels weird with clean bathrooms,” Pease said. “Where is the smell of stale beer?”

Despite the newfound cleanliness, Mohawk Place mostly remains the same.

There are new piles of cigarette butts forming outside the doors, and the smell of spilled beer is beginning to seep into the floor again.

Mohawk might be shiny and new, but deep down the bar will always have a rock ‘n’ roll heart.Modest beginnings, exceptional history

The Waco Brothers, Rosie Thom-as, Sam Roberts Band, My Morning Jacket, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, The Fall Out Boys, Ok Go, The Black Keys, The White Stripes, Fleet Foxes – the Mohawk Place’s past performers pay testament to the dive bar’s storied legacy.

Mohawk Place begins again

Students enjoy game day experience as 24,714 fans packed UB Stadium Friday nightTOM DINKI

SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR

Danny White described UB’s football game day experience in 2012 as like “a ghost town.”

White, Buffalo’s athletic direc-tor, called the atmosphere for the Bulls’ game against Baylor Friday night “electric.”

Fans tailgating inside the Spe-cial Events parking lot welcomed the Baylor team bus onto campus with ‘boos’ and insulting signs. One read ‘Fart Briles’ for Bay-lor head coach Art Briles, anoth-er read ‘Bryce Petty drinks Bur-nett’s for the Bears’ starting quar-terback.

Junior accounting major Matt Haring set a Robert Griffin III Baylor jersey on fire inside the Spe-cial Events lot. He ordered it from China three years ago for $20. An-other fan then dumped charcoal from his grill on top of the smol-dering remains of the jersey.

Red solo cups and fans in Bulls gear filled the Special Events and Lake LaSalle parking lots while Joe Nichols performed in Stam-pede Square prior to Buffalo’s 63-21 nationally televised loss to Baylor. The game was attend-ed by 24,714 people – the third largest attendance in UB Stadium history. UB Athletics estimates 7,200 of those attendees were

students.“It was a big platform for our

university and I think our stu-dents stepped up in a big way,” White said.

Most UB students weren’t ac-customed to seeing to Friday’s type of game day experience.

“It was unlike any UB game I’ve ever been to,” Haring said. “I think for the first time there were students out and excited about it.”

Junior sports management ma-jor Scott Goodwin was surprised by the attendance, as fans had to pack inside the 300-level seats. He and Haring both had to watch the game standing because the student section was filled; he de-scribed it as “a zoo.”

“I made it in about two min-utes before kickoff and I was just blown a way by the sea of black that I saw,” Goodwin said.

Athletics organized a “black-out,” encouraging students to wear all black to match the Bulls’ new black helmets.

Junior quarterback Joe Licata said after the game the Bulls ap-preciated the fans’ energy. Baylor called two timeouts on its open-ing drive, which may have been caused by the crowd’s volume.

Goodwin thought Friday’s tail-gating atmosphere was simi-lar to Buffalo Bills’ tailgates at Ralph Wilson Stadium. Haring

said “there was definitely a lot of alcohol consumption” in the parking lots.

“You come over here, hang out, see all your fellow students, play a lot of drinking games, with a lot of free food and liquor. This is it,” said senior occupational therapy and biology major Chad Davenport.

Students and ticket holders brought their own alcohol and food to the tailgates. UB does not serve alcohol to the general pub-lic in or outside of the stadium.

Davenport tailgated at the Par-ty at the Point event inside the Lake LaSalle parking lot, where DJ Anthony, a local radio person-ality, performed.

Sophomore biomedical sci-ence major Colin Miller described the LaSalle parking lot tailgate as “wild” and he believes students came for more reasons than just the game on the field.

“This isn’t about football,” Mill-er said. “This is an excuse to par-ty and have fun with your friends. This is why I go to college.”

White said he did not make any changes to the football game day in 2012, his first year in Buffalo, so he could “observe it all.” He created the Tailgate Concert Se-ries, a free series of performanc-es held two hours before home game kickoffs, in 2013.

The series had an immediate impact, as the Bulls’ total paid at-tendance of 136,428 last season was highest in the Mid-Ameri-can Conference and was a school record. UB Athletics estimates 8,000 people attended Nichols’ Tailgate Concert Series perfor-mance in Stampede Square Friday.

“Everything we’ve been doing with our pregame concerts and the tailgating and the Baird Point [event], it’s all focused on build-ing that vibrant atmosphere,” White said.

White’s goal is for UB’s game day experience to rival that of larger programs. He thought Fri-day’s game was a “step in the right direction.”

“We’re very young as an athlet-ic department compared to oth-er places that have been doing this for decades,” White said. “I thought [Friday] was a positive sign. The community, the student body, really responded in a pretty bold way.”

Haring thought Friday’s game day experience was compara-ble to that of larger schools with well-known football teams.

“I think it was more big-time than it has ever been before,” Haring said.

Goodwin thinks it is “awe-some” that White and students are collaborating to “push the

college over the hump to get to the point where it’s getting some recognition.” He believes UB’s game day experience will help the Bulls get recognition compa-rable with Buffalo’s major league sports teams.

The Bulls trailed 35-0 in the second quarter, which prompt-ed many fans to leave the game early. Haring said the result of the game “dampened the mood [of the crowd] a bit,” but he believes fans still had an enjoyable expe-rience.

“The result obviously wasn’t great, but I think the impact of the game goes far beyond just the final score,” Haring said. “I think it shows students you can go to games and have a great time.”

White said Buffalo has sold more presale tickets for the Bulls’ Sept. 27 game against Mi-ami Ohio than it did for Friday’s game. UB Athletics has “has ev-ery intention of having a vibrant atmosphere for the rest of the season,” White added.

UB Athletics is talking about ways to transform the fan expe-rience around basketball games in Alumni Arena, too, White said.

“It’s only going to happen if the student body is supportive,” White said.

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The famous rock ‘n’ roll Buffalo dive bar reopens, renewing its important local legacy

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Football is a game of violence. Players’ bodies becomes weapons as they tackle their opponent, grabbing at their limbs, their hair, their face-masks (when they can get away with it), driving into players with their hel-mets, flinging their bodies into space and hoping they collide with enough force to knock the ball out.

And fans love it. But NFL players have helmets,

shoulder pads, back plates – layers of protective gear surrounding them as they’re slammed to the ground and into each other. When the vi-olence of the game transcends the field, when it’s the wives and girl-friends of these athletes being vic-timized – these women don’t have helmets or referees to protect them.

The law should protect vic-tims of domestic violence. But the leaders of the NFL – Com-missioner Roger Goodell chief among them – should also be protecting women by taking a firm stance against domestic vio-lence. Recent events have forced Goodell to take the first steps in this process: After a videotape of former Ravens running back Ray Rice knocking his then-fi-ancée, now wife, unconscious, Goodell was forced to acknowl-edge that the two-game suspen-sion Rice originally received was insufficient.

Violence can easily take main stage in football. When Dez Bry-ant, suspended in midair, took a hit so hard his whole body rip-pled, he made headlines. When Antonio Brown went into full Greek Warrior mode and kicked the opposing team’s punter in the face, slow-mo replays swept across the Internet. Moments of extreme violence are as much a highlight of games as the touch-downs and interceptions – they’re celebrated and analyzed and anticipated.

The violence is part of the game, part of the drama, part of the reason many fans watch and many athletes play. But that’s where it should stop.

Goodell’s behavior has been incompetent and inhumane. De-spite his claims that he hadn’t seen the video when he first sus-pended Rice, he still knew the details of the incident. But he allowed Rice to remain on the field, after interviewing Janay Rice with her abuser present, and listened to Raven coach John Harbaugh when he said that, “It’s no big deal. I stand behind Ray. He’s a heck of a guy.”

And now, it seems that domes-tic is indeed “no big deal” to the NFL, because even as calls for Goodell’s firing and critiques of the organization’s heinous de-cision-making skills dominate headlines, San Francisco’s Ray

McDonald played on Sunday de-spite facing accusations of do-mestic violence. McDonald was taken into custody after police responded to a 911 call and no-ticed bruises on the neck and arms of his pregnant fiancée.

In contrast, the Carolina Pan-thers realized at the last moment that allowing Greg Hardy, their star defensive end who’s been convicted of domestic violence, to play would envelop them in a public relations nightmare. (Let’s be realistic here – if the Panthers cared about anything beyond their image in the media they wouldn’t have allowed Hardy to play in Week One and would have pulled Hardy long before game day morning.)

Hardy was actually convict-ed of domestic abuse in July, but because his case is still await-ing appeal, the Panthers allowed him to play last week, and clear-ly struggled with the decision to deactivate him in Week Two.

The testimony of his ex-girl-friend, in which she describes Hardy picking her up and throw-ing her to the ground, pulling her by the hair and choking her after threatening to kill her and break her arms, apparently means little compared to Hardy’s assets as an athlete.

Certainly, players like McDon-ald deserve a fair trial and should not become victims of false ac-cusations. But allowing them to play on before their innocence or guilt has been determined, and letting Hardy play despite his conviction, devalues the claims of the women involved in these investigations and sends a mes-sage to viewers that the NFL, ultimately, doesn’t care if their players are criminals – unless it’s on videotape and sparks public outrage.

Despite the hypocrisy inher-ent in condoning violence on the field while condemning it ev-erywhere else, it’s a contradic-

tion the NFL must embrace if this sport is going to survive. Go ahead and pay a defensive end $100 million because he’s an ab-solute monster on the field, who can take quarterbacks down like no one else – but make sure he’s a saint in the real world (the man in question, J.J. Watt, certainly seems to be).

The NFL claims to be taking this issue seriously. Its actions completely undermine those statements. The only good that has come from the actions of Ray Rice is the fact that the NFL can no longer ignore this prob-lem. And it’s not limited to a few anecdotal outliers: Domestic vi-olence accounts for 48 percent of all violent crimes among NFL players, compared to 21 percent nationally.

Goodell, we have a problem. But nobody in his or her right

mind should trust him to fix it.

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The facelift of downtown Buf-falo continues this year, as the Erie County Harbor Development Corporation revealed its plans for Buffalo’s Outer Harbor. By and large, the draft of the area’s rede-sign is promising, offering open spaces of beach and meadow along with activities like bike rent-als, boating and trails.

As a city, having a waterfront is nothing short of a gift. The deci-sion by the state’s Office of Parks and Recreation and Historic Pres-ervation to assist Buffalo in taking advantage of this overlooked area is undoubtedly praiseworthy.

But the project ignores the pub-lic’s opinion on housing in the area. Even though the develop-ment team reported that a low level of interest in residential de-velopments for the area –7 per-cent of those surveyed about the project supported the idea – the amount of space devoted to hous-ing has risen from 15 percent in early drafts to 30 percent currently.

The Outer Harbor, which was originally created for industrial uses, can now be transformed into an attractive destination for Buffa-

lo residents. After the success of the development surrounding Ca-nalside, the project holds a great deal of promise.

Much of the proposed ideas sound reasonable, not to mention exciting. A sculpture park, amphi-theater and plenty of beach access are all appealing ideas that would emphasize and respect the sur-rounding environment. The proj-ect shouldn’t compromise or elim-inate the harbor’s natural elements by bringing the public into the area – and that seems to be a pri-ority for organizers.

Even though the overall space for the project is large, 30 per-cent is a significant portion of the property to be allocated toward housing. It detracts from land that could be developed for the public as a whole. The housing that will be developed for the harbor will be high-end, luxury homes – ex-actly the types of residences that Buffalo does not necessarily need. Although it’s important to encour-age people to move downtown, the city needs reasonably priced options, not waterfront properties.

The developers claim to be de-

signing for “all of Buffalo,” but expensive apartments on the water caters only to a privileged portion of the population.

The proposed development would offer between 1,500 and 2,100 units, a number which begs the question: Are there enough people in Buffalo who are looking for housing and could afford these properties? Although the down-town market has seen a growth in demand in the last year, Buffa-lo isn’t bringing in hordes of new, wealthy residents. The city will be relying largely on the current pop-ulation to fill these spaces.

With extreme economic strat-ification, Buffalo doesn’t need more exclusivity. This project, as a whole, is inviting to the entire pop-ulation, with plenty of free activ-ities that welcome people regard-less of financial situation. The in-clusion of luxury housing clashes with that outlook, creating a sense of inequality that the area can ob-viously do without.

Though the inclusion of luxury housing is the primary issue with this project, the plan also gener-ates a problematic need for in-

creased transportation options, provided by the city. Because there is limited parking, an intentional choice meant to reduce the envi-ronmental impact of visitors, the city has to find ways to make the harbor accessible via bike and pe-destrian walkways, shuttle services and light rail and local buses.

This requires a lot of infrastruc-ture development for a relatively small area, which, especially during Buffalo’s long, cold winters, is not going to draw in very many peo-ple. Of course the harbor needs to be accessible on foot and by bike, but expanding public transit op-tions (which already reach Canal-side) seems unnecessary.

Despite these flaws, this ven-ture is an invigorating develop-ment for the city. It’s well-known by now that Buffalo is a city on the rise, and transformative projects like this one – projects that rely on Buffalo’s natural elements, that re-spect the environment and attract the public – are precisely what the area needs to continue on its as-cent.

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Development of Buffalo’s Outer Harbor is exciting, promising – and flawed

Leave the violence on the field The NFL starts taking right steps, but continues to make light of domestic violence

S l o w l y, a city blossoms

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CHARLES W. SCHAABSTAFF WRITER

For the first time ever, UB has broken into U.S. News & World Report’s top 50 public universi-ties, snagging the No. 48 spot.

UB tied with Auburn Univer-sity at 48 for public universities and colleges, according to the re-port that came out last week. UB is still behind other SUNY re-search schools, like Stony Brook University and Binghamton Uni-versity, both ranked at 38.

“The ranking reflects the in-vestment that UB has made in its students,” said UB spokesman John Della Contrada.

Buffalo ranked 103 among na-tional private and public univer-sities and colleges, sharing a spot with Auburn University and Uni-versity of Dayton. UB jumped up three spaces since last year’s pub-lic school ranking and six spots from last year’s national public and private school ranking.

Della Contrada said he’s seen UB make academic develop-ments since he came to Buffalo in 1996. He added there are new programs to improve the uni-versity as a whole and increase affordability like UB 2020 and “Finish in 4,” which encourages students to graduate on time.

U.S. News also reports 55 per-

cent of UB students graduate without debt.

Students like Jackson Pavla-kis, a freshman business major, are pleased UB students general-ly graduate with lower debt than other students across the country.

“It’s reassuring and it must be helpful for students looking to come to UB,” Pavlakis said.

For students like, Holly Kirch-meyer, a sophomore business major, the ranking goes past what U.S. News can report on. She en-

joys the food choices, class sizes and teaching staff members.

U.S. News schools based on factors such as retention rates, financial resources, quality and rank of undergraduate faculty, SAT/ACT scores, high school counselor score and student-fac-ulty ratio.

The colleges are separated into four divisions: national universi-ties, national liberal arts colleges, regional universities and region-al colleges. UB is in the national

universities division, under pub-lic universities.

Adjunct professor Marc Adler, a graduate of UB in 1979, re-members campus life before U.S. News even began ranking uni-versities and colleges.

“UB realized what they needed to do and has taken great strides over the past few years,” Adler said. “From updating old facilities to making good use of multiple cam-puses, UB has shown tremendous willingness to move forward.”

Regardless of ranking, some stu-dents’ disposition of the university remains the same.

“Ranking isn’t important – just go to college, said Jarrod Dillman, a freshman exercise science major. “I knew it was a good school when I applied so this doesn’t change my perspective.”

Annie Morris, a junior studio arts major, was surprised by the rank-ing. Despite being from the area, UB did not stand out to her as a top uni-versity. She said she took UB “for granted.”

Kiplinger’s list of best-valued public universities ranked UB 51 for in-state students –behind schools like Binghamton, Geneseo, Stony Brook and New Paltz. Kiplinger’s list ranked UB third for public uni-versities and colleges with the least debt at graduation in 2014.

Students like Amber Wright, a junior communication and visual arts major, agree there are positive changes taking place at UB.

“Whenever you walk around campus, they’re building some-thing new,” Wright said. “It’s nice that they’re being recognized.”

U.S. News makes its rankings by assessing the country’s 1,400 four-year college and university.

Referring to UB’s future, Adler describes the university as a “sleep-ing giant waiting to be woken up.”

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UB cracks top 50 ranking for public universities U.S. News & World Report ranks UB 48 among national public colleges

Chad Cooper, The SpectrumUB breaks into the U.S News & World Report’s top 50 best public univer-sities in the nation, ranking No. 48 and tying with Auburn University.

SUSHMITA GELDAASST. FEATURES EDITOR

There are no longer trashcans in UB Stadium.

Only green compost cans and blue recycle cans line the stands, encouraging football fans to sort their trash in an effort to reduce waste and global warming.

This trashcan-less stadium – except for in the restrooms – is part of the Zero Waste program at UB, an institution-wide initia-tive that aims to help the school achieve climate neutrality by 2030.

UB’s Environmental Network, a student-run club, is a major ad-vocate of the eco-friendly prac-tices being put in place on cam-pus. The club aims to increase environmental awareness and ad-vocate for changes in UB’s envi-ronmental policies.

Members promoted the Zero Waste program at the football game on Aug. 30 by standing at the recycling and composting re-ceptacles to guide the crowd to which waste can be composted and which waste can be recycled.

These UB students are dedi-cated to pressuring officials to make meaningful changes both on campus and in international business sustainability practices.

Erin Moscati, sustainability ed-

ucation manager at the Office of Sustainability said an “extreme-ly small quantity” of waste pro-duced in the Stadium is not recy-clable or compostable.

“Inevitably, people will get confused if there’s not a trash can,” said Holly Kistner, a se-nior environmental geosciences major. Kistner was an intern last year for the Office of Sustain-ability.

If the Zero Waste program at UB Stadium is successful, UB will expand it to outdoor spe-cial events such as Fall Fest and Spring Fest, according to Mosca-ti. She said the program could also expand to the academ-ic buildings and become a daily part of student life.

“There is no ‘away.’ You never throw something away. It always goes somewhere,” she said. “Ev-eryone is personally responsible for their waste.”

Justin Imiola, a senior eco-nomics and environmental geo-sciences major and president of Environmental Network, wants to make an impact on and off campus.

He hopes students will be more involved with the club this year.

“The EN has waned off in years past, and we’re trying to re-build,” he said.

Imiola said 70 students showed interest in the club at orientation, but he would be happy with 35 committed students.

Many initiatives and activities take place outside the meetings and Imiola encourages students to participate in their eco-friend-ly projects even if they cannot attend the meetings.

One of these events is Recy-clemania.

The eight-week competition, coordinated by the Office of Sustainability, is between col-leges across the United States and Canada to increase partici-pation in campus recycling pro-grams. Last year, UB recycled 26.454 percent of its total waste and was ranked 149 out of 461 schools.

“We’ve never won, but we par-ticipate,” Kistner said. “Just to get people aware of it, that’s win-ning itself.”

This year, the club will also at-tend what Kistner calls the “Civ-il Rights March of our genera-tion.”

The People’s Climate March in New York City is expected to be the largest climate march in history and will be “a move-ment of movements” with more than 1,000 participating organi-zations from across the United States and Canada, according to the People’s Climate March web-site. The march aims to pressure world leaders to negotiate solu-tions to climate change.

It will take place on Sept. 21, two days before the 2014 UN Climate Summit. The club plans to organize a bus for UB stu-dents interested in attending the march.

For now, the group’s volun-teers wearing green T-shirts will be at UB Stadium instructing the football fans on how to proper-ly dispose of their waste. Inter-ested students can find Environ-mental Network in Knox 104 on Tuesdays at 7 p.m.

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SHAROL SHAMSORSTAFF WRITER

Melissa Day used to smoke nearly two packs of cigarettes a day. For the last year, she hasn’t picked up a single smoke.

She is one of the participants that have contributed to UB’s QUIT Program’s 90 percent suc-cess rate of individuals quitting smoking after one month of the program.

The smoking cessation pro-gram started last year in UB’s psychology department with the intention to help heavy smok-ers quit. The process is now be-ing offered for $50, rather than $65, for the months of Septem-ber and October, in the hopes of gaining more participants. The program is open to heavy smok-ers above the age of 18.

Day, owner and Managing At-torney of the Law offices of Me-lissa A. Day, PLLC, joined the QUIT program in August 2013.

Day had just been rejected by UB’s Smoking Study and was told by one of the lead researchers that counseling was one of the best predictors of success in quit-ting smoking. This gave her confi-dence in the QUIT program. She has since become a “vocal advo-

cate” of the program.“Even before I started the pro-

gram, I came to see the failures not as isolated incidents but as part of a process of eventual-ly being successful in quitting,” Day said in an email.

Sharon Radomski, a graduate student in the clinical psychol-ogy doctoral program, recently joined the QUIT Program as one of its trained clinician. She be-lieves the program is not hard to complete even though trying to quit smoking is difficult.

The program includes group sessions. Radomski noted, how-ever, when there are not enough participants for group sessions, it leads to a more individualized program, like in Day’s experi-ence.

One of the requirements of the program is participants must have previously tried to quit smoking before, according to Radomski.

“When a quitter tries to quit and they have a failed attempt at quitting, they learn a lot,” Ra-domski said. “They learn about what was hard for them and what led them to their relapse. There is a lot of information you learn about what makes it diffi-cult to become a nonsmoker. ”

Radomski said the program doesn’t guarantee “once you quit, you won’t have any more crav-ings.”

She advises participants who complete the program to apply what they learned to combat the urge to smoke again.

Both Germeroth and Radoms-ki, said the QUIT Program strug-gles to recruit younger smok-ers because of the $65 price. But they believe that if younger in-dividuals focused more on the benefits, there would be a higher recruitment rate from the youth.

The money would cover an intake session and seven group treatment sessions that span over

a three-week period. Lisa Germeroth, founder of

the QUIT Program and a grad-uate student in the clinical psy-chology doctoral program, be-lieves the fee is a “bargain.”

“For individuals ambivalent about the payment, we empha-size the amount of money that they will save on cigarettes once they quit smoking.” Germeroth said.

Dr. Stephan Tiffany, the chair of the psychology department at UB, helped establish the QUIT Program.

Germeroth said she noticed a need for an individualized smoking cessation program in

the Buffalo area where smok-ers could feel like their individu-al needs could be addressed in a flexible manner.

Siddharth Gattani, a senior fi-nance major, has not participat-ed in the program but believes that it is effective. He said he at-tempted to quit smoking because he wants to live a healthier life for his family.

Gattani believes the high-priced fee may contribute to any reluctance in joining but also proposed that the program is great for smokers

“I have been smoking 10 to 15 [cigarettes] a day, for the last three to four years” Gattani said. “I find it difficult to gain weight as I am already underweight. I lost my appetite and sometimes it pains in the chest.”

Germeroth emphasizes there are other smoking cessation re-sources in the Buffalo area. But she believes those particular re-sources are more didactic be-cause they create a “classroom feel.”

She said the QUIT Program is “highly interactive” and that is what sets the program apart from others.

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UB QUIT shows progress in first year as participants stop smoking

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The Environmental Network and the Office of Sustainability are working to make UB a Zero Waste university - one in which all of the cam-pus’ waste is diverted from a landfill. Efforts like installing more recycling and compost bins at UB Stadium encourage students to help make a difference in global climate change.

WENYI YANG, THE SPECTRUM

UB's QUIT Program, which has a 90 percent success rate, is offering its service for $50 in September and October.

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Don’t Ask

AnneANNE FORTMAN

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Editor’s note: This article is a sat-ire piece and should be taken as such.

Dear Anne:I’m a freshman and I want to

make a lot of friends and have a great college experience. The problem is that I’m really shy and anxious about meeting new peo-ple. How can I put myself out there and get involved while stay-ing inside my comfort zone?

Dear Misguided Writer:From your faulty perspective,

you see your shyness as the prob-lem. That is utterly wrong. The problem here is that you think you need to have friends. You think that loneliness is the en-emy. What you don’t see is that the anxiety is a part of you. You are perfect the way you are. Don’t deny your shyness. Give in to it. Don’t step outside your dorm room. Don’t even look at your roommate. Wall yourself in-side your closet brick by brick, ‘Cask of Amontillado’-style, with plenty of rations. If all goes well, you’ll last the semester without coming into contact with a single person, your shyness will have reached its full potential and you’ll be a better you.

Good luck.

Dear Anne:I’ve noticed that there are

a lot of geese on campus and they don’t appear to be friendly. Whenever I walk near the lake, they start stalking me. It’s creepy. How do I avoid the geese?

Dear Misguided Writer:Unfortunately, we cannot

get rid of the geese. Whenev-er a campus decides to have a body of water, it must play host to whatever aggressive wildlife comes with it. But you can avoid being stalked by them in two ways.

First, always walk alone. This ensures that if a goose attacks you, nobody else will witness your embarrassment and take pictures of the attack with their phone.

Second, assert your dominance over the geese. Approach them directly and assuredly. You are twice their size and they don’t even have real teeth. Turn the ta-bles and stalk the geese instead and they will surely bow before you.

Bonus points if you find a goose nest and stalk that.

You’ll never have a problem with geese again.

Dear Anne:I have the ‘any 14 meal plan’

and I hate it. I’m starving all the time! I know I missed the dead-line for changing the food plans and that’s on me, but can you give me any advice as to where and how to get snacks?

Dear Misguided Writer:This is the problem with young

people today. They feel so enti-tled to things like “food.”

Back in my day, young people were expected to hunt and kill our own food with the sharp-ened bones of the food we had hunted and killed yesterday. In-stead of waiting around for someone to install a vending ma-chine in your room, get up and take some initiative.

It has recently come to my at-tention that there is a surplus of geese on campus.

Find a sharp stick and get to it.

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TORI ROSEMANASST. ARTS EDITOR

The world of poetry exists on one UB website.

With pieces dating back as far as 1913, one UB instructor said it would take about 20 years to read through all of the Elec-tronic Poetry Center’s massive online archive.

The Electronic Poetry Cen-ter – also known as EPC – is a 20-year-old website that con-tains thousands of poems, some dated as recently as yesterday. The database of works is con-stantly being updated by poets from all over the world, of vary-ing levels of expertise.

EPC@20 was the anniversa-ry celebration of the poetry cat-alogue.

The two-day event featured speakers praising EPC’s online selection on epc.buffalo.edu and poetry as a language. Professors from around the country, in-cluding UB, discussed how EPC has affected their lives and read pieces of their work.

The event was on campus in the CFA during the day. At night, the dialogue featured per-formances and readings at the Burchfield Penney Center.

“When I did this 20th anni-versary event, I wanted to do something special,” said Loss Glazier, the director of the EPC, E-Poetry president and artistic director and a Depart-ment of Media Study professor. “All of these people just agreed to come, great people, too. I think the greatest blessing is to see people appreciate it. It’s not even techy people, because it’s bigger than that … we’re being techy for life, not for the sake of using technology.”

The event began on Thursday with an introduction by Steve McCaffery, an English profes-sor at UB and the David Grey chair of poetry and letters. Oth-er speakers included Danny Snelson, a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania,

Laura Shackelford, an English professor at Rochester Institute of Technology and Elizabeth Willis, a literature and creative writing professor at Wesleyan University.

Glazier concluded the first af-ternoon with his “Making Not-Moth” presentation – enlighten-ing the spectators of his current creative endeavor.

The presentations resumed at 7 p.m. at the Burchfield Penney Center and varied from readings of poetry to discussing the evo-lution of the website and poetry as a whole.

On Friday, English Profes-sor Myung Mi Kim came to the CFA prepared to read original work. After reading for about half an hour, Kim spoke about her writing, where she derived inspiration as well as her meth-od for delivery.

“I don’t know that it’s delib-erately added, it’s that I’m very acutely aware of all ways that meter or pausing present itself,” Kim said. “Almost always for me, I tend to try to work with [history]. There’s a lot of pray-ing, Shamanism, ancient rituals … mourning rituals, cross cul-tural frames for that.”

Joan Retallack and Charles Bernstein, both of whom were instrumental in the creation of the website, followed.

Retallack discussed Gertrude Stein, an American poet of the 20th century who continues to be an inspiration to writers to-day, while Bernstein spoke of his involvement in the electronic poetry center.

Students who attended the lectures were impressed by the presentations, especially Kim’s pieces and the discussion that came afterward.

“It was really cool; it was dif-ferent,” said Edward Spangen-thal, a junior English major. “The poetry readings I’ve been to, people don’t ask as many questions. It feels like you’re taking away some of the magic, trying to break down that fourth

wall. [Kim’s] poems were so ex-perimental that it was OK to talk about them, it’s not going to ruin the experience or take away from them at all.”

The event took months of planning on a limited budget. The presentations were all re-corded and will be available on-line for those who couldn’t at-tend the two-day poetry celebra-tion.

Sergio Niedo Uribe, an ad-junct instructor in the Depart-ment of Media Study, was in charge of the videography for the project and arranging the performances at the Burchfield Penney Arts Center.

“It’s overwhelming, the amount

of information that is there will take you perhaps 20 years to see the whole thing,” Niedo Uribe said. “The website and the design of web is from the early 1990s, it’s nice that it’s simple, clean and vin-tage in its own way. It’s the defi-nition of the real meaning behind EPC. It has been an amazing ef-fort, and these people should be recognized deeply.”

The not only celebrated an or-ganization that has been pres-ent for decades, but it also ex-posed the site to students who had never heard of it before.

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TORI ROSEMANASST. ARTS EDITOR

Joe Nichols may live in Texas,

but he’s always loved the Buffalo Bills. No stranger to tailgates, the singer was prepared to croon for an audience full of both football and country fans.

On Friday, the country artist performed at UB as part of the UB Athletics’ Tailgate Concert Series. His set began at 6 p.m. and he continued until fans be-gan to find seats for the game against Baylor at 8 p.m.

“I was so excited to see him,” said Alyssa Izzo, a sopho-more nursing major. “I love his music and it was a nice change to hear a country artist that I like perform at UB.”

Hundreds crowded the stage before Nichols came out and even more country fans rushed to the stage when he began his first song. He began with his hit “Brokenheartsville,” getting an already excited crowd amped for his performance. The stage was set up in Stampede Square, which allowed students and members of the community to watch and hear the show from their tents, chairs and trucks.

Nichols played before Su-per Bowls and baseball playoff games before, but said he loves playing in a college environment.

“Everyone’s getting hammered and having fun,” Nichols told The Spectrum before the show. “It’s a good environment for us because we always sound better when everyone’s getting drunk.”

Nichols consistently referred to Buffalo, the tailgate, and the

university during his set. In addi-tion to his original music, Nich-ols covered other artists like Aloe Blacc’s “The Man” and Tom Pet-ty’s “Runnin’ Down a Dream.”

“I’m so glad to be here in Buf-falo, to be performing here to-night for you guys is awesome. Let’s have some fun,” he said from the stage.

The Texas native tossed on a Bulls hat and even tossed up the Bulls’ “horns up” signal – admit-ting it felt weird as it’s similar to Texas University’s symbol.

Nichols ultimately closed with his hit single, “Sunny and 75.”

“I came here to listen to good music, eat some barbeque and spend some quality time with my family,” said Fran Bartel, a Buf-falo resident. “And that’s exactly what I was able to do.”

His sound is similar to Keith Urban and Jake Owen and his style is more traditional than oth-er artists who are popular today. His more recent albums have been radio-friendly, with a com-bination of heartfelt ballads and sing-along tracks.

Joe Nichols was first signed to a record label at 19. Since then, he has produced eight albums, including his most recent Crick-ets (2013). His hit singles in-clude “Brokenheartsville,” “Te-quila makes her clothes fall off,” “Gimme That Girl,” and “Yeah.”

The Spin Doctors are the next artist in the Tailgate Concert se-ries. The band’s set will begin at 1:30 p.m. next Saturday before the Bulls’ 3:30 game against Nor-folk State.

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Somewhere sunny and 75, if only for a night Joe Nichols performs at the Tailgate Concert Series

CHAD COOPER, THE SPECTRUM

Country star Joe Nichols was the second artist to appear this season as part of UB Athletics’ Tailgate Concert Series. He played a collection of his own work, including his hit single “Hard To Be Cool.” He also covered other artists hit songs like Tom Petty’s “Runnin’ Down a Dream.”

ALEX NIMAN, THE SPECTRUM

Charles Bernstein presented a lecture on Friday as part of the 20th anniversary celebration of the Electronic Poetry Center. Later that evening, he also read some of his own work at the Burchfield Pen-ney Arts Center along with other EPC contributors.

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Brittany Herbert, a sophomore legal studies major and environ-mental studies minor, didn’t ex-pect to walk into a group of strippers when she entered a par-ty in the University Heights with some friends.

What she really didn’t expect was to see her photo as a finalist for last week’s SUNY Party Sto-ry contest.

If you’re a devoted Twitter user, or a college student, you probably already follow @UB-Problems, an anonymous Twit-ter account sharing the various “problems” UB students face. But last year, a new anonymous Twitter brought a new level of “problems” for college students to indulge in. @SUNYPART-YSTORY shares not only the av-erage “problems” college stu-dents face but also features pic-tures portraying the social lives, or mishaps, of SUNY students.

After a friend at Michigan State created a similar “Michigan State Party Stories” Twitter account, the creator decided to bring one to the SUNY system, the anony-mous creator told The Oswegonian – the independent student news-paper of Oswego State Universi-ty.

“I got the idea for SUNY be-cause it’s such a good market and it’s so big and there’s definitely a lot of rivalry among the schools, so clearly, like, a big part of col-lege is the social life and party-ing, so it’s almost like bringing a competitive edge to the system,” the creator told The Oswegonian.

With the account’s mission to “expose the reality of social life,” the creator who wishes to re-main anonymous, doesn’t keep the same anonymity for the col-lege students featured in the of-ten embarrassing or exploitative pictures and tweets. The Twitter account, which is just over a year old, boasts more than 83,000 fol-lowers. Regardless of profani-ty, semi-nudeness or the casual-ly sexist lingo, the account gains more followers, retweets and fa-

vorites with each photo shared.In an interview with NYU Lo-

cal, a blog ran by New York Uni-versity students, the creator of the account excuses the inap-propriate and often unconsented photos by stating, “It would have been posted on the Internet re-gardless.”

While Herbert thinks the ac-count is funny and doesn’t find anything to be necessarily “wrong” with it, she does agree the issue of consent definitely surfaces.

“In this age, anyone can take a picture of anyone pretty easily without the other person know-ing,” Herbert said. “I think the responsibility lies with the person holding the camera (or phone) to make a choice as to whether or not to share it, and deal with the implications of doing so.”

The creator of the account said that they often remove pho-tos upon request, people can still find hashtags about the photo and reactions on Twitter, such as the infamous “#TheLege-ndOfEntry5,” which featured a male passed out on a bathroom floor with feces all over himself and the bathroom floor.

“We aren’t here to screw any-body over, nor are we ignorant to the fact that there could be con-sequences in this anal world,” the creator told NYU Local. “If you are in a picture and you’re un-comfortable with it or you didn’t give consent, then you tell us to take it down and it will be taken off immediately, simple as that.”

Every Monday, students from all of the SUNY campuses sub-mit smartphone snaps of their crazy party pictures and send them into the creator. The pho-tos are narrowed – ambiguously – based on what makes the cre-ators and his roommates laugh the most and the photo that gets the most likes and retweets is the winner. The winning school holds bragging rights for submit-ting that week’s most provocative photo until next week’s competi-tion winner is chosen.

While the creator original-ly held the contest each Sunday,

he/she decided to move the sub-mission deadline to Monday.

“[The contest] used to be Sun-days, but you know, Sunday Fun-day,” the creator said in an email to The Spectrum. “Lots of cool stuff goes on then. We gotta’ in-clude them, no discrimination in this nation.”

Herbert submitted a picture for the contest this year after at-tending a party with some of her friends at a University Heights house. She didn’t take the picture of the strippers with the intent on submitting it to the account.

But after finding the pictures on her phone the following morning, her friends encouraged her to submit one to SUNY Par-ty Stories.

“I thought about it thinking if there would be any consequenc-es, but I figured that out of all the pictures I took, the one I submitted was the least risqué,” Herbert said. “I made sure the strippers faces were not in the picture out of respect for them.”

While the account states in its bio for followers to submit pho-tos at their own consent, Her-bert understands there could be consequences after submitting a photo.

“I definitely didn’t want there to be any negative implications and so far there hasn’t been,” Herbert said. “I wouldn’t have posted anything that was going to get me in trouble.”

Submissions from UB stu-dents make the finals nearly each week. From jumping off roofs into friends’ arms to nearly na-ked photos, the stunts UB stu-dents pull receive anywhere from 200 to more than 700 favorites on Twitter.

“As for the people that are in the photo, I think it goes with-out saying that if you are in pub-lic doing something stupid, peo-ple will see it and know about and that is your own fault,” Her-bert said. “It’s no breach of pri-vacy if you’re willing to do some-thing potentially embarrassing in a public setting.”

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SUNY Party Stories takes SUNY system by wildfire, and someone is always getting burned

Q&A with @SUNYPartyStory

Editor’s note: The Spectrum conducted an email interview with the creator of @SUNYP-artyStory. The content of the emails have not been altered in any way.

Q: How, why and when did SUNY Party Stories get started?

A: I was bored and Netflix wasn’t load-ing so I was like, yeah.

Q: How many people are working behind of the account?

A: Myself and Intern JoshQ: How many people behind the

account are male/female?A: We are a gender-neutral companyQ: Do you/anyone else behind the

account all go to a SUNY school? And which one(s)?

A: Wouldn’t you like to knowQ: What are some of the best sub-

missions you’ve received?A: We had a photo of a girl at Mor-

risville getting’ freaky on the cellar door. That caused a scene. There was also a picture of a dog doing a kegstand (clear-ly not actually drinking the beer, chill out PETA/PETA enthusiasts) – but it ended up being a monologue joke on Seth Mey-er’s show which is funny even though Seth Meyer’s joke wasn’t that good.

Q: What do you hope to get from this account? What’s your goal?

A: God knows my degree isn’t going to make me money, and I don’t have the body for stripping.

Q: How were you able to obtain so many followers?

A: #TheLegendOfEntry5Q: Do more people submit ideas

or do you find most of them on your own?

A: Ideas for what? The posts? Nah, I steal most of my filler-non-contest tweet. If you think that’s bad then I assume you get mad at Wal-Mart for selling the same stuff as Target. And that makes you look like the dummy.

Q: I noticed you hold different types of contests for your followers. What are some of the contests you hold and on average how many sub-missions do you get per contest?

A: Nah, the only contest we do is the picture contest. Every Monday at 7PM. It used to be Sundays, but you know, Sun-day Funday. Lots of cool stuff goes on then. We gotta’ include them, no discrim-ination in this nation. So now it’s Mon-day at 7.

Q: Do you have any specific funny stories or submissions from UB stu-dents? Could you share them with me?

A: Buffalo, I would love to hang out with you in the near future. That’s all.

Q: Have you gotten any negative feedback from university administra-tion or the SUNY system?

A: Yeah, they grillin’ me hardcore. But I know my rights, they can’t do anything.

- @SUNYPARTYSTORY

Twitter account @SUNYPARTYSTORY shares SUNY schools’ wildest parties }}

The modest venue has stood wit-ness to entire generations of music.

In 1990, Pete Perrone opened his Mohawk Place as a tiny blues and rockabilly dive bar.

Before Perrone’s death in 2013, he was set on keeping the bar small and simple.

Yet Perrone, by all accounts a big-hearted and open-minded man, was never overly particular about what acts he would bring to play in the bar. He never discriminated against any band that wanted a chance to jam at the ‘Hawk.

His open-door stage policy repre-sented a change in Buffalo’s under-ground music scene.

Local musicians had a place they could play – a venue that would give them a chance when no one else would. Wayward musicians of every which genre of music would gather at the bar to put on a show. Buffalo natives would frequent the bar every week to listen to new music and party.

Mohawk soon had enough of a lo-cal reputation that it could begin to bring in larger, national acts.

In this way, gradually, Mohawk

Place became the place a grow-ing throng of local artists would call “home” – as well as one of the most important venues in Buffalo’s music scene. The rebuilding

In 2013, for reasons like structur-al instability, a lack of money and back taxes, Mohawk Place closed its doors, supposedly for good. The venerable, beloved dive bar was mourned, lauded and given a fond farewell in Buffalo.

Platt has pulled the bar from the ashes and rebuilt it from the ground

up. For Platt, more than just a de-sire to own a bar has fueled this de-cision. A Buffalo-native, he want-ed to save the local music scene, which had already lost other venues The Bulb, Funeral Home, Icon, The Vault and Showplace in the last few years. When Mohawk closed, Platt felt the need to act.

Recently, Buffalo has been on the uptick. Money is being spent down-town and businesses are starting to grow. With this boon, Platt said, “It’s easy to get caught in a buy-spend-consume mentality.”

“I was just trying to bring some of reality and normalcy back to downtown Buffalo,” Platt said.

He is no stranger to Buffalo’s bar business. Platt’s father, also Richard Platt, was in the business starting in 1958 and managed a bar on Main Street for about 20 years.

Platt said his father’s experience, as well as his own, has been the dif-ference between success and failure.

The work restoring Mohawk to its former glory was no easy feat, Platt said. He needed to clear debris, patch holes in the walls and take care of 20 years of concert and bar grime that accumulated in the building.

But throughout the construction, he tried to change as little as possible. He wanted to maintain the aesthetic and legacy as a grungy dive bar.

In its final days in 2013, the floor of the Mohawk Place would sink into the ground when people would stand on it. But Platt put in the work to update the bar.

Continuing the legacyPlatt is striving to restore Mo-

hawk back to its status as a central part of Buffalo’s music scene by working with Marty Boratin, a for-mer talent manager of Mohawk.

Boratin brings a passion and ex-

perience to Mohawk that is para-mount for its growth. He worked for the bar from 2000-05 and was in charge of booking all its acts.

A Buffalo-native, Boratin has been trying to play his part in Buf-falo’s music community for years. He and his wife often host concerts at their house with performers like Califone, Peter Case, Mark Eitzel, Jon Langford and Grant Hart – all established musicians.

Boratin is a music man. He has worked events like Buffalo’s In-fringement Festival, Buffalo’s Art Studio’s semi-annual Trimania, as well as with other venues in the city.

In the past, Boratin said his job at Mohawk was an expensive and time-consuming hobby. Sometimes he would spend more than 40 hours at Mohawk in addition to his 40-hour workweek.

This is a man that sees Mohawk and music as a true love.

“It feels great. Exhausting, but great,” he said.

Boratin said he is already getting daily requests from local, regional and national acts as well as booking agents and promoters asking for dates.

It seems like Mohawk is going to make it.

The local dive has had a tumultu-ous history, from its roots and fame under Perrone, up to the tragic clos-ing. But now, Mohawk’s future is looking bright for the first time in a long time.

And from beginning to end, not much has changed.

Dusty, aged autographed pictures of past acts still line the walls. A drum, guitar and bass played at max volume still feel like Mohawk’s de-fault EQ.

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COURTESY OF SUNY PARTY STORIES

From trust falls off of roofs to strippers to holding vomit in your hands, the Twitter account @SUNYPartyStories reveals the most ridiculous party stunts of students in the SUNY system.

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HOLEY MASS By Mary Jersey

ubspectrum.com8 Monday, September 15, 2014

SPORTS

TOM DINKISENIOR SPORTS EDITOR

On the football team’s first drive of its game against No. 8 Baylor Friday night, junior wide receiver Marcus McGill ran past the Bears’ coverage and was wide open down the sideline.

Junior quarterback Joe Licata hit McGill in the hands, but the receiv-er dropped the would-be touch-down that could have tied the game at seven.

Three plays later, Baylor fresh-man wide receiver KD Cannon beat the Buffalo coverage and ran open down the sideline as well.

Cannon caught his pass, result-ing in an 89-yard touchdown and a 14-0 Baylor lead.

“We didn’t convert on it, they did,” said head coach Jeff Quinn. “They come right back and bam, they make the play, we don’t and there you go, there’s a 14-point swing before you know it.”

The touchdown was a part of Baylor’s 35 unanswered points to begin the game. The Bears (3-0) de-feated the Bulls (1-2), 63-21 at UB Stadium in front of an announced crowd of 24,714. Baylor is the high-est ranked opponent to play in UB Stadium and it was the first game in UB Stadium to be broadcast on ESPN. The game was a ‘blackout’

as Buffalo wore black jerseys and unveiled new black helmets.

Baylor led 35-0 and outgained Buffalo 432-78 in the first half. The Bears finished the first half with more touchdowns (five) than Buf-falo had first downs (four).

Baylor senior quarterback Bryce Petty, who missed the Bears’ pre-vious game with a back injury, fin-ished the game 23 of 34 for 416 yars and four touchdowns. Petty was pulled at the end of the third quarter with Baylor leading 49-14.

Petty led four straight Bay-lor touchdown drives to the start the game, which gave the Bears a 28-0 advantage in the second quar-ter. Baylor’s first punt was due to a drop by wide receiver Devion Hall on third down.

“[Baylor’s offense] comes out fast and they give you some differ-ent formations and some different personnel groupings,” Quinn said. “The matchups were obviously something we were concerned go-ing into this game. And they took advantage of it and we got exposed on a couple plays.”

Licata and the rest of the Bulls’ offense never got into a rhythm in the first half. Licata was under con-stant pressure and Buffalo crossed midfield just once.

The Bulls’ best opportunity to score in the first half came when

McGill beat the Baylor coverage on the first drive of the game.

“Those are things that you can’t miss in this game,” Quinn said. “Our players are accountable, we’re all accountable. And when we put you into position to make a play and it’s that wide open, there’s no excuse for us not to convert. None. Zero.”

Buffalo scored on its second and third drives of the second half. It was the first two touchdowns Bay-lor allowed this season.

Senior wide receiver Devon Hughes took a short pass up the middle of the Bears’ defense for a 41-yard touchdown.

Junior wide receiver Ron Wil-loughby caught a 35-yard pass on a flea-flicker from Licata on the next drive. The Bulls quickly snapped the ball on the next play and junior running back Anthone Taylor ran for a 41-yard touchdown.

Petty responded to both Buffa-lo touchdowns with his third and fourth touchdown passes of the game.

Cannon caught six passes for 189 yards, including his 89-yard touch-down reception. Baylor wide re-ceiver Jay Lee had nine catches for 136 yards and two touchdowns, while running back Shock Linwood led the Bears with 97 rushing yards and two touchdowns.

Licata finished 14 of 25 for 171 yards and a touchdown before ju-nior quarterback Tony Daniel re-placed him in the fourth quarter when the game seemed out of Buf-falo’s reach. Hughes was Buffalo’s leading receiver with six catches for 72 yards and a touchdown.

Although Buffalo was 35-point underdogs against the reining Big 12 champions, Licata didn’t doubt Buffalo could win.

“I wasn’t dreaming about [win-ning the game], I expected to win this game,” Licata said. “You don’t play a game to just play it. As Herm Edwards would say “You play to win the game.’”

Quinn said Buffalo needs to cap-

italize on being on the national stage in the future.

“[The athletic department] is trying to establish a big-time col-lege environment here,” Quinn said. “[And to do that] you have to be able to attract a big-time op-ponent to come in. And then ob-viously to have ESPN, the moth-er ship, to come in here, our kids, they were excited about this whole atmosphere and what it represents. Now what we have to do is capital-ize on it.”

The Bulls host Norfolk State (0-2) next Saturday at UB Stadium. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m.

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Black Friday Bulls lose 63-21 against No. 8 Baylor in nationally televised game

OWEN O’BRIENMANAGING EDITOR

I learned something Friday night.No, not that Baylor is very

fast. I knew that. Anybody who’s watched Baylor for five minutes over the past two seasons knew this.

No, not that Bryce Petty can light up a stat sheet. He’s a Heis-man candidate for a reason.

And no, not that Buffalo is light years behind Baylor. This is

a useless comparison.But I learned that UB Stadium

could actually fill up. My ques-tion is, how long will it last?

Baylor defeated Buffalo – a much better Buffalo team in that – 70-13 last season. It’s safe to say nobody in the stadium came to Friday’s game thinking Buffalo would, or even could, actually win.

Still, students came. Still, 24,714 paid attendees came. Still, ESPN came.

I’m not going to waste my time, or yours, talking about how Buffalo was overmatched. We knew this coming into the game. Baylor is the No. 8 team in the country for a reason. What I wasn’t quite sure about was the community reaction.

It was a cold evening. Certain-ly not ‘Buffalo cold,’ but it wasn’t how you want your Sept. 12 eve-ning to feel. It was cold enough to make the excuse to stay in-doors and watch the game on ESPN – the “mother ship,” ac-cording to head coach Jeff Quinn.

But that didn’t happen.The “blackout” worked. The

crowd showed its impact in the opening drive. Baylor was forced to call two timeouts on this pos-session. Yes, the drive resulted in a Bears touchdown – because breaking news, Baylor is a much better football team than UB– but those timeouts could have cost Baylor a touchdown oppor-tunity later in the half.

“The fans brought a lot of en-ergy and we as players certain-ly appreciate that,” said junior quarterback Joe Licata.

I’ve never seen UB Stadium so filled. The stadium quickly emp-tied at halftime, probably be-cause nothing kills a buzz faster than a 35-point deficit.

Whether it’s the rebranding ef-forts, Tailgate Concert Series or just a carry over effect from last season’s success, something has changed to get fans into the sta-dium.

Now, will this attendance rate continue into conference play? Where the crowd can actually

impact a winnable game?Well, that’s up to the Bulls. When will the Bulls give fans

reasons to keep showing up? The Bulls have under per-

formed in all three games. Fri-day’s game was the only one all season where Buffalo performed as many expected. The game could have been much worse – just ask last year’s senior class.

But it’s still a 63-21 loss. As Quinn said postgame, “It’s hard to look past that.”

Yes, Jeff. And it’s increasing-ly difficult week after week and year after year.

To create a “Big-time athlet-ics program” you need both the players and the fans to pro-duce. It appears the fans are do-ing their part. Now it’s up to the ones inside the white lines to do the same.

And Licata knows it.“We know we have to win for

those fans,” Licata said.Otherwise, students will find

other ways to spend their Fridays and Saturdays. Western New York-

ers will find other ways to spend their money. With what I’ve seen at times this season, it’s not very difficult to find a better activity.

Next week is the final oppor-tunity before Mid-American Conference play commences. Buffalo has another game against an FCS school, but FCS schools have given UB problems for un-explainable reasons the past two seasons.

There are no more excuses. If I have to hear the phrases “I think our kids fought back hard” or “Those guys in that lock-er room never gave up” out of Quinn’s mouth one more time, I think I’m going to vomit.

Buffalo fans deserve better. Buffalo students deserve better.

It’s time for the Bulls to step up. Otherwise, they will be play-ing in front of an empty stadium again very soon. And they will have no one to blame but them-selves.

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The Bulls need to start winning for Buffalo

SPORTS DESK

Quarterbacks: D+The Good: Junior quarterback

Joe Licata threw a 41-yard touch-down pass to senior wide receiv-er Devon Hughes. Backup ju-nior quarterback Tony Daniel threw for a career-high 84 yards, including a 17-yard touchdown pass to sophomore wide receiv-er Malcolm Robinson. Licata fin-ished 14 of 25 for 171 yards and a touchdown.

The Bad: Buffalo punted on its first eight possessions. Lica-ta struggled to move the Bulls down field and most of his pro-duction came when the game was already out of reach.Running backs: C+

The Good: Sophomore run-ning back Jordan Johnson ran for a career-high 97 yards. Junior running back Anthone Taylor turned what seemed to be a stop at the line of scrimmage into a 41-yard touchdown in the third quarter.

The Bad: Head coach Jeff Quinn wanted to establish the run game early, which failed miserably. The Bulls only achieved four first downs in the first half, and the ma-jority of Buffalo’s runs resulted in losses or only gained a few yards. If you exclude Taylor’s 41-yard touchdown run, Taylor totaled for just six yards on 12 carries.

Wide receivers and tight ends: C

The Good: Nine different Bulls caught passes. Devon Hughes had six catches for 72 yards and a touchdown, while freshman wide receiver Jamarl Eiland had added two catches and 59 yards. Robin-son made a highlight-reel catch early in the fourth quarter – re-sulting in SportsCenter’s No. 10 play Friday night – leaping over the Baylor corner and getting his foot in bounds for the score.

The Bad: What could have been a 7-7 game quickly turned into a 14-0 one after junior wide receiver Marcus McGill dropped an easy touchdown pass. On the ensuing drive, Baylor quarterback Bryce Petty connected with wide receiver KD Cannon for an 89-yard score. The Bulls were un-able to recover, resulting in a score of 35-0 at the end of the first half.Offensive-line: F

The Good: After struggling in the first half, the offensive line was able to open up holes for some big second half runs.

The Bad: Baylor had three sacks. Licata was under constant pressure and was hit often. Sev-eral penalties were committed, including a false start on third and two.

Run defense: DThe Good: One of the few

positives was a Buffalo forced fumble late in the fourth quarter, but the Bulls couldn’t recover. Baylor scored a touchdown later in the drive.

The Bad: Baylor ran for 189 yards and converted all three fourth down opportunities – One of the conversions came on the ground. Baylor’s Shock Linwood had 97 yards and two touchdowns, while Johnny John-son had 52 rushing yards and one score. Both running backs averaged more than four yards per carry. Even the Bears’ back-up quarterback, Seth Russell, ran for a 31-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter.

Pass defense: FThe Good: Buffalo couldn’t

keep up with Baylor’s high tem-po offense. The Bulls’ second-ary was able to bother the re-ceivers at times, resulting in pass deflections, but Petty finished with a near-perfect QBR (98.3), which is a ranking out of 100 used to rate a quarterbacks per-formance.

The Bad: Petty had a career-best 10 completions for 25 yards or more. In the first quarter, Petty was 9 of 10 for 197 yards, including an 89-yard touch-down to Cannon. Petty fin-ished with 416 passing yards and four touchdowns. Backup quar-terback Seth Russell added 64 yards and a touchdown in the fourth quarter.

Special teams: B+The Good: Baylor averaged

just 12 yards on kickoff returns. Junior punter Tyler Grassman punted for 333 net yards, includ-ing punts downed at the Baylor 9 and 14-yard line, respectively.

The Bad: Whenever a team’s a heavy underdog, the special teams needs to make a big play. That didn’t happen. Buffalo’s re-turn until had a pedestrian 166 returns yards on eight opportuni-ties (20.8 yards per run).Coaching: D+

The Good: The Bulls won the time of possession battle – 35:04 to 24:26 – but that’s only be-cause Baylor’s drives usually took under 10 plays to score. Buffa-lo scored 21 points on a Baylor defense that had not allowed a touchdown all season.

The Bad: Quinn used ques-tionable play calls on third down, sticking to the run despite being down by several scores. Despite claiming the team was prepared for Baylor’s quick tempo offense, it was obvious this was not the case. Baylor dominated the game and dominated early, sending all hopes of a Bulls victory, and fans, out of sight.

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Gridiron Report Card: The Spectrum grades the Bulls’

63-21 loss to Baylor

CHAD COOPER, THE SPECTRUMSenior wide receiver Devon Hughes caught six passes for 72 yards Friday night, including a 41-yard touchdown.

CHAD COOPER, THE SPECTRUMBaylor quarterback Bryce Petty celebrates one of his four touchdowns passes Friday night. Petty threw for 416 yards in his first game back from a back injury.