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A rookie, a rising star and a veteran performer.

Each at different point in their careers, the three men – T.I., Schoolboy Q and Bas – per-formed three sets, each distinc-tive in sound and style, yet equal-ly entertaining. The rappers en-thralled a crowd of thousands at the Student Association’s Fall Fest 2014, proving to be ‘men of the year’ for all in attendance.

Schoolboy Q and T.I. blurred the lines between party and con-cert, turning Alumni Arena Park-

ing Lot into an explosion of flashing lights, thumping bass and twisting, dancing bodies.

The audience wasn’t alone in dancing, each artist vigorous-ly danced and hopped about the stage. The three acts drew an ex-pansive audience, filling the park-ing lot for the annual fall con-cert. Ab-Soul, who was slated for the lineup, did not perform.

There were 8,324 people who attended the concert, according to SA President James Ingram. Nearly twice as many concertgo-

ers attended this year’s Fall Fest than in 2013 – that concert fea-tured rap artists A$AP Ferg and A$AP Rocky.

The most dedicated fans showed up at the gates around noon, immediately after the fi-nal preparations for the concert were finished. The first 150 peo-ple were rewarded for their hus-tle and given a free bucket hat – which has become Schoolboy Q’s signature – by SA.

As the day went on, fans con-tinued to slowly add to the length

of the line and quickly the free bucket hats were doled out, dot-ting the heads of numerous con-certgoers.

The line only continued to grow as the night progressed, wrapping around the lot and eventually spanning the entire length Alumni Arena.

Many of the fans who lined up early said they excited to see Schoolboy Q.

“Schoolboy Q is the realest in the game right now,” said Ra-jiv Shanbhag, a sophomore en-

gineering major. “His lyrics may not be that great but as a person he is real, and that’s what mat-ters.”

Andy Gozenpud, a freshman business administration ma-jor, was confident Schoolboy Q would have a show like no oth-er. Before the show, Gozen-pud anticipated Q would have a live performance that could not compare to any of the other art-ists he had seen.

SCHOOLBOY Q, T.I. AND BAS PROVE TO BE

‘MEN OF THE YEAR’ AT FALL FEST 2014

SAMAYA ABDUS-SALAAM

ASST. NEWS EDITOR

It is not uncommon for stu-dents to walk into the wrong classroom.

It is uncommon for students to stay in that classroom. Evan Chen, however, is not like other students.

When the now vice president of the Student Association was heading to his classes early in his undergraduate career, he some-times wandered into club meet-ings. Even if that wasn’t where he was supposed to be, he’d stay.

Chen, now an active member of more than 20 SA clubs, was elected vice president of SA in May, along with President James Ingram and Treasurer Sade Ca-dle. The senior business major’s list of extracurricular activities is long – he’s a member of Chi-nese Student Association, Asian-American Student Union, UB Glee, Jam Club, UB Breakdance and ENACTUS, a club through the School of Management.

For Chen, getting involved in an extensive amount of clubs at UB was an accident waiting to happen. He was already an active member in nearly 10 clubs after his freshman year.

“I always got lost and by chance I would run into [club] meetings,” he said. “Whenev-er I walked by a club meeting, I would stop and just walk in.”

Chen’s position as vice presi-dent requires he mainly manage

and deal with clubs. To be so involved requires

hard work, passion and dedica-tion – all qualities Chen learned working in his family-owned res-taurant and salon and through club organizations in high school.

Chen’s sister, Christine Chen, a senior finance major at UB, be-lieves working in the restaurant and salon as a kid helped her brother, herself and their older sister gain skills in the business

field.“Having [the businesses] while

we grew up helped us learn re-sponsibility, time management and the business aspects of life at a younger age,” Christine said. “We’re all very independent and we don’t like to ask for help un-less we really need to.”

But the Chens love to help others.

The Orange County, New York native started volunteering in sixth grade as a tutor for stu-

dents in elementary school, and he hasn’t stopped trying to get involved in various types of or-ganizations.

In high school, Chen was pres-ident of the recycling club and the Rotary club and was an active member in the Academy of Fi-nance where he was able to bring the Harlem Globe Trotters to his school as a way to raise money for the club.

When Jason Elliott, a staff as-sistant for Campus Living, met

Chen two semesters ago, he knew from the beginning that Chen was passionate about the community.

“He definitely is a great exam-ple of what UB pride looks like,” Elliott said. “He is always will-ing to help out, has great input on programing and is full of new ideas.”

Before Chen knew it, he was active in 19 clubs, even holding positions in some of them.

His desire to get involved in as many clubs as he could started in a calculus class his sophomore year, when he became study partners with Jason Lee, a senior marketing/management major and the Chinese Student Associ-ation (CSA) public relations rep-resentative at the time.

“He was taking 21 credits, working two jobs and public re-lations rep. for CSA – he was so busy,” Chen said. “One day, as he was talking to me about re-signing his CSA position with the president of the club and I said, ‘Hey, I can try that.’”

CSA conducted a trial period with Chen as its new public re-lations representative to see if he was suitable for the job. Chen managed to secure the position after only a week.

Although Chen was heavily in-volved in cultural clubs, he ex-plored his artistic side through UB Glee, Jam Club and UB Breakdance.

Busier than the beesNew SA Vice President Evan Chen works to balance his commitments both in and out of UB

More than 8,000 people attend annual fest, nearly doubling last year’s attendance

BY JORDAN OSCAR, TORI ROSEMAN AND BRIAN WINDSCHITL | ARTS EDITORS

SEE CHEN, PAGE 2

SEE FALL FEST, PAGE 2

YUSONG SHI, THE SPECTRUM

On stage, T.I. exacted a command

and vigor with his performance that kept

the 8,324 fans in attendance moving and

singing along to each song in his set.

CHAD COOPER, THE SPECTRUM

The lesser-known Bas delivered a solid

set that got thousands of standing fans

moving to his beats. The absence of Ab-

Soul made Bas’ 40-plus minute opening

act feel like that of a headliner.

CHAD COOPER, THE SPECTRUM

Between songs, Schoolboy Q told the

audience how much fun he was having,

revving up the crowd. He also thanked

them for supporting him and his family.

CHAD COOPER, THE SPECTRUM

“The King” co-headlined Fall Fest

2014 alongside rising-star Schoolboy Q.

Their performances made for an unfor-

gettable Fall Fest for the audience that

nearly doubled that of last year’s fest.

YUSONG SHI, THE SPECTRUM

Student Association Vice President Evan Chen helped out at SA’s Fall Fest Saturday. Chen is a member of more than 20 clubs. Ever since his freshman year, he’s been active in clubs like UB Breakdance and the Chinese Student Association.

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COUNSELING GROUPSFall 2014

wellness.buffalo.edu/center

Connections GroupWednesdays 3:00-4:30pm

A safe environment where you can connect with other students while increasing your self-awareness.

Graduate/Non-Traditional Student GroupThursdays 1:00-2:30pm

This group provides a space where you can connect with other graduate or non-traditional students and increase self-awareness.

Coping Skills GroupWednesdays 3:00-4:30pm

This structured group will teach skills to live in the present, deal with stress, manage difficult emotions, and handle interpersonal conflict.International Student Support GroupThursdays 3:00-4:30pm

Motivated for Change GroupMondays 3:00-4:30pm

This group will provide a safe, supportive, and comfortable place to discuss adjustment and cross cultural experiences in the U.S. The group will also provide a safe and confidential environment for group members to support each other and share information.

A semi-structured group for students who want to change a particular habit or behavior and have found it difficult to identify or take the necessary steps to do so. This group will explore factors interfering with students’ abilty to change, assessing their desire, need, confidence, and reasons to change, and identify the steps needed to make and maintain that change.

Unless noted otherwise most groups require an initial assessment.If you would like to schedule an initial assessment, please call

Counseling Services at 716.645.2720 or visit wellness.buffalo.edu/center

International Tea TimeWednesdays 3:00-4:30pmIntercultural and Diversity Center, 240 Union

Finding Life Beyond TraumaThursdays 3:00-4:30pm

Body Image Concerns GroupMondays 1:00-2:30pm

This is a weekly meeting which brings together American and international students for conversation and fun. Students play games, talk,and enjoy getting to know each other.International tea and snacks are provided. Contact: elenayak@buffalo.edu

Yoga to Manage MoodsThursdays 1:30-2:30pm Michael Hall Yogo Studio

A yogo-based group that provides a holistic approach to mood and symptom management. Using a combination of gentle physical poses, breathing and relaxation tech-niques, this group allows ffor participants to feel more connected to and comfortable in their bodies. No previ-ous yogo practice is required.

A group for female students who want to explore their relationship with their body, food and emotions. It is beneficial for students who are in various stages of preoccupation with food and body size.This group will teach skills to live in the present, deal with stress, manage difficult emotions, and handle interpersonal conlfict.

This is not a group that will ask its members to disclose the details of traumatic events from their lives. Rather, the group is intended to provide a safe place for members of all genders to learn skills to manage the effects of trau-ma(s), whether the trauma(s) happened last week or many years ago. The group aims to break the cycle of one’s past haunting the present.Our intention is to accomplish this by utilizing skills that allow group members to live a life dictated by the individual group members’ values rather than dictated by symptoms created by events from the past.This group can be helpful to individuals who have experienced any type of trauma(s),inlcuding (but not limited to)childhood abuse, an accident, domestic / relationship violence,an assault, etc.

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A Jumbotron next to the stage provided entertainment for the enthusiastic crowd, giving close-ups of fans dancing to music and candid shots.

Before and after opener Bas, DJ Ban-dana, a local DJ from 93.7 FM, kept the crowd from getting restless by playing a set to fill the silence, ensuring the crowd didn’t lose its energy between perfor-mances.

After Bandana’s pre-show antics, Bas took to the stage, delivering a fast-paced and lively performance. He had a charis-ma that surprised much of the audience and got them dancing.

Bas’ set was filled with improvised rap and songs off his album, Last Winter. Be-tween songs, Bas joked with the audience. He described how it felt to finally be per-forming at such a large show.

“It’s something I can’t take for granted,” he said. It finally feels like “we’ve made it,” he added.

Ab-Soul was set to perform next, but instead the audience was surprised to have Schoolboy Q walk onstage. Ab-Soul, un-able to attend, was replaced – Q was giv-en a longer set that took care of Ab-Soul’s absence.

Bas may have inspired people to get moving, but Schoolboy Q made them re-ally go crazy, kicking off his set with a sin-gle from his first mixtape, Habits and Con-tradictions, called “Hands On The Wheel.”

Q, for the remainder of his set, focused on his latest album, Oxymoron. He played a majority of his set list from the new al-bum, performing hits such as “Collard Greens,” “Gangsta,” and “Studio.”

His talent as an entertainer was best found in the silences that accompanied song breaks. He talked to the crowd, at-tributing his success as a musician to the people who take the time to support him by coming to his shows. He went on to add how the support from his fans helps him to support his family, pay rent and stay clothed.

“Your happiness is my happiness,” Q shouted to the crowd.

His genuine love for his fans was en-dearing and reciprocated.

“The verses are sick, the things he says speak to me,” said Rohan Sment, a sopho-more business major. “Also, his hat is off the hook.”

After his sentimental moments, School-boy Q would jump right back into his mu-sic.

By far his most popular performance of the evening was “Man of the Year,” his hit single from his newest album ended his set as enthused fans sang and danced along.

After Q’s lengthy set, co-headliner T.I. followed with an equally as impressive show.

The veteran artist performed an eclectic mix of songs that originated from the ear-ly 2000’s to the present. He brought back his own classics including “Whatever You Like,” but also made sure to play some of his newer songs such as “No Mediocre.”

Not only did he perform a wide range of his own music, but he also covered songs like Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” and A$AP Ferg’s “Work (Remix).”

T.I. had audience members singing along for his entire set and the covers gave the audience a chance to enjoy T.I.’s music, while keeping his bass-leaden rap songs from becoming repetitive.

Caleb Spall, a sophomore electrical en-gineering major, said he preferred T.I.’s style to anyone else’s.

“I like T.I. better than Schoolboy Q,” Spall said. “He’s been around longer, and I like his sound much more.”

T.I., like his co-headliner, spoke to the audience about more than just music. He encouraged fans to forget about the hat-ers and keep moving forward.

By the time T.I. ended his set with a duo of his most popular songs, “Live Your Life,” and “What You Know,” the crowd was coming down off a jam-packed series of intense and highly touted Fall Fest per-formers.

The sky over the stage was illuminated with fireworks as Fall Fest 2014 ended.

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“With breakdancing, I thought, ‘Oh, these guys are doing something cool,’ but instead it’s like an art form and they get to express their feelings through physical attributes in their perfor-mance,” Chen said.

Although Chen no longer dances with UB Breakdance, he still advocates for the club because the emotions portrayed in breakdancing fascinated him.

Justin Ceniza, a junior occupational therapy major, met Chen his freshman year through UB Breakdance.

“My first impression of him was that he was driven, not in learning how to dance but he gave off a vibe that he was striving for success in other things,” Ceniza said. “In a club setting, he has really been helping UB Breakdance get more publicity and getting us more known. I appreciate his invitations to perform, especially at opening week-end.”

Chen’s hardworking mentality and passion for the UB community is why Ingram asked him to run on the presi-dential ticket.

During his short time as vice pres-ident so far, Chen said he has taken a hands-on approach with the clubs, proving to Ingram and other members of SA how invested he is in the student body. Chen has volunteered to work concession stands with clubs during ath-letic games and promoted new club ac-tivities to attract more students.

Ingram said Chen’s creative element is extremely beneficial to SA and part of the reason why he and Ingram work well together. Chen’s natural innovative tendencies bring a new component to SA, which has been noticed by his col-leagues.

“I think it works well because I’m able to give Evan some insight on cer-tain things that he might still be learning and go from there,” Ingram said. “He is one of the most interesting people that I have met here at UB. He never fails to surprise me with the different things he knows or is good at.”

Christine worries that sometimes her younger brother will take on too much and be unable to handle all of his re-sponsibilities.

“He likes to take on challenges and prove that he can do it,” she said. “In his mind, he’s trying to be the best that he can be, but sometimes, it’s the wrong time for him to take on so many things.”

Christine does believe one of her brother’s greatest strengths is time man-agement.

His ability to schedule his time has en-abled him to also assist the University Police.

Chen goes on ride-a-longs and has plans to join the police council. One of his goals is to improve campus safety by replacing the current lighting on the track with LED lights.

Although Chen’s focus is on the bet-terment of UB, he also wants to contin-ue giving to his hometown community.

“After I graduate, I want to help my parents out with their businesses or go into the pharmacy area,” Chen said. “I want to own a chain of pharmacies and put a new image out there that’s more interactive with the communities rather than business-wise.”

He also dreams of becoming the su-perintendent of his high school with hopes to continue the active role his high school has in the community.

But for now, Chen can be seen around campus directing UB clubs, inform-ing them of new SA procedures such as digitalizing club forms and changes in fundraising requirements. His list of ideas to fix current problems is exten-sive but Chen believes he can get it all done and evoke change.

And his new role as vice president has him stumbling into even more club meetings.

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SARA DINATALEEDITOR IN CHIEF

You may have seen a correc-tion on the front page of our Friday edition addressing the ar-ticle “Students for Justice in Pal-estine comes back to UB.” It was the first step in rectifying a re-gretful error. This letter is the next – and after that comes the job of rebuilding our reader-ship’s trust in our credibility.

Saying “I’m sorry” does not wipe away the inaccuracies and unfair coverage that ran on The Spectrum’s front page last week. Saying “I’m sorry” does not earn back your trust – nor should it.

Still, I am going to say it be-cause as a journalist and as a per-son I believe in admitting my failings, correcting them and learning from them. I apolo-gize to the Jewish community, to members and supporters of Stu-dents for Justice in Palestine and to anyone else who was offend-ed by our coverage for my igno-rance, insensitivity and inabili-ty to find a proper editor for our story. I also apologize for our in-sufficient, inaccurate and inap-propriate reporting.

The Spectrum, and I as its lead-er, failed our readership in our Wednesday edition. An arti-cle, which was not properly ex-amined or fact checked, ran. It shouldn’t have – not in the way it

was presented. It unfairly repre-sented the ongoing Palestine-Is-raeli conflict. It did not give the proper voice to the Israeli per-spective nor a full accounting of the goals of the SJP students. It was not an objective piece of journalism.

There’s no excuse for that. Language was used inappropri-ately and quotes were improper-ly vetted for accuracy. That’s not the standard of this newspaper.

The Spectrum’s article, which highlighted a pro-Palestine stu-dent club getting its footing on campus, was not presented in a way that was balanced. I sincere-ly apologize to those these errors offended. The article has since been corrected online.

In no way was it the intention of The Spectrum to offend any-one. But that does not change that it happened. It was a third issue of the fall semester and as a new staff was getting used to its news roles, our effort to cover a contentious topic failed.

And I learned a tough lesson. I’m in my senior year and spent the summer working as a report-er at The Oregonian. I know what it means to be informed about a topic.

Yet, I wasn’t as informed as I should have been. Reading a few New York Times articles and catching a couple clips on NPR does not make me an expert on this conflict – a conflict that has proven difficult to cover objec-tively. The Times, which some view as the pinnacle of objec-tivity, received more than 1,000 emails with charges of bias for its Palestine-Israel coverage over the summer. The charges came from both sides and about the same stories.

With that in mind, it makes it that much more difficult to ad-mit the piece in question was not

edited as carefully as it should have been. I take full responsibil-ity for that.

College journalism is differ-ent from most other university experiences in that our mistakes are not confined to a classroom and a conference with a profes-sor. They’re broadcast in print for the public to scrutinize. Our newspaper – one of the only ful-ly independent college newspa-pers in the nation – is not vet-ted by a professor or by our fac-ulty adviser before it is printed. We only hear the critiques after our words see print.

We have an amazing freedom and a tremendous burden.

I have wanted to be editor in chief of this paper ever since I walked through the door as a freshman. In Wednesday’s paper – my third as editor in chief – I failed. We failed. My staff and I are properly humbled, largely because of input from you, our loyal readers.

As we move forward, I wel-come your scrutiny. You can help us be better.

I also know the only way The Spectrum can earn back its repu-tation and credibility is through the promise to continue on our mission of publishing objective, award-worthy college journal-ism. We are revamping our fact-checking curriculum, and as un-fortunate as this situation is, it serves an invaluable lesson for every member on The Spectrum’s new staff.

I can assure our readership that procedural changes are be-ing put into place to ensure nothing like this happens again.

Mistakes are inevitable in ev-ery newspaper, especially in col-lege journalism, where many stu-dents are taking up their first stories, conducting their first in-terviews and learning through

trial and error. But that’s why college papers need to be ag-gressive in their vetting. The Spec-trum is committed to minimizing errors.

But as journalists, we own up to those mistakes when they happen. We run corrections. We issue apologies.

Many students – including me and my staff – are not educated enough on the Middle East.

That makes The Spectrum’s role in the topic all the more impor-tant because, perhaps, a student is more inclined to read our stu-dent-focused coverage on these issues rather than a lengthy piece in a national newspaper.

The worst thing The Spectrum could do in this situation is stop covering these international top-ics out of fear we’ll again make errors. Those of you who were most frustrated by the piece are likely the sort of students and faculty we need to talk to in the future to break this topic down for the average reader.

But I’m completely aware, re-gardless on which side of the conflict your opinions fall, that you may no longer trust the pa-per to cover it fairly.

And though I cannot fault you for not wanting to read us after this error, I hope you can accept our sincerest apologies. I hope you can help us rectify this sit-uation by being the sources we need to cover this topic appro-priately in the future.

I’m sorry for what happened, but I’m looking to improve ties with those unhappy with the ar-ticle the best way I know how: through journalism and the promise that we’ve learned from our blunders.

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Letter from the editor The Spectrum regrets and apologizes for mishandling Israel-Palestine coverage

Local law enforcement is dem-onstrating commendable dedica-tion to its investigation into wel-fare fraud, which has cost tax-payers hundreds of thousands of dollars annually in recent years.

Although the sheriff ’s office deserves praise for taking ac-tion – it has expanded its welfare fraud investigations significant-ly in response to the growing problem – the demand reflects a shockingly high supply of cit-izens willing to prey on a system critical in supporting some of society’s most vulnerable. Great-er preventive action, rather than reactionary measures, is clearly necessary to combat this issue.

The success of the Welfare Fraud Unit (and its very exis-tence) demonstrates the mor-al failure of individuals found guilty of welfare scams. Most re-cently, officials arrested 26 peo-ple and sanctioned 38 more in a single investigation. The past two years of police work has re-sulted in the recovery of close to a million dollars – and that’s from the investigations in a sin-gle county.

Clearly, welfare fraud is run-ning rampant, as is the greed and selfishness of those who take advantage of the system.

Welfare is a vital resource that has become stigmatized because of behavior like this. Not only are those who commit welfare fraud cheating the system and breaking the law, but they also deny rightful welfare users who use their benefits properly the opportunity to do so without

feeling unjustly criticized. Welfare users should not be

aligned with criminals. They have the right to assis-

tance and the right to rely on it without shame. This poses a sig-nificant challenge in itself, and welfare abusers are throwing yet another obstacle at rightful re-cipients, who face more than his or her fair share of obstacles to begin with.

The recovery of funds and prosecution of those who wrongfully obtain them is a step

in the right direction. But an even better path to take would be the route of prevention. The extent of this problem – a single investigation turned up $180,000 in fraudulent food stamp trans-actions – calls for more than re-actionary responses, and reveals that clearly, the preventive mea-sures that are currently in place are not getting the job done.

Essentially, welfare fraud needs to be stopped before it starts. Recovering stolen mon-ey is commendable, but ensuring

that thievery doesn’t happen in the first place is ideal. Doing so would be an important first step in allowing rightful welfare users to feel less ostracized on a dai-ly basis.

Taking preemptive measures against welfare abuse would send a critical message to those who abuse the system and those who use it correctly. But it would also make clear to society as a whole that the welfare system is deserv-ing of public attention and pro-tection – that those who rely on welfare matter as citizens just as much as those who do not.

There is much to debate about the welfare system. Questions about who deserves to receive benefits and the level of auton-omy surrounding welfare gen-erate a wide variety of opinions and result in little agreement. Despite the lack of consensus, these dilemmas matter greatly and deserve attention. Yet the is-sue of welfare fraud provides a problematic distraction and pre-vents progress and change from occurring in a sector of society that so greatly needs improve-ment.

Unlike many questions swirl-ing around the issue of welfare, there is no ambiguity when it comes to welfare fraud. Those who cheat the system are placing yet another burden on the backs of those who already have too much hardship to bear.

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Scamming the hand that feeds themIncreased efforts of Niagara County Sheriff ’s Office in fight against welfare fraud illuminate a growing problem

ART BY AMBER SLITER

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EMMA JANICKI SENIOR FEATURES EDITOR

Glass doors opened into a room of stark white walls. Clear glasses of deep red wine were spotted amongst the so-phisticated crowd. A DJ in a black T-shirt switched records as she manned a small table in the corner. Light chatter and laughter flitted around the room as ever-changing groups of people moved from space to space, while artists eagerly dis-cussed their craft with perspective buyers.

Local and national artists transformed the second floor of the Buffalo and Erie County Downtown Central Library on Sept. 6 and 7. Each artist was given a three-walled area to hang their work and mingle with buyers and art enthusiasts. Thirty-four independent artists and nine galleries took part in the juried fair, and 13 site-specific installations were con-structed, according to Frits Abell, who founded the echo Art Fair.

The fair launched in 2011 in Buffa-lo and has grown from a one-day event, drawing more than 3,000 visitors to a weekend long show, with guests totaling more than 7,500 in 2013, according to the fair’s website.

Jaime Michelle Smith, a teaching art-ist at Locust Street Art, was impressed with the caliber and variety of work at this year’s fair. She was surprised by how many artists were not local – artists from Brooklyn, Pittsburgh and Ithaca were at the fair.

Scattered throughout the fair were sculptures, immense quilts depicting na-ked men and massive photos of clouds.

Locust Street Art, at 138 Locust St. in Buffalo, was also represented at the fair, adding to the eclectic mix. Locust opened in 1959 and has offered free art classes in drawing, photography, painting and ani-mation for more than 50 years.

For two years, Kenn Morgan, who

teaches photography at Locust, has host-ed an Internet art radio show, Burnham & Dodge Art Hour, with “definitely no sports.” He said the only news shown on TV in Buffalo is either about somebody getting shot or the Buffalo Bills, so he in-terviews artists of all mediums.

“The most interesting show we’ve done, we had a mime on,” Morgan said.

Siddiq Abdul-Hakim, one class shy of graduating from UB with a degree in the visual arts, currently teaches painting and

drawing to teenagers and adults at Lo-cust Street Art, but said he prefers work-ing with children. Although he does “a lit-tle bit of everything,” he is most comfort-able with painting and drawing.

On the library’s first floor, just before the escalators transporting visitors to the fair, was Bourbon and Coffee, a local “transcendental rock poetry” group, ac-cording to the group’s Facebook.

Library books were laid out on the floor in front of a homemade wheel. Vis-itors were invited to spin the wheel and whatever genre it landed on, Bourbon and Coffee would read a selection from that genre. The group encouraged pass-ersby to become a member of the library and take some of the books on the floor home with them.

Upon entering the expansive exhib-it room on the second floor, James Pater-son’s “A Prayer Machine” was immediate-ly striking. Each piece was composed of tiny black metal wires roped, knotted and bent around each other to create a surreal kind of circus-work. Wire men with fac-es distinctly like that in Marc Chagall’s La vie paysanne or Georges Seurat’s The Circus and Le Chahut hung like trapeze artists on Paterson’s “machines.”

Paterson, who hails from Meaford, On-tario, wrote in his artist’s statement that the works are “Reflective embodiments of what is left hanging in the space be-tween us after I’ve met God in prayer; un-ambiguous 3D drawings, instead of writ-ten words, a metaphor grasping at was passed between us.”

Max Collins, a graduate art student at UB and an instructor for Intro to Pho-tography, exhibited photomurals created using wheat paste at the fair. Collins also created a large-scale mural on the marble wall outside the library. The abstract ar-chitectural photos were slightly distressed and distorted by the process Collins uses in creating his works.

Not too far from Collins’ exhibit space was the Benjaman Gallery, where Julia Purpera, a UB alumnae, showed off the works of A.J. Fries, Ellen Steinfeld and Bruce Adams, an art critic for Buffalo Spree and a lecturer at Buffalo State College.

Although Purpera was an English ma-jor at UB, she currently does graphic and web design work for the Benjaman Gal-lery. She fondly remembers working un-der Robert Creeley during his time in the English department at UB for an inde-pendent study. The two would get cof-fee on Saturdays at Caffe Aroma on Elm-wood and “just talk about life.”

Perhaps too symbolic of the fair was the magazine collages of Lauren Braun, an artist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Braun’s collages were like fantasy escapes into perfect vacations – seemingly hap-hazard layering of levitating objects, vi-brant colors and eclectic décor to perfect-ly describe echo Art Fair.

Looking around the room, it was like being part of some underground, quirky family as everyone shook hands, smiled and congratulated each other on their work. Braun was right when she said there were so many interesting things to write about.

Walking back out through the glass doors was like entering a calm lake – still beautiful, surrounded by long wildflow-ers and tall trees, but it was nothing like the turbulent ocean that the echo Art Fair swept you into.

But, it’s the calm world on the outside that creates the often unnerving, jolting but always intriguing world of art and art-ists.

Like the white-haired man that looked into the eyes of a tiny infant, held in his mother’s arms at echo said, “This is art, this is the real artwork.”

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On Sept. 5, a private plane making its way from Rochester, New York to Naples, Florida crashed into the Caribbean Sea, near the Jamaican coast. Passengers on the flight included the pilot, Larry Glazer, who was a UB alumnus, according to The Buffalo News.

Glazer and his wife, Jane, both 68, are presumed to be dead.

The plane took off around 8:30 a.m. and was scheduled to reach its destination at noon. Glazer made multiple attempts at radioing air traffic control for a drop in al-titude because he sensed something was wrong. Glazer was eventually unrespon-sive after a couple attempts.

Experts believe it was hypoxia – a loss of oxygen – that disabled the pilot.

Two fighter jets were sent to fly with the aircraft, but turned away as the private plane entered Cuban airspace. The jets were set to resume the chase, but had to return to base because they were running low on fuel, and in that time, the plane crashed.

Glazer, co-founder and CEO of Buck-ingham Properties LLC, was a veteran pi-lot and the president of the TBM Owners and Pilots Association.

Jamaican and American coast guards are currently still searching for plane wreck-age and remains in the Jamaican coast.

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EMMA JANICKI, THE SPECTRUM

Local “transcendental rock poetry” group, Bourbon and Coffee, performs music and readings at echo Art Fair, held on Sept. 6 and 7 at the Buffalo and Erie County Central Library in down-town Buffalo. The fair brought together local and national art-ists to exhibit their work.

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The cover art on a vintage re-cord was obscured by the word “NAME” spray-painted across it. Within each album cover laid a vinyl record and behind it, a small, white booklet.

This booklet was a copy of the 2013-14 issue of NAME, UB’s undergraduate literary magazine. These Banksy-styled album covers are NAME’s first design-oriented issue, accord-ing to Christina Milletti, associ-ate English professor and faculty advisor of NAME.

Originally just for poetry, to-day NAME publishes student fiction writing and artwork, ac-cording to Heather Gibson, who graduated from UB in 2014 with an English degree. She was a member on the design and edi-torial board for last year’s issue.

Jessica Smith, a UB alumna, founded NAME in 1998. Since its original publication, NAME has made strides toward a more artistic and eye-catching design. Milletti said, after this recent is-sue, she doesn’t think they can ever go back to a less detailed design.

Older editions of the mag-azine inspired last year’s eclec-tic cover, according to Audrey Foppes, a senior English major

and NAME’s design team coor-dinator.

“We had the distinct privi-lege to work with graduate stu-dent Joseph Hall, who gracious-ly and eagerly showed us all the fascinating older editions of NAME magazine,” Foppes said. “These issues ranged from sim-ple saddle-stitched books to po-ems printed on playing cards and fake money stuffed into old leather shoes.”

These old editions struck the undergraduate team.

“We decided to aim for some-thing in the middle – a simple book, contained within an inter-esting cover,” she said.

Milletti believes the develop-ment of the two Creative Writ-ing Certificate programs were instrumental to NAME’s suc-cess. The new Graduate MA Certificate in Innovative Writ-ing and the Undergraduate Cer-tificate in Creative Writing have much to gain by the rebirth of NAME, according to the publi-cation.

“Now, students in the Creative Writing Certificate program have a place to focus their ener-gies,” Milletti said.

Undergraduate students can join NAME in the fall semester, but submissions extend into ear-ly spring.

The publication, just like the Creative Writing Certificate programs, is open to students of all majors. Milletti said stu-dents should get involved with NAME if they want to gain ex-perience with editing or work with a “close-knit team of stu-dents interested in creative writ-ing.”

“It’s an excellent example of what might be done with a liber-al arts degree, almost like an in-ternship,” Foppes said.

Many of the editors make submissions for the magazine and the writer is often present in the room when their co-workers discuss their pieces.

“If you want your work to be published in the best shape pos-sible, you should listen to the feedback of other writers,” Mil-letti said

Some students who have re-ceived prizes or awards from the English Department or the University Libraries will submit their work to NAME and will be honored with special designa-tion in the magazine.

Milletti urges any student who is interested in writing, publish-ing or editing to think about joining her team.

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JORDAN OSCARSENIOR ARTS EDITOR

Last night, I bopped to Bas’ “Charles De Gaulle To JFK,” danced to Schoolboy Q’s “Break The Bank” and sang along to T.I.’s “Whatever You Like.” And I enjoyed every second of it. Sadly, I did so without a bucket hat on my head.

I, like many of more than 8,000 people who attended Fall Fest, left with many fond mem-ories and a positive fest experi-ence – immediately making me regret that this was my first fest.

As a senior, Fall and Spring Fest have never interested me. Even as someone covering the event for The Spectrum, I dread-ed having to go. I’m not the big-gest fan of rap; I knew little of

Bas and Schoolboy Q’s music and hated the idea of being sur-rounded by the thousands of people who packed the area sur-rounding the stage – let alone the indescribable volume of mu-sic that radiated from it.

With the exception of being squished between thousands of people I’ve never met, I quickly got into the music, enthralled by each performer’s set like the ma-jority of the audience. I still can’t get Schoolboy Q’s rapid delivery of “Gangsta” and “Man Of The Year” out of my head. His mu-sic has been on repeat on Spotify all day, while I struggle to com-prehend the magnitude of the audience last night and the blar-ing music that filled the concert as each artist performed.

The line seemed small stand-ing in the queue an hour before the gates opened, but by the time we got inside the crowd piled up and didn’t relent until it reached Alumni Arena itself midway through Bas’ performance.

As thousands packed Alumni Arena Parking Lot, the bass blar-ing from the speakers was pow-erful enough to make my skin move and my vocal chords vi-brate. It sounded like I was talk-ing through a fan.

The crowd and the music weren’t the only things that got to me – the performers did, too.

Between each song, Bas and Schoolboy Q paused to talk to the thousands of people that had gathered to see them per-form alongside the less humble T.I.

Bas thanked the audience for letting him perform in front of a crowd; the caliber of which made him realize, like an epipha-ny, that he had “made it.” Some-thing he said he would never take for granted.

“We’ve made it,” the rapper said a few times midway through his act.

Schoolboy Q followed Bas in a similar fashion, commending the audience for willingly admitting they had pirated his music but then thanking his dedicated fans for supporting his music.

Q’s lyrics, movement and abil-ity to enthrall the audience, got me into his performance like few artists ever have.

“My happiness is your happi-ness,” he said when he thanked his supportive fans for helping to pay for his daughter to go to school, for putting a roof over his head, for clothes on his back and for his signature bucket hats

on his head. Both performers came off as

genuine and companionate, con-necting the audience between songs that transfixed them as they dancing and singing along.

While Bas and Q’s messag-es were ones of compassion and thankfulness, T.I.’s message was don’t let haters get to you and strive to improve yourself day by day. Still genuine, but his words lost their meaning when he boasted about how much bet-ter his forthcoming ninth album, “Paperwork: The Motion Pic-ture,” will be compared to the rest of the music on the market today.

If you don’t care about haters, then why hate on people you al-ready see yourself above?

But these points were lost on me when I thought about how much fun each performer was having on stage. While he was singing his way through “Live Your Life,” on the way to closing his set, T.I. didn’t care about how he looked, dancing like a loon and talking about “bad b****es.” He was having a great time de-spite singing a song he’s sang thousands of times, in front of an audience that was big, but not nearly as big as some of the ones

he was accustomed to. It’s little moments like this

that provides brevity to the fa-çade artists like T.I. attempt to pass off as their genuine self: the cracks in their hard-hitting, ‘gangsta’, no-nonsense lyrics that make going to concerts like Fall Fest worthwhile.

Through Bas, Schoolboy Q and T.I’s lyrics, asides and ener-getic, movement-heavy perfor-mances, it became clear success comes to those who take it in where ever they can, regardless of whether it comes as a small-er artist, a rising start or a veter-an performer.

It’s all about the little mo-ments, even at a concert with thousands in attendance. But it also comes to those who re-member how they got it and re-main loyal and thankful to the people who got them there – haters or not.

Stop following mediocrity and being afraid to live your life. The rest will come with time.

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“My happiness is your happiness”My first Fall Fest reminded me to embrace the little moments

ALEX NIMAN, THE SPECTRUM

NAME, UB's literary magazine, publishes student fiction writing and artwork. Since its inception, the publication has made strides

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The door to 240 Student Union is covered in stripes and colorful rainbows. It’s the entry-way for students to gather each week surrounded by an array of food, games and, most impor-tantly, support.

The other side of the door of-fers feelings of belonging for some of UB’s most diverse stu-dents on campus: International students. There were about 5,800 international students at UB last year, according to the UB ad-missions website. In September 2013, the international student total reached a record-breaking 17 percent of UB’s student pop-ulation.

Coming to a new country can be difficult. Some international students may feel intimidated by their new surroundings. That’s why Elena Yakunina, a psychol-ogist at UB, created Internation-al Tea Time.

“For U.S. students this is an opportunity to try snacks from different cultures and to make friends from around the world,” Yakunina said in an email. “For international students, this is a place to make new friends in a foreign country and to feel at home in the U.S.”

Every Wednesday is Inter-national Tea Time in Student Union 220. The service is pro-vided by UB’s counseling ser-vices as a way to bring students together to connect and make friends. Yakunina started the group to decrease the loneliness many foreign students experi-ence upon first arriving to UB.

She is a former international student and said she understands the feeling of being lost when arriving to an entirely different culture. By creating connections

with other international students, Yakunina felt safe and knew she had someone to refer to when a problem emerged she could not face on her own.

“My hope is to create that kind of experience for the stu-dents who come here,” Yakunina said. “[So they] know they have friends who care about them and support them and that it is a home and family to them.”

Thomas Neill, a clinical social worker at UB, said the goal be-hind the weekly Tea Time is to “find a platform for internation-al students to have a regular and consistent space where they can meet, mingle and support each other.”

Dan Beyer, a graduate Asian studies major, agrees. He said he’s thankful there’s a spot that serves as a place to connect with different individuals.

“Having been an internation-

al student, I know how tough it is sometimes to connect because you have your dorm and you don’t know anyone and it’s like, ‘Where do I go to meet people,’” he said.

Neill encourages American students to take part in Interna-tional Tea Time, too, because it provides an opportunity for in-tercultural mingling and learn-ing and it’s a place to make new friends.

Although increasing diversi-ty and increasing exposure are among Neill’s goals, he also said it’s not always about learning something, as much as it is about making friends and sharing expe-riences with one another. Beyer said he’s happy the weekly meet-ings serve as a place to make connections with different stu-dents.

Michael Ghattaz, a senior civ-il engineering major and fre-quent attendant of International

Tea Time, said the meetings are a “great way to take a break from school and to socialize with new people.”

Surbhi Jindal, a graduate stu-dent in management information systems, feels the same.

“I have attended International Tea Time twice and I feel it’s a nice initiative as it offers a plat-form to people from diverse backgrounds to reach for new people,” Jindal said.

Yakunina sees International Tea Time as a place where stu-dents can feel that they are part of a “global community” by meeting students from different nations and cultures.

“Growth and learning hap-pen both inside and outside of the classroom,” Yakunina said. “Also, growth and learning hap-pen the best when students feel connected in an environment that respects and celebrates their

identities. I hope that Interna-tional Tea Time creates a warm and welcoming college experi-ence, where different cultures are cherished and celebrated.”

Neill hopes to increase the di-versity of students attending In-ternational Tea Time as well as to increase its exposure to the stu-dent body.

These meetings allow flexibili-ty to those students who are too busy to join any clubs that have deadlines and schedules. There are no agendas at these meetings; it is not a club, nor is there an obligation to come every week.

Yakunina said the flexibility of International Tea Time allows her to see many new faces and frequenters every Wednesday.

Beyer appreciates the ease of International Tea Time – with-out any pressure of deadlines or grades, students can make friends in “an air of amicability.”

Inside the meetings, students are excited to see one another and relax. The constant smiles and greetings toward one anoth-er contrast the brief and rushed hallway exchanges students often take part in.

“No one seems bothered that you’ve simply ‘jumped in’ [to a conversation], nor do you feel like you need a reason to talk to someone other than to make new friends and share a memora-ble time,” Beyer said.

From the moment you enter room 240 a sense of belonging fills the air for some students.

International Tea Time is held every Wednesday starting at 3 p.m.. Students are encouraged to mingle, play games and enjoy food.

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Steeped in cultureInternational Tea Time provides cultural haven for students

After trailing 47-17, the of-fense, defense and special teams all picked up. Junior quarterback Joe Licata began finding receiv-ers, the defense made stops and the special teams recovered an onside kick. The Bulls scored the game’s final 22 points and pos-sessed the ball with a chance to force overtime.

Then on fourth-and-three, Quinn called a play that I can only describe as bizarre. Rath-er than keeping the ball in Lica-ta’s hand – the quarterback was coming off three touchdown drives where the offense was continually throwing – the Bulls ran the ball. Junior running back Anthone Taylor came up inches shy of the first down.

The box score is deceiving. Yes, Licata had 396 yards and five touchdowns, but the major-ity of this was when the game was seemingly out of reach. Li-cata had three interceptions and couldn’t move the team down

the field early in the game. “There’s no such thing as mor-

al victories here at UB,” Licata said after the game.

Breaking news: Army is better than an FCS school.

This game was ugly. Arguably as ugly as Buffalo’s 70-13 loss against Baylor last season. Why so? Because at least last year’s Baylor point spread was 27.5 points. This week’s Army game was three and a half.

There’s no reason the Bulls should have ever trailed by 30 points.

It’s safe to say Baylor isn’t very concerned about next week.

Baylor will be without its start-ing wide receiver. Quarterback Bryce Petty has an injured rib. If I was Baylor’s head coach, I wouldn’t even play Petty. Baylor will still score at least 60 points.

Last week’s game against Duquesne was a call for con-cern. This week’s game is a yell.

The defense will continue to hold this team back. Last sea-son, the offense’s job was to just put up enough points. This year, if Buffalo scores fewer than 30 points, it’s certainly a loss. Next week Licata may need to throw for 800 yards to keep – or rally back – UB in the game

Once again, the pass defense looked abysmal. Army didn’t throw for more than 122 yards in any game last season. It’s 125-yard game Saturday is more ab-normal than Licata’s 396.

Quinn often talks about play-ing a “complete game” and “all four quarters,” but the Bulls have yet to do that this season. And if they can’t, games like this will become the norm.

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The Bad: Senior left tackle Jack Silas was called for a false start penalty early in the third quarter that made it first and 15. Licata was picked off on the next play. Run defense: F

The Good: The only thing Buffalo did well in this category on Saturday was force and re-cover two Army fumbles.

The Bad: Army ran for 341 rushing yards and seven rush-ing touchdowns; those num-bers speak for themselves. Buf-falo never had an answer for the Black Knights’ triple-op-tion offense, consistently miss-ing gap assignments and tackles. The Bulls actually won the time of possession battle against a clock-controlling team, but it did not matter as Army had runs of 57, 45 and 41 yards. Pass defense: F

The Good: There was noth-ing the pass defense did well Saturday. Army quarterbacks went 7 for 7 for 125 yards.

The Bad: Army quarterback Angel Santiago completed less than half (46 of 93) of his pass-es and threw for only 596 yards in all 12 games last season. He was 6 for 6 for 96 yards against Buffalo Saturday. Even the Black Knights’ backup quarter-back completed a 29-yard pass that should have easily been in-tercepted.

Army is not a passing team, but even it could pass against Buffalo. Special teams: B

The Good: The Bulls recov-ered an onside kick attempt in the fourth quarter that helped them cut the lead to 47-31. Buf-falo blocked two extra points, which ended up being crucial as it allowed the Bulls to be within one possession of Army at the end of the game. A high snap

went over junior punter Ty-ler Grassman’s head in the sec-ond quarter. Grassman picked up the ball and impressively still got off the punt and it was downed on Army’s 12-yard line.

The Bad: Senior kicker Pat-rick Clarke missed a 35-yard field goal in the second quar-ter that would have pulled Buf-falo within one point. The Bulls converted just one of its four onside kick attempts. Coaching: D

The Good: At least Buf-falo got creative and called a trick play on fourth down. It just wasn’t executed as Weiser dropped the pass.

The Bad: Buffalo was com-pletely unprepared for Army’s triple-option. Head coach Jeff Quinn said before the game that the team had been prepar-ing or Army’s running game since before this week’s practic-es, but it did not show on the field.

Quinn made a questionable decision on Buffalo’s final of-fensive play. The Bulls faced a fourth down on their own 32-yard line, trailing by eight with a little more than 30 seconds re-maining. Quinn chose to run the ball up the middle with Tay-lor instead of putting the ball into the hands of Licata, who was coming off three-straight touchdown drives.

Even if Taylor converted the first down on the ground, Buf-falo had no timeouts so they would have wasted time lining up to spike the ball. If Buffalo had completed a pass and the receiver was tackled in bounds, at least the Bulls would have been further down field.

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Azadeh Dinparastjadid, a graduate student in mechanical engineer-ing, sits around the table with some newfound friends at International Tea Time. International and local students gather in SU 240 every Wednesday for tea, games and conversation.

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TOM DINKISENIOR SPORTS EDITOR

Trailing by eight points with 30 seconds left in its game against Army Saturday, the football team faced a fourth down on its own 32-yard line with no timeouts left.

Buffalo had trailed by as many as 30 points in the fourth quar-ter, but with a potent passing at-tack, an onside kick recovery and a Black Knights fumble, the Bulls made it a one-possession game.

With the game on the line, Buffalo called a draw up the middle with junior running back Anthone Taylor. Taylor gained 2 yards. Buffalo needed three.

The Bulls (1-1) fell 47-39 to Army (1-0) Saturday in West Point, New York. Buffalo trailed 47-17 with less than 12 min-utes remaining in the game, but scored 22 unanswered points to pull within eight.

“We came here to win a foot-ball game and we didn’t play well enough for four quarters,” said head coach Jeff Quinn. “You dig yourself in a hole against a team that chops the clock and runs the ball well and we certainly weren’t able to pull out the win today.”

In their 38-28 victory over Duquesne (0-1) last week, the Bulls held the Dukes to 51 yards rushing. The Black Knights gained 57 yards on a single third quarter carry Saturday.

Buffalo allowed Army’s triple-option offense to run for 341 yards and seven touchdowns. Army running back Larry Dixon ran for 174 yards and two touch-

downs, which came on runs of 23 and 45 yards, respective-ly. Running back Terry Baggett added a 41-yard touchdown in the third quarter that made the score 34-10.

“We knew they were going to run the ball,” Quinn said. “Heck, that’s what they do. Bottom line is how we responded offensively but we just turned the ball over too many times in key situations and that’s what hurt us.”

Buffalo had several mental lapses on offense. Trailing 21-3 on the first drive of the second half, the Bulls attempted a trick play on fourth and three.

After receiving a handoff out of the backfield, sopho-more running back Jordan John-son threw a pass to a wide-open Matt Weiser. The junior tight end dropped the pass.

Junior quarterback Joe Lica-ta threw three interceptions, in-cluding one right before the end of the first half that set up a 6-yard Army touchdown run.

“If you want to win at the Di-vision I level, your quarterback can’t throw three interceptions in one game,” Licata said.

Licata and the Buffalo offense came alive after a pair of 4-yard Army touchdown runs early in

the final quarter that made the score 47-17.

Licata threw three touchdowns in the fourth quarter to pull the Bills within eight. He finished the game 34 for 49 for 396 yards and career-best five touchdowns.

After a 15-yard touchdown by junior running back Devin Campbell, Buffalo converted an onside kick and scored another touchdown on the ensuing drive to pull within 16.

Buffalo did not convert its next onside kick attempt, but Army gave them the ball back two plays later with a fumble by quarterback Angel Santiago.

After another touchdown catch by Campbell and an Army punt, the Bulls got the ball back with 57 seconds left. Buffalo turned the ball over on downs when Taylor could not convert on fourth down.

After surrendering 322 pass yards to Duquesne last week, Buffalo allowed Army quarter-backs to complete all seven of their passes for 125 yards.

Buffalo had more of its re-ceivers involved in the game af-ter only relying heavily on junior wide receiver Ron Willoughby last week.

Junior wide receiver Marcus McGill had six catches for 123 yards and two touchdowns, in-cluding a 65-yard score down the sideline in the third quar-ter. Senior wide receiver Devon Hughes caught five passes for 62 yards and a touchdown. Wil-loughby had a quiet performance this week, catching five passes for 55 yards.

Despite cutting the Black Knights’ lead to just eight, Buf-falo was not happy with its per-formance.

“We should have won this game,” Licata said. “There’s no such thing as moral victories here at UB because if you’re into moral victories then you’re OK with losing.”

Buffalo hosts No. 8 Baylor (2-0) Friday at UB Stadium at 8 p.m. The game will be broadcast on ESPN.

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Too little, too late

OWEN O’BRIENMANAGING EDITOR

With less than six minutes re-maining in the third quarter, Army had more passing yards than Buffalo.

That’s when you knew some-thing was wrong.

Don’t let the 47-39 final score fool you. This game was a blow-out.

Army’s quarterback An-gel Santiago picked up where Duquesne’s Dillon Buechel left off last week. Santiago com-pleted all six of his passes – to seemingly uncovered receiv-ers – despite completing less than half of his passes last sea-son (46 for 93). Even the back-up quarterback completed a 29-yard pass.

The Blacks Knights – a tri-ple option run-based offense

– completed all seven of their pass attempts. I don’t even think Army throws the ball sev-en times a week at practice.

And then there was the ground attack.

“We knew this game was coming, so we’re not just pre-paring three days. We’ve been preparing quite some time,” said head coach Jeff Quinn in Tuesday’s weekly press confer-ence.

It appeared otherwise.Army ran for 341 yards, in-

cluding 41 and 45-yard touch-downs. It’s no secret what Army does. It runs the football – 54 of its 61 plays were runs.

Moments of this game looked similar to last season’s Baylor game – huge running lanes emerging and the Buffalo ‘D’ looking like it forgot how to tackle. Army seemingly scored at will. The Black Knights scored on seven of their first 10 possessions. Not only seven scores, but seven touchdowns. Six different players scored for Army.

But hey, Buffalo did block two extra points. I guess that has to count for something, right?

Then, the game swung.

Army’s attack of UBThe Buffalo ‘D’ fails the team again, this time in losing fashion

SPORTS DESK

Quarterback: C+The Good: Junior quarterback

Joe Licata threw for 396 yards and a career-high five touch-downs. All five of his touch-downs came in the second half, where the Bulls’ passing attack was nearly unstoppable.

The Bad: Most of that pro-duction came with the game out of reach. Licata could not move the offense effectively in the first half, which helped lead to Buffa-lo’s large deficit.

In addition to setting a ca-reer-high in touchdowns, Licata threw a career-high three inter-ceptions. After the game, Licata said, “If you want to win at the Division I level, your quarter-back can’t throw three intercep-tions in one game,” and he was right. All three of his intercep-tions led directly to Army touch-downs. Running backs: B

The Good: All three running backs – juniors Anthone Taylor and Devin Campbell and soph-omore Jordan Johnson – all av-eraged at least 4.5 yards a carry. Campbell was effectively catch-ing passes out of the backfield again Saturday, as he caught two of Licata’s final three touch-downs.

The Bad: The Bulls had to abandon the run in the second

half because of the deficit, but the running backs were effective when they were in the game. Wide receivers and tight ends: C

The Good: More Buffalo re-ceivers were involved this week after the team relied heavily on junior wide receiver Ron Wil-loughby last week.

Junior wide receiver Marcus McGill caught six passes for 123 yards and two touchdowns – all career-highs. McGill made a great play in the third quarter when he took a screen pass from Licata down the sideline for a 65-yard touchdown.

The Bad: Willoughby dropped a pass that would have given Buffalo a first down on its first drive of the second half. Three

plays later, on fourth down, the Bulls elected to go for it. John-son threw a pass to a wide-open Matt Weiser on a trick play. The junior tight end dropped the pass, resulting in a turnover on downs.

Buffalo did not get its tight ends involved in the game again this week, with sophomore tight end Mason Schreck’s 9-yard catch being the group’s lone pro-duction for the day. Offensive-line: B+

The Good: The offensive line did not give up a sack on Lica-ta and generally kept the quar-terback upright. They opened up holes in the running game be-fore Buffalo had to abandon the run when they fell behind.

Gridiron Report Card: The Spectrum grades the Bulls’ failed comeback against Army

Bulls’ late comeback falls short after allowing 341 rushing yards, seven touchdown runs

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COURTESY OF ARMY ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS

Junior quarterback Joe Licata had 396 passing yards in Buffalo’s 47-39 loss at Army. Buffalo trailed 47-17 before scoing the game’s final 22 points.

COURTESY OF ARMY ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS

Head coach Jeff Quinn and the Bulls had seemingly no answer to Army’s ground game. The Black Knights recorded 341 rushing yards.