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THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT PUBL ICAT ION OF THE UN IVERS I TY AT BUFFALO , S INCE 1950

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THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT PUBL ICAT ION OF THE UN IVERS I TY AT BUFFALO , S INCE 1950

BRIAN WINDSCHITLARTS EDITOR

Since he was 5 years old, Martin Palczewski has been growing into his artistry on his own, without the help of his parents, older siblings or a mu-sical mentor.

Playing music was a creative and emotional outlet for Palcze-wski, in a way nothing else was.

Music has been the most prominent mentor he has had. From playing piano, saxo-phone, guitar and bass to writ-ing and singing his own songs, Palczewski has learned about himself through his music.

“I feel as if everyone has dif-ferent sides to themselves,” Pal-czewski said. “[There’s] the ‘me’ in public, the ‘me’ in pri-vate and the person I am al-ways, the one I can’t hide.”

Making music, he said, has helped him differentiate be-tween these aspects of himself.

His music has forced him to confront his problems.

Growing up, Palczewski spent most of his time alone – his parents were always work-ing and his older brothers were absent.

But Palczewski’s grandfather, who helped raise him, encour-aged him to be motivated in all that he does.

He told Palczewski, “Noth-ing is handed to you, but every-thing is within your reach.”

Palczewski has taken this advice to heart – he has per-formed at Buffalo’s Tralf Mu-sic Hall and the Town Ballroom and aspires to make a living from live shows.

Palczewski, now a junior English major, is a man who will be the first to tell anyone: He has the heart of a musician.

When his fingers first hit a keyboard as a child, there was never a doubt music was his calling – his truest love. A man of music

At age 5, all Palczewski need-ed to be happy was that key-board. He imagined playing for crowds while he jammed in his empty living room.

It wasn’t until a middle school piano concert when he played

“Für Elise” that Palczewski ex-perienced his first taste of per-forming for a live audience.

But it didn’t go too well.“‘Für Elise,’ the only pia-

no song I ever memorized, I bombed. I messed up the mid-dle. I always mess up the mid-dle,” Palczewski said.

For Palczewski, that terri-ble first performance served as inspiration to do better, and pushed him to try some-thing else – his now-favorite in-

strument: the saxophone. He picked up the instrument and found it to be a more comfort-able fit than playing piano.

Palczewski has a natural ap-titude for music and an affini-ty for the sax, according to his jazz teacher at St. Francis High School, Craig Fattey.

“He auditioned for and made our school jazz ensemble, where he became a real lead-er and featured soloist,” Fattey said. “Marty continued to work

hard and progress rapidly mov-ing from alto sax, to baritone, then tenor.”

In high school, his aplomb on the saxophone brought him success.

He became the leading saxo-phonist of his high school jazz band, “The Jazz Messengers.”

Then, he led the band to win a high school jazz competi-tion at the Tralf, where he got a chance to perform with jazz legend Bobby Militello, one of the members in the world-re-nowned Dave Brubeck Quartet.

“I am most proud of my sax-ophone achievements,” he said. “I never would have known I would have gotten to play at the Tralf Music Hall and won a competition.”

But Palczewski is hesitant to brag about his accomplish-ments because ego, he said, is something that must be over-come in order to mature as a musician.

Ego aside, he was one of the most important members of his high school jazz band.

Ted Katra, one of the musi-cians who played in “The Jazz Messengers” with Palczewski, recalls his tutelage under Palcze-wski with a feeling of nostalgia.

“[Palczewski] and I would practice together every day,” Katra said. “He was a mentor to me, and one of the main rea-sons I loved playing as much as I did in high school.”

Katra didn’t continue playing af-ter high school but said if it weren’t for Palczewski, he wouldn’t have been a musician at all.

“Playing with him every day, I noticed how good he was,” Katra said. “I would try to pig-gyback off his style. But he had a particular flair, and people could pick his sound out from a crowd.”

CHARLES W SCHAAB ASST. NEWS EDITOR

Corey Reisman used to pay $35 for a taxi ride from UB to the air-port to travel home for spring break.

Now, the senior political science major can take a shuttle from UB to the airport for free, funded by the Student Association and his mandatory student activity fee.

This service, which has been provided by SA since Thanksgiv-ing break in 2013, is funded by the SA and students’ mandatory stu-dent activity fees.

SA has spent over $13,000 so far this year on the service and has been quoted an additional $2,475 for this year’s spring break, accord-ing to SA President James Ingram. This past Thanksgiving break, In-gram reported 42 students took advantage of the service, while 192 students used the shuttle for winter break.

Students can choose to take the shuttle up until the time the shuttle actually leaves, so there is no count of how many students will be us-ing it this spring break.

Ingram said letting the UB pop-ulation know about the shuttle ser-vice is important because “otherwise we’re spending a decent amount of money on it, and if you don’t have enough students to go then it’s just kind of a wasted resource.”

The service was created by last year’s SA President Sam McMahon and has been continued by this year’s e-board.

“We budgeted for [the shuttle service] at the end of last year and I want to keep it going,” Ingram said. “I think it is a good service to offer students as long as they know to take advantage of it.”

This spring break, students have the option of 12 time slots depart-ing on Friday, March 13 and Satur-day, March 14 and 11 time slots for buses returning to campus on Sun-day, March 22.

“[I] wish they could’ve adver-tised it better for spring break,” said Jessica Lee, a sophomore busi-ness administration major. “I did not know there were shuttles for [break] and I called a taxi. I’m glad they’re using the SA money in a way that benefits students that take a plane.”

Airport shuttle remains a popular service for students

CHARLES W SCHAAB, THE SPECTRUM

UB students can opt out of bumming a ride from a friend or paying for a taxi ride to the airport and take the free shuttle provided by the Student Association.

SA offers students free ride to airport

SEE SHUTTLE, PAGE 2

Martin Palczewski, a junior Eng-lish major, is an aspiring rapper, saxophonist, pianist, guitarist, bassist, lyricist and vocalist.

Palczewski’s music tries to avoid the rampant drug abuse, greed and mi-sogyny present in most rap music to-day by filling his own lyrics with phil-osophical depth.

COURTESY OF CHAD COOPER

SEE MARTIN, PAGE 4

MARLEE TUSKESCONTRIBUTING WRITER

More than 2,900 signatures on an online petition in February helped make UB change how it alerts students about busing delays in bad weather. Now, UB students could have their own platform to petition for changes at the university.

Madelaine Britt*, a junior political science major and Student Association Assembly member, advocated at an SA Assembly meet-

ing Wednesday night in the Student Union for a website that would allow UB students to create petitions strictly concerning issues and policies at the university.

“It gives students the ability to be involved in administration,” Britt said at the meeting.

The website is currently in the design pro-cess and both Britt and SA Assembly Speak-er Melissa Kathan agreed, the main issue with the site is funding. The assembly will need to vote at a later meeting to approve the financ-ing of the site.

They currently have a $200 line and if they don’t use the money, it returns to the gener-al SA fund.

SA Assembly discusses a potential petition website for UB students

Signing up to make a change

WENYI YANG, THE SPECTRUM

Madelaine Britt, a junior political science major and Student Association Assembly member, presents her idea for a website that would allow UB students to create petitions concerning issues they see at UB at an SA Assembly meeting Wednesday night.

SEE PETITION, PAGE 7

A budding musician’s exploration of himself

and his artistry

Conscious conscience

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Ingram said SA “was a little late to the ta-ble” in terms of marketing the shuttle service to UB students for Thanksgiving break last year. SA and Student Life sent emails to UB students advertising the service for winter break, which increased the number of stu-dents who took the shuttle. Ingram also said SA tried to spread the word through Face-book.

Students can reserve their shuttle seat at the Sub-Board I (SBI) ticket office in 221 Studen Union. Students must be undergrad-uates and must have their UB ID to receive a ticket.

Students can still use the shuttle without reserving a ticket, as long as the bus isn’t full and their UB ID is present when boarding, according to Ingram.

“A ticket gets you priority on the bus, but if someone shows up without a ticket and the bus isn’t full, we’ll let them on,” Ingram said. “You are running the risk that you won’t be able to get on if the bus is full though.”

The shuttle service departs from the Lee Loop on North Campus and travels to the Buffalo Niagara International Airport.

Reisman said the shuttle has never incon-venienced him and the ride is “always pleas-ant.”

“The UB shuttle has made traveling to the airport so easy and convenient, you avoid the

hassle of taxi cabs and airport parking alto-gether,” said Christian Farah, a junior psy-chology major.

Each bus can seat up to 43 people and each student is able to bring two bags, ac-cording to Ingram.

Lorenzo Guzman, the general services manager for SBI, said students who use the shuttle are eligible for one departing and one returning ticket.

“Students took to it very well,” Guzman said. “The only downside is that South Cam-pus students have to get to North Campus for the earlier time slots.”

The first airport shuttle departs UB at 4:30 a.m. – well before the first UB Stampede bus will begin picking up students, and runs un-til 4 p.m. on Friday. The first shuttle Saturday leaves at 4:30 a.m. and the last at 11 a.m.

Although the airport shuttle has been of-fered for the Thanksgiving, winter and spring breaks, it hasn’t been offered for the begin-ning or end of the school year.

Ingram said that’s because students are packing more and when they are going home after the school year, they usually drive.

But for trips home during the school year, SA’s shuttle service offers students a free and convenient method of getting to the airport.

“I am glad to see that my mandatory student activity fee is being put into a program that ben-efits students in many ways,” Farah said.


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After a video surfaced online of students at the University of Okla-homa enthusiastically singing a rac-ist chant, the university’s president made it clear to the individuals – and the public at large – just what “zero tolerance” means.

The intensity of the university’s condemnation was matched only by the severity of the racism dis-played in the video, in which mem-bers of the university’s chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity were heard referencing lynching and singing a rhyming re-frain centered around the message that “there will never be a n****r at SAE.”

Both the language and the sen-timent behind the performance are disgraceful, demonstrating ex-treme racism and discrimination that shouldn’t even be contemplat-ed, much less joyfully expressed.

University President David Boren was appropriately dismayed. He expressed his disappointment and called the individuals involved “disgraceful,” emphasizing students who truly reflect the university’s val-ues are not racists or bigots.

Boren’s denouncement of the students’ reprehensible behavior has been reinforced by the severi-ty of the punishment faced by the

students and their fraternity. The university immediately sev-

ered all ties and affiliations with the university’s chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, removing the let-ters identifying the fraternity’s (for-mer) residence and ordering all of the house’s residents to remove their possessions and vacate the grounds.

Boren expressed no sympathy for the displaced fraternity broth-ers, saying the university would not offer “student services to bigots.”

Clearly the university’s presi-dent, who reported he was so up-set by the video he couldn’t sleep at night, isn’t holding back.

And while an unrestrained and emotional denouncement of such blatant racism is certainly worthy of support, it’s worth questioning whether Boren’s motivation lies in his convictions or in his desire to put on a performance that will ef-fectively show the public his uni-versity strives to be an environ-ment free of bigotry.

Considering the students in the video performed what was clearly a well-known refrain, it seems like-

ly this racist sentiment is not limit-ed solely to the individuals in the video, but the fraternity at large.

Banning the organization from campus, in that case, certain-ly makes sense. It also raises con-cerns for the national chapter, which now must take action to in-vestigate how widespread this sort of behavior may be.

But Boren, operating on a more limited scale, took further action in response to the video. He chose to expel the two students seen leading the chant, identified as 19-year-old freshman Parker Rice and 20-year-old sophomore Levi Pettit.

It’s admittedly satisfying to learn this behavior has been so harsh-ly condemned and the ringleaders are facing repercussions that will haunt them for years to come.

But after putting such vindictive pleasures aside, it’s worth question-ing the motives behind this move and the legality of the punishment.

Boren seems horrified by the be-havior of these students, and has responded as such. His choice to expel the students makes the uni-versity’s zero tolerance policy clear,

and could help prevent future ac-tions of a similar nature – or at the very least, dissuade students from videotaping the behavior.

But these two students – de-spite their obvious guilt and flawed sense of morality and superiority – aren’t necessarily any guiltier than their fraternity brothers. They’re simply unfortunate enough to be the face of the issue.

If this issue is as widespread as it seems, then the discipline should be equally distributed. It also needs to respect the Constitution.

Boren is on shaky legal ground in expelling the students, as the First Amendment does protect all speech – even hate speech. The university’s president may just be trying to mend the institution’s reputation, or he may be legiti-mately motivated by his beliefs.

But either way, the expulsion of Rice and Pettit may go a step too far – even though it sends the right message, one that helps to combat the deeply wrong ideas expressed in that now infamous video.


Racist statements by fraternity brothers

evoke appropriately horrified

denouncements

Zero tolerance for racism – or the First Amendment

Broken waterlines and bumpy roads are a constant headache for Buffalo residents, as this endless winter continues to wreak havoc on the most everyday – and essen-tial – aspects of the region’s infra-structure.

So although large-scale proj-ects like a renovated Peace Bridge sound exciting, and undoubted-ly will invite increased business ac-tivity to the area, Buffalo’s residents just need functional roads.

The Peace Bridge project holds a great deal of promise, certain-ly. By next year, an extensive wid-ening of the Panama Canal will be complete, tripling the canal’s capac-ity and allowing much larger ships, with more freight, to pass through.

As a result, Buffalo’s role as a transportation and shipping hub will be expanded, reinvigorating businesses like logistics and ware-house companies.

This is a promising development, and it’s true that Buffalo needs to be ready to handle the increased demand.

But this sort of catering to busi-nesses and travelers, who would also benefit from Peace Bridge ren-ovations, neglects residents of Buf-falo and their much more basic – and critical – needs.

A balance must be struck be-tween these dueling priorities.

It’s important to ensure that Buf-falo doesn’t miss out on an econom-ic opportunity and avoids becom-ing a weak link in the transportation chain from ports in New York City and New Jersey to Canada.

But it’s equally critical that res-idents of Buffalo feel safe driving on the city’s roads – and walking on its sidewalks.

An influx of business to the area is exciting primarily because it benefits the people of Buffalo, but improve-

ments and repairs to the city’s basic infrastructure issues would be benefi-cial as well – and the positive impact would be noticed immediately.

Major streets throughout Buffa-lo are quickly becoming unsafe to drive on, as deep potholes and ex-tensive surface damage from this harsh winter have turned roads into rough terrain.

Simply commuting to work or school shouldn’t be a painful task, and right now the terrible state of Buffalo’s roads makes it so.

More needs to be done than simply placing signs warning of a “rough road” ahead – roads need to be repaved and repaired correct-ly, to ensure that residents can en-joy smooth streets along with the advent of warmer weather.

And as drivers struggle along on damaged roads, another promising solution presents itself – one which deserves far more funding and at-tention than the Peace Bridge, and one which would directly improve the lives of Buffalo’s residents.

The simplest solution to drivers’ woes is reducing the need to drive and cutting down on the number of drivers on the road by improv-ing public transportation.

Major cities across the United States have public transit systems far more extensive than Buffalo’s, and have created environments where driving is more of a rarity than a necessity.

Although Buffalo may not be able to be construct as widespread a system as cities like Boston or New York City, a more widespread rail system would be a boon to Buf-falo’s residents.

Improved bike lanes were a great first step – assuming they haven’t been rendered useless by potholes or poor maintenance.

Now, it’s time to continue the trend of sustainable and accessible mass transit options – as Buffalo dedicates funds to ease the move-ment of semi-trucks and shipping containers, the commutes of res-idents themselves should not be forgotten.


Basic elements of the city’s infrastructure should not be overlooked amidst

larger-scale projects

Buffalo’s road woes must come to an end

DANIEL MCKEONFEATURES DESK EDITOR

Every St. Patrick’s Day, the true spirit of Ireland seems to get lost in a sea of people in green shirts, drink-ing their livers rotten, who can’t even name an Irish city except for Dub-lin while “Shipping Up to Boston” is played virtually everywhere.

What happened to the true Irish spirit?

As one of The Spectrum’s most Irish editors, I felt it was my duty to defend the essence of Ireland before it is bastardized yet again on St. Patrick’s Day.

The Irish people are known for two things globally: drinking and the color green. This explains why St. Patrick’s Day celebrations are the way they are – but come on. If you’re really trying to celebrate the Irish, shouldn’t you go beyond two stereotypes?

From the Romans to the Brit-ish, the Irish people have been op-pressed for more than a millenni-um. Historically speaking, Ireland is a new country, one that is still not fully unified. This prolonged yearning for freedom has led to the Irish developing a unique culture.

To be Irish is to welcome peo-ple in to your home, to enjoy the happy times and help each other in the bad times. The Irish know there are struggles and they know how to support people without expecting anything in return. The Irish never impose their beliefs on you but will always defend their own. To be Irish is to be useful and to value your individuality.

What does the typical American St. Patrick’s Day celebration con-sist of?

Drinking and green.

This is quite frankly insulting to everything Ireland has worked for. The stereotype that the Irish are a bunch of alcoholics is an incred-ibly insulting and degrading one.

Let’s get one thing straight: the Irish love drinking. But so do the English, the French, the Ger-mans, the Italians and basically the rest of Europe. So why are the Irish singled out?

This harkens back to when the Irish were the bottom of American society. Alcoholism and prostitution were rampant in Irish parts of New York City and Boston. Over time, the Irish got their act together, but the stereotype remains.

As an Irishman, I love Guinness and Harp as much as the next guy. Am I an alcoholic? No, but when-ever I get drunk in a large group (in Canada, of course), there’s al-ways one person who will say I am. They don’t know who I am, but they see an Irish guy drinking Guinness and they just make up their mind right there on the spot.

This isn’t to say we shouldn’t drink and wear green on St. Pat-rick’s Day. But we shouldn’t only drink and wear green. We should be celebrating Ireland, its struggle for freedom, its welcoming people and its celebratory traditions.

Go to an Irish pub, order a shepherd’s pie and a pint of Guin-ness with your closest friends and family, laugh and be merry. Watch step dancers, watch bagpipers, watch Irish societies parade down the streets. If you’re Irish, then be proud of how far your people have come, from the slums to na-tional celebration.

While I’m upset by how most people celebrate, it shouldn’t take away from the fact that most peo-ple do celebrate. It’s amazing to think people all over the world celebrate the Emerald Isle and a people that have been attacked and persecuted for many centu-ries. But the Irish not only sur-vived; they’ve spread out beyond their own humble island to the rest of the world. We are a proud, global people. We are the Irish.

Éirinn go Brách!


Truly Irish

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Katra said Palczewski was best at saxo-phone when he was improvising.

Improvisation is why Palczewski said he was so drawn to the free-flowing, expres-sive style of hip-hop.

“I think jazz influenced my rap the most,” Palczewski said. “In rap, tone and melody play a bigger role than most peo-ple recognize in hip-hop. I learned in jazz how you articulate every phrase and note, how loud and soft it is and when you cut the note off – how important that can be. I tried to incorporate this into my hip-hop.”

He first started rapping after watching people like 50 Cent and Paul Wall’s music videos on MTV.

“I figured anyone who was throwing around cash like that and had girls was doing something right,” Palczewski said. As he grew up, however, Palczewski said he became torn between his love for sax and his growing love for hip-hop.

“Rap was a lens that opened up a whole side of myself that I didn’t know was there,” Palczewski said. “A dark side of me was opened by hip-hop. I don’t know if rap does that for everyone, but it was interesting because the more I came into contact with this dark side of myself, the more I came into contact with the best parts of myself as well.”

For Palczewski, his biggest criticism of rap is its apparent superficiality in dealing with topics such as drug use, mental ill-ness and misogyny.

“I think hip-hop can do it better than that,” Palczewski said. “The medium is so powerful it can send any type of message. And so, you can get into lean [codeine] and partying and girls and you can also get into heartbreak and life and death.”Behind the scenes

Palczewski’s mother, who is diagnosed with bipolar disorder and manic depres-sion, works as a civil servant, and his fa-ther, who works up to 80 hours a week at a steel mill, were both extremely busy when Palczewski was a child.

Palczewski said this was difficult for him, because at times, it was only him.

“I’ve spent more time alone than with

my family since birth – but I still spend more time with my family than other peo-ple I know,” he said.

Palczewski was alone a lot as a child; his stepbrothers were grown and were never around. He said this was a source for fa-milial unrest.

“My brothers were just stories to me, apart from infrequent visits,” he said.

He said his broth-ers had their own set of problems, from drinking to gang ac-tivity.

“It formed me over my life – you can’t grow up thinking your brothers are badasses, but then try to do what they do,” Palcze-wski said. “They won’t be there when you are getting chased by the police.”

Early on, Palczewski had a hard time

finding someone to look up to.

“I got told a lot of sto-ries about my family from every angle and direction. I have countless aunts and uncles who are million-aires, but I’ve never met them,” Palczewski said.

Despite his disparate home life, Palczewski firmly believes his fami-ly is the most important thing.

His grandparents helped raise him while his parents were working.

Palczewski said his relationships with his grandparents are two of the strongest relation-ships he has - especially his grandfather, who he said is one of the most inspirational, formative

men he has ever met.“My grandfather has done a lot,” Pal-

czewski said. “He has gotten 181 college credits just because he wanted to learn.

He has been in the Marines, been a part of the Lackawanna and Santa Anna police forces. He started the Our Lady of Vic-tory Youth Home [on Martin Road]. He taught me damn near everything I know about living.”

Palczewski has tried to emulate his grandfather’s motivation and sense of ethics, and said he thinks about the les-sons his grandfather has taught him ev-ery day. Going forward

Now 22, Palczewski has gotten a taste of performing live, from playing at the Tralf, his high school’s homecoming and a slew of impromptu performances at his friends’ parties.

But he knows this is only the beginning.Still torn between hip-hop and sax, Pal-

czewski can only say “music is a guide.”He wants to continue playing saxo-

phone, but also wants to pursue a career performing as a rapper.

“My dream is to start a private busi-ness and make music for myself or make enough music to perform live and have an income off of it,” Palczewski said.

He recognizes the difficulty of this ven-ture.

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“Every musician, in my opinion, that has gone on to make a difference has dedicated his or her life to [music]. But you still have to make money to sur-vive,” Palczewski said.

But he refuses to let time or money get in the way of his dreams.

He has paid to record his music in GCR Studios in Buffalo over a series of five separate studio sessions.

Brad Lauchert, the audio engineer, has worked with Palczewski on each of these occasions.

Lauchert, who has worked with hun-dreds of musicians, said the aspir-ing rapper is more open-minded than most rappers his age.

“As far as his music goes, [Palcze-wski ] raps about very serious subject matter, which is almost hidden among the light-hearted atmosphere he gives off,” Lauchert said. “He tends to be very conscious as a rapper when a lot of people just talk about clubs and girls and stuff. That’s just not his style.”

Palczewski’s style is centered on en-lightenment and open-mindedness. He refuses to cater to mainstream rap’s infat-uation with drugs, sex and money – Palc-zewski’s message is deeper than that.

While Palczewski actively tries to

find his own voice in a world full of re-appropriation, he said, now, the strug-gle has been to distinguish between his musical identity and his “real-life self.”

He embodies this struggle, perform-ing as his rap alter-ego “Conscious Conscience” in his song “Battery.”

“He looks to tomorrow awake and in dreams / But nothing’s ever as sim-ple as it seems,” he raps.

His best friend since kindergarten, Jared Parylo, a graduate student at UB studying urban planning and architec-ture, can speak to Palczewski’s artistic vision.

“In music, popular artists simulate what they believe to be good, based on other popular musicians. This simula-tion lacks originality and creativity,” Pa-rylo said. “Marty is conscious of this; most aren’t. His consciousness and self-awareness makes his music rele-vant to me.”

For Palczewski, exploration is the name of the game.

“Music can articulate and embody and emulate everything in existence, one way or another,” Palczewski said. “From song to song, your [artistic] voice doesn’t change as quickly as you do.”

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Juweria Dahir, a senior sociology major,

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Dahir now promises to serve the refugee women in Buffalo and continue empower-ing women.

The Prentice Family Foundation created the Western New York Prosperity Schol-arship Program for “entrepreneurial civ-ic-minded students” like Dahir, according to a 2013 UB Graduate School news and events article. This scholarship assists un-dergraduate and graduate students who are actively preparing for careers that further economic development and growth in the Western New York region.

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“Through my years of education in Brit-ain I noticed a compelling glimpse of a society under a different strain to that of Somalia,” Dahir said. “This strain divid-ed families into social classes and played a substantial role in determining life chanc-es for them.”

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Students get into this scholarship pro-gram by demonstrating leadership poten-tial and showing that they are committed to the Western New York region.

Dahir studied two years of her sociology bachelor’s in the United Kingdom until she decided to transfer to UB.

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Austin has assisted middle school stu-dents who are participating in Nation-al Engineers Week and the Future Cities Competition. He has also been an instruc-tor for the UB Center for Urban Studies

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The WNY Prosperity Scholarship appli-cation process consists of filling out an ap-plication online where you answer ques-tions about experience and career ambi-tions along with submitting your FAFSA.

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“Through the program I have found many entrepreneurial solutions to innovate Buffalo,” Dahir said. “I also learned how skills can be pooled in order to make proj-ects much more successful especially when interacting with civic-minded students.”

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They start their meetings like any oth-er club, discussing club topics and issues. Then they move on to eating pasta while discussing the latest scientific news.

Welcome to UB Pastafarians.Jonathan Sessler, a senior biological sci-

ences major and president of the club, and Todd Fiore, a senior biomedical sciences major and vice president of the club, cre-ated the group based on Pastafarianism, a movement that promotes a light-heart-ed view of religion and opposes faith-based education in public schools. The two formed UB Pastafarians to discuss satirical comedy and science.

“We are not an atheist club as many be-lieve,” Sessler said. “We encourage all to come and participate.”

The Church of the Flying Spaghet-ti Monster (FSM) is believed by followers to have existed in secrecy for hundreds of years, until it became mainstream in 2005. The Flying Spaghetti Monster, a floating mash of spaghetti and meatballs with eyes, is the deity of Pastafarianism, according to venganza.org, the official website of the church.

The club is based off the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, though they place less emphasis on religion and more emphasis on satire.

Fiore said Pastafarianism is interest-ing because he thinks it’s a place mentally, emotionally and scientifically of love and celebration, where violence, discrimination, sexism, poverty and war are unacceptable.

He enjoys discussing heavy topics of the world because, as a scientist, they’re “para-mount.”

Sessler said satire is a popular way to get points across, like in shows like The Daily Show and Last Week Tonight.

“For the most part, I do look at [Pasta-farianism] as satirical, however it brings in its own aspects and could be a true reli-gion,” Sessler said.

He pointed out, however, the club does not place any focus on religion, but instead focuses on the satirical and cultural aspect of Pastafarianism.

As a club, they find amusement when cultural history – people, their social be-haviors and their superstitions – is disre-garded or shown to be false by the statistics and data of science.

“We hope that our club is a place people can discuss science topics whether current or old and have fun while doing it,” Sessler said. “That’s where the Pastafarian culture comes in.”

Pastafarianism is growing in popularity throughout the country.

Last year, Christopher Schaeffer, a Pas-tafarian minister, was sworn into a town council in Pomfret, New York.

Schaeffer is an active member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, which to Schaeffer is just a practice of re-ligious freedom, according to The Huffing-ton Post.

Being an untraditional student, Fiore was

not involved in any clubs before Pastafari-ans, which he considers to be an incredibly active club.

The club is still in its early stages and not officially recognized as an SA club. During meetings, the members participate in dis-cussions and coordinate events and com-munity service opportunities. They also use satire to discuss global topics. Communi-ty outreach and service is a big part of the club’s ambitions, too.

The club wants to become a permanent club at UB, with Sessler having high hopes of others carrying it on for future students.

“In the beginning many people just laughed and didn’t really know what to make of us,” Sessler said. “But a semester later, they are seeing that we are putting the effort in.”

The number of people who come to meetings has varied but there is an average of 10-15 people at each one.

“Meeting all the open minded, super in-telligent people is probably my favorite part,” Fiore said. “They are too humble and kind because they value and respect all others no matter what their interest for fu-ture endeavors involve.”

Daniel McKeon contributed reporting to this story.


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UB Pastafarians’ e-board members Douglas Hsu, Todd Fiore and Jonathan Sessler dressed as pirates, the traditional clothing of Pastafarians. The club was started as a way of discussing satirical and sci-entific topics.

Britt said the website template they hope will host the potential website would cost $60 the first year and $120 for the second. Ka-than said this would pose an issue because the budget changes yearly and it would not be guaranteed the $120 owed for the website would be available.

The website would strengthen the link be-tween the student body’s concerns and the student government’s ability to fix the issues, Britt said.

After a petition reaches 100 signatures, the issue would be brought to the SA Senate or Assembly to consider. After SA reviews the petition, it would bring it before UB admin-istration to review in hopes of changes ac-commodating what the students are petition-ing for.

Joe Jessee, a senior biomedical sciences ma-jor, created an online petition in February on Change.org for UB to improve its commu-nication with students about bus delays dur-ing winter storms. Less than a week later, UB changed its text message alert system to in-clude Stampede delays.

Britt said the petition website would also al-low students to announce on-campus sched-uled protests to get word out and see if there was student interest in the protest topic, like a calendar.

The calendar would then notify students “this is what the protest is, this is where it’s at,” she said. This way, students are not only alert-ed of potential protests they may be interest-ed in, but the person organizing the protest would also be able to see how many people are interested in participating, according to Britt.

Some SA Assembly members voiced con-cerns about the petitions remaining appropri-ate and serious. Although students will have to login with their UBIT name to post a petition, protest or signature, the SA Assembly mem-bers said they would have to monitor the site to make sure “it doesn’t get out of hand.”

“We need a lot of help; a lot of oversight,” Britt said.

She said she hopes creating the new web-site will help students start these petitions on a site dedicated to strictly UB issues. Al-though she said there are still a few issues be-ing worked out, Britt is looking forward to the possibilities this website could bring to UB students.

“I’m really hoping students get really in-volved with this,” she said.

The next SA Assembly meeting will be on March 25 at 8 p.m. in the Student Union.

*Madelaine Britt worked for The Spectrum in the spring of 2014


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Smith finished with eight points, eight re-bounds and a steal. Baccas added six points and nine rebounds.

With the win, the Bull advance to the semifinals of the MAC tournament to play No. 1 Ohio (25-4, 14-2 MAC) Friday. The winner of that game advances to the finals, which will be held Saturday at 1 p.m.

But Legette-Jack isn’t worrying with the finals yet. She is concerned with getting past what she said is the “unanimous” best team in the conference. Ohio defeated Buf-falo twice during the regular season.

“I think they represent our conference very well,” Legette-Jack said. “They are unanimously the No. 1 team in this con-ference. I love the way coach runs his sys-tem. He’s not the biggest or fastest team, but they are an efficient kind of team ... I have respect for them, but like my brother always tells me, ‘respect all and fear none.”’

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Redden, after hearing coach Leipold’s comments about the victory for the pro-gram, agreed. Redden, a Buffalo native, was thankful to represent Buffalo football.

“Our success would mean a lot to the 716,” Redden said, wearing local high school St. Francis’ shirt. “We have talent, want to show that we have talent and continue down the road that Khalil Mack and [Bulls’ all-time

leading rusher Brandon Oliver] set for us last season. We’re blessed to be out here, getting a chance to continue that.”

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SPORTS

QUENTIN HAYNESSPORTS EDITOR

Last year, all 32 NFL teams sent represen-tatives to Ralph Wilson Fieldhouse to watch Khalil Mack run through a series of combine drills. Mack, the fifth overall pick to the Oak-land Raiders that spring, was the center of attention.

This year, there was no Mack or potential top-five pick. There was no national media buzz or ESPN’s Adam Schefter tweeting about 40-yard dash times in Buffalo. There were fewer scouts, reporters and cameras, but the event still high-lighted former Bulls with dreams of making an NFL roster this summer.

Buffalo held its annual Pro Day at Ralph Wilson Fieldhouse Thursday. The Pro Day is crucial for draft-eligible student-athletes who hope to play make NFL rosters next season. The events of the day include the 40-yard dash, bench presses, vertical leaps along with other drills.

Eight NFL teams – Washington Redskins, Cleveland Browns, Philadelphia Eagles, Tam-pa Bay Buccaneers, Seattle Seahawks, New England Patriots and Buffalo Bills – sent representatives to Buffalo’s Pro Day.

After completing the day, former Bulls safety Adam Redden said that this was a “re-lief ” to him.

“Some people get out of school in No-vember, December and train for this mo-ment,” Redden said. “They train for this one moment. We have a slogan: ‘You call it Pro Day, we call it Pay Day.’ This could make or break you out here.”

Redden finished the event with 17 bench press reps at 225 pounds, a 37-inch vertical leap and ran an unofficial time of 4.58 in the 40-yard dash.

Redden, who solely played defense and special teams for UB, worked out with both defensive backs and wide receivers at Pro Day. He participated in various route-run-ning and catching drills and said showing the scouts versatility was necessary for late-round draft picks and undrafted players.

“I came out here as a [defensive back] and ended up working in some wide receiver drills,” Redden said. “We’re going to have to play and do multiple things out there, wheth-er it’s playing special teams, playing various positions, hitting, blocking, we’re going to have to be versatile enough for coaches to

want to keep us around.” Former defensive lineman Kristjan Sokoli

had one of the most impressive days, which included 31 bench press reps and recorded a 38-inch vertical leap.

“I feel like it went well. You always want to do better though,” Sokoli said. “I tried to show my work ethic more than anything. Obviously, you want to show that you’re an athlete and that you’re quick-twitched, but

at the end of the day, I just wanted to show them that I’m willing to work hard and be a good competitor.”

Redden and Sokoli entered the Pro Day as the two Bulls with the best chance of land-ing in a training camp this summer. But they weren’t the only ones trying to change the minds of scouts.

Former cornerback Cortney Lester fin-ished the day with 10 bench press reps and a 32.5-inch vertical leap. Like Redden, Les-ter also competed in both defensive back and wide receiver drills.

Former offensive lineman Trevor Sales’ day included 29 bench press reps and a 28-inch vertical leap. Former offensive tack-le Andre Davis finished with 23 bench press reps, recorded a 32.5-inch vertical leap and registered an unofficial time of 4.89 in the 40-yard dash. Former linebacker Lee Skinner ended the day with 29 bench press reps and a 37-inch vertical leap.

The biggest surprise of the day may have been Davis’ 4.89 40-yard dash time. Davis was

listed at 6-foot-4, 318 pounds this season. “I didn’t think I was going to run that

fast,” Davis said. “It was something I want-ed to work on and make sure that I could do my best when I got out here in front of peo-ple. Getting that low 4.8 shocked me when I heard it the first time.”

Twelve Bulls and 14 total players partic-ipated in Pro Day. Although all 32 teams weren’t represented like last year’s event, NFL teams still traveled to Buffalo to see if there were players worthy of late-round picks or offseason training camp invitees.

New Buffalo head coach Lance Leipold joined the fray during Thursday’s Pro Day. Despite not coaching any of the players au-ditioning on the field, Leipold said their per-formance and success only helps the Bulls program moving forward.

“Being here means they get a chance to play at the next level and a better chance to get into a camp next summer,” Leipold said. “For our program, it shows that you can go to a MAC school and play at the next level. For the kids coming in, it’s an example of what could happen as you move through the program.”

Bulls gather for one more chance to impress scouts at

Buffalo Pro Day

UB players audition for potential ‘Pay Day’

JORDAN GROSSMAN SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR

CLEVELAND, OHIO – It may have only been Stephanie Reid’s 18th college basketball game, but you would have nev-er known this by her demeanor at the free-throw line. With 23 seconds remaining in a Mid-American Conference tournament quarterfinals contest, the game was in the hands of a freshman.

With the Bulls up by one point, Reid, a freshman guard, assured senior forward Kristen Sharkey that she was going to make both of her free throws.

She was correct.Reid sank both free throws to give Buffa-

lo a three-point lead. Sophomore guard Jo-anna Smith pulled down the final rebound of the game as Western Michigan’s Mere-dith Shipman missed the desperation three with a few seconds remaining.

The No. 4 Bulls (19-11, 12-7 Mid-Amer-ican Conference) defeated No. 5 Western Michigan (20-12, 11-8 MAC), 63-60, in the quarterfinals of the MAC Tournament at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Buffalo faces No. 1 Ohio Friday at noon in the semifinals. It’s only the second time the women’s basketball team has advanced to the MAC semifinals.

Sharkey finished with a team-high 19 points on 9-of-20 shooting and a game-high 13 rebounds in the victory.

“It’s about our story,” said head coach Fe-lisha Legette-Jack. “We’ve come here too many times and no one knows who Kris-ten Sharkey is. No one knows about Buffa-

lo women’s basketball. They shouldn’t know about us until we make them.”

Buffalo’s previous two seasons ended in quarterfinal losses at Quickens Loan Arena.

Although Sharkey was named Player of the Game, Reid put up a convincing case for the honor as well. The freshman finished with 16 points on 5-of-9 shooting, five re-bounds and three assists. But it was her in-tangibles that made her so effective at the end of the game.

With 4:25 left, Reid hit the first of a one-and-one from the foul line and missed the second but tracked down her own miss and called a timeout to keep possession for Buf-falo. Two minutes later, she hit a 3-pointer with 2:34 remaining to break a 54-54 tie.

“She’s one of the best freshmen in this conference,” Legette-Jack said. “We got her late, but sometimes you get lucky. My staff does a great job scouring the country, but the head of our team comes from Mel-bourne, Australia.”

Western Michigan scored the first six points of the game but a Sharkey layup pro-pelled the Bulls to a 10-0 run over the next 3:38. The Bulls expanded their lead to as much as seven points nearly 3 minutes later.

But the Broncos responded with another 6-0 run, shortening their deficit to one point with 7:32 left in the half. The Bulls end-ed the half shooting 32.5 percent from the field, but ended the game shooting nearly 38 percent for the game.

“We executed offensively better than we usually do,” Sharkey said. “But we had to stay composed. We didn’t rush anything and we took the shots that were given to us.”

Buffalo accumulated 47 rebounds in Thursday’s victory – 11 more than the Broncos. The Bulls also grabbed 20 offen-sive boards leading to 16 second-chance points. Western Michigan had only eight of-fensive rebounds.

Three Bulls grabbed eight or more re-bounds in the win - one of whom was Smith, a guard. Smith and Reid combined for 13 rebounds.

“It’s who we are,” Legette-Jack said. “It’s who we are trying to become. It’s not just Sharkey, Christa and Alexus doing the work defensively to get the boards. It’s about us as a team. If we continue to stay together and do more to share and not care who gets the credit, great things can happen.”

Buffalo was plagued by foul trouble throughout the game. Senior forward Chris-

ta Baccas recorded two fouls within the first five minutes of the game and sat out the rest of the first half. Sophomore forward Alexus Malone picked up three fouls, all of which came within the first 21 minutes of the game. Malone was limited to only 19 minutes.

Sharkey finished the game with four fouls. To prevent from fouling out of the game, senior forward Christa Baccas began guarding Western Michigan forward Mira-cle Woods. Woods, who ranks ninth in the conference with 14.5 points, finished with a game-high 27 points and hit 9 of 10 free-throws.

“Miracle was a special player,” Legette-Jack said. “You can’t stop her, but you hope to contain her.”

Bulls defeat Western Michigan, advance to MAC Tournament semifinals

ANGELA BARCA, THE SPECTRUM

Freshman guard Stephanie Reid and sophomore guard Joanna Smith combined for 24 points and 15 re-bounds in Thursday's 63-60 victory over Western Michigan. The Bulls advanced to the MAC Tournament semifinals, where they will play No. 1 Ohio on Friday.

SEE MAC, PAGE 8

SEE PRO DAY, PAGE 8

PHOTOS BY SARA DINATALE

TOP Fourteen local football players - in-cluding 12 Buffalo players - gather in the Ralph Wilson Fieldhouse to try and im-press NFL scouts at this year’s Pro Day.

MIDDLE Tedroy Lynch, a graduated Bull, competes in a defensive drill, taking down tackle dummies.

BOTTOM Lee Skinner, a linebacker, gets ready to do as many bench presses as he can in front of the eight NFL teams represented at Pro Day Thursday.

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