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Melissa Kathan was in the third grade when she beat a fourth grader in a race for her student council’s secretary position.

Kathan, a junior political science major and speaker of the Student Association Assembly, heard she would be able to make a speech in front of 600 students and loved it.

Since then, Kathan has represented her peers through multiple student government positions throughout her life.

Kathan is currently the SA Assembly speak-er and the associate director of Government Re-lations for State Operated Campuses, as part of the State University of New York Student As-sembly (SUNYSA).

Kathan also juggles her student government positions with a part-time job at Starbucks, a presidency position in her Honor Society and classwork to graduate early.

This has all been in preparation for a future in politics and law for Kathan.

“I am definitely in love with the political are-na,” she said.

Kathan said there are many powerful women like Hilary Clinton and Mother Teresa who in-fluence her life. But she considers her grandfa-ther, who tells her World War II stories, to be her role model.

He taught her the most important lessons in life: family comes first, faith is most important and education is a privilege.

“Like any proud grandparent, he believes that there is no limit for my future and never fails to tell me on every phone call that someday I will run a successful campaign and help the lives of many” Kathan said.

Val DeSantis, Kathan’s aunt, spoke on behalf of Kathan’s grandfather because he currently has mesothelioma, a lung cancer caused by as-bestos. She said Kathan “makes [him] very hap-py to be a grandfather.”

Kathan said his disease is causing him to “fade” with each day.

She described watching someone lose him-self as “the most humbling, emotional, painful and distracting process.” It is the first thing she thinks about when she wakes up and it burdens her all day and causes sleepless nights.

“But life is taken each day at a time,” Kathan said. “And if I even get to speak to him for a few seconds on the phone today, then it is a good day.”

DeSantis said Kathan’s grandfather tells ev-eryone his granddaughter is a leader who will get things done and will accomplish anything she sets out to do.

Political gladiatorSpeaker of SA Assembly,

Melissa Kathan, hopes to make it to the “political arena”

TORI ROSEMANASST. ARTS EDITOR

Harry Potter’s story may be over, but his

magical world still needs exploring – and fans are thrilled.

Author JK Rowling plans to give fans new details by releasing a 1,700-word story on Hal-loween, focusing on the life of professor Do-lores Umbridge, one of the series’ antagonists. The story will be posted to Pottermore.com, a website created by Rowling that allows readers to virtually experience the Potter world.

“For Professor Umbridge to have a story writ-ten about her, book five on Pottermore would need to be unlocked,” said Haley McNeely, a ju-nior psychology major. “This would mean that along with Umbridge’s story, Rowling plans to unlock the fifth book and open up a whole new area of Pottermore.”

This isn’t the first time Rowling has sur-prised fans. She released a 1,500-word sto-ry in July about Potter himself, this time as a 34-year-old father who was meeting some old, magical friends.

Most recently, she posted a 500-word de-scription of character Celestina Warbeck, or the “singing sorceress.” She is never actually seen in the Potter world, only spoken of by other characters. Included in her brief biog-raphy is an audio track from the singer titled “You Stole My Cauldron But You Can’t Have My Heart.”

“From a psychological standpoint, people become emotionally attached to the charac-ters in these books,” said Dr. Shira Gabriel, a psychology professor. “For [Rowling] to offer more to fans through Pottermore is really in-credible and allows people to maintain these attachments.”

So what’s next?Rumors of a new project had been circling

for months after cryptic tweets she posted staring in early October, beginning with her Oct. 6 post “Cry, foe! Run amok! Fa awry! My want won’t tolerate this nonsense.” She re-vealed an anagram was hidden in the tweet af-ter it drove fans mad.

The author claims she is done writing books that have to do with the series, and she has scoffed at rumors that she penned a romantic novel. Her other pen name, Robert Galbraith, was used to write her most recent novel The Cuckoo’s Calling.

“If J.R.R. Tolkien can write new material after Lord of the Rings, JK Rowling should continue to write new stories,” said John Mc-Carthy, a freshman biology major. “If people are still interested in her writing, why not?”

Regardless of what her next big project is, the author keeps fans excited by regularly up-dating Pottermore.com.

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Potter story on Halloween

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Looking for recognition Members of the Dazzlers wish to be recognized by Athletics Department

The Dazzlers are not recognized by UB Athletics because they are affiliated with UB’s Thunder of the East marching band. In addition to performing at football and basketball games, the Dazzlers participate in com-munity events such as the Special Olympics and Relay for Life.

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UB’s Dazzlers and cheerleaders may

both be wielding pom poms at football games, but that doesn’t mean the universi-ty views the two groups in the same light.

The Dazzlers wish it did. The UB Cheerleaders practice for nine

hours a week and the UB Dazzlers prac-tice for six hours a week. Both teams per-form at the football and basketball games. The UB Cheerleaders are recognized as an athletic team by UB Athletics, but the Dazzlers are not.

“It’s awful,” said Kaylee Rizzari, a se-nior legal studies and psychology major and member of the Dazzlers. “We stand alongside the cheerleaders at games, learn dances two days before performances and get no recognition.”

Cheerleading, though recognized by UB Athletics, isn’t considered a sport under NCAA’s Title IX, which prohibits sex dis-crimination in schools that receive feder-al funding.

The questions around cheer and dance teams and the recognition they receive ex-tends to Buffalo’s Ralph Wilson Stadium, too. The Buffalo Jills are in a current le-gal battle alleging they worked for free at

mandatory public appearances and games. The Bills claim the cheerleaders weren’t actual employees or the team.

Students may view cheerleaders, Daz-zlers and UB’s kickline team as all part of the same category, but each group is rec-ognized by different on-campus entities.

As part of the Thunder of the East Marching Band, the Dazzlers are part of Student Life, according to James Mauck, director of Athletic Bands. The Thunder of the East marching band provides the music to the routines. The team could re-quest recognition to be a team, but that would mean splitting from the marching band.

“Student organizations can request rec-ognition by any university affiliated de-partment,” Mauck said. “If they weren’t part of the Marching Band, then they could seek recognition from other depart-ments.”

As a recognized athletic team, the UB cheerleaders are able to register for class-es before other students to ensure their schedules work around practice times.

Dazzler team members said they don’t get scheduled study hall hours or workout times like the recognized sports teams do, leaving them to do schoolwork and work-outs on their own time.

Aishat Keshiro, left, and Nana Amoah, right, participated in the African Student Association’s 15th annual hair and fash-ion show. Aerial dancers and hair and clothing designers captivated attendees.

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The website features trivia, games, de-tailed information about the wizard world and a store for all things Harry Potter re-lated. The author goes into such minis-cule detail that she describes the clothing of the wizard world in depth, in order to paint a better picture for fans. She even talks about events that never happened in the books, giving fans something more to look forward to, despite the series being complete.

By choosing to continue giving bits of information about the world readers and moviegoers have come to love, Rowling keeps her fans interested in the series.

Her attention to detail paid off – she is currently the only billionaire to make her fortune off writing. The movies based off of her books have grossed over $5.3 bil-lion, and her books have sold 400 million copies in 69 languages.

“I’ve read the books myself, and now I read them with my children,” said Gabriel. “They never really get old, no matter how many times you go through it.”

Through Pottermore.com, the Harry Potter world may only continue to grow – in size and legacy.

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Kathan hopes she can someday live up to her grandfather’s expectations and she said she works hard every day to do so.

To make her grandfather proud, Kathan puts the majority of her time and effort into her passion of student government. As the speaker of the SA Assembly for her second year in a row, Kathan is in charge of orga-nizing and leading SA Assembly meetings.

The SA Assembly is in charge of the SA Constitution and facilitates discussions to create resolutions representing the student body’s opinion, according to the SA website.

Kathan first got involved with the SA As-sembly in her freshman year, and since then, through her help, the number of members has grown from 12 to 50.

Kathan has also helped the SA Assembly to “[break] out of the mold of just going through the amendments and just meeting.”

She recently helped put together the SA Assembly’s first event, a research fair that was involved with the Center for Undergrad-uate Research & Creative Activities. Under Kathan’s guidance, the SA Assembly is also planning its first “What is SA day?” event. The event is meant to educate students on SA and opportunities the organization offers, and will take place early next semester.

SA president James Ingram graduated from the same high school as Kathan in Fairport, New York. He said he loves it when people from his high school become active in UB.

Ingram said Kathan is an active person and even with all her responsibilities, she knows how to properly manage her time.

“I would not be surprised if somewhere along the line, we see Melissa running for a public office position,” Ingram said.

He said she has a “natural tendency” for the political field, but whatever she chooses,

she will be great at it.At the start of this semester, Kathan

joined SUNYSA as their associate director of government relations for state operated campuses.

SUNYSA is the SUNY level of student government and overlooks the 64 campus-es in the state. SUNYSA members attend monthly meetings on different SUNY cam-puses and participate in conference calls at least once a week.

She said they have been working on the legislative agenda, which is a list of issues that affects most SUNY students. If the agenda gets approved at the monthly con-ferences, the members will reach out to set up meetings with senators and congressmen and advocate on behalf of the students.

Marc Cohen, the senior director for ex-ternal relations for SUNYSA, said Kathan “clearly has her finger on the pulse of the students on her campus.”

In the five months Cohen worked with Kathan, he has found she is passionate about being a figurehead. Even though it is out of her realm, Kathan has taken on SUNY issues along with her specific focus on state operated campuses, Cohen said.

“Had I chosen to go to the University at Buffalo, I would be able to rest assured know-ing that Melissa was my representative in the Assembly, that she was speaking out for what’s in the best interest of students, ” Cohen said.

Chris and Ken Kathan, Kathan’s par-ents, said their daughter always had a “flare of leadership.” They noticed these qualities in their daughter since she first started pre-school.

“Most of [the] children were clinging to their moms,” Kathan’s parents said in an email. “But Melissa left the circle and went to climb the mats and jump off.”

They said eventually the other children followed her and week after week, they would look to her for the lead.

Kathan’s parents said their daughter used to volunteer at the Church of the Assump-tion back at home in Fairport. Once a week, the church would host homeless families with children and Kathan would spend time on the

weekends and evenings reading and playing with the children, they said. They said Kathan would also play her guitar for the children.

Chris and Ken said there was one lit-tle boy who was particularly interested in guitars and Kathan taught the boy to play. She saw how passionate the boy was about learning, that at the end of the week, she gave up her guitar for him to keep.

They said the boy’s face “lit up” and the boy’s mother was in tears.

“I hope it helped him cause they have so much to deal with,” Kathan said. “And me giving a guitar away, if it can make his day, it was worth it.”

Jennifer Merckel, a senior civil and aero-space engineering major, said her close friend is involved with “everything.”

“I’m not really sure how she does it all,” Merckel said. “But I really admire her dedi-cation to everything she does.”

Although this is Kathan’s third year, she plans on graduating at the end of the spring semester. Afterward, she plans on getting her Masters of Public Administration from the University at Albany and later on, go to law school.

With her interests in the government, Ka-than said studying in the state capital would be a better fit for her interests.

Kathan hopes, in the future, to run for some sort of office or become a judge.

“I feel like I’ve taken advantage of every-thing that I am capable of and I’m excited and [feeling] a little bit of nostalgia as I go through the last year here,” Kathan said.

At the end of a busy schedule, Kathan said the “highlight” of her week is still talk-ing on the phone with her grandfather.


COURTESY OF HUNG CHIEH TSAI Continued from Potter, page 1

YUSONG SHI, THE SPECTRUM

Melissa Kathan, speaker of the SA Assembly, jug-gles her student government positions on the UB and SUNY levels and graduating early in prepara-tion for a future in the “political arena.”

Continued from Gladiator, page 1

JK Rowling’s announcement that she will re-lease a story focused on Professor Umbridge has fans abuzz about what this could mean for the rest of Pottermore.

COURTESY OF HUNG CHIEH TSAI

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OPINION

Sometimes, when political of-ficials claim to have simply mis-spoken, they’re not just cover-ing their tracks, but just telling the truth.

Nonetheless, Police Commis-sioner Daniel Derenda’s com-ments about last week’s murder-suicide in Buffalo’s Allentown neighborhood reveal the deep-ly rooted and problematic nature of societal discourse surround-ing domestic violence.

When asked about the events surrounding the crime, in which a man killed his wife and then himself, Derenda referenced the couple’s long history of domes-tic violence. He explained that the records of domestic violence issues involving the couple exist-ed in both Tennessee and Flor-ida. In fact, Buffalo police re-sponded to a call from the home the previous night – they filed a report and left, because the male suspect was no longer at the res-idence.

Knowing this – and that there were seven domestic violence ho-

micides in Erie County last year, and 650 throughout New York – it’s completely understandable – and to be honest –fairly expected, that Derenda would be frustrated.

His comments, and the lack of foresight apparent in them, re-flect that.

When discussing the crime, and the recent spike in domestic violence in the Allentown area, Derenda stated that, “I can say that you really can’t control do-mestics. We have a history here. A long history. If she would have left him a while back, maybe we wouldn’t be where we are.”

Derenda’s statements reveal his anger at the situation, at the help-lessness felt by a leader of a po-lice force rendered useless by the sequence of events leading up to the murder-suicide, a police force struggling to help victims of do-mestic violence and feeling like they’re not doing enough.

Yes, his comments are prob-lematic. They do place blame

on the victim, which is never ac-ceptable. A woman recently mur-dered by her husband does not deserve to be criticized or impli-cated. And statements like Der-enda’s can exacerbate the suffer-ing of other victims, who may feel as though they’re to blame for their own predicament.

Domestic violence is the fault of those committing the crime.

It’s as simple as that – the guilt of the perpetrators of domestic vi-olence is one of the few aspects of this type of crime that is simple.

What occurred in Allentown last week exemplifies that.

The violence reportedly oc-curred after the man’s wife told him that she was leaving him and returning to Florida. This wom-an, it seems, had decided to lib-erate herself, to move on from what police reports suggest was a long-term, violent relationship.

She was making the right choice – a brave choice that shows

strength of character and deter-mination, and her courage got her killed.

Situations like this demonstrate why domestic violence is such a pervasive problem, and why it’s so difficult for victims to escape, despite the many members of society aching to help them do just that.

And yet, with all the awareness and all the resources, with hot-lines and underground railroads and police forces at the ready, victims are still dying.

Given the nature of domes-tic violence – the complexity of romantic and familial relation-ships, with emotional connection and dependence intertwined with abuse and hardship makes this form of violence more difficult to prevent, and its victims more dif-ficult to rescue than those of oth-er crimes. It’s tragic, it’s frustrating and it’s not getting any better.

Perhaps that is what Derenda was really trying to say.


Unintentional victim blaming reveals more about society than the speakerPolice Commissioner’s comments about domestic violence raise eyebrows and ire –

Has anybody, ever, eaten only a half cup of ice cream?

It’s a fairly safe assumption that the answer to that question is no. But when shoppers walk the aisles of the grocery store and see “340 calories” promi-nently displayed on a carton of ice cream (with “per 1/2 cup serving” written beneath in illeg-ibly small font), the dessert op-tion doesn’t sound too unhealthy.

Until said shopper returns home and eats three servings, contently consuming 1,020 calories without realizing they’ve become a victim of deceptive labeling.

This may be a hypothetical, but it’s happening frequently enough for the Food and Drug Adminis-tration (FDA) to get involved.

Enough is enough: 12 potato chips, three-quarters of a cup of cereal, half a can of soup are not realistic serving sizes.

The FDA is finally putting its collective foot down on this issue

that’s gone for far too long. This problem isn’t about

Americans overeating – that’s an entirely separate, and worth-while, topic of discussion – it’s about food companies doing ev-erything in their power to un-derstate the unhealthy nature of their products.

It isn’t realistic to expect any-one to assume that a personal pizza is actually two servings and it’s even more deluded to think that a consumer would eat only half – it’s called a “personal piz-za” for a reason, after all.

Fortunately, the FDA is step-ping in.

The proposed new label em-phasizes the number of servings per container, with the informa-tion written out in larger, bolder type. Even better, labels will have dual columns of information, showing the nutrition facts per serving and, crucially, per con-tainer.

The latter detail reveals the FDA’s awareness of American eating habits – it’s become all too common to consume an entire bag of chips in one sitting, even if that package has 10, 140-calo-rie servings.

Though more needs to be done to address that sort of con-sumer behavior in the first place, hopefully seeing “1,140 calo-ries” in glaringly bold type will be enough to encourage some shoppers to put the bag of chips down.

There’s more to nutrition than calories though, and it’s impor-tant that emphasizing that ele-ment doesn’t distract from oth-er facts included on labels. Not enough consumers look careful-ly at ingredient lists, and more needs to be done to encour-age that sort of attentive, smart shopping.

And other changes, like point-ing out amounts of added sugars

specifically, certainly makes sense on paper, but they don’t accom-plish much if Americans aren’t educated about the difference between added and natural sug-ars.

Including accurate information about food and making it hard-er for companies to deceive con-sumers is a great first step, but the impact of these new labels is limited by the attitude and aware-ness of the consumers reading them.

Although the proposed la-bels are far from perfect, it’s en-couraging that the FDA is tack-ling this problem. Despite the flaws that plague the new labels, they’re an improvement over the status quo.

And considering that more than 75 percent of Americans are project to be obese by 2020, maintaining the status quo is ob-viously not an option.

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Zombies are among us. And they are here to donate to charity.

On Friday, the Strategists and Role Players Association (SAR-PA), held its fifth annual Zom-bie Walk event in the academ-ic spine, to raise awareness for brain cancer. The zombies start-ed from the Academic Spine and headed toward the Ellicott Com-plex.

The walk is usually held around Halloween so “we can do a good deed while having a little fun,” said Melissa Cirina, a junior psy-chology major and SARPA’s as-sistant convention director.

The club raised $124.57 and will be donated to Upstate New York Transplant Services (UN-YTS).

The Zombie Walk is a way for SARPA to complete its charity requirement and have fun doing so, Cirina said. She said the walk is different from just a blood drive or food donations.

For six hours before the walk, members of SARPA and other students painted their faces with fake blood and applied bullet wounds to their bodies to trans-form into the living dead. The makeup is provided at no cost to students and participants, ac-cording to Cirina.

Throughout the day, nearly 50 students participated in the Zombie Walk by either getting their face painted or staying for the walk held in the afternoon. After a day of creating zombies, the students gather in the Stu-dent Union and begin their walk. About 20 people this year, mem-bers and non-members alike, went on the walk after getting their new zombie face.

This was the first year the event was done without the founder, Mark ‘Spike’ Okrasins-ki, but the challenge of doing the walk without his guidance and all of his resources gave the walk a lot of attention, Cirina said.

Jonathan Jones, a senior me-dia studies major, said to get into character, he only had one word on his mind – brains.

Jones, who has been a member of SARPA for two years, said he and other members imperson-ate zombies by stumbling around during the walk.

The club tries to focus the do-nations toward brain cancer re-search institutes to keep the zombie theme relevant. Some re-search institutes, however, do not accept small donations, which is why SARPA occasionally do-nates to UNYTS.

“This is one of the times we can do our stuff,” Cirina said. “We’re a bunch of nerds and we embrace it.”

For students who didn’t want to wear makeup to class, they could still participate in the walk by transforming their fellow stu-dents into zombies. Some stu-dents like to create extensive zombie stories for themselves, according to Cirina.

“There were people [who] had backstories of being shot in the head and asked us to try a recre-ate that,” she said.

Beth Yasuna, a junior econom-ics major, has friends who par-ticipated in Friday’s walk. She said the club embraces all of its members, which allows friend-ships within the club to grow.

Yasuna and Cirina were in the Union Friday before the event to apply makeup to those who wished to be a zombie.

“You can get makeup and not donate,” Cirina said “[But] do-nate if you can, and be a little weird on campus.”

The majority of the clubs events are convention based and “by the community for the com-munity,” Cirina said.

SARPA will be holding a mini Comic-Con in November.


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On Friday, SARPA held its fifth an-nual Zombie Walk to raise aware-ness for brain cancer research. Using fake blood and liquid latex, students transformed each other into zom-bies and then walked through the Student Union, academic spine and Ellicott Complex.


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UB’s cheerleading team is recognized by the Athletics Department as a “Spirit Team,” according to cheerleading coach Amy Zabawa and the Athletics website.

Some of the Dazzlers weren’t aware of the possibility that they could be recog-nized by Athletics.

“The only way this is a plausible idea is if athletics chooses to take the Dazzlers in a different direction; one in which we do not need the band to operate,” said An-gela Demarco, a senior psychology major and captain of the Dazzlers. “Either both the band and the Dazzlers are part of ath-letics, or we both are not.”

The Dazzlers is a UB dance team of 14 girls and their style includes pom, hip-hop and jazz. They practice for two hours three times a week as well as participate in community events. They have performed at the Special Olympics, Relay for Life and the Childcare Safety Walk.

Dazzler practices count as a two-cred-it class for dancers. All members of the team, as well as the band, can receive $500 to $700 in the form of a participation scholarship. Still, they’d like to be consid-ered an athletic team.

Tumbling, flying and basing experience is required to be a cheerleader. A double pirouette, high kicks and jumps are just a few of the requirements to be a Dazzler. Anyone trying out for the Dazzlers must also have an overall “collegiate image,” which includes personality, performance and physique.

The cheerleaders practice for three hours three times a week. The 28-person co-ed team works on tumbling, stunts and pyramids followed by conditioning. Be-side the games at UB, the cheerleaders make appearances at UB events and na-tional competitions.

“Cheer brings talented athletes together to help promote a great collegiate sports experience,” coach Zabawa said.

Pedro Bryan Acosta, a senior dance ma-jor and UB cheerleader, said both cheer-leading and the Dazzlers are time-con-suming and physically straining.

Acosta has cheered for three years and danced for about 10 years. His love for both cheering and dancing sometimes

conflict during the fall semester. He would have to quit cheerleading be in a perfor-mance by Zodiaque Dance Company.

As a male cheerleader, Acosta is re-sponsible for all of the heavy lifting. He said that physical contact and high ener-gy definitely makes cheerleading a sport.

Instead of sneakers, tumbling and stunts, like the cheerleaders, the Dazzlers have high boots, high kicks and pirou-ettes.

Kayla Grazen, a senior business admin-istration major and president of UB Kick-line, believes dancing is an “incredibly athletic pursuit.”

UB Kickline is a Student Association club that is student-led and non-tryout. Girls with different levels of experience are on the team and they perform at vari-ous events on campus.

Grazen said she didn’t try out for the cheerleading team or the Dazzlers because she didn’t think that she had enough skills and experience.

“I was very interested in Kickline be-cause of the fact that there was no tryout and that it was something unique,” Grazen said. “I love the fact that we are a team but that there isn’t an attitude of competition amongst the girls on the team.”

Grazen was a cheerleader in high school and attended Florida State University be-fore transferring to UB. At FSU, the dance team was an official part of athletics and was just as much a part of the game as were the cheerleaders.

“It would only make sense for the Daz-zlers to be recognized by athletics,” Gra-zen said.

The Dazzlers cheer on UB at every home game. They said some of the dif-ficulties that come with not being recog-nized are worth it when the fans appreci-ate their hard work. Getting “dolled up” and being on the sidelines is what makes Demarco grateful to be on the team.

“Our fans feed off of us,” Demarco said. “If we stay sharp and energetic, the fans keep their morale up as well.”


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Bone garlands, life-size skulls and paint-ed pumpkins are just a few of the creative decorations UB students include in their dorms for Halloween.

Students decorate their rooms to not only celebrate Halloween, but also create a sense of home and express their per-sonality.

“Decorating my dorm is my way of feeling home,” said Makenzie DePetril-lo, a freshman psychology major, as she hung a skeleton tapestry on her wall. “It reminds me of my inner demons and that life is always a running cycle to overcome them.”

Here is some advice on turning your dorm into a spooky dwelling.What to buy

Pictures of skeletons, bloodthirsty monsters and awkward high school selfies are the conventional decorations to start with, according to Sarah List, a freshman biological sciences major.

“Halloween is all about negative cre-ativity,” she said. “If it’s icky to look at, it goes up.”

Bats are ideal for hanging on windows and closets because they rock with the wind and give the room an intimidating look, according to DePetrillo.

“A personalized pumpkin with your name on it is a must have,” DePetrillo said.

Waking up to glowing stickers and gel clings in the middle of the night can also be frightening, she said. Shopping tips

Dave Doan, a freshman electrical en-gineering major, advises students to pur-chase their décor at Target, located on Ni-agara Falls Boulevard. He said Target has a variety of inexpensive options includ-ing window clings, spooky signs and fake pumpkins for $1.

Party City at Niagara Falls Boulevard is also exploring because it sells a variety of inexpensive goods, according to Doan. He also said students shouldn’t underesti-mate Wal-Mart.

“It always has good deals and you can find a really good stock of obnoxious stuff to choose from,” he said.

Madeleine Dewey, a freshman environ-mental engineering major, received a box of Halloween decorations from her cous-ins.

Leah Pilcher, a freshman dance and psychology major, used Christmas lights from her basement to decorate her dorm room. She purchased spider webs from Party City for $0.89 and spent less than $2 on a pumpkin and gourd from Tops Friendly Markets. She also used white and brown paper towels from bathrooms to create a chain of ghosts and bats, respec-tively.

“If nothing works, just ask your fami-ly to send you stuff,” Dewey said. “They know the best.”General advice

“Stay cheap,” said Jenna Boland, a freshman business major.

Aishani Bhalla, a freshman computer science major, advises students to hang classy, scary decorations.

“Stay simple and don’t overdo it,” Bhal-la said.

Jared Leader, a freshman mechanical and aerospace engineering major, recom-mends students paint their pumpkins in-stead of carving them.

“If you paint them, they last longer and don’t become infested with flies and ants,” he said.

Students are not allowed to hang deco-rations from the ceiling to avoid creating a fire hazard, but wall hangings and oth-er decorations are permitted, according to UB’s 2014-15 Guide to Campus Living,


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African Student Association fused music, dancing and fashion into one big cultural circus.

More than 500 people attend-ed ASA’s hair and fashion show at the Pierce Arrow Building on Elmwood Avenue Saturday. The annual show promotes local Af-rican designers.

“We want to show people that we’re not just about the head wraps and waist scarves,” said Faoziyat Sanusi, a sophomore in-ternational business major and publicity coordinator for ASA. “There are a lot of innovative designs within African culture.”

Attendees were first greet-ed with a plate of rice, chicken, macaroni and cheese and baked ziti. Then everyone took their seats and waited for the show to start.

The show was originally set to begin at 6:30 p.m., but a few de-signers showed up late, pushing the show behind schedule. DJ Tunez and host Burger King, a popular Vine comedian, enter-tained the crowd until the first model walked the runway.

By the time the show started, people had packed the seats and others were standing against the wall. There was a VIP section in the middle of the double runway and the general audience on the outside.

The show opened up with Fresh Dogs, a clothing line creat-ed in Buffalo. Models sported ca-sual T-shirts and sweaters. Fresh Dogs, a Liberian designer, refers to its clothing as urban, yet cul-tural. Fresh Dogs draws influ-ences from other urban clothing lines. The brand displayed graph-ic tees and crewnecks.

“I did this show for the cul-ture,” said the designer.

The Grunge Project and MC-MXC$ then came out together. Their oversized shirts and jackets were popular, and the crowd fa-vorite seemed to be a clear jack-et with a white two-piece under-

neath. The models sported red masks.

Tinz Clothing and Lief Kul-tuur both turned African prints into modern and casual shirts, pants, dresses, skirts and jackets. According to the Lief Kultuur website, the name of the cloth-ing line translates to “Love Cul-ture” in Dutch and Afrikaans, and was founded “with the mis-sion to promote Kultuur shock” through their clothing. The de-signers refer to their style as an “outlet of colorful expressions and informative art.”

Je Suis NYC was the last cloth-ing line to walk the runway. De-signer Senami Atinkpahoun in-corporated her West African

background to her colors, prints and silhouettes. The clothes ranged from long flowing dresses to denim and leather jackets.

Two of the designers that were featured were hair designers. The two designers, Asia’s Creations and Candyland Hair Co., incor-porated the circus theme into their designs.

Asia’s Creations designs fea-tured colorful hoops and rings of hair coming from the mod-els’ heads. Candyland Hair Co. had its models come out in leo-tards and red sashes. One model threw popcorn into the audience while wearing a bag of popcorn on her head.

ASA has been planning the

fashion show since early sum-mer. ASA chose both the design-ers and the models for the show. Models who made it past cast-ing calls participated in rehears-als until final cuts. More than 50 models made it to the runway.

Ugo Peter-Obiagwu, a senior business major with a concen-tration in management infor-mation systems, has modeled in five fashion shows in Buffalo. He said that modeling helps improve his self-esteem. He isn’t as shy or nervous as when he first started.

The audience screamed and clapped as Obiagwu took his shirt off at the end of the run-way.

“The best part for me is the

reaction I get from the crowd while I’m on the runway,” Obiag-wu said. “And that I get picked to model some really amazing clothes.”

When the models weren’t walking the runway, ASA had other forms of entertainment to keep the crowd excited. ASA male and female dancers opened up with a performance that en-gaged the crowd.

Two aerial dancers performed on a red silk hanging over the VIP section. Afrique Dancers performed to an African circus mix while wearing red tutus, col-orful high socks and wigs.

Caribbean Student Associa-tion’s dance team, Crossfiyah, turned the stage into a circus. The dancers came out in face paint and colorful clothing while one of the dancers wore a lion costume.

UB Step Troupe shook the runway as it performed in col-orful tutus while waving ribbons and tossing balloons.

“I really enjoyed the show and a lot of the acts were unexpect-ed,” said Adriana Black, a junior psychology major. Black’s favor-ite pieces were by Je Suis NYC.

Johan Welch, also known as a rapper named OG, is a Buffa-lo native who performed at the fashion show.

“I really like the culture that’s brought to the show,” Welch said.

His favorite pieces were by MCMXC$.

The show ended at 11:30 p.m. and went without intermission due to the delayed start. The chairs were cleared and the space was used to hold the after party, which lasted almost to 3 a.m.

“I feel the show was a suc-cess,” Obiagwu said. “ASA fash-ion shows get better each year and it’s always nice to see growth and improvement.”

James Battle contributed reporting to this story.


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The Buffalo football team needed to make a play Saturday.

In the second quarter of its game against Central Michigan, the Chippewas had the ball at the Bulls’ 33-yard line with the opportunity to take a 21-0 lead.

“I just knew that if anybody had to make a play, it had to be me,” said senior safety Adam Redden.

And Redden – who was named Mid-American Conference East Defensive Play-er of the Week – did make a play, rushing off the edge to knock the ball out of Cen-tral Michigan quarterback Cooper Rush’s hand. Redden raced around the Chippe-was’ offensive line to recover the ball. Buf-falo scored a touchdown 11 plays later.

The play resulted in one of Buffalo’s five sacks in a 20-14 loss Saturday. The Bulls’ pass rush applied pressure to the Chippewas’ offense, helping Buffalo’s struggling secondary allow its fourth few-est passing yards of the season.

“It was an attitude we took,” said junior defensive back Okezie Alozie. “We had an aggressive attitude all throughout the week and it showed up on Saturday.”

The Bulls emphasized blitzing the quar-terback during practice because they knew

Rush was not good under pressure and in third down situations, according to Red-den. The Buffalo coaching staff told Red-den and Alozie that the two would be ac-tive in the blitzing game.

The Bulls implemented a play called ‘stud,’ that gave Redden and Alozie the option to blitz depending on Central Michigan’s formation. The two combined for 3.5 sacks Saturday. Redden had two and now leads the team with five sacks on the season, while Alozie recorded his first 1.5 sacks of the season.

Alozie used the ‘stud’ to sack Rush on a third down play in the first quarter. Alozie was confident to abandon his coverage and blitz because of what he saw before the snap.

“I knew I had other blitzers inside me so I knew off of that that the [Central Michigan] left tackle would have a hard time reading who he had to pick up,” Alozie said.

Alozie used his speed to run around the Chippewas’ left tackle, grab Rush’s shoul-der pads and throw him to the turf. Alozie combined with senior linebacker Lee Skinner to sack Rush again on the next play.

Redden has been an effective pass-rush-er from the safety position throughout the past two seasons, registering 9.5 sacks

since the beginning of the 2013. After the coaching staff told Alozie he would be blitzing as well Saturday, Redden helped his teammate throughout the week with pass rushing.

Alozie wasn’t confident as a pass rush-er at the beginning of the week. Redden gave him confidence.

“I’ve just been watching him and ask-ing him ‘Can you teach me this’ or ‘What should I do in this situation?’ And it turns out it ended up helping me this Saturday,” Alozie said.

Alozie said he took his new assignment seriously because, as a defensive back, he knows how much an effective pass rush helps the secondary.

“Being a defensive back, I know what it’s like to just sit back in coverage. It’s hard,” Alozie said. “So me being on the rushing end this past weekend I was like ‘Alright, I’m not going to let those guys down.’”

The Bulls defensive backs often have to rush the quarterback because Buffalo oper-ates out of a 3-3-5 scheme. The scheme’s personnel include three defensive lineman, three linebackers and five defensive backs. Because the scheme has fewer lineman and linebackers – positions that normally rush the quarterback – the defensive backs have to apply pressure as well.

“The 3-3-5 defense is definitely a

scheme where you need versatile players,” Redden said.

Redden said defensive backs in the 3-3-5 are heavier than most players at the po-sition. This is because they must be able to take on offensive lineman to rush the passer and stop the run. 3-3-5 linebackers must be lighter to have the speed to cov-er wide receivers and tight ends down the field.

“It’s definitely a scheme where if you don’t have the players it definitely hurts you,” Redden said. “The five defensive backs are a vital piece for the defense be-cause you have to be a versatile player who can be powerful and effective in the run game, but also skilled enough to cov-er people.”

The Bulls also got pressure from their 3-3-5 linebackers Saturday, as sophomore Jarrett Franklin got his first sack of the season. Franklin replaced former Bull and current Oakland Raider Khalil Mack at the outside linebacker position. Before Satur-day, the sophomore had failed to generate the same pressure as Mack once did.

Redden said the sack helped Franklin’s confidence.

“It definitely [meant a lot to him], just so it can get him back to his groove know-ing he’s a good dominant player,” Red-den said. “That set him off from there to come back and make good plays through-out the game.”

Kyril Threats, a transfer from Erie County Community College in his first season with the team, has been Buffalo’s most productive pass rushing linebacker. The junior did not register a sack Satur-day but is second on the team with three sacks.

Buffalo’s secondary has struggled throughout the season. The defense has allowed more 320 passing yards in a game three times, and allows an average of 18 yards per completion. Both Redden and Alozie acknowledged the pass rush must do its part to help the secondary.

“I’m going to make sure I get [to the quarterback] so if [our secondary] does mess up, I’ll get there before [the oppos-ing offense] can even realize it,” Alozie said.

The pass rush generated two turnovers Saturday: Redden’s forced fumble and Buffalo’s second interception of the sea-son. Senior safety Witney Sherry inter-cepted Rush’s pass in the third quarter when the Chippewas’ quarterback was un-der pressure.

“There’s two types of interceptions: Cover interceptions or pass rush inter-ceptions,” Redden said. “Pressure breeds turnovers through forced fumbles and picks.”

The Bulls will look to generate more turnovers through their pass rush when they play at Ohio (4-5, 2-3 MAC), who av-erages 222.6 passing yards per game, Nov. 5. Kickoff is set for 8:30 p.m.


Buffalo gets five sacks on Chippewas’ quarterback in 20-14 loss on SaturdaySophomore linebacker Jarrett Franklin sacks Central Michigan quarterback in the third quarter of Buf-falo’s 20-14 loss Saturday. The Bulls had a season-high five sacks Saturday.

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JORDAN GROSSMANASST. SPORTS EDITOR

In Stu Riddle’s first season as men’s soc-

cer head coach in 2013, the Bulls had just five upperclassmen on the roster. The Bulls finished 3-11-4 and missed the Mid-American Conference Tournament.

The team is still relatively inexperienced, with only six upperclassmen now, but Rid-dle is having better results with a young team this time around.

With two regular season games remain-ing, the Bulls (5-8-2, 1-0-2 MAC) are in the midst of their best stretch under Rid-dle, going 3-1-2 in their last six games.

“It’s been a tough transition period, but I’m starting to see they can handle the pressure,” Riddle said. “They’re only go-ing to get stronger moving forward.”

After winning back-to-back games for the first time under Riddle last week, Buf-falo is currently in third place in the MAC and in good position to make the confer-ence tournament for the first time since 2011. Buffalo is one point behind second-place Akron (8-5-1, 2-1 MAC) and two points behind first-place Western Michigan (8-4-3, 2-0-1 MAC). Four of the six teams in the conference make the tournament.

Riddle emphasized defense during the team’s nine-day break between games from Oct. 1 to Oct. 10. Buffalo has allowed 22 goals through its first nine games, the most of any team in the MAC this season, and wanted to use the extended break to “fine-tune” a defense that starts four freshmen and two sophomores.

Senior goalkeeper Waleed Cassis has been inconsistent in goal this season, al-lowing 18 goals on 51 shots. But he’s al-lowed only three goals on 13 shots in his past four games.

The young squad has found its form as of late, as the team has outscored its op-ponents 9-5 the past five games.

Sophomore midfielder Russell Cicero-ne is one of Buffalo’s key underclassmen, and is not only having one of the best sea-sons in the MAC but in the entire nation. He is second in the conference and tied for eighth in the country with 10 goals.

“He’s a national threat when it comes to goal scoring,” Riddle said. “He’s only go-ing to get better. The biggest difference between freshman and sophomore year is the experience. He has more years under his belt and will only get better.”

Cicerone led the team with six goals on 54 shots and earned MAC Freshman of the Year last season. This season, he is again leading the team in goals and shots. Cicerone has 10 of the team’s 19 goals this season. Despite a successful freshman campaign, Cicerone has focused on im-proving his game even more this season.

“This year, I’ve been trying to do more work off the ball, so my teammates can find me more easily,” Cicerone said. “I’ve been trying to put more shots on target. A lot can happen if you target shots and some of them have worked out for me.”

Cicerone earned MAC Player of the Week award after scoring four goals and recording two assists during Buffalo’s cur-rent two-game winning streak.

Cicerone said he knows he cannot score without his teammates. Cicerone said him-self, senior midfielder Hanson and soph-omore defender Daniel Cramarossa have created a system to get Cicerone open and give him the ball as often as possible.

Hanson is second on the team with two goals and is tied for the team-lead with four assists. Sophomore midfielder Sean Young, who transferred from University of North Florida, started 10 games on the front line with Cicerone. He scored his only goal of the season Oct. 18 in a 1-1 tie against Bowling Green.

Sophomore midfielder Nicolai Berry is tied for the team lead with four assists. He also has one goal on the season.

The Bulls can mathematically win the conference but can also still be eliminat-ed from tournament contention as well. If the Bulls win or tie one of their final two games, they will automatically clinch a

berth in the conference tournament. If Buffalo loses out, there is a possibil-

ity the team will be one of the two MAC teams to not make the tournament. The Bulls have missed the tournament each of their last two seasons. Riddle is confident that things will be different this year.

“I think we’re ready this time around,” Riddle said. “If we get there, anything can happen and all of the players are aware of that. It would be a nice reward for the ef-fort the lads have put in this season if we can squeeze into that top four.”

The team seems to be coming into form at the right time, but Riddle knows his squad still has a lot of work to do be-fore the season concludes.

“We’re going to focus heavily on the [upcoming] opponents in order for the players to understand exactly what we’re going to get into,” Riddle said. “There are obviously parts of our game that we need to improve on and we’ll be working on those little parts that we will need come tournament time.”

Senior defender Vinny DiVirgilio is the only remaining player from Buffalo’s 2011 MAC Tournament appearance.

“It’s what any soccer player dreams of; to play in and win a Division I tourna-ment,” Cicerone said. “I can’t get overcon-fident. I just have to keep my head down and try as hard as I possibly can to get vic-tories for the team. If I can help my team do it, that will mean the world to me.”

The Bulls travel to West Virginia (8-6-1, 1-1-1 MAC) Saturday. Buffalo then closes out the regular season Saturday, Oct. 8 at Akron (8-5-1, 2-1 MAC). Both games are scheduled for 7 p.m.

If the Bulls advance to the MAC Tour-nament, they will play their first game on Friday, Nov. 14.


The fountain of youth

Men’s soccer looks to make MAC Tournament run with a young team

YUSONG SHI, THE SPECTRUMSophomore midfielder Russell Cicerone dribbles the ball in Buffalo’s 2-1 victory over Northern Illinois Oct. 25. The men’s soccer team has yet to lose a MAC game this season and is on its first-ever win streak under head coach Stu Riddle.

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