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JORDAN GROSSMANSENIOR SPORTS EDITOR

eed Sunahara resigned as the vol-leyball team’s head coach to as-sume the same position at West Virginia University on Monday

after only one season in Buffalo. He compiled a 17-15 record and tied a

single-season program record with six Mid-American Conference wins in his first and only season with the Bulls. His switch to West Virginia comes with a nearly $30,000 boost in salary, which will increase through-out his five-year contract.

“It’s a great opportunity for me,” Sunaha-ra said. “It’s going to benefit my family and I - I love Buffalo - I wasn’t looking, but West Virginia was looking for me. One thing led to another and they offered me the job.”

Athletic Director Danny White released a statement regarding Sunahara’s departure.

“I want to wish Reed the best as he moves into the Big 12,” White said in a press re-lease. “While it is a challenge for us to replace someone of his caliber, this is a testament to the type of coaches we are bringing in. The volleyball program is in a much better posi-tion because of Reed’s hard work and I am extremely confident that we will attract a high level coach soon who will help us continue to build our program to be one of the best in the Mid-American Conference.”

White has hired 10 head coaches since com-ing to Buffalo in 2012. Sunahara is the first head coach to leave Buffalo for another job since White’s arrival. White said he and the UB Athletics staff have begun a nation-wide search for a new coach effective immediately.

Sunahara said he first started considering the move after West Virginia contacted him about a week and a half ago.

“At this point in time, it would be a better opportunity for my family and I,” Sunahara said. “What West Virginia offered, I couldn’t pass up.”

Sunahara’s contract with the Mountaineers is for five years and will begin with a start-ing salary of $120,000, according to The Do-minion Post. He is expected to make between $123,600 to $135,060 annually in the final four years of the contract.

This past year, Sunahara made $92,050 as the Bulls head coach – nearly $13,000 more than former head coach Todd Kress, who averaged $79,160 each year for the five years he was the coach.

Sunahara informed the team around noon Monday that he will not be returning for the 2015 season.

“I told them this is a great opportunity,” Sunahara said. “I loved coaching them. I

love Buffalo. Danny White has done a great job. [Senior Associate Athletic Director] Kathy Twist, [Deputy Director of Athletics] Allen Greene and all the support staff – I love working with them.”

The team was “shocked,” according to ju-nior outside hitter Megan Lipski. According to Lipski, no one on the team was expecting Sunahara to resign and thinks it “will take a few days to process.”

Nonetheless, Lipski said she was thank-ful for the time she and the rest of the team spent with Sunahara.

“Reed had a higher level of intensity than the other coaches did,” Lipski said. “He was very experienced, very accomplished. He knew what he was doing. He was doing great things. Even spectators noticed how much better the team looked and they were excited what the team was going to do. We had this vision of our future under him, and that’s why it was surprising.”

Sunahara compiled 17-15 record in

first and only season in Buffalo

Sunahara looks away as his team gets ready for another set. On Monday, Sunhara accepted the head coaching job at West Virginia, leaving the Bulls looking for their second coach in two years. KAINAN GUO, THE SPECTRUM

Volleyball head coach Reed Sunahara resigns to take job at West Virginia

TOM DINKISENIOR NEWS EDITOR

magine if your tuition shot up 30 percent next semester.

That was a reality for UB students back in the early 1990s and throughout the 2000s when no tuition cap increases were put in place.

In five years – starting in 1990 – tuition at least doubled. It could be maddening situation for students planning out their expenses, and it’s why SUNY is pushing to renew a plan they’re calling “rational tuition.”

UB’s tuition rates will increase $150 – or roughly 4 percent – every year for the next six years. That’s half of the maxi-mum amount UB can increase its tuition annually, due to NYSUNY 2020, which limits SUNY campuses to $300 tuition in-creases annually.

That plan is set to expire after next aca-demic year, though, so SUNY is currently looking for student input on its renewal.

NYSUNY 2020 was signed into law by New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2011 and is a five-year plan that allows all 64 campuses to implement the “rational tuition plan” that set limits on annual tu-ition increases. The plan will have to be renewed by the state legislature after next year, so SUNY is currently looking for student input and feedback on its effec-tiveness.

SA Assembly endorses plan, tuition to increase 4 percent annually for next six years

SUNY seeks student input on ‘rational tuition plan’

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Eliot Hall spent the third-last night of his spring break in Cancun,

Mexico, in jail.He had gone to CoCo Bongo, a tropical-themed nightclub with

his group of friends, but gotten separated from them in the dark and crowded space. Because they were in Mexico, they couldn’t use their cellphones

to contact each other. Heavily intoxicated, Hall left the club and stumbled around Mexico until he was confronted by the police. Without knowing why, he threw his wallet

and all of his belongings in a bush and started running.Hall was arrested and detained in a Mexican prison for a few hours – until he muscled up enough

Spanglish to get out by giving the cops the $23 he found in his back pocket, four cigarettes and a promise that he would purchase the next pay-per-view of Mexico’s boxing hero Saul “Canelo” Alvarez.

He then walked 7 miles from CoCo Bongo to his hotel, Oasis Cancun. He didn’t arrive until 7 a.m. and didn’t go out with his friends for the remainder of the trip.

Hall, who asked The Spectrum to change his name because of his arrest in a foreign country, doesn’t think he’ll ever go back to Mexico for spring break.

The stereotypical college spring break experience has become synonymous with a week of day drinking in swimsuits on the beach and partying in clubs at night. Students can spend upwards of $1,000 on airfare, all-inclu-sive resorts, cover charges at nightclubs and taxi cabs for a weeklong stay. But it’s not what every student is doing,

despite culture’s obsession with an alcohol-induced vacation. Roughly 32 percent of UB students are planning to go on vacation for spring break this year, according to a spring

break survey of 218 students conducted by The Spectrum. Of those, roughly 3 percent plan to go to Cancun, .09 per-cent to the Dominican Republic, 10 percent to Florida and .45 percent to Jamaica.

But only about 16 percent of UB student surveyed indicated they have ever been on a “stereotypical” college spring break.Steve Merry, a 2014 UB alumnus, went to Panama City Beach with friends from UB for spring break three times

over the course of his college career. He said that the spring break culture “is designed to get you into trouble.”

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OPINION

With last weekend’s arrest of 17 people–including 13 UB stu-dents–caught using fake idetifi-cations, the university bar scene once again falls into the harsh spotlight of scrutiny.

Such arrests, invariably stir discussion of underage drink-ing and generate criticism of the frustratingly-high drinking age in this country. American teenagers can drive, join the military and vote all before they’re allowed to drink legally. It’s an illogical law that, unfortunately, doesn’t show any sign of changing any time soon.

So in the meantime – a span of time with no end in sight – UB students should seriously consid-er the ramifications of using fake IDs.

Underage drinking in local bars is largely recognized as a common practice, an illegal ac-tivity typically conducted by stu-dents and generally condoned by many bars.

When bars make it easy for students to get away with using false identification – IDs that are clearly forgeries or feature a distinctly different face than the cardholder’s – they send the mes-sage to students that their behav-ior is acceptable, which encour-ages students to continue using their fake IDs.

It also becomes clear when bars let obviously underage stu-dents through their doors, the es-tablishment’s priorities are sole-ly financial. An 18-year-old’s money is going to contribute to the night’s profits as much as a 21-year-old’s money would.

Such disregard for the law is a sign of disrespect from lo-cal businesses and the police are right to target bars that flout the rules.

In this case, state police honed in on The U and The Steer, two of the most popular bars among UB students and common desti-nations for underage students.

The bars, understandably, co-operated with the police and stu-dents using fake IDs were arrest-ed before ever making it into the bar.

Hopefully, the sight of stu-dents being questioned and ar-rested by police will serve as an effective warning to students and

bars about the risks of using and ignoring fake IDs.

It’s easy to become cava-lier while carrying a fake ID, es-pecially once it’s worked a few times – carrying a fake ID in one hand and a drink in the oth-er makes it all too easy to feel in-vincible.

But in reality, getting caught only has to happen once to miti-gate all those past experiences of invulnerability.

Underage drinking and using a fake ID has real consequenc-

es, including expensive fines and a marred arrest record – a record that will show up on job applica-tions.

Students should be aware of the ramifications of drinking un-derage, even if bars make it easy.

Although this operation sent a message to bars and students in the area that the police do take underage drinking serious-ly, it also served as a reminder of the many popular bars that have fallen victim to the allure of un-derage customers, like North-

side and Mojo’s. Mojo’s closed in 2014 after being caught selling al-cohol to minors and Northside closed in 2013.

With so few bars remaining near UB’s campuses, students can only hope that this crack-down prevents further issues with underage drinking. Oth-erwise, even students of legal drinking age will have nowhere to go, even with a legitimate ID in hand.

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Wednesday, March 4, 2015Volume 64 Number 56

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The celebration of racism can never be justified – not by tradition and certainly not by pride.

And yet, the Lancaster School District continues to use the term “Redskin” as its mascot, deeming the nickname to be a more press-ing matter than the marginalization and stereotyping of an entire eth-nic group.

Students at Lancaster are told to “Protect a tradition and leave a legacy.” They’re also told “Once a Redskin, always Redskin.”

Lancaster High School has a lot of pride – our editor in chief, who graduated from the school in 2011, can attest to that. There’s nothing wrong with being proud of your school, but there is something un-nerving about kindergarteners through 12th grade students sport-ing a racial slur on T-Shits, sweat-pants and sports uniforms.

There is simply no justification for the continued use of this rac-ist symbol. It’s not to say the peo-ple of Lancaster are ignorant big-ots – but they’re too shrouded in their own “legacy” to realize their mascot is hurting and offending other people.

The Native American popula-tion in Lancaster is small – only .01 percent, according to Census data – white people dominate the Buf-falo suburb, making up 94.6 per-cent.

Using any ethnic group – even if that group doesn’t have a predom-inant representation in the town –

as a mascot is demeaning and in-sulting and encourages the promo-tion of stereotypes.

Cultural practices, manners of dress and ethnic traditions are re-duced to objects of mimicry and reappropriation and generations of schoolchildren are exposed to sanctified racism at its worst.

Using an ethnic group as a mas-cot and team name is dehumaniz-ing. This is not the sort of lesson that has a place in an educational setting – or any setting at all.

Many schools have realized this exceedingly obvious notion and changed their names – from Stanford University in 1972 who switched from “Indians” to “Car-dinals” and Miami Ohio in 1997, who scrapped the name “Red-skins” and became the “Red-Hawks.”

Teams that continue to employ ethnic groups as mascots, includ-ing the Florida State Seminoles, Central Michigan Chippewas and most notably the NFL’s Washing-ton Redskins are under increasing scrutiny and pressure to end their promotion of racism.

Like the NFL, Lancaster’s dilem-ma is exacerbated by the use of a racially charged, degrading term as a team name, as it’s growing in-creasingly obvious “Redskin” is no longer an acceptable term in any context.

The slang term, used original-ly by European colonizers to de-scribe Native Americans in terms

of their skin color, became in-creasingly employed as a pejora-tive term, implying racial inferiority and often associated with the red, bloody scalps of Native Ameri-cans murdered by settlers.

So when individuals like Lan-caster graduate Jim Everett argued in article published by The Buffa-lo News, “it’s a matter of context,” the truth is that there is no context that can supersede the term’s ori-gins and the violence with which it’s associated.

Everett, who hung a sign read-ing “Keep Redskins” apparently misses the irony of his plea, since historically, American policies aimed to drive away Native Amer-ican populations with policies like the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which resulted in what’s now known as the “Trail of Tears.”

Accordingly, catch phrases like “Once a Redskin, Always a Red-skins – Keep the Tradition Alive,” the name of the Facebook group supporting Lancaster’s use of the term, are reflective of sheer disre-spect of the suffering of this mi-nority population.

This country’s government did all it could to ensure that the tra-ditions of Native Americans were not kept alive, that their popu-lations were reduced or extin-guished, weakened by intention-al exposure to disease and alcohol-ism.

And now, communities like Lan-caster insist their “tradition” – their

disrespectful, racist and essential-ly stolen tradition – be maintained.

The district has an opportu-nity to rectify the situation – it could make an effort to talk to Na-tive Americans in Western New York. It could try to reach compro-mise, keeping tradition in tact in a way that honors, not offends. Po-tentially, the school could adopt a new nickname that shows Native Americans due respect.

Lancaster-Depew week, one of the longest running football rivals in the country, will be just as en-joyable for students even if they’re not waving “Redskin” flags.

The ‘R-word’ has to go – but the school’s spirit doesn’t.

Lancaster – which recently got national attention for being one of the first high schools allowed to perform Disney’s “The Little Mer-maid” – shouldn’t be reduced a ra-cial slur. It owes so much more to its students, who are not raised to realize the societal impact the nick-name carries.

Native Americans were forced to give up their homes, their health and their lives when European set-tlers arrived in this country.

Lancaster’s unhappiness at the prospect of giving up their rac-ist mascot pales in comparison. In fact, there is no comparison – or justification for the community’s resistance.


Tradition of blatant racism needs to end

Underage drinking should be prevented- not protected- at local barsUse of fake IDs an unnecessary risk

‘Redskins’ reflects a history of violence and discrimination – a practice to be mourned, not promoted

ILLUSTRATION BY HARUMO SATO

In an article titled “Elect her comes to UB” that ran on A1 Monday, The Spectrum said it takes 16 months for a woman to earn as much a man in a given year. It should say 16 weeks to close the pay gap.

SUNY delegate Hayley Ross was on the SA Panel at the event. Her name was incorrectly listed as Halley Waldorf.

SA president James In-gram discussed the chang-es that have already been passed by the Senate that individuals can run with-out having to make an entire seven person ticket, not pos-sible new changes.

Corrections:


Currently, full-time UB stu-dents pay about $7,370 between tuition and additional fees.

The Student Association As-sembly will hold a student forum on the rational plan with A. Scott Weber, senior vice provost of Academic Affairs, on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in Student Union 145E. The SA Assembly official-ly endorsed renewing the plan for UB student body in a meet-ing on Feb. 25.

“At face value it can look like we’re endorsing raising tuition raises … that’s not what ratio-nal tuition is,” said SA Assem-bly speaker Melissa Kathan. “So, without rational tuition, tu-ition rates could change at any time at any given amount. This way you’re able to plan for it and you’re able to see the numbers for the next few years and you can plan for that financially.”

UB’s tuition increased more than 20 percent in a single year five times from 1990 to 2003. The tuition has increased five of the past six years, but never by more than 14 percent (in 2009), and never by more than 6 per-cent since NYSUNY 2020 went into affect in 2011. The annual average SUNY tuition increase was 6.7 percent from 1991 to 2011. UB’s was 6.45 percent.

UB’s tuition has increased by 21 percent since the passage of the bill in 2011, and by the end of 2020, it will have increased 45 percent since the implementation of rational tuition.

“It’s pretty clear that’s why the name ‘rational’ was developed. We would have these long pe-riods where nothing occurred with tuition changes, and then we would have these incredible spikes,” Weber said.

Weber said the high tuition in-creases made financial planning difficult for students. He said NYSUNY 2020 has given stu-dents assuredness that the tu-ition will not increase too much, as SUNY schools can only in-

crease tuition $300 in a single year.

Weber also said that before NYSU-NY 2020, a lot of the revenue gener-ated from tuition increases went to Albany. He said with NYSUNY 2020, the revenue stays on campus.

“Those tuition increases, modest as they are, still stay on campus for the betterment of our students,” Weber said.

According to UB officials, the revenues generat-ed since the pas-sage of NYSUNY 2020 in 2011 un-til the end of 2014 went to hiring 277 new faculty, fund-ing a “successful” Finish in Four pro-gram, 10,000 addi-tional course seats, 300 new class sec-tions, more aca-demic and financial aid advisors, invest-ing $6.77 million in need-based finan-cial aid.

Officials also said the four-year and six-year graduation rates have in-creased since the passage of NY-SUNY 2020.

Stony Brook and Oneonta’s student governments have also passed referendum votes to en-dorse the rational tuition plan, according to Kathan. SUNY Speaks Up, an advocacy day, will be held in Albany on March 24 and will allow students to discuss “important education concerns with our New York State legisla-tures,” according to SUNY Stu-dent Assembly’s website. Kathan said all SUNY students are invit-

ed to the event.“That is our huge day where

the legislature knows were com-ing, we have key points that we know students care about and want to address,” Kathan said.

Kathan said UB also want-ed the SA Assembly’s endorse-ment because UB administra-tors will be going to Albany on March 11 to advocate on behalf of students about the rational tu-ition plan.

“They were hoping it would be in time for that so they could give some opinion on this be-cause it is a huge issue within the

legislature,” Kathan said. The student forum on rational

tuition will be held with Weber, but some members of the SA Assembly felt the forum should have been held before they voted to endorse the plan or not.

“By nature, SA Assembly members are automatically rep-resentatives of the students,” Kathan said. “While some were questioning that at first, it was apparent rational tuition has been a good plan.”

SA Assembly is the largest leg-islative body in the SA and mem-bers do not have to be elected for

their positions. They only need 40 signatures endorsing them for the position at the beginning of the semester. Any student is eli-gible to be a voting member.

Kathan said Wednesday’s fo-rum will focus more on what UB should do with revenue gained through rational tuition.

“It’s really trying to have a fo-rum that students can ask ques-tions about how we invested the money,” Weber said.


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Being snowbound in Buffa-lo doesn’t mean you can’t have a brilliant spring break. There’s enough new art exhibitions in the city, sports games and plays to keep you busy every glorious day of break.ArtsAlbright-Knox Art Gallery

Two new exhibitions will be gracing the halls of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Overtime: The Art of Work and Eye to Eye: Look-ing Beyond Likeness, opening on Saturday, March 7 at 7 p.m. The openings are free to the pub-lic but you can take a day out of spring break to explore the whole of the gallery.Burchfield Penney Art Center

On Friday, March 13, the Burchfield Penney Art Center will be home to three new exhib-its, two of which are collections of the gallery’s namesake artist, Charles Burchfield. Charles Burch-field: Audio Graphics and Charles Burchfield: A Resounding Roar ex-plore Burchfield’s use of musical symbols in his paintings and how his love of sounds influenced his work. Robert Booth was in-fluenced by Marcel Duchamp’s “readymades” – everyday objects turned into art – in the exhibit, The Scrutiny of Objects: Sculptures by Robert A. Booth. CEPA Gallery

UB department of art MFA candidate Sangjun Yoo’s the-sis exhibition is opening at the CEPA Gallery (30D Essex St.) on March 6. The site-specific video installation is an immer-sive environment for viewers. It closes on March 22 so be sure to stop by the free gallery to see this student’s work during Spring Break.

March is a big month for art exhibits as the CEPA gallery has another two exhibitions open-ing on March 7: Enter Here: Pho-tobooth Portraits 1979-80 and Chil-dren of San Jose Del Negrito. SportsBuffalo Sabres

The Buffalo Sabres are tak-ing on the New York Rangers, the Washington Capitals and the New Jersey Devils on March 14, 16 and 20, respectively, at First Niagara Center. The pucks drop at 7 p.m.Buffalo Bandits

Kick off Spring Break with the Buffalo Bandits and the Toron-to Rock at First Niagara Center. The game starts at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 13.

On Saturday, March 21, the Buffalo Bandits are taking on the Minnesota Swarm. Pepsi Hockey Invitational

The 39th Annual Pepsi Hockey Invitational will be held at Holi-day Twin Rinks & Leisure Rinks from March 6 to April 4. More than 270 teams from the United States and Canada will compete. There is no gate fee.

From March 13-15 and then from March 20-22, you can watch the House League teams battle it out on the ice. Theater

After Miss Julie is running un-til March 22 at the Irish Classical Theatre Company, located at 625 Main St. in Buffalo.

If you’re in the mood for some dystopian, post-apocalyptic the-ater, then check out After Amer-ica: Wasteland 2015 at the Road Less Traveled Theater at 639 Main St., in the Market Arcade Film & Arts Centre.

The Addams Family, an original story about Wednesday Addams and her new boyfriend, is show-ing at Lockport’s Historic Palace Theatre (2 East Ave., Lockport).

Topdog Underdog, described by the theater’s website as a “hard-hitting hip-hop journey of dizzy-ing verbal virtuosity,” will grace the stage of Ujima Theatre. Uji-ma has been temporarily moved to Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center at 341 Delaware Ave.

Mothers and Sons, a production of the Buffalo United Artists, will only be showing for two days of Spring Break – Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. Student tickets are $15. The play will be shown at Alleyway Theatre at 1 Curtain Up Alley in downtown Buffalo.

The neon green New Phoenix Theatre at 95 Johnson Park will be showing the play Angels Fall until April 4. Although student tickets are regularly $20, Thurs-day is pay-what-you-can-night, perfect for poor college kids.

For a return to childhood, the Theatre of Youth at 203 Allen St., in Allentown, will be home to ev-eryone’s favorite Roald Dahl char-acter, the BFG (Big Friendly Giant). On the couch

For days when you just want to curl up in a warm blanket and shelter yourself from the snow and cold, there are some under-acknowledged shows and mov-ies on Netflix you should binge watch:TV Shows:The Returned – the dead have re-turned to a picturesque French townLuther – English detective series about a complicated, troubled detectiveWallander – Swedish detective se-ries with complex and intriguing plotsPeaky Blinders – the suspenseful story of a gang in 1919 Birming-ham, EnglandThe Honorable Woman – intelli-gent drama about an Anglo-Is-raeli baroness Peep Show – British comedy about two completely dysfunctional friendsColumbo – classic detective series about bumbling Lieutenant Co-lumboTop of the Lake – detective story from New ZealandMovies:Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart – Tim Burton-esque film about a boy who must not fall in loveBarbara – an East German wom-an is assigned to work in a rural hospital

Pi – a mind-bender about a man with a numerical obsessionAmelie – a visual masterpiece about the quirky life of one of Paris’ most adorable womenNymphomanic Vol. 1 and 2 – the intensely gripping story of one woman’s lifetime of sexual en-counters

And since we all know Buf-falo’s 30 degree days are biki-ni-worthy, you’re going to want to warm up with a cozy drink at night. Here’s a recipe for fan-cy hot chocolate so you can re-lax and spend too many hours in front of your laptop or TV:

Delicious Chocolat Chaud (Hot Choc-olate)Ingredients (serves one):10-12 oz. milk or substitute1-1.5 oz. quality chocolate bar with few ingredients (adjust for desired strength)A sweetener to taste (i.e. 2 tsp. cane sugar)1.5 tsp of vanilla extract1 tbsp heavy cream OR substi-tute 50 percent of the milk with half-and-halfOptional:½ tsp of instant espresso for mocha hot chocolateWhipped creamChocolate shavings (garnish for the whipped cream)Procedure: Combine the liquid and choco-late on stovetop in a small sauce-pan and heat slowly, stirring fre-quently to avoid scorching the milk, until chocolate is com-pletely melted and milk begins to steam. Whisk or stir the mixture to a uniform texture. Remove from heat. Sweeten to taste. Pour, top, and enjoy, but don’t burn yourself. Notes: The chocolate can be chopped for faster melting, but it isn’t necessary.


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Whether you’re going away for spring break or staying home, you’re going to want a drink – or two, or maybe three. You can im-press your friends and (probably) worry your parents by making some fun mixed drinks. As al-ways, you should drink responsi-bly and within the law. With that being said, here are a few simple drinks that can make you feel like you’re a seasoned mixologist.

For the beachMargaritaIngredients:

2 parts tequila1 part triple sec1 part lime juiceThe margarita is a classic

warm-weather drink, originat-ing from sunny Mexico. It’s pret-ty straightforward to make. Sim-ply mix the tequila, lime juice and triple sec with ice chunks. Strain the mix into a glass with lime juice lining the rim of the glass. Sip and enjoy.

Tequila SunriseIngredients:

3 parts tequila6 parts orange juice1 part grenadine syrupThe tequila sunrise is similar

to the margarita but even easier to make, as it is not stirred at all. Simply pour the tequila and or-ange juice into a glass with ice (on the rocks), then pour in the grenadine. The grenadine sinks to the bottom, giving the drink the appearance of a “sunrise” Do not stir. Add an orange or lime slice to the top and enjoy.

Variation:Tequila Sunset

Use dark rum instead of the grenadine syrup if you want even more alcohol.

Sex on the BeachIngredients:

2 parts vodka1 part schnapps2 part orange juice2 part cranberry juiceSex on the Beach is a classic

beach drink for obvious reasons and it’s straightforward to make. Pour all the ingredients into a glass on the rocks. Add an or-ange slice to the top and enjoy.

Variation:Sex on Fire

Use Fireball instead of the vodka for an extra cinnamon-fla-vored kick

Long Island Iced TeaIngredients:

3 parts tequila3 parts vodka3 parts white rum3 parts triple sec3 parts gin5 parts lemon juice6 parts gum syrup1 part cokeWhen it comes to Long Island,

there’s pizza, bagels and Long Is-land Iced Tea. This drink will get you incredibly drunk. You have been warned. To make it, add all ingredients into a glass on the

rocks. Stir and serve with a lem-on. Drink with a straw. If you’re on a staycation White Russian

Ingredients:5 parts vodka3 parts Bailey’s Irish cream2 parts milkThis is my personal favorite

mixed drink as well as my per-sonal version of the ingredients. There are many variations of a White Russian, but I’ve found this mix is usually the best tast-ing. Pour all the ingredients into a glass on the rocks. Stir and en-joy.

Variations:White Belgian

Replace the Bailey’s with choc-olate liqueur and the milk with fresh cream.Dirty Russian

Replace the Bailey’s with cof-fee liqueur and the milk with chocolate milk. Tasty!

Moscow MuleIngredients:

9 parts vodka1 part lime juice24 parts ginger beerThe Moscow Mule is a fun

drink as it generally comes in a copper mug, something I’ve nev-er seen any other drink served in. To make it, pour the vodka and ginger beer on the rocks. Add in the lime juice and stir gently.

Rum and CokeIngredients:

2 parts coke1 part rumRum and Coke is a classic

mixed drink and really easy to make. Simply mix the two ingre-dients on the rocks. The fun part comes in the different variations people come up with.

Variations:Cuba Campechana

Rum and Coke for the big boys. 1 part coke and 1 part rum.

Witch DoctorGood for a different flavor of

Rum and Coke. 2 parts Dr. Pep-per and 1 part dark rum. Hot Cuba Libre

This is a strange one that I’ve never actually had. It’s normal Rum and Coke but with a splash of Caribbean hot sauce.

Johnny Jump-UpIngredients:

Glass of hard ciderShot of Irish whiskeyThis drink comes from old

Ireland where whiskey barrels would be reused for storing hard cider. Whiskey soaked up in the barrel would leak back in to the cider, resulting in a stronger hard cider. To make, simply put a shot of Irish whiskey in a glass of hard cider. Enjoy.

Variation:The Paumanok

Use a shot of Fireball instead of Irish whiskey. The Fireball’s cinnamon taste complements the apple well.


Simple mixed drinks for spring break, for the beach or for the home

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You’re sitting on the warm gold sand with your head back, soak-ing in the sun. You lay still to avoid your bathing suit strap moving and giving you an awk-ward tan-line. You close your eyes and just before you doze off, you remember you didn’t put on any sunscreen. You search through your bag only to find out you never brought it. Now you’re forced to spend $18 on a bottle from the hotel lobby. Fortunately for those read-ing this, I will not be getting my tan on— mainly because I don’t need one. Also because I was too broke to leave the snow this spring break. This means that instead of packing, I have the time to create the ultimate travel checklist for those people lucky enough to hit the beach.


SunblockI made the mistake a few years ago thinking I was too tan to need sunblock. No matter what shade you are, it is a must. Bring insect repellent for those late nights outside as well.

ToiletriesThis includes a toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant, perfume/cologne, soap, face wash, razors, towels, etc. It’s pretty self-explan-atory why you’ll need them.

Bathing suitUnless you’re into skinny-dip-ping, don’t forget to bring a bathing suit. You don’t want to be forced to buy an over-priced grandma one-piece from the resort shop either. Pack some-thing you know you’ll want to take pictures in. Bring a cou-ple of bathing suits if you have them, just in case you have a wild night and can’t find your top the next morning.

Hair productsAnother mistake I’ve made was thinking that because I was go-ing to be jumping in and out of the water, I wouldn’t need to bring any hair products. Make sure you have shampoo and conditioner. Chlorine and salt water will only dry out your hair and the hotel supply is so small it’s almost insulting.

Make-upChances are you won’t be wear-ing as much make-up as usu-al but you’ll be glad you brought it for the nights on the town and endless selfies.

SunglassesYou don’t see too much of these in Buffalo, but they will come in handy once you step foot off the plane. There are so many ben-efits to having sunglasses. You can hide your make-up free face, avoid awkward eye contact with the old man wearing a speedo, and add to the overall look of your outfit. Oh, and they help prevent skin cancer and cataracts.

Sweatpants and hoodiesWhy would anyone bring these items to the beach? I asked my-self the same questions when I went to Miami. It’s possible to have a crappy day of weath-er. It is also possible for the air conditioner in your hotel room to make you think you’re back in Buffalo.

Different outfit combosMake sure you pack a variety of clothes. Have your shorts and tank tops for the beach, sundress for a lunch date, jeans for a mall trip, and dresses, crop tops, shorts and skirts for the clubs and bars. (If you’re a guy, this will be a lot less com-plicated.) Pack sneakers, san-dals, heels and wedges. The more options the better. I’ve also made the mistake of put-ting too much emphasis on my vaca-wardrobe that I forgot pa-jamas, so don’t do that. Also, make sure you have a purse or a beach bag.

Phone and laptop charger Everyone has experienced that sudden anxiety attack that slow-ly turns into depression when they realize they can’t check In-stagram or Twitter because they have to save their battery.

MedicationAllergy medicine is a must for me and is in my bag at all times. It’s better to always have it with you than rely on buying it once you reach your destination. You’ll also want to have a bottle of Advil for the hangovers.

Wallet and keysWell, who wants to be in a new city with no money or ID?

HomeworkThis could be a big “LOL” for people who use spring break as a chance to get as far away from UB as possible. For those who can’t have fun without staying on top of schoolwork, you’ll find time to look over lecture notes.

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Andrew Kuch, a first-year MBA student, has been counting down the days until he can leave the record-breaking cold weather of Buffalo for the heat of Can-cun, Mexico.

He has been monitoring Buf-falo’s weather every day this se-mester to make sure it’s safe for him to make the commute to campus. He’s sick of it.

“I just can’t wait to be out of the cold. Only two weeks right?” Kuch said.

In less than two weeks, Kuch will be leaving Buffalo – which had an average temperature of 10.9 degrees Fahrenheit in Feb-ruary – for Cancun where the av-erage temperature for the next week will be 85.

Kuch is one of 32 percent of UB students who will be escap-ing the cold of the Buffalo win-ter and traveling to somewhere with warmer temperatures for spring break, according to The Spectrum’s survey of 218 students.

February 2015 was the cold-est month in the city of Buffalo’s history, according to the Nation-al Weather Service records that go back to 1871. The average temperature for the month was 10.9 degrees Fahrenheit, break-ing the previous record of 11.6 degrees in 1932. February was also, for the second time in Buf-falo’s history, below freezing ev-ery day of the month.

“It has felt like one of the coldest winters ever and I’m ex-cited to be anywhere that’s above freezing,” said Kayleigh Miller, a senior biomedical engineering major who is also going to Can-cun for spring break.

Starting in November, there have been 84 days where the average temperature was be-low freezing, according to the National Oceanic and Atmo-spheric Administration. Buffa-lo is currently on a streak of 32 days, beginning Jan. 29, where the mercury has not risen above freezing.

Buffalo is not the only city set-ting records for cold this win-ter. Syracuse and Rochester also set all-time average lows for the month of February, and Wash-ington, D.C. had a February that was its coldest since 1994, ac-cording to the National Weath-er Service.

As the students flee record cold temperatures in Buffalo during spring break, the warm-er-weather destinations they’ll be heading to may be experiencing record high temperatures.

This makes Miller even more excited to head south.

Globally, 2014 was the warm-est year on average and Decem-ber 2014 was the 358th consecu-tive month where global land and ocean surface temperature was above average, according to Na-tional Oceanic and Atmospher-ic Administration. Cities across the Western and Southern Unit-

ed States have set records for the warmest average winter on re-cord, according to the National Weather Service. Red Bluff, Cal-ifornia had an average temper-ature of 52.93 degrees, break-ing the previous record set in the 1977-78 winter.

Jason Briner, an associate ge-ology professor, said the reason this winter is seeing extremes on both ends of the thermometer is because the temperature of the equator and poles are becoming more similar to one another.

“The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the globe on average. This is decreasing the equator to pole temperature gradient,” Bri-ner said. “This actually mean the winds are going slower, which

means the polar vortex is slow-ing down.”

Briner compared the polar vor-tex to a tornado – he said what stays in a tornado, stays in the tornado. The polar vortex keeps the cold air in the North Pole, but when it slows down, “some of that cold air spills down into lower latitudes, which is what we are experiencing,” Briner said.

“It is difficult to walk around because of the snow and ice and it’s impossible to go outside without a hat or gloves,” said Elizabeth Hayden, a sophomore biomedical science major who is traveling to Delray Beach, Flor-ida for spring break. “I’m go-ing to Florida to get out of the cold.”

The cold weather has plen-ty of adverse effects on any city or person, but according to Mark Seery, an associate psychology professor, prolonged exposure to the cold may toughen people up.

“Moderate adversity can leave people better at handling stress-ors,” Seery said. “Our winter is like a prolonged natural disas-ter. Even though it is unpleasant, people derive some benefit from it.”

Still, some students will chose to trade in their scarves and gloves for swimsuits and tank tops this spring break.


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Angelica Rochford, a junior social sciences interdisciplinary major, walks through the snow on North Campus Tuesday. Some students are using spring break to get away from Buffalo’s record cold weather. KAINAN GUO, THE SPECTRUM


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Students were greeted with Rue’s whis-tle and the sound of birds chirping as they walked into the Crossroads Culinary Center forest fire on Tuesday night.

C3 located in Ellicott Complex on North Campus, turned the dining area into differ-ent scenes right out of The Hunger Games. The menu was designed to fit the theme of the book as well as the activities and deco-rations. UB’s Campus Dining & Shops de-cided to use The Hunger Games theme after hearing that it was an overwhelming favorite among students, said Raymond Kohl, Mar-keting Manager for CDS.

The series’ latest film installment – Mock-ingjay: Part 1 – grossed more than $700 mil-lion worldwide.

“We want students to come and enjoy the food as well as enjoy themselves while participating in the activities,” Kohl said.

CDS has been planning the special event for nine months. Faculty hoped to break up the monotony of an average night at C3 by providing students with a fictional atmo-sphere that many people are familiar with due to the success of the series.

About 50 students lined up at 5 p.m., when the event began, to enter C3. There was music from the movie playing outside along with trees, boulders, fake deer, fire displayed on the TV screens and a ceiling projection of the sky.

Faculty members were dressed up as char-acters from the book such as Effie Trinket and Caesar Flickerman.

The menu the decorations and digital equipment were all borrowed from different

places on campus. CDS was not able to pro-vide a definite number for the cost by the time of press, but it didn’t stray too far from any other night at C3, according to Kohl.

“The authentic food served at C3 holds true to the food in the book and the mov-ie,” Kohl said.

Each station at C3 represented a district from The Hunger Games. Rabbit stew, orange rosemary chicken and Cornish hens with sage rub are some of the foods that were made from recipes straight out of the book.

Students were shocked to come to find that they enjoyed the famous rabbit soup.

“[The rabbit soup] was surprisingly good,” said Dakota Gaulke, a freshman ex-ercise science major. “You can definitely tell that a lot of work went into this theme.”

There were piles of sliced bread and cheese along with gourmet desserts, such as red velvet cake and apple pie.

Along with the special recipes from the book, there was pizza, mashed potatoes,

pulled pork, egg noodles and more.

“The dried fruits and nuts were definitely my fa-vorite,” said Megan Mc-niffe, a sophomore musical theater major. “I couldn’t believe how good the food is and how cool the decora-tions are.”

CDS paired up with the University Presbyterian Church on South Campus for the event. Students were encouraged to bring perish-able food items that would be donated to the church. If the students brought in the item, they were giv-en a soft arrow to shoot at a target, which gave them a chance to win a pair of Beats headphones.

CDS also gave $500 in Dining Dollars to the stu-dent with the best charac-ter costume. There was a green screen that students could jump in front of and be a part of a scene from the movie. They could see themselves on camera and the videos were later post-ed on the CDS Instagram account.

Offering Dining Dollars is a way to encourage students who don’t usually come to C3 to try new foods and get into the theme. Students

dressed as characters from the book add to the dramatic scenery, Kohl said.

This special event will be entered into the National Association of College and Uni-versity Food Service competition, accord-ing to Kohl.

The menu, theme development, market-ing and “wow factor” are all taken into con-sideration when choosing the winner of the competition.

The Food Service program at UB ranks No.1 in SUNY University Centers, accord-ing to the results published from a 2012 SUNY student opinion survey.

The CDS team looks forward to having more special themed events in the future to add value to the dining experience and offer something new to students who don’t usual-ly eat at C3, Kohl said.


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Several representations of the mockingjay pin were displayed around C3. It symbolizes rebellion of the capitol and also was Katniss' trib-ute token. PHOTOS BY ANGELA BARCA, THE SPECTRUM

There were several mannequins in Crossroads Cu-linary Center representing Hunger Games fashion. This one in particular shows the character Effie Trinket, who picks the tributes from each district.


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Except for a general store and a few volunteers, Cayo Costa State Park is large-ly uninhabited. There is no hot water, electricity or housing.

But this spring break, 16 UB students will be flocking to the island just off the Gulf Coast.

“We don’t even use watches,” said An-drew Charbonneau, a sophomore envi-ronmental engineering major. “That way, we can really be on island time. You’re able to just forget everything and reset.”

Charbonneau is traveling as part of an alternative spring break program with the Outdoor Adventure Club. Alterna-tive break programs coordinated through clubs and programs at UB offer students travel opportunities on a tight budget for fall, winter and spring breaks. This year’s spring break trips are ranging from a week of camping on a remote Floridian island, to spending a week on a Sioux Native American reservation in South Dakota.

Members of the club will be traveling to Fort Myers, Florida on March 13, where they’ll take a ferry to Cayo Costa State Park, an island off of the gulf coast, for a week of camping, hiking and kayaking. Except for a general store and some vol-unteers, the island has a small population. The trip costs $160, which covers travel, food and camping expenses.

“After having so much fun on last year’s trip, we were like, ‘Let’s just make this easy – we’re going straight back to the island,’” Charbonneau said.

With primitive conditions on the is-land including no hot water, electricity, or housing, Outdoor Adventure Club offi-cers also have a no-electronics policy for the trip.

There are about 7 miles of beach on the

west side of the island, and last year stu-dents hiked trails leading over to the north side of the island, bringing inflatable kay-aks to dock off of Manatee bay and see a “whole bunch of manatees,” accord-ing to Charbonneau. To join next year’s trip through the club, students must go through a competitive application process in the fall.

Another alternative spring break trip through the community service club on campus, Circle K, is hosting 15 people to travel to South Palm Beach Florida on Fri-day for a week of building 20 to 25 hous-ing developments through Habitat for Humanity.

Marykate Waringa, president of Circle K, group leader for the trip and a senior business administration major, said alter-

native spring breaks give students an op-portunity to serve a community at an ex-tremely affordable price.

“I remember when I was a student, trips cost anywhere from $500 to a couple of thousand dollars. Ours is $300 for the en-tire week,” Waringa said.

The application process to go on these trips is becoming increasingly competitive. Circle K looks for students who have vol-unteered a certain number of hours and attended a certain amount of events, and students who have become Circle K In-ternational Leaders by paying their dues.

The Office of Student Engagement is hosting a brand new trip this year, fly-ing students out on Saturday to the Pine Ridge Indian reservation in South Dakota. Those students will spend the week learn-

ing about Sioux Native American culture and helping with different projects on their reservation.

John Maher, a junior engineering phys-ics major, went on the Office of Student Engagement’s spring break trip to the Do-minican Republic and had such a great ex-perience he is now an a student leader for this year’s trip.

“I’m excited to see this American land-scape with people comparable to a third world country’s,” Maher said. “We’ll be helping through volunteering, but will also be growing as a people and learning about a new culture without even leaving American soil.”

The Alternative Break applications for this year are closed. In August, students can check for information on new avail-able trips for the 2015-16 year. The cost for trips range from $250 to $1,600 de-pending on the costs of trip and transpor-tation. Students will travel as a group to their specified destination with the staff advisers.


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Affordable ways to get away

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Outdoor Adventure Club on a Florida beach. The group is traveling to Cayo Costa State Park, Florida this spring break where they’ll have no electronics, hot water, electricity or housing.

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The Outdoor Adventure Club is one of a few UB groups going on alternative spring breaks this upcoming break.


“Binge-drinking young adults, mix in drugs, a party atmosphere, unsupervised, no responsibility – you are gonna get a lot of problems, especially for the ones who think they are invincible and immune to conse-quences,” Merry said.

ABC News lists Cancun, Puerto Vallarta, Jamaica, Panama City Beach, Miami and the Dominican Republic as popular spring break destinations for college students.

Breanna Cragg, a 2014 alumna, spent six days during spring break senior year at an all-inclusive resort in Cancun with 11 of her friends. She said her trip consisted of “a lot of drinking on the beach during the day and then out to clubs downtown at night.”

The resort she stayed at hosted MTV, who spent the week filming its annual spring break special. MTV brought Cash Cash, AfroJack and Trey Songz to perform free concerts on the beach and held events like dance contests, tug-of-wars with kegs and drinking contests.

UB spring-breakers described waking up every day and heading right to the beach, set-ting up beer pong in the sand and starting to drink early. One student won a drinking contest by downing all of the beer in a bot-tle placed between a guy’s legs, without using her hands.

Nineteen percent of students surveyed by The Spectrum consumed alcohol while under-age during a spring break vacation; 11 per-cent took illegal drugs; 10 percent had an anonymous hook-up; 13 percent got black-out drunk; 3 percent were arrested; and 4 percent lost their IDs.

Cragg said her spring break experience was “100 percent” a stereotypical college spring break atmosphere. Her resort was filled with college kids, and people were paying any-where from $50-80 for day passes into her resort because of MTV.

Merry said he saw at least five fights break out during the week on the beach. The police tried to intervene but couldn’t really do any-thing about the drinking because it was com-pletely out of control, according to Merry.

“One guy fell off the balcony and died,” Merry said. “We witnessed a girl stagger around a weed patch for a good 10 min-utes by herself drunk out of her mind. Girls would stumble into our room at night in bi-kinis so drunk they could barely stand. The guys were aggressive. There was strip-pong games, body shots on the beach [and] tons of drugs – you could smell the weed in the air constantly, and I witnessed drug deals right in front of me.”

But the typical spring break experience is not universal among college students.

The Spectrum’s survey indicated that about 68 percent of UB students are not planning

on going on vacation – 44.5 percent are go-ing home, 12 percent are staying at UB and 20 percent are working.

Sharlynn Daun Barnett, UB’s Wellness Ed-ucation Services Alcohol, Tobacco and Oth-er Drug Prevention specialist, said that the majority of college students don’t actual-ly have the stereotypical college spring break experience.

“I don’t want to support the stereotype [of spring break] because students are supposed to use spring break to relax and take care of themselves so they can be rejuvenated – whatever that means for them,” Barnett said.

In 2014, The Century Council, a nation-al not-for-profit and a leader in the fight against underage drinking, conducted a na-tional survey of college students ages 18 to 22 and found that 58 percent of college stu-dents don’t think the media accurately por-trays how students spend their time during spring break.

According to the survey, 31 percent of students said they went home to visit family and friends; 26 percent of students worked; 22 percent studied or caught up on school-work; and 14 percent participated in an alter-native spring break.

The Wellness Education Center planned a Lead the Break Campaign to promote pro-ductive spring break plans other than vaca-tions. UB students can get their picture tak-en at five different locations in the next two

weeks holding a sign that indicates their spring break plans. Pictures will be posted to the Center’s Facebook page, and partici-pants can tag themselves and encourage their friends to like their picture. The top three students with the most likes will receive a $25 campus cash prize.

Barnett said the spring break culture leaves students who do not go away feeling left out and thinking, ‘Why am I not doing that cra-zy thing on an island?’ The Lead the Break Campaign is meant to help students under-stand the stereotypical spring break experi-ence is not mandatory – and can be risky.

“One drink leaves your body per hour, no matter how big or small you are,” Barnett said. “In a vacation setting, you drink earli-er in the day and then eat, but you don’t start over after you eat. Earlier drinks are still in your body, and so, therefore, you might drink more than you normally would.”

For students who do plan on drinking while on vacation – or at home – Barnett said there are ways to enjoy themselves while staying safe, including tracking how much you are drinking and alternating between al-coholic and non-alcoholic drinks.

For students traveling to tropical places, the importance of staying properly hydrated cannot be understated, she said.

Barnett said students who make bad choic-es while on spring break come back to school exhausted, having not been reasonable with

their bodies, having not gotten enough rest or stayed hydrated and having overdone it.

Barnett and the Wellness Education Cen-ter use blood alcohol concentration cards to teach students about healthy levels of alco-hol. She said that when students talk about being drunk, they are really talking about the feeling in the “green zone” – between .05 and .07 blood alcohol concentration, where most people get buzzed.

“Sometimes the spring break mentali-ty causes people to overdo it,” Barnett said. “They drink more in a shorter period of time because they have more time on their hands or because they play drinking games and don’t have a choice – you drink if you win and you drink if you lose.”

Barnett encourages students to pace their drinks to one per hour and use the green zone so that they are not going to be throw-ing up or passing out and will be able to get back to their hotels at the end of the night.

“The [spring break] culture is binge-drink-ing,” Merry said. “It’s all college students es-caping reality for a week.”

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism states binge drinking typical-ly happens when men consume five or more drinks, and when women consume four or more drinks, in about two hours.

Binge drinking is common among college students; the institute estimates that nearly half of all college students binge drink, and these numbers rise during spring break.

A study conducted by the American Col-lege of Health found that the average male reported drinking 18 drinks per day and the average female reported up to 10 drinks per day during spring break, well above the safe levels of alcohol consumption.

Barnett also said students in a spring break environment may choose other drugs beside alcohol, like marijuana or prescription drugs. It is important to know what is in the drugs before they are consumed, and to know what the side effects are, according to Barnett. Mix-ing prescription drugs with alcohol multiplies the effects of the drugs and can be fatal.

Barnett stresses students don’t have to spend money or go far to have a relaxing or productive spring break. A majority of UB students who participate in the Wellness Center’s Lead the Break Campaign use the week off of school to visit family or friends, catch up on homework, work on their theses or to earn money, according to Barnett.

UB also offers Alternative Spring Break trips to the Louisiana Wetlands, South Dako-ta and the Dominican Republic, as well as the City of Buffalo.

But there will always be students – like Hall – who have a crazy story to tell, an ar-rest they’d rather forget and nights they don’t totally remember.


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Breanna Cragg, a 2014 UB alumna, went to Cancun, Mexico, on her senior year spring break with 11 of her friends. She said the atmosphere was “100 percent” a stereotypical college spring break atmosphere and she spent the days drinking on the beach and the nights dancing at clubs. COURTESY OF BREANNA CRAGG


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To get ready for its season, the men’s soc-cer team is taking an all-expense paid trip halfway around the world for 10 days.

For the first time ever, the men’s soccer team will travel to the United Kingdom to check out the competitive culture of Eng-lish soccer firsthand. It will visit London, Manchester, Liverpool, Nottingham and St. George’s Park – the training facility of the English National Team. The team leaves March 13 and returns March 22.

The trip also comes with a hefty $90,000 price tag – all donated money.

“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for them,” said head coach Stu Riddle. “I’m hoping they maximize everything they can from this trip and are looking forward to it for the right reasons. They’re going to see some high-profile matches and high-caliber opponents and, hopefully, come back as bet-ter players.”

Sophomore defenseman Alec Fisher also thinks the trip will benefit the team for next season, too.

“We’ve struggled with our win/loss record the past few years,” Fisher said. “This trip will give us an edge going into next season. It will give us more experience. It will be differ-ent types of games rather than what we play over here.”

The women’s team – who won the Mid-American Conference title in 2014 – is slat-ed to take a similar trip in the fall, but noth-ing has been officially planned, according to the athletic department.

Overall, the men’s team is looking to im-prove with its venture to England. The Bulls finished last season with a 5-10-2 record and only accumulated one win in conference play.

Riddle said now was the right time to plan the trip.

“Ultimately, we want the team to be more successful than it has been in the past cou-ple of seasons,” Riddle said. “We think now

is the right time to bring back that culture of how it’s played by these top players.”

The men’s trip’s funding didn’t come from the athletic department or out of players’ pockets – it was through donations from the parents of student-athletes and team alumni. According to Associate Athletic Director for Development Eric Gross, the trip was funded through a “Micro Campaign” – a short-term cash drive used to fund a special initiative.

“[Stu] Riddle came to me early to mid-fall,” Gross said. “The first thing that crossed my mind was, ‘Is this going to be a realistic thing?’ This was a kind of initiative

that sparked the interest of the parents in particular. So many of them contributed and stepped up in a big way.”

Currently, the soccer program has raised over $190,000 for the upcoming trip.

The women’s trip is projected to cost around $75,000-$85,000. Whatever money is not used toward the United Kingdom tours will go back into the soccer budget for oth-er projects.

“All of the excess money will be put back in the discretionary funds for Stu and [wom-en’s coach] Shawn [Burke] and use those funds for whatever future expenses that may

arise,” Gross said. “We promised donors that it would not be dispersed. We will make sure those dollars will go back into the program.”

Riddle first thought of the idea when he was the head coach at Western Michi-gan from 2009-12, but was not able to co-ordinate the trip due to NCAA restrictions and funding issues. He said this was the year where everyone involved made an effort to make the trip happen.

In addition to the tour, the team is also slot-ted to play four matches against local Eng-lish teams and will attend four professional matches – two Premier League matches and two Champions League matches.

Riddle said the team will learn more than how to play soccer.

“There are two ways they’re going to devel-op on this trip: on the field and off the field,” Riddle said. “I think the hope is we go away as a young group of lads and come back as an older, experienced group of men.”

The team will play four matches against youth clubs from around England, but soph-omore midfielder Russell Cicerone doesn’t care which teams’ the Bulls will play. He said whomever the Bulls are set to play, it would only help with their understanding of Amer-ican soccer compared to the culture of Eng-lish soccer.

“Over there, they look for players at 6 or 8 years old to try to get them to go to their academy,” Cicerone said. “They stay their en-tire lives, going to school there and playing soccer there. Here, professional teams don’t start looking at us until were almost out of college.”

Fisher made a similar trip with his high school team before joining the Bulls. He said the culture of American soccer and Eng-lish soccer are different, stating the “inten-sity level is through the roof ” in England compared to America. He also said the game here is more of a physical game whereas the English game is more technical.

He said the trip will help the team under-stand how the No. 1 country in the sport at-tacks the game.

“The intensity level is through the roof,” Fisher said. “You hear guys talking the whole time. It’s loud. It’s intense ... The experience to go over there and train against guys there will be very beneficial to our team.”


Men’s soccer team to go on 10-day trip to the United Kingdom over spring break

The men’s team celebrates a victory during the 2014 season. For spring break, the Bulls will travel to the United Kingdom to gain experience in English soccer culture. YUSONG SHI, THE SPECTRUM

Sunahara also resigned at his last head-coaching job at the University of Cincinnati after 12 seasons. Sunahara told The Spec-trum in 2014 that he felt it was time to leave the Bearcats and that he had “other opportuni-ties.”

Sunahara accumulated a 289-109 record, reached the Divi-sion-I NCAA Tournament eight times and won three Big East championships and three Con-ference USA championships from 2000-2011 with Cincinna-ti. He won the Big East Coach of the Year in 2008 and 2011, as well as Conference USA Coach of the year in 2001.

Sunahara was a standout play-er at the University of Cali-fornia, Los Angeles, where he helped the Bruins win three na-tional championships as a play-er from 1982-84, and again as an assistant coach in 1993. He missed the entire 1993 season due to a leg injury, but returned to the Bruins for the 1986 sea-son.

Sunahara plans to locate down to West Virginia in the next cou-ple of weeks. For now, he said he is enjoying his last times in Buffalo and with the team.

“I’m going to miss the team,” Sunahara said. “I liked coach-ing these girls. I thought we had a good team going. Overall, I’m going to miss Buffalo. It’s a won-derful city. I wish Buffalo the best.”


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JAMES BATTLE ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

The men’s basketball team’s fi-nal five games of the regular sea-son include four games against four of the top teams in the Mid-American Conference East. The other game was Tuesday’s match-up against the worst team in the MAC East – Ohio (9-19, 4-13 MAC).

Buffalo lost to Ohio 63-61 on a last-second layup off of a near full court pass on Jan. 24.

The Bulls (20-9, 11-6 MAC) didn’t seem to take Ohio lightly Tuesday night, as it had one of its best performances of the season.

The Bulls defeated the Bob-cats 93-66 on Tuesday evening at Alumni Arena in front of an an-nounced crowd of 3,596, mark-ing the team’s season-high fifth straight win. The team also reg-istered its highest scoring output of the season. If the Bulls win against Bowling Green (19-9, 11-6) on Friday, they will clinch at least a share of the MAC East.

In Buffalo’s 27-point win over the Bobcats Tuesday, the Bulls shot 49.3 percent from the field. Head coach Bobby Hurley said the game was very “free-flowing” and he didn’t have call many plays.

“We have to appreciate [the win] and enjoy it tonight,” Hur-ley said. “It’s hard to win games at this level. But it’s over after to-night and we have a big game on Friday and it will be harder than it was tonight.”

A key aspect to the Bulls’ blow-

out victory was the team’s ag-gressive defense throughout the game. Many times during the night, Ohio players were greeted with tight defense from the Bulls within seconds of getting the ball.

Junior forward Raheem John-son received a technical foul and was ejected from the game in the first half after getting in a shoving match with an Ohio player. John-son will not be suspended for Fri-day’s game.

The Bobcats turned the ball over 16 times during the course of the game. At one point dur-ing the second half, Ohio turned the ball over twice in less than ten seconds. Three of Ohio’s starters had three or more turnovers.

The Bulls also took advan-tage of loose balls to score points in transition. In one play, Ev-ans brought the ball up on a fast break and passed it backwards be-tween his legs to find senior for-ward Xavier Ford who dunked over an Ohio player in the pro-cess.

“We got a steal and an open court and we always preach, ‘when you have an open court, have fun,’” Evans said. “I feel like I’m like a wizard in the open court. You don’t know where the ball’s going to come from.”

Evans finished with 16 points on 5-of-10 shooting and added a career-high 11 assists.

Junior forward Rodell Wiggin-ton added a career-high 20 points, beating his previous record of 15, set against No. 1 Kentucky earlier in the season.

“I feel it’s great. Coach always emphasizes that any given night anyone can go out there and give their best performance,” Wiggin-ton said. “Tonight was my night. Everybody helped contribute.”

Junior forward Justin Moss had a career-high 17 rebounds. He grabbed nine boards in the first 12 minutes of play. He added a team-leading 22 points in the vic-tory.

In addition to their lock-up defense, the Bulls hit some big three-pointers to rack up the scor-ing against the Bobcats, shoot-ing 43.5 percent from three-point range.

Evans and junior guard and Jar-ryn Skeete both hit three shots from beyond the arc. After a fast break in transition, Skeete pulled up for three while still running in transition and hit the circus-type shot, erupting the Alumni Arena crowd.

The Bulls have one game re-maining in the regular season be-fore the MAC Tournament. If

Buffalo wins its last game against Bowling Green, it will clinch at least a share the MAC East and clinch at least a double-bye in the tournament. Buffalo is still in play for a No. 2 seed and triple buy to the semifinals.

“We all see the MAC champi-onship right there,” Evans said. “We all want it. It’s not just one person who wants it. It’s not the starting five, [it’s] even the guys on the bench. We all want that ring on our finger at the end of the year.”

Hurley is excited for the last home game of the season on Fri-day.

“I think the students will show up on Friday night and make it a really energetic situation, Hurley said. “Everything is on the line. It’s a one game deal. We’ll get the support to energize our team the way we need to.”

Friday’s game is set for 7 p.m. at Alumni Arena.


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Junior guard Rodell Wigginton drives to the hoop past an Ohio defender. He scored a career-high 20 points in the Bulls' 93-66 victory over Ohio on Tuesday night in Alumni Arena. YUSONG SHI, THE SPECTRUM

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