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The football team had dom-inated in its past three games. The Bulls’ starters hadn’t played in the fourth quarter, as they had blown out opponents 116-26.

On Saturday, it took a bit lon-ger to bury Massachusetts.

The Bulls entered the game as 21-point favorites – the largest margin in school history. They covered the spread and ousted the Minutemen (1-6, 1-2 Mid-American Conference), 32-3, on Saturday in front of 18,707 at UB Stadium.

Senior running back Branden Oliver broke UB’s career rushing record, senior linebacker Khalil Mack had his second pick-six of the season and the Bulls (5-2, 3-0

MAC) extended their winning streak to five.

“It felt great [to achieve the re-cord], but when it happened, I told everyone that that’s not the goal and we have to get this ‘W,’” Oliver said.

Oliver led an otherwise-lack-luster offense with 216 yards on a school record 43 carries. He passed Green Bay Packer James Starks as the program’s career rushing leader with 3,203 yards.

“I don’t know if we’ll be able to let [Oliver] carry 43 times ev-ery week, but if he gets 216 yards and we keep winning, we’ll cer-

tainly keep that as part of the game plan,” said head coach Jeff Quinn.

The win ties the program’s longest win streak in the modern Division I era and it extends a re-cord six consecutive wins at UB Stadium.

The Bulls’ offense didn’t score until early in the fourth quarter, but Mack got them on the board in the second. His 35-yard inter-ception return for a touchdown gave Buffalo a 10-0 lead that proved to be the game-winning score.

“[Mack] is worth the price of

every ticket in that stadium,” Quinn said. “He’s been blessed with some skill level that very few people possess … in my 30 years of coaching, he’s the best player.”

The play gave a boost to the Bulls, who had just witnessed two devastating injuries. Senior offensive lineman Jasen Carlson suffered a season-ending leg in-jury and was carted off the field. The following play, senior receiv-er Alex Neutz almost came down with a 40-yard grab before taking a hit to the head and dropping the ball – he left the game with a concussion.

Senior receiver Fred Lee filled in as the Bulls’ No. 1 receiver and was a quality replacement for the Bulls’ star receiver. Lee caught a career-high eight passes for 70 yards and a touchdown.

But as has been the case in weeks past, the Bulls’ defense demonstrated complete domi-nance.

ERIC CULVERStaff Writer

He greets guests and visitors at

his front door with his 20-year-old Parakeet, Baby, sitting on his left shoulder.

Eugene Piwko, 78, starts his day with smooth jazz and a freshly brewed pot of coffee. On the walls of the Buffalo na-tive’s home are pictures of fam-ily and friends and homemade clocks, which he crafted himself throughout the years.

During the day, Piwko relaxes at home, surrounded by his arti-facts and memories of the past.

But at nighttime, it’s a differ-ent story.

After losing his wife to cancer in 2010, Piwko felt lost and con-fused, unable to move forward with a new chapter in his life. He went through serious bouts of depression, only to bring him-self out of the darkness with the help of a close-knit Buffalo community and a series of danc-ing classes.

Go to downtown Buffalo any night and there’s a chance you’ll encounter ‘Gene the Dancing Machine.’

Months after the passing of his wife, Piwko learned how to swing, salsa, tango and dance to

any beat that life plays for him. He reconfigured his life to a new rhythm. Piwko has gone out to bars and clubs every week since to show off his suave dance moves.

On his way out the door, Pi-wko stops to look at a picture collage of his wife. After this last glance at his past, he sets out for a night of dancing, reborn into the fun-loving man whom many Buffalonians have come to adore.

When a catchy tune catches his ears, it’s as if Piwko is under a rhythmic spell that he can’t es-

cape, and everyone else gets en-tranced.

When Gene dances, everybody dances.

First, his feet start a little shuf-fle from left to right. Then, he speeds up and gets his hips go-ing. At that point, Piwko resem-bles a hula-girl dashboard figu-rine. The last ingredients are his franticly moving hands. He goes as long as he can, and when Pi-wko is tired, he puts his hands together to form a “T” for time out.

Gene the Dancing Machine

BULLS DEFEAT MASSACHUSETTS

FOR FIFTH STRAIGHT VICTORYOliver, Mack lead Buffalo to victory

78-year-old eugene piwko

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sensation

Eric cuLvEr, The SpecTrumEugene Piwko is a Buffalo dancing legend. Through the hardship of losing his wife to cancer and despite his old age, “Gene the Dancing Machine” is popular for the good vibes he brings to the downtown Buf-falo nightlife.

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JOE KONZE JRneWS editor

Nicholas Arieno had a passion

for longboarding. People in his hometown of

Rochester say they often found him at the top of a hill – any hill – standing on four wheels and a long piece of wood. He rode around town with others in the local longboarding community and tried to spread his passion to as many people as possible.

Arieno, who was found dead Sept. 22 in the basement of 93 Winspear Ave. near UB South Campus, was a freshman busi-ness major and aspiring entre-preneur. Arieno’s toxicology re-port has not been released, and his cause of death is not yet known.

He spent as much time as he could longboarding, and those who know him say he was a gen-uine young man who had a vi-sion for the future of the sport. He is also known as someone who was sincerely interested in feedback and could handle crit-icism.

Arieno was a graduate of Greece Athena High School in Rochester and was studying chain supply management at UB.

Before graduating high school, he started a successful busi-ness with his best friend, Abhi-nav Garg. The company, which specialized in selling longboards and being environmentally con-scious in its business, was called Fleet Board Sports.

Arieno and Garg were finalists for the Saunders Scholars Bright Ideas Competition in part of the Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA). Garg declined an inter-view with The Spectrum but told WHAM Rochester he and Arie-no “were like two peas in a pod.”

Rochester community commemorates friend, young entrepreneur

CourteSy of FAcEBookNicholas Arieno was an aspiring en-trepreneur and a freshman studying business at UB. He was an avid fan of longboarding and ran his own com-pany, Fleet Board Sports, with his best friend from high school.

Nicholas Arieno remembered as integral part of

longboarding community

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Senior linebacker Khalil Mack (46) evades an offensive lineman on a 35-yard interception return for a touchdown in the second quarter.

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On Friday at 10 p.m., a stu-dent was robbed outside of 108 Hadley Village.

Two males with a knife and handgun demanded a student handover his bag, which con-tained electronic equipment, ac-cording to UPD in a UB alert. The victim was not harmed. The suspects were white and wore black hoodies; they fled the scene on foot.

Lieutenant Joshua Sticht of University Police (UPD) said the robbery was not a random act; the suspects targeted the victim.

Sticht said the victim was try-ing to sell an iPod on Craigslist and a woman contacted the vic-tim. Sticht said the victim di-vulged more personal informa-tion than he or she should have.

The victim then told the wom-an about other electronics he or she was trying to sell. The vic-tim set up a time to meet the woman at Hadley Village, but the two male suspects showed up instead.

Sticht urges students to be careful when giving strangers their information in transactions like this. He said students should never be alone in these meetings and should always make transac-tions in a public place.

The robbery is still under in-vestigation, but Sticht is confi-dent that UPD will find the sus-pects. Anyone with informa-tion on the robbery can contact UPD at (716) 645-222.

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“I should have brought my scuba gear,” Piwko says, out of breath, with beads of sweat drip-ping from his head.

Piwko thinks a man his age should have few responsibilities outside of dancing and having a good time. He encourages others of all ages to join him on his ad-ventures through the Queen City.

The elderly man is a legend of

sorts. Dave Arkelian Jr., 31, one of

the head bouncers at Nietzsche’s bar on Allen Street, has noted Pi-wko as the most well known reg-ular of the bar.

Seemingly every time Arke-lian is working, Piwko makes his way over to the door for a friendly conversation. To Arke-lian, Piwko is different from the

typical, grumpy old man who has outlived his best years. In-stead, Arkelian sees a man who is cheerful – a good role model.

“I tell you what, though – I can sure as hell dance better than that Miley Cyrus girl from the VMAs,” Piwko joked. “I’ll out-dance anyone in this county, city, state and/or country for howev-er long it takes.”

Someday, Piwko hopes to pro-duce his very own television show, “Do You Think You Can Dance With The Silver Fox?”

He describes it as a show in which talented dancers would compete with one another across the nation to win prize money and their very own dance with the “silver fox” himself. Piwko sees it as a potential win-win for him and the City of Buffalo: it would provide him the chance to dance with the finest dancers the nation has to offer, while pro-moting the city as a hub for good moves.

“Buffalo is a fine establish-ment; you have restaurants, pop-ular businesses and bars that the rest of the country should ac-knowledge,” Piwko said.

Piwko says he wants the “fine ladies of Buffalo” to be acknowl-edged as well. Piwko traveled the world when he was in the Unit-ed States Marine Corps, but he always thought Buffalo had the prettiest ladies of all.

“Believe me, I’ve been to Ti-juana, California, Okinawa, Ha-waii, Japan, and they sure as hell don’t compete with the girls from Buffalo,” Piwko said.

Many see Piwko as the Buffalo equivalent of Bigfoot, or an ur-ban myth – only witnessing him in action once, never to spot him again.

Carlotta Rotini, 22, traveled to Buffalo from her home in Ita-ly this past summer for a confer-

ence at D’Youville College. Roti-ni met Piwko at a concert at the Buffalo Harbor. She was hesi-tant to approach him at first, but certainly didn’t regret it once she did. What made her laugh the most was Piwko’s nickname – Gene the Dancing Machine.

“He’s a genius,” Rotini said.Amanda Markovich, the lead

singer for Buffalo band Randle and the Late Night Scandals, has been acquainted with Piwko for the past year after meeting him at Gene McCarthy’s bar in South Buffalo during one of her band’s shows.

Markovich admires Piwko’s general attitude toward life. She looks at him as a man who has “spunk,” one who can share all kind of stories with anyone he meets.

The favorite story the two in-dividuals share is the time Pi-wko proposed to Markovich mid-dance on the dance floor at Nietzsche’s. Markovich, over-whelmed by the cuteness of Pi-wko’s proposal, politely declined the offer.

“She told me that she’d have to think on it,” Piwko said. “I told her, hell, you can take 20 years to think about it for all you want.”

The 78-year-old dancing ma-chine can wait – but he won’t sit around and let life pass him by.


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When Arieno wasn’t on his longboard, he was either bounc-ing ideas off others in hopes of advancing his business or vol-unteering his time at a camp for children with diabetes.

He was dedicated to helping those with diabetes because he had it.

In 2010, he earned his Eagle Scout ranking in Boy Scouts of America.

Dan O’Neil, a senior at Web-ster Thomas High School and member of Stranj Boards, met Arieno in December 2012 and heard the news of his death through a friend.

“I was honestly shocked,” O’Neil said. “I felt awful. He was way too young. It didn’t make any sense.”

Arieno developed strong rap-port within the longboarding community in Rochester.

“He was always having a good time,” said Louis LaGambi-no, part of the Rochester long-boarding community and a member of Stranj Boards, in an email. “He was never the person who needed to be encouraged to stay longer. [He] simply enjoyed spending time with people who shared his interests.”

Arieno was also never judg-

mental or put off by competing longboard businesses, according to LaGambino. Instead, Arieno saw the competitors as an op-portunity to share information and learn more about the indus-try.

O’Neil said Arieno was a fan of the sport’s camaraderie.

“The biggest part of it was the whole community ideal,” O’Neil said. “I think Nick fell for that part of the sport because it brought together a lot of peo-ple.”


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The ‘D’ kept the Minutemen out of the end zone, allowed just 247 yards of offense, forced three turnovers, six punts and a safety.

“It’s a great feeling to be where we’re at and know that we have a defense that we can rely upon to keep people out of the end zone,” Quinn said.

Senior Adam Redden led the unit with 12 tackles (two tack-les for loss) and a fumble recov-ery and Mack finished with three tackles (two tackles for loss), an interception and a sack – which tied him for the school record (24).

Mack’s two tackles for loss give him 66 in his career, which

is the third most in NCAA his-tory.

Sophomore quarterback Joe Licata threw for 167 yards and a touchdown and has now thrown a score in each of the Bulls’ sev-en games.

Junior kicker Pat Clarke made 3 of 4 field goals with a long of 44 yards.

The schedule picks up from here, as four of the Bulls’ final five opponents entered the sea-son as legitimate conference contenders. Buffalo needs just one win in those games to be-come bowl eligible for the first time since 2008.

Lee said the offense needs to get off to a faster start next

week but also took time to com-mend the Bulls’ ‘D.’

“The defense scored more points than we did in the first half,” Lee said. “We practice against them every day in prac-tice and they are the best team we go against every week. I hate going against [the first-team de-fense] in practice.”

Neutz’s status for next week is unknown, as is the status of senior end lineman Colby Way, who also left Saturday’s game.

Next Saturday, the Bulls trav-el to Kent State (2-6, 1-2 MAC). Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m.


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Facebook users can again feel leery of its privacy settings. It will now allow users ages 13-17 to share posts and information with people outside their friend net-work. And this is incredibly dan-gerous. But it is more indicative of an already pervasive problem for young people.

In today’s world, it is already very easy to divulge information via the Internet. And young peo-ple today are of a certain gener-ation – the Internet generation. We, as college students, were in middle school when MySpace emerged and participated in the changing atmosphere of commu-nication through social media.

What our generation has had to deal with are technological inno-vations that provide exposure for people to expose themselves.

The problem for a certain age group is that they have not yet reached a developmental stage in which they are fully cognizant of the consequences of their actions. And when kids share posts on Facebook, they will often “self-reveal before they self-reflect,” as Jim Steyer, founder and CEO of Common Sense Media, said on the PBS NewsHour.

We think this is unequivocal, but, sadly, recent changes in Face-

book’s privacy settings only inten-sify this problem – it is a problem that is already there.

Twitter has been growing rap-idly in recent years and more kids tweet information that could one day be problematic to a potential employer. And on Twitter, only a select few have installed the priva-cy option; most users allow their tweets to be seen by anyone.

As the presence of social me-dia has become more ubiquitous in youth culture, a great deal of responsibility falls upon the par-ents to monitor their children’s ac-tions. Parents need to explain to their children the way these out-lets become a form of self-repre-sentation – it is an instrument that one can use to construct his or her own identity.

Children are not aware of this and will often act on impulse. The presence of parents in their lives can be a huge factor in ensuring that some preventive action is tak-en that can help children stay clear of potentially self-destructive be-havior.

And it is also important to note that many specialists have de-duced that these changes will help facilitate more cyberbully-ing. A middle-school-aged teen-ager might not realize the full im-

plications of using the word “re-tarded” or making a derogatory statement of some kind to a class-mate.

And it is well established at this point that abusive behavior on so-cial media has induced suicide in some teenagers.

Public schools (and all schools for that matter) should conduct courses that elucidate the effects of social media usage. If a class can help one child learn, and help him or her avoid harmful behav-ior, it would be a success.

But what is important to note is that Facebook is making this most recent adjustment due to commercial imperative; they aren’t thinking about what is in the best interest of children.

Facebook is not an ordinary business. As it plunged its way into a global presence, it realized one way it could accumulate more revenue – through advertise-ments. Advertisers like having this large network of people who will literally declare what they like and don’t like. And this enables them to gather a more acute collection of statistics.

This most recent change ele-vates that marketing model.

Few people believe allowing teens to share their information

with the general public is a good idea. Allowing teens to put out information that can be damag-ing to themselves or bullying to others, in a larger, public forum, makes the potential consequences much higher.

It also enables online predators to keep an eye on children easier.

For a long time, writers, phi-losophers and thinkers, in gener-al, have wondered what exactly it is that causes a loss of innocence in young people. We don’t claim to have an answer to that age-old question, but we do believe the function of social media is mak-ing the age at which that occurs drop dramatically.

As we continue to notice more and more adjustments (one com-mentator noted that Facebook’s privacy settings are like the weath-er – constantly changing) to our social media landscape, we should remember the impacts they could make on our youth.

And executives at companies like Facebook should let that in-form their decisions.


The dangers of social media Facebook privacy changes affect our youth

On Friday, the limited release of 12 Years a Slave, the new movie directed by the British filmmaker Steve McQueen, marked the third major film in the last two years that deals with the subject of slav-ery.

Slavery is America’s largest wound. And with the exception of the television mini-series Roots in 1977 and several films, includ-ing Jonathan Demme’s Beloved – the adaptation of Toni Morrison’s novel in 1987 – never before has the issue been so thoroughly and repeatedly addressed through cin-ema.

But now, it is a dominant theme in Hollywood – and 12 Years a Slave is galvanizing audiences and critics alike.

David Denby of The New York-er has called it “easily the great-est feature film ever made about American slavery.” Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post called it “a captivating study of humanity at its most troubled and most impla-cable [time].”

And it is a time that needs to be depicted accurately and compre-hensively for audiences; people need to be educated on the peri-od of our nation’s greatest shame – for we will need to confront it seriously if we hope to ever real-ly reconcile it.

Many remember the controver-sy surrounding Django Unchained last year. Even with all its outra-geousness and humorous dialogue inappropriate to its subject, it ig-nited a much-needed conversa-tion.

Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln de-tailed the arduous and convolut-ed legislative process that pro-pelled passage of the Thirteenth Amendment – which affected putting an end to slavery in Amer-ica.

But Quentin Tarantino’s film is what got people talking. The mas-ter craftsmanship that went into it cannot be overlooked, but the way it presented its themes took heavy material and reduced it to an ado-lescent’s sensibility.

And if what the critics are say-ing is true, 12 Years a Slave offers something that Django lacked: a solemnity, a desire to depict an in-tense and unflinching look at slav-ery without stylistic absorption – a desire to try to present it how it was.

Slavery is such an important part of our history that we need movies like this. We, as a culture, rely on the cinema to provide us a mechanism to look at human ex-perience. And it says something about human experience – in all its horror and potential for moral abandon – that slavery existed for as long as it did.

What is problematic with many people is that they do not fully un-derstand slavery. The use of the medium of film can be incredi-bly powerful for addressing this shortcoming. The power of imag-es can be highly revealing – both physically and emotionally.

For many, the experience of Django Unchained did provide an important insight – seeing was be-

lieving; the imagery made it real.Even for those who truly grasp

what slavery is, seeing it on the screen changes and deepens the awareness to a level of higher un-derstanding.

We need movies like 12 Years a Slave. It is important that we have movies like this to educate the younger generations – and the older generations, too.

All films deal with time and all films serve as time capsules. What films these last two years reflect is that filmmakers and audiences are now at a place where they are in-terested in dealing with the past – a past that is a dark chapter in American history.

The more we delve deeper into this chapter, the more we will un-derstand it, and perhaps the more we will understand the world we are living in now, too.


The necessity of awarenessRecent films on slavery insist we deal with past

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EDITOR IN CHIEFAaron Mansfield

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Album: PrismArtist: Katy PerryLabel: Capitol Records Release: Oct. 18Grade: B

Katy Perry’s perfectly titled

fourth-studio album, Prism, is ex-actly that: a prism. It takes the usually narrow pop-genre and shows how diverse it can be.

Perry’s Teenage Dream, which came out three years ago, was a tough act to follow. Despite re-ceiving mediocre reviews, near-ly half of the album ended up as top-radio hits. Though Prism doesn’t reach the caliber that was Teenage Dream, it comes close.

Prism isn’t a pop revolution by any means, but it shows Per-ry did her homework and took queues from arguably some of the best pop eras and artists.

Tracks like “Birthday” and “Walking On Air” have a reso-nating, late-’80s and early-’90s beat to them that immediately make you feel like grooving out.

In the song “Dark Horse,” Perry sounds pleasantly simi-lar to a young Britney Spears, but the song takes a modern ap-proach by dropping a strong trap beat. Juicy J is featured on this track, but his verse is weak, which ultimately takes away from

the otherwise great track. Another disappointing mo-

ment on the album is the shal-low-sounding song “This is How We Do.” The repetitious song feels like a Ke$ha track in the sense that it’s catchy and breaks the fourth wall when Perry says, “No, no, no. Bring the beat back.” Yet, you can’t help but sing the chorus and bop to the beat.

Prism’s biggest downfall is its pacing. The first half of the al-bum is loaded with the upbeat, catchy tunes while the tracks on the back half mostly take on a serious, darker tone.

“Roar,” the album’s first sin-gle, is a solid kickoff to the al-bum with its memorable centric theme. The entire front half of the album is that way – strong.

The back half is littered with tracks like “Love Me,” “By The Grace of God” and “Spiritual,” which are meant to be slower, emotional songs. Ultimately, they leave the listener with nothing but mediocrity.

The split makes Prism feel like two separate albums. Most listen-ers will figure out which style of Katy Perry songs they like and will end up only listening to one half of the album.

Amongst the lackluster tracks that populate the second half of the album, there are a few that are above mediocre, but only one is a standout. “This Moment” opens with a beat that might as well be a part of the soundtrack for the movie Drive. It becomes the only successful and emotion-ally invested track that Perry at-tempted to create with all the songs later on in the album.

Prism shows how diverse pop music can be in tone and feel. Though every song isn’t a home run, Perry is able to display her stellar pipes on just about every track. The result is an increase of quality on even the most shallow of songs.

Prism as an album is far from perfect, but Katy Perry fans will find the music good enough to leave them satisfied.


THE PRISM OF PERRYKaty perry releases her fourth album, prism

CASSANDRA YOCHUMStaff Writer

Most students would probably shudder at the thought of man-aging and marketing a store while double majoring. Junior Todd Lozo, however, loves the experi-ence.

Lozo balances double major-ing in psychology and linguis-tics with working at Around the World Imports in the Walden Galleria Mall. It is his passion for the store’s values that keeps him motivated.

Around the World Imports seeks to do just what its name suggests: sell imports from all around the world. The prod-ucts it sells vary from perish-able cookies and confections, to sculptures and flags, to decals and more.

Around the World Imports is different from the average store. It is a humanitarian experience that supports fair trade, cultur-al diversity and travel, Lozo said. He urges UB students to learn more about the world and to find a little bit of themselves inside of the shop.

Originally located in Destiny USA – then known as the Car-ousel Mall – in Syracuse, Around the World Imports has grown from a small neighborhood shop to a chain store that now has a location in Buffalo.

“We started small,” said Kev-in Dabit, a co-owner and found-er of the store.

He explained that the store was primarily a small market, serv-ing only a few customers. But its products, he said, are rare and of-tentimes handmade, so they are irreplaceable. That is what led to the store’s increasing popularity.

Kevin Dabit and Janet Jawor-ski, co-owners of Around the World Imports, travel all around the world searching for products and learning about different cul-tures. They work with cottage in-dustries and different families in the countries they visit.

When Dabit and Jaworski find products they are interested in buying, they often offer a fami-ly one or two years of income in advance. This could double a family’s income and keep their

children off the streets, they said. “We like to think of ourselves

as philanthropists,” Jaworski said.Around the World Imports has

three goals. The founders hope to spread the magnitude and un-derstanding of fair trade, inform people of the significance of cultural diversity and encourage travel. Fair Trade USA’s website states: “Fair Trade goods are just that. Fair. From far-away farms to your shopping cart, products that bear our logo come from farmers and workers who are justly compensated.”

Lozo believes that many American citizens have “blind-ers” on when it comes to learn-ing about other cultures.

“We are a nation of cultural diversity, so I think that under-standing cultural diversity is im-perative to understanding this country,” Lozo said.

Without the awareness, Lozo believes that racism, bigotry and separatism will continue to plague communities around the United States.

Around the World Imports’ employees are trained to be teachers in order to create a “rip-ple effect” with customers, Lozo said. The employees are coached

to have conversations with cus-tomers about the products in which they are interested. Each of the store’s visitors is given the unique experience of learn-ing about the different cultures, products and nations around the world.

The customers also get to con-tribute to the wellbeing of the items’ producers.

“When a customer buys a product, we emphasize that they are helping support communities around the world,” Lozo said. “[We] not only make the cus-tomer understand the value of the product, but [we] also make them feel that their purchase is going to a greater contribution to the world.”

Dabit is hoping to expand and take his stores to the West Coast.

Around the World Imports can bring its customers to exot-ic places that they’ve never seen before, Lozo said. The store is adorned in elaborate kites and mood lighting provided by Hi-malayan salt lamps, which are natural ionizers.

Many of the loyal custom-ers have traveled all around the world, so they appreciate the shop’s products and values, Lozo said.

UB is now among the top 20 U.S. universities with internation-al student enrollment, according to the school’s admissions web-site. Because of the immense ethnic culture these students bring, Lozo wants to start mak-ing students aware of Around the World Imports.

Lozo suggests international students take a look at the store if they are homesick. The prod-ucts, styles and home-like feel of Around the World Imports can provide a relaxing and education-al experience.

Dabit said people are all inter-connected and the store can help students realize that the world is a very small place.

“People want to feel like they’re contributing to some-thing greater than themselves,” Lozo said. “With a school full of culture, there are bound to be students interested in a store that provides for its producers.”

Lozo implores his fellow stu-dents to explore this eccen-tric shop the next time they are shopping at the Walden Galleria.


Around the World in one shop Fair trade store encourages students to explore cultural diversity, travel

KEREN BARUCHSenior featureS editor

It’s sad that as president of my sorority, I often have to beg peo-ple to participate in philanthro-py events. Not because I’m in a group of apathetic and uncaring girls, but because, unfortunately, most people forget the feeling.

They forget the feeling of uni-ty. The togetherness that comes with walking just a few miles, sur-rounded by thousands of peo-ple who are all passionate about fighting for a cause.

They forget the fulfillment that comes when a target monetary goal is reached and a group is able to donate thousands of dol-lars toward research and aware-ness for something they feel pas-sionate about.

What’s often forgotten is the sense of pride one feels after re-alizing his or her philanthropic efforts are paying off and actual-ly affecting others.

Finally, people forget the love that lingers in people’s eyes, ac-tions and hearts when they are working together to make a change for the better of human-ity.

This past Saturday, I watched my sorority remember that feel-ing again.

Three days before the breast cancer walk in Niagara Square, I told my sorority the event would be mandatory. I knew this would not be followed by positive re-sponses, but I had hoped that, af-ter all of the complaints, people would realize that philanthropic events should not be dreaded.

I received endless text messag-es from people trying to get out of attending.

Some asked if they could pay their way out of it. Others claimed it “wasn’t fair” to make them go. Many thought they had better places to be at 10 a.m. on a Saturday morning.

It puzzled me that people were so unwilling to attend a walk that affects almost everybody.

Breast cancer is the most com-mon cancer in women, no matter what race or ethnicity, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 39,620 women will die from breast can-cer annually, according to Ameri-can Cancer Society.

At least 10 girls in my sorority are related to someone who has battled breast cancer, yet not ev-eryone was enthusiastic about at-tending Saturday’s event.

Regardless, everyone changed their profile picture on Facebook to promote the walk and shared the link to our team’s donation site.

Within 48 hours, we raised $990.

I was beyond ecstatic and fi-nally saw the girls in my group working toward raising money and spreading awareness.

On the morning of the event, I was worried that people would not show up. I had hoped their efforts in raising money would translate into attending the walk, but I did not want to have my hopes too high.

Upon waiting in the traffic sur-rounding Niagara Square and finding a parking spot nearby, I anticipated having to yell at girls who wouldn’t show their faces.

I realized I was not giving my sorority enough credit. With just a little bit of a push, I saw the unity in my sorority; everyone was marching in pink through the streets of downtown Buffalo.

The feeling

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DANiELE GErSHoN, The SpecTrumTodd Lozo, a junior psychology and linguistics major, stands in Around the World Imports, where he is a manager, in the Walden Galleria Mall in Cheektowaga. Around the World is a humanitarian experience that sup-ports fair trade, cultural diversity and travel, Lozo said.

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JORDAN OSCARStaff Writer

Platform: Playstation 3 exclu-sive Released: Oct. 8 Developer: Quantic Dream Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Grade: B

The first few minutes of Be-

yond Two Souls are proof that Da-vid Cage has finally created the opus he has always talked about – making a video game seem like an interactive movie. But the game rarely lives up to its poten-tial.

Beyond Two Souls is the tale of Jodie Holmes (Ellen Page, Juno) and Aiden, a paranormal en-tity that has been tethered to her since birth. The game takes place over the course of 15 years and follows Jodie from her trau-matic childhood – where Aiden torments her –to her adult life, where she controls her paranor-mal protector.

Her transformation from ad-olescence to adulthood is told through a series of non-linear vignettes, which jump around through different stages of her life. The first 10 minutes of the game follows a very young Jodie as she performs a series of tests using Aiden to spy on some-one in another room, but then it jumps to her as an adult where she is helping a CIA operative uncover hidden documents in a sheik’s mansion.

Despite being reminiscent of Heavy Rain – David Cage and Quantic Dream’s previous en-deavor – Beyond Two Souls offers an entirely unique, dark, deep and emotional experience with its own set of problems.

The story is laid out on a time-line, with each chapter mark-ing an important moment within Jodie’s life. Although the way in which the story unfolds is a bit confusing at first, it creates an experience that is engaging from start to finish. Beyond Two Souls’ narrative also provides a refresh-ing take on how story and nar-rative within video games can be developed.

Unfortunately, the lack of any linear structure within the sto-ry often undermines the game’s heavy emphasis on choices and consequences. Unlike in Heavy Rain, which progressed in a lin-ear fashion and made the effects of each decision immediately clear, Beyond Two Souls’ structure

facilitates a narrative in which decisions feel forgettable and ar-bitrary at times.

The only sense of an immedi-ate impact on the story comes in the form of interacting with oth-er characters. Conversation and interactions can have a signifi-cant impact on how any vignette unfolds, but not on the overall story; interactions become an ex-periment in pushing the bound-aries and limits of each situation.

As the game progresses, Jodie faces increasingly dramatic and important decisions that have a tremendous impact on the sto-ry. The player, however, won’t realize what the impacts of the choices are until the untimely ending of the game.

Just like its predecessor, Beyond Two Souls features a multitude of endings and will require many play-throughs to discover how each ending is reached.

In a similar fashion to char-acter interactions, controlling Aiden can become another ex-periment in testing the game’s boundaries. There are parts of the game in which you can play poltergeist and terrorize people. These are some of the most en-joyable moments in the game, especially because the player can make Aiden go far beyond what Jodie tells him to do.

As Aiden, players can manip-ulate objects, possess or strangle various people or simply trav-el through walls to explore. The boundaries of what Aiden can do and how he interacts with Jodie become some of the most interesting aspects of the game. Because he plays such a vital role, it’s annoying that control of Aiden is often taken away in ser-vice of the plot.

Unlike controlling Aiden, con-trolling Jodie can feel cumber-some and slow. White dots on the screen indicate points of in-

terests, while button presses control actions and dialogue. Al-though the majority of the con-trols work well, the quick-time events (QTEs) do not.

QTEs in Beyond Two Souls oc-cur during combat; the game slows down and the player must press the analog stick in a way that matches the motion of Jodie’s body. If she is kicking to-ward her right, then you move the stick right, but if you move it the wrong way she gets hit.

The problem with this system is it feels like a contrived way of prolonging the player’s inter-est, especially when it isn’t always clear what direction the player needs to move the analog stick to get the correct response. That being said, the QTEs bring a lot of tension into the experience.

Visually, Beyond Two Souls is one of the most impressive look-ing games of this console gen-eration. The meticulous detail brought into the game’s world keeps it feeling realistic, despite the paranormal events that occur throughout the game.

It’s impossible to play the game without noticing the un-paralleled voice acting and char-acter animations by Page and Willem Dafoe (Odd Thomas) – who plays a father-like figure to Jodie who studies her from a young age.

As a whole, Beyond Two Souls is an exceptional technical achieve-ment in game development, but it feels like a missed opportunity to break new ground. Although the game delivers on the emo-tional weight of its story and has a refreshing take on narrative structure, it hardly outweighs the shortcomings of its plot and controls.


FALTERING TO BREAK GROUNDBeyond two Souls game review

The feeling

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CASSANDRA YOCHUMStaff Writer

The memory of the fireworks pushes her forward.

Tazrin Hossain, a sophomore political science major, vividly remembers the New Year’s cel-ebrations and warm nights she spent shooting off fireworks and watching them explode into thousands of shimmering piec-es. New Orleans was her home. The community there was more than just another Bengali tie; it was her family.

Now at UB, Hossain is search-ing for a new family in the Ban-gladeshi Student Association.

The Bangladeshi Student As-sociation (BSA) was once derec-ognized due to mismanagement and the overall lack of interest by members and the executive board. The club was re-recog-nized four years ago, but its re-turn from tumult has been slow and challenging. Hossain is striv-ing to keep the club afloat.

She joined BSA as secretary last semester and saw the club’s potential. She stepped up and ran unopposed for the role of president this year.

Hossain grew up in a Benga-li community around New Or-leans. The children with whom she grew up were more than just friends – they were like little brothers and sisters or older sib-

lings. For an only child like her, they became her home, her com-munity and her family.

“We were very close [and] de-pendent on each other,” Hossain said.

Now, many of the members of her community back home have moved on and started their adult lives. Hossain realizes the importance of finding a simi-lar close-knit community here at UB.

Though she doesn’t think the club will ever replace her Bengali family back at home, she thinks BSA can help students feel like they are a part of a community – the way she once did.

Some of the members are ex-cited with the direction Hossain and the new e-board have taken.

Shah Muhammad Abdul-lah Sayem, a sophomore archi-tecture major, said the club is in strong condition and that the new e-board promotes all of the events in a “cool” way.

“We have been much more in-volved in the SA this year than we have ever been,” said Fahim Joarder, a senior accounting ma-jor and the club’s treasurer.

He joined BSA because he wanted to help develop the club for a sustainable future.

A new start for the Bangladeshi Student AssociationHossain leads new e-board, which aims to rebuild BSA’s reputation

JAckiE SHi, The SpecTrum(Left to right) Vice President Nabiha Ahsan, Historian Farzana Oishi, President Taz Hossain and Treasurer Fahim Joarder comprise the new executive board of the Bangladeshi Student Association.

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CourteSy of NiyAz PorDELThe Buffalo Iranian SA held a cards night Oct. 12 in UB’s flag room in the Student Union. This September, the Student Association recognized the group as a temporary club. It is the fourth Persian student association to be recognized by SA in the last 30 years.

MOHAMMED SHARIFFStaff Writer

Persian students on campus will once again have an opportunity to show the student body the beauty of their culture.

This September, the Student Association recognized the Buffa-lo Iranian SA as a temporary club. It is the fourth Persian student as-sociation SA has recognized in the last 30 years.

The first Persian SA formed in the 1980s, a few years after the Iranian revolution. It last-ed around a decade, before being derecognized by the Student As-sociation in the ’90s for inactivity.

Niyaz Pordel, a biomedical sci-ence major and the club’s cur-rent president, said she is working hard to make the club permanent once more. She agreed with past club presidents that the inactivity of the club was due largely to the academics of involved members.

There were too many interna-tional and graduate students in the previous clubs, and none of them had the time or motivation to get involved, she said.

Pordel said she isn’t fazed by the derecognitions of the last three clubs. She is prepared to learn from past mistakes to build a stronger club, and she plans on holding events that bridge the gap

between American and Iranian cultures.

“I believe that participation and cooperation are key factors to running a successful club,” Pordel said. “We do not want this group to be just for few years; we want [this] Persian group to be at UB as permanent, forever.”

The club didn’t reform un-til 2002, under former president Pouya Goudarzi, who graduated in 2004 with a degree in business.

“[The undergraduate Irani-an students] really wanted a club … but no one wanted to do any-thing about it,” he said. “I took the leading charge and really got it going.”

The club lasted two years un-der Goudarzi, who is now a real estate agent in Binghamton. He said he kept the club popular by holding social events and steering clear of politics. But the Persian SA failed to renew itself with SA after Goudarzi and was derecog-nized for the second time.

Five years later, the club re-formed under the name Buffalo Iranian Student Association.

The club remained in its initial temporary status for six semesters – twice the amount SA allows. Temporary clubs can be granted an extension on their temporary status under “extenuating circum-stances,” according to administra-

tive director of SA Mark Sorel.The SA handbook states, “a

club cannot remain a tempo-rary club for more than three se-mesters, unless they are grant-ed an extension by the senate.” Sorel wasn’t sure what “extenuat-ing circumstances” specified, but he said the club most likely nev-er took the necessary steps to change from temporary to per-manent. The club’s failure to take those steps, Sorel said, was indica-tive of its inactivity.

Azin Bagheritar, a UB alum-na and the club’s former treasur-er, said the club had participation problems from the start and there weren’t enough motivated peo-ple involved. She rarely found the time to get involved herself, de-spite being on the club’s executive board.

In 2011, the club once again failed to renew itself with SA, marking the third time a Persian SA was derecognized.

Pordel hopes the new direction of the club will get more mem-bers involved, and she aims to keep it around for at least a few more years.

The Buffalo Iranian Student Association is holding its next event, a movie night, Oct. 20.

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As a player, he has an insatiable work ethic; the coaches routinely say he is the strongest guy on the team pound for pound. Go watch him run up the hill at the old football stadium – with the sled his dad gave him dragging behind – and you’ll know what Bo is all about. His sur-prising strength gives Oliver the ability to drag linebackers twice his size for 4-5 ex-tra yards – a skill he had before the injury and still boasts today. Fans saw it on dis-play multiple times Saturday.

As a person, Oliver is one of my fa-vorite people at UB. He is reserved – a man of few words – but friendly. He is as

serious about his Christian faith as any-thing else – and he’s serious about a lot. Try getting him to respond to a question without first thanking “[his] lord and sav-ior, Jesus Christ.” I’ll bet you can’t.

I went to church once with him while writing a feature on quarterback Chazz Anderson in 2011. It was funny seeing Oliver in a different setting – as focused on his hymnals as he is on scanning a de-fense before a play.

One thing is certain – Bo doesn’t mess around. In football, in faith, in anything else in life. He has had this me-against-the-world mentality since he arrived in

Amherst; he was not highly recruited out of high school. In fact, no Division I school except UB wanted him.

He has become Buffalo’s all-time rush-ing leader based on sheer work ethic and unmatched focus. Those are traits that have always transcended what he lacks in size.

Perhaps now the scouts will start to re-member.


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I saw the smiles and excitement; ev-eryone felt like they were a part of something greater than themselves. As they wore Alpha Phi letters while singing and dancing to the music from the stage nearby, I saw my sisters finally start to remember the feeling.

The girls in Alpha Phi, waiting in line for the food trucks to open and proudly wearing the stickers that were handed out to registered walkers, were having fun while spreading awareness for a cause so close to their hearts.

It’s difficult for some to be college students while having to participate in out-of-class events. We all have work to do, we all have social gatherings to attend and many of us have jobs.

I suggest, however, that every or-ganization makes at least four philan-thropy events each semester manda-tory. Nobody can deny that they get the feeling upon helping others. It’s the steps toward raising the money and getting to the event that many strug-gle with. But there is nothing more powerful than the feeling that comes upon completion of a walk, Zum-bathon or other philanthropic events.

Nobody can say that they don’t feel the power that comes from standing in the midst of thousands of other people cheering to end society’s fight with breast cancer and raising enough money for research so we can finally conquer the disease.

The love is too strong to deny and, sometimes, it just takes one little push to help people remember it. Give your organization, friends and family mem-bers that push – for the better of hu-manity and for the better of them-selves.


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Joarder and Hossain believe the first step is promoting the club and reaching out to all Bangladeshi students. So far, the events that they’ve carried out have been successful, including a dessert and lassi – a popular yogurt-based drink – night the club hosted recently.

“I was expecting maybe 30 people, and 50-plus showed up,” Hossain said.

The club is culturally diverse, and there are not a lot of Bangladeshi students in-volved, according to Sayem. He believes this could be due to the past issues with-in BSA.

Joarder said the club is planning to ad-vertise through the help of other interna-tional student associations, like the Orga-

nization of Arab Students and the Indi-an Student Association. He believes BSA can flourish with the help of these estab-lished clubs.

Sayem said the club is a great way to learn about Bangladesh’s exciting cultur-al history. Even with the lack of Bangla-deshi students, Sayem believes the club represents the culture well.

“[I joined] because I wanted to repre-sent my country,” Sayem said.

He hopes students will take an active role in discovering what BSA has to of-fer. He believes all students should learn about the culture and history of different countries.

BSA is planning several upcoming

events. The club will continue to put up its henna tables in the Student Union – in which students can have the designs drawn on their bodies – and there will also be a Halloween-themed design avail-able during “Creep Your SA” Oct. 29 in the Union, according to Hossain.

The club also plans to host a discussion with the UB College Republicans about Bangladeshi citizens’ conservativeness.

Hossain encourages all students to come to the events and talk to her if they have any suggestions or questions regard-ing the Bangladeshi Student Association.


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AARON MANSFIELDeditor in Chief

People seem to forget about

2011 Branden Oliver. Before Khalil Mack was a projected top-10 pick in the 2014 NFL Draft, the running back known as ‘BoDozer’ was The Guy around UB Stadium.

That year, Oliver set all-time school marks for rushing at-tempts (306), rushing yards (1,395), all-purpose yards (1,760) and 100-yard rushing games in a season (eight). He also had 13 touchdowns and 38 catches for 365 yards.

He was a miserable team’s sav-ing grace.

Opponents game planned for him, and they still couldn’t slow Bo. The sophomore back had the unique combination of speed and power, agility and brawn.

Then last year, something un-fortunate happened, as it often does: The star athlete suffered a debilitating injury. He went down with a grade-two MCL tear Sept. 19 against Kent State.

I remember that game well. I remember looking at Bo as he walked out of the locker room and knowing the season was in jeopardy, though the Bulls were 1-1 at that point. He was wearing sweats, his 32 jersey pulled over a hoodie, and staring at the ground as his father walked by his side. Oliver does not miss game ac-tion for small injuries; this, it was clear, was something serious.

He missed five full games and much of four others, and fin-ished 2012 with 821 yards. He spent most of the year mentor-ing young back Devin Campbell.

Coming into this year, though he was named to several nation-al preseason award watch lists, it seemed no pundits were talk-ing about Bo Oliver. There were many NFL scouts around the stadium, but they were all there to watch Mack. People seemed to forget that Oliver might go down as the greatest offensive player in UB history.

The Guy had become just a guy.

But in reality, what had hap-pened in 2012 that had deval-ued him so much? Oliver had suffered a very common injury among football players – though, because he is only 5-foot-8 (a generous listing), he was labeled “injury prone” – and had still led his team in rushing. He had av-eraged 5.5 yards per carry, a ca-reer best.

He had another terrific year.I asked him on Media Day in

August about his feelings com-ing into this year. “Be honest,” I asked, “how much of a chip is on your shoulder?” He laughed and said it didn’t matter much what other people thought, but that he learned a lot about life last year: he learned that God gives and takes away, and that his football ability could be taken away at any minute.

On Saturday, Oliver set UB’s all-time school record for rush-

ing yards with 216 on 43 carries. “I feel like I’m more mature

than I was two years ago,” Oli-ver said. “I’m more composed. I know what to expect.”

He passed the Green Bay Packers’ James Starks for No. 1 on the list.

“That was a guy I always looked up to – still do,” Oliver said.

When Oliver arrived on cam-pus as a freshman, Starks told Oliver he would break his re-cords – a prophecy that has been fulfilled.

“Congratulations to Bo Oli-ver,” said head coach Jeff Quinn. “I mean, he had a monster day … to break James Starks’ record is very significant in our program because we know what a talented football player he is and what he meant to our program.”

Mack, the star linebacker who has had NFL scouts lining up, has seen Oliver’s development as closely as anyone.

“He’s grown as a player over the years,” Mack said. “He’s a special guy, a special person, and he’s got a special spirit.”

I can think of few athletes more deserving of the hon-or, few better suited – as a play-er and as a person – to repre-sent the school as one of its best football players of all-time.

Passing Game: BThe Good: Sophomore quar-

terback Joe Licata did exactly what he needed to do, comple-menting the dominant run game with mid-range passes and taking care of the ball.

The Bad: There were no long pass completions, but that can be chalked up to playing the ma-jority of the game without senior receiver Alex Neutz.

Run Game: AThe Good: The run game

looked stellar again this week. Senior running back Branden Oliver ran for 216 yards on a school record 43 attempts. He passed James Starks as the Bulls’ all-time leader in career rushing yards.

The Bad: Sophomore Devin Campbell was the only other back to have a rushing attempt – it went for one yard.

Receiving: BThe Good: Six different re-

ceivers had at least one catch and almost everything that was catchable was caught.

The Bad: Neutz left the game early in the second quarter after taking a hit to the head. At half-time, it was announced that he was suffering a concussion. Af-ter the game, head coach Jeff Quinn said he expects to have Neutz back soon.

Offensive Line: A-The Good: The running game

had no problem getting going, with Oliver approaching 100 yards in the first half. Licata was given a lot of time in the pock-et all game.

The Bad: Senior Jasen Carlson left with a leg injury on the play before Neutz left. Quinn later announced Carlson is out for the season.

Run Defense: B+The Good: The Minutemen

struggled immensely, with ev-ery player who attempted a rush averaging under three yards per carry.

The Bad: There were some long rushes allowed, namely quarterback A.J. Doyle’s 18-yard rush.

Pass Rush: AThe Good: The Bulls forced

Doyle to scramble on nearly ev-ery pass play and consistent-ly collapsed the pocket around him.

The Bad: They had trouble getting to Doyle when he es-caped the pocket, allowing him to extend plays.

Pass Defense: B+The Good: Senior linebacker

Khalil Mack had his second pick-six of the season, and the Bulls held Doyle to 14-of-28 passing for 162 yards and an intercep-tion.

The Bad: There were huge holes in coverage on some plays, allowing the Minutemen to move down the field with ease at times.

Special Teams: B+The Good: Junior kicker Pat

Clarke tied a career high with three field goals.

The Bad: Kick coverage al-lowed a few big returns and an average of over 25 yards per run back.

Coaching: B+The Good: The Bulls stuck

with their run-first game plan again, and it paid dividends as Oliver ran for over 200 yards and a touchdown.

The Bad: Oliver had 43 rush-es – a school record. In a game that was basically over after three quarters, Quinn risked injuring Oliver.


Gridiron Report CardThe Spectrum grades the Bulls’ performance after fifth straight victory, over UMass

An Oliver twistSenior running back cements his place in Buffalo’s record books

Quick HitsVolleyball, women’s soccer split; men’s soccer drops lone game

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Senior forward Karen McMahon (15) prepares to take a shot against Central Michigan during the Bulls’ match on Sunday. McMahon scored the only goal for the Bulls on the weekend, the game winner against Bowling Green on Friday night.

JEFF ScoTT, The SpecTrumSenior running back Branden Oliver (above) broke UB’s career rush-ing record, senior linebacker Khalil Mack had his second pick-six of the season and the Bulls (5-2, 3-0 MAC) extended their winning streak to five.

cHAD cooPEr, The SpecTrumSenior running back Branden Oliver (32) set UB's career rushing record during the Bulls’ 32-3 win over UMass Saturday at UB Stadium. Oliver fin-ished with 216 yards on 43 carries.

Volleyball (16-5, 4-4 Mid-American Conference)

After dropping two of the first three sets on Friday night, the Bulls needed to win the fi-nal two sets to secure their fourth conference victory of the season on Friday night.

Buffalo rallied to take the fi-nal two sets, 25-21 and 15-12, against Northern Illinois (11-10, 3-4 MAC). Sophomore out-side hitter Tahleia Bishop and senior outside hitter Christine Fritsche combined for 32 kills to lead the Bulls.

Buffalo was unable to carry this momentum into Saturday night, as it dropped its match-up with Western Michigan (12-9, 5-3 MAC) in straight sets.Men’s Soccer (2-9-3, 1-3 MAC)

The Bulls held their own for over 100 minutes against Ak-ron (10-3, 3-1 MAC) – one of the best men’s soccer programs in the country. But the Zips struck in the second overtime period, when Adam Najem scored off a cross from Saad Abdul-Salaam to end the game.

Buffalo junior goalkeeper Waleed Cassis had eight saves.Women’s Soccer (5-8-2, 2-6 MAC)

On Friday night, Buffa-lo found itself tied at halftime despite outshooting Bowling Green (0-12-1, 0-6-1) 16-4 in the first 45 minutes.

The offensive attack con-tinued into the second half as sophomore midfielder Jack-ie Hall found senior forward Karen McMahon for the game-winning goal.

The Bulls, however, dropped their Sunday afternoon match with Central Michigan (6-9-1, 6-2 MAC), 1-0 in double over-time. Buffalo will close out its regular season on the road with the final three contests away from UB Stadium.

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