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SENIOR NEWS EDITOR

Fiveyearsago,Jeff Brady,

the executive director of CampusDining&Shops(CDS),beganseeinga

trend inWesternNewYork.He noticedpeoplewereincreasinglytryingtobuylocal-lygrownproducts. Bradyknewheneededtomakechangesto

hisorganization.Sincethen,CDShastakenstridestoembracethis

trend andbecomemore environmentally conscious.To Brady, the two go hand in hand. Although thesechanges aren’t alwayscost-effective,Bradybelieves it is

whatthestudentswantandisessentialinbetteringthelo-calcommunityandtheglobalenvironment.Bradybelievesbuyinglocalgoodsisnotaboutthecost;it

isan investment inWesternNewYork.CDSspendsabout$3.1 million each year on local products. Most companiesconsider local products anything within a 500-mile radius,

Brady said. CDS, however,defines “local” as anythingwithin100miles.“Someof thesethingsmaybe

costly, but it is the right thing todo,” Brady said. “We are constant-ly working on things throughout theorganization tomake it a better place.Wearevery conscious about the carbonfootprintweputoncampus.Wearealwaysworkingonsomething.”CDShasbeenprivatelycontractedbyUBfor

thepast51yearsandcurrentlyhas32operationsthroughout thecampus.Bradysaid themaingoalof theorganizationistokeepthestakeholders–pri-marilystudents–happywithitsservice. By keeping the money circulating in Western

NewYork, CDS is helping local farmers and purveyorsstayemployedandstimulatingthe localeconomy,saidRayKohl,marketingmanagerforCDS. Kohlsaidnotonlyisitgoodbusinesssense,butitis

alsoawaytogivestudentsthefreshestfood.

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Four students are em-bracing UB’s push to be more sustainable. And, ac-cording to them, it all starts with a garden.

In June, Jonathan Gib-bons, Kristen Janson, Mar-garet Murray and Dylan Steed attended the “Perma-culture Your Campus” con-ference at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The trip, which was fund-ed entirely by UB’s Campus Dining and Shops (CDS), inspired the students to kick start UB’s own permacul-ture garden – a step they believe will launch UB into being a more sustainable campus.

Jim Simon, the sustain-ability engagement coor-dinator for UB Green, en-couraged Gibbons, a senior environmental geoscience major, and Janson, a se-

nior environmental stud-ies major, to attend the con-ference. Simon met them when the two used the idea of a garden for a class proj-ect, while they were pledg-ing for Alpha Kappa Chi in the spring semester of 2012.

Though the garden hasn’t officially been approved, the students are confident they will be planting soon. They said they are planning to grow herbs and other pe-rennial plants.

Murray, a junior business and administration major, and Steed, a junior environ-mental studies major, were both part of the Acade-mies and their program co-ordinator, Danielle Kuros-ki, thought the conference would give them good ex-perience.

At the conference, the newly acquainted team learned that permaculture is a principle rather than the

physical gardens that are often associated with it. It is a design tool that can be applied to things outside of the environment. The four students hope to use the principle to create a garden that will grow and be self-sustaining.

They expect the garden will encourage UB students to think about the items they handle every day and what kind of effect they have on the environment. They hope it will promote the idea of sustainability all over campus.

“It’s mostly about devel-oping a conscience for the environment,” Janson said. “I think the way we are now, we don’t think about our effect on anything. And I think with so many peo-ple not considering their ef-fect, [they] may think, ‘Well, what kind of difference can I make?’ If everybody thought, ‘Hey, I can make

a difference,’ they would make a difference.”

It is not only about think-ing for today, according to Gibbons. He said it is a way of living that will ensure a better future for coming generations.

After the conference, the four students wanted to bring the enthusiasm for the garden to UB. They believe the garden can create an in-

timate atmosphere with the earth for students who vol-unteer with it and give them a reason to care about the environment.

“Your interaction with the garden [is] such a unique experience,” Murray said. “I’ve never thought about food in that kind of way – how close it can be to you.”

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(Fromleft)MargaretMurray,DylanSteed,JonathanGibbonsandKristenJansonattendedaconferenceattheUniversityof MassachusettsAmherstaboutpermacul-ture.TheyreturnedwithplanstocreatetheirveryownpermaculturegardenforUB.

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“Ithinkouroverallstanceasacompanyiswewant thebest possible product forourcustomers,”Kohlsaid.“Andif wecando that locally andmake it, still, cost ef-fectivetosomedegree,thenitjustmakessense.”This initiative extends to locally made

foodsandproductsaswell.RichProductsCorporation,acompany

headquartered in Buffalo, provides CDSwith all of its pizza dough and bread-sticks. The Upstate Farms Cooperative,locatedinNiagaraFalls,N.Y.,producesallof themilk,yogurtandcreamCDSuses.Bradysaidheeventriestogetnon-food

productsfrommanufacturersthatare lo-caloratleastinstate.Allof theplatewarein the new Crossroads Culinary Center(C3),thedininghall intheEllicottCom-plexthatopenedinthefall2012semester,wasmadeatNiagaraCeramics.Thecom-panymadesevendifferentdesignsforthecenter for $60,000. Liberty Tabletop, lo-catedinstateaswell,manufacturedallof thesilverware.“We could go to a national company

and buy it cheaper, but we wouldmuchrather buy here in Western New Yorkandkeepthepeoplegainfullyemployed,”Bradysaid.Brady stressed the importance of the

trend, especially in terms of produce.CDScontracts a lotof local farms– in-cluding Goodman Farms, Eden ValleyCooperativeandFreatmanFarms–allof whicharewithin36milesof NorthCam-pus.Dave Walczak, operations manager

atEdenValley, noticed the trendhas in-creasedbusiness.Hesaidevenintheoff-season, people have asked about buyingthefarm’sproduce.“It’snice toknow that theproductwe

are growing is staying in my backyard,”Walczaksaid.“Itdoeswellforeveryone.”Brady said buying local goods plays

a big part in being sustainable and eco-friendly.Onebigfactorinthisrelationshipisthecarbonemissionsfromcross-coun-tryshipping.Buyinglocallycutsdownthepollution from trucking immensely, hesaid.Kohlagrees.HesaidCDSgoesonestep

furtherandtriestoworkwithcompaniesthatusetrucksthatrunonbiodieselfuel.HeaddedCDS tries to limit thenumberof tripstruckshavetotaketocampustolowertheemissions.HesaidheandBrady

areconstantlylookingfornewwaystobeenergyefficient.“We’realwaysthinkingaboutthingslike

that–howcanweoperatemoreefficient-lyandreduceourcarbonfootprintatthesametime?”Kohlsaid.“It isa largepartof thecampusthatweimpact,so[weaskourselves] what can we do to minimizethatimpact?”Brady said over that past few years,

more students have shown an interestin becoming more sustainable and eco-friendly,sothatissueimmediatelybecameimportanttoCDS.Jonathan Gibbons, a senior environ-

mental geosciences major, thinks it’s re-freshingtoseethepeopleatCDSaspas-sionateabouttheseissuesasheis.Otherstudentsagree.“Ithinktheviewonsustainabilityof a

lotof people is, ‘Whybother?Whatdif-ferencecanImake?’”saidKristenJanson,a seniorenvironmental studiesmajor.“Itis really encouraging thatCDS– even if it’snotcosteffective–ismakinganeffortto be sustainable because it is importanttous.”Three years ago, CDS started an ini-

tiative to eliminateStyrofoamfromcam-pus because removing it is environmen-tally friendly.Now,CDS doesn’t use anyStyrofoam in any of its operations, eventhough thepaper substitute is aboutfivetimesmoreexpensive.

CDS has a contract with Pepsi as itsbeverage provider. As part of the con-tract, Brady noticed Pepsi didn’t have asustainablecupandonethatdidn’tbreakdown well in a landfill. He and Pepsiworkedwith Solo to create a biodegrad-ablecupmadespecificallyforUB.Bradystartedan initiative lastyearthat

takesallthewastefromvariousCDSop-erationsandputs it throughaprocess tomakesoil amendment.Thecompostandotherorganicadditivesimprovethequal-ityof thesoilandgiveplantsmorenutri-ents than they would receive otherwise.CDSpackagestheamendmentandsendsitbacktolocalfarms.The little steps canmake a big differ-

ence,Bradysaid.Andheisalwayslookingto improve.Hetriedtochangethe light-ingCDS uses to LED lighting, which ismoreenergyefficient.HealsoinvestedinmoreenvironmentallyfriendlytrucksandcarsforCDStouseoncampus.CDSevenadded 10 “reverse vending machines,”which give students 5 cents for eachde-positedplasticbottle,whichprintareceiptthatcanberedeemedoncampus.BradyandKohlsaidtheyarestillcom-

mitted tomaking CDSmore sustainableand are continuing to look for local or-ganizationswithwhichCDScandobusi-ness.Butfornow, theyareexcitedaboutCDS’direction.

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Lastweekend,anunidentifiedsuspectbroke into Student Association officeroom350intheStudentUnion,accord-ingSAvicepresidentLyleSelsky.Hebelieves the trespasser entered by

“jimmying” the door open.The Strate-gistandRolePlayingAssociation(SAR-PA) club’s office was also broken intothatnightinthesameway,Selskysaid.SA treasurer Siddhant Chhabria said

a cabinet with paperwork was opened.The papers in the cabinet weremovedaround, but none of the documentsweretaken.Selskysaidaplasticgrenadetoywastheonlythingmissingfromtheoffice.SA officials contacted University Po-

liceand thebreak-in isunder investiga-tion,Selskysaid.Before the weekend, the master key,

a swipe card,wasmissing from the SAoffice, Selsky said.He said the keywasdeactivatedbeforetheweekendandthetwoeventsaren’tlinked.Theyarewaiting,however, to see the

key log to determine if themaster keywasused.

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Inthepastthreeyears,thestaff intheOffice of Sustainability and other stu-dent organizations kicked around theideaof thegarden.Buttherewasneverthefoundationneededtofollowthroughwith the idea. UB Sprouts, an on-cam-pus group comprised of medical stu-dents dedicated to a more sustainableearth,originallyplannedtocreateagar-denafewyearsagobutwereunableto,accordingtoSimon.Althoughtheideaisn’tanewone,Si-

monthinkstheconcept is importanttobringtoUB.“We’re standing on the shoulders of

giants instead of recreating thewheel,”hesaid.Toremediatetheclay-heavysoilatUB,

whichpreventspropergrowing,thestu-dentsarealsoimplementingatechniquecalledsheetmulching.Themethodplac-esalayerof cardboardonthegrassandputs about 5 inchesworth of compostand straw on top, which will create anew usable layer of soil for the plants.Thiswillbeimplementedinthefall,andthesoilwillbereadyforplantinginthespring.Large-scale projects are not the only

way to apply sustainability, the groupagreed. Steed suggested having a reus-ablewaterbottleortakingthefewextrastepstotherecyclingbin.Murray believes one way to become

moresustainableis“makingtheeffortinyourdaily life tobeawarethatyourac-tionsdohaveaneffect.”Janson said UB has a lot of good

ideasaboutsustainabilityandmorestu-dentsarestartingtosupporttheschool’s “green”direction.Thestudentshavesubmittedthepro-

posal for the garden, and if it is ap-proved,thegardenwillbelocatedsome-whereonNorthCampusthisspring.

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YuhanSun,afreshmanbiologymajor,helpsher-self tosomeof thelocallygrownproduceatasaladbar in theCrossroadsCulinaryCenter intheEllicottComplex.CDShastakenstridestosupportthetrendinWesternNewYorkof buy-inglocallygrownfoods.

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You may remember the mostinflammatory event on campuslastyear:WhenStudentsforLifecollaborated with the GenocideAwarenessProjecttobringanan-ti-abortion photomural exhibitthatdisplayedgraphic imagesof abortedfetuses.Theexhibitgalvanizedthestu-

dentbody.Itmarshaledbothve-hement defense and passionateprotest. Regardless of your re-sponse,everyonewasabletofree-lyexpress their reaction–some-thingstudents’incertainpartsof theworldareunabletodo.Itisanissuethatmaybecloser

toyouthanyourealize.OnAug.31,JimSleeper,apro-

fessoratYale,publishedanopin-ion piece inThe New York Times dealing with American universi-tiesestablishingpartnershipswithforeigninstitutions.Thearticle,“LiberalEducation

inAuthoritarianPlaces,”calls at-tention to schools creating jointventuresinnationsoperatingun-der authoritarian regimesand/orrestricted speech rights.The iro-ny, Sleeper claims, is that theseschools are operating under thepretense that they are expand-ing opportunity and providing abroad-based, liberal arts educa-tion, when in fact, they are de-priving their students the rightsa liberaleducationshouldaimtoimpart.Whilethismayseemlikeadis-

tantproblem,itisclosertohomethan you may think. UB has apresence in Singapore – a part-nershipwiththeSingaporeInsti-tute of Management (SIM) andtheNanyang TechnologicalUni-versity(NTU).A year after the faculty ex-

pressed “grace reservations”about Yale’s project, the univer-sity decided to partner with the

NationalUniversityof Singapore(N.U.S.).Sleeperfindsthisdisconcerting.Singapore – an authoritari-

ancity-state–imposesseverere-strictionsonfreedomof speech.WhenRichardLevin,theformerpresidentof Yale,announcedthepartnership, he insisted studentswould be free to form associa-tionsandwouldnothave limita-tionsontheirspeechrights.The president of Singapore’s

campus, however, indicated oth-erwise. He said they would not“be free to formexplicitly polit-ical associations,much less stageprotests of government policies,evenoncampus,”Sleepersaid.This inability to voice oppo-

sition to government officials istroubling. And it is the remov-al of freedoms. As George Or-wellonceobserved,“Freedomistherighttotellpeoplewhattheydon’twanttohear.”ButKayKouk,wholeadsYale

N.U.S., has insisted those con-cerned with the nature of theprogram should re-think thesenseof whata‘liberal’education

means.Thecampuswasbuiltandpaid forbySingapore, accordingtoSleeper.Manyhavetakenissuewiththis–helpinggeneratecom-mercetoaregimecompletelyoutof linewithdemocraticvalues.Though when Kouk spoke

withStraits Times–agovernmentcontrolledpublication–sheindi-cated ‘liberal’ doesn’t necessarilyrelatetospeech.“It’sfreedomof thought; I’mnot necessarily say-ingfreedomof expression.”Huh?An education that is designed

to cultivate a ‘free’ humanbeingdoesn’t involve freedom of ex-pression? That doesn’t involvethe intellectual andmoral devel-opment of citizenswho are tol-erantandwelcomingof opinionsotherthantheirown?Somethingseemstobemissing

here.This line of thinking seems

to discourage the cultivation of freely thinking individuals abletonarratetheirlivesintoaricher,fullerhumantapestry.The opportunity for students

to study abroad is wonderful.

And itdoesexpandone’sworld-viewenormously.Buthighered-ucation institutions are respon-sible for the way they influencetheirstudents’worldview.Partof that responsibility comes fromthe need to provide an environ-mentconducivetotheexpressionof freedomandpracticeof liber-ty–thevaluesaliberaleducationemanatesfrom.UBhasthatresponsibilitytoits

students,includingthosewhoin-tegrate some of their educationabroad.ShouldUB,apublicinstitution,

allowtaxpayermoneydesignedtosupporttheeducationof itsciti-zenship, go towards students re-ceiving a diluted education – re-movedfromthevaluesitseekstobroaden?Think about it. Post your

thoughtsonFacebookorTwitter.Because some student stationedinSingaporerightnowmightfeelliketheycan’t.

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To stay the courseTheSpectrum endorses Brown for mayorEventhoughPresidentObama

messed up his name last monthduring his visit to Buffalo, The Spectrum has decided to endorsethe reelection of Byron Brownformayor.Theraceisdistinguishedasthe

first mayoral election in Buffa-lohistory tonot featureawhite,non-Hispaniccandidate.Athemepercolating inthemindsof Buf-faloniansisprogress.SinceBrowntookoverin2006,

Buffalo has seen positive chang-esincertainareasandisnowonanupwardtrajectory.Therehavebeenmoredevelopmentprojectshappeninginthecity,lowerprop-erty taxes and responsible fiscalmanagement.While we are thrilled to see

$1.7 billion worth of infrastruc-tureprojectsoccurringpresently,and the potential for resurgencethat accompanies them, there isnodoubt that there is stillmuchmoreworktodo.Buffalo fell onhard timesdue

to the recession. The latest datareleasedbythecensusbureauhasindicated that the city’s pover-tyratewasat31percentin2011–themostrecentyearforwhichstatistics are available. That’s al-mostthreetimesthenationalav-erage, according to theNationalPovertyCenter.Thedata also says thecityhas

the third-highest rate of child-hood poverty, according to theNational Center for ChildrenLiving in Poverty. And Buffa-loisthefifthpoorestcityamongall American municipalities withpopulationsof atleast250,000.Ontopof allthat,theFBIre-

portedthecityhasthe11thhigh-estrateof violentcrimeoutof allmajorcitiesintheUnitedStates.Brown’s challengers, Bernard

Tolbert(D)andSergioRodriguez(R), have emphasized these sta-tistics. The most prevalent criti-

cismpropagatedbytheopposingcandidates is thatBrownhasnotdoneenoughtoreducecrimeandcombatpoverty.However steep the challenges

are for alleviating the economicproblems the city faces, itwouldnot be fair nor fully encompass-ing to place all the blame forwhat’sgonewrongonBrown.Hecameinatatimewhenthecoun-trywasnearing aperiodof eco-nomic collapse; and when theglobal recession hit, it was inev-itable that Buffalo would be af-fected.As a de-industrialized ur-ban center that has seen a largelossof manufacturingjobsincre-mentallyover the lastseveralde-cades,thefinancialcrisiswascer-taintomakemattersworse.Regardless of who was in of-

fice,similarnumberswouldman-ifest and an increase of misfor-tuneswouldmaterialize.Duringatimeof suchadversi-

ty, the jobof amayor isdamagecontrol.In the wake of Detroit fil-

ing bankruptcy, it is worth not-ingthatourcity,whichhasfacedsimilarindustrialandgovernmen-talchallenges,hasnotdescendedinto insolvency induced by insti-tutionalfailure.In fact, it has been making

strides.Mayor Brown has instituted a

budgetthathasresultedinanim-provedcreditrating,reducedtax-esandanoverallincreaseingov-ernment efficiency. His policieshave encouraged theprivate sec-tortoinvestinthecityandhehashelpedfacilitatemuchof theex-pansion that is now taking place– such as Terry Pegula’s devel-opment of the Harbor Centerdowntown.This is clearly progress and a

stepintherightdirection.Buffalohasnotseenpromiseof thiskindinrecentmemory.Brownshould

be afforded the opportunity tocontinue for another term tryingtoimprovethecity.BothTolbertand Rodriguez lack the experi-encetomakethekindof impactsBrownhasmade.NeitherTolbertnorRodriguez

has ever held public office, andRodriguezisonly32yearsold.Brown is not necessarily the

best candidate we could everhopefor,andif therewasstron-gercompetitionwemightbesay-ingitistimeforachange.Butheis the best candidate – the onlyplausibleone.Wethinkhehashadsomegen-

uine accomplishments.But thereare also ways he has underper-formed. In 2006, the city’s un-employment rate was 6.3 per-cent, andnow it is 10.2percent,according to theDepartment of Labor.BuffaloPublicSchoolsarealso noted for their appallinglylowgraduationrates.Brown has done enough to

earn another term, but heneedsto increase employment and re-form the city’s education sys-tem. Rodriguez has proposedthemayor’s office take completecontrolof the schoolboard.WethinkBrownwas right to affirmhis position to continue cooper-ating with the Board of Educa-tion.Thepublic,however,shouldputmorepressureonhimtocre-atemoreprogramsthatassistourstudentsthroughhighschoolandensurehighergraduationrates.DuringtheClintonadministra-

tion, much research demonstrat-ed that after-school programsresulted in improved academicperformance and fewer minorsgetting into legal trouble. Thespecifichours inbetween schoolgetting out and parents return-ing from work have been desig-nated the “prime time for juve-nilecrime.”Commonsenseandapractical approach indicate there

shouldbemoreafter-schoolpro-gramsforourpublicschools.Wealsowanttoseemoreini-

tiativestoreducecrime,includingputtingmorecopsoncitystreets,which will increase employmentandhelpmakeBuffalosafer.Brown has the power of the

incumbency. He has been ableto generate more endorsements,fundraising andmainstream sup-port thananyothercandidate. Itisassafeapredictionasonecanmakeinpoliticsthathewillwin.Students who live in the city

who will be voting on Sept. 10should remember former Speak-erof theHouseTipO’Neill’sob-servation that “all politics is lo-cal.” Every student who com-mutes to school interacts withlocalgovernmentcountlesstimes,in ways in which they are oftennot even conscious.But be con-scious of the fact that Brown isthebestcandidateinthiselection.In a speech delivered in 1910,

Theodore Roosevelt depictedthe importanceof beinga“manin the arena.”Theman, he says,muststrivevaliantlyandriskfail-ure; he should aspire to achievegreatthingsandberesilient.ItiseasyforTolbertandRodri-

guez todish someof these crit-icisms, but they have never heldtheposition,haveneverfacedtheactualpressure.Our current mayor has seen

dark days and bright days. Andthereisenoughreasontobelievethatwithhim,evenbrighterdaysmaycome.He has been our man in the

arena,andfornow,heshouldstaythere.

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KEREN BARUCHSENIOR FEATURES EDITOR

EveryFridaynight,RivkaGuraryservesa$1,000mealtoherfamily.Shespendstwotothreedayspre-

paringdishesof chicken,soup,chal-lah,gefiltefish,rice,saladsanddes-serts–fromscratch.Themeal isnotonly forher im-

mediatefamily–herhusband,Rab-biMosheGuraryandtheirfivechil-dren – but also the entire JewishcommunityatUB.The Chabad House, located at

2450 North Forest Road behindWilkeson Quadrangle, is a homeaway from home to over 100 UBstudents and thousands of UBalumni,according toRabbiGurary.Since1971, theChabadhashostedservices, meals and other activitiesfor freeeachFridaynightandJew-ishholiday.When Rabbi Gurary was born,

his father was the rabbi at theChabadhouseonUB’sSouthCam-pus.Growingup,Gurary spentev-ery Shabbat, the Jewish Sabbath,helping his family host dinners forJewish students. He said he alwaysknewhewouldsomedayfollowhisfather’sfootsteps.Now, he’s continuing his father’s

tradition at the Chabad on NorthCampus.Gurarysaidhe is inspiredby the

impacttheChabadhashadonJew-ish students for 35 years. He saidtheChabadwelcomesallJewishstu-dentsfromanykindof background.“Many people have a myth and

they think that this is for religiouspeople, runby rabbis in blackhatsand beards,” Gurary said. “Theyfeel intimidatedandthinkthat theywon’t be accepted if they are notreligious. But, actually, the majori-tyof thestudents thatdocome totheChabadHousearenotreligious,andstudentsarewelcomedbecausewelookatthemasJewish.Itdoesn’tmatterwhatlevel,thisisahomeforeverysingleJew.”Gurarysaidtheintimidationusu-

ally ends as soon as students walkthroughthedoors.

Dana Himoff, a senior commu-nicationmajor,comesfromamod-ernOrthodoxJewishfamilyinNewYork City. Her grandfather was awell-known Orthodox rabbi whomoved to Israel from Yemen andwas very active in his Jewish com-munity.Himoff wasveryclosewithher grandfather and feels obligatedand inspired to continue spreadingJudaismthewayhedid,shesaid.Shestudiedatayeshiva,anortho-

dox Jewish school, fromkindergar-tenupuntil attendingUB.Shewasnervous to go to a big school likeBuffalobecauseitwasherfirsttimefullyengulfingherself inanon-Jew-ishcommunity.ShesaidtheChabadchanged her entire experience atUB.

“Chabadplaysahugerole inmylife,”shesaid.“It’sdefinitelyahomeawayfromhomeforme.IgoeveryFridaynightforShabbatdinnerandoneveryholiday.Ialso liketosup-port Chabad with any events theyhave and try to involve other peo-pleaswell.Judaismisahugepartof mylife.”EbbieBoutehsaz,adentalschool

student, also spends every FridaynightattheChabad.“Growing up in a community

where family and religion are im-portant aspects of life, I believetheChabadhouseoffersboth, inarelatively similar manner, with in-dividuals from all walks of life,”Boutehsazsaid.

Himoff and Boutehsaz see theimportanceof stayingintouchwiththeirJewishheritageandbelievetheChabadhashelpedthemdoso.TheChabadservesover100UB

students currently, but is alwayslooking to promote its services tootherJewsatUB.The Chabad does not receive

fundingbyUBoranyothernation-al organization. Every dollar usedformeals,programmingandlessonscomes from fundraising. Parents,alumni and others in the Jewishcommunity donate to the Chabad,Gurarysaid.EachFridaynightmealcostsapproximately$1,000.Rivka said the atmosphere is

“amazing”eachFridaynight.“It’ssopowerful,”Rivka,whore-

centlyhadababy,said.“SometimesIdon’tfeelgood;Iturntomyhus-bandinthemorningandsay,‘Howam I going to pull this off today?’Ijustcan’timagine.Afternotsleep-ing, cooking for days, nursing andhaving a baby, but the second thestudentswalk in,Igetsuchaburstof energy and I don’t even knowwhereitcomesfrom.”Rivka doesn’t mind dedicating

hours each week to cooking thefoodfordinnersandholidays.Fur-thermore, the Chabad providesroomandboardtostudentsstayingatUBonYomKippurorotherJew-ishholidays.TheChabadhasevenhousedstu-

dentswhodidn’thave anywhere toliveforafewmonths.“If a student gets stuck and

doesn’t find an apartment,wewel-come them,” Rivka said. “Youknow, Ihada student thatcouldn’tfindanapartmentforafewmonthsandlivedhere.Ihaveastudentnowthat’s going away and she didn’twanttospend$500tolivehereforamonthsoshe’slivingbyme,too.”Rivka maintains very close rela-

tionshipswiththestudents.Shehasfivechildrenof herownandworksas an online Jewish studies teacherforchildren inGuatemala,Sweden,Americaandallovertheworld.Yet,shefindstimefortheUBstudents.Rivkaloveshelpingstudentsdur-

ing their time in Buffalo and evenaftertheygraduate.SheandGurary

recentlywent toNewYorkCity toattendweddingsof UBalumniwhoattendedChabadeachweek.“The students are so close to

me,” Rivka said. “I had a studentwho woke up once and there wassomethingwrongwithhereye.Shecouldn’t see, she saw stars and shecouldn’topenhereye.Iwasthefirstphone call she made. During theirlifetime–whentheygivebirth, forbad things too,God forbid, funer-alsof parents–we’retherethroughitall.”JudyBuchman,aUBalumna,felt

immediatelyconnectedtoRivkaandtheChabad.“Even before I moved into UB,

Rivkamessagedme and asked if Ineededhelpmovingin,orahome-cooked kosher meal, which real-lymademefeelatease,”Buchmansaid.“IalwayssawtheRabbisattheStudentUniontryingtoindulgetheJewish students inMorningPrayer,theyhadTefillinprepared.Theyre-allycareaboutthestudentsandnotonlypreachtheJewishreligion,butthey make it relatable and fun tolearn.”TheChabadispreparingforRosh

Hashana, which falls on Sept. 4-5thisyear.Gurary said, this year,many stu-

dents aren’t leaving Buffalo to gohome because school just started;hehopestofillthegapforstudentswho are missing the holiday withtheirfamilyathome.Himoff encourages every Jew to

tryouttheChabad;sheemphasizedhowwelcomingitistoeveryone.“Itdoesnotmatterhowreligious

youareatall,it’sjustaplacewhereJewishstudentscan learnaboutJu-daism,meetotherpeople andhaveextremelygoodfood,”Himoff said.“It’sdefinitelyagreatexperience.”

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Jewish students find a second home at the Chabad House

DANIELE GERSHON,

THE SPECTRUM

Since 1971, the ChabadHousehashostedservic-es,mealsandotheractiv-itiesforfreeeachFridaynightandJewishholiday.

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ERIC CULVERSTAFF WRITER

Takeamomenttolookatthe

students around you. Some of yourfellowclassmatesarewear-ing headphones or ear budswhile jamming out to their fa-voritemusicastheywalkaroundcampus.Musicisastapleof ev-eryday life. It gets our day go-ing,putsusinahappymoodandbrings us together with people.Forallthemusicloversouttherelooking to discover new mu-sic, here are four apps that youshouldhave.

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BoD,theycaneithersigninasaregularuserorsigninwiththeirFacebook account. From there,theappdisplaysalargecalendarthat can open up to each bandof thedayfromthelastmonth.Someusersmaynotlikethattheapp only features lesser-knownmusicians,butthisalsoprovidesauniqueopportunitytodiscovernewmusicforfree.Genres of music on the app

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If that’snot impressive enough,new users should know that bydownloadingthisapptheyjoinacommunityof morethan5mil-lion monthly listeners. Anoth-erbonus?It’sfree.Userscanei-ther go to the “home” tab to

play playlists they already love,the“explore”tabtocreateplay-lists based on their mood, the“search” tab to find music inany genre or the “profile” tab.8trackshasalottoofferasusersare always submitting their ownplaylists for other music-loverstoenjoy.There are also free “favorite”

songs, which users can flag asthey listen.On their profile, us-ersmay goback and look at allof theirfavorites.Theappallowslistenerstofind

newartistsor listen to theiroldfavorites. It also letsusers listento their favorite songs throughYouTubeorbuythemoniTunes.Theapptendstocrash,though,when a user isn’t connected totheInternet.

Pocket TubePocket Tube is a

music app by Masa-yuki Mieno with justover 800 respectablereviews in the App

Store.Evenwith a small reviewpost on iTunes, users gave themusic app a promising 4.5 av-erage rating out of five. Pock-et Tube allows users to launchtheappandthensearchforanysongtheywant.Thatbeingsaid,theonethingthatdoeshurtthisapp is users don’t have unlimit-ed downloads. A user of Pock-et Tube can download up to15 songs at one time. If a userthen tries todownload anyoth-er songs, they have the optionto share the app inorder to in-crease their downloading capa-bility. Users who do share the

app through social media gainfive more songs for a total of 20songsavailablefordownload.Theappitself isfree.

TuneIn Radio:Foryouradiolovers

or commuters, here’san app that manypeoplearetuningintoonthego.TuneInRa-

dioallowsusers toenjoy70,000liveradiostations,2millionpod-casts, concerts and shows ontheir smart phones. Essential-ly, the app is aworld radio thatfeaturesmusic,sports,news,talkshow,comedystationsandmore.The app streams from everycontinent,whichallowsusers tohaveaccesstoradiostationsout-sideof America.There is a TuneIn Radio Pro

app that costs $4.99 and allowsusers to record everything theylovefromtheapp.Usersof Tu-neIn Radio Pro can create acommercial- and ad-free listen-ing experience with shows theyrecord.Usersdon’tgainmuchbyup-

gradingfromthefreeversiontothe $4.99 version. Smartphoneusers are better off getting thefreeversion,whichtheycanstillexploretheworldlyappanddis-cover international and nationalradiostations.

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SPORTS

OWEN O’BRIENSPORTS EDITOR

AftertravelingtoNo.2Ohio

State(1-0)lastweektoopentheseason, the trekdoesn’t get anyeasierfortheBulls(0-1).Next up is another ranked

team,No. 23 Baylor (1-0). TheBearsarecomingoff a69-3vic-toryoverWofford,andthepro-gramhasn’tbeenheldunder20points since 2010. The Bears’2012 seasonwashighlightedbya52-24victoryoverthen-No.1KansasState.Last week, Buffalo battled

back from a 23-point deficit tooutscore the Buckeyes 20-17in the final three quarters. TheBullswill look to take thatmo-mentumintoWaco,Texas.They must avoid finding

themselves in a similar situa-tion–behind early – thisweekif theywant to be competitive.Baylor’soffenseisexplosiveanditwillprovemuchmoredifficultfor the Bulls to overcome anearlydeficit.The Baylor pace has dictated

theBulls’practices thisweek inorder to prepare for Saturday’sconditions. Head coach Jeff Quinn said the first-team of-fenseranaBaylor-styleattackin

practice, rather than giving thisresponsibilitytothescoutteam.“Themindsetandpreparation

for a high-speed, high-tempo[practice]istobeabletoputourdefense ina situationwhereweare coming at them within 14-15seconds,”Quinnsaid.“Tobeabletodothat,youhavetohaveyour No. 1 offense go againstthe No. 1 defense. We are try-ingtogetourbest11againstourbest 11 tomatchwhat they aregoingtoseeonSaturday.”Buffalo is aware it cannot let

opportunities slip out of itsgrasp – like a critical fumble atthe 1-yard line last week – to

come out victorious this week-end.“Itmakeseveryoneontheof-

fensivelinesickthatwecouldn’tpunch that in,” said senior cap-tainandoffensivelinemanJasenCarlson. “So itwillmotivate usthatmuchmorewheninthatsit-uationtopunchitin.”The Bulls will need the extra

pushon theoffensive line.Lastweek, the running game aver-agedjust2.1yardson35carries.The Bears run what Quinn

calls a “run-pass combination,”in which they look to run firstbutwillpassif opponentsover-play the run. Judgingby the 69

points and 692 total yards (411passing and 281 rushing) lastweek, stopping thisoffensewillbe a daunting task – althoughit’sworthnotingthosenumberswereagainstanFCSopponent.QuarterbackBrycePerry,who

wasthethirddifferentopening-dayquarterbackforBaylorinasmanyseasons,willstartatquar-terbackandiscomplementedbyrunning back Lache Seastrunk,who is one of themost explo-siveplayersinthenation.Thedefense, ledbysevense-

niors, is filled with experience– including safety AhmadDix-on, who is regarded as one of the best defensive backs in thecountry.Quinnnotedinhispresscon-

ferencethatmuchof theBears’special teams unit is unknownbecause“theydon’tpuntmuch.”The Bears punted once lastweekand38 times in13gameslast season – under three timesa game. To put that number inperspective, last year’s nation-al champs,Alabama, punted 50times in14games–anaverageof over3.5timesagame.Buffalo’slinebackingcorewill

be a pivotal factor in Buffalo’sability to keep this game close.In addition to continued domi-

nancefromseniorKhalilMack,contributionsfromjuniorBlakeBean, sophomore Nick GilboandseniorAdamReddenwillbemuch-needed.ATexasSaturdayafternoonin

early September can reachdan-gerous temperatures, and theBulls’ ability to play throughthese conditionswill be a hugefactoraswell.Theteam,however,hasconfi-

dencefollowing lastweek’sper-formance.“It definitely helps going out

totheNo.2teaminthenationand it shows everyone on theteam that we’re not that muchbelow everyone else,” Carlsonsaid. “We went out there andcompeted as hard as we could.Althoughthescoredoesn’tshowit, if you look at certain things,there are things we did real-ly well and people didn’t thinkwecoulddoagainsta teamlikeOhioState.”Itwilltakeanotherimpressive

performance to stay close withBaylor.

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Into the Bears’ denBulls set for Week Two game at No. 23 Baylor

AARON MANSFIELDEDITOR IN CHIEF

The Spectrum has attended everyUB football game since2006.Wewillnot,however,beatSaturday’sgameatBaylor.That is because UB Athletics,

which funded our trips, decidedthissummertonolongerallowusto travel with the team. AthleticDirectorDannyWhiteseesitasaconflictof interestforhisdepart-menttopaythewayforreporterstocoverUBgames.In a perfect world, we would

payforourtravel.Butthefactof thematteristhatThe Spectrum isashoestringorganization.Itisapri-vatelyfunded,completelystudent-run publication. UB offers us no financialsupport,andneitherdoesthe Student Association. We’refunded solely through advertis-ing,andwecan’taffordthe$600-700perpersonfortravelandhoteltocoverroadgames.WedrovetoOhioStatefortheseasonopener,but going to games at places likeBaylorjustisn’tfeasible.

The Spectrum has provided un-paralleled coverage – in print, onourwebsiteandonsocialmedia–since 2006. The past four editorsin chief have risen from seniorsportseditor.OurSportsDeskhasreceivedthreenationalsportswrit-ingawards,includingbeingnamedback-to-back Pacemaker finalistsforSportsStoryof theYear,inthepasttwoyears.We consider ourselves one of

the strongest student newspapersportsdepartmentsinthecountry.The athletic department’smon-

eybelongstoWhite,andhecandowithitwhathewishes.Ididn’tar-gueorcomplainwhenwelostthetrips,butthemoreIhavethoughtaboutUBAthletics’reasoning,themoreithastroubledme.Itshouldbeknownthatthisde-

cision belonged to nobody butWhite.Hehas two stated reasonsformaking it: First,UBAthleticsseesThe Spectrumtravelingwiththeteamasaconflictof interest,andsecond,weweretolditwasabud-getarydecision.Neither of these reasons, how-

ever,islegitimate.

Theperceivedconflictof inter-est does botherme, and itmakessense to me why people wouldthinkthat.“Well,”someonemightsay, “if you travel with the team,you’re clearly indebted to Athlet-ics.”Buthavingbeenasportsreport-

er, senior sportseditorandeditorin chief atThe Spectrum for threeyears,Icanhonestlysaytherehasneveroncebeenanactualconflictof interestincoveringthefootballteam. We have reported the fulltruth,andthathasn’tbeenaprob-lembecausethat’swhatanewspa-perdoes.

The Spectrum isn’t a public rela-tions outlet, twisting each storyto lookpositiveevenwhen, inre-ality, the story is negative.Objec-tivity reigns supreme in journal-ism. If the football team losesby40,arewesupposedtowriteaboutthat one sackUBhad in the sec-ondquarter?The breaking point for White,

Iwastold,waswhenThe Spectrumpublishedacolumnafterlastyear’s45-3lossatNorthernIllinois.Thegistof thecolumn’sargumentwasthatheadcoachJeff Quinnshouldbefired.Atthatpoint,Quinnhada6-24recordasUB’sheadcoach.Thatmeanshehadwononeinev-eryfivegames.Healsorefusedtoinsert promising young quarter-back Joe Licata – he has turnedout well, hasn’t he? – and insist-edonstickingwithAlexZordich,whosestatshadbeenanemic.Was it thatpreposterous to call

forQuinn’sjob?After all, looking at the num-

bers, that’s what an unbiased re-porterwoulddo–andthat’swhatours did. I would seriously ques-tion the credibility of any outletthatwaspraisingQuinnor ignor-inghisstruggles.Onetenetof theSocietyof ProfessionalJournalists’Code of Ethics is to “seek truthandreportit.”Truth.That’s a pivotalword. It

wasneveraproblemforustotellthe truthuntil therealitywas thatthe team was dreadfully under-achieving.We were very thankful for the

trips, but these were not vaca-tions.Wewereworking,andwork-ing hard, to provide a service tothe students. We wrote previews,scoutingreports,gamestories,col-umns, live chats and Twitter up-dates–between twopeople. I al-waysreturnedfromgamesentirelyexhausted.Theywerealsotwo-dayexcursions that made keeping upwith a full-time course load (andmissingclass) and full-time jobatThe Spectrumallthemoredifficult.We do this because we love it,

and we do it because studentsneed to know what’s happeningfroma student’sperspective.Thispaper isby students, for students.We are the middleman betweenUBAthleticsandthestudentbody.BylimitingThe Spectrum, Whitehasmadeitclearhedoesnotseecom-municatingwiththestudentsases-sential.His disregard for us, the stu-

dents, is ironic because we’re thereasonhehasajob.Warde Manuel, White’s prede-

cessor,understoodtheimportanceof astudentnewspaper.Heknewstudents get their sports newsabouton-campus teams fromThe Spectrum.He understoodwe are anewspaper.Evenwhenthecover-agewascritical,hegraspeditsne-cessity.He got it. Danny White does

not.White thinks the school news-

paper should support the team– andwedo.Lastweek’s footballpreview took up the entire news-paper.Aposterof seniorlineback-er KhalilMack covered the frontpage. White might find this hardtobelieve,butI’maskedconstant-lywhywegivethesportsteamssomuchcoverageandaresobiasedin their favor.Whenateamisgood,wepraise

it;whenit’sbad,wecriticizeit.Butnomatterwhat happens,we cov-erit–andwetellthetruth. News-papers don’t blindly throw com-pliments when things are bleak.They don’t ignore facts, and theycertainly don’t remain quietwhentheircoverageisinhibited.Asforthesecondreasonweare

not traveling to cover the team,UBAthleticstoldusthatourpass-eswerecutbecauseitwasa“bud-getary decision.” The athletic de-partmentthengaveourtwopassesto everygame to theStudentAs-sociation.If it was a budgetary decision,

howwerethosetwopassesturnedovertoUB’sstudentgovernment?I spoke with SA President NickJohns Tuesday. He attended theOhioStateseasonopener.“I had a meeting with Athlet-

ics the other day and gave themkind of my strategic vision fortheyear,”Johnssaid.“Itoldthemabout everything that was hap-pening,andthenattheendof themeeting, Danny White just sug-gested, ‘We’re going to give youguystworepsonthetripstogotoathleticawaygames.’”SA,whichwillattendthegames

only to cheer from the sidelines,willhavetwopassestoeveryroadgamethisyear.

Let’s talk about conflicts of in-terestsagain,Mr.White.UBAth-letics has a $30,000 advertisingcontractfromSA.Strange.“Wehadalreadysignedthecon-

tractpriortothis,soit’snotastip-ulation within the contract, noris it affecting anyof thebusinesswithathletics,”Johnssaid.So SA had never gone on the

tripsbefore,butthenyousignedamassive contractwithUBAthlet-ics and White happened to offeryoutwopassestoeverygame?Sounds like a quid pro quo ar-

rangementtome.JohnssentanemailtoSA’sclubs

executiveboardmembersWednes-day, which was forwarded to The Spectrum.Itscontents,uneditedforgrammar,arebelow.

I am pleased to inform you that Ath-letics has generously given the SA a free trip for a lucky club E-Board member for the Baylor football game in Waco, Texas. Your hotel and flight accommoda-tions will be provided by Athletics. Some food will be provided, but not all. Please-let me know by 2:00 pm today if you are interested in attending. I apologize for the short notice but this initiative was just approved today. I would also like to note that no [mandatory student activity fee] money was spent on these trips, they have been offered with no strings attached by Athletic Director Danny White him-self. If you are interested in promoting on campus collaboration and support-ing the UB Bulls, please let me know ASAP, you will be randomly selected.Is sending a randomly select-

ed student to thegame“support-ing theUBBulls” awiserway tospendyourmoneythansendingaseasoned sports reporter who isprovidingaservicetothestudents,Mr.White?

The Spectrumtellsstudentswhat’shappening,andthehonorssuggestwe do it well – especially consid-eringwegotoaschoolwithoutajournalismmajorandwithoutBCSconferenceathletics.We will be covering the Baylor

gamefromBuffaloaswewatchontelevision, but that isn’t the same–reportersreceive liveupdates inthe press box and, most impor-tantly,gettoattendthepost-gamepressconference.Theygetthefullstory.WeneedtoaskQuinnques-tions to provide top-of-the-linecoverage.White is attempting to hinder

ourabilitytoprovidecoverageof thefootballteam.IwanttoreiteratethatIunder-

standit’shismoney,andhecandowhat hewantswith it. But I alsowant to point out that this is thestudents’ newspaper, and it’s our

vehicle to tell youwhat you needtoknow.Johns said he believes White

gave thepasses toSAbecauseherealizesthestudentgovernmentis“an important entityon campus.”AndThe Spectrumisn’t?Anaverageof 50,000 people read this news-paperperweek,andit’swherethemajorityof studentsget theirUBnews, especially their UB sportsnews.Outside of The Spectrum, UB

doesn’tgetawholelotof pressondaysPOTUSisn’t inAlumniAre-na. White should be thankful hehasthisoutlettocoverhisteams.Isitreallyapriorityof histocut

off the student newspaper? Heshould be grateful UB’s studentjournalists seek truth and reportit,ratherthanopposingtheirabil-ity to carry out this service, thenturning around and transferringtheir formerprivileges to the stu-dentgovernment.Thisisnotonlya slap in the face toThe Spectrum,but it alsopresents aglaringcon-flict of interest, given the afore-mentionedadvertisingcontract.In trying to solve a problem,

Whitehascreatedabiggerone.Just as troubling as this whole

situation is White’s reluctance tomeetwithThe Spectrum.Itwaseasyforustogetaninterviewwithhimover the summer of 2012, whenhewasjuststartingasADandwewere writing a feature about hisbackground. Since then, it’s beenvirtually impossible.Ourattemptstomeet with him have beenmetwithpromises to“try” fromAth-letics staff members and silencefromWhite.Itmaynotbepartof hisjobto

transport The Spectrum to games,butitispartof hisjobtocommu-nicatewiththemedia.I believe every good story has

a resolution or at least a suggest-edone.So here,Mr.White, ismy pro-

posal: Make head coach Jeff Quinnandoneplayeravailable totalkwithusonthephoneafterthepress conference of every roadgame.We’ll ask our questions, aswenormallywould,andourcover-agewon’tbehurttoodramatically.It will be a perfect arrange-

ment:nobudgetary issuesandnoconflictsof interest–realorper-ceived.So what do you think, Mr.

White?Myemailaddressisbelow.The studentbodyawaits youran-swer.

Email: aaron.mansfield@ubspectrum.com

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