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Dillon Smith elected SA senate chair again

ASHLEY INKUMSAHNEWS EDITOR

Two weeks ago after holding its first meet-ing and a chairperson election with some “unnecessary hoopla,” the Student Associ-ation senate has a chair – officially – and fi-nally granted clubs more money.

The senate elected Dillon Smith senate chair Monday night. Smith was originally elected chair two weeks ago, but SA’s attor-ney ruled it invalid after SA President Mina-hil Khan casted the deciding vote to break a tie between Smith and former senator Yas-er Soliman. SA Treasurer Joe Pace called the situation “unnecessary hoopla” at a special senate forum last week.

As senate chair, Smith said he wants to “fulfill opportunities to the clubs.”

“My plan moving forward from now is to try to put aside any personal issues of the past and just get down to the orderly and ac-tually have a club come in here, have them propose, have them be able to get the mon-

ey that they need to hold events,” Smith said.

Smith looks to enact a “straight forward rules of the game” and mend uncommon ground between senators by being an “unbi-ased individual.”

“We had to make up for a lot this week, but I’m very proud of how the senators conducted themselves,” Smith said after the meeting. “The best way we can move for-ward is focusing on what we’re meant to be doing.”

He also said he plans to reach out to the SA Student Assembly in order to have the two branches of government working to-gether for “longevity” purposes. Smith said he looks to appoint a parliamentarian and a secretary as well as form AD HOC commit-tees.

Fourteen senators voted for Smith, while one voted no confidence and one abstained. Senator Carl Ross, who ran against Smith, did not receive a vote.

“I’m really glad to see that Carl and my-

self ran [because] having an option helps validate the democratic process,” Smith said.

Anthony Field, the elections and creden-tials chair who was not present at the orig-

inal election, governed the proceedings and SA Attorney Josh Korman was present to answer the senators’ questions concerning SA’s constitution and bylaws.

JULIA TIMERSON, THE SPECTRUM

Dillon Smith (far right) speaks with senators after being elected Student Association senate chair Monday night. Smith was originally elected chair two week ago, but the election was

deemed invalid after SA President Minahil Khan violated the SA constitution.

Senate holds re-election after previous election deemed invalid

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GRΣΣK ROW COMING TO UB?

INVESTMENT CORPORATION PLANS TO BUILD ‘GREEK VILLAGE’ NEAR CAMPUS

BY MARLEE TUSKES, NEWS EDITOR

When Dani Weingarten first joined UB’s Alpha Phi sorority, the one thing she felt UB was missing was a Greek row – an area de-voted to fraternity and sorority housing. She had visited her friends at other universities who lived in sorority houses located in a Greek row near the campus.

Weingarten may get her wish next fall. Standard Ascension Tower Group Corp

(SAT Corp), an investment corporation, is planning to create a “Greek village” near North Campus for UB’s fraternities and so-rorities. The $60 million project will involve four phases and the first phase – which in-cludes erecting 30 houses, a community house and entertainment complex – is set to be completed next fall.

Depending on how many organizations move to the Greek row, the housing system will accommodate about 300 people.

Taqua Daniels, chief marketing officer of SAT Corp, said the project is not affiliated with UB in any way and Pamela Stephens-Jackson, assistant director of fraternity and sorority life at UB, said neither she nor the university is involved and that this is a pri-vate project.

At the time of publication, the university did not have a comment regarding the proj-ect.

Daniels said while SAT Corp would man-age the houses, the company is willing to work with UB.

“The university will have the ability to work with our group to help maintain uni-versity caveats,” Daniels said in an email.

Many universities have a Greek row – a collection of houses for different Greek or-ganizations located in the same area on and near the campus. The Greek organizations and its alumni, or the university itself, usual-ly owns the homes.

Many UB Greek organizations – both legal and illegal – have homes locat-ed throughout the University Heights off South Campus. Student parties in the area, some of which are held by Greek organiza-tions, have led to conflict between students and residents in the area. Daniels said SAT Corp hopes the project will remove Greek life from the Heights.

Weingarten, a sophomore speech and hearing major, said while a project like this will benefit UB sororities and fraternities, those who live near the potential village may not appreciate their new neighbors. Wein-garten said it would be a “shock” and could change the dynamic in the neighborhood where the Greek village is built.

Some illegal fraternities are discussing be-coming recognized with the university in or-der to partake in the Greek village.

Larry Jordan, the chief executive officer of SAT Corp, said the company chose UB because it is familiar with the location and the environment of the campus and because most “big schools” have a Greek row.

Jordan, the company itself and “state mu-tual funds” will fund the project, according to Daniels. In order to be developed, the company first plans to send the project to be bid on by local development contractors

and architects.Although there are two, 2.5-acre sites

in Amherst where SAT Corp could de-velop the village, Jordan said the company wants to build it on the location closest to the North Campus. Daniels said it would be within walking distance of the campus.

Daniels said the project is a set plan, but SAT Corp is currently seeing which organi-zations “qualify” to move into the location.

“Qualified organizations will historically have a good standing with the UB campus, local community, academically and [national charter],” Daniels said.

The Spectrum obtained SAT Corp’s letter of intent to lease the homes. SAT Corp sent the nonbinding contract to UB Greek orga-nizations in order to determine how many organizations would be interested in the project.

Jordan also presented the project to stu-dents in a classroom on campus last month. The Spectrum obtained photographs of the presentation, which included renderings of the potential village as well as prices.

Joshua Grove, Greek liaison for UB’s In-ter-Greek Council, said the plan has only been in discussion for about a month and the “location, approval and zoning” have yet to be put into effect.

Weingarten said she thinks bringing a Greek row to UB’s campus will be a good way to increase Greek membership, howev-er more awareness about Greek life should happen before the village is built.

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NEWS2Wednesday, October 28, 2015THE SPECTRUM

All information according to University Police.

10/203:21 p.m. – A student stated she fell

asleep on the fifth floor of Lockwood Li-brary and woke up to someone taking her phone charger.

3:40 p.m. – A UB employee called say-ing he received a threatening email from a UB student.

10/21 4:04 p.m. – Patrol was called for a girl

having an emotional breakdown and at-tempting to hurt herself.

7:13 p.m. – A student reported a strong electrical odor in the air when getting off the elevator.

11:11 p.m. – A resident adviser (RA) called patrol for a marijuana complaint in Spaulding Quad. The residents slammed the door in the RA’s face.

10/22 7:23 a.m. – A UB employee reported a

suspicious male who looked lost and out of place walking to Cary Hall.

4:58 p.m. – A library monitor reported a group of five or six were making noise and refused to leave.

11:08 p.m. – A student said headphones, speakers and a Microsoft tablet were stolen from his or her Hadley Village apartment.

10/2312:48 a.m. – Patrol reported a large

group of student in Diefendorf Hall using a room for dance practice. There were no problems, but someone’s hoodie was hang-ing in front of camera.

8:33 p.m. – An RA in Clement Hall re-quested patrol after finding nine individuals in a dorm room with a strong odor of mar-ijuana.

10/24 5:41 p.m. – Patrol reported disorderly

conduct in Alumni Arena for a male shout-ing profanity at the opposing team.

10/25 1:25 a.m. – Patrol was flagged down to

help an intoxicated male in the Harriman Hall courtyard. An ambulance was called.

1:27 a.m. – A First Transit bus supervi-sor reported a fight on the bus at the Gov-ernors stop. A UB student was arrested.

10/26 3:00 p.m. – A UB student reported a man

in a grey vehicle drove past him in Gover-nors C parking lot and said, “Hey, sexy.” The student thought the man was following him but the vehicle left the area.

4:38 p.m. – A UB student reported there was a fight between two males in the third floor tunnel between the Student Union and Lockwood Library.

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“I think right now Greek life needs to work on expanding and needs to be rec-ognized more on campus before building houses for each organization,” Weingar-ten said. “I think if it was to happen a few years from now it would be great to have a part of where our students live dedicat-ed to Greek life.”

Once the first phase of the project is completed, roughly five organizations would be able to move into the village ac-cording, to Jordan.

SAT Corp would then move on to the remaining three phases, which include town houses for smaller organizations, a solar panel park for sustainability and a chapter monument museum.

Daniels said each organization has the option to design its own house and can choose between a modern or contempo-rary style. The Greek village will be in a gated community and each house will start at 25,000 square feet.

The houses – which will “be able to sleep up to 30 members” – will have three

floors that hold a library, grand dining hall and ballroom. The sorority houses will ad-ditionally have powder rooms and a large community closet.

The houses will have a rate compara-ble to rent for on-campus apartments and SAT Corp plans to accept student finan-cial aid. Daniels said historically, larger and “more established” organizations will have a purchase option from their nation-al charter. Chapters who maintain a 3.5 GPA will be offered a rental and lease dis-counts.

Ultimately, Daniels said SAT Corp wants the Greek village to bring some-thing new to UB by having a distinct area for the Greek life on campus.

“We believe that this location will be pinnacle to the growth and respect of [the] university and a grand capstone to the New York academia community,” Daniels said. “In general, Greek village adds another dimension to the university, enhancing its image as a major Division-I institution.”


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Greek life at other large univer-sities and portrayed in the mov-ies starkly contrasts the realities of Greek life at UB.

Greek rows – fraternity and so-rority houses donning letters lined up on one street, making parties larger and the appeal of Greek life greater – can be seen in enter-tainment and at large universities across the country.

That may finally become a reali-ty at UB, with Standard Ascension Tower Group Corporation plan-ning to build a $60 million Greek village near North Campus.

A Greek row at UB could be promising.

Most fraternities and sororities currently reside in the Universi-ty Heights, where eight or so stu-dents will live in old, dilapidated homes. These houses are spread throughout the area, with some on Winspear Avenue, Lisbon Avenue and Northrup Place. Greek life is spread so thin it becomes difficult to maintain interactions and at-tend parties, meetings or any other social event.

Moving Greek life into a cen-tralized Greek row near North Campus would get students out of the Heights, where residents com-plain about the parties and crime rates are high.

Although UB is in no way af-filiated with the project, it would allow UB to monitor Greek life more closely and perhaps improve the Greek life that already exists. It would also provide more appeal-ing Greek life for prospective stu-dents.

There is a certain culture around the houses on South Campus that fraternities and sororities have had for years. It may be difficult for them to give up – no matter how broken down some of the homes

may be, they are part of each group’s history. Convincing everyone to move may be more diffi-cult than it seems on the surface.

Greek life can be good for a big school. It makes the number of stu-dents seem less overwhelming and creates a more in-tegrated sense of community. While most other big schools around the country have in-tricate Greek life, there are fraternities and sororities still struggling to re-cruit a pledge class at UB.

The new village may even encour-age off-campus fra-ternities and sorori-ties to work toward school recognition.

UB Greek life is small– it only ac-counts for about 2 percent of the stu-dent population. But that the con-cept of a Greek row hasn’t been broached until now is surpris-ing since oversight of the groups seems like something UB would want.

The issue lies in accountability. If UB had a Greek row on cam-

pus or purchased homes for Greek organizations itself, it would have to take on more responsibility in monitoring the groups and these houses and if something goes wrong, it would be on its shoul-

ders to fix it.Many university officials claim

UB is unaware of the project. SAT Corp is behind the complexes, which means that UB doesn’t have to make the big decisions. But we would like to see our university take a more active role in its Greek life and its housing conditions – make that all students who live in the Heights’ housing conditions.

We’re not so sure this change will happen anytime soon. SAT Corp plans to have some of the

houses ready for next fall, but with the company not yet approved to begin construction and just hand-ing out non-binding leases to gage interest now, we are skeptical.

While it may take time and ef-fort to plan the new housing, it still seems like a worthwhile in-vestment to help improve Greek life, nightlife and the UB student experience.


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From houses to homes A Greek row would improve Greek life and the UB experience

JORDAN GROSSMAN SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR

Jordan Johnson proved last week he has what it takes to be a No. 1 back for the Buffalo football team.

Thursday’s game will prove he isn’t a fluke.

The Bulls’ (3-4, 1-2 Mid-Ameri-can Conference) short-week game is about more than a matchup against one of the worst teams in the MAC in Miami Ohio (1-7, 0-4 MAC).

This game is about planning for the future.

Johnson, a junior running back, is the immediate successor to se-nior running back Anthone Taylor. Once Taylor graduates after this season, it will be Johnson’s back-field.

His first start last Saturday re-sulted in a career game. His second this Thursday could very well do the same.

Taylor has been an instrumen-tal member of the Bulls since he was the backup to Branden Oli-ver in 2013. In his two seasons as a starting back, he has exceeded ex-

pectations and is hovering just be-low Oliver and James Starks as the most prolific backs in Bulls history.

But Taylor’s lingering ankle inju-ry is still bothering him. He is ex-pected to travel and dress with the team for the second straight game, but it is uncertain how much he will play if at all.

It doesn’t mean that Tay-lor’s Buffalo career is over by any means.

There are still four games after this upcoming matchup. Barring no more injury, Taylor should be 100 percent for the final month of his college career. He’ll still be the No. 1 back and get the majority of touches over Johnson and fresh-man Jonathan Hawkins.

But for another week, Bulls fans will get a glimpse into the future of the program.

Johnson, who attended Sweet Home High School just down the road from campus, has al-ways been No. 2 to Taylor. And it’s not his fault. At one point last season, Taylor was a top-5 rusher

in the country and recorded three straight games of 200-plus yards rushing.

But with Taylor out, Johnson is the clear-cut No. 1 back.

Johnson simply dominated the Ohio (5-3, 2-2 MAC) defense last week. He ran for 147 yards and two touchdowns on a career-high 28 touches in the 41-17 Buffalo victory. Production like that can’t go unnoticed. Head coach Lance Leipold said he is happy that he has two running backs that can go the entire game if needed.

Everyone overlooked Johnson in the past, including myself. Tay-lor was the star. Johnson was back-up who spent this first two years redshirting and sitting out with an elbow injury.

Perhaps all Johnson needed was a chance.

A glance at his numbers sur-prised me. In games he carried the ball more than nine times last sea-son and he averaged more than 4 yards per carry.

In his eight games played last

season, he had games of 97 and 104 rushing yards. Earlier this sea-son, he rushed for 79 yards on 13 carries against Nevada. It doesn’t jump off the page but that’s an av-erage of 6.1 yards per carry. He also leads the team this season with five rushing touchdowns.

On the season, he averages 4.8 yards per carry – 0.1 more than Taylor. I’m not a sabermetric fa-natic, but those are types of num-bers you want to see from a start-ing running back.

Johnson, albeit a small sample size, has been doing what everyone is just now praising him for since last season. The only difference is his number of touches.

Thursday’s game is much more than just a conference game. This is truly the first time where John-son has had a full week to practice with the first team squad knowing full well he is more than likely to be the starting running back. And just like last week, he will expect to see more than 25 carries as the workhorse of the backfield.

He should be able to run over a weak RedHawk defense. I’m pre-dicting at least 100 yards and a touchdown on the ground from him. It is also a moment to prove any remaining skeptics wrong that he is able to hold down the Buffa-lo backfield once Taylor graduates.

He’s at least proved one wrong.


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TORI ROSEMANSENIOR FEATURES EDITOR

Students with green parking tags hanging from their rearview mirrors rarely endure the intense parking struggles that plague the lots surrounding North and South Campus-es.

Green parking tags signify carpool pass-es.

According to Chris Austin, the assis-tant director of Parking and Transportation Services, the passes are used to reduce the amount of cars on campus.

“The goals of the program are to de-crease the number of vehicles registered to park on campus by providing an attractive alternative whereby individuals are encour-aged to share the commute,” Austin said in an email. “The aim is to reduce the de-mand for parking on the campuses, reduce the number of single-occupant vehicles, and while doing so lessen traffic congestion, im-prove air quality, and contribute to the Uni-versity’s commitment to climate neutrality.”

This year, UB has issued 117 carpool per-mits, which decreased the number of indi-vidual student/faculty/staff permits by 234.

But these passes aren’t easy to obtain. Ac-cording to the Parking and Transportation website, a carpool pass requires three or more people to give up their parking pass for one shared pass. It can be inconvenient for students to match schedules with two other people and consistently get to class.

“I think three is too many,” said Rachel Friedman, a senior international studies ma-jor. “You only need two people to drive in the [high occupancy vehicle] lane. I think asking that many people to give up their own parking pass is tough.”

It’s difficult enough to park on campus,

with 8,711 parking spots for nearly 30,000 students. Not everyone drives to campus, but those who do are forced to come in-credibly early or circle the lots endlessly searching for a spot.

The lots near Ellicott Complex and Gov-ernors have the most spots – both have over 1,300 spots. But students who live in those dorms also park in these lots and the spots are the farthest from the North Campus buildings.

“My roommate has a deal with this guy who leaves the school at 12 every day,” said David Hines, a junior computer science ma-jor. “Every morning they meet up and my roommate takes this guy’s spot, since there are none left by the time he arrives on cam-pus.”

These extreme measures could be allevi-ated, especially with a specialized pass that would allow you to park in certain spots, such as the carpool pass. According to Aus-tin, since the implementation of the pro-gram there are more available spots in the Alumni lots and the Center for Tomorrow on North Campus, as well as in the Main-Bailey lot on South Campus.

Beside requiring three students to turn in their individual passes for a carpool pass, the lots themselves are divided, signifying where faculty, commuters and students can park. Park in the wrong lot and you’re faced with a ticket.

It can be frustrating for students who drive regularly to come to school and see that there are available spots but they cannot park there because they don’t have the right pass. Often these carpool spots go unfilled because not enough students have them.

“I almost never see cars in those spots,” said O’Brien Welsh, a senior political sci-ence major. “They should either provide less of them or make it easier to get a pass,

so students would actually use it. Parking at the school is difficult as it is.”

The average student commutes from home, or lives in a dorm or apartment with several others. Those who commute from home drive alone and would likely have a more difficult time finding others to com-mute with.

For those living with other students, it can be difficult to match up the schedules of three people – especially if they have differ-ent majors or take classes at different times of the day.

UB helps those looking set up a carpool on a ride share site found on the Parking and Transportation website. It also offers an emergency pass for when carpooling isn’t possible and an emergency ride home for anyone who were to get trapped on campus.

Other methods of transportation to and from campus can be unreliable. The bus-es from the Sweethome apartments and the Villas on Chestnut Ridge make unexpected stops or will have inconsistent schedules.

“I hate taking the buses because I’m nev-er sure when they’re going to come or how long I’m going to be on it,” Friedman said. “Even though there’s a schedule, I could be on the bus for an hour because it decided to stop at Chestnut or wait at Sweethome for an extra ten minutes.”

Though carpool passes theoretically al-low students to park more easily and in clos-er proximity to the buildings, students have a difficult time making those arrangements, meaning they go unused and valuable park-ing spots remain empty.


Carpool crazinessStudents feel carpool passes ask too much

SPECTRUM FILE PHOTO

The Jarvis B parking lot (pictured) is located close to North Campus academic buildings and fills up quickly. Carpool passes, given out when three or more students hand in their

individual parking passes for a collective pass, allow students to park in parking spots closer to academic buildings but often go unused.

GABRIELA ORTIZSTAFF WRITER

Before this summer, 24-year-old Master of Fine Arts (MFA) student Morgan Arnett had never been anywhere outside of her hometown of Pensacola, Florida.

With aspirations of completing a MFA degree, Arnett found herself and her fian-cée packing up their car and heading to a city polar opposite of the place she’d known for 20 years.

Arnett, whose work was displayed during the Center for the Art’s “Say Hello to our New MFAs” exhibit in August and Septem-ber and is currently centered in Studio 214B in the CFA, is one of ten current MFAs studying at UB.

Pensacola is a small town at the west-ern-most point of Florida bordering Ala-bama. Home to beautiful beaches, warm weather and southern charm, a Buffalonian might find it hard to understand why any-one would ever leave.

“I needed a change of scenery, I figured New York would be a huge transition and UB was the perfect school for what I was looking for,” Arnett said.

After suggestions from the most unlikely of people – the man who installed the cable into her new apartment – she subscribed to Buffalo event newsletters and soon found herself delving into the Buffalo art scene.

For Arnett, Buffalo has been a complete 180 from Pensacola.

The variety of art displayed at events such as the Elmwood Arts Festival and the galler-ies of Hallwalls introduced Arnett to more meaningful art. Only ever an artist

Coming from a beach town where art of-ten only goes as far as painted surfboards on sale for tourist purchase, Arnett said Buffalo has been refreshing.

With an art kit – a gift from her very sup-portive grandmother – in tow, she’d watch Disney princesses like Ariel and instead of wanting to dress up like one, she’d draw them.

From Play-Doh, painting, coloring and even collage making, Arnett has always

found herself consumed by art. For as long she can remember, creating art seemed to be the only the only thing that made her feel like she had a place in the world. At the same time, it was also what made her feel like a misfit.

“I struggled to find where I belonged in middle school and high school. Growing up I was either drawing or reading, that was life consuming,” Arnett said. “But in high school, I gravitated to the art kids. Being around other artists inspired me to become better.”

While some parents may try to persuade their children to not pursue the arts in col-lege, Arnett’s family has been fully support-ive of their daughter.

“My parent’s home doubles as a Morgan Arnett gallery,” she said.

Arnett’s artistryArnett’s artwork can be described as in-

tricate.

Her pieces reflect her fascination with the biology of the human body – how systems work, the complexities and the anatomy of the body and how our inner beings are con-structed.

Her work is meant to exemplify the mag-nificence of the beauty people carry within themselves.

“People never look at what goes on inside the human body,” she said. “I find beauty in what goes on within the body, the parts of us that are a part of a greater function.”

Her artwork focuses on the overlaps be-tween the rigidity and formality of science, the volatility of human emotion and the beauty inherent to the human body, inside and out. Each component of her artwork is focused through a feminist lens.

While she originally did most of her art through drawing, in high school Arnett be-gan incorporating collage and mixed me-dia into her paintings, which completely

changed the way she’d create her art for the rest of her career.

Throughout college, she perfected her craft: an infusion of print making and paint-ing.

The piece she is most proud of is her “In The Flesh Series,” a piece consisting of 440 paintings which concluded her undergradu-ate career and earned her a bachelor in fine arts from the University of West Florida in 2014.

Arnett’s artistic influences include art-ists like Cindy Sherman, Faith Wilding and Robert Rauschenberg – artists who embrace photos, painting and the art of the human body.

Her influences extend past artists howev-er, reaching into literature and literary criti-cism.

She is an avid reader of authors like Shelly Jackson, Margaret Atwood and Mary Shelley, who penned her favor-ite novel “Frankenstein.” All these au-thors have shaped the fervid feminist views she has incorporated into her art.

Moving forwardAfter completing her MFA at UB, Arnett

hopes to become an art professor. “My instructors have had such a crazy

positive influence on me and I would love to have that effect on other people, help stu-dents reach breakthroughs and hopefully be as inspiring as my instructors were,” Arnett said.

Her professor Adele Henderson spoke about her excitement working with Arnett.

“I think she has great potential and I look forward to working with her,” she said.

With teaching being her ultimate goal, Morgan is working toward leading a paint-ing or printmaking class at UB during the spring semester.

Her humble beginnings in Pensacola to her present adventure in Buffalo have left Arnett eager to travel.

“Surrounding yourself with new people and scenery is so important in order to grow as an artist and diversify your influences,” she said.


5ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Wednesday, October 28, 2015

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New MFA student Morgan Arnett is ready to leave her mark on Buffalo

From sunshine to snowfall

JAMES CORRA, THE SPECTRUM

Morgan Arnett is one of ten new MFA students in the Department of Art this semester. Her work, displayed during one of the Center for the Arts’ opening exhibitions, deals with the inner state of human beings as well as feminism and the biology of the body.

KENNETH KASHIF THOMASARTS EDITOR

Like a herd of shuffling zombies, AMC’s “The Walking Dead” has infected the hearts and minds of the American viewer. What started as a comic has blown up into a TV brand unlike any other – with spin-off TV shows, mini-series and video games, “The Walking Dead” has become an epidemic.

Following each character over the course of five long, gory seasons, viewers have be-come enraptured with the stories of the sur-vivors. Viewers live and die with them from week to week, cursing their enemies and worrying about each new encounter.

This past Sunday, episode three of the show’s sixth season, titled “Thank You,” showed viewers what appeared to be the death of one of the show’s the most be-loved characters. Glen (Steven Yeun) died when he fell into a throng of zombies, due to the actions of Nicholas (Michael Traynor).

For people that got into the series when the show started, it seemed like a death un-suited for a character that made it through so much.

Those immersed in the comic lore have half-hope that this may not be the end for Glen – at least not yet.

“I’m still in denial, I don’t believe he’s dead. ” said Shannon Cartwright, a sopho-more nursing major. “Nick definitely fell on top of him. I think he crawled under the dumpster and escaped when the zombies

got distracted.”Those interested in the “The Walking

Dead” comic books know the significance that Glen has to the story.

Spoiler alert: Unfortunately, if Glen does in fact make it out of his bleak predicament, he definitely will not make it out of the sea-son, that’s just how the story goes.

Those who keep up with the show in-depth would have noticed the last words Glen said to Rick over the radio and their correlation to the first words Glen said to Rick.

Glen called Rick a “dumbass” and shed some light on Rick’s situation – the tone changed from condescension to endear-ment.

“It was intense because he just watched Nicholas kill himself,” said Blake Gautreau, a sophomore psychology major. “I don’t think he’s dead. It seemed like the intestines were coming out of his shoulder, so I think the zombies might overlook him.”

In the comics, Glen comes back as a zom-

bie and Rick is the one that kills him.If you’re not a follower of the comic lore,

don’t panic yet – the television adaptations rarely stick too close to the original comics.

The main issue many fans have with his “death” is how flat it was. Glen died in such a lackluster way – it couldn’t be possible for him to be dead just yet. But in reality, he died in a way that is in line with his character.

Of all of the show’s characters, Glen changed the least when considering his abil-ity to handle zombies. He was always willing to put himself in bad situations to help oth-ers and did the most he could.

Glen, in choosing to go along with Nich-olas – a man who tried to kill him in a pre-vious episode – shows the true strength of his character. Yet it was this strength that pushed him to his death. Glen’s selflessness hurts him in the end by choosing to help Nicholas despite the risk of Nicholas trying to kill him again.

Glen was helping Nicholas gain a better

reputation in the eyes of the group as some-one that can be seen as both reliable and trustworthy.

Unfortunately, his giving nature may have meant his death in such an unforgiving world.

“I think Glen’s alive,” said Darnell Pierre-Louis, a sophomore business management major. “The way the scene played out, it didn’t show him dying – it cut away really quick. He might come back in a future ep-isode.”

While Glen returning in a future episode is a very real possibility, the next episode is centered on Maggie’s (Lauren Cohen) flash-backs, so don’t hold your breath in hopes for his return until later episodes.

While fans continue to hope for Glen’s re-turn, realistically, fans are hoping for a proper end to Glen’s story – a more deserving death.


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Soliman, who lost the first election, told The Spectrum this weekend that he would officially resign as a senator Monday and called for more university oversight of SA.

Following the election, four SA clubs, in-cluding the Student Association for Speech and Hearing (SASH), the Fashion Student Association (FSA), Swing Dance and Jewish Student Union came before the senators to petition for additional funding for upcom-ing events.

Each club prepared a presentation for the senators and stepped out as the senators de-bated among themselves until finally reach-ing a consensus.

The senate granted $800 to SASH for an upcoming trip to a convention and $910 to temporary club FSA for its upcoming fash-ion show. Swing Dance was granted $400 for its upcoming dance event and the Jewish Student Union was granted $600 for its in-ter-faith Thanksgiving event.

The clubs’ presentations and the senators’

debates took up roughly three hours of the meeting.

Khan said the meeting was “a great exam-ple of productivity.”

“The body listened to, debated, and voted on four different club grants as well as other presentations,” Khan said. “I am extreme-ly proud of all the senators for staying the whole four hours of the meeting. I think we can expect the same level of commitment and productivity moving forward from the SA Senate.”

Khan said “anything that has happened this year hasn’t impaired any functioning of the overall SA” and that all procedure was properly followed during the election.

“We are continuing to move forward on everything we have planned for the remain-der of the year,” Khan said.

The next senate meeting will be either by this Sunday or the following Sunday, Nov. 8. The meeting will be held at 5 p.m.


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Defensive line: BuffaloThe Buffalo defensive line is looking to

repeat last week’s feat. It registered four sacks and got several

tackles for losses, making Ohio quarterback Derrius Vick work for every yard gained. This week, they should be looking for the same against a poor Miami Ohio offensive line.

On the outside, freshmen defensive ends Chris Ford and Charles Harris and sopho-more Demone Harris are continuing to de-velop with more playing time and another game against an offensive line they can take advantage of will only help moving for-ward.

Linebackers: BuffaloMiami Ohio’s linebackers aren’t slouch-

es at all. Kent Kern is second in the MAC in tack-

les for losses with 10 to go with his 66 tack-les on the season. Paul Moses has 54 tack-les and three sacks on the year. The duo has been good at both coverage and getting into the backfield this season.

The Buffalo linebackers, however, enter this game hot.

Senior Nick Giblo recorded a career-high 15 tackles against Ohio last week and se-nior Okezie Alozie registered 1.5 tackles for losses and the first two interceptions of his career – including returning one for a touchdown. All junior Brandon Berry did last week is rack up with 13 tackles of his own, a new personal high.

The Buffalo linebacking core is on a run and I don’t see them slowing down against the RedHawks.

Secondary: Buffalo While Boise Ross has had a breakout sea-

son in his own right, it’s sophomore safe-ty Ryan Williamson that continues to come up in big spots. After having just 10 tackles as a freshman last year, Williamson has 39

tackles and two interceptions this season, including a 15-yard interception return for a touchdown last week.

The most notable defensive back for Mi-ami Ohio is senior cornerback Brison Bur-ris, who has 59 tackles, two tackles for loss-es and one interception on the season.

Special teams: BuffaloBuffalo’s special teams have been sol-

id, outside of a blocked punt for a safety against Central Michigan. Freshman kick-er Adam Mitcheson has gone 21-of-23 on extra points this season and 9-of-12 on field goals. Meanwhile, senior punter Tyler Grassman has 35 punts with 11 falling in-side the 20-yard line.

Miami Ohio has kicker Kaleb Patterson and he’s completed 5-of-7 field goals on the year and 9-of-11 on PAT kicks on the sea-son. Punter Christian Koch has punting 58 times in eight games, with 12 landing inside the 20-yard line.

Both kickers and punters are on par with each other, but Buffalo gets the slight edge for its all-around special teams play.

Coaching: DrawBoth head coaches have solid resumes. Miami Ohio’s Chuck Martin has quite the

resume. He was the head coach at Grand Valley State from 2004-09, finishing with two Division-II championships and a 74-7 record as head coach. Then, he moved on to Notre Dame, where he was the offensive coordinator of the 2013 Notre Dame team that made it to the National Championship matchup against Alabama.

We all know Bulls head coach Lance Leipold’s record on the Division-III level and his accolades.

Both have yet to have much success early on in their Division-I tenures in the MAC, so right now it’s too close to call and we will give these coaching giants a tie.


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Head coach Lance Leipold admitted star senior running back Anthone Taylor may be limited for the football team in Thurs-day’s game against Miami Ohio.

But even if Taylor is limited for the Bulls’ (3-4, 1-2 Mid-American Conference), Leipold isn’t worried.

There’s just as valuable of an option be-hind Taylor in Jordan Johnson.

“We were confident before last Satur-day,” Leipold said about Johnson, who had a breakout game last Saturday. “I think he showed that the can handle that role. He’s been taking the No. 1 reps. We will see where it takes us.”

Johnson, a junior running back, erupted for 147 yards and two touchdowns on 28 carries – all career highs – in his first career start against Ohio (5-3, 2-2 MAC) Saturday. He may be poised for another huge game against Miami Ohio (1-7, 0-4 MAC) Thurs-day if his backfield counterpart isn’t ready to go.

Taylor suffered an ankle injury late in the third quarter against Central Michigan (4-4, 3-1 MAC) two weeks ago and did not play last week despite dressing for pregame warm-ups. As of Tuesday, Taylor was a lim-ited participant in practice and is consid-ered a game-time decision.

Taylor leads the team in rushes (110) and rushing yards (521) for the Bulls this season despite missing a game. Johnson trails him slightly with 452 yards, but has five touch-downs.

“That’s what we were hoping for all year, to have two guys that are going to be pro-ductive,” Leipold said. “They’ve shown that they both can be. Very proud with what [Johnson] did, stepping into that role.”

Leipold wouldn’t say whether or not Tay-lor will play. He is expected to travel with the team and is even expected to dress

again, but a decision will come in the next couple of days to see if his ankle can hold up for game speed.

“We’re hoping. He’s doing a little more,” Leipold said. “I wish it were a regular sev-en-day. I’d feel better about it.”

There is only a five-day turnaround be-tween last Saturday’s game and the up-coming matchup on Thursday, something Leipold has not encountered in his entire coaching career. The MAC is different from other conferences in that it plays week-day games throughout the month of Novem-ber.

Rather than having their usual day off

on Sunday, the Bulls went to work. Short-ly after the game, the coaches immediately broke down game tape, a job that was usu-ally done on the day after the game.

Leipold moved a “Wednesday-type prac-tice” to Monday and a “Thursday-type practice” to Tuesday in order to prepare for the quick turnaround.

Leipold said the team came out with a lot of energy on Sunday after the emphatic 41-17 victory over Ohio Saturday, but looked sluggish on Monday. Leipold noted a bit of fatigue from some players following the victory, but he assured the players would get the needed time to rest before the game.

“Getting their rest is important as they go through this,” Leipold said.

Buffalo broke its three-game losing streak with one of the best all-around games this season. The defense got two pick-6’s from senior linebacker Okezie Alozie and sopho-more safety Ryan Williamson. Alozie is the reigning MAC East Defensive Player of the Week after recording his first two career in-terceptions of his college career in the vic-tory.

Senior quarterback Joe Licata had a bet-ter week, although he didn’t throw a touch-down pass for the second time this season. He still finished with 212 yards and a rare rushing touchdown as he prepares to con-clude his career in Buffalo within the next month.

The Bulls will need to win three of their final five matchups to be Bowl eligible for the first time since the 2013 season.

And it may be an easier road than thought.

Buffalo’s final five opponents are a com-bined 13-25 so far this season, with North-ern Illinois as the only team with a better all-around record.

But Leipold isn’t counting out the Red-Hawks and their 1-7 record just yet. Miami Ohio features a young team – 65 freshmen – that has a “lot of good, young talent that’s getting better.”

The RedHawks may have a growing team with multiple skill sets, but Buffalo has something that Miami Ohio likely doesn’t have after a seven-game losing streak.

“Confidence,” Leipold said. “It’s no doubt that three losses in a row are tough. The thing that hit me last night driving home is that our four losses were to teams that all won bowl games last year.”

Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. on Thursday in Oxford, Ohio. The game can be viewed on ESPN3.


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The football team (3-4, 1-2 Mid-Ameri-can Conference) is playing just four days af-ter picking up its first conference victory on Saturday. The Bulls will look to win back-to-back games for the first time all season and get back to .500 on the road against Miami Ohio (1-7, 0-4 MAC).

The Spectrum has the scouting report for who has the edge at each position.

Quarterback: Buffalo Surprisingly, this has to be one of the first

times all season the Bulls have the quarter-back advantage in back-to-back weeks.

Senior Joe Licata is coming off an impres-sive game against Ohio, leading the Bulls to two offensive scoring drives, finishing with a rare rushing touchdown and zero turnovers. Another performance like that should get the job done on Thursday.

As for the RedHawks, they replaced se-nior Drew Kummer with freshman Billy Bahl a few weeks ago. But neither have had much success, as both are completing fewer than 50 percent of their passes. Bahl has 10 interceptions to just two touchdown passes.

Running back: BuffaloEven with senior Anthone Taylor’s pend-

ing status with an ankle injury, the Bulls are entering the game with the best running back. Junior running back Jordan Johnson

is coming off the best game of his career, registering career highs in carries (28), yards (147) and touchdowns (2).

Meanwhile Miami Ohio has an interest-ing rushing attack. Running back Alonzo Smith leads the team in rushing, but second is freshman quarterback Gus Ragland. Rag-land has 5.6 yards per carry on 40 carries this season. He’s thrown 15 passes.

If Taylor is available to play, the Bulls will have a significant advantage. Even if he doesn’t, Johnson should have another huge day.

Wide receivers and tight ends: Buffalo

The Bulls will have the better weapons on the field. Quantity beats quality here.

Miami Ohio has several weapons, but none have impressed statistically. Wide re-ceivers Sam Martin (22 catches, 413 yards and one touchdown) and Rokeem Williams (18 catches, 266 yards and one touchdown) are both fine receivers. Tight end Ryan Smith has 13 catches and three scores on the year.

They’ve proven they can be useful. But the Bulls have the better group of re-

ceivers in talent and in numbers. Senior Ron Willoughby had a quiet game against Ohio, but could rebound against the RedHawks. Senior Marcus McGill had eight catches for 81 yards – by far his best game of the sea-son – and could continue his recent string of success. This could also be a big game

for senior tight end Matt Weiser, who’s in the midst of a breakout season.

Offensive Line: Buffalo It was another solid week for Buffalo’s of-

fensive line against Ohio. The five-man unit kept Licata upright in harsh weather con-ditions and opened holes for the running game. The line could finally be solidifying after multiple question marks.

Miami Ohio has allowed 18 sacks on the season, compared to Buffalo’s 11. If the Bulls are looking to repeat last Saturday’s de-fensive success that consisted of four sacks and six tackles for losses, the RedHawk’s O-line is a perfect unit to do it on.

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Freshman quarterback Billy Bahl is Miami Ohio’s starter and has thrown two touchdowns to 10 interceptions this season. Buffalo has the edge in quarterbacks, according to The

Spectrum’s scouting report.

Buffalo: I think this game sets up an interesting second half for the Bulls as they make their way toward becoming bowl eligible.

PREDICTIONS: BUFFALO (-7.5) VS. MIAMI OHIO Jordan Grossman@jordanmgrossman

Quentin Haynes@Haynes_Spectrum

Buffalo: Miami is on a seven-game losing streak. UB is coming off its best performance this season. This will be a blowout. RedHawk down.

Tom Dinki@tomdinki

Miami Ohio: Last week was nice. And Buffalo should win Thursday – I’m just not sure they’ll win by more than a touchdown on the road.

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Wide receiver Sam Martin and the Miami Ohio RedHawks will take on Buffalo in a pivotal conference matchup on Thursday night in Oxford, Ohio. Buffalo is coming off an emphatic 41-17 victory while the RedHawks are currently on a seven-game losing streak.`

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