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AARON MANSFIELDEDITOR IN CHIEF

The John R. Oishei Founda-tion, Western New York’s largest private foundation, announced Wednesday that it has contribut-ed a $5 million donation to UB’s new School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in down-town Buffalo.

The medical school, which will cost $375 million total and will comprise seven stories and 540,000 square feet, will be con-structed in 2016.

“The Oishei Foundation rec-ognizes the new UB medical school as a game-changing addi-tion to the Buffalo Niagara Med-ical Campus. It will redefine our region as a hub for the very best in health care,” Oishei Founda-tion President Robert D. Gioia said in a press release. “With this gift, we join UB as fellow cata-lysts for change that will dramat-ically enhance our community’s economic vitality and quality of life.”

The medical school has thus far received funding from the state, individual donors and pri-vate companies. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who broke ground on the campus Oct. 15 and said, “When we put the shovel into the ground today,

that was a shovel toward the new future of Buffalo,” signed NY-SUNY 2020 legislation in 2011. This law yielded an NYSUNY Challenge Grant, which has pri-marily funded UB’s venture.

When the school opens, ap-proximately 2,000 students, ad-ministrators and professors will have their work moved down-town.

The state has contributed $35 million to UB’s Buffalo Niaga-ra Medical Campus. The Buffa-lo News reported that the Oishei Foundation’s gift helped UB reach roughly the midway point in its private fundraising efforts.

“Throughout its history, the [Oishei] foundation has consis-tently invested in improving ed-ucation and health care, and this gift does both,” said UB Presi-dent Satish Tripathi in a press re-lease. “This gift will have a pro-found impact on this priority project for our university.”

In September 2012, the Oishei Foundation donated $10 mil-lion to Kaleida Health for nam-ing rights to the new Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo. This hospital, which will open on UB’s medical campus, is be-ing renamed the John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital.

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LISA KHOURY MANAGING EDITOR

A refrigerator unplugged in the middle of the dorm. Boxes, bulletin boards, a fan on her bed. Mouthwash and olive oil across the hall.

Jaime Lachapelle returned to Buffalo on Sunday and found her and her roommate’s belong-ings tossed all over the place.

On Jan. 9, during UB’s ex-tended winter break, a polar vor-tex spread across the nation. Freezing temperatures in Buffa-lo caused water pipes to freeze and burst in Richmond Building 4 and Spaulding Building 4 – two dormitories in Ellicott Complex.

Water leaked down into a handful of dorm rooms, includ-ing Lachapelle’s.

UB responded immediately, ac-cording to Director of Residen-tial Facilities Don Erb. Residen-tial Building Services spent days removing water and cleaning ev-ery item in students’ rooms.

Lachapelle’s and her room-mates’ belongings were not dam-aged. The belongings were, how-ever, tossed around their dorm and dispersed into their neigh-bors’ rooms.

“My parents were also really disappointed when they came in here because, yeah I had a flood, and yes they cleaned it, but they could’ve put the furniture back,” Lachapelle said. “[UB doesn’t] give us much time to adjust to come to school; they give us the next day. I don’t want to come back and clean my room for three and a half hours and then go to school the next morning.”

The Spectrum asked Erb to re-spond to students’ complaints about the disorganization and misplacement of their posses-sions.

Flood causes water damage in dormsStudents frustrated with UB’s cleanup

Medical school receives $5 million donation

BEN TARHANSENIOR SPORTS EDITOR

N’Dea Johnson knew she was going to get better.

The more time she spent in the hospital, wonder-ing what was wrong with her and when she would get better, the more set she became on her goals.

Her hospital bed was not go-ing to hold her back – not af-ter the redshirt sophomore had overcome a torn ACL and be-come the women’s soccer team’s leading goal scorer.

“I always knew I was going back to school and there were people there that loved me. And my parents loved me,” Johnson said. “I just knew that one day I would get better. I didn’t know when I was going to get better, but I knew I was going to get better.”

Though she led UB in scor-ing in the spring of 2013, John-son quietly battled stomach pain due to gastritis. When she re-turned home to Long Island for the summer, she got sicker than she had been all spring.

She wound up hospital bound for three months. She missed the preseason, and the Friday before classes started in August, her fa-ther told her she wouldn’t be re-turning to Buffalo for school.

Every morning for the next week, Johnson cried when she woke up. Her family, friends and teammates rallied around her.

Wayne Johnson, her father, put up pictures of the girl who had proven she was worth a Divi-sion I soccer scholarship. Pame-la Johnson, her mother, slept on a cot in her hospital room. John-

son’s teammates Skyped with her every day and sent her care pack-ages.

In June, when she first got into the hospital, a friend Insta-grammed a picture with a quote: “An arrow can only be shot by pulling it backwards. When life is dragging you back with difficul-ties, it means it’s going to launch you into something great. So just focus, and keep aiming.”

Johnson left the hospital for good in November and says she’s as mentally and physically healthy as she has ever been. She’s ready, she says, to release her arrow. ***

Johnson has a theory. Whenever she sets a goal, some obstacle blocks her

from the finish line and forces her to prove her commitment. Before she can launch herself at her goal, she has to be pulled back.

She tore her ACL the spring before her freshman season started. Before she even arrived on campus, she had to call then-head coach Michael Thomas and tell him she couldn’t play.

Her mother said it was like re-ceiving a gift and then having it taken away.

But Thomas wasn’t taking any-thing away. He said that revoking

her scholarship would have been counterproductive to UB’s wom-en’s soccer program.

Unable to play her freshman season, Johnson had to find new ways to help her team – she be-came their biggest fan.

Current head coach Shawn Burke, then an assistant, de-scribed her as everybody’s best friend.

“I think that N’Dea is just dif-ferent in an amazing way,” said Johnson’s close friend and team-mate defender Natalie Jurise-vic. “If that were me coming in, I would have been shy. It would have been hard for me to meet people. But with her, she’s just

N’Dea. She was always known that way.”

Johnson has straight black hair and mocha skin. Thomas calls her sense of humor “rye” and says it’s effective because of her timing and witty one-liners. Burke says Johnson is always up-beat and bright eyed – the first athlete to say good morning at 7 a.m. practices – regardless of whether she can participate.

By the spring of 2012, John-son was back on the pitch with her teammates. She scored a goal in her first game back – a mo-ment she describes as her favor-ite college soccer memory so far – and played her first fall season later that year.

By the spring of 2013, Johnson was showing that she was regain-ing the full potential of her ath-letic ability. Her athleticism had returned to her 5-foot-3 frame and she led the Bulls in goals that spring. Onlookers would have never guessed that she was still recovering from a torn ACL.

But despite her strong per-formance on the field, Johnson was dealing with new pain in her stomach. A doctor diagnosed her with gastritis, meaning the lin-ing of her stomach had become swollen, and prescribed her med-ication to help with the pain.

Senior midfielder Courtney Gross, one of Johnson’s best friends on the team, said Johnson didn’t show it on the field. When Johnson got home to Long Is-land, though, it got worse. After she left work early one afternoon because the pain had become un-bearable, her mom convinced her to go to the hospital. A CAT scan revealed she had an in-flamed appendix.

TAKING AIM

SEE N’DEA, PAGE 6

After missing two of her first three seasons on the women’s soccer team, Johnson returns to campus refreshed and fully healthy

for the first time in her college career

SEE DORMS, PAGE 2

COURTESY OF JAIME LACHAPELLE

During UB’s winter break, frigid temperatures caused water pipes to freeze and burst in two dormitories. Some students returned to find their belongings tossed around their dorm rooms and dispersed into their neighbors’ rooms from UB’s cleanup.

CHAD COOPER, THE SPECTRUM

Maor Purnsrian, a freshman intended nursing major, lives in Richmond Build-ing 4. When she returned to Buffalo, she found her room in disarray.

CHAD COOPER, THE SPECTRUM

N’Dea Johnson, a forward on the women’s soccer team, stands in front of a collage of photos similar to the collage her father created for her while she was in the hospital this summer.

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When Carolyn Cormier was younger, she would spend some winters skating on a makeshift ice rink in a nearby field. Now, the senior psychology major has the opportunity to enjoy a simi-lar experience on campus.

On Saturday, students will have a chance to make the most out of the freezing weather with plenty of winter activities at UB’s fifth official Winterfest. Events will start at noon on the Student Union Field and feature outdoor and indoor ice rinks.

“I always encourage students [to attend] – even if they’re not huge fans of the cold,” said Ker-ry Spicer, associate director of student unions and activities. “There’s a ton to do indoors and outdoors. And even if they’re not familiar with the sports, just to come try them out. It’s what Winterfest is all about.”

Though this will be UB’s fifth celebration of Winterfest, the event is based on the same kind of activities students have been enjoying unofficially since the

1950s.Spicer said UB would often

find students skating on Lake LaSalle or spot spontaneous snow sculptures around campus.

UB moved the location of Winterfest this year from the South Lake community space to SU Field to accommodate the new outdoor ice rink. The main traffic path makes the event more accessible students, wheth-er they’re on or off campus.

Matthew Sweet, president of the Resident Hall Association (RHA), anticipates increased at-tendance due to the larger ven-ue. RHA is involved in the snow-man building and igloo making competitions. RHA awards priz-es to the winners of the various competitions.

Sweet believes the addition of an indoor ice-skating rink will free students from anxiety about weather affecting Winterfest.

The indoor rink is made from a synthetic material that is nei-ther cold nor wet, according to Spicer. It will be set up in the Student Union next to video game stations, along with chili-in-a-bag and a movie that has yet

to be selected.Free ice skate rentals will be

offered with student ID at the indoor and outdoor rinks, with 22 pairs available.

During Winterfest Saturday, the outdoor rink will be turned into a playing field for a tour-nament of broomball – a game similar to hockey, originally from Canada, that Spicer said has de-veloped a “following” at UB. It involves players hitting a ball on the ice (with sneakers, no ice skates needed) with a broom-like stick to the opposing team’s goal.

Broomball teams have the op-portunity to win a trophy and Tim Hortons gift cards.

While the outdoor rink is in use for the games, ice bowl-ing will be available alongside broomball and students who are looking to ice skate will be moved to the indoor rink.

The new location allowed Winterfest to add sledding down the hill next to the Center For the Arts to the long list of activ-ities.

Additionally, horse-drawn car-riage rides will travel around the

field.Spicer said to also watch out

for the yeti that will appear throughout the activities to get students excited for the winter fun.

“We figured Victor E. Bull wasn’t enough,” Sweet said. “Why not throw a little bit of that winter weather cheer with the yeti?”

Throughout the week, the Of-fice of Student Life has been handing out gloves and scarves for free to promote the event, according to Spicer.

Cormier plans to volunteer for Winterfest again, as she did last year. She views the event as an opportunity to bond with her friends and encourages other students to do the same.

“Buffalo is known for its cold weather and everyone gets a lit-tle miserable when it’s this cold,” Cormier said. “I think it’s really great UB provides an opportu-nity to have fun outside and see that there is more to winter than staying inside.”


UB to host fifth-annual WinterfestEvent highlighted by indoor and outdoor ice rinks

COURTESY OF STEVE MORSE

The UB community will have the opportunity to participate in UB’s fifth-annual Win-terfest on Saturday. Among many events, students may participate in a horse and car-riage ride, skating on indoor and outdoor rinks and a broomball tournament. Last year, students played hockey (above).

“There’s not a lot of order to a rapid removal of personal be-longings in a flood,” Erb said in an email.

Lachapelle, a freshman unde-cided major, and her roommate Maor Purnsrian, a freshman in-tended nursing major, are paying for that as they continue to reor-ganize their belongings.

Though the students don’t have any serious damages, they find it unsettling that if they did, UB wouldn’t compensate finan-cially because they never bought renter’s insurance.

On its website, Campus Liv-ing encourages students to invest in renter’s insurance to protect their belongings in their dorms. None of the students The Spec-

trum interviewed in Richmond or Spaulding have bought it.

“There are so many fees that come with dorming, I thought that would be maybe part of it,” Lachapelle said.

Purnsrian said, hypothetically, if her belongings were damaged, she couldn’t afford to replace them. She thinks UB should re-imburse students if their person-al items are damaged in dorms, especially when students are gone – like they were during winter break.

“I’m here on financial aid, most people are, or most of my friends are, so do you want me to pay another thousand dollars for all the things you messed up on because I didn’t get renter’s in-

surance?” Purnsrian said.No students in Richmond 4,

where floors 9 through 4 were affected, or Spaulding, where floors 5 and 4 were affected, have yet indicated that any of their belongings were perma-nently damaged, according to Erb.

But a group of male students in Richmond 4, room 865, had to be relocated because of dam-age to the ceiling. Erb said the ceiling will be replaced by this summer. The students were relo-cated to Greiner Hall.

Repairs were completed by Jan. 24, Erb said.

Check out ubspectrum.com for video of this story.

Continued from page 1: Flood

COURTESY OF JAIME LACHAPELLE

When roommates Jaime Lachapelle and Maor Purn-srian arrived to Buffalo on Sunday, following UB's ex-tended winter break, they found their belongings scat-tered around their dorm room. It took approximately 3.5 hours to reorganize.

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With another Student Associ-ation executive announcing his resignation in just five months, apathetic feelings seem to be the default. This situation, however, commands a moment of reflec-tion.

Lyle Selsky is the second SA executive who was elected during the Spirit Party sweep last year to resign, rousing perhaps warrant-ed suspicions over the party and SA in general. The circumstanc-es surrounding this announce-ment, however, and the impact it will have, are worth approaching with an open mind. Selsky leaves his office with high expectations for the next vice president, as op-posed to the low bar left by the dishonorably deposed former president.

The now former vice president cited family issues for his resigna-tion, and we feel confident that there were not any other extenu-ating circumstances.

Weariness and distrust, though, are expected after such a tumul-tuous and unstable year, culmi-nating in yet another changing hands of power.

The common refrains calling for greater oversight of the as-sociation and greater prudence in our voting practices are worth revisiting. Reforms are needed, but Selsky left a legacy of earnest dedication to his post. His resig-nation should be seen for what it is – the loss of an asset, a posi-tive influence on a party wrought with dysfunction, but indicative of fundamental issues in the in-stitution and the way it has been approached.

The very notion behind SA is ambitious – giving a handful of students, elected by fellow stu-dents, control over $4.1 million without oversight will inevitably lead to some problems. This ex-periment into the furtherance of the democratic process is more

than just student control over student funds, though.

This resignation reminds us of the responsibility we share. Vot-ing must be taken seriously, and candidates’ credentials and in-tentions honestly interrogated. Those elected need to be held accountable. Additionally, candi-dates should assess whether they truly feel capable, and whether they are able to give the position the dedication it calls for. The na-ture of yearly elections makes SA unstable enough already, without the threat that these precautions are not being taken.

This is more important than $4 million, a few seasonal con-certs or the numerous events SA puts on for the student body. SA creates the conditions of possi-bility for us as a student body to engage in a political process not entirely dissimilar to its larger manifestations at city hall, Alba-ny or Capitol Hill. Lest we fail to

take seriously our duty as citizens to those institutions, let us hon-estly approach this microcosm of empowerment.

Reforms are necessary and should be explored. SA again en-ters uncertain territory, with a permanent vice president yet to be announced and more ambi-tious proposals likely stifled for another semester. This is the re-ality surrounding our elected of-fice, but appreciation for the hard work and sincerity with which Selsky approached his of-fice, and with which he leaves, is needed as well.

We wish Lyle all the best as he addresses personal issues today and professional aspirations in the future.


Another falls awayResignation of SA vice president stirs reflection

A reserved tone and avoidance of hard issues overshadowed the evening.

In his fifth State of the Union, President Obama presented a se-ries of uninspired proposals to a divided Congress, beginning with a list of the nation’s meager im-provements and concluding with a heartfelt anecdote. The presi-dent implored Congress to make this “a year of action” the same way a parent pleads with a child to just behave five more minutes in a grocery store.

This tone was warranted, as members of Congress have so far demonstrated that they can-not fulfill their most basic re-sponsibilities.

Between the ornery Tea Par-ty whining for corporate tax cuts, Democrats sitting with arms folded while blaming others for the nation’s problems and every-one clamoring to posture ahead of what will be a contentious mid-term election, the president’s weariness is understandable.

We should not pretend, howev-er, that Obama has been the epit-ome of maturity, either this year or in this speech. The fact that only two of the 41 proposals he laid out in last year’s speech were

actually implemented (accord-ing to an NPR report) speaks to failings by both the president and the least productive Congressio-nal session in this nation’s history.

Worth considering are what those two approved proposals were: reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act and passing a budget. The former reminds us that even the members of this government have, by and large, something resembling a human conscience. The latter, that they have eyes to read poll numbers.

Beyond the dismal record of the past year, the proposals in this State of the Union were far less ambitious than 2013, though it is easier to be optimistic fol-lowing a hard-fought-for second election win than when approv-al ratings are near the lowest they have been in five years.

Somewhere between pander-ing to businesses and stumbling through a wonky description of the new public IRA initiative, the president seemed to forget to mention gun violence, gay rights and Edward Snowden. Paying no more than a fleeting reference to any of them, Obama punctuated the evening with threats of exec-utive action to act when Congress

refuses to. Never mind that this results in either miniscule change or outright unconstitutionality.

But take heed, our fellow Americans: this government might do something, yet.

When the speech did transcend its modest proposals, there were flashes of passion reminiscent of the president elected for promis-es of hope and change. For the fifth year came calls for immigra-tion reform, a moving proclama-tion for women’s equality in the workplace and an inspired call to address climate change.

“When our children’s children look us in the eye and ask us if we did all we could … I want us to say, ‘yes we did,’” Obama said.

Our fear is simply this: that this government is not doing all it can. And if these issues are not being addressed by the president during the annual speech that is meant to set the agenda and tone in Washington for the year ahead, how can we expect them to be solved during the day-to-day mi-nutia on Capitol Hill? What did this speech do to make us hope-ful, to insight action and dedica-tion to change?

It is worth noting that Obama did not end with the usual cli-

ché, “the state of our union is strong.” This is not to say our union is weak – it is certainly bet-ter than it was five years ago – but we are rapidly approaching a turning point.

We are pulling out of the worst of the recession, we are ending our longest war and equality has made gains unseen in decades. We are approaching the end of a recovery, so the time for real progress, true ambition and dedi-cated leadership is now.

“Nothing in life that’s worth anything is easy,” Obama said, quoting Sgt. First Class Cory Remsburg, who narrowly sur-vived a roadside bomb on his 10th tour in Afghanistan.

Given the year of inaction and tepid speech from our command-er-in-chief preceding such a pow-erful truism, you would think the president did not find our free-dom, and our democracy, worth anything.

The time to have a government worthy of serving soldiers like Remsburg, and the multitude of everyday heroes across this na-tion, is now.


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Corey Reisman, a junior po-litical science major, dreams of becoming the president of the United States one day, though he would settle for a senatorial seat.

Alex Race, a senior philosophy major, just received a full-tuition scholarship to the University of Minnesota Law School.

Ben Balderman, a sophomore biological sciences major, studies intensely and hopes to eventual-ly work as a pediatric oncologist.

Reisman, Race and Balderman are three of 26 students who have found a way to escape the pressure of pursuing a rigorous career. Each Monday night at 7 p.m. in the Student Union The-ater, members of UB Improv transform into completely dif-ferent characters. The club fo-cuses on practicing comedy and improvisational acting and serves as a family and getaway for many of its members, Race said.

Reisman is treasurer of UB’s improv club, and he hopes to see the club and its audience grow throughout this semester. The club offers four free two-hour shows each semester to UB stu-dents. Reisman described the shows as “unique” and said it’s hard to find the same type of comedy and interaction by sim-ply watching an improv show on television.

This year, the club is hosting a Murder Mystery Dinner, which will be on Feb. 8 at 6:30 p.m. in Harriman Hall. Members said it will be the “coolest” and “funni-

est” UB Improv event to date. Though the club practic-

es for its shows to entertain the UB community, members are in it for their own pleasure just as much as for their audience’s.

“When I’m acting, I feel a lot of things,” Reisman said. “I think the biggest thing that I feel, though, is a sense of freedom – the kind of freedom that allows you to be anything you want.”

Balderman has always loved watching improv shows, like Whose Line Is It Anyway? and Im-provaganza, so he decided to try UB Improv. But Balderman nev-er expected the club to play such

a pivotal role in his desire to be-come a pediatric oncologist.

“Improv has taught me how to react in strange situations, how to think like somebody you’re not and to go forward. If I can think like a child, I may be able to encourage their emotional wellbeing during treatment,” Bal-derman said.

Each week, the group under-goes a different type of impro-visation workshop. With each workshop new memories and laughs are created, according to Balderman.

UB’s improv club always be-gins its sessions with a warm-up game in order to ensure partic-ipants are in the “right state of mind,” Reisman said. The group then practices certain skills, such as active listening – by playing games like “yes and,” “red ball” and “seven things.” Activities in-cluding “story, story, die,” “chain murder” and “press conference” are also improvisational games, which help club members prac-tice and improve their skills. Af-ter each workshop, members participate in a game to warm down and wrap up the session.

Members of the club utilize their time on stage as a stress re-liever. Acting helps them “ignore academics, work and all oth-er stresses for the few moments spent in character,” according to Balderman.

The group serves as the only theater and comedy club for stu-dents on UB’s campus. Reisman encourages students who feel a need to perform to attend a workshop and see what the club is all about.

Chris Tanski, a senior phar-macy major, believes the spon-taneity and unpredictability of each workshop and improv show keeps the club lively and enter-taining. He considers UB Im-prov to be a “small, talented and funny family with a ton of inside jokes.”

Reisman knows that improv will always remain a part of his life.

“The important skills that you learn in improv, like being spon-taneous and witty on the spot, can easily be applied to the job [of the President of the United States],” Reisman said. “Espe-cially in regard to press confer-ences and interacting with peo-ple. You know, Ronald Reagan was a former actor and he’s still remembered today for his infi-nite wit as president.”

Members of the club said they know improv will always influ-ence their lives and look for-ward to sharing their passion and comedy with the rest of the UB community.


Comedic reliefMembers of UB Improv use their weekly workshops as an escape from ‘real’ life

CHAD COOPER, THE SPECTRUM UB Improv club members Corey Reisman (right) and Alex Race strike their best yoga poses as a part of an improvisational performance. Reisman, the club’s trea-surer, is especially looking forward to the group’s Mur-der Mystery Dinner Feb. 8.

The rush for sisterhoodPanhellenic Council to recruit new members next week

ANDREA SAADANCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Chelsea Sullivan, a junior Eng-lish major, did not enjoy being around girls in high school. She had always preferred the com-pany of a small, male group of friends.

Now, Sullivan has a sisterhood. She is an active member of

Delta Phi Epsilon (DPE) and is currently the vice president of special events for the Inter-Greek Council (IGC). She has been steadily involved for the past two years.

DPE is one of the six soror-ities that form the Panhellenic Council under IGC. These so-rorities include Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Phi, Alpha Sigma Tau, Phi Sigma Sigma and Sigma Delta Tau.

The sorority recruitment is held from Feb. 6-10 and ends with a bid day celebration. The sororities will meet with Po-

tential New Members (PNMs) through a specific and involved process, according to Pamela Stephens-Jackson, assistant di-rector for fraternity and sorori-ty life.

Stephens-Jackson said there will be about 400 women at the recruitment and said the group will “take over Ellicott for a weekend.”

On the first night, PNMs will be split up into small groups and enter classrooms where sorori-ty members will try to “impress” the recruits and encourage them to join their sorority, Sullivan said.

In each room, PNMs will sit with sisters and engage in ice-breaker activities.

“We could all be sitting in a circle and having a great time but when the time is up and you have to leave, you know a soror-ity is good when you don’t want to leave the room,” Sullivan said. “For me, that was the best part

– having that instant connection with one girl and meeting anoth-er girl from the same sorority and having that, too.”

Sullivan’s advice for fresh-men attending next week’s for-mal recruitment is to “keep an open mind.” She believes PNMs should formulate their own opinion on the sororities and would do themselves a disservice by listening to gossip or being influenced by people’s negative comments on certain sororities.

Elana Cwass, a freshman un-decided major, who is going to participate in the rush week, be-lieves she is ready to join a so-rority now that she has finished her first semester. She said she spent her first semester teaching herself how to study and cope with classes, which UB requires all freshmen to do. Freshmen are not eligible for Greek Life mem-bership until their second semes-ter at UB.

“It’s great to have sisterhood

and a close group of friends,” Cwass said. “The philanthropy aspect of [Greek Life] is really good, as it helps you get in touch with the community. I have a lot of older friends who are already in sororities and they absolute-ly love it. So I want to do that, too.”

Greeks are sometimes stereo-typed to be people who “just drink and party” and Stephens-Jackson constantly reminds IGC and its sub-councils to not rein-force these perceptions.

Students who are interested in pledging one of the six sororities must register for the rush week at greeklife.buffalo.edu.

The university specifies that students need to have earned at least 12 college credits and have a 2.0 GPA to join a Greek so-ciety; some of the societies, like DPE, have slightly higher GPA requirements.


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On Tuesday night, President Barack Obama delivered his fifth State of the Union address.

In a speech that lasted rough-ly 65 minutes, Obama spoke on a myriad of topics, includ-ing wealth inequality, energy in-dependence, job growth and ed-ucation. At the forefront of his speech, however, was a call for his administration and Congress to, quite simply, do more.

“Let’s make this a year of ac-tion,” Obama said. “That’s what most Americans want. For all of us in this chamber to focus on their lives, their hopes, their as-pirations.”

Though he spoke about col-laboration and teamwork, Obama said he would bypass the divided Congress in certain situ-ations.

“I’m eager to work with all of you,” Obama said. “But America does not stand still – and neither will I. So wherever and whenev-er I can take steps without legis-lation to expand opportunity for more American families, that’s what I’m going to do.”

A Jan. 14 Gallup poll mea-sured Congress’ approval rating at 13 percent. A Jan. 26 Gallup poll determined Obama’s ap-proval rating is 42 percent, sig-nificantly lower than during last year’s speech, at which point it was 51 percent.

Restoring and expanding the middle class was a focal point in the speech. Obama proposed measures to revitalize the bro-ken education system, create a fairer workplace and embrace the Affordable Care Act.

Obama promised an executive order to increase the minimum wage for new federally contract-ed workers to $10.10. Though he doesn’t have the power to unilaterally increase the mini-mum wage for every American,

he again urged Congress to do so.

He said five states have al-ready reformed their minimum wage laws, praising businesses like Cisco that have already in-creased workers’ wages without a federal, state or local mandate. But there is still more progress to be made, he said.

Obama noted women make up about half the workforce, but make 77 cents to the dollar a man earns. This is an embarrass-ment for 2014, he said.

“It’s time to do away with workplace policies that belong in a Mad Men episode,” Obama said. “Because I firmly believe when women succeed, America succeeds.”

Better preparing students as they enter the workforce is es-sential in rebuilding the middle class, he said.

“Opportunity is who we are,” Obama said. “And the defining project of our generation is to restore that promise.”

Reforming education at every level, but mainly college, is fun-damental to restoring opportu-

nity, he said. Obama urged Con-gress to help states provide eas-ier access to high quality Pre-K for every 4-year-old. He reaf-firmed his promise to connect 99 percent of students nation-ally to high-speed Internet over the next four years.

On Aug. 22, Obama visited UB and spoke about his plans to change the higher education system. He reiterated that senti-ment Tuesday.

“We’re shaking up our system of higher education to give par-ents more information, and col-leges more incentives to offer better value, so that no middle-class kid is priced out of a col-lege education,” he said. “We’re offering millions the opportuni-ty to cap their monthly student loan payments to 10 percent of their income … The bottom line is, Michelle and I want every child to have the same chance this country gave us.”

Obama reaffirmed the Af-fordable Care Act as a necessary step in fighting for the financial security of the poor and mid-dle class. He said 3 million peo-

ple under the age of 26 can be covered because of the law and more than 9 million have signed up for private health insurance or Medicaid coverage following its passage.

“Both Democrats and Re-publicans have argued that our tax code is riddled with waste-ful, complicated loopholes that punish businesses investing here and reward companies that keep profits abroad,” Obama said. “Let’s flip that equation.”

Expanding the middle class and decreasing wealth inequal-ity is an important step toward economic growth and stability, Obama said. But another key to creating that growth is to fix the “broken” immigration system.

“Independent economists say immigration reform will grow our economy and shrink our deficits by almost $1 trillion in the next two decades,” Obama said. “And for good reason: when people come here to ful-fill their dreams – to study, in-vent and contribute to our cul-ture – they make our country a more attractive place for busi-

nesses to locate and create jobs for everyone.”

Obama reiterated points he had made in past State of the Union addresses. He firmly stat-ed the seriousness of climate change and the importance of alternative energy and becoming energy independent for the sake of future generations. He restat-ed his plans to shut down Guan-tanamo Bay and the importance of negotiating with Syria and Iran to broker peace in the re-gion.

Obama concluded by speak-ing about Sergeant First Class Cory Remsburg, who was seated next to the First Lady Michelle Obama. Remsburg was near-ly killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan during his 10th de-ployment. He was found face down in a canal with shrapnel in his brain, which left him in a coma for months.

He is blind in one eye and struggles to use the left side of his body. It was not an easy re-covery, but Remsburg has slow-ly progressed and is getting stronger. He told the president, “Nothing in life that’s worth anything is easy.”

Obama echoed Remsburg’s thoughts as a prescription for the country.

“Men and women like Cory remind us that America has nev-er come easy. Our freedom, our democracy, has never been easy,” Obama said. “Sometimes we stumble; we make mistakes; we get frustrated or discouraged.

“But for more than 200 years, we have put those things aside and placed our collective shoul-der to the wheel of progress … if we work together, if we sum-mon what is best in us, with our feet planted firmly in today but our eyes cast towards tomor-row – I know it’s within our reach.”


Obama calls for more action in State of the Union address

UB community reacts to State of the Union address“I was very annoyed by it and disappointed because I feel like he just made a lot of agreeable statements that didn’t really give you any information about what’s really happening in America right now… Raising the minimum wage is a crazy idea because it only hurts the economy and hurts jobs and small businesses … I would like for him to stop making all of these statements about how he’s going to do things with or without Congress … That to me is not very presidential at all. It doesn’t show the qualities of a leader.”

- Alana Barricks, senior political science student and president of the College Republicans

“I really liked how he said he would do executive action. He shows me he would go over the head of Congress who has been histor-ically unproductive. I like the Pre-K push. Studies show that peo-ple exposed to that environment have higher intelligence, earn more and have a better life.” - Michael Calliste, junior political science major and member of College Democrats

“I’m not disappointed … He’s trying to get the word out [about the Family Medical Leave Act]. He’s bringing men in this. Every-one is entitled to family leave. According to The New York Times, the United States is the only industrial nation not offering paid medical leave. Seeing the list of underdeveloped countries – the list is an embarrassment. Everything deserves its time, and family leave deserves its fair share.” - Claire Modica, grad student Ph.D. neuroscience candidate and president of Society of Feminists

“Higher income inequality removes the ladder that makes it pos-sible for people to get out of poverty and ‘get ahead,’ gives the rich a disproportionate say in politics and possibly puts the en-tire economy at risk, as it is an alleged culprit in the 2007 finan-cial crisis. The president’s ideas for addressing income inequali-ty – for example, requiring a higher minimum wage for employ-ees of federal contractors – will help the problem slightly, and one could laud him for his ‘with or without you’ attitude toward Congress. But without support from the legislative branch of government, his options are very limited.” - Matthew Dimick, associate professor of law with expertise in income inequality

“He did a good job in boosting solar technology. Reducing oil, we’ve done a bit, but not to the extent that I would like. He did not touch on developing countries like India and China, who are going down the same path as us … It’s our job to steer developing countries down the right path.” - Zachary Schaab, senior environmental studies major and president of Environmental Net-work club“I think that he claimed credit for some successes in America

that had nothing to do with his policies or were achieved despite his policies … I think his 42 percent approval numbers are also evidence that his policies have fallen flat … He is a lame duck president with weak ratings and problematic policies that may well cost his party control of the Senate after this year’s midterm elections.” - James Campbell, chair of political science department with expertise in presidential politics

*Reporting by Madelaine Britt, Asst. News Editor

ASSOCIATED PRESSOn Tuesday, President Barack Obama delivered his fifth State of the Union address and called for more action from government officials. “Let’s make this a year of action,” Obama said. “That’s what most Americans want. For all of us in this chamber to focus on their lives, their hopes, their aspirations.”


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The family scheduled an appendectomy for the next day, a Friday, and doctors told her she would be out of the hospital by Sun-day. On Saturday, she had a fever of 104.3 degrees. The fever didn’t break for three weeks.

Doctors weren’t sure what was wrong with Johnson. Abscesses had formed around where her appendix had been, but doctors’ first three attempts to drain them were un-successful.

Some doctors thought she had Crohn’s disease. Tests for the disease returned neg-ative.

“I was mad I didn’t have Crohn’s disease,” Johnson said. “Not mad that I didn’t have the disease, but I was just mad that nobody could figure out what was going on with me.”

From June to November, a cycle formed. Johnson had catheter-like drains placed in her abdomen to remove the infected fluid from the abscesses. She would return home and feel better for a week, sometimes two, sometimes three. Then she’d get sick again and return to the hospital. The cycle repeat-ed itself four times.

She entered the hospital June 6 expecting to be out June 8. She left for the last time Nov. 18.***

The hardest part for Johnson was not getting better. The most encouraging part was her family’s support.

Johnson hated that her family had to see her in a crippled state. She didn’t want peo-ple to worry about her. Jurisevic said that when she felt scared, she drew strength from Johnson’s determination to get better.

“My parents were the greatest over the summer,” Johnson said. “They did every-thing they could to make sure my head was OK and assured me everything was going to be OK and I was going to get back to soc-cer eventually.”

It wasn’t just her parents. Her 23-year-old brother, Isaiah, who works as an EMT and volunteer firefighter, visited often and some-times spent the night with her. Before John-son got sick, the two fought the way siblings fight. Now they don’t. Johnson thinks some-thing in that hospital room changed their re-lationship – they matured together.

She also had other relatives visit her. All the support made her feel loved and deter-mined to heal.

Wayne, who played football in college and had been a coach to Johnson since she was little, didn’t want his daughter to forget who she really was. That was the motivation be-hind putting the pictures on the wall.

The girl in the hospital bed was so much different from the daughter he had raised, the terror on the soccer field with the insa-tiable appetite for success. He didn’t want her to forget what she was once capable of – what she would one day be capable of again.

Johnson had several options for playing college soccer. She had to choose between UB, Rhode Island, La Salle and Long Island. The last college visit she made was to Buf-falo.

It wasn’t just the campus and the academ-ic programs the school offered that swayed her. It was the way Thomas spoke to her. She said he spoke to her like a human being and didn’t make any promises he couldn’t keep. Most importantly, she believed in him and trusted that the program believed in her.

“I have the best teammates in the entire world,” Johnson said. “I think if I went to any other school, I wouldn’t be in the place I am now. I am still here because of my coaches and my teammates, especially coach Thomas.”***

The day before Jurisevic found out her best friend would not be returning to Buffalo for the fall semester, she had

spoken with Johnson on the phone. Things

were getting better. Johnson was pretty sure she would be rejoining the team soon.

The next day at practice, Thomas told his team she wouldn’t be returning.

“I just bawled,” Jurisevic said. “I called her later and I remember we just sat on the phone in silence because she didn’t know what was going on.”

Johnson felt like she was missing out on everything. Soccer, friends and school were all being taken away from her and she didn’t know what to do. Her teammates did.

Jurisevic and Gross began taping their wrists and writing Johnson’s initials with a heart on the tape.

On Aug. 31, Johnson was watching the Bulls play a game against Youngstown State online. When defender Megan Ab-man scored a goal, Johnson watched on as her teammates celebrated. The camera then caught a glimpse of the tape on Abman’s wrist on which Johnson’s initials were in-scribed.

When Johnson saw that, it made her feel like she was included. As much as Johnson was missing Buffalo and her teammates, they were missing her.

They missed her presence on the field – Burke said her goal-scoring ability would have been a huge help for a team that strug-gled to score in 2013 – but also in the lock-er room.

“We had a lot of struggles this year,” Burke said. “N’Dea is a kid we can count on to keep the spirits up, keep everybody go-ing and keep a positive attitude. And that is clearly missed when you are going through a hard time.”

Just talking with Johnson helped Jurise-vic. She said having Johnson’s initials on her wrist was as much motivation as any buzz-word she could have written there.

“You could say ‘90 minutes;’ you could say ‘perseverance,’” Jurisevic said. “But her story was more ammunition than anything or any word I could put.”

Despite missing her physical presence, Ju-risevic never felt like she was without John-son because of their constant communica-tion. The team sent Johnson a care package with individual gifts from each player, in-cluding freshmen who had never met her.

When the team Skyped with Johnson, the freshmen asked to meet her because she was included in so many of the team’s sto-ries. Johnson came to visit for a practice dur-ing the season. It was an experience she said helped her, and one Jurisevic said motivated her teammates.***

Johnson started playing soccer at age 5. It was her first sport, and she was hooked.

Pamela recalls seeing a different kind of aggressiveness in her daughter from the oth-er kids, something Wayne attributed to her spending her childhood around older broth-

er Isaiah and their cousins.Johnson hasn’t stopped playing soc-

cer since she started. She dabbled in other sports – playing basketball, lacrosse, volley-ball and track & field in middle school and early in high school – but after her ninth-grade year, she decided to devote her time to soccer.

While she was in the hospital last summer, she contemplated the likely end of her ca-reer in a few years when she graduates. Once Johnson got out of the hospital, she started taking better care of herself and vowed to take advantage of the opportunities she had left on the pitch.

“I kind of looked at it like a second chance,” Johnson said. “I thought it was a second chance for me to really, really think about what I wanted to do with my life and take the soccer thing seriously. Not that I didn’t take it seriously before, but take it more seriously because it’s going to be over soon and while I’m at school I want to win a [Mid-American Conference] Championship, I want to score lots of goals and I want to be remembered as somebody who was great.”

As a teen, Johnson jumped around club teams until she landed with the East Mead-ow Express. The Express was the high-est-level team she had played on up to that point, and due to the high level, the cost was a burden on her family.

Before her junior year of high school, her parents asked her if she wanted to play soc-cer in college.

“That’s when everything changed because it was serious,” Johnson said. “And I had to play soccer in college because I couldn’t see myself doing anything else.” ***

Johnson said she’s ready now for the season. She got out of the hospital in November but doctors are still not

sure exactly why her body reacted the way it did. Little things have started going her way – she worked a job for the two months be-fore she returned to school and got her driv-er’s license.

When she talks about soccer and her teammates, a smile creeps along her face and there’s a steady confidence in her voice. Be-ing back in Buffalo has put her at ease.

Jurisevic said she has no doubt Johnson’s skills will return to what they were before her illness, because “she knows how to re-cover.” And Johnson doesn’t doubt it either. She knows her body is going to push back at first, but she is excited to work out with her teammates again.

“After the whole hospital fiasco, I think I appreciate my life and things a little bit more,” Johnson said. “I am making better decisions with my health because I know that I am not invincible.”

She also knows her time is limited and this is her moment.

Johnson is ready to launch.


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“I have the best team-mates in the entire world. I think if I went to any other school, I wouldn’t be in the place I am now. ”

COURTESY OF UB ATHLETICS

Junior defender Megan Abman (cen-ter) points to Johnson’s initials inscribed on tape on her wrist after scoring a goal against Youngstown State Aug. 31.

COURTESY OF N’DEA JOHNSON

Johnson, left, pictured with her older brother Isa-iah, center, and mom Pamela, right, relied on her family to help pull her through her struggles in the hospital over the summer.


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SPORTS

TOM DINKIASST. SPORTS EDITOR

Two years ago, Justin Moss was diagnosed with a heart con-dition and told he would never play basketball again.

Wednesday night, he scored a season-high 14 points to help the Bulls (11-6, 5-2 Mid-Ameri-can Conference) defeat Western Michigan (11-8, 4-3 MAC), 84-63, at Alumni Arena.

Moss, a sophomore forward on the men’s basketball team, is in his first season with the Bulls after transferring from In-dian Hills Community College. Against the Broncos, Moss came off the bench and made an im-mediate impact, adding a career-high six rebounds in just 17 min-utes. Head coach Bobby Hur-ley said after the game that Moss had been emerging as of late.

The 17 minutes were also a season-high for Moss, who aver-aged just under seven minutes a game and scored only 18 points in his previous 10 games prior to Wednesday night.

Moss said he understands he has to start from the bottom and go through the ranks to get more

playing time. The lack of scoring numbers did not bother Moss, however, who believes he can contribute in other ways.

“When I have my time, I have to get in to grab rebounds and do hustle plays,” Moss said. “Even though plays aren’t being called for me, I can still give 100 percent effort. As long as we’re winning and I’m grabbing re-bounds, I don’t necessarily have to score.”

Moss was involved in a high-light-reel play against Western Michigan.

In the first half on Wednesday night, senior guard Jarod Old-ham stole the ball from a Bron-cos player and then passed the ball behind his back to freshman guard Shannon Evans on the fast break. Moss followed his two point guards down the court, re-ceived a behind-the-back pass from Evans and completed the easy layup. The play made espn.com.

“I actually thought Jarod was going to pass it to me,” Moss said. “I was surprised he passed it to Shannon and then Shannon passed it to me. It was a great en-ergizing play. We had a lot of fun

last night and enjoyed it.”Moss’ teammates playfully

gave him grief for laying up the ball as opposed to dunking it, as they believed the video would have made SportsCenter had Moss slammed it down.

Bleacher Report reported the video, and by 4 p.m. on Thurs-day, it had over 8,000 views on YouTube.

Moss had originally commit-ted to MAC rival Toledo coming out of high school in 2011, but he was diagnosed with hypertro-phic cardiomyopathy before he could play one minute with the Rockets.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopa-thy is a disease of the heart that causes a buildup of scars and tis-sues and can often lead to car-diac arrest. The sports medi-cine staff at Toledo originally be-lieved Moss would no longer be able to compete in competitive athletics.

In Nov. 2011, however, Moss received an Implantable Cardio-verter Defibrillator (ICD) in his chest, which monitored his heart rhythms. Moss said the device al-lows him to play basketball with-out any complications.

“It was heartbreaking news,” Moss said. “But after I found out I could play again with the ICD, it became easy to adjust to it.”

Moss said his personal goals for the rest of the season are to continue to rebound, bring more energy off the bench and make his teammates enthusiastic about playing defense. ***

The Bulls led by as many as 18 in the first half of their game against the Broncos on Wednes-day night and led 39-25 going into the break. It was Western Michigan that came out of the half looking like the better team, though. The Broncos went on a 19-15 run to start the second half, which cut the Bulls’ lead to 10 points and made the score 54-44.

Evans, however, hit one of his three 3-pointers, which be-gan an 8-0 run for the Bulls and returned the momentum to Buf-falo. The Bulls’ lead remained at least 15 points for the rest of the game.

The Bulls’ defense limited the Broncos’ leading scorer, guard David Brown, to 11 points and just 3-for-13 shooting. Hurley

credited Oldham for slowing Brown down.

“Jarod Oldham was great on defense,” Hurley said. “I thought he did a great job on Brown, particularly in the second half getting after him with ball pres-sure.”

Brown appeared flustered at times by Oldham’s defense, par-ticularly after one play in which Oldham slapped the ball out of his hands while Brown was look-ing to the bench for a sign.

Senior guard Josh Freelove scored all of his points in the second half, as he overcame an 0-for-6 shooting performance in the first half to finish with 14 points. Senior forward Will Re-gan added 10 points and eight rebounds.

Sophomore guard Jarryn Skee-te missed his second straight game due to a knee injury. Hur-ley said Skeete’s status is day to day.

The Bulls next travel to Bowl-ing Green (9-10, 3-3 MAC) on Sunday. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m.


ONCE TOLD HE’D NEVER PLAY AGAIN, MOSS HITS STRIDE AT UB

Men’s basketball (11-6, 5-2 Mid-American Conference)

The men’s basketball team de-feated Western Michigan (11-8, 4-3 MAC), 84-63, Wednesday night at Alumni Arena. Senior forward Javon McCrea scored 20 points for the third consec-utive game and freshman guard Shannon Evans added 17 points in addition to dishing out seven assists.

The Bulls travel to Bowling Green (9-10, 3-3 MAC) on Sun-day. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. Men’s tennis (1-0)

The men’s tennis team hosts Cleveland State on Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Miller Tennis Cen-ter in Williamsville. The Bulls are

currently ranked No. 70 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Associa-tion’s Top 75 team rankings. Swimming and Diving

The swimming and diving teams will be in Munice, Ala., on Saturday to take on Ball State. The women will compete at 11 a.m. and the men follow at 2 p.m. Track & Field

The track & field team com-petes in the Eastern Michigan Invitational this Saturday in Yp-silanti, Mich.

Sophomore long jumper Ryan Billian was named MAC men’s Field Athlete of the Week on Tuesday. Billian won the long

jump and set the UB record in the process with a jump of 7.60 meters at the Upstate Challenge in Ithaca, N.Y., this past week-end.

Women’s tennis (1-0) The women’s tennis team will

travel to Cornell on Friday look-ing to build on its impressive start to the season. The match begins at 4 p.m. Wrestling (2-12, 0-5 MAC)

The wrestling team travels to nationally ranked Edinboro (7-3) on Saturday.


Quick Hits

Moss’ 14 contribute to Bulls’ victory over Western Michigan

CHAD COOPER, THE SPECTRUMSophomore forward Justin Moss came off the bench and had his highest scoring output of the season with 14 points Wednesday. He also added a career-high six rebounds.

NICK FISCHETTI, THE SPECTRUM

Brittney Kuras and the Bulls travel to Ball State for their final MAC dual meet of the season.

Women’s basketball bests Miami Ohio in thrilling fashion at Alumni Arena. Read the story at ubspectrum.com

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