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Wednesday, September 19, 2012 ubspectrum.com
Arts & Entertainment Value Edition ADRIEN D’ANGELO Arts Editor Satsuki Aoi /// The Spectrum
Art majors like senior Gero Eaton struggle to afford lab fees and supplies for their course works.
Arts on loan SHELBY L. MILIZIA Staff Writer Hey, heard this one? Two students walk into a bank – To afford art supplies. Students frequently hear about the $200 organic chemistry textbook or the $100 physics manual, but it’s interesting to see how art majors weigh in when it comes time to pay in. With fees for limited lab time, expensive but crucial computer programs and pressure to acquire professional grade supplies, the starving artist is no joke on campus. With science-oriented courses, student labs have rented beakers and minerals to share and only pay for damages that occur during the semester. The university has less to give for its array of art majors who don’t expect to receive more than one thing. “The classroom [is all the school supplies,]” said Caraline Stocker, a senior fine arts major. “You pay for your paints, canvases, brushes, etc.” Students may be given extra supplies lying around depending on their professor, but
they are limited and insubstantial compared to the semester requirements. Stocker explained that her first two years were financially brutal. As freshmen, students start with nothing but a few basic tubes of paint left over from high school. Now as a senior, she has built a small reserve of supplies she can lean on. Spring semester and final project estimates, however, are already in the air. “I heard two girls the other day talking about getting a student loan for their senior thesis portfolio,” Stocker said. Professors have high expectations that heavily weigh on students financially. To achieve gallery quality work, materials can set a wallet back a few hundred or more, and professors aren’t afraid to call a student out for using cheap paints – poor materials reflect poor grades. According to Caitlin Chojecki, a senior former music major now minor, while an additional $100 lab fee gives the student access to necessary programs for their studies, the labs themselves can be difficult to access. “[The labs are] usually locked, [have] time limits or [are occupied by] a class,” ChoContinued on page 13
This special edition of Adrien’s Audio Den is designed specifically with a low budget in mind. The products in this list may not perform as well as their professional grade counterparts but they do still serve their purpose and will save quite a bit of moolah while music-lovers pay off their college tuition. Product: Behringer Xenyx 802 Mixer Company: Behringer Price Tag: $60 Use: Live sound, DJ, radio/podcast, personal line-out, Karaoke, and more The Xenyx 802 sounds much fancier than it actually is, so if you’re not audio inclined you may want to give this a look. Even those who aren’t avid performers
may have a guitar amp or two lying around. It would sure be nice if you could take a guitar, a keyboard, a microphone or an iPod, and put all of those into that guitar amp simultaneously. This is what a mixer does. It takes multiple inputs and directs them all to the same output. The Xenyx 802 is one of the cheapest mixers out there, but it can be your best friend no matter who you are. If you’re a fan of karaoke you can connect your iPod/laptop and a microphone into the mixer and plug the output into guitar amps or PA speakers. The Xenyx 802 has two microphone preamps so if you have another mic, sing with a friend. Keyboardists tend to have two, three or even six keyboards on stage at a time. It would be much more convenient to have all of those come out of one amp. This mixer has eight inputs, and runs stereo out with two busses. So all six of those keyboards will run to your single amp and to the sound guys. Making both of your lives much easier. For computer-only DJs who still want to talk to the crowd, plug your rig into this mixer along with a mic and sound more professional. Continued on page 13
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UBCS Fall 2012 Group Counseling Schedule All of the groups below are scheduled in Richmond unless noted otherwise for that day.
All groups require a completed Initial Assessment at UB Counseling Services. If you would like to schedule an Initial Assessment, please call Counseling Services at 716-645-2720 or visit wellness.buffalo.edu/center for more information. Motivated for Change
Thursdays 1:00pm - 2:30pm (Richmond) A semi-structured group for students who want to change a particular habit or behavior and have found it difficult to identify or take the necessary steps to do so. This group will explore factors interfering with students’ ability to change, assessing their desire, need, confidence, and reasons to change, and identifying the steps needed to make and maintain that change.
Finding Life Beyond Trauma
Tuesdays 3pm-4:30pm. (Richmond) This is not a group that will ask its members to disclose the details of traumatic events from their lives. Rather, the group is intended to provide a safe place for members of all genders to learn skills to manage the effects of trauma(s), whether the trauma(s) happened last week or many years ago. The group aims to break the cycle of one’s past haunting the present. Our intention is to accomplish this by utilizing skills that allow group members to live a life dictated by the individual group members’ values rather than dictated by symptoms created by events from the past. This group can be helpful to individuals who have experienced any type of trauma(s), including (but not limited to) childhood abuse, an accident, domestic/relationship violence, an assault, etc.
120 Richmond Quad 716-645-2720
Buffalo, NY 14261
wellness.buffalo.edu
Peaceful Mind
Thursdays 3 pm. - 4:30 pm. (Richmond) An 8 session structured, psycho-educational group that provides relaxation and coping skills to decrease stress and anxiety and improve emotional well-being.
Coping Skills Training Group
Thursdays 1:30 pm. - 3:00 pm. (Michael Hall) Fridays 1:30pm - 3:00pm. (Michael Hall) A structured group to increase coping skills including mindfulness, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness and distress tolerance.
Graduate/Non-traditional Student Group Wednesdays 3:30pm.- 5:00pm (Richmond)
A group that explores special issues faced by graduate and nontraditional students.
Connections
Mondays 2:00 - 3:30 pm. Wednesdays1:30 pm. - 3:00 pm (Richmond) A place to learn about self and relationships. This is a group for all students regardless of age or gender.