THE SPECTRUM VOL. 68 NO. 32 | FEBRUARY 21, 2019
THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT PUBLICATION OF THE UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO, SINCE 1950
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UB officials unveil plans, design for One World Café COURTESY OF CANONDESIGN A rendering of the One World Café’s front entrance between Capen and Norton Halls.
Police reports show an increase in local sexual offenses last year, but numbers have remained close to average at UB, data shows EDITORIAL STAFF
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Construction for the One World Café is set to start this summer and finish in August 2021. The 50,000-square-foot café is the result of the Heart of the Campus initiative, and will include a dining section, seating for over 500 students and offering five different cuisines. The brick and glass café will be between Capen and Norton Halls. The exterior of the café is “pretty much set,” according to Graham Hammill, Vice Provost for Educational Affairs and Dean of the Graduate School. Hammill said the architects for the café “spent a lot of time” on the design of the café, which he hopes will be a “front door
to the North Campus,” as he said it is currently difficult to “know where to go” between buildings. The café will be structured as a “market” rather than a food court and will have five separate food stations offering Mediterranean, Indian, Asian, Japanese and American food, according to Jeff Brady, executive director of Campus Dining & Shops. Brady said the Roth Consulting Group was working on the design of the “servery.” Input from over 1,300 students who participated in an event last year helped the decision of what food to serve, Hammill said. CDS served various types of food at the event, and students voted on the top-10 cuisines they liked, according to Hammill. Brady said the Indian station will have a tandoor oven, the Asian station will have > SEE ONE
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Office of International Education awards roughly $15,000 to programs Office grants funds between $1,000-6,000 to programs aimed at the inclusion of international students TANVEEN VOHRA CO-SENIOR NEWS EDITOR
The Office of International Education awarded roughly $15,000 to programs for international students this spring. The Office of the Provost provided funding for the programs, and OIE acted as “stewards for the money,” which will be used to help international students “transition into a new U.S. academic and social culture,” according to Caitlin Rioux, the International Student Inclusion and Engagement program coordinator. OIE requested proposals from departments in late November and selected four of the 20 proposals for funding, Rioux said. I think the thing for me that was most exciting
was that I had different stakeholders on campus coming forward, and saying, ‘Thank you for this, because it’s forced us to think about better ways to include and engage international students and what we’re doing in our unit,’” Rioux said. The four proposals that OIE funded were from the Asian Studies Program, Counseling Services, the Community for Global Health Equity and Student Engagement. The funding was a result of UB’s international inclusion and engagement task force, which made recommendations to improve UB’s international community involvement in 2016, according to Rioux. She said her own position was a result of the task force’s recommendations. Rioux said the process of sending in proposals challenged UB programs and departments to consider the struggles international students face with finance and travel. Counseling Services proposed a support group for international students at UB whose romantic partners may also be international or
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Sexual offense reports increased at UB and surrounding areas in 2018
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FEB. 21, 1975 - The Community Action Corps found multiple architectural barriers for students with disabilities on North and South Campus. The CAC cited stairs, narrow hallways, poor parking accommodation and “other inconveniences” as barriers found throughout both campuses. The CAC reported that buildings with elevators were not accommodating for all students. The CAC used the report to suggest changes to the university to make it more accessible. > SEE PAGE
International food market to come in 2021
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Reported sexual offenses in the South Campus area reached a five-year high in 2018, but data doesn’t tell the complete story, according to UB officials.
The Spectrum analyzed roughly 2,800 sexual offense reports from Jan. 1, 2011 to Feb. 7, 2019 in the Buffalo/ Amherst/UB area and found increases in reports since January 2018. Reported offenses near South Campus increased from 18 in 2017 to 28 in 2018. These numbers are alarming to students at first but UB officials said the numbers may suggest an increased willingness to report, rather than an increase in the number of sexual offenses. Data shows most people report offenses at UB from the residence halls, according to University Police. Thirty-six reports since 2011 came from on-campus residence halls, whereas the rest of the reports
(11) came from places such as the Student Union and Lockwood Library. UPD received 10 overall reports last year –– the most since 2012. There was a slight increase in reports since 2016, but the numbers don’t stray from the average number of reports per year. “While each and every incident is a serious matter, statistically speaking, these numbers are too small to determine a significant trend in the crime rate,” said Chris Bartolomei, UPD’s chief of police. “I do believe that we have seen some increase in reporting over the years, which is a positive trend.” Police reported 23 sexual offenses between the Main Street/Lasalle Avenue and Main Street/Winspear Avenue intersections. Most offenses in the South Campus area between 2011 and Feb. 7 were on Custer Street, Winspear Avenue, Rounds Avenue (off Bailey Avenue) and Lisbon Avenue, according to Buffalo Police reports. The first block of Custer Street near South Campus is one of the most reported-from locations since 2011. Citywide data shows eight different reports at the location. This is the same amount of oncampus reports that UPD received in 2015. Bartolomei said the location is out of UPD’s legal scope, but the department > SEE SEXUAL
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How does the Student Association spend its $4.2 million?
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LEONARDO ROMERO | THE SPECTRUM Staff at the ISSS office. The Office of International Education awarded over $15,000 to programs that sent in proposals to increase engagement for international students in UB.
An overview of SA fund allocation JACKLYN WALTERS CO-SENIOR NEWS EDITOR
Your $104.75 student activity fee isn’t just funding Spring Fest. The Spectrum broke down the Student Association’s budget –– using SA’s General Ledger –– to determine how the organization disperses its $4.2 million. Club budgets are a large portion of the SA budget, and range from $50 to $58,000. Eric Weinman, SA senate chair, said clubs present proposals to SA’s finance committee to receive funding. He said sena-
tors then vote on the proposals and make “objective” funding decisions based on a checklist of club features. While SA provides budgets to clubs, the clubs also earn money from outside sources, such as fundraising and donations.
Top five club budgets Men’s Ice Hockey has the highest club budget with roughly $58,000. The club’s initial budget for the year was $18,000, but the club received a roughly $40,000 revenue adjustment in early October. SA Treasurer Tanahiry Escamilla said the revenue adjustment accounts for money fundraised by the club. The Society of Automotive Engineers > SEE SA
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