Fall 2013 Issue 13

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BU Harvest yields 27.9 lbs. of kale Students help gather veggies at BU Acres farm for Harvest Dinner at CIW see page 2

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BU gets a look at animal cruelty

Singer to preach "Same Love" at BU Mary Lambert is performing on Nov. 12

Peta2 sets up exhibit, shows realities of meat industry

On Nov. 12, Binghamton University students will celebrate equal rights Macklemorestyle. Mary Lambert, the female vocalist from Macklemore’s “Same Love,” will be performing at 7:30 p.m. in the University Union. Booking Lambert isn’t only exciting for campus, but also a great pull for Rainbow Pride Union and the LGBTQ population at Binghamton.

“Our biggest event is typically the Drag Show in spring semester, but I wanted to create a focal event for the fall semester too, hence booking Mary Lambert,” said Donald Lodge, director of Rainbow Pride Union and a senior double-majoring in Chinese and political science. “I think that this event will show that

Carla Sinclair Contributing Writer It wasn’t a haunted house, but it still gave Binghamton University students a taste of terror.

Peta2, the youth branch of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), debuted its “Glass Walls” exhibit on a campus field to show students the life of an animal on a factory farm, brandishing the slogan, “If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian.”

The tent, which was set up on the Mountainview College field outside of Appalachian Dining Hall, was a part of a larger, multi-university campaign to expose the realities of how some of America’s meat is produced.

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Mary Lambert is best known for "She Keeps Me Warm," which is sampled on Macklemore's "Same Love." The singer will be performing in Old Union Hall on November 12 at 7:30 p.m.

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“It's important that people understand what they're eating” — Brooke Florio BU Freshman

“I was honestly shocked,” said Lauren Dammacco, a sophomore majoring in philosophy, politics and law.

“The conditions they have these animals in seem so antiquated, you would’ve thought with the organic movement we wouldn’t have this anymore.”

Factory farming is a method employed by many meat production companies in America that involves keeping animals in restrictive quarters and allows them little interaction with other animals or the outside world.

“It’s important that people understand what they’re eating,” said Brooke Florio, a freshman majoring in economics. “This is such a cool idea.”

Beckoning students with promises of “free food if you make it through,” peta2 interns led students through different examples of factory farming conditions.

Peta2 brought gestation crates, which hold female pigs in metal cages until they give

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Students visit correctional facilities Emily Coleman Contributing Writer

DPA draws up plans for city-wide mural project Matthew Bruinooge Contributing Writer

Local artists are making the streets of Binghamton their canvas in an upcoming campaign to beautify the city.

The Department of Public Art presented its vision for the city’s aesthetic appearance to an audience of students and community members on Tuesday at the Lost Dog Café.

The DPA, sponsored by the Center for Gender, Art and Culture and Quarter Yellow Studios, intends to improve the appearance of the city in an effort to bring the community together and celebrate its history. They are currently working with Binghamton-based artists on a citywide mural project.

“It’s about beautification and enhancement of the public realm,” said Mark Bowers, speaker on behalf of the DPA and a capital program analyst for the Department of Transportation. “Our goal is to reawaken the sense of pride in the residents of Binghamton.”

The slideshow accompanying the presentation showed various works of public art, some made legally in coordination with the DPA and some not.

Many of the projects showed examples of how public art can bring people together.

The presentation was sponsored by the Binghamton Community Lab, which was organized

by David Currie, executive director of the Binghamton Regional Sustainability Coalition, and David

Sloan Wilson, distinguished professor of biology and anthropology at Binghamton University. Currie said the Community Lab has been going on for about two or three years.

A discussion took place Tuesday after the presentation in which members of the community voiced their concerns regarding issues such as funding and local awareness.

The audience discussed how to best promote a sense of community in the city.

“It was nice to see people from all sorts of different organizations come together to talk about a better Binghamton,” said Brian Guilfoyle, a senior majoring in environmental studies.

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Volunteers from the Black Student Union are taking some time to volunteer with local incarcerated youths with the hopes of turning their lives around.

“The BU students have a lasting impact on the incarcerated, for sure” — William Martin BU Professor

BSU is approaching its 10th year of running U-Turn, a mentoring program for imprisoned teenagers that focuses on fostering responsibility, unity and nurturing.

Every Sunday, BSU takes

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Students gather vegetables at local farm Sarah Novak Contributing Writer Binghamton University students got a look at just where the food they eat comes from during BU Acres’ Harvest Festival.

BU Acres, which aims to create a local, sustainable food source held its first annual Harvest Festival, located off Bunn Hill Road. The all-day event allowed students to tour the farm and volunteer in harvesting vegetables.

Students were taught how to pull the vegetables out of the ground and how to distribute compost throughout the garden.

“We know we can’t feed everyone on campus because there are too many students, but we want to raise awareness so people know where their food comes from,” said Jillian Shotwell, co-founder and student manager for BU Acres.

Student volunteers gathered at the farm and went to work. They used wheelbarrows to transport the compost into the garden

and hoes to harvest the bush beans, kale, zucchini, carrots and beats.

“All of our compost is made of scraps from the dining halls,” said Shotwell, a senior double-majoring in environmental studies and geography. “We’re lucky to have Rich Herb, head chef of CIW Dining Hall, make the compost at his farm and then transport it here.”

Some of the students that volunteered had no previous experience with gardening and were interested to see how food was grown.

“My experience working here was very interesting,” said John Voigt, a freshman majoring in mathematics. “I got to learn about different aspects of the farm and see everything in action.”

The farm is two square acres and consists of a vegetable garden and orchard. However, the club hopes to expand in the future.

After the harvest, the student volunteers took a tour around the farm to see how the new sites were being built.

Sean Cummings, supervisor for the club, said the farm has the potential to span

eight acres.

“We hope to include more fruit trees in our orchard and eventually plant a mushroom garden and a n o t h e r vegetable garden for the next season,” Cummings said.

Karen Ouyang, a junior majoring in mathematics, said she plans on changing her eating habits after harvesting her own vegetables and hopes to be more aware of ways to eat healthy.

“Harvesting the vegetables was challenging for me because I’ve never done it before,” Ouyang said. “We’re in a mindset that we can’t eat healthy because it’s too expensive, and I think what the club is doing is very beneficial to everyone.”

Other faculty members such as Joyce

K r u g e r- K n u e p f e r, instructional support associate for the geological sciences and environmental studies department, said they were impressed with BU Acres’ work and the amount of vegetables harvested. She volunteered with the students and taught them about every type of vegetable being grown.

“Their harvest was very successful, and I think they’re doing a great job,” KrugerKnuepfer said. “I like to reduce my carbon footprint and prefer to buy locally to support local farmers because they’re barely making it.”

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After holding its first ever Harvest Festival, BU Acres, a group aimed at growing locally sustainable food, supplied fresh vegetables to the CIW Dining Hall. Harvested food included bush beans, kale, zucchini, carrots and beats.

College-in-the-Woods dining hall brings home-grown produce to campus Habin Kwak Contributing Writer Binghamton University students were treated to farm-fresh meals at the College-in-theWoods Dining Hall Thursday, getting a taste of locally grown food items and produce from the BU Acres farm.

Students could choose from options such as vegetable quesadillas, broccoli and portobello mushrooms. Ingredients for these foods were provided by local farms and the BU Acres farm, and students mentioned that there was a big difference in taste from the normal dinners served nightly by Sodexo.

“The stuffed mushrooms were so good,” said Raffaella Glasser, a sophomore majoring in English. “Usually I have to order out or go off campus to get good food like this, so I guess I was just so happy this happened tonight.”

The menu pleased many students, who said they enjoyed the great taste as well as the

wide selection of foods. Vegetarians such as Glasser reported that they were content with the organic selection, including corn on the cob, broccoli heads, stuffed mushrooms and fresh soup.

“My sister and I are vegetarians, but there aren’t always many great options to choose from in the dining halls. The selection today was better, and the food tasted much better,” Glasser said.

Students at the local farm-provided dinner service said they enjoyed local and organic foods more than their standard Sodexo meals, but that acquiring such local produce required a lot of effort.

“I believe strongly in supporting local farms and businesses. I would love to eat organic but I don’t think it’s realistically attainable for everyone,” said Juliette Maugeri, a sophomore majoring in psychology.

Some students said that the removed location of these local farms and organic markets restricts them from pursuing organic and

healthier food products.

“I would like to increase my consumption of locally grown food since it would embolster a sense of community, as well as aiding the local economy,” said Gregory Zorn, a sophomore in the Decker School of Nursing.

“I am not eating locally grown foods at the moment due to the fact that the majority of my meals are on campus, and I have no control over where they purchase their foods.”

Outside the kitchen area, four groups were tabling and offering samples of their farmfresh products. Ultrafresh Produce, Purdy & Sons, Finger Lakes Fresh and F&T Distributing Company, Inc. all set up tables in the CIW dining area, offering samples of fresh food made from local farm produce and talking to interested students about sustainable and organic farming.

The F&T Distributing Company drew a large crowd of students with their andouille sausage and oats, made on the spot, and their yogurt

bars made from 100 percent real fruit. The family-owned company, which has been cooperating with Binghamton University for nearly 18 years, educated students on how they push for local New York products and their distribution in schools all around New York state.

“I strongly suggest that students can shop locally and eat locally,” said Tony Prudence, vice president of F&T Distributing Company.

The mission of these four groups converges on buying and eating fresh, local products from family farms.

Steve Holzbaur, general manager of Finger Lakes Fresh, said that students are key in helping to bring local food to their universities.

“Their support could help get local products on their plates more often,” Holzbaur said.

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National Universities Judge hears voting lawsuit involving UA Greeks TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — University of Alabama sorority and fraternity members, many of whom registered to vote illegally, wrongly swayed a city election after being urged to the polls by illegal offers of booze, concert tickets and peer pressure, a lawyer for a failed candidate told a judge Tuesday. Attorney James Anderson urged Circuit Judge Jim Roberts to allow an election contest by Kelly Horwitz, who lost a city school board seat to Cason Kirby by 87 votes in August. Anderson said there were widespread voting irregularities involving members of multiple Greek-letter social organizations at Alabama, where more than 7,000 undergraduates belong to fraternities and sororities. Members of one sorority were forced to remain in a basement until they registered to vote, and emails and Facebook messages went out to members of five sororities urging members of sororities to vote for Kirby, a former student government president at the university, Anderson said. Members were told they’d receive free admission and alcohol at two bars for voting, Anderson said, but the scheme fell apart after agents with the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board intervened. As many as 397 fraternity or sorority members may have cast tainted votes after registering improperly because they didn’t meet residency requirements.

State News Norse Energy shuts down, unable to drill in NY A Norwegian company that invested heavily in upstate New York gas leases that it couldn’t develop under the state’s fracking moratorium has shuttered its U.S. operations and terminated its last eight employees. Oslo-based Norse Energy Corp. announced last Friday it was converting from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7 bankruptcy, meaning it was ceasing operations and selling off remaining assets. Norse Energy Corp. USA, based in western New York, and its U.S. parent, Houston-based Norse Energy Holdings, sought bankruptcy court protection in December 2012. Norse tried unsuccessfully in August to sell pipeline rights of way and gas leases on 130,000 acres in upstate New York to raise money to pay debts, according to company financial filings.

New York has had a moratorium on gas drilling using highvolume hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, since it began an environmental review in 2008. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has said he will decide whether to lift the ban after his health commissioner completes a health impact review.

King papers go for more than $130k at NYC auction Declaring that he lacks the strength to do his job, Pope Benedict XVI announced Monday he will resign Feb. 28 — becoming the first pontiff to step down in 600 years. His decision sets the stage for a mid-March conclave to elect a new leader for the Catholic Church. The 85-year-old pope announced his decision in Latin during a meeting of Vatican cardinals, surprising even his closest collaborators even though he had made clear previously that he would step down if he became too old or infirm to carry on. Benedict called his choice “a decision of great importance for the life of the church.” The move allows the Vatican to hold a conclave before Easter to elect a new pope, since the traditional nine days of mourning that would follow the death of a pope won’t be observed.

NY upholds emergency exemption to Miranda rights New York’s highest court ruled Thursday that police can interrogate suspects without reading their Miranda rights or providing a lawyer when they reasonably believe there’s a serious, ongoing emergency. The Court of Appeals said the emergency exception to a defendant’s rights applies even when authorities don’t know for certain a crime happened.

“The emergency doctrine is premised on reasonableness, not certitude,” Judge Victoria Graffeo wrote. The court’s other six judges agreed. They upheld prosecutors’ use of incriminating statements that Scott Doll made after the 2009 beating death of business partner Joseph Benaquist, including statements made hours after he was detained and requested a lawyer. A Genesee County deputy responding to an evening 911 call about a suspicious person found Doll walking on a roadway. Doll initially said wet blood on his clothes was from butchering deer, but he declined to take authorities to the deer or explain why the blood was still wet. More blood was found in his van. He asked for a lawyer.

Eventually authorities went to Benaquist’s home and found him dead in the driveway. Doll, now 51, is serving 15 years to life in prison. His attorneys argued that he was arrested without probable cause and interrogated in violation of his right to a lawyer and without proper Miranda warning of his right to have one.

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Andres Gonzalez, a junior majoring in cinema, and Lou Fusco, a junior majoring in neuroscience, race each other in Mario Kart as part of the Super Smash Bros.

Brawl/Mario Kart: Double Dash tournament Wednesday night. Explorchestra, the Composers’ Orchestra, in collaboration with the Video Game Association, hosted the event, and the top three contestants won cash prizes.

Police Watch That’s a little conspicuous TUESDAY, OCT. 15, 7:42 p.m. — A car without a front license plate was pulled over in the paid parking lot, said Investigator Patrick Reilly of Binghamton’s New York State University Police.

When officers asked the 29-year-old male driver for his license and registration, they processed them and found that the suspect’s license was suspended due to a failure to pay for insurance. The suspect received two tickets, one for driving without a license plate and one for driving with a suspended license. iForgot WEDNESDAY, OCT. 16, 3:15 p.m. — A 33-year-old male allegedly left his iPad in Glenn G. Bartle Library, Reilly said.

The victim left the iPad there overnight on Tuesday, and when he realized he left it there the next day, he came back and could not find it. He asked the front desk if they had it in their lost and found, and they said no.

The victim went to officers to report the iPad stolen. The case is still under investigation.

Packing for the weekend WEDNESDAY, OCT. 16, 7:21 p.m. — Officers were called to Delaware Hall after the resident assistant staff allegedly smelled marijuana on a floor, Reilly said. The officers located the room where the smell was coming from and knocked on the door, and the suspect, a 21-year-old female, answered. After she opened the door, the suspect proceeded to take out a suitcase from under her bed and remove from it a glass pipe, a glass bowl and a glass vial containing what was later tested positive to be marijuana. The suspect was referred to the Office of Student Conduct for her cooperation.

That’s what you get for studying WEDNESDAY, OCT. 16, 8:00 p.m. — A wallet was stolen in the Science Library, Reilly said. The victim, a 19-year-old male, reportedly left his bag unattended while he was in the library, and when he went to get his bag while leaving the library, he noticed that his wallet was missing from it. The victim searched for his wallet in the library and the Office of International Students, another location where he believed he may have left the wallet. There are no known suspects at the moment. The case is still under investigation.

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The American people are completely fed up with Washington. At a moment when our economic recovery demands more jobs and more momentum, we’ve got yet another self-inflicted crisis that set our economy back.

The United States of America formally takes possession of Alaska after purchasing the 591,000 square mile territory for $7 million. Alaska would not become a state until 1959.

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about 30 student counselors to a minimum security detainment facility in Finger Lakes and a maximum security one, MacCormick Secure Center, in Tompkins County to talk to incarcerated teenage males.

Ndeye Niang, the political correspondent for BSU, runs the program and said that BSU tries to bring conversation rather than traditional mentoring.

“The first thing they say to us when we come in is that they don’t want a lecture,” Niang said. “We want to show them, just by being there, that if you come from a certain area, you don’t have to have a certain path.”

Instead of trying to dissuade the teens from making poor life choices, BSU focuses on connecting with the participants. For example,

when one young man said he worried about finding a college to play basketball for after he left the facility, Niang brought him a list of possible community colleges.

“It’s helped me grow as a person, because just being there and knowing that I’m helping someone makes me feel really good,” Niang said.

U-Turn started when a social worker from MacCormick contacted the BSU in search of mentors in 2004. In the past, BSU members have also visited Lansing Residential Center, an all-women’s facility, but it has since been closed.

At the facility, the student counselors are split into three units in order to have more intimate conversation circles with the troubled teens. At the facility in Finger Lakes, each unit talks to about 10 teens, and at MacCormick the number of teens ranges from six to ten.

Khasim Lockhart, a senior majoring in English, participates in the program by advising current student mentors. Lockhart also said that the program is about connecting with the teens.

“It wasn’t always like, ‘Let’s sit down and talk about the perception of the black man in our culture,’” Lockhart said.

“It was literally just hanging out and having fun.”

Luis Gonzalez, a junior majoring in history, recalled a juvenile’s reaction to a mentor graduating.

“At that point, one of the guys kept asking her if she was serious and after asking her about four times, he took a step back and had a dumbfounded, yet disappointed look on his face,” Gonzalez wrote in an email.

William Martin, chair professor of BU’s sociology department, serves as the faculty advisor for U-Turn.

He helps coordinate with the facilities and assists the students running the program.

“They give up their time to do this,” Martin said. “And some of them go out on Saturday. It really is a lot of work.”

The mentors are expected to go to both facilities every Sunday.

“If students don’t go, they’ll get calls from the inmates asking where they were,” Martin said. “The BU students have a lasting impact on the incarcerated, for sure.”

U-Turn is funded entirely through the BSU, through the BSU pageant in the spring and supplemented from the BSU budget, to pay for bus costs.

“Spending time with these kids humbled me,” Lockhart said. “It was the highlight of my college career.”

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Quotes expressing the vegetarian sentiments of Leonardo da Vinci and Jeremy Bentham lined the walls.

The exhibit ended with a sixminute video narrated by Paul McCartney, screening graphic images of factory farm life.

“I’m vegetarian already, but I still went in to take a look,” said Christopher Szabo, a junior majoring in psychology. “It was cool to have Sir Paul McCartney talk me through the dangers.”

Dammacco thought that the “Glass Walls” exhibition, sponsored by the Binghamton Animal Alliance, was especially relevant in this area.

“There’s a lot of farmland around here, and I know a lot of kids who go here grew up on farms,” she said. “This seems like a good school to have it at.”

The exhibition comes on the heels of Binghamton University receiving an F grade from peta2 on vegan friendliness, though the visit wasn’t prompted by the rating.

“I came in because I was curious about the cruelty,” said Ben Fuller, a freshman majoring in mathematics. “But it probably won’t change my mind.”

Ultimately, the allure of vegan, gluten-free cookies and pamphlets at the end of the exhibit did their job of garnering enough visitors, even if it was partially unintentional.

“It’s kind of sad because you don’t think about what you are eating,” said Angela Vespa, a junior majoring in human development. “But I thought it was a haunted house at first.”

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News Intern Superconductors, materials where electrical current can flow with zero resistance, have been known to exist for over a century. The problem was actually finding them.

Aleksey Kolmogorov, an assistant physics professor at Binghamton University, spent more than three years using computer algorithms to find stable element compounds that can be synthesized into superconductors.

“What we’re trying to do is use a local 200-core computer cluster using the MAISE algorithm that was developed in my group. This is an evolutionary code which selects specific new combinations of elements that can be synthesized,” he said. “Three years ago, our team found a new stable iron boride material that could be a superconductor with a critical temperature of 15 to 20 Kelvin.”

At the time his work drew skepticism from peers.

“Three years ago, no one could believe us because we had presented such common elements as iron and boron,” he said. “Such theoretical findings are exceptionally rare, and there have apparently been no predicted new superconducting materials confirmed by experiment.”

After a year of experimenting, Kolmogorov’s collaborators in Germany were able to

in the future.

“This is the first time a computer-designed superconductor has been tested and proved to work,” he said.

“So the hope is that if we’ve done this once, we can find a conductor with a higher critical temperature.”

Kolmogorov said that such superconductors could have many uses in the future.

“Approximately 10 percent of energy is wasted in power lines,” Kolmogorov said. “There have been many attempts to use superconductors but as of right now there are still major problems.”

Lawler agreed and offered more possibilities.

“Transporting electricity from New York to LA might be pretty costly. But using superconductors for power inside a city itself could be a competitive business,” he said.

“Superconductors are also used in cellphone towers because they can reflect light and electromagnetic waves.”

Students unfamiliar with — Aleksey Kolmogorov Assistant Professor the research expressed interest in the results of Kolmogorov’s work.

“That’s really cool, I admire the work that takes to just calculate a new superconductor,” said Itai Ferber, a sophomore majoring Lawler said that while in computer science. “Even the critical temperature with a 200 computer cluster of Kolmogorov’s initial that still is probably very experiment was low, computer- difficult.” generated results could generate more superconductors synthesize and produce a material with the composition, structure and properties that Kolmogorov’s model specified.

“The iron boride is, thus, the first discovered superconductor to have been designed entirely on the computer,” he said.

Michael Lawler, an assistant physics professor at BU, said the goal for scientists was to find higher and higher temperatures at which superconductors could operate.

“Superconductors need to be cooled to act in full, and the goal is to find ones that have higher critical temperatures,” he said. “If room temperature is 300 Kelvin then the highest critical temperature we’ve reached is about 150 Kelvin.”

“Three years ago, no one could believe us”

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For a day, Binghamton University’s official color was purple.

In an effort to bring awareness to issues of domestic violence, people across New York, BU students included, wore purple to celebrate Wear Purple Day. Purple Day can be traced back to Albany, where Gov. Andrew Cuomo encouraged people to wear purple in support of the “Shine the Light on Domestic Violence” campaign in 2008.

Jessica Krohn, interpersonal violence prevention coordinator, wrote in an email that the effects of domestic violence reach much farther than most people realize.

“Interestingly, some say that 1 in 8 women are likely to get breast cancer,” she wrote.

“Whereas, 1 in 4 women are likely to experience dating violence.“ However, statistics fail to capture the true scope of domestic violence, according to Krohn.

“One of the major problems with statistics for any acts of interpersonal violence, is that very few reports are actually made,” she wrote. “Many people do not report acts of interpersonal violence to authorities for many reasons, maybe due to stigma, fear people would not believe them, maybe they think they deserved the act of violence, afraid they would get in trouble or would [get] the abuser in trouble, and many more.”

“Domestic violence is an important issue that does not get anywhere near enough ... attention” — Eleanor Smith BU Freshman

Eleanor Smith, a freshman

majoring in linguistics, was one of the many students donning purple.

“Domestic violence is an important issue that does not get anywhere near enough of the attention it deserves,” Smith said.

Amrita Deol, a junior majoring in neuroscience, agreed that it is an issue that can’t be ignored.

“I think it’s an important issue because it’s something that’s very prevalent,” Deol said.

There is a vigil Monday, Oct. 21 for victims of domestic violence, hosted by sororities Sigma Psi Zeta and Omega Phi Beta. There will also be a tabling event to collect signatures for a pledge titled “Pledge Against Domestic Violence” on Friday at the women’s volleyball game against University of Massachusetts Lowell at 1 p.m.

Buildings were lit up in purple to support the cause, including the Glenn G. Bartle Library on campus and the SUNY Plaza building in downtown Albany. Electronic signs in Time Square were also in purple.

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Locals, students discuss street art, artists

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art continued from Page 1 resident of Binghamton, supported one of the aims of the department to showcase the abilities of local artists and train them in creating murals.

“We need [a program] that is permanent for artists to do this all the time, because some artists are just going to [make street art] regardless.” he said. “People who are doing it illegally are rushed, they’re not able to do something that is really great or shows their full

potential, and this kind of [program] really allows artists to do that.”

Not all members of the audience were in agreement. While the DPA insisted that public art improves the quality of life for all citizens, one woman raised the question of whether or not the artwork was really worth the trouble it takes to make. She expressed concerns with a group of artists gathering to paint on the concrete in the middle of the street. “[About] the circle project that

we saw on the screen, the neighbors circulated a petition saying that they never wanted to see it again,” said Mary Webster, a resident of Edward Street in Binghamton. “They said they didn’t like it, they thought it was bad for the neighborhood. [They said] that it was not building up the neighborhood, but that it was tearing it down.”

Department of Public Art members spoke with students and Binghamton residents at the Lost Dog to discuss the possiblity of adding new art to Downtown.

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The Binghamton area's thrift stores have everything you never wanted for prices you always have Gabriella Ginsberg | Staff Writer With the “Binghamton” weather approaching, you may find yourself in need of warmer apparel. Perhaps you’re in need of the sweaters, jackets and coats that you may have forgotten to bring along (hey, it was 90 degrees when we got here), or perhaps you just want to update your wardrobe. Between Oakdale Mall’s slim pickings and Walmart’s “Duck Dynasty” merchandise room, quality and decently priced items are somewhat hard to come by.

Fortunately, this guide to thrift stores in the Binghamton/ Vestal area is here to help you out: Why spend a ton of money when you can get “pumped about

Bonus: Plato’s also buys unused cosmetics and body products, so it’s a great place to pick up brand name lotions like Plato’s Closet Bath & Body Works for a fraction Location: 1708 Vestal of the retail price.

Parkway East Rating: **** Accessible by bus? No, but www.platosclosetvestal.com sharing a cab with a few friends is worth it. Or you can walk Goodwill in Campus Plaza from Town Square Mall. It’s been Location: Campus Plaza done.

(3701 Vestal Parkway East) Best find: A black wool French Accessible by bus? Yes. Take Connection coat for $7.

Plato’s is great for name the 57 Shoppers Special to brands, running sales frequently. Campus Plaza.

Best find: New and used Xbox They have an extensive guy’s section (sizes 28-42), and 360 and PlayStation 3 games for they’ll also pay cash for your old $5-$10.

This Goodwill is tricky clothing, shoes and accessories.

But be warned — they can be because it contains mostly picky, so don’t feel bummed if closeouts and overstock from they pass over your awesome the nearby mall and Target. Stay fuchsia fur vest from Forever 21. away from these brands, since some sh** from the thrift shop” instead?

This is the thrift store of all thrift stores. It’s huge and brightly lit, with racks beyond racks of dirt-cheap clothing.

Here you will find your perfect grunge army jacket with some cool sewn patches that are nearly falling off. The Salvation Armani, as I like to call it, never lets down those who are willing to spend several hours of Salvation Army their life in a trove that doesn’t Location: 3-5 Griswold St. (Do NOT confuse with the soup necessarily present its treasures kitchen on Washington Street) immediately. Be warned.

Bonus: They have a working Accessible by bus: No, you’re going to want a friend to drive bathroom that customers are you to this rather colorful part allowed to used!

Rating: **** of town.

Best find: A black waterproof Goodwill in Downtown anorak jacket for $4; Halloween Binghamton costume materials; adequatelyLocation: 12 Glenwood Ave. working electronic junk, the list Accessible by bus? An goes on… the prices are heavily marked up.

Take some time to sift through for the real donations, and be sure to check out the book section in the back.

Bonus: Sign up for the free rewards card.

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RPU presents 'Same Love' singer Mary Lambert

11-minute walk from the Floral and Main stop on the Westside Shuttle.

Best find: A green J. Crew jacket for $6.

The Glenwood Goodwill has a great variety of fur and leather jackets and coats. The store itself is fairly new (and very clean).

There’s also a large shoe section.

Bonus: It’s in a really useful plaza — Price Chopper, Big Lots and Dollar Tree are all there.

Rating: *** So there you have it, thrifty shoppers. Good luck with your fashion choices, and might we also recommend Stephen’s Vintage, though don’t call it a costume shop, and Boscov’s. Not a thrift store. Just a wonderful place.

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deals with LGBTQ community, but allies and the straight community as well.”

Lambert is a Seattle-based singersongwriter and spoken poetry artist.

Her single, “She Keeps Me Warm,” is sampled by Macklemore on “Same Love.” Lambert addresses her difficult childhood in her music, from being raised Christian to coming out at 17

years old. She uses songwriting as an escape and, in the process, has helped other troubled teens as well.

“It will be a standing room only show that is very emotional,” Lodge said. “She frequently says that she cries during her performances, and she loves her audience to cry with her. It will be an intimate performance with her and a piano and a microphone.”

“Same Love” was recorded in 2012 during Washington Referendum 74, which allowed same-sex couples to marry in the state of Washington.

Since then, the track has arguably become the most well-known anthem for gay rights and equality. It is the first Top 40 song in the U.S. to promote and celebrate same-sex marriage. In addition, Lambert will be accompanied

by an opening act to be announced.

“There will be a short opener by a student performer, that is yet to be named,” Lodge said. “So stay tuned to RPU’s Facebook for other announcements!”

Tickets will go on sale at 6 p.m. on Oct. 28 in UUW-302. They will also be available in the RPU office and at RPU tabling events, so check B-Line for

those dates and times. There are only 200 tickets available at $5 each. And for every ticket sold, $1 will go to the Identity Youth Center for LGBTQ teens in the Binghamton area. So pick up your ticket as soon as you can, because straight, gay or whatever makes you happy, it’s sure to be an incredible night.

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Today's ridiculous costumes don't offer anything for normal people Odeya Pinkus | Contributing Writer

“Only in America would people try and combine such two loves — greasy food and objectified women."

Sexy burgers, sexy pizza and sexy bacon are the norm for costumes. Only in America would people try to combine such two loves — greasy food and objectified women.

I don’t think people lewdly commenting that they’d “like a slice of that” on State Street ever thought they’d be taken literally. When a bacon outfit is actually just a one-strapped gown that looks like fried meat, not only is it a Lady Gaga ripoff, it’s an attempt to make actual lard look sexy.

Then there are the more cultural costumes.

With options like “Taj My Hall” and

“Bolly Ho,” it’s now possible to offend cultures and feminist groups simultaneously. What’s next? A risqué costume of a Jew called the “Western Wall Twerk”? Not to forget the classics — Dorothy and her crew make an appearance, but the Tin Man would more accurately be described as the Skin Man, and the only place that yellow brick road leads to is all the way to the strip club.

It seems like Halloween shopping is becoming increasingly frustrating each year.

For those searching for a women’s costume that actually resembles something other than underwear, good luck.

Yes, it’s okay to wear these costumes, but it’s also extremely offensive that companies think that this is the only way that the average girl wants to dress. It’s a common fact that sex sells, but companies today would be wise to remember people like other things, too.

Our world’s inexplicable need to sexualize everything is no excuse to leave the shier demographic costumeless. It’s also no excuse to take everyday beloved cartoon characters, cultures, pop icons and even foods and turn them into sexual objects. And remember, if there aren’t any Minnie Mouse costumes that don’t involve a miniskirt, making a costume yourself never goes out of fashion.

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As actress and youth role model Lindsay Lohan infamously said in “Mean Girls,” it’s the “one night a year when girls can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it.” Yes, it’s Halloween, and it’s approaching faster than you can grab the nearest black leotard and cat ears. Everyone is already preparing for All Hallows’ Eve, and even more important than dorm decorations and pre-game plans is the central hallmark of the holiday: costumes.

While many students claim to have “outgrown” trick-ortreating years ago, nobody is over dressing up, and it’s fun to hide who you are for a night … maybe too fun. Plus, who isn’t a little curious about Spirit Halloween, the weird themed wonderland that only sets up camp across the street from campus for a few months of the year? What happens to the spirit for the other 10 months?

Pop culture pokes fun at today’s women’s costumes for being available in only two forms — risqué and risquér.

Halloween stores are slightly more creative and colorful versions of Spencer’s. To the left there is a Princess Leia who leaves very little to the Jedi’s imagination, and to the right is a schoolteacher who is definitely not following the dress code. That’s not to cast any judgment — if you’ve got the confidence to rock these kinds of outfits, then all the more power to you. Stepping out like that takes guts, and frankly, 90 percent of the haters are just jealous. So no, fashionably

adventurous partygoers, the issue is not you. The problem at hand does, however, lie with the ridiculousness of some of these costumes. The almost sickening need for everything to be sexualized means that there are almost no options for women who want to wear a “Finding Nemo” costume that isn’t more aptly called “Finding Nympho.”

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'Don't Dress for Dinner,' but definitely watch this play A risque love triangle and physical comedy in the theatre department's first Mainstage production Rachel Powers | Release Suppose your wife suspects you’re having an affair. To calm her down, you make your best friend take the fall. For the theatre department’s first Mainstage production of the academic year, “Don’t Dress for Dinner,” this scenario is only the beginning of the wild love triangle that ensues.

“Sex draws,” said Carol Hanscom, Binghamton University theatre professor and “Don’t Dress for Dinner” director. Hanscom chose a quick-paced sex farce because of its appeal to college students.

The play, first written in French

by Marc Camoletti, is a sex farce with sharp writing and even sharper plot twists. It became more famous after Robin Hawdon translated and rewrote the play in English. It’s one of Camoletti’s most famous works, along with “Boeing-Boeing,” another one of his farces and one of the most-performed French plays in the world.

“With students not having as much life experience, I‘m curious to see how they respond — watching a group of their peers who are playing middle-aged, stuck-in-their-ways people who have found that life can be boring and maybe need a little spice to keep it interesting,” Hanscom said.

The cast is dedicated to preserving the British adaption of the script by maintaining British accents and the art of fight choreography.

Nicolas Coccaro, an undeclared freshman, choreographed all the fight sequences and, according to Hanscom, was a pleasure to have as an addition to the production.

“It is a lot of fun to do all the fight choreography with Nick’s advice. It’s cool to be violent but not hurt anybody,” said Anthony Gabriele, a cast member and a sophomore majoring in computer science.

Eric Berger, an undeclared freshman, said that the show’s physical interaction differentiates it from talkier, more typical plays.

“This show is a bunch of shenanigans and if there is anything that college students like, it is shenanigans, and guys beating other guys, and women being piled on top of them; three prime reasons right there,” Berger said.

Hanscom cannot stress enough how much “Don’t Dress for Dinner” could be a great respite from all the studying and academic stuff students have to do.

“They should come and laugh and relax and put the books away for a couple hours,” she said. “[They’ll] get swept up in the nonsense that happens on stage in front of them.”

Tickets for “Don’t Dress for Dinner” are discounted for students on opening night for $5 if you purchase them before 5 p.m.

General ticket pricing is $8 for students, $12 for faculty, staff and senior citizens and $14 for general admission. The show premieres on Oct. 18 in the Anderson Center’s Chamber Hall at 8 p.m. There will be additional performances on Oct. 19, 25 and 26 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 27 at 2 p.m.

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2 p.m. on Oct. 27 $8 for students Location: $12 for faculty, staff and senior citizens Chamber Hall in the Anderson Center $14 for general admission

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Everything you need to know about shoes Not sure what kind of shoes to buy? Here's a guide to what's trendy, classic and good for the weather Kathryn Shafsky | Staff Writer If there’s one thing college students worry about the most, it’s money. Especially at Binghamton University.

Deciding how to spend the coveted allowance your parents put in your M&T account can be hard, so it’s important to use that money on things that are both necessary and enjoyable, like food, State Street and shoes. Shoes are an essential part of your wardrobe, and it can be hard to limit yourself when you see a shiny new pair.

Luckily, Release is here to tell you the three kinds of footwear every student needs this fall: a shoe that’s trendy, a shoe for unpredictable weather and a variation on a classic.

Women: Trendy: While it is still unclear whether or not we should be taking fashion tips from Miley Cyrus, there is one thing she’s definitely doing right: wearing creepers. If you only know creepers as that overfriendly guy who comments on all of your Facebook photos and messaged you that one time, it’s time for a vocab lesson.

Creepers are shoes with a thick sole, similar to platforms but not quite as daunting. They can add a touch of angst when worn with a flow-y dress, or can be a statement piece with a plain T-shirt and jeans. With brands like Prada, Topshop and Dolce & Gabbana all sending their versions of creepers down the runway within the past two years, now is the prime time to snag a pair.

Weather Safe: If there is one thing important to remember about shoes for crazy Binghamton weather, it is this: UGGs may be wonderfully warm and comfortable, but they will make you fall. A lot.

Instead, opt for a shoe that isn’t just weatherproof, but also has great traction. Duck boots, or boots with a rubber toe and bottom, are both great options for the rain and snow for which Binghamton is known. These boots come in a variety of colors and originate from L.L.Bean, so order a pair online now!

Classic: The staple that every college girl should have in her closet is a pair of black boots. Not only do black boots match everything, but they can easily be dressed up or down depending on the occasion. If

you’re going to a job interview, a pair of black boots can be paired with a pencil skirt, or with jeans for a pulled-together look when running to classes.

Most importantly, black boots are great for Downtown.

They’ll work with any outfit, won’t cause discomfort like heels or flats can and if anyone spills their drink on your shoes, no one will ever notice.

Plus, you can usually find them for as little as $20 at Target or Oakdale Mall. It’s hard to go wrong when the price is so right.

Men: Trendy: The biggest trend in men’s footwear for fall is not a particular shoe, but instead a fabric. Suede is the fabric of the moment, allowing men to easily dress up any casual outfit and giving them an easy day-

to-night transition. Oxfords with suede accents give the classic shoe an updated look, and suede chukkas are a great twist on a classic men’s boot.

When choosing a suede shoe, it’s important to remember to protect it with a weather guard spray. And before it’s time to pull out the more weather-appropriate footwear, your suede shoes will help you impress your peers without actually trying too hard. The best part is suede is such a popular fabric that less expensive versions are popping up everywhere. Style and leftover money for alcohol?

What a great discovery.

Weather Safe: While duck boots are also a great option for men, a pair of Timbs, or any other kind of work boot, is perfect for trekking through

rain, snow and ice. With fashion and music icon Kanye West at the forefront of the Timbs movement, they have become a statement piece, which is an extra perk for a shoe meant to be worn in harsh conditions.

A good pair of work boots can be on the pricier side, but will usually last you through college and well into that scary thing we call adulthood.

They’re timeless, or timbless.

Just buy them.

Classic: For men, the most important staple piece is a great pair of sneakers. Whether it’s a pair of Nike, Onitsuka Tigers, New Balance (which are back in style) or even Vans, every guy needs a pair of sneakers that they don’t work out in. It’s important to have a versatile shoe for every situation.

7 websites to link you to the Binghamton community There's a lot to see in the Southern Tier, you just need to know where to look 1. 365 Binghamton facebook. com/365Binghamton 365 Binghamton’s goal is to post 365 unique things to do in the Binghamton area. Like the page, and you’ll learn about everything from Oct. 25’s Fantasmagorical Freakshow Ball in Johnson City to theater auditions and shows in the community.

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Most students complain that there’s nothing to do in Binghamton except for puking into your own hands while downing liquid cocaine shots on State Street. But really, they just aren’t looking in the right places. The Binghamton community is reaching out to students on social media, and they’re assuring us that there is plenty to do around here.

Here’s a list of websites that boast events and resources to make your Binghamton experience more immersive. If you “like” the Facebook pages and visit the websites, you’ll get all the updates on your News Feed. Next to all the pictures of people passed out at JT’s Tavern, of course.

2. BingSpot bingspot.com BingSpot is an online guide to Downtown Binghamton and is even open to submissions. If you know of any Downtown events, they encourage you to email info@bingspot.com with details, which also makes it useful if you’re planning an event. Now, because of BingSpot, you know that Laveggio Roasteria is serving a Nutella latte, and hey, you might even have just learned that there is a Laveggio in the first place.

3. Binghamton Business Review facebook.com/ BinghamtonBusinessReview The Binghamton Business Review is dedicated to informing you about everything local. Before you knock Downtown Binghamton, be sure to check the site for stores and farmers’ markets you would have never known existed.

4. Binghamton First Fridays facebook.com/pages/BinghamtonFirst-Fridays/144294272286141 It always amazes us that there are so few Binghamton University students who know about the coolest day in Binghamton — First Friday.

Get to know the community, and enjoy free food, wine and art. Can it get any better?

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The CommuniKey thecommunikey.com How would you know about the new frozen yogurt shop Downtown before it even opened? Because the CommuniKey’s website — beautifully redesigned — is a resource that tells you absolutely everything going on in Binghamton, and as a member, you get great deals and promotions at local businesses — and those savings

6. Otsiningo Park Farmers’ Market facebook.com/groups/53270549811 Did you know that Binghamton not only has parks, but also an accessible farmers’ market? Sure, it’s cool to take your business to the Ithaca Farmers’ Market an hour and a half up, but it’s even cooler if you support business and food justice here in Binghamton. So go.

7. What’s Goin’ on Binghamton? whatsgoinonbinghamton.com Like BingSpot, this website keeps track of events going on in the area. But what makes it special is the “Lost History” section, which teaches you the forgotten stories of this historically important — yet still vibrant — city. It can be easy to forget but Binghamton does have a lot goin’ on, and these websites will help you stay on top of it all!

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In November, Sony and Microsoft will release the next gaming generation’s defining consoles — PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. These new consoles will bring game-changing technology, and with that, they’re leaving behind a few classics. Neither console will offer backward compatibility to the games of this past generation. So, in homage to a generation ending, here is a look at some of the “gamechanging” titles and how they’ve impacted the industry.

1. “BioShock” (2007) Not many games have played with the line between gaming and art and lived to tell the tale. “BioShock,” the 2007 first-person shooter developed

by Irrational Games, is such a title. The game revolves around the main protagonist, Jack. As you play as Jack and

try to escape an underwater, futuristic city called Rapture, you are called upon to make moral choices — but are you a morally bound hero, or do you blur the lines between right and wrong? With excellent storytelling strategies, “BioShock” combines Randian objectivist philosophy with an Art Deco design to create a city that almost seems to be alive.

2. “Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare” (2007) Few would call any of the “Call of Duty” titles art, but it’s important to note the series’ impact on the global online community. Ten years ago, the prospects of online gaming on a console seemed to be gimmicky at best. Then, “Call of Duty” happened, and online gaming became de facto for every game.

Massively multiplayer online (MMO) game communities are no longer exclusive to roleplaying games and tribes of

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3. “Grand Theft Auto IV” (2008) The “Grand Theft Auto” franchise has long been focused on letting out your demons. Offering an entire city to explore and pillage, “GTA” liberates the souls of road ragers and angsty teenagers.

This isn’t to say, however, that it’s all senseless carnage. The story centers on Niko Bellic, an Eastern European immigrant who struggles in life and turns to crime. It starts out harmless enough, but works its way to the extreme. “Grand Theft Auto” really works

at creating a world that’s satirical, politically irreverent and morally dark. “Grand Theft Auto IV” casts the mold for dark and amusing societal commentaries and, if “GTA IV” is any indication, Rockstar Games is going to continue to deliver on quality.

4. “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” (2011) Welcome to a brave new world where Middle Earththemed dungeons and dragons are no longer confined to “Dungeons and Dragons.” Years after the release of “The Lord of the Rings,” the magic hasn’t been lost. “The Elder Scrolls,” one of the flagship series from Bethesda Softworks, may have been around for a long time, but never as successfully as “Skyrim.” In a world where the

power of choice is in the hands of the player, each campaign played is just as unique as the last. What made the game so influential was how it made magic, swords and dragons accessible to more than just geek culture. “Skyrim” changed the gaming world by showing how open-world, re-playable and fun a fantasy game can be.

5. “Mass Effect” trilogy (2007-2012) Lastly, we have the “Mass Effect” trilogy. While technically three games, they stand together in creating one of the best sci-fi action RPG universes created since the “Star Wars” and “Star Trek” of old. You play as Commander Shepard, who can be the nicest or meanest ship captain you’d

like. Another game with a heavy element of choice, you can play as a paragon (good reputation) or a renegade (bad reputation). Navigating the minefields of politics and war, Shepard has one ultimate goal in mind: to save all organic life from complete destruction.

What makes the game really stand out was its ability to tackle racial and political issues among war and battle tactics. Full of original lore, a wide display of humanoid alien species and old interspecies conflicts, “Mass Effect” impacted gaming in a very crucial way and, to this day, stands as an amazing example of how original, exhilarating and interesting new worlds can be created.

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Since Andy graciously handed his toys down to his little neighbor Bonnie in “Toy Story 3,” we’ve seen them in a few short films that played before “Cars 2,” “The Muppets” and the 3D re-release of “Finding Nemo.” But “Toy Story of Terror” gives us a full half hour with the beloved characters, and we find them on a road trip with Bonnie and her mother. When the car’s tire goes flat and Jessie is thrown and almost trapped in one of the suitcases, we’re set up for a spooky story. The flat tire lands them in a motel for the night, where Buzz makes the mistake of leaving the closet to check out the “amenities.” As always, good ol’ Woody insists that the toys stick together, and they all follow.

It’s Jessie who is given the part of protagonist in the story. When the toys start to disappear one by one, Jessie is the last one standing. She meets Combat Carl, who, speaking in the third person, warns her that she must turn back or she will never find her owner again. Next thing she knows, she is taken into the mouth of an iguana (which next to her looks about the size Ilana Lipowicz | Contributing Writer

screen appearance after all.

While television is a new venue for Pixar, feature films are often rebooted as shorts.

Usually between five and 10 minutes long, the shorts possess as much genius as the feature films. Pixar can fit its formula into any time

frame, and it does so in “Toy Story of Terror.”

There is no major change to the characters’ situations from beginning to end, as we would expect from a feature film, but the special tells a good story and gets Pixar in on some Halloween fun.

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ou meet someone. Say it’s at a party. Or even through class. Do you want to ask them out? Maybe ask for their number, see how that goes? No, wait, the normal first thing to do is post about him or her on the Internet. Right?

Binghamton Crushes and Bing-U Secrets have entrenched themselves into our social lives. They’ve reshaped the ways we think it’s normal to approach and publicly write about others. As much as these sites seem to offer benign ways to vent or announce a crush to the world, what about the darker side and trickier questions?

Binghamton Crushes and Bing-U Secrets thrive on anonymity, defamation, narcissism and voyeurism. Further, these sites establish a culture on our campus where it’s normal to post observations of other students that qualify as borderline stalking, creepy at best.

Still, these sites are so woven into our social fabric that it’s neither weird nor uncommon to ask if a friend has seen a particular post. But what are the costs behind all these anonymous posts?

Binghamton Crushes and Bing-U Secrets’ continued popularity is also confusing. That these

sites came about in the first place is no surprise; they have parallels on campuses across the country. But these sites have maintained their popularity both with posters and followers here in unexpected ways.

Binghamton Crushes has almost 4,500 likes.

That represents a sizable portion of the student body here. It’s hard to think of any other Facebook page with as many student likes. For reference, Pipe Dream’s page, which features breaking news and stories about campus life, boasts 2,635 likes.

What need do Binghamton Crushes and Bing-U Secrets meet that we are otherwise without? Have we really grown so inarticulate and socially crippled that we need the anonymity of a keyboard to express our feelings? Instead of owning and communicating feelings of attraction, desire, loss or anger, we hide behind the veil of a computer screen … and that’s just for the posters. As readers, is the entertainment that good?

If so, who’s to blame? Technology?

We are also taken aback by the posts that must be categorized as extreme. For instance, a post on Binghamton Crushes, from Oct. 6, reads: “Family Feud at Tom&Marty’s on Saturday, blonde kinda curly hair, you had on a flowy white shirt and pastel orange short shorts. I saw you once at a birthday party/pregame on Court st a while back…” This crosses the line of cute and flattering, entering cyberstalking territory.

Back in the day, so we hear, people asked each other out on dates. This means that if you saw someone cute across the Spine on campus and wondered if he noticed you too, the normal thing to do might be to actually get up and talk to him. It’s not a bad idea, and it might work out better than creeping from afar and posting it on the Internet.

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Despite the hype, don't rush to join a frat just yet Brotherhood's hidden costs could include sacrificing your dignity and safety Entering Binghamton University as a freshman, it came as no surprise that I was bombarded with promises of having the best time of my life, eternal friendship and the possibility to be part of “something real.”

Obviously, these offers were intriguing.

It was not until I saw many of my friends more stressed with pledge work than actual schoolwork that I started debating what it means to be in a fraternity.

Matt Bloom Contributing Columnist

Eventually, all these groups bestowed the same rehearsed sales pitch saying, “I’m going to be real with you bro, once you’re a brother with us, you’re a brother for life.” The mere price of such benevolent brotherhood is only one’s pride and dignity. Though they claim to care about honorable traits such as unity, tradition and true friendship, most fraternities in our generation are more concerned with which group can throw the best parties and which group can get the hottest or the most girls.

A “brother’s” worth and glory are only defined by the amount of liquor he can consume and his blood alcohol content,

instead of his character.

Freshman year is composed of stress, anxiety, uncertainty and the first glimpse of what it’s like to be on our own. Therefore, many freshmen pups look for a quick fix and shortcut to become the big boss dog on campus. However, putting ourselves out there socially for the public to judge can be more frightening than any exam.

Consequently, cool upperclassmen decorated in Greek letters and armed with Frisbees seem to present the solution to making friends without having to do it on our own.

Fraternities thus become the disguise that students use to recreate themselves into what they presume is a better and more socially acceptable person in order to escape the loneliness of being a new person in a new place far away from home.

While pledging is not necessarily a bad way to make friends, the unnecessary, unsafe and repugnant trials and tasks that pledges must endure in the initiation process should be condemned. Hazing will not train or mold you into a gladiator.

Pledging and hazing will only entertain a power fetish for those whom you wish to call your brothers. Making friends and creating eternal bonds come not from abuse and embarrassment but from trust and compassion. It takes time and patience, but it’s certainly better than having to scrub floors by hand and kiss feet.

Indeed the primary reason students join fraternities is because they want to have fun. Still, it’s no secret here at BU that the frat parties are lacking in their fun aptitude.

The music is so loud no one can hear each other talk, and the houses are so crowded and hot that by the end of the night you’ve got to go home and shower just from sweating. Furthermore, if you’re not in the fraternity and you possess male genitalia, you will always have to pay to get in. If you were thinking of getting a beverage, you’ll have to spontaneously grow breasts and long hair. Hence, in many cases, the only use a fraternity can serve is in teaching a pledge to sufficiently hand wash floors and kiss feet while responding to the alias of mule or pet.

Some might argue that fraternities help you find beneficial connections in the professional world. Certainly there are pre-professional fraternities that lend credibility to this argument. Although I am only a freshman and have little insight into the operations of the workforce, I can only presume that receiving good grades, getting involved in extracurricular activities, like clubs and student government, and perhaps even finding a job while in school will also help. Drinking with your friends and partying till the sun comes up, in contrast, won’t land you in an office on Wall Street overlooking the New York City skyline.

Please do not mistake this as an attempt

to discredit all the good that fraternities do through charity work and for the school as a whole. Nor am I trying to categorize all fraternities as one in the same or assert that the friendships made in fraternities are not genuine. I am simply suggesting that many people join fraternities for the wrong reasons. Many of the fraternities I have been to revealed their pledge process and made it clear that redundant hazing is not their way or intent. Instead they utilize creative character-building challenges that allow you to bond naturally with your fellow pledges and can only be described as the most fun thing you will never want to do again, but will be glad you did. This is the direction in which all frats should strive to go.

In the end, if a fraternity is the right choice for you, by all means go for it — just make sure you are doing it for the right reasons. Fraternities can’t magically get you laid, make you sprout muscles or buy you friends, but some of them can surely make your college experience worthwhile.

And please, if you are accepted, implore your newfound family to reduce the price for males entering their parties and to stop discriminating with the refreshments.

— Matt Bloom is an undeclared freshman.

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Gov. shutdown's end yields doubts It's not all that easy How well do we stock up against the nations we criticize?

On Wednesday, the government shutdown ended, and America narrowly avoided defaulting on its loans. Republicans caved, getting pretty much none of what they wanted except a vague, noncommittal commitment to cut entitlement spending; the crisis thus brought no benefits for

Ezra Shapiro Political Columnist

either side.

No matter whose fault the whole debacle was, the fact that it ever got to this point is a sad reflection on all of our parts.

It is a truism of democracies that “every nation gets the government it deserves.” Look at the state of our government: For the past seven years, it’s fluctuated between barely functional and non-functional. Yet, for some reason, we keep perpetuating a Congress that can at best pass small-scale, piecemeal policies.

The rest of the world has noticed America’s increasing inability to function, too.

Governments around the world are taking the prospect that America may actually default on its debts seriously — a scenario that, if realized, will have catastrophic consequences for worldwide

economics and that, even if avoided, will have struck a permanent blow against this country’s reputation.

A telling indication of the world’s faltering faith in the United States’ stability is the eroding global trust in U.S. Treasury bonds, up until now considered one of the safest investments one could make. Though the bonds retain their positive perception, it’s another sign, like the Standard & Poor’s downgrading of America’s credit rating two years ago, that the world’s only superpower is losing its grip.

Again, America’s decline is much too big a phenomenon to be pinned on one figure or party alone. Rather, the atrophy is the product of a political system that no longer works.

Our economic and political woes point to a still larger problem. Our government seems to have lost sight of the unifying vision that made this country great in the first place: the notion of a city on a hill, of a nation whose internal character matched its external, that treated both its own and other nations’ citizens with respect, that had a guiding moral and legal framework that informed its decisions.

Today America’s foreign and domestic policies seem hopelessly muddled. Our government spies on its own and other citizens, collecting the most intimate details of our lives without any plausible justification; we impede with impunity on other nations’ sovereignty

with drone strikes and raids (like the recent ones in Libya and Somalia); we let petty politics endanger our security and defund vital social services; we regularly flout international treaties.

Yet at the same time we, as well as the representatives we elect, seem to think America still has a monopoly on exceptionalism. We criticize Egypt and Turkey’s human rights violations, Russia’s democratic standards, China’s economic policies and Iran’s nuclear program. It’s not that the U.S. is necessarily off-base in these criticisms, but that we apply our moral compass to other countries without judging ourselves. American exceptionalism, the idea of a city on a hill — those were supposed to be guiding principles that made us the example for other countries to follow.

Now, though, it seems that exceptionalism means that our government can behave irresponsibly and our military can act with little to no regard for international standards — generally, that we can disregard the very standards we set forth for other countries.

It’s not too late for America to save itself from ceding world leadership to another country. But to remain great, this country must turn inward and rediscover the principles upon which it was founded.

Getting involved with the wrong person is worse than jean skirts

Jake Lewis Sex Columnist

Guess which I’m going to talk about. I’ll give you a hint. It’s not jirts.

You know you have a friend who’s made a stupid relationship choice. In fact, you may have made one yourself. They’re universal because of the way people let their emotions take control a majority of the time in a romantic relationship.

If someone says that he or she doesn’t want kids or marriage and you do, then that’s a major issue. It’s true that the college age group is young and most of us aren’t even considering those things any time soon, but still, people have some idea of what they want out of their lives.

There’s a difference between saying you

don’t want something and you don’t want something right now. These are serious questions that should be addressed in any relationship.

Don’t think, “Oh, if he or she falls in love with me, then they’ll want to have children with me.” That’s selfish and unrealistic. Your significant other shouldn’t have to change if he or she was upfront and honest with you from the get-go.

I actually know someone who got married in his late thirties after having a horrific divorce. He had two kids from that previous marriage and told his new wife that he didn’t want any more kids when they started going out. She almost divorced him because he wouldn’t give her a baby. Is that fair to him when he made it explicitly clear?

Poor relationship decisions aren’t just for those serious points though. They can be simple. Did you really need to start that fight over him not coming over to hang out with you when he was with his friends? Did you need to yell at her when a guy hit on her at a bar? These sorts of conflicts aren’t necessary and serve only to hinder what could otherwise be a happier and more successful relationship.

Trust me, I know from experience.

I remember dating people and starting conflicts because I was bored and wanted the relationship to be better. Since nothing was particularly bad or amazing, I wanted to try to make it better. So I started pointless fights over things that I wasn’t actually that upset about.

Honestly, now that I’ve done more growing up, I see how dumb and immature that was of me, but I can’t change the fact that I made stupid relationship decisions.

None of us can change our mistakes. We all just have to remember to learn from them.

When starting a relationship, think about what you need from someone, then think about what you want from him or her. Too many people will see someone that they want and forget about what they need.

Love isn’t finite. If you meet someone and find that you have major issues, whether those be marriage, kids, distance, immaturity or a number of other things, consider if that relationship is something that improves your life. If it’s not, don’t be scared to let it go. Get out there and love life; you’ll find that love is everywhere as are people to love.

— Jake Lewis is a senior majoring in English.

Slut shaming should be no more A woman's sexuality is her own business, and her business alone I wear a short skirt, I’m a slut. I have sex with my boyfriend, I’m a slut. I hook up with guys, I’m a slut. I’m flirtatious, I’m a slut. Regardless of an individual’s sexual activity, “slut” is the goto insult to throw at a girl. How much delight our culture takes in pointing fingers at women and declaring them “sluts” absolutely irritates me. Instead of attacking a girl’s intelligence, personality or even appearance, her sexuality is attacked. This is problematic because rarely do guys receive these types of insults. Guys are celebrated for the more girls they can convince to sleep with them. Terms such as “player” are more endearing. If they are seen in a negative way at all, it’s because people dislike players misleading girls rather than out of disgust over the player’s promiscuity.

Anita Raychawdhuri Contributing Columnist

We allegedly live in a progressive society where birth control options are available, “50 Shades of Grey” is a best-selling novel and hookup cultures flourish. We are a sexually driven and obsessed society. Yet, real women who are sexually liberated are berated for their personal choices. It’s a completely mixed signal. Why when Miley Cyrus performed at the Video Music

Awards were all the insults hurled at her and not Robin Thicke? There should be nothing wrong with choosing to be sexually promiscuous if that person is emotionally mature enough to handle that and practices safe sex. Slut shaming isn’t only happening to women who act as extras in a porno. It happens to everyday women who actually make prudent sexual choices. That is the issue with slut shaming. It isn’t about calling out women who truly act overly open about sex. It is about making regular women feel guilty about their sexuality. The archaic view that women aren’t supposed to enjoy sex is still ingrained in our society.

The concept of the “fallen woman” is sadly still prominent, and the way we treat rape victims is another example of slut shaming. The amount of times that rape victims have had their cases dismissed because it is thought that they deserved it for behaving in a “slutty” way, with regards to their dress, body language or words, is shocking and disgusting. The famous case in Toronto, where Constable Michael Sanguinetti said that if women don’t want to get raped they should “avoid dressing like sluts,” is an example of how even a legal system could hold that women shouldn’t be sexually provocative.

This attitude is unfair. It’s a double standard.

Men are allowed — encouraged, in fact — to have multiple sexual partners and explore their sexuality. Women, on the other hand, are expected to be better behaved. Women can act in a “slutty” way if they choose but shouldn’t expect anyone respectable to want them. It

The key to keeping healthy and eating well is in the planning There’s a lot of talk lately about how our school is not vegan-friendly. Eating healthy sounds like it should be easy, but with a lack of funds as a college student, it becomes a challenge.

Most of us are busy with our classes, clubs and social events, so it’s hard to find the time and money to eat three healthy meals a day. With the lack of time, we opt for easy foods: pizza, fast food, chips, ice cream or the classic favorite, ramen noodles. Not only is it expensive, but there is also an absence of good, well-cooked and available food that is not just for vegans, but also for anyone who wants to eat healthy.

Rachel Wasserman Contributing Columnist

— Ezra Shapiro is a senior double-majoring in history and political science.

Bad relationships can take many shapes There are a few things in this world that make absolutely no sense to me: math majors, cat people, jirts (jean skirts) and people who make obviously stupid relationship decisions given their wants, needs and place in life.

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sounds ridiculous to say it out loud, but so many people really do think like this.

What is also problematic is a lot of the time, it is girls calling other girls sluts. That just seems like an issue of girls shooting themselves in the foot. If women want to be empowered and truly be on an equal playing field with men, slut shaming has to end. It plummets women backward. Women should be supporting each other and supporting a woman’s right to freedom, including in their sexuality, instead of cruelly putting others down for their personal choices.

The term slut just seems silly to me because what defines a slut? Is it because she slept with 30 guys? She’s good at giving blow jobs? She finally let her boyfriend go all the way with her?

She’s on the pill? Or she’s simply attractive? The word slut itself is problematic, as it can really only be used to describe women. It’s a sexist and charged term. Women should never be made to feel guilty or inferior for their sexual choices.

After years of sexual oppression, women should be encouraged to explore and understand their sexualities. The word should either be completely eradicated from our vocabulary, or we should start using it to describe men too. The next time you call a girl a slut, go up to the guy with whom she’s doing her dirty deeds and call him one, too. End the double standard, and I’ll stop complaining.

— Anita Raychawdhuri is a freshman majoring in English.

While I lived on campus, I found it slightly off-putting that a fruit salad cost me $5 on my meal plan, but a hamburger or a slice of pizza cost around $1 to $2. I know that it costs more to have healthy food in the dining halls, and even in supermarkets, but how can college students be expected to avoid the “Freshman 15” or lose weight already gained?

The campus dining halls are riddled with options for those who don’t care about what is in their food. There are many fattening options that look delicious. But what if you want something healthy? Good luck, because there is little to no food that looks good, tastes good and doesn’t burn a hole in your meal plan. The only place where there is any hope, especially for vegans, is in College-in-the-Woods.

I moved off campus this year and found that it costs quite the pretty penny to eat well when buying my own groceries. Slowly the price grows every time I make it to the register because I want to eat organically. It also takes much longer to make my own food; everything has to be done after I get home from classes, and some nights that’s 8 p.m. at the earliest. What’s a good, quick fix?

Well, prepared food, but most of that prepared food is processed and bad for the body. I realized I needed an organized way to fix my problem.

Making a list of the food I want for the week helps me limit how

much I buy at the supermarket. If I know what I want ahead of time, then I don’t have to worry about buying too much and wasting the extra food. Another helpful tip is to clip coupons. You’d be surprised how much you can save by clipping a few coupons. It also helps to buy some food in bulk.

Any way to save some money can help make it easier to buy the healthier but more expensive foods. Try keeping a budget.

Knowing how much money you have to save and how to spread the wealth can help when it seems like you’re spending too much money. It’s important to keep your body healthy without hurting your wallet, too. Also, going shopping while hungry can cause you to buy more than you want to buy. Go shopping right after eating a meal; that way you’re in the right mindset to buy food in a smart way.

Another thing to keep in mind is the Binghamton University Food Co-op. There, you will find many options that will satisfy those who are vegans, and for not too much money. The only problem is that the Co-op is only one place, and there should be more than one place on campus that appeals to those who are vegan, vegetarian or just want to something healthy to eat.

The only place where there is any hope, especially for vegans, is in CIW There are ways to keep healthy in college; you just have to take a closer look and find the plan that works best for you. Hopefully, if enough people voice their opinion about wanting more options that are healthy and geared toward those who don’t eat meat or animal products, it will become easier and — if we’re lucky — cheaper to keep healthy.

There are tons of ways to save money because we all know that every penny counts. So instead of worrying about how much money I’ll lose at the supermarket, I can worry about keeping my body as healthy as possible.

— Rachel Wasserman is a junior majoring in English.

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor: I am writing in response to Madeline Gottlieb and Margaret-Rose Roazzi’s October 15 article, “peta2 Flunks Binghamton University’s Vegan Options.” peta2 reached out to Binghamton University’s Dining Services department no less than four times, over as many months, through e-mail and phone calls but received no reply. The final e-mail urged the school to fill out the survey to guarantee a mark that reflected all its options.

With no response from Dining Services, peta2 assessed the school’s veganfood labeling and options based on public data available online and student feedback, which left much room for improvement. And as the newspaper editorial reiterated, a failing grade

doesn’t mean there is nothing offered—it means that a school still has a long way to go toward being actually friendly to vegans on all parts of campus. In a day and age when vegan dining halls are the new norm, Binghamton should work with students to enhance its cruelty-free selections and bump its grade up for the future.

Current students can react to their schools’ grade with a “thumbs up” or “thumbs down” as well as by posting pictures and reviews of their experience dining on campus.

To see how Binghamton stacks up and learn why so many people are going vegan to combat cruelty, students should visit peta2.com.

Sincerely, Kenneth Montville College Campaign Coordinator

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Binghamton blows 2-0 lead, falls to Cornell in five sets Kiriyama: “We didn't play very well the first two games, even though we won them ... they out-played us.”

Julia Sciortino Contributing Writer Many coaches say no lead is safe.

On Tuesday night, the Binghamton volleyball team proved that sports platitude true, falling to Cornell in five sets at the West Gym after opening with a 2-0 advantage.

With neither the Bearcats (4-15, 2-3 America East) nor Cornell (6-9, 2-3 Ivy League) able to establish a clear advantage early on, the first set saw 14 ties and 10 lead changes. But Binghamton used a pair of kills from junior outside hitter Kristin Hovie out of a timeout to spark a 6-0 run to take the set, 25-21.

The second set also saw a close game, with the score tied at 18. Again, the Bearcats got hot and jumped to a 2-0 lead with a 25-19 win.

Despite taking the first two sets, the Bearcats only hit .220 to Cornell’s .278 in the first set and .111 to .136 in the second. Overall, Binghamton held a .115 hitting percentage while Cornell held .273.

BU head coach Glenn Kiriyama did not attribute the Bearcats’ lead to impressive gameplay.

“We didn’t play very well the first two games, even though we won them,” Kiriyama said. “They outhit us, and they outplayed us really. We knew that going into game three, and we knew it was going to be a tough match.”

Cornell pulled ahead in the third set, holding a steady lead throughout the frame. Twelve Big Red kills coupled with eight BU hitting errors caused the set to end in Cornell’s favor, 25-13.

The fourth followed similarly, with Cornell improving to a .303 clip and

holding Binghamton to .158. The set featured 10 ties and six lead changes, as Cornell ultimately pulled away for a 25-19 win.

Though the Big Red jumped ahead with a 3-0 lead in the fifth, a kill by senior middle hitter and captain Grace Vickers kept Binghamton in the set until service errors sparked a 5-2 Cornell. The Bearcats weren’t able to overcome the deficit a second time, and Cornell closed the match, 15-9.

“Unfortunately we weren’t able to pick it up. In fact we might have done a bit worse,” Kiriyama said. “We really didn’t execute the fundamentals very well, especially down the stretch there.

We were weak on overall fundamentals tonight whether it was blocking, serve-receive or even communication.

We have a lot to work on.”

Individually, the night was a bit more successful for the Bearcats.

Vickers posted a career-high 18 kills to lead the Bearcats. Freshman outside hitter Allison Hovie and Kristin Hovie contributed 10 and nine kills, respectively, and junior setter Amanda Dettmann garnered her seventh double-double of the season with 36 assists and 19 digs. Senior libero Xiomara Ortiz matched Dettmann’s 19 digs.

The match marked the ninth time the schools have met since BU joined Division I. Cornell holds a 5-4 advantage in the series.

Binghamton is scheduled to host another pair of America East matchups this weekend, the first against firstplace New Hampshire (10-11, 4-1 AE) tonight and the second against UMass Lowell on Sunday.

First serve against New Hampshire is set for 7 p.m. at the West Gym.

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BU vs. UNH DATE

Tonight LOCATION

West Gym TIME

7:00 p.m.

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Senior middle hitter and captain Grace Vickers posted a career-high 18 kills on a .303 hitting clip during BU’s five-set loss to Cornell.

Hartford scores two early goals to doom BU Bearcats get scoring opportunities throughout match but cannot convert for points Erik Bacharach Assistant Sports Editor The Binghamton women’s soccer team surrendered two early goals and couldn’t stage a comeback as it fell, 2-0, to conference-foe Hartford at the Bearcats Sports Complex Thursday night. The loss dropped the Bearcats (7-5-2, 2-2-1 America East) from fifth in conference standings to seventh, and snapped the team’s two-game winning streak.

The Hawks (9-4-3, 4-2 AE) scored both of their goals in the opening 19 minutes of play, and scattered rain put a damper on the Bearcats’ come-frombehind efforts.

“I think being down was a little bit frustrating for us because we were playing better than that,” head coach Sarah McClellan said. “So I don’t think the score really reflected the tight game that it was.”

Six minutes into the game, sophomore forward Elise Galipo converted on a long shot to give Hartford its first goal.

Galipo launched a ball from the left flank outside the box to the far post to put BU in an early hole.

The Hawks would strike again just over 12 minutes later when America East scoring leader Chanel Johnson recorded her seventh goal of the season.

From 30 yards out, Johnson launched a ball goalward that bounced once before evading BU senior keeper Carrie Martin and finding the back of the net.

With the rain picking up, neither team was able to score during the remaining 71:26,

and the game slipped away from the Bearcats.

“It was rainy for both teams,” McClellan said. “I thought we had some good chances and were just missing that last piece. Sometimes games are up and down that way.”

BU had trouble creating offensive opportunities against the swarming Hawks defense, but had a chance to score with 12:21 left in the first half.

Freshman forward Michele Galvin one-timed a cross from the right side, but Hartford freshman goalie Jessica Jurg made the save.

Midway through the second half, Binghamton saw its best opportunity to get on the board. Sophomore forward Samantha Crane created some space on the right side and dribbled toward the box to set up sophomore forward and BU leading scorer Stephani Church. While the pass was on point, Church couldn’t get a good foot on the ball and sent it directly into Jurg’s outstretched arms.

Hartford outshot Binghamton, 13-11.

“I think [Hartford] was just really aggressive in finishing its chances,” McClellan said.

“Credit to them. But I thought we hung in there and kept pressing the whole game. And that’s all you can ask for. And sometimes you don’t get the result you want, but we’ve got three more conference games so there’s still lots of chances out there to get some points.”

In net, junior Gaby Gold relieved Martin in the 37th minute and made two saves

Kendall Loh/Photo Editor

Binghamton and Hartford were held scoreless for 71 minutes after some intermittent rain muddied the teams’ scoring opportunities.

as she finished the game for Binghamton.

Next up for BU is a Sunday match at home against Stony Brook. The Seawolves (8-5-1, 3-2-0 AE), who now sit in BU’s vacated fifth-place slot, are coming off a 3-2 overtime loss to conference-rival UMBC, who currently leads the conference with a 4-1 record.

“Sometimes a loss can get under our skin a little bit for the next game and get us a little bit more motivated, a little bit more urgent and I think that’s

Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. at what we’ll have to be on Sunday because it’s a tough Stony the Bearcats Sports Complex.

Brook team,” McClellan said.

“But we’ll be ready.”

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Oct. 20

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Welcome to the sixth week of Pipe Dream NFL Picks! Every week, Pipe Dream sports editors and one guest will attempt to correctly predict the outcome of four upcoming games of their choice, selecting one prediction as a LOCK. Getting the LOCK correct earns you three points, while getting it wrong costs you one.

The other three games are worth one point each, and there is no penalty for wrong guesses on these. Ties give you a half-point. After the fifth week, Erik and the guest ascend to a first-place tie with 12 points apiece. Ari sinks to third with 10, and Ashley hits rock bottom with a stagnant five. If you want to submit picks, email sports@bupipedream.com.

Pipe Dream Picks Erik 11-9 12 Guest 11-9 12 Ari 6-14 10 Ashley 7-13 5 Sports Editor

Ari Kramer’s Picks

LOCK: MIAMI (-7.5) over Buffalo Miami coming off the bye will not let Thad Lewis start 2-0 against the spread.

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Erik Bacharach's Picks

LOCK: GREEN BAY (-10) over Cleveland A Cleveland team hasn’t won on the road in nearly a century.

San Diego (-7.5) over JACKSONVILLE At this stage in the game and with the fan base assumingly near mutiny, home field can’t possibly be an advantage for the Jaguars.

GREEN BAY (-10) over Cleveland Could it get any easier?

San Francisco (-4) over TENNESSEE San Francisco is starting to figure things out. In Fitzpatrick we don’t trust.

Minnesota (+3.5) over NY GIANTS The G-men are clearly overachieving thus far into the season.

They’re averaging 272.2 pass yards per game, good for eighth in the league. They’re due for a loss.

JACKSONVILLE (+7.5) over San Diego Leave it to Philip Rivers to give the Jags at least a shot at their first win.

KANSAS CITY (-6) over Houston (Jamaal) Charles in charge.

LOCK: Chicago (pk) over WASHINGTON The Redskins are broken. RGIII’s getting better, but he’s not there just yet, and Jay Cutler’s doing too well. He’ll have fun against Washington’s secondary.

LOCK: Cleveland (+10) over GREEN BAY Cleveland’s in Ohio. Also from Ohio? Our 19th and least remembered president, Rutherford B. Hayes. I live in Hayes. Whattup. #ShabbatParties

Tampa Bay (+7) over ATLANTA I don’t care that my 7-year-old cousin could do a better job than Greg Schiano and that a Backstreet Boy wants him fired — not without Julio Jones.

WASHINGTON (pk) over Chicago The end of the government shutdown should give the Washington Redskins the invigoration they need to beat out those grizzly, grizzly Bears. The Skins do play for D.C., right?

Dallas (+3) over PHILADELPHIA All the Cowboys have to do is not lose. Yes, DeMarcus Ware’s being out makes it questionable, but the Eagles’ defense blows regardless, so they’re really just evening that out.

Denver (-6.5) over INDIANAPOLIS If you’ve seen any football this season (which I may or may not have), you’re buying high on Denver and riding Peyton all the way to the bank. Plus, Peyton rhymes with Eytan. #Roomies4lyfe NY GIANTS (-3.5) over Minnesota In this epic the Vikings will be grasshoppers in their own sight, and so they will be to the Giants. And so it was.

DETROIT (-2.5) over Cincinnati This one’s hard. The Lions don’t have a very good defense, but the Bengals play it too close. Home field advantage might make the decision.

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Bearcats can't hold 2-1 lead, settle for tie at Stony Brook Nicholson assists both Binghamton goals, has recorded six points in last four matches Matt Turner Pipe Dream Sports After overcoming an early defensive mistake to take a 2-1 lead over Stony Brook, the Binghamton men’s soccer team couldn’t hang on for a win, allowing an equalizing goal and settling for a 2-2 tie Wednesday night at LaValle Stadium.

In the 18th minute, the Bearcats (3-7-3, 1-1-1 America East) turned the ball over in their own territory and the Seawolves (5-6-1, 1-1-1 AE) capitalized on their opportunity.

Seawolf freshman midfielder Jorge Torres ripped a shot from 35 yards out, finding the back of the open net for the first goal of his collegiate career. “[The goal is] a difficult one to swallow because up until that point they really weren’t knocking on the door,” head coach Paul Marco said.

Following Torres’ goal, the Bearcats responded with two of their own, each of which received an assist by junior midfielder Ben Nicholson. The first came in the 37th minute off the foot of junior forward Steven Celeste. He played a ball in from midfield and took a shot from the top of the box past Seawolf senior goalkeeper Carlos Villas for Celeste’s team-leading third goal of the season.

“I expected [Celeste] to be one of the guys to replace [former Bearcat] Jake Keegan,” Marco said. “I knew we were going to have to try and find that goal-scorer from within our team … obviously Steven [Celeste] is showing that he is that guy.”

Four minutes into the second half, the Bearcats struck again.

Senior back and captain Robbie Hughes gave BU the advantage with a header on a corner kick by Nicholson.

The lead was short-lived, however. Only three minutes after the Binghamton goal, Stony Brook responded with the equalizer, and ultimately the game’s final goal.

Junior midfielder Keith McKenna put a shot past sophomore goalkeeper Stefano Frantellizzi after a cross by sophomore midfielder Martin Giordano was deflected right to him.

“If they had won the three points, I would have really felt that we let the game get away from us” — Paul Marco BU head coach

Both teams attempted to evade overtime, peppering each other’s goal with shots throughout the remainder of the second half. Binghamton sent six toward Villas and Stony Brook kicked nine at Frantellizzi, but neither keeper would allow a third goal.

With a minute left in the second overtime period, the Bearcats had as good of a chance to score as any, but failed to come away with a goal. “[I’m] disappointed that we didn’t come home with three points,” Marco said. “I thought we had a couple of really good chances to get a goal late in the second half and again in both overtimes. Saying that, I think we dodged a bullet. If they had won the three points, I would have really felt that we let the game get away from us.”

Despite surrendering two goals, Frantellizzi had another impressive performance in goal to increase his saves on the season to 70. As of Oct. 13, he ranked No. 7 in the nation.

With two assists against Stony Brook, Nicholson has registered six points over Binghamton’s last four matches. “[Nicholson] had good moments where he really got on the ball, created some havoc for them and he played his part in the game,” Marco said.

Averaging 2.5 goals over their last two contests and remaining unbeaten in that span, the Bearcats will attempt to keep their heads up on Saturday when they take on Hartford. The Hawks (8-3-2, 1-20 AE) dropped their last match to New Hampshire Wednesday night, allowing the Wildcats (9-3-0, 3-0 AE) to remain undefeated in conference play.

Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m at Al-Marzook Field in Hartford, Conn.

Tycho McManus/Contributing Photographer

Senior back and captain Robbie Hughes netted his second goal of the season as Binghamton tied Stony Brook.

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