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Pipe Dream Tuesday, November 26, 2013 | Binghamton University | www.bupipedream.com | Vol. LXXXIV, Issue 22
University quilts for a cause
Program provides computers, training Fifteen community members receive loaned equipment Margaret-Rose Roazzi Contributing Writer
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REACH (Real Education About College Health) puts together a quilt to raise awareness of HIV and AIDS. The purpose of the quilt was to have a visual display of support for those who are affected or know someone who is affected by HIV/AIDS.
R.E.A.C.H. promotes AIDS awareness, advocates for prevention Emily Coleman Contributing Writer Real Education About College Health (REACH) shed light on the reality of HIV and AIDS in college while decorating an awareness quilt. Jazell Johnson, a health educator at the Decker Student Health Services Center, organized “Face
AIDS with REACH” with the help of REACH interns and her graduate assistant, Alaina Ryan. “The purpose of the quilt is to have a visual display of support for those who are affected or know of someone who is affected by HIV/ AIDS,” Johnson wrote in an email. Students, along with REACH interns, decorated red-cloth ribbons.
Fraternity hosts dodgeball fundraiser Delta Epsilon Psi raises $1,000 for juvenile diabetes research Madeline Gottlieb Contributing Writer
Members of Binghamton University Greek Life took aim at diabetes Friday as they dodged balls for charity. The fraternity members of Delta Epsilon Psi hosted a dodgeball tournament, raising $1,000 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). Raising double their original goal, the members had a lot to say about their success. “We couldn’t ask for anything more from the campus and the community. We managed to raise $1,000. It’s definitely remarkable,” said Shreyans Sanghvi, a senior majoring in integrative neuroscience. The fraternity chose the JDRF because of its special significance. “JDRF has been our national philanthropy [since] one of our
“We couldn’t ask for anything more from the campus and the community ... It’s definitely remarkable” — Shreyans Sanghvi BU senior
brothers, Vishal Bhagat, passed away and requested that Delta Epsilon Psi support JDRF,” said Tommy Higgins, a sophomore majoring in electrical engineering. “Since then, every chapter in our fraternity has made it a constant effort to help
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The interns then took the cloth ribbons and trimmed the outside edges to place them on the quilt. REACH aimed to increase awareness about HIV and AIDS and provide a visual for support for HIV/AIDS patients on and off campus. REACH also addressed misconceptions and stigma related to AIDS.
“These misconceptions are that it’s not going to happen to [college students], and they don’t necessarily know all the possible ways they could contract HIV,” Johnson wrote. “So they may not be as cautious as they could be.”
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Fifteen Broome County residents were loaned fully functional computers as a part of the Bridging the Digital Divide Project (BDDP). Each person received all necessary components including monitors, engines, keyboards and mice at an event held Friday at the Broome County Urban League. The project began in 2008 through the collaboration of Binghamton University’s Center for Civic Engagement (CCE), SUNY Broome Community College, AmeriCorps VISTA and New York Campus Compact. The groups wanted to provide victims of underemployment and unemployment, those who have been incarcerated, immigrants and refugees, impoverished youth and the elderly with computer literacy education and refurbished computer loans. The program has 262 volunteers, including students from both BU and BCC, who work together with seven faculty members as well as four professional staff members. The program also has 12 charity partners in the Southern Tier.
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Runners strip layers for charity 5k around the Brain collects clothes for the homeless Jeremy Bernstein News Intern Binghamton community members stripped their clothes off on Saturday morning, and it wasn’t because of a wild night of partying. They were participating in Strip for a Cause, a 5K campus run that raised money for the Cornell Cooperative Extension, which provides clothes for the Broome County Urban League’s Urban Star Vintage Boutique in Johnson City. In the race, which was co-sponsored by the Cornell Cooperative Extension and the Student Volunteer Center, runners started out with several layers of clothing on, and they took layers off at collecting points along the run. The layers they removed were then donated to the thrift shop. The race started at the University Union, went around the Brain, proceeded up to the Nature Preserve and then finished back at the Union. Matthew Christian finished the 5K first, with a time of 20 minutes, 18 seconds. “Taking my clothes off during the run was kind of weird,” said Christian, a sophomore majoring in economics.
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Students and community members participate in Strip for a Cause, a 5K campus run Saturday morning. The race, which was co-sponsored by the Cornell Cooperative Extension and the Student Volunteer Center, asked for clothing donations from all the participants, who stripped off layers of clothing at various stations along the course.
“When I got to the first group of people who were taking clothes I just ripped it off and threw it. I gave two shirts, pajama pants and I am going to give my shorts after this interview.” According to Christian, being on the Binghamton University crew team and running track and field in high school
helped him prepare for the event. Tara McElroy, a sophomore majoring in biology, was the first female to finish the race. “22:19 and I did it in a dress,” McElroy said.
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