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Grant to fund alcohol research

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$8.2M goes to studying abuse and reprecussions

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Bro Safari performs in front of a packed crowd at the Veteran’s Memorial Arena. The performance on Saturday was part of Empire Fest, a weekend-long carnival and fundraiser for the Broome County Urban League.

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Pipe Dream News Did you know Bearcats could be airborne?

The Outdoor Pursuits department of Binghamton University’s Campus Recreation has opened a new ropes course for students and staff to participate in various team-building activities, culminating in a zip line ride through the trees.

The course, which is located

along the wooded path between the East Gym and the Old Dickinson Community, features “high” and “low” elements for groups to participate in. The course was built last March, and is now open for students and faculty to come in and participate as a way to build trust and cooperation within social or working groups.

The low elements include a tightrope, a large teeter-totter as well as other challenges, all focusing on team-building

exercises. On the other side of the path, the high elements feature cargo nets up in the trees, more tightropes and the zip line.

Teresa High, the director of Outdoor Pursuits, came to Binghamton University 18 years ago, after a background of working with team-building exercises at Penn State. Originally she had plans for an indoor rock-climbing wall, but those plans fell through when the University remodeled the Rec Center. She said the

team-building challenge course was a natural fit for the Outdoor Pursuits department but took years to build because of planning, safety precautions and getting permission from the University.

“It’s been in the works,” High said. “We’ve had business plans for it since 2003, so after the indoor climbing wall fell through, we looked to enhancing what Outdoor Pursuits was, and then this was the next logical growth step.”

The $20,000 ropes course was

paid for entirely by the Campus Rec department, which raised money through gym memberships and fees for other classes. Although the program is financially solvent, High said she hoped to see donors expand it further.

“We thought it would be a good investment for the campus and the campus culture,” High said.

“I would really like to get some alumni donors behind it, I think it

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The Developmental Exposure Alcohol Research Center (DEARC) received a five-year, $8.2 million grant on Sept. 1 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

The DEARC researches the effects of alcohol abuse, focusing on the effects of maternal alcohol consumption and adolescent binge drinking.

The lab is trying to better understand the reasons why destructive behaviors occur.

According to Linda Spear, psychology professor and coordinator of the DEARC lab, alcohol exposure affects brain development and behavior both before birth and after, and prenatal exposure increases the likelihood of adolescent abuse.

“Elevated alcohol use during adolescence increases the probability of developing an alcohol abuse disorder in adulthood, thereby increasing the probability of use during pregnancy and continuing the cycle of alcohol problems into the next generation,” Spear said.

The labs, in collaboration with similar labs at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, are also trying to better understand the cycle and prevent it from continuing.

The laboratories are divided into three divisions, studying the ‘cores’ of the DEARC: animal, cell and molecular biology and neuroantomy.

The animal core studies the effect of alcohol on the brain function and structure in rodents. The molecular biology

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On Saturday afternoon, a group of students ventured into the Nature Preserve with the goal of exploring the edge of campus.

The two hour hike, led by professor Julian Shepherd, was one of the first events by the Harpur Edge Project, a program that aims to create activities to bring together Harpur College students.

Shepherd, who was assisted

by Nature Preserve steward Dylan Horvath, said that the hike focused on making students aware of their

surroundings and the animals that share the environment.

“We looked at different plants and animals,” Shepherd said. “We talked about the beavers, who are master builders. They’re doing truly amazing things to their home and have really changed the Nature Preserve.”

Shepherd taught the hikers about the Preserve and the organisms that live there, according to Ben Boulos, a junior majoring in integrative neuroscience.

“We talked a lot about ecology, food chains and migration patterns,” Boulos said. “He also mentioned the history of the Preserve,

It was nice to go with somebody who...could talk from a position of authority

— Ben Bolous Junior majoring in Integrated Neuroscience

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Pipe Dream News Graduate students are just a fraction of the student population at Binghamton University, but through teaching and research their presence has grown. The students that comprise the graduate population are represented by the Graduate Student Organization (GSO).

The GSO operates similarly to the Student Association (SA).

They put on cultural, academic and social programs each year as well as represent the interests of graduate students to faculty and administration. Similarly to the SA, the GSO receives part of a $200,000 budget from an activity fee paid by all graduate students, which is at most $65 a semester per student.

The GSO Senate, which is equivalent to the SA Student Congress, approves budgets and addresses policy issues that come the student body.

These issues include reducing University fees for students studying abroad, establishing graduate advising guidelines

We're trying to build a stronger general graduate student community and make graduate students more a part of the campus — Alison Coombs GSO President

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For Jon Banko, a member of Outdoor Pursuits staff and a graduate student studying computer engineering, the ropes course is a way to get students more involved in outdoor activities.

“I think its great because it is a unique experience compared to other opportunities on campus,” Banko said. “It expands the outdoors element to campus and it gets people more involved with group activities.”

The ropes course is designed to promote bonding and trust within groups; it features games like a large multi-person teeter-totter, which involves players supporting each other on tightropes, as well as an activity where participants climb a cargo net into the trees and help each other reach the top, where a bell can be rung.

“I think the ropes course is a thrilling adventure right here on campus. I rode along the zip lining course as a result of winning the raffle offered at the Rec fest,” said Andrew Muscarella, a freshman majoring in engineering. “I think that the zip lining course is a great way for student organizations to develop team building and performance, especially if the entire course is used.”

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A ropes course in Newing is open along the wooded path between the East Gym and the Old Dickinson Community. The Outdoor Pursuits department of Binghamton University’s Campus Recreation opened the new ropes course for students and staff to participate in various team-building activities, culminating in a zip line ride through the trees.

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According to Spear, the lab was selected for funding because of the excellence of the researchers and the value of the proposed research.

“An important aspect of Centers is that they are more than the sum of their parts - that the research efforts of the group as a whole working together are greater than the combined efforts of each member of the group,” she wrote in an email.

The grant money, which is an accumulation of a number of smaller grants from the NIH, is designated for funding staff and graduate researchers, as well as lab equipment and supplies.

“The DEARC funds a number of laboratories here at Binghamton,” Spear

wrote. “Providing research opportunities for graduate students, undergraduate students and their faculty research mentors and salary support for several dozen individuals here and at Upstate.”

However, she said that some of the money would still be available for use for outreach, research consultations and DEARC meetings.

The supplies and funding end up being beneficial to undergraduate students as well, according to psychology chair Peter Gerhardstein.

“Undergraduates in these labs acquire cutting edge techniques and experience with hands-on research with something that truly is a growing concern, not just a lab exercise,” Gerhardstein said.

“This is a real world research lab with real world research problems. It’s the best option for any postgraduate line of study.”

An important aspect of Centers is that they are more than the sum of their parts — Linda Spear Psychology Professor

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Local News Binghamton man gets life for double murder in 2013 A 40-year-old Binghamton man has been sentenced to life in prison for the killings of his estranged wife and her male friend. The Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin reports the judge called Aaron Powell a “cold-blooded killer” as he handed down the sentence Wednesday. Powell was convicted in July on counts of first- and second-degree murder for the March 2013 deaths of 35-year-old Christina Powell and 24-year-old Mario Masciarelli inside her town of Binghamton home. Authorities say Christina Powell was strangled with an electrical cord and Masciarelli was beaten. Powell was arrested in Pennsylvania several days after the victims’ bodies were found. The life sentence is for first-degree murder. He also was sentenced to consecutive penalties of 25 years to life on two seconddegree murder charges.

National University News Colleges re-thinking sexual assault education As freshmen descend on college campuses, they enter the “red zone” — a period between Labor Day and Thanksgiving during which they are most vulnerable to sexual assault. This year is different, though. It is the first since the U.S. Department of Education released a list of colleges and universities under federal investigation for their handling of rape and sexual assault complaints and many schools are making sexual assault awareness programs mandatory for incoming students. The list, which includes 77 schools under investigation, was released in May. It represents one piece of a national conversation that gained unprecedented political momentum in April, when the newly minted White House Task Force to Prevent Students from Sexual Assault released its first report, alongside a website designed to advise colleges on how to combat rape on campus. Since then, Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat, has introduced a bill to require annual surveys of students and require schools to staff confidential advisers on campus.

Northridge college finds hazing in hiking death Hazing was involved in the death of a California State University, Northridge, student who collapsed during an 18-mile fraternity pledge hike, the school’s president announced Friday. Pi Kappa Phi, the fraternity that held the hike, has agreed to close its chapter, a criminal investigation is underway and after that will come school reviews that could result in some students being disciplined or possibly expelled, CSUN President Dianne F. Harrison said. Armando Villa, 19, who had just completed his freshman year, died last month after he passed out during a hike with other Pi Kappa Phi pledges in the Angeles National Forest.

State News New service offers female drivers for NYC women Starting next week, women in New York City will be able to request a female driver through a new livery service. It’s called SheTaxis-SheRides. It starts Sept. 16. The New York Times says the drivers will wear hot pink pashmina scarves. The service will take requests for rides through an app. Potential riders will be asked if there is a woman in their party. If not, they’ll be automatically redirected to other car services. The app will be available only through Apple, but will eventually be made available for Android.

Stella Mateo is behind the livery service. Her husband is Fernando Mateo, the founder of the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers.

The group represents 30,000 taxi and livery drivers. She says she plans to expand the service to other cities.

Corrections An article published on Sept.

5 stated that both Rabbi Akiva Weiss and his wife, Hillel Executive Director Nataly Weiss are involved with the Heshe and Harriet Seif Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus (JLIC). Only Akiva Weiss is affiliated with JLIC, Nataly Weiss is not. stabilizing: extra side cheese from tony's

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Police Watch A lighter take on campus crime

Big Brother Is Watching You FRIDAY, Sept. 5, 5:45 p.m. — A 56-year-old female found that her SUV was rear-ended while it was parked in lot M2, said Investigator Patrick Reilly of Binghamton’s New York State University Police.

The victim allegedly found a note that was written by a third party observer that gave a description of the incident. Officers were called by the victim and they contacted the witness. The witness told officers everything she observed about the hit-and-run, including the make and model of the suspect’s car as well as the license plate number. After looking up the license plate, officers tracked down the 20-year-old female suspect and gave her a ticket for leaving the scene of a property damage accident. The suspect apologized for the trouble she caused.

Clocking Out Early FRIDAY, Sept. 5, 11:47 p.m. — Officers responded to the bus stop at the University Union because of a report of an intoxicated individual on an OCCT bus, Reilly said. The individual, an 18-year-old male, was lying on the floor of the bus and was reportedly having trouble breathing. The suspect stated that he was at a fraternity party earlier in the night and had smoked marijuana and drank Fireball whiskey.

Officers contacted Harpur’s Ferry and the victim was transported to a local hospital.

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The Ol’ Switcheroo SATURDAY, Sept. 6, 3:15 p.m. — A 19-year-old female resident of Johnson Hall in Dickinson Community contacted University Police because she believed that her clothing was stolen from the laundry room in the dorm, Reilly said. The victim stated that she put her clothing in a dryer and left the room and when she went back, another person’s clothing was in the dryer. The victim checked all other dryers and the trash can but could not find her clothing in any of them. RA’s were notified and said that they would send an email to the RD to let her know. Later in the day, officers received a call from the victim stating that she found her clothing. Another student took the clothing out of the dryer because they believed that it was their friend’s clothing and they wanted to get their clothing for them. The student brought the clothing back to the laundry room and gave it to the victim.

Honesty Is The Best Policy SUNDAY, Sept. 7, 2:39 a.m. — Officers on patrol in Dickinson Community noticed an individual standing next to O’Connor Hall lighting up a cigarette, Reilly said. After the suspect lit the cigarette, the officers noticed the odor of marijuana coming from the suspect. The officers approached the 19-year-old male and asked him about the odor. The suspect produced a marijuana cigarette and was told that he would be contacted by his RD about this situation.

No criminal charges were filed.

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Grad students build community GSO continued from Page 1 and wellness programs aimed at graduate students.

The GSO addresses issues that are specific to the graduate student community, such as childcare for students with families.

Bingwei Liu, vice president of multicultural affairs and a fourth year doctorate student studying electrical and computer engineering, said that graduate student parents could have difficulties paying the increased tuition for the campus pre-school.

“It’s unfair to graduate students because we don’t have very high income,” Liu said. “Some of us don’t have any income at all.”

Graduate representatives responded to higher day-care costs by reinstating a $6,000 fund to reimburse affected students.

Low income for students employed by the University is another issue the GSO is tackling, said Rukhsar Sharif, vice president of the GSO and a third year graduate student in the education program.

“We are trying to improve the situation of our student employees on campus so that their needs are being met,” Sharif said. “The cost of living is getting higher so we are concerned that they have enough salaries and that they are not being overworked at their jobs so that they have enough time for their own academic studies.”

The GSO has met with the Graduate Student Employees Union (GSEU) to advocate for better contracts from State University of New York and for increases in student funding at the University level. However, because the proposed contract was considered too low by these

We're trying... to make graduate students more a part of campus — Alison Coombs GSO President

organizations, they plan to continue negotiations.

According to GSO President Alison Coombs, the lack of employment opportunities becoming a larger issue for graduate students. She said that the GSO is trying to create more career and networking events targeted at graduate students.

“Right now we’re working on getting more graduate studentoriented programs through the Career Development Center and the alumni office, both of which tend to focus on undergraduates,” Coombs said.

According Coombs, the current executive board is striving to connect graduate students across campus.

“We are trying to get graduate students to socialize across departments and across disciplines more because there’s a tendency for people to focus just within their own program,” said Coombs, a fourth year doctorate student studying philosophy.

“We’re

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trying to build a stronger general graduate student community and make graduate students more a part of the campus.”

Though the GSO is primarily for graduate students, Coombs said that it is also interested in working more with the SA and is planning a lecture series with undergraduates and professors.

“We’re trying to connect with the SA and other groups on campus so that we can have better community among all students and then also among students, faculty and administration,” Coombs said.

Besides hosting academic and career events, the GSO has social events to bring graduate students together, said Anand Balashanmugam, a second year graduate student studying computer science and the graduate assistant to the president of GSO. “We have monthly town hall meetings where we call in local community people and professors to talk about the University,”

Balashanmugam said. “We have movie lover screenings, happy hour and we have end of semester parties.”

Balashanmugam also said that he hoped the GSO would reach out to more graduate students for events.

“For the past couple of years, we couldn’t publicize our events very well because we didn’t have a very good social media presence going on,” Balashanmugam said.

“Now our Facebook page is very active, our Twitter page is very active.”

Michael Schwartz, a second year graduate student in student affairs administration, said he was interested in attending more GSO events for the chance to meet graduate students in other departments.

“It’s not that easy to get to know people as a grad student outside of your department,” Schwartz said.

“Hopefully we get to know more people and we get active people who actually want to do things.”

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Shepherd also addressed threats to wildlife, such as the growing deer population.

“The deer problem is a complicated problem,” Shepherd said. “Way back when, they would have been controlled by mountain lions and wolves, but there are no longer mountain lions or wolves, and there haven’t been for years.”

Boulos said that he decided to sign up to get the perspective of an expert after exploring for years on his own.

“I’m a junior and I’ve been around the Preserve a few times, but it was nice to go with somebody who knew so much about it and could talk

from a position of authority,” Boulos said.

While Shepherd acknowledged that most students and faculty go to the Nature Preserve to relax, he said it provides more than recreation for campus.

“It’s also for academics,” Shepherd said. “We have a lot of classes in there like Elementary Bio and Wetlands.

I’ve even run into English professors and art professors having their students interact with the Nature Preserve.”

Boulos and Shepherd both said that standing on the bridge overlooking the Preserve was the most memorable moment of the hike.

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Local DJs and headliner dro-dro-dro-drop the bass at Forever Glow III: FutureHype Odeya Pinkus | Assistant Release Editor Things got wild at the Veteran’s Memorial Arena on Saturday, as trap artist Bro Safari came to Binghamton.

His performance was part of Forever Glow III: FutureHype, a seven-act electronic music show put on as part of Empire Fest, a three-day community event featuring carnival rides, games, food, a basketball tournament and musical acts. It was all put together by local radio station 93.3 WJOB-FM, together with the Broome County Urban League.

The concert started slow but, by the end, the arena was shaking with jumping and headbanging.

Strobe lights, smoke machines and hundreds of bass drops came together to make a mind-blowing experience. As the night went on, the

crowd got bigger and more intense.

Many of the attendees dressed for the occasion, bejeweling their faces, and some toted LED hula hoops that added to the ambiance.

The entire audience danced to the beats from 7:30 p.m., until the shows closed four hours later (due to the arena’s strict 11:30 p.m. curfew).

While the music was loud, the entire experience was aurally incredible.

“It was like listening to crystal raindrops hitting my ear drums,” said Tony Fahey, a sophomore majoring in computer science. “My homie Jared put on an amazing set.

Jizzy Fra for life. Bro Safari can father my children.”

While Bro Safari was the main attraction, perhaps one of the highlights of the event was that most of the DJs were hometown acts, and students were given the opportunity to see their friends and

peers showcasing the craft at its best.

“I really enjoyed the show and especially how they incorporated local acts such as my friend Christian Randell to open for them,” said Caitlin Kelly, a senior majoring in environmental studies. “It was interesting to see the local talents and a friend on stage. Plus I am a huge EDM fan myself so it was great to have another show in the area.”

Six of the seven artists were local to the area, and included The Templar, NOTIXX, HypeMan Mike, Alfred Moonboots, MADNICE, Randy McRandell and Jizzy Fra. Many even had connections to the University, like NOTIXX (2012 alumnus Ryan Sinatra), Randy McRandell (Christian Randell, a senior majoring in psychology), and Jizzy Fra (Jared Frazer, a senior majoring in English). The main act,

Bro Safari, closed the show.

Forever Glow III is the third in a series of local dance music concerts, the first two featuring alllocal artists. While those both had good turnouts, this one was bigger partly because of promotion through a student-made company, That New Jam. The business, headed by Randell, is focused on putting “the people who spin the wheels in the industry in the limelight through a weekly radio show, playlist curation and daily blog posts,” according to their website.

That New Jam reached out to the University community, expanding sales by approximately 400 tickets.

The company opened up “pop-up shops” around the Binghamton community, where they sold tickets, without the use of Ticketmaster, for $25. They said that Ticketmaster’s fee was unfair, and that this was

the best way to sell to students at a reasonable price.

While the mixes sound so good they seem to be pre-recorded, every piece performed was created right there on the spot.

“You can make stuff sound pretty weird and pretty trippy and stuff like that, if you know what you’re doing,” opener Jizzy Fra said.

He explained that while he doesn’t usually change the beats per minute, he will often slow down a song to “bring out different qualities in the song that you wouldn’t notice before.”

Each and every act showed off their individual styles during the performance, and while Bro Safari was truly incredible, it was an awesome way to see a community in Binghamton present what they do best.

Find the cream of the crop at Bing farmers' market Skip the supermarkets: local growers sell fresh produce, grass-fed beef at rock-bottom prices Evy Pitt-Stoller | Contributing Writer Too lazy to drive to Weis? Too poor to shop at Wegmans? Too stubborn to figure out exactly where to turn off Main Street to get to Price Chopper? Good news, Downtown Binghamtonians, there’s a small farmers’ market just one block down from State Street, that will take you to produce, protein, coffee and cake heaven.

Chock full of fresh kale, garlic, giant tomatoes, nectarines, leeks and so much more, you’ll never again have to buy bagged supermarket lettuce again. With ridiculously reduced prices – especially for the quality and quantity that’s being sold – the Binghamton Farmers’ Market serves you fresh, chemical-free, locally grown produce, poultry, coffee, baked

goods and meat.

The market, located on Collier Street, is open on Fridays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and has been around for “as long as anyone can remember,” according to their website. When I asked the vendors for a real answer, they mostly just stared into the distance and, after a few seconds answered, “…it’s been here for a while.”

So we’re dealing with some historical groceries, people.

Niechelle Wade, one of the vendors at the market, sells fresh produce and homemade jam and honey that are grown and masterfully created at her farm, Sunny Hill, in Whitney Point.

Her stand is impressively colorful and eclectic, and she is exceptionally nice.

Another stand, cutely named “Closer to the Heart,” stands out for its fresh

and organic meat and poultry. Adrian Biscontini, the affable and energetic vendor, runs Closer to the Heart by himself, and raises (and slaughters) his own cows and chickens about three miles from Binghamton. At a certain point, business is simply business, he said when I asked him how it felt to raise and then slaughter the animals. His beef is grass-fed, his products are chemicalfree and he’s in his third successful season.

Another exciting secret Biscontini shared, is that he sells a lot of his products to Galaxy Brewing Company, a popular and delicious restaurant/ brewery located on Court Street. So if you pig out on their menu, find solace knowing you’re sustaining a neighborhood farm.

I know what you’re thinking – what happens in about a week when it’s no longer sunny and beautiful? The Collier Street market runs only from mid-June through October (because of the unpredictable Binghamton climate, there’s no set ending date).

But beginning in November and ending in March, there will be another market located in the Metro Center on Court Street every first and third Saturday of the month.

So when you’re roaming the aisles of big business supermarkets, you can skip the produce section and head right to the Totino’s Pizza Rolls. At the farmers’ market, stock up on fresh coffee, bread and arugula, taste a sample of fresh salsa (maybe even get the recipe) and support your local farms.

Chock full of fresh kale, garlic, giant tomatoes, nectarines, leeks and so much more, you’ll never again have to buy bagged supermarket lettuce again.

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Binghamton turns down, Empire Fest turns up Empire will strike back next year as event successfully draws students, locals to carnival Rich Kersting | Release Last weekend, Empire Fest transformed Downtown Binghamton into a three-day festival with 14 carnival rides, an electronic music concert and a 3-on-3 basketball tournament that occupied sections of Washington and Hawley streets.

Local radio station 93.3 WJOB-FM and The Broome County Urban League hosted the festival, which they plan to make an annual event. The main attraction was Saturday night’s Forever Glow III show, featuring Bro Safari, in the Veteran’s Memorial Arena. Empire Fest has been in the works for over a year, and the first permits for the show went out as early as last March.

Damien Cornwell, director of operations at WJOB and a selfproclaimed entrepreneur, believes that the student population in Binghamton is a stable base for projects. Because of the student population’s projected growth, there’s a sustainable revenue stream for projects like Empire Fest.

The festival isn’t just about the money,

however, it’s about community. More specifically, it’s about building the local community with the growing student bodies at SUNY Broome Community College and Binghamton University.

“We always want to do different things to connect with the student population,” Cornwell said. “We really think there’s value in our student body.”

The Forever Glow III show is a followup to Cornwell’s Forever Glow I and II shows, where local DJs from SUNY BCC performed. And while Forever Glow III targeted students and mollyminded individuals, one of the most popular Empire Fest events – Blues

on the Bridge, a daylong Blues concert and crafts fair – didn’t take place until Sunday. All Sunday, Binghamton locals packed onto the crowded bridge and surrounding lawns of Riverside Drive, which was lined with food vendors and craftspeople. Even the County Sheriff’s office had a display, showing off its giant command vehicle (basically a souped up RV). Everyone there was after the same thing: a relaxing day to enjoy the community that at times feels absent.

Christian Randell, one of the festival’s promoters, said that the Empire Fest was planned in response to complaints that nothing happens in Binghamton.

“We’re trying to show people that if you want something to happen, we’re going to make it happen,” he said. “This festival is here to celebrate the city of Binghamton.”

Empire Fest’s location in the middle of Downtown Binghamton was convenient to get to the festival, but inconvenient for students trying to do anything else. The location meant shutting down several blocks, which disrupted normal traffic patterns. Commuters traveling to or from the Binghamton University Downtown Center had their routes altered, with OCCT temporarily suspending the Downtown Center stop.

Washington Street between Hawley Street and Riverside Drive was entirely closed off, requiring students living in 20 Hawley and Twin River Commons to take numerous detours to drive to and from their apartments.

“We’re shutting down the city and bringing the community together,” Randell said.

Empire Fest was one of the rare times of the year that Binghamton comes alive, one of the city’s ways to celebrate the local community without the craziness.

Empire Fest’s location in the middle of Downtown Binghamton was convenient to get to the festival, but inconvenient for students trying to do anything else.

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33 Like some socks 36 1982 film known for its computer graphics 37 Sub finder 38 Prepare for an ambush 40 Piece of the past 43 First commercial U.S. radio station, located in Pittsburgh 44 Get __ shake 46 Comic strip penguin 48 Canine command 49 Ex-military merchant?

53 Birdbrain 54 Corners the market on 58 Two-piece piece 60 Ornate cases 63 “Ugly __” 64 Nuclear-powered poet?

67 Ace 68 Azerbaijan’s capital 69 Watch handle 70 Sacramento Kings’ __ Arena 71 Place for an altar 72 Bass-baritone Simon 73 Dramatist O’Casey

55 Keep on 34 Keister DOWN 1 Latin music looking 35 Disadvantages genre 56 Mohawk River 39 New Zealander 2 Isn’t straight city 41 NYSE debut 3 Adrien of 57 Utilities tower 42 Hold in check cosmetics 58 Spiked dessert 45 “I am Fortune’s 4 Nursery rhyme 59 Collect in return fool” speaker loser?

61 Tag 47 Theatergoer’s 5 Lifelong ID acknowledgment memento 6 Frankfurter’s 62 “For pity’s __!”

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Hit The Clubs

ttending a General Interest Meeting for the first time can be daunting.

Even if you were the most outgoing, involved kid in high school, college GIMs are uncharted territory.

You may come away from a meeting feeling so awkward you never want to return, like you just exchanged 30 minutes of your life for free pizza, or like you’ve found your niche for the next four years.

The worst approach is vegetating in your dorm room while everyone else is exploring. But make no mistakes, it’s possible to do GIM week wrong.

Don’t be afraid to go at it alone. Freshmen are pack animals, and many students are afraid to be seen eating alone in the dining halls, even during quiet breakfast hours. So, it’s natural that the prospect of meeting an entirely new group of people without a single wingman is unappealing. However, you can make a more clear judgement about a student group if you go without anyone to influence your opinion about the group. Going with someone else might push you toward a hivemind mentality and, besides, you should be looking to expand your social circle by joining groups. You may have more in common with the theater kids than your freshman roommate.

When scouting out potential GIMs to attend, do not let your past hold you back. Just because you wrote for the newspaper in high school, doesn’t mean you have to write for one now. Many of the clubs at Binghamton University do not have a high school equivalent or are unique to our campus. High school simply isn’t the proper environment for Greek life or a student-run ambulance like Harpur’s Ferry, but those could be the clubs most suited for you.

There are some groups on campus that may sound like a good idea, but when you get to the GIM, it’s smaller than you expected, and they may not have their stuff together. Don’t be discouraged.

These groups are an opportunity – if you really care, you could have a good shot at a leadership position, allowing you to make the club a better organization.

Remember, everything here is run by students just like you.

The most important factor in discerning the right club for you this GIM week is how well you connect with the people, not the mission of the club.

Reading the description of a club on B-Line may lead

you to conclude that it’s the right club for you because of a common interest. If you show up and the people in the club are unfriendly to you or not people you see yourself spending time with, do not go back. College is stressful enough; spending time with people you do not like, even if you all enjoy the same activities, is not worth it.

Depending on your personality type, it’s tempting to exclusively sign up for clubs in an effort pad your resume. Clubs offer so much more than opportunities for self-promotion. Participating in a cappella or origami club probably isn’t going to get you a job offer, but a fun escape from classwork is integral to a healthy college experience. Remember that student groups are generally rewarding in a way that’s proportionate to the amount of passion and effort you put in. If you’re in a group because you feel obligated to be in it, you’ll find yourself feeling like you’re wasting time. But if you’re in a group because you want to be in it, you’ll find it one of the most rewarding things you’ll do in college.

Good stewardship requires tough decisions Stabilizing the Preserve's deer population is the only responsible choice Dorothy Farrell Environmental Columnist

Cheers to the best time of the school year: The sun shines harder and the work load is lighter. The birds are chirping, the bees are buzzing and the deer are munching. Though on the surface this scene appears the picture of tranquility, an overabundance of deer on campus is a problem too large to ignore.

The Nature Preserve gets a bit sparser each year. Our 600 acres of forest and wetlands has served as an excellent classroom setting, though students like me are watching it unravel due to negligence. Within the past few decades, the top predators of the Nature Preserve have been removed. Wolves used to keep populations of deer at a balanced level.

Since the wolves’ absence, however, the deer population has skyrocketed to a figure ten times greater than what the forest can support. The deer have eliminated the lower canopy of the forest by browsing on all green they can reach.

As a result, new trees are not able to

responsibility. The Binghamton Climate Action Plan states a “commitment to preservation of forest and native species on University property,” while Binghamton’s Environmental Policy suggests we will “respect and preserve the campus natural areas.” These are serious commitments. If we want to talk about responsibility, we need to follow through. The putting the objectives of these documents into action is vital to Binghamton’s integrity.

Finally, we can use the deer meat to benefit people in need. CHOW,

The only effective way to help the forest regenerate is to actively remove at least ninety 90 percent of deer

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replace old ones, wildflower species have been eliminated and ground nesting birds have disappeared from trampling.

Though the untrained eye may not be able to perceive the ecological damage resulting from mismanagement, we can project that the forest will be depleted of much of its species within the next forty years.

Unfortunately, the only effective way to help the forest regenerate is to actively remove at least 90 percent of deer. Although this is not a practice we take lightly, it is necessary that we make responsible choices. If we continue to do nothing, the forest will continue to decline to something that more resembles a meadow of ferns (one of the few foods deer find intolerable).

Nobody wants to be a deer killer, but we need to embrace the benefits of this action. There are three ways in which this action will positively serve the broader community. First, the forest will have the opportunity to regenerate.

The forest has become a sanctuary for students and citizens alike who enjoy passing time within its tranquility.

Healthy forests clean the air and water, sequester carbon and foster biodiversity.

Secondly, the management of deer populations would demonstrate the University’s leadership in environmental

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Binghamton’s most prominent food bank, has recently partnered with our dining halls to accept left over dining hall food through the Food Recovery Network. Under certain regulations, we may be able to provide the meat for thousands of meals to hungry people.

Not all decisions are easy. At the same time, actions that reflect a desire to benefit others, whether that be the birds of the preserve, students or the broader community, are noble and rewarding. I cannot understand how this University, a center for education and intellectualism, is so passive in responding to the environmental problems in our backyard. How can we contribute to the degradation of this planet in full awareness of the intensity of the situation? Ultimately, the decisions we make in regards to the environment are things that will sooner or later come back to us.

It is empowering to act as the stewards of our land. Though the increased deer population is a pestering issue, it will not go away on its own. The benefits of action greatly outweigh the costs of negligence.

— Dorothy Farrell is a senior majoring in environmental studies.

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OPINION

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'Rape culture' is not a buzzword, it's a harsh reality

Playing it safe on immigration reform a mistake for Dems

A cruel comment shows sexism is far from dead

Obama's uniltateral action hurts mid-term chances

Molly McGrath Opinion Editor

As I turned the corner of Leroy and Murray on Friday night, a group of male students called out to me, “Stop complaining about ‘rape culture.’ You’re not even hot enough to get raped.”

Taken aback, I remained silent, unable to muster the words to respond to such a senseless, hurtful comment.

In that moment, my peers demonstrated exactly why I cannot and will not stop speaking up about the pervasiveness of hatred toward women. Until a woman can walk down the street free from vicious attacks, there is no reason to stop the conversation. Rape culture is more than just a “hot topic.”

It’s an inescapable reality.

Over the course of my time as a columnist and editor at Pipe Dream, I’ve heard complaints about the section’s “obsession” with discussions of women’s issues and sexual assault.

I’ve been told it’s “overdone” and “stale.” Such criticisms miss the point. The mission of a college Op/Ed section is to start conversations about issues that affect and interest students. The reason we keep talking about rape, assault and misogyny is because actual Binghamton students

experience these phenomena.

And probably more than you’d think.

Rejecting a discussion on the basis that is no longer entertaining is a dangerous and careless means of consuming information. If you’re annoyed that feminist headlines are clogging up your precious newsfeed, just imagine how irritating it is to be disrespected on a daily basis for no reason other than your gender. Rape culture is not something that can be turned off in the same way one closes a Chrome tab.

The tendency to value entertainment over meaningful content is not limited to discussions of rape

Until a woman can walk down the street free from vicious attacks, there is no reason to stop the conversation

culture. Over the course of the summer, the online response to riots in Ferguson, MO shed light on our culture’s empathy deficit. As activists were tear gassed and beaten, many Internet users had to the gall to complain that they were growing tired of hearing so much about the Ferguson movement. In the same way that a woman can’t turn off gender, people of color deal with the implications of living as an oppressed minority every day.

But, some people, like the young men on the corner of Leroy and Murray, would rather not hear about the truth because it is unsettling and doesn’t directly affect them. It must be so hard for them to stomach reality while women and other minorities bear the brunt of a culture that hates us.

Rape is not a compliment.

A threat to sexually abuse a woman is frightening, not flattering. Cat-calling is not a compliment. It’s an attack on female personhood and no woman appreciates it or should have to endure it.

To the men on the corner, if you’re reading this, my answer is no. I will never be bullied into silence. Maybe it’d be easier that way. Maybe I’d be more well-liked by my peers.

If we never discuss ugly topics, change is impossible.

— Molly McGrath is a senior double-majoring in political science and history

David Forrest

His actions threaten to alienate Hispanic voters dangerously close to what is shaping up to be a hotly contested election

Contributing Columnist

It’s official: President Barack Obama has punted on immigration until after the midterm elections. Although it is clear to see why he made his decision, it is undeniable that it will delay action. If nothing else, it will shake the Democratic Party’s already weak support base while simultaneously rallying the Republican Party’s base.

Midterm elections are often referendums on a sitting president’s performance and many Americans have expressed their disapproval of Obama, especially with his recent unilateral executive actions. So when Obama announced on June 30 that he would again use his executive power to make immigration reform without Congress’ consent before the end of the summer, he predictably faced immediate scrutiny from Republicans.

As the summer wore on, vulnerable Senate Democrats facing tough elections were put in an increasingly dangerous position, unable to come out in support of or against Obama’s strategy without angering key portions of their support bases.

As a result, many Democratic senators joined Republicans in criticizing Obama’s immigration efforts and

publicly distanced themselves from the president in TV ads and at fundraisers.

Without the support of key Senate Democrats, Obama had few allies left and was forced to delay any executive action until after the midterm elections. He justified the delay by arguing that the Republican Party’s politicization of the issue would be harmful to any policy that is made before the election and that proposing meaningful immigration reform now would only serve to intensify pre-election partisanship.

While his justification seems reasonable on the surface, the post-election political

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climate is unlikely to be any less polarized than it is now.

In fact, if the Democrats lose control of the Senate, gridlock in Washington will reach new highs, as a Republicancontrolled Congress will be at odds with Obama. In addition, Obama’s justification does not mention what was likely the largest factor behind his decision to delay: the desire to prevent immigration from becoming the defining issue of the 2014 midterms. Obama is seeking to avoid a repeat of the 2010 Republican landslide in response to the Affordable Care Act, which resulted in huge Democratic losses in the House of Representatives and in the Senate.

Most of all, Obama’s decision to delay any immigration action is a huge gamble for his party. His actions threaten to alienate Hispanic voters dangerously close to what is shaping up to be a hotly contested election. Obama is betting that Hispanic voters will remain loyal to the Democratic Party despite his June 30 promise to act independently. Obama’s actions make the Democratic Party appear internally divided. This will rally the Republican base by playing into the Republican Party’s argument that the president is waiting until after the election to overstep his authority in order to prevent any electoral consequences.

— David Forrest is a senior majoring in political science.

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Letters to the Editor To the editor: We are writing this letter commenting on your front-page article “Students for Justice in Palestine, Pro-Israel Group’s Rally on the Spine,” which appeared in last Friday’s edition. We regretfully must point out a disconcerting bias in your overall coverage of our memorial.

That bias starts from the subtitle, which reads “Rally Disrupts First Day of Classes.” (Interestingly enough, the title and subtitle of the article are different on your online version.) Here are several reasons why the piece is biased: 1.

Our event was not a rally nor a demonstration. Contrary to the numerous attempts by PD reporters to reference the memorial as such, as well as the SJP member who clearly stressed this point to a PD reporter, this event was a peaceful, quiet memorial for Palestinian children murdered in the aerial bombardment and the land invasion of Gaza over the summer. The memorial involved the reading of their names and brief biographies. It was intended to urge American and international students not to be complicit with this crime (which more than 350 Holocaust survivors called genocide in the New York Times) with either their silence (or ignorance) or through their taxes (Israel receives more than 3 billion dollars in military aid from the U.S. each year). We are not the first group to do this.

Students have read the names of those killed on 9/11 and on Yom Ha’Shoah (memorial day to the Holocaust). In your newspaper, those events were not represented as rallies, and neither should our event. To call those events “rallies” would be wrong, as is this callous disregard for the meaning and representation of our event.

2.

The claim that we “disrupted” foot traffic on the spine is spurious. We were standing to the side of the walkway, and we made sure not to impede the movement of any student or faculty member.

3.

One of the main purposes of going to college is to debate and to entertain multiple points of view. Aspects of the article, seemed to imply, or presuppose, that speech about current events (and in this case memorializing the dead) is inappropriate on a college campus, including on the first day of class. The first day of class is just like any other day; students learn new things, some of which may initially cause discomfort but end up increasing a student’s knowledge of the world. That is why we believe that the memorial was an opportunity that encourages the students to start thinking about the world.

It asks them not to be apathetic and engage in what happens in the world as conscientious global citizens. This message resonates with an article “Apathy Preserves the Status Quo”

by Kyle Welch, also published in your paper on the first day of class. More importantly, our choosing the first day of class likewise commemorates the slaughter of over 500 Palestinian youth who would, just as us, be attending their first days of school if not for Israeli military aggression.

Of course, PD’s piece is so replete with bias that we can only highlight its most egregious lapses. Despite that, we give PD the benefit of the doubt. And we hope that PD reporters will live up to the standards of serious journalism. Our events will continue as long as injustice in Palestine continues, and they deserve better reporting.

To the editor: The “Renounce, divest, and sanction Israel” piece by Professor Price conflates a few separate issues, and then proposes a solution that solves none of them.

Professor Price is alleging two primary harms, one acute and one chronic: The acute issue is that the recent military incursion was disproportionately harmful, and was therefore immoral. The chronic issue is that the occupation limits Gazan access to food, health care and education while dividing families across the wall.

These two claims need to be dealt with separately. Regarding military incursions, maybe they are a bad idea, or they have a history of being managed poorly, or any number of other issues. Regardless, the most important thing to keep in mind is that the incursions do not happen in a vacuum, and they are not ongoing.

I am not taking a stance on whether or not Israel should have gone into Gaza, on this or any other occasion, but it is patently unfair to compare this incident to the occupation as a whole. To say that the assault on Gaza “exposes the brutality of the occupation” is absurd. It was a response to a kidnapping (and rockets being fired), not something that was a predetermined outcome of the occupation.

In regards to Professor Price’s claims about the occupation, all he mentions is: “the

construction of a wall that divides families and limits [to] Palestinians’ access to food, health and education.”

If those four items are all that is wrong with the occupation, or at least the majority of the harm, then adopting the BDS movement’s goals seems like the wrong way to go. Only their second goal, “Israel ends its illegal and unconscionable occupation of the West Bank and the blockade of Gaza, and dismantles the dividing wall” is even a little relevant, and even that one is overkill. It seems all that needs to happen for Professor Price to feel comfortable is for there to be access to more food, health care and education, with families not spilt by the wall.

I think that most reasonable people would both support these goals and find them uncontroversial. Of course Gazans should have sufficient access to food, health care and education. If this is the problem, then there are relatively simple solutions that can be found. Reaching for the BDS movement’s goals ensures that these core issues will be problematized by other, far more contentious concerns.

If someone wants to support the BDS movement, all the power to them. But they should think about the issues, and if BDS solves their issues, or rather a broader, more complicated question.

Shehryar Qazi Ph.D. candidate in sociology

To the editor: Professor Price, if Israel were to lay down its arms today, as you suggest, end the blockade of Gaza, and completely withdraw from the West Bank, there would be genocide against the Jewish people. On the other hand, if Hamas were to give up terrorism and stop targeting civilians, there might soon be a Palestinian State living aside the Jewish State in peace and security.

Price’s article, entitled “Renounce, Divest, and Sanction Israel” fails to even once mention the culprits responsible for the escalation of this summer’s terrible conflit – Hamas. As a pro-peace student, I stand with Palestinians in mourning their loved ones. I do not however believe in moral equivalency – especially when Dr. Price fails to acknowledge Israel’s very basic right to exist.

To merely blame Israel for displacing Palestinians in the 1940s is an insult to historical accuracy. Dr. Price drastically oversimplifies a complex history by inserting a biased, and one-sided account which casually disregards Arab nations, who during their war waged against the newly established Jewish State in 1948, ruthlessly uprooted Arab residents from their homes.

Hamas, the Palestinian elected political and military force ruling over Gaza is an internationally recognized terrorist organization. This summer alone, Hamas launched over thirty-five-hundred rockets at Israeli civilian populations, admitted to kidnapping and murdering in cold blood three teenage students – one of whom is an American citizen, and is currently holding hostage the bodily remains of Israeli soldiers.

Does Associate Professor Price condemn this?

Over the course of this summer’s conflict, Hamas declined to sign more than ten ceasefire proposals with Israel. It launched strikes from inside hospitals, schools, homes, and other civilian populations, in hopes of drawing deadly Israeli fire - their terroristic use of human shields has been thoroughly documented. At the same time, Hamas took Palestinian civilians to the streets, murdered them in public executions, and paraded their maimed bodies through the roads of Gaza in a ghoulish exhibition of terror. Where is

the outrage? Does Associate Professor Price condemn this?

With its entire population forced to bomb shelters, Israel, continued to open border crossings with Gaza in order to allow treatment of injured Palestinians in Israeli hospitals, and to permit the delivery of hundreds of trucks worth of humanitarian goods including food, water, and medicine. Associate Professor Price does not want you to hear that Hamas is responsible for the death of Palestinian children, or that they use international funds for the building of terror tunnels in which their own operatives hid, while failing to construct shelters for its own people. Professor Price ignores each and every one of these facts, while unfairly claiming Israel to be a “racist”, and “morally reprehensible” nation.

Furthermore, Dr. Price calls for academic censorship, and encourages Binghamton University to divest, boycott and sanction Israel both financially and intellectually.

As a member of an open-minded university committed to academic freedom, I welcome you to look at the Middle East with a critical eye. However, we cannot accept faculty members, or any members of our community for that matter, who attempt to undermine the academic freedom of this institution. We should never divest academically – it hampers our right to intellectual growth. “BDS” is an unhelpful and destructive effort that works against the prospect of peace, and inhibits the development of the Palestinian economy as well. Even Palestinian Authority President Abbas, during his trip to South Africa for Nelson Mandel’s memorial service last December, expressed his deep opposition to the BDS program that Professor Price advocates.

I ask my teachers and fellow students here at Binghamton; will you stand on the side of a perverted and twisted death cult that places innocent children alongside missiles to be killed as human shields, or will you stand with Israel and the Palestinian people, in a yearning for peace, security, and a normal life for themselves and their children?

Meir Berkman Undeclared junior

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Binghamton still winless through seven games At Akron Invitational, BU pushes matches to four sets but ultimately falls to rivals E.Jay Zarett

Assistant Sports Editor

The Binghamton volleyball team set out for the Akron Invitational on Friday hoping to capture its first victory of the 2014 season. It returned home empty-handed.

The Bearcats (0-7) dropped all four of their matches this weekend, remaining winless on the season.

“It’s tough,” BU head coach Glenn Kiriyama said. “It is disappointing for them. They know they are getting better. There are still things to work out, but they are still focused on conference play and so they know that this is preparation for conference.”

Binghamton opened tournament play against Ohio Valley conference-member Austin Peay (35). The Bearcats fell behind early — dropping their tenth-consecutive set along the way — before seizing the second set, 25-18, to end their skid. Despite that small feat, they would go on to lose the match in four sets, a theme that would persist throughout the weekend. They also ended the day with a four-set loss to the tournament’s host, Akron (5-3).

“We had some good stretches, but really inconsistent play,” Kiriyama said of the team’s performance.

“We saw some individuals play well at times, but not all of them at the same time.”

The Bearcats returned to play on Saturday, taking on Bryant University (3-6). Binghamton jumped out to a strong start, winning the first set, 25-22, in its first set advantage all season.

However, mistakes dismantled the Bearcats throughout the remainder of the match. They finished this four-set contest with a hitting percentage of only .144, committing 26 attack errors and recording just

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Senior outside hitter Allison Hovie led the Bearcats with 42 kills over four games at the Akron Invitational last weekend.

three blocks compared to Bryant’s 10 and nine, respectively.

The tournament finale for BU featured a match with Drake (71), in the first meeting of the two squads. The teams split the first two sets before Drake pulled away by narrow margins, capturing the third set, 27-25 and the fourth, 2521, to end the Bearcats’ weekend.

Binghamton again committed 26 attack errors in the contest.

As usual, the Hovie sisters led the

Bearcats’ offense throughout the tournament. Sophomore outside hitter Allie finished with 40 kills and 42 digs over the four games, while senior outside hitter Kristin added 41 kills and 22 digs.

“Kristin Hovie had a pretty nice weekend all around,” Kiriyama said.

“Just as a leader on the court and with her performance.”

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in regard to their middle hitter position this weekend. Entering the season with very little experience at the position, freshmen Alexis LaGoy and Kristella Morina have learned the ropes quickly — LaGoy’s weekend featured 38 kills while Morina contributed 10 against Drake, a team-high she shared with Kristin Hovie and outside hitter Megan Burgess.

“I thought Kristella Morina came in and did a nice job,” Kiriyama

said. “She didn’t get a whole lot of chances to play, but she finished strong and she actually played pretty well when she was out there. It was nice to see her to step up and step in there at the last second.”

Though they lost seven consecutive games, Kiriyama continues to see growth as his young team gains much-needed experience.

“There was improvement overall,” Kiriyama said. “I thought

certain individuals played a lot better this weekend, and [there were] some pleasant surprises during the weekend so it was good to see that. Overall, there is improvement. It is going slow, but at least we are headed in the right direction.”

The Bearcats are slated to return to action today as they travel to Loudonville to take on Siena. First serve is set for 7 p.m. at the Alumni Recreation Center.

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Binghamton’s men’s cross country team placed four of the top five runners in Saturday’s dual meet against Albany.

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The Binghamton cross country teams opened their fall seasons at home in a meet with Albany on Friday, finding mixed results.

While the men’s team captured a commanding 37-20 victory in its 8K race, the women’s team dropped its 5K by a score of 22-33.

Though the final results were dissimilar, both the men’s and women’s races saw Albany runners take first. On the men’s side, senior Christopher Buchanan clocked a time of 26:16.6 for his narrow first-place finish. On the women’s, senior Molly Pezzulo posted a dominant time of 18:49, over 30 seconds faster than the secondplace finisher.

The difference between the two races is that while Binghamton’s men’s team claimed the next five finishers, the women’s squad’s fastest runner landed in fourth.

Junior Ethan Hausamann paced BU’s men, garnering second with a time of 26:21.2. Within the next 14 seconds, senior Matt Johnson, sophomore Eric Holt, junior Andrew Roache and senior Jesse Garn all crossed the finish line to clinch the victory for Binghamton.

Albany’s women placed the first three finishers, with freshman Valentina Talevi and sophomore Jessica Donohue taking second and third, respectively, to seal the Great Danes’ victory. BU sophomores Alana MacDonald and Anna Corrigan finished on top for their team, taking fourth and fifth overall with times of 20:15.5 and 20:18.6.

In her first career race, freshman Allison Davis was impressive for BU, completing the 5K in 20:23.7 and placing seventh.

“I was very pleased with both team’s performances,” BU head coach Annette Acuff wrote in an email. “We executed well for our first meet of the season and I’m excited about our potential down the road.”

The men’s and women’s team both have a long recovery time before their next scheduled competition. Both teams are set to return to action on Saturday, Sept. 20 at the 20th-annual Iona Meet of Champions. The women’s 6K championship race will begin at 9:30 a.m. with the men’s 8K directly after, at approximately 10:15 a.m. Both races will be held at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx.

The Binghamton golf team opened its season at the Colgate Fall Invitational this weekend, finishing in a tie for sixth out of 14 teams. Army took first with a total team score of 873(+9), consistently scoring under 300 in each of the invitational’s three rounds.

Binghamton improved drastically through the rounds, dropping its score from an initial 318 strokes to 299 in the third round of play for a total of 924(+60). A small consolation for last year’s winner.

Senior Jack Sedgewick recorded the team’s best individual round by shooting 71(-1) in the third. On a larger scale, Sameer Kalia, who shot

73(+2) in the same round, led his team with a 15th-place individual finish. Josh Holling had led the team through the first two rounds on Saturday, but dropped from ninth to 19th after finishing six above par in the third round.

The senior finished with a total of 228 strokes (+12).

Rounding out Binghamton’s weekend, Segdewick finished in 25th with a score of 232(+16), junior Jesse Perkins placed 56th and senior Stephen Mincone took 66th.

The Bearcats will look to improve at their next outing, which is the Cornell Fall Invitational set for Sept. 20 and 21.

Men's tennis opens season with non-scoring event Staff Reports Opening its fall season by hosting a two-day non-scoring round-robin dual, the Binghamton men’s tennis team tested its strength against four of five participating teams this weekend.

Buffalo, Bryant, Duquesne, Colgate and Niagara competed in up to eight singles and four doubles matches spread throughout Saturday and Sunday at the Tennis Complex.

BU faced all teams except Colgate.

Sophomore Frenk Kote achieved the Bearcats’ greatest success, accumulating a perfect 3-0 record from the fifth singles position. Junior Eliott Hureau played as the second single in his first two matches, in which he went 1-1 and tallied a third win from the third spot over Duquesne’s Adam Blasinsky.

Senior Ismael Dinia, in conjunction with Robin Lesage on Saturday and Sid Hazarika on Sunday, prevailed over each of his four opponents, earning a perfect 4-0 at No. 1 doubles.

Individual successes aside, Binghamton largely faltered in its singles matchups, dropping six of seven to Bryant, five of seven to Buffalo and four of six to Duquesne. The team fared better in doubles, taking nine of 14 total contests.

The Bearcats are not scheduled for another match until Sept. 19, when they will either participate in the Ivy Plus Invitational, hosted

by Princeton, or the UVA Plus 1 Invitational.

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BU splits games at Duquesne Invitational Binghamton suffers narrow defeat to Dukes before shutting out Purple Eagles, 2-0 Ashley Purdy Sports Editor

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Junior midfielder Luca Bottoni registered two shots and an assist against Duquesne on Friday.

Despite leading Duquesne through most of Friday evening’s game, the Binghamton men’s soccer team couldn’t recover from a 78th minute goal and fell, 3-2, to its host. The loss highlighted the Bearcats’ weekend participating in the Duquesne Invitational, overshadowing their 2-0 shutout of Niagara the following afternoon.

The somewhat paradoxical triumph is due to the discrepancy of the level of play between the two games. While the Bearcats (2-2) responded to a number of challenges against Duquesne (3-0-1), they simply weren’t able to move the ball around as well against Niagara (1-3).

Binghamton came out strong against the Dukes. Within the first four minutes of the game, sophomore forward Alex Varkatzas converted a cross from senior line-mate Steve Celeste. Duquesne answered within two minutes, but the Bearcats jumped ahead again just before the end of the half when graduate-student midfielder Tommy Moon finished a cross from junior forward Luca Bottoni, bringing the score to 2-1.

The Dukes requited in the 52nd minute when Norwegian freshman forward Fredrik Borenstein, the Invitational’s MVP, scored off a rebounded corner kick. In the 78th minute, the Dukes gained their first lead as French sophomore defender Mamadou Traore netted the go-

ahead on a scrum before the goal. Each of Duquesne’s goals came off the foot of a first-year student on the school’s largely European roster.

“I thought we played terrific against Duquesne,” BU head coach Paul Marco said.

“They were a very good team, they presented us with some challenges that you normally don’t see in a soccer match.

They had a 6’7” striker who is just a giant. Very athletic. And I thought our two center backs did a great job on him.”

Marco referred to Kadeem Pantophlet, a junior forward from the Nethlerlands who has scored one goal and doled out three assists so far this season.

Though outshot, 19-5, through the contest, BU’s sophomore goalkeeper Robert Moewes grabbed five saves to prevent a larger margin of defeat. Those three goals he and the back line couldn’t impede were the result of fouls and stoppage, from play that begins with a throw-in or a corner kick, which gives the offense an innate advantage.

“I think one of the things we’ve struggled with is set-piece defending,” Marco explained.

“We conceded three goals in that game and all three were off the set piece.”

Marco additionally identified the team’s many fouls as a problem area — the Dukes held 14-2 advantage on corner kicks.

“That was a big part of the game,” Marco said. “We gave them a lot of opportunities to have free kicks at the goal.”

Binghamton went on to play Niagara the following day. The teams carried a scoreless tie into

the half, at which point senior midfielder Matt McCoy and Varkatzas broke through the Purple Eagles’ defense. McCoy’s goal came off a free kick from 30 yards out in the 50th minute and Varkatzas’ 80th minute goal finished a cross from sophomore midfielder Charlie Novoth.

The team was outshot, 15-11, but junior goalkeeper Stefano Frantellizzi and Moewes combined for six saves to preserve the shutout.

For their efforts in the invitational, both Varkatzas and senior defender Jamie Forbes were named to the All-Duquesne Invitational team.

Varkatzas, as well as McCoy, Bottoni and Novoth, have all emerged as crucial pieces of this team’s offense. Each has recorded at least one goal, with Bottoni and Novoth also tallying assists. Moon and Celeste, the preseason’s favorites in terms of likely offensive output, have not been silent, either — each has created his fair share of opportunities.

“When the season started we weren’t sure how many different guys were going to be scoring goals,” Marco said. “We had opportunities from a lot of guys to play and I think most of them have taken their minutes quite well. I think that the competitiveness in the team is very good — it’s very high. We’re probably two or three players deep in certain positions, so I think it’s been fantastic.”

Next up for the Bearcats is a home contest against Army.

Play is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Bearcats Sports Complex.

Bearcats extend winning streak to three

Two 2-1 wins over Siena and Lafayette redeem BU's 0-3 start to the season, even record Jeff Twitty

Assistant Sports Editor

The Binghamton women’s soccer team saw a weekend characterized by success as a pair of 2-1 victories over Siena and Lafayette last Friday and Sunday extended its winning streak to three.

Taking on the Saints (1-41) from the Bearcats Sports Center on Friday night, the hosts were active from the get-go but slow to score. The game dragged a scoreless tie into the 65th minute, at which point junior forward Samantha Crane recovered the ball off a short goal kick and beat Siena’s keeper, putting BU (3-3) up by a score.

Binghamton’s offense was potent throughout most of the game: The Bearcats outshot the Saints 21-4 overall, 13-1 in the second half.

“We weren’t really excited about our possession and output in terms of holding the ball in the first 20 [minutes],” BU head coach Sarah McClellan said. “A nice late push in the first half of the second half was how the team really responded

to working for each other.”

That push enabled junior midfielder Katherine Corcoran to net her first goal of the season in the 82nd minute.

Junior forward Stephani Church and freshman back Hannah Shankman each tallied an assist on the score. “[Our] goals were of sheer effort and will power of the whole team,” McClellan said of Friday’s final result. “I thought that we deserved several goals, so I’m glad that we got those two.”

Carrying a 2-0 lead, the Bearcats were able to withstand Siena’s goal a minute later, when junior midfielder Kirby O’Keefe sent the ball just above BU freshman keeper Katie Hatziyianis’ head after a corner kick caused a scramble before the goal.

Sunday marked the beginning of a four-game road trip for BU, with the first stop in Easton, Pa. to face Lafayette. Still soaring after their victory Friday night, the Bearcats posted 10 shots on the Leopards (2-3) in the first half Sunday afternoon. The early effort was highlighted by a 43rd-minute goal off the foot of

freshman forward Jocelyn Acor, who converted on a feed from sophomore midfielder Katie O’Neill.

After a quick Lafayette goal in the last second of the first half, the two teams entered halftime tied at one.

Binghamton still led the shot count by six.

Though the second half found Lafayette taking nearly as many shots as Binghamton, with the former recording seven and the latter nine, Hatziyianis grabbed two saves and Lafayette’s Kelly O’Brien six to propel the game into overtime. Sunday marked BU’s first game extending into extra minutes since last year’s 2-1 double-overtime loss at Vermont.

“I told the team after the game, it’s important for us to be able to match this type of competition, being able to have all of that pressure of an overtime game and come out of it,” McClellan said. “We did a good job to just stay committed to the game.”

The commitment would pay off. Just over seven minutes into the overtime period, redshirt freshman forward Jacque Rice netted her second

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goal of the season, securing BU’s second 2-1 victory of the weekend. Though the score obscures it, BU’s offense was far more dominant through the match: The team held a heavy advantage on both shots (2011) and on-target shots (14-5).

With every score on the day tallied by either a freshman or a sophomore for BU, the young players have proved their potency on an already deep team. O’Neill, Acor and Rice, all underclassmen, have combined for six of BU’s 10 goals this season.

“I think the younger players, as they get more experienced, are getting more comfortable, more confident on the ball which is allowing us to play them,” McClellan said. “It takes a lot of work to play at this level and it doesn’t come all at once, especially if you’re a freshman playing right away. I think our confidence will grow and our player’s confidence will grow as we continue to play.”

Next up for the Bearcats is an away game against Niagara on Friday. Kickoff is set for 4 p.m. at Niagara Field in Lewiston.

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ttending a General Interest Meeting for the first time can be daunting.

Even if you were the most outgoing, involved kid in high school, college GIMs are uncharted territory.

You may come away from a meeting feeling so awkward you never want to return, like you just exchanged 30 minutes of your life for free pizza, or like you’ve found your niche for the next four years.

The worst approach is vegetating in your dorm room while everyone else is exploring. But make no mistakes, it’s possible to do GIM week wrong.

Don’t be afraid to go at it alone. Freshmen are pack animals, and many students are afraid to be seen eating alone in the dining halls, even during quiet breakfast hours. So, it’s natural that the prospect of meeting an entirely new group of people without a single wingman is unappealing. However, you can make a more clear judgement about a student group if you go without anyone to influence your opinion about the group. Going with someone else might push you toward a hivemind mentality and, besides, you should be looking to expand your social circle by joining groups. You may have more in common with the theater kids than your freshman roommate.

When scouting out potential GIMs to attend, do not let your past hold you back. Just because you wrote for the newspaper in high school, doesn’t mean you have to write for one now. Many of the clubs at Binghamton University do not have a high school equivalent or are unique to our campus. High school simply isn’t the proper environment for Greek life or a student-run ambulance like Harpur’s Ferry, but those could be the clubs most suited for you.

There are some groups on campus that may sound like a good idea, but when you get to the GIM, it’s smaller than you expected, and they may not have their stuff together. Don’t be discouraged.

These groups are an opportunity – if you really care, you could have a good shot at a leadership position, allowing you to make the club a better organization.

Remember, everything here is run by students just like you.

The most important factor in discerning the right club for you this GIM week is how well you connect with the people, not the mission of the club.

Reading the description of a club on B-Line may lead

you to conclude that it’s the right club for you because of a common interest. If you show up and the people in the club are unfriendly to you or not people you see yourself spending time with, do not go back. College is stressful enough; spending time with people you do not like, even if you all enjoy the same activities, is not worth it.

Depending on your personality type, it’s tempting to exclusively sign up for clubs in an effort pad your resume. Clubs offer so much more than opportunities for self-promotion. Participating in a cappella or origami club probably isn’t going to get you a job offer, but a fun escape from classwork is integral to a healthy college experience. Remember that student groups are generally rewarding in a way that’s proportionate to the amount of passion and effort you put in. If you’re in a group because you feel obligated to be in it, you’ll find yourself feeling like you’re wasting time. But if you’re in a group because you want to be in it, you’ll find it one of the most rewarding things you’ll do in college.

Good stewardship requires tough decisions Stabilizing the Preserve's deer population is the only responsible choice Dorothy Farrell Environmental Columnist

Cheers to the best time of the school year: The sun shines harder and the work load is lighter. The birds are chirping, the bees are buzzing and the deer are munching. Though on the surface this scene appears the picture of tranquility, an overabundance of deer on campus is a problem too large to ignore.

The Nature Preserve gets a bit sparser each year. Our 600 acres of forest and wetlands has served as an excellent classroom setting, though students like me are watching it unravel due to negligence. Within the past few decades, the top predators of the Nature Preserve have been removed. Wolves used to keep populations of deer at a balanced level.

Since the wolves’ absence, however, the deer population has skyrocketed to a figure ten times greater than what the forest can support. The deer have eliminated the lower canopy of the forest by browsing on all green they can reach.

As a result, new trees are not able to

responsibility. The Binghamton Climate Action Plan states a “commitment to preservation of forest and native species on University property,” while Binghamton’s Environmental Policy suggests we will “respect and preserve the campus natural areas.” These are serious commitments. If we want to talk about responsibility, we need to follow through. The putting the objectives of these documents into action is vital to Binghamton’s integrity.

Finally, we can use the deer meat to benefit people in need. CHOW,

The only effective way to help the forest regenerate is to actively remove at least ninety 90 percent of deer

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replace old ones, wildflower species have been eliminated and ground nesting birds have disappeared from trampling.

Though the untrained eye may not be able to perceive the ecological damage resulting from mismanagement, we can project that the forest will be depleted of much of its species within the next forty years.

Unfortunately, the only effective way to help the forest regenerate is to actively remove at least 90 percent of deer. Although this is not a practice we take lightly, it is necessary that we make responsible choices. If we continue to do nothing, the forest will continue to decline to something that more resembles a meadow of ferns (one of the few foods deer find intolerable).

Nobody wants to be a deer killer, but we need to embrace the benefits of this action. There are three ways in which this action will positively serve the broader community. First, the forest will have the opportunity to regenerate.

The forest has become a sanctuary for students and citizens alike who enjoy passing time within its tranquility.

Healthy forests clean the air and water, sequester carbon and foster biodiversity.

Secondly, the management of deer populations would demonstrate the University’s leadership in environmental

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Binghamton’s most prominent food bank, has recently partnered with our dining halls to accept left over dining hall food through the Food Recovery Network. Under certain regulations, we may be able to provide the meat for thousands of meals to hungry people.

Not all decisions are easy. At the same time, actions that reflect a desire to benefit others, whether that be the birds of the preserve, students or the broader community, are noble and rewarding. I cannot understand how this University, a center for education and intellectualism, is so passive in responding to the environmental problems in our backyard. How can we contribute to the degradation of this planet in full awareness of the intensity of the situation? Ultimately, the decisions we make in regards to the environment are things that will sooner or later come back to us.

It is empowering to act as the stewards of our land. Though the increased deer population is a pestering issue, it will not go away on its own. The benefits of action greatly outweigh the costs of negligence.

— Dorothy Farrell is a senior majoring in environmental studies.

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'Rape culture' is not a buzzword, it's a harsh reality

Playing it safe on immigration reform a mistake for Dems

A cruel comment shows sexism is far from dead

Obama's uniltateral action hurts mid-term chances

Molly McGrath Opinion Editor

As I turned the corner of Leroy and Murray on Friday night, a group of male students called out to me, “Stop complaining about ‘rape culture.’ You’re not even hot enough to get raped.”

Taken aback, I remained silent, unable to muster the words to respond to such a senseless, hurtful comment.

In that moment, my peers demonstrated exactly why I cannot and will not stop speaking up about the pervasiveness of hatred toward women. Until a woman can walk down the street free from vicious attacks, there is no reason to stop the conversation. Rape culture is more than just a “hot topic.”

It’s an inescapable reality.

Over the course of my time as a columnist and editor at Pipe Dream, I’ve heard complaints about the section’s “obsession” with discussions of women’s issues and sexual assault.

I’ve been told it’s “overdone” and “stale.” Such criticisms miss the point. The mission of a college Op/Ed section is to start conversations about issues that affect and interest students. The reason we keep talking about rape, assault and misogyny is because actual Binghamton students

experience these phenomena.

And probably more than you’d think.

Rejecting a discussion on the basis that is no longer entertaining is a dangerous and careless means of consuming information. If you’re annoyed that feminist headlines are clogging up your precious newsfeed, just imagine how irritating it is to be disrespected on a daily basis for no reason other than your gender. Rape culture is not something that can be turned off in the same way one closes a Chrome tab.

The tendency to value entertainment over meaningful content is not limited to discussions of rape

Until a woman can walk down the street free from vicious attacks, there is no reason to stop the conversation

culture. Over the course of the summer, the online response to riots in Ferguson, MO shed light on our culture’s empathy deficit. As activists were tear gassed and beaten, many Internet users had to the gall to complain that they were growing tired of hearing so much about the Ferguson movement. In the same way that a woman can’t turn off gender, people of color deal with the implications of living as an oppressed minority every day.

But, some people, like the young men on the corner of Leroy and Murray, would rather not hear about the truth because it is unsettling and doesn’t directly affect them. It must be so hard for them to stomach reality while women and other minorities bear the brunt of a culture that hates us.

Rape is not a compliment.

A threat to sexually abuse a woman is frightening, not flattering. Cat-calling is not a compliment. It’s an attack on female personhood and no woman appreciates it or should have to endure it.

To the men on the corner, if you’re reading this, my answer is no. I will never be bullied into silence. Maybe it’d be easier that way. Maybe I’d be more well-liked by my peers.

If we never discuss ugly topics, change is impossible.

— Molly McGrath is a senior double-majoring in political science and history

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His actions threaten to alienate Hispanic voters dangerously close to what is shaping up to be a hotly contested election

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It’s official: President Barack Obama has punted on immigration until after the midterm elections. Although it is clear to see why he made his decision, it is undeniable that it will delay action. If nothing else, it will shake the Democratic Party’s already weak support base while simultaneously rallying the Republican Party’s base.

Midterm elections are often referendums on a sitting president’s performance and many Americans have expressed their disapproval of Obama, especially with his recent unilateral executive actions. So when Obama announced on June 30 that he would again use his executive power to make immigration reform without Congress’ consent before the end of the summer, he predictably faced immediate scrutiny from Republicans.

As the summer wore on, vulnerable Senate Democrats facing tough elections were put in an increasingly dangerous position, unable to come out in support of or against Obama’s strategy without angering key portions of their support bases.

As a result, many Democratic senators joined Republicans in criticizing Obama’s immigration efforts and

publicly distanced themselves from the president in TV ads and at fundraisers.

Without the support of key Senate Democrats, Obama had few allies left and was forced to delay any executive action until after the midterm elections. He justified the delay by arguing that the Republican Party’s politicization of the issue would be harmful to any policy that is made before the election and that proposing meaningful immigration reform now would only serve to intensify pre-election partisanship.

While his justification seems reasonable on the surface, the post-election political

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climate is unlikely to be any less polarized than it is now.

In fact, if the Democrats lose control of the Senate, gridlock in Washington will reach new highs, as a Republicancontrolled Congress will be at odds with Obama. In addition, Obama’s justification does not mention what was likely the largest factor behind his decision to delay: the desire to prevent immigration from becoming the defining issue of the 2014 midterms. Obama is seeking to avoid a repeat of the 2010 Republican landslide in response to the Affordable Care Act, which resulted in huge Democratic losses in the House of Representatives and in the Senate.

Most of all, Obama’s decision to delay any immigration action is a huge gamble for his party. His actions threaten to alienate Hispanic voters dangerously close to what is shaping up to be a hotly contested election. Obama is betting that Hispanic voters will remain loyal to the Democratic Party despite his June 30 promise to act independently. Obama’s actions make the Democratic Party appear internally divided. This will rally the Republican base by playing into the Republican Party’s argument that the president is waiting until after the election to overstep his authority in order to prevent any electoral consequences.

— David Forrest is a senior majoring in political science.

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Letters to the Editor To the editor: We are writing this letter commenting on your front-page article “Students for Justice in Palestine, Pro-Israel Group’s Rally on the Spine,” which appeared in last Friday’s edition. We regretfully must point out a disconcerting bias in your overall coverage of our memorial.

That bias starts from the subtitle, which reads “Rally Disrupts First Day of Classes.” (Interestingly enough, the title and subtitle of the article are different on your online version.) Here are several reasons why the piece is biased: 1.

Our event was not a rally nor a demonstration. Contrary to the numerous attempts by PD reporters to reference the memorial as such, as well as the SJP member who clearly stressed this point to a PD reporter, this event was a peaceful, quiet memorial for Palestinian children murdered in the aerial bombardment and the land invasion of Gaza over the summer. The memorial involved the reading of their names and brief biographies. It was intended to urge American and international students not to be complicit with this crime (which more than 350 Holocaust survivors called genocide in the New York Times) with either their silence (or ignorance) or through their taxes (Israel receives more than 3 billion dollars in military aid from the U.S. each year). We are not the first group to do this.

Students have read the names of those killed on 9/11 and on Yom Ha’Shoah (memorial day to the Holocaust). In your newspaper, those events were not represented as rallies, and neither should our event. To call those events “rallies” would be wrong, as is this callous disregard for the meaning and representation of our event.

2.

The claim that we “disrupted” foot traffic on the spine is spurious. We were standing to the side of the walkway, and we made sure not to impede the movement of any student or faculty member.

3.

One of the main purposes of going to college is to debate and to entertain multiple points of view. Aspects of the article, seemed to imply, or presuppose, that speech about current events (and in this case memorializing the dead) is inappropriate on a college campus, including on the first day of class. The first day of class is just like any other day; students learn new things, some of which may initially cause discomfort but end up increasing a student’s knowledge of the world. That is why we believe that the memorial was an opportunity that encourages the students to start thinking about the world.

It asks them not to be apathetic and engage in what happens in the world as conscientious global citizens. This message resonates with an article “Apathy Preserves the Status Quo”

by Kyle Welch, also published in your paper on the first day of class. More importantly, our choosing the first day of class likewise commemorates the slaughter of over 500 Palestinian youth who would, just as us, be attending their first days of school if not for Israeli military aggression.

Of course, PD’s piece is so replete with bias that we can only highlight its most egregious lapses. Despite that, we give PD the benefit of the doubt. And we hope that PD reporters will live up to the standards of serious journalism. Our events will continue as long as injustice in Palestine continues, and they deserve better reporting.

To the editor: The “Renounce, divest, and sanction Israel” piece by Professor Price conflates a few separate issues, and then proposes a solution that solves none of them.

Professor Price is alleging two primary harms, one acute and one chronic: The acute issue is that the recent military incursion was disproportionately harmful, and was therefore immoral. The chronic issue is that the occupation limits Gazan access to food, health care and education while dividing families across the wall.

These two claims need to be dealt with separately. Regarding military incursions, maybe they are a bad idea, or they have a history of being managed poorly, or any number of other issues. Regardless, the most important thing to keep in mind is that the incursions do not happen in a vacuum, and they are not ongoing.

I am not taking a stance on whether or not Israel should have gone into Gaza, on this or any other occasion, but it is patently unfair to compare this incident to the occupation as a whole. To say that the assault on Gaza “exposes the brutality of the occupation” is absurd. It was a response to a kidnapping (and rockets being fired), not something that was a predetermined outcome of the occupation.

In regards to Professor Price’s claims about the occupation, all he mentions is: “the

construction of a wall that divides families and limits [to] Palestinians’ access to food, health and education.”

If those four items are all that is wrong with the occupation, or at least the majority of the harm, then adopting the BDS movement’s goals seems like the wrong way to go. Only their second goal, “Israel ends its illegal and unconscionable occupation of the West Bank and the blockade of Gaza, and dismantles the dividing wall” is even a little relevant, and even that one is overkill. It seems all that needs to happen for Professor Price to feel comfortable is for there to be access to more food, health care and education, with families not spilt by the wall.

I think that most reasonable people would both support these goals and find them uncontroversial. Of course Gazans should have sufficient access to food, health care and education. If this is the problem, then there are relatively simple solutions that can be found. Reaching for the BDS movement’s goals ensures that these core issues will be problematized by other, far more contentious concerns.

If someone wants to support the BDS movement, all the power to them. But they should think about the issues, and if BDS solves their issues, or rather a broader, more complicated question.

Shehryar Qazi Ph.D. candidate in sociology

To the editor: Professor Price, if Israel were to lay down its arms today, as you suggest, end the blockade of Gaza, and completely withdraw from the West Bank, there would be genocide against the Jewish people. On the other hand, if Hamas were to give up terrorism and stop targeting civilians, there might soon be a Palestinian State living aside the Jewish State in peace and security.

Price’s article, entitled “Renounce, Divest, and Sanction Israel” fails to even once mention the culprits responsible for the escalation of this summer’s terrible conflit – Hamas. As a pro-peace student, I stand with Palestinians in mourning their loved ones. I do not however believe in moral equivalency – especially when Dr. Price fails to acknowledge Israel’s very basic right to exist.

To merely blame Israel for displacing Palestinians in the 1940s is an insult to historical accuracy. Dr. Price drastically oversimplifies a complex history by inserting a biased, and one-sided account which casually disregards Arab nations, who during their war waged against the newly established Jewish State in 1948, ruthlessly uprooted Arab residents from their homes.

Hamas, the Palestinian elected political and military force ruling over Gaza is an internationally recognized terrorist organization. This summer alone, Hamas launched over thirty-five-hundred rockets at Israeli civilian populations, admitted to kidnapping and murdering in cold blood three teenage students – one of whom is an American citizen, and is currently holding hostage the bodily remains of Israeli soldiers.

Does Associate Professor Price condemn this?

Over the course of this summer’s conflict, Hamas declined to sign more than ten ceasefire proposals with Israel. It launched strikes from inside hospitals, schools, homes, and other civilian populations, in hopes of drawing deadly Israeli fire - their terroristic use of human shields has been thoroughly documented. At the same time, Hamas took Palestinian civilians to the streets, murdered them in public executions, and paraded their maimed bodies through the roads of Gaza in a ghoulish exhibition of terror. Where is

the outrage? Does Associate Professor Price condemn this?

With its entire population forced to bomb shelters, Israel, continued to open border crossings with Gaza in order to allow treatment of injured Palestinians in Israeli hospitals, and to permit the delivery of hundreds of trucks worth of humanitarian goods including food, water, and medicine. Associate Professor Price does not want you to hear that Hamas is responsible for the death of Palestinian children, or that they use international funds for the building of terror tunnels in which their own operatives hid, while failing to construct shelters for its own people. Professor Price ignores each and every one of these facts, while unfairly claiming Israel to be a “racist”, and “morally reprehensible” nation.

Furthermore, Dr. Price calls for academic censorship, and encourages Binghamton University to divest, boycott and sanction Israel both financially and intellectually.

As a member of an open-minded university committed to academic freedom, I welcome you to look at the Middle East with a critical eye. However, we cannot accept faculty members, or any members of our community for that matter, who attempt to undermine the academic freedom of this institution. We should never divest academically – it hampers our right to intellectual growth. “BDS” is an unhelpful and destructive effort that works against the prospect of peace, and inhibits the development of the Palestinian economy as well. Even Palestinian Authority President Abbas, during his trip to South Africa for Nelson Mandel’s memorial service last December, expressed his deep opposition to the BDS program that Professor Price advocates.

I ask my teachers and fellow students here at Binghamton; will you stand on the side of a perverted and twisted death cult that places innocent children alongside missiles to be killed as human shields, or will you stand with Israel and the Palestinian people, in a yearning for peace, security, and a normal life for themselves and their children?

Meir Berkman Undeclared junior

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Binghamton still winless through seven games At Akron Invitational, BU pushes matches to four sets but ultimately falls to rivals E.Jay Zarett

Assistant Sports Editor

The Binghamton volleyball team set out for the Akron Invitational on Friday hoping to capture its first victory of the 2014 season. It returned home empty-handed.

The Bearcats (0-7) dropped all four of their matches this weekend, remaining winless on the season.

“It’s tough,” BU head coach Glenn Kiriyama said. “It is disappointing for them. They know they are getting better. There are still things to work out, but they are still focused on conference play and so they know that this is preparation for conference.”

Binghamton opened tournament play against Ohio Valley conference-member Austin Peay (35). The Bearcats fell behind early — dropping their tenth-consecutive set along the way — before seizing the second set, 25-18, to end their skid. Despite that small feat, they would go on to lose the match in four sets, a theme that would persist throughout the weekend. They also ended the day with a four-set loss to the tournament’s host, Akron (5-3).

“We had some good stretches, but really inconsistent play,” Kiriyama said of the team’s performance.

“We saw some individuals play well at times, but not all of them at the same time.”

The Bearcats returned to play on Saturday, taking on Bryant University (3-6). Binghamton jumped out to a strong start, winning the first set, 25-22, in its first set advantage all season.

However, mistakes dismantled the Bearcats throughout the remainder of the match. They finished this four-set contest with a hitting percentage of only .144, committing 26 attack errors and recording just

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Senior outside hitter Allison Hovie led the Bearcats with 42 kills over four games at the Akron Invitational last weekend.

three blocks compared to Bryant’s 10 and nine, respectively.

The tournament finale for BU featured a match with Drake (71), in the first meeting of the two squads. The teams split the first two sets before Drake pulled away by narrow margins, capturing the third set, 27-25 and the fourth, 2521, to end the Bearcats’ weekend.

Binghamton again committed 26 attack errors in the contest.

As usual, the Hovie sisters led the

Bearcats’ offense throughout the tournament. Sophomore outside hitter Allie finished with 40 kills and 42 digs over the four games, while senior outside hitter Kristin added 41 kills and 22 digs.

“Kristin Hovie had a pretty nice weekend all around,” Kiriyama said.

“Just as a leader on the court and with her performance.”

Providing a silver lining to their cloudy season’s opening, the Bearcats may have found an answer

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in regard to their middle hitter position this weekend. Entering the season with very little experience at the position, freshmen Alexis LaGoy and Kristella Morina have learned the ropes quickly — LaGoy’s weekend featured 38 kills while Morina contributed 10 against Drake, a team-high she shared with Kristin Hovie and outside hitter Megan Burgess.

“I thought Kristella Morina came in and did a nice job,” Kiriyama

said. “She didn’t get a whole lot of chances to play, but she finished strong and she actually played pretty well when she was out there. It was nice to see her to step up and step in there at the last second.”

Though they lost seven consecutive games, Kiriyama continues to see growth as his young team gains much-needed experience.

“There was improvement overall,” Kiriyama said. “I thought

certain individuals played a lot better this weekend, and [there were] some pleasant surprises during the weekend so it was good to see that. Overall, there is improvement. It is going slow, but at least we are headed in the right direction.”

The Bearcats are slated to return to action today as they travel to Loudonville to take on Siena. First serve is set for 7 p.m. at the Alumni Recreation Center.

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Binghamton’s men’s cross country team placed four of the top five runners in Saturday’s dual meet against Albany.

Men's team finishes first, women's falls to Albany E.Jay Zarett

Assistant Sports Editor

The Binghamton cross country teams opened their fall seasons at home in a meet with Albany on Friday, finding mixed results.

While the men’s team captured a commanding 37-20 victory in its 8K race, the women’s team dropped its 5K by a score of 22-33.

Though the final results were dissimilar, both the men’s and women’s races saw Albany runners take first. On the men’s side, senior Christopher Buchanan clocked a time of 26:16.6 for his narrow first-place finish. On the women’s, senior Molly Pezzulo posted a dominant time of 18:49, over 30 seconds faster than the secondplace finisher.

The difference between the two races is that while Binghamton’s men’s team claimed the next five finishers, the women’s squad’s fastest runner landed in fourth.

Junior Ethan Hausamann paced BU’s men, garnering second with a time of 26:21.2. Within the next 14 seconds, senior Matt Johnson, sophomore Eric Holt, junior Andrew Roache and senior Jesse Garn all crossed the finish line to clinch the victory for Binghamton.

Albany’s women placed the first three finishers, with freshman Valentina Talevi and sophomore Jessica Donohue taking second and third, respectively, to seal the Great Danes’ victory. BU sophomores Alana MacDonald and Anna Corrigan finished on top for their team, taking fourth and fifth overall with times of 20:15.5 and 20:18.6.

In her first career race, freshman Allison Davis was impressive for BU, completing the 5K in 20:23.7 and placing seventh.

“I was very pleased with both team’s performances,” BU head coach Annette Acuff wrote in an email. “We executed well for our first meet of the season and I’m excited about our potential down the road.”

The men’s and women’s team both have a long recovery time before their next scheduled competition. Both teams are set to return to action on Saturday, Sept. 20 at the 20th-annual Iona Meet of Champions. The women’s 6K championship race will begin at 9:30 a.m. with the men’s 8K directly after, at approximately 10:15 a.m. Both races will be held at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx.

The Binghamton golf team opened its season at the Colgate Fall Invitational this weekend, finishing in a tie for sixth out of 14 teams. Army took first with a total team score of 873(+9), consistently scoring under 300 in each of the invitational’s three rounds.

Binghamton improved drastically through the rounds, dropping its score from an initial 318 strokes to 299 in the third round of play for a total of 924(+60). A small consolation for last year’s winner.

Senior Jack Sedgewick recorded the team’s best individual round by shooting 71(-1) in the third. On a larger scale, Sameer Kalia, who shot

73(+2) in the same round, led his team with a 15th-place individual finish. Josh Holling had led the team through the first two rounds on Saturday, but dropped from ninth to 19th after finishing six above par in the third round.

The senior finished with a total of 228 strokes (+12).

Rounding out Binghamton’s weekend, Segdewick finished in 25th with a score of 232(+16), junior Jesse Perkins placed 56th and senior Stephen Mincone took 66th.

The Bearcats will look to improve at their next outing, which is the Cornell Fall Invitational set for Sept. 20 and 21.

Men's tennis opens season with non-scoring event Staff Reports Opening its fall season by hosting a two-day non-scoring round-robin dual, the Binghamton men’s tennis team tested its strength against four of five participating teams this weekend.

Buffalo, Bryant, Duquesne, Colgate and Niagara competed in up to eight singles and four doubles matches spread throughout Saturday and Sunday at the Tennis Complex.

BU faced all teams except Colgate.

Sophomore Frenk Kote achieved the Bearcats’ greatest success, accumulating a perfect 3-0 record from the fifth singles position. Junior Eliott Hureau played as the second single in his first two matches, in which he went 1-1 and tallied a third win from the third spot over Duquesne’s Adam Blasinsky.

Senior Ismael Dinia, in conjunction with Robin Lesage on Saturday and Sid Hazarika on Sunday, prevailed over each of his four opponents, earning a perfect 4-0 at No. 1 doubles.

Individual successes aside, Binghamton largely faltered in its singles matchups, dropping six of seven to Bryant, five of seven to Buffalo and four of six to Duquesne. The team fared better in doubles, taking nine of 14 total contests.

The Bearcats are not scheduled for another match until Sept. 19, when they will either participate in the Ivy Plus Invitational, hosted

by Princeton, or the UVA Plus 1 Invitational.

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BU splits games at Duquesne Invitational Binghamton suffers narrow defeat to Dukes before shutting out Purple Eagles, 2-0 Ashley Purdy Sports Editor

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Junior midfielder Luca Bottoni registered two shots and an assist against Duquesne on Friday.

Despite leading Duquesne through most of Friday evening’s game, the Binghamton men’s soccer team couldn’t recover from a 78th minute goal and fell, 3-2, to its host. The loss highlighted the Bearcats’ weekend participating in the Duquesne Invitational, overshadowing their 2-0 shutout of Niagara the following afternoon.

The somewhat paradoxical triumph is due to the discrepancy of the level of play between the two games. While the Bearcats (2-2) responded to a number of challenges against Duquesne (3-0-1), they simply weren’t able to move the ball around as well against Niagara (1-3).

Binghamton came out strong against the Dukes. Within the first four minutes of the game, sophomore forward Alex Varkatzas converted a cross from senior line-mate Steve Celeste. Duquesne answered within two minutes, but the Bearcats jumped ahead again just before the end of the half when graduate-student midfielder Tommy Moon finished a cross from junior forward Luca Bottoni, bringing the score to 2-1.

The Dukes requited in the 52nd minute when Norwegian freshman forward Fredrik Borenstein, the Invitational’s MVP, scored off a rebounded corner kick. In the 78th minute, the Dukes gained their first lead as French sophomore defender Mamadou Traore netted the go-

ahead on a scrum before the goal. Each of Duquesne’s goals came off the foot of a first-year student on the school’s largely European roster.

“I thought we played terrific against Duquesne,” BU head coach Paul Marco said.

“They were a very good team, they presented us with some challenges that you normally don’t see in a soccer match.

They had a 6’7” striker who is just a giant. Very athletic. And I thought our two center backs did a great job on him.”

Marco referred to Kadeem Pantophlet, a junior forward from the Nethlerlands who has scored one goal and doled out three assists so far this season.

Though outshot, 19-5, through the contest, BU’s sophomore goalkeeper Robert Moewes grabbed five saves to prevent a larger margin of defeat. Those three goals he and the back line couldn’t impede were the result of fouls and stoppage, from play that begins with a throw-in or a corner kick, which gives the offense an innate advantage.

“I think one of the things we’ve struggled with is set-piece defending,” Marco explained.

“We conceded three goals in that game and all three were off the set piece.”

Marco additionally identified the team’s many fouls as a problem area — the Dukes held 14-2 advantage on corner kicks.

“That was a big part of the game,” Marco said. “We gave them a lot of opportunities to have free kicks at the goal.”

Binghamton went on to play Niagara the following day. The teams carried a scoreless tie into

the half, at which point senior midfielder Matt McCoy and Varkatzas broke through the Purple Eagles’ defense. McCoy’s goal came off a free kick from 30 yards out in the 50th minute and Varkatzas’ 80th minute goal finished a cross from sophomore midfielder Charlie Novoth.

The team was outshot, 15-11, but junior goalkeeper Stefano Frantellizzi and Moewes combined for six saves to preserve the shutout.

For their efforts in the invitational, both Varkatzas and senior defender Jamie Forbes were named to the All-Duquesne Invitational team.

Varkatzas, as well as McCoy, Bottoni and Novoth, have all emerged as crucial pieces of this team’s offense. Each has recorded at least one goal, with Bottoni and Novoth also tallying assists. Moon and Celeste, the preseason’s favorites in terms of likely offensive output, have not been silent, either — each has created his fair share of opportunities.

“When the season started we weren’t sure how many different guys were going to be scoring goals,” Marco said. “We had opportunities from a lot of guys to play and I think most of them have taken their minutes quite well. I think that the competitiveness in the team is very good — it’s very high. We’re probably two or three players deep in certain positions, so I think it’s been fantastic.”

Next up for the Bearcats is a home contest against Army.

Play is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Bearcats Sports Complex.

Bearcats extend winning streak to three

Two 2-1 wins over Siena and Lafayette redeem BU's 0-3 start to the season, even record Jeff Twitty

Assistant Sports Editor

The Binghamton women’s soccer team saw a weekend characterized by success as a pair of 2-1 victories over Siena and Lafayette last Friday and Sunday extended its winning streak to three.

Taking on the Saints (1-41) from the Bearcats Sports Center on Friday night, the hosts were active from the get-go but slow to score. The game dragged a scoreless tie into the 65th minute, at which point junior forward Samantha Crane recovered the ball off a short goal kick and beat Siena’s keeper, putting BU (3-3) up by a score.

Binghamton’s offense was potent throughout most of the game: The Bearcats outshot the Saints 21-4 overall, 13-1 in the second half.

“We weren’t really excited about our possession and output in terms of holding the ball in the first 20 [minutes],” BU head coach Sarah McClellan said. “A nice late push in the first half of the second half was how the team really responded

to working for each other.”

That push enabled junior midfielder Katherine Corcoran to net her first goal of the season in the 82nd minute.

Junior forward Stephani Church and freshman back Hannah Shankman each tallied an assist on the score. “[Our] goals were of sheer effort and will power of the whole team,” McClellan said of Friday’s final result. “I thought that we deserved several goals, so I’m glad that we got those two.”

Carrying a 2-0 lead, the Bearcats were able to withstand Siena’s goal a minute later, when junior midfielder Kirby O’Keefe sent the ball just above BU freshman keeper Katie Hatziyianis’ head after a corner kick caused a scramble before the goal.

Sunday marked the beginning of a four-game road trip for BU, with the first stop in Easton, Pa. to face Lafayette. Still soaring after their victory Friday night, the Bearcats posted 10 shots on the Leopards (2-3) in the first half Sunday afternoon. The early effort was highlighted by a 43rd-minute goal off the foot of

freshman forward Jocelyn Acor, who converted on a feed from sophomore midfielder Katie O’Neill.

After a quick Lafayette goal in the last second of the first half, the two teams entered halftime tied at one.

Binghamton still led the shot count by six.

Though the second half found Lafayette taking nearly as many shots as Binghamton, with the former recording seven and the latter nine, Hatziyianis grabbed two saves and Lafayette’s Kelly O’Brien six to propel the game into overtime. Sunday marked BU’s first game extending into extra minutes since last year’s 2-1 double-overtime loss at Vermont.

“I told the team after the game, it’s important for us to be able to match this type of competition, being able to have all of that pressure of an overtime game and come out of it,” McClellan said. “We did a good job to just stay committed to the game.”

The commitment would pay off. Just over seven minutes into the overtime period, redshirt freshman forward Jacque Rice netted her second

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goal of the season, securing BU’s second 2-1 victory of the weekend. Though the score obscures it, BU’s offense was far more dominant through the match: The team held a heavy advantage on both shots (2011) and on-target shots (14-5).

With every score on the day tallied by either a freshman or a sophomore for BU, the young players have proved their potency on an already deep team. O’Neill, Acor and Rice, all underclassmen, have combined for six of BU’s 10 goals this season.

“I think the younger players, as they get more experienced, are getting more comfortable, more confident on the ball which is allowing us to play them,” McClellan said. “It takes a lot of work to play at this level and it doesn’t come all at once, especially if you’re a freshman playing right away. I think our confidence will grow and our player’s confidence will grow as we continue to play.”

Next up for the Bearcats is an away game against Niagara on Friday. Kickoff is set for 4 p.m. at Niagara Field in Lewiston.

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