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Sodexo cuts food prices in Night Owls

ResLife advances sign-up date Students must decide on 2015-2016 housing plans weeks into semester

...housing is a really big decision to make based on only the people I've met this past month

Dining Services offers reduced pricing, new food providers Zuzu Boomer-Knapp and Stacey Schimmel Contributing Writers

This semester, Sodexo dining services has altered the on-campus menu by lowering prices across all Night Owls and picking several new food providers.

According to John Enright, director of residential dining, the prices in Night Owls are now equivalent to daytime dining hall prices, meaning many items cost nearly half of what they used to.

“The reason we made the decision is that students were kind of getting confused,” Enright said. “They didn’t understand why it was a retail price at night and why it is a board plan during the day.”

According to Enright, the prices were originally higher because they accounted for labor costs that would normally be covered under a residential meal plan. Dining services slashed the cost by adjusting the meal plan fees students already paid.

While Enright said the quality of the food had not changed, he also said that the number of transactions increased.

“Last year, the prices were really too high,” said Reuben Pena, an undeclared junior.

“But now I can actually buy what I want. We probably end

We serve fifteen thousand meals every single day, so the product line has to be in and available for us to make that switch — John Enright Director of Residential Dining

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— Hannah Sommers-Thaler BU Freshman

Sunwong Kim/Contributing Photographer

Pictured: Dickinson Community. Residential Life has announced that housing sign-ups for the 2015-2016 academic year will take place in October 2014.

fall’s living arrangements.

On-campus housing signups will now begin on Oct. 22 and continue through Nov. 3. In the past, the process As returning students settle in for hadn’t begun until late into the spring another school year and freshmen adjust semester. to college life, new housing policies are According to Paola Mignone, the forcing many to already consider next associate director of business affairs

Alexandra Mackof Assistant News Editor

for Residential Life, many students who choose to move off campus start their search in the fall. She said the decision was in response to general student concerns about stress signing up for housing.

“We’re trying to match the schedule of the decisions to move off campus

that students are making,” Mignone said. “This is when students start signing leases, so we want to fit the same timing.”

Students will have until March 10 to cancel their on-campus housing

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CDC expands to Mountainview Microsoft hosts coding competition Company representatives scout campus' talent Gabriella Weick and Madeline Mahon Contributing Writers

Tycho McManus/Assistant Photo Editor The Mountainview College Student Success Center now hosts Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development’s (CCPD) newest branch.

Career Services offered below dining hall Michelle Kraidman and Kanchi Chandwani

access to advising.

Laura O’Neill, the academic Contributing Writers program coordinator for the Fleishman Center, and Binghamton University’s the head of the branch at Fleishman Center for Mountainview, said the new Career and Professional office has many services it can Development’s (CCPD) newest provide for students. branch is bringing advising “The list goes on and on, but straight to the residence halls. basically we help with career Harpur and CCPA student paths, choosing your major, advising opened a satellite internships and professional branch in Mountainview’s programs,” O’Neill said.

Appalachian dining hall to According to O’Neill, provide students with easier the office’s presence in

Mountainview will provide assistance with degree work audits and degree requirements like general education, Harpur writing requirements and major requirements. It also offers help with understanding academic policies and advice on course selection.

Although the CCPD does not offer advising for the School of Management or the

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Watson Commons became a Microsoft scouting base on Wednesday night as students assembled to show off their skills in a coding competition.

Participants gathered in groups of two or three and attempted to solve multiple coding problems set by the judges from the tech giant.

The group that solved the

If you're in computer science, you want to come to these things.

You do well, you get noticed — Patrick Madden BU computer science professor

most problems in the shortest amount of time won the competition, and the attention of Microsoft scouts.

“We’re looking for really strong coding and problem-solving skills,” said Forrest Marvin, a Microsoft representative and Binghamton University alumnus. “This is primarily about algorithms and the ability to turn a problem into a coded solution pretty quickly. We want a mix between that and good interpersonal skills.”

Marvin said that company officials were visiting top schools around the country in search of students to recruit. “[A coding contest is] a great filter to see who stands out, and it’s well known that a good programmer is easily 10 times more productive than an average programmer,” said Patrick Madden, a computer science professor at BU. “A GPA does not always tell the real story, and in many cases, tells the exact opposite of the real story.”

According to Marvin, undergraduate coders who

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BU prof. reinvents glass for electronics Social media used Louis Piper developes cheaper, transparent screens

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Research at Binghamton University may change the way that smartphones, tablets and other electronics are developed.

Louis Piper, a BU professor of physics and astronomy, developed a new type of metal oxide glass that is normally found in computer and phone screens.

Piper researched the properties and manufacturing processes of material glass to find a way to make it cheaper, more conductive and more transparent.

According to Piper, transparency and conduction benefits are often mutually exclusive.

“What we really did was figure out what was causing the material to look brownish when you made it, because ideally you want it transparent,” Piper said.

“But when you made it fully transparent it wouldn’t be very conductive, so you would try new methods to make it more conductive and that would make it go a bit brown.”

Piper said the glass he

developed was easier to handle and manufacture, especially when it came to temperature.

“The nice thing about this material is we’ve got it at room temperature,” he said. “Usually when you have all your silicon and all your expensive processes, you have to make it as crystalline as possible, so usually you go to really high temperatures like 1,000 C and have to use a lot of careful processing.”

With the help of his students, Piper discovered how to overcome this obstacle by using X-rays to track and stop electrons from leaving their atomic bonds.

“It’s basically an elaboration of the photoelectric effect, which is what Einstein won his Nobel Prize for,” Piper said. “We shine light onto a material and then give it enough energy so the electrons escape the material.”

He explained that the glass on tablets and other electronic devices had been using a silicon base which is much harder and more expensive to manufacture.

His process uses amorphous metal oxide indium-gallium-zincoxide, which he says will make it cheaper, more conductive and more transparent.

to track daily life

Researchers track Twitter use to analyze human behavior Emilie Leroy

Tamar Ashdot-Bari/Contributing Photographer Louis Piper, professor of physics and astronomy, has invented a new form of highly conductive metal oxide glass. The conductor was developed as part of a joint research project with Corning Inc.

According to Piper, the market for metal oxide glass may become very lucrative. Corning Inc., the company for which Piper is doing research, expects to see many uses for the glass in everyday life.

“It’s projected to be an $80 billion industry in the next decade for making transparent displays,” Piper said.

He said the future of metal oxide glass could include unconventional items.

“There’s a push towards having things [like] wearable electronics or coffee tables that turn into your computer,” Piper said. “When you wake up, your window goes from dark to transparent, and then

you get up and you’re brushing your teeth in the mirror and the mirror turns into a computer and things like that.”

In addition to the research staff, BU has the facilities needed for developing the glass, according to Piper.

“At Binghamton we’ve got a flexible electronics center where we have microelectronic manufacturing,” Piper said. “We actually have machines that can print this material onto sheets of plastic or rollable glass and we can print out about 300 feet of electronics.”

Harpur, CCPA advising in Appalachian CDC continued from Page 1 Watson School of Engineering, it does offer help for Harpur, CCPA, graduate students, transfer students and veterans.

O’Neill said that the office is acting as a satellite office to represent the CCPD outside the University Union and is staying open longer than the Union office.

“We are coming up into the Residential Life communities to pull the students down to the Union office; we can give them information here, but they can get the full services in all the offices,” O’Neill said. “[We’re]

glad to be collaborating with other student service offices here in Mountainview in order to accommodate our busy students.”

O’Neill said that the CCPD chose Appalachian because Mountainview faculty master Kevin Wright was the first to reach out when she introduced the idea. It is located on the ground floor of the Appalachian in the student success center.

She said students should begin their career portfolio as early as freshman year, and hopes that having a location closer to the dorms will encourage them to take

advantage of the resources.

“We’re really just getting up and running this year, and we’ve taken it to a whole new level,” O’Neill said. “We’ll have more information for students to make it student friendly, to accommodate them and just push them to go into the offices.”

Liana Rodriguez, a sophomore majoring in psychology, said that she would be more likely to go with the location closer to her dorms. “[A CDC in Mountainview will] be great, because then I could have help getting a job,” Rodriguez said.

Coders face off in Watson A coding contest is a great filter...

It's well known that a good programmer is easily ten times more productive than the average programmer — Patrick Madden BU Computer Science Professor

CODE continued from Page 1 stood out would earn a chance for a 12-week summer internship at the Microsoft office in Seattle.

Graduate students would receive an interview for a full-time employment opportunity.

“Pretty much anything that you want to do for science as a career, they have some kind of open position,” said Asloob Qureshi, a second-year graduate student studying math. “They make the best stuff and would provide a career for the long run.”

According to Madden, coding competitions are a way for students to open doors to their futures as programmers, especially for the winning group, “Wacky Waving Inflatable Tube Man.” “If you’re in computer science you want to come to these things,” Madden said. “You

...we're looking The longest tweets may only for relationships, be 140 characters long, but two Binghamton University whether it researchers have been attempting to make them speak is a group volumes.

Sang Won Yoon, an assistant professor of system sciences relationship and industrial engineering, and Sarah Lam, an associate or individual professor and an associate dean of the Watson graduate school, behavior. The analyzed 500 million tweets from the New York City area. Using these tweets, they were able to methodology see the location of users, the date, time and content of the can be easily tweet using signals from cell phone towers and Wi-Fi signals.

This anonymous information, transferred provided by Xerox research, Pipe Dream News

do well, you get noticed and by the time you graduate, you’re fighting off job offers.”

While the prospect of a job opportunity was enticing for some, others attended just to have a good time.

“I think everyone enjoys going, whether it be to try and win or just have fun and talk to other people,” said Christopher Beard, a junior double-majoring in math and computer science.

“You get to know the other people who go to these types of things after being in classes with them and seeing them at similar events.”

But for Ganesh Wani, a second-year graduate student studying math, the prospect of joining the ranks of those at Microsoft was a draw.

“Microsoft only hires the greatest people; the best minds,” Wani said. “If you are that lucky guy, it’s a pretty amazing thing.”

...we help with career paths, choosing your major, internships, professional programs — Laura O'Neill Head of Mountainview CCPD

allowed Yoon and Lam to predict which areas were residential, industrial and recreational.

“We see a lot of Twitter information coming from Long Island at night time,” Yoon said.

“And from the same users, we see a lot of tweets coming from the Manhattan area during the day. In this case, we can predict that maybe this person is living on Long Island and has work or school in Manhattan.”

According to Lam, the most successful individual user prediction they performed had 90 percent accuracy. They used a process called cross-validation, which showed how well the model generalizes new data.

In addition to using tweets, Yoon and Lam used census demographic information to account for people who did not use Twitter.

“Older people, like grandparents, are not likely to be doing any tweeting, but younger generations tend to do it more often,” Lam said. “We don’t want to miss out on the population that’s not captured by tweets.”

Although some social media users may be uncomfortable

— Sarah Lam Assoc. Dean of Watson

with the concept that their behavior can be predicted based on what they post, this is not a new phenomenon. Stores have used the tracking and pattern recognition that Yoon and Lam have done with tweets.

“Even some local grocery stores do it,” Lam said. “They know what the likely items that you are going to purchase and they will give you the relevant coupons hoping that you’ll buy more. They’re keeping track of individual shopping patterns.”

While they have only looked at data from Twitter, Lam said that the methodology could be modified to work with data from other social media sites, such as Facebook.

“It doesn’t really have to be constrained to Twitter data,” Lam said. “In any other largescale data we’re looking for relationships, whether it is a group relationship or individual behavior. The methodology can be easily transferred.”

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Local News Jerry Seinfeld to perform in Binghamton on Dec. 5 Nick Offerman isn’t the only big-name comedian coming to Binghamton. On Friday, Dec. 5, Jerry Seinfeld will perform at the Broome County Forum Theatre. He’s scheduled for two appearances that night, one at 7 p.m. and one at 9:30 p.m. Tickets will go on sale on Sept. 26 at the Arena box office on 236 Washington St., and on ticketmaster.com. Seinfeld is best known for his eponymous television sitcom, “Seinfeld,” which he created, co-wrote and starred in. Since 2012, he has also starred in the web series “Comedian in Cars Getting Coffee,” where he shows off vintage cars and has discussions with other celebrities while they drink coffee.

Convicted sex offender found in college dorm room Authorities say they found a convicted sex offender from the Binghamton area staying with friends in their dorm room at a western New York community college. Local media report that the Tioga County Sheriff’s Office issued an arrest warrant Wednesday morning for 21-year-old Dustin Shrauger after he broke his conditions of parole by leaving the county. Officials used the GPS device Shrauger is required to wear to track him to the student housing at Niagara County Community College in Sanborn, 15 miles north of Buffalo. Police took him into custody without incident. Officials say he was staying with two female friends.

Shrauger was convicted in 2011 of raping a 6-year-old child and is registered as a Level 2 sex offender in New York state. He’s back in jail in Tioga County.

State News New York awards $55M in research, education grants New York state is investing $55 million in five projects around the state that aim to boost economic development through education and research. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the state grants Tuesday during stops in Syracuse and New Paltz. The funding awards are part of the state’s SUNY 2020 Challenge Grant Program.

The winning initiatives include the $20 million SUNY Water Research and Education center at Onondaga Lake, where scientists will monitor water quality and the lake’s ecosystem; and the $10 million Engineering Innovation Hub at SUNY New Paltz, which will provide resources for advanced manufacturing education and research. The other groups that won funds are a business incubator in Binghamton, a manufacturing workforce development program in the North Country and a nanotechnology degree program at Erie County Community College.

National Fraternity News Men sentenced in Central California hazing death Two men have been sentenced to jail in the 2012 hazing of a Central California fraternity pledge who drank 37 shots of hard liquor and died. The Fresno Bee reported Tuesday that 30-year-old Leonard Louis Serrato was sentenced to 90 days, and 26-year-old Aaron Joseph Raymo received 30 days. A judge also ordered the former Theta Chi members to a three-month work program and probation. The two pleaded no contest to hazing Fresno State University student and Theta Chi pledge Philip Dhanen. Authorities say the 18-year-old’s blood-alcohol content was more than four times the legal limit when he died. The local president of the fraternity, 23-year-old Daniel Woodward Baker, was also sentenced to similar hazing charges in July. The death led the fraternity to revoke the local chapter’s charter.

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At 1:20 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, the lights at Binghamton University went black.

The power outage came as a result of an overturned garbage truck that struck a utility pole at the intersection of Bunn Hill Road and Vestal Parkway. According to Vestal police, the truck flipped after the driver lost his brakes and swerved to avoid hitting an OCCT bus.

Julie Kline, a sophomore double-majoring in human development and English, was on the bus.

“I was looking out the window and all of a sudden our bus shook like it had been bumped by something,” Kline said. “Then we all saw this truck hit a pole right in front of us. The pole snapped, and the top part of it was just hanging there as the rest of it fell and the truck flipped on its side.”

Kline said that everyone going Downtown was able to safely move away from the accident, but at the time no one was sure how dangerous the scene was.

“Then they told us all to move away, since they didn’t know if anything was going to explode,” Kline said. “OCCT asked us all to sign a paper saying we were witnesses and that they weren’t liable. Then we all just walked back to campus, totally in shock.”

“It could have been a lot worse,” said Officer Nick Zakrajsek. “In the middle of the day and in the middle of traffic — someone could have been really hurt.”

Atef Hazar, a resident of Annetta Street near Denny’s since 1980, said that the response to the accident was swift.

“I’ve been really impressed with NYSEG [New York State Electric and Gas Corporation],” Hazar said. “They were here within hours, they put a new pole up, they were reattaching all the wires.”

Police Watch A lighter take on campus crime

Luckiest Man in Binghamton MONDAY, SEPT. 15, 1:55 p.m. — A 19-year-old male’s bicycle was stolen while he was in the Hinman Dining Hall, said Investigator Patrick Reilly of Binghamton’s New York State University Police. The victim parked his bike on Connector Road and when he left the dining hall, found that it was missing. He contacted UPD and they searched the campus for the bicycle but could not find it. Later in the day the victim called UPD and let them know that he found the bike. The case has been closed.

Unluckiest Man in Binghamton TUESDAY, SEPT. 16, 1:30 p.m. — Parking Services received an email from an employee stating that an individual struck the exit gate of the Paid Parking Lot, Reilly said. The suspect, a 41-year-old male, returned to the scene and gave his information. He said that he had some sort of machine on the trailer of his vehicle and that the machine struck the exit gate as he was leaving. The exit gate is still operational. The damage, which costs around $5000, will be paid for in full by the suspect.

Danger Zone TUESDAY, SEPT. 16, 6:15 p.m. — Officers on patrol noticed a vehicle on West Drive going 45 mph in a 25 mph zone, Reilly said.

The vehicle was pulled over. After obtaining the 26-year-old female’s information, the officers ran it though a computer. The computer check showed that the vehicle was unregistered and the driver had a suspended license for failure to respond to a summons. The suspect was given three tickets returnable to Vestal Town Court.

‘Bummed’ Out WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 17, 1:28 a.m. — Officers responded to Windham Hall in Mountainview College after receiving reports of an intoxicated 18-year-old male, Reilly said. When officers arrived the suspect was sitting on the floor of the hallway, naked from the waist down except for socks. The suspect said that he was drinking Downtown earlier and that he felt sick when he got back, so he went to the bathroom but locked himself out of his room in the process. An RA found the suspect and called UPD. The suspect was given a change of clothes and was transferred to Lourdes Hospital.

—Aaron Berkowitz, Police Correspondent

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Free range eggs, fresh burgers coming to dining halls FOOD continued from Page 1

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Patrick Jones, a junior majoring in math, waits in line at the CIW Night Owl on Thursday night. Sodexo recently announced price-cuts across all Night Owls in addition to adding new food providers.

up going four days a week, so this is definitely a boost.�

Joseph Powers, a sophomore majoring in accounting, said that he worried the change would make student traffic unsustainable. “I preferred the prices of Night Owl high,� Powers said. “It shortened demand and I could get in and out. Now when I go to Night Owl for dinner I’m forced to wait.�

However, Enright said that if Night Owls become overcrowded, dining services will consider having more employees working at night.

He also said that, in addition to Night Owl price changes, the dining halls are changing several providers due to student demand. “I’ve been on campus for 16 years, and at least for 10 of those 16 years I can remember students saying ‘Well, why can’t

you get Boar’s Head?’ and we were never allowed to purchase it,� Enright said. “This year was the first year we were actually allowed to.�

Because of the change, each dining hall has now switched over to weight-based pricing as opposed to portion-based pricing.

Enright also said that dining services have switched to a new beef patty provider, based on reviews received in person, online and at the Student Culinary Council, which works with Sodexo to voice student opinions on food services. “When we did the grill menu for regular resident dining this semester, we upgraded to a fresh, New York state homeraised beef patty, whereas in the past we used a frozen beef patty,�

Enright said.

Enright added that because of a new company-wide policy, dining services would begin to use eggs from cage-free

chickens. However, because of high demand nationwide, the eggs would be phased into the College-in-the-Woods and Appalachian dining halls first, in the form of whole eggs, before spreading to all kitchens in liquid egg form. “We serve 15,000 meals every single day, so the product line has to be in and available for us to make that switch,� Enright said.

Students like Jesse Toder, a senior majoring in industrial engineering, said the changes improved the overall quality of the dining halls. “Considering how insane the prices were before, it’s great now,� Toder said. “Two dollars for a milkshake and $2.60 for chicken wings is actually worth it. I live off campus, but when I’m [on campus] I will definitely think about coming here more.�

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This year the registration fee will be waved, but those who choose to cancel their contract before the March deadline will face a $200 cancellation fee.

After the deadline, students who cancel must pay room and board in full.

“The important thing is that in terms of a process, it’s going to look exactly like last year,” Mignone said. “In the past we’ve had a date in the summer to cancel. The March 10 date is the same sort of concept, just earlier.”

According to Alex Liu, Student Association (SA) president and a senior majoring in philosophy, politics and law, the original cancellation deadline was Feb. 1 but was extended after he voiced his concerns with the administration.

“That’s a small victory, bringing the rate of change down a little bit,” Liu said. “Of course last year the deadline was in June, but at least we got another month.”

Only students who decide to study abroad or transfer for the fall semester will be excused from their contract fees after the final March deadline.

Hannah Sommers-Thaler, an undeclared freshman, said that many students have just gotten settled and may not be ready to make such a commitment.

“Everyone is still in the

phase of trying to meet even more new people, and housing is a really big decision to make based on only the people I’ve met in the past month,” Sommers-Thaler said.

Between October and March, students who sign up for on-campus housing will have the ability to adjust their arrangements if they change their mind about where they would like to live or with whom they would like to live. The format of this process is not yet finalized, but the hope is that each individual can freely change his or her housing arrangements online at will.

“We are still tweaking exactly how that will work, but since the process is earlier we’re letting students switch themselves before the March deadline,” Mignone said. “The hope is that students will be able to see what’s available and just move themselves.”

Liu said that this would be important for students who may meet new people as the year goes on.

“It will definitely be good for ResLife to stay to their word of allowing students to continue to move around,” he said.

Liu called his personal housing choices traditional, saying he lived on campus his first two years and then moved off-campus. He said that the variety in his housing was important and beneficial.

“It is in the University’s interest to make sure the students are staying on campus for those first two years, and then having the experience of

moving off-campus,” Liu said.

Liu also said that he believes the change could pose many social implications for students, especially freshmen who are just adapting to college and making connections.

“There will be people telling their roommates that they don’t want to live with them next year, people choosing roommates and then backing out later, or people feeling uncomfortable about backing out,” Liu said.

According to Andre Khazak, a sophomore majoring in neuroscience, the changes are rushing students into making choices too soon.

“It’s making me need to figure out whether I’m moving off campus earlier than I’d planned,” Khazak said. “It puts unnecessary pressure on the students to make big decisions.”

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Odeya Pinkus | Assistant Release Editor As students living in this town, we usually tend to stay between the confines of State Street, never truly venturing farther than Leroy or Chestnut. For those who are willing to take that first step outside of the “University Bubble,” however, there are definite hidden treasures that wait. One of these places is none other than Gallagher’s Irish Pub, a home-cooked haven in a world of Paneras and Chipotles.

Located at 92 Robinson St., Gallagher’s offers everything from classic bar food to some atypical specialties, and this Restaurant Week, Gallagher’s knocks it out of the park. This is Gallagher’s third year participating in the festivities, and hungry patrons can get a three-course dinner for $25, complete with an entrée, a dessert and a choice of salad, soup, beer or wine.

Starting dinner off with a delicious

salad, it was clear that this meal wouldn’t consist of your run-of-the-mill wings and celery sticks. Topped with goat cheese and grilled peaches, the appetizer was both an original and delicious starter. The entrée choices consisted of chicken colcannon (a butter-sauce-topped chicken breast with a side of mashed potatoes infused with vegetables), pork chops in peach liqueur sauce (with a side of garlic mashed potatoes and roasted butternut squash) or beef tenderloin in a béarnaise sauce (with a side of green beans and cinnamon yams).

The beef dish was mouthwatering and came at a generous portion. It was juicy and tender, and everything that you need in an entrée. Having snuck a bite of my friend’s chicken, I can only say the same for that meal as well.

Dessert featured homemade pumpkin bread, apple pie cake a la mode and, yes, a dark chocolate bacon cupcake. No, you did not read that wrong.

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While this menu is special for Restaurant Week, it reflects the uniqueness of the menu all year round. Your choices can consist of a havarti (a type of Danish cheese) and sun dried tomato cheesecake, bacon wrapped garlic bread sticks and homemade Perogies – and those are just appetizers. Gallagher’s offers spiedies, a filet mignon sandwich and an eight-cheese macaroni and cheese.

If you don’t take a visit for the food (although you should), the atmosphere is a pleasure in and of itself. Upon entering, you are greeted by people who feel so at home that you can’t tell if they’re regulars or employees. When I walked in, a man asked if he could help me with anything.

After asking him if he worked there, he replied in jovial manner that he did not, but could help me nonetheless.

The easygoing ambiance is clearly reflected in the personality of the owner and chef, Marijo Gallagher. She started

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Erin Rosenblum | Contributing Writer

For the typical broke college student, Restaurant Week is a gift from the Southern Tier spirits. Sept. 16 to 25 is a period of exploration and a journey of self-discovery, in which the owners of fine dining establishments offer us tailored menus at affordable prices. They gift us with the chance to experience a lifestyle usually reserved for parent visits and graduation.

If you’re trying to ball out on a budget, Number 5’s Restaurant Week deal is arguably the best one on the list. The swanky steakhouse offers three courses for $25. Compared to its usual expensive prices, it’s clear that this opportunity to eat its Southern-Tier-famous USDA prime meat is unbeatable.

Located in a historic firehouse, Number 5’s location has been standing since the

1800s, when the fire wagons were still being pulled by horses. The remarkable building was transformed into an upscale classic American steakhouse in 1978, destined to become the holy grail of Binghamton dining and a mecca for upstate steak-lovers.

The rich history of the building is obvious the moment you walk in. Dark wood creates an aged comfort, while black and white pictures, heavily-filled bookshelves and an ostentatious painting of naked women adorn the walls. It gives the impression that you’re in the scene where Jack paints Rose in “Titanic,” only without the early 1900s structural oppression of women, the looming danger of a sinking ship and with the addition of steak.

Number 5’s Restaurant Week menu is pretty much exactly what you would expect from an upscale steakhouse.

Appetizer options include a delectable and

aesthetically pleasing french onion soup, a mixed greens salad or Greek mushrooms stuffed with spinach and feta. For the main course, you’re probably blowing it if you don’t order the prime-top sirloin steak, a quality chair-broiled cut, topped with sauteed mushrooms and onions, cooked tenderly to perfection and swimming in its own deep red juices.

But if dark meat isn’t your thing, the menu also features a seared chicken breast in a pan sauce with roasted shallots, gorgonzola and herbs, as well as a linguine

the pub three years ago and has also been running a successful catering business, Marilu’s Catering, for around 20 years now. The only thing that rivals her warm personality is the warm, fresh food she serves.

Perhaps the biggest appeal of the restaurant is that it’s not right in the center of State Street. The pub hosts trivia every Tuesday without the hustle and bustle of Tom& Marty’s atmosphere. Bands come and play on the weekends without tearing down the house and drowning out conversation. The aura is great and the cuisine is delicious.

“There’s good food outside of Downtown,” Gallagher said. “You just have to take the five-second drive. It’s a little more relaxed on this side of town. You can come in and enjoy a nice dinner for two.”

soaked in white wine with clams and shrimp. For a vegetarian option, Number 5 serves a wild mushroom risotto. For dessert, try the chocolate decadence, a flourless cake (gluten-free!) whose overwhelming richness is the perfect counterpart for your savory steak.

Number 5 is the kind of restaurant where you put your napkin on your lap, you’re confused about which spoon to use, your waiter cleans the crumbs off the table from course-to-course and your meal ends with towels and a mint. Brush up on your table manners before going, or take Spongebob’s timeless advice and clear your mind of everything except “fine dining, and breathing.”

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Joseph Barberio | Contributing Writer

Part of the fun of Restaurant Week in Binghamton is getting to take part in the community and experience the local culture.

This year, there is no better way to do that than by going to Lupo’s S&S Char Pit at 6 West State St., where you can find a diverse menu that also specializes in Southern Tier staples.

One of the quintessential delicacies found in the greater Binghamton area is, of course, the spiedie. For those who don’t already know, a spiedie is essentially a sandwich consisting of grilled marinated meat that was cooked on a skewer, and served in a crusty roll. It originated from Italian immigrants living in the Binghamton area. At Lupo’s they serve chicken, pork and lamb spiedies, all marinated for 24 hours in a secret-recipe marinade that has been used by the Lupo family for over 50 years. Although the spiedie is what Lupo’s is most famous for, they also

have more commonplace items on the menu including hamburgers, sausage and other sandwiches.

Lupo’s S&S Char Pit was founded in 1978 by brothers Steve and Sam Lupo. When you walk into the restaurant you can see why it is popular among locals. The restaurant has a laid-back style that immediately makes you feel at home. The surprising amount of seating and quick service makes it a perfect place to either grab a quick bite to-go or sit down and enjoy your meal with a friend.

Not to mention they have a 20 percent off deal on Mondays for any SUNY student, which is ideal for cash-strapped college students looking to save money on lunch.

“Lupo’s is among the best State Street has to offer,” said Mike Montanti, a sophomore majoring in biology. “It’s a great meal at a great price.”

When I visited Lupo’s, I opted for both the traditional lamb spiedie and the more popular chicken spiedie which, according to

owner Steve Lupo, was invented by his brother Sam. Typically grilled chicken can be dry, but the chicken at Lupo’s was juicy and tender. The lamb was also delicious and excellently cooked to the point where it was still tender but not overcooked.

Lupo’s also includes a selection of sauces, including hot sauce and the homemade marinade with which the spiedie meat was originally seasoned. Both meals can come with a “value” option that gives you a choice of many sides and a drink. At Lupo’s you can also pre-order marinated spiedie meat that you can take home and cook yourself to impress your roommates or guests.

Students at Binghamton University have come from different backgrounds and walks of life, but something we all have in common is that we call BU our home. There is no better way to get acclimated to your surroundings

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and learn the culture than to head out to a restaurant that has been around for generations. Binghamton has seen some rough times recently, but according to Steve Lupo, Lupo’s has been hanging in there for the customers.

“We would’ve been gone, but we stayed because we had a nice base,” Steve Lupo said. He also notes that “[Binghamton] hasn’t gone up, but it’s a small town with an awful lot of pride,” and that “Binghamton is coming back … for sure.”

For $10, you can get a great lunch at Lupo’s. So make sure to head Downtown this Restaurant Week, check out a Binghamton institution and enjoy a sandwich that we are all proud to call our very own.

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Evy Pitt-Stoller | Staff Writer

This past Monday evening, I arrived on Grant Street to meet up with a Pipe Dream photographer and review the underrated Irish pub, House of Reardon. Sitting at the bar sipping on the complimentary Blue Moon the friendly bartender, Rick, handed to me, I eventually realized that this mystery photographer was a no-show [editor’s note: It was the photo editor’s fault]. I was stood up, hard. Here’s why I would prefer to get stood up at House of Reardon than any other restaurant in Binghamton, or maybe anywhere.

When you walk into the room, it immediately gives off a warm, cozy vibe.

The space is small, but the heart of the place is big. The eccentric and exceptionally gracious owner, Bob Reardon, took me out back past the quaint patio to their spacious party room (where they host countless catered events), stopping to speak to a customer who, like most of his customers, has a personal relationship with him.

In the party room, Bob and I sipped on beers and I learned about his establishment.

In the family since 1922 – making House

of Reardon the oldest Irish bar in Broome County – Bob’s great uncle, Tom Reardon, founded the pub. I learned that the restaurant wasn’t always, well, a restaurant.

Bob told me that a customer came in this past Sunday and informed him that exactly 71 years before that day, she had had her bridal shower there. She came back upon learning that House of Reardon now sold food.

This loyal customer is a little behind the times. House of Reardon has been selling food since 1985, but this kind of long-term loyalty epitomizes the establishment. House of Reardon is one of a kind in its customer service; all of the employees are on a mission to make their customers feel at home and have a great time.

A prime example of their extraordinary customer care is the arrangement they make on Parade Day and Saint Patrick’s Day. A second portable kitchen is placed out front, and House of Reardon’s elderly customers who want to avoid the drunken ruckus that Binghamton serves up on these green holidays can drive up and pick up their authentic ham and cabbage dinner, a Parade Day and Saint Patrick’s Day special.

Cortese Kayla Harris | Contributing Writer

Cortese Restaurant is the best of both worlds: It’s a classy spot to wine and dine your significant other and also the perfect local spot to bro out with the boys for Monday night football. Its extensive Italian cuisine is guaranteed to satisfy both your taste buds and your tummy.

Located at 117 Robinson St., Cortese has plenty of space — three dining rooms and a bar, to be exact. There’s always seating available for both small and large parties.

Basically, you don’t have to be concerned about the nosy-looking couple sitting at the table next to yours.

Cortese is a family business, founded in 1947 by Angeline Cortese and her sons, James and Nathan. Unfortunately,

And House of Reardon does not only cater to the elderly. I, a 21-year-old college student from Long Island, wearing a flowery dress and a jean jacket, stood up by someone I had never met, surrounded by men and women, both strangers to and older than me, had a freaking blast at the place.

Once Bob and I were done talking history and business, we headed over to the bar where we sat with the boys, Rick (the bartender from before, who casually handed me another Blue Moon), Josh and Lenny.

For Restaurant Week, they’ll give you lunch for only $10, and dinner for $20. And although there was only one of me there to review their food and establishment, I ate enough dinner for a small village. Placed in front of me were a large quesadilla, half chicken and half cheese; a house salad; and homemade potato chips. Oh, and a basket of funnel fries, which are fluffy variations on funnel cake and not only taste like heaven, but also are unfortunately not offered on the Restaurant Week menu; I’m telling you about them so you’ll be jealous because they’re in my belly. And then they gave me a whole mushroom pizza. Needless to say, I was full.

a third son, Angelo, who always dreamed of running a restaurant, was killed while serving in the United States Navy during World War II. Since then, the family has dedicated its time and energy to building a family-oriented establishment with an excellent reputation. In fact, to honor those who have served, current military members and veterans receive 15 percent off their meals. And there are definitely plenty of meals from which to choose.

A Restaurant Week dinner costs $25, at the higher end of the week’s offerings, but the price is well worth it. The portions are large, and you can probably have enough leftovers for another meal afterward. So think of it as paying for dinner for two nights. You can also go for lunch and drop $12 for a solid meal.

All of the food tasted fresh, authentic and absolutely delicious. And even though considering the feast I was given I had a lot to take to-go with me, I thoroughly enjoyed eating in-house because of the homey and comfortable environment. So, yeah, I got stood up, and, yeah, I had an awesome time with the guys down at House of Reardon.

Come join them in their fourth year participating in Restaurant Week, and make sure to order the homemade potato chips.

And tell Bob I say hi.

All of the employees are on a mission to make their customers feel at home and have a great time

If spending more than $20 on a casual night out isn’t your style, don’t worry.

Cortese has other options that may be more suitable for your price range. Salads, subs, wraps and pizzas (one of their specialties) are all around $10, yet still sizable.

But for Restaurant Week, my personal favorite is the Parmesan Sampler, which includes chicken, eggplant and pasta all smothered in delicious red sauce and tons of cheese, because everything is better when it’s covered in cheese.

If you’re looking to take advantage of Restaurant Week deals by going to one of the higher-end options, head to Cortese.

The people, portions and parmesan are three things you don’t want to miss.

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River Bistro Kenneth Herman | Staff Writer

Upstate goes upscale with River Bistro, a restaurant located in the DoubleTree Hilton Hotel on 225 Water St. With a view overlooking the Chenango River, the River Bistro provides a posh but unpretentious dining experience.

“It is that hidden gem,” said Paul Daniels, River Bistro’s general manager.

Daniels, who grew up in Binghamton, has seen the Bistro through its many iterations and shifts in management in a short time. The River Bistro opened its doors in April of last year.

“The hotel has been everything from a Best Western to the Binghamton Regency hotel until becoming a DoubleTree,” Daniels said. “The Bistro has been here the whole time, until a dramatic facelift last year by the new owners.”

The $12 lunch menu offers chicken, gnocchi and salmon as part of a threecourse meal, with appetizer and dessert.

The $25 three-course dinner menu includes pork ragu, a goat cheese tart, trout and venison as its main courses.

Although the dinner special may seem steep, the quality of the menu and the experience account for the cost.

The venison meatloaf comes with

a smoky vinegar and barbecue sauce, garnished with mashed potatoes and string beans. The duck confit crepe, included as an appetizer, was moist and succulent. The cauliflower soup left a little to be desired, as did the pork ragu. However, the dessert items, including the apple crisp, were an excellent sendoff from an all-around delicious meal.

Robert Gedman, a native of Liverpool, is the River Bistro’s executive chef.

After living in Binghamton for 10 years, Gedman’s menu has a unique twist.

“Local ingredients,” Gedman said.

“Anything that we can get local, we get.

Buying local is where everyone needs to be and where everyone will be.”

The River Bistro prides itself on boasting a menu of ingredients primarily from nearby businesses. “[Gedman] has gone to great lengths to keep all ingredients farm fresh and help the local economy,” Daniels said.

The Bistro provides a comfortable atmosphere with warmly lit tables and a panoramic view. The soundtrack was head scratching at times (Tycho and Chvrches at a fancy restaurant?), but didn’t distract from the placid, relaxed environment.

Despite a tasty meal, the Bistro has one disadvantage — its location. With no sign or

storefront, the restaurant’s location in the DoubleTree is difficult to find. Although business appeared healthy, students may be scratching their heads when navigating the area around and inside the Hilton.

Regardless, Gedman is insistent that patrons of the River Bistro will leave satisfied.

“I’m always cooking for our guests,” Gedman said. “The prices here are really great and competitive.”

The River Bistro forgoes the ostentatious for elegance, perfect for a date or casual dinner out with friends.

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Rachel Bluth |Editor-In-Chief

The outside of the Kilmer building that houses Remlik’s is deceptively drab; it’s another brick building in Binghamton Gray. Walking inside is an entirely different experience. The massive ceilings are supported with ornately decorated and lit Corinthian columns. It’s an intimidating sight. There are cloth napkins and salad forks, and you will immediately feel underdressed when you enter the dining room. Try to get over it, because the food is pretty good.

Owner Edward Wesoloski said he was aware of how the up-scale atmosphere

may turn off casual diners. Originally, the menu included more dishes traditionally associated with home cooking. But when he founded the elegant venue in 2010, he and his two partners classed up the offerings to fit the swanky space. Nonetheless, he says that he tries to make people more at ease.

He has the staff wear golf shirts instead of button ups, and the bar tenders wear shorts.

“We want people to come on their birthdays and special occasions, but that’s not the only times we want them to come,” said Wesoloski, a lifetime resident of the Southside.

You can tell that this is a nice place

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because instead of getting a bread basket (so plebeian), you get garlic knots. It was thrilling.

The Restaurant Week menu offers some good options for appetizers. Our server was very nice and good at her job, but she recommended the house salad, a patently ridiculous suggestion. I opted instead for the “toasted” (think fried) ravioli, which was delicious, but nothing you haven’t had before. The star of the appetizer course, and maybe of the meal, was the artichoke bruschetta. The artichokes offer something more to bite into than a traditional tomatobased bruschetta. The four long slices of baguette were thin and crunchy and had generous portions of artichoke and tomato with a balsamic reduction.

The ahi tuna I got for a main course was cooked perfectly, in that it was barely cooked at all, the way tuna is meant to be eaten. It came with plain white rice that I didn’t care for and a zucchini cole slaw that didn’t do much for me either. The hoisin sauce that the tuna came with was very sweet, and a little spicy going down. The fish was good enough to be eaten without the sauce, which was a little overbearing in its sweetness.

My date’s meal impressed me more than my own did. He ordered a medium-rare prime sirloin au poivre, and though we were a little shocked initially by just how pink and bloody it was (I thought it would get up and walk away), it ended up being

delicious. Served with an unexpectedly spicy creamy peppercorn sauce and whipped potatoes, it’s perfect for the meat-andpotatoes carnivore who wants to class it up for the night.

For dessert we got creme puffs and pumpkin rice pudding. The puffs were a perfect ending to the meal: light and sweet without making you feel like you just consumed a week’s worth of calories.

The rice pudding on the other hand, was disappointing. Don’t use this dish to fill your daily quota of pumpkin-themed foods this fall. It wasn’t very sweet, and between the consistency and cinnamon flavor, it felt a little bit like eating oatmeal.

At $25 for dinner, Remlik’s isn’t your cheapest option for Restaurant Week (lunch is only $12). It feels like the kind of spot you would take your parents or your significant other to for an anniversary that ends in “years” not “months.” It doesn’t need to be, of course. They have a really nice bar and reasonably priced sushi for a non-Restaurant Week Saturday night. I was expecting a little more out of the elegant atmosphere, but it wasn’t a bad meal by any means. If you’ve never been to Restaurant Week, go hit the essentials first. If you’re an R-Week veteran, give Remlik’s a try, even if it’s only to feel like a grown-up for a few hours.

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Binghamton Rich Kersting | Release If you haven’t heard of Binghamton Hots before, this is a call to wake up and smell the ground beef. Hots is a burger joint in every sense of the word, but their menu isn’t limited to just burgers and fries.

They also serve spiedies, chicken tenders and an array of vegetarian options from salads to veggie burgers, all of which are very satisfying. Whatever your taste might be, Hots has something for everyone.

With its location on Washington Street, Binghamton Hots is also very accessible to those living on campus, as it’s about a block away from the Downtown Center bus stop.

Open late on weekends, Binghamton Hots, popularly dubbed “Bing Hots,” is the perfect stop on your way to and/or from the bars. But like any good student, you probably already knew that. When you’re

There's nothing like a macaroni salad with bacon in it

trashed and you want a nice warm meal before slipping into your dizzy, inebriated sleep cycle, nothing does it better than a signature “Hot Plate” at 2 a.m. What makes Binghamton Hots such great drunk food is that fact that, unlike Pasquales, Hots is already delicious sober food to begin with. Bing Hots is open Monday through Saturday for lunch and dinner, providing a much needed service in Downtown Binghamton: good food that’s quick and convenient.

David Whalen, the owner of Binghamton Hots, said that Restaurant Week is a time when the restaurant tries to capture new regular patrons, as well as experiment with potential new menu items that, while fit the theme of a burger joint, are new and exciting.

“It’s really a chance for us to showcase what we can do for new customers, as often we’re branded as only a late-night place for the students,” Whalen said. “We’ve had several people come in during Restaurant Week to try our lunch specials and end up becoming regular customers.”

Binghamton Hots was founded in August of 2011 and has since become a staple in the Downtown dining experience.

This Restaurant Week, Hots is rolling out a special limited-time menu for its “Lunch for $11” deal, that really distinguishes itself as a daytime restaurant, as opposed to just a late-night fix. With the lunch special, you get a full three-course meal that feels much more like a three-course dinner. And for $11, who could complain?

To begin, you’re entitled to an appetizer of golden squash and corn soup with white beans, apple walnut salad or turkey chili. While soup and chili are seasonally appropriate with the coming cold of fall, the lettuce lover will not want to miss out on the apple walnut salad, which comes topped with fresh apple slices, walnuts, gorgonzola crumbs, cranberries and a raspberry vinaigrette that adds the perfect amount of sweetness to the dish. Even if you’re not a salad lover, this might be the salad that finally makes you consider picking up some leafy greens every now and then.

The entree selection consists of a larger

version of their apple walnut salad with a grilled chicken breast, meatball sliders, pulled pork sliders and their vegetarian option, a farmer’s market garden quesadilla.

While drinks aren’t included on the special, you owe it to yourself to enjoy an ice cold Pepsi paired with either of their slider dishes; it just seems right. The sliders also come with a side of BLT macaroni salad or fresh cut fries. For those trying to cut calories, definitely go for the BLT macaroni salad. Its portion is considerable and there’s nothing like a macaroni salad with bacon in it. Nothing.

While dessert is not often something you’d expect after a meal at Binghamton Hots, it’s nice to end your meal with something sweet. They offer a choice of chocolate pudding cake or apple crisp with whipped cream topping. Either way, you’re leaving the place satisfied.

The mission of Binghamton Hots can’t be much simpler. Their goal is to provide fast service catered to the lifestyles of most college students, while not sacrificing in terms of quality. So far, that’s exactly what they’re doing. Whether it’s Restaurant Week, or any other week, Binghamton Hots stands to offer affordable quality foods that’ll make you want to come back for more.

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Social on Erin Rosenblum | Contributing Writer

Watch out Number 5 and Remlik’s, there’s a new kid in town, and he’s dark, swanky and delicious. For seasoned veterans of Binghamton dining who are sick of Lost Dog’s rigatoni ala vodka, let me introduce you to the newly opened Social On State.

Located on Artist’s Row (a block of art galleries that give the street its nickname “The SoHo of Binghamton”) at 201 State St., Social is very much trying to be a trendy New York City restaurant. Brick walls emblazoned with chalk, dim lighting, flat screens with sports games and drinks in skinny glasses create a lounge-like casual sophistication.

Social is a tapas restaurant, which to my surprise, does not mean fancy Mexican food. Tapas are appetizer-sized portions that are shared by the table. According to Adam Tuttle, operating partner and manager of JT’s Tavern, the idea for Social was born from a lack of tapas restaurants in the Downtown area.

“It’s a different way of eating dinner

because it’s meant to share,” Tuttle said.

“It’s a more social way to eat.” Social … get it?

Social’s menu options are vast, from the crispy pork belly with grilled pineapple to the fried ice cream sundae with toasted coconut, there are definitely enough options to please everyone at the table. The restaurant prides itself on its meats and seafood, which makes sense because head chef Jay Pisculli left his job at Remlik’s to work at Social two months ago.

Social also prides itself on its impressive cocktail menu. Original drinks are given clever names like “Social-lite” and “AntiSocial” and made with top-shelf liquor and unique garnishes, like dried chile and sliced jalapeno. “Not So Smoring,” a martini served in a chocolate-and-graham-crackerrimmed glass, topped off with a toasted marshmallow, stands out on the drink menu and is a testament to the creative approach Social has taken with food and drinks.

It’s the unexpected details and unique ingredient combinations in classic dishes that makes Social a worthwhile spot to choose this Restaurant Week. The pork tenderloin topped with an Angry Orchard cider glaze, a mixture of kale, bacon and shiitake, all drowning in sweet potato puree tasted like trendy Thanksgiving.

Social even takes a new approach to the most classic of American foods — french fries. The “house fries” are extremely thincut potatoes served with three dips — an aioli sauce, a bleu cheese fondue and an Asian-style ginger dressing.

“No, you can’t have ketchup,” joked Erik Wagner, the waiter.

The Restaurant Week special includes three dishes for $25 at dinner. If you and your date choose to split the three dishes, there’s an arguably excessive additional charge of $15, so it makes more sense to just buy two dinners.

Even so, Social is still a highly recommended destination with an important lesson: Sharing is caring.

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CrepeHeaven Shelby Reller | Contributing Writer

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Where are all my gluten-free peeps at?

To all you celiacs and wheat-phobic hungry readers out there, gagging at the thought of eating one more freaking salad: There is a paradise for you this Restaurant Week. And its name is Crepe Heaven.

Crepe Heaven’s website describes the restaurant as “Binghamton’s naughtiest pleasure.” The menu features both sweet and savory crepes, from the “meat-lovers” option (ground beef, potatoes and onions), to the simple Nutella-filled crepe. And yes, all crepes are gluten-free optional.

As a celiac myself, I was all too excited to try the place so many people had told me about. At long last, a place with a gluten-free menu that isn’t the Lost Dog Cafe. But when I walked into the nearly-vacant restaurant on Sunday afternoon, I was a little disappointed. The dim lighting combined with a lack of customers made for a gloomy atmosphere. It seemed that the only source of life was coming from a television in the back room.

Any hope I had salvaged was crushed when the waitress told me I was supposed

Night Kitchen Anna Szilagyi | Staff Writer

This fall, Restaurant Week has more participants than ever before. One of these new restaurants, The Night Kitchen, offers Southern comfort food and a cozy atmosphere. The decor, which includes string lights and hanging vinyl records, falls somewhere in-between your grandmother’s country kitchen and your favorite local coffee shop. The intimate environment, friendly staff and hearty food makes for an experience that feels like family dinner.

The Night Kitchen’s Restaurant Week menu features familiar items like beerbattered onion rings and specialty hot dogs and burgers, but it also includes dishes students probably haven’t tried, like spicy catfish. I previewed The Night Kitchen’s fare before Restaurant Week and tried one of their specials, a barbecue pork sandwich, as well as their fried pickles. The food matched the comforting atmosphere; each dish was warm, flavorful and cooked with care.

With a four-course dinner for $18 and a three-course lunch for $12, students can enjoy a filling meal on their limited budgets. The dinner menu in particular

is a steal, considering the higher prices from other restaurants participating in the event. The Night Kitchen also has an active Facebook presence, so if you like your meal, “like” their Facebook page for funny updates and coupons.

Located at 721 Upper Court St., The Night Kitchen may be unknown to students because of its distance from campus (if you’ve ever been to the Salvation Army thrift store, it’s not far from there), and because it’s only six months old. Whether you live on or off campus and have a car, the 15-minute drive is well worth it for a change of pace in your food options.

The Night Kitchen is also a great choice for those of us who are sick of seeing our professors and classmates every time we go to Lost Dog. Unfortunately, the restaurant isn’t accessible by bus, so you’ll have to bribe your friends with cars if you don’t have your own transportation.

The Night Kitchen is open Wednesday and Thursday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. And even though it’s called The Night Kitchen, they offer breakfast on Sundays.

to call ahead for a gluten-free option, and would now have to wait 30 minutes while the cook prepared it. Embarrassed, I asked if she would kindly put my order in anyway.

Still, what Crepe Heaven lacked in atmosphere and service, it made up for in food. I splurged on a savory crepe enveloping grilled chicken cooked to perfection, grape tomatoes and melted mozzarella cheese that seeped from the doughy bread with every bite. The dish was served with sour cream for dipping.

Though the menu contains a variety of crepes for any hour of the day, customers can personalize their crepes, adding any additional toppings they desire for a small fee. Create a beefy breakfast crepe for your hangover cure, or a dainty fruit crepe if you’re watching the waistline. If you’re feeling real saucy, have a PB&J crepe for lunch, and come back for pizza crepes at dinner.

So bring your roommates, your teammates or any of the poor folks scowling at the gluten-free selection in C4 to Crepe Heaven this Restaurant Week for a cheap outing and good food.

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Locked in

n Sept. 17, Residential Life sent out an email notifying on-campus students that housing sign-ups for the 2015-2016 academic year start at the end of October.

The email is alarming for what it doesn’t include: an explanation. Seemingly out of nowhere, ResLife made a decision with farreaching social and financial implications, and all without student input. Changing the deadline for housing from spring to fall semester means that students have only a little more than a month to organize their living situations for next year. That is simply not enough.

With freshman year comes a crushing pressure to make friends, and fast. The mere thought of sitting alone during dinner sends most freshmen into fits of social anxiety.

Imagine trying to find a group of ideal suitemates when you still haven’t even learned the difference between the Old and New Unions. Despite the high volume of Halloween group shots uploaded to social media, most students simply do not know who their real friends are by the end of October. We join clubs and Greek Life second semester, and we begin to take classes that interest us. The people we meet here are the ones with whom we choose to live.

Forcing students to register by such an early date consigns many to an extra year of separation from the friends with whom they’re closest, and possibly even into an uncomfortable situation. That ResLife did not

even consider such implications demonstrates that it perceives students as names in a database rather than as individuals with emotional needs.

Sure, you can always switch housing if you make new friends and somehow navigate the half-baked online process. But it creates an uncomfortable situation when February rolls around and students are forced to tell the person they committed to dorm with in October that they have changed their minds.

ResLife tries to sugarcoat this change by saying that the $200 registration fee has been eliminated. What they don’t advertise, however, is that the previously free cancellation now costs $200 before the March 10 deadline. After March 10, unless you transfer, leave the country or have a medical condition that will keep you from attending school, you owe the entire upcoming year’s room and board. Last year, you could leave your housing agreement before June 16 without any strings attached.

For students considering rooming with friends who are still figuring out whether or not they’ll transfer or study abroad next year, their potential living situations are now poison. If they do transfer or study abroad, the student staying on campus will be stuck without any backup options because the new

system of deadlines makes changing room arrangements inflexible.

We’ve been led to believe that this change is to alleviate students’ stress about selecting housing. Don’t buy it. This decision was made out of monetary concerns for the University.

If this was really about students, we should have been consulted. Not even the Student Association, the very people we elected to represent us and our interests to the administration, was given more than a few weeks notice. Anyone on campus could have told the University that this was a terrible idea.

Instead of reducing stress, the University is adding to it. We used to be able to shop around for leases in the fall, knowing that if nothing turned up, we could always sign up for on-campus housing in the spring. Now, if you and your friends can’t find a suitable place off campus, you risk missing crucial deadlines for on-campus signups. Rather than looking out for the welfare of the students, the University has decided to compete with the businesses looking to exploit them.

A policy change like this is unacceptable.

And while it may be too late for this year’s freshmen, ResLife needs to take a step back and reevaluate its priorities.

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Exploration of humanities can benefit all of us

Learning to appreciate art is important for students of all majors Jacob Shamsian Release Editor

A few weeks ago, I took my two brothers — both in high school — to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The first of many masterpieces I took them to was “Washington Crossing the Delaware,” an 1851 painting by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze.

It’s my favorite painting in the museum, a gorgeous and complicated portrait of George Washington on his way to fight British forces, carried by an ahistorical, racially utopian crew. To me, its beauty was self-evident.

My brothers weren’t impressed. They weren’t impressed by anything in the museum, really. Even when we went to the mummies, the Roman statues and the gleaming knights’ armor, they were bored.

The Met wasn’t the problem. Clearly, no one taught my brothers how to appreciate art. And on that day, I failed to show them how to appreciate it, too.

When my brothers go to college, they’re not going to major in the humanities

like I did. If they haven’t learned how to appreciate the humanities already, formal education isn’t going to teach them in the future. It’s my job to do that now. And maybe that’s what the humanities are for.

Maybe I have some sort of particular taste or education that lets me appreciate the humanities in ways that they don’t. I’ve certainly had the guidance and exposure to good literature and cinema that they

It is the job of the humanities major to articulate and communicate the significance of the humanities to others

haven’t, largely because I sought it out myself. Both of my brothers would prefer the latest “Transformers” movie over the latest Coen Brothers and they’d rather not read a book at all. It’s my fault, because I never really tried to change that. I just rolled my eyes and went back to the book I was reading.

But the thing is, the humanities are for all humans, not just for those who major in them. It is the job of the humanities major to articulate and communicate the significance of the humanities — whatever that may be — to everyone else.

Columns about the value of a liberal arts education are commonplace, as if the concept needs defending. Unfortunately, they often adopt smug tones, as if those who are not educated in the same way are boring, soulless robots. To use a classic example, in his lecture “Vocation and Society,” W. H. Auden describes a student majoring in physics as “without passion, one of those trimmers in the Inferno of whom Virgil says: ‘Mercy and Justice disdains them; let us not speak of them; but look and pass.’”

That day at the Met, I was guilty of following Auden’s advice. I just looked and passed. But my brothers aren’t “without passion,” and neither, necessarily, is anyone else who chooses to pursue physics instead of philosophy.

Not everyone should major in the humanities, of course, but everyone should have an education in it. The decline of students majoring in humanities instead of STEM or business is well-documented and that’s fine. The world doesn’t need more English or history majors, but it does need people who can make robots and cure diseases and stuff.

A STEM education means learning useful, specific skills to solve practical, specific problems. A humanities education is not “useful” in any sense. It provides different functions, functions like being able to understand Shakespeare and Melville.

Functions like going to the Met and gazing upon a portrait of George Washington spending his Christmas Eve on his way to kick some Hessian butt in a historically anachronistic boat that purports to present America as more racially harmonious than it actually was at the time, but goddammit, it’s immense, and overwhelmingly beautiful, and tells a story of a people struggling for independence in a time of roiling uncertainty and war.

So when I go back home this winter break, I’m going to take my brothers to the Met, and try to do better.

—Jacob Shamsian is a senior doublemajoring in English and history.

Don't be afraid to express your uncertainty Bottling in negative emotions doesn't help to ease inner turmoil Kyle Welsh Contributing Columnist

During my time at Binghamton University, I’ve always eagerly consumed the latest set of Bing-U secrets, as I’m sure many of you have, too. The number of mediums on which we can share thoughts is increasing, with Yik-Yak, an app where users post anonymous comments within a given geographical area, becoming the latest trend on campus. No matter what platform we peruse, trends in certain patterns of thinking can be observed. Among the unfiltered thoughts of people in varying states of inebriation lie posts with a much darker tone. Reading the anonymous publications of people feeling alone saddens me, but what saddens me more is that they are forced to result to such abstract methods to connect with others.

There’s no worse feeling than despair coupled with loneliness — that feeling casting utter hopeless, the one that causes us to loathe

ourselves, regret our choices and question our decisions.

Although periods of helplessness exist, these years at BU can enrich our knowledge by meeting people from different backgrounds and encountering new ideas, developing or validating our personal philosophies and providing us with fun memories we’ll never forget.

Before this descends into the same rhetoric employed by the glossy college manuals, it’s important to note that this idealized notion of the college experience can become a façade.

For many of us upperclassmen, freshmen year was our introduction to the world of seemingly unlimited possibility. However, this field of unlimited possibilities quickly narrowed. Whether it was taking classes that didn’t interest us or not working hard enough, failing to develop friendships as profound as the ones we had at home, overindulging in our new freedom or simply missing the life we had, most of us would do something differently if given the chance.

With so much change, failure will happen. However, failing isn’t the problem; it’s

the comparison of failure to the utopia we envisioned that leads to feelings of inadequacy. Couple that with society’s stigma against emotional expression and the shallow friendships freshmen year engenders, and you have a recipe for instability.

How we diffuse this instability varies, ranging from productive to destructive. But what doesn’t work is retaining all of this uncertainty.

I’m not going to proselytize about what you should do or

Failing isn't the problem; it's the comparison of failure to the utopia we envisioned

claim that I have some solution.

Finding balance on an unfamiliar terrain can be difficult. What I can say is this: Most people I’ve met have doubts about the future or themselves. We need to more openly display our emotions, without fear of rejection. Although the way we perceive and deal with these emotions is different, the feelings themselves rarely vary.

I’ve never been happier before than I’ve been at BU, but when I feel helpless, I remember that every person I pass has faced hardships. As David Foster Wallace eloquently said during his commencement address at Kenyon College: “Everything in my own immediate experience supports my deep belief that I am the realest, most vivid and important person in existence.

It is our default setting, hardwired into our boards at birth.”

We become more empathetic and more forgiving of ourselves when we realize that the human experience isn’t uniquely ours.

— Kyle Welch is a sophomore double-majoring in French language and linguistics, and Arabic language and literature.

Introverts are entitled to navigate college on their own terms Choosing to live quietly is equally valid as typical University lifestyle Andrew Henry Guest Columnist

In the past year, the Internet has become saturated with discussions of introversion. The topic is probably a bit overplayed by now, but I don’t think it gets the treatment it deserves. A lot of these glorified blog posts give us the sense that introverts are all anti-social people choosing to stay inside and watching Netflix all day. And this vision couldn’t be further from the truth.

The tendency toward introversion is caused by how social situations are cautiously interpreted, processed and reviewed. And most of the time — but not always — social anxiety plays a big role.

This is my fifth and final semester at Binghamton University after I transferred here in the fall of 2012. For three of these five semesters, I had no friends. Yes, I had zero friends for the majority of my time at BU. And why was that? I could say it was the struggle of being a transfer student who lives off-campus, but that’s an easy answer. It’s an excuse, really.

The real reason I was friendless is because I suffer

Embrace your inward personality.

Utilize your alone time wisely. Use your introversion to your advantage from social anxiety that stems from obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. No, that’s not the disorder where one ritualistically repeats behavior.

To put it simply, it’s a disorder of being a control freak, and it results in developing methods to avoid social situations which cannot be controlled. I’ve developed quite a few, but they don’t always translate well into the college setting.

Introversion and college don’t really get along. We are

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pressured to join clubs, to make friends, to date, to have sexual encounters, to party and create four years of fond memories.

Well, I’m at four and half years now and I can count the number of parties I’ve gone to, the number of intimate partners I’ve had and the number of clubs I’ve joined on one hand.

But I hold no regrets. Why should I, really? There’s no changing the past, and the way I’ve lived my life the past four years will mean something later on. And if it results in a future which sucks, so be it. At least I’ve learned something from my atypical college experience.

Awareness and clarity are unbelievably valuable at this age, and I’m glad I approach my problems more objectively than before. Although I’ve certainly outgrown bad habits, there’s still work to do.

If you’re a freshman, a transfer or even a student knee-deep in BU who feels very anxious about social engagements or getting yourself out there, don’t worry.

The comfort zone cliche is true — you have to break out of it at all costs. Your breakthrough doesn’t have to be one loud attempt. My suggested method for tackling comfort zones is to ask yourself, “What is preventing me from becoming what I want in the future?” If you only concern yourself with present discomforts and immediate

concerns, you will make choices for the sake of instant relief, not steady progress.

I’m not saying you need to become extroverted (no hard feelings toward extroverts, by the way) and change everything about yourself. Embrace your inward personality. Utilize your alone time wisely. Use your introversion to your advantage.

Make sure your friends know how you feel too, because nothing is worse than being pressured by people who can’t see that you are introverted or socially anxious.

If you have a friend who seems introverted, don’t pester them. Don’t call them a loser.

Leave them be (but not alone).

I’ve been lucky to make two friends at BU who acknowledge the kind of person I am, and I hope every other introvert has the same good fortune.

I’ve met a lot of cool people through those two friends, and I got to do it comfortably. From this, I’ve learned that college is not about having the same experience as everyone else. It’s about discovering yourself from the inside. And the people who want to go about that quietly should always feel empowered and satisfied in doing so.

—Andrew Henry is a senior majoring in English.

Department censorship stifles students The classroom should be a center for open dialogue Miriam Geiger Contributing Columnist

Many of my classmates seem hesitant to question the words of graduate students and professors.

The predominant fear is that saying anything contrary to what the instructor espouses will cause their grades to fall like a freak snowstorm at the end of March. If we as students feel uncomfortable sharing our views or commenting on how class material diverges from our perspectives, how can we hope to gain anything from our courses? It isn’t as though we learned silence on our own. This self-censorship doesn’t stem from within, but rather it can be traced to departmental censorship.

Departmental censorship is far from a myth. A number of instructors have been told to avoid certain topics such as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for fear of inciting student ire. Silence in the classroom is problematic. I’ve seen professors say controversial things in the classroom only to have students reach for their phones to call parents, who in turn call department heads and administrators to complain. When educators are afraid to speak their minds in the classroom, students become afraid to do the same.

It is dangerous and feeds the cycle which dampens classroom relationships and educational methodology.

I don’t believe that everything stated in a classroom by an instructor should or can be taken as fact. I want my fellow students to be open minded, yet critical.

Terry Pratchett wrote “the trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.” An open mind doesn’t need to be an unfiltered mind. As students, we need to be able to hear new ideas and concepts. We need to understand that the world does not exist in black and white, us and them.

One of my friends, majoring in history, told me that even when she had multiple classes which focused on the same area of the world, during the same time period, the interpretation of history differed vastly from course to course. Even

A number of instructors have been told to avoid certain topics for fear of inciting student ire views of the same historical figures were contradictory. There is room for gray areas in the liberal arts, and we should embrace that, not shy away from it. Embracing this doesn’t mean adopting others’ views as our own, but rather understanding and being able to rationally discuss points and counterpoints. If a professor is limited in entertaining multiple points of view, students will be limited in arguing with ideas as well.

Due to time constraints, it isn’t always appropriate to divulge the nuances of your principles and beliefs and parse through the entirety of an argument in discussion section. This is where office hours come in. These meetings provide a better ground for tangents, whether historical, religious or political. I encourage each of us to challenge ourselves and our instructors in respectful discourse. We, as students, will not learn unless we challenge and are challenged. We need to create a space where both students and instructors feel free enough to voice their beliefs and ideas.

—Miriam Geiger is a senior double-majoring in English and Studio Art with a concentration in printmaking.

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For campus to remain inclusive, tolerance is necessary Attempts at progress are futile without respect for the cultural backgrounds of our peers

Joshua Seed Guest Columnist

The college campus is an open-minded environment that encourages a free-flowing exchange of ideas and the intellectual freedom to explore a range of issues.

With so many ideas in play comes a considerable responsibility. In order to maintain this level of openness, it is essential that we act respectfully toward one another. We may not always agree with everything that is

said, but when even a single person is scorned for his or her beliefs, this community that we’ve tried so hard to build is put into jeopardy.

Last week, a group on our campus acted in a way which threatens the college environment that we at Binghamton University hold so dear.

On Friday, Sept. 12, I attended the weekly Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) meeting. As someone who cares about Israel, I often attend these meetings to better understand their positions since I believe a lasting peace requires dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians and their supporters. SJP, whose resolutions forbid “collaboration” with pro-

Israel organizations, is aware of my affiliation with these groups. I do my utmost to simply sit silently and listen attentively when I am present, trying to understand a perspective often different from my own.

That night, I stayed as I long as I could, but after half an hour I had to leave to attend prayer services since the Jewish Sabbath begins Friday evening. As I quietly exited the room, I heard a snide voice: “Oh, was it something I said?”

“No,” I answered, “The Sabbath is beginning and I need to leave for prayers.” At that moment, the entire room broke into laughter. Horrified and embarrassed, I left the room.

When I heard a room full of my peers laugh in response to

my religious convictions, I could not have been made to feel more embarrassed, uncomfortable and ashamed than I was at that moment.

Part of me wants to believe that it was not malicious in intent and the reason for the laughter was that my response was completely unexpected.

Nevertheless, a student who witnessed the incident approached me later in the week to state how upsetting it was to see how the room reacted toward me. The feelings it elicited within me were ones of rejection and exclusion.

This is the first time I experienced blatant disrespect for my religion and my beliefs and I never expected college to be the place where I would receive such contempt. I am more

than my religion and political views.

Just like every other student, I am a member of the BU community.

If we cannot find it in ourselves to respect one another in spite of his or her religious practices, how can we ever expect to address larger and more complex issues?

When asked by friends how I would respond to last Friday’s events, I cited the Jewish concept of ahavat chinam — absolute love, which calls for unequivocal admiration of every human being. Using every day as an opportunity to treat one another with unconditional love and understanding, we can work to dispel even the smallest amount of distrust from this world.

As someone who sees himself as

a member of the larger University community, it is important that both groups and individual students be sensitive so as to not isolate or ostracize others due to their affiliations or convictions. We pride ourselves on the diversity of our student body with individuals of all backgrounds and viewpoints.

By recognizing the need to respect our peers even when we do not agree, we each become a partner in safeguarding Binghamton as an environment of openness and inclusion.

—Joshua Seed is a junior majoring in Urban Planning.

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Sister, Sister: Hovies take BU by storm

Dynamic duo travels together from Wisconsin to Binghamton, lead as outside hitters E.Jay Zarett

Assistant Sports Editor

Binghamton volleyball’s two star outside hitters share a relatively uncommon commonality: the last name, Hovie. Kristin, a senior, and Allison, a sophomore, have been teammates at BU for the past two seasons, starting opposite each other at one of the most crucial positions on the court.

The siblings, who share a unique bond, both hail from Neenah, Wisconsin, over 850 miles from the Binghamton campus. Kristin came to the program first, starting in the 2011 season.

“I went on a recruiting visit, came up here, toured the campus, and I really liked it,” Kristin said. “I got to know the coach who was recruiting me, which was the assistant coach at the time … but I ended up liking it.

Amanda [Dettmann] … was getting looked at by the same person, and we called each other up one day and were like, ‘Hey, we both got offers, do you want to go there?’ We were like, ‘Hey let’s give it a shot,’ and we did it. We were roommates, and so far it has been great.”

Kristin found success for the Bearcats from day one. As a freshman, she started 25 games, led BU with 281 kills and was named to the America East all-rookie team.

Avoiding a sophomore slump in 2012, she finished with 351 kills, averaging 2.85 per set — good for

seventh-best in the conference — and was part of a BU squad that captured the conference championship. Her success caught the attention of younger sister Allison, who was finishing her senior year in Neenah and preparing to kick off her own collegiate career.

“It is kind of funny how it worked out,” Allison said. “Binghamton wasn’t on my radar until end of junior year. I knew how prestigious the school was, how well Kristin was doing here and how great the campus was. I came for a few visits to visit her, fell in love with the campus and then I was like, ‘I could kind of see myself here, too.’”

The two took the court together for the first time as teammates in the green and white on Aug. 30, 2013 against St. John’s University at the Colgate Classic.

“I remember just being freaked out my first game as a freshman, starting,” Allison recalled. “Just a little freaked out. I think that it actually helped me personally having someone familiar on the court that I played with before in a match. I think it almost made me calm.”

For Kristin, having her sister start alongside of her brought her back a few years.

“It didn’t feel weird at all,” Kristin said. “We had played high school together and we’re really close. It felt kind of natural just kind of having her come right in.”

Together, the sisters have formed

a dynamic duo for BU. Allison followed in her sister’s footsteps with an equally impressive rookie campaign: She started all 28 games, finished ninth in the conference in kills and was also named to the AE all-rookie team. That same season, Kristin — who was hampered by an injury through eight games of the season — started 20 games alongside her sister and finished with 177 kills, fourth on the team.

This season, both have come out strong, starting eight games together. Each has 77 kills on the year.

The Hovies not only spend countless hours together on the court, but on the road as well.

Especially this season, when Binghamton isn’t scheduled for a home contest until mid-October, they’ve spent a considerable amount of time traveling. The team’s trip to the LMU Invitational, which opened the season, stood out to both sisters.

“On the way to California and on the way back, the seats were done in alphabetical order, so Hovie-Hovie, I got to sit next to her on all the plane rides,” Allison said.

“Neither of us can really nap either, so we would both just sit there talking to each other,” Kristin added.

Though the sisters were able to extend their time playing together by an extra two years, Kristin is set to graduate in the spring, which will leave Allison as the only Hovie on the Bearcats team for the first

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Pipe Dream sat down with Kristin and Allison Hovie to discuss their time playing together as Bearcats.

time in her career. However, neither wants their time playing together to end.

“I didn’t realize what I didn’t have when I came to school at first, to put it simply,” Kristin said, “because I never expected to play with her again so I had kind of already gotten away from the idea.”

Allison, on the other hand, hadn’t thought about the prospect of being alone in Binghamton until recently.

“I actually started thinking about that at the beginning of the year, like ‘Wow, this is the last time that I’m

ever going to play with her again,’” Allison said. “It’s going to be sad. An outlet, a person that I go to, will be gone. I started thinking about it and it makes me kind of sad.”

For now, the Hovies have the remainder of this season to wreak more havoc on their opponents and jump up their kill counts. They and the entire Bearcat squad are set to return to action this weekend when they travel to the UMES Invitational.

First match is set for 3 p.m. Friday against Bethune-Cookman at the Hytche Athletic Center in Princess Anne, Md.

It felt ... natural just kind of having her come right in — Kristin Hovie Senior outside hitter

BU changes 'couldn't' to 'can' in new approach

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Sophomore forward Alex Varkatzas leads the Bearcats with two goals and four points this season.

Shifting responsibilities should give Bearcats the boost they need to thrive on Saturday Ashley Purdy Sports Editor

With just four non-conference contests remaining until the opening of its America East slate, the Binghamton men’s soccer team is determined to earn a win at home before the stats really start to count.

Currently 2-4 on the season, the Bearcats have dropped all three of their home matches.

Seemingly their best performances have come on the road: They beat Bucknell, 2-1, in their season opener, narrowly lost to Duquesne, 3-2, a team which is currently tied for 25th in scoring offense in the nation and 17th in total goals, and shut out Niagara, 2-0.

But on their own turf, the Bearcats have faltered. They’ve lost to Marist, Army and most recently Cornell, each by just a one-goal deficit (1-0).

Against Cornell, BU’s offense didn’t pick up until the second half and even then couldn’t land many shots on target. Against Marist, it was a similar story. Only Army was able to stifle the Binghamton offense in the game’s waning minutes, holding the Bearcats to just one accurate shot through the half.

Despite all that, the Bearcats technically outshot their opponents through the three games, 21-20.

So what’s the problem?

“I think that sometimes maybe it’s just a little bit of nerves, maybe

they have a little bit of self doubt,” BU head coach Paul Marco said. “If I can instill a little bit more belief in them — I mean, I believe they’re perfect,” he joked.

The cause isn’t important. The solution is, and Marco tweaked his team’s approach in attempt to resolve that play discrepancy. The new plan has been to endow the team with more responsibility over the fate of the game.

“What I mean by that is, I’ve just asked them to express themselves a little bit more on the field,” Marco explained. “I think that they have the quality, I think they certainly have the ability to do what we’re asking them.”

Rather than ascribe the fault to the flow of the game, to say

that there were factors beyond the team’s control, Marco’s plan is to change the vocabulary with which they speak about the game. They’re changing “couldn’t” to “can.”

“I’ve tried to show them more of what we can control and certainly one of those things is the ball,” Marco said. “When we have the ball, we can dictate play a little bit better than we have. And I think when they have the ball, we need to be more purposeful with our defending and not allow the opponent so much time on the ball.”

One defensive area the team has pinpointed is its set-piece defending. Every goal the Bearcats have conceded this season has come off of a set piece, so Marco

decided to attack the problem from multiple angles.

“We changed a couple of defending formations that we have on a couple of the set pieces, and we energized the attitude and concentration required in defending set pieces,” Marco said.

With two immediate opportunities to amend that inconsistency, Binghamton can both prove the effectiveness of its solutions and take control of its home record when it hosts Lafayette on Saturday and nationally ranked Syracuse (No. 23) Tuesday.

Tentatively retaking the field on Saturday is sophomore keeper Robert Moewes, who spent the past two weeks on the bench due to a

foot injury. While the German-born goalie wasn’t fully participating in practice on Wednesday, Marco said he showed promise in his recovery.

Play on both Saturday and Tuesday is slated for 7 p.m. at the Bearcats Sports Complex.

BU vs. Lafayette DATE

Sept. 20 LOCATION

Bearcats Sports Complex TIME

7:00 p.m.

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Friday, September 19, 2014

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Welcome to the third week of Pipe Dream NFL Picks! Every week, Pipe Dream sports editors and one guest will attempt to correctly predict the outcome of four upcoming games of their choice, selecting one prediction as a LOCK. Getting the LOCK correct earns you three points, while getting it wrong costs you one. The other three games are worth one point each, and there is no penalty for wrong guesses on these. Ties give you a half-point. After the third week, Jeff proves he’s a psychic wonder boy with nine points. E.Jay and the guest stay straddling at second, now with two points. Ashley finally gets a point and isn’t quite so pitiful. If you would like to submit picks, email sports@bupipedream.com.

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ASHLEY PURDY'S PICKS SPORTS EDITOR LOCK: Houston (-2) over NY GIANTS I picked the Texans so frequently last year and they always let me down. With JJ Watt and the Giants’ horrid offense, it can’t keep happening, right? Right.

Dallas (-1) over ST. LOUIS I’m torn. Jeff’s right – Romo pulled through last week, so this week he’s set to fail. But the Rams? Eh.

NEW ENGLAND (-14) over Oakland You’re not going to hear Chris Berman screaming ‘DARAIDAHS’ this weekend. (Or any weekend.)

Denver (+5) over SEATTLE I usually go for the Seahawks whenever they’re home, but I’m all aboard the Peyton train.

E.JAY ZARETT'S PICKS ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR LOCK: Dallas (-1) over ST. LOUIS I don’t think Dallas is that good, but St. Louis is just terrible.

Kansas City (+4) over MIAMI Chiefs desperately need a win. Expect them to be within a field goal of the Dolphins.

CLEVELAND (+1.5) over Baltimore At home, Hoyer and the Browns will pull this one out.

Houston (-2) over NY GIANTS Picked against the Giants both weeks. Going to continue to do it until Purdy tells me I can’t.

JEFF TWITTY'S PICKS ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR LOCK: San Diego (+2.5) over BUFFALO Sorry, Bills fans. It’s that magical time of the year when you start losing.

CAROLINA (-3.5) over Pittsburgh Legal and team issues aside, defense wins every time.

Especially in Charlotte.

Washington (+6.5) over PHILADELPHIA Throw it home Captain Kirk!

ARIZONA (+3) over San Francisco The Cards can stop the run, and last week it looked like Kaepernick can stop the 49ers pass game by himself.

COREY FUTTERMAN'S PICKS DESIGN ASSISTANT - GUEST LOCK: Houston (-2) over NY GIANTS Eli Manning and the rest of the offense are a mess.

Look for JJ Watt and the Houston defense to dominate the NY Giants.

NY JETS (-3) over Chicago I’m a Jets fan. The Jets have a good defense. I’m hoping their defense comes through on Monday night.

Washington (+6.5) over PHILADELPHIA Philly’s a tough place to play. However, Kirk Cousin hasn’t played anywhere so he will take whatever he can get. The Redskins will keep it close, if not win.

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SEASON RECORD ASHLEY'S PICKS 3-5, 1 POINT E.JAY'S PICKS 4-4, 2 POINTS JEFF'S PICKS 5-3, 9 POINTS GUEST PICKS 4-4, 2 POINTS

SCORING SYSTEM

LOCK GAME +3 FOR A CORRECT PICK -1 FOR AN INCORRECT PICK OTHER GAMES +1 FOR A CORRECT PICK 0 FOR AN INCORRECT PICK +.5 FOR A TIE

CAROLINA (-3.5) over Pittsburgh Cam Newton is the man, that is all … And the Panthers defense is dominant as of late.

Bearcats seek to upset St. Bonaventure, Cornell Binghamton hopes to continue season's success against traditionally difficult rivals

We would like to compete and have a great mentality and a lot of toughness in these next two games — Sarah McClellan BU head coach

Jeff Twitty

Assistant Sports Editor

Through its last five games, the Binghamton women’s soccer team has accumulated a 4-1 record. Over a five-year period, BU’s combined record against its next two opponents is 1-5-1.

With just two non-conference games left for the Bearcats (4-4) before opening America East play against Maine next Sunday, they hope to make their upcoming pair of games against St. Bonaventure and Cornell count.

“They’ve been pretty slippery for us,” BU head coach Sarah McClellan said of the Big Red (3-1) and the Bonnies (3-4-1).

“We’re definitely looking to really focus more on how we play than on the opponent. Knowing that we let the team[s] slip by us the last couple years, gives us a little more motivation that we really want to perform better and get off to a really good start in the game.”

In their 2012 meeting, the Bonnies bested the Bearcats by a score of 1-0. Facing Cornell in 2013, Binghamton was blanked again, 2-0. But BU has outshot its competition by an average of 13 shots over its last two games, and the team is hoping to carry that momentum into this weekend.

To win, Binghamton will need to capitalize on the early opportunities it has allowed to slip away all too often this season.

“We had a good week of training,” McClellan said.

“Everyone on the team knows that we’re capable of playing at a higher level — and were showing that in spurts — but now we’re looking to build it and have longer segments of the game where we’re able to control.”

A pair of wins this weekend will move BU to an advantageous 6-4 record, which should help the morale of a Bearcats squad that has struggled in the days of late September and early October the past few years. However, two Ws on the record sheet isn’t all that

McClellan and her team hopes to achieve this weekend.

“We would like to compete and have a great mentality and a lot of toughness in these next two games,” McClellan said. “It’s kind of our last chance to prove a little bit to ourselves as well as get ourselves feeling good and ready to battle the conference.”

BU is set to kick off play at St. Bonaventure on 7 p.m. Friday at McGraw-Jennings Field. They are scheduled to return home to the Bearcats Sports Complex to face the Big Red Sunday at 1 p.m.

BU vs. Cornell DATE

Sept. 21 LOCATION

Bearcats Sports Complex TIME

1:00 p.m.

Franz Lino/Photo Editor

Junior midfielder Katherine Corcoran netted her second goal of the season last Friday in a loss at Niagara.