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Alum overcomes odds in journey from BU to NASA Frances Hurwitz, '66, shoots for the stars as senior materials research engineer Brendan Zarkower and Jeffrey Bagg Pipe Dream News

Raquel Panitz/Pipe Dream Photographer Congressman Hakeem Jeffries speaks in the University Downtown Center on Saturday. Jeffries graduated from Binghamton University in 1992 with a degree in political science.

From Whitney Hall to Capitol Hill

Hakeem Jeffries, '92, advocates for commitment to public service Carla Sinclair

Assitant News Editor Notable Binghamton University alumni have pursued careers in as many fields as there are potholes on Riverside Drive. Only one, however, has gone on to represent the Americans in Congress.

Brooklyn native Hakeem Jeffries graduated from Binghamton University in 1992 with a degree in political

science. He has served in the House of Representatives since 2012, having served six prior terms in the New York State Assembly. In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Master of Public Affairs (MPA) program at BU, he shared the story of his road to public service on Capitol Hill.

On Saturday in the University Downtown Center, which he noted wasn’t there when he attended school,

he described his journey which began in Old Dickinson’s Whitney Hall in 1988.

“I was so excited on my first day, the independence that you have,” he said. “I had a 13-inch television. Color TV. I thought I was something. Then I realized there were only three channels, and two of them never worked. So to see the flat-screen TVs and the cable

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Like many students, Frances Hurwitz had no idea what she wanted to do when she came to Harpur College. However, her path eventually led her to become a senior materials research engineer at NASA. Hurwitz, who graduated in 1966, spoke on Friday at the Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development as part of the Cool Connections, Hot Alumni speaker series. She advised a crowd of over 30 to keep their career options open, and take advantage of all opportunities offered at Binghamton University.

“My career wasn’t planned,” Hurwitz said. “It’s not that I came in as a freshman and knew what I wanted to do.”

When Hurwtiz was first hired by NASA in 1979, she was one of only seven women with a doctorate employed at the agency.

Hurwitz still works at NASA 36 years later and is responsible for numerous projects, including research on hightemperature thermal protection systems, which involves designing materials that can resist temperatures higher than 700 degrees Celsius during space travel.

Hurwitz graduated with a B.A. in chemistry from Harpur College and obtained a master’s degree in library science before going on to obtain both a master’s and a doctoral degree in macromolecular science from Case Western Reserve University in 1979.

“I had seen an ad from Case Western in chemical engineering for graduate

Psychology forum presents advances in brain research Contributing Writer

Amidst tailgating and catching up with old friends this weekend, students and alumni were offered a chance to hear professors speak on their work in psychology.

“Making Waves: Mind-Blowing Breakthroughs in Neuroscience” focused on the latest breakthroughs in studies on the brain. This Alumni Associationsponsored TIER (Talks that Inspire, Educate and Resonate) Talk took place in the Watters Theater on Saturday. The panel featured Brandon Gibb, Sarah Laszlo and Christopher Bishop — all currently professors at BU — as well as Steve Treistman, a psychology professor visiting from the University of Puerto

Rico.

Bishop spoke about risks that are associated with humanity’s increased longevity thanks to progress in science and medicine. As people age, they are more susceptible to neurological diseases, such as Huntington’s and Alzheimer’s.

He is currently researching a way to stop or reverse the effects of these illnesses. He offered a few tips on “neuroprotection,” or preventative brain activity, like challenging the brain, learning new things and physical exercise. He listed physical exercise as the most powerful means of prevention, but said that he has faced trouble getting people started.

“If people actually started consistently exercising, they would feel it,” he said.

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Lauded author speaks on global access to education

Azar Nafisi, bestselling author of 'Reading Lolita in Tehran,' discusses implications of censorship Zachary Wingate Pipe Dream News

Award-winning author Azar Nafisi spoke to students, faculty and alumni in the Anderson Center on Friday. Her book, “Reading Lolita in Tehran,” has been translated into 32 languages and held a place on The New York Times Best Seller list for 117 weeks since its publication in 2003.

Nafisi is a fierce advocate for education and a critic of censorship. According to Susan Strehle, vice provost and dean of Binghamton University’s Graduate School, it seemed appropriate to invite her to talk on Homecoming Weekend, which coincided with the 50th anniversary of BU’s Ph.D. program.

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“We wanted a big-name speaker,” Strehle explained. “So we chose her because of her passionate association with trying to make education available in a regime that basically was trying to shut it down.”

Nafisi covered a plethora of topics ranging from women’s rights to war on culture in tyrannical governments to her views on the state of modern academia.

After discussing her journey to become an American citizen once she emigrated from Iran in 1997, Nafisi touched upon the politics of freedom within the context of her own experiences of the Iranian Revolution.

“The first people tyrants put in jail are

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Journalist chronicles career path

Second annual TIER Talk features professors from BU, abroad to discuss future of neuroscience field Derek Schuster

students, and I mentioned it to my husband at dinner and he said ‘I dare you,’” Hurwitz said. “It was the last time he ever said, ‘I dare you.’”

She has won numerous awards during her time at NASA, including the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal for outstanding scientific and leadership contributions. She has been an advocate for women in engineering and in 2014 was awarded the highest honor of the Society of Women Engineers for her groundbreaking research and advocacy efforts.

“What really struck me about her was that her experience was more going with the flow,” said Francis Borrego, senior assistant director at the Fleishman Center and an organizer of the event. “She was all about taking advantages of opportunities.”

Hurwitz answered engineeringrelated career questions afterward and said she wanted to encourage students to stay open-minded and flexible with their opportunities.

“People don’t necessarily know where they’re gonna end up,” Hurwitz said.

“When I was here, if you told me that I was going to be working for NASA with high temperature materials I probably would have laughed.”

Laura Capobianco, a sophomore majoring in industrial and systems engineering, said she found Hurwitz’s path to success in the sciences encouraging.

“I think that’s reassuring,” Capobianco

Matthew Mendelsohn, '85, showcases work at NYT, Washington Post

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Sarah Kumar/Contributing Photographer Renowned psychologist Marsha Linehan lectures on the past, present and future of suicide prevention. Linehan has been doing research and work focused on suicide for over 50 years.

Prof. pushes for alternative suicide prevention methods In underdeveloped field, Marsha Linehan looks to encourage further research on suicide Alexis Hatcher Staff Writer

With over 50 years of suicide research under her belt, renowned psychologist Marsha Linehan visited Binghamton University to lecture on the past, present and future of suicide prevention.

Linehan, a psychologist and researcher at the University of Washington, was the inaugural speaker of the Stephen A. Lisman Annual Lectures in Clinical Psychology, established this year to honor professor Lisman’s 41 years of contributions to BU. Linehan’s experience brought students and faculty to the Mandela Room on Monday afternoon to hear her lecture, entitled “Suicide: Where We Are, Where We’re Going and What’s Keeping Us From Getting There.”

The lecture began with a series of statistics illustrating the increasing prevalence of suicide in the United States. In 2013 alone, 41,149 U.S.

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deaths were attributed to suicide, with around 112 deaths occurring per day, according to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The current suicide rate is the highest it has been in the past 25 years, and suicide now causes more deaths in the U.S. than car accidents.

“All this data is scary,” Linehan said.

“You have to ask yourself, ‘What’s the problem?’”

According to Linehan, the problems include a limited number of suicide researchers and a lack of uniformity throughout the field, with only 25.3 percent of testing measures being used having been previously published.

With no research proving the benefits, Linehan also questioned whether sending highly suicidal people to intreatment hospitals is actually doing more harm than good.

“If we don’t change these problems, we’re not going anywhere with suicide,”

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A different kind of homecoming:

Former athletes return to Binghamton to participate in alumni games.

Mel Gibson smoking in a hotel room, vigils at the Lincoln Memorial, the Malta Summit meeting between President Bush and Gorbachev — these are a handful of moments Binghamton University alumnus Matthew Mendelsohn has captured throughout his career.

Mendelsohn graduated from BU in 1985 with a B.A. in English and spoke in the New University Union as part of the Fleishman Center’s Cool Connections, Hot Alumni program. A former Pipe Dream photographer, Mendelsohn was brought to campus to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Pipe Dream’s 1970 name change from The Colonial News.

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Franz Lino/Photography Editor Matt Mendelsohn, a Binghamton University and Pipe Dream alum from the class of '85, speaks in the New University Union as part of the Fleishman Center’s Cool Connections, Hot Alumni program.

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Linehan unwraps suicide research

ALUM continued from Page 1

RESEARCH continued from Page 1 Linehan said. “This really is possible.”

Linehan works to treat high suicide-risk adults and adolescents, using methods such as a form of cognitive behavioral therapy called dialectical behavior therapy. Linehan said she wanted students and universities to stop keeping graduate students from engaging in high-risk suicide cases.

“At almost every single university, graduate students are not taught how to handle highrisk suicide,” Linehan said. “We simply have to stop fragilizing graduate students.”

According to Lisman, the purpose of the lecture series was to expose BU students to highprofile scientists who are doing both research and clinical work, and Linehan fits this description perfectly.

“She modeled and talked about developing ideas to do work that hadn’t been done before with populations that were underserved and feared,” Lisman said.

“She’s very inspiring to graduate students in clinical psychology, as well as professionals of all stripes.”

Among those who admire Linehan is Chana Polishuk, a junior majoring in nursing.

Despite not majoring in psychology, Polishuk said she had known about Linehan and her work prior to the event and looked to her as an inspiration.

“She’s done stuff to help save millions, but is still looking ahead,” Polishuk said. “That’s something we [can] all learn from.”

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Tamar Ashdot-Bari/Pipe Dream Photographer Frances Hurwitz, a Binghamton University alumna from the class of 1966, speaks at the Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development as part of the Cool Connections, Hot Alumni speaker series.

NASA engineer gets start at Binghamton NASA continued from Page 1

said. “She didn’t really know what she wanted to do and she just kind of took opportunities.”

Katie Leenig, vice president of the Society of Women Engineers and a senior majoring in industrial and systems engineering, said she found it inspiring to meet a successful woman in a senior engineering role who graduated from BU. “I was very interested in learning about her research

and kind of just get her background to see how an experienced alumni has made it in the industry all the way up to NASA,” Leenig said.

According to Matthew Carrigan, a senior majoring in English, Hurwitz’s determination on her journey to attain such a notable position was inspiring for any student.

“Her ability to overcome the odds against her as a woman is an empowering story,” Carrigan said. “[It] really shows the value of patience and perseverance.”

After his graduation, Mendelsohn was a photographer at the Binghamton Press & SunBulletin, eventually moving on to USA Today. He then wrote for both the New York Times and the Washington Post. For several years he photographed celebrities and sporting events before leaving to work with his brother to write a New York Times Magazine story investigating who killed their great uncle during the Holocaust.

Inspired by this story and, due to a knack for listening, his career moved in a different direction — writing.

“It’s just in my DNA: When I hear a good story, I latch onto it,” Mendelsohn said. “You have to be able to connect and you have to be able to listen.”

More recently, Mendelsohn founded Matt Mendelsohn Photography. Through it, he is hired to photograph weddings — which pays the bills — whilst also finding stories that are worth telling. In once instance, he photographed the wedding of a deaf couple. Mendelsohn then stayed in touch with them over the years, documenting all the milestones in their lives, including the birth of their two children, one of whom has various medical problems and underwent open-heart surgery as a newborn.

Mendelsohn also shared the story of Lindsay Ess, a young

woman who had her arms and legs amputated a result of a surgical complication. He had heard about Lindsay at a wedding he was photographing when the hairdresser asked him to pray for her friend’s daughter. Mendelsohn then reached out to the family.

On Friday, he showed a photo essay of Lindsay’s recovery. She ended up being the recipient of one of the first-ever bilateral hand transplants.

“I just thought it sounded like a story that needed to be covered,” he said.

However, Mendelsohn said that he now prefers writing to photography, because he believes the photograph has gone from being an absolute truth to an absolute non-truth.

“I like to write because you can’t fake being a writer,” Mendelsohn said. “And now you can sort of fake being a photographer. Everybody is a photographer now and it’s kind of a bummer.”

Jake Ratner, a senior majoring in art and design, said he went to the event to get a preview of the road ahead by seeing how Mendelsohn navigated an artistic market.

“I thought it was a great opportunity to hear about the possibilities of a career in a creative industry from someone who has been a part of it for longer than I’ve been alive,” Ratner said. “Matt’s lessons push me to make sure I look and listen at everything going on around me, because you never

know where a story will end based on how it started.”

Mendelsohn stressed that the stories he writes do not have to be about famous celebrities or sports games, saying that writing about interesting people is much more real.

“Listen carefully — when people say things to you, there’s a story there,” he said. “As you get older you realize the best stories are right under your thumb.”

As a photographer on Pipe Dream, Mendelsohn took photos for Ron Klempner, the sports editor in the early ’80s, who was in attendance. Even then, Klempner said, he knew journalism was going to be Mendelsohn’s life.

“As if it isn’t enough to take incredible pictures to evoke in people all the emotions that his photos evoke,” Klempner said, “the fact that he can write about it as well is just the most unique experience that you’ll ever find.”

Listen carefully— when people say things to you, there's a story there — Matt Mendelsohn Class of 1985

Psychology professors stress exercise to prevent mental illnesses PSYCH continued from Page 1 “For people who have depression, exercise works amazingly well, but you’re trying to motivate someone who has a motivational problem.”

Gibb is a leading researcher in depression and anxiety, and his talk centered around preventing depression using pupil dilations.

His studies have shown that by constantly directing someone’s

attention away from negativity and toward something more neutral, the brain can be reprogrammed to be less negative, and therefore less prone to depression.

Treistman currently teaches at the University of Puerto Rico, but graduated from BU in 1961.

An expert in alcohol addiction, he urged the audience to understand the difficulty that comes with quitting.

Henry Aery, a 2015 graduate, said that he decided to go to the talks because of his limited knowledge of the subject, but he found the topics to be very interesting.

“This is way too cool to not come,” Aery said. “I thought it was fascinating because I have almost no background in psychology.”

Laszlo, an assistant professor of psychology and linguistics, focused her talk on her work finding ways

to replace fingerprint scanning with brain activity scanning. Laszlo said that in an experiment, she was able to identify 30 people by monitoring their brain activity.

Sofia Villela, a junior majoring in psychology, said she thought that Laszlo’s talk on brain activity scanning was something she hadn’t considered.

“It was a different track,” Villela said. “It’s crazy that something like

this is happening on campus.”

TIER Talks are meant to show off the work being done

by BU faculty and alumni, but according to Bishop, they are also meant to raise awareness in the community of the issues that scientists are working hard to solve.

“This isn’t a talk about the future,” Bishop said. “This is a talk about right now.”

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Iranian author and advocate visits BU NAFISI continued from Page 1 writers, journalists, artists, teachers and librarians, because they are the ones that are revealing the truth that they don’t want the world to hear,” Nafisi said. “That is why people in Iran, China or North Korea go to jail and are flogged, tortured and killed.

Because they read books, they listen to music, they drink, they dance — they live.”

According to Nafisi, one of the reasons she left Iran to come to America was because of the censorship in teaching, something she parallels to the current state of higher education. She said she has heard that people in the academic world do not want certain books taught or want to have “trigger warnings” when these controversial works are taught.

“Some faculty, especially administrators, don’t want to make students uncomfortable by having them read books like ‘Huckleberry Finn’ because it’s too violent,” Nafisi said. “Everyday you turn on the news and there is a beheading, a killing or a bombing of a hospital.

How are you going to confront this reality if you can’t confront it in this space?”

Nafisi also criticized the education system’s attempt at segregating STEM classes from the humanities.

She said students are made to pick one or the other and instead of getting a rounded education, they are pressured to receive a vocation or trade education.

“Human beings need to know

the world in order to survive it,” she said. “Scientists do it through the connection through the natural world, writers and artists do it through understanding and articulating the nature of what it means to be human.”

Tina Yu, a senior majoring in accounting, said Nafisi’s talk exceeded her expectations. She said that Nafisi’s discussion of the impermanence of “home” in the face of a revolution really stuck out.

“Home is not stable, anything can happen,” Yu said. “Look at what’s happening in Syria, anything can happen and anything can change. She really cemented how the only constant is memory and imagination, and that’s what keeps people going.”

Bethany Meluni, an undeclared freshman, said she was intrigued

by Nafisi’s view on the separation of STEM fields and the humanities.

“My favorite part was [when] she discussed how weird that dichotomy is that we split people up into either math and science or literature and art, and how inefficient that is and how we are limiting ourselves as a population,” Meluni said. “Why does it have to be that way?”

Nafisi said that if students could take away anything from her talk, it’d be to always question everything around them.

“I come here because I have questions, not because I have all the answers,” Nafisi said. “The most important thing for me is for students to take away a lot of questions.”

“I think having a fresh perspective, new personnel and new ideas and a new conversation with the American people about issues that may be different a year from now than they were when I started eight years ago — I think that’s all good for our democracy. I think it’s healthy.”

—President Barack Obama, during his interview with “60 Minutes” Sunday night.

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Police Watch

A lighter take on campus crime

Aaron Berkowitz Police Correspondent

Stick a Fork in it FRIDAY, Oct. 9, 2:04 a.m. — Officers received a report of four 19-year-old males stealing from the Marketplace, said Investigator Robert Meddleton of Binghamton’s New York State University Police. By the time the officers responded to the location the suspects had already left. The officers noticed a utensil dispenser that was broken off of the wall. While investigating, the officers found a sign in the middle of the sidewalk in front of the University Union that was believed to have been stolen by the suspects. The officers saw four males near the sign. One of them was carrying a napkin holder from the dining area. The officers approached the suspects and when questioned, the suspect holding the napkin holder said that he needed napkins in his room so he took the holder. After more questioning, the suspects admitted to stealing the sign and breaking the utensil dispenser. The suspects were referred to the Office of Student Conduct.

Cracking Under Pressure FRIDAY, Oct. 9, 3:32 a.m. — Officers responded to the University Union after receiving a report about several males breaking ceiling tiles, Meddleton said. The overnight cleaner of the building said that the suspects, who were all wearing white t-shirts and backpacks, were in room 115D of the building breaking ceiling tiles. The suspects fled the scene toward the Union bus stop when officers arrived. The case is still under investigation.

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FRIDAY, Oct. 9, 2:45 p.m. — A 19-year-old male came to the UPD station to report that his debit card info was stolen, Meddleton said. The victim said that someone hacked his Yahoo! mail account. The victim tried accessing his mail and received a message telling him to call a number if he wanted his account reactivated. He called the number and the person who responded said that the victim must pay $30 to reactivate the account. The victim complied and gave the suspect his debit card information.

After he still could not access his account, the victim checked his bank statement and noticed that he was charged $79.99 by the suspect. The victim went to UPD and an officer called the suspect.

The suspect told the officer that he would charge him $99.99 to help. When the suspect was told that the caller was a police officer, the suspect hung up. The case is still under investigation.

Knowledge is Key SUNDAY, Oct. 11, 12:05 p.m. — Officers were dispatched to Lot Y4 for a report of criminal mischief, Meddleton said. The officers spoke to the victim who said that someone keyed his vehicle. Upon further inspection, the officers found that the scratches could be rubbed off so they deduced that the vehicle was not keyed.

The victim feels strongly that the scratches were caused by someone else because he said that he would have noticed it otherwise. The case is still under investigation.

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and everything, Binghamton has come a long way.”

After graduating with honors, he obtained a law degree from New York University, a master’s degree in public policy from Georgetown University and worked in corporate law for companies such as CBS and Viacom. But when he decided to enter politics in 2000, he encountered some obstacles.

“I ran for the New York State Assembly twice, and I lost,” he said. “Twice. I was knocked down, on the ground.”

It is this type of adversity that builds character, he said, and he ended up winning in 2006.

“Sometimes you find yourself in the midst of a difficult situation, you’re trying to get out

of adversity, but it’s self-doubt,” Jeffries explained. “It’s self-doubt that keeps you trapped in your circumstances.”

In 2012, he decided to run for the eighth congressional district of New York, which includes a diverse group of neighborhoods such as Bedford-Stuyvesant, Clinton Hill, Fort Greene and Coney Island. In January 2013 he was sworn in, attendees to the ceremony including Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, House Speaker John Boehner and Rep. Paul Ryan.

“And then in close proximity to those three, was Jay-Z and Beyonce,” he said. “Only in America! What a great country that is emblematic of the gorgeous mosaic that exists in this country.”

He reminisced on the

swearing-in, where he said he remembered the importance of his job as a public servant.

“The wonderful opportunity, even in the midst of the chaos that exists in the House of Representatives right now, is to serve in the people’s house — the institution that’s first mentioned in the Constitution and designed to be closest to the people in our federal government,” he said.

Jeffries noted similarities between Binghamton and Brooklyn, and said it was important to make sure the community wasn’t neglected.

“Hopefully you’re going to see the City of Binghamton further come to life with arts and cultural institutions, the presence of young people, professionals moving in,” he said. “The key is going

to be as there’s economic transformation, it benefits everyone. We’re going through that now in Brooklyn. There’s been tremendous economic development and socioeconomic gentrification that has improved the conditions in many communities. We need to make sure it’s inclusive and everybody benefits.”

David Campbell, the chair of public administration within the University’s College of Community and Public Affairs, said Jeffries was their choice for speaker because of his highprofile and high-caliber career in public service.

“So it’s the 20th anniversary of the MPA program, and we wanted him here because we wanted to celebrate careers in public service,” Campbell said.

“It was really important for us to have someone working in public service that had a story that they could relate to, and not only relate to, but see how he got from being a Binghamton University undergraduate to becoming a member of the U.S. Congress.”

Hearing Jeffries’ story was inspiring to those looking to better their communities, both locally and globally, said Sarah Glose, a second-year graduate student studying public affairs.

“It shows the power of being someone who’s invested in public service, which is what MPAs are going to school to do,” she said. “It’s good to see a BU alumnus active in public service, and it’s also nice to see where our degrees can possibly take us someday.”

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TAILGATE HOMECOMING 2015

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Well, alumni, welcome back to BU: the land of ill-attended tailgates and lackluster amounts of green clothing. But, like always, you found a way to make the weekend great even though you didn’t know what you were tailgating for. You met the lead singer of the moderately famous band that performed and even shot-gunned a beer with your friend’s dad who graduated in ’85. We’re proud of you, and hope you made a visit to the Rat after to enjoy that scorpion bowl you never knew you could miss.

Arts & Culture

A new sound comes to campus

Roomful of Teeth uses non-traditional vocals on stage Georgia Westbrook | Contributing Writer

BSU takes a trip to Oz

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A group of student models pose on the runway in the Mandela Room for the Black Student Union’s annual Homecoming Fashion Show. The event showcased clothing from several designers. Students participated as models, dancers, musicians and speakers. All proceeds from the event went to their program to benefit underprivileged youth from the Broome County area.

Selena Gomez tries for 'Revival'

Despite a new catchy sound, her vocals still need to grow Haralambos Kasapidis | Contributing Writer In late September 2009, an 18-year-old Selena Gomez released her first studio album alongside her rock-band posse, The Scene. They accompanied her sound, helping to produce three albums while Gomez played the sassy Alex Russo on “Wizards of Waverly Place.” Fastforward six years, and the Texan singer-songwriter has ditched The Scene and put out “Revival,” her second solo effort, accompanied by heavy promotion with the top10 charting of “Good for You” and the promotional single “Same Old Love.”

“Revival” has been long-awaited

by Gomez fans, and with good reason — her last album came out in 2013. Gomez’s lyrics and choice of producers have improved with time. The album only does a decent job of establishing her theme of rebirth and adulthood, as some of the vocals can’t keep up with “Revival’s” stellar production value.

The album begins with the title track, starting off with a spoken-word introduction. Gomez harmoniously asserts that she is “reborn in every moment,” and then compares her transformation to that of a butterfly. The production value on the song is excellent and a good choice for an introductory song as it showcases her impressive vocal ability. Her lyrics talk about learning to be happy from the pain that her past mistakes have caused her. “Revival” establishes Gomez’s autonomy as a young female artist in a world where pop stars are

constantly judged for their actions.

For the Euro-pop-y dance track on the album, “Kill Em With Kindness” has you covered. Gomez chants about leaving negative emotions aside and using kindness to fight battles. Lyrically, the song is inspiring and sends a good message, but is a little too repetitive. She makes use of a good beat that compliments her voice, but if the song offered more variety in the lyrics, it would have been a certified hit.

Gomez’s third song, “Hands To Myself,” blends together the pop sound Gomez is famous for with the R&B material she’s been experimenting with. She flaunts vocals that sound better than her past singles and it certainly is a wellcomposed track. Despite this, it still feels kind of empty because this could have been a great song for a duo. The Weeknd comes to mind as a potential collaborator for this track, as his R&B jams have been dominating the radio for the greater part of the year.

Still, Gomez flaunts her highprofile connections in other ways on “Same Old Love,” employing Charli XCX as a writer and background vocalist, as well as Benny Blanco — the powerhouse behind Kesha’s “Tik Tok” and Rihanna’s “Diamonds” — to ensure a hit. This is one of the catchiest songs on the album and Charli XCX’s background vocals give the song the edge that Gomez needs in order to abandon her Disney roots.

Although her album is full of radio-friendly and melodious pop songs, “Sober” and “Body Heat”

are the true standouts for single choices. “Sober” is like the “Teenage Dream” of the album — a love jam with strong notes belted out.

“Body Heat” is perhaps the most experimental song we’ve heard from her yet. It incorporates strong reggaeton elements that work well with her sound. Gomez seems to be channeling her inner Jennifer Lopez with this Latin-inspired dance track.

Aside from the album’s expected dance hits, Gomez struggled to make “Revival” cohesive. Her theme of a rebirth doesn’t come together fully and songs like “Survivors” and “Camouflage” show Gomez’s inconsistency with her singing.

Previous songs on the album flaunt her voice while these tracks sound generic, a problem she could have easily fixed by putting more soul and more of her newly reborn identity into the music.

However, “Revival” is only her second solo album, and the production value makes it clear that her sound has developed in both style and flare. Her vocals, however, have not. Hopefully, she can follow in Rihanna’s footsteps, who has shown us her raw sound on this year’s singles. Gomez would also benefit from showing her fans more experimentation. Her salsapop infused track “Body Heat” is sure to be a hit, as her sultry, Lana Del Rey-esque “Good For You,” has been. “Revival” offers something fun to dance to, but overall, Gomez’s “reborn” sound still has to grow.

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The vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth performed on Sunday, October 11 at the Anderson Center as part of the group’s days-long stay in Binghamton.

Teeth is an a cappella octet that performs songs influenced by a variety of vocal styles, including throat singing, yodeling and classical singing.

While here, the group held workshops for music students and community members in composition and performance.

Their performance was a part of the music department’s fall concert lineup.

Roomful of Teeth was founded in 2009 by Brad Wells and, today, their commissioned composers include Merrill Garbus of the band tUnE-yArDs. The group’s self-titled debut album won a Grammy award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance in 2014.

Their latest album, “Render,” was released in April 2015.

The first piece performed during the Sunday afternoon concert was “Partita for 8 Voices,” composed by a cappella member Caroline Shaw, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music when it debuted. In the program for the concert, Shaw writes that, “It is with joy that this piece is meant to be received in years to come,” and the group performed it with that message in mind. The performers used intentional breathing as rhythmic devices and combined sounds not often thought of as music into

a truly original piece. Vocal performances often rely on words to convey meaning, but Teeth uses the sounds we string together to make those words.

This deconstruction lets the listener find their own meaning and makes the music a one-of-akind experience.

“They’re really unlike any group I know; they’re eight singers who pull together a really wide range of genres and styles to create something really new,” said Daniel Thomas Davis, assistant professor of music at Binghamton University.

Zachary Ritter, a junior majoring in music, was given the opportunity to have one of his original compositions read by the group. Ritter said he fell in love with the group after being encouraged to write a piece for them.

“It’s pretty exciting for me,” Ritter said. “It wasn’t just some student group on campus … Musicians of this caliber perform the piece, and it’s beautiful, and I’m so caught up in how beautiful it sounds, I can hardly think about what I want them to change to see if I can make it better.”

Roomful of Teeth is an impressive band in many ways, including the use of their upper bodies to make music.

The group’s members achieve their distinct sound through a combination of throaty and deep sounds, mixed with nasally pitches and humming noises.

This variety adds a richness to their performances rarely achieved by ensembles that employ instruments. The group

understands that their music cannot be easily duplicated, but this is intentional. The name of the band points to its mission: to show that a roomful of teeth can make so many different sounds based on who is in the room.

With a focus on education, in addition to performance, Teeth strives to create an accessible experience for every listener, from music majors to local community members.

The highlight of the concert was the performance of “Cesca’s View,” sung only by the two alto and two soprano members of the ensemble. Inspired by the daily herding of goats down the mountains of the Pyrenees, composer Rinde Eckert included yodeling in the song. The piece begins with a soprano yodeling alone, and becomes layered with the other voices yodeling beneath it. This begins a canon, or a musical repetition and layering technique to create a softer sound.

At points throughout the concert, Roomful of Teeth seemed to evoke everything from Disney princesses singing to woodland creatures to electronic dance music, all with only their eight voices. Unlike any other a cappella group out there, this performance was able to take the familiar and turn it on its head in an intriguing and impressive way.

“It’s always so inspiring to find artists who are doing these world-class pieces, and then they’ll come work with students so we can learn from them,” Ritter said. “That’s the best thing you can ask for.”

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“Roomful of Teeth” uses throat singing and yodeling to create a unique performance. The eight-piece a cappella group performed last Sunday in the Anderson Center.

In the year of surprise albums and internet trends, Fetty Wap is king

While Drake and Meek Mill were distracted with diss tracks, breakout artists dominated the rap scene in 2015 Ebony Derr and Yadira Sierra | Contributing Writers It seems that 2015 is leaving as quickly as it arrived. Perhaps it’s because we’ve been too busy Hitting the Quan and Nae-Naeing to notice the passing of time. The year has proved to be monumental for rappers, as the genre has taken shape way beyond just listening and sharing. It has been used in video trends across social media platforms and acted as the catalyst to memes and jokes everywhere.

Amongst other genres, rap music has been one of the biggest influences in music this year.

No other genre has inspired us to go “runnin’ through the six” with our woes, thanks to Drake’s surprise album “If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late” released back in February. Drake also made headlines for his feud with Meek Mill, which blew up online after

Mill called Drake out for allegedly using a ghostwriter. The artists — who collaborated on the song “R.I.C.O” on Mill’s most recent album — both released diss tracks, and other famous rappers like Lupe Fiasco used the feud as a chance to comment on ghostwriting in the industry.

Despite the fact that Drake’s surprise release debuted on the U.S. Billboard 200 at number one, there have been a number of other musical accomplishments of the same caliber. Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth’s song “See You Again” soared to the top of the mainstream charts after its release for the movie “Furious 7.”

The song was written as a tribute to “Fast” star Paul Walker, who died in a car accident in November 2013.

Still, since Wiz and Drake have already reached notable fame, we expect them to do well.

It’s the breakout artists of 2015 that are really something special.

Silento’s debut single “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” was everywhere after its initial release back in May. Silento, who is currently a senior in high school, was signed to Capitol Records in April. He based his single, which went gold in the United States, on popular dances from other hip-hop songs, including the Whip, the Nae Nae and the stanky leg.

However, if there’s one person responsible for completely dominating this year’s rapmusic scene, it’s hands down the Trap King himself, Fetty Wap. Patterson, New Jersey native Willie Maxwell II seemed to emerge out of thin air as he topped the charts with his distinct voice and catchy singles. For an artist who was completely unknown when he joined the music industry in 2013, his quick

rise to fame was impressive. No one was safe from “1738,” with the now-iconic sound of “Trap Queen” making even the most uncoordinated people break out into dance.

The popularity and success of Fetty Wap was even more evident with the release of “My Way.” The screech of “squad” was soon a new trend. Even Drake hopped onto the Fetty bandwagon and released a remix of “My Way,” introducing even more memorable and Instagram-caption-worthy lyrics.

Soon, the remix became the more popular version of the song. Sorry to Monty, the rapper cut out of the remix. You’ve been replaced.

From here on out, this year in rap music will be known as the year of Fetty. But with expected releases from artists like Drake and Frank Ocean by the end of this year, who knows who will take the throne in 2016.

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Bing Mural Review: Part III

Release finds campus' wall art worthy of a second glance Odeya Pinkus | Release Editor It’s that time of year again, Release readers. You’ve been walking around campus, just begging to observe some great, artistic murals. We understand.

Last year, we brought the lowdown on the best and worst murals around the New and Old Unions. From Hillel’s crosscultural attempt to the profound disappointment that is the mural in the New Union basement, everyone can be a critic with the plethora of wall art on campus.

We don’t want you to waste your time seeking out the mediocre, so we’re back with what’s hot and what’s not as far as Binghamton University murals go.

The Food Co-Op Mural Now, this is a nice mural.

Not to be confused with the artwork inside the Food Co-Op, this mural is located on a wall across from the mailboxes in the Undergrounds. It’s in the perfect location to brighten your day as you receive yet another Panda III menu in the mail. Additionally, it’s a nice remedy to the horror that is the previously critiqued Undergrounds CafÊ mural. This wall is pleasing to the eye, and is well-painted without the pretentiousness of a Van Gogh.

Let’s start from the left. A beautiful farmhouse, a pasture and a garden are in the midst of a sun emitting lush yellows, oranges and reds.

Whether the sun is rising or setting is up for debate, so if

you’re looking for something to ponder, look no further. At the bottom of the mural is a cross section of earth, where the words “Good,� “Clean� and “Fair� are all written among the exposed roots.

On the right of the mural, we can see the BU campus. For us, this is really where the mural hits home (no pun intended). Nothing is painted so crystalline so to appear as a photograph, but it’s very clear which building is which.

The Glenn G. Bartle Library Tower is obviously there, but it doesn’t look like anyone tried to impress us. Nevertheless, we are impressed. If you’re looking to get a taste of Binghamton’s fall landscape without the effort of going outside, the Food Co-Op has you covered.

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The Food Co-Op brings outdoor beauty to the Old Union basement with its latest mural. The artwork can be found next to the Food Co-Op in the Undergrounds CafĂŠ.

With 3 months left to go, 2015 still has more musical promise From Drake to Coldplay, Release presents more of the albums that we're excited to hear before the New Year

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The 6â€? is slated for a late release this year. His newest collaboration with BeyoncĂŠ, “Can I,â€? debuted on his Apple Music radio show on October 4. With BeyoncĂŠ on “Views From The 6,â€? fans are even more excited for the album to drop.

Lady Gaga (TBA, TBA): Lady Gaga has been busy the past year with the filming of “American Horror Story: Hotel.�

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Grimes (TBA, TBA): Grimes’ third album, 2012’s “Visions,� put her in the spotlight, collecting critical acclaim for her electronic material. Since “Visions,� she’s been producing new tracks for her fourth studio effort. Her 2014 single “Go� feat. Blood Diamonds was rumored to originally be for Rihanna, who rejected it, leading Grimes to record it herself and put out a mind-blowing music video to go with it. Fans criticized her for changing her sound, and a few weeks later Grimes announced that she scrapped her entire album and started from the beginning.

Grimes has been touring with

Lana Del Rey over the summer, establishing herself as a performer before releasing her next album.

However, Grimes has announced dates for her own tour starting in late October, leading her fans to believe she will drop new material sometime around that date.

Coldplay (“A Head Full Of Dreams,� TBA): Despite getting “Ghost Stories� only a year ago, die-hard Chris Martin fans are still waiting for more, and will hopefully be satisfied with “A Head Full Of Dreams.� While it’s not here yet, it’s already been suggested by Martin that it could be the band’s last album. Despite this upsetting speculation, Coldplay was recently seen in India filming a music video for the soon-to-be album’s title track, so dream no longer and expect something soon.

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OPINIONS Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Free trade leads to social decay

TPP agreement will continue decline of the working class Adam Wilkes

Contributing Columnist

Let's Get the Party Started omecoming Weekend is awesome — in theory.

H The idea of meeting Binghamton University graduates who are more used to calling the school SUNY-B or Harpur College is great. In execution, however, the event falls short.

This weekend’s festivities were disappointing. And while us students had a blast drinking beer and hanging out at the tailgate, there weren’t too many alumni to be seen hanging out in the West Gym parking lot.

When looking at alumni gatherings at other universities, ours is laughable by comparison.

At Princeton University, nearly 25,000 people — made up of alumni and their families — show up to Reunions Weekend. There, they participate in parties and lunches, volunteer projects and a parade. Look, we know that BU isn’t Princeton — we aren’t even suggesting that we can be — but

the fact of the matter still stands that Princeton has created an event that people want to go to. At a more comparable school, such as the University of Delaware, there are events specifically for the children of alumni, as well as a 5K and a huge party called the Dela-bration.

What we’re trying to say is this: if BU wants to drum up alumni support and — in turn — get alumni to donate money, it has to throw a party that they won’t want to miss. By bringing graduates back to their alma mater for a weekend of fun, they will feel like a part of the University again. And if the green and white is flowing through their veins, their money will flow into BU’s coffers.

Most of the Editorial Board members are seniors. The way things go now is that the graduating class returns the

following fall to see their friends still at the University, and then don’t come back until their 25th anniversary — if they feel so compelled. If the University and the Alumni Association could make Homecoming Weekend a bigger draw, we would all pay a little more attention to that Homecoming invitation in our email.

Do whatever you have to do, BU. Hire a party planner, buy all the kegs at Beer Depot on Main Street, have Baxter barbecue more burgers — make this the biggest party of the year. Sure, alumni care about the University’s expansion and our national ranking, but alumni also care about having a good time. They want to relax, party and re-live their college days.

BU has a large, thriving alumni base. The University can’t let them get away.

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On Monday, October 5, a final draft of the TransPacific Partnership was agreed upon.

The pending trade agreement would further liberalize tariffs and regulations which currently serve as barriers to trade between the United States and the Asia-Pacific community, notably Japan, Vietnam, the Philippines and Australia.

The Brookings Institution identifies the combined GDP of all countries involved in TPP negotiations at $27.5 trillion, roughly 40 percent of the global economy.

As with NAFTA and CAFTA (the North America and Central American Free Trade Agreements, respectively), the TPP will inspire a polarizing political debate, culminating in a Congress vote by the spring, right in the midst of the 2016 primary election season.

Political moderates and classical liberals point to economist David Ricardo’s theory of comparative advantage.

Comparative advantage supports the notion that unhindered trade promotes optimal economic outcomes for all parties because they specialize in producing certain goods and services more cheaply and trade them for lower prices.

Each country can benefit from either producing its own goods most effectively or importing them cheaply.

However, historical analysis proves that the theoretical foundations of trade liberalization do not stand.

As it has been happening, free trade is not a simple removal of barriers to trade, but the continuing development of an international canopy of laws

that mostly serves to enhance corporate profitability. It allows northern corporations to consolidate economic power and influence while simultaneously outsourcing different stages of the supply chain that minimize labor costs.

Free trade has contributed to social decay in America. NAFTA and CAFTA accelerated the decline of America’s industrial working class, because they allowed corporations to outsource labor to areas where they could pay workers less and provide less-safe conditions, while simultaneously, American-made products were no longer protected by tariffs.

Corporate accumulation of wealth due to this supply chain rearrangement has contributed to inequality as well, both making it more challenging for poorer Americans to build wealth over generations and provide robust opportunity for their children. This is not to make the philosophical argument that American businesses should only help the American people, but the socioeconomic argument that prosperity requires a robust manufacturing employment apparatus.

Free trade is globally unequal. The United States, Canada and the European Union have only strengthened tariffs and subsidies to protect their agricultural sectors, but free trade has forced the removal of socialized and/or traditional agriculture in the developing world, from South America, to India, to the Pacific Rim. While populations in the developing world might benefit from more industrial opportunities, in terms of agriculture, the global south could not compete with the tariffs and subsidies protecting the global north’s farming. This was even a

contributor to the 2007 world food crisis, as food prices were jacked up largely due to monopolized agribusiness in the north looking to increase profitability.

Yet there is an even deeper contradiction in the logic of the agreement: TPP is not the kind of free trade David Ricardo would likely advocate on behalf of. The secret details of the agreement, which WikiLeaks has slowly been releasing throughout the past week, contain exceptions for America and Canada, new laws empowering corporations to challenge environmental, health and safety government regulations, and unprecedented intellectual property restrictions. Very little about it resembles the philosophy of “free” markets. For example, American tobacco companies will have the power to sue countries like Malaysia and the Philippines if they pass antismoking laws.

Binghamton professor and former Philippines congressman Walden Bello refers to the arrangement as “free markets for the south, protectionism for the north.” US presidential candidates rising in popularity, Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders, both oppose the TPP on these populist grounds.

The TPP can’t be found online, and all one can attempt is to agglomerate some of the WikiLeaks releases and the vague promises of the US Office of the Trade Representative’s website.

You can’t read the largest free trade agreement in the history of the world, warranting all the more skepticism.

— Adam Wilkes is a sophomore double-majoring in philosophy, politics and law and economics

Having a hickey on your neck is nothing to feel embarrassed about

While there are certain circumstances where having a mark isn't ideal, one shouldn't be obligated to cover-up Emily Houston

Contributing Columnist

“What’s on your neck?” asked my suitemate on Saturday afternoon as I stumbled into my common room, displaying the fresh mark engraved in my skin.

“Do you want me to cover that with makeup?” she asked, keenly offering her suggestion at a volume vastly unappreciated by my hangover-plagued mind.

“No, I don’t care,” I briskly replied. I stayed in the room

long enough to witness her eyes quickly widen in reaction.

I was being honest — I didn’t care. I don’t understand why having a hickey on your neck is something that needs to be disguised, a shameful spot that’s cause for embarrassment. The hickey culture at Binghamton University is plagued by taboo.

While many of you are more than willing to give love bites, your next-day selves think that a simple mark on the neck is the equivalent of leprosy.

Don’t get me wrong — I think there are circumstances in which having a hickey decorating your

neck isn’t great. Parents coming up to visit? I’m reaching for a scarf. Job interview tomorrow?

Definitely wearing my hair down.

I understand that shamelessly sporting a hickey may not always be practical … but most of the time? I’m totally down.

Now, hickeys carry different connotations depending on the gender of the person. If a girl is casually strolling around with an exposed hickey, she is immediately judged as a “whore.” The presence of a hickey certainly makes the process of slut-shaming much easier, so I understand why there is the

hesitation among young women to strut their love bites. All I can say is this: you do you, girl. Other people’s judgmental hating stems from their complete jealously that you got some last night and they didn’t. Forget them.

But boys represent the alternative side of hickey culture.

They are associated with the idea of “marking” – that is, when a girl gives a guy a hickey to prove that he is hers. Now, this is counterintuitive to the hookup culture that overwhelms college life, as no one really belongs to anyone too often around here. So guys, I gotta tell you: the stigma

that a girl’s only motive for giving a hickey is their naturally controlling and overbearing nature is not only offensive, but highly inaccurate. If I’m hooking up with a guy who already has a hickey, I’m not going to be deterred and run away; it just proves that someone else is interested in you, too, and that might make me want you more.

I’m the kind of girl who owns her hickeys. I’m the one who walks around campus and doesn’t cringe when the wind blows her hair behind her neck, who doesn’t wear a ridiculous scarf in 80-degree weather simply

to mask her marks, who doesn’t have a secret stash of nevershould-be-worn turtlenecks in the back of her drawers for an emergency-hickey situation. I think hickeys should be points of pride, spots that say, “Hey, I got some last night and I’m proud of it.” I encourage each and every one of you to join me, to stop hiding the proof of your sexual experiences, to abandon the thought that hickeys need to be shamefully covered, and embrace the hickey culture.

— Emily Houston is a freshman majoring in English

Without the culling of deer, Binghamton's nature preserve will not survive There is no other realistic solution to the overpopulation that causes the disappearance of ecosystems Alex Grabstein

Guest Columnist

I remember the first time I toured Binghamton University’s campus. During the tour, the guide mentioned the Nature Preserve: I immediately perked up. It reminded me of a similar preserve called Teatown Lake Reservation near my hometown.

My dad and I took a walk to the bridge and took in the beauty the place had to offer. The similarities between the Nature Preserve and

Teatown was one of the biggest factors in my decision to become a Bearcat.

I’m an environmental studies major, and I have a class with professor Richard Andrus.

According to Andrus, the Nature Preserve will, for all intents and purposes, be gone in fifty years.

The cause of the Preserve’s health decline is a severe overpopulation of deer, almost 100 per square mile. In a healthy forest, there should be around 10 deer per square mile. The deer eat all plant life in sight, preventing any consistent reproduction. The Preserve is in desperate need of a

cull — an organized reduction of a particular species. Without a cull, most native trees, shrubs and other foliage will die off. Many people won’t stand for a cull because they don’t want to have the death of deer — the death of Bambi — on their conscience. People would protect one species rather than save an entire ecosystem.

The thought of the Nature Preserve disappearing terrifies me; future students deserve the same Preserve we are able to enjoy today.

There have been past attempts to cull the deer population, but an outcry from animal rights activists put a stop to all efforts. President

Stenger is reluctant to take action on this issue for public relations reasons and student support is low, due to a lack of general knowledge surrounding the issue.

The truth is that the Preserve needs this cull desperately. I abhor violence and if there were another realistic alternative I would be supporting it. Sterilization is financially inefficient and very ineffective and moving the deer would not solve the problem; culling is the only option. The deer running around the Preserve are slowly killing it; the disappearance of most plant life will have a dramatically negative effect on

the other organisms that utilize the foliage as a habitat or food source. Forestry experts cannot venture a guess on the future of the Preserve.

As a community we need to look beyond the cuteness of deer.

Ecosystems are delicate cycles that can be injured by the smallest of interruptions of the nature order of things. Humans have caused this problem by eliminating the deer’s natural predators. It is our responsibility to atone for our mistakes. Supporting a cull will allow the Preserve to heal naturally. New plants will grow and future generations will be

able to enjoy a healthy, beautiful Nature Preserve.

My desire to protect the preserve is the reason for all of this. I have written a petition that I will begin distributing very soon.

I urge the student body to support me on this issue. If we allow President Stenger to do nothing on this issue, our gorgeous Preserve will disappear. I refuse to let that happen. As an environmentalist, sometimes you need to draw a line in the sand. Take a stand with me and let’s save our Preserve.

— Alex Grabstein is a junior majoring in environmental studies

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Bearcats drop pair of AE games BU swept at Stony Brook, defeated in four sets by UMBC

Joseph Burns

Contributing Writer

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Senior midfielder Katherine Corcoran recorded a team-high five shots in BU’s 3-0 loss to UMass Lowell.

Binghamton topped by UML, 3-0

Bearcats manage just two first-half shots, losing skid hits 11 Marisa Smith

Contributing Writer The Binghamton women’s soccer team took on UMass Lowell on Sunday, falling for its 11th loss of the season as UML (4-10-0, 1-3 America East) earned its first AE win of the season. The game started off slowly for the Bearcats (1-11-1, 0-4 AE) with the the River Hawks taking control from the opening whistle en route to their 3-0 victory.

Lowell got the ball rolling quickly when sophomore forward Shannon Groffie scored the first goal in the third minute of play, which was followed by a second tally off the foot of freshman forward Katelyn Vieira just seven minutes later. With an early head start, the River Hawks held the advantage, promptly holding their pace for the remainder of the match, while BU struggled to match their stride.

“We really struggled in the first half to battle physically and to find a rhythm on the ball,”

BU head coach Sarah McClellan said. “Trailing early in the game obviously makes it a tough task on the road to gain momentum back.”

BU trailed 23-10 in shot attempts, laboring to create scoring opportunities and find the back of the net. By the time senior midfielder Katherine Corcoran fired the Bearcats’ first shot in the 25th minute, UML had already managed to take seven of its own.

The second half began with another attempt by Corcoran hoping to put BU on the board, but the shot went wide, keeping the Bearcats at a two-goal deficit.

“I thought we battled much better and were stronger on the ball in the second half, which is something we need to bring this week to our games,” McClellan said.

With eight shots in the second half, the Bearcats stepped up their game, attempting to stage a comeback. Corcoran fired five of Binghamton’s 10 shots in the match, but unfortunately for BU, none of the attempts translated into scoring realities.

“Kat [Corcoran] and [freshman midfielder] Sierra [Barr] helped bring more attack for us,” McClellan said. “We played stronger and defended tighter.”

Despite BU’s increased efforts, UMass Lowell freshman midfielder Maggie Davenport picked up a rebound and netted the final goal of the game in the 61st minute.

Corcoran followed up with a third shot attempt, but freshman goalkeeper Julia Schneider fended it off, solidifying the ninth shutout against Binghamton this season.

In a final attempt to break out of a scoreless streak, Barr fired three consecutive shots in the match’s final 40 seconds. But a shot to the crossbar and two saves by Schneider sealed BU’s fate, leaving the Bearcats with a fourth-straight conference loss.

Binghamton is set to return to action against America East rival Stony Brook on Thursday. Kickoff is scheduled at 6 p.m. from the Bearcats Sports Complex in Vestal, New York.

The Binghamton volleyball team dropped to sixth place in the America East standings this past weekend after dropping two conference matches against Stony Brook and UMBC. BU (4-15, 1-4 AE) captured just one combined set over the course of the two matches.

Friday’s game kicked off a rocky road trip for the Bearcats as they took on rival Stony Brook (7-13, 3-1 AE). Binghamton’s vitals were nearly flat throughout the game, dropping three consecutive sets.

Following a sluggish start, the Bearcats rallied with an 11-1 run to take a 12-6 lead in the first set. After Stony Brook jumped ahead, 5-1, sophomore setter Sarah Ngo served as a catalyst, finding freshman outside hitter Erin Shultz for a pair of kills. Sophomore middle hitter Kristella Morina complimented her teammates’ efforts with consecutive aces. But BU failed to hold onto the advantage as Stony Brook took a 19-18 lead. Three points later, the Seawolves went on to put up five straight points to take the opener, 25-21.

Both teams ramped up their intensity levels over the next two matches, battling to gain an advantage. However, BU ultimately fell, 25-18, and 25-23, in its final two sets, respectively, giving Stony Brook the sweep.

Ngo recorded 30 assists over the course of the game while Morina led the Bearcats with 12 points, hitting .563 on the night.

Sunday’s game against the Retrievers (8-10, 2-2 AE) ended with another defeat for the Bearcats, 3-1, making it their fourth loss in as many matches.

BU came out shaky against UMBC, trailing 2-0 at the end of two sets. But Binghamton rallied in the third, taking the set to avoid a sweep. Binghamton scored the

opening three points in the period, highlighted by kills from junior middle hitter Bianca Anderson and Shultz. BU didn’t look back, coming out on top, 25-19. But the Bearcats’ run was abruptly squashed, losing the fourth set, 25-17, ending the match.

Freshman outside hitter Gabby Alicea scored a career-high 20.5 points and collected 15 digs against the Retrievers.

“They were both tough matches against good-quality teams,” BU head coach Glenn Kiriyama noted.

“We’re just not quite up there yet

to match them point-for-point.”

BU is hoping to gather some momentum as it returns to the West Gym this weekend for a conference match against UMass Lowell. The River Hawks stand just one game ahead of Binghamton in the current conference standings.

“We’ve got to start working harder in the gym and in practice,” Kiriyama said. “But I see the team making some progress.”

Binghamton is set to take on UMass Lowell on Friday at 7 p.m. from the West Gym in Vestal, New York.

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Freshman outside hitter Gabby Alicea recorded 16 kills and 15 digs in BU’s loss to UMBC.

Athletics department hosts five alumni games over Homecoming Weekend With support from the Varsity Club, former Binghamton athletes return to campus to don BU uniform one more time

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The Binghamton University athletics department invited alumni from five athletic teams to take part in BU’s annual alumni games over the weekend.

Jeffrey Twitty

sure that it’s against an opponent you can beat — and beat soundly.

But what’s the rule for when the alumni christening your field for It’s one of the unwritten rules the season, and being recognized in sports: If you’re holding a game for their homecoming, double as for a home opener, recognition your opposition? ceremony or homecoming, make While the Binghamton men’s

Assistant Sports Writer

soccer team was preparing for its headlining match of the weekend on Saturday, four BU varsity athletic programs held their annual alumni games at the Bearcats Sports Complex. Serving as an opportunity to bring together current and former BU student-athletes, the contests allowed former Bearcats and Colonials to don the green and white and hit the field against their successors.

“This is an opportunity for the student-athlete alumni to come back and feel the camaraderie they once had with the athletes here,” BU assistant athletic director Bette Anne Gaube said. “We have a tailgate tent, all the alumni games that are going on, and it’s just great for everybody to be here.”

In a relaxed, competitive atmosphere, the games featured men’s lacrosse alumni in mismatched gear introducing themselves to this year’s Bearcats with a friendly “nice play, what’s your name?” For the softball team,

nearly every player was announced by her nickname, with names like “Blaze” and “Dar-Swags” making their way onto the official roster.

“It’s surreal,” said Jessica Phillips, former BU outfielder and 2013 graduate. “It’s kind of like you have a family here and everything, and you build such a great connection with academics and athletics, and then you kind of move on.”

For Jim Mack, a 1978 graduate, the experience was more than surreal. Once a standout attackman and midfielder for BU’s men’s club lacrosse team, Mack watched as his old squad made its transition from club, to varsity, to a competitive Division I program.

“It’s just wonderful to see the program progress,” Mack said. “[BU head coach Scott] Nelson is just the greatest guy and he’s done a lot for local lacrosse, which we’re happy to see. The pool of players who get to go to college and play lacrosse is so much larger than when I was playing that the talent and the level

of lacrosse is just so elevated today … Even a school like Binghamton, which is up-and-coming, is playing some great lacrosse.”

The Binghamton University Varsity Club, which unites alumni from all of BU’s athletic programs, was created in 2013 with the mission of reconnecting and garnering support from the thousands of BU student-athlete alumni. While not every Varsity Club member in BU for Homecoming participated in an alumni game this weekend, it was clear through the celebrations and Sports Center-esque “dun-anah” chants that the games were long-awaited for those alumni who did. Going forward, the two-yearold club hopes that, by holding similar events to bring together old teammates, BU athletes will continue to return to campus and be a part of the Bearcat family long after their final game.

“Our goal with the Varsity Club is to honor the tradition of Binghamton University athletics,

and all of the athletes that helped us get here from 1946 and on into current day,” Gaube said. “We want them to stay connected, we want them to be engaged with us, help us with our current studentathletes with career development, networking and supporting our student-athletes.”

Come Tuesday morning, many of these alumni will head back to their careers across the nation.

Mack, a lawyer of 33 years, will return to his office in Downtown Binghamton. But for the day on Saturday, he got to be an athlete again. When Phillips, Binghamton’s all-time hit, run, home run and RBI leader was asked about what she hopes alumni games will add to the BU community, she echoed Gaube’s sentiment.

“I just think more and more support,” Phillips said. “Its great to get the community back up here to show the support for the alumni … so I think it’s a great thing to do all around.”

Bearcats open regular season with double-dual meets at the West Gym

Binghamton men top NJIT, fall to Army while women lose to Black Knights and conference rival Vermont E.Jay Zarett Sports Editor

After participating in the Green and White scrimmage last weekend, the Binghamton men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams opened up their regular seasons during Homecoming Weekend with double-dual meets.

The Bearcat men split their contests, finishing Saturday with a victory over NJIT and a loss to Army, while the BU women dropped both their matchups, falling to Army and America East-rival Vermont.

“It was a great starting point for both programs,” BU head coach Brad Smith said. “It was terrific for the guys to start the season with a win [over NJIT], [and] we certainly gave [Army] some pretty good races.

On the women’s side, they hung tough, and we were competitive for a majority of those matches …

Unfortunately they just couldn’t secure any of the victories.”

The swimming and diving teams were one of just two programs — men’s soccer was the other — that competed at home for Homecoming Weekend this year. This led to an increase in crowd size and attention received by the program, which benefited the team’s performance, according to Smith.

“Having the atmosphere of Homecoming and just the way it is … definitely added something to the environment,” Smith said. “The stands were packed with swimmers’ parents, supporters and alumni, and the energy was great.”

On the men’s side, racers from Army, NJIT and BU competed against each other in the same races. Top Bearcat finishers included senior swimmer Tommy Cummings, who finished third out of 11 competitors in the men’s 100-

yard breast stroke race with a time of 1:00.39 and classmate Andrew Duszynski, who also placed third out of 11 with a time of 1:46.19 in the 200-yard free event.

“What we’re looking for is tough, gritty swims from our swimmers,” Smith said. “We’re looking for guys and girls who are eager to step up to the plate and shine and who are going to hang tough. I believe [Duszynski] placed third [in the 200-free], beat all the NJIT swimmers, with that 1:46, which is an outstanding time.”

BU also performed well in the 200-yard medley relay.

Binghamton’s quartet of Cummings, senior Brian McKenna, sophomore Travis Blank and freshman William Harrison finished second in the event with a time of 1:35.38.

Overall, the Bearcats finished the day in second, defeating NJIT, 218-75, but falling to Army,

170.5-117.5.

On the women’s side, senior diver Katie Ellsworth and sophomore swimmer Maria Trivino led Binghamton with third-place finishes. Ellsworth scored a 174.90

in the one-meter dive while Trivino recorded a time of 2:12.29 in the 200-yard individual medley. BU was defeated by Vermont, 229-67 and Army, 225-59.

Both the men’s and women’s

teams are set to return to action on October 24 with double-dual meets against Siena and Niagara. The first event is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. from the West Gym in Vestal, New York.

It was a great starting point for both programs —Brad Smith BU Head Coach

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Senior Andrew Duszynski finished third in Saturday’s 200-yard free event with a time of 1:46.19.

WOMENS SOCCER

Bearcats losing streak continues See page 11 Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Despite holding a 10-6 shot advantage, BU falls, 1-0, to UML Orlaith McCaffrey

Assistant Sports Editor

HOMECOMING

HEARTBREAK

Heading into its Homecoming Weekend matchup against UMass Lowell, the Binghamton men’s soccer team (6-5-1, 1-1-0 America East) had one striking parallel with its conference rivals: a player on the Hermann Trophy Watch List, the Heisman Trophy of men’s soccer. This similarity turned out to make all the difference on Saturday night, as UML junior midfielder Wuilito Fernandes — Hermann Trophy Watch List and 2014 America East All-Conference First Team member — notched the gamewinning goal in the 79th minute of play to lead the River Hawks (6-5-0, 1-1-0 AE) to a 1-0 victory over the Bearcats.

In the first 45 minutes of play, neither side gained a clear advantage. BU and UML each took three shots, but were otherwise stifled by strong defense on both sides. “[The River Hawks] started with a lot of guys behind the ball, so every time we tried to get in, they had eight players behind the ball sitting in their own half,” BU head coach Paul Marco said. “So I thought they had a very good game plan.”

Binghamton controlled play during much of the second half, recording seven shots while allowing just three, to finish with a 10-6 shot advantage on the day.

The majority of these chances were provided by graduate student midfielder Pascal Trappe, who took six of BU’s 10 shots. The most viable of these opportunities came in the 77th minute when Trappe struck a low shot toward the left corner of the net, only to be refused on a save made by sophomore goalkeeper Austin Kroll. A scramble ensued inside the box for the loose rebound, but it was forced out-of-bounds by the River Hawk defense.

“It was difficult for us to get

behind, but we still had four or five great chances to score goals, so if one of them goes in, I think maybe the game is a little different,” Marco said.

The defining moment of the match came less than two minutes after Trappe’s nearmiss. River Hawk senior forward Jay Marchand sent a pass to Fernandes who showcased his exceptional footwork, shooting the ball between the legs of a BU defender before sidestepping and then slotting the ball past junior goalie and fellow Hermann Trophy Watch List member Robert Moewes for his fourth goal of the season.

“Their special guy got the goal tonight,” Marco said.

BU’s “special guy,” meanwhile, was left with little to do. Moewes made just two saves in the first half and none in the second as the Binghamton offense continued its attempt to break through the River Hawk back line.

With under 10 minutes remaining in regulation, it seemed as if BU had done just that when Trappe struck a shot toward the UMass Lowell goal.

The season-high crowd of 1,624 erupted, believing that he had just shot the equalizing goal.

The ball, however, had flown over the goal and the score remained fixed at 1-0. “[Trappe was] unlucky in front of [the] goal a couple of times, but [he] created a couple of chances for us, and maybe we should have done a little better,” Marco said.

Although Saturday marked the Bearcats’ fourth shutout of the season, Marco believes that his team put up a decent fight.

“I thought our guys played hard,” he said. “They competed pretty well. We perhaps have a couple of things to work on before we get up to UNH.” The Bearcats are scheduled to return to action Wednesday against New Hampshire. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at Bremner Field in Durham, New Hampshire.

ALUMNI WEEKEND 2015

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