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Activist breaks down the costs of human trafficking

Carol Metzker warns against stigmatizing sex education, encourages students to take action Brendan Zarkower Pipe Dream News

Tamar Ashdot-Bari/Pipe Dream Photographer Students rally in solidarity during a vigil to honor those killed during a wave of violence in East Jerusalem between Israelis and Palestinians, leaving 10 Israeli citizens and 48 Palestinian citizens dead.

Israeli victims remembered at vigil In wake of recent violence, campus groups mourn deaths in Jerusalem Michelle Kraidman Pipe Dream News

With Israeli flags draped across their backs, Binghamton University students showed their support for Israel with a vigil honoring those killed in the violence this past month.

The vigil was organized by BU group Bearcats for Israel. Jewish groups

on campus such as Hillel, Chabad, Maimonides and the Binghamton University Zionist Organization, and Greek organizations Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi and Alpha Epsilon Pi came to show their support. Nearly 100 people attended the vigil.

The vigil was in response to the wave of terrorism that has hit Israel and Palestine in the past month. There has been a surge

of violence in East Jerusalem between Israelis and Palestinians, leaving 10 Israeli citizens and 48 Palestinian citizens dead. The vigil was held to honor Israeli civilians who were attacked in the streets with shootings, stabbings and random acts of violence.

Students showed pictures of civilian

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Though slavery was abolished in the United States in 1865, it is still prevalent throughout the world in the form of human trafficking. Activists like Carol Metzker are trying to do something about it.

On Tuesday night, Metzker spoke on the human impact of modern slavery in a talk entitled “Passion to Action: Human Trafficking.” The lecture, given as the second part of the Center for Civic Engagement’s Passion to Action speaker series, focused on the human costs of the industry where many are forced into sex work or forced labor.

Much of Metzker’s speech focused on the victims of human trafficking.

According to her statistics, 80 percent of those trafficked into the United States are sex workers, around 13 percent are laborers not involved in sex work, five percent are involved in both and the rest are uncategorized.

The last case of trafficking in Broome County was in January 2015.

Metzker offered practical advice to audience members if they are ever in a situation where they think someone could possibly be a victim of trafficking, such as seeing a younger girl with an older man either alone or during school times. She advised them to always make a call, either to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center or to the local police.

“If you make a call and you are wrong, nothing happens,” Metzker said. “If you make a call and you are right, you could save a life.”

She became involved in the cause while vaccinating children against polio in Asia with Rotary International, and her presentation contained pictures of many of the formerly exploited children that she met during her travels. She also discussed how people find themselves in situations where they are most likely to be a victim.

“When people are isolated,” Metzker explained, “when they don’t have love and don’t believe in themselves, they become more vulnerable to traffickers because traffickers are con artists.”

In reference to sex trafficking victims, Metzker addressed the stigmas and perceptions associated with the issue. The stigma around sex, she said, prevents earnest discussion about trafficking and the dangers of buying sex.

“When we begin to think of these folks as victims, we treat them differently,” she said. “If we start getting them help instead of arresting them, we actually tackle this problem.”

Many of Metzker’s comments concerned trafficking in and out of India specifically since much of her experience stems from her time in that country.

“There is a very high illiteracy

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Harpur researchers showcase findings

From economics to neuroscience, undergrads help peers kickstart studies Kanchi Chandwani Contributing Writer

Neil Seejoor/Pipe Dream Photographer Close to 50 people attended an event at the Innovative Technologies Complex to hear expert advice about consulting, manufacturing, marketing and funding information available to budding startups in central New York. Attendees were able to network with business representatives and learn how their company could help out.

Startups get kickstart with tips from local businesses Students and local companies network in ITC, gain insight on how to foster development in Central NY Stacey Schimmel Pipe Dream News

Looking for more than just free muffins and coffee, close to 50 attendees went to the Innovative Technologies Complex on Tuesday to hear expert advice about consulting, manufacturing, marketing and funding information available to budding startups in central New York.

The event, entitled “Southern Tier Solutions Forum,” featured 17 booths from a variety of companies. Attendees were able to network with business representatives and learn how their company could help out.

Organizations tabling included Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR), FuzeHub, Integrated Electronics Engineering Center (IEEC), Small Scale Systems Integration & Packaging Center (S3IP), NYS Trade Adjustment Assistance Center (NYSTAAC), START-UP NY and the Fleishman Center.

Katelynn Hrywnak, project staff assistant for S3IP and event organizer, said she hoped students would be able to

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network and forge partnerships with the businesses at the event.

“The goal of the event is to network, collaborate [and] just kind of get to know how each booth here can be helping one another,” Hrywnak said. “I hope they can see what’s available in our community as well as the surrounding areas.”

Ercin Yildirim, a senior majoring in computer science, is developing software to create a smart bracelet business. He is currently working with the founder of IP Technology Farm to develop the product and came to the event to get feedback. He said the representatives advised him on how to use smart energy for his prototype.

“They are really helpful, and I think it’s a really good way to get your idea out there and get some feedback,” Yildirim said.

The companies present ranged in the services they provided, from tech support to learning how to navigate the grantwriting and funding processes. NYSTAAC, represented at the event by outreach

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Binghamton University’s student researchers shared their stories and advice on Wednesday for how their peers can get involved in various Harpur College fields.

The “Harpur Research Panel,” held in the University Union, was organized

by Holly Horn, the assistant director of the Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development, and Zoe Liebmann, the senior student associate

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University. They also discussed what resources, including those found in the library and in the undergraduate research office, are available on campus for researching.

“Some students need to do research, and that is their high-impact learning experience,” Horn said. “Many times people think that research is only going to be in the sciences, but we really have people from across the disciplines.

We’ve got humanities, social sciences

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Scholar takes deeper look at first president Ph.D candidate Kenneth Lane granted fellowship at Mount Vernon Gabriella Weick

Assistant News Editor To uncover the secrets behind George Washington’s early political career, one Binghamton University Ph.D. candidate is going straight to the source.

Kenneth Lane, a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate studying history, was one of 20 scholars chosen for a fall fellowship at the Fred W. Smith National Library in Mount Vernon, Virginia for the Study of George Washington. The library is the only place in the world where scholars have access to primary sources, including letters and original documents, from the first President of the United States.

Lane applied for the fellowship with the help of his former mentor and founding director of the library, Douglas Bradburn.

At BU, he now hopes to write his dissertation on the British Empire’s manipulation of people like Washington and expand on not only Washington’s influence in shaping American history, but also aspects of Washington and his family that most Americans are unaware of.

Lane said that he is also looking to focus on how there is a desire to protect Washington as a monument to

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Horn and Liebmann said they chose the five panelists from a pool of undergraduate students who were either known researchers at the University, in the Binghamton University Scholars Program or in the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH).

Panelists Che Sun, Anita Raychawdhuri, Rujul Patel, Anna Brooks and Arianna Gorkowitz shared how they were able to approach their professors and secure research positions within different fields at the

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American values, when in reality, he took advantage of those around him to advance his career.

“Washington was a highly astute political actor,” Lane explained in an email. “He was inventive, aggressively ambitious, at times arrogant and overbearing and more than willing to play the game of patron and client to achieve his ends.”

According to Robert Parkinson, Lane’s advisor and an assistant professor of history, Lane’s dissertation seeks to explain how Washington’s familial and political connections, as well as his imperial negotiations, helped his family succeed in the Ohio Company of Virginia, a land company involved in western expansion. Particularly, Parkinson said, Lane is looking to examine the few remaining letters of Washington’s half-brother, Lawrence, which can only be found at Mount Vernon.

Lane said that during his time at the fellowship, he will not only be exposed to information he could not have have studied anywhere else, but to experts in the field as well.

“The fellowship provided me with access to a unique set of documents, including Lawrence Washington’s surviving letters and just as importantly, interactions with other scholars of

George Washington whose consultation and advice has been invaluable,” Lane wrote.

Parkinson said that he hoped for Lane to return from his time at the library with both scholarly and

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Neil Seejoor/Pipe Dream Photographer Pictured: Kenneth Lane, a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate studying history, in the Fine Arts courtyard.

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ITC continued from Page 1 specialist Teresa Stockton, is a federally funded program that works with companies hindered by foreign trade to increase sales and profits. “We’re a hidden gem right now, and I don’t want to be a hidden gem,� Stockton said. “I want to be a shiny jewel to let people know that this tool is available because I really don’t feel it’s being utilized enough.�

IEEC and parent company S3IP have several initiatives, some that use the University’s resources, to help businesses create jobs and revenue.

Their smart energy initiative creates new power products like batteries and hybrids, and representative Ron Kuracina stressed the importance of working with students to reach success. “The University is a seed,�

Kuracina said. “It is the key here, the center. It’s literally the reason that the rest of us exist.�

Hao Zhang, a third-year Ph.D. candidate studying electrical engineering, said the event helped him learn about topnotch industries, which will help him in the process of finding an internship.

“I just stay in the lab every day and am not very informed on the industrial side, so I can talk to the small company representatives and learn a lot,�

Zhang said.

Emma Baudendistel, the administrative assistant for BU’s Entrepreneurship & Innovation Partnerships and the representative for START-UP NY, said events like these help connect businesses with what they need. “We really just connect them with who they need to be connected with to make their business strive,� Baudendistel said. “The campus has so many services that all these businesses could use, but they don’t really know about them, so that’s our job, to get the word out.�

and science majors here to show students what they can do.�

Che Sun, a sophomore majoring in economics, started his research in the second semester of his freshman year.

Working with philosophy professor Nicole Hassoun, Sun is looking to make prescription drug information more accessible for consumers.

Sun said that the most important point he has learned from his research is to never be afraid to ask for help and to use the resources offered by the University and the technology that is already readily available. “The library has helped me a lot with my research,� Sun said. “There’s this one great thing

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integrative neuroscience department and then I looked at all of their research because most of the professors talk about their research online, and I was really interested in my lab,�

Gorkowitz said. “So I contacted the professor, and he got back to me, and that’s how it started.�

Mary Kate Kelly, a junior double-majoring in biology and English, said she came to the panel to see if she could get ideas on how she could get research positions for next summer. “Reaching out to professors doesn’t seem to be as intimidating as I previously thought,� Kelly said. “Personally, I get really nervous about that, but from the panelists’ suggestions, I’m going to go onto the website and see what interests me.�

people think that research is only going to be in the sciences, but we really have people from across the disciplines — Holly Horn Assistant Director of Fleishman Center

Historian studies early life of George Washington G.W. continued from Page 1

The University is a seed. It is the key here, the center

about the library at Binghamton: that we have an inter-library loan option, so if Binghamton’s library doesn’t have the book or electronic copy, you can borrow it from another library in the area. I’ve used that a lot because it really helps with my research when comparing the paper styles or referencing.�

Gorkowitz, a senior majoring in integrative neuroscience, is researching infant visual perception and attention and the media’s influence on infant memory. To obtain his research positions, he contacted professors that he didn’t even have class with as well as some professors outside of BU at Cornell University. “I went through the online staff list of people in the

professional benefits. “It is where you meet new people and new ideas — you listen to others describe their projects and you ‘pitch’ yours,� he wrote in an email. “Some of my longest and most cherished professional relationships began on a monthlong research fellowship such as the one [Lane] earned.�

Diane Sommerville, associate

professor and director of graduate studies of history, said that she believes Lane’s fellowship will bring esteem to the history department and encourage others to pursue their graduate degrees at BU. “The fellowship and the visibility it provides also represents a showcase for our best and brightest,� Sommerville wrote in an email. “When historians and other scholars

meet talented and knowledgeable historians-in-the-making like Ken, and they see that he comes from Binghamton University, it furthers the History Department’s reputation as a place to come and study early American history.�

Lane, who hopes to return to Mount Vernon at the end of this semester for further investigation, said his time at the fellowship not only helped him

further uncover the mysteries of Washington’s character, but also shaped him as a person. “My development as a historian relies heavily upon the types of individuals whom are around me and with whom I can bounce ideas off of, even at [1 a.m.],� Lane wrote. “Those are the kinds of individuals I found at Mount Vernon, and the impact they have had on me as a historian cannot be understated.�

After rash of violence in Israel, groups gather to show solidarity with victims ISRAEL continued from Page 1 victims of the past month’s attacks, telling stories about their families living in fear in Israel. They concluded the vigil by singing songs and prayers in Hebrew to commemorate those lost.

Joshua Seed, president of Bearcats for Israel and a senior double-majoring in geography and Judaic studies, said that the vigil was both to allow the BU

Jewish community to express its sadness and to apprise the greater Binghamton community of what has been happening recently in Israel. “It’s to give an opportunity for our own community and the allies of the Jewish community to come together as supporters of Israel and to give them a way to unite, because we’re grieving right now,�

Seed said. “We hope students that pass by gain an understanding of

what’s going on in Israel and that Israel is going through this tough period of time, but also that the spirit of Israelis is a strong one, and Israelis respond to terror by keeping their daily lives and not changing their routine.�

Rabbi Akiva Weiss, the rabbi of the Orthodox Union’s Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus (OU-JLIC), compared the vigil to the rally by the Turkish community that happened last

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week in response to a bombing in Turkey. He said they both allowed students to feel connected to their homeland and show their support. “I think the Jewish students feel very helpless here in America when they see people of their faith who are being murdered and massacred in Israel,� Weiss said. “It’s important that they feel there is something for them to do; in the face of tragedy a person naturally wants to do something to make

sense of it.�

Ilana Forchheimer, a sophomore majoring in human development, said she felt it was important for her to go to support Israel and her friends. “Even though we’re in America, Israel is still a place that hits close to home for a lot of people,�

Forchheimer said. “It being a Jewish state, a lot of people will have family there or have a strong connection.�

Elijah Alsdorf, a senior majoring in biology, said that he came more to honor those killed rather than to discuss the politics of the area. “I recognize both sides of the conflict, but that’s not what I’m there for,� Alsdorf said. “The whole point of the rally wasn’t about Israel versus Palestine as much as it was about the nonsensical deliberate murder of civilians.�

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Pipe Line LOCAL NEWS UP at Metroplex renamed UClub Binghamton University Plaza at Metroplex, a luxury student housing complex located on Vestal Parkway, has been renamed UClub at Binghamton. An email sent by the general manager said that the name was changed in line with a renovation project to be completed by fall 2016.

Binghamton City Council approves 2016 budget The Binghamton City Council passed the 2016 city budget on Wednesday, according to the Press and Sun-Bulletin. By a vote of five to two, the council approved a $90.4 million spending plan.

The plan includes a 0.4 percent residential property tax rate increase, and the council amended the budget to create a transfer of $2,500 from gasoline lines in the parks and recreation budget to the parks contingency line.

There was also a slight decrease in commercial property tax rate, which was the first time the city has cut the rate since 1999. Mayor Rich David has until November 6 to veto, and the council would have until November 20 to vote on an override.

STATE NEWS Cuomo signs bills to protect women’s rights, safety On Wednesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a series of eight bills that aim to ensure equality for women in the workplace and provide stronger laws for victims

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of domestic violence, according to the Press and Sun-Bulletin.

The key provisions, which will take effect within 90 days, include steps to fight human trafficking, ensure equal pay, fight gender discrimination in employment and housing decisions and attack sexual harassment in the workplace.

Other laws will protect victims of domestic violence and provide accommodations for pregnant women at work. The package of bills was first introduced in 2013 as part of Cuomo’s Women’s Equality Act and was passed by the legislature this year. A component to strengthen abortion rights was not approved by the legislature, but the government said it would still support efforts backing a woman’s right to choose.

“While I will not be a candidate, I will not be silent. I intend to speak out clearly and forcefully, party and where we need to go as a nation.”

— Vice President Joseph Biden, announcing that he will not launch a 2016 presidential bid.

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Uber plans push for upstate NY expansion On Tuesday, Uber announced plans to push for legalization of its company in upstate New York and in the New York City suburbs, according to the Press and SunBulletin. Uber wants to expand their services to the New York City suburbs, areas with college campuses and mid-to-large cities, and projects that it will bring 13,000 full and part-time jobs to upstate New York. Competitor company Lyft is also looking to expand to the area after already attempting to expand to Buffalo and Rochester but being turned down by the state legislature. Uber is currently organizing a rally at the Capitol to launch its upstate marketing campaign, with stops planned in Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Binghamton in the coming weeks.

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Police Watch Stealing for Sodexo WEDNESDAY, Oct. 21, 11:19 p.m. — An 18-year-old male said that his wallet and BU ID were stolen from his backpack while he was in class in Science 2, Reilly said. The victim said that he did not notice anyone tampering with his backpack while he was in class, but when he got back to his room he noticed that his items were missing. The victim saw that someone used his ID for a $3.44 purchase at the Appalachian Dining Hall. Officers engaged in an investigation with Sodexo to find who used the ID. The victim unauthorized his ID card so that no more purchases could be made with it. The case is still under investigation.

Union and Chill TUESDAY, Oct. 20, 1:22 a.m. — Officers responded to the University Union West after a report of two people allegedly having sex in a room, Investigator Patrick Reilly of Binghamton’s New York State University Police said. A cleaner saw them in the room and contacted UPD. Officers arrived and tried opening the door, which was locked. They observed a nude rear end of one of the suspects through the window. When they got it open, they saw a 23-year-old male and a 20-year-old female get up from a couch and pull their pants up. They were identified as commuter students and were asked how they got into the building. They said that they were there since 9 p.m. and that they saw the person in charge of the

A lighter take on campus crime Aaron Berkowitz Police Correspondant

room left the door propped open since it required a keycard to enter and they went into the room.

When asked what they were doing in the room, the male said that they were just cuddling. The officers took the female outside and asked if she gave the male consent, and she said yes. The male kept insisting that they were only cuddling in the room. The suspects were told that the building was closed and that they had no permission to be in it and they were asked to leave.

The suspects were also told that it is wrong to have sex in a public place. The case was referred to University Judicial.

Highway Robbery WEDNESDAY, Oct. 21, 1:04 p.m. — Officers reported to Lot C for reports of a vehicle with a stolen license plate, Reilly said. Parking Services found that the plate in question does not correspond with the vehicle that it was on. Information taken from the registration stickers found that the owner was a 23-year-old male student.

The vehicle was booted and its hang tag was removed since it was also found to have been stolen. The suspect contacted UPD when he found the boot on his vehicle and was asked about the license plate. The suspect admitted to stealing the plate when he found it sitting outside of his apartment a few weeks prior. He also admitted to stealing the hang tag from a car with an open window. It was found that the suspect also had a suspended license. The suspect was charged with possession of stolen property, suspended registration and improper plates.

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rate, a huge amount of poverty, not eating, people sleeping in railway stations,” Metzker said.

“Something else India has that is different is a population of one billion people. Criminals see people as more disposable than somewhere else.”

Audience members were also encouraged to contribute to the dialogue on the subject. Leslie Martinez, a first-year graduate student studying public policy in administration, responded to a question posed to the audience about why she personally believes India experiences more human trafficking than other areas.

“I think there are a variety of reasons that trafficking is a problem in India,” Martinez

said. “The perception of women, the child marriages, the fact that women are supposed to be reliant on men and the fact that children have to work in some places.”

Metzker added that helping out in local communities in any way is an effective means to fight trafficking.

“Any time you are working with feeding people that are hungry, helping the homeless,” Metzker said. “It is almost like you are inoculating them against human trafficking because now they have somewhere to go.”

As her talk concluded, Metzker told attendees that there is hope for solving this issue.

“This is not a happy subject,” Metzker said. “But it is a hopeful one because there are steps we can take to fight this.”

When people are isolated, when they don't have love and don't believe in themselves, they become more vulnerable to traffickers — Carol Metzker Activist Valerie Oppenheim/Contributing Photographer Pictured: Activist, Carol Metzker speaks about human trafficking in 2015.

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WHRW brings cosmic beats to Cafe O'Spacis

The event featured six local DJ acts, some festive decorations and a healthy amount of boogie-ing Haralambos Kasapidis Contributing Writer This past Thursday night, WHRW 90.5 FM held its annual electronic music event at Cafe Oasis, the popular hookah bar in Downtown Binghamton. “Cafe O’Spacis” featured performances

by WHRW DJs as well as other local electronic DJs. The focus of the event was space music, which is usually associated with a calmer, loungestyle vibe and is categorized for its ability to promote a feeling of spaciousness and thoughtfulness.

For Cafe O’Spacis, this genre was combined with harder electronic beats to create unique sounds from each performer.

Despite the overall theme of the night’s music, each of the six acts brought their own style. Some had heavy synth beats, while others had a more alternative sound. The rest were remix heavy, bringing in many popular songs and familiar tunes throughout the night to the crowd’s enjoyment. The event, which started at 8:30 p.m., lasted into the early morning hours.

Paola Bear, the stage name of Paola Diaz — WHRW’s space director and a senior majoring in psychology — played a few remixes during her set. “ Hideaway” by Kiesza, which was a crowd pleaser, was one of them;

she adapted the hook of the song into her track and added a more intense dance vibe to it. “Out of Space” by The Prodigy was next on her list. Although the song is already rave-heavy, the remix Diaz included in it transformed the track into a dubstep jam.

The space theme of the night was definitely present during her performance. Dark beats surrounded the room while students were boogie-ing.

AJ Vizoskie, a senior majoring in English, performed as well. When asked about his influence in his set, Vizoskie, who goes by Dizzy Dizzy, stated that he was inspired by “a lot of underground U.K. music, a lot of grime, some dub, a lot of dark club music.” This was his first time performing at O’Spacis, but he has been to the event before.

“It’s definitely a tradition for WHRW,” Vizoskie said.

The venue gave a great atmosphere, and a lot of this was due to the decorations. With ornamental graves hung on the walls and Christmas lights strung throughout, the holiday vibe was definitely in the air. Disco ball lights made up for the lack of brightness in the bar, though the lighting was appropriate for the intimate setting the music produced. Cafe Oasis was packed, as students were on top of each other for sometime, with a few

Franz Lino/Photography Editor Downtown Binghamton’s Cafe Oasis held WHRW’s annual Cafe O’Spacis event. The evening featured DJs performing space, electronic and house music.

even having to go outside to get entertained by the performers. some air. Still, the music could Chris Liantonio, a senior be heard from outside where majoring in environmental people were still listening and studies, said he dug the space

theme. When asked about Cafe Oasis, Chris said he wished there were more room in Cafe Oasis so that he could “boogie down.”

The area definitely felt a little too cozy at times, but that didn’t stop attendees from enjoying the music and space vibe.

From YouTube star to author

In essay collection 'Binge,' Tyler Oakley shares wisdom Georgia Westbrook Contributing Writer

Illustration by Elizabeth Manning

Make the most of Family Weekend

Hide your beer and clean your room; the 'rents are here Kara Brown Contributing Writer Family Weekend is finally here.

It’s a time when students get to take a little break after midterms and have a piece of home come to them. This could be the dose of happiness you’ve been waiting for, or, if you’re unprepared, the most stressful weekend of the semester. Here are Release’s five tips to ensure that quality time with mom and dad runs smoothly.

1) Know when your family is coming.

Although this may seem obvious, you and the people you live with should know what time your parents are arriving. The last thing your parents want is to have to sit around and wait for you to shower. And the last thing you want is to have your dad walk in on your roommate’s shirtless boyfriend. Keep in mind that not everyone’s parents are coming, so a timely reminder for everyone to be on their best behavior won’t hurt.

2) Clean before they get there.

If your parents are neat freaks, forgetting to clean your room for Family Weekend will be all you hear about for the next three days. Be sure to leave yourself enough time to thoroughly clean and organize your stuff. Also, make sure to hide anything you don’t want your parents to find. If

you know your mom is going to want to wash and put away your laundry, your pants drawer is not the place for that giant, nearly empty bottle of Svedka. Opt for the floor behind your drawers instead.

3) Try a new place for dinner, and make reservations if possible.

Instead of going to a chain restaurant that your family could easily go to at home, show them what Binghamton has to offer and go local. Everyone and their mother (literally) will be trying to go to Lost Dog, and they do not accept reservations. Either plan to wait, or go somewhere like The Colonial that does accept reservations. Check out Release’s restaurant reviews and find a place everyone in your family will enjoy.

Also, order something gigantic so you have leftovers.

4) Take advantage of your parents’ love, money and car.

It’s not often that your parents will come to visit, so make the most of it by having them restock your room. Drag them to Wegmans and have them get everything you’re too broke to buy yourself, and in quantities too large to fit on the bus. Get a semester’s worth of toiletries so you never have to choose between buying beer or shaving cream.

This is your moment to be as needy as possible. Your parents drove to see you and by the time they get here, they’ll be excited to

smother you in love and groceries.

5) Do whatever your family wants.

There are two types of families on Family Weekend: the kind that printed the itinerary and circled every little thing they want to do, and the family that wants to bring you back to their hotel so you can all stare at each other for a few hours before getting dinner.

Whichever type your family is, do whatever makes them happy.

They’re probably more excited about this experience than you are, and would appreciate it if you could get through it without the “I’m so college that I’m too good for my family” attitude. You may feel like an adult, but you are still — and always will be — someone’s child.

Everyone and their mother (literally) will be trying to go to Lost Dog, and they do not accept reservations

Telling a story in a book and telling one on YouTube are completely different beasts. But in his new book, “Binge,” YouTube star Tyler Oakley proves that regardless of the medium, he is a natural-born storyteller.

Oakley is known for his videos, where his topics range from humorous takes on pop culture to serious activism for the LGBTQ community, especially LGBTQ youth. In “Binge” — published

by Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster — Oakley tackles the experiences that helped him grow up through a series of short stories and essays.

They read like a playlist of his videos: funny, smart, honest and sincere.

The YouTuber takes a chronological approach to his book. He begins by writing about early experiences with porn, eating disorders and coming to terms with his sexuality — among other tales. Although he shares stories about many different aspects of his life, the essay topics are strategically chosen so the book doesn’t get repetitive.

In one of the essays — appropriately titled “Brace Yourself” — Oakley describes the convergence of getting braces with some of his first attempts at flirting.

He writes, “On that day, as I looked into [the orthodontist’s] eyes, something made me lose control. I thought, ‘You know what? I should probably make a move before our final appointment.’ So, I did what any twelve-year-old flirting with a man twice his age might do — I licked his fingers.”

Oakley writes about glamorous encounters with Harry Styles and Paris Hilton, but does not shy away from talking about the time he totaled his car in front of his high school crush or his days working at Arby’s and McDonald’s. As he writes, Oakley alternates between life coach and best friend, sharing life lessons

and dropping the f-bomb in a way that, surprisingly, comes together.

Many of the lessons Oakley shares in the book come from his family, and especially from his mother. Throughout, Oakley expresses his love for her in many different ways, and it is obvious that they are continuing to learn from each other.

In the essay “The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far,” Oakley discusses some advice he has given her.

He writes, “My mom is my favorite human on Earth, despite that she farts nonstop. Not until recently did I finally convince her to stop farting in the house and to start farting out of the sliding door to the back porch.”

“Binge” imparts wisdom from

Oakley’s own experience in ways that do not demean the reader, or suggest that they will not be able to figure anything out for themselves. Readers of this book won’t learn how to be Tyler Oakley, but instead will close the book knowing how to laugh at life’s many lessons — and at themselves — just as Oakley does.

Although the word “binge” can have a negative connotation, it can just as easily be applied to the act of doing a lot of something you like, or even love. If you like watching Oakley’s YouTube channel, reading a well-written essay or just want to be reminded that you, too, will be able to figure it all out, then you might just want to take some time to binge on this new book.

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RELEASE

Apple Music: the pros and cons of the newest streaming system

The tech giant's latest project brought us the 'Hotline Bling' music video, but is it really worth the extra money?

Haralambos Kasapidis Contributing Writer On June 30, everyone with an iPhone received the notification that it was time to update their device’s operating system to iOS 8.4, which came with a treat: Apple Music. Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that the tech giant was officially breaking into the streaming business, along with announcing that a three-month trial would be given to everyone with an Apple ID. In the subsequent months, many artists have released singles through Apple Music, including Ellie Goulding with “On My Mind” and Pharrell with “Freedom.” With many three-month trials coming to an end, Release put together a list of pros and cons so you can decide if Apple Music is the right service for you.

Pros: 1. Typical of the California company, Apple Music has a wonderful aesthetic. Scrolling through the service proves to be a smooth experience. Their colors are

white and an orange-tinted red, a pleasant change from those used to the black and green of Spotify, the monotone blue of Pandora or the grey and mint color of Tidal.

If you’re all about the look, Apple Music has you covered.

2. The service’s new radio option brings you to Beats 1, a 24/7 broadcasting manned by several DJs and advertised as “the world’s local radio station.” Artists frequently come onto the radio show to play their music, and some artists have even debuted new tracks through it. Charli XCX released her newest single “Vroom Vroom” on October 20. On August 3, FKA Twigs premiered her record “Figure 8,” before taking the underground music world by storm with the surprise release of her newest EP, “M3LL155X.” 3. Apple Music has recruited an army of celebrity artists to promote its service. Drake’s newest video for “Hotline Bling” dropped this past Monday via Apple Music’s “Connect” tab. Fans are able to see behind-the-scenes videos and blog posts through the tab, an idea

first introduced by Tidal. Yet Apple seems to have perfected it, as the “Hotline Bling” video was memeified by the Internet only hours after its release.

4. Depending on how attached you still are to “1989,” Spotify still hasn’t gotten Taylor Swift back. It also doesn’t have The Beatles or a non-live version of Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes,” among some other top picks. We’ll let you decide how much this matters.

Cons: 1. Apple Music severely drains your battery. Although it’s nice to look at, it’s not the most feasible option to have open throughout the day. It seems to use more data than Spotify, and students on the run may get frustrated if they can’t find a place to recharge.

2. Exclusivity, which works for Apple most of the time, seems to be a con, as the app is not available to Android users yet. Not everyone has an iPhone, and the lack of availability to half of the cellular device market is sure to harm them in the long run.

3. Apple Music also only works

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through the Music app, and since some older devices can’t handle iOS updates, many people without the newest operating system cannot use the streaming service. Also, the app consistently crashes, and the only way for this problem to be fixed is to wait for Apple to issue an iOS patch.

4. Lastly, there is no student discount. Apple Music charges $9.99 for an individual and $14.99 for a family plan of six. Why pay an extra $5 when other services offer the same access to music for a lower price?

Final thoughts: Right now, it’s

fine for a certain niche of people, but I will be sticking to Spotify indefinitely. Sure, Apple Music might offer up some fancy new features, but Spotify fulfills all of my needs — and then some — and I will not be making the switch to Apple Music anytime soon.

Record-breaking RA event brings Halloween fun to Mohawk

Senior Gabriel Valencia hopes to draw together the CIW community during third-annual 'Haunted Hall' this Sunday Alex Almonte Contributing Writer As if three majors weren’t keeping him busy enough, Gabriel Valencia is attempting to put on a record-breaking Binghamton event.

Valencia, a resident assistant (RA) in Mohawk Hall and a senior triple-majoring in comparative literature, French and biology, is the head of an annual RA event in College-in-the-Woods (CIW) called “Haunted Hall.” With a team of

nine other Mohawk RAs and many students in the community, the event is a fun and scary way to bring CIW residents closer together.

“I really wanted to start a tradition,” Valencia said. “I want not only Mohawk residents, but all CIW residents to feel like they are part of a community.”

As the name of the event suggests, the Mohawk Great Room will be turned into a big haunted house, complete with a spooky set and actors ready to terrify visitors.

Since Mohawk is also known as

a center for international student living, Valencia initially intended for it to educate students from outside the country about western traditions like Halloween.

The event, which began in the fall of 2013, has an incredible attendance history. In its first year running, there was a massive turnout of 344 residents, making it the largest documented RA event in Binghamton University history.

Last year, the number increased to almost 400 students, but Valencia doesn’t want it to stop there.

Since this is the last year he can put “Haunted Hall” on himself, he wants the student turnout numbers to soar.

Such a feat, however, isn’t possible without tons of preparation. For almost a month, Valencia and his team have been working to get the “Haunted Hall” ready for the general public.

Though they have used actors from the Dickinson Community Players in the past, Valencia decided he wanted residents from CIW to volunteer as actors as a

way to garner more community involvement.

Valencia credits much of the project’s success to not only his team, but to Assistant Director of College-in-the-Woods Erin Kentos and first-year Mohawk Residential Director Jennifer Roach.

“She [Roach] was just hired this year and is very supportive of the idea,” Valencia said. “Without her help, I don’t think it would have been possible.”

This Sunday, Valencia and his team will work from 7 a.m. until

5 p.m., clearing out the Mohawk Great Room and setting up everything they need for the night.

Then, they will do a run-through with all of the volunteer actors and actresses.

When asked what newcomers should expect, all Valencia had to say was “just be ready to be scared.”

The event starts at 6 p.m. and runs until 9:30 p.m. this Sunday in the Mohawk Great Room.

Admission is free for all students, so stop by if you’re looking to start off your Halloween week with a fright.

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OPINIONS Friday, October 23, 2015

Letter to the Editor: Prepare for real life Don't waste time and money on degrees that don't matter

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his past Wednesday was “Back to the Future” Day — aka the day that Marty McFly travels to in “Back to the Future Part II” from his then-present-day 1985.

The film made many predictions about October 21, 2015. Some were startlingly accurate. Others, not so much.

This got the Pipe Dream Editorial Board thinking about what Binghamton University will look like 30 years in the future — so hop into our DeLorean and take a look at what’s coming to Vestal Parkway in 2045.

Football!

BU will finally have a football team. We don’t know if they’ll be any good, but they’ll exist.

The football field will be built somewhere Downtown.

BU students will spend their Saturday mornings tailgating and cheering for the Bearcats. The local football talent is pretty decent, so maybe

there is a chance we could build a competitive team.

Downtown Campus will have expanded to Downtown. The University Downtown Center will be the oldest building in the new West Campus. Binghamton will have been gentrified to the point that it will basically be Ithaca. The bar scene will be more than just State Street; maybe Larry Shea will run a series of bars with his cats, speckled all over the West Side. We envision nightlife all across the city, with a variety of choices for students — no more State Street every weekend for four years.

University Expansion The University will have

claimed eminent domain over the houses between the soccer field and the Innovative Technologies Complex, where they’ll build a new housing community as well as — for the love of God — an enormous gym to accommodate our 45,000 students by 2045.

Needless to say, between now and then, the construction will never cease.

Reputation “Where’s Binghamton?” will sound like a much dumber question than it does now.

Not only will we finally be the “Premier Public University in the Northeast,” we’ll be one of the “Premier Public Universities in the Nation.” Come on, we’re so much closer to New York City

than Michigan is. That’s gotta count for something, right?

Basketball Our basketball team will win at least four conference tournaments. We may get good enough to leave the America East and join a more prestigious conference.

No, you know what? We’ll have won an NCAA championship by that time, too. That’s right, the Binghamton Bearcats will capture a national title. There, we said it. Maybe we’ll beat Duke, or our local rival Syracuse. Keep this issue of Pipe Dream somewhere safe, because we’re making that call now. We’re dreaming big, because in 30 years, anything can happen.

Views expressed in the opinion pages represent the opinions of the columnists. The only piece which represents the views of the Pipe Dream Editorial Board is the Staff Editorial, above. The Editorial Board is composed of the Editor-in-Chief, News Editor, Opinions Editor, Sports Editor and Release Editor.

Millenials not interested in 'do-nothing' politics

In an age of lazy government, our generation has the chance to incite change Melanie Sharif

Contributing Columnist

Millennials don’t dig politics.

Although there are those of us who still pretend to read newspapers, listen to NPR, watch “The Daily Show” or, better yet, find an independent news source of our liking, the majority of young people in the United States are disinterested in mainstream American politics. In the 2012 presidential election, the younger age brackets made up only 36 percent of the electorate, while the upper age brackets, 40-65-andup, made up 64 percent. This is of course disproportionate to American demographics: According to the Census Bureau, Millennials recently eclipsed the Baby Boomers as the largest demographic in the U.S. This may have not been official in 2012, but nonetheless, massive amounts of young people stayed home during the first week of November three years ago, while nearly everyone’s grandmother made time to go out and vote.

This is because of more than just the fact that many of us don’t watch Fox News. Many a journalist

suggest something to the tune of our finding politics disheartening and immovable. It seems as though the system is so flawed, so far away from giving the faintest rat’s behind at what we have to offer, that it’s not even worth exerting our precious energy over. And this might be true, to an extent.

The American government is in a bit of a rut. In 1948, Harry Truman invented a phrase to describe certain lazy incarnations of government branches known as “do-nothing.” First used to describe Congress, the phrase criticized groups of elected officials that didn’t manage to pass many useful laws. Truman would faint if he saw politics today. The 112th Congress, which ended on January 3, 2013, currently holds the record for passing the least amount of bills.

In other words, the government nowadays is managing to promote the least amount of change in the history of the country. Ever.

We are unfortunately in a donothing stage, and we sense it.

These periods are brought on by vast economic growth and income inequality. When the rich in the U.S. are extremely rich, laws are essentially paid for. Your vote for president or your letter to your congressman doesn’t seem to mean much because that’s not what’s

keeping them in office. Efficiency and reliability as a means to attract the voter has died. The one percent supports the headquarters of the politicians that will pass bills that make the rich richer or just manage to subdue the “rival” cause, and keep these unhelpful people in office, year after year. All of that money just to elevate the political status quo, a stalemate between two ridiculously polarized groups of people.

The president isn’t much better: He is now a figurehead for one of our bloated parties. Toward the end of his eight-year run, Obama essentially disregarded Congress and attempted to rally the favor of the American public. Even then, some are still labeling him as “donothing.” The most effective branch of government at the moment is arguably the judicial branch: they recently granted marital freedom to millions of Americans. And we can’t even vote for that.

This is unattractive. In fact, it’s stressful and hopeless. “For the people, by the people?” More like, for the rich, by the stubborn Baby Boomers. Millennials don’t really have money to influence politics. They have their “personal brand,” their Apple products, their American Spirits, their friends and their open-mindedness. But they

don’t really have as much money as the Koch brothers, or even close to that. So what now?

The presidential election cycle is just beginning, with Donald Trump here to scare the shit out of us. If you just turned 18 or are about to turn 18 this year, you should register to vote, even if you don’t care about politics. You don’t have to vote. But you should know that your vote still matters, even though politicians just see you as a part of a rating percentage or a number in a rally turn-out total.

Politicians don’t count on young people, because they know they aren’t reliable voters. But that’s our edge.

Millennials are like a hidden political weapon. We have immense swaying power and no one expects us to use it. But we can vote, and you can pay attention, even if paying attention means finding out what exactly is wrong with politics and in what ways you disagree with the circus on Capitol Hill. So that maybe, come the time when there is a congressperson in your district that actually might do something instead of that guy who’s been there since the ’70s, you’ll give a shit, and you’ll be ready.

— Melanie Sharif is a junior majoring in psychology

Dear Editor, As a SUNY Binghamton graduate — class of ‘74 — I have some sobering words for the current undergraduate community.

An anthropology major who lived and breathed cultural anthropology, I graduated with the award for the best student in the social sciences. I was pursuing what I thought was a well-focused dream to become a professor of anthropology.

What I learned in the past 40 plus years, is that life in “the real world” is completely at odds with the academic fantasy as it was presented to me, and as I am sure as it is presented to many undergraduates today. The academic world that I immersed myself in, as well as the social environment of Harpur — as it was then called — was one that stressed openness, flexibility, discussion, justice and even compassion. I was not taught about the work-a-day world in which sterile conformity and adherence to the rules of those in absolute power are the real imperatives. I know that many young graduates today — not only at SUNY B but at other liberal arts schools — are being mislead by the notion that they can make a difference, and many of them quit their jobs or otherwise become quite disenchanted when they discover that the principles they were taught have no currency in the real world.

I never got an iota of career guidance when I was at Harpur; I had no idea, for example, that the various levels of government offered what turned out to be, by far, the best and most secure work opportunities for graduates over time. I was never taught about the incredible strength and power of government unions, for example, in protecting their own at the expense of those in the private sector. I never even considered that all the professors at SUNY Binghamton were unionized state employees; somehow I had imagined they were above such “petty” concerns.

My advice to young people at SUNY Binghamton, particularly those in the liberal arts, is not to be misled by dreamy notions of academic fulfillment or selffulfillment , especially via “create your own” majors and bogus academic programs, even some of the standard departments like anthropology, which in this Internet age, as well as this age of war and poverty throughout much of the undeveloped nations, has almost no value, except for the most gifted. Other social science departments offer no real training in the “real world” except as they are a stepping stone to more practical careers, and, in the very rare case, a segue into the privileged, elite world of academia.

To an even greater degree than it was in my day, the real world is controlled by vested interests, corporate autocracy, public relations, the power of government at every level, money and conformity. I urge students not to dream frivolous, immature dreams as did I back in the day, fed and nurtured by a University that was just interested in maintaining enrollees in the various

departments. As soon as you are gone, the University will fade like a mirage. Know that whatever stimulating experiences you have are, for the most part, self contained, and that following your graduation, you will have to pay strict adherence to the rules others set for you. Most of all, develop a sense of what your real strengths are, and what skills are suited for the job market.

Even a core value of anthropology — humanistic relativism — that I would have thought would have stood the test of time seems to have no place in this society. Managing a residential facility for the mentally disabled, for example, I have come to realize that it does not seem that this value has any relevance any more, as state regulators site structure, quantification and compliance over compassion and a caring, needs-driven approach to residential care. The state bureaucracy is more powerful now, under a “liberal Democrat” than it was under Rockefeller’s era. Moreover the University has done next to nothing to bridge the income gap between the city of Binghamton and itself. It may have spoken a great storm about economic and political justice, but it has, if anything, helped marginalize Downtown Binghamton and its immediate surroundings over the past half century.

Although I was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, and spent innumerable hours at study, I learned not one new skill in my pursuit of my Honor’s degree, not even proficiency in a foreign language, so vital in anthropological and historical research. This is a critical time in your lives, where you are investing your time and money.

Don’t squander it on dreams that can never come to pass.

And remember that SUNY Binghamton, in the end, is just a self-fulfilling state institution whose self interests are, first and foremost, those of their own.

When you begin to understand the dissonance between your experience at SUNY Binghamton and the real world, or strive to develop usable real-life skills, you will not be bitterly disappointed by what awaits you after you graduate as I was. If you dream as I did, be prepared for failure.

You may enjoy this time in a higher pursuit — as did I — but just remember that the world out there is relatively unforgiving and cares little about you.

Harry Katz is a graduate of the class of 1974

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bupipedream.com | October 23, 2015

Binghamton soccer coach garners national award Marco recognized by NSCAA for coaching skill, teaching ability Orlaith McCaffrey

Assistant Sports Editor

Franz Lino/Photography Editor

Freshman midfielder Harrison Weilbacher has tallied four assists for the Bearcats this season.

BU set to take on defending champions Bearcats look to continue conference success, slow down potent UMBC offense

William Schwartz Contributing Writer

In the midst of its best regular-season run since 2009, the Binghamton men’s soccer team (7-5-2, 2-1-1 America East) will face another legitimate challenge this weekend when

I think we've gotten better with the ball, where our speed of play is a little quicker —Paul Marco BU Head Coach

it takes on 2014 America East Conference champion UMBC (74-3, 1-1-2 AE).

With the Bearcats positioning themselves to make a run at their first conference title since 2006, BU head coach Paul Marco had nothing but praise for the character of his team.

“I think that the spirit of the group is tremendous, the way that they come out to training every day,” Marco said. “It’s just a joy to be with them. They’re pretty laid back when it comes to the importance of something.

They just come out and bring it every day for us.”

Saturday’s opponent, the UMBC Retrievers, came rushing out of the gates to start their 2015 campaign, tallying a 6-21 record in non-conference play. But, since the start of the America East schedule, however, their form has been noticeably sporadic. UMBC currently holds a 1-2-2 record in conference play, managing only one point in its last three games. Despite this fact, Marco believes the outcome of the game will depend on his

team’s performance.

“The game plan hasn’t been put in yet,” Marco said. “Right now we’ve just focused on us all week, trying to improve in certain areas. I think we’ve gotten better with the ball, where our speed of play is a little quicker, and we’ve worked on some set pieces.”

The key to the Bearcats’ success this weekend will be their ability to hold off the potent UMBC offense, which has scored 20 goals so far — good enough for third in the conference.

Particularly threatening will be senior forward Darius Madison, a recent transfer from Virginia who has tallied six goals for the Retrievers this season. Madison currently leads the America East with an average of 3.73 shots per game. The Retriever defense is spearheaded by junior goalkeeper Billy Heavner, who has recorded 47 saves this season. Heavner made a crucial save in last season’s conference championship game victory over Hartford.

Following his two assists and quality play last week for the

Bearcats, freshman midfielder Harrison Weilbacher was named the America East Rookie of the Week. He has been an everpresent cog in the Bearcats’ attack this season, befuddling defenders with his skill and creativity from the left wing.

“Harry [Weilbacher] has been great, he’s been outstanding for us all season,” Marco said.

“I think the world of him right now, and I’ve added him to our leadership group. He’s been one of our more constant performers on the field, and he’s been a guy that the team can count on.”

While Marco is delighted with his team’s current position, he expects even more from his surging Bearcat squad.

“In fact, I’ve said if anyone uses the words ‘we’ve got to just maintain,’ I’m going to throw them out of training,” Marco said. “We’re not maintaining here, we’re trying to get better every day.”

Kickoff is scheduled for Saturday at 1 p.m. from the Bearcats Sports Complex in Vestal, New York.

Binghamton men’s soccer head coach Paul Marco has been named the National Soccer Coaches’ Association of America (NSCAA) recipient of the Mike Berticelli Excellence in Teaching Award.

Marco — who is in his 14th season as head coach — has led the program to its highest number of wins since 2009.

This honor is awarded annually by the NSCAA to a member of the organization for his or her superiority in coaching education and significant contributions to the game. Mike Berticelli served as the NSCAA vice president of education and coached the University of Notre Dame’s men’s soccer team before passing away in 2000. Berticelli, who was highly regarded in the coaching community, led the Fighting Irish to two Midwestern Collegiate Conference Championships and their first-ever NCAA tournament appearance.

The gravity of the award is not lost on Coach Marco, who played against Berticelli’s Notre Dame squad when he was a midfielder at Division I West Virginia University from 1987-91.

“The Mike Berticelli award is a tremendous honor,” Marco said. “He was a fantastic coaching educator. He was a great friend, a mentor. So just in his honor,

it’s been a pretty neat day today reflecting on what my time was like with him” Marco joined the NSCAA as a staff coach in 1996, and has served on its Education Committee since 2008. He led the international subcommittee that assisted with the development of the first NSCAA international diploma, which provides certification to coaches across the world. He even traveled to the 2014 World Cup to instruct an on-site course for coaches.

The NSCAA recognition has allowed Marco to reflect on the impact that his involvement in the organization has had on his professional life.

“I kind of grew up as a professional in the NSCAA,” he said. “I was asked to join them as a national staff coach back in 1995, so I’d only been in coaching for a few years.

“Who I am as a coach is mostly because of the environment that I’ve been in with them, and I hope to just keep giving back to them.”

Before coming to Binghamton, he served as head coach at West Virginia from 1996-2001. He has led the Bearcats to two conference regular season titles (2006, 2007) and two America East conference titles (2003, 2006). This season, he has guided Binghamton to a 7-5-2, 2-1-1 record, its best in six seasons.

William Schwartz contributed reporting to this article.

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It’s time, Mets fans.

It’s time to come out of the woodwork, to wear your Mets attire to class without hearing a single snide remark from your friends. It’s time to forget about everything that’s happened over the past 15 years. It’s time to watch the New York Mets play in the World Series for the first time since 2000.

Game four of the National League Championship Series displayed everything the fans have come to know and love about the Mets this season.

Steven Matz, the rookie southpaw from Long Island, threw four and two-thirds solid innings. His battery mate, Travis d’Arnaud, teamed up with first baseman Lucas Duda to hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning to put the Mets up 4-0. Before they could even blink, every Cubs fan in Wrigley Field did what they did best: deal with another season without a World Series ring.

Matz, d’Arnaud and Duda experienced a euphoria like no other on Wednesday, as they were key pieces in sending their team to the World Series.

Things weren’t always so rosy for the three of them, however.

Matz was stuck in the minors for a long portion of the season because of the Mets’ incredibly talented starting rotation and a patient front office. d’Arnaud and Duda both battled injuries throughout the season. Because of injury, at one point or another during the season, the trio found themselves playing nowhere other than Binghamton, New

York on rehab assignment for the Mets’ AA affiliate. All three were regular members of the B-Mets prior to becoming Major League contributors.

They are not the only players on the World Series squad to have played in Binghamton over the past two years, either.

The Mets’ 2014 first round pick, leftfielder Michael Conforto and catcher Kevin Plawecki found themselves in the 607 for portions of the 2014 or 2015 campaigns.

Of the 25 men on the Mets’ NLCS roster, a whopping 18 of them have played for the B-Mets at some point in their career.

This not only speaks to how well the Mets have developed players in the Sandy Alderson era, but to just how much talent we BU students could have had a chance to watch over the past few seasons.

Unfortunately, it appears as if the Mets’ time in Binghamton may be coming to a close.

Although nothing has been confirmed, there’s a chance the team could move to Wilmington, Delaware following the 2016 season.

Much like the students who compose so much of this city’s population, the Mets’ time here is potentially fleeting, and it isn’t hard to see why.

Attendance at NYSEG Stadium has been declining since their peak attendance numbers back in 2007. The B-Mets have ranked last in their 12-team division in attendance from 2010 to 2014.

With average ticket prices hovering around $10, it is a shame that the stadium generally struggles to fill even half of its 6,000 seats. Buying season tickets to their 71 home games this upcoming year will end up costing around the same as a single World Series ticket at Citi Field.

For a Mets fan, now is not the time to worry about anything. There is a World Series coming up, and it requires all of our attention.

However, once spring training is finished and the mountains of snow are nearly melted, there will be competitive, professional baseball being played about 10 minutes from your dorm. Take a bus Downtown and watch infielders Gavin Cecchini or Amed Rosario, or any of the other budding stars on the B-Mets. There’s a chance you could be watching the next David Wright, Daniel Murphy or Matt Harvey.

Who knows how much longer we will have the future of the New York Metropolitans in our backyard? Let’s enjoy it while we can.

Of the 25 men on the Mets' NLCS roster, a whopping 18 of them have played for the B-Mets at some point in their careers

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Junior Sameer Kalia led BU with a score of 228 at the Elon Phoenix Invitational.

Bearcats struggle at Elon Invitational Binghamton concludes fall season with a 14th-place finish Noah Bressner

Pipe Dream Sports The Binghamton men’s golf team fell flat this week at the Elon Phoenix Invitational hosted at the Alamance Country Club in Burlington, North Carolina. The Bearcats ended their fall season with a tie for 14th place out of 16 teams and a three-round score of 926(+74).

“Our finish was a little bit on the frustrating side,” BU head Coach Bernie Herceg said. “I thought we would’ve been able to finish a little bit better than we did and play a little bit stronger throughout the three rounds.”

East Carolina came out on top, shooting 833(-19) for the tournament to finish 23 strokes ahead of second-place finishers Charleston Southern. Virginia Commonwealth senior Adam Ball won the individual crown, scoring 204(-9). Ball shot a final round 66 to edge ECU senior Jacob Hicks,

who led the tournament going into round three, by one shot.

“The quality of the field was very good,” Herceg said. “They were able to get a couple more [teams] because they had some tournaments canceled because of the floods down in South Carolina the week before. It was even stronger than typical.”

Senior Jesse Perkins and junior Sameer Kalia led the Bearcats in the tournament, as both shot 228(+15) and tied for 50th place out of 93 golfers. Junior Kyle Wambold followed close behind, posting a 230(+17) to finish tied for 62nd on the leader board.

“In the last round, Sameer played really solid,” Herceg said.

“He was able to make a few putts to keep his score under 75, but overall a real solid performance.

Kyle had two rough holes that really cost him. He played well but those two were tough to take for him. But, that’s just something that happens in golf sometimes.”

There were few bright spots in

an otherwise listless tournament for the Bearcats. Freshman Jack Faraci, after shooting 80 and 84 in the first two rounds respectively, finished the event in good form, shooting a 76 on the final day.

“It was good to see Jack come back and improve,” Herceg said.

“He shot a 76 and it was good to see him post a better number.”

Despite their up and down play so far this season, the young Binghamton squad will look to improve over the course of the offseason.

“This is a learning year for us, we have four new players,” Herceg said. “For us, that’s a big turnaround. That’s half the team that are freshmen. We’re going to be working mechanically on our golf swings to try to get them a little bit more consistent.”

The Bearcats aren’t set to return to the links until March 20 when they open their spring season at the Kingsmill Intercollegiate in Williamsburg, Virginia.

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Corcoran nets lone goal in 57th minute to keep Bearcats' postseason hopes alive

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Assistant Sports Editor Losing is a habit. The Binghamton women’s soccer team learned this adage the hard way this season, dropping 11 consecutive games on its way to the cellar of the America East standings. But winning is a habit, too. Edging UMBC, 1-0, on Thursday night, the Bearcats (3-11-2, 2-4-1, America East) have collected a tie and a pair of shutouts to bolster their AE point total to seven over the last three games.

Now just one point behind the Retrievers (4-10-3, 2-3-2 AE), Binghamton kindled its postseason

chances, peaking at the 11th hour with one more AE contest to go.

“If you told us [we’d be in the playoff hunt] in the middle of the season or in the beginning of conference, it wasn’t looking good,” BU head coach Sarah McClellan said. “So for us to have clawed back in there I think is a real testament to the team staying committed to the process and not giving up.”

From the first whistle against UMBC, Binghamton dominated the Retrievers’ backfield, as senior midfielder Katherine Corcoran found the game’s first breakaway shot opportunity in the second minute. Corcoran ticked the shot counter again in the first half in the 19th minute with a shot

deflected off of the crossbar. While UMBC found a stride with three shots between the ninth and 18th minutes, Binghamton won the shot battle in the opening period, 8-5.

Opening up the second half, Binghamton continued its possession control with two shots on goal in the first five minutes.

Following a shot chance by UMBC, Binghamton followed up with the game’s first, and only, goal in the 57th minute. On the play, freshman forward Julianne Johnston found Corcoran on a cross feed, allowing the latter to finish the effort and put BU up, 1-0.

“Beautiful combination play, excellent finish, couldn’t have placed it any better,” McClellan

said of Corcoran’s second goal of the season. She continued, “We had some great opportunities, … so now that we’re starting to get those chances, we’re feeling pretty confident that one’s going to go in.”

For the final 33 minutes of the game, the Retrievers only got two more chances at the Binghamton net, as BU’s backfield kept the ball out of their scoring end. In the net, sophomore goalkeeper Katie Hatziyianis collected her third shutout of the season, picking up a total of six saves on the evening.

“Katie’s been huge all season, and we know she can make some big saves every game for us,” McClellan said. “The key has been that we limit how many times a

team is able to get in cause we know she can save us, but we gotta also do the work in front.”

Binghamton is set to close out its regular season on Sunday against Vermont, a must-win matchup if the Bearcats hope to shock the AE with their thirdconsecutive postseason appearance.

But for now, BU has momentum on it’s side — and that just might be the deciding factor.

“We just had to keep staying positive, and then in the end it was just pure hard work,” McClellan said.

BU is set to take on Vermont for its Senior Day on Sunday at 1 p.m. from the Bearcats Sports Complex in Vestal, New York.

In first season as a starter, Ngo shines for Binghamton After spending one year on the bench, sophomore setter now leads Bearcat offense E.Jay Zarett Sports Editor

For four years, star setter Amanda Dettmann was a stalwart in the Binghamton volleyball lineup. Dettmann, a 2015 graduate, was one of the most prolific players in program history, starting 118 matches during her time as a Bearcat.

Over the course of her career, she garnered an America East Co-Setter of the year award as a sophomore, delivered an AE tournament championship in 2012, and racked up 4,198 career assists — the third highest in program history.

With her graduation following the 2014 season, Binghamton was left with a huge void at the setter position. For the 2015 season, that void has since been filled by sophomore Sarah Ngo. “This year, [Ngo] has done a lot for the team,” BU head coach Glenn Kiriyama said. “She’s the one that keeps the offense running and keeps all the hitters involved. She’s done a good job of orchestrating our whole offense.

She’s continued to evolve.”

Ngo came to Binghamton from Franklin, Tennessee.

As a freshman at Ravenwood High School, she captured a state championship before transferring to Centennial High School, where she was an all-district performer for three straight seasons. She chose to continue her career at Binghamton due to a variety of factors.

“I was looking at a lot of schools at the time and it was getting close to deciding time,” Ngo said. “[I chose Binghamton] because I wanted to compete at the DI level and also the academics here are really good.”

As a freshman, Ngo had difficulty finding playing time on the court behind Dettmann.

She appeared in just 15 matches while competing in only 18 sets throughout the year. She compiled just 18 assists and nine digs on the season.

Ngo, however, gained valuable experience from watching and practicing with Dettmann. “[Dettmann] helped me a lot,” Ngo said. “She was kind of like a role model for me last year. She helped me get acclimated to the practices and to Coach and how he acted in practices. She would help me with my technique.”

Following Dettmann’s graduation, Ngo ascended to the starting role and thrived immediately. In her first tournament as a starter — the Florida Atlantic Invitational, held August 28-29 — Ngo racked up 127 assists over four games en route to receiving alltournament honors.

Ngo continued to shine following her impressive debut as a starter. Ngo has surpassed the 40 assist mark eight times so far this season, including dishing out 55 assists and recording 18 digs in BU’s five-set victory over Duquesne on September 11 and 49 assists and 20 digs in the Bearcats five-set defeat by UAlbany on September 25.

“It’s just really surprising to me actually,” Ngo said about her immediate success. “I just try my best every game and try my best in practice. I just have to thank my team and my coaches as well and thank God for the abilities he’s given me. It’s really just an honor.”

But her most impressive performance may have been last week. Ngo led the Bearcats back from a 2-1 deficit to defeat conference rival UMass Lowell in five sets. She tallied a careerhigh 61 assists and added 13 digs in the come-from-behind victory. For her performance, Ngo earned AE Setter of the Week honors. “[Her play] has meant a lot,” Kiriyama said. “We’ve needed her to evolve. She continues to work hard and we’re hoping that she’ll lead everyone to see her example on the court and play harder.”

Ngo has not only been a key point of the Binghamton offense this season, but she has also become a vocal leader.

Throughout games, she can be seen consistently talking to her teammates, giving them advice and celebrating top plays.

“It is just naturally my personality, I get really excited and really upset sometimes, but I try not to let the emotion

dictate how I play,” Ngo said. “But, especially the excitement part, I think that the team does need it a lot because we thrive off of our energy.”

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Editor’s note: Each week of the NFL season, Pipe Dream Sports writer Mary Martellotta will give advice on who to start, who to sit and who to add in your fantasy football league.

The week seven bye is upon us, taking with it some of the most productive and reliable fantasy players. With teams like the Bears, Packers, Broncos and Bengals off this week, fantasy owners will be hard-pressed to find last-minute replacements. Especially with the lingering injuries of key players over the last few weeks, getting through this bye week unscathed will be difficult. There aren’t many great pickups left on the waiver wire this late in the season, but if you’re finding yourself in a difficult situation, these picks will help you capture a win.

Quarterbacks: Alex Smith (KC): At a surprising 40.1 percent owned in ESPN standard leagues, he is the best option among the available quarterbacks on waivers.

At home this week against the Steelers, Smith and the Chiefs’ offense shouldn’t have too much trouble against a defense ranked 26th in the league against the pass. Combined with the Steelers weak secondary, the loss of running back Jamaal Charles and consequently the Chiefs’ running game, Smith should be passing much more. This could lead to an increase in his total yards and touchdowns.

Ryan Fitzpatrick (NYJ): Only owned in 19 percent of leagues, Fitzpatrick should definitely be able to hold his own this week against New England. Although Fitzpatrick will most likely throw an interception or two, the Jets strong offensive line should continue to give him all the time he needs to keep his passing yards around 200 for the game.

Fitzpatrick also gains fantasy preference with his ability to gain rushing yards, and on occasion, a rushing touchdown.

Plug-and-play defenses: Philadelphia Eagles: Currently owned in 65.7 percent of leagues, the Eagles defense is a solid play this week against Carolina.

Continuing their success this season, with the proven potential for a great performance, should instill confidence in owners.

With their new standing as a top defense, they’re a solid play this week in a pinch.

Minnesota Vikings: At 44.3 percent owned, they are a good bet this week away against Detroit. While they haven’t been consistently putting up high points this season, they’re able to take advantage of offensive missteps, which Detroit can be full of. If the Vikings can capitalize on mistakes, they have the potential to put up major points.

Sleeper pick: Benjamin Watson TE (NO): At only 34.7 percent owned, fantasy players may want to consider picking him up before he gets on everyone’s radar. With only one high-scoring week behind him, many are waiting to see if he continues along that path before sacrificing a bench spot for him.

Even if you didn’t plan on starting him this week against the Colts, I would most definitely pick him up.

Now that quarterback Drew Brees has found a consistent connection with Watson, there is the potential for the tight end to become a member of the fantasy elite.

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