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Friday, December 4, 2015 | Vol. LXXXVIII, Issue 24 | Binghamton University | bupipedream.com
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Seniors in SOM seek class spots
Students take stand on assault
School struggles to accomodate 145 seniors petitioning for courses
B-Upstanders plan to prevent harassment in bars during SantaCon
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Over 140 seniors graduating in the spring have petitioned into School of Management (SOM) classes that they need in order to graduate, after the classes quickly filled up. These required, or “capstone” classes, have an allotted number of sections and seats. Management 411, otherwise known as Global Strategic Management, is one of the classes that has filled up quickly, and SOM doesn’t have enough staff to add more sections. Neha Krishnan, who works at the SOM academic advising office and is a senior majoring in business administration, said that a specific number of seats are reserved to accommodate students with extenuating circumstances, such as incoming transfers and graduating seniors. According to Krishnan, all seniors in need of a class to graduate are guaranteed a spot in that course. “This allows the academic advisers to familiarize themselves with the student’s situation before making the ultimate decision to approve or deny a petition into a closed course,” Krishnan wrote in an email. “The School of Management will not force a student to delay their graduation an extra semester, therefore [avoiding] incurring additional costs, because they were unable to register for a course before it closed.” Katherine Collette, an SOM academic adviser, said that she has received 155 active petitions in total — 145 from seniors — without including the most recent ones she has received. “I have no idea how to predict who is going to walk through my door, so we’re trying to be proactive and make sure
While designating a driver before a night of drinking is a social norm, designating a bystander to protect against sexual assault has yet to become a standard. The 24 students of Activism, Feminism and Social Justice — a women, gender and sexuality studies class — are working to change that with B-Upstanders. This new initiative is aiming to combat sexual assault and harassment at Binghamton University by creating a culture of bystander intervention. “It’s really about mobilizing people to know how to react, to know what they can do, how they should do it in different situations,” said Sophia Valente, a sophomore double-majoring in English and in the individualized major program. Dara Silberstein, the executive director of the women, gender and sexuality studies department, is the professor of the class. According to Silberstein, the study of different activists’ methods and mobilization inspired the initiative. ”What I hope the people take away from this particular project is an experience,” she said. “Coming together as a group of people that really didn’t know each other, and talking about how to make a small change and what is necessary to make that change.” According to Grace Clark, a student in the class and a sophomore in the individualized major program, a bystander is a general term referring to anyone not directly involved in the situation. But an upstander is someone
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Kaely Hankison/Contributing Photographer Provost Donald Nieman and Graduate School Dean Susan Strehle hear the complaints of graduate students in a Fine Arts lecture hall on Wednesday night. Students took turns posing questions to the administration regarding the funds that Binghamton University allocates to graduate students’ stipends.
Grad students demand raises
Due to unequal stipend increases, GSO holds town hall with administration
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to say. The meeting lasted for over an hour, and students took turns posing questions to the administrators and expressing their Binghamton University graduate students concerns. crowded into a Fine Arts lecture hall on In order to compete with other Wednesday night to make their voices heard universities, BU has allotted $600,000 to about announced stipend increases for go toward stipends for those serving as incoming graduate students. teaching assistants (TAs) and graduate Provost Donald Nieman and Graduate assistants (GAs). However, the money will School Dean Susan Strehle attended the only increase the salaries of students coming meeting in order to hear what students had next fall, and current students will receive
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the same compensation moving forward. “Our goal is to assure that we make a significant increase in stipends that will allow us to compete with our peers for the best students,” Nieman said. “To get there, we must invest $600,000; if we spread this out amongst new and current students the investment would be modest, and would not move us ahead far enough to make us
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Comp Lit professor remembered
Marilyn Gaddis Rose, 85, was internationally known for translation research Michelle Kraidman Pipe Dream News
Marilyn Gaddis Rose, a distinguished professor of comparative literature and the co-director of the the Translation Research and Instruction Program (TRIP), passed away on November 15 at the age of 85. Gaddis Rose received her bachelor’s degree in English from Central Methodist College in Fayette, Missouri in 1952. She acquired a master’s degree in French at the University of South Carolina in 1955 and received her Ph.D. from the University of Vladimir Koleshikov/Contributing Photographer A panel of flight attendants from the Israeli airline El Al Airlines speak about their experiences living and working in Israel. The El Al Ambassadors program approached Hillel and proposed the event in an effort to better educate students on Israel’s culture.
Israeli flight staff stop over in Binghamton
El Al pilots, attendants speak to students about life, culture in Middle Eastern nation Derek Schuster Contributing Writer
In order to better educate students on Israel’s culture, Binghamton University hosted a panel of flight attendants from the Israeli airline El Al Airlines, who spoke about their experiences living and working in Israel. The event was sponsored by Hillel at Binghamton and was put on after members of the El Al Ambassadors
program approached the group and proposed the event. Through this program, El Al employees spend their layovers at universities all over the world talking about their life in Israel and connecting with students. Joshua Seed, president of Bearcats for Israel and a senior double-majoring in geography and Judaic studies, spoke on the importance of building a connection
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Give your room a festive touch this holiday season,
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careers,” David said. He said that she was a devoted mentor, teacher, parent and philanthropist who influenced the person that he became. “She taught me right from wrong, how to be selfless and to pursue my passions,” David said. “She will be missed by all those who loved her, including a remarkable number of former students and colleagues.” Luiza Moreira, the chair of the comparative literature department, said Gaddis Rose was a person who was
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Panel talks assault claim logistics
Administrators describe offices, resources available to everyone involved Stacey Schimmel Pipe Dream News
Many students are aware of the stigmas associated with sexual assault, but few know what to do if accused. On Tuesday night, the Binghamton University ombudsman and eight panelists explained the rights and resources for those filing or facing sexual assault charges. At the Dickinson Community fireplace, Ombudsman Bathabile Mthombeni led the conversation between a panel of representatives from the Title IX Coordinators, the University Police Department (UPD), the Dean of Students office, the University Counseling Center (UCC), Residential Life, Student Conduct, Off-Campus Services and Chief Diversity Officer. The speakers explained the process
ARTS & CULTURE
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Missouri in 1958. She taught at William Jewell College, the University of South Carolina, the University of Missouri, Indiana University and Stephens College before finally joining the faculty at Binghamton University in 1968. Her son, David Gaddis Rose, said that his mother overcame great difficulties to have such a successful career. “She will be remembered for her amazing journey from the daughter of a Methodist pastor in a conservative small town to the top of her field in academia at a time when it was rare for women to have
that ensues after complaint is received by their office. According to the Student Code of Conduct, sexual assault is any physical sexual act committed against another person without affirmative consent, here defined as a voluntary agreement between the parties which can be withdrawn at any time. Both consent and withdrawal need not be verbal, but must be clear. Mthombeni said the event’s purpose was to help members of the University understand what due process looks like on campus as well as explaining what their rights and responsibilities are, before a crisis happens. Reports usually begin at Student Conduct, which finds out who is involved
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SPORTS
Wrestling team set to compete in Las Vegas,
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Neil Seejoor/Pipe Dream Photographer The Binghamton University ombudsman and eight panelists explain the rights and resources of and for those filing or facing sexual assault charges.
FUN PAGE
Men’s basketball defeats Colgate behind a solid defense,
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This Saturday, take Fun Page’s SantaCon bingo with you for all your holiday debauchery,
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