Fall 2015 Issue 7

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Survey finds faculty happy with values, caliber of University

BU teams up with Health Center for suicide prevention

Annual UCLA survey ranks BU on par with comparable schools in staff satisfaction

Mental health education, resources to expand with community partnership

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Haley Silverstein

A recent survey has found that Binghamton University faculty rank favorably in terms of teaching success as well as feedback from students.

In 2014, the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) reached out to Binghamton University about their annual national faculty survey.

This year’s survey included a section specific for STEM studies, and BU decided to participate in order to see how it compares with other schools.

The survey was distributed to every member of the faculty at BU. They were not required to respond, but 47 percent of the 930 faculty participated — 20 percent above the average response rate.

Focusing on faculty members’ happiness in the workplace, the survey asked hundreds of questions concerning the classroom environment, how the faculty feel about the students and administration, how involved students are and whether or not they believe they are being paid enough.

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have enough money to pay for a gym membership or outside classes,” Stackpole said. “It would be a great idea for everyone to do something and it would really help.”

Free exercise classes are not the only way to promote health on campus, said Kelly Clements, a junior majoring in economics. Despite these initiatives, she said, BU can still improve the options available in the dining halls and the Marketplace.

“I think that there are a lot of healthy

In an effort to expand suicide prevention efforts in the local community and beyond, Binghamton University and the New York State Office of Mental Health’s Greater Binghamton Health Center are teaming up to provide and expand mental health education in Binghamton.

Initially announced in honor of World Suicide Prevention Day, the partnership will provide educational programming on suicide prevention to any individuals affiliated with the University or the Greater Binghamton Health Center. In addition, the partnership aims to develop resources, such as educational material on suicide prevention for clinicians providing mental health treatment, to people at risk for suicide.

According to Gregory Strauss, assistant professor of psychology, suicide is of considerable public health relevance in the United States, especially among adolescents and young adults. While there have always been efforts to educate people on the subject, he said this will further the initiatives.

“In the greater Binghamton community, separate suicide prevention efforts have been underway at several organizations,” Strauss said. “However, there was little cross-talk or pooling of resources throughout the community.”

Dr. Jennifer Barryman, the chief psychologist at the Greater Binghamton Health Center, collaborated with Strauss to develop strategies for suicide prevention, which is especially pertinent for college students. After much discussion about the suicide prevention efforts at the Greater Binghamton Health Center and the University, they took the initiative to broaden the reach of each institution.

President Harvey Stenger said in a press release that the program could help those suffering outside of the BU community.

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Exercise, healthy food the focus of weeklong campus initiative

University participates in Michelle Obama's 'Healthier America' program, offers opportunities for students to get active Kanchi Chandwani Staff Writer

Binghamton University students stretched out their stress with the largest outdoor yoga class ever on campus, kicking off the University’s Healthy Campus Week Initiative.

More than 50 students gathered on Monday evening on the East Gym track as a part of the Healthy Campus Initiative, part of the White House’s Healthier America program, which is spearheaded

by First Lady Michelle Obama. BU is

one of 20 colleges participating in the initiative, which means that the University implements guidelines around nutrition, physical activity and programming.

Cindy Cowden, the associate director for facilities and internal operations, is the chair of BU’s chapter.

The yoga class was led by Campus Rec yoga instructors and lasted one hour.

Attendees were taught sun salutations and two warrior poses, as well as breathing and meditation techniques.

“The yoga event was a short and sweet time for faculty and students to relax

and get some exercise in their busy schedules,” Cowden said. “We believe that yoga and healthy eating could really help them reduce stress and set themselves for a nice evening of studying and other activities.”

Students like John Stackpole, an undeclared junior, said he attended because he figured yoga could help him and his friends relax and forget about the stress in their lives.

“I think if the University offers more free classes on campus, more students will come, because some people don’t

Student parents find solace with GSO Parents Collective Preschool and Early Childhood Center offer services, activities for the parents on campus Kanchi Chandwani Staff Writer

For most students, getting out of bed and going to Lecture Hall in the morning is hard enough. For students who are also parents, this process can be a whole lot harder.

The Binghamton University Parents Collective (BUPC) was created in order to help these students manage all of their coursework in addition to their parenting responsibilities. Over 70 BU students currently have children and the BUPC is in place to facilitate a community for them.

Photo Provided The city of Binghamton is seeking funding for a pedestrian and bicycle trail on Vestal Parkway. The trail would allow students to travel between Downtown and the University by foot or bike.

Binghamton Mayor announces pathway connecting campus with Downtown With construction proposed for 2017, the $6.6 million trail would link Vestal Parkway to Washington Street Bridge Haley Silverstein Staff Writer

For students wishing to make the trek from the University to Downtown Binghamton on foot or by bicycle, the possibility of traveling along a new, paved pathway is not too far off.

Binghamton Mayor Rich David announced in his 2016 Budget Address that the city is seeking funding for a pedestrian and bicycle trail between Downtown and the University.

The trail will span Route 434, better known as Vestal Parkway, starting at the University and ending at the South Washington Street pedestrian bridge.

“Once complete, there will literally be a physical path from Binghamton University to our downtown,” the mayor said in the address on September 15.

“As our city’s future is intricately tied with that of the University, it’s a strong message we can send to retain college graduates and build a vibrant and connected Downtown.”

The city is working in conjunction with the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) to create the $6.6 million pathway. The project was stagnant in the preliminary stages until Mayor David brought it to the forefront,

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The BUPC is a part of the Graduate Student Organization (GSO), the graduate version of the Student Association, and it receives its funds from fees graduate students pay yearly. However, the BUPC is not only available for graduate students, as any student with children can join.

The Campus Pre-School and Early Childhood Center is a day care resource for children up to age five offered by the BUPC, which was allotted $6,000 for the 2015-2016 school year by the GSO. Monthly activities are also offered, such as trips to the Binghamton Zoo, outings at the park and apple picking at orchards around Binghamton.

For students like Bingwei Liu, former president of the BUPC and a Ph.D. candidate studying electrical and computer engineering, dividing time between school and family has been a constant struggle, making it necessary to use all available resources.

“The major issue is time, time to take care of my family and study for my research,” Liu said. “So in my first two years of taking courses here, I was usually very busy. I had to depend on my wife to take care of my daughter. We also used the Campus Pre-School whenever we could

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Alumnus seeks reelection as Broome County DA Lifelong B.C. resident Jerry Mollen, '74, has been a criminal prosecutor for over 30 years Gabriella Weick

Assistant News Editor Binghamton University graduate Jerry Mollen has served as the Broome County District Attorney (DA) for 28 years, and is now seeking re-election for his eighth term in the November election.

Mollen, who graduated from BU in 1974 with a degree in economics and was first elected to the position of Broome County DA in 1987, said there was no question that he would run for re-election.

“It’s a challenging path every single day,” Mollen said. “For me, it’s where I can best use my talents, experience, judgements to best serve the community I live in, and I’d like to close my career doing what the district attorney does.

There was no reason to consider doing anything else.”

Mollen has been a Broome County resident his entire life, as he grew up in Binghamton and now resides in Vestal

with his wife of 40 years, Elizabeth. Mollen and his wife attended Catholic Central High School in Binghamton.

During his time at the University, Mollen was a commuter student and played varsity basketball for three years.

Mollen said he has been hopeful about the changes BU has contributed to Broome County during his lifetime, including the creation of the University Downtown Center and the new pharmacy school.

“I thought I knew the University pretty well, but when I became a member of the Alumni Association Board, I learned about so many things [the University] was doing and became excited more about the community and how [the University] contributes to it,” he said. “It’s an amazingly different place than it was when I attended.”

During his time as DA, Mollen has prosecuted 70 felony cases, including

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Sarah Kumar/Contributing Photographer Jerry Mollen is seeking re-election for his eighth term as Broome County District Attorney this November.

Mollen graduated from BU in 1974 with a degree in economics and was first elected in 1987.

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National survey accounts for BU faculty perspective

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Provost for Academic Affairs Donald Nieman said that the survey looks at more than just how satisfied the faculty is with their work environment, but also the values that the faculty brings to their research in teaching and in service. He said this is valuable when comparing BU to other universities.

Due to fees, BU only requested their ranks amongst universities who were on similar national rankings in terms of acceptance, such as College of William and Mary, Ohio State University and University of Michigan.

“What we found was that in virtually every question there was no statistical difference between Binghamton faculty and faculty

murder, drug and manslaughter cases, and has created community education programs, like the Broome County Gang Prevention program, to involve and inform citizens. Some of his most famous cases involve the three murder trials that have occurred since last July. He is also famous for the prosecution of Abdulsalam AlZahrani in the 2011 stabbing of a BU professor in his office.

Jim May, Mollen’s campaign manager, said that Mollen’s extensive track record and knowledge set him apart.

“I am confident that the voters of Broome County realize that Jerry Mollen is clearly the most qualified and experienced candidate for the position of Broome County District Attorney,” May said. “What Jerry brings to the position of District Attorney is his unmatched experience and trial skills from his 35 years of being a prosecutor.”

Mollen is also the co-founder and co-chair of Family Violence Prevention Council, Child Advocacy Center and the Multi-Disciplinary Case Review Team for child abuse, domestic violence and elder abuse.

He also implemented the Drug Treatment Court and Veterans Court, and serves on the Opioid Abuse Council to deal with drug abuses.

“Some of my accomplishments are prosecuting successfully some of the most violent perpetrators over a 30-year career, but the work outside of the pure prosecution is what I would be proudest of,” he said.

Despite having been DA for 28

years, Mollen said he is still looking for new ways to improve Broome County. In addition to addressing the opioid epidemic in the county, Mollen said he is also looking for better funding for the county and more conversation between citizens and police officers.

“A goal for the near future is to try and convince the county legislator and state funding sources for better resources,” he said. “Also, so many things are changing, and one of the goals of the criminal justice system is to try to establish better communication, contact and confidence with members of the community and law enforcement.”

May said that after working with Mollen and knowing his accomplishments, voters of Broome County can be proud that he is their DA. “On a personal note, during my 30-plus year career in the traffic safety and criminal justice systems, Jerry stands out as one of the hardest working, most dedicated and principled professionals I know,” May wrote in an email. “Jerry has dedicated his career to serving the citizens of Broome County.”

Jerry has dedicated his career to serving the citizens — Jim May Campaign manager

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among fairly selective public universities, which is good,” Nieman said. “There were some areas where we were higher in statistically significant ways; mainly in areas of teaching.

Binghamton faculty report that they are more engaged with students outside of class, and they placed a [higher] value on their teaching and exposing students to standards of writing and analysis than other faculty.”

Nasrin Fatima, the assistant provost for institutional research and effectiveness, said that the feedback helps administration know what to focus on in future plans for hiring faculty.

“The whole purpose of assessment is continuous improvement,” Fatima said.

“Even though we are doing good,

we want to do better, so from time to time we ask students for feedback and faculty for feedback, and we act on that feedback.”

Susan Strehle, vice provost and dean of the graduate school, said that the sense she got from the results was that faculty members were happy with their students’ ability to think critically and participate during class time.

“These days, people are encouraged to have polarized views, and I think that the fact that students are willing to challenge ideas and get to the real answers says something about our students,” Strehle said.

“The professors seem to have an overwhelming respect for the students here.”

Strehle said that the feeling of respect is mutual, echoed in

surveys that the school has done with students who are about to graduate.

“Students are talking about what they experienced as consumers,” Strehle said. “And by and large what the students say is that they do have really good mentoring and they do have really good teaching, which makes them feel like they’re ready for a profession.”

Fatima said that the survey’s favorable results will hopefully encourage more prospective students to look into the University.

“Students’ rankings is one of the most important things,” Fatima said. “If they see that faculty don’t care about students, they really won’t want to come here.”

City Council awaits funding for walkway from campus to Downtown PATH continued from Page 1 making it a priority for the city.

NYSDOT has agreed to fund $2.85 million, while the city is still seeking $3 million from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.

If the money is awarded to the city, the construction will begin in early 2017. Binghamton and Vestal, the host municipalities, would be responsible for trail maintenance, clearing and salting during the winter months so it can be utilized year-round.

For students like Colin Leath, a senior majoring in electrical engineering, the upkeep of the trail is important so that students can use it easily, regardless of the weather.

“It would be good if it were usable to some degree during the winter months,” he said.

“Otherwise, it would spend the majority of our school year going unused.”

Additionally, Leath said he sees this new path as an opportunity for growth and expansion for Downtown businesses.

“There are a lot of great restaurants Downtown that I didn’t go to until I lived off campus because I didn’t know that they existed,” he said. “It would be great to have more of a connection between campus and Downtown and even other places across the river.”

Larry Shea, the owner of State Street bar Tom and Marty’s, said

that he thinks the trail could help improve the city in terms of its relationship with the University.

“From a long-term standpoint, it would be great as it would be another cool step in the continued transformation of Downtown Bing into a true college town,” Shea said.

According to Oneme Idolor, a senior majoring in psychology, the path will offer a solution to traffic and parking issues on campus.

“It would be cool because not everyone has a car and sometimes the buses are not as convenient — they come late,” she said. “So people that have bikes will be able to get to school.”

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Council (OC3) is looking into more initiatives to intertwine the University, the city and the offcampus community over the next year. According to Fiona Tarzy, the president of OC3 and a senior double-majoring in business administration and philosophy, politics and law, this pathway will help bridge the divide.

“Hopefully this project will help get more students … involved in the off-campus community,” Tarzy said.

“Whether this means getting more jobs, spending more money at local businesses, helping in public schools or just spending more time Downtown, the new link will merge the two communities together and lead to a stronger relationship.”

For students with children, balance is key

Campus participates in White House health initative

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could — that really helped.”

The pre-school is open Monday through Friday while classes are in session and follows the University calendar schedule. The price ranges from $799 per month for five-day, full-time coverage to anywhere from $240 to $480 for half-day and two-day-a-week coverage.

However, parents are not able to drop their kids off and pick them up at anytime throughout the day, which can lead to complications with their schedules. If a student

chooses to utilize the day care, their child must stay for the full day.

“The Campus Pre-School just doesn’t have the flexibility I need for my schedule,” said Fatima Irshaidat, a Ph.D. candidate studying systems science and industrial engineering. “I wish we had a drop-in day care on campus because many things come up for mothers or fathers, and a dropin day care is available at other universities, but not here.”

In addition to the day care center, the BUPC also offers a lactation room, located in the basement

of the Old University Union. This offers mothers on-campus a private place to breastfeed their children and pump breast milk.

Liu said that the purpose of the BUPC is to help students with children succeed, and they hope that their efforts can go past the day care and help these students with whatever they may require.

“We can help [students] with child care, how to handle paying for day care and advice on where to take their children to play,” Liu said. “They’re welcome to come to us.”

options available on campus, but there are twice as many unhealthy options available for everyone and we should really work to change that,” Clements said. “The unhealthy food is three times cheaper than the healthier food, where we have to pay around $5 for a nice healthy salad or sandwich.”

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Today, the second annual “R U Green” event will take place in the Marketplace, focusing on healthy eating and the color green.

Sodexo will hand out free food samples during “R U Green,” including green smoothies, fruits and vegetables. The event also has a number of organizations tabling like Campus Recreation, the athletic department, Counseling Center and Dean of Students in an effort to bring awareness to some of the healthy resources available all over campus.

Hannah Sommers-Thaler, a sophomore majoring in geography, is a member of BU Food Sustainability, which works with Sodexo to get local and ethically sourced food on campus.

“The campus is really good at promoting nutrition and fitness, but I think that something that we lack is knowing where our food comes from and being able to be connected to that,” SommerThaler said. “I think we can definitely become more aware of the food options we should have available to us going forward.”

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M. Stanley Whittingham, Binghamton University distinguished professor of chemistry, was named by Intellectual Property and Science Business of Thomson Reuters as a possible recipient for this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry. Whittingham, in partnership with John B. Goodenough of University of Texas at Austin, has been recognized for work in pioneering research leading to the development of the lithium ion battery. These are the same batteries that are used in electronic devices such as laptops and smartphones. Thomson Reuters has successfully predicted 37 Nobel Prize recipients since 2002. The Nobel Prize winner for chemistry will be announced on October 7, 2015 at the earliest.

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Pipe Line LOCAL NEWS Teen pleads not guilty in Binghamton stabbing Fu-Quan Campbell, 18, pleaded not guilty Monday to stabbing a 48-year-old man this past weekend in Binghamton, according to the Press and Sun-Bulletin.

Police said Campbell used a knife to stab the man in the stomach around 6:45 p.m.

Saturday in the area of Robinson Street and Brandywine Avenue. Campbell was arraigned in City Court on a felony count of second-degree assault, and police have not released a motive in the stabbing. The victim was taken to the hospital after the stabbing, but his condition has not been disclosed. If convicted, Campbell could face up to seven years in state prison.

Man goes over 120 mph to flee police, later found in Binghamton Christopher Nunez, 20, of Holbrook, New York, was traveling over 100 mph on his Honda motorcycle Tuesday afternoon on Interstate 81 southbound when police tried to stop him. Instead of stopping, he increased his speed and officers called off the chase. After state troopers continued searching for him, Nunez was found with the motorcycle in Binghamton. He was charged with reckless driving, unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle and numerous other vehicle and traffic law violations, and is currently in Broome County Jail.

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The suspect was referred to the Office of Student Conduct.

MONDAY, Sept. 21, 5:30 p.m. — Officers responded to Appalachian Dining Hall in Mountainview College for reports of larceny, said Investigator Robert Meddleton of Binghamton’s New York State University Police. Workers said that a 19-year-old male took a chocolate protein drink from a cooler without paying. The workers said that the suspect was still sitting in the dining hall and pointed him out to the officers. The suspect was questioned and admitted to taking the drink. In lieu of arrest, the suspect was told to pay for the drink.

The Forbidden Forest MONDAY, Sept. 21, 7:54 p.m. — An officer responded to the Nature Preserve after getting a call from three lost students, Meddleton said. The three students, an 18-year-old female, a 19-year-old female and a 19-year-old male, said that they came to the preserve earlier in the day and did not realize that the sun would go down so early and got disoriented once it got dark. The officer arrived at the entrance and flashed his lights and put

Steroid bust brings federal charges for four Endicott residents Paul Boylan, 31, and Derek Strassle, 32; Port Crane resident Richard Progovitz, 37; and Binghamton resident Jeremiah O’Brien, 33, pleaded not guilty to federal charges in a Broome County steroid bust, according to the Press and Sun-Bulletin. A grand jury indicted the four on charges of conspiracy to possess and distribute a controlled substance.

The activity took place from January 2011 through September 11, 2015, and the four defendants were taken into custody Wednesday morning. The searches of their respective homes in Endicott, Port Crane and Binghamton revealed evidence of steroid labs, including steroids in stages

of production and packaging materials.

Further court dates will be ordered.

WORLD NEWS Hundreds killed in stampede on first day of Hajj At least 720 people were killed and 863 were injured in a stampede near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Thursday morning, according to the New York Times. The deaths occurred around 9 a.m. in Mina on the first day of Eid al-Adha as millions of Muslims were making their pilgrimage, or Hajj, to Mecca.

The stampede might have been caused by the movement of some pilgrims who did not follow the guidelines issued by authorities. It was the deadliest incident to strike the event in more than two decades.

community.

“Binghamton University is proud to partner with the Greater Binghamton Health Center to tackle what is a complex and serious issue,” Stenger said. “We hope that this partnership leads to more effective suicide prevention measures and, in the process, helps save lives.”

According to Sean D’Attore, a sophomore majoring in mechanical engineering, students do not always understand the severity of mental illness and how it can hurt other aspects of people’s lives.

“Having more resources

for kids on-campus can only help students be academically successful and successful in life,” D’Attore said.

Athletic staff, graduate students, professors and Residential Life staff are invited to attend a meeting with leaders from the Greater Binghamton Health Center each month. The goal of these sessions is to provide information on how to deal with suicide assessment and prevention. They also aim to provide training for students, staff and mental health professionals and to encourage research efforts in the field. According to Strauss, all students interested in suicide prevention are invited to attend meetings as well.

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on his siren so that the students could see him. He then went into the preserve and turned on his flashlight at the bridge.

The students walked toward the light and were led out of the preserve. None were injured.

Down and Dirty TUESDAY, Sept. 22, 9:55 a.m. — Officers responded to the Events Center for reports of theft, Meddleton said. The staff there said they got new wrestling mats and placed the old ones outside of the West Gym the night before. Sometime overnight, someone took the mats.

Subsequent investigation found that

reportedly someone accidentally took the mats and returned them later in the day.

Strauss said this partnership could have a positive effect on the community, as distributing information on where to get help could eventually lead to the destigmatization of mental illnesses.

According to Rebecca SternShock, a sophomore majoring in psychology, mental health on college campuses should be a priority, and the partnership could be especially beneficial to the students who use the counseling center.

“I think college can be incredibly stressful for people,” Stern-Shock said. “It’s a hard transition and can affect people in so many ways.”

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I Want to Ride Your Bicycle WEDNESDAY, Sept. 23, 3:28 p.m. — A 19-year-old female contacted UPD to report her bike stolen, Meddleton said.

The victim said that she parked her bike on the bike rack outside of Cleveland Hall in Hinman College on the 18th and has not seen it since. The bike is a teal, hybrid-style bike with a rip in the seat. The value is listed at approximately $250. There are no known suspects or witnesses at this time.

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John Mulaney to perform on Oct. 24 for Family Weekend 2015 The former 'Saturday Night Live' writer and comedy heavyweight will take the stage in the Events Center

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Odeya Pinkus | Release Editor The Student Association Programming Board (SAPB) is bringing someone new to town this semester, announcing yesterday that the 2015 Family Weekend comedian will be John Mulaney. The comic will perform on October 24 at 8:00 p.m. in the Events Center, with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. He will also

bring a yet-to-be-named opener.

The Chicago-born comedian worked for “Saturday Night Live” from 2008 until 2013, working as a writer until eventually being promoted to producer.

On the show, Mulaney helped bring to life popular characters and sketches such as “Weekend Update’s” Stefon.

During his time on the show, Mulaney also released two albums, the first in 2009 titled

“The Top Part,” followed by his 2012 sophomore effort, “New in Town.”

In these two albums, Mulaney manages to lay out a wide range of stories and observations, spanning from his childhood experiences to his driving abilities. With a touching — yet not depressing — amount of self-deprecation and honesty, Mulaney seamlessly blends

his life and opinions with his comedy, proving his success not only as a television writer but as a stand-up comic.

“I’ve been a huge fan of Mulaney ever since his special ‘New In Town,’ and have since listened to that and his first special multiple times over,” said Ben Carmeli, a senior majoring in biochemistry. “I know he recently recorded his third and so

I’m hoping we’ll get to see a lot of that new stuff when he comes to Binghamton.”

Mulaney filmed his third special at the Chicago Theater on May 30 as part of the Onion’s Second Annual 26th Annual Comedy Festival.

In 2014, Mulaney created and starred in the sitcom “Mulaney” on Fox. The show mirrored his own life, centering around a man trying to gain a footing in New York as a stand-up comic.

Although he was costarring with Martin Short and his “SNL” coworker Nasim Pedrad, “Mulaney” only lasted for one season amidst much criticism.

Despite this, Mulaney has had an impressive career thus far, and was a top pick amongst students who responded to the SAPB’s annual fall survey. Out of the 1,440 responses to the fall survey, 17.2 percent chose “Dying To See” as the option for the performer. Mulaney was the second most-popular survey choice, beaten only by Hannibal Burress. According to Bernadette Machuca, vice president for programming and a senior majoring in biology, they tried to get Hannibal but were unsuccessful.

Machuca said that this semester’s survey received significantly fewer responses than that of last fall, which received almost 3,000 responses.

“I didn’t really know a lot about him when we first put out a bid for him over the summer,” said Machuca. “I started watching some of his stand up on YouTube and he really is funny, he’s very interactive … [he’s a] very good

story teller. ” With his quick and intelligent humor, Mulaney’s show is sure to be a relatable and enjoyable performance for students and family members alike.

“He’s my favorite comedian,” said Ahnaf Raihan, a sophomore majoring in computer science.

“When I found out, I actually ran out of the bathroom and bought a ticket as fast as I could.”

Tickets will be sold on Friday, September 25 in the Marketplace from 12 p.m.-4 p.m. for $10 plus a $1 fee. General admission tickets can be purchased online by undergraduate students for $10 plus fees and by the general public for $25 plus fees. Floor seats are also available to students for $20 plus fees, and to the general public for $35 plus fees.

Mulaney has had an impressive career thus far, and was a top pick amongst students who responded to the SAPB’s annual fall survey

Salads, smoothies and goodwill A day at the fair: my vinyl venture BU alumnus brings health-conscious food to Binghamton Rich Kersting | Release For the health-conscious college student, eating well often equates to eating at home. With healthy food options scarce and pricey, it can be tough to find a restaurant that serves the nourishing food your body needs without the extra additives. Filling a blatant deficiency of healthy food options in Downtown Binghamton, Blend opened its doors on gorgeous Washington St. this month to all who enjoy smoothies and salads.

Recognizing the struggle for students to find healthy vegetarian and vegan options Downtown, owner and Binghamton University alumnus Emmanuel “Manny” Ndagijimana, 26, wanted to start a service that would solve this problem. After graduating from BU last May, Ndagijimana stayed in the area. As someone who always enjoyed smoothies himself, Ndagijimana saw this time as an opportunity to bring a trendier concept to Binghamton.

Working on the concept with students in mind, it was important that Blend provide a fast and healthy service while keeping costs low. While his target demographic

is students, Ndagijimana has found that he’s actually attracting a large crowd of young professionals.

Realizing that Downtown isn’t accessible to all students, ideally Ndagijimana would like to work with the University and open a location in the Marketplace.

Ndagijimana’s story from BU student to business owner is far from ordinary. Born in a refugee camp in Tanzania, finding healthy food options was always challenging growing up.

“I’m a very health-conscious person; I love to eat healthy,” Ndagijimana said. “Even though the environment I grew up in didn’t have a lot of options for healthy food, I always managed to eat as healthy as possible.”

Located down the street from the University Downtown Center bus stop, Blend is currently open weekdays from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

With a new menu coming out after Restaurant Week, Blend plans to offer seven different salads along with over a dozen different smoothies.

When Ndagijimana and his family first came to the United States seven years ago, his original intention was to become a doctor.

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Emmanuel “Manny” Ndagijimana, owner of Blend, and employee Rachel Musiker pose behind the restaurant counter. Blend brings a variety of salads and smoothies to gorgeous Washington St.

However, after realizing that the pre-med track was not for him, he decided to study international relations. As he works diligently to get his business started, Ndagijimana also continues to take classes at UDC, eventually hoping to attend graduate school.

While on the surface Blend seems to be just a health-conscious smoothie and salad bar, Ndagijimana is focused on the bigger picture.

One of the reasons he opened the store was to create a way to fund his non-profit organization, NARA Global, which focuses on providing health education and emergency relief to developing countries.

“I remember I spent my first 15 years of schooling in mobile schools, and probably from first grade to fifth grade I studied outside on rocks,” Ndagijimana said. “So now, I want to offer opportunity.

I have the resources now to offer opportunity to people just like me to get a education better than when I had it in the same situation.”

After years of trying to garner support for his organization through word-of-mouth and donations, he realized the uphill struggle of getting people to go out of their way for a cause. By sourcing donations through his business, it’s a win-win. Ndagijimana explained that people are more likely to help people when they don’t need to spend extra money.

“For my side, what I’m losing is time,” Ndagijimana said. “Which is fine, I’ll sacrifice my time to make it work. That’s my donation.”

According to Ndagijimana, he was born to serve a purpose of helping people. Whether it’s providing much-needed services to developing countries, or providing healthy food alternatives to the local community, for him it’s all about improving the lives of the people around him.

“As long as I’m doing that,” he said, “that’s all I care about.”

Taking on Binghamton's Compact Disc and Record Fair James Sereno | Staff Writer

Each semester, the Compact Disc and Record Fair in Downtown Binghamton brings together music lovers and collectors. The free event was hosted this past Sunday at The Travel Hotel at 65 Front Street.

As a collector of records, I knew this would be a perfect place to expand my vinyl library. Entering the conference room of the hotel, my eyes were drawn to the walls that were decorated with the sellers’ rarest collections. Familiar covers like Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” were coupled with albums I had never seen before. Tables lined the walls of the room with an endless collection of crates filled with potential additions to any vinyl collector’s library.

Making my way through the piles of music, it was clear that the selection of albums reached across most genres.

While looking through a crate labeled “ODD! Who knows …?”

I first pulled out a copy of “The Magic of ABBA” for $20. On the opposite side of the room, a box called “Television and Spoken Word” had selections like “Sesame Street Fever” for $25 and a Superman spoken word record for $15. What seemed to be lacking from most sellers, however, were hip-hop and rap records.

Johanna Boyes, a sophomore double-majoring in art history and anthropology, did not come to the fair searching for anything specific, but took advantage of the music-filled room.

“A lot of the sellers had the same records,” Boyes said, along with some words of advice for

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the next record fair. “I really recommend doing a solid sweep of the whole fair and finding the cheapest version of the album you want.”

While some of the albums at the fair were priced higher than an average undergraduate student could afford, many of the sellers had music for anywhere between $1 and $5.

I was making my way through the crates when, like any good Long Islander, my eyes shifted to the section labeled “Billy Joel.”

I began to search through the collection, encountering most of his biggest albums until finally coming across “Kohuept,” Joel’s live album from the Soviet Union in 1987. With the album being priced at only $10, I made my first purchase of the day.

Although records made up a majority of the items at the fair, some sellers had a large selection of CDs and DVDs of live concerts

as well.

Sam Pereira, a junior majoring in economics, spent most of his time at the fair looking for CDs rather than records.

“None of the records jumped out at me to actually buy them,” Pereira said. “But I found a couple of CDs to keep for my car.”

Unfortunately, there was a very small crowd for this event. Arriving around 1 p.m., I was expecting a much-larger audience.

Making my final sweep of the crate-filled tables, I came across an original U.S. pressing of Joy Division’s “Unknown Pleasures.”

Having been unable to find this specific version online in the past, I was content with spending the $50 for it.

With an empty wallet and a new pair of records for my collection, I left the fair ready to listen to some new music and excited to return next semester.

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Coin shop preseves history and community in Johnson City

After over 40 years in the collecting business, this converted snack bar brings a niche pastime to the Triple Cities

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Store owner Gary Shoemaker speaks with a patron. Located at 455 Main St. in Johnson City, the Johnson City Coin Shop has stood the test of time.

Rich Kersting | Release As an area that lies in the shadow of its former glory, the Triple Cities are entrenched in a rich history that is maintained by a number of community installments. One such installment is the Johnson City Coin Shop, which has stood on the corner of First and Main St. for over 40 years.

Since former owner Tom Maus bought the property in 1972 and turned it into a collector’s coin shop — originally it housed

a snack bar that serviced the then-next-door Johnson City High School — the building has remained dedicated to the purpose of buying and selling rare coins.

The store is currently owned by Gary Shoemaker, who bought the place from Maus in 2001.

“It’s one of those things where everybody knows where this place is, but few people have ever come in here,” Shoemaker said.

Shoemaker first picked up coin collecting as a hobby at a young age.

“When I was a kid I was attracted to pennies because you don’t have any money when you’re a kid,” he said. “But as I got older, I started liking the silver dollars better.”

While the popularity of the hobby has waned in recent years, Shoemaker still finds people who are actively pursuing the collection of coins. However, he recalls a time when the hobby was at its peak in the ’50s or ’60s, when silver coins were still in circulation.

“Now that coins aren’t made of silver anymore, they’ve taken them

out of circulation,” Shoemaker said. “It kind of dampened the enthusiasm of finding something in your pocket. When you have to go buy it, it takes some of the mystique out of it.”

Places like the Coin Shop are important because they provide consistency and solidarity in a community’s identity. While nobody could live off the retail business that the storefront allows — Shoemaker also runs an online business on eBay — Shoemaker sees the importance of maintaining

the shop.

“The real value of a storefront is that it affords the ability to buy stuff off the street,” he explained.

In addition, the storefront allows the opportunity for coin collectors to come in and share in a collective experience. When people visit places like the Coin Shop, they have access to a wealth of history and culture that might otherwise go unnoticed. The store is filled with hundreds of old coins that span the history of the United States and beyond. According to Shoemaker, people with an interest

in coin collecting are typically history buffs.

“It’s the fact that something old, like a colonial silver dollar, that, who knows, George Washington could have held it at one time,” he said.

Coin collecting can be an unscrupulous business, according to Shoemaker, comparable to a used car dealership. Before jumping in, you need to have a grasp of the fundamentals of evaluating coins and know what detracts from a coin’s value. Even a coin that was lightly circulated might have a drastically lower value than an uncirculated coin. In the same vein, Shoemaker warns that one should never clean a coin.

“It clearly will destroy the value of a really valuable coin,” Shoemaker explained.

“You shouldn’t do anything abrasive to it. A truly rare coin you want as original as possible.”

In his years of collecting, Shoemaker has found that there are two types of people: those with the collector mentality and those without.

“If you have a collector mentality, it doesn’t matter what you collect, you just understand it,” he said. “If you don’t have it, you’ll never understand.”

At the end of the day, coin collecting is a niche hobby that won’t appeal to everybody.

However, it is a really interesting atmosphere to immerse yourself in if you ever want to marvel at a little slice of American history. For what it’s worth, the Coin Shop stands as a really great opportunity for students to experience something outside of the city of Binghamton.

Chvrches sophomore album sure to keep 'Every Eye Open' with new sound

Scotland based band drops emphasis on synths, brings light to vocals, lyrics and misogyny in the music industry Anna Szilagyi and James Sereno | Release Staff While Pope Francis is visiting churches around the United States, pop fans are visiting Chvrches’ new album, “Every Open Eye.” The band’s second release streamed on NPR Music this week and is officially set to drop on Friday, September 25.

Known for its addictive blend of pop and electronic elements, Chvrches, a synth-pop trio from Scotland, is loved by fans across all genres. Since their first album, Chvrches gained attention in the media after vocalist Lauren Mayberry spoke out about the misogyny she’s experienced as a woman in the music industry. She wrote an article for The Guardian about how social media opened the door for sexist comments despite the popularity the Internet brought to the band. Mayberry continues to be open about her identity as a feminist, and while she’s made it clear that online harassment is unacceptable, she hasn’t let it stop her from thriving as a musician.

“Every Open Eye” opens with “Never Ending Circles,” the second single off of the album. Fans will notice movement away from the band’s synth-heavy aspects of their debut album “The Bones of What

You Believe.” Still, as with their previous album’s opening track, the band does not wait to bring a loud sound to its listeners. While maintaining catchy choruses and upbeat electronic elements, Chvrches strips down their music on their sophomore album, leaving room to focus on lyrics.

The opening track is followed by the album’s first single, “Leave a Trace.” Released in mid-July, the single was well-received by fans and set up a great deal of expectations for the band’s return.

After listening to the remainder of the eleven-track album, the band did not disappoint on expectations made from their early single releases.

“High Enough to Carry You Over” features Chvrches’ Martin Doherty as the main vocalist. His voice is a nice change of pace, but the track feels out of place without Mayberry’s iconic vocals present.

It veers into cheesy ’80s territory, but overall, the track sticks to the Chvrches sound that fans are drawn to.

While powerhouse songs appear on each end of the album, some tracks fade into the background. The third track, “Keep You on My Side,” diverts from the tone created from the opening two songs. Its fast paced progression and overuse of synths seems less cohesive than its

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predecessors.

“Empty Threat,” an early track on the second half of the album, is overshadowed by most of the other songs. The song is not necessarily bad, but it doesn’t produce the same power that many of the others do.

“Every Open Eye” ends with a pleasantly light sound from “Afterglow.” Although “Never Ending Circles” opened the album with an explosive sound, the somber tone of the final track feels like a proper close for those who’ve made their way through

the previous 10 songs.

Overall, fans of “The Bones of What You Believe” will be more than satisfied with “Every Open Eye.” The album is a logical progression from Chvrches’ older sound, and the band doesn’t show signs of fading away anytime soon.

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Never Ending Circles 2.

Clearest Blue 3.

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Clearest Blue 2.

Down Side of Me 3.

Afterglow

Five tips to make the most of your extracurricular experience

After GIM week is over, don't let your new hobbies go to the wayside; take initiative, be involved and make friends Ariel Taub | Staff Writer

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You’ve done it. You made a stride toward being active on campus and joined that group. Now what?

Signing up at University Fest is one thing, but setting yourself on the track to leadership is entirely different. Joining a club can be a blip on your college radar or it can define the time you spend at Binghamton University, so be sure to choose wisely.

1. Don’t over-commit — You may have signed up for a ton of clubs, but that doesn’t mean you need join every one that sends you an email. Going to a bunch of meetings at the beginning is fine, but try to figure out which clubs you really care about and which ones you

just go to for the free snacks. If you find yourself dreading meetings and events, it might be time to move on.

2. Be active — Stop sitting around and thinking about how you fit in to the group. Instead, be active.

Reach out to the people in your group. Since the other members of the club already share your passions, making friends is so much easier. Maybe you’re hooked on the philanthropy projects, or you’ve just always wanted to learn how to samba, but your interest is only the tip of the iceberg. Unless the club requires no involvement with other people, part of what keeps you coming back is the friends you have made and will make.

3. Remember that friends aren’t made overnight — Don’t put all of your focus on one person,

especially the one you just can’t click with. Instead, try nurturing and cultivating relationships with those who reach out to you and who you have fun with. Trying to be friends with everyone can be time-consuming and intimidating.

But remember, not all relationships start the same way, and closeness takes time. Some bonds are formed from driving to debate tournaments or going to poetry nights together.

In Greek Life, bonds often form between pledge classes or in big/little relationships. These friendships can come from common interests, but also may form because you look good in pictures together. It’s hard not to feel a forced connection in clubs, but let your relationships grow naturally; do what you like, and find the friends that are right

for you.

4. Step up once you’ve decided that you’re invested — Don’t be afraid to take on more responsibility in the group. Whether it’s due to your passion for the club or for the friends you’ve made, taking a step, like running for E-board, can help make being in a club even more fulfilling. Plus, it looks good on resumes and will automatically make you a more active participant.

5. Groups can be fun, but try not to forget that there’s life outside your favorite club — Maintain an identity apart from the group as well. Don’t forget about your friends that aren’t in the club and make sure you keep up with your course load. Finding balance is key to making the most out of your experiences.

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TobyMac to headline the Events Center The Grammy-award winning Christian rapper will bring beats to Binghamton Kathryn Shafsky | Assistant Release Editor

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Six-time Grammy Awardwinning Christian rapper TobyMac will bring his “This is Not a Test” tour to the Events Center at 7 p.m. on Thursday, October 8.

The tour is in support of the rapper’s seventh album, “This is Not a Test,” which was released in early August. TobyMac began his music career as a member of the Christian rap/rock trio DC Talk in 1989. The group released five albums before going on hiatus in 2000.

The rapper released his debut solo album, “Momentum,” in 2001. The album went gold and was nominated for Best Rock Gospel album in 2003 and

solidified the rapper’s status as a mainstay in contemporary Christian music. He is considered one of the first and best Christian rappers in music.

TobyMac’s sixth album, “Eye on It,” which experimented with a dubstep sound, debuted No. 1 on the Billboard 200. This marked the first time a Christian album opened at number one since LeAnn Rimes’s 1997 album “You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs.”

Daniel Ortenzi, a member of Koinonia, BU’s Christian a cappella group and a senior majoring in biomedical engineering, remembers listening to TobyMac as a child.

“TobyMac’s career has been very influential to all genres of Christian music,” said Ortenzi. “He

was one of the first to mainstream Christian rap and rock, paving the way for more modern artists like Lecrae and Skillet.”

Since the start of his career with DC Talk in 1987, TobyMac has sold over 10 million albums.

Supporting TobyMac will be Christian pop star Britt Nicole, Colton Dixon — who was a contestant on the 11th season of “American Idol” — and newcomer Hollyn. Nicole began her career under her legal name, Brittany Waddell, before gaining success as Britt Nicole on the mainstream and Christian charts. Dixon, who came in seventh on her season of “American Idol,” has since released two albums. Hollyn, who gained success through her YouTube channel, has not released

an album, but collaborated on two songs on TobyMac’s latest effort.

The tickets, ranging from $18 to $73, are available for purchase on the Events Center’s website or at the box office.

Since the start of his career with DC Talk in 1987, TobyMac has sold over 10 million albums

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OPINION Friday, September 25, 2015

Don't forget the queer in LGBTQ

Same-sex marriage is great, but it is not the be-all and end-all of gay rights Alec Weinstein

Guest Columnist

We stand with The Argus

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arlier this month Wesleyan University’s student newspaper, The Argus, published an op-ed entitled “Why Black Lives Matter Isn’t What You Think.”

What followed was a hailstorm of criticism and calls for the student body to boycott the 147-year-old paper.

First, it must be clarified that the Pipe Dream Editorial Board is not taking any blame away from The Argus staff. The piece that the editors-in-chief allowed to go into publication contained twisted facts, inaccurate statistics and misinformation. Combined with the sensitive topic that was being discussed, the op-ed was destined to fail. However, the ensuing backlash has this Editorial Board deeply concerned.

Currently, there is a petition with 167 signatures — representing students, staff, alumni and one community member — demanding that university funding for The Argus be cut and that copies of the paper be destroyed until The Argus staff meet a set of demands.

And though some of the demands are certainly valid and merit implementation, it is wrong to threaten the life of the newspaper

in order to get them passed.

Op-eds are not a reflection of the paper as a whole — they are a representation of one student’s views. The Argus should be punished for failing to get the piece up to journalistic standards, but it should not be censored for publishing opinions that may be considered unpopular.

Pipe Dream is fortunate to be a financially independent institution.

It does not rely on funds from the University, and thus enjoys a great level of freedom in the content that it can publish. It is scary for us for watch a fellow student newspaper be threatened in this manner. It is scary that a student body is demanding the shuttering of the oldest twice-weekly college newspaper in the country simply because the newspaper ran an oped that was designed to provoke.

What these signers fail to understand is that “Why Black Lives Matter Isn’t What You Think” is representative of the student body. The op-ed — though poorly

researched — was written by a student challenging discourse.

Discourse is fundamentally important to the progression of new ideas; if speech remained stagnant, we would never see social or cultural change. We have Freedom of the Press for the explicit purpose of expressing our opinions openly.

Several years ago, Pipe Dream was in a similar situation after publishing a controversial op-ed.

However, the students and faculty of Binghamton University never tried to take us down. Instead, they reached out to air their grievances and, as a result, helped Pipe Dream get on the path to becoming a more inclusive publication.

Wesleyan president Michael S. Roth penned a letter to The Argus, as well as to students and faculty, saying that “censorship diminishes true diversity of thinking; vigorous debate enlivens and instructs.”

We couldn’t agree more. Pipe Dream stands in solidarity with The Argus.

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, Opinion Editor, Sports Editor and Release Editor.

Along with the majority of this country’s population, I received the news of the legalization of same-sex marriage with elation. Yes, the ruling would confer a plurality of tangible benefits to millions of people who, for all accounts, had been second-class citizens until June 26. And yes, it was instinctive of me to respond to anything deemed beneficial to us gays as unquestionably positive. Yet as days and weeks progressed, I found myself beginning to question my initial jubilation and instead came to believe that the ruling acted as the death of the possibility of a radical, alternative queer culture.

Even now, I find myself torn between celebrating the benefits of legalized marriage that will improve the lives of millions and also understanding the multitude of things it will not do. Same-sex marriage will not end police harassment of queer people of color and the epidemic of transgender homicides. As my straight friends’ profile pictures became filtered with rainbows, my sense of solidarity transitioned to irritation as I realized that, yet again, a minority’s symbol was being appropriated as something trendy.

As a political act, I find the acceptance of same-sex marriage to be inherently suspect. Many vocal supporters — I think of Hillary Clinton especially — were against the furthering of our civil rights not too long ago. Where were all the enlightened baby boomers when gays were dying in scores during the AIDS crisis, when we were true pariahs to society?

The sudden embrace smacks

of fair-weather friendship and fad. What’s most sinister is the cultural implications of the Supreme Court’s decision. By legalizing same-sex marriage, queer people have been absorbed by heteronormativity.

We have been normalized, and in doing so we have been married to the framework of America — still an imperialistic, profoundly unequal and racist society. One must only compare the dominant discourse surrounding movements like Black Lives Matter with the peachy procession of the marriage debate in order to expose the farce of contemporary American egalitarianism.

The right to marry should not have been the most compelling goal in the struggle for gay rights. Although homosexuality is now accepted — in some cases embraced — it is done so in an exclusive way, in which gays are provided a designated space in society to act out their life roles. True progress would mean a society in which every person can at least conceive of being attracted to the same sex. It is a world like this that would represent a true victory for humanity — a queering of society. The embrace of fluidity in orientations and genders is the only way in which the alienation of binaries can be erased.

Marriage is an undeniably classist institution, and in this ruling I suspect that the financial clout of the white male, gay elite has finally borne fruit. To condemn only the motives and practices of straight America would be disingenuous, however; the collapse of gay radicalism must also be noted as being largely our fault. Historically, two parallel movements formed in gay intellectual circles after the societal outing that began through consciousness-

raising in the 1960s. There was the assimilationist, civically oriented tendency that strove toward acceptance and a more militant dynamic that sought to use homosexuality to fight capitalism and patriarchy. In opposition to striving toward acceptance came the Gay Shame movement in the 1990s, which celebrated our differences from America’s oppressive heteronormativity.

Gays who viewed activism as gauche, or who exalted the right to marry at the expense of the many issues facing the LGBTQ community, are responsible for the death of queer subculture and the liberating, perverse world of its underground. Our communitarianism has been reduced to a corporate spectacle of bitchiness that serves to titillate the straight mind.

The true victory of the court’s decision was to make queerness palatable to the straight world.

In doing so, they neutralized any threat to power structures the LGBTQ world could have offered.

— Alec Weinstein is an undeclared sophomore.

The embrace of fluidity in orientations and genders is the only way in which the alienation of binaries can be erased

Discourse surrounding Donald Trump detracts from important issues

Cable news pundits need to stop using televised debates to ask candidates about Trump and start asking about upcoming election Lawrence Ciulla

Columnist

Cable news outlets of the United States: Stop turning GOP presidential candidates into commentators on the rise of Donald Trump. Throughout the summer, as Trump began to surge in the polls, the 16 other candidates of the Republican field took to Fox News, MSNBC and CNN to espouse their views and opinions on the loud-mouthed presidential candidate. It was

wrong.

Candidates that were finally getting the spotlight on them this summer, like Chris Christie or Ted Cruz, were being asked questions not on their policies or visions for this country, but on their opinions of Trump.

They were turned into pundits, exposing their views on poll numbers and why the Republican party is supporting the Trump campaign.

Leading Democrats Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton have come out saying their campaigns will be about ideas, not attacking the opponents.

Yet, the Republican Party seems intent on attacking itself on a personal level, not on matters of campaign issues. It is not the type of behavior you would expect from a party trying to build its way back into the White House.

The last Republican debate, hosted by CNN, sought to pit candidates against each other, hoping to create moments in which they would attack each other. Republican candidates have been fueled by the media to tear each other apart. While some issues were mentioned, it seemed that many tuned in just to see the candidates bring each other down.

Scott Walker, who announced this past Monday that he would be dropping out of the race, commented, “Sadly, the debate taking place in the Republican party today is not focused on [Ronald Reagan’s] optimistic view of America. Instead, it has drifted into personal attacks.”

The Republican Party desperately needs to rebuild itself. Like Governor Walker said, the GOP candidates are not looking to discuss the future of this country, but instead are seeking to push each other down.

He pleaded that he wanted voters “to be for something and not

against someone.” Republican candidates need to be talking about the future of the party, not the lunacy of each other. They need to present ideas that help this country, not attack different types of people. They need to talk about the issues that really make a difference in people’s lives.

Whether America agrees with their ideas is one thing, but regardless, Republicans need to start selling them. While the summer of Trump has pushed the Republican candidates to talk about each other, it must end soon. In the coming months, the candidates must start using

their airtime to sell their unique positions. Republicans are not all the same – and it is time they start clarifying that or they will not take back the White House in 2016. Pundits argued that Trump would give Democrats a victory in 2016 if he kept talking.

If GOP candidates don’t get their act together and start talking about real, important issues, that will really be the nail in the presidential coffin.

— Lawrence Ciulla is a senior double-majoring in political science and philosophy, politics and law.

You're not above Binghamton University; learn to enjoy your time here I didn't want to come here because I was a brat; now I realize that BU has shaped me as a person, and I've learned a whole lot ago, I thought it was funny, and I laughed in bitter camaraderie. But Contributing now, at the start of my third year Columnist here, I’ve realized it cuts this place pretty short.

I won’t feed you an optimistic, It seems as though every year, live-life-to-the-fullest sob story the Binghamton Review makes about why this place is awesome, its September cover something although, indeed, you should at like, “Welcome to Binghamton least try to relax here. No one University: Not the BU You will care about whether or not Wanted,” or some other word your undergraduate alma mater play highlighting BU’s distinction had enough prestige in 10 years. from Boston University and the What matters most to me is how ongoing belief that a lot of moneyed influential BU ended up being in students just kind of end up here shaping my disposition and why it without fully choosing it. Two years might be a good school for people Melanie Sharif

who think they’re above it.

When I was a freshman, I was fresh out of cushy suburbia. Living at home had its stressors, my family its piece of the middle class woes pie, but it was hardly anything uncomfortable, aside from just generally suffering as an adolescent.

Like I’ve said, I didn’t particularly want to come here. I got some financial aid from Tulane University in New Orleans, but I was fooling myself in thinking it was enough to cover the astronomical cost of private school. I was bummed when I realized I wasn’t going. To put it simply, I was a huge brat.

I chide myself now for being so spoiled and upset over being able to go away from home to get an education at a good school, but I needed that. I was cleansing the spoon-fed, bourgeois ego inside of me, as she cried and felt like garbage and tried to journal her fears away. I was an under-actualized, socially awkward, liberal, but most importantly curious caterpillar. Too fearful to transfer and too fearful to just sit inside all day, I actually tried to engage with the school and found, somewhere in between the mobs of tired, relentless students on campus and the Greek-infested

dorms, that I happened to be learning a hell of a lot. And not just the stuff they test you on. I was learning how to support myself, how to be vocal outside of my comfort zone and, frankly, how to be less of a brat.

BU is a unique place. The school doesn’t tout “public Ivy” for nothing; it has extremely strong academics and a thriving student community. But more than that, it brings together a city that needs some tender love and care and an army of young people who want and probably expect a lot out of life. It forces students to consider how to

be happy, how to be hardworking, how to be vulnerable, in an environment that might not inspire them to do so based on comfort alone.

BU isn’t in the Ivy League, it’s not a private school and it doesn’t have the money or the ethos to pull in Spring Fling bands that people actually want to go see. But those things don’t make a great school, or a worthwhile college experience. If you wanted to come here for that, you probably really needed to come here.

— Melanie Sharif is a junior majoring in psychology.

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SPORTS

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Bearcats set to begin conference play BU aims for victory in AE Opener

Binghamton seeks to avenge 2014 postseason loss to Albany

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Junior libero Bailey Walker is currently averaging an America East-leading 4.93 digs per set.

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The Binghamton volleyball team opens up conference play on Friday when it hosts rival Albany. After months of offseason and tournament preparation, the Bearcats (3-11) will look to get revenge on the team that knocked them out of the America East tournament last season.

The Bearcats will call on the experience of junior libero Bailey Walker and sophomore setter Sarah Ngo against the Great Danes (5-7). Standouts in Binghamton’s preseason tournaments, Walker and Ngo have provided stability to a Bearcat squad that is still finding its identity early in the season.

“Sarah’s done a good job, she’s been a steady force for us,” BU head coach Glenn Kiriyama said. “Bailey provides leadership for the rest of

the team. She does it with her play on the floor.”

Consistency will be key for Binghamton, as Kiriyama seeks to incorporate young players into the fold. While playing in preseason tournaments is good practice, there is an added pressure on new players when America East play starts and playoff contention is on the line.

“We’re looking for our freshmen to start stepping up,” Kiriyama said.

“Once they actually experience conference play they will know what it is all about.”

If the freshmen learn anything about conference play at home from their teammates, Kiriyama can expect his youngsters to not miss a beat. Last year, the Bearcats were 7-5 in the America East, with a 4-2 conference mark at the West Gym. Two of those conference victories came against Albany a season ago.

However, it was Albany who got the last laugh, as the Great Danes defeated Binghamton, 3-1, in the first round of the America East tournament.

Kiriyama doesn’t expect Albany to lay down this season either.

“They’ve got a few key players back, I’m sure they’ll be ready for us,” he said. “They will be tough.”

While true redemption will not happen until the America East tournament starts in November, the Bearcats can take a huge step toward getting to the top of the conference with a strong performance. The same can be said about Albany, as it will try to win an away game versus Binghamton for the first time since November 2012.

But following a couple of tight losses in AE tournament play, Kiriyama knows that to succeed in the AE in postseason, BU has to get there first.

“Every point counts,” Kiriyama said.

First serve against Albany is set for 7 p.m. on Friday in the West Gym in Vestal, New York.

After struggling in non-conference play, Bearcats start with a clean slate

E.Jay Zarett Sports Editor

In 2014, the Binghamton women’s soccer team was eliminated from the America East tournament in heartbreaking fashion. The Bearcats fell in the quarterfinals on a penalty shootout against New Hampshire to end their season.

BU (1-7-1) is set to open its 2015 conference slate on Sunday. Its first opponent? None other than New Hampshire (2-5-3).

“We definitely feel like it’s going to be a fantastic rematch from that quarterfinal,” BU head coach Sarah McClellan said. “New Hampshire went on to win the [AE] championship, so we feel like we really want to have this rematch.”

The Bearcats head into the AE opener on a seven-game losing skid. BU has gone winless after beginning the season by defeating St. Bonaventure, 2-1, and playing to a scoreless draw against Canisius, while seeing its offense sputter.

Binghamton has been outscored by a combined 16-2 during the streak and has been outshot 132-57.

Although Binghamton has struggled during its non-conference schedule, McClellan believes that her team has grown from the experience.

“We learned from each game and we can start to put everything together now from the lessons we learned in the games,” she said. “We saw a lot of different styles and a lot of great opponents.”

One bright spot for the Bearcat offense has been freshman forward Julianne Johnston. Johnston is currently tied for the team lead with two goals, including netting the game-winner in BU’s only victory this season. Johnston has taken 13 shots on the year, eight on goal, both second on the team.

Meanwhile, New Hampshire enters the game on a losing streak of its own, dropping four consecutive contests. UNH fell, 2-1, in overtime to both Lafayette and Harvard, before being defeated, 1-0,

in double-overtime to Northeastern on Sunday.

Sophomore forward Brooke Murphy and senior midfielder Gabrielle Sloan have led the Wildcat attack so far this season. The pair has combined for 51 shots, 29 on goal. Murphy has tallied four goals and two assists on the year, while Sloan has put two into the back of the net.

Both teams finished their nonconference schedule last Sunday, giving each a week off heading into the contest to prepare for the match-up.

“It’s tremendous to have consecutive days of practice, where we can have fun out there, knocking around, get a lot of touches and gain confidence,” McClellan said. “[We] have our focus set on New Hampshire and starting off the conference season.”

Kick-off for Sunday’s game is scheduled for 2 p.m. from Bremner Field in Durham, New Hampshire.

Jeffrey Twitty contributed to this report.

We learned from each game and we can start to put everything together —Sarah McClellan BU Head Coach

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Freshman forward Julianne Johnston leads BU with two goals on the season.

VOLLEYBALL

Bearcats to face Albany in AE opener See page 9 Friday, September 25, 2015

BU holds 14th annual Scout Day, where MLB evaluators seek potential draftees Jeffrey Twitty

Assistant Sports Editor

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From top:Senior infielder Reed Gamache talks with the local media prior to MLB scout day. Sophomore pitcher Matt Gordon throws the ball across the diamond. Redshirt senior catcher Nick Pancerella talks to the coaching staff after participating in scout day.

Stopwatches, fastballs and low profiles were all on the Binghamton University baseball field Wednesday afternoon, as BU hosted its 14th annual Scout Day. As part of the event, scouts representing multiple Major League Baseball organizations evaluated members of the baseball team in speed, defense, batting and pitching in hopes of finding professional baseball’s hidden gems.

“Many years ago, you felt like you had to go south of the Mason-Dixon line to play professional baseball, and that line of thinking has gone by the wayside now,” Binghamton head coach Tim Sinicki said.

“Bottom line is these [scouts] make their money and look good in the eyes of their organization if they can find guys that no one knows about at a school like Binghamton or a school in the American East conference — because most everyone knows about the guys in Clemson or Florida State.”

Major League attention is hard to come by for most collegiate baseball players in the Empire State due to New York’s location in a cold-weather climate.

But thanks to the professional success of past Bearcats like pitcher Mike Augliera, a fifthround pick in the 2012 MLB entry draft by the Boston Red Sox, as well as outfielders Bill Bereszniewicz and Jake Thomas, BU has made a name for itself in the world of collegiate baseball.

“We don’t get a lot of guys right out of high school who are ready to be drafted into professional baseball,” Sinicki said. “I think the scouts have an appreciation for the fact that we develop our guys once they get here on campus. You can have a young man in your office and his family and point to the fact that we’re having guys year in, year out not only drafted out of this program, but out of the conference and out of the region.”

Dressed in logo-less garb and tinted sunglasses, scouts clocked the 60-yard dash times of the Bearcats before wielding radar guns to track the pitching and swinging speeds of some of BU’s top performers. While the observations and judgments from professional talent scouts can create a stressful atmosphere for most student-athletes, senior infielder Reed Gamache wasn’t intimidated by the spotlight. “[We want to] go out there and have fun and show off our skills,” Gamache said.

“Everyone’s so excited to get in front of these pro scouts, and it’s truly exciting because we don’t get the opportunity to do that being out here.”

Since 2007, Sinicki and his coaching staff have produced 16 MLB picks and pro signees — a testament to BU’s commitment to developing talent on the diamond in an oft-overlooked region. In the first round of the 2015 MLB draft, nearly half of the picks never saw action past the high-school level.

“It’s about our staff finding the right players to bring into the program,” Sincki said “Guys who we feel are coachable and guys who have the skill set that can be developed to hopefully play at the next level.”

Gamache echoed the sentiment of his head coach. “[There’s] great coaching here. Coaches recruit players that have good attitudes, just good all-around people and it builds a good atmosphere,” Gamache said.

Though hesitant to discuss their affiliations or intentions, the attendance of the pro scouts can only help to keep Binghamton on the radar as a premier mid-major program, while doubling as a potentially life-changing opportunity for BU athletes just one swing, catch or dive away.

“This is one of my favorite days of the year,” Sinicki said.

“It’s an opportunity for our guys to get out there, have some fun and all it takes is one team to really like you to get into professional baseball.”

Binghamton struggles to keep up with Syracuse attack, falls, 3-1

Despite strong first half, Orange outshoot Bearcats, 17-4, en route to scoring three unanswered while overpowering BU Noah Bressner

Pipe Dream Sports The Binghamton men’s soccer team came up short in a disappointing loss Tuesday night, falling to Syracuse, 3-1. After opening the season with a 5-2 record, their best start this decade, the Bearcats (5-3) entered the SU Soccer Stadium against the Orange (4-2-1) confident in their play.

“We firmly believed that we were going to win the game,” BU head coach Paul Marco said. “When we play well, we’re very difficult to play against. You might have a few better players than us, you might have a few more experienced players than us on paper, but our guys are terrific. I’d pick our guys all the time.”

The Orange entered the match having received votes in both the

NSCAA Top 25 and the College Soccer News Top 30. BU was outshot, 17-4, for the game.

Despite the shot disparity between Binghamton and Syracuse, the Bearcats came out strong in the first half. Binghamton took the lead early when graduate student midfielder Pascal Trappe tallied his second goal of the season, heading the ball into the back of the net after a cross from junior forward Logan Roberts. The assist was Roberts’ third on the year, a team high.

Following the goal, Syracuse gained momentum, keeping possession largely in the Binghamton half. The Orange countered in the 32nd minute with a header off a set piece.

“Logan crossed the ball for Pascal and he scored a terrific goal with his head,” Marco said.

“Then the game settled a little

more and they were a little on top of possession — and we gave up a free kick and just decided to defend it like we haven’t defended them all year. So it’s disappointing.”

While BU was only outshot 4-2 in the first half, its offense struggled in the second. Syracuse took control, dominating possession and outshooting the Bearcats, 132. Despite ample opportunity, the Orange struggled to finish early, failing to get the ball past BU junior goalkeeper Robert Moewes. It took Syracuse until the 71st minute to break the tie, when the ball found the net after deflecting off multiple Orange forwards. SU tacked on an insurance goal in the 84th.

“It’s very difficult for Robert [Moewes], who made the initial save” Marco said. “The ball hit the ‘Cuse kid and goes into the goal, it was a bit unlucky. And the second goal, there were a lot of people

inside the box, the ball fell to their kid.”

After the game, Coach Marco attributed some of his team’s second-half struggles to its fatigue and overall fitness level.

“I do think that our fitness was a factor in the game, especially in the second half,” Marco said. “I thought that their guys were more fit than our guys, although I thought our guys were just as competitive.”

Binghamton is set to return to the field on Saturday against Princeton.

“We have one more game to go before we’re past the half-way in the season,” Marco said. “We’re at home, we’re going to get a little better in the week of training and put a great team out on Saturday.”

Kickoff against Princeton is scheduled for Saturday at 7 p.m. from the Bearcats Sports Complex in Vestal, New York.

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Junior forward Logan Roberts was credited with an assist in BU’s loss at Syracuse.

Start 'em or sit 'em: running back edition- Which veterans should be kept in the lineup?

Indianapolis' Gore, New England's Lewis worth a start, while Pittsburgh's Williams, New Orleans' Ingram should hit the bench FANTASY FOOTBALL Mary Martellotta

Contributing Writer

Editor’s note: Each week of the NFL season — except week one, sorry we missed it — Pipe Dream Sports writer Mary Martellotta will give advice on who to start, who to sit or who to add in your fantasy football leagues.

Running back slots are difficult to fill in your line-up, especially with the new talent from the incoming draft class. But it’s hard to trust rookies before they’ve had

a chance to prove themselves in the league. So, while we wait for the rookies to show us what they’ve got, we’ll discern which veterans are worth a start this week and who should hit the bench.

START: Frank Gore (IND): With two weeks of mediocre performance behind him, Gore hasn’t done much to instill confidence among owners. Optimistically, this is just a function of facing strong defensive opponents, but this isn’t a valid excuse this week. In the matchup against the Titans, Gore has the potential to give owners the performance they’ve been waiting for. On top of allowing an average of 100 rushing yards per game, the Titans’ defense has surrendered the

third-most fantasy points to backs since the start of the 2014 season according to ESPN standard scoring. I’d say go ahead and give Gore another chance.

Dion Lewis (NE): Lewis made up for the absence of LeGarrette Blount in the Patriots’ offense in week one. Even after the return of Blount from his suspension, he has remained Brady’s go-to back. He’s averaged over 100 total yards per game in the first two weeks. In this week’s game against the Jaguars, he should have no trouble keeping his numbers up, especially against a defense that has a difficult time defending the run.

Danny Woodhead (SD): Despite the addition of Melvin Gordon, the Chargers’ offense

has utilized Woodhead more than anticipated. Owners were unsure of how productive Woodhead would be in the Chargers’ offense, but they are now gaining confidence after his impressive first two weeks. This week’s matchup in Minnesota should be no different.

While Woodhead will not see the amount of touches Gordon will, his effectiveness rushing as well as receiving should give owners confidence.

SIT: DeAngelo Williams (PIT): In Sunday’s win over the 49ers, Williams was the most productive player on the Steelers’ offense. He finished with three touchdowns and 92 total yards. If Le’Veon Bell wasn’t returning this week from

his suspension, Williams would be a must-start. He still has a chance to be a productive player for owners this year but along with this week’s matchup against the Rams, who’ve allowed one of the fewest yards per carry to backs in the league, I would wait to start him until we see how he performs as Bell’s backup.

Mark Ingram, Jr. (NO): Ingram has been an effective fantasy player this season, but with a questionable Drew Brees at quarterback against the Panthers, owners should look for a different option. The Panthers’ defense is currently seventh against the run and has allowed an average of fewer than 80 rushing yards per game this year. Ingram will have

a hard time gaining yards when he gets the ball and will have to share carries with Khiry Robinson and C.J. Spiller making him an unattractive fantasy start.

Carlos Hyde (SF): Currently listed on the injury report as questionable for this week’s game in Arizona, Hyde had been having trouble before his injuries last week versus the Steelers. This should raise concerns among owners seeing as the same Steelers’ defense let New England run wild in week one. Hyde will likely encounter the same situation against a Cardinals defense that held Matt Forte to 61 rushing yards last week. His injury combined with this week’s matchup should have owners looking at other options.