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Celebrating 70 Years as the Free Word on Campus

BU draws over 32K applicants University welcomed 2,600 new students for class of 2020 Stacey Schimmel Pipe Dream News

Binghamton University welcomed over 2,600 freshmen this year, after receiving a record number of applications from prospective students spanning a wide variety of racial and geographical backgrounds. BU received 32,106 freshman applications for fall 2016 admission, surpassing its previous record of 30,615 in 2015. The freshman class has an average high school GPA of 95 and SAT scores above 1300 for critical reading and mathematics combined. According to Ryan Yarosh, BU’s director of media and public relations, applications for graduate study have also reached a new high with 4,920 applications for fall admission, a 10 percent increase from last year. Joe Tiesi, senior assistant director for undergraduate admissions, said that over 2,600 freshmen have enrolled, which has increased proportionally with the number of visitors to campus. Visitors, meaning all students who attended tours or information sessions, increased to 43,000 for this year. According to Tiesi, the University has

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Kevin Paredes/Assistant Photography Editor Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger speaks in the Anderson Center’s Osterhout Concert Theater Thursday afternoon. Stenger reflected on the changes that have been made to the University since first introducing his Road Map to Success plan.

Stenger outlines plans for future

In annual address, president announces renewed Road Map to Success initiative Pelle Waldron Assistant News Editor

On Thursday afternoon, Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger spoke to the campus community in his annual State of the University address held in the Anderson Center’s Osterhout Concert Theater. Breaking away from an emphasis on plans that has been a trend in previous State of the University talks, Stenger reflected on changes since he arrived at BU four years ago.

“We’ve grown,” Stenger said. “You can grow, and not get better. But growing and getting better was the key to this plan that we started four years ago, that we call the Road Map.” Stenger introduced the Road Map to Success Plan in 2012. It emphasized a collaborative approach for advancing University goals, and focused on improving graduate research, enhancing education, fostering diversity and increasing the University’s economic, social and cultural impact, among other things.

According to Stenger, in the past four years, tenured and tenure-track faculty at BU have increased by 30 percent. Student enrollment has increased by 15 percent, and he noted that hiring more faculty than students, percentage-wise, has allowed for increased student success. In terms of physical growth, new and renovated buildings have increased the square footage on campus by 15 percent. Despite this, Stenger said, it is time to rewrite the Road Map Plan. “We need to regroup,” Stenger said.

“We need to renew it, because I really believe that there are so many new people on campus that they should be involved in creating the next five-year plan. So, we’re going to be looking for new and old members. We’re going to be looking at how we can take the current environment, our emphasis on collaboration and find new ideas for solving problems.” Calling for faculty, staff and people outside of the University to get involved

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Professor puts spotlight on hook-up culture Teaching lab First speaker in SA series, Ann Merriwether discusses sexual behavior of students leads BU in innovation Peter Brockwell

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On Thursday evening, about 40 Binghamton University students gathered in the Old University Union to hear psychology professor Ann Merriwether deliver a talk about the realities of hookup culture and sexuality on college campuses. The talk was part of the BU Student Association’s (SA) new Spotlight series. Starting this week, the series is scheduled to run on the first Thursday of each month for the rest of the year with talks which are given by professors across various disciplines. Selected and voted upon by academic vice presidents from the different housing communities, the talks are designed to give students the opportunity to engage with faculty they would not normally be able to take classes with due to their rigorous academic or extracurricular schedules. Adam Wilkes, the SA vice president for academic affairs (VPAA) and a junior double-majoring in economics and sociology, put the series together to give students the chance to explore other

disciplines. “These things are geared toward the campus community — the undergraduate community the SA represents in hopes of intellectual and scholastic intersectionality,” Wilkes said. “It’s also just to showcase some of the incredible faculty we have working here at Binghamton University.” Merriwether’s talk focused on her work with an interdisciplinary research group which focuses on sexuality. Comprised of Sue Seibold-Simpson, a nurse practitioner who concentrates on contraceptive decision making; Sean Massey, an associate professor of the women, gender and sexuality studies department, who has a focus in social psychology; and former BU student Justin Garcia, ‘11, now a professor of biology at Indiana University, the group has been studying hookups at BU for about eight years. The group spent several years asking students through surveys to define a hookup, receiving an array of answers before deciding on their own definition.

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Center for Learning and Teaching expands under new vice provost Samuel Abaev Contributing Writer

representatives, with five coming from each on-campus housing community, five coming from Susquehanna Community and Hillside Community combined, and 15 coming from off campus. According to Ferrara, Student Congress representatives help make many important decisions throughout campus. “Decisions the SA makes are much more complicated than one

The Center for Learning and Teaching (CLT) at Binghamton University offers professors and students the opportunity to innovate their classrooms with technologies and unique teaching techniques, and is now expanding in a different direction under new leadership. The CLT, located in Glenn G. Bartle Library, provides a wide variety of services for both students and professors. Among the most utilized resources in the space are the instructional design service, which is a program designed to teach professors how to best present and convey course material to students, and tutoring services for students that are primarily focused on educational technologies. James Pitarresi was recently promoted executive director and vice provost of the CLT, and is now in charge of designing academic spaces and aiding with new educational technology. “If a professor wanted to meet with our instructional design team to think about a way to maybe add gamification to their class to make it more exciting, they’d come to us,” Pitarresi said. “On the student side, we have tutorial services such as a big team of tutors that support student success. So, I like to think that the CLT is supporting both sides of the learning environment: student and instructor.”

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Kevin Sussy/Photography Editor Professor Ann Merriwether speaks to students in the Old University Union Thursday evening. Discussing campus hook-up culture, she is the first professor to speak as part of BU Student Association’s new Spotlight series.

Community government elections moved online

Voting to be conducted today between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. in an effort to increase student-voter participation Alana Epstein Pipe Dream News

Today, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., the Student Association (SA) will conduct its hall government and Student Congress elections. However, this year, students will be voting online in a transition from the usual format. The SA switched to an online method in the hopes of facilitating higher rates of student participation. The previous elections were not streamlined to the

same day, and Hinman College did not allow students the opportunity to vote online. The only community not following this timeline will be Dickinson Community, because of the resignation of its executive vice president (EVP) stalling its process. The former EVP stepped down after taking an RA position last minute, and the Dickinson Community decided that more time was needed for students to submit letters of intent for the newly available position.

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Dickinson’s elections will take place from Sept. 15 to Sept. 18 and will also be online. Nicholas Ferrara, the SA president and a senior majoring in political science, said he is hoping to see increased involvement among students in the election. “Elections do not mean anything without voter participation, so I hope students take advantage of the opportunity,” Ferrara said. Student Congress is composed of 45 OPINIONS

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might think, and Congress representatives have to balance all of that information to make the right decision,” Ferrara said. “Among Congress’ many responsibilities, it approves the SA budget, maintains the SA’s rules, administers executive board elections and researches University policy to find the best solutions for students to whatever problems will arise over the course of the year.” According to Rebecca Ho, who is running for a Student Congress representative position for Susquehanna and Hillside communities and is a junior majoring in business administration, it is important to have background knowledge of the student body and the position’s demands to be a successful candidate. “I understand both the student organization and the student government side of the token and seek to bridge the gap between the needs and wants of these parties,” Ho said. Ferrara said that he is hopeful that this year’s elections will have a greater turnout than in previous years. “SA Executive Board elections in the spring typically see roughly one out of every four undergraduate students participate and fall elections typically get a little less,” Ferrara said. “We are very hopeful more students will participate this year. By making them all online and on the same day, the whole process will be simpler for voters.” Ali Kidwai, a Dickinson Community resident running for Student Congress and a sophomore majoring in integrative neuroscience, said he felt that these elections are

an important opportunity for students to choose who they feel will best represent their communities. “These elections are critical in providing members of every community to elect individuals with the best interest in bringing their community’s issues to the University-wide stage,” Kidwai said. “Similar to electing a real congressional representative, this is the best way of voicing the problems of people that’d otherwise be neglected. Please go out and vote.”

Decisions the SA makes are much more complicated than one might think, and Congress representatives have to balance all of that information to make the right decision — Nicholas Ferrara SA President

become more competitive and the retention rate is currently at 91 percent. “We are one of the most selective universities in the SUNY system,” Tiesi said. “This freshman class is amazing, but it’s the formula that we use consistently with all classes. These students want to come here because they know they’ll have great outcomes when they graduate.” Randall M-J Edouard, assistant vice provost and director of admissions, said that the applicant pool this year was filled with athletes, musicians, artists and leaders who the admissions team felt would be a good fit for BU. “This applicant pool was simply amazing because they brought a lot of that to the table — great academics and great leadership,” Edouard said. “When you spoke to students, they were very much concerned for their academics so we got a feel this year that these students really are focused academically, which means when they’re here, they’ll do well.” This class also includes 1,060 transfer students with a mean college GPA of 3.5, including 177 from Broome Community College (BCC). Two hundred twenty have joined from the Binghamton Advantage Program, which allows

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students to live on the BU campus while attending BCC through a dual-admission program. Edouard also said that BU has increased its diversity each year while maintaining quality. The incoming international student population for this year comes from 45 different countries, primarily China, India, Turkey and South Korea. “Diversity plays a huge role in access and opportunity, and a place like Binghamton provides that for students of color, students

who are LGBTQ, students who are diverse religiously, students who just bring a different perspective,” Edouard said. “We feel that it advances everything about us, it even advances our research and we have thrived because of having that.” According to Yarosh, BU continues to have a diverse class from across New York state. About 32 percent of new students are from upstate New York — with 7 percent coming from Broome and Tioga counties, 26 percent are

from Long Island and 21 percent are from New York City. Matthew Pena, a BU tour guide and a junior majoring in business administration, said hearing about the quality of the applicants made him proud of his school. “As a tour guide on campus, it’s amazing to see first-hand the high caliber of students coming to Binghamton,” Pena said. “I think it’s not only a reflection of the quality of education Binghamton offers, but also the unique opportunities here.”

Center offers new classroom technologies CLT FROM PAGE 1 Pitarresi began his career as an assistant professor in the mechanical engineering department at BU and worked his way up the ranks over the last 29 years. He became the chair of the mechanical engineering department, a job he held for 11 years prior to joining the CLT. Cherie van Putten, an instructional designer at

the CLT, said that she thinks Pitarresi is a great fit for his new role as vice provost not only because of his prior experience, but also because of his genuine interest in seeing students succeed. “Because [Pitarresi] was a professor — a distinguished one who won awards — he knows the classroom dynamic and can facilitate active learning experiences in which students can learn and retain more information,” Putten said. “The biggest thing about him though, is that he really has the students’ interests at heart. He really does want to improve the learning environment for students and he gives every bit of himself to his job.”

The CLT has always offered services like instructional design and tutoring center options for students who need extra help. Pitarresi said that during his time there, new tasks and organizations were added to the fold and Pitarresi took charge of these new initiatives as well. Simon Tong, a lecturer of the chemistry department, said he has utilized CLT services and found them to be a productive campus resource. “The CLT has been helpful in answering my questions and introducing me to new ways to better communicate material across to students,” said Tong. “The new classrooms foster learning through a more

a relaxed environment and upgraded technology and I definitely hope to utilize more CLT services.” Anu Verma, a sophomore majoring in anthropology, said she found the CLT classes to be an efficient work environment. “I took [organic chemistry] in one of the new CLT classes and found that the rooms really foster a better learning environment,” Verma said. “The advanced technology allowed my professor to more easily convey information, and little things — like the fact that we can write on the walls and the chairs are all mobile — make it a better work environment.”

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in the plan’s renewal, Stenger presented a timeline for the project. Teams devoted to different issues will begin work in December, and continue to work on their plans throughout the spring. Final proposals for the new Road Map Plan will be presented by April 2017. With the construction of the new pharmacy school, Stenger transitioned to address safety concerns for students off campus. He referenced the partnership between the University and the city of Binghamton to protect students living in Downtown Binghamton, and said that they will work to form similar

partnerships with Johnson City as students relocate. He also talked about regional job growth, promising 10,000 new jobs in the area. He said he hopes many of these positions will be filled by BU graduates. John Starks, the chair of the classical and Near Eastern studies department, said that reflecting on the past years has allowed the University to see what has and hasn’t worked, and find ways to improve. “I think giving people an idea of where we’ve gone in a relatively short period of time is very important,” Starks said. “Now, after a four-year period, we’re able to look at certain numbers of accomplishments. At that kind of turning point

you’re going to start having to look at how existing programs or newer programs have worked, and what you’re going to have to do that’s new and innovative moving forward.” Citing a Business Insider report which ranked Binghamton University as the No. 10 public university in the country, Stenger finished his address by stating his hopes for the future. “When I got here, people sort of snickered when I said, ‘the premier public university of the 21st century,’” Stenger said. “I think we’ve made progress toward it, and we just have to climb over nine more to get to number one.”

Prof. looks at hook-up culture AM FROM PAGE 1 According to Merriwether, they settled on “A hookup is a brief, uncommitted sexual encounter between individuals who are not romantic partners or dating each other.” In looking at these encounters the group found differences in the way men and women view hookups. Merriwether theorized that this could be tied to media consumed at an early age, specifically pointing to the stories of Disney princesses and the impact they may have on young people. “We’re telling kids all the time they’re growing up about this happily-ever-after version of relationships, and then as they grow up and transition into puberty and adulthood

we start slamming them with all this information about sexual hookups,” Merriwether said. “They don’t abandon the soulmate thing, so particularly for women it creates a lot of conflict.” While Merriwether did not deny that such relationships exist, she focused her talk on the ways modern media is geared toward hook-up culture for both men and women. According to Merriwether, this focus is present in all forms of media, including music, television and print media. In researching these encounters, the group found that 67 percent of hookups at BU take place at parties, 57 percent in dorms, 10 percent in a bar or club, 4 percent in cars and 35 percent take place in an

undisclosed location. In the course of these encounters, the group’s research showed that 98 percent of hookups contain some form of kissing and 58 percent involved above-the-waist sexual touching, while 53 percent have below-thewaist sexual touching, 36 percent of people give oral sex during their hookups and 35 percent receive oral sex. 34 percent of encounters involve either anal or vaginal sexual intercourse. Merriwether also spoke about the group’s desire for future research. Together, she said, they hope to study sexualities other than those typically present in similar studies. These would go beyond heterosexual or homosexual groups and look into more polyamorous and open relationships.

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Broome Sheriff’s captain being investigated by special prosecutor A special prosecutor is investigating whether a highly ranked member of the Broome County Sheriff’s Office used her influence to shield a relative after he crashed his car while drunk, according to Binghamton Homepage. The allegation is that Captain Kate Newcomb helped to cover up her nephew’s DWI in 2009. Newcomb is the girlfriend of New York state Senator Fred Akshar who also worked at the Sheriff’s Office prior to his election to the Senate last November.

OCCT Update The Off Campus College Transport (OCCT) DCL bus route, which previously traveled on Leroy Street, will change beginning Monday, Sept. 8. The new route, called the DCR, will travel on Riverside Drive. “The University was asked by the city of Binghamton to change the route and the University in turn asked us,” said Nicholas Ferrara, the Student Association president and a senior majoring in political science. “They say there were unsafe levels of traffic at certain intersections. We do our best to accommodate the community when requested.” Further information on route changes and stop locations is available on the OCCT website.

Police Watch Roomies 4ever THURSDAY, Sept. 1, 8:54 p.m. — Police were contacted with a complaint concerning food being tampered within Belmont Hall of Hillside Community, said Investigator Patrick Reilly of Binghamton’s New York State University Police. The three victims said their roommate, a 21-year-old female, had tampered with some of their food and stolen some other household items. The victims claimed that they had an argument with their roommate several days prior to the incident. They further claimed that several containers of ice cream had been tampered with and were found containing some sort of blue liquid. The victims also complained that 30 cans of Monster Energy drink had been emptied into a plant in the living room. The suspect initially denied tampering with the food, but admitted to taking some of the victims’ possessions. Later, the suspect did admit to putting dish detergent into the victims’ ice cream. The next day, officers were again called to the same apartment with another report of tampered food. Officers found a bottle of maple syrup with a cleaning product put into it, some food items with garlic powder emptied into them and an emptied tub of Crisco. Residential Life is currently involved, police are still investigating and the case is still open.

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Lifted Laundry THURSDAY, Sept. 1, 3:41 p.m. — Police received a call to report a theft in O’Connor Hall of Dickinson Community, Reilly said. A 20-year-old female reported her laundry missing from one of the two dryers she was using when she went to go claim it from O’Connor Hall’s ground-floor laundry room. There are no suspects at this time. Drive-By Destroyer THURSDAY, Sept. 1, 6:06 p.m. — A 36-yearold female contacted police to report a scratch on the front passenger side door of her vehicle, Reilly said. She claimed that her vehicle had received several dings in the last few days while parked on campus, but that she had not seen anyone who may have done it or what type of car was parked next to her. There are no suspects at this time. From Trip to Tripping FRIDAY, Sept. 2, 11:30 p.m. — Officers on patrol noticed an 18-year-old female being carried across campus near the Hinman College bus stop, Reilly said. They approached the individuals carrying her and asked them what was going on, to which she responded that she was feeling dizzy and confused and that they were taking her back to her dorm. She said that she thinks the reaction was due to some medicine she was taking for a sprained ankle. Harpur’s Ferry responded and the patient was transported to UHS Binghamton General Hospital.

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On Thursday evening, the Binghamton University Art Museum opened six new exhibitions, headlined by “Baseball in Cuba: A Photographic Essay by Ira Block” in the main gallery. “Baseball in Cuba” features a series of photos by Ira Block, who has worked on over 30 stories for National Geographic Magazine. The show examines the role of baseball in the lives of Cubans, who can all share the sport despite cultural and economic differences within the nation. The intimacy of the photos was achieved through special access granted to Block by the Instituto Nacional de Deportes, Educación Fisica y Recreacion, the Cuban Ministry of Sports. The photos show a diverse slice of the population of Cuba, from young children playing baseball in the street with masking-tape balls to old men wearing tattered uniforms to play in stadiums much like those of high school teams in the United States. The communist legacy and impact of the embargo by the United States is clear in the photos, shown by the contrast between the bright colors in the landscape and the wellworn equipment on display. Lauren Sahlman, a junior majoring in English, remarked on the collection’s striking vibe. “I just really appreciated the vibrancy of the content of the photos, as well as the colors of the photos,” Sahlman said. “I just thought is was really lively even though it was still.” In the mezzanine gallery, the show “The Bard in Bold,” is exhibiting contemporary posters for showings of Shakespeare’s plays

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across the globe. These included a bright pink poster for “Romeo and Juliet” as part of Shakespeare in the Park and a Serbian iteration of a poster for the comedy “As You Like It.” This exhibit is part of a larger collection curated by designer Mirko Ili , who, along with Steven Heller, authored an accompanying book, “Presenting Shakespeare: 1,100 Posters from Around the World.”

The lower galleries are now presenting several shows curated by graduate students. These include “Keith Arnatt: Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty,” “The Wedgwood Revolution” and “Picturing Children at the Turn of the Century.” The Keith Arnatt collection was donated by John Tagg, a professor of the art history department. Additionally, there

is a small exhibition curated by established creator Lucie Nelson, “The Kabuki Stage in Japanese Woodblock Prints.” In the main gallery, curators also highlighted a recent lithograph acquired by the University. “Sixth Avenue I,” by Fairfield Porter, was donated by Gil and Deborah Williams of Binghamton, who also donated part of their photography

collection for “Picturing Children at the Turn of the Century.” The opening on Thursday featured a variety of Cuban foods, including plantains and papaya catered by Sodexo and selected by museum staff. Nukporfe, BU’s African dance and drumming ensemble also performed during the opening. “Baseball in Cuba” is the

keystone piece to the University’s “Cuba Month” happening in October. The month will feature performances, lectures and a gallery talk, most of which will take place in the Binghamton University Art Museum. The current exhibition will be on view in the galleries of the Binghamton University Art Museum through Dec. 17.

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Apple announced on Wednesday that it is releasing the iPhone 7 on Sept. 16. Almost 10 years after the original iPhone came out, this updated version went on presale at 3 a.m. on Friday. While headphone cords are common in the wireless age, rumors about a missing headphone jack in the iPhone 7 proved to be true. Yet aside from this controversial change, the latest iPhone is also water-resistant and no longer has a physical home button. Though these upgrades seem radical, the iPhone 7 has maintained a similar design to its previous model. This demonstrates why Apple is at the forefront of advancing its users’ mobile experience. While the outside of the latest iPhone model remains relatively the same, Apple proves it’s the inside that counts. Apple claims their newest iPhone model has “the most powerful chip ever in a smartphone.” It’s an A10 Fusion chip, offering twice the processing speed and three times the graphics rendering speed of the iPhone 6’s A8 chip. This new chip powers nearly all of the other great features present in the iPhone 7: It now has up to two more hours of battery life than the previous iPhone, stereo speakers and a substantially improved camera in the 7 Plus. The iPhone 6s and the iPhone 7 essentially have the same camera specifications, yet the iPhone 7 plus boasts two cameras — a wide-angle and telephoto lens. This helps with optical zoom and helps images zoomed in two times to have a clear resolution. An impressive part of the iPhone 7 Plus’ camera, though, is the depthof-field effect. The depth of field in portrait pictures is what keeps the subject sharp and the background out of focus. Digital single-lens reflex cameras, a type primarily used by professional photographers, are usually the only equipment that are able to do this.

While fans rejoice over the upgraded camera, though, some will lament the excluded headphone jack. This, however, will be only a minor inconvenience for most people. The iPhone 7 comes with an adapter that lets you plug any pair of earphones through the Lightning port, which is Apple’s name for its charging ports. Those with a pair of headphones will find that their accessories are not obsolete yet. The earbuds included with the new iPhone, called EarPods, attach straight to the Lightning port and also come with a purchase of the phone. The elimination of the headphone port creates additional space inside the iPhone for a bigger and longer lasting battery. Apple, however, encourages the use of their wireless earbuds, AirPods, another product shown at the event. These headphones have a new chip called the W1 that connects to the iPhone 7 more efficiently than Bluetooth. A full charge gives you five hours on the AirPods, while the charging case they come with offers an additional 19 hours of battery. The charging case needs to be plugged in periodically, but this won’t be troublesome for most users because 15 minutes of charge time results in three hours of battery life. AirPods can sense when they’re in a person’s ears and automatically pause when they’re taken out. Siri can adjust the volume, song and listen to commands through the earphones. They won’t be available until late this October for a price of $159. As for the removal of the physical home button, Apple implemented its Taptic Engine to give the user the perception of a physical press with a short vibration. The button itself does not have any moving parts. This feature was likely included to provide waterproofing to the iPhone since, now, the inside of the device is sealed off. The iPhone 7 and its features are a sign of the beginning of the end for traditional buttons, wires and cables.

Katherine Scott Contributing Writer

In the world of beauty, it can be hard to avoid spending loads of cash on makeup products. Luckily, many high-end items will have a drugstore dupe, or duplicate — a product that is almost as good or just as good as the things you’ll find at Sephora or Ulta. These alternatives are easily accessible and have a price tag that is not as hard to look at. 1. Smashbox Photo Finish Foundation Primer (1.0 fluid oz.) $36 versus Monistat Chafing Relief Powder Gel (1.5 oz.) $10 A part of this Smashbox primer’s claim to fame is its clear, gel-like consistency. A similar product is the Monistat Chafing Relief Powder Gel. And no — it’s

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Upgrade your workout with these extra steps

Use the stairs around campus and beyond to tone your body and rev up your exercise routine Kara Brown Assistant Arts & Culture Editor After a sweltering summer, people begin to take warm weather for granted and, although it’s nice out now, it’s not going to last much longer. This semester, take advantage of the sun while you can by bringing your workout outdoors. While you’re on campus, use one of BU’s many staircases to get a free workout and some extra sunlight. — Jogging Muscles targeted: all of them Start by jogging up and down the stairs at a pace that’s easy for you to maintain while breathing easily for four sets of 45 seconds, with a 15-second

break in between sets. Beginning your workout with this light jog will help to build heat in the body and prepare your muscles for exercise. — Decline Pushups Muscles targeted: pectorals, core, upper back, shoulders and triceps Come into a plank pose with your feet on the bottom step of a staircase and your hands on the floor, directly under your shoulders. Keep your core tight and your back flat, and bend your elbows down to a 90-degree angle and then push back up. Complete three rounds of 10. — Walking Squats Muscles targeted: glutes, quads and hamstrings

Start standing on the floor facing the stairs. Come into a squat, with your weight on your heels and your back flat, without letting your heels pass your toes. Engage your core to help maintain form, and begin to walk up the stairs in your squat. Squat-walk up 10 stairs, and then turn around and walk back to the bottom normally. Do this for three to five rounds. Be sure that as you climb the stairs, you get your whole foot on the step and land your heel. To make it more challenging, you can hold each squat and pulse for three seconds before going up to the next step. — Knee Lifts Muscles targeted: core, quads

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and hip flexors Begin with your feet on the floor at the bottom of the stairs, facing the stairs. Place one foot on the bottom step. As soon as this foot touches down, tighten your core and lift the opposite leg, driving that knee upward, then immediately return that foot back down to the floor. Remove the other foot from the step. To make it harder, as you drive your knee into the air you can push up and off of the step with your standing leg. You can repeat the process on one leg and then switch to the other leg, or you can alternate between legs. Whether you alternate or stick to one leg at a time, be sure to break it up

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so you get 30 leg lifts per leg in total. — Reverse Lunges Muscles targeted: quads, hamstrings and glutes Stand at the base of the stairs with your back toward the steps and feet hip-width apart. Lift one leg and place it on the bottom step, while keeping both hips in a straight line with each other. Your back leg should be bent and your heel should be off the step. You’ll want to be a comfortable distance away from the step so that when you bend your front leg, your knee stays directly over your ankle. Bend down and up 10 times without locking your knee when you come up. Complete three rounds per leg.

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— Walking Hip Extension Muscles targeted: hamstrings and glutes Stand at the bottom of the stairs while facing them. Soften your knees so they aren’t locked. Hinge forward from your lower back and lift one leg straight behind you while keeping both hips square to the ground. Place that leg on the step and repeat on the other leg, lifting while climbing up 10 stairs. Then turn around and walk down the stairs normally. Be sure that when you lift your legs up you keep your back flat, as this exercise is targeting the glutes — so flexing your back and thus hyperextending your spine is not beneficial.

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Erin Foley, a junior majoring in industrial and systems engineering, demonstrates a stair workout.

'Atlanta' is just peachy In new show, Donald Glover gets personal William Schwartz Contributing Writer In FX’s new original series “Atlanta,” creator and co-star Donald Glover, also known as Childish Gambino, exposes the viewer to a comedic, yet undeniably cynical look into the city of Atlanta and the everyday lives of its residents. The show centers around a Princeton dropout named Earnest “Earn” Marks — played by Glover — who meekly returns to his hometown in an effort to get his directionless life back on track. After being forced to work a menial airport job and live with the estranged mother of his daughter, it is abundantly clear that his former aspirations have hit a bit of a standstill. Enter Earn’s cousin, Alfred Miles, better known by his alter ego “Paper Boi,” played by Brian Tyree Henry. An up-and-coming rapper, his newly discovered fame catches

the eye of Earn, who decides to forgo his academic achievements in an effort to become the budding musician’s manager. From there, Earn is immediately thrust into a wacky, often dangerous world that he quite clearly does not belong in. Within hours of his newfound gig as a hip-hop manager, he finds himself in jail following a violent dispute, in which Paper Boi shoots a stranger for damaging his car. In this regard, many of Glover’s own personal identity issues are made evident in the character he portrays. A major theme in his music as Gambino, and in particular, on the album “Camp,” is his longtime struggle with self identity, something that he clearly integrates into Earn’s ethos. Earn’s sheltered Ivy League background bubbles to the surface numerous times over the course of the show’s opening two installments. An example of such a time is

when he is reunited with a radio DJ he knew before he went to college, who comfortably recounts a story in which he uses a racial slur without skipping a beat despite being white. When Earn asks him to repeat his tale in front of Paper Boi and his friend and drug dealer Darius, however, the DJ nervously omits the slur. In a way, “Atlanta” appears to be a way to mix aspects of both Glover and his Childish Gambino persona. While Glover’s sheepish, mild mannerisms are put on full blast in the portrayal of Earn, his hip-hop prowess and more aggressive alter ego is seen in flashes through the show’s hiphop content. Meanwhile, Paper Boi is beginning to experience the effects of his newfound notoriety. After being bailed out of jail, his first encounter is with a waiter at a local chicken restaurant, who hooks him up with heaps of extra food and praises him for being

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“one of the last real rappers left.” Following this interaction, Paper Boi converses with a woman who is interested in him upon discovering his identity as a rapper, despite initially displaying hostility. Earn’s fall from success coinciding with Paper Boi’s rise

has a noticeably poetic feel to it, with Glover repeatedly noting the tumultuous nature of life. While “Atlanta” won’t wow you like a big-budget HBO show or send you into fits of uncontrollable laughter, Donald Glover does an excellent job of identifying his goal within

the show and executing it to perfection. Its subtle nature allows the viewer to focus primarily on the nuances on display, effectively capturing the viewer’s interest without throwing too much in their face over the course of the opening two episodes.

OPINIONS Friday, September 9, 2016

ON THE ROAD AGAIN

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On Thursday, Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger delivered his annual State of the University address.

His speech detailed progress that the University has made in keeping with his Road Map to Success plan that was instated four years ago. In previous speeches, Stenger spoke about the University’s progress with a big-picture mentality focused on prestige and the potential for grandeur and success. But this address struck a different tone, instead reflecting on the changes and developments that have been made over the past few years. It is clear that Stenger and his administration have made significant progress in meeting many

of their goals. The University is set to have 20,000 students by 2020 in a timely manner, facultyto-student ratios have decreased, construction has concluded and graduate school growth and development has flourished. The University has reached a crossroads, and Stenger acknowledged that on Thursday. Instead of continuing on the same path forward, he used his moment in the spotlight and his platform to take a step back. Looking to the public, Stenger opened the floor for collaboration as the University redirects for the second phase of Road

Map plans. BU has a stable foundation to grow on, and a prestigious platform from which to expand. From this base, the University now has the freedom to move in completely new and exciting ways. BU is entering an extremely malleable phase in its existence. Binghamton is on track to become an even bigger player in the area community, so it is more important now than ever that the people involved in the Road Map ask questions about how we should move forward. This sense of openness for Stenger’s phase two made us

consider how the University looks to expand within the surrounding community. Frequently, the campus community gets caught up in how it will engage with the greater Binghamton area, either through mentorship programs, graduate retention or community outreach. But this mindset completely bypasses the extremely productive, valuable and meaningful ways that the University and the city can collaborate. We need to move beyond viewing the University as a resource for the surrounding community and consider how the

surrounding community can bring value to the University. The region is filled with people who can offer BU knowledge, capitalize on our infrastructure and ultimately help us move forward. The benefits of innovation and creative problem solving should not be held as a premium exclusive to students and faculty at BU. In order to find the creative answers to the problems that face the Binghamton community, the University must explore creative solutions. We applaud the BU for desiloing and looking to use collaborative strategies in its expan-

sion, but if collaboration is to be a true goal of the University, we must first reach out to those that call the Binghamton area home 12 months a year. Many steps have been taken in the past four years. We can look back at many metrics and see this success. Yet, now the school must move past these straightforward metrics and thoroughly examine how we connect and collaborate with the Binghamton community.

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

YouTube policy is destructive Clubs must collaborate Video demonetization hurts free expression Zach Borodkin

Contributing Columnist

One of the defining characteristics of our generation is our wariness of the mainstream media. This is not to say that we don’t watch it (I am streaming CNN as I type this) to keep up with current events, we just take some of it with a grain of salt. Most of the news we get comes from social media, blogs like The Intercept or even YouTube. According to the Media Insight Project, 83 percent of millennials get their news from YouTube. Launched in 2005, YouTube was a source for random videos like the Numa Numa Guy or the Dramatic Chipmunk. In the decade since, regulars like Philip DeFranco and ProtoMario have rocketed to fame. While YouTube’s videos are primarily sources of entertainment, they also have become sources of information for many of their subscribers. Whether through one of ProtoMario’s rage rants or DeFranco’s commentary on the latest news, this novel video format gave everyone a space that was separate from the routine media spin. Through this medium, creators found an alternate medium of information dissemination and expression, while their subscribers found new means of learning about relevant

topics in a decentralized fashion. Overall, this shifted a sphere of media away from echoing the same talking points. YouTube was one of the first platforms to allow for this on a large scale and continues to be the primary platform for this important form of new media. However, this alternate expression has been under attack by YouTube’s clandestine policy of demonetization. I use the word “clandestine” because this policy is not new, but is now in the spotlight. The new method of demonetization is systematic rather than manual. Big YouTube stars like DeFranco and Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, better known as PewDiePie, are supported by the money they make from their videos. This money comes from different companies who pay the owners of channels to advertise in the forms of pop-up banners or 30-second ads. While many of us just click “skip ad” or close the banners, they are actually important to the videos they accompany. Without them, many creators would not have sufficient revenue to support themselves. Demonetization means that companies can pull their ads from videos that are felt to be inappropriate. While reading through the policy details, the criteria for what is deemed inappropriate ranges from anything that is sexually suggestive or for any explicit language. Looking even further, these

criteria also include any topics such as war or politics and even rape. Yes, rape is a sensitive topic, but YouTube can be used as an interface to connect survivors to resources to help them. The dark underbelly of this policy is that it neglects the context behind the use of the word and flags the creator or shuts down their channel entirely. The space where many people felt comfortable discussing it has been taken away. ProtoMario, an Iraq War veteran makes videos telling stories about his time in the military and under this policy, his entire channel could be removed because he discussed war. The argument that this policy attacks free speech only scratches the surface. Taking it a step further, we must continue to find new ways to discuss issues that have been with us for a long time. The current mainstream talking points block us from exploring those avenues. While many of the channels may discuss topics that this policy deems as controversial, these discussions are providing tools for us to use in moving into a new age of media. It will be up to us to provide this type of freedom to the next generation. Demonetizing based off of clouded judgement will only block our access to them; this is why we must take a stand against YouTube’s appalling policy. — Zachary Borodkin is a second-year graduate student studying public administration.

BU groups would benefit from joining forces Sarah Saad

Columnist

The beginning of the year typically runs into the question, “What are you going to do differently this year?” Whether it’s a personal goal, or a student organization goal, oftentimes I hear the answer, “This year, we are hoping to become more diverse in our actions.” A lovely goal this is, but frankly, I have yet to see it. Binghamton University prides itself on its vast selection of student clubs. We have organizations from Live Action Role Play to Ladies Owning their Curls, Kinks, and Straights (LOCKS) to BU Acres and many others. I typically say that at BU you don’t necessarily find students wearing their school pride gear, but you will always seeing somebody repping their student organization, and I view it as a positive affiliation with our campus. Yet, I believe that while our student organizations serve as a resource to the greater community, I do not find that our organizations serve as a resource to one another. Whether you wish to admit it or not, our campus is segregated. Part of that is for more complicated societal and institutional reasons, but the other part is that we find

ourselves in environments where we feel comfortable, and there is no shame in that. What is a shame is that our bubbles are not intertwining. We have a variety of religious organizations on campus that each have a specific religious concentration, yet when you step back, the events that are being held and the students that are involved share many similarities. Dance organizations throughout our campus practice day and night, each putting on their own performances at the end of the semester, yet how often do we see conjoined events? The specific interests that our clubs specialize in is what makes this campus feel small, but our lack of interest or our fears to reach out and ask a similar club to conjoin an event is what is helping our campus stay segregated. I am constantly shocked by students who tell me that at the end of their senior year, they are yet to befriend somebody who is unlike them. But then I remember that as a freshman, I didn’t join Hillel because I knew that if I were to start off in an environment that felt so comfortable, I would not give myself a chance to get out. Therefore, to the presidents who said in their speeches, “This year, I want (insert student organization) to interact with a more diverse range of organizations,” do not let the

ball drop. We are a campus made up of over 13,000 undergraduates with over 400 clubs to choose from. Let us take advantage of our different interests by finding the common factor between all of us. — Sarah Saad is a senior double-majoring in human development and women, gender and sexuality studies.

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Freshman Amerigo Valenti, a Torino, Italy native, is one of five international student-athletes in BU head coach Nick Zieziula’s 2016 recruiting class.

Noah Bressner Assistant Sports Editor

At the Tennis Complex on Wednesday afternoon, freshman Kushaan Nath warmed up more than 7,000 miles from his home in India. Ahead of the Binghamton men’s tennis team’s first practice of the season, Nath stood across from freshmen teammates Tiago Lourenco, who hails from Portugal, and Amerigo Valenti, a native of Italy. Agustin Cattoretti and Sebastian Quiros, the final two freshmen on the roster, came to Binghamton from Bolivia and El Salvador, respectively. It would be surprising to see the entirety of a recruiting class that has been signed from foreign countries in college basketball, golf or even soccer. But tennis is different. More than any other sport,

tennis teams, especially ones on the Division I level, recruit highly skilled international players to fill a talent gap that junior tennis in the United States has left. As of 2010, 40 percent of Division I men’s tennis players were non-U.S. residents — the most of any sport. According to BU head coach Nick Zieziula, one factor in the widespread recruitment of international players is the lack of DI caliber talent in the United States. Here, tennis competes for players with a number of other sports. In many European countries, tennis is among the two or three most popular sports. “College tennis is very competitive right now,” Zieziula said. “In any given year, there might be five players who graduate in New York that might be able to contribute to a Division I team, and there are

two other Division I state schools in Buffalo and Albany who compete for them. In addition, tennis tends to be a strong sport academically and a lot of those players are interested in going to Ivy League schools, or even smaller Division III schools that are good at tennis.” For the Bearcats, this means that seven of the the 11 players on the roster are non-U.S. residents. “What we are most concerned with is making our program as strong as possible, on the court and off the court,” Zieziula said. “We would like to keep the roster split about 50/50 between American and international guys but at the end of the day, we’re looking to see who’s going to contribute the most.” For coaches, scouting international players can be more difficult than scouting domestic players. Many players hire agencies

to put them into contact with Division I programs in hopes of getting a scholarship, while others chose to contact coaches directly. Some come to the United States to play in showcases, but some rely solely on their records in International Tennis Federationsponsored junior tournaments. “You have to build up relationships with some of the agencies,” Zieziula said. “I’ve been working with some of them for a very long time but the best thing to do is still to go and watch some play with your own eyes.” The practice of recruiting international players has attracted controversy from some in the U.S. tennis community, including some critics who claim that international students take away spots in Division I programs that should belong to U.S. athletes.

“This has been an emotionally charged and often divisive topic,” the United States Tennis Association (USTA) said in a study released in 2011. “There is a wide range of beliefs regarding these issues, and, apparently, much misinformation. This one issue is part of a very complicated fabric, which is the landscape of American collegiate varsity tennis.” Zieziula believes that the practice is necessary to the success of his program, is one of Binghamton’s most accomplished. The Bearcats have made the NCAA tournament nine times since transitioning to Division I in 2001. According to Zieziula, International players also tend to be more mature than their domestic counterparts, due mostly to their ability to take on major commitments at a young age.

“You have to be willing to go on your own to a foreign country to train and go to school,” Zieziula said. “That’s a tough choice to make, to put yourself out there. Which is not an experience American players have.” Lourenco had never visited Binghamton before talking to Zieziula on Skype and signing with the team. “Everybody in Portugal told me the first few weeks were going to be rough,” Lourenco said. “But that has turned out to be not true at all because I’m adapting really well. I’m loving practicing and the campus; it’s amazing.” The Bearcats are set to start their season at the Army Shootout on Sept. 16. Matches are set to begin at 9 a.m. from the Malek Tennis Center in West Point, New York.

BU adds senior walk-on Bearcats head to NIU Invite

After club success, Abrams joins DI teams BU hopes for strong offensive performance Orlaith McCaffrey

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Sports Editor

Even when senior Mitch Abrams won the individual title at the National Intercollegiate Running Club Association northeast regionals last fall, leading the Binghamton University Running Club men’s squad to its only first-place finish in history, one goal still lingered in the back of his mind: to earn a spot on BU’s Division I track team. It was a feat he had attempted early in his freshman year, when he was told his times weren’t quite quick enough to represent BU on the DI level. Instead, he turned to Binghamton’s club team to continue his running career. For Abrams, it was the unique atmosphere that the club that allowed him to continue his passion for running and consistently better his times. “[Running Club] was a very supportive group of friends,” Abrams said. “I had people to push me and we pushed each other to be our best. It was a very positive environment for running.” Throughout countless group runs and individualized workouts with the club, Abrams continued to improve. He and his teammates created their own workout schedules, frequently trading advice and training plans. Abrams’ objective of making the varsity team never faded; despite being turned away from the Division I team after his initial tryout, he remained in contact with cross country head coach Annette Acuff, emailing her each spring to update her on his progress. Finally, toward the end of last semester, Abrams was offered a spot on the cross country, indoor and outdoor track teams. “This last year he ran some much better times and he’d be

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Emily Earl/Pipe Dream Photographer Senior Mitch Abrams earned a spot on the men’s cross country team after successfully competing with the Binghamton University Running Club.

running much more mileage than what he had in the past,” Acuff said. “He’d run some club cross country races and his times were pretty competitive and he’d improved quite a lot, so we decided to give him an opportunity. Certainly, I think he earned it.” Acuff acknowledged how rare it is to add a walk-on to the team this late in his college career. “It’s not very often that we add someone that’s already been on campus, that’s been able to train on their own and has reached a certain fitness level that we feel like could help out the team and be competitive because our roster spots are limited,” she said. Abrams recognizes the unique opportunity that he’s been given and is committed to taking full

advantage of it. “I’m really excited to be part of a program that I’ve always wanted to be a part of and I’m thankful that coach Acuff gave me the chance,” he said. “I think of it as an opportunity and since I’m a senior, I’m really taking it all in and appreciating each moment because I know I have one year.” Last Saturday, Abrams participated in the first race of his collegiate career, placing 27th overall at the Harry Lang Invitational, hosted by Colgate University. “Mitch [Abrams] ran well at Colgate, so it was nice to get a chance to see him compete and see what he looked like,” Acuff said. “His workouts have looked good and he definitely trains hard. He’s doing everything he can do.”

When the Binghamton men’s soccer team heads to Northern Illinois this weekend to participate in the NIU Adidas Invitational, the Bearcats will be missing a key member of their squad. Senior starting forward Alex Varkatzas is out for the season after suffering multiple broken ribs and a collapsed lung in Monday’s game against Manhattan. Although this is a major loss for BU (2-0-2), the team has a new motto going forward: next man up. “We’re obviously going to miss Alex [Varkatzas] this weekend,” said BU head coach Paul Marco. “He has been one of our more consistent players through the entire season so far. But I also think that forward is a position area that we’re fairly deep in. We have a few different guys who give us a few different looks, so we’ll be a little bit less with him, but it will give some of the younger guys a chance to show what they can do.” The Bearcats will need to find a replacement for Varkatzas in the starting line, but they aren’t short of options. “I was rotating those three guys — [sophomore forward] Nikos [Psarras], Alex and [senior forward] Logan [Roberts] — throughout the entire season so far,” Marco said. “I decided to play [junior forward] Ben [Ovetsky] up front the other night, so there are lots of faces. [Freshman forward] Harry Wood is coming into form. Logan Roberts, Nikos, Ben. There’s four guys right there who all, in their own moment, can be up front starting.” Even with their situation at forward, the Bearcats have plenty of goal-scorers on the roster. BU has tallied six

goals through four games this season, with five different players finding the back of the net. Leading the team in goals is sophomore midfielder Miles Burbank, who netted two last week. Marco knew heading into the season that Burbank had the potential to be someone the team could count on. “I thought Miles [Burbank] had a terrific spring season,” he said. “I thought he would be a guy we could rely on and depend on this fall. He is certainly one of the guys that is helping us get to where we want to be.” Binghamton goes into NIU (0-2-2) coming off a 2-0 shutout of Manhattan. In Monday’s match, the Bearcats controlled play from the start, albeit against a 10-man Manhattan squad, something they will look to do in their first game against tournament host Northern Illinois. The Huskies are winless this year, including a 1-1 tie against BU’s America East opponent UMBC.

BU’s final match at the invitational is against Loyola Chicago, who will prove to be a formidable side. After opening their season with an overtime victory, the Ramblers (3-0) recorded back-to-back clean sheets. In the latest NSCAA Coaches Poll, Loyola received 16 points, good for 35th in the country. Four games into the season, Binghamton has yet to drop a game, and Marco has many more reasons to be excited about his group of kids. “I’ve been pleased with our performances so far; I think that the team has grown a lot since the first day of preseason for sure,” he said. “I think that overall, the guys have really tried to embrace training and improve each day. It’s a young eager team, they love going out to the training field.” Kickoff for BU’s first game is scheduled for 8 p.m. on Friday from the NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex in DeKalb, Illinois.

Raquel Panitz/Pipe Dream Photographer Senior forward Logan Roberts started 18 of the Bearcats’ 20 games last season.