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Students register voters on West Side Sasha Hupka Assistant News Editor

Kojo Senoo/Staff Photographer Community members read original poetry, essays and speeches to promote racial justice and highlight the oppression of minorities at the March for Racial Justice held at the Peacemaker’s Stage on Sunday, Oct. 1.

March highlights racial injustices Community members address inequality, promote solidarity Amy Donovan & Mariel Grosshtern Pipe Dream News

“We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes; until the kill of black men of black men, black mothers’ sons is as important as the killing of white men, white mothers’ sons.”

The lyrics of “Ella’s Song” floated from the Peacemaker’s Stage in Downtown Binghamton on Sunday, surrounding community members and students in

attendance at the March for Racial Justice Vigil. The event was meant to be a sister event to a larger national movement held in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 30 and to facilitate a conversation about racial injustice.

According to Shanel Boyce, a board member for Citizen Action and a secondyear graduate student studying social work, racism that has recently risen to the surface has always existed.

Boyce, who helped organize the vigil,

said it was not inspired by any one specific issue, but by racist actions all across the country.

“It’s against police brutality, mass incarceration, segregation in schools,” Boyce said. “We’re highlighting all those marginalized communities at once and we’re asking people to come together to find solutions. Even though this is a smaller city, we still have things along

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Residents of the West Side may have heard a knock at their doors Sunday afternoon. Approximately 25 student volunteers worked in pairs to visit more than 360 homes, asking the same question over and over: “Are you registered to vote?”

On Saturday, Binghamton University volunteers split up to canvass the West Side and Downtown Binghamton as part of the Voter Registration Drive. After the students covered their assigned areas, they headed to the Belmar Pub and Grill to chow down on free tacos and enjoy some live music from local band Adam Ate The Apple.

The event was co-sponsored by numerous local organizations, including Citizen Action and Generation Vote.

Ryan Martin, a community organizer for Citizen Action and a senior majoring in English, served as the drive’s primary organizer. He wrote in an email that with elections quickly approaching, it’s important for students’ voices to be heard.

“We want to try to get as many people registered as possible to foster a greater sense of community for students in the realm of Binghamton,” Martin wrote. “Binghamton is more than just a university; it is a community, a home and political involvement is key to making sure that home is for all the residents of Binghamton.”

Nationwide, voter turnout rates are low among millennials. According to the Pew Research Center, only 49 percent of all eligible adults born after 1980 voted in the 2016 general election. Low voter turnout is even more pronounced on

the West Side, where many BU students reside. According to the Broome County Board of Elections website, during the 2013 general election, which included the most Binghamton’s last mayoral election, just 33.9 percent and 26.8 of people voted in districts 21 and 22, respectively, which cover the West Side.

Jacob Bezner, a campaign manager for Generation Vote and a sophomore double-majoring in political science and history, helped organize the drive.

He said these numbers often reflect low voter registration and a lack of knowledge about local elections.

“The West Side and Downtown historically have had really low turnouts because students primarily register on campus and don’t realize that they have to re-register once they move off,” Bezner said. “Another important thing is that once they move out of the area where they are registered to vote, they don’t receive polling cards and election reminders, so they are kind of kept out of the loop.”

Although the drive’s primary goal was to get students registered to vote, Bezner also stated spreading information about local elections and reminding students to go out and vote is just as important.

Martin echoed this idea and wrote that voting is an important civic duty.

“Voting is one of the most important forms of engaging within the community,” Martin wrote. “It may seem silly to many students, but the policies we enact and politicians we elect have a direct effect on the lives of so many people. When students come together they have the potential to accomplish so much, whether that be through

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Koffman Incubator Tenney talks taxes, healthcare Congresswoman speaks at Southern Tier Tea Party event namesake dies at 92 Orla McCaffrey

Local philanthropist Bud Koffman invested in BU, student businesses Jillian Forstadt & Karen Benitez Pipe Dream News

Binghamton community philanthropist and businessman Burton “Bud” Koffman died on Sept. 20. He was 92.

Koffman was a member of the Binghamton Advisory Board to the School of Management (SOM) and the Binghamton University Forum, an organization that brings together community members interested in advancing the University. He also invested in the Events Center and the Koffman Southern Tier Incubator, dedicated in his name.

“Bud was often heard saying, ‘You’re only limited by your own creativity,’ and we think it is fitting that the incubator is a place where ideas can thrive,” read a post on the incubator’s Facebook page on Sept. 22.

Koffman also invested in business development on the undergraduate level. He was a guest lecturer and case competition judge in SOM. According to SOM Dean Upinder Dhillon, Koffman helped students take their business plans through the different stages of planning, often providing advice and funding.

“He was all in, not only giving his money but his time,” Dhillon said.

Dhillon was a friend of Koffman’s for more than 25 years, and often played golf with him. The dean said he was heartbroken when he heard the news that Koffman had passed.

“He was really a tremendous business mind,” Dhillon said. “He was what I call a ‘quintessential dealmaker,’ and that’s what he had a lot of pride in.”

Dhillon has held the title of Koffman Scholar since 1997. The title, established through Koffman’s first large gift to the University in 1991, is meant to retain top talent in the field of finance at the University with the incentive of a supplemental salary. This is but one of the many ways Koffman and his wife, Ruthanne, sought to contribute to their hometown, Dhillon said.

Koffman was born in the city of Binghamton in 1925. He spent most of his early life in the area before attending Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania.

Later, he attended the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School for a semester before joining the military.

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Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney spoke on Sunday at her first event in the Southern Tier since being elected to represent New York’s 22nd Congressional District last November. Tenney discussed tax reform, health care, the upcoming budget vote and President Donald Trump’s Twitter account before answering questions from approximately 40 audience members at the Holiday Inn hotel in Downtown Binghamton on Sunday.

Tenney began by addressing the notion that she fully supported all of Trump’s stances and actions.

“I’m not going to explain or try to defend for the president,” she said. “He is an entity unto himself in many ways, and I try to focus on the policy. He has his own style; sometimes I agree with him and think he’s funny and sometimes I think it’s inappropriate.”

The first policy issue discussed was the newly released GOP tax plan, which has come under fire for primarily focusing on tax cuts for wealthy individuals and corporations.

“The best part of the tax plan is reducing rates,” she said. “My conservative side thinks it needs to be bold, and more bold for the middle class. Keeping the rate at 35 percent is what the president wants.”

She said she supports the “pass-through” business rate, which would cut the federal tax rate to 25 percent for approximately 95

Orla McCaffery/News Editor Republican Congresswoman Claudia Tenney speaks at the Holiday Inn on Sunday afternoon. Tenney discussed tax reform, health care, the upcoming budget vote and President Donald Trump’s Twitter account before answering questions from approximately 40 audience members.

percent of U.S. businesses. The term refers to the business’ profits and losses, which “pass through” to business owners, as opposed to those of public corporations.

“I like the fact that we’re helping small businesses by reducing the rates,” Tenney said. “With the increased minimum wage, small businesses are going to have an even harder time competing with big-box stores.”

The event, hosted by the Southern Tier Tea Party, required a $5 admission fee, but was open to people of all political persuasions, according to organizer and Vestal resident Mark Cuda. Half an hour before the slated start at 3 p.m., roughly

15 protesters could be seen outside the hotel on Hawley Street, holding signs and American flags.

Some protesters, including Cecily O’Neil, ‘95, were with a group called Indivisible Binghamton, the local chapter of a national organization committed to resisting the “regressive policies promoted

by Trump’s administration.”

“Our mission is to resist Trump and the entire GOP and especially our representative Claudia Tenney because she votes in step with Trump and all of his ideas,” O’Neil said.

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KOFFMAN FROM PAGE 1 During World War II, he traveled to North Africa, Italy, France and Germany while working with army intelligence to read and sort maps.

He later returned to Wharton, where he played football and graduated with a bachelor’s in economics.

Following graduation, he returned to the Binghamton area and worked with his family’s business, Public Loan Company. Later, he founded his own company, the Beacon Loan Company, and merged it with the family business before expanding to New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

In addition to his business experience, Koffman also had a deep interest in poetry and philanthropy. He was a founding member of the Temple Concord of Binghamton and the Jewish Community Center of Binghamton, and in 2011 was inducted into the center’s Hall of Fame for his athleticism and involvement in the organization.

Dan Whalen, director of the health, physical education and recreation program at the

Connor Torpey Contributing Writer

Provided by Binghamton University Burton “Bud” Koffman passed away on Sept. 20 at 92. He donated to the founding of the eponymous Koffman Southern Tier Incubator, which opened last spring and provides a nurturing environment for local businesses.

Jewish Community Center, said that Koffman was instrumental in the building and development, as well as longevity, of the center.

“He’s not only extremely successful, smart and all the traits of a great man, but also does so while being very, very humble,” Whalen said.

Whalen said that there was never a time Koffman wasn’t smiling and that he always lit up a room.

Koffman is survived by his wife of 59 years, Ruthanne, four children and nine grandchildren. More than 400 people attended his “Celebration of Life” service at Temple

Israel in Vestal on Sunday, Sept. 24.

His family has requested that instead of flowers, donations should be made in Koffman’s name to the Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton, the Jewish Community Center of Binghamton or any charity of the donor’s choice.

Constituents protest Tenney event TENNEY FROM PAGE 1 “She does not represent us, even though she’s our representative, because she doesn’t care what we think.”

A considerable portion of the 1 1/2-hourlong event consisted of Tenney outlining what she called “myths” and “facts” regarding health care. According to Tenney, the Congressional Budget Office’s estimate that 23 million people would lose their health insurance under the American Health Care Act, the

House’s version of repeal and replace, is inaccurate.

“Of those so-called 23 million people that are going to lose their health insurance, some of them are people that they’re figuring just aren’t going to sign up for Medicaid even though they’re already signed up,” Tenney said. “They’re not people that are losing their insurance; they’re just people that didn’t get it at all. So the CBO doesn’t get into the details and tell you that and they don’t tell you their methodology.”

Binghamton resident Maggie Atherson, 53, said the event provided a rare chance for dialogue.

“I wanted to hear her and I like what she said,” Atherson said. “I just wish the Senate would vote on what they’re doing in the House.”

The latter half of the event featured a Q&A session, with Tenney reading audience questions from index cards.

In response to a question about the proposed border wall, Tenney said she supported some

form of a physical barrier.

“I went to Israel this summer and they have walls everywhere and let me tell you they work,” Tenney said. “There has to be some kind of barrier, not all along, but to minimize expense of border agents patrolling.”

Vestal resident Susan Walker, 49, said she is not a Tenney supporter but paid the entry fee to hear her views firsthand.

“This is not a town hall; nobody should confuse it with one,” she said. “It’s less than that.”

The Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development and Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) are teaming up to help students with disabilities advance in the workforce with expanded internship options.

The program is still in the planning stages, but will focus on helping students with disabilities find internship sites that provide a supportive environment for building skills necessary for career success.

According to Dianne Gray, director of SSD, SSD regularly offers accommodations and adaptive technology to undergraduate and graduate students with disabilities. The Fleishman Center plans to conduct outreach to identify on- and off-campus internship sites and outline a series of skill-building and professional development workshops.

Gray said the program will bring the two offices together to help students with special needs transition from college to the workplace.

“The student, Services for Students with Disabilities, the Fleishman [Center] and the internship site will work collaboratively throughout the process,” Gray wrote in an email. “Students will learn how to navigate the workplace as an individual with a disability, what accommodations may or may not be necessary and how to advocate for those accommodations.”

The pilot program is planned to include all students registered with SSD, but there will be a specific focus on students who are on the autism spectrum. According to a 2012 Center for Disease Control report, one in 68 children in the United States are on the spectrum.

According to Gray, the population of students at BU on the autism spectrum has increased by 147 percent since the 2013-14 academic year, and for these

students, getting an internship can be daunting.

“The internship experience in conjunction with the [Career Development Centralized Internship Program] classes will help students develop their own individual skill sets,” Gray wrote. “Our hope is that participation in the program will transfer to the workplace and prepare them for life-long career success.”

The University’s effort to increase career opportunities for students with disabilities is in accordance with a June 2017 Department of Labor report titled “Persons with a Disability: Labor Force Characteristics Summary,” which examines the low employment rate for people with disabilities. According to the report, the unemployment rate for persons with one or more disabilities was 10.5 percent in 2016, roughly twice that of those without disabilities.

Gray said the program aims to put a dent in that statistic.

“Currently, this program is in it’s infancy,” Gray wrote. “We have researched other institutions and have not found anything quite like this. Our hope is that it is successful and this particular program paves the way for other schools to undertake similar programs.”

Kevin Eriksen, a second-year graduate student studying student affairs administration and public administration, said he’d used both offices during his academic career and was confident the program would succeed.

“I’ve used the resources of both and have had very positive experiences with both,” Eriksen said. “Both offices are very passionate about doing whatever they can to help.”

The program’s start date has yet to be determined, but coordinators are currently working to identify internship sites and students who would benefit from the program.

Students register voters VOTERS FROM PAGE 1 volunteering, working in Binghamton or simply checking a ballot box.”

Amy Williamson, a sophomore double-majoring in philosophy, politics and law and history, volunteered at the drive.

She said political engagement is extremely important for students.

“We are part of the West Side and should have our voices heard,” Williamson said.

“We should also recognize the political issues going on around us, because it’s our town too.”

According to Malik Palmer, a volunteer organizer for Generation Vote and a junior majoring in philosophy, politics and law, going out and canvassing increases the likelihood that students will vote.

“I think people need that reminder,” Palmer said. “A lot of

Terrell Julien/Contributing Photographer Students gather at The Belmar Pub following a voter registration drive Sunday afternoon. Approximately 25 students canvassed West Side and Downtown neighborhoods in advance of November’s elections.

people were already registered because of the presidential election, but didn’t know about the mayoral election or local politics.”

According to Martin, Citizen

Action will continue to mobilize students to vote leading up to the Nov. 7 election and is still looking for volunteers to help with other events similar to the drive.

March calls for racial equality MARCH FROM PAGE 1 racial divides.”

Community members and activists shared original poems and essays about the oppression they have faced because of institutional racism.

Tarik Abdelazim, the democratic mayoral candidate for the city of Binghamton, attended the event and said the issue of racism is pertinent within the city of Binghamton.

“There are neighborhoods that are doing very well, and there are neighborhoods that are not,” Abdelazim said. “We have problems with the criminal justice system right here. In every community, racism manifests itself in a myriad of ways, and right here in Binghamton we see it the same.”

The event also featured tabling

by organizations like the YWCA of Binghamton and community members. Binghamton resident Shams Harper, ‘16, set up a table with pamphlets and zines on different kinds of minority-based issues, such as white privilege a nd feminism.

Kymel Yard, ‘12, one of the organizers of the event and the vice president of the NAACP Broome Tioga Chapter, said multiple forms of oppression need to be addressed.

“Not only just racial justice, but most forms of justice and oppression need to be addressed, especially for those who don’t get to speak,” Yard said. “I am afforded vast amounts of privilege as a black man, but I still suffer as a black person, but that doesn’t mean my struggle is the same as black women, black queer lives or even black youth.”

Yard also spoke about how tired

he is as a member of an oppressed minority that is constantly expected to remain silent.

“You cannot expect us to smile and dance anymore; our feet are tired and our cheeks hurt,” Yard said. “It is time to be controversial and it is time to be fearless.”

The event ended with members of Citizen Action and the YWCA passing out and lighting candles to represent solidarity.

While the candles were being lit, Boyce emphasized the importance of continuing the conversation.

“Marches are important,” she said. “They disrupt the normal, but sometimes we go to a march and think we did our good deed for the month and it just stops there. You guys need to go home and think about how you can make change in your own little corners of the world.”

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Union home catches fire

Voter “selfie ban” upheld in New York

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A federal judge in Manhattan upheld the ban on ballot booth selfies Thursday, according the Press & Sun-Bulletin. The New York ban applies to all completed ballots and all violations will be considered misdemeanor crimes. The law is meant to deter “vote buying” and voter coercion, according to U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel.

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Cuomo announces increases in support for Puerto Rico

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On Friday, New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced further assistance for relief efforts in the areas of Puerto Rico damaged by Hurricane Maria. The state deployed over 100 additional state troopers and emergency personnel. The personnel sent will assist in airport and port operations, restoration of power and security on the island.

Black Hawk helicopters and other emergency vehicles were also sent by the state. Efforts for donation and supplies recovery will continue through the Empire State Relief and Recovery Effort for Puerto Rico.

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Emergency services responded to a fire at 411 Corey Ave. in the Town of Union on Saturday night, according to WBNG. Officials said no one was home at the time of the fire. The Endwell Fire Department, the Broome County Sheriff’s Office, New York State Police and emergency vehicles stayed at the scene for several hours due to the extensive cleanup needed.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Binghamton Zoo hosts Pages for Penguins The Binghamton Zoo at Ross Park held a book sale on Saturday to support an endangered penguin population, according to WBNG. Zoo officials collected used books and set up a book shop for community members to browse.

All proceeds from the event will be donated to the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds, an internationally recognized wildlife-response organization. Another book sale is being planned for the spring.

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Kevin Paredes/Photography Editor Mirei Kato, a senior majoring in integrative neuroscience, gets pied in the face by Jairo Rosario, a senior majoring in biology. The Delta Epsilon Mu pre-health fraternity held a philanthropy event, “Pie-a-Brother,” on Sept. 29 to raise money to send children to Dragonfly Forest, a summer sleep-away camp for children with special needs. Students, faculty and staff could pay $1 to pie a fraternity member.

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Oct. 2, 1950

The “Peanuts” comic strip, by Charles Schulz, made its first appearance in newspapers.

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The following accounts were provided by Investigator Patrick Reilly of Binghamton’s New York State University Police.

Student parties too hard WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27, 1:25 a.m. — Officers responded to Broome Hall of Newing College after receiving a report of an intoxicated female. When officers arrived, the 19-year-old student was lying next to a toilet. Her friends said she was drinking in Downtown Binghamton at a fraternity party and at the bars on State Street. They said she had thrown up before the officer arrived on the scene. Officers contacted Harpur’s Ferry ambulance, and the EMTs transported her to the hospital.

Damage caused by regular use WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27, 9:49 a.m. — A 39-year-old female Residential Life employee contacted UPD after discovering damage in Bingham Hall of Newing College. The damage, which the employee believed was the result of criminal mischief, was in the fourth-floor lounge of the hall. A magnetic door release, which is a piece of fire safety equipment, appeared to be damaged. Upon arriving at the scene, officers examined the door release, and found that the screws holding it in place had not been properly installed. Because of this, officers believe the damage was caused by wear and tear, not criminal mischief. A work order has been placed.

Driver complains about parking ticket THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2:11 a.m. — An officer on patrol noticed a vehicle that was stopped in the

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middle of East Drive. Because the vehicle was obstructing traffic, the officer turned on their emergency lights, and the vehicle pulled over to the side of the road. The officer approached the driver, a 27-year-old male, and asked to see his driver’s license and vehicle registration. The driver gave the officer his information, and told the officer that he had purposefully stopped in the roadway because he wanted to speak with the officer about a parking ticket he’d previously received. The officer ran the male’s license through the DMV database, and found it was expired.

The officer gave the male a ticket for driving with a suspended license, and told him that UPD could not help him with the parking ticket, as Transportation and Parking Services handles all parking violations. The male will appear in Vestal Town Court.

Laundry basket goes missing THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 6:23 p.m. — An 18-year-old male reported a larceny in Endicott Hall of Newing College. The victim said he’d been washing laundry in the downstairs laundry room, and had left his empty laundry basket in the room between 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. When he returned to pick up his laundry, the basket was gone. Because the basket was missing, the victim said he was forced to carry his laundry by hand to his room.

The victim described the laundry basket as a white, square basket from Walmart. Its estimated value is $6.28. The case is still under investigation, and anybody with any knowledge of the whereabouts of the missing laundry basket should contact UPD immediately.

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Cities don't have to be disruptive to nature

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Urban areas hold potential that is often overlooked

Georgia Kerkezis Contributing Columnist

All too often, people who care about the natural environment blame urbanism for causing degradation and destruction.

Cities are parasites, cities are unnatural and cities are unsustainable, they say. Often paired with these opinions is the idea that capitalistic interests are ruthlessly robbing the earth of its resources. I understand this mentality because I used to think this way.

But cities don’t deserve such a bad rap. And they certainly

don’t deserve to be blamed for environmental degradation and then shoved aside as advocates and policymakers try to find successful solutions to climate change. Cities need to be invited back into the discussion. They hold potential, much of which is overlooked when they are so callously kicked to the curb.

For class, I had to listen to a Freakonomics podcast in which economist and author Edward Glaeser shed positive light on the potential that cities hold. One example he gives is that, on average, people who live in cities emit less carbon than people living elsewhere.

This is because they drive cars less frequently and for shorter

distances, opting instead to make use of the widely implemented system of mass transit. Houses in cities also tend to be smaller than those in suburbs, thus requiring less energy for heat and air conditioning. Cities typically have more people and thus more smog than the countryside, but spread that same population as a city out among the suburbs and we’ll have an even larger pollution problem.

Another example Glaeser gives that shows the potential of cities is the upcoming technology of green infrastructure. Green roofs are covered with vegetation that absorbs heat and water, while also creating habitats for species and filtering pollution out of the air. Permeable pavement allows

Denouncing white supremacy

Response to "Is White Genocide Real?" in 9/26 issue of the Binghamton Review Anonymous Guest Columnist

In the latest issue of the Binghamton Review, there is an article written by an anonymous author titled “Is White Genocide Real?” to which the author answers vaguely: sort of. The author concedes that there are no mass killings of white people taking place, but that the population of white people globally is diminishing because of immigration and political correctness, and something must be done to stop it.

I could spend these few hundred words arguing why white genocide isn’t real. I could explain that whiteness is a social construct developed to justify anti-black chattel slavery. I could explain how the author’s assertion that indigenous peoples’ oppression in the Americas began after they became a minority to white colonists is an anti-historical account. I could go into every single statistic and citation and explain why it either doesn’t matter or isn’t real at all.

But I’m not going to. Why? Because that wouldn’t do a damn thing. What’s the point? Instead, I’m going to expose this writer for what they are.

A white supremacist named David Lane coined the now

infamous “14 Words,” a sentence that was categorized by the AntiDefamation League as a whitenationalist dog whistle: “We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children.” The author admits in the introduction that the Anti-Defamation League considers this sentence a serious warning sign that an organization might be a hate group. Does he believe them? No, he waves it away as nonsense because the AntiDefamation League is “the same organization that labeled ‘Pepe the Frog’ as a hate symbol.” The fact that it is literally a quote by a white supremacist adapted from a passage of Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” (“What we must fight for is to safeguard the existence and reproduction of our race and our people”) does not seem to register with the author.

Or take Anders Breivik, the terrorist who killed 77 people in Norway in 2011. Breivik cited in his manifesto a series of attacks on white Afrikaners’ farmland in South Africa as proof that there is at least one place in the world where a real attempt at anti-white ethnic cleansing is happening.

Not only are those attacks actually the result of anti-colonialist sentiment, as apartheid had only ended a few years prior while most farmland still belonged to the families of nationalist leaders, but they were partially the impetus for

Breivik’s attack. Why do I mention this? Because our friend cites these same attacks as evidence for their belief in the myth as well.

It is not hyperbole to call this rhetoric Nazi-like — it is a civic duty. We need to remember why and how the Holocaust happened.

It wasn’t just one man and a few hired thugs. Hitler played on people’s fears of a lost German supremacy being ravaged by invading hordes. That fear of lost German supremacy became the white genocide myth. Don’t believe me? Look at any neo-Nazi website on either side of the Atlantic Ocean and you’ll find that their primary motivation for ethnic cleansing is the false belief that they themselves are being ethnically cleansed.

That’s why the Binghamton Review should issue an apology and a retraction, and keep this writer from ever publishing an article again. In the meantime, everyone reading this who is as disgusted as I was when they found out there are Nazi and apartheid sympathizers on campus: pay attention to the next issue of the Binghamton Review. If they don’t issue an apology and ignore the problem altogether, or worse, they try to turn this criticism into some sick joke, then you know what side of history they stand on.

— The author of this column has requested anonymity.

stormwater to travel through it and into the ground below, ensuring that the water does not instead run down streets, pick up contaminants and then require treatment.

Old methods of infrastructure are becoming largely outdated and, frankly, unsustainable. But this does not also mean that every single aspect of cities is unsustainable.

Green technologies such as these represent the parts of cities that we can — and should — include in our attempts at protecting the environment.

The market system that is largely associated with cities can also be used in the battle against climate change and environmental

degradation. Economic incentives drive our nation and our globe; people don’t usually do something unless the social and economic benefits outweigh the costs. The intrinsic value of nature — its beauty, wonder and ability to articulate the human soul — is, sadly, not enough to protect it. If we marry this intrinsic value with economic value, then without a doubt we will have a successfully protected environment.

Cities and nature are not really at conflict with each other.

At least, it’s not that simple. Cities were erected from the same land upon which they now stand; they depend fully on the earth for air, water, food, recreation — you name it. Further, the development

of the market system has caused nature to be dependent upon cities just as inextricably.

All this being said, I advocate not for the protection of the environment alone, but for the connection between city and nature to be realized, honored and integrated into every aspect of life. When we are able to see the full picture, we are able to augment those aspects of cities that are beneficial to sustainability and diminish those that are not.

Cities can be part of the problem or the solution. It is up to us to make the difference.

— Georgia Kerkezis is a sophomore majoring in environmental studies.

Creating a climate of accountability We should stand up for survivors of sexual assault Morgan Manganello Contributing Columnist

I remember it was a sunny October afternoon in my high school Contemporary Issues in Health class when my attention was pulled from the floating orange leaves back to the Victims Information Bureau of Suffolk representative speaking: “One in five women will be sexually assaulted in college, and yet 90 percent of sexual assault victims do not report the assault.”

I was enraged, horrified and disgusted, but mostly, I was confused. If you were the victim of a crime, why wouldn’t you report it? It was on that day that my naivete as a high school senior was demolished.

I then entered college, and before I knew it, I had a group of friends that I treasured. We spent late nights sharing our deepest secrets, spilling tears and forming strong female bonds. It was through these late-night talks that seemingly abstract statistics jumped from the paper and came to life: two of my friends had been raped and one was sexually assaulted. Guess how many of these victims, my friends, reported the crimes? Zero.

Although there were many factors contributing to their silence, the prevailing commonality was that they believed nothing would

come of it anyway, so why bother dealing with the embarrassment?

These three young women, all under the age of 21, were the victims of horrid crimes, yet they had no one to turn to because they lost faith in the justice system. In a world where there are people like Brock Turner, who served only a three-month jail sentence because “20 minutes of action” shouldn’t ruin his entire life, why on earth would any sexual assault victim put themselves through the traumatic experience of a trial that will not lead to justice?

Enter U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos: a woman, a mother, a friend. DeVos, upon review of the Obama-era sexual assault guideline addition to Title IX, decided that removing the guidelines for campuses was the best decision for this massive problem.

Her reasoning: to prevent false accusations from ruining the future of the accused. With 90 percent of victims silenced, we should be working to create a climate where sexual assault victims can report their crimes with confidence that the justice they deserve will come to fruition. Or better yet, create a climate where people are held accountable for their actions so that the number of sexual assaults permanently declines.

Women, like men, go to college to gain an education and a successful future. The difference is

that women — who make up the majority of sexual assault victims — have to fear assault every time they go out to a party, walk alone after dark or enter an elevator when the only other passenger is a man.

Furthermore, if they are already the victim of a sexual assault, women must carry the burden of victimhood and fear as they potentially pass the scene of the crime daily.

Now, of course, it is important to note that men are also sexual assault victims and false accusations do exist — one in 71 men will be sexually assaulted. However, with sexual assaults on women occurring on college campuses at near-epidemic levels, the issue needs to be rectified immediately.

DeVos’ decision to rescind the college sexual assault guidelines is irresponsible and a deep cut at the thousands of victims who remain silent.

As wonderful as Binghamton University is, even we are not immune to the epidemic of sexbased crimes. But we are BU students — we are the innovators, the creators, the leaders and the voices of tomorrow. If there is anyone who can change the way that crimes are dealt with, it is us. Speak up, stand up and make a difference for your fellow classmates.

— Morgan Manganello is a junior majoring in integrative neuroscience.

Congress should repeal the Affordable Care Act Health care should not be universal

Brian Deinstadt Columnist

In March of 2010, former President Barack Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — the U.S. government’s most significant piece of health care legislation since the 1960s. Although its passage was a massive victory for Obama and his constituency, the greater victory was getting Americans to buy into the idea that the government is responsible for health care.

Ever since, even Republicans have been sold, as shown by recent efforts to compose health care

legislation of their own. But efforts from either party to play their hand in the issue is completely unwarranted. The government has no business in health care and President Donald Trump’s greatest failure hitherto has been his inability to repeal the Affordable Care Act despite it being one of his biggest campaign promises.

The Affordable Care Act seeks to maximize health insurance coverage for U.S. citizens through higher taxes and cuts to Medicare.

Although it has led to about 20 to 25 million more people being covered, the act is overshadowed by its poor quality of insurance, its heightening of the cost of private insurance and its further inflating of the national deficit. Adding insult to injury, the law punishes

those who do not want insurance by hitting them with a hefty fee.

Initially admitted by Obama to be a punishment, he later reneged, saying it was a tax in order for the Supreme Court case National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius to go over in his favor. The result not only upheld the worst provisions of the Affordable Care Act, but expanded the definition of a tax and therefore the government’s ability to take money from its citizens arbitrarily.

More problematic than the legislation itself is the philosophy it promotes, which is that health care is a universal right. Somewhere along the lines, people like Sen. Bernie Sanders fail to understand that health care is a product and service like anything else. Nowhere

in the constitution are either granted as rights. This is for good reason because commodities do not simply come into existence for our convenience; they are the fruits of labor rewarded by investment in a competitive market. Once this market becomes regulated by the government to allow universal access, quality diminishes immensely because low prices give little incentive for health care providers to offer a product that is better than their competitors.

Just because I need something, that doesn’t mean I have a right to have it. If I fracture my arm, how can it possibly be reasonable to demand a free doctor and free painkillers to fix it? Such logic just isn’t sustainable. The United States is composed of over 325 million

people, all entirely different from one another insofar as health.

Fortunately, the vast majority are covered with health insurance that they purchase themselves or their employers provide for them. But for the 20 to 25 million Americans covered under the Affordable Care Act, how can they expect to be guaranteed health care that is of great quality, affordability and universality? They cannot, and shame on those who perpetuate such an empty promise.

But what about Medicare for all and a single-payer system? In the context of essential health care, all that single-payer means is that the government will be the sole entity responsible for providing it, rather than a multipayer system in which employers and insurance

companies provide coverage as well. Such a program would be even more disastrous than the Affordable Care Act. In a singlepayer plan proposed by Sanders, he states that funding will be derived from a 2.2 percent increase in taxes on all Americans and a 6.2 percent increase in taxes on employers.

But in a study done by Emory University, such increases would still fall short of about $13.5 trillion in the first decade alone. Moral of the story? The government needs to stay out of health care. Advice for Trump? Repeal the Affordable Care Act, don’t replace it and don’t look back.

— Brian Deinstadt is a senior double-majoring in political science and English.

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Celebrate Halloween in Binghamton all month long

From 'Rocky Horror' to zombie walks, local events for the scariest holiday of the year Gabby Iacovano Arts & Culture Halloween enthusiasts who have already picked out their costumes, watched their favorite horror movies and decorated their dorm rooms might be looking for more ways to welcome October.

Luckily, the Binghamton area is host to plenty of spooky offcampus events this month.

Check out Pipe Dream’s guide to ghoulish gatherings from First Friday through HalloWeekend.

Zombie Art Walk, Oct. 6 During October’s First Friday Art Walk, a horde of zombies will make its way across Downtown Binghamton. Participation in the gory parade is free and open to the public. While master makeup artists might take this opportunity to show off their skills by “zombifying” themselves or their friends, you don’t need to be an effects expert to participate. The Binghamtonbased performance group, Summer Savoyards, will be doing zombie makeup and face painting from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church, on the corner of Henry and Water streets. The walk will start at the Metrocenter and take place from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

“CLEW!” A Phelps Mansion Interactive Mystery Event, Oct. 6, 7 and 8 Murder mystery parties may seem relatively niche, but if you’ve ever wanted to attend

one, you might want to head to the Phelps Mansion Museum this weekend. Loosely based on the eponymous board game, “CLEW!” (aka “Clue”) is a mystery theater event with audience participation.

Guests are encouraged to dress up like their favorite characters and prizes will be awarded throughout the night to the best detective, best suspect and best costume. The museum will be hosting nine performances of the mystery show on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 6:30 p.m., 7:45 p.m. and 9 p.m. Each show has room for 15 participants, and tickets are $25.

Supernatural Double Feature at the Bundy Museum, Oct. 12 In the spirit of both celebrating Halloween and supporting local artists, the Bundy Museum of History and Art will be screening two locally produced horror movies. “Portrait of a Monstrous Soul” is a vampire story written and directed by Binghamton community member Mark Dickinson, and “House on Ghost Hill Road,” directed by Ted Nappi, adjunct lecturer at SUNY Broome, was filmed in Chenango County. The event will show both movies back-to-back and will run from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Admission is $5.

“Tales from the Script” Halloween play festival, Oct. 13 and 14 Attending this local sketch show is a great way to sink your

Pipe Dream Archives Participants in the Zombie Art Walk roam the streets of Downtown Binghamton in this photo from October 2013. This year, the annual gathering will be held on Oct. 6, during the month’s First Friday event.

teeth into the Halloween spirit and spook yourself on Friday the 13th, too. Binghamton theater group Därkhorse Drämatists will be performing a series of original Halloween-themed shorts at the Endicott Performing Arts Center on Oct. 13 and 14 at 8 p.m.

Student admission is $10.

“The Magical Music of Harry Potter,” Oct. 27 If you’re looking for

something less scary and more magical, the Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra will be kicking off HalloWeekend with a performance of music from the Harry Potter movies.

Student discounts are no longer available for this performance, which takes place at the Broome County Forum Theatre, but if you’re willing to pay full price, adult tickets are $20, $30 or $45

depending on where you sit.

Costumes are encouraged, so feel free to sport your house colors or break out your favorite pair of round eyeglasses.

Rocky Horror Spectacular, Oct. 27 and 28 Movie lovers don’t have to venture any further than Downtown Binghamton to experience a time-honored Halloween tradition. Chatterbox

Cafe, Tapas and Oyster Bar on Main Street will be hosting a “Rocky Horror Picture Show” parody show Oct. 27 and 28 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 if bought in advance and $30 at the door, and a meal is included with each ticket. Proceeds will be donated to Chemung Pride, an organization dedicated to LGBTQ-rights awareness in nearby Chemung County.

Community, costumes at RoberCon VizCult returns Roberson Museum hosts annual science fiction convention Patricia Nieberg Staff Writer “Star Wars” rogues, dark fairies, superheroes and the occasional rainbow tutu — the ultimate “geek” fantasy came to life this weekend at RoberCon. RoberCon, inspired by Comic-Con, featured events for all sci-fi lovers. The organizers, including Chris Kocher, the programming co-chair of RoberCon, invited vendors, fan clubs and local authors and artists to share their work and love of the mystical world.

“We have created a community at this event because the same people come every year,” Kocher said. “I think it’s been a big thing for the scifi geek community to have this here as a central meeting place.

[It’s] really remarkable.”

The event is held annually at the Roberson Museum and Science Center in Downtown Binghamton and took place this year on Saturday, Sept. 30 and Sunday, Oct. 1. This year, RoberCon celebrated its fiveyear anniversary.

When the convention began in 2013, the event coordinators expected a turnout of 500 to 600.

To their surprise, according to Kocher, they ended up with over 1,000 guests.

“They actually ran out of lanyards and badges the first year,” Kocher said. “They raided the kids craft drawer for yarn and they made lanyards out of yarn. So we kind of knew we were on to something.”

Endicott residents Jonathan and Lola Myers have come every year to display and sell their work as the “Illustrators of Imaginative Art.” Their paintings range from portraits of a Korean mythical mermaid to ones of Princess Leia. They are one of 32 vendors who tabled at RoberCon this year.

The first year of RoberCon, Jonathan recalls dressing up as Spock and seeing a little boy in the same costume. They greeted each other with the Vulcan V-salute and took a picture as big and little Spock.

“There’s a sense of community [at RoberCon] and it’s family-

with new topics

Speaker series considering visual culture to begin Oct. 4 Hannah Reichelscheimer Contributing Writer

Pipe Dream Archives In this photo from October 2013, Jeffrey Buholtz, Nicky Blum and Kimberly Ramsay of Garrison Excelsior show off their costumes at the first annual RoberCon sci-fi convention. This year, the event celebrated its fifth anniversary over the weekend of Sept. 30 to Oct. 1.

friendly with all different ages,” Lola said. “It’s great to see the love of art passed on to the next generation.”

RoberCon 2017 featured panel discussions with over 50 different topics and subjects like “Doctor Who,” “Harry Potter,” “Ghost Hunters” and a talk given by The New York Times best-selling sci-fi author, Faith Hunter.

“It basically is about bringing fans together to have discussions about things that they love,” Kocher said. “There’s about four or five people on the panel to lead the discussion, but it really is an interactive thing. There’s a lot of give and take between the audience and the panelist.

Like, ‘What do you think the next “Star Wars” movie will be about?’ ‘What do you think…

the “Fantastic Beasts” movie from “Harry Potter” coming out next year is going to be like?’”

Another highlight of the event is the costume contest, which took place on Sunday with three categories: youth, novice and expert. The prizes, including pop culture memorabilia and other items, were donated by local businesses, organizations and fan groups.

For the last three years, the convention has also set up extended hours from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at Binghamton High School. Each year, around 150 people reconvene in the high school during and after RoberCon to play games such as “Dungeons and Dragons.”

“There’s been a renewed interest in [tabletop games] in the last five or 10 years,” Kocher

said. “There’s also something to be said for sitting down together and playing a game [in person].”

Kocher said the community fostered at the event has grown over its five years to become one with many different faces.

“Geek culture has become pop culture,” Kocher said. “Like the macho-football guy who [also] loves ‘Star Wars’ — it’s not really mutually exclusive anymore.”

RoberCon differs from other conventions in the area because of the sense of community created and its charitable goal, according to Kocher. Proceeds from the event go to the Roberson Museum and Science Center to support the museum’s programs in science and art and to maintain the building’s Victorian elements.

For over a decade, the Binghamton University art history department, with support from the Harpur College Dean’s Office, has organized VizCult: The Harpur College Dean’s Workshop on Visual Culture. Visual culture — the complicated, interdisciplinary field of study that emphasizes cultural significance of visual forms — sounds inaccessible, but in simpler terms, the field simply engages with the images we find in the world around us.

VizCult is a workshop held every two weeks in which faculty, graduate students and undergraduate students gather to hear from speakers and discuss innovative ideas in visual and built culture studies.

The series aims to encourage dialogue both within the art history department and across disciplines. Speakers range from graduate students and faculty at BU to professors from outside institutions. This semester, the series will begin on Oct. 4 and end on Nov. 29.

The first speaker this fall, Colin Lyons, assistant professor of art and design at BU, will give his talk on Oct. 4 at 5:15 p.m. in the Fine Arts Building Room 218. Lyons’ talk will discuss his ongoing project, “Contingency Plan,” which is an attempt to breathe new life into the ruins of Mount Trashmore in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Lyons will discuss the threat of resource depletion by introducing his socalled “printmaking-based iron fertilization prototype.”

In an email to Pipe Dream, Lyons wrote that projects like his have the potential to alter our perspectives on major issues.

“This project reflects on our collective response to catastrophe, and the prospect of geo-engineering on our horizon,” Lyons wrote.

In each iteration of the series, one graduate student is invited to speak, and this semester, that student is Amanda Beardsley, a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate studying art history. Beardsley wrote in an email that she is honored to have been selected to share her research at VizCult.

“I’ll be discussing a very curious study conducted in the 1960s by one of the most important acousticians of the 20th century, Vern Knudsen, on the ‘loudness’ of miniskirts,” Beardsley wrote. “The study was informed by Mormon architecture and theology, which makes for a controversial intersection between architectural acoustics, gender, and religion.”

Other speakers this semester will include Esra Akcan, associate professor in the department of architecture at Cornell University; Christopher Wood, professor and chair in the department of German at New York University; and Atif Akin, associate professor in the department of visual arts at Rutgers University.

VizCult provides an interactive forum for students to learn and discuss ideas in this relatively new area of study, and Beardsley, who has attended lectures in previous semesters, said she has been influenced by the exposure to new fields and viewpoints. She praised the series for its relevance in present-day issues.

“VizCult gives college students a platform to workshop the issues associated with visual and built culture studies,” Beardsley wrote. “It provides tangible examples of recent research conducted by scholars and provokes conversation amongst students. To me, there is no better time than now to understand the pervasive power of images, and how they have been used to influence our consumer and political decisions.”

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Men's soccer ties Stony Brook as neither team scores in AE debut Despite multiple scoring chances, Bearcats and Seawolves unable to find the back of the net

Grace Palumbo Assistant Sports Editor

The cold may have hit Binghamton this past weekend for the first time this fall, but on Long Island, the BU men’s soccer team stayed hot on the field, working relentlessly to score a goal in its America East (AE) season debut against Stony Brook on Saturday.

After 110 minutes of play, the match ultimately concluded in a tie at 0-0.

The Bearcats (3-5-2, 0-0-1 AE) have earned a win in only one of their past seven nonconference games. Going into this weekend, the team was looking for a victory to start off conference play strongly, but instead ended up with a draw.

“I thought our guys played very well in the game, actually, we started the match very well, we were very combative, energized,”

said BU head coach Paul Marco.

“The guys worked very hard. The disappointing thing is that we didn’t get a goal, but I thought our backs were terrific in the game, goalkeeping was very good. Even in the attack, I thought our guys were very good, we were just a little unfortunate to not get a goal against a very good Stony Brook team.”

Binghamton performed well on both sides during the first half, posting six shots on goal, three of which were courtesy of freshman midfielder Noah Luescher on the offensive side. Defensively, redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Chris Shutler logged five saves on seven shots on goal from the Seawolves (5-2-3, 0-0-1 AE).

Redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Alejandro Cubillo took the net at the start of the second

half and managed to record four saves in 65 minutes. Luescher continued his attempts to net a goal as well, putting up another two shots on goal for the team, but the score remained at 0-0.

“I thought the goalkeepers both played well,” Marco said. “They played their part in the game. There were some very good saves by both of them.”

The match went into two periods of overtime to allow the teams an additional chance at victory, but neither the Bearcats nor the Seawolves were willing to cede a goal. Cubillo’s two saves in the two 10-minute periods helped maintain the score at 0-0, and neither team secured a win.

“You realize in overtime you can win it in a moment or drop the game in a moment,” Marco said. “It’s sudden victory or sudden

death. So it’s just the mindset is you’re cautious. You don’t want to give them anything — you don’t want to give them a chance and you want to try and create your own opportunities. I thought that we did quite well in overtime.”

This is the second season in a row that the Bearcats and Seawolves have ended their annual match with no points on the board. Even though Stony Brook had the advantage in shots (23-14), BU’s defense stood strong with nine combined saves. Next week, the Bearcats will try again to record their first conference win against UMBC in their annual Homecoming Weekend game.

Binghamton will take on UMBC this Saturday evening.

Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. from the Bearcats Sports Complex in Vestal, New York.

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BU downs UMass Lowell, UNH Volleyball captures first and second conference wins at home

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Following a deflating loss against a formerly winless Albany squad last week, the Binghamton volleyball team downed UMass Lowell and the reigning America East (AE) champions, New Hampshire, on its home court this weekend.

BU (5-11, 2-1 AE) swept the River Hawks (5-11, 0-3 AE) to earn its first conference victory of the season on Friday night. Despite trailing in points, kills, aces, assists and digs, the Bearcats pulled out a win in three contested sets.

Junior outside hitter Gaby Alicea quarterbacked the offense by posting a team-high 10 kills and 13 points while senior setter Sarah Ngo added 29 assists.

Binghamton edged UMass Lowell by scores of 26-24, 2522 and 26-24 in the first three frames, respectively. With no extensive advantage by either team throughout the match,

BU was able to effectively close out each set and secure the confidence-boosting win.

“It was definitely that win against Lowell that helped us out,” said BU head coach Glenn Kiriyama. “It gave us a lot of confidence going into today and New Hampshire is always a tough opponent for us and we play them pretty close most matches. We knew it was going to be a pretty big battle today.”

Unlike the opening match of the weekend, the Bearcats had the statistical advantage over UNH (7-10, 2-1 AE) as they lead in points, kills, aces, assists and digs. For Alicea, it was just another day on the court as she logged 23.5 points and 21 kills, the second-highest number of kills in a match for her career.

Even though the Wildcats took the first frame, 25-21, they ultimately fell to Binghamton in four competitive sets. The win against New Hampshire proved that BU is capable of

defeating top AE teams, as UNH has captured the past five conference titles. The Bearcats also overpowered the Wildcats at home last year in four sequences.

“It gives us a lot of confidence because they just beat Albany, who we lost to,” Kiriyama said. “I think that anyone can beat anybody in this conference but definitely a win over New Hampshire is a big win for us.”

Despite dropping all five road games this season, the Bearcats have remained perfect at home with three wins, two of which were sweeps. The team undoubtedly appears more comfortable and focused when it plays in front of its home crowd.

“The crowd is awesome; they make a lot of noise and we can hear it,” Kiriyama said. “I know our girls really appreciate that and they do feed off it. Their energy level increases as they feel the energy from the fans.”

Searching for its third conference victory and its first win on the road, BU is headed next to Baltimore, Maryland to face off with UMBC. The Retrievers (9-7, 1-1 AE) suffered their first conference loss against Stony Brook, who leads the conference with two wins, Sunday afternoon in a threegame sweep.

“UMBC has been a tough opponent also for us, we lost twice to them last year in conference,” Kiriyama said.

“We know they’ve been playing pretty well, but we don’t know a lot about them. We’re at the challenge and hopefully we’ll have a good match this upcoming weekend.”

Hoping to carry over its momentum from this past weekend, Binghamton is slotted to take on UMBC on Friday night. First serve is scheduled for 7 p.m. from the Retriever Activities Center Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.

On Tuesday, Sept. 26, the FBI released a report announcing the arrest of 10 individuals connected to an investigation into corruption and bribery in the NCAA. These arrests were a culmination of a twoyear investigation. The violations concern players and their families receiving bribes to attend certain schools and coaches being bribed to steer them into signing with certain sports agents and financial managers.

The NCAA is no stranger to scandals involving elite Division I programs. As long as players are unable to sign endorsement deals and use their personal image to make money, scandals similar to the current FBI investigation will continue to happen. Prominent schools such as Syracuse and North Carolina have been under investigation in recent years for academic dishonesty. Ole Miss football is currently under investigation for providing payments to players and their families. The key difference between the aforementioned investigations and this FBI investigation is that law enforcement was not involved.

Previously, while NCAA rules regarding payment of players and academic fraud were violated, no crimes were committed. The extent of the bribery accused in the FBI’s current report violates federal laws.

Arguably the most prominent school involved in the report is Louisville, a storied program that won a national championship four years ago. Earlier this year, the NCAA punished its basketball program for an unrelated scandal in which the university paid for escorts to entertain recruits during their campus visits. The day after the FBI report was released, Louisville fired hall of fame head coach Rick Pitino and athletic director Tom Jurich.

The principal issue is that high-caliber Division I basketball and football programs create incredible profits at the expense of their athletes. Schools like Louisville make millions of dollars while many of their players come from indigent backgrounds and are often in need of financial assistance.

In college sports, players are strictly

prohibited from signing their own endorsement deals and have to wait until they leave to cash in. For the majority of players who never make it to the professional leagues, this never happens, and they lose out on their only opportunity to make money off of their college fame.

Everyone likes to think that their school is doing things the right way, but the reality is that corruption is rampant in college sports, among both major and lesser-known schools. In 2009, the Binghamton men’s basketball program came under fire for significantly decreasing admissions requirements for potential recruits, resulting in an investigation by SUNY and the resignations of the coach, athletic director and other University officials.

So far, only six schools have been accused of involvement in the current investigation, but many experts believe this is only the tip of the iceberg. Other schools are likely involved in this type of corruption, as well as other athletic-wear companies, such as Nike.

Another issue facing college basketball is the fact that players have to be at least one year removed from high school and at least 19 years old to declare for the NBA draft. This rule, enacted in 2006, has resulted in the rise of one-anddone players that enter college intending to only stay for a single year, and then declare for the NBA draft. These players are seeking to immediately end their exploitation by the NCAA. There are repeated stories of college athletes being suspended after selling their autograph in order to make money, and recently, there have been situations in which players were making money legally with their own businesses, such as YouTube channels, and have been shut down by the NCAA for making money using their image.

Ultimately, situations such as the current FBI investigation and other NCAA rule violations in recent years will continue to happen as long as student-athletes are prohibited from receiving any sort of compensation for the millions of dollars they bring into their schools. While it may not be impossible for schools to pay athletes with contracts as though they are professionals, the fact that they are strictly prohibited from receiving any sort of compensation for their success is unacceptable.

Women's soccer defeats Great Danes, falls to Vermont Hatziyianis earns her fourth shutout as BU splits a pair of matches to kick off America East play Michael Steinberg Pipe Dream Sports

Key moments defined the Bearcats’ previous two games.

Thursday’s 1-0 win against two-time defending America East (AE) champion Albany featured a game-winning goal by the Bearcats’ leading scorer, redshirt junior forward Kayla Saager. During Sunday’s game, the key moments favored the Catamounts, as they scored twice despite only accumulating seven shots throughout the game.

“You know those couple of key moments, that’s what the game comes down to,” said BU head coach Neel Bhattacharjee on Sunday.

The Bearcats dominated much of Thursday’s game against Albany, although they did not score during regulation.

Binghamton (7-3-3, 1-2 AE) led the Great Danes (3-9, 1-2 AE) in shots, 18-11, behind a strong performance from Saager, who could have had an even better game, according to Bhattacharjee.

“I know she was frustrated,

because she was probably good enough to put three or four away early in regulation,” Bhattacharjee said. “Whether it was a good save from the keeper or hitting the crossbar, which I think she did twice that game, she was relentless that game and it was just one of those matches. You just knew the game-winner was gonna come from her, eventually.”

Following Thursday night’s win, Saager ranked seventh in NCAA Division I players for goals scored (9), and fifth in the nation in total points (23). The Bearcats’ defense also put together a stellar performance on Thursday, posting their fifth shutout in seven games.

“A lot of it starts with our defensive pressure higher up,” Bhattacharjee said. “If our forwards are working and our midfield’s working, then it really limits the work that our backs and goalkeepers have to do.”

Just as key moments led to victory Thursday, a few key moments in the Catamounts’ favor led to a Bearcats loss on Sunday.

“Certainly, we had our

chance, but our finishing was a bit off or that final pass was a bit off and you have to give Vermont credit,” Bhattacharjee said. “They came across in key moments of the match, whereas we didn’t exactly give that same quality on the other side.”

Despite leading the game in shots, 19-7, and shots on goal, 13-7, the Bearcats’ offense was unable to post a goal against the Catamounts’ defense.

“I just think it’s one of those days where we created chance, but unfortunately couldn’t get a goal out of it at the end,” Bhattacharjee said.

The Catamounts, however, were able to score twice, even though the Bearcats limited them to seven shots.

“We gotta be able to deal with shots from distance, balls from transition,” Bhattacharjee said.

“All of those. I felt like we limited the amount of those moments, but you know those couple of key moments, that’s what the game comes down to.”

During the match, right before the break, senior goalkeeper

Katie Hatziyianis was hit saving a shot and was forced to exit the game. Bhattacharjee is confident, however, that she will be back for Thursday night’s game against UMBC. In Hatziyianis’ absence, freshman goalkeeper Mackenzie Hanna surrendered one goal, but Bhattacharjee praised her performance, saying the goal she let up was not her fault.

“It’s tough, that backup goalkeeper position,” Bhattacharjee said. “You’ve got to step up and might be required to make a big play in the game.

But, you know, I thought she did well, so regardless of whether it’s Mackenzie or Katie Hatziyianis, we’ll be ready to go in goal for Thursday. This [loss is] on us and we’ve got to accept it and we’re gonna be upset over it, have a short memory though and then move up, because we have to be ready to face another conference opponent in UMBC this Thursday.”

The Bearcats will next face off against UMBC this Thursday.

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

Katherine Scott/Pipe Dream Photographer Senior goalkeeper Katie Hatziyianis recorded her fourth solo shutout of the season, securing six saves against the two-time defending America East champion Albany this past Thursday.