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Professors submit brief to Supreme Court case Orla McCaffrey News Editor

Research by a team of Binghamton University professors could be considered in a gerrymandering case currently being seen by Supreme Court.

The case, Gill v. Whitford, deals with possible partisan gerrymandering the manipulation of a district’s boundaries to give one party an advantage by Republican legislators in Wisconsin when drawing the state’s assembly districts in 2011.

According to Michael McDonald, a professor of political science at BU, the case stands out as the first time in 30 years that the potential to identify partisan gerrymandering has been so clear-cut.

“The Supreme Court gets 7,000 cases a year and they take 75,” McDonald said.

“It’s a big deal.”

The lead plaintiff in the case is William Whitford, a University of Wisconsin Law School professor, who said he believes the 2011 map doesn’t correctly reflect the state’s voters.

In the 2012 Wisconsin state assembly elections, Democrats received 52 percent of the votes, but won just 38 percent of seats. In contrast, Republicans received 47 percent of votes, but won 62 percent of seats.

“All the data shows that gerrymandering is only getting worse, by both sides,” Whitford said in an interview for Salon. “It’s a problem, and a national one, of single-party control.”

If the Wisconsin maps are determined to have a clear partisan gerrymander,

they’ll be the first of their kind. The Supreme Court has never before ruled district maps unconstitutional.

In 2004, another prominent case of partisan gerrymandering, Vieth v. Jubelirer of Pennsylvania, came before the Supreme Court. Eight justices were split on whether a proper standard to determine the existence of partisan gerrymandering existed.

Justice Anthony Kennedy agreed that there was no judicial solution to the case, but noted the possibility of court intervention if a workable standard was agreed upon.

That’s where the research of BU professors comes in.

Political science professors Robin Best, Jonathan Krasno, Daniel Magleby and Michael McDonald, along with Shawn Donahue, a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate studying political science, filed one of 54 amicus curiae briefs submitted to the court. The brief describes their standard, that of equal vote weight, which says three specific conditions must be present to determine a case of partisan gerrymandering.

But their standard isn’t the one being used in the case. Instead, the efficiency gap, or the difference between each party’s wasted votes those that don’t contribute to a politician’s victory in an election divided by the number of votes cast, is being used by litigators.

Last November, a Wisconsin district court composed of three federal judges found the state’s districts to be gerrymandered and ordered them

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CLINCHED Women's soccer secures AE title for first time in 13 years Jonathan Flores/Design Assistant The Binghamton women’s soccer team clinched a shared America East regular-season title on Sunday, marking the program’s first regular-season conference championship since 2004.

Evan Cole Assistant Sports Editor

In the 75th minute of the Binghamton women’s soccer team’s final home game, with the match tied at two, the Bearcats found themselves in their most pressing moment of their 2017 regular season.

After falling quickly to a 2-0 deficit, Hartford clawed back when the game

became more gritty. Hartford sophomore forward Kaila Lozada was on a breakaway, poised to take a commanding 3-2 lead, until she was tackled by sophomore defender Sam O’Malley, who drew both a foul on the play, with a penalty kick awarded to the Hawks.

“It was unfortunate,” said BU head coach Neel Bhattacharjee. “I’ll take a look at the call. I thought Sam did well in a

rough moment, but that’s the nature of the game.”

Called upon to save the game on her senior day, goalkeeper Katie Hatziyianis entirely reversed momentum, diving to her left and snatching the ball before it snuck in the goal’s lower corner. Her play proved to be integral in the Bearcats’

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SUNY project aims to support Haitian village Gillian Kenah Contributing Writer

Katherine Scott/Pipe Dream Photographer Antonia Nevias-Ida, a junior majoring in human development; Ana Maria Suarez, a junior majoring in integrative neuroscience; and Grace Sullivan, an undeclared sophomore, build a cardboard home during the fourth annual Shack-A-Thon on Oct. 19.

In a small village 25 miles north of Portau-Prince, Haiti, a long-awaited medical center will soon be built as part of a new SUNY collaboration.

In September, 10 SUNY campuses, including Binghamton University, introduced a collaborative project that will help support the Haitian village of Arcahaie by improving food supply, building a medical center and providing an educational focus on its economic and social programs. Partners include the African Methodist Episcopal Church Service and Development Agency

(AME-SADA), Effort Commun Pour Le Developpement de L’Arcahaie, the Haiti Development Institute, Hope on a String and YouthBuild International.

According to Sally Crimmins Villela, the SUNY associate vice chancellor for global affairs, each nonprofit organization involved in the project has previously worked in Arcahaie, so their knowledge of the community is essential to the success of the collaboration.

The 10 SUNY institutions involved include University at Albany, University at Buffalo, SUNY Buffalo State, SUNY Cobleskill, SUNY-ESF, Nassau Community

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Shack-a-Thon raises over $300 J.U.M.P. responds to NFL player protests Julia Donnelly

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A campground of cardboard homes littered the Spine on Thursday, Oct. 19 as a part of Habitat for Humanity’s fourth annual Shack-a-Thon event.

Binghamton University’s Shack-aThon is held each year in order to raise money for the Broome County Habitat for Humanity chapter. This year, participating organizations spent three hours building cardboard homes, helping to raise over $300 and further Habitat for Humanity’s mission of ensuring that everyone has access to affordable housing. With these funds, the BU chapter will help build homes for local residents in need.

The cardboard huts, which were built by eight teams, were meant to raise awareness for the inadequate housing options faced by some residents of the greater Binghamton area. Broome

County’s poverty rate is 17.7 percent and the city of Binghamton’s rate is 33.9 percent, higher than the national average of 14.7 percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

According to Jacqueline St Pierre, a member of BU Habitat for Humanity and a sophomore double-majoring in mathematics and computer science, the annual Shack-a-Thon carries greater weight than a typical campus event.

“Although it may seem fun to build a cardboard house with your friends, this is how some people actually live,” St Pierre said. “As members of Habitat for Humanity, we hope to make people aware of the homelessness issue surrounding us here in New York state.”

Shack-a-Thon participants included a variety of student groups, some of whom were new to the event and hoped to make it a tradition. Matthew O’Malley, a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity and

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a sophomore majoring in geography, said he believed the event was a worthy cause.

“My fraternity is new to campus, so we thought Shack-a-Thon would not only help us in supporting a good cause, but get our name out there,” O’Malley said.

“We feel that building our cardboard house has brought us much closer as brothers.”

In regard to creating their shacks, some teams were more strategic than others, constructing preplanned designs with ease. Anna Domagala, a member of Alpha Omega Epsilon engineering sorority and a senior majoring in electrical engineering, said she felt fortunate her group was involved.

“By building our shack, we are able to put to use our design skills as future engineers,” Domagala said. “We want to make sure that we are more than an

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Eric Lee Contributing Writer

On Sunday, Oct. 15, 11 NFL players from three different teams protested during the national anthem.

On Wednesday, Oct. 18, the Juvenile Urban Multicultural Program (J.U.M.P. Nation) and the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity at Binghamton University came together to present “You Can’t Protest If You’re Black,” a conversation on activism for people of color, the backlash NFL players have received for kneeling during the national anthem and the systematic oppression of African Americans.

The title of the event came from a

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quote by Trevor Noah, the host of “The Daily Show,” who spoke out against this backlash on a recent episode.

Protesting of the national anthem during NFL games began when former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick sat and later kneeled during the duration of the national anthem last year. This form of protest gained popularity in September 2017, when approximately 200 players kneeled in response to President Donald Trump’s comments on firing kneeling players.

Brittney Anderson, a member of the J.U.M.P. Nation fundraising committee

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Women’s soccer secures playoff bye,

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In addition to raising awareness for poverty, many participants said the event brought about a sense of camaraderie among the teams and forged new connections among student groups. According to Jacob Richman, a member of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity and a sophomore majoring in computer engineering, students were eager to spread the Shack-a-Thon message to spectators.

“People walk by and want to know what we’re doing,” Richman said. “So I explain to them that people around the world are facing poverty, and Shack-a-Thon is trying to make us all aware of that.”

At the conclusion of Shacka-Thon, the Theta Chi fraternity was voted winner of the event and awarded a $100 cash prize.

redrawn by the legislature.

The ruling was the first in over three decades in which a redistricting plan was declared unconstitutional by a federal court. The judges held that Wisconsin’s maps disregarded Whitford’s First Amendment freedom of association (with the Democratic Party) and the Equal Protection Clause.

But in February, the state of Wisconsin appealed the ruling, requesting that the Supreme Court review the decision that the maps are unconstitutional.

Best and McDonald began working on the standard as an entry to a competition sponsored by Common Cause, a Washington, D.C.-based progressive organization with a stated goal of “restoring the core values of American democracy.”

Their winning submission, which detailed the equal vote weight standard’s conditions, gained the attention of lawyers involved in the Wisconsin case.

When the team members compared their standard with the efficiency gap, they said, the latter standard created a large number of false positives and negatives. “[Using the efficiency gap] is like taking your blood

Ariel Kachuro/Contributing Photographer From left, Binghamton University political science professors Michael McDonald and Robin Best, and Shawn Donahue, a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate studying political science, submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Gill v. Whitford Supreme Court case. The brief discusses their standard for determining partisan gerrymandering the equal vote weight standard. Professors Jonathan Krasno and Daniel Magleby, also of the political science department, contributed research to the brief.

pressure with a thermometer,” McDonald said.

According to McDonald, his team cautioned the plaintiff’s legal team against using the efficiency gap at the district court level.

“We started talking to the Wisconsin people and told them, ‘Don’t go with the efficiency

gap; this is going to be a serious problem as this litigation proceeds,’“ McDonald said. “I think it’s fair to say that they ducked us or ignored us.”

Donahue said he believes the case would have taken a different course had their standard been used.

“I don’t think the court

would have been able to attack it producing so many false negatives and positives [like the efficiency gap], because it wouldn’t,” he said.

To advance the argument for their standard, the professors used a computer program to generate thousands of alternative, partisan-blind

districting plans in Wisconsin.

Their brief included 10,000 such plans.

“We find that the Wisconsin case is quite an outlier compared to any of the partisan-blind plans,” McDonald said.

Oral arguments in the case began on Oct. 3; a ruling is expected by June 2018.

Art therapy provided to survivors Discussion focuses

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Resources offered to victims of abuse Erin Kagel Contributing Writer

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Each minute, nearly 20 people are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States, according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Binghamton University’s Interpersonal Violence Program hosted an event, Planting the Seed of Resilience, on Friday, Oct. 20 in University Union. The event focused on art therapy as a way for victims and survivors of domestic violence to heal and cope with trauma.

The event also explored relationships, and how to set boundaries and create new narratives in regard to domestic violence. Students and faculty worked through guided meditations, expressive art journaling and open discussions.

Doris Cheung, a case manager and advocate in the Dean of Students Office, spoke at the beginning of the event to highlight the importance of engaging in creative discussions, especially for victims and survivors during the healing process.

“A lot of times, people may not be ready to go to the [University] Counseling Center, but [with] this kind of event, they are more willing to attend because this is something that is really helpful for them,” Cheung said. “Other Domestic Violence Awareness Month events have been more about awareness but my event is more about healing.”

and a sophomore majoring in accounting, facilitated the event.

J.U.M.P. Nation is a mentorship program in which Binghamton University students connect with minority eighth-grade students from the greater Binghamton area and New York City. It culminates in a four-day trip to campus for the eighth-graders, consisting of numerous forums and workshops.

Anderson said it’s important to discuss how the issues being raised by NFL players relate to the disadvantaged children in the program.

“We always address key issues that are going on and this is a big issue, especially with the children we are working with … there are a lot of children who come from disadvantaged backgrounds who face the issues of police brutality,” Anderson said.

Throughout the discussion, many students discussed their frustration with Trump and how his rhetoric has shifted the conversation from focusing on the condition of black lives to a rhetoric focused on disrespecting the flag.

Destiny Ware, an undeclared freshman, said she believes too many people are focusing on the smaller details, while they should be focusing on the bigger issues at hand.

“When people try to invalidate what we are saying by saying that he is disrespecting veterans, that isn’t the point,” Ware said.

“You aren’t looking at the bigger

Vera Whalquist/Contributing Photographer Artist and recovery coach Cindy Casterlin shared her artwork with attendees at the Binghamton University Interpersonal Violence Program’s workshop, “Planting the Seed of Resilience,” on Friday, Oct. 20. Caster discussed the healing benefits of creativity for survivors of domestic violence.

Planting the Seed of Resilience also aimed to educate students and staff about the services available on and off campus to victims and survivors of domestic violence, including the High Hopes Helpline, the Crime Victims Assistance Center, the University ombudsman and the University Counseling Center. Some attendees, including Tierra Desir, an undeclared sophomore, used the event as an opportunity to learn about these resources.

“I haven’t really felt comfortable going to the services because I don’t know how much they would help,” Desir said. “But we’ve learned about the importance of communication, and while I haven’t been to the counseling services yet, I would be more openminded toward it now.”

Representatives from both A New Hope Center in Owego, New York, and the Crime

Victims Assistance Center, a local organization, tabled at the event.

Both groups are advocates for victims and survivors of sexual and domestic violence and provide services to assist people in their recovery process and beyond.

Cindy Casterlin, a recovery coach from the Mental Health Association of the Southern Tier and an artist, led attendees through steps of the recovery process and discussed the importance of art therapy and creativity. She shared her own art and provided materials for attendees.

“Art is a very empowering process because we are choosing what we’re going to work with, to the degree that we will work with it that day, who we’re going to share it with,” Casterlin said.

Attendees were encouraged to share their opinions and experiences with domestic violence as they worked through the different

forms of art therapy. Jan Marvin Ligan, a sophomore majoring in integrative neuroscience, said he had a personal connection to domestic violence and said he felt events such as this one made an important impact.

“For me, growing up, I’ve experienced domestic violence but I couldn’t really say much about it and I didn’t know how to cope with it because of that struggle with feeling inferior,” Ligan said.

Casterlin said that of all of the workshops she has run, the art therapy tends to be more popular because it makes people feel empowered.

“What I teach is a process so that you can dive inside and find what you need to find to create the life you were meant to lead,” Casterlin said. “The world needs each and every one of us just as we were meant to be and art is one way you get there.”

picture. You are only focusing on the smaller details. At the end of the day, it ties down to ignorance and a lack of accountability.”

Jerry Toussaint, the chapter treasurer of Kappa Alpha Psi and a junior majoring in philosophy, politics and law, said it was important to co-host the event since Kaepernick was a member of the same fraternity as a student at the University of Nevada, Reno.

“In light of what is going on, we viewed it as a perfect opportunity to have a discussion with the community about some of the recent events that have happened,” Toussaint said.

Many students discussed the validity of the concerns raised by the kneeling of NFL players during the national anthem. A common sentiment expressed was that NFL players have every right to protest and that the protests serve as a reminder that the issues being addressed prove J.U.M.P. Nation’s mission continues to be relevant 26 years after the organization’s founding.

Travis Allen, a member of the mentoring committee of J.U.M.P. Nation and a junior majoring in integrative neuroscience, said he believes it is important to be informed about current events so the organization can better prepare their proteges.

“It’s important we teach our youth the ways they can be successful, despite the challenges that lie ahead of them, and to teach them to overcome these barriers as minority children,” Allen said.

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SUNY partners with nonprofits HAITI FROM PAGE 1 College, SUNY New Paltz, Stony Brook University, SUNY Upstate Medical University and Binghamton University. Each SUNY will contribute a different program. BU’s College of Community and Public Affairs (CCPA) will provide public administration services to what will become a sustainable village and learning community.

Residents will participate and build the medical center in order to help rejuvenate the economy, resulting in the production of goods and services to be reinvested into the sustainable village. Ultimately, the revenue from hospitality management, aquaculture and organic farming will be reinvested into Arcahaie’s economy.

Although not longer directly involved, Laura Bronstein, dean of the CCPA, praised the initiative.

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members in efforts that benefit and build communities - both locally and around the world — are a big part of what CCPA is about,” Bronstein wrote in an email.

The support of the village was inspired by a similar SUNY learning model in Lebanon. An $800,000 donation from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and 40 acres of land contributed

by Carmelle Bellefleur, Nassau Community College professor of nursing, helped start the initiative in Haiti. Bellefleur was the first to dream of this initiative and said it’s particularly important for New York state, which has a large Haitian population.

“Working in Haiti is in service to the diverse student body, faculty and communities SUNY embodies,” Bellefleur said. “Giving back to our communities in the U.S. and in Haiti has been central to my career, and a personal and professional endeavor.”

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Suspects light up in the Nature Preserve SATURDAY, Oct. 14, 12:33 a.m. — Officers on foot patrol in the Nature Preserve noticed a strong odor of marijuana. Upon investigation, they found three suspects, an 18-year-old male, an 18-yearold female and a 19-year-old male, passing around a pipe. Officers observed that all three had red and glassy eyes. When confronted, one of the male suspects tried to hide the pipe in his hoodie. Officers asked if they had any additional marijuana, and the suspects said they didn’t and voluntarily emptied their pockets. The male suspect who owned the pipe received a ticket for unlawful possession of marijuana and will appear in Vestal Town Court. The other two suspects were let off with a warning.

Suspended driver runs red light TUESDAY, Oct. 17, 9:58 a.m.

— An officer on patrol observed a driver who failed to stop at a red light at the intersection of Bunn Hill Access Road and West Drive. The officer approached the driver, a 23-year-old female, and asked if she knew there was a red light. The driver said she’d deliberately run the red light. The officer ran the female’s license through the Department of Motor Vehicles database, and found it had been suspended on Aug. 26, 2013 for failure to answer a summons and again on Sept. 26, 2013 for failure to pay her fines. When asked about the suspensions,

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the driver claimed that she wasn’t aware of them.

The officer gave her a ticket for failure to stop at a stoplight and unlicensed operation of her vehicle.

She will appear in Vestal Town Court. The driver’s sister was allowed to take over operation of the vehicle.

Hooks stolen from men’s bathroom WEDNESDAY, Oct. 18, 8:52 a.m. — Officers responded to Bingham Hall of Newing College after receiving a report from a staff member about damage to the men’s bathroom in the building lobby. The damage, believed to have been sustained between 10 a.m. on Oct. 17 and 8:45 a.m. on Oct. 18, was caused by an unknown suspect removing the hooks off the walls of the men’s bathroom.

The suspect caused an estimated $150 in damage to the bathroom walls, and the estimated value of the hooks is $20. Anybody with any knowledge of the incident should contact UPD. Male imitates friend’s number THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 6:10 p.m. — A 19-year-old female contacted UPD after receiving a phone call from a male who claimed he had her friend’s phone. The male told the victim that he found her friend’s phone and was willing to return it to her if she brought $50 to a restaurant to meet with him. The victim, after hearing this, got nervous and hung up the phone. She later contacted her friend, who said she still had the phone. Officers said they believe the man made his phone number appear as the friend’s phone number to the victim.

The case is still under investigation.

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ARTS & CULTURE Geography 151 builds bridge between two continents

Taught by Mark Reisinger, class links high schoolers in China with University freshmen Kara Brown Assistant Arts & Culture Editor Mark Reisinger, associate professor of geography at Binghamton University, and his students had been discussing socioeconomic status around the globe when they took a break to learn about some upcoming holidays.

Rosh Hashana was only a few days away, so one group of students happily explained how they celebrate the Jewish new year.

Another group of students sat attentively, learning about a religion they’ve never experienced, before taking their turn to explain the Mid-Autumn Festival. These students, sitting in a classroom more than 7,000 miles away, attend the Zhenjiang First Foreign Language School, located in the Jiangsu province of China.

Connected by cameras, microphones and a large television screen, the classmates took turns talking about dipping apples in honey and meanings behind the symbols on top of mooncakes, respectively, before returning to their course material for GEOG 151: World Regional Geography.

“Part of the goal is not just learning about geography, but it’s about learning about different cultures,” Reisinger said.

“Another big goal of my course is to get the students to know each other, [to] get to communicate

“Part of the goal is not just learning about geography, but it's about learning about different cultures ... obviously, the best way to do that is through discussion.”

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with one another [and to] get to interact with one another.

Obviously, the best way to do that is through discussion.”

This small section of World Regional Geography is taught through Harpur College’s University Readiness Program (URP), which allows high school students in China to take Binghamton University classes in preparation for the U.S. educational climate, while earning credit toward their future degrees.

Reisinger is the program’s lead teacher and has been at BU since 2001, and began teaching this course when URP started in 2012.

For the first year, the course didn’t include BU students at all. “[I was] actually doing the class from my office,” Reisinger said. “[I was] sitting on my computer talking to these students and having these wonderful conversations, and I’m thinking to myself, ‘This is ridiculous — we should have some Binghamton [University] students here taking advantage of these wonderful discussions.’”

The following year, in the fall of 2013, Reisinger, who is a collegiate professor (formerly referred to as faculty master) in Newing College, opened up the class to a small group of freshman residents of the community. The current class is composed of 13 BU students and 13 Zhenjiang First Foreign Language School students who meet Mondays and Tuesdays from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., which is 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. China Standard Time. Once daylight saving time ends, the BU students will meet from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Ben Kahn, a member of the class and an undeclared freshman, said he’s benefited from learning about the cultural differences and similarities between himself and his international classmates.

“One thing that I’ve found is that I tend to discount people when they have different accents and try to speak in English with that, with a lower command of English, because it’s not their first language,” he said. “And that’s just something I’m excited to learn to get out of.”

In addition to shattering stereotypes, Reisinger said these “cultural interactions” introduce his Chinese students to the U.S. teaching style.

“The education system in China is vastly different than it is here,” he said. “In many Chinese

Kojo Senoo/Staff Photographer Mark Reisinger, an associate professor of geography, poses in front of his collection of Chinese memorabilia. Reisinger has accumulated many gifts from former URP students, as gift-giving is an important aspect of Chinese culture.

classes, students will essentially sit there and they absorb what the teacher is saying. There’s really no interaction — no participation.”

Reisinger teaches a flipped class, meaning that all lectures are prerecorded and to be watched before the students come to class, so class time is focused on discussion.

Additionally, the students work in small groups — two BU students and two Zhenjiang First Foreign Language School students — to complete a research project. This involves the use of technology outside of class, which Reisinger said has been a challenge.

“The parents [in China] don’t want their students to be using technology,” he said. “I’m trying to convince them that, you know, in an American classroom, you’re using technology. You’re using technology all of the time and you have to have access to technology to be able to complete assignments, to do all sorts of things.”

Elaine Wu, a former URP student who is now a junior majoring in geography at BU, said she didn’t think URP was useful when she was in high school.

Once she started classes at BU, however, Wu said she realized how much more prepared she was than her friends who had no experience in a U.S. classroom.

Although URP students are not required to come to BU, many

of them choose to. Wu said that knowing she’d see familiar faces influenced her decision to attend BU. “[Reisinger] is a very nice professor,” she said. “I think [he] is one of the reasons why I chose the geography major.”

Wu and Reisinger discuss everything from roommate troubles to summer plans and Chinese culture.

Reisinger said he appreciates having the opportunity to form these bonds.

“I love working with international students to begin with,” he said. “But [URP has] really given me a close relationship with lots of students from China, because once they know that you’ve visited there and that you’re familiar with the country and things like that, they kind of tend to gravitate.”

Engaging with URP students has made Reisinger more empathetic toward international students and he said he brings that empathy to his “more traditional” classrooms.

“As a faculty member, I have gained such an appreciation for international students and some of the difficulties they face,” he said. “It’s so amazing, and I really wish more faculty members would have this kind of opportunity.

Maybe it would help them to understand a little bit about some of the struggles that international students, in particular, face.”

Q&A with the TA Because of the 12-hour time difference, it can be difficult for Reisinger to help his URP students one-on-one.

To remedy this, he has a teaching assistant (TA) who spends the semester in China. This year, Tiara Rei, ‘17, who has her bachelor’s in geography, has taken on the role.

Pipe Dream: What made you decide to be a TA in China?

Tiara Rei: I was checking my email one day early last semester and something from Mark caught my eye. The message read something like, “Are you unsure of what you want to do after graduation? Would you be interested in being a TA for my world geography course?” These questions resonated with me since I did not have any set plans for after graduation, so the next time I saw Mark for my thesis meeting, I brought it up.

PD: What do you miss most about home?

TR: I can’t wait to go home and sleep in my own bed. I have the thinnest and hardest mattress I’ve ever seen and felt in my life.

It’s less than two inches thick.

Stiff mattresses are typical here, but I really miss my bed at home.

PD: Have you found a go-to restaurant?

TR: Noodle shops are always good options to hit up when you don’t know what to eat or are having a hard time understanding everything on the menu at different restaurants.

Zhenjiang is also a city known for its noodles.

PD: What experience with your students has stood out the most?

TR: During the first week of classes, the students had an assignment where they had to explain what their Chinese names meant and how they chose their English names. One student, Blamo, created his own name based on his love for “Harry Potter.” He explained that he found spells related to fire were cool so he found two synonyms for fire, blaze and flame, and combined them. He didn’t want to be called “Blame,” so he changed the E to an O and that’s how he got “Blamo.”

Pipe Dream has edited this interview for length and clarity.

Two-day festival showcases college comedians

Bing Stand-Up hosted student performers from universities across the Northeast Gabby Iacovano Arts & Culture The first Binghamton Comedy Festival, held on campus this past weekend, connected comics from several schools in the Northeast.

The free two-day festival was held in Lecture Hall 10 and consisted of four shows — two on Friday and two on Saturday. Each show featured a different lineup of student comics from Bing Stand-Up and similar organizations at Ithaca College, Colgate University, Yale University, Wesleyan University, Lafayette College and SUNY Purchase.

The event was Bing Stand-Up’s first festival featuring comics from other schools. Peter Clark-Deutsch, vice president of Bing Stand-Up and a senior majoring in mathematics, got the idea after organizing a collaborative show with SUNY Purchase last fall, titled “Safety School Comedy Jam.” Clark-Deutsch said that he already knew comics from a few other nearby schools, and after doing some research on which colleges had stand-up comedy clubs, he reached out to 12 different organizations with the hope of collaborating. Six responded, and

students from each organization performed at the festival.

Patrick Toohey, president of Colgate Stand Up and a sophomore at the university, said the festival’s atmosphere was a welcome change of pace for members of his group, whose performances are usually limited to local pubs.

“Here, we were guaranteed an audience that was here for comedy, at a comedy festival, so that was really cool,” he said.

Vicky Kim, treasurer of Bing Stand-Up and a junior majoring in electrical engineering, opened the first time slot with a joke about the city of Binghamton’s status as one of the nation’s most depressing cities. Other comics touched on subjects like modern dating, working in retail and navigating life after college.

Kim, who hosted the first performance on Friday, said that the inclusion of performers from different areas offered varied viewpoints.

“We’re all college students, so we kind of have similar experiences,” she said. “But it’s nice to have different perspectives.”

Hannah Fishman, an undeclared sophomore, said that all the comics brought life and energy to the stage.

“They were so down-to-earth,

and I think the topics that they choose are topics that affect all of us,” she said. ““They showed their weaknesses in a positive way.”

In addition to the lineup of visiting students and current Bing Stand-Up members, two BU alumni also performed. Lyla Cerulli and Christian Macaluso, who both graduated in 2017, came back to Binghamton from their current homes in the New York City area to participate in the event.

Cerulli, who still performs frequently, said that networking with comics from other schools could be beneficial to students even after graduation.

“Most of the time if you’re doing stand-up in college, or you want to do stand-up, you’re ending up in New York City,” she said. “So the more people you know during the college years, the more it helps you with networking.”

Clark-Deutsch said he hoped that the event would serve as a networking opportunity for student comedians and possibly foster lasting connections.

“Comedy’s great if you know how to network,” he said. “I wanted people who all like the same thing to come together, talk to one another, become friends and hopefully collaborate in the future.”

Jacob Hanna/Contributing Photographer A student performer in the spotlight at the first Binghamton Comedy Festival. The event, hosted by Bing Stand-Up, brought comedians from six other schools to perform in the two-day event..

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Topaz Jones, Crumb to perform at BU on Nov. 2

Binghamton Underground Music Presents will bring the up-and-coming acts to the Union Georgia Westbrook Arts & Culture Editor Binghamton Underground Music Presents (BUMP) announced on Friday that their first show of the semester will feature genre-crossing artist Topaz Jones. The show will be opened by indie band Crumb.

Bucking tradition, the show will mix genres, rather than sticking to the pattern of mainly alternativerock and pop acts that have been brought to campus in recent years.

Mika Itkin-Weinstein, chair of BUMP and a junior double-majoring in English and history, said she’s excited to bring a new genre to the concert series. “[Topaz Jones is] kind of like a funk, hip-hop rap artist and he has a full band,” Itkin-Weinstein said.

“Actually, I went to high school with him [in Montclair, New Jersey] … a lot of people in my hometown were bumping his music all the time.”

While relatively new to the music scene, Jones has formal training in the industry with a degree from the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University.

He released his first album, “The

Honeymoon Suite,” in 2014 and followed up with sophomore effort “Arcade” in 2016. Jones has been featured on The Fader and NPR’s “Songs We Love” and found success with his song “Tropicana,” which has been streamed nearly 2.5 million times on SoundCloud.

Part of his popularity comes from the way in which he engages with current events.

In an interview with Ian Blair for Pitchfork, Jones explained that his music is reflective of his experience as a black man in America.

“When people who look like you are being killed on television, that’s a crazy thing, and rather than attacking that head-on, I found myself just avoiding it altogether and trying to distract myself from it as a coping mechanism,” he said.

“My role is more to just make really good music and to make things that represent my truth, and to have people relate to them.”

Crumb, which formed when the members were students at Tufts University, has already released two EPs and made a name for itself since its debut in 2016. The band has been touring for the better part of

this year and will be coming to BU after a tour with (Sandy) Alex G and Hovvdy. In June, Paste Magazine christened the outfit “The Best of What’s Next.”

Itkin-Weinstein is combining her roles at BUMP chair and world department director for WHRW 90.5 FM to plan a series of events for the month of November as part of Underground Music Month on campus.

“I’ll just be putting out a calendar essentially of all the things happening, like [Cafe] O’Spacis with the radio station,” ItkinWeinstein said. “I’m helping put on — hopefully — an open mic in the Undergrounds and just a bunch of other local-music things, trying to help promote Binghamton bands as well, throughout November.”

This will tentatively include a second BUMP show on Nov. 15, which Itkin-Weinstein said will be confirmed and announced later this month.

Topaz Jones will perform on Nov. 2 in the University Union Undergrounds. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and the show will begin at 8 p.m. Admission is free.

Bring the 'Positive Vibes'

WE SPEAK BU to hold annual open mic Annick Tabb Contributing Writer On Oct. 24, Binghamton University students will have the opportunity to spread love and positivity on campus.

“Positive Vibes: A Self-Love Showcase” is an annual event presented by Women Empowered Support Protect Educate Advocate and Know at Binghamton University (WE SPEAK BU).

“We want to create an environment where students can feel free to share their work to a really open-minded and comfortable audience,” said Simona Maksimyan, vice president of WE SPEAK BU and a senior majoring in integrative neuroscience.

Maksimyan said that performances at this annual event are often relatable and inspiring.

“It’s comforting for people to hear things and realize that they’re not the only people feeling a certain way,” Maksimyan said.

“The performers onstage feel that connection with the audience.”

The event will feature acts ranging from spoken-word poetry and dance to art showcases and rap performances. This showcase has evolved from its original roots, as “Positive Vibes” was originally known as “Positive Monologues,” where members of the WE SPEAK BU E-Board collaborated with the e-board members of other organizations and other BU students to recite monologues on different topics all related to selfexpression and empowerment.

Performers were chosen through an informal audition process, in which no performance is turned away.

Ariane Lucchini, president of WE SPEAK BU and a senior majoring in psychology, explained that the open nature of the show may lead to some uncomfortable moments. However, Maksimyan said that this discomfort is necessary to the impact of the

event.

“The raw, revealing emotion emphasizes the points the performers are making,” Maksimyan said.

WE SPEAK BU is a studentrun women’s empowerment group that promotes issues such as safe sex, sexual assault awareness, female empowerment, equality, body positivity, selflove and acceptance. Maksimyan said their goal is to go beyond merely criticizing issues they are passionate about.

“In these times, with the political climate, we don’t want to be people who just complain,” Maksimyan said. “We want to take people’s concerns and do something about them. We want people to be inspired to get an education, to pursue whatever career they want, to take on life in any aspect. We’re here to empower women to do whatever it is they want to be doing.”

Marie Baroutjian, WE SPEAK BU’s public relations chair and

a sophomore double-majoring in political science and human development, explained that while it’s easy to become caught up with the responsibilities and work that make up college, you have to take the time to focus on your mental health.

“It’s so much more important than people think,” Baroutjian wrote in an email. “And unlike your math homework, it’s not something you can [put off].”

Similarly, Lucchini said that focusing on personal growth and learning to be happy with yourself isn’t easy, but she is optimistic that the event will have a positive impact on efforts to do so.

“Self-love is tough to achieve,” Lucchini wrote in an email. “An event like ours won’t make it happen overnight, but it can open your mind to the potential of it happening.”

The event will be held in the University Union Undergrounds on Tuesday, Oct. 24 at 7 p.m.

Admission is free.

Provided by We Speak BU Members of WE SPEAK BU pose after last year’s “Positive Monologues” event. This year’s show, titled “Positive Vibes: A Self-Love Showcase,” will be held on Tuesday.

Provided by ICM Partners Topaz Jones combines hip-hop with indie rock and is backed by a full band in performances. The artist will headline the first BUMP show of the semester on Nov. 2.

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Becoming bike-friendly

BU and the city of Binghamton must address the flaws in the Facilities Master Plan Joshua Hummell Contributing Columnist

Binghamton University, the Southern Tier and upstate New York as a whole are currently in the middle of a makeover. It is happening under a program called the New York Upstate Revitalization Initiative, which is geared toward reinvigorating upstate’s economy and communities. One of the plans is to create a pedestrian and bicyclefriendly route from Downtown Binghamton to BU’s campus.

The project is already halfway to completion — the pedestrian bridge is finished and they are completing the pathway over Vestal Parkway at the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge. All they have left is to complete the path on the south side of Route 434 that will lead to Murray Hill Road, the road behind the East Gym. This is great news for all the cyclists on campus, and for all the others who are becoming more and more infuriated over the lack of parking on campus.

However, there seems to be a few flaws no one has discussed.

Downtown, not unlike BU, has a parking problem. It is very difficult to find a parking spot, especially during the daytime.

So, it will definitely be nice to be able to bike Downtown in order to escape the parking fiasco that

it is. Except that, currently, there are only two designated bike lockups. After a quick call to the city of Binghamton’s Planning, Housing & Community Development department, I discovered that there are no plans in the future to build more. It was even recommended by the Broome County Parks and Recreation Department that I just attach my bike to a guardrail or light post.

This is geared solely to people who live Downtown and have a place to store their bikes, not to the people who live on the other side of the bridges. It seems lazy on the city’s part, because if you are receiving money to develop a bike pathway that is obviously meant to be used, then people using it will need places to store their bikes. It’s something that should have been incorporated into the plan to begin with. This will make Downtown less aesthetically pleasing because, more than likely, it will look like BU’s campus, where people lock up their bikes in any spot they desire. It also has the potential for someone to injure themselves if they don’t see a bike locked up to a light post or guardrail. It may even interfere with handicappedaccessible railings that could affect a person’s mobility. BU should be more prepared since it already has its extra lock-ups, right?

BU already knows it needs to update its bicycle and pedestrian routes on campus, for it is

written in the University Facilities Master Plan. It highlights the less aesthetically pleasing and dangerous lock-up problem I already discussed, as well as the dangers of bikes that either share a path with motor vehicles or with pedestrians. It also recommends that bike paths should be created in tandem with the roadways of the University and, possibly, make some of the roads exclusive to personal motor vehicles.

However, we are almost halfway through the 10 years that the Facilities Master Plan outlines, and this issue isn’t yet addressed.

As more cars are predicted to come to campus with the University’s plan to have 20,000 students by 2020, as seen with the new additional parking, it will only make it more dangerous for bike riders. Therefore, if BU and the city of Binghamton are on board with this project, as their media declares, then they create bikefriendly areas. If creating a bikefriendly area is followed through with, it will reduce the congestion of campus, make the campus more environmentally friendly and may even incentivize a healthier lifestyle for faculty and students as an alternative to those who are sick of waiting on buses or waiting at stoplights to get to campus.

— Josh Hummell is a senior double-majoring in classical and Near Eastern studies and history.

It’s almost a cliche at this point to talk about how divided our country has become. Equally cliched is the subsequent, impassioned plea for something — sanity, reason, unity — anything to get us back to a place where the national conversation doesn’t feel like a shouting match just before a fistfight.

But even if our country wasn’t in the throes of a generationdefining political moment, we as college students, in our capacity and eagerness, would seek out those crises that haven’t yet been named and put our passion and ambition in the service of resolving them.

In any case, there’s no doubt that we are living through a pivotal era in the history of the United States and the world. It’s a deadly serious responsibility.

Important moments tend to bring out the best in us, but also the worst; they bring out the parts that are the most gracious and heroic and brave, yes, but also the parts that are arrogant and irresponsible and self-righteous. Needless to say, we have plenty of the last to go around on both the “right” and the “left” — whatever those terms have come to mean.

A theme that — I hope — runs through my columns, is the importance of self-doubt, reflection and humility. These virtues are essential. As our country devolves further into the aforementioned shouting match, they become vital.

No matter where you fall on the political spectrum, you are subject to the disease of the human condition — our fallibility and imperfection.

Many of our problems could be solved, or at least addressed,

by admitting to ourselves that we may actually be wrong. Not only about trivial things, but about the most fundamental questions that we thought we had answered.

It’s important to recognize our fallibility. Before we try to go out and change the world — or save it — we must also recognize that we ourselves, like the world at large, are a work in progress. There’s evil and injustice out there — too much to bear, at certain points.

But that recognition must also

“It's important to recognize our fallibility.

Before we try to go out and change the world — or save it — we must also recognize that we ourselves, like the world at large, are a work in progress." come with the admission that none of us are impervious to evil, to mistakes or to simply being wrong about what is true and what is not.

The fight against darkness and falsehood is not just between people — that fight rages within each person.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the Russian nationalist and author who exposed the vast, unimaginable crimes of the

communist regime in the Soviet Union, said this about the eternal battle: “If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them.

But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?”

I think about Solzhenitsyn’s quote often — it gets to the core of what it means to be a human being, prone to pride and self-deception and moral blindness. Like that dividing line of which he speaks, change runs through your heart, too.

Changing yourself is a difficult thing; changing the world is weightier still. They are connected intimately, and the great moral heroes of our time knew this well.

So, if you’re a college student, and you want to change the world or save it, this column is for you. The things I’ve mentioned here, you should keep in mind. Reflect on your deeply held beliefs and challenge them. If they are that important to you, you’d better be damn sure you have things straight. Recognize that as you yourself are fallible, others are, too, and therefore be forgiving.

You will realize, with time, that if you can become a more understanding person, others will recognize it in you and you will lead by your example.

Becoming a better person is a lifelong process — we’ll never quite finish. Subjecting our deeply held beliefs to questioning and scrutiny is difficult and sometimes humiliating. But we have to struggle with it every day — this moment demands it of us.

— Aaron Bondar is a junior double-majoring in economics and political science.

Graduate school fees create barriers for students High costs of tests and applications pose problems in continuing education Jessica Gutowitz Contributing Columnist

If you thought you were done with standardized testing the day you got your sweet, sweet Binghamton University acceptance letter printed on watermarked stationery and boasting President Harvey Stenger’s signature, you were wrong. Sorry to be the one to break it to you, but if you’re looking to pursue education beyond your bachelor’s degree, you’ve barely even begun.

And it’s likely you’ll want to — 85 percent of Binghamton University students have enrolled in a graduate or professional program within six months of graduation.

Although 5.9 percent of occupations require education above a bachelor’s degree at the outset, the jobs that do are the higher-paying jobs, and thus inspire many to pursue them.

However, the exams required in order to apply to graduate schools are extremely costly and often dissuade students from applying, if not outright prevent them from doing so due to lack of funds.

At the very least, those

pursuing further education are set up to take the GRE graduate school entry exam. This is comparable to the SAT. It’s a general admission exam and you have to take it to be considered for acceptance. Most schools have a particular threshold for their score, and if you don’t meet their criteria, which is only sometimes disclosed, your application will go directly into the paper shredder. The GRE costs $205. Assuming you get the score that will get you into the school you’ve been dreaming of on your first try, that’s over $200 just to get your foot in the door.

Depending on the program and type of school you want to attend, there may be additional testing required. All the future lawyers in BU’s undergraduate population will need to take the LSAT, the law school aptitude test.

This exam costs $180 — a bargain compared to other postgraduate tests. Future business master’s students will be taking the GMAT for admission to postgraduate business and management programs, weighing in at $250.

Future doctors have the MCAT medical school admission exam to look forward to, which will pose a $310 blow to their wallets.

It doesn’t end there. A student is expected to pay fees for the physical applications sent,

expenses to send standardized test scores (above a certain number), travel costs associated with visits and interviews and much more.

Additionally, medical schools may look at your credit scores, potentially deferring admittance pending the resolution of credit issues. Not only do you need to pay an arm and a leg for the chance of being accepted, but you have to somehow avoid going into debt doing so.

And then you have to actually pay for graduate school.

You may, at this point, be banging your head against the nearest wall. I agree, this process is ridiculous; with all of the financial obstacles, it’s a miracle anyone decides to go to graduate school. It is difficult for students to justify continuing their education, and thus plunging themselves into debt, when they can enter the workforce as is and begin earning money to pay off already accumulated debt.

We are told that the only way to get anywhere in life is to get an education, but then when we try, we are plummeted into lifelong debt. Society needs lawyers, businesspeople and doctors. It wouldn’t function without them.

All qualified students should be able to attend graduate school — not just the wealthy ones.

The high costs of graduate

school and college in general play into the inherent class system in the United States. Those who are facing poverty cannot afford higher education, cannot obtain high-paying jobs and thus continue to struggle financially, perpetuating the cycle of poverty.

While sometimes fee waivers are available for these exams, they are often difficult to obtain and are not available to enough people. The process for getting them should be simplified and the income bracket for qualification should be broadened.

Walt Disney told us that “all our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” But courage can’t foot our dream’s bills. There needs to be real change in the payment system for education at all levels.

Fee waivers should be more readily available and entrance exam costs should be lessened or paid for by the graduate schools who are necessitating them.

Requiring students to pay the astronomical costs of education is not sustainable. As the costs of fees and tuition rise, the numbers of students enrolled and applying will fall. It’s time to reconsider the financial burdens placed on students and make a change.

— Jessica Gutowitz undeclared freshman.

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Women's soccer defeats Hawks in overtime thriller

Jonathan Flores/Design Assistant Freshman forward Genna Michitti kicked off the Bearcats’ hot start, scoring in the seventh minute of Binghamton’s win against Hartford.

Hatziyianis' diving save, Theiller's game-winning goal propel BU to regular-season AE title WSOC FROM PAGE 1 3-2 overtime victory. The win earned Binghamton a bye in the upcoming America East (AE) Tournament, and with New Hampshire dropping its final game, the Bearcats clinched a share of the AE regular-season title — the program’s first since 2004.

“I don’t think I’ve seen everything and the kitchen sink thrown at one team like it was today, but it didn’t matter,” Bhattacharjee said. “[Hatziyianis] is a monster when it comes to [saving penalty kicks]. We felt really good,

even in that moment, that she’s capable of coming up with that big time, critical save. That’s the sign of a big-time goalkeeper.”

The Bearcats began the game dominantly, moving the ball swiftly and keeping possession for extended periods of time. Freshman forward Genna Michitti recorded her third goal of the season, and freshman midfielder Dora Hayes doubled Binghamton’s lead just two minutes later. Up 2-0 just 10 minutes into the game, BU appeared poised to run away with its final regularseason match. Hartford answered quickly, however, and scored in the

15th minute. Following a hectic opening, the match’s pace slowed significantly as each team defended more physically and attacked more deliberately with fewer passes.

“That physical side, that grit side, that’s something you gotta contend with in the America East,” Bhattacharjee said. “It’s a good soccer playing conference, but it’s a physical one too. We’ve got players that are tough and gritty, which we absolutely needed.”

While the game dragged on, Hartford buried its equalizing goal in the opening minute of the second half. However, after

failing to capitalize on its penalty kick, Hartford’s offense stagnated entirely, failing to take a shot for the remainder of the game. Down one player, Binghamton struggled to create opportunities, with Hartford freshman goalkeeper Maia Perez grabbing numerous attempted crosses out of the air. The offensive droughts continued through the end of regulation, forcing overtime with the score tied at two.

“We had one less forward,” Bhattacharjee said. “We had to go a little more direct, but it actually worked out in our favor.”

Nearly four minutes into

overtime, Binghamton created its game-winning chance. Redshirt junior forward Kayla Saager used an array of moves to advance the ball from midfield to the box, earning a corner kick. Saager lofted the ball just out of Perez’s reach, and freshman defender Erin Theiller volleyed it into the back of the net, securing an exceptionally hard-fought victory.

“As a staff, we’ve actually looked at our corner kicks,” Bhattacharjee said. “We had 105 corners before this game, and we were only able to get two goals off of it … [Theiller’s goal] made up for

all of them.”

The goal was Theiller’s first of her Binghamton career, and her work in practice prepared her for this exact moment.

“Just the other day in practice, I scored off a corner and [one of my coaches] was like, ‘Why can’t you do that in the game?’ [Doing it in a game] feels amazing,” Theiller said.

Binghamton’s next game will be the AE semifinal against the winner of Hartford and Vermont.

Kickoff from the Bearcats Sports Complex in Vestal, New York is expected at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 29.

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Binghamton men’s soccer was held to just two shots in its loss to UMass Lowell, 2-0. BU (5-7-3, 1-22 America East) is approaching the end of conference play, making this 2-0 shutout a devastating blow to its confidence, as it has yet to play Vermont and Albany, who sit at second and third place, respectively.

“I am very disappointed in how we started the match,” said BU head coach Paul Marco. “Right from the first whistle we sat back in, we let them have time on the ball; to play that way at home is unacceptable.”

Binghamton struggled offensively and UML (7-5-1, 3-2 AE) took advantage early by making the BU defense work hard. The River Hawks booted 13 shots by the end of regulation. Their first shot to find the back of the net came in the 32nd minute of play.

“They’re a very good team, and when you give a very good team time and space on the ball, they become even better,” Marco said.

“That was not in the game plan.

Once the ball was kicked off, we played scared; we were afraid and made the game much more difficult than it had to be.”

UMass Lowell sophomore midfielder Roko Prsa netted his first goal of the season off a cross from sophomore midfielder Dario Jovanovski. Binghamton redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Chris Shutler came out of the goal to try and make a sliding stop on the ball, but Prsa quickly fired a shot right past the BU keeper.

Before the clock could reach the 34th minute, the River Hawks struck again. Redshirt senior midfielder Guilherme Rodrigues showcased a SportsCenter top10 caliber goal off another assist

Rebecca Kiss/Assistant Photography Editor Redshirt freshman Kurt Wesch looks toward officials after the ball is kicked out of bounds during Saturday night’s match against UMass Lowell.

from Jovanovski. The experienced midfielder was outside the box to the left when he nailed a ball to the top left corner that caught both Shutler and the Bearcats’ defense off guard.

“I have to give some credit to [UMass Lowell],” Marco said. “They were very quick on the ball — we gave them too much room, space and time. We’re still in the fight. We still need to win games.”

UML would retain momentum for the remainder of the game, not allowing BU even one legitimate scoring opportunity. The Bearcats’ frustration and fatigue were visible, as a Lowell defender blocked their only shot on goal of the second half.

“I think that right now we can take something away from this game, that we can play in a different shape, as we did in the second half, and we still need to create opportunities behind their backs,” Marco said.

Redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Alejandro Cubillo shined in the second half, a period that saw seven shots on goal for UML. Cubillo saved four of the seven shots, one of which came on a breakaway play from UML senior forward Richard Mulo late in the game.

Cubillo, who is coming off a notable season in which he recorded six solo shutouts, has continued to be a consistent force in the net for Binghamton while the offense has stagnated at points.

“Hofstra is a very good team,” Marco said. “The attitude has to improve, our usefulness with the ball has to improve and then we need guys up front who will do whatever they can to get a goal — I didn’t feel any hunger from any of our players today.”

Contrary to Marco’s comments, the BU back line also turned in an impressive performance in the second half. A young and effective defender such as redshirt freshman back Kurt Wesch will look to an experienced defenseman like junior back Kevin Flesch for leadership and direction in the upcoming intense conference play.

Moving forward, the Bearcats will have a tough test against Hofstra. The Pride finished second in the Colonial Athletic Association this regular season, which gives BU a good warmup for Vermont and Albany. Kickoff is scheduled for Wednesday night at 7 p.m. from the Bearcats Sports Complex in Vestal, New York.

Following a notable 3-2 victory over Stony Brook last Friday, the Binghamton volleyball team failed to keep its momentum going at home. Binghamton (6-14, 3-4 America East) was unable to take down Albany (6-13, 6-1 AE), who carried a three-match win streak into Vestal and ultimately extended it to four games with a sweep against Binghamton.

UAlbany headed into the match after defeating Stony Brook the previous Sunday. The Great Danes lead the conference in standings, having earned six wins and showcasing a conference win percentage of .857.

Albany claimed victory by scores of 27-25, 25-20 and 25-20 in each set, respectively, sweeping the Bearcats and preventing Binghamton from gaining any sort of momentum. Binghamton played Albany closely statistically by scoring 56 points to their opponents’ 55, but the Bearcats failed to close out any of the three frames.

Junior outside hitter Gaby Alicea’s match-leading 14 kills and senior setter Sarah Ngo’s 41 assists were not enough for the Bearcats to gain the edge throughout the evening.

“This is a tough loss for us, we thought we could do better but they’re a pretty solid team over there,” said BU head coach Glenn Kiriyama. “We just have to keep working hard in the gym and practice a little bit better this week.”

The conference matchup brought a season-high attendance of 379 to the West Gym, and Binghamton fed off the energetic

crowd to a 24-22 lead in the first set. However, the Great Danes rallied to close out the sequence with a 27-25 comeback victory that Binghamton never recovered from.

Albany jumped out to a 12-6 advantage in the second game and rode that lead to the end of the set. The Bearcats failed to make a comeback, and the Great Danes took the frame, 25-20.

“It gets us up for it, not a lot of letdowns and we know we’ll be ready out there, we just didn’t execute tonight,” Kiriyama said about Binghamton’s rivalry with Albany.

The third set consisted of runs, as both Albany and Binghamton strung together five consecutive points during the set. Nonetheless, with Binghamton leading 19-18, the Great Danes responded by securing seven of the final eight points to close out the match.

Boasting a 3-4 AE record, the Bearcats will finish out the season in the coming weeks with five

consecutive conference matches, a stretch where Kiriyama knows the team can make or break its season. Two of the five games will be at home, which could be advantageous for the Bearcats, who have a 4-1 record on their home court but only a 2-13 record on the road.

The upcoming matchup with New Hampshire provides a familiar challenge as Binghamton defeated the Wildcats, 3-1, earlier in the season. Hoping to find some degree of success away, Binghamton needs to capture a conference victory not in the West Gym. “We know we can compete with them,” Kiriyama said. “It’s gonna be a little tougher on the road but if we play hard, good things will happen.”

Searching for their fourth AE victory of the season, Binghamton starts a two-game road trip against the Wildcats on Friday, Oct. 27.

The match is slated for 7 p.m. at Lundholm Gymnasium in Durham, New Hampshire.

Rebecca Kiss/Assistant Photography Editor Senior setter Sarah Ngo put up 41 assists during the Bearcats’ match against Albany this past Friday.