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contribute to the development of Chabad through the years.

The welcoming celebration took place in the Mandela Room in the University Union with a few opening words from Slonim discussing the importance and significance of the Legacy Torah, which took over two years to complete and was sponsored by thousands of individuals, from Israel to Australia. She noted that it

Binghamton University’s Town-Gown Advisory Board hopes to further bridge the gap between campus and the community, starting at their first meeting lined up for Tuesday, Oct. 3.

The board, the first of its kind, will bring together members of the University and local communities to address issues that affect both parties and provide recommendations on possible action.

Randall Edouard, co-chair of the board and the assistant vice president for student affairs, said the committee will have approximately 30 members and focus on issues including safety, transportation, community engagement, student housing and underage drinking.

“My vision for the board for sure is gathering the most talented people from all over the University and from all over the community,” Edouard said. “It’s sort of a large group, but most boards are kind of like that, and then breaking them down into these subcommittees to actually do some

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Rebecca Kiss/Assistant Photo Editor The Legacy Torah marks the development of the Rohr Chabad Center for Jewish Student Life from a small group to an organization that represents a significant portion of the Jewish student population at BU.

Chabad parade celebrates Legacy Torah Speakers, ceremony recognize the development of Jewish community at BU Eric Lee Contributing Writer

The Rohr Chabad Center for Jewish Student Life celebrated the induction of a new Torah scroll with a welcoming celebration and parade from University Union to the Chabad House on Sunday afternoon. Dubbed the “Binghamton Legacy Torah,” it will serve as the centerpiece of Jewish life at Binghamton University.

The Legacy Torah marks the development of Chabad from a small group of a dozen or so students to an organization that represents a significant portion of the Jewish student population at BU. Steven Levy, ‘85, came back to witness the event and see for himself the growth of Chabad.

“When I was here, they used to get 11 or 12 kids to come to a Friday dinner, and now they have several hundred kids coming every week,” Levy said. “It really links all the people who have been here in the past

Suicide survivor talks mental health Alison Detzel

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Of the approximately 2,000 people who have jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge, only 36 have survived. One of them, Kevin Hines, came to the Mandela Room on Thursday evening to share his message of mental health awareness and advocacy.

On Sept. 25, 2000, 19-year-old Hines boarded a bus to the Golden Gate Bridge with the intention of ending it all. Two years earlier, he’d been diagnosed with bipolar disorder after suffering from psychosis and paranoid hallucinations.

Fearing judgement, he hid the severity of

his illness from his loved ones.

Hines said the main thing he wanted the 250 students, faculty and community members in attendance to do was acknowledge their pain.

“Do yourself a favor and never ever ever silence your pain,” Hines said. “Your pain is real, it is valid and it matters because you do.”

Hines’ speech touched on stigmas surrounding mental illness and psychiatric wards. He said interpretations of popular films like “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” contribute to a fear of

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when the Slonims started Chabad in 1985.

Going forward, hopefully, it will link all the people in the years to come.”

The idea for the Legacy Torah started in 2015 at Chabad’s 30th Anniversary Gala held at Eden Palace in Brooklyn, New York.

Rivkah Slonim, the education director of Chabad, said that at the dinner, the Chabad community decided to commission a Torah as a representation of Chabad’s strength in the future and as a way to unite the alumni, students and parents who helped

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The “shooter” opened the classroom door and began to fire. One person sprinted toward the back door, others dropped under a table and the rest sat frozen in their seats.

The demonstration of an active shooter situation, organized by Madeline Bay, deputy chief of police at Binghamton University’s New York State University Police, simulated what an active shooter

situation would be like for attendees.

The training, held Friday, Sept. 15 on the third floor of University Union West, used the simulation, discussion and a video to teach attendees about mass shootings and how to survive an active shooter situation. According to Bay, UPD has been training students, faculty and staff for years on this topic.

“People want to be safe — they want to know how to be safe and they want to

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At the beginning of each semester, students across Binghamton University receive notifications indicating a new bill statement is available in QuikPAY, the University’s online billing and payment system. A number of charges compose the final bill, from resident meal-plan payments to campus-life fees, but breaking down tuition at BU can be complex.

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undergraduate student’s cost of attendance.

Fees like tuition, transportation and athletics might seem self-explanatory, but others, such as the ID card fee, academic support and technology fees have students like Tamar Abramson, a senior majoring in political science, confused by some of the fees included in her bill.

“I understand the bill, but I don’t understand why we have so many fees,” Abramson said. “They have a lot of costs that seem unnecessary. I don’t see the benefits.”

Michael McGoff, senior vice provost and

chief financial officer at BU, wrote in an email that the ID card fee covers the initial cost of producing a student identification card, but not any replacements. He described the academic support fee as a means to provide tutoring and other support services for students.

Cost of attendance at BU also includes an academic excellence and success fee and a University fee. According to McGoff, this money is used to hire more faculty

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Rachel Tomei/Staff Photographer Students assemble to network and connect with over 130 employers at the at the twice-annual job and internship fair.

Over 130 employers attend job fair Sasha Hupka Assistant News Editor

Standing in the midst of suits and pencil skirts, the sound of rustling résumés and corporate conversation filled the Events Center at the Job and Internship Fair on Thursday.

According to Denise Lorenzetti, associate director of employee and alumni outreach at the Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development, over 2,500 students typically attend the fair in the fall semester, which helps attract employers to the event.

“Employers see a large amount of students in a relatively short period, which is really helpful for them to determine students that would be a good fit for their organization and have the qualifications they are looking for,” Lorenzetti said.

The fair, sponsored by the Fleishman Center, attracted 133 employers this year.

According to Francis Borrego, associate director of marketing, technology, and assessment at the Fleishman Center, roughly 40 percent of all companies attending the event were recruiting students of all majors for both part-time and full-time employment and internship positions.

“We’ve seen an increase in the trend where employers are looking to hire overall good students and are focusing less on majors,” Borrego said. “The Fleishman Center has really been focusing on exposing employers to the talent across the entire University for the last several years.”

David Kahan, a senior manager at Ernst & Young, echoed Borrego’s statement, and said his company was looking for students that were a good fit, regardless of school or major.

“We are looking to understand what their career vision is; we’re looking to share our stories with them,” Kahan said. “I think this year we’ve seen a lot of different

schools come out to talk to us, with more Watson and Harpur students than before.”

Matthew Martini, a junior majoring in accounting, said he’d been to the job fair previously, and was pleased with the variety of opportunities.

“There’s definitely a range and a lot of job options for me here,” Martini said. “They have a lot of medium and large companies that I could potentially work for.”

Nevertheless, some students said they left the job fair feeling dissatisfied. Skyler Groglio, a senior majoring in English, said she was looking for a full-time job, but was having trouble finding employers offering jobs geared toward her major.

“While I’m waiting in line, I look through the list for the next one,” Groglio said. “A lot of them are geared towards SOM. The ones geared towards English have long lines because there are so little of them.”

For those who didn’t attend

the fair, the Fleishman Center has other resources to link students with prospective employers, including Handshake — formerly HireBing — and alumni talks.

According to Borrego, the number of internships and job postings available to students is expected to double in the upcoming year.

“The job fair is not the end-all, be-all,” Borrego said. “Last year there were over 2,000 internships and 5,000 job postings on HireBing.”

Despite the shift to Handshake and influx of job postings, Cortney Hafkin, a senior majoring in English, said she preferred the direct interaction with employers while searching for jobs and internships.

“I am trying to get my name out there and test the waters,” Hafkin said. “This is all about networking, and meeting one person can make all the difference.”

Kelly Coyne and Ilana Desmond contributed reporting to this story.

mental illness and its treatment instead of an understanding. Hines recalled the people he encountered on the day of his suicide attempt to show the importance of empathy in mental health education and awareness.

“On that bus, the only human being to react out loud to my pain mocked me,” Hines said. “That is what’s wrong with some of our society [is] this ability human beings have to see someone in maybe the most pain they have ever experienced and feel nothing but fear of them and apathy for them.”

Hines urged the audience not to ignore warning signs and to offer those with mental illness help instead of judgement.

“We are not here, contrary to popular belief, for our own betterment and gain,” Hines said.

“We are here to give back to those around us, those we know, those we love, those we care about, those that we don’t even like. We’re here to give back to them during their time of pain and hope that they do the same on the opposite side of the spectrum.”

Nicholas Adams, a senior majoring in psychology, said he was impressed by Hines’ storytelling and message.

“It was incredible,” Adams said. “[Hines] was able to mix in some humor and make the event entertaining, while still getting his critical message across. It was really awesome.”

Adams said although he believes BU provides useful resources, including the High Hopes Helpline and various counseling services, he believes more could still be done to help students with mental illness.

“I don’t know if we’re ever really doing enough,” Adams said. “We can always improve.”

Jemy Paulson, a sophomore majoring in integrative

neuroscience, said he also believes the University’s mental health services could use improvement.

“I have heard from friends that went to the counseling center and didn’t get the help that they needed,” Paulson said. “It was almost as if they were a short-term problem that they just needed to get out the door. But I have heard that it is improving, although I personally don’t know.”

The event was a collaboration between BU and local community partners. Sponsors included the University’s Mental Health Outreach Peer Educators (M-HOPE), the Mental Health Association of the Southern Tier and Rock Against Suicide.

Dara Raboy-Picciano, coordinator of M-HOPE, helped plan the event as part of National Suicide Awareness Month, with the hope of having a public, open conversation around mental health and suicide.

“Hines understands what people who are battling mental illness are dealing with,” Raboy-Picciano wrote in an email. “Not only that, he was dealing with [suicidal] thoughts at 19 years old, which hits very close to home for college students…We hope [his] message will help break down the stigma of mental health issues that face so many people on campus and in the greater Binghamton community.”

Throughout September, M-HOPE will continue to raise awareness for Suicide Prevention Month by sponsoring prevention messaging, in the form of posters, table tents in dining halls and advertising on coffee sleeves, as well as co-sponsoring events with Residential Life Staff. Additionally, M-HOPE will roll out a new interactive peer-led presentation and suicide-prevention program for student groups and organizations.

Tamir Felsen and Julia Donnelly contributed reporting to this story.

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17. The 35th annual walk was held behind the East Gym.

Pipe Line LOCAL NEWS Sears closes after nearly 100 years of operation in Southern Tier The Sears at the Oakdale Mall closed its doors this past weekend after being open in the Binghamton area for almost 100 years, according to the Press and Sun-Bulletin. This is the second major department store to go out of business recently in the greater Binghamton area, after Macy’s closed its location at the mall in March. Remaining department stores in the Binghamton area include Bon-Ton, JCPenney and Boscov’s. More than 200 Sears locations have closed in the United States this year.

Person killed by train in Endicott A person was struck and killed by a train in Endicott Friday afternoon, according to the Press and SunBulletin. The accident happened

by North Page Avenue and North Duane Avenue. Police are currently investigating the death and further details have not been released.

Binghamton Restaurant Week starts Tuesday The 16th Binghamton Restaurant Week will run from Tuesday, Sept.

19, to Thursday, Sept. 28. Twentyfive restaurants will be featured this year and each establishment will feature a set list of meals for a discounted price. This year, a percentage of the proceeds from each restaurant will be given to the local organizations ACHIEVE and Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments.

Parking ticket provokes drama MONDAY, Sept. 11, 2:12 p.m. — A Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) employee contacted UPD after a 21-year-old male student harassed the TAPS staff in the Couper Administration Building. The employee said the student began yelling at a staff member over a parking ticket. According to the employee, the student indicated he’d received a parking ticket in a paid lot. He said TAPS was “ripping students off” and “didn’t care,” even though students “pay thousands of dollars in tuition each year.” The staff member attempted to explain to the student that he could use a courtesy card, which would have allowed him to not pay the ticket. The student reportedly signed the courtesy card, slammed his hand on the counter and left. Roughly 10 minutes later, the student contacted the office via phone. When an employee picked up the phone to answer the call, the student hung up without saying anything. Several minutes later, the student called again and was transferred to another employee.

The employee explained what the meters in the paid lots were used for, but the student continued to argue and eventually hung up on the employee. The student was referred to Student Conduct.

Driver caught with suspended license TUESDAY, Sept. 12, 10:20 p.m. — An officer on patrol observed a vehicle traveling down West Drive with no headlights. The officer pulled the driver over near Physical Facilities. The driver was identified via her driver’s license as a 46-year-old female. A license check

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Corrections In the Sept. 14 issue of Pipe Dream, the stand-alone picture on Page III claimed to depict Binghamton University’s 9/11 memorial. The memorial pictured was a different memorial honoring alumni and local donors.

In the Sept. 7 issue of Pipe Dream, the news article “Forced triples spike on campus,” stated, “This August, a record number of students piled into super-occupied housing across the Binghamton University campus.” The number of students, approximately 200, was in fact not a record. In the fall of 2012, 810 freshmen were housed in 270 triples.

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revealed her license had been suspended last month because of a failure to answer to traffic summons in the Town of Dickinson Justice Court. The female received two tickets, one for driving without her headlights running, and another for driving with a suspended license. She was given a ticket to appear in the Vestal Town Court.

Umbrella causes elevator damage THURSDAY, Sept. 14, 8:12 p.m. — A resident assistant contacted police after observing damage to the “up” button on the left side elevator in O’Connor Hall of Dickinson Community. Officers investigated the incident and checked the hall cameras, which revealed the button was damaged when a group of male students used an umbrella to hit the button. The group is seen on video approaching and standing next to the elevators.

One of the males can be seen extending his umbrella to press the button, causing the damage. In the video, the group is seen reacting to the damage and examining the control panel before entering the elevator. All of the males were identified and interviewed.

One admitted responsibility and will receive a bill for the damage to the elevator. A work order has been placed to repair the damage.

Turtle takes trip on trail THURSDAY, Sept. 14, 8:13 p.m. — A pedestrian contacted police to report an animal moving along Skyward Trail, which connects Susquehanna Community and Hillside Community. The pedestrian said there was a large turtle in the middle of the trail and expressed concern for the safety of the animal and other walkers.

Officers responded to the area, but on arrival, found that the turtle had moved off the trail. Officers searched the surrounding woods but were unable to locate the turtle.

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Town-Gown Board to meet BOARD FROM PAGE 1 serious work.”

The board is expected to meet three times this academic year, with subcommittees gathering between meetings.

Each of these subcommittees will have two co-chairs, one representing campus and the other the community.

Edouard, who served as BU’s director of undergraduate admissions before shifting to his current position in June, said compromise will play a key role in how the board operates.

“The real world tells me that you may be angry and want six things; well, you need to come to the table so we can discuss those six things and maybe you can get three,” Edouard said.

While plans for the board have been in-the-works for years, the call for the committee was renewed last spring during students’ protests

against the proposed installation of a blue-light system on the West Side. The group, led by the Frances Beal Society, said discussions should be held with community members to decide an alternate use for the funding.

In late April, Brian Rose, vice president for student affairs, issued a statement confirming the University’s commitment to public safety in the city of Binghamton and said the board, rather than a handful of administrators, would determine future use of the funds.

“For this year, the projects and amounts funded will be determined by the recommendations of the Town-Gown Advisory Board and review by the City and University,” Rose wrote in an email.

Edouard echoed this sentiment.

“Nothing is really off the table; I’d like to have this board look at everything freshly and that [the] blue-light system will live and die with the board,” he said. “The

resources that are available to spend will be proposed to the board and there will be recommendations in terms of where they think that funding should go.”

All recommendations made will be reviewed by the board’s executive committee, which consists of Rose, Binghamton Mayor Rich David and Terrence Kane, chief of staff in the BU President’s Office, for final approval.

The board’s actions will be based on the input of engaged community members who are volunteering their time, Edouard said.

“Now, it’ll be much more of a collaborative effort in terms of undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, staff, community folks, communitybased organizations, city council members — everybody — chiming in saying, ‘Hey, we think this is a good idea,’ as opposed to some unilateral decision,” Edouard said.

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know what the University is doing to keep them safe,” Bay said. “One of the biggest fears people have at a university is an active shooter.”

A mass shooting is defined as a single incident in which at least four people are killed or injured.

According to Mass Shooting Tracker, a database that catalogs such incidents, there were 477 mass shootings in the United States in 2016. There have been 239 school shootings since 2013, according to Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit that advocates for gun control.

Anreka Gordon, risk management coordinator at BU’s Risk Management and Administrative Compliance office, said she attended the event to learn the best protocol for dealing with active shooters.

“It’s important,” Gordon said.

“The risk of this happening is going higher and higher, so it’s important that the University wants us to be trained and equipped. It’s a preventative measure.”

One important tip is to look for warning signs such as violent behavior, suicidal tendencies and a fascination with guns.

“These situations — a lot of them can be prevented,” Bay said.

“If you run into somebody who is fixated on guns or death, the best thing that you can do is report them to an RA, to a professor or to UPD. Somebody in that mindset is traumatized in some way, and we have resources that can put them on a different path and help them.”

If a shooting does occur, though, whether it’s on campus, at Walmart or a movie theater, people need to be prepared, according to the presentation. Learning the location of entrances, exits and possible hiding spots, as well as how to react to police, can save lives.

“Most times, you never know they’re coming until the first person is hit,” Bay said. “The No. 1 weapon that you are going to have

was painstakingly written by hand, including by a scribe in Israel, because if one letter is missing, the Torah cannot be used.

“The Torah is a tradition that has a certain number of hundreds of thousands of letters that has a powerful metaphor for the Jewish people,” Slonim said. “Each letter carries the same weight for every single person of the Jewish community and that each person is a powerful letter in their very own right in the scroll that represents a nation.”

Mariah Stein, the president of Chabad and a senior majoring in human development, spoke about her experience at Chabad and her connection with the Legacy Torah before she welcomed BU President Harvey Stenger onto the stage.

Jacob Hanna/Contributing Photographer Madeline Bay, deputy chief of police at Binghamton University’s New York State University Police, led an active shooter simulation on Friday.

is your brain. If you see something, say something. Be aware of your surroundings and think about the what-ifs.”

Shootings are often over in minutes and shooters target unlocked rooms. Depending on the situation, running away, hiding or ganging up to fight the gunman can be the best course of action, according to Bay. “It comes down to your individual choice,” Bay said. “What are you going to do? Are you going to fight or run out the back door?

You can’t second-guess yourself — they are all correct decisions.”

These decisions can be affected by how informed and prepared a person is before an active shooter situation actually occurs. Attending active shooter training sessions, watching videos about how to respond to active shooter situations and starting a conversation about active shooters among faculty and students on campus can change a person’s

response so that they are able to take action quickly, and not be crippled by panic.

Elizabeth Mozer, an assistant professor of theatre at BU, said the training session influenced her choice to implement some of these strategies.

“Now I am going to look at my classrooms, entrances and exits, and determine where we could hide,” Mozer said. “Find out how to actually lock the door from the inside. Discuss this issue with students and to bring it up to my chair.”

According to Bay, the chance of a person being in an active shooter situation is about equal to an individual’s chance of being struck by lightning. Nevertheless, it never hurts to be prepared.

“At UPD, I’d rather get a thousand phone calls about someone who seems weird, and a thousand false alarms, than somebody not calling and a tragedy happening,” Bay said.

“The essence of Chabad is community,” Stein said. “Each person is welcomed to its large Jewish community and each person has a place. I am proud to say that I have a letter in this Torah that is read between thousands of people and connects me with people that I’ve never even met.

This Torah represents not what Chabad has already accomplished, but what Chabad will continue to accomplish.”

After the welcoming ceremony, a parade was held from the Mandela Room to the Chabad House and was accompanied by scores of students, alumni, parents and Chabad personnel dancing, singing and celebrating the arrival and completion of the Legacy Torah.

At the Chabad House, there was a ritual citing of 26 verses from the liturgy and scripture, which spoke

of the relationship between God and the Jewish people on the Torah.

Stenger talked about the contributions Chabad has made to the University community and said that he remain committed in supporting Chabad and its future endeavors.

“When I first got here, one of the first people I met was Rabbi Aaron Slonim and he told me the importance of the Jewish community in Binghamton University and I immediately understood what he was telling me,” Stenger said. “But what I didn’t understand was the deep connection that Chabad has with thousands of students, parents and alumni. The events, religious and social, that are undertaken at the Chabad House build a sense of community that you can’t find anywhere else. It is unique to Binghamton University.”

Three fees unique to BU FEES FROM PAGE 1 members and pay their salaries.

“The State University of New York Board of Trustees’ policy requires collection of the University fee from all students,” McGoff wrote. “The policy directs campuses to use the proceeds from the fee to supplement campus operations.

Binghamton has used this fee to hire additional faculty and to fund faculty activities.”

McGoff said the technology fee helps to provide a high-tech learning experience.

“The funds from the Technology fee are used to enhance classroom technology, residence hall technology, public computer labs, and the student system,” McGoff wrote.

Some fees, including the academic support fee, the career resource fee and the ID card fee, are unique to BU, but despite these extra charges, BU’s total cost of attendance for in-state undergraduate students

during the fall 2017 semester is still cheaper than the cost of attending University at Buffalo and University at Albany. BU is also cheaper than Stony Brook University, unless their required student health insurance fee is waived and left out of Stony Brook’s total fees.

Jessica Brown, a sophomore majoring in integrative neuroscience, said she was pleased to hear that BU’s cost of attendance is cheaper than the other SUNY centers.

“I feel like in a sense it’s better,” Brown said. “Even though we have these fees, at least we can look [at] where the money is going.”

Although BU’s total cost of attendance is cheaper than some other SUNY centers, it has still increased from previous years.

For the 2017-18 academic year, semesterly tuition for in-state undergraduates at all SUNY colleges was raised from $3,235 to $3,335.

The increase will cost students an additional $200 per year. McGoff

explained that the decision to increase tuition at SUNY schools was made by the SUNY Board of Trustees, not the University.

“The SUNY Board of Trustees has the authority to raise tuition by a maximum of $200,” McGoff wrote.

“The Board thought it necessary to increase the tuition in order for the State University to maintain program quality and access.”

Ian Foley, a sophomore doublemajoring in biology and economics, said he felt it was difficult to understand all of the different fees that go into his semesterly bill.

“Sometimes I’m a little confused on what they’re charging me for,” Foley said. “Maybe they could make it easier by giving a slight description for each fee, of what it’s for, so we understand what we’re paying for and why we need to do it.”

The University’s description of each fee can be found here (https:// www.binghamton.edu/studentaccounts/Mandatory_Fees_20142015.pdf).

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F UN OPINIONS Monday, Monday, September April 3, 18, 2017 2017

When is violence appropriate?

Response to Aaron Bondar's 9/7 column Sarah Molano Contributing Columnist

Pipe Dream published an opinions column on Sept. 7 by Aaron Bondar titled “Denouncing political violence.” Bondar’s argument can be summarized by this sentence: “Political violence is not only morally wrong, but will lead our country further into the abyss.”

We need to clarify that what Bondar is talking about are white supremacist, neo-Nazi, “alt-right” groups. The problem is that calling violence against these groups “political violence” is to insist that white supremacy or neo-Nazism is a political opinion. Make no mistake — the

foundation of these groups is not conservatism, libertarianism or any other political label.

The tenets of these groups are explicitly racist and genocidal.

White supremacists and neo-Nazis call for deportation or segregation at best and the extermination of other races at worst. “Alt-right” icon Richard Spencer has openly advocated for the mass sterilization of black people. So, to quantify violence against these groups as political is legitimizing these hateful, genocidal values as mere political beliefs.

These aren’t just political beliefs. It’s also not just a matter of freedom of speech. Many call it incitement. Since white supremacist groups are inherently violent, violence against them is not only justifiable, it is

moral as well. There’s a group that would be happy to see the disappearance of races, and there’s an opposing group that says that’s unacceptable and is willing to fight for it. For those who are part of the groups these neo-Nazis wish to eliminate, violence against them is merely self-defense.

Then comes the question of tolerance. The right loves to jeer, “What about the tolerant left?” Let’s start by saying that a lot of liberals actually agree with Bondar that violence is never the answer. But that’s a conversation for another day.

For others on the left, having a tolerant society requires fighting against intolerance. This paradox of tolerance, coined by Karl Popper, asserts that “if we extend unlimited tolerance even

to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them. ” Letting neo-Nazis advocate for the elimination of a group of people will lead to acceptance of that kind of extreme intolerance in society. That normalization would, in turn, slowly but surely help their movement gain traction, and so goes the cycle of extremist belief coming into power.

Additionally, Bondar points to history as an indicator that we should not use violence.

While on the subject of history, many major accomplishments have occurred through violence and riots. The LGBTQ rights movement had the Stonewall

riots, the Haymarket Riot gave us the eight-hour workday and the labor movement had the Battle of Blair Mountain for the right to organize trade unions. Violent protest often supplements other political actions.

So, what good can come from using violence against white supremacists? In the aftermath of Charlottesville, Dr. Cornel West stated that he and his fellow clergy members would have been “crushed like cockroaches” if it were not for the anarchists and the anti-fascists. Many have ignored that the people who were using violence on the left actually did protect people, which is exactly what this is all about.

A few days later, a demonstration of tens of thousands of people took place in Boston in opposition to these hate

groups. Is it a coincidence that after these two events, at least nine “alt-right” rallies across the country were canceled?

No; the threat of physical violence from the left prevented these groups gathering and spreading their bigoted message, or worse.

It is irresponsible to talk about white supremacists and neo-Nazis as mere political opponents. It is irresponsible to just frame this as an attack on freedom of speech. Most importantly, it is irresponsible to ignore that the rise of these groups is legitimately dangerous for many people. Using violence against neo-Nazis is about defending those people.

— Sarah Molano is a junior majoring in English.

Fostering a welcoming environment Millennials must reject prejudice, fear and narrow-mindedness Chelsea Strong Contributing Columnist

Many young aspiring professionals, like students at Binghamton University, constantly seek to create novel leadership roles, responsibilities and activities in which we can develop skills and learn to be engaged. In our lives here at BU, we must continue to found new organizations that will benefit and develop racial and social relations among the student community and continue to ideate. As a student body of millennials, we must promote diversity, embrace equality and encourage the notion that no one’s blood is more red than another’s.

Who is to decide if a woman is not fit to earn a living equal to that of her male coworkers? No one. Who is to decide if a person displaced from war is to remain in their war-stricken country, or be granted access to a country that will give them shelter?

No one.

Belief in the notion that there is a group of people or a single person who may decide that one fellow human should be treated differently from another is the embodiment of prejudice and discrimination. Defense and hesitation to alter institutions and concepts is a declaration of a fear to welcome change.

Prejudice, fear and narrowmindedness are all qualities that contribute greatly to a static, fenced and unwelcoming environment. As millennials, the generation that is gaining influence within institutions, we should not support or foster this kind of an environment.

Millennials comprise the most diverse generation in U.S. history. According to The Brookings Institution, minority groups make up 48.5 percent of today’s millennial population while only 25 percent of the baby-boomer population are minorities. That being said, it is common for millennials to embrace our differences among each other.

As a student body of millennials, we must promote diversity, embrace equality and encourage the notion that no one's blood is more red than another's.

Whether it is sexual orientation, identity, social classes, race or ethnicity, the majority of our generation generally supports each of these variances.

Unfortunately, this is not an entirely unanimous sentiment.

Researchers for GenForward, a project conducted at the University of Chicago, surveyed approximately 1,750 millennials ranging from ages 18 to 34. These individuals also incorporated various racial, ethnic and social backgrounds. In doing so, the researchers pushed to contextualize the continuous gap surrounding racial and social ties, including police brutality, gender and marriage equality and unequal pay, to name a few. Some white millennials disagree with the notion that racism and police brutality are top problems in the world today, citing health care as the top concern. This is where the divide lies and where we must step in to amend the pressing social issues that stem from discrimination.

According to the Washington

Post, “At a time when 42 percent of Americans say they worry ‘a great deal’ about race relations, according to Gallup, the notion that millennials aren’t united to take on racism is worrisome.” While we are the future, there has been much discrepancy surrounding the united front of millennials.

In the forefront of today’s youth, the majority of individuals believe in equality — equal treatment of everyone — as well as equity — equal opportunities for everyone — and stand by their peers in difficult times.

Our minds should not be encumbered with trivial information, but rather we should focus on how we can continue our progression. Despite the advancements we have made, we are still facing housing segregation, economic inequality and health disparities, and these are concerns that we millennials must tackle as we further transition into adulthood.

— Chelsea Strong is a junior majoring in economics.

Reconnecting with the real world We should move away from abstraction and toward reality for a more meaningful life Aaron Bondar Columnist

When was the last time you built something?

I don’t mean the hammerand-nail kind of building, but it could be that too — when was the last time you made something with your hands, took what was at first only the stirrings of imagination in your mind’s eye and then made it real in the world? When was the last time you built anything — a table from gathered wood, a fire to keep you warm, a story upon a blank page?

The modern era is an age of abstraction. We deal more with models of reality than we do with physical reality. This has been a

longtime coming in industrialized societies. With the transition from rural life to the cities, from trade apprenticeships to cubicles, we’ve discovered that building things doesn’t sell like it used to. We have mass media, factory farming and robots that can do that stuff better, anyway. But in this journey we’ve lost something deeply important — the ability to connect with the physical world in a real and meaningful way, to make our mark on it.

I suffer from anxiety. Often it manifests as a feeling like an electric shock, like the world is out of my control; I am lost in it.

Recently, I’ve started to realize that many of the moments when I am most at ease, when the calm overtakes the storm, are when I am cooking a meal for myself or for friends. I’m not particularly

good at it, but that doesn’t seem to matter. It quickly dawned on me that I was spending hours cooking in the kitchen, even when I did not need to. I found that I preferred the process over the output, the means over the end — in other words, I preferred standing above a hot oven over eating what I had created.

What I realized was that by cooking — by taking these disparate ingredients and making something with them — I was exercising my control and my agency. The world, which seemed to be so chaotic and foreign to me, now contained within it something that I had made, which could not have existed if not for my hands, and was thus made familiar and less frightening.

In a world where we are so disconnected from physical reality

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and from each other, that sense of being needed is intoxicating. And so I hunched over the stove fires.

I write about my grandparents often in this column, and for good reason — they are my heroes, and they’d be yours too if you knew them.

With nothing except their names, their dignity and their hands, they built a life for themselves out of the ashes of the Holocaust.

My grandmother is a seamstress of boundless capability; my grandfather a jeweler of stunning talent. As a young boy, I would sit and watch my grandfather take fine strands of gold and weave intricate patterns, each piece of art a testament to his eye, his dexterity, his imagination. He took the pain he had been dealt, the control he had lost over the fate of his family and built a world

all his own. With his hands he built a life for himself and made his mark on the world, he and my grandmother. They made my life possible. And though they suffered greatly in this world, it never stopped them from building within it.

We spend much of our time in this world dwelling in the realm of the abstract — in screens and information. We lament worlds that could never be. We spend plenty of time imagining the worlds that could be, but we spend less time taking control of reality. Many young people have grandiose ideas about changing the world, but these too are rooted in the realm of the abstract. Real history is made on the ground, in your homes and in your communities. By building beautiful things, by building

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meaningful relationships, by building yourself into a better person — a person who is more capable of empathy and virtue, who therefore commands dignity and respect.

That is the way we ought to be. Our attachment to the abstract has given us plenty, but we have also attenuated our connections to the world in which we live, and we ignore the majesty of reality at no one’s loss but our own. We have a choice, however, to take the necessary steps to re-engage with a world that has since become a stranger to us. So I’ll ask again.

When was the last time you built something?

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

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ARTS & CULTURE Pretty Girls Sweat promotes health, sisterhood

One workout at a time, the SA-chartered group breaks down gender boundaries Patty Nieberg Staff Writer Trekking through mud and encountering the occasional reptile may seem like an unpleasant way to spend a Friday evening, but for the women of Pretty Girls Sweat, hikes like these are a chance to bond and get fit together.

One member played music while the rest of the group danced through the trees and shouted encouragement to keep the workout fun and to distract them from the pain. This hike, which occurred on Sept. 15, was one of the club’s weekly workouts, referred to as “sweat shows.”

Every sweat show begins with a pledge. “[We] pledge to be true to yourself, be true and kind to others and to love yourself and be unique to who you are,” said Dasia Jones, treasurer of Pretty Girls Sweat and a junior majoring in accounting. “It’s about empowering yourself and empowering others around you.”

Pretty Girls Sweat came to Binghamton University in the fall of 2015 and was chartered by the Student Association in May 2017.

Since then, the club has grown to dozens of members who either come to sweat shows weekly, or whenever they’re available. While membership is flexible — the group has roughly 400 students on their Listserv — passionate members call their peers “sisters.”

BU’s chapter is part of a larger organization founded by entrepreneur and philanthropist

Aeshia DeVore Branch in an effort to support Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move!” campaign.

Pretty Girls Sweat has a mission to promote healthy lifestyles for women through sisterhood, and according to Adonya Humphrey, public relations chair for the club and a junior majoring in business administration, the club also helps people break out of their shells with their warm and friendly attitudes.

“Everyone is so encouraging,” Humphrey said. “I think if you’re more of a shy person, [Pretty Girls Sweat] helps you get past that.”

Member Madjena Joseph, a junior majoring in integrative neuroscience, appreciates that the events — from yoga to group runs — are open to everyone.

“My favorite part is that everyone is really inclusive,” Joseph said. “Nobody is here to judge anyone and you can always invite your friends to come. It’s very important for all of us to be healthy.”

The group has also collaborated with other organizations on nonworkout events, including “The Value of Nutrition” with the MALIK fraternity, “Love the Skin You’re In” with BU’s Eating Awareness Committee and “Working on Me” with Powerful United Ladies Striving to Elevate.

“They make it possible for other women to be empowered to work out,” Joseph said. “It really helps people to flourish and blossom into who they are.

I feel like even my friends on

Patricia Nieberg/Contributing Photographer Members of Pretty Girls Sweat participated in a group hike on Friday evening. The group, a chapter of the national organization, aims to foster confidence and create bonds through fitness.

the e-board, I’ve seen each of them grow. We all have become a community.”

Although the club is focused on fitness and empowerment for women, they do host coed workout events with other organizations and groups for everyone to be a part of. Last

year their event, “Survival of the Prettiest,” was co-hosted by the BU men’s basketball team as a team event and offered a grand prize of $200 with workout stations that involved jumping over small hurdles, completing three-legged races and more.

“I think what we do differently

is that we make it fun,” Jones said.

“Yes, we are working out, which some people could be turned off by. [But] I think we create an environment that’s so inviting.”

Yaa Takyiwaa, the president of the organization and a senior double-majoring in integrative neuroscience and comparative

literature, explained that in addition to cultivating sisterhood, the group is also breaking gender stereotypes.

“We want to empower women to live a healthy and active lifestyle,” Takiywaa said. “We want to change the stigma that women shouldn’t sweat.”

Art Museum celebrates 50 years Somersaults, splits Black-tie gala featured live music, presented new exhibition and stunts onstage Hannah Reichelscheimer Contributing Writer The Binghamton University Art Museum opened its doors on Friday to students, faculty and the public for a gala reception in honor of the museum’s 50th anniversary. Complete with a black-tie optional dress code, an array of hors d’oeuvres and background music provided by the BU Flute Ensemble, the event was a truly festive occasion, commensurate with the prestigious position the museum has come to hold at the University.

The main gallery exhibition, titled “50 Years/50 Highlights” features works from a range of time periods, locations and styles. Pieces on display include a terra-cotta perfume vase from sixth-century B.C. Greece and mid-17th-century oil paintings from Belgium and Italy, but the space was highlighted by works by well-known artists Joan Miró and Pablo Picasso, among others. The exhibition will remain on display in the museum until Dec. 16.

When it opened in October 1967, the BU Art Museum was known only as the Art Gallery.

The museum, founded by Kenneth Lindsay, late professor of art history at BU and founder of BU’s department of art and art history, began by displaying only temporary exhibitions as it worked to acquire more artwork and build its permanent collection.

Lindsay’s goal was for students from various disciplines to gain valuable knowledge by visiting the gallery-turned-museum, and Erin Annis, curatorial assistant at the museum and a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate studying history, says that the collection is still an important teaching tool.

“When we started the Art Museum, there was an art department, but there wasn’t really anything for students to look at, and it’s so fundamental for art students — whether they’re studying art history or actually doing the artwork themselves — to be able to look, physically, at the objects that kind of form the

foundation of artwork,” Annis said. “That was really one of the things that Ken [Lindsay], who started the Art Museum, wanted to bring to Binghamton, was having a really strong teaching collection, and so that’s what we’ve been building up here over the last 50 years.”

Beyond its educational focus, the museum, for some, simply provides a sense of artistic appreciation. Esther Wagner, a freshman double-majoring in integrative neuroscience and art and design, said she commends the museum for allowing people to develop a personal connection to artwork.

“Art appreciation is something that’s very difficult to foster in a classroom setting when all you’re looking at is slides,” Wagner said.

“When you can go to a museum and actually look at the piece, the brushstrokes and all the work that went into it — it’s a much greater sense of understanding of the piece and appreciation.”

Many of the pieces on display in the main gallery were not purchased by the museum, but

rather given to the University as gifts. Annis credits this fact to the “lovely and strong” patrons of the Art Museum, coupled with the commitment of museum staff to reaching a large audience.

“We have a lot of students come through, but we also get a lot of community members and we’re always looking to expand our audience,” she said.

“Sometimes I’ll still talk to people, students that have been here for three years, and they’re like, ‘Oh, I didn’t know there was an art museum.’ So, that’s our goal is to really get as broad a community as possible and draw in everybody, whether that’s the [local] community or the campus community.”

In addition to the main exhibition, the Nancy J. Powell Lower Galleries will also house smaller exhibitions, curated by BU students, this semester. On view now are “Making Wood Engravings with Lynd Ward,” curated by Christina Rose, ’17, and “French Prints: 16th-18th Centuries,” curated by Marisa Davila, a junior majoring in art

history, and Michael Morganti, a junior double-majoring in cinema and geography. In addition, “Issues in Accessioning Pre-Hispanic Objects,” curated

by Fernando Flores, a thirdyear graduate student studying anthropology and “Lost and Found: A Closed Eye Can Never See,” curated by students enrolled in CINE 300: Curating Film and Video, are also being shown.

Drawings by Lindsay are also on view in the study room named in his memory.

Allysia Thomas, an assistant and monitor at the museum and a senior majoring in anthropology, said that every community can benefit from more involvement with the arts.

“I think it’s always important to celebrate the arts within any type of community, whether it’s a neighborhood or a school community,” Thomas said. “The arts can tie into so many different subjects and things like that and it’s just a nice place to go to just relax and to clear your mind, try to feel a little bit cultured, do something new.”

Brendan Tower/Contributing photographer Attendees of the “50 Years/50 Highlights” exhibition in the Binghamton University Art Museum view “The Binghamton Nuvolone.” The exhibition celebrates the 50th anniversary of the opening of the art museum and will be on view until Dec. 16.

Alumnus brought acrobatics to Osterhout with Galumpha

Hannah Ettestad Contributing Writer An afternoon of music, humor, dance — and Velcro. Welcome to Galumpha.

The 16 routines performed during Galumpha’s Saturday afternoon show in the Osterhout Concert Theater of the Anderson Center contained all these things and more. The unique performance featured a combination of dance, gymnastics and comedy.

“We come from dance and we speak the language of dance,” said Andy Horowitz, ‘89, creator, president and director of Galumpha. He also serves as the artist-in-residence for BU’s theatre department.

Horowitz is one part of the Galumpha trio, which also includes Binghamton alumnus Gil Young Choi and local dance teacher BriAnna Barnett. The three performers consistently demonstrated their flexibility, balance and body strength as they climbed on top of each other to create a variety of collaborative structures. In one routine, they formed a human pendulum and in another, they stacked on top of each other in a triple piggyback.

“We trust each other,” Barnett said. “We have to have a close connection because what we do is very intimate.”

The audience was filled with both BU students and community members of all ages. In addition to the clapping, the sounds of children laughing could be heard often throughout the show. Young Choi, in particular, offered a comedic touch with his exaggerated movements and animated personality.

“Gil [Young Choi] is hilarious in real life,” Barnett said. “It’s just our actual personalities on stage.”

Although Young Choi stands out in comedic terms, all three performers are essential to Galumpha. In fact, the choice to have three people on stage is a

deliberate and important part of the show. ”Whenever you have four people, you can split them down the middle and make couples, and couples dancing is obvious,” Horowitz said. “But, when you have three people, you create a choreographic stumbling block. I’ve loved that puzzle and I’ve been working on that puzzle all my professional career.”

In each Galumpha routine, the human body is the central prop.

The way that the three performers synchronize, fit together and move with ease was highlighted by the starkness of the stage. Blue, orange and pink spotlights bathed the performers’ bodies in a rainbow of light as they moved in unison to instrumental music. The music in the background ranged from simple xylophone dings to electric guitar riffs.

In one routine, the sound escalated beyond simple music. The performers wore metal pans around their waist and metal shoes that made a clanging noise whenever they kicked their feet back. They stomped their feet and kicked to clang, creating a rhythm while they danced around on stage. In another routine, they wore Velcro hats with Velcro balls that could be detached and reattached from each other. They played with this costume in a multitude of ways, including climbing on top of each other and dropping the balls from one person’s mouth to the hat of the person below them.

The audience’s reaction, Horowitz said, is what he values most in performing.

“The meaning of Galumpha, it might not be what I get out of it, but what the audience gets out of it,” Horowitz said. “The reason we keep doing it is because people keep offering us work, and the reason people keep offering us work is because the audiences keep having an experience that they care to repeat.”

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FAMILY WEEKEND COMEDY SHOW

Q&A Chris Gethard & Joe List featuring:

Colin Quinn

Students, parents and community members filled the Events Center on Friday for the annual Family Weekend comedy show, sponsored by the Student Association Programming Board. The evening was hosted by comedian Joe List and featured Chris Gethard, who is known for his HBO special “Chris Gethard: Career Suicide,” and Colin Quinn of “Girls” and “Saturday Night Live” headlined the show. Pipe Dream sat down with the comedians to talk performing together, stage fright and being back on a college campus. Pipe Dream has edited this interview for length and clarity.

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CQ: No, I felt fine tonight.

JL:

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I think it’s harder when there’s someone not good in front of you. I feel like we’re skilled comedians.

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Chris Gethard:

Colin Quinn:

PD: So then how is it to be able

Have you guys all ever been in a set together?

No, this is the first time. And just from the drive up, I’ll be honest, it’s not gonna happen again. We started out fighting — me and Joe — Chris was making the peace in the back. But there was a lot of tension between all three of us. We stopped in Chester [New York] at a diner. That was uncomfortable. I paid the bill because, you know, and then we got up here. Joe was mad because we didn’t stop at Starbucks — just a lot of little things going on.

Joe List:

I wasn’t mad, I just enjoy a certain tea that they have at Starbucks.

PD: And what tea would that be?

JL: Jade citrus mint. If anyone from Starbucks is listening, I love your tea.

PD: I feel like when you perform

in a set with other people, it’s disjointed since you don’t perform together — just one after another. Do the other people performing affect you or your energy?

CQ:

If somebody’s really crude, not us, but if there’s a really vile, crude comedian on before you and then you go up there like, “Hey you guys,” it changes the energy sometimes — it does affect you.

JL:

But not too bad, the three of us — I felt great.

I felt jointed, personally. I did not feel disjointed, I felt jointed.

to perform with people who you seem to enjoy?

JL:

I’m miserable, no I’m just kidding. I think it’s great. We all like each other, I think we have a mutual respect for each other. I hope — I’m just speaking for myself.

CG: I also think part of the culture,

especially in New York, is [that] you get to know [the] people you know as friends, but more so from doing shows around each other and crossing paths.

I think the big sign that we all respect each other is that we chose to travel together. I think that is kind of the unspoken code and sometimes you get put on a show with someone and you run into them in New York and you’re like, “We’re doing a show together” and [they’re] like, “Cool, I’ll see you there.”

JL: I have, countless times, been

like, “I got to go visit my grandmother, so I gotta take my own car, don’t worry about it,” and I have no grandmother.

I’m just kidding, I have three. But yeah, sometimes you lie to get out of traveling. But we all traveled together because we knew Colin would pay for lunch.

CG:

I wasn’t certain of it, but I wasn’t surprised.

PD: I was watching an episode PD: I like the idea of the joke of your show, Chris, and you said that having Colin on set makes you nervous. Did you feel that way today?

CG (at times, directed at Colin

Quinn): No, after I said that on TV, I think you kind of went out of your way to explain to me that that was a socially uncomfortable thing to express in front of you and to cut it out. But you know, I always really make a point of trying to study the people who I think do things the right way and have set the tone for what I get to do. Colin in particular is someone that I think every comedian in New York would put at the top of the list of people you admire for everything he’s done. And I know that sincerity doesn’t always play well with comedians, but it’s just true.

Colin is someone who’s great. He’s also like, joke Yoda, like since we’ve gotten to know each other a little bit. There have been times where I’ve reached out to you for help, and I was like, “I have this joke and I can’t do it.” And jokes that I struggle with for months, you have stepped in and been like, “Just do this” and then I’m like, “Oh, that,” and then it works every time. So he is someone I just have an immense amount of respect for and that creates anxiety.

JL: I agree with everything that you said about Colin — except the joke advice. Twice, Colin has told me, “You should say that on stage,” and both times, the things bombed.

You’re like, “That’s good, that’s a bit, that’s funny.”

CQ:

I’d like to see what those were and how you put them together.

Yoda. Do you all have one joke Yoda, or multiple?

CQ:

I feel like it’s multiple. I mean, that’s the thing with all of the comedians. You know, it’s like, on the one hand, you’re like, you know they can help your act. On the other hand you’re just like, “I don’t want help” — because you don’t want someone to come up with your joke, you just wanted them to help you fix it. But if they come up with the punch line and you do it and it does great, inevitably, people are gonna come up to you during your set, for years — this happened to me, this happens to everybody — and go, “You were great, that one joke you did was the best.”

And you’re like, “Dammit, my friend gave me that one.”

PD: You guys all got your start

in your late teens or early 20s — now, being on a college campus where everyone is that age, how does it feel being in that atmosphere?

JL: I feel — I mean I don’t wanna

hurt anyone’s feelings up here because I’m the youngest — but I feel old on a college [campus]. I feel old and creepy and weird, I feel like everyone’s like, “Who’s this weirdo walking around?” and I can’t wait to get out of here. That’s mostly serious.

CG:

It always brings back memories for me, especially at state schools, because I went to a state school. I was just so hungry for it and motivated when I was a kid at school in New Jersey. I was feeling so frustrated decided to just go all in and chase the dream and start going to New York and doing comedy and it does always bring me back to that place.

And I find that usually at least once or twice, when I’m at a college, someone will say, “How do I do comedy?” and I always try to give good advice, ‘cause I remember being like a frustrated artsy kid just wondering how to get it out of my system and how to put it into the world. It brings back a lot of nostalgia for me about feeling that hunger when I started.

CQ:

I used to do a lot of college tours; I was on MTV before you guys were born, we used to do colleges all the time, and even then I was too old for it. But it was so funny, the difference. Like, in those days, people were just always drunk and tired, you know the drinking culture was just so big, I feel like it’s just not the same. I feel like people are more sophisticated in some way, but what do I know, you all could be leaving here and going to some drunken place.

Audience Member:

Did you guys have any advice for someone that has aspired to be a comedian, tries to do the thing in New York and then kind of gave up, but they’re still interested in comedy?

CG: I think not giving up. I

think people forget that not giving up is actually a skill. You know, I think that bailing and persevering are very underestimated things in your yearly days. I think like, in my opinion, if you’re not funny, you’re not going to make it. So if you’re a funny person, it’s almost like in your early days — in my opinion — it’s almost like funny is an overrated quality. Funny is not going to get you through as much as persevering and getting back up, because it’s not going to work every time, because just being funny is kind of the starting point.

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BU cross country teams compete at Buffalo Stampede Despite Bearcats' struggles, Schaffer captures first-place finish in 8,000-meter event finishing behind Connecticut, Buffalo and Vermont. Buffalo sophomore Stephanie Ward won the women’s race with a time of 21:08.9. “The women probably had a better day than what they ran at Vermont,� said BU head coach Annette Acuff. “We had two girls finish in the top 15, with Allison and Jessica Cueva-Scarpelli.�

On the men’s side, Schaffer scored one point for the team, but the rest of the Bearcat men finished out of the top ten.

Rounding out the top five were 28th, 42nd, 55th and 56th place finishes, giving the men’s team a total of 132 points, well behind third-place Buffalo, who tallied 78 points, and the winners, Pittsburgh, who scored just 33 points.

The Bearcats are confident that as the season progresses, they’ll continue to have competitive individual performances.

With a goal of staying healthy throughout the season, Acuff sat out a couple runners this week, including Holt, who won his last race. “With all of our guys, we’re looking at holding them out at different points during the

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For the second meet in a row, the Binghamton men’s cross country team came out of the weekend with the men’s 8,000-meter individual title.

The men’s team finished fifth of eight and the women’s team placed fourth of nine at the Buffalo Stampede on Friday.

Redshirt freshman Dan Schaffer took first place in the event this week after a secondplace finish at the preconference meet in Vermont two weeks ago. Individually, Schaffer ran a noteworthy race, with a final time of 24:38.0, averaging 4:58 per mile. However, the men’s and women’s cross country teams did not perform well overall.

Senior Allison Davis performed well on the women’s side, finishing the 6,000-meter race in 22:04.1, coming in 10th place overall. With sophomore Jessica Cueva-Scarpelli finishing 15th, the Bearcat women only accumulated 22 points from their top two finishers. The next three finishers for the Bearcats came in 30th, 37th and 39th, earning the women’s team a final score of 112,

season,� Acuff said. “We don’t want them all running six 8Ks during a two-month period.�

The Bearcats now have their focus set on their next meet at the Lehigh/Paul Short Run in two weeks. Acuff mentioned that the roster Binghamton will set forth will probably be different than this week’s roster. “I expect Dan [Schaffer] and Eric [Holt] to both compete at Lehigh, as long as they are both healthy,� Acuff said. “We’ll get [senior] Nate Howe back and [senior] Billy Hector.�

Howe and Hector sat out at Buffalo, but Acuff said they will add a lot of experience to the Binghamton roster at Lehigh. “On an individual level, Eric and Dan have a great shot at doing very well,� Acuff said. “We’re going to be in the most competitive race at Lehigh, so I’m really looking for some high individual performances from the two of them, and I think that will help the team score quite a bit.�

Up next for Binghamton is the Lehigh/Paul Short Run, held in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

The meet is slotted to begin at 10:15 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 29.

Provided by BU Athletics Redshirt freshman Dan Schaffer crossing the finish line in first place in the 8,000-meter event at the Buffalo Stampede.

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Volleyball swept at the Hofstra Tournament, falls to 3-10 Binghamton drops sixth consecutive match, struggles late in nonconference finales

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The Binghamton volleyball team was swept at the Hofstra Tournament this past weekend, losing each of its matches against Hofstra, Syracuse and Bryant.

The first match took place on Friday against Hofstra (8-6), who defeated the Bearcats (3-10) in three sets. Set one was tightly contested, featuring a strong showing from both teams on both ends of the court. Hofstra, however, managed to rally past a 16-16 tie to take the set 25-21.

The second set began with fierce competition by each squad.

At the set’s midway point, as little as one point separated the score.

But the pride eventually took control of the frame, securing a 2518 victory. The final game was not close, as Hofstra emerged strong out of the gate and eventually claimed the final set 25-16. “There are a few areas that we didn’t do so well in,â€? said BU head coach Glenn Kiriyama. “Our passing was a little bit off ‌ we got better as the weekend went on, but we started off pretty slow. Our middles, without the passing, were just unable to get them involved very well. Didn’t connect well even with the good passes, just got to get them going. I think if we can do that we will be okay coming into this coming weekend.â€?

On Saturday afternoon, the Bearcats took on Syracuse (85). The first set was relatively contested initially, but following

Pipe Dream Archives Junior outside hitter Erin Shultz logged 25 kills and posted 25 digs in BU’s three losses at the Hofstra Tournament.

a 13-12 start, Syracuse began to dominate the frame and eventually won, 25-18.

The second set began with six unanswered points from Syracuse, part of an 11-3 run. The Orange maintained control over the sequence, ultimately earning the victory, 25-12. The Bearcats put up a tremendous effort in the third and final frame and ended up losing by just two points. Senior

setter Sarah Ngo put up a clinic, setting up her teammates for a total of 18 kills during the third set alone.

The Bearcats took on Bryant (8-7) Saturday afternoon, and despite taking the second set, dropped the match to the Bulldogs, 1-3. The first frame began with close play, as the two clubs kept the lead within three points for some time. The Bulldogs, however,

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gained momentum toward the set’s midpoint, eventually taking it 25-18.

The second game was tight throughout, as both teams exchanged five- to six-point leads.

The Bearcats were able to close out the set by a three-point margin, largely due to junior outside hitter Gaby Alicea’s 14-point series.

The third set featured the Bearcats struggling to find

offensive consistency. After an early 10-10 tie, Bryant took control. The Bulldogs allowed Binghamton just eight more points and took the set 25-18. Bryant went on to dominate the fourth and final frame. Jumping out to a 10-6 advantage, the Bulldogs came out solid and never looked back.

Bryant controlled the game from the start and outscored BU by 11 points to win the four-game series.

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Over the course of the weekend, Alicea led the team with 42 points and 36 kills in three matches. Junior outside hitter Erin Shultz recorded a total 25 kills. “They’ve been consistent on the outside for us, both Erin and Gaby,� Kiriyama said. “They’ve got good experience. We just got to be able to get others involved a little bit better. They’re the ones that get most of the sets because the passes aren’t good enough to set anyone else. They’ve done well with what they’ve gotten, but we just got to hopefully control the ball a little bit better on our side to enable us to get some of the other hitters involved.�

This coming weekend, the Bearcats are set to compete in their first conference match of the season against Albany. Despite losing 10 series over the past few weeks, Kiriyama seemed optimistic about the beginning of conference play. “We look forward to conference,� Kiriyama said. “We know every match is going to be a real battle for us. We have a good rivalry going with Albany.

We won at each other’s place last year, so we know it’s going to be an equally tough match. Hopefully we’ll be able to play well with this atmosphere and we look forward to it.�

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Women’s Soccer Schedule:

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Provided by BU Athletics Freshman forward Essie Bonney earned the third goal of her collegiate career in a match against LIU this past Sunday.

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Women's soccer logs sixth win, remains unbeaten on the road Julian Guevara Pipe Dream Sports

The Binghamton women’s soccer team split a pair of nonconference road games this weekend, tying Bryant in a scoreless match on Friday and capturing a victory yesterday, 3-0, against LIU Brooklyn on Sunday.

Although BU (6-1-3) struggled to convert off multiple set pieces, it was able to pick up one win on the trip.

“We were up against a tough opponent in Bryant, who is doing very well this year,” said BU head coach Neel Bhattacharjee. “We had a decent challenge, but we wanted to do more as far as attacking is concerned.”

The Bulldogs (5-1-2) struggled on the offensive side as well, missing key opportunities at

the end of regulation due to offside penalties. The two squads played a tough 110 minutes of stalemate soccer.

“I give a lot of credit to Bryant’s defensive capabilities,” Bhattacharjee said. “On the other side, we settled for taking just one long distance shot at a time.

We needed to get more bodies in the box to make more passes and create better angles.”

Most notably, the Bulldogs shut down the three-time America East Player of the Week, redshirt junior forward Kayla Saager.

The Bearcats’ top goal scorer struggled to find the back of the net, despite having numerous free kick and corner kick opportunities throughout the 110-minute battle with Bryant. The uncharacteristic play from BU’s undisputed offensive leader, however, did not

hinder the Bearcats’ defense and goalkeeping.

In the last two minutes of the first overtime period, Binghamton senior goalkeeper Katie Hatziyianis ran out a couple of yards and made an impressive clutch save. White Bryant jerseys surrounded the experienced goalie, who was without a defense momentarily. She would step up again in the second overtime with only four minutes remaining to make another clutch save and preserve the scoreless tie.

“Katie is fantastic, she gives us a lot of leadership out there,” Bhattacharjee said. “When you need her to make that big save she’s there and she is always capable of making that big-time save.”

Hatziyianis saved two other shots on goal in a game that

featured very few scoring chances.

While Binghamton only took one shot on goal in the first period, the Bulldogs were unable to post any.

Bryant, however, turned its offense up a notch in overtime, taking three of its four shots on goal in the 20-minute double-overtime frame.

Despite out-fouling Bryant, 11-8, and only logging three corner opportunities to the Bulldogs’ eight, the young Binghamton defense held its own against a strong offense on the road.

The Bearcats’ offense was far more effective on Sunday, however, netting three goals against the Blackbirds (2-6-1). The BU offense would find its groove in the second half after Saager found the back of the net in the 49th minute off an assist from sophomore forward Ryan Reilly.

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“We didn’t quite get it in the first half, but we knew we were wearing our opponent [LIU Brooklyn] down,” Bhattacharjee said. “We have a good five-person rotation on the front line that keeps everyone fresh and ready to attack.”

Saager’s score would prove to be contagious for the Bearcats, as junior midfielder Patty Loonie and freshman forward Essie Bonney each netted a goal late in the match to secure BU’s victory.

Bonney continued to display starter-quality play off the bench, playing for a total of 43 minutes.

Binghamton’s offense played aggressively in Brooklyn, recording 20 shots and placing 11 on goal. Defensively, the Bearcats put on another clinic, allowing just four shots on goal and zero corner kicks.

Bhattacharjee appeared happy with his team coming out of nonconference play with an impressive record after going unbeaten on the road. Playing away from home is something that the Bearcats have successfully worked around. The team has played just one home game this month and is scheduled to play the last two games of September on the road in New Hampshire and Albany.

“We wanted to jump off a springboard with a lot of confidence heading into conference play, and I think we did just that today,” Bhattacharjee added.

The Bearcats are set to begin conference play Sunday, Sept.

24, against New Hampshire.

Kickoff from Bremner Field is scheduled for 2 p.m. in Durham, New Hampshire.

Men's soccer falls to Columbia at Family Weekend showcase Offense struggles to create scoring opportunities, Binghamton stays winless in its last five games Noah Bressner Managing Editor

The Binghamton men’s soccer team talked about set pieces all week in practice leading up to its match against Columbia on Saturday. BU head coach Paul Marco explained to his players what he thought should happen.

The Bearcats’ strategy was all set.

But barely 11 minutes into the first half, the ball whirred toward the box from the corner flag and bounced around the Bearcats’ defense as if it had been launched from the spring of a pinball machine. It finally settled into the back of the net off a header from the Lions’ senior defender Alex Bangerl.

That goal would be the first and final blow in Binghamton’s 1-0 loss to Columbia (3-0-2). It was the Bearcats’ fourth loss in five games.

Standing inside the Events Center after the game had ended, Marco tried to explain what happened during the scrum.

“From a performance standpoint, I thought we did quite well in the game,” Marco said. “But from an outcomes standpoint, I’m absolutely gutted that we conceded a set-piece goal. They read the path of the ball sooner than we did, and it was a little disappointing because I thought we could have been better in that moment.”

For the rest of the game,

BU’s back line held steady but played aggressively, racking up 13 fouls. Despite allowing just one goal in each of its last two games, Binghamton’s defense has struggled at times, even though it’s one of the more experienced parts of the roster. The Bearcats (2-4-1) have given up 116 shot attempts so far, while their offense has mustered just 74.

Redshirt sophomore Alejandro Cubillo has been Binghamton’s starting goalkeeper since last season, but split time with redshirt sophomore Chris Shutler against Columbia. Both goalkeepers logged three saves.

Marco said he has been impressed

by Cubillo so far this season, but had planned on giving Shutler playing time as well.

“We’re trying to increase competition in the team in every position, from the striker back to the goalkeeper,” Marco said. “I think that we’re being as fair as possible to the guys — we’re giving everybody a fair shake in training and we’re giving everybody a chance to earn their time.”

Down by one goal early in the first half, junior forward Nikos Psarras found the ball at his feet just in front of Columbia junior goalkeeper Dylan Castanheira.

But he rifled what would become the Bearcats’ best chance to tie the game straight into Castanheira’s hands.

For at least one game, Psarras was kept away from the net.

He has propelled the Bearcats’ offense with five goals this season, including four in his last four outings.

Even freshman Noah Luescher, the Swiss midfielder who Marco has heralded as one of BU’s best young players, struggled to get Binghamton’s offense moving against the Lions’ back line. He recorded two shots; neither were on goal.

Both junior midfielder Harrison Weilbacher and junior midfielder Florian Orth returned to the field from lower-body injuries. Weilbacher played the final 18 minutes in his first game of the season, substituting in for Luescher. Marco plans on easing him back into the rotation over the next few games.

“The good thing about getting Harry [Weilbacher] back is that Noah [Luescher] is going to have to step up and get even better, which at the moment he is creating assists like no other person,” said redshirt senior midfielder Charlie Novoth. “It can only help our team, so it’s going to be great for us.”

Binghamton has struggled against Columbia in the past: the Bearcats have played the Lions in four of their last five seasons, losing by one goal each time.

Binghamton is set to return to the field on Saturday against Canisius. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Demske Sports Complex in Buffalo, New York.

Provided by BU Athletics Junior midfielder Harrison Weilbacher returned to action Saturday afternoon after missing the team’s first six games due to injury.