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Genetic research focuses on champion racehorse Scientists extract DNA from Seabiscuit’s silvered hooves Jacob Kerr news intern

Once used to hold cigarettes and matches, a pair of silvered hooves from Seabiscuit are now being used at Binghamton University to research the genes of the champion racehorse.

Seabiscuit raced during the Great Depression and, after losing his first 17 races, was deemed too small to be successful within the horse-racing industry. After a change in ownership and trainer, the horse began to see success in the late 1930s, and according to Laura Hillenbrand’s 2001 book, “Seabiscuit: An American Legend,” he was an inspiration to the struggling people of America.

Steven Tammariello, director of the Institute for Equine Genomics and an associate professor of biology at BU, was contacted in 2017 by Jacqueline Cooper, president of the Seabiscuit Heritage Foundation, to do genetic testing on a fifth-generation descendant of Seabiscuit, Bronze Sea. “We were trying to identify a suitable

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stallion choice for Bronze Sea,” Cooper said. “Dr. Tammariello and I were discussing Bronze Sea’s results and it was sort of a comment in passing. I said, ‘Well, it would be nice if we could figure out what genetic traits stem from Seabiscuit.’”

The difficulty was that tissue would be needed directly from Seabiscuit — a horse that died over 80 years ago and whose burial site is kept a secret by the family that owned the racehorse. Cooper reached out to Michael Howard, the great-grandson of Seabiscuit’s owner, who happened to know the whereabouts of the horse’s silvered hooves. The hooves of racehorses used to be commonly silvered to be used as ashtrays or to hold cigarettes, and covering the hooves with silver also preserves the bone.

Kate DeRosa, a fifth-year graduate student studying anthropology, was tasked with doing most of the research.

DeRosa is trained in ancient DNA techniques, and any DNA collected after death is considered ancient, requiring a specific protocol for analysis.

“One of the concerns I had about working with Seabiscuit’s hooves was whether or not we would be able to extract DNA,” DeRosa wrote in an email. “Since we couldn’t actually see what was there,

I had to carefully drill into the bottom of the hooves, making sure I did not damage the silver coating to find bone powder.

Luckily, the coffin bone was intact and I was able to obtain several powder samples for extraction.”

The lab found that Seabiscuit’s genes expressed long-distance stamina, which gave him a clear advantage over his competition. But underlying those genes were additional ones often expressed in successful sprint horses.

This combination, according to Tammariello, is extremely rare and closely resembles the abilities of Justify, the 2018 winner of the Triple Crown, one of the most prestigious awards in the horseracing industry. “[Justify] was a pretty interesting one because he was able to sprint pretty well and maintain that sprint for [a] pretty long time,” Tammariello said. “Whereas, Seabiscuit mainly had these distancerunning genes and underlying them were all sprinting genes. So he had speed and stamina as well, just going in the other direction.”

A problem in the horse-breeding industry, according to Cooper, is that

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christine derosa contributing photographer Kate DeRosa, a fifth-year graduate student studying anthropology, extracts DNA from the silvered hoof of Seabiscuit, a champion racehorse who died in 1947.

University to choose new police chief Three candidates enter final stages of search Zackary Chaqor

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With Timothy Faughnan set to take up the newly formed position of associate vice president for emergency services for Binghamton University, a new chief of police is poised to be named in his stead.

According to Faughnan, who is a

35-year veteran of the department, the search for a new chief is in its final stages.

The three candidates for the position — Sgt. Sammy Davis, Lt. John Pelletier and Deputy Chief of Police Patrick Reilly — are all long-time members of the University community.

Davis, ‘01, is a BU alumnus who majored in human development before beginning his career in law enforcement in 2003 as an officer with the University Police Department (UPD). In 2005, he

moved to the Broome County Sheriff’s Office, where he served as a deputy. In 2012, he was promoted as a detective and was named sergeant in 2015.

For the last three years, he has been the director of training for the Broome County Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Academy and was honored in 2017 as a “hometown hero” by the Broome County Sheriff’s Office for his work in community policing.

Pelletier has been with the UPD for just over a decade. After graduating

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In an effort to encourage more students to get tested for sexually transmitted diseases and infections, the Decker Student Health Services Center is now offering daily HIV tests for students and has extended STI appointments for asymptomatic students, or students who do not show symptoms of an STI. Under the direction of Richard Moose, medical director of Decker Student Health Services Center, and Peggy Smith, coordinator of clinical services, all nurses and doctors at Decker Student Health Services Center have been trained on how to administer tests for HIV, chlamydia and gonorrhea, allowing the health services center to offer daily STI and STD testing.

Until recently, testing has only been offered once per week at Decker Student Health Services Center.

According to Moose, there hasn’t been an increase in HIV or STI cases at Binghamton University. Rather, the change was made to encourage more students to get tested and prevent these diseases from becoming a problem at BU. “Young adults on university campuses experience high rates of sexually transmitted infections, yet many don’t get tested due to a lack of easy-to-access screening opportunities,” Moose said.

Previously, HIV testing was only offered through nurse visits, and gonorrhea and chlamydia testing only happened during an appointment with a nurse practitioner or physician. Now, all nurses can order gonorrhea, chlamydia and HIV testing.

“When I started working here, I identified this as an area of need for college students between the ages of 15 and 25, which are at a higher risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease,” Moose said. “The tests are being offered daily, as

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rose coschignano staff photographer Patrick Reilly, deputy chief of police and a candidate for chief of police, speaks to students at an open session on Thursday afternoon in the University Union.

from Upper Iowa University in 2000 with a degree in human services, he began a career with the U.S. Army, receiving awards and commendation for his service.

Since joining UPD in 2007, Pelletier has served as a field training officer and has instructed officers at the Broome County Law Enforcement Academy. Since his appointment in 2015 to lieutenant, he has supervised the department’s community response team, which focuses on outreach to students, parents, faculty and campus visitors.

The final candidate is Reilly, who began his career as a University police officer in 1994. He held a leadership role as a field training officer, and in 2011, he became an investigator, where he oversaw investigations and acted as a liaison between his department and federal law enforcement agencies. In 2018, he was promoted to his current role as deputy chief.

At an open session for Reilly on Thursday in the University Union, he spoke of the importance of understanding how University incidents are felt in the wider community.

“I think that it’s important that when something happens, you know how it will affect the outside community,” Reilly said. “It’s like throwing a rock into a pond. There is a ripple effect.”

Reilly also stressed the importance of engagement between law enforcement and students, which he said leads to more effective policing.

“It’s about getting [that bond] and seeing who your community is,”

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2019-20 Code of Conduct undergoes review Document to be finalized in April for upcoming year Erin Kagel

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With each new school year comes new rules, regulations and responsibilities for Binghamton University students and faculty. To keep up with these changes at BU, the Office of Student Conduct updates the Student Code of Conduct, making

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changes to reflect what is required of the University community each year.

For the 2019-20 school year, the process of updating the Student Code of Conduct is currently underway.

Jazell Johnson, director of Student Conduct and the chairperson for the Code of Student Conduct review committee, wrote in an email that she and her committee are always looking for ways to improve the document. This year, they are hoping to edit and add a number of items to the Code of Conduct, including the University’s tobacco-free

policy, which isn’t currently included in the document.

“Reviewing the Code of Student Conduct aims to enhance the quality of interactions with students going through the conduct process,” Johnson wrote. “It’s about promoting student development through an educationally developmental process where students play an important role in the reinforcement of community standards and creating a process that creates engagement between the Office of Student Conduct and the

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campus community.”

Resident assistants (RA) like Maximo Casimiro, a junior majoring in anthropology, utilize floor meetings to remind residents to be up-to-date on the Code of Conduct so that they are prepared and understand what the document contains before they need it.

“I haven’t had serious issues with the Code of Conduct, but I do reference it at floor meetings,” Casimiro said. “[My residents] should know what resources

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Prep for the fall concert with 21 Savage’s hits,

Poems provide inspiration for Lume’s exhibition in the Rosefsky Gallery,

Contributing columnist Annick Tabb talks about her experiences with catcalling,

Volleyball falls short of America East playoff spot,

Wrestling opens its season on a slow but promising note,

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proposal was withdrawn, pending further review. It comes after Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation that banned the use of electronic cigarettes in workplaces, bars and restaurants.

Board of Regents orders extension of standardized test moratorium The New York State Department of Education has been directed by the Board of Regents to draft a proposal that would extend the moratorium that currently separates student performance on standardized tests from teacher evaluations, according to the Press & Sun-Bulletin. While the New York State United Teachers union praised the proposed extension, other officials, including Cuomo, criticized the move, arguing standardized testing can help identify underperforming teachers.

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This Day in History Nov. 12, 1954 Ellis Island closes. Since opening in 1892, the island admitted more than 12 million immigrants.

Police Watch The following accounts were provided by Investigator Robert Meddleton of Binghamton’s New York State University Police.

Couple problems MONDAY, Nov. 5, 1:59 p.m. — A couple contacted UPD to report they had been harassed at the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Johnson City. While walking on Arch Street, the victims, a 22-year-old female and a 26-year-old male, were approached by another female and male.

Upon drawing closer, the female victim realized it was her ex-boyfriend with another female. The victims attempted to cross the street to avoid the pair, but the other couple followed them. The male suspect called both victims derogatory names and accused the female victim of posting information about his mother on social media. He tried to fight the male victim, but the victims walked away and entered the pharmacy school. Video footage from the area corroborates the victims’ statements. The case is still under investigation, and police are working to identify the suspects.

Commuter trouble MONDAY, Nov. 5, 7:20 p.m. — An officer on patrol observed a vehicle traveling on Glenn G. Bartle Drive without its headlights on. Upon stopping and approaching the vehicle, the officer detected an odor of marijuana. The driver, a 21-year-old female student, said she didn’t have any marijuana in the car, but did have an ashtray. The officer searched the vehicle and found trace amounts of marijuana in the ashtray. The student was given a traffic ticket and charged with unlawful possession of marijuana. She

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is also a suspect in two other drug-related cases.

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MONDAY, Nov. 5, 8:15 p.m. — Officers were dispatched to Filmore Hall of Hillside Community after UPD received a report of a burglary and identity theft. A 20-year-old male student said he was approached by a 24-year-old male who identified himself as homeless and asked for a monetary donation. The student invited him to his apartment for a cup of coffee and food and gave the suspect his number. Later, the student was contacted by the man and was asked to pick him up on Main Street in Binghamton, as he was stranded.

The two went to church together and the student told the suspect he could stay in his dorm room, while the student stayed in a friend’s room. The following morning, one of the student’s roommates, a 20-year-old male, woke up to find $100 cash, Beats headphones valued at $250 and a PlayStation 4 valued at $600 missing. The student who initially invited the suspect into the apartment noticed the suspect tried to access his bank accounts, but failed. An arrest warrant has been issued for the suspect.

Storage room thief WEDNESDAY, Nov. 7, 8:10 a.m. — Officers responded to the Events Center after receiving a report of a larceny. A 55-year-old female employee said she left her purse in Room G13 of the building while working, and noticed a $100 bill was missing when she returned. The room is a maintenance storage room that employees put their belongings in, and there were at least 13 other employees working who had access to the room. The doors to the room are usually closed, but on this night, they were not.

The case is still under investigation.

Researchers study Seabiscuit seabiscuit from page 1 many horses are used for the wrong type of race according to their genetic information. She said if a racehorse is not successful, it is often disregarded and left up to auction.

“I find genetic information invaluable, and if this technology would be accepted in the future by the horse-breeding community,

then we could set [the horses] up for success,” Cooper said.

“We would make better informed decisions and improve their lives.”

Seabiscuit’s genes are being researched further, but Tammariello said their lab is going to be looking away from the physical aspects of the horse.

“I’m more interested in his behavioral genetics, so genes like dopamine receptors and

octopamine receptors, because we know those are linked to aggression and thrill-seeking and trainability,” Tammariello said.

“It’ll be interesting to see if it was his mind that mostly carried him to his success, or was it only his physical attributes.”

Tammariello and DeRosa both said they expect to receive more results within the next few months.

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Decker offers daily HIV testing, expands STI services decker from page 1 limiting availability to one morning per week limits the number of students who can come at that time.”

Common symptoms for an STD or STI include painful urination, lower abdominal pain, vaginal discharge in women and discharge from the penis in men, but some infections are asymptomatic.

According to Smith, the HIV test, which is conducted by taking a small amount of blood from a patient, is currently free of charge as it is covered by the student health fee. For chlamydia and gonorrhea, testing can be done through a urine, vaginal, anal or oral swab test. These tests need to be sent to a laboratory off campus, so Decker Student Health Services Center charges a student’s insurance for them.

Increasing availability of HIV testing is in line with a plan by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to make New York the first state in the nation to commit to ending the AIDS epidemic. The initiative, first introduced in 2014, aims to maximize the availability of treatment for HIV and improve the health of New Yorkers. The initiative includes three main priorities to tackle HIV and AIDS, with the

first being to identify people with undiagnosed HIV and to get them care. According to Smith, while the state initiative didn’t focus on college campuses, Decker Student Health Services Center’s staff used it as a blueprint for improving STI testing on campus.

“Student appointments for both HIV and STI testing were filled quickly,” Smith said. “STI appointments were typically booked out one week and HIV appointments booked out up to 3 weeks. As the coordinator of clinical services at [Decker Student Health Services Center], I constantly review the health care needs of the student population to see if we can improve delivery. After determining that there was, indeed, a need to make more STI [and] HIV screening appointments available, I looked at utilizing our nursing staff to perform asymptomatic screenings in lieu of a provider.”

According to Maya LordDagostino, a sophomore doublemajoring in human development and Africana studies, it is critical that Decker Student Health Services Center also offers other resources, including more staff, to ensure students get assistance with a variety of medical issues.

“While more HIV and STI testing are great, Decker also needs

more staff members and longer hours so more students can get whatever medical help they need,” Lord-Dagostino said.

Kelly Keleman, a sophomore majoring in mathematics, said she wants to increase dialogue about STIs on campus, and hopes the expansion of HIV and STI testing will help kick-start the conversation on campus.

“People on campus know about [STIs], but don’t want to talk about it,” Keleman said. “If Decker can reach out to more students and make STIs a more comfortable topic, our campus will be a safer and better place.”

According to Moose, it is essential for students to get tested regularly.

“I would also like the information to get out to the campus that regular testing for STIs is essential,” Moose said. “If someone is in a mutually monogamous relationship, testing once a year is enough. If someone is having more than one sexual partner in a year, then they should be tested more frequently.”

Students can make appointments to get tested in person or through Decker Student Health Services Center’s Patient Portal, which can be accessed through students’ myBinghamton accounts.

tyler gorman contributing photographer Decker Student Health Services Center will now offer daily HIV testing and extended appointments for STI testing for asymptomatic students.

Campus sees increase in dorm fires Student Conduct seeks campus input Between 2015 and 2017, 27 fires occurred at BU Christine DeRosa

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According to the 2018 Annual Security and Fire Report, between 2015 and 2017, fires in residential halls at Binghamton University increased from five to 15.

The report, which documents crimes, incidents and fires across campus, is compiled using data from the University Police Department (UPD) and the Office of Student Conduct. The report must be conducted annually, as required by the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act of 1990.

Jeanne Clery was a student who was murdered in her dorm at Lehigh University in 1986. Her parents believed the university did not share vital information with its students regarding safety and campaigned for legislation that forces universities to do so. The

act is a federal law requiring all universities and colleges that receive federal student financial aid to report safety issues to students.

According to the 2018 report, 15 fires occurred in residential halls during the 2017 calendar year. In 2016, seven fires occurred, and five fires occurred in 2015.

John Paffie, an assistant fire chief at the Vestal Fire Department, said the department doesn’t often respond to fires on campus.

“Luckily, we don’t respond to campus a lot,” Paffie said.

“The last ones were arsonrelated, but that is usually not the case.”

Most of the 2017 fires occurred in College-in-theWoods, which had a total of five fires, four of which were in Onondaga Hall.

The fires in Onondaga Hall were all listed as arson cases. In three of the fires, burnt papers were found by staff on doors within the building, and in one case, a bulletin board was set on fire. The other 2017 fires took place in Hillside Community,

Mountainview College, Newing College, Dickinson Community and Susquehanna Community.

All were labeled as accidents.

There were no fires reported in Hinman College.

Paffie said most fires are accidental and are usually caused by electrical problems.

Often, fires are also caused by cooking, starting when oil catches fire in a pan or food burns badly.

“Pay attention while cooking,” Paffie said. “Don’t leave oil unattended. Don’t think you can run back to your dorm while cooking.

Pay attention.

Common sense prevails.”

The report references multiple cooking fires. One involved a student placing an electrical plastic kettle on an electric stove, and another started when paper towels were placed too close to a burner.

Connie Corey, director of environmental health and safety at the University, said that despite the increase in fires from 2015 to 2017, no single residence hall saw an increase.

“Reportable fire locations range, so there is no one hall that had a significant increase,” Corey wrote in an email.

According to the University’s website, several safety measures, including testing and inspecting wet fire sprinkler systems in all buildings, inspecting buildings for fire safety compliance, inspecting and coordinating fire extinguisher maintenance, conducting campus fire drills and providing fire safety and extinguisher training, are taken to prevent fires on campus.

The University’s website also lists tips from a website run by Fire Science Online, an organization that provides information regarding careers in fire safety and safety resources. In order to increase fire safety, Fire Science Online suggests that cooking should only be done in designated areas, clutter should be kept away from cooking areas, cooking should never be left unattended and, in the event of microwave fires, the device should be unplugged and the door should remain closed.

Word on the Street

Christopher Coccodrilli, a sophomore majoring in history: “I’m not, actually. I knew it was coming up, but I have a long week.”

Conner Wong, a sophomore majoring in economics: “I mean, we were thinking about buying last-minute tickets, but right now we don’t have tickets. I guess, yeah, we’re planning on it.”

Jannatul Naima, a freshman majoring in biology: “I don’t really listen to much of his music either way and I only like one song, ‘Bank Account.’

I’m not really interested in him because of his history.”

code from page 1 they have if they need them.”

According to Johnson, after confirming a review committee, the Office of Student Conduct will be conducting focus groups and circulating a feedback form, which was sent out in October and will be open until January 2019.

Once all of the information is compiled in January, the committee will meet in February to review prospective changes and make recommendations to the Code of Conduct. These recommendations will be forwarded to campus leadership for review in March 2019. Finally, in April, the 201920 Student Code of Conduct will be finalized.

Once the new code is finalized, it will be sent to the University’s communications and marketing office to make necessary revisions to the document, which will then be distributed to students and faculty in both print and electronic forms.

Johnson wrote she hopes that involving students in revisions to

the Code of Conduct will make them more interested in understanding and knowing about the different rules detailed in the document.

“The Office of Student Conduct is excited to engage the campus community in our review process,” Johnson wrote.

“Feedback from the campus community is vital in helping to ensure the Code of Student Conduct is accessible, easy to understand and consistent with the values of Binghamton University.”

Pat Miraglia, a senior majoring in English and an RA in Oneida Hall of College-in-the-Woods, said he thinks the Code of Conduct is important for the student body, especially for RAs in training.

“I think it’s important to stay updated to keep students safe,” Miraglia said. “As times progress and as things change, it’s important to change with them. We’re trained on it for two weeks over the summer, but we’re trained on the points most relevant to us, like how to deal with mental health and sexual assault in terms of our residents.”

Will you be attending the fall concert?

Omar Maflahi, a freshman majoring in mechanical engineering: “I don’t really listen to much of his music either way and I only like one song, ‘Bank Account.’

I’m not really interested in him because of his history.”

Shane Macdonald, Susan Obatola, a sophomore an undeclared majoring in English: sophomore: “Yes. Wait, when is that by the way? Are tickets sold out already? I’m probably going to buy a ticket, my friends are going.”

“I don’t really listen to much of his music either way and I only like one song, ‘Bank Account.’

I’m not really interested in him because of his history.”

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Annual celebration honors first-generation college students Event aims to highlight student successes Sofia Mena

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According to the Student Support Services (SSS) office, about one-third of Binghamton University students are firstgeneration college students.

On Thursday, SSS and the Education Opportunity Program (EOP) held a celebration in honor of the anniversary of the Higher Education Act of 1965, a federal law that created programs to identify and provide services for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds and allowed many low-income students, students of color and students with disabilities to attend college.

Often, these students were the first in their families to do so.

U.S. President Lyndon Johnson signed the Higher Education Act into law in 1965 as part of his Great Society agenda to eliminate poverty and racial injustice.

SSS aims to promote academic success and personal growth for first-generation students, lowincome students and students with disabilities.

The event, celebrated nationally as First-Generation College Celebration Day, brought students, faculty and staff together to celebrate students and their accomplishments with the program. The event also aimed to reflect on the importance of educational opportunity programs in creating a fairer society.

Marissa Zelman, assistant director for SSS, said the event was meant to raise awareness about the first-generation college student identity and highlight the social and professional support services available to students.

“Many people don’t know [this identity] exists,” Zelman said. “It’s an invisible identity, so a lot of our students, they kind of go through this struggle of not having the social capital, not having parents

theo mason staff photographer Students and faculty gathered on Thursday to celebrate National First-Generation College Celebration Day in honor of the Higher Education Act of 1965, signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson to provide services for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

or guardians who can guide them through college, and they go through it silently because it’s an [invisible] identity.”

Zelman said the EOP at BU helps students with confidence, as many of them come from

backgrounds where academic pursuits and knowledge of the college process has been limited.

“A lot of our students face common struggles of imposter syndrome, where they got to college on their own with great

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grades, but they don’t feel that they truly belong here because they don’t come from legacy,” Zelman said. “So we’re there to support them because they definitely have the traits to be successful, they just don’t know it yet.”

SSS also helps students with various aspects of the college process, from selecting classes and a major to academic skills workshops and personal counseling.

Kajol Bahl, a senior majoring in integrative neuroscience, is a first-generation college student with parents from India who were unfamiliar with the college process while she was applying to the University. Now, Bahl is a mentor and tutor in the SSS program, which she said

has helped her find direction and support.

“As a [first-generation college student], I’ve been able to connect well with other first-gens here, so now I’m a mentor and [I feel that] the way that I was able to connect with my mentor, they’re able to connect with me,” Bahl said. “So it’s nice that I’m able to share my wisdom with them.”

According to Amanda SpragueGetsy, a sophomore majoring in environmental studies, finding support can be difficult as a firstgeneration student, and the EOP program helps bridge the gap.

“As much as my parents wanted to support me, they didn’t know much about the process,” Sprague-Getsy said. “I definitely had a hard time adjusting to college from high school just because it

was so different from high school and the classes were a lot more challenging. Having programs like SSS is so nice, because I get unconditional support and they give opportunities like this [event] for me to meet and network [with students and professors].”

According to Zelman, the day focused on celebrating students’ successes within the program and recognizing the challenges they faced to get there.

“I get to see them graduate and do amazing things,” Zelman said.

“We’ve had several of our students win the Undergraduate Excellence Award, and several have actually gone on to win a Chancellor’s Award. They got full rides to law school, they’re owning their own businesses [and] they’re doing amazing things.”

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The ability for the student community to be in the loop and involved with law enforcement was a concern held by several of those in attendance, including Dan Chambers, former police chief of SUNY Oneonta and a resident of Johnson City.

Chambers said he believed this was one of the biggest challenges

facing the incoming police chief.

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OPINIONS Monday, November 12, 2018

Does the right adequately react to anti-Semitic acts?

It blames others and tries to increase firearms

max samson editorial artist Jacob Hanna Contributing Columnist

Following the massacre of Jews in a Pittsburgh synagogue, it has been heartening to see the empathy and genuine solidarity on display across many faiths and backgrounds. It gives me hope that we can build a united front to stand against anti-Semitism and bigotry in the future. But some reactions have also given me pause. I want to look at these reactions to see how they fail.

For example, some have said that if only there were an armed guard in the synagogue, this tragedy could have been

prevented. President Donald Trump has suggested such a course of action, as has the president of the National Rifle Association. There are quite a few problems with this. Aside from the facts that armed police did show up at the shooting and were unable to stop the shooter before some of them were wounded, and that such a course of action does not tackle the root causes of antiSemitism, spending resources on security will inevitably mean fewer resources focused on classes and services that would help build the community and moving forward. Furthermore, the presence of any armed guard in a synagogue may create a hostile environment for some, if not all, Jews — it would definitely create a hostile environment for

people of color who are Jewish.

Militarized police harass and brutalize people of color every day; under no circumstance should we allow that environment to manifest in places of worship.

It has also been enlightening to see some people pay more attention to some anti-Semitic crimes more than others because of who the perpetrator is. For example, there has been a lot of due attention paid to the defacement of a Brooklyn synagogue with a swastika. This act is obviously reprehensible.

But I am wary of people who use it as a political cudgel.

For example, the Binghamton University College Republicans’ Twitter page has multiple posts using the defacement as an attempt to smear the left, based

on the fact that the perpetrator is a black man and a volunteer for members of the Democratic Party. They also allude to Louis Farrakhan, an anti-Semitic religious leader, as an example of so-called left-wing antiSemitism. Their idol of idols, Jewish conservative Ben Shapiro, has made similar claims about the left-mainstreamed Farrakhan.

I find it incredibly interesting that the same Twitter page contains no mention of the massacre in Pittsburgh, nor of the murderer, or the fact that he was motivated to kill Jews based on the actions of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, a Jewish-led organization that aids political refugees. There is no mention that the murderer called these refugees “invaders”

— no mention of the underlying white supremacist ideology of it all. I also find it incredibly interesting that Shapiro brings up Farrakhan and claims he is “mainstream,” despite the fact that Farrakhan has found himself increasingly on the sidelines of society and holds no elected office, as the fascist Congressman Steve King currently does. It seems we only hear of him when people like Shapiro or the College Republicans want a convenient target to smear left-wing activists in general, and left-wing Jews, Jews of color and the supporters of the rights of Palestinians in particular. It is evident that the College Republicans care enough about Jew hatred to try to manipulate white Jews to their ideologies. It is not evident that

they care about Jew hatred for the fact that it exists. So to speak, they are grifters on this issue, professional “concern trolls,” pure and simple.

This is to say when people claim to care about Jew hatred, we must listen to them further.

We must ask: Do they only talk about one type of perpetrator?

Do they have an understanding of power dynamics as they relate to anti-Semitism? Have they railed against other marginalized people in the past? Are they “concern trolling?” With these questions in mind, we can determine whether they actually care, or if they are attempting to subjugate us.

— Jacob Hanna is a junior majoring in economics.

Catcalling can evoke conflicting emotions Initial feelings of flattery usually shift to disgust Annick Tabb Contributing Columnist

When I got harassed on the street for the first time, one of my first thoughts was, “Finally.”

I breathed a sigh of relief. At long last, I was considered attractive enough for men on the street to give me the time of day. Pretty big day in a 12-year-old’s life.

Almost eight years later, my mindset has drastically changed.

Sexual harassment has had an unfortunately large effect on my formative teenage years. It has felt less like a mere annoyance and instead like a constantly looming menace. I know for a fact that I am not the only one

who has had this experience. I would be hard-pressed to find anyone in my circle of friends and acquaintances who has not been harassed at least once while growing up.

My relationship with my body and overall outward appearance has always been complicated.

I have always felt much more connected to my brain than my body and consequently dealt with feelings of clumsiness, discomfort and overall physical awkwardness. Men twice my age telling me they thought I was sexy simultaneously made me feel disgusting and attractive, and therefore, worth something.

In a twisted sort of way, there is a small part of my brain that has not evolved from the 12-yearold who thought that superficial compliments from strange men

were the highest form of praise.

While I despise being catcalled, I know that deep down I would miss it if it stopped. “The thing about being regarded as a sexual object before you’re of consensual age … is that you don’t quite have a grasp on what advances mean,” Samantha Shokin wrote in an essay for The Huffington Post. “They are affirmations of attractiveness, seemingly detached from salacious intent because they don’t appear to escalate (until eventually, they do).”

A couple of nights ago, a friend and I went to a club in Berlin that was pretty far from our apartment building. I felt like a deer on the first day of hunting season. At least four different men forcibly tried to get me to dance with them

multiple times, even after I made it clear that I was uninterested in them. One specific man, who had shown interest in both of us, followed us out of the club when we left and rode the same train as us. We had to lie about our names and where we were going and wait him out in a train station until he eventually got on a train, finally leaving us alone.

While nothing actually violent happened, I was left rattled and even more anxious about riding the train than I was before.

It is here that I want to acknowledge my privilege as a cisgender woman. While cisgender women are still often not given appropriate space to talk about and digest harassment, most discussions about sexual harassment are about cisgender women being

harassed by cisgender men. It is important to acknowledge that transgender, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming people, especially those who are not white, are more likely to be harassed and assaulted.

This harassment may include misgendering and intrusive questions and remarks. Jamal Lewis wrote in an op-ed for The New York Times, “Many women worry about being sexually harassed or assaulted by men. I also have to worry about what will happen when men find out I’m trans … trans women and gender-nonconforming people of color are dying because people, especially cisgender men and women, cannot police their imaginations.”

I do not have a happy ending planned for this column. I am

thoroughly exhausted after having to constantly rethink my actions so I don’t attract unwanted attention for close to a decade. It is important for us to take care of each other and make sure everyone around us is safe from harm. However, in the words of Alok Vaid-Menon, “A lot of strategies when it comes to ending harassment are oriented around making women and trans people modify our behavior and appearances, and never around actually challenging societies which enable and encourage harassment against us … The solution is ending patriarchy and the gender binary that upholds it.”

— Annick Tabb is a junior double-majoring in political science and English.

Florida’s Amendment 4 is a step in the right direction Many convicted felons should be given the right to vote Elizabeth Short Contributing Columnist

While everyone was encouraged to vote on Nov. 6 in the past few weeks, not everyone’s ballot looked the same. Candidates and open positions varied from state to state, and depending on your district, you may have been asked to vote on the implementation of local laws. However, not everyone gets that opportunity.

One law proposed in Florida has

changed that.

On Nov. 6, Florida Amendment 4, the Voting Rights Restoration for Felons Initiative, was passed in Florida to allow convicted felons (with the exception of those convicted for murder, or any sexual offense, who continue to remain permanently kept from voting) the right to vote once their sentence has been served.

This includes individuals serving parole or probation as well. After this vote, there are now only three states in the United States where all felons permanently lose the right to vote once convicted.

Many states prevent voting while an individual is incarcerated,

and some even disbar voting until parole or probation is finished, despite the individual living and functioning outside of prison. The Florida amendment received overwhelming support, surpassing the 60 percent majority vote it required to pass.

Before you ask the question that enters the mind of anyone reading political news — “Why should I care?” — it’s important to remember how many people this affects. Florida accounts for almost 25 percent of those in the United States who have lost their right to vote as the result of a felony conviction.

That’s approximately 1.6 million

citizens out of 6.1 million total individuals who are disenfranchised. Those votes matter, and have the potential to make a difference regardless of who’s behind the ballot. And for those who think that those who break the law shouldn’t have a say in creating laws, it might be best to withhold judgment on those incarcerated.

First of all, it’s no secret that the prison system isn’t exactly colorblind. African Americans are arrested at disproportionate rates compared to white Americans. With the passing of Amendment 4, nearly 17.9 percent of African Americans

who had completed their sentences and couldn’t vote in 2016 will now be able to vote in 2020. Also, what about those men and women who served their time and returned to being functioning and productive members of society? They can pay taxes, but can’t vote for the lawmakers who dictate what they owe? Seems less than fair to me. Not to mention, if every college-aged student caught with recreational drugs was charged with a felony and disenfranchised, you would likely think that a lot of crucial votes would be missing from Election Day.

Thankfully, that harsh reality is over for many citizens. I think that Amendment 4 is a truly great step toward giving Americans a second chance. It has strong stipulations against murderers and sex offenders, which I agree with, but it gives those who’ve turned their lives around the reward they deserve. When the next election rolls around, you can be sure that those nearly 1.6 million Americans will be exercising their newly restored rights, and I’ll be proud to vote with them.

— Elizabeth Short is a sophomore majoring in biology.

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West Side pizzeria serves New York-style slices Paul & Sons offers classics and unique specialty pies Lily Tang

Contributing Writer

For New York natives in search of quality pizza, Paul & Sons offers a slice of home.

Paul & Sons, a small pizza shop that opened about a year ago, is operated by chef Paul Myers, a James Beard Foundation Award nominee. He has also worked with celebrity chefs like David Chang and Tom Douglas in Seattle, all James Beardwinning chefs.

Before establishing Paul & Sons, Myers and his wife, Carrie Blabac-Myers, owned a finedining restaurant in Montana called 515. They moved to Binghamton because it is where his wife grew up and where her family is located. The couple also has two sons, hence the name Paul & Sons.

Myers credits much of the success of the shop to his wife.

“We’re business partners,” Myers said. “This shop wouldn’t exist without her work.”

After moving to the east coast, Myers worked as a wine salesman for a number of years, as well as a restaurant consultant. He said his inability to find the perfect niche in a pre-existing restaurant led him to start his own.

“There wasn’t a restaurant I wanted to work at in this area because with my background, I wouldn’t have been fulfilled being a line cook somewhere, or being a chef at a country club or something,” Myers said. “That’s not who I am, so I reinvented myself.”

The shop has a homey feel, with a large “Welcome

sidney slon staff photographer Paul & Sons brings a unique twist to different pizza variations and is located at 67 ½ Leroy St., open from Tuesday to Saturday.

Binghamton, New York!” poster on the side of its brick wall.

There are plenty of seats by the window, one large table in the center and a self-serving water station. The kitchen is in full view behind the cash register, where Myers can be seen stretching dough.

A single slice is priced under $5, a 14-inch pie is $15 and an 18-inch pie is $18. The shop also offers the option to create your own pizza — a 14-inch pie is $10 and an 18-inch is $13, with toppings for $2 each.

The pizzeria also includes a wide variety of toppings, such as artichokes, broccolini, feta, prosciutto, red onions, spinach, house-made fennel sausage, pepperoncini, roasted peppers, ricotta and walnuts.

Myers recognized returning customers, laughing and having conversations with them.

“We’ve been welcomed by the neighborhood and the college kids here,” Myers said. “A lot of the kids are from the Bronx, Queens, Westchester and Long Island. This pizza registers with

them because it’s an authentic Brooklyn NYC-style slice — [a] thin and crispy, foldable slice [with] good-quality ingredients.

I think it reminds them of a city slice versus the kind of doughy pie that you get in a lot of the other pizzerias around the area.

So we register with the West Side families and the college kids and we also have a great lunch business with the construction workers and teachers.”

One look at Paul & Sons’ menu and one thing is noticeable: the unique

combinations of its specialty pies. Some specialty pies include red onion with walnut and gorgonzola, prosciutto with pineapple chutney, roasted pepper with pepperoncini and jalapeño and meatball with green pepper and onion. Instead of garlic knots and chicken wings that are typically offered in other pizzerias around town, they serve sandwiches: roast pork with broccolini and aged provolone, meatball with red sauce and three cheeses and sausage with roasted peppers

and Romano.

In the future, Myers plans to expand their menu with soups and salads. The restaurant also offers vegetarian and vegan pies upon request.

In addition to their specialty pies, Myers crafts a weekly special; something for returning customers to look forward to.

Some past specials included a butternut squash pie with pumpkin seeds and goat cheese and roasted cauliflower pie with kale and golden raisins.

Not only does Paul & Sons’ creative menu stand out, but the restaurant’s fresh, quality ingredients are what Myers prides the shop on. Everything is made in-house and from scratch every day.

“We’re employing kind of a fine-dining approach to a pizzeria, so with that being said, we’re making our own meatballs, we’re making our own sausages, even if we do a buffalo chicken pie we’re getting chickens and roasting them,” Myers said.

“We don’t have a freezer here, so nothing comes in frozen, nothing comes in prefabricated.

There are no cans or boxes being opened.”

Myers said that many of his customers who enjoy his pizza are from New York City, saying that his pizza reminds them of the pies they have had growing up.

“And that right there is kind of like a badge of authenticity for me,” Myers said. “I’m making something that feels like home for some of these people — and I get great pleasure out of that.”

Paul & Sons is located at 67 ½ Leroy St. The shop is open on Tuesdays through Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., and closed on Sundays and Mondays.

WSU hosts annual ‘She’s Aloud’ Annual variety show took place in Undergrounds Gabby Iacovano Arts & Culture

From 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 8, the Women’s Student Union (WSU) held its annual fall variety show fundraiser, “She’s Aloud,” in the Undergrounds.

Attendees paid an entry fee of $3, and food and drinks, catered from Wegmans, were served as everyone filed in. Raffle prizes — a scarf, socks, a candle and an oil diffuser — were announced, and attendees were invited to buy raffle tickets at a dollar each.

After a few minutes of eating and socializing, attendees settled into their seats for a lineup of music, comedy, poetry and dance.

The show featured 13 acts, with performances from groups and individuals. Student groups Hoop Troop and Masti performed, as well as several members of Bing Stand-Up. Each fall, WSU reaches out to student organizations for performers, some of which are brought to their attention by general body members. Other acts were performed by WSU E-Board members and friends and acquaintances of people in the club.

Erica Prush, president of WSU and a senior majoring in English, said that while “She’s Aloud” features a wide variety of performers, the event is always fun and relaxed due to a sense of camaraderie among performers and attendees.

“A lot of the performers are our friends, or friends of friends, so it’s a good place to have a friendly atmosphere where everyone gets along,” she said.

The proceeds from “She’s Aloud” are donated to a different charity each year. This year, the money went to Rise, a local organization that provides shelter, counseling and other services to domestic violence victims in the greater Binghamton area. In

tyler gorman contributing photographer College-in-the-Woods Dining Hall got an “Under the Sea” makeover for Woods Jam on Friday, Nov. 9.

Student groups jam out Annual ‘Woods Jam’ held in CIW Dining Hall Le-Ann Mac

contributing writer kojo senoo pipe dream photographer Students showcased their talents at the Women’s Student Union’s annual fall variety show fundraiser, “She’s Aloud,” in the Undergrounds on Thursday.

past years, the club has donated to the hurricane survivors of Puerto Rico and the protestors at Standing Rock. This year, the general body voted to support Rise.

Prush said that WSU has some connections to the group from doing outreach in the area, so they decided to keep the money local this year. ”We partner with the Crime Victims Assistance Center and they refer a lot of clients to Rise, so while we’ve never worked with them directly, they were really happy to be a recipient of this,” she said.

While the event featured performances from people of all genders, WSU tried to ensure that the event would showcase the talent of women on campus.

For example, WSU reached out to Bing Stand-Up specifically looking for women comedians, four of whom took the stage and garnered enthusiastic reception from the audience.

Bailey Bravin, a member of Bing Stand-Up and a junior majoring in nursing, performed

for her first real audience at last year’s “She’s Aloud,” and she said she was eager to return.

“This is such an amazing event because everyone’s so welcoming,” she said. “It’s a great place for people who might feel nervous to feel comfortable.”

Molly Moran, another member of Bing Stand-Up and a junior majoring in biology, agreed that the audience and WSU E-Board fostered a welcoming atmosphere.

“This was my first time performing for a crowd where I didn’t know anyone in the crowd, and it was way easier than I thought it would be,” she said.

“Everyone was really responsive and it was great.”

Prush said that every year, WSU strives to maintain a friendly atmosphere and make the event as comfortable as possible for performers.

“That same mindset goes into our spring event, ‘Take Back the Night’,” she said. “In all the spaces that WSU puts on, there’s this element of making it safe and inclusive for everyone.”

The College-in-the-Woods Dining Hall became unusually enchanting on Friday night.

It had been rearranged into a coffeehouse setting, complete with dim lights strung across the ceiling, tables of food and a stage for the annual Woods Jam, a night of music in the revamped dining hall with this year’s theme being “Under the Sea.” “We wanted the theme to coincide with the paintings above the walkway under the Tuscarora Office Building,” said Abby Kress, vice president of public relations in the Collegein-the-Woods Area Council and a sophomore majoring in biology.

“All of those paintings were ocean-themed, so we thought it was a nice way to connect it all.”

Next to Woods Olympics, Woods Jam is one of the biggest fall traditions in College-in-theWoods. This year, performers included not only musicians who live in College-in-theWoods, but also the off-campus band The Clique, student-run music ensemble Explorchestra, a community service a cappella group Note to Self, the American Sign Language Club, Black

Dance Repertoire and spokenword performer Cavon Elias, a College-in-the-Woods resident assistant and a senior majoring in psychology.

“Woods Jam is a very nice community builder,” Kress said. “Especially because it’s in the fall, it’s a good de-stressor from midterms. It’s a nice way to come together and listen to music, and it showcases the talents within the community.”

Gay Squared, a duo consisting of Kate DiGraziano, a sophomore majoring in English, and Luis Gonzales, a sophomore majoring in mathematics, swept away the crowd with sultry covers of Lana Del Rey ballads. The duo came together recently and this set was their debut performance.

“We just actually collaborated last week, finally, because I had to be home this time last year, so I didn’t get to participate in that Woods Jam,” Gonzales said.

“We got the chance [to perform] this year, and we were so thrilled after our first practice.”

Cadence is a band consisting of Gina Rizzo, a freshman majoring in integrative neuroscience, Griffin Vinas, a freshman majoring in psychology and Kathryn Vanderveer and Connor Nardocci, two seniors at MaineEndwell High School. Similar to Gay Squared, their band was

assembled only two weeks ago.

“We’re all in our own individual bands, but they’re all centered around rock music, so it was easy to come together,” Rizzo said. “It was very ‘Lemonade Mouth’-esque. We had two 20-minute rehearsals in [Nardocci]’s basement before this [Woods Jam].”

Despite having gathered initially just for Woods Jam, the members of Cadence have enjoyed performing together so much that they are considering doing so again in the spring for College-in-the-Woods’ annual Woodstock event.

“I’ve been performing for a really long time, but this is the most comfortable I’ve ever been,” Rizzo said. “Since [the band members] are my age and everyone in the audience was our age, I was super comfortable and it was so easy to play with them. It had the least pressure and was the most fun that I’ve had [when performing].”

Shakeb Zia, a freshman majoring in economics, enjoyed his first Woods Jam and is excited for Woodstock.

“It was nice to see the community come together and to see the range of talent we have in [College-in-the-Woods],” Zia said. “I hope they build on this to make Woodstock even better and that this might inspire some people to perform in the spring.”

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Gallery features visiting artist Charles Matson Lume Lume inspired by poetry and life experience Alisa Darson

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Last Thursday, the Elsie B. Rosefsky Memorial Art Gallery in the Fine Arts Building hosted artist Charles Matson Lume’s exhibition, “you can almost see (for Joyce Sutphen),” with a public reception featuring an hourlong talk with Lume.

A visiting visual artist from Minnesota, Lume focuses on the ephemeral and the unique, shifting and often poetic relationship between light and matter. He explores themes such as time and transformation, asking questions on what it means to be present in the world.

Those who attended the opening reception received a pamphlet with a description of the collection and a bit of background information about the artist’s education. He included this quote by William Carlos Williams: “It is difficult / to get the news from poems / yet men die miserably every day / for lack / of what is found there.”

The inspiration for this collection is a poem titled “Naming the Stars” by poet Joyce Sutphen.

After reading the poem aloud, Lume explained why it was dedicated to her. While reading through a number of her books last summer, Lume found this particular poem and it struck him deeply. While the collection’s purpose is not to illustrate the poem, it does use

sidney slon staff photographer The Elsie B. Rosefsky Memorial Art Gallery in the Fine Arts Building hosts artist Charles Matson Lume’s exhibition, “you can almost see (for Joyce Sutphen)” through Dec. 6.

the lines to reflect on thoughtful themes. Lume often uses poetry as inspiration for his work.

“It feels really good to let another art form inform my own work,” he said. “That feels profound. It feels like I’m talking to a bigger world.”

Lume began the artist talk with about 90 slides worth of pictures, many of which depicted his inspiration for art, and later, his influences and progression of the work itself. The concept and functionality of space related to sports, and the transient nature of music as seen by his wife, a musician, contributed to Lume’s broad platform of inspiration.

Lume also suffered from a disease in his corneas for about 13 years, which, at times, severely affected

his vision.

“When it would flare up, it was really hard to see, and the best thing was darkness,” he said.

“So instead of darkness being this thing that we often associate with things that are bad, to me, it was really healing. It felt healthy. This, I’m sure, had some profound effect on me.”

One of the slides Lume included was a painting by Ad Reinhardt. At first glance, the painting looks like a square of pure black. When examined closely, however, one will notice the nuances of blue in the middle, forming a shape within. Lume explained his first encounter with this painting, which occurred in his mid-20s at New York’s Museum of Modern

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Lily Newland, a senior majoring in art and design, subscribed to the notion of ambiguity and allowing oneself to be fully immersed in the moment.

“I think that the experience is more important than the explanation, because I think a lot about what art is, is that it’s open to interpretation,” she said.

“I find it limiting for Lume as an artist to have to explain what his work means.”

Some who have gone to other exhibitions this semester continue to be impressed with the encouragement of artistic expression on campus.

“It’s really important and helpful to inspire others with the work [these guest artists] share,” said Lucky Wei, a junior majoring in art and design. “They can inspire anyone, even if they’re not an art major, which is special.”

The presentation of the displays in the Rosefsky Gallery will change over the days, as they are influenced by the amount of light in the room.

Contrast depends on the amount of light exposure at a given time. The uniqueness of its changing state may call for multiple visits.

Lume’s work, overall, feels reflective and mysterious. Floating just out of reach, like many of the working themes, Lume feels that art can help us notice the thought-provoking instances throughout life.

“I think we don’t have enough wonder in the world,” he said.

The exhibition will be open until Dec. 6, and is open to the public.

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With Binghamton University’s fall concert right around the corner, be sure to get your tickets for the Atlanta rapper, 21 Savage. Known for his trap stylings, 21 Savage blew up in 2015 after dropping his debut album, “The Slaughter Tape.” The album created headlines and was chosen for XXL’s Freshman Class of 2016. Following this honor, he dropped his largest and most popular project to date, “Issa Album,” in 2017. Many are anticipating his next studio album, which is supposed to come out next month, as he’s collaborating on it with legendary producer Pharrell Williams. There’s much to come from the “Saint Laurent Don” as “Savage Season” begins. If you need some more songs to jam out to before the concert, then we’ve got you covered with our 21 Savage playlist.

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Every November, writers across the globe take part in National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. This internet-based project urges authors to write a 50,000-word novel in just one month, starting Nov. 1 and finishing Nov. 30. While it seems impossible to accomplish such a task under the burdens of a busy college schedule, NaNoWriMo is a great opportunity for young writers to put aside the usual distractions and get their creative juices flowing.

Binghamton University students hoping to write the next great novel this month can take advantage of these local resources and events.

Broome County Public Library Writers Group From 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Nov. 10, the Broome County Public Library, located at 185 Court St., will be hosting a writers group. Writers are welcome to bring work and hear feedback from other writers as time permits. The group will be facilitated by Valerie Zehl, a professional writer, publisher and editor.

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Art, and his understanding of the audience’s confusion about how to react to ambiguous works of art. After realizing the depth of the color, however, Lume said he remembers being blown away.

“It kind of took my breath away,” Lume said. “It answered all the cynicism I had about it, and said, ‘No, I’ve got something to say. You just have to listen to me.’

And that was really powerful to me. Part of our jobs as viewers is not to give up. Maybe we’re not at the place where we can hear what it is that the artists are trying to tell us.”

Lume spoke about his journey into creating the displays, and his exploration of pairing objects and light with placement throughout graduate school. He began going

through photographs of his own work, which invoke abstract concepts and play with space and material. Fleeting expressions and unconscious moments, even accidents, all play a part in the creative process. Some of the installations are immersive, while others are bits and pieces, such as the collection in the Rosefsky Gallery.

One photograph depicted a display of a space filled with over 600 lights. The space was beautifully lit, but Lume drew attention to the 10 fruits laying in various locations on the ground.

“Oranges are light,” he said.

“Oranges are just bits of light.”

Photographs of other installations included magnifying glasses, tile spacers and the use of everyday items. Lume poses the question as to how debris can generate visual interest, and even spark potential deeper meaning.

“How can the junk of our culture become something that’s engaging and powerful?” he asked.

Pushing the boundaries of artistic limitations and finding the places you cannot go are both concepts behind Lume placing “no trespassing” tape on one of his pieces. A particularly striking piece using cellophane’s reaction to light explored the manifestation of shadow and light.

“To me, that’s really profound, that the complexity of things can actually be simple,” Lume said.

Students who attended the exhibition enjoyed the artist talk and agreed with a lot of the concepts Lume put forth.

“BANK ACCOUNT” — 21 SAVAGE shutterstock November is National Novel Writing Month and the Binghamton community has spaces to help writers develop their skills all across the area.

participants to appoint themselves as municipal leaders and organize meetups and events for writers in their area. The municipal leader for the Binghamton area has organized several sessions this month. From 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturdays in November, Your Home Public Library on Main Street in Johnson City will host “write-ins,” spaces where writers can bring laptops or paper and work while the library provides Wi-Fi, power strips and snacks. From 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturdays, the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Binghamton on Riverside Drive will host NaNoWriMo support sessions where writers can share tricks of the trade and discuss their endeavors.

From 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, the Coburn Free Library on Main Street in Owego will also

host write-ins.

Literati Reading Series Halfway through the month, NaNoWriMo participants might want to take a break from writing and spend some time garnering inspiration from prominent wordsmiths. The Literati Reading Series, hosted in partnership by the Binghamton Center for Writers at BU and the Broome County Arts Council, is an opportunity to do so. This year’s final installment of the series, featuring poets Adam J. Gellings and Leah Umansky, will be held at 7 p.m. on Nov. 16 in the Phelps Mansion Museum.

Campus Literary Magazines If your schedule is too tight to attempt a full novel, or if short prose and poetry is just more your speed, you can celebrate NaNoWriMo by submitting to one of BU’s literary magazines. Ellipsis, BU’s Student Association-chartered undergraduate literary magazine, accepts prose, poetry, art and photography submissions via its email, bingellipsis@gmail.com.

Harpur Palate, a literary journal run by graduate students in the English department, also accepts prose and poetry sent through its online submission manager.

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Men’s basketball defeated Binghamton hosts

by NJIT at home Jonathan Kaloust Open BU’s offense flat in second consecutive loss Edward Aaron

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Just over a minute into Friday night’s game, a dunk by sophomore guard Albert Odero gave the Binghamton men’s basketball team a 2-0 lead. The fans in attendance were cheering, optimistic for an exciting follow-up performance to the strong offensive showing in the opener against Cornell. But, unfortunately for Binghamton, this proved to be its only lead of the game. The Bearcats (0-2) struggled offensively in a 74-57 loss to the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

“We try to focus on putting the best defensive lineup that we could on the court,” said BU head coach Tommy Dempsey. “Right now we have some guys playing out of position, and that just didn’t lead to really good offense. When you don’t get into a flow from the start, we never really got it going.”

Despite the emphasis on a defensive lineup, Binghamton struggled to contain the Highlanders (3-0). Senior guard Diandre Wilson led NJIT with 21 points, including making eight of 14 field goals in just 24 minutes played.

The Bearcats’ key defensive player, senior forward Thomas Bruce, remains sidelined while in concussion protocol. Also without sophomore forward Tyler Stewart, the patchwork lineup put out by Binghamton proved to be not enough to outperform NJIT. Earlier in the week, freshman guard Sam Sessoms dominated against Cornell, scoring 27 points in his collegiate debut. But the Highlanders took notice, gameplanning defensively and holding him to just 13 points in the game.

While a far cry from his previous performance, it was still high

enough to lead the team in scoring.

“I think we struggled to find a flow and have chemistry on offense,” said graduate student guard J.C. Show. “And that’s what led to such a low point total from us.”

Show finished the game with 12 points, good enough for second on the team, and one of only two double-digit scorers for the Bearcats. After scoring just 20 points in the first half, Binghamton improved marginally in the second, scoring 37. Overall, the Bearcats shot only 31.6 percent on field goals and were five for 18 from the three-point line, including making just one of eight attempts in the second half. There is work to be done, and the team knows it.

“It’s early, we gotta figure this thing out,” Show said. “We got a long season to do it and we just gotta continue to stay patient. We can’t be blowing up and pointing fingers after a couple of tough losses, so we gotta stay positive and keep working.”

Despite the end result, it wasn’t all negative for BU fans. A heartwarming moment for local high school basketball supporters

occurred when freshman guard Leo Gallagher made his collegiate debut, entering the game with just over two minutes to go.

Gallagher, a Binghamton native, had an illustrious career at Seton Catholic Central High School in which he led the Saints to the state championship game during his senior year and earned a First Team All-State selection. Gallagher finished the game with two points converting on a layup.

Despite a difficult start, the Bearcats have an excellent opportunity to regroup and rebound as they close out their opening three-game homestand with a matchup against Division III Misericordia. Dempsey knows that it’s been a struggle, but he plans to move on and put the team’s focus forward for the duration of the season.

“As I said to the guys in the locker room, we have work to do,” Dempsey said. “But no one will ever remember the first week of the season. We just gotta keep moving forward.”

Tipoff against Misericordia is set for 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 12 from the Events Center in Vestal, New York.

rose coschignano staff photographer Graduate student guard J.C. Show put up only three field goals and 12 points in an offensively sluggish performance by Binghamton against NJIT.

Ashkar victorious in 125-pound bracket Marcus Budashewitz pipe dream sports

The Binghamton wrestling team’s season kicked off at home as it hosted the Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open. Despite some key pieces having graduated last year, the team showed its potential, as well as some rust that needs to be shaken off.

Redshirt junior Frankie Garcia, who wrestles in the 149-pound weight class, made it to the NCAA Tournament last season and is looking to replicate that success this season, but failed to do so yesterday afternoon.

Sophomore Hunter Richard of Cornell defeated Garcia by a 7-3 decision in the second round, officially ending Garcia’s day with just 2.5 points.

Early troubles plagued Binghamton throughout the start of the open, but BU head coach Kyle Borshoff was pleased with the way his team battled back and proved itself.

“We learned a lot today and started off well at certain weight classes, but it was very obvious to me that as the tournament went on, we started wrestling better,” Borshoff said. “It’s been a long time since we last competed, and you can tell that the guys are so used to wrestling each other in the room a certain way. When you have competition from other schools, it changes everything, but we made some great improvements.”

Regardless of the sluggish outset to the day, strong placements from several wrestlers demonstrated the persistence and fight that the Bearcats possess.

Senior Steven Bulzomi finished in fourth place at 125 pounds, redshirt senior Anthony DePrez placed fourth at 197 pounds and

ariel kachuro assistant photo editor Redshirt sophomore Audey Ashkar won the 125-pound bracket at the Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open, the first NCAA first-place finish in his career.

redshirt senior Vincent DePrez ended in second at 174 pounds.

However, the most noteworthy win of the day came from redshirt sophomore Audey Ashkar, who placed first at 125 pounds for his first NCAA first-place finish.

“He did an incredible job coming in here and winning the Bearcat open,” Borshoff said. “[Ashkar] has been talking about being consistent in everything that he does, and in his finals match, the consistency that he’s been living in his training and his lifestyle are what got him through that close match, and that’s really what it takes to succeed in our sport.”

Despite the ups and downs of the event, there is still confidence in the air fluttering around the Bearcats’ locker room, and performances like Ashkar’s are capable of driving that optimism.

The team graduated several key pieces, including BU wrestling legend and one of just seven wrestlers in team history to win 100 matches, Steve Schneider, ‘18. Even with the absence of athletes like Schneider, Borshoff has nothing but confidence for his team heading into the rest of the season.

“I’m extremely confident in these guys,” Borshoff said. “We’ve talked about it as a team that we want to be a top-three program in the [Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association] and a top-25 program in the nation, something we haven’t done since 2012.”

Binghamton’s home advantage will play a huge role this season, and the Bearcat Open was the first of many important events that will take place on the Bearcats’ home turf. The first event of a season always brings on some jitters, but competing at the Events Center certainly aided the confidence of the Bearcats.

“Being at home is huge for the team,” Borshoff said. “We’re facing eighth-ranked Cornell on Friday here and the EIWA conference championships will be hosted here as well, so the more times we get to compete in this arena, the better it is for team morale and the more comfortable the guys are.”

The Bearcats will continue their schedule with a nonconference matchup at home on Friday, Nov. 16 against Cornell University. The start of the match is set for 7 p.m. from the Events Center in Vestal, New York.

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Bearcats win two consecutive games to open season Women’s basketball starts 2-0 for first time since 2011 Samantha Marsh pipe dream sports

After the Binghamton women’s basketball team captured its first two games of the season for the first time since the 201112 season, the team dropped its third game against Lafayette, 5950, on Sunday. Despite the loss, Binghamton (2-1) had a wild and ferocious game against Cornell Friday night, with the most notable performances coming from junior guard Kai Moon, senior forward Rebecca Carmody and sophomore guard Lizzy Spindler, winning 72-61.

The majority of Moon’s 22 points against Cornell (0-1) came from her free throws. Moon was perfect in this department and went 15-for-15, the most free throws made of her career in a single game. Once Moon hit the double-digit mark in the fourth quarter, the crowd was silent and tense as it waited to see if Moon would ruin her streak.

“I’ve always taken pride in my free throws,” Moon said. “Those are our shots, but when you practice them, it becomes easier.

We really stress free throws in practice, and especially down the stretch and when you’re fatigued.

Those are when they become the most important; I think that’s

tyler gorman contributing photographer Junior guard Kai Moon shot an astounding 15-for-15 from the charity stripe against Cornell, part of a team-leading 22-point performance.

why we were able to seal the game down the stretch.”

While Moon was perfect in free throws, Spindler was perfect in field goals. Spindler was three-forthree in 3-pointers and was fourfor-four from the field, ending with a total of 11 points. Spindler

also had an impressive steal in the second period, as she used her tenacious style of play to capitalize on a sideline pass from Cornell junior guard Caitlyn Smith. Both Smith and the crowd were not expecting the steal, and both parties watched in awe.

“[Spindler] really sparked the team,” said BU head coach Bethann Shapiro Ord. “I was really proud of her because she’s been such a good leader by communicating and she also has been firing up the team, too, so I was very proud of her and what she did.”

Even though Spindler’s steal was evidently energizing, Carmody led the team in steals with five.

Three out of the five steals came in the fourth period as Carmody turned up the defensive intensity against the Big Red. Carmody also had 14 points to her name, was

three-for-four in 3-pointers and had seven rebounds.

“At halftime, [Shapiro Ord] emphasized rebounding,” Carmody said. “We struggled in the first half, so when we came out [in the second half], that was big for us, and I think that we buckled down.”

While Carmody was one of the team’s most essential players in the game against Cornell, she only came out with five total points in yesterday’s game against Lafayette (2-1). Prior to this game, Carmody was averaging 15 points per game, a beyond respectable number for any basketball player, but that average took a hit after Sunday’s performance.

Spindler, however, had another notable game, cashing in on three out of four 3-point attempts and four out of seven field goal attempts for 11 points, the highest out of all the Bearcats.

Sophomore forward Olivia Ramil also had a solid game, totaling 10 points and going two-for-two from the free-throw line. Moon had an underwhelming scoring performance, scoring only nine points, with five of those points coming from free throws.

Although the team was not able to take home a victory in its most recent content, it will have a chance to redeem itself on Thursday in its game at Ohio University. Tipoff is scheduled for 11 a.m. from the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio.

BU completes season at NCAA Northeast Regional Schaffer receives AllRegion honors Clare Mahoney

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sidney slon staff photographer Senior outside hitter Gaby Alicea garnered 27 kills and 19 digs over the final two games of her Binghamton career.

Volleyball eliminated from postseason contention Bearcats fall to Hawks, SBU to conclude season Yaakov Spivack

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With its postseason hopes on the line, the Binghamton volleyball team hosted a critical game on Friday night against the Hawks.

Although the Bearcats (5-20, 3-9 America East) ultimately fell in a far less significant match on Sunday to Stony Brook, Friday’s loss to Hartford (11-13, 4-8 AE) sealed BU’s disappointing season. The outcome of Friday’s game featured the Hawks’ triumph in four sets, and in Sunday’s match versus Stony Brook, Binghamton was swept in three sets.

“It was a really intense match [on Friday],” said BU head coach Glenn Kiriyama. “We didn’t play as great as I would’ve liked to. We tried hard, but they just played a lot better than we did tonight. Right now, they’re just a better team than we are.”

In Friday’s game against Hartford, senior outside hitter Gaby Alicea led the Bearcats in kills with a total of 18, and graduate student middle hitter Lexi LaGoy was second with 10.

Friday night, the West Gym was host to an energetic crowd. Fans were cheering all evening, surely hoping that their enthusiasm could give the home team the motivation it needed to obtain its victory and

secure a playoff bid.

The first sequence was tightly contested. The score was kept within just two points for some time until BU began to pull ahead to a four-point lead via three consecutive kills from LaGoy. It was at this instance that Hartford went on a run, scoring eight consecutive points to gain a three-point edge.

The teams continued to battle, going back and forth until an attack error from Alicea cemented the Hawks’ win, taking the set 25-21.

Looking to prevent Hartford from extending its advantage in the match, BU came back fighting hard against its opponent in the second frame. As tenaciously as the Bearcats battled, the Hawks responded just as strong. The teams traded points relentlessly, and the lead was never larger than three points until the very end. With the score at 21-20, a kill from LaGoy kicked off a four-point stretch for BU, which ended with the Bearcats taking the second set, 25-20.

“They know they’ve gotta battle for every point, and every point’s important,” Kiriyama said. “So they know they’ve gotta put in maximal effort on every ball, and stay in it. They’ve gotta ignore the scoreboard and just go after it. And I know that’s tough for them to do sometimes, but that’s what they’ve been trained to do.”

BU started the third set solid, scoring point after point until the scoreboard read 18-10. Not looking to fall behind, the Hawks managed

to rally on both ends of the court to overcome the large deficit. After a nail-biting exchange, Hartford’s efforts paid off as it took the set, 27-25.

“They were aggressive,” Kiriyama said. “They tooled our block a lot, and then our hitters couldn’t get past their block. So that made all of the difference in the world.”

The fourth and final set began in a tight race. The teams traded leads, but neither was able to hold it for long. In the end, the Hawks came out on top, ending the set with a six-point victory. With this defeat, the Bearcats were eliminated from the postseason.

“I thought we played hard tonight,” Kiriyama said, per bubearcats.com. “Hartford is a good team and tonight they were the better team. We didn’t quite execute our plays the way we needed to and it hurt us. But we still have another game left and we want to end the season on a good note.”

On Sunday, BU hosted the undefeated Seawolves (19-8, 12-0 AE) for its final game of the season.

While BU fought hard during the first set, Stony Brook featured the prowess it has displayed for the entirety of this season, taking set two with an 11-point victory and set three by nine points.

With the losses, the Bearcats end their volleyball season with a 3-9 AE record and a 5-20 overall record, demonstrating a .200 winning percentage in total games played.

The Binghamton men’s and women’s cross country teams finished up their seasons on Friday afternoon by battling through Buffalo’s inhospitable weather conditions to middleof-the-pack finishes at the NCAA Northeast Regional Meet.

“There was a lot of mud, it snowed, it was in the 30s … we had a lot of kids that fell so that hurt us,” said BU head coach Annette Acuff.

Redshirt sophomore Dan Schaffer led the men to an 18thplace finish out of 34 teams.

He completed the 10k course with a time of 33:47 and placed 23rd overall, earning the AllNortheast Region honors, an award that recognizes the race’s top 25 runners. Schaffer was followed by redshirt junior Daryn Hutchings, who finished 60th at 34:27, and redshirt sophomore Mitch Halpern, who recorded a time of 34:59 and placed 98th.

Redshirt freshman David Leff crossed the line fourth for the

Bearcats, placing 166th with a time of 36:20.

The men’s team improved upon its 2017 regional performance, both individually and collectively. Last year, Schaffer finished 35th overall, Halpern placed 136th with a time of 34:38 and the team placed 21st out of 37 teams.

Syracuse repeated last year’s first-place showing by snagging the meet’s top spot. The Orange’s fastest runners crossed the finish line within six seconds of each other, securing sixth-, seventhand eighth-place finishes.

Graduate student Paul Hogan of UMass Lowell placed first among the 241 individual runners with a time of 32:30, leading the River Hawks to the sixth slot.

On the women’s side, the Ivy League dominated the field, with Columbia, Dartmouth, Yale and Cornell earning the meet’s top-four finishes in that order. Despite their dominance, Syracuse redshirt senior Shannon Malone’s individual victory helped her squad cement a fifth-place finish. She completed the 6k distance in a time of 21:28, which was 11 seconds faster than runnerup sophomore Egle Morenaite

provided by brian fluharty Redshirt sophomore Dan Schaffer became the first Bearcat in eight years to earn All-Northeastern Region honors with his 23rd-place finish at the NCAA Northeast Regional Meet.

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The Bearcats placed 23rd out of 35 teams. Junior Jessica Cueva-Scarpelli earned 102nd place out of 252 runners with a time of 23:42, while freshman Aziza Chigatayeva completed the course with a time of 23:52, placing 112th. Redshirt sophomore Emily Mackay was hard on her heels in 113th place, finishing less than a second behind Chigatayeva. Chigatayeva, the standout rookie, completed the same 6k distance one minute and 37 seconds faster at the Princeton Invitational earlier this season. The conditions may have adversely affected performance, but Acuff was pleased with the grit that Binghamton demonstrated.

“We did the best we could’ve done,” Acuff said.

Despite the frigid temperatures and swampy course, the women’s performance this fall outdid last year’s results, and both squads came away from the meet with valuable experience. In 2017, the women finished 26th of 36 squads, and Cueva-Scarpelli placed 117th; this year, both of those numbers improved. The Bearcats’ 23rd place finish this season was its best since the team earned 22nd place seven years ago.

“Overall, it was a great meet,” Acuff said. “It was an improvement from last year on both sides.”

This assessment bodes well for next season, as the squads are relatively young. Of the seven women who competed in the regional meet, only one, senior Erika Yamazaki, will be graduating this school year.

Similarly, six men raced in Buffalo, and Nate Howe was the lone senior. This season has allowed newer members of the team, such as Chigatayeva, to develop and gather confidence.

“We have a lot of young kids that have learned how to compete a little bit more efficiently,” Acuff said.

The combination of youth and increased experience will open the door for the Bearcats to build off of this season’s successes and continue improving next fall.