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Students host vigil in honor of Cruz Senior student died of natural causes on Sunday night Christine DeRosa

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More than 100 students, faculty and staff gathered at the Pegasus Statue for a candlelight vigil on Tuesday night to honor Albert Cruz, a Binghamton University student who passed away on Sunday.

Cruz, a senior majoring in English who was nicknamed Alby by his friends, was originally from the Bronx and was a publicity chair and e-board member of the Philippine-American League (PAL). Cruz also worked at Late Nite Binghamton, helping to plan weekend programming.

On Sunday night, Cruz was found collapsed in his suite in Mohawk Hall of College-in-the-Woods and was rushed to the hospital. According to University officials, Cruz died later that night of natural causes. His death came as a shock to those who knew him on campus. At the vigil, organized by PAL, members encouraged attendees to focus on Cruz’s life, asking them to write messages to Cruz’s family or write their favorite memories with him on small pieces of paper.

Additionally, attendees performed

anastasia figuera contributing photographer The Binghamton University Libraries announced a final list of title and subscription cancellations on Nov. 2.

Budget cuts hit Libraries Final cancellation list includes expensive titles, subscriptions across departments Gitl-Yevgeniya Driker contributing writer

As budget cuts loom, the Binghamton University Libraries have announced a final list of titles, including online databases and journals, set to be canceled.

At the end of last semester, University Libraries identified $450,000 in print periodicals and electronic resources to potentially cancel after being informed it would face a 4 percent budget reduction for the upcoming year. According to the final list, which was published online on Nov. 2, the departments of romance languages, anthropology, political science, music and biology face the most severe cancellations.

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According to Curtis Kendrick, dean of University Libraries, the list was determined following review by University librarians and feedback from the campus community.

“The list of items identified for cancellation includes titles with a high cost per use, specifically, a cost per use over $75,” Kendrick wrote. “Beyond that, our subject librarians carefully reviewed collections to identify titles to cancel that would be least disruptive to our ability to support research, teaching and learning. These lists were made available to the campus community, and based on input we received, some modifications were made before establishing the final list for cancellation.”

Jill Dixon, the associate University librarian for public services and collections, wrote in an email that University librarians looked to avoid getting rid of items needed to support

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Faculty grant to promote diversity Eight professors receive funding for research Hannah Walter pipe dream news

rose coschignano staff photographer Student Association Executive Board members deliver their semesterly address on Monday night, highlighting their accomplishments and future goals.

SA announces remodeling Address highlights $2M renovation, SA initiatives Jacob Kerr news intern

The Student Association (SA) Executive Board announced a $2 million campus renovation, among other projects, on Monday evening at the annual State of the SA address.

SA Congress members and other students attended the address to hear the executive board review its accomplishments during the fall semester and to learn about its future plans.

Jerry Toussaint, SA president and a senior majoring in philosophy, politics and law, led the address by discussing his collaboration with 20:1 Sexual Assault Prevention Program, which provides programming on sexual assault prevention. Additionally,

Toussaint spoke about his involvement on the search committees for a new chief of police and vice president of the Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. He also mentioned his collaboration with the Creator Institute, a company that provides book publishing programs for students.

Toussaint said his future priorities lie with the search committees, which are currently working to select and vet candidates. He also aims to expand his piloted program, Leadership Development and Exploration (LEAD), to encompass a two-credit UNIV course. LEAD allows undergraduate students to shadow SA E-Board members.

Additionally, Toussaint said his student interaction will be a major priority going forward. ”I’ve been really busy this year, but that is still no excuse,” Toussaint said. “I definitely want to get out there and be more

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ARTS & CULTURE

Eight professors were awarded the new Presidential Diversity Research Grant (PDRG) as part of an initiative to help nontenured faculty of color conduct research and gain tenure at Binghamton University.

The grant, which is sponsored by the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), was given to professors from a variety of disciplines.

The $40,000 grant is funded through the office of University President Harvey Stenger and is

meant to cover recipients’ research expenses and increase recruitment efforts for minority faculty members.

Stenger said this program will help create a more diverse and inclusive campus environment for everyone.

“Developing and retaining a faculty that represents the growing diversity of our student body is a critical mission for our University,” Stenger said. “These faculty members from eight different programs embody the University’s values, rooted in academic excellence and diversity of community. I am excited for what their research will uncover.”

Nicole Sirju-Johnson, interim chief diversity officer and director of the Multicultural Resource Center, proposed the program to Stenger and got it approved over the summer. She

said once the grant application was open, it garnered plenty of interest.

“The application for the grant was announced in Dateline in late June and was due to DEI by Aug. 31,” SirjuJohnson said. “The first round of the grant was competitive. However, the committee recommended funding eight faculty proposals.”

The committee consisted of five professors from a variety of disciplines and two administrative officers, including Sirju-Johnson.

While many professors learned about the grant through the University’s Dateline, Christopher Greene, a grant recipient and an assistant professor of systems science and industrial engineering, wrote

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BU creates data science program Transdisciplinary program expands graduate options Lia Berger

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Harpur College, the Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and the School of Management have come together to collaborate on a new graduate degree program, the Master of Science in Data Analytics (MSDA).

The 30-credit program will start in summer 2019 and runs for one year in a summer, fall and spring course sequence. Though it touches on a variety of topics, they all fall under the umbrella of data analytics, a process

of collecting and modeling data to inform decision-making and generate conclusions in fields including business and science.

Because each of the schools contains courses in the field of data analytics, but with different approaches, the University decided on a crossdisciplinary approach.

The groundwork for the program was established in the Transdisciplinary Area of Excellence (TAE) in data science, a central hub for research in which data scientists from across many fields can use their varying knowledge to collaborate on solving societal issues.

With this new program, students can also be involved in the research.

Upinder Dhillon, dean of the School

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of Management, is confident in the program’s future success. “[The program] will prepare students from diverse backgrounds with the analytical, quantitative, technical and leadership skills needed for successful careers in data analysis,” Dhillon wrote in an email.

Brand-new courses are currently being developed specifically for the program, which will also include electives and two practicums.

The five core courses focus on ensuring students have firm grasps of the most important topics within data analytics, including data mining, machine learning, modeling and

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SPORTS

Pipe Dream’s recipes for a collegefriendly Friendsgiving,

Caribbean Student Association hosts performances for its annual show,

Contributing columnist Elizabeth Short discusses “canceling” culture,

Men’s basketball captures first victory of the year,

Pipe Dream Sports’ Week 11 fantasy football picks,

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Giacalone receives maximum sentence for hitting officer with car James Giacalone was sentenced to 12 years in prison in Broome County Court on Wednesday, according to the Press & Sun-Bulletin.

Giacalone was arrested in January following a car chase in Binghamton. During the chase, Giacalone was attempting to evade arrest on a misdemeanor warrant when he accelerated his vehicle, hitting an officer with the New York State Police. Judge Kevin Dooley gave him the maximum sentence for aggravated assault, and he will face five years of post-release supervision.

NY-22 begins counting absentee ballots

allow a representative from each campaign to be present as election officials count more than 14,000 absentee and military ballots, but officials are unsure how long it could take for ballots to be counted. The state deadline to certify the election is Dec. 14.

STATE NEWS

New York court rules police can’t arrest immigrants for ICE On Wednesday, a Brooklyn appeals court ruled that the New York State Police and other local law enforcement officers cannot arrest undocumented immigrants on behalf of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to the New York Daily News.

NATIONAL NEWS

Broome and Oneida counties began unsealing absentee ballots on Wednesday, counting the votes that will decide the U.S. House of Representatives election in New York’s 22nd congressional district, according to The Post-Standard.

As of last week, Democratic candidate Anthony Brindisi was approximately 1,300 votes ahead of incumbent Republican Claudia Tenney. The district, which covers eight counties, is one of the tightest races in the country’s 2018 midterm elections. Each county’s respective Board of Elections will

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Almost 100 missing in California fires Authorities in California released a list of names of nearly 100 people who have been reported missing following the deadliest wildfire in state history, according to USA Today. The natural wildfires have been burning since Nov. 8, with a current death toll of 56. California citizens are encouraged to contact their county police department if they come across anyone who has been reported missing.

Tori Boos, a sophomore majoring in environmental studies:

Marina Stern, a sophomore majoring in environmental studies:

“Pumpkin pie because it’s creamy and it tastes good — with homemade whipped cream on top, that’s good.”

“I like stuffing because it’s carbs.”

Nicholas Suarez, a senior doublemajoring in biochemistry and integrative neuroscience: “My family does a deep-fried turkey, which is great because no one does deep-fried turkey and it does take a while, but it’s worth it because there’s just so much more flavor to the traditional meal.”

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“I’m not here to ask for votes. I’m not here to campaign for votes. I’m not here to make a closing argument for what it means to become the next governor of the great state of Florida. I’m simply here to say for the votes that have been cast, they ought to be counted. Every last single one of them.”

— Andrew Gillum, mayor of Tallahassee and Democratic candidate for governor of Florida, to his supporters in Fort Lauderdale on Sunday evening.

SA officials talk progress, goals SA from page 1 engaged with students, just hear different concerns they have.”

At the end of the address, Toussaint announced the University’s $2 million project to revamp the University Union basement, starting next summer.

The current plans include new furniture throughout the space and tearing down walls to combine the billiards room, pingpong room and hallway into an open hangout spot for students. Students can view and vote on furniture for the new space and leave comments on the existing plan in the lounge area below the Marketplace.

Tara Andryshak, a senior majoring in history, said she was surprised by the renovation announcement, a change she won’t be able to see.

“Unfortunately, I’m graduating

and won’t be able to see [the renovations], but I’m excited for all the future students who get to enjoy the new studying spaces and less dungeon-like look,” Andryshak said. “I’ll definitely have to come back and visit to see all the changes.”

Andy Jean-Baptiste, vice president for multicultural affairs and a senior double-majoring in economics and philosophy, politics and law, also took the podium to discuss the Mental Health Committee, a group his office created this semester. The group is composed of students who will aid the University community with mental health issues.

“It’s really a committee that’s meant to unite everybody,” JeanBaptiste said. “We’re currently looking for more members and focusing on what the plan for spring will be.”

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

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building. He returned to the suite, with his clothes on, to apologize for the mistake.

Police problems SATURDAY, Nov. 10, 2:20 a.m. — A security guard stationed at the Information Booth on Glenn G. Bartle Drive contacted UPD after an 18-yearold suspect approached the booth asking for a list of police officers who were on duty that night. The suspect left the Information Booth, but was located by officers in Parking Lot E. Initially, he resisted talking to officers; however, he eventually said he felt he was disrespected by a police officer in Downtown Binghamton. According to the suspect, he approached a group of officers and asked to shake their hands, which one refused to do. The suspect said he approached the Information Booth because he wanted to make a complaint to UPD. Officers advised the suspect that the group he had seen was not part of UPD.

Run! SUNDAY, Nov. 11, 10:19 p.m. — Officers were responding to a panic alarm near Endicott Hall of Newing College when they detected the odor of marijuana. The officers flashed their flashlights around the corner of the building and a male suspect peeked his head out. When he saw the officers, the 18-year-old male suspect, along with an 18-year-old female suspect, started running away from the officers. The male fled toward Delaware Hall and the female toward Endicott Hall. When the male suspect got to the top of the stairs in Delaware Hall, he stopped running and admitted to smoking marijuana. During questioning, he refused to give the female’s name, but officers used video footage from the exterior of Endicott Hall to verify her identity. Both suspects were charged with obstructing governmental administration and possession of marijuana.

Napping at a neighbor’s SATURDAY, Nov. 10, 3:37 a.m. — Officers responded to Windham Hall of Mountainview College after receiving a report of a naked man trespassing in a suite. Upon arriving at the suite, a group of female students told officers they were returning from a night Downtown when one of the victims entered her bedroom to find a naked 18-year-old male lying in her roommate’s bed. The roommate was not present. When she called UPD, the suspect fled the room. Officers were able to located the male in the lobby of the building. The suspect said he had been Downtown drinking and had mistakenly returned to the wrong room. It wasn’t until he was in the lobby of Windham Hall when he realized he had not only entered the wrong suite, but was in the wrong

Coming to a compromise SUNDAY, Nov. 11, 11:58 p.m. — A 19-year-old male contacted UPD to report damage to the shifter on his bicycle, which he left in a bike rack outside Filmore Hall of Hillside Community. He said he heard loud yelling the night before outside the building, and thought the damage may have happened then.

Security camera footage from the area showed four females and three males in the area of the bike rack.

Later in the video, one of the males flipped the entire rack. Police were able to identify the 20-year-old male, but before they could contact him, the suspect, who knew the victim, reached out to him and offered to pay for the damages. The suspect apologized and said he was intoxicated and didn’t know why he flipped the bike rack.

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Students remember life of Albert Cruz at candlelight vigil vigil from page 1 songs, including “Amazing Grace” and “You Raise Me Up,” and released purple balloons in his honor.

During the vigil, Cruz’s friends also talked about his personality and the positive impact he had on their lives. Elijah Kim, a senior majoring in systems science and industrial engineering, said Cruz would go out of his way to make others feel comfortable.

“Albert was a man who was kind-hearted, loving, caring and passionate,” Kim said. “He never failed to make the people around him laugh and he always wanted others to smile as well. He truly had a unique and loving soul that no one could ever forget.”

As a fellow PAL E-Board member, Kim said he was able to see the passion and hard work Cruz put into the club, and always admired his motivation.

“He was also the first to welcome me to this e-board,” Kim said. “I was looking through my Snapchat story with him and came across a time when we were talking about the elections for the social chair position, and he said, ‘I can’t wait for the crazy [stuff] we’ll do on e-board.’ Although

they weren’t that crazy, they were definitely moments I will treasure in my heart.”

Maisha Ikra, a sophomore double-majoring in environmental studies and English, said she grew close with Cruz during her time as an intern and e-board member of PAL. Ikra, who has a disability, said Cruz supported her whenever she had negative feelings about herself.

“Trying to attend this school with a disability and understanding the social struggle and the physical struggle that comes with that [is difficult], and Albert also understood that struggle really well,” Ikra said.

“He was always there to hear me out whenever I said I felt so different or whenever I hated myself so much for not being like the other people here because of my disability.”

The last time Shimona Lahiri saw Cruz, she played video games with him. Lahiri, a junior majoring in psychology, said she’ll never forget that final meeting.

“I am just so, so sad that that’s not going to happen anymore,” Lahiri said. “He was just such a genuine person and was really true to himself, and it’s just so, so sad that he was taken.”

More than 100 students, faculty and staff gathered at the Pegasus Statue for a candlelight vigil on Tuesday night to honor Albert Cruz, a senior majoring in English, who passed away on Sunday.

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Libraries finalize cancellation list, prepare to cut titles libraries from page 1 academic departments.

“Our subject librarians carefully reviewed collections to identify collection resources to cancel that would be least disruptive to our ability to support research, scholarship, teaching and learning,” Dixon wrote.

“The cancellation list was posted on our website and distributed to academic departments for review and comment. Based on feedback, some titles were retained by substituting other titles for cancellation.”

Following review and several open discussions, some titles and

subscriptions initially scheduled to be canceled were removed from the list. The journals requested by the anthropology department were retained, as well as journals for various other departments, including art history, economics and sociology. Additionally, all of the mathematics journals originally slated for cancellation are being retained. The final list indicates that the mathematics department is only facing one cancellation.

Kellam Throgmorton, a fifthyear graduate student studying anthropology, wrote in an email that he felt the libraries considered the current needs of students

and faculty during the process of finalizing the list. Nevertheless, the cuts could impact the University’s future growth in certain research areas.

“Some of the journals slated for removal probably do not match the current needs or research foci of the anthropology graduate students,” Throgmorton wrote. “For example, we do not have as many people working in the Middle East as we may once have — though with recent faculty additions, I imagine that could change.”

Throgmorton wrote that faculty did ask for certain journals to be retained, as they are important to

research and would be difficult to access otherwise.

“As I understand it, the faculty have asked them not to eliminate several of the journals that are useful to the department,” Throgmorton wrote. “If they are eliminated, what we will lose is the ability to easily peruse these journals. This makes it harder to conduct early stage literature reviews and also makes it more difficult to stay up-to-date with current research in a particular region or on a particular topic. Yes, we can request scans of articles from other institutions, but that is not an ideal situation.”

But the impacts of the budget

cuts might expand beyond books.

According to Dixon, University Libraries will be holding off on filling vacancies this budget year.

“Collections and salaries make up the vast majority of our budget,” Dixon wrote. “The cancellations of collection resources made up the primary budget savings. Other staff would need to temporarily handle additional work. All of the libraries would be affected.”

It’s unclear whether the budget for University Libraries will continue to decrease in future years, but if it does, it could have a major impact on the ability of students and faculty to conduct meaningful research, according to Alexander

Velez, a fifth-year graduate student studying anthropology.

“For graduate students, canceling journal access through the library has the obvious drawback of limiting our access to citable sources, which affects our ability to write essays for class and for professional publication without the use of illegal methods such as torrenting,” Velez wrote in an email. “Journal access is also relevant for our professional development as it allows us to keep up to date on what research is currently out there.”

The list of cancellations can be viewed on the University Libraries website.

New data science program to start in summer 2019 data from page 1 databases, while the electives give them room to explore areas of applications. This mix aims to give students a well-rounded skill set, preparing them for careers within data analytics.

Students can choose three electives, which include customer analytics, web data management, decision-making within an uncertain business environment and information retrieval within data structures.

Faculty members come from all three schools, with mostly computer and systems science professors from the Watson School, mathematics professors from Harpur College and marketing and finance professors within the School of Management. One of these professors is Manoj Agarwal, professor of marketing and the program director, who led the development of the program from the start.

“The program will leverage the insights of the best Binghamton University has to offer in the field of

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data science, ensuring our students have a balanced and wide-ranging education in data analytics,” Agarwal wrote in an email.

In the two practicums,

students collaborate with realworld organizations to test their classroom knowledge with handson application, using real data to solve real-world problems, which

Agarwal said is the most exciting part of the program.

“The part that excites me most about this program is the handson projects that will happen in the

practicums,” Agarwal wrote.

“Students will have the opportunity to put their skills to the test, allowing them to understand the material through the framework

of problem-solving. This kind of experiential learning is invaluable.”

Demand for the program inspired its creation, with datarelated classes in all three schools consistently filling up quickly.

Outside of the classroom, students are getting involved in data-related activities such as the Data Science and Analytics club and HackBU, a club where students learn web and mobile development and participate in hackathons, where they team up to create technological projects.

The increase in data analytics programs in other graduate schools was also a factor for its development.

Jennifer Wandner, a junior double-majoring in accounting and business administration, finds the program’s development to be relevant to the current economic landscape.

“Personally, I’m doing a masters in accounting so I won’t be doing the data analytics one,” Wandner said. “But I do think that [the program] is interesting because it’s the new and up-coming thing companies are looking for now.”

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Discussion highlights impacts of midterm elections David Cingranelli talks state of human rights Sofia Mena

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On Monday, students gathered in Lecture Hall 12 to hear about the impact of the 2018 midterm elections from a human rights expert.

David Cingranelli,

Binghamton University professor of political science, discussed the status of human rights in the world and the human rights implications of the elections.

Cingranelli, an expert in human rights, has worked at the University since 1976, serving as the associate dean of Harpur College and as co-director of the Cingranelli-Richards (CIRI) Human Rights Data Project, the largest and most widely used

human rights dataset in the world. In his time at BU, he has written widely on human rights, democracy and governance.

“I’ve been studying human rights for a very long time, and [a student] in my class asked me if I’d be willing to do this, and I’m always interested in reaching out to students,” Cingranelli said. “I hope they will come away with an interest in human rights — not many people have thought

about human rights very much.

I want them to think about human rights courses, about international human rights as they follow current events.”

Cingranelli also used the event as an opportunity to talk to students about the University’s new minor in human rights, which was approved last spring.

Ryan Sharpelletti, a junior double-majoring in political science and computer science,

said he was responsible for organizing the event and thought Cingranelli would be a great person to moderate it.

“I’m taking a class with him right now [involving] research on human rights, and so we’re all acting as research assistants, and I thought that was really interesting,” Sharpelletti said.

“When we were looking for professors to host the spotlight, I thought of Professor Cingranelli

rose coschignano staff photographer David Cingranelli, a political science professor at Binghamton University and co-director of the Cingranelli-Richards (CIRI) Human Rights Data Project, discusses the human rights implications of the 2018 midterm elections.

immediately because his research is highly cited.”

Cingranelli began his discussion by providing background on the history of the International Bill of Human Rights, which was signed in San Francisco in 1948 and in the wake of World War II with the intention of preventing another mass atrocity. According to Cingranelli, ever since the bill was passed, the subject of human rights has carried some controversy on the world stage as it has put in question the matter of national sovereignty, which certain countries have been reluctant to forgo.

Moving into the current era, the protection of issues such as health coverage, enfranchisement and treatment of immigrants are all human rights issues that were at stake in the 2018 midterm elections. Cingranelli also discussed the Trump administration’s withdrawal of the United States from the Human Rights Council, which he said he deemed a blow to the international upholding of human rights.

“It’s really a pretty big deal that a government that claims to be a human rights leader, whose moral authority, I think, is kind of important in the debates about what human rights ought to be respected and what governments should be required to do, doesn’t want to take part in the discussion,” Cingranelli said.

Throughout the discussion, Cingranelli encouraged attendees to ask questions and enter civil discussions about their personal politics and relationships to human rights issues.

Lizzie Nutig, a sophomore majoring in philosophy, politics and law, said she decided to attend the discussion because she found the intersection of human rights with the midterm elections to be interesting.

“I’m a human rights minor, and [the discussion] is a combination of a lot of things that I’m really interested in at this moment, and I think it’s something that’s relevant because [of the] human rights issues going on in the world and in the U.S.,” Nutig said. “Midterms have a lot of power and I think sometimes that’s overlooked, so I think it’s important to be aware of the power of midterm elections and the change that could happen.”

Fair aims to raise awareness of mental health at BU Event features panel, community resources Melanie Gulbas pipe dream news

Students entering Old Union Hall in the University Union on Tuesday afternoon were met with efforts to raise mental health awareness during the Roosevelt Institute’s “B-Mindful Mental Health Fair.”

The Roosevelt Institute, a student-run, nonpartisan policy organization with over 130 chapters throughout the United States, aims to improve the local community through policy creation, with a focus on the Broome County area and New York state. The fair was part of the organization’s Blueprint Binghamton, a citizen-driven effort to plan for Binghamton’s future that was crowdsourced from the opinions of 635 students at Binghamton University and takes into consideration issues that students feel need to be addressed by the University and local government.

Although the mental health fair was not in the original Blueprint Binghamton, Róisin DeBonis, the chair of the Roosevelt Institute’s Blueprint Committee and a sophomore majoring in psychology, said it was included after the group determined it was an area of need on campus. DeBonis said it is critical to spread awareness and reduce the stigma surrounding mental health on campus and in the community.

“When I heard the policy about mental health, it became

personal to me,” DeBonis said.

“It is a lot of work, but because I have this passion, it helps me push through.”

The event featured a small panel of mental health professionals, including three speakers from High Hopes Helpline, the Mental Health Association of the Southern Tier and Runaway, an up-andcoming app that will allow people to anonymously talk to trained volunteers. Additionally, 12 different organizations tabled during the fair and educated students on the different resources available on campus.

Austin Perelka, a member of the Roosevelt Institute and a senior double-majoring in political science and anthropology, said he personally struggled with mental health, which is why he wants other students to be able to freely discuss mental health without feeling discouraged.

“I struggle with mental health problems, and we often feel discriminated and intimidated if we even mention these issues and it feels like a weakness,” Perelka said. “This event and the Blueprint initiative aims to reduce these stigmas and make everyone feel more comfortable.”

In addition to holding the fair to reach the campus community, most of the members of the Roosevelt Institute have undergone a five-hour training class held by the Mental Health Outreach Peer Educators (M-HOPE). The mental health advocacy training involves topics such as suicide prevention, ending the stigma and handling stress in order to help others.

Katarina Hajder, a member of the Roosevelt Institute and a sophomore majoring in psychology, said she hoped the fair helped connect students with mental health resources like M-HOPE. Although BU offers several ways for students to receive counseling and psychiatric assistance, such as the University Counseling Center and psychiatry appointments

at the Decker Student Health Services Center, the number of students utilizing these resources has outpaced their expansion and availability, leaving many campus groups to fill in the gap.

In addition to issues with accessing mental health services at the University, many students are also unaware of where to turn for help. Bryant Lum, a junior majoring in systems science

and industrial engineering, said he was not aware of BU’s mental health resources until he attended the event.

“I feel like people on campus are stressed over tests and compromise their mental health just to do well in school,” Lum said. “I just don’t know anything about the resources.”

According to Peter Lam, an undeclared freshman, the event

provided him with important resources that he previously overlooked.

“I think mental health is one of the things that we neglect because nobody has really worried about it through the past few decades, until now,” Lam said. “One of the reasons why mental health is not more prioritized is because of the stigma of being weak if you have a mental illness.”

theo mason staff photographer Representatives from High Hopes Helpline, the Mental Health Association of the Southern Tier and Runaway speak on a small panel at the Roosevelt Institute’s “B-Mindful Mental Health Fair” on Tuesday in Old Union Hall.

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Multicultural group hosts workshop on microaggressions Discussion preludes larger event in spring Michael Levinstein pipe dream news

As a precursor to a larger event in the spring, the Binghamton Association of Mixed Students (BAMS) led a discussion on what microaggressions are, how to avoid using them and what to do when someone experiences them.

BAMS held the discussion in the University Union on Monday night, where Jerry Mathew, BAMS’ social liaison and a sophomore majoring in mechanical engineering, and Andrew Young, fundraising coordinator for BAMS and a sophomore majoring in systems science and industrial engineering, provided background on microaggressions in regard to race, gender, age and sexuality.

The event was intended to serve as a primer for “Diversity is Strength,” a larger event BAMS is planning to hold next semester.

At the discussion, Mathew and Young defined a microaggression as a verbal comment or a physical action, whether intentional or not, that sends a derogatory message to a person based upon the marginalized group they belong to. Young said there are three categories of microaggressions: microassault, microinsult and microinvalidation. Microassault refers to name-calling, whereas an example of a microinsult is an explicitly racist message.

Microinvalidation pertains to purposely not acknowledging someone’s identity.

“Especially for microaggressions, the majority of times they happen every day without people realizing what they are,” Young said.

“Microaggressions happen every day, but because everyone doesn’t [know] what microaggressions are, every comment comes off as unintentional. But once people learn what a microaggression is,

The Binghamton Association of Mixed Students hosts an event highlighting various microaggressions marginalized communities experience.

they can either stop themselves or do it in a joking manner.”

After the presentation, attendants shared their own microaggression stories. Divine Alvarez, an undeclared freshman, talked about how college life and getting exposed to new cultures can make people more aware of others, preventing the use of microaggressions.

“It’s just good to be educated about things because not everyone is aware of the way these things can affect people,” Alvarez said. “So it’s nice,

especially when you go to college and you’re around different types of people, to be aware that this type of stuff happens and how you can stop doing them and how you can handle them when they happen to you.”

Deana Moffat, president of BAMS and a junior majoring in biomedical engineering, said she wants to educate students to actively decrease microaggressions within the campus community.

“Binghamton [University]’s such a diverse group of students,

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and you don’t want to see a group of students who are all supposed to be so united and living together, working together, studying together, making each other feel upset through little tiny comments that can be avoided if possible,” Moffat said.

“You basically just want to do your best to inform people how they can be good friends, good fellow active learners around one another, just all around make Binghamton a more inclusive and safe community to be a part of.”

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In the past, BAMS has held larger microaggression-based events for people to learn about their inner prejudices and those that others may have. At the “Diversity is Strength” event, it plans to have guest speakers who will discuss microaggressions and also ask students about the microaggressions they’ve heard on campus.

Mathew said microaggressions should not be overlooked, as they often are, and that the discussion was intended to introduce people to ideas that will be expanded at

the “Diversity is Strength” event.

“We’ve kind of been desensitized to the whole idea of microaggressions, and we’re desensitized to the point that even when you try to talk about it, people just laugh it off, think of it as a joke,” Mathew said.

“That’s what the point of the later, big microaggression event is supposed to do. This is supposed to be kind of like a teaser, kind of tantalize you, kind of get a sense of what we are going to go into later on.”

BU funds new faculty grant grant from page 1 in an email that he heard about the opportunity through SirjuJohnson. According to Greene, he plans on utilizing the funding to study how robots and humans can collaborate to improve manufacturing in automated pharmacy systems.

“Diversity grants such as this one allow broader participation in research initiatives which can be visible across campus,” Greene wrote. “This, in turn, can inspire others. I hope the outcome is to see some great work done by the recipients that can be shared across campus and nationwide.”

Recipient Miesha Marzell, an assistant professor of social work, said she was very excited about the opportunity and applied almost immediately. Marzell said she hopes programs like these

continue to allow professors to bring knowledge and passion to their classrooms, as well as the community.

“Providing diversity initiatives such as the PDRG grant provides tangible opportunities for faculty of color to succeed and contribute to the Binghamton campus community for, hopefully, a long time,” Marzell said. “It creates an atmosphere of inclusivity because the grant is an effort to achieve a sense of belonging rather than fitting in. Feeling like I belong and that there is real support for my efforts to achieve tenure is so important in the success of my early career faculty journey.”

BU requires that those pursuing a tenured professorship must make scholarly contributions to their field of study, often through published peer-reviewed works.

Marvin Diaz, a grant recipient and an assistant professor of psychology, researches how adolescent alcohol exposure affects anxiety in adulthood.

Diaz wrote in an email that he hopes this research funding will help him establish foundational findings that could then be used in larger, more competitive grant proposals and increase the likelihood of his tenure.

“I believe that these types of programs highlight the success of diverse [and] underrepresented minorities in academia, especially in a campus with a highly diverse student population who may doubt or wonder if there are opportunities for them in a career such as this,” Diaz wrote. “I also think this is true for those from non-diverse backgrounds to see the success of diverse populations.”

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HPC takes journey ‘Into the Woods’ this weekend The musical will debut on Thursday, Nov. 15 Krishna Patel

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Chances are we’re all familiar with the stories of “Cinderella,” “Jack and the Beanstalk,” “Little Red Riding Hood” and “Rapunzel.” These fairy tales have been told and retold for ages, ingraining themselves in our memories as tokens of childhood. This weekend, Binghamton University students will be taking on the roles of these classic characters in Hinman Production Company’s (HPC) rendition of “Into the Woods,” a musical that intertwines the plots of classic children’s stories.

As opening night draws closer, the atmosphere at HPC’s dress rehearsal is one of excitement, energy and focus.

According to Sophie Cohen, a sophomore double-majoring in integrative neuroscience and Spanish, HPC has been rehearsing “Into the Woods” for the past two and a half months, with initial planning beginning last semester.

Assistant director Daniel Stark, a sophomore majoring in mechanical engineering, said this production would be especially ambitious.

“This is the biggest scope of a show HPC has ever done,” he said. “It’s the perfect challenge that I really think we needed right now.”

Brian Schwartz, who plays the Baker and is a senior majoring in accounting, stated that HPC voted on performing “Into the Woods” at its pitch meeting last semester.

“A lot of us were really passionate about ‘Into the Woods,’ especially because it’s

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“Into the Woods,” Hinman Production Company’s fall musical, opens Nov. 15.

more of an ambitious production than what HPC usually does,” he said. “We were excited to take on that challenge as actors and directors.”

One of the greatest challenges in producing the musical is the difficulty of executing Stephen Sondheim’s difficult score.

“There are a lot of complicated rhythms and tempos, harmonies and music,” Cohen said.

In addition to challenging music, “Into the Woods” features five different interrelated storylines with a variety of characters. HPC tackled this

challenge by double- and triple-casting most of the cast members. For example, Cohen plays the roles of Cinderella’s stepmother, Little Red Riding Hood’s grandmother and the birds.

“The way the show is set up, it’s not one scene with a bunch of characters, it’s a bunch of vignettes all at the same time,” Schwartz said.

HPC’s production of “Into the Woods” sets itself apart from those of other theatre groups with its more interpretive and abstract set. Instead of the

traditional and more literal “Into the Woods” set, which features trees and houses, HPC took the creative liberty to use mobile wooden staircases to represent the woods and various other settings in the show. The idea for this set originated from the show’s limited budget.

“Normally, this is a show that’s done in a big theater with a lot of space and money, and we simply don’t have the budget to build a gigantic set,” Stark said.

“Our director, Anna Rizzotti, took this as an opportunity for a more creative and interactive

set design.”

Rizzotti, a senior majoring in mathematics, said she wanted to creatively reimagine the set with these limitations in mind.

“I wanted to design a set that conveys the ever-shifting nature of the woods that was within our budget and logistical capabilities, while helping the story move along,” she said. “It was really cool to see what was once a creative vision come to life.”

Rizzotti said that the show adds life to the characters we grow up with and shows that

they, too, are only human.

“The show ends with Cinderella saying ‘I wish’ after all her dreams have been fulfilled, but there’s still a constant want for more and constant dissatisfaction,” she said. “This is something that really hits home for me as I enter the job search senior year.”

The HPC will be performing its rendition of “Into the Woods” at 8 p.m., Nov. 15, 16 and 17, as well as an additional performance at 2 p.m. on Nov. 17. Tickets will be sold at the door for $5.

Festival shows films on campus BU students curated short film collections Sofia Mena

contributing writer

The Student Experimental Film Festival of Binghamton (SEFF Binghamton) will be an opportunity both for film enthusiasts and students curious about the activities of film students to discover their work.

The ninth iteration of the annual film festival will be held this Friday, Nov. 16 in Lecture Hall 6. It is coordinated by the Binghamton University Film Salon, a club on campus that organizes a series of weekly screenings focused on experimental films with specific themes and filmmakers.

The festival will display a wide variety of films from student filmmakers across the country (excluding Binghamton students) selected by co-directors of the festival, Hadar Arens, a sophomore majoring in cinema and Iona Wu, a junior majoring in cinema.

“The film club BU Film Salon could not have been more excited to coordinate and organize this event,” Arens said. “I hope that students have a new appreciation for film and all it has to offer.

Hopefully by watching nonnarrative and experimental films, it will be a refreshing change for students and [they] would be interested in learning more.”

The festival will be divided up into two programs, each based on a specific theme selected by the directors. The curated selection includes “Evergreen,” which explores race, gender and religion, and “Layer Cake,” examining nature, texture and shapes.

The festival will feature about 20 student films. They vary in length, ranging from three to nine minutes.

According to Arens, the

inclusion of the two programs will ensure that there is something for everyone, with films reflecting the extensive variations in film styles and techniques.

“Some are short and some a bit longer, some with sound, some without,” Arens said. “Some made of film, some digital, some black and white, some with color. We are confident that everyone will connect to at least one film that spoke to them the most.”

In this way, while the films relate back to a common theme, they make use of the diverse skills acquired by students, and serve to showcase their inventive approaches to film.

“We have collected a great amount of student films with creative and avant-garde ideas in their films,” Wu said. “In cinema theaters today, films are more about narrative. I think the 2018 SEFF is a great opportunity for students [at] Binghamton University to watch some creative experimental films and to have a different journey of visual pleasure.”

With the festival, Arens said she hopes that the community will take notice of rising filmmakers and come support their work.

“I think it’s super important to come together as a community and support young artists and filmmakers,” Arens said. “We’re all on the same boat as we are beginning to actively pursue our dreams.”

The first program, “Evergreen,” will be screened at 4 p.m. in Lecture Hall 6 and will be followed by a brief intermission, after which the second program, “Layer Cake,” will be screened at 5:30 p.m. A reception will accompany the screenings in Room B-89, in the basement of Lecture Hall, for a discussion with the visiting filmmakers.

Editor’s note: Iona Wu is a Pipe Dream photographer and digital contributor.

Go to Wegmans to stock up on hard-to-find natural skin care products.

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Wegmans’ best organic skin care Explore the store’s hard-to-find products Shauna Bahssin

assistant arts & culture editor

Wegmans supermarket is a beloved upstate staple, valued for its excellent selection of hard-to-find foreign imports, organic produce and readyto-eat food bars. Even for students from downstate New York, it’s on the radar from day one — I remember my own resident assistant talking about the store at floor orientation when I moved in. What I didn’t recognize until senior year, however, was Wegmans’ truly phenomenal skin care section.

The singular aisle is teeming with organic face, body and hair products, including classics like the full range of Burt’s Bees products, and many that I’ve never seen outside of the grocery store’s hallowed halls. Move over, Neutrogena; Binghamton University students are about to overhaul their skin care routines.

The Staple — Weleda Skin Food. Wegmans carries my alltime favorite moisturizer, Skin Food. I began using Skin Food to combat the harshness of Binghamton’s colder seasons, after switching acne regiments made me ultra sensitive to the changing seasons. The packaging says it’s perfect for hands, elbows and knees, but feel free to use it on your face — it won’t clog pores if your skin type leans anywhere close to combination or dry. It’s thick enough that it smoothes your pores as a primer before makeup, and you can also blend it with some products for a creamier, more seamless application, like a powder blush or highlighter. The moisturizer is not available in most drugstores, so Wegmans provides a far more convenient alternative to Amazon.

Most Environmentally Friendly — Alba Botanica.

Wegmans carries comprehensive stock for two organic product lines, Burt’s Bees and Alba Botanica. The

tiebreaker between these two brands comes down to the ethics of ownership: Burt’s Bees is owned by Clorox, conflicting with its message of ecofriendliness. For your organic fix, choose Alba — its products are vegan and typically do exactly what their packaging says they will.

Best in Show — Giovanni Cosmetics Eco Chic Hair Care. Wegmans stocks three varieties of Giovanni shampoo and conditioner combinations, but no matter which one you choose, the products will without a doubt be the prettiest addition to your bathroom.

The minimalist, blocky bottles are sure to make a statement on your shower shelf, or at least add a visually soothing element to your cleansing routine. While you’re picking up these hair products, perhaps grab a candle or an orchid in nearby aisles to spruce up your bathroom — you deserve it.

For Dry-Skin Season — Avalon Organics Eczema Relief.

If you’re an adult who’s still finding yourself battling against eczema in Binghamton’s frigid winters, look for relief no further than this lightweight moisturizer from Avalon. It’s available in both tube and tub, so you can purchase according to the amount you anticipate using. The cream really does exactly as advertised — after a few uses of the cream, my dry-skin symptoms all but evaporated. It smells faintly and pleasantly of oatmeal, so there’s an added bonus for those who are into their whole grains.

Spa Treatment — Andalou Naturals 1000 Roses Rosewater Mask. This product, another sensitive-skin saver, comes in a tiny jar promising to deliver on “essential hydration” using the stem cells from alpine roses.

Fortunately, you only need a thin layer of the treatment to get such results. Apply it when you’re winding down for the evening, or trying to revive your skin after a particularly taxing study session, in order to revive your skin for the following day.

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Carnival to honor culture College-friendly potluck tips Event features body painters and musicians Peter Farquharson contributing writer

This Saturday, Nov. 17, the Caribbean Student Association (CSA) will be hosting its annual Carnival celebration in the Mandela Room. The day show, titled “E.N.D. [Energy Never Dies],” begins at 2:30 p.m., while the night show “Rebirth” begins at 7:30 p.m.

Participants can expect a mix of student showcases and professional performances during both shows, providing entertainment throughout the entirety of the day.

Although each island has its own unique twist on the event,

the Carnival celebration as a whole is an important cultural staple throughout the Caribbean.

Characterized by its high-energy atmosphere, the event often features vibrant dance, festive music and lush costumes. However, although the lively atmosphere of the annual tradition is undoubtedly worth noting, it is also important to recognize its complicated history, which includes topics as complex as diaspora and colonialism.

According to Kayla Green, CSA president and a senior majoring in human development, recognizing the historical background of Carnival through performance-based dialogue is a major theme in this year’s campus-based celebration.

“This year, our theme is ‘trouble

pipe dream archives The Caribbean Student Association presents its annual Carnival on Nov. 17.

in paradise,’ so it’s kind of going to talk about the complicated birthright of Carnival and how it all came about,” Green said.

The event will also discuss how the jubilation associated with Carnival is, ultimately, a transcendence of tribulation.

“When slavery ended, the now completely freed slaves would outwardly celebrate their native culture and their emancipation through dress, music and dancing, as well as cuisine,” Green said.

Saturday’s Carnival will continue this hallowed tradition of cultural pride through a variety of unique means. The day show alone, for example, will consist of performances by dance groups from SUNY Cortland and University at Buffalo, musicians playing steel drums and stilt walkers negotiating 11-foot-tall poles. In terms of fashion, participants can don masks as part of the masquerade, or take in a masquerade costume show and body paint displays. Although these latter two elements may seem controversial to someone not familiar with Carnival — women’s masquerade costumes are often revealing — Green stressed that they symbolize an important aspect of Carnival tradition.

“You’re going to be seeing what people may view as the hypersexualization of women,” Green said. “We like to say that we’re a sex-positive community.”

The festivities will continue during the night show, which is highlighted by live musical performances.

One such performance will be an interactive DJ sound clash: Two artists will go head-to-head, with the crowd deciding the winner by “voting” with their cheers. Later, students will be treated to a concert featuring two professional musicians from abroad: Up-and-coming artist Motto will perform the opening act before capping off the Carnival celebration, and Jamaica-based reggae singer Dexta Daps will take the stage — a noteworthy appearance, considering Daps’ extensive international touring history and significant YouTube following.

Although the daylong Carnival celebration is centered largely around entertaining events, its underlying goal is more than just having fun.

“It’s really about preserving Caribbean culture on campus,” Green said. “It’s very important to keep this tradition alive, because we want to make sure that the Caribbean culture is always known … this event helps students who are of Caribbean descent to find a home away from home, because they’re probably not going to get this experience elsewhere, and we want to make sure their time at [Binghamton University] was impactful.”

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“Friendsgiving” is a great way to bond with pals before you part for break, but when classic Thanksgiving dishes seem too demanding, difficult or played out, cooking for a potluck can become a chore. As college students, our priorities and palates differ from those of our grandparents, and a successful Friendsgiving celebration will reflect that difference. In lieu of trying to tackle a turkey or bake the perfect pie, take it easy and try one of these college-tailored Thanksgiving recipes.

Sweet Potato Burritos To satisfy your Chipotle cravings with a Thanksgiving twist, try these vegan mashed sweet potato burritos, lightly sweetened with coconut milk and a hint of lime. A cinnamon and chipotle pepper spice mix bridges the gap between classic Mexican flavors and Thanksgiving staples.

Approximate time: 1.5 hours Makes 4 burritos Ingredients 2 sweet potatoes 1 cup coconut milk 4 large flour tortillas 1 can kidney beans 1 can corn 1 teaspoon lime juice Cinnamon and chipotle powder (to taste) Steps 1.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

2. Using a fork, poke several holes in each of the sweet potatoes. Set on a greased baking sheet and bake at 400 degrees for an hour.

3. While the potatoes bake, place a greased skillet onto medium heat. Drain the corn and heat in the skillet until the kernels are browned, stirring often. Remove from heat.

4. Drain the kidney beans and add to the cooling skillet with the corn for just a few minutes, stirring the corn and beans together. Add ¼ of the finished mixture to each tortilla.

5. Place skillet over medium heat again. Once the potatoes are cooked, let cool and remove skin.

Mash the peeled potatoes in the skillet, stirring half the coconut milk into each potato. Season with lime juice, cinnamon and chipotle and continue mashing in the skillet until the mixture is smooth and creamy.

6. Remove the mashed potatoes from the skillet and spoon ¼ of the mixture into each tortilla.

ariel kachuro assistant photography editor Recreate these recipes for a hassle-free Friendsgiving.

Edible cookie dough turkeys

Vegan Stuffing

Edible cookie dough, a trend that’s been spawning new products and shops across the country, indulges every baker’s favorite guilty pleasure without the risk of illness. A recipe like this one can be especially valuable in college, when the impulse control necessary to refuse a bite of raw cookie dough is at an all-time low.

With just a few candy decorations, balls of dough can be shaped into little turkeys for a touch of seasonal whimsy.

Approximate time: 40 mins Makes 20-25 turkeys Ingredients 1 cup brown sugar ¼ cup granulated sugar 1 cup unsalted butter softened to room temperature 2 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract 1 teaspoon salt 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons milk or milk substitute Candy corn Edible googly eyes Reese’s Pieces candies

If you’re looking for a way to use up all the random perishable food in your kitchen before break, stuffing is an easy Thanksgiving staple that calls for everyday ingredients. When your friends divvy up dishes for a potluck, call dibs on this low-budget classic — you won’t have to worry about the rest of your sandwich bread getting stale or moldy while you’re home for the holiday, and any spare vegetables on hand can be cooked and added in lieu of the shallots and mushrooms.

Makes 4 servings of stuffing Approximate time: 1 hour Ingredients 6 slices sandwich bread 4 diced shallots 14 ounces canned mushrooms 1 cup vegetable broth 1 tablespoon unsweetened dairy-free milk Olive oil 2 teaspoons rosemary

Steps 1. Heat treat flour by placing it in a microwave-safe bowl and heating on high for 50 to 60 seconds.

2. In a large bowl, beat together the brown sugar, granulated sugar and butter until fluffy and homogenous.

Beat in the vanilla and salt until combined.

3. Beat in flour until just combined.

Add milk one tablespoon at at time and beat until dough starts to come together.

4. Once the dough is formed, roll into small, smooth balls.

5. Press eyes, orange or yellow Reese’s Pieces beaks and candy corn tail feathers into each ball of dough to create a turkey.

Steps 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Tear bread slices into one-inch pieces and spread onto a baking sheet. Toast for 15 to 20 minutes.

2. Coat a skillet in oil and sauté shallot until it is translucent.

3.

Pour mushrooms, rosemary, shallots and toasted bread pieces into a baking dish and toss together. Slowly drizzle vegetable broth and almond milk over the mixture and toss again.

Cover with aluminum foil.

4. Place baking dish into oven for about 30 minutes at 350 degrees.

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LIMITING THE LIBRARIES Due to budget cuts, Binghamton University Libraries have been forced to cancel subscriptions to many academic titles and journals.

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BU is in the midst of a budgetary crisis, in part because of pay raises given to faculty members under a new union contract.

The University planned to increase its student enrollment to cover the costs of these raises.

However, the University was unable to close the gap in its budget, and the result is an almost $500,000 cut to library funding — roughly 4 percent of its current $13 million budget. Thus, University Libraries had to purge costly journals and resources. It is unclear why so much funding was cut from the libraries — the crux of an academic institution.

The final list of cuts was published Nov. 2 and shows that some departments were hit harder than others.

Not even large and popular departments were spared from the cuts. Political science, for example, faces extensive cuts to some of its main databases.

Those who decided which periodicals would be cut do seem to have considered the opinions of department heads; Nancy Um, chair of the art history department, said that University Libraries sent a list of titles that might be canceled, giving her department the opportunity to discuss them and request that imperative items be retained.

Students, too, received an automated email from Curtis Kendrick, dean of University Libraries, asking them to participate in a survey about which library resources they use most. Nevertheless, not everything, of course, can be saved, and the uneven

distribution is unfair to the departments that suffered the most losses.

The effects of the cuts are already being felt across campus.

Many student workers, who rely on their paychecks for rent and tuition, among other things, have seen their hours slashed. Some professors report having to use databases from other institutions, such as those that they worked at previously, because BU could not provide them with what they needed. The effects on both professors and graduate students conducting research is not yet fully known. They affiliate themselves with institutions of higher education in order to have these resources at their disposal. Even though University Libraries are cutting lesser-used subscriptions, there are still people who depend on them, and where can these academic sources be found, if not in a University library?

It is worth noting that students and faculty can use the Interlibrary Loan system to borrow necessary texts from other institutions. This, however, only puts more work and stress on the students, making it more difficult for us to do work and complete assignments. Additionally, it takes time to request and obtain these resources, and students who wish to get an Interlibrary Loan must be thinking about an assignment weeks ahead of the due date. Students are already required to purchase all of their class textbooks and books,

so these cuts provide yet another obstacle to learning.

The Editorial Board wonders what these cuts will spread to next. Will other crucial library facilities be neglected?

Printers and computer technology may not be able to be updated.

These concerns also raise questions about the University’s overall budget.

Where does the money that funds University Libraries come from? Why does the University have money for some projects but not for books — a staple to college education? Though we acknowledge that some of BU’s funding is earmarked for particular projects and departments, it is impossible to tell where the money comes from. The budget is so convoluted that even administrators find it difficult to understand and explain.

Students deserve to know how the University’s money is being spent, especially because much of said money comes from the tuition that we pay.

The bottom line is that libraries are the center of an academic institution. If BU wants to call itself the “premier public ivy” and place itself at the same level as private schools like Boston University, New York University and Cornell University, it needs to recognize that cutting library resources is not the path to becoming a top school. The first step to gaining prestige is making sure the University’s academics are up to par.

This undoubtedly means prioritizing libraries.

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

Thanksgiving is a holiday for immigrants America’s founding principles leave no room for xenophobic discourse Hannah Gulko Contributing Columnist

As Nov. 22 comes around, families across the United States will be gathering around their dining room tables, weighted under the plethora of steaming dishes fragrant with spices, of hopes and high spirits, of family and of American pride. Families across the United States will be putting aside their differences for dinner, to congratulate each other on their patriotism, to ignore the historical genocide behind their plentiful meal and to be thankful

for the sanctity of the American people — the land of the tired, the poor, the huddled masses yearning to breathe free. On Thanksgiving day, we celebrate our right to our American identity.

In my family’s home, Thanksgiving means a table creaking under towering plates of steamed sweet potatoes, soups, salads, breads, corn, dips and fillings. It means a table draped with garlands and wine-colored tablecloths. It means a table centered by the most traditionally Americanized turkey imaginable.

Our Thanksgiving table could be a brief glimpse into Martha Stewart’s November daydreams.

Our Thanksgiving means a table surrounded by an immigrant

guest list — a beautiful and glorious Russian family of which I am the first generation to be born American.

My immigrant grandparents make toasts to this country of opportunity and of a new life with grateful tears in their eyes, while my immigrant parents bless our table with the food of this country, uniquely void of our traditional cultural meals. My immigrant family, who fought and worked and molded their new identity, are some of the most patriotic people I’ve ever met. So for me, Thanksgiving is an annual reminder that America had refugee origins. And with that reminder comes the disgust that I feel toward America’s

political attitude concerning refugees today.

To some extent, recent American politics have paved a road for the disgraceful, racist, xenophobic and misogynistic rhetoric. Recent elections have highlighted demographic values and reflected opinions of morality, and have supported a head of state who continues to dishonor the flames of liberty and acceptance, which the Statue of Liberty herself holds high. We have allowed the immigrant-targeted discourse to run rampant across news articles and TV headlines today.

How can “We the people of the United States,” a country first established by the voices of the misheard and underrepresented,

supported by the blood of the slaves and expanded by the presence of immigrants, enriched by the art and culture and foods of people all over the world, suddenly be so heartlessly objecting and openly uncivil to refugees? How can we slander them, dishonor them, dehumanize them and separate their families in the name of the American nation?

Are we not being hypocritical in denying their chance to become U.S. citizens?

If it weren’t for our refugee ancestors, the pillaging colonials and yearning immigrants from around the world, if it weren’t for our vicious history, our dishonorable rise to power, our outdated policies representing

the modern people of the United States, not a single proud American could be sitting around their Thanksgiving table in their Swedish Ikea chairs, savoring their delicious Italian wine, sporting clothing outsourced from Asian countries and using their West Germanic-based language.

We are a country founded as an immigrant nation, a refuge for those seeking new life. This Thanksgiving, as you sit around your table with your family, I urge you to be more critically thankful for being there. And please, think about giving someone else a chance to be thankful as well.

— Hannah Gulko is a junior majoring in human development.

Adderall is not a long-term solution for ADD The drug comes with its own set of problems Sean Morton Contributing Columnist

I grew up under the misconception that the technology and knowledge in our day and age was limitless, short of time travel and curing cancer.

It was this utopian perception of our society that kept me sheltered from realizing just how many mysteries we still haven’t fully understood, despite one of these issues affecting my own daily life. Being diagnosed with severe attention deficit disorder at a very young age, I grew up with a lot of preconceptions about my disorder and absorbing them without

a second thought. My general understanding was that while I do cognitively struggle in certain areas that are second nature to most others, these issues could be reverted with the ingestion of a pill each morning before school.

My mentality about this routine remained unchanged until I entered college, where both my academic and personal life would be put to the test. While I certainly owe the temporary improvements of my cognitive shortcomings to these pills, I believe it comes at costs too detrimental to maintain a sustainable way of life.

Sure, I was well aware that my “medication” was just a drug, but under the rigid five-days-perweek dosage I’ve been following since my diagnosis in fourth grade, I never realized how much

of my life was affected by Adderall.

The line between the side effects of Adderall and my “natural” self had been blurred over nearly a decade of routine use during my school years. Throughout high school, it hadn’t fully clicked as to why I’d have bursts of focus during the day but unmanageable brain fog in the afternoon, why I was never hungry during the day, why I had random mood swings or why I would sometimes spend hours trying to sleep. I chalked it up to just burning out easily, blaming the nasty cafeteria food and moodiness.

It was only until this 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. routine of daily classes had been broken upon entering college that I began to realize a concerning correlation between the drug and my quality of life.

While its immediate effects still helped my academic performance, I’d often burn out by the time I had to attend my evening courses, many of which are classes for my major and of actual value to me.

The problem with this burnout or comedown is that it incites the opposite effects of the stimulant’s intended purpose. With it comes a lack of motivation and distraction, making it excruciatingly difficult to function personally, let alone academically. College is a period meant for self-discovery and growth, and while grades certainly matter, I don’t think they should come at the cost of being too cognitively inconsistent to focus on one’s passions and personal life as a result of stimulant side effects.

The other problem is that

these stimulants, like any other drug, build up a tolerance with extended use. I am prescribed 40 milligrams of Adderall XR (extended release), but both the effectiveness and the comedown of the drug are never set in stone.

I notice that the more consecutive days I take it, the less effective it becomes, while adversely exacerbating the effects of the comedown. Reflecting on past psychiatrists who had prescribed me less compatible stimulants like Ritalin and Vyvanse before I discovered Adderall, I found that they would commonly resort to simply raising my prescribed dose when my young middle school self would tell them I still had trouble focusing. The common solution is to simply raise the dose of patients’ medication,

without considering that it may have additionally contributed to the very issues it’s intended to mend.

What I’ve come to believe is that medications for such learning disorders are not necessarily a solution, but rather a short-term remedy for the sake of one’s GPA. While a drug producing the effects of these stimulants without unwanted side effects would be a dream come true, it unfortunately does not, and likely cannot, exist.

Considering the cost at which these short-term benefits come for myself and others alike, I don’t believe stimulants are a viable long-term solution to managing such cognitive disabilities.

— Sean Morton is a junior majoring in English.

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Is ‘canceling’ culture toxic?

Calling out celebrities for years-old infractions can be excessive Elizabeth Short Contributing Columnist

It’s no secret that celebrities are just like us. They go grocery shopping, pay taxes and even struggle with issues like mental illness. One other way that celebrities are just like us: They say and do things they later regret. Unlike us, those in the public eye, on any level, are more prone to scrutiny. If you’ve ever opened Twitter, checked Facebook

or scrolled through Instagram, you’ve probably seen more than one post pulling up a celebrity’s old posts, loudly broadcasting that they’re “canceled.” These posts range from having questionable political opinions, getting into petty online arguments or even going so far as to use racial slurs and stereotypes. Social media creates a platform for us to express our thoughts, and often it goes too far. But where do we draw the line? When does “canceling culture” become toxic?

Approximately 67 million people actively use Twitter in the United States as of 2018, and

it seems like nearly everyone with even 15 seconds worth of fame has been “canceled” at one point or another. Everyone from Kanye West, for his comments on slavery and his very public support of President Donald Trump, to seemingly less problematic famous folks like Rowan Blanchard, have all been canceled — some for no immediately clear reason at all.

Even Kelvin Pena, known on social media as “Brother Nature” for his playful interactions with wildlife, was “canceled” for racist and homophobic tweets published when he was 12 years

old. Canceling itself isn’t a welldefined process, and even when clearly explained on social media, not everyone supports or agrees on a “cancellation.” Being that it is an already loosely defined action, how serious is canceling?

It is also worth saying that certain individuals apologize and show a noticeable difference in their behavior since said damning tweets were sent out.

Some individuals, such as British presenter Katie Hopkins, made no public apology after tweeting that there needed to be a “final solution” for Islamic terrorism.

After she was fired from her job at

her show, Hopkins even went so far as to alter the tweets and claim the previous tweet was a “mistype.” On the other hand, Pena quickly posted an apology after his tweets were discovered by Twitter users: “I apologize for the 12-year-old Kelvin … Everyone changes, everyone learns, and everyone makes mistakes.” Many Twitter users quickly forgave him and came to his defense after reading what he posted, citing his age and seemingly heartfelt apology.

So who do we cancel and who do we let slide? It’s a tough call.

I think it depends more on the

individual and what was said.

Frankly, I’m more likely to believe Pena over Hopkins, given that Hopkins has a history of racist comments. If every person was held accountable for the stupid things they’ve said, we’d all have something to be embarrassed about. I’d like to think that humans are capable of change, understanding and growth when we do something wrong. Maybe “canceling” is more toxic than we realize.

— Elizabeth Short is a sophomore double-majoring in biology and English.

Political engagement does not end with voting We must be involved in the community throughout the year Jacob Hanna Columnist

Another election cycle has come and gone, and the implications are clear: In general, it seems that Democrats overwhelmed Republicans in suburban America to the point where they have gained an outright majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Even the congressional election for our district, NY-22, has been close to the point where we still don’t know who will represent us come January. We have voted. We have made our voices heard through this system. But that is only

step one.

Voting is necessary for those who have the ability to do so; it is not, however, and should not be considered a replacement for participation in our community.

It is neither that, nor a way in and of itself to hold our already-elected representatives accountable. It isn’t even actually representative.

Our political system isn’t designed to facilitate that. For one thing, it is designed to exclude those among us who are the most marginalized.

It also does not protect against demagogues who rule by tyranny of the majority. Take Brian Kemp, the former secretary of state of Georgia, as an example. In his campaign for governor this year, he effectively oversaw his own election, using his powers as

secretary of state to purge people of color from the state’s voting rolls and placing many tens of thousands of voter registrations on hold just one month before the election. In other states, voter identification laws were passed to “combat” the nonexistent problem of voter fraud as Department of Motor Vehicles offices were closed down in marginalized communities so that people in those communities couldn’t get voter identification cards, a form of voter suppression we have seen in Alabama. This is not to mention the cost of such ID cards: The cost of travel, for one, and other documents to obtain an ID can be expensive, as we have seen for persons born in the Jim Crow south.

There is also the issue

of gerrymandering and representation. We see this being discussed in the context of the House of Representatives often.

But we must look at the Senate as well. It is, effectively, one of the most anti-democratic institutions to be found. This is not by accident.

It was the consensus during the Constitutional Convention that the Senate would “restrain” democracy — this at a time when many of the delegates, for context, owned living human beings as slaves. Jay Willis writes in GQ, “Since there now are a greater number of sparsely-populated, mostly-white, right-leaning states than there are heavily-populated, racially-diverse, left-leaning states, the Senate acts to preserve power for people and groups who would

otherwise have failed to earn it.

A voter in Wyoming (population 579,000) enjoys roughly 70 times more influence in the Senate than a voter in California (population 39.5 million).”

And this is to say nothing of the electoral college. Some may claim that we live in a republic, not a democracy, and that this entire piece of writing is moot. But it is a distinction without a difference, one that can be understood as code for, “I don’t care if some voices in society are more important than others, as long as mine is considered important.”

Since we operate under an anti-democratic system, what can we do? One could attempt to work within the system to try and reform it. These reforms can

achieve ultimately so much, what with the vast swaths of wealth influencing the system to begin with, and may be rolled back by its other participants. A more effective method is building up alternative institutions, challenging oppressive systems directly and taking power that way. Joining an organization and performing local work in this community is a way to do that. Organizations like Justice and Unity for the Southern Tier, Truth Pharm, the local Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) and other organizations all provide ways to get involved in this community. All it takes is the desire to build power for all.

— Jacob Hanna is a junior majoring in economics.

Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro and Trump are scarily similar

Buying used goods can help combat climate change

They share many flawed and prejudiced views

Consider shopping at thrift shops and using hand-me-downs

Mendel Litzman Contributing Columnist

In September, Brazil had a severe corruption probe exposing its nationalized oil company Petrobras; it was seemingly the largest graft investigation in Latin America’s political history. The operation allowed Petrobras to funnel capital via construction corporations to politicians for government contracts. About 48 of the 81 Brazilian senators and about 171 of 513 members of the lower house are accused of crimes.

In approaching Brazil’s recent election, voters were faced with a dilemma akin to that of Americans in the 2016 presidential elections.

Brazilians faced that choice with 553,000 homicides in their country this past decade, accounting for $120 billion in damages alone in the past 20 years. This likely helped in the election of Brazilian President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, who, like President Donald Trump, cast himself as a law-andorder candidate. That said, their similarities do not end there.

There are nationalists, either with authoritarian tendencies or who are actual authoritarians, using the internet, whether with bot armies or actual users contracted to tweet at political or

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personal opposition, with the goal of influencing election outcomes.

Groups like the Russian Internet Research Agency were successful at this in the 2016 elections.

Unfortunately, in the ethos of strong personalities and demagogues, nationalist cyber authoritarians strive for hyperpolarizing tribalism.

In my opinion, leaders like Xi Jinping in China, Narendra Modi in India, Joko Widodo in Indonesia, Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil and Trump, who exhibit authoritarian behavior, either directly or indirectly benefit from this tribalism. These are also, conveniently, the leaders of the five most populous countries on earth.

“My advice and I do it: I cheat on my taxes as much as possible. If I don’t need to pay anything, I don’t pay.” Sounds like Trump on the campaign trail, right? Wrong — that is a quote from Brazilian Presidentelect Bolsonaro, a far-right former army captain. Analogous to Trump, he is popular on Twitter, mentioned in 35 percent of Brazilian tweets regarding the election. Bolsonaro’s hashtag and moniker is Mito, which means “legend.” Similarly, Trump supporters have the “MAGA” hashtag on social media platforms and some call him “God Emperor.”

Also, both Bolsonaro and Trump were successful in exploiting discontent among the working class and courting a conservative, evangelical base.

Bolsonaro, like Trump, has

fomented violence and bigotry toward minorities. When speaking about an Afro-Brazilian minority in Brazil, he commented, “I think they don’t even manage to procreate anymore.” Trump, when speaking about Haitian, El Salvadorian and African migrants, said, “Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” Trump is also reported as saying, “Laziness is a trait in blacks.” Racism illustrates their rotten morality and how much race matters to Trump and Bolsonaro.

Both men are nostalgic for the ethos when minorities were vehemently discriminated against and when there was an abhorrence toward the LGBTQ community.

Trump has further shown his prejudice by attempting to define gender at birth by genitalia.

Similarly, Bolsonaro has said, “I’m not going to combat or discriminate, but if I see two men kissing on the street, I’m going to hit them.”

If that isn’t a contradiction and homophobic bigotry, then what is?

The solution to fringe characters rising in polls from racially charged and hyperbolic statements is having an informed populace that will reduce ignorance and bigotry. There must be a U.N. organization for news literacy and educating people throughout the world, creating an informed global populace.

— Mendel Litzman is a junior majoring in political science.

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Evan Moravansky Contributing Columnist

The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change left us with a bleak forecast of our near future, projecting a 1.5 to 2 degree Celsius increase in global temperature from preindustrial levels, unless significant change is enacted. So, with what appears to be impending environmental doom just over a decade away, the concept of reduce, reuse and recycle seems more important than ever. While reducing and recycling are intuitive to most consumers, reusing (apart from metal straws and reusable bags) isn’t. There is, however, a method of reusing that you might not think of: secondhand products.

I’ve spent a good amount of my life fancying the new and fresh, from annual iPhone upgrades to fancy shoes, but some years ago, I realized the value of thrift stores. It was then that my interest in the handme-down, the vintage and the antique began as just that — an interest. But recently, it’s evolved into something more impactful. Shopping for the old (and the like-new) is not only economically sensible,

but environmentally so. Why pay the full price for something because it comes directly from the manufacturer, who will only make another to replace the item you just bought?

It isn’t logical when faced with the possibility that our grandchildren might not be guaranteed breathable air and fertile earth.

There are too many instances in this era of consumerism where perfectly usable items are discarded only because they inconvenience someone. The other day, I found a working treadmill given away for free on Craigslist because the owner was tired of using it as a clothing rack. Similarly, I came across another person who gifted me a perfectly functional record player from the 1960s because he was moving away. Goodwill, too, has plenty of items with just as much diversity, and its everyday sale on clothes and 10 percent discount for students on Saturdays is only more of an incentive to explore your options.

The importance of giving these products a second life stems from recycling’s limitations, as many of these items can only end up in a dump when they are no longer wanted.

This is especially becoming a problem for electronics, now known as “e-waste,” which is

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overproduced for a population that overconsumes. There are plenty of discounted electronics to be found across Broome County if you need a speaker or TV. Regardless of whether it’s made of circuit boards or cloth, you can always avoid unnecessary waste by selling or donating what would otherwise be discarded. There are local repositories for clothes all throughout the Binghamton area, and Goodwill is always welcoming new additions to its selection.

To conclude, I would like to acknowledge a statistic that only serves to anger me (and hopefully, you too). About 71 percent of planet Earth’s greenhouse gas emissions come from just 100 companies, not consumers. So as consumers, we may think, why change our behaviors? Well, while it’s imperative that we address these contributors to climate change, successful movement first begins in the home. The easiest changes start small: What could be better than beginning with more sustainable habits? I then implore you to keep the statistic above in mind whenever you’re shopping for something new, and ask yourself, “Where is this going to end up?”

— Evan Moravansky is a junior majoring in English.

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Capricorn: Love in the rigid. A wrestling ring as a spider web. An eyelid as an Elton John parody. A sundress as a memory. A finale as a call for help. This is where the week lives: somewhere in between clasped hands and drying wood-glue, no lights on.

You’re lanky like the dock and human like the water. Simile as a self-esteem boost.

Aquarius: Once a crow landed by your feet and helped you build a Lego castle. He whispered something about progressive thinking and a growth mindset. Dump salt over your shoulder. Tell your mom it’s superstition. In reality, it’s disobedience in the calmest form. Classic. The crow flew away because of commitment issues. That’s a metaphor from eighth-grade ELA. How old are you and how do you change that?

Pisces: Wanna be a martyr? Great! Always wear a collared shirt and button it unevenly.

This weekend you’ll probably be sad and then create some badass art. Also, you’ll probably be happy, too. Also, art can be not art if you’d rather. Think of it more as craft. Also, you’ll probably get into a fight with someone, somewhere, sometime. I recommend you forgive them. Unless they did something super bad. Then I guess you shouldn’t. It’s intuitive.

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Week 11: Start ‘em or sit ‘em?

Evan Cole Assistant Sports Editor

Fantasy Football Quarterback — Start: Dak Prescott (DAL): Prescott managed his best games of the season since the Cowboys acquired Amari Cooper. He has totaled six touchdowns and averaged over 250 passing yards in his past three games. With six teams on bye, Prescott makes sense as a streamer against a weak Falcons defense.

Russell Wilson (SEA): Despite underwhelming in passing yards on a weekly basis, Wilson has been able to manufacture three touchdown performances in four of his past five games. Facing a shoddy Packers secondary, Wilson should find the end zone multiple times tonight.

— Sit: Kirk Cousins (MIN): In his last game against Detroit, Cousins put together the worst performance of his Vikings tenure, throwing for a measly 164 yards and a touchdown while turning the ball over twice. Things don’t get any easier for Cousins this week as he faces a Bears defense that has Khalil Mack back in action.

— If you’re desperate: Lamar Jackson (BAL): If Joe Flacco is inactive this week, Jackson is in a prime spot to succeed in his first career NFL start. The dualthreat quarterback has the potential for a huge outing against a Bengals defense that looked helpless on nearly every drive against the Saints last week.

Running back — Start: Aaron Jones (GB): Jones finally broke out against the Dolphins last week, rumbling for 145 yards and two touchdowns. While his carries are largely dependent on the Packers leading, his explosiveness makes him a viable start even in tougher matchups.

Start Jones with confidence this week against the Seahawks.

Phillip Lindsay (DEN): Despite being in somewhat of a committee, Lindsay’s receiving ability and efficiency gives him a stable weekly floor. Facing a Chargers defense that can get gashed by dynamic running backs, Lindsay makes for a solid start this season.

— Sit: Peyton Barber (TB): Barber has seen plenty of opportunities to produce, getting double-digit carries in each of his past five games. He has failed to do much with his chances, totaling more than 65 rushing yards in two games during this stretch. This lack of a floor makes Barber a risky fantasy option this week.

— If you’re desperate: Josh Adams (PHI): Since Jay Ajayi got injured, Adams has looked the most impressive of Philadelphia’s remaining options at running back.

Over his past two games, Adams has averaged 6.8 yards per carry on only 16 carries. If he gets a bigger

workload this week, Adams has potential for a big game against a weak Saints front seven.

Wide receiver — Start: Emmanuel Sanders (DEN): Sanders has a daunting matchup against the Chargers this week and has put together backto-back disappointing performances in recent weeks.

Despite his performances trending downward, Sanders still sees more than enough targets to be successful moving forward. Expect Sanders to be thrown at early and often this week.

Corey Davis (TEN): Getting the ball to Davis appears to be a new focal point for Tennessee coming out of its bye week, as Davis has put together his second consecutive performance of at least six receptions since the week off. The Colts have an underrated secondary, but Davis should still perform well this week as the Titans passing game’s focal point.

— Sit: Calvin Ridley (ATL): Ridley has proved to be wildly inconsistent this year, and has become a lesser part of the Falcons’ passing attack in nearly every week since his earlyseason explosion. Facing a stingy Cowboys defense, Ridley makes for too volatile of a play this week.

— If you’re desperate: Anthony Miller (CHI): Miller had the best game of his rookie year last week, shredding the Lions for 122 yards and a touchdown.

With Chicago’s top receiver Allen Robinson likely to draw the attention of Vikings cornerback Xavier Rhodes, Miller should be able to break free for a few big plays this week.

Tight end — Start: Evan Engram (NYG): Engram put together a decent performance last Monday against the 49ers and gets a mouthwatering matchup against a bottom-tier Buccaneers defense this week. Engram should be able to make some big plays over the middle, making him a valuable play among a thin tight-end group.

Vance McDonald (PIT): McDonald has received sparse targets of late, but with several teams on bye this week, he is a viable option against a Jaguars defense, which will likely key in on Pittsburgh’s top offensive weapons.

McDonald has some value as a touchdown-or-bust option.

— Sit: Jordan Reed (WAS): Alex Smith’s unwillingness to take shots downfield has killed Reed’s value as a vertical threat this season.

Even with a favorable matchup against the Texans this week, Reed lacks the explosiveness to be an enticing fantasy option.

— If you’re desperate: Ricky Seals-Jones (ARI): Seals-Jones makes sense as a streamer given that so many teams are off this week. Totaling a respectable 51 yards last week, Seals-Jones has the potential for a better day against a miserable Raiders defense.

Men’s basketball routs Misericordia Six different players reach double figures in BU victory Kyle Reina

contributing writer

Powered by a balanced collection of scorers, Binghamton earned its first victory of the season on Tuesday night with a 107-64 home victory over Misericordia University.

Freshman guard Sam Sessoms led the Bearcats (1-2) with 50-50 balls across the floor and aggressive drives to the basket. Sessoms finished the night with 18 points on an efficient 7-of-12 shooting, along with five rebounds and four assists.

Both teams were tenacious on the floor, as scrappy play on loose balls was seen throughout the game. Misericordia played especially aggressive, fouling 20 times over the course of the match.

“I think we attacked and put pressure on the defense,” said BU head coach Tommy Dempsey. “We had some guys that were tough to stay in front and [Misericordia] was using armbars to try and stay with our players here and there.”

Sessoms joined with graduate student guard J.C. Show and senior guard Timmy Rose to form a dangerous backcourt throughout the game. Rose, who finished with two points and nine assists, was able to find driving lanes all game long and dish to a big or a kick out to a guard. “[Rose] is a veteran as a senior, so he has a lot of experience, and from the outside looking in, I can see how he puts teammates first and is just a great leader,” Sessoms said. “I’m more of a scoring point guard, and he’s the polar opposite, and I see how I can benefit from taking parts of his game just like how he could benefit from taking parts of mine, but overall he’s just a great leader and a great person to have in your corner.”

The Bearcats received contributions from nearly everyone on the roster, with six players reaching double digits in points.

With 48 points in the paint, they were able to keep the Misericordia defense on its heels, particularly in

sidney slon staff photographer Junior guard Richard Caldwell, Jr. contributed 13 points and three rebounds to help lift the Bearcats over Misericordia for their first win of the season.

the second half when Binghamton scored 26 points in the paint.

Sophomore guard Tyler Stewart, who had been injured for the first two games, played for 12 minutes on Tuesday night. Although he had limited minutes, Stewart looked promising with two three-pointers and six rebounds.

“His minutes were good, he just has to get the rust off,” Dempsey said. “But he was able to make his two threes and gave us six rebounds in only 12 minutes, and rebounding the ball is an issue for us right now, and to get another guy with length and good instincts out there, he’s another guy who stretches the floor for us. He missed some time and he’s been out for a while so I think it’s hard to get in a rhythm, but to be able [to] come in and knock in his threes was great.”

Collectively, BU was able to consistently get good looks thanks to its quick ball movement. With

21 assists and steady shooting, the Bearcats maintained a 54 percent mark from deep and 58 percent overall. Show was lethal, as all 12 of his points came on a 4-of-7 shooting performance from behind the arc. All double-digit scorers for the Bearcats were able to maintain at least 50 percent shooting from the field.

On the defensive end, Binghamton fluctuated between a man-to-man defense and a twothree zone. The alternation threw Misericordia off in the second half, as it shot a subpar 24 percent field goal percentage in the game’s final 20 minutes. The zone defense allowed Dempsey’s squad to get out in transition and score in unsettled situations.

Tuesday’s win was a relatively promising showcase of what the team is capable of, despite the fact that Misericordia is a Division III college.

“Winning at any point in college

feels good, doesn’t matter who it’s against,” said graduate student forward Chancellor Barnard. “We worked hard for a while now, so it feels good to get this win under our belt.”

Following Tuesday’s victory, the Binghamton athletics department announced that Dempsey was given a two-year contract extension. The move dispelled any concern that Dempsey’s job was on the line this season, and the team can continue its progress this season without the looming threat of uncertainty at the head coaching position.

The Bearcats look to notch a second consecutive win against Northwestern University on Friday at 7 p.m. at the Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Illinois. The game will be broadcasted on ESPN News and will be called by ESPN’s “Pardon the Interruption” cast, Binghamton alumnus Tony Kornheiser, ‘70, and former Wildcat Michael Wilbon.

Alex Brion eyes AE Championship Men’s swim captain owns three pool records Samantha Marsh pipe dream sports

The name Alex Brion has recently bedecked the Binghamton University swimming and diving record board, becoming one that will surely be remembered in BU sports history. On Oct. 27, the senior sprint free specialist took down three records during a Binghamton men’s swim team exhibition meet. The first record to go down was the 200 medley relay, which the team, consisting of sophomore Shane Morris, junior Ross Bernstein, sophomore Patrick Wilson and Brion, beat by almost a second.

The old record stood at 1:33.72, and the relay team claimed the new pool record with a time of 1:32.74.

Brion simultaneously broke two pool records in the 200 free relay, as his leadoff leg with a time of 20.90 was enough to break the 50 free pool record of 20.99 set

by Brian McKenna, ‘17. While Brion broke the 50 free record, the team as a whole, consisting of senior Matthew Devito, junior Tyler Meyers, Wilson and Brion, broke the 200 free relay pool record of 1:24.08 with a time of 1:23.81.

“It felt really good to break the 50 [free relay pool] record,” Brion said. “Once Brian McKenna broke it my freshman year and the record was put up, it was always my goal to get my name up there, and coming into this year, one of my goals was

to break the pool record, and I’m just ecstatic that I was able to do it at our technical second meet even though we didn’t have anyone to race against. It’s just a good feeling that I can think that in the history of the pool, I’m the fastest that’s ever gone in the 50.”

Brion has an impressive collection of accolades to his name, but this star athlete did not come to be a record-breaker overnight. Before committing to Binghamton, Brion began his swimming career when he was just 7 years old.

“I watched my sister the year before [I started] swimming, and I was just in the stands, and I just got bored not being in the water, so I asked my parents if I could swim, and they said yes, and it’s been that way ever since,” Brion said.

Now Brion is one of Binghamton’s top swimmers and a team captain. Brion’s commitment to Binghamton was a process that began with the suggestion of a friend already recruited to the Binghamton swim team and a meeting with BU head coach Brad Smith.

“I remember setting up a meeting with [Brion],” Smith said. “He came to the door and I saw how tall he was, and I said OK, this boy is gonna do something special. I said this boy has loads of untapped potential.”

Smith’s prediction about Brion doing something special was right, as Brion now holds three pool records and holds two second places from last year’s America East Championships in the 50 free and the 100 free, coming in with times of 20.77 and 45.53, respectively.

provided by binghamton athletics Senior Alex Brion, captain of the men’s swimming and diving team, broke three pool records in a single meet earlier this season.

Brion finished behind junior Ilia Rattsev of UMBC for both events, but he hopes to improve his record.

“There’s a couple guys on UMBC I know are faster than me right now in the 50 and 100, but at least with being in my position, I have room to improve and move up,” Brion said.

“It’s nice knowing that there’s competition out there, and it’s definitely a drive for me to beat them at champs.”

While Brion has the drive to capture first place at championships, he is also focused on the team’s success, and as a captain in his senior year, Brion is hoping that the team can also take home first place.

“For team goals, I’d like as many relays to break team records as they can [at championships],”

Brion said. “I know especially in the 200 medley and the 200 free, which we got the pool record for.

We’re really gunning for those team records, and then it would be awesome if we could come out with a first place at America East Champs.”

Although championships are not until February, Brion and the rest of the swim team are preparing each and every day in the hopes of capturing that firstplace title. With this amount of preparation, Brion has a chance to not only take first place in both the 50 and 100 free, but he also has a chance to break the team record of 20.00 in the 50 free.

Brion’s success so early on in the season is undeniable, and if this is how Brion is performing now, he may become unstoppable as the season progresses.