Fall 2019 Issue 23

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Hinman fencing to block walkways Students voice concerns about accessibility during renovations Kaitlyn Hart

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As construction in Hinman College continues, new fencing around Hinman Dining Hall will block walking paths for commuter students parked in Parking Lot M and those who live in Susquehanna Community and Hillside Community.

Renovations inside the building, which was taken offline this summer, will obstruct the area along the pathway from Parking Lot M and in front of the dining hall, making it more difficult for students coming from the area to access the Brain, the main road that circles campus. Residents of Hinman College will also be affected by the pathway changes, losing access to the Hinman Quad and the surrounding walkway.

In a Listserv email to Hinman College residents, Kandyce Baker, area director of Hinman College, said a new sidewalk will be in use while the construction process is ongoing.

“Pedestrians heading to central campus from [Parking Lot M] should use the new walkway constructed along the Connector Road to reach destinations,”

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Newing College launches pilot program Students will see genderinclusive bathrooms Gillian Mathews news intern

Gender-specific “clustered” bathrooms will soon be

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relics of the past for Newing College as Binghamton University prepares to create gender-inclusive bathrooms for residents in the 2020-21 academic year.

On Nov. 7, an email was sent out to all Newing College residents outlining

the changes in the dorms.

According to the email, all clustered bathrooms will be reclassified to be genderinclusive, meaning that residents will still share bathrooms with “clustermates” next door or across the hall, which may now include

individuals of any gender identity.

Katy Perry, area director of Newing College, wrote in an email that the changes were long-awaited and highly requested by residents.

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Applications open for TEDx student speaker Professors speak on historical injustices Flag-raising ceremony honors veterans Director encourages all students to share their stories Stephen Anku

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Every year, Binghamton University invites individuals from various

professions to speak at an annual TEDx event — along with a carefully selected student speaker with something new to share with the rest of campus.

As the 10th anniversary of the event rolls around, it marks the fifth year that students will have the opportunity to present a talk to their peers. There is no limitation on who can become a speaker;

any undergraduate who believes they have something important or useful to share is welcome to apply on the TEDxBinghamtonUniversity page.

TEDxBinghamtonUniversity Conference Director Emma Krempa, a junior majoring in business administration, said the quality of the idea is most important to the team

reviewing applications.

“It varies year to year, but we typically get between 12 to 25 applications,” Krempa said. “We are looking for a talk that is original, thought-provoking and captivating.

We can always work on public speaking

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TEDx hosts second Salon event of the semester Rebekah Ehrlich

Students, faculty speak on history of Veterans Day

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On a breezy Monday afternoon, the American flag waved full mass as Binghamton University students, faculty and veterans gathered in front of the Couper Administration Building to commemorate past and current U.S. service members for Veterans Day. The ceremony aimed to honor those who have served in the armed forces, and remind attendees of their rights, according to Paul Stroud, host of the event and director of student affairs policy analysis, compliance and veteran services.

“The only thing is, I hope people take a moment to really think about the freedoms we have, more importantly how we have them,” Stroud said. “For a brief moment to think that there are people who answered the call, who gave all kinds of things so that we could enjoy our freedoms.”

According to Stroud, the Office of

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rose coschignano photo intern Brian Rose, vice president for student affairs, gives a speech on the history of Veterans Day on Monday outside the Couper Administration Building to commemorate former and current U.S. soldiers.

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Two Binghamton University professors spoke at BU’s second-ever TEDxBinghamtonUniversity Salon about historical class and racial injustices in their respective fields.

The TEDxBinghamtonUniversity Salon event, “Historically Speaking,” took place Tuesday night in the Admissions Center with featured talks by Paul Schleuse and Kent Schull. Salon talks are miniature versions of the larger TEDxBinghamtonUniversity talks in the spring.

Schull, chair of the history department and an associate professor of history, spoke to a room of about 30 people. As a member of the faculty advisory committee for the Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention (I-GMAP), Schull said he views history as a tool to prevent creating another refugee crisis in the future.

“In this course I’m teaching this semester on forced migration in the Middle East, I am bringing in what’s called a preventative lens,” Schull said. “We can’t change the past, but what we can learn from it is to think about how do we

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SPORTS

“A Man of No Importance” brings a play within a play to Watters Theater,

“Taj Express” gives Bollywood an interactive twist,

The Editorial Board reflects on the role of student journalists following controversy at Northwestern University,

Men’s tennis completes fall season,

Women’s basketball blows out Bloomsburg,

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

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FRIDAY, Nov. 8, 12:52 p.m. — Officers responded to the West Gym after a 25-year-old female victim reported that her wetsuit had been stolen. She last saw it the week before, when she hung it up in a secure storage area following class. The victim’s wetsuit was the only wetsuit missing from the facility. Because the West Gym is one of the older buildings on campus, there was no camera footage for officers to review. The victim had no suspects in mind. The investigation is ongoing.

Lunch lady locker problems FRIDAY, Nov. 8, 1:30 p.m.

— Officers responded to the University Union after a 46-year-old female filed a complaint that all of her items were stolen out of her locker in the Sodexo employee locker area. The officers reviewed camera footage from the area, but did not notice anything suspicious. A little while later, officers received a call from the reporting individual’s manager, who said she found all of her items in a different locker.

Pocket potheads FRIDAY, Nov. 8, 11:30 p.m. — While on foot patrol in Newing College, officers detected the odor of marijuana. They checked behind Endicott Hall and

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located two 18-year-old female suspects standing in a dark corner. One of the suspects, holding a glowing, orange object, quickly hid it behind her and eventually put it in her pocket. The suspects initially denied smoking marijuana, but after more discussion with the officers, they admitted they were smoking a joint behind the building. One of the suspects produced the remains of the joint from her pocket, took ownership of it and was issued an appearance ticket for Vestal Town Court. The other suspect was not charged and was issued a warning.

Patience, my friend MONDAY, Nov. 11, 3:30 a.m. — Officers responded to Johnson Hall of Dickinson Community after a 23-year-old male victim reported a pair of sneakers missing. The victim ordered the sneakers online from eBay and said he was tracking the package, which showed it was delivered to his mailbox on Saturday, Nov. 9.

Since it was a Saturday, officers said the package was most likely sent to the University’s central receiving facilities.

The victim did not think this was the case, telling officers the shoes were either stolen by a U.S. postal worker or they were never actually shipped. The officers again advised him that since they were delivered on a Saturday, and there’s no campus mail service on Saturday, Sunday or Monday, which was Veterans Day, his sneakers were likely in central receiving and would be delivered eventually.

They encouraged him to wait a few days and contact them again if he still had not received the shoes. The case is pending, but after receiving no follow-up call,

LOCAL NEWS

Village of Deposit does away with police department New propositions passed in the Village of Deposit will get rid of it’s justice court and police department, according to WBNG. Deposit lies on the border of Broome and Delaware counties, and the proposition calls for Deposit to get rid of its own police department and instead work with the Broome and Delaware County Sheriff’s Offices. According to Mayor Bryan Moore, Deposit had not been using its police department enough to make the money that goes into it worthwhile. In a public hearing on Tuesday, local residents had mixed reactions to the decision.

Police recover 29 grams of crystal meth in Binghamton arrest Broome County’s Special Investigations Unit Task Force arrested Roy Niles, 54, of Binghamton in an undercover operation on Tuesday after police say he sold over a half an ounce of crystal methamphetamine, according to WBNG. During his arrest, investigators reported they recovered more than 29 grams of crystal meth, drug-packaging items and money.

Niles is currently being held at the Binghamton Police Department where he is waiting to be arraigned in Binghamton City

Court.

NATIONAL NEWS

Staff lawyers publicly question witnesses in impeachment inquiry Daniel Goldman and Steve Castor, attorneys with the House Intelligence Committee, publicly questioned witnesses in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump for the first time on Wednesday, according to CNN. The staff lawyers have already questioned witnesses in private impeachment proceedings over the last month, collecting information about Trump and his phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Trump allegedly abused his power to pressure Ukraine into launching two politically beneficial probes against former Vice President Joseph Biden, using a White House meeting and roughly $400 million for military aid as a bribe.

On Wednesday, William Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, and George Kent, a top state department official who is responsible for Ukraine policy, testified. Republicans in the House of Representatives expressed that Democrats are not allowing the whistleblower, who originally filed the complaint against Trump, to testify and insisted on them being present at the proceeding on Wednesday, according to Fox News.

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Dining hall renovations to obstruct community paths fencing from page 1 Baker said. “Initial work for the dining hall renovation will involve a lot of utility relocation in the area of [the] Hinman Quad.”

Salenna Weiner, a sophomore majoring in integrative neuroscience and a resident of Lehman Hall, said the construction has already negatively affected her. Her building’s main entrance is partially blocked, and Weiner said finding alternative eating locations and dealing with construction noise has made life more difficult.

“Climbing up to eat at a different community is tedious, especially with the weather not getting any warmer,” Weiner said. “Also, they haven’t started construction until this week, which is strange because the dining hall has been closed since the end of last semester. I’m starting to hear loud drilling throughout the day and it’s pretty disturbing to me.”

Faisal Alam, an undeclared freshman, lives in Hughes Hall.

Alam also expressed concerns about having to walk to Mountainview College every day to eat food. The new fencing will make his walk longer than usual.

“I absolutely hate walking up to Appalachian [Collegiate Center] every day,” Alam said.

“Especially since I want to avoid walking in the cold for as long as possible.”

This will be the second set of fences being implemented

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in Hinman College, with the first surrounding Parking Lot L and blocking the path

between the lot and Cleveland Hall. Rhyana Ptashnik, a junior double-majoring in English and

philosophy, politics and law, is a commuter student who typically parks in Parking Lot M. Ptashnik

said she has already been affected by the pathway changes, especially with the end of fall

approaching.

“The changes make my walk to class a lot longer because I can no longer cut through Hinman [College],” Ptashnik said.

“Instead, I have to walk around Hinman [College], and only one side of the road has sidewalks.

The sidewalks are steep and aren’t always salted. The ice and slush can be potentially dangerous. I almost fell walking to class Wednesday morning, and it was barely snowing.”

Lorena Maggiore, a sophomore double-majoring in music and English and a resident in Hillside Community, said she has also seen a longer walk to the main campus because of the construction.

“I have had to take a longer route walking to my classes,” Maggiore said. “It can get pretty exhausting, especially during these colder months. I think it would be great if there were a bus that took us directly to and from the University Union. I avoid taking the bus because I wind up saving time walking, and I think I would take the bus more often if there were fewer stops.”

Ptashnik said there is more the University can do to help students who have to walk from Parking Lot M to the main campus every day.

“They should definitely salt and shovel the ramps and sidewalks more,” Ptashnik said.

“They also should have been doing this during the summer, not when school is in session because it interferes with everyone’s route.”

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tyler gorman pipe dream photographer Paul Schleuse, an associate professor of music, speaks about the importance of music and how it can be used as an outlet of disdain for certain groups at the TEDxBinghamtonUniversity Salon event on Tuesday night in the Admissions Center.

TEDx Salon event tackles class, racial discrimination salon from page 1 prevent these types of actions from happening again in the future.”

Schull discussed the Middle East refugee crisis, which he said was created in part by President Donald Trump and the Turkish government by sending Syrian refugees to a buffer zone between Turkey and Syria. This would displace the Kurds living there.

“The biggest thing is the irony, and really the insidious nature of what we call conflict resolution,” Schull said. “It’s not really about peace, it’s taking the most marginalized and using those as objects to try and achieve some broader domestic and geopolitical goals … This has happened around the world and the idea of forcing a population to move from one area to another goes back deep into history.

We just keep trying the same thing over and over again.”

Schleuse, an associate professor of music, spoke about the importance of music and how it can be used as an outlet of disdain for certain groups. He focused on the Renaissance period and the madrigal songs the upper class sang.

“A madrigal is a song that sets a high status, elite, literary poem and is sung usually by a group of four, five, six people,” Schleuse said.

According to Schleuse, the middle class in Renaissance Italy made parodies of the madrigals sung by the aristocrats. These songs

were translated to languages of the middle class, thought to be “lesser” languages, including Venetian and Bolognese. High-status songs that were once about love were turned into songs about bodily functions and dysfunctions to poke fun at the upper class.

“I am a musicologist, which means that I study music and history,” Schleuse said. “But it’s not just a question of names and dates and titles. It’s really about how music is used in society, what music means to the people who are writing it and performing it and listening to it.”

Bridget Shanley, a second-year director for TEDxBinghamtonUniversity and a senior majoring in English, said the speakers were chosen by the TEDxBinghamtonUniversity organizers because they had prior knowledge of their work and ability to give a good presentation.

“So actually they’re [T ED xB i ng ham t on Un iversity directors’] professors,” Shanley said. “They knew they had very interesting research, they knew they were great speakers already because they’d taken a class with them.”

This was the first year that TEDxBinghamtonUniversity put on salon events. The first salon took place in September and focused on the environment. There will be another salon event in the spring semester and the main conference in March. According to Shanley,

the events aim to educate students on subjects they wouldn’t normally learn about.

“We just wanted students to come out and learn something new,” Shanley said. “These aren’t classes they would normally take because they’re much more compact, and we think they’re a lot more interesting sometimes because they don’t have to do this for a grade, it’s just something that they can learn on their own time and do on campus and not watch on a screen.”

Asim Ayana Kapparova, a sophomore majoring in mechanical engineering, attended the event after receiving an email about it. She said she was interested in attending because she used to participate in TEDx. “I did TEDx in high school, so I’ve been interested in TEDx talks and just wanted to see what was going on here,” Ayana Kapparova said. “I thought it was cool, I definitely learned something completely new with the first talk, I hadn’t really heard anything about musicology before. I’ve wanted to learn more about the Middle East — I specifically came mostly for the second talk.”

Shanley is hopeful that the new TEDxBinghamtonUniversity salons will continue to grow.

“We’re trying to get more and more people because this is the first year we’re doing salons,” Shanley said. “This is brand-new for us.

We’re learning as we’re going.”

skills and restructure the talk to fit the TEDx-style format, but the idea worth sharing is something distinctive.”

This year’s event theme is still under wraps, but will be announced in the near future on the TEDxBinghamtonUniversity Instagram, Twitter and Facebook accounts, according to Krempa.

Last year’s student speaker was Jonathan Caputo, a senior triple-majoring in psychology, philosophy and Italian. In his talk, “It’s OK To Not Love Yourself,” he challenged the idea that people should be happy with themselves without the need for others and the potential mental health impacts of such an emphasis on individualism.

Caputo wrote in an email that speaking at TEDxBinghamtonUniversity was a meaningful experience, but his topic had a lot of different concepts that the

small time frame could not cover.

“Thirteen minutes might seem like a lot, but there were a lot of concepts that I wasn’t able to fully discuss because of the time frame that I was given,” Caputo said. “It is really important to focus your time on the most important ideas and not worry about missing out on smaller details.”

Prospective speakers have until 11:59 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 15 to submit their completed applications, after which selected candidates will be interviewed and asked to deliver a five-minute pitch of their prepared talk to the TEDxBinghamtonUniversity team. All applicants will be informed of the committee’s decision by Monday, Nov. 25, and the selected speaker will work with team members and the Speaking Center starting spring 2020 to further prepare for the March 22 talk.

Krempa said she wants students to know that becoming a speaker is not the

only way to participate in the event.

“Other opportunities include a student who serves as our event host, or emcee, each year, volunteer opportunities for students to assist with tabling, ticket sales, day-of-event setup and a paid opportunity to create our event logo and additional designs,” Krempa said.

“Students can also apply to be a director in order to get [Career Development Centralized Internship] credit.”

Caputo shared some advice for any students interested in becoming the speaker this year. “[Students] should try to stay true to themselves as much as possible and to present their talk in a way that’s most comfortable for them,” Caputo said. “The [Speaking Center] will help a lot, but it is important to use them as a supplement for the talk so that you don’t lose yourself in trying to be the best speaker that you can be.”

pipe dream archives TEDxBinghamtonUniversity 2019 speaker Komal Dadlani spoke at BU in March about her work as a biochemist and co-founder of Lab4U, a company that provides apps, resources and programs for teaching science and aims to democratize scientific education.

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“What is your favorite Thanksgiving food, and why?”

Frances Wallace,

Sarah Melo,

a sophomore majoring in biology

a sophomore majoring in environmental studies

“Definitely stuffing, because my mom has an amazing recipe from the family that is really good — it’s like a memory thing for me.”

“My favorite food is cranberry chutney, because five years ago my sister found the recipe and she can eat it because she is vegetarian and we can put it on sandwiches too.”

Madison LeVea,

Frank Sayegh,

a sophomore double-majoring in psychology and Spanish

an undeclared sophomore “Potatoes, because it’s one of my favorite foods normally and the holidays don’t change that.”

“Mashed potatoes, but they have to be lumpy and you can keep piling them into your mouth and it is never gonna taste bad. It could never go wrong unless you whip it because then it tastes like baby food.”

Grace Horcher,

Lillian Carr,

a senior majoring in human development

a junior majoring in sociology “I like ham, macaroni and cheese and yams because that is the best and it’s traditional.”

“I would have to say mashed potatoes because my nana makes them the best and I only eat them during Thanksgiving.”

BU commemorates past, current service members veterans from page 1 Veteran Services has hosted the Veterans Day ceremony for about seven years. Most of the event consisted of a smaller gathering of faculty, local veterans and BU Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) student cadets. The ROTC is a military program by which high school and university students train to become future military officers in a variety of branches. All attendees stood silently as “The

Star-Spangled Banner” played, resonating throughout the Peace Quad. Among the faculty, BU President Harvey Stenger also attended the event.

Brian Rose, vice president for student affairs, gave a speech discussing the history of Veterans Day since its commemoration at the end of World War I, when it was first called Armistice Day. “In 1954, Armistice Day became Veterans Day, a holiday in which we honor all members of all branches in the military

who have served in any time,” Rose said.

Rose also mentioned the sacrifices service members make when choosing to join the military.

“There are so many dimensions to that sacrifice,” Rose said. “They receive no guarantees about where they [are] assigned, where they are deployed or whether they will endure combat and for how long.”

At the beginning of the

ceremony, Stroud handed out red poppy pins, explaining the flower’s significance.

“It actually goes back to World War I,” Stroud said. “The story is that there was a doctor who was operating on a soldier right by this field that was completely torn up by the war. Within this war-torn field everything was gone, except poppies were growing.”

Though only a handful of students came to the ceremony, ROTC BU cadets raised the flags

of the United States and New York state. Sean Kaplan, a sophomore majoring in accounting and a cadet who raised the colors at noon, said his grandfather and grandfather’s brothers all served in different branches during World War II, and his father has served in the army. Soon enough, Kaplan said, he hopes to follow in their footsteps.

He added that students should acknowledge Veterans Day and its significance.

“I hope students take away

that throughout the history of the country, a lot of people have sacrificed a lot at some point in their lives,” Kaplan says. “I hope that people recognize the sacrifices people make every day.”

As the event came to a close, Rose expressed gratitude for all past and current service members.

“To anyone here who has served or is serving, thank you,” Rose said. “Your service is humbling, inspirational and not taken for granted.”

Newing College bathrooms to become gender-neutral bathrooms from page 1 “We regularly receive requests from students for more gender-inclusive options in housing,” Perry wrote. “This initiative is a direct response to those requests and will allow us to better meet the needs of all students. This is something that has been under consideration for a number of years.”

The bathroom model has been implemented in both Old Digman Hall and College-inthe-Woods where bathrooms are private and single-use, like in Newing College. Perry said the change should not have much effect on the experience of students in Newing College and has been successful in other

communities.

“Since this is a pilot initiative, the change will roll out slowly with the majority of clusters remaining all-male or all-female clusters area-wide,” Perry wrote.

“Given that the bathrooms are private and single-use, we do not anticipate it will significantly alter the student experience of living in Newing [College], as students often allow guests and friends of different genders to use these bathrooms even under the current model.”

Noah Mandelman, a sophomore majoring in philosophy, politics and law, said the upcoming changes will not affect his housing choice for next year.

“I don’t necessarily see why

there would be a need for it, but if it happened, I don’t think it would bother me,” Mandelman said. “I’m still planning on living in Bingham [Hall] next year, so it isn’t making me want to change my mind.”

Stephen Black, a sophomore majoring in computer science, said he understands the new situation can take some time to

get used to.

“I can see why some may be uncomfortable with sharing a bathroom or shower with multiple genders,” Black said.

“It can be a problem if we let it be but I think it should become part of our culture, otherwise it creates a gender-based stigma.”

According to Perry, the greatest concern she has seen

from students is that the bathrooms remain cluster-use only, rather than available for all residents to use. She expects the results of the pilot will be positive.

“During the [2018-19] academic year, we met with many student groups and constituents in the area who overwhelmingly felt it would be

a positive change,” Perry said.

Angel Sipp, a junior majoring in psychology, said residents need to learn to adjust to the changes.

“I think it’s gonna be a good thing,” Sipp said. “I don’t know how others are going to feel, but they are going to eventually have to get over it because it is gonna happen either way.”

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EDITORIAL: STUDENT JOURNALISTS ARE STILL STUDENTS The Daily Northwestern made a mistake, but it’s worth noting what their dilemma means for our own position as student journalists

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Northwestern University is home to one of, if not the most, prestigious schools of journalism in the country, and yet, their student newspaper, The Daily Northwestern, made an error. In reporting on a student protest, the student paper published photos of protesters and used the school’s directory to contact protesters for comment via their phone numbers. The student body reacted negatively, and in response, The Daily Northwestern took down the photos and removed the name of a student from one of the quotes in its news article. They went on to write an editorial where they explained their decision to modify the article, but ultimately overcorrected and created a much, much larger issue. Professional journalists were quick to bash the editorial board for what they perceived as an egregious decision that runs counter to journalistic integrity. So, did The Daily Northwestern misstep?

In short: Yes, they did make a mistake. But the context of their error should not be summarized into a single word. The Temple News wrote an editorial that aptly responded to The Daily Northwestern’s mistake by pointing out that they should have stood by their work, but that it was clearly a difficult decision to make. Pipe Dream’s Editorial Board agrees with the Temple News, but it’s worth noting what The Daily Northwestern’s dilemma means for our own position as student journalists.

Troy Closson, editor-in-chief of The Daily Northwestern, posted a Twitter thread where he acknowledged some of the backlash that he and the paper had received for their editorial.

Although it doesn’t undo the harm done by their mistake, it serves as a reminder as to how difficult it can really be to manage a studentrun paper — something members of Pipe Dream’s Editorial Board are all too familiar with. Tough

calls must be made frequently and often on short notice, and The Daily Northwestern is not the only place where such a conflict can take place. There are hundreds of student newsrooms across the world that must balance their role as students and as journalists, and they won’t succeed every time.

This will not be the last mistake that student journalists at The Daily Northwestern make — and that’s okay.

Additionally, while it may have been a bad decision to not stand by journalistic standards, it wasn’t an unethical choice. The staff at The Daily Northwestern was thinking of covering marginalized communities accurately and ethically, an issue that many professional newsrooms grapple with. This dialogue is important, and often missing in many newsrooms. In many ways, student journalists are also more intimately intertwined with their communities. After all, the editors and reporters at The

Daily Northwestern still have to go to class with protesters who feel betrayed.

Ultimately, backing away from their original work meant The Daily Northwestern missed a chance to better explain the procedures that define how journalism works to students who may not know it as well as they do. Still, their editorial brought up valid points about the way student newsrooms and professional media outlets approach coverage, particularly of people of color. It’s clear there is still work to be done at The Daily Northwestern, just like there is work to be done at Pipe Dream.

Perhaps The Daily Northwestern can work to better communicate with their communities and increase diversity on their own staff to tackle these issues, especially since Closson noted in a response to the controversy that he is just the third black editor-inchief of The Daily Northwestern in its 138-year history.

This analysis of the reasoning behind The Daily Northwestern’s editorial makes the response to it from professional journalists especially disappointing. Those who chose to admonish the staff of The Daily Northwestern made the wrong decision, and should be ashamed. Many of these respected journalists began their own careers in a time long before social media carried the court of public opinion, and the challenges that student journalists face now are not the same ones that these journalists faced when they too had to make tough calls. Likely, they made mistakes doing so, but nobody was waiting on Twitter to tear them down. Furthermore, The Daily Northwestern is attempting to tackle deeper issues in the media industry that many professional newsrooms are skirting, and their efforts to do so, whether journalistically correct or not, should be met with guidance, not vitriol from people they likely look up to.

Pipe Dream’s Editorial Board feels that this a prime opportunity to reflect on our role as student journalists and as a voice for the student body. We may be an independent studentrun paper just like The Daily Northwestern, but we don’t have access to a school of journalism full of professors and alumni who we can call on to help us make the decisions that we do. Instead, our paper is grounds for any level of experience to come and learn together through continuous trial and error. Although we strive to do good for the community we seek to represent and will always stick to our journalistic values, we’ll occasionally miss the mark. When that happens, we hope to foster trust and respect through a dialogue with our readers so that we can continue to grow not only the paper, but ourselves as student journalists.

After all, student journalists are still students — and we’re still learning.

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‘Mom-shaming’ is further exacerbated by social media New mothers deserve to parent with confidence — famous or not Jessica Gutowitz Senior Columnist

It is no secret that new parents face all kinds of stress and sleepless nights. Even when they’ve read all the parenting books and done all their research, it’s still a brand-new experience. Plus, where one book will advocate for one strategy, the next will slander that same approach by talking about why nobody should never try it.

Parenting is hard enough without everyone giving you a different angle. This can be

referred to as backseat parenting, or “when a person — it could be someone with whom you are acquainted or a total stranger — approaches you and tells you about what you should be [doing] differently in raising your child or children.” Many parents face issues concerned with backseat parenting, often when their parents or other older family members think that they know better.

Parents, especially mothers, who are the subjects of mass media attention, have it worse.

“Mom-shaming” is incredibly common, with 60 percent of moms having experienced it.

Ideological paradoxes arise in these criticisms in such a way

that it seems like moms can’t do anything right. One mom will get lambasted for choosing to not breastfeed her child, while another will be berated in much the same manner for breastfeeding in public. For mothers, it’s a lose-lose situation.

Celebrity mothers uniquely have these critiques coming from all angles. It’s not just their cranky mother-in-law who’s criticizing their every parenting decision, but the whole world.

Recently, during an interview conducted with Meghan Markle, the interviewer asked her if she was okay, and Markle’s answer was blunt: “Not really.” She admitted that it had been a struggle to assume all of her new roles as a

new mother, as a newlywed and as a member of the royal family.

Many were touched by the video because it became clear what a raw moment it was for Markle.

She even went so far as to thank the interviewer, saying “Thank you for asking, because not many people have asked if I’m okay …

It’s a very real thing to be going through behind the scenes.”

Amy Schumer also faced harsh criticism when she made the decision to go back to work around two weeks after she gave birth to her son, Gene. She posted a picture on Instagram of herself onstage performing stand-up comedy, and several people on social media made some disgusting comments. One

tweet read, “Like, I can still smell your placenta.” As an avid Twitter and Instagram user, Chrissy Teigen is no stranger to momshaming either. She has been criticized for everything from using IVF procedures for her pregnancy to going out to dinner after daughter Luna was born.

When she was criticized for not breastfeeding after her husband, John Legend, posted a picture of her bottle-feeding their son, she responded, “John never breastfed Miles.” There’s a reason it’s called mom-shaming and not dadshaming — this criticism comes down harder on women than it does men.

Whoopi Goldberg said it best on her show, “The View”: “Some

of us who were mothers a long time ago don’t remember what that time is like.” Many older parents, people who have become grandparents, have forgotten how frightening and stressful it is to be a new parent. Many of us who are not parents find it easy to point out the flaws in others’ methods, even though we do not understand the pressures they face.

Living one’s life in the limelight is not an invitation for commentary. It is important to be cognizant of these women’s struggles and lend them some compassion — I’m sure they could use it.

Jessica Gutowitz is a junior majoring in English.

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Virginity testing is harmful and medically invalid Fathers policing their daughters’ bodies is a long-standing and toxic practice Annick Tabb Senior Columnist

On Nov. 5, the “Ladies Like Us” podcast aired an episode featuring rapper T.I. During a conversation about parenting and talking to children about sex, T.I. revealed that he has taken his daughter, who is now 18 and in her first year of college, to the gynecologist every year since her 16th birthday to have her hymen examined as part of a virginity test. In that same conversation, he said, “Right after her birthday, we celebrate, then usually like the day after the party, she’s enjoying the

gifts, I put a sticky note on the door: ‘Tomorrow. 9:30.’”

Although T.I. has not publicly addressed the situation following the podcast, its hosts, Nazanin Mandi and Nadia Moham, have since issued an apology and deleted the episode.

His comments were met with widespread backlash, with many people responding that this test is disgusting, unnecessary and abusive. It is not a crime to want to protect your children from what you think is unsafe, but virginity checks and performative intimidation are not the answer.

T.I. is not the only parent who has overstepped boundaries in order to ensure that their child is not sexually active. A 2016 study reported that in a survey of 288

doctors, 10 percent reported that they had been asked to perform a “virginity test” on a patient by a parent or family member.

It has been falsely claimed that the hymen, a thin piece of tissue at the opening of the vagina, will be disrupted during a first sexual experience and can therefore serve as an indicator that someone is sexually active. This has been disproved numerous times by experts, and the World Health Organization has even called for the banning of “virginity testing,” saying that it is medically unnecessary and “painful, humiliating and traumatic.”

Something particularly infuriating about T.I.’s actions is the clear double standards that he seems to have created while

raising his children. When his 15-year-old son revealed that he had been sexually active for a year, T.I. reacted in a much different way. While he said he didn’t want any of his children to have sex before their time, he conceded, “I will definitely feel different about a boy than I will about a girl. And that’s just the God’s honest truth. I don’t think there’s any father out there who’ll tell you any different.”

Unfortunately, there are fathers who think similarly to T.I. The image of a dad sitting at a table polishing his shotgun while meeting his daughter’s new boyfriend or prom date is one that has often been used for comic relief in media. Former Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell had a Facebook status about his plans

for any boy who showed interest in his daughter go viral, which read, “Thinking about having a chastity belt made w/ a SEAL trident engraved on it and reads ‘Ask father for key.’” Luttrell’s daughter was just 2 years old when the status was made.

Other posts that have gone viral on social media include dads forcing their children to wear T-shirts with their faces on them to intimidate dates.

Although some might see an overprotective father as funny or even necessary, Jenn Jackson, an assistant professor of political science at Syracuse University, said this behavior can lead young people to be “socialized to understand their bodies do not belong to them, that they are a societal possession.” Children

who are raised with these attitudes might grow up to feel shame in relation to exploring their sexuality or engage in unsafe sex as a form of rebellion.

Giving your child rigid guidelines and no avenues to explore or even ask questions about sex could lead them to have unhealthy or inaccurate perceptions about healthy sex and relationship practices. Teaching your child that they have agency and body autonomy and they have the right to say no to things they are not comfortable with will lead them to have a much healthier relationship with themselves, their bodies and potential partners.

Annick Tabb is a senior double-majoring in German and English.

Foreign attacks on Israel should not be normalized The recent PIJ attack on Israel shouldn’t be trivialized Shiraz Otani Guest Columnist

This past Tuesday, while most of us woke up to snow and a hot cup of coffee, millions of Israelis were awakened by blaring sirens and rocket blasts. While children around the world attended school, children in Israel concealed themselves in bomb shelters, waiting for tensions to de-escalate, hoping to lead a normal day. Often, Hamas is to blame, but this week, the case was different.

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Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and the driving force behind most terror activities emanating from the Gaza Strip in the past year. His neutralization led to an onslaught of more than 250 rockets directed at the Jewish state, exposing civilians to a precarious and perilous reality. The PIJ rivals Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and so, Israeli Defense Force Spokesman Brig.

Gen. Hidai Zilberman said the Israeli military is currently stopping attacks on Hamas, an effort to avoid retaliatory action from both the PIJ and Hamas.

Although both groups differ in ideology, their ultimate objective is the same: the destruction of Israel and Islamic control over it.

Clashes between these radical Islamist groups and Israel might

seem recurrent, especially with a barrage nearly triple the size coming from Hamas close to a year ago, but they are not what startled me on Tuesday morning.

Rather, what shocked me most as I was poring over the news was the text I received from my father a few hours prior. My brother Daniel — a soldier in the Givati Brigade — is serving in Nablus, which is located within Area A of the West Bank, an area closed off to Israeli civilians. As he was patrolling the area, sympathizers of PIJ threw a type of incendiary device known as a Molotov cocktail at his unit. Luckily, no one was harmed.

Of course, all of these events are troubling. No civilian should ever fear for their lives, especially because of their Jewish identity.

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However, terrorism and hatred become extremely tangible when someone you love is threatened by them invariably. Every day, I think about what might happen to Daniel, my only sibling, and hope that the concoctions of my imagination never come to fruition. I think of my family and friends who live in Israel, especially those who live in the south, and pray for their safety too, but ultimately there are those who seek to override love with animosity.

By now, schools have been shut down and offices have been shuttered because of incoming missiles. Since 5 a.m. on Tuesday morning, 39 people in southern and central Israel have been treated for light wounds by Magen David Adom, an Israeli

EMT service. An 8-year-old girl in Holon suffered from a heart attack and was given lifesaving treatment, but her condition remains severe. This is not normal. Having a day off because you must spend it in a bomb shelter is not normal. However, the world has come to see this as an inevitable part of Israeli life, shrugging off every rocket attack as if it is a mere case of larceny.

We need to stop normalizing terrorism and jihad when it comes to Israel, especially as global terrorism becomes more prevalent. If ISIS began launching attacks on the United States after the targeted killing of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, there would be an international outcry.

It is time that we support the only democracy in the Middle

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East and hold groups like PIJ and Hamas accountable for their actions. As an ardent supporter of human rights, I adamantly oppose indiscriminate attacks on civilians, and so should anyone who claims to care about social justice and bettering the world, because no one, regardless of who they are, should live their lives under constant fire.

Denouncing these attacks is the morally responsible thing to do, and rather than justify it in the name of “freedom fighting,” it is our moral obligation to stop terrorism in its tracks.

Shiraz Otani is a CAMERA fellow, president of Binghamton University Zionist Organization (BUZO) and a senior doublemajoring in political science and Judaic studies.

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Cinema Society of Binghamton explores narrative film Newly formed club unites student artists Makoto Toyoda staff writer

Whether your “thing” is skateboarding with your friends on the Spine, doing stand-up comedy, leading student activism or eating cheese, there seems to be a niche for every student at Binghamton University. But Darren Tun, a junior majoring in cinema, noticed that a club encapsulating his love for narrative filmmaking, editing and photography did not exist, leading to the creation of Cinema Society of Binghamton University (CSB) this semester.

According to Tun, who is president and co-founder of the club, CSB is an organization started to bring together a community of filmmakers and creatives from all levels. The organization aims to uplift fellow creatives’ work and develop their skills through visual collaboration and informative workshopping.

While BU has a number of cinema and visual art clubs such as BU Film Salon and Photography Club, Tun observed a lack of community for those who wanted to create content on a regular basis. The cinema department and BU Film Salon revolve around experimental-style film, deviating from Hollywood-style films that aim to tell a straightforward story.

BU Film Salon also spends most of its time hosting film screenings, as opposed to having their members create original work. Furthermore, Tun felt there was a lack of guidance and direction in clubs such as BTV Channel 6, and he wanted to make his group accessible to interested students of all backgrounds, regardless of skill level. “[Our] club wants to make films — not just watch them,” Tun said. “We aim to build community with the collaborative process of

The Cinema Society of Binghamton University (CSB) hosts an informational session for students interested in filmmaking and photography.

creation and show everyone the beauty in filmmaking, especially as a team effort. I thought maybe we could be a little different in that we’re doing filmmaking and involving people in the process.

For the traditional Hollywood style of filmmaking, there’s not a lot for that … That’s why I’m trying to fill this niche.”

Tun’s vision for CSB stems from his past experiences involving film, media and animation. He decided by his senior year of high school that he was going to pursue film directing as a career, but he felt that coming to BU posed a challenge to his creative exploration.

“Going to school at [BU] was quite hard because all the film classes are very experimentalbased,” he said. “I couldn’t find other students that share that same love of [Hollywood-style]

filmmaking with me.”

Despite these challenges, Tun and his roommate continued to create original content in their free time during freshman year, even creating a “fight scene” video with their friends in Mountainview College, which garnered more than 20,000 views online. Realizing how passionate he was about filmmaking, Tun spent much of his sophomore year planning CSB, working to get the idea and timing right. As the fall of his junior year rolled around, however, the club had still not come to fruition.

In October, Tun visited his friend Sanz Haque, a junior majoring in economics, at his workplace. After being pushed by Haque to finally take the leap, Tun reached out to BU group chats to garner support.

After acquiring a solid base of interested students, Tun selected

an e-board, which now consists of Haque as vice president, Alyssa Lat, a senior majoring in psychology, as fundraising chair and Daniel Garcia Fernandez, a first-year graduate student studying business administration, as graduate adviser.

Lat said she decided to join CSB, despite having little experience in film, editing or photography, because she wanted to support the creative community at BU. “I always liked seeing other people create and make their ideas real,” she said. “I have always personally liked to uplift others’ ideas … I can’t help but appreciate the energy flowing from someone else’s creative projects.”

The club’s first major event was a “Film Launch Party” held on Oct. 12. Originally, Tun planned to host this event on his own; however, he decided to promote it

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as a CSB event in hopes of putting the club’s name out there. CSB’s “Film Launch Party” was a space where creatives from both the University and the Binghamton area showcased their work, ranging from film to photography and other visual art.

“I spent my last remaining money in my bank account to buy all the supplies we needed including lights, sticky tacks and extra decor,” he said. “By the end of the week, everything [came] together and it was a huge event for all the creatives to show off their talent … I knew that we stood for something much more and that we could help revive the creative community here in the Binghamton area.”

So far, CSB has mostly hosted events for students like camera workshops and videography

lessons. Members with experience provide their own equipment, write scripts and film pieces together to show members the filmmaking process from preproduction through postproduction. Tun said he would eventually like all members of CSB to start collaborating on larger productions to send to film festivals and screen at their events, becoming a central hub for artists on a similar scale to the LUMA Projection Arts Festival.

Garcia Fernandez, Tun and many of the other e-board members provide their personal equipment and cameras to use for CSB workshops and projects. Tun says they do this to bridge the gap for budding filmmakers and artists that do not have these tools or cannot access them through the University because they are not majoring in cinema.

“It’s something that the school would not necessarily offer,” Tun said. “We’re providing that for others to learn.”

Looking ahead, Garcia Fernandez hopes to increase CSB’s presence as a legitimate organization, partnering with both student organizations and the University.

“I’m looking for CSB to be the way that Binghamton Sound, Stage and Lighting is, and for [BU] to back us,” Tun said. “I just want [CSB] to become a household name and a welcoming, open space.”

Tun has found his community, but emphasized being proactive for students struggling to connect with others.

“If [your niche] is not there, just start it,” Tun said. “Join those Facebook groups, create the GroupMe, start it, ask anyone if they’re interested. You might only have [a couple of] people at first, but that’s four or five people in your really niche topic — you guys can even create together. It’s not about the amount of people, it’s about the quality of people within that group.”

‘A Man of No Importance’ to open at Watters Theater Fall musical focuses on Oscar Wilde, sexuality Lakhsmi Chatterjee arts & culture intern

Binghamton University’s first mainstage musical of the year will bring audiences a taste of Ireland in “A Man of No Importance.”

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alex gross contributing photographer “A Man of No Importance” will open this weekend in Watters Theater.

Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and a book by Terrence McNally, “A Man of No Importance” follows Dublin bus driver Alfie Byrne in 1960s Ireland as he tries to put on a production of Oscar Wilde’s tragic play “Salome” with an amateur acting group at his local church.

Tommy Iafrate, director of the musical and an assistant professor of theatre at BU, said the production is a lesser-known show from famous writers, but the characters still have a lot of heart and meaning behind them.

“Within the show, there are people trying to make theatre to the best of their abilities, but that isn’t necessarily ‘high art,’” Iafrate said. “The characters think of themselves as artists and love the thought they put behind their work, but then when it comes to actually doing their things, it doesn’t all work

out. That’s my thoughtful way of saying that they’re untalented, but they have fun playing with it.”

Throughout the musical, Alfie goes through a personal journey of accepting his homosexuality, and he finds himself falling for his best friend, Robbie. Gabriel Pinciotti, a senior majoring in theatre, plays the lead role of Alfie. He said Alfie’s vulnerability in some scenes, such as one where Robbie takes him to a pub and makes him sing without any instruments, signifies the struggles with acceptance Alfie goes through.

“It’s a very vulnerable and exposed scene, and every time we do it, I get so stressed out because [of] the concept of being brought out to a place you aren’t comfortable being, meeting people that you know nothing about and seem to

have nothing in common with you and then having to sing for them,” Pinciotti said. “Moments like that terrify me in real life — being forced way out of your comfort zone. I began to realize how useful that was in playing Alfie, that difficulty of being out of your comfort zone is something we both struggle with, and the play ends up being about Alfie going as far out of his comfort zone as he’s ever gone.”

Iafrate said the musical focuses on the search for acceptance and a supportive community.

“It’s really fun to have this silly play production going along with some of the more serious scenes, but it’s about a chosen family of friends and those who love you,” Iafrate said. “There are still people today who feel like outsiders and because of who they are are kicked out of communities and

look for a place of support and understanding.”

Pinciotti said he hopes the audience will enjoy the show as much as the actors do.

“I’m really hoping that students get invested in the story in the same way that we all get invested while performing it, because it’s such a heartwarming and emotionally affecting tale, and I want everyone to go on the ride with us,” Pinciotti said.

“I also want people to learn about the love that comes from friends, that the people who truly care about you can be some of the most important people in a person’s life.”

“A Man of No Importance” will be performed at 8 p.m. on Nov. 15, 16, 22 and 23 and at 2 p.m on Nov. 24 in the Watters Theater in the Anderson Center.

Tickets are $10 for students, $20 for adults and $16 for seniors.

‘Taj Express’ to bring Bollywood and Bhangra to BU Traveling show hightlights music by A.R. Rahman Lakhsmi Chatterjee arts & culture intern

Get ready to dance Bhangra in the Osterhout Concert Theater as the “Taj Express” makes a stop at Binghamton University this Monday.

The traveling musical follows a young composer, Shankar, as he tries to make music like his idol, music producer A.R. Rahman. Through his journey, the musical explores the inner workings of Bollywood and the people behind the scenes of the largest film industry in the world.

Ninad Samaddar, who plays Shankar, said the musical is

a “script within a script” as storylines go back and forth between Shankar and his musicians and characters Arjun and Kareena. “[It highlights] how passion and soul can trump formal training in the field of arts in India and how progressing through good work experience is still regarded as the most honorable way of making a name in the industry/craft,” Samaddar wrote in an email.

While featuring some original music, the soundtrack to “Taj Express” mainly features Academy Award-winning music from Rahman, who composed songs such as “Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire” and “Marvel Anthem” for “Avengers: Endgame.” It also highlights tunes from older Bollywood

films, such as “Tu Hi Re” and “Ishq Bina,” and modern Indian hits such as “Chammak Challo” and “Kala Chashma.”

Performers plan to make the musical interactive by encouraging the audience to chant and bring suggestions to the characters during situations.

“The play has been enhanced further by using relatable contemporary situations and jokes between the musicians and composers along with some audience-interaction moments,” Samaddar wrote.

“The audience plays the role of a changing cast member every performance and allows ‘Taj [Express]’ to have and give a completely new and incredible experience every performance.”

Shruti Merchant, director of

“Taj Express,” said the traveling cast has also built a sense of camaraderie that shows during their performances.

“What I enjoy most about the ‘Taj Express’ experience is the spirit of camaraderie and ensemble spirit that we all share at every new venue of this musical,” Merchant said. “The tour involves the entire cast and crew to sometimes travel, tech, show and pack up on consecutive days in completely foreign spaces and lands. Apart from my personal favorite feeling, the ‘transitions’ that the audience is privy to is one of the most incredible visuals of the play. The magic moments accompanied by the technical mastery between the two storylines of the play is a mustwatch for all viewers.”

“Taj Express” will show on Monday, Nov. 18 at 7:30 p.m. in

the Osterhout Concert Theater.

Tickets range from $10 to $45.

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Disney+’s extensive library promises successful future A review of the year’s newest streaming service Michael Mongelluzzo contributing writer

On the surface, Disney+ may seem like a niche product. However, its extensive library is what propels Disney into the streaming market, despite first-day stumbles.

Streaming services as a whole are great for college students because they can be accessed wherever they’re able to use the internet, and Disney+ is no different. You’ll find everything from “The Avengers” to “The Simpsons” while browsing through Disney’s 96-year history.

This may sound overwhelming at first, but the service does a nice job of breaking up content into distinct categories.

As soon as you open the app or visit the website, you’ll be shown a few featured programs including Disney+ originals, such as “The Mandalorian” and “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series,” as well as newer Disney acquisitions, such as “Avatar” and “The Simpsons.” Below that, the streaming service presents five categories: Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars and National Geographic.

This is where Disney+ sets itself apart from its competitors, as the home screen doesn’t feel cluttered with an unlimited choice of movies and TV shows. When opening Netflix, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the amount of content presented to you, but Disney+ does a good job of guiding you toward different options, whether it be original content or a classic Disney film.

The search bar for the service also works well. You can search by brand, character or even actor. If something you were looking for is not on the service yet, it will tell you the date it’s coming and even the reason it isn’t there. For example, the service explains that “Solo: A Star Wars Story” is coming July 9,

2020 “due to existing agreements.”

Disney+ is going all in on its original content, which can be seen in “The Mandalorian” and its upcoming line of Marvel shows, both of which have budgets of over $100 million per season. The service has opted to release its shows on a weekly schedule, with most shows getting two episodes in the first week. The service is not just limiting its original content to shows — it’s creating original movies as well, such as the Christmas movie “Noelle” and

a live-action remake of “Lady and the Tramp.”

However, most of the Disney+ catalog is content from Disney’s past. There are the classic animated films like “The Lion King,” “Aladdin” and “Beauty and the Beast,” as well as early Disney Channel shows like “Kim Possible,” “Lizzie McGuire” and “Even Stevens.”

Much like its competitors, Disney+ can be viewed by four different devices at once and allows users to create seven profiles. It also

WSU’s ‘She’s Aloud!’ to feature music, stand-up Annual show to benefit Al Otro Lado Rebekah Ehrlich

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An annual talent show showcasing the talents of women and feminist allies will return to Binghamton University this week as the Women’s Student Union (WSU) presents “She’s Aloud!” on Thursday.

Alena Rodriguez, president of WSU and a senior majoring in linguistics, said about 16 people, the majority of whom identify as women, will be performing and showing off various talents.

“Showcasing femme performers is an important aspect of this event and part of our general goal is to uplift the femme community, but it is not exclusive to specifically those who identify as such,” Rodriguez said. “As long as performers are in solidarity with our goals, we welcome them. That being said, the vast majority — all but one — of our performers will be women.”

According to Rodriguez, there will be seven acoustic performances and four standup acts.

“It’s a very open mic kind of thing,” Rodriguez said. “It’s a lot of acoustic performances, there’s spoken word, there’s poetry, there’s stand-up and we also have Hoop Troop. It looks a little different every year, it just depends on who’s available, who’s responding, what our space looks like, but yeah, that’s what it’s gonna look like this year.”

Rodriguez has been planning the event, which usually WSU’s biggest event of the fall semester, since October. This year, it will be held in Mountainview

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College rather than its usual location in the University Union Undergrounds, but according to Rodriguez, “She’s Aloud!” has taken place in other venues in the past, including a lecture hall in the Fine Arts Building. The current venue can hold up to 150 people, but the event usually draws a more intimate crowd.

All of the money raised from the event will be going to Al Otro Lado, a nonprofit organization located in California that provides legal aid to deportees, migrants and refugees.

According to Rodriguez, WSU members knew which cause they wanted to support before finding the organization.

“It’s a variety show that benefits an organization of our choice,” Rodriguez said. “This year, we decided to choose an organization that benefits families at the border that are being locked up in detention centers.

Previously we’ve donated to victims in Puerto Rico, we’ve donated to the [Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals] pipeline — that was

my freshman year — so then this year it was a cause we were passionate about.”

Besides the performances, there will also be free food, two raffles and WSU merchandise on sale, including limited edition T-shirts.

Although revenue from admission won’t be going to WSU, Rodriguez said the money made from selling their merchandise will help the organization put on events in the future.

Although she won’t be performing, Rodriguez said she is looking forward to seeing her friends perform and raising money for Al Otro Lado.

“All the proceeds go toward a really good cause, so I just want as many people there for that reason, and also it’s just a nice space to come chill and take time to watch some acts and get free food,” Rodriguez said.

“Especially this year, the space is really nice, so I’m excited for that.”

The event will run from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. in Appalachian Collegiate Center 111.

Admission is $3 at the door.

enables users to download most of its library for offline viewing on up to 10 devices. Along the lines of accessibility, Disney is trying to make its service as appealing as possible. Disney+ costs $6.99 per month or $69.99 per year, and can be bundled with Hulu and ESPN+ for $12.99 per month. It is available on video game consoles, iOS and Android, Apple TV, Roku and Amazon Fire.

For all Disney+ does well, it definitely could have borrowed features from other streaming

services. For example, there is no way to preview a title without visiting its page. Disney+ could have taken Netflix’s approach and played a quick preview when you hover over a title. Another thing Disney+ could have taken from Netflix is the “Continue Watching” tab in its list of content. When exploring the page of a particular title, it doesn’t keep track of what you’ve already watched, but if you select “play” at the top of the page it picks up right where you left off. At times, the service ran a

bit slowly and was even unable to connect to the Internet, but this is to be expected on launch day, and these issues didn’t persist as the day went on.

Overall, Disney+ launched strongly, despite short server issues, raking in more than 10 million subscribers and 3.2 million app downloads, according to Apptopia. The large day-one library and solid road map for future shows and movies guarantees Disney+ won’t be just a flash in the pan.

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Men’s tennis competes at MAC Indoor Championships Binghamton completes fall season at event Aidan Higgins

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The Binghamton men’s tennis team traveled west to Kalamazoo, Michigan to compete at the MidAmerican Conference (MAC) Indoor Championship over the weekend. The Bearcats were looking to continue their strong play after putting forth a solid outing at the Cleveland State Invitational the previous weekend, and they succeeded, winning nine singles matches and four doubles matches.

A pair of the singles victories came from freshman Dan Pergel.

He lost his first match before going on to win a nail-biter against Toledo freshman Krzysztof Wetoszka 2-6, 6-3, 10-7 and then defeating Ball State freshman Eli Herran 6-4, 6-7, 10-7. Binghamton head coach Nick

Zieziula was happy with Pergel’s performance as he looks to develop his game in the early stages of his collegiate-playing career.

“The big thing we were trying to get all of our guys to do was to learn about ourselves, our games this weekend,” Zieziula said. “I thought he did a great job with that. Coming out of the weekend, we both have a better idea of what we need to be working on in practice to continue to improve his game. The results were good to see, but more importantly, we took some big strides developmentally with his game and where we need to be going.”

BU senior Sebastian Quiros also picked up two singles victories over the weekend. Initially, he struggled in his first match and ultimately dropped it, but he was able to bounce back and easily defeat Ball State freshman Abe Wojtalik 6-1, 6-1 and Buffalo freshman D Giritharan 6-2, 6-3.

“A couple of unfortunate things

happened very early in his first match and [Quiros] didn’t respond to those great,” Zieziula said. “He did a much better job in his next two matches with being able to push aside those distractions and really lock in and bring his focus back up.

In the past, he’s struggled a little bit where once the weekend kind of took a wrong turn, it was hard for him to get back on track. To see him deal with the distractions and come back and finish strong was really positive.”

In doubles, the Bearcats were able to win a number of opening matches, but all would go on to lose to teams from Buffalo, Toledo and Western Michigan. A notable performance came from Binghamton freshman Michael Pawlowicz and senior Tiago Lourenco, who were able to take down a Buffalo team of junior Valdemar Holm and senior Vilhelm Fridell 8-4. As the Binghamton doubles teams are still developing, Zieziula was experimenting with

pairing different guys to play at the MAC Indoor Championship.

“Our doubles has a lot of room for growth,” Zieziula said. “The very first match with Pawlowicz and Lourenco against the team from Buffalo, we kind of controlled the match start to finish. That was great to see. We’ve been moving people around trying to find some sparks in doubles. I think that’s definitely a team we may come back to in the spring.”

With the conclusion of the MAC Indoor Championship, the Bearcats have ended their fall season. The team experienced a number of ups and downs throughout — matches didn’t always go as planned in both singles and doubles. Nonetheless, the motivation that the team has, with a number of freshmen joining the team this season, is unwavering. The team is looking to go headstrong into its offseason to prepare for the spring semester.

“We’ve learned a lot as a group this year,” Zieziula said. “The guys

provided by bu athletics Freshman Dan Pergel won two singles matches at the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Indoor Championships, finishing the event with a 2-1 record.

came together and fought really hard. The motivation internally is really high. I think the guys were looking at their matches in the right way of knowing that their big focus was not on the result but on improving from shot to shot, game to game. The group has overall a

clear understanding of where we need to be improving between now until our matches start in January, which is really good to see.”

Binghamton’s spring season begins at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 19 with a match against Brown in Providence, Rhode Island.

College football week 11: winners and losers Justin Zion Sports Editor

After several important matchups this past week, including the “Game of the Century,” the College Football Playoff picture is now a bit clearer. Some teams have a clear-cut path to the playoff, while others are going to need some help. Here’s how week 11 stacked up: Winner: Joe Burrow Coming into the season, most people were talking about Clemson sophomore quarterback Trevor Lawrence and Alabama junior quarterback Tua Tagovailoa being the front-runners to take home the Heisman Trophy at the end of the season. Well, you can now officially take that prediction and throw it out

the window, because the Heisman Trophy has all but been locked up

by LSU’s Joe Burrow. The redshirt senior quarterback continued his stellar season with an unforgettable winning performance against No. 5 Alabama (8-1, 5-1 Southeastern Conference), a team that usually shuts LSU down. Burrow threw for 393 yards and three touchdowns on 31-for-39 passing in the contest, and displayed nerves of steel in the highpressure moments of the game. It’s not easy staying composed when Alabama is storming from behind, but Burrow did so, calmly leading his offense down the field for two crucial fourth-quarter touchdowns that sealed the game. The 46 points LSU scored were the most the Tigers have ever put up against the Crimson Tide. Now, LSU (9-0, 5-0 SEC) is the top-ranked team in the country, and Burrow and the Tigers’ offense seems unstoppable.

Loser: Big 12

With only four spots in the College Football Playoff, at least one of the Power Five conferences will miss out on a spot each season.

Right now, the likeliest conference to not make the playoff looks like the Big 12. Both of the conference’s two remaining playoff contenders looked very shaky this past week.

No. 10 Oklahoma went down to the wire with unranked Iowa State at home, only surviving because of a failed two-point conversion attempt, while No. 12 Baylor needed triple overtime to defeat TCU. Even worse for both of these teams, No. 16 Kansas State fell to Texas and dropped eight spots in the College Football Playoff Rankings as a result. This makes Baylor’s road win against the Wildcats (63, 3-3 Big 12) look less impressive, while it makes Oklahoma’s loss to them look even worse. The Sooners (8-1, 5-1 Big 12) and the Bears (90, 6-0 Big 12) play each other this

Saturday, so one of them will get a much-needed marquee win, but neither of these two teams has any margin for error if they want to make the College Football Playoff.

Winner: Minnesota Minnesota is the team that nobody saw coming. Many experts, the College Football Playoff Selection Committee included, dismissed the Gophers because of their relatively weak schedule.

Finally faced with a tough challenge, however, the Gophers seized the opportunity to sling the doubt cast on them back in their doubters’ faces by beating No. 4 Penn State. The score was close, but Minnesota (9-0, 6-0 Big Ten) looked dominant, driving the ball down the field at will.

Redshirt sophomore quarterback Tanner Morgan threw only two incompletions in the game, and managed 339 passing yards on his 18 complete passes. As a result, No.

8 Minnesota has its first 9-0 record since 1904, and is recognized by everyone as legitimate title contenders. The Gophers is the team that nobody saw coming, but now it’s the team that everyone is talking about.

Loser: Wake Forest If you’re a team that’s better than people expected, and it’s the week before you go up against a major opponent, you want to do your best to win so that you head into that big matchup with confidence.

Wake Forest did the exact opposite.

The Demon Deacons (7-2, 3-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) looked lifeless down the stretch against Virginia Tech, giving up the final 23 points of the game to lose 36-17 on the road. Had Wake Forest won, it would have had the chance to jump into first place in the ACC’s Atlantic Division with a win over No. 3 Clemson this week. Instead, the Demon Deacons will face the Tigers

(10-0, 7-0 ACC) as a deflated team and with no chance of stealing a division title.

Honorable Mention: Illinois If you haven’t been following Illinois closely this season, I can hardly blame you. It has been an incredibly long time since Illinois was a relevant football program, but the Fighting Illini (6-4, 4-3 Big Ten) have actually managed to put a decent season together. Their shock win over then-undefeated Wisconsin a few weeks ago has propelled them to a four-game winning streak. This past week, the Illini looked dead in the water against Michigan State, but they surged back with 27 fourth-quarter points to claim a win in East Lansing. That win has made Illinois bowl-eligible for the first time since 2014. It’s the Illini’s fourth season with Lovie Smith in charge, and maybe things are finally starting to click.

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Women’s basketball rolls past Division II Bloomsburg Bearcats open season 3-0 for first time in 21 years Ryan Giglio

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After cruising by Division II Bloomsburg (0-1 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference) 70-45 on Tuesday night, the Binghamton women’s basketball team (3-0 America East) remains undefeated.

The win marked the first time since the 1998-99 season that BU opened a season 3-0. The Bearcats’ victory was rarely in doubt as the team took an early 8-0 lead and finished the first period up 25-7. The immediate offensive showing in the opening period set the tone for the game.

“They were sharing the basketball,” said BU head coach Bethann Shapiro Ord. “They were making extra passes and it was really some pretty basketball when we do that.”

Unsurprisingly, the Bearcats were led by senior guards Kai Moon and Carly Boland. Moon scored a game-high 21 points by shooting 8-for-16 from the field and draining five of nine 3-point attempts. Moon is off to one of the best starts in program history, as she is averaging a career-high 28.7 points per game so far on the young campaign.

Boland continued to score at the highest rate in her career. With 16 points, including four buckets from beyond the arc, Boland’s points-pergame average this season is now a career-best 15.7. She also scored her 600th point as a Bearcat, a feat her coach called “terrific.” Boland’s improved scoring production is huge for a Bearcat team that saw its most prolific scoring threat graduate last year.

“I told her, for us to be successful, she has to [score more points],” Shapiro Ord said.

“She knows that and is very, very capable. I’m proud of her because I challenge her all the time and she always steps up.”

Binghamton’s offensive unit has scored at least 70 points in all three games and is averaging 77.7 points per game. On Tuesday, the team hit 50 percent (9-for-18) of its 3-point attempts and 45.2 percent (28-for-62) of its total attempts from the field.

“I didn’t realize that we scored

so many points,” Moon said. “I think that’s probably a huge boost from last year. Our upperclassmen are stepping up and playing the way we need to. We’re sharing the ball a lot. [Boland] stepped up and I think that’s been huge and I think that’s been key for us so far.”

Though the offense is clicking for the undefeated Bearcats, both Shapiro Ord and Moon expressed a desire for defensive improvements.

“We’re still a work in progress,” Shapiro Ord said. “I like some things, but we just have to do a better job defensively. That’s what I’m looking for. We got to get better stops and boxing out and rebounding for sure.”

BU managed to successfully limit Bloomsburg’s top scorer from last season, junior guard Emma Saxton, to just one point. On last season’s team, Saxton averaged 12.4 points and 4.7 rebounds per game. Freshman guard McKenna Hayward led Bloomsburg in Tuesday’s matchup with 11 points in 24 minutes.

“I think tonight, we didn’t look as sharp as we would have liked,” Moon said. “I think most of that just boils down to effort. It’s not even about X’s and O’s really, but staying in front of who we’re guarding.”

Having a big lead throughout the game allowed Shapiro Ord to give action to her entire squad, as all 13 Bearcats on the active roster played for at least six minutes.

Sophomore forward Annie Ramil also impressed, scoring eight points while securing a game-high 10 rebounds.

There were high hopes and expectations for Binghamton coming into the season, and the team’s fast start will go a long way come stretch time. With the senior class stepping up to even greater levels and young players showing promise, the Bearcats have reason to be excited about their season.

“Our foot’s on the gas right now and we’re going to ride this momentum hopefully to winter break and then onto the conference,” Moon said.

The Bearcats will continue their season with a home matchup against Niagara University. Tipoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 16 at the Events Center in Vestal, New York.

sidney slon assistant photo editor Senior guard Carly Boland scored 16 points and collected four rebounds in Binghamton’s win over Bloomsburg on Tuesday night.

Men’s basketball defeated by Columbia in road game Tinsley notches doubledouble in losing effort Kyle Reina

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As the Binghamton men’s basketball team took on Columbia, sophomore guard Sam Sessoms scored 23 points, putting forth a strong performance for the Bearcats. The team, however, was defeated by the

Columbia Lions in a 75-63 loss on Wednesday evening.

The Lions (1-2) found opportunities from all over the floor on offense, especially from downtown, where they shot 44 percent. Freshman guard Jack

Sophomore guard Sam Sessoms scored a season-high 23 points in the Bearcats’ loss against Columbia.

Forrest was crucial in the second half as Columbia extended its lead over the Bearcats (0-3). Forrest finished 4-for-4 from deep and continued to help widen the lead, ending the game with 14 points.

“We lost Forrest in a couple

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rotations and he caught fire,” said Binghamton head coach Tommy Dempsey. “I thought he was maybe the difference in the second half, give him credit. He came in and blew the game open — he’s an off-the-bench freshman for them and we’re doing everything we can to take away [senior guard Mike] Smith and their inside game, it opened up the game for him and he took advantage of it. I thought he was the biggest difference.”

Smith was also a major factor in Columbia’s win, as he had 19 points to lead the Lions. Smith and Sessoms went back and forth down the stretch, as both attacked well in transition.

“Two really good players, and they’re very similar,” Dempsey said. “They both dominate the ball and put a lot of pressure on the defense.”

Senior guard Richard Caldwell, Jr., who was the Bearcats’ leading scorer through their first two games, struggled offensively despite his strong start. Caldwell was aggressive on both ends of the floor and continued to draw fouls, finishing with eight points, four from free throws.

Binghamton’s defense also struggled throughout the game, leading to timely baskets for the Lions. Against Binghamton’s smaller lineup, Columbia found junior forward Randy Brumant and sophomore forward Ike Nweke inside for finishes.

“Just a couple defensive lapses, I think when you’re in the position we’re in right now offensively, it’s hard for us to get into the 70s

right now,” Dempsey said. “We’re just not quite there yet. Therefore, we have to be almost perfect on defense and I thought we had a couple lapses, but we played hard on defense. We had lapses on two handoffs to [senior guard Jake] Killingsworth that hurt us. You have to kind of give up something, not that we want to give up those open threes, but a lot of times we were in rotations and coming out of help, we were a little slow to get to the shooters and he really made us pay.”

The Bearcats struggled from behind the arc, shooting 7-of-23 for the night. Sessoms, known for his off-the-dribble shooting capability, was contested often on his 3-point attempts. The Bearcats found more success penetrating out of their dribble-drive offense, as they converted on 47 percent of their 2-point attempts.

After averaging 17 turnovers over the course of their first two matches, Binghamton still struggled in turnovers against the Lions, turning it over 14 times and giving up nine points off those turnovers.

Freshman forward George Tinsley played all 40 minutes, recording the first double-double of his career. He was strong on the boards with 11 rebounds and contributed 10 points for the Bearcats.

The Bearcats will look to secure their first win of the season in their home opener on Saturday, Nov. 16. Tipoff against Sacred Heart is set for 4 p.m. from the Events Center in Vestal, New York.