Fall 2019 Issue 5

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BU students, organizations struggle for reserved space Lack of availability forces students to resort to unconventional settings Rose Coschignano pipe dream news

Whether it be the scattered groups of skateboarders found racing around the Hinman College Quad, musicians seeking better acoustics or the ballroom dance team rehearsing in the halls of the Fine Arts Building and the University Union, finding alternatives to reserved meeting spaces is a everyday task for a number of Binghamton University students.

Student groups, organizations and individuals are increasingly resorting to utilizing public campus spaces to pursue their hobbies after competing for reserved spaces with numerous other groups.

In the halls of the Fine Arts Building and the University Union, the Ballroom Dance Association locks in and concentrates on learning routines on a daily basis, even as students continually enter and exit the space around them. Bailey Abernethy, ‘19, a first-year graduate student studying education, was a member of the Ballroom Dance Association during her undergraduate years at BU, and wrote in an email that the club often makes the best of an unfavorable situation.

“We love dancing in [the] Fine Arts [Building] because it is a great building for expressing all sorts of art forms, and it has the most space for us to dance in since we cannot reserve rooms to practice in very often,” she wrote.

Stephanie Gonzalez, president of the Ballroom Dance Association and a senior majoring in

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rose coschignano photo intern Gabe Chen (left), a sophomore majoring in geological sciences, and Danny Donnelly (right), a sophomore majoring in philosophy, play music outside of the Marketplace.

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tyler gorman contributing photographer Panelists hold a discussion on clean energy and energy efficiency related to the 76West Clean Energy Competition.

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A $2.5 million cash prize is on the line as this year’s 76West Clean Energy Competition enters its fourth and final round of judging.

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), a New York state program that promotes energy efficiency and

the use of renewable energy sources, runs the 76West competition, which focuses on growing entrepreneurs and attracting resources from the United States and around the world to build clean energy businesses and bring jobs to the Southern Tier region.

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Southern Tier (BEST) is a Binghamton networking organization that supports ongoing exchange of professional knowledge and experience throughout the Southern Tier to bring innovation to the community. On Thursday, the organization held a panel at the Koffman Southern Tier Incubator (KSTI) to discuss the competition and the effect the businesses could have on the Southern Tier and the clean energy ecosystem. Rena Scroggins, competition manager for 76West and a discussion panelist, said in the past four years, the competition has received more than 650 applicants, bringing innovative ideas and projects to the cause.

“I run a program that actually comes down from the governor’s office, managed by NYSERDA, and on the ground they have different programs all over — and this one is meant for economic development and clean energy for the Southern Tier,” Scroggins said.

“The program provides mentorship and connections to companies, where we’ll get applicants who have never made something and really wouldn’t know the process.”

Perry Kuehn, owner of K-Tooling, a subcontract manufacturer and a

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The North of Main (NoMa) neighborhood, one of the several Binghamton areas affected by poverty, is the subject of the Town-Gown Advisory Board’s (TGAB) newly approved $25,000 proposal for community improvement.

The TGAB was formed with the intent of bridging and improving relations between Binghamton University and

the city of Binghamton. The board is comprised of University faculty, students and city officials, making up five subcommittees: Student Housing, Transportation and Parking, Dangerous Drinking/Underage Drinking, Safety and Promoting and Cultivating Positive Community Engagement. The latter committee recently submitted the proposal to boost development in the NoMa neighborhood.

According to a press release from TGAB, the proposal aims to develop new programs in the area and improve resident participation in community programs and activities. The NoMa

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neighborhood is located north of Main Street, near Downtown Binghamton.

According to Khaleel James, vice president for multicultural affairs and a junior double-majoring in economics and human development, the NoMa neighborhood is being looked at for the proposal because of its diversity and the wealth of potential opportunities it presents.

“Diversity is NoMa’s most important asset,” James wrote in an email. “It has a diversity of people, architecture and community organizations, along with the diversity of land use.”

According to James, the NoMa

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neighborhood has had a long history of economic struggle, with almost 80 percent of residents living in poverty.

The proposal is not the first effort to rejuvenate the neighborhood.

“Many revitalization projects, community events and safety initiatives are expanding to continually improve the lives of the people who live, [work] and play there,” James wrote. “A recent example is Safe Streets, a nonprofit organization that was founded to reduce crime in the NoMa neighborhood.”

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Years from now, the 2019 Binghamton men’s soccer team might be regarded as a rarity in BU sports. Most young starting lineups in college tend to take some time to gel together, but the players in Binghamton clicked from the start, when the team started seven freshmen in the season-opening win against Drexel.

Leading this new, young squad is the team’s co-captain, junior midfielder Noah Luescher. Luescher spoke about his heroics in the opener against Drexel as well as his transition to Binghamton after growing up in Switzerland on this week’s episode of Pipe Dream’s Bearcast.

Luescher started the Drexel game on the bench due to a preseason injury, but he made his mark when he was in the game. Luescher scored both Bearcat goals, including the game-winner in the 94th minute after Drexel fouled right outside the 18-yard box.

“I was setting up the ball, and [redshirt freshman midfielder] Parker McKnight comes up to me and says, ‘I didn’t ask for 10 — just shoot it,’” Luescher said.

The kick sailed in the back right corner of the net as the Drexel goalie was busy setting up his defense.

Though winning that game may have looked easy for Luescher, his transition to a new country was not. The Binghamton star had been playing soccer in Switzerland since he was three years old. He played on an academy team for

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North of Main area targeted for improvement Town-Gown Advisory Board approves $25K proposal

Men’s soccer junior discusses team on Pipe Dream’s Bearcast

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Tasty bites at Trucks on the Tracks,

Our guide to the best local fall festivals,

Contributing columnist Sean Morton condemns recent treatment of NYPD officers,

Volleyball drops all three matches in Seton Hall Classic,

Women’s soccer splits a pair of road games,

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— Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford on Sunday announcing his decision to challenge President Donald Trump in the presidential primary. Sanford, who represented South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District in the House until earlier this year, is Trump’s third Republican challenger.

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“We are walking our way toward the most predictable financial crisis in the history of our country, something of the scale of even the Great Depression. If we don’t have that conversation, we’ll wait another four years until the next election cycle to do something, and I think it will be too late.”

Between nights punctuated with the vibrant lights and sounds of LUMA, speakers David Sloan Wilson and Paul Schleuse spoke at the LUMA Projection Arts Festival’s “LUMA Talks” on Saturday, held at the Broome County Arts Council.

Wilson, distinguished professor of biology and anthropology at Binghamton University, spoke on “The Evolution of Storytelling” and invited audience members to share their own stories of culture and history.

“LUMA is a big deal in Binghamton, and I am quite involved in this community — it was sort of natural that we should cross paths, since LUMA is all about storytelling,” Wilson said. “Storytelling is really a form of evolution, the stories we tell that influence how we make sense of the world and how we act.”

Wilson started “EvoS,” BU’s evolutionary studies program that teaches evolution in the biology and anthropology curricula.

“I teach evolution in a very broad way which includes all things human, not just genetic evolution but also cultural evolution,” Wilson said.

Wilson presented his research on sacred texts as cultural genomes within a cultural inheritance system, comparing the diversity of a single text in religious practice to a collection of genes. These genes and their expression provide a multitude of differences, as seen in Wilson’s example using the different interpretation of bible verses between liberal and conservative churches as demonstration of cultural changes in the evolutionary process.

According to Wilson, the

presentations by LUMA are telling stories that affect present and future culture in several ways.

“To think of these sounds as not just entertainment, but actually inspiring us to act in certain ways, is what makes LUMA so meaningful,’’ Wilson said.

Following Wilson’s presentation, attendees discussed the evolution of personal stories, culture and social identity in Binghamton.

Schleuse, an associate professor of music at BU, also was a featured lecturer. He discussed the work of American composer Steve Reich, whose music is featured in one of this year’s LUMA featured exhibitions, “Phasing Rain.”

“Phasing Rain” is a sound and light installation by Onionlab and Xavi Bové that centers its audience in a rainstormlike multimedia exhibition.

According to the LUMA website, the installation used 26 channels of audio to give attendees an immersive experience.

“It’s an uncanny landscape both expansive and claustrophobic, with a ghostly acoustic,” Schleuse said.

john atkinson staff photographer David Sloan Wilson, distinguished professor of biology and anthropology at BU, speaks about evolution at the Broome County Arts Council.

Wilson said he envisions LUMA acting as a space to answer important questions about Binghamton. He asked attendees to consider where Binghamton began, where it’s culture and people came from and finally, “What do we want Binghamton to become?”

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Farm Share program offers University fresh produce BU focuses on modern agriculture practices Gitl-Yevgeniya Driker pipe dream news

Binghamton University students, faculty and staff alike now have the option to receive fresh produce on campus weekly through the Autumn Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Farm Share.

A farm share is a program through which members of a community may purchase a share of a farm’s output to be received regularly in batches.

According to Cindy Cowden, senior associate director of Campus Recreational Services, the CSA Farm Share at BU is done through the Catskill Cattle Company, a family farm in Deposit, New York that focuses on using modern agricultural practices.

This will be the program’s second semester at the University, having commenced during the summer semester.

Cowden said the Healthy Campus Initiative worked with the Cornell Cooperative Extension, an educational agency operating from Cornell University that aims to promote agricultural sustainability among other ecological initiatives, to find a farm that would be willing to make campus their pickup location and provide a variety of options for share sizes, prices and contents.

provided by jonathan cohen Members of the BU community participate in the Autumn Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm share program during the summer.

“Our expectations for the first summer program were modest,” Cowden wrote in an email.

“We were hoping for at least 10 participants, but wanted at least 30. We ended the summer session with over 50 total and almost half of the participants selected to also add on a weekly delivery of eggs, milk or meat.”

Some faculty and staff that were involved in the program during the summer said they have had positive experiences.

Sharon O’Neill, director of Employee Recruitment Initiatives, wrote in an email that the convenient pickup location was very helpful.

“I’ve been a member of

CSA in the past and really appreciate the convenience of having a [pickup] location on campus,” O’Neill wrote. “The wide selection of vegetables and seasonal fruit was always an enjoyable surprise at [pickup] time!”

Alexa Schmidt, an adjunct lecturer of health and wellness

studies, spoke to the benefits of the CSA Farm Share for both students and the community.

“It’s a convenient way for students to access fresh produce,” Schmidt wrote in an email. “We are encouraging greater consumption of fruits and vegetables while supporting the local economy.”

The program will run on campus for eight weeks, from Sept. 12 to Oct. 31. Produce pickups will occur on Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Parking Lot B, near the Peace Quad. The Autumn CSA Farm Share will also introduce a student-single option, which supplies students with fruits and vegetables that would be easier to use in a dorm setting. Other options include half-share or full-share portions of the farm share.

While no students were signed up for the summer, word is spreading to the student body.

Amalia Sulk, an undeclared freshman, heard of the program in an environmental studies class and said she thinks it is a great way to get healthy local food. Alan Liang, a senior majoring in computer science, also said the program could promote healthy diets.

According to Cowden, the decision to continue CSA into the fall semester was to supplement those who were not enrolled in the summer semester.

“Toward the tail end of summer, we knew we wanted to continue the program to not only take advantage of the fall harvest, but to also offer easy and affordable access to fresh fruits and vegetables to students, who missed the summer program,” Cowden said.

Registration for the Autumn CSA Farm Share closes on Tuesday, Sept. 10 at 3 p.m.

Town-Gown Advisory Board accepts Space availability proposal for community revitalization poses challenges community from page 1

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Access, Retention and Success), a program dedicated to assisting Binghamton community members in receiving an education, has also worked in the NoMa neighborhood before. According to James, they collaborate with the NoMa Community Center in order to help residents gain access to higher education.

“The challenge that the NoMa group (community group) is facing is long term sustainability,” he wrote.

That challenge is the primary reason the TGAB committee was formed, and it aims to ensure the efforts that have been made to improve living conditions in Binghamton communities do not come to an end. The proposal also requires a partnership between a BU student and a resident of the community. ”The proposal asked for a BU graduate student to pair with a hired resident to continue improvement of the neighborhood at the grassroots level,” James wrote.

According to a press release, the resident chosen for this position will work approximately 15 hours a week at the NoMa Community Center to increase community engagement and get more members of the NoMa community interested in new initiatives. The subcommittee has also requested funding to cultivate new community programs, projects and community cafes at the

psychology, said room availability, especially for BU’s many dance groups, is difficult to distribute evenly, since there is a limited number of rooms large enough that meet the requirements of the dancers.

“We have tried reaching out to the SA several times for suggestions to compromise and have a neutral party involved in the issue, but these ideas were not addressed and nothing has changed,” Gonzalez said.

“It’s very frustrating because we all want a solution and for everyone to be happy.”

Student groups looking to reserve space in buildings around campus must make reservations through different University departments, depending on when and where they are requesting space. Spaces in the Union, for example, are scheduled through the BThere website, while rooms and areas in the East Gym are requested through Campus Recreation.

Unlike chartered student organizations on campus, individual students cannot reserve rooms in the Union or other buildings. Students can reserve study rooms in the University’s libraries, but often, these areas are

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community center.

Randall Edouard, co-chair of the TGAB, assistant vice president for student affairs and interim dean of students, praised the collaboration between BU and the NoMa community.

“With this project, it is clear to see how the University and the community residents intersect and it is extremely

positive for all parties involved,” Edouard wrote in an email. “The need to increase resident participation and ownership of community programming in this specific area will create additional volunteer and service-learning opportunities for Binghamton University faculty, staff and students within NoMa.” James believes the proposal

will have a positive impact on the neighborhood.

“NoMa is not a community of disparate residents but a growing community of engaged citizens who participate in community organizations and events as well as in the development of community spaces and assets,” he wrote.

not structured for alternate activities.

Becca Appel, a freshman majoring in human development, has been playing guitar in the hallway of the Fine Arts Building since her arrival in August. However, Appel said it was not the lack of available space that drew her there.

Instead, she was attracted by the hallway’s acoustics.

“Honestly, the acoustics are just better in here,” Appel said. “It’s a chance to get out of my dorm too which is nice too.”

For groups that need specifically designed spaces to conduct meetings and activities, everyone eventually gets scheduled somewhere — but it might not be at the most convenient time. Mary Bayer, president of the women’s basketball club team and a junior majoring in integrative neuroscience, said her team has to deal with a 10 p.m. to 12 a.m. practice time.

“Originally we never wanted the late practice time, but after a couple years, it was the best option for us,” Bayer said. “Gym availability is really tight, we have over 30 girls on our team that come to practice and some days we just get one court, even with the late time, with two hoops.

That makes it real hard to run practice.”

Start-up companies enter final round for $2.5M prize energy from page 1 discussion panelist, said his company covers a wide spectrum of industries and has experience working with startups that are new to the process.

“When we find ourselves partnered with a company … many individuals in these types of scenarios, they’re starting up and they have an idea, but they don’t know how to take it from the garage where they’re piecing it together with cardboard and plywood,” Kuehn said. “They say, ‘Okay, I have this idea, this prototype, but now what do I do?

How do I get it to the point that

it can be a marketable item and fulfill out goals?’ We assist them by playing a role in that system.”

Of the 19 semifinalists, two startup companies are currently housed in the KSTI’s Clean Energy department in Downtown Binghamton. Syndem, LLC, is working to develop technology for seamless integration of renewable resources, which can be applied to industrial sectors such as wind and solar energy, as well as home appliances such as televisions and air conditioning. The other company, Heat Inverse, works with cooling technology that aims to help manufacturers to increase their efficiency inexpensively by

using thin film materials that get cold with no energy input or wasted heat.

According to NYSERDA’s website, to be eligible for the 76West competition, an applicant must be an established business entity that meets two or more of their specific criteria: has been established fewer than seven years from date of formal organization, has its first product or service in testing or pilot production, has pre-revenue or early revenue and has a leadership team and investors working toward commercialization and profitability.

The panel of judges will base award decisions on the businesses’

clean energy impact, customer value, business model viability, technical viability, team quality and Southern Tier job creation.

The prize money will be split among the top six semifinalists, with a $1 million grand prize, one $500,000 award and four $250,000 awards. These awards will be payable in increments based on the businesses’ specific milestone accomplishments. In addition to the cash prize, competition organizers will seek to provide specialized support based on the winners’ business goals.

Michael Jagielski, chief operating officer of Micatu, Inc., the 2016 grand prize winner of

the competition and a discussion panelist, said the prize money is not simply a grant. Rather, it is a loan to pay back under favorable terms fitted to the specific business.

“They’re not giving away anything for free — you have to meet your goals and hit timelines,” Jagielski said. “This isn’t the place to just take money and bury it — they won’t even allow that. You have to show measurable results.

It’s a really well-run program.”

Michael Wiley, a well site engineer for ExxonMobil and an online MBA student at Colorado State University, said he has attended SUNY BEST

events in the past, but was particularly interested in the 76West competition.

“I liked the panel setup they had at this one, as it was a very diverse panel,” Wiley said.

“Mike [Jagielski] gave some good info on the 76West and the NYSERDA benefits.”

To conclude the competition, a final judging panel will hear presentations, ask questions and recommend winners, taking into account business interactions and input from previous judging panels from earlier rounds.

Final decisions will rest with NYSERDA, and the winners will be announced on Sept. 25.

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Traveling the Middle East shouldn’t be stymied by fear The Middle East remains a hidden gem avoided by tourists

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The magnificent Hagia Sophia mosque in Turkey. The ancient city of Petra in Jordan.

The timeless pyramids of Giza in Egypt. These wonders of the ancient world, dating back thousands of years, may ring a bell for those interested in the history of the Middle East. But how many of us have actually visited these sites in person, experienced the ancient arts, culture and architecture of a society so different from the Western norms we are so used to today? Probably not many.

While the Middle East today can be an enriching region to visit and study in, recent history has left a dark stain on the area’s reputation.

A distorted media image of the Arab people has been becoming ingrained in American culture

since the 1980s, and continues to not only inhibit a resolution of the Middle East conflict, but create a false perception of Arab culture and society in the minds of Westerners. Following the Iranian Revolution in 1979, the Persian Gulf War in the ’90s and the Iraq War in the 2000s, seemingly harmless forms of entertainment such as television programs and social media platforms have promoted an image that portrays the Middle East as a region solely and perpetually plagued with terrorism, warfare and danger.

As a result of the Arab Spring in the early 2010s, a region-wide revolutionary movement meant to oust tyrannical governments, tourism in the Middle East had dropped dramatically. This is especially alarming for many nations in the area, especially Egypt, because they have been highly dependent upon their tourism industry for generations, and are especially stable and safe today. There were only four terror attacks in Egypt in 2018, which

may seem frightening until you consider the 65 that occurred in the United States in 2017.

The number of tourists visiting Egypt fell from 14.7 million to 5.4 million in 2016, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organization, costing the country billions in lost revenue. Steven Cook, a senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council of Foreign Relations, said, “It’s pretty dead … In 2010, the country welcomed something like 15 million foreign tourists. They haven’t even come close to that since. It’s unfortunate.”

While concentrated incidents of conflict do exist today in the Middle East, such as in Yemen, there are countless nations that remain untouched by warfare and are feeling the effects of tourism negligence. According to travel journalist Kevin Rushby, all across the region, in areas lacking any sort of violence, “one can see empty hotels, lines of concrete boxes standing close to beaches, beauty spots and ancient

cities.” One visitor to Petra in Jordan mentioned that he was the only one there. Another returnee from Sinai, after the Russian Airbus bomb, mentioned driving past unfinished hotels while traveling between resorts.

Rushby asked why they were left like this and the taxi driver’s answer was sad, yet simple: “No tourists.”

While the 2010s have been marked with notions of terror, conflict and crisis, the turn of the decade is showing signs of hope for the Middle East. Middle Eastern tourist arrivals increased by 10 percent to 64 million in the past year, and northern Africa has registered a 10-percent growth in visitors staying at least overnight. Perhaps President Donald Trump’s political rhetoric regarding Islam and statesponsored travel bans has drawn positive attention onto nations of the Middle East, or perhaps the ominous connotation recently associated with the Middle East poses the area as a unique travel destination suited for explorers

and adventure-seekers alike.

Regardless of the circumstances, the Middle East today is without a doubt a hidden gem for tourists, with an abundance of food, culture, customs and traditions not found anywhere else on Earth. The Arabic language is one of the most beautiful and widely spoken languages on Earth, and the Arab people are responsible for a variety of scientific innovations, such as the invention of algebra, the modern clock and a plethora of surgical instruments and techniques developed in the 10th century.

Out of the 65 study abroad programs (not including SUNYwide programs) Binghamton University offers to its students, only a few involved travel to countries in the Middle East.

While traveling to France could perhaps help you learn a few more French phrases and traveling to London could get you that photo you wanted with Big Ben, none of these trips would compare to a trip to the Middle East.

Whether it be Morocco, Israel or Turkey, traveling to any of these destinations to study would provide students with a unique perspective not available when traveling to a Western country, forever changing the way students think about culture, politics and history.

BU students should strive to take advantage of any opportunity presented to them regarding their understanding of the Middle East. Traveling to Europe, while exceptional, only provides an insight on different variations of Western culture and tradition.

A whole new world of artistic, philosophical, literary and political themes and traditions can be found in the Middle East, where many cultural mainstays have remained unchanged for centuries. Hopefully, as a result of more widespread travel to this sacred region, a better understanding of the Middle East will bloom in the minds of young travelers and students alike.

David Hatami is a sophomore majoring in political science.

Sound-bite culture compromises the integrity of online content The quality of work should outweigh the quantity of viewers Annick Tabb Columnist

On Sept. 3, rapper Lil Nas X was a guest on the HBO show “The Shop: Uninterrupted.” The show, which is a collaboration between HBO Sports and LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s digital media company, Uninterrupted, is meant to “gather distinguished individuals who can speak honestly on sports, music, world events, business and other subjects integral to the culture.”

The show is supposed to provide “a sanctuary for free-flowing and spirited discussion” like a chair in

a barbershop might. Lil Nas X was joined by Kevin Hart, Charlamagne tha God, Rob Gronkowski and others for the conversation.

As more and more media outlets pivot to digital media, roundtable discussions designed to create disagreement or controversy seem to be everywhere on the internet.

All too often, a short clip from an interview in which someone has said something offensive or discriminatory will be widely spread online, receiving millions of views and tons of commentary both positive and negative. As this sound-bite culture becomes more normalized, much of the digital content being created comes at the expense of marginalized identities.

The topic of Lil Nas X’s sexuality and public coming out

were central to a clip that has now gone viral on social media. As Paul Rivera, marketing director and moderator of the show, breached the topic, Kevin Hart interrupted, saying, “He said he was gay! So what?” When Lil Nas X attempted to explain the internalized hatred he felt as a kid, saying, “It’s just like knowing growing up, I’m growing up to hate this shit,” Hart seemed confused and asked, “Hate what?” In response, Lil Nas X said, “Homosexuality, gay people. Come on now, if you’re really from the hood, you know.”

Kevin Hart’s attitude on the show is especially interesting considering the scrutiny he faced for homophobic tweets and comments which caused him to step down from hosting the 91st

Academy Awards. This is the same man who tweeted that he would break a dollhouse over his son’s head if he caught him playing with one and say, “Stop, that’s gay.”

He also said his son growing up to be gay was one of his biggest fears in a 2010 stand-up set. It seems impossible that he would be confused about why people would be wary of coming out. “Kevin Hart acting like he doesn’t know why Lil Nas X would be scared to come out is like someone who stole the thing you lost helping you look for it,” tweeted writer Phillip Henry.

Another sound bite that exploded on the internet took place on The Breakfast Club, a show that Charlamagne tha God co-hosts. Lil Duval, who was the

show’s guest, used transphobic language and said that he would kill any sexual partner if he found out that they were a transgender woman. These comments were met with laughter from the two male hosts, Charlamagne tha God and DJ Envy. This segment came shortly after author and transgender rights activist Janet Mock appeared on the show to promote one of her books. In a response, Mock wrote in Allure, “The hosts laugh after using my image as a literal prop — just days after I was a guest on the same show — for laughs, vitriol and a deeper call and justification for violence.” The Breakfast Club’s choice to invite Lil Duval on the same program as Janet Mock shows a lack of conviction and

dedication to morals.

Because any publicity is considered good publicity, many media outlets seem to be more interested in the amount of clicks they can get than they are in protecting and defending marginalized communities. A clip of a 40-year-old world-famous comedian grilling a 20-year-old rapper about his sexuality can gain a media outlet fleeting popularity, but can have a lasting negative effect on those who view it. When searching for their next “hot take,” media outlets need to look past their analytics and potential engagement and focus more on who they give a voice to.

Annick Tabb is a senior doublemajoring in political science and English.

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Police officers still deserve our respect Pouring water on NYPD officers is a blatant display of undeserved contempt Sean Morton Contributing Columnist

A few weeks ago, I saw a video on Twitter depicting two NYPD officers being relentlessly pelted with water and jeered at by citizens at point-blank while making an arrest in Harlem.

Another video surfaced around the same time in Brownsville, Brooklyn featuring two officers being doused with water by multiple citizens while responding to a call about disorderly conduct. At one point in the video, a man runs up directly behind an officer and dumps an entire bucket of water directly on his head,

while onlookers, including the cameraman, continuously laugh throughout the video. The cops remained completely unfazed and continued their procedure as if the aggressors weren’t there at all.

While the man who dumped the water bucket was confirmed to have been arrested for the aggression, there are still some things that stick out as alarming to me regarding these videos. The most obvious is that there were several other citizens directly involved in these incidents, many of whom were off camera and likely not apprehended. I initially thought the two officers in the Brooklyn video had done something wrong and were being protested against, not just two officers responding to a call. What really caught my

eye, however, was the number of online responses defending the harassers’ actions and actually further ridiculing the police. In fact, nearly all of the highestrated comments consisting of thousands of likes were negatively aimed toward police in some way.

Sure, some of the comments were funny. As a former New York City resident, not every interaction I’ve had with the NYPD was always enjoyable.

One of my close friends had been stopped and frisked despite lacking any probable cause.

Dumping water on a cop’s head might feel tempting at times. To the unfortunate victims of police brutality and other unjustified police encounters, a bucket of water understandably may seem far too mild a punishment. And it is — but only for the officers

guilty of this abuse.

According to the Washington Post, the NYPD had killed two people in 2018. One of the two victims, Saheed Vassell, was innocent and unarmed, and was questionably killed for brandishing a pipe in the direction of four officers while searching for someone who was allegedly pointing a gun at people. The second, however, was Michael Hansford, who was trying to attack his landlord with a knife while ignoring the police’s warnings at the time of the shooting. To little surprise, both of these victims were black, much like the majority of victims of police shootings. However, due to Hansford’s noncompliance with police warnings during an attempted murder, I believe Vassell was the only innocent

casualty of 2018.

In 2017, there were approximately 4,500 complaints of general police indecency, ranging from rude behavior to power abuse, in the NYPD. There are 36,000 officers in the NYPD. Hypothetically, even if every single complaint was completely unbiased and didn’t overlap the same officers, about 12 percent of the entire force would be guilty of some form of misconduct.

Even in this highly exaggerated scenario, 88 percent of the NYPD continue to serve and protect their citizens without accusations of abuse, yet are still subjected to this unacceptable lack of respect and appreciation.

Officers who abuse their power should be thoroughly penalized by the court of law, but should remain distinct from

the rest of the police force. Yes, police abuse happens, and a largely disproportionate number of abuses happen to black people.

But to blindly despise all police in general is ignorant, just as ignorant as the prejudices within the police force that lead to a disproportionately higher number of black people falling victim to police shootings compared to whites. It’s the same as stereotyping; we let the wrongful actions committed by a fragment of a certain population represent their image as an entire community, which in turn creates false prejudices and blind, misguided hatred that gets passed down among generations and further embedded within society.

Sean Morton is a senior majoring in English.

The perceptions surrounding tattoos have changed, but not enough The fear of being judged on a tattoo shouldn’t prevent you from getting one Sophie Miller Contributing Columnist

When I was younger, I told my mom I wanted a tattoo and she scoffed. “Tattoos are trashy, and you won’t be able to be buried in a Jewish cemetery,” she said. Today, I have seven tattoos and my mom has three. When I told her about this article, she said, “Let’s get more tattoos!” It is surprising to see how much we’ve both changed in such a short amount of time. In fact, I got all seven of my tattoos over the course of one year. I have always heard people say that once you get one tattoo, you won’t be able to stop, and for me that holds true. While my mom’s and my opinions about tattoos and the implications of having them are changing, society’s are as well.

Tattoos and their meanings have changed drastically since humans first started decorating their bodies, but even in their origins, there were stark differences in their perception.

Those indigenous to North America have long been tattooing their bodies with deep cultural significance, but in ancient China, tattoos were looked upon as barbaric, and it was common to tattoo the faces of prisoners to mark them as such. While exploring during the colonial period, Europeans came across indigenous people covered in tattoos, and it was these explorers and sailors that would later return from the New World sporting tattoos.

In today’s society, tattoos have gained a great deal of acceptance.

All of our favorite celebrities can be seen sporting them. Everywhere I look, I see people walking around with inked skin. But, that doesn’t mean they are not still often met with criticism and questioning.

One issue I had not even considered until writing this

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article is that of gender and tattoos. Men and women with tattoos are judged very differently.

For example, Psychology Today reports that “men were more likely to approach the women with tattoos — not because they found the tattooed women to be more attractive, but because they

believed the tattooed women would be more likely to have sex on the first date.” Additionally, research “indicated negative attitudes toward women with visible tattoos. This negative evaluation was held even by study participants who had tattoos themselves.” It is deeply

disturbing to know how some men and women view and judge women with tattoos, but it’s certainly not a new phenomenon.

While some people are concerned with tattoos on others, many others struggle with the general permanence of tattoos.

A question I’ve heard many

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times before goes something like: “What if I get a tattoo at 18 and then hate it by the time I’m 25?” My response is always that I don’t really think it matters.

While tattoos are regarded as permanent additions to your body, they can be removed, altered or covered. Additionally, while we may not like all the same things we did when we were teenagers, it is incredible to have a kind of diary of who we were at different stages of our lives. There was a time when I thought tattoos had to be meaningful, but my mindset on that matter has definitely changed. People will ask about my tattoos and what they represent, and sometimes I don’t know how to answer. I just thought it was pretty, or cool, or funny — and that’s okay. Everything you tattoo is meaningful and valuable because it is a record of who you were and what mattered to you at a given point in time, which is beautiful in and of itself.

One of the biggest ways I’ve changed regarding tattoos has to do with visibility. At first, I was hell-bent on hiding them. I was getting them behind my ear, on the back of my neck, on my foot and so on. All I could think about was what my future employers would think. I wondered if tattoos would stop me from getting into law school or put me at a disadvantage when I applied for jobs. I’ve seen

many employers have policies stating “no visible tattoos,” but as society changes, rules change as well. For many professions, tattoos are okay, as long as they are considered appropriate. It also depends on the job. Writer Barrie Gross explains, “The odds are that a four-star hotel may not want the concierge to have large tattoos of skulls and crossbones on the back of each hand. But the same hotel may have less concern if a dishwasher in the kitchen has those same tattoos because direct contact with the hotel’s customers is minimal.” While you may want to avoid face, neck and hand tattoos, it seems true that your future employer is not going to discriminate against the flower on your forearm — so you might as well do what you want.

Once I bit the bullet and got a tattoo on the back of my arm, I realized I would have to cover my arms at work if I ended up with a job that didn’t allow tattoos.

Because my arms will have to be covered anyway, all bets are off, and more arm tattoos are definitely in my future. The perception of tattoos has come a long way, and hopefully will further develop to the point where we can express ourselves through tattoos without worrying about being perceived as promiscuous or unemployable.

Sophie Miller is a junior majoring in English.

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Recommending the best bites at Trucks on the Tracks Biweekly food festival offers delicious options Kyle Reina

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On Aug. 29, a plethora of mouthwatering scents wafted from the Lackawanna Train Station as eateries and restaurants presented their cuisine at Binghamton’s local food truck festival, Trucks on the Tracks. There were a variety of foods ranging from Greek to American barbecue and Mexican, and there was a combination of stand-alone food trucks and trucks from popular Binghamton eateries like Dos Rios Cantina and The Colonial.

With so many tasty eats, it can be hard for the mindful eater to choose favorites. To help hungry guests navigate upcoming installments of the biweekly festival, here’s our guide to the best picks at Trucks on the Tracks.

Most Unique Offering: PDR’s Catering

Centered around their traditional Greek dishes, PDR’s Catering had a variety of options including tasty souvlaki and Greek salads. PDR’s Catering offered a diverse array of food and brought a taste unlike anything else at the festival with their sour cream-filled gyros and appetizing baklavas.

Most Vegan-Inclusive: Parlor City Vegan A Binghamton-based eatery, Parlor City Vegan specializes in hearty vegan dishes that can satisfy any palate. From vegan grilled cheeses to cheeseburgers and loaded potatoes, they have something for everyone, whether they are sticking to a vegan diet or looking for a meat alternative.

Most Decadent: JukeBox Donut Shop JukeBox Donut Shop is a mobile doughnut shop that offers a variety of unique delectable treats, such as the Charlie Brown doughnut, which combines chocolate and peanut butter in a rich blend. This shop puts an interesting twist on their

doughnuts, which creates a new, indulgent experience for the taste buds.

Best Value: Pinkies BBQ Anyone looking for delicious food that won’t break the bank should consider heading to Pinkies BBQ, as their prices are hard to beat. This food truck offers a scrumptious $4 hamburger and a $6 Buffalo Philly cheesesteak, which both pack huge taste at an affordable price.

Most Family-Friendly: Gramps Funnel Cakes and Fried Dough Offering an array of delicious desserts and treats, Gramps Funnel Cakes and Fried Dough provides something for the whole family, whether it be pretzels to share or fried dough that anyone can enjoy.

Most Appetizing: Happy Pappi Arepas Just a glimpse of the arepas from Happy Pappi Arepas can get your mouth watering. The food truck pairs their arepas, a type of Latin American corn cake, with a wide range of toppings that make for a flavorful and sizzling dish.

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Upcoming fall festivals for sweater weather weekends Local area welcomes fall season with events Krishna Patel

arts & culture intern

With sweater weather rapidly approaching, you may find yourself looking for ways to enjoy the last few days of summer. Whether you’d like to get off campus, get a better feel for Downtown or just spend some memorable quality

time with friends, Binghamton and the surrounding areas offer a wide variety of fall festivals to fill up your weekends. We’ve compiled a list of upcoming festivals to help you make the most of pumpkin season.

Sept. 14: Binghamton Wingfest For those of us who love chicken wings, local restaurants will battle out to decide who will be “King of Wings” at Binghamton’s eighth-annual Wingfest. Wingfest also includes live music and a

wing-eating contest. This year, proceeds will go to the American Cancer Society.

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21: Endicott Apple Festival The Endicott Apple Festival is a decades-old tradition that welcomes the fall season. This event features a wide range of homemade apple products: apple pie, apple cider, apple turnovers and much more. The Endicott Apple Festival also includes homemade crafts and music.

Sept. 21: Port Dickinson Pumpkin FestiFall On Sept. 21, Port Dickinson will be hosting their first-ever Pumpkin FestiFall. This festival celebrates fall with various art vendors showcasing their crafts, pumpkin-based foods and pumpkin carvings and paintings.

Admission is free and all proceeds will go to local nonprofit Every Dog’s Dream Rescue.

Sept. 21: Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Festival

Every year, the Vestal Museum organizes a Haudenosaunee Festival to celebrate the culture and heritage of the Haudenosaunee people. This year’s theme for the event is Haudenosaunee women and their impact on Haudenosaunee history and culture. The festival also offers traditional cuisine, a dance performance, lacrosse stick making and a pottery-making contest as well as various other arts and artifacts.

Sept. 28: RoberCon For anyone interested in cosplay, gaming and geek culture, RoberCon offers an outlet for people to bond over fandoms of all types: tabletop games, comic books and anything related to geek culture. Hosted by the Roberson Museum and Science Center, RoberCon is two days long and includes a activities such as gaming contests, writing workshops, panels and costume contests.

Open Art Fest brings student tables to Mountainview On Friday, Open Art Collective hosted its first-ever Art Fest, where arts-based organizations and small businesses tabled at the Mountainview College amphitheater. Check out our photos of attendees basking in the beautiful weather.

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Noah Luescher poised to continue breakout season luescher from page 1 10 years when he was approached by an agency that offered him an opportunity to come play in America.

If he stayed in his native country, Luescher would have forced to choose between continuing his soccer career or his education. In the United States, he had the chance to continue both by playing in college, and Luescher capitalized on the opportunity in 2017.

Coming to Binghamton was tough for Luescher at first. He was away from his friends and family for the first time and had to adapt to a brand-new culture.

His home village of around 3,000 citizens was more than five times smaller than his new campus, but he credits the leaders on the 2017 team for helping ease his transition. It was those same leaders who inspired him to be a good leader for his current teammates, especially the young players and Europeans on the roster. “[Being co-captain] has been a great experience,” Luescher said. “I love taking players under my wing. When I came two years ago from Switzerland, it was kind of tough being here all by myself without my family and friends,

but I had leaders and players as well that took me under their wing and I could just return the favor to the new guys.”

After a tough 2018 campaign for BU, Luescher seems to believe the new, young talent has brought a contagious energy to the Bearcats and will help the squad make some noise this season.

“The young guys have brought a lot of excitement and a lot of joy into the game,” Luescher said. “They were eager to play and I think we were missing that a little bit in past seasons. The excitement of the young guys and the willingness to win of the whole group was great this game against Drexel. I think that’s what made the difference.”

Being a captain is not something that Luescher takes lightly. He describes himself as “a quiet leader,” as he talks to the players in private. His style forms a complement to the outspoken and vocal leadership style of his fellow co-captain, graduate student defender Stephen McKenna. “[McKenna and I] want the best for the team,” Luescher said. “We have to thank our teammates for following our lead and listening. That makes

tyler gorman contributing photographer Junior midfielder Noah Luescher leads the Bearcats in total goals with two on the season, including a game-winner against Drexel.

our life much easier.”

Although Luescher already has earned the respect of his teammates through his play and his leadership, he says he is motivated to do whatever it takes

to keep that respect.

“Just coming into the game and putting in two goals, I earned a lot of respect [with the team] and I think that was great for me and my leadership,” Luescher

said. “I have to keep playing my best game to keep up the respect and reputation I have on the team. I think people on campus are expecting a lot from me, and I have to be on top of my game to

meet those expectations.”

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Volleyball swept in three matches at Seton Hall Classic Ulate accumlates 32 kills and 38.5 points at event Justin Zion

sports editor

The Binghamton volleyball team participated in its second weekend volleyball tournament of the season and struggled its way through it. The team dropped all three of its matches in the Seton Hall Classic Friday and Saturday, and, six games into the season, the Bearcats (0-6) are still searching for their first victory.

“It’s always tough to lose,” said BU head coach Glenn Kiriyama. “But the team fought hard, they’re learning, and that’s what we want. We’re making a lot of unforced errors and a lot of forced errors, so there are a lot of things to work on … A little bit more skill in certain areas to reduce some of the errors, but mostly we’re heading in the right direction.”

The opening match for the Bearcats took place against La Salle Friday afternoon and saw the Bearcats get swept. The Explorers (3-3) earned 11 more kills than Binghamton and had nearly triple as many aces. Junior outside hitter Francela Ulate led the Bearcats with 12 kills.

Though the Bearcats trailed in the entire first set, they did take a few brief leads in the second.

The team managed to work its way to a 16-16 tie in the second set, but then a six-point run by La Salle, powered by four straight kills from junior outside hitter Samantha Graver, put the set out

of reach. The Explorers then used another late run in the third to seal the sweep.

Binghamton won its first and only set of the season in its second matchup of the weekend.

Facing the hosts, Seton Hall, the Bearcats avoided a fifth straight sweep by taking the third set against the Pirates (1-6). Ulate added 16 more kills to her stat total while sophomore setter Kiara Adams put in 32 assists.

Ulate also contributed five of BU’s six aces, two of which came in a crucial moment down the stretch of the set the Bearcats won.

In that set, the Bearcats found some of the offensive consistency that has otherwise eluded them so far in the season, as they were able to string several points together

and put some separation between themselves and their opponents.

Kiriyama hopes the team can find that level of offensive play again in its future matches.

“We’ve got to improve our team offense, which starts with the pass, and then the hitters being able to execute,” Kiriyama said. “Those are the components that we are going to emphasize the most this coming week.”

The closing match of the weekend immediately followed the Seton Hall contest on Saturday afternoon, and the Bearcats were swept once again, this time by Northeastern, the eventual winners of the Seton Hall Classic. The Huskies (4-2) won each of the three sets by eight points or more and prevented

BU from gaining any traction in the contest.

Though the Bearcats once again posted a winless record at a tournament, the weekend wasn’t completely without success, as Ulate was awarded a spot on the All-Tournament Team. The junior accumulated 32 kills and 38.5 points across the three contests, and Kiriyama expects that Ulate will have to play a central role on the team going forward. “[Ulate] had a nice tournament,” Kiriyama said.

“[She] made All-Tournament Team. She has a lot of power as an outside hitter and as a server.

She was able to make some great plays out of certain situations …

I think she’ll be one of the better offensive players this coming season once conference [play] starts. We’re going to need her to continue to do what she’s doing.”

The Bearcats’ schedule of nonconference tournaments continues next weekend with another three-game slate at the Black Knights Invitational,

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“We got the talent,” Kiriyama said. “We’ve just got to get things going.”

The Bearcats begin their run at the Black Knights Invitational with a match against Kent State at 10 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 13 at Gillis Field House in West Point, New York.

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Men’s soccer falters against Canisius in home matchup

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Junior defender Chris Stamper took three shots and put one on target in Binghamton’s losing effort against Canisius.

BU defeated despite outshooting Griffs 22-5 Samantha Marsh

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In the Binghamton men’s soccer game against Canisius, the Griffins were the only team that scored, even if it wasn’t always on the correct goal. In the 84th minute of the game, Canisius’ freshman defender Ryan Dagelman netted an owngoal to give Binghamton its first and only score of the night.

The Bearcats scrambled in

the last seven minutes of the game, taking three shots during that period, but were unable to put one away to tie up the game.

In the 87th minute, the crowd was on its toes when senior forward Haris Brkovic performed a bicycle kick that went just wide of the post. The crowd reacted the same way when, with less than one minute left in the game, freshman defender Michael Bush took a shot from close range off of a free kick taken by redshirt freshman Parker McKnight.

The shot was saved by Canisius’ redshirt freshman goalkeeper

Fabio D’Errico, and the Bearcats lost the game 2-1.

“I thought that we ran out of time,” said BU head coach Paul Marco. “I’m disappointed that we couldn’t get the tying goal back.”

Despite outshooting Canisius 22-5, Binghamton could not find the back of the net. Of the 22 shots, nine were on goal, and 11 players took shots.

“I didn’t think there were a lot of highlights for us,” Marco said. “Although we had a lot of shots, there weren’t a lot of great shots. I thought our guys played with a lack of

urgency tonight.”

Of Canisius’ five shots, three were on goal and two went in. Their first goal came in the 18th minute when redshirt sophomore defender Alessio Atzori capitalized on a cross from freshman forward Federico Mereto and fired the ball into the lower right corner of the net. Mereto assisted on the second goal as well, netted by senior forward Troy Brady in the 63rd minute.

“I thought that the second goal they had was terrific, no angle to shoot at and he puts it in the goal,” Marco said. “We

had easier chances to score goals and we didn’t, and they get two goals with three shots on goal. I think Canisius came here to win a game, and they did. I’m extremely disappointed that we didn’t put up a better fight.”

Marco said that he was disappointed in the back third, but the Bearcats were missing an important force for the team — graduate student defender and co-captain Stephen McKenna.

McKenna wasn’t dressed for the game due to a minor injury, but is expected to return to the pitch soon. Redshirt sophomore defender Ryan Pyszka started

for McKenna and played for 80 minutes.

“I think we’ve got to tighten it up more in the back,” said junior defender Chris Stamper, who had three shots throughout the contest. “I think that without Steve being in the back line it was a bit different than how we’re used to playing, so I think that made a bit of a difference in the mindset.”

Next up for the Bearcats is a matchup against Rutgers University. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 10 from Yurcak Field in Piscataway, New Jersey.

Women’s soccer splits pair of games in Washington, D.C. Bearcats down American, fall to George Mason Edward Aaron

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Facing some of the toughest competition of its nonconference schedule, the Binghamton women’s soccer team split a pair of games in the nation’s capital this weekend. The Bearcats (42) defeated American University 3-1 on Friday and were defeated 2-0 Sunday afternoon by George Mason.

Early on in Friday’s matchup, junior forward Essie Bonney knocked in a header off a cross from sophomore forward Stefania Piantadosi, scoring her third goal in two games and giving the Bearcats an early 1-0 lead over the Eagles (3-3).

“Essie’s timing was very good — it ended up being a fairly simple finish at the end, but the timing of the service was really what made that all work,” said BU head coach Neel Bhattacharjee.

“What I loved is that we really put our foot on the pedal right from the start. That goal was probably scored seven minutes, eight minutes into the game, we really were taking it to American in terms of our possession and speed of play … that really set the tone for the rest of the half.”

However, just a minute before halftime, American was able to score an equalizer and send the teams to the locker room tied at one.

“You never want to give up a goal five minutes into a half

or five minutes at the end of a half,” Bhattacharjee said. “There were three or four breakdowns that led to that goal and we need to be smart in terms of how we close out a half. At halftime, our players were upset a little bit, but they knew they could come back and make a statement. I love how they responded at the start of the second half.”

In the second half, the player who has become Binghamton’s top scorer stepped up. Freshman midfielder Olivia McKnight scored in the 53rd minute to give Binghamton the lead and scored an insurance goal 30 minutes later, leading BU to a 3-1 lead and its third straight victory.

“She’s got a great mentality,” Bhattacharjee said. “Even as a freshman, I can say she’s one of the most competitive people that we have. She loves taking people on and she’s really dangerous when she does that.”

But on Sunday, Binghamton saw its winning streak ended by George Mason. The Patriots (13-1) outshot the Bearcats 15-5 in the game, but the score remained tied at zero at halftime. In the first half, Piantadosi was able to score, but offsides was called and the goal was taken off of the board.

In the second half, George Mason was able to get on the board with two goals, the first coming in the 47th minute and the other nine minutes later.

Despite both of the Patriots’ goals being scored in the early portion of the half, Bhattacharjee said she was satisfied with the team’s effort during that period

john atkinson staff photographer Freshman midfielder Olivia McKnight scored two second-half goals in Binghamton’s 3-1 victory over American University, reaching four total goals on the year.

of the game.

“I was really pleased with how we played the opening 20, 25 minutes of that half,” Bhattacharjee said. “We had made some good adjustments, but we gave up a really early goal in the second half. We had some really dangerous quality scoring

chances, [but] unfortunately, we weren’t as clinical as we needed to be on those few chances.”

Throughout the road trip, Binghamton was able to test itself against two strong opponents, which Bhattacharjee believes will help the team better prepare itself for conference play in a few

weeks.

“In some regards, to me, today had the feel of a high-level America East type of game,” Bhattacharjee said. “If we’re going to play one of the top-two, top-three teams in the America East, we feel that certainly we can play at that level. We’ve gotta

do that for the full 90 minutes, but we’ve certainly proved to ourselves that we can do that, and we can do that on the road.”

Kickoff in Binghamton’s next matchup against Wagner is set for 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept.

12 from the Bearcats Sports Complex in Vestal, New York.