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Tercero appears in Nicaraguan court Suspect in Haley Anderson murder has yet to be extradited Sasha Hupka editor-in-chief

“I’m glad and I’m proud that we continue to annually recognize the loss of life on Sept. 11 and I hope that we continue to do it for as long as possible,” Stenger said.

Others also said remembering the heroes, the lives lost and the nationwide impact of Sept. 11 will remain relevant and vital to the country. Sydney Atendido, a senior majoring in English, and Kaitlyn Lange, a senior majoring in economics, both said they believe in the idea of continuing annual events of

After spending over a year in prison, Orlando Tercero appeared for the first time in court on Monday in Managua, Nicaragua, where he will face prosecution for the March 2018 murder of 22-year-old Binghamton University nursing student Haley Anderson.

Nicaraguan officials have denied requests from the United States to extradite Tercero, a 23-year-old former BU student, according to an Aug. 12 article from Nicaraguan news outlet El Nuevo Diario. He is suspected of strangling Anderson in his Oak Street student residence on Binghamton’s West Side. Anderson’s body was discovered on March 9 after police responded to a welfare check. Authorities say Tercero took a flight from New York to Nicaragua, where he has dual citizenship, following the murder. There, he was apprehended

by Nicaraguan authorities in Managua several days later.

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BU honors lives lost on 9/11

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Binghamton’s New York State University Police officers raise the American flag on the morning of the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

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Eighteen years ago, on Sept. 11, 2001, the United States of America faced unprecedented terrorist attacks. Two of the four hijacked planes from that day, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, and nearly two decades

later, families across New York state are still affected by the attacks.

To commemorate the anniversary of the tragedy, five of Binghamton’s New York State University Police (UPD) officers gathered in front of the Couper Administration Building to raise the American flag at precisely 8:46 a.m., the time that Flight 11 crashed into floors 93 through 99 of the North Tower, in honor of the victims of the 2001 attacks.

University students, faculty and staff were in attendance.

Of the UPD officers who raised the flag, Lieutenant Orlando Torres, a

military veteran, shared his thoughts on the importance of remembering the events of Sept. 11, especially on college campuses across the country.

“I think it’s important, and I think it’s an honor to be able to participate in it and do this,” Torres said. “I’m prior military, so it means something to me.

I deployed because of what happened, so I just think it’s important for people to remember and to be able to do this for them.”

BU President Harvey Stenger said he feels gratitude toward those who lost their lives 18 years ago.

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Following a recent food policy change at Binghamton University, campus clubs and student groups affected have begun to react and rethink their fundraising options.

The new food policy was enacted on Aug. 1 after being drafted over the course of several months by Auxiliary Services and the Student Culinary Council. The policy stipulates that foods sold or distributed on campus must be prepackaged cannot contain any main-allergy food items, such as nuts and dairy. Foods that are not prepackaged or contain allergens must be preapproved by the University. For events where groups spends more $200

on their food, Sodexo will have the right of first refusal for catering as the University’s primary food provider.

Jahmal Ojeda, president of the Latin American Student Union and a senior majoring in political science, said the new policy will have a big impact on groups using bake sales and other food-related events to fundraise.

“We are celebrating our 50th year, and this year was pivotal for us, because we wanted to do a lot more in

terms of fundraising,” Ojeda said. “I feel like this new food policy is setting us back.”

Ojeda said his most prominent concern is fundraising for student groups who have already budgeted for this year. He also noted that the policy might limit some multicultural student organizations that want to sell cultural foods that cannot be bought in stores

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RAs face discipline for drinking tradition

Relationships between students and faculty were taboo, but not technically against the rules at some public universities across New York state until recently. On Sept. 5, a new consensual relationship policy was established by the State University of New York (SUNY) system.

The new policy aims to reassure all SUNY students, faculty and staff that their work environment should remain free of nepotism and harassment. It prohibits any nonprofessional relationships between students and professional staff or other college personnel.

The first policy of this kind was implemented as University policy at Binghamton University in August 1993.

According to Ryan Yarosh, senior director of media and public relations, the policy was changed this year to ensure that all campuses share one consistent policy across the SUNY system.

“Binghamton has always taken a very strong and public stance prohibiting sexual harassment,” Yarosh wrote in an email. “It is imperative for SUNY to leverage its power as the most comprehensive system of higher education in the country to speak with

“Hall Crawl” results in multiple RAs requiring medical aid

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In the days before students moved in to campus residence halls and classes began, several resident assistants (RA) went to the hospital for excessive alcohol consumption during a Binghamton University RA tradition, coined as “Hall Crawl.”

The tradition, according to Brendan Burns, ‘19, a former BU RA, consists of multiple RAs hosting parties in their dorm room which others could then “crawl” to from room to room in the beginning of the semester. But this semester, the tradition resulted in at least one firing and multiple cases of medical emergencies relating to incidents of alcohol consumption.

As a consequence, Residential Life learned about the event, and RAs from all campus living communities received an email on Sept. 3 from Amy Pollock Drake, associate director of staff development for Residential Life. In the email, all RAs, regardless of whether or not they participated in this year’s “Hall Crawl,” were instructed to attend

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Roundtable discusses impact of student loans Binghamton University students discussed their experiences with student loans at a roundtable with Rep. Anthony Brindisi on Monday, according to NewsChannel 34. Brindisi spoke about concerns related to paying off student debts and how loans can affect student lives. Brindisi, who is advocating for legislation establishing supervision over the relationship between lenders and students, said loans can make it harder for students in the future when going to make larger purchases. According to Brindisi, the average student comes away from college with more than $35,000 in debt.

Brindisi calls upon Senate to restore funds to EPA Superfund Cleanup Program A proposed budget cut to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Superfund Cleanup Program could put Broome County cleanups at risk, according to WICZ. On Sept. 7, Brindisi called on the Senate to return funding to the EPA Superfund Cleanup Program, saying the Endicott Village Well Field site is one of eight Superfund sites in Broome County now at risk.

Brindisi, other local leaders and environmental advocates came together in front of the Endicott Village Well Field Site in order to talk about the budget cuts. The budget reduction is part of a $2 billion cut to the EPA’s budget.

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New York vape shops will be required to post health warnings After hundreds of cases of lung illnesses believed to be associated with vaping hit the news, New York state will begin cracking down on shops that sell vaping devices, according to WBNG. On Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the state will require shops to post health warnings regarding the devices possible impacts and recommended that New Yorkers stop using vaping devices until health investigators can clearly determine the cause of the illnesses. Cuomo also said the state will issue three subpoenas to companies selling products that may contain a vaping additive with Vitamin E. New York Health officials are working to determine if the additive is a factor in what makes people sick.

As of now, no specific device or ingredient has been linked to the lung illnesses.

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Campus community memorializes terror attack victims memorial from page 1 remembrance, particularly on college campuses. “[We need to remember] just so that it’s not a forgotten topic,” Atendido said. “It was one of the biggest tragedies of our country and should always be remembered.”

The annual event presents the Binghamton community with opportunities to perform acts of kindness, such as donating blood to the Red Cross, donating food and creating greeting cards for deployed soldiers in memory of the victims of the attacks. Of the lives lost, 15 were BU alumni, who were also honored on a display on the Spine.

In the same spirit of remembrance and reflection, the Rohr Chabad Center for Jewish Student Life and Hillel at Binghamton ran their annual Mitzvah Marathon on the Spine.

The Mitzvah Marathon featured a sandwich-making station where students are able to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the local homeless population. Shoshana Bursztyn, a member of Chabad and a sophomore majoring in biology, spoke on why remembering Sept. 11 through this event was meaningful to her.

“It’s refreshing to see people doing good deeds on a day of such tragedy,” Bursztyn said. “I lived

A memorial on the Spine displays the faces and names of the 15 Binghamton University alumni whose lives were lost on Sept. 11, 2001.

in Brooklyn at the time, so all the paper from the buildings were on

my front lawn. I was only a baby, but my mom said it was awful.”

The marathon drew in dozens of students to participate in their

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activities, including students who had personal connections to the

attacks, such as James Caracciolo, a sophomore majoring in mechanical engineering.

Caracciolo provided an account of his uncle and neighbor who lived adjacent to the towers and took people into their homes to provide shelter. He said the events of that day continue to be imperative to the unity of the United States.

“There’s not a lot of things anymore that everybody can come together and agree on,” Caracciolo said. “Everything is polarizing now, even movies, so I think if there are more things like remembering 9/11, we could come together more and help heal the nation.”

UPD Chief of Police John Pelletier said the attacks had a profound impact on the country, and are important to remember to prevent similar instances in the future.

“I was actually in the United States Army when the attacks happened, teaching ROTC at Penn State,” Pelletier said. “Just about every American remembers that day and where they were and what they were doing at the time. [I remember] talking to new cadets at the time and trying to help guide them through what they were seeing as it unfolded.

I think it’s extremely important to remember what happened on 9/11, and looking forward, we always have to remember our past so we can be better for the future.”

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provided by jessica hua Students from BIOL 461: Freshwater Biology take a field trip to get hands-on experience in local wetlands.

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Field trips may no longer be a distant, primary school memory for Binghamton University students. Some instructors have begun including excursions in their course curriculum to offer hands-on experience in addition to traditional classroom learning.

Al Vos, an associate professor of English and collegiate professor of Hinman College, said he tries to incorporate trips and external learning experiences in his teaching to give variety to students. Some of Vos’ trips include attending events in Downtown Binghamton and participating in volunteer work at local primary schools.

“Students need to broaden their horizons about the way jobs and careers are discovered,” Vos wrote in an email. “They need to challenge the stereotyped view of Binghamton as a boring place with nothing to do.”

Lauren Cruz, a senior majoring in psychology, wrote in an email that she believes that field trips can be even more rewarding than classwork, despite not yet having the chance to go on any at BU. “It’s important to get an opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the field you could potentially be in for the rest of your life,” Cruz wrote.

Field trips are not always practical in the University setting, however. According to Sean Cummings, manager of BU Acres, an on-campus garden, and an adjunct lecturer of environmental studies, there are limitations to the field trips, including large classes that are difficult to transport, the prospect of bad weather and the challenge of creating a well thought-out trip.

Cummings, who teaches ENVI 250: Farm-to-Table Food, includes visits to the campus garden and an organic farm in his curriculum to teach students the various processes of food production.

“The trips create a very concrete connection between what we learn in the classroom and how it can be applied outside the classroom,” Cummings wrote in an email. “The trips also add a kind of detail and color to the course material that could never be achieved merely through lecture or films.”

Jessica Hua, an assistant professor of biology, also chooses to include field trips in BIOL 461: Freshwater Biology to complement research aspects of certain courses and to create an accessible space for all students.

“Students learn to identify wetland indicators which gives them the ability to define the boundaries of wetlands,” Hua wrote in an email. “Students not only get to interact with plants and wildlife; they learn cool ecology and come away with a

practical skill that can be applied in future jobs.”

Depending on the department, some students may be able to experience more outings than others. Rebecca Crespo, a junior majoring in Italian, says she hasn’t taken any courses that include field trips.

“Not having been on a field trip so far into my college career, I do feel like I have missed out on opportunities to get a [real life] perspective on things we’re learning about in class,” Crespo wrote in an email. “I feel like there have been opportunities for an instructor to include some sort of excursion to show us real life applications, but did not.”

But others are finding that field trips are popping up increasingly often in their classes. Seth Price, a junior double-majoring in environmental studies and geography, said he has taken advantage of opportunities to go on a large number of field trips because of his class choices, many of which are higher-level course electives.

“Speaking in the simplest way possible, field trips provide students with a glimpse into the tangibility, applications and implications of what they learn in the classroom,” Price wrote in an email. “Almost all students can agree that it is sometimes very difficult to identify the purpose of pursuing the academics we choose to pursue, but fields trip can completely reverse this.”

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The measures outlined in this resolution address critical issues that affect learning and employee environments and must be addressed through clear and transparent policy and policy statements.”

The policy also forbids relationships in which one partner is in a supervisory position over the other.

“Where one person is in the direct line of supervision over the other, the supervisor must notify college administration so that alternative arrangements for supervision can be made,” Yarosh wrote. “Co-employee relationships without a direct line of supervision are permissible, but if there is a situation where one individual could impact an employment

related decision, they must recuse themselves from the decision-making process.”

The Office of Human Resources is responsible for supervising the policy, according to Yarosh, and will work with individuals in preexisting relationships to ensure that there is no power imbalance.

“There is no prohibition on maintaining the relationship,” Yarosh wrote. “Individuals with hiring or admission authority may not be directly responsible for hiring or admitting an employee or student of any level, with whom they are currently engaged or have in the past been engaged in a romantic, intimate or sexual relationship.”

When searching for guidance on this policy, Bathabile Mthombeni, the University ombudsman, said it is her job to help students, faculty and staff comprehend the policy and how

it pertains to their situations.

“My role is to help individuals who have concerns about how the policy impacts them individually, to clarify their concerns and make informed choices regarding how to resolve them,” Mthombeni wrote in an email. “I help individuals who seek my services to understand how the University interprets and applies the policy.”

By having the SUNY system create a comprehensive plan against nepotism and sexual harassment, Binghamton and all of the other SUNY schools now have a much more united approach to handling these issues, Yarosh wrote.

“The measures outlined in this resolution address critical issues that affect learning and employee environments,” Yarosh wrote. “They must be addressed through clear and transparent policy and policy statements.”

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The Corazón de Dahlia student organization fundraises by selling homemade baked goods while tabling in the Marketplace.

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“We already had a fundraising calendar, everything was organized throughout the summer and now the new food policy is presenting the issue of what can we do that will be culturally appropriate,’’ Ojeda said.

Alexa Macleod, president of the Juvenile Urban Multicultural Program (J.U.M.P. Nation) and a senior at BU, spoke about the changes her organization will face this semester and said fundraising is one of its biggest challenges.

“In the spring semester, we make a lot of purchases that have to be fundraised income through the Student Association,” Macleod said.

“Everyone that participates in J.U.M.P. weekend gets a T-shirt, and those T-shirts have to be purchased through our fundraising. J.U.M.P. is known for our fried Oreo sales, which we sell when we table. Instead, now we are doing a raffle, which will try to supplement not being able to do these Oreo sales anymore. We are going to try to do a waiver.”

Waivers are provided for the groups who would like to get a

specific item preapproved by the University. If waivers cannot be provided, Macleod’s group will likely end up reluctantly selling pre-packaged goods.

“These pre-packaged goods don’t offer incentive for people to buy them,” Macleod said.

“I’m not going to buy a bag of chips on campus if I could just buy a bag of chips at the grocery store.”

According to Deanne Ellison, director of Auxiliary Services, the new policy is designed to promote food safety.

“Food safety is always our primary concern,” Ellison wrote in an email. “For groups who

have traditionally relied on food sales for fundraising, I would encourage them to contact Dining Services well in advance of any event so that they can work together to ensure the success of their event. Every possible consideration, within the guidelines of the policy, will be given to student groups.

Waivers will be approved as long as the policy guidelines are met within the timelines provided.”

According to Ellison, student groups should collaborate with University services to meet their needs.

“The policy ensures multicultural groups are

represented in a variety of ways,” Ellison wrote. “Looking further into the policy, you will see there are guidelines for students to work collaboratively with Dining Services to involve off-campus caterers, and also to work together to prepare diverse meals in the campus’ commercial kitchens where the highest safety standards can be upheld.”

But Macleod said clubs already face financial restrictions that limit the vendors and food providers that can cater their events.

“A lot of small businesses around campus are willing to

cater, but they can’t because they can’t afford to buy the materials that they need — and we can’t pay them until after it’s done,” Macleod said. “However, the SA cannot pay anyone until the job is completed. If we can no longer cater from the city, or the Syracuse or Cortland areas that do have bigger restaurants that cater to our communities, then this will affect our organizations as well as other multicultural organizations. Our budgets are usually smaller than other organizations, so catering from Sodexo isn’t really realistic.”

ResLife holds mandatory staff meetings after incident ras from page 1 a meeting on the matter.

Paola Mignone, interim director of Residential Life, wrote in an email that she became aware of the event after several RAs needed medical assistance.

“We were extremely disappointed to learn that RAs self-organized a night of drinking, which resulted in multiple cases of acute intoxication requiring

medical attention,” Mignone wrote. “We are working with the RAs to assure that this behavior does not continue and also to root out the culture that led to the event.”

Although it is uncertain where the incident that required medical attention occurred, Mignone said she believes the event happened across most of the campus living communities, involving a

large number of RAs. Mignone wrote that the meeting was conducted to guide RAs to change their behaviors.

“We have met with the RAs and the focus of that meeting and ongoing efforts will be to work with our RAs [to] find ways to help make a positive culture change,” Mignone wrote.

At least one RA lost their job as a direct result of the event.

Several currently employed RAs declined to comment on the matter, with one citing concerns they might lose their job or face retaliation from Residential Life if they spoke with a Pipe Dream reporter.

Burns said RAs are dissuaded from talking to the media, since their position could associate themselves with Residential Life.

“It’s pretty discouraged to

speak to the media generally to avoid liability,” Burns wrote in an email. “Residential Life would always say if you do talk to the media for some reason to stress that you are speaking on your own behalf, not as a representative of ResLife.”

Kimberly Jaussi, collegiate professor of Dickinson Community and an associate professor in the School of

Management, also participated in the RA meeting. Jaussi wrote in an email that she is confident the RAs, involved or not, will learn from the incident.

“As a leadership scholar, I have hope and confidence that the leadership potential within all of the RAs will be realized [to] inspire learning and growth — and help craft positive solutions,” Jaussi wrote.

Former BU student faces prosecution in Nicaragua tercero from page 1 Since then, Tercero has been in Nicaraguan custody at the Directorate of Judicial Assistance, a prison more commonly referred to as “El Chipote.”

In Nicaragua, Tercero has been charged with femicide, which carries a maximum penalty of 25 years behind bars.

He is facing a second-degree murder charge in the United States, which carries a possible sentence of 25 years to life in prison. State and federal officials have been working to secure Tercero’s extradition; however, Nicaragua is not required to extradite Nicaraguan citizens facing charges in the United States under currently existing extradition treaty.

Although Nicaraguan authorities have refused the United States’ extradition request, the Broome County District Attorney’s Office say efforts continue to move Tercero to New York to face U.S. charges.

“We’re continuing to work with the Department of State, Department of Justice and Sen. [Charles] Schumer’s office, with the defendant returning to Broome County, to face

justice, as our desired outcome,” Broome County District Attorney Steve Cornwell wrote in an emailed statement. “The process is ongoing.”

In an Aug. 23 letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Schumer wrote he was “incredibly disappointed” with the Nicaraguan government’s refusal to extradite Tercero and called on the Department of State to continue pushing for a trial in New York.

“Given the violent nature of the crime, the shock and outrage of the community in its aftermath and the heartache of Haley’s parents in the wake of her death, it is essential that this crime be robustly and fairly prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” he wrote. “While I understand that Nicaraguan authorities prefer to prosecute this crime in that nature, we must not accept this as an immutable reality.”

In a statement on Wednesday, spokeswoman Allison Biasotti said Schumer will continue pushing American and Nicaraguan officials to extradite Tercero.

“Despite the beginning of the criminal justice proceeding against him in Nicaragua, Sen. Schumer has again urged the

State Department to use any and all avenues possible to achieve extradition and find a way to

bring Mr. Tercero to New York to stand trial,” Biasotti said.

Tercero is expected to appear

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EDITORIAL: “DON’T RUIN THE SHOW” Pete Davidson’s recent performance highlights comedy’s fraught relationship with colleges

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In Pete Davidson’s recent performance at Binghamton University, he remarked that he would be bullied by the school’s newspaper after the show was over. While we criticize more often than we praise in our editorials, we do so with the hopes of being constructive, and so the Editorial Board felt it necessary to take up his challenge by examining both his prior conduct and the performance itself.

Pete Davidson has made questionable comments in the past few months to years, which have become the crux of college criticism against him. The Student Association Programming Board (SAPB) did a great job recruiting Chris Fleming for a comedy show, who drew in a similarly sized crowd while lacking a reputation for being “problematic,” but there’s more to Davidson’s story than that. The SAPB’s decision to acquire Pete Davidson was well before some of his recent missteps, and SAPB comedy chair Jillian Pizzuto said they did so because they felt that they wanted to find a comedian that much of the student body would enjoy, despite the controversy.

Davidson’s performance at the University of Central Florida is the most recent event to have raised some eyebrows. He reportedly scolded a student in the midst of his set, reprimanding them for using their phone to take photos and videos of him, but cast it off as part of the routine. This brings up two interesting issues surrounding celebrity: How much privacy are performers entitled to, and how culpable is Davidson for making jokes not everyone finds funny?

For Davidson’s performance at BU, students were asked to not take out their phones during his comedy

show, likely because of what happened at UCF. The issue is that, as BU is a public university and thus a public space, the implications of limiting phone use in this way is questionable. Furthermore, enforcing such a rule seems tedious and unnecessary, and might be better fit as a suggestion or general act of courtesy on behalf of those in attendance. One can imagine the analogue of being denied the ability to use a phone when attending a paid concert, where many people have made the terrible habit of recording the entire show on Snapchat for all to see. Going as far as to bar the press from taking photos of the event is even stranger, but not necessarily something worth demonizing him for.

On the other side of the argument, Davidson is a person like anyone else and should be treated with the same respect.

Any celebrity is entitled to ask for those observing them, even in paid performances, to be considerate of their boundaries. This is, however, a two-way argument, and applies to how Davidson should treat the criticism he receives from his audiences with equal respect. Just as he may feel targeted for his performances, so do the people he targets with his ill-thoughtthrough use of the word “retarded” to describe college students at UCF. His appearance at BU is an opportunity to reconsider our relationship with comedians like him who mock, but cannot handle being mocked.

Some attendees have said that Davidson’s show included an admission that this would be his second-to-last show on college campuses, ever. Feeling that he cannot freely do his comedy routine appears to have worn

him down, as evidenced by his displeasure at being constantly in the gaze of cameras and his expressed frustration at cutting his content for his audience. He has admitted to his mental health struggles, which have entered his comedy just as it has for the people in the generation he jokes with.

Not everything he has said can be so easily dismissed, however, as he’s gone as far as to make jokes that fall inches short of threatening his ex-fiancée, Ariana Grande, by implying he’d trick her into becoming pregnant. When he oversteps that line, it’s not grounds for calling young people incapable of laughing without looking over their shoulder — it’s a chance to recognize how comedy is a careful craft fraught with mistakes that won’t be resolved unless they’re understood as errors. On that same note, students laughed at his jokes about self-harm more than many of his other bits, which, while part of his comedy, doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be taken seriously by those attending his shows.

While the Editorial Board does not approve of the supposed jokes he has made at the expense of women and the mentally ill, we recognize that it does not mean he has forfeited the right to ask his audience to respect what makes him comfortable. Conversely, just because Davidson is a comedian doesn’t mean that he should say whatever he wants and not deal with the consequences. If he so chooses, he could easily address his past blunders with an apology rather than disdain. We only wish that his decision to abstain from performing at colleges was for reflection, or even a personal break, instead of a retreat from his perceived limitations with a single demographic.

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Corporations are taking steps our government won’t Walmart has changed policy to reduce gun violence, so why can’t the government?

Seth Gully Contributing Columnist

In the past few months, more mass shootings have shaken the United States. In August, a man walked into a Walmart in El Paso and targeted individuals based on their race during the massacre.

A manifesto was posted minutes before the tragedy, which included praise of the Christchurch shooter in New Zealand and racist language referencing a “Hispanic invasion of Texas” and peddling “the great replacement” conspiracy theory that white people are being replaced by people of other ethnicities.

In response, Walmart decided to reform its policy toward guns. It will discontinue handgun sales in Alaska, ask customers to not carry guns openly in its stores and stop the sale of some types of ammunition.

This has been met with praise by various presidential candidates, while it has come under fire by gun

rights groups such as the National Rifle Association (NRA).

Although I agree with what Walmart has done, I argue that we must go further. Consider exactly what is going on here: We are praising a giant, multinational corporation for taking marginal and symbolic actions while our Congress, particularly the Senate, allows gun reforms to be killed, and while gun lobbyists work to prevent any and all progress on this issue. Again, what Walmart is doing isn’t ‘bad,’ but how have we ended up in this position where we are praising a corporation for taking action because our elected officials refuse to do their jobs? I find it very intriguing how and where we are directing our anger and praise, but this begs the question: What should be done about gun violence in the United States?

First, I’ll answer this with what should not be done. First, we should not be blaming mental illness as the cause of our unique gun violence problem. Our World in Data, an online scientific publication, has data on issues like this. They

find that the share of people with mental health and substance abuse disorders is roughly the same throughout developed countries.

The real difference between the United States and other nations is our lax gun laws. Even if there were a connection between mental illness and these acts of violence, the vast majority of mentally ill individuals will never commit violent acts. That must be kept in the conversation, as we shouldn’t be demonizing the mentally ill.

In addition, many people argue that violent video games are a cause of gun violence. NPR and CNBC have both reported that there is no link between gun violence and violent video games. Scientific research simply doesn’t support this conclusion. Japan, for example, which also has a thriving video game culture and industry, saw only six deaths from guns in 2014. Not 6,000, nor 600 — merely six deaths in a country with a population of 127 million people, in 2014. In that same year, the United States saw 33,599 gun deaths. This is a real-world example of the contrast

in elected politicians’ rhetoric and reality. This same gap in gun deaths is shown, although not in the same extent, between the United States and countries like the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Australia. Violent video games are not the cause of gun violence in the United States.

With that out of the way, let’s discuss what should be done about gun violence. Firstly, universal background checks are a necessity.

The gun show and Charleston loopholes are unnecessary and can relatively easily be fixed. For context, the gun show loophole is when individuals purchase guns from private sellers, such as those at a gun show. Since this is a private transaction, there is no background check. The Charleston loophole is when a background check takes longer than the mandatory wait time to purchase a gun; thus, if someone is not supposed to be able to purchase a gun, they could after the mandatory wait time had passed. NPR reports that polls show 89 percent of people support universal background checks.

Secondly, we can treat guns like cars. This means requiring courses on how to use and store a gun safely.

In addition, requiring permits could be done. These are mainstream regulations in many other modern nations, including Canada and the United Kingdom, which all experience much lower rates of gun violence. The United States has a gun death rate of 11.2 per 100,000 individuals, whereas France’s rate is 2.7 and Canada’s rate is 2.1.

Thirdly, red flag laws should be made to prevent at-risk people from buying or keeping firearms. These laws not only prevent individuals from killing others, but also stop people from taking their own lives.

This is incredibly important, since over half of gun deaths in the United States are suicides.

And finally, we need to change the culture around guns. If you own a gun, you are more likely to die by gun violence. With this data in mind, it is a statistical fact that more guns means more violence. In the United States, the states with the most lax gun laws, unsurprisingly, have the highest rates of gun deaths;

among them are Alaska, Alabama, Missouri, Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas. All this goes to show that more guns means more gun deaths.

Internalizing that statement means not flocking to gun stores after a mass shooting to arm oneself; it means these changes must become more than a mere law and instead incorporate education and a social movement.

The United States is suffering from a unique problem among developed nations, and it is a shame that we are begging and praising corporations for taking one step forward. We need to call on our government at local, state and federal levels to do what is right and to reform our gun laws. The laws we currently have are the reason we have a gun violence problem.

Mental illness in the United States is not unique to the rest of the world.

Video games in the United States are not unique to the rest of the world.

What is unique is our very loose gun laws.

Seth Gully is a sophomore triplemajoring in economics, philosophy, politics and law and French.

It’s impossible to glamorize plantations Fantasies about former slave plantations erase the history of those who suffered there Annick Tabb Columnist

Several years ago, my family and I visited Thomas Jefferson’s plantation, Monticello, which is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Throughout the tour, our guide shared countless tales about the life and legacy of Thomas Jefferson, waxing poetic about the Louisiana Purchase, the Declaration of Independence and Jefferson’s passion for the violin.

Toward the end of the tour, as the topic turned to the slaves Jefferson owned, our guide awkwardly cobbled together some sentences about his

‘relationship’ with one of his slaves, Sally Hemings, quickly changing the subject and pointing us in the direction of the gift shop.

Much has changed since the day I toured Monticello. Guests can now see the plantation through tours including the “Hemings Family Tour” and “Slavery at Monticello Tour,” which add detailed insight on the 600-plus slaves Jefferson owned during his lifetime. The plantation’s website also gives answers to frequently asked questions about how slaves lived and were treated at Monticello. Other plantations which have been designated as historical sites have taken similar steps to acknowledge the pain and suffering that slaves were forced to endure in the name of economic progress.

While these attempts to be more transparent do nothing to reverse the harrowing events of the past, it is absolutely necessary that they continue to be implemented.

These changes have been met with backlash from visitors who feel that the plantations’ decisions to highlight slavery on their tours blows the issue out of proportion. A review written about McLeod Plantation Historic Site in Charleston, South Carolina, states, “My husband and I were extremely disappointed in this tour. We didn’t come to hear a lecture on how the white people treated slaves … The tour guide was so radical about slave treatment we felt we were being lectured and bashed about slavery … I am, by far, not a racist or against all Americans

having equal rights, but this was my vacation … It was just not what we expected.”

A visitor of Whitney Plantation in Wallace, Louisiana, left a one-star review for the tour, writing, “Tour was all about how hard it was for the slaves and hard done by they were … Go somewhere different if you want to experience a plantation tour.” As baffling as it is to hear disappointment that tours of slave plantations would discuss slavery, these reviews are glaring evidence that people continue to refuse to acknowledge the very real horrors that enslaved people were forced to endure for centuries. Those who are looking for a more romantic portrayal of plantations should do as Gillian Brockell of The Washington

Post suggests and watch “Gone with the Wind,” which is “streaming on Amazon and iTunes for $3.99 — a low price, but still higher than the average slave’s wage, which was $0.”

Part of the problem lies in the fact that plantations are often marketed as romantic relics of a past era rather than the haunting monuments that they really are.

Their architecture and grounds often make them popular wedding venues.

Mary Edmonds, an events manager of Tuckahoe Plantation, Thomas Jefferson’s boyhood home, said that her wedding clients, who happen to be mostly white and collegeeducated, “are not looking for a history lesson.” The violence and exploitation that took place on these properties are often stripped away

and the area is reverted to “an ‘old house’ on a pretty property” painting a “dreamy” and “romantic” setting.

While I have never visited the plantation in Virginia my ancestors were forced to work on, members of my family have. While some might be able to view a plantation with nostalgic, rose-colored glasses, I will never see them as anything other than places where black people were brutalized, assaulted and murdered. To ignore or minimize this centuries-long abuse as if it is a mere distraction is disgusting and is an insult to the memory of the more than 17 million people who died as a result of it.

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

Binghamton Restaurant Week returns this fall, Sept. 10 to 19 Katy Wong

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Walking into 205 Dry feels identical to looking into a time capsule of the Roaring ’20s.

With its antique furnishing and quirky decor, the restaurant attracts Binghamton students and local residents alike. 205 Dry’s Restaurant Week menu offers dinner for the fair price of $25.

When my photographer, Kim, and I walked in, we were greeted by a waitress dressed in a beaded flapper dress and rhinestone flapper cap. She took us to our table, which was decorated with Calendra Scahill

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flowers and a candle placed onto a vintage book. To our excitement, the menus also lit up when you opened the cover so we could see our list of food options in the dark setting.

The first course options consist of cocktails and three different appetizers: Buffalo cauliflower bites, fried Brussels sprouts and creamy butternut squash soup. I started with the Winter Stargazer, an alcoholic concoction consisting of aquavit, vanilla-flavored Svedka, pressed lemon, almond milk, fig, vanilla star anise syrup and vanilla sugar. Right as I took my first sip, I was surprised by the

subtle kick of the licorice flavor, though it wasn’t too intense or bitter. The vanilla flavors took the spotlight, as the sweetness helped to balance out the intensity of fig and licorice.

The second course offered a hand-breaded buttermilk fried chicken sandwich, fall salad, braised short rib sliders and a Faroe Islands salmon over a salad. Kim and I opted for the less healthy options of the chicken sandwich and short rib sliders. When I took my first bite, I noticed how juicy and tender the ribs were, unlike the dry and chewy ribs I usually get at restaurants. Although

the sliders feature horseradish sauce, the flavor wasn’t too prominent. Kim ordered the chicken sandwich, which she mentioned was juicy, thick and perfectly crisp. We both loved the included fries and their simple salt-and-pepper flavor.

Despite full stomachs, we powered through for the last course of dessert. The dessert options included an apple spice crumb cake or vegan apple cinnamon sorbetto. I opted for the cake, which wasn’t too crumbly or too spongy — it was just right. The apples topped with whipped cream were sweet but not too overpowering as a taste. Kim’s apple sorbetto wasn’t her favorite dessert, though she said that the apple flavor was excellent and tasted natural.

you’ve probably passed by The Colonial. The restaurant combines trendy and homey touches in its decor with string lights and chalkboards

displaying a wide array of drink specials in colorful text.

This Restaurant Week, The Colonial offers a $12 lunch and $20 dinner.

My photographer, Maryam, and I went for lunch. I was pleased to find vegetarian options for each course that surpassed bland vegetable dishes. For the first course, you could choose from a creamy tomato soup with grilled cheese strips, Brussels sprouts with garlic aioli and a roasted cauliflower Caesar salad.

After much contemplation about my appetizer, I chose the creamy tomato soup. The soup was hearty and flavorful and the two grilled cheese strips were a nice golden brown.

The combination of these two

comfort foods paired perfectly and made me feel right at home with tastes from my childhood.

For the entree, there were two vegetarian dishes and two dishes for meat lovers. The choices included a California Beyond Burger for an extra $4, a Caesar salad, their signature Colonial Burger and a southern chicken sandwich. For a few more dollars, you could add protein or Cajun spices to the salad, and could upgrade the fries included with your burger or sandwich with various toppings.

For the second course, I

black bean slider with the side of tater tots. The sliders were small as expected, but having two was actually very filling, and that was only the first course.

I’m no stranger to Craft’s black bean burger, so I was practically watering at the mouth waiting for our food. The patty is made from black beans, garbanzo beans and brown rice, with a few leaves of arugula and diced avocado on top. This gives the burger a nice, soft texture, without becoming too chewy.

The chipotle aioli dressing gave the slider a nice kick by adding some spice.

Anastasia and I agreed that our red wine was a little warm, leaving a tingle in our throats.

We finished the evening off with our desserts. Both sundaes were made with vanilla ice cream and topped with whipped cream, but the Unicorn sundae was the more aesthetically interesting of the two. The flavor of the Unicorn sundae was similar to a strawberry shortcake and reminded me of childhood summers. The Cookies n Cream sundae is a classic, topped with whipped cream, Oreo crumbles and half of an ice cream sandwich stuck into the side.

Craft was a delectable choice for my first Restaurant Week splurge of senior year, and I’m thankful for diverse options for all types of eaters. If you’re

looking for a relaxed dining experience with a comfortable yet

entertaining atmosphere, then Craft is a must.

Whether sharing tapas with family or grabbing drinks with friends on State Street, Social on State is a mainstay of Downtown Binghamton’s dining scene. This Restaurant Week, Social offers a $25 three-course dinner menu.

To sample the dinner, I arrived at 6:30 p.m. and was immediately escorted to a seat in the outdoor dining area. The ambiance of the outdoor eating area certainly sets the stage for an enjoyable and pleasant meal.

After perusing the appetizer options for a few minutes, I decided on the tomato basil soup with Gorgonzola cream

and a Parmesan tuille, cleverly titled the “Andy Warhol.” The Parmesan crisp provided a nice kick of saltiness when dipped in the tomato soup, and I appreciated the lightness of the dish.

I decided that I would go for the grilled octopus main course and expand my taste buds with something unique. As they say in the movies, “When in Binghamton!” The octopus was served on a bed of chorizo, grilled potatoes, heirloom tomatoes and a squid ink drizzle. The octopus

was charred perfectly and produced a very well-rounded bite. Never having tried squid ink before, the brininess was a bit of a shock to me, but I came to enjoy the flavor. The spicy punch of the chorizo brought the entire dish together.

To conclude my meal, I settled on the chocolate hazelnut “Mille Feuille,” which includes a top layer of Nutella spread on top of hazelnuts and a puff pastry. Providing a bite with a lot of depth, the creaminess of the Nutella meshed perfectly

with the flaky puff pastry. Sid ordered the pumpkin spice latte cheesecake with coffee whipped cream and spun sugar.

Exquisitely creamy, the pumpkin and cheesecake flavors worked together incredibly as both came through equally in strength and deliciousness.

Overall, Social on State has earned one more loyal customer, and I’ve come to understand the place that this comfortable spot has in Binghamton: good food, good vibes and a unique menu to please any restaurant-goer.

mozzarella, I personally preferred to eat them dry.

For my main course, I got the ravioli. The ravioli is made inhouse, and the freshness of the dough was clearly apparent in my meal. The ravioli was generally more firm and tougher than box pasta, making the dishes more filling and flavorful. The ricotta in the ravioli was light and fluffy, balancing out the sweet and tangy marinara sauce.

Little Venice is locally known for its marinara sauce. According to the staff, when the restaurant

first opened in 1946, customers would come to the back with pots to take home the leftover marinara sauce. While the meal was delicious, I thought that the ravioli dish came with too much sauce, making it a little messy to eat.

For dessert, I had the housemade chocolate mousse. It came out in aesthetically pleasing glass cylinder with a miniature spoon. My chocolate mousse was incredibly light and fluffy, yet still rich. It made for the perfect ending to a satisfying meal.

Overall, I was thoroughly impressed by the authentic selection and taste of Little Venice’s Restaurant Week menu. Little Venice provides a great option for

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Around the corner from the hustle and bustle of Court Street, the atmosphere of Craft is welcoming to all Restaurant Week attendees. With an interior offering several TVs on the walls, overhead red, white and blue string lights and a couple shelves with a dozen different board games, you won’t be bored waiting for your meal.

This Restaurant Week, Craft is offering a $12 lunch menu and a $20 dinner menu. We chose to go for dinner as a nice treat after

class.

The dinner menu offers a Pick Two from nine different sliders, paired with a side choice of tater tots, chips, house fries or a garden salad for an additional $1.50. Following the main course is dessert, one of two ice cream sundaes. For diners over 21, you have the choice of Raiz Cabernet Sauvignon red wine, Domino Pinot Grigio white wine or the Craft All Day IPA from the Beer Tree Brew Co. I was excited to see that Craft included vegetarian options on this week’s menu. I knew I wanted one grilled shroom slider and one

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If you’re looking for a restaurant that combines a unique dining experience,

delicious food options and classy cocktails, 205 Dry is the place to be.

opted for the Caesar salad with romaine lettuce, Caesar dressing, Kalamata olives, Parmesan cheese and croutons without any add-ons. The salad exceeded a typical garden salad with its large size, clean presentation and unique ingredients. I was surprised it featured a variety of flavors, as the zest and acidity from the Kalamata olives contrasted well with the hint of garlic in the croutons. I was glad I chose lighter fare for my entree to offset how full I was from the appetizer.

To finish off, The Colonial

offered two milkshake flavors for dessert: pumpkin spice and vanilla. The vanilla milkshake had just the right amount of sweetness and came topped with whipped cream. The shake was like sipping on a scoop of ice cream and it was a perfect way to end a delicious meal and enjoy the sunny afternoon.

Overall, The Colonial proved once again why it’s an essential part of the Binghamton culinary scene. With its quick and friendly service, diverse menu and warm atmosphere, The Colonial is a must-visit this Restaurant Week.

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Before this year’s fall Restaurant Week, I had only walked past Little Venice while going to the Greater Binghamton Transportation Center on Chenango Street. However, this Tuesday, I was quick to realize that I had long overlooked the beautifully decorated and spacious spot. The owner’s extensive art collection, a brick interior and jazz music made for a classy, yet warm setting.

During Restaurant Week, Little Venice offers lunch for $12 and dinner for $20, which include an appetizer, entree and dessert.

As we sat down for dinner, I was immediately impressed with the simple, yet thoughtful options on the menu. For appetizers, I ordered the breaded mozzarella cheese. It was essentially triangles of warm, gooey, delicious cheese in a crispy breaded coating. The breaded mozzarella cheese came with the house’s locally famous marinara sauce. While the marinara sauce definitely added more flavor to the

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downstate transplants seeking an Italian restaurant comparable to those in the New York City area.

It’s also a great option for anyone craving authentic Italian food in a warm environment.

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Besides passing by it whenever I am Downtown, the first time I heard about Lost Dog was when my friend showed me a photo on Instagram of Drake Bell eating there. I didn’t know what Drake Bell was doing in Binghamton, but if Lost Dog was good enough for him, it was good enough for me.

Their Restaurant Week menu offers lunch for a fixed price of $12 and dinner for $20. My photographer, Rose, and I sat in for dinner, which included an appetizer, a main dish and

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For the appetizer, Rose got the spinach artichoke dip while I tried the chipotle hummus.

Both dips were creamy and filling, with the chipotle hummus having a tangy kick to it. The spinach artichoke dip had pieces of artichoke and spinach in it, which added nicely to the smooth texture.

Every local knows Lost Dog’s rigatoni a la vodka is to die for, but I decided to step out of my comfort zone and order the cast iron beef skillet filet.

The skillet came to the table still sizzling, but the meat was absolutely to die for. The sauce

wasn’t anything too special, but the beef just melted right in my mouth. Paired with mashed potatoes and grilled zucchini, the dish warmed my heart and filled my stomach. Rose got a fall harvest bowl with tempeh, a great option for all the vegetarians out there. While noting that the rice was dry, she exclaimed, “They made the Brussels sprouts taste so good.

They’re not supposed to!”

Our server brought us one of each dessert on the menu, which included the chocolate cake, pumpkin pecan praline ice cream and maple cake. The chocolate cake, topped with

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chocolate syrup and whipped cream, was simple yet enjoyable.

The pumpkin pecan praline ice cream was the perfect introduction to fall, tasting like a cold pumpkin spiced latte and topped with a waffle cone covered in powdered sugar. It was also the only dessert that was not overwhelmingly sweet, which is more in line with my tastes. The maple cake, a sponge cake doused in maple syrup made in New York state, tasted just like a pancake.

With the weather getting colder, the coziness of Lost Dog Cafe becomes more and more inviting as the school year goes on. Come here to escape your work for an hour or two and treat your stomach to some of the best Binghamton has to offer.

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Peterson’s Tavern is known for the weekly live music shows it holds outdoors, with crowds gathering at the corner of Front and Main Street each Saturday night to enjoy sets that range from rock to acoustic. But despite the large bar that takes center stage in the dimly lit gastropub, their offerings go far beyond their many beers on tap: They also serve a host of American and Italian staples on their lunch and dinner menus, including burgers, steaks and wings. For their second Restaurant Week, the restaurant offers a $10 lunch menu and a $20 dinner menu featuring many of their

most popular dishes, such as the Peterson Burger and wild mushroom risotto.

For the appetizer, I ordered the house-made mozzarella cake, served on a plate of thinly spread tomato sauce.

The exterior was satisfyingly crunchy and a perfect contrast to the gooey mozzarella center.

Mike’s bacon-wrapped shrimp were tender and juicy, placed in a sweet-heat sauce that expanded the flavor.

For the second course, I chose the restaurant’s new Impossible Burger, a completely vegan burger served with

broke college students into sophisticated adults.

Number 5, formerly known as Fire Station Number 5, was built in 1897 and served the South Side of Binghamton for 75 years. Although the local and state landmark had previously housed horses, owner Jim McCoy has transformed the space into an elaborate two-tier eatery. At $35, the establishment offers a classy three course meal for a reasonable price.

For starters, I ordered the Greek stuffed mushrooms. The restaurant served us warm bread with strawberry butter while we

waited for our orders. The bread was lightly toasted, crispy on the outside but soft on the inside, and the butter had the surprising freshness of strawberries. My stuffed mushrooms had a nice herby flavor, with the tanginess of the cheese and the zing of grilled lemon adding a nice brightness to the fattiness of the sauce.

For the main course, I ordered the obvious choice of steak. I opted for the Prime Sirloin with mashed potatoes as my side, and the meal did not disappoint. The caramelized onions on my dish were sweet, pairing nicely with the rich and salty blue cheese

sauce. The meat was super flavorful and tender, with a nice crust on the surface.

We finished off our lavish night with the “Chocolate Decadence” and blueberry zucchini cake for dessert. The “Chocolate Decadence” lived up to its hype, resembling something between a chocolate mousse and fudge. Although it was extremely rich, the slice was the perfect size, satisfying my sweet tooth but leaving me wanting more.

Despite my expectation that the dessert would be warm, the coldness actually made it lighter.

I got a coffee to go with dessert, which wrapped up the meal nicely and balanced the sweet flavor.

Overall, Number 5 surprised me with its posh menu and luxurious ambiance. I could

definitely see why it attracts regulars and is so widely loved by the Binghamton community.

If you want to treat yourself this Restaurant Week, Number 5 is the place to do it.

and Binghamton residents alike have been able to enjoy quality Mexican food and drinks from their large selection. For Restaurant Week, Dos Rios offers many of their regular menu

items in a special fixed-price menu for only $25.

I decided to go with a classic chips and guac for the appetizer, a grilled carne asada for the entree (which added $4 to the

fixed price) and tres leches cake for the dessert.

Although it would seem like it is easy to create a tasty guacamole, not all restaurants manage to pull it off correctly.

The usual mistakes include under-salting, under-seasoning, not including enough lime or just starting with bad-quality avocados. Fortunately, Dos Rios gets it right. The guacamoleto-chip ratio was perfect, as I finished both of them at the same time — a rare feat. The guac comes with a slice of lime for those who love some extra acidity. I added some salt to the chips, but some customers may like the bland taste to

really bring out the flavors of the guacamole.

Before I finished the nicely portioned appetizer, my main entree had already arrived.

Although the sirloin steak was the star of the show, the rice, peppers and onions combined for a brilliant side. For those who are as curious as I was about what a corn farrago is, it was a simple corn and bean salad with onions and tomatoes. The sour green sauce complemented the melt-in-your-mouth steak very well, as well as all the other elements of the entree.

In addition to the steak meal, I tried a cauliflower street-style taco from Jake’s order of three.

The combination of cauliflower, red cabbage, pickled shallots and lime crema on flour tacos worked well together. Even though I really enjoyed the carne asada, next time I go to Dos Rios, I will order their tacos.

As I finished the meal, and my mouth was still hot from the tabasco sauce, the tres leches cake arrived. The cake, which is made with three different types of milk (evaporated, condensed and fresh), was very cold and soothing. The cake was incredibly moist, and the sponge was soused with a sweet milk sauce. The top of the cake had white ganache and was decorated with chocolate sauce.

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As my photographer, LeAnne, and I approached the ivycovered brick building known as “Number 5,” we whispered to one another in excitement. This was the big boss of all Binghamton restaurants participating in Restaurant Week, loved by students and residents for its steaks and seafood. At the start of every semester, the buzz around Number 5 and its fancy menu is ever present, and as we passed through its revolving door, we transformed from Mikayel Harutyunyan design assistant

Ever since Dos Rios Cantina opened up on Court Street, both Binghamton University students

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Nestled just across the bridge from Downtown Binghamton on South Washington Street in Vestal is Whole in the Wall, a place distinctive from its red and purple exterior and woodpaneled walls to its colorful food and vegan-friendly options.

During Restaurant Week, Whole in the Wall’s fixed-price menu includes a three-course lunch for $15 and a three-course dinner for $25.

I came to the restaurant for a late lunch. Having arrived hungry, I was ready to start with an appetizer. Among the multiple soup options, or an offer of beer or a glass of house wine, I

went for the nonalcoholic route and chose Whole in the Wall’s signature creamy mushroom soup. It came out of the kitchen piping hot. I excitedly dunked my spoon into the bowl to and realized the soup was incredibly thick and creamy. The bowl of soup was relatively small, but it easily satisfied my hunger.

For the entree, I was given a tempting list of choices, including a pesto pita pizza, tostada and a mixed green salad. I opted for half a pita pocket, filled with hummus and vegetables. In addition to the hummus, adventurous eaters can also choose to stuff the pita pocket with an eggplant spread, falafel with yogurtsesame dressing or chicken with

homemade Russian dressing.

The crisp vegetables and zesty hummus felt light on my tongue, yet I found it to be surprisingly and happily filling.

Dessert was the highlight of the meal. On the suggestion of a friend, I selected the Raspberry Chocolate Chip Big Tease Brownie sundae for my final course — and I’m glad I did. The raspberry sauce was fresh, with large chunks of berries and a naturally sweet taste, while the brownie was dense and rich.

It was offset perfectly by the lightness of the vanilla ice cream and whipped cream piled on top of the dish. I savored every bite.

I left Whole in the Wall full and happy, impressed by its variety of dishes and welcoming

lettuce, tomatoes and onions on a roll. Gluten-free alternatives to the roll are also offered, but I opted for the bun. I went in with some skepticism that it would taste like the real thing, but one bite of the burger quickly convinced me; its taste and texture replicated a meat patty so well I almost wondered if I was actually eating beef. The burger was light, enjoyable and not too moist or dry. It came with a side of sweet potato fries, which usually aren’t my favorite type because of their softness, but they were pleasantly crispy and went well with the burger.

I easily decided on the funnel fries for dessert, topped with powdered sugar and served with sweet-heat sauce that could satisfy any sweet tooth. Mike’s order of cheesecake was not too sweet, topped with raspberry sauce and nestled in bread-like crust that he said reminded him of gingerbread.

If you’re a meat lover with vegan or vegetarian friends, or if you’re looking to unwind and relax with high-quality meals in a low-stress environment, Peterson’s Tavern should be added to your Restaurant Week list.

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BU Art Museum explores African American identity “not but nothing other” opened Thursday Marcus Budashewitz staff writer

This week, the Binghamton University Art Museum presented depictions of the difficulties of finding self-identity as a marginalized person with its newest gallery exhibition. The gallery, “not but nothing other: African-American Portrayals, 1930s to Today” opened on Thursday.

Titled after Fred Moten’s poem of the same name, the gallery’s pieces portrayed the long-winded African American struggle for the right to identity.

The central piece of the exhibit, a collection of shiny cymbals arranged low to the ground in the center of the museum floor, will immediately catch the eyes and ears of museum-goers.

“This piece is 37 cymbals arranged in a shell-like formation that goes off every 7 to 12 minutes, and it was designed by deceased artist Terry Adkins,” said Dr. Claire Kovacs, curator of the Binghamton Art Museum.

“It was made after a character named Bigger Thomas in the play ‘Native Son,’ who struggled with white America recognizing his humanity, and the cymbals symbolize one making their presence felt.”

On opening night, the exhibition displayed artwork from prominent artists such as Glenn Ligon and Emma Amos, but also included a poetry reading from local Binghamton resident Brenda Cave-James. Cave-James is also the co-founder of “Trav’lin

This Road,” a performance ensemble dedicated to preserving the past and present of the black American experience.

“Brenda was asked to make a poem in response to this exhibition, and there’s sort of a tradition of this type of poetry where it’s in dialogue with works of art,” said Kovacs. “I really think folks responded well to it, along with the Adkins piece it provided another layer of liveliness to the space.”

The event served as the most extensive display of AfricanAmerican artwork in the history of the BU Art Museum and drew a diverse group of attendees, according to Kovacs.

“I have never been to an opening here before because I’m new but I would say that it felt like a decent demographic mix of both students, faculty and staff and community members,” Kovacs said. “Keeping that balance is something we really want to keep going forward.”

Upon entering the museum, attendees were greeted by a pamphlet introducing the pieces of artwork, a schedule of upcoming BU Art Museum events and a QR code that provided a digital guide for the exhibition. The guide walks guests through the various pieces in the gallery beginning with Ligon’s “Runaways, 1993.”

Inspired by advertisements for escaped slaves, Ligon asked 10 of his friends to describe him and printed them onto lithographs for a runaway slave named Glenn.

The artwork addressed a number of topics ranging from the Harlem Renaissance to reimaginings of historical figures, such as Harriet Tubman.

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“not nothing but other” explores African American struggle for self-identity.

A piece titled “Harriet, 1975”

by Elizabeth Catlett displayed Tubman in a particularly empowering light. The portrait displays Tubman holding a rifle in one hand as she points freed slaves onward with her other hand.

Maeve Connolly, a junior majoring in integrative neuroscience, said the image reflects Tubman’s importance.

“I like that Harriet Tubman painting a lot — she looks larger than life,” said Connolly.

“Bigger than everyone else in the frame, I don’t think there’s any better way to depict such an important figure.”

Although this is her first month as curator of the Art Museum, Kovacs said that meshing the student community with the larger Binghamton

community through art is one of her goals.

“One of the things I’ve been brought on to do is to think about deeper engagement with students, so BU students thinking about the museum, the exhibition and everything else as places where they see themselves, ” said Kovacs. “Also, doing that in a way that connects the students to the community

because I think that the arts can be a gateway between the students and the community.”

The exhibition will remain open until Dec. 7. Additionally, on Sept. 25 at 6 p.m., Binghamton alumnus and celebrated actor, writer and director Reuben Santiago-Hudson will come to the Art Museum to discuss African-American portrayals in art and popular culture.

Pete Davidson takes over “HOTBOX 001” to showcase area’s electronic music scene the Osterhout Theatre SNL star winds down his college circuit Lakhsmi Chatterjee arts & culture intern

Every comedian that comes to perform at Binghamton University tends to have the same opening, talking about how the campus is in the middle of nowhere. Pete Davidson, however, took it to a new level when he said he would like to audition for one of our theatre productions, holding up a poster he found in his dressing room for the play “Bad Jews.”

“Are there open auditions? Do they just go to you like ‘you’re the worst Jew?’ I’m hanging this up in my basement,” Davidson said.

With that, the “Saturday Night Live” cast member kicked off an energetic comedy show at the Osterhout Concert Theater, which sold out on the day that tickets became available.

“He’s known for making pretty controversial jokes,” said Allison Suttenberg, a sophomore majoring in psychology who attended the show. “My friends and I wanted to see what he would say and we didn’t know what to expect.”

Dressed casually in sweatpants, a sweatshirt that said “pizza rat” on it and an FDNY baseball cap, Davidson did not stray away from performing unpolished material.

Early into his act, he stated that this was his second-to-last college show and that he was going to try new material out with the audience before filming a new comedy special.

“The problem with trying out new jokes is that most of them are not good,” Davidson said. “So just so you know, I know. I don’t want you to think I think I’m up here crushing it.”

One of the first jokes he told for the night was about R. Kelly, a piece he has done on the “Weekend Update” portion on “Saturday Night Live.” In it, he talked about how supporting the Catholic Church was as bad as listening to R. Kelly’s music. He took it up a notch, however, by jokingly claiming that the burning of Notre Dame was intentional.

“I think it was an inside job,” Davidson said. “It was a really old church, so I bet there was a lot of rape in there and someone burned it down to get rid of the evidence.

And then a billionaire came out of nowhere and was like ‘Oh no, the church burned down? Here

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are a million dollars to build a new one.’ When does that happen, ever? It never happens. My favorite vape shop burned down in Staten Island and no one ever rebuilt it. Nobody cares about Tommy’s Vapes and Smokes.”

At times, Davidson seemed to really enjoy being on stage.

He laughed to himself multiple times after telling jokes he liked and complimented the audience for being “chill,” mentioning how he “hadn’t had much luck at colleges recently.” He was referring to his previous show at the University of Central Florida, where he cursed out the audience for taking their phones out during the performance. Prior to this show, Jillian Pizzuto, comedy chair of the Student Association Programming Board and a senior majoring in Spanish, made an announcement that students were not allowed to use their phones in the theater.

Going on with the show, Davidson’s materials ranged from comparing Apple rental services to the mafia to stories about his father, a firefighter who died during the 9/11 attacks.

Brendan Hurley, a sophomore pursuing an individualized major, appreciated how honest yet funny Davidson was throughout the show.

“He was open about his life, struggles with social media and his father,” Hurley said. “He knocked it out of the park. I haven’t laughed so much in a long time.”

At the end of the show, Davidson did a Q&A session. Some asked about his time on Saturday Night Live and one student gave him a sweatshirt from the Rathskeller Pub. Austin Fox, a sophomore majoring in political science, came to the show because of his love for “Saturday Night Live” and said that the Q&A at the end was his favorite part, even after an audience member asked Davidson what his plans were for Wednesday, Sept. 11, the anniversary of his father’s death.

“Someone asked him what he was doing on Wednesday, which was so bad, but he responded pretty funnily after being thrown back,” Fox said.

Student, local DJs will perform at Cafe Oasis Ezra Beede

contributing writer

On Saturday, Downtown Binghamton bar and hookah lounge Cafe Oasis will explore the diverse history of electronic music as it hosts the first iteration of “HOTBOX.” “HOTBOX 001” is described by its producers as a series of live music parties showcasing the underground dance music scene in the greater Binghamton area. The show will run from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. and will feature three Binghamton University student DJs: Laurie Azoulai, a senior majoring in integrative neuroscience, under the DJ name “Ora Z,” Roni Pitkowsky, a senior majoring in electrical engineering, under the DJ name “DJ Tigerbalm” and Alena Rodriguez, a senior majoring in linguistics, under the DJ name “Bofa.” They will join Binghamton resident Jordan Masciarelli, under DJ name “Jordanmasc,” as the lineup for a night of original electronic tunes.

Returning students will recognize similarities between “HOTBOX 001” and WHRW 90.5 FM’s “Cafe O’Spacis,” a night of student-run electric dance music (EDM) DJ sets also held at Cafe Oasis. Although both events feature electronic music, Azoulai and Pitkowsky, who are both members of the radio station, said the origins of “HOTBOX” lie in Creativity Plus, an artistic collective of students who were interested in music and entrepreneurship. For years, the students worked with local community leaders to raise money for the Broome County Urban League, throwing parties at Cafe Oasis and Spotlight where they would play electronic music and donate their proceeds.

When the members of Creativity Plus graduated in spring 2017, they passed the group on to their like-minded friends, the founders of “HOTBOX.” “Before, they played a wide range of electronic music,” Azoulai said. “[For ‘HOTBOX’], we’ve narrowed it down to a more specific kind of house and techno music.

People think all electronic music

rose coschignano photo intern “HOTBOX 001” will aim to highlight student DJs and the roots of electronic music.

is EDM. It’s not EDM, it’s all the things that come before.”

Electronic music originated in disco and funk and received contributions from queer Hispanic communities in New York City, as well as African American communities in Detroit.

Pitkowsky noted electronic music’s rich complexity.

“It’s not as recent as EDM — there’s a rich history in this music,” Pitkowsky said.

Azoulai and Pitkowsky hope they can present their electronic concerts as an alternative to both fraternity parties and the Downtown bar scene.

“In smaller American cities, there’s a whole subculture of people who are into this kind of scene,” Pitkowsky said. “There’s stuff here, but you have to dig for it. We want to recreate club nights and bring

electronic club culture to students in Binghamton. There’s been an emotional weight to seeing the scene grow, and we helped grow it.”

The two hope that “HOTBOX 001” will be the first of many hotbox events to come, and they aim to plan larger events at different venues in the future.

However, if you want to be involved in a show, you may want to refresh your skills.

“We don’t want to sound exclusionary, but we have a very specific sound and vision in mind,” Azoulai said. “Come talk and get to know us — let’s see if you vibe with our style and complement our music.”

The live music of “HOTBOX 001” will take place at Cafe Oasis on 142 Washington St. this Saturday.

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SPORTS

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Men’s soccer defeated by Rutgers in high-scoring match Bearcats, Scarlet Knights combine for five goals Lance Kim

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Traveling to New Jersey to play an undefeated Rutgers team, the Binghamton men’s soccer team showed off its resilience, but fell 3-2 in a high-scoring matchup.

The Scarlet Knights (4-0) and the Bearcats (1-3) scored all five goals of the contest in the first half, with three coming in an 11-minute span.

“I thought we were very good tonight,” said BU head coach Paul Marco after the game. “Tonight was our best performance that we’ve had all year. We grew in the match, and we got better from the first whistle to the last whistle.

The outcome was disappointing, but we’re moving in the right direction quickly.”

The first goal was scored less than two minutes into play by Rutgers’ junior defender Vincent Borden after he bounced the ball into the Bearcats’ net. Junior midfielder Noah Luescher answered the goal with one of his own in the 23rd minute to continue his strong

start to the season, scoring his third goal in BU’s first four games.

“Noah was terrific on the first goal for us,” Marco said. “He’s a great teammate, one of our captains — certainly just shown great leadership.”

In the 30th minute, freshman midfielder Jackson Temple took the lead for the Scarlet Knights when he netted a goal off of a pass from freshman defender Chris Tiao. Shortly following, freshman forward Dan Mansfield fired the ball into the corner of the net to score the Bearcats’ second goal, and his first collegiate goal, off of a feed from freshman forward Matthew Cozetti. This equalized the match at 2-2 before the Scarlet Knights scored another at the end of the first half, giving the team a 3-2 lead at halftime that held for the remainder of the match.

Mansfield and Cozetti were just two of the five freshmen who started the game, and six of the Bearcats’ nine shots on goal came from freshmen — three from freshman defender Michael Bush. With such a large freshman presence, Marco sees this as an opportunity for the team to grow.

“We’re playing five to seven freshmen at one time,” Marco said.

“We’re playing a deeper roster right now, have a few guys banged up and a lot of new faces. Still trying to figure things out … The guys are embracing the moment and the experience, and they’re working their hardest.”

Despite being outshot by Rutgers, the Bearcats managed to put more shots on goal than their opponents by a tally of 9-7.

Rutgers capitalized on their set pieces, scoring their first goal in the second minute via corner kick.

For the go-ahead goal, Rutgers took advantage of another BU foul to bring the score to the final 3-2.

“We had moments to put the ball out of bounds, but we didn’t,” Marco said. “That gave them an opportunity. I think the biggest area is to keep pushing the group to manage moments in the game. We don’t really do too well right now after we score a goal.”

Prior to Tuesday night, the Bearcats and Scarlet Knights never played each other before. With the Big Ten team coming out on top, the Bearcats have an opportunity to improve throughout the rest of their nonconference slate. “[We’re] disappointed driving home right now with a loss, but have something to build on for next

week,” Marco said.

Binghamton’s next game is

scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 14 against Iona. Kickoff is set for 3

p.m. from Mazzella Field in New Rochelle, New York.

rose coschigano photo intern Freshman forward Dan Mansfield netted his first collegiate goal in a 3-2 loss against Rutgers.

Golf places 14th at Alex Lagowitz Memorial Invitational Binghamton struggles at second event of fall season Justin Zion

sports editor

The Binghamton golf team continued its slow start to the season last weekend at the Alex Lagowitz Memorial Invitational, hosted by Colgate University. After posting solid scores for the first two rounds of the tournament, the Bearcats struggled to find their game in the third and final round, dropping them down the leaderboard to a 14th-place finish out of 18 teams.

“We had a bad day,” said Binghamton head coach Bernie Herceg. “Some of our top players, they just didn’t play well. It’s tough to have that be our final round. I thought we were in an okay position coming into it — the guys felt good, [but] we didn’t play well.”

Unlike the opening

tournament, where the Bearcats’ scores were consistently middleof-the-road, Binghamton’s scores at Colgate were erratic, with its final round of 318 contrasting sharply with its scores from the first two rounds: 298 and 293, respectfully. The three-round total gave the Bearcats a plus-45 overall score for the weekend, with the final round being plus-30 alone.

“There [were] a few guys that didn’t putt well, and a couple of guys hit a couple of tee shots that weren’t as good as they could have been, and that escalated into a double bogey here and a double bogey there,” Herceg said. “It was a combination of the tee ball not being as solid, and the putting definitely hurt us, we didn’t have a good putting day either that day. It’s tough.”

The top scorer for the Bearcats was junior D.J. Griffiths, who finished in a tie for 12th place on the individual leaderboard. He shot a 220 over the course of the weekend, good

provided by bu athletics Junior D.J. Griffiths shot four-over-par and finished tied for 12th as the Bearcats’ top finisher at the Alex Lagowitz Memorial Invitational.

for four-above-par. Griffiths was also responsible for the best individual round for

Binghamton at Colgate when he put up a 71 in the second round, the only below-par round of any

Bearcat.

“D.J. had a pretty consistent, solid tournament,” Herceg said.

“It was good to see. It’s too bad that he didn’t finish as strong as he wanted in those last few holes, he could have came close to the top 10 — top five, even. His game looks good, it’s consistent, he’s putting well, so he’s looking good coming into the week.”

The first two rounds saw the Bearcats turn in solid performances, enough to place them well into the top half of the leaderboard. The team managed to capitalize on birdie opportunities on par-fives and the shorter par-fours while limiting its mistakes to single bogeys only. Between all five Bearcats, there were only three holes of double bogey or worse in the first two rounds.

In the third round, however, things began to unravel. The team scored fewer and fewer birdies, and the double bogeys began to pile up. Griffiths was

the only BU team member to score below 80 for the round.

The cumulative 318 was the highest-scoring round by any school at the invitational, resulting in the Bearcats’ 14thplace finish.

The Bearcats’ next invitational is the Cornell Fall Invitational, the final tournament before the Matthews Auto Collegiate Invitational, which BU hosts.

Herceg acknowledged that the team has a lot of work to do to improve on the team’s slow start to the season.

“Coming into the week, coming into Cornell, we’re working hard on some scoring shots and trying to get a little more consistent off the tee so our scores are better and we have a chance to compete a little bit more going into this week,” Herceg said.

The Cornell Fall Invitational takes place this weekend, starting on Saturday, Sept. 14 from the Robert Trent Jones Golf Course in Ithaca, New York.

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

On its face, week two of college football seemed like an unsurprising affair, but some of the results of this past weekend could have some major ramifications down the line. Here are the winners and losers for week two of college football: Winner: Mack Brown Mack Brown is only two games into his return to coaching, and he already has his men playing some inspired football. For the second straight week, North Carolina found itself down in the fourth quarter, this time to Miami (FL), but the Tar Heels (2-0) remained calm and collected on the ensuing drive, converting a fourth and 17 to eventually score with a minute left. Already, Carolina has won more games this year than it did all of last season. If Mack Brown and his team can keep this going, perhaps they can make some noise in the ACC’s relatively weak Coastal Division. It isn’t all roses for the Tar Heels; they’ve got No. 1 Clemson on their schedule, and No. 25 Virginia looks tough this year, but the change in leadership seems to be paying dividends thus far down in Chapel Hill.

Loser: Michigan No. 7 Michigan barely pulled

out a win at home against Army last Saturday, but they did not look good doing it. Army dictated the terms of the game, relentlessly running the ball and eating clock. Michigan’s main problems, though, came on offense, and many of these problems were self-inflicted. The Wolverines’ ball security issues from last week did not go away against the Black Knights (11), as the team fumbled the ball four times, losing three of them.

These turnovers proved to be very costly, giving Army a short field or robbing Michigan (2-0) of a redzone opportunity. This win will look good on Michigan’s résumé, since Army itself is a strong team, but there should be a lot of concern in Ann Arbor over how sloppy and ineffectual this team looks. Should the Wolverines play like this against Ohio State, then Michigan will be heading for another disappointing season.

And let’s be honest, how many more disappointing seasons can Jim Harbaugh afford to have at this point?

Winner: Jeff Monken’s analytics Anybody watching the broadcast of that Army-Michigan game heard Fox Sports’ Joel Klatt mention Army head coach Jeff Monken’s analytics at least 500 times. There was a reason for that, though, and that’s because they were working very well.

Instead of relying on his gut or his football sense to determine

when to go for it on fourth down, Monken relied on numbers and percentages based on distance and field position. The result? Army was 3-for-3 converting on fourth down in the contest. Monken’s approach to the game might be a bit too unconventional for the old-schoolers out there, but it did bring Army football back from the dead, and I wouldn’t be surprised if a struggling powerfive program tried to court his services in the near future.

Loser: The Pac-12 None of the Pac-12 football teams played in any games that grabbed national attention last week, but there were some late-night results on Saturday within the Pac-12 that could have College Football Playoff ramifications, and not in a way the Pac-12 will be happy about.

Two results specifically stand out: USC’s home thrashing of No. 23 Stanford and No. 14 Washington’s home defeat to Cal. The two losers of these games are perennial contenders for the Pac-12 title and a playoff spot, so to have these two teams damaged this early in the season is a major blow to the conference’s playoff hopes, especially when coupled with No. 16 Oregon’s collapse in week one.

All three of these teams will likely have to run the table to have a chance of qualifying, and they all still have to go through other tough, in-conference opponents, including each other. If none of them can escape unscathed, then

who is the Pac-12’s best hope of making the playoff? Utah? Please.

The Pac-12 has had a tendency over the past few years to produce several good teams, but no great teams — teams that beat up on each other and render all of them a tier or two below playoff contention. Based on the results so far, there is no

indication that this season will play out any differently.

Honorable Mention: Coastal Carolina In its third year in the FBS, Coastal Carolina finally has its first victory over a power-five program! Yes, that victory came against the very worst power-five program there is (Kansas), but

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it is still an achievement worth celebrating. And celebrate the Chanticleers did, by whacking a Jayhawks piñata to smithereens in the postgame locker room. Of all the postgame celebrations I’ve seen in my life as a sports fan, that ranks near the top of the list. As for Kansas, basketball season is almost here, I promise.

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“He was a special kid”

Calistus Anyichie remembered by teammates, coaches

provided by bu athletics Anyichie played high school basketball at St. Mary of the Assumption High School in Elizabeth, New Jersey.

provided by jonathan cohen Calistus Anyichie, a rising sophomore on the Binghamton men’s basketball team, died in a drowning accident in July.

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On July 14, 2019, tragedy struck the Binghamton men’s basketball team.

Calistus Anyichie, a rising sophomore on the team, drowned at a state park in Ithaca, New York, just a week into summer training.

The team was devastated by the loss of a talented player and a beloved teammate.

“He was a special kid, and he was special to our program,” said Binghamton head coach Tommy Dempsey. “To lose him so suddenly and so tragically was tough for everybody and continues to be. As we do our best to move forward with the healing process … we have to do it in a way that honors his life and what he meant to us, and then we just need to continue to be there for each other as we have throughout this process.”

Now, two months later, the team is still dealing with the grief of losing a teammate. As their emotional wounds heal, they are remembering the life Anyichie lived, both on and off the court, and the profound impact his life had on many.

“He really embodied what Coach Dempsey wanted all of the players to stand for.”

After progressing well throughout his first season as a Bearcat, Anyichie was expected to step into a starting role on the team as a sophomore. While the effect of his passing on team performance on the court this season is significant, the effect it had on his teammates and all of the student-athletes at Binghamton University is immeasurable.

“When you go through something like this, you realize it’s about so much more than winning and losing,” Dempsey said. “It was a very difficult experience and something we had to go through together, and it hasn’t been easy.”

As a freshman, Anyichie lived on campus with his classmates, including Sam Sessoms, Leo

Gallagher and Michael Besselink, who remain on the team. He was majoring in political science and hoped to be a diplomat.

“He was a great person,” Sessoms said. “He was always about giving back, helping others, always eager to learn. He really embodied what Coach Dempsey wanted all of the players to stand for, which is be respectful, be open-minded, ask questions and just be respectful. He never treated anybody differently, no matter the age, what year they were. He was trying to help everybody he could.”

Everyone who knew Anyichie remembers one thing about him above all: his smile. Sessoms, among others, noted how his smile, laughter and outgoing personality had a positive effect on everyone around him.

He described one of his early encounters with Anyichie, in which the two came to BU on an official visit together. Sessoms recounted going to a party with him, where Anyichie motivated Sessoms to be more outgoing, meet more athletes and talk to more girls.

Dempsey described Anyichie as caring and courteous, and said minor things such as clearing his plate after team dinners at the coach’s house left a lasting impression.

“This summer, the team, the coaches, you could tell everybody was just trying to get better at doing the things that Calistus did,” Sessoms said. “Individually, everybody acts a certain way, but I think after the incident happened over the summer, you could see everybody trying to be a better person. I think that’s the positive we took out of it.”

“He was just an incredible human being.”

Anyichie’s path to playing college basketball at Binghamton was untraditional, relative to most of his teammates. He was born in Nnobi, Nigeria, and came to America at the age of 14 to pursue a basketball scholarship.

He moved to Short Hills, New

“This summer, the team, the coaches, you could tell everybody was trying to get better at doing the things Calistus did.”

— Sophomore guard Sam Sessoms

Jersey during his freshman year of high school and enrolled at St. Mary of the Assumption High School.

Anthony Colletti coached basketball at St. Mary’s for 30 years, and retired after Anyichie’s senior season. He and Anyichie had a bond that lasted beyond their time as coach and player.

“I didn’t get to coach him when he first got here, because our season had just ended,” Colletti said. “He got here a little bit after the season his first year, so I got to see him play a lot during the [Amateur Athletic Union] season.

I was impressed with his agility.

He was a very good shot blocker, very raw talent.”

provided by bu athletics The Binghamton men’s basketball team and several athletics staff members were in attendance at Anyichie’s funeral.

together. He spent time with my family, my wife and my two kids.

He was just really a personal part of our family.”

Ochiaka is now a sophomore on the men’s basketball team at Loyola University Maryland.

Colletti was in attendance at the Events Center last December to watch Loyola take on the Bearcats, with the Greyhounds emerging victorious.

While playing basketball in high school, Anyichie established himself as a leader on the team, motivating his teammates and earning their respect.

“They all loved him — he would give up anything to win, he would do anything it took,

rose coschigano photo intern Anyichie, a 6-foot-9-inch forward, played in 32 games during his freshman season, including a strong performance in Binghamton’s playoff upset over Stony Brook last season.

Upon his arrival in New Jersey, Anyichie was reunited with a familiar face: Casmir Ochiaka.

Prior to coming to the United States, he and Ochiaka played basketball together and were close friends in Nigeria. The two continued their friendship as teammates at St. Mary’s and as foster siblings, living together with the same American legal guardian, Virginia Roriston.

“It was really a coach-to-player relationship at first,” Colletti said.

“It wasn’t until he graduated where our relationship became more personable. Once they graduated, we spent a lot of time

even if it required him not getting the minutes out on the court,” Colletti said. “He was a kid that would sacrifice a lot for the betterment of the team. He would put his personal feelings aside all of the time, that’s what made him so humble to everybody.”

Colletti noted similar sentiments to those echoed by those in the Binghamton program — Anyichie’s infectious personality left a lasting impact on his high school friends and teammates.

“The first time I met him, at the airport, he was smiling,” Colletti said. “I was thinking that he was

“One of his comments to me always was, ‘Coach, I made the right decision, I love Binghamton.’”

— Former St. Mary’s basketball head coach Anthony Colletti truly happy to be in America. His smile was electrifying.”

During Anyichie’s time in Binghamton, he kept in touch regularly with his high school coach. Colletti noted that during their FaceTime conversations, Anyichie was almost always hanging out with his teammates, and in many instances casually passed the phone off to one of them to carry on the conversation.

“One of his comments to me always was, ‘Coach, I made the right decision, I love Binghamton,’” Colletti said.

Center in New York during a team road trip in December 2018. Anyichie noticed a group of tourists that appeared to be paying attention to them and insisted to his teammates that they wanted to take a picture with the basketball players. He then nonchalantly approached them and asked if they wanted to take a picture with him.

“He was the type of guy that wouldn’t try to be funny, but him just going about his daily routine of life would just make other people laugh or smile,” Show said.

“Enthusiasm, passion, a learner, stylish and kind.”

“I learned a lot about the guys we have in the room.”

Anyichie’s infectious personality was also highlighted by former Bearcat J.C. Show, ’19, during a eulogy delivered at his funeral in New Jersey. The whole team was in attendance, as well as several other BU athletics staff members.

“I tried to come up with some words that could sum up my experience of Calistus, and how I remember him, and some of the character qualities that he had,” Show said. “If you followed the team last year, you got to know how kind he was to other people and just how he treated people.

He was always very enthusiastic, and it was contagious to everyone that he met.”

Anyichie’s lone season in Binghamton coincided with Show’s senior year. As a result, Show was able to watch Anyichie develop from a leadership position as one of the most experienced and respected players on the team.

“Even in the one year that we got to play with each other, he grew so much,” Show said. “He made major contributions on the court as far as his playing time increasing, and he continued to develop. I knew that he was going to continue to develop because of his work ethic and just how high his ceiling was.”

Off the court, Show recounted a particular story in which he and Anyichie, along with Besselink and Gallagher, went to Rockefeller

In the immediate aftermath of the tragedy, Anyichie’s legal guardian launched a GoFundMe to cover the costs of his funeral and the return of his remains to his family in Nigeria for burial. In total, 528 donors gave $28,501 to the fund. Among the contributors were several BU student-athletes, coaches, staff members and other athletics supporters.

“There’s a time to put your arms around each other and be there for each other,” Dempsey said. “I learned a lot about the guys we have in the room, who they are as people. I felt very proud of the group we had at this tough time.”

Anyichie’s remains arrived in Nigeria on Aug. 14, and he was buried in his hometown on Aug. 24.

There will be tributes to Anyichie held throughout the Bearcats’ upcoming campaign, with the details to be determined.

However, in the present, Dempsey’s team has to focus on moving forward, preparing for the season while remembering their fallen teammate and honoring his legacy in the program.

“His memory is going to be with us forever, but in the time that we put the uniforms on and take the court, [it’s important] that we try to make him proud,” Dempsey said. “We play for him, play for each other and use it to motivate us.”