Fall 2019 Issue 9

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BU students and community members hold signs as they urge Congress to take action regarding climate change at a demonstration on Friday.

Students, community members strike against climate change Rally joins millions of others worldwide on Sept. 20 Jackson Galati & Richard Jannaccio pipe dream news

Binghamton University students and community residents held a Climate Strike in Downtown Binghamton on Friday as part of a global event that

BPD uses grant for armored vehicle Community voices concerns over new $275K truck Lakhsmi Chatterjee & Vishal Mathew pipe dream news

A new BearCat has joined the Binghamton University family, and no, it is not a new student. In July, the Binghamton Police Department (BPD) received an armored truck called the BearCat G3 with a grant secured by New York State Sen. Fred Akshar.

According to a press release from Akshar’s office, the BearCat was manufactured by Lenco Armored Vehicles and is meant to be used by BPD’s SWAT team in emergency situations, such as hostage situations, barricaded subjects, recovery of downed officers or civilians, high-risk warrant raids and as a rescue vehicle during weather emergencies, including severe flooding.

The BearCat G3, according to Lenco Armored Vehicles’ website, sports allsteel armor construction and tactical features, and seats approximately 10 to 12 fully equipped officers. Robin Alpaugh, director of operations for Akshar, said the vehicle could also be used on campus in the event of an emergency, such as a mass shooting.

But not all members of the community are on board with the purchase. Kelvin Santiago-Valles, a professor of sociology at BU who researches the use of militarygrade weapons by local police forces and the issues it can raise, said he is concerned that the purchase of the BearCat G3 will have an adverse effect on marginalized communities.

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drew an estimated 600,000 protesters across the United States and 4 million worldwide, according to the U.S. Youth Climate Strike Coalition.

Speakers at the event warned that immediate action is needed to combat the existential threat posed by the effects of carbon emissions on global climate.

Dylan Feliciano, a senior majoring in philosophy, politics and law, was the event’s chief organizer and keynote

speaker. Feliciano and four classmates from the Rhetoric 450: Communication, Ethics & Social Action course worked together as a group to organize the event. The class requires students to act as social justice activists throughout the semester, where each student picks a cause important to them and incorporates projects throughout the course — Feliciano and his group’s focus being climate change.

“I want to organize it, but I can’t do it by myself,” Feliciano said, recalling when he first recruited his classmates. “So if anybody else is interested, come and see me after class, and we’ll talk about it.”

Feliciano and his group launched Friday’s strike using internet tools such as strikewithus.org to spread the word.

The result was a rally of more than 170 participants, many carrying signs, with the sound of honking horns signaling

support from passing vehicles, including a school bus. The strike took place at 15 Henry St. in front of a federal building that includes the regional office of Sen. Chuck Schumer.

Feliciano said the Climate Strike was not aimed specifically at Schumer, but at Congress in general. However, he said he chose Schumer’s office because it represents the highest level

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Restored art sculpture Women’s soccer wins unveiled at Peace Quad conference opener “Falling Man” restored as part of new Fine Arts exhibit Kaitlyn Hart & Ethan Knox pipe dream news

The Peace Quad is the new home of a sculpture created by former Binghamton University faculty member Ed Wilson, which was unveiled as a part of an art exhibition at the BU Art Museum in the Fine Arts Building.

The sculpture, titled “Falling Man,” was first installed on campus near Glenn G. Bartle Library in 1973, and

was severely damaged after several collisions with snow plows, incidents of student vandalism and overall weather damage. As part of the new “not but nothing other: AfricanAmerican Portrayals, 1930s to Today” exhibition, the sculpture was unveiled on Saturday morning.

BU President Harvey Stenger said in his unveiling speech that he was excited to see this piece of public art back on BU’s campus.

“Taking care of art is hard,” Stenger said. “No one took care of it. It was great that we had this opportunity —

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Binghamton scores three unanswered against Vermont Edward Aaron

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With the Binghamton women’s soccer team trailing 1-0 early in its conference opener against Vermont, junior midfielder Dora Hayes lofted a 30-yard strike perfectly over the head of the Catamounts’ goalkeeper, scoring an equalizer for Binghamton and helping the Bearcats (7-2-1, 1-0 America East) secure a 3-2 win over the Catamounts (2-5-1, 0-1 AE) in their conference

opener.

“I just went for it,” Hayes said. “I looked up and saw that I didn’t really have much pressure on me. I didn’t really feel like it. So I thought I’d go for it.”

After Vermont scored just six minutes into the game, Hayes’ goal launched a streak of three unanswered goals by the Bearcats.

“A beautiful strike from distance,” said BU head coach Neel Bhattacharjee.

“We were feeling a little bit down in terms of giving up a too-easy corner kick goal, so it was nice to get that back,

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Harpur alumni speak at annual TIER Talks Three lectures focus on impact after college Gitl-Yevgeniya Driker & Spencer Lubell pipe dream news

Three Harpur College alumni returned to Binghamton University for Homecoming Weekend with the goal of relaying stories of change they have brought to the world.

The talk, which was part of the BU Alumni Association’s TIER Talks series, was titled “Mission Possible: Alumni Changing the World.” It took place on Saturday in Lecture Hall 7 and featured Harpur College alumni working in varying fields. According to Steve Seepersaud, advancement communications manager for University Communications and Marketing, TIER Talks

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was created to keep graduates connected to the University.

“Since the Alumni Association created TIER Talks in 2014, the speaker series has leveraged distinguished alumni and faculty to address hot topics such as virtual and augmented reality, political polarization and the neuroscience of addiction,” Seepersaud wrote in an email. “The Alumni Association launched TIER Talks to meet the needs of Binghamton [University] graduates who wish to engage in meaningful lifelong learning and continue to experience the University’s rich intellectual content.”

The first speaker, William Schecter, ‘68, is a retired surgeon and professor emeritus of clinical surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. His talk, which was

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lucas peterka contributing photographer BU alumni William Schecter, ‘68, Svetlana Iyer, ‘03 and Nadia Rubaii, ‘91, relay stories of the change they have brought to the world as part of the Alumni Association’s TIER Talks on Saturday.

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Vestal Museum holds annual Haudenosaunee festival,

BU Acres offers food and fun at festival,

Contributing columnist Kate Turrell condemns for-profit volunteerism,

Cross country teams compete at Iona Meet of Champions,

Men’s soccer secures draw against Monmouth on homecoming,

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

Karma, meet hate mail FRIDAY, Sept. 13, 2:40 p.m. — Officers responded to a call from Transportation and Parking Services after the department said they received a threatening email from a 19-year-old male suspect. The email contained foul language and ended with, “I hate all of y’all. I hope karma gets you.” Officers made contact with the suspect, who apologized.

The suspect said he sent the message in the middle of the night after receiving an email from Transportation and Parking Services because he had gotten another parking ticket.

The suspect said he understood how his final sentence could be perceived as a threat, but did not mean it that way. Transportation and Parking Services declined to press charges and the suspect was issued a warning.

Anger management SATURDAY, Sept. 14, 1:04 a.m. — Officers responded to a call from Residential Life employees in Lehman Hall of Hinman College. The callers reported a broken lounge chair in the Great Room that appeared between 12 a.m. and 1 a.m. After reviewing

security camera footage, officers made contact with a 19-year-old male suspect. The suspect said the broken chair originated from his suite. The suspect broke the chair after becoming frustrated with a video game and then swapped the broken chair from his suite with an undamaged chair from Lehman Hall’s Great Room. The suspect admitted to breaking the chair and making the exchange. He was issued an appearance ticket for Vestal Town Court, where he was given community service and ordered to pay restitution for the damaged property.

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SATURDAY, Sept. 14, 1:57 a.m. — Officers responded to Broome Hall of Newing College after hearing reports about an intoxicated, 17-year-old male student. Upon arrival, officers spoke to the reporting party, who said he was approached by the student and was

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asked for help getting to the third floor. Once the student became aware that the reporting party was calling for the officers, the student ran away and dropped his wallet, keys, ID and phone. Officers recovered the student’s property and asked UPD dispatch for the room occupancy that matched the student’s ID. After being directed to the student’s dorm on the fourth floor, the student was not found in his room.

Officers noticed a room down the hall that was open. Officers knocked and found the student on the floor in a girl’s room. The female occupants of the room did not know the student, and said he stumbled into their room and passed out on the floor. Officers woke the student up and called Harpur’s Ferry. After an initial examination, the student refused further medical assistance. The student’s roommate told officers that he would keep an eye on him for the night.

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SATURDAY, Sept. 14, 4:20 a.m. — Officers observed and stopped a vehicle on West Drive operating without headlights on. While speaking with the driver, a 21-year-old male suspect, and the passenger, an 18-year-old female suspect, officers detected the odor of marijuana emanating from the vehicle. When the officers asked the driver for his license, the male suspect said he did not have it on him. Officers ran the suspect’s name and date of birth, and revealed that the he did not have a valid license. The occupants were asked to exit the vehicle, and the officers conducted a search. A jar of marijuana was found in the glove box, which the female suspect took ownership of. While searching the vehicle, officers also found a small, handgun-style BB gun in the back of the car, which is illegal to have on a college campus as part of the New York Education Law. The BB gun, which the male suspect said he was holding for a friend, was confiscated. The male suspect was ticketed for unlawful possession of a weapon and driving without a license. The female suspect was ticketed for unlawful possession of marijuana. Both will appear in Vestal Town Court.

Lecture series aims to connect alumni, BU alumni from page 1 titled “Academic Global Surgery: A Moral Imperative,” focused on his work at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences in Tanzania. Schecter said his goal is to help bridge the gap in medical care between high-income and low-income countries, and he has worked to create a place in which people living in low-income areas can receive high-quality care.

In his talk, Schecter said the principles of his Jewish faith helped lead him to work toward increased medical access in lowincome communities.

“In Leviticus, we are commanded to love our neighbors as we love ourselves

and not to stand idly by the blood of our neighbors,” Schecter said. “This is true for everyone.

How much more so is it true for those of us who actually have the education and the training to stop the bleeding.”

The second speaker was, Svetlana Iyer, ‘03, a behavior analyst who works with children with developmental disabilities.

When she moved to India in 2011, she said she discovered that India was sorely lacking in specialists in behavior analysis. In response, Iyer founded Stepping Stones Center (SSC) in Bengaluru, India, a school and intervention center for children with autism and other developmental disabilities.

According to Iyer, SSC was

not founded with the intention of causing any great degree of change, but merely to address the needs of the society around her.

“When we started Stepping Stones Center, it really wasn’t with a thought of making a huge difference or changing the world,” Iyer said. “It really started with one kid and with an intention to do something within my professional scope that will be impactful for that particular child and that family.

And then it grew organically — it really just evolved when more needs presented themselves, and we were able to find answers to those needs.”

The final speaker was Nadia Rubaii, ’91, who is currently a

professor of public administration at BU and co-director of the Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention (I-GMAP).

Rubaii’s talk, titled “Could You or I Prevent a Genocide? We Can and We Must,” focused on how anyone is capable of preventing mass atrocities. According to Rubaii, the solution lies in focusing on the consequences of everyday actions.

“We need to assume that nothing we do is neutral,” Rubaii said. “Everything has consequences. And our decisions and actions can either contribute to prevention or they can contribute to the increased risk of atrocity.”

The talk was attended by

alumni, faculty and staff. George Shafer, ‘68, chose to attend the talk based on the title, and said was intrigued to hear from fellow alumni.

“I’m open to whatever it is,” Shafer said. “I’m interested to hear what some people are doing to try and change the world right now and correct some terrible things that are going on in it.”

Another attendee, Steven Appel, ‘72, said he attended because he was interested in the global scale of the speakers’ experiences.

“I expect[ed] to hear three well-traveled, well-accomplished people talking about their experiences around the world,” Appel said.

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Protesters demand change in local climate policies strike from page 1 of government with a presence in Binghamton, adding that the effort to demand action by Congress must be ongoing.

“We will take action, and we will be victorious,” Feliciano told the cheering crowd Friday.

Michael-Luca Natt, a junior majoring in environmental studies and one of the four original organizers of the event, said he was dismayed at the general lack of awareness on campus about the worldwide climate demonstrations.

“All around the world, people are coming out together, 1.4 million in Germany alone, and yet I’ll go around campus and ask people about climate change and they’re like, ‘What? What is that?’,” Natt said. “And I’m like, ‘How do you not know that? It’s happening all around the world.’”

For Feliciano, an immediate concern is to assist people already harmed by storms and floods.

Furthermore, he said the federal government must help those who will have to change jobs and careers as a new economy based on investing in solar and wind energy replaces the one dependent on multibilliondollar subsidies to the fossil fuel industries. He said he intends to continue with future strikes to get results.

The global movement evolved from a weekly solo protest by one Swedish teenager, 16-year-old Greta Thunberg, who skipped school every Friday last year to protest in front of the Parliament House in Stockholm, holding a sign in Swedish that translates to “School strike for the climate.”

Since then, the young activist has been carrying her message around the world, influencing

Binghamton protesters joined in an international strike against climate change on Friday.

the creation of Friday’s global strike of 4 million people, which coincided with Thunberg’s appearance in New York City to speak at the United Nations Climate Action Summit.

Feliciano said he is a

proponent of the Green New Deal, which includes measures to combat power dynamics, as people who are extremely wealthy can pollute almost with impunity.

“They have the power to move the levers of government, such

as by bankrolling campaigns to elect government officials who will deregulate, lower emission standards and allow more pollution,” Feliciano said.

Although students organized this strike, older adults were also

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represented. Tina Logerfo, 59, of Newark Valley, said climate change is a main factor in her voting decisions.

“It’s the number-one priority I’m voting on, what’s going on with our climate,” Logerfo said.

“It’s important to all ages, not just the young.”

Owen Jarrold, 22, of Apalachin, said climate change could lead to the end of humanity. Despite this, Jarrold said there is hope in local communities.

“If I had to put it into words, it’s kind of like a fear, like an anxiety — just worrying about what the future holds,” Jarrold said. “I think it’s important to start small with local governments, with who’s representing your city and people who have [environmental] interests in mind. It’s easy to get overwhelmed, but we can set an example.”

Ryan Martin, Schumer’s deputy regional director, came out of the building as the strike was dispersing, thanked the strikers for expressing their concerns and said he would take their message back to the senator.

Martin also referred demonstrators to Schumer’s Twitter account, which had a video of the senator talking about his grandson and expressing concern about the future, but did not advertise any climate change legislation that he is currently drafting or supporting.

Next week, another climate change protest will take place in Downtown Binghamton.

Organizer expect a larger turnout to occur at a Climate Strike event on Friday, Sept. 27 at the Peacemaker’s Stage, as middleschool and high-school students plan to join with University students and community activists to raise awareness of the severity and urgency of climate change and the need for immediate remedial action.

Editor’s note: Copy Desk Chief Lia Berger assisted in organizing Friday’s Climate Strike and did not contribute to this article.

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anastasia figuera staff photographer BU’s art and design department unveils a sculpture in the Peace Quad by former faculty member Ed Wilson, titled “Falling Man,” as part of the new “not but nothing other: African-American Portrayals, 1930s to Today” exhibition at the BU Art Museum.

Sculpture restored, moved following years of damage sculpture from page 1 with the new grant that we have, with the new exhibition we’re showing — to stand up this old piece of art, renovating it, bringing it back to its original condition and presenting it to folks here on this Homecoming Weekend.”

Ronald Gonzalez, overseer on the renovation and a professor of art and design, and Jim Spano, ‘78, a freelance visual culture conceptualist from Endicott, said the placement of the sculpture on the Peace Quad hopes to avoid the hazards that decommissioned it in the first place.

“The sculpture can be in close proximity to the Art Museum and in an area where nothing can compete with it too badly,” Gonzalez said.

“Also, now we won’t have the same issues with the location.”

Wilson, who passed away in 1997, chaired of the art and design and art history departments at BU. Other works of art by Wilson,

including “Cybele,” “Minority Man #1” and a preparatory drawing titled “Study for Minority Man #1,” are also on display at the BU Art Museum.

Some of Wilson’s works are featured in other parts of the country, from Baltimore to Downtown Binghamton.

According to Diane Butler, director of the BU Art Museum, visiting “Falling Man” may surprise those who knew the sculpture in the past, since it looks different today.

“It had a different appearance,” Butler said.

“When it was repaired, it was also repatinated to be with a little more of a dull finish.

It’s very difficult to get the shiny finish back, but also, Ed Wilson was aesthetically in dialogue with Henry Moore, whose sculpture we have in the Memorial Courtyard, and this kind of finish is very Henry Moore-like.”

With the unveiling of “Falling Man” and the exhibition, the BU Art Museum and the Wilson family said they hope to attract community

members and students alike to a greater understanding and respect of the minority voice.

Craig Wilson, Ed Wilson’s son, said he was grateful for Gonzalez for continuing his father’s work at the University.

“I’m very pleased that Ron Gonzalez has kept up my father’s work throughout the years and restored this sculpture,” Craig Wilson said. “It’s important for this sculpture to be out at the University.

It’s important for students to see art and to appreciate it. So, hopefully, this piece can inspire students to come into [the] Fine Arts [Building], or to at least embrace art.”

Other events during the exhibition, which ends on Dec. 7, include a discussion about African American portrayals with Binghamton alumnus Ruben Santiago-Hudson, ‘78, and a community sing-along with Ysaye Maria Barnwell, a former member of the allfemale, African American a cappella group, Sweet Honey in the Rock.

“Obtaining this kind of hardware only further militarizes the duties of law enforcement personnel, which places at even greater risk those vulnerable civilian populations already bearing the brunt of police abuse and violence, [such as] poor people and people of color,” SantiagoValles wrote in an email.

Estelle Garrett, a student of Santiago-Valles and an undeclared sophomore, noted that having vehicles like this can also affect public perception of police officers.

“It both gives police officers more physical force they can exert, which at least causes worries, but also it creates a more combative idea in the officer’s head that this is some sort of war or fight, rather than understanding that police officers should ideally be there to protect the public and not act as if they’re in a war zone,” Garrett said.

Rather than feeling more safe, Garrett said she would likely be scared if she saw the BearCat G3 on campus.

“Either there’s a reason for it to be around campus, in which case I’m scared, because why do we need this thing,” she said. “There must be something terrible going on, or there isn’t a reason for it to

be on campus. I’m scared, because we suddenly have this very forceful piece of machinery around that can be used incorrectly.”

The vehicle was purchased for $275,000 with a State and Municipal (SAM) Facilities Grant. The money for the grant program is allocated in the state budget and put aside for members of the New York State Legislature to aid municipalities.

Additional funds from the grant went to support approximately 40 different projects in Akshar’s district, including improvements to the Jewish Community Center of Binghamton.

According to Benji Federman, district coordinator for Akshar, the purchase of the BearCat G3 was a product of discussions between Akshar, Mayor Rich David and BPD Chief Joseph Zikuski.

“The senator had said we want to be helpful,” Federman said. “And when the city leaders said this is an area where you could be helpful, the senator was happy to provide that funding to them.”

Before the vehicle was publicly unveiled at a press conference in July, the BearCat G3 was used to defuse a situation involving drugs.

According to Alpaugh, there was a standoff between a man barricaded in a house and BPD, and the BearCat G3 was used to create a

hole through the house. Afterward, the man surrendered peacefully, and no one was hurt.

“Those are the kind of things that it can be used for, you know, with the drugs in the community,” Alpaugh said. “There’s no end to the kind of uses that it can do, you know, to defuse a situation, to open up a house that somebody has barricaded themselves in.”

Still, others say someone will eventually get hurt without cause. Roderick Douglass, social media coordinator for Progressive Leaders Of Tomorrow (PLOT), an advocacy group that has pushed for police reform in Binghamton, wrote in an email that the BearCat G3 puts the community in danger, as it is a military-grade vehicle and a “tool of war.” According to Douglass, when these vehicles and weapons are publicly displayed by law enforcement, it instills fear in residents.

“Many members of the community are frightened,” Douglass wrote.

“It’s an intimidation tactic used by the police, and they do this intentionally when announcing these units. They want community members to fear the police. And it’s working.”

BPD could not be reached for comment.

provided by the new york state senate Binghamton Police Department’s Metro SWAT Team members and Sen. Fred Akshar stand with the department’s new BearCat, an armored truck that will be used in emergency situations.

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Working your way through college isn’t possible anymore Students’ financial burden can only be eased through institutional reform Miranda JacksonNudelman Contributing Columnist

The bygone era of our parents’ higher-educational endeavors is over, but unforgotten. Today, the idea that someone working 40-hour weeks throughout college can both pay their tuition and comfortably live on their remaining income is unrealistic. More than that, it’s a highly damaging lie perpetuating the insurmountable debt crisis for college students in America.

Going to college is often posed as a necessity if we students mean to do anything worthwhile with our lives, and is supposedly the rightful passage to a financially secure future. Although working throughout college is a widely accepted and traditionalist norm, its admirability undermines the dedication it requires. Juggling academia, work and social relationships, students don’t have the time to be working 40-hour weeks during the semester without it effectually interfering with their

studies or exhausting them.

Additionally, the idea is simply more applicable to a previous generation. In the past, it hasn’t been unusual to hear of parents saving money toward their children’s college funds, yet more recently, rising tuition costs have caused parents to be less inclined to do so. Parents have a more realistic perspective regarding the current tuition costs plaguing our generation, which are far from the amounts they paid for their college ventures. In 1982, students paid an average tuition of roughly $1,140 a year to attend a public, fouryear institution. With room and board, that number could reach around $3,400. Almost 40 years later, the average tuition for that same education has reached over $10,000, and including room and board, the total fees can extend past $26,000.

These prices reflect a more than 200-percent increase in the average price of tuition, while dually obscuring the fact that tuition is just one aspect of the financial burden imposed by colleges. The cumulative cost of books, general transportation, miscellaneous

living expenses, groceries or ready-made meal plans, along with required health insurance and petty costs hidden within our bills are all further exacerbated by on-campus residence. It’s no wonder why our generation faces record amounts of student debt, as student loans currently make up the largest category of non-housing debt in America. Unfortunately, this is only part of the problem that society and the higher educational system have rigged against us.

We’re past the age where working part-time throughout college is sufficient enough to cover all the fees attached to the experience, let alone live comfortably. As a college education becomes more crucial for economic opportunity than ever before, despite its rising costs to attend, the institutional system requires a restructuring in its entirety to make it not only more accessible to all, but more realistic.

To put it plainly, the minimum wage is simply not enough to survive on, especially for college students, who are often in desperate need of unabridged financial dependability and faced with a continuously building

number of bills. If you choose not to live in available housing on the college campus itself, finding local housing becomes your best option. Paying rent on a minimum wage salary is no easy feat, as the affordable housing crisis has reached a critical level. Today, minimum wage will be unable to cover the rent of a one-bedroom apartment almost anywhere in America, and nowhere in the country can it cover the rent of a two-bedroom. Merely increasing the modern minimum wage isn’t a straightforward fix because it increases the competition between individuals vying for the same employment opportunities.

This is especially difficult as the competition for the limited number of minimum wage jobs can be rampant within college towns, and even more so on campuses themselves.

Federal Work-Study (FWS) programs provide part-time employment opportunities for students, although they do not lower the actual price students pay toward school. However, FWS programs are comprehensively underfunded and have yet to

keep up with changing times and newfound economic necessities of students. Besides their inadequacy to cover the costs of college tuition in 2019, the whole system of federal monetary allocation prioritizes long-established private schools. As a result, public fouryear institutions and community colleges that actually cater to those from low-income backgrounds get less funding per student than private universities. A high-income student at a private four-year college becomes more likely to qualify for work-study than those already struggling financially, effectively missing the mark in providing employment opportunities to those needing it most. As dismal as these potential occupations and earning possibilities currently stand, they may soon become even worse, as their funding is being threatened under President Donald Trump’s proposed education budget. Further damaging an already flawed system, it would cut work-study funding in half and end crucial loan forgiveness initiatives.

Faced with off-campus renting hardships, towering tuition fees and insufficient minimum

wages, universities and the government must understand the current financial burdens on students and do more. A congressional fix rewriting the rules on how universities receive funding could challenge the contemporary status quo and increase the likelihood of lowincome students receiving FWS. Moreover, the Higher Education Act, a comprehensive bill regulating just about everything related to the college experience and its exhaustive expenses, has yet to be updated since 2008. It’s clear the plethora of financial acquisition problems plaguing college students can’t be confronted by merely balancing employment and school. The whole institutional framework has to be refashioned at its core to make college a reasonable investment without incredible indebtedness. At the very least, we must all recognize how impractical the traditionalist normalcy of “putting yourself through school” has become.

Miranda Jackson-Nudelman is a junior majoring in political science.

“Voluntourism” doesn’t help those in need Paying to volunteer abroad can do harm to local communities Kate Turrell Contributing Columnist

We’ve all seen it. Someone you’re friends with on Facebook or someone you follow on Instagram made a post about traveling to another country to do volunteer work. These trips usually include heartfelt pictures with local children and lengthy Instagram captions speaking to the lifechanging impact of volunteering.

This type of tourism has become popularly and academically called “voluntourism,” a term that refers to the trend of wealthy Westerners — voluntourists — traveling to “developing” countries to vacation while participating in some kind of community service work.

This community service usually consists of unskilled labor, as

most volunteers have no training, and only lasts for the duration of the vacation, usually one or two weeks.

Highlighting just how lucrative voluntourism has become, some tourists are willing to pay thousands for the opportunity to volunteer abroad. Unfortunately, because of its potential for profit, voluntourism rarely provides any meaningful changes for the local communities. As such, it is urgent that we become more critical of voluntourism as it works to enforce global inequities.

It is a fact that voluntourism would not exist and would not continue to exist without the global force of neoliberalism.

Neoliberalism, a politicaleconomic dogma that endorses limited regulation and little state intervention, has a huge role in contemporary global inequalities.

In this way, the inequalities that

exist between countries and enable tourists to travel to impoverished countries as volunteers is heavily dependent on the continuation of neoliberalism. An article in the Journal of Sociology by Nichole Georgeou and Colleen McGloin describes this phenomenon by writing, “Indeed, while globalized neoliberal capitalism continues to produce growing inequality, there will be increased ‘opportunities’ for voluntourism.”

Not only is voluntourism heavily reliant on the maintenance of inequality, it is also highly profitable, which incentivizes the maintenance of these inequalities.

Georgeou and McGloin explain, “The neoliberal process of privatization and contracting out commodifies the activity of ‘doing development.’

Voluntourism companies sell a ‘development’ experience to consumers by appealing to their desire to ‘make

a difference.’” Samantha Nutt, in a documentary by NowThis News on volunteer tourism, revealed some tourists pay upwards of $10,000 to volunteer. Tourists will pay Western companies for these volunteering opportunities, which means that local people rarely see any of the profits made off of their inequality. In this way, voluntourism follows the profit.

Voluntourism experiences are not designed to make meaningful changes — they are designed to make Western tourists feel good and boost their résumés. As such, voluntourism does very little to help local people and most often actually inflicts great harm.

In a myriad of ways, voluntourism maintains global inequalities in ways that only harm local people. One of the most distressing examples of the harm caused by voluntourism is in the case of orphanages. As

Jacob Kushner of The New York Times describes, orphanages are often kept purposefully squalid to guilt tourists into donating more money. Kushner writes that research “ … has found that ‘orphan tourism’ — in which visitors volunteer as caregivers for children whose parents died or otherwise can’t support them — has become so popular that some orphanages operate more like opportunistic businesses than charities, intentionally subjecting children to poor conditions in order to entice unsuspecting volunteers to donate more money.” Furthermore, there is immeasurable emotional damage caused to the children living in these orphanages, as they continue forming bonds with tourists who abandon them.

While voluntourists travel to developing countries with the hopes of having an authentic

“helping” experience, these trips are specifically designed to please the tourists with little to no regard for the local people who are supposed to be receiving help in this transaction. In most cases, the work of voluntourists is either completely ineffective or extremely damaging. To actually help create stability and success for those in developing countries, it would be much more worthwhile to spend the money and energy toward dismantling neoliberalism and its enmeshed inequalities. Beyond this, we need to hold our friends and family members accountable for the ways they may be shaping these very global inequalities. Next time you’re browsing social media, think about the human impact of that voluntourist photo before you hit the like button.

Kate Turrell is a senior doublemajoring in sociology and women, gender and sexuality studies.

Binghamton University isn’t just a premier public Ivy Countless comparisons to other schools devalue BU’s standing Madelaine Hastings Contributing Columnist

Other than the throngs of people in the Events Center, I remember very little about this year’s Binghamton University Admitted Students Open House. I do, however, distinctly remember a moment where I was sitting next to my dad in the green plastic seats, listening to a particularly energetic speaker introduce the University to the crowd in the stands. He glossed over BU’s academic standing, and began making a comparison

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between the University and another on the West Coast: University of California, Berkeley. The crowd stirred and I shot my dad an eye roll.

I don’t remember the rest of the speech, but it must’ve been inspiring and educational, because here I am, a first-year student at BU. But ever since my arrival, I’ve heard this same sentiment — this equivalency drawn between BU and some elite university with gobs of academic clout echoed everywhere.

I’ve heard BU described as “the Harvard of the SUNY system,” as the place where those who are too frugal or too relaxed to attend Cornell University go, seeking haven as a member of the list of

“public Ivies.”

If I hear someone assign the phrase “premier public Ivy” to BU without a hint of irony, I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to suppress the scowl that appears on my face. It’s not that I take issue with fellow students and staff being proud of the impressive national standing of our school. BU is the highest-ranked university in the SUNY system, sliding into 79th place in the 2020 U.S. News and World Report’s “Best National Universities” list. Within New York state, and even in neighboring states, BU is a recognizable name with a solid academic reputation.

It’s no secret that the University attracts students who are sharp, with a tendency toward both

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scholarship and practical decisionmaking when it comes to the price tags of higher education.

My distaste for drawing parallels between the University and other excellent universities is derived from the fact that it shifts the focus away from our own accomplishments and offerings as a school and as a community. Instead, we appear desperate to appease popular sensibility by cramming ourselves next to schools steeped in legend and prestige. In claiming that our halls are a few green sprigs short of being ivy-covered, we abandon our identity as a federally funded university that seeks to provide students with a highquality education — downplaying

the opportunities for growth and learning special to the BU campus.

Relying on these equivalencies to convince others of BU’s value as a university is not only a weak rhetorical strategy, but a poor marketing technique. Anyone in search of a premier university can easily access that U.S. News and World Report “Best National Universities” list and see that there are many schools, 79 to be exact, of equal or higher academic and cultural reputation. But those schools don’t have the same things we do. For example, they don’t have a nature preserve that stretches more than 180 acres on campus and is easily accessible to students. They also don’t have

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Frankly speaking, we are not the counterpart to UC Berkeley, Harvard or even Cornell. We are Binghamton University and we exist outside the realm of uber-selective, uber-expensive universities. We are our own school, with our own exhaustive lists of academic and cultural activities, so we need to start acting and talking like it.

Madelaine Hastings is a freshman double-majoring in English and economics.

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Vestal Museum highlights Haudenosaunee culture Festival focuses on matrilineal society Patrick Earns

assistant arts & culture editor

On Saturday, the Vestal Museum explored the rich Native American history of its surrounding area in “The Power of Haudenosaunee Women,” a festival running from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with free admission.

The festival offered a diverse assortment of exhibitions to enjoy, including comprehensive history lessons on the contributions of Haudenosaunee women, artifacts such as baskets weaved from black ash trees, an opportunity to try traditional corn soup and a performance by dancers from the Onondaga Nation reservation near Syracuse.

The name “Haudenosaunee” refers to the alliance of six Native American nations that is more commonly referred to as the Iroquois Confederacy.

Because Iroquois is a word derived from French that was first used by European settlers as a derogatory term, the members of the Confederacy choose to call themselves Haudenosaunee, roughly translating to “People of the Long House.”

The event was the Vestal Museum’s third-annual festival celebrating Haudenosaunee culture. Each year, the festival attempts to spread awareness on a different theme. While the first year featured the history of lacrosse and the second year focused on seed saving, this year’s exhibitions highlighted the importance of women in the traditionally matrilineal society.

“We wanted to celebrate Native American culture,” said Tracy

Hanna, museum clerk at the Vestal Museum. “There is a long history of the Iroquois living in the area before Europeans came, so I thought it was important to learn more about their culture and celebrate it.”

Hanna stressed the importance of matriarchs in Haudenosaunee society.

“Women owned the property, they owned the children, a man would move into a woman’s

family’s home when they got married,” Hanna said. “It’s a very pro-woman culture.”

Fliers displayed inside the museum further emphasized the role of Haudenosaunee women in maintaining the structure of their society, from their roles as peacemakers in conflicts between Native peoples and Europeans, to their political power in choosing and legitimizing the chiefs of each clan. The exhibitions

also discussed the inspiration that pioneering American feminists such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott took from Native tribes and their gender relations.

Cherese Wiesner-Rosales, director of the Vestal Museum, referenced the common creation myth in Haudenosaunee culture as another representation of the centrality of the matriarchs.

“Women are the seeds in

that culture — they represent so much,” Wiesner-Rosales said. “The whole creation story starts with the Sky Woman who fell through the sky and started Earth on land.”

Despite the event’s theme and focus, there were broader demonstrations of Haudenosaunee culture, including a documentary on the history of lacrosse. Alf Jacques, an Onondaga Nation resident,

ariel kachuro photo editor Vestal Museum celebrated Haudenosaunee culture and history during the Haudenosaunee Festival. This year, the festival focused on women’s contributions to Haudenosaunee heritage.

tabled outside of the museum with several dozen lacrosse sticks and balls of radically different sizes and shapes. Jacques, a stick maker and educator, said part of his job is to explain that lacrosse has a long and varied history depending on the region of the country it was played in.

“People don’t know how old the game is, people don’t know that there’s a two-stick game, people don’t know there’s a Great Lakes style,” Jacques said.

“How old the game is and how widespread it is, with all the differences, it’s still stickball.”

Jacques noted that the sport is commonly misperceived as violent, but dispelled that notion as a myth. He focused on the religious ceremonies that were an important part of lacrosse in nearly every region, despite other differences in the game’s style.

“A lot of the misconception goes right back to it being a war game — you know, those savage, brutal Indians who kill people, right?” Jacques said. “It’s a game, okay? Catch, throw the ball, score, play a game with religious content. This never became a weapon, it was never weaponized.

That’s important.”

Wiesner-Rosales said the key component of the event was emphasizing that the Haudenosaunee are not just a historical curiosity, but a thriving culture that still exists today.

“What we want to do is celebrate Haudenosaunee culture,” Wiesner-Rosales said.

“We want to show the history, but also show the living and breathing society that’s here right now. People are living a really beautiful life … and we can learn from them, and it’s wonderful they share their culture.”

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HPC’s 40th anniversary unites the past and present Reunion showcases club’s history, progress Kyle Reina

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Celebrating its 40th anniversary over the weekend, the Hinman Production Company (HPC) has been a staple of Binghamton University’s theatre scene since its inception.

When it was initially founded, the student theatre organization was one of two options for students to get involved in theatre, along with the University’s theatre department.

Although similar organizations have since developed at BU, HPC still maintains its unique presence on campus.

The group held festivities on Saturday with a three-part schedule. The day included a gathering in the Hinman Commons, a party at the homecoming tailgate in the Events Center parking lot and cocktails and hors d’oeuvres for students and alumni at the end of the night.

The initial meeting also included a tour of the HPC’s storage space, where sets from previous productions were showcased.

“It is definitely a reunion, as it’s about bringing people together to see old friends and share old memories,” said Kevin Wallace, public relations officer for HPC and a senior doublemajoring in computer science and mathematics.

“We’re opening up our performance, rehearsal and storage spaces for people to see what kind of sets we’ve worked on, how we have grown our technical capabilities, how our administrative space has changed and essentially how the times have changed.”

Through its wide array of productions and different styles of directing, HPC has transformed since it first began and alumni have noticed the organization’s growth.

“Obviously a lot of work has gone into the handbills and the production value is just astonishing,” said Tony Toluba, ’82. “I suspect that over the years there have been lessons learned and a lot of energy has been put in and they have done the best they could do.”

Alumni also noted that the addition of social media has transformed how current and past members interact.

“You get the benefit of having an online presence, which we did not have … at the time,” said Margo Ball, ’84. “Like I was able to look up the Facebook page and look at the profiles of the actors on the program letter.

Because of those things, I think

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Hinman Production Company celebrated its 40th anniversary during Homecoming Weekend.

they have more ground they can cover.”

Wallace said the anniversary was an opportunity for current members to learn from HPC alumni, whether it be insight into past positions on the club or advice on careers in theatre after college.

“If any other former public relations officers are coming, I can ask what they may have done in the past to outreach more to other clubs and how they went about their job, because it is nice to pick up tips and tricks from people who have done the job before,” Wallace said. “It’s also a networking opportunity in that sense, to see people that you share this connection with. I know a lot of people who are excited to talk to alumni who came out of this club and went on to become real people after college and see how their experiences with HPC helped

them as a full person when they got out of college.”

According to Wallace, one of the basic principles of HPC is the value of the bonds it has created among its actors and members, and the anniversary reunion was the perfect opportunity for past members to relive their times in the club.

“One of the Hinman Production Company’s roots is that we are more than just a production company — we are a family outside of that,” Wallace said. “All of these people that are coming back, they are not coming back just to see people that they have done shows with because theatre is fun, which it is … you can do theatre anywhere.

You can do community theatre or go professional on Broadway, but the people you meet in certain places you can only find in those places, and that is where we fit right in.”

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Third-annual BU Acres Fall Festival welcomes the harvest Guests enjoy local food and carve pumpkins Marcus Budashewitz staff writer

Pumpkin carving, homegrown squash and musical accompaniment by acoustic guitar dominated Binghamton University Acres’ third-annual Fall Festival from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. Located on Bunn Hill Road at the BU Acres campus gardens, BU students and locals alike gathered to appreciate some natural food in the midday sun.

Festivalgoers were greeted by an arrangement of food including veggie burgers, handpicked Asian pears and zucchini bread.

Attendees had the opportunity to carve pumpkins, paint their own reusable canvas bags or simply relax on a bale of hay while members of the Guitar Club strummed away.

While the events may be enticing, organizers at BU Acres said the off-campus location meant that some students may not be willing or able to make the trip. In an effort to increase accessibility, the festival provided a shuttle from campus

every 20 minutes. Teresa Liu, a junior majoring in business administration and the president of IDEAS (Intellectual Decisions on Environmental Awareness Solutions), said the organizers had difficulty creating publicity for the festival.

“Not a lot of people know about this whole circle of organizations and we’ve been trying to fix that,” Liu said. “I’m also a core member at the Food Co-op and we’ve been working together to make a group chat with like-minded organizations to share events and promote each other.”

Constantly working the grill, organizers made sure red onions, zucchini and garlic were cooked to serve fresh from the garden while attendees harvested their own potato with pitchforks.

According to Ava Glasser, ‘19, events like these allow for small amounts of food to be served, since BU Acres doesn’t have the supply to operate as a business .

“The main goal of the farm is teaching instead of necessarily selling the food,” Glasser said.

“It’s just to show people what we can do with the land that we have. Like come get a piece of squash — it came from 50 feet next to you.”

Sean Cummings, manager

of BU Acres, said while many students have a desire for more locally grown food on campus, the sheer quantity of people means that supply can’t keep up with demand.

“People want to know why there’s not more local food served on campus,” Cummings said. “Well, the strange thing is not that there isn’t more local food, the strange thing is that there’s 60,000 people living in one square mile. When you think about the complexities of the food system, you can’t

disregard these larger issues.

If you were trying to source all the food locally, you wouldn’t be able to.”

In an era where discussions of going green and eating sustainably are more prevalent than ever, BU Acres offered an opportunity to get back to more natural agriculture.

Yelena Keller-Wyman, a junior double-majoring in economics and philosophy, politics and law, said the event reinforced her desire to go green.

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Sophomore Aziza Chigatayeva placed fifth out of 163 competitors in her first race of Binghamton’s cross country season.

Cross country teams race at Iona Meet of Champions Chigatayeva finishes fifth in first event of season Joe Tonetti

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Sophomore Aziza Chigatayeva proved to be tough competition at the Iona Meet of Champions, where the Binghamton men’s and women’s cross country teams competed Friday. Chigatayeva took fifth place out of 163 runners in the women’s race and led the BU women to a ninth-place finish out of 16 teams.

Binghamton head coach Annette Acuff was impressed by

Chigatayeva’s race, commending a promising performance by the sophomore, who ran a time of 18:07 in the women’s 5K race.

Chigatayeva was named America East Cross Country Rookie of the Year last season, and followed that up with a standout showing in the track season last year. Acuff called her early performance “exciting” and was pleased with the outcome.

“She looked really good in practice,” Acuff said.

Senior Jessica Cueva-Scarpelli, redshirt junior Emily Mackay, junior Kaylee Stone and junior Hannah Mellino also performed well, finishing 50th, 57th, 88th

and 90th, respectively. CuevaScarpelli, however, was ill going into the race.

Similarly, illness and injury took a toll on the men’s cross country team going into Friday’s race. Several of the competing members were sick, and one of the runners was unable to finish due to health concerns. Despite the illnesses and injuries, there were some notable performances by the men’s team, including redshirt senior Daryn Hutchings taking 46th place out of 153 competitors in the 8K with a time of 26:18. Sophomore Dan Gahagan ran a 27:22 to take 64th.

The Binghamton men finished

11th out of 18th overall.

Redshirt junior Dan Schaffer did not compete at this meet due to injury. Acuff said she considers Schaffer an extremely important part of the team. She believes he won’t be competing much, if it all, this season, but more will be known over the course of the next month. Acuff plans to give Schaffer sufficient recovery time to focus on the upcoming track season.

“It’s definitely going to hurt our team this year,” Acuff said.

There were no freshmen who competed at Friday’s race.

Instead, they competed at Colgate on Sept. 7, with the men’s team

running in the 6.4K and the women’s in the 4.8K. Freshmen Matthew Cavaliere, Ryan Guerci and Nick DeFelice all finished within the top 20, and freshman Kyra Guerci was Binghamton’s top finisher at the women’s meet.

Acuff said she wanted to start the freshmen at a shorter distance as a good introduction to collegiate competition, but she plans to take the entire team to the Lehigh University meet on Oct. 5.

“The freshmen are doing fantastic,” Acuff said. “We’re in great shape.”

Overall, Acuff seemed pleased with both the meets at Colgate and Iona, even though illness

and rusty performances hurt the team. She credited the individual performances of runners, but said she wants to see more out of the team as a whole. The difficulty of the course also contributed to the results of Friday’s meet. Acuff said many of the runners struggled toward the latter portion of the race, as the first mile is fairly flat but eventually transitions into rolling hills. Acuff said the courses later in the season are generally easier.

Next up for the team is the Paul Short Run on Oct. 5.

The event is hosted by Lehigh University and will take place in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Volleyball drops all matches at Georgetown Invitational Binghamton wins three sets across tournament Yaakov Spivack

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This weekend, the Binghamton volleyball team participated in the Georgetown Invitational in the nation’s capital. In all three matches, the Bearcats were unable to earn a victory. The team did, however, win three sets, quadrupling their previous season total of one.

“We were more competitive this weekend than we were any other weekend on quite a few sets,” said Binghamton head coach Glenn Kiriyama.

“It’s always nice to see. We hit a better percentage, we have a

lot of positives. We out-blocked most of the teams we played. But we just weren’t able to execute in a couple of sets down the stretch there. Overall, we still needed a lot of work, but we’re getting closer.”

On Friday morning, the Bearcats faced off against Florida International. Against the Panthers (7-4), BU got off to a slow start. Right out of the gate, FIU scored four straight before Binghamton was able to score a point of its own, a kill by junior outside hitter Francela Ulate. The Bearcats’ offense was shut down during the opening set, which ended 14-25 in FIU’s favor.

BU competed better in the second set of the match.

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the beginning of the set, with neither one seeming able to pull ahead. With the score tied at 14, the Panthers gained a head of steam, scoring 11 to Binghamton’s seven to take the set by four points.

In set three, the score remained close until the very end. With the score 21-22, FIU was able to net three straight to secure the set and the match.

Both Ulate and freshman outside hitter Audrey Haworth registered double-digit kills during the match against FIU. “[Ulate] had a really nice match … through the weekend, just getting a lot of kills,” Kiriyama said. “Both her and Audrey, they’re gonna get a lot of sets — that’s just the nature of their position. They’ve been able to execute fairly well with what they’re given … they’ve been able to keep their composure and play fairly well throughout the tournament this weekend.”

In the nightcap, the Bearcats took on tournament host Georgetown. The Hoyas (10-4) got off to a strong start, making quick work of the Bearcat defense during the opening

frame. During this set, BU was able to score just eight.

The Bearcats came back strong in the following frame, fighting hard to stay in it until the very end. With the score tied at 24, senior outside hitter Victoria Keghlian registered a kill to give BU the lead. This was quickly met with a point from Georgetown. Following this, Keghlian registered another kill to once again give her team a one-point edge before an attack error gave Binghamton the twopoint lead it needed to take the set. While the Hoyas challenged the call, the referees determined that it would stand, and BU earned a victory in the set.

The third frame was also tightly contested. It began with an early Bearcat lead, as the team began the set on a 7-1 run, but an offensive flurry from Georgetown kept the score close. Eventually, the score was tied at 17. In the end, two kills from senior outside hitter Iva Vujosevic gave the Hoyas a 2523 victory in the set. The fourth and final set saw Georgetown earn a victory in the match.

The Bearcats got off to a shaky

start on the wrong side of a 10-3 run, and were ultimately defeated 25-11.

The final game of the weekend for BU was against Morgan State. The match was contested from beginning to end. In the opening set, the teams traded points throughout before BU won it by just two points. Set two was much the same, though this time the Bears claimed the set with 28 to Binghamton’s 26.

Set three saw Morgan State dominate, winning by 11 points.

BU took the fourth set by a small margin, and the match moved on to a winner-takes-all fifth set. The Bears got off to a roaring start by going on a 9-2 run and rolled to a 15-8 victory in the game and a 3-2 win in the match. Sophomore setter Kiara

Adams registered 41 assists and 10 digs, while senior defensive specialist Kim Lavender led the team in digs with 25.

“It’s been tough for [the team],” Kiriyama said. “We’re obviously very disappointed …

We are trying to look forward, and we’ve gotta keep looking forward. We can’t dwell on the past … We’re trying to get through the next match, and then try and do better in that next match, and then obviously get a W coming up here sometime.”

The Bearcats will finish their nonconference season against Siena on Wednesday, Sept. 25 in the team’s first home match of the season. First serve is set for 7 p.m. from the West Gym in Vestal, New York.

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Monday, September 23, 2019

Men’s soccer ties Monmouth in homecoming game

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Freshman goalkeeper Mats Roorda recorded a career-high eight saves in a 0-0 draw against Monmouth on Saturday.

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The Binghamton University men’s soccer team battled for 110 minutes against Monmouth to earn its first draw of the season in a goalless match. Despite going into double overtime and taking 17 shots, the Bearcats (24-1) could not finish their shots and only had two shots on goal against the Hawks (0-5-1).

“I feel like we let the crowd down without getting a goal,” said Binghamton head coach

Paul Marco. “But the guys were outstanding today. Both teams played great soccer.”

The first shot on goal came early in the first half from freshman forward Matthew Cozetti, while the second came late in the second half from freshman defender Oliver Svalander. Svalander had the most shots out of any of the Bearcats with a career-high four, including several scoring chances near the end of regulation.

Freshman goalkeeper Mats Roorda also had a career-high night. While the Bearcats only had two shots on goal, Monmouth had eight shots on target, with three of those shots coming from freshman forward Anthony

Arena. Roorda was able to save all eight of those shots throughout the contest, the most so far in his young collegiate career. Roorda currently has the most saves per game in the America East (AE) Conference.

“Mats did a good job saving us a couple of times tonight,” said graduate student defender Stephen McKenna. “I feel like it was really a team effort. The guys worked really hard during the game.”

There hasn’t been a scoreless homecoming game in 13 years, but despite the lack of goals, the crowd of 1,275 was riled up throughout, cheering each time freshman defender Michael Bush took a throw-in and when

redshirt sophomore midfielder Lucas Arzan megged a Monmouth player. The BU Pep Band was also there throughout the contest to provide music for the game.

“I’d like [BU Pep Band director] Mo [Taylor] to bring the band every day,” Marco said.

“He can even bring them out to training. I thought the band was great. I thought the fans were great.”

Prior to this game, the Hawks were winless at 0-5 and had lost 15 consecutive matches dating back to last season, but Marco said that Monmouth is not a typical 0-5 team and that sometimes the best teams in soccer don’t win.

“I know [Monmouth’s] record is 0-5, but they’ve played teams

that are very, very good,” Marco said. “They’ve been losing those games on some set pieces — a penalty kick against Princeton.

This is a very good team. I wouldn’t be surprised if they do quite well after they get a couple of their guys back healthy.”

Marco also pointed out a few players he thought played with excellence throughout the match.

“I think the backs have done very well with Mats,” Marco said. “[Freshman midfielder] Tyler Meotti’s been very good and Lucas, [freshman midfielder] Sean [Molloy] and [sophomore defender] Aidan [Sullivan] played really well in midfield. I thought [senior forward] Haris [Brkovic]

came on today and was a handful.

Haris may have had one of his better games today.”

This was the Bearcats’ last nonconference matchup before they begin conference play, and Marco seems hopeful for the immediate future of the team.

“From whistle to whistle, I thought the guys were really good,” Marco said. “We’re getting better, which is a great sign for us as we start conference play next week, but overall good performance.”

Kickoff against University of New Hampshire in the Bearcats’ conference opener is set for 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 27, from Wildcat Stadium in Durham, New Hampshire.

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Prior to Sunday afternoon’s contest, Vermont had won five straight matchups over Binghamton, holding the Bearcats scoreless in each of the

last four of their matchups.

“We went down 1-0 early unfortunately, just some poor set up in terms of our corner kick,” Bhattacharjee said. “What I loved was the fight and battle we showed after that. We got caught up a little bit at times in terms of not being able to play through Vermont’s pressure,

which we knew to expect. We just didn’t adjust to it too well in the first half.”

Eleven minutes after Hayes’ goal, junior forward Essie Bonney drilled a rebound into the left corner of the net to give Binghamton a 2-1 lead. Early in the second half, junior midfielder Ivana Pjetri was in position to

Junior midfielder Dora Hayes scored on a 30-yard strike to give Binghamton its first goal of its game against Vermont.

tap in a cross from sophomore forward Stefania Piantadosi to give BU an insurance goal in the 49th minute.

Before the season, the team focused on developing a more diverse offensive attack, and it showed with three different goal-scorers in the its conference opener.

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“I think it makes it difficult for teams to just hone in on one player, so when that happens it really opens up gaps and seams for us elsewhere,” Bhattacharjee said. “One thing we did want to do is just kinda spread the ball out — move it to more wider areas — and once we did that, the game really opened up.”

Bonney’s goal was her fifth of the season, and she now sits alone as the leading scorer in the conference. She, Hayes and freshman midfielder Olivia McKnight have anchored BU’s offense throughout the season.

With high temperatures throughout the game, both Binghamton and Vermont made several substitutions.

Multiple players came off the bench and contributed to the Bearcats’ effort.

“We really needed to call on all of them,” Bhattacharjee said.

“We needed to keep that energy going. We could see legs starting to tire out toward the end of the first half. We certainly knew that was going to be a factor coming into the second half.”

Among the substitutions was freshman forward Maya Anand.

Anand made her collegiate debut last Wednesday against Cornell after being cleared to play following an injury suffered prior to her arrival in Binghamton. She played 43 minutes in the game, and Bhattacharjee believes she can become a major contributor to the team.

“She’s just going to grow more and more,” Bhattacharjee

said. “She’s special on the ball, she’s got a great soccer IQ. She’s got some savviness in her game.

One of the big things that I think separates a good player from a great player is deception, and she’s got deception in her game.

The little fakes, the moves that she has, it’s higher-level stuff.”

In the 84th minute, the Catamounts were able to cut Binghamton’s lead to one after scoring their second goal of the game.

“That was disappointing,” Bhattacharjee said. “I thought we had good enough opportunities to get a fourth goal, but it didn’t quite work out that way, and credit to Vermont in terms of the defending. For that last goal, it’s something that was a little bit predictable … It was just too big a gap between our backs and our goalkeeper to cover it, so we have to be smarter than that.”

However, the Bearcats held Vermont defensively in the final six minutes of the game, securing a 3-2 victory to open conference play. With the win, Binghamton is now 5-0 on the season at the Bearcats Sports Complex.

“We worked really hard and we always want to defend our home turf, so being here and getting the win is really big for us,” Hayes said.

Binghamton’s conference season will continue with a road matchup against New Hampshire next Sunday.

Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. from Wildcat Stadium in Durham, New Hampshire.