Pipe Dream Issue 2 - Fall 2013

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University Union North to be open for 2014 James Scott Contributing Writer

While it may be difficult to remember a time when Binghamton University wasn’t under construction, many of the current projects underway on campus are finally coming to a close.

The renovations on the University Union and the food service area are expected to be completed by January 2014.

The food service area will feature food from Red Mango, Pandini’s, Mein Bowl, C-Store, SubConnection, Café Spice, American Grill, Holy Habanero and Starbucks Coffee as well as international and New York-style deli cuisine and a salad bar. The New University Union will hold several student services including the Career Development Center, the

TLC looks to film reality show on campus Staff Reports

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Work remains in completing the new food court in the University Union. The project is slated for completion in January of 2014.

Center for Civic Engagement, Program and TRiO. Union has had many deadline the Tutoring Center, the Despite being on schedule changes over the past several Educational Opportunity now, the food court in the New months.

“We originally stated the

Campus officials are in negotiations with TLC to use a portion of campus to film an episode of the channel’s new show “Bakery Boss,” according to Binghamton University spokesman Ryan Yarosh.

“Bakery Boss,” which is centered on saving failing bakeries, is hosted by Buddy Valastro, who also hosts the show “Cake Boss” out of his own bakery in New York. Yarosh is expected to release more details Monday. Look for more information coming soon at bupipedream.com.

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Kantors leave BU amid cuts

Affirmative Action broadens

Financial restrictions force Hillel to lose staff

Valerie Hampton named chief diversity officer Joseph Hawthorne Staff Writer On Aug. 26, Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger announced that the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion would be replacing the Affirmative Action Office.

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Rabbi Shalom Kantor, with his wife Shana, pose with their children Rena, 6, and Noam, 4. The Kantors left Binghamton for the University of Miami this fall.

Davina Bhandari Assistant News Editor After six years of work for Hillel at Binghamton University, Shana Kantor and Shalom Kantor have relocated to Miami.

Shana, Hillel at Binghamton’s former executive director, has taken a job at the University of Miami. Husband and former Hillel Rabbi, Shalom, is pursuing work in Miami as well.

Paula Weiss, a chairperson on the board of directors for Hillel, explained in an email some of the reasoning behind the Kantors’ departure.

According to Weiss, budgetary problems prompted need for change within Hillel where “expenses exceeded revenue.”

“In large part this was triggered

by the fact that approximately 70 percent of Rabbi Shalom Kantor’s position as Campus Rabbi had originally been funded by Koach, The College Outreach Program of the United Synagogue,” Weiss wrote. “Unfortunately, in July 2010, Koach de-funded the position.”

Supporting Kantor’s position became difficult for Hillel, Weiss explained, and efforts to make up for the shortfalls were insufficient.

“To go from supporting 30 percent of a position to 100 percent in an organization of our size is significant,” Weiss wrote.

Weiss explained that in the board’s efforts to cover expenses, the role of BU’s Campus Rabbi will soon be eliminated.

“We have therefore decided to first reduce the Campus Rabbi role from full-time to half-time

as of this July and to eliminate the position next July, in 2014,” Weiss wrote. “Our only choice left was to reconfigure, eliminate the position, and be able to meet our obligations in the short term, and achieve our longer term goals.”

Belle Yoeli, president of Hillel and a senior majoring in political science, has worked with the Kantors since her freshman year.

“They are great people who I became very close with,” Yoeli said.

“I was upset to see them leave on a personal level as I was close with them, but I completely understand and respect why they left.”

Melissa Leifer, a junior doublemajoring in mathematical sciences and management, said that the Kantors would be missed.

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Valerie Hampton, former director of the Affirmative Action Office and chief diversity officer for the new office, explained that the goal of the change was to foster greater diversity on campus rather than just address discrimination.

“We’re looking to broaden the scope of the office,” Hampton said. “We used to look just at rule appliance and recruitment for students and faculty. Now we’re looking to enhance diversity across campus.”

Daryl Santos, director of the Integrated Electronics Engineering Center and new vice provost of the office, agreed.

“I used to work with Hampton before to find new

faculty,” he said. “The Office of Affirmative Action was primarily focused on hiring, but the fact that the president is even setting up this new office is big.”

In the office’s infancy, Hampton hesitated to commit to future plans and said the next semester or two would mainly consist of researching and polling the University body.

“We need to check the campus climate and get a sense of how students are feeling,” Hampton said. “We will conduct several surveys. I don’t know the format, but it will probably have different approaches such as focus groups, polling and online surveys.”

According to Hampton, the office and its new mission were inspired by research and work done by the Road Map project.

“This change is a product of the Road Map initiative, the idea to create an office of diversity came out of that,” she said.

The new office includes six divisional liaisons in academics, student affairs, research, advancement, administration, athletics and research; all were assigned to the office before the start of the fall semester.

The divisions met for the first time Monday to discuss “how to make things tangible,” Santos said. “Val has already started meeting with each liaison, though, to find out what our roles should be.”

Despite just opening, several student leaders expressed excitement over the new office.

“I am glad to hear that

this office is up and running,” wrote Isis McIntosh Green, vice president of multicultural affairs and a sophomore double-majoring in human development and history, in an email. “Throughout the past year many events have occurred that have shown a schism with the student body and now it is time to up awareness. I trust the team of people chosen for the Road Map to Diversity and Inclusiveness have a great deal of experience and drive to educate students who may have been closed minded or miseducated about ideas, cultures and beliefs of those unlike themselves.”

Despite a press release sent to students about the changes, the opening of this office confused some students.

“To be honest, I wasn’t really aware we had an Office of Affirmative Action, but I like the change. I think it better reflects what a university should embody as a view toward cultural diversity in its students,” said Itai Ferber, a sophomore majoring in computer science. “I don’t know if the change will reflect a change in policy, but I think it’s a better name.”

The changes were met with skepticism by some students, echoing the reactions of last year’s attempt by the Student Association to rename the vice president of multicultural affairs to the vice president of diversity and inclusion. The proposal was defeated in a

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Construction before and

After

Take a look at the progress across campus within the last year

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The foundation of the former Dickinson dining hall remains as construction continues in the area.

BUILD continued from Page 1 opening date would be this fall. The main reason for the delay was that one of the food venues changed. This required some additional design (about two months) which would have put the opening later in fall 2013,” wrote Karen Fennie, a communications specialist from the physical facilities department.

Lisa Stockman, a junior majoring in psychology, remembers how handy the food court used to be for students who participated in activities nearby New Union.

“It’s been almost a year and a half since I’ve been in the food court, and I’ve missed it so much.” Stockman wrote in an email. “I really loved how convenient it was, especially because I spend a lot of time in the Fine Arts Building, and the food court was right next to it, so popping in for a quick bite during the short rehearsal breaks we get was always so nice.”

The Center of Excellence — a building that will provide space for the expansion and consolidation of Small Scale Systems Integration and Packaging Center (S3IP) and its interdisciplinary teams of scientists and engineers from different institutions — is in its first phase as electrical work, drywall and interior framing near completion.

The building is located near the ITC and totals a net cost of about 30 million dollars. It is expected to be finished in August 2014.

“The facility will help bridge critical scientific, technology, commercialization and education gaps, and support collaborative partnerships in energy-efficient electronic systems, systems integration and packaging, flexible electronics, autonomous solar power, advanced materials and sensors, and healthcare/life sciences,” Fennie wrote.

Work has already begun on the Old Dickinson buildings, as they transition from dormitories to classrooms and offices. Old O’Connor and Johnson are both being gutted to create office space for the Information Technology and geography departments as well as room for external affairs functions.

These projects are expected to be finished by late 2014.

Classrooms in Old Rafuse

and Old Digman were already constructed over the summer, and a larger project is planned in Old Whitney to create two classrooms and office space for graduate and teaching assistants.

According to Fennie, the increased classroom and office space is necessary to accommodate plans for increased faculty hiring as Binghamton University expands in the coming years.

Kirin Elahi, a previous resident of the Dickinson Community and a sophomore majoring in mechanical engineering, said he is eager for these renovations.

“I’m excited about the construction of New Dickinson because [O]ld Dickinson was not the best community for dorming. It was old and dingy,” Elahi wrote in an email. “This coming semester I will be living in New Dickinson, which I am excited about!

As far as the usage of the old Dickinson buildings, I am happy that they are not just being knocked down.”

New Dickinson includes dorms of a “mini-suite style with single and double bedrooms which share two private baths,” Fennie wrote in an email. The dorms have an expected capacity of about 300 students per building, and Rafuse, O’Connor and Johnson of New Dickinson are open and being used for the fall semester.

The transformation of the Old Dickinson Dining Hall into a student services center, including student accounts, the registrar, financial aid and admissions recruiting, will involve adding 13,000 square feet to the existing building.

The project is located next to New Union and is scheduled to be complete by summer 2014.

New offices, labs, classrooms, restrooms and mechanical systems have been added to the third floor of the Watson School of Engineering as part of summer renovations.

Stockman said some construction on campus is necessary but she dislikes the transition from grass to concrete.

“On one hand, I think when it’s all over, the campus will be much more aesthetically pleasing with buildings that look less miserable and more upscale,” Stockman wrote in an email, “but on the other hand I would prefer to have more green areas than

Top: Daniel O'Conner/Staff Photographer Right: Kendall Loh/Photo Editor

View of the Harpur Quad before and after the building of the fountain and landscaping.

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Top: The site of New Dickinson before construction. Left: New Rafuse stands completed at the site of New Dickinson.

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Top: The Peace Quad as construction was just beginning.

Left: The view of the renovated food court as of Sept. 8. The food court is set to open in January 2014.

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State NYC street renamed for Sandy Hook victim A New York City street has been renamed in honor of a 6-year-old boy killed in the Sandy Hook shooting last year.

Family and friends of Benjamin Wheeler gathered Saturday for a ceremony in Queens. A sign saying “Benjamin Wheeler Place” was added to the sign post on the corner of 41st Street and Queens Boulevard. Benjamin was one of 20 first-graders killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. on Dec. 14. Benjamin’s family lived in the neighborhood where the street was renamed before moving to Newtown.

Two arrested in the death of 1-year-old Two men were arrested Friday in northeastern Pennsylvania in connection with the death of a New York City toddler shot in his stroller last weekend. Daquan Breland, 23, and Daquan Wright, 19, waived extradition at a hearing and were being taken back to New York. The men were taken into custody about 6 a.m. Friday at an apartment complex in Wilkes-Barre, said Martin Pane. Authorities had been seeking the New York City men for questioning in Sunday’s death of 1-year-old Antiq Hennis in Brooklyn. Authorities say the boy’s father was pushing him in a stroller while crossing a street in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn on Sunday evening when multiple shots were fired. The child was struck on the left side of his face and later pronounced dead at a hospital.

Police believe the child’s father, Anthony Hennis, 21, was the intended target, and the gunfire may have been gang-related.

Twelve added to 9/11 memorial wall Twelve members of the New York Fire Department who died from illnesses related to work at the World Trade Center after the Sept. 11 attacks have been memorialized. The FDNY says Friday the 12 names were engraved on small plaques that were added to 64 others on the World Trade Center Memorial Wall at the department’s Brooklyn headquarters.

The memorial wall was unveiled in September 2011. An inscription on the wall dedicates it to the memory of members of the department who died in the rescue and recovery effort at the World Trade Center.

NY woman rescued from ravine A woman who was reported missing from a home in the Hudson River Valley was discovered hours later, trapped in a ravine not far from a house. Police said the 47-year-old woman had disappeared from a home in Glasco early Friday morning. She was found at around 5:20 p.m. Firefighters from several departments were able to rescue the woman using a basket and rope system. The rescue effort took about 45 minutes. Police said the woman was treated at a hospital following her extraction.

National SWAT officers kill 107-year-old armed man Police in the southeast Arkansas city of Pine Bluff say a 107-year-old man is dead after SWAT officers shot back at him during a standoff at a home. Pine Bluff Lt. David Price said that the police officers who called the home Saturday were told Monroe Isadore had pointed a weapon at two people there. Officers told the threatened people to leave the home and approached a bedroom. Police say Isadore shot through the door at officers but missed hitting them. More officers were called, including a SWAT team that inserted a camera into the room and confirmed Isadore had a handgun.

Police say SWAT officers released gas into the room when negotiations didn’t work. They say Isadore shot at officers and they fired back, killing him.

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Police Watch Closet sustained minor injuries THURSDAY, AUG. 29, 11:30 p.m. – A 21-year-old male reportedly threatened a 19-year-old male in Newing College’s Delaware Hall, said Investigator Patrick Reilly of Binghamton’s New York State University Police. The suspect was led to believe that the victim had tampered with his computer and became angered. The suspect allegedly punched the closet of his room and told the victim that he will make sure the victim “will be dead” if he continued to bother the suspect. Officers, along with the suspect’s resident director, explained that the suspect could not threaten others. The victim moved to another dorm room.

Crime against humanity FRIDAY, AUG. 30, 12:12 a.m. – Officers on patrol discovered a broken gate, Reilly said. Upon investigation, the officers discovered that an unknown male suspect had broken the arm on the paid parking lot’s entrance. The suspect reportedly reached out and grabbed on to the wooden arm of the gate, causing it to break off. The suspect continued walking through the parking lot to the residence halls. The case is still under investigation.

What, no tip?

SATURDAY, AUG. 31, 11:33 p.m. – A 22-year-old male walked away from a 36-year-old male driver’s taxi without paying, Reilly said. The victim was able to take a picture of the suspect before he got away and showed the picture to University police. An officer investigated and was able to find the suspect’s dorm room and confronted him about the lack of payment. The suspect explained that he did not have enough money to pay for the cab fare and was able to collect enough money from others on his floor to cover the fare. The officer was later able to give the payment to the victim.

In other words “There’s nothing left from New York about the Giants or the Jets, except for the name. It’s kinda odd that they’re called what they’re called. But, you know as long as everyone understands that they are New Jersey’s teams and that the Super Bowl this year is in New Jersey, not New York, then I’m fine” — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on the New York Giants and New York Jets, whose stadiums are located in New Jersey

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New Dickinson preserves Old history Shana and Shalom Students choose to adopt previous building names Eurih Lee Release/Staff Writer Although the new Dickinson Community includes only four of the original six building names, the remaining building names will be incorporated in the new community through the collegiate center and an inprogress athletic field.

The new Dickinson Community, a brand-new building cluster located outside the Brain, consists of only Rafuse, O’Connor, Johnson and Digman halls.

Jeffrey Horowitz, the assistant director of Residential Life in Dickinson Community, said students from Dickinson Town Council chose to incorporate Champlain Hall’s name into the Chenango Champlain Collegiate Center, or C4.

A new activity and corecreation field, Whitney Field, is scheduled to open in spring 2014, named for the final old Dickinson building.

Despite original plans to rename the old Dickinson Community buildings after the Great Lakes, the buildings will keep their original names, albeit preceded with an “Old” to differentiate them from the new residential buildings.

“The students wanted to keep the original names of their community,” Horowitz said.

The old Dickinson buildings, which have yet to undergo construction, are currently being repurposed as classrooms and multipurpose rooms. According to Horowitz, the buildings will include faculty offices and departments after renovations are

completed.

The East Campus Housing Project involved the construction of nine buildings: the new Newing and Dickinson buildings and the Chenango Champlain Collegiate Center. The project began with a feasibility study in 2004, according to the Office of Physical Facilities.

The new Dickinson buildings are completely redesigned and arranged in “flats,” which consist of either four single rooms or two doubles and a single. Each flat shares two bathrooms and an entry vestibule.

Konner Smith, academic vice president of Dickinson Town Council and a sophomore double-majoring in psychology and finance, said that the flats were designed to bring people out of their rooms and create a

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Construction comes to a close for the New Dickinson Project. A total of four buildings were added to campus as part of the project.

leave BU for Miami

more social environment in the community.

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"New Dickinson is obviously much larger, but the friendly environment does not have to leave"

“Both Rabbi Shalom and Shana did a tremendous amount for the students at Binghamton, providing both a support for Hillel activities as well as mentorship,” Leifer said.

“Hillel will definitely feel a loss without them.”

David Raphael is Hillel’s interim executive director as the board searches for a replacement.

The Kantors plan to continue working with the Jewish community, fostering experiences for students in Miami as they did at BU. Shana Kantor is now working as the executive director at the University of Miami Hillel.

Shalom Kantor explained his plans to work as a rabbi and an educator, “hoping to continue working with college or postcollege students, young adults, doing community building,

— Konner Smith Academic VP of DTC

“Old Dickinson was very social and involved, no doubt partially due to the small size of the community and corridorstyle dorms,” Smith said.

“New Dickinson is obviously much larger, but the friendly environment does not have to leave.”

Horowitz said there have been efforts to capture and maintain old Dickinson’s history and culture.

“Murals from our old halls were photographed and framed and put within the halls to capture the history,” Horowitz said.

Jami Ganz, an undeclared sophomore, is impressed with the new Dickinson residence halls but cannot wait for the construction to end.

“While the new buildings are gorgeous, the quad and surrounding area taints that a bit,” Ganz said. “Fenced off areas aren’t exactly inviting, but hey, at least we have water pressure!”

post-birthright, follow through education and Jewish network development.”

Though sad to end a stay at BU which began in the summer of 2007, the Kantors expressed belief that they are leaving behind a capable student body.

“While it was the right time for us to leave personally, I will always remember the students and staff at the University with amazing fondness,” Shana Kantor said. “I know how much potential the Jewish community has at Binghamton to be even more amazing than it is now.”

Shalom Kantor felt similarly on leaving BU. “The students that I was blessed to work with were unbelievable,” Shalom Kantor said. “They were motivated, they were smart, they were energetic, they were positive … I’m really bummed to leave them.”

AA office renamed EQUITY continued from Page ballot referendum last spring.

“I don’t really care about the name change, at least not beyond it seeming like an annoying marketing gimmick,” said Hamilton Sands, an undeclared sophomore. “As for the expansion to ‘facilitate greater diversity on campus,’ that’s cool stuff. It sounds good, assuming it’s not BS.” Khasim Lockhart, a senior majoring in English and

president of the Men of Color Scholastic Society, thinks that the University is making improvements in terms of inclusiveness.

“To be honest, I didn’t even know the previous president.

President Stenger has made himself available at NAACP meetings, the Anti-Racism Rally and around campus,” he said. “If the University is going to be one of the premier public universities then more inclusiveness is definitely needed. But we’re heading in

SA steps toward incorporation E-board expands upon previous programs Dhruv Sehgal Staff Writer

With the new academic year, the Binghamton University Student Association is moving forward with plans to incorporate while also expanding on some of its old programs.

The major goal of this year’s SA Executive Board is to finish the incorporation contract between themselves and the University. The SA hopes to have their request submitted to Albany by the end of the semester.

Members of the SA E-Board said they hope to increase transparency between it and the students, and better engage with student government and various student clubs and organizations.

Some plans are in place to expand and improve late-night service for Off Campus College Transport buses to ensure incoming students are able to return to campus.

The charter process for new groups has also been made less subjective and will focus more on consolidation and group building than it has in the past.

Samson Widerman, executive vice president of the SA, hopes to improve student involvement on campus through the new student group website, B-Engaged, to help students find and join clubs.

“Students get the most out of their college experience when they get involved in a campus activity or organization, so the SA is committed to encouraging students to try out different

involvement,” Widerman wrote in an email. “B-Engaged launched this year, so we’ll be teaching students how to use it to find involvement and teach groups how to take advantage of all its functionality.”

“I feel that this year's executive board has a strong team mentality” — Eric Larson SA President

The Student Group Spotlight program is returning through the EVP office. The program highlights a different student group each month that has excelled in its efforts and activities on campus.

The New York Times Readership program has come back this year, with papers being delivered Monday through Friday in each of the dining halls and the University Union. Derrick Conyers, the vice president for academic affairs, said he hopes students will make use of the program as much as possible.

“My predecessor worked very hard last year to secure funding for the program so that it could continue this year, and it really makes Binghamton University stand out in terms of the quality of programs we bring to the students,” Conyers said.

“I really hope that students will

read the newspaper and be able to engage with the world in a better way as a result.”

The multicultural magazine PRISM is also returning this year. Isis McIntosh, the vice president for multicultural affairs, said the magazine is important in showing the many different perspectives highlighted at BU. “The purpose of PRISM is to feature articles, personal anecdotes, photos, art and other pieces that showcase diversity and cultural forays of the student body,” McIntosh wrote in an email.

The VPMA office is planning to work much more on collaborations with other parts of the administration, including the International Student and Scholar Services, the Educational Opportunity Program, the Center for Civic Engagement, the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Services for Students with Disabilities.

Students will have an opportunity to ask questions of the E-Board at upcoming town hall-style events.

Eric Larson, president of the SA, said he is excited about this upcoming year and hopes to make it the best it can be.

“I feel that this year’s executive board has a strong team mentality and is motivated to provide the best services from each of their respective offices,” Larson wrote in an email. “I look forward to working with all of them and am interested to see what we are able to contribute to campus this year.”

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Fall TV Preview

Summertime is coming to an end, and many of us are far from over our depression following the conclusions of colossal favorites “Breaking Bad” and “Dexter.” It’s a hard time for all of us but there is something that everyone can do to help make it through this tough time: invest in some new and returning fall TV shows. There’s a laundry list of new shows for you to pick from. You can start by using this guide of new shows to watch out for, or maybe to stay away from. Your choice.

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Primetime Comedy “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (FOX): FOX adds this cop comedy to its Tuesday lineup with Saturday Night Live fan favorite Andy Samberg starring as a goofy NYPD detective opposite hard-faced boss Andre Braugher (“Last Resort”). Hopefully with Samberg, Mike Shur and Dan Goor behind it (“Parks and Recreation”), it will succeed, but a gimmicky show like this could end up like many predecessors: off the air.

Premiere: Sept. 17, 8:30 P.M. on FOX.

Primetime Drama “The Blacklist” (NBC): Three-time Emmy winner James Spader (“Boston Legal”) plays Raymond “Red” Reddington, a onetime government agent turned FBI’s Most Wanted.

Premiere: Sept. 23, 10:00 P.M. on NBC.

So it’s your first time back Downtown after a long summer, and you’re just dying to see what State Street has in store for you tonight. You look hot, smell nice and have that extra boost of confidence from pregaming a little at your friend’s apartment nearby … OK, maybe more than a little. The point is, you are on the prowl and ready to go. As you make the familiar rounds from the Rat to JT’s to Tom & Marty’s, then back

to the Rat, you can’t help but find yourself caught between two very different groups of people in each location. Then, in a brief moment of clarity among all the drunkenness, you have found yourself in the great freshman versus senior hook-up dilemma. So who’s more worthy of your time? The new kid on the block or the one who’s been around the block and back? Let’s break it down.

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“Mom” (CBS): Show creator Chuck Lorre (“Two and a Half Men”) launches this new comedy about a recovering alcoholic mother Bonnie (Allison Janney, “The West Wing”) as she reenters the life of recently sober daughter and single mother Christy, played by Anna Faris (“The House Bunny”). As Christy tries to get her life back on track, Bonnie causes a lot of problems that may be hard for Christy, but will likely be a lot of laughs for us at home.

Premiere: Sept. 23, 9:30 P.M. on CBS.

“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” (ABC): With executive producer Joss Whedon behind the helm (“The Avengers,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”), it’s hard to see this show going anywhere — although Firefly was loved, it was also short-lived. It may only attract a niche group of superhero lovers and comic book nerds, but then again, “The Avengers” was one of the highest grossing films ever.

Premiere: Sept. 24, 8:00 P.M. on ABC.

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“The Crazy Ones” (CBS): Mega-movie star and comedian Robin Williams returns to television 32 years later, after playing robot Mork on the hit comedy “Mork & Mindy.” The show is about a Chicago advertising firm run by Williams’ character Simon and his partner and daughter Sydney, played by Sarah Michelle Gellar (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”).

Premiere: Sept. 26, 9:00 P.M. on CBS.

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“Once Upon a Time in Wonderland” (ABC): This Alice-centered spinoff from producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz already has a lot of hype with the mother series returning in the fall. “Wonderland” will feature Alice, played by Sophie Lowe (“The Slap”), the Red Queen and Jafar (“Lost’s” Naveen Andrews), among other characters.

Alice will be like you’ve never seen her before and even more exciting: the spinoff will take place concurrently with OUAT. Still, “Wonderland” is a show that stands on its own with elements from both of Lewis Carroll’s books, “Alice in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking Glass.”

Premiere: Oct. 10, 8:00 P.M. on ABC. “Hostages” (CBS): Toni Colette (“The United States of Tara”) plays Dr. Ellen Sanders, the surgeon chosen to operate on the POTUS. Drama ensues, however, as the night before the operation, Sanders’ family is taken hostage by Duncan Carlisle (Dylan McDermott, “American Horror Story: Asylum”), a mysterious FBI agent who demands that she let the president die on the operating table or her family will be killed. The Jerry Bruckheimer drama highlights the moral dilemma: do you choose your family or commit a crime?

Premiere: Sept. 23, 10:00 P.M. on CBS.

Girls will don barely any clothing, brand-new stilettos and heavy makeup, but will stick close to their going out crew because duh, they don’t know anyone yet. Boys will try to act extra cool and seemingly fit in at first, until you realize they haven’t ditched their Hollister polos and Abercrombie button downs for J. Crew or Ralph Lauren yet. These are the most obvious, telltale signs to spot your potential freshman hookup based solely on looks. If none of this irks you and you see someone attractive then go for it — but be wary of the consequences.

Did you know how to properly handle your liquor in Binghamton as a first-semester freshman? Well guess what, these kids don’t either — so be prepared to have to baby-sit for at least a small portion of the evening. They might cry to you about a high school sweetheart, take a piss in the middle of State Street or even puke on

you at some point. Just be patient and understanding, and remember that you were one of them not too long ago. And if you decide to take a freshman home, they will certainly not know how to get back to campus in the morning, which means you’ll be the one making cab arrangements. Just remember that you sort of signed up for it when you made the fleeting decision to make out with him or her against that wall in Tom & Marty’s.

On the flipside, these youngins are full of energy, fun and ready to have a good time.

They usually aren’t looking for anything serious, which is seen as a benefit to many.

Binghamton is their oyster.

So even if your night together seems like a flop at some points, have faith. Besides, you’ll instantly be the cool older person they know and will probably worship for the next four years.

The Senior Going Downtown in sweatpants? Wearing coats in the wintertime? Spotted entering and leaving Dillinger’s? Yes, you have found members of Binghamton’s senior class. They already know pretty much everyone at the bars and are quite sociable, mostly because they have all been here for so freaking long.

If this doesn’t intimidate you and you want to find out what’s under all of that clothing, take a shot at hooking up with a senior.

There is a clear set of both pros and cons when it comes to getting jiggy with a senior specimen.

For one, there’s experience: these guys and gals know what they’re doing. That doesn’t pertain to just hooking up with

you, either. They’ll find their way back to their friends or home without any of your help, so you really don’t have to put any effort in when it comes to that aspect. Plus it ups your street cred — your friends will give you ‘mad props’ for getting with a senior and you will be instantly really cool. While this is all good and fun, don’t forget that seniors have a serious side too. Some are thinking about the future, graduating and getting into committed relationships, so if this isn’t your style, you might want to look elsewhere. And don’t forget that most seniors no longer care about looking all cute and dressy to go Downtown.

They’re so over it.

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n Aug. 26, our idea of diversity was challenged and redefined.

Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger announced that the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion will replace the Affirmative Action Office. As a university community, this move ought to prompt us to step back and take a hard look at diversity on campus. This means facing the truth behind the numbers - the truth that people don’t want to face: Our campus is defined and confined by diversity.

So let’s step back. Diversity begins and ends with student groups. Student groups give our school its small feel and drive student social life.

Whether you’re a tenor in an a cappella group, a staunch College Republican, a pinny-clad frat brother or an adventurous young LARPer, campus life revolves around clubs. But from cultural student unions to fraternities, club members hang out predominantly with other club members. Our social lives are club-driven, and our clubs are culture-driven. This leaves a lot of us only hanging out with people of the same background.

For the student looking to bridge diversity and

create friendships across ethnic and cultural lines, these echo-chambers of identity form serious barriers. For students who want to meet different types of people and get out of their own social spheres, it’s basically impossible. With no one else trying to break out, either, the segregation is so ingrained in our school that it’s become normal.

We’ll offer ourselves as an example. Take us young journalists: Our staff is, admittedly, composed of mostly Jewish New Yorkers. As the student voice on campus, we attend many cultural nights and ethnic events to cover them in the paper. Despite the fact that the expressed purpose of many of these club-hosted nights is to spread awareness of, say, Polish or Haitian culture, the fact of the matter is that our reporters are the only ones in attendance who aren’t Polish or Haitian.

Then look at Downtown, where students come together to celebrate one thing we all have in common: an intense love for drinking. The parties are culturally driven, the frats are culturally driven, even State Street is divided between frat

kids and non-frat kids once you pass the invisible line starting at JT’s. There are a lot of invisible lines at this school, and we’re very good at ignoring them. We pride ourselves on our cultural diversity and have the stats to back it up, with over 2,000 international students from over 90 countries. We love talking numbers. But do these statistics rhyme with our real-life experiences?

What are we to make of the monochromatic social cliques that walk everywhere together and Mandela Room events we know nothing about?

Why don’t we talk about how our broad array of student groups also turns our social circles into internal clusters (and don’t claim your fraternity’s mixer counts as crossing out of your comfort zone)? We remain painfully socially divided rather than intertwined as part of a global institution. If that’s what being a diverse school means, then what’s the point?

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Binghamton shines brightest in summertime light Summer in Binghamton on purpose? A fresh perspective on an old Macon Fessenden Columnist

Having lived on Long Island my entire life, I wouldn’t have believed that I would have such an awesome time on the shores of the Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers, hours away from an ocean. When I was a kid, summers meant hot days splashing around at Robert Moses and, a little later, cool nights sketchily drinking at the array of North Shore beaches. My early memories of the warm summer months we love so much are dominated by the salty sting of seawater in my eyes and throat and the pure, unadulterated joy of effortlessly riding a wave into the chaos of children and their parents

who line the sand-sea border.

I wasn’t all that thrilled with the prospect of spending my summer in a place that’s known for carousels.

Yeah, I liked it here well enough, and I have my own place, which was obviously more than I could say about home, but it was 200 miles away from the ocean, and the prospect of a manmade lake that had sand trucked in as the only “beach” wasn’t all that appealing. Also, it’s Binghamton.

Enough said.

But holy moly was I wrong. I thought I was going to be sitting around a lot, rereading “A Song of Ice and Fire” and emptying my Netflix queue. I quickly learned that this forgotten, dilapidated little city that so many of us strictly call the place we go to school has more to offer than my isolated old-money town on the Gold Coast of Long Island.

I completely immersed myself in

Binghamton and became a “townie.” I went to school at Broome Community College, ate at the Belmar (wing nights on Wednesdays and a pig roast on Thursdays) and drank at Mad Monk’s Tavern, where the guys play darts and the girls get hit on by drunk 50-year-olds. I traveled upstate New York, did some cliff jumping and finally found out why people live north of Westchester. I went to concerts in places like Canandaigua, N.Y., Freeport, Maine and Dover, Del. (yeah bro I went to Firefly, waddup).

I went to the Strawberry Festival, Spiedie Fest and Garlic Fest and had an awesome fancy party.

The list goes on and on. It was like I was studying abroad. The culture of the city of Binghamton is so different than what we experience as timorous students, especially if you’re on campus. This city has so much to offer, it has a character of its

own. Admittedly part of that character are racist crackheads. But it’s also the extensive Broome County parks system, the Cutler Botanic Garden, First Fridays, Wing Wednesdays and Zona Mondays. It’s coffee, beer and a SUNY Sizzler at Cyber Café West while some weird indie-jazz-housetrance band plays in the background.

It’s impromptu road trips because for some reason everything seems closer from here (even if it isn’t).

We all bash this place as a crimeridden, poverty-stricken shithole that happens to house a school that was both good enough and cheap enough for us to attend — as if we just need to tolerate this place for the next four years while we get our degrees. And I know it’s hard to get to the Belmar for wing night when there’s a threedegree wind chill. But when you can, appreciate this place. Immerse yourself a little bit. There’s a whole

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Meditations on senior year

Homophobia hits Olympic scale

Making the most of the final year entails

Does international cooperation trump gay rights?

A wise teacher of mine once compared time to marbles. In the metaphor, you’re given a limited but unknown quantity of marbles. Along with the marbles, you have a collection of depositories that represent the activities and ends that

In June of this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a bill that essentially bans homosexuality in Russia. Homophobia isn’t new to Russia; in the past the government has banned multiple gay pride parades, fined gay rights groups for being a “foreign agent” and created vague regional laws banning homosexual “propaganda” to minors. The bans associated homosexuality with pedophilia. These served as the basis for Putin’s recent federal law (passed

I have left as an undergraduate has hit me like a sack of tumbling hourglasses.

I’ve begun ticking off my last firsts. Last first day of fall semester. Last Welcome Back BBQ. Last first Thursday night of the year. Last first Saturday night back on State Street.

When did everything that was once so foreign become so familiar?

Michael Snow My biggest fear, I suppose, Opinion Editor would be to see my time wind down without the confidence that I gave it my all. So while constitute your life. this column isn’t quite my swan How you allocate the song, senior year has gotten me marbles is up to you. Suppose thinking: Where am I going to you wanted to, you could place place my marbles? all, or nearly all, your marbles in the jar representing ‘fun’ or ‘time spent with friends.’

You could also, if you liked, do your best to divide the marbles between categories, in an attempt to achieve a cohesive work-play balance.

The metaphor’s moral, at least as far as I interpreted it, is pretty straightforward: Time is limited, and it’s your responsibility to determine how you spend it. To take it one step How do I want to spend my further, choosing to engage or last months in Binghamton? avoid certain activities prevents How will I spend my last year as or enables participation in an undergraduate? Will I have others. made my mark, so to speak?

Its simplicity What will my legacy be, if such notwithstanding, the metaphor a thing exists? is helpful — I think — because I want to spend time with it allows us to visualize and my friends, that much is clear. concretize time and time’s We still have so many laughs evanescence — otherwise to share and memories to painfully abstract and make. By all accounts, after intimidating. graduation, my friends are the At its start, college felt like ones I’ll miss the most, more Walmart; I thought it would go than any course or assignment. on forever. Three weeks into But it’s also important that I do my senior year, how little time well this year. Leaving school

How will I spend my last year as an undergraduate?

Will I have made my mark?

and entering a dilapidated economy where my grades matter, I don’t want to sacrifice academic success.

And then there’s that whole employment thing. Yeah.

Or graduate school. Is that what I want to do next year? Should I have already taken something to make that happen? Some sort of exam with “AT” at the end of it?

That’s what the kids are doing these days, right?

But I don’t want to go to graduate school just to avoid looking for a job. And what would I study? Sure, I could continue with English, I suppose. But is it my passion? I don’t know. I feel like if it were my passion, I would know. I mean, who else but me, right?

There’s also always philosophy graduate school, but boy, does that sound like a headache.

What is clear is that I need to spend some serious personal Mikey time in the weeks and months ahead sorting these questions out. In addition to enjoying my senior year, studying and working hard, I’ve got to devote some marbles to meditating on my next steps.

There is a certain comfort in being surrounded by all these uncertainties. For one thing, I know I’m not alone. I am going through this with peers and close friends at my side. We’re each entering an unknown.

And the unknowns are full of potential, I believe that. Maybe when what was once intimidating has grown comfortable it means it’s time to move on.

Soon enough the G word —

Madison Ball Columnist

unanimously by the State Duma).

The Russian court decided to deny the registration of a Sochi Pride House, a venue welcoming LBGTQ athletes, fans and other allies during the 2014 Winter Olympics.

The decision stated that “propaganda of nontraditional sexual orientation” is a direct threat to Russian society and called attempts to confront homophobia “extremist” because they “incite social and religious hatred,” and these activities threaten “Russia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”

The one institution that could overthrow Russia’s ruling on Pride Houses, the International Olympic Committee, refuses to take a stance on the matter. “We aren’t responsible for the running of or setting up of Houses,” says IOC spokesman Mark Adams.

“That is done by the National Olympic Committees or other relevant organizations. So in this case it isn’t a decision of either us, or the organizing

committee in Sochi.”

The IOC’s refusal to put its foot down on Russia’s bigotry opens a dangerous door and sends the message to future host countries that they may discriminate as they wish without the interference of the international committee.

While the IOC claims it has received assurances of the safety of athletes from the highest levels of government in Russia, lawmakers from Russia, such as Vitaly Milonov, are saying otherwise. Milonov, who sponsored legislation in St. Petersburg last year that became the basis for the national law signed by Putin, has warned that the anti-gay laws will remain in place during the games and will apply to foreigners. This means one thing: Gay athletes run the risk of being prosecuted while at the Olympics.

The IOC isn’t the only powerful committee rolling over to Russian law. Instead of speaking out against Russia or offering support to gay athletes, the U.S. Olympic Committee has said that athletes at the games should “comply” with Russian law that bans “homosexual propaganda.”

USOC Chief Executive Scott Blackmun said, “It’s our strong desire that our athletes comply with the laws of every nation that we visit. This law is no different.”

Some are calling for the total boycott of the games.

However, I agree with President Barack Obama that boycotting the Olympics would be inappropriate. The Olympics are the only event for which the world can come together, leaving behind all political conflict, to celebrate the triumph of mankind.

Denying the right for athletes to make their lifelong, welldeserved dreams come true is simply wrong, under any

political circumstances.

Gay former athlete, Robbie Rogers, who played soccer for the U.S. at the Beijing Olympics, says if he had the opportunity to do so, he would represent the U.S. with pride in Sochi. He says that while he can’t imagine telling athletes who felt it was best to boycott in 2014 not to do so, he also can’t imagine boycotting the opportunity for fellow athletes to do what he did back in 2008, which he describes as one of

Someone needs to stand up to Russia and truly ensure the protection of all athletes, coaches and everyone else the best experiences of his life.

Rogers believes there is an opportunity for history to be made through this situation, recalling Jesse Owens’s triumph in the 1936 Berlin Games, which Hitler used as a chance to promote his ideas of racial purity to the world. Rogers reminds us that this historical moment, and incredible lesson to the world, would have been lost had the 1936 Berlin Olympics been boycotted.

The United States has certainly been put in a difficult position.

We absolutely should not steal the dreams of deserving athletes by boycotting, but we also can’t just lie back and cooperate with hatefulness. The lack of any response from both the IOC and USOC is both a disappointment and embarrassment to what the Olympic Games supposedly

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Volleyball loses 3 over weekend Bearcats off to worst start in program's D-I history Ari Kramer Sports Editor For the fourth straight year, the Binghamton volleyball team has stumbled out of the gate. But after three losses at the North Carolina State Midtown Courtyard Classic this weekend, the 2013 Bearcats (06) have posted the worst sixgame start in the program’s Division I history.

Binghamton dropped a fiveset match to Towson Friday night before falling in straight sets to host NC State and Appalachian State Saturday.

“It’s tough. We’re working on things,” head coach Glenn Kiriyama said. “We’re looking at the big picture. We are playing some pretty good teams, we’re a little undermanned right now, so we’re just sort of keeping things in perspective.”

Junior outside hitter Kristin Hovie did not play in either of Saturday’s matches after recording 12 kills against Towson (3-5). Kiriyama would not comment on the reason behind Hovie’s absence.

With Hovie, who ranked second in kills on the 2012 team, sitting on the bench, senior middle hitter Grace Vickers stepped up and led Binghamton with 17 kills between Saturday’s two games. She was named to the all-tournament team for her efforts, which ultimately were not enough to get the Bearcats into the win column.

After engaging in 11 five-set matches in 2012, Binghamton hit the maximum for the first time in 2013 Friday night against Towson. The Bearcats, who evened the match with a 25-20 fourth-set win, battled back from an early 6-3 deficit to take a 13-12 lead in the fifth.

But the Tigers rallied for three consecutive points to keep Binghamton winless.

Vickers, Hovie and sophomore hitter Megan Burgess combined for 35 of Binghamton’s 55 kills, while junior setter Amanda Dettmann recorded a match-high 43 assists.

NC State (6-0) made quick work of Binghamton Saturday afternoon, using 25-19 and 25-7 wins in the first two sets to put the Bearcats in a hole.

In the third set, Binghamton led 20-17, but the Wolfpack battled back for a 25-22 matchclinching win.

Binghamton hit just .093 to NC State’s .337.

“We just made too many mistakes,” Kiriyama said, according to BUBearcats.com. “[NC State was] pretty efficient offensively which made it difficult for us to get anything

going.”

The Bearcats couldn’t come closer than seven against Appalachian State (6-1) Saturday evening. Binghamton posted a .051 percent hitting percentage, with just 28 kills, as Vickers led the team with nine kills.

With seven more nonconference matches, the Bearcats still have plenty of time to find their rhythm before America East play begins on Sept. 29. Kiriyama said he will look to his veterans, who overcame a 2-12 start to 2012 to win the conference tournament and finish with a respectable 13-18 mark, to help the team hit stride.

“We have some experience in the key areas on our team,” Kiriyama said, “so we’re hoping they can lead us and the rest of the team can come around.”

Binghamton is scheduled to return to action Friday evening against Fordham in the Columbia Invitational. The Bearcats will also face Boston College and host Columbia on Saturday.

Play against the Rams (4-3) is set for 5 p.m. Friday at Levien Gymnasium in Manhattan, N.Y.

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By Ari Kramer and Erik Bacharach | Sports Editors With Binghamton’s cross country teams set to host the conference championships this fall, five America East teams hit the Vestal course for a pre-conference meet on Saturday.

The men’s team finished second, while the women’s placed fourth.

“I think overall it was a solid start to the season,” Binghamton head coach Annette Acuff said. “We mainly were just looking forward to having the opportunity to race on our course … We’ve got mostly everyone healthy right now, so we were able to race the majority of our team.”

Four Bearcats recorded top-10 finishes in the eight-kilometer men’s race. Junior Collin Frost came in third overall with a 25:39.8 mark, and senior Vasili Papastrat (25:46.5), freshman Eric Holt (25:47.5) and junior Matt Johnson (25:52.9) followed close behind.

“I was happy with the guys getting second,” Acuff said. “We’ve certainly improved a lot from last year. We look really good I think going into this year. So it’ll be

exciting to see what we can do over the next couple of months.”

While Frost could be a top-five runner for Binghamton this year, Acuff said she believes that with the depth on her team, BU’s top runners will fluctuate from race to race.

On the women’s side, senior Caitlin Jelinek (19:25.9) recorded the team’s highest finish at No. 17 in the five-kilometer race. Sophomore Alexis Hatcher placed right behind Jelinek with a 19:36.8 mark.

No other Binghamton runners finished in the top 20.

“We had some girls who ran really well,” Acuff said. “Overall, I was pretty happy with how the women raced. We’ve got a pretty young team with a lot of sophomores and a couple of freshmen, so I think it was a good start.”

Binghamton is scheduled to return to action at 11 a.m. Sept. 21 at the Buffalo Stampede Invitational, hosted by the University at Buffalo.

ITA ranks Hazarika No. 122

By Ari Kramer | Sports Editor The Intercollegiate Tennis Association released its 2013-14 preseason rankings Friday, and Binghamton men’s star Sid Hazarika appeared at No. 122 on the list, according to a tweet by the Binghamton University athletics department.

Hazarika, a sophomore, landed on the

qualifying singles list, and he will compete in the ITA Men’s All-American Championships at the University of Tulsa at the end of this month.

As a freshman, Hazarika posted a teambest 21-4 record, including a 10-2 mark at No. 1 singles.

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Bearcats show improvement throughout four-game span Binghamton still searching for consistent offensive output Erik Bacharach and Matt Turner Pipe Dream Sports The Binghamton men’s soccer team shrugged off consecutive defeats to start its 2013 campaign with back-to-back positive results this past weekend.

BU fell to Virginia Tech and James Madison in its opening matches before ousting American 1-0 on Friday and earning a point in a 0-0 tie with George Mason Sunday.

An eighth-minute goal by Virginia Tech doomed the Bearcats in their season opener on Aug. 30 when the two squared off at the James Madison Tournament.

With junior midfielder Andre Thomas assisting, Virginia Tech redshirt freshman Alessandro Mion put one past BU sophomore goalkeeper Stefano Frantellizzi to give the Hokies (2-1) the 1-0 lead they would preserve through the final whistle.

After allowing the goal, Frantellizzi added three saves, but Binghamton (1-2-1) couldn’t find its offensive rhythm.

Senior midfielder Tommy Moon had two shots on goal, but Virginia Tech senior goalkeeper Kyle Renfro saved both en route to the shutout. Renfro was credited with three saves on the day.

The Hokies outshot the Bearcats 17-6, but the teams were tied with four shots on goal.

BU then fell to tournament host James Madison on Sept. 1 in the final round.

The Bearcats allowed the Dukes (2-1) to take a 1-0 lead off a 19th-minute penalty kick. Another penalty kick

gave James Madison a 2-0 advantage in the 56th minute, and JMU sophomore forward Tyler Durbin effectively put the game out of reach with a 78th-minute goal.

BU freshman back/midfielder Charlie Novoth registered three shots, while Moon, senior back Robbie Hughes and junior midfielder Ben Nicholson tallied two. Just two of those shots were on goal.

Despite Binghamton’s lack of team success, both Novoth and Moon were named to the JMU All-Tournament team.

“I think last weekend we were a little nervous,” Binghamton head coach Paul Marco said. “We didn’t play particularly well in the first game, and I thought we played pretty well against James Madison but we conceded two penalty kicks, which made it difficult for us. So I think this past weekend, we came back, we worked hard at training and the guys did a very good job on Friday and same [on Sunday].”

On Friday, Moon scored in the 25th minute to provide all the offense the Bearcats would need to beat American, 1-0, and secure their first victory of the season in the first round of a tournament hosted by George Mason.

Moon grabbed possession of a loose ball inside the box and fired a 15-yard shot into the net to give Binghamton its lead.

While American (1-2-1) outshot Binghamton, 24-9, the teams both had five shots on goal.

Frantellizzi saved all five shots that came his way en route to a shutout.

The Bearcats tried to ride their momentum into the final round of the tournament against host George Mason (3-0-1), but after a red card with six minutes left in the first half, BU escaped with a scoreless tie.

“I thought our guys were terrific,” Marco said. “Played very well in the first half, created a lot of scoring opportunities and then once we got the red card the guys stuck to the game plan and executed well. We still created a few opportunities on the counterattack. And we did well enough to secure a point. Great team effort.”

The Bearcats will look to keep things going against Buffalo Friday night.

Kickoff is set for 7 p.m at the Bearcats Sports Complex.

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BU sophomore forward Stephani Church finds the back of the net in the third minute of Sunday’s 3-1 win over Niagara.

Ari Kramer and Ashley Purdy Sports Editors After a down year in 2012, the Binghamton women’s soccer team hit the ground running in 2013. The Bearcats, who beat Lafayette and Niagara at the Bearcats Sports Complex this weekend, have won their last four matches after dropping the season opener at Siena.

After a couple of stifled attempts, Binghamton (4-1) notched its first goal against Lafayette (3-1) 27 minutes into the game. Senior midfielder Emma Kurth, assisted by sophomore midfielder Rebecca Raber, tapped the ball in at the goalmouth after a corner kick. It was her first goal of the season.

Raber went on to net her own goal in the second half, taking a square ball from sophomore midfielder Katie Corcoran and burying it into the right corner from 20 yards downfield.

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efforts at a comeback in the remaining 20 minutes, senior goalkeeper Carrie Martin kept her guard up and defended her way to her third shutout of the season. She needed just two saves on the night.

Raber posted three of Binghamton’s nine shots, matching Lafayette’s total on her own. Sophomore forward Stephani Church, who earned America East Player of the Week honors last week after securing Binghamton’s gamewinning goal against Iona and tallying an assist against Manhattan, recorded two shots.

“We looked pretty good in spurts and as the game progressed, we started to get more comfortable and gained more confidence,” head coach Sarah McClellan said, according to BUBearcats.com.

Church carried her hot streak into Sunday, putting two goals past Niagara sophomore goalkeeper Claire Feiertag to give the Bearcats a 2-1 halftime lead.

With Kurth assisting,

Church drew first blood just three minutes into the game. Niagara answered four minutes later, but Church put Binghamton ahead again with an unassisted goal at the 12-minute mark.

“Church is just working like crazy,” McClellan said.

“She does not give up on any play. And she works just as hard offensively as she does defensively, and she wants to score goals and that mindset and that mentality is really working for us and I think it’s contagious. So when she’s going after it we start to find more chances with other players as well.”

For the first 20 minutes of the second half, the two teams combined for one shot on goal.

Corcoran lifted a strong shot that nearly found the net at the 69:33 mark, but she hit the crossbar and didn’t receive the lucky bounce.

Binghamton peppered Feiertag with four shots on goal between the 75th and 80th minutes, and the Niagara goalkeeper saved them all.

But junior midfielder/back Emily Nuss finally put one past Feiertag in the 83rd minute to secure the 3-1 win.

The Bearcats outshot the Purple Eagles 14-8, including a 9-6 advantage on goal.

Binghamton also held an 8-5 edge in corners, and recorded just one foul to Niagara’s six.

Martin saw her shutout streak end at three, but saved five shots while allowing just one goal.

“I thought we started off pretty well — just had a couple mental lapses in the first half,” McClellan said. “Second half we really looked a lot sharper I thought. A lot faster on the ball, a lot more aggressive going to goal which is what we wanted. So I think the players did a really good job making the adjustments in the second half and executing.”

Binghamton is set to return to the field Friday at Temple.

Kickoff is scheduled for 4 p.m. at the Ambler Sports Complex in Ambler, Pa.

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