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Researchers wait on lab equipment Pharmacy School encounters delays in switching laboratories Jacob Kerr News Intern
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Binghamton University’s School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SOPPS) began classes in its new Johnson City location last week, but not everything has made the transition. Most of the school’s research laboratory equipment is still being housed in the Innovative Technologies Complex (ITC) despite pharmaceutical studies beginning at the health sciences campus. After construction on the SOPPS building finished this summer, faculty and staff started moving in on July 16. Equipment also started making the move, but not everything arrived before the start of the semester. Now, students have to travel between the Johnson City and Vestal campuses to attend traditional classes and conduct research. The two campuses are approximately three miles away from each other, but without a car, getting from one to the other can be difficult. Currently, one Off Campus College Transport (OCCT) route stops near the Johnson City
campus: the Leroy Southside, which stops once every hour on weekdays from 5 p.m. to midnight. Students who wish to travel from Johnson City to the ITC outside those hours are forced to rely on personal vehicles, Broome County Transit buses and ride-share services. According to Gloria Meredith, founding dean of SOPPS, it will take four to six months to complete the move to the health sciences campus. She said everything should be set up by Christmas. “Our researchers are moving large, delicate pieces of equipment,” Meredith wrote in an email. “They need the company that supplied the instruments to be involved with dismantling and re-setting up each instrument. This takes a lot of time.” Experiments and research will eventually need to temporarily stop in order to make the move. Nevertheless, the research will continue until the equipment move begins, according to Jacqueline Haugen, a research assistant at SOPPS and a first-year graduate student studying biomedical engineering. “While it’s definitely not ideal to have to put a halt on all of our experiments, it’s something that everyone has been preparing for and we plan to handle it in a very organized fashion,” Haugen wrote.
Although research will have to momentarily cease to complete the move, Haugen wrote that the new laboratories at the health sciences campus will allow students and faculty to conduct experiments more efficiently. “We’re really excited about the move because our current lab space in the ITC is kind of cramped and the new lab space is amazing,” Haugen wrote. “Currently we all just share one lab space. There are two floors in the pharmacy building that have individual rooms for different types of shared equipment and several individual rooms of lab space that’s split between two professors each.” Not all students are directly affected by the late move. First-year pharmacy students do not take lab or research courses during their first semester. Other students haven’t started their research for the semester. Lamiyah Kamal, a second-year graduate student studying pharmaceutical sciences, is planning to begin her research on colon and rectum cancer cells later in the year. “In terms of research, it hasn’t really affected much yet since it’s the beginning of the semester,” Kamal said. “However, I’m not too concerned with it being a hassle since the labs should be on track to be finished by the end of the semester.”
Truth Pharm talks Nonprofit works to BU corpse drug policy, overdoses fight homelessness flower declared deceased Nonprofit uses performance art to raise awareness Amy Donovan
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Chalk outlines covered the sidewalk outside Government Plaza in Downtown Binghamton as Truth Pharm hosted “Trail of Truth.” The event, an effort to memorialize those who have died due to substance use, is held every fall by the advocacy group, which was founded by Alexis Pleus after she lost her son to a heroin overdose in August 2014. While trying to combat the stigma associated with her son’s death, Pleus started creating videos to raise awareness
about substance use and treatment. The attention attracted by the videos would eventually lead her to create Truth Pharm. “I started creating little videos used to raise awareness and reduce the stigma of addiction and substance use,” Pleus wrote in an email. “The videos were getting thousands of views, but more importantly, families were so grateful for the work and I realized I had to do more.” The organization started with just a Facebook page, but has since turned into a national nonprofit with four branch locations, including one in Binghamton. According to the New York State County Opioid
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Alumni teach professional skills at Lazarus Rising Yuri Lee
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In order to give those in need a second chance, Binghamton University alumni at Lazarus Rising are helping homeless people write résumés. With a personal mission to combat homelessness through professional encouragement, the nonprofit organization offers résumé-building sessions and mock interviews in an effort to prepare homeless individuals for the job search. The ultimate goal is to help homeless populations find employment.
According to CEO Danny Graziosi, ’18, the organization was created as a long-term solution to tackling homelessness, as opposed to offering more short-term solutions such as food and shelter. “Giving people food and having shelter is really important — that’s a huge step of them rebuilding their lives and they need that support,” Graziosi said. “But I always thought that the problem with that is like, ‘Give a man a piece of bread and you feed him for a day; teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.’ This is a very similar idea where if we personally teach them how to make a résumé and we curate a résumé for them — that’s something
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Theo Mason Pipe Dream Photographer Visions Federal Credit Union officially replaced M&T Bank as the on-campus bank in July. M&T served Binghamton University for over 20 years.
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opt to open an account at the branch, online or at campus events, according to Roberts. “Freshmen are more likely to have opened an account because the Visions team made it convenient for them by attending the freshmen orientation events,” Roberts wrote in an email. “It was easy for freshmen to open
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accounts at these events because the Visions team was prepared to complete the application process on-site as they moved through orientation. Visions was also available during transfer and international student sessions and were able to assist those interested with
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Visions gains more than 1,000 new accounts on campus
For newcomers to the University, Visions seems to be a popular choice. According to Maria Roberts, the associate director of Auxiliary Services, the on-campus Visions location has opened more than 1,000 new accounts, most of which were for freshmen. The on-campus Visions branch officially opened on July 5, and students could
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After 11 years of pollinations, dormancies and inflorescences, Binghamton University’s first corpse flower, Metis, was declared deceased in April. The once 90-pound, 87-inch flower was dormant in 2016 and eventually became overrun by pathogens, making it impossible to save its final corm, a vital part of the plant that stores nutrients in times of dormancy. The Amorphophallus titanum, or titan arum, is nicknamed the “corpse flower” because of the deathly smell it exudes when it inflorescences, or fully buds. Metis inflorescenced in 2010, 2013 and 2015. During each inflorescence, pollen was collected, which produced hundreds of seeds used to pollinate titan arums at the University of Hawaii, Ohio State University and Cornell University, according to Metis’ obituary on the E.W. Heier Teaching Greenhouse’s Facebook page. The plant was donated in 2007 by John Kawamoto at the request of BU alumnus Werner Stiegler, ‘09. Kawamoto won three titan arum seeds in 2005 at an auction in Bali, Indonesia, which he then grew for two years before donating one to BU. Metis was the most mature of the three at the time. Stiegler nicknamed the plant after the Greek titan known in mythology for being wise and cunning. Metis continued to grow within the E.W. Heier Teaching Greenhouse, where it grew from 4 to 40 pounds within a year. Its weight and the height of its flowers continuously fluctuated depending on how close it was to dormancy, which was logged throughout its lifetime. After being dormant for two months, Metis inflorescenced in July 2015 for the third time, when it grew to its maximum
Returning students face bank decisions
Binghamton University officially replaced M&T Bank with Visions Federal Credit Union on July 1, leaving many returning students with an important decision to make about keeping or closing their account with M&T, the oncampus bank for over two decades. The Binghamton Auxiliary Services Corporation, a board of University administrators and students, unanimously awarded Visions the oncampus bank and ATM services contract last semester. The decision came after a five-month series of meetings analyzing student surveys and other bank proposals.
Metis died in April after pathogens attacked its corm
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On Friday, the New York State Police and New York State Liquor Authority busted four convenience stores in Conklin, Kirkwood and Chenango that were knowingly selling alcohol to minors, according to WICZ. Employees from each establishment, including Filli Stop Gas, Woodshed Wine & Spirits, Easy Mart and Spirits of Conklin, have been charged with violating section 65 of the New York State Alcoholic Beverage Control Law.
The New York State Assembly will hold four hearings this fall to explore public opinion on legalizing marijuana in the state, according to The Post-Standard. Assembly members Joseph Lentol, Richard Gottfried, Crystal Peoples-Stokes and Linda Rosenthal are currently planning the hearings. PeoplesStokes has already sponsored a bill to monitor and tax the legal use of marijuana in New York. In August, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced he will designate a working group to write a marijuana legalization bill.
Funding awarded to addiction, recovery services in Tioga County State Senator Fred Akshar announced on Saturday that $70,000 in state funding assigned to support the battle against substance abuse will be used to support addiction prevention and recovery services in Tioga County, according to WICZ. The money will be given to CASA-Trinity, a nonprofit that provides services for addicts and their families.
Cuomo approves up to $15M for Brooklyn community center On Monday, Cuomo announced that state funding will be used to create a community center in Brooklyn to honor Carey Gabay, who was killed three years ago by a stray bullet during a pre-West Indian American Day Parade street party on Nostrand Avenue known as J’Ouvert, according to NBC News. Gabay was Cuomo’s aide and a lawyer representing the Empire State Development Corp., the state’s business-development arm.
Corrections In Issue 3, published on Aug. 30, a photo on page 1 titled “Rollin’ for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals” incorrectly featured a large beach ball belonging to the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. The photo was supposed to depict a beach ball used by the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity for their “Get on the Ball” fundraiser. Pipe Dream regrets the error.
The following accounts were provided by Investigator Robert Meddleton of Binghamton’s New York State University Police. Robbery at Burger King WEDNESDAY, Aug. 29, 8:37 p.m. — Vestal Police requested assistance from UPD in searching for a suspect after receiving a report of an armed robbery at Burger King on Ash Road. Three officers responded to the area and a canine team conducted a search for the suspect. Officers cleared the area around 9:40 p.m. The suspect was not located. The case is still under investigation and anyone with any information should contact UPD or Vestal Police. Caught escaping THURSDAY, Aug. 30, 12:55 a.m. — Officers responded to O’Connor Hall of Dickinson Community after a fire alarm was triggered in the building. When they arrived, they observed an odor of marijuana and determined the alarm had been set off by marijuana smoke. The officers spoke with two 19-year-old males who were attempting to leave the building, and after questioning, the males admitted to smoking a joint. The two suspects also identified a third 19-year-old male who was with them while they were smoking. The third suspect was brought to UPD for questioning and admitted he ran away from the scene. He consented to a search and officers found a vape pen and three cartridges of cannabis oil on his person. The suspect was taken into custody for possession of a controlled substance and given a ticket to appear in Vestal Town Court. The other two suspects were released with a warning. Camera prank THURSDAY, Aug. 30, 3:30 p.m. — An officer conducting routine maintenance on the security camera system in Broome Hall of Newing College observed a hallway dock camera pointed at the
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ground. After viewing the camera footage, the officer found that earlier that day, a 56-yearold male had grabbed the camera and moved it to point down at the ground. The suspect was interviewed the next day and admitted to moving the camera, but said he’d just been playing around. Officers told the male that he could have impeded an investigation if something had happened in that area. He was released with a warning. Keyed revenge THURSDAY, Aug. 30, 5:44 p.m. — UPD responded to Parking Lot F1 after a 28-year-old female reported intentional damage to her vehicle. The victim said she parked her car between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Tuesday, and upon returning to her vehicle, noticed a long scratch from the rear of her car to the front headlights. The damage appeared to have been caused by a key. The other side of the vehicle also had a long scratch, but the victim said that damage was from a few years ago. The victim said she did not know of anyone who would be responsible for keying her car, and officers have not been able to locate any suspects or witnesses from security camera footage in the area. The case is still under investigation. Returned AirPods THURSDAY, Aug. 30, 8:54 p.m. — An officer responded to Hughes Hall of Hinman College after a 19-year-old male reported a larceny at the Hinman College Dining Hall. The victim said he was eating dinner around 7:35 p.m. and accidentally left his black backpack, which contained his Apple AirPods, at the dining hall. An hour later, he realized he had forgotten his backpack and returned to retrieve his bag. Later, he noticed his earphones were gone. After some investigation, a 21-year-old male suspect was identified. The suspect had been seen looking through the victim’s bag before placing something into his pockets. The AirPods were turned in shortly after the suspect was identified.
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Ariel Kachuro Assistant Photography Editor In an effort to memorialize those who have died due to substance use, Truth Pharm hosted its third annual “Trail of Truth,” where community members honored victims and discussed drug policy.
Quarterly Report, Broome County experienced a total of 57 deaths in 2016 because of opioid overdoses. In the same year, 1,990 people died from opioid overdoses across New York state, excluding deaths in New York City. “Our mission is to raise awareness, reduce the stigma, educate the public and advocate for policy change to reduce the harms caused by substance use,” Pleus wrote. “We have educational programs for corporations, medical providers, the public and families impacted.” According to Pleus, Trail of Truth aims to honor those who have passed away, raise awareness in the community and prevent fatalities as a result of substance use. The event featured individual tombstones painted to memorialize loved ones of people from the community. At Government Plaza, family members participated in performance art, leaning the tombstones against a wall and lying down in front of them while chalk artists outlined their bodies. Within the tracing of their bodies, family members wrote notes to the deceased. The performance was accompanied by a drum circle. Following the performance, elected officials were invited to pass out roses to family members. According to Pleus, the event is intended to be symbolic. “The tracings [are] filled with descriptions of our loved ones to show these are not empty,
meaningless lives we are losing,” Pleus wrote. “We do this all in front of governmental buildings to show who we feel is most responsible for the issue — and responsible to stop the death toll from rising. The roses [show] responsibility and remorse.” The event also featured speeches by other nonprofit leaders, including Kassandra Frederique, New York state director at Drug Policy Alliance, a group based in New York City. Frederique discussed the intersection of race and drug policy. She said she was initially frustrated when concerns spiked over opioid addiction in upstate New York, because the issue had been affecting communities of color in New York City for years. “Nobody cared when my uncle died, nobody cared when my friends died,” Frederique said. “There were no rallies, there were no conversations, there were no elected officials. I care now because I realize that my liberty, that my humanity, that my love is tied to yours. That I’m not going to live, that I’m not going to be more humane, that my community is not going to get better if yours doesn’t.” According to Pleus, local and state politicians, including Binghamton Mayor Rich David, County Executive Jason Garnar and Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo were invited to attend the event, but were unable to. Garnar and Lupardo sent representatives in their place. Broome County Legislator Mary Kaminsky, Endicott Deputy Mayor Eileen Konecny and Whitney Point Mayor Ryan Reynolds were present.
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FLOWER FROM PAGE 1 height of 87 inches. In 2016, concerns about soil-borne pathogens were raised because Metis was not terribly active. However, about two months later, it grew approximately a foot and appeared to be healthy again. A year later, Metis’ main leaf died down as a result of its largest corm disintegrating, leaving one small corm remaining. Despite attempts to trim this final corm of pathogens, it dried out beyond saving and Metis was declared deceased. Stiegler mentioned the challenges faced by titan arums within nature in Metis’ obituary, mentioning their low seed production, which can inhibit the propagation of the species. “The titans are facing a huge amount of pressure in their native habitat,” Stiegler wrote. “Perhaps the presence of individuals
such as Metis may be a mechanism to ensure high seed production among other plants. Any plant that is as active as Metis would not have the energy for significant seed production itself, but could ensure an abundance of pollen in a region … thereby preventing other plants from fading without being pollinated. Essentially a sacrifice for the good of the species.” According to Laurie Bell, greenhouse manager, Metis’ death does not mean the end of its lineage. “We have two offspring of Metis’ pollen crossed with Cornell’s Wee Stinky, and so the legacy continues,” Bell wrote in an email. Wee Stinky is the titan arum of Cornell University, which was pollinated using the pollen collected from Metis during its second inflorescence. The greenhouse is now logging the cycles of these two Metis offspring, and may launch a naming contest in the future.
opening accounts at that time.” But for returning students, the choice was more complicated. Some chose to stick with M&T, while others swapped over to Visions. Jacob Morenberg, a sophomore majoring in environmental studies, said it was difficult to decide if he should make the switch to Visions or keep his old account with M&T. “I wish the school could just pick a bank and stick to it,” Morenberg said. “Switching banks just makes things more complicated for everyone. As students, we have enough on our plates. The last thing we need is the stress of rearranging our finances.” Jason Russo, a sophomore double-majoring in English and psychology, ultimately decided to move his account from M&T to Visions, but said the switch has been inconvenient. “The switch from M&T to Visions
was handled poorly in my opinion,” Russo said. “I’m sure the University has its reasons for switching, but it is a major inconvenience for students like me who, after opening up a new M&T account for school, have to open up yet another account in Visions.” According to Russo, the lack of notice about the transition made a difficult situation even more frustrating. “On top of that, there was very little notice of the fact that M&T was closing,” Russo said. “Even now, when you search for banking on the University’s website, it still says that M&T is the bank on campus which is very misleading. M&T is a larger and better recognized entity than Visions, and I think it would have been better for students if they hadn’t made the change at all.” Visions takes part in shared branching, which enables access to personal accounts at other participating credit unions for
students who don’t live near a Visions at home. Students choosing to keep their M&T accounts can do so by using the branch across the street from the University on Vestal Parkway East, the branch on Exchange Street in Downtown Binghamton, the branch on Front Street on Binghamton’s West Side or by accessing other locations throughout New York state. Julia Berchou, public relations manager for M&T Bank, wrote in an email that M&T wishes to be students’ bank of choice even after graduation. “We’ll miss being on-campus to help the students of Binghamton University with their financial goals,” Berchou wrote. “We hope to see many of them at our nearby Vestal Parkway branch, and possibly at one of our 750 other locations across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic as they graduate and potentially relocate for their first jobs.”
Lazarus Rising helps homeless build professional skills NONPROFIT FROM PAGE 1 they tangibly have where even if they fall in hard times again, they have that piece of paper that can help them get a job.” Volunteers at the nonprofit separate their trips into two different phases, with phase one involving building a personal connection with participants at the shelter and learning about their backstory and work experience. After the first trip, volunteers will create a résumé for the participant before going on their second trip where they prepare participants for mock interviews. Originally founded by Graziosi’s friends Matthew Rojas and Matthew Sobel at the University of Delaware in 2015, the organization started at Binghamton University after Graziosi transferred to BU from Suffolk County Community College in 2016. However, it has since expanded beyond college campuses to larger regions, drawing on young professionals in a variety of areas. Currently, Lazarus Rising has chapters in Binghamton, New York City and Los Angeles, among other locations. More than 225 trained volunteers work with more than 400 participants. According to Jake Oppenheim, ’17, chief strategy officer at Lazarus Rising, this expansion is driven by new volunteers working outside college campuses. “It’s hard to keep clubs and things going — that’s why we’ve been going to more major cities and using college campuses to help us build our volunteer base,” Oppenheim said. “But we’re still on universities, we’re still
looking at universities. It’s not like we’re removing them, we’re just trying to figure out how to better improve the turnover.” Drew Barkin, president of the BU chapter of Lazarus Rising and a first-year graduate student studying accounting, said he is currently working toward getting the club chartered by the Student Association. He said he hopes this will prompt more people to join the organization. “Currently, we have around 10 members and most of our members come from Alpha Kappa Psi — that’s kind of how we initiated it,” Barkin said. “We’re hoping the chartering process will open it up to more people outside of organization and get a few more residents.” According to Oppenheim, Lazarus Rising is different from other organizations because everyone is doing the work for free. “A lot of these shelters might have somewhat of a service like this, but it’s definitely not as personalized, not as scalable and it’s not as passionate even, honestly, because it’s all pro bono for everyone involved,” Oppenheim said. For Graziosi, realizing that their work makes a real difference for people who are struggling is what makes all their efforts worth it. “A lot of people feel like they can’t contribute back to society because they don’t see their worth and we try to help them find their worth through their skills and their résumé,” Graziosi said. “Going to the shelters and actually working with these people reminds you exactly why you’re doing what you’re doing.”
Provided by Lazarus Rising Co-founders Matthew Sobel and Matthew Rojas gather with other members of Lazarus Rising for a meeting. The nonprofit has expanded to six regions, including a chapter at Binghamton University, and multiple BU alumni are now running the organization.
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LUMA Projection Arts Festival returns for its fourth year with new projections to light up Downtown Binghamton.
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This weekend, Downtown Binghamton’s LUMA Projection Arts Festival will return for its fourth year with an unprecedentedly ambitious lineup of installations and special events. LUMA is usually confined to just one Friday night each September, but this year’s festival will take place over the course of three days: Sept. 7, 8 and 9. LUMA is the nation’s first and largest projection mapping festival, and this year’s outdoor projections are again open to the public, free of charge. LUMA organizers have also collaborated with other local arts organizations on partner events to be held throughout the weekend. Binghamton City Councilman
Conrad Taylor, ‘18, said that the festival has expanded in dramatic ways as a result of growing interest from the community. “Last year was the first year I felt we were really touching a nerve and doing something spectacuWlar, and this year is going to blow everything we’ve done out of the water,” he said. From 9 p.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday, animations and immersive landscapes will be projected onto four different building exteriors in the Downtown area and played on a loop throughout the night. The same projections will be featured both nights of the festival, so viewers who attend both nights can revisit their favorite buildings or see works they might have missed. Several projection mapping companies and independent artists from the United States and Europe will participate, including Binghamton-based company
Favorite Color. Taylor said that the festival organizers are excited to work with a diverse group of artists again this year. “We’re going to be working with a worldwide portfolio of artists, and because of that, we’re going to have world-class art,” he said. Taylor said that both the event programming and the projections themselves will be more complex this year, as proven by the festival’s technological upgrades in preparation for larger pieces. For example, whereas last year’s largest projection used five projectors, a new projection by Maxin10sity titled “The Neon Unconscious: Cyber Dreams” will use 17. While LUMA’s outdoor projections remain free to the public, this year will be the first that ticketed events are hosted within the festival. For one such event, artists from Barcelona will
partner with the Binghamton Philharmonic to host LUMA’s first indoor projection experience, “Transfiguracio.” There will be 10 ticketed performances throughout the weekend for this work, each featuring a 44-piece orchestral performance and synchronized light show coordinated by projection company Onionlab and composer Xavi Bové. Tickets for “Transfiguracio” will be $8 and can be purchased online at lumafestival.com. In addition to the usual outdoor animations, there will be a few collaborative and interactive projections. The Department of Public Art’s “Mural Moments” will feature a series of digital murals submitted by community members, and Hypnotica’s “Reflection” will use 3D mapping technology to project visitors’ faces onto a building. A series of inflatable sculptures by Rhode Island-based design collective
Pneuhaus will be on display Saturday from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Additional partner events held in the city this weekend include a LUMA afterparty for the LGBTQ community, an Opera and Beer event at Garage Taco Bar, a theremin concert featuring live dance and video projection, an e-textiles workshop and a dinner in the dark at Lost Dog Cafe. While the projections portion of the festival will adjourn on Saturday night, the festivities will continue into Sunday, when the University Downtown Center will be hosting the first LUMA Storytellers Conference. This meeting is an opportunity to hear from the artists, writers, engineers and directors behind LUMA, and it will address the future of storytelling through new developments in animation and design. This event is ticketed at $5 per seat and is open to the public. LUMA co-founder and producer
Tice Lerner said that the weekend’s activities, especially the conference, are a great opportunity for BU students and community members to learn about innovations in art and technology. “Whether they’re engineers, writers, film students, artists or photographers, we’re pushing the boundaries of storytelling in very unconventional ways,” he said. “It’s a good place to establish a network of like minds and generate ideas.” Taylor said the city of Binghamton is an ideal location for LUMA not only because of its interesting architecture, but also because of the city’s current position at the crossroads of technological and artistic revival. “Binghamton’s history is really a history of technology, but right now a lot of what Binghamton is known for is its culture scene,” he said. “LUMA lies at the intersection of two of Binghamton’s great strengths.”
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Provided by Kelly Ng A variety of local food trucks lined up outside Lackawanna Train Station last Thursday for the opening day of Trucks on the Track.
Tracks welcome food trucks Vendors bring local fare Downtown Sarah Buerker Arts & Culture
Just a block away from State Street at the Historic Lackawanna Train Station sat about a dozen food trucks for Binghamton’s first food truck festival, Trucks on the Tracks, last Thursday night. Built in 1901, the train station was once a center for passengers and freight, particularly anthracite coal, during the early 20th century up until its decline beginning in the 1960s. Now, the Binghamton landmark has been revived as a result of a yearlong effort from Jay Pisculli, a partner at Craft Bar and Kitchen and Social on State, and Mark Yonaty, who owns the historic station. “We were looking at some bigger cities and some of the things that they do,” Pisculli said. “We saw these kinds of festivals in Buffalo, Rochester and other cities all over the country, so we wanted to bring one here. We’re just trying to show off what Binghamton has
to offer.” At Trucks on the Tracks, the sweet and savory options were extensive, with food ranging from chicken tacos to funnel cakes. Additionally, every vendor was locally sourced from neighboring areas like Cortland, New York and Friendsville, Pennsylvania. While I’ve had my fair share of barbecue chicken, macaroni and cheese and most of what’s considered all-American fare, I chose to try the Venezuelan arepa vendor. An arepa is similar to a flatbread made out of ground maize dough and is most prominently featured in Colombian and Venezuelan cuisine. This food truck’s take on the traditional South American dish featured fresh spices, onions and savory chicken. For a kick of sweetness, the arepa had a peach at the bottom of the wrap-like entree to balance the savory flavors. The once-abandoned train station area was now bustling with local students, families, dogs, live music and plenty of the sights and smells of each vendor’s fare. A building on the property that was also once abandoned was transformed into an ice cream shop, Scoopy
Doo’s Old Fashioned Ice Cream, featuring soft serve and hard ice cream flavors as well as a long list of specialty sundaes. “We only started promoting the first date seven days beforehand, and we still had about 2,000 people show up,” Pisculli said. “Yonaty and I partnered up with Cornell Cooperative Extension [of Broome County] to combine our resources and put this on. Hopefully, people that come here will also go to their farmers market and continue to help support local vendors and restaurants.” While patrons enjoyed their food, drinks and sweets, vendors were hard at work keeping up with the demand from the steady crowd that entered the Lackawanna Train Station throughout the night. Overall, it was a rally for local businesses to show off their skills and for people to go just a little further down State Street to enjoy a meal with friends and family. Trucks on the Track has three dates left this summer: Sept. 13, Sept. 27 and Oct. 11 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at 45 Lewis St.
Age-old tradition states that it’s a fashion faux pas to wear white after Labor Day. The ritual stems from Americans historically setting aside their lighter summer clothes in favor of deeper hues at the start of September. Equally important in aesthetic, but perhaps more consequential to your health, is another post-summer ritual: transitioning your skin care routine toward the cooler fall weather. While Binghamton will probably stay balmy for another few weeks, consider these products selected by Arts & Culture to stay feeling fresh as the semester progresses. Cleanser: Garnier SkinActive Micellar Cleansing Water All-in-1 Cleanser and Makeup Remover — One of the harshest self-inflections to your skin can be continuing to use aggressive makeup removers and cleansers into the fall and winter months. While the products serve your skin well in the summer because you’re naturally producing more oils in the heat, these kinds of products can hurt your skin as these natural effects subside as the weather cools down. A micellar water, like this one from Garnier, is cost-friendly and can take the makeup removal step out of your routine, all while being a much gentler cleansing process. Garnier SkinActive Micellar Cleansing Water can be purchased for $6.99 at target.com. Exfoliant: St. Ives Acne Control Apricot Scrub — Exfoliants like St. Ives’ Apricot Scrub are considered “controversial” by in-the-know beauty experts due to a lawsuit the company faced in 2016. The plaintiffs in the case alleged that the scrub was detrimental to users’
Provided by Amazon As the summer ends, it can be beneficial to adjust your skin care routine to account for the cooler weather that comes with the fall.
skin, causing micro-tears and hurting their moisture barrier. However, Arts & Culture maintains that these kinds of products are crucial in moderation. The first casualty of the colder seasons in the Binghamton area is feeling moisturized — as little time as you may spend outside walking to classes or trekking to the University Union from Parking Lot M, it’s impossible to avoid the wind chafing what small area of skin you may have exposed. Hence, St. Ives Apricot Scrub is a good bet to keep you feeling fresh this fall, bringing a deep exfoliant to keep dry skin at bay. While the concerns about this product aren’t unfounded, an exfoliant should only be used once or twice a week to avoid aggravating your skin, especially if you have sensitive skin. Additionally, the brand did away with microbeads in its exfoliants in 2014 and transitioned to natural products like apricot-pit kernels for a more environmentally friendly scrub. St. Ives Apricot Scrub can be purchased for $2.77 at target.com. Moisturizer: Weleda Skin Food — Skin Food can be a year-round moisturizer — but only if you’re OK with looking like you’re coated in a subtle sheen in the summer. For fall and winter, though, it’s perfect for both day and night moisturizing,
and brings a protective barrier between your face and the wind tunnels on campus each time you wear it. Although the moisturizer is on the heavier side and does take longer to absorb than other, lighter products, it can be mixed with powder highlighters and blushes to add a creamier kick to your makeup routine. If you’re able to bring yourself to put on a heavier makeup look as the semester progresses, this moisturizer also doubles as a primer, smoothing over pores and creating a clean canvas for your fall makeup look. Weleda Skin Food can be purchased for $9.99 at amazon.com. Face Oil: Deciem Rose Hip Seed Oil — If you’re looking for a light addition to your skin care routine, consider a rose hip seed oil. This version from Deciem aids dark-spot removal and collagen formation because of its high concentrations of vitamin C and A, respectively. More importantly, though, it brings extra coverage from dry skin that you might not be getting from just your moisturizer. If you’re adding this product to your routine, using it as a nighttime oil allows your skin to have enough time to fully absorb the product, leaving you glowing by the time you wake up. Deciem Rose Hip Seed Oil can be purchased for $9.80 at deciem.com.
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Pipe Dream Archives Catherine Kudlick, director of the Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability and a professor of history at San Francisco State University, delivers a talk about the importance of activism inspired by a 1977 protest consisting of 150 people with varying disabilities. Her experience in working with the topic lends an extra layer of legitimacy to her lecture.
Colleges should employ more lecturers to improve education Their experience-based teaching provides practical information to students Emily Houston
Columnist
For those of you who may have wondered where I’ve been for the last semester (yes, I know this is a total of precisely zero people), I took some time away from Binghamton University to study in Dublin, Ireland for a few months. I’m not going to bore you all with a column glorifying Guinness and Irish accents — both of which do happen to be superb, for the record — but I think there is something really excellent going on in the Irish postsecondary education system that is worth exploring in the United States: the prevalence
of lecturers. Throughout my semester in Ireland, I was not taught by professors; all three of my classes were conducted by lecturers. What’s the difference, you ask? While professors are full-time academics dedicated to studying their particular field, conducting research in it and teaching it to their students, a lecturer’s main job is to actually maintain a job in the discipline they are teaching. They are experts in the subject because they have extensive experience working in it, which gives them the knowledge and expertise needed to teach the topic. They are not required to do research or to publish because academia is not their passion — working is. In Ireland, my public relations
class was taught by a woman who owns and manages one of the leading health care PR firms in Dublin. My law lecturer would frequently run into the classroom 20 minutes late because court ran over. She is a practicing barrister (the European version of an attorney) and has been licensed for 12 years. The value of this is that my teachers were true experts in their fields. Lecturers have the realworld experience that professors are lacking, meaning lecturers know exactly what students need to learn to ensure success in the discipline. In a 2014 Gallup survey, only “11 [percent] of business leaders strongly agree that higher education institutions in this country are graduating students with the skills and
competencies that their business needs.” Rather than professors wasting students’ time by forcing them to study abstract theories that have no genuine use after college, lecturers fully understand the practical information that is necessary for students to ascertain in order to work in the subject post-graduation. Furthermore, there’s just something that gives your education more value when learning from an expert. Hearing about what it’s really like to work in the field from somebody who’s actually done it means more to a student than being taught a subject by somebody who has merely studied it. Lecturers can point to their own experiences as examples for teaching throughout their lectures, giving them an
authority that professors lack. You respect the information more when it’s coming from someone who has real conviction on the topic because you understand its value for your future. I’d like to point out a couple disclaimers on this whole thing. First, lecturers are not the only type of teachers in college in Europe; professors do exist, they are just less common than they are over here. Furthermore, there are currently lecturers in U.S. colleges, even at BU, just on a much smaller scale than in Europe. Finally, there are some possible downsides to having a lecturer over a professor. Lecturers are not practiced educators, which means that they might not be the best at communicating their subject to students in an effective way.
It can be difficult for lecturers to juggle both their full-time work and teaching, which could endanger their commitment to their students. Even so, I loved the classes I took in Dublin, and my lecturers played a huge part in that. Learning from teachers who are exactly what you aspire to be one day, who work in the area you see yourself in for the rest of your life, puts a whole new value on your education. So much of modern American society is already rooted in European convention — I think it’s time we adopt just a little more of their tradition and rethink our postsecondary education system. — Emily Houston is a senior double-majoring in political science and English.
Older actors make unconvincing teens
McCain was a hero to many, despite flaws
Viewers can form unhealthy self-perceptions
His imperfections shouldn’t discount his heroism
college — are still finishing up puberty and have acne as well as braces, retainers and other things that may appear embarrassing, but are really just common aspects of getting older. Not to mention, all the “teenagers” on these television shows and in these movies have flawless hair, makeup and impeccable taste in clothing. Where are the characters still going through their “blue eyeshadow is absolutely a daytime look” phase, the girl who cut her own bangs unevenly, the guy who thinks his underwear being too visible is cool or even that one person we all know who replaced a shower with Axe body spray? You won’t find them on these shows. The girls have perfectly curled hair and not even a patch of unblended foundation, while the guys look like the afterresults of being signed up for “Queer Eye.” Another issue with high school and college-centric television shows and movies is the fact that they’re not always realistic. High school is all about prom and homecoming, while college is seen as a never-ending sea of red solo cups and parties. Both are far from true. There are a lot of people who have little to no experience with alcohol, drugs or even their sexuality when they come to college, and that’s perfectly normal. There are some who’ve tried all those things before coming to school, and that’s fine, too. The point I’m trying to make is that all of
thousands of civilians. While the atrocities he contributed to are certainly unjustifiable, he committed them in the fight for democracy. Despite these criticisms, McCain was lauded as an American icon up until his passing. The late senator was born into a world in which our enemies were clear and our moral responsibilities clearer. Yet his military career reached its zenith during a war that exposed some of our own hypocrisies, which muddied the waters of moral clarity. The most famous story told about McCain is of his time spent in a North Vietnamese prison, suffering torture and solitary confinement. When he was offered an early release, he refused because it violated the Army Code of Conduct, which stipulated that prisoners of war must be released in the order of their capture. He was punished, and remained in prison for five and a half years. Whatever can be said of McCain, it cannot be said that he was selfish, or a coward, or that he was incapable of giving himself to a higher cause for the benefit of others. Regardless of his record, these are qualities that are both necessary and inspiring. We make heroes of people not because we believe heroes exist but because we know they cannot, because this world is too imperfect for heroes. This world is frequently complicated; it is a moral enigma. And so when
Elizabeth Short
Contributing Columnist
Coming-of-age movies are a staple in most teenagers’ lives. The recent resurgence of teenled rom-coms and television series has seen shows covering darker, more real topics and having realistically diverse casts. However, one aspect of these dramas hasn’t changed: The actors portraying them are most definitely not teenagers. The average age of an actor who is meant to be portraying a teenager on our screens is 21 to 22 years old. Now, with all the amazing things happening in the TV and film industry like the Time’s Up movement and having more diverse stories being told, this may seem like a petty thing to get hung up on. However, this aspect of Hollywood can play a big part in how people our age see themselves. The main issue with casting older actors to play teenagers is their appearance. I don’t know a single high school-aged person who looks anything like the cast of “Riverdale.” Rightly so, considering the youngest member of the cast is actor KJ Apa, who plays Archie, clocking in at 21 years old. The oldest member of that cast to play a teen is Ashleigh Murray, at 30 years old. Most teenagers I encountered in high school — and even in
our experiences are different, and we should be seeing that on our screens. Where are the scenes where students are showing the freshmen in their building how to do laundry, stressing over whether their GPA is high enough to keep a scholarship or the moment that we find out sometimes it’s the smartest pre-med students who party the hardest and still show up to lecture? And yes, a large part of older actors portraying teens has to do with labor laws. Being under 18 years old means one can only work certain hours, and many young actors are still required to maintain some kind of formal education. However, there are plenty of cases where these aspects were worked into production schedules rather than used against young performers. Both Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall were actually 16 years old during the filming of “Sixteen Candles.” While Saoirse Ronan wasn’t a teenager despite playing one in “Lady Bird,” I found the story (and the fact that it was a purposeful choice to leave Ronan’s acne visible) incredibly realistic. It’s not a perfect example, but this is the kind of story we should be seeing from Hollywood. Teenagers are incredibly complex and contradictory and certainly far from perfect. Maybe if we saw this a little more often, we wouldn’t feel so damn bad about it. — Elizabeth Short is a sophomore majoring in biology.
Aaron Bondar
Columnist
On Aug. 25, Senator John Sidney McCain lost his battle with cancer. In his last book before his death, “The Restless Wave,” McCain quotes his hero, Robert Jordan, from his favorite novel — and one of mine — “For Whom the Bell Tolls” by Ernest Hemingway. “The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it,” says Robert in the novel’s closing passages. Hemingway’s novel captures the story and tragedy of an American professor who travels to Spain to fight on the side of the Republic in the country’s civil war between Loyalists — the Republicans — and the monarchists and fascists. In the course of the novel, Robert must come face-to-face with all the cruelty, brutality and smallness that human beings are capable of. He must confront the brutal things he must do himself to build a better world — one worth fighting for indeed. It is easy to see why Robert was a hero to McCain, just as McCain has become a hero to many Americans. However, others might say that he did more harm than good during the Vietnam War, with one of the missions he was a part of causing the deaths of tens of
we find people with genuine qualities, like McCain, we should hold onto them not for them but for us, because without those heroes, the enigma is forever unsolvable. So, grasp these figures like the ledge above a chasm, and wish one of them farewell as they make a journey we must all eventually make. McCain had dedicated himself to the cause of human liberty and the principle of political equality. To say that he did not, or would not, always live up to these is not to wave off these mistakes as unserious. Indeed, it is the opposite — these shortcomings are grave, and serious, and ultimately tragic, not because they are unique to McCain, but because they are universal. The choice for us is not, and never could be, between perfection and less than that. The choice is, and always had to be, between committing yourself to higher principles despite the world’s harshness, despite your own ethical shortcomings, mistakes and serious moral errors, or committing yourself to nothing at all. It is the essential component of being human — to see the world as it is, and to love it anyway; to see the world how it could be, and attempt to make it so; and to ultimately fail more often than you succeed, but hopefully leave it better when the bell tolls for you. — Aaron Bondar is a senior double-majoring in political science and economics.
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Golf places 15th at Turning Stone Tiger Intercollegiate Lane impresses despite poor team performance Justin Zion
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After more than four months of offseason during the summer, the Binghamton golf team’s autumn season is finally underway. The team is slated to compete in five invitationals over the course of the fall, with the first of those tournaments, the Turning Stone Tiger Intercollegiate at the University of Missouri, already in the books. “I’m really excited,” said BU head coach Bernie Herceg. “In the past there’s been seasons I get really looking forward to and excited … but this year it’s something special. I really feel with the three new players coming in [that] our team is much deeper and the talent is much better than last year.” New to the team this season are freshmen Scott Kleeschulte and Gavin Simon as well as sophomore transfer student D.J. Griffiths, all of whom hail from New York state. Griffiths, a Binghamton native, returns to his hometown following a brief stint at Florida Gulf Coast. “It’s a pleasure to have him back,” Herceg said. “He’s a very talented golfer … to get him on the squad really helps the strength of the team.” In addition to the newcomers, the Bearcats are returning all seven of last year’s team members, all of whom now have a year of college golf experience under their belts. With that experience, Herceg hopes his team, especially last year’s freshmen, is able to take that next step forward this season. “I think we didn’t really reach our potential last year,” Herceg said, “but we finished on a pretty good note down over at the Big Sky [Championship]. Going forth, it’s only going to be better; they definitely got
Justin Lane Provided by Binghamton University Athletics Sophomore Justin Lane finishes as the top Bearcat at the Turning Stone Tiger Intercollegiate with a score of plus-four and a 17th-place overall finish.
that experience.” One of Binghamton’s key returning pieces this year will be sophomore Justin Lane. During last year’s spring season, Lane, as a freshman, finished as
the Bearcats’ top performer in several invitationals, and was the highest-finishing rookie at the Big Sky Championship last April, placing 10th overall. To start the fall season, Lane
picked up right where he left off, with a 17th-place finish at the Turning Stone Invitational this past Labor Day weekend. Lane once again was the top Bearcat in the competition, finishing
with an overall score of four above par. Lane turned relatively clean cards over the course of the invitational, scoring worse than par on only eight of 54 holes across three rounds.
Unfortunately for the Bearcats, the team as a whole did not share in Lane’s success. Dragged down by a combined score of plus-23 in the second round, Binghamton found itself in 15th place after two rounds of competition. Lane’s final round score of plus-one and junior Ryan Rodriguez’s even better final round of one-under weren’t enough to lift the team back up the leaderboard. The Bearcats went on to finish in 15th with a final, even score of plus-50. Taking advantage of its home course, Missouri took home the top spot of the invitational, demolishing the competition with a final score of 16 below par, a full 29 shots ahead of the second-place finishers, North Dakota State. The race for the top spot on the individual leaderboard was much tighter, with Boston College junior Christian Cavaliere pulling it out in the final five holes. While the Bearcats got their fall season off to a slow start, there are still more opportunities on the schedule for the team to prepare and build up momentum to get the season back on track. All of this leads up to the Matthews Invitational at the end of the month, the annual tournament that Binghamton hosts that is cited by the team as the crown jewel of the fall schedule. “There’s no doubt, it’s the event of the year … that we want to win in the fall,” Herceg said. “Last year we were right there, and we didn’t complete the tournament the way we wanted to, but where we’re at right now, I feel really positive that we’re going to be able to give it a good run and have ourselves a good chance to win come the final day there on Oct. 1.” The Bearcats’ fall season continues this upcoming weekend at the Alex Lagowitz Memorial Invitational hosted by Colgate University. The two-day tournament kicks off Saturday, Sept. 8 from Hamilton, New York.
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Volleyball winless at UT-Arlington Invitational Alicea held under 10 kills for first time since 2017 Samuel Ditchek Sports Editor
Heading into the UT-Arlington Tournament without a victory early in the season, the Binghamton volleyball team’s skid continued this weekend as it was swept by Loyola University (MD.), Air Force Academy and UT Arlington. The Bearcats (06) have been outmatched in what has been a tumultuous first half of the preseason. “Overall, we’re not clicking on all cylinders yet,” said BU head coach Glenn Kiriyama. “But we
show glimpses of what potential we have. It’s good to see that they are progressing, and they are getting a little better. We still have a lot of little things to work on and hopefully we can iron some of the things out over the next couple of weeks.” Binghamton first took on the Greyhounds (3-3) Friday evening and arguably put forth its best showing of the weekend despite not taking a frame. The Bearcats posted scores of 23 and 21 in the first and second sets, respectively, before falling apart in the third sequence with only 11 points. As Kiriyama noted, the team regularly failed to show signs of cohesion while offering glimpses of unreached potential.
Part of the lack of chemistry has undoubtedly been the result of the new group Kiriyama is tasked with coaching in his 20th season. Still searching for a consistent setter, veterans such as senior outside hitters Erin Shultz and Gaby Alicea will have to become accustomed to the playing styles of those trialing the middle position. “We have a couple of new setters playing and it takes a little bit of experience for the hitters to get used to the different sets and vice versa,” Kiriyama said. “We’re hoping that some of the hitters will come around and our passing and defensive will continue to get better.” Just as consistency eluded the Bearcats in the opening match of
the tournament, the first game of the doubleheader on Saturday appeared as much of the same. Air Force (5-2) held Binghamton to just 36 points and kept Alicea from recording double-digit kills for the first time this season and the first time since Oct. 6, 2017 against UMBC. Similar to Alicea’s lack of production as emblematic of the second game on the weekend, she was unable to get things going offensively against the Mavericks (3-3) as well. UT Arlington held Alicea from reaching doubledigit kills for her second straight contest as she amassed only seven in the game. The team as a whole was overpowered in points, kills,
aces, assists and digs, as was the case for most of the tournament. Although the team had a weekend to forget, one of the few bright spots was Shultz’s dependable level of play. Despite not typically blowing away the competition with 15 to 20 kills, the Carrollton, Texas native’s reliable output may be an indication that the outsides are developing chemistry with the setters. “[Shultz is] from Texas and she was up for this tournament,” Kiriyama said. “She had some nice games there, not just her hitting but I thought she dug well, especially in the last match. She puts in continual effort every
play and she’s great to coach.” For the Bearcats, the upcoming Wyoming Tournament may result in outcomes identical to this weekend. Both Arizona State University and the University of Wyoming have 5-1 records and have defeated high-caliber teams. “These tournaments are not getting any easier,” Kiriyama said. “The Wyoming Tournament is going to be a tough one, but we want to see how we can match up against some of these better teams. Hopefully we can raise our level of play as the level of play increases.” Binghamton is slated to take on Wyoming on Friday, Sept. 7. First serve is expected for noon from Laramie, Wyoming.
Men’s soccer extends losing streak with loss to Cornell BU held scoreless despite many chances Grace Palumbo
Assistant Sports Editor
The threat of rain did nothing to stop the Bearcats from pursuing their first win of the season against Cornell this past Friday night. Unfortunately, despite the team’s best efforts, Binghamton failed to secure a victory and the Big Red took home the win, 2-0. “[I’m] just disappointed in the way that we conducted ourselves during the match,” said BU head coach Paul Marco. “We didn’t manage the match well. We had
enough seniors on the field today to show experience against a young Cornell team. So, just really disappointed in the performance that our team put forward tonight.” Both teams were bursting with energy at kickoff, and the action began quickly as Cornell (1-0-0) put the ball in the net just under three minutes into the match. Sophomore forward Jack Muller responded quickly with a shot on goal for Binghamton (0-3-0), but the kick proved futile. “We played pretty well before their goal and their goal comes too early,” Marco said. “It’s the first time really that they cross the halfway line with possession and they get a goal from it, and it really
was our back forward not very good tonight.” The Bearcats continued to play aggressively for the remainder of the first half. Muller contributed an additional shot, while senior midfielder Harrison Weilbacher put up two shots and sophomore midfielder Noah Luescher made an attempt on goal as well. However, their attempts were thwarted by solid goalkeeping and defense. Just seconds before the halftime buzzer sounded, Cornell held possession of the ball near Binghamton’s goal. Unable to defend the shot or push the ball out of bounds, Big Red nabbed a goal just as the buzzer sounded, putting them up 2-0 at the half.
Despite the gut-wrenching goal, the Bearcats came into the second period levelheaded. They continued to launch shots toward junior goalkeeper Ryan Shellow, but their aggression progressively lessened. The team was successful in holding off any additional scoring from Cornell, but it was unable to put a goal on the board itself. With just minutes before the end of the game, the Bearcats desperately attempted to get on the scoreboard, with successive shots from graduate student midfielder Florian Orth, senior forward Chris Nkoghe and freshman forward Ben Hamilton. Their efforts proved unsuccessful, and when the buzzer
sounded, Cornell took home the victory, 2-0. “Hopefully, we get a different response in the next match because the games are getting tougher and tighter,” Marco said. “When you don’t compete and you try to just play soccer, it’s Division I, the players are just too fast, they close you down too quickly and you have to battle more, and we didn’t bring a battle tonight. We just wanted to play pretty soccer and have time on the ball and that’s not going to win games.” Marco also expressed that he hopes his players will become more committed to training effectively in order to prepare for Division I competition.
“Our guys need to keep believing in themselves, believing in their teammates, working hard together and knocking a guy over in training,” Marco said. “We need to be a little more competitive at training because we don’t see what we see in the match in training. Guys are too careful, cautious, friendly with each other and it needs to be a lot more combative than it is, just like it was tonight in the game.” Binghamton will look to take home its first win of the season in its fourth game of 2018 this Tuesday, Sept. 4 on the road against Monmouth. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. from Hesse Field in West Long Branch, New Jersey.
Women’s soccer shut out in Pennsylvania road trip Bearcats defeated by St. Francis, Duquesne Samantha Marsh Contributing Writer
The Binghamton women’s soccer team endured a tough weekend in its battles against two Pennsylvania teams, Saint Francis University and Duquesne, ultimately coming up with two losses. Despite a lightning storm that halted the game against Saint Francis (2-2-2) after less than three minutes of play, the Bearcats (2-3-1) took on the Red
Flash in the first game of the weekend. Charged and ready to go, sophomore forward Camryn Tirado of Saint Francis netted a goal in the first 15 minutes. The Bearcats, eager to get on the scoreboard as well, fired back with three shots within seven minutes of Tirado’s goal but none of the shots found the back of the net. All of the shots were taken by redshirt senior forward Kayla Saager, who was recently named the America East (AE) player of the week. Saager has already logged three goals and two assists for the season and has taken a total of 33 shots, ranking her number one in the
AE for number of shots and number two in the conference for goals scored. Throughout the rest of the first half, the Bearcats only had one more shot on goal, taken by sophomore forward Essie Bonney, which went wide. Freshman goalkeeper Haylee Poltorak let just one goal escape her and recorded four saves in the first half. Saint Francis more than doubled the number of shots taken by the Bearcats, outshooting Binghamton 12-5. Entering the second half, Saager continued with the same energy she had in the first period and rifled two shots within the
first six minutes. Neither of Saager’s shots found the back of the net, but Saint Francis senior midfielder Sara Suler was able to get a shot past Poltorak to extend Saint Francis’ lead to 2-0. The Bearcats launched seven more shots during the second half, but none were converted into scores. Saint Francis, however, was able to find the net once more in the 88th minute. Poltorak made six notable saves in the second half, thwarting a total of 10 shots on goal. Following a game with no goals for the Bearcats, the team was looking to get on the scoreboard in its next match
against Duquesne (2-2-0). Although the Bearcats had four shots in the first half and three shots in the second half, this was not enough for Binghamton to ensure a goal. Duquesne, however, was able to secure a goal in the second period of the game from a penalty kick off of a foul in the box by Saager. The penalty kick was enough for the Dukes to seal their 1-0 victory. “Today was a tough way to end the weekend,” said BU head coach Neel Bhattacharjee via bubearcats.com. “We knew we were playing very good opposition with postseason experience so this gave us a chance to see
how we stacked against quality opponents before we head into conference play soon. It’s frustrating to come away with a loss but it wasn’t necessarily easy to play two strong teams with just a day’s rest in-between. We cannot make excuses and we must be better in playing a full 90 minutes. We still need to put in a dominant full game performance and we still have a few more opportunities to fulfill that before America East play starts.” The Bearcats are set for their next game against Manhattan College on Thursday, Sept. 6. Kickoff from Riverdale, New York is set for 6 p.m.