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Binghamton's Future Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger’s plan for the future of BU began to take shape last week, as he announced the Road Map to Success proposals his committee selected for development and implementation. The Steering Committee chose 49 of the 176 total proposals brought before them in late December. “Selecting these 49 proposals was a difficult process, but I think those selected are exciting and will help us reach the goal President Stenger has laid out for the campus: becoming the premier public university of the 21st century,” wrote Donald Nieman, provost
and vice president for academic affairs, in an email to Pipe Dream. Over the coming weeks, each BU vice president will be responsible for a group of the proposals, and will determine the resources needed to pursue the proposal and develop milestones to guide their implementation, according to the Road Map website. “We will now assess cost and feasibility of implementing all 49,” Nieman said. “Some will move forward more quickly than others based on that assessment. So it may take some time to get to all. And some may [not] be feasible to fully implement.” The proposals range from experimenting with traditional course scheduling to establishing “Bearcat
Dens” to sell Bearcat merchandise and increase BU marketability in the greater Binghamton area. Many of the adopted proposals are focused on increasing BU’s reputation as an elite research university both nationally and internationally. The proposal to add a pharmacy school was also selected by the Steering Committee. Among the proposals Nieman said he was most excited about were the expansion of the Center for Learning and Teaching (CLT) and requiring undergraduate students to participate at least once in a “high impact learning experience” such as study abroad, research or an internship. “I … like High Impact Learning Experiences because it will enhance our investment in undergraduate research,
study abroad, internships, service learning and civic engagement,” Nieman said. “We know that these help students develop skills, broaden perspectives, and prepare for advanced education and careers.” The enhancements to the CLT will include a full-time director to help professors develop their curriculum and integrate technology into the classroom. The director will also observe classroom instructions to advise and instruct faculty. “I like the idea of enhancing our Center for Learning and Teaching because it is an investment in our faculty and students,” Nieman said. “It will give Binghamton’s outstanding faculty the support they need to experiment with instructional approaches that will maximize student learning.”
Flynn Izard, MPA student, dies at 27
Flynn Izard, a graduate student in the public administration program, died on Jan. 21 in Binghamton, N.Y. He was 27. Izard was born in Syracuse, N.Y. and received his bachelor’s degree in economics from Binghamton University in 2012. Jennifer Hampton, a senior majoring in biology, was close friends with Izard. She described him as a passionate
person. “He was kind of reserved, and he wasn’t the most extroverted person, but he was so passionate about certain things that when he spoke to you he could go on for hours — he would go on for hours,” Hampton said. Hampton recalled that Izard had a constantly changing look and a knack for impressions. “He was a cool cat,” Hampton laughed. “He was like
Recent Binghamton University graduate Jake Keegan has been drafted by the Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer, making him the first Binghamton player to be drafted by an MLS Club. The 21-year-old forward was selected in the third round with the 43rd pick of the supplemental draft. “When you grow up watching MLS, it’s always a dream. It’s a great feeling,” Keegan said. “It’s a credit to the Binghamton program as a whole, the coaches and the players that I was recognized enough and I was seen enough to be drafted.”
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Recent graduate Jake Keegan is the first-ever Binghamton player to be drafted by a Major League Soccer club.
Philadelphia is scheduled to begin its 2013 campaign on March 4 at home against Sporting Kansas City. In 2012, the Union finished with a 10-18-6 record en route to
an eighth-place finish in the “[Hackworth] seems to be Eastern Conference. In June, bringing the team in the right John Hackworth replaced direction,” Keegan said. “I’m Piotr Nowak as head coach of Philadelphia and accumulated an 8-11-4 record.
BU considers pharmacy grad school
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Flynn Izard at his graduation from Harpur College of Arts and Sciences. Izard passed away on Jan. 21.
The Binghamton University Office of Academic Affairs is looking into the possibility of creating a pharmacy school. Donald Nieman, provost and vice president of academic affairs, is heading a study that he says will focus on both the financial feasibility and the academic merit of building the school. “While we need to study this idea carefully before we decide to move forward, it offers the
potential to increase research in the life sciences, grow graduate student enrollment, and serve undergraduate students who are interested in pursuing careers in the health sciences,” Nieman wrote in an email to Pipe Dream. To complete the study, Nieman will select a committee of roughly half a dozen faculty from science departments and programs with a potential relationship to a pharmaceutical studies department. He said he hopes the study will be finished later this year, between May and September.
“You want to do this deliberately, but by the same token, if we’re going to go ahead with this, you want to be in a position to do it when people might benefit from it,” Nieman said. Though talk of building a pharmacy school began in 2010, the idea was brought up recently in a proposal from the Creative Activities and Research team of BU President Harvey Stenger’s Road Map to Success. According to the proposal, the school “could
— Donald Nieman Provost, VP of Academic Affairs
Wheeler studies right to porn While free speech fanatics argue that the Constitution guarantees people the right to watch porn until they go blind, research by Leigh Ann Wheeler, a professor in the history department and the author of “How Sex Became A Civil Liberty,” suggests that this attitude does not predate the 20th century, let alone the Constitution. According to Wheeler, society’s relationship to pornography has evolved in the past 100 years, which she credits in part to the work of the American Civil Liberties Union. Current attitudes about porn suggest that society views the consumption of sexually explicit material as a constitutionally mandated right, protected under the First Amendment. However, Wheeler’s research indicates that society has not only changed by acknowledging a right to porn — one that did not exist 100 years ago — but that the interpretation of the First Amendment has also changed. Traditionally, freedom of speech focused on those who were creating and producing questionable material, not those who wished to consume it. “One of the most interesting things I found was that the ACLU helped to broaden the ways that judges, legislators and also the general population, think about the First Amendment,” Wheeler said. “Most people today talk about their First Amendment rights in terms of consumers’ rights — their rights to read, their right to see, their right to buy. But originally the First Amendment was not about consumers at all; it was framed to protect the rights of producers, not consumers, of speech.” The right to porn is part of a broader collection of what Wheeler terms “sexual rights.”
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Wheeler is the author of "How Sex Became A Civil Liberty" and a professor in the history department
“I wanted to understand why Americans think about issues of sexuality the way they do today, and I was particularly interested in why people think about sexuality in terms of rights,” Wheeler said. “People will say, or think, or behave as if: ‘I have the right to do whatever I want sexually; I have the right to read whatever sexual material I want.’ So I wanted to look at why people treat issues of sexuality in terms of rights. That’s actually a fairly new phenomenon.”
Union — which was founded in 1920 — was one of the first organizations to defend sexual expression as a right. ACLU leaders did this in the 1920s by defending advocates of birth control, including Margaret Sanger.” Chelsea Desruisseaux, an undeclared freshman, said she thinks that society has become more liberal with what is accepted in the discussion of sexuality. “I think we’ve become more open with what we can talk about,” Desruisseaux said. “I was at a retreat in high school, and in the cabin one night, we all shared our favorite porn sites and it was totally fine. I think its a good thing that we’ve become more open about this stuff.” However, Wheeler said there is a downside to creating a society that has — Chelsea Desruisseaux become permeated with sexual Undeclared freshman messages. “A civil liberties approach These rights may be as new to sexuality has been as the early 1910s, and were quite effective at creating also fought for by the ACLU, opportunities for people to according to Wheeler. express themselves sexually,” “So what I ended up doing Wheeler wrote in an email. “At was going back to the early the same time, though, this 20th century, a time when approach has made it more people still did not think or difficult for people to escape talk about sexual issues in unwanted sexual expression.” terms of rights,” Wheeler said. “The American Civil Liberties
potentially open in 4-5 years and confer first degrees in 6-8 years.” The proposal suggests that the building of a pharmacy school would improve research funding as well as attract a stronger graduate student body. The State University of New York at Buffalo is the only public university in New York with a pharmacy school. A pharmacy program at BU would offer a Pharm D, a practitioner’s degree, and a doctorate in pharmaceutical sciences, a research degree. Roughly 35 percent of BU undergraduate students major in the STEM areas — science, technology, engineering and
mathematics — according to Nieman. “I think there would be a lot of interest among Binghamton students,” Nieman said. “For a lot of our pre-health students, having a pharmacy school here would probably open their eyes to the idea of pharmacy.” If the University decides to pursue a pharmacy school, it would need approval from SUNY and the New York State Education Department before seeking accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, according to Nieman. Sarah Netz, a junior majoring in biochemistry, plans to attend pharmacy school after she
graduates. “I wanted to enter the health field but I didn’t want to be a doctor,” Netz said. “I looked into pharmacy and it seemed exactly what I wanted. It opens all kinds of doors from research and development to just working in a pharmacy and interacting with people.” Netz said she thinks a lot of students would apply to pharmacy programs at BU if they were offered. “I wish it existed now,” Netz said. “Pharmacy is becoming more popular so there should be more affordable in-state pharmacy programs. I love Binghamton, I wish I could do my graduate school here.”
Friends remember Flynn this pseudo-hippie who really wasn’t a hippie at all … He had the most beautiful eyes, and this goofy smile when he got excited about things.” According to Hampton, his interests ranged from basketball to animals to music. One of his fondest memories was receiving his first guitar. “He got a guitar from his grandmother when he was younger, and he treasured it more than anything else he has ever owned,” Hampton said. Izard was raised a Buddhist, and was inspired by Buddhism throughout his life, according to Hampton. Izard spent some of his childhood in Saudi Arabia, and had an affinity for travel. “He kind of felt like a nomad even though he was in Binghamton the whole time I’ve known him,” Hampton said. Hampton said Izard had a remarkable personality,
instantly recognizable even by near strangers. “I wish that he knew how many people loved him, because I didn’t have any idea, and I don’t think he did either,” Hampton said. “People remembered him when they met him. People who literally knew him for days remembered him and were impacted a lot by both his life and his death. He was special — people just loved him.” Jade Maniscalco, a 2012 alumna who majored in psychology, remarked on how unique he acted in his life. “He was like a character out of a great American novel or something,” Maniscalco said. “Smoking a cigarette, with his ponytail slicked back, he stared into the sky and swallowed it whole.” Kim Clark, a graduate student studying public administration, is in the same program as Izard. In an email, Clark remembered Izard for his open-mindedness. “He was very witty,
analytical and willing to reflect on others’ perspectives, even when new or opposed to his own,” Clark said. Rae Blair, Izard’s childhood friend, knew him for 16 years. Blair considered Izard a loyal friend through the years she knew him. “He was my friend, my comrade and a kindred spirit if there ever was one,” Blair wrote in an email. “We stuck by each others’ sides through everything.” David Campbell, chair of the department of public administration, called Izard’s death a loss for the University. “We’re really sad that he died, and we’re pleased that he had hoped to have a career in public service,” Campbell said. Izard is survived by his father and mother, Carroll and Karen Izard, and his brother, Conor Izard. Funeral services will be private. Students affected by Izard’s death are advised to contact the University Counseling Center.
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Bigger beer cans boost Bud brewery in central N.Y. Thanks to the 24-ounce beer can, business is growing again at the Anheuser-Busch InBev brewery in central New York. After several years of falling production and employment, the brewery in the Syracuse suburb of Lysander is poised to make more beer in 2013 than it did in 2012, as well as create new jobs. The bigger can, plus a surge in new products like the flavored alcohol beverage Lime-A-Rita, will boost the brewery’s output to near 6 million barrels this year. The Lysander plant is advertising to fill about 25 jobs for electrical instrumentation and mechanical technicians, most of whom will work on the 24-ounce can production line. Current employment at the plant stands at about 400.
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NYC police commissioner blames gun violence on handguns Handguns are the main problem on New York City streets when it comes to gun violence, according to New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly. In an interview Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” Kelly said he supported efforts toward an assault weapon ban, but that in New York City, handguns are much more prevalent. He said 60 percent of murders in the city are done by handguns. Kelly spoke out in support of universal background checks. He said about 6 million weapons were sold last year without one, and that requiring the checks would go a long way toward identifying straw purchases, the buying of guns by people who can legally do so on behalf of people who can’t.
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De Blasio announces bid for NYC mayor New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio announced his bid for the mayor’s seat on Sunday, promising to pay attention to working-class New Yorkers he said have been ignored or “priced out” under Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The 51-year-old Democrat made the announcement outside his home in Brooklyn’s Park Slope. He said he’ll conduct a “true citywide campaign,” starting Monday in all five boroughs. De Blasio said some of the billionaire mayor’s policies have been good, but not for many middle-class New Yorkers. De Blasio was elected to the office in 2009, and has helped stop teacher layoffs and save neighborhood schools Bloomberg tried to close. With Bloomberg’s 12year tenure ending next January, the field for November’s election includes City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and former city comptroller Bill Thompson, both Democrats, and Republican Joe Lhota, former chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Experts examine remains of wandering dolphin The wayward dolphin that meandered into a polluted New York canal and died underwent a post-mortem exam. The marine mammal died Friday evening in the Gowanus Canal that runs through Brooklyn. Experts from the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation were conducting a necropsy Sunday afternoon to determine the cause of death. Results were not expected immediately. The dolphin had riveted onlookers as it splashed around in the filthy water and shook black gunk from its snout. The dolphin likely entered the canal from the Atlantic Ocean and got pinned at low tide.
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Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to Horace Mann.
King Charles VI of France is nearly killed when several dancers' costumes catch fire during a masquerade ball.
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Correction An article in the March 9, 2012 edition of Pipe Dream about Binghamton University’s law school plans incorrectly identified Brian Rose as Binghamton University’s vice president for academic affairs. He is actually the vice president for student affairs.
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Anonymous students dish the dirt
In just over a month, Bing U-Secrets, a new Facebook page inspired by PostSecret, has exploded in popularity, receiving hundreds of posts and over 1,500 friends. The page’s creator, who spoke via Facebook on the condition of anonymity to maintain the anonymous spirit of the site, said that by its third week, the page received over 20 submissions per day. As of now, the number of submissions posted to the site figures well into the hundreds. Unlike its inspiration, PostSecret, the website that posts anonymously submitted, secret-spilling postcards, Bing U-Secrets is text-only. The posts are displayed entirely on Facebook rather than a blogging platform, but it still adheres to PostSecret’s ethos of anonymity and unfiltered speech. Anyone can submit secrets — either by email, on Tumblr or by messaging the Facebook group directly. The mediator behind Bing U-Secrets insists that the page is maintained by just one person, but that a few other people know who runs it. Frank Warren, the man behind PostSecret, visited Binghamton University’s Anderson Center during homecoming 2009 to promote his fifth book of anthologized submissions to the website. The PostSecret-inspired
phenomenon previously hit campus in spring of 2008, when a student anonymously started bingsecrets.blogspot. com. That blog allowed students to send digital postcards, also published anonymously, and received over 60 submissions. But Bing U-Secrets, since its start on Dec. 18, has many times more submissions. The secrecy is sometimes undone by Facebook users tagging people in the posts and claiming to know the person behind a secret in the comments — exposing the identity of the poster. “Something supposed to be secret is indirectly revealed to the person it’s about,” said Mark Carotenuto, a sophomore majoring in management who frequently comments on the page. “It can be positive and some of the posts have been touching. On the other hand, some have been very malicious, or just super shallow.” Many of the posts on Bing U-Secrets are obviously fake, such as the ones that claim to be characters from “Good Will Hunting,” “The Muppets,” or “Mean Girls.” Some submissions aren’t even strictly secrets at all. “They’re usually the funniest,” said Jennifer Ortiz, a sophomore majoring in chemistry who also frequently comments on the page. “People think of it more like a diary, they just want to express themselves.” Because the system works by anonymity, one does not
looking forward to working with him and the team.” Binghamton head coach Paul Marco, who just concluded his 11th season at the helm of the Bearcats, has seen Keegan gradually shape himself into a lethal offensive weapon. According to Marco, Keegan’s latest achievement “shows the quality that he displayed throughout his time [at Binghamton], especially in his junior and senior years.” “When we recruited Jake, he wasn’t a heavily recruited player but we thought he was special,” Marco said. “He had a knack of scoring goals at a high school level, but what he really grew into was being able to be deceptive with his movements. He’s terrific at being able to pick up the ball on the move and run with the ball. He’s able to find players and he’s able to find the back of the net while he’s moving.” While he only scored three goals in his sophomore season, Keegan led the team in both his freshman and junior years with seven goals before erupting for 11 goals and 26 total points in his senior season. As a third team NSCAA Regional selection in 2012, his 0.61 goals scored per game was good for second in the America East and 28th in the NCAA.
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necessarily need to be a student at Binghamton University to submit to the website. Furthermore, submissions are posted in their entirety and are not checked for accuracy. “None of them have been shortened or cut,” the mediator behind Bing U-Secrets said. “I have posted every secret I’ve been sent, regardless of how ‘believable’ it may sound.”
— Mediator Bing U-Secrets
This policy of disinterest stood until Jan. 17, when a series of submissions prompted an announcement that “blatant attacks to a specific person” would no longer be posted. All degrading posts mentioning specific names were then retroactively deleted from the page. The mediator insists that posts mentioning specific names would continue to be allowed on the page as long as they are not degrading, negative, or otherwise malicious. The next day, naming specific groups, such
Keegan’s 28 career goals were the most scored by a Bearcat in the program’s 12year NCAA Division I era.
— Paul Marco Binghamton Men's Soccer Head Coach
“As much as he’s grown over the last four years, he’s still going to have to grow a little bit to play at the highest level,” Marco said. “And I think he’s quite capable of that. The growth that he has shown in four years is outstanding. He’s first to arrive at training, last to leave. He loves being out there, he enjoys the camaraderie of a team, and he can be selfish out there, which I think you need to be as a goal scorer. He’s able to make things out of nothing, which is a sign of a very good
as fraternities or sororities, was also banned. “My intention in starting this page was not to foster hatred and ill will,” the mediator said. “It was just an open forum for people to share their uncensored thoughts and secrets and to discuss bigger ideas, not to pick at or fuel anger towards a specific person.” This “open forum” has fostered a candid discussion about issues facing student life. Instead of directly commenting on posts, some visitors opt to reply to other posts with their own anonymous rejoinders, where they can speak their mind without being concerned about confrontation. Posts about friendship, relationships, Greek Life and dating have all attracted dozens of comments. Taylor Thomas, an undeclared sophomore, appreciates the ongoing conversation. “I’ve actually added two people as Facebook friends who I just felt I could connect with because we shared some of the same concerns and had some of the same views,” Thomas said. The Bing U-Secrets mediator believes that this interaction between students is a mark of success for the page. “I’ve even seen people reach out to each other,” the mediator said. “There are some jerks out there but most students are just looking for support and there are many who are willing to give it.”
player as well.” According to Keegan, being the first Bearcat to be drafted into MLS obscures the fact that he’s just one of many in a long line of great soccer players to come out of Binghamton. “It’s obviously a great honor to be the first player [drafted], but I think that there were a couple of players that even I played with and I’m sure there were a couple in the past that I felt should have been drafted as well,” Keegan said. “We’ve had a couple players in the past few years play with pro teams as well, so it’s obviously a great honor to be the first guy selected, but I don’t feel like I’m the first in that sense.” While Keegan is officially in the Union’s system, as with many rookies, he may be reassigned and not make the final squad right away. Leo Fernandes, a 21-yearold midfielder from Stony Brook University, was also drafted by the Union. The fourth-round selection was SBU’s second-ever MLS draft pick. Keegan is currently in Israel for the Maccabi Games and, upon his return, is set to head to YSC Sports in Wayne, Penn. to join the Union during its preseason training, which is currently underway.
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an instant success.” “I would drive up to visit my friends at “Hanging out with my parents is actually their colleges but I’m not a good enough pretty cool.” driver/friend.” “I feel like everyone is going on vacations “I don’t want to leave my house because I but me.” will see people I know.” “Maybe if I mupload Google images of “I haven’t left my house in a week. I wonder Cancun people will think I went there.” if it’s cold.” “I have officially seen every show on “I think I have mono.” Netflix.” “I don’t remember how to talk to people.” “My laptop is burning my lap.” “Only three weeks to go.” “Why am I sleeping 20 hours a day?” “Winter break sucks.” “I should stop smoking with my younger brother.”
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While the plan is still in its early phases and its downsides are accordingly sparse, the project does hold promise. The idea to construct a pharmacy school seems to have been adopted in lieu of the construction of a law school. That plan, tossed around for a few years before being abandoned last year, aimed at the same goals as this proposal: the expansion of specialized fields within the University and more importantly, the bolstering of BU’s brand. In many ways, a pharmacy school makes a lot more sense than a law school in both regards. First, there’s the sheer number of law schools across New York state — 15 — and within the SUNY system — five at present. Contrast that to the supply of pharmacy schools: seven in the state, and one within the SUNY system. Starting a law school, then making it competitive enough to attract top students and professors, then, would be a long, uphill battle. A pharmacy school, on the other
hand, would enter a field that is begging for more options. That’s not to say that a pharmacy school would be an immediate and smashing success. It would take time. But whereas a mediocre law school would be a deadweight on Binghamton, encumbering growth, tying up funds and diverting attention away from other important projects — all with a slim chance of making the school substantially more competitive and a significant chance of actually hurting the University’s reputation — a pharmacy school holds the promise of increasing undergrad research and employment opportunities as well as making Binghamton’s name that much better. For undergrads in the pre-med field — particularly the neuroscience field, a fast-growing major here — this proposal should be of great interest. A pharmacy school would not only provide them with expanded undergraduate opportunities
by allowing them to take part in research programs; it would also open up to them the opportunity to pursue graduate education at a cheaper cost and speedier rate. The former comes in the form of the SUNY system — a state pharmacy school will be cheaper than a private one — and the latter through the accelerated pharmacological track that will be offered to Binghamton students — a five or six-year unified program instead of four years of undergrad followed by another four of grad school. We should hear a final decision on the prospects of a pharmacy school by September. Barring some prohibitively high cost or the sudden construction of pharmacy schools across the state, we fully stand behind the construction of a pharmacy school. It benefits undergrads and promises to impel Binghamton further along the path to being recognized as not just a cost-efficient school, but a top-tier university.
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Failure is defined by lack of action, not error With the recent spate of “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” to be kept up with, “Chasing the Saturdays” to chase and “Real Housewives” for real housewives to obsess over, it can be easy to lose sight of any merit in today’s ever-expanding tapestry of reality shows. Certainly, aside from teaching viewers about the intricacies of the Kimye romance, we can throw “educational” to the bottom of the reality show attributes list.
But in doing so we would be undercutting the one lesson Snooki has embodied better than anyone else: living shamelessly. By no means should that sentence suggest to anyone that we should cast aside social norms in favor of dancing on tables and screaming at each other for the sake of being “real.” The last thing anyone needs is a Hobbesian devolution. What it does mean is that we shouldn’t be ashamed to try. It doesn’t matter what we try, whether it’s trying out for an a cappella group or trying to talk to that cute guy in your discussion section. So what if you fail?
Maybe you find out halfway through your audition that you are extraordinarily tone deaf. Sure, that’s embarrassing, but in 20 years, at a cocktail party, you can tell the story of how you gave up on your rock star dreams to a group of laughing listeners because you’re actually really funny and charming despite not being able to sing. Maybe you fall on your face walking up to the aforementioned cute guy, spilling all your books and papers on the floor and he laughs at you with his friends. You can rest assured knowing that you have a warrior’s spirit and that the object of your affections probably wouldn’t hold a door open for someone carrying half a dozen boxes and bags. On the other hand, what if your audition goes really well? What if your favorite a cappella group decides to take you on and you meet your new best friends and you perform in front of crowded lecture halls? When you’re standing in front of that Fine Arts classroom decorated with colorful signs indicating that auditions are TODAY AND RIGHT NOW, imagine all of this before you decide to keep walking. Put your hand on the door knob, take a breath and remember that, whatever happens, you’re funny and charming, even if you can’t sing. We talk ourselves out of dozens of little decisions every day. A question thought up during class is deemed stupid and banal. Writing competitions are suddenly filled with competitors that are much better and much more eloquent than we are. E-Board
candidates are inexplicably more qualified and passionate than we could hope to be. Don’t talk to the girl smiling at you in the café; she probably thinks your shirt is weird.
make their money with episodes featuring embarrassingly poor contestants being torn down by judges for the public to laugh at, we have to remember that these laughingstocks are already 10 times braver than anyone watching them. No success was achieved without failure leaving it pockmarked and somewhat marred. Still, how much more beautiful and interesting it is for not being an untarnished feat. The greatest people we know tried. Alexander, Cleopatra, Edison, Goethe, Napoleon, da Vinci, Charlemagne, Elizabeth I — these are all people who, instead of sitting on a couch, brushing off potato chip crumbs while watching reruns of “Jersey Shore,” scrabbled up a rocky, metaphorical hillside and stood up after every fall. And at the very least we can take comfort in the fact that the only person who remembers our failures is ourselves. The spotlight effect convinces us that everyone is watching us fail despite no one actually caring about what the lone student is doing. So, when you’re done catching up on “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” go out and try something new. Maybe you’ll fail. Maybe you won’t.
In talking ourselves out of doing things, we become insignificant, homely creatures crawling amongst paradigms of humanity that are smarter, faster and stronger than we are. The truth is that they haven’t outclassed us. We’ve done that to ourselves. It’s easier to sit at home and fantasize about what we’d do without actually doing it. Never trying also means never failing. We have stigmatized failing to such an extent that a person who fails is somehow also a failure. Yet, truthfully, the failure — Chantal Berendson is a senior is the person who never tries. Failing is a double-majoring in political science and hallmark of trying. German. While shows like “American Idol”
It's hard to follow the money Another semester is upon us, and with it, another tuition bill. Over the past few years, as we have watched the tuition and fees slowly and quietly creep higher, our understanding of the value we receive for these services has diminished. At a school boasting a great education at a great price, this is quite alarming.
with this document. First, these descriptions are the furthest extent of information available (or at least readily accessible) regarding the fees, but are too brief and not clear enough to give a complete understanding of them. Second, and more importantly, the breakdown describes what our money goes toward, but not specifically how our money is spent. One glaring example, which is more the exception than the rule, is the University Fee, which is described plainly as a mandatory fee for all SUNY students charged to all enrolled students by authority of the Board of Trustees. Student Accounts I would like to begin with a few does not make even the slightest concessions, because I do not take attempt to explain its function. the following criticism lightly. From my understanding, Binghamton is as transparent about the costs of its education as most other public or private universities. Furthermore, there are a myriad of complex variables contributing to the rising cost of tuition. With cuts in support from the state back in 2011, the Board of Trustees had reason to maintain the quality of the school’s faculty, programs and curriculum through modest tuition increases. Factor in the inflation of cost drivers in higher education across the board, and you can build a case for Similar concerns could be the five-year tuition plan. brought up about the other That said, if you haven’t already, mandatory fees, which list general I encourage every student to read expenses without putting those through the “2012-2013 Tuition expenses into context. Binghamton and Fee Rates,” which can be found students pay an academic excellence through the Binghamton University and success fee for attending a Student Accounts website. Here you University Center, with the funds will find a breakdown of student used to provide the “resources charges in relation to credit hours necessary for maintaining quality taken, along with a list describing academic and student success the mandatory fees. programs.” That jargon is so loose it There are two key problems could mean close to anything.
This past winter break I took my first online class. Taking the Internet-based class brought up questions about the values of personal discussions, evaluation methods and the future of Internet-based education. I’ve come away skeptical about the merits of online education.
Before taking an online class, I doubted that posts on virtual discussion boards could rival the value of personal, reallife interactions in learning. Having now taken a class, my doubts are confirmed. Throughout the class, I wanted to engage in lively discussions and analyses of the readings with the professor and other students. The cold virtual discussion board of posts and replies, hosted on the Blackboard site, didn’t quite
cut it. If you are the type of student who spends your time in class checking email, perusing Facebook or Reddit or aimlessly exploring the depths of the World Wide Web, then online classes are perfect for you. They would save you the distress of having to get dressed, schlep to class and feign interest in what either the professor or your peers have to say. Or if you are more of a solitary learner and would rather tackle the material on your own, then online classes might be a good fit too. If, on the other hand, you’re the type of student who finds discussions about readings helpful or elucidating, then you’ll likely find online classes frustrating. You recognize that professors don’t arbitrarily include attendance as part of your grade, but that actually sitting in a classroom with other humans is beneficial. Nothing can compensate, for instance, for the opportunity to ask a professor to clarify an assignment or reading in the moment.
If our bill was broken down and put in terms of the associated budget for each fee, the school would be much more accountable for their decisions. You may be asking yourself, and rightly so, why the University would open itself to scrutiny. Perhaps I am naïve, but the University should take this step simply because it is the right thing to do. It would be consistent with the mission of higher education as a concept. Few people are immune to petty politics, but academia is founded on a commitment to create and disseminate information for the public good. Information is power. Students need more information at their disposal to make responsible and honest decisions about their tuition money. If the University does not respond to or work for the needs of students, if this rare breed of institution is not insulated from special interest, what kind of example is being set? Students are the primary stakeholders of the education they pay for, so they should be afforded the knowledge of where their tuition money is going. Mandatory fees are in place for the democratic purpose of offering services to the wider campus community. Like taxes, many of these fees are inextricably required by virtue of the fact that we are students who participate in the campus experience. But unlike taxes, the college decision is not required, but rather is a voluntary decision. The school should compete for our goodwill. — Justin Kalin is a sophomore majoring in accounting.
Lastly, if you’re like me, there are few things you’d rather invest your time in than engaging in lively discussions with knowledgeable professors and other dedicated students about issues you actually care about. For the student who aspires to participate in a community of learners and not a mediated discussion board of comments and replies, online classes promise to stifle. There are still some advantages to online classes. For one thing, the merit of online education depends greatly on the nature of the class material. Certain subjects, such as science or math, call for more individual work in the first place. The diminished participatory discussion will hence be less pronounced. For classes like these, students may find the opportunity to internalize the material at their own pace comforting. Other classes are less conducive to the online experience. English or philosophy classes, for instance, are thoroughly dependent on shared discussions and
Just a week ago, I had the good fortune to be able to head down to Washington, D.C. for the 57th presidential inauguration of President Barack Obama. It was a cold, tiring and, of course, moving, once-in-a-lifetime experience.
thoughts, which always end up with me six feet under. A slight ache in my thigh usually means that I have deep leg vein thrombosis; for a moment when I lose my breath, it’s a pulmonary embolism; my Reynaud’s disease is actually just the beginning of congestive heart failure; loud digestion is stomach, esophagus and liver cancer; and a minor headache is so clearly a brain tumor. Thanks to WebMD, I definitely know way too many diseases for a history major. While the fears other hypochondriacs may face are not identical to my own, I know I’m not alone in the frightening world of hypochondria. In fact, Woody Allen, the famous actor, comedian, screenwriter, playwright, author and musician, is also an intense hypochondriac. In the Opinion section of The New York Times on Jan. 13, Woody Allen contributed a piece on hypochondria. I could not have said it better myself when Mr. Allen described his thoughts after a visit with the doctor. He wrote, “Even when the results of my yearly checkup show perfect health, how can I relax knowing that the minute I leave the doctor’s office something may start growing in me?” If only monthly full body MRI scans were covered under America’s health insurance. But even then, who can trust a machine to determine one’s health? Sadly, it is not merely being sick that our kind fear; it is the terror and unknown of death that drives hypochondria. No matter how it happens, death is inevitable; fearing it is something we can control. And realistically, worrying too much can lead to ulcers, strokes and heart attacks.
Not only did Kelly Clarkson’s beautiful rendition of “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” captivate me, but so did the petrifying, unshakable feeling that in just a few moments, the former prisoner of war and U.S. Marine Sergeant Brody would attempt to destroy all those who make up America’s government, including all the Americans there in support. But thankfully, neither during season one of “Homeland” nor in reality did such a catastrophe take place. However, throughout the entire ceremony I couldn’t shake the feeling that something bad was just bound to happen at any moment. What was wrong with me that such horrid thoughts kept circling my mind? Alas, it was then I realized my identity as a full-blown, Class “A,” paranoid hypochondriac. My paranoia does not only strike during high-security events, but appears in subways, elevators, trains and planes, where if we were to be stopped unexpectedly, there would be no way out, and everyone would die. But those inanimate objects are the least of my fears; it is my own body that scares me the most. Every scratch, bump, itch, burn, discoloration and ache sends — Julianne Cuba is a junior doubleme through a whirlwind of imaginative majoring in history and Chinese.
analyses. The class I took was an English class, which would have been much more fulfilling if I’d had the chance to engage the text alongside other readers.
Considering the role and future of online classes in a broader scale is also important. Online education, unsurprisingly, is a trend which is rapidly growing. This fast-growing industry is shaped differently than typical “distance learning” Binghamton classes. Online Binghamton classes usually consist of no more than 30 students. Even typically large
lecture hall classes like Micro and Macroeconomics, in their online versions, have only 60 “seats.” In contrast, tens of thousands of students enroll in massive open online courses — known as MOOCs — through websites like Coursera and Udacity. These servers offer courses in a diverse array of subjects from top-tier professors. You could enroll, for free, in programming languages with a professor from Washington University or precalculus taught by a professor from UC Irvine. This trend holds remarkable promise. Think of the democratization of knowledge. Anyone with access to the Internet can study almost anything they want. You don’t need to be a hyper-intellectual to appreciate the significance of this new age of education. Researchers are still trying to figure out how to measure the success of these online education ventures. About 10 percent of the people who enroll in these courses complete them. That’s pretty bleak. The figures seem to show
that people sign up for these classes more as a hobby than a serious attempt to master a subject. This approach lends itself to a lighthearted approach to the course. My concern is that the same lightheartedness manifests itself when students sign up for online Binghamton classes, too. The nature of taking a class on the Internet lends itself to an informal posture. There are, students will claim, other reasons to take an online class. Online classes, particularly those offered during the winter and summer terms, are quick and easy ways of getting requirements out of the way. I don’t think that speaks to the educational merit of online classes. Perhaps it will one day, but for now, the medium has yet to catch up with the content. — Michael Snow is a junior majoring in philosophy.
Back-to-back losses cap off winter break play for BU
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On Friday, Donnie Vinson pinned his way to his 124th career victory, making him the program’s all-time leader in wins.
After carrying two wins into winter break, the Binghamton University wrestling team has won three of its seven January dual meets, including a 14thplace finish at Northwestern University’s 50th Annual Ken
Kraft Midlands Championship. The 48-team tournament at Northwestern took place on Dec. 29-30 and included 14 Top 25 teams from last year’s NCAA championships. Donnie Vinson, a 149-pound redshirt senior who is ranked No. 5 in his class, won five of six matches, placing second after a loss in the championship to No. 4 sophomore Nick Brascetta of
Virginia Tech. It was his first loss of the season. Nate Schiedel, a 197-pound senior who is also ranked No. 5 in his class, finished just outside of the top eight with a 3-2 record. After an upset in his second match by a fellow CAA wrestler, Schiedel fought back with two strong wins before getting pinned by redshirt senior Hudson
Taylor, University of Maryland’s greatest wrestler of all time and top-5 ranked pinner in NCAA wrestling history. Patrick Hunter, a 125-pound redshirt senior, finished with two wins on the day, including an upset over the No. 7 seed in the tournament. On Jan. 11, the Bearcats (510) headed to Hampton, Va. to compete in the 33rd Annual
Virginia Duals at the Hampton Coliseum. In day one of the dual meet tournament, the Bearcats matched up against No. 10 Virginia Tech. Winning only two of 10 matches, the Bearcats fell, 32-9. Vinson redeemed himself after the loss at the Midlands Championship, defeating Brascetta, 6-3. The other victory came from Schiedel by way of a pin in the second period. Later in the day, Binghamton captured a convincing victory, defeating Virginia Military Institute, 31-13. Falling behind early on, the Bearcats rallied to win their final five matches, finishing the match with a 52-second pin from redshirt freshman heavyweight Tyler Deuel. Senior 133-pound Derek Steeley, 174-pound redshirt sophomore Caleb Wallace, 184-pound redshirt junior Cody Reed and Vinson also had wins in the match. The following day, Binghamton fell to North Dakota State University, 3012. The Vinson-Schiedel duo had the only victories for the Bearcats. Traveling to George Mason University the following week, the Bearcats competed in the CAA Duals. The Bearcats opened the day with a 29-14 victory against Drexel University, winning seven of 10 matches. With an almost identical scorecard, Binghamton subsequently
defeated George Mason 29-13, with losses in the exact same weight classes as the previous match. Binghamton then lost its final dual against Rider, 19-15, in a match that could have gone either way. After winning three of their first four matches, the Bearcats lost four straight, including one by pin that changed the momentum of the match. The most impressive performances on the day came from Vinson, Schiedel, Steeley, Deuel and 125-pound redshirt freshman Mike Sardo, all of whom went undefeated. Friday at the Ted Constant Center in Norfolk, Va., Binghamton faced off against Old Dominion University in a conference match. Splitting the 10 matches, the Bearcats came up short, losing 21-18. After dropping their first three matches, Binghamton came back and won their final four. Vinson highlighted the outing for the Bearcats, pinning redshirt senior Brennan Brumley in 2:27 for his 124th win, making him Binghamton’s all-time wins leader. The Bearcats are scheduled to travel to the nation’s capital on Sunday to take on conference rival American University. The match is set for noon at the Bender Arena.
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BEARCAT BRIEFS Men's swim splits, women go 0-2 against Raiders and Bonnies After a seven-week break from competition, the Binghamton University swimming and diving teams returned to action on Jan. 18. Hosting Colgate University at the Patricia A. Saunders Aquatic Center on Senior Day, the men earned a resounding 200-93 win while the women fell 167114. Both teams lost the following day at St. Bonaventure University’s Reilly Center. The men won 12 events against the Raiders, with senior Tim Cabasino and freshman Pat Kilgallen placing first in the 200 free and 100 fly, respectively. Cabasino’s time of 1:47.83 fell just a half-second short of the pool record. The quartet of sophomore Alexi Corey, senior Devon Byrt and freshmen Tommy Cummings and Brian McKenna won the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:39.63. Though the women didn’t find as much success, nine individual swimmers and divers grabbed second place in their events. With the quick turnaround, the men lost 152-88 to St. Bonaventure while the women fell 145.5-96.5. Kilgallen and Cummings notched first-place finishes in the 500 free and 200 breast, respectively. Cummings has now won an event in five consecutive dual matches. For the women, sophomores Caitlin Kelly and Corinne Zotter placed first in the 50 free and 200 breast respectively while sophomore Imani Williams’ season-best score of 231.07 on the three-meter board resulted in a victory. The Bearcats are set to take on Marist College at 1 p.m. this Saturday at the McCann Natatorium.
The Binghamton University’s men’s and women’s track teams competed in their first team scoring events of the season over winter break, setting three school records in the process.
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The teams opened intercession competition at the Army 6-Way Indoor Meet on Jan. 12. The women’s team finished third out of six at the event, while the men came in at fifth. Junior Alexis Murray led the way for the women, sweeping the long jump and triple jump titles with 18-0 and 38-5 marks, respectively. Freshman Kierra Arthur also impressed,
taking gold in the 60 hurdles and setting the record for the fastest time by a Binghamton freshman. Arthur also grabbed third in the triple jump. Junior Camille Ginyard notched another first-place finish for the women, posting a 11-3 ¾ mark in the pole vault. Freshman Lizzie Greiner grabbed a second place finish in the 3000, while senior Jenna Marrione rounded out the top finishers for the women with a third-place finish in the pole vault. On the men’s side, senior Adam Helman garnered the lone first-place finish for the Binghamton, recording a 15-3 mark in the pole vault. Senior Jacob Platel took second in the weight throw, while freshman Cameron Black earned third in the 60 hurdles. On Jan. 19, the Bearcats headed to Cornell University for the Upstate Indoor Track Challenge, where both teams finished third out of six teams. The hosting Big Red finished first on both sides. Murray again swept the long jump and triple jump titles, breaking the program record with her long jump mark of 18-11 ¾. Both performances met the ECAC standard. Senior Jessica Hennig also posted a ECAC qualifying time with a 1:14.70 finish in the 500, which earned her second place in the event. Sophomore Ivory Taussig set the team’s second school record of the day with a 7.80 finish in the 60, good for third place. Arthur, meanwhile, continued to impress in her events, picking up two top-three finishes
for the Bearcats. The freshman took second in the triple jump and third in the 60 hurdles. The men also put up two first place finishes on the day, as junior Ben Snodgrass took gold in the mile with a time of 4:13.76 and sophomore Josh Miller captured the 1000 with a 2:30.96 finish. Both times met the IC4A qualifying standard. Senior Casey Gilbert also grabbed a second place finish in the 400. Black, Platel and senior Jerome Robinson were the men’s other top finishers, coming away with third place finishes in the 60 hurdles, weight throw and 400, respectively. This past Friday and Saturday, the teams split up, sending athletes to both the Penn State National Open and the Boston Terrier Classic. There was no team scoring at either event. Binghamton’s trip to Penn State was highlighted by Jon King, who holds freshman eligibility status. King finished seventh in the high jump with a mark of 6-8 ¼, the best performance by a rookie in program history. At the Boston Terrier Classic, freshman Temi Bajulaiye led the way for the men with a ninth-place finish in the 500, while junior Erika Kisel took ninth in the 500 for the women. The Bearcats are scheduled to return to Penn State on Saturday for the Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup. Action is set to begin at 9 a.m at the Multi-Sport Facility’s Horace Ashenfelter III Indoor Track.
—By Ari Kramer Assistant Sports Editor
Men's tennis splits The Binghamton University men’s tennis team kicked off its season over the weekend with a split of its two opening matches, narrowly edging The University of Toledo 4-3 before falling 4-3 at Cleveland State University. After getting swept in doubles play, the Bearcats (1-1) would go on to win four singles matches over the Rockets (5-3) on Saturday. Freshmen Sid Hazarika and Alexander Maisin, sophomore Robin Lesage and junior Ruben Haggai all scored straight-set singles victories over their opponents to secure a BU victory. On Sunday afternoon, Cleveland State sophomore Jorg Van Der Vloet won a decisive three-set matchup over Lesage to help the Vikings (1-3) slip by the Bearcats 4-3 at the Paramount Tennis Club. Despite a victory at No. 3 doubles by the tandem of Hazarika and freshman Eliott Hureau, Binghamton dropped the first two doubles matchups to give Cleveland State the doubles point. Maisin and Hazarika won their singles matchups for the second consecutive day out of the third and fifth singles positions, respectively. After sophomore Florian van Kann and Haggai lost their matches, it came down to Van Der Vloet and Lesage for the match. After losing the first set 6-3, Lesage bounced back with a 6-2 second-set win, but dropped the third set 7-5 to give CSU the victory. Up next, the Bearcats are set to head to Providence for matchups against 51st-ranked Brown University, Quinnipac University and Bryant University this Friday and Saturday. —By Erik Bacharach Assistant Sports Editor
Women's tennis drops two The Binghamton University women’s tennis team managed just one team point in its 6-1 loss to host Boston University at the Track and Tennis Center on Sunday. After getting shut out by Dartmouth College in its first dual match of the season a day earlier, Binghamton is now 0-2. Boston (3-0) had no trouble with Binghamton in doubles play, sweeping the Bearcats 8-4, 8-2 and 8-5. Freshman Agatha Ambrozy gave the Bearcats their only point from the fifth singles position when Boston freshman Madison Craft was forced to surrender the point due to an injury. It was the first dual match win of her collegiate career. From the first singles position, freshman Sarah Kohtz gave Boston rookie Lauren Davis, a five-star recruit out of Maryland, a run for her money after taking the first set 7-5 before dropping the next set. In the third set, with Davis up 3-0, Kohtz was forced to retire the match after an injury. In the other four singles matches, the Terriers didn’t lose a set. Four freshmen made their collegiate debuts for the Bearcats against Dartmouth (1-1) on Saturday, but not a single Binghamton player came away with a victory as the Big Green cruised to a 7-0 win. The Bearcats are next set for action on Friday when they travel to West Point, New York. On Saturday, Binghamton is scheduled to face Sacred Heart, and play against Seton Hall is set for Sunday afternoon. —By Erik Bacharach Assistant Sports Editor
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SPORTS
Vinson tops all-time wins list See Page 10
Monday, January 28, 2013
Bearcats fall to UNH in front of 4,203 at Events Center
The Binghamton University men’s basketball team had an opportunity to generate excitement for its fanbase on Saturday night, but the 4,203 fans in attendance witnessed one of the team’s most dismal performances of the season, a 63-45 loss to University of New Hampshire. The Bearcats (3-17, 1-6 America East) never led, trailing by as many as 27 points. “I thought that the night was set up for us to play well,” head coach Tommy Dempsey said. “We had a great atmosphere and that’s something that we’re going to have to learn over time — this was a night to perform and this was a night to step up and make plays and send everybody out of here happy.” The Wildcats (5-14, 1-6 America East) opened with a 10-0 run and extended their lead to 23-7 on a layup by senior point guard Chandler Rhoads midway through the half. Binghamton answered with a 10-2 run, but three steals by Rhoads helped New Hampshire push its lead to 33-19 at the break. Seven first-half turnovers by
the Bearcats led to eight Wildcat points. “Nobody’s defense is good against turnovers, and when you’re throwing it right to the guy in the other uniform … for a layup, nobody can defend that,” Dempsey said. Binghamton scored just 11 points in the first 15 minutes of the second half while New Hampshire padded its cushion to 57-30. “I felt like the game wasn’t completely over to me at some points, but then it drastically changed after some turnovers and guys getting second chances on New Hampshire so that started to wear and tear on us,” freshman guard Jordan Reed said. Reed scored a game-high 18 points on 7-of-13 shooting and grabbed six rebounds. Junior forward Brian Freeman joined Reed as the only other Bearcat in double-figures with 11 points, seven rebounds and four blocks in 20 minutes of action. “I’d love to see some consistency in that performance from Brian and maybe we will going forward,” Dempsey said. “Maybe this was a nice confidence boost for him.” For the team, though, Saturday night’s performance
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With a loss to New Hampshire on Saturday, the Bearcats missed a chance at notching back-to-back wins for the first time all season.
conference slate with a pair of losses at Lehigh University’s Christmas City Classic, the Bearcats (3-17, 2-5 America East) opened up Winter break brought more America East play by edging out of the same for the Binghamton University of Hartford at home by University women’s basketball team. two. But Binghamton would see After closing out their non- just one more win through its six
certainly was not a confidence booster. The Bearcats couldn’t find the basket, missing all 12 three-point attempts and converting on just 15-of-28 foul shots. Just five of the team’s 15 field goals came off assists. With the loss, Binghamton is now tied with New Hampshire for eighth place in the America East. While students were home for winter break, the Bearcats found themselves mired in a losing skid that spanned 12 games. They suffered close losses to Cornell University and University of Hartford and were blown out by Stony Brook University, Boston University and the University of Vermont. But senior guard Jimmy Gray buried a three-pointer with just 3.4 seconds left to beat the University of Maine 57-56 and snap the losing streak on Jan. 19. The Bearcats had trailed by 12 points in the second half, and Black Bear junior forward Alasdair Fraser nearly spoiled Binghamton’s comeback, laying in an offensive rebound with eight seconds left. Binghamton is set to host University of Maryland, Baltimore County on Wednesday night. The Retrievers (4-16, 2-5 America East) sit in seventh place, but are coming off back-to-back close losses to Stony Brook and Boston, two of the league’s best teams. Junior forward and preseason allconference pick Chase Plummer, who has underperformed for most of the season, went for 19 points and 11 rebounds against the Terriers. Plummer averaged 15 points in three games against Binghamton last year. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Events Center.
remaining games of intercession play — another two-point victory, coming against the University of Maine on the road. With five more losses, the last coming at the hands of University of New Hampshire at the Events Center on Saturday, the Bearcats come away from the break in eighth place in the America East, one game away from the halfway mark on their regular season conference schedule. “Conference has been up and down for us,” head coach Nicole Scholl said. “I think from a team perspective, we’re still getting there. It seems funny to say that at this point and time in the season since we’re almost through the first round of conference play but … we’re just such a different team this year [with] a lot of new faces.” Following a nearly two-week break for the holidays, Binghamton suffered a 30-point defeat by host Lehigh in the first round of the Christmas City Classic on Dec. 29. The next day, in their nonconference season finale, the Bearcats managed just 21 percent from the field as Fairleigh Dickinson University closed out BU, 54-41. Sophomore forward Sherae Swinson proved to be the lone bright spot for Binghamton, earning an All-Tournament nod after averaging 10 points, four rebounds and two blocks per game for the weekend. Three days later, the Bearcats returned home to kick off conference play against Hartford. Led by a season-high 16 rebounds from junior forward Jasbriell Swain,
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Freshman guard Jordan Reed scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half, but Binghamton couldn’t overcome a 14-point halftime deficit against New Hampshire.
Binghamton battled back from a second half deficit of 11 points to push past the Hawks, 46-44, ending a four-game skid and taking the conference opener for the third consecutive season. Swinson led the Bearcats with 11 points. Swain notched six of her eight points and eight of her boards in the final 20 minutes of regulation, propelling a 15-4 run that brought Binghamton even with the Hawks with just over six minutes remaining. Hartford would regain the lead with back-to-back threes, but another 7-2 run from Binghamton put the score in the Bearcats’ favor, where it stayed until the final buzzer. On Jan. 5, University at Albany visited the Events Center and quickly put an end to the Bearcats’ winning ways, cruising past Binghamton 72-47. Albany proved too much for the Bearcats down low, outscoring Binghamton 42-16 in the paint and outrebounding the home squad 47-25. Swinson once again led BU, tallying 12 points and adding three blocks. The Great Danes currently sit atop the America East, still undefeated in conference play. After another double-digit loss to Stony Brook University, 56-34, on Jan. 9, Binghamton suffered backto-back five-point losses, falling to Boston University, 57-52, on the road on Jan. 12 and the University of Vermont at home, 61-56. Following a career-best 14-point performance from freshman guard Kim Albrecht at Stony Brook,
Swinson resumed her role as offensive leader against Boston and UVM, scoring a combined 43 points. Her 25 points against Vermont marked a career high. “As a staff, we’ve known the ability that [Swinson] has, it’s just a matter of her being comfortable with that role,” Scholl said. “I think that goes with all of our players.” On Jan. 20, BU recovered from a nine-point second half deficit to slip past Maine, 67-65. Junior guard Stephanie Jensen ignited the Bearcats’ second-half comeback, recording 12 of her career-best 15 points after halftime and going 5 for 10 from behind the arc. But on Saturday, Binghamton let another opportunity at stringing together consecutive wins for the first time this season slip away. After leading briefly in the opening minutes, the Bearcats ultimately succumbed to visiting New Hampshire, 60-52. Junior guard Vaneeshia Paulk led Binghamton this time, matching her career high with 17 points on 6-of-12 shooting from the field.
Swain added 11 points and a careerhigh seven steals. Scholl praised her team’s depth and ability to have a different leading scorer game to game. “We have that ability, it’s just a matter of our players believing in that, and there’s times that … I see where they’re confident in how they’re playing and other times where that confidence isn’t quite there yet,” Scholl said. “That’s kind of a sign of a growing team and the maturation of a team … [so] if we can keep maintaining that and keep going in the right direction with that I think good things will come for us in the second half of conference play and going into the tournament.” Binghamton is set to head to University of Maryland, Baltimore County on Wednesday to close out the first half of the conference schedule. Play is set for 7 p.m. at the Retrievers Activities Center Arena.
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