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TEDx to talk "God particle," zombies, AI Whether it’s artificial intelligence or dating in America, the God particle or the “death” of the zombie, Binghamton University’s third annual TEDx is bringing an expert to cover it — this year seeking to delve into everything from great scientific breakthroughs to fascinating breakdowns of our day-to-day lives. Eight speakers will present at this year’s “Sex, Tech & Rock ‘n’ Roll” TEDx event, which will take place at 1 p.m. on Feb. 24 in the Osterhout Concert Theater. The event is part of TED — Technology, Entertainment, Design — a nonprofit organization that licenses to groups interested in holding TEDx events in their communities. TED talks are typically 20 minutes long and feature topics related to science, technology or culture.
Among this year’s headliners is David Ferrucci, award-winning IBM researcher, who will discuss his role in creating the Watson artificial intelligence, and how it revolutionized the field of AI. With the recent discovery of the Higgs boson, Kyle Cranmer, an New York University professor and physicist, will dissect the significance of the God particle and his work on the Large Hadron Collider. And professor John Boyer from Virginia Tech will argue that people need to look back to the Homo habilis, an ancestor to the Homo sapiens, to adapt in a changing world. Michelle Thaller, assistant director of science for communications at NASA’s Goddard Spaceflight Center, will present on dark matter, explaining just what it is and what we still don’t know.
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Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger speaks during the spring 2012 TEDx talks held in the Anderson Center.
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Johnathan Mendez, left, a sophomore majoring in environmental studies, and Soud Twal, right, a junior majoring in economics, sell roses to Shelby Shaffie, a junior majoring in integrative neuroscience.
Lovers can surprise their Valentine this Thursday with a timeless symbol of romance: a single red rose. This is the second year Sigma Beta Rho has held their “Sigma Beta Rose” event, which benefits the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Last year, the event raised over $500 for the charity. The fraternity is selling roses for $5 to be hand delivered by a brother on Valentine’s Day. Students can purchase a rose during tabling Tuesday between noon and 6 p.m. in the lobby of the Hinman Dining Hall.
Soud Twal, a member of Sigma Beta Rho and a junior majoring in economics, said he plans to spice up his rose deliveries by dressing in a suit and performing for the recipients. “I’m gong to do a little salsa dance with the rose in my mouth,” Twal said. The event is sponsored in part by David Whalen, owner of the restaurant Binghamton Hots in Downtown Binghamton. “Obviously a lot of credit goes to the owner of Binghamton Hots for supporting us,” Twal said. Students who purchase roses can attach a personal note and send them to anyone on or off campus. According to Twal, a number of
students have also ordered roses to be sent to professors, teaching assistants, resident assistants and even themselves. Twal said that advertising the rose sale has already helped to spread the Valentine’s Day spirit on campus. “It’s a great way to bring out the spirit of love,” Twal said. “The majority of the people I’ve sold roses to weren’t even thinking about Valentine’s Day.” Julius Simmons, a member of Sigma Beta Rho, said he is looking to spread the love this Valentine’s Day. “Julius wants to make sure all
The Philly Youth Poetry Movement, a group of awardwinning slam poets, performed before a packed house in the Undergrounds Coffeehouse on Friday, as part of the Black Student Union’s continuing celebration of Black History Month. The event proceeded casually as the four attending members each took a turn on stage. First was Kai Davis, who said skin color cannot indicate intelligence and encouraged people of color who think of themselves as inferior to start thinking otherwise. “Fuck I look like? No, really. Fuck I look like?” Davis said. “It’s like you think giving 100 percent means getting 100 lashes.” Davis, the 2011 champion of the international poetry competition “Brave New Voices” on HBO, wore a tie and blazer and didn’t speak until the beginning of her first poem. Another former champion, Jamarr Hall, performed later, asking the audience what they thought of his Afro. He began with an original song, and the crowd replied with whistles and snaps. “I belong amongst the lost,” Hall said. “You see, women use me.” Hall paced on stage
while he talked, as he spoke about his failed love life and lamented his inability to “hold a relationship for longer than an erection.” Greg Corbin, the founder and executive director of the Philly Youth Poetry Movement, followed Hall. Corbin is an international poet, teacher, writer, motivational speaker, mentor and Philadelphia community leader who has performed for audiences on several continents. “The only thing that scares fear is desperation, so sometimes, we love desperately, love recklessly,” Corbin said. “Men have hearts, maybe more sensitive than women.” Poet Yousseff Kromah, who goes by the name Seff AlAfriqi, followed Davis, asked the audience, “Didn’t your mother warn you of men like
me?” Al-Afriqi tweeted later in the night that the Binghamton University audience was “beautiful and full of life.” Toward the end, the performers opened up a question-and-answer session for interested audience members. Corbin spoke on behalf of the group, answering questions about what the group did for their community. Jamila Adams, vice president of the Black Student Union, felt PYPM’s performance fit in perfectly with the “New Age Renaissance” theme to their Black History Month celebration. “The poets from PYPM are young fresh and are able to use poetry to express themselves,” Adams said. “Many of them started out just attending
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Jamarr Hall, from Philly Youth Poetry Movement, performs his slam poetry piece Friday night in the Undergrounds Coffeehouse. Hall, along with other slam poets, were brought to Binghamton University by the Black Student Union as part of their celebration of Black History Month.
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Coalition to sue if “fracking” decision isn’t made A landowners’ coalition said it is laying the groundwork for a lawsuit against New York state if regulators miss a Feb. 27 deadline to complete rules for shale gas development. Dan Fitzsimmons, president of the Joint Landowners Coalition of New York, tells members on the coalition’s website that the decision whether to release the regulations or let them expire is being made for purely political reasons. The classaction lawsuit would claim an illegal government “taking” under the Fifth Amendment, which says private property can’t be taken for public use without just compensation. New York has had a moratorium on horizontal drilling and highvolume hydraulic fracturing since an environmental impact study began in 2008.
UNR fraternity regains official recognition A University of Nevada, Reno fraternity has regained official recognition five years after it was found guilty of hazing. The UNR chapter of Alpha Tau Omega regained the recognition from its national organization and the university. The chapter was suspended in 2008 after it was accused of hazing pledges by branding them with dry ice and making them eat raw poultry. University officials said the hazing came to light after as many as 11 pledges sought treatment at the student health center after eating uncooked chicken or turkey. Fraternity members also were accused of using dry ice to etch the Greek letter omega, resembling an upside down U, on pledges’ buttocks.
Police offer $1 million reward for vigilante ex-cop A fugitive ex-Los Angeles police officer was charged Monday with murdering a Riverside police officer. Riverside County District Attorney Paul Zellerbach said Christopher Dorner was also charged with the attempted murder of another Riverside officer and two Los Angeles Police Department officers. Southern California authorities were investigating hundreds of tips Monday after offering a $1 million reward for information leading to Dorner’s arrest. Along with responding to routine calls for service, police have been protecting dozens of families considered possible targets of Dorner, based on his alleged Facebook rant against those he held responsible for ending his career with the LAPD five years ago. Police and city officials believe the $1 million reward, raised from both public and private sources, will encourage the public to stay vigilant.
Benedict XVI steps down as pope Declaring that he lacks the strength to do his job, Pope Benedict XVI announced Monday he will resign Feb. 28 — becoming the first pontiff to step down in 600 years. His decision sets the stage for a mid-March conclave to elect a new leader for the Catholic Church. The 85-year-old pope announced his decision in Latin during a meeting of Vatican cardinals, surprising even his closest collaborators even though he had made clear previously that he would step down if he became too old or infirm to carry on. Benedict called his choice “a decision of great importance for the life of the church.” The move allows the Vatican to hold a conclave before Easter to elect a new pope, since the traditional nine days of mourning that would follow the death of a pope won’t be observed.
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Brazilian performers Luciana Souza and Romero Lubambo perform in the Anderson Center’s Watters Theater Sunday afternoon. Souza and Lubambo were nominated for 2013 Grammy Awards.
Police Watch Waxing pathetic TUESDAY, FEB. 5, 8:21 a.m. — Janitors in the Engineering Building reported to University police that somebody had damaged the rotunda floor in the ITC area by scuffing it with their sneakers, said Investigator Patrick Reilly of Binghamton’s New York State University Police. The janitor said it would take employees many hours of work to fix the damage, which penetrated about seven coats of wax, and they wanted to have a report of it on file. There are no suspects and the case is still under investigation. Credit Fraud Abroad TUESDAY, FEB. 5, 9:01 a.m. — A 20-year-old female student reported to University police that someone had been using her credit card to place online orders, Reilly said. The victim’s mother, who lives overseas, contacted the victim and told her that six items had been purchased using the card between Feb. 4 and Feb. 5. The victim was able to cancel a number of the transactions, but needed a police report for her bank to cancel the other orders. The victim did not know how her credit card number was stolen, and the case is still under investigation.
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Who didn't C4 that coming? TUESDAY, FEB. 5, 2:51 p.m. — A 20-year-old male student reported to University police that a Nintendo 3DS had been stolen from his bag in the Chenango Champlain Collegiate Center, Reilly said. The victim had left his bag in the building at 12:30 p.m., and when he came back at 2 p.m., he found that the 3DS was missing. There are no suspects and the case is still under investigation. The victim chose for the case to be sent to University Judicial if the 3DS is found. O - the places - wego TUESDAY, FEB. 5, 7:48 p.m. — Officers on patrol were called to the University Union bus stop because a 46-year-old woman was causing a disturbance on one of the Broome County Transit buses, Reilly said. The suspect was sitting at the front of the bus and was trying to get to Owego. When she was informed that the bus was not going to Owego, she got upset. The officers spoke with her and found that she had enough money for a taxi. A cab was called and no charges were filed.
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BING-O to raise BU spirit the ladies out there get all the love that they possibly can,” said Simmons, a junior majoring in industrial systems engineering.
Sigma Beta Rho member Eric Chacko said the charitable aspect of the rose sale adds significance to a fun event. “It’s a great way to support breast cancer research, also
having a great time,” said Chacko, a senior majoring in integrative neuroscience. He added, “P.S. I live at 5 Leroy … if anybody wants to send me a rose.”
PYPM poets slam Underground poetry writing workshops and have gone to win competitions such as HBO’s ‘Brave New Voices.’ So in essence, I wanted people to know that
they too could use poetry as an outlet.” Adams said she loved who PYPM brought to perform this year — an opinion students at the event seemed to shared. “Kai Davis was really interesting to listen to,” said
Montana Ortel, a sophomore majoring in mechanical engineering. “I have a lot of respect for the fact that she was not at all afraid to voice her opinions.”
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The Binghamton University Dean of Students Office is starting off the semester by inviting students to a month-long event, BING-O, which offers prizes for students who can complete a number of campus involvement tasks. Students must complete any two rows of the BING-O board, available on the DOS Facebook group, to receive a DOS t-shirt. And students who complete the whole board will be entered into a drawing for a $100 gift card to the BU Bookstore. “It’s a fun way for students to get involved with the school, become familiar with the DOS Office and for them to win great prizes!” Kimberly Coleman, a graduate assistant in the Dean of Student Office and first-year graduate student in the student affairs administration program, wrote in an email. BING-O is one of several events the Dean of Students Office is planning to advocate school spirit. Morgan Appel, program coordinator for DOS, said the idea was inspired by BU President Stenger’s Road Map to turn BU into the premier public university. “We decided to focus on school spirit this semester to help students start feeling like they’re already at the No. 1 university,”
Appel wrote in an email. Students participating in this month’s BING-O are encouraged to try new things on campus, meet new people and maybe even learn something new. This month’s BING-O involves tasks like taking a picture of yourself supporting a local business, finding a way to celebrate Black History Month and picking up a Pipe Dream and commenting on an interesting article. Once students complete BING-O, they can upload pictures by going to the website: http:// tinyurl.com/codj3nd.
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“We tried to diversify the board as much as possible by including events like basketball games, TEDx, theater department productions, and the MRC Cultural Fair, as well as taking advantages of the incredible resources this campus has like the Public Speaking Skills Lab and the Career Development
Center,” Appel said. BING-O is the first monthlong event hosted by the Dean of Students Office. During previous semesters, Dean of Students April Thompson has focused on outreach and promoting the services of the DOS office. “Typically we do small pop up events around campus people might miss, or even larger events that students still might miss,” Appel said. “We figured with an event that is a whole month long, all students would be able to participate.” Juliana Girard, a junior majoring in sociology, said that events like BING-O help to unite the student body. “Events that promote school spirit help us to promote pride for our school as well as unite the student body,” Girard said. “The more school spirit we have the more we as a student and faculty body attend events, the tighter our bonds will be as a university.” Although BING-O was created to promote school spirit on campus, Jordan Clifford, a junior majoring in political science, said that he would like to see more outreach targeted for off-campus students. “It seems like a cool idea, but I wish they did more outreach toward the off-campus students,” Clifford said. “It’s a good idea to get more people involved on campus, though.”
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Chinese Asian Student Union and the Hong Kong Exchange Square perform in the Mandela Room Friday during their Lunar New Year celebration.
Despite Friday’s snowstorm, more than 100 students showed up to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year as part of an annual commemoration hosted by the Asian Student Union, Chinese Asian Student Association Union (CASU), and the Hong Kong Exchange Square (HKES). Red Chinese lanterns, vivid crimson banners and colorful decorations lined the walls and ceiling as students filled Old Union Hall. “Within American society and Western culture we are usually taught to celebrate New Years on Jan. 1,” said Jeff Huang, president of ASU and a senior double-majoring in economics and psychology. “In Binghamton, however, we have a large Asian student body and have a lot of involvement, so we wanted to
show how other cultures celebrate the New Year.” Sandy Huang, events coordinator for HKES and a sophomore majoring in biology, said that the Lunar New Year celebration at Binghamton University is meant to mimic the inclusive feel of family celebrations. “For Asian families this is the time where family gets together,” Sandy Huang said. “Many families in China are able to meet since normally people work in different places. People can just get together and have fun. In China, they have a big show and we are trying to imitate that.” The celebration consisted of a buffet-style Chinese dinner featuring foods like dumplings, fried rice and Chicken Katsu, followed by performances from the Taekwondo Club, the Glee Club and Sulpoong, a traditional Korean percussion group.
Sean Ryan, a freshman majoring in economics, was excited to come to a BU celebration of the holiday for the first time and experience the Lunar Year. “I thought the event was great. All the performers were great,” Ryan said. “I had heard of the Chinese New Year, but never experienced it before. I will definitely be back next year.” ASU President Jeff Huang said the performances were both informative and fun to watch. “I thought the performances were the result of much hard work. It is both motivational and educational,” Jeff Huang said. “All the performances showed a side of culture, taught us some history, and definitely entertained us.” During intermission, an audience member called out “Phewtick,” sparking a movement around the room for students to connect with one another using Phewtick, an app that lets users
earn money by sharing barcodes on their smartphones. “The intermission was awesome. Its always nice to celebrate the holidays and make some spending money at the same time,” Ryan said. “Plus, it was a great way to meet people and make some new connections in the room that would have never have happened without the app.” This year’s attendance marked a notable increase from last year. Sandy Huang said she was pleased with the turnout. “It went a lot better than I expected,” Huang said. “This is the second time we are running it so we do not have that much experience, but I thought the turnout was really good and that a lot more people came then we expected. It was very fun and entertaining and thanks to everyone who came out for support.”
TEDxBinghamton will also highlight several unorthodox topics related to media and culture. Alexander Macris, general manager of “The Escapist” online magazine, will examine the “dumbing down” of media and all forms of art. Professor Daniel Drezner from Tufts University will argue against the use of zombies as a metaphor, claiming the subgenre has reached its limit. Tackling the issues of dating in America, Justin Garcia, research fellow at The Kinsey Institute and Binghamton University alumnus, will discuss the evolution of relationships. Joshua Harker, famous American artist, will use his art to demonstrate what he considers the “third Industrial Revolution” and its effects on society. Leonard Simmons, executive director of TEDxBinghamton and a senior double-majoring in philosophy, politics and law and political science, acquired the license from TED for Binghamton TEDx two years ago. Simmons said the talks bring intellectual topics into a refreshing and exciting setting. “TEDx offers students a chance to see true leaders in their fields, in a way that is much different from your usual academic lecture,” Simmons said in an email. “These speakers bring their best to these short talks, and offer inspiring stories about what made them engage in their professions in the first place.” Jonathan Prosperi, senior director of TEDxBinghamton and a senior double-majoring in philosophy and philosophy, politics and law, considers the event to be in the same vein as
formal education. “What we are trying to do in miniature [is] what many universities hope to do on a macro scale: get together compelling educators with an audience of interested individuals, for the mutual benefit of learning something from one another,” Prosperi wrote in an email. Prosperi said he is particularly excited to hear Thaller’s presentation on dark energy. “Michelle has also been a personal source of inspiration for me,” Prosperi said. “As a kid, and even into my adulthood, I have been fascinated with the furthest outer reaches of space and what is at the very end-ofthe-end, so to speak.” The event is sponsored by multiple organizations and offices on campus, including the Office of the President, the Harpur College Dean’s Office, the Student Association Programming Board and the Philosophy of Science Club. The event’s budget is around $25,000, according to Simmons. Vincent Asaro, a senior majoring in integrative neuroscience, said he was excited to see both Macris and Ferrucci at the event. “As someone who really enjoys video games, I’m very interested to hear Alex’s opinion on the gaming industry,” Asaro said. “As for Ferrucci, I really would like to hear a bit about the history of one of the researchers who worked on the Watson project. Artificial intelligence is something that was only still an idea when I was growing up, and now they have managed to make it a reality.” Tickets can be purchased in advance in the Tillman Lobby from noon to 4 p.m. on Feb. 12, 13, 19 and 20, online or at the door.
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melodic guitar climaxes. After an upward-rising UFO dissipates, the vocals fade out to reveal the band’s most life-affirming, instrumental passage. Elsewhere, the group deviates from the traditional beauty of the initial tracks. “Is This And Yes” cuts through the fog as Butcher coos softly over layered organs and soft drums. Compared to the heaviness of “Loveless,” “m b v” achieves extraordinary pacing due to sparse songs like this one. The deeper cuts from the album experiment with sounds that Shields has hinted at for years. Take “New You” for example — it’s at once the group’s most immediate pop song and it’s weirdest departure, where faint traces of mid-90s drum and bass are counteracted by Butcher’s newly lucid vocals. If there was any indication that this album would throw us for a loop, it should be the fact that this sun-soaked track was “Rough Song” at the group’s first show of 2013. “In Another Way” is an easy standout in its sheer complexity. It’s a multi-part cycle that travels from downcast uncertainty in Butcher’s oscillating swoon to a triumphant and glowing instrumental refrain. Bands
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like Sleigh Bells and Boris are challenged and obliterated here through towering guitar sirens and rainbow synths that shift between doubt and confidence through Shield’s sonic playfulness. “m b v” closes with the staggering new monolith “Wonder 2.” As a disorienting field recording of a plane taking off and landing simultaneously roars, Shields sings through a tube and summons guitars that gyrate the track back and forth between harmony and confrontation while frail drums scurry along in fear of what’s chasing them. “Wonder 2” continues the group’s tradition of concluding with a hint towards what the future may contain; however, after a twenty two year wait for a “Loveless” follow-up, is it even reasonable to expect a fourth album? Two decades of anticipatory tension should lift in lieu of this uncertainty, as fans of My Bloody Valentine have just been given the ultimate gift. “m b v” is so much more than an afterthought — it’s the third immaculately strange LP from a tirelessly thoughtful band that has changed modern rock.
It is rare that an album released in the first two months of a new year is predicted to be one of the best albums of the entire year. “Holy Fire,” the third album from Oxford natives Foals, is one of those rarities. It is produced by Flood and Alan Moulder, who have pushed the group to their limit, culminating in their best record yet. The past few years have seen Foals’ popularity snowballing as the band has become a veritable phenomenon in the music community for their mix of African and Caribbean rhythms, inimitable guitar work and frontman Yannis Philippakis’ commanding vocals. However, the most astounding thing about Foals is how seamlessly they have expanded their repertoire and woven in and out of musical styles to dodge the critics’ pigeonholing. The shift from “Antidotes’” skittering guitars and busy drums to “Total Life Forever’s” ambient, mournful mood was a shock to listeners, one that instantly grounded much respect in the music world for their creative fluidity. “Holy Fire” sees the group storming ahead, incorporating the best elements of past efforts — emphatic grooves, thickly intertwined guitars — and blends them with new elements. Distortion, formerly absent, have now been added in earnest, along with some thoroughly masculine, gritty vocals previously unheard of from the group, adding up to a much heavier, more powerful sound. “Inhaler,” the album’s first single, is a prime example. It features a riff worthy of hard rock fame and Philippakis’ most throat-
shredding vocals to date, creating a booming, confrontational gem. As if “Inhaler” were not enough of a shock, it is immediately followed by the pure dance-pop of “My Number,” with lyrics to match: “You don’t have my number; we don’t need each other now.” It seems that if “Total Life Forever” marked a period of melancholy for Philippakis and Foals, “Holy Fire” marks the inevitable next step of acceptance and bravado. The variety continues, with “Late Night” slowly building in intensity and culminating in an honest-toGod guitar solo, and “Providence,” a track reminiscent of 1990s funkrock à la Red Hot Chili Peppers. The album ends with “Moon,” a yearning exhale of a song, exemplifying more perhaps than any other song on the album the shift Foals have made with “Holy Fire.” The group’s YouTube channel features a video clip to go along with the song, but in place of the shadows that defined their previous works, we are instead presented with the image of a sun-drenched Greek town, followed by the band gathered together in a candlelit studio, delicately plucking out the sparse track. This is how the group has evolved. They have matured past the excessive experimentalism of their first record and outgrown the moodiness of their second, coming out of the darkness and into the light. They have fully come into their own on “Holy Fire,” all the while retaining their idealism and creativity and — most importantly — their artistic integrity. When the blogs and magazines are making their best of lists for 2013, you can be certain that Foals will be on there, working on the next one.
Release sits down with "A New Jam" creator Christian Randell Nathan Partridge | Release Electronic music blogs are taking off in the Triple Cities. Last week we sat down with Live for The Drop, but the party doesn’t stop there. Christian Randell, founder and co-owner of music blog That New Jam, is also a Binghamton student. Randell describes his website as “a music blog aiming to pass on not only the best new tracks in hip hop, house, dubstep, indie and overall ear-pleasing music, but to bring back some of the classics that are floating around in everyone’s iTunes.” As That New Jam closes in on its one-year anniversary, the site has over 1,000 likes on Facebook and a cult following on Twitter. What began as a small project is now one of the most well-known music blogs around the Binghamton
University campus. Complete with eye-popping pictures, samples from different tracks and mixes and several posts daily from writers who truly delve into all aspects of the music genres they know and love, That New Jam offers a little something for everyone. We did a Q&A with Randell to find out more about the blog that has everyone buzzing. Release: What inspired you to start That New Jam? Christian: Music has always been a huge part of my life and for as long as I can remember I’ve always loved the idea of knowing the “cool songs” before they’re “cool.” After LimeWire was shut down, I realized I had nowhere to go to find out about new music and download whatever I wanted and for a while I didn’t really find anything new. My brother (and
co-owner of TNJ) Scott showed me ThisSongIsSick.com and my mind was blown that there is a whole community of people and blogs that are so dedicated to breaking new talent and providing consumers with free (and legal) music. After reading a regiment of up to almost 20 blogs at one point, I had a vision of what I liked and what I didn’t like from each blog and had an idea of a blog that was dedicated to breaking new talent and paying homage to the music that I had loved in the past. R: When did the site officially go up? C: I bought the domain name for ThatNewJam.com on Feb. 12 of last year. After sitting on my hands for the entirety of Feb. 13 trying to wrap my head around how the hell to build a website and figuring out what platform I was going to use,
I dove in headfirst that night and started posting as much content as humanly possible. R: Did it take a lot of outside help? C: The help that I received was absolutely invaluable. Ryan Salerno, a Binghamton Rugby alumni turned me on to the WordPress. com platform of blogging which took all the intimidation of website design out of it and allowed us to start up the site for free and slightly “on training wheels” with use of a premade theme (the original site had an entirely white background and a simple teal “That New Jam” on top.) C: Are all of TNJ’s writers exclusively Binghamton University students? R: At the site’s inception all of the parts were based in Binghamton
with the exception of my brother Scott who was still a senior at Oneonta at the time. We still have writers around Binghamton such as Alex Valera who helped us a ton in the early goings of the site and more recently Jordan Dienstag. Since then we’ve grown to include writers such as Alex Goldman (a Miami University grad) and Tyler Roper (our LI-based lifesaving “tech-guy” and content contributor.) R: How do you feel about similar websites, such as Live For The Drop? Do you ever visit them for ideas or inspiration? C: I have a huge respect for what Live For The Drop does and often look to them to see what kind of content they’re putting up. The beautiful part of the relationship is that although we are both music blogs, we do not occupy anywhere
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After leaving the service in September 2010 — three years before reaching the 20-year mark at which veterans receive benefits — the SEAL, known only as the Shooter, was, apparently, simply forgotten by the government. Well, actually, that’s not entirely true. Apparently the SEAL Command told the Shooter they could find him a job — driving a beer truck in Milwaukee. It would take a cold, cold bastard to make the argument, with a straight face, that the man who personally shot the world’s most wanted man dead should be simply discarded by the country he spent 16 years defending. Yet somehow, despite all the talk of protecting our veterans, the Shooter finds himself with minimal health care and a growing pile of bills, when the president himself said, “No one who
fights for this country overseas should ever have to fight for a job or a roof over their head, or the care that they have earned when they come home.” It’s doubtful — near-impossible, in fact — that Obama was given the choice between extending early benefits to the Shooter, and not, and said, “Well, I guess what he did was OK, but screw him,” so the angry accusations that will inevitably be leveled against him, personally, are nothing more than meaningless political spitballs. But now that attention has been drawn to the plight of the Shooter — and more broadly, to the one in 10 veterans today who are uninsured in this country — surely it is time for the president to step in and take steps that go beyond empty rhetoric. This is not to say there’s been no progress on
helping our veterans off the battlefield. This week, the Veterans Affairs Department announced it was adding 1,000 mental health professionals to its staff — a necessary, if delayed response to the skyrocketing suicide rates and instances of PTSD sufferers turned violent. But it shouldn’t take years to finally bolster mental health staff in the VA. It shouldn’t take the revelation that one of our nation’s greatest heroes is struggling to make ends meet to say, “Hey, maybe this isn’t so cool.” Surely, our nation, which oversees the largest military budget by far and decides where and when to cut spending for which welfare programs, can agree that, in this instance, doing a better job looking out for our veterans when they return home is worth it.
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So far this Black History Month, I have not reflected on the lives and accomplishments of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X or Rosa Parks. The triumphs of Jesse Owens, Shirley Chisholm and Garrett Morgan have gone completely unremembered. Even the president’s recent inauguration has not come to mind.
Instead, the lives I have remembered are Troy Davis, Trayvon Martin and the countless people who have died as a result of Chicago’s notorious gang violence. It may seem like odd timing to reflect on such terrible moments, especially when the purpose of Black History Month is to acknowledge and celebrate the progress and contributions that African Americans and their ancestors have made not only to America, but to the world.
However, don’t their lives and deaths, which fueled protests for law reform and reflection on the state of racism in our country, count as black history? They do. The real issue surrounding Black History Month is that nothing else is taught besides the good stuff: the speeches, marches and the individuals who made them possible. Understandably, the greatness of our civil rights leaders and even our prominent black figures of today cannot be appreciated unless the historical context is understood. No child can truly understand why Dr. King and Medgar Evers are so revered unless they have a firm understanding of the cultural framework of those periods, including Jim Crow laws and the social and economic conditions they created for African Americans. But by only highlighting the progress made during the Civil Rights Movement, educators are delivering the message to students that the worst has come to pass and that the struggle for social, economic and political equality has been over for years. Stories like Troy Davis’ and Sean Bell’s
prove that the struggle still exists. So why is it that during Black History Month the struggle is not acknowledged? Why are these stories of current African-American struggles not being shared in classrooms or making it into the books about black history?
cannot continue to celebrate the same accomplishments. The only way to celebrate new milestones in black history is by recognizing the struggles we still face as a race and overcoming them. What issues are left to tackle? What burdens are African Americans still bearing? Surely, not every problem can be solved. On the other hand, if we never address the headlines and issues that are making American history and, indeed, black history, then we are delaying our own progress. Black History Month is as much a time of reflection as it is celebration. So as educators, students and everyone else who engages in this period reflects on how far African Americans have come, we should also consider how far we have yet to go. If Black History Month is about To do so, we must consider the celebrating greatness and progress, good, the bad and also the ugly, so that then indeed we should. We should we are not merely appreciating those honor our African-American inventors, who took it upon themselves to make politicians and social activists whose a change, but also thinking of ways to progress in their respective fields do the same. provided opportunities for future generations. Though, in celebrating, — Ashley Branch is a senoir we should also recognize that we majoring in English.
The high cost of artificial concentration
Your club’s event is coming up fast and you need to advertise — posters, flyers, mailbox stuffers, the works. You mistakenly mention you touched Photoshop once in your life and all of a sudden, the task of designing falls onto your shoulders. You do not have to be a professional graphic designer to make a decent poster, just make sure to follow these simple steps.
1. NO COMIC SANS. Or Curlz MT. Or any other tacky, hideous, overly decorated fonts. These fonts were created for mothers to use on their 3-year-old’s birthday party invitations. Stick with a legible font that also can be bold, italic and other variations. This makes your text appear stylized without being a hot mess. Good fonts are Helvetica and Georgia. 2. PIXELLATED IMAGES ARE A NO-GO. If the image is pixellated, get rid of it. Pixellated art is worse than no art at all. While no art may not make for the most attractive flyer, pixellated art is a turnoff. It will make your work look unprofessional. If you care about the event, make it look like you do. 3. NEON IS A NEVER. Neon colors are hard to read. And unless you are advertising for a highlighter party, avoid them. The bright colors generally just
hurt people’s eyes, and remind them of that frat party they regret going to. 4. EXCESSIVE USE OF CLIP ART. No. Never. Under no circumstance may you use Clip Art. No ifs, ands or buts. There is nothing more tacky or 1990s than Clip Art. This outdated form of decoration serves no purpose but to plague designers. Need a cartoon image? Try a vector image. Significantly more classy and up to date.
Looking for examples of art not to copy? Take the newest selection of Sodexo signs and menu boards. Their Mardi Gras signs are illegible, and trigger my upchuck reflex. Finally, a part of Sodexo more disgusting than its food. So please, with your student group’s winter bake sale or spring dance coming up, take this advice, and make a poster that doesn’t disgrace the paper it is printed on.
We’ve all heard the Adderall success stories. A student waits until the last day, or even night, to study for an exam or write a paper and, for an added boost of energy, pops a few pills. The results are commendable and sometimes even better than expected, so the routine begins. Most Adderall users find the outcome beneficial, but for one user, Richard Fee, Adderall ended his life.
In 2009, Richard Fee, a graduate of Greensboro College in North Carolina, began taking a drug called Vyvanse for ADHD, although he showed no signs of the disorder throughout his childhood. Richard claimed that the pills were working for him and helped his ability to focus and study for his upcoming MCAT. In 2010, Richard was first prescribed Adderall and became an addict. Richard would communicate with multiple doctors at a time and somehow would always walk away with a prescription for more than he needed. By the end of 2010, Richard began to show signs of extreme addiction and paranoia. According to an article from The New York Times, Richard would put tape over the camera on his computer
out of fear that people were watching him, he would talk to the moon and stars at night, and he would sleep for 48 hours straight if he was not taking the pills. But through all of this, Richard’s doctors prescribed him more and more Adderall. By June 2011, Richard was up to 80 milligrams a day of Adderall. A typical adult dosage is 30-40 milligrams. Richard’s father knew the medicine was only making him sicker, but his doctors tenaciously kept prescribing, even after threats of suicide and hospitalization. Sadly, in November 2011, Richard Fee took his own life. After over two years of a horrifying addiction to Adderall, he was no longer able to live without it. Unfortunately, Richard Fee was not the only one hooked on the drug.
or Attention Deficit Disorder. Before the multi-million pharmaceutical corporations realized their ability to fabricate a disorder, then “cure” it with medicine, little boys and girls who now “have ADHD” were probably just being little boys and girls. The question of whether or not to prescribe Adderall to a child or student has been a difficult one, but in most cases, it ends with a prescription. According to an article from Medical Daily in October 2012, “The diagnosis is a fairly common one: 5.4 million children between the age of 4 and 17, or nearly 10 percent of children, have been diagnosed with the disorder and the use of psychotropic drugs has almost doubled among youth.” Some parents, doctors and teachers have even gone so far as to contemplate stereotyping an entire group of lowincome students as needing Adderall or Ritalin, even when there is no diagnosis of the disorder. The name of the article on Medical Daily is disgustingly titled, “Debate: Should Low-Income Children Without ADHD Take Adderall to Improve Poor Test Scores?” What message is that sending to our youth? No need to work or study — just take Adderall. Prior to the discovery of ADHD, In a recent U.S. craze, doctors have success was not dependent on a pill, nor been prescribing Adderall or other should it be now. similar drugs like Ritalin to hyperactive children after diagnosing them with — Julianne Cuba is a junior majoring Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder in Chinese.
After over two years of a horrifying addiction to Adderall, he was no longer able to live without it
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Two days into winter break, struck by a deep and profound sense of restlessness and suffering from some spectacular overconfidence, I decided to try my hand at Italian.
The endeavor was intended to be a daily exercise where I sit down and work through the BBC website’s Italian lessons, but I can still only ask for un bicchiere di vino at a trattoria after Googling it, so you can draw your own conclusions about how that went. I gave up in the same way that many of us do when faced with something unimaginably difficult. Learning a new language well enough to successfully communicate is usually just a far-off dream. How often are we in awe of someone’s credentials when we hear that they are fluent in more than one
language? We are doubly impressed because it seems like a skill without any immediately obvious applications other than being an interesting tidbit to share at a party. Maybe we are also amazed because we stopped learning a language after fulfilling the foreign language Gen Ed. We don’t bother looking inside the textbook of a 300-level course. We write on our résumés that we are fluent in languages we don’t bother studying. We sigh with resignation and admit that it’s depressing that the majority of us can only speak English, despite sitting in the middle of an institution that aims to change that, whether through a professor and classroom atmosphere or a cultural club’s language table. We all know about the studies that suggest growing up bilingual is beneficial for children, not just on a communications level but also cognitively. Logically, we also know that learning a second language is just as useful even when it’s happening at a college level. The increasingly globalized world
we live in presents us with boundless opportunities that were barred to our predecessors. The number of potential employers increases manifold when the search is extended beyond U.S. borders and into rapidly growing economies like those of the BRIC states.
Sometimes it means more to reach across a table and say, “konnichi wa!” instead of letting a translator do it However, the opportunities come with requirements. While some locales will let you get away with just speaking English, working abroad will eventually necessitate a rudimentary grasp of the native language, whether
for business purposes or simply to order a glass of wine in a neighborhood restaurant. It’s not just a matter of ordering a kebab without a full game of charades or taking out the translator/ middleman and making it easier to settle a business deal. It’s also a matter of interpersonal connections and diplomacy. Contracts tie together “faceless” corporations, but contract negotiations are done by people. Sometimes it means more to reach across a table and say, “konnichi wa!” instead of letting a translator do it. Subway stations around the world feature posters advocating English fluency. They invariably feature smiling students whose lives have been improved by this new-found and hard-won skill. One of the best parts of studying a foreign language, though, is how it changes perceptions of the English language. A few weeks of studying German’s fastidious grammar will make you think twice about English grammar and its multitudinous variations (though maybe not some German stereotypes).
Studying Latin or Greek can help you actually understand English grammar and the etymological roots of much of our day-to-day vocabulary, as well as put you in a position to say pretentiously, “Oxymorons? What is that? You mean oxymora. It’s Greek.” And studying Chinese can make you wonder why English grammar is so goddamn complicated. Wittgenstein once argued that language dictated what can be thought. I’m not nearly qualified enough to go into a psychoanalytic or linguistic study, but here’s what I’m thinking: Taking upper level language classes isn’t a Harpur requirement, but that doesn’t mean we have to deprive ourselves of the accomplishment of reaching the end of a language track. After all, you could one day find yourself sitting in a café in Florence, too busy ordering a glass of wine with your impeccable Italian to make eye contact with Batman. — Chantal Berendsen is a senior double-majoring in political science and German.
After slow start, Binghamton falls to Hofstra, 23-19, on Senior Day
In its second and final home appearance of the season, the Binghamton University wrestling team struggled to find its footing early on Sunday, dropping its first three bouts against reigning CAA Champion Hofstra en route to a 23-19 defeat. Despite the loss, seniors Donnie Vinson and Nate Schiedel continued to shine for Binghamton (5-12, 3-3 CAA). On the team’s Senior Day, the pair pinned their respective opponents to keep their undefeated dual records intact with just one dual remaining on the Bearcats’ schedule. Currently ranked No. 4 in the nation at 149 pounds, Vinson recorded three takedowns in the opening period before closing the bout with his eighth pin of the season, good for first on the team. He currently stands at 27-1 overall on the year. The program leader in career wins, Vinson boasts a 126-25 career record, including a 71-8 slate in duals. Schiedel, currently ranked No. 5 in the country at 197 pounds, finished off his opponent in 1:15 to improve his perfect dual record to 17-0 on the season. The pin was his seventh of the season. Binghamton as a team struggled, though, quickly falling behind the Pride (6-13, 3-2 CAA) 12-0. Redshirt freshman 125-pound Mike Sardo opened the day for BU with a major decision loss to No. 17 redshirt senior Steve Bonanno, 12-2. Binghamton freshman 133-pound Dylan Cohen followed with another loss and senior 133-pound Dan Riggi dropped his
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Senior Nate Schiedel improved to 17-0 in duals after he and his classmates were honored on Senior Day at the West Gym.
match to No. 13 redshirt junior Luke Vaith by means of technical fall. Vinson’s win came next and cut BU’s deficit in half, but the Bearcats would drop their next three bouts, allowing Hofstra to take an insurmountable 23-6 lead. Back-to-back major decision
losses from freshman 157-pound Jack McKeever and freshman 149-pound Brian Conrad followed by a 3-1 loss by redshirt junior 174-pound John Paris made up the skid. With the fate of the match already determined, wins from junior 184-pound Cody Reed —
in major decision fashion — and heavyweight redshirt freshman Tyler Deuel sandwiched Schiedel’s pin to make the final score 23-19 in Hofstra’s favor. The Bearcats held a ceremony prior to the start of the match honoring its five seniors. Along with Vinson, Schiedel and Riggi,
125-pounders Patrick Hunter and Derek Steeley are also in their final year of eligibility. Binghamton has one match remaining — a Feb. 21 dual against No. 14 Bloomsburg — before the CAA Championship, scheduled for March 9 in Boston. Last year, the Bearcats
took second place at the CAA Championship, recording three individual titles and four NCAA Championship berths along the way. Binghamton’s regular season finale is set for 7 p.m. at Bloomsburg’s Nelson Field House.
The Binghamton University men’s tennis team split a pair of matches at Dartmouth’s Boss Tennis Center and Gordon Pavilion over the weekend, falling to the No. 59 ranked Big Green (3-3) 6-1 on Friday before earning a narrow 4-3 victory over Boston College the following day. Freshman Sid Hazarika picked up the lone point for the Bearcats (4-3) on Friday, knocking off Dartmouth sophomore Sam Todd in singles play, 7-5, 4-6, 7-5. Binghamton junior Ruben Haggai was the only other Bearcat to push his match into three sets, though he ultimately fell, 5-7, 7-6, 6-0. “I thought we played just OK,” BU head coach Adam Cohen said. “We had some opportunities in the
doubles portion of the match at the very beginning [and] we didn’t capitalize on those opportunities, which ultimately I guess could have been pivotal later … In singles we only won one out of the six, but we were competitive … We lost 6-1, but there definitely were some matches that could’ve gone either way.” On Saturday, the Bearcats used a sweep in doubles play to garner the determining point in a 4-3 victory over Boston College (3-2). The tandem of senior Bastian Bornkessel and sophomore Ismael Dinia and the duo of sophomore Robin Lesage and freshman Eliott Hureau notched 8-4 victories over their opponents in the No. 1 and No. 2 doubles slots, respectively. In the No. 3 slot, Hazarika and sophomore Aswin Nambi completed the sweep with an 8-6 victory of their own.
With Binghamton ahead 1-0, Lesage and BU freshman Alexander Maisin won the first of the team’s two singles matches to extend the Bearcats’ advantage to 3-0. Dinia fell in the No. 3 slot, but the Bearcats quickly recovered with a 6-0, 6-2 victory by Hazarika, who went 3-1 in singles and doubles play on the weekend and improved his team-best dual record to 6-1.
By the Numbers
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The number of doubles-doubles Jordan Reed has so far this season, setting the single-season program record.
The perfect dual records held by both Donnie Vinson and Nate Schiedel this season, with one dual remaining on the Bearcats’ schedule.
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The number of BU athletes who have been named America East Scholar Athletes since the University joined the conference in 2001.
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6-1 The combined deficit of the men’s and women’s basketball teams against Boston University this Saturday.
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The team-best dual record of men’s tennis player Sid Hazarika in his first collegiate season.
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Binghamton would drop the next two matches, but the win had already been secured. Cohen partly attributed the victory to Binghamton’s improved play in doubles. “We won all three [doubles] matches, and anytime you can get that point it means you only have to get three, and that’s what we got in the singles portion,” he said. “We gave away a few matches I think … and a few of those matches we shouldn’t have lost but we did, so hopefully we can learn from some of those …. Nonetheless it was still good to leave 1-1 on the weekend.” Binghamton is scheduled to return to action Feb. 23 and 24 at St. John’s and Columbia, respectively.
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Boston cruises past Bearcats at Events Center
Boston University junior guard D.J. Irving scored 22 of his careerhigh 27 points in the first half as the Terriers pulled away from the Binghamton men’s basketball team early for a 79-58 win Saturday night at the Events Center. Irving scored 17 of his team’s first 18 points to give Boston (1311, 7-4 America East) an 18-6 lead at the 14:22 mark. Every time the Bearcats (3-21, 1-10 America East) cut the gap to single digits, the Terriers had an answer. “They stretched us out,” Binghamton senior guard Jimmy Gray said. “We kind of had to focus on a couple of guys, and [Irving] found openings in the defense we were running, and he knocked them down.” As dominant as Irving was, Boston freshman guard Maurice Watson Jr. picked apart the Binghamton defense — which played a mix of man, 2-3 zone and box-and-one — to finish with a career-high 13 assists. The Bearcats, on the other hand, couldn’t find the net with any semblance of consistency. They ended the half shooting 9-for33 and trailing 42-28. “[The Terriers] have a lot of answers,” Binghamton head coach Tommy Dempsey said. “We threw the kitchen sink at them defensively, in an effort to try to disrupt them, or try to give them some different looks, and they continued to execute like a good team would.”
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Freshman guard Jordan Reed recorded his ninth double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds on Saturday night against Boston University, setting Binghamton’s school record for double-doubles in a season.
— Tommy Dempsey BU head coach
Dempsey attributed the loss to his team’s inability to get stops and rebounds, a result of Binghamton’s
new run-and-gun style of play. Boston held the advantage on the glass, collecting 43 rebounds to Binghamton’s 35. The Terriers also shot 47.8 percent to the Bearcats’ 30.4 percent, and drained 12-of-31 threes to the Bearcats’ 2-of-14. Although they shot poorly, the Bearcats drove to the lane well and dramatically surpassed their season average of 61.6 percent on free throw shooting with a 22-of24 performance. “I thought we made a real effort in the second half to get in the lane, off the dribble and throw it in the post,” Dempsey said. “I thought we did that fairly well, and we shot 24 free throws — they shot eight. I thought we did do a good job of trying to continue to attack the paint because our outside shot wasn’t falling in and we didn’t settle for too many threes.”
The game saw freshman guard Jordan Reed earn his ninth doubledouble, breaking Binghamton’s school record for double-doubles in one season set by Lazar Trifunovic in 2007-08. Reed tallied 17 points and 11 rebounds, though he shot just 4-of-20 from the field. Other leaders were senior forward Javon Ralling, who contributed 10 points, and Gray and junior forward Roland
Brown, who contributed seven points apiece. Brown also had five rebounds. The Bearcats are set to play second-place Stony Brook tonight. The Bearcats last saw the Seawolves (17-6, 8-2 America East) on Jan. 9, when they fell 62-37, having shot a season-low 26.4 percent. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. at the Pritchard Gymnasium.
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BEARCAT BRIEF Vickers honored with AE Scholar-Athlete selection By Megan Brockett | Sports Editor
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Junior Grace Vickers has been named the 2012 America East Scholar-Athlete for volleyball, becoming the fourth player in program history to earn the award. According to a statement released by the America East Friday morning, a committee of athletic administrators and NCAA Faculty Athletics Representatives chose one athlete from each of its six championship fall sports for the award, based on “excellence both on the field and in the classroom last semester.” The Most Outstanding Player of the 2012 America East Championship, Vickers led the Bearcats to their third conference title last fall while carrying a 3.38 GPA. The geography major is a two-time America East Honor Roll nominee and the only player to be selected to both the AE All-Conference team and All-Academic team this year. Vickers became the 31st athlete in Binghamton’s history to receive the Scholar-Athlete honor, and her nomination marked the 12th straight year that the University has had an athlete receive the award. BU now has the third most Scholar-Athlete award winners since it joined the America East in 2001.
Women's basketball fails to slow down high-scoring Terriers The Binghamton women’s basketball team couldn’t keep up with Boston’s high-scoring offense this Saturday as the Bearcats fell to the Terriers, 73-51, at the Events Center. The Terriers had five players score in double-digits, a feat they last accomplished in the 2010-11 season. “[We] knew coming in that, especially since how well we played [at Boston], that [the Terriers] were going to come in and really try and take it to us, and in that first half they really created a lot of separation and it was just too much to come back from,”
Binghamton head coach Nicole Scholl said. An early fast pace led to a lot of missed shots on both sides. With 11:12 left in the first half, the Bearcats (4-20, 3-8 AE) had only converted two baskets, both of which were layups, while the Terriers (20-4, 10-1 AE) had accumulated 10 points. Binghamton would pull to within four when senior forward Simone Thomas converted a layup with 7:55 to go in the opening half. But the Terriers then began to double-team the Binghamton forwards, creating more difficulty for the Bearcats. Over the ensuing 4:55, Boston went on a 15-0 run to carry a 36-20 advantage into
halftime. The Bearcats’ attitude changed in the second half, according to Scholl, who said the team went in feeling they “had nothing to lose.” “They were more confident in taking shots,” she said. “It’s all about confidence.” Binghamton would get within 13 points of the Terriers after a 3-pointer by freshman guard Kandace Newry with 5:17 to go. But the Bearcats’ comeback was quickly halted, as they failed to hit another shot from the field. Sophomore forward Sherae Swinson, who scored a teamhigh 18 points against Boston on Jan. 12, led the team again, just missing a double-double with
nine points, 11 rebounds and two blocks. Swinson said that the game was “a great experience for all of them, especially the freshmen, getting out there and experiencing the type of pressure that Boston [brings].” The loss kept Binghamton locked in eighth place in the conference standings, but Stony Brook and UMBC stand just one game ahead of the Bearcats in a sixth place tie. New Hampshire and Vermont, at 4-6, are just 1.5 games ahead in a fourth place tie. “We need to win some games right now, to keep in the mix for the seeding,” Scholl said. “We have some games coming up for us that are winnable, but our focus now is
Stony Brook.” The Bearcats are set to face the Seawolves on Wednesday night. Stony Brook is coming off consecutive losses to Hartford and Boston. When Binghamton last met the Seawolves on Jan. 9,
Stony Brook put up a 56-34 homecourt win. Tipoff for Wednesday’s game is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Events Center.
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TRACK & FIELD AMERICA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP Courtesy of Bubearcats.com
Women’s top finishers: Camille Ginyard, t1st, Pole Vault (11-9) *ECAC qualifying Christy DiMichele, t1st. Pole Vault (11-9) *ECAC qualifying Jessica Goldberg, 2nd, Pentathlon (3,276) Alexis Murray, 3rd, Long Jump (17-11 3/4) Alexx Baum, 4th, Long Jump (17-10) Sara Wickes, 4th, Pentathlon (3,077) Jenna Marrione, 5th, Pole Vault (10-9) Taylor Bates, 6th, Pole Vault (10-9) WOMEN’S TEAM SCORING 1st: Binghamton 50.5, 2nd: Vermont 40, 3rd: Albany 35
Men’s top finishers: Adam Helman, 2nd, Pole Vault (16-2) *IC4A qualifying Joe Miceli, t3rd, Pole Vault (14-9) Jacob Platel, 3rd, Weight Throw (55-10) *IC4A qualifying Vasili Papastrat, 3rd, 5,000 (14:49.17) Jason Santos, 4th, 5,000 (14:51.10) Greg Feathers, 5th, Weight Throw (53-7) Anthony Gaetani, 6th, 5,000 (14:53.10) Chris Nock, 6th, Pole Vault (14-3) Eric Ziegler, 6th, Long Jump (22-2) Matt Traylor, 8th, Long Jump (21-9) MEN’S TEAM SCORING 1st: Binghamton 52.5, 2nd: Albany 41.5 3rd: Maine 32
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