Spring 2014 Issue 13

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Women's soccer player takes in the Winter Olympics firsthand, see page 19

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Bill may improve housing safety

Ferry takes first two years in a row Competition tests medical skills, speed, teamwork

Off-campus residences could receive tax-free grants

Emilie Leroy

Contributing Writer

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Legislation in committee in Congress could provide some offcampus students a way of getting more funding to fix dangerous housing conditions.

Pete Sessions, a Republican congressman from Texas, sponsored a bill in April of 2013 called the Collegiate Housing and

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Harpur’s Ferry corps members pose in front of an ambulance. Harpur’s Ferry won the Advanced Life Support (ALS) skills competition for the second year in a row.

The ALS competition is part of the National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation Conference, which took place in Boston from Feb. 28 to March 2.

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UN rights standard insufficient Discrimination against women equated to political abuses

Israeli soldier calls for peace

Yishai Goldflam advocates for Palestinian compromise

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Carla Sinclair

Assistant News Editor

Contributing Writer

The way in which the international community assesses human rights violations may be insufficient for determining women’s rights violations.

Jean Quataert, a professor in the history department, joined Peace Action Binghamton University and the Women’s Student Union Monday night to put on a presentation detailing and criticizing women’s role in revamping how rights are defined in the international community.

Quataert, a women, gender and sexuality studies professor and author on the subject of women’s rights across international borders, focused her talk on the rise of women’s advocacy and its influence on the sphere

Binghamton University’s student-run ambulance corps, Harpur’s Ferry, won the Advanced Life Support (ALS) skills competition for the second year in a row.

The ALS competition is part of the National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation Conference, which took place in Boston from Feb. 28 to March 2.

Harpur’s Ferry members Nathan Toussaint, Rebecca Schwartzman, Devin Howell and Alexander Nello competed against EMS teams from colleges and universities around the country. Harpur’s

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History professor Jean Quataert discuses women’s rights around the world on Monday night. Sponsored by the Women’s Student Union and Peace Action BU, her talk coincided with Women’s History Month.

of international human rights.

“Global women’s human rights movement is something different. It’s truly global, it’s the first time in the history of human rights. You saw mobilizations around the globe, whether it be antiapartheid or the tragedies in Latin America,” Quataert said.

According to Quataert, the beginnings of women’s

advocacy began at the creation of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women’s Rights in 1946. The division between that and the U.N. Commission on Human Rights, she said, created a divide distinguishing between human rights violations and women’s rights violations, but the movement didn’t come into fruition until the 1970s.

“It was interesting to hear her talk about how it developed, and how recent it was,” said Nick Doran, a freshman majoring in economics.

“Listening to history class you’d think it happened in the 1800s, with suffrage. But her saying it started in the ’70s through

No topic was off-limits when an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier visited Binghamton University Monday evening to share the stories and opinions he developed while serving in the army.

Yishai Goldflam served as a paratrooper and is now the director of Presspectiva, an organization whose goal is to ensure accuracy in reporting

by Israeli news outlets covering events in Israel and the Middle East.

Addressing a packed multipurpose room in the Chenango Champlain Collegiate Center, Goldflam explained that he did not come to argue for one side of the Israeli-Palestinian

conflict or the other, but instead to facilitate a thoughtful conversation.

“I know there are people who like to call themselves ‘proIsrael’ or ‘pro-Palestinian,’ but I think that those are bad terms,” Goldflam said. “Because if you are ‘pro-Palestinian’ or ‘proIsraeli,’ it’s like you’re looking at a football match with two teams where one loses and one wins.”

He added that the key to finding a solution to the conflict lies in finding an agreement both sides can live with.

“If you want to compromise, you need to take a step back; you need to let the other guy also win something. There needs to be some sort of middle ground,” Goldflam said.

He advised the audience to be

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Faculty apply for Russian major

Departmental track expected to replace IMP by 2015 Jennifer Kim

Contributing Writer For the first time in nearly 50 years, Binghamton University may be home to an official Russian studies major, a first for the SUNY system.

During the fall 2013 semester, faculty from the Russian program submitted an application to

Harpur College in order to create a departmental Russian studies major.

Currently, there is no departmental Russian studies major at BU. Instead, students may pursue an individualized major program (IMP). The IMP is standardized, requiring approximately 12 courses and

language competency up to Russian 305: Advanced Reading and Composition as well as approval from an adviser.

Nancy Tittler, senior Russian instructor and the undergraduate director of the Russian and East European studies program, said she worked with other faculty for months to apply to Harpur

College.

“I collaborated with my colleagues in crafting our application over the course of a year of meetings; together, we outlined the strengths and needs of our program, composed our mission statement and revamped

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Yishai Goldflam, a paratrooper with the Israel Defense Forces, recounts his experiences serving in the military. In his talk Monday night, called “Two Eyes, One Reality: The Experience of an IDF Soldier,” he said that the only way for Israelis and Palestinians to achieve peace is through negotiation.

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Frat houses could use grants for improvements CHIA continued from Page 1 Infrastructure Act, or CHIA. The proposed bill would allow tax-exempt educational or charitable organizations, like fraternities, sororities, Hillel or Chabad, to donate tax-exempt grants for housing improvements to off-campus collegiate housing.

Currently, such donations are taxed.

Ben Sheridan, a part-time student majoring in political science who presented a bill supporting CHIA to Student Congress last week, said that many organizations with offcampus housing live in dangerous conditions.

“Ninety percent of college fatalities are off-campus student housing,” he said. “I lived in a place, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, which was very unsafe. We didn’t have enough money to put in proper fire escapes or safety features.”

But Sheridan said that the bill would make more funding available from national organizations that wanted to help.

“There are many national organizations that want to make the donations to safety as long as they are tax-exempt,” he said.

“From the mindset of charity, it doesn’t come at any cost to taxpayer, it’s a great way for schools to encourage building and growth in the community.”

The Fraternal Government Relations Coalition (FGRC), a lobbying group that advocates for the interests of students in Greek Life, estimated that the bill would enable Greek organizations to contribute over $1 billion to

the economy with capital improvement projects. They also estimated that it would only cost taxpayers $148 million over the next 10 years.

Sheridan also said that the money coming in from national organizations would alleviate the cost of living for student housing.

“It costs more to room and board at Binghamton than to pay for tuition. This is a way to bring costs and bring down long-term debt,” he said. “The aim is to bring cost to $5,000 a year, which is the average cost at a nonprofit university.”

Other representatives of Greek Life agreed that the conditions of off-campus housing were dangerous.

“Our house would probably be condemned if we called code on it. Since there’s not a lot of student housing options we just kind of had to deal with,” said a representative of one fraternity who requested anonymity because of the organization’s current living situation.

But while his fraternity has found a new home for next year, the representative doubted that the bill would have made a difference.

“Our nationals is basically nonexistent,” he said. “My pledge class didn’t receive any help when we found a new house.”

Milton Chester, recently appointed assistant dean for offcampus programs, said that he had heard few complaints from Greek Life representatives.

“I’ve heard hearsay from third-

The Cost of Safety Permitting providers of nonprofit student housing, like fraternities and sororities, to use charitable contributions for housing and infrastructure projects will allow critical property improvements to $3 billion of affordable housing nationwide that is currently home to 250,000 students

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About three fires occur each week in fraternity and sorority facilities, and 80 percent of fatalities in student housing fires since 2000 have occurred in offcampus housing

Possible price to retrofit a 100-yearold house with a sprinkler system Info from Fraternal Government Relations Coalition

party sources about the danger of off-campus housing locations, but I don’t recall any Greek Life representatives approaching me to tell me something was below standards,” Chester said.

Sheridan said, though, that this bill would almost certainly help Binghamton University students.

“Binghamton has specifically been identified as a school that could benefit from this,” he said.

“In the past few years Greek Life has grown by 30 percent and will

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According to GovTrack.us, there is only a 4 percent chance of the bill being passed, but Sheridan remained optimistic about its chances.

“We wouldn’t be working and sending students to Washington in April if it’s not something we thought could happen,” he said in reference to the FGRC. Supporting Sheridan’s motion on Monday, Student Congress agreed to officially call on local politicians to support the bill.

From the mindset of charity, it doesn’t come at any cost to taxpayer, it’s a great way for schools to encourage building and growth in the community Ben Sheridan Part time BU student

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Pipe Line Local News Police say NY drunk driver caused fatal crash Police say an upstate New York man is facing manslaughter charges after he drove drunk, crashed into a utility pole and killed his passenger. The accident happened early Friday in Greene, northeast of Binghamton. Sheriff’s deputies responded to a 911 call about a car that had crashed into a utility pole.

The Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin reports that 23-yearold passenger Brandon Archer was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver, 22-year-old Bradley Goodrich, was taken to a hospital by helicopter for treatment of internal injuries.

Investigators say Goodrich was intoxicated at the time of the crash. He is expected to be arraigned on charges including second-degree vehicular manslaughter after he is released from the hospital. It was not clear if Goodrich had an attorney.

National University News Pre-St. Pat’s bash erupts into chaos; 73 arrested A pre-St. Patrick’s Day celebration near the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts spiraled out of control, pitting police in riot gear against thousands of drunken and unruly revelers at the annual “Blarney Blowout.” More than 70 people were arrested, and four officers were injured in the clashes. Authorities spent most of Saturday trying to disperse several large gatherings around the UMass campus for the party traditionally held the Saturday before spring break, Amherst police said. The partying carried into early Sunday, and Amherst police Capt. Jennifer Gundersen said police were busy with numerous reports of fights, noise and highly intoxicated individuals and had made 73 arrests. UMass denounced the “unruly behavior” Saturday, and spokesman Ed Blaguszewski said students who were arrested will be reviewed under the school’s code of conduct, and sanctions could include suspension or expulsion. The size and scope of the gatherings led to violence and fights, injuries, severe alcohol intoxication, sexual assaults, excessive noise, property damage and violence toward police and community members, police said.

Former ASU frat’s national leaders ban pledging A national fraternity whose Arizona State University chapter was expelled by the school is banning pledging at all of its chapters. The Arizona Republic reports the dissolving of Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s pledge program took effect Sunday. The fraternity says it wants to eliminate class structure between new and active members. The announcement comes after the fraternity has faced several incidents at chapters across the country, including two high-profile ones at ASU. Jack Culolias, a 19-year-old ASU freshman and Sigma pledge, was found dead in the Salt River in December 2012. He had been kicked out of a frat event at a Tempe restaurant for intoxication. A 20-year-old member passed out in May after consuming 20 shots of tequila in two hours as part of a drinking contest.

6 Ohio fraternity men plead not guilty to hazing Six fraternity members at a university in Ohio have pleaded not guilty to hazing charges. The six students from the University of Akron appeared in court Friday, a week after they were accused of paddling a pledge so hard that he bled through his pants. All six are charged with misdemeanor assault and hazing. Police at the University of Akron say a 22-year-old man told investigators he went to a hospital after multiple nights of being beaten with paddles. A police report says the abuse happened over three weeks in January during the fraternity’s pledge process. Officials at the university say they have shut down the fraternity while the national leaders of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity say they will help authorities bring justice to anyone who may have violated the law.

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Rachel Kuhl, a sophomore majoring in accounting, leads Cecelia Nyman, a sophomore double-majoring in linguistics and Spanish, and Ben Miller, a junior majoring in computer engineering, in an informational group session Monday evening. The American Sign Language Club practiced and expanded on the shopping terms and phrases taught in previous weeks.

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Harpur's Ferry wins ALS BU recognized as HEARTSafe University one of six schools to earn certification

Habin Kwak

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Binghamton University’s student-run ambulance corps, Harpur’s Ferry, won the Advanced Life Support (ALS) skills competition for the second year in a row.

Harpur’s Ferry won the ALS skills competition three years in a row from 2005 to 2007, and they won again last year.

SA continued from Page 1 Ferry won the ALS skills competition three years in a row from 2005 to 2007, and they won again last year.

The skills competition consists of three scenarios in which team members must work together in an efficient and timely manner.

During the medical and trauma scenarios, teams were given a fictional patient and had to find out what was wrong while keeping the patient alive with medications and medical techniques. Competitors worked on test dummies, which replicated symptoms and medical issues. Harpur’s Ferry diagnosed a 30-year-old woman with a collapsed lung.

In the team-builder scenario, teams were presented with a non-medical problem, testing the team’s ability to work together, with points awarded based on creativity.

Teams were also given a trauma scenario where they had to attend to a female patient.

In preparation, members representing Harpur’s Ferry practiced medical scenarios to review their skills and practice their communication. However, they mostly relied on the combined experience they have gained as medics and as a team.

“We just incorporated the experience we have, and we’re all good friends,” said Howell, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering.

“Between our skills and our friendship, we were able to really work together.”

Nello, a second-year graduate student studying biology, attributed Harpur’s Ferry’s repeated success at the ALS skills competition to the extensive training that members undergo.

“We’re a training agency,” Nello said.

“We want to make sure that people get the experience and have a good time, but make sure they know what they’re doing. We have good members as a result.”

To take part in the ALS skills competition,

participants must either be an Advanced EMT-Paramedic (AEMT-P) or an Advanced EMT-Critical Care (AEMT-CC). Advanced EMTs may practice more invasive techniques on patients, such as inserting an IV. Toussaint and Schwartzman are AEMT-Ps, while Howell and Nello are AEMT-CCs. Most members of Harpur’s Ferry are EMTbasic: They may administer basic medications such as EpiPens. According to Nello, only 10 to 15 members of Harpur’s Ferry are ALS providers.

As winners of the ALS skills competition, Harpur’s Ferry will be competing in the next Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS) Games in 2015 at the EMS Today Conference. Teams from around the country and overseas participate in the competition in which they must save a fictional patient in the shortest amount of time.

Howell, Nello and Toussaint were part of the team that competed in last year’s JEMS Games.

Schwartzman, who graduated from SUNY Cortland in 2011, first started working with Harpur’s Ferry during her senior year to help with flood relief and has been a part of the ambulance corps ever since.

“I really wanted to be a part of this organization because it was so top-notch,” Schwartzman said. “It’s been great ever since.”

According to Toussaint, the best part of the Harpur’s Ferry team’s victory was the chance to compete with friends.

“I am honored to work with so many skillful and motivated people,” said Toussaint, a second-year graduate student studying biology. “The opportunity to laugh, train and influence the lives of our patients has made many of us great friends. And in any setting, whether it is a competition or a treacherous call, we work seamlessly with each other.”

We want to make sure that people get the experience and have a good time, but make sure they know what they're doing Alexander Nello second-year graduate student

Beginning in March, Binghamton University became one of only six college campuses to receive HEARTSafe certification.

The HEARTSafe certification is a collaborative effort with the National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation and the American Heart Association that was initiated in 2013.

Colleges qualify for the HEARTSafe certification when they fulfill the requirements imposed by the National Collegiate EMS Foundation, including widespread CPR instruction, public access defibrillators and aggressive resuscitation protocols for first responders and area hospitals.

The certification recognized Binghamton University as a school that meets or exceeds the expectations regarding responses to cardiac-related emergencies on campus.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology was the first and only college to be recognized as HEARTSafe in 2013, before five more colleges joined in 2014. Binghamton University was recognized alongside Syracuse University, University of Massachusetts-Lowell, University of Richmond and University of Pittsburgh this year.

“The goals of the HEARTSafe program are to promote community awareness of sudden cardiac arrest, train community members in cardiopulmonary resuscitation — CPR — and to increase public access to defibrillation,” said Brandon Azoulai, the former deputy director of Harpur’s Ferry and a senior majoring in integrative neuroscience. “In addition, a HEARTSafe campus ensures early access to advanced life support and engages in preventative cardiovascular health care activities.”

The HEARTSafe initiative dates back to 2002, when the first HEARTSafe community was formed in Massachusetts. Other states started to get involved until 2013, when the National Collegiate EMS Foundation

launched the “HEARTSafe Campus” campaign, according to the National Collegiate EMS Foundation.

According to Azoulai, the requirements for a school to receive HEARTSafe certification are extensive, demanding time and training.

He said that Harpur’s Ferry has been answering calls regarding cardiac-related emergencies for many years and there are over 150 publicly accessible defibrillators located all over campus.

The requirements covered response time as well as emergency response plans and scrutinized a university’s range of transportation services.

The application form also inquired about CPR training and how accessible an agency’s automatic external defibrillators were to students.

Victoria Keyes, an EMTBasic for Harpur’s Ferry, said she is proud to see BU as one of the few schools with this certification.

“To me, the HEARTSafe award means we taught enough people emergency CPR that if there was an emergency, someone nearby would be able to perform bystander CPR until Harpur’s Ferry support arrived, which is critical with patients,” said Keyes, a junior double-majoring in English and environmental studies.

The HEARTSafe award means we taught enough people CPR ... which is critical Victoria Keyes EMT-Basic

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It's National Women's History Month, it's a great way to honor it Gabrielle Schiller BU sophomore

’90s was really interesting.”

Gabrielle Schiller, Peace Action BU’s educational director and a sophomore majoring in nursing, said she thought that this discussion was especially pertinent.

“It’s National Women’s History Month, it’s a great way to honor it,” she said.

“We’re a peace organization, and incorporating women’s rights and international human rights is a great way to combine peace action and history, and what we stand for as a club.”

According to Quataert’s analysis, distinguishing between human rights violations and women’s rights violations became a contentious issue, and remains so today.

“Most of the activists in the pre-1945 era felt they needed a distinct body as they were afraid they would

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Monday night, professor Jean Quataert discussed the evolution of the discussion of women’s rights on an international level.

be a small percentage and might have been submerged,” Quataert said. “The problem is marginalization. Institutional division between human and women’s rights, creating two different jurisdictions.”

The way the U.N. assesses human rights violations is usually based on a man

fighting for his rights, and then addresses these problems through legislative and political means.

However, Quataert argues that women’s issues must be addressed differently because how a society treats its women is often considered a “domestic” issue, a matter of

culture and norms.

Quataert argued that there are problems with the way the world gauges and addresses both human and women’s rights violations.

“The goal was seeing men and women as the same, but taking into account gender and gender vulnerabilities, then

you can decide policies the complexities of human lives,” Quataert said. “The critique of the public and the private, the most important critique feminism has made to political theory. They don’t exist as separate spheres.”

For Mallory Schmackpfeffer, a sophomore majoring in

English, this event exposed people to an issue of which many might be unaware.

“Spreading the information and making people more aware of women’s roles in human rights,” Schmackpfeffer said.

“It’s not something that’s often talked about.”

Scholarship aids Tioga residents attending BU Mildred Faulkner Truman Foundation provides $15,000 in grants to students

Alex Mackof

Contributing Writer For the past 15 years, Mildred Faulkner Truman Foundation (MFTF) scholarships have assisted Binghamton University students from Tioga County with the cost of college.

“The Truman Foundation has generously provided scholarship support to Tioga County residents attending Binghamton University since 1998,” said Cynthia Lupo, director of donor relations and stewardship at BU. The MFTF offers grants to organizations it believes will benefit the Tioga County community in honor of the benefactress, Mildred Faulkner

Truman. Truman, who lived in Owego, passed away in 1983, and she requested in her will that her estate be turned into a foundation to offer funding for nonprofit organizations that benefit Owego and Tioga County.

“This aid makes a tremendous difference, allowing students to focus on their coursework or research activities, instead of just making ends meet,” Lupo said.

The MFTF has offered financial assistance to more than 240 students from Tioga County. This year, 16 students were granted a scholarship of the 122 who were eligible.

In 2013, the MFTF offered more than $500,000 in donations. The organization welcomes grant inquiries for various programs, and money is

only awarded to nonprofit and taxexempt institutions.

BU receives $15,000 in grant money from the MFTF each year. The awards range from $500 to $1,000 per student, and the scholarship is offered to students because of their merit achievements and financial need. The scholarship is available Universitywide to all students from Tioga County and is not limited to any specific field of study or school.

There is no application process to receive this scholarship. Instead, the BU Financial Aid Services and Student Records Office award MFTF scholarships after a review of the student’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

“I think it is a really important

thing that the University offers grants.

Even for those who are not in the most needy financial situation, it encourages the recipient and acknowledges their accomplishments,” said Sofia Degtyar, a freshman double-majoring in computer science and studio art.

Last year, 1,800 BU students received a variety of grants, totaling more than $2.5 million. Scholarships are awarded to each recipient’s financial aid package, with the hopes of lowering the current cost of education. Financial aid may also come to students in forms of loans and employment like work study. With submission of the FAFSA, each student is considered for all forms of financial aid and scholarships.

This aid makes a tremendous difference allowing students to focus on their coursework or research activities Cynthia Lupo Director of donor relations and stewardship

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Paratrooper shares stories from Middle East IDF continued from Page 1 careful about what they read in the news coming from the Middle East and what they believe, saying that stories about either side are not representative of the whole.

Goldflam told the audience about a situation that arose when he and his battalion were advancing through a section of Gaza that was completely abandoned. They stayed in the empty home of a Palestinian family for several days.

One member of the battalion took several cans of Coca-Cola from a nearby abandoned grocery store, but when he brought the looted goods back to Goldflam and the other paratroopers, he was scolded and told to return them.

“We have to realize that there are assholes everywhere, including in the Israeli army,” Goldflam said. “Our guy did something wrong that he shouldn’t have done. But, on the other hand, there were 11 of us who felt that what he did was completely uncalled for and wasn’t the right thing to do.”

He said that seeing the news reports about Israeli soldiers committing terrible crimes made him want to focus even more on his behavior.

“I didn’t choose to be there. I was drafted. When I found myself in that situation, I figured that the least I could do was be a mensch about it,” Goldflam said.

Goldflam, who moved from Israel to Miami Beach with his family when he was 6 years old, explained that the country of his birth was a much different place when he was a child.

“For me, it was very natural to just get on a bus or get in my

parents’ car and just drive back and forth wherever we wanted to go,” he said. “There was no barrier. There was no fence. There was no wall. There was absolutely nothing. In fact, it wasn’t just me who could drive back and forth; the Palestinians could, too.”

He said that relationships were so amicable that his parents even hired Palestinians to do work.

“When my parents did renovations on our house in Jerusalem in 1989, the contractor was an Arab-Israeli. All the workers were Palestinians; they lived in various villages around Jerusalem. And they just got up in the morning and they came to our house and they worked and it was all very natural.”

After sharing his experiences with the room, Goldflam accepted questions from students.

Several students suggested that Goldflam was being partial to Israel and brought up the fact that in Israel’s most recent campaign against Hamas, a Palestinian Islamic organization, resulted in many more Palestinian deaths than Israeli deaths.

Goldflam said he did not believe that casualty numbers have an impact on moral standing. He compared it to the fact that Germany suffered many more casualties than the Allies in World War I. “The fact that a lot of Israelis don’t get killed does not mean that the Palestinians are right and the Israelis are wrong,” he said.

Another student asked Goldflam about his other pursuits, which included an Israeli tourism company that he started.

Joshua Seed, an undeclared freshman, said he admired Goldflam’s composure when answering questions about

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Yishai Goldflam, an Israeli paratrooper, answered questions from audience members about his time spent in the Israel Defense Forces.

touchy subjects.

“You could tell that there were disagreements at different times, but he was very calm and he spoke his mind in what I think was a very respectful way,” he said.

Tyler Albertario, the president of Students for Justice in Palestine and a senior majoring in political science, said he did not believe Goldflam was accurate in the way he explained things to the audience.

“What we got was an overly rosy picture — to say the very least,” Albertario said. “To say the worst, it was offensive. It was very offensive to compare the

atrocities going on in Gaza and the West Bank to the looting of a couple of Coke cans.”

Shehryar Qazi, a graduate student studying sociology, said he didn’t believe Goldflam could speak fairly about the topics at hand.

“I do not believe the speaker could ever portray the IDF accurately no matter how sincere he might be simply due to the fact that he is part of a belligerent military in an ongoing conflict,” Qazi wrote in an email. “Such events that are put together with the goal of portraying well meaning individuals with self-

righteous anecdotal accounts only serves to whitewash the violence that Palestinians and Arab Israelis suffer from day to day at the macro-level.”

Goldflam said he was impressed with the different queries he received.

“The questions were very intelligent, and students were varied in the topics that they asked me about,” he said. “I love doing this, I love generating conversation and getting people to talk about Israel.”

Zoe Liebmann, a sophomore majoring in political science, said she thought Goldflam handled

the crowd well.

“I thought he was great; he knew who his audience was. He addressed the people who are pro-Israel, who are pro-Palestine, who are pro-two-state solution,” Liebmann said. “He defended Israel. He had great answers for every question. Even people who were, in my opinion, disrespectful in the way they asked the question — he addressed them very well.”

The event was organized by the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America.

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our major requirements and course offerings,” Tittler wrote in an email. “As the longest-serving member of our Russian faculty, I was able to provide historical background on the past three decades of Russians studies at BU.” The application must be approved by Harpur College, Binghamton University’s Faculty Senate, Provost Donald Nieman, President Harvey Stenger, SUNY central administration in Albany and the New York State Education Department, which officially registers the major. The process can take up to two years, but Tittler said she expects to see the

major sometime in 2015.

BU had a Russian department with a major program until the mid-1970s. In 1982, the Russian program was incorporated into the German department. The “Russian equivalent” IMP was introduced in 1995 and has been in effect since.

“This arrangement made it possible for students to complete a Russian-emphasis IMP major under the guidance of faculty from various departments, including German and Russian Studies, history, political science and comparative literature, during a time of limited staffing and course availability in Russian area studies,” Tittler wrote.

According to Tittler, the Russian program has four fulltime faculty members, as well as affiliated faculty in other departments and undergraduate teaching assistants. Despite its size, the program has proven to be popular.

“Enrollments have been consistently high, in comparison to Russian programs in similar institutions, for the past several years,” Tittler wrote. “We offer language instruction from beginning through advanced levels, “Russian for Russians” courses for heritage learners, and a variety of literature and cultural studies courses taught in English. ”

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According to Tittler, creating a departmental Russian studies major would have significant benefits, allowing students a stable course schedule as well as providing a unique program within the SUNY system.

“If the major is approved, we will be the only SUNY campus at which students can major in Russian Studies,” Tittler wrote.

“With a regular departmental major, prospective and current students can readily access and enroll in our program through the Department of German and Russian Studies without going through IMP,” Tittler wrote.

Kenneth Law, a junior double-majoring in philosophy,

politics and law and the “Russian equivalent” IMP, said he enjoyed the liberties that come with an IMP. “Studying Russian as an IMP is nice because you can practically create your own major,” Law wrote in an email. “Unlike other majors, there is a great degree of freedom, and I have taken several interesting classes because of it. I am able to choose any class offered by the Russian department and have it count toward my major.”

However, Law said the IMP can be hard to change after the initial process.

“While it is nice to be able to choose the classes that count to your major, you have to notify the

people who create the major what classes you are taking. If you stray from the initial set of classes you intended to take, then you have to contact the people and let them know what changes have been made to your course listing. It can be very tedious at times,” Law wrote.

Law said he agreed with the decision to create a departmental Russian studies major at BU. “The Russian department works tirelessly to provide interesting classes, and I believe they do not get enough credit,” Law wrote. “Having a Russian Studies major would properly recognize their efforts.”

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BU alum builds sculptures with a playful twist Matthew Zupnick's inventive artwork is inspired by his father, a former professor Samantha Steiner | Contributing Writer If Dr. Seuss and Tim Burton were locked in a room together for an hour, the result would probably be similar to “Something Between,” a zany mash of metal sculptures on display now in the Fine Arts Building.

The exhibit features Binghamton University alumnus Matthew Zupnick, who returned to campus Friday to present his work.

Zupnick graduated from BU in 1983 with a bachelor’s degree in studio art. As an artist for Pipe Dream, he created a weekly comic titled “The Zupism of the Week,” consisting of one-shot images with goofy twists on standard moral sayings. He gained such popularity that some students taped his “Zupisms” to their doors in residence halls.

Chris Focht, a University photographer, has worked with both Zupnick and his father, who taught art history at BU in the ’60s.

“I am a fan, and I love his work,” Focht said. “I

feel he took off where his father ended.”

Zupnick certainly hasn’t abandoned his playful tendencies: His sculptures are meant to be turned, pushed and even ridden. He uses brass to create seductively shiny surfaces and oil paints for eye-catching polka dot patterns.

His sculptures feature dramatic angles that make even the sturdiest pieces look off-balance, and he often incorporates disfigured human forms into his works. The result is bizarrely amusing.

“I am inspired by the games people play,” Zupnick said. “The ways in which we treat different groups, the environment and individuals.”

Zupnick says it can take anywhere from two weeks to six months to complete a work.

In order to let his creations develop naturally, he works on four or five pieces at a time.

The process begins with many sketches, followed by a sculpture in wax. Once Zupnick creates a mold around the wax sculpture, he fills it with layers of steel, bronze and other metals. For his piece “In The Dog House,” he used oil

paints on bronze sheets before welding them together into a miniature house with a serene landscape along its inner walls.

“There’s a little engineering in this room, too. Taking a wide variety of courses at Binghamton made my work richer,” said Zupnick, who views coming back for this exhibit as a thank-you to the professors who influenced him.

Zupnick collaborated with sculpture professors Jim Stark and Brian Davis to organize the featured sculptures. They scattered the pieces across the room to encourage wandering.

Stark believes Zupnick’s work itself encourages a sort of wandering, too.

“It takes you places you wouldn’t go by yourself,” Stark said. “He’s a gatekeeper.”

When asked if he would ever consider becoming a toy designer, Zupnick said, “I think I kinda am now.”

Zupnick’s work will be on display through March 26 in Room 259 of the Rosefsky Gallery in Fine Arts Building.

The gallery is open from noon to 4 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays.

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“I am inspired by the games people play,” Zupnick said. “The ways in which we treat different groups, the environment and individuals.”

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Staged in the 5th dimension Campus rock gets strange 'Twilight Zone' adapted for campus theater Odeya Pinkus | Staff Writer Watters Theater in the Fine Arts Building was transported to another dimension last weekend, as Binghamton University’s theatre department staged “The Twilight Zone.” In this stage adaptation of Rod Serling’s television show, audiences were treated to a night of sci-fi, mystery and suspense.

Premiering in 1959, “The Twilight Zone” became a hit among its fan base, eventually winning Serling two Emmys and a Golden Globe Award. In its 156 episodes, it featured such talented actors as Morgan Freeman and skilled writers like Ray Bradbury.

The show ran until 1964 and was eventually adapted into a movie, comic books, a series of graphic novels and now, a two-act play.

Staying true to the original format of the TV show, the play was presented as two separate, unrelated stories, featuring the same actors playing different characters. The first act, “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street,” tells the story of an average American neighborhood turned upside down. After a bright light flashes through the sky, the people of Maple Street lose all their power

and, soon after, their humanity. In what was presented as entertaining, organized chaos, the people of the neighborhood begin to point fingers and turn against each other as the act unfolds.

The second act, “Dust,” tells the story of a mother trying to save her son, who is on death row for accidentally killing a young girl while drunk on a carriage ride.

The mother attempts to save her son through supernatural means when she buys “magic dust” from a charlatan salesman. Regardless of the heavy nature of the material, the salesman carried along the scene with an air of comic relief.

While the characters differed between the acts, the two narrators remained the same, giving an engaging and often frightening dialogue. Through their appearances and words, they highlighted the themes and lessons portrayed in each act, summing it all up for the audience as well as offering a brief history of the television show.

Each actor brought enthusiasm and reality to his or her part, making characters believable and engaging. Well-imagined costumes and scenery helped to bring the scenes to life, whether it was the average American neighborhood

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Kenneth Herman | Staff Writer Though it’s one of the newest bands in Binghamton University’s music scene, Strange Appeal is already making waves as one of the few serious student rock bands in the area. The four-piece consists of Jason Tuori, a senior majoring in biology, on lead vocals and guitar; Justin Mulvaney, a senior double-majoring in economics and mathematics, on drums and percussion; Jesse Gillenwalters, a senior majoring in economics, on guitar, keyboard and vocals; and Patrick Mahday, a 2012 graduate, on bass and vocals. We sat down with lead singer Tuori to learn more.

Release: Your previous band, Steve Labrecque’s Wild Ride, was pretty successful with a number of gigs, including opening for Yellowcard at last year’s Spring Fling. What happened, and what made you want to continue with a new project?

Jason Tuori: Unfortunately real life happened. The other guys all got full time jobs and real responsibilities, and I was the only member returning to school for one more year. It was tough to accept it early on because we ended on such a high note. After about a week of not knowing if I wanted to start another band from the ground up, I jammed some new ideas with Justin (formerly of Karmascend, who also hit the same road block as us) and immediately realized how fun it was going to be.

R: Strange Appeal is considerably more riff-based than SLWR. Was it a conscious decision to change the songwriting approach?

JT: I think there’s two sides to it, actually. The first is that I’m always trying to improve as a musician and challenging myself to sing and play more difficult parts, so from that point of view it was a conscious change. Another

huge factor is playing with a different style drummer; Justin is very technique oriented and has a strong progressive rock influence, so it’s definitely going to affect the overall sound of the songs too. How I even tricked him into playing in a band with me, I still haven’t figured out.

R: Your debut album, “Through Thick and Thick,” is coming out soon. Tell us a little about the recording process.

JT: So I’ve worked with our soundman Anthony Frachioni (2013 graduate) for about a year and a half now because he recorded and did live sound for SLWR. He’s doing research in Berkeley now, which makes things a little difficult, but he’s the guy that knows what kind of studio sound I want better than I do. He came back to New York for a bit over winter and we recorded all the drums and guitars in our semi-soundproofed basement.

Alright, it’s not soundproofed at all. Regardless, it’s a very guitardriven album and he has much better recording equipment than we do, so we decided to do the most important parts with him and finish the rest up with Jesse, who luckily knows a lot about recording and producing.

R: “Through Thick and Thick” is being released alongside a Kickstarter campaign. What made you decide to crowdsource it?

JT: We really wanted to press CD’s for the new album after hearing the quality of our EP “Thwapjack” that Anthony produced for us back in September. For me, it’s arguably the biggest musical accomplishment that I’ve been a part of, so I really want a tangible product to share with others.

The Kickstarter campaign allows us to do it without going $500 in the hole, which is pretty nice.

R: The new album title, along with the previous EP “Thwapjack” and the Kickstarter prizes, showcases your guys’ unique sense of humor. Do you

The humor goes pretty well with the style of sarcastic music that I write and play - Jason Touri, senior majoring in biology

think local bands often take themselves too seriously?

JT: Yeah Pat was in his prime on the Kickstarter page, I loved it. I don’t really want to judge any other bands for being too serious, just know that I could never be in one of those bands.

I’m very passionate about my music, don’t get me wrong, but I think the humor goes pretty well with the style of sarcastic music that I write and play.

R: Strange Appeal is composed of members from many other Binghamton bands.

If you got to front a band with any musicians in the world, who would they be and what would they play?

JT: Ah, the good ol’ supergroup question, classic.

John Paul Jones on the bass and Dave Grohl on drums make for an explosive rhythm section. Maybe go with Clapton and Jack White on guitars for a tight/reckless compliment.

Then I guess just have Julian Casablancas play air keyboards and look cool.

The indie/garage group just released its first single “If You Have to Ask” in preparation for its debut album, “Through Thick and Thick,” out in May.

things people won’t care about for long Odeya Pinkus | Staff Writer

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In every generation, there are parts of pop culture that transcend time, finding importance not only in the age of their creation, but for many years afterward. The following items are not those things. From “Candy Crush” to Vine, it seems as if each year we are swamped with a new collection of trends, apps and news stories that everyone “has,” “loves” or “can’t stop talking about.” And then in the same fashion that the Roman Empire declined, these fads become yesterday’s news and fall to the bottom of the pop culture hierarchy. Here’s the next batch:

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But you’re also Katniss from “The Hunger Games.” Oh wait, you just took one that said you’re also Gollum from “The Lord of the Rings.” They all have conflicting personalities, so that can’t be right! There is now nothing to do but realize that you are none of these things and, furthermore, that nobody on Facebook cares. This is shortly followed by the realization that you also don’t care.

It’s only a matter of time before people stop wondering what type of cheese they are and start wondering why they are on this website.

of the ’50s in “Monsters” or the jail and sheriff’s office in the Western setting of “Dust.”

“The Twilight Zone” was truly a multimedia production, with incredible lighting that was a show in itself. In addition, one scene in “Monsters” was entirely done on video, allowing a modern aspect to be a part of an old script.

“My entire performance was thrown over the projector,” said Kevin Gleeson, an actor in the play and a senior majoring in economics. “It was pretty interesting. We had to work with a bunch of different shots. It was pretty technical, but exciting to work with.”

While the show stayed true to the vision of Rod Serling, it featured some artistic additions.

“Monsters” contained a scene that could only be described as a surreal type of modern dance, with characters moving and swaying in synchronization.

Additional performances will be shown on March 14 and 15 at 8 p.m. and March 16 at 2 p.m.

Following the performance on March 16, there will be a talk with director Elizabeth Mozer and Anne Serling, author of “As I Knew Him: My Dad, Rod Serling.”

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“Breaking Bad” OK, hardcore fans, suspend your anger, this isn’t what it looks like. I’m sure “Breaking Bad” is an “amazing show” and “simply riveting,” but if you feel this way, then this one does not apply to you. For those who are attempting to start it on Netflix, be warned that the excitement is over. Most of your friends have already seen it. There will be no one as thrilled as you are when you finally get to the finale, considering most people probably will have forgotten the details. Save yourself the distress and start riding the “House of Cards” train, because that one is filling up.

Selfies What’s better than sending your friend a picture of something they’d find funny?

A picture of that same thing, but with you partially blocking it with a gaping smile and a thumbs up. Just because the word “selfie” was added to the dictionary does not mean that it should have been. On a personal note, I have recently received an alarming number of selfies from my parents, and if that’s not a marker of a passing fad, I don’t know what is.

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GroupMe Sure, this app is one of the “best ways to communicate with all of your friends,” but so was AOL Instant Messenger. Soon people will be fed up with the constant beeping of their phones and realize that there really is no good reason to be in a group chat with 15 of your closest acquaintances. Sure, you can meme yourself, but if you need memes to communicate with your friends, then you might need to reevaluate and go back to the face-to-face basics of conversation.

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You’ll never believe what the last item on this list is, but it’s sure to leave you speechless Yes, it is Upworthy. While its intentions are commendable, its methods are not. Spreading good vibes and inspirational stories is great, but soon enough the general public will realize that most articles on that website are significantly less shocking than their headlines make them appear. It’s easy to be tricked into finding out what “amazing” thing a 5-year-old said to make a drill sergeant cry, but it’s also just as easy to ignore the link and move on.

People will soon find the latter to be a more appealing option.

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In total, we have 55 consecutive school days from the start of the spring semester until spring break. We think that’s simply too much.

Look around. Students, even professors, have reached a point of exhaustion. Many of us have poured ourselves into our midterms and don’t have the stamina to dedicate more energy to our studies without a break, even if it’s a brief one.

Academia shouldn’t be a feat of endurance; we’re not here to test the limits of our psyches.

We should not have more than two months of classes without a day off because under that much constant pressure, the quality of our work and our mental health both suffer.

Breaks in the semester are crucial for emotional, psychological and physical recuperation. Many of us are getting run-down, or simply overwhelmed. Seasonal affective disorder takes its toll now. Who among us is immune to the effects of a lack of sunlight in conjunction with ceaseless course and group responsibilities? Who among us would not benefit from a few days in March designated for mental and physical relaxation and regrouping?

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away for a few days is beneficial psychologically and academically.

It’s also relevant that we don’t have off for any of the national holidays in February, including Presidents Day, which many schools have off.

Ultimately, this isn’t so much about reassigning spring break so our trips coincide with deals to Cabo or our friends’ schools’ breaks, so much as it is about the mental and physical well-being of the students at Binghamton University.

As we’ve written in these pages before, we’re against students wishing time away. We’re therefore quite ambivalent about hoping spring break would come sooner. Especially for those of us who are seniors, we know that spring break spells one thing. The familiar one-two punch of spring break — Spring Fling means, before you know it, we’re walking down that aisle clad in green, diploma in hand. For this reason too, having time off in March would allow us to make the most of our last semester without wishing it would end sooner. Because none of us want that.

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Simply making spring break earlier is problematic. Spring break currently, and historically, overlaps with Passover and Easter.

This isn’t arbitrary. Scheduling break to coincide with these observances allows many students to return home for the holidays, to say nothing of the difficulties that many students would face if classes remained in session, due to heightened food restrictions during Passover.

Sure, there are a few other perks to having an earlier spring break. There are travel deals that are especially tied to this time of the year, which we miss by having a break so late. And a majority of our friends’ colleges have spring break the second week of March. We want to see our family and friends, and maybe get a few days of sunshine, but these inconveniences pale in comparison to the very real effects of so much stress without any relief.

Respites from our intense academic and social lives at school are crucial for allowing us the space to decompress, and internalize what we’ve learned, both in our classes and day-to-day lives at school. Even if it’s just a long weekend, getting

Ilana Lipowicz Contributing Columnist

There is a 30-year-old man in Azerbaijan who knows all about the first boy for whom I fell hard. At 15, I had a habit of staying up until 3 a.m. on weeknights and chatting with strangers on Omegle. I liked to stay up late, but hated being alone; when the flow of updates on my News Feed fizzled to a halt, I found that there was still a way to escape that boundless loneliness that comes with being the only one left awake.

The phrase “No man is an island” has resounded since the 17th century because it expresses so closely and concisely the social nature of humans.

It’s fun to think about what we’d bring with us to a desert island, but when asked what we would honestly do if thrust upon an island alone, Robinson Crusoe-style, we frightened social creatures immediately jump to guessing how long we would last before taking our own lives. Next to

our fear of death is a dizzying fear of being alone.

Once a quality that contributed to our species’ survival, our hunger for connection has been satisfied and then some. Now, if we used our ability to connect to its full potential, the resulting lack of alone time might be detrimental to our individual growth and health.

We may subdue our aloneness through technology voyeuristically, scrolling through pictures and status updates to feel closer to our social worlds by virtue of seeing others’ activity. Texting is more intimate and is closest to real social interaction. There is then the method that I find most intriguing: the tweets and status updates divulging things we see or thoughts we have while we are alone. We expect other people’s awareness of our solitary moments to make these moments feel less solitary, and

they do. A status that illustrates the fear of aloneness best is one that I’ve seen often: “Can’t sleep. Who’s up?”

This fear is not only expressed through social media. It’s what causes us college students to hang around people who don’t interest us at all.

The fear also affects how we behave in romantic relationships, causing us to stay in bad relationships and to jump from one relationship to the next. To many, the thought of turning 40 without any marriage prospects triggers panic at a level on par with the desert island scenario.

Until now, there has been no reason to imagine what danger might come from the opposite extreme.

Studies have suggested a correlation of one’s social cohesion with his or her happiness, but it will soon be time to examine the effects on one’s psyche of spending every second of the day connected with other people.

At the risk of

However you identify on the introvertextrovert scale, you are your most honest self when you are alone

sounding like your incense-burning yoga instructor, I would like to vouch for the importance of introspection to personal growth. When you are alone, you act and think freely of your expectations of other people’s reactions. However you identify on the introvert-extrovert scale, you are your most honest self when you are alone.

As hard as we try, we can never wholly communicate who we are to other people, and the one person on Earth who fully knows you deserves your attention. I’m of the camp that says it’s OK to sit at the bus stop alone, eat alone and go to a concert alone. I prompt you to consider that you could even die alone and still have had a life worth living. More importantly, I urge you to take time to be alone with yourself. No man is an island, but were you to be stranded, the only thing you’d be guaranteed to have with you is you.

— Ilana Lipowicz is a sophomore double-majoring in English and cinema.

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Porn isn't inherently problematic Ukraine parallels are frightening Though overwhelmingly perverse, the medium can also empower women Molly McGrath Columnist

The Internet has fundamentally changed the nature of pornography and our relationship with it. With a mere click, anyone can access millions of clips of hot, sweaty bodies, contorted in any number of positions, engaged in any number of sexual acts.

Many feminists criticize pornography as anti-woman, with some going as far as labeling it a form of sexual trafficking.

Though the industry is rampant with corruption, pornography is not inherently harmful. In fact, the pornographic medium has the potential to expand our narrow view of female sexuality.

Pornography is a polarizing issue within the feminist community. Proponents argue that pornography is a means of empowering women. According to this logic, performers are merely owning their sexuality and should not be slut-shamed for making a personal choice.

Recently, a Duke University student revealed to the world that she performed in pornographic films as a way to

pay for college. Many feminist bloggers gave her accolades for her bravery.

Those who believe pornography is empowering to women need to remove their rose-colored glasses. There is nothing empowering about scenes portraying forced sex or rape. There is nothing empowering about scenes in which women are infantilized.

Overexposure to these images can alter the way men see women and diminishes female personhood. The most extreme effect of overexposure is sexual dysfunction.

With more than one third of 16- to 17-year-old boys intentionally v i e w i n g pornography online and 90 percent of 8- to 16-yearolds exposed to pornographic images, these scenes can have a lasting negative impact on the psyche of both genders.

In addition to the negative effects on viewers, female performers suffer greatly.

First, clips in which victims of sexual trafficking are forced into sexual acts appear on

major porn sites. Even if a performer gives initial consent, pornographic directors use economic or psychological vulnerabilities to coerce performers into performing sexual acts with which they are uncomfortable. While some porn superstars make millions, the average female performer is paid between a mere $600 and $1,000 per performance.

As a feminist, I believe that merely banning pornography is not the correct solution.

First, such a ban isn’t feasible.

Perhaps before the advent of the Internet such a ban was enforceable. But the existence of proxies and darknets make cutting off access to online pornography impossible.

In the United States alone, the porn industry grosses $13.3 billion a year, and 42.7 percent of Internet users view pornography. The demand is high, and therefore content will be provided to meet that need despite government actions.

It is the responsibility of the feminist community to provide

As a feminist, I believe that merely banning pornography is not the correct solution

content to counterbalance the negative effects of mainstream pornography.

While mainstream pornography portrays women primarily through the male gaze, female directors are developing “porn for women” and “feminist porn.” Rather than reinforce dominant stereotypes, these directors seek to complicate predisposed notions of sexuality and gender. They argue that their films aren’t merely intended to provide the viewer with pleasure, but to force them to think. In addition to providing alternative content, feminist pornographers make fair and ethical treatment of performers a priority.

Pornography is neither good nor bad. It is a medium that can be used to advance any number of ideas. Rather than attempt to destroy this medium, we can utilize it to expose both men and women to diverse sexualities. Because let’s face it: The market for feminist theory books will never come close to $13.3 billion. If young people are exploring their sexuality through porn, we must meet them at the source.

— Molly McGrath is a junior double-majoring in history and political science.

have been to on one hand, I find myself constantly adjusting to the extroverted landscape. I always seem to be subconsciously following Shamsian’s advice every week. But why is it that I have to hear myself explaining to people the reason behind my reclusiveness?

Why do people look at me as a unicorn when I tell them I stayed in on parade day?

Honestly, there isn’t much of an answer I can provide.

Extroverts surround themselves with extroverts.

They will find the company of those who like company.

That doesn’t go with saying that introverts don’t like company; we definitely like the company of our friends.

But the lack of introverts in an extrovert’s life may not allow him or her to fully comprehend the nature of introverts.

In order for college bound

introverts to succeed, college extroverts must begin to understand the nature of introverts. And in order to assimilate introverts into the college environment, we must acknowledge that introverts are all around us, whether we realize them or not.

So before you gasp at the sudden realization that your friend might be an introvert, take a second to learn about what it means to be introverted. First off, as I mentioned before, we are social and like company. Too much socializing, however, overwhelms us. The same way many extroverts like to stay in and keep to themselves every now and then, is the same way introverts feel about partying.

And yes, believe it or not, we do have friends. It may not be as extensive as many of the social webs college students have, but it is there.

Justin Santabarbara Contributing Columnist

Russia, a country gone rogue, has resorted to 19thcentury imperialism in order to expand an already divided nation. The invasion of Ukraine has become an international ordeal, one filled with grief and emotion. Russian reprobates have returned to their promised land, with only a shrouded hope of reclaiming Crimea.

Vladimir Putin’s influence has been demonstrated to maintain a tight grip on the East and making sure that the United States is always around to watch. While the motives of his plan may be unseen, it would be ignorant not to expect the U.S. to be among his intended audience.

The “Putin Doctrine” carries dangerous implications, considering the timeliness of the invasion of Ukraine.

Just after the 1936 Summer Olympics, held in Berlin, Adolf Hitler moved troops into Poland and finally staged a full invasion in 1939. While Putin may have jumpstarted much of what Hitler did, the similarities are present.

Ukrainian unrest is the product of a sort of revolution. The decision to join the European Union (EU) has brought a series of violent protests. As violence erupted, many eastern European extremist groups joined the party, gaining momentum and support from counterparts throughout Europe.

Whereas Putin may have stated homeland security as his primary objective, the decision to move solely into Crimea is not slightly innovative. When Ukraine was liberated from Russia, Crimea was the only

territory vicariously debated.

While the current situation shares many characteristics of the old one, the situation is entirely new in that Russia has not tried annexing Crimea before. Now all they are showing to be is an overprotective parent who will not let go of their 45-year-old son. America, of course, is the psychiatrist who is allowing Russia to vent, while feeding and nurturing a rebellious, yet unstable middle-aged man.

Russian intervention must end. Detriment is inevitable.

While the EU may present their own adversaries to the Ukrainian people, Putin must recognize the nature of 21stcentury diplomacy. Perhaps in his days, the KGB deceit and drama may have been noble endeavors, but the Soviet Union has died, and so shall Putin’s despotic mechanisms.

Russia has truly gone rogue and should be treated as such. I am not advocating for pouring gasoline onto an already burning fire, but trust can no longer be part of negotiations.

America must develop a plan and stick to it: a plan to end the Ukrainian violence, while appeasing Russia and allowing both nations to maintain some false sense of autonomy.

As the death toll rises, the Department of State must stand firm.

Vladimir “Dracula” Putin is only seeking blood. We must act and seek appeasement as well as human concern.

Crimea remains part of Ukraine; therefore, the Russian soldiers should respect it as such. American military action would be no different from the Russian invasion. In the words of Teddy Roosevelt, “Speak softly, and carry a big stick.”

As the death toll rises, the Department of State must stand firm.

Vladimir ‘Dracula’ Putin is only seeking blood

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Letter to the Editor To the Editor: Last week, Jacob Shamsian kindly brought up the role of the introvert in an exceedingly extroverted college life. His advice is great for those underclassmen that are trying to find their way around Binghamton. You can sit in the front of your class; keep your distance from the party scene and be confident in knowing you are an introvert.

There is something, however, that constantly seems to be overlooked on this issue. You see the problem for introverts in college stems from a deeper issue. The problem isn’t just the fact that introverts find it more difficult to succeed in college. The problem is many extroverts just don’t seem to understand what it means to be introverted.

As someone who can count to how many parties I

Russian invasion is reminiscent of Nazi occupation of Poland

We tend to have a smaller circle of friends, the ones we are most comfortable with.

Public speaking can be a train wreck for introverts though. We like to speak our minds. We have a lot to say but just want to say it as succinct as possible. As Shamsian mentioned, public speaking is a skill that only gets better with practice.

So next time you meet an introvert, understand that we are just normal people.

Just because we say very little and only talk to a few people, we are not that different. We have similar interests as extroverts from academia to entertainment.

We just express ourselves in a different manner.

Faseeh Ahmed Class of 2015

— Justin Santabarbara is a freshman majoring in philosophy, politics and law.

In other words For a great many people, in the past and in the present, it is hard to resist the thrill of war fever, the excitement of ‘seriousness,’ and the call of history—the romance of the iceberg even as it sinks the boat.

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From ‘Crimea and the Hysteria of History,’ by Adam Gopnik in the March 7, 2014 issue of The New Yorker.

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Softball takes 3 of 4 at GW Colonial Tournament With Laney's pitching leading the way, Binghamton improves to 6-6 on season Travis McKeever Contributing Writer

The Binghamton softball team claimed three victories in four weekend games at the George Washington Colonial Tournament, highlighted by dominant pitching from senior Demi Laney, who picked up three wins and a shutout.

Binghamton University (66) kicked off its first day of the tournament Saturday with a close 5-4 win over Mount St. Mary’s. Sophomore catcher Taylor Chaffee sparked the Bearcats by driving in three runs on a double and a tworun home run. Laney put in a full six innings en route to her

fourth win of the season.

The Bearcats dropped their second game of the tournament to the hosting Colonials (4-141) by a score of 5-2. Freshman pitcher Annika Wiesinger was unable to earn her first victory of the season, despite pitching the entire game. A pair of BU errors allowed the Colonials to plate all five of their runs in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Wiesinger is 0-4 on the season.

On Sunday, BU managed to muster a doubleheader sweep, beating Wagner and Mount St. Mary’s (6-7-1). In the opening game with Wagner (4-8), the Bearcats relied on a six-run fifth inning in their 8-4 victory.

A two-run single by sophomore outfielder Sydney Harbaugh

was the fuse for BU’s big offensive inning.

In the final game of the weekend, Binghamton beat Mount St. Mary’s by a score of 1-0 behind Laney’s second consecutive win of the day, a shutout. Junior shortstop Caytlin Friis scored the game’s only run on a third-inning error by the Mountaineers. Laney finished the weekend with a 3-0 record and 17 strikeouts in only 18 innings of work.

The Bearcats will be right back at it this weekend, as they are scheduled to take on Colgate in the first game of the George Mason Tournament.

First pitch is set for 12:15 p.m.

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BEARCAT BRIEFS Men's tennis falls to Columbia, beats Fordham Staff Reports After squandering an opportunity to make a statement, the Binghamton men’s tennis team bounced back with a sweep.

The Bearcats (9-5), ranked No. 75 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings, fell, 5-0, to No. 27 Columbia on Saturday but defeated Fordham, 4-0, on Sunday.

Sophomore Eliott Hureau was the only Bearcat to win a set against Columbia. He went on to down Fordham junior Max Peara in straight sets, joining junior Ismael Dinia and freshman Thomas Caputo as singles victors against the Rams.

With freshmen Frenk Kote and Vihar Shah providing the most lopsided win — an 8-4 beatdown — Binghamton swept the doubles point against Fordham.

The Bearcats are scheduled to host Temple indoors on Friday. Play is set for 5 p.m. at the Binghamton Tennis Center.

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Heart and resolve weren’t enough for the Binghamton women’s basketball team in its America East quarterfinal matchup against topseeded Albany.

The Bearcats (5-25, 2-14 AE) couldn’t overcome a 20-point halftime deficit Friday night and fell victim to the league’s regular-season champion, 77-59. The Great Danes (26-4, 15-1 AE) will advance to the semifinals, while the Bearcats will head home, eliminated from the tournament.

“Congratulations to Albany,” said BU head coach Nicole Scholl, whom Athletics Director Patrick Elliott announced Monday will not return next season. “There is a reason why they are the number one team in the conference. I was very proud of our players. There was times when we gave them a run for their money. Overall I am very happy with the way we came out and the way we played.”

The Bearcats executed well in the opening four minutes of the game, thanks in large part to the team’s leading scorer, junior forward Sherae Swinson. Binghamton held a one-point advantage heading into the first media time-out, but its lead was short-lived.

Albany scored nine unanswered points after the time-out, starting what would grow to be a 29-12 run in the succeeding 10 minutes to build a 16-point lead. America East Player of the Year Shereesha Richards, a sophomore forward, continued to propel her team’s offensive output, leading Albany to a 47-27 halftime lead.

“Every time we made a run, they came back from it,” Scholl said. “That is the mark of a good team and an experienced team.”

Binghamton came out of the locker room scorching hot from the field. Sophomore forward Morgan Murphy opened the second half with a layup, and senior guard Stephanie Jensen downed back-to-back 3-pointers to cut the deficit to 12.

The Bearcats, led by the duo of Swinson and Murphy, and Great Danes would battle for the next few minutes of the game. A Swinson 3-point basket cut the Albany lead to 10 with 14 minutes remaining

“I think we were just knocking down shots,” Murphy said about the early second-half run.

“Especially at that high post between Sherae and I. Short corner was open as well. We were knocking those down. We had our guards being aggressive.

[Sophomore guard] Kandace Newry and [senior guard] Vaneeshia Paulk were being aggressive attacking the basket, getting some fouls. I think we were just swinging the ball around and found who was open.”

BU could not maintain that momentum.

Albany, led by Richards on offense and 6-foot-9 junior center Megan Craig on defense, increased the lead to 14 with seven minutes remaining. The Bearcats would never recover, as Albany would pull away, taking the game by 18 points.

“Our motto for the last couple of weeks has been, ‘Why not?’” Swinson said about her team’s solid performance against the best team in the conference. “With the end of the season coming up, we gave it all we had on the court.”

Binghamton did its best to limit inside touches for Richards and Craig. This strategy was effective for short spurts, but BU could not effectually stop either player. Richards finished with 18 points and eight rebounds, while Craig added 12 points and five boards.

Albany also received game-changing contributions from its sixth player, freshman guard Imani Tate, who matched Richards with 18 points and tallied a game-high nine rebounds.

Junior guard Sarah Royals chipped in 12 points and a game-high eight assists.

Swinson and Murphy finished with 21 and 13 points, respectively. In her final game, Paulk struggled for BU, shooting just two of 12 from the field. Binghamton received contributions from almost every player on the court, which Scholl saw as a silver lining.

“Ever since that game [against Hartford], we got some confidence and they just kind of went with it,” Scholl said. “It is nice to see this group play on the level I thought they could have played this whole year, and ended on a positive note this year. It is something for the players who are coming back to build on.”

The Binghamton women’s tennis team split a pair of weekend matches, falling at Rutgers on Friday before downing NJIT on Saturday.

Freshman Annie DiMuro was the only Bearcat to record a victory in the team’s 6-1 loss to the Scarlet Knights. She needed three sets to fend off sophomore Mariam Zein, 7-2, 2-6, 10-7, but extended her winning streak to six.

DiMuro pushed that streak even further Saturday, winning at No. 4 singles, 6-2, 6-2, to help Binghamton (3-6) to a 4-3 victory over NJIT. Sophomores Sara Kohtz, Agatha Ambrozy and Shea Brodsky also won in singles play to defeat the Highlanders.

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Delaware grabs last-gasp win in final second After battling back from early deficit, Binghamton fails to get last stop, force overtime Jeff Twitty

Contributing Writer In the end, one second was all Delaware needed. One second to stand the Binghamton men’s lacrosse team on its head and keep the team winless at home.

Never having led in the game and having been down by as many as four goals in the third quarter, the Bearcats (2-3) battled their visitors to a 9-9 tie to the last second of the fourth. But at 0:00, Delaware junior midfielder Brian Kormondy hit a one-timer goal, granting the Blue Hens a 10-9 lead to keep Binghamton winless at the Bearcats Sports Complex.

The Bearcats let things slip early as Delaware (5-2) built a 3-0 lead halfway through the first quarter.

Before the frame ended, both junior attack Tucker Nelson and the team’s leading scorer, senior attack Matt Springer, put Binghamton on the board to make the score 5-2.

The Bearcats’ quiet start wasn’t a tone-setter: The rest of the matchup was tight to the final whistle. The two teams split the 10 face-offs of the first half, and each team recorded 11 shots on goal and six turnovers by the end of the first quarter. Though the late moments of the game were defined by physicality on both ends, the Bearcats started to seize more chances to keep up with a strong and speedy Delaware team.

“We did a great job of taking opportunities, especially during the last quarter and a half,” BU head coach Scott Nelson said. “I told them [at halftime] that we’re just as good, if not better than these guys.

[Delaware is] nothing magical. They hung tough, and they’re a great group of guys. ” After a lone second-quarter goal, which marked senior midfielder Michael Antinozzi’s 100th career

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Senior midfielder Michael Antinozzi recorded the 100th point of his career with a second-quarter goal against Delaware.

point, the Bearcats found enough of a groove to put them on a 6-3 streak heading into the game’s final three minutes. The spurt concluded with Antinozzi’s equalizer at 3:18, knotting the game at nine.

Three scoreless minutes later, it looked like Binghamton would force overtime. But after a late BU timeout with just seconds remaining, the Blue Hens took full advantage of their final possession. Kormondy’s second shot of the game was also the

last, as time expired and Delaware was up, 10-9.

“We have to learn and move on,” Nelson said. “[Lacrosse] is a sport with a lot of one-goal games.”

Next up for Binghamton is yet another home contest, now against Colgate. When the two teams met last year, the Raiders (5-1) outshot their visitors, 42-20, in a 12-5 win.

Play is set for 3 p.m. Saturday at the Bearcats Sports Complex.

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BU extends program's best-ever start Bearcats rout St. Bonaventure by 16 at home Colby Bird

Contributing Writer Binghamton head coach Stephanie Allen said her team is out to prove it’s ready to move the women’s lacrosse program forward.

The Bearcats took another step in that direction on Saturday, extending their program-best start to 4-1 with a dominating 19-3 victory over visiting St. Bonaventure.

“We went out there focused on transition play and executing our breaks,” Allen said. “The offense did a nice job making smart decisions on [the tempo].”

The quick-strike offense wasted no time, winning the opening draw control and finishing its possession with a goal just 30 seconds in, courtesy of freshman attack Brianne Arthur. Arthur, who leads the team with 18 goals this season, earned America East Rookie of the Week honors on Monday for the second time this season.

Foreshadowing the Bonnies’ ultimate woes, the Bearcats jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the game’s first 10 minutes.

Binghamton would take a commanding 10-1 lead into the break, and from there it would only get better for the Bearcats.

BU opened the second half on a 5-0 run to officially name the game a blowout. Eventually triumphing over their opponents by 16 goals, the Jaime Soto/Contributing Photographer

Senior attack Angela Vespa tallied four goals to lead the way for Binghamton in its 19-3 win over visiting St. Bonaventure on Saturday.

Bearcats’ dominant result has become routine for this year’s squad when playing on its home turf. They have outscored their opponents at home, 56-16, over three contests.

“They are all out there to prove themselves,” Allen said.

“In the past, we haven’t been a winning program, and these girls have a lot to prove to their friends, fans, supporters and their community.”

Leading the charge were the usual suspects. Senior attack Angela Vespa, junior attack Alex Fisher and Arthur each scored four goals to lead a Bearcats offense that saw contributions from seven players. Sophomore attack Sophia Racciatti recorded a game-high three assists, and the Bearcats saw 10 assists overall, a season high.

Also a season milestone was the team’s defensive prowess.

The Bearcats allowed a seasonlow three goals. Sophomore goalie Erin McNulty had yet another solid outing, saving five of the seven shots made against her.

“The defense stayed within our system,” Allen said. “Our plan was to get St. Bonaventure out of their element, and pressure their ball handlers.”

Allen especially liked what she called “two-point plays,” in which the defense knocks the ball away from the opponent and then gets the ground ball, leading to a transition opportunity on offense.

“We are really hitting

home they need to play with fire,” Allen said. “It’s all about outworking, out-hustling and outplaying our opponents on the field.”

The team will need to call upon all the fire it can muster in its upcoming game on Tuesday. Cornell, which owns both of the wins in the two programs’ all-time series, will be “the best team we have faced this season,” according to Allen.

On the other hand, Cornell may be seeing the best player of their season in Arthur. The freshman ranks 13th nationally in goals per game average (3.60). She also ranks in the top five in the America East in goals and points per game (4.00).

The game is scheduled for tonight at 7 p.m. at the Bearcats Sports Complex.

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Track competes at ECAC/IC4A events

BU won't renew Scholl's deal

Binghamton receives pair of recordbreaking performances in relay races

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Contributing Writer Highlighting a weekend of new records, the Binghamton men’s 4x800 relay team placed first at the ECAC/ IC4A Indoor Track Championships in Boston. The quartet, which consisted of freshman Eric Holt, sophomore Adam McIe, junior Jesse Garn and senior Chris Fernandez, clocked a time of 7:23.33 to break BU’s school record for the second time that weekend.

“What a fantastic run,” Binghamton head coach Mike Thompson said, according to BUBearcats.com.

“Everyone was at their best and just killed it. This is an all-time great Binghamton performance.”

The time is the event’s fastest in Division I this year, but unfortunately for Binghamton, the 4x800 relays are not an event at the NCAA Indoor Championships.

In the qualifying race the previous day, the Bearcats shattered the old record of 7:34.32, set in 2011, with a new time of 7:28.39.

This record-breaking performance is just the latest peg of a phenomenal stretch for Garn, who ran the anchor leg for the winning relay in 1:47.5.

It comes just one week after his sub four-minute mile at the Last Chance Meet, two weeks after he won the America East title for the 1,000 meter race and three weeks after running the Wanamaker Mile at the Millrose Games.

On Monday, the America East named Garn the Most Outstanding

Track Performer of the conference championship. Freshman sprinter Jon Alkins was honored as the meet’s top rookie, and the men’s team secured the co-Coaching Staff of the Year award.

The women’s team’s performance in Boston was highlighted by freshman Sarah Haley, who earned an eighthplace tie in the pole vault with a height of 11-11 ¾. Haley won the event at the America East Championships.

The women’s 4x400 relay team of freshman Sarah Osaheni, junior Ivory Taussig and seniors Kathleen Klein and Erika Kisel also set new records for BU. The quartet finished ninth overall with a program record-breaking time of 3:45:93. The old record of 3:46.60 was set in 2010.

The teams compete next on March 22, when they will travel to Ithaca for the Spring Outdoor Invitational hosted by Cornell. That meet is set to begin at 10 a.m.

Everyone was at their best and just killed it —Mike Thompson BU head coach

Elliott feels change needed to move program forward Pipe Dream Sports Binghamton University will not renew the contract of Nicole Scholl, the head coach of its women’s basketball team.

Scholl, whose Bearcats lost to Albany in the America East quarterfinals Saturday, led Binghamton to five wins this season and a 68-115 record in her six years as head coach.

“I want to personally thank Binghamton University for giving me the opportunity to serve as it’s women’s basketball coach,” Scholl said via text message. “Thank you also to the players, coaches, administrators and support staff that I have had the pleasure to work with for the past 15 years, as well as the Bearcat fans and the Binghamton community.”

Athletics Director Patrick Elliott praised Scholl for her hard work throughout the years.

“These situations are always difficult, especially when you are dealing with good people,” Elliott said. “Nicole Scholl is a class act. She is a quality individual, someone who has given it her heart and soul for a long time. It certainly is never easy to come to a decision like this. However, I felt that to move the program forward, it was time (for a change).”

Scholl had a successful start to her tenure with the Bearcats, winning seven or more America East games in each of her first three seasons, including a program-record 19 wins during the 2010-11 campaign.

However, Scholl never managed to lead the team past the semifinal round of the America East tournament.

Over the last three seasons, the program has declined significantly. BU

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has seen its win total drop each year and has been eliminated in the first round of the conference tournament in each of those seasons. 2013-14 was the worst of Scholl’s tenure. The Bearcats finished with a 5-25 record, won only two league games and lost 14 of their last 15 contests, a stretch that saw BU struggle through a 12game skid.

“I made my final decision [Sunday] night,” Elliott said. “It was a decision that, looking at a lot of the different metrics of where the program is and

where we would like it to be, and looking at the trend over the last couple of years, we were looking towards improvement, and I felt that new leadership was needed at this time to get where we wanted to be.”

The Bearcats will now launch a national search for their next head coach. Elliott expects the process to take at least one month. There are no candidates for the position at this time.

VMI takes two of three from Binghamton After scoring 10 runs in series opener, Bearcats plate three in remainder of series Matt Turner

Pipe Dream Sports The Binghamton baseball team won its first game against the Virginia Military Institute, but lost the remaining contests and came home with a 2-1 series defeat.

“I think we slipped up a little bit on Saturday’s game two, and then there was a little bit of a hangover period into [Sunday’s] game,” Binghamton head coach Tim Sinicki said.

Sophomore third baseman/ designated hitter Reed Gamache was the star of Saturday’s doubleheader, however, as he finished four for nine on the day with six RBIs. He leads the team with 11 RBIs. Saturday’s first game saw the Bearcats (4-9) defeat the Keydets (9-5), 10-2, as they dominated at the plate and on the mound.

Junior Jack Rogalla (2-1) started the game and pitched seven innings, allowing two unearned runs on only two hits. He struck out three and lowered his ERA on the season to 2.14.

Through the fourth inning, BU was up 1-0, but expanded its lead in the fifth with three runs. With the bases loaded, Gamache hit a double that brought home two BU players. The next batter, junior first baseman Brian Ruby, hit a sacrifice fly that brought in junior left fielder Jake Thomas.

After the Keydets scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth to cut the Bearcats’ lead in half, 4-2, BU added two of its own in the top of the sixth on an RBI single from junior right fielder Zach Blanden and a sacrifice fly by senior center fielder Bill Bereszniewicz.

Binghamton would score one in the seventh and three more in the ninth.

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Senior center fielder Bill Bereszniewicz produced five hits, two runs and an RBI at Georgia, raising his batting average to .359 on the season.

Coming into the game, VMI junior pitcher Reed Garrett hadn’t allowed an earned run all season.

The Bearcats tagged him for six runs, four of which were earned.

“I think they looked at it as a challenge. I certainly don’t think they looked at it and … wondered how we were going to score runs,” Sinicki said. “Eventually [Garrett] lost a little bit of command, and we were able to take advantage of that.”

The second game of the doubleheader started out in the Bearcats’ favor, as they plated two runs in the top of the first. But their inability to drive in any of the

14 players they left on base proved harmful.

After Gamache drove in two on a double to give the Bearcats their lead, a solo home run and a pair of singles by the Keydets in the fourth inning tied the game at two.

BU had an opportunity to take the lead with the bases loaded in the seventh, but failed to score, and in the bottom of the inning, the Keydets would score the game’s deciding runs, winning the game, 4-2.

Sophomore Jake Cryts (1-2) took the mound for 6 2/3 innings of game two. He allowed three

runs on five hits while striking out four and walking none.

Junior pitcher Mike Kaufman got the spot-start in Sunday’s rubber match. He pitched 4 1/3 innings and allowed six hits and four runs.

Binghamton scored in the first inning again, thanks to a triple from Bereszniewicz and an RBI double from senior second baseman Daniel Nevares, but failed to score for the remainder of the game and lost Sunday’s finale, 4-1.

VMI tied the game, 1-1, in its half of the frame on a couple of hits and an error. The hosts would

score two more in the third on two base hits. Two Binghamton errors in the inning allowed Keydet base runners to advance. VMI would add a fourth run in the fifth on three hits.

Despite three errors in the game, Sinicki felt his defense actually played fine, and the errors on the pitchers in the third were the only costly defensive mistakes.

“From a defensive standpoint, I thought they were playing pretty well,” Sinicki said. “I just think that we did some things this weekend that are uncharacteristic, and we look to clean that up.”

Junior reliever Anthony Grillini

struck out two batters and allowed no runs to score in his 2 1/3 innings of relief, and sophomore right-hander Mike Bunal struck out all four batters he faced.

The Bearcats will take on newly-added UMass Lowell to kick off America East play in 2014. They’re scheduled for a doubleheader on Saturday and a third game on Sunday. Although UMass Lowell is the home team, field conditions will have the game moved to Franklin Pierce University in New Hampshire.

First pitch of Saturday’s day game is slated for noon at Pappas Field in Rindge, N.H.

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Kurth recounts her experiences in Sochi

Women's soccer midfielder interned for NBC hospitality program at 2014 Winter Olympics Emma Kurth Guest Author

Do I want to apply to work as an intern for NBC at the Olympics in Russia? Yes. As February came closer, the questions became harder. Have you heard about the security concerns and threats? Are you nervous? Yes. I had a chance to go to Russia and be a part of the Olympic tradition. Although I was nervous, I was not going to pass up this opportunity. I went to Russia for 24 days and had one of the most amazing and life-changing experiences I could have ever imagined.

I was fortunate enough to be a guide intern with NBC’s

Olympic Hospitality Program, and although I worked very long days, I can say that I never felt like I was working.

If there is one thing that I want people to know about my trip, it is this: Sochi, Russia did an incredible job with the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. It saddened me to come back to America and see #SochiProblems trending on social media because no, my hotel was not unfinished and I did not feel unsafe. Actually, it was the exact opposite; I loved every minute of it.

My fellow guides and I stayed in a hotel in Rosa Khutor, a town in the beautiful mountains of Russia.

Every morning, I woke up to the most amazing view as I prepared for the day, which often consisted of escorting guests to Olympic

events.

On Feb. 6, I attended the opening ceremony, a spectacle I will never forget. The history, technology and performers were all unbelievable. When the athletes from each country entered the stadium, it turned into what felt like a big party, especially when the Russian competitors made their appearance. The party atmosphere did not stop there.

Olympic Park was always full of activity. At any time of the day, you could see people waving different flags and taking photos with people whom they had never met before. People would constantly run over to me and ask for a picture, speaking in different languages. Whether it was by pointing or using sign language, I felt a sense of accomplishment

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Emma Kurth poses in front of Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia.

through communicating with them without words. It was almost as if I had experienced a new part of the world with each conversation.

Growing up an avid sports fan and competitive athlete, I admired the Olympics as an unmatched showcase for the best athletes in the world. After being there, I now know that it’s so much more than that.

In fact, I think that the Olympics are a funny tradition.

Every four years, people from all over the world come together in one city and celebrate their athletes. Olympic Park brought people together, but once you entered a venue, it was all about your country winning.

It became clear to me that the Olympics come with varying emotions. While there were music, dancing and people chanting outside, I watched our women’s ice hockey team lose the gold medal game in overtime and witnessed the heartbreak. These types of moments helped me realize why the Olympics are such an incredible tradition: It is the unity and competition combined that make the games so unique and special.

One of the most amazing events that I was able to see was the men’s ice hockey game between the United States and Russia. Not only is it an incredible rivalry, but Russia was the host country. I have never been in a louder building, nor have I ever felt so out of place. As I sat there in my Team USA clothing, we were clearly outnumbered. There were moments when I actually forgot to watch the game and caught myself looking around the arena at the massive groups of Russians

chanting and screaming. In that moment, it was hard to not share in their excitement.

I think that pride is a big part of the Olympics. Whether a country had two athletes or 200, the country rooted just as hard. I witnessed American snowboarder Sage Kotsenburg win the gold medal in snowboarding slopestyle.

A few days later, I met him in Olympic Park and congratulated him because during those three weeks, we were all Americans on Team USA. In addition to hockey, I was fortunate enough to attend figure skating, snowboarding, skiing, speed skating and ski jumping events. At each event, I quickly learned that Americans were rarely the crowd favorites. This was a very humbling revelation for someone like me, who had never traveled abroad.

It was sometimes hard to remember that I was in Russia.

When I was in Olympic Park or up in the mountains, I felt like I was living in an Olympic bubble, participating in one long party.

Other than the Russian writing and language barrier, I did not have much time to explore the

culture, which is something that I wish I had done more of.

However, I was there long enough to see how beautiful Russia is; both the mountains and the city of Sochi exceeded all of my expectations. I also spent my last few days in Russia staying on the Black Sea, which was yet another breathtaking view.

I have learned so much from my trip to the Olympics. As an American, I want to experience more of the world than just my own country and be less afraid of the unknown. As an athlete, I have the utmost respect for the amazing individuals and teams that work endlessly for four years to represent their country. Overall, I feel blessed to have been a part of the untouched international tradition that is the Olympics, an event that words cannot describe.

As I think back on the experience now, I am still in awe of all that I have witnessed. I could never possibly describe 24 days in Russia in just one story; I can only say that it opened my eyes to athletes, cultures and traditions from all around the world.

Although I was nervous, I was not going to pass up this opportunity —Emma Kurth BU senior midfielder

BU finishes seventh in EIWA tourney Reed, White secure auto-bids to NCAAs, heavyweight Deuel can still earn at-large berth Ashley Purdy

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As the new kids on the block, the Binghamton wrestling team wasn’t projected to do too well at the conference championships last weekend.

The Bearcats (3-8) peaked at the right time, though, and earned a seventh-place finish and a pair of automatic bids to the NCAA championships.

“We were confident in our training plan … with the expectation that we would have our best performance top to bottom as a team, collectively and individually, coming into this weekend. And we got that result,” BU head coach Matt Dernlan said. “We obviously greatly exceeded the expectations of everyone else, but we did expect to have that type of performance.”

Junior 125-pound David White, who took fourth for his ticket, and senior 197-pound runner-up Cody Reed will travel to Oklahoma City for the NCAA tournament.

Reed’s appearance will be his third consecutive at the NCAAs. “David White was seeded sixth, he got fourth; Cody Reed was seeded fifth, he got second. And the two weight classes they were in were by far the deepest and the toughest of the tournament,” Dernlan said.

“So for them to jump and exceed their seed and wrestle higher than expectations … they wrestled and competed better than they have all season.”

The NCAA will announce its atlarge berths for the heavyweight division on Wednesday, and junior Tyler Deuel could receive a bid to join his two teammates in Oklahoma City. Deuel left the weekend with

a sixth-place finish after recording two pins on Saturday and being edged out of fifth with an 8-7 bout against the No. 5 seed. There were only five NCAA berths allotted to the heavyweight class.

Those who made it to Sunday’s brackets in addition to Reed, White and Deuel were unseeded sophomore 165-pound Vincent Grella and eighth-seeded 184-pound Caleb Wallace. Both finished the tournament in eighth place in their respective weight classes.

“We had the potential, but also we went in there with the attitude,” Dernlan said. “I kept telling the guys these past two weeks, ‘This is the tournament: No one is going to hand anything to you. No one’s going to give you a gift, and don’t expect anything to come easy.’ Our guys went out with that attitude, they were aggressive, they got their points and they really earned what they got.”

Reed’s weekend opened with a major decision in the first round, 14-5, before his second round bout against the No. 4 seed extended to an extra period. Trailing in regulation’s final seconds, Reed surged for a takedown before securing his win by fall in overtime, his first pin of the season.

On Sunday, he continued his success in the semifinals, recording a 5-2 decision over the ninth seed.

Come the finals, however, secondseeded Jace Bennett of Cornell managed to get the better of Reed just before the match’s closing seconds. Reed had jumped to a 4-3 advantage off a late takedown, but Bennett produced a reversal to get up, 5-4, leaving no time for Reed to come back.

White opened his tournament competition with an 8-2 decision

in round one before falling to the third seed in round two. In the consolation round, White ousted eighth-seed Sean McCabe of Rutgers, 3-2, to get back in the swing of things. He continued on the next morning with a 10-2 major decision in the consolation bracket and a win by forfeiture in the consolation semifinals.

For a team in transition, the weekend’s success meant more than just proving its place in a new conference. It also meant proving its growth.

“I think it was a really big statement going into the EIWA tournament for the first time — it’s the second toughest conference in the country — and to actually place more people in the EIWA tournament than we did at the CAA tournament last year. I think that’s a pretty significant accomplishment,” Dernlan said.

With just the NCAA tournament remaining, the season is over for the majority of the team. But at least two members of Binghamton’s starting lineup will continue on to the national championships March 2022 with at least as much expectation to exceed projections as they did in the EIWA Championships.

We did expect to have that type of performance —Matt Dernlan BU head coach

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Despite falling to second-seeded Jace Bennett of Cornell in the finals of the EIWA, senior 197-pound runner-up Cody Reed will travel to Oklahoma City for the NCAA tournament on March 20-22.

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ONE AND DONE

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Hartford eliminates Binghamton in first round of AE tourney Ari Kramer Sports Editor

ALBANY, N.Y. — The faces at the end of the bench said it all.

Dejection.

Frustration.

Consternation. This wasn’t the script the Binghamton men’s basketball team had written for itself entering the America East tournament, but it was the one fate delivered.

Hartford (17-15, 10-6 America East) dominated every facet of Saturday night’s game and coasted to a 69-42 victory to advance to the conference semifinals and send the Bearcats (7-23, 4-12 AE) into hibernation until November.

“It was really shocking,” sophomore guard Jordan Reed said. “I think all of us came into it with the mindset that we were going to win, but unfortunately we didn’t come out with a win at all.”

Just 12 days ago, the — Yosef Yacob Bearcats took the Hawks into BU freshman guard overtime before falling, 89-83.

They also lost to Hartford on a last-second putback on Jan. 23.

Hartford junior guard

I didn’t feel like we handled [the start] well, or as well as we

should have

Corban Wroe — who scored nine points, grabbed eight rebounds and played a key role in limiting Reed to seven points — said his team could not afford to take Binghamton lightly.

“I think the first two games, especially the first game, it was not a lack of respect but definitely a lack of focus coming into the game,” he said.

“This game coming in, we were ready for them.”

The Hawks soared early with a 17-3 run in the first eight minutes. The Bearcats would never come closer than seven points, shooting 28.6 percent to Hartford’s 52.2 percent.

“I didn’t feel like we handled [the start] well, or as well as we should have,” said freshman guard Yosef Yacob, who posted a team-high 10 points on 3-of6 shooting. “They really got out on us, and it just felt like we were behind the entire time trying to fight and crawl back.

It just felt like we didn’t have enough in the tank to cut it down.”

Hartford junior forward

Mark Nwakamma dominated inside to the tune of 19 points, five rebounds and a career-high six blocks. Binghamton head coach Tommy Dempsey blamed his game plan, predicated on suffocating Hartford’s shooters.

“That was not the right decision, and I take full responsibility for that,” he said. “I wanted to try to press their shooters better, and strategically it wasn’t the right move.”

It also didn’t effectively limit Hartford’s long-range threats.

The Hawks, who converted 21 of 52 3-point attempts in the regular-season series with Binghamton, drilled nine of their 21 treys Saturday night.

Sophomore guard Taylor Dyson led the group with four triples and matched Nwakamma with a game-high 19 points.

Even Nwakamma, a 30.8 percent 3-point shooter who had hit just 12 treys all season, joined the party. His 3-pointer with 16:29 remaining in the game extended Hartford’s lead to 43-26 and was part of a 29-6 spurt that put the contest out

of reach.

With year two of the Dempsey era officially in the books, the Bearcats expect to improve during the offseason and continue their climb out of the league’s lower tier.

“We’re a better team right now — it’s not even close — than we were a year ago,” said Dempsey, whose Bearcats won three of their last six regularseason games. “At this time next year, we’ll be a better team than we are today. How much better? We’ll figure that out. That’ll come down to how much we’re willing to invest in the offseason. I think the sting of this, getting beat like that — we’ll absorb it, we’ll give the guys a little time off and then we’ll use it to fuel our fire as we get ready to take another step forward next year.”

Notes: The No. 3 seed had advanced to the America East semifinals just once in the last 10 years before Hartford’s win over Binghamton. The top four seeds had not advanced to the semifinals since 1999.

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