Spring 2014 Issue 14

Horn dogs Jazz ensemble Snarky Puppy hits the Anderson Center, see page 7

Purim carnival Students celebrate the holiday with costumes, music and food, see page 2

Education 2.0 Are online classes working?

Our columnists debate the success of online courses, see page 11

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Anfal Genocide remembered

Kurds talk chemical warfare, discrimination

Panel describes shift from liberal arts to public service

Joseph Hawthorne Pipe Dream News

In an effort to expose students to the horrors of chemical warfare and mass killings, Kurdish scholars and experts spoke Thursday about the Anfal Genocide.

The New York chapter of the American Kurdish Council hosted a political discussion panel to commemorate the 26th anniversary of the systematic killing of ethnic Kurds in Iraq.

The genocide was a period of organized attacks from 1980 to 1988 on Kurdish communities in the country by the Iraqi military, which was controlled

by Saddam Hussein and his cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majid.

“They dumped chemicals from helicopters,” said a survivor in a Kurdish documentary that organizers showed at the talk. “The skin came off our faces, our

Geoffrey Wilson

Assistant News Editor

A night of drinking Downtown can pose a lot of risks, like having one too many drinks or getting into a fight at The Rat. For some on-campus students, however, the inconvenience and danger may start before the night even begins.

According to Jesse Vogl, the director of Off Campus College Transport (OCCT) who graduated from Binghamton University in 2013, the bus stop outside the Old University Union is most chaotic between 9:30 p.m. and midnight.

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eyes popped out, but it was a pleasant smell. Like apples and oranges.”

Nearly 180,000 people died, more than 40,000 buildings were destroyed and chemical

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featured a panel with Kurdish academics and political activists, who spoke about the situation of modern Kurds

A panel of Binghamton University alumni shared their stories of how they used their liberal arts degrees to make a career public service.

Wednesday’s event featured Sean Cummings, a BU alumnus from the class of 2007 who graduated with a doctorate in philosophy; Diane Brown, an alumna from the class of 2002 who graduated with a master’s in social science; Danielle Britton, an alumna from the class of 2008

Nirgiz Taha, the president of the American Kurdish Council’s Binghamton University chapter and a senior majoring in nursing, speaks as part of a political discussion panel to commemorate the 26th anniversary of the Anfal Genocide. The genocide was a period of organized attacks from 1980 to 1988 on Kurdish communities in the country by the Iraqi military, which was controlled by Saddam Hussein and his cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majid.

Students complain about OCCT lines Alex Mackof

Alumni discuss career options

Students like Adam Lipke, a freshman majoring in accounting, complained of the pushing and shoving that have become the norm, leaving many students frustrated and angry while they hurry to make it Downtown.

“Everyone is always pushing and yelling at each other,” Lipke said. “They’re all really drunk and in a hurry to get to the same place.

It’s worse than the New York City subway during rush hour.”

Madeline Bay, deputy chief of University Police, said that the

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weapons such as mustard gas were used on citizens, according to Nirgiz Taha.

“It was the only time since the Holocaust that chemical weapons were used on women

and children,” said Taha, president of the Binghamton University chapter of the Kurdish Council and a senior majoring in nursing.

The commemoration

Triathlete debunks health myths Tim Wierman shares secrets to staying fit, being in shape Emilie Leroy

Contributing Writer Contrary to popular belief, getting skinny might not mean getting healthy — and some students who try to cut calories may be depriving themselves of essential energy.

Tim Wierman, who has a Janine Furtado/Assistant Photo Editor master’s in nutrition education Tim Wierman, the president of Nutrition Education Services and creator of the Eat to Compete program, speaks and has participated in over 60 Wednesday about the importance of nutrition in athletics, academics and the workforce. He discussed the importance triathlons since 1986, focused of understanding an individual’s needs rather than following diet trends. on debunking some common Wierman, the president of Compete program, spoke athletics, academics and the beliefs surrounding calories, Nutrition Education Services on Wednesday about the See NUTRI Page 5 fats and carbohydrates. and creator of the Eat to importance of nutrition in

Student support services moving to New Union

Office spaces to feature smartboards, video conferencing Rachel Bluth News Editor

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The CDC is among the student services that will soon be opened in the Atrium of the New Union. Beginning Saturday, the office space in the New Union atrium will start to be filled.

Beginning Saturday, the office space in the New Union Atrium will start to be filled with Student Support Services (SSS). These offices, previously scattered in locations around campus, will find a permanent home together in the recently built space.

The centerpiece of the

new suite of offices is its technological capabilities.

Administrators called the additions “state of the art.”

According to Andrew Tucci, the director of education communications and the audiovisual designer for campus, some of the components in the Career Development Center (CDC) work room are only three months old, and didn’t start to ship until December.

The CDC will be the first office to begin moving into the new space, and is advertising the technology as a means of helping students reach out to employers and improve their job prospects.

The offices, which will be ready to use on Monday, March 17, will feature eight rooms with built-in Skype capabilities and 10 employer interview rooms, as well as a 12-seat conference room with video

conferencing capabilities. The idea is that these additions will make it easier for students to get interviews, which will ultimately lead to employment.

“We have been able to add high end conference and educational space as well as technological features that will support remote interviewing and informational programs with Binghamton alumni

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PURIM

carnival

Proceeds benefit Hillel Academy, Vestal Special Education School Carla Sinclair

Pipe Dream News

The Events Center was filled Thursday evening with costume-clad students, gathered to celebrate the Jewish holiday Purim with food, colorful dress and games.

The 23rd annual Purim Carnival featured a costume contest, Battle of the Bands, a mechanical bull and other rides and attractions. The night was co-sponsored by Chabad, Pi Lambda Phi and Alpha Epsilon Phi. “It’s a huge holiday that’s a ton of fun, and there’s so many nice aspects of it,” said Lucy Schwartz, president of Chabad and a senior majoring in English.

Proceeds from the carnival have been given to causes such as Haiti disaster relief, Hurricane Sandy and local flood relief in years past.

“Every single year we have a charity drive, and we try to

give to places that everyone can connect to, and this year we decided to go really local,” Schwartz said.

Just before winter break, the roof of the Hillel Academy of Broome County collapsed due to the heavy snowfall in the area, causing the loss of computers, books and other supplies. Half of this year’s Purim Carnival proceeds — made from the sale of raffle tickets and the $3 admission — are going to replenish their supplies. The other half is going to the Vestal Special Education School.

One of the main attractions, Battle of the Bands, featured local student bands such as JSLJ and Strange Appeal.

“We played here last year, and it was a lot of fun,” said Luciano Massa, a member of JSLJ and a junior majoring in psychology. “Playing last year was incredible. A lot of people just having a good time, and the carnival scene is really cool. Everyone running around doing their thing, but with

music in the background.”

Carnival-goers enjoyed hamantaschen cookies — a traditional Purim pastry — as well as hot dogs, falafel, knishes and Israeli salad. For the more ambitious eaters, a pie eating and a hot dog eating contest gave the evening a more competitive edge.

“I just love how everybody goes all out for it, and everybody just loves being together and celebrating Purim together,” said Sara Rubin, a sophomore majoring in philosophy, politics and law.

Members of the organizations who co-sponsored the event served as volunteers to keep the carnival running smoothly throughout the night.

“The reason the frats and sororities get involved is they really have a presence on our campus,” Schwartz said. “And it brings a lot of people together and its only Greek life but the entire community.”

I just love how everybody goes allout for it and everybody just loves being together and celebrating Purim together Sara Rubin BU sophomore

Kendall Loh/Photo Editor Students participate in the Purim Carnival Thursday night in the Events Center. The carnival was hosted for Purim, a Jewish holiday celebrating the survival of the Jewish people in ancient Persia.

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State News Explosion a reminder of NYC’s aging infrastructure Even while the exact cause remains unknown, a deadly blast that leveled two Manhattan buildings served by a 127-year-old gas main has provided a jarring reminder of just how old and vulnerable much of the infrastructure is in New York and many other cities nationwide. A detailed report issued only a day before Wednesday’s explosion in East Harlem estimates that $47 billion is needed for repairs and replacement over the next five years to spare New York from havoc. Nationally, the projected bill — for bridges, highways, mass transit and more — is almost incalculable. Just upgrading the nation’s water and wastewater systems is projected to cost between $3 trillion and $5 trillion over the next 20 years, according to the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a conservative Washington think tank.

NY Medicaid payments called ‘excessive’ Federal oversight officials reported Wednesday that Medicaid payments for disabled New Yorkers getting services at state-operated residences have been “excessive,” with the federal share $320 million higher than actual costs in 2010. In a report, the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said those Medicaid reimbursement rates for providing help with everyday activities and training were more than double the rates at privately operated residences offering the same services. The federal government pays half of New York’s Medicaid costs. The report noted that state health officials took aggressive actions intended to address the overpayment issues, including a new payment method expected to be retroactive to April 1, 2013. State Health Department spokesman Bill Schwarz said Wednesday that the period covered by the audit report predates the Cuomo administration, which has made reforms. The department and state Office for People With Developmental Disabilities have submitted rate adjustments and are working with federal officials for final approval, he said.

Suburban NY man denies he held women captive A suburban New York man is denying charges he forcibly kept a teenager and a woman inside his home and forced them to work as prostitutes. Suffolk County prosecutors said in a 32-count indictment Thursday that Andy Gayot of Lindenhurst repeatedly threatened the women and coerced them into working as prostitutes. District Attorney Thomas Spota said that at least once, Gayot threatened the 15-year-old victim with a chain saw. They say the women were driven by Gayot to undisclosed locations and were forced to engage in sex for money.

He pleaded not guilty to charges including sex trafficking, unlawful imprisonment, promoting prostitution and child endangerment.

Bond was set at $1 million. Authorities have not identified the women.

Defense attorney Larry Flowers says his client denies the charges.

World News Europe wants its Parmesan back, seeks name change Would Parmesan by any other name be as tasty atop your pasta? A ripening trade battle might put that to the test. As part of trade talks, the European Union (EU) wants to ban the use of European names like Parmesan, feta and Gorgonzola on cheese made in the United States.

The argument is that the American-made cheeses are shadows of the original European varieties and cut into sales and identity of the European cheeses. The Europeans say Parmesan should only come from Parma, Italy, not those familiar green cylinders that American companies sell. Feta should only be from Greece, even though feta isn’t a place. The EU argues it “is so closely connected to Greece as to be identified as an inherently Greek product.” U.S. dairy producers, cheese-makers and food companies are all fighting the idea, which they say would hurt the $4 billion domestic cheese industry and endlessly confuse consumers. The EU would not say exactly what it is proposing or even whether it will be discussed this week as a new round of talks on an EU-U.S. free trade agreement opens in Brussels. European Commission spokesman Roger Waite would only say that the question “is an important issue for the EU.”

Corrections An article titled “Israeli soldier advocates for Palestinian compromise” from the March 11 issue of Pipe Dream contained several errors. A sentence about speaker Yishai Goldflam’s residence contained an inaccuracy: He moved back to Israel at age 10 after moving to Miami at age 6. The article also misstated Goldflam’s touring activity. He is a licensed tour guide, but did not start a touring company.

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RJ Amzler, a freshman majoring in astrobiology at Arizona State University, competed against Nathaniel Ventura, a freshman majoring in mathematics at Binghamton University, in a pie eating contest Thursday evening. The Student Volunteer Center and Math Club co-hosted the pie eating contest in celebration of Pi Day.

Police Watch A lighter take on campus crime

Stenger’s having a really rough day, OK? TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 5:28 p.m. — Cleaners in the Couper Administration Building called police due to vandalism in the first floor men’s bathroom, said Investigator Patrick Reilly of Binghamton’s New York State University Police. The cleaners stated that there were writings on one of the stalls, written in what seemed to be black permanent marker. The phrase “You know what to do” was written on one part; to the right of it, “Couldn’t have happen to a better man, the air disposed of waste and a head that is clear and soon to be a better year, John Fucking Kennedy, 1876” was written.

The case is still under investigation.

BU unsecure WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 10:17 a.m. — A resident director in Mountainview College’s Marcy Hall called police due to reports about a broken keyless entry system, Reilly said. The RD stated that multiple residents emailed him that a keyless entry system where the residents would swipe their cards to enter was reportedly damaged by someone and no longer worked. Officers surveyed the damage and saw that the device’s panel was broken. A work order was called in to fix the system. There are no known suspects or witnesses at this time.

This Day in History March 14th 1879

Albert Einstein, the son of a Jewish electrical engineer, is born in Ulm, Germany.

Einstein’s theories of special and general relativity drastically altered man’s view of the universe, and his work in particle and energy theory helped make possible quantum mechanics as well as, ultimately, the atomic bomb.

Out here grindin’ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 9:16 p.m. — Officers on East Drive observed a car fail to stop at a stop sign, Reilly said. The officers performed a traffic stop on the car. When asked for his license and registration, the 19-year-old male driver opened his glove box to obtain it, and the officer noticed a few glass and metal objects. The suspect quickly closed the glove box, but the officer asked him to open it again and remove its contents. The glass objects were empty beer bottles, and the metal object was a grinder with green leafy residue inside it. The suspect was given a ticket for failure to stop at a stop sign, and the grinder was confiscated and later destroyed.

Scumbag Sodexo WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 9:26 p.m. — A 19-yearold male Sodexo worker’s laptop was stolen in the New University Union, Reilly said. The victim arrived for work earlier in the night at the Marketplace and placed his backpack, which contained his laptop, in an unsecured men’s restroom where the staff leaves their belongings while they work. When the victim returned after his shift, he noticed his backpack was opened and his laptop was missing. The victim stated that the information about his laptop was in his house and that he would give the information to the police when he arrived home. The case is still under investigation.

“Areas with old and vulnerable infrastructure describes a lot of New York City.

This is an older city and this is a challenge we face on an ongoing basis.”

Mayor Bill de Blasio On the gas explosion in East Harlem Wednesday

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Anfal Genocide remembered ANFAL continued from Page 1 living in the Middle East.

Speakers explained that millions of Kurds, who share a distinct ethnicity, are divided among Iraq, Turkey and Iran, but do not have a sovereign country.

“These are all colonialera borders imposed on the land and people,” said Mucahit Bilici, a sociology professor at John Jay College.

“They are illegitimate and undemocratic.”

He said that in reality, Kurds often ignored national borders and went back and forth between them.

“These borders have turned life into a series of illegal border crossings,” Bilici said. “These are often associated with immigration but are really crossed out of necessity.”

Panelists said Kurds are gaining political prominence, but Mutlu Çiviroglu, a Kurdish activist in Washington D.C., said the national divide is beginning to pit Kurds against one another.

“Today Kurdish youths in the Middle East are being brainwashed,” Çiviroglu said.

“Too many are being sent to fight in Syria against fellow Kurds.”

Panelists also related Kurdish politics back to American interests. Karwan Zebari, U.S. representative of the Kurdistan Regional Government, pointed out that the United States had not officially recognized the Anfal campaign as a genocide.

“Congress officially put forward a proposal to recognize Anfal in November 2013,” Zebari said. “If this is passed, it sets a precedent for genocide. In the future it would set a precedent for intervention, like in Syria.”

Zebari also told the audience that he believed deposing Saddam Hussein, leader of the Iraqi government during the 1980s, was a major humanitarian accomplishment by the U.S. “The world is much better off that Saddam is gone,” Zebari said. “If you look at a bustling Kurdish community and growing economy, there

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According to Cummings, most people don’t consider social problems on a local scale.

“There are injustices materializing in the city of Binghamton right now, and we don’t need to think about the Third World or impoverished countries necessarily to find these social problems, which a lot of public service jobs are trying to deal with,” Cummings said.

Titled “Pathways to Public Service: Liberal Arts to Public Service,” the event focused on showing undergraduate students ways to transfer their skills into the public service field.

Cummings, urban farm manager at Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments (VINES), originally planned to teach philosophy before joining the group.

“If you want to know how to throw your parents a curve ball, do something like that,” he said. “‘What do you mean farming?’”

However, Cummings said his degree helped with thinking broadly, which indirectly helped with his work in VINES. “Life can get very strange, and the better you are able to adapt to the circumstances which you find yourself in, the better off you’ll be,” Cummings said.

Brown, the executive director at the Community Foundation

for South Central New York, said she started early in public service. While she didn’t plan on going into the field, she said the right opportunities presented themselves.

“I was in the right place, at the right time, with the right job,” Brown said, “and it turned out that I loved it and that I was good at it.”

Attendees voted on a topic for the panelists to discuss. Options included their start in the field, the rewards and challenges of the job, the money, the necessity of a graduate degree and how to know if someone is suited for public service.

Money won the poll with 45 percent of the vote from the audience of about 20 people. All four panelists agreed that money wasn’t a major factor for them, and that they do it because of their passion for the work.

“What’s going to make you happier about your life?”

Cummings asked. “A large bank account, or the confidence in knowing that what you’ve done the last two, 10, 30, 40 years has actually made a difference in your community?”

Kaitlin Voellinger, faculty student scholar with the Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) and a senior in the individualized major program, said the event was a call to action for students.

“We at the CCE hold these public issue forums to get students interested in current issues, in the hopes they take away something from them and apply it to their lives,” she said.

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Karwan Zebari, U.S. representative of the Kurdistan Regional Government, speaks Thursday evening as part of a political discussion panel to commemorate the 26th anniversary of the Anfal Genocide. Zebari reminded the audience that deposing Saddam Hussein, leader of the Iraqi government during the 1980s, was a major humanitarian accomplishment by the United States.

is much to be proud of.”

After 20 minutes of Q&A with the audience and panel, students said they had learned from the commemoration.

“Prior to the event, I didn’t know much about the genocide,” said Nouha Saeed, a senior majoring in sociology. “It’s important to go to these events so we can spread awareness about what actually happened.”

It was the only time since the Holocaust that chemical weapons were used on women and children Nirgiz Taha BU senior

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CDC, TRiO relocating CDC continued from Page 1 across the world,” wrote Brian Rose, the vice president for student affairs, in an email.

Other new technology in the office spaces includes interactive smart boards and touch screens as well a live broadcast room that will enable users to watch video in real time and comment and ask questions through text windows.

“These spaces represent a new technological culture in higher learning, where students are the users of inroom learning technology, instead of the audience,” Tucci wrote.

According to Tucci, the space was designed with “flexibility” in mind. This flexibility comes in part with having brand-new gadgets to help students. Designers also hoped to create a more flexible space by grouping like student services together to foster collaboration and efficiency.

According to Rose, TRiO, Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), the Undergraduate Research Center, the post office and the Information Desk will all be in the new offices so that students can get similar help in the same place.

“One of the services that students and parents have been telling us they would like to be strengthened and more

visible is the career services area,” Rose wrote. “We will now have very attractive space for the career center in a great location that will work well together with other union spaces from the Marketplace to meeting and conference rooms.”

Rose also wrote that moving some of these services to a more centralized location will relieve pressure on crowded areas of campus like the College-inthe-Woods Commons, where the Undergraduate Research Center previously was housed and had to share space with many other programs. By physically consolidating EOP and SSS tutoring, he said students will have more space dedicated specifically to these services.

Vice President for Administration James Van Voorst agreed that moving similarly oriented offices will benefit students and enable collaboration.

“Not only will the space be newer and fresher, but a number of offices that were spread in various areas throughout the campus will be in close proximity for students and staff resulting in overall improvement to everyone,” Van Voorst wrote in an email. “I think the manner that the spaces were designed, involving stakeholders from the initial phases, resulted in an extremely functional layout and efficiently designed areas.”

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workforce.

He dismissed the notion that the same nutritional rules work for everyone and said that it is important to understand an individual’s needs rather than simply follow diet trends.

“Understanding yourself as an individual, male versus female, young versus old, active or less active, how much fuel your body requires each day to maintain a healthy body weight,” Wierman said. “And many of us don’t have a clue as to what our needs are.”

Wierman stressed that calorie needs differ from person-to-person and that calories are not the only things that affect healthy weight.

“I try to get people to recognize that calories are our friends. We often look at calories as a bad thing,” Wierman said. “Calories are the gasoline of the working muscles, calories are the gasoline of the brain.”

He added that society places too much importance on achieving a “healthy” weight.

“In my opinion, a healthy body weight is one that allows you to be productive, whether it’s in athletics, your job, the classroom and feel relatively good about yourself,” Wierman said.

Wierman has presented his Eat to Compete program at over 300 high schools, colleges and universities around the country. He began the program in 1993 after noticing that there was a lack in nutrition education for student-athletes.

During the presentation, he broke down the different

components that make up a person’s weight, such as muscle mass, body fat and water retention, noting that thinness does not mean healthiness.

“You don’t have to be thin to be fit, you just have to find your healthy body weight,” Wierman said.

Wierman said people often focus on the wrong things when making food choices.

“I think there are a lot bigger problems when it comes to our diets than whether we should be consuming white bread versus wheat,” Wierman said.

Jenna Laufer-Gesser, a senior majoring in biology, said she enjoyed the lecture.

“He focused a lot on proathletes and I can’t really relate to that, but it’s still really interesting and informative,” Laufer-Gesser said.

Zachary Zeller, a student representative on the Eating Awareness Committee and a junior majoring in bioengineering, said that the program was a foundation to build more knowledge about nutrition and health.

“I thought it was very thorough and a very good for general nutrition,” Zeller said.

“It’s a very good guideline and a good place to start.”

Zeller said that he found the presentation especially important for college students because of the prevalence of eating and dietary issues on college campuses.

“A lot of people on college campuses tend to undereat, and a lot of health complications are more due to under-eating than overeating,” Zeller said. “I think it’s really

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John Babich/Contributing Photographer Tim Wierman, the president of Nutrition Education Services and creator of the Eat to Compete program, speaks Wednesday in the Union. Wierman has presented his Eat to Compete program at over 300 high schools, colleges and universities around the country.

important to know how many calories you need to get.”

Wierman said that he hoped people left the lecture armed with the knowledge to make proper nutritional decisions.

“My hope is that those who attended walked away with two or three pieces of good information that they can take home to their families, take back to their job site and make small changes each day that, over the length of a week or a month, will improve their health,” Wierman said.

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Molly Linsky, a senior majoring in psychology and a health and wellness intern, said that she was excited to use what she learned from the presentation.

“I’m definitely going to take into account all the information he gave on counting calories and making sure you get enough and spread that information to other people,” Linsky said.

issues stem from lack of patience.

“Students just aren’t patient enough to wait their turn in line, or wait for a later bus. When alcohol use is added to this, the ability for that needed patience decreases,” Bay said.

OCCT bus drivers are encouraged to use their best judgment when allowing passengers to board the bus. If a person seems too intoxicated and could possibly pose a threat to the driver, monitor or other passengers, the driver is allowed to deny them service.

As of this year, metal barriers and event staff coordinators were added to the bus lines to encourage students to be more cooperative and diffuse the chaos. Additionally, students riding the bus after midnight are required to sit.

“Our officers have seen a dramatic decrease in incidents at the bus stops since these measure have been taken. And when officers are able to be at the bus stop in addition to the other staffing, problems further decrease,” Bay said.

Bay also suggested that increasing the number of buses available during busier hours could help transportation run more smoothly.

Downtown bus stops are outside of University Police jurisdiction, giving UPD little control over whether officers are present.

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“Any time there are issues with crowd control, whether at a bus stop or not, police departments need to work with their community partners to determine whether or not a police presence or just staffing from the bus company might work to alleviate the problems,” Bay said.

Without any oversight Downtown, some students said they feel unsafe taking the buses back home after a night out.

“Coming back from being Downtown for a night out is a nightmare,” said Adrianna Maliga, a junior double-majoring in biochemistry and Spanish.

“Fighting to get on a bus is really frustrating, and there’s always a chance some drunk guy is going to shove me out of the way and hurt me in the process.”

Bus drivers are paid $9 an hour.

In order to encourage drivers to volunteer for late-night shifts, OCCT offers time-and-a-half payment.

“The shifts are absolutely worth it,” said Andres Gonzalez, head of public relations for OCCT and a senior double-majoring in history and political science. “This is a good amount of money for a four-hour shift. My first year driving I had a lot of fun driving late nights, all pukes aside.”

According to Vogl, OCCT is working with the Binghamton police to create safer loading practices at Downtown bus stops involving barricades and event staff coordinators, and he said that they hope to have a new system in place by fall 2014.

Bus drivers were asked by OCCT public relations not to comment on the situation.

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Activists call for Coca-Cola, Reynolds boycott

Ray Rogers accuses soda giant of lying, intimidating workers to prevent unionization

Margaret-Rose Roazzi Contributing Writer

In an attempt to get students to think twice about their soft drinks, activists spoke Thursday night about allegations of human rights abuses by the Coca-Cola and Reynolds companies.

Students Organizing Against Reynolds (SOAR) and Ray Rogers, the founder of Corporate Campaign, Inc., spoke about their mission to remove Coca-Cola and Reynolds Group products from the campus.

Rogers said that the CocaCola Company conducts business immorally, illegally and with prejudice. According to Rogers, Coke was complicit in the kidnapping, torture and murder of union leaders and their families. He also said that Coke knowingly markets products to young children that are known to contribute to diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity.

Maggie Walsh, an undeclared freshman, said she no longer wanted Coca-Cola products to be sold on campus after hearing Rogers speak.

“I drink a lot of Coke so I think I’m turned off now,” Walsh said. “I don’t think we should be putting a company that’s clearly violating so many laws and supporting so many injustices into our campus and supporting that system.”

Rogers said he became aware of the alleged assaults occurring first in Guatemala, and later in Colombia.

According to Rogers, in 2010, a human rights abuse lawsuit was filed against Coca-Cola in a U.S. District Court, accusing the management of Coca-Cola bottling and processing plants in Guatemala of requesting and/or condoning the rape, murder and attempted murder of union leaders and their

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Ray Rogers, founder of Corporate Campaign, Inc., speaks to students Thursday night about the “Killer Coke” campaign. Rogers, an anti-Coca-Cola activist, claimed that the soda company has illegal and immoral business practices that harm its employees.

families. Rogers is working to expose the same crimes that he said are occurring today in Colombia.

Jessica Dunn, a freshman majoring in sociology, said she had never heard of these crimes associated with Coke before.

“It was so eye-opening,” Dunn said. “I didn’t know any of this stuff about Coke. I am so concerned, and I am definitely motivated to take some action.”

Coca-Cola wasn’t the only company that came under scrutiny at Thursday evening’s talk. SOAR members made their own claims at the event against the Reynolds Group, especially

its subsidiary, Pactiv.

Kai Wen Yang, the founder of SOAR at BU, spoke about a Pactiv plastic container factory in Kearny, N.J., which he said had about 100 workers in June 2010 working under poorly ventilated conditions with temperatures reaching above 100 degrees that caused one woman to faint. Yang said that while workers organized to join the United Steelworkers union, Pactiv busted the unions by threatening to close the factory and bribing workers with wage, hour and condition improvements that never happened. According to

Yang, Pactiv laid off 60 percent of its work force, resulting in mandatory overtime and decreased pay for the remaining workers.

Yang said SOAR aims to end the practice of mandatory overtime to give workers more freedom.

“Here is the issue of mandatory overtime,” Yang said. “Right now, SOAR is demanding that mandatory overtime be ended, and workers … should be able to control their working hours.”

Both SOAR and the “Killer Coke” campaign have taken action against these companies

in the past. SOAR held a protest outside of the Walmart on Vestal Parkway in fall 2012 to protest the selling of products made by the Reynolds Group. Factory workers at the Kearny, N.J. Pactiv plant made appearances and protested alongside the organization.

The “Killer Coke” campaign has worked to oust Coke from 70 college campuses, including Stony Brook University, the City University of New York and Rutgers University.

Dunn said removing the companies from the Binghamton University campus is key.

“I think the first step is to get them off campus,” Dunn said.

“Then, we should participate in the movement as a whole to get them to stop these practices altogether.”

The presentation was sponsored by the Latin American and Caribbean area studies program, the sociology department, Students for Social Justice (Experimental Media Organization) and the Women’s Student Union.

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Grammy-winning Snarky Puppy jazzes up campus Tiffany Moustakas | Staff Writer

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When it comes to showcasing the musical talents of Snarky Puppy, no special effects or gimmicks are needed.

The band, which won the Grammy award for best R&B performance in 2013, took the Anderson Center stage Thursday night and was met by a packed crowd of Binghamton University students and local residents.

Lead bassist, composer and producer Michael League started off the night by thanking the Binghamton community for welcoming them.

“It’s nice to have a new place to have to call home away from home,” he said.

Formed in Denton, Texas in 2004, Snarky Puppy has 40 rotating members who play multiple instruments ranging from wind to percussion. Their current four-month world tour features a nine-member lineup with Grammy award winners such

as League, Shaun Martin and Robert Searight.

The band kicked off the night with “Kite,” a song from their newest album and DVD, “We Like It Here.” As a diverse ensemble, the talents of each of the nine members were highlighted to the excited crowd with solos throughout.

Despite being classified as a jazz band, Snarky Puppy does not follow the conventions of a traditional jazz group. By borrowing elements from R&B, funk and instrumental rock, they fuse together a unique sound that keeps listeners interested and wanting more.

Natalie Knezevic, a sophomore majoring in human development, found herself head-bopping to Snarky Puppy the entire night.

“My favorite song was ‘Sleeper,’ which was the last one [song] that they played,” she said. “I loved the mellow chords in the beginning that built into crazy funk. All the solos were amazing! One of my favorite parts had to be the encore

where we finally all got up to dance.”

Concluding the concert with the song “Sleeper,” followed by a brief encore, League thanked the audience for an enjoyable night.

“Who ever thought a theater could be so much fun?” he said.

Snarky Puppy has 40 rotating members who play multiple instruments ranging from wind to percussion.

5 campus groups that teach marketable skills From a new language to the stock market, there's lots to learn outside of the classroom James R. Scott | Contributing Writer Because our time at Binghamton University is limited, we don’t have the chance to perfect every single skill that could prepare us for the job market. If you have two liberal arts majors, you probably don’t have the time to take computer science classes.

If you’re a computer science major, you probably don’t have time to take classes in finance.

Luckily, we attend a university with a large assortment of groups willing to teach us these skills without the labor of a class and the cost of a textbook: HackBU With so many companies putting themselves online, it’s more important than ever to have at least some understanding of how websites are made. HackBU will teach you how to design your own webpage through the HTML, CSS and Java programming

languages. Don’t know these languages? Don’t worry, they’ll teach them to you — it’s easier than you think. You’ll learn how to create your own personal Web page for employers to look at and bring some life to the special skills/technologies section on your resume.

Foreign language groups Many companies today are either stationed internationally or must collaborate with businesses outside of the United States. Knowing a

Luckily, we attend a university with a large assortment of groups willing to teach us these skills without the labor of a class and the cost of a textbook

foreign language is essential for bridging the communication gap between these international firms. There’s just one thing: Learning a foreign language takes a lot of time. So, while foreign language groups like the Japanese Association can’t promise to teach you a foreign language by meeting once a week for an hour, they’ll keep the ball rolling after you learn some of the basics on your own.

These groups will give you the immersion needed to bump you up to a “conversant” level.

Binghamton Student Design Agency Presentations, websites, letterheads and brochures are just some of the many things that may be greatly improved with a good graphic designer.

The Binghamton Student Design Agency will teach you graphic design via workshops

in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. With these industry-used programs, you will basically be able to make everything you do digitally look better. Whether it be a resume, a chart or the user interface for a website, you can create and format it in graphic design software to make it look simple and more professional.

Finance Society Do you know what a stock is?

Do you know how to value one?

You should. If you are going to work for a legitimate company, you’re going to need to know some business jargon, and this is true for all fields. The Finance Society will teach you basic lingo and applicable skills, such as how to value a company and a stock, how to present a stock pitch or a merger/acquisition pitch, how to network with alumni and how to break into Wall Street.

While this is particularly good for people who want to work on Wall Street, it’s also good for people looking to acquire skills in how to successfully network and perform serious business analysis.

Professional fraternities From Phi Alpha Delta (professional co-ed law fraternity) to Theta Tau (professional engineering fraternity), there are many opportunities to learn about different fields you are interested in and acquire necessary skills to accomplish your goals. You don’t need to be a member of these fraternities (or the Alpha Omega Epsilon engineering sorority) to get the help you need. These groups frequently hold informational events open to anybody interested.

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Mourn the death of 'Flappy Bird' with these 6 games Rich Kersting | Release It’s been a month since Vietnambased developer Dong Nguyen took his hit game “Flappy Bird” off the mobile markets. Some people still hold steadfast, trying to achieve the highest score. Others have simply given up, knowing that the game is no longer culturally relevant.

Fortunately, the mobile gaming market is still flush with games that are just as fun and, as it turns out, just as addicting. Let’s take a look at some of the market’s favorite games from the last year or so: 1. “The Room” Developer: Fireproof Games Gamer Type: People who love eerie puzzles.

Platform: iOS/Android Price: 99 cents “The Room” is a 3-D mystery game that keeps the player constantly immersed in a story that unfolds by interacting with a series of puzzle boxes. At the completion of each box, the player is given insights into the box’s mysterious “Null” element, and the progressively maddening state of the man who left it behind. It’s not only a fantastic game for people who love puzzles, but for those who love creepy paranormal story lines.

2. “Super Hexagon” Developer: Terry Cavanagh Gamer Type: People who love a minimalist approach to frustratingly fatalistic action.

Platform: iOS/Android/ Blackberry Price: $2.99 There’s something special about games that seem simple enough but never really are. For those who really loved the impossibility

of “Flappy Bird,” “Super Hexagon” is a game of the same kind. Swap your birds for dots and pipes for geometrical hazards, and you’ll be back to your same addict self in no time!

3. “Ridiculous Fishing” Developer: Vlambeer Gamer Type: People who’ve always wanted to find the biggest catch.

Platform: iOS/Android Price: $2.99 There’s something about the art style of “Ridiculous Fishing” that perfectly captures the beauty and romanticism of being out at sea for the smaller screen. Then you use your shotgun. The premise is very simple: Try to get your hook as deep as you can before it touches a fish, then work your way up, snagging as many sea creatures as you can.

Once they reach the surface, the fish go flying and you start shooting them out of the air. Use the money you earn from each “catch” to unlock new costumes, guns and hook attachments.

4. “Year Walk” Developer: Simogo Gamer Type: People who love a late-night, surreal horror story and puzzle.

Platform: iOS Price: $3.99 “Year Walk” isn’t your typical game. In fact, it’s hardly a game at all. You play as a wayward soul, trying to unlock the secrets of the “Year Walk” by navigating the confusing forest maze. Through your encounters with several mysteriously creepy characters, you’ll solve a series of puzzles that further immerses you into the dark mythological world of this eerie

horror adventure. If at any point the game becomes too difficult, use a walk-through and just sit back and enjoy the story unfold.

5. “Threes!”

Developer: Sirvo LLC Gamer Type: Math lovers, puzzle lovers and those who are naturally lucky.

Platform: iOS/Android Price: $1.99 “Threes!” is a simple, elegant and highly addictive puzzler that will keep you coming back for more.

Working with simple mathematical principles and a great deal of luck, you’ll finally have an occasion to use those elementary addition skills you worked so hard to master. With an original system and clean design, “Threes!” gives a fresh new take on number puzzles for the mobile platform.

6. “QuizUp” Developer: Plain Vanilla Games Gamer Type: Trivia nerds and the informationally hungry.

Platform: iOS/Android Price: Free!

If you know a thing or two about anything, you’ll find “QuizUp” fun.

With hundreds of different themed quizzes to choose from (Lost, Candy, Logos), “QuizUp” pits you against fellow players in real time to take your burning competitive spirit online. How well you play determines the points you earn, which you then use to level up.

Games are an integral part of many people’s smartphone experience. While it may be easy to get caught up in the craze of “Candy Crushes” and “Flappy Birds,” consider adding these artisticallymade and intuitively-developed alternatives to your games folder.

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Drink Responsibly T

he fancy new soda machines and bottomless cups in the Marketplace have us consuming our weight in carbonated sugar water.

We all know soda is objectively terrible for us.

The more of it we drink, the worse we feel. It’s time for us to think about what we put in our bodies, and more importantly, the companies that supply us with those foods and drinks.

Thursday night, Ray Rogers from the “Killer Coke” campaign spoke to students about the alleged abuses of the Coca-Cola Company. He cited poor working conditions and intimidation toward union organizers as reasons that we should ban Coca-Cola products from our campus.

These are serious accusations, and we are by no means in any position to confirm or deny claims that Coke is complicit in the murder and kidnapping of union leaders in Guatemala and Colombia, as Rogers claims. However, these allegations made us pause to think about what kinds of corporate practices we may be tacitly condoning — or even supporting — with our patronage.

We aren’t advocating for a boycott of Coke products — not just yet. What we want is a higher level of scrutiny and transparency when it comes time for their contract to be renewed, or even the consideration of other companies. Why is it such a radical idea only to patronize businesses that treat their employees, the environment and their consumers with respect?

Binghamton University is currently in an exclusive contract with Coca-Cola that requires 90 percent of all beverages sold on campus to be Coke products. The other 10 percent, made up of products such as Snapple and Dr. Brown’s, must be stocked below eye level to discourage customers from purchasing a rival product. This Coke contract will be up for renegotiation soon, and maybe it’s time for the University to start reassessing the criteria for awarding such large and exclusive contracts.

Even if only a fraction of the allegations

against Coke, or any other large-scale supplier, are true, then we ought to, as an institution, take these factors into account. Generally, state contracts, like those awarded to Sodexo, Coke and every service provider on campus, are given to the vendor that bids the lowest price for their service. It is a simple and democratizing practice that favors the frugal. It also favors corporations that produce a subpar product in order to deliver their goods and services at minimal expense, sometimes at the cost of human rights.

Coke needs us just as much as we need them.

This University represents a huge contract and a huge source of revenue for any service provider.

They need our money the way we need a fix of their sweet, sweet carbonated magic. There is no reason that this can’t be a mutually beneficial relationship. But right now, it’s not, and more students need to know the potentially poisonous side effects of what they’re drinking.

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Roll the dice on the Southern Tier

Our area would benefit from one of the few casino gambling licenses Giovanna Bernardo Contributing Columnist

Since the November 2013 New York state election, one big question has been looming over the Southern Tier: Which business will receive one of the four precious casino gambling licenses to be distributed to the upstate New York area by the fall of 2014?

These sought-after licenses were recently permitted by the NYS Legislature after the passage of Proposition 1.

The purpose of this amendment to Section 9 of Article 1 of the NYS Constitution “is to allow the Legislature to authorize and regulate up to seven casinos” within New York.

Four of these casinos will be opened in upstate New York starting in late 2014. The remaining three will be opened seven years after and run in New York City around 2020.

One of the casinos will be opened right here in the Southern Tier, another near Saratoga and one other in the Catskills, while the fourth will be a wild card pick drawn from those three areas.

Four power player businesses (three local and one out-of-area) are vying for the license to be distributed to the Southern Tier. They are Tioga Downs Casino (located in Tioga County), Traditions at the Glen (located in the Town of Union), Vista Hospitality Company (owner of the Holiday Inn Arena in Binghamton) and Wilmorite Properties (out of the Rochester area).

These influential companies have been persistently competing since the passage of Proposition 1 for the license to be issued to the Southern

Tier. Like me, you’ve probably seen the countless commercials, computer advertisements, TV broadcasts and so forth that demonstrate the cutthroat nature of this competition.

And when will all this end? The New York State Gaming Commission will put out a request for proposal, or RFP, next month from any company interested in the license. This will be due by the end of June, which leaves a decision to be made by fall 2014.

You may ask, what does this mean? How much does this even matter to our area and school? A lot.

Whether the casino is opened in Tioga County, the Town of Union or Binghamton, the business, publicity and money are brought to the Southern Tier area.

The Triple Cities would grow

The opportunity this proposition presents will result in definitive economic improvement to our school

exponentially. New jobs would be created. Increased aid would be distributed to local school districts.

Local governments could reduce property taxes with the increase in tax assessment from one of these new businesses. The opportunity this proposition presents will result in definitive economic improvement not only to our school, but also to the community as a whole.

The real issue here is whether the “Southern Tier” license should be awarded to a true “Southern Tier” business. Wilmorite Properties is not located in the Southern Tier (regardless of the way in which the map was created by NYS). They’re not located in the Southern Tier, and there would be no benefit to the area if they were awarded a license.

Let’s hope the NYS Gaming Commission makes the right choice and gives the casino license to one of the true Southern Tier businesses.

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Point COUNTERPOINT Will online classes be the future of education?

Web classes are more accessible and flexible than classroom learning

Massive open online courses will not solve socio-economic inequality

was originally partnered with just four universities: Stanford, Princeton University, University of Michigan and University of Pennsylvania. But today it has expanded to 108 universities, and it is still growing.

In addition to Coursera, other companies provide MOOCs. A few that also have high-quality reputations include Udacity, Khan Academy and edX. These companies offer a variety of courses ranging in disciplines from the humanities to hard sciences.

The argument surrounding MOOCs, though, is not whether they generate substantive revenue, as they undeniably do.

It is whether their place in the education system is beneficial for those taking them.

Many point out that distance learning provides a false or inadequate pedagogy and that learning through anything other than a professor who stands before you is unsuccessful.

But it is important to note that MOOCs, like an in-person class, are wholly what you make of them. A student’s presence in the classroom doesn’t necessarily equate with retaining the information given; one can just as easily go sit in Lecture Hall and spend the entire time surfing the Web instead of actively listening to the professor.

On the contrary, given the scenario that one registers for a basic mathematics class on Coursera, I can only assume that the time devoted to that class would be time well spent because it is something he or she truly wants to learn.

Moreover, those of us here at Binghamton University are fortunate to have the opportunity to attend an accredited university away from home — but for many, that is not an option. Not everyone who wants to learn can afford to spend thousands of dollars a year or has the time required for in-person classes.

And that is why MOOCs have hit the ground running: They are

educational equality, in practice they only expand the gap.

A recent study by the University of Pennsylvania depicted that only about half of students who registered for an online course watched a lecture, and roughly 4 percent completed the course. Moreover, a distinct survey also from the University of Pennsylvania discovered that approximately 80 percent of those taking an online class had previously received a degree.

These statistics show that completing an MOOC is harder and demands more educational training, initiative and selfregulation. If all colleges are in a rush to initiate MOOCs, it can’t be long before high schools start launching their own MOOCs to prepare students for their academic endeavors.

The problem is that not all high schools will be able to prepare students for online education, thus furthering the gap of student inequality.

Julianne Cuba Columnist

Last semester, I took a course through the University of Pennsylvania. It was an introduction to corporate finance course through the renowned Wharton School. Fortunately, I did not have to commute back and forth from Binghamton to Philadelphia on a daily basis.

That would just be absurd.

Then how, you ask, did I take a course from the Ivy League institution?

I learned about the principles of finance right in the comfort of my own living room.

The class was through Coursera, a for-profit educational technology company that offers massive open online courses, more commonly known as MOOCs.

As we venture further into this world of technology, we need to realize attendance at an accredited university doesn't always mean success Coursera, which has already generated over $1 million in profit and over $85 million in venture capital, first launched two years ago. Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller, both professors of computer science at Stanford University, founded Coursera in April of 2012. The multimillion dollar company

both flexible and free.

Of course, nothing can compete with open dialogue between classmates and professors or with hands-on instruction. Those experiences are benefits of attending a university that we should not take for granted. But we should also not be too quick to criticize a platform in which the main and only goal is to educate.

The popularity of MOOCs has even extended globally.

Classes in mathematics and computer science have become popular in India, many countries throughout Africa and other impoverished countries around the world. In a New York Times article from November 2012, one woman’s experience with an online course was highlighted: “Ms. Spiegel (NY) befriended women in India and Pakistan through Facebook study groups and started an online group, CompScisters, for women taking science and technology MOOCs.” These unique learning opportunities would not have been possible without the creation of MOOCs. A major point of contention does arise with the prospect that these online courses could possibly devalue the tradition of attending a costly university. But as we venture further and further into this world of technology, we need to realize that attendance at an accredited university doesn’t always mean success. It is what you know, and what you do with what you know, that allows for achievement.

— Julianne Cuba is a senior double-majoring in history and Chinese.

those folks. Failing to do that is shoddy journalism and can easily impact the lives of the people who work for the local bottling company. There are two sides to each story, and Pipe Dream can’t claim to be a real news source if they don’t make any attempt to get the other side.

Now, to the claims of the article. This bizarre connection they are now drawing to the Reynolds Corporation is trying to confuse the issue by making the two companies synonymous. Coke does buy products from Reynolds, but to say Coke needs to be kicked off because they do is just insane; Pepsi buys from Reynolds, too – Reynolds’ subsidiary is simply the only company that has the infrastructure to handle the packaging needs of large bottling infrastructures like the Coke and Pepsi systems.

Coca-Cola Refreshments doesn’t have any mandatory overtime – they discourage it as much as possible given that they have to pay time and a half for that; occasionally schedules mean overtime is almost inevitable, but I never had a problem getting my supervisors to sort something out if I needed to.

The article also fails to

Contributing Columnist

Today, education is a costly commodity and anything but equal or accessible to all. All possible solutions to leveling the playing field among students of different social, ethnic and financial backgrounds are worth consideration, one of the most prominent among them being online education, or massive open online courses (MOOCs).

Binghamton University offers over 600 MOOCs without credit, unlike most colleges where credit is dependent on the specific course. However, this is not an effective direction for education.

Despite their initial objective, MOOCs do not diminish the unequal opportunity many students encounter in the educational realm nor are they a sufficient solution to cut costs.

The aptitude of public schools in the U.S. is significantly divided by region and consequently racial demographic. This puts those who live in less profitable areas at an educational disadvantage.

The average college education varies between $40,000 and $50,000 while, according to The Wall Street Journal, the median household income for American citizens in 2012 was just over $50,000. The purpose of MOOCs is to give those who cannot afford an education the ability to receive higher instruction in the field of their choice and to make education available around the globe. Though in principle MOOCs appear to promote

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Letter to the Editor To the Editor: Full disclosure: I am a former employee of CocaCola Enterprises (Now CocaCola Refreshments), the bottler that provides the products to Binghamton University. I am also a graduate of BU and while a student at BU, I was the resident Coca-Cola guy, stocking all of your coolers at the dining halls with our fine products. The company took great care of me even as an employee on the lowest rung – offering 401(k) and pension benefits even to a part-time employee like me, and paying me a fair, living wage for a position that doesn’t even require a high school education. But, I am no longer employed by them, having now moved on to a career as a United Methodist pastor. I no longer have any connection to the company, having sold all of my stock recently. Given that I have absolutely nothing to gain, I have no reason to lie about my experience as an employee.

First, I notice that it appears no attempt was made to contact the local Coca-Cola bottler (Elmira Coca-Cola in Horseheads) to hear their side of the story, given that removing Coke from campus will cost jobs for

Matt Bloom

understand the relationship between the Coca-Cola Company and its bottlers and doesn’t draw any distinction between the two. Further, the claims about Coca-Cola being involved in murders in Colombia are tenuous at best. Coca-Cola’s bottler in Colombia has a much higher rate of unionized labor than much of the country, and all the lawsuits involving Coke’s supposed involvement in the murders in Colombia were dismissed because there is zero evidence Coke had any involvement in that tragedy.

Rogers attempted to shut down Coke at BU when I was here (I believe the campaign was around 0708), and failed then. The beverage contract is up for negotiation right now, and so he’s back, and once again is peddling his unsubstantiated claim that the world’s largest beverage company is an organized crime syndicate.

Sorry to disappoint, but all the company does is sell beverages. And if you don’t like them, nobody is forcing you to buy them.

Sincerely, Rev. Wesley Sanders Class of 2010

MOOCs are not a solution to the high cost of education nor do they level the playing field for students of different backgrounds

can more effectively invest in and execute their own MOOCs, students who attend less funded schools will suffer from not learning how to navigate MOOCs. MOOCs do not make education any easier for students who have certain learning differences or disabilities, and subsequently both require and thrive on the natural human contact that is essential to a learning environment. A student with a reading disability or auditory disability may not be able to succeed in the virtual classroom, which, as statistics show, can be much more strenuous on the “average” student.

In his article “The Trouble With Online Education,” Mark Edmundson, a professor at the University of Virginia, explains that students in the classroom have an equally vital role as the professor conducting the class.

Lectures are a combination of lesson plans and conversation.

An Internet classroom doesn’t allow the professors to build the same relationship with their students. Recorded lectures may as well be put in a textbook or CD. In essence, Edmundson is explaining that in order for education to evolve, teachers must gauge how their students learn and succeed. Hence, MOOCs have the potential to stunt the evolution of education holistically.

MOOCs are not a solution to the high cost of education, nor do they level the playing field for students of different backgrounds. They should only be employed as a resource at the interest of the individual. Isn’t one of the fundamental reasons for education not to just make money, but to attain a thirst for knowledge and relish in the joy of learning among the camaraderie of fellow learners?

MOOCs largely serve as another example of how some aspects of human life cannot be animated.

De facto segregation occurs in schools because of financial reasons and regional inequality.

Regions with lower taxes equate to less money allotted for the public schools in that area.

Therefore, students who grow up in less affluent neighborhoods and attend their local public school will have a disadvantage.

While MOOCs are supposed to attack this unjust oppression, — Matt Bloom if higher funded public schools undelcared freshman.

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Time-wasters distract others Spending class on Facebook and Twitter is your choice Stephanie DeRosa Contributing Columnist

Professors tend to sound a bit overdramatic when they discuss their technology policies at the beginning of the semester, especially when they throw in that “It’s very distracting to your fellow classmates” line. But it’s true: As a pen-and-paper kind of notetaker, I consistently find myself drowning out lectures so I can focus on reading the Twitter updates on the screen of the person in front of me.

We all have those classes that make us think we may actually die from boredom, but not being able to refresh your News Feed isn’t going to be the final straw that kills you. It is possible to sit through an entire lecture and take notes on a laptop without scouring the Internet or checking text messages.

Students (hopefully) come to class because they want to learn, not because attendance counts toward the final grade.

It goes without saying that learning isn’t going to happen if students aren’t paying attention.

A college education is obviously far from affordable, so it’s really a waste of time and money to do anything other than stay focused in class. Granted, it’s not always easy — and having a world of distractions at your fingertips certainly doesn’t help — but students who spend their time scrolling down websites are essentially paying thousands of dollars to sit in a room with Wi-Fi for a few hours a day.

You can do that for about five bucks at Starbucks without distracting the people around you. Because it is distracting to look forward and see pictures of cats instead of notes.

It’s also incredibly disrespectful to the professors.

They teach, inspire and prepare us for the future on a daily basis; all they want in return is our attention for the duration of the lectures. It’s not asking much. Some have their ways of keeping students on track, whether they require typed notes to be emailed or have teaching assistants monitoring students’ screens

from a distance. And while it may seem like such policies are made specifically to annoy students, they’re actually here to help. Still, professors shouldn’t have to treat college kids like children when it comes to classroom etiquette.

As young adults, we should know better by now.

Students need to learn how to focus without habitually checking the time, their texts and every form of social media. Anything on a phone or laptop can wait. I’m sure we all have things we would rather be doing than listening to a professor, but listening is without a doubt much more beneficial than Internet stalking. Besides, there is plenty of time to do that outside of class.

Making the most of time spent in the classroom is up to each person. It’s your time, money and education — whether you take advantage of it or fritter it away is your choice.

— Stephanie DeRosa is an undeclared sophomore.

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BU prepares to open AE play, defend title Bearcats not overlooking UMass Lowell in programs' first meeting as Division I foes Erik Bacharach

Assistant Sports Editor Tweaks and adjustments have been made. The kinks have been worked out, and roles have been established. This weekend, the Binghamton baseball team will be ready to begin its quest to repeat as America East champions.

With a 4-9 non-conference season in the books, the Bearcats are staring down the barrel of a 24game America East schedule that starts on Saturday at UMass Lowell.

In 2013, the Bearcats roared into AE play with an 8-4 non-conference record, but this year they’ll be less reliant upon momentum and more reliant upon experience.

“I thought we challenged our guys with a pretty good nonconference schedule,” Binghamton head coach Tim Sinicki said. “I thought we left a win or two out on the table that we probably could have had that we just didn’t close the door on, but I thought we did some things. I’m hoping that what we’ve learned from our successes and some of our failures, that we can kind of put it all together and play complete games as we head into the conference part of our schedule.”

The nine position players from last year’s championship team are back to stage another title run this season, but Sinicki said experience is only important if it yields production.

“It’s great to have the experience, but at the same time, we can’t just sit back and keep running those same guys out there every game if we’re not getting production and we’re not playing as well as we want to play,” Sinicki said. “I love the fact that some of our younger guys and some of our guys who didn’t play on a regular basis last year, are working hard and challenging our returning guys. I think competition is healthy for a ball club.”

With BU’s top two starting

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Senior center fielder Bill Bereszniewicz enters Binghamton’s three-game series this weekend with a team-high .340 batting average.

pitchers having graduated at the end of last season, senior Jack Rogalla has stepped into the role of staff ace and hasn’t missed a beat.

In four starts this season, the right hander is 2-1 with a 2.16 ERA. In 25 innings pitched, he has struck out 17 batters and held opponents to a .167 batting average.

But Rogalla isn’t the only pitcher who has performed well.

BU’s starting staff has continued to get the job done despite missing its two biggest arms from a season ago, which has helped to compensate for a shaky and still developing bullpen. “[Rogalla’s] been everything you can ask of an ace. Every time he takes the mound, he gives your team a chance to win,” Sinicki said. “I think [sophomore] Jake Cryts has thrown the ball well.

Unfortunately, [junior] Mike Urbanski is still kind of resting at this point with a minor injury. But in his place, [junior] Mike Kaufman started last weekend, and he’ll get the ball again this weekend. Again, I think our starting pitching has been pretty solid so far this season.

It’s more the bullpen that’s a concern.”

Defensively, Sinicki said the Bearcats have performed “pretty consistently” and that it’s been the area they’re most ready to rely upon in conference play. But while starting pitching and defense have been strong for BU, the team’s bats have been inconsistent and are only now starting to wake up.

“Guys are showing signs of breaking out,” Sinicki said.

“They’re hitting balls hard and at people. Sometimes, statistics don’t

reflect nearly how a young man is doing. But at the same time, we need contributions from one through nine in the lineup, not just relying on our two-throughfour hitters.”

Senior outfielder Jake Thomas is hitting .283, a respectable mark for a team’s cleanup hitter, but not anywhere close to his 2013 numbers. His .371 batting average a season ago led the America East and ranked 52nd in the country.

Sinicki attributes the dip to a number of factors.

“People are going to pitch to him a little differently,” Sinicki said. “He might not sneak up on people like he did last year. What has to happen is the guy behind him has to produce, and [Thomas] needs to continue to be patient and take what pitchers give him.”

Senior center fielder Bill Bereszniewicz has started in all 13 games this season, and his .340 clip has jump-started the offense on many occasions. Senior second baseman Daniel Nevares and sophomore third baseman/ designated hitter Reed Gamache are also hitting above .300.

Gamache also leads the team with 11 RBIs. After plating 10 runs in its series-opening win against Virginia Military Institute last weekend, Binghamton managed only three runs in the following two games combined. But with a clean slate ahead of them, the Bearcats have an opportunity to put all of their offensive woes behind them.

UMass Lowell is new to the conference, and with no exposure to the America East, Sinicki said

he expects the newcomers to be chomping at the bit to get their first conference wins this weekend.

“They’re a ball club that we don’t know much about, obviously never having seen them play or compete against them,” Sinicki said. “All I know is that their coach is widely respected in the northeast. And they’ve beaten some good teams, too. They’ve beaten Virginia Tech, they’ve beaten University of Rhode Island, they’ve beaten Cincinnati.

So I expect them to be hungry to get their first crack at America East play, and we’ll have to go out and be prepared for that.”

First pitch of Saturday’s doubleheader is slated for noon at Bill Beck Field in Kingston, R.I. Sunday’s series finale is also set to begin at noon at the same location.

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On SBU's quest for redemption and looking ahead to 2014-15 Ari Kramer Sports Editor

Stony Brook gets its shot at redemption tomorrow morning.

One year and four days ago, the Seawolves fell victim to the America East’s farcical conference tournament format, which afforded fourth-seeded Albany a semifinal home game against top-seeded Stony Brook. The Great Danes, better a year ago than they are today, upset the Seawolves and then beat No. 2 Vermont to earn the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

In the days leading up to last year’s America East tournament, SBU head coach Steve Pikiell took the high road when the bracket revealed a potential semifinal matchup against the hosting Great Danes.

“It doesn’t matter who you play, and it doesn’t matter where you play,” Pikiell told Pipe Dream.

“If you’re good enough to win the game, you win it.”

The Seawolves weren’t good

enough to win that one game, the loss vanquishing their NCAA tournament hopes and banishing them to the NIT. And they were barely good enough to split the season series with Albany in 201314.

In both meetings this year, Albany scored at a more efficient rate than its season average — and significantly higher than Stony Brook’s in-conference rate of 0.96 points allowed per possession.

The Great Danes also limited the Seawolves to one point per trip in their 77-67 win on Jan. 29. Stony Brook scored 1.08 points per possession in conference play.

Just two weeks ago, Stony Brook overcame a late 10-point deficit to beat Albany by five at Pritchard Gym, the site of tomorrow’s championship game.

I’ll pick Stony Brook in this one because of guard play, but those guards — seniors Dave Coley and Anthony Jackson and sophomore Carson Puriefoy — will also need to crash the glass against the bigger Great Danes. Last year’s semifinal

loss at Albany will motivate Stony Brook in its last game at Pritchard.

Looking at 2014-15 Could Hartford be the favorite to win the league title next season?

The Hawks will return every key player from this year’s team, while Vermont and Stony Brook will each lose a handful of rotation players.

Yes, the Hawks still have their weaknesses — mainly rebounding — but their hot finish to 2013-14 bodes well for the future.

Just three Catamounts who played more than 10 minutes per game will suit up for John Becker next season — assuming a higherprofile school doesn’t lure the head coach away from Burlington.

They’re solid America East players, but Becker may need time to cultivate his patented style of ball movement and tight defense with a team sans Sandro Carissimo and Brian Voelkel.

Stony Brook returns its top two scorers — Puriefoy and America East Player of the Year Jameel Warney — and all-rookie team member Ahmad Walker. Pikiell has

a track record of performing well even after graduating key players, but he’ll have three gaping voids to fill: Jackson, Coley and athletic power forward Eric McAlister.

Even the Great Danes — who will graduate DJ Evans, Gary Johnson and Luke Devlin — have questions to answer.

Of course, the postseason signing period is still a few weeks away, and rosters are wont to change up until the fall. We won’t know exactly what Vermont, Stony Brook and Albany will look like in 2014-15 for quite some time, but we do have a solid idea of the lineup Hartford head coach John Gallagher will field.

As for Binghamton, the Bearcats have a five-man recruiting class at the moment to replace three seniors. The numbers don’t add up, so some scholarship players will inevitably either leave the team or become walk-ons.

I can speculate — I stress, speculate — three possibilities.

Junior guard Chris Rice will graduate this spring. He played sparingly this season, and might

choose to pen the next chapter of his life.

Redshirt junior guard Rob Mansell will also graduate this spring. A knee injury curtailed his comeback from an ACL tear, but even before he went down for the season, Mansell struggled shooting the ball and battling the younger guards for minutes. The graduatetransfer rule would enable Mansell to play immediately for another school, should he choose to leave Binghamton for his fifth season of collegiate eligibility.

Junior forward Jabrille Williams — the son of New York Knicks assistant coach Herb Williams — played his freshman season at Binghamton as a walk-on. He could revert to walk-on status, allowing head coach Tommy Dempsey to allocate another scholarship to an incoming freshman.

The five commits range between 6-foot-4 and 6-foot-6, so freshman forwards Nick Madray and Magnus Richards will need to work this offseason to improve their strength inside. Two of Binghamton’s three

graduating seniors — Roland Brown and Alex Ogundadegbe — stand at 6-foot-8.

Even with a thin set of big men, Binghamton could be picked to finish fifth in the preseason poll because the rest of the league’s lower half loses several significant players.

If you’re good enough to win the game, you win it —Steve Pikiell Stony Brook head coach

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Binghamton set to host 19th-ranked Colgate Losers in only game against top-20 competition, Bearcats seeking first home win of 2014 Jeff Twitty

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Home has not been sweet to the Binghamton men’s lacrosse team this season.

The Bearcats (2-3) haven’t lost on the road, but they’ve dropped each of their three games at home.

With No. 19 Colgate visiting the Bearcats Sports Complex on Saturday, head coach Scott Nelson said he hopes his team regains its winning formula as the season’s midway point approaches.

“No matter where [the guys] play, it’s important,” Nelson said. “Especially since there are only 14 games in a season.”

Senior attack Matt Springer and junior attack Paul O’Donnell, who have combined for 24 of the team’s 45 goals this season, will look to lead BU on the offensive end. Senior midfielder Michael Antinozzi, one of only three Bearcats in program history to put up 100 points in a career, should also be a major offensive contributor. During BU’s 12-5 loss last year against Colgate (51), both Springer and Antinozzi

contributed goals.

Averaging nine goals a game, BU can fill up the net.

But Colgate’s offense also packs a punch. Its balanced, efficient attack has led the team to a 5-1 record, including a win over No. 20 Bryant. A true challenge for the Bearcat defense will come in containing Colgate attacks Ryan Walsh and Brandon McCann, who have recorded 21 and 12 points on the season, respectively. As for the Raider defense, senior Bobby Lawrence has accumulated 19 ground balls and forced 13 turnovers this season.

But after their solid performance against then-No. 15 Cornell in February, the Bearcats have already proven they can hang close with top competition.

“If we can run with a top-20 team, we can go with anybody. It will serve as a great confidence booster,” Nelson said. “But of course, for us, it’s all about America East play.”

Play is scheduled for 3 p.m.

Saturday at the Bearcats Sports Complex.

If we can run with a top-20 team, we can go with anybody —Scott Nelson BU head coach

BU vs. Colgate DATE

March 15 LOCATION

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3:00 p.m.

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Junior attack Paul O’Donnell will look to add on to his career-high 11 goals of the season on Saturday.

Cornell puts away BU with early run Big Red's defense traps and pressures Binghamton into season-worst 23 turnovers Colby Bird

Contributing Writer The Binghamton women’s lacrosse team suffered a 15-4 loss to Cornell on Tuesday night, interrupting the dominant stretch that comprised the best start in program history.

Cornell (4-1) established its dominance early at the Bearcats Sports Complex. Binghamton (4-2) found itself on the wrong end of an 8-0 run that stretched through the game’s opening 20 minutes.

Constant defensive pressure and double teams in the Bearcats’ offensive zone fueled Cornell’s

potency, keeping Binghamton uncomfortable in its offensive sets. The Big Red capitalized on Binghamton’s season-high 23 turnovers, which led to multiple fast-break chances. “[Double teams] are something we practice, and it’s something we should have been better prepared for,” BU head coach Stephanie Allen said. “We faced [double teams] with a little bit of fear today.”

BU did not score its first goal until the 9:49 mark in the half on a free position shot from freshman midfielder Callon Williams. Junior midfielder Renee Kiviat tallied the only other BU goal before halftime, making

the score 10-2 heading into the locker room.

“We knew what type of program we were facing,” Allen said of the game’s level of competition. “We knew they would be fast and athletic.”

Any chance of a second-half comeback was squashed right after halftime, when Cornell netted three consecutive goals, increasing the margin to nine.

BU played the Big Red even from there but ultimately fell, 15-4 — a sobering defeat for a team that rode two consecutive dominant victories into the match.

“Today was a complete mental lack of discipline on both ends,” Allen said. “We struggled to play

within our systems. You can’t get shots on goal if you don’t have the ball on your stick.”

Each of BU’s goals was delivered from four different scorers — Williams, Kiviat, sophomore midfielder Allie Rodgers and freshman attack Brianne Arthur.

Arthur, the reigning America East Rookie of the Week, couldn’t find her rhythm Tuesday night.

Cornell sent double teams to force the freshman into mistake after mistake. She finished with six turnovers on the night.

Sophomore goalie Erin McNulty struggled as well.

Coming off of an excellent game against St. Bonaventure last week, McNulty was removed

just 12 minutes into the game after allowing six goals on eight Cornell shots. Junior Kara Pafumi entered as her replacement and gave up nine goals on 15 shot attempts.

“We needed to give Cornell a different look out there.

Obviously changing goalkeepers does that,” Allen said. “I thought [Pafumi] did well coming up with quality saves. She kept us in the game saving a couple of point blank shots.”

Ultimately, the lackluster performance served as a wakeup call for Allen’s group. Though the team has kicked off the season in record-setting fashion, entering Tuesday with a program-

best 4-1 start, the game quickly turned into a reminder of how much room the team still has to improve.

“There is a lot of building to be done,” Allen said. “It’s exciting to see [the team] off to such a great start, but we need games like this sometimes to bring us back to reality and show us we still have a lot of work to do.”

Binghamton will have to find its groove away from home now, as four of the team’s next five games are on the road. BU’s next opponent is three-time defending MAAC champion Canisius.

The first face-off is scheduled for 1 p.m. Monday at Demske Sports Complex in Buffalo.

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BU @ Canisius DATE

March 17 LOCATION

Demske Sports Complex TIME

1:00 p.m.

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Junior midfielder Renee Kiviat was one of four Bearcats to contribute a goal in Binghamton’s 15-4 loss on Tuesday.

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