Spring 2014 Issue 15

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PIPE DREAM Tuesday, March 18, 2014 | Binghamton University | www.bupipedream.com | Vol. LXXXV, Issue 15

Governor visits BU

Elected officials, National Guard teach emergency planning Brendan Zarkower Contributing Writer

Kendall Loh, Tycho McManus and Franz Lino/Staff Photographers

Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks Saturday morning in the Events Center, spreading his message of “prepare, respond and recover.” The event was part of a series of Citizen Preparedness Corps Training Programs, organized by the governor’s office in conjunction with the New York Army National Guard and the Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Services.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo visited Binghamton University Saturday to spread his message of “prepare, respond and recover.”

The event was part of a series of Citizen Preparedness Corps Training Programs organized by the governor’s office in conjunction with the New York Army National Guard and the Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Services. The courses were designed to give citizens the basic tools and knowledge to respond in the event of a disaster, with the goal of training 100,000 New Yorkers this year.

Gov. Cuomo said emergency preparedness is an increasingly important concern in New York state.

“There is a new pattern of extreme weather that we have never seen before,” Cuomo said. “I’ve been governor three years, and we have had nine federally declared disasters in three years.”

Nearly 500 people attended the workshop, which was held in the Events Center Saturday morning. Speakers noted the special significance of emergency preparation to Broome County after the damage that was incurred

during massive flooding in 2006 and 2011.

“The people who are here today are very excited because I’m sure many of them experienced a loss of personal value in their homes during the floods of ‘06 and ‘11,” said New York State Sen. Thomas Libous. “Preparedness is something we have to do in the Southern Tier, and I think this is going to go a long way.”

Cuomo attributed some of the damage in 2011 to misallocation of resources resulting from incomplete information.

According to Cuomo, models predicted that Tropical Storm Irene would hit New York City, so when the storm moved north to upstate New York, officials found themselves ill-prepared for the flooding.

Money has been allocated in the 2014 Executive Budget to plans to buy a state-of-the-art weather tracking system that Cuomo said will be the most advanced in the country.

Broome County Executive Debra Preston detailed a two-pronged plan to better prepare the area for the next storm. Broome County officials worked with the state government to create a disaster supply center at the Greater Binghamton Airport,

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2014 SA ballot announced TEDx lineup announced PRESIDENT Louis Meringolo Alex Liu Ravi Prakriya

VPF

Thomas Sheehan Ethan Shepherd

EVP

Christopher Zamlout

VPMA

Nayemai-Isis McIntosh Green Jesus Raul Cepin

VPAA

Don Greenberg Mark Ochweri Dhruv Sehgal

VPP

Stephanie Zagreda Daniel Sherman Allison Drexler

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Speakers include Ben Eisenkop and Anna Holmes Christina Pullano Editor-in-Chief

Directors organizing this year’s TEDx talk at Binghamton University Paige Nazinitsky/Managing Editor are straying from the norm, and TEDx organizers Steve Prosperi, Stephanie Izquieta and Gina Kim pose in the encouraging BU students to do the Marketplace. This year's TEDx event, scheduled to take place on March 30, same. titled “Stray the Course," will feature Ben “Unidan” Eisenkop, Hannah Fry, Jeff Tickets went on sale Monday for Garzik, Anna Holmes, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Gabriel Sayegh and Sebastian the March 30 talk, titled “Stray the Walker.

Course.” Organizers Steve Prosperi, “All TED conferences are very become,” said Prosperi, a junior Stephanie Izquieta and Gina Kim different, but ours is very different See TEDX Page 6 are hoping to do just that. from what the norm is starting to

New York City flavor takes over Hinman Night Owl

Students bring menu item to satisfy late night appetites, sell more than 300 dishes Madeline Gottlieb

with a plan to bring the dish, which he named Chick-N-Bap, to BU. “I’ve gotten this idea last year Hinman College’s Night Owl now with a couple of buddies of mine,” has a taste of midtown Manhattan, Kim wrote in an email. “People thanks to one group of Binghamton were obsessed with it, and I even University students. witnessed my upperclassmen drive After seeing the success of down and up to purchase tens of chicken over rice dishes in New platters to feast on in Binghamton.

York City, Sung Kim, a senior With that being said, we knew that majoring in management, came up there was a demand and a market for Contributing Writer

us, and all we had to do was execute the dish and target it accordingly.”

The dish consists of marinated chicken, seasoned rice and shredded iceberg lettuce with options for white, green, barbecue or hot sauce, according to co-founder Daekwon Kim, a senior majoring in psychology. At $6 a dish, this new late-night option was a popular choice this past weekend.

“I thought it was a nice change to the menu. It’s very different from the rest of the food Night Owl usually serves,” said Jason Cruz, a sophomore majoring in biology.

But while diners agreed this new option was creative, it did not completely live up to some students’ expectations.

“Personally, I don’t think it’s as good as the kind in the city,

but I think it gives people a good chance to experience it. Especially for people locally, who don’t go the city often, it gives them a feel for what this is,” said Kenny Blando, a sophomore majoring in economics.

Sung Kim explained that his goal was not to replicate the New York City dish, but to give students another option for late-night snacking.

“I think everybody has an expectation of this being the same exact product as the infamous 53rd and 6th chicken over rice,” he wrote. “What I want to tell them is this. I’ve tried to create a very similar experience as the one you would get at 53rd and 6th. And all I want to provide is some quality and

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Turkish students unify over Gezi protests Demonstrators gathered Friday to remember Berkin Elvan, 15, a victim of police brutality We demand an investigation of governments abuse of power which has led to the loss of innocent lives Cagin Bulakbasi Senior majoring in political science

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Students gather in front of the Pegasus statue Friday in protest of police brutality and the government in Turkey. The protest was sparked by the death of 15-year-old Berkin Elvan, a passerby during the 2013 Gezi Park protests, which contested construction plans for Istanbul’s Taksim Gezi Park and evolved into a countrywide protest of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo an and his administration.

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Gezi Park and evolved into a countrywide protest of Turkish Prime Minister Following the death of Recep Tayyip Erdo an and his 15-year-old Berkin Elvan, administration. Elvan went students across Binghamton into a coma after being shot in University gathered in protest the head with a gas canister by of the Turkish government and police at the protest and died police brutality in Turkey. on March 11, 268 days later.

Elvan was a passerby during He is the eighth casualty of the the 2013 Gezi Park protests, Gezi Park protests. which contested construction Family and friends were plans for Istanbul’s Taksim barred from seeing Elvan in the Assistant News Editor

hospital, as police prevented any interaction, according to Can Aykas, a senior majoring in political science. After his death, Elvan was accused of having links to terrorists by Erdo an.

“It is not acceptable governor behavior in a democratic country that ministers force innocent people to accept their decisions with violence and prohibitions…”

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wrote Arda Kursun, a senior majoring in political science, in an email. “Although he was not in protests, governments blamed him joining protests.”

Friday’s protest was organized by various Turkish students, and no student groups were involved. More than 60 people attended the protest at the Pegasus statue.

Cagin Bulakbasi, a senior majoring in political science,

Library adds research tutoring Students can schedule appointments in CIW Joseph Hawthorne Pipe Dream News

Eunice Kim/Contributing Photographer

Sung Kim, a senior majoring in management, dishes up chicken and rice, a business he named Chick-N-Bap, to Binghamton University students. Served at $6 a dish, this new late-night option was a popular choice this past weekend.

OWL continued from Page 1 nostalgic taste of good ol’ chicken over rice for those who may be sober or not during the late night hours.

I hope students will appreciate the fact that due to this, we’re the only campus to serve NYC style chicken over rice in their dining services as far as I’m concerned.”

Regardless of whether or not the dish met taste expectations, it surpassed Sodexo’s sales expectations, according to Christian Ko, a sophomore majoring in computer science and one of Sung Kim’s partners in the culinary venture.

“Sodexo told us that they would be extremely impressed if we manage to sell 150 platters total in two days. We managed to sell little over 300 in the first 3 hours on the first night, forcing us to close down early because we ran out of ingredients,” Ko wrote. “We were

able to provide the same result as the first day - totaling our sales to about 650 platters in merely 6 hours.”

If the experiment continues to go well, Sung Kim may receive more than positive feedback.

“I am employed under Sodexo, thus getting paid Sodexo wages,” he wrote. “However, if we do draw enough attention and traffic due to our product, the people that I have talked to within Sodexo management have agreed to talk further about royalty rates.”

After coming up with the idea to introduce his dish to Night Owl, Sung Kim’s idea had to be cleared by several BU and Sodexo administrators.

“After recreating this product, luck has it that President Stenger came to speak in one of my leadership class last semester. I followed up with him immediately.

Then I included my proposal for an

dining service idea where a student group could partner with Sodexo on campus and during the late night time,” he wrote.

Sung Kim contact Vice President for Student Affairs Brian Rose, and then met with Peter Napolitano, director of Auxiliary Services, who put him in contact with BU’s Sodexo partner.

Sung Kim said he was excited to be making an impact in a field about which he cares deeply.

“Food is one of my few passions in life,” he wrote. “I plan on owning my own restaurant in the city some time in the future.”

Napolitano praised Kim’s initiative in coming up with the menu item.

“This is a very good example of class room learning and real world experience coming together,” he wrote.

said the protest could be defined by four objectives.

“We demand an end to police brutality,” Bulakbasi wrote in an email. “We demand a free media. We demand open democratic dialogue between citizens and those elected to public service, not the dictates of special interest. We demand an investigation of governments abuse of power which has led to … the loss of innocent lives.”

According to Kursun, the goals of the protest were to unify the Turkish student body and inform the campus.

“First, we wanted to show that we are with Turkish people and we are sharing same feelings with them,” Kursun wrote.

“They are not alone and they are totally deserve to freedom in our beautiful country. Our second mission is informing Binghamton University students that Turkish people are forced to live in conditions what governors desire.”

Ekim Kilic, a sophomore majoring in political science, said Elvan represented the democratic change desired in Turkey.

“Berkin is a big symbol for us,” Kilic wrote in an email.

“The symbol of democracy and freedom.”

Starting this semester, Binghamton University students can make appointments with research librarians through the online University Tutoring system, known as TutorTrac, and meet with them in the College-in-theWoods Library.

Students can schedule hourlong appointments to search for sources and work out preliminary ideas for projects, according to librarian Anne Larrivee.

“Librarians will come with their laptop or iPad and sit with the student and informally discuss what they are having trouble with. Whether it’s navigating around resources in the library or they just want to talk out their research question,” said Larrivee, the instruction committee chair.

While librarians have always been available at Glenn G. Bartle Library, Larrivee said they wanted to improve outreach because many students are unaware of the resources the library has to offer until late in their college careers.

“Help’s been there for a long time, but the number one comment we get is, ‘I wish I’d known about this sooner,’” Larrivee said. “So we want to expose students through any means possible. We want to get the word out that this service exists, and we’re trying to be accommodating to students and meet at a location that’s convenient to them.”

Advertising for the program included posts on B-Line and posters; subject tutors were

instructed to direct students that need help planning or researching a project to make an appointment with research librarians.

The program lets students pick the time that is most convenient for them and a research librarian whose schedule fits the student’s.

All librarians are qualified to do general searches through the database, but they all specialize in different fields. Larrivee’s specialities, for example, are anthropology, Africana studies, social work and human development.

The assigned librarian would not necessarily be an expert in the student’s field, but Larrivee said that librarians are flexible and students can contact librarians directly if they choose to.

“It’s geared toward more general research but if a student has a more specific-research question, we tend to refer them to a specific librarian,” Larrivee said.

“The times in the TutorTrac system are also pretty specific, but we are very flexible to accommodate the student, with the exception of 3 a.m.”

According to Larrivee, only three students have signed up so far for appointments through the tutoring website.

“We expected this to happen, that it would be very slow at the beginning because usually students log in in to the system online to search for a specific course. As they start to realize there’s the research librarian help, they will starting choosing it more and more,” said Kellianne Kinane, student assistant to Lisa Bennett of University Tutoring Services and a senior double-majoring in environmental studies and

biology.

The connection between University Tutoring Services and library services was made possible because of the close relationship between assistant director of University Tutoring Services, Lisa Bennett, and former library instruction committee chair, Angelique Jenks-Brown.

In the past, Bartle staff have tried to connect students with librarians through other programs. One such program was called Roving Reference, where librarians with iPads would walk around the stacks, offering their help.

“It’s a service we might explore again in the future,” Larrivee said, “but for now the service to schedule appointments is a more direct program.”

The library also currently offers more anonymous forms of support. Students can email, call or even Skype librarians. But Larrivee said that the scheduled meetings in CIW offer students an opportunity to meet in a more personal setting.

“If students want that virtual interaction, they can just contact us through those means,” Larrivee said. “I know there’s a lot of people intimidated by that face-to-face contact, but this is a means for people who want face-to-face but might not be familiar walking into a library.”

Chris Tufo, a sophomore majoring in computer science, said he appreciated the additions.

“It’s definitely more convenient at CIW,” Tufo said. “I honestly have not thought of meeting with a librarian, but if I want help now, I know where to go.”

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Pipe Line State News

Black Swans

NY Senate rejects NY Dream Act The New York Senate rejected a bill Monday that would open up state tuition assistance to students in the country illegally, dashing long-held hopes of immigration advocates and prompting fingerpointing among rival Democrats. The 30-29 vote was short of the 32 votes needed to pass, a rare defeat for a bill on the floor of the Senate.

There are 63 seats, two are vacant and two senators did not vote. The Senate’s ruling coalition of Republicans and breakaway Democrats brought the closely watched bill to the floor late in the day with little notice. Supporters of the measure said that was intentional. No Republicans voted for the measure, though all five of their coalition partners in the Independent Democratic Conference voted for it.

All but one of the mainline Democrats in the minority voted for the measure. The proposal includes a budget appropriation of $25 million to open up Tuition Assistance Program money for students who are in the country illegally but attend public or private colleges, paying up to $5,000 a year for undergraduates at four-year institutions. Exactly how many would be eligible for the need-based assistance is unclear, but according to a report issued by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, 8,300 such students in the CUNY and SUNY systems would qualify.

8 victims of NY blast died of smoke, burns, trauma Eight people killed in a suspected gas explosion that leveled two Manhattan apartment buildings died of either blunt trauma, smoke inhalation or burns, officials said Monday. The autopsy results were released as investigators continued to examine the circumstances of the Wednesday blast that also left more than 60 injured. All of the deaths were ruled accidental. Five victims — Griselde Camacho, Carmen Tanco, Andreas Panagopoulos, George Amadeo and Rosaura Barrios — died from combinations of blunt trauma injuries to the head, torso and extremities, said medical examiner spokeswoman Julie Bolcer. Two others, Rosaura Hernandez and Jordy Salas, died from smoke inhalation and burns. The eighth victim, identified on Monday as Mayumi Nakamura, died from burns.

Feds: 9/11 mastermind’s testimony should be barred Prosecutors on Monday tried to stop the self-described mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks from providing testimony at the terrorism trial of Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law. The government submitted written arguments asking U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan to exclude the words of Khalid Sheik Mohammed from Sulaiman Abu Ghaith’s trial.

Abu Ghaith is on trial on charges he conspired to kill Americans and aided al-Qaida as the terror group’s spokesman after Sept. 11. The 48-year-old onetime imam at a Kuwaiti mosque was brought to New York from Turkey last year. Prosecutors said defense lawyers should be blocked from calling Mohammed as a witness through live, closedcircuit video from Guantanamo Bay, where he is imprisoned. They cite the late request — the defense began its presentation by calling two FBI agents as witnesses on Monday — and the fact that Mohammed has insisted he will not testify. The judge scheduled arguments on the issue for Tuesday morning.

National University News Charges dropped against 1 defendant in FAMU case An attorney for one of the remaining defendants charged in the hazing death of a Florida A&M drum major said Saturday that prosecutors will not pursue charges against his client. Zachary White, the attorney for ex-band member Henry Nesbitt, told The Associated Press that the state attorney is dismissing manslaughter and felony hazing charges against Nesbitt in Robert Champion’s November 2011 death following a hazing ritual aboard a bus parked outside an Orlando hotel. A message left with the state attorney’s office was not immediately returned, but a “nolle prosequi” was filed Friday in Nesbitt’s case. The Latin phrase means the charges are not being pursued. Champion collapsed and died after prosecutors said he walked down the aisle of a bus as other band members beat him with fists and instruments. Nesbitt, 27, was not implicated by witnesses as being heavily involved in Champion’s hazing, according to investigation documents previously released by the state attorney.

His only listed involvement was being the person who called 911 after Champion collapsed.

Corrections Pipe Dream strives for accuracy in all we publish. We recognize that mistakes will sometimes occur, but we treat errors very seriously. If you see a mistake in the paper, please contact Editorin-Chief Christina Pullano at editor@bupipedream.com.

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Performers pose during the Evolution Dance Company’s annual dance show, Luminescence. The show was held Sunday afternoon in the Anderson Center’s Chamber Hall.

Police Watch A lighter take on campus crime

Flier By Night FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 3:00 p.m. — Patrol officers at Parking Lot M2 found multiple postcard-sized fliers placed on cars parked in the lot, said Investigator Patrick Reilly of Binghamton’s New York State University Police. The act of placing fliers on cars is illegal on campus.

The fliers advertised a concert at the Ice House Nightclub. Officers called the nightclub and told them that they cannot place fliers on cars and that if they do it again, they will be charged a cleanup fee since cleaners have to dispose of all the fliers that are blown around in the wind.

Somebody’s not getting a tip FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 10:45 p.m. — Officers observed a gray vehicle parked in the middle of East Access Drive, Reilly said. The officers noticed the 23-year-old female driver exit the car to deliver Jimmy John’s sandwiches.

The officers recognized the suspect from a prior traffic violation and searched for her in their database. They found that her right to drive was suspended in New York state. The suspect was given a ticket for aggravated unlicensed vehicle operation and an appearance ticket for Vestal Town Court.

This Day in History February 18th 1962 France and the leaders of the Front de Libération Nationale (FLN) sign a peace agreement to end the seven-year Algerian War, signaling the end of 130 years of colonial French rule in Algeria.

Parkour Enthusiast SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 3:38 a.m. — Officers responded to O’Connor Hall due to reports of an intoxicated student who sustained a head injury, Reilly said. The 18-year-old male was coherent and able to answer the officers’ questions when they arrived. The victim stated that he arrived back from drinking Downtown and decided to jump off of the railing on the north stairwell and hit his head on a garbage can after his shoe got caught on the railing when he took his leap.

Harpur’s Ferry was called, and the victim was transferred to UHS Wilson Medical Center.

Gone Forever SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 3:44 p.m. — A 21-year-old male lost his wallet on the way to the Fine Arts Building from Chenango Champlain Collegiate Center, Reilly said. The victim stated that while he was walking there, he noticed that his wallet was missing. The wallet is a black leather trifold wallet, which contained the victim’s school ID, driver’s license and cash. The victim has decided to prosecute a suspect if one is found. The case is still under investigation.

“I’m disappointed that this year, I will be unable to participate in the parade. As mayor of the city of Boston, I have to do my best to ensure that all Bostonians are free to participate fully in the civic life of our city.”

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh on his decision to boycott the city’s St. Patrick’s Day parade related to a ban on openly gay demonstrations

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Grad students party for charity Soiree raises money for philanthropy class Carla Sinclair

Contributing Writer

Students, teachers and community members gathered together Friday night for “Party with a Purpose” in Downtown Binghamton.

A collaboration between the Master of Public Administration (MPA) Graduate Student Organization and the College of Community and Public Affairs (CCPA), the sixth annual event was a chance for students and faculty alike to network, mingle and raise money for a local nonprofit, and was entirely orchestrated by students in the MPA program.

The party, held at Terra Cotta, a catering hall on State Street, was a fundraiser for the MPA’s Philanthropy Incubator, which raises money to be donated to local nonprofit organizations.

The event included appetizers, a DJ, an open bar and a raffle of prizes donated by local businesses, such as a Dunkin’ Donuts gift card and a gift basket from Tom & Marty’s. A number of graduate students in the MPA program, professors from the public administration department, business owners and Mayor Rich David, were all in attendance.

The $40-per-person fee will go to a cause determined in April by the students in the MPA course, Public Affairs 552: Issues in Notfor-Profit Administration. This feature of the class is funded by the Philanthropy Incubator and is meant to help graduate students learn about funding non-profits.

“The Philanthropy Incubator

bridges the classroom and the community by encouraging students to reflect and act upon the ways in which philanthropic and nonprofit organizations can meet community needs,” said Leana Testani, the MPA philanthropy chair. “As future public administrators, it is important for us to understand the needs of the public and learn ways to provide those needs.

Philanthropy is tied directly into how nonprofits can provide those needs.”

The class, taught by CCPA assistant professor Susan Appe, is also part of a program called Students4Giving, which grants graduate students of select universities money to teach public administration, and teaches social work students skills in raising and allocating money and resources to nonprofits.

“The idea of the class is to teach people how to fund nonprofit organizations. So the students in the graduate class this year are someday going to be nonprofit managers,” Appe said. “So they need to understand funds, and how do funders get money. Giving the students the reigns to coordinating this event, they are allowed themselves to be the funders and they can see how the process works.”

The project is part of a larger goal within the CCPA and the MPA program: to integrate the school and program into the Binghamton community and its nonprofits while teaching students professional skills.

“The event is really for the advancement of Binghamton. I

mean, we go to school here, but besides the main campus there’s a whole community here that has needs and does great things,” said Lisbeth Pereyra, a first-year graduate student studying public administration. “So I feel like it’s only right to put the effort toward the community that’s so great to us as students and houses our students. We’re only here for so many years, but while you are, you’re part of the community.

You’re contributing, you’re taking from it, so it’s a great way to give back.”

The project is the brainchild of public administration department chair David Campbell, who established the Philanthropy Incubator in 2008 in hopes of teaching the students skills in the public sector.

“I really love that it’s studentrun, and that the students in the MPA program are learning to be leaders,” Campbell said. “And this event helps them practice and showcase what they’ve learned.”

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Superconductors found with computer models Evolutionary process used to find materials Souvik Chatterjee Contributing Writer

Evolution isn’t necessarily limited to biology.

Researchers are discovering new materials to build optimal superconductors, or extremely cold materials that conduct electricity with zero resistance.

Aleksey Kolmogorov, assistant professor of physics at Binghamton University, spoke Monday during an evolutionary studies seminar about his work on finding new superconductors.

“Superconductors are a big part of my research, and they can alleviate a lot of problems in society,” Kolmogorov said.

By applying a process analogous to natural selection, researchers like Kolmogorov discovered better materials for making superconductors.

Superconductors are used in scientific projects, such as the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland, as well as consumer services like bullet trains in Japan and MRI machines. Their biggest advantage is their resistance to electricity.

To make a superconductor “from scratch,” one must start with a material with a crystal lattice structure. A crystal lattice structure is the way the atoms are organized

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Aleksey Kolmogorov, assistant professor of physics at Binghamton University, gives a talk during an evolutionary studies seminar about his work on finding new superconductors. Superconductors are widely used, from the Large Hadron Collider, which detected the Higgs boson last summer, to MRI machines.

in a material. For example, diamonds are the hardest material known to man because of their structure.

Graphite, which is made with the same elements, is much softer.

“There’s a fine line between what is a superconductor and what’s not a superconductor,” Kolmogorov said.

Figuring out what structure to start with is the first generation in the process. To get to the second generation and then the final product of a superconductor, researchers came up with a method through computers to allow them to identify which combination of elements and in what amounts would work best.

They used computers and programs to figure out which structures would work as superconductors. By programming in techniques found in evolution like natural selection, researchers were able to come up with materials that worked.

According to Kolmogorov, his team discovered that FeB4 was the first superconductor designed fully “in silico” or in computers.

“I thought it was interesting take, like it was cool to see this perspective of evolutionary studies,” said Josh Cohen, a junior majoring in economics.

“It’s nice seeing all the different fields that evolution works with.”

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Student Congress settles ballot CIW C-Store cuts hours

Adjustments made due to traffic pattern changes

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Tycho McManus/Staff Photographer Eric Larson, the president of the Student Association, speaks at the Student Congress meeting Monday evening. The SA’s Planning, Research and Elections Committee released the randomized ballot order for this year’s SA E-Board elections after having reviewed the signatures that candidates turned in and reviewing election rules at the meeting.

Members debate internship credit limits and RA applications Davina Bhandari

Assistant News Editor

The Student Congress finalized the ballot Monday evening for this year’s Student Association Executive Board elections.

The Planning, Research and Elections Committee released the ballot, with a randomized order, after reviewing the signatures that candidates turned in and reviewing election rules.

The candidates for president, in the order that they appear on the ballot, are Louis Meringolo, Alex Liu and Ravi Prakriya.

Christopher Zamlout is running

unopposed for executive vice president (EVP). The candidates for vice president for academic affairs (VPAA) are Don Greenberg, Mark Ochweri and Dhruv Sehgal. The candidates for vice president for finance (VPF) are Thomas Sheehan and Ethan Shepherd. The candidates for vice president for multicultural affairs (VPMA) are Nayemai-Isis McIntosh Green and Jesus Raul Cepin. The candidates for vice president for programming (VPP) are Stephanie Zagreda, Daniel Sherman and Allison Drexler.

Eric Larson, SA president and a senior majoring in economics, questioned the necessity of

deciding on an order for the names on the ballot, asking whether or not the order would be randomized on the electronic ballot — a question to which nobody knew the answer.

The SC meeting also addressed some ongoing student concerns.

EVP Samson Widerman discussed student concerns associated with ResLife and the resident assistant application process. When a student who applies is informed that he or she has not been hired as an RA, the email reads that the student is “not hirable,” according to Widerman.

“Those are just some harsh words to hear as a student,

and it doesn’t really go with the whole ResLife mantra of encouraging students to be good leaders,” said Widerman, a senior double-majoring in English and philosophy, politics and law.

VPAA Derrick Conyers discussed issues regarding the internship credit limit.

According to Conyers, internship classes will be worth three credits instead of the typical four. Additionally, the cap for credits has been raised from eight to 12. However, it is unclear when and if this will go into effect for all internship classes.

The College-in-the-Woods Convenience Store has decreased hours as of Monday, now opening at 4 p.m. every day, while still closing at 1 a.m.

The C-Store used to be open throughout the whole day, beginning at 8 a.m. on weekdays and 11:30 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.

“With the new food venues that opened this semester, traffic patterns have changed, and these hours were adjusted to provide the best service for students based on current business levels,” said Casey Slocum, Sodexo unit marketing coordinator.

The hours for Night Owl remain the same, opening at 8:30 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and 7 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

Night Owl serves various foods made-to-order, such as burgers, fries and fried mac and cheese bites. It also serves treats like milkshakes and sundaes.

Many students were unaware of the change and, upon finding out, said they were unaffected.

Garrett Darrah, a freshman majoring in geology and a CIW resident, said that he thought the change would have little to no impact on the student body.

“I don’t think the change

will effect the CIW community extremely negatively. Most people only go there in the morning for coffee anyway, which they can get downstairs and all over campus. Anything else you can pretty much find in other locations as well, or just wait until 4 p.m. to get it,” Darrah said.

Some students said they found the changes inconvenient, saying that more options should be made available.

“I think they should open earlier on weekends. It makes it difficult that nothing is open earlier than 11 in CIW; not everybody sleeps that late.

If they opened the C-Store earlier, you could get food or coffee,” said Emma Bijou, a sophomore majoring in psychology.

According to Slocum, the new hours are being tested on a trial basis for the rest of the spring semester. Sodexo will monitor how the new hours of operation are working, and are open to making further adjustments next fall.

The Marketplace also has a C-Store, which offers similar provisions to those found in the CIW store. This location offers extended hours of operation. Slocum said that these hours are in place to meet the needs of the campus community while other locations may be closed.

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Tycho McManus/Staff Photographer Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at the Events Center Saturday morning as part of the Citizen Preparedness Corps Training Programs, organized by the governor’s office in conjunction with the New York National Guard and the Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Services. Speakers noted the significance of emergency preparation to Broome County after the damage incurred from massive flooding in 2006 and 2011.

and are currently in contact with the federal government in order to purchase part of the former Army Depot in the Town of Fenton for use as a shelter to house displaced people in the event of a disaster.

“We worked hard to get a regional disaster supply center at the Greater Binghamton Airport. It is one of only nine in the state which houses supplies people would need during a flood including generators, food, water, pumps and portable lights,” Preston said.

Trainees were advised to sign up for local alert systems, which officials can use to send out mass information during a disaster, and were directed to a new website, prepare.ny.gov, for advice.

Other parts of the presentation focused on the aftermath of a disaster situation, like providing sufficient food and water for everyone in the family. Major General Patrick Murphy advocated for using dehydrated food rather than canned food, which can expire. He reminded attendees to continuously rotate out canned items to avoid having only expired rations in case of emergency, and reminded everyone to provide one gallon of water per day per person.

“In the event of a disaster or emergency, not all resources may be readily available,” Murphy said during the preparedness presentation. “Some advanced planning

and common sense may make all the difference.”

Presenters told attendees to get themselves trained in basic first aid so that in an emergency, already overburdened emergency service providers don’t put themselves in danger or spread their attention too thinly by responding to calls that citizens could handle themselves.

“You are the first emergency responders for your home,” Cuomo said. “You need to be prepared.”

The presentation emphasized key points that are vital to staying safe in a dangerous situation. The most highlighted point was to never turn any utilities, specifically gas and water, back on after a disaster until inspected by a professional.

Citizens were advised to create two meeting spots for their immediate family in the event of a disaster: one right outside the house and another right outside the neighborhood. Additionally, a person outside of the immediate area should be chosen as a contact point, and all members of the family should try to communicate with this designated person in the event that they lose contact with their local relatives.

All in attendance received an emergency preparedness kit after listening to an instructional presentation about what to do in the event of an emergency.

The items in the kit included water bottles, D batteries, a flashlight and a first aid kit.

Before the governor’s speech, around

50 protesters gathered outside of the Events Center to advocate against fracking in New York state.

Fracking is temporarily banned in New York, and anti-fracking activists from New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), Democracy Now! and the local area used the opportunity to try and convince Cuomo that the practice should remain illegal.

“We want to tell Governor Cuomo that students at Binghamton University do not want fracking in New York state,” said Raffaella Glasser, a NYPIRG intern and project coordinator for NYPIRG’s antifracking campaign as well as a sophomore majoring in environmental studies. “If they were to frack, it would be right here in Binghamton, and this is our water supply, this is our town. We don’t want our land permanently ruined by fracking.”

Alumna Abbie Tamber, a resident of Oxford, N.Y., said that she thought the emergency preparedness training was an appropriate venue to voice her opinion on hydrofracking.

“We’re not here for the disaster relief, we are here to prevent the disaster,” said Tamber, who received her bachelor’s degree from Binghamton University in 1977 and did her graduate work at BU in 1984. “We won’t be here if we frack. We will poison our wells and poison our water.

We won’t have farming, and we won’t have food.”

TEDx organizers aim for originality, low cost TEDX continued from Page 1 majoring in finance and marketing of new media as part of the individualized major program.

Prosperi explained that at other universities, like Rutgers University, students have to apply with a resume to attend TEDx talks, and admission could be hundreds of dollars, whereas BU’s TEDx talk costs $5 and is open to the public.

“If you look at the speakers, nothing really connects them,” said Izquieta, a junior majoring in philosophy, politics and law.

This year’s conference will include talks from Ben “Unidan” Eisenkop, Hannah Fry, Jeff Garzik, Anna Holmes, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Gabriel Sayegh and Sebastian Walker, with a performance from the Binghamton Crosbys.

This is the fourth year of TEDx talks at BU, which was the first SUNY to host its own TEDx conference. Organizers said they are looking for more student engagement this year leading up to the event.

“This year we’re trying to get the ‘X’ around campus,” Izquieta said, referring to the group’s Facebook page, which features students with the red “X” that symbolizes

the independently organized conferences. “We, the organizers, challenge you: How are you going to stray the course?”

Connecting to students is important, Izquieta said, because of the potential students at BU have.

“It’s these things that we don’t always see on the surface of people when we sit next to them in class, but when you ask them the question — everyone’s passionate

about something,” Izquieta said.

The directors said they may tap into those ideas in the future with a competition for one undergraduate speaker to give his or her own TEDx talk at next year’s event.

“You never know — anyone among us now could be a future TED speaker because they may have some idea that’s great that they just haven’t shared yet,” Izquieta said.

With the TEDx slogan of

“ideas worth spreading,” directors said they are looking forward to hosting speakers from an array of backgrounds, all of whom have made their mark by going against the grain.

“I think just about everybody that gives a TED talk has strayed the course in some way,” Prosperi said.

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Saturday, May 3 on a stage outside of the Student Wing.

As the third highest-voted group This Spring Fling, prepare for an on this year’s Spring Fling survey, extra dose of daylight, because Matt Matt and Kim are deserving of our and Kim are coming to Binghamton headlining spot. They have played University. at festivals like Bonnaroo and The indie rock duo, known Coachella, and unlike headliners for energetic hits like “Good Ol’ from previous years, they haven’t Fashion Nightmare,” “Let’s Go” and been irrelevant since 2003.

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they don’t just play music, they put on a show,” said Mariana Moriello, vice president of programming for the Student Association (SA).

Moriello and the SA are taking a different approach with Spring Fling this year, turning the concert into a festival-style event and merging it with International Fest.

During the day, International Fest will be held on the Peace Quad

and Spring Fling mainly along the Spine, with rides and entertainment dispersed throughout.

“We’re combining the two events but hoping to keep their separate identities,” Moriello said.

This year’s Spring Fling has more acts than ever before. The concert will begin at 6 p.m. with the winner of this year’s Battle of the Bands student competition,

followed by three opening acts.

Pipe Dream, BTV and WHRW 90.5 FM will announce the openers on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday — one per day — each at 8:05 p.m.

“We’re hoping to make Spring Fling bigger and better than ever before, taking ideas from festivals from around the country,” Moriello said.

While we don’t want to

give anything away, Haley Garofalo, events chair for the SA Programming Board, promises that “there’s a genre for everyone.”

So stay tuned for those announcements, and prepare yourselves for an unforgettable Spring Fling. We’ll see you there.

The facts behind the acts: how SAPB books shows Between sending bids, handling money and satisfying students, here's how it's done Jacob Shamsian | Assistant Release Editor Every year, students bemoan the Spring Fling lineup, no matter which acts the Student Association books. We all know that little ol’ Binghamton University can’t afford to book Beyoncé, but how much money can the Student Association spend, exactly? And how does the whole process of booking concerts work? Well, let’s break down the numbers.

Every full-time undergraduate student pays the Student Association an Activity Fee of $190 each year along with tuition and other fees.

From that sum, 11 percent goes to the SA Programming Board (SAPB), which organizes festivals and books concerts throughout the year. This year, the SAPB was allocated a budget of $250,211.50.

According to Mariana Moriello, the vice president for programming, the budget is small compared to other

schools’. University at Albany, which has around the same number of undergraduates as BU, has around $388,000 to spend on their spring concert alone (they’re getting J. Cole).

“Basically, they have a lot more money than we do to play around with,” said Moriello, a senior doublemajoring in anthropology and psychology. “That’s something that maybe we can change in the future, but for now at least we do really well with our money.”

And then there’s the deficit.

Because of overspending from previous years, the Programming Board is operating with a $30,000 debt. Moriello tries to spend less than her total budget to chip away at that figure.

The Spring Fling budget isn’t set yet, and Moriello did not disclose how much each act costs, but the festival normally costs around $30,000, not including the cost of the concert.

Frost Fest, the second-most expensive

festival, costs around $10,000. Then there are more fees — cleanup after the festival costs $14,000, security costs around $7,000 and an agent fee for booking the artists usually costs 10 percent of the cost of the act.

“We have a very good working relationship with him, so we normally don’t end up paying the full 10 percent. Usually it’s around 7 percent. He gives us a good break,” Moriello said.

SAPB sent out around 30 bids asking artists to perform at Spring Fling this year, starting the process in late November. They booked Matt and Kim in December and the other three acts in February. Artists usually take up to two weeks to reject or accept a bid to play a concert, making the process slow. The two-week wait period sometimes leads to missed opportunities — the board tried and failed to get Chance The Rapper and Hoodie Allen for Spring Fling, for example, because they were already booked.

Moriello said that using an agent to book bids on the board’s behalf is worthwhile despite the cost.

“People have this misconception that an agent wants you to pay more, but that’s not necessarily true because he block books,” Moriello said. “So what he’ll do is he’ll book J. Cole for us, and then he’ll book J. Cole for two more schools by us so that we can all get a discount because we’re all together.”

Numerous other festivals, planned months before Spring Fling, are happening on the same day, so booking was competitive, according to Moriello.

“There are so many festivals on the same day as Spring Fling,” Moriello said. “There’s huge music festivals on May 3rd throughout the country and even in Mexico. That impacted who we could get.”

Budgeting for the Spring Fling concert also depends on the success of the year’s previous concerts.

Moriello decided not to have a second

fall concert in order to save money for Spring Fling. Last semester’s J. Cole concert recouped the cost of the performance, but it didn’t make any money on top of that.

“We’ve never — I mean ever — made a profit,” Moriello said. “To make a profit, we would have to charge the students way too much money.”

SAPB distributes money from their overall budget to each programming chair based on which events happen every year and how much they cost in previous years. The chairs include concerts, festivals, hospitality, advertising, variety, insights and Binghamton Underground Music Presents (BUMP).

“We allocated the standard. We know we always have Spring Fling, and we know we always have Frost Fest, and we know we always do the concert or the comedy show for Parents Weekend,” Moriello said.

After funds were given to each

chair at the beginning of the year, the remaining money was pooled and set aside. Chairs can request funds from that pool based on their plans. For instance, BUMP normally gets $5,000 to $8,000 for their annual budget, but because BUMP tried something new this year and put a show on during University Fest, they received additional funds from the pool.

In previous years, SAPB gave each chair a particular percentage of the overall budget with no central pool of additional funds. The Programming Board also has other small sources of funding. Last semester, Campus Activities contributed toward the $30,000 cost of the Demetri Martin show.

With only about $250,000 on the table every year, Miley and Kanye may be out of reach, but SAPB regularly brings entertaining acts to the students and makes our lives a little more fun.

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Senior musicians end on a high note at BUMP show

Graduating is the end of a music career for some students, but it's the beginning for others Kenneth Herman | Staff Writer

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On Saturday night, Binghamton Underground Music Presents (BUMP) put on its second student showcase this year. A concert consisting solely of graduating seniors, this was the last BUMP show for many musicians who made their mark playing shows as undergraduates.

“I’m sad that all of these great student musicians are graduating,” said Allison Drexler, BUMP co-chair and a junior double-majoring in art history and political science.

“I’ll definitely miss seeing them perform.”

On-campus shows have given musicians like singersongwriter Christine Spilka, a senior majoring in chemistry, a platform to grow as a performer.

Her band, The Jean Jackets, opened for Titus Andronicus her freshman year.

“In terms of my confidence and songwriting abilities, I have grown so much that it feels really nice looking back,” Spilka said. “That BUMP show definitely solidified the fact that we could still be making music and play shows even though we were attending different schools.”

Students like Ian Miller, a senior majoring in art history who played a DJ set, appreciate a music community that is welcoming to all students.

“Music is such a unique art form, and it’s so universal.

Even someone who wouldn’t speak a word of English could walk into this show right now and have a blast,” Miller said.

Singer-guitarist Mike Shapiro, a senior majoring in electrical engineering, looked back fondly on his time playing shows in Binghamton.

“The thing I’ll miss most is being able to jam and create music with so many talented people at Binghamton University,” Shapiro said.

“Especially over the last two years, I feel that the music community here has become much closer and supportive of each other’s material.”

What’s next for these

"The thing I’ll miss most is being able to jam and create music with so many talented people at Binghamton University" -Mike Shapiro Senior majoring in electrical engineering

musicians? The answers vary depending on their priorities and goals.

“I’m going to play some gigs in the summer, then after that learn French because most likely I’ll be going to perfumery school in France for two years,” Spilka said.

Likewise, Shapiro sees music in his future.

“I’ll definitely keep making music in the future. I’m hoping to move next year to Boston and see what the weather’s like over there,” he said.

Miller similarly faces the reality of graduating.

“I’m really just trying to figure out what it’s like to be an adult — I’ve been a student since I was 6 years old,” he said.

With so many core musicians leaving BU’s music scene, the future is unclear, but Drexler is hopeful.

“I will miss the bands that are graduating, but the number of student bands on campus continues to grow each year. I know there are great student musicians out there that we haven’t found out about yet, so I’m not worried about the numbers dwindling,” Drexler said.

Jason Tuori, a senior majoring in biology, performs at a student showcase hosted by BUMP.

24 hours of music and debauchery at WHRW The annual Paul J. Battaglia marathon brings station members together for a full day Emily Mancini | Staff Writer WHRW 90.5 FM hosted its annual 24-hour marathon in memory of Paul J. Battaglia, a former general manager who lost his life in the Sept. 11 attack. Student DJs and staff came together and celebrated free-format radio in his honor by staying up all night and playing whatever the heck they wanted on the radio, from electronic dance music to whale noises and everything in between.

The fun started at 1 p.m.

Friday with a memorial to Battaglia, followed by nonironic on-air games like “Name that Subgenre” and “Name the B-Side.” At 11 p.m., the Mad Trivia Party hosted a celebrity guest, Binghamton Mayor Rich David. WHRW members camped out in the station lobby and the adjacent meeting room, munching on pizza and gulping down coffee in anticipation of a much-awaited event: the roast of General Manager Dan Spaventa.

“This is an awesome way to bring members of the radio station together,” said Isabella Castiglioni, a freshman majoring in anthropology.

“There are so many DJs this semester that it’s hard to get to know some of them just because you don’t see them all the time.”

The WHRW management staff took turns playfully grilling each other on air, poking fun at Radio Theatre Director Charles Berman’s bad breath and Spaventa’s poor hygiene and weird thrift shop fetish. Despite the flurry of insults, Spaventa was wistful about the thought of leaving Binghamton University and his beloved, albeit slightly grimy, radio station.

“Guys, I don’t wanna leave college,” said Spaventa, a senior double-majoring in cinema and English.

Around 3 a.m., the atmosphere in the station had turned from one of fun and excitement to giddy, late-night delirium brought on by gallons of Dunkin’ Donuts boxed coffee and soda. Student station

members began to take out their energy by racing around the New University Union basement in the large blue mail bins, nearly careening into the Pipe Dream newsstands and sending each other flying into the concrete walls.

“I don’t even know what’s going on anymore,” said Quinton Banks, a University research technician, as he watched a cart filled with overcaffeinated students whiz past.

“This is why I love college,” said Marisa Monte, the public relations coordinator of WHRW. The station members really began losing sanity around 5 a.m., when News Director Ray Futia and Spaventa began DJ-ing a peculiar mix of whale noises and EDM over the airwaves. The marathon continued until 1 p.m. Saturday, concluding with a remembrance of Battaglia and his contribution to the thriving, weird entity that is WHRW.

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'Titanfall': the next step in first-person gaming This multiplayer shooter from Microsoft is 'Call of Duty' for the new generation Arguably the most anticipated game of the new console generation, “Titanfall” hit the shelves last Tuesday and has since taken the gaming world by storm. Developed mainly by one of the “Call of Duty” co-creators, “Titanfall” won over 60 awards at the last Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) and could change the firstperson shooter genre from here on out.

Designing a controller driver especially for this game, Microsoft has really put faith into this project. With early reviewers predicting it to be the next logical evolution for first-person shooters of the new generation, Microsoft isn’t just hoping for a blockbuster.

They’re hoping for a game changer.

Perhaps the greatest aspect of “Titanfall” is that it’s not really bringing anything new

to the table. When you sit down and play it, you aren’t surprised by gaming elements that you haven’t seen before. On the contrary, as soon as you load up the game, you feel very much at home in the midst of an interplanetary military struggle. The story may not be the strongest or best developed — “Titanfall” is a straight-up, adrenalinerush, robotic brawl. The game isn’t offering an emotionally driven war story.

However, “Titanfall” appeals to “Call of Duty’s” online multiplayer bro culture, and does a great job at synthesizing the elements of crowd favorite first-person shooters of the last generation. The fluid and dynamic motions of the pilots (foot soldiers) are very reminiscent of “Mirror’s Edge,” while the large-scale, teambased mayhem recalls titles like “Battlefield.” From the first glance at the game, you may even be inclined to think of it as the love child of “Halo” and “Call

of Duty.” What “Titanfall” does best is not forcing the gamer to make any compromises with multiplayer game elements. It knows that you want it all, and it’s more than willing to bring it.

The game revolves around a military struggle between the Interstellar Manufacturing Corporation and the Militia.

While “campaign mode” usually implies a single-player, narrated experience, the campaign in “Titanfall” is more like a series of online multiplayer matches with some occasional voiceovers and challenges. This, of course, weakens the story experience, but it’s really just practice for the game’s “classic mode,” which ditches the story elements and thrusts the player into multiplayer, team-based carnage.

In “Titanfall,” you’ll play as two separate entities across all the classic game modes and campaigns: the Pilot and the Titan. As a Pilot, you play as a

foot soldier with customizable gun load-outs and appearances.

You’ll fight other Pilots and Titans from the opposing team.

After two minutes, you’ll be able to call in your Titan. The two-minute time period can be reduced by making enemy kills (comparable to “Call of Duty” killstreaks).

When you call in your Titan, look to the sky to see your robotic counterpart come crashing down like a meteor.

You can either pilot your Titan, or activate its AI mode.

While you’re not necessarily more powerful as a Titan (it has its trade-offs), you might never feel as overpowered as when you melee-punch enemy ground soldiers. These soldiers, however, can jump on your back and attack your weak points for massive damage. When your Titan is close to death, you have the option to eject (very ‘60s spy-style) and escape your demise.

The combat runs a lot like

the familiar “Call of Duty” game that everyone’s used to, with added elements. From wall running to double jump jetpacking, the dimensions of the common first-person shooter have been completely expanded.

You can’t just camp out on a roof somewhere anymore because it’s no longer hard to get to. It’s now quite literally a jump away.

Areas of the map and vertical levels have never seemed more open. The game begs for lesser regard for your own character’s survival, pushing you to rush enemies and act quickly. The best part is, it never lets up.

While “Titanfall” may lack a cohesive and impressive story line, it’s important to note that the game never promised a deep and involved narrative. If you want more of an emotional, story-driven, single-player experience, you’ll want a game like “Dark Souls II” (which also came out last Tuesday for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360).

“Titanfall” promised a fun and

engaging multiplayer experience across all the game modes, and it has certainly delivered. So if you’re down for an intense multiplayer experience and you find yourself particularly drawn to jumping with jet packs and controlling huge powerful robots, “Titanfall” will be a game you won’t want to pass up.

You can pick it up now for $60 at a game retailer.

“Titanfall” was created as a Microsoft exclusive through a contract between Microsoft and publisher EA Games that will span the life of the title.

This means that the game won’t ever make it to PlayStation.

Exclusives aren’t uncommon, but at such an early stage in the game, the Xbox One is showing a much stronger showcase of exclusive content for its users.

So, did Microsoft get the genre-defining shooter that it paid so much for? Only time will tell. All we can be sure of is that people are going to be playing this game for a while.

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he surface benefits of studying abroad are obvious: getting out of your comfort zone, learning another language, experiencing another way of life and transcending cultural boundaries.

But if so much is to be gained, why don’t more Binghamton University students study abroad?

BU aspires to be a globally-minded university. We do really well when it comes to international students coming here. But we’re suffering from a poor exchange rate.

Certain majors and departments do better than others in enabling students to easily study abroad. The English department, for instance, has a well-regarded study abroad program in London that gives English majors the opportunity to take classes that fulfill requirements for the major, study with other English majors and travel with a BU English professor.

But it’s a mistake to think that study abroad is or should be exclusively for liberal arts majors. In fact, we’d especially like to see more programs enabling students majoring in disciplines like math and the sciences the opportunity to study abroad. Isn’t math the universal language?

For some students, taking an entire semester away from Binghamton is an obstacle. Some majors and tracks require that certain courses be taken consecutively.

Studying abroad for a semester could disrupt students’

academic paths. For this reason, we would like to see more summer and winter break study abroad opportunities. The University could further incentivize these short-term study abroad programs by having them fulfill major or general education requirements.

We need more classes like Biology 472: Tropical Ecology and Conservation, which travels to Costa Rica for a week over spring break to see up close the tropical ecology students study in class. Or the winter School of Management abroad program to India, which looks at the country’s economy and society. These trips give context and another dimension to class material and don’t compromise an entire semester.

There are a lot of benefits to having future doctors study medicine in the Third World, or future engineers study buildings in Europe. Shorter programs would enable students from math- and science-oriented departments to take full advantage of these opportunities without disrupting sequential courses. There are currently no programs in place for students in the Watson School of Engineering to study abroad; the website for the engineering school simply tells interested students choose their program carefully.

Until the University comes up with more short-term programs for the mathematically- or scientificallyminded among us, students might as well follow Watson’s less than helpful advice and find a program at another school or within SUNY System Abroad, the SUNY-wide database.

As Nicholas Kristof wrote in his piece “Go West, Young People! And East!” in yesterday’s The New York Times, “it makes no sense to study Spanish on a college campus when it is so much cheaper and more exhilarating to move to Bolivia, study or get a job and fall in love with a Bolivian.”

While all that may be overly idealistic, the truth is, most of us Binghamton University students only know life in New York. We hail from downstate, Rochester, Syracuse or sometimes even foreign lands like New Jersey. Going abroad is our chance to see the world before we likely get jobs in — you guessed it — New York. It’s important that, before the workplace sucks us in and the concept of travel becomes, ahem, foreign, we seize the day and travel. It doesn’t have to mean a whole semester. It can even mean two weeks. Regardless, go forth and Instagram. You’ll thank us later.

Views expressed in the opinion pages represent the opinions of the columnists.

The only piece which represents the views of the Pipe Dream Editorial Board is the Staff Editorial, above. The Editorial Board is composed of the Editor-in-Chief, News Editor, Opinion Editor, Sports Editor, and Release Editor.

Opposing abortion means supporting sex ed Conservatives must take up certain causes if they are going to limit women's choice Madison Ball Columnist

Conservatives who are anti-abortion, or “pro-lifers,” need to accept that we don’t live in a world where the only people who have sex are wealthy, married couples. This is far from reality.

If you personally object to abortion on moral grounds, fine. But if you’re against abortion, there are a couple of things you need to work toward and support. And if you’re a conservative, chances are you’re not.

The first thing you should be extremely supportive of is welfare. If you’re supporting abortion restrictions, you should be in equal support of welfare. If you tell a woman who struggles to support herself that she must now support a child, you can’t then turn around and bash her for needing government assistance. If the goal is to prevent abortions, you must help create an environment where giving birth to a child won’t mean that a woman will be stricken with poverty for the rest of her life.

The second is free and accessible

birth control. The only way to prevent unwanted pregnancy is to make sure that all people can have safe and protected sex, not just the people who can afford it.

People are going to have sex. Teenagers, poor people, everyone. To believe otherwise is to live with your head in the clouds. Pro-life conservatives need to stop pushing abstinence and start pushing the distribution of protection because if people can’t afford condoms, chances are they can’t afford to raise a child, either.

The third issue conservatives should be extremely supportive of is sex education in schools. Sex is natural.

Clearly, animals have sex all the time, and not because they learned about it in their sex education class. You’re not going to keep teens from having sex by simply not telling them what sex is and hoping they won’t find out until their wedding night. Teaching students about sex is important for two main reasons.

For some, learning about all the risks associated with having sex may help them to decide they’re not ready and will abstain. For others, understanding the risks may lead them to take proper precautions. So what’s the problem?

The fourth thing pro-lifers should be supporting is adoption of all kinds.

The only “solution” conservatives ever

manage to lend to scared, pregnant women is adoption.

“There’s always adoption!,” they constantly remind the world as if we’d all forgotten. Yeah, there is always adoption.

Something else there “is always” a lot of is unwanted children. According to the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute, there are 400,540 children in the U.S. living without permanent families in the foster care system.

115,00 of these children are eligible for adoption, but nearly 40 percent of them will wait over three years in foster care before being adopted. Globally, there are almost 18 million orphans who have lost both parents and are living in orphanages or on the streets.

Ironically, many of the people preaching adoption to women are the same people who continue to oppose adoption rights for gay couples. Theoretically, pro-lifers should love the gay community. Think about it: There are a bunch of women having babies they don’t want or can’t support, and a group of couples who

physically can’t have children. So if you want to yell, “There’s always adoption!” in everyone’s faces, you need to support a system where there is actually always adoption. Furthermore, not only should pro-lifers support gay adoption, they should be adopting themselves. If not, you’re telling women, “Don’t worry, someone will take your baby, but it’s not going to be me.”

Though I myself am pro-choice, I can understand some of the moral reservations of the pro-life community.

You’re not absolutely crazy to think having an abortion is wrong. You are, however, crazy to think that you can restrict abortion without actively working to prevent unwanted pregnancy in the first place, or without working to end poverty in the homes into which these children will be born.

The only way to prevent unwanted pregnancy is to make sure that all people can have safe and protected sex

— Madison Ball is a junior majoring in political science.

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OPINION

www.bupipedream.com | March 18, 2014

What business does a green school have in fossil fuels?

Binghamton should be at the forefront of a university campaign to divest from fossil fuels Dorothy Farrell Environmental Columnist

“Climate change” is that somber phrase that gets tossed around too often. News headlines about stronger storms, rising sea levels and droughts have become the norm. Entrepreneurs can rejoice: Climate change has a silver lining. Now that the polar ice caps have peeled back, gas companies can finally tap the Arctic floor.

In the wake of global warming, it is absurd that profits are being turned when the planet is at stake. We can wag our fingers at the industries that partake in these practices, but actual change is more challenging.

Fortunately, we have the opportunity to change the course of direction on our very own campus.

Binghamton University has a

multimillion-dollar investment in fossil fuels. This fund is through the University endowment, which uses alumni donations to invest in companies that will return profits.

The Board of Trustees has allowed 5 percent of the endowment to be invested in fossil fuels. Simply put, not only is our school financially contributing to the environmental degradation associated with fossil fuels, they are profiting off of it.

Keep in mind that this investment is coming from a school that toots its horn for sustainability efforts. In 2007, BU was one of the first schools to sign on with the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment. In 2009, BU published its own climate action plan to become carbon neutral by 2050. These are great prospects, but just that. Unless we put our money where our mouth is, the feasibility of these commitments is as grim as disappointments from the Kyoto Protocol.

Change isn’t easy, but it’s possible.

In the 1980s, thousands of students from college campuses united to oppose apartheid in South Africa. Through common will and coordination, students drove divestment from unethical business practices. After numerous college campuses signed on with divestment, change ensued.

It’s time to follow this example and divest from fossil fuels, starting on college campuses.

Fossil Free is an organization that unites colleges and universities with cities, foundations and institutions pursuing fossil fuel divestment.

In numbers, change is possible! There is a campaign on campus now to sway BU to join this movement. If BU signs the commitment, we will be the 10th university in the nation

to do so. This could be a huge help in achieving our sustainability goals.

Our generation is faced with one of the greatest challenges in human history. We must adapt to a life on Earth that is quickly changing.

Renewable energy is on the horizon.

The technology is there, but the will to implement it is weak. Because renewable energy is dependent on harnessing energy generated from the planet’s patterns, we’re going to need predictability to ensure a dependable yield. Yet the planet’s climate is spiraling into a state of chaos.

The longer we wait to make changes, the harder it will be.

When it comes to millions of dollars of investment in a practice that is

Our generation is faced with one of the greatest challanges in human history

destroying the livelihood of our planet, we need to step back and question the status quo. This is our planet, and we are responsible for whichever courses of action ensue. If our school has faith in its students, it will protect their future by divesting from fossil fuels.

We can lead the way in investing in renewable energies that protect life on this planet. We can live in a world powered by wind, sun and hydrology, but we need to make moves now!

Let’s talk about renewable resources, because they are the only sources of energy that make sense.

Let’s talk about commitments, because empty words are the last thing we need. Let’s have pride in our school’s practices. If enough people are rallying for divestment, maybe BU will start to listen.

— Dorothy Farrell is a junior majoring in environmental studies.

Letter to the Editor To the Editor: On Friday, March 14, I was disappointed to see an article in the Pipe Dream regarding Ray Rogers visit to Binghamton University. Mr. Rogers has a long history or making erroneous claims against the CocaCola company. It’s unfortunate that he continues to propagate these stories, particularly as we have shared the facts with him on many occasions. The allegations made during his campus visit are simply not true.

Two different judicial inquiries in Colombia – one in a Colombian court and one by the Colombian attorney general – found no evidence to support the allegations that CocaCola bottler management conspired to intimidate or threaten trade unionists.

Nonetheless, these allegations were the thrust of a lawsuit filed in 2001. The Coca-Cola Company was dismissed as a defendant in 2003. On Sept. 29, 2006, the court issued a decision to dismiss the two Coca-Cola bottlers in Colombia from all remaining cases as well. This decision was upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in August 2009.

The Coca-Cola Company and its bottlers have maintained operations and have worked to provide safe, stable economic opportunities for the people of Colombia.

A public statement made by SINALTRAINBEC, a Colombian union representing Coca-Cola bottler employees, said that it has “not a single indication” that The CocaCola Company or any of its bottling partners has links to anti-union violence.

In 2006, the International Labour Organization accepted requests independently made by TCCC and the IUF to conduct an investigation and evaluation of Coca-Cola bottling operations in Colombia. The ILO completed its independent evaluation of Coca-Cola bottling operations in Colombia and reported that CocaCola bottlers are upholding labor standards that have been ratified in Colombia, including respecting collective bargaining agreements and providing a safe working environment. I would be happy to provide a copy of the ILO’s report for your review.

I also want to point out that the Coca-Cola Company had no knowledge of or involvement in any of the alleged actions in Guatemala.

Finally, Mr. Rogers’ comments on marketing our products to children are also inaccurate. We’re committed to responsible marketing across the globe, across advertising media and across all our beverages, especially when children are present. Our policy is that we do not advertise when the audience is more than 35% children under the age of 12.

We value our relationships with the students and administration at Binghamton University. Our mission is to bring moments of happiness to the Bearcat community, and engage in a honest dialogue. I am grateful for the opportunity to set the record straight.

Sincerely, Gary McElyea Director, Public Affairs and Communications The Coca-Cola Company Coca-Cola North America Group

Response: Online classes are hardly an education Despite accessibility, online courses can't compete with classroom conversations and liberal arts experience Michael Snow Opinion Editor

In Friday’s issue of Pipe Dream, two opinion columnists debated the success of massive open online courses (MOOCs). Both of the writers bring up good points. Still, in discussing online classes and the future of education, both columnists ultimately miss a fundamental point — namely, an education received through MOOCs is hardly an education at all.

According to columnist Julianne Cuba, the best thing MOOCs have going for them is that they make money. Cuba is justified in pointing out that MOOCs are more accessible and affordable than a typical four-year college education. But that MOOCs are profitable hardly means they offer a well-rounded education.

In Matt Bloom’s view, the biggest

downside to MOOCs is their inability to address economic inequality. Bloom is right in dismissing some of the hype around MOOCs. But Bloom doesn’t go far enough in discounting MOOCs and the role they will play in the future of education.

MOOCs have prominent supporters.

Figures like Thomas Friedman and even President Barack Obama, speaking here at Binghamton University no less, have voiced support for online education, citing its accessibility as a key piece in strengthening education affordability.

For those in this camp, MOOCs represent the innovation with the greatest potential to revolutionize the distribution of knowledge since Gutenberg’s printing press.

MOOCs’ strongest advocates

frame their support in terms of education equity. They claim that free online courses from top professors, accessible to anyone with an Internet connection, will remedy issues of education inequality.

The test results, though, are in, and we have the data to grade these claims.

The New Republic organized a team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania to see who actually enrolls in MOOCs. By showing who takes MOOCs, the researchers have done the academic community a great service.

The New Republic’s survey shows that those who idealize MOOCs as the synthesis of academia and technology are, for now, overestimating MOOCs’ capacity to effect meaningful change. As the survey’s

An online chat room cannot replicate the experience of participating in a Socratic dialogue

authors conclude, “MOOCs, at least thus far, are serving the world’s haves more than its have-nots.” This undermines the hopes of MOOCs’ most vocal advocates.

In other words, MOOCs, in their current form, are less a force of economic upward mobility than a productive extracurricular for those already in a position of privilege.

For most students, MOOCs are the Netflix of academia. They’re ingested passively, without any serious concern for comprehension or retention.

In assessing MOOCs, Bloom and Cuba also both fail for the most part to consider the ways online courses abandon values central to human development and the liberal arts experience, such as intellectual growth and human flourishing. I’ve written about my experience taking an online class before. I came away underwhelmed and disappointed by the lack of discussion with other students.

An online chat room cannot replicate the experience of

participating in a Socratic dialogue in the flesh with a professor and other students sitting in the same room as you.

There are hard questions concerning education inequality.

What are the parameters of the right to education in America? What roles do the government and technology play in reconciling education inequality? The New Republic’s researchers, as well as our own columnists Bloom and Cuba, could have advanced this conversation by squashing the notion that MOOCs are the academic innovation that will offer a solid, holistic education to all, regardless of economic limitations.

For now, we ought to take MOOCs for what they are — a productive extracurricular, not much different from taking a book out of the library.

— Michael Snow is a senior doublemajoring in philosophy in English.

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OPINION

www.bupipedream.com | March 18, 2014

Revenge porn poses hard questions Trans students' Sharing nude photos of an ex is wrong, but should it also be illegal? needs aren't met Macon Fessenden Columnist

Recently in New York, an aggravated harassment case where a man shared naked photos of his ex-girlfriend on Twitter was thrown out. The defendant, as the judge grudgingly conceded, didn’t actually break any laws.

This case highlighted the need for a bill. So New York, among a few other states, introduced bills into their state legislatures outlawing something called “revenge porn.” Revenge porn is defined as the posting of nude or degrading pictures online to “get back” at someone, usually a former partner. There are websites that specialize in this type of pornography, including isanyoneup.com, which has been shut down. The creator (“professional life ruiner,” as he calls himself) and his collaborator would acquire pictures from different sources — sometimes spiteful exes, sometimes illegal hacking into email accounts — and post them on his website, usually with screenshots from Facebook or Twitter to properly identify the

nude girl in the picture. The hacking landed the duo in jail and got the website shut down, but their other actions went unpunished.

There will always be people who relish in the immoral.

Blaming a couple of dirtbags who make a website that exploits vengeful exes isn’t going to right the wrong, especially if it sells (isanyoneup.com was pulling in $13 thousand a month). The real bad guys are the people who received nude photos in confidence and shared them out of vengeance.

Most of the pictures are from ex-boyfriends and -girlfriends.

It’s someone they cared about and trusted, maybe even loved.

The pictures were originally sent with the promise of being “for your eyes only,” not shared with the world on the Internet or a dozen-person text message thread.

It doesn’t matter if someone broke your heart, cheated on you or punched you in the face.

Revenge porn can ruin people’s lives.

Repercussions tend to include anything from ridicule and

embarrassment to losing a job, moving or even changing names.

The bills proposed in the state legislatures would make sharing of clearly personal photos, even with a friend, illegal. This raises interesting questions, as it is a tug-of-war match between two constitutional rights: free speech and right to privacy. It also puts the American Civil Liberties Union, a public interest group that protects constitutional rights at any cost, in a tough spot because they don’t know whom to support.

The issue is one of consent and ownership: Does sending a picture you own to someone else with the intention of them seeing it make the picture theirs? Or does ownership lie solely with the one who took the picture? The most compelling issues are situations in which a person took pictures of his or her partner, with the partner’s consent of course, and shared them after they broke up. The pictures are obviously the possession of the picture-taker, but the photos are shared without

No amount of cheating or betrayal can justify the sharing of intimate information

the consent of the person in the photo. Is it wrong to tell people they cannot share pictures that are lawfully theirs?

Personally, I would love to see revenge porn outlawed in every state. It is one of the most despicable things that someone can do. You are potentially ruining the life of a person you once cared for. No amount of cheating or betrayal can justify the sharing of intimate information like that. But I also believe that there needs to be plenty of education about the dangers of sending anything potentially incriminating to anyone, even if you do trust them. People get their email accounts hacked all the time.

Now, whether or not it will be outlawed is a different question.

It seems like it will pass through most state legislatures, but we don’t know if it will hold up in the courts. They are supposed to look at the issue through an unemotional lens, but it may be hard to in this situation. Most people in power agree that this is wrong, but it will be up to them to make it illegal.

— Macon Fessenden is a nonmatriculated graduate student.

He graduated in spring 2013 with a degree in environmental studies.

Graduation threatens relationships Couples and friends battle distance and change after leaving college Jake Lewis Sex Columnist

We collegiate scholars are of a unique variety. We work hard and play hard, so it makes sense that we would get a little dehydrated. Some might even say we’re thirsty.

While we thirst for a lot of things, there’s one thing for which we’re all particularly thirsty. What is it, you ask? It’s long, it brings people to tears and oh baby, it’s not just big, it’s notoriously BIG. You guessed it: a diploma!

When it comes time to receive that diploma, some of us may find that we aren’t fully prepared to take it at all. College life is hard to leave behind; why else do you think there are so many BuzzFeed articles about it?

Some people find the love of their life in college. Just look at my parents — they’ve been

married for almost 30 years, and they started dating when they were sophomores. Relationships like theirs give me hope for love in college, so I say go for it!

Still, though, while love is a possibility, it’s not certain, even if you can find a relationship.

As I said previously, a lot comes with graduation as we enter the next stage of our lives.

We all have different paths.

Some choose to go to graduate school, some travel the world, some start careers, some take time off and others do a multitude of other things postgraduation.

These changes and different paths all affect and can ultimately destroy relationships, the way having a horrible personality ended up contributing to the ruin of Justin Bieber’s career.

Also important to remember is that it isn’t just romantic relationships that feel the sting of separation after graduation — this is applicable to everyone and multiple types of relationships, even friendships.

Realistically, we can't keep everyone in our lives, and when it comes to dating, that's cerrtainly true

You have to decide how much you can deal with in each of those relationships.

Easy example: Say you want to go to graduate school in Hawaii, but your significant other or best friend gets a job offer in New York City. Maybe they can’t get a job offer so they’re staying home.

Either way, that’s going to put a lot of strain on that relationship not only because of distance, but also because you’re undergoing a massive transitional period.

While the locations might not be the ones listed above, this is something everyone has to deal with to some extent upon graduating, unless all of your friends live in your neighborhood. There are ways to overcome it, but the question becomes whether or not it’s worth it.

I know that during this next point in my life, I’m going to have to do a lot of things that are for me. Quite frankly, if I were dating someone, I would probably make a lot of changes to my life that would unintentionally hurt the significant other: work late, pick up extra shifts, communicate sporadically and, when I get home, probably pass out just like I did when I learned about the vagina for the first time.

For me personally, that

makes a relationship unfeasible, and I’m just not at that point in my life yet.

In terms of friendships, it’s significantly easier to keep a long-distance friend, but you have to put in the work.

Realistically, when you graduate, you’re going to lose some friends for one reason or another. With the friends whom you want to keep in your life, whether that will be a few or all of them, you may find that you have to put in quite a bit of effort.

Again, you have to determine whether or not that relationship is worth it. I always think to myself whether a person is creating more positives or negatives in my life to determine if that relationship is worth it.

If it becomes too negative, that may be a sign that it’s time to move on.

Realistically, we can’t keep everyone in our lives, and when it comes to dating, that’s certainly true. For better or worse, single or not, graduation marks a time of new beginnings for everyone.

The world is our oyster; now, we just have to find the pearl.

— Jake Lewis is a senior majoring in English.

We should have gender-neutral housing and broader services Rebecca Klar Contributing Columnist

When you wake up in the morning and look in the mirror, does your reflection match the gender with which you identify?

Most people do not stop to think about their internal gender identification. For the 700,000 transgender individuals living in the United States, however, the struggle to find a place on the socially constructed binary gender system is apparent with each and every choice they make.

On Tuesday, the Real Education About College Health (REACH) program held a movie screening of the documentary “Trans” in the Mandela Room. The documentary discussed various transgender individuals’ lives and the issues they confront.

Even mundane, daily tasks are difficult for the minority group that doesn’t fit into the typical gender roles.

Binghamton University’s campus is not adequately designed to accommodate transgender students. Other universities across the nation are proactively confronting the issue of isolating transgender students. American University, for example, is one of 70 universities covering either gender reassignment surgery, hormone replacement or both within the student health care insurance. In 1992, the University of Massachusetts Amherst pioneered the idea of gender-neutral housing.

Twenty-two years later, our campus is still not combatting the problem.

Our University must grow in two key ways to aid the inclusion of transgender students. First, the campus must offer housing options for transgender students. An individual who is struggling because his or her physical anatomy does not match the gender with which he or she identifies will face issues when choosing housing.

The binary system we have now forces students to either

check off being male or female.

However, gender identity is not two separate poles; it is a spectrum on which each person chooses how he or she identifies him or herself.

For example, where should a person who identifies as female, but has male anatomy, choose to live? She is forced to repress her female identity and live in housing designated for a male because our residential life system does not fit her into it.

Secondly, we must have more support on campus for transgender students. There is a lack of recognition of the LGBTQ community as a whole, and transgender students in particular, on campus. On a larger scope, the nation needs to try and support the community more.

There is a lack of recognition of the LGBTQ community as a whole on campus, transgender students in particular There is a severe lack in acceptance of transgender individuals, much of which stems from ignorance. “Trans” delved into the hate crimes committed on transgender individuals, as well as suicide attempts. The 1.6 percent rate of suicide for all of the U.S. rises to an alarming 41 percent for transgender people. Education about the topic and speaking openly about it can help those who are struggling with showing their true identity.

BU is a relatively diverse campus and must be willing to accommodate the student body.

Transgender individuals must receive support and proper housing options to receive the respect and acceptance they deserve.

— Rebecca Klar is a freshman majoring in English.

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www.bupipedream.com | March 18, 2014

Lowell sweeps BU for first two AE wins Binghamton jumps out to early lead but falters late in both ends of doubleheader Matt Turner

Pipe Dream Sports The new kids on the block swept the defending America East champions in a shortened series this weekend.

Before Sunday’s finale was postponed due to frigid temperatures, the Binghamton baseball team lost a pair of games to UMass Lowell on Saturday, both by a score of 4-2.

“Well, we’re disappointed, obviously,” Binghamton head coach Tim Sinicki said. “On the road, in conference play, you never want to lose a series — you want to try to find a way to win the series.”

“I think that losing is a part of sports, and I’m okay with losing if we feel like the better team won or at least they outplayed us on that particular day,” Sinicki added. “But I feel like we didn’t play up to our capabilities, and we allowed them to stick around for too long in those games and we shot ourselves in the foot a little bit.”

The Bearcats (4-11, 0-2 AE) struck first in the conference-opening series at Bill Beck Field in Kingston, R.I. — the field on which the 2013 Bearcats won the America East tournament — but couldn’t keep it up.

“I don’t think we played particularly well in any of the phases of the game,” Sinicki said.

In the fourth inning, junior catcher Nick Pancerella walked with the bases loaded to give the Bearcats a 1-0 lead. An inningending double play in the next at-bat eliminated their chances to extend the advantage. The River Hawks (8-2, 2-0 AE) took the lead for good in the sixth when they plated two runs on four hits. They would add two more runs in the seventh for insurance.

Pancerella drove in redshirt junior first baseman Brian Ruby with a two-out double in the eighth inning

Franz Lino/Staff Photographer

Junior left fielder Jake Thomas doubled and scored in the second inning of Saturday’s nightcap to give BU a brief lead.

for BU’s second run. Pancerella was injured at the end of the game and will be evaluated by team doctors to see if he can play this weekend.

Junior ace Jack Rogalla (2-2) was on the mound for the first game and pitched six innings. He allowed seven hits and two runs but struck out 10 River Hawks, picking up the loss.

“Jack was really good,” Sinicki said. “He made some big pitches when he had to, and he certainly did enough to keep us in the ballgame and give us a chance to win, which is all you can expect out of your starting pitcher.”

Junior right fielder Zach Blanden went 3-for-5, and senior captain and

center fielder Bill Bereszniewicz finished 2-for-5. Binghamton left 11 runners on base.

“Billy’s a guy we need to get on base and make things happen — which he’s done for us,” Sinicki said. “We’re just struggling with the middle of the order, getting guys in.

We just need to do a better job with the middle of the order, who are supposed to be run producers for us.”

In the nightcap, sophomore pitcher Jake Cryts (1-3) pitched a complete six innings and allowed only one earned run. But two errors allowed for three unearned runs to score, dooming the Bearcats.

Senior designated hitter Shaun

McGraw drove in the first run of the game with a single in the second inning that scored junior left fielder Jake Thomas. The River Hawks would score two in the bottom of the inning on two hits. An error by BU caused both runs to be unearned.

UMass Lowell tacked on a run in the third and fifth innings before Binghamton threatened to tie the game in the seventh. Sophomore third baseman Reed Gamache was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning.

McGraw hit a double to right field to put runners on second and third with no outs. Senior shortstop John Howell brought Gamache home on an RBI groundout. With the tying

run at the plate, BU popped out to second base to end the game.

McGraw went 2-for-3 in the game with one RBI. No makeup date has been set for Sunday’s postponed game, but Sinicki said his team would not travel back to UMass Lowell this season. If they decided to add a game when the

River Hawks visit BU, per conference rules, it would not have to count as a conference game.

Next up, the Bearcats will head to Hartford to take on the Hawks in a three-game conference series at Fiondella Field. The first game of the series is set for noon on Saturday.

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Sophomore catcher Taylor Chaffee jump-started Binghamton’s offense Saturday with a two-run homer in the first inning of BU’s 4-2 victory over Colgate.

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The Binghamton softball team struggled this weekend at the GMU Cherry Blossom Classic, dropping four of five games over a three-day span.

“We are disappointed,” BU head coach Michelle Burrell said.

“The level of competition we played this past weekend was not comparable to the teams we have been playing. To come out of the weekend one and four, we were all disappointed in the way that we finished.”

The Bearcats (7-10) took on Colgate in their opening game of the tournament and fell behind early. Binghamton committed four errors over the course of the first two innings, leading to eight Colgate runs (five unearned). Colgate (4-10) never looked back, and even though BU managed to score on a home run by sophomore first baseman Lisa Cadogan in the top of the fourth, the team’s bats were relatively silent in the 9-1 loss.

“We let one error lead to others,” Burrell said about the team’s lackluster defensive performance. “Obviously errors are going to happen. We just have to make sure that when they do happen, when the next person has the opportunity, they step up and make the next play.”

In the nightcap of Friday’s doubleheader, Binghamton battled with Akron and took the game to extra innings before losing by two.

Sophomore outfielder Sydney Harbaugh gave the Bearcats the early lead with a home run in the first. But Akron (11-5) answered with a run of its own in the bottom half of the inning.

The score would remain tied at one until the top of the third, when senior second baseman Jessica Bump singled to lead of the frame, stole second and was singled in by Cadogan to put BU back up by one.

Binghamton could not maintain the advantage, as Akron plated a run in the bottom of the fifth to force extra innings. After a scoreless seventh for both teams, the Bearcats scored a run in the top of the eighth, but Akron put three on the board in the bottom half of the inning and beat Binghamton, 5-3.

BU opened Saturday’s twin bill by exacting revenge on Colgate, defeating the Raiders, 4-2. Senior pitcher Demi Laney dominated for the Bearcats, allowing just two runs over seven innings, while sophomore catcher Taylor Chaffee provided the offense, blasting a two-run homer in the first inning. Cadogan and junior shortstop Caytlin Friis also added RBIs for Binghamton in the game.

“When we took care of everything defensively, I think we saw that we definitely have the capability of winning,” Burrell said.

In the second game of the afternoon the Bearcats played the host, George Mason. Again Binghamton scored first, thanks to an RBI sacrifice fly by Bump.

But BU would not score for the rest of the game. George Mason (7-11) plated the equalizer in the second before adding another in the next inning to take the lead. The host pushed across four more over the course of the game, handing Binghamton a decisive 6-1 defeat.

The Bearcats lost their fourth game of the tournament to Akron in the finale on Sunday. Laney dominated early on the hill, holding Akron hitless for the first two innings before allowing two unearned runs in the top of the third. BU tied the score in the bottom of the frame thanks to RBIs by Bump and Cadogan.

However, Akron would score five runs over the next three innings, and Binghamton would not recover, losing 7-3.

“I think the biggest thing that I am most disappointed with is that we have had the opportunity to push a lot more runs across, especially early in the game,” Burrell said. “We are just leaving too many runners on base. We are not working to get ourselves ahead. It is something that we are going to focus on going into conference play, taking advantage of opportunities that we have early in the game.”

The Bearcats will return to action this weekend when they take on UMass Lowell in a threegame series to open up America East conference play. Play is set to begin at 1 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. Sunday at the River View Field in Lowell, Mass.

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Junior midfielder J.T. Hauck posted two goals and three assists and nearly powered BU to an impressive victory on Sunday.

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Facing ranked competition for the second time this season, the Binghamton men’s lacrosse team was edged by No. 19 Colgate in a 10-9 loss that came down to the final seconds.

The close loss featured an offense powered by senior attack Matt Springer and junior midfielder J.T. Hauck, who both contributed five points, and a defense headed by junior goalkeeper Max Schefler, who tallied a season-high 13 saves in the contest.

The star for the Raiders (61) was freshman goalie Brandon Burke. Though Burke allowed nine goals, he saved 15 of the Bearcats’ shots. The Colgate defense was one of the best in the country coming into the game Saturday, allowing just more than five goals per game.

Hauck put the Bearcats (2-4) on the board early, but the hosts couldn’t keep the lead through the quarter. Junior attack Ryan Walsh, Colgate’s leading scorer, put away two goals in the first quarter, matching his team’s offensive output thus far to start the second

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with a 4-1 advantage.

With 11:03 left in the first half, Springer pulled the Bearcats within two with his 14th score of the season, a team high. Hauck followed up with a five-hole goal to bring the Bearcats within one. But the Raiders responded instantly to retake their two-point lead.

Springer opened scoring yet again in the third quarter, and the momentum propelled BU to add another three. Springer’s fourth goal of the game regained the lead, 7-6, with 2:41 remaining in the third. The Bearcats’ efficient defense in the final minute of the quarter allowed them to carry that lead into the final frame, but it wouldn’t last.

Early in the last quarter, Walsh evened the score at seven. BU junior attack Tucker Nelson then

worked his way through the tight Raider defense to give the Bearcats their last lead of the game. As the Bearcats looked to apply more pressure to the stingy Raider defense, Springer looked to extend his team’s lead to two on a 2-on-1 chance for the attack, but Burke would negate the shot. Burke’s save would lead to a lengthy Raider possession that granted the visitors the opportunity to pull away. The Raiders scored three times over the next four minutes, pulling ahead, 10-8.

With 0:52 seconds remaining, Springer scored on a bouncer from the edge of the crease to pull the Bearcats to within one. On the ensuing face-off, BU junior midfielder Alex Doerflein won the ground ball against the second best face-off man in the country, Colgate junior midfielder Alex Kinnealey.

“Several guys worked in on the face-offs today, Alex [Doerflein] just came down and won a big faceoff. It’s 1-on-1 for the face-off, and he got a big ground ball there,” assistant coach Matt Francis said.

With 14 seconds left, BU worked the ball behind the net and to both sides of the crease. The Bearcats lost possession with fewer than 10 seconds, but senior midfielder Michael Antinozzi recovered and drove to the net looking to balance the score. But time expired before they got a shot, and though the play was promising, the Raiders’ defense stood strong when it needed it most.

“We had our best feeder on the ball behind, Tucker Nelson,” Francis said. “We were looking to have him dodge with his head up trying to get Matt Springer open inside.”

The Bearcats have a full week to prepare for their March 23 matchup with Air Force. This will be the first meeting between the two teams. The Falcons (4-3) are coming off of a 15-12 win over Jacksonville.

First face-off is set for 3 p.m.

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Despite freshman attack Brianne Arthur’s fifth hat trick of the season, Binghamton still couldn’t keep up with Canisius and fell, 19-10, on Monday.

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Contributing Writer After starting its season with a 4-1 record, the Binghamton women’s lacrosse team has now lost two consecutive games after its 19-10 loss to Canisius on Monday.

Coming off a disappointing performance at home against Cornell, Binghamton (4-3) wanted to rebound on the road against the three-time defending MAAC champions. Instead, they were overwhelmed for the second game in a row and are now a team in search of a spark.

Canisius (3-3) came out hot in front of its home fans at the Demske Sports Complex, converting on its offensive chances to take a 3-0 lead. With 12 minutes left in the half, after a goal by freshman attack Brianne Arthur cut the Bearcats’ deficit to 7-5, Canisius would take command of what had been a close game. Capitalizing on a 5-0 run, the Golden Griffins carried a 12-5 lead into the locker room. In the opening 30 minutes, Canisius

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outshot Binghamton, 22-11.

Led by sophomore attack Sophia Racciatti’s two goals, Binghamton would regain its composure to start the second half, scoring the first four goals to get to within 129. Down only three, the Bearcats were poised for a comeback with 24 minutes remaining.

Then it all fell apart for BU. Following a familiar script of late, the Bearcats would squander what chance they had at a win by allowing the next seven goals to Canisius. Junior midfielder Renee Kiviat would stop the Golden Griffin’s run with a free-position shot at 2:33 remaining to make the score 19-10, but the damage was already done.

“We are a better team than we are playing right now,” Binghamton head coach Stephanie Allen said.

“We were not efficient on offense today. We played about half of our offensive opportunities poorly.

Fortunately we have three games before conference play to improve upon that.”

One of those areas of improvement, according to Allen, will be valuing possessions and avoiding turnovers. On Monday, the Bearcats lost the turnover battle, 16-12, and have also been outshot

during their two-game skid, 68-43.

Sophomore goalie Erin McNulty has been slumping of late.

After being pulled early against Cornell, she played only half of the game against Canisius, giving up 12 scores on 17 shots on goal. Allen used all three goalkeepers today, perhaps looking for a defensive spark to get her team back on track.

“We needed somebody to come in and stop the ball,” she said.

“Unfortunately, we are not seeing the ball well lately [in net].”

The offense, despite their turnovers, did tally doubledigit goals for the fifth time this season. They had previously been undefeated when posting 10 or more goals in a game.

Leading the way offensively was Arthur, who had a team-high three goals for the Bearcats. She was joined on the scoreboard by Racciatti, Kiviat and senior attack Angela Vespa, who each tallied two goals. Junior attack Alex Fisher added a score, and a team-high two assists.

Their hot start now a distant memory, the Bearcats face Siena (25) on Thursday to try and stabilize their season.

Play is set for 4 p.m. Thursday at Siena Turf Field.

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BEARCAT BRIEFS BU tennis teams down Temple Staff Reports After falling out of the national rankings, the Binghamton men’s tennis team swept Temple, 7-0.

The Bearcats, who had appeared at No. 75 in the March 11 Intercollegiate Tennis Association poll, hosted the Owls on Friday and lost just one singles set. They have won 10 of their last 13 matches.

Sophomore Eliott Hureau posted the most dominating win, a 6-0, 6-1 beat-down of Temple freshman Filip Stipcic. Hureau also joined forces with classmate Janik Burri to secure the doubles point at No. 3 doubles.

Sophomores Sid Hazarika and Alexander Maisin and juniors Robin Lesage and Florian van Kann all won their respective singles matches in straight sets, while freshman Thomas Caputo earned a win in three.

The Bearcats are set to return to action with three matches at UNC-Wilmington later this week. Binghamton will open play against No. 62 Central Florida at 10 a.m. on March 20.

Staff Reports The Binghamton women’s tennis team has won three of its last four matches, the latest victory coming Friday night against Temple.

The Bearcats secured the doubles point and proceeded to capture four of the six singles matches to earn a 5-2 win at the Binghamton Tennis Center.

After falling at No. 3 doubles, the Bearcats rallied for two consecutive victories to gain the point. Sophomores Shea Brodsky and Alexis Tashiro earned an 8-4 win at No. 1 doubles, and sophomore Agatha Ambrozy and freshman Annie DiMuro won 8-7 (7-2) at No. 2 doubles to give Binghamton the advantage entering singles play.

DiMuro and Ambrozy also won their respective singles matches, and sophomore Sara Kohtz and junior Katherine Medianik finished with positive results as well.

The Bearcats are scheduled for a pair of matches this weekend. They will visit Cornell for a 10 a.m. match on Saturday before making a trip to Boston University for an 11 a.m. Sunday bout.

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