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BU invokes SUNY sexual assault policy
NOT 2 LATE 60 percent shooting against UMass Lowell leads BU to secondstraight win
System-wide consent standards enacted to curb violence, abuse Alana Epstein
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Binghamton University is among the very first SUNY campuses to comply with the state’s new uniform sexual assault prevention and response policy. The policy, which created a uniform definition of affirmative consent across all SUNY campuses, was developed last fall during a meeting with the SUNY Board of Trustees and Gov. Andrew Cuomo. According to Brian Rose, the vice president for student affairs at BU, the University has been focusing on sexual violence prevention for several years. “Much of the substance of the SUNY policies is already in place here,” Rose wrote in an email. “But we are updating some policies and information to be fully consistent with the SUNY-wide policies.” These standards include a bill of rights for survivors, workshops for leaders of student organizations and the adoption of a systemwide definition of consent. According to the new policy, consent is a clear, unambiguous and voluntary agreement between the participants to engage in specific sexual activity. This month, SUNY will be training University and state police on SUNY campuses on security plans and victim sensitivity. They will also be training SUNY attorneys and college administrators on how to address sexual violence. All SUNY campuses will also be implementing a system-wide Confidentiality and Reporting
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Sophomore guard Marlon Beck II goes for a layup during Binghamton’s 76-69 victory over UMass Lowell at the Events Center on Saturday.
City Hall goes digital to hear grievances
Binghamton app lets residents request repairs, tweet mayor Chloe Rehfield Staff Writer
Binghamton residents and University students can now connect to city services with the click of a button. Last Thursday, Binghamton Mayor Rich David announced the launch of City of Binghamton, an app that allows citizens to make requests for various city services. According to Deputy Mayor Jared Kraham, the purpose of the app is to help residents to get in contact with City Hall more easily. Previously, residents would have to send an email or call a public dispatch. “The app puts City Hall into the palm of [city residents’] hands,” Kraham said. “We want citizens to be comfortable with submitting requests to the city, and this allows them to quickly and easily do this.” Users can submit a request by choosing categories such as pothole, streetlights, graffiti or traffic issue to make a report. The app uses a GPS tracking system to pinpoint the exact location of the sight. Users can send a description of what should be improved and also attach a picture of the grievance. After each request is sent in, City Hall members respond through an organized management system and the citizens who made the requests will receive real-time updates on the status of the improvement through mobile
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Archaeologist encourages BU to help jumpstart small businesses peers to bury assumptions Free classes offered to minority, women run enterprises Matthew Beaudoin, prof. candidate, urges collaboration, an open mind Michelle Kraidman Contributing Writer
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Matthew Beaudoin, a project manager at Timmins Martelle Heritage Consultants in Canada, speaks in Science I about the way archeology is taught at Binghamton University. Beaudoin’s lecture on Friday afternoon, “Bridging Gaps: Confronting Assumptions in Archaeological Interpretation,” was part of Beaudoin’s application for assistant professor in the public archaeology Master of Arts program.
One visiting speaker is trying to help change how archaeology is studied and taught at Binghamton University. Matthew Beaudoin, a project manager at Timmins Martelle Heritage Consultants in Canada, spoke on Friday afternoon in Science I about challenges in archaeology when preconceived notions of history affect the work of researchers. The lecture, “Bridging Gaps: Confronting Assumptions in Archaeological Interpretation,” was part of Beaudoin’s application for assistant professor in the public archaeology Master of Arts program, which relates archaeology to politics, education and social context. Beaudoin discussed his archaeological research in the Ontario Great Lakes region and the Labrador subarctic region in Canada. According to him, interpretations of archaeological findings are often
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utilize more minority- and women-owned business enterprises (MWBE) in state contracts. The goal requires that MWBEs provide commodities and services for 30 percent of all state contracts, up from the previous 20 percent. Jocelyn Thornton, a business adviser at the SBDC, said the new initiative is relatively unprecedented. “Thirty percent is the highest goal for minority and women businesses in the United States,” Thornton said. “It’s very aggressive.” It is not always easy for large contractors and government agents to find enough minority and women business owners in the Binghamton area, Thornton said. The program aims to remedy this by helping to certify and train more MWBEs. John Babich/Contributing Photographer Pictured: The Binghamton University Small Business Development Center’s (SBDC) entryway on The six-week course will cover topics Water Street in Downtown Binghamton. Starting later this month, Binghamton University will begin a such as construction accounting, credit training and certification program to help minority- and women-run business contractors navigate strategies, insurance, banking and their competitive industry. financing as well as claims and dispute The Binghamton University Small resolution. The program will also teach Haley Silverstein Business Development Center (SBDC) participants how to bid for contracts. Contributing Writer will begin a training and certification According to Thornton, Empire Starting later this month, Binghamton program for minority and women business State Development — New York’s chief University will be helping minority- contractors on Feb. 24 on Water Street in economic development agency — and women-run business contractors Downtown Binghamton. This is in line navigate their competitive industry. with Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s new goal to See MWBE Page 2
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With app, residents reach representatives Southern Tier on the APP continued from Page 1 push notifications. David said his office is utilizing new mobile technology to expand the relationship between Binghamton’s government and its residents. “For too long, local governments have lagged behind advances in technology,” David said. “I’m committed to embracing new tools and systems and build Binghamton’s reputation as a leader in municipal technology.” Along with submitting requests for changes, app users can utilize other in-app widgets. People can view other users’ requests, scroll through the latest news from City Hall, view available public parking spaces, visit the Facebook page BingSpot, a lifestyle guide for Downtown Binghamton, and tweet at Mayor David. A contact page for city representatives is also located within the app. Lital Sarig, an undeclared sophomore who is moving off campus next semester, said she thinks this app will be beneficial to University students. “I’m sure that if there was something wrong it would probably get fixed faster if people said something about it sooner,” Sarig said. “If I had the app and noticed something
wrong Downtown, I would use it.” According to Kraham, roughly 80 requests have been sent through the app so far with over 600 downloads as of Monday. “We want a good relationship with students living in the city of Binghamton,” Kraham said. “Residents should be able to easily connect to City Hall and know that we’re just as advanced in technology as the students are.” The app uses a platform from PublicStuff, a software development company that uses mobile technology to help connect local governments with residents. According to their website, PublicStuff is currently being used in over 250 cities worldwide, including Philadelphia and Tallahassee. The city of Binghamton began working with the company six months ago and since then, they have worked to build the platform and test it. Surya Yalamanchili, CEO of PublicStuff, said he is excited to bring the city of Binghamton on as a partner and help integrate technology into their government. “This is further evidence of the city of Binghamton’s strong commitment to being responsive to the needs of their community,” Yalamanchili said.
hunt for $500M grant Regional Council prepares proposal for NYS competition Gabriella Weick Staff Writer
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BU to help certify minority, women contractors MWBE continued from Page 1 recognized a lack in MWBEs in construction contracts. These contracts are often the longest lasting and most expensive due to the labor and materials they require. The construction industry is composed of subcontractors such as plumbers, electricians and architects — businesses Thornton hopes to attract to the program. According to Matthew Schofield, the director of procurement at BU, 2 percent of businesses in the Southern Tier are certified minority-run, and 10 percent are certified women-run.
Empire State Development began the program to increase these numbers. As a state-funded institution, BU must use MWBEs for its procurements. According to Schofield, finding certified businesses and vendors was difficult, especially for things such as technical equipment used in labs. “There are minority business that are starting up that may be in office supplies, and it’s going to be hard to compete with Staples and Office Max,” Schofield said. Bill Panko, director of specialty procurement at BU, said that many of the MWBEs are small
businesses or are just starting out. According to Panko, the initiative gives these businesses an opportunity to compete with larger ones with training and certification. After being certified, these small businesses could be in high demand because of the 30 percent goal. “I think our number one goal would be to have local MWBEs to satisfy our requirements from New York state,” Schofield said. “It’s a two-for-one. You’re supporting the local economy and the MWBE initiative.” According to Thornton, the MWBE certified businesses may even be more appealing than
non-certified businesses, as contractors and state agents are trying to reach their 30 percent requirement. The program is sponsored by local businesses such as Associated Building Contractors of the Triple Cities, Inc., along with BU, and is free to participants. Four business owners have already registered for the course. Thornton said she urges business owners to take advantage of the program. “It may not be free in the future,” Thornton said. “This is one of those things where the state is giving back to the community.”
When digging through past, set aside present DIG continued from Page 1 shaped by assumptions that the researchers already believe to be true, such as relationships between indigenous people and foreigners and between wealthy and poorer citizens. He said archaeologists sometimes look for information that confirms their own beliefs, and he argued that more researchers should study each finding independently to get a more comprehensive view of how a society lived. “Archaeological data and all data from the past are fragmentary records that are reconstructed in the present to create meaningful merit,” Beaudoin said.
As an example, Beaudoin described how archaeologists and historians interpreted a picture of members of the native Mohawk tribe dressed in European apparel instead of traditional tribal clothing. While they believed that the photo represented the influence of colonization, Beaudoin said that it was unfair to interpret that from a single photo. “There’s a cycle where we approach these questions often by assuming from the start that the groups are different and search for data sets that would confirm this,” Beaudoin said. “The results then say they are different, but they’re actually not compared directly.” Beaudoin said his future plans for research at the University
include exploring towns that were previously tribal grounds and attempting to learn more about the tribes themselves, rather than just their relation to Western culture. He said that he would encourage students to reach out to members of tribal communities because many are willing to help but have never been contacted. “The data is there, but people aren’t really drawing conclusions and making as many connections across sites as they could be,” Beaudoin said. “A number of sites that people see overshadow the ones that academic people tend to have explored.” Graduate and doctoral students were invited to the lecture and could share their opinions about Beaudoin, who is
one of four remaining candidates for the professorial position, with professors in attendance. The position entails helping students understand different ways to communicate archaeology to the public. Kellam Throgmorton, a doctoral candidate studying anthropology, attended the lecture and said that he was enlightened by Beaudoin’s findings and that he liked his plans to build connections with old tribal communities. “Delving into the local community is probably a very good idea given that you do need to establish these long-term connections,” Throgmorton said. “That’s how archaeology and communities interact best.”
As of Jan. 15, the Southern Tier is competing with seven other upstate New York regions for a $500 million grant to revitalize their economies, as part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s $1.5 billion Upstate New York Economic Revitalization Competition within his 2015 Opportunity Agenda. According to his press release, this competition is designed to mimic the Buffalo Billion initiative, an initiative Cuomo introduced three years ago to kick-start the economy of the western New York region through $1 billion in grants. Since then, 3,772 jobs and 812 new firms have moved into the area and a 4 percent increase in total regional wages has occurred. After hydraulic fracturing plans were discontinued and a casino license request was rejected this past winter, Binghamton Mayor Rich David said the Southern Tier is looking forward to the opportunity to revitalize its economy. “First and foremost, this is a region of the state of New York that I feel has not received its fair share of state aid over the course of several decades, and we have been stagnant and suffered economically for a variety of reasons: loss of population, loss of industry, no growth in state aid,” David said. The Southern Tier Regional Economic Development Council is a regional council that plans for economic growth of various localities in the area and contains prominent representatives. Due to competition from the MidHudson, Capital Region, Mohawk Valley, Central New York, North Country and Finger Lakes Region, the Southern Tier Council’s proposals and budgets will detail how the region would best utilize the grants. According to Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger, who serves as the council co-chair, the competition will not be easy. “This new competition for $500M proposed by the governor will be difficult for the Southern Tier to win,” Stenger wrote via email. “We will be competing
against regions with larger populations and larger cities specifically Rochester, Albany and Syracuse.” Because the governor’s Upstate Revitalization initiative focuses on urban centers like Binghamton, the city would be a focal point of the Southern Tier region and the prize could have a long-lasting impact. “A $500 million investment in a multiple county area with a large portion of that money going to the cities would be game-changing, it would be catalytic, transformative and an opportunity like we have never seen before in this lifetime,” David said. According to him, the region and city are looking to incorporate plans to address infrastructure, enhance tourism, create solar energy and new technology projects, revitalize the water front, work with private sectors to create jobs and coordinate with schools and hospitals. In Binghamton specifically, David said he is looking to pursue the creation of the Collier Street Commons project, which would consist of a new facility with commercial stores, residential housing and a parking lot. Funding for the competition comes from more than $5 billion New York state received in bank settlements. The competition begins April 15, when the regional economic councils will present their plans to improve their respective economies. “To be one of the three winners means our plan will have to be innovative, synergistic, and transformative,” Stenger wrote. The competition ends July 1. A strategic Site Plan Review Committee will judge the applicants, and three winners will be announced in the fall.
Our plan will have to be innovative, synergistic, and transformative — Harvey Stenger BU President
BU meets Cuomo's consent standards SUNY continued from Page 1 Protocol, which encourages immediate reporting of acts of sexual assault and outlines how campuses should efficiently address allegations of sexual assault. All staff in the Division of Student Affairs were trained this past summer on handling reports of sexual violence. According to Rose, students will begin to see posters in campus residence halls and other locations over the next couple of weeks as BU raises awareness of the new policies. Each year, the Office of Student Conduct presents code of conduct revisions to the BU council. This year, the code of conduct will be adopting the changes put in place by the new SUNY policy. Rebecca Wolf, a freshman majoring in psychology, said she has recognized BU’s efforts to take steps in the right direction to combat sexual assault. “At orientation this summer we had a very informative presentation on the topic, and I think it really taught the incoming freshman
class valuable lessons,” Wolf said. “The University’s proactive implementation of the policy really shows its devotion to keeping new and current students safe and comfortable here at Binghamton.” The presentation educated students on how to handle possibly uncomfortable situations, and told students where they could seek help in reporting sexual assault. According to Rose, beginning next year the University will provide training to leaders of student organizations and clubs. In addition, Interpersonal Violence Prevention (IVP) offers a list of preventative services to students. President Harvey Stenger assured all students that BU will continue to update its policies in order to promote the safety and well-being of everyone at the school. “The safety of our students has been and always will be my highest priority,” Stenger wrote in an email. “I am grateful that we have great staff and students who have worked hard on our policies and procedures to make them responsive to our campus’ needs.”
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NYC subway train loses power, strands riders for 2.5 hours Rush-hour commuters were stranded Monday on a packed subway train that lost power for 2 1/2 hours before it could be towed to a station, and five other trains were stuck behind it. The Manhattanbound No. 7 train lost power above ground in Queens at about 9 a.m., said Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokeswoman Amanda Kwan. Ice buildup on the third rail was the suspected cause, but transit officials were still investigating the outage. The train was pulled into Queensboro Plaza by a rescue car at around 11:30 a.m., Kwan said. It was sleeting and about 30 degrees during the rush-hour commute when the power went out. Passengers heard a number of announcements over the loudspeaker from transit officials while they were stranded and once nearly evacuated, said Ashley Carr, 30, who was on the train. Five other No. 7 express trains were stuck behind the darkened car, but they didn’t lose power. They were later taken to a station in Woodside to let passengers off.
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NATIONAL UNIVERSITY NEWS Cornell University suspends fraternity over alcohol incident Cornell University has suspended the activities of a fraternity after an incident involving alcohol and an illicit substance. Cornell says in a statement that it has suspended all social and new member education activities at the local chapter of Psi Upsilon. The Ivy League school says the suspension announced just before the weekend was agreed upon by the university, the national fraternity, its local chapter and their alumni. University spokesman Joel Malina says the move is aimed at preventing activities that could jeopardize the safety of members and their guests. An investigation is proceeding, but the university declined further comment. Cornell has taken steps to curb excessive drinking and sometimes dangerous hazing initiations. In 2011, a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon died of alcohol poisoning linked to fraternity pledging. California police probe swastika graffiti as hate crime While detectives investigate spray painted swastikas on a University of California, Davis off-campus Jewish fraternity house as a hate crime, a Muslim civil liberties group has come out in solidarity with the Jewish community. Davis police spokesman Tom Waltz says no suspects had been identified and no arrests had been made Monday. The Sacramento Bee reports that the two large swastikas spray painted onto the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house happened between 3 a.m. and 9 a.m. Saturday. In a statement, UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi called the behavior “repugnant and a gross violation of the values our university holds dear.” Council on American Islamic Relations Sacramento Valley Executive Director Basim Elkarra released a statement Monday that says the group “condemns all acts of hate targeting members of any faith or background, including rejecting anti-Semitism.”
NATIONAL NEWS Pennsylvania groundhog ‘forecasts’ 6 more weeks of winter The handlers of Pennsylvania’s most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, said Monday the furry rodent has forecast six more weeks of winter. Members of the top hat-wearing Inner Circle announced the “prediction” Monday morning. A German legend has it that if a furry rodent sees his shadow on Feb. 2, winter will last another six weeks. If not, spring comes early. The forecast was also announced on Twitter, as was referenced in the official proclamation read by Jeff Lundy, the Fair Weatherman of the Inner Circle. The rain kept some revelers away, with state police estimating the crowd at around 11,000, slightly smaller than in recent years when upward of 15,000 attended. Despite the German legend, Phil’s handlers don’t wait to see if he sees his shadow — as he likely would not have on such an overcast day. Instead, the Inner Circle decide on the forecast ahead of time and announce it on Gobbler’s Knob, a tiny hill in the town for which the groundhog is named, about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. Records going back to 1887 show Phil has now predicted more winter 102 times while forecasting an early spring just 17 times. There are no records for the remaining years.
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Slippery Situation THURSDAY, JAN. 29, 11:02 p.m. — Officers responded to the second floor of Marcy Hall in Mountainview College after a report of vandalism, said Investigator Patrick Reilly of Binghamton’s New York State University Police. The water fountain on the floor appeared to have been ripped off of the wall. Water was running from the wall onto the floor. This mainly caused damage to the floor tiles onto which the water was dripping. Physical Facilities was able to shut the water off. There are no suspects or witnesses at this time. Forgotten, And Probably Gone FRIDAY, JAN. 30, 4:57 p.m. — A 19-year-old female came to University Police to report her Vera Bradley wallet as stolen, Reilly said. The victim stated that she was in the Lecture Hall for a class and realized midway through the class that she left her wallet on the seats outside of the classroom. When the victim went out to
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Attract the attention of 'The Rewrite' star when he comes to campus this weekend Jacob Shamsian and Odeya Pinkus| Release Editors With less than a two weeks’ notice, our campus was informed that Hugh Grant’s beautifully accented voice will be carrying itself through the Anderson Center this Sunday. It may not be a huge grant, but this man is worth more than any academic scholarship. One look at his mickey blue eyes makes us swoon, and for those of you who aren’t looking to be swept away on a permanent study abroad, he’s still someone who can get all you future actors and directors a foot in the biz. Forget talent and trust us, annoying a famous person is the number one way to do it. 1. Legally change your name to Bridget Jones — If you want him to like you, be
yourself. But if you want him to love you, completely embody the personality of a fictional character that his fictional character got with. If you are not blonde, dye your hair. If you do not keep a diary, start now. You’ll only have the first few days filled out, but he’ll appreciate the effort. 2. Throw your screenplay at him — The only way to get you and your masterpiece noticed is to be assertive as well as different. Yes, your aestheticindie-rock-pop film is that good. Don’t doubt yourself. In “The Rewrite,” Grant’s character wrote a weepy screenplay called “Paradise Misplaced.” Don’t just slip your script to his bodyguard like a common drug lord, literally throw it to him. Stand up as Grant is talking and hurl it toward him with such a force so that he
KNOWS you are serious about the business. Make sure the pages aren’t stapled together so (1) you don’t harm Hugh Grant and (2) he gets the added bonus of having to piece together your play as an after-premiere puzzle. 3. Whisper into his ear “I loved ‘Did You Hear About The Morgans?’” — Confess your admiration for the most misunderstood movie of his career. He’ll be shocked that you actually watched it, and appreciate that you are a true fan, not just one of those “Music and Lyrics” groupies. We not only heard about the Morgans, we think they’re awesome. 4. Recite a passage from your Brit Lit I syllabus — No Hugh Grant movie would be complete without a gratuitous recitation of Sonnet 73. It worked
on John Donne’s mistress, it will work on him, too. Maybe you’ll get lucky, and recite one that he already knows. He will join in with you and you can speak in unison as you fall in love, actually. 5. Avoid talking about the phone hacking scandal — Ever since the News of the World hacked every British celebrity’s phone, Grant has hated celebrity journalists. His blood will boil even at the mention of the word “phone.” Instead ask for his telegraph address, or his fax number, but asking for his phone number won’t work like it does with most people. 6. Offer him a role in a biopic — He’s still the king of the romcom, but you can tell by the look in his eyes that he really wants to be the king of England. Grant knows he needs to branch
out. A lot of British monarchs already have movies about them, but there are a few more obscure ones with inspiring stories to tell. Oliver VIII, anyone? 7. Tell him you like him better than Colin Firth — This is a sore spot for Grant here, and we need to be sensitive to that. Yes Grant, you should have played Amanda Bynes’ dad in “What A Girl Wants,” we agree. 8. Ask him on a date — Don’t be shy! See if he’d like to join you for dinner, and see where it goes from there. Remember, you’ll never know if you don’t try! Take him to a classy dinner at Number 5 (a la “The Rewrite”), then show him a real SUNY time at Binghamton’s hottest frat.
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Get jacked, not smacked Your workout is important, but so is everyone else's Ariel Taub and Austin O'Donnell | Contributing Writers It’s that time of year when the gym starts to resemble State Street on Parade Day. With the hordes of people sharing this time and space, there are bound to be a few awkward encounters. Here are a few tips to help you maneuver the crowds and emerge unscathed, looking better than ever. A smooth and efficient gym experience can keep you from dropping your New Year’s resolution. Follow these simple rules to maintain and improve positive gym karma. No sweat left behind — Just like the children of America, nothing should be left behind. Especially not on your equipment. The spray bottles and paper towels can be used on everything from cardio machines to yoga mats. If everyone appreciates
and reciprocates the rule then the gym stays a well-sanitized, happy place. Respect the headphones — Looking for a new gym buddy or a phone number? Even if the person next to you is showing nice results, their headphones indicate that they’re not looking for small talk. Working out is a de-stressor and the gym can be nice solo time for some people. Sure you might be surrounded by familiar faces, but long conversations should be saved for another time. Reserving a bench is not a thing — Don’t be the guy who “reserves a bench.” Placing your keys on or under a bench does not make it your territory. Be respectful of other people’s workout schedules, especially during peak times. Don’t take pictures of others — Take as many belfies (butt selfies) and transformation pictures as you
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want, but leave other people out of it. Even if the expression on someone else’s face can potentially be the next great internet meme, don’t take a picture. Respect people’s dedication. Anyway, everyone’s face looks like a squash while they are squatting. Control your grunts and moans — Look, you’re not Maria Sharapova. There’s nothing wrong with making some noise while lifting, but don’t make a scene.
No amount of weight can justify making a public nuisance out of yourself. Put your weights back where they belong — There’s nothing worse than having to walk up and down the weight rack to find a matching pair of 45-pound dumbells. Do your fellow gymgoers a favor by putting your weights back where you found them, preferably in their designated spots.
Don’t curl in the squat rack — The squat rack is sacred. There are precious few exercises that should be performed within it, and bicep curls is not one of them. You are not alone — Don’t be afraid to ask for help. Before you do endless reps with free weights that could result in injury — or worse, no results — make use of the gym workers. These are fellow students who make themselves available
to you. Don’t be intimidated by exercise classes, either! Everyone has to start somewhere! Making use of the gym can be a new positive aspect in your life. These tips are groundwork for your first few workouts. You will soon assemble your own do’s and don’ts list as you make it from one awkward encounter to the next.
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Time to wake up from that hibernation and get active Emily Mancini| Staff Writer Binghamton winters can leave you feeling trapped in a purgatorial state, confining you to the indoors where all you have to do is look from one glowing rectangle to another. But it’s actually not so hard to stay active, and there are plenty of clubs and activities on campus to help you. Outdoors Club Are you adventurous? Do you like being outside? If you said yes or even maybe to both of these questions, you’d like the Binghamton Outdoors Club. This student-run organization plans a variety of trips every weekend that will satisfy your inner outdoorsman/woman — whether it’s hiking, backpacking and camping or less conventional activities like spelunking, indoor rock climbing and snowshoeing. Trip expenses are usually funded
by the club. The club meets every Monday at 8 p.m. in Science I, Room 162. Snocats Ski and Snowboarding Club If you’re into skiing and snowboarding but don’t have a car or cold hard cash to spend on lift tickets, check out Snocats. They offer lift ticket discounts as well as day trips to popular mountains such as Killington, Stratton and Mount Snow. This club welcomes all experience levels, so don’t sweat it if you’re just a beginner. For info about the club and upcoming trips, contact snocats@binghamtonsa. org. Binghamton Outdoor Pursuits Outdoor Pursuits offers different guided outdoor activities and workshops that will get you up and out of your dorm. Upcoming trips include an intro to cross-country
skiing workshop, snowshoe hiking by the Finger Lakes and tobogganing. The full schedule of trips is available on the Campus Recreation website. Activities can cost anywhere from $0 to $125, but most trips are $35 and below for students. Those interested in participating must register at the Outdoor Pursuits office in the East Gym. Group Fitness Classes Put that gym membership to use! If you find that you can’t bear the thought of slogging out in the frigid cold just to run on the treadmill for half an hour, try one of the East Gym’s many group fitness classes. There are over 100 classes offered per week, including Spinning, Total Body Toning, Barre Burn, Yoga, Zumba and RIPPED. Not only are they a great way to shake up your routine, but you get to have fun while simultaneously getting a great workout.
Rec Swim Swimming is another great way to keep your body active during the winter, and the East Gym pool offers both lap and recreational swim times so that students, as long as they have valid BU IDs with them, can get their swim time in. Lap swim is generally offered from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. on weekdays while rec swim is from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Check the Campus Recreation website for details. Winter LARP Do you want to stab a snowman? Binghamton’s LARP (Live Action Role Play) Club will be continuing its fantastical sessions throughout the cold winter months, so don’t hesitate to pick up your sword and join the battle. Email larp@ binghamtonsa.org for more information on meeting times and upcoming LARP events.
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A 5-week guide to preparing for this year's Parade Day Kathryn Shafsky | Staff Writer This is the first in a series of five articles. Congratulations, new transfer students! You came right on time. The spring semester is the best time to be a student at Binghamton University. The days get longer, the weather gets warmer and most importantly, Parade Day is on the horizon. It may seem like March 7 is still a distant dream, but veterans know that it is never too early to start preparing your liver for the fateful crawl. If you don’t want to be the friend who boots but doesn’t rally, make sure to start your Parade Day prep ASAP. Follow Release’s five-week plan and you might just find a pot of alcohol at the end of your Parade Day rainbow. Week One — The first week of your road to Alcoholics Anonymous is pretty low-key. Parade Day is still a month away, and it’s important to make sure your liver is still somewhat
functioning in the coming weeks. This step in the process is called the “casual day drink.” You may be training for the marathon, but that doesn’t mean you can’t run a few 5K’s along the way. Start your morning off with some less potent Irish coffee by replacing that whiskey with some Bailey’s and make sure to keep nursing your 30 rack all day.
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A Gym For Ants
Female nudity taboo reinforces inequality Rebecca Klar Contributing Columnist
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n any given afternoon, the East Gym appears to be filled to capacity. At times, the waits for squat racks and treadmills are endless.
This overcrowding isn’t merely a symptom everyone’s New Year’s resolutions: The gym is just too small. And while the constant equipment upgrades are nice, it isn’t helping ease wait times and overcrowding. The University must expand its fitness facilities to account for growing student demand. In the past, barriers to expansion prevented the University from constructing a new facility. University officials say it is nearly impossible to receive state funding for construction of a new facility. With limited options, University officials have opted to pool resources into renovation and installation of new equipment, like the recently added Synrgy360 training system. It feels like we are saying the same thing over and over again to little avail: BU does not have adequate room or services to accommodate the number of students it has. There is nowhere near enough of either to
accommodate a rapidly growing campus. The gym needs to be at least three times as big as this. Why is the administration increasing demand on facilities that struggle to service the present student population? For students who live on campus, an East Gym membership is essentially their only option if they want to work out. Likewise, offcampus students get East Gym memberships — instead of memberships to private gyms — because they’re traveling to campus every day for class. For both groups, overcrowded facilities carry daily academic consequences. When an hour-long workout takes two hours because of waits for machines and benches, it cuts into valuable study time. Not to mention the fact that crowding can seriously discourage and intimidate more casual gym-goers. We are constantly reminded by the University that in order to properly “de-stress,” we should stay away from Adderall, coffee and
all-nighters, opting instead for hefty doses of physical activity during finals and midterms. But the crowded gym environment is itself a source of stress for students who are desperately trying to fit in a bit of exercise in between studying and tests. If construction of a new gym facility is financially possible, the University must get creative with expansion. Campus land is limited. A Downtown University gym close to the Downtown Center could serve off-campus students, lightening the burden on the East Gym. The installation of fitness equipment in on-campus residential buildings may ease the traffic to the main facility and increase the appeal of residential living. There are more options than just renovation to ease the stress on the East Gym, and the University needs to think of something before there are 20,000 students on line for a treadmill.
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The media’s disproportionate censorship of male and female nudity is appalling. Realistic portrayals of naked women are considered taboo due to a hypersexualization of the female form. The “Free the Nipple” movement is a backlash against the conventional treatment of female bodies as forbidden. Until we are regularly exposed to more natural images of female nudity, a dangerous double standard will persist. Many celebrities are using their fame to draw attention to this double standard. Earlier this year, comedian and TV personality Chelsea Handler Instagrammed a picture of herself topless on a horse, a mimicry of a popular image of Vladimir Putin. Although Instagram promptly removed Handler’s photo, Putin’s portrait remained uncensored. Instagram’s nudity discretion policy states, “You may not post violent, nude, partially nude, discriminatory, unlawful, infringing, hateful, pornographic or sexually suggestive photos or other content via the Service.” By these terms, I can understand their decision to remove Handler’s picture. But by those standards, Putin’s photo should also be removed. The two were equally naked. The criminalization of naked female bodies is a chauvinistic act. Whereas Putin can proudly ride topless on his horse without any mention of his naked body, especially his nipples, Handler’s photo is needlessly censored. Similarly, actress Alyssa Milano recently received
criticism for posting a “selfie” she snapped while breastfeeding her daughter. Milano’s picture was in no way sexual or inappropriate. In fact, she merely captured a natural, nurturing moment. Milano’s picture is still considered more unlawful than the numerous overly sexualized images which bombard our media every day. The aversion toward nipples is also evident in television and movies. The plastic surgery reality TV show Botched blurs out nipples even when showing entire breasts. It is absurd that a show dedicated to the portrayal of breast augmentation surgeries still censors nipples. Once again, this reinforces the sexualization of the female body and disdain for the natural form. To combat this issue, we must familiarize ourselves with images of natural naked females performing ordinary, everyday acts. Nudity discretion policies should not be gendered, and we should openly accept the uncensored female body just as we do with the male. — Rebecca Klar is a sophomore majoring in English
Many celebrities use their fame to draw attention to this double standard
Cuomo must follow through on commitment to ethics reform While Governor Cuomo's proposal certainly sounds promising, it is important to remember what happened to his last attempt at stamping out corruption
David Forrest Contributing Columnist
Last week we witnessed the fall of yet another disgraced New York state politician. Former speaker of the New York State Assembly Sheldon Silver joined the ranks of the more than 30 state officials who have been indicted or accused of a crime in the last decade. Silver’s highprofile arrest casts a spotlight on corruption in New York state politics, all but forcing Gov. Andrew Cuomo to respond.
And he certainly did respond. Cuomo challenged the New York State Legislature to enact meaningful reform, suggesting that they either prohibit lawmakers from earning outside income, or enact new rules for disclosing outside pay. Cuomo also called for tighter controls on how legislators can use their expense allowances and campaign funds. In a clear reference to Assemblyman Silver, Cuomo insisted that lawmakers disclose all of the work that they do outside of their legislative offices, in addition to naming all of their legal clients and their clients’ interests before the government.
While this enthusiasm from Cuomo is certainly refreshing, it was nowhere to be found during his “State of the State” address, which took place only days before Silver’s arrest. In the speech, Cuomo dedicated only 80 seconds to what he described as “the need to restore public trust.” It is hard to imagine that Cuomo could not find more time in his hour-plus speech to discuss an issue that should be important to all New York voters in the wake of frequent scandals and indictments of state officials. While Cuomo’s proposal certainly sounds promising, it is important to remember what happened to his last attempt
at stamping out corruption. In response to a torrent of scandals in New York state politics, Cuomo introduced the Moreland Commission and gave it the power to investigate political corruption in New York state. Cuomo touted the Moreland Commission in TV ads as proof of his determination to wipe out corruption in Albany. Yet, less than a year after he created the commission, Cuomo replaced the fanfare and lofty speeches surrounding the commission with an announcement that he would disband it, stating that newly passed laws had accomplished his goal of systemic reform. If Cuomo’s
first answer to corruption could be disbanded, his new proposal could certainly suffer the same fate. Cuomo’s recent proposal is certainly a step in the right direction, but Silver’s case shows that Cuomo’s goal of systemic reform has a long way to go. If he truly does want to clean up state politics and restore the public’s trust, he must start by reinstating the Moreland Commission, no matter what it may find. Until then, the questions surrounding his dedication to stamping out corruption cannot be discounted. — David Forrest is a senior majoring in political science
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Compare Sunday’s contest between the Binghamton women’s basketball team and UMass Lowell with the two teams’ earlier meeting on Jan. 3, and the results couldn’t be more opposite. In the first matchup, the Bearcats (4-18, 2-7 America East) rallied from a double-digit deficit to capture their first conference victory of the season. The second time around, BU had no such luck. UML (9-12, 3-6 AE) pulled out a decisive 66-49 victory to extend Binghamton’s losing streak to six. Despite the loss, freshman guard Jasmine Sina was named AE Rookie of the Week on Monday, earning that distinction for the fourth time this season. After scoring 13 points in BU’s previous game — a Wednesday loss against UMBC — Sina poured in 14 against UML while tallying three steals in the process. BU could not stop the River Hawks, who opened the game on a 10-2 run in the opening five minutes. But not to be silenced, a run capped by a layup from senior forward Sherae Swinson with 6:24 remaining in the half brought the score to 17-16. That would be the closest the Bearcats would come to their opponent, however. Freshman guard Brianna Rudolph opened a 16-2 run for UML with a 3-pointer sandwiched between two layups. Also contributing was senior guard Shannon Samuels, who scored three points and dished out an assist, and junior forward Lindsey Doucette, who hit four free-throws and grabbed an equal number of rebounds. Doucette, who finished the game with 16 points and 12 rebounds, notched her third double-double in four career games against Binghamton. UMass Lowell maintained
Competing on a national stage can be nerve-wracking, but Jesse Garn is used to it. The Binghamton University senior took part in a nationally broadcast mile-long race among elite company for the second consecutive year. This year, at the New York City Armory Invitational broadcast on the NBC Sports Network, Garn faced professional runners such as Cam Levins of the Nike Oregon Project and Chris O’Hare of adidas. He was one of just three collegiate runners in an 11-man race. “Warming up I recognized a lot of familiar faces, belonging to the pros in my race,� Garn wrote in an e-mail. “Saying hello and shaking hands [helped dissipate the nerves]. I’m not the type of athlete that likes to be pent up; rather, chatting with my competition eases the stress. I definitely felt pressured, but not nearly as much as last year in my first elite race like that.� To that end, the event serves a dual purpose: Not only is Garn able to better integrate himself into the professional network of middle-distance runners, he’s able to prove he belongs there. “I feel that everyone at some point has got to think ‘Being on T.V. would be a pretty sweet experience,’ and it is,� Garn wrote. “I have been privileged to be a part of a national broadcast twice now, and I believe that kind of attraction allows my name to get out there, and enable my family, friends, teammates, etc.
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Freshman guard Jasmine Sina earned her fourth AE Rookie of the Week award after scoring 14 points against UMass Lowell on Sunday and 13 points against UMBC on Wednesday.
control of the game throughout the second half. The River Hawks picked up where they left off, widening their advantage to 5025 in the period’s opening seven minutes. Taking the second half, 33-31, UML cruised to victory with a final score of 66-49. One bright spot in the loss was Binghamton’s success in the turnover battle. The frequency of turnovers has been an issue for the team this year, but BU committed four fewer miscues than its opponent. The Bearcats scored 24 points off of 15 UML turnovers while allowing only 13 points off of their own giveaways. Aside from Sina, the only other Bearcat to reach double figures in scoring was junior guard Kim
Albrecht, who matched Sina for a team-high 14 points. Binghamton is set to return to action Wednesday against Hartford. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Events Center.
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first victory, 6-2, but BU would lose the doubles series against the Black Knights, losing the match, 5-2. Against Sacred Heart on Saturday, Binghamton found its first victory of the season, 6-1. With Kohtz, Tashiro, Ambrozy and sophomore Annie DiMuro each taking match victories, the Bearcats fared well in the match’s singles round. In the doubles round, BU took two of three, as Kohtz and DiMuro, along with their respective partners, senior Katherine Medianik and freshman Olga Ostrovetsky took victories against the Pioneers. The Bearcats are set to return home to face Fairleigh Dickinson on Saturday at 3:30 p.m.
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Track and field finds success at Cornell, Penn State While star middle-distance runner Jesse Garn was competing on national television in the New York City Armory Invitational, other members of the Binghamton University men’s and women’s track team were taking part in the Cornell/Robert Kane Invitational and the Penn State National Open on Saturday. Three Bearcat athletes took home first place at Cornell. Senior middledistance runner Josh Miller was victorious in the 500 meter event with a time of 1:15.15, while graduate student Alexis Murray and freshman Brooke Bonney captured victories
best. Either way, Garn’s plan hasn’t changed; he’s still planning on punching his third ticket to the NCAAs. “I believe that every competition is a learning experience, and that there are still many positives to take away from this meet,� Garn wrote. “I am fully confident that I will improve on my time, and qualifying for NCAAs is still the goal for this season.�
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BEARCAT BRIEFS After a three-month break from play, the Binghamton women’s tennis team hit the court at West Point over the weekend. Scheduled to face Army, Sacred Heart and Seton Hall, the Bearcats only saw two of the three opponents due to weather conditions barring Seton Hall from traveling to the event. In the first match against host Army, juniors Sara Kohtz and Agatha Ambrozy took victories over their Army opponents, 6-1, 6-3 and 6-2, 6-1, respectively. But with Army taking the other four single sets, BU was left only with the doubles matches for a chance to start its season in the win column. In the doubles matches, juniors Shea Brodsky and Alexis Tashiro took the
to support me from home.� The experience was different the second time around, and it posed new challenges. Last year at the Millrose Games, the race got out more quickly than he expected, but Garn says that this year, the race got out too fast. “This year I bolted off the starting line into third place for the first 600 meters, which took its toll more than I expected, and I faded the second half of the race,� Garn wrote. Participating in a mile race for the first time in about a year, Garn clocked a time of 4:05.84 on Saturday afternoon. For an elite runner who has broken a four-minute mile and hoped to set a new personal record this weekend, that wasn’t quite what the two-time NCAA qualifier was hoping for. “At first I was disappointed in my performance, and thought that I had let down those who had hyped up my race so much,� Garn wrote. “I had anticipated running under four minutes again. But then I thought, ‘Well, a 4:05 mile on my bad day isn’t THAT bad,’ especially with it being my first mile race since last March.� Garn finished in ninth, with Levins taking first with a winning time of 3:54.74. He was followed by O’Hare, who took second three seconds later (3:57.26). Thomas Award of UPenn finished in third and at the top of the collegiate runners with a time of 4:00.20. But one race won’t determine a career, and being invited to participate in these elite events is a telling enough sign that great things await one of Binghamton’s
in the triple jump and weight throw events, respectively. Bonney also took home a second-place finish in the shot put event. At Penn State, women’s junior distance runner Alexis Hatcher finished sixth in the 1,000 meter but her time of 2:52.69 set the Binghamton school record in the event. The Bearcats are scheduled to return to action at 10 a.m. Saturday when they compete in the SykesSabock Challenge Cup. The event is set to be held at the Horace Ashenfelter III Indoor Track on the Penn State campus.
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Binghamton downs River Hawks for second straight win 82 percent second-half shooting and full-team offensive production carries BU to 76-69 victory Ashley Purdy Sports Editor
Two wins in a row, and the youngest team in the nation looks a bit more veteran. After a tight first half that saw the lead swap five times and the Binghamton men’s basketball team lose an advantage that swelled to as many as nine, BU (420, 3-6 America East) tore away from UMass Lowell in the second behind a ridiculous 82 percent shooting clip from the floor. With that white-hot hand, the Bearcats capped off their Wednesday night victory over UMBC with a 76-69 triumph over the River Hawks (9-13, 3-6 AE). In the second half alone, BU scored 48 points. That’s eight more than what the team managed throughout the entire game the last time the River Hawks and Bearcats faced off, on Jan. 2. In that matchup, BU fell, 50-40, after squandering a threepoint lead heading into halftime. The improvement shows just how far Binghamton has come. Averaging the AE’s worst field-goal percentage on a 39 percent clip, BU finished the game shooting 60 percent from the field and 54 percent from behind the arc. And no one player dominated in particular: Four scorers poured in 13 or more, with none surpassing 15. “Nobody took 10 shots,” BU head coach Tommy Dempsey said. “They’re playing well together — I think that’s the thing that’s
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exciting. Both offensively and defensively, the group is clicking. We don’t always make shots, but the quality of shots has improved dramatically over the past few weeks.” The key to the Bearcats’ success was their balance. They had two potent 3-point shooters in sophomore guards Marlon Beck II and Yosef Yacob, two low-post players in freshman forwards Bobby Ahearn and Willie Rodriguez and a do-itall, glass-crashing, foul-drawing forward in freshman Justin McFadden. As a team, BU got to the line 32 times. Whatever way the River Hawks defended them, the Bearcats got the ball to a weak spot and made it sink. “We got to the foul line, we threw the ball inside, we made jump shots — it was just overall a very good offensive performance and hopefully a sign of things to come,” Dempsey said. The whole-team effort that has been responsible for this two-game streak is a more recent development. The time of 20- or 30-point performances from one dominant Bearcat that still result in a loss are — most likely — over. Every player who checked in for BU scored at least one, highlighted by Yacob’s 15-point contribution off the bench. Twelve of those points came in the second half, during which the 6-foot 2014 All-Rookie team member couldn’t miss. He went 4 for 4 from the field — including 3 for 3 from deep. What it came down to was, Binghamton worked out a plan and saw it through. “We have to go inside and play inside out,” Dempsey said of BU’s game plan. “I think when we get the ball in the paint and we collapse the defense, then we can shoot some 3’s.” The Bearcats have made just 120 of 403 3-pointers in 23 games this season, which amounts to a 30 percent conversion rate. But they hit 7 of 13 3-pointers on a
54 percent clip tonight, and that was made possible by that insideout scheme. To create space on the arc, point guards Beck and Yacob looked to their interim big men, Ahearn and Rodriguez, to get into the paint. “Not only can they score, but they can really pass the ball, too,” Yacob explained. “So they’re really unselfish. You pass them the ball, they’ll make the first plays and we really have faith in them so we just like to play through them.” While Binghamton was dominant in the second half, things weren’t so secure out of the first. UMass Lowell opened the second on a 7-3 run to tie the game at 34, behind a jumper from freshman guard Jahad Thomas and classmate trey Lance Crawford. The Bearcats wouldn’t allow the River Hawks to douse them at home, however, setting out on a 14-2 run of their own that featured two 3-pointers from Beck. From there, the closest UMass Lowell would come was four, when the River Hawks picked apart a 12-point BU lead with just under six minutes to go. Yacob then stepped up big, contributing two treys to bump the Bearcat lead back to double digits. Yacob and Rodriguez paced the Bearcats with 15 points apiece, while the former added three assists and one steal. Beck followed up with 14 points to go along with five assists and Ahearn added 13 points and a teamhigh eight rebounds. McFadden contributed eight points and seven rebounds. On the River Hawk side, Thomas led all players with a double-double off 20 points and 10 rebounds. Crawford added 17 points and four assists. Next up for Binghamton is a Tuesday night home match against Hartford, which will be broadcast by ESPN3. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. at the Events Center.
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Freshman forward Bobby Ahearn contributed 13 points and eight rebounds against UMass Lowell on Saturday.
Bearcats struggle at Brown, blank Sacred Heart
Despite newfound success from lower-weight classes, back-to-back duals yield mixed results Jeff Twitty
its biggest endurance test this season on Saturday — tests, to be specific. Nearing the end of its After last week’s winter storm Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling pushed both of their matches Association schedule, the at Brown and Sacred Heart to Binghamton wrestling team faced Saturday, the Bearcats (6-8, 4-3 Assistant Sports Editor
EIWA) put their resiliency on display by posting a 42-0 victory over the Pioneers (0-11, 0-5 EIWA) after suffering a 21-15 loss against Brown (3-5, 2-2 EIWA). “I think we picked up steam in that second match,” BU head coach
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133-pound freshman Joe Nelson tallied the first dual match victories of his career against Brown and Sacred Heart on Saturday.
Matt Dernlan said. “We were slow getting out of the gates, which kind of cost us.” Starting the day against the Bears, BU lost its first opening match since Jan. 11, after a decision win by 125-pound Brown senior Billy Watterson stopped senior David White’s win streak at four. But Binghamton wouldn’t be down for long. Consecutive decision wins by 133-pound freshman Joe Nelson and 141-pound redshirt-sophomore Dylan Caruana helped to put BU up early, 6-3. For Nelson, wrestling up a weight class from his listed 125 spot, the decision victory was the first of his collegiate career. “[Nelson] won two big matches for us [on Saturday],” Dernlan said. “So it was really big for him and big for the team that he was able to do that.” That success waned for the Bearcats as the match continued. Losses at the 149 and 157 classes swung the lead back to the Bears, 9-6, midway through the meet. Redshirt-freshman Zack Zupan kept BU alive with a win of his own in the 165-pound battle to tie both
teams at nine, but BU couldn’t hold on. After a rough string of upperweight matches, where Binghamton usually shows its prowess, the victory was sealed for Brown. Redshirt-senior Caleb Wallace was on the wrong side of the meet’s only fall in the 197-pound matchup, giving Brown a match-high 12-point advantage. “We thought that was in our grasp, and we just put ourselves in a bad situation,” Dernlan said. “We just have to learn from that situation, and move forward.” BU fared much better against a struggling Sacred Heart team. With three different Bearcats collecting wins by fall, the Bearcats posted their highest point total in EIWA play this season en route to their second shutout of the season. “We came out fast,” Dernlan said of the second match. “Our first three guys recorded bonus points so we got off to a fast start, and we built momentum from there. We finished from top to bottom, so it was good to see them recover.” Nelson, Caruana, Zupan and senior heavyweight Tyler Deuel finished the day 2-0 on the mat,
with Deuel contributing six points in each match by way of forfeit and fall. The Bearcats are set to be back on the mat this weekend, traveling south to face off against George Mason on Friday before meeting American University for their penultimate EIWA match on Sunday. First match against George Mason is slated for 7 p.m. Friday at the Recreation Athletic Complex in Fairfax, Virginia.
We were slow getting out of the gates [in the first dual], which kind of cost us — Matt Dernlan BU head coach