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PIPE DREAM Friday, February 13, 2015 | Binghamton University | www.bupipedream.com | Vol. LXXXVII, Issue 6
Decorated designer showcases cover art SA elections Award winner Mirko Ilic shares inspiration behind front page talent
Alexis Hatcher Staff Writer
The Binghamton University Art Museum unveiled its newest exhibit Thursday night to a crowd of students, faculty and community members. Attendees gathered to admire the work of renowned illustrator, designer and multimedia artist, Mirko Ilic. Ilic began his career in Croatia in the 1970s and moved to the United States in 1986. Since then, he has done work for well-known publications, including Time magazine and the Wall Street Journal. The Art Museum exhibit featured Ilic’s comics and graphic designs, along with some of the work he has done for the New York Times. Also included were a few of his Times magazine covers, one of which stretched from floor to ceiling and was the highest awarded cover of Time. The exhibit itself was curated by BU assistant professor of art and design Blazo Kovacevic. “I told him, ‘I’ll send you a hard drive with all my work, and you show
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advanced to ease transition
New timeline facilitates increased training time, connections with clubs Alexandra Mackof Assistant News Editor
Raquel Panitz/Pipe Dream Photographer Mirko Ilic, renowned illustrator, designer and multimedia artist speaks to a crowd of students, faculty and community members about the Binghamton University Art Museum’s newest exhibit. Curated by BU assistant professor of art and design Blazo Kovacevic, the exhibit featured Ilic’s comics and graphic designs, along with some of the work he has done for the New York Times.
The Student Association E-Board election process has been moved up, with letters of intent due Feb. 20 and elections occurring March 6. In spring 2014, letters of intent were due March 1 and elections were March 28. According to Julie Kline, the chair of the planning, research and elections committee and a sophomore double-majoring in human development and English, the change will make the post-election transition process smoother. “We moved up the deadline to provide an ample amount of time for the current E-Board to train the newly elected SA board,” Kline said. “This will also allow for
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This Black History Month, A thrift shop on campus, if only for a day a focus on the individual Over 300 items donated to RISE, Catholic Charities Spike Lee, Nikki Giovanni headline Februrary's lineup of celebrations Michelle Kraidman Staff Writer
In celebration of Black History Month, the Black Student Union (BSU) has planned events throughout the month to teach people about black history and culture, as well as about themselves. This year’s theme, “Identity: Defining Ourselves Through Our Every Day Experiences,” focuses more on the individual than events in previous years did, organizers said. Events include a Town Hall Meeting, a Racial Justice Deliberation forum and performances of the play “Rhapsody in Black” at a Johnson City theater. Previously, Binghamton University’s Black History Month had only one keynote speaker, but this year there will be two: Nikki Giovanni, a legendary writer and activist, and Spike Lee, an American film director, producer, writer and actor. Initially, poet Nikki Giovanni was to be the only keynote, according to BSU Vice President Ridwan Olatilewa, a senior majoring in computer science. He said Giovanni’s role as a writer and activist in the Black Arts and Civil Rights movements was why they selected her as keynote. “As a person who was alive during the Civil Rights Movement, she played a large role in affecting how things are understood by the masses,” Olatilewa said. “So she plays into the theme of identity, and identifying ourselves in everyday experiences, because she’s experienced a lot of things that people in this generation haven’t been through, and lots of knowledge on how to react if those things were to come up again.”
Stacey Schimmel Contributing Writer
However, the club had the idea of having a complimentary “special guest,” and wanted to bring in Lee, according to Olatilewa. “They’re both very legendary and important in history; Spike Lee’s movies are known throughout the world, he’s made a huge impact on black cinema,” Olatilewa said. “Nikki Giovanni has had an influence on her readers, activists. It’s very exciting that we have two people who have made such big impacts coming to Binghamton University this week.” When BSU did not raise enough
Finding time to go to the mall doesn’t always fit into students’ busy schedules, so on Wednesday, students had the chance to go to a thrift shop right on campus to buy or swap clothing and accessories, all while donating items to local charities. Hillel’s Committee for Social Justice hosted its first “Thrift Shop” in the Old University Union, where they collected over 300 articles of clothing to donate. The female clothing was given to RISE, which provides shelter for women and children in the process of leaving their homes. Other pieces went to Catholic Charities, which works with people below the poverty line to get them jobs, homes and food. Leora Lyon, director of the committee
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In the Old University Union, students make their way through various tables of clothing. Hillel’s Committee for Social Justice hosted its first “Thrift Shop,” where they collected over 300 articles of clothing to donate.
'What I Be' project to expose hidden issues Steve Rosenfield to highlight students' insecurities Jacob Shamsian Release Editor
Kevin Sussy/Contributing Photographer
Ray Reid, a senior and a member of the Black Student Union, speaks in the University Union to teach BU students about black history and culture. The talk was part of a series of events for Black History Month.
Next month, Binghamton University students will be able to show their insecurities to the world, as part of a photography series. For the past five years, photographer Steve Rosenfield has been taking pictures of people as part of his “What I Be” project, self-described as “building security through insecurity.” The photographs feature close-ups of people with their insecurities written with a black marker on their faces or on other parts of their bodies. For example, in one picture, a woman holds up her two fists together with “daddy issues” written on them. In another, a man raises one fist with “act more manly” written on it. From March 15 to 20, Rosenfield
will shoot Binghamton students for the project. His visit is being organized by the Binghamton University Marketing Association (BUMA). “This has never happened on our campus before,” said Danielle Levin, BUMA’s vice president of programming. “A well-known photographer who’s photographed Macklemore, Nora Jones, Joss Stone — these huge people — is coming to our campus to photograph our students.” Hadas Bernstein, a sophomore majoring in psychology, reached out to Rosenfield several months ago. Levin did as well, separately. Rosenfield got the two in touch with each other, and they worked together to raise funds for him to come to campus. Rosenfield has also done the “What I Be” project at several other universities,
including Princeton, Columbia and Duke. His sessions will last about 45 minutes each, and Levin said that he’ll be able to work with around 72 different students. “There will be time for him to get to know you, and then together, you’ll formulate what you write down, what goes on your photograph,” said Levin, a senior double-majoring in art and marketing. For the six days he’ll be in Binghamton, Rosenfield will set up his studio in UUW325. There, students who aren’t picked as one of the project’s subjects can still peer in and watch Rosenfield’s process, which he’s happy to demonstrate. “We picked that room because it has huge open space with a bunch of windows on one wall,” Levin said. “So for the students who don’t get that chance to get
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