Spring 2015 Issue 10

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Campus now has a lactation room, but the Editorial Board argues that women should feel welcome nursing anywhere, see page 8

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Planning for future, SA examines past Student Association fields questions, talks University expansion Alexandra Mackof Assistant News Editor

for Change released a list of 25 demands directed toward Binghamton University’s administration.

These demands, which ranged from facilitating a more diverse student and faculty body to requiring cultural competency training for campus, were

The Student Association (SA) E-Board hosted a forum Wednesday afternoon to hear questions and feedback from student groups.

Alexander Liu, the SA president; Chris Zamlout, the executive vice president; Tom Sheehan, the vice president for finance; Don Greenberg, the vice president for academic affairs; Nayemai-Isis McIntosh Green, the vice president for multicultural affairs; and Stephanie Zagreda, the vice president for programming, all attended the event in the Old Union Hall in the Old University Union.

The SA members answered presubmitted questions from students addressing issues and accomplishments from their time in office, many of which centered around the changing size of Binghamton University.

Zamlout, a senior majoring in philosophy, politics and law, addressed the need for student groups to grow and adapt as the University expands its undergraduate population.

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Franz Lino/Photo Editor Raul Cepin, a sophomore majoring in Latin American and Caribbean area studies, stands up to argue his points with administration at a Town Hall Forum, hosted by the Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Town Hall Forum faces partial walkout

Students reject format of meeting with administrators Joseph Hawthorne and Carla Sinclair

Hall Forum was supposed to provide that chance. But from the very beginning of the night, it became clear that tensions had not Assistant News Editors subsided.

Since the end of protests about racial Near the end of the fall semester, several and ethnic discrimination last semester, protests on campus were staged in response many students have been waiting for an to controversial court rulings around the opportunity to personally address the country; after a town hall forum at the administration staff, and Wednesday’s Town end of the semester, the group Students

studying computer science, stand in front of the New Union.

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Lit jars filled with slips of paper with positive affirmations are placed along the bridge leading toward Lecture Hall by Binghamton University’s Eating Awareness Committee.

Supporters shine light for eating disorder recognition Annual awareness week encourages positivity, happiness

For this year’s National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Binghamton University’s Eating Awareness Committee (EAC) wants to shine the light on the struggles of young adults.

Beginning Monday, the EAC hosted several events for the annual week aiming to educate people about eating disorders.

The group, composed of faculty, students and interns interested in encouraging

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Jack Fischer comes out on top in contest to be student speaker

healthy body image and eating habits, wanted this year’s “Find Your Light” theme to encourage positivity, happiness and self-compassion.

According to the National Eating Disorders Association’s 2015 report, 20 percent of female and 10 percent of male college students have or have had an eating disorder and even more suffer from weight management issues.

The week kicked off with Monday

Lactation room in Old Union basement offers privacy for student, faculty parents

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At TEDx2015, a look at dark side of porn

In a little over two weeks’ time, the Osterhout Concert Theater will be filled to capacity with an audience eager to hear “Ideas Worth Spreading.” But this year, TEDxBinghamtonUniversity is trying something new: bringing a student speaker to the stage.

Jack Fischer, a sophomore doublemajoring in computer science and mathematics, will be joining six other speakers to embody this year’s theme of “Walk The Talk.”

Fischer’s talk, titled “Porn: The New Tobacco,” will focus on NoFap, a Redditinspired community where members abstain from watching pornography or masturbating for periods of time ranging from days to years.

“There’s a growing body of research showing what porn is doing to society,” Fischer explained. “And the grassroots response to that has been most notably through NoFap, this community on Reddit. It’s men and women — mostly men, frankly — and the idea is that you are recovering from whatever porn has done to your brain; sort of rebooting your sexuality.”

Many students applied, but Fischer stood out from the pack. His idea beat out nearly 70 others, according to Stephanie Izquieta, director of TEDxBinghamtonUniversity and a senior majoring in philosophy, politics and law, for the originality of its subject matter and the level of entertainment of his speech.

“We thought it was really funny,” Izquieta said. “In some ways, we thought it was really brave that someone would feel comfortable talking about that, and I think that’s part of the reason why we selected it. The fact that someone is comfortable talking about it and is willing to address those underlying issues is important.”

Fischer has involved himself with the movement, creating a panic button on the NoFap web page for community members who feel like they might relapse. Clicking the button brings

For mothers, a safe space to breastfeed on campus

room B012. It has a refrigerator, couches, pumping materials, books on parenting and a divider so multiple women can use Mothers with infants at Binghamton the space at once. At the moment, it is University can now retreat to a safe space only accessible after the student or faculty to pump and breast-feed their children, member requests usage and signs in at the with the creation of BU’s first lactation Tillman Lobby information desk. room.

Some women feel uncomfortable Created in December 2014, the room breast-feeding in public; the lactation is located in the Old University Union, room provides a private space for women and children to feel more at ease.

According to Alysa Pomer, a fourth-year doctoral candidate studying anthropology and treasurer of the Graduate Student Organization (GSO), the idea of opening the room was in development for several years.

“For staff, if they requested space, then they were temporarily given somewhere private they could go,” Pomer said. “But there was no formal procedure for space for students.”

Last spring, the Graduate Women’s Association (GWA) and the BU Parents Collective (BUPC), an organization of graduate students with children, worked with the Student Affairs Administration at BU to create a survey on the need for a lactation room. After receiving positive Tamar Ashdot-Bari/Contributing Photographer feedback from student and staff mothers Alison Coombs, a fourth-year doctoral and groups like the BUPC and campus candidate studying philosophy, and Madina daycare center, the administration Zabran, a fourth-year doctoral candidate

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Pictured: Jack Fischer

When sick in college, difficulties go beyond recovery In fight against genocide, BU From insurance coverage to medical leave, students must plan for healing Haley Silverstein Staff Writer

Between studying for exams and going Downtown, few students might think about what they would do in the event of a serious illness. Arielle Biro, a junior majoring in chemistry, never thought she would have to take a medical leave of absence, or deal with the medical insurance woes that come with it.

This past fall, 1,768 students enrolled in Binghamton University’s health insurance plan, according to Johann Fiore-Conte, the director of health and counseling services. The 12-month plan, provided by United Healthcare, costs $1,185 for the 2014-15 academic year, which Fiore-Conte said covers students during semester breaks.

And when Biro was diagnosed with

lymphoma this past summer, she came to see how vital her University health insurance was.

Before beginning her treatment, though, Biro spent two weeks determining whether or not her expenses would be covered.

“I was all fed up,” Biro said. “Students don’t realize how confusing the health insurance company is because one, students are typically healthy and don’t have to deal with it, or two, their parents deal with it.”

After multiple calls, she finally spoke with a representative at the BU financial aid office who guaranteed her insurance for the fall semester.

Biro filled out documentation with the Dean of Students, Harpur Advising and

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Our students are very academically focused and very hesitant to interrupt their studies even when health issues are involved —Johann Fiore-Conte Director of Health and Counseling Services

alumnus targets root causes

Owen Pell, class of 1980, attributes mass atrocities around the world to terrorism and corruption Zachary Wingate News Intern

Owen Pell is a litigation partner based in New York City who has worked on cases involving South African apartheid, the desecration of graves in Eastern Europe and art stolen by Nazis. His latest project, however, was talking to students at Binghamton University.

Pell, a member of the class of 1980, spoke Wednesday evening in Casadesus Hall in the Fine Arts Building about genocide and mass atrocity and his involvement in helping to both end and prevent future crimes against humanity.

“Genocide is more than murder, it’s an attempt to destroy a collective,” Pell said.

“It’s certainly not a recent phenomenon.

One can argue that genocide seems endemic.”

Pell is on the Board of Directors of the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR), which works to educate and assist states in developing mechanisms that prevent genocide.

According to its website, AIPR is the chief nonprofit partner of the United States government in educating and training for genocide prevention.

According to Pell, genocide and mass atrocities do not just appear out of thin air but are borne out of processes that take years. Corruption and violence in many

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African countries today, including the Congo, is rooted in a history of colonization.

“Genocide is never random and never spontaneous,” Pell said. “The violence that is happening in the Congo today is a result of the events that happened when King Leopold was still ruling in Belgium.”

Pell explained that one of the main reasons the U.S. military intervened in Libya in 2011 was because language used by thenleader Muammar Gaddafi to describe rebels echoed of past mass atrocities.

“In Libya, Gaddafi crossed the line by going on the radio and calling his adversaries cockroaches,” Pell said. “That was the moment phone calls rang around the world.”

To help prevent future violence, Pell called for more academic research on genocide and said that there is a desperate need for social

scientists in both the government and non-government organizations to work together to address the topic.

“The UN and the government flounder around,” Pell said, “but at least they are working to do something.”

Pell said that he sees improvements in international law and documenting human rights violations.

“There’s more transparency now then there was 20 years ago, and with that comes more accountability,” Pell said. “We’re beginning to set up new paths of state accountability.”

Students participated in a question-and-answer session after the talk, which included questions about what advice he had for students wanting to get involved in atrocity prevention.

Anne McCall, the dean of Harpur College and the organizer of the event, said that she was impressed with Pell’s proactive approach to

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Owen Pell, a litigation partner and BU graduate, speaks about genocide and his efforts to stop crimes against humanity.

stopping mass atrocities before they happen.

“I think the first highlight is the theory that genocide is preventable, and that there are measurable means of understanding that it

could occur and what you might need to do to prevent it,” McCall said. “So this isn’t some sort of surprise tragedy, this is something you can wrap your head around and work on.”

Tensions high as students discuss diversity demands ODEI continued from Page 1 presented to administrators last December.

In response, the Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (ODEI) hosted its Town Hall Forum Wednesday night in the Old University Union. Administrators from various offices, including those from ODEI, academic affairs, student affairs, law enforcement and physical facilities came to address the demands aimed at their corresponding jurisdictions.

President Harvey Stenger was not in attendance due to an emergency trip to Albany, according to ODEI Director Valerie Hampton.

The event began with conflict almost immediately, when members of Students for Change said that the format of the event hindered the group’s ability to address the administrators.

While many students said they had expected administrators to present information as a panel to the entire audience, the ODEI had split the room into four large tables for smaller groups of students to

rotate between during the event.

Several members of Students for Change stood up to argue with Hampton as she addressed the entire room and said that the forum unfairly split up students, many of whom had come to the event as one group.

“On behalf of Students for Change, we want to thank you for holding this meeting, and we’re really glad you’re concerned about our concerns,” said Jessica Dunn, a sophomore double-majoring in sociology and political science.

“But as per our email yesterday, this format doesn’t work for us; it divides us, so we can’t stand as a group. And in short, we can’t hold individual administrators accountable for what they say.”

When neither side agreed to compromise on the format of the event, more than half of the nearly 60 students in attendance walked out and many of them met privately in another room in the Union.

However, dozens of students, staff and faculty remained for more than two hours after the walkout to participate in the event as planned.

At one table, University Police

Department (UPD) Chief Timothy Faughnan explained the hiring and work policies of UPD. He said that as a New York state police department, the standards for campus officers are very high and that all must undergo rigorous psychological training.

Faughnan said that while only a few of his sworn officers identified as black, Latino or Native American, his department has the highest percentage of minority, LGBTQ and female officers in Broome County.

“We recruit at New York state fairs, the Career Development Center, SUNY Broome, other college campuses,” Faughnan said. “Because we have a college requirement, the likely recruitment target is college campuses.

Remember, we are also competing with 28 other SUNY campuses for the same job.”

Hampton and Provost Donald Nieman also each led discussions at other tables about issues of academics and cultural competency training respectively.

Nieman addressed the demand to instate a mandatory cultural competency general education

requirement, which the groups suggested be expanded to include gender, sexual orientation and identity, as well as the existing African American, Hispanic and Native American studies.

He highlighted that it is not the administration, but the faculty that creates curriculum, and encouraged students to connect with the University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee to assess what students wanted by means of cultural diversity.

“To make any kind of change with this requires a lot of discussion, and a lot of connections between students and faculty,” Nieman said.

“And I suspect there is a wide variety of perspectives among students.”

At the end of the event Hampton said that she would continue to discuss avenues for change, and was open to meeting with any student groups who wanted to continue the discussions.

“As tricky as the beginning of this may have been, and felt, I think it was productive,” Hampton said. “The ODEI is committed to continuing the dialogue and to figuring it all out.”

When facing eating disorders, turn to positivity EAC continued from Page 1 night’s Library Tower Lighting in Glenn G. Bartle Library. Sarah Thompson, a lecturer for health and wellness studies (HWS) and a chair of EAC, spoke about the severity of eating disorders and emphasized that recovery is possible. Along the bridge leading toward Lecture Hall, jars were filled with slips of paper with positive affirmations or goals for 30 days, to be displayed at the Health Fair on March 25.

“The whole idea here is #Binghappy,” Thompson said.

“We want to promote positivity: in ourselves, in our body image and our ability to do wonderful things at Binghamton University.”

Jessica Surdey, a HWS instructor and an EAC member,

said most students experience disordered eating in the form of skipping meals, replacing meals with caffeine or overeating, which is linked with anxiety and depression.

“Eating disorders do not discriminate,” Thompson said.

“They affect everybody from every background, males and females.

There is not one population that is immune to eating disorders.”

Surdey said that since BU is a competitive school, eating and exercise habits can become unhealthy ways to control stress, putting students at high risk for eating disorders.

“At Binghamton, I have seen more demand for mental health services in the past year than I remember — and I was a student here,” Surdey said.

Thompson said that the media

At TEDx, Fischer to discuss a porn-free life

can both help and hinder body image through unattainable digitized images, but also through promoting knowledge and awareness of what is healthy.

The emphasis on the media was showcased during Tuesday night’s dining hall discussions, where students spoke about the effects of social media on selfperception. Khelan Todd, the resident director of Endicott Hall in Newing College and a member of EAC, asked students to consider how they present themselves on social media.

“You never know how many lives you can touch through social media and you never know how many people you can affect,” Todd said. “I choose positivity.

It’s way easier to be positive than it is to be negative.

BU offers resources for

students suffering from body image issues, Thompson said, such as the University Counseling Center, Ph.D students from the Psychological Clinic and campus nutritionist visits from the Nutrition Clinic satellite in Vestal. Sodexo also has a dietician who helps students create healthy meal plans free of charge, and the Recreation Center at the East Gym can help with exercise plans. The HWS department teaches courses on nutrition, exercise, stress management and wellness.

“While eating disorders are serious, potentially lifethreatening illnesses, help is available both here, on campus and in our community,” Thompson said. “The struggle is real, but you are not alone.”

the user to a web page with an inspirational message to help them strengthen their resolve.

“Last year it was about people thinking differently,” Izquieta said. “This year, it’s about people actually doing things that are making a difference. We saw Jack’s talk and it fit very perfectly with our theme. It’s literally a student doing something about an issue.”

And though the name of his talk compares the porn industry to big tobacco, Fischer insists that his talk is meant educate, not attack.

“I’m firmly in the camp that [porn] is basically a drug,” he said. “I don’t want to say it’s antiporn. I don’t think the point of the talk should be anti-anything.

I think it’s pro-healthy sexuality.

We’re trying to undo what a forprofit industry has destroyed for millions of people.”

Despite the fact that Fischer will be a student speaking amongst adults with years of experience in their respective fields, Izquieta

said that she is excited to see what he can do.

“Oftentimes we shy away from opportunities because we think we’re not qualified enough,” she said. “I think this is an opportunity for all students to come together and say ‘I don’t need your credentials, I have something to share and I want to share it.’”

Tickets will go on sale Friday in the Marketplace and will cost $10. TEDxBinghamtonUniversity will take place on Sunday, March 15 at 1 p.m.

I think [my talk] is pro-healthy sexuality.

We're trying to undo what a for-profit industry has destroyed for millions of people — Jack Fischer TEDx Speaker

At SA town hall forum, talks of OCCT expansion SA continued from Page 1 “We have almost 290 student groups under the Association,” Zamlout said. “We don’t simply want to just amp up that number, we want to make sure that the student groups we are chartering and the student groups that have been chartered stay on campus for years to come.”

With an increase in the population of the student body, Liu, a senior majoring in philosophy, politics and law, discussed the need for Off Campus College Transport (OCCT) to adapt and grow to accommodate the demand from those moving Downtown.

“Making sure that we are servicing all students who live in the traditional area is our first priority,” Liu said. “We do want to expand to other areas, such as east of Hawley, but it requires more information on who’s living there and how much of a demand we

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Chris Zamlout, the SA executive vice president and a senior majoring in philosophy, politics and law, talks about BU’s need to expand as the undergraduate population grows.

have to justify the cost. Budgeting to make sure that everything is financially sustainable is a huge challenge.”

In addition to expansion, Liu also said that OCCT will have to increase efficiency and become more user-friendly.

“The blue buses are well known, but we need to make our schedule easier to read and more interactive,” Liu said. “We need to make route changes and delays more accessible for the student population.”

All of the E-Board members said that they want more students to get involved with the SA and to have a greater understanding of how they can make a difference.

Greenberg, a senior triplemajoring in computer science, finance and mathematics said that the opportunities for involvement need to be increased.

“The avenues for people who come to the University and want to see a big change are a little bit too thin for my taste,” Greenberg said.

“I think that’s definitely something that needs to be worked on going forward so that young people can start making changes.”

McIntosh Green, a senior double-majoring in history and human development, said that the issue goes beyond just numbers. Students of all different backgrounds should look to get involved in positions of power to increase representation.

“I’d say that expansion needs to go beyond freshmen and sophomores, and include gender, religion as well as race and culture,” McIntosh Green said.

“I think that there is a noticeable separation between student organizations and executive board and congress. The government side of things, that’s something I would like to see diversified.”

In sickness, medical leave no easy task

With lactation room, privacy on campus

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Decker Health Services formally declaring her leave of absence, and then started her testing and treatments.

Yet, when Biro went to the hospital for a scan, she was told she was not insured.

She called Niagara National Insurance, which assists with the marketing and enrollment for the school’s plan, whose representative assured her that she was covered, though it would take time to register her into the system.

Biro’s health insurance was eventually settled and she said she was able to continue her treatments after much stress.

Biro is not alone. Each year, 120-150 students need to navigate the challenges of withdrawing from the University for medical reasons, said Beth Riley, a case manager in the office of the Dean of Students.

According to April Thompson, the dean of students, there are often financial factors to consider before taking a leave of absence.

“I think the first really challenging part is that tough decision of whether or not to take a withdrawal,” Thompson said.

“Depending on when you take that withdrawal, you may or may not be eligible to get any refund on your tuition or payments. It’s an investment that you’ve made in the semester that financially you cannot recoup.”

According to Fiore-Conte, the first priority is for students to get the medical help they need.

“I would say that our students are very academically focused and hesitant to interrupt their studies even when health issues are involved,” Fiore-Conte wrote in an email. “Sometimes the best decision from a health perspective is for the student

to put academics on hold for a period of time to concentrate on getting better.”

When a student returns to school after medical leave, the Dean of Students case managers work with Decker to arrange appointments with doctors and specialists within the University and within the area. For example, students may need physical therapy after they return to school, and the Dean of Students can help.

Additionally, Decker has a private room where students can Skype with their primary care physicians elsewhere.

Although the insurance company was problematic for Biro, she found the University to be helpful.

“Binghamton was so understanding,” Biro said. “I remember calling Decker and they were very understanding, they just wanted me to get better.”

approved the room and the space opened last semester.

Alison Coombs, a fourthyear doctoral candidate studying philosophy and president of the GSO, said that though spaces designated for breast-feeding mothers at universities are common, SUNY schools fall behind the norm.

“Other campuses around the Northeast have them, and have had

The more people who know about it, the more choices women have — Madina Zabran BU Parents Collective Member

them for a while,” Coombs said.

“We discovered that Cornell has over 15 of them. I searched for all the other SUNY campuses, and the only one that has one is Downstate Medical Center.”

For mothers like Madina Zabran, a fourth-year doctoral candidate studying computer science and a member of the BUPC, when she was breast-feeding a lactation room would have made her feel more welcome on campus, as both a student and a mother.

“It’s something that would’ve made my life a little easier,” Zabran said. “Not only that there’s a space where I could physically be to make sure my child is fed, but also feel supported and feel that we are a campus for everyone, including mothers who choose to breast-feed their babies.”

Zabran said she began her Ph.D. when her child was 4 months old, and had to drive home between classes to breast-feed and pump.

She said she hopes more women

find out about the room to help balance their careers as women and mothers.

“Until you’re a parent, you don’t even realize what [the room] is and how important it is,” Zabran said.

“The more people who know about it, the more choices women have.”

According to Coombs, because there is no centralized resource center on campus for women, getting the word out about the room has been difficult, and according to the sign-in sheet no one has used the room so far.

Regardless, she said the creation of the lactation room makes campus more accommodating for more people.

“It’s an important first step in making sure that there’s more support for women in all kinds of issues,” Coombs said. “This is one resource that can become available and the start of more services and support for women to become more integrated in the University altogether.”

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Good Thing She Double-Checked TUESDAY, FEB. 24, 12:45 p.m. — A 19-year-old female was the victim of fraud, said Investigator Patrick Reilly of Binghamton’s New York State University Police. The victim received an email from someone looking for a part-time administrative assistant. The email asked the reader to send their résumé to a separate Gmail account. The victim sent it and received an email back stating that she was hired as an independent personal assistant. She then got a detailed email from the unknown suspect saying that he ran funding for orphanages and that he would send the victim a check via email. The victim was instructed to cash the check and send the deposit slip to the suspect. Once the suspect received the deposit slip, the victim would then be instructed to buy various paper goods such as checks and business paper with the money. The victim was suspicious of this and asked a fellow student who also applied for this job about it and they deduced that it was a scam. They contacted UPD who told them and other students to be careful about opening and replying to any emails that may seem suspicious.

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These shows are all talk—in a good way

Campus radio is putting the mic where its mouth is Rich Kersting | Release Video may have killed the radio star, but there is still a devoted group who carry out the craft of talk radio in the modern world.

They often go without a face, just a name. They do this not in a faraway place, but right under your feet. From the basement of the New University Union, these disciples of frequency modulation live to be heard. They’re a little group called WHRW 90.5 FM, Binghamton University’s own free-format radio station.

WHRW is a place where students can learn the conventions of broadcasting in a sandbox of their own creation. For the listener, it’s an opportunity to experience a type of media that isn’t accessible outside of college campuses, capturing the essence of college life: eclectic, challenging and unconventional. In addition to music, the same spirit can also be found in its lineup of Public Affairs (PA) programs.

“WHRW’s mission is to let students and community members to broadcast freeformat radio,” said Carole Dore, PA director at WHRW and a senior majoring in economics.

“This means that students can play whatever music styles they want, without any sort of commercial pressures.”

But what are “public affairs”?

Basically, they’re programs that focus on relevant media often found in the talk-radio format.

WHRW’s PA programs air from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays.

Some shows have become staples to the lineup, like the nightly news, “The Religious Panel,” hosted by Rachel Freedman and “Sustainable Binghamton Radio,” hosted by Susan Lee. Whatever your interests, no matter how varied, WHRW seeks to provide a show for it. With a weekly lineup that includes topics on female empowerment, sports, biology, comedy, cinema and literature, WHRW’s PA programs try to educate and elucidate by offering a worthwhile educational experience perfect for a college campus.

In recent semesters, WHRW

has launched several new shows into the lineup with varying themes.

On the Monday lineup, Ray Futia, hosts “This Week in Biology” from 5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., a newer show that explores areas of important biological research, often accompanied by biology graduate students and biology professors alike. For those with more than just an inkling of interest in serious science, this show provides news not often found on the radio.

On Tuesdays, Connor Daniel, Phil Hazen, Cory Ray and Bobby Black host “The Grassroot” from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. New to WHRW this semester, “The Grassroot” focuses on local political news, perfect for the budding Broome County politician in us all. Like it or not, local politics do affect the lives of students, and it wouldn’t be such a bad thing to be more informed. Also a new show as of the spring, “But Seriously,” is a conversational talk show hosted

by Raaga Rajagopala and Victor Tarantino from 5:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m., which covers a wide range of topics from humanitarian to political issues.

“Whether we’re challenging people’s opinions, challenging our own opinions or just simply talking things through, we believe our show will be the perfect platform for everyday issues that directly or indirectly affect college students,” Rajagopala, an undeclared freshman, wrote in an email. “We want students to call in, talk to us and uninhibitedly agree or disagree with what we have to say.”

“Below the Radar,” broadcast on Wednesdays from 4 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and hosted by Kane Sauchuk and Ian Anderson, is a news program that follows one story per week, often focusing on stories that have gone largely unnoticed. From 4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. is “Grrl Power Hour” hosted by Deirdre Sullivan and Hannah Pollick, members of the Women’s Student Union.

In line with Dore’s goal of producing important educational programs, Dore hopes to have more programs like this one, where student groups educate the student body with their own

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talk shows.

While time slots for PA programs can be competitive, WHRW seeks to give motivated students, with genuinely interesting and unique ideas, a platform to share their ideas and thoughts on the air. It isn’t always easy, but the experience proves rewarding to those who put themselves out there.

Alex Baer, a senior majoring

in psychology, is a co-host of the returning animal and ecology talk show, “Wet ’n’ Wild World” (Fridays from 4 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.).

“Though none of us were strict organismal biology majors, we all bring the best qualities of our studies to the table,” Baer wrote in an email. “I think the show appeals to anyone with a love of the animal kingdom, but

I also believe that it has a wider reach to anyone with an interest in the world around them.”

“Wet ’n’ Wild World” is a great example of an entertaining and educational program that was born out of interest and love for a subject, not just hard academics.

The PA programs are a place to explore one’s passions, and share them with people on the air.

“Often done live, DJs and show

hosts need the ability to think on their feet,” Dore said. “It takes energy, skill and preparation to be a part of WHRW’s broadcast.

As a show host myself, I know that some shows seem to go better than others. You learn from both your successful and less successful shows. I think it’s an invaluable lesson in selfawareness and self-improvement to host a live show.”

Jericho Brown reads, and we all listen

Visiting Binghamton, a poet reads from his work and says he finds influence in music

The structure of the reading resembled a musical album

Ariel Taub | Contributing Writer If you wanted to hear some poetry on campus this past week, apparently all you had to say was “Please.” Jericho Brown, a professor of poetry at Emory University, as well as the author of a like-titled book, visited Binghamton University Tuesday night as a part of A Readers’ Series event. Brown’s “Please” won the American Book Award, and he has recently released a new work titled, “The New Testament.”

His poems have appeared in The New Republic, The Nation, The New Yorker, The Best American Poetry, and Nikki Giovanni’s collection of “100 Best African American Poems.” Brown has received a Whiting Award as well as fellowships from the Radcliffe Institute at Harvard and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Maria Mazziotti Gillan, the director of the creative writing program and the Center for Writing, has known Brown for eight years and refered to him as a “heartfelt storyteller with a sense of music” when she introduced him.

“Poetry is asking us to feel in a world that tells us not to,” said Gillan. “Like what Jericho was saying, so often our inboxes are cluttered with YouTube and other videos of people falling or getting hurt and we are meant to laugh.

Poetry is telling us to stay alive; all of us who love poetry know poetry can teach us to be more human.”

Brown first read a poem from his most recent book “The New Testament” because “where I’m from we start with prayer,” he said.

The poem connected the religious context of “The Father” in Christianity and physical violence from a “father’s hand.” The poem

was from the perspective of a young boy with a “bruising lip” who attempted to reason with his father’s actions.

A few pieces later, Brown explored a relationship in which love and abuse coexist. The woman in the poem is depicted as loving the father and his hands even when they are being used against her, the man as loving her body even when hunched and retreating away from him.

The piece ends with the two discussing names for the newest member of the family and making love loud enough for the oldest to understand.

“I know what my obsessions are,” Brown said. “It’s okay to return to your subjects but I have to be surprised and discover things as I write.” He said it’s interesting to write something “down on a page and ask yourself, ‘Do I believe what I just wrote or

what I believed since I was 6?’” In response to praise for his ability to explain where and how he finds inspiration, Brown said that he always feels that “as an artist of never feel[ing] like you’re doing enough. Want to get to the bone, the marrow of the bone, get to myself.”

Being in the audience served as a lesson in influence. He drew from Greek mythology — “not the only mythology there is, by the way” — and “Love Jones,” a movie that “works every time” on date night, as well as Alice Walker’s “The Third Life of Grange Copeland.” Artists ranging from Minnie Riperton, Janis Joplin, Betty Smith and Langston Hughes had an obvious role in shaping Brown’s adolescence, the tone of the poems and the development of the content. The structure of the reading resembled a musical album as well; each title was

referred to as a track.

In addition to subject matter, music influences how Brown uses sound, tone and dialogue in his writing. Listening to Brown describe his writing process felt intensely private, like I was peeping into his inner workings.

He starts by thinking about changes in tone and attractive sounds, and then fills in content later. That’s how we listen to music: “You can have a favorite song and not know the words, it just comes on and you know what the feeling is.”

“Read as much as you can and treat it like an art form,” Brown said. “Treat literature the same as music and [visual] art. You have to turn on the radio. You have to go to readings, go to classes where you’re exposed to different writings and then you make your mind up about them.”

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Bearcat lends publishing paw Chill out, 'The 2 roads diverge in a wood, and connect again in Binghamton Rewrite' is back Tiffany Moustakas | Release

If you don’t think you’ll cross paths with another Binghamton University student after graduation, think again.

In 2014, Fox Frazier-Foley submitted her new book of poetry, “Exodus in X Minor,” as a submission to Sundress Publications’ annual Chapbook Competition, a contest that awards writers with the chance to be published by Sundress.

Nine years before, she graduated from Binghamton with an English degree, mostly focusing on creative writing. She thought she left Vestal Parkway for good until she returned in 2012, fell in love, stayed for a year, and was inspired to write “Exodus in X Minor.” And her connection with Binghamton didn’t stop there.

Erin Elizabeth Smith is the founder and managing editor of Sundress Publications, which publishes books and collections and hosts online literary journals. Ten years ago, she graduated from Binghamton as an English major with a creative writing focus as well. In 2014, she emailed Frazier-Foley with the news that she was the 2014 winner of the Chapbook Competition.

It wasn’t until then that they put two and two together: They both went to BU at the same time and didn’t even know it.

“It was so funny to see that she’d actually been at Binghamton some of the same years that I had,” Smith wrote in an email. “Though we never ran in the same crowd despite both being poetry majors.”

Frazier-Foley spent her undergraduate days studying with English professors like Liz

Rosenberg and Maria Mazziotti Gillan. She cites the two of them as being influential and encouraging in developing her voice as a writer.

The most important thing Frazier-Foley learned as an undergrad writer was that asking questions always leads to constructive dialogue.

“I feel like that’s a gradual lesson for most people; I know it was for me,” Frazier-Foley wrote. “I’m very glad I learned it — I like the person I am so much better for being able to approach the world and other people in that way.”

Meanwhile, Smith’s undergraduate experience was shaped by Binghamton itself.

“I learned a love of a sense of place, a love for the hills and water, and the dazzling sense of season,” Smith said. “I still write Binghamton poems despite not having been back since 2005.”

After Binghamton, FrazierFoley and Smith continued to go their separate ways, only to be reminded of their alma maters.

Frazier-Foley went on to start a literary press called Ricochet Editions and work on poetry blogs such as THEthe Poetry blog with BU lecturer Joe Weil and alumnus Micah Towery.

Smith, on the other hand, also runs the Sundress Academy for the Arts in Knoxville, Tennessee, an artists’ residency on a 45-acre farm, and teaches creative writing at the University of Tennessee.

Despite being so far from Binghamton, Smith continues to find other former Bearcats.

“Since leaving BU, I’ve found that so many writers have some sort of Binghamton connection — whether through their own degree work, attending a conference, or having a loved

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Fox Frazier-Foley, author of “Exodus in X Minor,” published her book with Sundress Publications, run by Erin Elizabeth Smith, another Binghamton alumna.

one who attended,” Smith wrote.

“Apparently all roads lead to Binghamton.”

And they do.

Going forward, these Binghamton alumni still plan on working together. In 2016, Sundress Publications will release “Political Punch,” an anthology of contemporary American political poetry Frazier-Foley introduced as a series on the THEthe Poetry nlog last fall.

“It helps to know that there is an institution made by awesome, intelligent, creative people who see the value in what I’m trying to do,” Frazier-Foley said. “It helps me honor my own voice and my own approach, especially when I feel drawn to write about difficult or controversial subject matter.”

Going forward, Frazier-

Foley and Smith will continue molding their literary careers with the things they learned when they were sitting in the seats of Lecture Hall and the Fine Arts Building.

While Foley-Frazier wants to publish more poetry, teach creative writing and appropriately open a “TwilightZone”-themed bar, Smith is looking to focus on what’s in front of her now.

“Right now, my energies are focused on the press and the residency,” Smith said.

“Eventually I’d like to be able to make Sundress my full time occupation, but in the meanwhile, I love teaching at UT and working with students who remind me so much of the students I used to be in workshops with back at BU.”

If you live in the general vicinity of Binghamton University and you haven’t heard about “The Rewrite,” then you’re either deaf or lying. Now, only a few weeks after Hugh Grant graced us with his presence, we are able to relive the fun and joy of what President Harvey Stenger had declared “The Rewrite” weekend. If you weren’t lucky enough to get a ticket to the premiere or are only now realizing that you missed out on an important landmark in your BU career, you have been given another chance.

Starting today, The ART Mission and Theater will be showing “The Rewrite” at its Downtown Binghamton location, 61 Prospect Ave. Once again, if you are even remotely a student at this school you know the plot. But let’s recap it just in case: Grant plays a screenwriter who can’t think of another hit. So he (reluctantly) accepts a job to teach at BU. He doesn’t fit in at first, but through your standard rom-com mishaps he ends up happy. Marc Lawrence (‘81) directed and wrote the film, and for anyone who calls themselves a Bearcat, there are plenty of relatable moments in the film. So yeah, go see it.

No, I’m not kidding. Watching this movie is a big part of the BU experience. It’s practically a graduation requirement. Go see it in the theaters for the full experience. Laugh (or vomit) as

they discuss spiedies and the horrible weather, clap when you see the clock tower and shake your head in distaste and jealousy as they pan across a nice green campus that is not our own. Also J.K. Simmons is in it, and he just won an Oscar (for “Whiplash,” but whatever), so why would you not go?

The ART Mission and Theater will be showing “The Rewrite” at the following times: Saturday, Feb. 28 at 7:15 p.m., Sunday, March 1 at 3 p.m., and Tuesday, March 3 at 7:15 p.m.

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So much more than plain, white rice

Who even needs an oven and stove anymore? You can make grilled cheese in this thing Emily Mancini | Staff Writer A rice cooker is a college kitchen staple. It’s compact, easy to use, easy to clean and won’t get you busted for violating the fire code (if your RA doesn’t see it). But the best thing about rice cookers? They aren’t just for rice. You’ve got a whole world of culinary possibilities contained within that little appliance, from mac and cheese to omelets. Hell, you can even make delicious cakes with a rice cooker. Yes, cakes.

Stupidly Easy Vanilla Cake Perfect for celebrating your suitemate’s birthday or the end of midterms, this cake is moist, delicious and ridiculously easy to make.

Ingredients: -1 package of vanilla cake mix -Eggs, water and oil (as called for by cake mix) -1 container of chocolate or vanilla frosting Mix the cake ingredients according to the package instructions. Add batter to rice cooker and press Steam/Cook.

Cake will need to bake for about 45 minutes, so you might have to cycle it twice. Once it’s done, the cake will be firm and springy to the touch. Let cool for 10 minutes, slide out of the rice cooker, frost and serve.

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This recipe is certified delicious, as tested by my roommates and me.

For those feeling more ambitious, try out this tasty curry chicken recipe to spice up tonight’s dinner.

Ingredients: -8 ounces elbow macaroni -2 cups no-salt-added chicken or vegetable broth - teaspoon salt -1 cup whole milk -1 ½ cups two or three-cheese blends (i.e. cheddar, mozzarella, Monterey Jack) Combine pasta, broth and salt in the rice cooker. Cook for a regular cooking cycle (about 15 to 20 minutes), stirring once or twice to make sure pasta doesn’t stick. Once pasta has cooked and broth is almost completely absorbed, stir in milk, cheese and any add-ins (we recommend bacon). Close lid and cook for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until cheese is melted and mixture is well blended.

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Ingredients: -4 eggs -Shredded cheese, vegetables, ham or other preferred fillings Whisk eggs together until blended well. Spray rice cooker pot with cooking spray, pour in the eggs, close the lid and set to steam for five minutes. After five minutes, open the lid, fill it with cheese or fillings of your choice and fold in half. Slide onto a plate and serve.

Ingredients: -2 tablespoons oil -1 cup chopped onion -1 tablespoon minced garlic -2 tablespoon curry powder -2 cups water -1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce -1 (8 ounce) package Zatarain’s jambalaya mix -1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into -1-inch cubes -¾ cup plain yogurt -1/3 cup chopped cashews Set rice cooker to regular cooking cycle, place oil in pan and add onions and garlic. Cook for five minutes, stirring frequently, until onion is tender. Add curry power; cook and stir for two minutes. Add water, tomato sauce, jambalaya mix and chicken. Mix well. Close lid and cook until chicken is thoroughly cooked (about 1-2 regular cooking cycles). Turn off rice cooker, stir in yogurt and let stand for five minutes. Sprinkle with cashews and serve.

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NASCAR drivers deserve respect

Racing is plagued by negative sterotypes and misconceptions Benjamin Goldberg

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Breast Intentions here do mothers breast-feed their children at Binghamton University?

It’s a question the majority of undergrads don’t really think about.

It’s a question the majority of undergrads don’t really think about. This semester, the University designated a room for mothers to breast-feed privately.

The lactation room is located in the basement of the Old University Union, situated in the center of campus to ensure mothers can access it as much as needed. By opening it, BU became the second SUNY institution to designate this important space and make mothers’ lives easier on campus.

It’s strenuous enough being a student or working on a college campus where private space is hard to come by. Add to that having a young child to care for, and we can’t quite imagine how hard that may be. Balancing work and the task of keeping a child

safe and stimulated seems nearly impossible. For this reason, many new mothers (and fathers) opt to take time off. But that should not be the most attractive option for those who wish to continue their education or career with the goala of providing a better life for their children. Having a child should not derail a woman’s career or education, as it so often does.

Creating an environment where motherhood and education are not mutually exclusive is a step in the right direction for keeping women in the workforce when they want to be there.

Legally, women can breastfeed anywhere on campus in public view. But in the months leading up to the opening of the lactation room, mothers at

Binghamton University expressed that they felt uncomfortable doing so in public. The lactation room is one means of addressing this concern. It’s wonderful that the University designated a space for these women, but at the same time, these mothers’ concerns speak to an underlying stigma against public lactation.

It’s still common to receive strange looks or crass comments if one breast-feeds in public. To women who would otherwise be completely comfortable feeding their babies when nature so calls, this public scorn may serve as an undue deterrent. To those who would rather care for their babies in a private space, this ignorant behavior is still detrimental, as it limits their options anyway.

We live in a culture where we are comfortable with women’s bodies being used to sell beer to men, but uncomfortable with breasts fulfilling their evolutionary function: feeding babies.

The problem isn’t unique to Binghamton — it’s something unfortunately ingrained in American culture, but it’s something we ought to be aware of. As students, it is our responsibility to treat breastfeeding mothers with respect and courtesy. It would be better if women felt comfortable breastfeeding in every space on campus and in public, but for those who would rather not subject themselves to derision, the lactation room is a considerate alternative.

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.

With the completion of the 57th-annual Daytona 500 this past Sunday, the 2015 NASCAR season has officially begun.

I first got into motorsports in 2009, when I was flipping through the channels one Sunday evening and happened upon the Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. Ever since then I’ve loved racing, both NASCAR and Formula 1, and followed it as closely as possible.

Having grown up in New York state, I’ve found that there are negative stereotypes about the sport, ranging from “The drivers aren’t really athletes, anyone can drive a car,” to the popular jokes criticizing the fact that drivers only make left turns.

These stereotypes are based off of serious misconceptions about the sport and are quite simply wrong.

Being a NASCAR driver is far from easy. Not only are their bodies routinely subjected to two to three G’s of force but they have to compete in car temperatures as high 120 degrees Fahrenheit. They do all this while focusing on driving at speeds of nearly 200 mph, mere inches away from each other.

Driving a NASCAR stock car isn’t like driving your dad’s Corolla. It requires an immense amount of both physical and mental endurance as well as amazing reaction time. When an accident happens, drivers need

to be able to move out of harm’s way at a moment’s notice, or else end up out of the race or with serious injuries.

Many people criticize drivers by saying that they don’t have to be in peak physical condition to do what they do. It’s true fitness isn’t a requirement, but it absolutely helps, and a majority of drivers are in excellent physical condition. Being in shape helps drivers sustain fewer injuries after accidents, handle the intense heat inside the cars (which can cause a driver to lose between 3-10 lbs per race) and steer difficult cars by harnessing upper body strength.

Another big misconception surrounds the nature of the sport itself. It’s unfortunately common to hear “left turn” jokes when bringing up the subject of NASCAR. To a casual observer it may appear that NASCAR is just drivers making left turns over and over. This is true to the same extent that soccer is just a bunch a people kicking a ball back and forth. There’s simply much more to it. Drivers are constantly working with their spotters, crew chiefs, pit crews and even other drivers to employ countless strategies to help them or their teammates win a race. Most of the fun of watching NASCAR comes from watching the drama unfold between two or more drivers passing, blocking or working with one another.

There is a lot more to NASCAR than meets the eye. Even if one finds it to be a boring spectator sport, the drivers still deserve respect for what they do.

— Benjamin Goldberg is an undeclared freshman

Jeb Bush presidency ensures continuation of status quo Hawkish Bush team appointees appear deeply connected to Republican establishment David Forrest

Columnist

As the Republican Presidential primary heats up, Gov. Jeb Bush has asserted himself as the frontrunner in a crowded race.

Despite his family history, Bush presents himself as independent of his family’s legacy, recently calling himself “his own man.” However, the panel of foreign policy advisers that he has assembled suggests otherwise.

His team reads more like a Republican Party greatest hits

album than a new direction for the party and the country. In fact, 19 of the 21 advisers that Bush named worked in the administrations of his father or brother. The list features influential Republicans from all ends of the Republican spectrum, from relative moderates to neoconservatives. The advisers also hail from government posts ranging from former secretaries of homeland security and state, to former CIA directors and national security advisers.

Tailoring his administration to mirror those of past conservative presidents will also have many effects on the upcoming presidential race. While Bush’s list of famous conservatives is sure

to scare away a certain number of liberally leaning independents, it is likely to score points with the archconservatives within the Republican party, whose support he needs to secure the nomination.

Among the list of influential conservatives that Bush named to his team, one name stands out as truly worrisome: Paul Wolfowitz.

Wolfowitz, who has advised every Republican president since Ronald Reagan, gained public notoriety while serving as George W. Bush’s deputy secretary of defense as one of the architects and main salesman of the Iraq war.

Wolfowitz’s hawkish and interventionist brand of foreign policy is the opposite of what the

United States needs at this crucial point in its history. After more than a decade at war, the time has come for America to enjoy peace. Transitioning to a period of peace would save the U.S. billions of dollars that could be put to productive use within its own borders.

In order to make peace a reality in the current geopolitical environment, our president must practice restraint when confronting crises. Retaining hawks like Wolfowitz would work against this goal, as he would only make Jeb Bush’s foreign policy overly aggressive if he became president.

While it is certainly important

for Bush to surround himself with people that have enough experience to guide him should he become president, surrounding himself with a group of advisers who also served his brother and father makes it difficult for him to argue that he is independent of them. Worse still, by choosing the same advisers as his father and brother did before him, Jeb Bush is signaling that he is likely to make similar foreign policy choices that they did which, to many, is a frightening proposition that may cost him in a general election.

— David Forrest is a senior majoring in political science

In order to make peace a reality in the current geopolitical environment, our president must practice restraint

'Kardashian' program is a guilty pleasure, not a lifestyle model It is impossible to attain the lavish wealth exhibited by America's favorite TV family Esmeralda Murray

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If the Kardashian family’s influence could be likened to a presidential bid, they’ve won the game — we just gave them four more years.

“Keeping Up with the Kardashians” — a cable program that regularly chronicles the lives of the family we love to hate — has just reached a groundbreaking $100 million agreement with E!, extending their reality reign for four more seasons and allowing Kourtney,

Khloé, Kim, Kendall, Kylie and the rest of the Kardashian clan to insert themselves into American households, whether through our televisions or our touch screens. If this deal has taught us anything, it’s that securing longevity on the small screen and running a successful political campaign are not as different as you might think — both require publicity, popularity and power, devices that the famous family has cinched tremendously in this decade alone.

Let us put these three P’s into perspective: Kim has 27 million followers on Instagram, just a few hundred thousand less than the population of Malaysia.

Kendall, Kylie and Khloé follow

her with 20.1, 18.2 and 18 million followers, respectively.

Compare that to Obama’s paltry 3.6 million.

Even though some might disagree, reality television is truly a guilty pleasure — it serves as a method of immersion, exposing us to the trappings of wealth we can’t hope to attain. We might not boast multiple Range Rovers and sleep in lavish Californian mansions, but we can certainly watch Kim lose a $300,000 ring or fly to Vietnam in her private jet on demand. And though many Americans object to the concept of “famous for being famous” or might consider the events behind Kim’s meteoric rise to fame questionable (hint: it was because

of a sex tape), the numbers speak for themselves — people pay attention to the Kardashians, and they’re here to stay.

The family’s screen presence, coupled with how effortless they make achieving celebrity status seem, leads some Americans to regard them as role models.

Their well-crafted, meticulously advertised image exemplifies the American Dream of the 21st century: having it all while doing absolutely nothing. Kim’s lifestyle is, in actuality, far from being easily accessible, but viewers continue to lust after her “famous for being famous” persona, hoping that they too can balance a ditzy demeanor with a multi-million dollar empire

one day. To many, Kim and her siblings made it big without lifting a finger, so why can’t they?

While chasing what can be considered a lofty dream should by no means be discouraged, hoping to become models or beauty queens like Kendall and Kylie without being willing to put in the work can be a recipe for disaster.

There is no question of whether or not careful labor occurs behind the scenes — Kim and her sisters are indeed entrepreneurs, Kendall is a budding yet established runway model and Kris is a prized manager and executive producer — but leisure is portrayed first and foremost on the show, giving us viewers an inappropriate outlook on how life should be lived.

There is no harm in changing the channel to E! and enjoying “Kourtney & Khloé Take the Hamptons.” The Kardashians are witty, funny and aware of how they present themselves to the media. Modeling yourself after an elusive lifestyle, however, is a waste of time. Set goals, but be aware that hard work precedes success. Even Kim agrees that emulating the family isn’t the greatest idea: “There’s a lot of baggage that comes along with our family,” she once said, eyes wide in a confessional. “But it’s like … Louis Vuitton baggage.”

— Esmeralda Murray is an undeclared sophomore

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SPORTS

February 27, 2015 | bupipedream.com

No. 13 Cornell deals Binghamton 17-10 loss at home Eight score for Bearcats, but unable to capitalize on man-up opportunities, BU falls to Big Red Jeff Twitty

Assistant Sports Editor The Binghamton men’s lacrosse team ended up playing its first scheduled road game of the season in Binghamton on Tuesday, but couldn’t capitalize on its home-city advantage. The Bearcats (0-2) lost, 17-10, to 13thranked Cornell despite finding offensive production from eight different players.

With freezing temperatures relocating the matchup from Ithaca to the Greater Binghamton Sports Complex, the Big Red (21) heated the game up fast by scoring two goals in the game’s opening three minutes. Senior midfielder J.T. Hauck put BU on the board with his first goal of the season just before the game’s fiveminute mark, but Cornell senior midfielder Connor Buczek — a first-team All-American honoree in 2014 — responded promptly with his first of four goals after a BU turnover.

Despite one goal apiece in the quarter from senior attackman Tucker Nelson and senior midfielder Emmett O’Hara, the Bearcats were dominated on the offensive end. Heading into the second quarter, Cornell outshot Binghamton, 13-4, and gained a 7-3 lead. “We’re where we want to be in a lot of things,� BU head coach Scott Nelson said. “We’re just young in spots, and we got to get a little older quicker.�

After starting the second quarter with a goal to widen its lead to 8-3, Cornell was cooled down by the Binghamton defense, unable to find the net on three shot attempts. With under seven minutes to go in the quarter, redshirt freshman attackman Sean Gilroy scored on the Bearcat’s first shot attempt of the quarter

I think we learned a lot.

We played really hard, we hustled. In a lot of ways we did good things [on Tuesday].

We've just got to get better — Scott Nelson BU head coach

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Senior midfielder J.T. Hauck tallied two goals in BU’s 17-10 loss against No. 13 Cornell Tuesday.

to push his season goal total to five. Picking up the ground ball on the ensuing faceoff, freshman defender Kyle Urban finished with a long-stick goal to cut BU’s deficit even further, 8-5. Following a late goal by the Big Red to stop the run, the Bearcats had the final tally of the quarter. A last-second goal by Nelson sent BU to the locker room trailing, 9-6, with momentum on its side. “I think we learned a lot,�

Nelson said. “We played really hard, we hustled. In a lot of ways we did some good things [on Tuesday]. We’ve just got to get

better.�

The Big Red stole the momentum back in the third when senior attackman Matt Donovan netted his fourth goal of the matchup with 10 minutes to go in the quarter. After another Cornell goal, Binghamton sank into its biggest hole to that point, 11-6.

Sophomore midfielder Tyler Deluca closed the third stanza with a goal for BU, but going into the final 15, Cornell was on cruise control. Freshman attackman Ben Kocis earned his first goal in the green and white while senior

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veteran attackmen Paul O’Donnell and Hauck tried to start a late rally of their own. But it was to no avail, as the Big Red continued to pour it on, outscoring BU, 6-3, in the period.

Throughout the game, BU scored on only 20 percent of its man-up chances — the same mark earned in its loss to Marist on Saturday. “It’s certainly something we want to improve on,� Nelson said of those wasted opportunities. “We’ve got to be at least 4 for 10 to be happy, and right now we’re 2 for 10. So I don’t think we’ve got

a long way to go, but we’ve got to improve ‌ That will help us a lot.�

The Big Red also dominated in the ground-ball game en route to its 17-10 win. The Bearcats were topped in the category, 35-15, as the young defense struggled to get a handle on the ball. In the cage, freshman Sam Sanko recorded a team-high six saves in his second start as a Bearcat.

Binghamton is scheduled to face Hobart next as it continues its non-conference schedule. Face-off is set for Saturday at noon at the Bearcat Sports Complex in Vestal, New York.

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No. 13 Cornell deals BU 17-10 loss See page 9 Friday, February 27, 2015

Bearcats falter in second half, fall to Stony Brook, 68-59 On Senior Night, Binghamton hangs tough in first half but fails to play full game E.Jay Zarett

Assistant Sports Editor Through its 2014-15 season, the Binghamton women’s basketball team has routinely trailed by a significant margin heading into halftime, only to bounce back in the second. On Thursday night against Stony Brook, which currently sits third in America East standings, the tables turned for the Bearcats (414, 2-13 AE). BU hung tough with the Seawolves (17-11, 10-5 AE) for most of the first half, only to see the visitors open the second with a 24-7 run to pull away for good, 68-59.

With the loss, Binghamton dropped its 12th consecutive game.

“In that situation, you have to credit Stony Brook,” BU head coach Linda Cimino said of the run. “They came out blazing in the second half and just kept scoring in transition.

Stony Brook is a good team — they’re in third place for a reason.”

Despite their eventual loss, the Bearcats came out as the superior team Thursday night. Freshman guards Imani Watkins and Jasmine Sina and senior forward Sherae Swinson incited scoring with consecutive baskets to put BU up, 6-0. After an SBU score, senior guard Gintare Surdokaite knocked down a 3-pointer to increase Binghamton’s lead to 9-2 through five minutes of play. The Seawolves responded with 12 consecutive points before a Sina 3 and back-to-back jumpers from sophomore forward Kristin Ross swung the scoreboard back in the Bearcats’ favor, 15-12.

The teams alternated baskets for the next six minutes of play.

With three minutes remaining in the period, the score was tied at 25 before a layup from Stony Brook senior guard Jessica Ogunnorin followed by a 3-pointer from sophomore guard Christa Scognamiglio gave the Seawolves a five-point lead. Sina answered with a 3-pointer of her own to cut the deficit to 30-28, giving the Bearcats momentum heading into halftime.

“We come out slow sometimes,”

Swinson said. “This game, we really focused on coming out hard the first half … So I think we really did well this game in jumping out with energy and playing hard.”

Whatever momentum BU carried into the break, however, evaporated moments into the second half.

Stony Brook — led by eight points from senior forward Sabre Proctor and seven from sophomore guard Kori Bayne-Walker — opened up the half finishing fast break after fast break to increase its lead to 54-35.

“I think our transition defense could have been a little better,” Sina said. “I don’t think that’s something to look down upon, but something to improve on.”

Despite a late surge by Binghamton, cutting the deficit to single digits in the game’s final seconds, it was too little too late as the Bearcats were defeated, 68-59.

Although the loss racks BU with 12-game skid now and keeps the Bearcats in last in the AE, Cimino has seen positive signs in her team’s play.

“We have improved every single day and that’s all you want,” she said.

“We’re doing good things. We’re moving the ball really well. We’re running our offense really well …

[Today] is one of those games where you lose, but you know you played well. We didn’t play well for three minutes and it hurt us. The rest of the game we played well.”

On Senior Night, in her last regular-season home game at the Events Center, Swinson scored 15 points and grabbed eight boards.

Sina added 17 while dishing out seven assists.

Stony Brook was led by BayneWalker, who finished with 23 points while connecting on all 11 of her free-throw attempts. Proctor, who currently ranks fourth in the AE in scoring at 15.2 points per game, had 16.

The Bearcats are set to conclude their regular season on Sunday when they hit the road to take on UMBC. Tip-off is scheduled for 1 p.m. at the Retriever Athletic Center Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.

Today is one of those games where you lose but you know you played well. We didn't play well for three minutes and it hurt us — Linda Cimino BU head coach

BU @ UMBC

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Freshman guard Jasmine Sina poured in a team-high 17 points to complement her seven assists in Binghamton’s 68-59 loss to Stony Brook.

As young BU team develops, season comes to an end

BU to host UMBC to close out regular-season on Saturday, hope to enter tourney with a win Ashley Purdy Sports Editor

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Sophomore guard Marlon Beck II is averaging 10.9 points per game in AE play, and is shooting a team-high 36.1 percent from deep. He’s also recorded a teamhigh 19 steals.

With its last game on the line, Binghamton men’s basketball head coach Tommy Dempsey said he’d give anything to have another month with his team this season.

Binghamton, which was projected to finish fourth in the America East, wields a 5-24 regularseason record. The team is secondto-last in scoring offense, averaging 57.1 points per game. The team is dead-last in field-goal percentage, converting just 39.4 percent of its attempts. From deep, its stats are even more dismal — the Bearcats have taken the fifth most shots from beyond the arc but have hit an underwhelming 30 percent of them, good — again — for last.

So what would possess Dempsey to want to keep this train rolling?

Put it in perspective: Four of BU’s five wins on the season came in conference play, through which the team has accrued a 4-11 record.

The Bearcats knocked off secondplace Vermont, 57-55, at home last Wednesday. They’ve brought most games in the past six weeks down to the wire behind second-half rallies.

Basically, with a team as young as Binghamton’s team, Dempsey has seen his players develop and gel, and they’re only on the incline from here.

“We have a resiliency that I like, and our defense has been good enough to give us a chance to win,” Dempsey said. “The nights where we can mix in some 3s, that’s helped, but when you look at some of the numbers that attribute to winning points in the paint right now,

even with some of the best teams in the league we’re right there.

Rebounding, we’re right there.”

Starting four freshmen and a sophomore, time and growth have seen BU take better care of the ball in conference play, through which the team is averaging four fewer turnovers per game compared with its non-conference schedule.

The Bearcats have established themselves as a tough team to beat in transition, and they’re a force in the paint, where teams have to defend against BU’s penetrating dribble drive.

Freshmen forwards Bobby Ahearn and Willie Rodriguez are especially potent under the rim.

Ahearn is shooting a team-best 53.6 percent from the floor, mostly in the paint, although he has extended his jumper through the season.

When Rodriguez is aggressive, he charges into the lane in high traffic and utilizes his arsenal of low-post moves for production.

As far as shooting 3s goes, sophomore guards Marlon Beck II and Yosef Yacob have been able to sink a clutch one now and again, and both have had torrid 3-point shooting nights, but Binghamton has been largely inconsistent with production from deep.

Good news for BU is that sophomore forward Nick Madray — last year’s leader in 3-point scoring — may be returning. Dempsey said that Madray has been fully participating in practices, but that the 6-foot-9 sharpshooter didn’t look entirely comfortable going the full span of the court. So depending on his progress through this week, fans might see him on the floor on Saturday, the first time since his fall

on Dec. 20. That was the same game he poured in 20 points on a 69.2 percent shooting clip from the field against St. Bonaventure.

Binghamton has just one game remaining in its regular season, however, so any additional development will have to happen quickly. The Bearcats are set to host UMBC, eighth in the AE, on Saturday. A win would do nothing for their conference standings, but would allow the Bearcats to enter the AE Tournament the following Wednesday with a bit of momentum.

Last time against UMBC (4-24, 2-13 AE), BU saw one of its most holistic offensive productions en route to its third win of the season, 68-56. Six Bearcats scored eight or more points, with none contributing more than 15.

The Retrievers had problems of their own that game. 2013-14 AE Rookie of the Year Rodney Elliott sustained a season-ending injury in UMBC’s second game of the season and graduate transfer guard Wayne Sparrow, who was averaging a teamhigh 13.8 points per game, was announced ineligible for the rest of the season earlier that day. “[The Retrievers have] been shorthanded, they’ve had a lot of injuries, they’ve been in a similar situation to us throughout the course of the year,” Dempsey said.

“But they’re healthier now than they were the first time we played them, and I think they’ll put a better starting unit out there than they did the first time we played in Maryland.”

Part of that comes from sophomore Will Darley, who returned from injury and was injected back into the starting lineup

on Feb. 14. Through five games, the 6-foot-8 guard is averaging 8.8 points. Redshirt junior forward Cody Joyce has seen a spike in his production, averaging 16.1 points per game in conference play and shooting 51.9 percent from the field. On the season, he’s shooting a 13.3 percent clip, good for fifth in the AE. He likewise ranks seventh in rebounding, with 5.7 boards per game.

Having lost to last-place Maine on Feb. 7, Binghamton won’t take any opponent for granted. But the Bearcats have one last opportunity to get a win in front of their home crowd in 2014-15, as well as a shot to end the season winning two of three.

Tip-off against UMBC is set for 2 p.m. Saturday at the Events Center in Vestal, New York.

We have a resiliency that I like, and our defense has been good enough to give us a chance to win — Tommy Dempsey BU head coach