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PRESIDENT

Dillon Schade- 57.42% Max Bartell- 38.50%

EVP

Zachary Vigliani- 40.26% Nicholas Ferrara- 19.99% James Sereno- 18.27% Jared Skwiersky- 16.92%

VPF

VPAA

Kate Tashman- 69.79% Mike Sabony- 26.41%

Amanda Baker- 40.29% Robert Pim- 35.85% Steven Lazickas- 21.20%

VPP

Bernadette Machuca- 53.03% James Kuo- 44.03%

VPMA*

Epiphany Munoz- 74.42% * Result not confirmed due to infraction. Another election will be held in coming weeks.

Student Congress confirms SA E-Board election outcomes

Monday night's meeting finalizes results, calls for VPMA re-vote due to campaigning infraction Gabriella Weick

were confirmed on Monday evening at the SA Congress meeting with Dillon Schade The winners of the 2015-2016 as president, Zach Vigliani as Student Association Executive executive vice president (EVP), Board at Binghamton University Kate Tashman as vice president News Intern

for finance (VPF), Amanda Baker as vice president for academic affairs (VPAA) and Bernadette Machuca as vice president for programming (VPP).

After a vote from the Executive

Board, the SA decided to hold a re-vote for the position of vice president for multicultural affairs (VPMA) — despite the fact that Epiphany Munoz ran unopposed and received 74.42

percent of the vote. The Planning, to use.

Research and Elections (PRE) According to Jean-Philippe Committee found that Munoz Fauchet, Student Congress had committed an infraction by speaker and a senior majoring in sending a campaign email to a listserv she was not authorized See SA Page 2

entrepreneurs talk tricks of trade in business world At Town Hall, a search Local Students, community members meet with innovators to discuss niche markets, "share economy" for common ground Brendan Zarkower

Campus groups meet with administrators to address Students for Change's demands Carla Sinclair

Assistant News Editor For the second time in three weeks, the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (ODEI) met with students and faculty Friday evening to review the demands for improving campus diversity released last semester by group Students for Change.

The last meeting between administrators and students resulted in disagreement over the event’s structure. Members of Students for Change argued that it was not conducive to an open dialogue between the groups and administrators, and members of the group walked out before the event began.

Friday night’s Town Hall Forum, held in the Old University Union, provided a platform for

members of various campus groups like the Black Student Union, the Speech and Debate Team and the College Democrats, to voice frustrations over the administration’s responses to what they see as race-based threats and a lack of diversity on campus.

The meeting began with Chief Diversity Officer Valerie Hampton reviewing the demands released last semester, which range from a more diverse hiring process to required cultural competency training for faculty and cultural competency classes for students.

Hampton said that more had been done regarding diversity under Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger’s threeyear tenure than before in her 30 years working at Binghamton University, and that she and the

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The Innovative Technologies Complex (ITC) was filled with entrepreneurial spirit as innovators from across the Southern Tier met with students at the Center of Excellence for a workshop on ideation, or how business ideas are created.

During the event Monday night, hosted by the Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Partnerships, four presenters from the Southern Tier Innovation Hotspot Entrepreneurs In Residence (EIR) Program offered advice to students and locals about how to make their own successful ideas.

According to Brad Treat, an EIR and an entrepreneurship

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To curb obesity rates, community focuses on diet and exercise After being named second-most obese city in U.S. by a 2012 Gallup poll, rates on the decline Chloe Rehfield Staff Writer

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Valerie Hampton, chief diversity officer of the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (ODEI), presents the administration’s rebuttals and reviews the 25 demands released

by Students for Change.

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The Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Partnerships hosts a workshop on ideation, the process by which business ideas are created.

The city of Binghamton and surrounding areas are taking steps to become healthier, as reports show that the percentage of obesity in Binghamton is slowly dropping.

In 2012, Gallup polling ranked Binghamton the second most obese city in America, coming in at a rate of 37.6 percent of adults, behind Texan metropolitan area McAllenEdinburgh-Mission at 38.8 percent. The United States’ national average obesity rate was 26.2 percent, which meant roughly 82.3 million American

citizens had a body mass index of 30 or greater. About 17,500 of those were in Binghamton.

Although results are still pending for 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recorded a 1 percent drop in obesity levels in New York from 2012 to 2013, and over that time Broome County moved from 56th place to 48th place in the County Health Rankings.

Mary Griffin, the president of the Southern Tier Dietetic Association, said that although those rates are improving, it is hard to stay healthy in places around Binghamton.

“Exercise can be a challenge in rural areas such as the

Southern Tier, where people may lack either safe places to exercise or transportation to safe places where they can exercise,” Griffin said.

Income can affect health, she added. In Broome County, 17.4 percent of the population lives below the poverty level, opposed to 15.8 nationwide percent and 16 percent in the state.

“If people are struggling with food insecurity, they often have to purchase the least expensive foods available to stretch their food dollars — and unfortunately, many of the less expensive foods in supermarkets can be high in fats and added sugars,” Griffin said.

New York has 539 nutrition policies that encourage healthy food choices and increased physical activity. Almost every public school in the state requires physical activity classes at least once a week. The state also regulates availability of health insurance coverage, nutrition facts and water fountains in schools.

Larger cities in the region, like Binghamton and Ithaca, also implement their own policies. According to Griffin, city councils televise public service announcements promoting healthy eating and

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From Fox News to VH1, alumna shares her journey from internships to career in national media Jesse Rubin, class of 2013, discusses networking from summer work with Sean Hannity to full-time job in entertainment industry Alana Epstein

social media when Jesse Rubin, a member of the class of 2013, described her journey to her job as VH1’s social media coordinator For students who thought at the Fleishman Center for Career the closest they would get to and Professional Development. a celebrity was Hugh Grant’s Her talk was a part of the “Cool screening in February, a visiting Connections, Hot Alumni” series. alumna charted another path to Rubin finished her freshman fame on Friday afternoon. year at Binghamton University as Students and faculty got a psychology major, but after an an inside look at the world of internship for Fox News at Sean Staff Writer

Hannity’s show, she decided that working in media was what she was meant to do, and she became an English major.

At Fox, Rubin wrote about news and politics for Hannity’s public blog under her own name. She said this was the first time she received harsh feedback from her readers and employers.

“I had to get used to and learn from the criticism,” Rubin said. “It

was hard for my ego, but I learned so much.”

Through her internship experiences at Fox News, MTV and VH1’s editorial department, Rubin said she was able to discover her passion for connecting with people. Today, Rubin manages all the social media accounts for VH1, including Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Vine and VH1’s blog. She also creates trending

topics and hashtags for fans to discuss content from VH1 shows.

A typical day at work for Rubin also includes reading scripts for episodes of various VH1 shows like “Mob Wives” and “Love & Hip Hop” and creating GIFs and “vines” based on the events in the episode. She is also responsible for training celebrities on how to act on social media and live tweeting during shows.

According to Rubin, internships are vital, as is keeping in touch with previous coworkers and employees. She described how personal connections got her jobs at Hannity’s show and MTV, and keeping in contact with those people secured her a full-time job with VH1, which she interviewed for the day after graduation.

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Binghamton sees drop in obesity rates from 2012-13 OBESITY continued from Page 1 exercise and various county agencies sometimes host free healthy cooking lessons.

Students are also working to make dietary changes on campus and in the wider Binghamton community.

Louis Vassar Semanchik, a senior majoring in biology, is an organizer for the Real Food Challenge, an organization that advocates for local agricultural

economy and food that is bought at fair prices and served ecologically. He said the group is helping to provide accessible, locally grown food as opposed to commercially produced options.

“We are actively working with other campuses and the Real Food Challenge Organization to make sure that real food is affordable,” Semanchik said.

“It is not fair that people do not have access to healthy food because they cannot afford it

and are instead forced to eat food that induces adverse health conditions.”

Alexa Schmidt, dietitian of Sodexo Dining Services at BU, said the University is also making an effort to promote health. It recently joined the Partnership for a Healthier America, an initiative aimed at making campus healthier by adopting guidelines encouraging nutrition and physical activity.

Jessica Surdey, a personal

trainer and an instructor in BU’s health and wellness department, said she has noticed plenty of resources to improve the health of people in Binghamton.

“We have beautiful outdoor places to exercise and move our bodies, as well as agriculture and fresh produce like fruits and vegetables,” Surdey said.

“It’s less about not having the resources and more about time management skill and putting health as a priority.”

Groups continue push for improved cultural competency at BU ODEI continued from Page 1 administration were willing to work with students.

“What I’ve heard all evening is what we’re not doing, what there needs to be more of, what we can do less of, that we need to set benchmarks,” Hampton said.

“But when I say I need you to join me, you tell me no.”

Hampton also addressed the low numbers of faculty of color at BU, which she attributed to lack of resources in their department to make competitive offers.

“I’m going to be candid about this — we are a work in progress,” she said. “The change that you’re

talking about is not something that you can snap your fingers and make it happen.”

However, after discussing the first of dozens of demands, students requested they skip the overview and begin the questionand-answer session.

“We are tired of holding Town Halls and hearing similar stories year after year,” said Epiphany Munoz, a sophomore doublemajoring in sociology and Africana studies. “This fatigue has led to action. As we have listened to students’ stories, we realized that if these issues were ever going to end, we cannot rely on the times to change.”

Though Students for Change

reserved seats for administrators such as Vice President for Student Affairs Brian Rose, Vice President for Academic Affairs Donald Nieman and President Stenger, only representatives from ODEI were in attendance.

In addition to students, a number of faculty members were present to voice their dissatisfaction with the administration.

Sociology professor Kelvin Santiago-Valles spoke about police intimidation and ignorance toward both students and faculty on campus, and the administration’s failure to deal with, or recognize, it.

He said the ODEI was nothing but a buffer zone between the

students and the administration, and their lack of communication with unhappy students and faculty had to improve for any change to occur.

“The issues and protests last semester are an indication that the existing committees and practices don’t work,” SantiagoValles said.

The meeting wrapped up with promises from ODEI to facilitate a meeting with Stenger to discuss the results of the campus climate survey taken two years ago, which was an assessment of the sentiments of various groups by gender, race, sexuality or ethnicity. The meeting is tentatively set for this week.

Entrepreneurs stress innovation in problem solving IDEAS continued from Page 1 instructor at Ithaca College, the program is designed to provide free expert advice to Binghamtonarea students and community members hoping to get into entrepreneurship.

“The goal of the program is to help entrepreneurs grow here, stay here and succeed here,” Treat said.

Over the past few years, Binghamton University has become involved with local entrepreneurial ventures. Some examples include the start-up suites at the ITC and the involvement in the $19 million Southern Tier High Technology Incubator.

The discussion focused on identifying problems that innovative individuals can solve.

The presenters emphasized finding niche issues for which innovators

can use their already available resources to solve.

“Sometimes the original idea isn’t that unique,” said Brian Bauer, another EIR and a former energy manager for companies including BP. “It is how you deal with the unique challenges that come up that really matters.”

The four entrepreneurial experts have had a wide variety of advice stemming from their varying life and career experiences.

Ken Rother, an entrepreneur who has built two tech and media startups, talked about several topics including the “sharing economy.”

The “sharing economy” refers to businesses where individuals pool their assets and make them available to others in a profitable way.

“It’s all about access, not ownership,” Rother said. “Think

Airbnb, it’s all about the sharing of resources.”

The dozens of attendees were composed of a wide swath of the local entrepreneurial community, including local established business owners, community members and students interested in business.

While the majority of attendees were not affiliated with Binghamton University, several students showed up to absorb the advice of the professional entrepreneurs.

“I was interested in coming here tonight because I am considering developing an app myself,” said Chelsea Satine, a senior majoring in English. “From this event I learned that it’s okay to share ideas and get help from other people, because not everyone is out to steal each other’s ideas.”

Tony Worm, a second-year doctoral candidate studying

computer science, said he had started a new venture with his roommate to connect local musicians through an online platform just a few weeks ago and hoped to network with similarly minded people.

“You have to take all the assumptions you have about your great, visionary idea and actually take it to people and find out what they really want,” Worm said.

Other attendees said they were happy with increasingly visible efforts by the University to become involved with Southern Tier business ventures.

“When people come together like this, the community can get so much done,” said Emily Burnett, a resident of Binghamton. “We can achieve so much when people come out to things like this.”

Congress finalizes '15'16 SA E-Board results SA continued from Page 1 computer science, the timeline will be decided in the next two weeks, and the revote ballot will have Munoz and a write-in option.

The Congress also discussed and voted on other current issues, including a Clean Water Initiative, which was approved by a 26-0-2 vote. The proposal urged the University’s Physical Facilities department to provide maintenance to water fountains and ensure the replacement of clean filters in response to complaints from students about defective filters.

Following the meeting, Schade, a junior majoring in industrial and systems engineering, expressed his excitement about winning the presidential position, which he won with 57.42 percent of the vote. According to Schade, he looks forward to his time in office and plans to enhance alumni relations and increase student volunteer rates at BU. “I’ve spent my entire three years at this University trying to improve student life and improve Binghamton as a whole,” Schade said. “I think this is the perfect opportunity to make this impact.”

Vigliani, a junior majoring in management, was elected EVP with 40.26 percent of the vote, receiving more than double the votes of second-place candidate Nicholas Ferrara, who received 19.99 percent.

“I’m ready to continue what [Current Executive Vice President] Chris [Zamlout] has been doing in the office and try to expand it, and try to talk to student groups and see what their concerns are,” Vigliani said. “I’m honestly still in shock right now, I can’t believe it.”

For Baker, a junior doublemajoring in math and history and the newly elected VPAA, winning the position has been a dream of hers since she first got to BU. “Ever since I literally set foot on this campus for orientation, even before classes started, I’ve

wanted this position,” Baker said. “Academics meant so much to me, so winning this is literally the best thing that could’ve happened.”

Baker won VPAA with 40.29 percent of the vote, closely beating runner-up Robert Pim, who received 35.85 percent of the vote. Had Baker only received 60 fewer votes, a runoff would have occurred. She said that finding out the results were so close only made the win more exciting.

“Seeing how close the election was was even better just knowing that I pulled through, because every vote counts,” Baker said.

Tashman received more than double the amount of votes than Mike Sabony for VPF, winning with 69.79 percent of the votes.

Machuca was elected VPP with only 248 more votes than her opposition, James Kuo, with 53.03 percent of the vote.

Ever since I set foot on this campus for orientation, even before classes started, I wanted this position.

Academics mean so much to me — Amanda Baker VPAA-Elect

Alumna talks path to social media management at VH1 VH1 continued from Page 1 “Internship experience comes first,” Rubin said. “Explore your network and understand everyone in your network, and then stay in touch with all of those people.

They want to help you in the end.”

Samantha Birns, a senior majoring in management, said she was impressed by Rubin’s proactive

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Jesse Rubin, an English major and graduate of the class of 2013, speaks to students in the Fleishman Center about her experiences with various internships and as VH1’s social media coordinator.

attitude toward networking and meeting new people.

“It was very inspiring to hear how much she accomplished during her college years,” Birns said. “I’m definitely going to use all of her advice to network and hopefully land my first entry-level job after graduation.”

Francis Borrego, senior assistant director for marketing and assessment at the Fleishman Center, said Rubin’s hands-on experience made her an easy choice to bring in as a speaker.

“There’s a lot of great career advice that students can learn from alumni,” Borrego said. “We know of the great things that Jesse is doing at VH1, so it was a no brainer that we would try to connect her with students in her field.”

Rubin was notable for her professional success, but also for her pride in her alma mater, said Sam Catalano, a junior majoring in management.

“I follow her on social media and she’s always trying to rep Binghamton — she’s always proud to be a Bearcat,” Catalano said. “A lot of people forget about Binghamton when they graduate, but she definitely hasn’t.”

Moving beyond meetings, protesters bring demands to meet with President Stenger to Lecture Hall Members of Students for Change momentarily interrupt Monday morning classes to voice complaints with administration, campus Joseph Hawthorne

Reading aloud 17 prepared statements such as “race is a fiction that’s real” and “students of color are not here on handouts,” Professor Jeanne Lawless began eight protesters repeatedly asked her biology 118 class Monday in unison “Where is Harvey?” in morning by speaking about future reference to Binghamton University labs and class requirements. In President Harvey Stenger, who they the first few minutes she discussed said has failed to promote ethnic charts and graphs, until several and cultural diversity and defend students suddenly began to stand the rights of minorities on campus. up in her class.

The demonstrators in Lecture Assistant News Editor

Hall 1 were part of Students for Change, a group of BU students seeking reforms to coursework, staff-hiring policies and student admissions in order to address what they said are racist and discriminatory conditions on campus. The protesters interrupted the class for about three minutes.

According to Lindsay Gilmore, a spokesperson delegated by members of Students for Change

and a sophomore majoring in actuarial science, the group has persistently tried to meet with University administrators to present their demands for several months. While they had met with Valerie Hampton, chief diversity officer of the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, on multiple occasions, Gilmore said they are frustrated because they have not been able to meet with Stenger

himself.

Gilmore said that they chose Lecture Hall classes to get their message out to as many students as possible and build campus support.

“By reaching out to more students in this lecture hall, they will now want to support us,” Gilmore said. “They want to back us and they feel that these demands are valid and priorities.”

Dara Silberstein, the executive

director of the women, gender and sexuality studies department, was in Lecture Hall 1 to support Students for Change, whose objectives she says she agrees with.

“Regularly I have seen sexbased discrimination [and] race discrimination,” Silberstein said.

“I’ve experienced sex and sexuality discrimination.”

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Drunk driver hits pedestrian on Court Street Bridge Parade Day took a turn for the worst when a car struck a female pedestrian on the Court Street Bridge. According to the Press & Sun-Bulletin, the vehicle swerved off the roadway and onto the sidewalk around 10 p.m., pinning the victim’s leg against the railing of the bridge. The victim, who was reportedly visiting for the weekend, was taken to the hospital to be treated for a severe leg injury. The driver has been charged with a DWI, though additional charges may be pending.

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STATE NEWS NYC high school teacher arrested on child porn charges A Bronx high school teacher was arrested on child porn charges Friday after authorities accused him of using a school computer and a photograph of a former student as he enticed teenage boys to send him photographs, sometimes nude, in return for several thousand dollars in gift cards. Jon Cruz, 32, was held on $1 million bail after an initial appearance in Manhattan federal court. Cruz, teacher and debate coach at the Bronx High School of Science, was arrested on charges related to producing, receiving and possessing child pornography. According to a criminal complaint, about 30 nude photographs of two boys were found on a computer in his residence during a search, including 10 pictures of a 15-year-old New Mexico boy with whom he had been communicating. The complaint said Cruz signed a document waiving his rights as he confessed that he had engaged in chats with children for several years, asking them for pornographic pictures in exchange for payments. The document said he also admitted he had solicited non-nude pictures of a student at Bronx Science in exchange for a gift. Authorities said Cruz engaged in chats with boys in New Mexico and New York state from July to December. It said Cruz paid a 15-year-old boy more than $500 to take explicit sexual pictures of him and send them to Cruz. If convicted of all charges, Cruz would face a mandatory minimum of 30 years in prison.

Pilots: Brakes were on, but plane that skidded didn’t slow The pilots of a plane that skidded off a runway at LaGuardia Airport last week have told investigators that automatic systems designed to slow the plane down were not working properly. The pilots said the plane’s automatic brakes were set to “max,” but they did not sense any deceleration as the aircraft veered toward Flushing Bay. They also reported to the National Transportation Safety Board that the runway appeared “all white” when they broke out of the overcast sky just moments before landing. The plane’s automatic spoilers — flaps on top of the wings that reduce lift and slow the plane down — did not deploy, but the first officer deployed them manually. Investigators say the plane’s left wing destroyed about 940 feet of the airport’s perimeter fence.

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY NEWS Univ. of Oklahoma president: Frat members ‘disgraceful’ The president of the University of Oklahoma severed the school’s ties with a national fraternity on Monday and ordered that its on-campus house be shuttered after several members took part in a racist chant caught in an online video. President David Boren said he was sickened and couldn’t eat or sleep after learning about the video Sunday afternoon. It shows several people on a bus participating in a chant that included a racial slur, referenced lynching and indicated black students would never be admitted to OU’s chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Boren attended a pre-dawn rally organized by students and lambasted those fraternity members as “disgraceful” and called their behavior “reprehensible.” He said the university was looking into a range of punishment, including expulsion. National leaders of Sigma Alpha Epsilon said late Sunday that its investigation confirmed members took part in the chant and announced it would close the local chapter. The national group said it was “embarrassed” by the “unacceptable and racist” behavior. Boren said members have until midnight Tuesday to remove their personal belongings from the fraternity house. He said the fraternity was “not totally forthcoming,” and he was still trying to find out who was on the bus so the school could consider disciplinary action against them.

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Go Straight To Jail, Do Not Collect $200 SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 3:32 a.m. — Officers on patrol near the Information Booth were looking for overloaded cabs, Reilly said. A Honda Pilot approached the Information Booth and officers noticed that it was overloaded. They spoke to the 21-year-old male driver and smelled alcohol on his breath.

They asked the driver to step out of the vehicle, and they administered a standard field sobriety test. The suspect failed the test and was taken to the station. His BAC was taken there, and it was .21. The suspect was given an appearance ticket returnable to Vestal Town Court. The suspect was also released on $500 bail.

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What's the deal with airline nuts? Sergey Kory roasts cashews and peanuts the old-fashioned way Rich Kersting | Release An often overlooked gem in Binghamton’s urban scene, M&D-R Nuts, at 45 Court St., is one of the most unique fixtures in the city’s long and illustrious history. A nut and candy specialty store, it’s a rare vestige of old-world ideals that harkens to a time well before the mass production of consumer goods.

The quaint little shop doesn’t

Kory’s process ensures that every nut gets the same level of attention and care

look like much from the outside, but its walls house a story that’s 87 years old. It’s a story that spans war times, recessions, depressions and the rise and fall of the city around it.

While many things in Binghamton’s city proper have come and gone over the last century, the nut shop has largely remained the same.

Originally a Planters Peanut shop — the sixth store Planters opened — the store has changed many hands over the last nine decades.

After Planters discontinued their brick and mortar operations, the next owners decided to maintain the store’s original vocation: serving freshly roasted nuts and quality candy to the people of Binghamton.

When you enter the store, you’re immediately hit with its oldfashioned charm. In the front of the store you’ll find Sergey Kory, manager and head roaster, as he practices and perfects his trade to roast the best nut. It’s a skill he’s developed since coming to the store four years ago and a craft about which he’s become both passionate and knowledgeable.

“The way we roast and do everything is all the old-fashioned way,” Kory said. “I did a little research, there’s only seven stores in the United States like this left.”

The story behind the shop’s

name, M&D-R Nuts, comes from the names of the previous owners, Marie, Doris and Richard. When the store’s current owner, David Bradstreet, bought the place in 2010, he wanted to keep much of everything the same. Preservation is a big part of the store’s culture.

When Planters began closing their stores, they dismantled their cast iron roasters. However, since the subsequent owners of the original store intended on keeping it a nut and candy shop, they were able to retain the original cast iron roaster.

To this day, the peanuts sold at M&D-R Nuts are roasted in that roaster, which bears the Planters insignia.

“Basically you can look and see that the wallpaper is still original, a lot of the things in the store are still original,” Kory said. “I mean, this store has been here through World War II, Great Depression and there’s a lot of history in it.”

You can still find the original Planters logo on the tile work at the entrance, further reminding you of the timeless nature of the store.

Even the scales they use to weigh their products are nearly 100 years old, and yet they still pass their inspections by New York’s Bureau of Weights and Measures.

The store sells your typical mix

of nuts, but the appeal is in the oldfashioned process of roasting. When you buy their nuts, you’re investing in a product that’s very personal and very professional.

“For example, if you take the cashew — it’s the most popular item in our store and cashews are very unique because it has a different density of all the nuts — when I cook it, I take it out of the fryer and I put it on my drying pan, the cashew is still cooking even though its out of the oil so I gotta wipe it down,” Kory said. “I wipe the oil off of the cashew and then it dries up, but what’s tough to roasting is when I put salt on it, because that’s when it stops cooking.”

Kory’s process ensures that every nut gets the same level of attention and care. Skilled in his field, the art of roasting nuts is much more involved than one might think. It takes consideration, awareness and knowledge of what each type of nut demands in order to roast it to perfection. With a keen eye, and a trained nose, Kory knows that each nut has a very small window of perfection. It’s his job to know where that window is and to make sure he hits the mark for every batch.

“Cashew is the most difficult nut to roast and it takes about three

minutes,” Kory said. “Take a less dense nut like a pecan or walnut, it takes only 10 seconds to roast.

My roaster is set to 360 degrees — that’s the temperature that I use for all the nuts, and then I just measure and look for the color and smell sometimes. Green pistachios have a nice aroma when you roast them.

It’s similar to the way you would roast coffee.”

Apart from nuts, the store also sells a variety of candies and chocolates that are held to a higher standard than much of what you might find elsewhere. The fudge is made in-house by Doris, the previous owner, and the store uses the nuts it roasts in some of its fudge. The chocolates come from several sources and, for the quality you get, are very fairly priced. The espresso truffles are particularly exceptional, if you’re into that sort of thing.

What the store demands of itself, it also demands in its suppliers.

They don’t want to carry generic, basic sweets that you could find in the supermarket, but rather a range of delicious treats that challenge the very idea of what candy should be. One example of this standard is shown through the gummy bears they sell, which puts Haribo to shame.

“Our gummy bears are different from gummy bears that you buy at CVS,” Kory said. “People will come in and say, ‘Why should I buy gummy bears from you?’ Well, because our gummy bears are all different flavors. They’re not just different colors, they’re different flavors. That’s that makes out store very unique. Its not just anywhere that you can find these products, you have to come directly to us.”

For Kory, the store is more than just a nut shop; it is an important part of their clients’ lives.

“The store has clientele and customers that come here through generations,” Kory said. “We don’t really advertise that much, but customers keep coming back. Most people will move out of here but they’ll still be coming back to check if the place is still here because it’s something that they used to do back when they were little. They have a lot of happy memories here.”

Stores like M&D-R Nuts embody a time that was tragically lost to cost and convenience. For those who feel a disparity between their food and their expectations, perhaps it’s time to give stores like M&D-R Nuts a chance. For the fraction more you pay, the quality you receive more than justifies the cost.

Tina Fey's humor resurfaces in 'Kimmy' '30 Rock's' style is now on a new Netflix show Odeya Pinkus | Assistant Release Editor The latest weapon was unleashed this week in the long battle between cable and Internet television and, frankly, cable doesn’t stand a chance.

After being moved from NBC to Netflix, the first season of “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” was released to an enthusiastic response.

The first striking thing about this show is definitely its theme song. Simultaneously catchy and satiric, it’s a spoof on auto-tuned news segments, à la 2012’s “Ain’t Nobody Got Time For That.”

This news segment covers the release of four women kept in an underground apocalyptic cult.

After a “Today Show” interview, one of these women, Kimmy, portrayed by Ellie Kemper (“The Office”), decides to stay and make it in New York.

I know what you’re thinking.

“Make it in New York? Not again.”

This, however, is different.

For 15 years, Kimmy believed that everything on Earth was destroyed. So everything she knows is now outdated by a decade and a half. She uses old phrases and is amazed by some pretty simple concepts.

If you were a fan of “30 Rock,” you’ll be a fan of “Kimmy Schmidt.” Not only is it brought to us by the queen herself (Tina Fey), it stars Jane Krakowski and Tituss Burgess (Jenna Maroney and D’Fwan on “30 Rock,” respectively). Simply put, the show is absolutely ridiculous.

Plenty of points in it really don’t make sense, but what’s so great is that the show is self-aware. It knows how ridiculous it is, and, as it is often said in comedy, it “follows the fun.”

Fun, also, is a great word to describe Kemper’s performance in this. She’s the bubbly, peppy best friend that you always wanted in your life, but never wanted to punch in the face.

Even the episode titles reflect this, each one ending in an exclamation point, such as, “Kimmy Goes on a Date!” and “Kimmy Goes to Court!” She’s a bit clueless, but only because 15 years of her life were spent underground. (She holds an iPhone and exclaims that it’s a “Macintosh!”) Her endearing, funny character is both awkward and relatable.

Krakowski is also fantastic, and is basically just Jenna Maroney, but aloof mom edition.

She plays Jacqueline Voorhees, a rich New York City mother who hires Kimmy to nanny her equally ridiculous children. One of them, inexplicably named Xanthippe, is a teenage girl who exhibits everything you could hate about a high schooler. Carol Kane, meanwhile, plays a quirky landowner and is endlessly entertaining.

The humor in “Kimmy Schmidt” is quick, clever and laugh-out-loud funny.

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It’s mature, but not crude.

It’s intelligent, combining some awesome lines with premises that are funny on their own. Krakowski plays a woman who moved to New York under pressure to keep her Native American past in

South Dakota a secret. You get random flashbacks to her life, and understand that she and Kimmy actually have quite a bit in common, as with Kimmy’s secret past in the underground cult.

If right now you’re thinking,

“OK, I’ll watch, but I don’t have a Netflix account,” it’s time to switch from cable. We’re fighting and losing a war here, guys, and you can share Netflix accounts.

Go find some friends and use theirs.

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"Stupid Fucking Bird" 8 p.m. on March 13 and 14 2 p.m. on March 15 Watters Theater

So yes, it’s a love triangle — or really some other convoluted shape We say 'fuck' a lot in this article; this deck is a metareference to the play's metaness Odeya Pinkus | Assistant Release Editor If you’re looking for a new form of entertainment this weekend, head over to Watters Theater in the Fine Arts Building to experience a “new form of theater.�

Written by Aaron Posner, “Stupid Fucking Bird� is a modern adaptation of “The Seagull,� by Anton Chekhov. It takes place in the Berkshires, and follows somewhat-complicated love stories between four 20-somethings. Aside from just the love stories, the play touches on themes of facing parents, dealing with the present and, most importantly, art and the

theater itself.

Con is the son of a famous actress, Emma. She had him when she was 19 and wasn’t the parent she could have been, much less the parent that Con needed. Doyle Trigorin, a famous and so-called “genius� author, has captured Emma’s heart as well as — to Con’s dismay — the heart of Con’s girlfriend, Nina. Con’s friend Dev is in love with Mash, who works for Emma. Unfortunately for him, Mash is desperately in love with Con, who wants nothing more than for Nina to love him back, and so on and so forth. You get the point.

So yes, it’s a love triangle — or really some other convoluted

shape. But it’s also a self-aware, self-referential one. The characters address the audience, they interact with the crowd, they discuss the actual theater in which everyone is sitting. Even the set is involved.

Real birch trees are used, but they are hung from chains, making the audience fully aware that it’s just a set. Anne Brady, the director of the play and the head of the acting and directing program at Binghamton University, was inspired to do this by another Chekhov play she had seen earlier. Just as in the original production of “The Seagull,� for which Chekhov insisted that real birch trees be used, all of the trees used on the set of “Stupid Fucking

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The play frequently refers to the idea of having “new forms of theater.� Con is determined to create something different, something that will change the world. And while I’m not going to go crazy and say that this play is the next King James Bible, it’s definitely known for doing something different. “The production selection committee wanted a contemporary play for the costume design,� Brady said. “It offered lots of opportunities for interesting explorations of the texts; I thought it would serve the University population because it was an adaptation of a classic that’s

read in Russian studies, that’s read in world dramatic literature in the theater.�

And it’s definitely a contemporary adaptation. It was first staged in Washington, D.C. at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in 2013. Now, two years later, this is the first time that this play is being shown in New York, and it’s still not done. After getting permission from the agent, Posner contacted Brady and told them that he’s still making revisions, and that he would send them.

Brady said President Harvey Stenger’s been a fan of the boundary-pushing plays the theater department has staged in

the past few years. “The president said ‘I love what you do there at the theater department, it sounds edgy, I want Binghamton to be an edgy place, go for it, you have my full support,’’�

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The play is simultaneously an ode to Chekhov and a “fuck you� to the “old forms.� Hints of Russian culture can be found in the dance scene, a highlight of the play.

So if you want mindless entertainment, go somewhere else.

If you don’t, then “Stupid Fucking Bird� will be shown on March 13 and 14 at 8 p.m. and March 15 at 2 p.m. in Watters Theater.

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Cheap tricks for cheap trips You don't need to spend a lot to travel this April Emily Mancini | Staff Writer Spring Break is the perfect time to get some friends together and escape the Binghamton cold, but you don’t have to empty your bank account to get some fun in the sun. Here are some cheaper, better alternatives to help you plan your own spring break, instead of that awful $5,000 Cancun spring break package you were considering.

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Roadtrippers.com is an amazing website where you can map out an entire road trip anywhere in the United States for free. Plug in your starting point and desired destination into the “plan a new trip” column, and Roadtrippers will map it out for you, along with the estimated mileage and gas costs.

But what makes Roadtrippers a standout from Google Maps is the attractions filter. The website gives you a collection of options to choose from, including camping and hiking, entertainment and nightlife, tours, shopping, food and drinks, sports and points of interest. Choose what you’re looking for, and Roadtrippers will plot out every single point of interest on the map within a certain mile radius of your route. It’s a great way to find unique destinations, from weird attractions like taxidermy museums to scenic national parks such as the Great Smoky Mountains.

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—Try to keep your group size limited. If you have a group of 20 rowdy college kids, chances of finding a willing host are a lot slimmer.

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We dare you not to dance Misterwives' debut shows off the band's range Austin O’Donnell | Contributing Writer On Feb. 24, MisterWives released their first full-length album, “Our Own House,” to succeed their 2014 EP “Reflections.” The album takes their already groovy, upbeat vibe to a whole new level. From the radiant, horn-powered, “Best I Can Do,” to the slower ballads of “Coffins” and “Oceans,” MisterWives has made a name for themselves with an album that covers a wide array of moods.

The five-part band from New York City formed in early 2013 and has been touring the United Sates since. Predominately performing at music festivals, the indie and alternative band has been blowing up almost every “upcoming artists to watch” list, one of them being MTV’s Artist to Watch of 2015. A swift rise to fame is just around

the corner.

Bringing some of the songs from the first EP to the new album, “Our Own House” is a mix of old and new, laced with feel-good vibes, never failing to disappoint. They have continued to produce new hooks and new beats that consistently stand out in the rapidly growing alternative genre.

“Queens,” the final song on the album, leaves listeners in a reminiscent mood, recalling childhood dreams and adventures. This track is a tribute to what Queens, New York represented for lead singer Amanda Lee Duffy. Having grown up in Queens, she recalls how the united atmosphere of the borough made her strong and independent. From that, she pulls the message that you should always appreciate what you have and the loved ones that surround you.

“Imagination Infatuation”

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This track is a great tribute to the music festival feel, a niche they rightfully dominated this past year.

In this new album, the group successfully tackles love and breakup songs, steering clear of the stereotypical complaint-filled words and beats that poison today’s pop music. Diving in to the true trends and emotions of a tough relationship, “Coffins” and “Oceans” bring a new take to the love song genre, supported by clever lyrics and strong drum tracks.

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OPINION Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Change for Students O

n two recent occasions, Students for Change and Binghamton University administrators met to discuss a series of demands listed by the group that are intended to improve campus — particularly for people of color and sexual minorities.

Discussions at both forums were unproductive.

Both Students for Change and the administrators representing the University are at fault in different ways for the failures of these meetings. With a third meeting set to occur this week, both parties have an opportunity to begin working toward a more inclusive campus.

Students for Change is making demands that deserve to be heard. Hiring more minorities as faculty, accepting more minority students, making bathrooms inclusive and requiring cultural competency courses for students are all valid suggestions and should be seriously considered by anyone who wishes to cultivate a diverse, progressive campus environment. Up until this point, Students for Change has been effective at getting administrators to the table and bringing attention to these worthy causes. Now is the time to take the next step.

If Students for Change continues to employ alienating tactics, administrators will not listen. These students have every right to protest, to shout and to disrupt.

If the group’s only goal is to bring attention to its cause and publicly shame administrators, these tactics work. If these students actually wish to have a productive conversation, these tactics only further polarize those put in place to help them and make it unappealing and unlikely for fellow students to join their cause.

That said, we understand

why Students for Change grows more agitated with every encounter.

Some administrators are eager to address the group’s demands within their authority, but others seem more interested in defending existing policies. This isn’t good enough. When pressed on the University’s failure to hire more POC and LGBTQ faculty, Valerie Hampton, the chief diversity officer of the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, answered that the University lacks resources to attract these highly sought-after candidates.

When Students for Change asked for the release of the Campus Climate Survey raw data, representatives initially declined.

Students can’t trust an administration that refuses to be transparent, never mind that the data should be available with a Freedom of Information Act request anyway.

However, it seems like Students for Change isn’t interested in moving from attention-garnering activism to the politics needed to progress. It isn’t unreasonable to want to meet with President Harvey Stenger, but the administrators whose jobs are to deal with their requests — like Donald Nieman and Brian Rose — have proved themselves readily available, and yet have been ignored nonetheless.

The Student Association exists as an elected voice for the student body, and although the bureaucracy can be intimidating, it is effective overall. Infrastructure within both the University and the student affairs administration already exists to help Students for Change, but Students for Change must make a better effort to understand how these outlets function.

The types of tactics that Students

for Change employs reflect those that have worked in other historical situations, but don’t make much sense here. There already exists at this University a system to empower students and help them effect change, yet Students for Change insists on working outside of this system. It’s easy to condemn a group that seems to refuse to work within a given system, but we must remember that many students within this movement feel that the system has failed them. Why work within a system that is broken? It’s important to remember that the administrators here do not comprise an evil racist plutocracy bent on oppressing people of color and sexual minorities. They are all highly educated, come from diverse backgrounds and want to work with students and make this University a better place. Some are well-versed in the history and structures of oppression in America, being scholars on the subject. The human faces of the administrators should not be masked under a veil of bureaucracy — their unique positions, backgrounds and training should be acknowledged, which should facilitate improved communication and real progress.

There is real work to be done here. It’s time to turn down the noise so that we can all hear each other.

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.

Pressure city officials to patch up potholes Dozens of crater-like potholes present serious danger to drivers on major routes to campus Molly McGrath

Opinion Editor

If you’re an off-campus student, you’ve no doubt noticed that Riverside Drive is a lot bumpier than usual. Oncesmooth blacktop now resembles the moon’s surface, with craterlike potholes dotting the roadway so many of us traverse to campus each day. Every time the ground freezes and snow melts, the potholes grow in size, forcing drivers to swerve and halt the breaks. City officials must act

to patch up these holes before someone gets hurt.

Potholes are an inevitable symptom of winter weather. In a mercurial climate like that of Binghamton, New York, snow seeps into road cracks and expands in freezing temperatures.

Roads like Riverside Drive receive added stress from high traffic levels.

These divots are more than a mere inconvenience. Potholes present a serious danger to drivers. Driving over a pothole can result in significant vehicle damage. AAA estimates that pothole damage costs drivers nearly $6.4 billion annually. Even at low speeds, the shock of force

can puncture tires, bend rims and break suspensions.

Luckily for drivers, it’s possible to temporarily repair potholes during the winter months. Filling a pothole with soft asphalt mix is a quick, cheap fix. Though far from a long-term solution, this is the typical course of action taken when residents file pothole complaints.

It’s clear that the city government is not addressing pothole complaints in a timely fashion. In the month and a half since the semester began, no large-scale repair has taken place on Riverside Drive.

Perhaps city officials are choosing to wait until

arctic temperatures pass to begin pothole repair. This year, Binghamton residents experienced the sixth-coldest winter on record. Cold fronts make potholes more difficult to repair, but this challenge is no reason to neglect the problem altogether and leave drivers to front the bill.

Last January, Mayor Rich David acknowledged the city’s pothole problem. He worked with the state Department of Transportation (DOT) to reduce repair costs for taxpayers. On sections of Interstate 86 and State Route 17 in Broome County, the DOT used a fleet of “Pothole Killer” trucks to

repair roads. These trucks use a spray injection process to repair potholes without the operator leaving the truck.

Mayor David acted diligently to solve the pothole problem in years past. Where is the state DOT this year? What are city officials doing to help drivers in 2015? Potholes are a yearly blight and so the same effort must be made to assist them annually.

Student drivers should send a message that the pothole problem needs to be fixed. In January, the city of Binghamton created a mobile app to allow users to submit pothole requests to the city directly. Users can take a photo and send a message

describing the problem. Mayor David released the app in the hope that residents could more easily act as “partners” in the repair process.

Let’s take advantage of this new avenue of communication and inundate the app with pothole repair requests. If the city makes the effort to meet us halfway, it’s our responsibility to speak up. If we’re loud enough, maybe city officials will put the same effort into reparations as they put toward the creation of their mobile app.

— Molly McGrath is a senior double majoring in political science and history

Pop psychology harms public Widespread pseudo-science robs discipline of credibility Lauren Young

Contributing Columnist

Humans are naturally curious about the way their brains operate. As a psychology major, I can’t blame anyone for their interest in my field of study. But I’ve noticed a disturbing trend.

With the rise of clickbait media, pseudo-scientific psychology is spread among the masses. While BuzzFeed articles seem to make a convincing argument that a passion for microwaveable chicken nuggets somehow describes a personality, pop psychology harms the credibility of a legitimate field of study.

Simplifying complex ideas into mindless, consumable sound

bites make the field seem about as scientifically accurate as the physics jokes featured on “The Big Bang Theory.” I’ve met so many people who falsely perceive psychology as a field dominated

by Freudian freaks and dream analyzers.

A very small percentage of psychoanalysts exist within the field of psychology, and it’s for a reason: Freud was wrong. The old rumors continue to circulate.

We’ve discovered we use all of our brain and not just 10 percent, but somehow this ridiculous rumor is treated as fact.

Like other disciplines, psychology has evolved over the past century. Psychology now draws upon other disciplines of study, such as biology, chemistry and sociology. This created various subfields of psychology, such as cognitive, forensic and clinical.

Some of the latest findings in psychology are not accessible to the average person. Perhaps this is the reason why pop psychology is so often inaccurate.

The inaccuracy of pop psychology harms the field’s credibility and the public’s understanding of mental illness. Self-diagnosing, while most commonly pursued by 14-year-olds convinced they’re sociopaths after watching “A Clockwork Orange,” is another unfortunate result of pseudo-psychology. Mental illnesses are treated like the results of personality quizzes.

Personality disorders are real, yet too often people dismiss their existence based on inaccurate psychological knowledge. An online Mayo Clinic quiz cannot accurately determine if you have bipolar disorder. Only a licensed therapist, who will get to know you better than a five-minute quiz, can make

a diagnosis.

The field of psychology is worth more than the media’s cheap adaption of it. Many students who study psychology end up going to graduate school, law school or medical school to continue their education. As someone who plans on going into the field of neuropsychology, I’m amused by those who question my degree’s worth. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve seen just about every episode of “Criminal Minds,” and I know a thousand ways to dance to the “Law and Order: SVU” theme song. Still, it is unfair to rely upon the media’s lazy representation of psychology.

If you’re curious about how your mind works, don’t believe every online headline you read.

— Lauren Young is a sophomore double majoring in psychology and philosophy

Professors need to clean up their language Vulgarity creates an uncomfortable environment for many Miriam Wade Guest Columnist

“If you don’t do your work, they are going to fucking fire you.”

“If she thinks she is a dog, can she have sex with a dog?”

“Porn is where you watch two girls make out and you jerk off.”

These aren’t comments I overheard in a locker room or as part of a casual conversation with friends. These are actual comments that have been said by professors and students in some of my classes this semester. This type of language is vulgar and inappropriate for a classroom setting.

I am not a raging Puritan advocating for eliminating cursing entirely from one’s vocabulary. I use curse words too, albeit sparingly. However, the prevalence of foul language and excessively inappropriate material in my classes this semester has urged me to write a plea to both professors and students at Binghamton University to clean

up their acts.

The classroom should uphold the same conduct standards as a workplace. In a workplace, employees work together on projects, learn new skills, carry out tasks independently and, most importantly, operate under a supervisor who leads them in achieving goals that ultimately benefit the company and the workers themselves. A professional atmosphere is crucial for an effective workplace. This includes proper dress, respectful conduct and appropriate language and conversation at all times. A classroom should be no different.

The professor is the most important figure in the classroom since they set the tone of the class and the boundaries for what will and will not be tolerated in a classroom.

When a teacher frequently curses, uses derogatory language and makes unnecessarily crass jokes in class, they not only make themselves look unprofessional, they also create a toxic environment in that classroom.

When the tone is not serious, it extends the invitation for people to use curse words and make

inappropriate comments as well.

While I understand I do not speak for every student in these types of classes, I know that there is a silent majority that is also taken aback when their professor accuses them of being “too fucking bourgeoisie” or uncomfortable when a class assignment is to look up actual foreign prostitution websites on the Internet.

I understand that some students will read this article and think I’m bringing up a nonissue. Some students see nothing wrong with this type of classroom environment. I have no issue with people speaking their minds, but in a classroom setting the comfort level of those who find this language and material offensive should be taken into account.

The ability to excite and motivate students is the responsibility of a professor. They are the ones who push students to engage in new material, to ask questions and to be involved.

If their teachings are watered down by using curse words to make their point, as a student I will not feel any interest nor see the importance in what we are learning. Vulgar language

trivializes the material and casts the professor in a negative light.

I strongly urge professors to think about how they are going to say things before they actually say them. They are supposed to be role models and can have a profound impact on a college student’s life. Wouldn’t they want to do everything in their power to make their classroom experience positive and leave a lasting legacy on people?

It’s time to clean up your act, professors.

— Miriam Wade is a junior majoring in Arabic and Judaic studies

The classroom should uphold the same conduct standards as a workplace

Establish a public forum to voice concerns An official online forum will give students a chance to be heard

While protests and rallies serve as mediums by which students students can communicate messages, many students do not have time to organize or participate in such events

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Daniel Burns

Contributing Columnist

Binghamton University should establish a public forum on campus to address student concerns directly and officially. The administration has continued in its efforts to become a progressive university and accommodate a wider range of people, such as nursing mothers with the creation of a lactation room, or helping students who prefer genderneutral housing. Despite these efforts, the University has yet to give students an official outlet to address and organize their concerns.

Applications like Yik Yak and the Bing-U Secrets Facebook page serve as unofficial forums for students to discuss problems on campus. In most cases, these outlets don’t carry any pull in dictating University policy.

How many times have you read a highly upvoted Yik Yak post that brought up a valid concern, such as the horrible parking

situation in Dickinson, and asked yourself why this was not being addressed?

While protests and rallies serve as mediums by which students can communicate messages to the school administration, many students do not have the time to organize or participate in such events.

These students still need a place to make their opinions heard.

Some universities have recognized the limited options available to students to voice concerns and have implemented public forums to encourage discourse. If Binghamton truly considers itself a progressive public university, the creation of an official online forum for students should be a no-brainer.

The public forum would also serve to further the image of Binghamton University as a bastion for free discourse and speech in the college community.

The difficulties of deciding on the proper model is the only obstacle in its implementation.

The University must devise a way to prevent inflammatory remarks on such a forum. The easy solution is to allow students to post only if they agree to

disclose their identities.

Anonymity allows users to shirk the consequences of their words. Real identities put faces to concerns. This facilitates in-person discussion as people interested in the issue at hand seek each other out and organize.

Not only would an online forum help students voice concerns, but it could potentially create new student activist groups.

The forum could then follow the Yik Yak model and allow users to upvote and push important issues to the top of the list. The school administration could then address concerns in order of student consensus.

Unlike Yik Yak, there would not be a downvote option. The downvote option is used as a way to delete unpopular yaks. Since the administration is already monitoring the posts, it should not be difficult to clean and manage the forums.

Giving the students another avenue to voice opinions will strengthen the campus community and allow issues to be tackled quickly and fairly.

— Daniel Burns is a senior majoring in history

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How to recover from Greek rejection Remember that Greek rush and recruitment aren't personal Sarah Saad

Advice Columnist

Dear Sarah, These past few weeks have been filled with an exceptional amount of girl-flirting and an almost greater feeling of rejection. From formal rush to Phi Mu’s rush, I’ve become exhausted and unwanted. Before I began the process, I knew the system was hurtful, but not one of the organizations with whom I felt I had a connection gave me a bid. I’m now experiencing this painful feeling of rejection. How do I recover from feeling like no one wants me?

Sincerely, GDI (and wishing I was proud) Dear GDI (and wishing I was proud), For those who don’t know, a GDI is a “God Damn Independent,” or someone who isn’t affiliated with Greek Life. Let me first start by saying formal recruitment is a hard day filled with long hours of small talk with girls who are unfortunately forced to judge you. The day begins and we tell ourselves how impersonal it can be, but we quickly forget that.

We end the day reflecting on the “great” connections we feel we have made, but so do the other 200 girls.

But now it’s over and you have the power to remind yourself that it’s impersonal. The system works for some and doesn’t for others.

While the rules can be fuzzy, there is one thing that is clear, and it is that the results are in no way a reflection of who you are.

If you think about it, the relationships you have formed are most likely not through formal experiences. Most are through club meetings, classes, your dorm, programs you went on and through mutual friends — not in 50-minute time slots.

There are two things to remind yourself: 1) You not getting a bid does not mean nobody wanted you, it just means the system didn’t benefit you.

2) While Greek Life can be very beneficial both socially and academically, you must remember that 90 percent of this campus is not affiliated with Greek Life and many of them are happy. You’ll find your place, the feelings of being wanted will totally outweigh the feelings of rejection and you’ll feel proud.

— Sarah Saad undeclared sophomore

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Net Neutrality will hurt US economy Regulations stifle businesses' ability to offer better service Derek Stampone

Contributing Columnist

On Feb. 26, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission ruled in favor of net neutrality by reclassifying Internet access as a telecommunications service and applying Title II of the Communications Act of 1934.

While hailed as a victory for free speech worldwide, this decision will be a long-term negative for the United States.

To understand why this ruling will have negative impacts, it’s important to understand the infrastructure of the Internet. Initially an adhoc interconnection between government entities and universities, the Internet does not have a neat, well-ordered structure as presented by net neutrality supporters.

A fast Internet connection hinges on physical proximity between the sender and receiver and network proximity. Within the Internet, there are peering agreements between the different tiers.

Tier 1 networks are at the highest level with the most connections. Tier 1 networks do not pay to exchange data between each other. These are large telecommunications networks like Verizon and AT&T. As you move down the tiers to 2 and 3, the exchange of data costs money and that isn’t going to change.

The fear used to motivate the public to support net neutrality was that Internet service providers (ISPs) would force their favorite Internet service (probably Netflix) into paying for a faster Internet connection. In 2013, Comcast utilized peering discrimination to throttle Netflix streaming speeds and force Netflix’s hand to “pay to play.”

But what’s missing in this tale is that Netflix wants to do

this. They want to pay money to decrease physical proximity and network proximity to their end-user. By setting up a peering relationship with a Tier 2 ISP, they can do that and deliver a better end product. If a company wants to purchase better raw materials to make a better product, we don’t balk and demand they can pay the original price.

Antiquated laws and bureaucratic red tape shut out any prospective telecom company from laying their own fiber optics and entering the game. If we don’t remove barriers in the U.S., companies like Netflix can and will take their businesses elsewhere.

In fact, Netflix recently inked a deal with Australia’s second largest ISP iiNet. The deal exempts Netflix traffic from the customer’s data caps. Clearly this deal flouts the ideals espoused by net neutrality supporters.

When a company like Google with its massive technology and legal clout struggles to bring its Google Fiber service to small cities because of government regulation, what chance does a start-up have?

The U.S.’s broadband Internet is far behind other first-world nations. We’re far behind and the only chance to catch up is with engineers and entrepreneurs, not regulators and politicians.

With the legal protections in place to maintain the status quo, there is no incentive for current ISPs to improve their service.

The progress will be slow just at a time when the Internet economy has finally figured out ways to be profitable.

While net neutrality supporters may have scored an early victory, they will ultimately lose the war. Let’s hope they lose before businesses leave the U.S. for better economic conditions elsewhere.

— Derek Stampone is a PhD student in physics

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Binghamton takes down Delaware, 11-7, on the road O'Donnell scores five, Nelson dishes out six assists to pace BU offense in first win of 2015 Kyle McDonald

Binghamton (1-3) went into halftime leading by only one, but was able to take control of the game in the third quarter.

The Binghamton men’s BU senior attack Paul O’Donnell lacrosse team earned its first scored 54 seconds into the third win of the season on Sunday, to extend the BU lead to 6-4. defeating a talented Delaware After UD (3-4) cut the lead back squad, 11-7, in its first game to one, Binghamton closed the away from the Binghamton area. quarter with three straight goals to open up a 9-5 advantage.

Delaware turned up the pressure and added two quick goals to start the final 15.

And while the Bearcats are no strangers to fourth quarter troubles this season, they were able to overcome the pressure on Sunday and score two straight goals to secure the victory.

“Today the guys learned how to get a win,” BU head coach Scott Nelson said. “It got a little hairy there in the fourth when they got two quick goals, but [Sunday] we took care of business and played great [defense].”

In fact, Sunday was in many ways Binghamton’s best — Scott Nelson BU head coach defensive performance of the season. After giving up an average of 11.75 goals per game Pipe Dream Sports

The offense has been playing pretty well all year, and they continued that [on Sunday]

so far this season, the Bearcats only allowed seven, including a strong second half where they outscored Delaware, 6-3.

“Defensively, we just played very steady,” coach Nelson said.

“Any time you can let up two or less goals in a quarter, you’re really doing great.”

As well as the defense played Sunday, the BU offense matched that performance. Crucial to the attacking front on Sunday were senior attack Tucker Nelson and O’Donnell. O’Donnell poured in five goals against the Blue Hens to match his career high — spearheading BU’s highpowered offense with eight goals this season.

“Paul O’Donnell had a couple nice goals today,” coach Nelson said. “The offense has been playing pretty well all year and they continued that today.”

As for Tucker Nelson, he tied a school single-game record with six assists and set a career high with seven total points in the victory. In his first game this season, he set the school record for career assists, and this season he leads the team

with 11.

“Its always nice to have a guy who can get other guys the ball,” coach Nelson said. “Like a point guard in basketball or a quarterback in football, if guys get open he’ll get them the ball.”

The Bearcats made some tweaks to their lineup against Delaware. Freshman defender Salvatore Fama earned his first career start as a Bearcat, causing two turnovers and scooping a ground ball in the process.

Sophomore goaltender Tanner Cosens also found his way into the starting lineup for the first time this season, recording 14 saves in the victory.

“It’s good to see some guys who work hard in practice have their chance to do well,” coach Nelson said of the new faces in the lineup.

Now with a tough road win under their belts, the Bearcats are set to travel to Maryland to face UMBC in their first conference contest of the season.

Face-off is scheduled for noon Saturday at UMBC Stadium in Catonsville, Maryland.

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Senior attack Paul O’Donnell posted a career-high five goals in BU’s victory over Delaware on Sunday.

BU continues hot streak Tennis teams yield mixed results With 9-5 win over Sacred Heart, Bearcats win three straight

Men drop ninth straight with 7-0 loss to No. 25 Princeton

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Assistant Sports Editor The Binghamton women’s lacrosse team continued its hot start on the road at Sacred Heart on Saturday. After scoring the first goal of the game for the third consecutive contest, the Bearcats (3-1) didn’t let up against SHU (23), stretching their advantage to as much as seven before taking their third straight win, 9-5.

Senior midfielder Renee Kiviat opened scoring for Binghamton University with an unassisted goal in the game’s eighth minute. Near the midway point of the first half, junior attack Sophia Racciatti found the net for BU again, this time on a free possession shot, spurring a Pioneer timeout as the Bearcats took a 2-0 lead.

Following the timeout, Sacred Heart’s luck turned around briefly, finding a free possession goal of its own to cut BU’s advantage to one. But Binghamton had the final word of the half, as freshman midfielder Tiffany Ryan netted one to push Binghamton’s lead back to two.

In the contest’s second stanza, the Bearcats’ offense stepped on the gas, finding the back of the net five times in the period’s opening 10 minutes — capped by a hat trick by sophomore attack Brianne Arthur.

“It was good for her to get a solid performance off,” BU head coach Stephanie Allen said, according to bubearcats.com.

“We’ve had to count on a number of different players this year, and everyone has been stepping up nicely.”

Holding a dominant lead, 8-1, Binghamton’s hot streak was quelled by a Sacred Heart goal with just over 16 minutes left in play. But the clock didn’t count down 30 more seconds before BU won the ensuing draw control and continued its commanding play with Kiviat’s second goal of the game.

For the remaining minutes of play, the hosts tried to catch up to the Bearcats from their 9-2 lead. But it was too little, too late for Sacred Heart. The Pioneers mustered three goals in 15 minutes to only trim the large lead — as Binghamton

took its third straight victory in convincing fashion, 9-5.

But despite the stellar play of the Bearcat offense on Saturday, the day was owned by the BU defense. Junior goalkeeper Erin McNulty captured America East Defensive Player of the Week honors for her play against Sacred Heart and Lafayette last Wednesday. McNulty collected 18 saves in the two contests and currently holds a .486 save percentage on the season, good for third-best in the conference.

Next up, the Bearcats are set to face Cornell in their second straight road contest.

First draw control is scheduled for Wednesday at 5 p.m. at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.

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The Binghamton men’s tennis team was unable to shake its losing ways, extending its skid to nine matches after a 7-0 defeat at No. 25 Princeton (13-3) on Sunday.

Much like a Binghamton (2-9, 0-2 MAC) student staring at the winter sky, a loss like this has the Bearcats searching for bright spots.

Sophomore Frenk Kote almost emerged victorious from his singles contest. But after winning the first nine games of the match, he could not hold on, falling to Princeton freshman Kial Kaiser 0-6, 6-4, 6-4.

“You get nine games handed to you so easily that it becomes a struggle to keep your intensity

high,” BU head coach Nick Zieziula said. “Frenk had some opportunities to push through and finish the match. It wasn’t a question of fatigue.”

Kote was not the only Bearcat to take his match to three sets, as junior Eliott Hureau split the first two sets before dropping the last one, 10-5.

This has become a trend for the Bearcats so far this season. In the last 12 singles matches that went to the third set, Binghamton has only won the decisive set four times. And when facing a stacked schedule like the Bearcats have, that recipe has not been enough to win matches.

“You can’t take your foot off the gas at all,” Zieziula said.

“It’s the little things that are the difference in getting results.”

Sophomore Thomas Caputo

was able to finish his doubles match, but did not play his singles match because of an ankle injury. This opened the door for sophomore Douglas Notaris to play his first match of the season.

Despite losing 6-2, 6-2, the opportunity provided invaluable experience for Notaris, who could have an expanded role for the Bearcats next season as there are two starters graduating after this season.

“We gave [Notaris] an opportunity to compete,” Zieziula said. “[Caputo] has more of a nagging thing — we don’t anticipate being more than that match.”

The Bearcats will try to turn their fortunes around Saturday when they are scheduled to take on Cornell. First serve is set for 5 p.m. at the Binghamton Tennis Center.

Women splits weekend against Buffalo, Niagara Staff Reports

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Junior goalie Erin McNulty was named the America East Defensive Player of the Week after recording 18 combined saves in two victories.

Paulina Velasquez. The duos of junior Agatha Ambrozy and senior Katherine Medianik followed The Binghamton women’s by sophomore Annie DiMuro tennis team dominated Niagara and freshman Olga Ostrovetsky on Friday, sweeping every match ensured BU captured the doubles to capture a 7-0 victory, before point with 6-2 and 7-5 wins, falling, 6-1, to Buffalo on Saturday. respectively. The Bearcats then BU (6-5) captured the doubles swept all six singles matches, points handily against Niagara not losing a set in the process.

(3-5). The pair of juniors Shea Tashiro, Medianik, Brodsky, Brodsky and Alexis Tashiro DiMuro, Ambrozy and Ostrovetsky opened up play with a 6-4 victory each captured individual singles over Niagara’s tandem of senior victories as well.

Maria Ortiz and sophomore The Bearcats could not carry

their momentum into Saturday, however. BU fell in all but one of its singles matches and two doubles matches at Buffalo (4-4). Ambrozy secured the lone point for BU, winning 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 over Buffalo freshman Doris Aleksovska.

Ambrozy and Medianik also were victorious in the doubles portion of play.

Binghamton is set to return to action Friday when the team takes on Marist. First serve is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Binghamton Tennis Center.

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BU takes first series win of 2015 over VMI Track and field teams Skidmore powers BU with five RBIs in decisive rubber match [Skidmore] has made a lot of hard outs and today the balls found some holes. It's good to see him get on track

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After splitting a doubleheader on Sunday, the Binghamton baseball team took Monday afternoon’s rubber game against Virginia Military Institute, 13-6, in Lexington, Virginia to earn its first series win of season. Weather pushed Friday and Saturday’s games to a Sunday doubleheader, with the third game played Monday.

In Sunday’s opener, BU jumped out to a 3-0 lead to open up the second inning. But the Bearcats’ lead quickly evaporated as VMI rallied to plate 10 runs in the first four innings. VMI finished the contest with a blowout win, 15-4, — Tim Sinicki BU head coach that included 17 VMI hits and four Bearcat errors. Senior pitcher Greg Ostner’s ERA rose to a colossal 10.24 after allowing seven runs —

four earned — over just 2.1 innings. “[Greg Ostner] isn’t throwing the ball as well as he’s capable of,” BU head coach Tim Sinicki said.

“He’ll keep working hard and hopefully it gets straightened out.”

Binghamton responded in the second game, picking up a 7-3 victory. The Bearcats jumped out to another lead early, as junior infielder David Schanz ripped a double to left field in the first inning to open the scoring. Two batters later, BU earned its first of three straight walks to force in a run to take a 2-0 lead. In the second inning, senior outfielder Jake Thomas singled up the middle to plate senior outfielder Zach Blanden and make the score 3-1.

Blanden, who finished the game 3 for 4 with three runs scored, added a single in the seventh to push the lead to 7-2.

Junior pitcher Rob Hardy gained

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Sophomore infielder Brendan Skidmore went 3 for 5 at the plate, posting a game-high five RBIs in Binghamton’s 13-6 win over VMI.

his first win of the season, allowing six hits and two earned runs over 5.1 innings. Senior reliever Vincent Caputo allowed just one hit in the final two-thirds of the sixth inning before handing the ball to senior reliever Mike Urbanski, who struck out three batters while allowing an unearned run in the seventh.

In Monday’s rubber match, BU propelled itself to a 2-0 lead once again, on a pair of singles by sophomore infielder Brendan Skidmore and sophomore catcher Eddie Posavec. VMI responded in the second inning with a two-run home run, but the Bearcats poured it on, adding nine runs over the following three innings en route to the 13-6 victory. Senior pitcher Anthony Grillini was credited with the win after 3.1 innings in relief.

Skidmore finished the game going 3 for 4 with five RBIs, two runs scored and a two-run home run in the ninth inning.

“Brendan has been making good contact and hasn’t had a lot to show for it,” Sinicki said. “He’s made a lot of hard outs and today the balls found some holes. It’s good to see him get on track.”

Thomas extended his hit streak to nine games in the third inning and has been a key piece for Binghamton’s offensive success thus far.

“He’s our number three hitter for a reason,” Sinicki said. “He’s our best offensive player and those are the kinds of things we’re going to need to have him do if we want to be successful offensively.”

Binghamton heads into America East play on Saturday, when the team is scheduled to take on Stony Brook in a doubleheader in part of a three-game series. First pitch is set for noon from Joe Nathan Field in Stony Brook, with a second game following shortly after. The concluding game is set for noon on Sunday.

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award in the east region for the third time in her career.

She garnered the previous two during the 2011 indoor season and the 2012 outdoor season.

“I am very honored and very grateful for the award,” Acuff said. “The first time I got the award, I thought that might be the only time I would ever get the award. It is a pretty elite award so it is a great honor to be selected by my coaching colleagues.”

Binghamton found success at the ECAC/IC4A championships as well. The men’s side was paced by sophomore sprinter Jon Alkins. Alkins broke the school record in the 200-meter preliminary round, recording a time of 21.36 seconds. The sophomore followed with an overall victory in the final round of the 200, again besting the school record with a 21.25 performance.

Alkins also tied the school record in the

Now to win it and to run it that fast? I don't know. We knew it was maybe possible but for it to happen was very exciting — Mike Thompson BU head coach

60-meter event, finishing in fifth overall with a time of 6.90.

“We thought he would run pretty well,” BU head coach Mike Thompson said. “We didn’t have a time in mind specifically, but certainly the way that he has run this year, his ability, his work ethic and his competitive nature, we expected him to do very well. Now to win it and to run it that fast? I don’t know.

We knew it was maybe possible but for it to happen was very exciting.”

Other top performers for the men included sophomore Peter Fagan, who finished third in the pole vault with a height of 166.75, and Ethan Hausamann, who recorded a time of 14:25.65 in the 5,000-meter to finish in seventh. Overall, the men finished 14th out of 46 competing teams.

The BU women tied for 15th in a field of 47 teams and were led by sophomore Keishorea Armstrong. Armstrong broke another school record, finishing in second in the 200-meter with a time of 23.85 seconds. She also recorded a second-place finish in the triple jump with a height of 41-7.

“The triple jump is an event that is new to [Armstrong],” Thompson said. “She works on it a little bit but really she focuses on sprinting primarily.

But I’ve always known that she has the ability to be an exceptional triple jumper and she is starting to figure it out.”

The Binghamton track and field team is scheduled to return to action when it begins the outdoor portion of its season on March 21 at the Cornell Spring Invitational. First events are set to begin at 10 a.m. at the Robert J. Kane Sports Complex in Ithaca, New York.

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Wrestling successful at EIWA tourney WREST continued from Page 16 Nick Tighe, the success of the underclassmen in their subsequent contests put on display the quality that has seen them through all season.

“They weren’t quite as prepared as they could have been in that first round, but give them credit on the turnaround,” Dernlan said of his underclassman wrestlers.

“Following that first round, they did a great job responding to some adversity and they stayed consistent to what’s made us strong this year — they were really resilient.”

With the countdown until the opening match of the NCAA Championships now below 10 days, BU’s two qualifiers have just under a week to prepare for Binghamton’s ninth consecutive NCAA Championship appearance — though, most of that preparation won’t be physical.

“From a physical standpoint, we’re in great shape,” Dernlan said. “But from an execution standpoint, from a mental standpoint, there are a few things we can still tighten up between now and next Thursday.”

“Definitely can’t look past anybody at the NCAA tournament,” Deuel agreed.

“We’re all good competitors, we all have goals and everybody’s looking to knock somebody off down there.”

Wrestling at the 2015 NCAA Wrestling Championships is set to begin on March 19 at 6 p.m. at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Bearcats sweep Rider, Manhattan over weekend BU breaks D-I program record, scoring 20 runs in one game over Rider Orlaith McCaffrey Pipe Dream Sports

At the Myrtle Beach Tournament in South Carolina over the weekend, the Binghamton softball team set a Division I-era school-record for runs scored in a game, plating 20 in Sunday’s victory over Rider.

The feat was just one part of a dominant trip for the Bearcats, who defeated both Rider and Manhattan twice.

After the Lady Pirates Classic — the tournament in which the Bearcats (8-6) were to originally compete — was canceled due to field conditions, the team quickly made plans to travel to Myrtle Beach instead.

“We kind of went into the tournament without being able to scout the teams a whole lot,” Binghamton head coach Michelle Burrell said. “That’s probably the only difference that changed other than making last-minute travel plans and having a longer bus trip. I thought the girls did a really good job of just not letting that affect how they played. I was definitely happy with that.”

The Bearcats put their travel woes aside when they stepped onto the diamond against Manhattan (2-2) on Saturday.

Freshman pitcher Sarah Miller threw a complete game for the Bearcats, allowing five runs and picking up her fourth victory of the season in the process. Five of BU’s nine runs were knocked in by junior infielder Taylor Chaffee, including a three-run homer in the top of the second that put the Bearcats up, 3-1. Sophomore designated player Bridget Hunt added three RBIs to secure a 9-5 victory for Binghamton.

BU concluded its first day of play with a game against Rider

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Junior outfielder Sydney Harbaugh finished with three hits and three RBIs in Binghamton’s 20-2 rout of Rider on Sunday.

(2-3). The Broncs jumped out to a 2-1 lead in the top of the fourth before the Bearcats evened the score on a Hunt solo home run.

After Chaffee reached on an error in the bottom of the sixth, Hunt doubled, driving in what turned out to be the winning run. The Bearcats held the score at 3-2 behind a solid performance from junior pitcher Cara Martin, who came on in relief in the fourth inning to get the win.

Binghamton won by the largest margin of the weekend when it dominated Rider, 20-2, on Sunday morning. Junior first baseman Lisa Cadogan set the alltime program record with seven

RBIs in the game. In the second inning alone, Cadogan drove in five runs, belting both a two- and a three-run homer. Adding to the offensive onslaught was junior outfielder Sydney Harbaugh, who went 3 for 5 with three RBIs. Defensively, junior pitcher Stephanie Arneson and Miller allowed just two hits throughout the matchup. “[Our offensive production] is something that we’ve felt pretty good about all along this season,” Burrell said. “We like the fact that the girls have expressed that they don’t feel that extra pressure that they have to be the one to get a hit. I feel like everybody’s

contributing and we’ve got really good competition within the team and they’re all working for each other, so I think that’s a really positive thing for us.”

The Bearcats continued to produce as they headed into their final game of the weekend, again taking on Manhattan. Harbaugh and Hunt were each 2 for 3 in the game and contributed two and three RBIs, respectively.

Senior shortstop Caytlin Friis and sophomore outfielder Gabby Bracchi each added an RBI, helping their team to an 8-0 win in just five innings. Martin again came through for BU, pitching a gem against the Jaspers and

holding them to just three hits.

“I think we just used the momentum from Saturday and just took that into Sunday,” Burrell said. “We were just putting a lot of pressure on them defensively, so we were hitting the ball hard and kind of forcing them to make some mistakes which we were able to take advantage of.”

The Bearcats are set to return to competition this weekend when they head to Raleigh to participate in the five-game NC State tournament. The first game is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m.

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Bearcats end season with 78-71 loss to No. 1 Maine In first-year of Cimino era, BU contends with top-seeded Black Bears behind ROY Sina, Watkins Ashley Purdy Sports Editor

According to Binghamton head coach Linda Cimino, things couldn’t have gone much better in the team’s quarterfinal bout with No. 1 Maine on Saturday.

The Binghamton women’s basketball team (4-26) fell, 78-71, to the top seed on Saturday, effectively ending its 2014-15 campaign. But given that the Bearcats are in a rebuilding phase under their firstyear head coach and they entered the postseason carrying the eight seed, that narrow loss isn’t bad.

“I couldn’t be more proud of our girls and the effort that we gave [on Saturday],” Cimino said. “I thought we played at the highest level we could possibly play, and the only better outcome today could have been walking away with a win.”

Playing on their home court as the hosts of the first two rounds of the America East Tournament, the Bearcats kept the Black Bears (23-8) on their toes for 40 minutes.

Though much smaller, Binghamton worked to its advantages. The Bearcats poured in 10 3-pointers on a 52.6 percent shooting clip through the game. They drew a sufficient number of fouls to go 15 for 18 from the charity stripe, and shot 46.9 percent from the floor overall to keep pace with a team fielding two First-Team All-Conference players and one Co-Defensive Player of the Year.

“I think we give our heart out in all games, and I think today we just played very unselfish,” BU freshman guard Jasmine Sina said. “We communicated, we did everything well, we focused on all the little details and played very well together.”

Much of BU’s efficacy came from the 2015 AE Rookie of the Year in Sina. The 5-foot-5 guard exploited

Maine on the arc, shooting 4 for 7 from 3-point range in the first half alone and draining shots above players standing as tall as 6-foot-3.

Through the contest, she downed six treys en route to 19 points, besting her season averages of 14.7 points per game and 3.1 made 3s per game.

“Binghamton played a terrific game,” said Maine head coach Richard Barron, the 2015 AE Coach of the Year. “They shot the ball lights out. Jasmine Sina showed why she was Rookie of the Year — she played like a first-team all-conference player today.”

Sina’s 3s, which often came at clutch moments to break up Maine spurts and spark her own team’s runs, were just one part of an “unselfish” Binghamton offense.

All-Rookie teammate Imani Watkins was another force for the Bearcats, pouring in 17 points on 5-of-12 shooting from the field and 6-of-7 shooting from the free-throw line.

The 5-foot-8 guard also dished out a game-high six dimes.

Though senior forward Sherae Swinson struggled through foul trouble, she still put up 12 points on an 80 percent shooting clip from the floor in addition to three rebounds in her last game in the green and white. Fellow senior Gintare Surdokaite contributed nine points — all from 3s — two assists and a steal in her final performance as a Bearcat.

After falling behind when Maine tore out to a 15-8 lead in the opening five minutes, BU rallied back. At the half, Binghamton had stormed back from a double-digit deficit to make it a one-possession game, 34-32, heading into the locker rooms.

Preventing Maine from pulling away was a theme on Saturday.

When the Black Bears used a 14-3 run in the second half to establish another 13-point lead, 63-50, with under 10 minutes to play, BU

managed to chip the lead down to five in the final three minutes.

“Basketball is a game of runs, and that’s how [Maine] beat us last time,” Swinson said. “This game we were able to respond with our own runs, and I think it’s because it started on defense.”

Binghamton was heavily outrebounded by the Black Bears, who pulled down 38 boards to BU’s 26. But Maine committed 14 largely unforced turnovers, which translated to 21 points for Binghamton — a major advantage for a team outscored 36-16 in the paint.

Ultimately, however, it was Maine’s depth that pulled the Black Bears through to the semifinals.

Junior forward Liz Wood, 2015 AE Co-Defensive Player of the Year, and her first-team all-conference teammate sophomore guard Sigi Koizar put up dominant lines, but junior forwards Bella Swan and Mikaela Gustafsson were the game-changers. Swan headed the early game with scrappy defense and potent post-scoring, where she finished shooting 7 for 8 for her 15 points. Gustafsson drew a series of fouls out of Binghamton in the closing minutes and delivered a perfect 7 for 7 from the line to keep Maine afloat for its quarterfinal win.

Wood — who finished with 19 points, 11 rebounds and five assists — and Koizar — who put up 14 points, seven rebounds and five assists — both delivered on their expectations.

But Cimino was pleased with the performance, as well as the team’s season overall.

“I think we’ve exceeded my expectations that we had set,” Cimino said. “We weren’t concerned about wins and losses this year — this year we were concerned about getting better and improving every single day, and I think we did that, as evidenced today.”

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From top left, clockwise: Freshman guard Imani Watkins scored 17 points and recorded a game-high six assists; senior forward Sherae Swinson finished her career as a Bearcat with a 12-point, three-rebound performance; freshman guard Jasmine Sina drained six 3-pointers en route to a game-high tying 19 points.

Binghamton sends two to NCAAs Deuel takes EIWA title, McKeever clinches trip to St. Louis

Senior middle-distance runner set for NCAAs

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Assistant Sports Editor This weekend, the Binghamton wrestling team took down a feat it had yet to since entering the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association in 2013.

The Bearcats (9-10, 5-4 EIWA) claimed a champion in senior heavyweight Tyler Deuel at the EIWA Championship at Lehigh University.

Pitted against Bucknell foe Joe Stolfi for the second time in three weeks, Deuel defended his top seed in the heavyweight bracket — dominating his way over Stolfi in the final match by way of a 1:27 pin.

“This time, I was very aware of the positions he liked to get into and I just knew I could win those,” Deuel said. “Pretty much, I was looking to score wherever I was at, give myself a lot of opportunities.”

The win punched Deuel’s ticket to the NCAA Wrestling Championships, set to be held in St. Louis, Missouri, later this month. In clinching a spot, the 6-foot-2 senior became the fourth BU wrestler to represent the EIWA at the tournament, and the first weight-class champion.

“I feel like I’m getting the ball rolling for guys next year and the next couple years — young guys looking to get a title of their own,” Deuel said. “Now, seeing a teammate that’s done it, I think it’s going to be easier for them to do.”

For BU head coach Matt Dernlan, Deuel’s championship was a major notch for a Binghamton wrestling program still working to earn its keep in

Garn, Acuff reap regional awards E.Jay Zarett

Assistant Sports Editor

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Senior heavyweight Tyler Deuel became BU’s first EIWA champion this weekend after a dominant performance at the conference championships.

one of the toughest wrestling conferences in the nation.

“I think it’s huge as far as continuing to establish where we are in the EIWA,” Dernlan said. “For us to come out and establish ourselves the first two years like we have … that’s huge for establishing who we want be and where we want climb to in the upcoming years.”

Also moving on to represent BU at the NCAA Championships will be 184-pound junior Jack McKeever.

Despite entering unseeded, the junior won his opening match of the tournament before losing in the second round.

Entering the consolation rounds with determination, McKeever won two back-to-back matches

before settling for sixth place in the 16-man bracket. Now set to see competition at collegiate wrestling’s biggest stage, Deuel and McKeever won’t look to deviate too much from a strategy that made them both winners at the conference’s highest level.

“The game plan has always been in place to have these guys at their best [by the time of the NCAA tournament],” Dernlan said. “And not just get them to the tournament, but be prepared to do some special things once we get there. I think what both those guys showed, as well as they wrestled this weekend, is they have another level they can get to.”

Deuel echoed his coach’s

sentiment on entering St. Louis with a solid game plan. But for the highly touted heavyweight who hasn’t lost a match since Jan. 11, staying in the moment looks to be at the top of his list.

“Take it one match at a time,” Deuel said. “[Try to] not let the lights and the big stage get a hold of me like it does a lot of guys, just really focusing on my first match.”

Finishing ninth overall in the 16-team tournament, the weekend at Lehigh also served as valuable experience for the team’s underclassmen. Despite only one claiming his opening match in 149-pound sophomore

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The Binghamton track and field team had a historic weekend. Star senior middledistance runner Jesse Garn was named the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches’ Association (USTFCCCA) Northeast Region Indoor Track Athlete of the Year and assistant coach Annette Acuff was named the same region’s men’s Assistant Indoor Coach of the Year all while BU recorded a stellar finish at the IC4A/ECAC invitational.

Garn earned the USTFCCCA award for the first time in his career after recording one of the best individual seasons in Binghamton program history.

The senior participated in the NYC Armory Invitational against some of the top competition in the world, was named America East Track Athlete of the Week twice and finished first in the 800-meter event at the Penn State Sykes & Sabock Challenge.

“That was a huge surprise for me,” Garn said of winning the award. “I’m incredibly honored.

It’s only nine people for the track side every year for the indoor track season and for me to be named the northeast rep is huge.”

Garn’s best race this season came at the Iowa State Classic, at which he clocked a time of 1:46.9 in the 800. That time

It's only nine people for the track side every year for the indoor track season and for me to be named the northeast rep is huge —Jesse Garn BU senior middle-distance runner

was the sixth fastest in the nation, which was sufficient to qualify Garn for the 2014-15 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, held March 1314 at the University of Arkansas.

“It’s super exciting — a dream is kind of a reality now,” Garn said. “I think that it could be anyone’s race. I’m going into the meet just focusing on the prelims … I’m super excited and I’m super confident in my ability to do well.”

Acuff earned the top assistant

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