Spring 2015 Issue 17

From Binghamton, to Budapest, and back

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Chugging energy drinks, students code for 36 hours Second-annual HackBU Hackathon draws 253 collegiate coders to ITC

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Hundreds of students stayed up late Friday and Saturday night, eating junk food and chugging energy drinks. These night owls weren’t cramming for a test; they were competing in the second-annual HackBU hackathon.

The event attracted 253 participants on 34 different teams to the Innovative Technologies Complex (ITC) this past weekend. Hacking — which is when a system is modified to operate outside of its intended purpose — began at 8 p.m. on Friday and finished at 8 a.m. on Sunday.

Many went without sleep to use all the time given, and others took power naps under tables and on benches throughout the coding marathon.

“I’ve had a bunch of Monster, I haven’t slept and I’m not even sure what I’m doing anymore,” said Gus Kristiansen, a sophomore majoring in computer science.

“But hopefully, a few hours from now, we’ll finish with something to be proud of.”

The event was organized by Binghamton University students and sponsored by seven companies, including

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At long last, the Student Association has announced the lineup for Spring Fling, and it’s eclectic as usual.

Bad Rabbits, a funky rock band from Boston, will open the concert, followed by rising-star rapper Sage the Gemini, who’s best known for his singles “Gas Pedal” and “Red Nose.” Mashup duo The White Panda will close the show.

Since the Student Association Programming Board (SAPB) started booking multiple artists for Spring Fling a few years ago, they’ve traditionally had one headliner who followed two smaller acts. This year, they’re presenting three

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Candidates vie to represent graduate student body Elections for GSO President, VP, GSVPMA spots begining on March 31 Chloe Rehfield Staff Writer

On March 31 and April 1, Binghamton University’s Graduate Student Organization (GSO) will be holding elections to pick the 2015-16 E-Board members.

The GSO represents graduate students to the rest of the University. According to current GSO president Alison Coombs, this includes offering a proposed set of

doctoral advising guidelines to ensure students get support from faculty advisers, opening a graduate student-only study and printing station in Bartle, and hosting social events.

The organization comprises graduate student representatives from each academic department on campus and seeks to draw students together across disciplines, according to the GSO’s website.

GSO’s E-Board positions are president, vice president, assistant to the president,

vice president for multicultural affairs (GSVPMA), treasurer and office manager.

The positions for president, vice president and GSVPMA are up for renewal for next year, which graduate students can vote for on Blackboard.

Three candidates are running for president. One is Samantha Fox, a graduate student studying sociology, who was GSO president for 2013-2014 but lost last year’s election to Coombs.

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Officials warn against dangers of eCigs, hookah Emily Earl/Pipe Dream Photographer

Justin Saine, a professional drag king, performs in the Watters Theater. “Drag Through the Decades” featured three professional drag queens, four student drag competitors and the Treblemakers, a Binghamton University a cappella group.

From amateurs to professionals, BU celebrates decades of drag Rainbow Pride Union's 13th-annual competition hosts performers from Downtown bar to campus community Michelle Kraidman Staff Writer

As Sasha Fierce jumped into a split in her shorts and heels, the audience screamed and applauded at Rainbow Pride Union (RPU)’s “Drag Through the Decades.”

On Friday, RPU celebrated the past five decades of drag with decorations and music ranging from Whitney Houston to Miley Cyrus at its 13th annual drag show.

Katrina, a professional drag queen

from Merlin’s, a bar in Downtown Binghamton, hosted the event, which featured three professional drag queens, four student drag competitors and the Treblemakers, a Binghamton University a cappella group.

Dede Kupps, another professional, danced to Taylor Dayne, and started her performance with a slow song. She then changed the pace and got the crowd excited with a fast song as she removed articles of clothing.

Devon Duncan, a senior majoring

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Campus survey finds increased usage of non-cigarette nicotine products Alexis Hatcher Staff Writer

While the popularity of cigarettes may be declining across the country, the popularity of hookah and e-cigarette smoking has been steadily increasing.

According to Binghamton University researchers, students may not know how much trouble they are getting into with each puff.

Binghamton’s Interdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Program (ITURP) hosted “Blowing Smoke: The Changing Face of Tobacco” Friday in the Old University Union. Speakers and antismoking advocates came together to discuss the effects of using new forms of tobacco. Members of ITURP shared the results of a survey distributed among BU students and employees that assessed experiences with tobacco and campus opinions of what constituted a healthy campus.

The study demonstrated that most participants thought a tobacco-free campus was a health priority. This included prohibiting the sale or advertisement of tobacco products on campus and promoting anti-smoking campaigns.

Despite this consensus, ITURP found that tobacco was still an issue on campus, especially with e-cigarettes, smokeless tobacco and hookah.

The director of ITURP, Dr. Geraldine Britton, said that these findings were troubling because these products are usually advertised as safer alternatives or ways to quit smoking cigarettes, but students were not using them for those purposes.

“We found that there was a very high usage of e-cigarettes and hookah in the campus community,” Britton said. “It went against the marketing strategy that e-cigarettes were going to be used as a smoking cessation strategy, because most

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Peter Cittadino, senior market manager for the American Cancer Society, gives a talk called “Blowing Smoke: The Changing Face of Tobacco.” Cittadino discussed the harmful effects that can arise from using e-cigarettes and hookah.

Rabbi shares experiences protesting in 1965 Selma Wall Street investor, local business Saul Berman talks experiences marching for racial equality during Civil Rights movement founder share secrets to career success Pelle Waldron

Pipe Dream News On Friday evening, after Hillel’s weekly Shabbat dinner, the doors of the Chenango Room opened to hear a story of civil rights, religion and putting aside differences to do what’s right.

Rabbi Saul Berman, a professor at the Columbia University School of Law and named one of 50 most influential Rabbis

by Newsweek, came to speak about the civil rights movement in America. He talked about his time in Selma during the 1965

march for equality, which he attended with members of his congregation who had been working on desegregating Berkley schools.

Hundreds of members of the community were joined by outsiders such as Berman in a march through the white neighborhoods of Selma. They stood outside Selma Mayor Joseph Smitherman’s house to demand racial justice and were eventually arrested for protesting in a white neighborhood, which was illegal at the time.

Selma was violent, Berman said, and he described how a police officer came close to beating him with a baton. He also explained

that protesters understood the importance of their actions: At one point, officials offered to drop the arrests of Berman and his peers if they agreed to leave the city, but Berman said they could not because the protest was bigger than him and his congregation.

“The reality was that there was a white leadership that was enormously supportive of this effort,” Berman said.

“But nevertheless, the black community in Selma at that time needed to realize that they have to be the masters of their own

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Dan Mori, Ziad Abdelnour stress importance of working with others, perserverance in the face of adversity Kanchi Chandwani

oriented student organization, hosted business entrepreneurs Ziad Abdelnour and Dan Mori on Saturday in the Old Union Hall.

Students looking to graduate and jump Mori is president and founder of into the private sector were given a taste of Employment Solutions, a local staffing New York’s Wall Street and Binghamton’s and recruiting company, and Abdelnour is Main Street. president and CEO of Blackhawk Partners Binghamton University’s Graduate Inc., a commodities trading and private Student Organization (GSO), Alumni Association and Enactus, a businessSee WEALTH Page 2 Contributing Writer

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TD Ameritrade and Pebble Technology Corporation, the makers of the Pebble Smartwatch.

Major League Hacking (MLH), a company that hosts and facilitates hackathons, partnered with organizers to make the hackathon and it provided hardware for the hackers to utilize, like virtual reality headset Oculus Rift and software resources like website domains.

Teams competed for first, second and third place, as well as best use of Pebble technology and titles like “Best Hardware Hack.”

First place winners received a Dell tablet, $100 of 3-D printing credit and $100 restaurant gift card.

Pebble category winners received a Pebble Time Steel watch. Prizes for other categories ranged from 3-D printing credit to Google merchandise.

First place and Pebble winner went to BU students Toren DeRosa, Andrew White and Kristiansen, who created a version of Super Mario Bros. for the Pebble watch called Micro Mario.

“We wanted to make something that we would like to play,” said DeRosa, a junior majoring in computer science. “We were sleep deprived, but every time we decided to add a new feature it

Student Congress talks expansions to Harpur's Ferry, installing GPS on OCCT Stacey Schimmel Staff Writer

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A group of students participate in the second annual HackBU hackathon, an event organized by Binghamton University students and sponsored by seven companies, including TD Ameritrade and Pebble Technology Corporation, the makers of the Pebble Smartwatch. The event attracted 253 participants on 34 different teams to the Innovative Technologies Complex.

was still fun and an exciting step forward.”

BU President Harvey Stenger said he was impressed with the participants’ creativity and the program’s overall success.

“Active learning is one of the best ways that students can gain new knowledge,” Stenger said.

“There are few better examples of active learning than a hackathon where students are developing new ideas. The learning that occurred

in the last 36 hours is probably more than you can get out of an entire course over a semester.”

Itai Ferber, HackBU co-founder and organizer, said he was happy with the sense of community the hackathon fostered, and the amount of students with different levels of experience that attended.

Daniel O’Connor, the founder of HackBU and a BU alumnus who graduated last May, organized the first hackathon as a senior last

year. This year, he returned to lend a hand and see how the event had grown. He said last year’s event, held in Academic A, was cramped and that the ITC was a more suitable facility.

“It blows my mind,” O’Connor said. “Two years ago none of this was even feasible, this wasn’t an idea anybody could imagine happening. All it takes is one person that has free time and some sort of ambitious idea.”

At the Student Association (SA) congress meeting Monday night, representatives addressed vice president for multicultural affairs (VPMA) runoff elections, changes to Off Campus College Transport (OCCT) policies and passed a vote for a new student activity fee.

The main focus of the meeting was a discussion on a change to the SA Constitution to increase the student activity fee before it can go to a campus-wide referendum. The change will pay for expansions to OCCT and Harpur’s Ferry. Funding for the Student Association Programming Board (SAPB) and student groups will come from the community council.

If the student body approves the change, the mandatory student fee will be increased by $3.50 per student per semester. The Harpur’s Ferry fee will be raised from $1.00 to $1.50 and OCCT will receive an additional $3.

On March 31, the VPMA election will take place via email. The ballot will consist of Epiphany Munoz, who previously ran but whose results

were voided due to a campaigning infraction, and a write-in option.

According to SA President Alexander Liu, the SA is also negotiating an OCCT contract between spring break and the summer vacation to install GPS on all buses and a system to track passengers by requiring them to swipe their student IDs to board.

Students will be allowed to bring one guest on a bus at a time.

The Hinman Lighting Act was also passed. Over the summer, Hinman dorms will be outfitted with an additional lamp, as well as brand new lightbulbs and lampshades.

Serena Tesler, head SA representative for Hinman and an undeclared sophomore, said the act will help students study more effectively, since they may fall asleep while working in dimly lit rooms.

“The role of Residential Life, at least in my opinion, is to encourage the academic life of students,” Tesler said.

The SA plans to have the Rate My Landlord website, which is currently closed for submissions, fully running before the end of the semester so that seniors can review their landlords before graduation.

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investment firm.

Abdelnour spoke to the group about how becoming successful takes time, adding that overnight success is not usually possible.

He encouraged students to be relentless and not only work hard, but efficiently.

“A lot of people get very close to success and then they give up,” Abdelnour said. “It can take sometimes weeks, months, years, decades. An overnight success is really 15 years. It takes time, it takes perseverance, never ever giving up and passion to be successful.”

Mori said that his professional success came from his drive to help people and ability to handle daily issues. He said students could

boost their careers by also looking to improve the lives of the people around them.

“The most important info that [students] can take away is students have the ability to change,” Mori said. “There are directly things that they can do to make a difference, be a leader and generate wealth for [their] community.”

Thomas Kirk, a sophomore double-majoring in actuarial science and economics, said he was impressed with how the speakers succeeded by pushing those around them to succeed as well.

“I was very inspired by what the speakers said: that in order to be a leader you have to inspire other leaders, not just have people follow you, but really inspire them to follow your common goal,” Kirk

said.

Abdelnour also spoke about his book, “Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics,” which describes his decades of experience working on Wall Street. He said he faced regular challenges with government intrusion, but that his model and advice offered solutions to succeed financially.

“There is a warfare between the wealth takers and the wealth creators, the wealth takers being the government and the wealth creators are the entrepreneurs,” Abdelnour said. “Today, the wealth takers are winning.”

According Rukhsar Sharif, one of the organizers from the GSO and a third-year graduate student studying education,

Mori and Abdelnour were chosen because they each brought economic activity to New York state. He said that Abdelnour’s professional success was a good model of leadership, while Mori demonstrated the importance of networking and building local relationships with community members. “[Abdelnour] has made vast changes to make NYC the best it can be economically and spread wealth in the community,” Sharif said. “He came here to talk about leadership and community wealth creation, as he embodies it. And Dan Mori from the Southern Tier is another can-do, active businessman who helps explain the importance of helping and using your community.”

Rabbi recalls arrest while protesting for civil rights in Selma, Alabama SELMA continued from Page 1 faith or else they will not become free.”

BU Hillel Rabbi Akiva Dovid Weiss said Berman offered to speak at BU as part of his circuit of university talks this year. Weiss said Berman’s talk was beneficial for the entire campus, not just Jewish students, because civil rights affect everyone.

“This really was such a profound story about activism and how to make a difference,” Weiss said. “It really crosses so many divides, not just religion. It speaks to so many

people to hear a story like this.”

Naomi Barnett, a junior double-majoring in business administration and English, was one of approximately 60 attendees.

She said she appreciated hearing from a man who combines his religious beliefs and morality to do what he thinks is right.

“It is important to see progressive adults from all walks of life in order to show our campus community that no one is tied down to a box or label,” Barnett said.

“Rabbi Berman is still committed to social equality and justice.

However, he is also fully in touch

with his Jewish faith and traditions, yet allows the two to complement each other instead of contradict, as too many do.”

Weiss said that he was happy with the message Berman left the students.

“I think that the main thing is that students should feel inspired that they can make a difference,” Weiss said. “I think students left with that feeling, they left with the ability to impact and I think that is a very important and profound message.”

On the 50-year anniversary of the Selma march, Berman

said it is important that people understand how important it is to make contributions to causes such as this, and that many of the racial issues he protested against in 1965 still exist today.

“I don’t perceive myself into thinking that I personally made any contributions to the welfare of the black community in the United States or to the resolution of the civil rights situation,” Berman said.

“But I know that at least I raised my voice, and I was present at a critical moment that may serve to inspire people 50 years later.”

expression at annual showcase DRAG continued from Page 1 in biological anthropology, performed as Sasha Fierce and danced to “Anaconda” by Nicki Minaj. Duncan, wearing a crop top, shorts and high heels, won the student competition. The audience voted by applauding for its favorite performer, and the winner received a Galaxy S5 tablet.

Duncan said that performing was hard work, but a fulfilling experience.

“I like the fact that you can go out and be a different person and just strut your stuff and not care what other people think — it’s like being a character,” Duncan said. “The performers this year were great competitors so I knew that I had to take all of my tricks out of the bag and perform as best as possible.”

Third place went to Trina Notaro, a junior majoring in business administration, who performed as Cash May. Notaro said that drag is a fun way for people to express themselves and be applauded for their uniqueness.

“It’s freedom of expression and there’s no judgement so you can go out on the stage and the audience is always involved in

what you’re doing and is always excited to see you perform,” Notaro said. “There’s no judging so you can go out in a thong if you wanted to or I could go out and be grabbing my crotch and no one would say anything because it’s a judgement-free zone.”

Special Events Coordinator for RPU Sherry Goldstein, a sophomore majoring in psychology, said that the drag show is entertaining, educational and open to anyone interested in performing.

“It’s a fun aspect of LGBT culture and it’s a great way to break gender barriers,” Goldstein said. “We advertise it a lot and we asked people from the Late Nite drag show. People usually contact us if they’re interested and we get their music and put them in.”

Adam Wilkes, an undeclared freshman, said that this was his first time seeing a drag show, and he was glad he came.

“It was very exciting to watch and a lot of the songs were a throwback so I really enjoyed it,” Wilkes said. “It was cool and the whole thing was very professional. It was my first time going and I liked it a lot; I would definitely go again.”

Anti-smoking advocates talk perils of e-cigarettes, hookah SMOKER continued from Page 1 students are using it to begin smoking.”

According to Britton, the survey found that 30 percent of participants who said they used hookah and e-cigarettes had never smoked traditional cigarettes before. ITURP member Courtney Berenato, a senior majoring in nursing, said that the FDA had not instituted an approval process for e-cigarettes, meaning that the exact components of an e-cigarette

are unknown.

“A lot of people are using e-cigarettes, hookah and smokeless tobacco that wouldn’t consider themselves smokers, so it’s an interesting relationship there,” Berenato said. “Take a second and think, is that really better for you than a cigarette?”

Peter Cittadino, the senior market manager for the American Cancer Society, warned against the tobacco industry’s ability to target youth in creative ways and told students to “question

what they see.”

“The tobacco industry is always looking for new replacement smokers because that’s the only way they can stay in business,” Cittadino said. “Many people have the idea that they’re going to smoke while they’re in college and then stop, but the product is engineered to keep them addicted.”

Another speaker present was Sharon Fischer, the tobacco control coordinator at the Broome County Health Department.

Fischer described her work to

educate community residents on the effects of tobacco usage with elected officials to help implement policies that will decrease the likelihood of smoking among youths.

“I am proud to report that after working with the city of Binghamton for about two years on this, last April the city passed an ordinance prohibiting new tobacco retailers from locating within 500 feet of schools,” Fischer said. “I know 500 feet isn’t a huge distance, but it’s a start.”

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Dede Kupps, a professional drag queen, is getting ready for her Taylor Dayne dance performance. The Rainbow Pride Union held its annual Drag Show in Watters Theater on Friday.

With other E-Board positions set in place, candidates compete for presidency of Graduate Student Organization GSO continued from Page 1 Her platform focuses on giving graduate students more of a voice at BU, facilitating relations between graduate students of various departments and improving what she says is the isolation of graduate student from the rest of campus.

“The position of graduate students on campus needs to be stronger with a stronger presence in administrative positions that impact graduate student life,” Fox wrote in her platform. “This only works with a committed grad body

and a committed E-board.”

Fox said she had made strides while president in the 2013-2014 school year, like creating the position of GSO treasurer, and would continue to implement programs to make GSO run smoother.

Mohammad Shokrollahzadeh, a doctoral candidate in Binghamton University’s Translation Research and Instruction Program (TRIP), is also running for president.

Shokrollahzadeh spent three years on the Senate of the GSO as an academic adviser. His platform

includes plans to work with law and policy administrators on the issues facing the graduate community and connect graduate students more with University organizations.

The third candidate is Shengsheng Zhou, also a doctoral candidate in TRIP. She said she has been a part of numerous projects at BU, including GSO’s Employment and Labor Committee and by acting as senator and treasurer for TRIP. She said she would continue with both programs, advocate for more funding for TAs and adjuncts and increase the GSO’s visibility, as

many students she had spoken to are not aware it exists.

“One of the top priorities for the next administration is to shed a reasonable amount of publicity of GSO’s future affairs as well as increased publicity for all projects currently running,” she said.

“With increased publicity, graduate students will further understand that GSO is a place where they can ask questions, voice opinions and receive help they require.”

According to Coombs, a fourthyear doctoral candidate studying philosophy, the vice president has

a variety of responsibilities to make the organization run efficiently, including overseeing GSO committees, meeting with campus organizations and adjusting the GSO constitution and bylaws.

Ben Marley, a graduate student studying sociology, is running unopposed for the position of VP. His platform addresses the gap between the students’ education as researchers and competitiveness for the job market, and strengthening interdepartmental communication to more efficiently address graduate students’ concerns.

Sarah Marcus, a graduate student studying biological sciences and the only candidate for GVPMA, has a platform of allocating funds for GSO programs more efficiently. While treasurer on the Jewish Graduate Student Network E-Board for two years, she noticed that the group failed to follow budgets, and is running on a platform utilizing spending plans and efficiently spending the money allotted to them by Socio-Cultural and Multicultural Organizations (SCMA), a collective of GSOchartered groups.

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Binghamton police chief takes administrative leave Following a discrimination complaint filed by a police officer, Mayor Richard David has placed Police Chief Joseph Zikuski on paid administrative leave until further notice. The complaint accused Zikuski of making sexual advances toward the officer and other women she worked with. David has asked the personnel and safety director to speak with all female officers regarding any possible concerns they may have.

Assistant Police Chief William Yeager will be serving as acting chief while the complaint is under investigation.

New York opens bidding process for Southern Tier casino Bidding opened Monday for those interested in building a Las Vegas-style casino in New York’s Southern Tier, but so far there’s only one contender.

The state’s Gaming Commission approved a new request for applications at a meeting Monday. Applications for the casino license are due in July, and a final decision is expected this fall. Tioga Downs, a harness racing track and electronic gambling facility in Nichols, is the only group that has announced plans to bid for the license. An initial casino application from Tioga was rejected in December by a state siting board. The board instead endorsed casino projects in the Catskills, the Finger Lakes and Schenectady. A proposal for a casino in the city of Binghamton is another possibility, according to Binghamton Mayor Richard C. David, who said he has heard discussion of a potential proposal. Gural said he doesn’t believe the region could support both his racino and a new casino in Binghamton. He said the location of Tioga Downs and his existing investment there should make him the winner in any competition for the license. The three casino projects already approved by the siting board are Montreign Resort Casino in Sullivan County, Rivers Casino & Resort in Schenectady and Lago Resort & Casino in Seneca County. The Gaming Commission will formally award the licenses once background checks of the projects’ principals are completed.

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY NEWS Unable to confirm rape at UVa, police suspend investigation A five-month police investigation into an alleged gang rape at the University of Virginia, described in graphic detail in a Rolling Stone article, produced no evidence of the attack and was stymied by the accuser’s unwillingness to cooperate, authorities said Monday. The article titled “A rape on campus” traced the story from a student identified only as “Jackie,” who said she was raped at a Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house on September, 28, 2012. It also described a hidden culture of sexual violence fueled by binge drinking at the college. Police said they found no evidence of that either. There were numerous discrepancies between the article and what they found, said Charlottesville Police Chief Timothy Longo, who was careful not to characterize Jackie’s account as a false allegation. Asked if Jackie would be charged with making a false report, he said: “Absolutely not.” Longo said Jackie first described a sexual assault when she met with a dean in May 2013 about an academic issue, but “the sexual act was not consistent with what was described” in the Rolling Stone article. The dean brought in police, but Jackie didn’t want them to investigate, and the case was dropped. After the article was printed, she met with police and again refused to talk. Discrepancies in the article were soon found by news organizations. Investigators spoke to about 70 people, including friends of the accuser and fraternity members, and spent hundreds of hours on the investigation, Longo said.

None provided any evidence supporting the claim of a gang rape at the Phi Kappa Psi house.

This Day in History March 24, 1765 The Kingdom of Great Britain passes the Quartering Act, which requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops.

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Police Watch: Yo-gotta Be Kidding Me FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1:32 a.m. — A maintenance supervisor contacted the University Police Department to inform them that someone smashed a container of Greek yogurt in the Glenn G. Bartle Library, said Investigator Patrick Reilly of Binghamton’s New York State University Police. The yogurt splattered and ended up covering several books from the Oversize Collection. Nothing appeared damaged, but the supervisor wanted to let the police know just in case.

The supervisor was told to contact UPD if any of the books end up damaged beyond repair.

Smashed and Furious SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 4:17 a.m. — Officers noticed a black car fail to stop at a stop sign on West Drive, Reilly said. The officers pulled the vehicle over on Bartle Drive and noticed that the 19-year-old male driver smelled of alcohol and had glassy, bloodshot eyes. A standard field sobriety test was administered, and the suspect failed. The suspect was arrested and transported to the station. At the station, the suspect was given a BAC test, which came back as just over twice the legal limit.

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Ball Hard and Don’t Look Back SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 1:47 a.m. — Officers responded to Rafuse Hall in Dickinson Community due to reports of an intoxicated male, Reilly said. The officers arrived and saw the 19-year-old male. The victim said that he drank five or six beers in 30 minutes as well as numerous mixed drinks. The victim was hard to understand because he kept going in and out of consciousness while he was talking. Harpur’s Ferry arrived and brought the victim to Binghamton General Hospital.

2 Smashed 2 Furious SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 3:33 a.m. — Officers observed a tan vehicle on West Drive going 18 miles above the speed limit, Reilly said. The officers pulled the vehicle over and spoke to the 19-year-old male suspect. The officers detected the smell of alcohol on the suspect’s breath. They administered a standard field sobriety test, which the suspect failed. The suspect was then arrested and transferred to the station for processing.

The suspect was given a BAC test, and it came back as a .12. The suspect was given an appearance ticket returnable to Vestal Town Court.

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Aleksandr Rikhterman, founder of greenmantravels.com and a senior majoring in cinema, has spent 22 weeks traveling alone to 14 countries outside the United States.

Binghamton blogger takes on the world—literally On his website, BU student Aleksandr Rikhterman posts videos of trips all over the globe—where he travels solo Jonathan Ortiz | Contributing Writer On his first solo trip to Central Europe, Aleksandr Rikhterman realized “that life needs to be lived.” And after 22 weeks traveling solo to 14 countries and six major regions outside of the United States, it’s clear that he’s

Rikhterman shows what it’s like to backpack through a foreign land

living it.

Rikhterman, a senior majoring in cinema, founded greenmantravels.com in December 2013 to provide his followers with a detailed source of information that can be referenced to guarantee an edifying solo-traveling experience. He first shared his experience with “A SoloTraveler’s Guide To: The World,” a video travel series that presents the solo-traveling experience through the eyes of someone more seasoned, giving that extra push to anyone who might be on the fence about traveling alone.

In each episode, Rikhterman shows what it’s like to backpack through a foreign land, from hitching a ride with a random truck driver in Central America to bribing cops for access to Sathorn Unique — an abandoned ghost tower in Bangkok — in the name of urban exploration.

“I want people to feel like they’ve actually gone on the trip

themselves,” Rikhterman said.

“There is only one thing missing: their physical selves in a strange place.”

On the website, Rikhterman writes comprehensive narratives on the history, lodgings, transportation systems and essential sites of each region that he visited along his journey.

Rikhterman also posts every episode of “A Solo-Traveler’s Guide To: The World” as well as the “Greenman Itineraries” — a specific list of the accommodations and activity that he enjoyed in each city he visited — and the amount of money he spent on that city’s food, shelter, transportation and activities.

The Greenman logo quickly became a familiar icon itself.

When Rikhterman visits a hostel, tour or specific points of interest where he finds something exceptional, he gives a “GreenmanApproved” sticker to display on their front door —

also evaluating price, friendliness and adventure. In return, the Greenman himself recommends those establishments on his website for his followers to check out themselves.

For Rikhterman, helping travelers succeed with trips brings him the most satisfaction.

“Whenever I look at the comments to my videos on YouTube and someone says something like, ‘You’ve inspired me to travel,’ it makes me feel proud,” Rikhterman said. “It makes everything worthwhile.”

Rikhterman’s travel series is already making waves.

After submitting the Laos and Cambodia episodes of “A SoloTraveler’s Guide To: The World” to the College Television Awards, a nationwide competition that helps expose cinema students to industry professionals, Rikhterman received a nomination and will be flown out to Hollywood for two days of networking, development

workshops and an award show.

And he isn’t slowing down.

The solo traveler has decided to transform his six-week journey across Vietnam on a Minsk 125cc motorbike into a feature-length film, titled “Minsk, Vietnam.”

With this film, Rikhterman will explore the ideas of “wanderlust, itchy feet and the human condition” while hoping to put the openness and generosity inherent in human nature on display through the accepting attitudes of the Vietnamese people toward Rikhterman as a foreigner.

“My biggest dream would be to do this professionally,” Rikhterman said. “If I can, I would keep the website up for the next 20 years.”

One outstanding tale of kindness that Rikhterman shared occurred during his first trip, specifically as a consequence of a friendly two-minute conversation with a local on a train ride from Prague to Berlin. According to

Rikhterman, just two days after exchanging emails and parting ways with the stranger, the man was comfortable enough to open up his home for Rikhterman to stay for a few days when asked over email. The pair can be seen discussing their travels in “A Solo-Traveler’s Guide To: Central Europe.”

“Americans think that everyone is out to get them,” Rikhterman said. “They don’t realize that people are good.”

Rikhterman’s blog is a motivating force for those who desire something deeper out of life, prompting them to take that initial step out their front door.

“I believe that people crave novelty,” Rikhterman said. “The most novel experiences you can only get by pushing yourself out of your comfort zone, by solo traveling to places that you don’t know, where you don’t know anybody, and for the most part, you don’t know yourself in that place.”

SAPB cuts costs after being outbid for top concert choices FLING continued from Page 1 acts of similar stature as coheadliners. The SAPB will also host a battle of the bands at Late Nite over several weeks, with the winner opening the concert at 7:30 p.m.

Vice President for Programming Stephanie Zagreda said the SAPB spent less on Spring Fling artists this year, but still remained within the range of what they’d typically spend on each act.

“We had a huge cutback this year, in artist costs in general — what we were going to spend on every artist for Spring Fling —

just because we do want to work towards getting rid of our deficit,” Zagreda said. “That was one of the prime areas that’s easy to cut back for Spring Fling. It’s harder to cut for costs that you have to use the University, for using the fields and everything. But we still felt that the artists that we got were still going to bring the stage presence we wanted.”

If the Constitution that the Student Congress proposed Monday night is passed by a referendum, an additional $1.50 from each student will be allocated to the SAPB, which may be used to bid more competitively against other venues for the

artists that the SAPB wants as its first choices.

“We get outbid by other schools,” Zagreda said. “Like, destroyed. There was a school in the south that outbid us by 30 grand.”

Because of construction by the Student Wing and Lecture Hall, the SAPB will hold the concert elsewhere. They haven’t settled on a location yet, but they’re considering two potential ones.

One possibility is on the Peace Quad. The other is in front of the Old University Union — the band would be on the sidewalk, close to the building, and the audience on the hill leading up to College-

in-the-Woods. Zagreda found the location feasible because there was already an established plan from previous years to provide accessibility for emergency personnel as well as reroute buses around the location. The SAPB also had to consider other factors, like the concert’s proximity to the festival, making sure not to pollute Vestal neighborhoods with noise and avoiding conflict with other events scheduled for May 2.

“When Spring Fling was founded, it started on the road,” Zagreda said. “It would be different, for sure. But it’s been done many times before, so we’re

not logistically worried about anything.”

White Panda was one of the top choices in the electronic genre on the Spring Fling survey released earlier this year. Sage the Gemini wasn’t on the survey, but “he was one of the most recommended artists for this year, both in the fall survey and the spring survey,” Zagreda said.

Unlike last year, International Fest will not be held simultaneously with Spring Fling — it’s scheduled for April 19.

Rides and carnival food stations will be set up by the Harpur Quad fountain, and student groups will table along the Spine, as usual.

When Spring Fling was founded, it started on the road — Stephanie Zagreda SA Vice President for Programming

Photos provided, from right to left, by: The White Panda, HBK Gang Records and Bad Rabbits; Hand Lettering by John Linitz/Design Assistant

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An encounter with Pipe Nightmare

Shows jump from screen to screen 'Broad City' and 'Drunk History' began online, now they're on TV James Sereno | Staff Writer If you ask a friend what their favorite television show is, they may answer with a series that doesn’t even play on television. But in a few years, it might.

Since the introduction of YouTube in 2006, web series have become a huge market unto themselves — some shows have even made YouTube stars full-on celebrities.

And every once in awhile, a web series makes the leap from the Internet to the television screen, getting picked up by a network. The biggest one that’s made the transition is “Broad City.”

“Broad City,” which just finished its second season on Comedy Central, follows Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson through their millennial misadventures in New York City.

Glazer and Jacobson, the series’ creators, began the show as a web series in 2009, and it ran until 2011.

Amy Poehler, who knew the two from the Upright Citizens Brigade, starred in the web series’ final episode and helped bring the show to television, taking a role as an executive producer.

The television show features standard episodes of around 20 minutes, and has gained quite a following since its debut, with many embracing the female stoner-duo theme.

Comedy Central also picked up “Drunk History” from the web. The original series streamed on Funny or Die in 2007, featuring an inebriated person narrating a historical event.

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The television series of “Drunk History” — produced by Will Ferrell, who has also made a cameo on the series — will premiere its third season this year on Comedy Central.

With the ongoing popularity of the series, another version of the show premiered this year in Great Britain, recounting events from their history.

Unless you’re Alex from Target, getting Internet famous is hard. But it’s not impossible. Aspiring online stars don’t need to worry about demographics and ratings in the same way television executives do — they just need to worry about having a camera and ideas. This, of course, can be a double-edged sword for webseries-turned-TV-shows. Being online gives you a much smaller audience, but there is freedom among your team to create, whether it’s wanting to make six-minute episodes, or trying something out of the box.

Television expands viewership, but also creates limits, whether of timing or profanity.

However, for those who can find a happy medium, YouTube is a great place to start. You can spend as long as you like crafting together your artwork, trying out different things until something sticks. Also, YouTube accounts are free.

In some cases, producers don’t necessarily want the actual web series — they want the talent.

One of the newest television series in this tradition is “The Grace Helbig Show.” Premiering on April 3, the show features YouTube star Grace Helbig on her own primetime comedy/talk show on E!. Helbig’s claim to fame comes from her own YouTube web series “DailyGrace.”

She has also starred on the YouTubeexclusive web series “My Music.”

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Trying to interview Pipe Dream's most notorious online commenter Jacob Shamsian | Release Editor Every time a Pipe Dream article is published online, Pipe Nightmare lurks around the corner. A selfdescribed “Paleoconservative, atheist, pessimist, existentialist, skeptic” on Disqus, the software Pipe Dream uses for commenting, he’s known as, basically, the conservative response to every article.

His dedication is impressive, and his criticism is rude. (It’s possible that Pipe Nightmare isn’t male, but let’s go ahead and assume). Naturally, I wanted to interview him. Why does he do what he does? Why does he cares so much? How did he develop his ideologies? And, most importantly, who the hell is he?

So I commented on one of his web comments and asked him to get in touch; he did, and we arranged an interview. His dedication to anonymity was thorough — he emailed me from

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No traces. We arranged to Skype at midnight.

I had some issues with Skype, so we ended up using Google Hangouts. I waited for Pipe Nightmare to install some plugins, and then we started.

I was video chatting, but his image was blank. When he spoke, it was clear he was using a voice disguiser.

Pipe Dream seldom grants anonymity to sources — in his case, I was willing to work with him and allow him to keep his identity private so he could maintain his persona of representing ideas, instead of a person who could be attacked. But in any case, I’d need to know who he was — so that I could find out if he’s a student, his year and major, if Pipe Nightmare is in fact one person or many. All the basics. He refused.

“After oompa-loompa-gate, I know all about what happens at Pipe Dream when unpopular opinions are expressed by people,”

Nightmare said. “So, uh, yeah.”

I told him that, at minimum, I’d need to know who he was — as would our Editor-in-Chief, Rachel Bluth — but I’d keep it private from everyone else.

“I’m not sure if I can trust the professionalism of Pipe Dream’s staff,” Nightmare said. Okay.

No one on our staff, I insisted, has a vendetta against him.

Obviously, not everyone agrees with what Pipe Nightmare writes, but his posts have been received with more mild exasperation than actual anger. No one really cares about him that much. Not even Molly McGrath, the opinion editor, whose section Pipe Nightmare seems to reserve a special venom for.

Without his identity, I wouldn’t proceed, and I told him so. I require basic trust between myself and the subjects I interview.

“I’ll be honest with you,” Nightmare said. “It’s not that I’m afraid, or anything like that — afraid for my safety and whatnot.

It’s just that I want to make sure people are approaching my ideas, and considering the concepts that I’m bringing. I don’t really want people to answer these political identity games where people are questioning who I am and my background. I just want to offer ideas to people. And that’s what I’ve been trying to do through my comments, and I think this would completely counteract what I’m trying to do.”

Fair, but I still needed to know who he was — and, again, the information wouldn’t be published.

I told him to sleep on it.

The next day, he emailed me.

He’d do it — as long as I consented in an email not to share his information. We would Hangout at midnight, again.

He never got in touch. I waited a few minutes after 12, and then emailed him. It never arrived. “Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently: pipenightmare@gmail.com.” And just like that, he was gone.

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Sex in the Triple Cities

Bondage fashion is in this season

Wear your dirtiest kink out in the open for all to appreciate Mike Rulli

Sex Columnist

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Spring for the Fling he Student Association (SA) announced that Bad Rabbits, Sage the Gemini and White Panda will co-headline Spring Fling.

Yeah, we’re not too familiar with them either.

Various factors impact which artists the SA Programming Board (SAPB) can book for Spring Fling. Not every artist is available on May 2 — maybe because they’re already booked, maybe because they simply aren’t in the Northeast. The only factor over which we really have control is how much we can pay them.

Binghamton isn’t the only school trying to book acts for a spring festival: Other schools and venues bid for acts touring in the area, and whoever offers the most money is going to get the performers’ services. No band

is coming to Binghamton for charity.

The SAPB is already hobbled by a deficit of around $30,000 that it is in the process of overcoming.

Over the past couple of years, it has relaxed spending on its events to try to balance the budget. So while progress is being made, and it’s getting there, there is still substantial ground to cover.

This reasonableness aside, every penny we save to be fiscally responsible is a penny we can’t offer to a well-known band that we might book for Spring Fling.

There is, however, a way for the SAPB to increase its funding to overcome the deficit whilst

bringing in the big names that we all want to see: We pay for it.

Currently, the undergraduate activity fee sits at $95.50 per semester. The Programming Board gets $11 of that. If BU students approve of the upcoming referendum, the activity fee will be raised by $3.50 per semester. The budget will then be rearranged so that the SAPB receives an additional $1.50. With the 13,412 undergraduates that attend the University right now, that would amount to $20,118.

That would greatly expedite the recovery from the deficit, even if no other sources of funding are made available.

This is not an exorbitant sum of money. We know college is already expensive, and we understand that calling for higher fees is an unpopular opinion to hold, but consider this: Were the fee raised just slightly more than $3.50 — say, to $6.80 (the price of a chicken burrito at Chipotle) — and we gave the extra $3.30 to the SAPB along with the $1.50 it would already receive, we would have an additional $64,377.60 to attract all the big names that our Spring Fling deserves.

We don’t know about you, but we would be willing to trade a burrito for another Matt & Kim caliber concert.

Views expressed in the opinion pages represent the opinions of the columnists. The only piece which represents the views of the Pipe Dream Editorial Board is the Staff Editorial, above. The Editorial Board is composed of the Editor-in-Chief, News Editor, Opinion Editor, Sports Editor, and Release Editor.

With spring sunshine and warmth just around the corner, I thought this might be the perfect time to give y’all a lesson on my two favorite things: sex and fashion. With the mega success of the book and movie adaptation of “Fifty Shades of Grey,” everyone seems to be talking about fetishes and BDSM (bondage, discipline, sadism, masochism).

“Fifty Shades” didn’t do the wonderful world of bondage justice, but bondage is still worth exploring even if your mom raves about Christian Grey around the dinner table. BDSM is still cool.

This is for the people who want to branch out from their blasé sex life and add some harnesses, collars and all things leather or PVC to their sexual arsenal. If you’re like me, you don’t want those expensive custom leather fashions to only be seen behind closed doors, and this spring season is the perfect time to mix your sexual fantasies with your real self. It was Miranda Priestly who scoffed, “Florals for spring?

Groundbreaking.” So why not be truly groundbreaking and stop with the flower crowns and pastel maxi dresses and try some S&M fabulousness.

BDSM is a broad category.

It can go from the simple act of throwing on some leather to more extreme spanking, domination and submission, and even further to swings or wall restraints. The BDSM universe is open-ended and not suggested for the faint

of heart. Personally, I only teeter into the very light waters of the fashion. It’s sexy, mysterious, dark and the aesthetic of a gothic disco extravaganza.

To be fully adorned in leather or PVC, whichever you prefer, is an empowering and enlightening experience in realizing one’s sexual persona. We’re all just playing roles anyway, so why not allow yourself the ability to experience everything sex has to offer? I will be honest though, these items can run quite the pretty penny. True leather hardware ain’t cheap, but the power behind it is thrilling.

From Madonna to Lady Gaga, FKA twigs, Beyoncé and Gwen Stefani, tons of fashion editorials and celebrities are showing how fabulous and fierce it is to wear your dirty little secrets out and about in public. If anything, spring 2015 should be about true expression. What is a truer form of expression than allowing your most vulnerable and inner hushhush fantasies to be worn out in the sun instead of hidden at the back of the closet?

I implore you to get some mesh, try a Zana Bayne choker or leather pants and go dancing. It’s your world, we’re all just living it. The way we hide our sexual fantasies forces us to hide a major part of our humanity. Try something new and have fun. Legendary club kid James St. James once said, “It doesn’t matter what you look like.

If you have a hunchback, throw a little glitter on it, honey, and go dancing.” Be young, be fabulous and be extraordinary. Be you at BU. — Mike Rulli is a junior majoring in English

Mr. President, marijuana legalization is a top priority for all

Ending marijuana prohibition will help the economy and decrease absurd incarceration rates

If the president truly wants Americans to care about war and peace, then ending marijuna prohibition is the first step

Stephanie Izquieta

Contributing Columnist

In an interview with VICE News, President Barack Obama discussed a host of issues important to Americans, one of which has been making headlines across the political aisle: marijuana.

Unfortunately, for an issue that has gained popular support on both sides of the political spectrum, Obama offered a paternalistic measured response: “Young people, I understand this is important to you but you should be thinking about climate change, the economy, jobs, war and

peace. Maybe way at the bottom you should be thinking about marijuana.”

Sorry Mr. Drug-Warrior-inChief, but marijuana legalization is about a lot more than just getting high. While the mainstream narrative thus far has been about defending personal and civil liberties and making economic sense, the underlying movement behind legalization focuses on fairness, equity and justice. When the United States imprisons more people for drug offenses than the European Union incarcerates for all crimes combined and they have over a hundred million more people than we do, it is wrong for Obama to dismiss our actionable opinions.

Yes, climate change and the

economy are vitally important issues that need our immediate attention, but unfortunately, most of us, including Congress, have been unable to formulate the right approach to these very serious issues. And even if by some miracle we do come up with an approach, would it translate into meaningful and effective policy? Unlike the political land mines one must avoid with climate change and the economy, marijuana legalization tends to be straightforward, and if properly mobilized, there is a real chance for our efforts to manifest into effective policy. Just go see Colorado and the $53 million in taxes and fees they received from marijuana in 2014.

For a president who prioritizes climate change and frequently

advocates for the need for “green jobs,” Obama continues to overlook the environmental advantages associated with legalization. He seems to be doing so out of politics and legacy, not science. Hemp has grown in this country since its founding. Even some of the founding fathers grew hemp, using it for food, clothing, rope, paper and plastic. The need for environmentally sustainable resources and industries has never been greater. Hemp would not only create new green jobs, but also position us to create a new biofuel.

Above all, if the president truly wants young Americans to care about war and peace, then ending marijuana prohibition is the first step to chipping away at

the drug war. Drug production, trafficking and consumption affects every country in the world. The resilience of the black market has led to drug trafficking becoming the world’s primary revenue source for organized crime. The U.S.-led international drug control efforts inadvertently enable an illicit drug industry accounting for an estimated $320 billion annually.

Rather than worrying about his legacy, Obama should take young people’s advocacy and excitement for marijuana politics as an opportunity for further civic engagement.

— Stephanie Izquieta is a senior majoring in philosophy, politics and law

Pressure to find summer internships privileges an advantaged few The necessity of the summer internship increases financial worries for cash-strapped students Rebecca Klar

Columnist

To whom it may concern, I am an average college student feeding into society’s pressures.

Please give me a summer internship to validate and give meaning to my résumé, filled margin-to-margin with studentorganization involvement.

With a little variation, I’m sure you’ve written a cover letter with a similar message to the one above, hopefully one with slightly less-obvious desperation. If you’re

anything like me, or the people I know, you’ve written a seemingly infinite number of these cover letters.

The pressure to have a summer internship is insane.

It’s not only viewed as a helpful addition to your résumé, but it’s now recognized as a necessary prerequisite for the “real world” job-hunting battlefield.

A quick glance over the daily B-Line emails indicates the emphasis on the summer internship dream. As students, we are constantly bombarded with tips on how to build a better résumé, write a better cover letter or make more connections. We’ve been flooded with this idea that a

summer internship is not a perk, it’s essential.

Not only are summer internships hard to come by, but even if you do meet all the requirements, they are a privilege that not all can afford.

A significant number of summer internships are for credit only with no compensation. Especially with the increasing costs of college tuition, many students need the money from summer jobs to help pay for the cost of college.

This leads into the upper-class privilege of the summer internship.

Those with more money are more likely to take the risk of a no-pay summer. Likewise, they’re more likely to have connections who can

help get their foot in the door with summer internship opportunities.

I understand the importance of internships as a prerequisite for a job. Clearly, real world experience is going to be more beneficial than a retail job at a mall or spending the summer tanning all day at the beach. But to what extent is the stress placed on students about summer internships really necessary?

According to collegeparents. org, in a 2009 survey, 85 percent of college students reported feeling stress on a daily basis.

Sixty-seven percent of college students were stressed because of financial worries. And among the top worries of college students

was fear for their future careers.

Unpaid summer internships, and the increased pressure to find one, in no way help the mental health of already over-stressed college students.

Yet, even as I write this, I’m preparing applications for summer internships. Even though I recognize how problematic this summer internship craze has become, it won’t stop me from playing the game. Our willingness to play continues the cycle, but in order to compete in this dismal job market, it feels like there’s no other choice.

— Rebecca Klar is a sophomore majoring in English

Many students need the money from summer jobs to help pay for the cost of college

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Bearcats fall to Towson, 9-8, at home Women's lacrosse Despite last-minute score, No. 16 Tigers prevail over Binghamton Jeff Twitty

BU falls, 13-12, to UMBC in OT, takes 9-7 win over Niagara

Assistant Sports Editor

For many sports fans, March is the season of upset victories.

Up against No. 16 Towson on Saturday, the Binghamton men’s lacrosse team hoped to secure one of its own on the field instead of a court. But despite an effort that took the Tigers (6-3) to the game’s final seconds, the Bearcats fell, 9-8, in a matchup that was all about defense.

Not a bad showing for a BU team that hasn’t broken into the top-25 itself since the Bush Administration — right?

“No such thing [as a bad showing],” Binghamton head coach Scott Nelson said. “We’ve got to get to that level. And we’re going to need harder work, more support from everybody in [the program] to help us get there.”

On its first possession of the game, the Towson offense found the back of the Binghamton net to open scoring. Following an early BU penalty, the Tigers scored again. After a face-off violation and turnover by the Bearcats, Towson used the advantage to go up, 3-0, less than six minutes into the matchup.

In danger of having the game get out of hand early, junior attack Zach Scaduto scored for Binghamton midway through the quarter. Following another exchange of goals, the first period ended with BU down, 4-2, despite being outshot by only one.

“We were not ourselves,” Nelson said. “We didn’t share the ball, we took a lot of bad shots. And the two little sequences where we did well, we got really good shots and good looks at it, but we just let them get ahead because we didn’t play good defense.”

The second quarter began with more of the same for the Bearcats, as Towson redshirt senior attack Max Siskind scored the first of his game-high four goals only 17

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Junior attack Zach Scaduto scored three goals in BU’s 9-8 loss to Towson.

seconds into the stanza.

But it didn’t take the Bearcats long to respond to the 5-2 deficit.

After a difficult stick-save by sophomore goalie Tanner Cosens, senior midfielder Emmett O’Hara got a bouncer past the Towson cage to cut the Bearcats’ deficit to two. On the following Binghamton possession, BU’s scoring leader, senior attack Tucker Nelson, garnered his 100th career point on an unassisted goal. Minutes later, Nelson cracked the 100-point milestone with an assist to redshirt freshman attack Sean Gilroy — tying the contest at half, 5-5.

“We were unselfish,” coach Nelson said. “We made the extra pass look at the goal by Emmett O’Hara. He had nobody there on the dodge, he put it in the little corner.”

Opening the third, neither team was able to establish an offensive rhythm. Towson, however, was able to find its groove on defense.

In the period, the Tigers outshot the Bearcats, 11-3, to complement a 4-0 faceoff advantage over BU.

After a Siskind goal midway through the period to give the edge back to Towson, Scaduto tied the game at six with just over one minute left in the third, which put the Bearcats in solid position to pull the upset with 15 left to play.

Following another bout in the opening half by Cosens and the Binghamton defense in the first half of the period, Siskind found the back of the net twice in 60 seconds to put Towson up by two with less than seven minutes to go.

Not to be ousted before the final whistle, Scaduto scored his second of the day after a feed from O’Hara, but a goal by Towson on its next offensive sequence pushed the Tigers’ lead back to 9-7.

Taking the following face-off, the methodical Bearcat offense was strapped for time with just under three minutes to find two goals to tie. After a blocked shot and Towson turnover, Gilroy put the Bearcats back within one after a late goal assisted by Scaduto.

With 29 seconds left on the clock, the face-off went BU’s way,

giving the Bearcats a chance to tie the game at nine. That face-off, however, was the only thing that went Binghamton’s way in the final seconds. A late Bearcat turnover in the midfield gave the ball — and the win — to Towson, 9-8.

Up next for Binghamton is another opponent out of the Colonial Athletic Conference, in Drexel. The Dragons (3-5) took the CAA Tournament title in 2014.

Being the team’s final game before its America East season kicks into full gear, coach Nelson hopes that the Bearcats can tie up loose ends in Philadelphia — especially in the absence of defensive anchor and captain, junior defender Chris Bechle.

“With Chris Bechle out for an indefinite amount of time … we’re going to have to get a little more out of everybody,” coach Nelson concluded. “Some young guys are going to have to step up quickly.”

Binghamton is set to face off against Drexel today at 4:30 p.m. at Vidas Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Men's tennis drops 11th straight match

BU struggles against St. John's, but earns first point of March Nicholas Waldron

11, 0-2 MAC) grabbed their first point through March. However, after facing ranked opponents in its last five matches, Binghamton was The Binghamton men’s tennis hoping to win more than one point team endured its 11th straight loss against the unranked Red Storm. on Saturday, falling, 6-1, to St. John’s “When you’re losing a lot of at the USTA National Tennis Center. matches, it can be hard to stay In their defeat, the Bearcats (2- positive,” BU head coach Nick Contributing Writer

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After winning his first set, BU junior Sid Hazarika fell, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, to his opponent from St. John’s.

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Zieziula said.

Even though the Bearcats snapped their losing skid, BU found some positives to take home from the match. Sophomores Frenk Kote and Douglas Notaris won the third doubles match, 6-1, dominating in a spot that has been weak in recent weeks.

“It was great to see Frenk and Doug step up,” Zieziula said. “The way they played was excellent — they implemented plays we were working on during the week. They kept running those plays the whole way through the match.”

Notaris — who again got the nod in place of the injured Thomas Caputo — nearly won his singles match, taking the first set before narrowly dropping the second and third sets to senior Vasili Caripi in his 4-6, 7-6 (2), 10-8 defeat.

Bearcats junior Sid Hazarika also lost his match in three sets, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, to St. John’s junior Lucas Hejhal. Hazarika has not won

a singles point since Feb. 20, but Zieziula has been patient with his top singles player.

“Even though he ended up losing the match, he stuck with the game plan,” Zieziula said. “The results will come eventually.”

With just over a week before the Bearcats resume MAC play against Buffalo, they will have to turn all of the small positives into points and ultimately matches if they plan to find success in the conference tournament. Considering the amount of travel and quality of the opponents that BU has endured this season, there is certainly hope for the upcoming matches against Buffalo and Toledo, as BU will have two home matches in a row for the first time this season.

The Bearcats are scheduled to travel March 27-29 to compete in the Middle Tennessee State Invitational from the Buck Bouldin Tennis Complex in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Binghamton falls, 7-0, to Big Red

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After a strong first day of competition at the Middleburg Bank Intercollegiate, hosted by William & Mary, the Binghamton golf team struggled in its second round of play. The Bearcats, who sat in a tie for 14th place in a field of 30 teams at the conclusion of the inaugural round, are currently in 26th place.

BU was paced by senior Josh Holling, who recorded a first round score of 71 (+1) before shooting an overall 85 (+15) through the second day. Holling is currently tied for 107th overall on the individual scoreboard. Behind

The Binghamton women’s lacrosse team has found mixed results over its last two games. The Bearcats (4-5, 0-1 America East) suffered an overtime loss, 13-12, to America East-rival UMBC in a backand-forth affair on Saturday, but responded with a 9-7 victory over Niagara in their following contest Monday.

Against the Retrievers (6-3, 1-0 AE), BU sophomore midfielder Callon Williams netted the first goal of the game just one minute into play. But only three minutes later, UMBC redshirt sophomore attack Sam Nolan scored her 10th goal of the season to even the score at one. After the Retrievers buried two shots into the back of the net to build a two-goal lead, BU junior attack Sophia Racciatti scored back-to-back goals, her 10th and 11th on the season, to even the score again.

The tie didn’t persist for long.

Over the next 10 minutes, UMBC closed the half on a 3-1 run to head into the locker room ahead, 6-4.

But the Bearcats came out strong after the break. BU scored four consecutive goals in a nineminute span to turn a two-goal deficit into an 8-6 lead.

“At halftime we just focused on us: taking care of our game, and adjusting our positioning and matchups on defense,” said BU head coach Stephanie Allen, according to bubearcats.com. “I thought that the girls adjusted well and stepped up defensively, and that helped open things up for us on the offensive end.”

The two teams alternated scoring in pairs over the next few minutes. When UMBC evened the score at eight with two consecutive scores, BU freshman attack Tiffany Ryan and Racciatti responded with a goal apiece to turn the scoreboard back in BU’s favor, 10-8.

It was at that point that Retrievers freshman midfielder

Marissa Davey started to dominate.

Davey scored three of the game’s next four goals, including netting the equalizer with three minutes left to send the matchup into overtime with the game tied at 11.

Davey carried her strong performance into overtime. After UMBC senior attack Abby Wilson opened scoring in the extra period, Davey buried the game-clincher to push the score, 13-11. BU senior attack Renee Kiviat scored with 29 seconds left, but it was too little too late as the Bearcats fell, 13-12.

After entering the matchup with just four goals on the season, Davey scored five total times in the contest. “[Saturday] was a tough battle, I thought that UMBC was very skilled and athletic,” Allen said, according to bubearcats.com. “It was a tough test for our program, and unfortunately we were unable to hold the lead late in the game.”

The Bearcats responded on Monday with a non-conference victory over Niagara (3-6). BU fell behind early, 3-1, 12 minutes into play. Five minutes later, Arthur buried her first goal of the game to spark a four-goal BU run over the next nine minutes, swinging the scoreboard, 5-3, in Binghamton’s favor. With 42 seconds left in the half, Purple Eagles senior attack Carrie-Jo Farrugia netted her second of the game to cut BU’s lead to one heading into halftime.

But Niagara was unable to shrink its deficit in the second half.

BU started the period on a 3-1 run — sparked by a goal from Racciatti and two from Williams — pushing the score to 8-5 with 12 minutes to play. After two unanswered goals by the Purple Eagles, BU sophomore midfielder Valerie DeNapoli silenced the run with a score of her own to secure the victory, 9-7, for the Bearcats.

Binghamton is set to return to action when it resumes conference play against UMass Lowell Sunday.

First draw control is scheduled for noon from the Bearcats Sports Complex in Vestal, New York.

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Holling on the BU scoresheet is sophomore Sameer Kalia, whose overall score of 157 has the sophomore tied for 115th after recording scores of 75 (+5) and 82 (+12).

Other Binghamton participants include senior Jack Sedgewick, who recorded a two-round total of 159 (+19), sophomore Kyle Wambold, who totaled a score of 160 (+20) over two days of play, and junior Jesse Perkins, who shot a total of 162 (+22).

The Bearcats are set to conclude the Middleburg Bank Intercollegiate on Tuesday with the first round scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. from the River Course at Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg, Virginia.

WOMEN'S TENNIS On Saturday at Ithaca, in its last non-conference match of the season, the Binghamton women’s tennis team struggled against the Big Red en route to a 7-0 loss.

The Bearcats (7-6) started off slow in the doubles round, with junior duo Shea Brodsky and Alexis Tashiro falling 8-1 in the opening set. In the second doubles set, Cornell (6-5) continued to dominate, this time against the team of junior Agatha Ambrozy and senior Katherine Medianik.

The Big Red took the majority,

winning 8-2 against the pair.

Securing BU’s only set victory were sophomore Annie DiMuro and freshman Olga Ostrovetsky, besting their opponents, 8-3.

In the singles round, however, Binghamton found no success. None of the BU competitors earned a set victory against their Cornell counterparts, handing the Bearcats their worst loss since Feb. 21.

Next up for Binghamton is a match against Stony Brook to open BU’s 2015 America East season. First serve is scheduled for 11 a.m. at the University Courts in Stony Brook, New York.

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BU extends Dempsey's contract through 2018-19 Three years into original deal, men's basketball coach finds support for program's culture

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Third-year head coach Tommy Dempsey’s five-year contract was extended to last through the 2018-19 season, Director of Athletics Pat Elliott announced on Thursday.

Ashley Purdy Sports Editor

Binghamton men’s basketball head coach Tommy Dempsey has had his contract extended through the 2018-19 season, Director of Athletics Patrick Elliott announced Thursday. The two-year extension comes in the middle of Dempsey’s original five-year contract, signed in 2012, and will not alter any of its terms and conditions.

“Tommy has done a great job building a strong foundation for the future success of our program,” Elliott said in a press release Thursday. “I believe that it is important to ensure stability and continuity as we move forward over the next several

years. With quality studentathletes, a dedicated staff and our loyal fans, I am excited as our program takes the next steps forward.”

The early extension may appear as though it were granted at a strange time, as it comes on the tail of a 6-25 season with no expiration looming near.

But, of course, there’s more to a program than its wins and losses, and those extra features merited the decision.

“I think it was made very clear in the interview process that we were going to do things a certain way here,” Dempsey reflected on his hiring. “That we were going to build a program that stood for something, that we were going to bring in players that were good students and good

members of the community and guys that would suit well on this campus. And we’ve done those things.”

Three years, 16 wins and 76 losses later, that way of doing things has been consistent.

Dempsey followed up on a twoman recruiting class his first year with 10 scholarship additions over the next two seasons. Eight of those garnered Rookie of the Week honors at some point in their debut seasons, with former junior guard Jordan Reed, sophomore guard Yosef Yacob and freshman forward Willie Rodriguez earning all-rookie selections the past three years.

So even if you did insist upon sticking to a quantitative analysis, Binghamton produced.

The team closed out its 2014-15

season with the most conference wins in five years, accruing a 5-11 record in America East play.

Yet even in the face of those tangible strides, Dempsey said that of all the changes he has implemented in the last three years, he was most proud of the people involved.

“I take pride in the people that touch the program from the standpoint of the coaches that I’ve brought in here to work with the players, to work with me; to the players that have made a decision to come here and represent this University in a first-class manner; our academic support, staff — everybody that touches our program that is on the same page now,” he said. “I think that’s something that’s really important moving

forward.”

Those involved have been integral in ingraining Dempsey’s methods at Binghamton.

Especially given the rather desolate program that he inherited in 2012, the brand of stability and supportive culture that the third-year head coach has cultivated is a huge step forward. Part of the reason that the Bearcats are so young — the youngest in the nation — is due to the poor player retention of Dempsey’s predecessor, Mark Macon.

Following what ended up being Macon’s last season at the helm of the Bearcat squad after his contract was terminated early, three of 2011’s newest recruits transferred, including forward Ben Dickinson, who admittedly has suited up for three schools in three years after transferring again his sophomore year. But those losses left just one senior — forward Jabrille Williams — on the roster three years later.

And that’s not all: Macon’s shaky tenure followed up on Kevin Broadus’ controversial one, which carried Binghamton to the Big Dance in 2009-10 but also saw six players suspended in the fall of 2011, charged with an assortment of infractions.

So for Binghamton, culture is important. Stability, support and character are all things that have been stressed during Dempsey’s reign, and that’s yielding results.

At this point, one may point to the transfer of a certain preseason all-conference pick, former star Jordan Reed. Is that not indicative of some hastily constructed foundations? Could we see a roster picked apart by transfers rather than injuries next season?

Not likely.

From Dempsey’s perspective: “We’ve worked hard to create stability in the program, but that doesn’t mean you’re never going to have some guys coming into the program, guys who choose to leave for playing time issues here and there, if they don’t feel like they can play.”

From an external perspective, one could argue that the team’s cohesive response to Reed’s departure and the solid 5-11 record the Bearcats pieced together through their conference slate settles the issue of their resolve. And already two weeks out of Binghamton’s postseason loss, no player has expressed any desire to transfer.

Normally, if someone’s going to transfer, now’s the time. So evidence says no.

“They’re being treated fairly and the coaches are being honest with them, they have good teammates, where they’re around guys they like to be around, that have the same goals and interests that they do, and they’re getting a great education here,” Dempsey explained. “If you’re having that kind of an experience, there’s no reason to leave.”

That bodes well for the future, and that’s the conceivable point of the contract extension. The team endured through a trying season, and the mindset at the end was to work hard during the offseason to avoid a disappointing postseason loss next year. Rather than donning a hit-it-and-quitit mentality, the players were committed to growing together and improving. So that’s the type of advancement evinced from Dempsey’s culture — the drive and mentality that leads to success. Do the work, and the wins will come.

“I just think everybody is excited to put this season behind us and to pitch all the experiences that we had, both good and bad, and use them to motivate us toward next season,” Dempsey concluded. “And when we got back on the court [last Monday], it was like we had never left. I think they needed a little bit of down time, just to recharge the batteries, but you know, they’re scholarship athletes, they’re hungry for success, so I think everybody was anxious to get back on the court and start working toward a brighter tomorrow.”

Deuel, McKeever make run through NCAA tourney Binghamton's season ends in St. Louis, but success in 2014-15 bodes well for program's future Jeff Twitty

Assistant Sports Editor On Saturday night in St. Louis, the collegiate wrestling season officially came to an end, with two Bearcats in attendance.

And while neither got a chance to raise a bracket on the podium, 184-pound junior Jack McKeever and senior heavyweight Tyler Deuel capped a pair of outstanding seasons for Binghamton before a crowd of over 18,000.

“They battled hard, they gave the best effort they possibly could,” BU head coach Matt Dernlan said of McKeever and Deuel. “They didn’t end up having the easiest of draws, but when you get on to that stage, you rarely do.”

Kicking things off for Binghamton in the 69-team championship was McKeever, facing Wyoming’s Ben Stroh in a preliminary matchup. Already having battled the sophomore Cowboy to a 2-0 loss in November, McKeever’s season-record against Stroh dropped to 0-2 after losing the pigtail match, 4-0.

“I felt good going in, because the first match was pretty close,” McKeever said. “I had a game plan and I felt like I knew what to do. Unfortunately, things just didn’t go my way.”

Things didn’t turn around too much for the junior in the consolation bracket. Up against 11th-seeded Brett Pfarr out of Minnesota, McKeever fell, 11-4,

for the second time on the year, ending his junior season with a 23-18 record. With one more year of eligibility remaining for McKeever, the standard has been set going forward into his senior year — and March 17, 2016 at Madison Square Garden is already circled on his calendar.

“He’s not satisfied just getting to that stage,” Dernlan said.

“Right away, I know he’s already getting to work on thinking, ‘What do I have to do next year?

Not just to get there, but to win matches and hopefully get on the podium.”

In his own words, McKeever added, “Just being a part of it and experiencing it and wrestling quality guys … is just great experience. It’s invaluable for me heading into next year. So I’m excited for next year. Hopefully I’ll get to return back to the big stage.”

For 13th-seeded Deuel, the champion of the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) heavyweight division, success wasn’t hard to find on the national stage. The senior readily handled redshirt freshman Ryan Solomon of Pittsburgh, 8-3, in the first round of the heavyweight championship.

“It was a good feeling,” Deuel said. “It was a good culmination of my career. And it was definitely different … pretty energizing, but also draining at the same time. A seven-minute match took a lot more out of me than it does

in my home gym.”

But while success was easy for Deuel to find in St. Louis, it proved to be tough to keep. After falling to fourth-seeded junior Austin Marsden out of perennial powerhouse Oklahoma State in the second round, Deuel lost again in the consolation bracket, this time falling to third-seeded Iowa senior Bobby Telford.

While the loss was tough for Deuel — who had only accumulated four losses in the regular season and 35 in his

entire career — he remains confident leaving BU with much more than a stellar record.

“It’s meant a lot,” Deuel said of his journey as a Bearcat. “The people I’ve met, the great mentor I had in coach Dernlan, it’s been a very crucial part in developing me into the person I want to be moving forward.”

Deuel’s head coach echoed his sentiment, believing that Friday’s loss was only the beginning of bigger things for the heavyweight.

“I think he’s going to take

lessons away from this,” Dernlan said. “Not just this weekend, but the past three years that we’ve spent together. As a coach and an athlete, the journey that we’ve been on, he’s come such a long way. I think the work ethic he’s going to apply from this sport and translate it into the rest of his life, he’s going to be very successful in everything he does.”

As far as the success of the Binghamton wrestling program — which finished with an 9-10 overall record this season —

Dernlan feels that despite the early championship losses and the bigger loss of Deuel, the program is headed the right way.

“We’re not there yet, but we took a giant leap in the right direction this year,” Dernlan said. “If we can make the same leap from this year to next that we intend to make, I think we’re going to be in a position where we’re getting where we want to be. And that is one of the upperechelon teams not only in our conference, but in the nation.”

They didn't end up having the easiest of draws, but when you get on that stage, you rarely do — Matt Dernlan BU head coach Caroline Sardella/Contributing Photographer

Senior heavyweight Tyler Deuel closed his career as a Bearcat with a 72-35 overall record at the NCAA Championships on Friday.