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SUNY 2020 tuition plan not renewed In-state tuition to freeze for 16-17, outof-state rate in flux
Alexandra Mackof News Editor
The New York state legislature failed to approve the SUNY 2020 tuition plan for the new fiscal year, meaning instate undergraduate students in the SUNY system will experience a tuition freeze for the upcoming academic year while out-of-state students now face uncertainty. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the news Thursday as part of the finalized New York state 2016-2017 budget distribution agreements. The budget’s total of $145 billion will also be used to focus on pressing statewide issues, such as increased minimum wage and lower tax rates, throughout the new fiscal year. The SUNY 2020 tuition plan had capped tuition increases at a $300 maximum annually for the past five years. Before the SUNY 2020 plan, tuition increases changed from year to year and students frequently faced hundreds of dollars in variations. Critics of the plan have cited that tuition, although capped, still increased by the maximum $300 each year. This means that tuition increased $1,500 over the past five years, or by 30 percent for in-state students on all SUNY fouryear campuses. Tom Mastro, the SUNY Student Assembly president and a senior majoring in human development, explained that the plan had ensured a level of dependency for students. “Before five years ago, the determination of what our tuition would be was in the hands of the state,” Mastro said. “There was no predictability for our tuition. In 2003 our tuition went up by $950, in 1995 our tuition went up by $750.”
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Kevin Paredes/Pipe Dream Photographer Queen Latifah, speaks during a question and answer session after talking about her career in entertainment in the Osterhout Concert Theater Monday night. A day after winning a Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation award in sunny Los Angeles, California, Queen Latifah made her way to the Binghamton cold to speak about the lessons she has learned from her time in the entertainment industry. SEE PAGE 8 FOR PIPE DREAM'S FULL COVERAGE.
SUNY to aid assault victims with backpacks
Title IX Coordinator Association, NYSCASA to provide resources to thousands
Carla Sinclair Assistant News Editor
A backpack can be a fashion statement, a school necessity or just a place to store odds and ends — but a SUNY-wide initiative is turning the backpack into a way to help survivors of domestic violence. The “SUNY’s Got Your Back” program is the product of a partnership between SUNY’s Title IX Coordinator Association and the New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault (NYSCASA). The goal is to provide 2,016 backpacks that
hold shampoo, toothpaste and other items for victims of domestic violence by the end of the year. The project, which will be spearheaded by the Title IX coordinator at each participating SUNY school, will collect these bags and distribute them to local shelters and organizations that assist those escaping interpersonal violence. Joseph Storch, SUNY associate counsel and Title IX project coordinator, said the program aims to alleviate some of the burden placed on both the victims and the shelters they use as resources. “Every day, men, women and children
seek assistance from rape crisis and domestic violence shelters across New York state, often with little more than the clothes they are wearing,” Storch said. “The goal of ‘SUNY’s Got Your Back’ is to provide ongoing support for these individuals, while also ensuring that more of the money shelters and other response organizations have can be spent on critical support and services.” The NYSCASA executive director, Joanne Zannoni, agreed that the program will help to serve and better the community.
“The ‘SUNY’s Got Your Back’ project engages campus community members in sending a positive message of support for victims and survivors of sexual and interpersonal violence, as well as the community-based victim advocacy programs that serve them,” Zannoni wrote in a press release. SUNY Title IX Association President Lisa Evaneski, who is also the Title IX coordinator at SUNY Oswego, said this was just one of the ways the system plans on combating violence on their
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Watson appoints new dean of research Alumna founds grant John Bay, former Air Force scientist, selected for position Amy Donovan Contributing Writer
The former chief scientist at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in Rome, New York has been named the new associate dean of research for the Watson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. John Bay, who previously held the position of information directorate at the AFRL, was selected from a pool of candidates following an application process and review by a search committee comprised of Watson staff. The position became vacant after the acting associate dean, Weiyi Meng, left to return to his previous position as a professor in the computer science department to focus on teaching and personal research. Bay will assume the position on June 6. Krishnaswami Srihari, the Watson
dean, said Bay was chosen based on his experience in the field. He added that Bay’s credentials and knowledge will positively impact both Watson and the University as a whole. “He’s got a really good background to help the Watson school and our campus enhance our research and scholarship footprint,” Srihari said. Bay previously worked for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which is an agency within the United States Department of Defense that helps with the development of technologies used by the military. He was also an associate professor of electrical engineering at Virginia Tech from 1989-1999, and he said that he is excited to return to a university setting. “I had always wanted to go back
He's got a really good background to help the Watson school and our campus enhance our research and scholarship footprint — Krishnaswami Srihari Dean of Watson
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Ellen Kaschak, '65, will provide funding to student conducting research over summer Alana Epstein Pipe Dream News
Ellyn Kaschak always saw higher education as a priority, but found that financing it was a challenge. To help others get around this, she founded a grant that will provide a Binghamton University student with an opportunity to conduct research in the field of social justice for women and girls. Through multiple scholarships and student grants, Kaschak was able to graduate from Harpur College in 1965. After receiving her Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Ohio State University, she is now a professor
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emerita of psychology at San Jose State University in California and a professor in the gender studies program at the University for Peace in Costa Rica. She is also the author of the book “Endangered Lives: A New Psychology of Women’s Experience.” The $1,500 Dr. Ellyn Uram Kaschak Summer Research Grant, which will be funded yearly by Kaschak, is set to begin this summer. Students in Harpur College with at least a 3.0 GPA and interest in research in the field of social justice for women and girls can apply through the Harpur Edge page;
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16/17 in-state tuition to freeze Title IX reps support assault victims TUITION FROM PAGE 1
There currently is no regulation in place for tuition on a longer-term basis. The tuition freeze only applies to the next year, and after that the state legislature can reevaluate, leaving students vulnerable to the return of unpredictable tuition changes. SUNY requested $73 million in additional aid from the state, but was awarded only $18 million. While Cuomo said that the system will receive an increase in the general operating budget, he also expressed concern over SUNY back-office money management. SUNY Director of Communications Casey Vattimo said in a statement that the funds were necessary, and the budget
outcome is a setback. “We are disappointed that the final budget will not include Gov. Cuomo’s proposed extension of the landmark NYSUNY 2020 reforms,” Vattimo said. “And that the legislature was unable to provide the resources identified by the SUNY Board of Trustees as needed for our state-operated campuses and community colleges.” Because of the limited funding granted, SUNY will consider increasing out-of-state tuition at its four university centers. University at Albany, Binghamton University, Stony Brook University and University at Buffalo can increase out-ofstate tuition by up to 10 percent starting this fall, which has potential to bring in an additional $22 million for the SUNY system.
Ryan Yarosh, the director of media and public relations for BU, said that there are some benefits to the new year’s budget, but that the lack of tuition closure could lead to confusion and unplanned expenses for students. “We commend the governor and legislature for dedicating funds to help students in need by expanding Education Opportunity Programs and Centers,” Yarosh wrote in an email. “At the same time, Binghamton supports a rational tuition policy, as SUNY 2020 replaced an era of sudden tuition increases with a system that is predictable and empowers students and parents to plan ahead for college expenses.” SUNY said in a statement that it currently plans to seek the reapproval of SUNY 2020 next year.
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to address issues of domestic and sexual violence in their campuses and in their campuses’ communities in a variety of vicinity. ways,” Evaneski wrote in a “Students, faculty, and staff press release. “We are proud to at SUNY’s campuses across build on those efforts and pull the state have been working together now in this first united initiative.” Angela Federico, a junior majoring in integrative neuroscience, said the program helps with aspects of domestic violence that frequently go unaddressed. According to Zach Vigliani, the BU Student Association (SA) president and a senior majoring in business administration, the initiative aligns with the SA’s — Joanne Zannoni goals to also help those in need NYSCASA Director and combat assault. “This new program further exemplifies SUNY’s commitment to campus safety
The...project engages campus community members in sending a positive message of support
and sexual violence prevention,” Vigliani wrote in an email. “Pairing this initiative with the efforts of individual schools like Binghamton and our ‘It’s On Us’ initiative, we are proving to remain a national leader in this area. I’m proud to attend a system and university which value so highly the safety and security of students.” As a large public institution, SUNY has an obligation to help those in the communities it inhabits, said Chancellor Nancy Zimpher. “The SUNY Title IX Coordinators Association is an innovative, resourceful, and committed group,” she wrote in a press release. “Thank you to the many campus representatives and volunteers, and our partners, for making this project possible.”
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Eight cars, three commercial trucks and one bus were involved in a crash on Interstate 88 on Sunday, according to WBNG Binghamton. The crash occurred around 1:45 p.m. near mile marker 72 on I-88, and the road was blocked until 8:30 p.m. The crash occurred due to white-out conditions on the roads which occurred because of the wintry weather, and several people were injured; no one was killed. There were 20 passengers on an Adirondack Trailways bus involved in the crash, and many of those people were injured and taken to two area hospitals.
Johnson City Police responded to 364 Floral Ave. at 8:38 p.m. on Saturday where they found an 18-year-old female with a minor laceration to her neck, according to the Press and Sun-Bulletin. Bernard Berry, 50, of Johnson City, was found at the scene and taken into custody after he was accused of slashing the victim with a knife and threatening to stab others. Berry is charged with two felonies, including second-degree assault and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon. He is also charged with four counts of second-degree menacing 1,300 without power in Broome and endangering the welfare of a Over 1,300 people were without child, both misdemeanors. The victim power on Monday due to snowy and was transported to a local hospital, where she was treated and released.
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Police Watch Absentee ID THURSDAY, March 24, 12:42 p.m. — A driver’s license went missing from the University Union on Thursday, said Investigator Patrick Reilly of Binghamton’s New York State University Police. The victim, a 30-year-old female, was working at the voter registration table when a female sat down behind the table to fill out a form. When the female left, the victim noticed her purse was open with items missing. When contacted by the victim, the female said she found the items on the ground and returned them to the student manager, although a driver’s license was not among those items. The case is still under investigation. Too Lit FRIDAY, March 25, 10:22 a.m. — UPD was contacted to report criminal mischief in Broome
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Hall in Newing College, Reilly said. A cleaner had discovered that someone had discharged a fire extinguisher on the fourth floor, despite there being no evidence for a need for it. The chemicals were sprayed throughout the bathroom and in the hallway. No residents in the surrounding rooms had seen or heard anything and there is no other evidence to link the incident to any suspects at this time. Well That Sucks TUESDAY, March 29, 12:06 p.m. — Officers were called Tuesday to report a hit-and-run in the maintenance compound, Reilly said. The victim, a 19-yearold female, stated that she parked her car in front of maintenance garage doors around 11 a.m. to go inside and speak with someone. When she came back out, she noticed the passenger door was struck twice, leaving white marks as well as dents in the bumper. There were no cars parked near her and officers were unable to locate any vehicles with matching damage.
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into academia,” Bay said. “The Binghamton opportunity was a good match.” According to Srihari, the search committee worked to widely advertise and informally contact those that it believed to be the best applicants. “You’re trying to get a broadened pool from which you can choose the best and brightest,” he said. Bay said that he is looking forward to the various tasks the job requires, including overseeing the work done by professors and graduate students in Watson. Additionally, he said that he is excited to help professors with their work, as his experience conducting his own academic research has enabled him to understand
where difficulties can arise. “I’ve always been more aligned with research than business,” Bay said. “Research is very diverse. It allows you to work with people and students.” Bahgat Sammakia, the vice president for research in Watson, said he thinks Bay is a good fit for the job because of his past experience as well as his background working in both government and academia. “I felt John is an outstanding candidate because of his very strong academic credentials, his experience in industry and government and his experience in working in industry and government as a liaison with many Universities,” Sammakia wrote in an email. Even though his position will be in Watson, Srihari said that what Bay brings to the table
will have a positive affect on the whole University. “He will bring to, not just Watson but the campus as a whole, a tremendous wealth of experience and knowledge,” Srihari said. “He will have a very good impact on the spectrum of academia within our campus, students, faculty and staff.”
He will bring...a tremendous wealth of experience and knowledge — Krishnaswami Srihari Dean of Watson
Alum funds summer scholarship GRANT FROM PAGE 1 applications for this summer are due this Friday, April 8. The grant recipient will also have the opportunity to present their research findings to Kaschak during the following semester. Kaschak said she hopes that this grant will allow undergraduate students to have a very different experience than traditionally held in the classroom and hopefully introduce them to the need for social change. She said that she was influenced by prior social justice movements and she hopes this grant will help get others involved as well. “As it happened, I was finally touched by the feminist movement of the 1970’s to develop consciousness of the power differences among people and nations and to devote myself to doing something about it,” Kaschak wrote
in an email. As a student, Kaschak started out majoring in psychology, but because of a pivotal moment in her undergraduate college career, she switched to majoring in Russian language and literature. “One day, I was in lab running my rat when it turned and bit me,” Kaschak wrote. “I went to the health clinic, got a tetanus shot and switched my major to Russian language and literature. When I found my way back to psychology in graduate school, I found that a liberal arts education had prepared me well.” According to Kaschak, her time at Harpur College was memorable but very different from the experiences of students now, since the school was then still in its transitional years. “Harpur was still in its infancy and so the physical
campus was a challenge and we all slogged through the mud and snow in the winter and just plain mud in the spring rains,” Kaschak wrote. “However, the Student Union was always warm and served hot coffee that could endlessly be refilled, so there we gathered to meet friends, do homework and keep warm for a thin dime.” According to Wendy Neuberger, the director of Harpur Edge, this grant presents a great opportunity for students looking to do research in this field. “Harpur College undergraduate students can apply for money to help fund summer research in the field of social justice for women and girls,” Neuberger said. “This is a fantastic opportunity for a student to gain research experience in a meaningful area.”
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TAKING A HIKE Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the New York State legislature finalized the 2016-2017 New York state budget last week, and failed to renew SUNY 2020. The tuition plan, which kept yearly increases for all students in the system capped at $300 annually, had been in place for the past five years. Prior to SUNY 2020’s implementation, tuition rates were unpredictable and students would see sporadic changes from year to year. The plan was up for renewal this year, and did not pass in the legislature. SUNY had also offered to freeze tuition increases for the coming year in exchange for a $78 million increase in funding from the state. Budget allocations granted an $18 million increase, leaving SUNY with a gap to fill. SUNY decided to freeze in-state tuition for the 2016-17 academic year, but could increase out-ofstate tuition by up to 10 percent at all four university campuses — Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo and Stony Brook. This increase
would allow for up to $22 million in increased revenue for SUNY. The reality is that major SUNY campuses cannot compete with comparable flagship state universities on resources alone, and low out-of-state tuition plays a large role in popularity. Our current out-of-state tuition is $21,550, not including room and board and other fees. The University of Maryland, College Park currently charges $29,300 for out-of-state tuition and the University of Delaware $30,130 — both institutions that BU students frequently reference as close-calls when decision time rolled around at the end of high school. These schools boast name recognition far surpassing that of BU, but our currently unbeatable tuition helps draw in interested undergrads. With potential for tuition hikes,
Binghamton University loses its comparative advantage. While the SUNY system has a lot to offer, many applicants take their options at face value. The SUNY schools then find themselves stuck between a rock and a hard place: more revenue from tuition can lead to improved resources and increased prestige in the long-run, but it can also deter otherwise-interested potential students and hurt enrollment rates. Many students were displeased with the $300 increases annually, and spoke out against the SUNY 2020 plan. But while tuition hikes are unpleasant for already loan-saddled students, the plan allowed for structure and security in the predictability of attendance costs. While the tuition freeze for in-state
students may seem dreamy at first, the reality is that, come next year’s budget negotiations, the push must be for the return of the SUNY 2020 plan. Tuition freezes are a romantic notion, but are currently unsustainable as a long-term reality. And nobody wants to face unpredictable rates in the future. Students — even soon-tobe graduates — need to start looking toward the future now to ensure a return of sustainability so that SUNY can continue its move toward an affordablebut-improved future for all students, system-wide. State legislature and SUNY central politics may seem distant, but the effects run close to home. If we want to follow BU’s path to a premier state university, tuition numbers must remain as competitive as admission rates.
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and especially as actors, Midler and Moretz know the societal pressures of maintaining a proper body image, but they still felt it appropriate to publicly shame Kardashian for her self-expression. This is an unfortunately perfect instance of internalized misogyny. We need to eliminate the idea that there is a right and a wrong way to achieve success as a woman. Feminism allows us to make choices, and we should not shame women for the choices they make, though we may not personally agree with them. Many women find empowerment in the reclamation of their naked bodies, and some have become financially successful because of it. For Ms. Bernardo to belittle their success is to perpetuate the same sexist ideas that she claims to find problematic. Ms. Bernardo does make some important points about how our society sees women’s value, but her argument ultimately fails women. The way to overcome objectification is not to ridicule women for taking part in a system that some see as “superficial” and “dangerous”; we need to change this narrative. In a world where there is so much pressure on women to present a perfect image, attacking women for succeeding in this venture is not progressive. Women cannot move forward if we continue to scrutinize each other in our self-expression. If gender equality is the goal, the hierarchy of women that this scrutiny enforces cannot exist. Overall, while the goal seems to be the encouragement and empowerment of women, the effect of the piece is judgmental and promotes shame.
In reading Giovanna Bernardo’s piece on Kim Kardashian’s recent display of nudity on social media, I was disappointed but not surprised. As a proud feminist, I found myself cringing at many of the points made and I felt compelled to bring my opinions to light. Firstly, I urge Ms. Bernardo to refer to the “female cause,” the “female campaign” and the “fight for equal rights and opportunities,” as what these ideas actually are: feminism. In a discussion about female nudity in the public eye, it seems only appropriate to use the term at least once. I would also like to emphasize that feminism stands for all women, not just those who are assigned female at birth, so we should avoid using this type of trans-exclusionary language. Secondly, I would like to introduce the term “internalized misogyny,” defined by The Journal of Integrated Social Sciences as “sexist actions and attitudes towards [oneself] and people of their own gender.” Ms. Bernardo’s argument, as well as the celebrity tweets she cites, are riddled with this common affliction. The comment made by Bette Midler is clearly vulgar and is in no way “deserved.” Harassment and crude language are never warranted by a woman’s willingness or desire to be nude. Though Midler’s sexist comment is certainly inappropriate, I feel that the opinions of Chloë Grace Moretz are much more damaging. Moretz tweets of the importance of young women understanding — Sophie Gamer is a senior their worth aside from their majoring in biology. bodies, a statement that, in other circumstances, I would agree with. Women are constantly being told that beauty comes from the size of their breasts, waist and hips. Ms. Bernardo is right to bring up the impressionability of young women, especially in terms of beauty standards. However, what Moretz and Ms. Bernardo do not understand is that their condemnation of Kardashian’s naked photo only contributes to the daily shame that is thrust upon women’s bodies. As women
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Open Letter to the University: GSO SENATORS RESPOND TO VOLUNTARY FEES Last month, the majority of Binghamton University graduate students voted to make the Graduate Student Organization (GSO) activity fee voluntary for the next two years, rather than automatically included in our student fees. A biennial vote on this issue is required by the SUNY Board of Trustees, and for the second straight referendum, we have voted overwhelmingly in favor of a voluntary fee. The GSO Chief Elections Officer has explicitly stated that voter turnout was the highest in recent memory, and the official results of the Fee Referendum were that 53 percent voted in favor of voluntary, 27 percent voted in favor of mandatory, and 18 percent abstained. Discounting abstentions and other missing votes, graduate students voted nearly 2 to 1 in favor of voluntary fees. Unfortunately, the GSO Executive Board, along with nineteen departmental senators,
wish to deny the democratic process, and have moved to hold at least one re-vote intended to achieve a “mandatory” majority. In previous years, GSO E-Board members have claimed that activity fee re-votes have been necessary, apparently due to a lack of information about what mandatory and voluntary mean. This year, members of the E-Board spent considerable time and energy providing information on the two options, with some officers openly campaigning in favor of mandatory fees. Equipped with this information, and in far greater numbers, the well-educated and rational graduate students of Binghamton University have chosen voluntary fees. We feel that any re-votes explicitly contradict the wishes of the majority of graduate students, disenfranchise those students who participated in the first election and violate the stated core mission of the GSO “to ensure that graduate student needs
are met.” We will not presume to offer explanations for why GSO E-Board members and other senators are so opposed to the stated interests of the graduate student body. Nor will we speak for the majority of graduate students in other departments who have so strongly chosen voluntary fees. However, after we discussed this issue with our fellow political science graduate students, a common rationale emerged: the GSO activity fee does not currently meet the needs of graduate students. Last year, activity fee funds allocated for departmental use only accounted for 24 percent of collected fees, and GSO projected budgets for the upcoming year will likely reduce this allocation for many departments. Meanwhile, 27 percent of activity fees go to salaries for GSO E-Board members, many of whom belong to a small group of frequently incumbent graduate students. Anger over
this expenditure of resources is keenly felt by graduate students in our department, anger which is increased by our knowledge of how disproportionate this allocation is compared with other schools within the SUNY system. In recent years, GSO officers at Stony Brook University have been paid roughly one third of the salaries of Binghamton E-Board members, despite Stony Brook’s student activity fee bringing in $25,000 more. And despite the University of Buffalo collecting nearly $600,000, or 300 percent, more in activity fees, their recent allocations for officer stipends are only $16,000 greater than ours. The biennial graduate student activity fee vote is intended to serve not just as a referendum on payment structure, but also as a referendum on the behavior and policies of the GSO Executive Board. It is fundamentally unacceptable for the GSO E-Board to force through a policy that is opposed
by a significant majority, when it is clear from our department that a major explanation for this disapproval is the disproportionate benefits these individuals reap. The senators of the political science department, having consulted with our constituents, shall hold firm on our position that this re-vote violates both the core mission of the GSO as well as the principles of democracy and accountability that bind our society together. We encourage the graduate students who read this, regardless of their position on GSO fees, to contact their senators and communicate to them that the graduate students have expressed their views and a re-vote is both unnecessary and inappropriate. Furthermore, if this re-vote goes forward, we urge the large majority of graduate students who supported voluntary fees to continue to express their democratic voices and promote accountability by voting “voluntary” in that election
and any other subsequent efforts to disenfranchise them. Thank you, Jeremy Berkowitz GSO Senator, Political Science Department Shawn Donahue GSO Senator, Political Science Department
Any re-votes explicitly contradict the wishes of the majority of graduate students
ARTS & CULTURE A royal evening with Queen Latifah
Kevin Paredes/Contributing Photographer Queen Latifah sits down for a live discussion at the Osterhout Concert Theater. The actress, rapper and businesswoman spoke as a part of Monday night’s event put on by Campus Activities.
The 'Hairspray' star sits down to talk her career, big dreams and staying present Georgia Westbrook Arts & Culture A day after winning a Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation award in sunny Los Angeles, California, Queen Latifah made her way to the Binghamton cold to speak about her career in entertainment and the lessons she has learned from her time in the industry. And while excitement brewed Monday night in Binghamton University’s Osterhout Concert Theater, Latifah, born Dana Owens, got a flat tire about an hour before her scheduled appearance. She kept her fans updated via her
Twitter, and arrived by 9 p.m. Jazell Johnson, assistant director of case management and budgeting with the Dean of Students Office, moderated the discussion, which opened with a dialogue about the beginning of Latifah’s career. Latifah said that she was excited to be on the East Coast, where she began her career. The entertainer also shared her three biggest rules for life. She described the importance of perseverance, finding people who can tell you the truth and being courageous when following your dreams. She also spoke about a panel she was recently on at the South by
Southwest Music Festival in March. There, she moderated a discussion about the Let Girls Learn initiative, spearheaded by first lady Michelle Obama, who was joined on the panel by Missy Elliott, Diane Warren and Sophia Bush. While she described the experience of working with the first lady as surreal, Latifah reminded audience members that these moments are out there for everyone to experience if they are work hard and are present. “Somebody’s taking a picture of my life, but I’m actually living it,” she said. “Don’t miss life worrying about your phone.” After the moderated discussion
led by Johnson, the forum was opened up to questions from the audience, prompting several insightful answers from Latifah. In particular, a question asked about Latifah’s role on the 1990s TV show “Living Single” and its role as a point of entry for Afrocentric culture into mainstream culture led to a thoughtful response. “What’s important … is that we demand more diversity,” Latifah said. “[We] no longer have a place where you can see [the Afrocentric culture] on network TV.” Latifah also discussed her career path, and how she has been able to switch gears between being a singer, actor and businesswoman.
She said it is important to look for links between one’s interests and talents, however different they may seem to be at first. “Knowing who you are is important,” she said. “Allow yourself to develop over the years.” Latifah knows firsthand the power of development, both onscreen and off, as her characters have evolved to match her increasing confidence and experience in acting. “I like to play different parts because I have different aspects of my character,” she said, when asked about how her winding career path has affected her choice of roles. Dara Riegel, a career counselor
at the Fleishman Center, asked Latifah about her experience as an entrepreneur and how she stayed motivated even when she experienced early failures with her company, Flavor Unit Entertainment. “We just wanted to move up,” Latifah said. “It’s really important to have good people around you [for support].” And as a people person, Latifah was able to connect with many graduating seniors entering the final weeks of college. “I’m just looking forward to life,” she said, with her signature grin.
SAPB to host Creed Bratton of 'The Office'
The actor and musician will perform on April 14 Odeya Pinkus Arts & Culture Editor
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The Student Association Programming Board (SAPB) will be hosting Creed Bratton for a night of comedy. Bratton, who is best known for playing Creed on NBC’s hit comedy “The Office,” will be performing a one-man musical and comedy show in the Anderson Center’s Chamber Hall on April 14. And while most students will recognize him from television, the actor has also had a quite illustrious music career. In the late 1960s, the comedian and musician was a member of a band called The Grass Roots, best known for their song “Let’s Live For Today.” Since the disbanding of The Grass Roots, Bratton has also released a few solo albums.
The free event will be a somewhat new initiative from the SAPB, with their usual yearly comedic lineup consisting of only the Family Weekend entertainer as well as a performance in the spring. Bernadette Machuca, vice president of programming for the Student Association and a senior majoring in biology, credits budgeting and good timing to being able to have a second spring show after CollegeHumor Live. Machuca said that audiences will get to experience many of Bratton’s talents, and is hoping for a good turnout at the Chamber Hall, which can seat 400 people. The performance will be a combination of musical performance and comedy, where Bratton will speak about his life, as well as “The Office.”
Bratton was a popular choice in the Spring Survey, coming in second after CollegeHumor Live. 15.1 percent of students voted him as “Dying to see,” 13.4 percent voting “Meh,” 12 percent voting “No!!” and 59.5 percent voting “Who?” “I thought it was cool that he was coming to campus since I used to watch him on ‘The Office,’ but [I’m not] overly excited,” said Robert Adusei, a junior majoring in English. “I bet that students who have never watched ‘The Office’ or know about the Grass Roots wouldn’t really know who he is and probably wouldn’t attend the event.” And while not everyone may have known who Bratton is, the die-hard “Office” fans are definitely excited. “My sisters got me into ‘The Office’ when I was really young
and I’ve watched it religiously ever since,” said Tyler McHugh, a freshman majoring in electrical engineering. “I knew this day would come when my childhood hero finally came to me.” There will also be a meetand-greet available to a limited number of students, with $10 tickets available on bingtickets. com. ”I’m really excited that he’s coming and I think it’s awesome that the school has been able to get people like him and Queen Latifah,” said Samantha Wieder, a senior majoring in English. “As a huge fan of ‘The Office,’ it’s amazing that for just $10 I’m going to get to meet an actor from one of my favorite shows.” Admission to the show will be free for all students. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., with the show beginning at 7 p.m.
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Nude isn't just beige
High fashion begins to recognize diversity Kara Brown Arts & Culture
‘Nude’ has often been used to describe a light beige, but for many people, this is not the case. Christian Louboutin is revolutionizing the world of fashion with the expansion of his flesh-toned shoe collection. While this change is obvious and overdue for many, the world of fashion is just now catching up. The line will now encompass a nude shade for every woman, and while he is not the first to expand upon society’s definition of the ‘nude,’ Louboutin is the first to do so on a high-fashion platform. Louboutin’s Nude Collection originally had five shades, but was recently expanded to include seven. As explained on the company’s Instagram, this change was done in an attempt “to create a spectrum of seven suited to any skin tone, from porcelain to deep chocolate.” The line ranges in price from $595 to $875, based on the style. Each shade comes in four designs: a pointed-toe ballet flat, a pointedtoe pump, an open-toe pump with a t-strap and a d’Orsay pump with a pointed toe. And Louboutin is not the only
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brand to highlight this issue. BuzzFeed released a video entitled “Black Women Try on Nude Fashion” in May 2015. The video consists of four women of color trying on ‘nude’ lipsticks, bras, leotards and tights. All of the items they tried on were beige, and far too light to be considered ‘nude’ for their skin tones. Beauty YouTuber Jackie Aina went into detail about the struggle women of color have to endure when finding nude lipsticks. She opened the video wearing a nude shade that was clearly not her color to show how wrong the look can go. “I love nudes,” Aina said. “When they’re done right. And because we got color on us, their nude is not always our nude.” Maybelline released “The Buffs” collection in 2014, which can help fix the issue that Aina described. This collection consists of ten skintoned, “born-to-be naked” colors, ranging from light to dark. Staying true to idea of nudity, there are fairer shades with names such as “Bare All” and “Nude Lust,” and a deeper shade called “Espresso Exposed.” Finding nude-colored underwear is also a struggle for
women of color. Businesswoman Ade Hassan decided to change this and designed the lingerie line Nubian Skin. “Nubian Skin is a brand of lingerie and hosiery for woman of color,” Hassan said in a online video. “I came up with the concept probably around four years ago. Mainly it was brought out of frustration — from me. I love fashion and lingerie is sort of the foundation of an amazing outfit … and a major frustration I had was if I wanted to wear something sheer or in light color, it’s very, very hard to find something that blended seamlessly underneath.” The line features a variety of styles in shades ranging from light to dark — Café Au Lait, Caramel, Cinnamon and Berry — with prices comparable to those of Victoria’s Secret. The nude trend is everywhere, and from makeup to clothes, it’s hard to escape. No one should feel like they can’t participate because of their skin tone, and these influential brands are not only changing the definition of the color nude, but changing the way diversity is handled in the fashion and beauty industries.
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Make good use of those chocolate eggs Georgia Westbrook Whether you celebrated Easter yourself, or just scooped up some Arts & Culture clearance candy after the holiday, chances are there are a lot of sweets lying around your room. If you aren’t content with just eating your sugar straight out of the bag, Pipe Dream has you covered with sweet recipes to use up those marshmallow eggs and stale Peeps. Ingredients 3 ¼ cups white chocolate chips 1 cup of leftover candy, any kind A handful of Peeps Steps: Line a baking sheet with foil. Cut the Peeps with a knife or scissors into small pieces. Crush the candies by placing them in a resealable bag and gently rolling a mug over the bag. If you are using gummy candies or filled chocolate, chop them up instead of crushing them. Place the white chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl, and microwave for 30 seconds. Stir the chips, and continue to microwave at 30 second intervals until melted. Pour the white chocolate onto the prepared baking sheet and use a spoon or spatula to spread it into a 10-to-12-inch circle, about 1/4 an inch thick. Press the chopped Peeps and crushed candies into the chocolate and refrigerate the chocolate for one hour to completely set. Break into pieces and store in an airtight container at room temperature. (Recipe adapted from Cooking Channel)
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Ingredients Prepared brownie mix A tube of chocolate chip cookie dough, room temperature 2 cups of assorted chocolate candy (M&Ms, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Snickers, etc.), chopped into bite-sized pieces Steps: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Use cooking spray or butter to grease the bottom and sides of a 9x13 inch baking pan. Press the cookie dough into the bottom of the pan, making sure it is in an even layer. Spread the candy in an even layer over the cookie dough. Pour the brownie batter over the candy pieces, making sure to cover all of the candy. Bake for 30-40 minutes, and cool completely before cutting and serving. (Recipe adapted from BuzzFeed) Ingredients 2 cans flaky biscuits (we suggest Pillsbury Grand Biscuits for best results) 1 bag mini Cadbury eggs or 1 ½ cups of chopped full-size Cadbury eggs ½ cup granulated sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 cup packed brown sugar ¾ cup butter, melted Steps: Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and grease a Bundt pan with cooking spray or butter. In a large plastic bag, mix together the granulated sugar and cinnamon. Remove dough from the can, and separate each biscuit. Cut each piece into quarters, creating 16 pieces per can. Take one quarter and wrap it around one mini Cadbury egg or egg piece, and repeat with all the quarters. Depending on how chocolatey you want it to be, you can put eggs in all the pieces or only put them in half of the quartered pieces. Put the pieces in the plastic bag and shake with sugar and cinnamon. Make sure all the pieces are coated. Arrange them evenly in the Bundt cake pan. In a separate bowl, mix the brown sugar and melted butter together, and drizzle over the cake. Bake it for 30-40 minutes, until the tops are golden brown and the insides aren’t too gooey. Let it sit for about 10 minutes, then invert onto a plate and serve. (Recipe adapted from Brit and Co)
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Provided by BU Athletics Junior Jon Alkins set the Binghamton school record in the 200-meter race at the Colonial Relays this weekend.
BU competes in Virginia Following incident, Binghamton tops AE rivals E.Jay Zarett Sports Editor
The Binghamton men’s and women’s track and field teams opened their spring seasons with mixed emotions this weekend. Less than 24 hours after junior pole vaulter Sarah Haley was injured in a random shooting at a Richmond, Virginia, Greyhound bus station, the Bearcats began their season on Friday at the Colonial Relays, hosted by William and Mary. Haley and a small number of fellow athletes were traveling separately to the meet when a gunman opened fire at the bus terminal on Thursday afternoon during a counter-drug training mission by the Virginia State Police. She suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was discharged from the hospital on Friday, according to a press release from Ryan Yarosh, the University’s director of media and public relations. BU Athletic Director Patrick
Elliott and other staff members traveled to Virginia “in order to make sure that the coaches and athletes received the support that they needed,” according to the release. Despite the situation, the Bearcats persevered. BU found success at the Relays, one of the largest outdoor track and field meets of the season, with a total of 88 teams participating over the weekend. On the men’s side, the Bearcats finished seventh in a field of 44. Binghamton topped America East rivals UMBC, New Hampshire, UMass Lowell and Stony Brook as well as three teams from the Big East conference — Villanova, Georgetown and Providence. Junior Jon Alkins and sophomore Ted Okon paced the Bearcats, each landing in the Binghamton record books. Alkins placed third in the 200-meter race, recording a time of 21.17 seconds — besting the previous school record which he set in 2014-15 by
.09 seconds — while Okon finished second in the men’s high jump. His height of 6-9 ¾ feet topped a school record that was set in 2004. Sophomore Sunja Joseph and senior Alexis Hatcher led the Binghamton women. Hatcher recorded an eighth-place finish, out of 54 competitors, in the 3,000-meter race, recording a time of 10:05.46, while Joseph was fifth out of 40 in the triple jump. Both the BU men’s and women’s track teams are set to compete in two meets next weekend. Binghamton is scheduled to open the weekend on Friday at the Sam Howell Invitational, hosted by Princeton in Princeton, New Jersey, before heading to Ithaca, New York, for the Cornell Outdoor Invitational on Saturday and Sunday. Start times for both events have yet to be announced. Editor’s note: The Binghamton track and field athletes and coaches were not made available to comment for this story.
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score when sophomore attack Krissy Schafer scored with six seconds left in the game to force overtime. The momentum was clearly in UNH’s corner and with just over a minute into the overtime period, Wooters beat BU junior goalkeeper Erin McNulty to record her 20th goal of the season and hand the Bearcats the loss. “UNH is a top-level, topnotch team that’s been in that position before,” Allen said. “And fortunately for them, they’ve figured out how to win.” Junior midfielder Valerie DeNapoli turned in a strong performance, registering her second career hat trick. BU’s defense, led by senior captain Allie Rodgers, also shined on Saturday. Rodgers broke her season record for forced turnovers in the game against New Hampshire, causing her 27th of the season to tie the program career record. The Bearcats are set to return to action on Wednesday at Albany. First draw is scheduled for 2 p.m. from John Fallon Field in Albany, New York.
Finding the ability to finish close games has been an issue for the Binghamton women’s lacrosse team throughout the season. That problem again appeared on Saturday in BU’s 9-8 overtime loss to New Hampshire. Through 11 games, Binghamton (4-7, 0-1 America East) has yet to collect back-toback wins and is currently in the midst of its first losing streak of the season, dropping three consecutive games in the last two weeks. For a young team like BU, however, that comes as part of adjusting to college play. Following a home victory on March 20 over Sacred Heart, the Bearcats closed out nonconference play against two tough opponents — no. 18 Ohio State and no. 20 Cornell. They dropped both contests, 10-5, and 14-5, respectively. Freshman midfielder Rebecca Golderman, sophomore midfielder Jacqueline Kennedy and senior attack Sophia Racciatti highlighted the score column for BU as Golderman picked up a hat trick in the loss to Cornell, while Racciatti and Kennedy added goals in both contests. As one of the core underclassmen, Golderman has excelled in helping the Bearcats’ attack run smoothly. Already established as a leader for the team, the rookie currently leads BU in both goals (19) and total points (21). Over the last three games, she has tallied six goals and is peaking at just the right time. “We’re really proud of Rebecca,” BU head coach Stephanie Allen said. “She got those freshman jitters out of Raquel Panitz/Pipe Dream Photographer the way in the fall and has really Freshman midfielder Rebecca Golderman scored a goal and added an assist in stepped up and made a big Binghamton’s loss to New Hampshire on Saturday.
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impact in the spring.” Although the losses were large, the scores were not reflective of BU’s intensity — especially as it continues to prepare for the rest of conference play against some of the nation’s best lacrosse teams. “We’re still trying to build [a winning tradition] with a younger program and players that haven’t necessarily been in that position as often as some of our opponents have,” Allen said. Opening conference play at home, the Bearcats came out strong against New Hampshire (5-6, 1-0 AE), rattling off three straight goals to take a commanding 3-0 lead. As they headed into the locker room with a 6-4 lead, it seemed as though the Bearcats might earn their first win against the Wildcats in program history. With an 8-6 lead and less than two minutes left in regulation, BU seemed to be control. The resilient Wildcats, however, got to within one point with 1:30 left in the match on an unassisted shot by sophomore midfielder Carly Wooters. UNH capitalized off this late
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Sophomore Sarah Miller became the first Bearcat to pitch a no-hitter since 2009 in Binghamton’s 13-0 victory over Niagara.
Behind powerful offense, BU wins 11th straight Binghamton sweeps UML, UMBC in first two AE series Orlaith McCaffrey Assistant Sports Editor
If there were any doubt about the Binghamton softball team’s ability to repeat as America East (AE) champions in 2016, the Bearcats (19-9, 6-0 AE) dispelled it with their dominant play over the last two weeks. During that time period, the Bearcats amassed an 11-game winning streak and outscored their opponents, 10827. For BU head coach Michelle Burrell, the Bearcats’ impressive performance of late has been due to one important characteristic: consistency. “I thought we started off inconsistent, especially during our preseason tournaments,” Burrell said. “I’ve just been really pleased with how we’ve started to put everything together.” The Bearcats’ offense, which served as the cornerstone of
the team’s come-from-behind victory in last year’s conference tournament, has also buoyed BU’s play this season. Binghamton leads the AE in batting average, hitting .322 in six conference games so far this year, and four of the top-10 hitters in the league are Bearcats. The ability to force runs across the plate has not just helped Binghamton blow out its opponents, winning three games during its winning streak by margins of 10 or more, but to find runs in key situations. For Burrell, the versatility of her team’s offense stems from each of her players’ abilities to effect change at any given moment during any game. “It’s important that we’ve got everybody contributing in our lineup as well as people coming in and playing an important role off our bench,” she said. “We feel really good about anybody in our lineup to either start us, to get
something going or to be able to come up with that big hit and drive in some runs.” In their conference-opening game against UMass Lowell (526, 0-6 AE), the Bearcats scored in every inning, peaking in the sixth with 10 runs to sink the River Hawks, 16-1. Binghamton also came out on top on Sunday afternoon in its final matchup with UMBC (16-20, 1-5 AE). After recording just two hits prior to the seventh inning, BU overtook the Retrievers, 3-2, on a timely single to left from junior outfielder Gabby Bracchi. While the prowess of the Binghamton offense is wellknown, the strength of its defense has thus far flown under the radar. After the Bearcats’ recent dominance, however, BU’s ability to keep runners off the bases will certainly be a focus of any opposing team’s scouting report. The pitching staff, led by
sophomore Sarah Miller and senior Cara Martin, has kept the Bearcats in the few games in which their offense failed to deliver. “Both Sarah and Cara are just both giving us good leadership on the mound right now,” Burrell said. “I think both of them have been giving us really good starts to games and our defense as of late has been playing better behind them and not allowing for any extra opportunities.” In Binghamton’s 13-0 victory over Niagara (2-18, 0-2 Metro Atlantic) last week, Miller tossed the first Binghamton no-hitter in seven years, retiring all 16 Purple Eagles who stepped to the plate, while striking out three. Despite the recent success, the Bearcats believe that they can’t become complacent in their search for a second championship ring. “We’re just focusing on the
2016 AMERICA EAST
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BINGHAMTON: 6-0 AE, 19-9
UMBC:
1-5 AE, 16-20
ALBANY: 5-0 AE, 19-8
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HARTFORD: 0-2 AE, 4-24
STONY BROOK: 3-2 AE, 11-17-1
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MAINE:
1-1 AE, 12-13
little things that we’ve found each game: situational plays, defensively,” Burrell said. “Offensively, there are a couple of base-running things we want to continue to work on so we can continue to put pressure on other teams.”
UMASS LOWELL: 0-6 AE, 5-26
Binghamton is set to return to play on Wednesday afternoon, hosting Syracuse for a doubleheader. First pitch of the first game is set for 2 p.m. at the Bearcats Sports Complex in Vestal, New York, with a second game following shortly after.
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2016 AMERICA EAST BASEBALL STANDINGS: 1.
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BINGHAMTON: 6-0 AE, 10-15
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4-1 AE, 13-11
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3-1 AE, 10-12
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UMASS LOWELL: 1-5 AE, 10-13
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ALBANY: 1-5 AE, 8-16
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0-5 AE, 5-20
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Sophomore starting pitcher Jacob Wloczewski allowed just four hits in BU’s victory over Albany on Saturday.
After a 2-11 start, the Binghamton baseball team has flipped the script on its season, compiling eight wins in its last 12 contests. After completing a three-game sweep over Albany last weekend, the Bearcats (10-15, 6-0 America East) are off to their best start in their 15-year tenure in the America East (AE). “I think we’re playing with a lot of confidence right now,” BU head coach Tim Sinicki said. “We know that we’re only six games into our conference season. We also know that there’s many difficult games ahead in the schedule, so we’re not going to get too far ahead of ourselves and be overconfident.” The team has been swinging its bats well lately and showed it off this weekend. BU attacked its way to a 7-1 lead, fueled by two home runs by junior first baseman Brendan Skidmore. Sinicki has touted Skidmore as one of the premier hitters in the AE Conference, and with 21 RBIs this season — including 10 RBIs in his last seven games — Skidmore is proving himself to be just that. The Great Danes (8-16, 1-5 AE) chipped away at the lead, but Binghamton held on for a 7-4 win. On Saturday, BU continued its offensive onslaught by compiling
15 hits en route to a 9-4 victory. Sophomore center fielder CJ Krowiak went 4-for-4 with two RBIs and three runs scored to lead the charge for the Bearcats. Sinicki has been pleased with the offensive production thus far and hopes that all nine hitters in the lineup will remain consistent over the season. “We’re trying to get production out of our entire lineup,” Sinicki said. “For some guys, that means hitting the ball over the fence for a home run, or driving the balls into the gaps for doubles. For others, it’s getting on base and setting the table for our run-producers. Our focus is trying to make sure that every guy in the lineup is embracing their strengths.” Redshirt sophomore starter Jacob Wloczewski pitched seven innings — six of which were scoreless — and allowed just four hits and two runs en route to his third victory of the season on Saturday. “Since we’ve inserted [Wloczewski] into our rotation and he’s been active, he’s been great,” Sinicki said. “He’s got good fastball command and he mixes it with a couple of secondary pitches, and he’s been a real boost for our staff.” After his team was ranked fifth in the preseason poll, Sinicki said on preseason media day in February that it wouldn’t have an effect on the team’s performance. He echoed that
sentiment this week, saying that he doesn’t talk about it with the team. “At this point, once you start playing the games, those things don’t matter a lot,” Sinicki said. “We’re just trying to improve and get better as the season goes on, but obviously we’re thrilled with getting off to a good start in conference play.” The Bearcats are set to face AE rival UMass Lowell this weekend in a three-game series. The two teams are scheduled to play a doubleheader on Saturday with the first game set for noon and a second game beginning shortly after the conclusion of the first. The series will conclude on Sunday, with a single game beginning at noon. All games will take place from Edward A. LeLacheur Park in Lowell, Massachusetts.
We're trying to get production out of our entire lineup Tim Sinicki BU Head Coach