Spring 2016 Issue 19

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BINGHAMTON 'FEELS THE BERN'

Participants in Sen. Bernie Sanders’ rally gather in the Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena in Downtown Binghamton. Sanders brought in a crowd of more than 5,000 from all over the Southern Tier.

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Senator, presidential hopeful speaks to thousands at the Floyd L. Maines Veterans Arena on Monday Alexandra Mackof

on Monday morning. Attendees filled the Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena in Downtown Binghamton, while “Are you guys ready for a political more than 100 were left to watch from revolution? Are you ready to transform screens outside.

America?”

Multiple speakers opened for Sanders, Sen. Bernie Sanders posed these voicing support for the 2016 presidential questions to what he called a “large, loud candidate and addressing issues such and raucous” crowd of more than 5,000 as minimum wage and workers’ rights.

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Conrad Taylor, a Binghamton city councilman representing the fourth district and a sophomore majoring in political science at Binghamton University, was among them. He commended Sanders for making Binghamton a stop on his campaign route.

“The Southern Tier is an area of our

state that does not often receive the attention that it deserves,” Taylor said.

“We are marginalized by state officials and forgotten by the corporations that we helped create. Bernie Sanders is the first presidential candidate in 2016 to come to the Southern Tier because he is the first presidential candidate in 2016 to care about the Southern Tier.”

Taylor also highlighted his age, and encouraged his peers to take the election season seriously and understand politicians’ stances on important issues. “[Young people] are forced to look far into the future,” Taylor said. “We need to find a candidate who can address today’s

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BU to be tobacco-free starting in 2017 Director of LGBTQ All paraphenalia to be banned from University property

Carla Sinclair Assistant News Editor

Clouds of cigarette smoke hovering outside of residence halls and the library may soon be a thing of the past. As part of a new initiative, the use of all tobacco products will be banned from Binghamton University’s campus in 2017.

A committee chaired by JoAnn Navarro, the vice president for operations, and Johann Fiore-Conte, the assistant vice president for health and wellness, drafted the policy and is seeking to implement it in a year.

“Right now our goal is to have a policy that will be effective August 1, 2017,”

Navarro wrote in an email. “That will give us a full year plus to provide educational programming and assist those who are interested in kicking the habit.”

The initiative entails a “tobacco-free” campus as opposed to “smoke-free,” which means all forms of tobacco are banned, such as chewing and dipping tobacco as well as cigarettes and electronic cigarettes.

It would ban the use of such materials on property owned, leased or operated by BU, which includes use in independently owned cars being driven on campus property.

Navarro said BU’s implementation of the policy is part of the SUNY-wide “Strategic Plan” that looks to create a healthier New York, starting with the

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64 college campuses; the 21.6 percent smoking rate of those ages 18-24 in New York state is 58 percent higher than those in high school, according to the American Cancer Society. Seventy percent of SUNY institutions are currently in some phase of implementing a tobacco-free policy, according to system statistics.

“The health of New Yorkers is essential to the state’s economic success and few organizations, public or private, can address New York’s health care challenges as powerfully as SUNY,” said a SUNY press release. “SUNY is compelled to contribute to a healthier generation and given the

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Center assumes role Kelly Clark seeks to grow services for students, create more inclusive spaces Zachary Wingate Pipe Dream News

The founding director of Binghamton University’s new LGBTQ Center officially assumed her role on April 4.

Kelly Clark previously served as a counselor at the Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley and as the director of multicultural affairs at SUNY Geneseo.

Over an almost 30-year career, she has worked to create diversity-related

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Doctors and TV actors shared the stage at the theatre department’s alumni conference,

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The Editorial Board discusses the impact of Bernie Sanders visiting Binghamton,

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programming on college campuses from scratch and has seen LGBTQ advocacy come into fruition starting in the 1990s through to the current day. Before starting at BU, she completed her Ph.D. at St. John Fisher College with a degree in executive leadership.

To make BU more inclusive and supportive, Clark said she wants to focus on the academic, cultural and social

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BU Student Congress examines NY policy Child Protection act introduced after vote for 2016-17 speaker

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Binghamton University Student Congress met Monday night for its first meeting back from spring break to introduce new statewide policies, elect a speaker for next year and introduce legislation to be voted on at the next meeting.

Sheeva Massoudi, a junior majoring in business administration, was re-elected as speaker of Student Congress.

Karla Valdespino, a junior majoring in economics, ran against Massoudi for the position.

The Student Association (SA) E-Board delivered individual updates as well. Amanda Baker, the vice president of academic affairs and a senior doublemajoring in mathematics and history, announced that the New York Times’ international managing editor Michael Slackman will come to speak at BU on April 17 at 1 p.m. and Stephen Ortiz, a professor in the history department, will be delivering the annual Last Lecture on May 3.

Bernadette Machuca, the vice president for programming and a senior majoring in biology, announced that there will be a Binghamton Underground Music Presents (BUMP) show on April 16 featuring bands Cayetana and Florist, and said that Spring Fling performers will officially be announced this week following contract negotiations.

In his updates, Ruslan Klafehn, vice president for multicultural affairs and a sophomore majoring in political science, announced the introduction of an amendment to the Intercultural Awareness Committee (ICA).

However, Nicholas Ferrara, a Student Congress representative and a junior majoring in political science — as well as the SA president-elect — motioned

to postpone voting on the amendment indefinitely. The motion passed 16 votes in favor and seven against, with five abstaining.

“Typically, amendments will be presented in an email beforehand so members can read them and there’s a review period where people can take them back to their communities,” Ferrera said. “[Ruslan] had amendments that were in writing, but he didn’t present them to the Congress … so I motioned to return to the regular procedure.”

Student Life and Academics Committee Chair Brendan Cunningham, a senior majoring in business administration, announced that the Binghamton Police Department will be releasing all future press releases to the University in an effort to improve student safety.

The Student Congress also approved to vote on implementing the Student Association Child Protection Policy at the next congress meeting. According to Troy Parker, executive vice president and a sophomore majoring in political science, New York state passed a law in February requiring mandatory reporting and prevention of child sexual abuse.

Parker said that this policy will be implemented in student groups that interact with children, including SUNY Kids and J.U.M.P. Nation.

“This policy will get groups to recognize that they need to be checked every time they bring children on campus, or when they go off campus to visit them,” Parker said. “Every event needs to be put in 45 days beforehand and they [BU student volunteers] need ID cards.

Anytime students interact with any children in the community, this is going to affect them, but we’re going to try to make this as easy as possible.”

Raquel Panitz/Pipe Dream Photographer Karim Mattar, a guest speaker from the University of Colorado at Boulder, speaks at Binghamton University’s inaugural world colloquium. Discussions took place regarding individual studies in fields including comparative and global literature.

Campus hosts world lit. colloquium Two-day conference features talks by scholars from Harvard, Yale

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Comparative literature scholars from across the country gathered at Binghamton University to share their insight and research on world literature.

The inaugural colloquium, which took place on Friday and Saturday, was hosted by the Fernand Braudel Center for the Study of Economies, Historical Systems, and Civilizations and the department of comparative literature at BU. Focused on addressing “World Literature: Premises and Problems,” the event facilitated discussions on works from diverse perspectives, and each speaker had a different one based on their background and current discipline.

The speakers were comparative literature scholars coming from institutions such as Harvard University, Duke University and the University of Michigan. In addition to those visiting, three BU professors and several graduate

students attended the event.

Throughout the course of the two days, the speakers gave individual presentations on their studies in the field. A Q&A session followed each presentation and graduate students and other professors asked questions about the speakers’ work. At the end of the colloquium on Saturday, there was a round-table discussion in which the subject of how to better present comparative literature in the classroom was discussed.

The topics of the panels reflected the interests of the respective speakers, ranging from new world literature, translation and world literature and world film. David Damrosch, chair of the department of comparative literature at Harvard University, discussed his topic, “The Politics of World Literature.” He discussed how writers in Europe’s colonies have struggled with using European languages in their creative work, which he argued had far-reaching, global effects.

Brett Levinson, a professor

of comparative literature at BU, said that Damrosch is a pioneer in his field and the work he does is important to the discipline of comparative literature. “[He] has created a whole institution around global literature,” Levinson said. “There is a practical element of becoming part of that institution because comparative literature is about global literature in general, and through the event today, we try to understand what global literature means and try to understand whether or not we can fit it in by contributing something special to global literature.”

During the roundtable discussion, some graduate students asked questions regarding how to present world literature in the classroom. The questions were aimed at helping the graduate students get an understanding of teaching methods within the discipline, such as what to and what not to put on a class syllabus.

“The graduate roundtable is a way to talk about pedagogy

specifically on how to teach world literature,” said Rebecca Forney, a second-year graduate student studying comparative literature.

“The conference as a whole tries to identify what world literature is, how we approach it and it questions how much we have to contextualize it with comparative translation.

Finishing off with the roundtable elucidates how we translate those translations to our students.”

Diviani Chaudhuri, a fifthyear Ph.D. candidate studying comparative literature, explained that getting insight from professionals and renowned scholars in the field of world literature is an invaluable experience.

“It’s useful to have big names come to the University and speak about their different iterations of what world literature means to them,” Chaudhuri said. “To be able to extract their views and perhaps to be able to use it in our own classes is not only advantageous, but also lucky given their status in their field of study.”

SUNY-wide initative aims to eliminate tobacco use on campuses TOBACCO FROM PAGE 1

Kevin Sussy/Pipe Dream Photographer Photo illustration: A student smokes a cigarette on the Spine. Binghamton University is looking to join the 70 percent of SUNY institutions that implement a tobacco-free policy on their campuses.

statistics, it is important to pass tobacco-free policies to mitigate the exposure to tobacco in the college environment.”

According to Navarro, the policy is also meant to combat the harms caused by secondhand smoke and the litter created by cigarette butts, which can be eaten by animals on campus, according to the proposal. It would be enforced by the community, with students and faculty encouraged to “attempt to resolve the problem informally by requesting that the individual comply with the policy,” according to the proposal. If that fails, those concerned can contact the BU department of human resources to lodge a complaint.

For those looking to quit, Navarro said the school would be partnering with UHS to distribute cessation materials like patches and

nicotine gum. Fiore-Conte added that helping BU smokers kick the habit was a vital part of the initiative.

“This initiative is important, large in scope and affects our entire campus community,” she said. “It is important that our approach be sensitive and thoughtful. The extended implementation timeline will allow us to create and undertake efforts that will support our many campus constituents as we move forward.”

The proposed policy is currently in the second week of a three-week open-comment period, where members of the BU community are welcome to provide feedback on the draft online. Navarro said the responses have generally been in support.

“We have only received one comment thus far by someone who was not in favor of the policy,” she wrote. “All of the rest of the comments have been

It is important that our approach be sensitive — Johann Fiore-Conte Committee Co-Chair

extremely positive.”

However, some students don’t agree. Jon Maxant, an undeclared sophomore, said banning tobacco on campus would negatively affect students.

“It’s a good stress reliever,” he said. “It calms people down who are very high-stressed — it’s like taking a break.”

Founding director of LGBTQ Center plans for growth CLARK FROM PAGE 1

needs that are specific to the LGBTQ community.

“I watched LGBTQ students try to sit around the diversity table and enter into discussions, and continued to be elbowed out by the faculty,” Clark said. “They weren’t hearing what the LGBTQ students had to say.”

According to Nicole SirjuJohnson, associate chief diversity officer at the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (ODEI), the center will provide specialized advocacy and support for the community.

“Even though we have LGBTQ students organizations here, there was something missing,” Sirju-Johnson said. “We needed someone to lobby for them in a way that we couldn’t necessarily understand because I don’t have

that experience.”

According to Sirju-Johnson, the ODEI worked with students, Residential Life, the Office of the Dean of Students and the women, gender and sexuality studies program to choose the right person for the job. She said they were looking for a candidate that had familiarity with theories and approaches needed to serve LGBTQ communities, programming expertise, leadership experience and a record working with diverse LGBTQ communities.

Clark said she is excited about the opportunities her new position will provide and believes having this center will allow BU to focus on issues unique to the LGBTQ community. One of these tasks includes working with international students who come from countries with oppressive

LGBTQ laws, where sexual education may have not been taught.

She said her future plans for the center include support for faculty and staff, facilitating undergraduate research in LGBTQ-related fields and assisting LGBTQ students navigating study abroad programs. The office will be located inside the Multicultural Resource Center.

“There’s got to be a point person on campus,” Clark said.

“You have to have somebody who knows what the best practices to implement, knowing the history and the cultural competency for some of the more entrenched issues that college campuses face.”

Reaction from the existing LGBTQ student groups has been positive. Ryan Hogan, president of Rainbow Pride Union (RPU)

and a senior triple-majoring in French, linguistics and integrative neuroscience, said he was relieved LGBTQ groups would have more administrative guidance in organizing and planning events.

“RPU is thrilled that BU has decided to join the growing number of colleges and universities around the country establishing LGBTQ centers,” Hogan wrote in an email. “Until now LGBTQ students have borne the responsibility of both organizing fun and engaging programming but also fighting for changes and progress at an institutional level.”

According to Clark, having visible spaces like the center can educate targeted groups as well as the campus as a whole.

She said academic research shows that these spaces do not

encourage self-segregation, but rather have the exact opposite effect.

“Having an LGBTQ Center sends out a huge message and when you do that it helps those who might otherwise not speak up,” Clark said. “It says the campus welcomes me and it gives students a chance to regenerate and go back out and really be active on campus.”

Clark would also like her center to be a safe space for LGBTQ students to come and ask questions or even hang out.

She said if there is one thing she wants students to know, it is to call her by her first name.

“Two things: please call me Kelly,” Clark said. “And my big goal is to make sure when students come by, they don’t find the center locked and there will always be someone here.”

Even though we have LGBTQ students organizations here, there was something missing — Nicole Sirju-Johnson Associate chief diversity officer at ODEI

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Pipe Line LOCAL NEWS Ted Cruz to campaign in Binghamton on Friday Ted Cruz will campaign in Binghamton on Friday, according to the Binghamton Homepage. No time or venue has been announced.

Fellow Republican candidates will also be campaigning in upstate New York in the coming week, with Donald Trump in Syracuse on April 16, although no venue or time has been finalized. Ohio Gov. John Kasich will hold a town hall at Le Moyne College in Syracuse on Friday, and Ted Cruz’s campaign says the candidate will also visit Syracuse during the coming week.

Candidates are campaigning in the Souther Tier and Central New York in preparation for New York state’s presidential primary on April 19.

Man faces attempted murder charge in stabbing A Binghamton man has been indicted on attempted murder and assault charges following a January stabbing, according to the Press and Sun-Bulletin. Darrell Van Patten, 32, is accused of using a knife against the 31-year-old victim during an argument at a Homer Street residence on Jan. 8.

The victim was treated at Wilson Hospital. He and Van Patten were acquaintances, according to police.

Broome County Court has indicted

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Van Patten on felony counts of attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault and seconddegree assault.

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Stolen car crashes into JC building A suspect is in custody after fleeing from police in a stolen vehicle that he later crashed, according to WBNG Binghamton. The crash happened at 1:30 a.m. Monday and occurred at a building on the corner of Saint Charles Street and Floral Avenue in Johnson City.

After an anonymous tip following the burglary of a vehicle, police chased the female driver down Floral Avenue until she lost control and crashed. There were no injuries and the driver was taken into custody.

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Kevin Paredes/Pipe Dream Photograher Emma Lalonde, an undeclared freshman, transports water through an obstacle course to simulate the difficulties of obtaining water in impoverished countries. Held in College-in-the-Woods’ co-rec field, “Walk for Water” was organized to spread awareness about the global water crisis.

Hillary Clinton, a democratic presidential candidate, is opening an organizing office in upstate New York, according to the Binghamton Homepage. Clinton’s campaign announced on Thursday that it is opening organizing offices in Rochester, as well as an office in Westchester County. The Rochester Regional Organizing Office opening is located at 1150 University Avenue and opened on Thursday.

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Three Tequila … Floor SATURDAY, April 9, 11:30 p.m. — An officer monitoring the University Union bus stop observed a female student stumble out of a bus, said Investigator Patrick Reilly of Binghamton’s New York State University Police. The female was helped to the grass, where she began to vomit. The officer then approached to assist where he identified the suspect as an 18-year-old student. He was told that she had had six to seven shots of tequila in the last half hour. At this point, a male who was helping also began to collapse, and both were taken to UHS Binghamton General Hospital by Harpur’s Ferry.

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— UPD was notified early Sunday about a harassment in Seneca Hall of College-in-the-Woods, Reilly said. The victim, a 20-year-old male, stated that he was in the fifth floor common area when he left his computer unattended. He returned five minutes later to find the computer in a different position and powered on despite him having turned it off. He also noticed the computer was connected to another device belonging to the suspect, a 26-year-old female, whom he didn’t know. The case is still under investigation.

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Visiting Villain SUNDAY, April 10, 10:30 a.m. — Officers responded to a report of trespassing in Hunter Hall of Mountainview College, Reilly said. The victim, a 20-year-old female, said that the suspect, a 23-yearold male, had come into her room and wanted to sleep in her roommate’s bed. Her roommate had left earlier that morning. She said she didn’t want to confront the male so she left to notify her resident assistant. After being identified by the officers, it was found that the suspect was not affiliated with the University, but was there with friends. He was told to stay off-campus unless with Binghamton University students.

Too Lit to Quit MONDAY, April 11, 10:30 a.m. — UPD was contacted Monday morning to report criminal mischief in Broome Hall of Newing College, Reilly said. For the second time in one week, an unknown suspect had discharged a fire extinguisher in a bathroom. The janitor who discovered the mischief called in Emergency Maintenance and Environmental Health and Safety. The resident director was unsure of where the fire extinguisher had come from within the building at that time and the case is still under investigation.

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Franz Lino & John Babich/Photography Editors Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks to a crowd of more than 5,000 on Monday morning in the Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena in Downtown Binghamton. He was introduced by multiple speakers, who all voiced their support for the presidential candidate.

Sanders speaks to thousands Downtown BERNIE FROM PAGE 1

problems but will also recognize the problems of tomorrow.”

Josh Fox, an anti-fracking activist and director of antifracking documentary “Gasland,” was the final speaker before Sanders. He praised the senator’s concerns for climate change, his refusal to support the fossil fuel industry and his devotion to transparency.

“We also know that the truth is irrepressible,” Fox said. “You are proving that today. You are proving that the creativity and love and resilience and innovation and community and human rights are irrepressible.

It is so because you make it so.”

As Sanders took the stage, cheers echoed throughout the Arena. As voices died down, he prepared the audience for his coming messages.

“We’ve been doing something extremely radical,” Sanders said.

“We’ve been telling the American people the truth. The truth is not always pleasant, it’s not always

something that we want to hear.

But it’s necessary that we do hear it, or else we will not make any of the changes that we need.”

Sanders’ speech touched on areas ranging from employment to education, and also catered to his mainly college-aged audience.

“What we have seen around this campaign is young people understand the simple truth: you are the future of this country,” Sanders said. “You have every right in the world to fight to make sure that that future works for you.”

He shared an anecdote about his family, which set the tone for his positions on providing equal opportunities. Sanders, a self-proclaimed product of the American Dream, said his parents exemplified the hardworking mentality that is so often referenced in political rhetoric. “[My father] and my mom worked very hard to make sure that their two kids did better than they did,” Sanders said.

“And that’s the dream that millions and millions of people

have experienced. And I will be damned if we’re going to see the American Dream die.”

Sanders targeted the prison system, criticizing the United States’ high levels of incarceration, which according to him is a poor allocation of resources.

“Here is a not-so-radical idea,” Sanders said. “We are going to invest in our young people in jobs and education. We are going to invest in jobs and education, not jails and incarceration.”

In the same vein, Sanders shared plans for ending private prison ownership, increasing diversity within the police force and decriminalizing marijuana from its current status as a Schedule I substance by the Drug Enforcement Association.

“We can argue the plusses and minuses of marijuana but nobody, no sane person, thinks that marijuana is equivalent to heroin,” Sanders said.

“Possession of marijuana should not be a federal crime.”

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competing with Sanders for the Democratic nomination, also lent fuel to Sanders’ speech.

He pointed out campaigning differences, such as his refusal to accept funding from Wall Street executives, as examples of his sincere devotion to political revolution.

“Since this campaign has begun, we have received over 6 million contributions from 2 million people — unprecedented in the history of the United States of America,” Sanders said. “We can run a winning national campaign without being dependent on the big-money interests.”

Sanders also said his campaign was listening to the concerns of marginalized groups such as Latinos and women, highlighting how he will prioritize immigration reform and wage equality.

Then, stressing finances with a different focus, Sanders touched on his plans to alleviate student debt and make education more affordable.

“When we understand that in many respects a college degree is the equivalent of what a high school degree was 50 years ago, we have got to extend the concept of public education and make public colleges and universities tuition-free,” Sanders said.

Many BU students woke up way earlier than they would on a usual Monday morning to see the senator speak. Some, like Michael Barber, a senior majoring in environmental science, came to the Arena regardless of their personal political affiliation.

“It’s important to be a part of the process, and part of the process is listening to a candidate,” Barber said. “I personally am probably not going to vote for Bernie, but I’m willing to come out and see a possible future president. Maybe I’ll be inspired and my mind will be changed.”

Joel Mora, a junior triplemajoring in Arabic, biological anthropology and Spanish, said that it was important that Sanders see the Southern Tier is

behind him.

“We came to show our support for Bernie Sanders because he’s kind of a polemic figure in our modern times,” Mora said. “I found myself in strong support for his political views and I wanted to show him that he has a constituency in this particular geographic region and in New York state as a whole.”

Toward the end of his speech, Sanders stressed the importance of voter support and participation for his campaign’s success. The senator started the rally with questions and ended with a plea.

“What I have learned throughout this campaign is that when there is a large voter turnout, we win; when there is a low voter turnout, we lose,” Sanders said. “My request to all of you is to not only come out and vote, but bring your friends and your families and your coworkers and if we can win here in New York state, I believe we are on our way to the White House.”

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Theatre alumni take a second bow

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Alumni of various ages and backgrounds reunited this weekend to reflect upon one important thing they shared during their time at Binghamton University: the theatre department.

The first ever theatre alumni conference was held from Friday to Sunday, but began as little more than an idea of Tony Award-winning actor Ruben Santiago-Hudson, ‘78, who wanted to increase the theatre department’s presence at BU. For him, having alumni come back to the school and speak to students about navigating the professional theatrical world would be a testament to how much graduates of the program believe in it. Soon, he began coordinating the conference with Barbara Wolfe, the theatre department chair; Elizabeth Mozer, an assistant professor of theatre and Don Boros, an associate professor emeritus of the department.

Working together, they were able to create the conference, bringing in a diverse group of alumni back to their alma mater. The alumni who spoke at the sessions consisted of Ithaca College musical theatre professor Mary Corsaro, ’81, playwright and co-founder and director of the Wilkes University low-residency creative writing program Bonnie Culver ‘90, actor, screenwriter and director Jeremy Davidson, ‘94, clinical psychologist

Jesse Rabinowitz, ‘79, emergency physician Andrew Wollowitz, ‘80, actor Victor Williams, ‘92, and Mozer and Santiago-Hudson themselves.

The sessions held for the conference, served to give the student audience an idea of where a theatre degree could take you and how the alumni were working in and changing the field. Often, an alumnus would mention that their theatrical education taught them the interpersonal and listening skills needed to navigate any professional work environment they were in.

Marisa Cartusciello, a sophomore majoring in theatre, attended the conference because she is interested in pursuing a career in theatre. She found that the talks she attended — including “What are musical theater and other industry professionals looking for?”

— had helpful information about the industry and advice for those interested in theatre careers.

“There are so many people that will tell you that you have almost no chance and it is discouraging,” Cartusciello said. “But these talks were the exact opposite. They of course did not deny how hard it is to book a job but they encouraged us to go for it.”

Regardless of their careers, however, many panelists shared one piece of common advice in their discussions: There’s no way of telling what will happen with your work, or what your marketability is when presenting your work in the industry. To best prepare for this,

Provided by Kari Ward Bayait Bonnie Culver, ‘85, speaks to Binghamton University students as a part of the theatre department’s alumni conference. The conference featured various professionals who described how they benefitted from their time at BU.

the only way you can make it is by working hard.

“It was really encouraging and intriguing to not only have people to learn from and grow from, but people who have had extremely successful careers turn around and say, ‘never be content, always keep growing in your education,’” said Emily Enden, an attendee of the conference and a sophomore

majoring in theatre.

As motivating as the conference was for majors, it was also stressed that the lessons discussed in the different sessions applied to all people, no matter what field they’re in.

“Theatre is the connective thread,” Mozer said. “It can help musicians, politicians, scientists, teachers — just about anybody

— and the one thing it allows us to do is walk in somebody else’s shoes. So it increases our capacity for empathy, and for understanding other people’s behavior, and the widening of our perceptions.”

Though this was only the first alumni conference that the department has held, the coordinators are confident that this event will happen again for many

years to come.

“Right now, [the BU theatre department] is the cute-to-havearound department, and I don’t want to be cute to have around,” Santiago-Hudson said. “I want to be a significant part of the growth of this University, which is growing tremendously and beautifully — and I want us to be right in the middle of it.”

Cups up for spring

Toast to the season with these drinks Mckenzie Delisle Contributing Writer

Spring has technically arrived in Binghamton, and with it we expect sunglasses, time outside and the shedding of layers. Sure, the weather hasn’t been so nice lately, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still have your spring indoors. Make your own seasonal drinks in any weather with these fresh, fruity cocktails.

Cake by the Ocean Serves one Ingredients: — 1 oz. cake-flavored vodka (Three Olives, Smirnoff, etc.)

— 1 tsp. white cake mix — 1/2 tsp. almond extract

— ½ oz. Malibu rum — 3 oz. half-and-half — Whipped cream (optional) — Toasted coconut shavings, sweetened (optional)

Yes, spring break is over. But before you get too upset, DNCE has inspired the perfect drink to remind you of the good times on the beach. This drink combines the celebratory feel of cake with the beachy aspects of Malibu rum to keep you excited for summer vacation. First, combine the vodka, rum, cake mix and half-andhalf with ice in a drink mixer. To avoid ice chunks in your drink, strain the liquid into a champagne flute. If you’d like to, top the drink with the whipped cream and sweetened coconut shavings.

Recipe adapted from Yummly

Cherry Chocolate Milk Serves one Ingredients: — 2 oz. dark chocolate liqueur — 1 oz. cream liqueur (ex. Bailey’s Irish Cream)

— 2 oz. half-and-half — 1 oz. hazelnut creamer — 2 tbsp. chocolate syrup — Chocolate-covered cherries — Whipped cream (optional)

Cherry blossoms are known for blooming just once a year, so enjoy a cherry-infused chocolate drink in honor of their springtime appearance. Mix the chocolate liqueur, Bailey’s Irish Cream and half-and-half in a glass filled with ice and add chocolate syrup to taste. Drop two or three chocolate-covered cherries into the glass and top off the drink with whipped cream and another cherry on top for garnish.

Recipe adapted from Yummly

Strawberry-Lemonade Mixer Serves one Ingredients: — 2 quarts water — ½ cup white sugar — ¾ cup lemon juice — 6 oz. lemonade

— 1 oz. citrus vodka — 1 oz. strawberry schnapps — Lemon wedge (optional) — Strawberry slices (optional)

Nothing says warm weather like a lemonade stand, but since you can’t find those on State Street, you’ll have to settle for something more homemade.

To start, you’ll need lemonade. Making your own is simple, and you probably already have the ingredients in your kitchen. Just mix water, lemon juice and sugar into a pitcher and let chill. Tip: put the sugar into the pitcher before the water and juice. If you’re feeling lazy, store-bought or powder-mix lemonade works just as well. Then, pour the vodka and schnapps into an ice-filled glass and fill to the top with the cold lemonade. To garnish the drink, add strawberry slices and a lemon wedge.

Recipe adapted from Yummly

Kevin Sussy/Pipe Dream Photographer Pictured: a strawberry-lemonade mixer.

Kevin Sussy/Pipe Dream Photographer A bartender pours a drink at The Shop. The Downtown restaurant recently had its first anniversary, and celebrated with a breakdancing party.

The Shop breaks it down

Dancers help cafe celebrate first year Georgia Westbrook owner Eugenie Zynda wanted to Arts & Culture host an event that the city could benefit from.

It’s said that when celebrating “She wanted to bring your first wedding anniversary, something from New York you should eat the last slice of City to here,” Sherwood said. your wedding cake together — “Something that kind of but how do you celebrate the first embodied what she thought anniversary of your restaurant? Binghamton needed, a For the owners of The Shop, the revitalization of the arts.” answer is breakdancing.

Zynda shared that her work in Since opening last spring the Bronx after graduate school at 219 Washington Street, The informed the choice to open The Shop is known for its sweet Shop, and that her experience and savory crepes, as well as its breakdancing inspired a unique extensive drink and coffee menu. approach to starting a discussion Though the kitchen closed early about Binghamton’s urban on the evening of the anniversary landscape. In the Bronx, she party held on Friday, the lines at worked for a women’s housing the bar were long and all of the and economic development tables in the restaurant were full. organization, specializing in Beginning at 8 p.m., sustainability management and breakdancers from Ithaca getting to know residents of College, Cornell University and affordable housing complexes. the Binghamton community “We built the Bronx Music performed on the sidewalk Heritage Center,” Zynda and street outside of the cafe. explained.

“So, basically This was followed by a beatbox what was happening was we performance as well as a were contacting all of the old performance by Latin roots band, school rappers, break dancers, Girot Rumber o. beatboxers, everyone we could Mike Sherwood, one of the ever find, to come to this Bronx dancers with the Binghamton- Music Heritage Center to teach based group Seven Sessions, young children fun art forms, explained that The Shop’s co- like breakdancing and jazz music

and beatboxing and everything.”

One attendee, Michael Jennings, said that the city is in need of The Shop.

“I think The Shop is a great new place in Binghamton,” said Jennings, a senior majoring in environmental studies. “I feel like Binghamton either has really grungy college bars or … more upscale bars, but The Shop is the nice, niche place for people our age. They have nice drinks, [and] you can dance if you want to.”

And dancing — of all kinds — is exactly what Zynda imagined when she brought her idea for The Shop to Binghamton.

“You see there’s graffiti artwork [on the walls] and it’s very urban, so a big concept of The Shop is just to kind of celebrate the re-urbanization of Downtown Binghamton,” she said.

Zynda says the goal is to ensure that kids in the area see Downtown Binghamton as their own.

She added that she wants to help establish “an understanding that urban lifestyles can be celebrated and healthy and that they [children] can enter that reurbanization, [too].”

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Work it out with these double-duty moves

Cut your time at the gym in half with these extra-efficient compound exercises Kara Brown Arts & Culture

Summer is right around the corner and the pressure is on to look and feel good. Exercises that work more than one muscle at a time, or compound exercises, will help you get the most out of your trips to the gym. But just because these moves may speed up your workouts, the last thing you want to do is put exercise off until the last minute. Instead of overworking yourself in the days before you go on vacation, get an efficient head start for summer with these four compound movements.

Floating Bicep Curl

Plank Row

Muscles targeted: biceps and deltoids (shoulders) This exercise takes your average bicep curl up a notch by holding your arms up in the air instead of down at your sides. Just by holding your arms up, you are working the shoulder muscles without contracting your muscles or moving your joints; they are holding your arms up in order to facilitate the bicep curl.

Stand with your feet hip-width apart and with a slight bend in your knees. (A) With your palms facing the ceiling, bring your arms up and out to your sides, parallel to the ground and keep a slight bend in your elbows so they don’t lock. (B) Keeping your upper arm steady, bend in at the elbow and then back out without fully straightening the arm and while keeping your wrists in alignment with your forearms.

Muscles targeted: rectus abdominus and trapezius (upper back) The closer your body is to being parallel to the ground, the stronger the force of gravity is against you. Doing rows in a plank will not only activate your core, but will also increase the intensity of your row as you fight gravity to raise your elbow.

Place two weights parallel and shoulder-width apart on the ground in front of you. (A) Assume a plank position with a flat back and with your hands directly under your shoulders, but with your hands gripping the weights as opposed to on the floor.

Keep your back flat, your core tight, your butt down and your elbows soft. (B) While keeping your weight centered, slowly raise one arm by driving your elbow up and toward the ceiling. Bring the weight back down and repeat on the other side.

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B

Squat to Standing Bicycle Muscles targeted: quadriceps, hamstrings, gluteus maximus and rectus abdominus (abs) Squats alone work the quads, hamstrings and glutes, so adding in a bicycle works your core and takes this move to the next level.

Stand with your feet hip-width apart, your weight in your heels and your hands behind your head. (A) Sit low into a squat while maintaining a flat back and ensuring that your knees don’t go past your toes. (B) Upon standing, bring one knee up and crunch one elbow to your opposite knee. Return to standing and repeat, lifting the opposite leg the next time around.

B John Babich/Assistant Photography Editor & Kevin Sussy/Pipe Dream Photographer

Calf Raise in Plié Squat

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Muscles targeted: adductors (inner thighs) and gastrocnemius (calf) Adding a calf raise into this exercise will not only work the calf muscle, but will increase the intensity of the plié by further lengthening the adductors. Depending on your stability, you may want to hold onto the back of a chair while doing this exercise.

Start in a low squat with your feet wide and your toes pointing outward in the same direction of your knees. Keep your feet wide enough so that when you squat, your knees don’t pass your toes. You’ll want to keep your back flat by tucking your tailbone under your torso, keeping your chest lifted and your core tight. As you come up to standing, rise up onto your toes by lifting both heels off of the ground.

To increase the burn, (A) stay low in a squat and (B) just lift and drop the heels without coming to a standing position.

OPINIONS Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Being good can be its own reward On a cold night out, I witnessed a sobering act of unrequited kindness Kristen DiPietra

Contributing Columnist

BERNIE VISITS BINGHAMTON The city of Binghamton received national attention on Monday morning when presidential-hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders came to hold a rally Thousands packed the Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena to see Sanders, a major competitor for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination.

The first presidential candidate to visit the city in 16 years, Sanders drew in not only cameras and a large audience, but also an enthusiasm from students about involvement in the democratic process. We love that students headed Downtown in the early morning to wait on line for admittance, long before they’d ever fathom waking up for 8 a.m. classes.

Some students might have gone because they “feel the Bern,” while others might have stopped by just to experience

the political process firsthand.

Regardless of their reasons for going, the phenomena of having a presidential candidate in the area is significant, and plenty of students found a spot in history Monday morning.

While this engagement in the presidential election is essential, it’s important that students don’t lose momentum: this passion must extend throughout the election season.

Students should educate themselves on the issues and vote responsibility, whether it is on April 19 in the New York state primary, or Nov. 8 on Election Day. Binghamton’s moment in the spotlight appears to be continuing, as Republican candidate Ted Cruz is set to visit

on Friday, and students should come out again to see all sides of the issues. Enthusiasm is important, but understanding the issues is vital and carrying out our civic duty — going out to vote — is imperative.

Central to the rally — and Sanders’ philosophy — is the idea that individuals are the vehicles of social change. It was clear that Sanders saw young people as the center of this fight, speaking directly to the demographic throughout much his hour-long speech. He spoke at length about fracking and the fight for a $15 minimum wage, two issues that our own governor has stood up and organized for, forcing the hand of the state.

Sanders argues that, “if voter turnout is high, we win.

If voter turnout is low, we lose.”

Regardless of political affiliation, Sanders drove the point home: it is vital that young people stay engaged in the political process, because we have the ability to moderate the conversation of our nation’s future.

There is evidence and hope that the Binghamton area might become a pit stop on the way to the White House for many candidates, as they seek to grow their support and constituency.

We hope students attend any and all events in the same numbers they did for Sanders and that civic engagement among students will grow in the coming months.

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, Opinions Editor, Sports Editor and Arts & Culture Editor.

Late one night last weekend, I saw a student stumbling across campus. This young man had no money and no jacket, despite the frigid temperature. In a panic, he approached another student asking him for directions. The calmer student entreated the fretful young man to come back with him so they could call a cab and get warm. After the student ignored his pleas and insisted on walking, the kind gentleman gave the student his sweater.

When I asked him why he did this, he said, “he needed the sweater more than me.”

It’s not uncommon to hear of isolated incidents of kindness — good Samaritans who go out of their way to help others, expecting nothing in return.

But kindness is never a priority among our species. Humans didn’t become superior by being nice. Kindness is often mistaken as being passivity. The expression of mercy or trust is perverted as a sign of weakness. In literature and film, we crave complex antiheroes that enthrall us with their tortured behaviors.

The kinder, more clean-cut characters appear boring or one-dimensional in comparison.

Scarlett O’Hara is far more engaging than her selfless counterpart, Melanie Wilkes, in “Gone with the Wind.” But who’s to say that kind people aren’t complex? Kind people have dreams, fears and insecurities that drive their decisions.

When sites like Elite Daily publish laundry lists of desirable traits in a partner, intelligence, ambition and confidence are usually ranked the highest.

While these qualities are seen as the most important, kindness and compassion are paramount for any successful relationship.

Being kind demonstrates a different vein of confidence and intelligence, one that requires trust in other people. Kindness is bravery.

The world we live in engenders mistrust and cynicism in our fellow man. Our political climate is dominated by violent and cruel rhetoric that preaches exclusion and disunity. Hours after Pope Francis delivered his Easter homily that emphasized hope and mercy, 69 people were killed in a public park in Lahore, Pakistan. We must pray for the victims instead of demanding the blood of the attackers. We must convert our hatred into productive love and support for those who are suffering.

Kindness is a versatile trait and easy to employ every day.

Smile at children, over-tip waitresses and be a shoulder for people to lean on. Be a voice for the voiceless and lend an ear for those who think no one is listening. Let your kindness be pure of reason. Don’t expect gratitude or a monetary reward.

If there is an audience, let your kindness serve as an inspiration.

There are so many expectations we adhere to in order to be successful. We must be driven, strong and focused. As we all climb ahead in life, let’s not forget those who haven’t been fortunate enough to excel.

Giving food and money to homeless people is not a waste.

Giving your sweater to a scared and lonely person is not foolish, it’s beautiful.

In case you were wondering, the kid eventually got his sweater back. When I lauded his act of kindness as being incredible, he politely dismissed it as doing the right thing. Thank you, stranger, for making the night less cold for someone else and making the world a little less scary for the rest of us.

— Kristen DiPietra is an undeclared sophomore.

Our political climate is dominated by violent and cruel rhetoric that preaches exclusion and unity

Most abortions should be morally condemned

Except in some cases, government and its citizens should be actively rejecting pro-choice rhetoric Brian Deinstadt

Contributing Columnist

Abortion ranks high on the list of contentious issues in this country. Sternly divided on both sides of the aisle sit advocates of pro-choice, who approve abortion at various stages during pregnancy, and pro-life, who believe abortion under any circumstance to be abominable.

The former stance is inherently ambiguous; when asserting the pro-choice argument, one is usually confronted with the question of how late in the pregnancy an abortion becomes

unwarranted, with answers typically consisting of arbitrary time frames that seek to provide moral clarity. But the problem with this is that clarification cannot be made when benign morals are not involved in the first place. Trekking into the political realm, abortion has invalidly transformed from a straightforward matter into one of intense, national debate.

I have long endorsed the pro-choice stance until recent reflection forced me to reconsider the moral implications. Indeed, the moral implications of fetal intervention are more compelling and important than the social, economic and political. Let’s break down the argument: what is abortion?

Abortion entails the deliberate termination of human pregnancy through the methods of pharmaceuticals, labor induction or surgical procedure. In the United States, the latter is the most common: about 1.06 million abortions are documented each year, with 60 percent performed on women in their 20s while 30 percent of women admit to having one by the age of 45. In fact, by the time you reach the last sentence of this column, nearly four unborn babies will have their short lives put to an abrupt end. An abhorrent amount of babies are being killed each year and the government approves all of it.

Euphemize any way you like, but that is the essence of abortion.

In the political sphere, the left cites bodily autonomy and the right for women to do whatever they like with their bodies as justification for abortion. The left’s argument is perfectly sensible until one realizes that abortion affects two bodies.

This perspective is combated by the notion that fetuses are not human yet, since they are incapable of surviving on their own. Such logic is deeply flawed. What if a 50-year-old man is hospitalized with a pulmonary embolism and has to be temporarily attached to a circulatory-filtration device?

Clearly, that man cannot survive on his own; does that mean he is no longer a human? Of course not.

Ben Shapiro, conservative political commentator and editor-

in-chief at The Daily Wire, puts forth the following analogy: “It’s truly amazing how history repeats itself,” he said. “The argument in favor of abortion is exactly the same as the argument in favor of slavery. ‘You’re on my land? Then I get to decide whether you’re a person or property.’ Then you have women who say, ‘It’s in my womb, I get to decide whether this is a child or not.’ Well it turns out in human history there is a long, inglorious chain of people who said, ‘I get to decide whether this is a person or not’ and it never ended with anything but mass death.”

There are certainly scenarios that do not fit this mold.

Pregnancies that pose a significant health threat to the life of the

mother should undeniably be terminated and rape victims should be allowed the same privilege. But the act of killing someone simply out of convenience or as a method of birth control cannot possibly be defended in an objective moral argument.

Fetuses are not merely bundles of cells, but early-developed human beings capable of eventually living fruitful lives. Our society should be able to use contraceptives effectively and act responsibly when such measures fail, rather than pretend like it is ethically sound to perform these procedures.

— Brian Deinstadt is a sophomore double-majoring in political science and English.

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“Oh, I did more than come, didn’t I?” His partner trilled and shook, excited at the electricity in the air. It was amazing how such a small, simple old man could rouse such fervor in anyone he stood near. But Bernie was much more than simple, wasn’t he? Wise and experienced, there was truth in his

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“On the podium, too, in front of all those people.” Bernie laughed in that way of his, the one so attractive it transcended the norm. It was a way into his soul, so pure it permeated the air, and settled right into all the hearts that held true good. It was how this most unsuspecting partner found himself so close to Bernie.

“It’s a good thing I’m just a bird, people didn’t expect a thing,” said Bernie’s partner, the famous bird who landed right on his podium.

“Just a bird? Nonsense. You’re so much more than that. You’re so much more than meets the eye.”

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Binghamton competes in two meets Holt third at Howell Invite, women sweep 300 at Cornell Orlaith McCaffery and Derek Schuster Pipe Dream Sports

Editor’s note: The Binghamton track and field coaches declined to comment on the events that took place prior to the team’s meet in Williamsburg, Virginia.

The Binghamton men’s and women’s track and field teams competed in two meets this weekend: the Sam Howell Invitational hosted by Princeton on Friday, and the Cornell April Cabin Fever Indoor Invitational on Saturday. The latter event was originally the Cornell Outdoor Invitational, but the meet was switched to an indoor format due to inclement weather.

Junior Eric Holt and senior Ethan Hausamann competed at Princeton, which was one of the premier distance track meets in the region during the outdoor season.

Holt highlighted Binghamton’s performance in the meet, finishing third of 51 competitors in the 800-meter with a time of 1:51.01.

Hausamann was 17th of 68 in the 5,000-meter with a time of 14:44.30.

BU head coach Mike Thompson said the decision to have Holt and Hausamann run separately at Princeton was to compete against better competition.

Despite the change of venue at Cornell, the Bearcats’ objectives in their second meet of the season remained the same. “[The meet] changed from being an actual competition to a bit more of a practice scenario,” Thompson said. “But the goal was still the same: to go and compete as hard as you can and see what you get, see what shape you’re in.”

Due to the change in meet

type, the Bearcats competed in a limited schedule of events but still recorded a number of notable performances.

On the women’s side, Binghamton dominated the 300-meter, taking the top four spots. Leading the pack was junior Ana Herbert, who recorded a time of 41.11.

Herbert’s race particularly impressed Thompson.

“I thought that Ana Herbert ran really well in the 300 … she was probably the highlight [of the meet],” he said.

Following Herbert were fellow juniors Sarah Osaheni (41.24), Sarah Haley (41.88) and senior Kierra Arthur (42.10).

Also providing a commanding performance was the women’s 4x200-meter relay team of Osaheni, Haley, Arthur and junior Aziza Hawthorne, which

defeated the second-place Cornell squad by a full three seconds.

On the men’s side, the Bearcats had the top three finishers in the 600-meter. Sophomore Nate Howe grabbed the top spot with a time of 1:22.22 while senior Adam McIe (1:23.66) and junior Ian Weykamp (1:23.74) followed closely behind.

Other top performances on the track included graduate student Collin Frost’s thirdplace finish in the 1,500-meter (3:55.69) and sophomore Jarried Redwood’s first-place finish in the 200-meter (23.11). In the field, graduate student Pat Heikklia took first place in the shot put with a throw of 54-08 ¼ feet while senior Joe Miceli took the top spot in the pole vault with a vault of 16-04 ¾ feet.

Although a majority of the

Bearcats were not able to get an outdoor meet under their belts this weekend, Thompson feels good about the position of his team.

“We usually are sort of lumbering along this time of year and we really start to look good about a week or two from conferences,” he said. “That has been our trend over the years, so I think we’re in good shape.

I would say in general we are where we should be.”

Both the men’s and women’s teams are set to return to action this Saturday. The men are scheduled to compete at the Princeton Team Invitational in Princeton, New Jersey, while the women are set to take part in the the Bison Outdoor Classic in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

Starting times for both meets have yet to be announced.

Zachary Liebmann/Contributing Photographer Junior Ana Herbert won the 300-meter dash with a time of 41.11 at the Cornell April Cabin Fever Indoor Invitational on Saturday.

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Softball looks to stay hot

BU brings 11-game streak into Colgate games Thomas J. Haughney Contributing Writer

momentum going against Colgate.

“One of our biggest strengths right now is that it really can be anyone [performing] in our lineup,” Burrell said.

Binghamton’s powerful offense has been complemented

by Miller’s dominant pitching and carries an ERA of 3.01 on the season. In 69 2/3 innings pitched, Miller has 53 strikeouts and has held opponents to a .255 batting average.

The Raiders [4-19, 1-4 Patriot League] have struggled to find wins this season, falling in six of their last seven contests.

“They’re definitely a better team than their record shows,” Burrell said. “Hopefully we will keep doing what we have been doing.”

In her most recent outing against Army, senior pitcher Brigit Ieuter earned a win for Colgate in the first leg of a doubleheader, giving up four hits and an unearned run in seven innings. Freshman infielder Lauren La Terra went 2-for-3 in the first game, contributing to a rather idle offense for Colgate. The Raiders will hope to get their bats going in order to keep pace with the Bearcats.

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The Binghamton softball team will put its 11-game winning streak on the line when it heads to Hamilton, New York for a doubleheader against Colgate (4-19, 1-4 Patriot League) on Tuesday afternoon.

With strong wins against teams such as UMass Lowell, Maryland and Central Connecticut State, the team hopes to continue its hot streak.

Last week, the Bearcats (199, 6-0 America East) played their first home games of the season against Niagara, both of which resulted in dominant wins. BU outscored the Purple Eagles, 28-1, throughout the doubleheader. BU’s play was highlighted by a no-hitter from sophomore pitcher Sarah Miller in Binghamton’s 13-0 victory.

“We’ve been seeing really good offense, defense, as well as pitching,” BU head coach Michelle Burrell said. “All three aspects of our game are really coming together.”

On the offensive side, both sophomore outfielder Jessica Rutherford and sophomore third baseman Kate Richard were primary contributors in outscoring the Purple Eagles.

Both Richard and Rutherford homered twice in the series, with Rutherford batting 3-for-

5 on the day, while delivering five RBIs. Rutherford now leads the team in batting average and runs batted in, hitting .465 with 26 RBIs on the season.

However, the star of the day was Richard, who batted a perfect 5-for-5, scoring six times and batting in an additional five runs. Currently, the Bearcats are hitting .344 as a team and are ranked ninth nationally in batting average.

The Bearcats most recently faced AE opponent UMBC in a three-game series, where Miller shined on the bum and improve her record to 10-5 on the season. Miller threw 5 1/3 scoreless innings in the first game, setting her team up for the 6-0 victory. Yet again, the Bearcats outscored their opponents by a large margin and swept the conference series.

Offensively, senior catcher Taylor Chaffee extended her career-high hitting streak to 10 games, batting 3-for-6 in Saturday’s doubleheader. Senior designated hitter Griffin McIver paced the offense, going 3-for5 at the plate on the day, with a home run and six RBIs. With the home run, McIver has now homered in six of the past nine games and currently leads the Bearcats with seven home runs on the season.

With a number of offensive threats in their lineup, the Bearcats hope to keep their

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Binghamton snaps losing skid with win over UML Four-goal performance

by Scaduato leads Bearcats Eric Gaccione Contributing Writer

The Binghamton men’s lacrosse team dominated UMass Lowell on Saturday, defeating the River Hawks handily, 16-5. The Bearcats (3-6, 2-1 America East) tied the program’s single-game scoring record with 16 goals, snapping their two-game skid and notching their second conference win of the season.

In last week’s disappointing 17-9 loss to Hartford, BU was plagued by possession and offensive troubles. This weekend, however, the Bearcats had no problem finding the net against the River Hawks (2-10, 0-4 AE), marking a resurgence of Binghamton’s potent attack.

“This was a much-needed win,” BU head coach Scott Nelson said.

“The guys definitely deserved this one.”

Senior midfielder Zach Scaduto was the star of the match, netting a total of four goals for the Bearcats.

Junior midfielder Dan Mazurek also put on a stellar performance in the circle, grabbing 15 faceoff victories in his 22 attempts for Binghamton.

Scaduto opened scoring in the match by rifling in two goals in the first two minutes and the Bearcats continued to pour it on from there.

Six different players combined to score seven goals in the second quarter, including two more by Scaduto, one by senior attackman Johnny Maher and another from

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Senior midfielder Zach Scaduto tallied four goals in the Bearcats’ victory over UMass Lowell on Saturday.

redshirt sophomore attackman Sean Gilroy. BU outshot the River Hawks, 35-10, through the first two quarters while breaking up four UML clear attempts.

“That’s huge in lacrosse,” Nelson said of BU’s ability to break up clearing attempts. “That’s where a lot of our ground balls came from and how we got so many shots off.”

After a UMass Lowell goal to start off the second half, the

Bearcats notched four straight goals to push the tally to 14-4.

Sophomore midfielder Ben Kocis set up senior defender George Deignan for his second score of the game with 12:02 left in the third quarter before freshman Joe Licata put one in unassisted followed by two more Bearcats finding their way to the back of the goal.

Gilroy and freshman attackman Jake Nelson closed out the match with one goal each in the fourth to

help BU tie the program record.

Nelson was pleased with his team’s ability to rebound from last week’s loss.

“It was a good chance for them to show some guts [on Saturday] and to play hard,” Nelson said. “We trapped them in their own end a lot, which was key. They really hustled and gave it their all. We got a ton of shots off and it was overall just a great victory.”

While Scaduto led the Bearcats

in scoring, Mazurek’s success in the faceoff circle, despite battling injury, was key for BU. “Dan had sprained his ankle the week of the Hartford game, so he wasn’t able to practice much that week,” Nelson said. “We try to split up the faceoffs as best we can, but Dan was winning so many of them that we just stuck with him.”

Different players have continued to step up in each Bearcat win and Nelson believes

that this is key to the Bearcats’ success, especially if Scaduto can continue his impressive play. “[Scaduto] loves to play and I just think he’s going to keep going,” Nelson said. “I definitely think he’s going to keep this up.”

Binghamton is set to return to action on Tuesday against Canisius. The non-conference game is set to begin at 7 p.m. from the Bearcats Sports Complex in Vestal, New York.

Bearcats' bullpen falters BU finds mixed results BU drops two AE contests at UMass Lowell

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Senior infielder Reed Gamache drove in a trio of runs over BU’s three-game series against UMass Lowell this weekend.

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In a closely contested threegame series against UMass Lowell, the America East (AE) conference-leading Binghamton baseball team (11-17, 7-2 AE) found itself in position to continue its unbeaten streak in AE play. Instead, the Bearcats dropped two of three games in walk-off fashion to the River Hawks.

Binghamton dominated Saturday’s series opener, taking the victory 5-0. BU was carried largely by the arms of junior pitcher Jake Cryts and senior

pitcher Rob Hardy, who together limited UML to six hits and no runs.

The second game of Saturday’s doubleheader saw the two sides deadlocked for a majority of the contest. Senior pitcher Mike Bunal struck out nine batters in seven innings, allowing just one hit and one run. Yet with the score tied 1-1 in the bottom of the eighth, UMass Lowell (1314, 3-6 AE) managed to clinch the contest with a walk-off RBI single.

“Cryts and Bunal threw the ball extremely well on Saturday,” BU head coach Tim Sinicki said.

“The only thing we ask of our

starting pitchers is to give us a chance to win the ballgame and both those guys did that.”

BU began the series finale on fire, building a 6-0 lead by the top of the fifth inning. However, the bullpen’s early-season struggles reappeared at the conclusion of the game. Binghamton squandered its seemingly insurmountable lead, dropping what appeared to be a surefire victory by a score of 8-7.

Sophomore pitcher Jacob Wloczewski was dominant early on in the contest, tallying four shutout innings. Following a rough fifth inning, during which Wloczewski surrendered three runs, Sinicki handed the ball over to the bullpen, which failed to keep the lead, allowing five runs.

“This weekend we brought [the bullpen] into tight games, and they didn’t perform to the level that we need them to,” Sinicki said. “Whether it’s in the middle of games or late in games, we have to do a better job than we did.”

BU’s offense was led primarily by senior infielder Reed Gamache, who finished the series 4-for11 with three RBIs at the plate, improved his batting average to a team-best .297. “[Gamache] is a guy that heading into the season, we needed to count on,” Sinicki said.

“He’s been our number-three hitter since opening day and he’s done a good job in that capacity.

You need your best players to be your best players, as simplistic as that sounds.”

Even with the disappointing results this weekend, Binghamton is still a serious contender for the conference title. With a red-hot start to AE play, BU finds itself atop the standings with a 7-2 AE record.

Binghamton is set to face off against non-conference opponent Cornell on Wednesday.

First pitch is set for 4 p.m. from David F. Hoy Field in Ithaca, New York.

Men win two matches, women fall to SBU

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The Binghamton men’s tennis team enjoyed a successful weekend, winning both of its matches 4-3 to improve to 3-2 in the MidAmerican Conference (MAC) and increasing its winning streak to four matches. The women’s tennis team (7-11, 1-2), on the other hand, was unable to win its home conference game against Stony Brook (8-5, 2-1 America East) over the weekend, falling, 6-1.

On Friday, Binghamton (11-7, 3-2 MAC) hosted Western Michigan (16-5, 4-1), who was undefeated in conference play before entering the Bearcats Sports Complex.

After losing the doubles point, Binghamton’s hopes of winning looked bleak.

However, the Bearcats were not to be outdone on the singles courts, as senior Eliott Hureau fought back to win first singles after dropping the first set, 6-0. Junior Thomas Caputo and freshman Valentin Bouchet followed suit, taking their opponents down in straight sets.

Tied at 3-3, Binghamton needed a win from its sixth singles spot. Junior Frenk Kote came through in the clutch, winning the last two sets 6-3, 6-0 to give the Bearcats a much-needed victory.

In a competitive MAC conference,

in which only the top four teams make the postseason tournament, the Bearcats needed a signature win to assert themselves as major players in the conference, which they got on Friday.

Binghamton has struggled in close contests this season, but it seems as if all of its hard work under second-year head coach Nick Zieziula is finally starting to show in the win column.

“In the short term, if you’re going to pick a time to turn it on, getting into April and starting to play your best tennis is definitely when you want to do it,” Zieziula said.

The men continued their winning ways on Sunday when they defeated St. Joe’s, 4-3, in Philadelphia. Even though the Hawks were a different opponent and an out-of-conference match, the win against St. Joe’s (10-11, 5-4 A10) followed a very similar script to the Bearcats’ match against Western Michigan. BU dropped the doubles point then rallied to win four singles matches.

While the win was a positive result, Zieziula wants to see more out of his players on the doubles court.

“We found the ability in singles to play with conviction and belief in what we’re doing,” Zieziula said. “We need to get there in doubles. We have a lot of room for

improvement there.”

Caputo, Kote and Bouchet earned their second wins of the weekend, while freshman Ludovico Cestarollo earned his 17th victory of the year.

“Everyone else’s record doesn’t matter,” Zieziula said. “We’re just trying to put ourselves into a position to qualify for the tournament. If you look at the last six years of the tournament, the top seed almost never wins it.”

On the women’s side, BU managed just one point against Stony Brook. The win came from the sixth singles slot when sophomore Olga Ostrovetsky grabbed an 8-5 victory. Ostrovetsky also teamed up with senior Agatha Ambrozy to win the third doubles game, although Stony Brook won first and second doubles to take the doubles point.

With the loss to the Seawolves, the Binghamton women remained tied for last in the America East and extended their losing streak to four matches.

The women are set to return to action on Saturday when they host the University of Albany.

First serve is set for 1 p.m. from the Binghamton Tennis Center in Vestal, New York. The men are set to take on the University at Buffalo on April 21. First serve is set for 1 p.m. from the Ellicott Tennis Courts in Buffalo, New York.

We're just trying to put ourselves in a position to qualify for the tournament - Nick Zieziula BU men's tennis head coach

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Junior Frenk Kote was victorious in both of his singles matches over the weekend, including a decisive win on Friday that gave Binghamton a victory over conference-leading Western Michigan.